Hey everyone. Does anyone have any tips to how to SR for a HP fire Timid Tapu Lele? I've been trying for days, and I've had NO success
If you're not using a Master Ball to catch it turn 1, I suggest that you use a Pokemon with Final Gambit and 171 HP, so you can toss any Tapu Lele that doesn't have an HP IV of 30+. This is useful because all the HP Fire spreads for legendaries require the HP IV to be 31.
Another thing you could do, is that if you want a low attack IV, you could use a Shiinotic with Strength Sap and something like 100/210 HP to figure out the attack stat of the Tapu Lele before catching it. Like if it has an Attack stat of 108, that means it could be either an attack neutral nature with 0 attack or Timid nature with an attack IV of about 20. Personally, I like to toss any Tapu Lele that has an attack stat of 106 or higher.
Note: the formula for calculating Tapu Lele's attack stat is "AtkS=SHP2-SHP1", where AtkS is Tapu Lele's attack stat, SHP1 is Shiinotic's HP before using Strength Sap, and SHP2 is Shiinotic's HP After using Strength Sap.
Lastly, you could use a Pokemon with 129 Speed to somewhat check if the Tapu Lele doesn't have a Timid nature before catching it. Because if you outspeed the Tapu Lele with the Pokemon that has 129 Speed, it means that Tapu Lele is slower than what it would be if it had a Timid nature and a Speed IV of 0.
Of course, none of this is necessary if you're just using a Master Ball, because then it's quicker to just chug the ball and check the summary.