I would like to use a Pikachu on my team, but without a light ball it doesn't compare very well to a Raichu. Is there anyway to get one in Pokemon X and Y?
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Catch a caterpie and evolve it to butterfree, once you have compound eyes it should be relatively easier to find a lightball since your chances increase 50% I suggest catching the pickachu since I'm not sure if fainting it with thief will get you it's item
In Santalune Forest, you can find wild Pikachu. In B/W, it is a 1% chance to catch one carrying a Light Ball, but in B/W2, it is 5%. So in X/Y, it is probably 5% as well. If the lead of the party has the ability compound eyes, it increases the chance for the Pikachu to be holding the light ball.
According to Serebii.net Pikachu has a 5% chance to hold a light ball (the same as Black 2/White 2).
I decided to do some testing out in the field with a Vivillion (Compound Eyes) and Shuppet (Frisk, Thief):
Route 3: Encounter rate too low for workable results
Santalune Forest: 1 Light Ball / 10 Pikachu
Friend Safari: 3 Light Balls / 20 Pikachu
Accounting for slight variations, we can assume a 10% chance that a Pikachu holds a Light Ball, although this is accounting for Compound Eyes.
For me to get a Pikachu, I just use a pokeradar and if i find a pikachu i use butterfrees compoundeyes to increase the rarity of the light ball and then i use my eevees Covet to faint the Pikachu and walk away holding a light ball. Unfortunately, it hasn't happened yet.
You could always just use a pokemon as bait, so that when you find a Pikachu, if it does a lot of damage, it will probably be holding a light ball!
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