What are the chances of catching a Pokemon with a dusk ball during the day?
I’m asking this question because I was stupid when catching the legendary Pokemon Solgaleo in Sun with only a master ball and four dusk balls during the day, so I had to defeat it, go back again to the Pokemon center on route 8 and get some quick balls and timer balls, then go back again. But would I have been ok if I just used my dusk balls instead of wasting money of poke balls I would have never have needed?
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If used at night or in a cave (excluding Mirage Caves), the Dusk Ball has a 3.5× catch rate modifier; otherwise, it has a 1× modifier.
SourceSo 1x modifier. You can catch it with anything, but with Dusk Ball in daytime has the same as a Pokeball, so buying Quick Balls and Ultra Ball would be better.Calculation:
You have a 16.191% chance of capturing it per ball. Thus, you have at least a 50% chance of catching it within 4 balls and at least a 95% chance of catching it within 17 balls.
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To answer your question, itmight’vebeen worth a shot to throw your dusk balls at the Solgaleo.
In Pokémon Sun, Dusk Balls have a 1x catch modifier during the day. This is equivalent to a traditional PokeBall.
At your odds (with Solgaleo being at 12.5% of its HP and being paralyzed), you would’ve had a34.568%chance of catching it. By using two of your available balls, you would’ve had a little over a 50% catch rate, as well. This is quite high, so it was probably worth trying out those Dusk Balls. .
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