Maybe some day they will, but at the moment you can safely ignore s-ranking them.
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Pokemon Shuffle |OT| Every Day I'm Shuffling
- Thread starter BooJoh
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Kyogre took me a lot of tries. Groudon was also kind of a bastard. I did REALLY well and had like a 25% chance to catch him a few times and missed. Then I beat him with 0 turns left and caught him with less than 10%. Go figure.
I didn't use Ampharos for Kyogre either.
I'm now ~10 stages left from beating the main story (150 total atm for mobile, right?) and will then probably go back and star catching the mega's I missed. Unsure what really is worth getting at this point and not looking forward to getting these guys to level 10. Leveling up seems incredibly slow.
toythatkills
Member
When the event Pokémon come back round again, it completely forgets whatever rank you got last time, so they can't count for anything.
toythatkills
Member
38,000~ in the comp, which puts me 2,990th. It's top 3,500 for the SpeedUp and I'm pretty sure I'm going to fall outside that by the end... doesn't matter really though, Basiclly guaranteed a Sharpedonite and that's all I was after!
42.5k, rank 1057 and need top 2.5k for mega speedup. Got a feeling I'm gonna have to do a third all item run to try and secure top 2.5k since I usually drop 1k ranks in the last 12 hours but this has been a funny competition, being pretty much half the score of the top 5.
Any idea what next weeks update will be? Ho-oh i'm guessing?
I don't think we are due for new stages but I could see them doing a new escalation battle, a mega-repeat and start the second Gen VI starter line.
Before Ho-oH I would rather like some of the missing legends from the dex.
SenorArdilla
Member
I have no idea how people are getting scores of 80k outside of pure skill/luck.
toythatkills
Member
I doubt they are getting scores of 80k outside of pure luck
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Deleted member 57681
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I wonder why we haven't got the rest of the Regis yet. And I seriously want my Ho-oh :[
No, 3ds is further along and much less pay to win. From what I've heard the 3ds version is far better than the mobile version, but if you start it now you're pretty much months behind and may struggle in some of the competitions or later stages.started playing this on iOS. is it identical on 3DS? just wondering if i need to bother with it on there as well. really wish it was a full puzzle release, im having a blast and need a good puzzle game
I've been playing the mobile version for the past few days and it's astounding how much more greedy and stingy it is compared to the 3DS version. 5 hearts for beating a boss instead of a jewel, higher great ball prices, bullshit catch rates... if it weren't so much more convenient to play on mobile, I'd have dropped it already. Definitely never going to spend any money on it though, I learned my lesson after wasting both my free jewels on coins trying to catch Lucario with Super Catch chance at 70+% and missing 4 TIMES, only to get him on a way lower catch rate immediately afterwards.
SaintRidley
Neo Member
Bonus jewel for beating Diancie, no bonus for Regirock.
Diancie base 3% + 4% per move.
Base 70 with Barrier Bash+, fairy type.
Diancie base 3% + 4% per move.
Base 70 with Barrier Bash+, fairy type.
Joeshabadoo
Member
If you prefer to spend the next week farming and/or leveling and want to get Diancie in a hurry, Mega Start is cheaper than a great ball and Mega Mawille on this stage makes it trivial
HawthorneKitty
Sgt. 2nd Class in the Creep Battalion, Waifu Wars
Diancie is so cute
Starwolf_UK
Member
I'm no longer no items. I used a great ball on Diancie as I had a really good run and it broke out at odds >50% so great ball brought that up to guaranteed catch.
I wish there was a way to turn off the mega evolution music. It is the same problem Pokemon Link Battle had. Great BGM but you'll never hear it fully because another theme will play instead.
I wish there was a way to turn off the mega evolution music. It is the same problem Pokemon Link Battle had. Great BGM but you'll never hear it fully because another theme will play instead.
More useful stuff tends to be harder to catch. Wait until you reach Gengar. I'm having a tough time just beating the stage (a few of my runs have had been "if this was 3DS your HP would be 0") but its catch rate is abysmal on mobile. 0.2% base rate and turns don't give much either (the 3DS rates were not great here either).
