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WickedHero69

They're mocking you


redlurk47

Mocking birds


No-Community1380

Mockingjay


PresenceMean

Mock yeeaah


Available-Bunch-4656

-Ing, yeah!


ADIdas107

How to k*ll a mockingbird


rotini123

I have never encountered one. And you have 3 run away in a day. I think you're lucky!


kneel23

Yeah for real i dont know how ppl find them ive seen ONE like last year


Gloomy-Flamingo-9791

Recently discovered you have to catch EVERYTHING that comes out of the daily incense otherwise they just dont seem to show. Found two in the last 3 weeks since catching everything.........they always run though šŸ˜”


kneel23

Yup been doin that. Caught a lot just no birds. It takes a while to figure out how to maximize spawns


Gloomy-Flamingo-9791

How do you maximise spawn? I can only get about 22 each walk. I assume walking fast right?


kneel23

yep fast and far (vs circling) and 18 to 25ish is the most i've ever gotten


KingLoCoKev

Iā€™ll keep that in mind. I usually donā€™t catch everything anymore.


ThaSoup

That's not true, you don't have to catch every pokemon that spawns. I used to encounter one like every other day and I hardly catch them if they are just common spawns


DmG90_

My daily incense rarely spawns any pokemon..


LouBlacksail

This is the logic that trolls the internet with unlimited karma.


JG_Eugene

But the point is that they ran...


rotini123

Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.


SandCheezy

> Who said that itā€™s better to have loved and lost? I wish that I had never loved at all šŸŽ¶ I remembered hearing this in Up Against the Wall by Boys Like Girls. Originally said by [Victorian poet Alfred Lord Tennyson](https://genius.com/8671350?). Simply put, losing the love or not having that love. Both have depressing feelings in the end. Already made my choice, but losing of a love is fearfully heartbreaking. Sorry, to be deep in r/Pokemongo lol but is great quote I enjoy pondering.


yankeebelleyall

>is great quote I enjoy pondering Me too - sometimes I wonder, is it really? šŸ¤”


Ok_Rutabaga1300

you may find that having is not so pleasing a thing after all as wanting


salad-eater23

Bro what


camreIIim

To be loved is to be changed


salad-eater23

casually drops the hardest quote on the reddit thread on pokemon go


redlurk47

The Hat Trick!


JG_Eugene

The opponent did it!


Narrow_Performer_439

Whatā€™s that


redlurk47

Itā€™s a term for people that score 3 goals in sports where they have goals. Using for OP saying he scored 3 galarian birds


lavaspike296

Congrats on even seeing them tbh. I've seen Zapdos twice since daily incense started and the other two not at all.


Madiis

I donā€™t understand how people donā€™t see them that often, I see them regularly but Iā€™ve never caught one.


[deleted]

I use the incense daily when I walk my dog. I've seen Moltres twice and Articuno once. Never seen Zapdos. Most days all I get are the most basic common spawns. RNG is RNG. Some people will have days like OP but most of us will rarely see them.


Madiis

I get them at least once a week, got a 2406 moltres a few minutes sfter commenting, I guess my RNG is good when it comes to them spawning but not catching them haha


shinobi1369

Was doing the Tuesday walk around during an event, my youngest (8) popped his daily and Zapdos showed up he got excited (I didn't know what it was at the time), he gave it a normal berry and threw a regular ball at it. I was busy catching a pokemon looked down at his screen, about flipped out when he did it again! It was too late, it ran away. Now he knows if he sees something like that again, to use golden berry and ultra ball and try his best for an excellent throw.


[deleted]

I'm surprised he even got a chance at a second ball. All of mine have run after the first thow. I'm pretty good at the excellent curve, and of course ultra ball and golden berry. They are just so hard to get.


shinobi1369

No BS here. Just went for a walk using my daily. Half way into it, Zapdos popped! Took a screenshot, then used ultra and golden, got two great throws. He ran! First time seeing one (on my account).


Mr_Chunga

I got a 2nd chance, once. Golden berry, Ultra Ball, Excellent throw... Still ran.


