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Game Boy Color

MissingNoL 28 Apr 2022 00:18

https://www.reddit.com/r/Pokemonguide/comments/7c2kcf/how_to_find_raikou_suicune_and_entei_a/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=mweb

angelfmf 10 Sep 2022 10:41

Damn entei! Im still in ecruteak, my pokemon havent reached their 30s yet and he appeared already 4 times... I bet when im ready to catch it hes nowhere to be found... damn teaser -.-

JackZenko 1 Mar 2023 12:08

Fun Challenge!
For hunting I used 3 Pokemon, Scyther Lvl 39 with False Swipe, Jumpluff Lvl 39 with Quick Claw and Sleep Powder (his speed is actually enough for Raikou) and a Pokemon with flying.
I kept flying to Cherrygrove City to find Entei and Raikou.
If either of them was on Route 29 or Route 31, I went to Route 30. If one of them was on Route 30 or Route 46, I went to Route 29.
If one of them was there, I saved the game and then used Repel. When Entei or Raikou escaped, I soft reset the game and flew back to Cherrygrove City and repeated the process.
I used 4 repels and about 12 pokeballs. Ultraball and Fastball have a 1% better chance, so in my opinion it's not worth wasting money on.

JohnathanHyde 28 Mar 2023 23:06

So for those who are skeptical, the link above is an excellent resource to use to find all 3, Entei, Raikou, and Suicune (for those in Silver and Gold). It details a well thought out plan on how to find these mons once as well as how to encounter them again. If I did not encounter them, I would Fly to Violet City, enter and exit the Pokecentre, and check again until they were.

Personally, my methods were just Flying to Violet City, entering and exiting the Poke Centre and seeing where the dogs are. If they are on routes close to 31, 36, or 32 then I would head to one of those routes and check. The link above has more details on this, most of which I ignored and only really focused on using the Violet City method. I tried alternating between Violet City and Mahagony Town like the link suggests, however that did not work well for me and I found my own method preferable for me.

As for the battle itself, I had Level 40 Jynx with Lovely Kiss and Mean Look. Catch one in Ice Path as that is the only way to get Lovely Kiss. 10% chance on BF3 with the Rock Smash Rock. Mean Look is obtained at level 35. I finished the game before attempting this so I had the Leftovers from Snorlax which came in handy since Entei has Fire Spin. Jynx was head of my party so I could use Max Repels to find Entei.

In the back, I had a level 90 Parasect with Spore and a Level 89 Umbreon with Mean Look and Baton Pass. I went through about 40 Ultra Balls before I finally caught Entei so Jynx's Lovely Kiss PP gets low. I opted to switch right after putting Entei to sleep eventually to Umbreon. I used Mean Look and then Baton Passed into Parasect. Spore is 100% hit and Baton Pass passes Mean Look onto Parasect to keep Entei trapped. From there it was just tossing Ultra Balls and using Spore when Entei woke up.

Hope this helps someone else who is struggling. I sure did and wished I did this a lot earlier then what it was I did instead which did not work and wasted a lot of house for me.

Cubelitical 14 Jan 2024 09:34

I used a level 39 crobat and level 43 jynx.Use max repel with crobat and encounter raikou.Then use mean look and get its health down.After crobat dies you have a free turn to switch into jynx.Use an overleveled jynx with lovely kiss to put it to sleep then throw your balls at it.

The1upBlock 23 Jan 2024 08:07

Was grinding for the Elite 4 and he randomly popped up. Said, out loud; "Oh, hey Entei." and threw a single Ultra Ball and snagged him. Two Shinies and now this. My luck with the Gen 2 achievements has been pretty wild.

Sigil 4 Jun 2024 16:22

How in the hell did Entei ran away after I use Mean Look? 😒🤦‍♂️

Barrettorbix 26 Jun 2024 08:02

From what I can tell, the best 3 potential pokemon for this are Jynx , Haunter (assuming you can't trade to evolve into Gengar), and Jumpluff. They all naturally learn sleep moves, they all have high base speed, and 2 of them have Mean Look.

The most important things are speed and sleep. Mean Look is nice, but roamers can use Roar to end the battle even after you've “trapped” them, so it doesn't make much difference. A wild LV40 Raikou (the fastest of the trio) can have a max speed stat of 109. However, this does NOT mean your pokemon needs a speed stat of 110. Due to gen 2's badge boost mechanic, any player with Whitney's badge will have their pokemon's speed boosted by 12.5%. This means a speed stat of 98 will effectively be treated as 110, so that's actually the lowest you need.

If you get a pokemon with a base speed of 95 (like Jynx or Haunter), then give it 10 Carbos before level training, it will have a bare minimum speed stat of 97 by LV40, even with 0 IVs and no more EVs. In practice, it will likely reach 98 through either IVs or getting more EVs while level grinding. In other words, a LV40 Jynx or Haunter with 10 Carbos is practically guaranteed to outspeed Raikou.

The other option, Jumpluff, has a base speed of 110. A LV40 Jumpluff given just a single Carbos will always have a minimum speed stat of 98. Its only downside is a lack of Mean Look, but this doesn't matter much in practice, since all the roamers have Roar. I ended up going with Jumpluff, because it has the highest speed, and its sleep move has the highest accuracy.

Note that Raikou in particular will still sometimes randomly “outspeed” you and flee, even when you're faster. Supposedly the reason for this is that it still “chooses” an attack even on the turns it tries to flee, with one of its moves being Quick Attack. This lets it get priority from Quick Attack, with the move itself then being overwritten by the fleeing, letting it effectively flee with priority.

mfcfrankos 4 Sep 2024 12:23

I was about to moan about this being tedious but in real time it took me about 40 minutes. Used level 40 Jynx with mean look and lovely kiss, got a few roars but managed it eventually. Problem is I haven't seen Raikou yet!

vulkansnake 14 Dec 2024 22:34

Swear to god he used Roar 3 times and failed and i used Hypnosis 3 times and failed too, then on the 4th one it worked and i catched him xD

lorderbs 20 Feb 2025 15:00

absolutely painful. spending 15mins to get an encounter just to miss lovely kiss turn 1 and it running away, and that thrice in a row is giant pain