u/IndigoGouf

Look I know there have been a lot of posts complaining about how catch rates interact with the catching mechanics (and I would assume what a waste of time rage is when you're on a timer), but oh my god Kleavor wants to take years off of my life. It only spawns as the 'leader' of a group of Scyther (so it's inadvisable to faint it) and it has the lowest catch rate indicator no matter what ball you use. I have burnt multiple decent donuts and all kinds of balls just to attempt to catch this stupid thing. What do I do? I am losing my mind.

I've had the game for years but I've only ever really played casual games here and there and mostly played as Civilizing barbarians where the wars are a lot easier and there isn't as much of a power imbalance. I've been interested in doing playthroughs in regions like Phoenicia for instance, surrounded by large powers, but I don't know how to not get killed. I know in places like Anatolia the large powers have fairly scripted total disasters and they open up to rapid expansion, but if you're in like India or sandwiched in between Egypt and the Seleukids I haven't got a clue.