Top 10 RAREST/HARDEST Pokémon To Catch In Legends Arceus 

Honestly I was expecting the 2”8 Buizel at 1, good video though.

2:44 btw guys, space-time distortions show up based on how long youve stayed in an area - at the 45 minute mark youre practically guaranteed to get a space-time distortion event

Wisps weren't hard just tedious. Just fly around at night and they stick out like a sore thumb. Unknowns require knowing the land & having a good eye. I ran into the first two weather mon just be out and about. For Giratina, if you are able to find the cave and recognize the name you know it's bound to show up. When I fought Giratina my starter one shoted the regular form and three shot origin form. I like the added challenge bc the rewards are worth the grind.

Arceus is the hardest to catch because it requires you to catch all the other Pokemon that were hard to catch. The last Pokemon I've caught prior to meeting Arceus were Shieldon and Bastiodon.

I think the unowns are actually really fun to find, trying to figure out what the pokedex says about their location and realizing where they are. I just wish they were more useful in battle.

what I would give for Legends Mew and Legends Kyurem

you put giratina at number 3 because it's locked behind *the fight* but here's the thing, those annoying ass genies that you've put way lower on the list, are also locked behind *that fight* as cogita does not give you the request until after the event. hence I believe the giratina should be placed lower on the list

Cherubi and Cherrim are available in MORE than "3 specific trees" actually. They have at least 6 trees they're a guaranteed spawn in at Coronet (Cherrim higher probablility), Cherubi in turn have two trees near the alpha lopunny in the fieldlands, and several trees in the Mirelands - most mireland trees being near the alpha pachirisu, and one stray tree between scarlet bog and solaceon ruins. The most likely reason most struggle with finding Cherubi is they aren't going for shaking trees at all past a certain point because they presume it's all Burmy and some combee. Serebii has a good interactive map so you can find cherubi/cherrim trees for anyone still struggling.

There's a guaranteed static Overquil in the story, this makes obtaining Overquil not a big deal. Also, Manaphy and Phione aren't actually required for Arceus. They are Mythical Pokemon. You totally can just skip them if you have no idea how to obtain them.

A tip for catching Abra. If you know where they teleport to often, go there and hide in the grass and throw some food near them the moment they appear. That'll keep them in place long enough to throw a Pokeball at them. Only use Heavy balls on them if you've fed them a hopo berry and are confident you have enough time to sneak behind them (hopo berries make pokemon less likely to notice you)

I didnt know Cherubi was a rare tree encounter, I found multiple of them in many different ones, it actually got annoying with how many I was getting

I didn't realize how rare Cherubi was. I had a suspicion that Cherubi was rare when I got to the noble Arcanine mission, and was still missing it. I was just randomly wandering around the first area, finishing Pokédex entries, and I just happened upon a Cherubi from a shaking tree.

Weavile: wtf is that!?? Sneasler: I was just about to say the same about you.

The freaking Cherubi line. I came across Cherrim; the EVOLVED FORM more often then the base form

Going into this game I didn't expect Cherubi of all Pokemon to be harder to get than a majority of the Legendaries.

Playing the game with my starter Decidueye the whole way through. Not always the best match up verses certain legendaries. His false swipe attack is great for battling and catching pokemon, as it will leave them with 1 hp making them easy to catch. Only issue is when the opponent uses an attack that damages itself

6:26 Honestly, I found Basculegion to be harder to get then overquill. It's pre-evolution is everywhere but basculegion is only (to me) found scattered in a few areas, there are only a few of them each time, and even if they don't see you, they can dive under water and disappear..........not to mention you have to take so much recoil damage to evolve them.

Cherubi became my least favorite grass type after this game.

Tip for the Forces, if you’re frustrated: stealth sprays and smoke bombs are definitely your friends, as well as not dashing after the forces as soon as you see them. Instead, when you see one, immediately chuck a smoke bomb, stealth spray yourself, and creep slowly around the map (whether ur on land or sea doesn’t matter) and they won’t see you as quickly. Huck stunning items in quick succession until their guard is down, and then immediately send out a Pokémon (or if you wanna gamble, a pokeball, but I suggest battling)

Î really enjoed gathering those lights for spiritomb. They were visible from very far away and put the areas in scene. Long taking but fair and fun challenge.

I feel like basculin should have been on this list just because of how fast it runs away. i think it should at the minimum gotten an honorable mention. I found a shiny one it took me hours to catch it.

Didn’t know cherubi was rare in the trees I found one without trying to looking for and then after that the outbreak happened

Found Cherubi and Cherrim without really looking for them, hadn't known they were so annoying until I looked online

Haven't finished the video yet but I would say the Unown are definitely harder to get than the wisps. I got all 107 wisps from just playing the game and exploring and having fun. I only found 7 unown and never even knew there was hints on where to find them until this video. Edit 1: Also Giratina should be lower than the Genies. And Cherubi should be just above the baby pokemon.

