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Tyranthraxus posted...

They can self destruct on the field. If you don't see them from far away it's basically impossible to catch them

Oh right, yeah, Voltorb can do that. You just have to approach cautiously and use the "throw a ball to trigger a battle and catch it off guard" thing that they sort of carried over from PLA.

tremain07 posted...

I had no idea you could save infront of shinies to try again.

Yeah, you can. For mass outbreak shinies, I don't know if they have a time limit and disappear when the outbreak ends (I wouldn't risk it by doing your hunt so close to midnight anyways) but for other kinds of shinies, they'll stay there until you move far enough away to despawn them. Even if it's a shiny generated by sparkling boosts from sandwiches, it'll stay there even after the sandwich boosts wear off as long as you don't move too far away from it.