Net Ball
The Net Ball (Japanese: ネットボール Net Ball) is a type of Poké Ball introduced in Generation III. It can be used to catch a wild Pokémon, being more likely to succeed against a Water- and Bug-type Pokémon.
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In the core series games
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Effect
Manual activation
When used from the Bag in a wild encounter, it attempts to catch the wild Pokémon. If used against a Water- or Bug-type, it has an increased catch rate modifier.
Generation IV
If used against a Water- or Bug-type Pokémon, the Net Ball has a 3× catch rate modifier; otherwise, it has a 1× modifier.
Generation VII onward
If used against a Water- or Bug-type Pokémon, the Net Ball has a 3.5× catch rate modifier; otherwise, it has a 1× modifier. If used on an Ultra Beast, the catch rate modifier is instead always set to 0.1×.
Held item
Fling fails if the user is holding a Net Ball.
Description
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Acquisition
Artwork
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| Artwork by Ken Sugimori |
Sprites
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| In-battle and Summary sprite from Generation III |
Summary sprite from Colosseum |
Summary sprite from XD: Gale of Darkness |
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| Summary sprite from Generations IV and V |
In-battle sprite in Generation IV |
In-battle sprite in Generation V |
Models
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| In-battle model from X, Y, Omega Ruby, Alpha Sapphire, Sun, Moon, Ultra Sun, and Ultra Moon |
Cameo appearances
Pokémon Sun, Moon, Ultra Sun, and Ultra Moon
In Pokémon Sun, Moon Ultra Sun, and Ultra Moon, Lana keeps her Pokémon in Net Balls.
In the anime
A Net Ball appeared in Which One ~ Is It?, a Japanese ending theme from the Diamond & Pearl series.
In A Frenzied Factory Fiasco!, multiple Net Balls were seen at the Poké Ball Factory.
In the manga
In the Pokémon Adventures manga
In Stick This in Your Craw, Crawdaunt I, Mr. Briney used Net Balls to catch a trio of Wailmer he reeled in.
A Net Ball appeared in A Sketchy Smattering of Smeargle while Emerald was thinking which of his Poké Balls he should use to catch Jirachi.
In the TCG
- Main article: Net Ball (Lost Thunder 187)
The Net Ball, first found in Fairy Rise, allows the player to search their deck for a Basic 
Pokémon or a Energy card and put it into their hand.
In other languages
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