I love the heal ball because the image of a legendary pokemon (like Groudon) inside this small bright pink ball really makes me chuckle for some reason
@@GiveMeMeatballsImHungry it's almost as if he stated in the beginning it's not about looks so it was a dumb comment that deserved 0 likes to begin with
@@alwaysabiggafish3305 Thank you! I have always HATED the Premier Ball because not only is it completely worthless, in my opinion I actually think it looks WORSE! (Also all the people saying they caught legendary Pokémon with them are lying)
It's 2019 and we still don't have cosmetic choices for Pokéballs (like different color for standard balls and balls with stickers), and the capsules from Gen 4 aren't a thing anymore even though we're in the land of 3D particles now.
Wow... Pokeball customization is a feature I hadn't even thought about, but it would be a simple thing to add so much... That'd be really great to have in the game!
@@emperorcubone We might get some when the Gen 4 remakes roll around because of the capsules, but given how GF is behaving with Gen 8 right now, I'm not keeping my hopes up for anything.
As someone who bred Togepi, that would have made the process so much easier, since they have to evolve before they can replace one of the parents in the incestuous cycle of reproduction
@LagiNaLangAko23 Buffing something during a battle is too much of a buff. No other ball gives an in-battle buff. It's like giving the pokemon an extra item slot. All Pokemon would be in heal balls at that point. It'd literally be the best ball.
*A TD;DR of a conversation with my friend* Friend: What do you think is the worst Pokéball? Me: The Beast Ball. Friend: What's your favourite Pokéball? Me: The Beast Ball.
If Heal Ball was to be inversely proportional to the HP of Pokemon like if the Pokemon had 1 HP it would have high catch rate then it would be really good
I can see a problem with that. With it being the best ball to use nearly all the time outside if masterball. Would pretty much make any regular pokeball obsolete.
@@emperorcubone They are generally incredibly early on in most games, however. Nowhere near halfway. Not everyone has a whole team asap. I know I don't
@@emperorcubone heal ball was introduced in gen 4 and since then they are available reasonably early, but i agree with you, even by this time wouldnt be really useful
Emperor Cubone it generally is pretty early. By the time I get them I typically don’t have a full team (especially if I’m doing a monotype run). But still, using this to fill one or two team slots isn’t really worth it and once you have a full team they’re pretty much worthless, unlike most other balls
@@elin111 that and a lack of Safari Worthy Pokémon that aren't made easier to catch for promotional reasons. If Syther was made today it would have its own movie.
Ekkk the safari zone was entertaining but the proverbial pains in the neck were the safari ball and that there wasn’t really any real way to tell if a Pokémon, such as chansey for example, would run right away after throwing a safari ball, some bait, or a rock or whatever wasn’t the bait or ball
@@McSpanky As it is? It just works 4x better than a regular pokeball on pokemon that evolve with a moon stone. That's only 16 pokemon in total across 6 family's that this thing works on, and they're not even particularly difficult to catch anyway. Beautiful design, but ultimately useless.
The Heal Ball can be found early in the following games: HGSS - Cherrygrove BW - three as a gift from Bianca after saving the little girl's pokemon I dont remember anywhere between B2W2 to USUM since I only really played Moon recently and that was in a nuzlocke where I got a game over from Sina, and before that I got a random encounter shiny Alolan Rattata Sword and Shield - As soon as you arrive into the Wild Area
I caught it in a nest ball. And till today it was usefull cause it was adamant nature, even though I did not care about natures back then and always caught the first one that appeared. ahaha
I like the premier ball. I try to catch Legendaries in them. It just seems cooler than catching them in a timer ball or an ultra ball. More unique and harder to do
I see where you’re coming from, worldbuilding is always a plus, but: 1: it’s odd how only the moon stone had a ball made of it when there were so many more evo stones that balls would be more useful for. 2: I feel like it should’ve been an anime exclusive ball like the gs ball was.
“Premier Balls just do the same as the normal pokeballs, but just is harder to get and looks different” --- my logic of why I don’t like to collect shiny Pokémon
Cubone: "You can only get Premier Balls for buying 10 other balls" Also Cubone: "You can't catch an Eevee in the wild" Pokemon X and Y: "Are we a joke to you?"
Since we’re on the topic of Poké Balls, I actually painted some white pumpkins to look like Poké Balls and Premiere Balls for Halloween this year. Say what you want about their functionality in game, but they’re good for arts and crafts. 🎃
I had an idea for a premier ball. The idea is as follows: When used on a non shiny pokemon, this ball has a catch rate of x1. However, when the pokemon being caught is shiny, the catch rate becomes x6
Have you done a video on the most confusing, frustrating and questionable things GF has done with the Pokemon games? Like being unable to catch Murkrow and Houndour until the post game? Or the whole Feebas mechanic in G3?
17 hour long documentary then. Constantly adding and removing features, battle styles (triple, rotation, inverse, hoard, royale), post game content (locations and plot, additional areas for remakes like the Sevii), movepools that make no sense (I'm looking at you Attract Cryogonal), sticking to mechanics people hate (messy breeding and IV management and messy Egg Move when everything could be easily tutorable) but droping things people love (Frontier, Contests, Megas, Z-Moves, Buddy/Following, Super Training), Kanto pandering, 20 years later and we still don't get difficulty settings. Even design wise, even with really solid character and pokémon. Ace Pokémon for Leaders and Elite are supposed to still be catchable, sure, but having npc trainers share them is dumb and lazy. They are the pokémon you think off when you think of those trainers and vice-versa. You see Misty you think Starmie. You see Miltank you think Whitney. So... Technically Brock and Jasmine share. Why doesn't Karen have a Tyranitar? Why doesn't Morty have a Misdreavus when Agatha already had Gengars? Why is Manectric the only "new and viable" thing for Wattson in Gen 3? Why is Fantina's ace a Mismagius when she's dressed like a Drifloon? Why isn't there a Water/Fighting pokémon in Gen 4 so it makes sense for Crasher Wake to be a luchador? Why are there like 3 people each who main Lucario and Gardevoir? Why have Flint in Sinnoh when his only options for new things would be a Starter or Magmortar? (Honestly a Flying-type E4 could have been more interesting). Why Brycen when no Ice/Fighting? Why give Valerie a Sylveon instead of a Florges? Just why Olympia and Diantha? Gen 6 and 7 have a whole thing with unnacessable areas. Kalos Power Plant? Rhydon Race Track? Alolan's Golf Course? Even remakes. Like. Take LGPE for an example. It's Kanto for the 3rd time, right? But it isn't a remake, since you don't play with Red/Green/Blue, and the plot implies it happens slightly after. Why not have the player go the other way around the map? Update the national dex so evolution related pokémon (Gen 2 and 4 and Sylveon) are available? Keep Murkrow and Houndour around so we have viable Dark types in Gen 1? Add at least one new city? Revisit the Sevii? I love Pokémon but Game Freak just doesn't care about what they have lol.
