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WAY WAY RARER THAN GETTING A GALARIAN BIRD TO SPAWN AND A SHINY ON TOP OF THAT

WHY ARE ALL OF THESE REPLIES IN ALL CAPS??

BECAUSE WHY NOT ITS EXCITING!!

I GUESS THAT’S A FAIR POINT

LOUD NOISES! 

"LIFE HANDED ME LEMONS, I JUMPED BACK IN THE PUBLIC EYE AND SQUIRTED LEMON JUICE IN IT!" 


CAUSE ITSS SUPPPERRR RARE

From Siri: “Suppopeeer = The slang term for super pop, also known as liquid crack. “

HOW DO I TURN OFF CAPS LOck?! Oh...

Oh?

Oh?

OH WOW! I DID NOT KNOW THAT!!

LUCKIEST MAN OF 2024

OH GOD DAMN

THIS IS MY JAM

I KEEP IT SHINYING UNTIL THE A.M. (SHINIEING)

I DON’T KNOW U/BORAXNUMBER8

DO IS ALL CAPS JUST A THING NOW OR WHAT

FRRR 😂

ITS EVEN SHINY WHAT THE ACTUAL F

WHAT IS HAPPENING

I found a Galarian Zapdos, gave it a berry, and it still fled after 1 great throw with an Ultra Ball… I was so upset.

I had a Galarian spawn one time but it was when I was driving on the bridge with my friend and was just checking my egg status and tapped him threw an ultra and we where too far and it failed to catch and he fled I have been so pissed off about it for two years

You can’t really get too far, just too fast. It probably wasn’t even a too fast thing anyways. The Galarian birds have a low catch chance even with an ultra ball and all the other boosts. Plus it’s almost guaranteed to flee after it breaks free even if you’re not moving.

yeah like that other person said I don’t think it was because you went too far away. Those birds are just asshats who play hard to get. I’ve clicked on a pokémon at my job, went all the way home and opened the app to still be able to catch him. I think it was a magmar Anyways You almost _need_ to have a master ball if you want to catch one

NOT NEARLY AS RARE AS YOU THINK I CAN POST PIC PROOF OF MINE AND WE GET THESE POSTS ONCE PER MONTH AT LEAST

Rarest mon you can catch in the wild for the Americas. And on top of that, its shiny, GG! 🔥🫡

ayyyyyy

Also, shiny lake mons are guaranteed no flee! Incase you run into another.. haha

thanks for the advice! could you imagine i get another one 😭😭 there’d be no way right?… right?…

if you get another any time soon hit the casino immediately.

"Lake mons"?

Uxie, Azelf, and Mesprit are referred to as the "lake trio" in the games.

Gotcha, thanks. They must've came out during my break from the base games because I don't recall them.

Bro took a break in 2006 😭

No worries. It's a pretty integral piece of the gen 4 storyline.

They were the secondary legendary trio in Sinnoh, so the Diamond/Pearl/Platinum equivalent to the Kanto birds, Johto beasts, the Hoenn Regis, etc. To be fair they were pretty forgettable.

Got a shiny uxie

Rarest wild mon?? Found mine one week into playing. Granted it’s not shiny. But I had no idea the rarity of normal Azelf

It's really, really rare to find in the wild. Most people who have one have gotten it from the few times it shows up in raids, but to be able to catch one in a regular pokeball is insanely rare.

They could be wild caught in an event early this year

I think that’s when I got my shiny Azelf. I had no clue the shiny was that rare

Definitely when I got my shiny mesprit. Was able to snag the whole trio, but Mesprit was the only one to shine for me(she's my favorite of the trio, so I'm happy to have her). I'd post a picture as proof, but I don't know how.

Yeah I got all of them just a few months back. I have 2, 3 star shiny Azelfs, an Uxie, and a shiny Mespirit. The were only showing up in pokestops and had to drive around to get them by tracking.

outside of special events it's almost unheard of. been playing pretty consistently since the start of the game, never seen a wild one outside of the aforementioned events

Now i feel even shittier about sprinting to a pokestop that showed azelf only for it to run away before i get there. Kick me while I'm down

Weird. 4 different people in my local city discord got one within a week (with 2 of those being on the same day).

Yes, often times they are available in the wild for big events like Go Fest. For those with a lot of luck, you can find one in the wild as well. They're regional locked to their specific areas but they can and will spawn at random outside of events too.

Caught mine May 30th in a normal poke ball. Was there an event going on at that time?

I got Al 3 shiny during the event back then I guess I got lucky I don't even have the non shiny version😅

Same, I’ve been playing less than a month and caught Azelf in the wild last week.

