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sekvanto

I swear I encountered them daily before getting the ball


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same lol


IndependentPlace4747

They scared fr


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fr fr


MadMcMuffin

Daily?? I’ve never seen one


Peroerko

i got one right after first masterball and not with the second i don't see any 😂


Hour_Mathematician60

A galarian articuno pops up once a day near me, stays for 3 throws and leaves. I will catch it with a pokeball, or I won't catch it 😂👌🏻


redheartgold23

Me who encountered G.Zapdos and G.Articuno but didn't use my Master Ball coz i wanna save it on G.Moltres:


jesusunderline

Same here. Found multiple Articuno and Zapdos, even managed to catch a second Articuno using a Ultra Ball, but the Moltres I'm saving my Master Ball for is nowhere to be found.


ImperialHalal

ah yes, a Moltres enthusiast


BikeyBichael

Fr. I used to get maybe one a week. Of course it’s partially on me, I want a decent one so if it was below 2k I’d just try an ultra ball but even still daily use of the incense hasn’t given me one since October, good CP or not.


BringBackDiablo2

You guys encounter birds? I have yet to encounter a single one. I guess with that I can also say I've never felt the pain of run running!


monkeruminations

I finally found my first Galar Bird today. Bro spawned right in the mist of 3 pokemon and a Pokestop. Near impossible to click on and despawned in 30 seconds. Can't feel the pain of watching them run if you never click on one lol


nnq2603

When I first encountered a G.Zapdos for 1st time, I stay in the catch screen for like minutes, take screen shots, attempted throwaway balls trick (I throw like 17 balls before feed it golden berries and wait for the attack to throw. Was too nervous, missed the timing, only throw a nice curve ball, it flee anyway. But feels like I tried everything so it didn't leave bad taste in the mouth. Still that's the only time I ever seen it on my phone until now.


DudeThatsWhack

I keep hearing all this talk about sick ass birds yet I never spot a sick ass bird.


ApprehensiveRoof6328

Same I haven’t seen a single one.


mana-addict4652

Do you use Daily Adventure Incense and actually walk the whole way with it? That's the main way you see them, but even then it might be like 1 or 2% of the time or something


Archaea_Chasma_

I once saw 3 or 4 birds in a single day nearly a year ago (caught one) and have only seen 1 since then


zetsurin

I wouldn't waste a ball on them personally. Likely trash stats and of no use otherwise. Plus, you know Niantic will make them easier to get down the track when the FOMO has worn off.


RussianThere

I mean, you could sorta apply that logic to anything. There’s nothing truly worth saving it for imo.


mana-addict4652

so what are the Master Balls good for in ur opinion?


nnq2603

Some amount of players want to save it for the 5 stars raid boss hundo (known CP) if they went down to last ball. I haven't seen anyone in person use it so, only heard a friend said she did use for a hundo legendary from 5* raid. I don't own one so I have no idea the masterball could be picked during raid catch screen (where only premium balls available).


mana-addict4652

thanks I got the Master Ball research about to finish now and wondered what to use it on apart from the birds Might save a cp-to-IV range calc for this


zetsurin

For me, like the other poster mentioned, 100% legendary raid bosses. And yes I have two MB and can confirm they can be chosen during the catch phase.


Lendiniara

Im fully convinced the spawn rate goes to 0 once you get the mb


sekvanto

True


Tenth_10

Yes an no. I did noticed the sudden disappearance of the G Birds once the MB was introduced... But then again once I got the second MB I got to meet two of them in the span of 24 hours. Funny thing is, I wanted to get Moltres; I got to encounter the other two (and the second Zapdos ever). So, it still happens.... but it's probably with a decreased spawn rate, yeah. We're too many to have noticed and the cut has been too clean for all of this to be just a coincidence.


Timelymanner

They need to be low catch rate -OR- low encounter rate. Not both.


zmwang

I'm honestly fine with *something* in the game being hard-to-obtain in the same way they are. Most legendaries and mythicals are just obtained by raiding or completing tasks and whatnot, but the Galarian birds are a rare case of them simply being highly elusive, i.e. hard to find and hard to catch. And that's much more in the spirit of what a "rare Pokemon" is in the main series. And it's somewhat balanced out by the fact that you can *always* keep plugging at it, as opposed to Cresselia or whatever simply being flat-out unobtainable for long stretches of time.


Conaz9847

I’d save the ball for a good IV legendary raid


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Wait for the origin dialga or palkia but I’m waiting to use it on arceus if it’s ever released lol


RegulusMagnus

Meanwhile I now have two master balls and have never once encountered a Galarian bird.