@@emperorcubone Wasn't expecting you to reply and i hope you do decide to make it. I also have another video suggestion about whether or not GameFreak should release a Make Your Own Pokemon game using the GBA style? I'm wondering how well it would do since there seems to be a lot of fan made games. Honestly it would make a lot of money if they execute it right. The game with basic content could be set at around 50 and additional DLC could be 5-10 per pack plus an annual fee to be able to share and play other fan made games.
The Safari ball is one of the best pokeballs in the game because you get 30 of them for 500 currency. For traders, people who are trying to fill slots with junk mons to exchange for good ones on another game, the safari balls are the best bang for your buck. I recently traded 300 mons from my soul silver to my diamond by using safari balls in diamond to trade for the soul silver mons. Even if you only get 3 pokemon from the 30, that is still a profit when compared to a single catch with an ultraball or quickball. You also don't have to worry about running out of PP when farming. My advice when doing the safari zones, don't bother with bait/ rocks. Just keep throwing the balls. That pokemon will show up again, and you will get another chance to catch them later, if they run. RNG is always RNG, so might as well take every opportunity to catch the mon when you see it, instead of wasting a turn to bait it... just to have it run away.
Premiere Ball is my second favorite after Luxury ball. I love the fact it looks cool while working like a regular Pokeball, makes the game a bit more fun & challenging. I have a bunch of Legendary Pokemon in Premiere Balls plus some Pokemon I bred to have either Premiere or Luxury.
Voice: "but you can't even catch eevee in the wild" Screen: "a wild eevee appeared" Yes I understand that's from a different game but I still needed to point out how odd this selection of images is throughout the dialogue
Freind ball >>>> Luxury Ball. It's not only faster for friendship evolution, it also is for those who want to use return. So its biggest issue is availiability.
actually the premier ball was purchasable in x and y (and was the best way to grind to max style) also it is my favorite Pokeball for catching shiny Pokemon.
The list feels kinda odd, supposedly going from bad to worst technical features, yet the worst ball on this list is the first one mentioned as the rest has a feature that could be used. Then I feel like the quick ball is being ignored, as it only has a multiplier on the first turn, which is only really useful against roaming pokemon, the apricot balls, while having a very niche target, at least do have a use. Then the luxury ball only doubles the happiness rate, which actually isnt that good. Max friendship is achieved by using a friendball, getting a massage and leveling up 2-5 times, which is a lot less than having a Luxury ball that starts happiness at 50(doesnt even double that), and then you have to gain 65 points(130 points as they are doubled), excluding massages as they dont count, which, the fastest way seems to be using a 2 friendship berries, then getting a friendly combo and a friendly lunch, and then gaining a massage and only then are you at the same position with having to level up 2-5 times depending on what massage you get. Seems like an awful extra set of steps for the average pokemon, not even including the pokemon that start at a friendship that's lower than 50. You have 24 pokemon, where the friendship is high enough to consider the luxury ball over the friend ball, because their base friendship is over 100. But only 2 of those pokemon evolves using friendship, and they are already at 140 base friendship, so something as simple as getting 1 massage tends to evolve them already. I mean, we were definitely only talking about usages and not the looks, as the premier and heal ball were included, yet, an exception seems to be made in this case, where the friend ball, for its intended purpose, heavily outclasses the luxury ball, but the luxury ball looks more classy.
Emperor Cubone No no no I don’t have a problem with the breeding itself, in face the process is really smooth and I love it, I just get tired because of the repetitiveness…I suppose.
i feel heard. safari balls always made me so mad, you don't know anguish until you throw futile balls at that one rare pokemon you need from that ONE part of the zone, that will run away as soon as you let your guard down. :( dream balls are cute tho
I don't understand how you have so low number of subscribers but the views for most videos are high! Also, your videos are awesome so I think you should have way more subscribers
5:40 that is completely wrong. In all main series gen 4 games (hearthgold/soulsilver/platinum/diamond/pearl) and in black/white you can buy them before the first gym.
Heal balls are found fairly early in a couple games. In Sinnoh, you can get in in Jubilife, Oreburgh, Floroma, and Eterna before the first two gyms and then in Johto, it can be found Cherrygrove and Violet before the first gym. In Black and White, it can be found in Striaton before the first gym and in their sequels, it can be found in Virbank before the second gym. After that, they decided to start placing it after the second and third gyms making it effectively useless. I honestly never used them cause I found it easier to just walk back to a center in the early game then spend a pretty penny on a heal ball.
@Shadow King Based on Bulbapedia you can after you do the catching tutorial on route 29 for Cherrygrove and at any point in Violet so don't try and say that please
You lost me at Premier ball lol. Even if they are pointless. The fact that they're an optional design is worth it enough. You don't need shinies, theyre the exact same as the original colored pokemon and had no merits to set it appart aside from color.
I never stop using potions or super potions. If you only need to heal 40 health, why would you use a hyper potion or full restore? Such a waste of money.
Oh, so the Friend Ball actually jumps the friendship up to 200? Oh wow, that's pretty insane! I got to catch very recently a Togepi in one on Sword. Literally leveled up and she evolved. Now I understand why, jeez...
I've used so many premier balls, in POGO of course, outside of that, I've just sold them in the main series games. I've also used the heal ball once in pokemon Black and that was the only time ever. Although i do like the premier ball, i hate the heal ball. Great video by the way. Was starting to miss you dude.
Odd question, but what track are you using for your intro? My friend and I have been going crazy trying to figure out where it's from because we both know the whole tune but can't place it!
I've actually used the heal ball before. During my first (& currently only) kalos playthrough, i used one to catch my final team member. A Goomy. That same Goomy became a Goodra & went to the hall of fame with the rest of my team.
Great list! My least favorite PokeBall is the Repeat Ball. Yeah, it has its uses for branched evolutions, and initially, I liked it just as much as my favorite, the Timer Ball. What made me start to dislike it was the fact that unless you want to finish most/all the PokeDex on one save file, it doesn't provide much use outside of that. Heck, the Nest Ball is better for scooping up duplicates, especially if you're backtracking. It also has one of the worst aesthetics I've ever seen. Who's idea was it to have gray circles outlined with yellow? The only aesthetics I've liked for it are Gen 3 and Gen 7(I think the spinning circles are cool!)
In case you guys are wondering what kind of glitch makes the Moon Ball ineffective and you don't want to look it up because it wasn't said in the video: The game checks if the pokemon evolves with the item BurnHeal.
I like the fancy animation that comes with the premier ball. It's just a slightly different sparkle in most games, but that's more than enough for me :D
I can't tell you how much Pokemon GO has made me resent Premier Balls. Knowing that I only have a small amount of balls available to catch a Pokemon I (and several others if it's a high-tier Raid Boss) worked hard to defeat is so stressful, it almost takes the fun out of playing the game. I mean, it feels super rewarding if I catch it, but if I fail it, it throws me off for the rest of the day, and now that's what I think of every time I see Premier Balls. But I also can't argue with your #1 and #2 choices.
Regaring the healball.. You can buy it in Oreburg City, which is the 1st gym. You can buy it in Cherrygrove City, which is the literal first town with a shop you encounter in HGSS. In BW you can buy it in Striaton City, 1st gym again. BW2 in Virbank, that is a little late yeah, 2nd gym town XY was really late, all the way in Lumiose. Not sure why ORAS had it in Verdantuf town, again really late SMUSUM had it in Haoli city again, the very first town. So yeah. In SwSh I don't know where, but I recall seeing them for sale very early on. In most games you can buy them early on.
I still remember using a heal ball back when I first played Diamond as a kid. I ran into the old chateau and was looking around for some Pokemon. I bumped into a Gastly and was super excited. Buuuuut, I used up all of my pokeballs in Eterna forest so I only had the heal ball I bought just to see what it did. After catching Gastly, I was excited to see what the ball did, but I had a full party like any sane kid would. So Gastly ended up in the box and I never used a heal ball again
The Heal Ball has been available in early game since its introduction in gen 4. You can start buying them in Oreburg City. Also in The Gen 6 Games you can buy premiere balls by themselves in Lumiose city in the pokeball shop. Buying them is the easiest way to raise your style.
Worst Pokeballs huh? Odd video recommendation, but I guess it's worth a look... and it seems I have some thoughts on the placements: On Premier Ball: I think 6 is a fair placement for it. It's basically the "buy 10 Pokeballs, get 1 free" ball (which was improved upon in later games), though its effective cost is at least 2000 Pokedollars, making it expensive in a sense. Still fun to flex with by using it to catch a legendary though. On Friend Ball: I agree this is one of the worse Apricorn Balls that could be gotten. It's good you mentioned how limited Apricorn Balls are to acquire. However, I think the other friendship evolutions, such as Togepi and various other baby Pokemon, could have been mentioned if only to mention how in later games Pokemon inherit the ball of their parents. To further add insult to injury here, apparently Friend Ball's effects do not get passed down via breeding, which further cements Luxury Ball's superiority. On Heal Ball: I actually think healing a Pokemon upon catching it isn't particularly great. In the early game, access to healing is not much of a problem since it's usually one to two quick zone transition away at least. By the time the effects might be a great help, such as during a prolonged trip across several routes at once, there's a good chance you'll have a full party anyways. *To put it another way, Heal Ball is basically just a slightly more expensive Pokeball most of the time - the fact it can be bought early, which you claimed is not the case, actually doesn't matter much.* On Dream Ball: I disagree with this placement. While these balls are very limited in terms of acquisition, the Dream Ball at least has no cost compared to Premier Ball (as I mentioned above, it has an effective cost of at least 2000 Pokedollars) and the aesthetic is certainly unique to say the least. The rarity may actually be a selling point on why it's not one of the worst Pokeballs as some may be excited to get a Pokemon in a Dream Ball, especially with the Dream World shut down. On Safari Ball: I partially agree with this placement. Despite the slightly higher catch rate, Safari Balls just generally don't cut it in terms of actually catching the Pokemon in areas where it is used. With that said, the Safari system as a whole, as you stated, is pretty asinine in terms of how the player could manipulate catch rate since it could technically be improved with the other actions, but there's a lot of apparent and actual randomness because little information, such as how close the Pokemon is to running, is relayed to the player. To put this another way, I'd be more inclined to criticize how Pokemon are caught in Safari Zones since Safari Balls would be fine if player agency were improved in other ways. On Moon Ball: Yeah, this one's pretty bad primarily because of its limited, mutually exclusive acquisition. Every other Apricorn Ball is better. With that said, maybe this one could be a good one to throw into rom hacks or something?
The premier ball's distinguishing feature IS the look. The fact that they're prohibitive to collect AND use, but they look cool. I use them to catch Pokemon I would use, assuming the catch rate wasn't abysmal. As for the heal ball, it's bad, but it COULD be good if Nintendo decides to make a difficult area that would necessitate healing. Some kind of Safari/Bug Catching Contest hybrid where you can use whatever balls you want, but once you catch a Pokemon, that's the one you have to use for the rest of the contest, forcing you to work your way up with increasingly damaged Pokemon. Generally when healing is scarce, and you have to make due with what you can find. I like the IDEA of the Heal ball, but it's just not useful.
"When was the last time you used a Heal Ball?" Oh! I just used a Heal Ball not too long ago when I started my Ultra Sun profile. I caught a Smoochum with it, which is now a Jynx on my main team! Honestly glad I did used the ball on her, I love having a cute pink ball for my adorable pink Pokemon that I've always wanted to train.
The reason the Premier Ball exists is so you get a bonus when buying 10 or more Poke Balls. It's basically a buy 10, get one free. It's there to encourage people to catch more Pokemon basically.
I love the heal ball because the image of a legendary pokemon (like Groudon) inside this small bright pink ball really makes me chuckle for some reason
Which is why Chuggaaconroy caught one woth a nest ball.
Chuggaconroy caught a giratina with a heal ball
The only Ball worthy of Darkrai.
I like to catch shiny Pokémon in Heal Balls if it's possible. Double the sparkles!
Caught Giratina in a regular pokeball. 🤐
"So breathtakingly plain in its functionality it literally has no reason to exist." What are you, my dating profile?
To be fair tho, I haven't met anyone who wants to date a pervy turtle till this day xD
Premier Balls look clean as f tho
500+ likes and no replies? Let's fix that.
@@GiveMeMeatballsImHungry it's almost as if he stated in the beginning it's not about looks so it was a dumb comment that deserved 0 likes to begin with
@@alwaysabiggafish3305 Thank you! I have always HATED the Premier Ball because not only is it completely worthless, in my opinion I actually think it looks WORSE! (Also all the people saying they caught legendary Pokémon with them are lying)
The premier ball is for people who like to flex like me.
flex what? the fact that you figured out that you get one for each 10 pokeballs you buy?
Derva Kommt von hinten it’s a joke calm down
@@stormy8386 1. i am calm, why would you think otherwise
2. where was the joke?
3. if someone wasnt calm, has you saying "calm down" ever worked?
@@dervakommtvonhinten517 I actually meant catching legendaries in them. Rather than Ultra balls. Soooooo.
*I cought Rayquaza with one of those*
It's 2019 and we still don't have cosmetic choices for Pokéballs (like different color for standard balls and balls with stickers), and the capsules from Gen 4 aren't a thing anymore even though we're in the land of 3D particles now.
Wow... Pokeball customization is a feature I hadn't even thought about, but it would be a simple thing to add so much... That'd be really great to have in the game!
@@emperorcubone We might get some when the Gen 4 remakes roll around because of the capsules, but given how GF is behaving with Gen 8 right now, I'm not keeping my hopes up for anything.
Same thing could be said about this channel
Honestly that was my favorite feature of the Gen 4 games. It allowed for really cool personalisation for each Pokemon.
@@emperorcubone btw the dream ball is way more useful, it has increased catch rate when the opponent is asleep
Honestly, if the friend ball passed down the 200 friendship in breeding it would speed up the process tbh
Small buffs like that would go a long way...
Wait, it doesn't?? I need to rethink my whole breeding career...
@Vela S just to get my point across ;)
As someone who bred Togepi, that would have made the process so much easier, since they have to evolve before they can replace one of the parents in the incestuous cycle of reproduction
@@songofthieves Disgusting.
The heal ball should also heal the Pokemon inside while you walk.
I've always thought it should heal more than just the one time, and walking is a good way to do it, like the opposite of how poison would hurt...
@LagiNaLangAko23 Too much of a buff.
@LagiNaLangAko23 Buffing something during a battle is too much of a buff. No other ball gives an in-battle buff. It's like giving the pokemon an extra item slot. All Pokemon would be in heal balls at that point. It'd literally be the best ball.
Fun Fact: It's original code does exactly this.
@@DaniReick B R U H
The premier ball is pretty alright, just because its free
Just cuz it’s free doesn’t mean it’s costly
@@eddiew2325 reading this comment made me feel someone else have a stroke
@@eddiew2325 what?
@@eddiew2325 r/ihadastroke
It’s like saying dream balls are good because they’re free
*A TD;DR of a conversation with my friend*
Friend: What do you think is the worst Pokéball?
Me: The Beast Ball.
Friend: What's your favourite Pokéball?
Me: The Beast Ball.
As I like to say: Just because something is bad, doesn’t mean you aren’t allowed to like it. (The opposite is also true, btw.)
@@pyrotempestwing Yeah I know. I just love it cus it looks cool!
Petition to Change the Moon Ball into the “Stone Ball”: Basically catches Pokémon that are from ANY family that revolves from a stone.
Finally a good idea!
Can it keep the crescent moon design?
I was able to catch Lunala with it.
Master ball effect on Eevee
That would be cool cause it means we can find stone evolutions in the wild
If Heal Ball was to be inversely proportional to the HP of Pokemon like if the Pokemon had 1 HP it would have high catch rate then it would be really good
That would be incledible
*False Swipe intensifies*
I can see a problem with that. With it being the best ball to use nearly all the time outside if masterball. Would pretty much make any regular pokeball obsolete.
You should swap it. More HP makes it a better catch rate.
Every ball has that feature lol
I just googled it for like 2 minutes and the Heal Ball is available in the first city in every game since it was introduced.
The first ones... Really? That's just blatantly false. But again, by the time I'm to most of those places I'll have over six Pokemon...
@@emperorcubone They are generally incredibly early on in most games, however. Nowhere near halfway. Not everyone has a whole team asap. I know I don't
@@emperorcubone heal ball was introduced in gen 4 and since then they are available reasonably early, but i agree with you, even by this time wouldnt be really useful
Emperor Cubone Definitely by Jublife
Emperor Cubone it generally is pretty early. By the time I get them I typically don’t have a full team (especially if I’m doing a monotype run). But still, using this to fill one or two team slots isn’t really worth it and once you have a full team they’re pretty much worthless, unlike most other balls
I hope Pokémon Sword and Shield introduces new Balls
same
Right? The Beast Ball was the only new thing in a long time, so we really could use something...
true
I really hope so
Heat Ball for Fire or Electric type Pokémon
The Midnight Ball for Dark type Pokémon
The Earth Ball for Rock, Grass, Steel and Ground type Pokémon
I always hated the safari ball due to how maddening the safari zone is
The only reason people keep complaining about the Safari Zone being removed is because nostalgia goggles.
