What is a Heavy Ball’s catch rate on Dynamax Pokémon?

Mar. 28, 2020

In a Max Raid, what happens if you use a Heavy Ball? All Dynamax Pokémon have a weight of ???, so I was wondering what the interaction would be.

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With respect to capture rate:

If you’reusing a Heavy Ball, then this value may beadjusted according to the Pokémon’s weight. This uses the Pokémonspecies' weight as listed by the Pokédexand isunaffected byabilities or items that modify weight in battle, or by aPokémon being Dynamaxed in a Max Raid

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After testing with the calculator, I found that:

in a Max raid with a level 50 Bulbasaur, and you use a normalpokeball, the catch rate is 27.233%, while a heavy ball is at 17.52%.

G-Max Eevee goes from 3.747% to a 2.41% (normal pokeball toheavyball)

Groudon goes from 3.571% to 21.573%.

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