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Short Range June 24th, 2007 6:26 PM

Is Dialga worth the Master Ball?
 
I'm up to Dialga finally! But should I use the Master Ball or try to catch him manualy?

Poke Balls = 7
Great Balls = 8
Ultra Balls = 17
Master Balls = 1

These are the Poke Balls I have right now. Should I use the Master?

Rosilia Lv40 - Use to parylz Dialga. And yes it does survive.
Bronzong Lv41 - Use to Confuse him and Keep the flow of Poke Balls going.
Empoleon Lv44 - Use to hit heavy Damage on him and drain health.
Staraptor Lv 39 - Yes he does do massive damage. He knocked him out in one hit but luckily I saved before battling. ;D

Got any Ideas? Master Ball or Manualy? Kill him and get him from my friend maybe? But he probably won't trade it. :P

Help!

spike6958 June 24th, 2007 6:27 PM

he's not but i caught him with it because my only pkmn i had left to fight him with was a bibarrle with about 5hp and i never saved

m June 24th, 2007 6:30 PM

I Think...
 
I think you should have brought more Ultra balls, Lol I caught mine with a Dusk Ball at 3:16 AM I think it was lol. You shouldn't waste your Master Ball here, but If you use up all of your other balls, then dont kill it. Thats just my 2 cents though.

peachesncream June 24th, 2007 6:32 PM

he really isn't worth the master ball, you might be able to catch him using the other types of pokeballs you have, if not you can always save right before battling it and if those pokeballs don't work, restart it and try again. When i was trying to catch regiice on my sapphire version the 1st time I tried I kept throwing ultra balls at it and it wouldnt get caught! but then i turned off my gameboy and retried and caught it fairly quickly!

Ichikool June 24th, 2007 6:34 PM

Nah, D/P made it easier to catch Dialga and Palkia. I caught my Dialag with a Great Ball. I'd save that master ball for something else, hmm.

spike6958 June 24th, 2007 6:35 PM

keep the master for one of the legends that run away, otherwise they are hard little buggers to catch

peachesncream June 24th, 2007 6:36 PM

yea i used mine on mesprit! those darn running pokemon

Diggeh June 24th, 2007 6:40 PM

Dialga/Palkia aren't worth wasting a Master Ball on. They have a catch rate of 30/100, while the other legends have one of 3/100.

Heck, I caught Dialga in a single Quick Ball.

Chompah :x June 24th, 2007 6:48 PM

[.Dude; Are you serious?.]
[.I used my MB on Palkia .]

Brinn June 24th, 2007 6:51 PM

use it... I will give you another masterball if you want it...

Shadow Chaos June 24th, 2007 7:39 PM

Yeah, I agree, you should save it for the Runners or for (if ever) the event Pokemon. I caught my Dialga in a Great Ball as well. I caught all my Legendaries, and without the Master Ball.

Arkarian June 24th, 2007 8:16 PM

Nah, save the Master Ball for Mesprit. Dialga/Palkia are very, very easily caught with Ultra or Dusk Balls. I only used one Ultra Ball to catch Palkia after whittling his health to a sliver, no status conditions needed.

Punishment June 24th, 2007 8:17 PM

I caught Palkia with my first Ultra Ball. I was quite suprised too.

Arkarian June 24th, 2007 8:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shadow Chaos (Post 2555329)
Yeah, I agree, you should save it for the Runners or for (if ever) the event Pokemon. I caught my Dialga in a Great Ball as well. I caught all my Legendaries, and without the Master Ball.

You have to actually catch the event Pokémon ?

Voltagenic June 24th, 2007 8:25 PM

I'll never know.

I used it on him because I wanted to make the capture of my favourite pokemon (at the time) special.

Short Range June 24th, 2007 11:00 PM

Caught on Second Ultra Ball :p. Unfortunatly here in Australia with all the little bouncing Kangaroos and what not there aren't any Event Pokemon. Everyone just goes "AWSOME!" over a Groudon on Ruby Version or a LV100. I don't though... I heard you can use Mystery Gift to get the events with WFC though.

Ayano Katagiri June 24th, 2007 11:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Arkarian (Post 2555466)
You have to actually catch the event Pokémon ?


Not always. It depends on the event that you're going to. Some events just hand you the Pokemon straight away, some... force you into a story like the Darkrai one and then you have to catch them. But Darkrai can also be given straight out now...

Quote:

Originally Posted by Short Range (Post 2555748)
Caught on Second Ultra Ball :p. Unfortunatly here in Australia with all the little bouncing Kangaroos and what not there aren't any Event Pokemon. Everyone just goes "AWSOME!" over a Groudon on Ruby Version or a LV100. I don't though... I heard you can use Mystery Gift to get the events with WFC though.

Well at least Aus has more Pokemon based things, like tournaments, than NZ ever will...

Mystery Gift is Local Wireless Events I believe... not 100% certain on that though.

Nicku June 24th, 2007 11:48 PM

I catch Dialga with yellow/orange HP, and one Ultra Ball... x3

- Nicku

Captain Fabio June 25th, 2007 1:37 AM

Dialga is too easy to catch, yellow health and i caught him with a great ball! >.>
I expected it to be harder. So NO do not use it. keep it for the running legends!

Susselmuch? June 25th, 2007 1:53 AM

You could easily catch him with an Ultra Ball.

Does anyone else feel all the legendaries are easier to catch in D/P?

I mean I caught Cresselia yesterday with 3 quick balls...

Mr.Altosax June 25th, 2007 4:34 AM

Caught in four pokeballs, just paralyze and get it down to about 1/4 of it's health. Then just start chucking those 7 pokeballs you have.

pilotwings June 25th, 2007 6:06 AM

I had Palkia down to about 40% health and caught him with one Ultra Ball.

Heck, it's harder to catch wild Chanseys.

Save the Master Ball for Mesprit, who runs away every time you enter battle.

~Night June 25th, 2007 6:18 AM

I didn't paralize the dialga, I just chucked a quick ball at it, then after that didn't work, I almost destroyed it with my pokemon, then chucked Ultra Balls, Great Balls, Timer Balls, Dusk Balls, and even a few Poke Balls. Eventually I caught it with a Dusk Ball. I'm planning on only using the Master Ball if Mesprit is to much of a bother. In my opinion, Azelf and Uxie are a lot harder to catch than Dialga.

~!~Miss Cow~!~

☼Charlie☼ June 25th, 2007 6:28 AM

I suggest saving it for two reasons.

1. Most people end up not using Dialga/Palkia after the elite four and if you are planning on battling people over wifi, most people will not let you use them.

2. Unlike other games, Diamond and Pearl have many more legendaries to catch past the elite four and past Dialga/Palkia, some of which will run away from you (Mespirt, Cressilia).

Dawg 2005 June 25th, 2007 7:37 AM

Use the ball on Mesprit or Cresselia. It'll be better in the longrun.

Just paralyze him, and weaken him, he isn't hard to catch, really.


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