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3rd Gen Help catching Zapdos!

cranium

Lv 100 Pokemon Trainer
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    ok heres how i did it
    and how i catch every legendary
    ive never spent more than 3 minutes catching one
    find a move thats not too strong and notch down its health
    when its hp is anywhere between 1 and 10hp, sleep it
    throw like 3 ultraballs....sleep it....throw 3 ultra balls...and so on
    it has to be caught in the end because it wont exactly run away
    aslong as you have X amount of ultra balls then you cant go wrong
    oh and if you run out of pp on your sleep powder (doubtful) just para that suka
     

    Simon

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    Before I ever got my AR, I used a level 100 Pokemon with Seismic Toss. It does damage equal to your level and most legendaries will have at least 200HP. I still use that in FRLG when I don't feel like cheating. Actually..I don't have much of a choice anymore. I lost my AR...
     

    jynx

    Er.../eh...
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    Mullet said:
    I had it down to one HP using Leech Seed and it was asleep and it broke ot of an Ultra Ball after two shakes, plese help.

    Thanks in advance! :classic:
    Click to expand...
    I spent 2hours and 12 hyper balls to catch mine-____-|||
     

    Kaiorga8929

    lulz.
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    well.... I used my Magneton at level 40... did thunderwave and two thunders.. left Zapdos with red hp... threw like 5 or 6 ultra balls and trapped it :D when Zapdos fainted my magneton, i just took out blastoise and since it doesn't know any electric move yet, I just let it drill peck my level 45 blastoise...
     

    Bakura-kun

    I AM the darkness... :P
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    Heh, I just weakened it using Moltres' flamethrower (which knocked it down quite low), then used my Bellsprout's Sleep Powder and started chucking Ultra Balls. It took me a few tries to get sleep powder to work as it had to last 2 attacks from Zapdos. I actually found Zapdos the 2nd easiest of the legendaries (Mewtwo was the easiest for some strange reason O.O).
     

    Merron

    Hope of the Redoran
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    Marowak learns False Swipe, and being a ground type it is immune to some of Zapdos' attacks. Just be patient... you will catch it. I have a sort of silly personal goal of catching all of the 'save-before-battle' Legendaries with an ordinary Pokeball. So far I caught Moltres and Articuno that way, but I restarted the game without catching the birds in order to try for a Shiny one (whenever I get around to it).

    It took about 30 Pokeballs to catch Moltres. :( Since Zapdos is harder, it may take more, but don't worry... it's all up to chance. :P
     

    ShadowCharizard

    WELCOME TO MY UNIVERSE
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    hey, if ur far enough along that the little shop on island two sells timer balls, USE THOSE. they work better the more turns pass. oh, yeah and also use a pokemon that has the ability 'static' e.g. pikachu, that way it will usually become paralyzed when it uses drill peck.
     
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