The Best and Worst Types of PokeBalls

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pokeballs and stuff, idk

[@JPRPokeTrainer98]

If you're going to Charlotte Regionals this weekend, say hello if you see me!

[@Jelly_shy_guy_man]

No

[@eglol]

Ok

[@TheShadow1347]

My favorite Pokeballs are the Timer Ball, the Quick Ball and the Ultra Ball

[@liannabunny7775]

It feels wrong that a lot of the Balls on the Worst List are some of my favorite Balls. I'm someone who is a Huge Apriball Collector, okay?

[@Chresduck]

Will you be bringing your dented quick ball?

[@TyrantWesker]

Fun fact on the Net Ball, using Soak to change a wild Pokemon's type to Water will get you the catch multiplier, making them highly useful on all Pokemon.

[@kcaccident]

this is how I ended up with a Raging Bolt inside of a Net Ball

[@Matt-oq1sr]

I did this to Terrakion in Violet

[@miguelangelhernandezsolis7849]

In what generation?

[@michachyra3513]

Moon Ball in gen 2 does give the bonus. It just works on Pokemon evolving by Burn Heal. Yes. This is not a joke.

[@loresiooiserol4306]

They should introduce a Fire type that evolves via Burn Heal.

[@Dw7freak]

It is hilarious. I think they used the gen 1 index number for the Moon Stone, but after the item index numbers got changed, they forgot to change that variable in the Moon Ball's code, leading to that issue. And that's assuming that if a Pokemon could evolve via Burn Heal that it would even work properly then.

[@thetexican98]

​@@loresiooiserol4306and loses it's fire typing?

[@CaptainObliviousV]

“Ha! Better have Burn Heal!” -Blaine

[@arkthompson9869]

I thought of a pokémon that evolves with a burn heal: Skabz: Normal/Fire. Ability: Defeatist. It'll evolve to Graphskin: Fighting/Fire. Ability: Magma Armor.

[@bluehaloknickls]

I haven't used the dive ball since gen 3 because I never realized they changed the effect... THAT'S EMBARRASSING

[@nellewoodruff6337]

Same 😅

[@Castersvarog]

Especially it happening right in Gen 4, I’d have expected that in Gen 6 or something

[@scrunkore]

​@@Castersvarogthey got rid of diving in gen 4 so they kinda had to

[@Castersvarog]

Thinking about it, the moon ball should also have better odds against Mons that evolve at night. Would make sense

[@onedudethelegend]

True I caught shiny gligar in a moon ball. Looks sick!

[@castform7]

I'll never forget the blip in time where people thought it was a problem to use a Quick Ball on a shiny. If someone spends hours days or weeks to find a digital creature with a different colour palette, I feel like they should be allowed to have the highest chance of making sure that time wasn't for nothing.

[@Naruhiu]

Lol, I remember that super funny era 😂

[@coolgamerj.y.2759]

That’s pretty much Pokémon Fans. They’re always trying to be to find something bad and trying to manipulate and brainwash those Pokémon fans lol. Even the good stuff.

[@weskintime4177]

It’s still going on. Same with people claiming all of Gen 4 was good when all the stuff they refer to was in Platinum.

[@cassidy1768]

​@@coolgamerj.y.2759I never got the side of the pokemon community that thinks it's okay to gatekeep how you play the game when the point of pokemon is that everything you do is customizable, like, bro, look at what game you're playing

[@NovaMaster375]

Well, I just like to catch all my shinies in Luxury Balls

[@AgusSkywalker]

You forgot the two friendship balls. In gen 2 the friend ball is one of the better balls. It sets the captured Pokémon friendship to 200, and you only need 220 to evolve. Sadly this only works on Zubat/Golbat and Chansey, but still. And in gen 3 we got the luxury ball that doubles friendship gains.

[@annarenfold438]

I love the Luxury ball and I used it on so many Pokémon during my X run.

[@scrunkore]

probably didn't cover them because they don't have an extra catch multiplier

[@Runedrace]

the Luxury ball is the only pokeball with a constant passive which is boosting friend ship gain by 2x.

