Perplexate wrote:
I just got back into the shiny craze, I've hatched 100s of Chespins attempting a shiny (and failed), now I shall search through the friend safari because I'm not that motivated yet for a shiny Espurr.
As someone who's been Shiny Hunting for a while now, let me give you a few tips.
1. I suggest you go after a Shiny and Egg Charm first to obviously increase you chances, the Shiny chance in X/Y has been lowered, but Shiny Pokemon are still a thing to behold and are still pretty daisies hard to find, and if you focus on getting your Pokedex to 100%, you could very well run into one by dumb luck like me. (Check a page or 2 back, I got that Kakuna from searching for the elemental monkeys in Pinwheel forest.)
2. Don't Pokeradar, they made it completely useless in this game to be honest, you /can/ still find Shiny's with it, but the game just isn't designed with it in mind.
3. Your best bets are Horde grinding with Sweet Scent, Masuda Methoding, and Consecutive Fishing
3A. Horde's are basically a quicker way to find Shiny's randomly in the wild, it goes from 1/5000~ to 5/5000~, and there are some really good shinies you can get with this method such as Scyther and Klefki, this can be a viable option if you have a Shiny Charm
3B. Masuda Methoding is THE most popular method of finding Shiny Pokemon, 1/1000~ are pretty good odds compared to your regular odds, but note that it still falls under the luck factor, some people get a shiny in 30 eggs, 100 eggs, or 1000 eggs, but with a Shiny Charm, you have the highest possible chance out of any other method, just get a Talonflame for easy flying to Lumiose City so you can ride around Clemonts Tower like it's a bike race.
3C. This is a really simple one to do, get a fishing rod, poke the bobber in the water, and keep close attention, you can run from fights and keep your fishing chain going, just never move or anything and you'll be fine, if you hold determination, you're bound to find a shiny, but note this method has made Shinies like Clauncher and Magikarp much less rare/popular as others, so beware that.