A trainer demonstrated a trick shot that he successfully performed in Pokémon GO. However, it may be difficult to replicate.
If you want to catch a monster in Pokémon GO, you need to go to the catching screen. Here, you must choose a ball and throw it at the Pokémon. If you hit the monster and it doesn’t perform an animation, you have a chance that the Pokémon will stay in the ball and belong to you.
That you can catch a monster that blocks your ball with the animation with a little luck has been proven by a trainer on Reddit.
“Had no idea that was possible”
What kind of trick shot is that? In the video, you can see how the trainer throws a Pokéball at a Crocalor. He throws the ball just during the animation of the monster. While this usually causes the ball to be deflected and land on the ground, it looked different in this case.
Instead, the Pokéball bounced up and landed again on the monster – even 2 times in a row. This caused the last hit of the ball to end Crocalor’s animation, and the ball hit the monster, causing it to land in the ball.
Ultimately, the monster broke out of the ball. However, this is not due to the trick shot itself, but to the fact that you have a rather low chance of catching Crocalor with a simple Pokéball and without a catch bonus. You can also see this in the video by the red color of the catch circle.
We embed the post with the video from Reddit here for you:
Can I replicate the trick shot? If you want to try to replicate such a catch, you will need patience and luck. This mechanic is rather a rare coincidence and not a throw that you can reproduce on command.
What does the community say about it? In the comments below the post, you can find some trainers who have either never seen this phenomenon or have experienced something similar themselves. Some of the comments say:
- “Definitely the first time seeing that. Didn’t even know it would catch after the initial bounce”, writes Carnby412
- “I’ve seen two a bunch of times but three is crazy”, says 666sky
- “Didn’t even know that was possible, i thought the ball deactivated after hitting it once”, writes Missetat75
- “I’ve had times where after the second bounce my buddy bounces it right back.”, reports AnimeMan1993
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