The take on their animal forms is meant to represent the four sacred beasts of the four cardinal directions: Vermillion Bird, Tortoise, Dragon, and Tiger.
You can simply stun the forces of nature pokemon from afar using either feather/wing/jet balls. Saves bringing loads stunables. Enamorus is the only one I couldn’t catch without battling it and taking its health down first.
The force of nature that Enamorus represents is love. -Her snake has heart patterns on it, and becomes a heart when she uses Springtide Storm -Her name's etymology: enamour (to fill with love) and amor (Spanish for love). -On your first encounter with her with Cogita, she says "Amooooooooooooooor" which means love (see above point) -She also is the herald of springtime, as spring can somehow also suggest love (since most animals reproduce during spring)
I only started playing Pokémon a few months ago. Played BD, shield and now arceus. You're my go to when I'm stuck in the game or need knowledge on it. Super reliable and easy on the ears. Top quality youtuber!
Lol, I needed this yesterday. I caught a couple of them and I was struggling. I also somehow went the whole game without learning that smoke bombs work on water
I was having trouble with the Enamorus battle, and the feather ball + smoke bomb technique did wonders- after a few turns, I managed to finally catch her after fainting three times using my original technique of just riding around on Wyrdeer until she left an opening where I could stun her. Thank goodness I saw this!
I would also recommend waiting (sleep spamming at camp) for foggy weather to catch Enamorous since it makes the Pokémon less aware to sneak up on it easier. You can check for foggy weather in the top left icon of the map.
The ther Ian forms are based on directional myths I think so it was kinda inevitable we would get another, I think enamorous is supposed to be south, tornadus north, landorus west and thunderous east. Each direction was also given an animal
I noticed, when I did it without battling them, it's better to craft a bunch of feather balls and throw them at him to break his barrier. They fly faster and farther. Then you can combo the feather balls with a Jet ball or a Ultra Ball to catch them. I never used smoke bombs and only ever used 6 stealth sprays in total.
Fairy types in pokemon lore are mainly either from fairy tales or very connected to nature or both. So I think the reason this new one is fairy is because it's just the embodiment of nature.
I already got ultra annoyed trying to chase after Landorus, this will help me a lot going forward in finding and catching them without massive annoyance. :D
I don't know if you know, but to disable the forces of nature shield, you don't need to use stunning items, PokeBall do the same effect, so you can break their guard from very far away with featherBall
I love Enamorus so much. It's a bit of a confusing thing for me, too because as a mono-type Dragon user since 2016, I hate fairies. But as a Reptile owner, I love the design with the snake and the fact that Therian looks like a Soft-Shelled Turtle.
@@kweeniepiez I would agree with you if Game Freak hadn't created Fairies, then in the following two games after created mons like Ultra Necrozma, Naganadel, Duraludon and Eternatus. Fairies didn't balance a damn thing lmao
The revealed forms is exciting to me due to the reference of the 4 directions and their animal representation with the turtle, pheonix, tiger, and dragon :)
Austin John you're my hero, I haven't played the game since I got stuck at a Genie, I'll be watching this intently as soon as I can get back to it, thank you for the great content as always!
I literally just brute forced my way fighting them and the Thundorus was driving me mad for never stopping to summon the whirlwinds at all, definitely the more tedious way compared to yours. Also thanks for letting me know I was a dumb dumb and not knowing smoke bombs works on water as well (though I don’t use it often overall tbh)
Same but tornadus for me he kept wrecking me, prefer the brute force way it's boring doing stealth for me, takes away from the epic ness a legends is supposed to have.
When I caught them, one Fast Ball knocks his shield down automatically. So you could have saved all your Sticky Globs. But you also get a bunch of them from your farm so I guess that wasn't a problem
@@rjgamehead I'd assume the heavies could knock it out in one go too but since the djinn run well before you can get close enough that it's better to use the feathers.
You, I like you. I love that sneaky kind of approach, this really helped me out! Thanks for your video! Not like all the other videos where they basically tell you to „get good“. Like: „....so you gotta be prepared cause it‘s really fast. *cut* And when you finally made it into battle...“ So yours is one of the fewer ones with an actual solution when you‘re troubling with the normal approach...
Great easy to follow directions. The "Weather Trio" actually represent the Chinese direction gods. Enamorus is North Turtle with a snake curled up on its back, the pink tail looks like a snake. Thundurus is East the dragon. Tornadus is South representing the Phoenix. Last is Landorus which is west and represents the Tiger. So they now have the proper complete set of the Direction Gods
I did all three of the original Forces earlier today, and a trick I found is to actually just stop when they start summoning tornadoes. They stop moving too, so if you just pay attention to their location you can throw right through the tornadoes and get a hit in. You also don't need to use items; I threw one of my Pokemon (Giratina in this case) in its Pokeball and it counted as a successful hit, so after a few I would get a chance to battle or throw a ball. The tornado attacks are based on where you're moving to, as the AI attempts to predict your path of movement. So stopping dead in your tracks essentially guarantees your safety at the cost of halting your movement. Landorus seems to have the lowest catch rate, though honestly after accidentally killing him and resetting several times, I had better luck throwing balls at his back while he was stunned than actually trying to whittle his HP down.