@@elin111 that and a lack of Safari Worthy Pokémon that aren't made easier to catch for promotional reasons.
If Syther was made today it would have its own movie.
Ekkk the safari zone was entertaining but the proverbial pains in the neck were the safari ball and that there wasn’t really any real way to tell if a Pokémon, such as chansey for example, would run right away after throwing a safari ball, some bait, or a rock or whatever wasn’t the bait or ball
@@elin111 YEAH It's nostalgia manly. But who wants an over easy game anyways? Safari zone provided some kind of challenge
I caught my Lunala in a Moon ball for my Moon playthrough and it ended up having 5 perfect IV, worth.
Hacks
For someone who uses Gen 6 music as the intro, you'd think EC would remember that Lumiose City's Poké Ball Boutique sells Premier Balls individually
You're assuming I found any buildings in Lumiose instead of just getting lost all the time...
lumiose is by far the worst design of all pokemon cities and worse to navigate than most flash dungeons
@@fidelluz2942 I think that's a complement to flash dungeons, not an insult to Lumious.
@@bivcbmtgstgtssscqcrddgtrsm2257 I forgot to specify: worse than navigate a flash dungeon without flash
@@fidelluz2942 Oh.
The Moon Ball really is a let down, especially since it has my absolute favorite Pokeball design.
A buff idea for the moon ball: 4x catch rate for ghost and fairy type pokémons.
@@sanderbeljaars5404 Much better use for it.
What’s it do?
@@McSpanky As it is? It just works 4x better than a regular pokeball on pokemon that evolve with a moon stone. That's only 16 pokemon in total across 6 family's that this thing works on, and they're not even particularly difficult to catch anyway. Beautiful design, but ultimately useless.
it’s clean i used it on my shiny morpeko and it fits well
Least favorite Pokeball? That tricky little voltorb. One word: Selfdestruct. 🤣
I agree also one other word i want to add: Explosion.
But its 3 words!!
The Heal Ball can be found early in the following games:
HGSS - Cherrygrove
BW - three as a gift from Bianca after saving the little girl's pokemon
I dont remember anywhere between B2W2 to USUM since I only really played Moon recently and that was in a nuzlocke where I got a game over from Sina, and before that I got a random encounter shiny Alolan Rattata
Sword and Shield - As soon as you arrive into the Wild Area
Thank you- i have memories of using it early game in HGSS and being confused at that point in the video
Pretty sure it’s found early in SV too.
The Friend Ball is literally just a better version of the Luxury ball. Setting to 200 makes it significantly faster than a 2x multiplier from zero.
Not all Pokemon have a base friendship value of zero. Oh, fun fact, Bunneary is the only friendship evolution that does. L.O.L.
And Friendship building got nerfed, and the requirements for nerfed as well.
Still a huge bummer we don't have customizable pokeballs for our caught Pokemon. Like after we caught them let us change the color in pokécenters.
0:53 Don't say that in front of any Pokemon Go player
Yeah, those are really useful for raids or shadow pokemon
I mean they are still just poke ball clones that are only used since you’re required to use them for raid/shadow encounters.
Cherrish Ball, we don't even get to use it, a pokemon is just in it thanks to mystery gift
roninwarriorsfan you can hack them in and catch Pokémon with them
I remember when Ruby came out....and ended up catching Groudon in a Premier Ball
I caught it in a nest ball. And till today it was usefull cause it was adamant nature, even though I did not care about natures back then and always caught the first one that appeared. ahaha
Same
The reasons you don't like the premier ball are precisely wise I use them.
Everybody and their mom knows that the Premier Ball has a higher chance catching shinies.
no
@@originaluseername wroooosh
Go proves this, shiny legendaries are guaranteed catches and what do you catch them in 99% of the time? Premier balls
C'mon. Is adorable have a matching pokeball whit a certain pokemon.
Like, a heal ball and a Swirlix
Or kyogre and a great ball...
@@SepticSafe_ that's... just cruel
Rattata and master ball
Yes!
Shadid Mosharraf nice duped ball you have, hope you get that rattata an everstone
I like the premier ball. I try to catch Legendaries in them. It just seems cooler than catching them in a timer ball or an ultra ball. More unique and harder to do
i like oddly specific things, having a moon stone ball is just.. worldbuilding/lore
I see where you’re coming from, worldbuilding is always a plus, but:
1: it’s odd how only the moon stone had a ball made of it when there were so many more evo stones that balls would be more useful for.
2: I feel like it should’ve been an anime exclusive ball like the gs ball was.
“Premier Balls just do the same as the normal pokeballs, but just is harder to get and looks different” --- my logic of why I don’t like to collect shiny Pokémon
If you got a shiny Pokémon for buying ten pokeballs then your logic would make sense
Cubone: "You can only get Premier Balls for buying 10 other balls"
Also Cubone: "You can't catch an Eevee in the wild"
Pokemon X and Y: "Are we a joke to you?"
Okey, the Eevee thing was specifically talking about Gen 2, so let's make sure we have context...
@@emperorcubone Fair. I was worried you mentioned a specific gen about both of those and I missed it.
Let's go?
Also sun and moon and usum they are a rare encounter though
Sword and maybe shield: Are we also a joke to you?
Since we’re on the topic of Poké Balls, I actually painted some white pumpkins to look like Poké Balls and Premiere Balls for Halloween this year. Say what you want about their functionality in game, but they’re good for arts and crafts. 🎃
“You can’t catch Eevee in the wild,”
Sword and shield: Hold my beer.
You could first catch it in bw2 j beleive
isn't eevee catchable in the wild on most recent games already
xzemiyl sword and shield? Why yes, that’s why I made this comment.
@@Solrex_the_Sun_King X, Y, Omega Ruby, Pokémon GO, Sun, Moon, Ultra Sun, Ultra Moon, Let's Go! Pikachu, Let's Go! Eevee don't exist, then? Got it.
I had an idea for a premier ball.
The idea is as follows: When used on a non shiny pokemon, this ball has a catch rate of x1.
However, when the pokemon being caught is shiny, the catch rate becomes x6
That would be interesting
Have you done a video on the most confusing, frustrating and questionable things GF has done with the Pokemon games?
