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cdkee February 21st, 2008 6:23 PM

Is this rare?
 
Well, Pearl game was gathering dust, I had gotten to the Elite 4 or w/e they're called, so I started over.

I got to the part where you battle Palkia. I had approx. 30 ultra balls going in, I was fully stocked!

As soon as the battle starts I throw a Quick Ball, and I caught Palkia. o_o.

I was in awe, on my old file it took me forever, with a Timer Ball...

I was just wondering...has anyone else done this? I was pretty amazed!

Thraxxacor February 21st, 2008 6:36 PM

not necessarily with palkia, but yeah. in silver i caught ho-oh [lvl 70 in silver] 1st turn with quick ball. otherwise i just put em to sleep and spam ultra balls like crazy...

PS: the good parts in diamond/pearl actually come AFTER elite 4... theres like 5 legendaries and a bunch of stuff.... online battle...

pokemonron2 February 21st, 2008 6:46 PM

i heard there is a glitch that if you press and hold A at the highest point of the balls throw that it will catch the pkmn with no fail..by any chance that you guys did that?

BREAKINGBEN February 21st, 2008 6:48 PM

That so called "glitch" is a rumor started around the US release of R/B. There is no such thing.

Zacceh February 21st, 2008 6:51 PM

Uhmm it's not rare, just kind of uncommon. I caught both my Dialga and Palkia in a Premier Ball though o_o

cdkee February 21st, 2008 6:52 PM

Yeah I was really suprised, I came decked out with lots of items, all a waste lol, but hey, I'm not complaining!

Now...should I replace Palkia for Gyarados in my party ?

Gummy February 21st, 2008 6:54 PM

I caught my Dialga in about four dusk balls... during the daytime, outside.

Zeturic February 21st, 2008 7:21 PM

Not rare, but uncommon. I caught mine with one POKéBall, without it being in the red or any status condition.

Wait... That was my Dialga, but same general idea.

Rinku February 21st, 2008 7:29 PM

I actually did the same thing as cdkee did. One Quick Ball and boom, it was caught! That is a little weird...

☆Stardust☆ February 21st, 2008 8:08 PM

Heh, I use to do that "glitch" with my Crystal game. It worked sometimes, or was that just the pokeball catching it on it's own?

I used my master ball on Palkia, was that a bad thing?

PeeKaChu February 21st, 2008 8:15 PM

i used my masterball on dialga lol

i wonder if quick ball wud work on the other rares?

i guess just save and keep tryin til it works huh?

cdkee February 21st, 2008 9:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PeeKaChu (Post 3358199)
i used my masterball on dialga lol

i wonder if quick ball wud work on the other rares?

i guess just save and keep tryin til it works huh?

Yeah I saved before Palkia, with that intent, luckily it was over in less than 15 seconds!

Myoko-chan February 21st, 2008 9:09 PM

No it's actually not rare at all, Dialga and Palkia's catch rate is 30, while normally, the other legendaries that have been in every game's catch rate was 3. Thats why most people can get them with a quick ball or a few ultraballs, or maybe even just a normal pokeball.

wolverfrog February 22nd, 2008 2:17 AM

meh, i managed to catch dialga with a pokeball, after i'd false swiped it to 1 hp, hynotised it, and lowered all it's stats down to the point were you can't lower them any more.=)

.Vaporeon February 22nd, 2008 2:24 AM

I caught my dialga with a masterball that team galactic commander cyrus gave me

Morph February 22nd, 2008 2:43 AM

i caught mine with a regular pokeball on the first toss i was stunned and couldnt believe it

Kim Do-yeon February 22nd, 2008 3:23 AM

Catching a Legendary Pokémon with a low grade ball is not rare because back in Pokémon blue I caught Mewtwo with a Ultra Ball and Articuno with a Pokéball.

BakingBluePotatoe February 22nd, 2008 5:54 AM

I caught Palkia with a Dusk ball, and I think it took a few tries... o_O I don't remember, I don't keep track so... yeah

and Nerdy_Sneakerz, you should've saved it for Mesprit or Cresselia...

umbros February 22nd, 2008 2:01 PM

I lucked out, too. Used my Lucario's Aura Sphere, threw a dusk ball, and caught it on the first try. My Dialga was even modest in nature the first time. Couldn't really hope for better luck unless it would've been shiny.

LIEF64 February 22nd, 2008 3:38 PM

I've caught it with a Quick Ball. I was reading FAQs talking about how it's so hard to catch, and I just caught it with one try, at full health.

Shiny Umbreon February 22nd, 2008 5:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Thraxxacor (Post 3358023)
not necessarily with palkia, but yeah. in silver i caught ho-oh [lvl 70 in silver] 1st turn with quick ball. otherwise i just put em to sleep and spam ultra balls like crazy...

Except that Quick Balls appeared in Diamond and Pearl, not Silver.

Quote:

Originally Posted by pokemonron2 (Post 3358048)
i heard there is a glitch that if you press and hold A at the highest point of the balls throw that it will catch the pkmn with no fail..by any chance that you guys did that?

There is no such thing. Pressing buttons doesn't affect what the ball will do.

Quote:

Originally Posted by wolverfrog (Post 3358592)
meh, i managed to catch dialga with a pokeball, after i'd false swiped it to 1 hp, hynotised it, and lowered all it's stats down to the point were you can't lower them any more.=)

Just for the note, lowering stats doesn't affect the catch rate.

Anyway, this thread has really no point. We've all been lucky sometimes but that's not something you can actually discuss. And, no, Dialga and Palkia are the easiest legends.


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