Groudon

[Finchy]

This thing is seriously getting on my nerves. I wanted to catch both the legendaries; Kyogre and Groudon. I caught Kyogre, and that was all fine and dandy, and I was very pleased with myself. I then tried to go for Groudon.
I bought 30 Ultra Balls, wore him down to like 5hp while he was in rest mode, threw every single one of them at him. None worked.
Later, I rethought my tactic and decided to use Timer Balls for him. The battle lasted for 40 minutes. I got Groudon to the point where he had to use Struggle. I had him asleep, and health in the red once again, and still no luck. I was quite literally ready to pull my own hair out :sad:

So, my questions is, do you guys have any miraculous tactic to help me here? (Apart from the masterball, I used that on Rayquaza :oops: )

[mlugia]

Something to put it to sleep will help a lot. Other than that... No, not really, just keep chucking balls.

[Alonso]

Apart from what mlugia said, you could put him to sleep and land an attack from a level 2 pokemon when his life is low but it is not on zero it it doesn't seem to be on level zero even if he has one pixel of HP left.

[Pokemaniac28]

This thing is seriously getting on my nerves. I wanted to catch both the legendaries; Kyogre and Groudon. I caught Kyogre, and that was all fine and dandy, and I was very pleased with myself. I then tried to go for Groudon.
I bought 30 Ultra Balls, wore him down to like 5hp while he was in rest mode, threw every single one of them at him. None worked.
Later, I rethought my tactic and decided to use Timer Balls for him. The battle lasted for 40 minutes. I got Groudon to the point where he had to use Struggle. I had him asleep, and health in the red once again, and still no luck. I was quite literally ready to pull my own hair out :sad:

So, my questions is, do you guys have any miraculous tactic to help me here? (Apart from the masterball, I used that on Rayquaza :oops: )

Lol i caught him on my first try with a ultra ball. You should also try to paralyze him but if he goes to sleep forget it

[JadeShinra]

This thing is seriously getting on my nerves. I wanted to catch both the legendaries; Kyogre and Groudon. I caught Kyogre, and that was all fine and dandy, and I was very pleased with myself. I then tried to go for Groudon.
I bought 30 Ultra Balls, wore him down to like 5hp while he was in rest mode, threw every single one of them at him. None worked.
Later, I rethought my tactic and decided to use Timer Balls for him. The battle lasted for 40 minutes. I got Groudon to the point where he had to use Struggle. I had him asleep, and health in the red once again, and still no luck. I was quite literally ready to pull my own hair out :sad:

So, my questions is, do you guys have any miraculous tactic to help me here? (Apart from the masterball, I used that on Rayquaza :oops: )

Get 99 Ultra Balls first, if you can afford it(If you can't, at least have 50). This should be a safety net for you when you battle Groudon. I find having Confusion and Paralyzion at hand fairly helpful in a battle. Then wittle it down low enough so that the bar is red and has both Confusion and Paralyzion( if you can get both on Groudon.), then chuck the Ultra Balls.

DO NOT USE: Electric (Weak to Groudon), Water (Very strong and could destroy Groudon), and Grass (Same reason for Water)

Things you should have: I would suggest a Psychic (W/ Confuse Ray known), a Pokemon that can use Body Slam (For Paralyzion), a very high defensive Pokemon, and a Flygon (LEvitate for Earthquake, and Ground Type for strength against other of Groudon's Ground attacks.). Also carry some Leppa Berries or Ethers for PP restoration.

P.S: Also I wouldn't have used your Master Ball on Rayquaza. I would have saved it for Latios and Latias because they run away at first sight(I think), like Entei, Raikou, and Suicune.

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[Pika57]

Get a Pokemon that knows flase swipe. It does half your opponents remaining hp in damage.

[Seawolf]

DO NOT USE: Water (Very strong and could destroy Groudon)

False. Groudon's ability (an instant Sunny Day) makes Water attacks 50% less effective than normal. I used Hydro Pump twice on it with Milotic, and I think I only got him down to halfway health. Water Pokemon, strangely, aren't much use against fighting Groudon thanks to this. He'll just take them down quickly with a ready-to-use Solarbeam.