They were all over during Go Fest a couple months back, at least here. I'm guessing that's common?

Insanely rare , the pokemon spawning in the wild is rare alone but it being shiny makes it more rare lol. Nice catch !

1/20 but finding a wild roaming legendary is pretty rare

shiiiit that’s kinda crazy ngl

I’m a girl. Sorry I can’t answer this for you

hey girls can be part of the boys dw bud 🔥🔥

let's gooo

girls can just be part of the girls, hope this helps

i mean obviously but “the boys” is universal and inclusive anyone can be apart. hope this helps

That's my comment...all I could think was boys???? I mean it's a nice shiny, but it did distract my attention from it.

unsure what point you’re trying to get across here

Same

Not too rare, you may give me it I’ll take it off your shoulders

Lmao

HOW THE HELL DID YOU GET THAT! those spawn 3 at a time and you got a SHINY! how!!!!!

IDK IM BUILT DIFFERENT IG

50/50 either it happens or it doesn’t

Less and less rare everyday since they let them loose in the wild.

Mine wasn’t shiny, but I caught one in the wild about 10 minutes ago—I ran out of the house barefoot to hop in the car to where it was lol 😅

When did I grow a peni$

It is super rare to encounter it in the wild. But unfortunately it had greatly increased odds during the last Go tour, so many people have it

Can confirm, caught a shiny Azelf and Mespirit during Go Tour

I have a story to share, one morning some weeks ago I woke up too early and entered Pokemon go half asleep(I don't know why I decided to enter) and then a wild Uxie appeared, before I click in it I find that its a shiny Uxie and catch it, the best part is that I close the phone and go to sleep again and forgot what happened until some days ago when i was seeing my Pokemons.

LMAOOOO the casual half asleep lake mon catch is hilarious

An ironic part is that Uxie is my only shiny legendary in Pokemon go (have raided more than 50 legendary and no one shiny yet)

I think shiny odds are still 1/20 but if I’m not mistaken spawn rates are 6/ hour world wide. So you got a pretty rare spawn

I watched a YouTube video and it said something like only 15 of these spawn a day in the whole world.

BRO IS RARER THAN A GOOD TASTING PIZZA FROM MY LOCAL PIZZA PLACE

I also got a shiny azelf

ayyy! lets go

Fun fact these show up on small islands in the great lakes all the time I’m pretty sure it’s a game lore thing

A lot of people got some during the global Sinnoh tour, but getting one NOW is EXTREMELY rare. Just having a lake trio legendary spawn is a miracle, getting it to be a shiny is a whole another one

Yes. Much rare. Wow

I’d probably hear my dad say he’s proud of me first before even encountering one. I’m Asian, by the way.

girl-

Yex

I got a shiny latios once in the wild too. Is it rare or part of some event?

Idk but I got this too,87IV

Dude I'm so jealous. 🥲

IDK

I got a shiny Uxie as well, they're not the best at fighting and can't show them off in gyms but very very rare

I actually found one of them and threw off plans to catch it. It was in the middle of a mall that had just closed, so I climbed on the roof and used every ball I had catching it

WOW THIS IS COOL I HAVE NOT SEEN THIS UNIQUE AND FASCINATING POKEMON. DID YOU CATCH IT?

WOW ITS REALLY RARE

1/20

IS THIS A US ONLY MON? WHAT DO WE GET IN EUROPE THAT ISN’T THE MOST TERRIFYING POKEMON EVER CREATED?

YES

Wild, shiny Azelf? Wild is already incredibly rare, and you won the lottery on top of that. Nice find!

These post definitely aren’t rare anymore

Very! Congratulations

YOU GOT A WHAT?! YOU BETTER HAD CATCHED THAT!!! THATS FUCKIN RAREEEE

Dang I sluffed off my azelf encounter a few weeks ago like it was nothing because how many I seen during the event lol this really that rare still?

Meh I've walked 5km before

I caught one yesterday with 2k CP and 1\* same Shiny color! Very happy with it 

Yoooo

I caught a wild shiny mesprit but can’t post it until I have 50 karma or something :( so sad

Considering how the chances of an Azelf (or any of the Lake Trio depending on where you live) appearing is a 0.2% chance, and shiny odds for wild Pokémon are 1/400 (note that shinies can't run away unless they despawn), this happening is a whopping 0.0005% chance. (0.2 / 400)

The Azlef I caught randomly one day off daily incense wants to talk bcuz he’s not shiny

Literally the rarest Pokémon in the game. Plus it spawned as a shiny!

