


The method not only increases the chance of Shiny Pokémon encounters but each new Pokémon that appears will have a chance to get a Hidden Ability and have better EVs. Wild pokemon -> adrenaline orb -> call for help -> KO one of the two mons, doesn't matter -> call for help -> KO mon -> call for help -> KO mon -> ETC. Here’s a flowchart of the steps needed to chain for a Shiny Pokémon. When you encounter a wild Pokémon use an Adrenaline Orb on your Pokémon and the wild Pokémon will call for help. While there isn’t a concrete method found, a lot of trainers have figured out that ally chaining works and you’ll need an Adrenaline Orb, an item you can purchase early in-game. Similar to Sun and Moon, S.O.S battles return and is a good way to shiny hunt. This method takes some patience but it definitely works to breed a Shiny Pokémon for competitive battling. The rate at which this happens is 1 in 1365.3 in Generation 5 - and is even lower in Gen 6 and possibly in Gen 7 but no concrete number is known.

You have them breed until a Shiny Pokémon is hatched. So your Squirtle from Japan and your Tyrunt from North America - just as an example. How the Masuda Method works is you’ll have to breed two Pokémon who originate from different regions of the world. Introduced in Generation 4, the Masuda Method allows trainers to breed a shiny Pokémon with the stats, moves and abilities they want instead of searching the wilds for one. This technique was named after the Pokémon developer Junichi Masuda who was the first to reveal this method. In Ultra Sun and Moon, Legendary Pokémon aren’t shiny locked so when you are about to encounter them in the Ultra Wormhole (see below) save and soft reset until you get a Shiny Legendary. Simply by pressing L + R + SELECT you’ll reset the game to your last save. There’s a very slim chance to obtaining a Shiny Pokémon in these scenarios so if you don’t get a Shiny Starter or Legendary, you’ll need to soft reset. This is namely when you choose your Starter Pokémon and encountering a Legendary Pokémon. There are certain parts of Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon that an encounter will be determined.
