Shiny Pokémon are pretty awesome looking a lot of the time, so it's no wonder why people want them so bad. A shiny Pokémon in your ranks really makes your team unique.
So what happens when you're playing online with Battle Revolution, or online with the Battle Tower, and you see a team of shiny Pokémon? No one is that lucky, right? Especially when its a lot of popular shiny Pokémon, like Metagross.
A lot of people suspect hacking when they see teams like this, but I urge you to take a second look before jumping to a conclusion.
There is a method to increase the chance at which you might encounter a shiny Pokémon. If you use the Poké Radar and capture or defeat a Pokémon that appears in the rustling grass because of it, a chain is started. Capturing or defeating more of these same Pokémon in a row keeps the chain going, and also increases the chance of your chain Pokémon appearing shiny. (You will actually see the grass sparkle wildly if it is shiny). The more you see of the same Pokémon, the greater the chance of seeing a shiny. Because running into non-Poké Radar wild Pokémon might break the chain, using Repels is usually helpful.
Although the ability Synchronize can be used to help determine a wild Pokémon's nature, IVs are still generated at random. So even using chains doesn't always create Pokémon worth battling with. Amazingly tough shiny Pokémon should always be suspect.
This page has information on the Poké Radar. I've also added Bulbapedia, an amazing Pokémon Wiki to the list of links.
Shiny Gastly, for example, can never be encountered by use of the Poké Radar. There are a lot of Pokémon like this, so when you see them in groups cheating is probably not that far off.
Move forward with discretion. Shiny Pokémon are rare, but aren't always an indicator of cheating.
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