As mentioned earlier in the guide, Poké Radar chaining grants guaranteed IV bonuses at specific chain lengths and increases the shiny rates up until a chain of 40. It would normally be very difficult to reach such high chain lengths even with perfect gameplay, so we use RNG manipulation to improve our chances of getting there. This section of the guide will teach you how to build a high chain using the automation features in ARSE.
Figure 1 - Chain Continuation Demo
At the end of a battle, right after dismissing the experience gain screen, the game rolls a random number from 0-99 to decide if the chain will break or continue. With perfect play, our best chance of chain continuation is 93%, which means we need a roll of 0-92 for the chain to continue. The 7% chance that the chain will break occurs if the random number is 93-99.
Recall that we recommended having at least one fainted Pokémon in your party that can gain experience. Having a Pokémon in our party that can gain experience is crucial as this gives us the most control over when the battle ends. The experience gain screen is the one where an experience gain value such as +0 appears next to the Pokémon in our party. This screen will remain until we dismiss it by pressing the A button. In practice, we can get to this screen, then leave the rest to ARSE to monitor for a safe frame and automatically press the A button to exit the battle without risking the chain.
Because the RNG state advances very quickly during battle, it can be difficult to manually land on a single precise frame that will preserve the chain. For this reason, it is recommended to target ranges that contain 70-100 consecutive safe advances. This provides a buffer and significantly increases the chance of continuing a chain when the battle ends.
Advances can be done outside of battle using methods such as Pokédex scrolling if a target is very far away. Once you are about 5,000 advances away from the safe cluster, you can enter the battle. It is recommended to use this method and target clusters of about 100 safe frames.
Figure 2 - Automating Chain Continuation
We recommend following these steps in handheld mode (with JoyCons connected to the console). ARSE's automation features require the JoyCons to be docked or entirely disconnected through the system menu. If you disconnect them, you will have to dock them on each continuation attempt.
Action at Target: on ARSE to Press A.Min. Safe Advances: value to 100. You can set a lower value such as 70-90, which will be faster to find but less safe than 100.Continuation Rate at 93% as you should be playing perfectly for the best possible chance of chain continuation.Min. Safe Advances:.HOME button on your JoyCon to minimize the game. You should be looking at the Switch Home Menu.Generate button towards the bottom of the second column on ARSE. You should now see your Next safe advance underneath.A button until you reach the experience gain screen.Find Safe Advance button on ARSE. The program will now monitor the RNG state and automatically dismiss the EXP gain screen when appropriate.Status in the leftmost column underneath the Connect / Disconnect buttons to see what the program is doing.Continuation Rate lower to try and continue the chain. This guide will not cover suboptimal gameplay in more detail.
Figure 3 - Chain Length Manipulation Complete
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