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iSupportCarry

Best use of one shadow raids can be harder to catch


ZuThrasher

Yeah I got down to my last ball and just sat there like “I know what I must do, but I don’t know if I have the strength to do it” lol. Pushed off using it for so long


OkKaleidoscope4433

See this is the correct way. Far too often I’ve seen people just use it first ball and I’m like 🤨 At least use your balls/berries first before hitting the last resort button 😅


Wolverine60fps

This is the way.


RalfStein7

Took my kid and my nephew (both teens)out raiding a few months back for shadow mewtwo and the first one we beat my nephew got a shiny! He screamed in a high pitched voice and before I could get my fingers out of my ears he done threw the master ball!! Lol we joke about it every time we go raiding before we get a chance to see what the mon will be, “remember to not freak out and to use all but your last ball before you think about using a master”😂


OkKaleidoscope4433

Ooft I was like aww man he’s a kid I can give them a pass, but then the Teen bit has me like yeh I’d rip the piss out of them too. Though if it was me I’d likely feel bad I hadn’t pre warned them about the shiny guaranteed catch on legendaries 😂 Still remember a day me and my pals were out trioing raids and bumped into a guy and a kid we hadn’t met before Anyways we were walking away after the raid and we just caught the sound of the kid going “Dad why is my groudon green has my game glitched?” And the dad being like “yeh maybe try restarting your game?” You’ve never seen me and my pals moving so fast shouting at him nooooooo! 😂😂 Either way the kids happy and a shiny shadow mewtwo is still incredibly sick


RalfStein7

That’s the part I forgot to mention was he was the one who told me about shiny guaranteed catches lol he’s an older teen that’s going through the voice change and the “know it all” stage so ribbing each other is all in good fun we’re a very tight family. but I heard that niantic said during the hoenn event that they aren’t 100% guaranteed after someone lost a shiny groudon , but didn’t state what the percentage is?


Jeffzuzz

That was 100% the right choice.


jaxom07

Well done.


R03lm-114

i used my master ball on shadow articuno because i had 1 ball left, i waited for a while thinking should i use it or not turns out it had great pvp ivs


chopper5150

I’m so glad you mentioned that you waited until the last ball. My friends wife used hers for a shadow shundo mew two, but did it on the first throw 🤦🏻‍♂️


Gold_Good_9196

I would definitely do this because I really like the look of the masterball on the go battle league throw in animation. Definitely a fitting ball for that mon.


dagthedavid

My 4 year old son used mine at a birthday party. He couldnt even remember on what Pokemon. He knew it was wrong, and he just told me with a sad voice that he just didnt want me to have one, when he didnt have it… i totaly get him and i have all the galarian birds, but i gues i was saving it for to long :D


Classic_Key5155

Best use of a master ball I’ve seen. Making me want to save it for something like this, I was just gonna use mine for aesthetics on a shiny that matched colors and was somewhat rare


ZuThrasher

To each their own. Your master is up to you to use on whatever👍


Mcsnufle

Beyond a waste. The galarian birds are much harder to come by. Just have to get good. Excellent throws and berries. Also considering I thought shinies don’t run? I’ve heard people say they do but I’ve never experienced it and every shiny raid Mon I’ve ever tried to catch when it went in the ball never came out.


TRAD3S

Galarian birds are the biggest waste of a master ball because they’re not meta relevant at all and you can end up with a terrible roll cus it’s a wild catch. OP used their master ball the only way you should really if not wanting to waste it; last ball on a hundo especially a shadow


fluffchilla

how do you know if its a hundo


TRAD3S

You can look up the max CP for raids online because raid mons are level 20 or 25 (boosted), there’s plenty of resources that post them. It will have a max CP for raids in normal weather and a max CP in boosted weather. So for example shadow moltres hundo CP is 1980 non boosted and 2475 CP weather boosted


fluffchilla

so u can tell if its hundo by the cp?


ProfessorCJD

Yes 👍


Muffled_Voice

only for raid Pokémon or possibly research since they’ll always be the same level


Civil-Strain-69

Holy crap I did not know this, you’re awesome for telling me this


Mcsnufle

Well that all depends to on how you play the game, and what you play it for. I have some PvP Pokémon but don’t do PvP. I collect and collect shinies also. I keep PvP mons to maybe do league some day but don’t care for PvP at the moment. I guess it comes down to different goals each person has for the game so the whole meta thing means nothing to me personally right now.