[@GetPhiledIn]

neither does the heal ball... @@scrunkore

[@AceAviations2]

@@GetPhiledIn The difference is that the Friend and Luxury Ball have a more noticeable effect in gameplay, it makes Return stronger quicker (in gens with Return and those ball types) AND it makes friendship evolutions (Crobat, Lucario, etc.) occur sooner. So unlike the Heal Ball, despite having a basic catch rate they have benefits that mean something in the long run.

[@AmenoKitarou]

I just want to take a moment to appreciate the thumbnail art, where Pikachu disapproves of both options 😂 such a good easter egg

[@zacharybush3099]

You forgot the Beast Ball. In case it wasn't obvious, this Poke Ball is intended to work on the Ultra Beasts, which it gives a 5X catch boost. However, when catching other Pokemon, the catch rate is actually reduced (yes, REDUCED) to a 0.1X catch boost. This means that the Beast Ball is only good on 11 Pokemon and is completely useless on all the other 1014 Pokemon.

[@scrunkore]

but it does look cool

[@janfick7260]

And that is why I use it during raids and scripted catch sequences like when catching Ogerpon etc...not that I used it on Ogerpon lol

[@miikaroos3809]

​@@janfick7260 I did.

[@mbcmechachu]

Technically two of those Pokemon you were talking about aren't even available in the wild. So really it's only able to be used on nine of them.

[@bvd_vlvd]

I don't think he did, that's neither best nor worst

[@bob171]

They should add a Money Ball. It acts the same as a normal pokeball, but you get rewarded with money depending on what level the wild pokemon is when caught

[@gtc1554]

That thumbnail goes hard, fast balls are useless but aesthetically pleasing

[@ktvx.94]

Pokemon teaches us that being quick is good, but being fast is bad.

[@ShadyRK9]

Ironically I have a Shiny Arcanine in Heart Gold in a Fast Ball... I plan on catching every one of my Shinies in Heart Gold in those special Pokéballs. My least favorite is Level Ball.

[@Zevox144]

Level ball is perfect for Electivire though

[@onedudethelegend]

I also caught shiny Arcanine in a fast ball and it looks perfect. It’s always the quick ball cult who hate on the fast ball lol

[@onedudethelegend]

@@Zevox144Fast*

[@TheMDelaney45]

for me i like using pokeballs based on the pokemons color and type like grass or green pokemon in friend ball

[@iTerra_]

For the longest time I thought the Nest Balls functioned like the Level Balls, especially for how late you get access to them like you said. Was really annoyed when I understood how they actually work.

[@wikiuser92]

I've made it a tradition that whenever I use a Ninetales in my team (have done so almost every time I've played Hoenn and at least once in Kanto), if I have access to Nest Balls, I catch the fox in one of those.

[@onedudethelegend]

@@wikiuser92 LOL Nest balls give the pokemon a green fart animation though

[@wikiuser92]

@@onedudethelegend No. It's smoke. And the reason why I started this tradition of mine is because in Gen 3, Nest Balls let out a shower of little hearts when opened.

[@dandy269]

Heal ball is the only ball I use for fairy types

[@ShayTheValiant]

Three Poké Balls from the anime I wish were real are the Mewtwo/Clone Ball from Mewtwo Strikes Back, the Crystal Poké Ball from Spell of the Unown, and the Dark Ball from 4Ever. I don't know what effect they would have in the games, but I really like their designs.

[@ExiledBowser]

All the balls here are useful in raids, its a 100% catch rate regardless of ball, good for finding breeding stock for special balls.

[@BruceBoyde]

I love the luxury ball. I've caught Ultra Beasts in them because I like the design so much.

[@MaximeLafreniere433]

Actually, the Moon Ball had an effect in gen 2. You just needed to use it on a pokemon that evolved using a burn-heal, how complicated can it be?

[@alexdehatter2151]

To give some credit to the Nest Ball, it's pretty useful in the Sinnoh games since you can buy them as early as Eterna City.

[@godzillahomer]

The Lure Ball being glitched in Gen 9 is an accidental dose of nostalgia. Look at Gen 2 and how many of the Apri balls were glitched then. Kurt, you need to do some research into the Hisuian way of making balls.

