I keep trying to catch entei but when I get close he always runs away

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Old post, but new people may like the idea:

In Soul Silver, I used myMaster Ballto catchEntei. I wanted him for the Elite Four, but didn’t have patience to travel everywhere looking. It was worth it because he always flees or usesRoar(after I useMean Look), taking forever to catch him. I wanted a goodFiretype for the Elite Four since I choseChikoritato start with, and I didn’t needRaikoubecause I hadAmpharos.

Most folks use theirMaster BallforLugia, but with a little skill, a dozenHyper Potions, and a lot ofUltra Balls,Lugiais not that difficult to catch. I actually caught him with aNet Ballif I remember correctly.

Try using a pokemon with the ability arena trap or the move mean look, both options stop pokemon from running away.

Trapinch has arena trap and zobat as well as other pokemon learn mean look.

Try using a quick ball straight away, you may get lucky!

Good luck , hope this helps!

Need help preparing, finding, and catching Entei and Raikou? I posted a rather detailed sort of walkthrough that will help, and it leaves a lot of the decisions of how to go about catching them up to you (it’s suggestions, not requirements, so anything that’ll work just as well as something I specifically mention, like two different moves that do the same thing, will work too!). The post might get taken down because of it’s length, but here’s the link to the page I posted it on.

http://pokemondb.net/pokebase/5943/how-can-i-find-roaming-legendaries-quickly

If it’s gone when you get there, reply to me here and I’ll send you what I posted separately so you can read it. It won’t make catching them automatically successful the first try, but it will streamline your repeated attempts to make each appearance of the legendary dogs in your route take mere seconds instead of minutes.