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I Used My Master Ball...and I Regret It! - 0kamii - May 21, 2017
Hey, everybody! It's 0kamii, and today I want to start a different discussion of sorts!
So as we all know, you usual only get one Master Ball per game, and unless you hack the game or get super luck in the lottery in Festival Plaza (or clone items), you really need to do some soul-searching before you ultimately decide to hurl that precious ball. Yet sometimes when we do use it, we're not so sure we should've in the aftermath. And thus, to kick off this discussion, I would like to share three stories of my own where I used my Master Ball, when I'm not so sure I should have!
![[Image: 3221408391_1_15_mpugKELj.png]](https://i.skyrock.net/4044/87314044/pics/3221408391_1_15_mpugKELj.png)
Story 1:
Back in 2014 shortly after the release of Pokemon X and Y, I picked up my copy of X and sped through the game like a madman. The main reason was because I wanted to get to Terminus Cave, therein lied my favorite Gen 6 pokemon, Noibat, and subsequently Noivern. Once I had finally arrived there, I spent a good hour searching for one until I just happened to walk under one of those shadows on the floor. A pokemon dropped down and lo and behold, it was a Noibat. It wasn't even Shiny or anything, but I still panicked because I was so excited at the prospect of getting my favorite new pokemon that I absentminded ran to my bag and hurled that Master Ball at it without thinking. Obviously, I caught it. I still have that Noivern to this day, but still I do Shiny hunting in my X version, and I swear there's going to be a day when I'll need a Master Ball to avoid failing a Shiny, and I won't have it because I wasted it on a Noibat.
![[Image: noibat.png]](http://pokemonforever.com/images/pokeimages/gen6/noibat.png)
Story 2:
The next story I wish to share about regretting using a Master Ball is from 2016, just after the release of Pokemon Sun and Moon. I was finishing a replay of Alpha Sapphire version so I could start Shiny hunting some of the legendaries at the mirage spots and, well I like to catch all my Shinies in Poke Balls. Using other balls is just too easy for me, and this even applies to legendary pokemon. Virtually every Shiny legendary I have is in a Poke Ball, and thus, my dumb 2016 self thought that it was okay to chuck my Master Ball at Deoxys during the Delta Episode. I figured I'd never need it otherwise, because I only ever intended on using Poke Balls. This decision soon came back to ALMOST bite me in the butt. After I played through my Moon version, I went back to Alpha Sapphire and hunted a Shiny Dialga, which finally appeared after 2,304 soft-resets. I didn't think anything of it at the time, but the temporal sauropod just didn't want to stay in the ball! I kept track of its PP, and by the time it got to 10 moves left, I was panicking. I decided that it was time to use the Master Ball, and when I looked through my bag to find it...I remembered I wasted it on Deoxys. Oi. You wouldn't believe how idiotic I felt. Thus, I started throwing Timer Balls at it, and luckily I did manage to catch it in time. But still, I should've saved my Master Ball for that Shiny Dialga. It's my favorite Gen 4 legendary, and it would've deserved a proper perch.
![[Image: deoxys.png]](http://pokemonforever.com/images/pokeimages/gen3/deoxys.png)
< ![[Image: 2483-Shiny-Dialga.png]](http://static.pokemonpets.com/images/monsters-images-300-300/2483-Shiny-Dialga.png)
Story 3:
And finally, the last story I want to share comes from just a few days ago. I was Ally/SOS Chaining for a Shiny Exegcute on Exeggutor Island in my Sun version, and after ten hours of chaining, 337 allies later, the little bugger finally appears. However, things quickly went downhill from there. I stupidly forgot that Spore doesn't work on Grass-Types, so I weakened it enough to catch it without inflicting it with a status condition. Thus, it was free to keep calling for allies, rendering me unable to use a Poke Ball on it. And it did this successfully 35 turns in a row! Which, if you don't know anything about Ally Chaining, that is absurd! The odds of an Exeggcute calling for help is usually 9, that's one of the highest rates in the game. Plus being at 1 HP with an Adrenaline Orb guaranteed that it would call for help each turn, but it did not guarantee that one would show up every turn! Obviously, as with Dialga, I was starting to panic. And then, as the universe does, it called ANOTHER Shiny Exeggcute! Which I was forced to knock out. I did manage to snap a few pcitures though, so I have proof. Then, finally, after another ten turns, it failed to call for help. I didn't want to risk losing my Exeggcute, the one that I'd knocked out a Shiny to catch, so I made the implusive decision to use my Master Ball. I caught it, and I've since evolved it into a gorgeous Shiny Alolan Exeggutor, but if I had simply brought along Thunder Wave instead of Spore, I'd still have my Master Ball for a more desire, more deserving situation.
And finally, the last story I want to share comes from just a few days ago. I was Ally/SOS Chaining for a Shiny Exegcute on Exeggutor Island in my Sun version, and after ten hours of chaining, 337 allies later, the little bugger finally appears. However, things quickly went downhill from there. I stupidly forgot that Spore doesn't work on Grass-Types, so I weakened it enough to catch it without inflicting it with a status condition. Thus, it was free to keep calling for allies, rendering me unable to use a Poke Ball on it. And it did this successfully 35 turns in a row! Which, if you don't know anything about Ally Chaining, that is absurd! The odds of an Exeggcute calling for help is usually 9, that's one of the highest rates in the game. Plus being at 1 HP with an Adrenaline Orb guaranteed that it would call for help each turn, but it did not guarantee that one would show up every turn! Obviously, as with Dialga, I was starting to panic. And then, as the universe does, it called ANOTHER Shiny Exeggcute! Which I was forced to knock out. I did manage to snap a few pcitures though, so I have proof. Then, finally, after another ten turns, it failed to call for help. I didn't want to risk losing my Exeggcute, the one that I'd knocked out a Shiny to catch, so I made the implusive decision to use my Master Ball. I caught it, and I've since evolved it into a gorgeous Shiny Alolan Exeggutor, but if I had simply brought along Thunder Wave instead of Spore, I'd still have my Master Ball for a more desire, more deserving situation.
