It has been confirmed that accounts with NO Buddy Pokemon can get wild Shiny Encounters of Zorua. Still waiting on confirmation when Zorua has been made your buddy Pokemon.
It doesn't make it shiny, but it is faster than having any other buddy. It skips the transformation animation, so when it says "Zorua was caught", if "Zorua" is yellow, it's shiny. So it does save a little bit of time. However, they aren't showing up in overwhelming amounts like a community day, so it might not make much difference in the end. One thing that may be relevant was that I had two zorua run away on me today. I had a shiny goomy as my buddy. The first one that ran was because it fled after throwing a golden razz and ultra ball. Just bad luck. I checked my journal and it showed a regular goomy ran away. Later, i had my go++ going and I lost the second zorua. This time, journal showed a shiny goomy ran away. My theory is that neither were shiny zorua, and the reason for the journal difference was encountering it directly versus letting the go++ get it. Of course, there is no good way to confirm that theory, but it's what i chose to believe. The other conclusion is that the one i lost to the go++ was shiny, but I don't want to believe it. Ha
This information is incorrect, it won't shine on encounter, you're gonna make people straight up skip shinies because of this. If you want a shiny zorua catch every single one, do not skip over any.
Unfortunately having a Zoura as your buddy DOES NOT make it a shiny encouter. I did find one but only after catching and checking did it show it was shiny.
Setting your buddy to Zorua doesn't work. It just shows your buddy zorua until you catch it and it reveals a different zorua. This is currently the only known process besides a new account with no buddy at all: 1. Make sure there are no zoruas around you 2. change your buddy to something else 2. change back your buddy to your previous buddy 3. Now zorua will not disguise anymore
I can 100% confirm this works. The game does eventually refresh and start spawning your buddy, but you can redo the steps and it starts again. I can ALSO 100% confirm that when zorua spawns in this form, it will show them as their shiny form before you catch them. I just caught two this way.
This method does not work. I use a shiny snover as my buddy, so I see shiny snovers pop up on the map. I did catch a shiny zorua, but it also just looked like shiny snover until it's disguise was busted. I believe you can't know if a zoura is shiny until after you've caught it because the game doesn't assign all of its stats until after you have caught it. A player at lvl 30 and a player at lvl 6 will both see a zoura in the same spot on the map just like with other Pokemon. While it is disguised as their respective buddies, both players will see the Zoura imposter has the same stats for both of them (ie. just like any other Pokemon, it will be the same level for both players encountering the same spawn. You will see your buddy and I will see mine, but both of us will see the same CP### for the imposter.) Once the Zoura is caught though, it's CP### will change and it will not be the same for both players. This means the game is generating those numbers after the catch, otherwise they'd be the same for both players who catch the same spawn. A shiny Zoura and regular Zoura will always be exact copies of your buddy Pokemon, including shadow, shiny, and purification effects as well as any event clothing/costumes. The game won't tell you that it's shiny until you break it's disguise after catching it.
@@stettkt1 I’m not sure, I just checked and I’ve caught too many random Pokémon since it won’t let me go back further. Since catching it I set shiny Zorua as my buddy and he appears on the map and shows up shiny in the journal while finding candy
It has been confirmed that accounts with NO Buddy Pokemon can get wild Shiny Encounters of Zorua. Still waiting on confirmation when Zorua has been made your buddy Pokemon.
Any update?
Can Confirm that buddy Zorua doesn't make it a shiny encounter
Even if it works, the iv will be changed. Especially if you need a shiny hundo, this method won't help.
It doesn't make it shiny, but it is faster than having any other buddy. It skips the transformation animation, so when it says "Zorua was caught", if "Zorua" is yellow, it's shiny. So it does save a little bit of time. However, they aren't showing up in overwhelming amounts like a community day, so it might not make much difference in the end.
One thing that may be relevant was that I had two zorua run away on me today. I had a shiny goomy as my buddy. The first one that ran was because it fled after throwing a golden razz and ultra ball. Just bad luck. I checked my journal and it showed a regular goomy ran away. Later, i had my go++ going and I lost the second zorua. This time, journal showed a shiny goomy ran away. My theory is that neither were shiny zorua, and the reason for the journal difference was encountering it directly versus letting the go++ get it. Of course, there is no good way to confirm that theory, but it's what i chose to believe. The other conclusion is that the one i lost to the go++ was shiny, but I don't want to believe it. Ha
I can confirm just caught it without buddy.. it will encounter as shiny when it is shiny
This information is incorrect, it won't shine on encounter, you're gonna make people straight up skip shinies because of this. If you want a shiny zorua catch every single one, do not skip over any.
