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>Pokemon Platinum almost 3 years ago
>On Iron island with NPC Riley
>Run around for a bit until I realized I ran out of repels
>Fuck it, I don't want to go back to town for that
>Several annoying cave mons later...
>Two Gravelers
>One is GOLDEN SHINY
>Both level 32 - high chance they know EXPLOSION
>Not to mention the NPC may KO the shiny too
>Forgot to stock up on various balls
>WHY NOW
>Had to quickly faint NPC poke while internally chanting for the Gravelers not to explode
>Take down the unimportant mon successfully while lowering the shiny's HP to yellow at the very least
>3 Net balls, 6 Ultra Balls, 1 Dive Ball and 3 Great Balls
>Feels like a ticking time bomb as most of my balls kept failing
>last 3 Ultra Balls
>PLEASE
>Finally catch it using only 1 Ultra Ball
>Check the moves of the shiny
>It really did have EXPLOSION but luckily did not use it
Until now I still don't understand how lucky I was on that day and I also learned to fucking stock up on pokeballs before rushing off.