![[Image: 185?cb=20160909010153]](http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/leonhartimvu/images/b/be/Shiny_Exeggcute_AG.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/185?cb=20160909010153)
→ ![[Image: 6okKar.png]](http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ggZ8FIuCBh0/WCPzPlRuTUI/AAAAAAAA7uc/EzoGFQs0h3EmqSCiakA2VCS5O91WcdRFACK4B/s1600/6okKar.png)
- 0kamii
RE: I Used My Master Ball...and I Regret It! - ToxicTarrn - May 21, 2017
I remember when I was playing SoulSilver postgame, I really wanted a Carnivine. Don't know why, but I absolutely loved it (and still do).
I have absolute crap luck, and I had knocked out the first one I'd found in Viridian Forest, so I was getting pretty angry while I kept finding random 'Mon.
Finally encountered the little nuisance, and got so excited that I threw a Master Ball at it.
I named it Sparkles. It wasn't shiny, I just named it Sparkles.
RE: I Used My Master Ball...and I Regret It! - wartty - May 21, 2017
Lol hilarious stories xP I remember wayyy back in the original silver when I was like 6 I got the master ball and held onto it till after I beat the final gym leader and I found myself in that little pond temple thing behind blackthorn city, while surfing around I encounter a Dratini and my 6 year old mind thought it was the most amazing thing ever cause I could never manage one in Pokemon yellow and I proudly hurled my masterball at it xD spent weeks chasing those finicky beasts lol could've used that masterball
RE: I Used My Master Ball...and I Regret It! - Skyla - May 21, 2017
Ran into a shiny Staravia in Pearl and I didn't have any Pokeballs on me other than a Master Ball. So I caught it. It has a bad nature and everything so it was kinda a waste to me. It was like Quiet or Modest I think.
RE: I Used My Master Ball...and I Regret It! - 0kamii - May 21, 2017
@ToxicTarrn So your story is a bit similar to Story 1 about the Noibat. Yeah, I can completely understand that giddy feeling you get when you find the pokemon you wanted so much. And I also understand how logic and reason seems to fly out the door once that happens. I wonder, do you still have Sparkles, or has he since been lost in transfer?
@wartty I know the pain there, friend. I remember surfing through Dragon's Den and finding a Dratini for the first time too. I added it to my team without realizing you could get a better one from the master a few minutes later. I still have that Extreme Speed Dragonite, I used it for my living dex. May he be immortalized in this way forever.
@Skyla But it's a Shiny! Even if it has a bad nature you should be happy. And in Pearl version too! That's a 1/8192 chance. Much rarer than today. The Exeggcute I mentioned in Story 3 has a Quirky nature, so that's not the greatest and I'm still glad to have it. I don't think it was a waste. A pre-Gen 6 Shiny is quite a treasure indeed, so you should feel proud of yourself!
RE: I Used My Master Ball...and I Regret It! - Oddish 4 ever - May 21, 2017
I remember in Alpha Sapphire I used my master ball right away on Rayqauza, then when Deoxys came around he just would no stay in the great balls
so I killed him out of rage 
poor Deoxys, just stay in the ball next time. Please 
RE: I Used My Master Ball...and I Regret It! - ToxicTarrn - May 21, 2017
@0kamii I do still have Sparkles, I'd transferred it from SS to Black and then through Pokemon Bank/Transporter (Which I sadly don't have anymore) to Sun. It's somewhere in my mess of PC boxes.
I'm reorganizing them today, so I'll find him and take a photo or something.
And by "reorganizing them today," I mean spending several weeks trying to fix the PC boxes so I can find things.
lol
RE: I Used My Master Ball...and I Regret It! - Blank - May 21, 2017
I had to use the master ball in Platinum when I found a shiny Azelf. It was a really quick hunt, under 100 SRs. I tracked the PP it had left and started to panic when it dropped below 10. I had to use my master ball on it, but there is no way that I am going to shiny hunt any legendaries without a confirmed capture, so I reset the game and soft reseted for a shiny Chimchar. I got that one in 602 SRs. Now I'm working on shiny Spiritomb. Just really dissapointed that I had to transfer my shiny Giratina that I spent over a year and a half getting becuase I had to use my master ball and wasn't going to shiny hunt without one.
RE: I Used My Master Ball...and I Regret It! - 0kamii - May 22, 2017
@Oddish 4 ever Hey, Oddish! I actually did the same thing the first time I played Alpha Sapphire. I didn't think that they'd throw a mythical pokemon into the main story, so I've used my Master Ball on Rayquaza too. I guess Deoxys' appearance blindsided everyone, huh?
@ToxicTarrn I would love to see a screenshot of your beloved Sparkles. That'd be really cool to see a pokemon that you caught in Gen 4 transferred all the way up tp Gen 7. Also, the second half of your comment may have given me a new idea for a post! Stay updated and see!
@Blank Under 100, and then 602 resets? In Platinum?! It sounds to me like you are a full-odds hunter, and that means you have my utmost respect. I never thought of resetting my game so that I could have a guaranteed capture method in the event that I'm really unlucky with a catch. Obviously, I don't think I'll start doing this, but if you're willing to play through an entire game, and then full-odds hunt a Shiny every time just to have a guaranteed capture...power to you my friend! Bravo, indeed!
- 0kamii
RE: I Used My Master Ball...and I Regret It! - Oddish 4 ever - May 28, 2017
I just used it on Tapu Koko, I named him Rodeo. Really hoping nothing really cool appears.