Like being unable to catch Murkrow and Houndour until the post game? Or the whole Feebas mechanic in G3?
If you wanna complain about gen 3, don't forget the Regis.
Not that topic specifically, maybe just some points here and there in the Problems videos. But that might be interesting to do...
17 hour long documentary then.
Constantly adding and removing features, battle styles (triple, rotation, inverse, hoard, royale), post game content (locations and plot, additional areas for remakes like the Sevii), movepools that make no sense (I'm looking at you Attract Cryogonal), sticking to mechanics people hate (messy breeding and IV management and messy Egg Move when everything could be easily tutorable) but droping things people love (Frontier, Contests, Megas, Z-Moves, Buddy/Following, Super Training), Kanto pandering, 20 years later and we still don't get difficulty settings.
Even design wise, even with really solid character and pokémon. Ace Pokémon for Leaders and Elite are supposed to still be catchable, sure, but having npc trainers share them is dumb and lazy. They are the pokémon you think off when you think of those trainers and vice-versa. You see Misty you think Starmie. You see Miltank you think Whitney.
So... Technically Brock and Jasmine share. Why doesn't Karen have a Tyranitar? Why doesn't Morty have a Misdreavus when Agatha already had Gengars? Why is Manectric the only "new and viable" thing for Wattson in Gen 3? Why is Fantina's ace a Mismagius when she's dressed like a Drifloon? Why isn't there a Water/Fighting pokémon in Gen 4 so it makes sense for Crasher Wake to be a luchador? Why are there like 3 people each who main Lucario and Gardevoir? Why have Flint in Sinnoh when his only options for new things would be a Starter or Magmortar? (Honestly a Flying-type E4 could have been more interesting). Why Brycen when no Ice/Fighting? Why give Valerie a Sylveon instead of a Florges? Just why Olympia and Diantha?
Gen 6 and 7 have a whole thing with unnacessable areas. Kalos Power Plant? Rhydon Race Track? Alolan's Golf Course?
Even remakes. Like. Take LGPE for an example. It's Kanto for the 3rd time, right? But it isn't a remake, since you don't play with Red/Green/Blue, and the plot implies it happens slightly after. Why not have the player go the other way around the map? Update the national dex so evolution related pokémon (Gen 2 and 4 and Sylveon) are available? Keep Murkrow and Houndour around so we have viable Dark types in Gen 1? Add at least one new city? Revisit the Sevii?
I love Pokémon but Game Freak just doesn't care about what they have lol.
@@emperorcubone Wasn't expecting you to reply and i hope you do decide to make it.
I also have another video suggestion about whether or not GameFreak should release a Make Your Own Pokemon game using the GBA style? I'm wondering how well it would do since there seems to be a lot of fan made games.
Honestly it would make a lot of money if they execute it right. The game with basic content could be set at around 50 and additional DLC could be 5-10 per pack plus an annual fee to be able to share and play other fan made games.
Wow, I haven't watched you in like a year but I still remember that intro. So much memories😅
Great video btw 👍
The Safari ball is one of the best pokeballs in the game because you get 30 of them for 500 currency. For traders, people who are trying to fill slots with junk mons to exchange for good ones on another game, the safari balls are the best bang for your buck. I recently traded 300 mons from my soul silver to my diamond by using safari balls in diamond to trade for the soul silver mons. Even if you only get 3 pokemon from the 30, that is still a profit when compared to a single catch with an ultraball or quickball. You also don't have to worry about running out of PP when farming.
My advice when doing the safari zones, don't bother with bait/ rocks. Just keep throwing the balls. That pokemon will show up again, and you will get another chance to catch them later, if they run. RNG is always RNG, so might as well take every opportunity to catch the mon when you see it, instead of wasting a turn to bait it... just to have it run away.
I love specific aesthetics for my moms I use different balls for each mon for no reason
you love your what?
Dude the premier ball is free, it shouldn't be on this list.
well when you spend 2 k on poke balls XD is it really?
I mean the premier ball is a plus when ur buying tons of pokeballs
Henry McBark yeah
The catch rate per money spent is at infinity! The highest of any ball.
I can also get hepatitis for free.
I catch all my mons in poke balls to be like the anime
I mean i get it but even ash has used a different ball to catch totodile
Sprite Guy me too
@@thomashoughton5270 and phanphy
I catch my mons to be like Gladion in the Anime
@@spriteguy7819 Holy crap i forgot about that, good memory dude
Premiere Ball is my second favorite after Luxury ball. I love the fact it looks cool while working like a regular Pokeball, makes the game a bit more fun & challenging. I have a bunch of Legendary Pokemon in Premiere Balls plus some Pokemon I bred to have either Premiere or Luxury.
The heal ball seems to be available earlier in Sword and Shield.
Voice: "but you can't even catch eevee in the wild"
Screen: "a wild eevee appeared"
Yes I understand that's from a different game but I still needed to point out how odd this selection of images is throughout the dialogue
"There were only 4 friendship evolutions"
Togepi: Am I a joke to you?
Premier ball has a different animation when sent out
Great vid! You're giving me my Pokemon fix until Sword and Shield comes out.
Freind ball >>>> Luxury Ball. It's not only faster for friendship evolution, it also is for those who want to use return.
So its biggest issue is availiability.
actually the premier ball was purchasable in x and y (and was the best way to grind to max style) also it is my favorite Pokeball for catching shiny Pokemon.
The list feels kinda odd, supposedly going from bad to worst technical features, yet the worst ball on this list is the first one mentioned as the rest has a feature that could be used.
Then I feel like the quick ball is being ignored, as it only has a multiplier on the first turn, which is only really useful against roaming pokemon, the apricot balls, while having a very niche target, at least do have a use. Then the luxury ball only doubles the happiness rate, which actually isnt that good. Max friendship is achieved by using a friendball, getting a massage and leveling up 2-5 times, which is a lot less than having a Luxury ball that starts happiness at 50(doesnt even double that), and then you have to gain 65 points(130 points as they are doubled), excluding massages as they dont count, which, the fastest way seems to be using a 2 friendship berries, then getting a friendly combo and a friendly lunch, and then gaining a massage and only then are you at the same position with having to level up 2-5 times depending on what massage you get. Seems like an awful extra set of steps for the average pokemon, not even including the pokemon that start at a friendship that's lower than 50. You have 24 pokemon, where the friendship is high enough to consider the luxury ball over the friend ball, because their base friendship is over 100. But only 2 of those pokemon evolves using friendship, and they are already at 140 base friendship, so something as simple as getting 1 massage tends to evolve them already.
