Don Draper's Hat
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It can't be. I've not spent a penny in over 300 hours of play.
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Pokemon Shuffle |OT| Every Day I'm Shuffling
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It can't be. I've not spent a penny in over 300 hours of play.
Caddywompus
Member
Hopefully that's a day 3 reward then, that just seems too generous. I've seen people talking about getting 15 jewels too so who knows
toythatkills
Member
Did you get 10,000 coins or 30 hearts yet? Those are the extra gifts I've been given on 3DS so far, one each the last two days. Maybe I'll get 10 jewels tomorrow, maybe I won't.
Ah eyah. My mind thought 10 Jewels because I got 10 Jewels this morning for logging in. Pretty sure it's a gift from my last purchase of Jewels but that was months ago so I doubt that
Machine
Member
Yes, I got those over the weekend. The 10K was helpful since it funded a couple great balls for Samurott. I now have all 752 pokemon!
toythatkills
Member
The "apology" notices on 3DS say there's gonna be some delayed bonus jewels from months ago, so maybe it's that
Caddywompus
Member
That's odd there's not an apology explaining the recent gifts, they are usually good about that, you wouldn't think a message would be that complex to add to the Snorlax patch update.
toythatkills
Member
I do have messages about 10k coins and 30 hearts, but they say "to commemorate this major update..." and I thought they were from ages ago.
There are so many notices every time I check in I've totally lost track of what's new or not.
There are so many notices every time I check in I've totally lost track of what's new or not.
toythatkills
Member
Top of the leaderboard, oh yeah.
No new Pokémon to catch this week, no free 20 hearts either, I guess Reddit messed up on those daily rewards continuing for another week.
No new Pokémon to catch this week, no free 20 hearts either, I guess Reddit messed up on those daily rewards continuing for another week.
Top of the leaderboard, oh yeah.
No new Pokémon to catch this week, no free 20 hearts either, I guess Reddit messed up on those daily rewards continuing for another week.
They have changed it
http://www.pokemon.co.jp/ex/poketoru/news/post.php/662/
It's strange though, I got it on my Japanese game but not my English
LSauchelli
Member
I thought they capped at 99? Huh.
Caddywompus
Member
The apology message says the caps at 150 for jewels so why is everything else 99? No sense.
Is anyone else try and get Ash-Greninja to SL5 Unity Power? It's hearts entry fee so it shouldn't be a problem to reach 100. Even though it will be a situational support considering how deep Water Types are but damn is it going to be a monster on timed stages even non-SE stages. A slightly weaker but more consistent Super Bolt against Fire, Ground and Rock.
Is anyone else try and get Ash-Greninja to SL5 Unity Power? It's hearts entry fee so it shouldn't be a problem to reach 100. Even though it will be a situational support considering how deep Water Types are but damn is it going to be a monster on timed stages even non-SE stages. A slightly weaker but more consistent Super Bolt against Fire, Ground and Rock.
LSauchelli
Member
I'm focusing all my shuffle plays on that. I want to get it to SL5 before the competition ends.
Lone_Prodigy
Member
I'm farming it too but the low drop rate and difficult stage is discouraging me. Plus the activation rate of Unity Power isn't that good.
I've been lining up Super Bolts but even that's not a guaranteed win.
I've been lining up Super Bolts but even that's not a guaranteed win.
Caddywompus
Member
I'm using the same strategy match 5 Super Bolt, Risk Taker, Sleep Charm and whatever tapper sometimes I have 15+ seconds left some times I lose. This is where the lack of decent Electric and Grass Megas really hurt.
LSauchelli
Member
I basically just go with different colored Pokémon and spam him with combos. Don't have angry Pikachu, so I have to rely on 5-matching Emolga whenever I mess up a combo.
This EB has been a fun exercise in building and using a Poison Pact team. M-Bee is pretty terrible at combos (or, rather, I'm terrible at using M-Bee for combos), but if Poison Pact triggers, hot damn! Dunno how far I'll be able to get, though. Once again the non-boss stages have ludicrous amounts of HP.
