How to Get Shiny Pokemon & PokeRadar Guide in Pokemon Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl

[@AustinJohnPlays]

Note: I misunderstood the datamine and it is 2:4096 DURING Lightstone. 1:4096 base rate. Video has been trimmed to avoid future confusion, but that was on-screen saying 3. It should be 2. I also changed the chapter title to include this.

[@murkingdailymd4814]

Lol you out medusa method

[@yuan0207]

Masuda >_

[@vantheunemployed503]

6:24 it says pepeat balls instead of repeat and its kinda adorable to say out loud

[@doom-driveneap4569]

ily so much John ❤️Thank you for all this info. You are by far my favorite Pokemon expert lol. Happy Thanksgiving!

[@buyaka___ddd9545]

Ffffffff

[@Ahmenthi]

"7% is a lot more than you think it is." Said in the voice of a man betrayed too many times by shaking grass.

[@alexandraoconnor4036]

Yea it is

[@gaylordcomic]

Tbh, I don’t understand the rationale for it.

[@MaoSeraphine]

I've been reseting my game since yesterday just to get the Modest nature on my starter, should be 5% chance. I think I might get a shiny before a Modest.

[@xavierpolo8311]

Fire Emblem fans can relate

[@ShinyTogeticFTW]

If it's not 100%, it's 50%

[@reversal]

MOM!! That’s me! Thanks for including me Austin 👍

[@dutchmemer]

Congrats on the shiny zubat✨

[@oderintdummetuant8429]

Yoo Reversal hope you get that Shiny Feebas!

[@daface7976]

MOM I'M ON TV!!!

[@alt6635]

lol

[@meedamaster6850]

You deserve it my Dutch Boi!

[@codyward9702]

I've been playing Pokemon for 25 years and I have never seen a better tutorial on how to shiny hunt than this. Austin John is the official tutorial King! Your content is top-notch pokébrother!

[@SofaKing_Bored]

”Playing Pokemon for 25 years” me too pokébro 💪🏽

[@Jimbreh]

I have never played pokemon diamond before and I understood somewhat. Just ordered my switch and game. Cant wait to try this method

[@CrunchyDark]

✌️😎 25 years

[@nelsonc4868]

My mom bought me my first pokemon game in 2011 and I was only 3 at the time so I didn't really know how to play it. But I stuck with it and I'm playing it too this day

[@joshuarobbins7976]

@@nelsonc4868 my first was the og yellow on gb where pikachu followed you. How's that for old? Lol

[@holzbruch]

I've been watching this over and over again while chaining and the "7% is a lot more than you think it is" (11:48) hits me so hard, bc I can't get any chain over 20ish so far and it drives me mad. Hearing it over and over again keeps me sane that I am not the unluckiest person doing this and that it's normal to fail.

[@razrv3lc]

I've been doing this for 2 days. the best chain I have is 20. the vast majority break before 10. They bungled the pokeradar in this game. it used to be a 2% chance of a random break and now it's 7%, which is huge when you have to reroll that number 40 times.

[@Jiroscopio_]

@@razrv3lc What happens when it breaks? I thought it breaks when you encounter a different Pokemon, at least that's how it used to be. But I've been having this issue where after I catch the Pokemon the pokeradar doesn't activate again and the chain stops. Is that supposed to be how it breaks?

[@MrSondre198]

Literally on my first ever try I got a chain of 34 and it just broke for no reason

[@addison6529]

@@MrSondre198 I just had a chain of 38 and it broke 🙃

[@holzbruch]

@@Jiroscopio_ Yes, that's it. Super frustrating. If you hear a bell sound after catching (usually while the black loading/transition screen after catching), then your chain continues and you see the moving grass patches. If there's no bell the chain broke. That's the 7 percent for you.

[@Azira_Amane]

Good to know the shiny patch means a guaranteed shiny - before watching this I ran into a shiny Pichu in the Trophy Garden on a chain of maybe 3, and honestly hardly registered the patch was shining because I ran into it so fast. Now I know what it was! Thank you!