The wisps stand out more at night, you can fly around and spot them pretty easily

"#1: Arecus, the only correct answer" Shiny Alpha Sprirtomb: Hold my spirits; I'm about to ruin this man's career~

The last Pokémon I obtained in Legends: Arceus (aside from Arceus itself) was actually Ursaluna. I've yet to obtain Darkrai and Shaymin, but as encounters reliant on save data from BDSP and SwSh respectively, those aren't needed to encounter Arceus, nor are Phione and Manaphy (to my understanding). I'm actually surprised Ursaluna didn't make this list, since you need a rare evolutionary item (Peat Block) and a full moon to make Ursaring evolve; there is no other way to obtain Ursaluna. This list largely played out similarly for me; some of the other "last Pokémon" I obtained were the middle-stage evolutions of the Sinnoh starters (Prinplup and Monferno; I got lucky with a rare Grotle spawn), the baby Pokémon, as well as Cherubi. I did got lucky with Abra and Bonsly, obtaining them at the first opportunity I could. I will admit; Cherrim is a bit easier to find because you can find it on more shaking trees than its pre-evolution. Also a correction about Cherubi: you can also find it in the Coronet Highlands, but Cherrim are easier to find there. The "three trees" reference Cherubi's spawning locations in the Obsidian Fieldlands, I believe.

Spiritomb actually gets easier when you search for the whisps at night. They can be seen over a much bigger distance as, compared to daytimes, you can only see them if you are close by. The Unown were not that difficult either, some are in rather memorable places once you crack the writing-clues in the dex.

Regarding being spotted? Two words: Stealth spray.

After playing for 48 hours and fully finishing the game besides the shiny charm, ill tell you the worst grind is when the only 4 pokemons you need a fossil mons and you need to wait hours for the right space time spawn spots

Imagine getting Arceus in Legends if it had the full National Dex::D

I found most of the wisps just by looking around or stumbling on them while doing the main story or while I was trying to catch the post game legendary pokemon.

I had SO much trouble with getting a Cherubi! That has been the hardest challenge for me so far in Legends Arceus. Although the other entries on the list aren't easy either. It took me quite a while to find a 2'8 Buizel as well, which resulted in about two dozen caught or something like that

I caught like 10 mime jr on the southwestern beach in obsidian lands in one go and it wasn't even a swarm. I've also seen way more pichu than I have pikachu

Idk if someone can tell me how lucky I was but my first space and time rifts I got all 3 evolutions of porygon in the same one

The baby Pokémon were actually pretty easy for me to get for the most part, most of them can show up in the same spots as their evolved forms, and the ones that don’t… I just happened to run into either the first or second time I checked their location.

Though it isn't fair the Cyellene character has an Abra already.

10:55 which btw is also shiny locked in the first encounter which means you have to wait for its rare spawns, and then it has a chance of being shiny. Making an alpha shiny spiritoumb one of the rarest things in the game.

Great video dude, i completely agree with this list. Except cherubi is definitely harder to find than cherrum.

I struggled with Cherrum it was one of the last 10 Pokémon I needed to complete my Pokédex

I thought mime Jr. Was normal I almost perfect 10 his pokedex entry still at the beginning just after the 1st story line Alpha encounter they spawned alot.

I think Cherrim needs to be an honorary #1, because on top of being so hard to even find, there was that bug that prevented the capture if it changed forms. I know that Arceus requires completing the Pokedex to get, and that requires getting Cherrim, but you can fulfill the Pokedex requirements by catching Cherubi and evolving it. Catching Cherrim itself, as in not evolving Cherubi, was next to impossible prior to the update.

I had no idea that Cherubi was in a specific tree. I just knew that it was rare and that when I got it, I freaked out and immediately started throwing Ultra Balls and caught it.

Great video. Haven't found many about Legends. Or at least on this topic

Personally I found getting the wisps way easier than the Unowns because they light up. I managed to do 3 areas by myself and only needed a guide for a few Wisps, whereas with the Unowns I don't think I found 10 by myself. And I only found those because I searched areas that stood out like the volcano, the broken bridge, the stone monuments etc. As for the babies, Magby is at the volcano quite often. The one I really struggled with was Bonsly.

