Does defense stat affect the catch rate?
Nov. 26, 2013Pleaselog inorregisterto add a comment.
Nope. I caught Zekrom with a Great Ball, full health, 3 tries. It has 120 Def. I caught Skarmory in 5 tries with a Pokéball, it has 140 Def.
The higher it is will not affect the catch rate. However, I used an Electabuzz with Screech to reduce the defense, then I reduced the HP, and paralyzed Reshiram. Took one Pokéball to catch.
If you lower it, you may catch Pokémons easier. On the other hand, raising it has strictly nothing to do with it.
According to Bulbapeida:
Approximately, the probability of catching a Pokémon starts with thespecies' catch rate divided by 255. Then it is multiplied by thefollowing factors:- The health of the Pokémon (relative to its fullhealth), which can reduce the probability to ⅓× at full health- The type of Poké Ball, which can augment by some ×- Any status ailment of the wild Pokémon (i.e. 2× increase for sleep or freeze, and 1.5× forothers).
So no, the defense of the Pokemon does not apply to it’s catch rate.
Hope this helped!~Excadrill444~
