(Heart Gold) How do you remove an effect such as paralysis from a wild Pokemon?

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I'm on the "hunt" for Raikou and Entei and have paralyzed them both. I figured that putting them to sleep would be a better tactic to catch them, but since they're already paralyzed, how do I remove it so I can put them to sleep? Or does it matter? Is paralysis just as effective as putting them to sleep?

Anthony Von Hertzon · Accepted Answer

Status#s :

    * Freeze : 10
    * Sleep : 10
    * Paralysis : 5
    * Burn : 5
    * Poison : 5
    * None : 1

As you can see Paralysis isn't as good as sleep when it comes to improving the catch rate. You see these numbers go into a complicated formula for determining catch rate:

(( 1 + ( MaxHP * 3 - CurrentHP * 2 ) * CatchRate * BallRate * Status# ) / ( MaxHP * 3 )) / 256

That was developed by X-Act of smogon. Paralysis is a good effect but sleep is better. However, there is no way to remove that effect from the wild Pokemon.

Anonymous · Answer

its just as effective, but they can run away and attack. thats all

Fatefinger · Answer

You can't.

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(Heart Gold) How do you remove an effect such as paralysis from a wild Pokemon?

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