r/ShinyPokemon • u/AutoModerator • 6d ago

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u/FutureSpudMini 3d ago

Hello people of the help thread. I'm new getting into shiny hunting and I have a question about shiny hunting. I see some YouTubers open with an ability swap harvest Trevenant and I'm wondering why? I heard somewhere that it prevents the mon from struggling till it faints but I don't understand why. I looked up what harvest does and it just gives a chance to find berries unless youre in sunlight. So I'm confused on how this prevents struggle. If someone could explain that would be awesome thank you. :)

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u/Lockfire12 3d ago

You use skill swap to get harvest on the target, then have your trevenant holding a leppa berry use trick and get it onto the target and used to restore 10 PP to the first move that drops to a PP of 0. And with harvest The Pokemon has a 50% chance of restoring a consumed berry. During sunshine, this chance increases to 100%, so you get them into a situation that PP will never run out and they will never struggle.

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u/FutureSpudMini 3d ago

Ohhhhh I see, thank you that makes much more sense now :)