I caught one with my evolved shiny sneasal and it wasn't shiny till it turned into zorua
Well not my my girlfriend shiylukykatchr did
Hi
Did you notice that the cp changed it went from 868cp to 845cp
Oh shit. Well done on noticing that
cause his buddy is a different cp
Zorua changes cp when you catch it
zorua masks both its appearance and cp
Unfortunately having a Zoura as your buddy DOES NOT make it a shiny encouter. I did find one but only after catching and checking did it show it was shiny.
thanks!
Setting your buddy to Zorua doesn't work. It just shows your buddy zorua until you catch it and it reveals a different zorua. This is currently the only known process besides a new account with no buddy at all:
1. Make sure there are no zoruas around you
2. change your buddy to something else
2. change back your buddy to your previous buddy
3. Now zorua will not disguise anymore
THANK YOUUU FOR THIS INFO
with this method, can you see shiny zorua on the map with pgsharp?
@@qiangqno1 yes
Thank you very much
I can 100% confirm this works.
The game does eventually refresh and start spawning your buddy, but you can redo the steps and it starts again. I can ALSO 100% confirm that when zorua spawns in this form, it will show them as their shiny form before you catch them. I just caught two this way.
It doesn’t have a transformation screen but I feel it won’t shine on encounter screen bevause the cp changes as if it’s a completely different mon
I did not notice the cp change
This method does not work.
I use a shiny snover as my buddy, so I see shiny snovers pop up on the map. I did catch a shiny zorua, but it also just looked like shiny snover until it's disguise was busted.
I believe you can't know if a zoura is shiny until after you've caught it because the game doesn't assign all of its stats until after you have caught it. A player at lvl 30 and a player at lvl 6 will both see a zoura in the same spot on the map just like with other Pokemon. While it is disguised as their respective buddies, both players will see the Zoura imposter has the same stats for both of them (ie. just like any other Pokemon, it will be the same level for both players encountering the same spawn. You will see your buddy and I will see mine, but both of us will see the same CP### for the imposter.)
Once the Zoura is caught though, it's CP### will change and it will not be the same for both players. This means the game is generating those numbers after the catch, otherwise they'd be the same for both players who catch the same spawn.
A shiny Zoura and regular Zoura will always be exact copies of your buddy Pokemon, including shadow, shiny, and purification effects as well as any event clothing/costumes. The game won't tell you that it's shiny until you break it's disguise after catching it.
Thats not true. Once you reach a certain level all pokemon are the same for everyone.
Thanks for the awesome tip! I’ll definitely try it out!
THANK YOU! I've been trying foe two days before I found your video and IT WORKED! THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!😭😭😍
My go plus plus caught the shiny Zorua today. I didn’t get to see the animation but was stoked when I seen I had caught one 😢
Did your journal show that you caught a shiny zorua (and not whatever your buddy was)?
@@stettkt1 I’m not sure, I just checked and I’ve caught too many random Pokémon since it won’t let me go back further. Since catching it I set shiny Zorua as my buddy and he appears on the map and shows up shiny in the journal while finding candy
@OLYMPIAN_ZEUS right. That's normal. That's okay. Just trying to help everyone out.
Uploads a method video without showing proof 👎👎👎
i got a shiny 98% zorua
Took me 25 checks to get it and when I did. Didn't know It had a shiny form
Just out of curiosity today I will find out what happens if you switch your buddy when you see Zorua pop up as whoever your current buddy is
I mentioned this in a live stream the other day awesome that this method works!
Thank you for the information this is helpful for a lot of players
I find it fun to catch a shiny 2017 flower pikachu tho
Doesn’t make sense to use zorua as your buddy because no matter what buddy you have it will double on the screen
HOW DID YOU KNOW I HAVE A SHINY GIZLORD AS MY PARTNER
I got shiny Zorua from the first catch in this event
Wow congrats!
I will try using a zoura as my buddy tomorrow
awesome tip!! thank you ^^
Will try
Do you know what shinys are boosted for this event?
in terms of spawns, just Gengar. Unless the Zorua truly is boosted
Alr thanks and good luck with the zorua
Does the Zorua IV still change once you catch it?
@@LZGaminggthey are boosted spawn. There’s about 500 in Japan rn, each about 1km away from each other in clusters
Chur for the pointer, your the best
I wonder will my Shiny Cofagrigus work? ✨
Uhm… no?
too much fluff in the video
I got it in like 5 trys
bravooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
Bruh I thought I got shiny Gyarados, was it a normal Zorua...😑