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==In the anime==
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[[File:Heavy Lure Balls anime.png|thumb|250px|A Heavy Ball in the {{pkmn|anime}}]]
[[File:Heavy Lure Balls anime.png|thumb|250px|A Heavy Ball in the {{pkmn|anime}}]]
In ''[[EP144|Gettin' The Bugs Out]]'', {{an|Brock}} received a Heavy Ball from [[Kurt]] at the end of the episode. However, it was never seen or mentioned past that episode. Another, unrelated Heavy Ball would appear in ''[[AG065|Gulpin it Down]]'', where a [[Nurse Joy]] gave it to [[Professor Jacuzzi]] to capture a {{pkmn2|Giant}} {{p|Gulpin}}.
In ''[[EP144|Gettin' The Bugs Out]]'', {{an|Brock}} received a Heavy Ball from [[Kurt]] at the end of the episode. However, it was never seen or mentioned past that episode.
 
Another Heavy Ball later appeared in ''[[AG065|Gulpin it Down]]'', where a [[Nurse Joy]] gave it to [[Professor Jacuzzi]] to capture a {{pkmn2|giant}} {{p|Gulpin}}.
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Heavy Ball
ヘビーボール
Heavy Ball
Bag Heavy Ball Sprite.png
Heavy Ball
Artwork by Ken Sugimori
Introduced in Generation II
Pocket
Generation II Bag Poké Balls pocket icon.png Poké Balls
Generation IV Bag Poké Balls pocket icon.png Poké Balls
Generation V Bag Items pocket icon.png Items (Poké Balls)
Generation VI Bag Items pocket icon.png Items
Generation VII Bag Items pocket icon.png Items (Catching PocketPE)

The Heavy Ball (Japanese: ヘビーボール Heavy Ball) is a type of Poké Ball introduced in Generation II. It is one of Kurt's signature Apricorn Poké Balls, and is made with Black Apricorns.

In the core series games

Price

Games Cost Sell price
GSC
HGSS
BWB2W2
XYORAS
N/A $150
SMUSUMPE N/A N/A

Effect

Manual activation

The Heavy Ball is a Poké Ball that is more effective on heavier Pokémon, such as Snorlax. The modifier applied during capture attempts varies between Pokémon and Generation. In all games except Pokémon Sun and Moon, if using the Heavy Ball would cause the target Wild Pokémon's catch rate to become negative, it is instead reset to 1. In Sun and Moon, it is instead set to 0, effectively making capture impossible and wasting the ball.

Modifier Games
GSC HGSS SMUSUM
-20 225.5 lbs./102.3 kg or less 451.3 lbs./204.7 kg or less 220.2 lbs./99.9 kg or less
±0 225.8 lbs./102.4 kg - 451.3 lbs./204.7 kg N/A 220.5 lbs./100.0 kg - 440.7 lbs./199.9 kg
+20 451.5 lbs./204.8 kg - 677.0 lbs./307.1 kg 451.5 lbs./204.8 kg - 677.0 lbs./307.1 kg 440.9 lbs./200.0 kg - 661.2 lbs./299.9 kg
+30 677.3 lbs./307.2 kg - 902.8 lbs./409.5 kg 677.3 lbs./307.2 kg - 902.8 lbs./409.5 kg 661.4 lbs./300.0 kg or more
+40 903.0 lbs./409.6 kg or more 903.0 lbs./409.6 kg or more N/A

Like all Poké Balls, the Heavy Ball cannot be used on the Aether Foundation's wild Nihilego, the Dusk ManeUS/Dawn WingsUM Necrozma at the Altar of the Sunne/Altar of the Moone, and the Ultra Necrozma at the Megalo Tower.

Held item

Heavy Balls can be held, but they have no effect. Fling will fail if used while holding a Heavy Ball.

Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver

To prevent trading to Pokémon Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum, where they do not exist, Heavy Balls cannot be held.

Description

Games Description
GSC A Ball for catching heavy Pokémon.
HGSS
BWB2W2
A Poké Ball for catching very heavy Pokémon.
XYORAS
SMUSUMPE
A Poké Ball that is better than usual at catching very heavy Pokémon.

Acquisition

Games Finite methods Repeatable methods
GSC Azalea Town (Blk Apricorn)
HGSS Azalea Town (Blk Apricorn)
SM Mount Hokulani
Get BP at the Battle Tree! Global Mission reward
USUM Mount Hokulani, Heahea City

Artwork

Dream Heavy Ball Sprite.png
Artwork from
Pokémon Global Link

Sprites

Moon Ball Heavy Ball Park Ball battle II.png Heavy Ball summary IV.png Heavy Ball battle IV.png Heavy Ball battle V.png
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

Heavy Ball battle 3DS.png
In-battle model
X, Y, Omega Ruby,
Alpha Sapphire
, Sun, Moon,
Ultra Sun, and Ultra Moon

In the anime

A Heavy Ball in the anime

In Gettin' The Bugs Out, Brock received a Heavy Ball from Kurt at the end of the episode. However, it was never seen or mentioned past that episode.

Another Heavy Ball later appeared in Gulpin it Down, where a Nurse Joy gave it to Professor Jacuzzi to capture a giant Gulpin.

In the manga

A Heavy Ball in the Pokémon Pocket Monsters series

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

In Teddiursa's Picnic, Silver received a Heavy Ball from Kurt that was crafted from the Black Apricorn he gave the man earlier. He used the Ball in the next Round to capture a wild Ursaring that was attacking Gold and Mazie, Kurt's granddaughter.

In the Pokémon Pocket Monsters manga

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A Heavy Ball appeared in Pocket Monsters HGSS.

In the TCG

Heavy Ball
Main article: Heavy Ball (Next Destinies 88)

The Heavy Ball is an Item card in the Pokémon Trading Card Game introduced during the English Black & White Series (the Japanese BW Era). First released in the Next Destinies expansion, it was reprinted in the Japanese Master Deck Build Box EX before being reprinted worldwide for the BREAKthrough expanstion. This version was included in the Japanese The Best of XY compilation.

When a player uses a Heavy Ball, they are allowed to search their deck for a Pokémon with a Retreat Cost of 3 or more, reveal it, and put it into their hand. The user shuffles their deck afterward.

Trivia

  • In Pokémon Sun and Moon only, a Heavy Ball will always fail to catch a Pokémon whose weight is less than 220.46 lbs and whose catch rate is less than or equal to 20. This is because the game will set the catch rate to 0 when the catch rate becomes negative due to the -20 modifier that is applied. The only catchable Pokémon that this affects are Beldum and the guardian deities.

In other languages

Language Title
Japan Flag.png Japanese ヘビーボール Heavy Ball
Chinese Cantonese 沉重球 Chàhmchúhng Kàuh
Mandarin 沉重球 Chénzhòng Qiú
Finland Flag.png Finnish Kilopallo
France Flag.png French Masse Ball
Germany Flag.png German Schwerball
Italy Flag.png Italian Peso Ball
South Korea Flag.png Korean 헤비볼 Heavy Ball
Brazil Flag.png Brazilian Portuguese Bola Pesada*
Poké Bola Pesada*
Russia Flag.png Russian Тяжёлый Болл Tyazhyolyy Boll *
Тяжёлый Шар Tyazhyolyy Shar *
Spanish CELAC Flag.png Latin America Bola Pesada
Spain Flag.png Spain Peso Ball
Turkey Flag.png Turkish Ağır Top
Vietnam Flag.png Vietnamese Bóng Heavy

See also