[@andruejohnson5936]

It's awesome seeing a better version of the videos I used to watch when I was 10 years old. We never got videos this well made when diamond and pearl first came out.

[@AustinJohnPlays]

we never got video this well when I returned during X and Y. So I felt as though it was needed. :)

[@andruejohnson5936]

@@AustinJohnPlays You're a godsend to the pokemon community

[@Shnizzelfritz]

back then it was someone recording their DS from a foot away, accompanied by Windows Movie Maker captions with the instructions

[@deloen]

The fact that the box legends appear shiny as they're doing their fancy animation so you're super hyped seeing it shiny and it's being all epic at the same time

[@XXLRebel]

A shame they couldn't make the overworld ones appear shiny. That would make it so much more fun. So weird they can do it in Let's Go but just don't do it in Sword/Shield and BdSp. Such a weird company man...

[@FrifiTV]

I just got it. Watch on my channel

[@Brolywontstop]

@@XXLRebel gamefreak didn’t make BDSP. It was ILCA.

[@Brolywontstop]

@@XXLRebelBut SW/SH was weird…

[@jaylozano6589]

Caught the same shiny as you at a 35 chain and broke at 37, I needed a shiny male for my Gallade, but Im still really happy this guide really helped me out! Thank you 😁 A small update, Ive been adamantly shiny hunting and Ive found 7 different shiny Pokemon from this method alone

[@sadvathun]

The first time I used the poke radar I found a shiny ditto, I’d consider myself super lucky to get that at the default odds

[@djaysyn777]

For sure and grats!

[@selrahceipoop6914]

when let's go pickachu came out the very first pokemon I ran into after getting the shiny charm just happened to be a shiny Bellsprout. I felt super lucky, and then I never got one in any other pokemon game until yesterday haha

[@Vice_Admiral_Garp]

The odds are incredible ditto alone is rare but shiny ditto is amazing

[@xkristixx]

So glad they KEPT THE GRASS SHAKING. It was so annoying having only 1 second to see where and what grass patch to go for. 🤦

[@Zynnix]

It was a nightmare. You would blink and miss it. I only did one successful radar chain back in the originals because of how stressful it was. lol.

[@ghostrick9824]

guess they made this change and the removal of corner patches being unsafe in exchange for total RNG busting your chain.

[@braxinIV]

@@Zynnix The hardest chain I ever did was Beldum in Platinum. Not only does the shiny last one sec, theres a SANDSTORM thats obscuring everything, making you second guess every grass. It was stressful

[@daimienroberts2136]

Yes!

[@Lucarioguild7]

It's really funny considering the small dedicated shiny hunting community at the time was super elitist about radar shinies even though they're arguably the toughest to pull off of all the methods

[@michaelroitero]

The medusa method: the reason there’s so many stone statues in the underground.

[@ghastlyanarchy1720]

Do the statues do anything?

[@sparklepupfaeri7069]

@@ghastlyanarchy1720 yes- he has a vid on this but they up certain spawns.

[@ronswanson7371]

lol

[@soulgame7828]

I've searched for this comment about the MEDUSA METHOD!!😂😂😂

[@ShinyTogeticFTW]

At first I thought you had misspelled Masuda, then I questioned how the Masuda Method had anything to do with the Grand Underground, then I looked again at exactly what you had said and finally got it. That's a good one. Take a 👍 from me. 😃

[@jtsmalls14]

For people who don’t think that 7% is a lot think of basically hitting 40 play roughs in a row 😂

[@ogmechsftw]

i can't even hit 5 meteor mashes in a row...

[@MasonRantsnGamesRC]

@@ogmechsftw bruh I can’t even hit one play rough lmao

[@monke1211]

40 play roughs so thats about equal to hitting one focus miss right

[@DamnedPunk2099]

I was always able to land a play rough with mimikyu in sun and moon.

