What pokemon do you use to catch other pokemon?

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I was thinking about making a pokemon for the sole purpose of catching other pokemon and was wondering if anyone had any good ideas of pokemon/movesets to use for this!

Ideally I only want to use one pokemon and currently im thinking about using:
Gallade
Hypnosis
False Swipe
Mean Look
>>Random Attacking Move Here<< Probably Psycho Cut
Item: Wide Lens for +10% Accuracy on Hypnosis
+++ Good moveset for anything that isnt a ghost/doesnt have a heal
+++ Good stats so I dont have to worry about IVs/EVs
--- Hypnosis only has 60% Accuracy (70% with Wide Lens)
--- Doesnt have heal block

Another pokemon I considered was:
Smeargle
Spore
Heal Block
False Swipe
Mean Look
Item: Silk Scarf (20% more damage on False Swipe) or BrightPowder (10% Evasion)
+++ Perfect moveset for anything not a ghost
+++ Spore is a 100% Accurate Sleep
--- His stats are so terrible I imagine he'd just fall over to legendarys without decent IVs/EVs

So I'd like to hear peoples opinions on what I'm considering above and what other people use to catch their pokemon (Normal+Legendary!).
 
i like smeargle more but you should EV train it in speed, just so it can attack first.
 
I have two Pokèmon, who together helped me catch the legendary birds and Cresselia:3
Those two were Gengar with Mean Look, Hypnosis, Dream Eater and Shadow Ball, and Sceptile with false swipe (well it wasn't his ONLY attack but it was the one I used).
I started with Mean Look (once I had trained it enough for it to be fast enough to do so), then Hypnosis and lowered their health till I didn't dare to hurt them anymore, I switched out with Sceptile and used False Swipe. Of course by this time they usually ran away (sleeping...) but by the next time I saw them they were asleep and had 1 HP so I just threw a quick ball XD

I used the same pair to get Darkrai and Shaymin, but reached a couple of problems there...
1. Gengar is weak against Dakrai's dark type.
2. By the time I got to Shaymin Gengar was level 60 and Sceptile 90... so I couldn't use any other attack than false swipe or it was OHKO'd. That wouldn't have been a problem if it wasn't for the fact that Shaymin kept waking up and used Synthesis when its HP was too low. But I got him pretty easily anyway XD
 
I use my Gardevoir, Gabriella, first, she uses her hipnosys. Then I use another Pokémon in a close level to the one I want to catch to weak it.
 
For me, I started using these two Pokémon for catching others after getting the National Pokédex:

Ralts with Trace and holding a Smoke Ball
Kingler with False Swipe

I lead off with Ralts so that I can see what ability the target has because I don't want to end up with a lame ability. The Smoke Ball's for a quick getaway since it's only at lv. 15. If the target has the correct ability, I send out Kingler to False Swipe the heck outta the target, then I check my notes to see what ball to use and I has a new Pokemanz! :3
 
I use a Scyther with the move "False Swipe"( to attack a Pokemon so that this one has only 1 HP left)and very often a Quagsire with the move "Yawn" (so he falls asleep) .
 
Breloom is good because it can have False Swipe and Spore (100% accuracy Sleep move) and I actually prefer it over Smeargle. I only use Smeargle because it can use Foresight and that helps against Ghosts and Double Team users (like Darkrai).
 
I use my Scizor that's level 62 and knows:

Night Slash
Air Slash
X-Scissor
False Swipe

It's good for chaining and for the sleep condition I use another Pokémon on hand.
 
For chasing the runners, level up a Bronzong so it'll be faster (like LV. 70) and give it these moves

Block
Hypnosis
Attacking Move
Attacking Move
 
desunyan said:
I was thinking about making a pokemon for the sole purpose of catching other pokemon and was wondering if anyone had any good ideas of pokemon/movesets to use for this!

