Catching Methods

[Battlestar]

I usually try to parylaze the poke i want to

 

[GuardChomp]

Today I was trying to catch a virziron. I combined all three of the techniques I mentioned above & still could catch it. After setting up all of this... look who decided to show up! critical capture! After 20+ turns of hell setting up with Emolgas & Lilligant.

 

[Weez1990]

False Swipe and Thunder Wave is the best method for me.
I still have that habit of holding Down and A whenever I throw a Pokéball, even though it doesn't do anything XD

 

[metagrody6]

Spam premier balls and cherish balls.

 

[Kalosian]

I usually get them down to 1 HP with False Swipe (unless its a Ghost-type or it has a recoil move), then put it to sleep or paralyze it in case I do not have a Sleeper with me at the moment. When that is done, I throw the ball(s) that has the highest chance of a capture.

 

[Danny1221]

False swipe plus thunder wave, and ultra balls or others if useful.

What is a critical capture?

 

[Bolt the Cat]

For non-legends, I just use False Swipe+Ultra Ball. For legends, I do pretty much the same thing but bring about 25-50 Ultra Balls and 20-25 Timer Balls and sometimes use a status condition if I have one. Runners are a bit complicated, though. First thing I do is try to weaken it with a relatively powerful attack until its HP is in the red. Then, the next time I fight it I bring a high level Wobbuffet (you can catch Lv. 60 Wobbuffets in Cerulean Cave in FRLG) and thanks to Shadow Tag and its stupidly high HP, it'll sponge up hits while I keep throwing Ultra/Timer Balls at it until I catch it.

What is a critical capture?

http://www.serebii.net/blackwhite/capture.shtml

Spam premier balls and cherish balls.

Is this your idea of a joke? You know you can't use Cherish Balls without hacking. And Premier Balls are only as effective as normal Poke Balls, so they're utterly useless.

 

[Charmanderman]

I use False Swipe, False Swipe is your friend!

 

[GuardChomp]

Spam premier balls and cherish balls.

Your Joking... Right? Cherish balls are illegal.

 

[azurimon]

I bring out a Pokemon with a type disadvantage to the Pokemon I want to catch, so that I can carefully weaken it. Induce a status problem too, if possible.

Then I hit the A button + down on the control pad when the pokeball captures it, then tap A repeatedly when it wiggles. I used to alternate A + B button taps, but that was in Gen. I and II. :] /habit

 

[iplaypokemon]

I press "A" really fast as soon as the Poke Ball closes.

 

[FireTypeLover]

False Swipe.

If I don't have False Swipe on hand, put them to sleep, freeze them, burn them, paralyze them, or poison them. (but I obviously have to be careful not to faint them...)

AND of course the thing that the user two posts before me wrote in small text.

 

[Squirel Princess]

When pokeball closes press ABA when it flashes then click A every time the ball moves. It helped me catch a Thundorus with just a pokeball. After I got into the battle with it I realized that I only had 1 pokeball with me. I don't know which method works better so I do them both

 

[BurningSociety12345543210]

Usually, I walk in the tall grass.

 

[Nymza]

I red health them, then just throw regular pokeballs.

 

[Alex048]

Mash A-button repeatedly. Rinse and repeat.

 

[PokeMEN]

when I chain pokemon I always falso swipe then ultra ball them. quick and easy

 

[Silverwindstudios]

I quick ball spam for random pokemon. If I'm going up against a Ditto, I give the first pokemon in my party a smoke ball and I make it a pokemon like rattata, or something. then I switch, and use a repeat ball on it. Simple.
I use Victini's thunder wave to catch legends.

 

[lucario beast]

i usualy start off with a quick ball then i try to sleep or paralyze it usualy paralyze then damage it down to red or as low as i can get it then i usualy throw ultra balls unless its night then dusk and ultra balls untill its cot

 

[pikadon92]

Without false swipe, I usually use not-very-effect moves so that while it weakens the pokemon, it doesn't KO them. Doesn't always work though because of critical hits.