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jcsimpson January 25th, 2011 10:50 AM

I paralyzed Lugia and then brought his hp down with by using discharge, once he was in the red I used flash repeatedly so it's accuracy fell and then kept tossing ultra balls till it was caught after maybe 16 of them being thrown.

TehPsychicTypeMaster January 25th, 2011 10:53 AM

If I remember correctly, I caught my Lugia in a Heavy Ball, and for Ho-Oh, I used a least 45 Pokeballs, just to catch that darn bird.

MysticFlygon January 25th, 2011 11:12 AM

The dusk ball always seems easiest for me but I have been forced to use the master ball on occasion.

Roy-Chibi January 26th, 2011 8:50 AM

Ho-Oh in HeartGold: Ultra Ball
Lugia in HeartGold: Heal Ball

Lugia in SoulSilver: Poke Ball
Ho-Oh in SoulSilver: Have not bothered to go catch it.

Yeah... xD

FrostPheonix January 26th, 2011 8:59 AM

Lugia: Ultra Ball
Ho-Oh: was cheap and used my extra masterball.

Kagebure January 26th, 2011 9:57 AM

Heavy Ball for Lugia Dusk ball for Ho-oh

Linkdude231 January 26th, 2011 10:03 AM

it took me a while, but i used dusk balls and ultra balls, i just can't remember which one i caught it with in the end.

Comedic-Sidekick January 26th, 2011 5:41 PM

Gave up on Lugia so I threw the Masterball.
Took a while but got Ho-oH in the Ultra Ball. Twas quite the capture. :3

Hypno January 26th, 2011 7:09 PM

Both of them in Pokeballs. It took me a while but in the end, I was able to.

333Bl4ck January 27th, 2011 2:20 AM

a premiereball made it after i used all my hypers XD

Intaglio January 27th, 2011 3:47 AM

I'm playing HeartGold only, soo:

Ho-oh: Master ball, just because I love the ball's effect.

Lugia: Funnily, I caught it with a Dive ball. It only takes about 9 toss with its health down to half. Yet on my 1st encounter it took nearly 50(!) Ultra balls, before it struggled and fainted himself.

Mayu98 January 27th, 2011 2:55 PM

I used a Master Ball to catch my Lugia in Soul Silver. It was embarrassing when I think about it.

infernaperoxx January 28th, 2011 9:08 AM

I used a master ball on lugia and a master ball on ho-oh(yes i cheated)

Sesen January 28th, 2011 10:52 AM

Masterball...

I fought him over and over again using my Ultras but it just never happened because my luck sucks. So instead of keeping it up I finally got frustrated and restarted so I could stuff him in my Masterball. Then I put him in a PC box by himself and told him he could sit there for the rest of the game and suck it.

Cherrim January 28th, 2011 11:00 AM

I used Ultra Balls. I save my Master Balls for running Pokémon (or I just don't use them and stockpile them--I think I have about 5 or 6 from various games xD).

jab2033 January 28th, 2011 11:21 AM

Caught Ho-oh in a Dusk ball after wasting about a dozen. I had used up all 50 of my Ultra Balls. It's HP was in the red and it was paralyzed.

I reseted, weakened and Paralyzed it, and caught it after about 10 Ultra Balls.

Kamitsure-chan January 28th, 2011 12:23 PM

Master Ball on lugia cause i"m lame. I forget what I used on Ho-Oh, I think it was a Friend Ball XDDDD

Lareske January 28th, 2011 3:20 PM

I caught it at night with a dusk ball...went in after my second try so naturally I was quite pleased with that :p
I don't keep restarting to get shinies...I don't have the patience for that and I would just get frustrated ;p

olih January 28th, 2011 6:06 PM

I used Master Ball. Did you know you don't even have to battle the Pokemon if you use a Master Ball? I tried it with my Kyrogre in Sapphire. Anyways, I did not Soft-Reset, don't really care about shinies...

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Originally Posted by Sesen (Post 6423855)
Masterball...

I fought him over and over again using my Ultras but it just never happened because my luck sucks. So instead of keeping it up I finally got frustrated and restarted so I could stuff him in my Masterball. Then I put him in a PC box by himself and told him he could sit there for the rest of the game and suck it.

Nice way to show him who's boss

KitKat13 January 29th, 2011 4:55 AM

I've bought a lot of Ultra Ball and catched both with those.