[@MouseSkull]

10:09 To be more specific: the Moon Ball is glitched because instead of increasing the catch rate of Pokémon that evolve with a Moon Stone, it accidentally does so for those that evolve with a Burn Heal. Which is none, sure enough.

[@sirotes8451]

The Wolfe Glick reference, i knew it was coming and I'm still crying about it!

[@riley-.-]

Context?

[@RFE812]

@@riley-.-Basically a troll poketuber named Verlisify has been going after WolfeyVGC for 7.5 years now about Wolfey using “hacked Pokémon & being dishonest about it”. This beef all started by Verlis saying that Wolfey used a “hacked” Raichu in an unofficial tournament because Wolfey’s Raichu was in a dream ball.

[@sirotes8451]

@@riley-.- Right around 10:37 is the reference. I recall that recently there was a video that I'm having trouble finding now where WolfeyVGC discusses hacking in Pokemon. One of the references he uses is Ray Rizzo's Dream Ball Aegislash which at the time was impossible without hacking. In the video, Wolfe Glick defends the point of view that the unnecessarily tedious grind of prepping a pokemon for competitive play could and probably should be allowed to be bypassed with modified data. Verlisify, who has made it his life's work to discredit Wolfe Glick at every opportunity, attacked his character for defending cheating. However, after defending modifying data, Wolfe Glick, in the same breath, said that since it is against the rules it should be unacceptable. Sorry for the lack of context initially and for the long explanation. Hopefully I was thorough and you won't have to go looking for missing info.

[@turtlenator6249]

@@sirotes8451Wasn’t there also the Dream Ball Raichu Wolf used that had and event exclusive move, something impossible to get at the time?

[@sirotes8451]

@@turtlenator6249 I thought that was Ray Rizzo and it was a dream ball aegislash

[@hydrocannons7573]

I read that they messed up the Moon Ball because when they wrote the code for it they input the wrong item id. So instead of checking for Pokémon that evolve via Moon Stone it checks for Pokémon that evolve via Burn Heal... and no Pokémon evolve via Burn Heal, because it's not an evolution-inducing item.

[@Castersvarog]

Big oof with the lure balls being broken in SV, I didn’t even know it was broken to begin with which is ridiculous

[@kirapipikirapika]

heal ball is actually the best ball simply bc it's cute i hope this helps

[@fallendeus5641]

For the Fast Ball, The legendary birds are likely on the list since they were originally going to be included in G&S but were cut before release.

[@FTChomp9980]

Beast Balls r the best science Fiction looking ball I mean you can literal Aliens basically UBs with it! But the Apricorn Balls in HGSS were the best since u could make so many of them thanks to Kurt.

[@arininquotes8396]

This video is how I learned that the level ball and nest ball don't function the same way

[@Jlaps941]

Another fact about the apricorn heavy ball is that in Sun and Moon only, the lowest a catch rate will go is 0 instead of 1, making Beldum and Tapus completely uncatchable in a heavy ball, since they’re light enough to get the -20 modifier and have a catch rate less than 20, all of them having a catch rate of 3

[@Belikecass]

I caught a Ho-Oh in HeartGold with a heal ball. That thing works for me in very clutch situations

[@DOW1100]

I normally like to use the Moon Ball on Lunala, Cresselia, Ursaluna, Lunatone or Umbreon (so many moon pokemon). Makes you wonder when Gamefreak will release a Sun Ball for Solgaleo, Solrock, Espeon, Sunflora etc...

[@thatman666]

When a PokeBall of the past is better than its original incarnation, you know something is wrong.

[@taputrainer8463]

I feel like the fast ball should be buffed to work well on Pokemon with a speed of either 90, 85, or even 80 and above. Maybe 80 is a little too low but I feel like the fast ball should work on Pokemon like Pikachu and Lucario since 85-90 (while kinda slow now) is relatively fast for Pokemon in a casual playthrough

[@Slimeonian]

I have no idea how, but I managed to catch a Shiny Xerneas in Ultra Sun with a Beast Ball. I was just throwing any kind of ball and it decided to stay in the Beast Ball. The one that’s like 10x less effective on any mon that isn’t an Ultra Beast lmao

[@coolgamerj.y.2759]

I feel like the Moon Ball is meant to catch Blood Moon Ursaluna. After all, I caught it with my last Moon Ball. Totally worth it and I don’t regret anything.