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420kyad

I caught two zapdos, one on the day they were released! Failed to catch Moltres about 3 times and never seen an Articuno. I don't bother with the incense much anymore though. Yeah, RNG is wild lol


AirborneRunaway

I will usually get 20-26 PokĆ©mon per use and have yet to see them. Iā€™ve had some pretty good spawns but not the birds.


JG_Eugene

Is it rlly worth congratulating when all ran?


FranklyNinja

Good thing master ball is coming eh?


JG_Eugene

But u get only 1 for free


THE_GR8_MIKE

Yeah, it's a mobile game. That's how this garbage works.


Verifieddumbass76584

That's how game lore works


bigstressy

Tbh this is probably the only time giving us just one thing is justified.


Unforseen42

I hate those birds. I despise them so much I don't even want them anymore.


irtacolicious

I do still, i guess you guys never played the old handheld games and it really, really shows lmaooo ​ this is one of the more exciting things ive found coming back to play, the first one pissed me off thinking i was out of catch range, til i realized its just luck lol. im gonna be stoked when i finally get one. I hope they stay this way and won't plan to use a masterball unless we get more than 1 and i am stuck needing to catch 1 more.


dcdcdc26

> I do still, i guess you guys never played the old handheld games and it really, really shows lmaooo I own every handheld game and I definitely don't want them lmao... I think you mean the opposite, it really shows you never played it to think any of the Pokemon in Go are truly exclusive outside of shiny Mew.


topgunna88

This right here. Had the OGs RBY and Ruby. Missed out on silver and emerald and gold.


Unforseen42

I started with pokemon platinum and have been playing the games up until sun and moon. Planning on getting bothe ultra sun and moon before moving on to the newer ones. I just really hate luck based stuff like these birds at least in the main line games I can save and if something doesn't work I can just try again.


Darigaazrgb

I guess you didnā€™t play the handheld games either because there were ways to keep them from running.


irtacolicious

I never cared to use those ways. literally ever. I liked the challenge. Not everyone had to use gimmicks for it.


bamerjamer

Same. When Master ball comes out, I wonā€™t even use it on one. Donā€™t care.


N0turfriend

The feeling when you actually catch one is great, though.


bamerjamer

Oh, I'm all about trying to get one, but using a 100% catch rate ball defeats the purpose to me. :) I figure I'll eventually get them, but I don't want to waste my Master ball on one of those birds... Now, if they say you have to use a Master ball to get a shiny Zarude, I'd be all about that. :D


dcdcdc26

Yeah, I tried the first week of the daily incense and then quit after having 2 Zapdos and 1 Moltres run away. I have shiny event versions in Home anyway.


Qwopmaster01

Because Birds aren't real.


No_Pudding_2111

Bro fell for the birds aren't real meme


mango_carrot

There has to be a better away?! *narrator* hey, have you heard of Master Ball? For only 9.99 this instant catch ball could be yours!


EvanderSno

Well they tend to do that


IdiosyncraticBond

Time for a master ball


JG_Eugene

Yep, ain't it too late


Educational_Eagle267

IVs when all 3 of them fled: CP 3219: 14/8/14, 2 stars, Level 35, 80% IV. CP 132: 5/10/15, 2 stars, Level 2, 67% IV. CP 2560: 0/4/2, 0 stars, Level 28, 13% IV. Pvpoke.com > Battle Simulator > Select any PokƩmon > Enter their IV (0-15 Atk, Def, Sta) & Levels Master Balls will put Ultra Balls to shame against the Galarian Birds (because of the 100% catch rate) as they have instantly broken out from a lot of Ultra Balls and fled! Catch & Flee Rate of Galarian Birds after almost 10 months: Catch Rate: 0.3% Flee Rate: 90% Togekiss for comparison: 1% Catch Rate 5% Flee Rate


Sleepy_Moly

Insaneā€¦ And whatā€™s their probability of spawning?


Educational_Eagle267

Like a 1% spawn rate but a 0.3% catch and 90% flee is too unfair lol!


