Pokémon My Pokèmon has POKERUS...?!

[g u m m i]

Apperantly Pokerus is rarer then shiny pokemon, and my pokemon has it?! It can be spread....it doubles exp in battle I think..0.o HOW?

 

[tokkio]

hmm.. you're asking how to spread the pokerus? but yeah what you said is true though! lol I got a pokerus pokemon from the GTS once

 

[Hyoshido]

Pokerus means ur pokemon has ebola and it will go bye bye ?\_(ツ)_/?


Hah, on a more serious note though, Pokerus doesn't give double EXP, it gives double Effort Value's (EV's) every time you faint a wild/trainer's Pokemon, but yes, the rates are assumed to be more rarer than the shiny chances.

 

[LambdaDelta]

wait, its rarer than a shiny?

i have literal boxes of diseased pokemon

 

[Flop]

It's not as rare as it used to be, especially with the development of Wonder Trade. It's not anything special, really.

 

[LambdaDelta]

i've had literal boxes since gen3

 

[vbunny]

Iirc can't you leave it in the box to spread to others?

 

[LambdaDelta]

it doesn't spread while boxed (unless gen6 changed this) but it does "freeze" it

 

[CainWolf]

Basically to spread pokerus just take the infected pokemon with you and knock out a few wild pokemon, it doesn't spread every time but when it does spread it goes to the pokemon above and below it in the party so keeping it in the middle of your team is a good method to spread it fast.

Pokerus stops being contagious if you leave the infected pokemon out of the box overnight (midnight for your 3ds clock so if your time is off keep that in mind) and after that they can't catch it again but a little pink circle remains so you can easily spot a non-contagious pokerus carrier, I think the EV boost remains for those non-contagious carriers but I'd have to double check.

 

[cosmic-latte]

It's definitely not that rare nowadays, and it can only spread when placed in a party with non-infected Pokemon. The effects still remain after it goes away.

 

[Silversea]

Battling wild pokemon and receiving pokerus is extremely rare indeed, and yes rarer than shiny pokemon. However since the invention of hacking and cheats, pokerus becomes a default application on many "created" pokemon as it makes EV training and such much easier. From here they are traded and it spreads all around.

So in summary, it isn't really that special anymore, unless you managed to get it from battling pokemon.

 

[Captain Crazy Chicken]

Remembering when I thought Pokerus is BAD...

*shuddering* Oh GOD what was I thinking...

It's like a quincea?era will kill you.