Heavy Ball (Hisui)

	Sprite from Pokémon Legends: Arceus
	Introduced in Generation VIII
Pocket
Generation VIII	Poké Balls (Satchel)

The Heavy Ball (Japanese: ヘビーボール Heavy Ball) is a type of Poké Ball introduced in Pokémon Legends: Arceus. It is the Hisuian equivalent of the standard Heavy Ball.

In the core series games

Price

Games	Cost	Sell price
LA	$120	$30

Effect

The Heavy Ball can be used to catch Pokémon. It cannot be thrown very far and quickly falls to the ground upon being thrown, but is more effective if the Pokémon it's used on hasn't noticed the player. If so, it attempts to catch the Pokémon with a catch rate modifier of 1.25×. Otherwise, it has a 1× modifier.

During a battle, the modifier is always 1.25×, as the game defaults to that bonus being active, regardless of whether the Pokémon had previously noticed the player before initiating the battle.

Description

Games	Description
LA SV	A ball that is too heavy to fly high or far, but it is highly effective if you manage to hit an unsuspecting Pokémon.

Acquisition

Games	Finite methods	Repeatable methods
LA	Bogbound Camp (×15; reward for completing Request 36: "Watering with Care")	Crafting: 1 Apricorn and 1 Black Tumblestone General store, base camp stores (after completing Request 23: "Getting Ahold of New Wares") Ginkgo Guild cart (×30; randomly sold by Ginter)

Distribution

Games	Event	Language/Region	Distribution period
LA	Pokémon Legends: Arceus downloadable version Heavy Balls	All	January 28 to May 16, 2022

Appearance

Sprites

Summary sprite from
Legends: Arceus

In the TCG

Main article: Hisuian Heavy Ball (Astral Radiance 146)

The Hisuian Heavy Ball was introduced as an Item card in the Pokémon Trading Card Game during the English Sword & Shield Series (the Japanese Sword & Shield Era). It was first released in the Japanese Space Juggler expansion and the English Astral Radiance expansion, with artwork by Studio Bora Inc. It allows the player to look at their face-down Prize cards, reveal a Basic Pokémon they find, put it into their hand, and put this card in its place.

Merchandise

The Heavy Ball has been featured as one of the magnets in the Hisui Region Poké Ball 3D Magnet Collection that was exclusive to the Pokémon Center.

In other languages


Language		Title
Chinese	Cantonese	沉重球 Chàhmchúhng Kàuh
Chinese	Mandarin	沉重球 Chénzhòng Qiú
French		Masse Ball
German		Schwerball
Indonesian		Bola Heavy
Italian		Peso Ball
Korean		헤비볼 Heavy Ball
Brazilian Portuguese		Bola Pesada
Spanish	Latin America	Pesabola
Spanish	Spain	Peso Ball
Thai		เฮฟวีบอล Heavy Ball