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Quick Ball クイックボール Quick Ball

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Introduced in Generation IV

The Quick Ball (Japanese: クイックボール Quick Ball) is a type of Poké Ball introduced in Generation IV. It can be used to catch a wild Pokémon, being more likely to succeed if used at the start of the encounter.

In the core series games

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Effect

Manual activation

When used from the Bag in a wild encounter, it attempts to catch the wild Pokémon. If used on the first turn of the encounter, it has an increased catch rate modifier.

Generation IV

If used on the first turn of the encounter, the Quick Ball has a 4× catch rate modifier; otherwise, it has a 1× modifier.

Generation V onward

If used on the first turn of the encounter, the Quick Ball has a 5× catch rate modifier; otherwise, it has a 1× modifier. If used on an Ultra Beast, the catch rate modifier is instead always set to 410/4096× (~0.1×).

Held item

Fling fails if the user is holding a Quick Ball.

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NPC usage

Pokémon Scarlet and Violet

Mela and Crispin keep their Pokémon in Quick Balls.

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In the anime

A Quick Ball appeared in Which One ~ Is It?, a Japanese ending theme from Pokémon the Series: Diamond and Pearl.

In Acting True to Form!, a Quick Ball appeared as a part of James's Poké Ball collection. It reappeared in Splash, Dash, and Smash for the Crown!.

In Mad About Blue!, Bluto was shown to keep his Croagunk in a Quick Ball.

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

Black 2 & White 2 arc

In Abyssal Ruins, Blake gave Whitley a Quick Ball and had her use it to catch a Karrablast, which was shortly afterwards traded for Blake's newly caught Shelmet, causing both of them to evolve.

X & Y arc

In Scizor Defends, a Quick Ball was seen amongst the Poké Balls that Y had used while trying to catch an Absol.

In the TCG

The Quick Ball was introduced as an Item card in the Mysterious Treasures expansion (the Japanese Secret of the Lakes expansion). It allows the player to uncover cards from their deck until they find a Pokémon. Its effect is similar to the Fast Ball.

The Sword & Shield expansion (the Japanese Shield expansion) issued an erratum that changed the effect of Quick Ball. Quick Ball is now a more specialized version of Ultra Ball, requiring the player to discard a card from their hand to search for a Basic Pokémon from their deck and put it into their hand. Due to the erratum, all older printings of Quick Ball are treated as having the text of the Sword and Shield version.

Trivia

• As of Generation V, Pokémon with a catch rate of 153 or higher are guaranteed to be caught in a Quick Ball if it is used on the first turn of battle, provided it is not an Ultra Beast or other special type of encounter (such as the "difficulty" penalty being applied from a higher-leveled Pokémon before obtaining the eighth Badge in Generation VIII).
  • In Generation IV, Pokémon with a catch rate of 192 or higher are guaranteed to be caught, though any with catch rates ranging from 151 to 191 have a 99.994% chance to succeed.
• In Pokémon Scarlet and Violet, due to the nature of the game's overworld encounters, it is possible to use the Quick Ball's boosted catch rate modifier on the same Pokémon multiple times by running from it and then reinitiating the encounter.

In other languages

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