Pokémon X and Y

[Samus Aran]

false swipe

[Snowy]

Paralyze or sleep are also helpful

[bluaki]

Sleep has the highest catch rate of all status afflictions, but is automatically cured in a few turns.
Paralysis is fairly close to sleep and doesn't cure, but electric-type and ground-type Pokémon (including Zygarde and Zapdos in XY) resist it.

Freeze is too unreliable to use (only occasionally caused by ice-type attacks)
Burn and Poison do damage, which really isn't something you want on legendaries you're trying to catch, and also has a lower catch rate than sleep and paralysis

[YPrrrr]

Sleep has the highest catch rate of all status afflictions, but is automatically cured in a few turns.
Paralysis is fairly close to sleep and doesn't cure, but electric-type and ground-type Pokémon (including Zygarde and Zapdos in XY) resist it.

Freeze is too unreliable to use (only occasionally caused by ice-type attacks)
Burn and Poison do damage, which really isn't something you want on legendaries you're trying to catch, and also has a lower catch rate than sleep and paralysis

Sorry to be that guy but you can paralyze ground types with stun spore

[TooB]

false swipe

.....................................................shut up....
i forgot about that

[Snowy]

.....................................................shut up....

Kaz you just got fuckin TOLD

[Samus Aran]

i never bother with status effects lol i just false swipe

[bluaki]

Sorry to be that guy but you can paralyze ground types with stun spore

Oh, I guess I mixed up some of the Gen6 changes. Apparently only Electric, not Ground, resists all forms of paralysis.
Glare does the same and has higher accuracy, but lower availability

It's still annoying when my Gardevoir is paralyzed and then Synchronize fails

[PLEASEHELP1991]

i just got a shiny froakie
awesome

[Patrick Stickles]

protean?

[PLEASEHELP1991]

protean?

yep

[Patrick Stickles]

nice job brother

[YPrrrr]

Speed boost venipede trade still a go?

[6M69I69B9]

HEY GUYS DID YOU KNOW ABOUT THE INSTACHECK HOTSPOT THING?  LOL IT'S AMAZING

GET YOUR SHINY VALUE FROM SOMEBODY OR LEARN HOW IT WORKS.

I CAN'T GET IT TO WORK SO I RELIED ON OTHER PEOPLE.

GO HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION:
http://www.smogon.com/forums/threads/instacheck-hotspot-a-fast-pok%C3%A9mon-checker-for-xy.3492531/

lol i sound like a salesman

finally NO MORE FUCKING SEARCHING FOR SHINIES.  i was like 8-9 boxes in but now lol i can REST

[PLEASEHELP1991]

HEY GUYS DID YOU KNOW ABOUT THE INSTACHECK HOTSPOT THING?  LOL IT'S AMAZING

GET YOUR SHINY VALUE FROM SOMEBODY OR LEARN HOW IT WORKS.

I CAN'T GET IT TO WORK SO I RELIED ON OTHER PEOPLE.

GO HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION:
http://www.smogon.com/forums/threads/instacheck-hotspot-a-fast-pok%C3%A9mon-checker-for-xy.3492531/

lol i sound like a salesman

finally NO MORE FUCKING SEARCHING FOR SHINIES.  i was like 8-9 boxes in but now lol i can REST

i already posted about this lol

http://www.smogon.com/forums/threads/instacheck-hotspot-a-fast-pok%C3%A9mon-checker-for-xy.3492531/
you can check your pokemon's IVs and your hidden shiny value using this program