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Pokemon Shuffle |OT| Every Day I'm Shuffling
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Caddywompus
Member
You spent 51 hearts and never triggered a Super Catch Rate? I would have started throwing Great Balls and soft resetting after 20 hearts. Then spent the rest of the hearts farming Meowth to afford that Great Ball.
I don't know why, but it feels like I'm not getting as many angry Latios compared to angry Zygarde, though that had level 300 rewards, where Latios seems to only do it if you have 4 or 5 hearts, then does it when you hit zero. Though thankfully, I've had 20 extra hearts on stock from doing the escalation battle & the other 10 from the check-in bonus.
Oh no, I hit a few. But if I'm getting 30% base catch rates why spend 2500? The chances of going so long without catching it were astronomical.
toythatkills
Member
The chances of missing it five times are reasonably high, though, so you'd still have been better off just using a great ball.
Except the chances of missing it five times is pretty slim, 17% chance of that happening. Of course the chances of missing after 51 hearts is so tiny my calculator can't even give me a number, so clearly something is up with the game.
Meowth 500 isn't guaranteed so I wouldn't rely on five in five for that, but that's a small nitpick.
toythatkills
Member
17% is really not that slim. Almost a one in five chance. It's definitely gonna happen now and then.
You're right about Meowth, of course, but it's always just the calculation I use since five hearts will almost always net 2,000+ even if you mess up three of them. But yeah, it depends how good you've got it. Personally I don't even play Meowth any more because I'm just living off weekend coins, ha, but I've definitely started throwing a lot more great balls simply because I can't be bothered to play stages a second or third time. As soon as I've got that S-Rank I'm damn well catching it and moving on. Too many stages to fuck around.
slaughterking
Member
Not sure if anyone here is playing the Android version, but I wouldn't mind getting some more people on my friends list.
My ID: GTRCW4YY
My ID: GTRCW4YY
slaughterking
Member
Can't add you either. Gives me a communication error. Odd.
Guess I'll try again tomorrow.
Guess I'll try again tomorrow.
Glass Rebel
Member
I'm running out of viable Fighting-type Pokémon for the Meowth-stage. Only Sawk left and he's almost Level 9. The others don't even seem worth training.
Gave in & got 6 jewels for the month. Might use the no-heart hour after beating Latios 100. Got lucky and first jewel attempt with Weekend Meowth got me 8,400 after factoring in +5 Moves.
From what I'm hearing, in the new main stages, there's a psychic pokemon with Mega Boost+, which makes it so Mega Mewtwo might be worth bringing into Weekend Meowth now?
From what I'm hearing, in the new main stages, there's a psychic pokemon with Mega Boost+, which makes it so Mega Mewtwo might be worth bringing into Weekend Meowth now?
Glass Rebel
Member
Yes, Mega Banette with maxed out Mega Speedups. I don't think I have any on Mewtwo? I'll have to check soon.
Edit: Mega Mewtwo Y has 2/5 mega speedups. X has none, though no idea when I'd ever use him.
Edit: Found this:
" Prize for first beating level 110: 1 Exp. Booster M
Prize for first beating level 125: 1 Level Up
Prize for first beating level 150: 1 Mega Speedup
Prize for first beating level 200: 2 Raise Max Level"
So last reward's at 200. But I really don't need more Raise Max at the moment (Groudon has all he can take & Kyogre only has one, but doesn't seem like is worth leveling up). I might just see how hard it is to reach 150 after beating 100.
Edit: Mega Mewtwo Y has 2/5 mega speedups. X has none, though no idea when I'd ever use him.
Edit: Found this:
" Prize for first beating level 110: 1 Exp. Booster M
Prize for first beating level 125: 1 Level Up
Prize for first beating level 150: 1 Mega Speedup
Prize for first beating level 200: 2 Raise Max Level"
So last reward's at 200. But I really don't need more Raise Max at the moment (Groudon has all he can take & Kyogre only has one, but doesn't seem like is worth leveling up). I might just see how hard it is to reach 150 after beating 100.
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Deleted member 57681
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God, since we get four turns at weekend Meowth, I've been absolute shit at it.
