Can you soft reset for shiny legendaries before the Elite Four?
I know that the weather trio and supposedly Deoxys are shiny locked, but I'm currently SRing for shiny Mesprit, before the Elite Four. However I'm nearing 3000 SRs now (a total of 4 days work considering I have college in between) and I was wondering if I'm wasting my time. I don't just want to give up after spending so long on it though, so if someone could find out if you can get shiny legendaries before facing the Elite Four for the first time that'd be great. c:
Best Answer
I don't know why you think that beating the Elite Four could change the shiny form of Mesprit. The only shiny locked are Groudon, Kyogre, Rayquaza and Deoxys, as you said.
Anyway it's sure that Mesprit can be found shiny, I think it doesn't matter when you catch it.
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How many times do you have to soft reset to get a shiny legendary?
Without it, your base odds are 1 in 8192 in Generation II\u2013V and 1 in 4096 in Generation VI\u2013VII. If it takes you 30 seconds per soft reset, it would take on average 34 hours of soft resetting before getting a Shiny to appear in a 3DS game. Lastly, you can hunt for stationary Shiny Legendary Pok\xe9mon in Let's Go!How do you soft reset shiny Legendaries?
The Shiny Charm and Masuda Method still add the same number of chances for a Pok\xe9mon to be shiny, so if you have a charm and you are soft-resetting \u2014 resetting the game without saving \u2014 to find a shiny legendary, your odds are 1 in 1,365.How to Soft Reset Legends in Pokémon Let's Go Pikachu and Eevee! How to Shiny Hunt Legendary Pokemon
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