The group's Incarnate forms are based on Japanese deities; Tornadus = Fujin (Wind), Thundurus = Raijin (Thunder), Landorus = Inari (Harvest), Enamorus = Ugajin (Fertility). Their Therian forms are based on the Four Chinese Auspicious Beasts; Tornadus = the Vermillion Bird of the South, Thundurus = the Azure Dragon of the East, Landorus = the White Tiger of the West, and Enamorus = the Black Tortoise of the North. Just calling them the "Forces of Nature" feels hella outdated at this point. They could've been looked at as just that before Enamorus' inclusion, maybe, but now they're way more than that.
The Vermilion Bird of the south （朱雀）, Azure Dragon of the east （青龍） and White Tiger of the west （白虎）is entirely correct, the Black Tortoise is slightly inaccurate. The origin of the four cardinal beasts myth comes from China, and according to their ancient Taoist texts, that remaining beast of the north is the 玄武, which cannot be translated into English as it’s full description is 騰蛇盤玄龜, which means the “Flying Serpent coiled up on the shell of the Black Tortoise”. So it’s more then just the Black Tortoise, and Enamorus is depicted as exactly that, a serpent on the shell of a tortoise. This is honestly lovely. Although, the Chinese Taoist texts also include the fifth cardinal beast of centre，勾陳, which unlike the other four beasts, doesn’t signify its colour on its name, nor does the name suggest what beast it actually is. The texts are very non specific here. One book says it is a winged horse, so kinda like a Pegasus; another book says it’s the yellow dragon, which is just a cheap knock off of the Azure Dragon; and one book says it’s actually the alternative name for 麒麟, which is like a deer with dragon scales and tail.
I think Enamorus' form is kinda meant to be a "if you know what I'm talking about" joke. In Japanese culture, the soft-shelled snapping turtle is used to promote...certain kinds of performance in men.
You do not need to hit them multiple times. I've been hitting them once and their shields drop after a second. It's delayed for whatever reason. Also, you do not need to use sticky globs. You can break their shield with anything. I have been using jet balls from a distance.
except for landorus who is surrouned by grass patches these were absolutely frustrating. the only upside for me was a shiny gyarados showed up when thundurus did. Could you imagine the lati twins or the 3 dogs? 2 of them are flyers while the other 3 are known for being very fast in the lore.
Worst part about the horns thing is that the pokedex numbers for tornadus and thundurus they go 2 then 1, but landorus and enamorus are correct in being 3 then 4.
Thunderous is the toughest. Smoke bombs and stun items work well, and normal pokeballs can work in a pinch, but simply throwing YOUR OWN Pokemon at them a few times can also do the trick! Chasing them down and keeping up with them is the REAL trick here, but don't be scared to use Braviary to give yourself some breathing room and time to heal if you start to take on heavy damage.
Could have really used this last weekend when I was catching all of them. I didn’t think to use the Smoke Balls or the Sticky Globes at all for some reason. 😅 For Thundurus and and Landorus, I took out the surrounding Alpha Pokémon first and then just chased them around, avoiding their tornadoes and throwing my Pokémon’s ball at them until a battle finally started. For Tornadus, I had such a hard time getting close to him since I kept getting hit by the tornadoes since the surrounding Pokémon kept getting in my way, no matter how many I knocked out, so I got mad and just started tossing Jet Balls to try to stun him from afar, and one eventually broke the shield and caught him somehow. Enamorus was the worst due to the bog being annoying to move around in, so I just ended up getting on Braviary to be able to get the drop on her from above and just hit her a few times with my Pokémon until a battle started since I wasn’t risking her breaking out of a ball and having to keep up the chase.
I was planning to do it the same way cuz I didn’t knew better but I got so frustrated trying to get enamorus that I went to Reddit and looked for people having the same issue Heard someone say smoke bombs and since I totally forgot they existed I was like ‘gotta try that’ Yea let’s just say enamorus took me 30 seconds to catch after that
Btw u can use anything to break their shields, although using valuable items I think using jet balls work well as you can break the shields from a safe distance
The forces of nature apparently represent the seasons with tornadus representing winter (somehow?), thundurus representing summer when thunder storms are most common, landorus representing fall which is the harvest reason, and enamorus representing spring which is... mating/breeding season.
(This is for Thundurus)Fun fact! You can brute force this by using jet balls to hit him out of his protection while jumping in air, I say this because whilst jumping in air on fishy boy and using a pokeball time kinda slows. Once you hit him three times you can either sprint behind him and throw a Ultra Ball or battle him (I battled him because I think it’s easier to get sleep or paralysis off then use a Ultra :] )
From my experience thunderous is the easiest one to deal with because of basculigions slow time thing while he's in the air so you can just chuck things at 'em. While the other 3 are just giving the term "roaming legendary" a whole new meaning for irratating imo.
@@AustinJohnPlays same as i just winged it and hoped for the best. But I think if you rush thunderous fast enough from behind you can throw a pokeball to break its shield then throw a pokemon at its back to "catch it unawares" with the slow time mechanic in-between that small window of time before he notices you and puts his shield back up. As I'm pretty sure thats what happened to me. Or at least I think.
if you don't mind wasting a bit of balls, you can use the feather balls as way to stunt them, it's better in comparison to the other stunting items as with the pokeballs one hit will knock their shield without fail once, plus you have better range with the feather balls
“If only I could stop missing these attacks” -is what I say whenever there’s foggy weather and I’m spamming 100% accuracy moves for perfect dex entries
Hey brother there’s another way to catch them as well that only takes one glob to break their shield and start a battle with them. If you hit them while they are in their attack animation it breaks it in one shot then you can stun or battle. It’s worked on all of them for me. Just something else to try so you don’t burn up all those items
Did you know that you can actually stun them by throwing your pokémon’s pokéball at them instead of sticky globs/balls of mud and spiked apricorns? I tried it, and it worked!
