A player used a Master Ball in Pokémon GO and didn’t catch a top attacker. The community reacted fantastically and remembers where the priorities in the game should lie.
The Master Ball is the most powerful ball in the world of Pokémon GO and the other games in the franchise. It has a catch rate of 100%, so you can use the ball to catch any monster without problems. However, since there were only a few opportunities to obtain a Master Ball in Pokémon GO, you should think twice about which monster you use the ball on.
There are continually reports from trainers, who use their Master Ball and have to hear that the Master Ball was totally wasted on this or that monster. Not so in a recent case on Reddit.
“Honestly, a good use”
What kind of monster did the trainer catch? As the trainer writes in his post on Reddit, he encountered a powerful monster during the Nature Zone 2025 last weekend – a Honchkrow. The powerful monsters are very hard to catch when Safari Balls are empty.
It was not just a regular Honchkrow, but even the shiny variant of the monster. Since the trainer had no more Safari Balls and Honchkrow is, according to his statement, one of his favorite monsters, he decided to catch the monster with a Master Ball.
As it turned out after the catch, the monster also has an IV rating of 3 stars and almost perfect stats.
What does the community say about it? Although the monster is not one of the best attackers in Pokémon GO, there are still positive comments and feedback from the community regarding the catch. Some of the comments are:
- “Banger color match! Gratz” says Johnz9, referring to the similar colors of the monster and the Master Ball.
- “if it’s your fav and you want it to me it’s a good reason to use a master nice catch” writes lolaisnthomeanymore.
- “1. Was a Pokemon that was very important to you. 2. Used Master Ball. This is the way” says IsThisKismet.
- “Good use for it honestly” is the comment from batkave.
Even though Honchkrow probably does not belong to the monsters for which, according to many trainers, the use of a Master Ball is worth it, the trainer in this case receives a lot of positive feedback. Because one thing should not be overlooked in the hunt for always stronger and rarer monsters in the game: fun and joy.
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