Quick question about Master Ball (B/W)
Back in the day(GEN 1) all my friends knew that the master ball was for Mewtwo. I was just wondering what pokemon the master ball is for in Black/White.
Posted Apr 29, 2011, 5:43 PM UTC
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You don't need the masterball. I caught all the legendarys in pokeballs. Maybe a shiny pokemon that can use explosion... something like that.
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Well technically I didn’t NEED master ball for Mewtwo, BUT if you there is one pokemon in Gen 1 that is nice to be able to just go plopp got you/no stress it was Mewtwo.
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You don't understand, things are really easy to catch in this generation. It's actually ridiculous. It's no longer "well technically you don't need it but you'll have a tough time". In Gen 5, it's "you don't need it, really."
Personally I traded mine to someone for a Latias, and I plan on doing something similar with the second one.
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That is completely besides the point. The man just wanted to know the best way to use his masterball. Doesn't freaking matter how hard "catching" anything is. He's got a masterball and he's gonna throw it at something, what should he throw it at.
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Let me phrase it better, then. The best way to use it is to trade it to someone who doesn't want to spend the five minutes it takes to actually catch a legendary Pokemon. Then you can get an event legendary, or a different Pokemon that you can't catch in Black and White.
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I plan on trading it for some legendary too. The chance that you're able to send it over to the next generation (and save them up) is very slim, sadly.
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Instead of Roamers, Kyurem or Landorus, as they are the hardest non-roamers to catch.
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I used mine on Landorous, mostly because after throwing 50 ultra balls at him I said fuck it.
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Tip: Do all your outdoor catching at night, using Dusk Balls. Catch rate for an Ultra Ball is 2x, catch rate for a Dusk is 3.5x
Plus an Ultra costs p1200, dusk are p1000.
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Roaming Legendaries, no questions asked. Because of an ethical standpoint more than a gameplay one. They won't stand up to your challenge and give you a fair fight, so you have no reason to give them one.
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I like this reasoning. It always depended how many were roaming for me. In b/w there's only the one genie so I didn't mind. In platinum with the birds and the third psychic poke I was wishing I had action replay
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In either Platinum or B/W you can get two legit Master Balls, so it's less of a worry.
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B/w when you've traded with 50 people Ann's in platinum if you win the lottery which I always forgot about
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I would say Landorus, I caught him with Dusk but he was the hardest legendary to catch.
Also: Quick Ball + Roamer = Easy Mode
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Thundurus/Tornadrus(sp?) Because fuck Roamers.
The ultimate Pokémon-catching machine:
Gallade with Naive nature (boost Speed for guaranteed first strike, 90% Special Defense because it was high already and he doesn't really need it).
Mean Look (trap the target)
Taunt (keep some of them from Roar'ing you out)
Hypnosis (because fuck catch rates of 3)
False Swipe (gotta have at least one damage dealer, this one guarantees that they are left with exactly 1 HP)
This thing is all you need on your team to catch pretty much any Pokémon, not counting the three dozen Ultra Balls. EVs are fairly irrelevant because it's not meant for battle, but maxing out his Speed isn't a bad idea.
pretty much this, or shinies. and also you get two in this game if you trade with 50 people then talk to a certain guy in game.
Same here. Accidentally ran into the Roamer while training low levels. Went about like this:
ಠ_ಠ ... ... *masterball*
I caught my Thundurus last week with <10 regular dusk balls. I leveled a Patrat so I could use Mean Look, then I used Haxorus with false swipe to bring down HP to 1, then Lilligant to Sleep Powder, then catch.
How did I keep encountering Thundurus enough to do all that? I walked in and out of a billboard center (forgot what they're called) until I saw it storming outside, then used a resist before running back and forth through grass. The only pokemon that I would encounter while resist is active is Thundurus.
Precisely what I used it for. Roaming pokemon = pain in the ass.
It's actually pretty easy to catch them with a quick ball. That's what I did.
You have to get very lucky to catch them with a quick ball, looks like you did. But it's pretty bad advice to recommend this strategy for catching roamers.
It's not like they're hard to find. The billboard tells you where they're at and you can just walk in and out of the zone until it's storming. If you don't have a pokemon with mean look (and don't want to waste time getting one/leveling one) it's a good strategy. I caught Thundurus twice like this and Tornadus once. Each time it didn't take more than 5-10 tries for the quick ball to catch them.
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Anecdotal evidence
How catch rates work
Thundurus/Tornadus catch rate
Quick Ball
I estimate it takes about 63 quick ball attempts on average to catch one Thundurus, but my math may be off.
So no, I wouldn't say it's easy. In fact, I'd say it's one of the hardest catches in the game (time-wise). Making them one of the best candidates for master ball use.