>>36505353I got lucky I guess in that my first shiny was a shitmon with a good final evo. It was a forest green zubat on my copy of leafgreen 14 years ago, which is now a pink Crobat. My other random shiny encounters have been Poliwag and Elekid. Charmander is the only one I have used Masuda Method for.
>>36506380I have two friends who have also only encountered red gyarados from their playthroughs of GSC/HGSS. My question for you is... why not just use the Masuda method at this point? Or SOS chaining? The shiny charm is easy af to obtain in gen 7, you have literally no excuse at this point.