Support Alphas help only in their current run. A permanent playable League member requires its League challenge first, followed by a successful wild capture in a later run.
A Friend Ball recruits help for your current companion. It does not immediately unlock another playable character on the preparation screen.
League cards show challenges, moves, passives, evolution and ultimates. Plan around the required unlock steps rather than treating every support recruitment as permanent collection.
Weaken the Alpha, approach during its short capture window and press E to throw a Friend Ball. A recruited Alpha follows and attacks automatically for the rest of this run. Releasing it instead gives a free Poké Ball and Rare Cand…
Read full answerThe challenge is only the first step. In a later run, its wild form appears with a silhouette and direction indicator. Weaken it and press E to try catching it: you get at most 3 attempts, and it joins the League only after a succ…
Read full answerA Shiny appears with a rainbow beam. Catching it unlocks a Shiny appearance for its evolution line. Encounters occur roughly once every 5 runs, not on a guaranteed fifth run. A Shiny Stone guarantees a Shiny in region 1.
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