Great Ball
The Great Ball (Japanese: スーパーボール Super Ball) is a type of Poké Ball introduced in Generation I. It is an improved variant of the regular Poké Ball that can be used to capture wild Pokémon.
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In the core series games
In Pokémon Sun, Moon Ultra Sun, and Ultra Moon, the following Trainer classes keep their Pokémon in Great Balls:
- Youth Athlete
- Rising Star
- Dancer
- Golfer
- Aether Foundation (including Employees, excluding Faba)
- Team Rainbow Rocket Grunt
Price
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In Pokémon Crystal, a Great Ball costs $500 during the Goldenrod Department Store rooftop sale.
Effect
When used from the Bag in a wild encounter, it will attempt to capture the wild Pokémon with a catch rate modifier of 1.5×.
Description
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Acquisition
Artwork
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| Artwork from Generation I |
Artwork by Ken Sugimori |
Sprites
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| In-battle sprite in Generation II |
Sprite from Furret Frolic's instruction screen in Stadium 2 |
In-battle and Summary sprite from Generation III |
Summary sprite from Colosseum |
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| Summary sprite from XD: Gale of Darkness |
Summary sprite from Generations IV and V |
In-battle sprite in Generation IV |
In-battle sprite in Generation V |
Models
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| Model from Furret Frolic in Stadium 2 |
In-battle model X, Y, Omega Ruby, Alpha Sapphire, Sun, Moon, Ultra Sun, and Ultra Moon |
Model from Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee! |
In spin-off games
Pokémon GO
Great Balls can be used during wild Pokémon encounters to attempt to capture a wild Pokémon with a catch rate modifier of 1.5×.
Description
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Acquisition
The player is awarded Great Balls when they level up to any level from 12 to 19.
Great Balls can also be repeatable obtained by
- Spinning PokéStops or Gyms (Lv. 12+)
- Field Research
- Opening a Gift (Lv. 12+)
In the anime
In the main series
The first proper appearance of the Great Ball was in A Frenzied Factory Fiasco!, where it, along with other variants, were seen being manufactured at the Poké Ball Factory.
James's Poké Ball collection appeared in Acting True to Form!, where it was revealed to contain a Great, Ultra, Premier, Dusk, Heal, and Quick Ball.
In Pokémon Origins
In File 4: Charizard, Red was seen catching an Arbok with a Great Ball.
In the manga
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In the TCG
- Main article: Great Ball (EX FireRed & LeafGreen 92)
The Great Ball, which first appeared in the TCG expansion coinciding with the remakes of the Generation I games, is somewhat of an upgrade to the Poké Ball, and does not require the coin flip that the Poké Ball does, instead restricting the search to Basic Pokémon. Later, in Emerging Powers, Great Ball's effect was changed to have the player search the top 7 cards of the deck for any one Pokémon card and put it in the hand.
In other languages
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This item article is part of Project ItemDex, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on all items. |