How does pokeradar work in diamond

You can use the radar during your chain, and it wont break it, but make sure you find the same pokemon over and over, and once the music ends, it means that your chain ended. After around the 40 chains, you want to start using the radar to find the shiny. If you see a Golden patch that shines longer than other patch, you probably found a shiny. Good luck. User Info: FrozenTime. To use it just hit use in a patch of grass, then if some grass rattles there's a pokemon in it.

If you see white specs go there because there is a high chance of a shiny. Always use a repel and to battle the pokemon just walk on the patch that shook. User Info: Caden This means that if the Pokeradar was used and a Bidoof was found, then a chain of Bidoofs would be able to follow. Why anyone would want to chain Bidoofs though, I do not know. Firstly, you'll want to make sure that you have a plentiful supply of repels.

I would recommend super repels, because max repels rip you off. The reason for repels? Using the Pokeradar may make you think that the only wild battles you will encounter will be the patches of grass that shook.

Even if the Pokeradar has been used, wild Pokemon battles can still occur, and if one happens during a chain, it will break the chain.

Using the repel therefore prevents this, but does not prevent you from finding the Pokeradar pokemon. Secondly, you'll want to make sure you have a Pokemon in your party that will be able to defeat the pokemon you're planning to chain.

This may seem a bit obvious to the majority of people, but it's suprising how many people actually forget this, and struggle to get long chains. Next up, you're going to want to decide on the Pokemon you're going to chain.

If it's a rare, be prepared to have to plough your way through a few common Pokemon before finding the first one to start the chain. Now, go to the area you want to chain in, and take a few steps into the grass, so that you're not on the edge.

Now use one of those repels, followed by the Pokeradar. You will then see a few patches of grass rustle or none at all, but if none rustle just recharge the Pokeradar and try again. You may notice that some patches of grass rustled differently to the others.

In total, there are 3 different types of rustle: 1 The ordinary. The patch of grass shakes, with no other noticable movements. In these patches of grass there will be mainly the normal types of Pokemon you would find, such as Starly, or However, rare Pokemon can still be found in them, just not very often.

The grass will shake, but will also have white flecks on it. These patches of grass indicate that a rare Pokemon could be hiding there, so always try for these ones if you can! These patches of grass are the rarest, and easily best.

They look a pure white in colour, and flash white twice. They are very noticable in comparison to number 2. Once you have gone into battle with the Pokemon you are looking to chain, either defeat it or capture it. You must not run from it, as this will end your chain. Upon finishing the battle, you will see more patches of grass rustle, indicating more wild Pokemon. Head towards the one that rustled the same way as your first patch of grass did, and is also the furthest away from where you last fought.

This increases the chance that you will find the same type of Pokemon in the second battle. When you enter your next battle with the same type of Pokemon, you have now achieved a chain of 2 of that particular Pokemon. Continue battling the Pokemon you wish to chain to obtain a larger chain number. If you close your DS, however, your chain will be fine when you open it again though I strongly recommend resetting the radar right after you open your DS.

You must make it faint, or catch it. When you go to the Pal Park for the first time, Professor Oak will give you an app for your Poketch that will keep track of your three best chains as well as telling you how long your current chain is. This is very handy for a couple of specific uses see below. Chaining for Held Items]] This is a handy little trick that I heard about.

It really helps if you're looking for a Metal Coat, Lucky Egg or other ridiculously rare item that is held by wild Pokemon. You're going to need a couple of special Pokemon for this. Firstly, I strongly recommend a Banette, but it's not required. In Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum, Banette can be found wild at night on routes and ; they can also be found on route and Stark Mountain's exterior in Diamond and Pearl.

Catch one that has the Frisk ability; Frisk will tell you if your opponent's Pokemon is holding an item and, if they are, what that item is. It's excellent for helping you not waste time Thiefing things that don't have items, and it's also excellent for telling you what item they have so that you don't go around stealing Oval Stones when you want Lucky Eggs. The only other Pokemon that gets the Frisk ability is Stantler, and, well You can also use a Butterfree or other Pokemon with the ability Compoundeyes at the beginning of a battle - it increases the chances of wild Pokemon holding items, and when you're looking for something ridiculously rare, that's really helpful.

