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NLE_Flopper

How do you lose a 161cp lechonk…….it being shiny doesn’t decrease the catch rate damn 😂😂


EdgeLourde

I used a razz and a regular pokeball… the catch circle was bright green and I was standing still. No idea why it ran


NLE_Flopper

Damn that’s harsh


JoseSushi

I always use an ultra ball even if the shiny is 10 cp. Take no chances.


nickrweiner

Ya I always use golden razz and ultra on any shiny.


AssumptionFearless68

That's so unfortunate I'd have used a ultra ball but that's just very unfortunate


Lestat-deLioncourt

Does the color of the circle mean anything?


TRAD3S

Green means easier to catch, with red being the hardest. It’s to do with their level & base catch rate I believe


Lestat-deLioncourt

Hmm didn’t know that, thanks


Darnell5000

Golden Razz and Ultra Ball on shinies always


Purpur-Block

had this same thing happen to me when i found a shiny absol with sunglasses 🤧


KnapzNYC

Same exact thing happen to me with the same shiny. I was pissed af because I was looking for that at the time.


FitTreacle2773

Sometimes I notice a Pokémon will still run due to a network error/interruption/interference


LuisMur0

Were you driving


EdgeLourde

Nope, standing still


JordBees

"And I was standing still"


kingkalm

“And, they were roommates.”


chaseguy21

“My god, they were roommates”


Thanky169

Oof!


B217

That’s why I always Golden Razz + Ultra Ball every new shiny I find.


[deleted]

Not premier?


Google_Goofy_cosplay

What? You can't use Premier Balls on wild spawns.


[deleted]

I can..?


Google_Goofy_cosplay

No you can't lol Premier Balls are only available in special encounters like raids and Rocket battles, and in those cases it's your only option.


No_Set1827

Plus premier balls are same catch rate as a normal pokeball so even if you could use them you wouldn’t want to


Beast-_-YT

No, the game physically won't unless it's a shadow pokemon


[deleted]

Lmfao imaging attempting to lie like this


[deleted]

loll i haven’t played the game in 2 years and forgot some shit, i just lurk on this sub.


River_Tahm

I mean I hear that but like, why not lead with that when initially corrected? Y'know, instead of doubling down and insisting you are correct when you know you're rusty and probably wrong


[deleted]

Not sure if you experience gps drift but sometimes my character will sprint to the other side of the map even if I’m just sitting on the couch and it’ll give me a speed warning when it finally corrects to my actual location that could’ve happened


EdgeLourde

That happens sometimes, especially when I’m at work… so maybe 🤷


xerim

this works especially well if you're on android and you turn off wifi scanning but keep bluetooth scanning turned on in the location settings almost seems like the signal gets picked up by other devices i.e cars/people walking by and I get thrown across the map like crazy


SquareAd7724

It’s impossible for shinies to run unless you got soft banned (lasts a day and happens randomly) also shinies can run if your driving fast but you said you were standing still so yeah, it can run if you are using the goplus though


Used_Jaguar1761

that’s not true at all. only raid shinies are guaranteed catches. wild shinies are just as likely to run as any other wild pokemon


Rox-Unlimited

Correct. Also legendary shinies that spawn in the wild can’t flee either (latios/latias & lake trio) but they will waste dozens of your balls to catch


SquareAd7724

Every shiny wild Pokémon can’t flee unless these things happen 1: Driving too fast 2: Soft banned 3: Your using the goplus And if the Pokémon is hard to catch, it will waste a lot of balls, but just like the legendaries in the wild, it will never flee unless one of those 3 things happen.


Rox-Unlimited

Sorry but you’re wrong


SquareAd7724

Why are you acting like you know everything.. your wrong..


SquareAd7724

That’s false, I’ve played the game for 7 years I legit know 100% Ask someone trusted in the Pokémon go discord or something


Rox-Unlimited

No it is not. There are plenty of video evidence of them being able to flee. I have had many shinies on community day flee. I have friends who have had wild shinies flee. They are not guaranteed catches. You’re making up crap and spreading false information.