[@theonlyg8818]

You know what let's just give this man a round of applause. I am thankful for Austin John. This game has been out for around 1 week and this man is doing everything he possibly can to help us in our journey across Sinnoh. Thank you Austin. 1 like on this post is 10 thanks to my guy 😁.

[@djaysyn777]

Awesome guide best one I found. Found my shiny gastrodon literally on the 40th chain no radar reset, and coincidentally the chain broke right after I caught it!! So happy thank you

[@PKCoalTrain]

This is why i LOVE shiny hunting in Lets Go. seeing Shinies in the over world was just so good

[@WhitlaPhobia]

They HAVE this shiny overworld sprites even!! Why is it not implemented in the underground???

[@Red_Pill_things]

Let's go shiny hunting hits different

[@Dan-ks3tr]

Always good to see correct probability statistics, thanks Austin John! When the chain is at 40, your chance of finding a shiny as one of your 4 patches becomes 3.9% (after re-rolling the pokeradar). There is also a 0.06% chance of finding 2 shiny patches.

[@andreasernst1568]

The fact that you can keep going after the first shiny is gonna be so good for getting a living shiny dex ^^

[@Theseek75]

I got Brilliant Diamond a few weeks ago, never played the originals, and looked to see if Austin John made videos for BDSP because he helped me out a ton with Scarlet. I found this one after beating the champion, and thought I’d try it. I also tried to shiny hunt Ralts, but kept getting Bidoofs, after the third time I just decided to ride the streak, KOing every bidoof until the streak ended. Once I got to 20 I decided to take it seriously, and made it all the way to 40 (and still counting). So Austin John, thank you for getting me my first shiny in BDSP!

[@lazilylapis676]

Dude, wow, shiny hunting seems way more bearable in this game. I can't wait to get to the post game c:

[@Aus10Ham]

It’s not, his luck is just unreal 😂

[@SpicyySalad]

@@Aus10Ham his luck fr unreal cause im at 41 trying to do rerolls with no shiny and its not giving

[@bigyeet8454]

@@SpicyySalad bro i cant event get passed a 20 chain without it randomly breaking

[@garion7433]

Been looking for this info everywhere. Thank you for bringing us the best, clearest, and factual Pokemon tutorial videos on youtube

[@Gothem_Sub]

Can we all just take a moment to appreciate how hard Austin works to give us good content and a good gaming experience? Thank you.

[@Sam-rc7wd]

Does he though? This is just info that other youtubers put out like two days earlier

[@BrillBails1]

@@Sam-rc7wd but he does it best

[@LtBoosted]

I think it’s kind of dumb that the shiny charm doesn’t affect wild encounters, but I’m very glad pokeradar is back.

[@cammy649]

Although it's cool that PokeRadar is so high odds

[@captainmanta1915]

There are calculations about the shiny odds if the charm would effect wild encounters. With the underground and so on you would have a chance of 1/8 in the end and that would ruin shiny hunting imo. So its fair that they made it the way it is now i think^^

[@RipperRaidenX]

@@captainmanta1915 how about static encounters like the legendary

[@captainmanta1915]

@@RipperRaidenX not sure. But i dont think it works on them. its only on masuda

[@thebananaboy9104]

@@captainmanta1915 then how about they make it so the shiny charm has a reduced effect in the underground? I'm sure that's possible

[@nathanahren3770]

while rewatching this I got my first in-grass shiny following your advice at a chain of 27! Thanks so much, this was the best explanation I’ve seen yet

[@kevindenis9551]

The real cool thing about hunting a shiny is that it can just happen randomly out of no where too. I love it when this happens, makes it seem more like it’s meant to be. Will definitely leave a like since this will be useful post game, would love to get a shiny Gardevoir some day.

[@KaguyaH]

The Shiny Charm is indeed broken. In-game text reads: "A shiny charm said to increase the chance of finding Shiny Pokemon *in the wild.* " The fact that it's not checking wild Pokemon means the feature is broken and not programmed correctly.

