Does tapping B in pokemon really work?

[numba1spartan]

i tap that.

[thegannylad]

press B every time the pokeball shakes gives you 90% chance 50% for ledgendaires

[andysim99]

Me pressing B while trying to catch Uxie=doesn't work.

My friend pressing B while trying to catch it for me=Works.

[NdMSnIpEz]

@andysim99 the game obviously doesn't like you.

[cattcarter1]

press ctrl + w on your computer :D

[Drakzensorri]

@cattcarter1 Lol you're so funny ctrl + w erase the page you're in.



[cattcarter1]

@Drakzensorri >:D

[11909xX]

i kinda remember some kind of trick that you did to make all pokeballs catch like masterballs. it worked about 45% of the time and even on legendaries

[AntiquityOfSin]

I just toss Master Balls; I stopped caring about the validity of Pokemon several versions ago.

[PiplupsRock]

That must explain how in emerald i got a Raquaza with one ultra ball at full health...

[reecebyrne2010]

@deagrn lol i see what you did there

[Dinglis4X4]

yes it does, i managed to do it and i got scared. The ball vibrates in the air and then only takes one shake before it's caught on black and white :)

[BlessedratdragonAlt]

well what do u know, looks proven after all

[deaqrn]

This depends on which you're playing.

For GBA, hold START-SELECT-A-B

For NDS pokemon games, hold START-SELECT-R-L.

This only works on Legendary pokemon! :D

[ChampionTeemo]

@deaqrn lol, nice trolling...

[blobby292]

Ridiculous. The "Tapping A legend" is just that. A falsely created legend passed on by elementary school children. To prove this, I would think that you should test at least 255 pokemon. Drawing circles, tapping a, or b for that matter, is completely fictional. Only things that are flat-out stated to increase catch rate, will, in turn, increase the catch rate.

[Drakzensorri]

@blobby292 Why do you don't put a video about it if you say it's not working.

[blobby292]

@Drakzensorri you're so funny. In case you didn't notice, or care to check, more likely, I have no videos. I never will. I am here to call idiots idiots. Simple as that. THAT was the purpose of my comment. If you went to school long enough to do a science fair progect, you would not only know the falseness of this video but the discreditably of it. Two pokemon? Of such low levels? Hilarious. And yes, freexax, I do.

[Drakzensorri]

@blobby292 I didn't say it works. I was only saying you don't have to say to people you should do it on 255 pokemon at least because you think and most of us think it don't works. But if you want to prove it you have to prove it yourself without saying to people do it and I will believe you or else you will say you used action replay

[FreeXax]

@blobby292 You do know that the tapping B thing is almost a complete joke by now?

[F5tornado651]

everyone knows it's hold a+b down

[ultimatepikachufan1]

IT DOES NOT WORK, you obviously used action replay

[bubben16]

It works tapping B for me, but it fails when i tap A

[PheonyxImperius]

It seems to also work with pressing B and Down right when the Pokeball first lands, then holding until the Pokemon is caught. That's just my personal experience, some of you may have found it doesn't work, and I myself haven't experienced a perfect catch rate with this.

I really can't tell what's going on with it. Maybe it's an Easter Egg cheat like the Konami code in Contra and Gradius? Maybe it's a Placebo? Maybe it's just weird?

[etfeli1]

you have to hold A and B right when the pokeball hits and i think it only works from ruby and the game s before ruby

[ToHighForLife]

Imo its all totally random i remember i caught mewtwo once in fire red with my first ultra ball. I was most likely holding down B though. But still im pretty sure its all totally random.

[Burningburr1to]

i do a-b-a-b-a-b etc when i catch stuff but it i think t worked the best in hoenn

[mercifuljonathan1]

WRONG! I hold a when trying to catch and b when i'm losing health :3

[THEONLYBIODUDE]

next time try somethihng a bit harder like a legendary

[Yasha123Inu]

I always HOLD B. -3- It works more often...

[TurtwigGirl]

I hold L+R. XD i dunno if it does anything tho. I'll try the B thing i guess.

[RunnerPablo5544]

Everyone has their own version of the Stay-in-the-Pokeball Dance.

[DanTehManTran]

I press A+B+Down, then switch to X+Y+Up after the first wiggle... am I taking this too far?

[Tordah26]

Are you a pigeon? This is literally how pigeons think.

Congratulations on running the IQ down the toilet.

