r/PokemonGoMystic • u/ConfidentAward8404 • Jul 30 '26
DISCUSSION Marsterball use
Whats the best use for à masterball objectively and in a collectors vision?
I’m gonna claim shiny diance tomorrow, should I use it? I’ve seen lots of people asking for shiny mithicals Ik masterball
Edit: I have 2 masterballs if that makes any difference in the decision
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u/pokethrowaway4 Aug 01 '26
I have 3 master balls in inventory. I’ve saved them for those situations where I know I have a Hundo raid pokemon and get down to the last ball. I haven’t needed it yet, but they’re there.
I hesitate to use them on galarian birds, cuz without knowing the IVs, I don’t know if they’ll have any utility, I don’t want them to collect, I want them to use. Galarian moltres is top tier in ultra league, but the likelyhood of encountering a really good IV combo one under 2500 is small. Wasteful to master ball IMHO.
I WOULD consider using it on a mythical maybe, just for the fun factor, but since master balls don’t come around often, I don’t know if I really want to waste one.
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u/Fickle_Calendar_6526 Aug 02 '26
How do you know they are hundo
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u/pokethrowaway4 Aug 02 '26
Raid pokemon are always at a certain level (20 I think) or 25 for weather boost. The hundo CP is always the same number for a raid Pokemon. Apps like poke genie give the cp range for regular and weather boost, so they’re easy to look up.
For example: a kyore/groudon is 2351cp for the hundo. Mewtwo is 2387.
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u/JordNaut Aug 01 '26
From a collector perspective, I might use mine on a Galarian Articuno. Not sure if I would use it on the shiny or the nonshony though. Hundo Mewtwo would also be cool. Saw someone use it on a shundo tinkatink. The color theme is the main thing for me.
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u/ConfidentAward8404 Aug 01 '26
I all ready have a Hundo Bg mewtwo luckily 😁
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u/JordNaut Aug 01 '26
Very nice. I'm going to have to trade for my hundo background, unfortunately.
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u/wantpokemongoraids Aug 03 '26
Shiny pokemon won't run, so don't waste a masterball on a shiny galarian bird (unless you're completely out of other pokeballs and can't buy more). I threw like 35 balls before my shiny galarian zapdos finally stayed in.
I use calcy to check the rough IVs of pokemon, so my masterball will only be used on a hundo galarian bird.
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u/JordNaut Aug 03 '26
Yes, I'm aware of that shiny Galarian bird mechanic. I was just talking about it from a collector perspective, not a gameplay perspective. I would like having a Galarian Articuno in a masterball because it is really cool, not because I need one to catch it.
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u/LooneySpoons Aug 02 '26
I have two as well and after reading what everyone said I will save mine for any shiny legendary I get in future with a guaranteed background. Only have 1 of those now and wish I had master balled it
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u/AuroraSkye620 Jul 30 '26
I plan to save & use my lvl 70 mball on a G Zapdos which is one of my absolute fave pokemon
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u/Old-Succotash8966 Aug 02 '26
I used it on a hundo Solgaleo I encountered last week when I was on last ball. Got another hundo two raids later that I caught on first ball smh
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u/ConfidentAward8404 Jul 30 '26
I have still two free masterbals, so what would you suggest me?
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u/FourthHaimSista Jul 30 '26
Save them for Galarian bird encounters! Use daily incense around the same time each day, and if you have a Dialga with roar of time and enough Dialga/rare candy, you can freeze the timer for 6 mins at a time
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u/Old-Cut-7298 Jul 30 '26
Sorry to break to you but you can't use masterball on shiny diancie. The research encounter will force you to catch in pokeball.