Pokemon Go players discover huge trick to get guaranteed critical catches
NianticThe Pokemon Go community has stumbled across a potentially meta-defining trick that makes it possible to get a guaranteed critical catch on every thrown Pokeball.
Usually, catching a Pokemon in Pokemon Go is a game of luck that can be influenced by skill. Although a catch is rarely guaranteed, a well-timed spin throw massively increases the odds of success.
However, it’s possible to luck out and receive a critical catch, signaled by a unique animation of a star weaving out from the Pokeball. These are rare but effectively let trainers bypass a Pokemon’s catch rate altogether.
For years, this was believed to be purely luck-based. But recently, a trainer has discovered a method of getting a critical catch at any time.
Newly discovered Pokemon Go critical catch trick is massive
Pokemon Go players have uncovered an apparent meta-defining trick that guarantees a critical catch every time it is pulled off. All the trick involves is throwing a Pokeball and landing it on the smallest circle possible which will always catch the targeted Pokemon with a critical catch.
Believing that they had stumbled across something big, one trainer tested it and found it to be true: “I’m not going to beat around the bush so I’ll just say my controversial statement: Critical catches can be guaranteed.”
“I’ve spent the last few weeks testing this out as I’ve had a suspicion based on some recent catches. Bottom line after all my testing: If you hit an excellent throw on a Pokemon on the smallest possible circle, it will guarantee a critical catch,” they explained revealing the method.
Others chimed in expecting to quickly disprove the theory but were instead left stunned: “Instinctively I didn’t believe this, but I had a bunch of banked [Pokemon] tasks to test. Although i wasn’t great at it, I had 4 excellents that i was confident were as small as i thought they could be, and it really worked each time.”
Following this others were quick to test the trick out and found similar results replying: “Oh wow. I just did an excellent throw with the smallest circle and it was a critical catch. Good to know,” and “Was thinking this was just another playground rumor, but after trying I got already 15 critical catches on purpose in 4 hours.”
However, a new update on the Critical Catch phenomenon on December 27 has discovered that this method might not be as foolproof as previously thought.
On X, a Pokemon Go player that encountered Regigas after a Raid attempted this method, but failed to reel in the Legendary.