[@miikaroos3809]

I wish I could have done that, but I was out of Moon Balls. I used a Heavy Ball.

[@thebigbean8783]

The quick ball is my favorite to use because I love completing the pokedex. My favorite special ball is the dusk ball by a mile. But the poke ball will always be my favorite over anything

[@pokemonclips2442]

My favourite poke all is the dive ball, it just looks so cool

[@ohkuniii]

This whole time I thought nest balls worked better on lower level pokemon

[@patrickdaniels3595]

Hah. Balls.

[@ClampEEGEE]

Hey, Level Ball is absolutely BUSTED in Gen II. Sure, it's glitched, but go look at catch rate calculators, it's glitched in the *player's favor* so that you get 50%+ catch rates just by being one level higher than the wild Pokemon, and health/status aren't calculated. It's basically like the Quick Ball of Gen II, it's THAT good.

[@eastsidereviews727]

Don't care what anyone says, all the Johto Apricorn Balls look cool. I understand how they are not the most useful, but they all still look really cool.

[@miikaroos3809]

At least they're usable in Raids.

[@theamazingspooderman2697]

if looking cool is the only thing you care about, then pokemon fans have low standards

[@CyborgArmGun]

Yes the TCG pokeballs are obscenely fragile. RIP Tin TCG Quick Ball.

[@vampirebatgirl]

I'm so glad you're making a video about this I've always been curious

[@thecursed_1lordofcats738]

The Heal Ball might be bad, but i caught all the Tapus in Sun in Heal Balls. And Zygarde in X. I just seem to get really lucky with them.

[@MrBda241]

Remember, Brock caught his Pineco with a Fast Ball.

[@nickdentoom1173]

I feel like they should introduce more balls like the Dive Ball For example: The Magma ball to catch Fire types more easily The Snow Ball for Ice types The Earth Ball for Steel, Rock and Ground types The Float Ball for Pokemon that float and fly The Storm Ball for Electric types Heck... we have weather effects and terrain effect now, so The Terrain ball - easier catchrate for Pokemon when a terrain is under effect The Weather ball - easier to catch for Pokemon in different weather (However, has just a regular effect when under normal conditions)

[@gavinaaric]

Thanks JPR for every other JPR Friday

[@Facebones2391]

Quick balls, dive balls, dusk balls, timer balls, you're covered. You got real balls now.

[@tktyga77]

Gen 2 may've fixed most of Gen 1's glitches & broken mechanics, but it sure had quite a lot of second installment weirdness ongoing that wouldn't be addressed until Gen 3. I guess the special stats being interdependent on each other was among them along with the Apricorn balls being as specific as they are, especially many of the worst Pokeball kinds

[@commonviewer2488]

I like Johto, but man was it broken. Wait a whole day for a single ball that doesn't even work.

[@gavinaaric]

I mean just because Dive Balls look cooler doesn’t mean Lure balls don’t look cool

[@halomaxus]

I once miss clicked on a heal ball when trying to catch a shiny ho-oh and got the catch. I was going to start throwing timer balls after running out of ultra balls. It bewilders me to this day that I even managed such an accidental catch. I went on to shiny hunt a lugia and catch it in a heal ball as well to match I caught it on my 3rd shiny encounter

[@gavinaaric]

Verlisify used the Love Ball on Wolfe Glock 😂😂😂

[@goldlight1322]

For as bad as the Fast Ball may be, at least it doesn’t literally blow up in your face like the Bomb Ball in Horizons.

[@graysamagaming9606]

my favorite ball design wise is the Beast Ball but to catch Pokemon I use Quick Ball first turn, a few Ultra/Dusk Balls (depending on the environment) and then spam Timer Balls

[@knifekirby]

I only like using regular pokeballs, besides that I like the cherish and moon hall for aesthetic lol

[@daviddavis3939]

With the ability to get a ridiculous number of balls from the item printer I match the ball to whatever I am catching now. I did quick ball everything up until I unlocked the ball lotto, or use luxury balls if I want to trade to my brother because they are his favorite.

