[LIVE] Shiny Roaming Entei after only 711 SRs (1,422 seen) in SoulSilver 

Shiny Entei appears very quickly on my SoulSilver. Very happy with this. My previous 7 shinies have required 15.9k encounters on average per each shiny so I suppose you could say I was due an upturn in luck. I’m still hunting for Raikou in my HeartGold.
The preparation for this hunt and the preparation to catch it took longer than the actual hunt. I personally believe these are the fastest roamers available due to the transition speed between Ecruteak City & Route 37. However, I do concede that prep time to hunt it efficiently using a Mamoswine (or a strong Pokémon of your choice) that will obey you plus the time it takes to catch it might mean others such as Platinum Birds and Mesprit are potentially “easier”. It’s really debateable I guess. I personally don’t mind prep time but others do. I suppose in a sense you can categorise them differently; Easiest & fastest. The actual hunt itself is ridiculously quick. You’re able to see a solid 40 per hour for the most part which is very, very quick as far as roaming hunts go.
The tricky thing is, you need your Smeargle and your Mamoswine to obey you as you can only possibly have three badges up to this point. To progress further, you need to have released the Beasts in to the wild. If you play on hunting this, make sure you have a completed save file in another Gen IV game that you can use to help you prepare and train for this.
If you have any questions, let me know and I’d be happy to help you.
I’m currently on a roamer quest which is to get all of the shiny Pokémon that roam in Gen III through IV. You can view my progress here; tinyurl.com/y9...
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