What A Catch

Chekt · **Posted:** Tue Sep 28, 2010 5:59 pm

Now, throwing a heavy ball at Arceus would give it a catch rate of 33, and that's pretty good.

impmon08 · **Joined:** Mon Feb 25, 2008 10:10 pm **Posts:** 6608

I generally always used ultra balls to catch a legendary, unless I can be assed to check if there is some kinda specialty ball that'll make it easier.

Colaya · **Joined:** Mon Feb 08, 2010 1:45 am **Posts:** 40

This has happened to every single person who has played any Pokemon game ever.

Wordsmith · **Posted:** Tue Sep 28, 2010 6:33 pm

Personally I only use ultra balls

Because Im just OCD like that and need all pokemon in "normal" pokeballs. (pokeballs, greatballs, ultraballs, masterballs)

DoNotDelete · **Posted:** Tue Sep 28, 2010 6:34 pm

Colaya wrote:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v175/1234554321/AbraComic.png

This has happened to every single person who has played any Pokemon game ever.

It just so happens I'm training up a Trapinch which has 'Arena Trap' in an area where Abras frequently appear.

They try to Teleport away but they fail epically and my Trapinch is all 'trollface.png'.

Wordsmith wrote:

Personally I only use ultra balls

Because Im just OCD like that and need all pokemon in "normal" pokeballs. (pokeballs, greatballs, ultraballs, masterballs)

I go out of my way to catch certain Pokemon in certain Pokeballs.

Seviper belong in Repeat Balls.

Sometimes I make a point of catching a Pokemon in a Premier Ball if it's one I really like.

Neko · **Posted:** Tue Sep 28, 2010 6:45 pm

Did the pokemon thread move into here?

DoNotDelete · **Posted:** Tue Sep 28, 2010 6:49 pm

Every thread is the Pokemon thread.

Neko · **Posted:** Tue Sep 28, 2010 6:59 pm

every thread is the moderator thread

Valbrandur · **Posted:** Tue Sep 28, 2010 8:47 pm

All topics are Kateh's propertay and ya darn foreigners need to get off it.

Now get!

Icalasari · **Joined:** Mon Aug 09, 2010 10:08 pm **Posts:** 67

The heavy ball is pathetic for more common Pokemon, but can be insanely good against certain legendaries

[Citation Needed] · **Posted:** Wed Sep 29, 2010 12:17 am

Icalasari wrote:

The heavy ball is pathetic for more common Pokemon, but can be insanely good against certain legendaries

>Wailord

SharpEdge · **Joined:** Tue Aug 14, 2007 5:37 pm **Posts:** 128

Quote:

The exact formula is as follows

Where

HPmax is the number of hit points the Cockfighting Society has at full health,

HPcurrent is the number of hit points the Cockfighting Society has at the moment,

rate is the catch rate of the Cockfighting Society,

bonusball is the multiplier for the Poké Ball used, and

bonusstatus is the multiplier for any status ailment the Cockfighting Society has (2 for sleep and freeze, 1.5 for paralyze, poison and burn).

Given this formula, the maximum value for a (if the Cockfighting Society could have 0 HP) would be catch rate × bonusball × bonusstatus. The minimum value for a (for a Cockfighting Society with full health) would be ⅓ × catch rate.

Calculate b as follows:

Then generate 4 random numbers between 0 and 65535, inclusive. For each number, check whether it's less than b; if so, the ball shakes once. If any number is greater than or equal to b, the Cockfighting Society immediately breaks free. If all four of the numbers are less than b, then the Cockfighting Society is caught. Note that if a is 255 or greater, then b is 65535 or greater, and then the Cockfighting Society is guaranteed to be caught.

Therefore, the probability p of catching a Cockfighting Society, given the values a and b calculated above, is:

Et cetera.

Pokemon.

Serious Business...

[Citation Needed] · **Posted:** Wed Sep 29, 2010 12:24 am

How is that serious? It's really simple. :/

Chekt · **Posted:** Wed Sep 29, 2010 12:25 am

I did the math, and assuming that the Arceus has 300 HP, and you got it down to 1 HP, than using and Ultra Ball you would have about 6% chance of catching it.
But with a Heavy Ball it would have a 32% chance or so...

Someone check my math in case I am missing a glaring problem...

Catch Rate= ((3* Max HP - 2* Current HP) * Catch Rate * Ball Bonus) / (3* Max HP) * Status Bonus
I think I typed that up right...
Heavy Balls give + 30 Catch rate for Arceus

Oh god, I didn't even see that this was basically just posted...

Stranaton · **Posted:** Wed Sep 29, 2010 12:26 am

[Citation Needed] wrote:

How is that serious? It's really simple. :/

There's a reason why it's called a JRPG: you can find the base equation for every aspect. Try doing that with FF, you'll be lost for years in math.

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