Caddywompus
Member
Yeah Mewtwo Y paired with Unknown ! makes it the go to Mega for Weekend Meowth. One of my four attempts Mewtwo evolved in 1 move. (Lucky sure but I'd say 4 moves or less would be the average)
Lone_Prodigy
Member
I still prefer Mega Mewtwo with max speedups for Weekend Meowth.
Latios 100 was easier than 50. Mega Diancie+Optimize, Att+ and Time+10 was all I needed.
Latios 100 was easier than 50. Mega Diancie+Optimize, Att+ and Time+10 was all I needed.
Huh, extra data added today.
So what's Groudon's attack power at level 15? I got him at level 13 right now & he's at 99, which is rather odd. Perhaps 105 if it's going by +3 each level?
Also why does Zygarde 100% not appear when I press Optimize when he's at Level 7 & is considered the strongest Pokemon I have?
So what's Groudon's attack power at level 15? I got him at level 13 right now & he's at 99, which is rather odd. Perhaps 105 if it's going by +3 each level?
Also why does Zygarde 100% not appear when I press Optimize when he's at Level 7 & is considered the strongest Pokemon I have?
Today's extra data is just to patch the (new) infinite heart glitch. Essentially, instead of one hour through the Special Shop, gives almost 8800 hours (approx. one leap year) of infinite hearts. Replicate it isn't possible anymore with today's patch.
As for LV15 Groudon, at LV14 it has 102AP if I remember correctly, but jumps to 110AP at the final level.
WOAH, holy crap. That would make sense for how damn long it can take to level it up.
EX39 is much easier with DD & can get about 35% capture rate, but I need to deal with getting the coins for Super Catch Rate. Also glad to be almost done with Latios, at 143 at the moment, think I'll be done at 150.
EX39 is much easier with DD & can get about 35% capture rate, but I need to deal with getting the coins for Super Catch Rate. Also glad to be almost done with Latios, at 143 at the moment, think I'll be done at 150.
I've gotten to the point where I just go all in all items on EX stages then great ball it if needed. Coins are incredibly easy to make now it's not worth the hassle trying to catch it saving coins.
Aveyn Knight
Member
Yay, Bellossom.
Kinda glad it's a quiet week. Trying to get to Latios 100 and I still haven't bothered to catch Azelf, was it?
NHarmonic.
Member
Is this a Mobile + 3DS OT? I recently got the game on IOs and it's a lot of fun.
I think its mostly 3DS players here but mobile is also discussed. Since last week both platforms are actually on par now content wise.
Bellossom is up, with repeat Thundurus & Pinsir (tomorrow) & repeat Mega Swampert.
Bellossom is okay, attack base
with
I think after today, I'm only gonna bother with leveling up Pokemon with attack base 80 for now on, I don't think 70 is cutting it anymore considering how many Pokemon I've caught by now.
Bellossom is okay, attack base
70
Mind Zap
I think after today, I'm only gonna bother with leveling up Pokemon with attack base 80 for now on, I don't think 70 is cutting it anymore considering how many Pokemon I've caught by now.
Exterminieren
Banned
Burnt a Mega Start and Disruption Delay on Bellossom, and got lucky with a 33% catch rate.
Thank God, because that stage could have been bloody annoying.
Thank God, because that stage could have been bloody annoying.
toythatkills
Member
Beat Bellossom itemless using Abomasnow.
Lone_Prodigy
Member
Trying to see the difference between Oddish, Gloom, and Vileplume is enough to make you go insane.
For fun I tried Gengar plus those 3 (doesn't replace the supports) and then replaced Gengar with Sceptile.
I think 70 AP Pokemon are still worth leveling up if they have a good ability. But I agree that I'm never running out of leveling options for Meowth.
For fun I tried Gengar plus those 3 (doesn't replace the supports) and then replaced Gengar with Sceptile.
I think 70 AP Pokemon are still worth leveling up if they have a good ability. But I agree that I'm never running out of leveling options for Meowth.
Try the two Landorus together for a special kind of hell.
toythatkills
Member
Pichu, Pikachu, Raichu, Angry Pikachu
The greatest excuse to grind Gliscor, Groudon and Flygon.