Everyone told me forces of nature were really hard- but i got all of them without smoke bombs, without anything except wing balls within 5 minutes each
Actually is easier without any smoke bombs, nor sticky globes. You just need to hit it once even with an oran berry, for 3 times untill he stuns. I didn't use a single stealth spray in my playthrough lol, they're not needed at all. Currently pokedex complete
Thank you for your assistance. I like to play the game until I get stuck and then come here to figure out what I missed and I needed a little extra help with these guys. I also try to watch all your guides, after I completed that section once. Props for this extreamly detailed help.
I wish they make more legendary encounters like this. It was really difficult to even engage a battle with the Forces, that's much more rewarding than just running up to a frozen legendary pokemon. Especially for Thundurus being on the water and the Enamorus being in the mud where you can't roll out of the way.
Hard disagree, running in circles for 10min just so I can be OUTSIDE of range to start a Pokémon battle isn’t fun, it’s annoying and stupid. Then let’s add on one of the highest detection ranges of the game, while in garbage terrain, WHILE getting aggroed by an army of other Pokémon where you can never get heals without completely leaving the area. This is the dumbest Pokémon encounter in the game.
i would love to send you the 30 second clips I got when capturing the 4 genies. I think you would like em. very aggressive capture technic for all 4, including some dipping, dodging and jumping to nail some back shots
Already have a full 'Dex, but I'm still going to watch any videos you put out 😁 EDIT: I strongly suspect Enamorus' Therian form is based on Genbu, one of the four Shijin of Chinese mythology. The other three are a white tiger (kirin), red bird (phoenix), and blue dragon. Turns the "weather trio" into a "compass/season quadruple".
Just saying they aren't a weather trio, actually none of them are purely weather. Tornadus and Thundurus just appear where choas is. Wind, Lighting, Earth and Love aren't weathers. They are forces.
@@mipho5899 whoops, hadn't had my coffee when I initially wrote the comment. I have trouble keeping track of all the legendary groups. There's too many of them! 😂
You can throw your Pokémon at their shields and it’s 3 hits every time (from my experience) and it doesn’t trigger a battle if anyone is low on money or crafting stuff for sticky globs
You can pop their shields with Feather Balls. I used Feather balls to pop their shields from really far away and once its popped the third time, they get stunned and i go in for the capture/battle. A lot easier this way then trying to get that close for Sticky Globs.
It seems that to break their shield you can always just throw one sticky glob. As long as you hit it will break the shield just wait a few seconds. I've just tested it on them. Probably need a larger sample size but worth checking out.
I got the first 3 by dodging storms and sticky globs to the face by getting close. Enamorous on the other hand I could not do that way and used smoke bombs and jet balls. Be sure to attack quick because the opening to battle is really small.
Good timing! I got the request a few days ago and am just now getting around to doing it and couldn’t remember what her vague details were. I knew you wouldn’t let me down!
Thunderous was the biggest pain. I first cleared the Garados then saved (for less pain on restart) then used feather balls to stun his. You can hit it further away than the sticky balls and still takes 3 hits to stun. Rest weren't too bad, but will say that a battle catch is less of a pain but a great challenge to do it in the over-world.
In terms of a money guide, it's really easy to do. Go into cobalt highlands or an area with a lot of passive pokemon. Craft maybe 300 pokeballs or something and spam catch the weak/passive pokemon in the area, things like Bidoof, Aipom, Magikarp etc. Do the time space-distortion and stay until you've caught as many pokemon as possible. Release all of the pokemon from pastures and then also sell the Grit items you receive for extra income.
You actually, don't have to break the shield 3 times, it's just a matter of timing. Because I had no idea about that mechanic I just used a jetball to break the shield and then an immediate second ball or pokemon to start a battle and it worked. In the field & icelands you can just snipe crouched on a hill & in the coast area I just waited for it to start its tornado attack and then shot it when it stood still.
Thanks for all the videos, AJP. I just had to send my switch in for repairs and am hoping I don’t lose my PLA save data. These videos help me pass the time while I wait.
“You might as well go for the stealth catch” yeah trying telling that to Thunderus after eating 10 ultra balls to the back and banishing me from the Coronet Highlands.
Great video! I do want to add that you can use your own pokemon instead of sticky globs. They will have the same effect. I did this on landorus using my torterra in a gigaton ball.
Did not know that it took 3 times, was wondering why they wouldn't get into a battle with me at times. Eventually caught the SOBs, but yeah, good to know for future runs & such. The mud getting on your & your ride pokemon's feet in the Mirelands is a neat touch. 17:49 I showed you my dex, plz respond.
I am glad I am still a subscriber to this channel. This helped me a lot to catch those pokemons, I am on the last one. I kept dying more than 10 times so now I am gonna use those jet balls & break those shields! Thanks man.
