3rd Gen HARDEST BIRD TO CAPTURE

[MantisboyN]

Moltres and articuno I caught with my first great ball, and zapdos took a couple ultra balls

 

[Shelmet]

Moltres, definitely. I wasted all of my Ultra Balls on it (twice), with it down to red HP before I managed to catch it. It kept beating my team up, too...

 

[Porygon Z]

In my experience, Articuno was ALWAYS the easiest one to catch, in FR/LG it always required me 2 or 3 Ultra Balls, even if last time I caught it with the first one :D
Moltres, middle difficult, just for the annoying Fire Spin and then Agility + Flamethrower.
But the hardest for me is Zapdos. With T-Wave, Agility, and Detect, it is a REAL PAIN IN THE ASS!

 

[Mentalii]

:) It's okay, that's how most people are with most legendaries.

Sure, but I meant that this time it was more than usually :)

 

[ShivaDF]

I think it took me the longest to catch Moltres. I wasted a masterball (!).
But, Arcticuno was the most annoying because it takes SO LONG TO GET TO IT. Seriously.

 

[Hybrid Trainer]

Articuno, probably just my game trolling me because it was my favourite bird and it was always the one i wasted all my balls on >.<

 

[cazzler]

Articuno and Zapdos were a piece of cake! But MOLTRES! It took me three resets with 99 Ultra Balls to catch it, it was low health and paralyzed, I never want to catch one again...

 

[ace!]

Zapdos, because every time i catch it, when i try to sleep or paralyze it, uses thunder wave, detect and with pressure, it's a little annoying.

 

[2Cool4Mewtwo]

They have same catch-rate, but to me Moltres was always hardest to catch for some reason.

 

[psyanic]

I don't know why, but for me it was Moltres. It was really easy to get down to low health because of Endure, and I just Paralyzed it after that. Yet, it still took at least one reset each time I tried to catch it. It just wouldn't go inside the Poké Ball.

 

[clacla$$$]

For me it was Zapdos. I don't know why, it just always broke free.

 

[Hydreigarchomp91]

Zapdos,not only took me whole lot of Ultra Balls to catch it,but its offensive stats are high and its attack always inflict paralysis on me!

 

[Pwnyta Jockey]

Moltres, usually. Articuno might run out of PP if it wakes up.

Darn Pressure ability. Thank goodness for Skill Swap.

 

[Neptune Vasilias]

Moltres!! >O It scarred my Parasect for life!! Without my Parasect, I couldn't land a single status on it and ended up using up all my balls. (Master Ball was in storage, I never use such balls x/)

Zapdos and Articuno were pretty easy to me. I had Articuno paralyzed with a red health bar after an attack from Jolteon. :) Zapdos was nabbed swiftly when Parasect gave a good Spore (that didn't miss for once! XD)

 

[The Best there was]

I would have to go with Articuno. Had to use some many ultra balls.

 

[Blue Nocturne]

I used false swipe and sleep powder on all three of them, so none of them were really a huge bother, but for some reason Articuno took a lot longer to catch than the others. If I recall correctly I actually had to reset once or twice on Articuno, which I'm sure I didn't have to for Zapdos or Moltres.

 

[Palamon]

Moltres. It always takes forever to catch it in whatever game it is in...

 

[Simmy93]

I've always found Articuno a breeze, Zapdos average and Moltres an absolute pain to catch.

 

[Maple Leaf]

I didn't like navigating the Seafoam Islands for Articuno, but Zapdos was the hardest for me.

I can't remember exact numbers, but it kept breaking out of everything. :<

 

[professor plum]

I vividly recall my Moltres battle lasting for ages. I don't even know how or why. I just remember using tons of ultra balls, and it like constantly using endure and whatnot.
It was maddening.
Though, in the end, it was mine!