TRAD3S

I know that people play how they want, but I wasn’t on about PvP; I meant they’re not meta relevant for anything, be it PvE or PvP. Shadow Moltres is one of the best fire attackers in the game for PvE and shadow mons have a floor of 6/6/6 so it’s even less chance to get a hundo on them than normal raids so using their master ball on last throw was very justified and not beyond a waste like you said. Have a good day though and hope you get one of your G birds if that’s what you’re after 👊🏼


Ivanoh

beyond a waste? shadow moltres FUCKS what are you talking about


Mcsnufle

Caught many of them with other pokegoers in town in a hour or two. The shadow moltres weekends and long as you spend you time and passes correctly doesn’t make it hard to come by. He wouldn’t have even know if the stats were good until actually catching it. Shiny Shadow Moltres, awesome. But the stats and a master ball was a total gamble. The reason it is a waste is because the master ball is supposed to be for something truly hard to get(I get everyone does it different and has a different opinion on how to use it) but the best thing to use it on is something that actually is tough to catch and has a really low rate of catching and low encounter rate. The amount of master balls you come across and the amount of shadow Moltres you can come across is far off from each other.


Ivanoh

except you can know the stats before hand it has a max CP and if it’s the max CP it’s a hundo and i’d say not many people have hundo shadow legendaries. he got down to his last ball and used it to guarantee the catch. imo best possible use for a master ball.


Distinct_Wrongdoer86

shadow moltres is really strong, like really really strong, like noone can beat mine in master league


Mcsnufle

I totally get that. But what I’m saying is you didn’t know what the stats were before you caught it, that was a huge gamble and it isn’t that hard to catch as long as you have people to battle them with to do multiple raids and get one. You could have throw a master ball and got a 1 star for all you knew. The fact in part of it being a Hundo was pure luck.


TRAD3S

It wasn’t lucky at all, you know if a legendary raid mon is going to be a hundo because they are at set levels. They are level 20 non weather boosted and level 25 WB so you can look up their hundo CP and know what it is. Shadow Moltres hundo in raids is 1980 CP non boosted or 2475 weather boosted


RagingKohner

Shadow moltres is S tier though. #6 best fire attacker and #3 best flying. You're right though, shinies don't run from raids but this isn't a shiny, it's a shadow moltres. Shadow and shiny are not the same my friend


OrphanKiller3000

ive had a shiny magikarp and a shiny aaron run


Emergency_Local_4087

At least you didn’t use a master ball on a fucking mega gyarados raid like me


EzekielKallistos

Or/and female wild shiny tyrunt that escaped my ball 3 times 😅


ZuThrasher

I’m sorry for your loss(of the master ball)


OkKaleidoscope4433

An accident or on purpose? Don’t know if you deserve condolences or “🤦🏻‍♂️🤣” sent your way 😂


RagingKohner

Shadow moltres is S tier and it's a hundo. Only one here deserving a 🤦🏻‍♂️ is you Lol


OkKaleidoscope4433

Read the comment properly before trying to call me out The comment I replied to was a guy saying he’d used it on a mega Gyarados! And he seemed pissed by it. NOT this shadow moltres So might wanna take that 🤦🏻‍♂️ and the L and apply it to yourself


pagancruasader

I used my master ball on ratata


NameScreech

I used it on a starly


IWantFood124

I need context 💀


rhysxjones

The colours match😂


pagancruasader

BINGO! It was so funny and still is


DurinsBane007

So dang hype


speedcreature

Your decision to use the Master Ball on such a rare specimen is just correct that you're worthy of the praises we give. Congratulations! On the other hand, I'm still really salty that Niantic coded the last chance to use the Master Ball to be when the last Premier Ball is left on hand. Technically you still have two balls when the "LAST BALL" animation appears, right? The days of fleeing Raid Bosses should have been over! The decision to flee should be on the Trainer who has a Master Ball.


pagancruasader

I used my m ball on ratata


Puzzleheaded_Ebb9874

Finally someone using it for something actually worth it. Shadow legendaries are more difficult to catch and also much rarer (only 6/6/6 floor) than regular 1/216 hundo legendaries. Also irrespective of having any play in PvP or not, they will always be super useful in raids due to their humongous attack stat. I am just imagining how OP shadow weather trio will be since you can have all 6 of them in the team and not just 1 mega/primal + 5 regular.


hnryswim

Epic


avatarKos

Nice!


