Articuno Tips

[1shorty1]

Hey, im shorty.

can anybody help me to catch an articuno as i have neva even bothered attempting it before all i used to do was catch the moltres and zapds but i couldneva of bin bothered to try for an articuno so i thought tht i should go and try it out and then i relisied he is hard.

ive wasted liek 40 ultra balls and i keep reseting and goign for it again , i alwasys low his health to about 1 or 2 hp and put him to sleep but he brakes out of the ball straight away

one time it got onto the last bit of catching him then he broke out i was like and so upset so anybody got anytips?

;144; << evil bird

 

[Nicole5529]

Well I would keep my Masterball and then use it on my "most wanted" pokémon. But since you have tried basicly EVERYTHING, I don't know... it's basicly just luck. I once caught a Rayquaza with a Great Ball

 

[Comis Patronus]

I don't know... it's basicly just luck

It's not about being lucky. Just bring Pokemon that can inflict enough damage to red, have tons of balls, and have Pokemon which inflict a status condition(I recommend paralysis). I caught him no sweat with only 2 Pokeball tries. Keep in mind the nature.

 

[Nightcat]

It's not about being lucky.

Well, I would rephrase that to "it's not just about being lucky", because I find that about half of it is based on luck. Once I got a lvl 60 lugia to wiggle 3 times in a great ball (or maybe ultra) in gold version with green health and paralyzed.

 

[Cuiv]

Yeah, it really is "all luck". I mean, you do have to have the sense to get it into the red and Paralyzed, Asleep or Frozen, but, after that, just toss Ultra Balls and hope. Articuno is no harder to catch than Zapdos or Moltres, it just depends on your luck.

 

[Comis Patronus]

Yeah, it really is "all luck". I mean, you do have to have the sense to get it into the red and Paralyzed, Asleep or Frozen, but, after that, just toss Ultra Balls and hope. Articuno is no harder to catch than Zapdos or Moltres, it just depends on your luck.

Alright no need to press on it. Anyway, it is not that much harder. As a Pokemon Veteran, they should be easier to catch than the Regis.

 

[Houndoomsday2]

I just caught an Articuno on the first ultra ball I threw. It was on the second round, I used dragonite LV 75 flamethrower on it and then threw one ultra ball on my first try. Holla !

 

[1shorty1]

yes i got it to like 1 or 2 hp left an put it to sleep. think i should try paralysing it instead?

 

[PhiJer]

I caught all of my pkmns with pokeballs/greatballs. use false swipe and paralyze them and try alot

 

[MagmaEmperor]

Yeah like the above poster said false swipe and paralyze them.

Well I would keep my Masterball and then use it on my "most wanted" pokémon. But since you have tried basicly EVERYTHING, I don't know... it's basicly just luck. I once caught a Rayquaza with a Great Ball

I could have i just was like screw it Masterball time

 

[1shorty1]

ok guys thanx for the tips!

anyway ive jsut caught a moltres and im goging to go catch the zapdos now its jsut the articuno i cant catch :S for sum reason.

 

[cameron mathena]

Hey, im shorty.

can anybody help me to catch an articuno as i have neva even bothered attempting it before all i used to do was catch the moltres and zapds but i couldneva of bin bothered to try for an articuno so i thought tht i should go and try it out and then i relisied he is hard.

ive wasted liek 40 ultra balls and i keep reseting and goign for it again , i alwasys low his health to about 1 or 2 hp and put him to sleep but he brakes out of the ball straight away

one time it got onto the last bit of catching him then he broke out i was like and so upset so anybody got anytips?

;144; << evil bird

go to one of the island where the move tutor is and just maybe if you are far enough in your game you go to that lady and buy timer balls they are just as good as master balls the best pokemon to catch your articuno is snorlax
with heat and cold protection if you dont have one mate a pokemon that will like to mate with snorlax

buy at least 40 timer balls and 50 ultra balls and 30 full restores
the snorlax need to be about level 55

 

[Magma Instinct]

It didn't take me that much trouble to catch the birds, I always just catch my legendarys with a simple pokeball. =}

My tip is that to use simple ultra balls over and over, they cant last forever/.

 

[cameron mathena]

Yeah, it really is "all luck". I mean, you do have to have the sense to get it into the red and Paralyzed, Asleep or Frozen, but, after that, just toss Ultra Balls and hope. Articuno is no harder to catch than Zapdos or Moltres, it just depends on your luck.

it does not depend on luck it depend on what the pokemons nature is like say
if you saved the game before it fainted it turned it back on the nature has changed if you dont believe me do this have four pokemon in your party one master ball save the game before it catch it check the nature of it turn it back off catch it again with the master ball check the nature again the nature has changed

 

[Magma Instinct]

It is chance, there is no such thing a luck, just chance.

 

[shauntheiceman]

i caught it using raichu with thunderbolt and thunder wave and i had around 30 utral balls and 20 great balls and i caught it with 3 balls remaining

 

[Moonlight.]

it does not depend on luck it depend on what the pokemons nature is like say
if you saved the game before it fainted it turned it back on the nature has changed if you dont believe me do this have four pokemon in your party one master ball save the game before it catch it check the nature of it turn it back off catch it again with the master ball check the nature again the nature has changed

The nature has nothing to do with it.

Keep trying. It is MAINLY to do with luck, and even though you've lowered its HP and given it a status condition it doesn't mean you're sure to catch it, just that the chances are higher. A good thing to do is switch to something that can take hits (maybe a lv100) after you've weakened it so you can stall it and use timer balls after about 30 turns.

 

[1shorty1]

thanks i dint know that you can buy timer balls from one of the islands im actualy jsut catching zapdos and artixcuno and then im gogin for the elite four so cvan ya buy timer balls b4 or after elite 4?

 

[1shorty1]

ive now caught the zapdos! now i have only got to catch tht god damn articuno >.< btw you know the timer balls can ya only buy them after you beat the elite 4?

 

[Theneedleman]

You might want to try lowering Articuno's HP to yellow instead of red, if its that hard.