A 6 perfect IV Pokémon is very rare to find naturally but becomes much more attainable through breeding, especially with tools like the Destiny Knot, which passes down 5 IVs from parents, leaving only 1 random IV; with two 5-IV parents (missing the same stat), you have about a 1 in 192 chance; but if you breed with a 6-IV Ditto, your odds improve significantly, often around 1.8% (roughly 1 in 55), making it a common goal for competitive players.
One IV is always random. Therefore, the chance of getting 6IVs is the chance of getting 5IVs via the Destiny Knot multiplied by the chance of randoming 31 in the sixth (1/32).
The sixth IV will be randomly generated. This item is incredibly important - without it, only 3 IVs between the parents are passed down to the offspring. This allows you to breed a perfect Ditto with a less than optimal Pokémon and get far better offspring within just a few tries.
"Each stat has a 1/32 chance of being perfect, so the odds for an ordinary Pokemon are (1/32)⁶, or roughly 1 in a billion. Assuming they've carried over the typical handling from Gen 6 onward, Legendaries always have 3 guaranteed perfect IVs, so you only have to go through the random chance for the other three stats.
You can breed two 5IV pokemon together to get a 6IV then use that parent to propagate the IVs in further breeding projects (if it's female then swap out your female 5IV and beed until you get a 6IV male).
No, most shiny Pokémon do not have a 100% catch rate, but shiny Legendaries in Pokémon GO raids and special encounters have a guaranteed catch on the first successful throw, and certain rare shinies (like Galarian Birds) are exceptions, while regular wild shinies can still flee. In the main series games, shinies don't have altered catch rates; you just need to knock them out or weaken them enough, but they won't run away once encountered.
Wild Legendaries will have minimum 3 perfect IVs. Wild encounters are the only Legendaries in Sword and Shield that can have Marks.
In general, having 0 Attack IVs on a Special Attacking Pokémon is a luxury, not a necessity-- it matters in very few scenarios. Those scenarios are 1) if your opponent has the move Foul Play, or 2) if your Pokémon might get confused and hit itself in confusion.
That means a 100% Pokemon occurs once every 216 raids, a 98% or better appears about once every 54 raids, a 96% appears about once every 22 raids, a 93% appears about once every 11 raids and a 91% appears once every 6 raids.
Practically speaking, each Pokémon has an IV in each stat between 0 and 31 (32 values total), where 0 is the worst and 31 is the best.
6IV is referring to the number of perfect IVs, so a 6IV pokemon has 6 perfect 31s. While 6IV is technically a perfect pokemon it is easier to breed 5IV pokemon and there is always a stat that is not necessary.
2 Pokemon GO Shundo Odds
A Shundo Pokemon (Shiny + 100% IV) is one of the rarest Pokemon you can ever catch. Normally, the shiny rate in Pokemon GO is around 1 in 500, and the Hundo rate is 1 in 4,096.
There's no single #1 rarest Pokémon in Pokémon Go because rarity changes with events, but Unown, Larvesta/Volcarona, and specific Clone Pokémon (like Clone Charizard) are consistently top contenders due to extremely low spawn rates, difficult egg hatches (Larvesta), or limited-time event availability. Unown is often cited as #1 for its puzzle-like appearance, while Larvesta's massive candy requirement makes Volcarona rare, and old event-exclusive clones are virtually unobtainable now.
Fact of the day: 0% pokemon are pretty rare. More rare than hundos. This is because they can only be found in the wild or rocket battles. Raids/research for example have a minimum IV floor of 10/10/10.
The 1,000th Pokémon in the National Pokédex is Gholdengo, a Steel/Ghost-type "Coin Entity" Pokémon that evolves from Gimmighoul after collecting 999 Gimmighoul Coins in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet.
At the time of writing, there are a whopping 1,025 existing Pokemon, and the only way to hoard 'em all at once is to put them in Pokemon Home.
The #1 Legendary Pokémon is widely considered to be Arceus, the "Alpha Pokémon," because it's the creator of the entire Pokémon universe, responsible for shaping the world and creating other Legendaries like Dialga, Palkia, and Giratina, making it the most powerful and god-like being in the lore. While other Legendaries are incredibly strong (like Mewtwo or Rayquaza), Arceus's role as the origin point for all creation puts it at the top.
A 0% has a 1/4096 chance. A shiny at the worst is 1/450 and a 100% at it's best can be 1/216 or even higher with a lucky trade.
Shiny Pokémon were introduced in the 1999 games Pokémon Gold and Silver. They are rare color variations of standard Pokémon, and have a sparkle animation upon entering combat, but have no other unique differences from a standard version of the same species.
Because Mew does not breed. Period. Mew steals genetic data so as to remain competitive, rather than progress through time via random mutations.
Every stat of each Pokémon gets a random number between 0 and 31. The higher the number the higher the stat bonus it gives to that stat on a pokemon. Perfect iv is all rolls being 31 or all stats that matter to you.
As of Sept. 23, 2025 — following the "Completely Normal" event — Ditto can currently be any of the following Pokémon in Pokémon Go: