toythatkills
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Maybe you can't, got a skip at stage 45 and all of a sudden it's +3 after seeing nothing but eights and sixes before.
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Maybe you can't, got a skip at stage 45 and all of a sudden it's +3 after seeing nothing but eights and sixes before.
LSauchelli
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I can confirm got +15 twice, one of them went past level 75, which gives disruption delay. I'm not sure if it counts as a mini-boss or not, but usually those were not skippable.
Lone_Prodigy
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Did 4 runs on Rayquaza. First time I tried a Dragon team, next 3 times I went with Double Normal. Highest score was on my last run where I got a 77 Double Normal combo throughout the entire 45 seconds for over 57000. My Pokemon weren't maxed.
It looks like it's every 50th stage that's a boss stage. 25, 75, 125, and 175 give items but can be skipped.
I'm up to 150 now and I'm not sure I can go all the way to 500 without Hoopa-U to deal damage. That's 8 boss stages to go with at least Attack Up necessary for me. Those items are sooo tempting, though.
LSauchelli
Member
150 I needed the +5 turns item to beat. Went with Gengar, Absol (SL3), Yveltal (Lvl. 15) and Darkrai (SL4). I found that my Hoopa Unbound wasn't good enough for that stage at skill level 3. I will probably use the next few boosters I get from Eevee on him.
Nice! I've gotten a +9 and +13 anger today alone. It's been nice if only to skip annoyingly simple easy levels
LSauchelli
Member
I barely beat Mew 300 with a Steelix strategy. Once the metal blocks stop falling he becomes completely useless. Using Tyranitar as mega would be much safer.
Caddywompus
Member
Mega Beedrill got me past 300 with only a +5. You could make the argument MBee is as valuable as MRay or MGengar when sped up. Great on timed stages but another option on three pokemon stages or low turn count stages like this EB.
I don't know about you guys but I like how this Mew EB is set up. Sure the prizes aren't quite as nice as they have been in the past but the levels are short, the skips are massive and the boss battles don't break the bank. (200 took DD and +5, everything else up to 300 been itemless or +5)
What team did you use to beat 250 itemless or with a +5 item?
LSauchelli
Member
Candied Camerupt or Beedril can do it, if you have Block Smash+ Mew, you can use your standard Gengar team with it.
Edit: 350 made me go nuts. Applied a few strategies that all left me dry just a move short. Ended up going +5 moves, DD, Attack Up with Gengar, ended up beating him with 12 moves. Lost a bunch of coins on him there
Caddywompus
Member
Candied Camerupt or Beedril can do it, if you have Block Smash+ Mew, you can use your standard Gengar team with it.
Edit: 350 made me go nuts. Applied a few strategies that all left me dry just a move short. Ended up going +5 moves, DD, Attack Up with Gengar, ended up beating him with 12 moves. Lost a bunch of coins on him there
Both 250 and 300 were MBee/Hoopla-U(SL4)/Darkrai(SL3) plus Yveltal or Hoopla-C depending on the disruptions and +5 moves
Yeah 350 was a coin sink. I jinxed myself with that last post. Wasted so many runs thinking I could be it with DD and +5. And if a Risk Taker goes off right I'd win that's how close each match is. It's a highly luck based level which I hate, doesn't matter what team you use you need massive RNG in your favor or pay up for ATK+ and use a Gengar team.
Same.
I could get mine to top performance (sitting on 26 mspeedups). Is it useful in normal gameplay or in other competitions? I just don't want to spend them, then never never use it again at all.
Right now, I'd rather spend them on MSalamence because it will be useful for weekend meowth and for the next competition.
Lone_Prodigy
Member
I'm only on 150 and running into a lot of bad RNG.
Caddywompus
Member
I used it in the recent Safari over Gengar with all those Normal Dog stages filled with rocks and blocks.
A number of the past 30 stages got me the S-Rank. Plus a number of the failed S-Rank stages I kept passing on were easily gotten with MBee(but to be fair my whole team is probably significantly better too) I grinded Togekiss to SL2 with the help of MBee.
It's one of the few Megas where type doesn't matter, you can bring it to any stage. Having a Mega in one match is huge. I was reluctant too, bad typing and being the weakest base power Mega you would have in the rotation. I went on a spending spree of items because I kind of feel like I can see the end game too for myself and there's no point in waiting for something that may not come. Honestly, I would speed it up before Tyranitar now and you may find no need for Tyranitar to be sped up with MBee. This Mega pretty much fills that niche where stages with too many icons make MRay useless or too many disruptions prevent Gengar from comboing.
Has anyone else here sped MBee up yet? I'm a Beeliever.
LSauchelli
Member
Yeah, there are 4 S class mega, Rayquaza, Gengar, Tyranitar, and Beedril.
Beedril also allows for itemless Survival mode, which, if you have time to spare is the best way to farm exp.
Beedril also allows for itemless Survival mode, which, if you have time to spare is the best way to farm exp.
toythatkills
Member
Fucking hell guys, I've managed to save 12 SpeedUps so far for Rayquaza and now y'all are telling me I should be wanting to use them on Beedrill?!
Machine
Member
Do Rayquaza first. It''s incredibly useful. Choosing between Beedrill and Tyranitar would be a tougher call.
Very convincing arguments. Done.
I bought power +, moves +5 and used MRay I think. I could have easily done it without the M+5.
toythatkills
Member
Yeah that's still the plan really, I think MRay will potentially lead to quicker SpeedUp gain than Beedrill will, what with its usefulness in contests with no Mega Start.
I wish you could pay a jewel to get candies back you'd used, or something. I love Banette for weekend Meowth but feel silly having given him twelve candies when giving five to Mewtwo would have been a better plan.
Machine
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I agree. If I could get those 12 candies back from Banette, I would have Beedrill finished and Salamence over half candied.
My advice for people who want to do 500 on the Mew stage: Don't. I ended up using 2 jewels on it thanks to terrible RNG. 450 is probably a better place to stop. Definitely the last time I go all the way on an EB.
I'll add to the chorus of M-Bee proponents. It got me through a lot of EB stages and saved me coins on a Mega Start for some boss stages. It's quite difficult to combo with M-Bee, though, and I ended up having to switch back to M-Gengar for 470+.
I'll add to the chorus of M-Bee proponents. It got me through a lot of EB stages and saved me coins on a Mega Start for some boss stages. It's quite difficult to combo with M-Bee, though, and I ended up having to switch back to M-Gengar for 470+.
Lone_Prodigy
Member
Moves+5 and pray for good RNG. Took me multiple tries but basically you need Block Smash and Sleep Charm to activate early, plus some good combos and Risk Taker numbers.
Caddywompus
Member
After 350 I spent 5 hearts and jumped to 396, Mew is just toying with me now. I don't have the jewels to waste even with one free one incoming.
I need ever raise max level I can get my hands on and clearing 500 nets you 3 of them
Don Draper's Hat
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Free jewel for checking in today.
Best of luck to you, then. I should add that my team for 500 was M-Ray (Lv. 8, SL1), Yveltal (Lv. 13, SL2), Darkrai (Lv. 10, SL4), and Zoroark (Lv. 11, SL2) plus all items. I probably could've done it without the extra jewels if Sleep Charm had activated, or if I had stronger Pokemon.
Caddywompus
Member
So do you not have Hoopa-U or did you opt to bring Sleep Charmer instead?
EDIT:
I haven't tried that yet but for 3 hearts you'll get 2500 EXP that could be really helpful when getting ready for a Mega Comp
No Hoopa-U, unfortunately. I'm about 100 stages away from it. If I had it, I probably would've swapped Zoroark out because the disruptions at the end are such a pain. I don't have M-Tyranitar, either, and some recommend it over M-Ray for 500.
I don't know how you even managed to get to lv 500 since a maxed out Hoopa-U has been a total clutch for clearing stages.
I don't know what I'd do if I didn't have it and a fully candied M-Beedril.
toythatkills
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Lone_Prodigy
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Had 40+ speedups so I decided to candy Beedrill. Failed multiple times on 200 with Moves+5. Went back to Ray with DD, MS, and +5 to beat it.