[@dirtpeanut1820]

Small indie company, prease undastandu

[@2twin2k]

Yeah how dare they not be overly specific, in a capped text box.

[@tsunagwyn2328]

The shiny charm since is creation in gen V always checked for wild pokemon and eggs, it is indeed broken in these remakes

[@Michael-zd2le]

@@2twin2k It’s literally misleading

[@ashpiper6683]

Absolutely love the effort you go to, absolute legend. Can’t wait to get to this point

[@g3ck0p35]

Your content never disappoints Austin! Thanks so much for all the info, keep up the great work!

[@CoolGamer-uz1mk]

I agree

[@simse8486]

Agree! 👌🏽

[@darkpokeunboxing4648]

Literally one of the very best Pokémon info KZbinr out there

[@RazorIvy470]

69th like

[@voopu]

4:29 Austin: "That's what's called the Masuda Method" Text on-screen: _Medusa Method_ :D But thank you very much for that in-depth analysis

[@XxNekoxAllyxX]

He also said "repeat" balls.. but spelled it as "pepeat" balls :)

[@AwsumAuzie]

Oof. I'm definitely going to have to watch this multiple times once I beat the game as that was a lot of helpful info and my smooth brain couldn't retain all of it. Thank you for all your hard work!

[@Poke-ladd]

What is the method to getting hidden abilities this time around? Besides grinding 200 BP for a patch

[@SilvaShadow1990]

18:42 he shows this, in certain patches of grass, the more violent it shakes, the chance of hidden ability is that patch. I dunno about the underground though Edit; thanks for the love Austin! ❤️

[@Spacetech3000]

Can u get a shiny hidden ability grass patch?

[@AustinJohnPlays]

8:23

[@AustinJohnPlays]

@@Spacetech3000 8:23

[@revannoct6571]

​@@AustinJohnPlays I believe they were asking if both the large and shiny patch could appear simultaneously on the same tile.

[@retrospect]

4:56 MEDUSA 🐍

[@andremsal]

6:51 60+ Pepeat Balls

[@adav838]

I had so much fun catching shinies in Pearl (just 2-3 years ago). It's so nice to see this feature in the remake!

[@austingibson9520]

I didn’t understand why TikTok was telling me to register only the radar. This video made it extremely clear. Thanks for the clean explanation and example!!

[@FancyTeapot]

Pro tip: don’t register any other key items. Just register the radar. No chance of activating the wrong item and breaking your chain, and it takes less time/user input to reuse the radar after 50 steps. Also, a chain of 39 has 1/200 or 0.5% chance of getting a shiny patch. Chain of 40 has 1/99 or 1.01% chance of a shiny patch. It’s only an increase of .5% to find a shiny, for another 7% chance of breaking your chain. Stay on 39 to find that shiny patch. Plus your shiny on the 40th catch will have 3 guaranteed perfect IVs.

[@AustinJohnPlays]

i highly agree that the 1/2 as likely is worth the trade-off for the IVs

[@Toxifys]

bro ty for saying stop at 39 I caught my shiny Ralts at 39 and the chain broke after I'm so glad I didn't go for 40!

[@drewcooper9880]

I wish I saw this sooner I went on a 51 chain for shinx and still didn’t get a shiny

[@WolfMax1223]

Holy cow, good thing I've never been too worried about shiny hunting lol

[@ryansilvestri7533]

Thanks for all your deep dives and hard work! Really appreciate the videos and the time you take! Much love Austin John!

