Various Shadow Pokémon have special catch rates programmed in, and the "Shadow Pokémon (XD)" option will account for those, but Lugia does not, so it should just use Lugia's normal catch rate of 3, unless there's some evidence otherwise that has not been brought to my attention.
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It is, indeed!
Without using the Master Ball, you have two other options:
1. Roaming legendaries have a unique property in that they can be re-encountered, as long as they are neither caught nor defeated. If you chip away at their health or give them a status effect in one encounter, they'll retain that condition for the next encounter. So you can make cathing them a multi-encounter endeavor. After the first encounter, you can track their location via either the Pokédex in Gen III, or the tracking tool in Gen IV.
2. You can use, Arena Trap, Shadow Tag or Mean Look to prevent the roaming legendary from fleeing.
Note: In gen 3, fallen wild legendaries are permanently unobtainable. But in gen 4, a completion of the Pokémon League should trigger a revive of all fallen wild legendaries.
Note 2: There is a problematic bug in Fire Red & Leaf Green, specifically, where if the roaming legendary beast uses 'Roar' to aid its escape, it will permanently disappear from the game. All three beasts have the move. For that reason, you might want to strongly consider still using the Master Ball in FR/LG. Otherwise there are moves and abilities that can cancel out 'Roar' as well.
Various Shadow Pokémon have special catch rates programmed in, and the "Shadow Pokémon (XD)" option will account for those, but Lugia does not, so it should just use Lugia's normal catch rate of 3, unless there's some evidence otherwise that has not been brought to my attention.
I guess the ome question I have is regarding XD: Gale of Darkness?
Will this calculator give correct results for XD001 by just typing 'Lugia,' level 50, and Shadow (XD)?
Or might XD001 have some other unique property that might deviate it from a regular Lugia's calculation?
It definitely is - generally you'll want to trap it so it can't escape with a move like Mean Look, put it to sleep, and then throw balls.
Is it even possible to catch a wandering pokemon without the master ball x_x
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95% chance to catch Raikou in 186 balls T_T
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LMFAO same struggling with this
Um… It was helpful ^_^ thx.
I have nothing to say i just want to brag that I got a shiny paras. It doesn't change mostly anything apart from the mushroom being a pale shade of pink
Great website thanks! Currently trying to get Lugia in Soul Silver with ultra balls. Apparently it's going to be a tough one!
Man I love this website. Currently trying to catch a level 4 darkrai with pokeballs bc of it being a randomizer T-T
ty! would love if this had a safari zone capture calculator too
As a shiny hunter, coming to this website is either a complete relief, or the dooming realization that I have majorly screwed up. Anyway thank you for making this!
The very moment I calculated the odds of catching Uxie (~3%) I caught it instantly. Thanks!
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This website is super useful!
It's helped me loads with completing the pokedex!
This gives me hope
@celestialVulpine: The raw formula and all the math involved are explained on the Gen III/IV capture mechanics page linked near the top of the page!
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