OMG thank you for this!! I was struggling so hard catching Enamorus. I watched another video and it said that up close was best. For 30+ I had to reset the game because of how much I was dying. Then I watched this guide and I got her first try! Now I have completed my Pokedex because of this video. Thank you!!!! 💜
You have to down the their shields three times before they are battle/catchable? Oh thank you so much for that. Don't know why none of the other guides I came across mention that teensy little vital detail... subbed
Something I figured out while doing this is just use pokeballs instead of sticky globs, I started to run out of sticky globs while trying to catch one and realized a single pokeball can break it's shield and three pokeballs can stun them Edit: I assume that any item you can throw that can hit pokemon also have the same effect
Aren't these the cardinal emporors of Chinese and Japanese mythology? White tiger, the Phoenix, the hybrid turtle and snake creature, and the blue dragon, yeah these are the cardinal beasts, north south, east, and west. We see these themes all the time in anime
I took on thunderus head on it is probably the most badass I felt in a pokemon game. When he stops and plants the thornados you can actually double jump with Basculegion and throw stun items from above while youre on freeze time. Double jump before it can form the tornados it also helps you jump over those thornados.
Tysm! I’m not a ragey kinda person.. but that last one.. I had to take a break for the last one. This helped me catch it when I came back! Before watching this I had 8 deaths and several close calls, meanwhile when I tried this strategy it took a couple of minutes but I got it first life
When I got the 4 incarnates, you can throw feather balls, wing balls, or jet balls at them to take off their shield. Once you make the shield go away, quickly throw your Pokémon at it in order to trigger a battle, and I recommend that you farm ultra balls in order to catch. Use within 10-15 balls. Lower the HP and throw ultra balls. And you get it easily
The take on their animal forms is meant to represent the four sacred beasts of the four cardinal directions: Vermillion Bird, Tortoise, Dragon, and Tiger.
You are correct
Vermillion Bird, Black Tortoise, Azure Dragon and White Tiger.
I thought it was Armadillo lol
Also known as suzaku, genbu, seiryu, and byakko.
I love how she's actually a soft shell river turtle instead with the snout like she's blowing a kiss
When I caught these I used feather balls to break their shields from a distance. It was easier than getting close with globs.
wut
Same, wing balls break the shield, and it only takes one per shield instead of several globs.
THANK YOU FOR THIS
This is the move. Super easy catches like this.
Yuuuuup jet balls break it in 1-2
You can simply stun the forces of nature pokemon from afar using either feather/wing/jet balls. Saves bringing loads stunables. Enamorus is the only one I couldn’t catch without battling it and taking its health down first.
Their shields are also down when they attack so if you get around the wind quick enough you can initiate a battle
I did that for the 4th in the video :)
@@AustinJohnPlays I shouldn’t have commented before I finished your video 😅 Awesome content as always man, looking forward to more 🙂
@@charmishing that's not true lol
@@dbztranks6601 I got around the attacks and their shield was definitely down. Wasn’t quick enough to initiate a battle though
definitely will try this method on my second playthrough, they were such a pain to catch. and when i saw there was a fourth one, oh boy...
Oh girl* :)
@@AustinJohnPlays oops HAHA true 😂 not the biggest fan of her design and tbh, think catching her gave me the biggest headache
@@AustinJohnPlays What do i do about the cresselia softlock bug and do you have an idea when it gets fixed.
I might just battle them and see how it goes
The force of nature that Enamorus represents is love.
-Her snake has heart patterns on it, and becomes a heart when she uses Springtide Storm
-Her name's etymology: enamour (to fill with love) and amor (Spanish for love).
-On your first encounter with her with Cogita, she says "Amooooooooooooooor" which means love (see above point)
-She also is the herald of springtime, as spring can somehow also suggest love (since most animals reproduce during spring)
Drought, wind, rain, horny.
The German name is Cupidos. Cupido is the roman god of erotic and usually gets represented as a fairy.
She specifically represents fertility, if she's based on ugajin.
Land, Air, Natural Disasters, and love
Landorous, Tornadorous, Thunderous, and Enamorous
@Relic yes or another word for it "Discord mod"
I only started playing Pokémon a few months ago. Played BD, shield and now arceus. You're my go to when I'm stuck in the game or need knowledge on it. Super reliable and easy on the ears. Top quality youtuber!
Lol, I needed this yesterday. I caught a couple of them and I was struggling. I also somehow went the whole game without learning that smoke bombs work on water
Same. I didn't expect it to work on water, so when I tried the smoke bombs, I was flabbergasted
I never used the smoke bombs for skme reason...
@@geeknat8981 I didn't either I usually just sneak up on stuff failing that pelt it with mud until it gets stunned
OMG they work on water?! I feel like an idiot now for not thinking to even try 😂
same lmao
getting the living dex like that was rough 😛
enamorous represents love as a force of nature, more a symbolic force of nature than the literal storms the others represent
"love is in the air"
Hot take, I don't really mind Enamorus' design. I always thought the therian forms were cooler anyway, and Enamorus' Therian from is fine
"I Like Turtles"
@@AustinJohnPlays that is one ugly turtle tho
Looks absolutely horrible hot take
Enamorus' Therian form is the best one
Imo she looks horrible in both forms
I was having trouble with the Enamorus battle, and the feather ball + smoke bomb technique did wonders- after a few turns, I managed to finally catch her after fainting three times using my original technique of just riding around on Wyrdeer until she left an opening where I could stun her. Thank goodness I saw this!