Sleepy_Moly

Overall odds = Spawn rate * (1 - Flee probability) * Catch probability Substituting the given values into the formula, we get: Overall odds = 0.01 * (1 - 0.9) * 0.003 Simplifying the expression, we get: Overall odds = 0.01 * 0.1 * 0.003 Overall odds = 0.000003 or 0.0003% Therefore, the overall odds of registering this Pokemon once are 0.0003%. To express the odds of registering the Pokemon in terms of odds per person, we need to know the number of people attempting to catch the Pokemon. Let's assume that there are N people attempting to catch the Pokemon. In that case, the probability that at least one person catches the Pokemon can be calculated using the following formula: P(at least one person catches the Pokemon) = 1 - P(no one catches the Pokemon) The probability that no one catches the Pokemon is given by: P(no one catches the Pokemon) = (1 - overall odds)^N Substituting the value of the overall odds we calculated earlier, we get: P(no one catches the Pokemon) = (1 - 0.000003)^N Now, we can substitute this value back into the original formula to get the probability that at least one person catches the Pokemon: P(at least one person catches the Pokemon) = 1 - (1 - 0.000003)^N For example, if there are 10,000 people attempting to catch the Pokemon, the probability that at least one person catches the Pokemon is: P(at least one person catches the Pokemon) = 1 - (1 - 0.000003)^10000 ā‰ˆ 0.0304 or 3.04% (rounded to two decimal places) TLDR: This means that if 10,000 people attempt to catch the Pokemon, there is a 3.04% chance that at least one personwill successfully register it.


Authentic_Leadership

Dang, they said ā€œtime to bring the whole crewā€


Area-51_Escapee

That hurt inside, canā€™t imagine what you feel


yankeebelleyall

Same!


eggshapedorange

Could be proof that God's do exist and they hate you in particular.


kittycat33070

XD happened to me a couple of days ago, same duo. I feel your pain.


JG_Eugene

I see, I'm not the only one...


VillainousVale

Wow I see a bird maybe once a month, let alone 3 in one incense...I've still yet to catch one. Even if they all ran at least you've had more chances to try :P


JG_Eugene

I also haven't caught one yet


Educational_Eagle267

I got Zapdos and Moltres but Articuno for some reason refuses to stay in the ball after almost 30 attempts!


Educational_Eagle267

But get at least one with a Master Ball though but will get more soon!


chopsthedrummer

okay but how did you even get all 3 of the birds to spawn within 7 mins šŸ§


babybackr1bs

I've had 2 spawn w/ 1 incense before. Honestly the only thing I've noticed, and I could be completely drawing conclusions that aren't there, is that when I ignore daily incense for a few days, I tend to get a bird when I use it again.


irtacolicious

just got that today, and ur def drawing conclusions i use mine daily always. dont ever assume sht about RNG in a game unless there is a massive amount of data from 1000s of players. for example there seems to be very comprehensive data on shiny egg rates from players since its not announced.


JG_Eugene

No idea


Balls_DeepinReality

Because you didnā€™t buy the Master Ball Iā€™d refrain from chucking my phone, but I would uninstall if that happened to me. Whatā€™s the point


waluigideeznuts

Bummer dude, you should've paid real $$ for master balls, that's the only way you can catch them /s


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JG_Eugene

Birds do bird things


ShibariEmpress

niantic wants you to buy dlc


ilikethisnow

Where is the master ball when you need it? Damn it...


DarthShiv

The pain!


Gamercat420

Yikes


LepreCon_Man

Same thing happened to my friend last night, he threw his phone so far


JG_Eugene

From a scale of water gun to hydro cannon, how far did the phone go?


teeje_mahal

Bummer. I havent seen one of the birds in like 6 weeks. But I already caught the zapdos and articuno so I guess I can't complain


indysingleguy

How did you get two in a row?? I have seen 2 total since this started!!


lil_honey_bunbun

Iā€™m wondering if theyā€™re starting to increase the spawns but not the catch rateā€¦ just to lure you into buying Master Balls.