Ideally I only want to use one pokemon and currently im thinking about using:
Gallade
Hypnosis
False Swipe
Mean Look
>>Random Attacking Move Here<< Probably Psycho Cut
Item: Wide Lens for +10% Accuracy on Hypnosis
+++ Good moveset for anything that isnt a ghost/doesnt have a heal
+++ Good stats so I dont have to worry about IVs/EVs
--- Hypnosis only has 60% Accuracy (70% with Wide Lens)
--- Doesnt have heal block

Another pokemon I considered was:
Smeargle
Spore
Heal Block
False Swipe
Mean Look
Item: Silk Scarf (20% more damage on False Swipe) or BrightPowder (10% Evasion)
+++ Perfect moveset for anything not a ghost
+++ Spore is a 100% Accurate Sleep
--- His stats are so terrible I imagine he'd just fall over to legendarys without decent IVs/EVs

So I'd like to hear peoples opinions on what I'm considering above and what other people use to catch their pokemon (Normal+Legendary!).
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I've got an Absol and two Sneasel with False Swipe. One of my Sneasel hatched with the move Foresight, so I could catch Ghost-types (like Rotom or Drifloon) with ease.

I recently hatched a male Ralts with Hypnosis and Mean Look... so yeah, I have the same idea with Gallade.
 
I use "catch 22" Breloom with spore and false swipe its called catch 22 because if it wakes up while I am false swiping it down to 1 hp and attacks it has a chance of getting a status condition. for ghosts I use my scrappy kangaskhan.
 
I'm working on an Absol with the moveset:
False Swipe
Mean Look
Baton Pass
and probably a STAB attack.

It's mostly for cutting down lower-leveled Pokemon to 1hp or trapping then Baton Passing to a Pokemon with an ability like suction cups (in the case of the legendary beasts using roar).
I used to use an Umbreon with a similar moveset in Gen 3 before False Swipe became a TM.
 
Actually, I always carry my level 100 mewtwo with me and a low level poke used to catch the poke I'm after. I'll explain; I would use the low lvl corresponding to the poke I'm after, to wack the health away, and catch it. Sometimes the wild poke faints my poke, so that's why I have mewtwo there. I would just revive my poke and continue from there. Frankly, you don't need a mewtwo, but It's just a habit for me :p
 
Like many people I use Scyther (too lazy to trade and make it a Scizor), though I wish I had picked a Pokemon that could learn Foresight or Odor Sleuth.

However, right now I'm using it mainly for catching the wandering legends, so Scyther's speed is a huge plus. I'm assuming I'll just use another Pokemon for catching any ghosts I don't have in my Dex yet. I realize that sleep/paralysis are useful for catching Pokemon, but if they're already at 1 HP, how much difference does it make? ._.; I've caught legends that still had 5-10 HP left without status effects. A move like Hypnosis is more of a nicety than a necessity, IMHO.
 
Since DP came about I've been using a Zangoose with False Swipe, Seismic Toss, Toxic and T-wave. There are better pokes for the job, I'm just using him since he is shiny and looks tight. :D
 
During my run through of Platinum, I caught a bunch of Synchronize Ralts (and an Abra) of varying natures. The only ones I'm missing are Calm and Careful. When I want to catch a Pokemon of a particular nature, I take the Synchronizer of that nature and put it in my lead slot. Then I either give it a Smoke Ball or KO it on purpose. I also have a False Swiping Scyther that I use if I can't catch the wanted Pokemon with the first Quick Ball.

When I was tracking down Mesprit and Cresselia, I had a Hypnosis +Mean Look Gengar with me so I could trap them, put them to sleep and weaken them up to the point where they could be caught easily (but it was hard).
 
nya_chan said:
I realize that sleep/paralysis are useful for catching Pokemon, but if they're already at 1 HP, how much difference does it make? ._.;
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2x more chance on the RNG, to make catches quicker: http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Catch_rate

That said I don't use it either, Level 78 Absol, slightly EV trained in speed with Mean Look and False Swipe, was fun using it for Lati@s in HG, the poor things couldn't touch it as wave after wave of pokeballs came at them. :)
 
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