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I PROTECC

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Waiting on the third one

2 (3.8%)

Waiting on the third AND fourth one

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GET WELL SOON ZYGARDE

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I am a concientous objector and abstain from taking up arms

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Total Members Voted: 51

[Culise]

and I'd care about Sun and Moon... except "The good one" will come out in like a year.

Let me know when the good one comes out for XY or ORAS.

Nah, but it's a fair assessment; after all, even if it doesn't come out in a year, you can still pick up the existing versions in either case, since Nintendo is hardly going to reach early-Atlus levels of scarcity.  It's just something GameFreak has been trying to avoid since Gen 5 (unfortunately, it turns out that sequels don't work as well when the story is as...ah, average as those usually found in Pokemon mainline games, so they didn't even bother with a "Z" for Gen 6, and compressed Delta Emerald into Delta Episode).  It is still nice to know for those of us who do care, however.

[endlessblaze]

my reaction to finding my seconed portal in OR

-oh cool, simi-legend catching time. I think I have enough ultaballs.


my reaction to finding it being AZELF

-OH WHAT! YOU CAN CATCH AZELF IN OR!? GET IT GET IT GET IT! AURG YOUR AT SUCH LOW HEALTH! IF I HIT YOU AGIAN YOU DIE JUST GET IN THE BALL! NO NO NO STOP CRUSHING MY TEAM IM GOING EASY ON YOU! AURHHGGGGG!.

I ran out of ultaballs..... and most of my team....but I got it.....

[Akura]

Spoiler: Not just Azelf (click to show/hide)

You can get all three of the Mind Trio in that cave. It depends on the time of day you show up. There's other legendary Pokemon to be found with often not-so-obvious triggers, but I won't spoil them.

One good tip for catching legendaries is False Swipe, as there is exactly one legendary Pokemon in the entire series that's immune to it(Giratina, being part Ghost-type) and even that immunity can be neutralized if you really try for it.

[umiman]

You'll want something with the ability to sleep. Paralyze is okay but sleep is 2x better than that. It's also a good idea to lead off with a quick ball (5x capture rate).

Ultra balls are a bit of a last resort. All the other specialist balls have better capture chances. Dusk balls for example have a much higher catch rate in dark areas or at night at 3.5x. Ultra balls only have a 2x capture rate. Timer balls are good for those fights that never bleeding end. Dive balls are great for the water legendaries at 3.5x too.

[Culise]

Yep.  That combination, by the bye, is what makes Breloom so aces as a catcher - it learns both False Swipe and Spore.  Smeargle is another obvious option, since it can Sketch both moves and add Soak to deal with Giratina.  I used a Gallade, myself, in Gen 5; Hypnosis is a bit less reliable, but not awful unless you're facing something that uses recoil attacks or a self-fainting move.  Since legendaries in Gen 5 or 6 typically don't fall in either category to my knowledge and since I don't go shiny-hunting as a rule, it's not something that comes up with me. 

[endlessblaze]

anyone know where I can get a false swipe tm? I wish I could find one already.

I had gotten hetran before from another portal, but the mind trio really caught me by surprise. thanks for telling me I can grab the others there though.

[Culise]

anyone know where I can get a false swipe tm? I wish I could find one already.

I had gotten hetran before from another portal, but the mind trio really caught me by surprise. thanks for telling me I can grab the others there though.

You should have received one for free talking to a person in the Rustboro City Pokemart.  I can fly there and double-check, quick...

EDIT: Confirmed.  He's standing right in front of the counter when you walk in, so you should see him fairly easily.

[endlessblaze]

k...I guess I should go get that BEFORE its time to fight mr. big green sky dragon....



-edit

.....I....cant find any Pokémon in my box of a reasonable level that clan learn it......or any for that matter....
whatever. guess I can just abuse save if I need to.
(grumble grumble bank should be free grumble....)

[Aklyon]

You'll want something with the ability to sleep. Paralyze is okay but sleep is 2x better than that. It's also a good idea to lead off with a quick ball (5x capture rate).

Ultra balls are a bit of a last resort. All the other specialist balls have better capture chances. Dusk balls for example have a much higher catch rate in dark areas or at night at 3.5x. Ultra balls only have a 2x capture rate. Timer balls are good for those fights that never bleeding end. Dive balls are great for the water legendaries at 3.5x too.

And if you're really having a hard time (or are just very cheap), just chuck poke and premier balls until you run out of your huge stockpile of them.

[endlessblaze]

that could work, you would have to get a crit capture at some point.


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I guess today is legend hunting day.

azelf, ryquza, alien virus dude, mespirt, and now reshiram.....

best part? no false swipe and I hvent had to savescum at all.

[Akura]

k...I guess I should go get that BEFORE its time to fight mr. big green sky dragon....

Spoiler: Don't worry about it (click to show/hide)

Rayquaza's catch rate is 45 in ORAS. By comparison, Mawile's catch rate is also 45.

After you catch it, however... EDIT: Well nevermind then. Also had Rayquaza's catch rate wrong.

[Culise]

Spoiler: Don't worry about it, either (click to show/hide)

You needn't fuss too much about after, either.  It's actually a bit easier if you just swat the next one right out of the sky, because it'll refresh at the top of the Sky Pillar after beating the Elite Four, which you'll want to do at least once or twice more for the special unlocks.  You can then literally save right in front of it and retry it as many times as you like without having to go through the Mega-Ray battle and cutscenes every time you flub it.  This is true about most optional legendaries, if not all; Mega-Ray is different mostly because you need to capture it to continue the story, which is why its capture rate got boosted by a factor of 15 in ORAS.

EDIT: Oh, you already caught it without that.  I misparsed that.  Congrats. ^_^

[Aklyon]

that could work, you would have to get a crit capture at some point.

Crit captures are nice, but really the point of poke/premier spam is just 'fuck it,time to throw everything until it works.'

[endlessblaze]

seeing as how am at the computer and have my 3ds with me, here is my code,

3840-5450-9525
the names dragon and I have no idea what my safari in x and y is.
you guys are welcome to challenge me in Y or OR but I feel like my Y team is stronger and better constructed, so you might want to try fighting me with them.


with that out of the way, anyone want to fight now?

[MagmaMcFry]

So umm...