bobandbill

one more time

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16,794 posts
15.2 Years
Nope. I did one Lugia raid yesterday with ~17 people (19 accounts), but had no luck in catching it. Oh well. Hopefully they'll be readily available after tomorrow (have work and etc here! Lack of time this evening even to go out, wah).

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Ho-Oh

used Sacred Fire!

Age 31
Female
QLD, Australia
Seen June 5th, 2022
Posted April 23rd, 2022
35,988 posts
17.5 Years
Been in 7 raids. Some of the people around here have been in like 50. Truly dedicated, also truly crazy.

Only caught one Articuno lmao I really want Lugia! So imma keep trying :)

Spyro

Seen October 5th, 2018
Posted July 26th, 2018
2,373 posts
7.4 Years
Not even 1legendary raid nearby so far

Squirrel

Age 28
Male
Seen 1 Week Ago
Posted July 10th, 2021
9,551 posts
11.7 Years
Beat a Lugia today and didn't manage to catch it either :( That's 3 legendary raids beat so far but no catches, think I need some lucky charms or something! The main problem I'm having is that the game gets so laggy on my ancient phone with so many players in the same area so it's very hard to land proper shots and half the balls end up getting wasted. Still, getting sad!

bobandbill

one more time

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A cape
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15.2 Years
4 Lugia Raids, no Lugia caught. Wah.

I did get my first Articuno this morning at least. But only really caring about it for the dex - Lugia is what I want!

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Spyro

Seen October 5th, 2018
Posted July 26th, 2018
2,373 posts
7.4 Years
1 Articuno raid, 0 Lugia raid.
0 Articuno caught, 0 Lugia caught. Since it's so hard to sync and successfully complete a legendary raid, I'm very angry at Niantic ending Articuno on Monday.

Spyro

Seen October 5th, 2018
Posted July 26th, 2018
2,373 posts
7.4 Years
1 Articuno raid, 0 Lugia raid.
0 Articuno caught, 0 Lugia caught. Since it's so hard to sync and successfully complete a legendary raid, I'm very angry at Niantic ending Articuno on Monday.

Ho-Oh

used Sacred Fire!

Age 31
Female
QLD, Australia
Seen June 5th, 2022
Posted April 23rd, 2022
35,988 posts
17.5 Years
Yeah I dont think I'm gonna get another Articuno. Working weekends doesn't really help my cause lol

Spyro

Seen October 5th, 2018
Posted July 26th, 2018
2,373 posts
7.4 Years
I finally caught an Articuno, it spawned right outside the office. We were about 30 at that Raid and had to organise 2 separate groups lol. I'll continue to chase them, to help people that still didn't catch them

Ho-Oh

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Age 31
Female
QLD, Australia
Seen June 5th, 2022
Posted April 23rd, 2022
35,988 posts
17.5 Years
I got Lugia! Bf and I caught our first one in the same raid. We only had 12 people in but tons got Lugia which was awesome. Mine is 93% :)

Articuno raid earlier too... bf got two in the same day.
Age 32
Female
Canada
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Posted March 18th, 2023
296 posts
10.7 Years
I finally caught an Articuno, it spawned right outside the office. We were about 30 at that Raid and had to organise 2 separate groups lol. I'll continue to chase them, to help people that still didn't catch them
That's nice of you :)

I've seen at least one Lugia or Articuno raid a day since they were released, but they've always been while I'm at work or otherwise can't get to them. I also don't have any of the recommended pokemon for beating them, and given that I live in a small town... I'll probably end up having to try and beat it on my own. I'm going to be heading back to university in September though so I'm hopeful that I'll have better luck there.
Male
Seen October 5th, 2017
Posted September 3rd, 2017
346 posts
6.8 Years
I catch one in every 3 or 4 raids i do, which seems average.

I wait for the attack and time a curveball to hit directly after the attack, this way i only lose a ball when the legendary attacks 2 times in a row, which is rather rare. You cannot lose balls from the pokemon flying up or down this way.

