How to Catch Thundurus in Pokémon White

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Last Updated: February 6, 2025

Thundurus is a fast Flying/Electric-type Pokémon. What makes it so hard to catch is that it's a roaming Pokémon, as well as a legendary. We're here to walk you through exactly how to catch it, without using the Master Ball Professor Juniper gave you. Have fun adding this new Pokémon to your Pokédex!

1

Go to the Pokémon League past Victory Road.

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A move like Mean Look or an ability like Shadow Tag keeps it from escaping right when the battle starts.

2

Buy balls at the Pokémon Center.

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Buy a couple Quick Balls and some regular Poké Balls. You may need a lot of Ultra Balls and Timer Balls.
- Make sure you obtained a Quick Ball, because that's what you will be throwing at Thundurus.

3

Go to a gate and look on the bulletin board.

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Go to that route.

4

Go in the tall grass.

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The regular Pokémon music won't pop up. It'll be different and the graphics are different too.
- It should be raining hard and expect lightning and thunderbolts.

5

Try to keep it from running away.

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Otherwise, it will bounce all over Unova, making it hard to keep up with and track down.

6

Plan your attacks carefully and catch Thundurus.

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Moves like Thunder Wave (Blitzle or Zebstrika) or Hypnosis (Musharna) work well. Avoid a burn, however (Will-O-Wisp). If your Pokémon doesn't have that move or Mean Look, just throw a Quick Ball at it.

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Get a shiny Pokemon regularly. Run around in the grass, try the Masuda method, when you breed 2 Pokemon from different regions in real life, try regularly hatching eggs, get shiny charm and run around in grass, etc.

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Go to patches of grass where its raining hard and lightning crashing down and walk until you encounter it.

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Save before battling. If you accidentally faint it or run out of Poké Balls, you can restart the game and try again.

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Thundurus is really fast, so it's a good addition to your team, but it starts at level 40.

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You can also use Thundurus for the Elite Four along with Virizion, Terrakion and Cobalion.

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