Recap: MDDW was officially named Meadow, Saphire caught a Larvitar and named it TEAG.

Hey, look, TEAG has a name now! The mighty Larvitar will from hereon out be called Tiger.

Bulbasaur and Metagross were very close in votes, but it looks like Metagross has won!

Saphire backtracks to the forest to find one.

Alright, our first attempt! Surely, this will be a piece of cake!

Tiger uses Drill Peck until Metagross’s HP gets into the red. Tiger blows his little grasswhistle to lull him to sleep to hopefully make him easier to catch.

Hmph… one shake of the PokeBall and he pops right out.

Several more PokeBall throws and the same thing keeps happening. One shake, then Metagross finds his way out.

Just to give you an idea of how this first attempt goes, I started with 12 PokeBalls and 1 GreatBall (given to me by (I think) the Devon researcher).

Saphire throws all of her remaining balls, but no luck. Metagross gives Tiger a Mean Look to rub it in.

We have nothing left to do but kill this Metagross and go back to the Mart to get some more ammo.

“Hello, yes, I would like to spend all of my money on some PokeBalls to catch one of the Metagross terrorizing the forest.”

Ah, here is one!

Tiger levels up whilst venturing through the forest. Also, he learned Arm Thrust a few levels back, I don’t remember if I said anything or not. Anyway, we carry out the plan: two Drill Pecks and a Grasswhistle before we start throwing balls.

The Mart cashier gave us a Premier Ball, probably because we spent all of our money to catch one Pokemon, so we try using that first to see if it makes a difference.

Metagross laughs at our attempts as he instantly breaks free.

Soooo… this happens for the remainder of this attempt… and we fail at catching Metagross for the second time.

Since I stupidly spent all of Saphire’s money on PokeBalls, I decide to reset to the last save to try this again. This is the only time I did this. Really.

Okay, round three, here we go. Unfortunately, Tiger is back at level 15, but it won’t take long to get him back up to 16.

Aw damnit… we accidentally kill this one…

The fourth one we find has his guard up immediately and uses Protect, almost as if he’s warning us he isn’t going to be much easier to catch.

This sums up how I’m beginning to feel…

If you’re wondering why Tiger is asleep, it’s because Metagross knows Spore. All of the ones I’ve faced know Spore, Bide, and Protect.

If you’re thinking, ‘maybe this one last PokeBall will be the one’, you would be wrong. We failed again at catching Metagross.

Okay, this is now a personal vendetta. I’m starting to get pretty pissed. I’m going to catch a damn Metagross if it takes all night.

Tiger’s official level up to 16.

Fifth attempt.

YOU KILLED IT. DAMNIT TIGER, WE WANT TO CATCH ONE.

Sixth attempt.

We get this one’s HP down a little more than usual. SURELY, we’ll be able to get this one.

OH MY GOD. THIS IS GETTING RIDICULOUS.

Seventh try.

No luck here either.

This is the EIGHTH Metagross we have tried to catch with 12 PokeBalls.

He didn’t succumb to us.

NINTH time.

I DON’T UNDERSTAND.

WHAT IS HAPPENING.

I CAN’T CATCH THIS BASTARD.

OH. OH I SEE HOW IT IS.

Bulbapedia gives me some insight on the catch rate.

NO FUCKING WONDER.

DID YOU ALL KNOW ABOUT THIS?? ARE YOU TRYING TO TORTURE ME??

Tenth attempt.

I switch things up and put Meadow in front to see if we can get Metagross’s HP even closer to 0, but my idea fails miserably and this one gets away.

Eleventh Metagross to cross our paths.

Meadow tries to Covet this one, but Metagross has no gender, so I think that means Meadow’s seduction techniques are futile. Covet does some damage, but not nearly enough.

We don’t catch this one either, and I scream at my laptop for awhile.

TWELFTH time.

I have now been trying to catch a Metagross for three hours. Saphire is exhausted and Meadow and Tiger are getting anxious. I am pulling my hair out.

Thirteen.

I HAVE NEVER HAD THIS MUCH TROUBLE CATCHING A POKEMON IN MY ENTIRE LIFE.

At this point, I am now spamming DOWN + B, remembering that when I was a tiny child all of my friends told me this would increase the chances of catching Pokemon. I used to believe wholeheartedly that this plan was flawless. This Metagross is proving to me that I was very wrong to think that.

Fourteen.

He teases me several times by pretending to be caught, only to break out after the third shake.

#*&AGF#$I@JFLKGEOGJWG

Fifteen.

I now believe it is impossible to catch one with a PokeBall. If you think about it, I have thrown approximately 180 or so PokeBalls at Metagross.

About ready to punch a wall, this happy little Bulbasaur shows up.

Alright. Bulbasaur came in second in the poll. I need someone to learn CUT. Metagross is looking more and more like an impossible feat until I get a hold of more GreatBalls and/or UltraBalls.

I give in and decide to make this little Bulbasaur mine.

Meadow seduces her first, distracting her from the PokeBalls Saphire is about to hurl at her head.

We throw the GreatBall first to get this over with and Bulbasaur actually breaks free of it. I can feel my blood pressure rising all over again.

FINALLY. It isn’t a Metagross, but at least I nabbed myself a Pokemon who can learn CUT.

She gets the unfortunate name of NVCKE. I have no clue what this could possibly stand for… help me out, my friends, so this poor little Bulbasaur doesn’t have to walk around with this terrible name.

She has a Docile nature.

Stats.

She already knew Thief and Kinesis when caught, then I taught her CUT and Bullet Seed.

I take her here to level her up a bunch.

Hey, there are wild Eevee here! I could potentially catch a bunch and just have a team of Eevee and Eeveelutions… if I find out where this randomizer put all the stones, anyway.

NVCKE’s stats once I decide she’s been grinding long enough for now.

*sigh* So this little bastard got away from me this time, but I’ll be back for you. This is war now. I’ll get some stronger balls and then you’ll see. You’ll see you can be caught.

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