[@SoraIndigo]

Rip the glow up repeat balls had for me in sword and shield when it came to catching those high level raid mons

[@munkeyweb]

The Nest Ball is really for when youre too far into the game and your team are way too overpowered to comfortably reduce HP of a low level monster before capture if you need to catch one

[@slimcognito383]

It’s kind of annoying that the Premier Ball while aesthetically my favorite functions exactly like a regular Pokeball.

[@DoctorNovakaine]

They probably haven't fixed the Lure Ball because people are only using the Lure Ball in Tera Raids anyway, where capture is guaranteed regardless of catch rate. Because who's going to use a ball that costs SIX FREAKING FIGURES on anything they can't guaranteed capture?

[@blazechicken6822]

I've been looking all around for that quick ball, was happy enough to find a single premier ball hidden away at best buy.

[@ediizzy6641]

I was sitting here waiting for the luxury, friend, sport, safari, and cherish balls, but then i realized they weren’t included bc the rankings were based on multipliers, which none of these pokeballs have

[@valiantchris6456]

10:49 Don't think I didn't catch that reference, pal.

[@miikaroos3809]

I usually save Kurt's Balls and other rare Balls for special Pokémon that are guaranteed to get caught. I have most of my Mighty Raid Pokémon in Kurt's Balls, and I caught Ogerpon in a Beast Ball, Terapagos in a Safari Ball and Pecharunt in a Sport Ball. I had to use a Heavy Ball for Blood Moon Ursaluna, because I was out of Moon Balls. In Sword, I caught Eternatus in a Heal Ball just for laughs.

[@d.n.3652]

Wolfe Glick lives rent free in Verlisify's head

[@RFE812]

Yep. Especially since that beef has been going on for 7.5 years now.

[@d.n.3652]

@@RFE812 doesn’t even seem like beef. It’s seems very one-sided lol. Verlisify just wants daddy wolfe's attention

[@RFE812]

@@d.n.3652Yep. The sad part is that Verlis actually turned some people against Wolfey.

[@d.n.3652]

@@RFE812 I used to like verlisify content back in the day. He used to make some good stuff. But sadly he chooses not to

[@RFE812]

@@d.n.3652Same here. I used to like Verlis too but ironically he made me like Wolfey’s content more.

[@roadrunner9332]

In Ultra Sun, I caught a shiny Feebas by using a Lure Ball. I was training for EVs when this random shiny appeared. I didn't wanna miss the chance of catching shiny Milotic in a special ball, so I used the lure ball. Sadly, it wasn't ideal for PvP, so I used it for breeding. A few eggs later, I hatched an even better shiny Feebas which now is a shiny Milotic in a Lure ball. The friend who helped me with the trade evolution was quite envious... xD I do have a soft spot for the Lure Ball because of that Feebas/Milotic even though your arguments are perfectly valid. ^^

[@AlexDayz]

One of my favorite Pokeball’s is the repeat ball. The design and colors are just so pretty. Not too practical if it’s a mon you haven’t registered yet though

[@claymathewselevator8121]

Kurt still has the GS Ball

[@gaminggoddess85]

The last Pokemon SV DLC has been such a meat grinder for Quick Balls and Timer Balls with the BBQs and Snacksworth's bazillion random legendary hunt quests. I think I've used around 300 of them total. And yes I used Quick Balls on shinies, though if I wasn't lazy and so over the game by now I have a Ceruledge with False Swipe and a Clodsire with Yawn if I really wanted them to be in cool or color-coordinated pokeballs. But since I'll never see them again after like tomorrow when I'll have finally finished all the special coaches crap, MEH.

[@pcachu]

Ash and Pikachu doing the Drake meme is beautiful.

[@mbcmechachu]

I am genuinely surprised that the beast ball wasn't mentioned at all during this video. Only ever useful on nine different Pokémon & on top of that Scarlet & Violet doesn't have any of those said nine Pokémon within its roster meaning that it is effectively useless on anything you can find in the wild.

[@Arrows_tip]

I love using the quick ball. I caught 2 out of 3 of the galar birds, and i thought it was really funny.

