Tycen

Pokémon Professor

Age 26
Male
U.S.A
Seen March 22nd, 2013
Posted March 12th, 2013
7 posts
10.2 Years
Anyone here ever just keep their Master ball, and never use it? Even when completing your Pokédex?
Mewtwo was rather easy catching with a Ultra ball. All I did was freeze him, and presto! He was mine >:D
I tend to always save my masterball, and never use it. Keep it as a memento, on how I could've easily done something. Fighting for what you want, though, is always the better choice for me.
What about you? Do you like keeping your Masterball safe and sound?
Anyone else actually form real bonds with your Pokémon? I mean, I know its just a video game, but do you ever actually get connected?

Firox

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Age 37
Male
Seattle, WA
Seen September 15th, 2021
Posted July 17th, 2020
2,585 posts
11 Years
I don't use master ball unless its for a shiny, especially when my Pokemon are too strong for the shiny, and if I attack it, it might faint in one hit (exactly what I did with my shiny Mienfoo).
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Altair

Willpower

Age 28
Male
Sydney
Seen August 5th, 2015
Posted June 12th, 2014
578 posts
10.2 Years
I never use my masterball since I know it'll be possible to catch any Pokemon, the only reason I'd use it if I was in a certain situation that was mentioned before (Shiny Pokemon that could get away). The only 'normal' Pokemon I'd use it on is Mewtwo, it suits that Pokemon very well and reminds me of the Manga.

Synerjee

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Everywhere and anywhere.
Seen May 28th, 2016
Posted February 25th, 2016
2,901 posts
10.6 Years
I save my Master Ball, not just for nothing, but for that special once-in-a-lifetime or precioussss shiny Pokemon that might escape my clutches by Explosion or Self-Destruct. The Master Ball is reserved for only that purpose and that purpose only. Legendary Pokemon can be caught with normal Ultra or Dusk Balls; it does not need that ultimate capture rate. Where's the challenge in that?

bobandbill

one more time

Male
A cape
Seen 7 Hours Ago
Posted 23 Hours Ago
16,786 posts
15.2 Years
I never use it, saving it for the rather unlikely case that say I see a shiny that could run off/kill itself. After all if I can catch the legendaries with a bit of effort then it doesn't seem too necessary to use up the one master ball on one of them to me. Plus it feels more worth it than just starting the battle and catching it a moment later. How else will I get angry while nice music plays? =p

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リズ

Age 30
Male
2nd Largest City in the US
Seen March 14th, 2013
Posted March 14th, 2013
55 posts
10.2 Years
Even though I've yet to do it, I usually save my master ball for a soft reset legendary. Other than that, I'd never use it unless, I had no other poke balls to catch a random shiny(which rarely happens).

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Zorogami

WUB WUB

Age 30
Male
Madrid/Spain
Seen April 23rd, 2014
Posted April 22nd, 2014
2,164 posts
10.2 Years
I usually catch the legendaries with Ultra Balls, even if some seem to take forever...
The Master Ball i've always saved up for the day i finally encounter a shiny...which has never been the case

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roosterman

Freaking annoying!

Male
The moon
Seen May 15th, 2013
Posted April 2nd, 2013
249 posts
10.7 Years
i catch all my legendaries with normal pokeballs so the masterball has really never been important to me. i have like, four sitting around on my black 2. 2 from in game, 1 from black, and 1 from the lottery. i've tried trading legendaries holding them for shinies but it rarely works. now i just keep hold of them in case i run into a self destructing shiny.

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Posted 4 Weeks Ago
693 posts
11.1 Years
I think in the past few years, I've only ever used a Masterball once, and that was on a ROM hack with a Dark Lugia only catchable with a Mastarball, so kind of justified, there...

Using the Masterball in general just makes the whole thing kind of anti-climactic, I find. A battle that's meant to be a definitive part of the game, over pretty much as soon as it begins. Just doesn't seem right, really. Imagine going into facing the Pokémon League champion, only to find after this whole build-up that they are armed only with a level three Magikarp, or something... Except it isn't anywhere near as funny as that would be. Buzzkill.
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Brendino

The Ruins of Alph
Seen 16 Hours Ago
Posted April 6th, 2023
8,567 posts
13.4 Years
Just like quite a few others have said, I've always saved up my Master Ball for a shiny Pokemon, just so I could nab it right away without any worries (so far all I've gotten is a Shiny Ducklett). Other than that, I just use something like a Dusk Ball on legendaries, since they're pretty easy to get as long as you have some patience.

Hikamaru

Age 30
Female
Australia
Seen January 24th, 2019
Posted September 4th, 2018
50,214 posts
12.2 Years
I often save up my Master Ball for a Legendary that I know will be troublesome to catch, like when I used it on Kyurem in Black 2.

Since I almost always never find a shiny most of the time I don't usually save it for them.
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Sydian

fake your death.

Age 30
they/them
Georgia
Seen May 22nd, 2022
Posted November 29th, 2021
33,354 posts
15.2 Years
I usually use them for a roamer, but if I have no intentions of catching the roamer of the game, I just trade the Master Ball over to my storage game when I trade in my team. Nice to have them in the case of a random shiny and you're ridiculous over or under leveled or something.
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Aquacorde

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Age 29
she/her/he/him
Ankh-Morpork
Seen 11 Hours Ago
Posted March 15th, 2023
12,275 posts
18.9 Years
I never use the Masterball. I just keep saving it.... "just in case". In case of what, I can't imagine. I just feel like I would rather have the option to use it than not have the option, even if I never use that option.

This is also a bad habit that applies to my normal life haha.
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Seen October 2nd, 2020
Posted July 12th, 2014
483 posts
10.4 Years
Yes - I pretty much save it for no reason.
I guess it's in case I....
No - it's really for no particular reason. I don't deliberately not use it or anything like that - I catch whatever I catch in whatever I catch it in. I just can't quite bring myself to use the one and only Masterball, just because if I use it, it won't be there if I want to use it.