VGC Pokemon Black/White Thread

[lestatdark]

Galaki said:

radishhead said:

Galaki said:

lestatdark said:

Sleep gives you a better catch boost (2x) than Paralyze (1.5x). 

Does stat debuff give bonus, too? I.E. cutting its speed

Also, I'd assume your catch rate is greater if you can Paralyze and Sleep?

I don't think that cutting stats (bar HP) make it easier to catch pokemon, also, paralyse sleep would increase the chances, but you can't have them both active at the same time :(

Really? No wonder I couldn't get Sleep to stick after paralizying. /noob

Yup, the only status condition you can inflict after your pokemon has suffered either Poison, Sleep, Paralyze, Burn or Frozen is Confusion, which does nothing for catch rate (1x).

And yeah, cutting stats does nothing for the probability of catching pokemon, only status conditions (except Confusion), HP differential, Pokeball type and the pokemon's Catch rate (which goes from 255 for pokemon like Zubat, to 3 for the majority of the legendaries).