Flame Dragon Posted February 9, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 9, 2016 If you want to know what the two new Megas do Diancie pokemon in barriers. Which sounds insane. Abomasnow has the same effect as Lucario Yea, both of these are really good Megas. Going to also post this link again https://www.reddit.com/r/PokemonShuffle/comments/429ocl/mega_speedup_table_updated/ Since we also already have data on how fast they Mega. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Warden Posted February 9, 2016 Report Share Posted February 9, 2016 M-Diancie erases up to 10 barriers? Fuckin' amazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evilfusion Posted February 9, 2016 Report Share Posted February 9, 2016 Beautiful. Did the Abomasnow battle, got about 30k, so that should be sufficient for the Mega Stone. Will have to spend the majority of future hearts on the Escalation Battle because I need the Diancite. And that ability sounds useful, especially since Diancie already has Barrier Bash+ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Warden Posted February 10, 2016 Report Share Posted February 10, 2016 I think it's nice that the devs gave us a chance to earn 300 extra coins post-level 20 of the Diancie escalation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evilfusion Posted February 10, 2016 Report Share Posted February 10, 2016 But that only lasts until Level 30. But yes, I'm quite pleased with that. I'm also happy with the fact Level 10 and 20 gave you 5 extra hearts. Just because. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Warden Posted February 10, 2016 Report Share Posted February 10, 2016 I'm hoarding those hearts for something useful/grindy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flame Dragon Posted February 10, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 10, 2016 So, you basically just get 3000 gold? Sweet. Going to need to be careful to not kill Diancie before I can cash in. Also agree the random hearts is super welcome. I guess because a number of people already have Diancie they are giving us extra goodies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Warden Posted February 10, 2016 Report Share Posted February 10, 2016 Well, there's prizes every 10 guaranteed. I do hope they repeat the coins, as I like when they give the option, like with Staryu. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evilfusion Posted February 10, 2016 Report Share Posted February 10, 2016 I was super disappointed with the Kyurem escalation battle because you didn't get anything until Level 30, the prizes weren't that good, and I caught Kyurem at 8%, so I had no incentive to keep doing it. Diancie's is different in that I need to go to 50 for the Mega Stone, but the bonus of cool stuff makes it less of a pain. And the coins were quite welcome since I'm using hearts on this Escalation Battle instead of grinding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Warden Posted February 11, 2016 Report Share Posted February 11, 2016 To be fair, the Kyurem escalation was timed, making it so much easier to win through it than with Diancie's move count. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evilfusion Posted February 11, 2016 Report Share Posted February 11, 2016 Just finished Level 50. Cost me all the coins I accumulated during the Escalation Battle, but now I'm satisfied. A Speedup isn't awarded until Level 150 and the other prizes aren't really that great for the number of hearts it'll cost to get them, so I'm ending my streak there and going back to coin grinding and cleaning up the main stages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Warden Posted February 11, 2016 Report Share Posted February 11, 2016 That jewel at level 100 isn't worth it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evilfusion Posted February 11, 2016 Report Share Posted February 11, 2016 Okay, now I'm sad. M-Diancie's ability does remove 10 barriers. But it doesn't do extra damage the way that other Megas do when they remove stuff (presumably because it only removes the barriers themselves, not the thing contained in that space). As a result, M-Diancie actually feels kind of meh compared to other Megas, because its damage output isn't that great. That jewel at level 100 isn't worth it? It is, but it isn't. See, I prioritize 100% completion stuff over bonuses like Speedups and Jewels. Since I still need to coin grind and complete some stages and capture stuff, using 50+ hearts on an Escalation Battle for the reward of a Jewel is "worth it" in the sense of Jewels being awesome, but it's not, because I'm not making progress in the area that I value higher, and Level 100 is sure to be a difficulty spike, so even the coins I get from working up that far will probably be spent to complete the stage. It's a high amount of investment. Compared to me just throwing points at a repeat M-Competition for a Jewel being an extremely SMALL investment (that's where I get most of my Jewels outside main stage M-Battles), and I rarely "need" any Jewels on hand. I dunno. I might still go for it, but at the moment, I just feel the number of hearts spent exceeds the value of the prizes. If 60-90's prizes were more valuable than they are, I'd definitely shoot for 100. But investing 10 more hearts for a Moves + 5 (800 coin value) and 10 more for a Exp x 1.5 (300 coin value) and 10 MORE for a Disruption Delay (1500 coin value)...that's 30 hearts that could have gotten me over 9000 coins of coin grinding. Jewels are worth 5 hearts or 3000 coins (and more if you have more of them). Not even close to drawing even. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flame Dragon Posted February 11, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 11, 2016 Sad to hear M-Diancie isn't QUITE as good as we'd hoped. O well. And yea, getting Jewels REALLY isn't worth it. If I just spend those 50 stages money grinding I would get like 15,000 coins since I average about 1500 per play session (5 hearts). The thing I'd do that for is a speed up since those are super helpful, but I really don't want to invest that kind of time into the stage. Though I'm currently at like 85K and will likely pick up another 5K on Sunday so money grinding isn't even that appealing since 9999 is the cap. Hopefully the next update will allow me to spend some more money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evilfusion Posted February 11, 2016 Report Share Posted February 11, 2016 Progress update! Still need to S Rank and capture Dodrio.Still need to S Rank Pory2Still need to beat/S Rank 300. Still need to catch the 3 new Expert Stage Pokes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Warden Posted February 12, 2016 Report Share Posted February 12, 2016 I see what you guys mean about the post-Deoxys levels. They are SO MUCH less irritating than the levels that preceded them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flame Dragon Posted February 12, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 12, 2016 You can read through my posts as I was going through them to see what I did to S rank them. Really, the VAST majority only needed Disruption Delay at max to get the job done. It wasn't until the tail end that I started having more issues, but even that wasn't bad. I'm curious why these levels were so much more forgiving vs. what they'd been doing for so long. My guess is that because it was a 40 level dump they knew that in and of itself will keep people playing for a while so they didn't need to create and artificial difficulty. I hope they keep this going forward. Plus, I like being able to get up to 9999 coins. I'm not going to go for it since it burns money I could get, but I enjoy having that maxed out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Warden Posted February 12, 2016 Report Share Posted February 12, 2016 Yeah, I see what you mean. I just beat Aggron, and all I needed was Disruption Delay. I got a massive combo off of M-Garchomp, so all the pieces fell into place for I think what was a 14 piece combo. I beat him before the Delay wore off. Or as it wore, I think. I had 11 moves left either way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evilfusion Posted February 14, 2016 Report Share Posted February 14, 2016 Whee, made more progress. Caught and S Ranked all the main stages except 300, and I have caught Mamoswine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flame Dragon Posted February 14, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 14, 2016 If memory serves the expert stages are all pretty fair. As for 300, again, your going to want to have beaten the stage normally before going for the S rank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evilfusion Posted February 15, 2016 Report Share Posted February 15, 2016 Managed to catch Gliscor thanks to a Super Capture (good thing, because it cost me a chunk of change to do the stage, and would have gotten me a MUCH better normal catch rate, but there was like 5+ seconds wasted because the board decided to throw things out there in a weird combination that made me scramble for even a POSSIBLE match, and then the blocks would vanish, costing me another half second because my intended match isn't lined up anymore). So now I'm grinding to tackle 300. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flame Dragon Posted February 15, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 15, 2016 If memory serves Gliscor was the hardest of the 3. I don't remember it being THAT bad though. You should have an easy enough time with Z since I didn't need any power-ups to beat the stage. Though your likely to need a super catch since I couldn't beat the stage and have a decent catch %. Anyway, I remember asking if Groundon was bugged since his ability wasn't triggering. So I checked. Found this. https://www.reddit.com/r/PokemonShuffle/comments/3npjsf/type_immunities_to_status_effects/ It makes sense, but seems dumb to make electric immune to a ground type's effect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Warden Posted February 15, 2016 Report Share Posted February 15, 2016 Man, I have been BREEZING through the post-260 levels, with only rarely needing to use a gold item. The catch rates are minuscule as hell though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flame Dragon Posted February 15, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 15, 2016 Catching pokemon has always been a pain in shuffle. Like, I think even with good runs most the later pokemon don't break 30%. Anyway, new updates. First, Mew returns. Next, new safari. Oddish, Gloom, Vileplume, Abra, Kadabra, Alakazam and Tauros are the pokemon you will find. A new time attack has Beedrill buzzing around. Lastly, more new main stages. That was fast. Looks like a lot too if the Mega being used to show them is any indication. Pansear: +5 moves and Mega Swampert should get you the S rank. And I'm already stuck trying to catch this stupid thing. >_> Paris: Mega Aero might get you the S rank without +5 moves. If you do need anything, +5 should be it. Phantump: +5 moves is enough for the S rank. Though just using Phantump might be good enough to get it without spending any gold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Warden Posted February 16, 2016 Report Share Posted February 16, 2016 New update, and a new Safari. It has the Abra and Oddish lines, and I can confirm the Oddish line is Grass, so bring Bugs with you. Also Beedrill timed battle, and it's poison. So we'll soon have another mega to out Fairies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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