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Moltres111 September 6th, 2009 3:10 AM

Which one of the legendary birds was the hardest to catch?
 
As the title says, which one of the legendary birds was in your opinion the hardest to catch? In my opinion:

Articuno is a jerk. I've always had the most trouble with Articuno.

Zapdos is easy. I always catch him in less than 20 Ultra Balls.

Moltres is ok. I use like 30-50 Ultra Balls to catch it.

BJ088 September 6th, 2009 3:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Moltres111 (Post 5082882)
Articuno is a jerk. I've always had the most trouble with Articuno.

Definately agree with you there. I remember when I use to play the game with a passion and regularly, it always annoyed me at how difficult it was to catch Articuno.

Soul Silver September 6th, 2009 7:18 AM

I hate to follow the crowd but I agree Articuno was the hardest to catch. Then Zapdos which wasnt too hard and I have always found Moltres fairly easy dunno why I just have...

Currently trying to catch Raikou in FR and its a ***** lol

Eruption September 6th, 2009 7:20 AM

Ho-oh

Their catch rates are the same so technically none but I always found Articuno hardest.

Zapdos could always be caught in about 10 Great Balls.

~*!*~Tatsujin Gosuto~*!*~ September 6th, 2009 9:46 AM

It took me 6 Ultra Balls to capture Moltres while the others I caught Zapdos with a Pokeball and Articuno with 2 great balls


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Valen September 6th, 2009 10:39 AM

zapdos was the easiest for me then it goes articuno then moltres

Amore September 6th, 2009 1:14 PM

zapdos woz tough coz my only poke good against the birds were charizard nd pikachu
-charizard weak to leccy
-zapdos strong to pikachu

Timbjerr September 6th, 2009 2:17 PM

never attempted the birds in FRLG, but in the old RB games, I actually found Zapdos to be harder than the other two. XD

Air Pichu September 6th, 2009 2:58 PM

I found capturing both Zapdos and Articuno pretty hard....... Moltres was really easy to catch.

xxxLatiasxxx September 7th, 2009 11:15 AM

I think Zapdos was the hardest legendary bird to catch for me.

DrFuji September 7th, 2009 5:01 PM

Articuno for me.

It seems to be much more fragile than the other birds and Ice is generally a pretty good attacking type, which generally lessens the turn window that I have to capture it. In addition, the trial which you have to go through to reach Articuno is much longer and complex than simply climbing a mountain or walking through a Pokemon infested Lab.

JPW0nder September 7th, 2009 10:57 PM

i usually catch articuno in less than 10 and then zapdos plus moltres take like 30 each.

s0nido September 8th, 2009 1:00 AM

Wait, nooo...I was supposed to pick Zapdos for the hardest Legendary bird, since Articuno is actually pretty easy. Zapdos always forces me to use a Master Ball, since I always attempt to capture him earlier on in the game.

Pikachukid September 8th, 2009 7:48 AM

Articuno
 
It took me forever to reach him and catch him. Then Moltres was the next hardest to catch. Zapdos is always so easy to catch. I just paralyzed him and got his hp down real low and threw like ten ultraballs and five great balls before I finally caught him with a pokeball (I forgot to go to the Pokemart and I used most of my Ultraballs going in an electabuzz and pikachu catching frenzy, and then when I saw Zapdos I was like "Aw crap!" I thought I would have to restart a lot of times but I managed to catch him :D)

Tudj September 8th, 2009 12:40 PM

I found Zapdos was, he always had a type advantage on most of my pokemon, and it naturally took my longer.

19ob September 8th, 2009 2:59 PM

umm I think Articuno was the most difficult or the 3 birds to get, and even worse in FR/LG but the puzzle was easier

ShivaDF September 8th, 2009 9:24 PM

Hmm. First runthrough of the game? Moltres. I had to catch it with a Masterball like an idiot.
Second run... Arcticuno was HELL for me. Probably because I was frustrated from trying to reach it.

Demigod September 11th, 2009 8:06 AM

Probably Articuno, i caught Zapdos with a pokeball back in the days

Pokémon Ranger ✩ Moriarty September 11th, 2009 10:57 AM

I always caught all of them quite easily. It was MewTwo I had the trouble with, as I used the Master Ball to catch...it was a mediocre Pokémon I really wanted in the Safari Zone, but I can't remember who it was now. A Pokémon I really wanted :] It was Zapdos I was most anxious about, though - I love Zapdos the best out of all of the legendaries. ♥

Nyjil da Kid September 11th, 2009 11:31 AM

AAAAARRRGGGHHHHH! This brings back some terrible memories...On LG, I spent hours trying to catch Moltres...it just kept popping out! I hated it! One fateful day, I was borrowing my friends SP, and I couldn't take it anymore. I bashed the screen and went "OH ****!!!" I hated Moltres ever since then...

Hassamu September 11th, 2009 1:11 PM

Articuno definately.
I remember on my first play-through of Pokemon Blue I couldn't catch it and ended up fainting it without saving before the battle.. =[

bit.trip void September 11th, 2009 1:14 PM

Ugh, Arcticuno took me ages, I eventually just killed it. D;

.Busou Kihaku. September 11th, 2009 1:33 PM

I'm a nub, the only i managed to catch was Zapdos.

Somehow Articuno manages to pwn me all day, resulting in lack of monney to buy Ultra Balls.

c3rad September 12th, 2009 6:54 PM

I've always had trouble with good ol' Articuno.

It always takes me a few tries to capture him.

And I notice this reoccurring trend that whenever I try to capture him it I do it late at night when I'm more likely to get frustrated and just quit so I can go to sleep.

DestinyBender September 13th, 2009 3:20 AM

Possibly.... Articuno? I know y'all think that was the easiest :D

Heh... It cost me 10 000 buckaroons to catch this fothermucker.

Moltres was child's play.

Zapdos, was like picking up a fallen hair. Tricky, but not hard.

~DB


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