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

[Kevin]

It actually was pretty easy to catch the Musketter trio. It took Virizion two tries, Terrakion like 4, but Cobalion was the most annoying.

Reshiram was obviously easy, and actually I remember I caught Kyurem with a Pokeball in 5-10 tries.

But Tornadus is just... it was a pain to catch. Landorus was a bit easier but still.

Victini was the easiest. :3

 

[Althea]

The only Legendary I didn't have problems with in these games was Victini, which I caught with a Great Ball, of all things...but legendaries in general hate me with a passion, for some obscure reason I've yet to figure out.

I wasted thirty-seven Dusk Balls on Reshiram and I STILL couldn't catch the bugger, despite whittling its health down to mere pixels and putting it to sleep infrequently...I give the game to my mother, and she catches it with the first ball. After that little fiasco I ended up trading for some Masterballs online and catching the rest with those. I dislike it when my game decides to hate me ._.

 

[archeops14]

Which Legendary was hard to you?
Virizion
Which Legendary was easy to you?
Terrakion
How many Balls did you wasted at the hard legendary Pkmn?
I'd say about 12, but then I restarted the game and just wasted six.
How many Balls did you wasted at the easy legandary Pkmn? And which ball?
None, used Dusk Balls.

 

[Pebblycone]

I was able to catch 2 of the "Musketeer" trio in less than 25 dusk balls.
The one in Mistralton Cave - 10 Dusk Balls
The one in Victory Road - 5-12 Dusk Balls

 

[Onyx_X]

The only one I had trouble with was Zekrom. I couldn't get it in a Pokeball. I make it a point to catch every legendary I can in a Pokeball, even if I have to reset all night.
I use the Masterball on the ones that flee (usually) if I miss it the first time/ have a Pokemon incapable of weakening it up front when the encounter occurs.

 

[moonlightning]

Mega easy for me. Critical captures break the stall if you get bad luck and the roaming genie was easily nabbed by a spider web. I have still got both master balls from both my games and wondering if I will ever use them. I did enjoy knocking out Reshiram a few times before catching it.

 

[Mew~]

They've been suprisingly easy if you ask me. I caught Reshiram in my Black restart with one Ultra Ball yesterday, I was shocked but not at all happy, it was way too easy...

The same goes for the others really too, very easy.

 

[Wyatt Fire]

Which Legendary was hard to you?
Kyurem

Which Legendary was easy to you?
Zekrom

How many Balls did you wasted at the hard legendary Pkmn?
Probably Around 3 or 4. I was restarting the game every time I ran out of Pokéballs, and I ended up catching him pretty easily on my 20th restart.

How many Balls did you wasted at the easy legandary Pkmn? And which ball?
I think it was just like, my second ultra ball.

However, I've restarted the entire game. I kept all my legendaries, so that I could trade them away. At least I know what to expect now. I also kept that Masterball I never ended up using.

I would trade it to those people on the GTS, but they only want level 1-9 Zekroms, chortle.

 

[Shelmet]

Which Legendary was hard to you?

Kyurem and Cobalion.

Which Legendary was easy to you?

Every other Legendary. Reshiram especially.

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

On Kyurem, I ended up using about 70 Dusk Balls, and 35 Ultra Balls on Cobalion.

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

I wanted to catch Reshiram in a normal Pokéball, which took about 5 minutes due to a lucky Critical Capture. The others took a few hits from one of my Pokémon, and a couple of Great/Ultra Balls.

 

[dreyko]

i actually caught cobalion in a poke ball, which surprised me because it was just a wild throw in the dark and i didn't expect much when i used the poke ball.

tornadus gave me the most trouble because it kept fleeing, so i imported my wobbufet with shadow tag so that it couldn't flee =)

 

[켄니씨]

I don't like catching legends as I hardly play games without challenges,but when I do catch one it's easy ^^

 

[grovyle802]

Which Legendary was hard to you?

Cobalion

Which Legendary was easy to you?

Zekrom

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

about 45 ultra balls, 15 great balls, and 10 pokeballs

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

1 master ball

Which Legendary was hard to you?

cobalion

Which Legendary was easy to you?

zekrom

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

about 45 ultra balls, 15 great balls, and 10 pokeballs

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

1 master ball

 

[Master HG]

Honestly, people under estimate the TIMER BALLS, they worked GREAT with all the legendaries, I only used my master ball with the trios that wonder around in Pokemon Black and White, the genie looking ones. It saved me the hastle of finding a pokemon that used Mean Look and making sure it didnt get away or I kill it by accident. I think saving the Master Ball for them is best.

 

[2Cool4Mewtwo]

I never had trouble in catching any of these... If I do recall, Terrakion was hardest for me, even though it has slightly greater catch rate than many of the legendaries.

Metang/Metagross also deserves a mention in this thread (and catching them were uber hard, though not as hard as some other legendaries that gave me trouble), because even though they're not legendaries, they also have same catch rate as many other legendaries with catch rate of 3.