How to Heighten the Catch Rate for a Pokemon
Pokemon players attempt to capture Pokemon for battles with fellow fans of the video game series. The games use many different formulas and statistics for calculating the seemingly simple player commands. Catch rates heavily influence the rarity of Pokemon and raising these allows a player to quickly capture and train new monsters. Pokemon games have evolved over time, adding new modifiers to catch rates in each successive game. Techniques for increasing catch rates vary, but a few commonalities exist across all titles.
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Instructions
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Start a battle with the Pokemon you wish to capture. Pokemon appear at random throughout the games, typically in tall grass or caves. Wild Pokemon attack players as they wander through defined routes and areas where Pokemon live.
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Damage the wild Pokemon with your own creature. Dropping an enemy Pokemon's health into the red zone, located at the bottom third of its health bar, drastically raises the chances to capture the monster.
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Inflict status conditions upon the wild Pokemon. Sleep and Paralyze effects greatly increase the chance to capture a Pokemon. Lesser effects such as burn and poison offer lower levels of heightened catch rates.
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Use a Pokeball item specific to the creature targeted. Dusk balls work well on Pokemon that only emerge at night, while Fast Balls easily capture monsters with speeds over 100. Other balls, such as the Love Ball, provide the highest bonuses, but only apply to Pokemon of the same type and opposite gender.
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Tips & Warnings
Pokemon cannot escape the Master Ball; it always works, but normally appears only once per Pokemon game.
Players can never raise the catch rate for Pokemon belonging to other trainers or non-player character foes.
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