A Shiny appears with a rainbow beam. Catching it unlocks a Shiny appearance for its evolution line. Encounters occur roughly once every 5 runs, not on a guaranteed fifth run. A Shiny Stone guarantees a Shiny in region 1.
Shiny, Classic, Mastery I/II and Legendary appearances are selected on League member cards. They decorate your companion rather than directly improving combat stats.
The beam marks an opportunity, not an appearance already earned. You still need to weaken and catch the target. Check your planned starting items before leaving.
Weaken the Alpha, approach during its short capture window and press E to throw a Friend Ball. A recruited Alpha follows and attacks automatically for the rest of this run. Releasing it instead gives a free Poké Ball and Rare Cand…
Read full answerSupport Alphas help only in their current run. A permanent playable League member requires its League challenge first, followed by a successful wild capture in a later run.
Read full answerThe challenge is only the first step. In a later run, its wild form appears with a silhouette and direction indicator. Weaken it and press E to try catching it: you get at most 3 attempts, and it joins the League only after a succ…
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