I am Groot!! ... Are you a Pokémon?

[DragonEmperor23]

I thought it was that the balls can't catch humans which is not what Groot is.

 

[PaChi2]

Balls can catch stuff like sandwiches tho

 

[PaChi2]

Bump

 

[DMUA]

Can't Gary just throw a ball to catch him before he gets wrapped up?

 

[PaChi2]

Can't Gary just throw a ball to catch him before he gets wrapped up?

The counter argument is that groot can, you know, hit the ball with a vine before being caught.

 

[DMUA]

Doesn't any contact with the ball cause it to activate and start catching?

 

[DragonEmperor23]

Doesn't any contact with the ball cause it to activate and start catching?

Yes, that was the point I made.

 

[DMUA]

And considering how weak Groot is relative to even basic Pokemon being 8-A, I don't think he's breaking out. He'd need to to dodge it to stand a chance.


I'll go with Gary for my reasons.

 

[Schnee_One]

The counter argument is that groot can, you know, hit the ball with a vine before being caught.

 

[Ricsi-viragosi]

Doesn't any contact with the ball cause it to activate and start catching?

 

[Schnee_One]

No

It needs to activate upon touching the ground

 

[Ricsi-viragosi]

What? Where is that from? I know for a fact that it absorbs in the air in-games, and I vividly remember that stuff happenong in thr cartoon too.

 

[DragonEmperor23]

Why would a pokeball activate on touching the ground? Then there's no point in hitting the pokemon with it.

 

[Schnee_One]

Because they don't hit the pokemon, they absorb by being near them


BTW will Gary really throw a ball first thing?

 

[Desmond253]

pokeballs activate in mid air. They also activate if any surface is touched upon being thrown not just the button. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-A_HzBt7CmY 3:17 is about when ash throws the ball to catch corphish and it hits the top red section of the ball then opens up and sucks corphish in.

 

[DragonEmperor23]

He has no pokemon with him and I think it's very OOC for a trainer like Gary to physically attack what looks like a pokemon to him in order to beat it to the point where he can use a pokeball.

 

[Ricsi-viragosi]

If he can't ise his own pokemon, I doubt he would fight it any other way.

But still, pretty sure that they do need to hit.

 

[DMUA]

He's either gonna pull a pokemon or catch Groot

the former leads to Groot getting pretty much vaporized and the latter leads to Gary probably still winning

 

[Schnee_One]

<Gettig Vaporized

How so?

 

[DMUA]

via an immensely higher AP


maybe vaporized is exaggerating but you know 6-C vs 9-B just ain't fair

 

[Schnee_One]

100 percent sure that Gary is 9C cause ya know 9B vs 6C being unfair is common sense

 

[DMUA]

Yes

thereby his options consist of throwing a pokeball or throwing a pokeball

 

[Schnee_One]

Wait I just realized the OP made it 9B for both but its outdated

 

[HeliX_Sol]

Gary throws Quick Ball, Groot tries to catch it due to thinking they're playing a game, Groot gets caught, battle over.

 

[CuteAnimeNekoGirl99]

gary FRA