I would also recommend waiting (sleep spamming at camp) for foggy weather to catch Enamorous since it makes the Pokémon less aware to sneak up on it easier. You can check for foggy weather in the top left icon of the map.
The ther Ian forms are based on directional myths I think so it was kinda inevitable we would get another, I think enamorous is supposed to be south, tornadus north, landorus west and thunderous east. Each direction was also given an animal
I noticed, when I did it without battling them, it's better to craft a bunch of feather balls and throw them at him to break his barrier. They fly faster and farther.
Then you can combo the feather balls with a Jet ball or a Ultra Ball to catch them.
I never used smoke bombs and only ever used 6 stealth sprays in total.
Okay now I understand what I’m doing wrong. Thanks man, your videos are always super helpful 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
“Love is a hurricane” - Sanji Vinsmoke
The new force of nature reminded me of this saying in one piece lol
Fairy types in pokemon lore are mainly either from fairy tales or very connected to nature or both. So I think the reason this new one is fairy is because it's just the embodiment of nature.
I can see why I had a hard time trying to get enamorus
14:07 Ursaluna, Overquil, Wyrdeer, Basculeigion, Sneasler and Kleavor be crying rn
I already got ultra annoyed trying to chase after Landorus, this will help me a lot going forward in finding and catching them without massive annoyance. :D
I don't know if you know, but to disable the forces of nature shield, you don't need to use stunning items, PokeBall do the same effect, so you can break their guard from very far away with featherBall
For Thundurus too it's probably the easiest one because you can jump over the tornados and slow time to throw it at him from the air
I actually used my Pokémon’s Pokéball, it worked just the same.
Thats infact what he explained
The worst thing about catching these guys is that they hang around in places with other Pokemon that won't leave you the hell alone
I love Enamorus so much. It's a bit of a confusing thing for me, too because as a mono-type Dragon user since 2016, I hate fairies. But as a Reptile owner, I love the design with the snake and the fact that Therian looks like a Soft-Shelled Turtle.
Haha that’s too funny
fairy is the best and was highly needed to balance the game
@@kweeniepiez I would agree with you if Game Freak hadn't created Fairies, then in the following two games after created mons like Ultra Necrozma, Naganadel, Duraludon and Eternatus. Fairies didn't balance a damn thing lmao
@@infamousinferno2506 They don't/ can't spam dragon moves though. Their coverage/dual STABS is what makes them dangerous offensively
took me like 20 poke balls for landorus I was raging until I finally crafted a great ball lol
Sir why do you not have an influx of ultra bulls at this point in the game
The revealed forms is exciting to me due to the reference of the 4 directions and their animal representation with the turtle, pheonix, tiger, and dragon :)
Literally hunting them now, always coming out with the best content at the best time 😊
Austin John you're my hero, I haven't played the game since I got stuck at a Genie, I'll be watching this intently as soon as I can get back to it, thank you for the great content as always!
The number of people that don’t consider smoke bombs is too many.
I literally just brute forced my way fighting them and the Thundorus was driving me mad for never stopping to summon the whirlwinds at all, definitely the more tedious way compared to yours. Also thanks for letting me know I was a dumb dumb and not knowing smoke bombs works on water as well (though I don’t use it often overall tbh)
Same but tornadus for me he kept wrecking me, prefer the brute force way it's boring doing stealth for me, takes away from the epic ness a legends is supposed to have.
When I caught them, one Fast Ball knocks his shield down automatically. So you could have saved all your Sticky Globs. But you also get a bunch of them from your farm so I guess that wasn't a problem
Was about to comment that too, I made the same observation
whats a fast balls
@@tatertots7807 that's what I call the feather, wing and jet PokeBalls
@@rjgamehead I'd assume the heavies could knock it out in one go too but since the djinn run well before you can get close enough that it's better to use the feathers.
Which harvest gives sticky globs?
You, I like you.
I love that sneaky kind of approach, this really helped me out! Thanks for your video!
Not like all the other videos where they basically tell you to „get good“. Like:
„....so you gotta be prepared cause it‘s really fast. *cut* And when you finally made it into battle...“
So yours is one of the fewer ones with an actual solution when you‘re troubling with the normal approach...
Great easy to follow directions. The "Weather Trio" actually represent the Chinese direction gods. Enamorus is North Turtle with a snake curled up on its back, the pink tail looks like a snake. Thundurus is East the dragon. Tornadus is South representing the Phoenix. Last is Landorus which is west and represents the Tiger. So they now have the proper complete set of the Direction Gods
I did all three of the original Forces earlier today, and a trick I found is to actually just stop when they start summoning tornadoes.
They stop moving too, so if you just pay attention to their location you can throw right through the tornadoes and get a hit in.
You also don't need to use items; I threw one of my Pokemon (Giratina in this case) in its Pokeball and it counted as a successful hit, so after a few I would get a chance to battle or throw a ball.
The tornado attacks are based on where you're moving to, as the AI attempts to predict your path of movement. So stopping dead in your tracks essentially guarantees your safety at the cost of halting your movement.
Landorus seems to have the lowest catch rate, though honestly after accidentally killing him and resetting several times, I had better luck throwing balls at his back while he was stunned than actually trying to whittle his HP down.
