Lone_Prodigy
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Caught Cresselia at 8%. Surprising.
Still haven't gotten Wobbuffet; I hope I catch him on an even number of coins.
Still haven't gotten Wobbuffet; I hope I catch him on an even number of coins.
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Pokemon Shuffle |OT| Every Day I'm Shuffling
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Starting to wonder if I should switch out Mega Gengar for Mega Banette. Might be helpful considering how the stages are getting much harder/annoying starting at 40+.
*tries out theory at Level 44* Hmmm, KIND OF worked. Problem is I want to keep Yveltal since he's maxed out at attack 100 along with Giratina (lv. 7) & Gengar (MAX), but then I can't use Genesect (Lv. 8). Might have to start using Mega Starts.
*tries out theory at Level 44* Hmmm, KIND OF worked. Problem is I want to keep Yveltal since he's maxed out at attack 100 along with Giratina (lv. 7) & Gengar (MAX), but then I can't use Genesect (Lv. 8). Might have to start using Mega Starts.
I just took Gengar(MAX), Cresselia(1), Genesect(9) & Giratina(8) to stage 40 and beat it with no problems. Cresselia's ability helps clear the ice blocks even if it's not effective and can help keep combos going when it does its disruption & swaps your pokemon
Actually every report indicates that lvl 100 cress is comparable to lvl 50 giratina. I am at 52 and haven't used any items yet. Getting at least 2 mega speedup should be doable without a lot of coins. Going for the last and lvl200 is another thing though.
Yup, using Cresselia is rather helpful, now at 47. Funny how both Escalation Battles so far have had Pokemon where once you caught them were considered helpful on their own stage.
& guessing that explains why there's one more reward at lv 200 if things are easier this time around.
& guessing that explains why there's one more reward at lv 200 if things are easier this time around.
Yeah its good pre-50, but you should not use it for 50 and further. The pattern changes.
I spent too much time trying to catch Wobbuffet lol. After dozens of failed single digit catch rates and two failed super catch rates, I finally catch him on my third super catch rate at 53%.
Yes, I use Giratina, Genesect and Heracross. I'm at 56 so far, works great. All MAXed btw.
Aveyn Knight
Member
Cresselia Stage 35 is pretty neat.
But I stupidly reached max coins before starting the stage...
Stage 37? Only 130 for me, I'm never able to match 4 coins
SenorArdilla
Member
Up to level 68, still haven't bought any items since I swapped out M-Banette for M-Gengar.
The disruption is actually random. I had iron blocks before lvl 64. It can spawn ice or iron blocks.
I've gotten close just by brute forcing it (my team is Mega Banette, Giratina, Chandelure and Spiritomb) but I gave up and used Attack Power Up just to get it out of the way, the stage(s) after it are easier.
Ah, thanks. I'll use items aswell and get it over with then.
Aveyn Knight
Member
Stage 37? Only 130 for me, I'm never able to match 4 coins
Yeah. Sounds like something is wrong; after a while, you should be able to match 4 coins fairly consistently.
Make sure to bring a reliable team. I use a neutral team with high attack power.
Not sure how other people do the stage, but I focus on the right side, with the 2 coins to the far right. I usually clear out the rows or columns so the 2 coins get nearer to each other, then try to move the bottom-left coin to that column.
Around that time, the 4th coin should spawn.
That, and I recommend having a pokemon in the team like volbeat or genesect, I can't remember the name of the ability, but it helps a lot doing a match of 4 once I've got the 4x coin match.
Last ditch effort is better imo, that way you won't accidentally trigger it on your first move or something and end up killing Meowth before you match your coins. I use conkeldurr
Lone_Prodigy
Member
Don't bring anything that removes/delays disruptions. Sometimes I use the same team I was using previously on Meowth only to realize I brought Mewtwo (Swap) Blastoise (Stabilize), or Groudon (Quake) which totally messes everything up.
ratcliffja
Member
Yeah the first 3 moves should be moving the bottom-left coin to the right column so that's adjacent to one of the two other coins and moving the top coin down if possible by eliminating a row in the right column. The next 3 should be moving the coin that appears with 5 turns left adjacent to the other coin so that the right column has 2 sets of 2 coins with one space between, while still doing enough damage so that you can finish the job on the last turn. If all goes well, you'll be able to make the 5 coin match on the second to last turn and then kill on the final turn. If you find that things aren't going well about halfway through, then change strategies to get a 4 match ASAP instead. This strategy works most of the time for me, though I'll occasionally fail to kill Meowth or kill too early if I get some pretty bad luck.
Edit: I just got 44612 for a rank of 707. Hopefully it sticks.
