@Shadowlink

Those extra moves from a +5 count towards the ranking?? I assumed they didn't because they don't help the catch rate.

@Jargon

Yeah they do. They're a great cheap way of getting an easy S on stages with a low number of moves.

@Shadowlink

Well that should make getting S's a lot easier on some of these ones I haven't done yet. I'm assuming the same applies for +10 second items. I guess I need to start grinding for coins for real.

@Shadowlink

Keldeo worked. Brilliant. Still need to catch the Braixen though.

Genesect is the worst. THE WORST.

@Shadowlink

Oi... cant...wait...

Man, Meowth grinding can be frustrating. I managed to pull off the rare 530 coins once in 5 tries just now, but once I got "lucky" and killed him before I could get any coins and once I ran out of turns after getting the 500 coin bonus so I got nothing. Still managed to make about 1000 coins in those turns so not bad but it would be nice to execute it better.

As an update to my progress on this new chapter...

I've caught everyone 181 through 189. I've only played Steelix (190) once and I clearly need to figure out a trick. However I honestly came within 33% of finishing him on my first try so that's got to count for something.

I managed to S-class Shelgon (188) and it seems like it'll be just random for S-classing Braixen. I got close but it depends on what I manage for a start, if the block removal kicks in right away or not. Shelgon is all about opening up at least 4 consecutive lanes the moment you get more Shelgon to use. Then chain-reactions should get you the rest of the way. I also S-classed Sneasel and Duosion. The rest were all Rank A.

Regirock continues to be unbeaten and uncaught. I have to skim through this thread for tips on him. What did we decide was the best route? Has the internet figured it out? Only 13 days left!

Cost me $10K coins to get Regirick, but whatever, he's caught.

I defeated Regirock for the first time (and without using any items too) but failed to catch him... So there's 1300 coins down the drain.

Quite a string of luck I just had. Caught Duosion with a 37% chance, Snorlax with a 14% chance and Quilladin with a 2% chance (!)

So what the hell is the ideal method for beating Regirock? I don't even know how I did it the one time but I can't replicate it! I'm using a Mega Blastoise, Kyogre, Sceptile, and Milotic right now but the Stabilize+ doesn't seem to kick in much.

Anyone know if S ranks on the Expert stages count towards unlocking further Expert stages? Specials don't I'm fairly sure.

@Jargon

No they don't. Dont stress on the S-ranks for the expert stages. I sure as hell didn't .

150 regular stages S-ranked for Mewtwo, 180 for Genesect.

@DrFinkelstein

I used the Attack up. And then a pile of Great balls.

Not ideal, but he's too damn tough.

Is there any real point to catching the Pokemon? It seems like you really don't need to catch them, as long as you're happy with the ones you have. I can see that I'd probably want to catch Gengar but does it really matter if I miss some of the less important ones?

Here's the Main stages that I have yet to S-Rank:

Mega Glalie
Mega Gengar
Mega Mewtwo Y
Onix
Milotic
Mightyena
Timburr
Mega Aerodactyl
Sneasel
Snorlax
Steelix (haven't even beaten)

Any advice for any of these guys? Looks like I just need one more S to unlock Genesect.

Edit: Just S ranked Sneasel with a +5 so Genesect is unlocked. Still will take any advice for the others though.

@PogueSquadron

Catching the Pokemon is part of the challenge but as far as your team, Pokemon all have different stats and bonuses. You'll want to catch some of the nicer (i.e. harder to catch) ones because they'll help you throughout the game. You want a few nice ones of every type because you never know what you'll encounter. The ones you'll never use are usually easier to catch anyway so I say just catch em' all!

@PogueSquadron

They might have some useful abilities.

Like Fink and Jargon a page or two back, , I was having trouble with Braixen, until I pulled out Keldeo- A water type I hadn't bothered to use because I had more powerful water types, but who's ability/typing combo was uniquely suited for the level.

It's nice to have options if you need them.

@Jargon

All I remembered about the Milotic stage was 'take Feebas', but I just went to give it a whirl and it's even harder than that. Feebas helps with breaking some of the ice barriers, which is absolutely needed, but Milotic is still nasty with disruptions. They key is to get Ampharos to Mega ASAP and use his ability to help clear the gunk (The other two pokemon were some combination of Zapdos, Raikou and Sceptile).

I can't remember if I used any items, but a Mega Start and +5 can't hurt. See how you go though.


Mightyena I just beat with 8 moves remaining, so I may have used a +5 to push me over the edge there. The problem you have is the steel disruptions coming in partway through- By that time I had Mega Lucario and so could clear them out with a good match. You don't have the stone though so it could be tricky. For the other pokemon I used Heracross with his crowd control and Scyther & Scizor originally, although the game optimised Xerneas in for me this time around.

Maybe some combination of those 4 Pokemon and a mega that does decent damage and and possesses a clearing ability...


As for Mega Mewtwo, I KNOW I resorted to items for that. Might have even used a complexity. Keep trying.

Got the S in Mightyena with a +5 and Mega Start. Now that I can amass coins quickly with Meowth (got a cool 2650 in 5 turns last night), I'm much more cavalier about spending coins. I'll see if I can get similar results against Milotic next

@Jargon

Yeah, I never gave Meowth much time before, but it adds up. I went from 16,000 coins on Monday (after the mess with Pinsir and Regirock) to 41,000 coins today. That's 5000 coins a day!

I'm going to grind a bit more between now and Monday, see what the next update throws at us, and if it looks like there's nothing big coming to spend coins on, go all complexity on Mewtwo Expert.