Elsword January 29th, 2011 4:59 AM

An Ultra Ball.
The classic.

Pokemon Trainer Touko January 30th, 2011 3:15 AM

Lol I'm super lucky, I Play hg and I caught both Lugia and Ho-oh with a quickball :3

xEoNx February 1st, 2011 12:06 PM

I got a shiny Lugia first battle. It was niiice. Caught with ultra ball :p

Magmorter February 2nd, 2011 10:37 PM

quick ball is the way to go

~Ryukaa February 2nd, 2011 11:13 PM

I always catch my legendaries with Pokeballs. I dunno why though. xDD;

Rawrinism February 2nd, 2011 11:34 PM

I only have 6 badges! aha. :p

But on my last reset ; Gengar used Shawdow Ball! A critical hit! (Ho-oh is down to around 2-5 hp)
Ho-oh used Sunny Day!
Gengar used Hypnosis!
Ho-oh fell asleep!
[player] used a Ulrta Ball!
...
Ho-oh is caught! My first try. :'3
Then I caught Lugia with a heavy ball.

This time, I'm not planning to use those two. I'll prob catch them then release them.

poke are poke August 7th, 2011 4:03 PM

HO ho was easy stuff . Lugia took me an ultra ball at have health was hard though . Liol I always keep masterballs and never use for some reason

Cloche August 7th, 2011 4:10 PM

I use what I always use.
My trusty.... http://i233.photobucket.com/albums/ee307/BendikHa/Pokeballer/dusk-ball.png
I always use my dusk ball, since I always play at night. I also like the dusk ball. I probably could have caught Lugia with an ultra or a great, but I wanted to use a dusk ball for some reason.

Draknir August 7th, 2011 4:13 PM

Ultra Balls mostly, though in my English SS I caught Lugia in a Heavy Ball.

Carlantian August 8th, 2011 7:01 AM

To all those who desperately cannot catch a Lugia/Ho-Oh I have to key.. It's called...


A Heavy Ball

DualGaming August 8th, 2011 7:11 AM

Ultra and Dusk balls mostly.

abhi123 August 16th, 2011 10:07 AM

i caught lugia in the first quick ball i chucked :D

Super Red August 17th, 2011 6:17 AM

I used an Ultra Ball on both of them. I had to save my Master Ball on the Legendary Dogs like I usually do. It didn't take so long to catch Lugia (It took me maybe 5 minutes with 10 Ultra Balls) but Ho-oh was terrible. I had to reset about 10 times before I finally caught him. After I caught Lugia I started training him with the three Pokemon I usually train in the game. I never really use Ho-oh. I will probably use him to defeat Red.

AtomicRebirth August 17th, 2011 10:23 AM

I don't even remember. I'm sure it was either a dusk ball or ultra ball. I'd have to check.

...............

Nevermind, I guess I used a heavy ball.

123wert50 August 17th, 2011 10:31 AM

I caught it in an ultra ball, cuz I don't wanna wast my Master Ball on a bad poke. :P

Blizz August 17th, 2011 10:56 AM

I used Master Ball. ;) Then the rest of legends are very hard to catch. Specially Suicune. :P

Buttered Coat August 19th, 2011 4:16 AM

I had already caught Entei and Raikou and they were damn hard to catch, and I knew Ho-Oh had the same catch rate, so I just did the lazy thing and threw my master ball. I had nothing else to catch with it anyway XD

TheFred August 19th, 2011 5:30 AM

I'm more a Timer ball... took 5 hours to catch...

funrush August 19th, 2011 6:54 AM

I have HeartGold and I used the Ultra Ball to catch Ho-oh. I'm saving my master ball for either Lugia or Mewtwo.

Vectron August 19th, 2011 7:17 AM

I used ultra balls on all but latios, which I used a master ball. (Gotta love latios!)

Momaster99 August 19th, 2011 8:55 AM

ultra ball on lugia, actually i havent caught entei yet which is getting on my nerves... i saved my master ball for latios

PokemonLeagueChamp August 19th, 2011 9:39 AM

First try: used all 35 Ultra Balls, fail.
Second try: used 35 Ultra Balls and a few Dusk Balls, fail.
Third try: used 35 Ultra Balls, Dusk Balls, and a Heavy Ball, fail.
Fourth try: "**** this." Master Ball, caught.
I regretted it after I realized Mewtwo was in the game.