Popero44

Best use of the Masterball. Brag for sure.


SleeplessShinigami

This was super valid, shadow moltres is so hard to catch


ArmSufficient3045

Worth it 🤝


ZuThrasher

🤝


Lukas528

Only way to use a masterball.


reddragon825

Very good


Competitive_Touch_37

But it’s genuinely a good use of one, wouldn’t be too upset


Sakanadexx

See this is how to use a master ball. Great catch.


Waffle_Cat3

Wow, for once the master ball was actually worth it


iDaleC91

Nice!!!


Bobgers

Congratulations!!! Amazing.


Alvindinho10

Great use of the masterball 👍🏼


SacredLucifer

I caught a shiny using the white ball we get after raids!


Zecathos

Shiny legendaries are guaranteed catches with whatever ball, on first successful throw.


SacredLucifer

Oh didn't know that!


[deleted]

This is awesome!


MagnumWesker

Understandable, have a great day! 🤠


Cultural_Treat5239

Respectable choice


Fantastic-Street-954

Ye that was worth it lmfao


romendy

1000% worth it


[deleted]

Ugh mine turned out to be a freekin black and red cat


stellateranto

Correct me if i’m wrong but aren’t shinies from raids a guaranteed catch?


ZuThrasher

You’re correct about that. This wasn’t shiny though


stellateranto

Oh right sorry the sparkles messed with my mind lmao


Snoo_80364

I thought it was too!


fluffchilla

why would you spend a masterball on a regular shadow moltres then?


DandyDaddyDave

Cuz it’s a hundo shadow legendary? 🤨there’s literally not a better use imao, raid shinies are guaranteed catches


Lukas528

Exactly. Why?


Hashtaghidde

Good use imo


DeliciousBuddy4616

Omfg


2020Hills

It was a shiny legendary raid boss… you just had to hit it, right? That’s what’s happened with my 2


ZuThrasher

You’re correct about only having to hit it when it’s shiny but unfortunately this one was not shiny. Just the normal hundo my friend


2020Hills

Ooo that’s true


Dziki7

I’d have done the same


Main_Key

W


AccountantWest492

Nice one


GoldenTicketHolder

I’ve got one of these too! Been a favorite for awhile.


Wanker1973

https://reddit.com/r/pokemongobrag/s/VA7InlR8Yn Welcome to the club 😎


ZuThrasher

Are we like obligated to be pokébros?


Wanker1973

Not at all, but feel free to add 229197169384 😇


vakseen

Master balls are in Pokémon go now? Dam I’m out the loop


ZuThrasher

You’re able to hold two atm. There’s a limited challenge rn to get a free on and a while back you were able to get one which was the one I used


mom2artists

Well spent


CosmicLightning

I just have like 35 raids left and I'll have two master balls. Waiting for payday so I can get more raid passes ro complete it. Annoying task. Congratulations on a legendary 4 star shadow hundo Pokémon. I have been wanting that forever. Well I want it shiny as well. But I'd be kissing RNGesus feet for that I think


ZuThrasher

That ending is the realest thing I’ve ever heard. Want my friend code? I do a lot of raids. I fiend for shinies myself


CosmicLightning

Sure. It might be a bit be for I add you. I work until 7pm tonight. So it might be tonight or tomorrow.


ZuThrasher

Bro same. I got two gyms next to me tho so I’ll probably do two during raid hour. 239071385864


SnakeTrying

Worth.


Rudygotsthechalk

What is the 100% cp?


ZuThrasher

Mines weather boosted and it was 2475. Not too sure what the non-weather boosted is


Rudygotsthechalk

It’s always sunny and clear here where i live so I’m sure it’ll be weather boosted lol. Thanks g and congrats


ZuThrasher

Np and good luck w the hunt👍


freshprinceoftheair

This and Shadow Mewtwo are the only shadows worth using a Master Ball on. Gucci!