Unity Power is legit. I fed Ash-Greninja 4 SBM cookies to get it to SL4 and ended up in Tier 1 with 93k for the competition. The rest of my team was M-Garchomp, Landorus-I, and Krookodile (for SL3 Risk-Taker). It was heavily luck reliant, though, as I managed to get multiple procs of Unity Power and Risk-Taker, even on 3-matches. I'll probably end up down a tier or two when all is said and done, but Unity Power did insane damage (almost 5k) at only SL4.
Caddywompus
Member
I've grinded my Ash-Gre to SL4 but there's no way I'll get it to SL5 in time for the comp. Glad it's here for more than a week.
That stage is getting frustrating.
That stage is getting frustrating.
Don Draper's Hat
Member
Really wish I started at the end and worked my way backwards for the S ranks when that Snorlax bug was in affect.
These later stages are just ridiculous.
These later stages are just ridiculous.
Lone_Prodigy
Member
Grinded Ashninja to SL3. Won't get to SL4 by the end of the competition. Even beating the stage is luck-dependent; if Super Bolt doesn't proc 2-3 times I'll fail.
Tried some different combinations for the competition and Garchomp was the best for me. I'm not good with Tyranitar and Rayquaza is useless when all the blocks show up. Even then, my score was heavily based on getting Unity Power to proc. Got to T2 but I'll likely drop to T3.
Tried some different combinations for the competition and Garchomp was the best for me. I'm not good with Tyranitar and Rayquaza is useless when all the blocks show up. Even then, my score was heavily based on getting Unity Power to proc. Got to T2 but I'll likely drop to T3.
What's a good team for taking him on?
toythatkills
Member
Just anything super-effective against bug, and then MGengar obvs.It's a really easy fight.
Got it on my fifth heart, that's Shuffle done for this week :lol
Don Draper's Hat
Member
Vivillon after 6 hearts. Had to use two great balls. Not too bad.
Quiet week. Got about 25 stages to S Rank. Hopefully get there before next week. Doubt it though.
Quiet week. Got about 25 stages to S Rank. Hopefully get there before next week. Doubt it though.
13 hearts (& 1 great ball) & was able to get Vivillon.
Honestly, at this point, with the 4 RMLs I got, I have nothing else to do but go find a stage to just EXP grind, especially since I'll probably be content with Diancie soon, being at stage 90, & have over 46k coins with 3 jewels waiting to be used on weekend meowth & victini.
Honestly, at this point, with the 4 RMLs I got, I have nothing else to do but go find a stage to just EXP grind, especially since I'll probably be content with Diancie soon, being at stage 90, & have over 46k coins with 3 jewels waiting to be used on weekend meowth & victini.
toythatkills
Member
This is a weird competition. C-1 is available, in a non-item run Vivillon disrupted but barely so not sure if it's worth it because it disrupted with Scizor and Heracross just as much. The grid starts with one single Vivillon in it and there's a chance that the C-1 just deletes that or a version of Hoopa that's there too - there's no junk Pokémon in the skyfall unless I really wasn't paying enough attention.
Might leave it for a while and see what team the top players have used because it's hard to call and expensive to fuck up.
Might leave it for a while and see what team the top players have used because it's hard to call and expensive to fuck up.
LSauchelli
Member
It has Xerneas as skyfall.
Weird competition. Somehow, I think it would be best to just bring the strongest super effectives and destroy everything else with either Lucario or Tyranitar. Not a lot of space for big combos there.
Weird competition. Somehow, I think it would be best to just bring the strongest super effectives and destroy everything else with either Lucario or Tyranitar. Not a lot of space for big combos there.
The C-1 gets rid of the Hoopa.
From the sound of it, this comp is a load of bollocks that almost forces the entire team including a rare Safari Pokemon (and screws over anyone who SSed and PSB grinded Xerneas).
Lone_Prodigy
Member
Got Vivillon last night so that was nice.
Will stop the escalation at 50 and then grind for coins for Xerneas and the competition.
