How to: Catching Strong Wild Pokemon

So far I've taught you how to breed your own strong Pokemon, but what if you wanted to have a strong version of a Pokemon that can't breed? Like Cobalion, Terrakion, Virizion, etc.

Well, to get strong versions of these Pokemon, there's very little you can do but be very patient.

There is one tool that will help you get that ideal one faster, and that is the use of the ability Synchronize.

There are a few Pokemon that can have this ability, but the most easily available Pokemon in Black and White with Synchronize is Munna.

What you want to do is catch heaps of Munna's with Synchronize. (Make sure when you encounter them, they don't have a forewarn ability telling them your strongest move, because that Munna doesn't have Synchronize ability)

You want to catch one that has the Nature you want your [Cobalion/Terrakion/Virizion/etc..] to have.

When you have this Munna, you just make sure it is in the first position in your Party when you encounter them in the wild, that way the wild Pokemon will have a 50% chance of having the same ability.

You can use some other tools to help you catch them quicker, I advise having a Pokemon with False Swipe attack, and particularly a very high level one too, I use a Haxorus that I don't battle with. Just switch from Munna to your False Swipe Pokemon and bring the wild Pokemon down to 1HP.

It might also be a good idea to have a Pokemon with Static ability to be sent out after that, so if the wild Pokemon makes contact with it, there's a chance they will get paralyzed, or alternatively, send out a Pokemon that knows Thunderwave.

There's also a thing called Critical Pokeballs in Pokemon Black and White. These have a distinct sound when you throw the Pokeball, sort of a "shing!" sound. All they do is up the catch rate of that particular Pokeball.

Some people say Critical Pokeballs are rare, but I've had them occur a lot to me, so I find them relatively common, given the kind of rare things there are in Pokemon. Some people also say that it's rarer to have a Critical Pokeball fail than to actually have a Critical Pokeball, but I've also seen a Critical Pokeball fail when I tried to catch Cobalion in this exact what I'm describing.

Anyway. It's good to leave a space in your team when you seek out the Pokemon in the wild. Save the game before you speak to them, and when you've caught them, use the IV calculator here:

[IV Calculator]

To work out what IV's it has, and from there, you can decide if you are happy with what you have, or are willing to keep trying again and again until you get one you're more pleased with.

Keep in mind, this process gets you completely random IV's each time. So if you ever find one that has 30/31 IV in 3 stats that are beneficial to it, then it is very rare, and you should definitely stick with it. If by some stroke of luck you got one with 30/31 IV in 5 stats, you would have a very valuable Pokemon.

Next time I'll talk about the usefulness of Ditto in Pokemon Breeding. And how to get Shiny Pokemon.