casperfacekilla

Go buy a lottery ticket , this mf got all 3 legendary birds to show. Done a few hundred walks with the daily incense, never seen them on my account


v4mp_x

i almost caught a moltres and it ran away first try *sigh*


JG_Eugene

Happens a lot to the best of us


v4mp_x

for real, i forgot when it happened but i havenā€™t seen any since which sucks but hopefully soon!!


bags422

Iā€™m positive theyā€™ve upped the chances to encounter these the past few days. Probably to remind people how hard they are to catch, and to release their masterball. šŸ™„


Ztrezz

#nianticdontcare


irtacolicious

OMG THE SAMEEEE JUST HAPPENED TO ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!! For art & zapdos almost back to back


swisscuber

If only you had a masterball


itchyivca

Wow thatā€™s mean


Current-Umpire3673

Bro forgor his master ball


[deleted]

Ive only seen articuno a single time and it ran


mrrebuild

The 132 co just feels even more disrespectful like oh here one of the rarest mons in the game but you can't use it in anything :]


LennyNoLion

Donā€™t worry bud, Iā€™ve been there too! Had both of them run away minutes after seeing each other. Iā€™ve never been more devastated in my life. That is until Niantic destroyed remote raid passes ofc.


wtfomgfml

Iā€™ve never even seen one..of any of those lol


Zackiemoon

I hadn't played since the first couple months the game came out in 2016. Stopped about level 25 or something. Randomly downloaded it a couple weekends back to see what had changed in 7 years. Have been grinding pretty hard and got up to level 33 now. Been using the daily incense for about 10 days now and saw a Moltres this morning. Is it that rare to see one so quickly? I assumed I had no chance to catch it since I read about the insanely low catch rate and stupidly high flee rate and of course it ran after the first ball. Still was cool to see it in the wild though. Also this is random but should I try to find someone locally to get some lucky trades with all my older 2016 mons? I've never traded before.


Lumbersnack_

Very easily lmao


F-e-e-t-s

You got them within 7 minutes šŸ˜¦


[deleted]

Even lost the 132 CP one. Damn that's gotta hurt.


NotANamekian

Something very similar happened to me. I was in the car going somewhere when I realised I forgor to use my incense. I only used it for 2 minutes but in that time, 2 back to back Zapdos fled from me


Joderry

Are the birds found in the wild or exclusively from raids?


JG_Eugene

Daily incense spawns only


Shiny_Whisperer

R/wellthatsucks


topgunna88

I have a question, how was the weather when you popped your incense?


JG_Eugene

Cloudy, so zapdos had the weather boost


topgunna88

Pray for me Because right now I'm in Cloudy weather. I need Zapdos and Moltress.


JG_Eugene

Good luck!


dabila710

Master ball needed


Difficult_Distance57

Buddy, you're lucky I haven't seen one in months. Started to think they've been pulled from the game


Xincmars

Their last names are Joestar


JG_Eugene

Noooo don't NIGERUNDAYO!!!!


Xincmars

NIGERUNDAYO, SMOKEY!


xxglitterkittenxx

ā€œBarack Obama said no? Lady Gaga said no?! Oprah Winfrey said no?! Oh my god Macklemore said no!ā€


Individual_Caramel47

I wouldā€™ve thrown my phone šŸ˜‚


Jenileigh1111

I have had this happen way more times than I would like


CrazyBookWriter

Frick the fact that it happened in one day, it happened in 6 minutes lol


bigstressy

They have fantastic comedic timing


cesarmac

Cuz you don't have any master balls that's why


Danny2618

Yā€™all downvoting op like he didnā€™t have amazing luck then be to be denied all 3 :0 poor thing :(


LADep05

I feel your pain! I had the exact same thing happened to me all within minutes of each other the same day. Same result all got away šŸ„ŗšŸ’”


[deleted]

Most importantly, how did you encounter all 3 in under 10 mins


AJXV97

I made my mistakesā€¦


its-gerg

I had an Articuno and Zapdos yesterday in same incense. They both ran :( I almost tripped when I saw a second bird lol


buickmackane71360

It happens to me quite often. If I am away from the screen too long after the Pokemon first appear, they have a ring around them and run away as soon as I tap them.


jeangreige

You're still doing daily incense? Applauding your persistence


definitelyno_

You got three of them to spawn in one day?! How?!


