Stuff you Keldeo.
Can't even beat him, let alone capture him!
I found it easy to beat him with +5 turns and disruption delay.
Fought him 3 times, beat him everytime, caught him at the 3rd attempt.
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I found it easy to beat him with +5 turns and disruption delay.
Fought him 3 times, beat him everytime, caught him at the 3rd attempt.
I figured it out by manually recreating the stage in a text editor using a fixed-width font (I'm so high tech). That way I didn't have to waste hearts doing trial and error in the game. If you give up and want the answer, it's very simple to describe the moves you need to make. But I won't spoil it if you want to figure it out yourself.
If I can't figure it out by the end of the day today, I'll come back tomorrow to this thread to ask
There is a video on youtube showing how to do it, I used that, but once I saw how it was done, it made sense.
Probably would have taken me quite a while to figure it out by myself.
toythatkills
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Got sick of Onix so I just used a great ball to get it out of the damn way. I still haven't figured out a reliable strategy for beating that level.
I don't understand the black barriers. Onix uses them at different times so there must be something I'm doing which is affecting how quickly they disappear and how quickly Onix brings them back, but I have no idea what it is.
Moved onto Blastoise and man, that's an easy EX level! 90 seconds to do it in, and I beat it in 40.
I don't understand the black barriers. Onix uses them at different times so there must be something I'm doing which is affecting how quickly they disappear and how quickly Onix brings them back, but I have no idea what it is.
Moved onto Blastoise and man, that's an easy EX level! 90 seconds to do it in, and I beat it in 40.
I'm gonna feel dumb when someone tells me what do for this aren't it? :[
While trying to catch it, I ended up being able to consistently beat it with a team of Ampharos, Dedenne, Joteon and Pachirisu, designed around mega-evolving quickly. Don't focus on the blocks in the center, it wastes 2 turns.
toythatkills
Member
I actually found it a lot easier to beat the level if you could get rid of those blocks. Either with Ampharos' skill, or by matching them as part of a combo so you don't waste a whole turn.
They block eight squares of the map if you leave them there, and because you've only got two full columns either side it's really hard to build combos.
Ah, good idea. I'll try that. I tried it with just Dedenne, but it triggered mega boost like once or twice in about 3 attempts.
TheSlySoul
Member
At least attempting to get Gengar, I find they have two disruptions. The big one tends to happen if you clear 80% of the barriers.
Black barriers disappear when you match 5 times ... I think.
ladyluthien
Member
I had missed the daily Pokemon from last week and after four attempts, finally captured it today. Darn ice blocks were tricky and then I finally tried getting rid of the top ones made it much easier!
Barrylocke
Member
I wasnt sure if it was time based or match based. I havent really tested it though, either.
That's what I was trying to do, but I found I got more consistent wins if I rushed Mega Ampharos and got lucky with its lightning. If you match the Froakie blocks and they don't turn into combos, you only have 3 or 4 turns left.
Barrylocke
Member
It cost me a great ball, but I managed to catch Keldeo. Ampharos's lightning can be REALLY useful if you're lucky. Not sure how often I'll use it because luck based moves don't strike me as cool too often, but it's probably better than most of the other "board agitating" moves I sometimes use for getting dank combos, like Sableye or even Mawile. The randomness means that it always has the potential to be useful, whereas something like Sableye may be useless depending on how the disruptions are placed.
I would:
- Level up the Pokémon you intend to use and
- Clear the ice blocks as soon as it creates another Froakie (try to make other matches while doing so)
That gives you much more room for more of the playing field to be refreshed when you do matches and increase combo potential.
I find those 3 or 4 turns are usually (though not always) enough to clear the stage with the combos that result. But yeah, probably best strategy is try rushing for Mega Ampharos to clear the ice but resorting to clearing the ice with Froakie if it doesn't work. Then you have Mega Ampharos to help with combos.
Haxorus: I wasted five hearts on that stage before saying "Screw this, not wasting more." and watching the solution on YouTube.
Keldeo: On my old 3DS, when Keldeo first became available I could only bring it down to about halfway. Now a week later, I can get it to within a sliver. Gonna play some more Main Stages and I should be able to beat it within the week. The best thing to do really is to level up before trying again and wasting coins.