I mean, we were definitely only talking about usages and not the looks, as the premier and heal ball were included, yet, an exception seems to be made in this case, where the friend ball, for its intended purpose, heavily outclasses the luxury ball, but the luxury ball looks more classy.
I know I’m new to this channel, the intro music has probably been like this for ages, but it’s seriously giving me PTSD of the breeding ages in X&Y…
What are you talking about? Kalos breeding was great!
Emperor Cubone No no no I don’t have a problem with the breeding itself, in face the process is really smooth and I love it, I just get tired because of the repetitiveness…I suppose.
i feel heard. safari balls always made me so mad, you don't know anguish until you throw futile balls at that one rare pokemon you need from that ONE part of the zone, that will run away as soon as you let your guard down.
:(
dream balls are cute tho
Well, yeah. The people giving you the balls don't really want you to catch any pokémon.
I don't understand how you have so low number of subscribers but the views for most videos are high! Also, your videos are awesome so I think you should have way more subscribers
Thank you! I wonder the same thing sometimes, but I guess I'd rather people watch and not subscribe as opposed to not watching at all...
5:40 that is completely wrong. In all main series gen 4 games (hearthgold/soulsilver/platinum/diamond/pearl) and in black/white you can buy them before the first gym.
Heal balls are found fairly early in a couple games. In Sinnoh, you can get in in Jubilife, Oreburgh, Floroma, and Eterna before the first two gyms and then in Johto, it can be found Cherrygrove and Violet before the first gym. In Black and White, it can be found in Striaton before the first gym and in their sequels, it can be found in Virbank before the second gym. After that, they decided to start placing it after the second and third gyms making it effectively useless. I honestly never used them cause I found it easier to just walk back to a center in the early game then spend a pretty penny on a heal ball.
@Shadow King Based on Bulbapedia you can after you do the catching tutorial on route 29 for Cherrygrove and at any point in Violet so don't try and say that please
Please keep the videos coming, I enjoy seeing them =3
"And this one only works at noon on Sundays, it's called a Brunch Ball"
Okay I'd actually love that though...
Haha. I know that reference. Funny.
I wish the moon ball was better because it looks so cool. I'm pretty sure I've never even used one though and that's just sad
How to die: take a shot every time he says "ball"
You lost me at Premier ball lol. Even if they are pointless. The fact that they're an optional design is worth it enough. You don't need shinies, theyre the exact same as the original colored pokemon and had no merits to set it appart aside from color.
Eh, that comparison doesn't hold up. They don't hand out a free shiny after every ten encounters; that would just depreciate their value...
It would be awesome if I can just straight out buy primer ball. I like the look but I’m usually so rich I don’t mind wasting the extra cash.
I never stop using potions or super potions. If you only need to heal 40 health, why would you use a hyper potion or full restore? Such a waste of money.
Oh, so the Friend Ball actually jumps the friendship up to 200? Oh wow, that's pretty insane!
I got to catch very recently a Togepi in one on Sword. Literally leveled up and she evolved. Now I understand why, jeez...
For the Premier Ball they should make it so it has a 3x catch rate on shinies
I know that if ever I’m angry, full of rage and hatred I can focus it all at the safari zone and it wouldn’t be misplaced.
I've used so many premier balls, in POGO of course, outside of that, I've just sold them in the main series games. I've also used the heal ball once in pokemon Black and that was the only time ever. Although i do like the premier ball, i hate the heal ball. Great video by the way. Was starting to miss you dude.
Slight problem at 8:50 you missed out the image for the ball, all i see in the number 2.
In sword and shield, dream balls are more effective against sleeping Pokemon
I like the heal pokeball cause it has a nice design and it has a pretty look when you send the pokemon you caught with it
I knew the heal ball would be on this list, but I love the heal ball. Mostly for asthetic reasons because the release effect looks really cool.
But you’re looking at them using the standpoint of now, not then.
Odd question, but what track are you using for your intro? My friend and I have been going crazy trying to figure out where it's from because we both know the whole tune but can't place it!
Oh its route 7 from pokemon X and Y
I've actually used the heal ball before. During my first (& currently only) kalos playthrough, i used one to catch my final team member. A Goomy. That same Goomy became a Goodra & went to the hall of fame with the rest of my team.
I totally agree with what you said about the Friend Ball.
A one time boost doesn't compare to Luxury's effect of constantly improving friendship.
Gamefreak introduced the moon ball in the same game as the day and night mechanics, yet the moon ball has nothing to do with day and night.
The luxury ball and the quick ball are my favorites
Great list!
My least favorite PokeBall is the Repeat Ball. Yeah, it has its uses for branched evolutions, and initially, I liked it just as much as my favorite, the Timer Ball. What made me start to dislike it was the fact that unless you want to finish most/all the PokeDex on one save file, it doesn't provide much use outside of that. Heck, the Nest Ball is better for scooping up duplicates, especially if you're backtracking.
It also has one of the worst aesthetics I've ever seen. Who's idea was it to have gray circles outlined with yellow? The only aesthetics I've liked for it are Gen 3 and Gen 7(I think the spinning circles are cool!)
Hello. Man, what would be the meeting between the universes of pokémon and digimon?
Why was there a picture of Starmons from digimon xros wars?
In case you guys are wondering what kind of glitch makes the Moon Ball ineffective and you don't want to look it up because it wasn't said in the video: The game checks if the pokemon evolves with the item BurnHeal.
Gen 5 had Heal Balls pretty early, I think?
You get like 5 for free after the first gym
Premier ball has increased catch rate on holidays and has highest rate on your birthday
Where can you find heal balls early game? Gen 2 remakes.
