Pokemon Go player has worst luck ever catching Legendary Bird

One Pokemon Go trainer had horrific luck with the Galarian version of Articuno, as the Legendary Bird fled multiple times over a 10-minute span.

Pokemon Goplayers have hadmixed resultswith Galarian Legendary Bird encounters. Many have failed, whereas others have been able toyield impressive resultsand more than one with the help of the Daily Incense.

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One Go trainer recently had the opportunity to run into the Galarian version of Articuno three times in a very short period of time.

However, it didn’t end well for the individual.

Articuno continuously evades Pokemon Go trainer

In a Pokemon Go subreddit post, a trainer by the name ofMiksuinen postedan image of their recent encounter log. Unfortunately for the trainer, luck — or the catch RNGs — did not appear to be on their side.

Per the log, the trainer encountered Galarian Articuno three times in just 10 minutes. However, the Pokemon ran away each time.

A poster containing all Legendary Pokemon

In the comments, fellow Pokemon Go trainers sent their consonances to the poster.

One individual commented, “Congratulations on being simultaneously being the luckiest and unluckiest player in the game.” Another added, ” Ayo, what?? How is that even possible?”

pokemon articuno

Others, on the other hand, commiserated over the failure to run into one of the Birds. “The joke is that someone saw more birds in 10 minutes than I have in all my life.”

For those unaware, Galarian Legendary Birds in Pokemon Go that are encountered in the wild have very low catch rates. Plus, these Birds are very difficult to find and spawns typically need to be triggered with aDaily Incense.

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While this trainer might not have had luck with the Birds, other trainers have experienced the exact opposite. Recently, one Pokemon Go trainerrattled offseveral successful Shiny encounters in just three minutes.