SOS Chaining is one of the new features of Pokémon Sun and Moon that makes finding strong and shiny Pokémon much easier.
We’ve gone into great detail on how SOS Chaining works. Now, The Pokémon Company (on the official website ) has gone in-depth into how this new mechanic works and confirms the chain rates that many testers have found since the November release of the Gen 6 games.
The basics of SOS Chaining in Sun and Moon like how Adrenaline Orbs are used are included but the guide goes more in-depth as to how long you’ll have to chain to get the Pokémon you want.
For Pokémon with Hidden Abilities, you’ll need to get a chain to at least 30. You can then use a Pokémon that has the Skill Swap or Entrainment attacks to see what ability the wild Pokémon has.
The 30 Pokémon chain also guarantees a certain number of max Individual Values (IVs). After 30, each new Pokémon is guaranteed to have at least four max IVs. A Pokémon’s IVs are a very important factor in how they grow, and you should check out our IV guide for more information on that.
As for Shiny Pokémon, the Pokémon Company’s SOS Chaining guide confirms the maximum chance to encounter one of these rare Pokémon happens after 70 Pokémon appear.
The SOS Chaining guide does give a small tidbit that may be new to most Pokémon Sun and Moon players. The guide revealed that Pokémon with the Intimidate, Unnerve or Pressure Abilities active and by immediately using super effective moves on new allies called into battle will increase the chances of a Pokémon calling for help.
Pokémon have different “call” rates and this can help trainers force a call from Pokémon that have a small call rate.
Currently, only two Pokémon have one of these above abilities and can learn False Swipe. These two are Absol and Weavile. Of course, when Pokémon Bank finally updates there will be a lot more Pokémon with access to the abilities and False Swipe but until then those two are your best bets.
So what do you think of the now confirmed SOS Chain rates? Is there anything new in the guide that you didn’t know before? Sound off in the comments section below.