[@razrv3lc]

The underground is good for just finding random shinies. You can get the 40 diglett easily by putting your base at an intersection where they appear then enter/exit the base and gather them as they spawn. Also your meter fills up a lot faster online than if you're offline. Then while it's active, you go into a biome and check all spawns for shinies. Shininess is determined when you enter the biome so all you need to do is check each one for shininess and then exit the biome and repeat. I've found I can get two runs through a small biome in 4 minutes--keep in mind, all you have to do is enter, so if you get into the biome the second time before the timer runs out, you'll be able to check a full second round of them which is what tends to happen for small and large biomes. The odds aren't amazing (still 1/2048 which is large) BUT you have to consider that each small biome tends to have 5-7 pokemon so that turns it into a 5:2048, 6:2048, or 7:2048 chance. That's 1/410, 1/341, and 1/293 respectively. The only catch is that you don't get to choose what is shiny at that point. Then with the larger biomes, since there are more pokemon (7-10 spawns total), there's an even bigger chance that one of them will be a shiny. 7:2048, 8:2048, 9:2048, or 10:2048 puts you at 1/410, 1/256, 1/228, and then 1/205. Those odds in the large biomes are very workable. But it comes back to the fact that you're not getting to choose what will be shiny like you would with the pokeradar. This makes the underground hunting method more "just for fun" rather than usable if you're looking for something specific. If you're looking for something specific, you're going to be looking at the full 1/2048 odds.

[@russanloke]

You can at least "nudge" the species of the pokemon to your favor using the statues :) i will try to get a shiny Gible this way.

[@alexanderk8851]

I actually planned on doing that too. for me it is much more exciting to hunt many different pokemon at the same time not knowing which one it'll be in the end :) (little note: technically your math isn't quite correct. having 5 pokemon in one room for example doesn't make it 5/2048, it makes it 1-(2047/2048)^5 which is a little lower than what you said. but tbh that doesn't change a lot :P)

[@serad.6215]

my first ever encounter was a shiny starly. I couldn't catch it because it was the very first pokemon you battle and have to win 😭

[@LAZERDOLPHIN57]

That’s incredibly lucky and unlucky at the same time

[@estelle5798]

I love pokeradar so much, it's my absolute favorite method! I've caught dozens of shinies this way, and I'm so excited to hunt more in this game!

[@justinjustice5525]

Dozens?? Meaning more than 20

[@arakan-kun7195]

This is day 2 trying to get a shiny starter, please wish me luck XD

[@Darthpotato360]

Luck wished.

[@Francis-ht5td]

I'll also send a prayer that the shiny starlys stay away

[@fraticelli510]

Lol I’m on day 3

[@xhere14]

Me too homie…

[@GuuchReborn]

gl man!

[@snorsnorz]

This is very helpful! I've been using the Pokeradar and didn't know why my chain breaks. Thank you very much for this. Have my like!

[@bladethorn]

I literally have 0 interest in shiny hunting, but somehow I feel prepared and empowered to do it anyway.. Nice!

[@15kinz]

your videos are always so helpful. ever since i started playing sword and shield at the end of 2020 your videos have been a life saver! i just beat cynthia yesterday and had been using this shiny hunting method since. my chains kept breaking and i was getting discouraged. but this morning i only had a 3 chain and i got a shiny buizel! thanks for the luck austin! great video as always.

[@stockpile2137]

I just caught a shiny ✨ ONIX today. Riley tried to kill it so I murdered his Lucario. It is adamant nature.😊

[@OscarMartinez-jd8gd]

Was playing last night, only 2 hours in to the game and I ran in to a full odds shiny Psyduck! It’s never happened to me before and promptly added to my team even after choosing Piplup

[@MissLoveMai]

Same here, not far into starting the game.... BAM shiny bidoof... wish it was something cooler but beggars cant be choosers :)

[@nightshade4683]

@@MissLoveMai funny enough when I was playing Sword and Shield to fill out the pokedex I had gotten a shiny Cleffa from an egg. First try I was very shocked as I never had that happen to me before. She is now one of my shiny luck charms when I go shiny hunting

[@kalimajor1111]

Literally was watching this video while playing my first play thru…went into the underground for the first time and found a shiny swablu! Also the overworld sprite of it was not shiny, but when I entered battle it was shiny

[@desmond2802]

Everyone in this universe: Repeat balls Austin John: Pepeat balls 6:22 🤣🤣 Its ok we still love you. As usual, superb poke-vids !!!

