The Zubat curse...

Started by Squirrel July 16th, 2016 5:36 PM
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Squirrel

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Every time I try to throw a ball at a Zubat I can't help but miss 20 times before finally landing it - I don't get this issue with any other Pokémon but for some reason I just find him so hard to hit. Do you guys have any similar Pokémon like that where you just can't managed to hit them, be it because they're moving around or just an awkward shape?

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Omg yes. D: I have a hard time catching Zubat and thought I was the only one. Guess they're fated to be as annoying as they are in the main games, just now for different reasons (appearing constantly vs being annoying to capture) lol. Nothing else has given me noticeable trouble so far.

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i never thought i could be more frustrated with zubats but it seems i was wrong
hitting them is awful

i mean im not too great at aiming at the best of times but this is on another frickin level
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Squirrel

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Zubats aside, these Clefairy keep bending my throws sideways. Like only 2 or 3 even hit out of 20. And when I try to throw a curveball is when it doesn't use its magic. >_>
Oh wait, can Pokémon make it curve? :o I've been wondering why sometimes it just randomly curves all over the place, I assumed it was just my phone being buggy. Can many Pokémon do that or just Clefairy?

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Oh wait, can Pokémon make it curve? :o I've been wondering why sometimes it just randomly curves all over the place, I assumed it was just my phone being buggy. Can many Pokémon do that or just Clefairy?
Others do it, but it just seems like every time I want to catch a Clefairy it happens.

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This happens to me with Pidgey as well.... I only really catch them for XP/Stardust, so after a certain point it just seems pointless.
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Omg yes. D: I have a hard time catching Zubat and thought I was the only one. Guess they're fated to be as annoying as they are in the main games, just now for different reasons (appearing constantly vs being annoying to capture) lol. Nothing else has given me noticeable trouble so far.
Annoying to capture yes, certainly. But appearing constantly, not for me. Zubat is actually one of the Pokémon I'm still hunting on to get a Golbat. As happy as I am when I encounter then, is as sad as I am when they run away after draining my number of PokéBalls.
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Yessss, damn. I don't even like zubat, so I've elected to stop catching them now, especially when I've got like less than 30 pokeballs.

Squirrel

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Others do it, but it just seems like every time I want to catch a Clefairy it happens.
I'm starting to notice this a lot too. I'm trying to work out the timings of when they'll 'attack' and when you should throw the ball - if you sit and watch the Pokémon for a few seconds it'll start to become clear when you should throw it I think. I'm having a lot more luck now that I'm being more patient with the captures.

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Not had too many problems with Zubats (or any other Pokemon) yet, but the game glitched whilst I was attempting to catch a Zubat earlier; it broke out of the Pokeball, and for whatever reason the camera view shifted so that I was underneath the Zubat? So I had to try and throw the Pokeball upwards in order to hit it.

Needless to say, it didn't work and the app crashed.

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Squirrel

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I actually got the evolved Zubat today and even though it wasn't super easy to catch it was actually easier than the original Zubat in my opinion. I think Zubat took me 6 Pokeballs to catch it and only 3 to catch the evolved Zubat.
Yeah I find it hilarious that Golbat is 100% easier to hit than Zubat. Feels like they didn't really think this through when they were designing the hit boxes XD