Topic: Omega Ruby - Capturing Legendaries

I swear, in Pokemon Y If you used Fearow, false swiped a legendary down to 1HP and threw about 10-15 Ultra Balls at it you would catch it. I had complete confidence that when I encountered a legendary in that game I would eventually catch it - no problem. However, in OR it seems like the whole attempt at capturing any legendary is such a 'middle finger in your face, #%^$ you!' moment.

This is the second legendary that has fainted (Ho-oh, then some a$$ lion thing). Did I attack it too much? No. Did I accidentally attack it? No. Did I poison or burn it? No.
What happened was, I got them down to roughly 1-5HP and proceeded to throw about 35 Ultra, 10Great and 10 Regular
'Balls at them; only for them to just keep popping straight back out. So eventually, both these Legendaries went through their entire move set and 'struggled' themselves to death. >:[

This is really starting to p#%^ me off big-time.
Is Ruby known for being like this? Or was I just extremely fortunate in Y?

Don't get me wrong, I have caught a few. But those were also a similar fashion, with me eventually getting them after a stupid amount of throws.

Oh and the worse part? Having to beat the E4 AGAAAAIN just to get them to reappear.
I don't mind buying 10,000 Ultra Balls, it's just the grind to get them back.

Does nobody save before legendaries anymore?

....Thunder Wave, you know...that move helps.

You see kids, this is why you SAVE before you tackle a legendary, SO YOU DON'T RAGE BLOG AFTERWARDS.

Have you tried switching it to Wumbo?

I have no clue if the capture rate changed, but I know that it helps to paralyze a Pokémon and/or put it to sleep.

Capture rates slightly changed.. but I think it was just to make the main story legends easier to catch. (I had to use my masterball on kyogre.. I swear those primals are impossible.)

But yeah, always saved before confronting a legendary.. this way if you fail/kill it you can R+L+Select to soft reset.

The unova and Sinnoh legendaries became harder to catch because they're optional in this one, and Rayquaza became ridiculously easy to catch, since you need to.

I don't know man, I was able to catch Latios, Latias, Primal Groudon, and Azelf without using a Master Ball.

I think the first two I just got in red and used an Ultra Ball, worked fine. Azelf I also got in red but had to paralyze, also an Ultra Ball. Groudon was tough because he kept using Rest, but once I had paralyzed him and gotten him at red, I eventually had to use a Luxury Ball as 3 Ultra Balls didn't work.

And you really should save before you go to a Legendary. I killed Groudon the first time, but was able to get him the second time after I had reset to my save point. All it really takes is patience.

I remember the first gen when the legendaries could actually deflect the pokeballs back at you

Lol XD, don't say that like it's the common sense thing to do......

......

It is. Everyone does it. X'D

I never had an easier time catching legendaries than I have in Omega Ruby. The hardest one was Primal Groudon and it only took me about 5 soft resets (got him with a premier ball too).

Ok so I guess saving before the fight was the smart move.
To be fair though, after I started doing that I only had to reset once!

I've now caught about another 5 Legendaries since, so my legendary box is starting to fill up:

(Everything except the top line is OR)

Now all I need is to find a Lugia so I can get the 'dog trio'.

Edit: Would you believe, the Regi trio took about 25 Ultras each, but Regigigas only took about 10?