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xJORDO94x August 7th, 2009 11:02 AM

Did anyone find capturing Dialga and Palkia hard?
 
This is in Platinum by the way.

I have just recently got dialga and palkia, and for both of them i captured with my first ultra ball:p i was hoping they would be hard to capture like darkrai was and the threee fairies.

Also i wish we could of gone to their lair and have to search to find them.( But i guessed that they live in space so yeah:p)

Anyone have trouble capturing them?

sheep10 August 7th, 2009 11:04 AM

do you know if they come bak if you defeat them?

xJORDO94x August 7th, 2009 11:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sheep10 (Post 4956886)
do you know if they come bak if you defeat them?

You mean like if you KO them by accident, if so i dont think so none of the other legendaries do. Im not entirely sure:)

Sydian August 7th, 2009 11:17 AM

It's something the implemented in Platinum. Anyway, I haven't gotten them on Platinum yet, but I plan on doing it later today.

EricTheEevee August 7th, 2009 11:23 AM

Oh I know, they are extremly easy to catch. They have the same catch rate as a chatot. @[email protected]

xJORDO94x August 7th, 2009 11:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by EricTheEevee (Post 4956937)
Oh I know, they are extremly easy to catch. They have the same catch rate as a chatot. @[email protected]

Seriously? O.o

(twentyfivechar)

Dark Destiny August 7th, 2009 11:31 AM

Lol, they were so easy for me too. Like max 5 ultras for both.

I found the legendary birds the hardest. Heatran was annoying too -.-". For some reason heatran is really difficult to catch in plat, in diamond/pearl it was really easy =/.

I spent 100 dusk balls and 3-4 hours getting all the birds... All wrong natures for competitive battling lol. And I used my master ball on Darkrai ^^. I plan on restarting Plat to get another Darkrai.

Gabrieldudenas August 7th, 2009 11:31 AM

Is it true? Then that's why I got them with only one quick ball on my TT Platinum... On my Catridge one I didn't even got them. might aim for a shiny...

xJORDO94x August 7th, 2009 11:33 AM

Yea i need the birds and heatran.

A Real True Winner Is Me August 7th, 2009 11:38 AM

Palkia was a bit hard for me. It took me about 12-20 ultras ti capture it.

As for Dialga, it only took me a Timer Ball and 3 Ultras.

Emp395 August 7th, 2009 11:40 AM

Really, I used a Poké Ball on both of them! I put them in Yellow first, then I threw a Pokéball and I caught them. They were so easy!

Vednix August 7th, 2009 11:40 AM

pfft. master ball for me. :D

IcyArceusRider August 7th, 2009 11:43 AM

No, I didn't really find capturing them to be that difficult. I used maybe two or three Ultra Balls on both of them...

Fenrir Reki August 7th, 2009 11:45 AM

Not really. It was quite easy for me really. I caught them in a great ball because it was the only kind of pokeball I had at the time. It was probably easier for me because I had my team from diamond with me.

lucario2009 August 7th, 2009 11:52 AM

I've catched Dialga with a dark ball and Palkia with a timerball

~*!*~Tatsujin Gosuto~*!*~ August 7th, 2009 5:43 PM

I had spear Masterballs from Pearl which I got from Emerald so they were easy to catch =]


:t354:TG

Dominus Temporis August 7th, 2009 6:05 PM

I just caught them the other day. Dialga took one Ultra Ball (same as in Diamond, I recall). Palkia took three. I lowered both of them to the red, no status effects.

But yeah, they're really easy to catch. Same catch rate as a Chatot? I knew it wasn't hard, but I didn't think it was that easy...

Napalm August 7th, 2009 8:31 PM

In Diamond - Surprisingly simple, only 2 ultra balls and that's it (weakened it first, btw).
In Platinum - Took me FOREVER, considering it's lvl 70. I used 142 ultra balls to catch it, and it was red health (GRRRR!!!!)

Wings Don't Cry August 7th, 2009 8:35 PM

They both have a catch rate of 30, which is 10 times as high as Giratina so a quick ball each was enough for me.

gregory_turner420 August 7th, 2009 9:27 PM

were do you find em to catch em?

mew² August 7th, 2009 9:46 PM

I found it rather simple. Though I used a Master Ball on Dialga, I used a Dusk Ball on a red hp poisoned Palkia. Caught it first try.

[aRG*] August 7th, 2009 9:47 PM

Very easy. I got Palkias health down to half and i got it on my 2nd Net ball i threw.

Stellar August 7th, 2009 9:58 PM

Easy on my end as well. Got Dialga down to the red and it only took one Dusk Ball.
I had bought about 50 of them too. xD

Shadow-Lugia August 7th, 2009 11:53 PM

Dialga took 3 quick balls and Palkia only took 1, no hax, just some crazy-insane mashing of "a"

machinegun777 August 8th, 2009 3:35 AM

No, I just used a masterball to catch Dialga.

harig07 August 8th, 2009 6:15 AM

Not really no. I just waited til night time then used Dusk Balls.

msdmario August 8th, 2009 7:40 AM

I haven't caught either of them yet in my Platinum version but I did find Dialga very easy to catch in Diamond. It only took me 1 Dusk Ball to catch it at night after I got its health to red.

Hovo August 8th, 2009 9:04 AM

Yeah, they were easy. Only took like maybe around 5 minutes for each of them, but that's including weakening them down and catching them.