The group's Incarnate forms are based on Japanese deities; Tornadus = Fujin (Wind), Thundurus = Raijin (Thunder), Landorus = Inari (Harvest), Enamorus = Ugajin (Fertility). Their Therian forms are based on the Four Chinese Auspicious Beasts; Tornadus = the Vermillion Bird of the South, Thundurus = the Azure Dragon of the East, Landorus = the White Tiger of the West, and Enamorus = the Black Tortoise of the North. Just calling them the "Forces of Nature" feels hella outdated at this point. They could've been looked at as just that before Enamorus' inclusion, maybe, but now they're way more than that.
I think we should call them deities of the Storm.
The Vermilion Bird of the south （朱雀）, Azure Dragon of the east （青龍） and White Tiger of the west （白虎）is entirely correct, the Black Tortoise is slightly inaccurate. The origin of the four cardinal beasts myth comes from China, and according to their ancient Taoist texts, that remaining beast of the north is the 玄武, which cannot be translated into English as it’s full description is 騰蛇盤玄龜, which means the “Flying Serpent coiled up on the shell of the Black Tortoise”. So it’s more then just the Black Tortoise, and Enamorus is depicted as exactly that, a serpent on the shell of a tortoise. This is honestly lovely. Although, the Chinese Taoist texts also include the fifth cardinal beast of centre，勾陳, which unlike the other four beasts, doesn’t signify its colour on its name, nor does the name suggest what beast it actually is. The texts are very non specific here. One book says it is a winged horse, so kinda like a Pegasus; another book says it’s the yellow dragon, which is just a cheap knock off of the Azure Dragon; and one book says it’s actually the alternative name for 麒麟, which is like a deer with dragon scales and tail.
I think Enamorus' form is kinda meant to be a "if you know what I'm talking about" joke. In Japanese culture, the soft-shelled snapping turtle is used to promote...certain kinds of performance in men.
its female tho
You do not need to hit them multiple times. I've been hitting them once and their shields drop after a second. It's delayed for whatever reason.
Also, you do not need to use sticky globs. You can break their shield with anything. I have been using jet balls from a distance.
except for landorus who is surrouned by grass patches these were absolutely frustrating. the only upside for me was a shiny gyarados showed up when thundurus did.
Could you imagine the lati twins or the 3 dogs? 2 of them are flyers while the other 3 are known for being very fast in the lore.
Ah yes the 4 great forces, Landslides, Tornadoes, Thunderstorms and.... Love?
interesting: Each has a different number of horns in ascending order 1,2,3,4. As well as different mustache positions for the first 3
Worst part about the horns thing is that the pokedex numbers for tornadus and thundurus they go 2 then 1, but landorus and enamorus are correct in being 3 then 4.
Thunderous is the toughest. Smoke bombs and stun items work well, and normal pokeballs can work in a pinch, but simply throwing YOUR OWN Pokemon at them a few times can also do the trick! Chasing them down and keeping up with them is the REAL trick here, but don't be scared to use Braviary to give yourself some breathing room and time to heal if you start to take on heavy damage.
Could have really used this last weekend when I was catching all of them. I didn’t think to use the Smoke Balls or the Sticky Globes at all for some reason. 😅
For Thundurus and and Landorus, I took out the surrounding Alpha Pokémon first and then just chased them around, avoiding their tornadoes and throwing my Pokémon’s ball at them until a battle finally started.
For Tornadus, I had such a hard time getting close to him since I kept getting hit by the tornadoes since the surrounding Pokémon kept getting in my way, no matter how many I knocked out, so I got mad and just started tossing Jet Balls to try to stun him from afar, and one eventually broke the shield and caught him somehow.
Enamorus was the worst due to the bog being annoying to move around in, so I just ended up getting on Braviary to be able to get the drop on her from above and just hit her a few times with my Pokémon until a battle started since I wasn’t risking her breaking out of a ball and having to keep up the chase.
I was planning to do it the same way cuz I didn’t knew better but I got so frustrated trying to get enamorus that I went to Reddit and looked for people having the same issue
Heard someone say smoke bombs and since I totally forgot they existed I was like ‘gotta try that’
Yea let’s just say enamorus took me 30 seconds to catch after that
For me thunderous was the only one that was hard for me.
Btw u can use anything to break their shields, although using valuable items I think using jet balls work well as you can break the shields from a safe distance
Enamorus is literally the saying “Love is in the air” that’s her “weather” she represents
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The forces of nature apparently represent the seasons with tornadus representing winter (somehow?), thundurus representing summer when thunder storms are most common, landorus representing fall which is the harvest reason, and enamorus representing spring which is... mating/breeding season.
I'm surprised you haven't made this guide already, but it dropped just in time. I am about to do the final trainer battle and then go catch these.
Did these last night! Enamorus was a pain! Best part was my daughter cheering when we caught her.
My son always cheers with me when we get certain Pokémon 😂 He literally screamed when he finally got his Mr Mime evolved in BDSP. He’s 8 so it’s cute.
(This is for Thundurus)Fun fact! You can brute force this by using jet balls to hit him out of his protection while jumping in air, I say this because whilst jumping in air on fishy boy and using a pokeball time kinda slows. Once you hit him three times you can either sprint behind him and throw a Ultra Ball or battle him (I battled him because I think it’s easier to get sleep or paralysis off then use a Ultra :] )
From my experience thunderous is the easiest one to deal with because of basculigions slow time thing while he's in the air so you can just chuck things at 'em. While the other 3 are just giving the term "roaming legendary" a whole new meaning for irratating imo.