Westie7 August 19th, 2011 1:00 PM

I believe I used an Ultra Ball on both of them.

Awkward Squirtle August 22nd, 2011 3:01 AM

I caught Ho-Oh in a Premier Ball. And not just an ordinary Ho-Oh, either...
http://i56.tinypic.com/2gt4w37.png
It had 1 PP left when I caught it :P

It took forever to get all those Premier Balls and actually catch it... I'm glad it didn't KO itself!

Shiva86 August 22nd, 2011 3:21 AM

I used dusk balls to catch both. I hate using the Master ball, I prefer to use the good old fashioned method of catching tough Pokemon.

Shining Raichu September 16th, 2011 2:11 PM

I always carry 50 Ultra Balls with me to such occasions, and every time it seems to be that I manage to catch them when I have just seven left. I think seven is my lucky number in Pokemon lol. So basically I used 43 Ultra Balls on each before they finally decided it wouldn't be so bad to come hang out with me and finally allowed me to catch them.

Faolan September 16th, 2011 2:15 PM

Ultra balls, of course.:P

SalamenceV September 25th, 2011 1:08 AM

I caught Lugia with an Ultra Ball and with Ho-Oh I used a Poke Ball (first time I ever caught a legendary with a Poke Ball.)

-SalamenceV

Flame Mistress September 25th, 2011 1:24 AM

I'm pretty sure I caught Ho-oh with a Master Ball. I was a noob back then.

Juzey September 25th, 2011 2:00 AM

Master Ball. I know, I'm lazy.

Lord Varion September 25th, 2011 3:30 AM

I used a Great Ball for Ho-Oh and a Dive Ball for Lugia.

Brendino September 25th, 2011 1:40 PM

I caught Ho-oh using an Ultra Ball, but I haven't caught Lugia yet. I plan on using either a Heavy Ball or a Dusk Ball to try and catch it.

MichaelXD September 25th, 2011 2:02 PM

I snagged Lugia quickly from Master Greevil on Pokemon XD Gale of Darkness. It's a 3rd gen game for the Gamecube with already 4th gen Pokemon introduced to it so I guess that counts. I was using only Poke Balls up until the Cipher Key Lair when I caught Arbok in an Ultra Ball. I caught Lugia in a Master Ball and trained him to level 100 although I regret myself because I could've at least trained him better so he could have 415 HP and survive better at Wobbuffet's Counter which is at level 63 on the 81st challenge of Mt. Battle.

Squirrel September 25th, 2011 2:10 PM

Used heavy balls and dusk balls (on various play thrus)

cazzler October 4th, 2011 1:19 AM

I coudn't be bothered and never will be to soft reset, but I caight my Ho-oh in a Ultra Ball, I wasn't patient at the time to use a Pokeball, you were lucky though lol.

Sector December 6th, 2011 10:46 PM

Ho-Oh with an Ultra Ball
Lugia with a Repeat Ball as I traded 2 Lugia's to my game. Took 7 of my Repeat Ball's to work too

Ephemeral Euphoria December 6th, 2011 10:54 PM

I believe I caught both with an Ultra Ball in Heart Gold and caught Lugia with a Dusk Ball in Soul Silver if I remember correctly.

Zapperz December 7th, 2011 2:25 AM

i didnt. i killed them both off cause im so lazy! i just get them off gts. i killed them for the data

V. Squirtle December 7th, 2011 4:17 AM

I catch all my legendaries with regular pokeballs, like a boss. It took me only 3 to catch lugia, and 6 to catch ho-oh, also like a boss.

Halcyon December 7th, 2011 5:49 AM

I caught Lugia with a Master Ball just to proceed on with the game (I didn't know that I could defeat it first so it would re-spawn at somewhere else and the Kimono Girls would have no choice but to let me go). I immediately regretted the decision. :(

For Ho-oh, however, since I had more time to spam it with Pokéballs, I caught it with a Dusk Ball.

bobandbill December 7th, 2011 6:14 PM

It got a mini-revival so I'll leave this thread open (as with the red gyarados thread), but please don't bump threads over a month old since the last post.

Ciax December 7th, 2011 9:19 PM

I used Ultra Balls on both of them. To me it just seems that Ultra Balls are the only thing worhty of holding a legendary. That or Master Balls.

sonia789 December 19th, 2011 12:25 AM

I saved in front of Lugia, and tried to get its health to red. If I made it faint, I restarted the game. I caught it in a Ultra ball. I soft reset for a shiny Ho-oh and caught it in a Master ball.

