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Can you catch Raikou using a Nanab berry?

I've had excellent success using Nanab berries on the legendary birds. I tried using them on Raikou and haven't had great success.

Yesterday, I did a raid and got 7 balls. I used a Nanab berry on the first try. I threw and excellent curved ball and he jumped out after the first shake. Then I used a golden razz berry and Raikou proceeded to jump over the next 6 balls!!! LULZ!

Today, I did another raid. I got 11 balls. I again decided to use the Nanab berry. The first 5 throws were Nanab berry + excellent curve throws and he jumped out all of them. I then used a golden razz berry and after 2 misses was able to catch him on a great curved throw.

Nanab berries don't work on this Pokémon or just bad luck?

Asked by SirMikster7 years 8 months ago
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by gibell 7 years 8 months ago

I've never used Nanab berries on any of the legendaries. It seems to me they would only help if your throws are missing them. But I wait and throw during the attack and I rarely miss, so I don't see how Nanab berries would help. I always use a golden razz if it has good enough CP.

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by I3L4zE 7 years 8 months ago

Ì've caught some without any berries at all so... pretty sure it's possible.

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yep. No berries no curve and not hitting any throw bonus you've got a 2% chance. Possible, but not very probable.

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by Sebhes 7 years 8 months ago

The purpose of Nanab berries is to make the Pokemon more calm. If you think it will increase the catch rates, you are wrong. The barries designed for increased catch rates are razz and golden razz berries.

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I think the increased catch rates that people are seeing is due to being able to have their pokeballs connect instead of having the boss jump or attacks.

As an example, someone who has 10 throws and uses golden razz on all might only hit 5 of them if they don't time their throws properly, while using nanabs lets them hit all 10 balls, and that's why they believe it increases catch rate, as 10 decent throws might have better odds than 5 really good throws.

So nanabs don't directly increase catch rate of each, but they indirectly increase it by giving you more times to roll the dice, so to speak.

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I get 10 to 14 balls every time, I'm 3/10. The eyeball test is telling me Raikou is much tougher to catch than Zapdos and Moltres--I'm getting good rewards, so using golden razz and the occasional nanab

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by syy89 7 years 8 months ago

I used a nanab before my first ball on a Raikou yesterday morning. Then I followed that up by completely messing up an intended great throw and guess what happened next? Critical catch!!!

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by Coop 7 years 8 months ago

Wife caught one with a pinap and I caught one with no berry. I don't think it matters.

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I caught one today first throw with the Nabnab Berry. Seen a few people catch them with Pineaps as well.

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I caught a raikou with a pinap im pretty sure its the same catch rate

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by kenbkk 7 years 8 months ago

My guess would be nabnabs should work. I have been catching Suicune with them (I live in Asia, that is our beast at the moment) so unless there is something unique about Electro Dog regular berries should work. My experience with regular berries on legendaries is that the catch rate is much better than most would think. I have been saving gold raz for Mewtwo and only use GR for very high IV hounds

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