Shem August 8th, 2009 12:20 PM

Piece of cake, caught them with one dusk ball each.

KitFox August 8th, 2009 7:55 PM

It was hell easy, legendaries aren`t hard to capture at most times.

Chary August 8th, 2009 9:00 PM

Same for me.-Dialga was 2 Dusk,-Palkia 1 Ultra 2 Dusk Balls, both were caught at night, of course. Yet Giritina took me 28 Dusk Balls...


(According to the Chatot thing, Dialga and Palkia DO have a Catch Rate somewhat like a Chatot's)

Musician of Literature August 9th, 2009 3:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by xJORDO94x (Post 4956880)
This is in Platinum by the way.

I have just recently got dialga and palkia, and for both of them i captured with my first ultra ball:p i was hoping they would be hard to capture like darkrai was and the threee fairies.

Also i wish we could of gone to their lair and have to search to find them.( But i guessed that they live in space so yeah:p)

Anyone have trouble capturing them?

I utilized my Master Ball, so I had no trouble catching him. I made a bad mistake using the master ball. I probably could've used it on more powerful foes...

IceSage August 9th, 2009 3:54 PM

I tossed an Ultra Ball at him. He didn't really resist.

Skystrike August 9th, 2009 4:05 PM

I lost my first platinum (Gettting another one btw), but here it is:
Diagla - x1-3 Utra Balls
Palkia - x1 Dusk Ball

Logiedan August 9th, 2009 4:15 PM

They weren't that difficult. I caught Dialga and Palkia with several Ultra Balls.
What was most difficult for me was Mesprit.

IceSage August 9th, 2009 5:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Logiedan (Post 4964874)
They weren't that difficult. I caught Dialga and Palkia with several Ultra Balls.
What was most difficult for me was Mesprit.

I didn't even bother with any effort in Mesprit. I didn't have a Pokemon that could trap him in battle. I just used my Master Ball and had my Mewtwo from LeafGreen transfer another one to me.

Problem solved.

Emp395 August 10th, 2009 3:26 AM

Am I the only one who caught them with a mere Poké Ball. o.o

Eon-Rider August 10th, 2009 4:28 AM

Of course they're hard. Not for me though. I use Master Balls. ;)

Orangefeather August 10th, 2009 6:26 AM

They have the highest catch rate of all legendaries.. I threw a few ultra balls each and they were caught. Easy.

xJORDO94x August 10th, 2009 8:47 AM

LOL i still cant believe how easy they were to catch :p

Sakura Rain August 10th, 2009 12:43 PM

Not at all. I caught Dialga with 2 Ultra Balls, and Palkia for some reason took slightly more at four Ultra Balls.

sanny the hedgehog August 10th, 2009 12:44 PM

nah just chuck a master ball at 'em
and viola'
you just caught a legendary pokemon!!
but thats on my diamond version

PorcelainDoll August 10th, 2009 12:47 PM

I don't think palkia or dialga are that hard to catch. The three lakes and Cresselia are the irritating ones to catch because they are flaky and flee all the time. Giratina even puts up more of a fight than the two dragons.

Mages4ever August 10th, 2009 1:18 PM

I caught both of them in Pokeballs.
So, I would say their not that hard to catch.

ShinyZzZ18 August 10th, 2009 5:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Emp395 (Post 4966383)
Am I the only one who caught them with a mere Poké Ball. o.o

No you aren't! I did in Platinum! Also did with Heatran

xxChazxx August 10th, 2009 8:09 PM

I caught Dialga with one Dusk Ball.

It was night and it's a cave so it worked out well.

Palkia was with a few Pokeballs and Giratina took a Great Ball.

Equus August 10th, 2009 8:32 PM

My Dialga on my Diamond was easy to catch, I don't remember how many Pokeballs it took me to catch it, though. All I remember is that I caught it in a Heal Ball.

Rocker32703 August 11th, 2009 2:12 PM

pfft, with 100% Catch Rate I got them in Quick Balls, just for looks. If I wanted to trade them I would have caught them in Pokeballs, but I wanted to keep them.

Almost everything I have is in a Pokeball. *pats AR* :3

Emp395 August 11th, 2009 2:16 PM

Yep, I am the only guy who caught them in a normal Poké Ball.

NotchedEarPichu August 11th, 2009 3:11 PM

No they weren't that hard to catch at all.
Dialga-5 Dusk Balls
Palkia-2 Dusk Balls

mugenhavok August 11th, 2009 3:12 PM

nope just weakend it then frew a timer ball(lol noobish legends)

theDIRTYAVENGER August 11th, 2009 3:12 PM

It was painfully hard for me to catch the three lake Pokemon.
I threw 72 Ultra Balls at one, ran out, threw ONE Great Ball, BOOM.
Caught.
I was banging my head on the wall.

EagleVision1999 August 11th, 2009 3:35 PM

I didn't have normal Pokéballs at that time.
For Dialga: 2 Ultraballs and 1 Duskball
For Palkia: 1 Duskball
Those two were the legends easiest to catch for me (I wanna know their exact catch rate now *goes to bulbapedia* )
In Pearl it took me 1 Ultraball.
Edit: I take back what I said about Palkia and Dialga being the easiest...I just caught Giratina a minute ago and all it took were2 Duskballs ( fortunately...these were the only ones I had with me)


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