I wonder if they are going to be rerunning all these competitions. There are still plenty of us released megastones to compete for, unless they are planing an update with a shop where you can buy many of them with cions or jewels. Mega Aerodactyl is useful for many stages, but I'm not sure which you were referring to. Flying types are weak to ice and rock but there haven't been many of those.

I caught spirtomb first try so I guess that's it for this batch of daily stages. Still sitting in the top 4k in the competition too which surprises me, but the big push will come this weekend I guess.

Good Work! I'd focus on Heatran next, it is the strongest fire type and one of only 6 with 80 base attack power at level 1. Assuming you don't need to hold off to keep an eye on that competition, Mega Lucario is one of the 4 strongest megas in terms of attack power (base 70 @ lv1) and having a fighting type mega is very useful.

Well it looks like I've got the 2 jewel prize locked up. Saved 91k coin this week too and with being caught up with all catches and main stage S ranks, I've never been more ready for an update. I hope tonight's will be a good one.

The free reduce complexity is cool, but I was hoping for more than a single new stage to work on.

I think they changed how they work though. I don't remember these affecting disruptions before.

Well my coins are maxed again. Guess I'll work on Ex stage ranks. Moltres is my last B, Only Rotom and Yvaltal are S ranked, rest are A s.

Beeƒ, I knew experience was reduced on a loss, but I didn't think it was zero. Thought I've seen a level up after a loss but it's been a while so I could be wrong.

Better! And no left thumb required!

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A new, major, eshop update is live. Seems to be mostly extra data for stages and such that haven't been released yet. One change I have noticed is that there seems to be a separate sub counter for the 5 time regenerating hearts separate from another for any extras you may have. I haven't tested which counts down 1st yet but if it isn't the regenerating ones I see no point to the change.

Then there is also this mysterious candy counter beside the mega effects description on mega evolving pokemon. Curious, some mechanism to further boost their power or effects perhalps. Upgrades? Successful uses? Still unknown.

People in the shuffle community are claiming the candies will help megas mega evolve faster, no word yet on how to get them, just event speculation.

And yes, the regenerating hearts are used first.

If you go from a Main stage to check the Expert or Special areas it remembers where you were when you return to main now, handy when grinding meowth, also Mewtwo shows up now in mega searches and optimization. And they fixed that Timburr stage too so when your mega shows up in the middle it will be in the same state as the rest of your megas.

I'm upto 10 Expert stage S ranks now. Boy does +10 sec make S ranking those 15 second stages easier! ... Look! A Distraction!

New mega stone competition is up. Venasaur will be the first grass type to get the ability. While the top end scores aren't as high yet the overall competition level for this one seems a bit higher than the the last one at least. (that was sort of a rerun though) It seems likely that many folks are using that free reduce complexity given out last week.

It also looks like this contest will run over two weekends which is a first for these.

Good call Submaster. Too bad you didn't get a screen shot Klim.

Instead of rich meowth we get Victini. Once per day on weekends to earn 'a lot of Exp. Points.' ... in 7 moves.

Twas catchable, but ever with a few great balls I missed. Still haven't seen that new catchability boost folks are refering too.

Tier List for applying candy to megas. (base power, max candies) Top Ampharos(70,7), Lucario(70,4), Mewtwo(80,5), Gengar(70,1) Good Aerodactyl(60,7), Blastoise(60,4), Slowbro(60,2), Glalie(60,6) Utility Sableye(50,8), Mawile(50,7), Altaria(60,6), Banette(60,8), Kangaskhan(50,8) Weak Audino(50,3), Lopunay(50,8) Of coarse "best" will always depend on the stage and personal taste.

I had 14% chance to catch Victini, missed. Decided to try great ball(s) for 28% and a chance at that new catch boost ... and got neither, ... four times! 10k coin down the tubes, but recovered that in a day.

I didn't know that, thanks Klim. Todays update was worst to date nothing new but some related purchasable wallpaper and some Exp. Shares. That said I wish Sub Wars had wallpaper, or better yet a puzzle swap panel.

My first Max Level Pokemon in Shuffle! I never heard of the 'home button exploit'. I had that impression about Victini too, but it was probably because the period listed Sat to Sun and I didn't look at the times to see that Sunday finish was Sat. night.