For the baby Pokémon, once you find where they spawn, if you go there and wipe out the Pokémon then sleep new ones spawn

The only Pokemon I was missing were Magnemite and Magneton, So I ran around Cobalt Coastlands doing stuff while distortions never appeared (even after I perfected two of my party Pokemon) and then when a distortion did appear, it only had Magnezones, useless one hour later.... A distortion with only Magnetons: "a little useful but now I still have to wait for..... Holy crap A single magnemite Throw the ball throw the ball throw the ball"

Agree on the Cherubi/Cherum. I looked for ever finally found one and the my Switch shutdown before it saved, so back to the grind.

I just caught 2 porygons and a quilava in the same space time rift 🤣 I was lowkey shiny hunting but I feel like all my luck went there 😅

The first Abra I caught was an Alpha, and I had no idea until I checked the pasture later.

I love videos like this with new game because if you unknowingly have one on this list it feels so good

Great video. Pretty solid list..

I managed to find four shiny Pokémon (including the ponyta) before catching a magby.magby was the final Pokémon I needed for arceus

Yep Cherubi... I think I came across more shiny Pokemon then Cherubi or Cherrim. It took a very long time but I managed to complete their entries. It also didn't help that a glitch made Cherrim uncatchable or so I heard. I believe it was fixed.

Unown tbh are pretty fast and easy to find once you understand that it isn't actually riddle, but locations hints. For exemple "Atop a waterfall of obsidian" may look like an enigma to solve, when actually you have to think as what location share words with the sentence. When I understood that, it was pretty simple to get them all, even if I had to look up for two of them to them realise I just wasn't looking high enough.

I got a magby outbreak and I kept on resetting for a shiny and after 15 resets I can say it was def worth the pink magmortor

For the Forces of Nature, one easy thing you can do is kill the Alpha nearby first, when the weather isn't good for them to spawn. Then you don't have to deal with it attacking you later.

I'm surprised Cresselia isnt here, whenever you get it to red health it just uses lunar blessing AND THEM COMES OBSCURED

I'm genuinely surprised to hear Cherubi is so rare. I've caught multiple by random chance when I wasn't even looking for it. I just randomly harvest from trees while doing other stuff

I got 5 shiny Cherubi on stream from the same outbreak yesterday, including one Alpha! I was very happy about those results. Probably gonna give 3 of 'em away on twitch soon, I don't need that many. XD

I found four unown by chance One behind the first lake The volcano one The solace ruins And one at the uraaluna ring.

And I cant believe that I got a slyveon in the game for my eevee.

Great list mystic

Baby Pokémon hands down the hardest, they were basically the ones that stood in my way of completing the Pokédex. I’m still on lava magmar baby for my last pokemon

I found out Cherubi was only found in shaking trees. The very first Cherubi I got was a shiny. It’s funny how my Pokédex shows it’s shiny sprite and no original one cause I’ve never met one 😂😂

I found cherrim on my first pass through the area pre-patch. I put it in red and gave it statuses and used somewhere around 35 ultra balls until I ran out, never got it.

I agree with you about Arceus for one simple reason it took me almost 8 months to finally break through that sucker

You have so many challenges at once, that you can actually work on them at the same time... Like the Unown & the wisp, same for spawning of rare baby pokemon or Cherubi etc. You just go to one area, look at all the pokemon you want to catch (knowing the spots makes it easier) and than you run/ride/fly from spot to spot and collecting the stuff you want!!! I think it is actually really balanced out and well thought trough! I kinda have a talent to find the wisps tho; had no problem to find them all at cobalt coast even without intention to do so... lets see how the rest goes.

The hardest Pokemon to catch in this game are all Shiny Alfa Unowns, and Shiny Alfa Spiritomb. PS.Arceus definitely deserves a third spot on this list.

I feel like the baby pokemon are actually pretty common? I always see a ton of Mime Jrs in Obsidian Fieldlands by the Alpha Alakazam. Happiny seems to be fairly common in the massive mass outbreaks. There's always one Togepi on the hill by Bathers' Lagoon in Cobalt Coastlands, that one is a bit annoying, but at least it in my experience it seems to be guaranteed.

The Unowns were no problem at all. As you said, they had hints. I found all of them in the village and first two areas before I even realized there were hints. Once I had hints, it was just a matter of exploring each new place and the hint would be like "I'm on the back of the dam! You know, the dam? I'm right there." The hints made it super easy. Also, if you've been a gamer for any period of time, the locations of the Unowns and wisps are usually pretty obvious. An island you can't get to yet? A ridge that juts out into the ocean rising to a small point? Remains of a campsite? Anything that looks unique or strange is a very likely candidate for something unique being hidden there.

I got a cherrim in the alpha probopass spawn, I didn't take a photo of the battle, but I wouldn't grind a Cherubi up to level 55 to say that I captured it wild.

