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Pendraflare July 31st, 2014 4:21 AM

When I played through Heart Gold a long time ago, Ho-Oh was rather difficult to take, but I caught it and ended up using it on my team. It's a cool event that happens in the story, neat cutscene and rad music too. So yeah, I like it.

But in my Wedlocke, my Quagsire 2HKO'ed it with Waterfall after using Yawn, it didn't use Sunny Day. Wasn't too tough then, but had it used Sunny Day it could've gotten bad.

XtinaIsMeLuvinWWE August 3rd, 2014 6:15 AM

I have Soul Silver so it was Lugia for me :)


I really liked the whole experience actually - in Silver I wasn't overly keen on the Whirl Islands (basically anything in a cave confused me too much back then lol) so I didn't always make the effort to pursue Lugia, but I really liked how they (the Whirl Islands) looked in Soul Silver, and with the animation of Lugia appearing and the atmosphere created by the Kimono Girls it made the whole experience very special :)


I've still to catch Ho-Oh actually, I might go back and do that what with everyone on here saying how it's worth it when you finally master the Bell Tower lol :)

Stormman August 4th, 2014 11:08 PM

I was enjoying Soulsilver, Lugia was the first of the two for viprunescape.com. I remember it was somewhat ok or anti-climatic. Mainly because I just used my Expert Football.I just discover it so frustrating how the activities power you to fulfill them instead of being optionally available in like in the unique activities. I don't use the "banned" legendaries on my groups and want to catch them after I've defeated the tale method.

Hungryboy180 August 6th, 2014 1:06 PM

Lugia was my first. It was so confusing going through Whirl islands.

Nakasu August 6th, 2014 5:26 PM

I had HeartGold, and i agree that Ho-Oh was a difficult catch. Took me about 50 Ultra balls, then a timer ball. The music is really good though. The Ho-Oh battle music is still one of my favorite Legendary battle themes.

Altairis August 8th, 2014 2:51 AM

I don't remember Ho-Oh being that hard to catch, but it wasn't significantly easy so I guess maybe like 20 Ultra Balls? I don't even consider that difficult considering it took me 99+ on Emerald to get Rayquaza :P

I played SoulSilver later and I really dislike Whirl Islands, only just because I had cave areas not for any real reason haha. The area Lugia is in is pretty cool though.

zaneburk9 August 8th, 2014 8:46 PM

Ho-Oh was tons of fun to encounter because it's my favorite legendary overall and the battle music is phenomenal.

Radiam August 8th, 2014 8:57 PM

I caught Lugia first because I had Pokemon Soul Silver first. Let me tell you, I found it insanely hard to navigate through the Whirl Islands. I was probably trying to get to Lugia for a whole hour. Wish it was a little easier to be honest, but it's worth it in the end because I was able to get to Lugia. I also liked how Lugia was near a waterfall, it looks really cool to be honest. Looked really soothing, and my favorite color is blue. I'm a fan of the theme that Lugia has in these games, it's really intense, which is what I like. It was particularly easy to catch Lugia for the first time, only because I used a Master Ball. On my second play though, I did use something other than that, and it wasn't the hardest thing to get, but not the easiest either. I'm not sure how many Dusk Balls I went through, but I'm pretty sure it was around 30. I like Lugia over Ho-oh, but that's just my biased opinion.

Before I talk about my encounter with Ho-oh, I really like the outside of the tower. It's colorful and filled with Autumn leaves, it's really pretty.

I was able to reach Ho-oh a lot easier than Lugia. The tower was actually a lot easier to navigate through. Getting up to Ho-oh, the scenery was still really nice. Ho-oh's battle theme is the better of the two in this round of Ho-oh vs. Lugia. The Japanese style suits Ho-oh just too well. Like Lugia, I used my Master Ball the first time I played through Pokemon Heart Gold, so I can't really say it was difficult. Second play-through though was very easy. I used one Quick Ball and I caught it. It was amazing to have the feeling of catching a legendary in a Quick Ball, I have no clue why.

CJoE August 21st, 2014 5:48 AM

Lugia is much more easier to get.. Getting into the Bell Tower makes my brain twitch..i already caught Ho-Oh in another version so i don't need tiring myself getting into the bell tower..

Wicked3DS August 21st, 2014 6:46 AM

In playing through HeartGold a couple times, I didn't find either too hard to catch, I think I only had to reset maybe once total. They just didn't give me such a hard time. Guess I got lucky :D

curiousnathan August 22nd, 2014 7:04 PM

Ho-oh for nostalgic reasons. I played Gold as a kid and bought HeartGold so definitely Ho-Oh. Lugia is still pretty badass too, though.

XtinaIsMeLuvinWWE August 24th, 2014 1:33 PM

Update: I eventually did go back to catch Ho-Oh, but I was SO over-prepared it wasn't even funny lol xD I went in armed with 70 Dusk Balls and 82 Ultra Balls cause I'd never attempted to catch a level 70 Pokémon before and didn't know what to expect, especially considering the nightmare that the legendary birds gave me.


Anyways, it took a grand total... of 5 Dusk Balls http://ftp.pokecommunity.com/images/templates/smilies/cerulean/17.%20disbelief.gif I couldn't believe it lol I'd had to face the Elite Four more times than I care to remember with an Amulet Coin to afford all those pokéballs lol xD

dragon__tamer August 26th, 2014 7:54 AM

i have played soul silver because i like lugia a lot
because its like cool and like a cool dragon:)

MarcEddy September 14th, 2014 3:56 PM

used a masterball on ho-oh

didn't get to hear the theme

Kelton2 September 15th, 2014 10:29 AM

I actually got HG because I didn't know you could get both in each version and I like Ho-Oh a lot better (then again I like Kyogre over Groudon and Xaernas over Yvetal)
so I got Ho-Oh first.


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