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Pokemon Shuffle |OT| Every Day I'm Shuffling
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younglink7
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As is being reported by someone on gamefaqs, Bonbon Boulevard has been renamed to Sweet Strasse for some unknown reason.
Also, not liking the blurry bars at the top :/ . I wonder if the blank space at the top right will eventually be used to show number of rare candies currently owned.
Also, not liking the blurry bars at the top :/ . I wonder if the blank space at the top right will eventually be used to show number of rare candies currently owned.
I've only been firing up Shuffle to check in and play Meowth since P&D came out and suddenly there's an update and I guess I missed out on some Shaymin runs.
I fear for my odds for Venusaur too, as I don't know what the needed teams will be but I don't have Blaziken, Heatran, or Genesect.
I fear for my odds for Venusaur too, as I don't know what the needed teams will be but I don't have Blaziken, Heatran, or Genesect.
CoolBatteryCharge
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Finally caught Shaymin. Got so damn lucky with those combos.
Cute Dragon Here
Member
I caught Shaymin while I was in an airplane.
At the first heart use while in the plane.
Guess Shaymin really wants to fly.
At the first heart use while in the plane.
Guess Shaymin really wants to fly.
You'll want to bring Fire, Ice &/or Bug types.
Seems my Optimized team for Grass types are Mega Glalie, Heatran, Scyther, & Genesect, but other Pokemon that would work are Blaziken, Moltres, Entei, Heracross, & Scizor.
CoolBatteryCharge
Member
Caught Blastoise! I used two gems on it which sucked, but then I got the super catch rate boost for 71%. First time I've ever seen that.
With the inclusion of super catch chance, yeah. As I mentioned earlier, I had only a 6% chance of catching Yveltal and it rose to 40% with a super catch chance.
Sweeeeet.
Caddywompus
Member
Glalie seems like a lock as your Mega but with only 1:00 it's possibile someone with a faster evolve speed could overtake him but I doubt it. Froslass may take up a spot to Mega Evolve faster but it's probably not worth the loss of power.
I'm sure the Crowd Control bugs like Genesect and Heracross will be at the top.
Most Poison types won't help with their Power of 5 ability on a timed stage.
But what would be interesting is a Burn team. Set Charizard's ability off early then go to town with Blaziken's hitting streak, Heatran, Entei whatever Fire type is highest level for you.
Victini was originally listed as a Psychic type with Swat but hopefully that changes.
Again, abilities other than the ones that offer type-boosts (Pixie Power / Pummel...) are irrelevant in timed stages.
Caddywompus
Member
So you're predicting an all Fire type Burn team will only have success in 1:00.
I think it's likely considering Mega Glalie isn't all that great to keep combos going (and might even hurt the player instead) and that it was the strategy used by the top Japanese player in the very first competition when the Home glitch wasn't known yet.
Though it's also dependant on the team's power (I assume nobody has ever touched Combusken yet.), and the setup of the stage could affect it too if they start putting disruptions in for instance.
Alternately, I could see a team of super effective powerhouses (base 70-80 power) without any regards for abilities and without a mega. I'm probably going to go with that myself.
Edit : Wait you meant Charizard?
How good is Burn's activation's rate? Because looking at the description, I'm going to assume it's ridiculously low (and as such, not worth it.)
How long does it stay active in timed stages as well? Serebii says 3 turns for normal stages, and I have no idea how that translates in timed stages.
(I'm probably going to have to test all that later)
Edit 2 : Tested the Burn ability and it's garbage in Timed Stages.
Activation rate is roughly 10% for match-3, 30% for match-4, 50% for match-5
While you can set-up the latter, it will only last for 3 moves, and you'll never get to activate it again unless you break your combo.
Fun fact : You can't burn an already burnt enemy and reset its counter. You have to wait for the effect to dissipate, unlike some other skills.
Robin64
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He's a Saturday event stage.
The official site has a nice rundown of all the new stuff.
http://www.pokemonshuffle.com/en-us/connectivity/#remaster-launch
Oh nice, thanks.
Well it does say it is called "Escalation Battle" so maybe it's a multi-stage level that gets harder as it goes on.
Caddywompus
Member
That sucks. I knew it was a hard ability to trigger but I figured it would last as long as you kept the combo going. I wasn't sure if three moves translated to a timed event differently.
So there's really no option between Fire/Bug/Ice/Poison that has an ability that functions like Sinister in the Mega Banette event.
Looks like it's likely going to be Glalie/Heatran/Genesect/whoever at the top. Assuming Glalie is the Mega of choice.
Side Note: Has anyone tested if the Great Ball trick was fixed? I have no pokes to catch or I'd try it. (does the game still save after all the Great Balls are thrown, so if you miss and it runs away you can turn off the game and save your coins)
toythatkills
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Shaymin is fixed
Robin64
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Cute Dragon Here
Member
Good thing Shaymin being fixed was told here beforehand.
I went ahead and tried Timburr again. Super Catch Power is a very nice thing when it happens!
I went ahead and tried Timburr again. Super Catch Power is a very nice thing when it happens!
Space Medafighter X
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Now I only have Quilladin and Mewtwo left to catch, god I hate those two.
And regarding the new update, I notice the bars on the top screen have become fuzzy? Is it me being crazy?
And regarding the new update, I notice the bars on the top screen have become fuzzy? Is it me being crazy?
Cute Dragon Here
Member
It's not just you. Probably a mistaken 0.5 pixel offset or something.
I caught every single Main Stage Pokémon again! Yay, me. (Filled in Snorlax, Gurdurr, and Steelix.)
Inquisitive_Ghost
Member
Bring something with Block Smash, preferably Keldeo.
Don't have him. :/
Edit: Just said screw it and went mega aero with a mega start. I've finally completed all main stages.
Cute Dragon Here
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I think I'll be at 449 for a really short while. (My score is about 12,500.)
I think I'll probably end up dropping into lower than 20,000 by the end of the week.
In the meantime, seeing as I don't have Venusaur yet, I decided to use the last heart for the session to try my hand at its EX stage.
Who'd have thought that it'd be a capture that soon? With 29 seconds to spare, the rate is really high, anyway.
I think I'll probably end up dropping into lower than 20,000 by the end of the week.
In the meantime, seeing as I don't have Venusaur yet, I decided to use the last heart for the session to try my hand at its EX stage.
Who'd have thought that it'd be a capture that soon? With 29 seconds to spare, the rate is really high, anyway.
SenorArdilla
Member
You know, the best part about the update isn't the new mechanics being added in. It's the fact that you don't need to scroll from the end of the stage select screen every time you switch from Main Stages to Expert or Special and vice versa.
goldenpp72
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Anyone know about how many s ranks you need to unlock ex 21?
Robin64
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Cute Dragon Here
Member
Went and caught Charizard, too.
I finally can beat Blaziken, but he's still getting away.
Not for long, though.
I finally can beat Blaziken, but he's still getting away.
Not for long, though.
Got a score of 20k and rank 199. I should be safe for the stone 
Lol, yeah the first few expert stages are incredible easy once you get late game.
Lol, yeah the first few expert stages are incredible easy once you get late game.
Aveyn Knight
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2nd try at Mega Venusaur and I got a score of 13K, putting me in 1211th place in PAL land. Hmm, thought I'd place much lower than that
Wonder if it's because of Mega Venusaur being annoying with its wooden blocks or the removal of the Home spam exploit (I'm leaning towards the latter)?
Curious if I can stay in the top 10K.
If all else fails, the Disruption Delay looks like it could be helpful.
Wonder if it's because of Mega Venusaur being annoying with its wooden blocks or the removal of the Home spam exploit (I'm leaning towards the latter)?
Curious if I can stay in the top 10K.
If all else fails, the Disruption Delay looks like it could be helpful.
Cute Dragon Here
Member
It's funny.
Trying the stages as soon as you unlock them make them seem extremely hard, but when you put it on the back-burner until you finish all the main stages... they then seem unusually easy. Odd, huh?
toythatkills
Member
It's early days, but the Home button trick being patched seems to have killed the top players. Top scores were around 60k before, but the top score in the US hasn't even hit 30k yet.
On the other hand, wait too long and you will not get a use out of them (like the gen 1 evolved starters).