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Shuckle>You July 31st, 2010 11:59 PM

Dialga - Glitch? Or just plain lucky?
 
So just now I was up atop of Mt Cornet, and after finishing the battle with Cyrus rather easily, I went into battle with Dialga. Here's what freaked me out :S

I went into battle starting with a Pidgeot level 49, that had 12HP left, and seeing as I was planning to use the master ball, there was no point trying to keep it alive, when I had 5 others. But seeing as I had time to spare, and a few ultra balls left, I decided to throw one, to see what happens. Dialga was at full health, so I was surprised when the ball rolled once while Dialga was inside it. It rolled again, which confused me. It rolled a third time, and I was lost for words. Then it was caught. I didn't know what to say, I was so confused.

However, I think this may be a glitch. I don't know how it could be, but it's not often you catch something at full health, with an ultra ball, that has a catch rate of 30. Last time I played this I was failing with ultra balls when it was in red health.

Views and verdicts?

X Latios August 1st, 2010 12:52 AM

You just got lucky, there's always a chance you can catch a pokemon at full health, even legendaries, it's just very very unlikely. Congratz! :P

Maknae August 1st, 2010 12:55 AM

Why are some people so lucky when it comes to legendary catching D:
Probably the chance of catching Dialga was around .0000001% (exaggerating) which became dominant when you tossed your ultra ball :D

rocky505 August 1st, 2010 12:56 AM

Dialga and Palkia are the easiest Legendaries to catch. It wasn't a glitch it was just luck.

Shuckle>You August 1st, 2010 12:57 AM

Yeh, thought so. But just now I restarted my DS thinking I'd saved recently, and ended up in front of Dialga again, but it didn't work that time. But this time I managed to catch it in a pokeball with little under half health :P Getting quite lucky recently, seeing as I only had 8 pokeballs and 3 ultra balls on me ;)

Cobalt'Scizor August 1st, 2010 1:53 AM

Yes, that is just pure awesome luck. :D

Corruptodile August 1st, 2010 2:51 AM

Dialga/Palkia are pretty easy to catch. Gratz though for being very lucky and catching it at full health in an ultra ball.

giradialkia August 1st, 2010 4:23 AM

Yeah, Dialga/Palkia/Giratina were pretty easy to catch in their respective games, but I never caught one of them at full health before :P
Congratulations!

Redstar August 1st, 2010 4:59 AM

You can do the same thing with a regular PokeBall. It's not impossible, just very rare. (Though holding up + B helps your chances ;) )

Meadow August 1st, 2010 6:41 AM

Even though you got lucky, it's a totally rare occasion, and should be savored.

Anyways, good job. I've always got the worst luck. XD

Amore August 1st, 2010 7:02 AM

I'm guessing you were on Diamond, in which case, you were incredibly lucky.

The catch rate of 30 was for Platinum, in Diamond/Pearl, Dialga and Palkia had lower catch rates

polkop August 1st, 2010 7:29 AM

You simply got luck.
It already happen the same things to me, but with a Pokeball.
I freaked out.

Eruption August 1st, 2010 7:33 AM

Every other legendary catch rate is 3 or 5 but Dialga & Palkia's is 30.

Not as lucky as some might have thought but still pretty lucky. :D

Aether★ August 1st, 2010 7:36 AM

Tremendous amounts of luck. That's that. Well done. You can be proud.

Edgar7878 August 1st, 2010 7:41 AM

nope, it isn't a glitch. Dialga's catch rate is higher than the other legenderies. I catched it with my first ultra ball.

Weavile05 August 1st, 2010 7:45 AM

Though they are the easiest legendaries to catch, it still takes luck to catch them at full health in anything besides a master ball. Heck I've had legendaries with 1HP and Paralyzed or something and still took half of the like 50 Ultra balls I threw at them, and some made me restart at least once on top of that.
So yeah, Dialga and Palkia are easy to catch compared to other legends, but catching one like you did is still really lucky.

Resultz August 1st, 2010 4:00 PM

Dialga, Palkia are indeed easy to catch, a joke among legends.

come back when you catch Beldum in the Same circumstances,

Ruin Maniac August 2nd, 2010 2:00 AM

Congratulations on the lucky catch, i've never caught a legendary with anything under an ultra ball, and I still use like 40 even when it's asleep and on like 2 HP.

Morgnarok August 2nd, 2010 1:42 PM

Lucky as hell...but i know someone who will only use pokeballs to capture any pokemon so then again...

Perriechu August 2nd, 2010 1:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Noblebeastx (Post 6029605)
Lucky as hell...but i know someone who will only use pokeballs to capture any pokemon so then again...

I do that :P nearly all the pokemon I have are in Pokeball's
I Always carry the max amount of Pokeballs you can... So i have more money for other stuff aswell :P

Itstoppedatumbreon August 2nd, 2010 3:23 PM

i just chucked my master ball cos i cba to battle legendarys after i battle a trainer and dont heal. i had loadsa ultra balls but no pokemon to sleep or paralyze it so i just thought "oh wat the hey" and chucked it. turned out to be a bad idea as it took me over a week to get giratina. worth it though

Charizard★ August 5th, 2010 7:13 AM

Lucky, that happened to me but with Mewtwo in LG xD

§acred†Beo! August 10th, 2010 9:56 AM

Dude that's awesome, congrats on the lucky catch! I've become a bit of a legendary hunter on my HG game but I have never caught one at full health with an ultra ball.

smellybellysrock August 10th, 2010 10:16 AM

This happened to me too, but it was a pokeball and a full health Groudon.

littledoug1 August 13th, 2010 10:42 AM

Theres always a chance no matter how small that you ca catch any pokemon with any pokeball so I dont think it was a glitch I think you are an extremely lucky guy


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