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インフェルノの津波 March 16th, 2010 9:27 AM

What Ball Did You Use To Catch Lugia/Ho-Oh?
 
As for myself, I caught Lugia in a Poke Ball! After 25 Ultra Balls, I was about to give up....then I used one of my Poke Balls just to give it a shot, to my surprise *Poof! Lugia has been captured!* Me: WHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT?

So yeah, what about you? Also, did you Soft-Reset?

For those who don't know, Soft-Reseting is when you save in front of a Legendary, encounter it, and if it's not a Shiny, they shut down the DS/DSi. They keep doing this until they get a Shiny Lugia/Ho-Oh, or any Legendary.

I didn't Soft-Reset, Lugia's Shiny is not very cool....

Rengoku March 16th, 2010 9:32 AM

No I cannot be bothered waiting for a Shiny.
But I did reset a few times for Lugia and once for Ho-oh.
Both by Ultra balls.

560cool. March 16th, 2010 9:49 AM

I caught Ho-oh on my ROM just to post here .
Cheats are sooo good ... maybe because you are not enjoying the game but you want to play and you don't have it just like me ...

Well , it took quite a lot . I wanted to push myself and when the beauty was asleep and had like 3 more HP , I tossed a randpm Ultra Ball which did it perfectly .

I love the new Ho-oh Sprite ! :P

Sudeki March 16th, 2010 11:56 AM

Caught my Ho-Ho on my First pokeball, (Amphy uses Thunder, Ho-Ho down to a sliver, (Sudeki Throws Quickball). ^^

FireApe2135 March 16th, 2010 12:35 PM

I am not sure as I haven't gotten that far yet, but I will prolly use a heavy ball for Ho-oh

silvanarrow March 16th, 2010 12:48 PM

Hahahaha...somehow my best friend has this knack for catching Legendary Pokemon in Pokeballs. As for me, I haven't gotten that far in the game, but I'm planning on using Dusk Balls or Heavy Balls for Lugia, but I always bring Ultra Balls as well. I won't soft-reset for a shiny, but I'll probably soft-reset to get a good Nature, as I plan to EV train my Lugia.

Sardonix March 16th, 2010 5:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by インフェルノの津波 (Post 5625751)
As for myself, I caught Lugia in a Poke Ball! After 25 Ultra Balls, I was about to give up....then I used one of my Poke Balls just to give it a shot, to my surprise *Poof! Lugia has been captured!* Me: WHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT?

So yeah, what about you? Also, did you Soft-Reset?

For those who don't know, Soft-Reseting is when you save in front of a Legendary, encounter it, and if it's not a Shiny, they shut down the DS/DSi. They keep doing this until they get a Shiny Lugia/Ho-Oh, or any Legendary.

I didn't Soft-Reset, Lugia's Shiny is not very cool....

I did that with Palkia in Platinum. Ran out of Great and Ultra Balls and I had to resort to Poke Balls and saw my supply dwindle to almost nothing until I threw one and BAM! He was mine. Felt good, too. When I get to Lugia, I'll give Quick Balls a try and then, whatever else I have when that doesn't work.

I Tried Voodoo Once March 16th, 2010 5:53 PM

I used all of my pokeballs, Soft resetted, caught it in 4 pokeballs

PiPVoda March 16th, 2010 5:57 PM

I haven't gotten that far in the game yet, but I do know I won't catch Lugia with an ultra ball cause I hate them for some reason.

Johto Contender March 16th, 2010 9:07 PM

Nearly pooped myself when I chucked one of my last Great Balls at Ho-oh and caught it. I named it Great, just for kicks also.

(Odd thing is that it ate Ultra Balls like I eat pizza, but "oh no!" a Great Ball *dies[well, more like gets caught]*)

Grafx March 16th, 2010 9:19 PM

I just had lugia so low u couldnt see the HP on her bar. her accuracy was as low as it went, her attack was as low as it went, her defense was lowered, AND she was asleep........

and i went thru 40 ultras, 2 fast, 2 luxury, a couple pokeballs, and i couldnt catch her


ive given up. ill try tomorrow

loliwin March 16th, 2010 9:28 PM

Good news for me, I caught Ho-oh with a Poke Ball!

I actually bothered trying to catch it without a Master Ball as I always catch my Pokemon with a Master Ball. Took about 20 minutes to catch it.
It was also hard because he thrashed my Pokemon. :(

level. March 16th, 2010 9:50 PM

I caught my Ho-Oh with a heavy ball and my Lugia with a dusk ball. Both of them took a ridiculously long time. Kyogre and Mewtwo were really easy though.

Rosegrl March 16th, 2010 10:09 PM

O.o you guys are crazy. I'm only on the second gym! lol

Calder March 16th, 2010 10:56 PM

a Pokeball on the ROM...I just killed him on the real game...only noobs need legends to beat the game...

Pearls_Barf March 16th, 2010 11:09 PM

I am going to use a Masterball. That is only because I am trying to get it shiny. I have been resetting my game for two days trying to get a shiny! It is so frustrating! But I won't stop until I get it. I have to use a Masterball because I am not going to for a second take the chance of accidentally killing it.

jmido March 17th, 2010 8:56 AM

I got him down to 1 hp (luckily, I used a surf and it didn't kill him lol). Then I put him to sleep and used around 10 ultra balls.

RockmanEXE March 17th, 2010 8:59 AM

Master Ball.

I have a crap load of them on Platinum so I'll get some from there.

Kikoia March 17th, 2010 11:56 AM

....... I just beat the first gym.......... BUT if I do get Ho-oh it will be with a Quick Ball, Dusk Ball or Poke Ball :D

chazamrigh March 17th, 2010 12:08 PM

After 4 hours in school of trying to catch Ho-oh, with very good status and health defects, I decided "eh, I'm not going to use him anyway" and threw a Masterball, because who honestly needs masterballs?

HackChu March 17th, 2010 12:11 PM

I actually caught it by using a Pokéball with 3 tries.

Sudeki March 17th, 2010 12:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by chazamrigh (Post 5629451)
After 4 hours in school of trying to catch Ho-oh, with very good status and health defects, I decided "eh, I'm not going to use him anyway" and threw a Masterball, because who honestly needs masterballs?

Yeah its kinda funny, I never use my masterball for catching legendary's as I'm always "Saving it" for another legendary, but I just end up catching them all with Ultraballs and such.

chazamrigh March 17th, 2010 12:13 PM

If anyone wants to trade for that Ho-Oh, I'm looking for a kings rock, haha. Or steel coat.

HackChu March 17th, 2010 12:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pearls_Barf (Post 5627884)
I am going to use a Masterball. That is only because I am trying to get it shiny. I have been resetting my game for two days trying to get a shiny! It is so frustrating! But I won't stop until I get it. I have to use a Masterball because I am not going to for a second take the chance of accidentally killing it.

I actually caught a shiny Lugia on HG, boy that was luck man but wow I can't believe you keep restarting just for that.

Sasuke. March 17th, 2010 1:27 PM

Heavy ball didn't work for me and Ho-Oh. Just used a classic Ultra. Third try. Pro much? :]


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