Glass Rebel
Member
I couldn't get Regirock the first time around but now I got it on my first try lmao
I'm stuck on Vivillon, can't spend coins to beat it because I'm struggling to keep just enough coins to make one full-powerup attempt at each competition, haven't unlocked any expert stages past Mewtwo, and with Mega Sharpedo I just barely missed out on the stone, making that the first event Pokemon I've missed.
The game is officially starting to feel more like a chore than it is fun.
The game is officially starting to feel more like a chore than it is fun.
Focus on Meowth only for a few days. I go for 300 coins each time, and get about 10k per day. In a week I have enough to spend on escalations, special stages, competitions, etc.
Lone_Prodigy
Member
Didn't realize Mega Sharpedo ended at 10pm PST but thankfully I checked in the morning (had fallen out of the Speed up threshold) and did another full-item run to get back into the top 3500.
Yeah I just hit "Optimize", and halfway through forgot about the "use 3 Pokemon" trick from last time. But still managed to beat it with turns to spare. Guess that's what stronger Pokemon can do.
Diancie seems to be like the Avalugg stage: if you don't combo it'll freeze the middle 4 spots. Got some bad RNG so needed 4 tries to catch it. Glad it has a good ability and power.
I kind of agree about the power creep in this game. When you're using level 8-10 SE Pokemon and can't beat a stage itemless, it starts to suck the fun away. The abysmally low catch rates in the new stages are discouraging as well. I played Mime Jr. about 7 times and even managed an S-Rank once but couldn't catch it.
Yeah I just hit "Optimize", and halfway through forgot about the "use 3 Pokemon" trick from last time. But still managed to beat it with turns to spare. Guess that's what stronger Pokemon can do.
Diancie seems to be like the Avalugg stage: if you don't combo it'll freeze the middle 4 spots. Got some bad RNG so needed 4 tries to catch it. Glad it has a good ability and power.
I kind of agree about the power creep in this game. When you're using level 8-10 SE Pokemon and can't beat a stage itemless, it starts to suck the fun away. The abysmally low catch rates in the new stages are discouraging as well. I played Mime Jr. about 7 times and even managed an S-Rank once but couldn't catch it.
toythatkills
Member
I'm finding Diancie quite annoying. Haven't used items and it keeps throwing tons of ice* in really awkward places. I've beat it every time but usually with only 2 or 3 moves left so I haven't caught it yet. Switched Mawile for Gengar and beat it with 9 moves to go, once, but still didn't get it. It's like there's no reason at all for any Mega to exist aside from Gengar, it's so overpowered.
(*not ice)
(*not ice)
Aveyn Knight
Member
Woohoo, my favourite mythical!
Too bad it doesn't have 80 attack, but 70 ain't too shabby.
Also, I got the Mega Sharpedo stone and Mega Speed Up, so I'm happy : D
Hopefully I can find internet access while I'm on vacation...
Starwolf_UK
Member
You know Groudon is pretty danmed annoying. If you can't make the following match you will waste a lot of turns:
I'm starting to think I should have thrown great balls at the one time I managed to clear the stage.
Edit: Wait so I manage to beat it, 47% catch rate let's try great balls. All 3 fail and it runs away to save my wasting more coins, how nice.
Edit: Complaining on GAF kinda worked. A few attempts later and it is caught. Still hate how the opening is all in the RNG.
Other stages have fixed opening to stop such RNG bullshit.
I'm starting to think I should have thrown great balls at the one time I managed to clear the stage.
Edit: Wait so I manage to beat it, 47% catch rate let's try great balls. All 3 fail and it runs away to save my wasting more coins, how nice.
Edit: Complaining on GAF kinda worked. A few attempts later and it is caught. Still hate how the opening is all in the RNG.
SenorArdilla
Member
I feel bad for Regigigas. Its only memorable trait is the fact that it just sits there for 5 turns.
Wonder if Registeel will be worth leveling up, I've started to wonder which types are the ones worth leveling up, since some like Normal are almost never used.
Heck, I'm leveling up Steel Pokemon, but Steelix still doesn't have a Mega Stone, & I'm trying to remember when the last time was when I even used that type.
