>>56455052First shiny of the run obtained! Electrike, which is cool since I've never gotten one of these shiny elsewhere. He had Brilliant aura too which is a good start. Part of why I wanted to do this run was to essentially just do lots of encounter hunts so the first being a Brilliant instead of full odds is a great start.
Total encounters for the mons on Route 4 (this might include a couple trainer or wild battles from before but a negligible if so):
Galarian Meowth - 203
Pumpkaboo - 132
Electrike - 130
Yamper - 56
Pikachu - 48
Wooloo - 48
Eevee - 44
Milcery - 38
Cutiefly - 27
Joltik - 25
Ferroseed - 2
Budew - 1
Total encounters: 754
For the next hunt I'll keep a manual count but since this was the first I just used the in-game one.