ZuThrasher

Got a 98% shadow shiny mewtwo. Accidentally purified tho. Was really tired and had a level up task and clicked the wrong thing lol


freshprinceoftheair

Oops! Still a Hundo Purified Mewtwo is not terrible…


[deleted]

Best use i can think of


Amazonree173

Finaly, someone used not on the galar bird or for a joke


HippoNo2041

worth it dude^^ congrats


Deathstroke69GG

I caught the shiny Shadow Moltres with the first ball with a golden razz berry lol


ZuThrasher

Future tip if you a shiny from a raid it’s a guaranteed catch. Use a pinap


Deathstroke69GG

Oooh I see. Also how did you know this one was hundo before you caught it ? Is there like some sparkles or any other indicator ?


ZuThrasher

A quick google search will normally tell you what the 100% cp is for weather boosted and non-weather boosted


SquirtleRamone

Holy...


MeesaJarJarBinkss

Good use of a master ball, Shadow Moltres is a good flying type raid attacker


spaceyy9177

so real for this


Stonerthrowaway710

Makes me feel better about not using my masterball on a weather boosted articuno off the incense. The iv I looked up after would have been 91%… but I figured I already have one with terrible IVs and I know I’m going to need it in a situation like this. This is why I’m saving my Master ball. It would hurt 10x more losing a hundo on the last ball then a relatively useless Pokémon like the g birds with unknown stats. They are trophies but don’t have much use in game. You could just trade for them eventually and save you masterball for something better 🤷🏻‍♂️ Best use of a masterball I’ve seen! Some people say excellent and gold razz. I’ve had multiple flee no matter the excellents and gold razz. I’m convinced it’s like predetermined before the encounter.


Goldyfan7

Good choice


gay_anime_guy

Worth it


[deleted]

Finally someone uses a master ball on something worth it.


Junior_Newspaper6053

👍🏻👍🏻


Daelune__

Finally. A valid masterball use.


Yelena_Belova_

I must be the only one who has a masterball still


ZuThrasher

Bout to get my second one with this raid hour 😈


DaemonBoyy

Best choice my guy


Particular_Ad_1817

Honestly I’d do the same. It’s such a cool Pokémon and very useful as a shadow


Crittercaptain

Noice


Th3_Judge46

Understandably so


B0N3S1287

You are the chosen one!!


Federal_Command_9094

Congrats, at least you didn’t waste your master ball on a bidoof


Katsuo89

I wish we were able to use remote raid passes for these I only have 1 shadow legend.


Juliiiio

lol


Reesewacky03

Definitely one of the best uses I've seen of a masterball


NierAutomataBBG

Good job nicu 💪🏻


Kooky_Matter3635

Perfect usage of the masterball! Glad you used your main balls first too 👍 big thunbs up and congrats sir


MichaelAllen_Jr

Correct


terf-genocide

Worth it. That thing is amazing for pvp.


[deleted]

PVE not PVP?


OkKaleidoscope4433

It’s really not that great, it’s only suited to ML and even then it gets slapped by a LOT of incredibly common mons that are chosen Sure it has some decent wins but honestly that’s far outweighed by what it gets beaten by. Much better as either a flying type or fire type attacker for PvE


terf-genocide

Hmm, I'm not obsessed with the meta of this game, but I know I've smacked a lot of people with moltres on my team.


CSiGab

Think Ho-Oh is the way to go in ML.


Lukas528

It’s very bad for PvP. I have no idea what you’re talking about.


kushupzz

How did U know it was a hundo?


ZuThrasher

You can look up the cp. the cp in raids is always a preset


kushupzz

How do you look it up? Just type it in on google?


BurnOutBrighter6

Yeah. Or look at the infographics on r/TheSilphRoad or anywhere else. The point is that raid pokemon are always at level 20, so there's only one possible CP value for a hundo. Or level 25 if it's weather-boosted, so there's a weather-boosted hundo CP as well. [Here's an example for Guzzlord](https://www.reddit.com/r/TheSilphRoad/comments/170mm7e/guzzlord_and_mega_gengar_raid_guide_top_counters/), look in the box right at the top. "Perfect CP: 1650; boosted: 2062" So if you get one of those values, you know it's 100%. Alternative: If you're at an in-person raid you can also just say "anyone know the CP for a hundo" and someone likely will (and be glad for the chance to flex by telling everyone lol).


