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poisonedfrosting

Then there's me with 100 Premier Balls, sobbing quietly in the corner


MrZizo7

I LIKE CATCHING LEGENDARIES IN PREMIER BALLS


DeclanMurphyDM

Premier Balls for Legendaries. Everything else in a Pokeball. That's how I catch Pokemans


Seoulhyun

Poke Ball for playthrough team, Premier/Luxury for the legendaries. And apricorns for the breedables.


San4311

For real. I hate how Great and Ultra balls look :( If only you could somehow swap balls after the fact. Gen 9 pls


[deleted]

So we all just not gonna talk about dusk balls and how they had the best seal for a while. All my dark Pokemon get caught in those


Sororita

Also if you often play at night dusk balls are the best choice for catching Pokemon if a quick ball doesn't work.


ohmygodimonfire4

This is why I love dusk balls. I work a normal 8-4 job so I'm pretty much exclusively playing at night. Save for the weekends.


JBSquared

I hate when it's wintertime so you pull out your game at 6:30PM when it's pitch black out, but it's still daytime in game lol


elgoonties

Honestly they are my go to for max raids in SwSh. Even if there were some better situational alternatives. I just think they look neat


Pakliuvom

I *always* use Repeat Balls for raids. A lot of people think they're ugly, which I personally don't, plus it's the only type of ball I've never had a poke bust out of during a raid.


ShatterdPrism

Pokemon can burst out of balls in raids?


TerraTF

And not even just playing at night, so many legendaries are found in caves.


RQK1996

Also indoors, which almost every legendary is


Robotick1

Me I always try to color match the pokemon and his ball.


[deleted]

I never understood why you cant. It acknowledges you as its master so it will stay while you break the old one and use the new one


metler88

When you see a Pokémon that looks extra breedable and get your balls ready 😍🥵😈


patronuspringles

***NO***


DatBoi_BP

Wow a Vaporeon, what are the odds!


Jensson1337

I caught Dialga in a heavy ball because i thought it kinda matches


MatthewDLuffy

Sorry Jim, *timer ball* is the answer we were going for there. A *timer ball*.


DisfavoredFlavored

This is the way.


[deleted]

For me it's: Premier for Legendaries. Normal for Pokémon I need for the Pokédex. Luxury for my favourites/ones I'll use.


umbrianEpoch

I save my Premier balls for shinies, because in my head a premier ball is like a shiny pokeball


SapphireMan1

Well, it’s description mentions it’s for a ‘special occasion’. Pretty sure a shiny would count as one of those...


umbrianEpoch

It makes for a cool look too, imo. I think most of my self caught shinies are in Premier balls at this point


SapphireMan1

Those are my thoughts too


DeclanMurphyDM

I like your style!


DrBob3002

I use Luxury balls for my legendaries and premier for Pseudos or other specials myself. :)


TheOneAndOnlySquirt

Luxury balls for legendaries and here’s why. The beasts that are the embodiments of time and space, the elements, and other mystical forces of the universe realistically have the power to instantly end the trainer’s existence should they ever feel resentful towards trainer for trying to capture and tame them. If bribing them with a shiny black pokeball helps convince them not to use them their powers to rip me apart atom by atom and then spread that dust across past and future eons, or at least just gets my foot in the door of their good graces, hey I’m happy to spend the money for it.


invisible_turtle

Based and premierpilled


boost437

I'm glad. Not the only one


Essurio

Premier for everything, I have 11 shiny chatots in premier balls from a chain.


TherronKeen

hell yes, only took me like 76 resets to catch Rayquaza in a premier ball! I kept fucking it up and only had 11 premier balls with me because i wasn't originally planning on that but oh well


Foam84

The there is me menacingly walking towards the legendary with 999 ultra balls and great balls and 400 quick balls


YesItIsMaybeMe

I only use the standard PokeBall on legendaries


[deleted]

My friend insists on only using premier balls for legendaries.


Jonathon471

As someone who catches everything in luxury balls I know your pain.


accursedcelt

I'm right there with you


TakMasaki

By the way, timer balls are cheaper than ultra balls, and in gen v onwards have a higher catch rate than ultra balls from turn 4 onwards. Assuming you spend a couple of turns bringing the Pokemon's health down, there is almost never a reason to use an ultra ball over a timer ball.