Gave Bee another chance at 250 and beat it with a +5, 3 moves left. 250 is the easier stage but still impressive.
Gave Bee another chance at 250 and beat it with a +5, 3 moves left. 250 is the easier stage but still impressive.
Caddywompus
Member
What team did you go with? I'm leaning MRay over MTyranitar if I decide to make it that far.
M-Ray (Lv 10), Yveltal (LV 15, Block smash + SL2) Darkrai (Lv 10, SL4) Hoopa-U (Lv 10, SL5)
Caddywompus
Member
Did you even need Darkrai for the last 5 moves once DD wore off? I was thinking of boosting Zoroak to SL3 and trying to make the most of Sinster Power when there's room to combo.
I'm not too sure how useful he was, I did manage to get off a Sleep charm after DD wore off but I got lucky with the same combo chain and finished the stage off before I could get another turn anyhow.
Lone_Prodigy
Member
Sinister Power is 40/65/100 at SL3. I kind of regret going above SL2 since that's 35/60/100. Darkrai has more AP than level 13 Zoroark too.
I think Sleep increases damage done?
I think Sleep increases damage done?
Caddywompus
Member
It's only one point difference in power. Darkrai could potentially save your ass in those last 5 moves but Zoroark may do enough damage that you never get to that point.
Tried to farm Zoroark's stage, 3 dropless victories. With Mbee and x2 SE Risk Takers now that stage isn't that hard any longer. And you're right, I don't want to waste cookies for only 5% increase.
As for new stuff...
Mega Salamence is an easy enough stage to to bring SE Pokemon to train but it has a terrible drop rate. (Originally 50%, 100%, 100% then Increased Activation by +10%, +15%, +20%, +40%)
Lugia's return PSB stage didn't change. Still 40 sec and 2 hearts. (Originally 50%, 100%, 100% then Increased Activation by +10%, +15%, +20%, +30%)
Both are worth investing for Weekend Meowth.
Mega Mewtwo X has the same tasty rewards as the Rayquaza Comp and this time it's move based.
So between sinking money into Salamence to climb the ranks of MMewtwoX I may not have the money to go much further in Mew's EB.
Alright,catching up on everything, finally. Got M-Ray fully candied, been able to get most of the stones that have appeared since my file was erased (no Beedril or Alakazam) and made it to stage 406 on the main stages.
The Mew EB has been pretty easy so far, probably used about 10k coins to get to 380. Want to make it to 500 for the RMLs, but might stop at 450 hearing about the rest.
Need to grind some coins to get Lugia, don't seem to have a great team for it.
The Mew EB has been pretty easy so far, probably used about 10k coins to get to 380. Want to make it to 500 for the RMLs, but might stop at 450 hearing about the rest.
Need to grind some coins to get Lugia, don't seem to have a great team for it.
Lone_Prodigy
Member
Not having M-Salamence for the competition means I'll probably just do 1 run with M-Ray. Probably won't touch Lugia and Salamence since I don't have the coins or hearts.
Lone_Prodigy
Member
I'm dumb. Used Steelix on 350 but brought Darkrai and kept activating Sleep Charm.
Caddywompus
Member
At least it's just coins.
I lost a RML. Up to level 4 farming Salamence, unbeaten in all those matches. Mindlessly matching as presents drop. And when a red box finally drops, freeze doesn't want to proc, no more MAmpharos falling from the sky, barriers got out of hand and loose by a sliver.
Uggghh, that's the worst, isn't it? Sometimes I'm so tempted to spend a Jewel to get that RML.
Lone_Prodigy
Member
Finally beat 350. Tried cheaper options like Steelix, Tyranitar, and Camerupt, but in the end just went with Ray, MS, DD, and +5 to beat it. Now I'm broke so looks like I'll be spending a jewel on Meowth this weekend.
Looking at the competition, not having M-Salamence is going to cost me a chance at the top 2 tiers.
Looking at the competition, not having M-Salamence is going to cost me a chance at the top 2 tiers.