Chibi Pika told me the other day that it was a shame I'd removed the old R/B/Y capture charts from my R/B/Y capture mechanics page, because they'd been really good for the intuitive understanding of Great Balls vs. Ultra Balls. I told them I'd removed the charts and instead put equivalent charts on the capture RNG mechanics page when that was created, because the original charts turned out to be misleading - the RNG significantly alters the result from the ideal depicted in those charts.

But then I figured it really was a shame that visualization was no longer there on the main mechanics page. Although in order to be actually accurate it would have to include data accounting for RNG skew, those charts didn't require any technical understanding of the RNG. I couldn't quite usefully use them as a vehicle to explain the mechanics without confusing people... but I could just add them as a cool visualization thing, right?

So: now there's a little visualization section on the R/B/Y capture mechanics page, which allows you to generate charts of how your chances will change as you lower HP for the different balls for a given Pokémon and status. I at least think it's pretty fun! Please do try entering a legendary and look at the absolutely baffling actual Ultra Ball curve.

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