Can I encounter Zapdos again after it ran away in Platinum?

Question

Zapdos run away from me so I want to know can I encounter him twice or NOT in Pokemon platinum
-POKEMON PLATINUM-

Answer 1

Yes you can

Zapdos is a roaming legendary. Every time you enter a new location, Zapdos will move to a new location. You can track it on your Poketch Sinnoh Map app.

When you encounter it, unless you have a Pokemon faster than Zapdos, it will run away immediately if you use an attack. You can throw a Poke Ball if you want. It would be a great place to use the Master Ball. But if you have a Pokemon faster than Zapdos that knows Mean Look, (a high leveled Haunter/Gengar would be great,) than you can trap it. As long as your Haunter or Gengar doesn't die, you can fight the Zapdos like normal.

Hope I could help!

Comments

Another thing is that if a roaming Pokemon (including but not limited to Zapdos) loses HP or gets a major status condition, it will keep its damage and status condition next time you encounter it. So you can get a false swipe user (such as Weavile) to repeatedly encounter Zapdos, use false swipe, and let it run away until it has 1 HP, and then get a Haunter to trap it and put it to sleep. Or you can use a Pokemon that can know mean look, false swipe, and hypnosis, such as Gallade.

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Right. It will still run away if it's asleep and the Mean Look Haunter switches out.

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I’ve never played Platnium but is it like Latios/Latias?

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They're roaming legendaries