The Evolution of the Safari Zone

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  @ProfessorRex · 1 year ago (edited) · pinned

  The Reddit user who claims that a single bait is the optimal strategy on most Pokémon in the great marsh &nbsp;is verifiably incorrect.<br><br>Bait increases a Pokémon’s chance to flee while also increasing its catch rate by one stage.<br><br>Bidoof has a catch rate of 255, a 50.29% chance to catch.<br>At a +1 stage this becomes 78.47%<br><br>However, bidoof’s base flee rate is 35.69%<br><br>The odds of successfully catching bidoof with balls alone is 73.92%<br><br>Wasting a turn makes the maximum chance of success no greater than 74.31%. Since the baited ball does not have a catch rate greater than 90%, we can say definitively that balls alone is superior<br><br><br>You can find my analysis by searching “Professor Rex Great Marsh”<br><br>The conclusion of six bait on whiscash is correct but all other analysis is wrong.

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  @pMoosh555 · 1 year ago

  &quot;back in 2009 with Heartgold and Soulsilver&quot;<br><br>Cool I guess I&apos;ll simply turn into a pile of dust now

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  @SebiBubble · 1 year ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0ebraIwYR4&amp;t=619">10:19</a> went from throwing rocks to rowing throcks real quick xD

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  @alexanderstilianov · 1 year ago

  I think Johto&apos;s Bug-Catching Contest is worth mentioning as a more accessible alternative to the Safari Zone.<br>It&apos;s the only way to catch Scyther, Pinsir, and the otherwise version-exclusive lines of Butterfree and Beedrill, it&apos;s before the third gym and it&apos;s free. <br>I kinda like that it&apos;s a contest, making it more replayable, because there are tangible rewards you won&apos;t get most of the time (we all know the real reward is the Scyther and Pinsir but yeah). <br>Gold and Silver&apos;s RTC allows for the real life 20-minute limit that makes more sense than the security stalking every 500 steps you take...<br>The fact that it only takes place on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays prevents it from becoming a grind fest. There&apos;s less incentive to save scum, since you do get an item reward, a pokemon, as well as potentially some exp. The Sun Stone is nice, but it&apos;s not worth doing 20 minutes over and over.

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  @benjaminphipps8325 · 1 year ago

  Pelting wiscash with mud for 7 minutes is truly dedicated journalism

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  @CaptainUnown900 · 1 year ago

  I don’t really care for the game itself, but I do really like the in-universe idea of a Pokémon nature preserve, where rare Pokémon can be found.

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  @Lisa-tw7ed · 1 year ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0ebraIwYR4&amp;t=618">10:18</a> rowing throcks

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  @whatzpoppin6181 · 1 year ago

  I love videos like this. It really makes the community feel more alive. It gives attention to great games that are very old but still have interesting player bases.

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  @zachwise476 · 1 year ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0ebraIwYR4&amp;t=617">10:17</a> Rowing Throx. Same bro, same.

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  @TheCartoonGamer8000 · 1 year ago (edited)

  The Kanto Safari Zone has always been my favourite from concept - just a weird little place where some of the rarest Pokemon in the game reside. It kind of ends there, because I&apos;d totally want a Scyther/Pinsir/Tauros/Chansey for my team, but it&apos;s likely never happening. That said it felt great nabbing a Lv. 15 Dragonair in Yellow - years later I saved/used that thing in Pokemon Stadium&apos;s Pika Cup and with the Dragon Rage TM it destroyed darn near EVERYTHING. <br><br>I also love what they did with it in the banned Dratini episode - 30 years before the episode&apos;s events, trainers heard of a Dratini in the park and not only ravaged the place, but caught excessive amounts of other Pokemon, which is why they put the 30 Safari Ball restriction in place.<br><br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0ebraIwYR4&amp;t=617">10:17</a> Also, rowing throcks. I&apos;ve been there, no worries haha

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  @MaxoPokémon · 1 year ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0ebraIwYR4&amp;t=320">5:20</a> this makes me appreciate the fact that I caught two chanseys back to back both with lucky eggs a LOT more

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  @Sameo250 · 1 year ago

  Another banger. &nbsp;Got a shiny Oddish in da zone while watching this lol.

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