Why are timer balls so underrated?

They can achieve a catch rate twice that of ultra balls, and they cost less. However, ultra balls appear to be more popular. Why?

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Far too long to wait for maximum effectiveness, to be honest.

Only post Generation 5 has it actually gained any use. Besides, lots of people prefer to use “standard” Pokeballs, such as Pokeballs, Great Balls, or Ultra Balls.

Also, people have grown used to using Ultra Balls, and since Timer Balls were a waste oftime(oh, the irony), they never caught on, the cost of which is still seen today. Sooner or later, however, people will realise their potential as well.

Apart from this, Timer Balls face competition from other balls likeDusk Balls, since people mostly play at night, and most legendary Pokemon are found in cave-like atmospheres.

Timerballs only have a higher catch rate after turn 10. Until then it has the same catch rate of a pokeball. Making the ultra ball a better options for turns 1-10. and with Ultrabllas fairly high catch rate its pretty likely to catch the Pokemon before turn 10. Also nobody really wants to wait 10 turns to catch a poke. and also what are you gonna do for those 10 turns? Attacking the poke risk killing it while constantly switching makes your pokes take meaningless damage. Bottom line Timer balls are more of a back up for incase your ultra balls fail.