La dee da etc
I'm sure my guys are not leveled enough, gonna keep plugging away until it expires. If I don't get him, the world won't end.
Lone_Prodigy
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At Stage 78 now. Espeon foiled me a couple times so I went back to get Sableye.
Highest combo I've gotten so far is 38 but it was a bonus after getting the KO so it didn't reduce the number of moves I needed.
I wouldn't mind an infinite hearts option but it would be too short otherwise IMO. Playing once in the morning and twice in the evening seems to be enough for me.
Highest combo I've gotten so far is 38 but it was a bonus after getting the KO so it didn't reduce the number of moves I needed.
I wouldn't mind an infinite hearts option but it would be too short otherwise IMO. Playing once in the morning and twice in the evening seems to be enough for me.
TheSlySoul
Member
Well making progress in the 130+ stages.
I will say **** Gengar, he is a jerk. Just got to get Ampharos now.
Also sucks the lack of Ground Pokémon at this point.
I will say **** Gengar, he is a jerk. Just got to get Ampharos now.
Also sucks the lack of Ground Pokémon at this point.
Not so far, but I suppose I wouldn't rule it out.
Barrylocke
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I barely managed to beat mega Gengar with 0 turns remaining. Someone had mentioned the tip that using Haunter in your team is a good idea thanks to all of the monsters that he turns into Haunter. This definitely was a major help. I still haven't taken the time to actually use mega Gengar in battle though. I just got to Togekiss so I'm very close to finishing the original 150 stages.
toythatkills
Member
I genuinely feel like that stage is an accident. Like it's not intentionally meant to be that hard, they just got the disruption rate set wrong, or the HP level or something. I have a team of Pokémon at level 6 all with 70-80ATK and I can still only beat it one in twenty times or something
I know it's meant to be hard, but this feels wrong somehow like I say, like it's a mistake. I'd understand if it was a mega-stage but it's not, just a random stage for a Pokémon which turns out to not even be that good.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P84_S1Ecb-A
I'm so bored, I've started to S-Rank the EX stages.
I only have the last 4 left but of course they're near impossible without items.
Best time against Heatran is 29 seconds left so I'm 31 seconds short LOL
TheSlySoul
Member
The difficulty curve is all over the place. Like Gengar is harder than the Ghost Pokémon after him.
Even with Special Events, Rayquaza is way easier than Keldeo.
Currently at #133. Stupid Steel Pokémon...
backflip10019
Member
Finally finished off Mega Glalie last night. He was a real sonofabitch. Ended up using a gem to extend my turns by 5 to get the job done. Worth it IMO.
TheSlySoul
Member
I am proud to gotten to #133 without using items yet.
toythatkills
Member
Use Feebas.
No arguments here! Onix just feels wronger, somehow. I can't really explain it.
I guess that makes sense.
TheSlySoul
Member
Well, I got Keldeo in 2 tries.
Makes up for me trying Gengar for 20.
Makes up for me trying Gengar for 20.
Linkstrikesback
Member
S ranked nearly all teh regular stages again. Need more coins for onix, but I'll get tehre.
There's no point in S ranking the EX stages, right? I've gotten about 14 of those S ranked, but don't want to spend coins on the more difficult ones if I don't get anything for it.
There's no point in S ranking the EX stages, right? I've gotten about 14 of those S ranked, but don't want to spend coins on the more difficult ones if I don't get anything for it.
TheSlySoul
Member
Nope, just bragging rights. Even S-Ranking all main stages is pointless if you got Mewtwo unlocked.
I assume they may add more EX Stages in the future though.
Linkstrikesback
Member
That's why I'm bothering with them at all, so I hope so!
Spend all your coins on it once.
Never go back to it.
TheSlySoul
Member
If you review the Pokémon list, Swampert has a Mega Stone slot. Makes sense those three will get a stone, but I wish it would be soon.
I hit a wall with Gengar. Cannot do anything with Mega Sableye, Gengar, Zarorak, and Haunter.
SenorArdilla
Member
What the hell is up with Onix? This is the type of bull I would expect from a Mega stage.
Starwolf_UK
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Spoiler from dataminig the area after Wacky Workbench Workshop is called
. The map BGM (at least the BGM file after the Wacky Workbench one) is like the first stages of Pokemon Link Battle but at a slower tempo and more emphasis on the harmonica.
Pedra Valley