ladyluthien
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Nice!
Made it to Stage 62 so far and starting to have trouble catching all the Pokemon, and also S-ranking.
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Pokemon Shuffle |OT| Every Day I'm Shuffling
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Nice!
Made it to Stage 62 so far and starting to have trouble catching all the Pokemon, and also S-ranking.
toythatkills
Member
This is obvious advice, but can be so obvious that it just doesn't occur to people. It took me way too long to actually think "wait, hang on a minute..."
In those short stages, anything 30 seconds and below, you don't have time to evolve a Pokémon. In that case, don't waste your first slot on something which isn't super effective, just take something strong and super-effective. Basically, "optimise" is really bad on those stages because it will always place a Mega in that first slot even if it's not super-effective.
Lone_Prodigy
Member
Any tips for Mega Mawile? I've been trying to rush Mega since the disruptions are killing me. The extra Eevees are so annoying.
markofhavoc
Member
I saved up all my jewels and traded them in for the 80ish hearts (dont remember the exact number) spent about all of them on Mega Gengar....Anyhow, Now I am at Mewtwo Mega evolution and, frankly, I find the mega gengar skill to be pretty useless. Oh well, enjoying this more then I thought I would for a free game
toythatkills
Member
If you'd spent all your jewels on coins instead, you could have beaten Mega Gengar in a single heart in about five turns, and had 40,000 coins left over!
The Mega Gengar skill is godly if you just avoid matching them as much as you can.
THIS THIS THIS. There's some Mega Pokemon like Slowbro & Gengar that aren't meant to be matched as soon as they appear. If anything, AVOID matching them so the board can get filled with them & they'll be much more useful.
CrispyGoomba
Member
Just downloaded and now I feel addicted. It's pretty fun.
Barrylocke
Member
I do feel like Mega Slowbro can is more useful than Mega Gengar is though. If you have just a little fill, putting a Slowbro on top of another Slowbro can be just enough to tear up the board. Gengar needs more to be put in for filling. I guess it's nice because it leaves more pieces behind which can possibly do more combo damage. And if you have pieces locked behind barriers it's guaranteed to work vs. with Mega Slowbro. The final big bonus is that Mega Gengar seems to activate way faster than Mega Slowbro, presumably because its base power is higher.
So I guess they both have their uses and are both hella useful. But generally I'd rather have Mega Slowbros power on my side.
Also, was I the only one that broke and looked up a guide for Haxorus?
So I guess they both have their uses and are both hella useful. But generally I'd rather have Mega Slowbros power on my side.
Also, was I the only one that broke and looked up a guide for Haxorus?
I've done this before but completely forgot. Thanks.
I tried it once before looking up the solution. If I could retry as much as I want I'd have kept trying to get it on my own, but with the BS heart system there's no way I'm wasting my hearts on Pokemon with a single solution.
I just stared at it for a long time and went through every possibility. It was easiest on that stage since everything that fell afterwards was block tile.
Lone_Prodigy
Member
Had to use Complexity -1 to beat Mega Mawile.
Just beat Mega Glaile without items.
Took about 8 tries probably and used two tries with multiple items.
It felt so impossible trying to fight against the ice barrage by breaking them. Items didn't seem to help enough, disruption delay gave only a little bit of an edge until it wore off, and all the pokemon effects/effectiveness didn't seem to help.
The only thing that I think allowed me to do it was watching a no items playthrough on YouTube and see how the guy went after more chain matches than bigger matches on the initial move. It changed my thinking on what type of move is a "smart" move in this game, ie. going for 3 chain matches is better than finding a 4 in a row and 3 in a row initial matches that only clear a vertical section and don't set up more chains as you go along.
Took about 8 tries probably and used two tries with multiple items.
It felt so impossible trying to fight against the ice barrage by breaking them. Items didn't seem to help enough, disruption delay gave only a little bit of an edge until it wore off, and all the pokemon effects/effectiveness didn't seem to help.
The only thing that I think allowed me to do it was watching a no items playthrough on YouTube and see how the guy went after more chain matches than bigger matches on the initial move. It changed my thinking on what type of move is a "smart" move in this game, ie. going for 3 chain matches is better than finding a 4 in a row and 3 in a row initial matches that only clear a vertical section and don't set up more chains as you go along.
Barrylocke
Member
I always go for the "agitating" moves, like L shape and crosses. Basically moves that shake things up by drops multiple lines at different rates. It seems to be a great way to create combos that you don't expect. I also love using Mega's that do this like Sableeye, Glalie, and Mawile. I just wish those pokemon grew a little faster, especially Mawile.
abstract alien
Member
I can't believe I got it.
