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5th Gen How hard/easy is catching legendaries to you?

TheMarkCrafter

roses are red, violets are blue, i used to break r
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    Which Legendary was hard to you? Gensect

    Which Legendary was easy to you? Zekrom

    Hard Legendary Poke-Balls? 30 Ultra Balls.

    Easy Legendary Poke-Balls? And which ball? 1 Pokemon Ball. COMPLETELY SERIOUS

    The legendaries are:
    Victini
    Cobalion
    Terrakion
    Virizion
    Reshiram
    Zekrom
    Thundurus
    Tornadus
    Landorus
    Kyurem
    Keldeo
    Meoletta
    Gensect

    You can't catch Gensect. It's available by events.
     

    Ho-Oh

    used Sacred Fire!
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    @the first post, this applies to Black and White, well... because you only put down B/W Pokemon, so it can't really fit in PGC now. ;x

    Hardest to catch would've been let's see... Cobalion, I believe. I KEPT ON TRYING TO CATCH IT OVER AND OVER AND OVER. Or! Thundurus, since in the end I kinda gave up and used the master ball on that. :x I know Virizion and Terrakion weren't that hard but I kept on refreshing for that one. D< As for Kyurem, yeah, that was relatively easy. Oh and Landorus was kinda easy too. Plus! For Tornadus I used the Master Ball. :3 tbh I don't know how many balls I used, though.

    Also yes, you can catch Genesect buuut that's through non-legit methods, so meh. Technically you can get it, just not officially.
     
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    sure25

    Open Agent (For Now)
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    Honestly, I don't catch the legendaries, my friend does. He is extremely lucky because somehow, he caught them all with a pokeball. (How does he do that?)
     

    Chaos Uxie

    Spreading Chaos....
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    Which Legendary was hard to you?

    Coblion

    Which Legendary was easy to you?

    Zekrom

    How many Balls did you wasted at the hard legendary Pkmn?

    27

    How many Balls did you wasted at the easy legandary Pkmn? And which ball?

    0 Balls(Caught it with master ball) LOL
     

    LycaNinja

    Werewolf Assassin
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    Which Legendary was hard to you?
    None

    Which Legendary was easy to you?
    All of them

    How many Balls did you wasted at the hard legendary Pkmn?
    The most Pokeballs I wasted on any of the Pokemon was about 6 or so...

    How many Balls did you wasted at the easy legandary Pkmn? And which ball?
    Like 1 or 2 Pokeballs

    I'm Irish...y u mad?
     

    LilCthulhu

    Screw the Ruru! I've got money
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    I have the feeling that they made Legendaries easier to catch in this generation. I literally captured Reshiram using just one Pokeball, and Tornadus with two Pokeballs. The only one that brought a challenge was Kyurem.
     
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    I for some reason never have problems catching legendaries. I even catch all may legendaries in Luxury Balls (It just adds a little challenge for me).

    Heres an overview:
    Victini - Uncaught (I missed the Event)
    Cobalion - Luxury Ball (I threw this first thing before attacking and caught it: Non-Critical)
    Terrakion - Luxury Ball (Normal Catching tactics though his health was mid-range)
    Virizion - Luxury Ball (Critical Catch at full HP)
    Reshiram - Uncaught (I have White Version)
    Zekrom - Premier Ball (Normal Catching tactics, I did not know where to get Luxury Balls then)
    Thundurus - Luxury Ball (Used False Swipes and a Quick Claw alot, it also took forever)
    Tornadus - Uncaught (I have White Version)
    Landorus - Uncaught (I have no Tornadus)
    Kyurem - Luxury Ball (This was HARD, Used False Swipes and was the only legendary i restarted on)
    Keldeo - Uncaught (Currently Impossible)
    Meoletta - Uncaught (Currently Impossible)
    Gensect - Uncaught (Currently Impossible)
     
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    Most of the legendaries were fairly straightforward for me. The ice dragon was a bit troublesome though. On the otherhand Metagross was godly. That thing took me like 50+ balls before it finally went down. There was this random Cherrim too which just WOULD NOT CAPTURE. I threw like 10 balls at it and in the end, it suicided itself with Take Down. Those legendary pokemon were nothing compared to that Cherrim and Metagross ¬___¬
     

    xX13LoneWolf13Xx

    The Pokemon Master
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    Huh, I haven't gotten far into the Pokemon BW game (Well... I just started the league...) u, but I have managed to catch one of the legendary Pokemon's you listed, Victini. I thought he was fairly easy and considering Victini was Physic and Fire people would think it's tough. But it's only level 15 so... Yeah. I had a level 30 Pignite at the moment and I esily caught it using the move Smog to poison it, then use Arm Thrust to lower it HP. Finally I used a Ultra Ball to catch it! Yay! But, I wouldn't have wasted a Master ball on it :P
     

    BrandoSheriff

    Has a tendency to figure things out
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    Which Legendary was hard to you?
    Definitely Kyurem.

    Which Legendary was easy to you?
    Zekrom and Cobalion.

