Do you tend to keep or use your Master Ball?

[colours]

what the title says

bc personally I keep telling myself I'll use my Master Ball eventually but it just sits in my bag forever

 

[Uecil]

I keep it. I pretty much force myself to not try and use it because I find them hard to retrieve.

 

[Lysander]

I don't think I've ever not used my Master Ball in any save file I've had. I usually use it on the mascot legendary rather than throwing about 50 Ultra Balls at it.

 

[Sheep]

I've actually stopped using the master ball, since I prefer catching things in other balls. I SR and Synchronize for good IVs so going all the way and making my hard work really show by catching the mon in something fancy feels great. :}

 

[Yue Han]

I usually end up using it on a legendary with very low capture rate if it takes a while and I've got bored of restarting.

 

[Sorviknight]

I always tend to have this mentality, like: "If I use this Master Ball, I won't be able to get other again", so I never actually use it at all. :P Besides, I don't think I'd even need it, since I rarely catch legendary pokémon in my playthroughs, which I think are what the Master Ball is intended for catching.

 

[Homeskulled Kid]

I used to employ my Master Ball for the first legendary I came across because I believed that it was the only possible way. Then after a while somebody informed me that I could get them with Pokeballs with only a little more effort. Since then I've been tethered to the routine of buying 50 fucking million Pokeballs and spending hours mindlessly hurling them at the likes of Rayquaza, Cobalion and Groudon while going broke.

I refrain nowadays because I always have the expectation that I'll come across an epic legendary and return to old ways. Last time I did it was with Mewtwo, I believe. Much more fun.

 

[Brendino]

I always save my Master Ball for random encounter shiny Pokemon, and the last time I actually used one was on a shiny Ducklett in White. Even times where I've been lucky enough to come across multiple Master Balls in a playthrough, I still just let them sit in my bag otherwise, even if it would save time and headaches on certain legendaries.

 

[Raticate128]

I never use the Master Ball, or any item that's gone forever once used (such as most TMs in Gens 1-4).

In Gen 1, I always leave the Master Ball with the Silph Co President, since I think well if I'm not gonna use it, it might as well not be taking up an item slot, and I can always go get it if I ever change my mind, which I never would xD.

 

[slyfox198]

I use it on a popular pokemon so I can breed them, then put them on the GTS or Wonder Trade them and make someone happy.

 

[Wapiti]

As a kid, I always used my Master Ball on the main legendary of the game because I was paranoid that I would accidentally faint it and wouldn't be able to get another.

Recently, one of my quirks has been to catch everything in Poké Balls. (Not exactly sure why.) So, my Master Ball is just sitting in my bag for emergencies only. Like finding a shiny and being out of Balls.

 

[Reyzadren]

Yep, the master ball will get used from my bag. Usually, it's towards a legendary pokemon though.

 

[Janp]

I used Master Ball when I was younger on Mewtwo in Yellow, Lugia/Ho-oh in Crystal (I'm not sure which one it was) and Kyogre in Sapphire. That Sapphire run was also the reason why I've never ever used Master Ball again on my main save. Why? Because I spent eternity chasing down Latias and trying to catch it. IIRC I've never caught it and that save was lost long time ago, so I'll never will. But if I had Master Ball, I could've caught it.
I remember using Master Ball on Shiny Seel during one of my Fire Red runs this year just for fun and because I had no other Pokéball. But it was on the ROM, so it was useless anyway...

 

[Starlight]

I always save my Master Ball for later but later never comes and it just sits there.

If a legendary shiny or a shiny that could flee appeared then it would be thrown no question.

 

[malanaphii]

i'd always use it as a kid, but now i'd usually rather fight battles with legendaries and try rather than just use a master ball

 

[Coldnx]

I usually save it for the 1st Shiny pokemon I encounter because I have no use for legendaries, in LGP/LGE Master Balls are an unlimited hidden item in the Cerulean Cave so it's no sweat if you want to use it for literally anything.

 

[Zankew]

And this thread takes me back to the time i was playing pokemon fire red
I used the masterball on a gyrados(thinking its a rare pokemon)
Then i understood i could have used just an ultra ball and saved the masterball for mewtwo ;-;

 

[Kieran]

As a kid I would use it; But since generation 4 and especially since Platinum I enjoyed the challenge and frustration of not being able to get the legendary-- It gives more "feeling" to it, making them more special and worthy of their statuses as legendaries.

 

[strangerhypno]

Maybe in Colosseum or XD.

 

[tokyodrift]

I think it depended on the situation when I was younger. Especially if I encountered one fo those who like to flee. As I got older though I didn't use it at all really.