Is Shiny Gengar possible without trade in Legends: Z-A?

Question

I know you can get a gengar without trading by getting one from main mission 20: ‘A request from the Rust Syndicate’ where you enter a building and there are 2 gengar’s waiting as a static encounter that you are supposed to get rid of.

Thing is, since they are static encounters, can they be shiny? I know static encounters like the legendaries and starters can’t, but do these count too?

When I walk in and out of the building their gender does fluctuate, their level doesn’t and I do not know about that stats.

I want to get a shiny mega gengar without trading.

Thank you for any answer to this.

Comments

Based on this research https://nitter.net/Sibuna_Switch/status/1978816201141723357 the Gengar from that mission are shiny locked. Don't know if there's another way.

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That is honestly very devastating,

Means no shiny gengar possible for me without having to spend money on online, and even then i’d need somebody

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Yeah, sorry, I will look this up sometime to confirm. These, from a first glance, definitely do seem to be static, and therefore shiny locked for sure.

Answer 1

Yes

The static encounters in Main Mission 020 are shiny-locked, but:

"Gengar, Machamp and Alakazam can be found as alpha spawns underneath the tower in Wild Zone 20 after clearing the game. And they can be found as shiny's there!"

Credit to obitoinnit who posted this on a different page (What are all the shiny-locked Pokemon in Legends ZA?), just wanted it on the q specifically asking for it

Comments

Added some small details so all the info's in one place

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thanks muchly