If my Pokémon is genderless, what is the catch-rate of a Love Ball?

I sent out Palkia after using several Ultra Balls, Pokéballs, a Level Ball, and a Nest Ball, and then I used a Love Ball and it worked. This happened twice. I am confused because Palkia is genderless, and I’m convinced it wasn’t just luck.

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1x, the exact same as a pokeball>The Love Ball (ラブラブボール Love Love Ball) should be used on a Pokémon of the same species and opposite gender as the player’s Pokémon

This means that Love Ball will only work if the wild Pokemon is of theSAMESpecies - so that means, you’re using a charmander, the other Pokemon must also be a charmander, of the opposite gender for the 8x effect of love ball to take affect. Since obviously you weren’t meeting another Palkia in the wild, and also because Palkia is genderless, Love Ball was being a Poke Ball.

So indeed it was luck, like it or not. I once caught a Mewtwo in HeartGold with a Friend Ball after throwing about 50 assorted balls including dusk and ultra balls.. so luck, ftw!

Love balls work better when your Pokemon is the oppositegender of the wild Pokemon. You caught Palkia by luck.Its like capturing a Lugia with a normal pokeball.