[ZachJamesFriend]

I throw an ultra ball and don't press anything.. it escapes, throw another.. don't do anything..waiting...waiting.. oh shoot it was appeared to be caught. Im like fumin at this point then i try one more time mash the s#*% out of the b button, thing is caught no probz xD

[SuperGameplayerX]

yes

[BangBadaBing]

damn so many.xD me i press a and b together as soon as the ball sucks up the pokeman(yes pokeman xD) and move the pad left right with the ball on legendaries and if it doesnt work, i do the a and b together with L and R all at the same time when its sucked up and it helps too but with regular ones or rare ones, i just hold a and b as soon as its sucked up. i can never just watch it try being caught without doing anything. xD

[Winston12345able]

I press A

[zfrtable]

Statuses: Frozen 2

Sleep  2

Paralysis 1.5

Burn 1.5

Poison 1.5

None 1

[zfrtable]

So.. If you look down below... no tapping B doesnt work whatsoever

[zfrtable]

The formula for determining the capture of the Pokémon is as follows:

CatchValue = ((( 3 * Max HP - 2 * HP ) * (Catch Rate * Ball Modifier ) / (3 * Max HP) ) * Status Modifier

The Capture Value for that is then put through another equation to determine whether or not the Pokémon is to be captured

Catch = 1048560 / √(√(16711680 / CatchValue)) = (220 - 24) / √(√((224 - 216) / CatchValue))

[zfrtable]

Now the Maximum HP and Current HP of the Pokémon that you are about to catch are obviously not known by you, however that is what the colour coding is for and really the lower the hit points the better the chance

Status Ailments are a completely different amount however. Here is a small table stating the Values that each of the Status Ailments is given

[helboybrian2]

i use A but i do it just whene the pokeball almost lands thene whene it hits the mid almost its harder on ledgendarys

else i can catch anything

[ichigoguy33]

i move the dpad left and right at the same time as the pokeball would move and it works great!

[robbiehyde1]

@ichigoguy33 yuppp thats how you do it,, you just gotta combine them lol

[13emilio15]

I thought u were supposed to hold b not tAp it rapidly

[piplup111111111]

cuz its not b ur suposta tap its a silly person

[dennie116]

i'm now taking an adventure and if i find any shinies i will let you know

[TcbadgerA]

I tap A really fast and it works well.

[RobloxFR]

I usually use a and b but ok b is good.

[SapphireWill]

It doesn't always work.The most common chance is that the pokeball will shake 3 times and the pokemon will pop out...But it also depends on the ball:If you throw an ultra ball and rapidly press b the chances will be higher than throwing just a heal ball...BUT!Usually u need to use the nest ball!!! If you are ex.at flower paradise and you want greatly increase the catch rates,u will need to use the nest ball instead of ultra ball...with that,the catch rates get huge boosts!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[125sonicboom]

I caught a Zapdos and Moltres at full health with a Poke Ball by tapping A and B insanely fast.

[thunderboltll]

id tap that

[laneige45]

EVERYBODY type in "pokemon catch rate equation" into google images and you will see what really goes into catching pokemon!

[chopomo]

It's called run over there and holding that fucking pokeball shut screw the rules

[SharkAlien12345]

@chopomo This guy's smart.

[XioXaio12]

B? I use A.

[pokemongurlz]

lol everyone has their methods :P mine is actually using my stylus 2 make circles around the pokeball at the bottom of the screen as fast as i can and after it wiggles i tap the middle of the pokeball 2 capture it

[LOLEGACYnumah1]

i thought of that when trying to catch suicune, but i was too lazy

[xDarkStar19]

Nah, it's just a myth. Tapping any of the buttons has no effect on catch rate. It's just a psychological thing :P

[lolkidude]

i just fap and when im done the pokemon is captured :D

[MrDarkmonarch]

i press a not b and it works like a charm

[SilvrCoconut]

hey i press A it it helps too

[arlobo1]

info... on right? i miss the old youtube T_T

[MysticalShinyHunter]

It does not work... but it helps to release your adrealine :D

[fistfight20]

it does not work pokemon have released a statement saying that it does not, although i still do

[mcmuffinerson]

Like if you watched with snow turned on.

[nguyen123369]

It actually works a little better if you HOLD B and mash the A button. Did it for all mah Pokemon games. Disagree if you want. I just wanted to tell you.