Oh come on! I lost one with like 98% once lol
toythatkills
Member
I just went back to Mega Glalie to see if I could beat it without items and got it down to a sliver of health without even doing that well.
I'm not sure if they secretly nerfed it in an update or if it's just my team being much stronger than it was back then, but it certainly doesn't feel like difficult now where before it felt impossible. Still can't imagine you can S-rank it without items though, unless all your Pokémon are level 10 legendaries or something.
I'm not sure if they secretly nerfed it in an update or if it's just my team being much stronger than it was back then, but it certainly doesn't feel like difficult now where before it felt impossible. Still can't imagine you can S-rank it without items though, unless all your Pokémon are level 10 legendaries or something.
toythatkills
Member
You don't have long enough to evolve a Mega. Just take four strong super-effective Pokémon. If you've got one with Quake or something to delay disruptions then make sure you use it.
This will sound like stupid advice but take it slow. Moving stuff around like crazy won't get you anywhere. What you want to do is start a combo and then keep matching for as long as possible. Be planning a move ahead. You want to get into a rhythm so that you know how long you have to match without the combo expiring and already be finding your next match while you're making the last one. You still have to be quite quick, obviously, but keeping the combo up is going to serve you better than making loads of matches with big gaps between every few. I think that makes sense.
It's actually not that hard a fight with a strong-ish team. It doesn't have a lot of HP.
Lone_Prodigy
Member
Wait you can match during a combo?
toythatkills
Member
In the expert stages, yeah, the rules change. You can also move Pokémon around without having to make a match.
Werewolf Jones
Member
Hit Mega Mawile about a week ago and legit cannot beat it. Not giving up on the game by any means but woooow.
Barrylocke
Member
Im really not sure I would have handeled Mega Mawile without Mega Lucario.
TheSlySoul
Member
Any tips for Mega Gengar would be nicw.
Barrylocke
Member
For starters, are you using Haunter?
toythatkills
Member
Unless you've got four super-effective Pokémon at level 7+ (at least) just use items.
Milotic's stage is designed in such a strange way: if you don't use any kind of boost that affects your battle directly, you're destined to see lots and lots of "No other combinations possible! Rearranging the icons...", and it's quite frustrating. And I think there's only one way to do the level without spending anything: Feebas. It's not that effective agaisnt Milotic, but it works fantastically as a way to break all those ice blocks and let the Pokémon flow...heck, right from the start! Thanks to Feebas, I obtained to beat Milotic.
I even got Milotic despite a 19% catch rate, but that's another story
TheSlySoul
Member
Sounds good. Got Haunter. -1 Complex gets the rid of last PKM?
Edit: Do not know, beat him with Mega Start.
Barrylocke
Member
I should start using something that's not Gengar, he just doesn't seem that effective on this particular stage. I was mainly using him for Mega Mewtwo Y because he Megas so quickly. I think even Sableye might be more useful because at least Sableye clears blocks. There's so many barriers though that its probably more worthwhile to use Kangaskhan or Altaria for their clearing power.
Like you I'm still not quite ready to spend cash.
n64coder
Member
I second this advice. I just beat it this morning by using a disruption delay and a mega start. Then it was a piece of cake. I also spent 2500 coins to get a great ball since I failed to catch it at 49%. All in all, it was somewhat expensive but fortunately, I still have 60K+ gold and 15 jewels.
toythatkills
Member
You're talking about a different stage. The Mega Gengar level is different to (and much harder than) the normal Gengar level.
Lone_Prodigy
Member
Needed a Mega start (for Kanga) to beat the Mega Ampharos level.
TheSlySoul
Member
Mega Mewtwo Y just soaks up damage. Ugh.
Barrylocke
Member
Moltres was tough, but Blaziken is the Expert stage that keeps beating me down. Between that and Mega Mewtwo, I've just been going back and getting more S clears.
I still can't beat Mega Gengar. I refuse to spend money on it. I'm trying to S rank all the other stages preceding it because I'm so tired of replaying that awful stage over and over again. Only Mega Ampharos and Mega Glalie left, and Yveltal is the last expert Pokémon I haven't caught excluding Mewtwo. Any tips for an item-less run for Mega Ampharos/Glalie?
I think I'll stop playing once I reach and beat Mega Mewtwo Y as it's the original final boss. Shuffle is the only game I'm playing right now on my 3DS and I want to move on to something else.
I think I'll stop playing once I reach and beat Mega Mewtwo Y as it's the original final boss. Shuffle is the only game I'm playing right now on my 3DS and I want to move on to something else.
AndersonMinun
Neo Member
Blaziken is terrible. I caught all Pokémon except him 
Blaziken is terrible. I caught all Pokémon except him
They need to offer say a Master Ball for 10,000 coins just for those horrific Pokémon.