How can you catch Lugia without a Master Ball in GS and HGSS?

Answer 1

i did it pretty easy, i used lucario's force palm to paralyze it and then brought it down to red, after that i just started throwing ultra ballls at it, id say it took me about 4 ultras to bring him down and catch him, did the same thing with the sleeping phycics as well. hope that help.

-- In my opinion, my tactic was quite easy. See, when you get up to Diagla, pull a Pokemon out that has Endeavor, and just keep using that, just try not to die till you get it in the red. Then, just throw a Dusk Ball. On my first try, this worked, only had to use one ball total. ~T~

or get lucario and use close combat and it takes it down to red or kill him also save before battling ot will help

hope you like :) bendy ben

Answer 2

The best way to catch any Pokemon is to lower their HP as far as possible (with moves that leave at least one HP, such as False Swipe), and giving them status problems (such as paralysis and poisoning). The best PokeBalls to use are Ultra Balls or Dark Balls.