Hardest raid boss to catch?
My vote goes to Tyranitar. Wow. He attacks, and attacks, and attacks. You throw an excellent curve throw with golden razz berries, it does not matter. He jumps out of the poke ball and attacks over and over. He doesn't stand still. Today, one got away from me. I was throwing excellent and great curve throws really fast and he kept jumping out. Unbelievable. He's harder, IMO, than the legendaries.
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Tyranitar is easy, caught 5 out of 6. Only 1 out of 6 for Lugia, definitely the toughest. Although 1 of those Lugias that got away was due to the game crashing and not letting me try to catch it. Even still, I can barely hit Lugia with half my throws, it's always moving around so much. And when I throw the ball when he's ending an attack, half the time it just falls to the ground uselessly for no reason. The other half, he goes instantly into another attack, so I miss anyway.
Tyranitars are much easier than the legend birds. Patience is a must. Never rush to throw balls. Focus on every single ball thrown. Take your time. They ain't going anywhere unless you run out of balls. Set desired circle size for great/excellent using the ball grab/release method. Throw curve ball during attack animation. The only skill that one needs to pratice is consistent accurate curve balls. I got over 200 normal raids and over 80 lengendary raids under my belt. Overall catch rate on level 3-4 raid bosses for me is over 95%. Overall catch rate for lengendaries is over 70%. Moltres I'm 17/22 - 77% rate. And many consider Moltres the toughest bird to catch. I've sharpened my skills for Moltres and it's paying off in dividends.