Just got back into shiny hunting when I found out about the new method, and got a Shiny Zigzagoon under odds at about 305 encounters, and she was marked too. An absolute beauty, her name is Minty the Sociable
@@carljohns3411 in SW/SH and SV Pokémon can have a mark in their profile. It gives them an extra nickname in battle that can be toggled on and off, and can be random. So they are more rare than just regular shinies.
Thanks so much! after spending an unreasonable amount of time hunting with basic methods I finally decided to look up alternatives. I tried this and got my shiny in about 100 brilliant encounters!
Just to like know since I’m a little confused, if you already have battled 500 in the Pokédex do you only encounter brilliants or do you need to battle 100 and then encounter brilliants? I have only found out about the brilliant method
If you have 500 KOed in your Dex, you don’t need to KO anymore. At 500 KOs for a certain Pokémon, that Pokémon will always have the highest brilliant encounter rate along with the highest shiny rate for the brilliants!
Last year in the Crown Tundra on Pokemon Sword, I had just obtained a shiny Bronzong and was looking for a shiny Claydol when a brilliant Absol appeared on the field and when I encountered him, he was shiny too. This happened during a blizzard. I didn't have a Pokemon with Taunt so, I used a Masterball and caught him. When I looked at his info, he had the Blizzard mark. I encountered him at 9 encounters! So I named him Awesomesauce! I wasn't even hunting for a shiny Absol, however, later that day, I did encounter and catch a shiny Claydol which I named Moongazer.
That’s crazy! I really struggled trying to get a blizzard marked shiny in SV and it’s even harder to find in SWSH! Plus absol is such a cool Pokémon with a great shiny too!
One question, can I find a brilliant then save, then soft reset if I don’t get a shiny, or is it decided whether it’s a shiny or not when it spawns in the overworld
Overworld Pokémon have their shiny value rolled as soon as they spawn in. So saving in front of one will never give you a shiny (unless it happened to be shiny when spawned in, in which case saving in front of it and resetting will have it always be shiny)
I did the 500 bottles with foongus and now I can't even find any brilliant I think it's cuz I changed the time and I'm suffering from a penalty within the game.
Sometimes it can just be bad luck and low spawn rates. It’s recommended to go for a Pokémon that has a high spawn rate in an area where spawns are abundant. And changing your date doesn’t affect them
If I had one recommendation it is that people don't only encounter brilliant spawns. I've been doing quite a few RE hunts recently and I've only found one shiny from brilliant spawns but I've gotten around 10-15 shinies from regular spawns.
If you go for normal spawns then there’s virtually no point to KOing 500 for the brilliant method. You’re very unlikely to get one with how low their spawn rate is compared to normal spawns that’s you’ll just be wasting your time doing the method. If you plan to do the KOs and go for the method then only encounter brilliants
Honestly gonna go back to hatching eggs, the chances to get a shiny may be lower when hatching, but what’s the point when it only affects the brilliants, and hatching eggs is more accessible due to the fact that you can hatch 5 eggs per attempt, still gonna continue my zigzagoon hunt this way cus I’m not letting over 200 encounters go to waste, but I’m not doing this again lol
It’s a mechanic in sword and shield. A Pokémon that spawns in the overworld if it has a glowing aura to it, it’s a brilliant Pokémon. They have egg moves, a higher shiny rate, and I think they have a couple guaranteed perfect ivs
congrats on the zigzagoon! it looks so good!! F for the dead Shiny Zaggy that died in the making of this video If you want nickname, how about Zagreus? Look up the name's meaning if you want! :)
You don’t need to KO more than 500. The shiny rate doesn’t increase any further from that. Also sometimes you can just get unlucky. I recently did this method and it took me like 1200 brilliants to find the shiny
Just got back into shiny hunting when I found out about the new method, and got a Shiny Zigzagoon under odds at about 305 encounters, and she was marked too.
An absolute beauty, her name is Minty the Sociable
That’s awesome! I’m jealous of your marked one lol!
what is marked? like another rare form next to the shiny status? and any pokemon can be marked?
@@carljohns3411 in SW/SH and SV Pokémon can have a mark in their profile. It gives them an extra nickname in battle that can be toggled on and off, and can be random. So they are more rare than just regular shinies.
Thanks so much! after spending an unreasonable amount of time hunting with basic methods I finally decided to look up alternatives.
I tried this and got my shiny in about 100 brilliant encounters!
Congrats!
Thank you for these awesome brilliant shiny hunts! I just started a new shiny play through with Shield and your videos really help! Subscribed ✅
Do u need shiny charm for this method?
@@haleybourinot2765 you do not nope
I think it’s hilarious that the game play its happy music right after you fail a shiny
Congratulations! You’re now depressed! 😂
Congrats on the reclaim man! Gg
Just to like know since I’m a little confused, if you already have battled 500 in the Pokédex do you only encounter brilliants or do you need to battle 100 and then encounter brilliants? I have only found out about the brilliant method
If you have 500 KOed in your Dex, you don’t need to KO anymore. At 500 KOs for a certain Pokémon, that Pokémon will always have the highest brilliant encounter rate along with the highest shiny rate for the brilliants!
@@ThedomiNATION thank you so much
I’m currently shiny hunting petilil but still no shiny after 300 encounters
Good luck! 300 encounters is not at odds yet so I wouldn’t get discouraged yet. Just keep at it and you’ll get it!
