Will transformed Pokemon keep its catch rate?

Mew, Smeargle or Ditto all can learn Transform. But will they keep its Catch Rate? If no, I think that Magikarp isn’t so useless:))

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Transform copies the target’s catch rate in Generations III and IV. In all others, it does not.

Transform (Bulbapedia)

Bulbapedia says: “Transform changes the user’s current type(s), current stats, current stat levels, current move(s), current species, current cry, and current catch rate to that of the target’s.”

So yes, if you bring out Magikarp against a pokemon that knows transform, the opposing pokemon will get Magikarp’s catch rate.

This isn’t very useful though, since only Ditto learns Transform naturally. Mew learns it by level up but any time you might encounter one (i.e. an event) it’s very unlikely to have Transform.

I don’t think so because when it transforms it loses all of it’s data and become the pokemon it transformed to. Like If ditto used transform on your magikarp, Ditto will lose it’s catch rate to make room for the pokemon it transformed to catch rate. Example:If ditto’s catch rate is 1 out of 50 and the pokemon it transformed into catch rate is 1 out of 40, Ditto’s catch rate will be 1 out of 40 now not 1 out of 50.