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Camisado April 5th, 2008 11:37 PM

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?

Hadim Sinan Pasha April 6th, 2008 1:45 AM

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.

Motsuko Live April 6th, 2008 1:55 AM

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 ¬_¬

Last Raven April 6th, 2008 7:18 AM

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 =(

Camisado April 7th, 2008 9:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Flame Healer (Post 3473021)
Well, people always complain about legendaries and ROTOM being hard to catch.

Wow, Rotom was pretty easy for me =| and I normally only catch the titular legendary with a Master Ball because I'm lazy like that ;D

El Gofre April 7th, 2008 9:51 AM

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

Storm-DC April 7th, 2008 10:25 AM

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

supermachito April 7th, 2008 2:11 PM

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

TheNewFireEagle April 7th, 2008 2:24 PM

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.

Last Raven April 7th, 2008 2:27 PM

An Absol?
That'd be worth it for me =)

supermachito April 7th, 2008 2:27 PM

u buyed 150 ultra balls? lol...

TheNewFireEagle April 7th, 2008 2:32 PM

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.

Storm-DC April 7th, 2008 4:31 PM

i do try to capture them in a basic pokeball, they just look better than ultraballs (actually the premier ball looks the coolest)

hothead April 7th, 2008 8:48 PM

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

Flan April 7th, 2008 9:07 PM

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.

CrazyGamester April 7th, 2008 10:42 PM

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.

Hadim Sinan Pasha April 7th, 2008 11:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gofre (Post 3477162)
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

I think the males are harder to catch. I wasted all 41 of my Ultra balls on it, closed my DS, opened it and threw 41` and still couldn't catch it on like 20-50 HP. Then i ran out of the cave and came back. it was female and the 1st time I fainted it. 2nd time on my first Ultra Ball it was captured.

CG:Ye, I told you he was hard to catch. What happened to "Professional Pokemon Catcher"?

AJ™ May 6th, 2008 2:21 PM

I caught mewtwo in Fire Red with a Great ball,
and Dialga with only 5 Ultra balls.
I only used 12!

the_gurpster May 7th, 2008 11:50 AM

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

Peanutassailant May 7th, 2008 12:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Motsuko Live (Post 3473047)
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 ¬_¬

ditto are quite easy actually, just make them transform into something with a very high catch rate. then slowly take down its HP, then put it to sleep, and bang :)

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!

Jorah May 7th, 2008 12:03 PM

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

Toblerone May 7th, 2008 12:05 PM

Yes, i spent absolutely AGES catching Regigigas. It took 30 ultra balls, 10 premier balls, 1 quick ball, i think!

AJ™ May 7th, 2008 2:07 PM

Regigigas isn't worth it unless for a collection.

Patchy May 7th, 2008 11:05 PM

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

Cid May 8th, 2008 5:12 AM

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.

DCFC_Woody May 8th, 2008 5:21 AM

I used about 60+ ultra balls on Heatran, He was a nightmare to catch

bkzasazin May 8th, 2008 7:49 AM

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.

Sweet Speed May 8th, 2008 11:32 AM

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:

pokegamefreak May 9th, 2008 11:20 PM

i used 30 ultraballs and 1 masterball for a beldum in pokemon pearl

8th Wonder™ May 10th, 2008 2:00 AM

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.

raging lion May 10th, 2008 2:04 AM

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.

123456 May 10th, 2008 3:36 AM

Beldum. Took me about 2 hours to catch.

Quote:

Originally Posted by mmight_halo (Post 3571641)
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.

At night, Dusk Ball is as good as Quick Ball, and its Catch Rate doesn't low after 5 rounds.

raging lion May 10th, 2008 3:45 AM

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.

123456 May 10th, 2008 4:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mmight_halo (Post 3571825)
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.

Perhaps its 53 level and its catch rate of 3? -.-


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