Just had to brag

[tminus89]

So, I finally did it. I caught Mewtwo with the first quick ball I threw. To be fair, this ''first'' quick ball was the first of this round after about 40 tries. But considering I couldn't catch it even after getting it's HP to the red and it was frozen, I feel his was brag worthy.

Anyways, anyone else here have this awesome experience of catching a legendary without anything but throwing pokeballs at it?

 

[Ephemeral Euphoria]

Caught Mewtwo on Soul Silver on the first turn with a regular Pokeball, only other time I felt that good about myself was when I caught a shiny Rattata on my Leaf Green game. Pity Mewtwo had such a horrid moveset though oh well nothing a few TMs couldn't fix lol.

 

[bobandbill]

Going to move this to Pokemon Gaming Centre as that section is for anything that's in multiple games, and certainly people catching legendaries with Pokeballs has happened since RBY.

 

[Ev Trainer X]

After chasing Thundurus, chucking ultra ball after ultra ball at it for nearly two hours, I finally run out of them, so just for lulz, I threw a REPEAT BALL. You can probably guess what happened next...

 

[Ritzz]

First time I saw Thundurus, I was freaked out and threw a Quick Ball at it and caught it. x)

 

[Xx Typhlosion xX]

I ran into a Tornadus for the first time in Black, I threw a quick ball just for fun and ended up catching it haha!

 

[mikey]

It's happened to me before. In HG, I caught my Lugia in a GreatBall on the first try. In Black I caught my Zekrom in a GreatBall on my third try.

 

[psyanic]

Well... one time I had a Gengar and used it for Mewtwo. I used a single Shadow Ball and it got down to red. I threw an Ultra Ball and that was it. That's kinda cheating but whatever. One Poke Ball is some accomplishment... right?

Oh I also caught Giratina with a Dusk Ball on the first turn. Best catch ever.

 

[teejermiester]

I caught Giratina with a pokeball on the first turn. It was pretty special.

I also caught Moltres with a pokeball, but I had thrown like twenty cause I ran out of ultra balls to see if I could catch it. Plus, it was down 1/4 of its Hp.

 

[~*!*~Tatsujin Gosuto~*!*~]

If Master balls count, then yeah I have plenty of times. But I did throw a Quick Ball at that forever annoying loser Cresselia and she stayed in there in Pokemon Pearl.


:t354:TG

 

[Princess Sammi]

Congratulations on catching Mewtwo! :)

 

[Sydian]

I know I've caught most Pearl legendaries in a Pokeball. I've also gotten Lugia, Entei, and Groudon in one. I've probably caught a few in one turn, but I can't really remember. What I'm most proud of is catching Moltres in two Ultra Balls in Yellow. Normally you miss the Pokemon for some reason, so the fact I got it in just two balls made me ecstatic haha.

 

[PlatinumDude]

Once, I caught Moltres in an ordinary Poke Ball in LeafGreen. I don't have it anymore, but it's something to be proud of. There were several other legendaries I caught in the same way (like Virizion), but I reset the game afterward because of its stats.

 

[Legobricks]

Ho-oh in Silver or Crystal. Water Gunned it twice with a random underleveled Wooper into yellow HP, then the first Poke Ball I threw caught it.
I wouldn't describe it as an awesome experience, merely relieving in that my time hadn't been wasted.

 

[Barrels]

Not so much a brag as a case of the universe giving with one hand and slapping me around the face with the other - I caught Rayquaza in Ruby with a Ultra Ball, first round, no resets, and was over the moon. Then I traded it to Emerald to help beat the Elite Four (yep, I was utterly pathetic).

Two days later, I dropped my Emerald cart in the sink (while washing up one-handed), and apparently Rayquaza fancied popping out for a swim. Because although my SP worked fine after drying out, I lost the save file and Emerald's never really worked properly since.

Moral of the story: dropping Rayquaza in the sink is a bad idea. He gets irritated. Maybe if I'd taught him Surf, none of this would have happened...

 

[Sayan]

My story isn't about how I caught, it's about what I caught. In Emerald I caught a Latios that had a Rash nature with 62 Power HP Fire, 23 SpA IVs and 28 Speed IVs. This was without any resetting and the Latios just popped out of nowhere when I was surfing south of Lilycove.