A Pokemon GO player is showing off a shockingly bad Shiny Pokemon they captured in the mobile game, featuring a Galarian Moltres with abhorrent stats. The massively popular mobile game developed by Niantic features a wide variety of ways for players to gauge their in-game captures, with multiple different stats to measure a Pokemon. Pokemon GO features Attack, Defense, and HP as its three major stats for all of its in-game creatures, with Combat Power working as a combined measure of a Pokemon's strength. However, one popular element of a Pokemon is much easier to discern.

Shiny Pokemon are some of the most elusive types of creatures in any Pokemon game, especially the Niantic mobile game. Shiny Pokemon are extremely rare in Pokemon GO in normal circumstances, with the alternative appearances boasting outlandish odds to find one. Pokemon GO does, however, give fans a chance to more easily catch Shiny Pokemon with its many spotlight Pokemon events, like Community Days. Now, one Pokemon fan is sharing their recent capture of a Shiny Legendary Pokemon with some shocking stats.

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Reddit user tdubose91 shared their astoundingly bad capture to the Pokemon GO subreddit. The user showed off a shiny Galarian Moltres they had recently captured in Pokemon GO, only to reveal that the Pokemon sports near-minimum numbers in all three main statistics. The post even reveals that the Pokemon GO player had paid a hefty sum to capture the Moltres, using 60 Ultra Balls just to capture the underwhelming Legendary Bird. The bad luck streak extends even further for the Galarian Moltres encounter, only being the player's third Galarian Pokemon encounter in the game.

Pokemon GO Player Catches Shockingly Bad Galarian Moltres

The unfortunate Galarian Moltres saw both a plethora of jokes about the Pokemon and some interesting suggestions. One user suggested that the Moltres could be prime Lucky Trade bait, suggesting they could trade it with a friend to potentially trigger the "Lucky" boost. Some fans pointed out that Bottle Caps could be useful for the Moltres, with one even saying that maxing out the Moltres' Defense and HP could make it a viable option. The poor Pokemon GO stats also saw fans suggesting that the user should transfer it to Pokemon Home to be used in Pokemon's main-series games.

Pokemon GO looks to have lots in store for fans as the mobile game moves into a jam-packed August. Next month will see a fan-favorite eighth generation Pokemon finally making its Pokemon GO debut, with Snom and Frosmoth set to be introduced to the mobile game. Niantic has also already revealed August's "Hatch Day" event, with fans able to more easily hatch Munchlax from 2 km eggs during the event on August 9. Pokemon GO fans should have plenty to look forward to throughout the rest of the summer.

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Augmented Reality
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Released
July 6, 2016
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Niantic
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Niantic
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Unity
Multiplayer
Online Multiplayer, Online Co-Op
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