[lego99113]

holy shit

[mariostadium168]

wow if it really works, the safari ball would be useless

[Disguiseduser]

on pokemon i have an entei and raikou

[ccurlee3]

i press B button so many times whenever i try to catch pokemon

[kingbooismy42]

yep

[zappyice]

it work on the gba tiles the newer ones they made u say gothca in the mike would inreaces the rate

[zfrtable]

its a rumor thats been around from day one, it doesnt work

[SpecialForceB]

of course it works.

you don't watch pokémon??

if you do you must have seen ash tapping b on his GBA

[CurtHenniganImpact]

Hold A Not B Then Tap for every bounce except when it trys to break through the Ball the HP has to be at Half point I used this since Yellow Version No Fail Ever SincE!

[DemonReaper3928]

The B + Down trick TECHNICALLY only worked on Red and Blue, since hitting buttons made the game recalculate the random numbers used to catch Pokemon, usually in the favor of lower values which meant closer capture rate.

Otherwise, it's superstition that we all use to pray we catch the Pokemon we want!

[CrispyGoomba]

Lol lag much...

[TrollIsWhatIDoBes]

I press B + Down

[kevincherian727]

I caught a regirock with a pokeball by tapping b.Then i forgot to save before registeel and i killed it.I turned off my ds and lost the regirock.In sapphire................

[PokeCollecterFreak]

i doesnt work...i just do it for my self

[glitchmanalphabeta]

i caught landerous with a great ball by b tapping

[SoulReaper7807]

in EMERALD uring a WILD (not pokemon u already got ) throw ultra ball hold b as it opens release when it closes if caught and if u do correctly u shud get a master ball

[nhhshusky21]

It actually doesn't work.. if you use an emulator on the computer, you can save at any point in the game and even during battle. so when you try to capture a pokemon and revert back to the save point and try using like the b tap, the number of shakes is exactly the same.. repeating like 10 times gives me the same results... sorry for the bubble burst..

[bakufun1]

i tap a b a utill the pokeball closes. super fast. it works. but in black i tap srt slect strt then a b a. i have my resons

[TenaciousKC]

It maks it wurs duhhhh!!!

[Skunkanoid]

in my own experience i would say stay away from tha button! it will LOWER the chances does for me at least

[chopedandsectioned]

i tap b while holdong the down arrow on the d-pad

[mamamario64ds]

If you punch b while your pokemon is evolving, it stops. i found that out the hard way. damn shiny charmeleon....

[rabidarceus200]

@mamamario64ds you do realize you can level it up and evolve it again right?

[mamamario64ds]

@rabidarceus200 ik, but i was man.

[mamamario64ds]

Mad lol



[TheSlayersoftheAbyss]

lol.....its pretty ovious that he just got lucky, it would be more legit if he did it agents a higher lvl with a pokeball

[ShirleyCurves]

it is the A button

[xxpecock700]

actually go like this hold down left on the pad for like a second then right and keep doin tht

[eevelutionsfan]

I always thought it was the a button :P

[MissingnoXpert]

B is not the button to use. Try holding down on the pad. It seems to improve my chances, even though logicaly, in the catch rate formula, no button will help.

[Minan3]

i always believed that holding the B button would help the catch rate since the GBC days i thought so and continue to

[SDPADRES33]

oh, an i am not trying to be rude

[SDPADRES33]

trying, not trieing

[werwar666]

im not trying to be a jerk or anything but the results of 4pokemon or so being caught doesnt say anything, you need to try like 1000x with tapping B, and 1000x without it, on the same pokemon, same poke ball, same levels. I however doubt tapping B helps.

[ZMWinkler]

@werwar666 wouldn't matter. if you look above her tests it 20 times. 9 with, 11 withou. 8/9 with caught, 5/11 without caught. also, pokemon of the same type and level can still be different.

[DarkBahamut977]

@werwar666 okay. do that and tell us the result.

[TheYoc333]

this does work alot i always do it and it ussually works for me

[Deivl34]

yeah

[runefan777]

yeah...

[ShadowMaster9101]

@runefan777 will it work on soul silver?

[kazuya246]

well I think its all random

[runefan777]

It most likely is, I saved state and tried catching a jigglypuff and 5/11 times i caught it, but at the same time, I tried tapping B with save state (same jigglypuff) and caught it 8/9 times.

[TVHarman]

@runefan777 Um i didnt see any shiny pokemon did i miss something?

[franciscoromero66]

what game is this?

[runefan777]

Pokemon Diamond. It also works with all other versions (Maybe not blue and red)

[FrillzenSangheiliXD]

@runefan777 Does this work on B&W?

[MrPkrad112]

@franciscoromero66 wow its pokemon diamond are you even a fan of poemon??????

[Deivl34]

holy shiz

[runefan777]

I said the same thing hahaha