Yeah, I still use them on Meowth to ensure I don't have too strong of a team if the ability's worth it & it's a type I don't really have a bunch of other strong Pokemon (Ice comes to mind, but it's rare for me to even use that type in the first place).
FINALLY got my 100th streetpass yesterday, getting a jewel. Maybe I'll use it to help get Groudon to Level 15 on Victini because holy crap he takes over 2,000 EXP to level from 14 to 15.
Edit: Yay, 380 finished, unlocked EX40.....though this seems to be a pain to get a good combo going, especially at the start.
Is it bad that I had to burn about 60k coins to S-rank expert stages 1-20?
I got this idea that I should try and improve my skills at timed stages after Azelf made me burn a C-1, so I decided to try and S rank all the expert stages. But I'm not sure if I'm physically capable of getting stuff like Cobalion and Greninja, let alone Genesect or Chesnaught.
I got this idea that I should try and improve my skills at timed stages after Azelf made me burn a C-1, so I decided to try and S rank all the expert stages. But I'm not sure if I'm physically capable of getting stuff like Cobalion and Greninja, let alone Genesect or Chesnaught.
toythatkills
Member
I had once toyed with the idea of S-ranking all the expert stages. This was back when we'd get ten new stages a month instead of fifty, so I had tons of coins to spare. But yeah, Chesnaught put paid to that. I haven't even attempted to S-rank it because it seemed impossible enough that it wasn't worth trying.
Are you gonna see the benefits of that? I have so many Pokémon around level 8 that it's pretty rare I can't get a decent team together to fight something. Coins are going to get you WAY more points than a couple extra ATK, no matter what you buy.
i think so. i have used some jewels on meowth, don't get me wrong, but levels take way longer to grind and it's not like i max'd out any pokemon via victini. i merely brought up some important ones up to lvl 8/9. it's not about the atk power with those but about their abilities which can make a huge difference
you can make a case for either investment, i'd say
incidentally, the jewels i did use on meowth ended up yielding terrible runs. you never know what you're gonna get out of that cat
Lone_Prodigy
Member
Some of the stages aren't hard, but they're frustrating. I spent so many hearts on Simisage because of bad RNG.
Freakin' hell, THREE Great Balls wasted catching the stage 380 Pokemon at 56%.
Scrafty's also been a big pain to catch, because it feels so random as if you can clear it itemless or not. Even worse is when Machamp uses Eject on a Scrafty YOU'RE TRYING TO MATCH, MAKING IT NO LONGER MATCH & NOT CLEARING SOME OF THE ICE, and the ability to remove the ice NEVER wants to get rid of the one at the very top until it's your final move or something and there's no point because you won't get a good enough combo to clear it.
Scrafty's also been a big pain to catch, because it feels so random as if you can clear it itemless or not. Even worse is when Machamp uses Eject on a Scrafty YOU'RE TRYING TO MATCH, MAKING IT NO LONGER MATCH & NOT CLEARING SOME OF THE ICE, and the ability to remove the ice NEVER wants to get rid of the one at the very top until it's your final move or something and there's no point because you won't get a good enough combo to clear it.
Hmm, ranked around 2800 for the Mega event, hope I stay above 3500 or whatever for the rest of the day. Didn't realize to check the top 5 & see what those teams were, I just optimized...
I'm at about stage 390, feels like these stages weren't as annoying compared to the last group.
I'm at about stage 390, feels like these stages weren't as annoying compared to the last group.
B-But I was fine with skipping mons I had already caught before!
Why do you do this to meee??
There's a bar that showed up next to the skill as well. Not sure what it does right now.
Robin64
Member
That's for the new Skill Gauge, where the Pokemon's abilities trigger more often/get stronger. You can use Skill Boosters to increase it, and you get one free for checking in today.
Also, Electivire costs 300 coins to play and Groudon costs 400. It begins.
Edit: As I was fighting Groudon, during the match a present came out of him when I hit him. Upon beating him, I claimed that present and it was a "personalized Skill Booster" which made Groudon's skill gauge go up.