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Fast Ball スピードボール Speed Ball

Pokémon Global Link artwork

Introduced in Generation II Pocket Generation II Poké Balls Generation IV Poké Balls Generation V Items (Poké Balls) Generation VI Items Generation VII Items

The Fast Ball (Japanese: スピードボール Speed Ball) is a type of Poké Ball introduced in Generation II. It can be used to catch a wild Pokémon, being more likely to succeed against Pokémon that are fast or quick to flee.

It is one of Kurt's signature Apricorn Poké Balls, and is made from White Apricorns.

In the core series games

Price

Effect

Manual activation

When used from the Bag in a wild encounter, it attempts to catch the wild Pokémon. It has an increased catch rate modifier against certain species of Pokémon.

The Fast Ball cannot be used in situations in which Poké Balls cannot be used, such as in wild battles with two or more opponents currently present or against a trial Pokémon. If used in a Trainer battle, the opposing Trainer will bat the ball away, wasting the item.

Generation II

If the wild Pokémon is Magnemite, Grimer, or Tangela, the Fast Ball has a 4× catch rate modifier; otherwise, it has a 1× modifier.

While it is intended to be more effective against all Pokémon that can flee, due to a glitch it is only effective against the first three Pokémon in the list of Pokémon that have a 10% chance of fleeing (these three being Magnemite, Grimer, and Tangela). The code was intended to instead check the three tables of Pokémon that have a chance of fleeing (Pokémon that have a 10% chance to flee, Pokémon that have a 50% chance to flee, and Pokémon that always flee).

Generation IV onward

If the wild Pokémon has a base Speed stat of 100 or more, the Fast Ball has a 4× catch rate modifier; otherwise, it has a 1× modifier.

If used on an Ultra Beast, the catch rate modifier is instead always set to 0.1×.

Held item

Fling fails if the user is holding a Fast Ball.

In Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver only, Fast Balls cannot be held. This is to prevent them being held by a Pokémon traded to Pokémon Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum, where the item does not exist.

Description

Acquisition

Appearance

Artwork

Artwork by Ken Sugimori

Sprites

In-battle sprite in Generation II	Summary sprite from Generations IV and V	In-battle sprite in Generation IV	In-battle sprite in Generation V

Models

In-battle model from X, Y, Omega Ruby, Alpha Sapphire, Sun, Moon, Ultra Sun, and Ultra Moon

In the anime

Fast Balls in the anime

In Going Apricorn!, Ash, Brock, and Misty each received a Fast Ball from Kurt. While Brock used his Fast Ball to catch a Pineco later in the same episode, Ash and Misty's Fast Balls have not been seen or mentioned again since then.

In Trouble's Brewing, Tamao was revealed to keep her Umbreon in a Fast Ball.

In the manga

A Fast Ball in Pokémon Adventures

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

In Teddiursa's Picnic, a Fast Ball appeared in a fantasy during Maizie's explanation about Apricorn Poké Balls.

In Surrounded by Staryu, Crystal used Fast Balls to catch a group of Staryu.

In the TCG

Fast Ball

Main article: Fast Ball (Skyridge 124)

The Fast Ball allows the player to go through their deck, turning over cards one at a time until they find the first evolution card, and then taking that into their hand, shuffling afterward. It debuted in Skyridge.

Trivia

• In official artwork and in-battle from Generation V onward, the Fast Ball is shown to be red. However, its Bag sprite and Pokémon Global Link artwork are orange, and it appears orange in-battle in Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver.

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 速度球 Chūkdouh Kàuh Mandarin 速度球 Sùdù Qiú French Speed Ball German Turboball Italian Rapid Ball Korean 스피드볼 Speed Ball Polish Szybki Ball Brazilian Portuguese Poké Bola Veloz Spanish Latin America Pokébola (Bola) Rápida Spain Rapid Ball Turkish Hız Topu Vietnamese Bóng Speed

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