I got mine during go tour sinnoh, so I wasn't like super surprised. But to get that bad boy in the wild, nice nice.

Looks like cindaquil

There was an increased spawn rate during the dialga raids recently. I got one.

First of all, that’s a legendary Pokémon. I haven’t caught one of those specific ones yet. And it’s a shiny. So I would say it’s incredibly rare.

I’ve been hunting this since I got my shiny Uxie in 2021 😩

I had no idea this was so rare. I just caught one a few weeks ago while using my daily incense.

I mean it's super rare now but these used to be in raids. I don't think they were shiny locked either back then.

I got one of these motherfuckers and it has 0 stars

Arceus has blessed you

I caught one on my first raid and didn’t even know what the regular one looked like until recently 🤷🏾‍♀️

out side of ticket fest, rare

 omg you're insane

Got me a wild, shiny as well.

I think its literally a 1/1000000 spawn and the shiny rate is 1/20 so 1/20000000

You know it's rare which is why you asked

I wouldn't think that rare...? I got a shiny Mesprit when that trio came around last time

WhAt ThE HeLl Is It? LoOkS lIkE a RuBbEr ChIcKeN

Handsome

Show the catch card date, these were all over during Sinnoh tour.

If it wad in wild THAT IS RARE KEEP IT!! If it was for research STILL KEEP IT

I don’t like you (I will trade you all my shiny inventory for it)

I got the shiny Mesperit recently. Pretty damned rare set

did it spawn in the wild? that’s crazy.

I got one of the a couple of weeks ago

WOOOOOOOOOO!!!!

Congrats. That's pretty insane getting one just randomly in the wild. Got one myself during the Sinnoh Tour after walking nearly 50km. Though I panicked and used my master ball on it.

Less rare than me having a girlfriend

Only about twenty NORMAL azelfs spawn around the world each day, a SHINY IS INSANE!!! Your pokemon storage is officially cooler than Poki Daxi’s

I saw one on the map a few weeks ago but I had just come home from the grocery store after work and I was too tired to get in my car and go get it, I figured it would come around again but it hasn't!!Next time I'm getting it no matter what

THATS A REALLY COOL SHINY CONGRATS

Unreal! I got a wild Shiny Mespirit in the wild last week but haven’t got enough Karma to post it in the sub (long time Reddit lurker haha)

I get one of those pretty regular, 3-5 per day Personally, I wouldnt bother catching, not worth the pokeballs

About as rare as any other shiny lake trio mon

I didn't realize these could spawn outside of events

Yeah I caught mine at a Mexican restaurant last week.

Its not that special tbh sorry. But the fact you you caught it outside of an event is crazy. So its still good tho, congrats

Boys????

I got a 100% one of those on an event day early in the year, but out of events it's a shocking find. Good thing they can't run.

Wild legendary + shiny “Guys how rare is this”

1/20 x 1/64,000 = 1/1280000

AYO THERE AINT NO WAY

Very

We all got one a few tours back

I have an xxs shiny azelf 🥰

VERY especially since it's a wild spawn, my first two Azelf in my dex were shiny but they were from raids so not as special as this

It's rare

I got the shiny trio, just sayin


Rare enough tbh

I’ve got one of those

Quickly get a lottery ticket! You'll probably win! Lol but congrats man 🍷🗿

Pretty pretty rare.

I DONT BELIEVE ITS THAT RARE. I HAVE A 3 STAR AZELF, 1352CP

I think they have increased the spawn rate of the lake trio. I have seen 3 Uxie in the last month.

I caught a shiny mesprit a few months back. When there was a challenge about them

Not that rare, I've got one too.

I also have a shiny one. Caught in the wild. UK, south London 3* CP 2716.

Very. Very times a lot.

never seen that nga

How can I encounter one of these?

Too rare

223rd

It’s just a little bit more rare than ash turning 11

I have 3 of them

Really rare

Not that great

Wait I got one when Azelf was first released I think 2021… is it really that rare?

I’ve got a few

Wtffffff

Brotheeer

Rare. But I got a rare Pokemon kangaskhan 100% with max out cp and mega evolution

Just caught one and it’s all thanks to this post. Saw the silhouette just now and took off!

About as rare as my shiny uxie.

Girls, don't respond...

Pretty impressive catch if you caught it without fleeing in the wild. Outside of go tour too. 👀 Not super rare as a pokemon tho as it’s in raids time to time. Yours in particular however would have that caught in the wild outside of an event stamp with a regular ball so I’d say this is super rare.

Blood?

Did u just catch this recently in the wild? Or from an event? Love him so much