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I'll use a Master Ball against roaming legendaries, like Suicune/Raikou/Entei or Latias/Latios for example. I would also maybe use it to capture a shiny if I encountered one, but both times I ran into a legit shiny were too early in the game and I hadn't yet acquired the Master Ball.
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I can count the amount of Master Balls I've used on my 3rd hand. 0. I've never used one, and almost never will use one. I'm using one in XD, but it's only for a friend. If it was my game, I'd catch that in any other ball. I'm a collector of them, so any chance I get at one I'll take, but I still like to have fun in catching hard things like legendaries. That's why I'm an expert catcher today, practice, trial, and error. I've even developed a specific strategy for running legendary Pokémon.
Last edited by TurtwigX; July 7, 2012 at 09:03:56 PM. |
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I try to use Master Balls as sparingly as possible. I tend to use them a lot when I soft reset to get the right nature on a certain legendary pokemon. Other than that, I don't waste my Master Ball on the main legendary pokemon of the game I'm playing (Such as Reshiram, Palkia, Kyogre, etc.)
However, I usually cave in and use my Master Ball on Shadow Lugia in Gale of Darkness, mostly because my team can't take the shadow attacks that XD001 dishes out. If I tried using different kinds of Poke Balls on XD001, my team would probably get wiped out before I could catch it. |
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I use masterballs if i have too. Normally i try to catch them the old fashion way, if that dont happen masterball comes in. Back when the first games were out i always used the masterball on mewtwo.
Last edited by kakashidragon; July 7, 2012 at 09:22:52 PM. |
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When I was younger, I used my Master Ball on roaming legendaries because I never figured out the proper way to catch them. (either by using a trapping move or ability or whittling them down bit-by-bit) Then I figured those out, and my Present Self was all at Past Self.
Now I generally either don't use it at all, use it on a difficult legendary (Rayquaza, this means you), or waste it on something like a Rattata. |
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I remember once when I was a kid, I took my brother's Red Version and caught a Dugtrio with his Master Ball because I thought Dugtrio was the hardest Pokémon to catch. Little did I know....
Anyway, here's what usually happens with me and my Master Ball: "Okay, I only have one of these, so I should save it for something very important *stockpiles Ultra Balls and uses only those on legendary Pokémon*" It's the same way with rare or one-of-a-kind items in other games. I save them and tell myself to use them for something big, but never end up using them. |
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I'll only use them on Pokémon I for surely want and when I know I may kill it or it may run. Possibly like shinys if I ever see any. Maybe for a legendary, but that's a rare case now... Sometimes I stockpile it for just one time I may use in the future...
Last edited by Fubab_107; July 8, 2012 at 12:14:57 AM. |
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I usually only use them for roaming legendaries, right now in my copy of Black I received an extra Masterball but because I filled up my National Dex I have no use for it.
I freaked out the first time I caught Rayquaza in a Master Ball because I thought they worked like all other pokeballs at the time. |
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I remember in Diamond that I used up every single Elixir and Ether I had. I was really sad when I figured out they couldn't be found anywhere else. So in Platinum, I became more conservative with my items, meaning I didn't use anything I couldn't buy at the Veilstone Department Store or the League Mart. I even became an expert Berry Grower so I could get as many Leppa Berries as possible (Currently 130 or so), and that's why I don't really like Berry-less Unova.
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Before, I use a Master Ball to catch the first legend in the game. In later plays, I attempt to save before battling a legend and use the slow way, and use Master Ball on roaming.
In my SS game, I did not successfully catch Lugia in the old-fashioned way (out of patience), so I concluded the probability formula was changed. I used the Master Ball on the roaming. |
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Now that I'm doing this super annoying Rayquaza thing, I think I might use my HG Master Ball as cautionary defense measures. It knows Rest AND Outrage, so it could kill itself, or stall out the battle with a thousand rests. I don't have time for that.
Oh yeah, and Shiny Legendaries I'd use a Master Ball on without thinking. Special and I don't have 'em? Waaaant. |
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Rarely use them. The only time I do use them is for roaming Legendary Pokémon. If I don't have the right Pokémon on my team to prevent it from escaping while lowering it's HP enough, I just say "Okay, that's it bro, I'm lazy", and toss the Master Ball like a frag grenade at the sucker. If there are trios on the run-about, I just pick the one I like best using my Master Ball, and harass the other two later on from time to time.
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Master Balls are the kind of items you hoard because they're one-of-a-kind, even though doing so is pointless since it's meant to be used.
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Black 2/White 2 spoiler
I will most likely end up not using the Master Ball we get there, but in every other game, I use them on Roaming legendaries. |
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I've been trying to complete my Pokédex in White, and I'd got everything I needed from Hoenn except a Relicanth. After an hour of searching I finally encountered one, and since my patience was wearing away by that point I just said "**** it" and threw a Masterball. I'm never going to use that file again, anyway, since it's been pretty much emptied aside from some spare Pokémon I had lying around.
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I only throw Master Balls at roaming Pokemon, only if I have no access to a trapping move. Although, I got lucky with Tornadus and caught it without using the Master Ball, although I'd usually use it on Latios in Ruby, Entei in Leaf Green, and Mesprit in Diamond. Otherwise, I'd just not use it.
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What did you use your Master Ball on?
Across all of the games, what Pokémon did you use your Master Ball on, and why?