Yea… I’m just got good at this game’s “bullet time”
@@AustinJohnPlays same as i just winged it and hoped for the best. But I think if you rush thunderous fast enough from behind you can throw a pokeball to break its shield then throw a pokemon at its back to "catch it unawares" with the slow time mechanic in-between that small window of time before he notices you and puts his shield back up. As I'm pretty sure thats what happened to me. Or at least I think.
if you don't mind wasting a bit of balls, you can use the feather balls as way to stunt them, it's better in comparison to the other stunting items as with the pokeballs one hit will knock their shield without fail once, plus you have better range with the feather balls
I actually like how they used soft, fluffy clouds to represent Enamorus's soft body
“If only I could stop missing these attacks” -is what I say whenever there’s foggy weather and I’m spamming 100% accuracy moves for perfect dex entries
Hey brother there’s another way to catch them as well that only takes one glob to break their shield and start a battle with them. If you hit them while they are in their attack animation it breaks it in one shot then you can stun or battle. It’s worked on all of them for me. Just something else to try so you don’t burn up all those items
Did you know that you can actually stun them by throwing your pokémon’s pokéball at them instead of sticky globs/balls of mud and spiked apricorns? I tried it, and it worked!
So im never gonna meet arceus because of these 4 legendary who just make me wanna throw my switch. 🙄
Wait what? I’m pretty sure u don’t need the forces of nature to meet arceus. Or any legendaries or mythicals just all non legendary
@@tresanimationyou need to catch all Pokémon including the mythic legands and that stuff (but not arcues) in order to get arcues
@@tresanimation you just don’t need darkrai and shamin or smth
Everyone told me forces of nature were really hard- but i got all of them without smoke bombs, without anything except wing balls within 5 minutes each
Actually is easier without any smoke bombs, nor sticky globes. You just need to hit it once even with an oran berry, for 3 times untill he stuns. I didn't use a single stealth spray in my playthrough lol, they're not needed at all. Currently pokedex complete
What I did was throw a Poké Ball containing one of my Pokémon at each force of nature, which stuns them on the first time every time.
Yeah but your prolly some 30 year old boomer who plays all day. Kids need all the help they can get
This is how I did it.
@@Gagan188 My tip is more helpful lmao saves money and saves time. Btw what the hell are you doing guessing my age to begin with lmao
Thank you for your assistance. I like to play the game until I get stuck and then come here to figure out what I missed and I needed a little extra help with these guys. I also try to watch all your guides, after I completed that section once. Props for this extreamly detailed help.
Kinda late but much appreciated was fun doing this blind the hardest catches for me atleast
20:20 Austin John doing the outro while Landorus and Tornadus were talking/arguing 😅
Thank you for the help Austin!!!! I appreciate u been extremely helpful through my quest in legends of arceus
01:24 lol awesome overdub! thanks for the videos!
I wish they make more legendary encounters like this. It was really difficult to even engage a battle with the Forces, that's much more rewarding than just running up to a frozen legendary pokemon. Especially for Thundurus being on the water and the Enamorus being in the mud where you can't roll out of the way.
Nah fck that these were way too much of a pain the ass.
@@shaolinfang3520 ikr, all of the roaming Pokémon are a pain in the ass, except maybe the galarian birds, they where actual fun roaming Pokémon
Hard disagree, running in circles for 10min just so I can be OUTSIDE of range to start a Pokémon battle isn’t fun, it’s annoying and stupid.
Then let’s add on one of the highest detection ranges of the game, while in garbage terrain, WHILE getting aggroed by an army of other Pokémon where you can never get heals without completely leaving the area. This is the dumbest Pokémon encounter in the game.
i would love to send you the 30 second clips I got when capturing the 4 genies. I think you would like em. very aggressive capture technic for all 4, including some dipping, dodging and jumping to nail some back shots
Already have a full 'Dex, but I'm still going to watch any videos you put out 😁
EDIT: I strongly suspect Enamorus' Therian form is based on Genbu, one of the four Shijin of Chinese mythology. The other three are a white tiger (kirin), red bird (phoenix), and blue dragon. Turns the "weather trio" into a "compass/season quadruple".
Just saying they aren't a weather trio, actually none of them are purely weather. Tornadus and Thundurus just appear where choas is.
Wind, Lighting, Earth and Love aren't weathers. They are forces.
@@mipho5899 whoops, hadn't had my coffee when I initially wrote the comment. I have trouble keeping track of all the legendary groups. There's too many of them! 😂
You can throw your Pokémon at their shields and it’s 3 hits every time (from my experience) and it doesn’t trigger a battle if anyone is low on money or crafting stuff for sticky globs
I actually like Enamorus's design
How did I get this notification as I was watching a video on how to get them? I’d rather watch this one than the one I was previously watching
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You can pop their shields with Feather Balls. I used Feather balls to pop their shields from really far away and once its popped the third time, they get stunned and i go in for the capture/battle. A lot easier this way then trying to get that close for Sticky Globs.
11:16 the alpha starly just distracted me
It seems that to break their shield you can always just throw one sticky glob. As long as you hit it will break the shield just wait a few seconds. I've just tested it on them. Probably need a larger sample size but worth checking out.
