Master Ball Go!

On which Pokemon do you use the Master Ball?

Pika Pika :chu:

FireRed: Mewtwo
Pearl: Palkia
Platinum: Giratina
HeartGold: Ho-Oh
SoulSilver: Lugia
Black: Reshiram
White: Zekrom (I had no idea that they were so easy to catch...)
Black 2: Zekrom, haven't used the other one
White 2: Reshiram and Kyurem
X: Xerneas
Y: Mewtwo
OR: Deoxys
AS: Deoxys
Sun: Tapu Koko
Moon: Tapu Koko

I mostly preserve the Master Ball to use on the Roaming Legendaries. Better do it the first time you run into one, than going through the pain of having to encounter them again & again.

Pika Pika :chu:

I use it on Shinies known for escaping, such as Abra, or Delibird in Gen 4

Silver: Lugia
LeafGreen: Zapdos
Emerald: Rayquaza
Diamond: Cresselia and Mesprit (I migrated one extra from Emerald)

From then on I have always preserved my Master Balls and only wish to use them in very special cases, like a shiny or a legendary I desparately want to catch. In the first three generations, I use whenever I don't wanna spend time on a legendary Pokémon.

I honestly just use it on the rarest and most powerful legendary in each respective game

(Apart from that one time I used it on an Oddish during my first ever time playing Pokemon lmao)

I used them on the main legends of each version, but I stopped doing that and rather keep them.

Last Master Ball I used was on a Latios on Black 2 a few days ago. Other Pokemon I've used it on recently are Azelf, Uxie and Mewtwo.

I usually use them on the box art Pokémon, or Mewtwo in Gen I. Though I should probably use them on the roaming legends instead....

I've never used my Master Ball on shinies or rare Non-Legendaries, as far as I can recall, it would be like wasting it.

Pika Pika :chu:

LegendChu said:

On which Pokemon do you use the Master Ball?

Pika Pika :chu:

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Red / Yellow: Mewtwo.
Gold: Ho-Oh.
Silver: Lugia.
Crystal: Ho-Oh.
Ruby: Rayquaza.
Emerald: Rayquaza.
Diamond: Dialga.
Platinum: Giratina.
White 1: Kyurem.
White 2: I think I used it on Terrakion or Virizion, for some reason.

In recent times, since I stopped legendary hunting, I use the Master Ball on the story legendary, just to keep the game moving along at a reasonable clip. In retrospect, I should have saved it for Necrozma in Sun & Moon though.

I've used a master ball on Rayquaza only because I found it so intimidating...

EvilChameleon said:

In recent times, since I stopped legendary hunting, I use the Master Ball on the story legendary, just to keep the game moving along at a reasonable clip. In retrospect, I should have saved it for Necrozma in Sun & Moon though.

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Is Necrozma that hard to catch?

BlazingCobaltX said:

Is Necrozma that hard to catch?

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I wouldn't know. I've never tried.

The only time I used a Master Ball was on Black 2, for a shiny level 39 Mienfoo, at the time my Pokemon were too overleveled for Mienfoo (I was training for the Elite 4, so most where at level 70) I feared a hit would faint her in one hit.

Master Ball time.

I think I've only used it twice, when I was 11 or 12 I used it on Suicune in Crystal, then when I went back and completed Yellow I used it on Mewtwo.


I haven't really felt the need to use it now.

I tend to use Master Balls on a Legendary, since they are usually hard to catch by default.

For me, every time it was the strongest Pokemon in the game.

Y: Mewtwo
Alpha Sapphire: Lugia
Moon: Necrozma

Even if I learned that just throwing balls at Legendaries would catch them eventually, those three proved far too stubborn/dangerous.

Lemonsky said:

I've used a master ball on Rayquaza only because I found it so intimidating...

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Tbqh, I was tempted to do that as well, on my first Emerald Playthough, those cracks in the tiles were so annoying, took me a while to navigate through them. But I resisted the temptation & saved it for Latias/Latios.

Firox said:

The only time I used a Master Ball was on Black 2, for a shiny level 39 Mienfoo, at the time my Pokemon were too overleveled for Mienfoo (I was training for the Elite 4, so most where at level 70) I feared a hit would faint her in one hit.

Master Ball time.

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I've never ever used my Master Ball on a Non-Legendary, not even tempted to, even though I've run into quite a few shinies.

Himuraforever said:

For me, every time it was the strongest Pokemon in the game.

Y: Mewtwo
Alpha Sapphire: Lugia
Moon: Necrozma

Even if I learned that just throwing balls at Legendaries would catch them eventually, those three proved far too stubborn/dangerous.

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Right, if you're stocked up on Ultra Balls, catching Legendaries is not that difficult.

Pika Pika :chu: