Dec 20, 2014, 08:03 PM
I was reading about how to encounter all the legendaries in ORAS (still can't find that Cresselia) and the blogger was giving tips on how he catches legendaries. And his way seemed very basic, and was quite different to mine. I thought it would be interesting to share my way incase there are people out there accidentally killing their legendary encounters or are new to the games.
My technique is mainly based around decreasing the mon's accuracy so it can't hit you very often, then false swipe the b*****d, then paralysing them so their chance to hit drops another 50% or you can put them to sleep for the better catch rate, and finally throw the premiere balls (or what ever balls you are partial too) using tanks and walls in case that stray attack blasts through. Chances are you will eventually catch the blighter.
The team I use for this is:
Zapdos is good. As it can fly you places and has access to flash for the accuracy stat decrease and Thunder Wave for the paralysis. Plus with the right investment it can be pretty bulky. Though do not have Zapdos out for long as it's ability 'Pressure' will cause the legendary to lose PP at a quicker rate, and the last thing you want is the legendary 'Struggle'-ing
Mega-Venusaur is a good one too. Bulky. Thick Fat. Sleep Powder (if you're into that faff). and also flashes to get that accuracy down.
Scizor with a full investment in attack and has access to False Swipe to get that legendary to 1HP bosses it. but to be honest any heavy hitter with access to False Swipe will do
The rest of your party should be tanky back ups. Mons that can use status effects, or accuracy stat decreases.
Snorlax
Chansey (evolite)
Metagross
but it honestly doesn't matter.
And that's that. This method has worked charms for me since the original Red and Blue games. I recommend 100% of the time saving before a legendary encounter as accidents happen. So when that accident happens you can safely 'Soft Reset' (L + R + START) and try again.
My technique is mainly based around decreasing the mon's accuracy so it can't hit you very often, then false swipe the b*****d, then paralysing them so their chance to hit drops another 50% or you can put them to sleep for the better catch rate, and finally throw the premiere balls (or what ever balls you are partial too) using tanks and walls in case that stray attack blasts through. Chances are you will eventually catch the blighter.
The team I use for this is:
Zapdos is good. As it can fly you places and has access to flash for the accuracy stat decrease and Thunder Wave for the paralysis. Plus with the right investment it can be pretty bulky. Though do not have Zapdos out for long as it's ability 'Pressure' will cause the legendary to lose PP at a quicker rate, and the last thing you want is the legendary 'Struggle'-ing
Mega-Venusaur is a good one too. Bulky. Thick Fat. Sleep Powder (if you're into that faff). and also flashes to get that accuracy down.
Scizor with a full investment in attack and has access to False Swipe to get that legendary to 1HP bosses it. but to be honest any heavy hitter with access to False Swipe will do
The rest of your party should be tanky back ups. Mons that can use status effects, or accuracy stat decreases.
Snorlax
Chansey (evolite)
Metagross
but it honestly doesn't matter.
And that's that. This method has worked charms for me since the original Red and Blue games. I recommend 100% of the time saving before a legendary encounter as accidents happen. So when that accident happens you can safely 'Soft Reset' (L + R + START) and try again.