I got the first 3 by dodging storms and sticky globs to the face by getting close. Enamorous on the other hand I could not do that way and used smoke bombs and jet balls. Be sure to attack quick because the opening to battle is really small.
Good timing! I got the request a few days ago and am just now getting around to doing it and couldn’t remember what her vague details were. I knew you wouldn’t let me down!
Thunderous was the biggest pain. I first cleared the Garados then saved (for less pain on restart) then used feather balls to stun his. You can hit it further away than the sticky balls and still takes 3 hits to stun. Rest weren't too bad, but will say that a battle catch is less of a pain but a great challenge to do it in the over-world.
In terms of a money guide, it's really easy to do. Go into cobalt highlands or an area with a lot of passive pokemon. Craft maybe 300 pokeballs or something and spam catch the weak/passive pokemon in the area, things like Bidoof, Aipom, Magikarp etc. Do the time space-distortion and stay until you've caught as many pokemon as possible. Release all of the pokemon from pastures and then also sell the Grit items you receive for extra income.
You actually, don't have to break the shield 3 times, it's just a matter of timing. Because I had no idea about that mechanic I just used a jetball to break the shield and then an immediate second ball or pokemon to start a battle and it worked. In the field & icelands you can just snipe crouched on a hill & in the coast area I just waited for it to start its tornado attack and then shot it when it stood still.
Thanks for all the videos, AJP. I just had to send my switch in for repairs and am hoping I don’t lose my PLA save data. These videos help me pass the time while I wait.
Was having a hard time catching Tornadus and ended up discovering you can take down its shield just using Wing Balls!
“You might as well go for the stealth catch” yeah trying telling that to Thunderus after eating 10 ultra balls to the back and banishing me from the Coronet Highlands.
Great video! I do want to add that you can use your own pokemon instead of sticky globs. They will have the same effect. I did this on landorus using my torterra in a gigaton ball.
Yea. You CAN treat it like a regular battle. But I wanted the Stealth challenge :)
I was going through your videos this morning looking for this video. What a coincidence you upload it today!
I've been using EVERY one of your guides. Still gonna watch this. But you put this one out AFTER I completed the dex.
Damn Austin, back at it again with the Pro Game Tips.
You're right on time with this one. Thanks for the help.
Did not know that it took 3 times, was wondering why they wouldn't get into a battle with me at times. Eventually caught the SOBs, but yeah, good to know for future runs & such.
The mud getting on your & your ride pokemon's feet in the Mirelands is a neat touch.
17:49 I showed you my dex, plz respond.
Thanks to your guidance I was able to catch all 4. Your guides are really helpful
I just did these last night. Almost cracked my switch lite in a fit of rage trying to get these schitzo moving Pokémon
Ah that’s why I didn’t see the forces yet because I haven’t fought the “toughest” battle yet.
Thanks man! Time to grind my team.
I am glad I am still a subscriber to this channel. This helped me a lot to catch those pokemons, I am on the last one. I kept dying more than 10 times so now I am gonna use those jet balls & break those shields! Thanks man.
I think for enamourus they took inspiration from madusa with the snakes. That’s why I like the design.
OMG thank you for this!! I was struggling so hard catching Enamorus. I watched another video and it said that up close was best. For 30+ I had to reset the game because of how much I was dying. Then I watched this guide and I got her first try! Now I have completed my Pokedex because of this video. Thank you!!!! 💜
Incredibly helpful video! Just completed the quest! Thanks! 👍
You have to down the their shields three times before they are battle/catchable?
Oh thank you so much for that. Don't know why none of the other guides I came across mention that teensy little vital detail... subbed
Thanks to this and (battling them besides one) this didn't take more than 30 minutes to finish the whole quest. I appreciate this
Something I figured out while doing this is just use pokeballs instead of sticky globs, I started to run out of sticky globs while trying to catch one and realized a single pokeball can break it's shield and three pokeballs can stun them
Edit: I assume that any item you can throw that can hit pokemon also have the same effect
Thank you for your helpful and informative videos .. unlike other content creators you actually take the time to break everything down
I found that just hitting them a couple times with jet balls while far away gets their barrier away really easy and efficiently
Aren't these the cardinal emporors of Chinese and Japanese mythology? White tiger, the Phoenix, the hybrid turtle and snake creature, and the blue dragon, yeah these are the cardinal beasts, north south, east, and west. We see these themes all the time in anime
I already caught them before this but still watched because I love your vids and your commentary 😊
Thanks man. Got them all in 30 minutes thanks to your guide
I took on thunderus head on it is probably the most badass I felt in a pokemon game. When he stops and plants the thornados you can actually double jump with Basculegion and throw stun items from above while youre on freeze time. Double jump before it can form the tornados it also helps you jump over those thornados.
Thanks for the strat, it worked like a charm. I've been trying to to keep up with them and was getting hit and having to restart a couple times.
Tysm! I’m not a ragey kinda person.. but that last one.. I had to take a break for the last one. This helped me catch it when I came back! Before watching this I had 8 deaths and several close calls, meanwhile when I tried this strategy it took a couple of minutes but I got it first life
When I got the 4 incarnates, you can throw feather balls, wing balls, or jet balls at them to take off their shield. Once you make the shield go away, quickly throw your Pokémon at it in order to trigger a battle, and I recommend that you farm ultra balls in order to catch. Use within 10-15 balls. Lower the HP and throw ultra balls. And you get it easily