Gen I Anything and everything after discovering the MissingNo. glitch Gen II One of the beasts when I was nearly finished with the Pokédex Gen III I want to say Latios in Ruby, but I can't remember. Gen IV I used one on Cresselia in Platinum because I wanted to restart and didn't want to chase it around, which got sent forward to White. I used one on Sudowoodo in SoulSilver because I burned it and ran out of Great Balls. (Someone traded it to me, anyway.) I used a final one on Entei when I got sick after Raikou took forever. Gen V I haven't used any Master Balls yet. |
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Gen I
Moltres (first play through without knowledge of MissingNo.) Gen II Ho-oh Gen III I think Rayquaza Gen IV Cresselia (Platinum) Entei (Heartgold) Gen V If I recall correctly, I didn't use it on anything. Last edited by Kaveman; January 16, 2013 at 12:00:09 PM. |
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Gen I
Mewtwo in R/B usually. I tended to have to use it against a legendary bird in Yellow. Gen II Any of the roaming legendary dogs I might run into in G/S/C. Gen III Kyogre in Sapphire, Latias (or Latios? I forget) in Emerald. (I had about 50 ultra balls and couldn't ever catch Kyogre...) Gen IV Cresselia. Gen V I haven't ever used my Masterball in B/W, but I did have to use it to catch Kyurem in Black 2. Last edited by Cyrus; January 16, 2013 at 05:44:16 PM. |
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Gen I- Nothing
Gen II- Nothing Gen III- Shadow Lugia in XD (Not a main game, but it's something.) Gen IV- Nothing (I killed the legendaries before I thought about Master Balls.) Gen V- Nothing As you can see, I don't use Master Balls But I sure do enjoy collecting them. I had to use the Master on Shadow Lugia because it would be annoying to catch it regularly and then check its stats and with ALL that text and animation... Master Ball made the pain go away. |
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Well, if you mean first play throughs...
Gen I: Dugtrio because I thought it was super awesome and hard to catch (when I was 5) Gen II: Nothing because I still have yet to beat a Gen II game (be right back bashing my head in) Gen III: Never got the Master Ball because I didn't find it (be right back again) Gen IV: Diamond - Dialga because the strategy guide I had recommended I use the Master Ball on it. Platinum - I want to say I saved it, but I might've used it on Giratina Gen V: Never used it (to my knowledge) |
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Gen 1: Mewtwo
Gen 2: Poliwhirl (I Am DEAD Serious...I was 7 and I pressed A w/o thinking), and Entei a friend traded me another Master Ball Gen 3: Never Played a Gen 3 Game Gen 4: Dialga Gen 5: Thunderus (Didn't want to chase it around) |
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Gen III: Rayquaza on Emerald Gen IV: Mesprit in Diamond (I think); I don't remember which I used it on in Platinum.. maybe I didn't use it at all. Gen V: I have yet to use it in a Gen V game. |
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Gen I
Mewtwo. I completely missed the Birds the first time around- the nest time I got them frozen and caught them frozen. Works. ^^ Gen II Raikou in Gold, Suicune in Crystal (Though that's not the smart thing to do >.>) Gen III The respective Eon Pokemon in R/S, but I didn't use it in Emerald. Gen IV I used one on Mespirit in Diamond, and one on Cresseilia in Platnium. Soulsilver/Heartgold, I used it on one of the legendary dogs- I think it was Entei in both cases. Gen V B/W, never used it. B/W2, still never used it. |
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The way I used mine were weird. Also note that Gen 3 was practically the first Pokémon generation I completed.
Gen I: Articuno Gen II: Entei Gen III: Relicanth (Don't laugh, I thought it was rare! >_<) Gen IV: Cresselia and Giratina in Platinum Gen V: Kyurem in Black and I almost used one when I encountered a Shiny Azelf in Black 2. |
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I only own Sapphire, so I've only used the master ball once. I used it on Kyogre, and that was before I knew Rayquaza was in the game. I figured that Kyogre was in Sapphire, Groudon was in ruby, but they wouldn't be in the opposite games with each other, so I figured that Rayquaza wouldn't be an exception and would only be in Emerald.
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Gen I: Zapdos because I ran out of balls ( I was young so I didn't realize to save before batting)
Gen II: Heartgold: I used it on ho-oh because I forgot to by some :/ Soul silver: Raikou because it was so difficult so I got tired of it. Gen III: Didn't use it Gen IV: Didn't use it Gen V: Didn't use it. |
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Gen I: Missingno (Mewtwo when I didnt know Missingno existed and Mew. Im such a glicth lover) (Yellow)
Gen II: I got lucky and never used it (Crystal) Gen III: Latios (Emerald) Gen IV: I dont remember Gen V: Never (B/W 1, never played 2) |
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I used my Masterball on Mewtwo.
I COULD have used a different one, but it just felt right to use the Masterball on him. I reserve it for shinies that have a chance of killing themselves or something of the ilk. Last edited by Cat333Pokémon; February 22, 2014 at 12:28:25 AM. |
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I generally don't use the Master Ball because it's one of those "save it indefinitely for things that probably won't ever pop up in the wold like a shiny Trapinch that could probably be caught in a regular Poké Ball anyway" things.
In other words all it does is take up bytes in my inventory. |
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Well, there are two stories that go along with this topic.
When I first got Pokemon, I didn't really know what a MasterBall was, let alone that they were so hard to get! So, I saw a wild Caterpie... and caught it with a MasterBall. Once I found out what I did, I hated my decision! So, I had to catch Kyogre with an Ultraball -_- Nowadays, I use my Masterball usually for either a roaming legendary or a harder-to-catch legendary. I definitely don't throw it at a Caterpie or Bidoof, but I have used it on a shiny Pokemon! Masterballs in my opinion are overrated. |
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I view MasterBalls are being created for the story-purpose of catching the cover legendary, so out of respect for that I normally use mine on the cover legendary. Sometimes I'll save it for Mewtwo, and when I've gotten to use the Faraway Island event back in Emerald I save my MasterBall for Mew, because the animation is pink and it's a handy M for Mew!
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