Drat, they "fixed" it again.

Check my latest yeah for a high potential rich meowth strategy. Mega Mewtwo, has downside that pre-mega-mewtwo replaces coins and you need to get it mega-ed, but those results!

Male and/or female meowstic(s) would make good teammates, mega boost and psychic type. Still not sure how many psychics to run to make the most of mega mewtwo's ability (2 or 3 including mewtwo likely) I think I'll still run quirky+ ones for the other spot or two.

This competition is dragging on. I wish they would show us what the 20000th score is (or whatever they set the cut of at) aswell as the top 5. It would just be nice to know. Looks like I should probably make another go to boost my score to be safe, might be ok but it has dropped a bit under 1000 spots per day and there is often a last day push by many.

I finally S ranked Ex4 Articuno. Now these 4 are the only S ranks I lack in main and Ex stages. You sure are right though that there is a step up in the difficulty level here. Last I heard Klim was down to just Genesect to S rank. Oh and Kevin has a good question under daily lives in the place.

I topped up my best score by around 3000 points, and jumped over 5000 places in the standings! Scores seem more closely packed this time.

Caught Victini this morning, beat it in two moves and had a 17% catch rate, didn't Even need a great ball. Happy Dance. Yesterday in the van, Angela was going back to catch Zorark. Her: Yeah, beat it! ... But didn't catch. I don't know if I want to spend coins for a great ball though. What are the odds of catching at 22%? Me: 22%. Her: You Know What I Mean! I chuckled silently.

This looks interesting. Plus new main stages and a gift mega speed up candy. Daily stages too. Oh and the competition results, this was a BIG update!

I've caught 4 of the new mains and S ranked 2, there are 200 main stages now, until the next update. Nice to see some new ƒaces, welcome.

These new EX stages are interesting. They require some setup to do well but don't seen super challenging once you select the right team and or boosts. They are base 70 power too, good but not enough to obsolete the other options.

Congratulations! Let me know what happens when you beat it at level 100. I just beat 48 but now I need to wait for more plays. It does get trickier the higher the level. With 2 'candies' now available and a total of 87 needed to max the existing megas, (or even 17 for just the 4 with base power 70+) I hope they start releasing them more quickly somehow, soon.

50 was tricky. I hadn't lost any of the first 49 but after 4 failed attempts at 50 I broke down and bought a disruption delay and +5 turns just to finish it. Unless the difficult resets, or drops atleast after 50 for a while, I can't see slogging through to 100 being worthwhile, even though I would like more candy.

Took me two and a half days that update (and a bit over 80k coin) but I'm all caught up to having them all caught again. I even picked up a pair of candies that I need to decide where to put. Good update. Back to grinding meowth and awaiting new special stages, competitions and weekend wonders. (Rich Meowth and Victini)

I never found out if the exp. gained is calculated based on turns taken, damage dealt or some other primary factor. I'll be using Victini on a variety of types now too, may help uncover the factors.

I think I used Mega lucario, Kyogre, Sceptile and Swampert. Fighting, grass, water, ground or steel should all be effective, something to clear those disruption blocks helps.

Milotic would make a good replacement, depending on leveling to a degree but quite comparable.

Knocking some new recruits into shape.

So IF Shuffle had a GoL threshold, (and I'm not suggesting we establish one, I think it would be kinda silly here) what would it be? Catching them all is a floating target and impossible for late starters. The original 'Final Level' was Ex 20 Mewtwo which required all main stages S ranked at the time. All EX pokemon upto that being caught might be a logical choice, but it's less impressive now.

6200 Is a new personal best, but not by much. This attempt really showed me the potential of a mega mewtwo focused team. I had difficulty getting combos higher that 2 for the first 4 turns but once they started coming and mewtwo went mega, it was a whole different game. I need to get that to happen sooner. On pokemon abilities; Other than mega effects it seems only the one dragged may trigger.

Smaller update this morning, as expected. Dialga stage is beatable without boosts but slows you early big time without a plan. And Round 2 for a Blastoise mega stone. I didn't noticed it wasn't a timed stage until I was part way into it again. (same thing I did with the Lucario 2nd round) Top 30k for a stone this time as the 2nd Lucario competition was.