[@johnmoody4474]

This is so confusing and I’ve just come to the conclusion that I’m never gonna be good at Pokémon I don’t have the patience

[@758fiyuhbyrd9]

I'm 8 hours in and haven't gotten to Hearthome as yet the underground is soo addictive, after seeing this though I'll have to try get to the endgame

[@herminiofigueroa9527]

Kudos to those with patience enough to shiny hunt this way.... I'll keep breeding.

[@ghastlyanarchy1720]

Truer words have never been spoken. Like a shiny is a shiny and they're dope and fun to get but all that work with the radar just for the chain to break.. I couldn't do it, if I want a shiny I'll just sit back and hatch eggs.

[@cosmictraveler1146]

This seems like a good way to get hidden abilities though, like you will rely on Masuda though

[@beingofinconceivablehorror1854]

Its really not the same. A shiny through poke radar will be significantly better than a mesuda method shiny because of the guaranteed max ivs.

[@ghostrick9824]

@@beingofinconceivablehorror1854 not really true? you can chain breed to get a 6IV mon and breed with a foreign 5/6IV ditto and everstone ensures you get the nature you want, so MM is ultimately better for competitive shinies.

[@beingofinconceivablehorror1854]

@@ghostrick9824 ah okay thanks for explaining

[@BugsyBugYT]

Austin: talks about shinies and shows pictures of shinies on screen Me: stares at the pictures of shiny as i want them

[@dark_architect1644]

Best shiny hunting video I’ve ever seen! You made something complicated into something simple!

[@key_of_destiny4712]

Thanks for this guide!! With this, I’ve caught my first shiny in these remakes!! Shiny Ditto! And I kept farming them till the game cut off my streak. I have 3 of them now!

[@GalarianGuy]

The benefit of chaining Ralts means you can now try and go for specific natures because of Synchronize

[@samanthaallie9974]

I absolutely love your channel and all the extensive & deep content that you create! Thanks so much for all you do Austin!This is my boyfriend's favorite gen and he's stoked to be able to play it again years later, and so am i!

[@Sam20309]

Thank you for this, I always like to have 1 shiny on my team, this time I want a shiny spiritomb on my team.

[@AustinJohnPlays]

I think your going to like my next video

[@KirboWurbo]

@@AustinJohnPlays lmao

[@georgemar1ne]

took me a good couple hours to get to a 40 chain, then an extra hour whilst on 40 to get a shiny patch, thank you so much Austin youve been a great guide throughout these pokemon games, huge respect man!

[@paulduggan6586]

mathematically the best way is to stop at 17 and reset the radar until you get a shiny

[@franchescaleagan9709]

yes you just made me very very happy. I know everyone hates masuda method, but i love it still chasing that dream of perfect iv shiny.

[@ChantelFaith]

I caught my first shiny ever!! Silcoon! Evolved him and it’s gorgeous !!!

[@waynewilde]

hands down best guide out there. GREAT JOB! made some complicated stuff understandable and easy and successfully DEMONSTRATED multiple times with all possible scenarios, top tier content creator here. We are lucky to have you. Keep it up Austin!

[@Archdjinn]

So going to the edges doesn’t break your chain like previous generations? That’s so much nicer

[@kevincorroyer101]

It does. It broke my chain 4times now

[@winnie5873]

I was just wondering the same thing. Same with double patches next to each other.

[@Xlimitzourass]

2 things. This is the best shiny hunt tutorial ive ever seen and second the way you shiny hunt in this game is just perfect, not that tyring and straight forward when u get a shiny

[@losersbecomewinners2043]

“7% is a lot more than you think it is” The pain in that statement is real XD

[@sunla]

If this is anything like the originals, you can also encounter full odds shiny Pokémon on a regular shaking patch while chaining. I did that a few times in Pearl and caught 214 shiny Pokémon with the method back in the day between Pearl and Platinum, and wrote up a guide that could be of use for shiny hunters! I have a much busier life these days and a lot of responsibility, but I'm still excited to get the radar and start chaining again like old times!