Spades Slick December 24th, 2011 7:49 AM

I didn't, I simply knocked it out, I'm not very fond of catching, or using for that matter, legendaries, they just don't appeal to me (most of the time)

Melinda December 30th, 2011 2:41 AM

I used my master ball on my Ho-oh. I hate master balls now, though so I might use a nicer ball this time. X]

miltankRancher December 30th, 2011 4:15 AM

I have only did one run on HGSS, and it is a bug monotype run, so I just caught them with the master ball.

Kroso December 30th, 2011 4:18 AM

Ultra balls defiantly,master balls are so lowered class and aren't useful as they used to be,the only time to use it if you're running a nuzelock run or something and you picked a bad nuzelock to go with it like above author post.

Palamon December 30th, 2011 8:44 AM

I used a Master Ball on both of them (Since I own both HG and SS). They kept popping out of my other balls, so I just threw a Master ball at them to get it over with.

Nick January 21st, 2012 12:56 PM

I catch all of my legendaries in Ultra Balls. If I'm feeling adventurous, I'll use a PokéBall (which is what I use for regular Pokémon, regardless of how high they are when I catch them). The only time you really need a Master Ball is when you're put in a situation where you're facing a shiny Misdreavus and it uses Perish Song.

Starforce23 January 22nd, 2012 5:14 AM

My Lugia i caught it with my dusk ball, and I buy 49 ultra balls for nothing and then i used a poke ball to catch Ho-oh it worked...then I was like ''49 ultra balls for nothing?''.

Seki January 22nd, 2012 5:35 AM

Pokeball, simply for bragging rights.

Noah927 January 23rd, 2012 5:53 PM

I used a Heavy Ball for my Lugia. I'm looking at the summary now, I don't get why he has 5 stars for his jumping ability.

Iceshadow3317 January 23rd, 2012 8:02 PM

I have Heartgold. For my Lugia I used a Dusk Ball and for Ho-oh I use an Ultra.

Mentalii January 28th, 2012 3:21 AM

I used Ultra Ball for both of them... I always use Ultra Balls on Legendaries, sometimes I tried with simple Pokéball but actually I'm not really lucky so that never worked. So now, Ultra Balls all the way !

vizarod February 5th, 2012 5:19 PM

Umm.... I... cheated and got 900x masterballs... >o> *cough*

TwiDragon February 5th, 2012 6:17 PM

Dusk Ball for Lugia, Poke Ball for Ho-oH

I use my pokeballs whenever I can. I go to higher balls such as Ultra Balls if I'm getting annoyed.

Haguri February 7th, 2012 4:36 PM

Ho-Oh with an Ultra ball, didn't bother catching Lugia.

ConoGaming February 7th, 2012 4:50 PM

I tried with a great ball. Life was hard, so I used an Ultra T-T

Tachikaze February 19th, 2012 9:08 PM

I saved myself the trouble and the effort and just tossed the Master Ball. XD

Arcaray March 17th, 2012 5:47 AM

THIS IS MY FAVOURITE POKEMON-CATCHING ANECDOTE.

It actually was the first time I ever caught a legendary without resetting. I tossed a Pokeball and two Heavy Balls, and caught Lugia on the last. I WAS TRULY AMAZED.


It was almost as impressive as when I caught a Giratina with one - yes, one - toss of a Pokeball. JUST ONE POKEBALL.

But I have little love for Platinum, and that was on my friend's game and not mine, so I hold the Lugia catch much closer to my heart! :'D

Nightwing87 March 17th, 2012 5:53 AM

Caught Mewtwo in Yellow Version on my 76th Pokeball. NOBIGDEAL.JPG
Lugia and Ho-Oh weren't as memorable for me. I just slept Ho-oh and caught him with an ultra ball. first try.
Never caught Lugia. too much islands, whirlpools, bleh

double trouble! March 17th, 2012 6:01 AM

I caught Ho-Oh with an Ultra Ball.
I never caught Lugia.

davud97 March 17th, 2012 6:59 AM

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i caught them both with ultra balls.

and u know whats funny? once i was just walking randomly and i got into a fight with a shiny raikou or entei(cant remember which one) and i didn't know it was a legendary, because i never played gold/silver/crystal... and i had a master ball at that point. later i checked serebii and found out it was a legendary.. and it was shiny.. what a loss...

