shiny Murkrow?

[TheSilentSerenade]

I have been continuously soft-resetting for a shiny Murkrow for three-plus hours on end, and I still have yet to encounter a shiny Murkrow.

I have saved beside the Murkrow, at night, in strong windy weather, and I am endlessly soft-resetting my Episode 15 game, then talking to the Murkrow, then encountering it in battle, and then rinsing and repeating from start to finish. But still, I find no shiny Murkrow.

Is Murkrow shiny-locked, and if it is, what Pokémon should I breed a non-shiny Murkrow with, in the hope of eventually hatching a shiny Murkrow from a Daycare Egg? I don't know why shiny Murkrow has not appeared - it should have, by now.

I do wonder if this is the

imposter Murkrow that is a Zorua in disguise, but that Zorua should be in Magma Gang Hideout, (which is inaccessible by me) and not Aqua Gang Hideout, which is accessible by me.

Does anyone have any suggestions for me as to how best to proceed? I really want a shiny Murkrow that I can include within my current Reborn team.

Edited October 3, 2015 by TheSilentSerenade

[TimTim]

Well, sometimes luck plays trick on people, i think its just mere bad luck, breeding with anything as long as in its egg group can give shinies, i happened to breed a Ralts which is Shiny (forget the father was)~

[TheSilentSerenade]

Would you happen to know what Pokémon are in Murkrow's egg group? I have no idea about egg groups. A shiny Ralts? That's awesome. I must find myself a Ralts and see if I can soft reset so that the Ralts that I will find can be shiny. Remarkably, I found my shiny Rotom hunting (and my capture of shiny Rotom) far less difficult than I am finding my shiny Murkrow hunting, at the moment.

Edited October 3, 2015 by TheSilentSerenade

[TimTim]

Would you happen to know what Pokémon are in Murkrow's egg group? I have no idea about egg groups. A shiny Ralts? That's awesome. I must find myself a Ralts and see if I can soft reset so that the Ralts that I will find can be shiny.

Flying egg group, Noibat, HootHoot etc, but if you want a Murkrow with egg moves(if you plan on include into your current party) then you should check Bulbapedia page about Murkrow's egg moves(they teach you what parent gives what egg move etc)~note that egg group doesnt equal to type(say flygon you think its dragon egg group but its not, it belongs with bug egg group) for water type egg group there are three Water egg groups(1, 2 and 3), which might reflect on real life molusck(i can't spell T.T), aquatic mammals etc~Largest egg group is field, basically early mons are all in field egg group with exception of the birds which are in Flying egg group(mostly make up of bird pokemons)

[TheSilentSerenade]

Thanks, TimTim, for the information that you have provided to me. I have caught a non-shiny Murkrow male and I am taking it to the Daycare Couple now to breed it with a Flying-type Pokémon, possibly with my Noibat. I will check to see what egg moves I can pass on, through the Noibat/other Flying-type and through my new, non-shiny Murkrow. I have my fingers crossed that I can hatch a shiny Murkrow from an egg that these Pokémon can provide to me.

[TimTim]

Thanks, TimTim, for the information that you have provided to me. I have caught a non-shiny Murkrow male and I am taking it to the Daycare Couple now to breed it with a Flying-type Pokémon, possibly with my Noibat. I will check to see what egg moves I can pass on, through the Noibat/other Flying-type and through my new, non-shiny Murkrow. I have my fingers crossed that I can hatch a shiny Murkrow from an egg that these Pokémon can provide to me.

Ermm, only female Murkrow gives offspring Murkrow, babies always come from the mother, not the father~It follows the rule of maternal mitochondria inheritance~So, the breeding should be male Noibat with female Murkrow~and for convenience sake, a Flame Body or Magma Armor(I always use Magmar or Slugma) mon to help the hatching faster(it cuts the required hatching footsteps) into half in your party~

Edited October 3, 2015 by TimTim

[TheSilentSerenade]

Oh, okay, then. I will recover my latest backup save file, then go back and catch a female Murkrow, instead.

I will put my Flame Body shiny Ponyta into my party while I am walking around with the Murkrow egg.

EDIT: I have recovered my backup save file, I have captured a female Murkrow and I am taking it to the Daycare to be bred with my male Noibat.

Edited October 3, 2015 by TheSilentSerenade

[Might Gai]

catch a female murkrow (with perish song for slaying bosses if you want) and breed it with a male one in the flying egg group http://www.serebii.net/pokedex-xy/egg/flying.shtml

result:

[Simon]

Seeing as the issue was resolved, locking. Also, I plan on making a topic for anything related to Shinies for Reborn later on due to the rise in this as well.