Heck, I'm leveling up Steel Pokemon, but Steelix still doesn't have a Mega Stone, & I'm trying to remember when the last time was when I even used that type.
toythatkills
Member
I level Megas, potential Megas, and stuff with useful skills. You're almost guaranteed to have three strong super-effective Pokémon no matter what you're fighting against, so levelling up specific types seems like a waste of time. There will be times when you want certain skills though, so having those levelled up will be helpful.
Yeah, I'm trying to just level anyone who has base attack 70+ to around level 8-ish & then anyone who can/has a Mega Evolution so then they can be prepared for when I need them or when I get their stone.
It's just something to do while I grind for coins, but I wanted to make sure I was leveling up Pokemon that would be worth it. Not gonna bother with base attack 60 or less, obviously.
It's just something to do while I grind for coins, but I wanted to make sure I was leveling up Pokemon that would be worth it. Not gonna bother with base attack 60 or less, obviously.
Man the catch rate on some of these dudes.
Just picked up the game since it came out on mobile and this nerfed catch rate I keep reading in this thread is killing me. I'm at stage 100 right now but I've been going back to catch guys I missed and right now I am on Combusken and even if you win on the very first turn (which is easily doable since it seems the opening placement of the board is the same every time you do a fight - at least with Combusken) you have a measly 23% chance to catch him. That is seriously absurd given how I assume he isn't even that useful (especially considering I already have guys like Charizard and Moltres). But want him cause... gotta catch 'em all and stuff you know. Oh also the frustration comes from the fact that I usually only play the game 3 times a day (so 15 matches per day) and he has taken me around 25 attempts so far and I have still not caught him. I know I should move on.... But I can't! Fuckkkk meeee.
This game is actually giving me some motivation to try and fix my 3DS, dropped it on the ground at one point and the WiFi stopped working (otherwise the system is fine). From what I read it probably means the WiFi thing in the system came unplugged but I hadn't bothered fixing it cause taking apart a nintendo console is a pain in the ass. This game is pushing me over the edge lol.
Just picked up the game since it came out on mobile and this nerfed catch rate I keep reading in this thread is killing me. I'm at stage 100 right now but I've been going back to catch guys I missed and right now I am on Combusken and even if you win on the very first turn (which is easily doable since it seems the opening placement of the board is the same every time you do a fight - at least with Combusken) you have a measly 23% chance to catch him. That is seriously absurd given how I assume he isn't even that useful (especially considering I already have guys like Charizard and Moltres). But want him cause... gotta catch 'em all and stuff you know. Oh also the frustration comes from the fact that I usually only play the game 3 times a day (so 15 matches per day) and he has taken me around 25 attempts so far and I have still not caught him. I know I should move on.... But I can't! Fuckkkk meeee.
This game is actually giving me some motivation to try and fix my 3DS, dropped it on the ground at one point and the WiFi stopped working (otherwise the system is fine). From what I read it probably means the WiFi thing in the system came unplugged but I hadn't bothered fixing it cause taking apart a nintendo console is a pain in the ass. This game is pushing me over the edge lol.
SaintRidley
Neo Member
Combusken's probably one of the best fire types available in the mobile version at the moment, due to the lack of Delphox and Mega Blaziken right now. Pyre is that useful.
HawthorneKitty
Sgt. 2nd Class in the Creep Battalion, Waifu Wars
I can't even beat Blaziken; It's like just that one stage... and Xerneas.
Those two are hard for me to beat for some reason. :/
Those two are hard for me to beat for some reason. :/
SaintRidley
Neo Member
Blaziken is hands the toughest stage in the game, I think.
Have you tried it with Mega Aerodactyl? That ability and Mega start should help out a lot. I haven't tried it but I think it would work well judging by the layout of the stage
Well someday he shall be mine. I am actually at the point where I can pretty much do the stage without even looking at my screen since it is just one move (and the same move every time). But RNG hates me.
I also refuse to use a great ball at this point because fuck you pokemon shuffle.
SaintRidley
Neo Member
Didn't need to use Mega Aero to beat it - I had Blaziken beat and captured before Mega Aero even came out. However, it is one tough stage, and I'd say it's harder than Genesect when done itemless.
I also did Blaziken itemless, sure it took me a lot of tries but I did it. Genesect itemless wasn't possible for me.