Yeah fuck this raid bullshit. Had a handful of legendaries flee on me. Totally blows. Not only is it a battle just to beat the raid bosses BUT if you do win then you gotta pray you’re able to capture it. Shit mechanics.
NoTransportation538
Catching a legendary is never guaranteed unless it’s shiny. It’s just RNG
gboschi
i’ve had the same experience today. did 3 raids, 2 of them ran away, only caught 1 which is a shiny aka guaranteed catch. every throw is a great curveball, and it doesn’t even wobble it just immediately jumps out.
august804
I’ve had 7 got damn latios run away now
northkai3
Learn how to circle loc. I’ve done 12 raids. Failed to beat one and one ran. Caught the other 10.
Most throws were excellent curveballs with golden razz. Popped out usually immediately.
bugsitter
i’ve also been having trouble with this pokemon in particular. is it because the cp is so high?
jmledesma
Y’all are raiding with no best friend boosts or gym control on Mega raids that don’t drop a ton of premium balls.
XanJamZ
On the brightside you got all that mega energy
LigmaWhatAhahYouSaid
Did 2 raids today (with less balls than you had considering how you received 200 mega energy whilst I only received 150/175). Caught the first one with half of the balls and the second one actually caught it with my last ball. I will give it though, he’s unusually hard to catch.
Do you use the circle lock technique?
KeepinitPG13
I remember when raids first came out and I would raid five times for a Pokémon and fail catching the Pokémon all five times. It made finally catching that legendary raid Pokémon so much sweeter.
Future-Tangelo-8411
doing excellent throws is really easy, especially when your fingers are freezing and you can barely move them in the windy rain 😀
ThatsmyNika
Can’t even get the party to stay and it seems like the ones that do are AFK, F this raid
_ChrisRiot
Having a legendary flee 3 times in a row is either a skill issue or REALLY bad luck.
Mattshodo
Skill issue.
PhillyDillyDee
Eh they dont seem like that hard of a catch tbh. Out of 10 balls ive been getting them all by at least the 5th ball only hitting with great throws and a golden razz. I’ll see how they go tomorrow but i had zero issues with the 4 i caught today.
Additional_Win3920
Yeah it’s crazy that they don’t use the standard T5 raid formula for how many Premier Balls you get, absolutely absurd
Lordados
Does everyone actually swipe every day to do a bunch of raids? Is this how I’m supposed to play?
mcats8
Skill issue. Kidding it even sucks more if you’re using a remote raid pass.
N1NJAGRAP3
Did 5 raids caught 4. I guess for me my priority is always to land the hit regardless of excellent or not and so far it’s worked out decently for me. Always use a golden razz.
sBucks24
Yeah for a T6 it’s pretty ridiculous to have these catch rates. It takes so much effort to get enough people together only for it to be worse than a coin flip on if you get it!? Ridiculous
iwishiwassober
Did 5 raids and only caught 1 and she’s ASS. Fuck Niantic. Fuck these dogshit capture rates and absolutely terrible mechanics. Time and money wasted.
OgBlackWidowFan
Recently, all the legendary and mythical Pokémon I try to catch after raids keep running away.
InevitableTension828
Why even call them legendary? Lets all get a hundos everytime we raid and ohhhh, we should be able to solo every raid boss. That would be great.
NaveSutlef
Easy, just make sure you find a shiny! /s
mattdv1
Skill issue done 7 caught 7
fugitiveoftime
I have to agree with you. It’s absurd, especially when I’m spending money on raid passes
MichaeladeXD
i caught two latios today with regular pinap berries no problem
GeebusNZ
That was my experience when raid first started. Made a big effort to get out and among a group, and after too much struggle managed to catch up to them after they’d moved location and finally got to raid, and… didn’t catch. The effort to reward ratio was so bad that I basically quit the game then and there.
Character-Couple7427
I felt the same way last month with every genie running off, but these guys have been taking 2-3 balls at most to catch. It truly is RNG
Deeb27
Used all 5 raid passes for all of them to crash and i was left alone to fight every single time, bet i wont see those passes again
DukeofSam
I missed 2 and then gave up. Feels like a scam to burn remote raid passes
uncontrolledswine97
ive had 6 run away so far, hit mostly excellent throws and have the medals at gold. its absurd. out of all my friends who’ve done it i did six my brother did five and my other friend did two and the only one that caught one was my brother but it was a shiny
Fujiokah
I got it in one try on a great curve throw. Luck was on my side this time looks like.
SnoopySuited
I went 1 for 4.
dailyfartbag
This one ran away from me too
kitiara80
My group couldn’t even beat it
AdditionalBear
This just reaffirms that I’m not spending a dime on this shit. Lost 2 Latias that should’ve been mine 🙁
TensionXTheory
Do they not give out rare candies anymore??
Practical-Average-77
My favorite is when you wait for them to block your throw, then right when it is thrown, they decide to block again because why not. Between that and randomly moving up or down when I throw a pokeball aggregates me so much.
Georgioies
Considering how many threads there have been for these two which I haven’t noticed for any other raids. Is it possible they’ve messed something up with their capture rate? Like is it worth reporting? I’ve seen so much threads and discords talking about it.
firulaisonreddit
I legit have only had one latias run away from me in like the 16 raids I’ve done between this year and last. Get your skill up
AshKetchumsPringles
Looks like I’m just raiding for the items at this point. 4 out of my 5 remotes ran away
VIPERVIIC
Reading all this makes me feel better than I’m not the only one struggling and yea hitting great and excellent throws with golden razz too. I’ve done 3 remote raids for Latios and all 3 have run away. Out of the 3 times/total of ~27 balls, I’ve had the ball roll twice like 5 times only. Other times jumps out right away or after one wiggle.