[@garchompelago]

Top 5 best Pokeballs in my opinion 1. Master ball (Kinda obvious) 2. Quick Ball (Its like a Master ball if it works for the 1st turn) 3. Dusk Ball (Very reliable when its night time or in a cave 4. Net Ball (Majority of the Pokemon population are water. Also as a bonus, works well with bugs too) 5. Timer Ball (When everything else above fails aside from the Masterball, you can always rely on the Timer ball.)

[@Primarina.]

my favorite that wasn’t listed is the strange ball from legends arceus. imo it looks great in most ice type Pokemon. hopefully one day it’ll be item we can obtain

[@TheFirstCurse1]

The Luxury Ball will always be the best.

[@jacobmiller9527]

No beast ball? You know, the only pokeball with a 0.1x catch rate on everything and only have a 5x catch rate on like 12 pokemon.

[@SSBBPOKEFAN]

They do at least fill the niche EXTREMELY well, considering Ultra Beasts ignore catch rate buffs of all other balls.

[@TWH_Pixy]

Pokemon *and* NASCAR fan? I see all that cup merch, you've gained a sub my friend

[@cossakrose]

Wow. The Moon Ball does NOT not have an effect. It increases the catch rate for Pokemon that evolve using a Burn Heal. *THE DISRESPECT!*

[@sumeracarnatia6997]

Wonderful detail with Pikachu on the thumbnail. XD

[@qqqqqqqqqqqq121212]

I’m a big fan of the Friend ball and Luxury Ball and have had many discussions arguing which is better.

[@HoopsandHipHop]

JPR sacrificing his merch for our entertainment, what a legend

[@Funami2006]

Shoutout to the Luxury Ball for making your friendship evolutions easier and for allowing Return to get stronger faster

[@exile0025]

ive have the quickball fail on me quite alot i kinda like the lure ball more than the dive ball

[@KenBladehart]

No matter how much time has passed, Game Freak is still have _"immaculate"_ coders

[@TenTailedSasuke]

JPR- The fast ball works on pokemon that can run away during battle Me- oh nice so entei and JPR- no not those Me- what the

[@thecoolbroscoolman4672]

Luxury balls are the best balls because they’re “luxurious” and your Pokémon will love you more since they know that you’re rich

[@pinetreek1227]

JPR you gotta keep growing out the beard lmao. It looks awesome

[@grodbert6905]

Personally I have a softspot for the Heal Ball, due to it _perfectly_ matching Goodra's (my favorite Pokémon) Shiny colors

[@kevand2898]

The verlis reference had me rolling 🤣

[@stewriley2899]

WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO CHANGE THE BALL OUR POKEMON ARE IN

[@LuigiTheMetal64]

Quick Balls, Dark Balls, and Timer Balls are great.

[@thegayghost872]

Love ball? More like the Love Wins Ball

[@jesuisunstroopwafel]

I never realized the Dive Ball was so limited in Gen III. Same with the Gen IX Lure Ball on paper, I skipped these games and forgot they removed fishing. And yes, half of Kurt's creations are, well... balls.

[@jesuisunstroopwafel]

Also every time I create a Pokémon Trainer OC, I do use Dive Balls and Net Balls, but almost never Lure Balls.

[@BareKnuckleBlaze]

I've been playing Platinum for the past few days and I'm trying to get all the unknown. Pretty much every unknown I caught was caught with a quick ball. It's just that good! It's also useful for not accidentally killing a Pokémon due to being overleveled.

[@TKnHappyNess]

I remember using Net Balls on wild Ditto who I had Transform into Magikarp so I could catch them easier

[@Facebones2391]

Before I watch, Dusk Ball has to be top 3. Idk what the statistical catch rates are but the practical ones, it's second only to a master ball for me. Literally only caught Wo-Chien because I took so long the time of day changed.

[@Castersvarog]

I think it’s one of the best options you can get until like 8 turns into a fight where Timer starts to be better.

[@Facebones2391]

@@Castersvarog won't lie I don't count turns, but Dusk Ball is my go-to, any shiny not in a quick ball got Dusk'd. There's just so many places it works even during the daytime. Getting my shiny Beldum REQUIRED dusk balls for sure.

[@dychrisshandonsmith1242]

Keep it up on your work and this video and channel I love this video and channel Thanks you for your video and channel I love Pokemon All franchise