How fast can you get a Legendary in EVERY Pokemon Game?

Legendary pokemon are known for their power and rarity, generally leading to memorable catches across the series! But as the roster has rapidly increased over the years, so too have the methods for obtaining them, bringing their status into question. So today, we attempt to find out how they hold up by taking on the most difficult challenge yet…how fast you can obtain a legendary in every pokemon game!

If you love unique Pokémon challenges as well as uncovering facts about the games you never knew, then you are going to love my channel! I am currently working on the "How fast can you catch X in EVERY Pokémon game" series where we track down specific pokemon, types, and other interesting groupings in the most optimal way possible.

I use a heavy amount of research and analysis in search of the answer to each episode's question, aiming to tell a fun story of the often tedious but exciting adventures I go through along the way!

The awesome Ms.Sweethart helped with workshopping as always!

AngefloSH's awesome PokemonEncCalc tool...

Timestamps
0:00 Intro
0:38 Intermission
1:54 Red/Blue/Yellow
4:02 Gold/Silver/Crystal
8:08 Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald
17:34 Diamond/Pearl/Platinum
19:38 Remakes
21:46 Black/White
23:27 X/Y
24:46 Sun/Moon
28:02 Let's Go Pikachu/Eevee
29:45 Sword/Shield
31:58 Legends: Arceus
33:36 Scarlet/Violet
39:12 Results & Credits

NOTE: Second to last song in music credits is incorrect and should be replaced with...
YU-NO Original Soundtrack - Kaisou
ChainDive - Track 28 (Flame Of Soul)

Specific Music Credits…
Okumo for their fantastic takes on many gaming classics: @okumo5757
Outro song is Pokémon League by @helynt1 @gamechops go check it out…

[semaJCh]

Thanks for watching everyone! So glad to finally have this out! It’s without a doubt the biggest project I have put together so far and feels like the perfect way to celebrate a year of the channel! Can’t wait to see what we do next! 😊

[mewr]

The fact that Wo-Chien is the fastest non-DLC legendary in the entire series makes me happy: It's so much worse than the other three treasures of ruin in basically every other way, so at least it gets this one W.

[KatSuricata]

the gen III effort was actually ridiculous, great video!

[dnd]

Devs working on Gen 3: Let’s make them work for these side legendaries

Devs working on Gen 4: Do you think making them use a Flute at a certain place is too difficult?

[KitsuneKoinu]

Your comments about Ditto make me think that the next video will be "How fast can you catch a Ditto in EVERY Pokemon Game?"
Already looking foward to it. I love ypur videos please keep it up

[javadkhusro]

FYI Abilities in Ruby/Sapphire only have in-battle effects or only have out-of-battle effects, Arena Trap only gets the out of battle effect in Emerald. The only ability that increases encounter rate in Ruby/Sapphire is Illuminate, and the only other abilities that have OOB effects are Stench and Pickup. All other field effects start in Emerald.

[Dzyntara]

I absolutely love the dedication you put into Gen 3. No stone unturned - absolute proof that one or other legendary is the actual fastest. I see you and your effort!

[theRealSlimGordon]

Damn, I now understand why you were going insane over this. But you are right, sub-2 hours to get a Regi is a crazy feat I never would have thought about!

Other than that, absolutely stellar video and happy 1 year anniversary! Didn't realize that so much time had already passed. I'm happy I was here to witness the channel grow as much as it did, cheers!

[dasaiyantv]

So Legends: Arceus speedrunners use a mono-Poison team up until Dialga? Nice.

[stevesamuals]

Some people may find all the math needed to do the routes in case one is faster or not. But i find it fascinating how much a rng game can be manipulated to make things more consistent. Especially with how the odds work

[kirbstagoontheaxolotl]

Dialga and Palkia being the only mascot duo to both get wins makes me immensely happy

[roahir]

Lovee this series "How fast can you catch... in every region?" series.

[TheDuster]

29:26 I'm pretty certain that in Let's Go, toxic is a sure hit move when used by a poison type, so that 90% wasn't there at all

[monogreen]

Totally thought this video was going to be how fast can you catch an unown in every pokemon game. Not that I'm disappointed by Legendaries, I'm quite looking forward to watching it <3

[badgerbloodmoon]

Should've done the spinoff games as well. Add some variance. Pokemon Rumble Blast hands you a Victini within the first ten minutes, Gates To Infinity takes a few hours, and the Explorers games make you wait for postgame.

[Deoxys_Used_Mimic]

Roar of Time?
More like, Roar of Taking Its Time

[Jacob-ewfs]

Once you did a full depth analysis into Relicanth for the Regis instead of just breezing through to catch Groudon I realized this was going to be a different kind of video, went from background noise to my full attention. Great stuff, hoping for more

[ZakanaHachihaCBC]

illuminate also only works in Emerald. So we can’t be doing it in Ruby for the boosted rate on Wailord.

[NinjaPickle]

Fun fact, my first playthrough I actually realized that the stakes were tied to the Seals before the game told me, so I decided I wanted to go get whatever legendary was in the first Seal as soon as I could, just to see what would happen. Lo and behold, I encounter Wo Chien. Then I spend the next couple hours attempting to catch it. I ended up getting a Sap Sipper Deerling to stall out it's moves. After countless hours, I caught myself a Wo Chien with only the 1st gym under my belt. I didn't use it, because I dislike using legendaries in playthroughs, it was just a fun thing I distinctly remember

[AlphaSorrow]

@2:14 techichally you can get a legendary as soon as you get to pewter in gen 1 rby unless you are doing it glitchless.