30/03/2026

✧ Overview / Rules

I tried to build a full team of shiny Pokémon, all in blue. It sounded like a fun and relaxing challenge. I never imagined how painful it could be

I hadn’t done any shiny hunts in almost a year, so naturally I gave myself 4 hours to complete this challenge

I played on the Switch 2, using Pokémon Scarlet. The main method was outbreaks and shiny sandwiches. All Pokémon had to be caught in Great Balls and my timer would stop only once I had fully evolved them

My targets were Kingambit, Lycanroc, Orthworm, Weezing, Venomoth and Coalossal. Yes Weezing is a greenish blue, but it counts

✧ Flow — 2/5

Turns out I don’t really remember how to shiny hunt anymore. For the first target, I forgot to defeat the 60 outbreak Pokémon before starting the respawn progress. I remembered all the mechanics for the next target, but still struggled with the rest of them. The hunts were long, but I still had fun with them

✧ Difficulty — 3/5

Mechanically, the challenge isn’t hard at all. Sandwich hunting is one of the easiest ways to find shinies in any Pokémon game

Maybe I could have picked easier Pokémon to hunt, Venonat for example was not a great choice

Somehow playing on the Switch 2 made it harder. Pokémon spawn really far away and it is hard to know if you defeated actual outbreak Pokémon or just random ones

Also my TV looks really blue for some reason

✧ Creativity — 3/5

The restriction of only blue shinies made me hunt some Pokémon I would normally not look for. I fell in love with Venonat and it became one of my favorites thanks to this challenge

I also tried making every sandwich as horrible as possible and that was way more fun than I expected

✧ Pain Factor — 5/5

Venonat

This has been the most exhausting hunt I have ever done. The shiny is almost identical, so I had to run up and check each one individually. This was super rough on both my eyes and my patience

I used 3 sandwiches and a binding vow in order for it to spawn

Did I mention my tv is really blue?

✧ Enjoyment — 3/5

Despite everything, I had a lot of fun with this challenge. It felt amazing coming back to shiny hunting. I feel like this was a great way to practice in general. Also nothing beats the dopamine rush of finding a shiny after a long hunt

Time on the challenge: 4 hours and 44 minutes

Should you try this? Yes but maybe pick a different color

Would I come back to it? Probably - with better planning

My Favorite Moment: I streamed the challenge and recorded it for a YT video. I was really struggling during the Venonat hunt, no matter what I did the shiny wouldn't spawn. So I made a deal with chat that if the shiny spawned before the next sandwich ran out and the video reached 200 likes, I would get a shiny Venonat tattoo

It spawned less than 30 seconds later because of course it did

✧ Final Score — 16/25

This one exists as a video too, if you want to see how it went

Thanks for reading, if you made it this far

Day: 4 (didn’t post day 3 cause im lazy)

Time: 5 minutes walk, 2.5 minutes run, 5 minutes walk

Speed: 5kph walk, 9.6kph run

Listening To: running playlist (i’ll link sometime probably maybe)

Stretches: Prerun + Postrun stretch workouts by WorkoutsByDavid

Goddamnit my legs hurt

sprint triathlon w4 d4

morning swim again! And selfie from wednesday because I liked it :) I swam with my friend again which makes waking up so much easier. The masters swim club (I think that’s why they’re called) was finishing up as we got there so we had to wait like ~10 minutes for a lane. My workout was good though. 5x50 (30′) and 5x75 (40″). My form starts getting bad on the the third lap in a row, but I’m working on it.