Best Way to Get a Shiny Charmander

[rika24]

I bought a used LeafGreen and I've been trying to reset for a shiny Charmander, but after about 3 days i've begun to wonder, what is the fastest/easiest way of getting a LEGIT Shiny Charmander

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[eevees]

When going after any Shiny Pokemon, it takes a lot of patience.
And a lot of time on your hands, haha~

Using the SR method your chances of getting a Shiny are 1/8000, but with the Masuda Method your chances are better at 1/2000 (and I think the chance is higher still here if you're using Pokemon BW).

At the moment, I'm about 150 Eggs into a Shiny Snivy hunt but nothing yet, so I guess I have to keep trying!

Sometimes when you're browsing the GTS you may come across a Shiny Pokemon which luckily asks for something not impossible, so maybe you want to try GTS surfing sometime? I've gotten a Shiny Litwick and Shiny Kyurem this way. :)

[rika24]

but aren't those usually hacked/cloned?

and is it really easier to hatch one in BW? because if that's true, i can try and see if anyone wants to help me trade over that French Charmander and one of my males to my Black Version.

[eevees]

It's hard to tell, especially because you can't view specific details on a Pokemon until you've traded for it.
I usually take the risk and if it's obviously hacked I'll put it back up for trade again.

According to some people at Smogon it is, so I guess there's only one way to find out.
If you're going to resume your hunt on BW, I wish you good luck!

[rika24]

could you help me transfer the two Charmanders please?

[argentum_canine]

...I used to bred, I daresay, more than 2000 Tepigs (I don't count the boxes since I kept some and abandon some along the way, so I couldn't count...was doing that for one entire month though) when I try Masuda Method before I quit, and had been trying to soft reset for Totodile for an entire week without any luck before, so...-_-"

You can soft reset for one, use Masuda Method for one or RNG abuse for one. They're all pretty hard to do (I've never tried RNG before myself, though). .-.

[mildgroove]

Masuda method is the fastest way to get one without RNG, I think, since the odds are much better (1/1300+ compared to 1/8120). I haven't tried resetting my game to get a shiny starter, but I'm pretty sure the odds are the same as wild shinies. Seconding RNG- it's probably your best bet if you want one fast. I haven't tried it but once myself, but it isn't nearly as time-consuming as trying to get a shiny otherwise.

As far as how fast it took me from personal experience to catch some, the only legit shinies I caught were a Magikarp, Zubat, and Rattata. I don't know how many Pokemon I ran into before them, other than I had 600+ hours logged in between those two games. Interestingly enough I ran into a shiny Rhyhorn in the Safari Zone that ran away only half an hour after seeing a shiny Manetric in the Battle Tower. Bad luck, I have it.

[sunblessed]

I think I still have one that I got in a trade. I'm pretty sure it was RNG'd for perfect/near perfect stats and shiny status, but it's still a shiny pokebro. :)

[lerchasaurus]

i just hatched a shiny charmander the other day. did the masuda method. took me around 3500+ eggs