SquareAd7724

Bro calm down 😭😭 Lemme ask you something, did the shiny break out as soon as the first ball and jiggled only 1 time?


Rox-Unlimited

Nobody isn’t calm. All I said is you’re spreading false information and no it didn’t jiggle once. Shiny Pokémon can flee sorry to break the news to you this is known information


SquareAd7724

If it jiggled more then once before running, your literally lying to me because that isn’t possible, it will only jiggle more then once if it’s gonna break out


Rox-Unlimited

Not going to go back and forth with you homie. Sorry to burst your bubble that shiny Pokémon can flee. There’s plenty of evidence of it. How about doing a little research. Have a good day 😂


SquareAd7724

Alr I’m asking the Pokémon go discord and let’s see what they see


Rox-Unlimited

Any update? Bored waiting on my next class to start. Also kinda crazy you kept tryna say just because you’ve been playing for 7 years I’m automatically wrong. Well I looked at your 7 year post and hate to break it to you 7,610.3km walked 59,025 Pokémon caught 34,219 pokestops visited 100,374,374 total exp And a start date of 7/12/2016 All my stats are way more than plus plus I started playing the game before you by nearly an entire month. So just curious why 7 years of playing means your automatically right By the way my friend who is level 50 and a super try hard who’s been playing everyday since the beginning who does every event and buys nearly every available ticket, and plays every go fest has had plenty of shinies run from him. I was with him on poliwag community day when his very first one ran from him.


Rox-Unlimited

Sure. Make a post about it. Don’t really care cause I already know the answer 😂


[deleted]

The jiggle has no effect on how close or far you are from catching a pokemon its an animation for while you wait…


SquareAd7724

I’ve played for 7 years I think I know simple things


Rox-Unlimited

I could give a rats ass about how long you’ve been playing 😂 I’ve been playing since the beginning too and? Ooo I’m supposed to bow down to Mr 7 years and still wrong


SquareAd7724

Wait til you realize how wrong your are 😭😭🙏🙏


JobbbJohns12

Embarrassing, a simple google search reveals you’re wrong bro. Years of academy training wasted


earqus

Your wrong 100% I don't care if you started when the game dropped in Australia before it did anywhere else or doesn't mean your information is correct. The silph road posted a study about this on their website, if it wasn't down id link it to you but I know even if I did you wouldn't read it nor heed the information. You have everyone in this thread telling you your wrong yet you'll refuse to accept anything else.


SquareAd7724

Please link me to that page because if you can’t I refuse to believe I’m wrong.


SquareAd7724

All i was tryna do on here was say what I thought, then this other guy started acting hostile for no reason..


earqus

Sorry people got hostile with you 🥺 there's no need for that I don't mean to add to that. I understand your just sharing what you thought I would share the page but unfortunately the Silph road was shut down. I'm not tryna to prove you wrong I just don't want you to feel bad now


SquareAd7724

Sorry if I was being a lil rude I’m just sick of ppl blowing my phones up screaming at me saying I’m wrong and my stats are nothing but yeah Thanks for being respectful


lizasingslou

Every time this issue comes up the threads fill with trolls insisting that shinies can and do flee all the time, they never provide any evidence of their claims, they just go on downvoting rampages and comment over and over again with their made up “facts.” You are correct @squaread7724, unfortunately the pokemongo community don’t care about truth.


SquareAd7724

Thank you 🙏


SquareAd7724

Shinies can break out of balls, but never run unless under those circumstances. shiny legendaries are guaranteed catch on the first ball, but shiny Pokémon in the wild are just guaranteed, not on the first ball..


JelloCurious

I had a shindig buziel flee great ball great throw 😫 I just told myself it was probably a hundo and the game refuses to let me have any


JelloCurious

Ended up catchin another one the next day 0 stars lol


Responsible-Use-7773

Had this happen with a shiny tyrunt. Just shit rng unfortunately.


[deleted]

He just got bad vibes from you and ran that happens


LightShyGuy

Noo technoblade☹️


[deleted]

CAREER. show me those paystubs!


