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Pokemon Shuffle |OT| Every Day I'm Shuffling
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toythatkills
Member
Oh my God I caught Xerneas on 6
nicoga3000
Saint Nic
Consider me jealous. I think I've beaten him 25 times with no catch (of course, it ranges from 1-6% rate). It's super frustrating.
Robin64
Member
Keep hearing about this, seems to be a bug. Gotta beat Mega Mewtwo again to fix it.
I just had a play. It is definitely a bug. It occurs when using Optimize when battling Mega Lucario. I fixed it by manually choosing Mewtwo from the Pokemon list. Fuck beating Mega Mewtwo again.
younglink7
Member
Does anyone know what happens if you select a stage preset pokemon as your fourth slot and then choose complexity -1? Would it get rid of all of that pokemon, or would you just have less of it?
For instance, if I go into the Mega Lucario stage with Lucario as my 4th pokemon slot and use complexity -1, would I cease to have any Lucario on the board?
I don't quite have 9000 extra coins just laying around to test this out.
For instance, if I go into the Mega Lucario stage with Lucario as my 4th pokemon slot and use complexity -1, would I cease to have any Lucario on the board?
I don't quite have 9000 extra coins just laying around to test this out.
Caught Venusaur and Charizard only to be massively disappointed about their base attack values being 60. Come on now, that's absurd. :|
Still stuck on Mega Gengar. Think the only way I could ever beat him is with the -1 power-up but I used 2,500 gold on a great ball for Charizard so I'm back down to 4,500 coins. No clue if/when I will ever progress in the story.
Oh neat, I didn't realize/remember you could get coins from Meowth outside the special stage. I'll have to try and grind some when I have my hearts again.
Still stuck on Mega Gengar. Think the only way I could ever beat him is with the -1 power-up but I used 2,500 gold on a great ball for Charizard so I'm back down to 4,500 coins. No clue if/when I will ever progress in the story.
Oh neat, I didn't realize/remember you could get coins from Meowth outside the special stage. I'll have to try and grind some when I have my hearts again.
Caught Venusaur and Charizard only to be massively disappointed about their base attack values being 60. Come on now, that's absurd. :|
Still stuck on Mega Gengar. Think the only way I could ever beat him is with the -1 power-up but I used 2,500 gold on a great ball for Charizard so I'm back down to 4,500 coins. No clue if/when I will ever progress in the story.
There's a story?
What team do you use to beat Xearneas? I can't beat him at all
After some grinding, upped my score to low 16,000s. I'm still hanging around the low 2000s in ranking, so I'm hopeful I'll be able to get the stone without needing any items, but I'm prepared to use them if I need to. For now I think I'll do a tad more grinding, at least until it becomes nasty to do any further, and then work on improving the score through better play (since that was from only 2 tries at my current levels).
toythatkills
Member
Not sure how much my opinions counts for, really, but I'll give it anyway!
I was using Mawile (level 6), Nidoqueen, Bronzong (both 5) and Skarmory (4).
I think for raw attack power Nidoking is a better bet than Skarmory, but I used it because it looks different so you can make matches faster. Nidoking and Nidoqueen are pretty similar so it takes a split-second longer to match them. For me, anyway.
Like I say, I'm not sure how much my opinion counts for, because I didn't beat him that often. Maybe one in six times, but I could fairly reliably get him down to below 10% health with that team and it was always almost over the line. Mega start would help a ton, especially with Mawile, because it would take out an entire diagonal row of ice immediately. I didn't use it in the end because I'm hoarding coins, but if it's an option then it can save you probably ten seconds or more time clearing the ice away.
nicoga3000
Saint Nic
Finally caught him at 11%!
Team was Mawile, Nidoqueen, Nidoking, and uh...A white bird looking thing? Don't know it's name.
toythatkills
Member
That'll be Skarmory, for sure.
toythatkills
Member
First try at the competition with a level one Xerneas, 1,500 points more than my previous best. I'd only played it twice so I'm not sure how much of that was truly down to Xerneas, but it's put me back in the top 20,000 for now.