[@ryandarcy2490]

Hey, I can confirm you can get a full odds shiny doing this. I was trying to complete my national dex and on route 230 I used my pokeradar with a 0 catch combo and get a shiny weepinbell!

[@lilli.blossomm]

I actually got to a 100 chain. i’m pretty shocked. i named my 100th after you lol

[@mrdeadlybootz5414]

Dude I got so happy for you I was cheezing. That must have felt good to catch, both for the purpose of an awesome vid and for yourself personally. Keep it up!

[@HazePlays4Days]

Every shiny I’ve ever gotten before this video has been a completely random encounter. I can say as of today that I have successfully completed my first real shiny hunt! Got 3 bagon, thx AJ!

[@Legoless]

this video has done a great job of convincing me not to hunt shinies in this game! thx for the thorough explanation

[@aeciv]

LOL

[@BilJoeJaggins]

This is amazing content. Thanks for the work you've been putting in. You are my go-to for explanations of Pokémon mechanics.

[@samwatkinson4791]

After two weeks of trying I've finally got a 100 chain, wish I waited to make sure he was shiny but I couldn't stop my self, the excitement was too much!

[@Riryz]

I usually keep my 4 pokemon over lvl61 with the ability 'Pickup' in my party. After every couple of catches I check their items. They have a chance to pickup dusk/dawn/shiny stones and rare candies. If I do get one I just save. Since battling the old couple near Trophy Garden with VS seeker makes farming money for Repeat balls very easy. (Post game with amulet coin gives you about 24k per battle meaning 24 Repeat balls per battle)

[@guineagang3]

Had no idea about the catching calculator its so useful, great video thanks

[@jotarokujopart645]

I caught my first Shiny yesterday unknowingly and the one I caught was a Machop 😂

[@neonpenguin0948]

Btw you were not at 1/99 odds (17:52). You were at a chain of 39, not 40, meaning 1/200. The top right shows how many and it needs to say 40 or more for the 1/99. Once you catch ur 40th tho, it can break after so you get the chain of 40 but it breaks afterward, meaning no shiny. Great vid tho just wanted people to be aware

[@loveischerrypie]

I was wondering why he did that too but it looks like he did it with those odds so his shiny could have the 3IVs and so the chain wouldn’t risk breaking

[@jessica__k1611]

So if you're lucky enough to reach a chain of 39, do you just keep running the 50 steps and redoing the pokeradar until you see the shiny patch?

[@Wtfsmyusername]

That's what I was wondering as well, I would assume that's the most efficient method. As long as there's no risk of breaking the chain by resetting the radar or something like that

[@paulduggan6586]

@@Wtfsmyusername mathematically the best way is to stop at 17 and reset the radar until you get a shiny

[@tartpickle]

I remember I tried to do this with bidoof but when I got way too bored I broke the chain and the next Pokémon I got right after I broke the chain, I got a shiny bidoof…

[@xanderyoa1599]

Thanks man, got my first shiny larvitar by using the poke tech guide you provided, too many more 👍

[@melyanna7776]

Thank you for this in-depth explanation video, Austin! Did anybody else notice the "Medusa"? Nobody? Really? Was that deliberate or an accident? You pronounced it correctly, so I was confused XD ...found another interesting word (Pepeat)... this really wasn't your day, was it XD Stay awesome and much love :3

[@ptterz]

I was just wondering about that myself! :D

[@kraeggod13]

You are the bestest!!!! I'm going to have to watch this a few more times to fully understand the 50 steps thing. I've never understood poke radar before this video. Thank you so much!!!!