Will stop the escalation at 50 and then grind for coins for Xerneas and the competition.
I used the 30 Hearts gift and finally found Vivillion... only for it to jump out of 4 59% Great Balls. 14,000 coins down the drain for nothing. Luckily I managed to meet it again today and caught it at 31%.
To recap the bullshittery:
- Vivillion is a disruption, but there's only a 3% chance at finding it in the Safari.
- Xerneas is a disruption as well as in the skyfall, but it's better to keep it as Quirky+ instead of Power of 4.
- Heracross and Scizor are random disruptions (worse, they're disrupted under Barriers).
- There are Blocks and Barriers as disruptions.
- No Mega Start available, so you would have to use MSUs on the useless Bug megas.
- For best results, you'd potentially have to use a SS on Heracross and feed it 8 MSUs, not to mention the RML investments.
- Hoopa-U is the 5th support, so you'd have to use C-1 to get rid of it.
Why didn't they just make it a timed, fast-match stage while they were at it?
LSauchelli
Member
From what I saw on Reddit, Heracross is now viable for Survival Mode. And I can confirm the Aggron/Tyranitar/Shiny Rayquaza strategy is OK, but not very impressive.
So I SS and fed 8 candies to Heracross, hope it works out. Will also test it if it's truly good for SM.
So I SS and fed 8 candies to Heracross, hope it works out. Will also test it if it's truly good for SM.
Caddywompus
Member
With it not being a type dependent Mega ability it could be worth investing. I SS it on day one because it's one of my favorites, I like Bug types in general.
I was actually trying to figure out how many Speedups to feed Heracross. Because with MB+ a match 4 is a guaranteed 10 icons, you should only need 6 MSU
As for Survivor Mode, I could see it having difficultly on some disruption heavy stages where you can't get enough icons on the board to clear the disruptions. Where as MBee all you need is one match 3 on the board at any time. Having that extra SE against Mewtwo would be nice but it also has the most NVE matches out of any type. It's coverage is pretty redundant outside of Grass which MBee covers both Grass and Fairy
EDIT: Finally done with that damn frog. I can't even think of the last mon I took to SL5 this way, maybe Shaymin? No wonder I don't have more SL5 abilities.
Caddywompus
Member
Has anyone gotten past 191-199 itemless? I can't even figure out what team could get through even with a +5 moves
And I still haven't found that butterfly in the Safari, I might just say fuck it all and wait for Tuesday's Alolan Update.
And I still haven't found that butterfly in the Safari, I might just say fuck it all and wait for Tuesday's Alolan Update.
Yeah I couldn't manage it without items myself. I heard some people had some success with useing Mega Steelix but considering they needed to have mega candied him in order to pull it off really makes it seem not worth it in the long run.
toythatkills
Member
Had a go at the comp in the end, hemming and hawing over it all week but decided that it'd be way easier to resupply with coins than MSU/RMLs.
I think basically every single player is using the same team, which doesn't happen often, so it's pretty much down to your skill levels, raised levels and pure luck. Quite amazing the difference those things make between top scores and mine!
I think basically every single player is using the same team, which doesn't happen often, so it's pretty much down to your skill levels, raised levels and pure luck. Quite amazing the difference those things make between top scores and mine!
Machine
Member
If you haven't used an SS on your M-Heracross, you aren't going to get a very high score since there's no MS available. You pretty much have to have it evolve as quickly as possible. I had to waste coins and a couple jewels completing my last unfinished mission card in order to get one. Once I used the SS, my score went up significantly.
Lone_Prodigy
Member
I scored about 65k on one run, no SS on Heracross, Quirky+ at SL1, non-max levels. With the cost of each run, the future viability of the team members, and the heavy reliance on luck, I didn't find it worth a second run.
toythatkills
Member
New levels are due tomorrow, by all accounts.
Hopefully there's only a few though, fifty at a time just kills my will to play.
Exterminieren
Banned
If they're sensible, they won't require you to have beaten 550 main stages before you get a crack at the new Pokémon. I'd bet on an Alolan safari, not a set of main stages.