>>52508432I caught a shiny male Lechonk in literally the first area of the game, and he basically carried the entire game. So I ended up EV training him and gave him IV training as well, once I was already done with the main story just to give my best boy the additional boost that he deserved.
And he's literally my very first shiny that I caught.
I'd unironically bring him to the next game if I bothered with Home.