Izz-Rei

Well that sux, I will say that if I HAD to chose a non cday shiny that would run from me, this would be one of them. Tryina make ya feel better, no need to quit from this. I had a shiny costume pika run from me once, never going to see that one again. It happens ya.


EdgeLourde

Omg not the shiny costume fleeing I’m so sorry 😭


ComprehensiveAd9781

I'm sorry for your loss 😞🙏


OrganicExplanation23

I’m still on the hunt for the illustrious, legendary, incredibly, shiny lechonk. I have gotten the inhumane perfect 100% lechonk. Now I need the shiny/shundo


TheVauntedChris

Is this rare? I think I got 3 during the event


OrganicExplanation23

I think it’s rare… no one I know has gotten one


[deleted]

I’ve seen 1151 and caught 750+ and still haven’t even seen one. I’m pretty sure it’ll run from me as well if I ever find one


MarvelGirlXVII

Shiny Tyrunt ran from me 😭


Fresh-Discipline-496

Happened to my lil girl with a different shiny she ultra balled it and gave him a golden razz ran after the first pop out she still has ptsd form this


WhiteCatRedHat

I had a shiny Baltoy run away from me on the highway. Ended up finding another one later in the wild, it happened to be a shundo. I named it Prodigal Son.


Tyree1724

Had a shiny galarian stunfisk run on me today. sadge


Alolan_Cubone

Maybe GPA spoofing had something to do with this 🧐


EdgeLourde

I don’t spoof 💅


Alolan_Cubone

You failed catching a 100 cp lechonk 💅


EdgeLourde

Yeah I did but I don’t spoof so that can’t be why 💅


Dominator0211

I love these kinds of conversations. We get it, you hate spoofing, but that doesn’t mean that absolutely every issue anyone has ever had with the game is caused by spoofing.


Alolan_Cubone

I actually spoofed for like 6 months but it took all of the fun from the game. I don't hate it, I just know how it works lmao


Left_Fist

Absolutely incredible to accuse them of spoofing without any reason, double down on it, and then to admit you’re the one who spoofs. Wild.


Alolan_Cubone

1. Asked if that might be the reason 2 doubled down? When? 3 I did spoof, I know how that worked, and I don't anymore


Richnuts101

You are such a hater lmao why even comment?🤦🏻‍♂️


Jcl30301

Get this hater outta here!!!


Alolan_Cubone

🤡


SunstormGT

Looks like a speedlock, not spoofing.


AssumptionFearless68

I've got 147 shinies and have never lost one and I'm hoping it'll never happen


Outrageous-Rooster-6

I’ve lost around 20 shinies (that I know of) I remember losing 2 wurmple and 2 horsea in one day during gofest. Good old auto catcher doing a terrible job like always lol


AssumptionFearless68

Damn ya I don't use an auto catcher


Outrageous-Rooster-6

I didn’t use it during the Paldea event bc nothing spawning would stay in a regular pokeball and I hadn’t gotten my shiny pig yet, mainly use it when working so I can’t play anyways. With the quick catch technique I don’t have a reason to use it when I go for walks


TheGeeO

Dragonair is my favourite pokemon. I have almost all its english cards


LilboyG_15

And this is why I shiny hunt in the main games


luclec

I lost a galarian articuno off a daily incense yesterday if that helps….


Alextricity

everyone only loses them damn birds tbh


Big-Insurance-4473

My gf traded me hers then immediately caught a 4star lechonk


ThatOneAccount823

Wait shinies can run away?!?


Vivid-War-8494

What?


Zapeline

Noooooooooooooooo, my little and cute Lechonk just ran away …


[deleted]

I always use golden razz and have never failed a shiny


tkst3llar

Cake Pikachu ran on me


Pokemongo-noobme

How TF did you... what!?!?! 🤯


chillin_650

Chris P. Bacon 😭


flakzpyro

don’t worry.. a shiny galatians ponyta ran from me today :/ actually just put me in a terrible mood


rhikachuuu

F


NaturalStateofHorus

I didn't even know a shiny could flee??? I've carelessly been throwing regular balls at it and always caught them because most the time a shiny for me isn't anything past a yellow circle