U can trigger the space times. From visiting the village a timer starts and they can appear anything from 5-45 minutes max but if u enter a quest or something the timer resets

Volo was actually harder than Cynthia call me crazy

The day this video aired. I finally found a peat block. I can use ursaluna finally on my team.

Dude, I caught a cherubi near where you find an Alpha Lopunny. Eacy catch. :P

Charm was easy for me but I think it was because after the update it made it easier

I found Enamourus significantly more difficult than every other Pokemon in the game including Arceus. Arceus is literally just a Noble boss fight. Know how to dodge properly, learn his moveset and you can eventually whittle him down. It's the hardest Noble fight sure, but not the hardest mon to catch. Enamourus on the other hand is extremely difficult thanks to the environment making it very hard to catch up with it quickly, and the fact that the tornadoes it makes during it's attacks often spawn ON YOU. How are you supposed to dodge something that you just literally can't react to? Even if you dodge to anticipate it, you're far more likely to simply roll into another tornado. Not to mention you still have to throw a FeatherBall at it in the process before you dodge because it doesn't give you enough time to throw one after dodging. On top of it all, the catch rate it much lower, so you can't just slap it in the back with an ultra ball while it's stunned and catch it after a couple attempts (assuming you're lucky enough to stun him in a position where that's possible at all thanks to the environment) Despite the fact that I've died more times against Arceus than Enamourus, I'd still say Enamourus was significantly more frustrating and it's probably the only boss fight in the game that literally made me stop having fun playing it

That friggin Combee on Ramanas Island gave me some trouble. I kept having to go back and find a shaking tree.

I like the Therian forme of Enamorus. The reason she's a turtle is to make the quartet reflect the Chinese guardians of the cardinal directions: the turtle of the north, the tiger of the west, the dragon of the east and the bird of the south. I never noticed that until she was released and I saw the Therian forme, but apparently neither did Game Freak. It's been 3 whole generations, lmao.

Can't lie. 3 specific trees? I legit found 2 of the three by accident I was EXTREMELY lucky

For me it was Arceus just cause of that boss fight... That fight... the horror... I literally almost released Arceus after that as even Dark Souls boss fights didn't feel that cheap and BS to me.

The unown on the cliff with the grave, I stared directly at its eye and thought” that is a weirdly placed flower”

Him: Wait for and outbreak to catch babies/cherubi and cherrim that u don’t have Me: OUTBREAKS ONLY SPAWN POKÉMON U ALREADY CAUGHT

I was going around doing the outbreak encounters a while back when I heard the shiny sound. Quickly saved my game to try and find what it was, but couldn’t so I reset. Turns out, it was an Abra (probably teleported out of my sight). I was right next to an outbreak of Rufflet. I’m trying to sneak up on Abra while four tiny birds tried to murder me, which causes Abra to run away. I did end up catching the Abra after like 10 resets, but god. Never again.

i just caught the alpha overqwil instead of evolving it lol

I was surprised you didn't mention shaymin, needing save data from S&S kinda like Manaphy & Phione. And tbh, until I found out where Turtwig was, I thought I'd never find it.

I got lucky with the Cherubi…. I found it within my first couple of hours. I was so confused as to why it was so annoying to get, but now it makes sense!

Can you try to introduce “non-recurring” teams for future videos? An example is not being able to use Gardevoir or Mawile in ORAS because of already being in X and Y Pokédex. HGSS would not allow Pokémon with new Sinnoh evolutions or Johto and Kanto Pokémon already in the Platinum Pokédex. This disqualifies Roserade from BDSP since it was in SwSh.

Fun fact: the shovel was a ground breaking invention

I loved this video!

Volo seems hard to beat but then you realize that you only need the alpha garchomp with dragon claw and earthquake, the alpha froslass with ice beam and shadow ball, and the alpha gardevoir with moonblast

I would had expected shiny alphas in the list since they are almost impossible to get

This is my first pokemon game and I found capturing all the monsters entertaining. Imho, if you find it too tedious, perhaps play another game as you seem to be complaining too much

I must have gotten very lucky to find cherubi on accident, I didn't realize how hard it was to find!

When I want the area to reset, I just go back to the camp and sleep until morning. Then you can go right back to where you wanted and there might be different Pokémon on that area depending on their spawn rate.

That explains why I never saw another cherubi after the first one I caught, glad I captured it.

When I went to Turnback Cave to catch Giratina, I stunned it with sticky globs and used a gigaton ball. Caught first try, same method I used for as many legendary pokemon as possible, except the genies.

Ah are you a card collector? I love that giratina card artwork. It's the best giratina card art.

I remember not even paying attention to the unknown request and then I was just wandering around the swaps and I look over at a suspicious log and I’m like hold on a second😂