Remember to stock up on a lot of Pokeballs, several Full Restores, and maybe a few X Defends first. Once you have your Lati Catcher ready, try to meet the legendary. Since Wobbuffet's limited moveset make it a pain to train, I recommend using Experience Share and Rare Candies. You'll want to train your Wobbuffet to about level 60, so it can take your Lati's attacks fairly well. You can get a Wobbuffet by evolving Wynaut egg you get from the old man in Lavaridge or catch one from the Safari Zone west of Lilycove. Since Wobbuffet has the higher defensive cabability, it is the option I recommend.
Wobbuffet and Wynaut are the only Pokemon who have Shadow Tag. So that leaves us with two Pokemon who have the Shadow Tag ability. However, Arena Trap does not work on flying or levitating Pokemon, and the only Pokemon with that ability anyways is the unevolved Trapinch. There are two abilities in the game that do this: Shadow Tag and Arena Trap. If you go to their secret base in your game, you should be able to battle them, and they will have the Lati in their party!Īfter that, the next step it to find a Pokemon with an ability that stops opponents from running away. However, if you have a friend who has the Lati you are looking for, you can easily register the Lati on your dex by having your friend put the Lati in their party and then mixing records with you. Since the chance of bumping into your Lati in the while randomly is fairly low, I recommend being patient and continuing to play your game normally and traveling around the grass until your Lati appears rather than actively seeking it out. However, if not, getting your Lati registered in the day can be very time consuming. If you're playing Ruby or Sapphire and you've already beaten your game, you've likely bumped into your Lati at least once. If you have Emerald, you choose which Lati you want after beating the game.If you have Ruby, you are looking for Latios.If you have Sapphire, you are looking for Latias.The first step to catching Latios/Latias is to get the legendary on your Pokedex. While many people do simply use their single Masterball per game to catch these time-consuming legendaries, Latios and Latias actually can be fairly easy to catch. I created this page in response to difficulties I noticed people had catching Latios/Latias in their Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald games.