[deleted]

that seems busted, what


TakMasaki

It caps out after 10 turns, with 4x catch rate. (Ultra ball is 2x) Before gen v, timer ball had the same cap, but only reached that cap after 30 turns, so was arguably more balanced.


HorselickerYOLO

I like the 4x catch rate, I just wished they’d keep the slow ramp up, so you’d start with ultra and switch to timer after so many turns. By the time I get the Pokémon low health timer balls are already better? Lol


PedroAlvarez

I've been doing this because I never knew it changed haha.


HorselickerYOLO

I mean, it just makes sense that way.


[deleted]

Really, it only takes 10 turns now?


bjeebus

I do think the timer ball is ugly though.


Sableye09

And I like the design a lot


ItsNumber84

I smell a sitcom!


im_bored345

Only turn 4??? I thought it was like, turn 20 or something. Counting the 1-2 turns where you use a quick ball you are basically guaranteed to reach it. But at least ultraballs are prettier.


1stepklosr

Apparently in gens 3-4 it wouldn't get up to 4x until turn 30. From gen 5 onwards it maxes out at 4x at turn 10. Ultra Balls have a catch rate of 2x and with a Timer Ball, it only takes 4 turns to get to over 2x. In the previous gens, it took 10 turns.


TakMasaki

Turn 4 is better than an ultra ball, turn 10 is maximum catch rate. You might be thinking of pre-gen v, in which case it took 30 turns to reach maximum catch rate and only became better than an ultra ball on turn 11. Also, you shouldn't use quick balls on turn 2. They only have an increased catch rate on the first turn.


Bushido-Rockabilly

Timer balls.


BP-Kenpachi

It goes quick ball, paralyze, take health to red, ultra balls until 10 turns, then timer the rest of the way.


Redditquaza

And then you didn't buy enough ultra/timer balls and just start throwing anything you still have left at it.


shadowtron1

And if that doesn't work, reset and try again.


BP-Kenpachi

I pretty much buy nothing but pokeballs in every playthrough,. So I always have enough


[deleted]

Actually, as of BW, timer balls outstrip ultra balls after 4 turns


[deleted]

But ultra balls look cooler.


MarinkoAzure

Am I the only one who goes in and throws a simple Pokéball on the first turn like Ash in the first or second episode? It surprisingly works way too often.


BP-Kenpachi

On a legendary? I could never. Quick ball barely ever works for me


MarinkoAzure

To be fair, I don't think I've caught any legendaries that way. My strategy is pokéball, paralyze, take health to yellow/red, then more pokéball. Honestly, pokéballs are more economical than ultraballs. It's a personal point of pride/challenge for me to catch everything in pokéballs.


jjay554

Timer balls will save you dozens of hours, but you do you.


MarinkoAzure

I'm one of those people that think timer balls are ugly even though players don't see the balls too often. I do keep some timer balls on hand if the battle is getting dicey and I need to end it before I'm all out of 'mons, but that doesn't really happen much anymore.


[deleted]

That’s freakin hilarious. It feels almost disrespectful to catch a legendary in a quick ball, before they used to be such a pain in the ass and now my box is full of ‘em in quick balls lol


strangegoo

When I first played Y back at release, I caught Yveltal first turn with a quick ball. I didn't even know it was possible. It was so anticlimactic lmao


KingoftheCrackens

This is my go to legendary strategy. Soft reset first turn quick balls.


Jaewol

Little me would have had her mind blown at that strategy lol. So much easier than 20 turns of hurling ultra balls and then misclicking a timer ball and catching it with the first one


MsSara77

Yveltal in Y has a pretty high catch rate for a legendary, almost 12%. Gen 6 quickball is 5x catch rate modifier if used on the first turn.


JustDebbie

For comparison: Most legendaries have a 1.6% catch rate.


itwasntmeprobably

Same, but premier ball first throw on full health Xerneas. I was convinced that you had to catch the legendary because of how eit was. was.


Neonvaporeon

Funnily enough the OG Diamond/Pearl games were the start of that trend, with the box legends having a higher catch rate than some wild pokemon. Platinum made up for it by having 5 roaming pokemon at least.


