Did I come across a hacker?
Sep. 23, 2017I was playing around in the Festival Plaza in Sun and Moon searching for people to battle with, and I got challenged my a random Japanese person. I accepted, chose a team and stuff, and the battle begun.
It was a pretty normal battle… until the very end. He actually send out a (Japanese named) shiny Nihilego. When I saw it, I was pretty confused since I knew the Ultra beasts in Sun and Moon are shiny locked. As far as I know, there is no way to get a shiny Nihilego, not even through event. I didn’t knew much about it, aside from two moves being Power Gem and Sludge Wave. It also didn’t have a hacked ability, it had just Beast Boost.
I didn’t obviously know any of it’s EV’s, IV’s or Nature either, but can anyone tell me if I was right? And if I’m not, how did this person obtain a shiny Ultra Beast?
Pleaselog inorregisterto add a comment.
Yes, you are correct. Shiny Nihilego cannot currently be legitimately obtained, so the Nihilego you came across was either modified to be shiny, or hacked in as shiny.
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