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Niantic has brought back Shiftry in 3-star raids in the Shared Skies season. As a result, trainers will be looking to get their hands on Shiny Shiftry in Pokemon GO. Compared to the regular variant, this Pocket Monster is very challenging to come across. However, some helpful strategies can be implemented to hunt down this elusive creature in the game. The plan includes the proper use of items for encountering wild spawns and the right counters for raids.
Players have multiple ways to encounter Shiny Shiftry, but none of them guarantees an encounter. Even so, the likelihood of finding this creature is relatively high when you do these things.
All ways to find Shiny Shiftry in Pokemon GO
When including the trade feature, trainers have a total of five approaches to encountering Shiny Shiftry in Pokemon GO, which are:
- Encountering in the wild
- Winning 3-star raids
- Completing Field Research tasks
- Trading Pokemon
- Evolve Shiny Nuzleaf
1) Encountering Shiny Shiftry in the wild
The natural habitat of Shiftry and Shiny Shiftry are locations with Sunny and Foggy weather. When you are here, the possibility of encountering these Pocket Monsters is slightly improved. Thus, if you activate the Lure Module at PokeStops and Incense, you can further the effect, boosting its spawns significantly more.
2) Winning 3-star raids
The regular and Shiny forms of Shiftry can also be obtained by beating 3-star raids. These are beaten solo, and the more raids you win, the likelihood of finding Shiny Shiftry in Pokemon GO improves. Below are the counters for its raids:
- Mega Rayquaza: Air Slash and Dragon Ascent
- Mega Heracross: Struggle Bug and Megahorn
- Pheromosa: Bug Bite and Bug Buzz
- Volcarona: Bug Bite and Bug Buzz
- Shadow Scizor: Fury Cutter and X-Scissor
3) Completing Field Research tasks
Sometimes, if certain research tasks are completed, the game rewards you with Pokemon GO Shiftry encounters. If you’re lucky, you might also be awarded a Shiny Shiftry.
4) Trade a Shiny Shiftry
Players with a Shiny Shiftry can trade you their Pokemon with the cost of Stardust. Ask them if they want to share their Shiny Shiftry in Pokemon GO.
5) Evolve a Shiny Nuzleaf
A Shiny Nuzleaf, which evolves from a Shiny Seedot when 25 Candies are fed, can evolve into a Shiny Shiftry for the cost of 100 Candies.
Shiny Shiftry and its counterpart variant have the same stat distribution, but the former has an alternate purple and light green color scheme. By spotting this difference, you can know you found a Shiftry in the wild, in the raids, or in the rewards that are offered by the completion of research tasks.