If you want to use both, you can keep Butterfree at the top slot, get it knocked out, and then have Banette second - Compoundeyes should take effect, and then at the start of the battle Frisk will take effect. Secondly and more obviously, you will need a Pokemon that has the move Thief or Covet.

This can be a lot trickier than Banette. If you want Thief for some reason possibly going after a Ghost-type? You will need a Heart Scale; take your Kecleon over to the move tutor and he can teach it Thief. However it's one of those Pokemon that changes daily, so you may not be able to get one every day you like.

Pearl's options are also available to you, if you really need it. You probably won't need to use them, but if you do and don't have them, you'll really regret it. Leppa berries are awesome for this. You may also want some healing items, just in case your Thiefer takes too many hits. But Covet is better. I completely forgot about Covet when I made this guide, but it works just like Thief, has 40 PP, and is learned by Linoone in level-up.

You can catch a Zigzagoon by Swarm, which is a bit of a problem for some people, but once you've got it, it will pay you back so well with Covet and Pickup! Anyway - Chain the Pokemon who has the item you want, using your Banette or whatever to knock it out Banette's Faint Attack and Shadow Ball should cover enough types that you won't need anything else, and it should be at a pretty high level when you catch it ; Frisk works automatically at the start of the battle, so you can just knock out anything that doesn't have the item you want.

If you encounter a Pokemon that does have the item you want, though, switch to your Thief Pokemon immediately and have them use Thief. Thief isn't guaranteed to work, so you'll need to check your Summary to make sure you actually got what you wanted.

When you do, you can run if you only needed one or switch back to Banette and continue chaining away. Let me remind you, before you get too excited, that this only works on Pokemon you can encounter in grass. Here are a couple more things you may want: - A Pokemon with the nature you want and the Synchronize ability. Their stats are good for chaining not that it should ever matter if you level them up a good bit, and they always get the Synchronize ability, so it's not hard to breed for the nature you want in an Eevee and then friend-evolve to Espeon.

The problem is, of course, friend evolution. Because a shiny Pokemon in a ghostly white Pokeball is cool. I don't recommend this for Pokemon such as Beldum, though, whose catch rate is ridiculously high and therefore isn't conductive to a low-rate ball. False Swipe makes it much easier to catch Pokemon by lowering their HP to 1 at the very least never actually knocking them out.

If you have someone with Hypnosis that makes things even easier. Breloom is one of the best Pokemon catchers in the game, between False Swipe and Spore, so if you can get one of those, do it. To chain for shinies, well, just chain like normal. That means only one out of every 8,something Pokemon you ever see will be Shiny.

This also counts trainer's Pokemon, which you can't catch, and legendaries, which you can. However, as you chain, your odds improve with each Pokemon you add to your chain. The formula that has been derived from this is pretty complicated, but the point is, your odds maximize at a chain of 40 Pokemon in a row. Once you get to that magic 40, you can just walk back and forth resetting your radar and not risking your chain until that magic shiny grass appears.

What is it, and why should I? Chaining is the process of encountering the same Pokemon numerous times in a row. This is beneficial, because the higher your chain gets, the more likely it is to encounter a shiny Pokemon. Even to this day, chaining can be the easiest way to get a shiny Pokemon, and they can still be sent to any generation 4 or 5 game. Things you will need: - Lots of Super Repels I go with Super because they have the least cost per step.

You will want around Get these at the Elite 4 shop. Oak in Pal Park; it's very helpful, but not necessary. Deciding what to chain You can't chain any Pokemon, but here is a checklist of what to look for when you think of a Pokemon to go after.

Route is probably the best, as it has an 11x11 section. That's pretty much it, simple to remember those 2 things. Getting Started After you chose what you want, you will want to go into the center of the grass area, so there is about 4 or more grass spaces to either side of you, including up and down, like so:. Last edited by a moderator: Jul 18, Thanks a bunch for the tips!

As far as I've seen you're right in saying that catching rather than OK-ing leads to higher chances of continuing a chain. So in essence if you get a shake 4th ring right after a catch, you get a freebie haha Anyhow I owe you sir a shiny Ratatta I caught spares. Of course I do! Oglemi Hooo.