Pokemon GOhas grown a massive, dedicated community in the years since its dramatic launch back in 2016. While the total player count has fallen since the initial launch week numbers, there remains a dedicated fanbase that Niantic continues to support with frequent updates and events forPokemon GO, such as the addition of the Dynamax mechanic fromPokemon Sword and Shieldduring the ongoing Max Out season. With the growth of this community has come some terminology new players may not be familiar with that have developed independently of Niantic’s own work on the game.
SomePokemon GOplayers hunt for the rarest mons they can find, such asShiny Pokemonor critters with the best stats for battling. However, there exists another type of elusive critter that thePokemon GOcommunity has termed a “nundo” mon, meaning that it represents the worst possible stat total for a creature of its species. While at a glance, it may seem like players would be disappointed to find this type of critter, the immense rarity of nundo mons inPokemon GOmeans that they can be quite desirable for collectors.
Pokemon GO’s ‘Nundo’ Mons Have the Worst Possible Stat Lines
How to Tell if a Pokemon is a ‘Nundo’ Based Pokemon GO’s Appraisal Stats
A Pokemon’s stats determine its effectiveness in battle, andPokemon GObreaks these stats down into three categories:
Players can determine a particular critter’s stats by appraising them from their screen in the player’s Box. Each stat is represented by a scale with three levels of power, which contribute to the mon’s overall star rating.
Thesestats are known as IVs or “Individual Values"and have a maximum possible value of 15: 5 for each level represented on the scale.
While most players will want all three stats to have maxed-out levels, usually players will find mons with varying degrees of levels in each stat. However, very rarely, players will encounter a mon that has no levels in any of the three stats, resulting in what the community has dubbed as a nundo. These types of mons represent theworst possible stats a creature can have inPokemon GO, since they have zero IVs in any of their three stats categories.
Getting a ‘Nundo’ Mon in Pokemon GO is Incredibly Rare
Players who find themselves with a nundo will not want to use it in battle since it will pale in comparison to the mons players will be facing in Gyms or PvP battles. However, it’s still worth keeping nundos as trophies of sorts since they can be some of therarest mons inPokemon GO. The base odds of finding a nundo critter inPokemon GOis 1 in 4096, but these odds don’t account for the fact that nundos can’t appear from Raids, eggs, trades, or research task rewards.
Finding nundo versions of some ofPokemon GO’s other rarest mons is even more difficult, making them possibly some of the rarest mons in the game.Shiny nundosor even certain Legendary nundos can be incredibly rare since all three conditions are rare to find individually, and even more so together. For players looking for the opposite of a nundo with perfect IVs, dubbed a hundo, the odds of finding them are thankfully much better since they have a 1 in 216 chance to appear from raids, eggs, and research tasks.
Likely therarest mons inPokemon GOare Shiny Galarian bird nundos, since they are the only Legendary mons that can be found in the wild. Galarian Zapdos, Moltres, and Articuno can only spawn from Daily Incense and have a measly 0.3% catch rate, meaning catching a Shiny nundo version is quite the feat.
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