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Originally posted by Typhlosion
WTF?
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Yeah, stupid right?
Apparently they can do that. The plus side of that though is that the next time you encounter them, they retain their sleep status. My strategy thus far has been this:
1. I use my Gastly as my starter. Because I get first move guaranteed with roaming Legendaries, I use Mean Look to make them not able to leave until they kill Gastly. Because their first "move" is to flee, they don't get a first turn.
2. I use Hypnosis to put them to sleep.
3a. I brought them both down to the red zone using Night Shade (does damage equal to the level of the opposing Pokemon, so useful for something like this to be honest
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3b. Once down to the red zone, I use my Scyther's False Swipe (not able to kill them, puts them down all the way to 1HP; SUPER useful).
4. The step I'm on now, catching them.
I'm going through steps one and two and just hurling Pokeballs at them until they wake up, kill my Gastly, and I repeat the process.
Entei's MUCH harder to deal with though. He uses Flamethrower and Flame Wheel often. Raikou for some reason *****s out Reflect and even sometimes tries to use Quick Attack on Gastly.