Do the Electrodes in Team Rainbow Rocket's base have a chance to be shiny?

Question

It's a static encounter, so I'd imagine you could get a shiny one.

Comments

I don't see why not.

Answer 1

Yes

Static Pokemon have the same shiny rates as other wild Pokemon. This is evidenced by the fact that other stationary Pokemon can be encountered in their shiny form through soft resetting, and the Pokemon in question is not shiny locked. It is treated as a regular Wild Pokemon encounter once battle starts, meaning it has the same rate.

There is also the anecdotal experience of someone who did encounter a shiny Electrode, only for it to promptly use Explosion before it could be caught.

Comments

This is why you save your master balls.

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Can you please tell me what static encounters are?

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Static Pokemon are Pokemon you can interact with.

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Static encounters are encounters that will zap you if you wear too much wool.