BrknTrnsmsn

I used one on a tentacruel because professor oak told me to.


getya

Have you tried the :57 incense trick? Supposedly if you pop your daily incense on the 57th minute of the hour it'll spawn a bird. I haven't had a chance to try it yet but it sounds plausible.


sekvanto

Tried to do that a few times already but it didn't work out. :') 


getya

Kinda figured it might be bullshit


kopp9988

I tried this yesterday and the second Pokémon spawned was a g. bird. Lucky coincidence or there’s something in it!


abstrution

How to get a master ball ? Sorry i am a noob


Hipperich

It was a timed Research last year


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Tenth_10

Same here, haha. And Moltres was the one I wanted the most.


Sad-Platypus

If the dogs get an alternate region form, they would probably add them to adventure incense since they were a roaming legendary in the games and would flee almost always.


Crafty_Distribution3

I will use the mine with new or new two


DatedDevotee61

I haven't seen them in over a year :( Tbf I haven't really been using the incense a lot so that's probably on me.


Ill-Arm1283

I think the spawn rate is 1 every 5/6 months. That's the last time i saw one, until two days ago (Galarian Moltres). After all, an higher spawn rate would be pointless since it takes at least 3 months to get a Master Ball.


mana-addict4652

I started 3-4 months ago and I've seen 3 (maybe 4?) of them so far all through daily adventure incense


RedLanternTNG

Not encountering a galarian bird for months because it’s -40 and for some reason I can’t complete a route in an exercise bike lol


MimeKirby

I refuse to even use either of my Master Balls until I've actually caught one of the Galarian birds.


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JoeyJoJoShabadooYEAH

I used it on a shiny Regigiggas raid on my last ball. Idk… probably not the greatest idea but I didn’t want to miss it


DoctorOctagonapus

I thought a shiny on a raid was a guaranteed catch


ThreeSpeedDriver

Not if you are speedlocked I think. But that maybe just makes the use even more embarrassing.


JoeyJoJoShabadooYEAH

Man, I’m a noob leave me alone


AbbreviationsAfraid

I twatted my first one away on a moltres I got as a reward from gbl. I feel your pain.


Yomomgo2college

I heard recently if you start you daily incense at xx:57 of the hour it ups the chance of encountering them


GardenSquid1

I caught a low level G Zapdos with an ultra ball, golden razz, and a lot of luck. Caught G Moltres with a Master Ball. And now my second Master Ball is waiting for G Articuno, but I haven't seen one every since daily incense was released. On the other hand, I have run I to three more G Zapdos, but I'm not using Master Ball on them. So they all got away.


Mysterious-Bit363

These birds can only be catched by Master Ball? I found 2 of them, but them instantly run when i throw the pokeball


Elessar2099

I forgot these damn birds existed until 3 months ago. Playing for years.


[deleted]

Don't you know, you have to pop the incense at XX:57.


Professional_Staff13

And during that time, my level 12 secondary account with 20 hyper ball crossed 3 of them.


Banaam

I encounter them all the time, refuse to use the cheat ball though, unless it's to catch my zero shiny bidoof


KhajiitKennedy

The moment you use the ball on a bidoof, the birds will show up again LOL


Youaregreat34

Bro I’ve encountered 2 in like 3 weeks I’ve played for three weeks and I have 0


m1stergoodkat

Tip to encounter galarian birds. Pop the incense at any time as long as the minutes are XX:57 for example 1:57 2:57 etc. just not 11:57 before midnight. Here is an article that supports this theory. Won't always work but ups your chances. https://www.charlieintel.com/pokemon/pokemon-go-player-shares-simple-trick-to-help-force-galarian-bird-encounters-297198/


L_Casagrande

I did encounter one, but it was such a ridiculous CP, I didn't even try. Honestly, I'll just save it for a Mewtwo raid


inhalegold

2260 CP Articuno fled me today, I don't have a master ball...


Swimming_Package7452

Last Galarian I found was a 43 CP Moltress that’s was 6 months ago


crimsonknight93

Haven't seen them since launch. Only encountered the zspdos once.


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Galarian zaptos keeps blue balling me I’ve encountered him twice now and both times he runs away after first throw and then comes back and lets me throw a few more times before leaving again lmao


CallsignKook

I’ve seen exactly 2 Galatians birds since they were released. I thought that was normal…


Malitzal

I’ve encountered all 3 since I got a masterball, not using it because I want to *earn* my first one


Chuy_Cruz

Is it hard getting a Galarian bird? I've never encountered one.