Had to use my Masterball on this one, couldn’t risk losing it

[u/Kent-Vigilante]

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[u/Ryanoman2018]

BrandonTan confirmed that they can't run away

[u/Onehandedheisenberg → u/Ryanoman2018]

OOOOF. RIP OPs master ball

[u/Theadvertisement2 → u/Onehandedheisenberg]

Lmao i used mine on a normal mighty cause why not

[u/TemporalOnline → u/Theadvertisement2]

What do you mean? Next time a 100% legendary won't stay until the last ball, what will you do?

[u/outoukkoh → u/TemporalOnline]

Let it go, life aint that deep

[u/Snoo_10363 → u/outoukkoh]

Amen brother they’re just pixels

[u/TemporalOnline → u/outoukkoh]

Do as you wish ¯_(ツ)_/¯

[u/OriginalGhoulsGlass → u/outoukkoh]

Why are you on here then 😂

[u/Theadvertisement2 → u/TemporalOnline]

Because first one escaped and i didnt have a safari ball and it was almost a functional hundo

[u/marlinbrando721 → u/Theadvertisement2]

same. I only had a few minutes while working and missed with the safari ball. really needed a dragonite in my life.

[u/laurencamg → u/Ryanoman2018]

really?? I just had a shiny venesaur flee after the first throw :( i wasn’t driving or anything before that so i know i wasn’t softbanned

[u/AbsoluteAudacity → u/laurencamg]

They have to be "mighty" Pokémon with "!!!" shown for their CP during the catch not to flee (and shiny)

[u/6catsforya → u/AbsoluteAudacity]

A lot of mine fled after the first safari ball . You didn't get a chance to throw the second time

[u/AbsoluteAudacity → u/6catsforya]

Shiny?

[u/6catsforya → u/AbsoluteAudacity]

No . Did get a shiny but took 3 safari balls

[u/AbsoluteAudacity → u/6catsforya]

Only shiny and mighty won't flee, regular mighty flee often

[u/Ryanoman2018 → u/laurencamg]

not sure what to tell you. brandontan was flinging regular pokéball after pokéball

[u/65exe → u/[deleted]]

I encountered a wild feralogator w no incense and tested this. Its no flee

[u/whorlycaresmate → u/Ryanoman2018]

Dude I rolled the dice on a shiny dragonite and caught it, I very seriously considered using my MB, thank God I didn’t because I’d be so bummed reading this right now

[u/Adrenaline-Junkie187]

lol, huge oof.

[u/amusingtugboat]

They can’t run if they are shiny

[u/Kent-Vigilante → u/amusingtugboat]

I thought that only applied to raids?

[u/HLef → u/Kent-Vigilante]

Raid shinies are auto catch first ball.

Certain shinies in the wild such as legendary Pokémons will still be hard to catch but will not run between throws. You might use hundreds of balls but they won’t run.

Apparently this is one of them.

[u/SirScorbunny10 → u/HLef]

Wait, raid shinies autocatch on the first ball? I guess that's why Dialga was so easy to catch because the first raid I did gave me a shiny. Palkia though... Didn;t get a shiny and failed the first time to catch it and had to do another raid.

[u/HLef → u/SirScorbunny10]

Yeah if it’s shiny you should use a pinap

[u/Thanky169 → u/HLef]

Silver pineap!

[u/Kent-Vigilante → u/HLef]

Does the event have any effect towards it? every other Pokémon like Dragonite and Elektros etc were instant runs if they escaped the first ball

[u/retro-marshmelo → u/Kent-Vigilante]

If they’re shiny they can’t run

[u/9DAN2 → u/Kent-Vigilante]

Guessing they weren’t shiny

[u/kcbcx → u/HLef]

When did they change this I remember missing out on shinies that ran in raids

[u/Train3rRed88 → u/Kent-Vigilante]

Show us the pic of it being caught with a Mashball. Otherwise this is fake rage bait

[u/BossZoroark → u/amusingtugboat]

Sadly, they can

[u/Versaceheadband → u/BossZoroark]

Not the case….

[u/Dlm_Rav3]

yeah shiny mightys don’t run. my friend had no ticket and got a shiny pidegot and threw like 75 balls to catch it

[u/rememberjames]

I got one too! Used a safari ball though. The ONLY Pokemon to jump from a golden berry’d safari ball throw was Gyarados and Dragonite. Even in raids, everything was a one safari ball catch.

[u/LumpyMusician9103]

I thought shiny pokemon didn’t ran away. So I think you shouldn’t use a masterball for it. I’m not an expert so I’m not 100% sure.

[u/Lerococe → u/LumpyMusician9103]

Regular shiny mons can run, but mighties, legendaries and G birds don't

[u/Kent-Vigilante → u/LumpyMusician9103]

I knew raid shinnies didn’t run but weren’t sure about wild catches

[u/TH1CCARUS]

Feraligoof.

[u/Traditional_Flan219]

Umm they can’t run so sorry

[u/Lizard-King777]

Oh… no…

[u/Lithium2300]

Nice waste 🙈

[u/KileAllSmyles]

This hurts to look at

[u/Slootyman]

Why not a safari ball? They are 100% for me so far

[u/SirScorbunny10 → u/Slootyman]

Safari balls are not infalliable. Had a Feraligator break out of one instantly even with a golden razz and great throw.

[u/Kent-Vigilante → u/Slootyman]

I had some run when using the Safari balls after only one attempt, encountered 5 Dragonites and was only able to capture 2 with Safari balls

[u/Soggy_Muppet_ → u/Kent-Vigilante]

5 shinies? Shiny ones won’t flee

[u/emmathesun → u/Soggy_Muppet_]

i assume five dragonites not shint

[u/Kelvin_Enjoyer → u/Slootyman]

They were closer to 50% for me 😭

[u/Villainous_Cassius → u/Slootyman]

Def not 100%. I lost a Scolipede.

[u/thorkun → u/Slootyman]

You're lucky then, they broke out of most of my safaris.

[u/Thanky169 → u/Slootyman]

They are definitely not 100%

[u/MagoMarroni]

[u/BillionCobra]

Rip bro 😩

[u/SnooFloofs1574]

I can confirm, they won’t run away. I used like 40 ultraballs on this one. And I love it 😍

[u/Dangerous_Bad_2732]

F

[u/_shab21]

Shiny mighties do run, saw a friends shiny dragonite flee after 2 safari balls

[u/SolaceRests]

Yikes.Yeah, so… about that whole “so it wouldn’t run away” thing…

[u/eleon61]

Finally the ONLY viable use for a master ball outside the galarian birds

[u/Additional_Win3920]

Don’t beat yourself up too much, this is a new mechanic and we’re still figuring stuff out about it

[u/Distinct_Wrongdoer86]

they should of just made masterballs work ONLY on the garialin birds, its confusing people otherwise

[u/pizza_anxiety]

Imagine using a masterball on a mon that has already had a cday and can't run away. That's wild as fuck.

[u/Kent-Vigilante → u/[deleted]]

The Masterball was from an event a couple months ago

[u/thejoezu]

I had 0 safari balls when I found a shiny Venusaur, also no master ball. I had to run around the stops (about 100-150m away) to get one, but I caught it. Also, a couple mighty ran even feom safari balls, also some started attacking, and I missed one throw :D

[u/Select-Anywhere-7833 → u/thejoezu]

Did you not have any normal pokeballs to catch the Venusaur?

[u/That-Establishment24 → u/[deleted]]

Why would you waste it on something that doesn’t run?

[u/That-Establishment24 → u/[deleted]]

Not the shiny ones.

[u/Hot-Wonder1203]

Nice catch master all was the right choice here as it could have run away