Second Edit: I wonder if it's better to go ahead and try to get Genesect now so that I can go a bit further in the Cresellia stages, but I'd have to power level Genesect to make it useful over my fully maxed team of Gengar, Yveltal, Giratina, and Scyther.
Caddywompus
Member
After level 50 Absol's Mind Zap pretty much prevents any disruptions from happening with Cresellia's count down set to 6
Just throw Heracross in there instead of Scyther if you want Crowd Control.
I've yet to get Genesect even with a maxed out team which is why I'm glad we have a fire type as the next mega stone.
SenorArdilla
Member
Level 96+ starts with three random disruptions. Cresselia needs to settle down. Defintely going to stop after level 100.
Ugh, can't seem to get above 12,000 on the mega blaziken stage. Using Mega Gengar (9), Kyogre (7), Groudon (7), and Tyranitar (4) with no items :/
Already out of the top 20,000 of course lol
Did you not get a Manectric from the last safari event?
Already out of the top 20,000 of course lol
Anyone else get Manectite mega stone from the competition but not actually get to use the Pokemon? I've never even "seen" it according to the my List.
Did you not get a Manectric from the last safari event?
SenorArdilla
Member
I was not prepared for level 100.
EDIT:
Starts off with barriers on the 2nd and 5th columns, Solosis is the 5th Pokemon, and barrier disruptions every turn.
EDIT:
Starts off with barriers on the 2nd and 5th columns, Solosis is the 5th Pokemon, and barrier disruptions every turn.
Cute Dragon Here
Member
I guess the level 50 difficulty spike is a thing again, no?
I'm kind of running low on coins now, but I guess that's what happens when you had too much of them. Now you're using them.
I'm kind of running low on coins now, but I guess that's what happens when you had too much of them. Now you're using them.
You may need coins for 50, you certainly need some for 100, but between that you should be good. Didn't spend a single coin except for 100.
Welp, Level 100 taken care of. The TWO times I used +5 moves on previous levels, I didn't really need to use them. Though on 100, had to use -1 Complexity, Attack Power Up, and Distortion Delay.
101 wasn't toooo bad, but I could see it getting more annoying. I have no idea if I want to bother with getting to 200, but it's the only thing TO do right now until waiting for next week. Is there a reward for at least 150?
101 wasn't toooo bad, but I could see it getting more annoying. I have no idea if I want to bother with getting to 200, but it's the only thing TO do right now until waiting for next week. Is there a reward for at least 150?
Nope. Just for 200. Its not worth it imho.
toythatkills
Member
I stopped at level 20 after catching it. I'm asking myself whether or not a Mega Speedup will ever be the difference between an A-rank and an S-rank and I'm not coming up with a "yes" so I really don't see the point in wasting the time.
Ten Mega Speedups would be a massive help, but there's no way I'm going to do all the crap they're trying to get people to do to earn them!
Ten Mega Speedups would be a massive help, but there's no way I'm going to do all the crap they're trying to get people to do to earn them!
Lone_Prodigy
Member
I wouldn't mind paying Jewels for Mega Speedups.
At level 25 and not running into any trouble yet, but not sure if I want to go past 50. I still need to grind some more coins for a MBlaziken run (Ninetales looks similar to Tyranitar, but C-1 will make it irrelevant).
At level 25 and not running into any trouble yet, but not sure if I want to go past 50. I still need to grind some more coins for a MBlaziken run (Ninetales looks similar to Tyranitar, but C-1 will make it irrelevant).
It's usefulness is limited to certain situations but like I've always said, if they're not too hard to get then I think they're worth having simply because they're permanent and they can be useful but of course in the end whether they're worth going for really just depends where your game is at.
I'm at 5 now with another to get from Blaziken competition next week hopefully, not too bad considering I didn't get the stage 100 Giratina one or the stage 200 Cresselia. 6 Mega speedups are going to come in handy at least for Meowth weekend and none of them were particularly hard to get. It'll get me a few hundred more coins at least on Meowth weekend, maybe save me a few hundred every now and then when S ranking and give me a slightly higher score in some competitions, to me that's worth going for the easier ones.
With speed ups I think you just need to look at the bigger picture, one or two isn't going to help much if at all but if you start piling them up eventually you've got 10 or 20 and then they become a lot more useful.
Joeshabadoo
Member
Getting scary good at getting 530 coins on lvl 37 meowth. it's fun too.
the number of hours ive played this game scares me
the number of hours ive played this game scares me
Lone_Prodigy
Member
Ugh, Kyogre. Trying to brute-force it and I've come close, but Ampharos/Manectric evolve too late when most of the board is already iced. Even tried Cresselia.