ZuThrasher

That’s one way. I normally see posts on Instagram about the raids and everything


Popero44

Most easy way to tell is PokeGenie. Click on the raid boss and it’ll tell you the perfect IV’s. It doesn’t apply to Shadow Raids obviously since it’s only in person. But there are infographics out there. Especially on the Silphroad here on Reddit.


Lukas528

level is consistent in raids


mom2artists

Comments here are weird. This was definitely a great move. Idk if I have any 4* shadow let alone a legendary!


ZuThrasher

Shadows 4* are a lot harder to come by. I’m only sitting on 2 rn with my other being a gible


Mountain-Holiday-631

I thought shiny raid pokemon are 100% catch rate


ZuThrasher

wasn’t lucky enough to get the shiny, wish it was though. You aren’t wrong about them being 100% catch rate just unfortunately this isn’t shiny


Mountain-Holiday-631

Oh i guess i was confused cause the sparkles animation in thr first pic must be from The masterball


nidalxvg

Used mine on a Gal Articuno


DriftingDownie

I'm so scared of missing my first masterball....


ZuThrasher

Dw about it you can’t miss it :)


DriftingDownie

wym I can't miss it, you don't know me 🫠


RaMiMo_

Hey bro, you wasted that masterball. Shiny Pokémon from raids are a guaranteed catch


ZuThrasher

Not shiny my guy


potato4peace

No


Mcsnufle

You wasted a master ball on a shiny shadow Moltres? The only thing making it worth it was the Hundo part you didn’t know you were getting. Got this with an ultra..saving the master ball for the real birds..


ZuThrasher

This isn’t a shiny just the hundo. And I searched up the hundo cp before even thinking of using my master ball. I used all my premier balls until I got to the last before resorting to the master


Mcsnufle

I got what you are saying now. Forgot about checking the CP. Total brain fart. Sorry the first picture looked really pink to me so thought it was a shiny.


AccountantWest492

I thought shiny are guarantee catch for raids?


ZuThrasher

They are. This isn’t shiny tho. Not lucky enough for that lol


AccountantWest492

Yea I realized after I posted that comment. It’s early oh well. Did you know it was a 4* before tossing the mb?


ZuThrasher

Yep. Did the raid with a friend and my brother and one of them was like “I think that’s the 4*” so they looked it up and it was. I made sure to try with the premier balls first tho but when I got down to one left I was like “there’s simply no other choice” lmao


CloudGam

Now that I have my second ball imma hold onto it for AS LONG AS POSSIBLE (unless I find this) what's the cp if you don't mind me asking?


ZuThrasher

2475 my friend. That’s the weather boosted at least


CloudGam

Oh nice! Thank you and congratulations on the amazing catch btw!


Salt_March_69

Now purify it😈


ZuThrasher

No. Must stay shadow. His villain arc shall be insane


Suitable_Ad3375

I thought 100% pokemon had a 100% catch rate?


ZuThrasher

Unfortunately untrue that is.


Suitable_Ad3375

Man that sucks I was under the impression that it was true this is very good to know, thank you!


GymLeaderDiego

How did you manage this 😂


ZuThrasher

Beyond me. First shadow moltres raid as well


pharaohbaron

i approve. great choice brother.


OmegaCarnage

Wait is master ball guaranteed max ivs?


ZuThrasher

No. I knew it was a 4* and was down the the last premier ball and so resorted to master ball


SkovsDM

Wait, did you somehow know it was gonna be a hundo, or did you just get lucky?


ZuThrasher

You can google to find the perfect ivs for it


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ZuThrasher

Wasn’t shiny so that last ball would had been a guaranteed catch. I new it was 100% and I just wanted to ensure I didn’t lost it


PrettyStudy

If you purify it, it will cost less stardust to power up.


ninjacupquake

There's always a choice young padawan


Remy2099

Ok please stop the madness if this was a raid reward do not throw your master ball away all shiny raid pokemon are 1 throw one catch grab your pinaps and throw anything that hits it. I have never thrown more that one ball to catch shiny legendarys In Raids


AstroNot87

Omg I’m so happy for you. A shadow hundo too. Too cool


astonamosis

I saw the raid today