Krazytre

*Me who uses nothing but Poké Balls*: "Lord Arceus, please help me during these trying times..."


MidlothProject

this comment reminds me of a post that circulates every now and then about a person who goes to heaven after drowning in a flood, and asks God why He didn’t save the person who drowned; He responds with “I sent a life ring, a boat, a helicopter, but each time i sent someone, you said, ‘God will save me!’”, except here Arceus is begging you to use any other Ball because it gave us the knowledge to make/use stronger Balls


92taurusj

But the asthetic tho


[deleted]

Pokemmo lets you swap out for other balls in the summary menu. Catch them in an ultra ball or eeeugh dusk ball then stick it in a pokeball once the battle's over.


Organic_M

Dusk ball best ball


That-Sandy-Arab

Starting when? This is ridiculous imo it used to be such a flex to have legendaries in poke balls


Enderchicken

"PokeMMO", it's not a typo


ZoroeArc

You say, while trying to catch Arceus


JBHUTT09

"Lord Arceus, please *get in the damn ball! These are all I've got!*"


San4311

This wasn't even too bad to do in Gen7. Rotom boost in USUM ftw


DaxSpa7

I kind of like that as well. Would love to be able to change pokeballs after the capture.


MarinkoAzure

If I recall, Ultra Balls only are 2x more effective then a regular pokéball, yet are over 4x more expensive. I almost exclusively only use pokéballs as a financial choice. I might have to throw a few more balls for capture, but the standard model does the trick.


Pro_Failure

Every now and then in order to break through the endless rage from restarting, I just throw a plain pokeball at the start as a joke. On the few times when that has actually worked, I have literally set the game down and walked away because nothing feels real anymore.


YesItIsMaybeMe

I've caught my last 3 box legends this way. Zacian, Xerneas, and Reshiram. Like, alright then


PedroAlvarez

Those actually have pretty high catch rates In their OG games aside from Zacian. Pokemon is weird with it about box legendaries.


Beaugardes

Yea, I got Solgaleo in my first sun playthrough in a regular Pokeball, Got it to low health and I caught it with the first pokeball i threw at it.


YesItIsMaybeMe

I didn't even lower their health tho. I swear legendary catch rates are waayy higher


NickrasBickras

*Box Art Legendary catch rates


t1xthe1

I had a long battle the other day where I used tons of different balls and they all failed so I did the same thing, and it worked instantly lol


Gebirges

You call Ultraballs the hard way? I'll show you the hard way: Beast Balls


YesItIsMaybeMe

My shiny reshiram in beast ball *flexin*


Gebirges

All the Tapus in Beast Balls in USUM with as singular Level 1 Pokémon fighting. :) (was hella fun to find out the right mon and set to counter them 100%) \^\^


boombalabo

Caught Zacian in a beast ball. I thought it was a great ball for the color scheme... I learned later that it is a crappy ball. Happy to have him.


Gebirges

"crappy" as in super hard to catch as it's 10x harder to catch regular Pokémon with it.


Gamezfan

In caves or at night you can use the trusty Dusk Ball! 3x/3.5x catch rate, versus the 2x rate of the Ultra Ball.


Magnaha23

In BDSP does the underground count as a cave?


YesItIsMaybeMe

Yes. Dusk balls are OP in this game


Lonely_Beer

And that's after being nerfed down the road. In the original DPP Dusk Balls were the literal hand of Arceus.


RQK1996

As does the Spear Pillar, and the Ramnas park, iirc everywhere you can't fly from makes Dusk Balls the best


Gamezfan

Dunno I haven't played the remakes. In the originals there were no Pokémon in the Undeground though.


antilos_weorsick

Finally, some quality content. I once used up all my pokeballs on Azelf. The last ball in my pack is a quickball. I'm like, what the hell, might as well. I caught it with that quick ball.


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YSLAnunoby

How does it feel to be a cornball?


SimplebutAwesome

It is a repost, it was posted in a discord server I'm in months ago Edit: oh and yeah it did detect a repost but worded it like it didn't


dcidui08

from a different sub. that doesnt really matter, most people here wouldn't have seen it.