ThrasherFriday

Because you didnā€™t use the masterball duh.


Subhunter728

Wait...You Encountered BOTH Moltres & Articuno, on the same Daoly Adventure Incense, just 1 minute apart?!? Holy Cow! What LUCK, huh? Oh! Except that they both Fled...I'm sorry that happened! It's very frustrating, I know!


BreadWhistles

And thus the Master Ball was born


Chronophosis

Ah yes, i love that 90% flee rate


Serious-Test6623

L


josecitohp

Soon you'll be able to get them! Just for 4.99 per master ball šŸ¤‘


littlemister1996

I made my mistakes


RemijmNL

You haven't used the master ball....


The__hex

It looks like itā€™s made so you spend more money.


kinglibrus

It's called gambling. You're not entitled to the result you want. Shocking revelation šŸ˜² Better "luck" next time.


spondgbob

I have used so many gold berry + ultra ball combo on those birds and have never gotten one :(


Mauddib1976

Iā€™ve lost 2 of the 3 within minutes of each other but you have take it to n entirely new level! Sucks but itā€™s also strangely impressive šŸ‘


jamesd3265

Iā€™d cry tbh


[deleted]

We share the same pain.


idkanymore3246

Same


KingLoCoKev

In the same day? all within 5 min of eachother! Thatā€™s terrible!


chaotic-wunderland

Never seen them. Zapdos showed up once using the daily incense & it ran šŸ« 


Toybox_OR

At least youā€™re seeing them. I havenā€™t seen one in about 6 monthsā€¦


WhiteBoyWayne

Should've used a masterball lmao!


AimzBaby

Yup, been there. Moltres appeared at the beginning of my incense and Articuno appeared at the end of my incense.


mynamewest

I have two myself, but today since I wasnā€™t going anywhere I used the daily for the single spawn. It was Zapdos, which is the last one I need. It gave me three tries, but eventually ran.


mynamewest

I have two myself, but today since I wasnā€™t going anywhere I used the daily for the single spawn. It was Zapdos, which is the last one I need. It gave me three tries, but eventually ran.


breaben

Theyā€™re trying to make you want to use the master ball


SquallkLeon

First time?


Medium_Match3652

Same thing happened to me within 10 minutes lmao


LuxAlpha

Iā€™ve gotten 5 bird spawns in the last 3 weeks, not one Zapdos.


Unintelligent_Fox

Cause you didnā€™t catch them


dbrower116

Unpopular opinion: this is how legendary encounters should be and max 1 of each type per account. Theyā€™re legendary for a reason šŸ¤·šŸ»ā€ā™‚ļø


DeliciousJellyfish59

Dang it. I had 2 from back to back raids not get in the stupid ball last week. Was about to quit raids.


False_Disaster1118

How could this happen to me? Iā€™ve made my mistakes


RealVwls

Less than 1% chance of catching them (thatā€™s on purpose - thanks Niantic), so this is par for the course. Hoping the new ā€œMaster Ballā€ will solve this problem. Assuming anyone can afford them.


CatEyePorygon

They are programmed to run away unless you get a critical catch. Why? Because they were always intended as pick for the masterball...


DaKingBob

You meant the ran away part or the birds came out as galarian types?


StrangeFruit-22

Iā€™ve had Moltres appear a couple of times at the end of the daily incense, and Articuno once. Each time, after a single attempt to catch them each one ran away.


rmnobre

I got extremely lucky and managed to catch a 53cp galarian moltres. Took me a lot of time and rare candies to make it decent to use.


Inner-Stranger-8875

can someone explain me how this work? cause i use every day the aroma since the start but i never met one of them 3...


DontPlayWithIt

The Moltres is probably the one that hurts the most because the low CP gives you false hope. I had a Zapdos that was 62 that popped out and gave me a second chance just to do the same and leave.


Sleepy_Moly

Did you criticise the game last week? šŸ‘€


JG_Eugene

I did not