I have several shiny petilils in my Arceus save file. I could give it to you if you want)
@@BeatrixKarrogard No, thank you. I'm going to try and get It myself, hace a nice day
@@gerardorobainajorge4971 ok, then good luck on getting it!
Last year in the Crown Tundra on Pokemon Sword, I had just obtained a shiny Bronzong and was looking for a shiny Claydol when a brilliant Absol appeared on the field and when I encountered him, he was shiny too. This happened during a blizzard. I didn't have a Pokemon with Taunt so, I used a Masterball and caught him. When I looked at his info, he had the Blizzard mark. I encountered him at 9 encounters! So I named him Awesomesauce! I wasn't even hunting for a shiny Absol, however, later that day, I did encounter and catch a shiny Claydol which I named Moongazer.
That’s crazy! I really struggled trying to get a blizzard marked shiny in SV and it’s even harder to find in SWSH! Plus absol is such a cool Pokémon with a great shiny too!
One question, can I find a brilliant then save, then soft reset if I don’t get a shiny, or is it decided whether it’s a shiny or not when it spawns in the overworld
Overworld Pokémon have their shiny value rolled as soon as they spawn in. So saving in front of one will never give you a shiny (unless it happened to be shiny when spawned in, in which case saving in front of it and resetting will have it always be shiny)
Shiny zigzagoon be hatin me fr fr
I'm literally only finding one or two brilliant every hour so this is not worth it I rather just soft reset
I didn’t say you had to do this Method. I just explained how it works and did it myself
If you only find one or two brilliants every hour then you did something wrong, I get a brilliants every one to two minutes
WHAT@@ImThatGuyFr5
If you didn’t KO at least 100 you’re not going to get as many brilliants. Make sure you’re respawning the pokemon as well
@@ImThatGuyFr5i mean ive ko-d 500 and im barely seeing any too
My wife caught me one of these in Pokémon Go last night! I think this might be one of my favorite shinys now
One of my all time favorites!
Im hoping this method allows me to keep my sanity. Hopefully.
I wish you luck!
I did the 500 bottles with foongus and now I can't even find any brilliant I think it's cuz I changed the time and I'm suffering from a penalty within the game.
Sometimes it can just be bad luck and low spawn rates. It’s recommended to go for a Pokémon that has a high spawn rate in an area where spawns are abundant. And changing your date doesn’t affect them
If I had one recommendation it is that people don't only encounter brilliant spawns. I've been doing quite a few RE hunts recently and I've only found one shiny from brilliant spawns but I've gotten around 10-15 shinies from regular spawns.
If you go for normal spawns then there’s virtually no point to KOing 500 for the brilliant method. You’re very unlikely to get one with how low their spawn rate is compared to normal spawns that’s you’ll just be wasting your time doing the method. If you plan to do the KOs and go for the method then only encounter brilliants
Where can I get a loot llama just like the one you have?
I don’t think anywhere because I actually made that lol
@@ThedomiNATION oh ok. It looks awesome
Do you need shiny charm to do this method?
You never need the shiny charm to do any shiny hunting method. But having it does further increase your odds
Is this with the shiny charm or not?
It is with shiny charm. Without shiny charm the odds are 1/585. With shiny charm the odds are 1/455
@@ThedomiNATION Oh thanks, it's not too bad either way after all.
100 K.O´s + 3 Brilliant K.O´s = Shiny Honedge.✨
Congrats!
Honestly gonna go back to hatching eggs, the chances to get a shiny may be lower when hatching, but what’s the point when it only affects the brilliants, and hatching eggs is more accessible due to the fact that you can hatch 5 eggs per attempt, still gonna continue my zigzagoon hunt this way cus I’m not letting over 200 encounters go to waste, but I’m not doing this again lol
currently doing a slowpoke from galar hunt, pretty easy cuz theres a lot on a beach, 86 encounters and counting still
Good luck!
@@ThedomiNATION thanks! i just got it, 240 brilliant, 586 battled, around 8 hours and 57 minutes
What's a brilliant pokemon? Generally asking I've never heard of it.
It’s a mechanic in sword and shield. A Pokémon that spawns in the overworld if it has a glowing aura to it, it’s a brilliant Pokémon. They have egg moves, a higher shiny rate, and I think they have a couple guaranteed perfect ivs
My luck is so bad,I’ve encountered about 80 of these brilliants
The absolute max odds for brilliant shinies after 500 KOs is 1/455! So your luck isn’t bad yet! Hopefully you don’t go over odds!
congrats on the zigzagoon! it looks so good!!
F for the dead Shiny Zaggy that died in the making of this video
If you want nickname, how about Zagreus?
Look up the name's meaning if you want! :)
501 battled wooloo, 84 encountered, 220 hatched with masuda. HELPPPP
You got this!
I been at this shiny for two days probably 650ko and 900 encounter with shiny charm same location.
You don’t need to KO more than 500. The shiny rate doesn’t increase any further from that. Also sometimes you can just get unlucky. I recently did this method and it took me like 1200 brilliants to find the shiny
Im sorry to make fun but you have 500 zigzagoon encounters and didn’t know it had double edge…?
I did all the KOs on route 3 where they’re only level 14 😭
@@ThedomiNATION that makes way more sense. I did mine with a sneasel in the wild area so I got very accustomed to their moves lmfao
at 430 KOs no shiny yet
Of course. If you get It before 500 you’re very lucky
im shiny hunting this guy myself, he's so freakin cute
Good luck! One of the best shinies!
Congrats
Thank you!
You are so lucky
Name it pink baboon
😂
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