Fast Ball

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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 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==
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===Effect===
====Manual activation====
When used from the Bag in a 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 player's turn (as well as the ball prior to Generation IV).
=====Generation II=====
If the wild Pokémon is , , or , the Fast Ball has a 4× catch rate modifier; otherwise, it has a 1× modifier.
While it is intended to be more effective against , 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 stat of , 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 410/4096× (~0.1×).
====Held item====
 fails if the user is holding a Fast Ball.
In only, Fast Balls cannot be held. This is to prevent them being held by a Pokémon traded to , where the item does not exist.
===Description===
In Generation II games, the Japanese item description mentions 「にげあしの はやい ポケモン」 (Pokémon that are quick to run away), but in the localization this was adapted as "fast Pokémon" instead.
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===Acquisition===
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| Azalea Town (Wht Apricorn)
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| Heahea City, Mount Hokulani
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| Reward from Ball Guy for clearing Champion Cup tournament during post-game (0.125% chance)
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| Cram-o-matic (White Apricorn)
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| Reward from Ball Guy for clearing Galarian Star Tournament during post-game (0.125% chance)
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| Reward for registering 240 Pokémon in the Paldea Pokédex
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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 	August 8 to September 30, 2017
 	 	All 	December 20, 2019 to January 15, 2020
 	 	All 	May 29 to June 4, 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
==Gallery==
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==In animation==
===Pokémon the Series===
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In Going Apricorn!, , , and each received a Fast Ball from Kurt. While Brock used his Fast Ball to a later in the same episode, Ash and Misty's Fast Balls have not been seen or mentioned since, although Ash's Fast Ball makes a cameo appearance in the fifth Japanese opening theme, Ready Go!, and the dub opening theme for Pokémon: Master Quest, Believe in Me.
In Trouble's Brewing, was revealed to keep her in a Fast Ball.
==In the manga==
===Pokémon Adventures===
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In Teddiursa's Picnic, a Fast Ball appeared in a fantasy during Maizie's explanation about Apricorn Poké Balls.
In Slugging It Out with Slugma, a Fast Ball was seen amongst 's set of Apricorn Poké Balls.
In Surrounded by Staryu, Crystal used Fast Balls to catch a group of .
In Off Course with Corsola, some of the Pokémon that Crystal had caught for were seen in Fast Balls.
In Absolutely Azumarill, several Fast 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 Fast Balls given to him by Kurt to help him save a group of from drowning in the flooding Slowpoke Well.
==In the TCG==
The 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 .
==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 .
* The Fast Ball includes a stylized S in its design. This is a reference to its Japanese name, Speed Ball.
* In Generation II, despite the Fast Ball's intended effect to be more effective against Pokémon that can run away from battle, its English item description in Generation II instead implies that it is more effective against fast Pokémon in that generation. Conversely, from Generation V onward, its description implies it is more effective against Pokémon that can run away, when in fact it is more effective against fast Pokémon in those generations. As a consequence, are the only games in which the Fast Ball’s English description actually matches its effect.
* In Pokémon Gold and Silver: Complete Pokédex (page 21), this item is incorrectly described as follows: "Use a Fast Ball when you're trying to catch a Pokémon that runs away quickly, such as or ."
** In Generation II games, the 4× catch rate modifier does not actually apply to Raikou or Skarmory as explained above, and wild Skarmory do not flee from battles nonetheless (unlike Raikou). However, this catch rate modifier does apply to Raikou from Generation IV onwards.
==In other languages==
==Related articles==
Category:Poké Balls
de:Turboball
es:Rapid Ball
fr:Speed Ball
it:Rapid Ball
ja:スピードボール
zh:速度球（道具）