You don't get EXP from the competition, that's a bit annoying. I'll go level them up on Ampharos for a bit.
You don't get EXP from the competition, that's a bit annoying. I'll go level them up on Ampharos for a bit.
n64coder
Member
In the regular Pokemon games, is Meowth associated with treasure/coins or is it only just for Pokemon Shuffle?
My kids are big Pokemon fans but they haven't shown any real interest in this game buy meanwhile, I never played any of the games but I'm real into this one.
Meowth is known for its payday attack (that gives the player money at the end of battle I think) and the coin on its forehead.
In the normal games Meowth learns a move called Pay Day which gives you money at the end of a battle, plus it has a coin in the middle of its head.
If you set your pokemon to be the same as the preset pokemon, it will just add a different one. For example, on the Mega Lucario stage, if you choose Lucario as one of your pokemon the stage will add Riolu as the preset.
So if you chose -1 Complexity it would just get rid of Riolu, and you would have whatever pokemon you chose including Lucario.
Anyways, all I have left to do in the game is catch Yveltal. I'm going to wait to get my Lucarionite first though since it would make the catch easier. I'll just do some coin grinding in the meantime.
n64coder
Member
Ha ha. I never thought of that trick. Whatever works for you is ok.
Thanks to all who responded on the Meowth coin behavior.
Barrylocke
Member
My high score for Mega Lucario got knocked off the top 20K list, but I managed to beat it and get a rank of #9819, which feels more comfortable. This was still without Complexity -1 or anything though, so I can still hopefully improve my chances.
ratcliffja
Member
The catch rate isn't an actual percentage of how likely you'll catch something, right? I've lost about 20 attempts in a row at 21%.
I've been working all week to build a good team for the Mega Lucario stage. My final goal was to catch Xerneas (no way I'm getting to Mewtwo before the event ends) and I finally did it.
Just tried Mega Lucario once and now I'm in the top 7000 with no powerups. Pretty confident I'll qualify for that Lucarionite.
Just tried Mega Lucario once and now I'm in the top 7000 with no powerups. Pretty confident I'll qualify for that Lucarionite.
nicoga3000
Saint Nic
It feels like a smokescreen to be honest.
SenorArdilla
Member
Just below the top 25000 with 9500 points. Why is that cutoff so small?
toythatkills
Member
That's how randomness works.
RNGesus knows you've been touching yourself at night is all there is to it.
Jo Shishido's Cheeks
Member
Been trying to catch Raikou for three days now and have thrown about 35 balls at it.
These EX stages are terrible with no coins.
Still got 7 to capture on them too
Only tried the Mega Lucario stage the morning it was up and I'm 6521/90505.
Hoping I don't have to play it again and can still qualify
These EX stages are terrible with no coins.
Still got 7 to capture on them too
Only tried the Mega Lucario stage the morning it was up and I'm 6521/90505.
Hoping I don't have to play it again and can still qualify
Aveyn Knight
Member
Nothing of note, but you'll need to be quick to catch Mew and Kyogre in the special stages.
Yes, you should do it once per day to get coins and updates.
toythatkills
Member
The standard in Europe is a lot lower, it seems. That score gets you nowhere near the top 20k in North America.
Daria Morgendorffer
Member
Still at #4599 with 12091 points, competition doesn't seem too fierce in Europe.
I used Mega Start, Complexity -1 and Time +10s, finished the stage with 32 seconds left (I think) - the catch failed at 38%, so I used the Great Ball to double it to 76%.
nicoga3000
Saint Nic
Happy with my 18k score. I think I'm in 1000th place. Fine by me!
any tips? I just finished the first 12 stages?
tried Mew but failed
how do I even buy a Great Ball?
I didn't get the Jewel for the issues with the earlier version.