Shiny Celebi March 17th, 2012 12:06 PM

I used an Ultra Ball for Lugia and a Master Ball for Ho-oh. Both are shiny and I battled Lugia and was very afraid of fainting it. Thats why, I simply used a Master Ball on Ho-oh( I have three in Soul Silver that I hoarded from other games.)

Raichupacabra March 22nd, 2012 6:40 PM

I play the superskarmory game and catch all my legendaries in Poke Balls. So I wasted an hour catching Ho-Oh. But later, when I wanted a Pokemon to use in Ubers, I soft resetted for a right natured Lugia and caught it with a Master Ball.

bewbs April 8th, 2012 8:42 AM

I used masterballs or ultra balls for both of them. I can't remember exactly which one though.

Turn-it April 8th, 2012 10:02 PM

Master. I think at that point in the game I had just gotten lazy and said...well I want ya so we can do this the easy way or the......eh.....lets go with the easy way lol

Mr Cat Dog May 2nd, 2012 3:11 AM

I think I just let them both faint... I've never really bothered with capturing legendaries unless I have to in order to complete the game (*coughReshiramcough*). At least they give off a lot of Experience! :D

Aquarius1997 May 2nd, 2012 3:56 PM

Each one i kept chucking ultra balls hoping id catch but 50 balls lator i ragequit and caught them both with a pokeball

Hacked of course

Joshawott May 2nd, 2012 3:59 PM

I'd either try my luck with Ultra Balls or simply use my Master Ball. I have a tendency to use the second option more frequently as the mascot above all else feels most suitable for the ultimate capturing device.

Zephele May 2nd, 2012 7:20 PM

I find it hard enough to try and catch them with an Ultra Ball, let alone any of the others.
I could just make them faint or use the Master Ball to make it easier for myself, but I always feel like I should catch the legendaries, and the item hoarder in me keeps me from ever using my Master Ball for those "just in case" purposes.

dreamcatcher May 3rd, 2012 6:59 AM

lol a Great Ball for Lugia and an Ultra Ball for Ho-oh :P

blackmorale May 5th, 2012 5:15 AM

Dusk ball, ftw. And it only took me a couple of turns to capture Lugia. I hope I can say the same for Ho-oh.

Zayphora May 6th, 2012 8:43 AM

I was lazy and used my master ball. I still to this day haven't caught Ho-oh. It keeps using struggle and committing suicide. Grrr!

giradialkia May 6th, 2012 11:49 AM

In my most recent playthrough of HeartGold, I just caught Ho-oh in a Dusk Ball. Funnily enough, I think a Dusk Ball has the same 'strength' of an Ultra Ball when used at night- otherwise it's just a standard PokeBall. So in effect I could just as easily use Ultra Balls for Lugia, but seeing as it's in a dark cave (and Dusk Balls are cheaper anyway), I'm just gonna go with Dusk Balls.

Cariad May 6th, 2012 11:58 AM

Heartgold: Lugia with a Dusk Ball, Ho-Oh with a Ulta Ball.
Soulsilver: Lugia with a Master Ball, Ho-Oh with a Quick Ball.

Alexander Nicholi May 7th, 2012 4:59 PM

Because I always reserve my Master Ball for the mascot legendary, I guess Item ID 0x01 would be my pick. XP

Dragon Scales May 8th, 2012 3:59 AM

It's basically a personal tradition for me to stock up on 99 Ultra Balls whenever I have the spare cash in-game, and so when I have the opportunity to battle a wild legendary Pokemon (or other significant Pokemon) that is when I use them. So basically this time was no different and I caught both birds using Ultra Balls. XD

A trainer always comes prepared. ;P

Obesesniper93 May 16th, 2012 4:16 PM

I'm grinding my Togetic to a higher level so I can put Ho-Oh to sleep with it's Yawn. Will probably catch it by late tonight or early AM tomorrow. I caught Lugia with an ultra ball and plan on doing the same with Ho-Oh.
I am thinking of using my master on Mewtwo. I havn't decided yet...

blackmorale May 16th, 2012 5:22 PM

I used a Dusk Ball to capture Lugia. Fortunately, it didn't take me as much turns. As for Ho-oh, I plan on using the same.


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