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Difficult captures
I tried to catch a level 19 Murkrow last night. Its HP was in the red. But it took me 5 Dusk Balls, 6 Great Balls and 4 Ultra balls before I started tossing plain Pokéballs at it. And I just couldn't catch it. It also nearly took out a level 22 Umbreon in the process. So I had to use a Super Potion as well.
Needless to say, that was pretty frustrating. I've fought legendaries that were easier to catch. So, any stories from D/P about your own unusually awkward captures? |
Well, people always complain about legendaries and ROTOM being hard to catch. Well, I wasted around 50 Ultra Balls on an Azelf in the red but a full HP Rotom and Clefairy went in on the 1st Ultra Ball. No HP reduced.
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I was catching some Ditto last night...They're really difficult to catch! I wasted 20 ultraballs on it, then finally caught it with a plain Poke Ball ¬_¬
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My friend caught a Palkia in one Dusk Ball, unweakened lol
and I've had maaany awkward not-catches. It seems so often that the opposing legendary will kill itself with struggle before it'll let itself be captured =( |
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My game refuses to catch heatran in any way shape or form. It just doesnt stay in, even after if false swipped it down to one and double statused itl. It would have probably escaped from a masterball if i tried :P
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Since I've been playing Pokemon Ranger I'm too confident about my capturing skills, but actually I never had real problems with capturing any pokemon. Just captured Kyogre withing 5 minutes in Saphire
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well 1 rotom was pretty easy for me...lol
i caught dialga with full health, with a quick ball hehe was pretty happy but heatran use me 30 to 40 dusk balls T.T |
Wow, just by reading all of your guys' poke'mon capturing stories, I got a story for you. Once, I just started a poke'mon pearl/diamond and I wasted nearly 150 Ultra Balls trying to catch an Absol.
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An Absol?
That'd be worth it for me =) |
u buyed 150 ultra balls? lol...
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Yeah, I spent alot money for those ultra balls, I was sapose to buy to catch numerous types of poke'mon but instead, I caught one single Absol.
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i do try to capture them in a basic pokeball, they just look better than ultraballs (actually the premier ball looks the coolest)
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What i thaught was hard
Well other than the lake pokemon that can use uproar i find random pokemon like murkrow hard to catch i once found a misdraves and could not catch it when it was 1 hp and paralysed
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At the beginning of D/P, it took me more than 23 PokeBalls to catch a Starly.
I failed. :P Oh, and while this one is not in D/P, it was in Ruby and it is a similar story. It took me more than 14 Ultra Balls, 5 Great Balls and 12 PokeBalls to catch an Absol. I got so frustrated in the end that I ended up using my MasterBall on it. |
Giratina is the only Pokemon I've had to waste over 40 ultra balls. Well I still haven't caught it yet. I put it to like 10 hp and used up over 40 ultra balls when it started struggling and killed itself. Good thing I saved the game right in front of it.
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CG:Ye, I told you he was hard to catch. What happened to "Professional Pokemon Catcher"? |
I caught mewtwo in Fire Red with a Great ball,
and Dialga with only 5 Ultra balls. I only used 12! |
lol the hardest pokemon i caught was..... rayquaza in ruby. i had to use alittle over 74 ultra balls and in diamond it would be scyther it toook 47 ultra balls to catch :( but it was worth it
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rotom werent hard, neither were the pixies (am i the only person who found mesprit the easiest to catch out of all the ledgendaries o.0, excluding master ball) the only one so far i have had a REAL problem catching was regigigas, he is a beast to catch, even after 40 or so turns, and red HP he still wouldnt go in the damn timer ball! |
Beldum was really hard for me to catch, I ended up getting annoyed and throwing a Master Ball (luckily I have a few from Emerald) but I was annoyed all the same
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Yes, i spent absolutely AGES catching Regigigas. It took 30 ultra balls, 10 premier balls, 1 quick ball, i think!
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Regigigas isn't worth it unless for a collection.
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I caught most of them with Master Balls. I couldn't get Azelf or Uxie. I used my real Master Ball on Uxie, then I migrated some from my Ruby and caught Azelf. It was too hard to catch, something like 82 Ultra balls, maximum was "Argh! Almost had it!".
And 52 minutes into my Diamond game, I caught a shiny Bidoof with a Pokeball in one try. o.o My first ever shiny. <3 |
I had a hard time catching a Murkrow too, though that's because I didn't use Dusk Balls...
Anyway, one of the hardest to catch would probably be Heatran. I wasted a lot of Ultra Balls, and I mean A LOT. |
I used about 60+ ultra balls on Heatran, He was a nightmare to catch
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there was one time i was trying to catch a houndour and i wasted 20 great balls on it STILL didnt catch it...so i decided to use scyther and keep false swiping it it remained at 1 hp and STILL no luck catching it.. so about 15 pokeballs later i had 1 pokeball and i caught it..turned out to be the worst houndour i could have possibly ever found..it was around lvl 18 and my brothers lvl 15 was better..could possibly be cuz his was an egg but still...it took like 15 mins to catch.
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I feel like I want to kill my DS when I face Azlef, Uxie or Mesprit. I hate them, they are so annoying! I wasted 70+ Ultra Balls on them :pirate:
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i used 30 ultraballs and 1 masterball for a beldum in pokemon pearl
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Not an awkward capture, but it took me like 30 dusk balls to catch Giratina AND at night...but when I threw an ultra ball I caught it... and to reply to the first comment, I caught Rotom in one ultra ball full HP. I don't see why people say that it's annoying to catch though.
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The one of the best ball is quick ball. Use it as soon as you start fighting with wild pokemon.
Most of my pokemon are caught by quick ball. |
Beldum. Took me about 2 hours to catch.
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Not being rude. But what does it takes you 2 hours to catch beldum.
At night dusk ball is the best but at day it is good to use quick ball on weaker pokemon. |
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