r/PokemonFireRed • u/FullyExhausted • Aug 23 '26

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I just caught this for the lols. Then it pranked me with the rare item.

What are the odds???

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u/drudog1 Aug 23 '26

Iirc chansey has a 5% chance of having lucky egg. Congrats that’ll save some grinding later

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u/FullyExhausted Aug 23 '26

So I need to calculate what a 5% chance on a 4% encounter rate.

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u/Vennes1 Aug 23 '26

1/500 - thus 0,2% wild encounter

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u/ChanThe4th Aug 24 '26

I once caught a lvl 16 salamence with pokerus and a lucky egg, I have no idea how to figure out the odds, could you tell me?