As for advice, you need MUCH more Ultra Balls than 30. I think I bought 55 and went through practically all of them when I finally caught Groudon. Putting it to sleep or paralysis will help you greatly; I have found that confusion will not really help you in the long run. Get him down on the lowest HP possible, and keep chucking Pokeballs at him.

It may take awhile, especially since Groudon knows Rest. But the most important thing is to be patient and keep trying. You'll get him eventually. :wink:

[Brainiac]

Actually, a pokemon that knows false swipe is very good, because it can never make the target faint, but it still has only 40 power, and doesn't lower a pokemons HP by half unless it is a weak pokemon. If you want to catch groudon, all I can say is to keep trying, because oober's have a very low catch rate, so the only sure way to catch them is by a master ball, no matter how weak you may have made their health. The best cacher that I can think of is a cross bred parasect, because than it can have false swipe from a scyther and spore, a sleep move with 100% accuracy!

[Tahir123]

This thing is seriously getting on my nerves. I wanted to catch both the legendaries; Kyogre and Groudon. I caught Kyogre, and that was all fine and dandy, and I was very pleased with myself. I then tried to go for Groudon.
I bought 30 Ultra Balls, wore him down to like 5hp while he was in rest mode, threw every single one of them at him. None worked.
Later, I rethought my tactic and decided to use Timer Balls for him. The battle lasted for 40 minutes. I got Groudon to the point where he had to use Struggle. I had him asleep, and health in the red once again, and still no luck. I was quite literally ready to pull my own hair out :sad:

So, my questions is, do you guys have any miraculous tactic to help me here? (Apart from the masterball, I used that on Rayquaza :oops: )
Put it to sleep.It's really just luck.Legendaries are tough to catch.When I was fighting Zapdos it was at 1 HP and asleep and yet it put up a heck of a fight.

[pkmn trainer Vincent]

This thing is seriously getting on my nerves. I wanted to catch both the legendaries; Kyogre and Groudon. I caught Kyogre, and that was all fine and dandy, and I was very pleased with myself. I then tried to go for Groudon.
I bought 30 Ultra Balls, wore him down to like 5hp while he was in rest mode, threw every single one of them at him. None worked.
Later, I rethought my tactic and decided to use Timer Balls for him. The battle lasted for 40 minutes. I got Groudon to the point where he had to use Struggle. I had him asleep, and health in the red once again, and still no luck. I was quite literally ready to pull my own hair out :sad:

So, my questions is, do you guys have any miraculous tactic to help me here? (Apart from the masterball, I used that on Rayquaza :oops: )



lol i paralyzed the foe and used ultra balls. try paralysis

[sonano]

don't use a level 2, get it quite low Hp and keep using false swipe, much more efficiant and you can't faint it!

[mlugia]

False. Groudon's ability (an instant Sunny Day) makes Water attacks 50% less effective than normal. I used Hydro Pump twice on it with Milotic, and I think I only got him down to halfway health. Water Pokemon, strangely, aren't much use against fighting Groudon thanks to this. He'll just take them down quickly with a ready-to-use Solarbeam.

As for advice, you need MUCH more Ultra Balls than 30. I think I bought 55 and went through practically all of them when I finally caught Groudon. Putting it to sleep or paralysis will help you greatly; I have found that confusion will not really help you in the long run. Get him down on the lowest HP possible, and keep chucking Pokeballs at him.

It may take awhile, especially since Groudon knows Rest. But the most important thing is to be patient and keep trying. You'll get him eventually. :wink:
Dusclops used Imprison, anyone? :p

Just kidding.

[Finchy]

Hurrah! I finally caught him! I now have Kyogre, Groudon and Rayquaza in my squad guys. Thanks for the help :biggrin:

[Finch]

Finchy, meaning Finch-like?

Ah, so we must have much in common.

Good luck owning all the big popular pokemon!

[Sudo]

Well, try paralysis. It worked for me.

But just keep trying to catch it. It'll give in eventually. =/

EDIT: I didn't realise you'd already got him. X(

[Pokemon Trainer Sarah]

Seeing the elusive Groudon has been captured...

*Locked