How to Catch a Legendary Pokemon

While I was puzzling over what to do, trying to choose between two different topics, I eventually went with this one because it's much more straight forward and I just finished doing it (not that it will apply to most of the people who read this blog, sadly). It's just that this is much easier to explain and is much easier to explain than "How to Get Overly Attached to Fictional Characters" (which is pretty much my life in a nutshell).

Anyway, on with the how to!

First: there are two ways this can start. One, if you know that you are going to be coming across this legendary pokemon before you actually do, then the first step would be to stock up on different types of pokeballs (ultra and great are the ones that I usually do, but try getting certain specialty ones too). It's important to have a lot at any given moment, but especially for legendaries, because they'll likely go quite a few of the ones that you buy. This is a step you'd do either way, but it's much easier to do this before you know that you'll be seeing the legendary pokemon.

Second: Approach the area where you'll meet the legendary pokemon. Try to have a pokemon in the front that is good at weakening the pokemon, rather than one that will one hit KO it. Also important is to save in front of the legendary, because then you will be able to go back to there if something goes wrong with catching the legendary pokemon. Then you can approach and initiate the battle.

Third: Once the battle has started you should try weakening the pokemon so that it has low health (ideally in the red, but if not then the orange could be okay as well). Try affecting it with a status like paralysis or sleep, which will make it even weaker and easier to catch. If, and when you get to this point it would most likely be a good idea to switch to one of your pokemon that either has high defense stats or is strong against the pokemon's type, so that it can withstand the attacks the legendary will make while you try to catch it.

Fourth: This is the excruciating part, as you must keep throwing the balls at the legendary. Likely none will work at first, unless you get really lucky. Just keep trying; the odds are against you but if you persevere then you will eventually catch it. This part is more or less entirely luck, so that's why it can get very frustrating at times. Try not to only use one kind of ball, in order to not create patterns (that may or may not be me being overly cautious though).

Fifth: Rejoice, as if you've made it past the last step it means that the pokeball has stopped shaking and you've heard the ding that signals a caught pokemon. Congratulations!

This may not be the most effective way to catch a legendary, it's just the way that I do it (which is more or less just fumbling into it anyway).