Lure Ball

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The Lure Ball (Japanese: ルアーボール Lure 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 in fishing encounters.
It is one of Kurt's signature Apricorn Poké Balls, and is made from Blue Apricorns.
==In the core series games==
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===Effect===
====Manual activation====
When used from the Bag in a encounter, it attempts to catch the wild Pokémon. If the encounter is a fishing encounter, it has a 3×/5×/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 410/4096× (~0.1×).
In , the Lure Ball was changed to function like the Dive Ball due to the removal of fishing, and has a 4× catch rate modifier if used while the Pokémon is currently on or in water.https://twitter.com/Sibuna_Switch/status/1753871113635905800 In Pokémon Scarlet and Violet v1.1.0 and previous versions, due to a glitch, it will only ever have a 1× catch rate modifier, regardless of the capture conditions.https://twitter.com/Sibuna_Switch/status/1610341831346393088?t=J8sAmCT-di3yPlUl_VrrbQ&s=19 This bug was fixed sometime between v1.1.0 and v3.0.0.
The Lure 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 turn (as well as the ball prior to Generation IV).
====Held item====
 fails if the user is holding a Lure Ball.
In only, Lure Balls cannot be held. This is to prevent them being held by a Pokémon traded to , where the item does not exist.
===Description===
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===Acquisition===
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| Azalea Town
| Azalea Town (Blu Apricorn)
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| Azalea Town (Blu Apricorn)
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| Heahea City, Geothermal Power Plant
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| Hulbury StadiumEvent
| Reward from Ball Guy for clearing Champion Cup tournament during post-game (0.125% chance)
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| Cram-o-matic (Blue Apricorn)
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| Reward from Ball Guy for clearing Galarian Star Tournament during post-game (0.125% chance)
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| Event
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| Reward for registering 300 Pokémon in the Paldea Pokédex
| Porto Marinada auctionAcademy Ace Tournament
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| Item Printer (Poké Ball Lotto)
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====Distribution====
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Games	Event	Language/Region	Distribution period
 	 	All 	June 20 to July 31, 2017
 	 	All 	December 20, 2019 to January 15, 2020
 	 	All 	May 22 to 28, 2020
 	 	Japanese 	November 20, 2020 to April 30, 2021
 	 	South Korea 	April 26 to September 30, 2021
 	 	All 	November 19, 2021 to February 28, 2022
===NPC usage===
====Pokémon Sun, Moon, Ultra Sun, and Ultra Moon====
men keep their Pokémon in Lure Balls. 
==Gallery==
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==In animation==
===Pokémon the Series===
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In Going Apricorn!, a Lure Ball appeared in a fantasy during Maizie's explanation about Apricorn Poké Balls.
In Gettin' The Bugs Out, and each received a Lure Ball made for them by Kurt.
In The Totodile Duel, Ash and Misty both wanted to a , and simultaneously threw their Lure Balls at him. One of the Lure Balls caught him, but it was unclear whose Ball it was. As Ash and Misty both wanted Totodile for themselves, declared a to decide who would get to keep the . In the end, Ash won the match, allowing him to keep Totodile, while Misty kept the remaining Lure Ball.
In Trouble's Brewing, was revealed to keep her in a Lure Ball. 
In A Corsola Caper!, Misty used her Lure Ball to catch a .
In Octillery The Outcast, a Lure Ball was featured on a poster for the Whirl Cup.
In Dueling Heroes, was revealed to keep his in a Lure Ball attached to the end of a fishing line.
===Pokémon Horizons: The Series===
In Found You, Fuecoco!, the Lure Ball was mentioned in one of Nidothing's videos.
==In the manga==
===Pokémon Adventures===
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In Teddiursa's Picnic, a Lure Ball appeared in a fantasy during Maizie's explanation about Apricorn Poké Balls.
In Slugging It Out with Slugma, a Lure Ball was seen amongst 's set of Apricorn Poké Balls.
In Off Course with Corsola, some of the Pokémon that Crystal had caught for were seen in Lure Balls. Later in the same chapter, Crystal caught a in a Lure Ball.
In Absolutely Azumarill, several Lure Balls were seen in a basket full of Apricorn Poké Balls that Mirei delivered to Crystal.
===Pokémon Gold & Silver: The Golden Boys===
In The Great Search! Let's Rescue The Slowpoke!, used Lure Balls given to him by Kurt to help him save a group of from drowning in the flooding Slowpoke Well.
In A Spectacular Battle To Save Ampharos!!, was revealed to keep his in a Lure Ball.
In Let's Survive This Sea Battle, a ship captain lent Gold his , which was contained in a Lure Ball.
==In the TCG==
Debuting in the expansion, the is different from the basic Poké Balls in that it draws from the rather than the deck. For each heads flipped, with a maximum of three, an can be returned from the discard pile and put into the hand. It was reprinted in .
==Trivia==
* In and the , Lure Balls are shown to have a green outer coloring; however, in official artwork, they are shown to have a blue outer coloring. Starting in Generation V, the Lure Ball's color is changed to the blue in the games as well.
** However, the reprint of the Lure Ball card, released in 2018, reuses the artwork from its original TCG print, depicting the Lure Ball as green.
** In the , Lure Balls have switched their color scheme twice. In their early appearances, they were colored green, before switching to blue later during . However, upon the animated series's switch to full digital animation in Here's Lookin' at You, Elekid, Lure Balls regained their green coloration, and have maintained it ever since.
==In other languages==
==References==
==Related articles==
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