I love premier. Balls as they helped me catch a drakloak I couldn't catch it with an ultra ball
I like the fancy animation that comes with the premier ball. It's just a slightly different sparkle in most games, but that's more than enough for me :D
I can't tell you how much Pokemon GO has made me resent Premier Balls. Knowing that I only have a small amount of balls available to catch a Pokemon I (and several others if it's a high-tier Raid Boss) worked hard to defeat is so stressful, it almost takes the fun out of playing the game. I mean, it feels super rewarding if I catch it, but if I fail it, it throws me off for the rest of the day, and now that's what I think of every time I see Premier Balls. But I also can't argue with your #1 and #2 choices.
The heal ball is better in swsh due to boxes no longer healing
Regaring the healball..
You can buy it in Oreburg City, which is the 1st gym.
You can buy it in Cherrygrove City, which is the literal first town with a shop you encounter in HGSS.
In BW you can buy it in Striaton City, 1st gym again.
BW2 in Virbank, that is a little late yeah, 2nd gym town
XY was really late, all the way in Lumiose. Not sure why
ORAS had it in Verdantuf town, again really late
SMUSUM had it in Haoli city again, the very first town. So yeah.
In SwSh I don't know where, but I recall seeing them for sale very early on.
In most games you can buy them early on.
I still remember using a heal ball back when I first played Diamond as a kid. I ran into the old chateau and was looking around for some Pokemon. I bumped into a Gastly and was super excited. Buuuuut, I used up all of my pokeballs in Eterna forest so I only had the heal ball I bought just to see what it did. After catching Gastly, I was excited to see what the ball did, but I had a full party like any sane kid would. So Gastly ended up in the box and I never used a heal ball again
Last I checked the heal ball only works when you don't have 6 pokemon in your party
I judge pokeballs by aesthetics alone so yeah the only one I would agree with is the friend ball
The moon ball is one of my favorites lmao
It may have the same rate as a regular ball but it looks excellent, the clean white with the red highlight makes it one of my favorites
premier ball doesn't differ from a pokeball mechanically. so how is it worse?
The Heal Ball has been available in early game since its introduction in gen 4. You can start buying them in Oreburg City. Also in The Gen 6 Games you can buy premiere balls by themselves in Lumiose city in the pokeball shop. Buying them is the easiest way to raise your style.
Worst Pokeballs huh? Odd video recommendation, but I guess it's worth a look... and it seems I have some thoughts on the placements:
On Premier Ball: I think 6 is a fair placement for it. It's basically the "buy 10 Pokeballs, get 1 free" ball (which was improved upon in later games), though its effective cost is at least 2000 Pokedollars, making it expensive in a sense. Still fun to flex with by using it to catch a legendary though.
On Friend Ball: I agree this is one of the worse Apricorn Balls that could be gotten. It's good you mentioned how limited Apricorn Balls are to acquire. However, I think the other friendship evolutions, such as Togepi and various other baby Pokemon, could have been mentioned if only to mention how in later games Pokemon inherit the ball of their parents. To further add insult to injury here, apparently Friend Ball's effects do not get passed down via breeding, which further cements Luxury Ball's superiority.
On Heal Ball: I actually think healing a Pokemon upon catching it isn't particularly great. In the early game, access to healing is not much of a problem since it's usually one to two quick zone transition away at least. By the time the effects might be a great help, such as during a prolonged trip across several routes at once, there's a good chance you'll have a full party anyways. *To put it another way, Heal Ball is basically just a slightly more expensive Pokeball most of the time - the fact it can be bought early, which you claimed is not the case, actually doesn't matter much.*
On Dream Ball: I disagree with this placement. While these balls are very limited in terms of acquisition, the Dream Ball at least has no cost compared to Premier Ball (as I mentioned above, it has an effective cost of at least 2000 Pokedollars) and the aesthetic is certainly unique to say the least. The rarity may actually be a selling point on why it's not one of the worst Pokeballs as some may be excited to get a Pokemon in a Dream Ball, especially with the Dream World shut down.
On Safari Ball: I partially agree with this placement. Despite the slightly higher catch rate, Safari Balls just generally don't cut it in terms of actually catching the Pokemon in areas where it is used. With that said, the Safari system as a whole, as you stated, is pretty asinine in terms of how the player could manipulate catch rate since it could technically be improved with the other actions, but there's a lot of apparent and actual randomness because little information, such as how close the Pokemon is to running, is relayed to the player. To put this another way, I'd be more inclined to criticize how Pokemon are caught in Safari Zones since Safari Balls would be fine if player agency were improved in other ways.
On Moon Ball: Yeah, this one's pretty bad primarily because of its limited, mutually exclusive acquisition. Every other Apricorn Ball is better. With that said, maybe this one could be a good one to throw into rom hacks or something?
Awesome piece of content. Keep up the great work! :))
The premier ball's distinguishing feature IS the look. The fact that they're prohibitive to collect AND use, but they look cool. I use them to catch Pokemon I would use, assuming the catch rate wasn't abysmal.
As for the heal ball, it's bad, but it COULD be good if Nintendo decides to make a difficult area that would necessitate healing. Some kind of Safari/Bug Catching Contest hybrid where you can use whatever balls you want, but once you catch a Pokemon, that's the one you have to use for the rest of the contest, forcing you to work your way up with increasingly damaged Pokemon. Generally when healing is scarce, and you have to make due with what you can find. I like the IDEA of the Heal ball, but it's just not useful.
"When was the last time you used a Heal Ball?" Oh! I just used a Heal Ball not too long ago when I started my Ultra Sun profile. I caught a Smoochum with it, which is now a Jynx on my main team! Honestly glad I did used the ball on her, I love having a cute pink ball for my adorable pink Pokemon that I've always wanted to train.
The heal ball should really have just been the first 5 Pokeballs you're given for your adventure. It's the only way it could ever be useful.
The ball from the pal park you dont even get to keep it goes to the original ball it was caught in..
The reason the Premier Ball exists is so you get a bonus when buying 10 or more Poke Balls. It's basically a buy 10, get one free. It's there to encourage people to catch more Pokemon basically.