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Old March 25th, 2010 (5:01 AM).
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Beldum also has a catch rate of 3, and knows take down, and you can't actually just press A to activate the battle. Harder than any legendary imo. Took me ages to catch one.

The best tip is to hunt by night and use duskballs, or just have it already weakened (and paralysed/asleep) and let it run away thne everytime you encounter it throw a quickball on the first turn. Both good strategies for runners. I have caught every available legendary in both my Diamond and Platinum and still have my Masterball on both games.

On Ruby I did manage to catch Rayquaza in a regular Pokéball while he was asleep and at full health. Haven't been able to emulate it since though, and I've tried.

Also, for the more mathematically minded of you, check this out if you haven't already: http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Catch_rate
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Old March 25th, 2010 (5:45 AM).
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When I first started playing Pokémon catching that first Legendary felt impossible. I gave up so many times thinking that it must be something wrong with my game why it’s not catching. Then when it finally happened and I realised it was possible I got a feel for it, developed more patience and caught many more since. I don’t even like wasting master balls on them anymore.

I’ve trained up Gallade to help me to catch them. Gallade can learn False Swipe, Hypnosis and Mean Look - a very useful move set. I also mostly use quick balls, Ultra Balls and Timer Balls. As for people catching in one go, I assume it’s just pure luck.

That click noise when a Pokémon stays exactly where it should be must be one of the most satisfying noises in the whole world. :D
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Old March 25th, 2010 (4:44 PM).
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the really weird thing is, it seems harder to catch legendaries when weekened and statused than when with almost full health. i have to say, because i dont usually feel like fighting them, i used a regualr pokeball on a quarter of the legends i catch and it works on the firts try. i remember on gold i got entei with a great ball full health lol and in leaf green moltres took me a week to catch and 60+ ultra balls 1 hp sleeping, then i got really mad the second i saw it at full health threw a regular pokeball at it and it caught. i was sooooooooooooooooooo mad. :D
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Old March 26th, 2010 (4:41 AM).
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Have you ever tried ORDINARY Pokeballing Mewtwo?
MUST TRY.

Also, Mespirit, Red HP, 70 heal balls. DIDN'T EVEN MOVE THREE TIMES. ONLY TWO TIMES, AND EVEN THAT WAS LESS THAN 5. WITH SLEEP.
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Old April 4th, 2010 (6:18 AM).
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It took me 3 days to catch Ho-Oh in HG.. and each time I battle it I had it on 2HP, paralyzed and I slowed it down ALOT so it barely even attacked, and I couldn't catch it until two days later(mind you I did the exact same thing every battle b/c Ampharos was the only pokemon that could inflict a status condition..)

Oh, Zapdos was hard for me too. I had to chuck ultra balls at it forever, and then it killed itself. ._____.
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Old April 4th, 2010 (6:27 AM).
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I forgot to stock up on Ultra Balls before battling Lugia on SoulSilver so I had about 5 Ultra Balls, 7 Poke Balls, and 3 Great Balls. I Ran out of Ultra and just chucked Pokeballs for the lulz, and I was looking over at what my brother was doing and then I heard the "you caught blah blah!" music. So I unintentionally caught Lugia in a Pokeball.

I've also caught Entei, Regigigas, Palkia, Heatran, and Giratina in a Pokeball.
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Old April 5th, 2010 (2:53 PM).
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I used up my Master on Ho-oh, so I have no idea what to do for Lugia... I'm guessing Discharge and Thunder Wave courtesy of Ampharos is my best bet.

When I first started playing Red I didn't save before a legendary. Best bet is to save, save, save. Stock up on Ultras, use a Pokemon with a lot of status-inflicting moves.
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Old April 5th, 2010 (5:36 PM).
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I used to tell the PokeBall when I was younger "...STAY IN DA POKEBALLL!!!!! YOUR GONNA BE MY SLAVE ANYWAYS!!!! SO YOU MINUS WELL STAY IN DA POKEBALL!!!!!!!!!!!" haha xD gooood times.
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Old April 6th, 2010 (4:24 PM).
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Actually, Dialga and Palkia both have a catch rate of 30

Scary.That Means It's Harder To Catch A Beldum (Rate Of 3) And A Mantyke (Rate Of 25) Than Dialga And Palkia
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Old April 6th, 2010 (6:07 PM).
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It took me 22 resets to catch Ho-oh in HG this past week. It was ridiculous. I've never had so much trouble trying to catch a legendary Pokemon before. I think the game hates me! Hehe.
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Old April 8th, 2010 (3:32 AM).
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What till night, then you can use a dusk ball so it gives x4 catch rate rather than x2
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Old April 9th, 2010 (10:30 PM).
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The hardest Pokemon for me to catch has to be Lugia from the original Gold, Probably spent 20 mins throwing pokeballs at it!
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Old April 9th, 2010 (10:43 PM).
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I think their should be a minigame inbetween catching pokemon, like hitting targets on the touch screen and the difficulty varies depending on the pokemon your trying to catch. that way you at least know why its coming out of the ball instead just wondering why?
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Old April 10th, 2010 (3:41 AM).
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The hardest for me have been Regigigas and Heatran in Pearl and Platinum. In Soul Silver, Lugia took 15 Ultra Balls to catch, which, considering my luck, actualy pretty good.

Worst part is, you can't go back and retrieve the Pokeballs that failed to work, so wave bye-bye to all that money you spent :/
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I gave up on the Lake trio because of this...never even liked em...XD
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Old April 15th, 2010 (11:43 AM).
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A team of Level 60 Pokemon.
A load of Full restores and revives.
50 Ultra Balls.
Lugia on 1 HP, either with Sleep, or Frozen Status.

I ran out of all of my Ultra Balls. And Lugia woke up and killed my last Pokemon.

I literally cried.

So I soft reset.
Go again!
... Lugia, 1 HP. Frozen. Caught in a PokeBall.
I jumped around the room, laughing and shouting in delight.

My family stared, intently. =S
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Old April 15th, 2010 (7:52 PM).
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i could'nt catch a girafarig at lv.29
10hp left
10 ultra ball 0;
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Old April 16th, 2010 (6:29 PM).
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Zapdos in FireRed...

GreatBalls seemed to be working better than Ultras...
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Old April 16th, 2010 (6:41 PM).
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Worst part is, you can't go back and retrieve the Pokeballs that failed to work, so wave bye-bye to all that money you spent :/
It'd be awesome if, once you caught (or whatever) the Pokémon, you were left with this pile of Pokéballs where the Pokémon was, and all you had to do was walk over to it and get all of them back.

So far Cresselia has been the most difficult Pokémon for me...took 45 Ultra and 2 Great to finally catch. x_x
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Old April 17th, 2010 (6:13 AM).
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Zapdos was hard to me too... But I got Groudon with second Ultra.
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