[@PokeGirl7]

thank you for making this video, I've been struggling HARD with the poke radar method

[@Ishcabibble14]

First BotW and now Pokemon, I would be lost without this guy

[@kirkendauhl6990]

I’m glad I saw this on video. If I tried the pokeradar for the first time after visiting a website I may have canceled the chain on my 40th encounter without knowing that I can just reapply the pokeradar. The mix of super repels and reapplying the pokeradar makes this MUCH easier than I thought it would be initially, which was about as hard to deal with as my Mesprit in a Luxury Ball fiasco

[@jessebelle6596]

You have the absolute best guides on the internet…thank you :)

[@Lani_Blossom]

Got my shiny Chimchar after 23 tries & every time i send it to battle, seeing the Stars never gets old! ^.^ love the videos AustinJohn Cant wait for Pokemon Arceus Content Videos 😁

[@mohitgadre4290]

I hit the like button @12:18. I knew I came to the right spot

[@greedythegoon8607]

I can't wait to hunt with this method again. I caught a shiny Pancham and Scatterbug in my Pokemon X game via the Pokeradar, it was definitely no easy task and I messed up a lot. Unfortunately they were lost on my Omega Ruby game, with an ENTIRE box of shinies I caught using either horde method or DexNav. :( Once I get a Switch and Brilliant Diamond, I'm going to yet again fill another box with shinies I caught :) Don't get discouraged with your shiny hunts, and definitely find more reasons to do them. A friend and I would both hunt shinies and then after some time of training and catching more, we'd surprise each other in battle with them. Long car rides where you're not driving are one of the best times to shiny hunt, as well as if you're on break at work, etc. Thank you for the video man, I definitely had to see if there were changes to this method before trying it again. Although it is one of the more frustrating ways to shiny hunt, I think it's one of my favorites as well, and I'd probably rather do it than run back and forth hatching eggs.

[@yusuf8938]

Its Mesuda method, you put Medusa on the screen. Like the mythical gorgon Medusa lol 4:32

[@djaysyn777]

6:24 he spells repeat balls as pepe at balls lmao

[@yusuf8938]

@@djaysyn777 8m subs, you'd think he'd have an editor lol. Or at least someone to proof

[@KeViNMCMXXCIX]

Great video! Not sure if I would go in on a shiny hunt like that but sometimes it does cross my mind.

[@rockdandan]

Not one to usually comment but this video was so we'll put together I felt obligated to say thank you. Very brilliantly explained and I love the math side of things too. Thank you mate

[@nvo_beejay]

I have watched this video like 20+ times. I want to say thank you because I have successfully hunted Eevee twice because I wanted all of the evolutions (Ended up with 13). I also successfully hunted Shinx (Ended with 5 shinies). Thank you. Bagon is next on my list.

[@schmeaty6969]

This is such a great vid. I found my self a shiny Ralts also at the same spot on a streak of 7. Fav video by you now.

[@shudeepta]

I will now watch atleast one of Austin's videos while shiny hunting because I found a shiny chingling in 3 tries even though I was looking for a pachirisu with pickup while I was watching Austin's video

[@TheSaltySeaDuck]

The roaming Mesprit broke my chain

[@dinoblivion]

Thanks for this! That crit cap on that first shiny Ralts was a super stylish finish

[@KH-iz1bj]

I was a little late but im so glad i got the game. Adding Pokemon home was really cool of them. I actually got to take shiny Pokemon i hatched as my starting party. 😍

[@absolutelynochance]

“How do you make a Pokémon shiny?” “I don’t know, make it yellower?” BRILLIANT

[@stoopiddeathmonkey]

Idk why but I liked your explanation. I felt like you explained really clearly, at least for me. I followed your method and caught my first shiny! After just 6 streaks! Thank you so much!

[@Brandon-hw9wc]

thanks to this guide I got 3 shiny psyduck, and when I went to the pokecenter to check them out, I found my torterra has pokerus!