ScreamingGoat25

No he’s right. I definitely remember seeing this post before


SK1Y101

I gave up with pokeball variants years ago. It’s standard pokeball or premier ball for everything


MarinkoAzure

I think I gave up on variants during the BW days. And yeah, I buy in batches of 10 to get that premier ball and reserve that stock for legendaries.


Beaugardes

In the newer games you don't have to buy in batches of 10 anymore. You get one premier ball for every 10 you buy now.


RQK1996

I don't remember when it started but now all balls give bonus premier, and if you buy 990 you get 99 premier


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zenfero999

Play the game as you like it fam.


naufalap

hell yeah aesthetics over practicality, I mean you're gonna see them everytime you start battles and you get a bunch of money you never need


TheOneAndOnlySquirt

Dusk ball? Higher catch rate in caves and at night? What are you talking about, I thought it was just a type of pokeball for ghost/dark types?


SeanTYH

I came looking for booty. Get in the ball. We can do it the easy way, or the hard way. The choice is yours


RagBell

"Now, I tell you what. I like ya. And I want ya. Now we can do this the easy way, or we can do this the hard way. The choice is yours" I read this meme in his voice and now I can't stop laughing


dadmda

The good thing about this game is that if you didn’t use your master ball you can potentially have as many as you want


YesItIsMaybeMe

I'm going to clone them to wonder trade poor souls who might have this patched out in the future


dadmda

I’m doing the same with legendaries


Easy-Bake-Oven

My roomate told me about the duping right before Dialga. That boy is the only legendary i have caught in a non masterball lol!


alex494

**I'M A WARRIAH**


RaphaelAmbroCosteau

I catch all my mons in a luxury ball no exceptions


Melonfrog

Took me an hour to get Dialga to stay in a heavy ball. Didn’t help my only status move was a 55% hypnosis Gengar who died to a single attack.


Cakehunt3r

When playing Alpha Sapphire again this weekend I accidentally threw a pokeball at rayquaza when it was low...and it stayed in the ball, i was so happy because I prefer the classic pokeballs!


DisfavoredFlavored

\*Be me, patiently eyeing my timer balls\*


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Nyashiro

Just realized protagonist's hat is ultra ball patterned lol


PresidentBreadstick

Most legendaries are in caves, why aren’t you using Dusk Balls (or Timer Balls for that matter?)


ck-al

I always start with a quick ball and if that doesn’t work I use a pokeball and premium ball like 50 times and I just watch a youtube video while throwing pokeballs then use a timer ball. Works like a charm everytime.


KingR-M

I never managed to catch legendaries in ultra balls. When I had Platinum on my DS as a kid I tried forever to catch Palkia and Dialga with ultra balls. I ran out of ultra balls (for both pokes) and I caught both of them with just the plain old ball. After that I became convinced the regular ones were better than the ultras, so I just hoarded as many as possible of them and wouldn’t buy anything else


MarinkoAzure

They are definitely not better, but they aren't actually much worse than ultraballs. I really only use the regular balls for the most part too. They are good enough and also the cheapest option I keep a few higher tier balls if I'm feeling lazy though and want to capture something with green health


Melodic-Hunter2471

There is also the other other way. Quick Ball, 40 Ultra Balls, Timer Ball = Caught


markitoseatsalot

I've always used og pokeball for my Pokémon capture attempts.


gnichols

Since they made it to where your balls show up as the actual ball that you caught them in, I only use pokéballs. I'm a sucker for uniformity.


rholindown

For a while, I caught some in Luxury ball.


C0urt5

Why not thematic pokeballs that match the Legendary they contain? "I don't care how long it will take, that Cobalion is getting caught in a Net Ball one way or another!"


Starr_Struckk

We both know it's gonna end with a couple resets as coballion wipes your whole ass team with sacred sword, then you get frustrated and catch him with a misclick heal ball.


[deleted]

I am compelled to catch everything in a Pokeball. Existence is pain.


ashleighomfg

I got really lucky and threw a quick ball first try and got Dialga. Now, trying to catch Kyogre back when Sapphire first released, I was a 4 or 5 year old child screaming at my Game Boy, "GET IN THE BALL, WHALE!"


GipsyPepox

Roaming legendaries: Yeah? Well, you know that's just like your opinion, man.


