I think most shiny hunters would tell you that the smart way to go about this hunt is the Masuda Method but I can’t think of anything more painful than hatching eggs in the Ultra Sun/Ultra Moon games. The reason why egg hatching would be recommended over SOS battles is because of Dhelmise’s low call rate of 3. That is frustratingly low simply because it doesn’t call for backup very often, and when it does, there’s a low chance that help would arrive. I mean, 3 is not zero, but I’ve done SOS hunting with Pokémon who have a call rate of 6 and that was way more tolerable than this hunt. Still I tried and failed a couple of times. I’ve accidentally fainted it twice and one time it ran out of moves before being able to harvest a Leppa Berry in time. By my fourth attempt and after weeks of trying, it finally popped after 52 SOS calls. In total, maybe 350 to 400 calls. I’d be lying if I only went with the 52 call number ’cause I am not that lucky.
Of course the only logical ball to try and catch it in would be a Premier Ball:
I only had 3 in my inventory but it was all I needed!
I used Shiny Weavile because it had the ability Pressure and moves that were super effective against Dhelmise, both of which slightly increases the chances that a SOS call would be successful. My Weavile was low level when I started, so I used Sylveon at the start for Sand Attack and beefed up Weavile with X-Special Defense, X-Defense and Speed potions. Then I purposefully tried to get a Dhelmise lower than level 18 because at that level it knows Metal Sound which lowers a Pokémons Special Defense. All the prep work made it extra satisfying to catch, especially in my last Premier Ball. It was such a rush.