    How many Balls did you wasted at the hard legendary Pkmn?
    IIRC, about 50-something Ultra Balls, a Quick Ball, a few Dusk Balls, and caught in a Timer Ball.

    How many Balls did you wasted at the easy legandary Pkmn? And which ball?
    1 Ball each. Zekrom took one Luxury Ball, and Cobalion took one Quick Ball.
     

    SuperSaiyanII

    Cool Story Bro!!
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    The easiest legendary for me to catch was Victini. I weakened it and paralysed it with blitzle and it only took one nest ball to capture. The hardest was Cobalion which took around 30 dusk balls to catch.
     

    Roughneck Tom

    The dawn of a new champion....
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    Which Legendary was hard to you?
    Hardest to catch was no doubt Virizion . It took about 25 dusk balls for me
    Which Legendary was easy to you?
    Zerkom , paralyzed it and then threw an ultra ball and it was enough.
    How many Balls did you wasted at the hard legendary Pkmn?
    Too many. 25 dusk balls for Virzion , 15 for Kyurem
    How many Balls did you wasted at the easy legandary Pkmn? And which ball?
    1 Ultra ball for Zerkom
     
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    None of the legendaries were really difficult for me in B/W.I honestly spent 3 maybe 4 tries at the most trying to catch them, which is surprising considering that i would end up spending hours trying to catch legendaries in emerald,diamond,and soulsilver(Groudon took me from 8PM-6AM).
     

    TheMarkCrafter

    roses are red, violets are blue, i used to break r
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    Hey guys, something to say. NEED TO READ THIS BEFORE WRITING A POST HERE!
    Comments like this:
    Post by Roughneck Tom
    Which Legendary was hard to you?
    Hardest to catch was no doubt Virizion . It took about 25 dusk balls for me
    Which Legendary was easy to you?
    Zerkom , paralyzed it and then threw an ultra ball and it was enough.
    How many Balls did you wasted at the hard legendary Pkmn?
    Too many. 25 dusk balls for Virzion , 15 for Kyurem
    How many Balls did you wasted at the easy legandary Pkmn? And which ball?
    1 Ultra ball for Zerkom

    See this, and this:
    Which Legendary was hard to you?
    Hardest to catch was no doubt Virizion . It took about 25 dusk balls for me
    Which Legendary was easy to you?
    Zerkom , paralyzed it and then threw an ultra ball and it was enough.
    Please, don't make this:
    Post by example
    Which legendary was hard to you?
    I had a problem with Kyurem, I wasted 20 Ultra Balls on it.
    Which legendary was easy to you?
    Lol, Zekrom was way too easy, I wasted 1 Pokeball
    Don't do this, this should be good.
    Post by example
    Which legendary was hard to you?
    Kyurem was a big problem (explain how much pokeballs you wasted later)
    Which legendary was easy to you?
    Lol, Zekrom was way too easy (explain how much pokeballs you wasted later)
     
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    Which Legendary was hard to you?

    Tornadus. My friends were able to catch him with Quick Balls without weakening him very much, all within the first two or three tries. I had him asleep, down to 1 HP with False Swipe, and repeatedly used Quick Balls and all other kinds of Balls, and it still took me like 7 tries to catch him.

    Which Legendary was easy to you?

    Victini, Reshiram, and Landorus.

    How many Balls did you wasted at the hard legendary Pkmn?

    Well, as I said, Tornadus was the hardest, and I blew about 5 to 10 Balls of various types each time on him.


    How many Balls did you wasted at the easy legandary Pkmn? And which ball?

    Not many. I caught Victini in three Great Balls, Reshiram in one Ultra Ball, and Landorus in three Ultra Balls.
     
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    Which Legendary was hard to you?
    - I'd say Thundurus since he kept running away every time he awoke or just killed my pokemon that was using Mean Look.

    Which Legendary was easy to you?
    - All of them were really easy for me to catch minus Thundurus of course -_- they all went down after like the 4th ultra ball I threw

    How many Balls did you wasted at the hard legendary Pkmn?
    - Lost count to be honest

    How many Balls did you wasted at the easy legandary Pkmn? And which ball?
    -around 4 and Ultra Balls
     

    TheMarkCrafter

    roses are red, violets are blue, i used to break r
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    WHAT'D I TOLD YOU GUYS?
    NO ENTRIES LIKE THIS!
    Which legendary was hard to you?
    Kyurem, it took my all of my Ultra Balls!
    If you want to explain the way:
    Which legendary was hard to you?
    Kyurem
    (that's okay)
    but not..
    Kyurem, it took my all of my Ultra Balls!
    Explain this way or use that way:
    Kyurem was the hardest legendary ever! It took me all of my Ultra Balls, Reshiram was the easiest legendary ever! Only 1 Ultra Ball and i caught it!
     
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    Way harder than easier for me in most cases.

    I caught guys like Palkia and Zekrom with my first ball back then though but that kind of luck's rare for me nowadays.

    Most if not all of the other legendaries gave me hell when it came to catching them, especially Origin Form Giratina oh god that was excruciating.
     
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