Somehow with Latias I got ultra lucky. 1st Raid for her was a catch 13 atk and the 2nd raid was a Shiny one and caught with silver pinup and has 13 attack as well so at least got 1 down and done with.
I’m just going ti wait to try in person Raids via campfire because it’s costly to just be throwing remote raids if not catching it.
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Yeah fuck this raid bullshit. Had a handful of legendaries flee on me. Totally blows. Not only is it a battle just to beat the raid bosses BUT if you do win then you gotta pray you’re able to capture it. Shit mechanics.
Catching a legendary is never guaranteed unless it’s shiny. It’s just RNG
i’ve had the same experience today. did 3 raids, 2 of them ran away, only caught 1 which is a shiny aka guaranteed catch. every throw is a great curveball, and it doesn’t even wobble it just immediately jumps out.
I’ve had 7 got damn latios run away now
Learn how to circle loc. I’ve done 12 raids. Failed to beat one and one ran. Caught the other 10.
https://youtube.com/shorts/A-sS87rpSh8?si=zObLzFEl7huoWEhc
Most throws were excellent curveballs with golden razz. Popped out usually immediately.
i’ve also been having trouble with this pokemon in particular. is it because the cp is so high?
Y’all are raiding with no best friend boosts or gym control on Mega raids that don’t drop a ton of premium balls.
On the brightside you got all that mega energy
Did 2 raids today (with less balls than you had considering how you received 200 mega energy whilst I only received 150/175). Caught the first one with half of the balls and the second one actually caught it with my last ball. I will give it though, he’s unusually hard to catch.
Do you use the circle lock technique?
I remember when raids first came out and I would raid five times for a Pokémon and fail catching the Pokémon all five times. It made finally catching that legendary raid Pokémon so much sweeter.
doing excellent throws is really easy, especially when your fingers are freezing and you can barely move them in the windy rain 😀
Can’t even get the party to stay and it seems like the ones that do are AFK, F this raid
Having a legendary flee 3 times in a row is either a skill issue or REALLY bad luck.
Skill issue.
Eh they dont seem like that hard of a catch tbh. Out of 10 balls ive been getting them all by at least the 5th ball only hitting with great throws and a golden razz. I’ll see how they go tomorrow but i had zero issues with the 4 i caught today.
Yeah it’s crazy that they don’t use the standard T5 raid formula for how many Premier Balls you get, absolutely absurd
Does everyone actually swipe every day to do a bunch of raids? Is this how I’m supposed to play?
Skill issue. Kidding it even sucks more if you’re using a remote raid pass.
Did 5 raids caught 4. I guess for me my priority is always to land the hit regardless of excellent or not and so far it’s worked out decently for me. Always use a golden razz.
Yeah for a T6 it’s pretty ridiculous to have these catch rates. It takes so much effort to get enough people together only for it to be worse than a coin flip on if you get it!? Ridiculous
Did 5 raids and only caught 1 and she’s ASS. Fuck Niantic. Fuck these dogshit capture rates and absolutely terrible mechanics. Time and money wasted.
Recently, all the legendary and mythical Pokémon I try to catch after raids keep running away.
Why even call them legendary? Lets all get a hundos everytime we raid and ohhhh, we should be able to solo every raid boss. That would be great.
Easy, just make sure you find a shiny! /s
Skill issue done 7 caught 7
I have to agree with you. It’s absurd, especially when I’m spending money on raid passes
i caught two latios today with regular pinap berries no problem
That was my experience when raid first started. Made a big effort to get out and among a group, and after too much struggle managed to catch up to them after they’d moved location and finally got to raid, and… didn’t catch. The effort to reward ratio was so bad that I basically quit the game then and there.
I felt the same way last month with every genie running off, but these guys have been taking 2-3 balls at most to catch. It truly is RNG
Used all 5 raid passes for all of them to crash and i was left alone to fight every single time, bet i wont see those passes again
I missed 2 and then gave up. Feels like a scam to burn remote raid passes
ive had 6 run away so far, hit mostly excellent throws and have the medals at gold. its absurd. out of all my friends who’ve done it i did six my brother did five and my other friend did two and the only one that caught one was my brother but it was a shiny
I got it in one try on a great curve throw. Luck was on my side this time looks like.
I went 1 for 4.
This one ran away from me too
My group couldn’t even beat it
This just reaffirms that I’m not spending a dime on this shit. Lost 2 Latias that should’ve been mine 🙁
Do they not give out rare candies anymore??
My favorite is when you wait for them to block your throw, then right when it is thrown, they decide to block again because why not. Between that and randomly moving up or down when I throw a pokeball aggregates me so much.
Considering how many threads there have been for these two which I haven’t noticed for any other raids. Is it possible they’ve messed something up with their capture rate? Like is it worth reporting? I’ve seen so much threads and discords talking about it.
I legit have only had one latias run away from me in like the 16 raids I’ve done between this year and last. Get your skill up
Looks like I’m just raiding for the items at this point. 4 out of my 5 remotes ran away
Reading all this makes me feel better than I’m not the only one struggling and yea hitting great and excellent throws with golden razz too. I’ve done 3 remote raids for Latios and all 3 have run away. Out of the 3 times/total of ~27 balls, I’ve had the ball roll twice like 5 times only. Other times jumps out right away or after one wiggle.
Somehow with Latias I got ultra lucky. 1st Raid for her was a catch 13 atk and the 2nd raid was a Shiny one and caught with silver pinup and has 13 attack as well so at least got 1 down and done with.
I’m just going ti wait to try in person Raids via campfire because it’s costly to just be throwing remote raids if not catching it.
Niantic sob