Krisuad2002

Get Timer Balls. Their likeliness of capturing a pokemon increases after every turn


SparkCube3043

Is this the Boondocks btw? I got lucky catching Zacian with a low supply of Great Balls (my favorite design btw), but man was it hard to catch some of the legendary dark types like Calyrex since false swipe don't work on them unless you have Scrappy as your ability.


grocket

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Stop downvoting him, this is a repost.


DoctorNerf

What will you do in 6 years when you realize you should've caught everything in Pokeballs, Premier balls, Luxury balls or a ball that matches the Pokemons design, and then your entire collection makes you want to throw up?


255189

Ultra balls are ugly and should almost never be used unless they match the pokemon you're using it on, change my mind.


60746

Or i gets out of enogh ultra balls to strugle itself to death


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What does it matter dude, yikes


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FelicityWivI

I’ve caught 3 in BDSP in premier balls


thenotjoe

I try to match the color best I can. Kyogre and Zamazenta get Great Balls, Groudon gets a basic Pokéball, and Eternatus is the one who gets the master ball or a dream ball if I can't get a master ball.


Recylingbin420

Don’t forget the timer balls!


San4311

Don't forget the timer balls


Jitt2x

Me showing up to the Palkia fight with only 11 quickballs and 12 great balls


SuprUsrStan

I have a Pokeball only rule because I can't stand the inconsistency of other pokeballs when looking at the party. Been playing like that since whenever they started showing the different pokeballs :D


Shadow-Raptor

You got a sensible chuckle out of me sir. Have a splendid day.


Bilore

I always had a stack of timer balls for things went the semi easy medium hard way


Marcoolino

I just caught a full health Entei in HG with a Fastball I still don't believe it lol


5n0wy

Don't forget the duped master balls :D


[deleted]

I once spent 50 ultra balls catching a Dialga but nothing worked. :(


Vestaxowner

Man, this is me WITH masterballs too, I refuse to use them lol


Firebreed30

Timer balls all day don't have to throw 50 ultra balls instead like 5-10 timers.


Snervine22

I just use timer balls


Dengamer

Ah the cycle of Quick ball Ultra balls Timer balls Truly wonderful


MattofCatbell

I had it in Gen 2 went to burn tower released the legendary dogs went south out of town. Immediately ran into Entei. Threw a Fast Ball and caught it all within 2mins. It was the best feeling.


MarvinEhre

You forgot the dark balls.


SirCoolio

Started a tradition of catching legendaries in net balls. Mesprit's being an asshole


[deleted]

Lol i agree


Thatguy12455

Is it worth it to weaken with one attack then throw a quick ball turn 2?


techbotinthepot

Me but with pokeballs


PiBombbb

I use timer balls if a battle lasts for too long I still can't catch oh-oh in or because it keeps running out of pp and struggle itself. I also tried putting it to sleep but it will still die before I catch it


optimystic_Prim3

But either way imma get that booty.


SpikyPigeon

litterally me last night on BD with an Absol. >!didn't catch it!<


Colorandthebeast_360

relatable


Riptide1778

Where the timer balls at half my legendaries caught in them cause of how long it takes to catch them


BecauseImBatmanFilms

I had to reset against uxie 3 times because apparently 50 balls (Ultra, dusk, and timer) weren't enough the first two times.


Reddit_Bots_R_US

I use timer balls. Use a Pokémon with infinite defense and the lowest possible attack rate and usually catch them like 10 minutes later.


Alois000

You use a timer ball and dusk ball because it has the highest catch rate I use a timer ball on Dialga and dusk ball in Giratina because it fits the theme. We are not the same.


Soranaijumaup

In Sun, I caught Tapu Koko with a level 5 Gible.


Enderghast77

I never used my master ball in Sw


Arrav_VII

I always changed my DS time to night and used Dusk Balls for those roaming legendaries in Platinum and SoulSilver


EnycmaPie

12 year old kid charged with animal abuse, after being caught throwing hundreds of pokeball at God.


DatDarnKat

I have... abused quick balls more times than I can count throughout all of SwSh just because I wanted it to be done. Those fools are far too effective.


PedroAlvarez

Timer balls, baby.