It took me 3 years and over 100,000 encounters to find Shiny Lotad... (Sapphire DTQ #2)
Obviously I did not hunt this for 3 consecutive years, but MAN what a grind. Started this hunt before COVID and I cannot express how relieved I am to have it done. I repel tricked it to make it 25% and yet it still somehow avoided me for all these years. I'm sure I'll find plenty of Shiny Lombre when I hunt Seviper as well lol. Anyways here is Shiny Lotad, I love Pokemon.