What is rarer than a shiny Pokemon?

Square Shinies are even rarer than Shiny Pokémon in Pokémon Sword and Shield.
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What is the rarest Shiny Pokémon to get?

Pikachu Libre is a special variant of Pikachu introduced in Pokemon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire. Pikachu Libre is also the only Pokemon capable of using the move Flying Press aside from Hawlucha. Pikachu Libre can be found in its shiny variant, making it the rarest Shiny Pokemon players can still catch in Pokemon GO.
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Whats rarer shiny or Hundo?

Is Hundo or shiny more rare? Hundo is much more rare than shiny as far as legendary raids. Shiny rate is somewhere around 1/25. But the odds for a perfect is much worse.
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Is Pokerus rarer than shiny?

Pokérus is a super rare virus that your Pokémon can contract in Sword and Shield. In fact, your Pokémon have a 1/21,845 chance of generating the virus. That makes it rarer to catch the virus than it is to catch or hatch a regular shiny Pokémon.
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Is shiny rarer than legendary?

Shinies have different rates of occurring in each game, but they have never been more common than Legendaries, even at the highest rates. At the worst rates, shinies have a 1/8192 chance of occurring.
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Why isn't lucario a legendary?

Lucario and Zoroark are mistaken as pseudo-Legendaries because of the way in which they are to be obtained. Lucario can only be obtained in Diamond and Pearl on Iron Island when Riley gives the player a Riolu Egg. Zoroark is, as of yet, the only non-Mythical Pokémon that can only be caught via an event.
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Is Lugia or Ho Oh better?

Lugia is more of a defensive juggernaut. Ho-Oh has more of an attacking prowess when comparing the two. In terms of popularity, both are pretty even, with high profile appearances across games, the anime series, and the movies. In terms of battling, however, Lugia may be the better option.
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Can eggs get pokerus?

Eggs may catch the Pokérus like any other Pokémon.
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Can you lose Pokerus?

It is advisable to try and keep Pokérus by putting the infected Pokémon into PC Box before midnight (12:00 AM), as the virus only lasts one to four days. Pokémon with the Pokérus will lose Pokérus eventually, and a small pink smile will appear on your Pokémon's status screen.
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What does a purple smiley face mean in Pokemon?

Infected Pokémon will have a purple icon next to their name—either a purple smiley icon or a bar that says “Pokérus.” A smiley icon indicates that the Pokémon has recovered from the virus while the bar icon means that the Pokémon is still infected and can spread the infection to others in the team.
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How rare is a 4 star Pokemon GO?

Perfect IV odds in the wild? There's a one in 4,096 chance, or 0.0244% portability, of finding perfect IVs from a wild catch.
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How rare is a 4 * shiny?

They are rare versions of Pokémon with different color palettes. Generally, the odds of encountering one are one in 450, but there are some species that, for a variety of reasons, are more difficult to find. These are the Top Five rarest Generation Four Shinies in Pokémon GO.
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Is shiny Durant rare?

Cathing a shiny durant in Pokemon Go might be slightly difficult as the Pokemon is very rare to find. Durant is a region-locked Pokemon and might not be found anywhere except in Africa, North America and South America.
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How rare are shiny dittos?

As of this moment, the chances of getting a Ditto are very low, close to 3%. There were some problems a while ago, where an encounter with a Shiny Pokemon would turn out to be a Ditto upon catching it.
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How rare is a Shiny Eevee?

Those are good, if not perfect odds, so we'll just go with those—check the chart for more detail. So, returning to our 1 in 25 odds, that means you need to make something like 375 catches to get a complete set of Shiny Eeveelutions. 125 for the forceable ones, 225 for the random ones, and 25 for little Eevee itself.
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How rare is a shiny Mew?

During the 'Gotta Catch Em All Event' Shiny Mew had only a 0.5% chance of being shiny, and was available only for a period of 6 days in 2002, players could obtain one Pokémon while the Gotta catch 'em all station machine was running, and you could not get more than one Pokémon per day in the event via this machine when ...
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What does the pink face mean in Pokémon?

That means your pokemon had Pokerus but they're no longer contagious. They still have the EV growth boost though. The mechanics remain more or less the same, sharing similarity to the strain phenomenon in Generation II.
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Is Pokerus in shining pearl?

Pokérus has been in Pokémon since Generation II and has made a return as one of Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl's random events.
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How do you get Pokérus?

Get Pokérus.
  1. Battle a Pokémon with Pokérus. The only way to get the Pokérus is from another infected Pokémon, and if you don't have any friends who have infected Pokémon, there is a very, very slight chance that a wild Pokémon will have it.
  2. Catch a Pokémon with Pokérus.
  3. Get infected from a friend.
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Why is Pokerus good?

Pokerus doesn't kill your buddies, or anything like that. Actually, the virus is a good thing: Any monster that has Pokerus will gain double the amount of Effort Points, which help determine a creature's final stats. Savvy players like having Pokerus, because it makes raising buffed-up monsters easier.
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What does Pokerus mean brilliant diamond?

Pokerus is a beneficial virus that infects Pokemons and helps with EV training. Read on to learn about the Pokerus effects, how to spread Pokerus, and if Pokerus is good or bad in Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl (BDSP).
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Is Pokerus in brilliant diamond?

Pokerus, surprisingly, is a virus many trainers are going to want to contract in Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl. Many trainers know that leveling up is what makes a Pokemon stronger. What they might not notice, though, is exactly which stats are being increased when they level up.
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Who is mega Lugia?

Mega Lugia Q is an Exclusive Pokémon released as part of the seventeenth Mass-Click Weekend. It was released on the 28th of December 2015 and was released in the form of a Mega Stone.
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Who is Lugia's rival?

It can gracefully fly through the skies and sometimes resembles a bird. It is closely related to Ho-Oh, which is considered to be its rival or polar opposite, as Ho-Oh is the Guardian of the Skies.
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What is the strongest legendary?

Arceus is, without a doubt, the most powerful Legendary Pokémon. This Normal type Mythical Pokémon is the creator of the universe and thus the closest that the Pokémon world has to a god. When it hatched from its egg, Arceus brought with it time, space, and antimatter in the form of the Creation Trio.
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