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How to Never LOSE a Legendary Pokémon Again

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This video is instructional rather than narrative. It teaches how to avoid losing Legendary Pokémon encounters in Pokémon GO by improving your throw accuracy and catch modifiers, and by knowing when those methods don’t matter (e.g., Shinies, Master Ball use, event items).

Gameplay highlights & key strategies to catch Legendaries more easily

1) Improve catch multipliers with Excellent throws

Catch multiplier by throw quality (Legendary context):

  • Nice: ~1.0–1.3x
  • Great: ~1.3–1.7x
  • Excellent: ~1.7–2.0x (varies with how “excellent” it is and the circle size)

Always use Curveball throws:

  • Curveballs apply about 1.7x (per the video’s guidance).

2) Master the Circle Lock / “Setting the circle” technique

Goal: lock the target circle to the size you want (especially Excellent) to make throws consistent.

How it works (core steps):

  • Hold a Poké Ball and watch the circle shrink/grow through Nice/Great/Excellent sizes.
  • When the circle reaches the desired Excellent size, release the throw.

Timing benefit against Legendary attack animations:

  • Legendaries perform attack animations where you can’t successfully hit during the animation.
  • To maximize contact consistency:
    • Throw just before the attack animation ends.
    • Because Pokémon generally don’t repeat attack animations back-to-back, this creates reliable “windows” to land the ball.

Extra notes from the video:

  • You don’t need to circle-lock for Dynamax/Gigantamax Pokémon (they don’t attack).
  • You usually don’t need to reset the circle after every throw—leave it set unless you accidentally pick up the ball again at the wrong time.

3) Learn how Legendary movement changes Excellent-throw difficulty: Floating vs Grounded

The video groups encounter behaviors into two types:

Floating Pokémon (harder to hit)

  • Move around the screen (often left-right and vertically).
  • Strategy:
    • Be patient
    • Wait until they come closer to the center
    • Use the same throw technique once they’re positioned where you practiced

Grounded Pokémon (easier)

  • Stay stable and typically just jump up and down.
  • Strategy:
    • Circle lock works well; the throw approach stays more consistent

Practice note: each raid boss can have its own circle behavior, so practice matters.

4) Practice tactics shown in examples

  • Azelf (floating):
    • Wait for it to move into the position where you learned the Excellent timing (often better when it’s lower on-screen).
  • Regirock / grounded shadow example:
    • Use circle lock to hit within the red zone more consistently.
    • Shadow Legendaries attack more often, but circle-lock + timing helps create repeatable throw windows.
  • Close-up legendaries:
    • If the Pokémon is very close to the screen, the video suggests sometimes “dropping the ball” with a light flick instead of over-throwing.

Catch-rate boosters and multipliers

5) Use the right berries: Golden Razz

Berry catch multipliers:

  • Razzberry: 1.5x
  • Silver Pinap: 1.8x (plus more candy)
  • Golden Razz: 2.5x (the one to use for legendaries / mythicals / ultra beasts)

Important mechanics:

  • If you fail to catch, the Golden Razz is consumed—you must use another next attempt.

6) Raise base catch bonuses via type medals

In the Medal section, type medals grant a base catch multiplier.

How to reach bonuses:

  • Each type medal requires catching 2,500 Pokémon of that type.

Multiplier scaling (Bronze → Platinum shown):

  • Bronze: 1.1x
  • Silver: 1.2x
  • Gold: 1.3x
  • Platinum: 1.4x

Tip: focus on getting key raid/legendary types to Platinum, helped by:

  • Spotlight Hours
  • Community Days
  • Themed events that spawn specific types

7) Use black/white Kyurem adventure effects (major game changer)

The video highlights Shiny/Black & White Kyurem adventure effects:

  • Black Kyurem — Freezed Shock

    • Paralyzes the target (stops it attacking like a Nanaberry effect)
    • Provides about 1.25x catch multiplier

  • White Kyurem — Ice Burn

    • Slows the Excellent circle animation so it’s easier to hit Excellent
    • Provides about 1.5x catch multiplier
    • Applies even to Auto Catcher

Costs/duration (as stated):

  • Costs 5 Kyurem candies + 5,000 stardust
  • lasts 10 minutes

Suggested best use:

  • During raid-heavy events (Raid Hour/Raid Day) to speed post-raid catches

When these strategies don’t fully matter

8) Shinies: raid shinies are guaranteed catches

  • If you get a shiny legendary from a raid, it’s guaranteed—throw/circle strategy is effectively “useless.”
  • In that case, use Pinap / Silver Pinap to maximize candy.

For shiny legendaries in the wild (e.g., Galarian birds mentioned):

  • Not guaranteed catch, but they don’t run
  • Still use Golden Razz / Excellent throw strategies

9) “Cheat option”: use a Master Ball

  • Master Balls are limited (video says only five released).
  • Use case:
    • If a non-shiny Legendary is 100% IV and you’re struggling
    • Or for Galarian birds if you want a guaranteed catch before they run
  • Recommended usage timing:
    • Prefer using it around the last Poké Ball attempt on a 100% IV legendary

10) Special event items can massively boost catch rates

Examples referenced:

  • Go Fest 2024: “Beast Balls” for Ultra Beasts in raids (higher catch rate)
  • Go Wild Area 2024: “Safari Balls” for easier catching in the wild (including Legendary-like encounters)

Sources / gamers featured

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