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Have you ever encountered Pokérus?

NovaBrunswick

Canada Connoisseur
I usually get it by trading for an already infected Pokemon but the one and only time I found a Pokerus randomly in the wild was around 3 years ago when I replayed my White 2. I was training my Pokemon in the Virbank Complex for my upcoming Virbank Gym battle and when I went back to heal in the PC, Nurse Joy told me that my Pokemon were infected with Pokerus.

What Pokémon was it?
 

Dicklaycia

Objectively Better Than You
I had encountered Pokérus as early as Pokémon Sapphire. I haven’t seen it myself since Pokémon Black eons ago. I had honestly forgotten it had existed until relatively recently when I had seen someone’s Pokémon in Shield have the little noninfectious symbol on some of their Pokémon.
 

RedJirachi

Veteran member
First time was in X. I don't remember if this was a GTS trade or truly random
 

Everlasting

Everything stays.
Naturally and without trading for it? I recall obtaining it twice: once in White 2 and another time in what I believe was HeartGold (but I can't put my finger on it on this one). I remember not really paying attention to the nurse but I noticed her dialogue being longer than usual. That's when I caught a glimpse of words like "rare" and "virus" and my heart jumped! Thankfully a quick search on Bulbapedia put me at ease soon after!
 

EmeraldArcanine

#TeamScorbunny
One of my story team 'mons in UltraMoon got it really randomly at one point. Let it be known that I don't trade unless I'm looking for version exclusives yet I've never gotten Pokerus through trading, so the fact it just popped up for me after a battle randomly was weird and I thought something was off given I didn't DO anything that's the usual way of getting it. I still don't know how I did to this day.
 

zolios

Well-Known Member
What Pokémon was it?

I was training my team for the Roxie fight at the time and I didn't check my Pokemon's summaries until I went back to the PC to heal after 20 or 30 minutes of training. So I most likely "caught" it from some random wild Pokemon and by the time I found out about it the PKRS has already spread to half of my Pokemon so I don't know who got it first. Those first Pokemon that had it after I found out about it and checked were my starter Servine, Purrloin and I think Koffing. I later spread it to a lot more of my Pokemon and I still have it on that game on random Pokemon I keep in the boxes.
 

NovaBrunswick

Canada Connoisseur
Is there even a way to trigger it in Sword/Shield? I only got it from a breeder who was specifically infecting their Eiscues with Pokerus - I forget how, I think he was bringing them over from a previous game.

I think it's just randomly encountered, like in any other game.
 

LucarioIsMegaEvolving

A single misplaced step
I got it traded in Y, then recently in an Emerald playthrough got it randomly.
 

nel3

Crimson Dragon
i got it 2-3 times in the gen6 and gen7 games all by myself without a trade, i believe the 3rd time was in gen8 that i came across it.
 

NovaBrunswick

Canada Connoisseur
I've actually encountered it several times, the first one being in Ruby. I also had Pokemon with it in Sapphire, Emerald, Platinum, Pearl, HeartGold, SoulSilver and Black 2.

Were all those random encounters or were they traded?
 

NovaBrunswick

Canada Connoisseur
I think it happened while level grinding, so yes, those were all random.

What are the chances of encountering Pokérus? Is it about the same as finding a shiny?
 

LucarioIsMegaEvolving

A single misplaced step
What are the chances of encountering Pokérus? Is it about the same as finding a shiny?
Shiny chance is 1 in 8096.
Pokérus chance is approximately 1 in 21845.
Pokérus is about 2.5 times rarer than finding a shiny.
 

NovaBrunswick

Canada Connoisseur
Shiny chance is 1 in 8096.
Pokérus chance is approximately 1 in 21845.
Pokérus is about 2.5 times rarer than finding a shiny.

Ah, but what are the chances of finding a shiny with Pokérus? :p
 
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