>>24561352that happened to me on Victory Road. The damn layout and GF not implementing shiny sprites made it so I couldn't tell if it was the shiny one or not I was about to KO.
Took a 50-50 chance and killed it.
But then find a shiny noctowl in Pokemon Village the next day.
Traded the shiny noctowl for a HA totodile.
5 IV'd the totodile and now that gatr is on my every team.
tl;dr you're more smart than me but my life is better. Enjoy your geodude c: