XY Pokémon X / Y Capture Rates and Mechanics
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RE: Shaking Your 3DS to Catch Pokémon?
What I'm driving at is people should be using actual numbers rather than vague "This worked/didn't work for me!" claims.
As people tend to remember uncommon events more distinctly than common ones, it introduces a selection bias that skews any conclusion you'd draw out of this. The solution is to collect raw, unbiased data (e.g. what I mentioned in my first post).
I agree that anything is possible, but possibilities can only be confirmed with a sensible methodology. :Y
PokeChimpo said:
What I'm driving at is people should be using actual numbers rather than vague "This worked/didn't work for me!" claims.
As people tend to remember uncommon events more distinctly than common ones, it introduces a selection bias that skews any conclusion you'd draw out of this. The solution is to collect raw, unbiased data (e.g. what I mentioned in my first post).
I agree that anything is possible, but possibilities can only be confirmed with a sensible methodology. :Y
RE: Shaking your 3DS to catch Pokémon?
I heard that it depends on the number and variety of pokemon you catch to increase the chances of a Crit capture
Wailady said:
I heard that it depends on the number and variety of pokemon you catch to increase the chances of a Crit capture
RE: Shaking your 3DS to catch Pokémon?
If it's more than two shakes, OP is playing with their 3ds. I'm sorry, I couldn't resist.
Wilderness said:Remember guys, anything more than two shakes...
If it's more than two shakes, OP is playing with their 3ds. I'm sorry, I couldn't resist.
RE: Shaking Your 3DS to Catch Pokémon?
I don't think that's true. Source?
xxashxx said:Also not to mention some Pokemon with a certain type of characteristic like lax or adamant are easier or harder depending on nature.
I don't think that's true. Source?
RE: Shaking Your 3DS to Catch Pokémon?
I'm not sure how the natures and characteristics would affect how easy or hard pokemon are to catch. Would you be willing to give a source? I am quite curious about this, true or not.
xxashxx said:Also not to mention some Pokemon with a certain type of characteristic like lax or adamant are easier or harder depending on nature.
I'm not sure how the natures and characteristics would affect how easy or hard pokemon are to catch. Would you be willing to give a source? I am quite curious about this, true or not.
RE: Shaking Your 3DS to Catch Pokémon?
I have found this out myself when I was catching junk Pokemon for events I was trading for in 5th gen and previous games before 5th gen. Serious Natures are usually harder to catch if the Pokemon is at level 4. You would have to fetch 3 or 4 Ultra Balls before the Pokemon would be caught. Lax Natures tend to be very easy.
I have found this out myself when I was catching junk Pokemon for events I was trading for in 5th gen and previous games before 5th gen. Serious Natures are usually harder to catch if the Pokemon is at level 4. You would have to fetch 3 or 4 Ultra Balls before the Pokemon would be caught. Lax Natures tend to be very easy.
RE: Shaking Your 3DS to Catch Pokémon?
The nature has so far not affected capture rates. I don't think they added it in this generation either. I believe you were just (un)lucky in some of those captures.
I also changed the title of this thread to allow a broader discussion.
The nature has so far not affected capture rates. I don't think they added it in this generation either. I believe you were just (un)lucky in some of those captures.
I also changed the title of this thread to allow a broader discussion.
Hey i must be special because I just throw out a ultra ball 1-3 times on a full health ed pokemon and i capture it is that normal or am i really special i`ve been doing this scene emerald and it works for me even on legendary`s i`ve done it like Girintina or Kyurem and they have high capture rates don`t they
RE: Shaking Your 3DS to Catch Pokémon?
For critical capturing, I think it goes one both. I have gotten it multiple times with different pokeballs and the like and was certainly surprised the first time. Whereas meanwhile I have 500 or so seen and maybe lower 300s logged in; but I got critical captures beforehand too
xxashxx said:Well is that on seen or actually caught? Right now I have seen 500 Pokemon exactly and have roughly 340 Pokemon caught XD.
For critical capturing, I think it goes one both. I have gotten it multiple times with different pokeballs and the like and was certainly surprised the first time. Whereas meanwhile I have 500 or so seen and maybe lower 300s logged in; but I got critical captures beforehand too
Check said:
First of all, there's this thing called punctuation...
But on a serious note, you're either trolling or really lucky. The only legendaries that have extremely high catch rates are Reshiram and Zekrom, but that's because you actually have to catch them for the storyline to proceed. I easily caught Yveltal in Y as well, so Xerneas and Yveltal may have similar high capture rates, though I'm not sure of this. I may have just gotten lucky.
Mewtwo has a high catch rate as well . I caught Mewtwo on my X with only 4 Ultra Balls. Either that I was just lucky. The Birds have a high catch rate. For example catching my Zapdos on my LG took only 6 Poke Balls. I mentioned that in another thread post but not sure if anyone saw that post.
xxashxx said:Mewtwo has a high catch rate as well . I caught Mewtwo on my X with only 4 Ultra Balls. Either that I was just lucky. The Birds have a high catch rate. For example catching my Zapdos on my LG took only 6 Poke Balls. I mentioned that in another thread post but not sure if anyone saw that post.
Mewtwo gave me a bit of trouble, though definitely not as much as in HG/SS and FireRed. I think the Zapdos on your LeafGreen game was a fluke, I remember the birds being extremely difficult for me, I wasted around 30 Ultra Balls on each one average, and that was with them at minimal health and put to sleep >.>
In any case, what do you make of GF making legendaries easier to catch? Personally, I'm not really a fan. Catching legendaries used to be a true challenge, with many of them having frustrating healing moves and extremely low catch rates. It used to take forever, but that was kind of the fun, wasn't it? When finally, after multiple soft resets and dozens of Ultra Balls, you finally got that satisfying "click". I miss the excitement of that moment, when mighty Giratina or Rayquaza finally succumbed to your might and agreed to follow you on your journey. So many feels...