So i got 3 Lugia and 2 Articuno. I got INCREDIBLY lucky with the IVs, i got a 96% articuno, a 93% Lugia and a 87% Lugia. 2 really good ones, one decent one, and two crap ones, really great for a sample size of 5.

Still want more Lugia. I will play every 4 star or 5 star raid for TMs and special candy, and to help other players, the raids i really chase are Lugia and Despotar.

Articuno seems strictly worse than Lapras. Lapras has lower CP, but is much bulkier, survives much longer, and seems to do the same damage.

Lugia just seems over-all great with the right moveset. I have no good allakhazam, but with two Espeon and two Lugia, i should be able to solo Machamp, i still need some good machamps because i also still lack some good attackers against Despotar.

Ho-Oh

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Age 31
Female
QLD, Australia
Seen June 5th, 2022
Posted April 23rd, 2022
35,988 posts
17.5 Years
A 97%+ Articuno just ran on me. And I did a Tyranitar raid and didn't get that EITHER! :( The game owes me a shiny Magikarp I feel.

Yes I did
How many do you now have of each? :)

Ho-Oh

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Age 31
Female
QLD, Australia
Seen June 5th, 2022
Posted April 23rd, 2022
35,988 posts
17.5 Years
No Moltres yet. Two raids today. Nothing. :( Didn't spawn in our suburb so we had to travel a bit but I am CONFIDENT tomorrow is my day!

Spyro

Seen October 5th, 2018
Posted July 26th, 2018
2,373 posts
7.4 Years
Caught a Moltres on my account on the first Moltres Raid! I had Graine's phone too, but I didn't manage to catch it on his :( Still no Lugia on either account
Male
Seen October 5th, 2017
Posted September 3rd, 2017
346 posts
6.8 Years
The pokedex reveals it quite nicely :) So you can just post the stats, basically for the legendarys it reveals "Raids participated" and "Number caught". here are mine:

Articuno 12 raids done, 5 caught
Moltres 2 raids done, 0 caught
Lugia 8 Raids done, 3 caught


For almost all raids, i miss between 0 and 2 throws, the average being at or below 1 wasted ball per raid. I only throw curveballs, often hitting inside the circle for a great throw + curveball, or smething like that. All with the golden raspberry.

Many of these raids were with the old 2% base catch rate, some with the new 3% base catch rate. So expect around 40% catch rate per raid now, assuming you do not waste many balls on misses, use the right berry, use curveballs, and often hit inside a circle.

I got lucky with my few catches, i have a 96% Articuno and a 93% Lugia and 87% Lugia. Still need Moltres and more Lugia. There will be a lot more legendary raids, i also got so many TMs that i have many left after re-rolling these 3 Legendarys into perfect movesets. Despotar is actually my second priority raid after Lugia. As attackers for raids, Lugia has real value, but Despotar is better than the painted pigeons.

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Male
Dragonspiral Tower/Metro Detroit (313), Michigan
Seen July 10th, 2021
Posted April 21st, 2021
3,898 posts
5.8 Years
Nope and I unfortunately haven't seen a single legendary raid yet :(
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Male
Seen October 5th, 2017
Posted September 3rd, 2017
346 posts
6.8 Years
I can't believe I missed Articuno. I'm sad now. :(
Those are likely to rotate on a 3-week-cycle now, also, i have a 96 Articuno: My 98 Lapras is strictly better. Same damage, also with double STAB Ice A-Moveset, but the Lapras survives much more.

So Articuno is rather useless, i fear the same is true for Moltres.

Lugia is awesome.

Meganium

memento mori

she/her
Houston, TX
Seen February 1st, 2023
Posted February 1st, 2023
Because of a busy schedule I had, and not able to join a raid battle, I had to miss out on the legendary battles. Hoping to make some time for Zapdos, but I really want Articuno.