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Welcome to the community!!! Have a nice stay!!can someone clarify a thing for me? does the shiny charm affect sos battle chances? as in, does the chance from chain 70-255 become 1 in 512? I'm currently trying to get a shiny Cutiefly via sos chaining with the shiny charm, no luck so far. I've already chained up to 255 four times, meaning I encountered 744 Cutiefly when the chain was between 70 and 255.
The shiny charm for sure helps but you still need a lot of luck
I found a quote from a reddit user that explained how the Shiny chance work with the SOS battle:
Shiny Chance
After a chain of 70 the game rolls the shiny chance an extra three times, meaning the normal chance of 1/4096 gets increased to 4/4096, effectively giving a chance of 1/1024.
- Chain length of 0 to 69: ???**
- Chain length of 70 to 255*: Three extra rolls for a shiny spawn.
With a shiny charm, this chance is originally 3/4096 (two extra rolls for shiny spawn), and so gets boosted to 6/4096 after a chain of 70, effectively giving about a 1/683 chance of a shiny until the chain counter rolls over to 0.
Take this section with a grain of salt, however, as there seems to be some doubt from the source as to whether these numbers are accurate. It's entirely possible that there is code somewhere that makes this chance much higher; we just don't know yet.
Side note: Assuming the Masuda method in this game is the same as in Gen VI, using it with a shiny charm yields a shiny chance of 8/4096 (five extra rolls from MM and two extra from charm), or a 1/512 chance per egg. Make of that what you will.
I don't have for now the lucky charm but I'll try for sure when I'll have oneI believe it does, but I haven't had any luck with SOS Battles either sadly, so it's most likely just bad luck...