Wow, I only have 1 LvMAX- Slowbro (;-;)

I can't seem to catch Seviper on 5 tries and am too cheap to use a great ball.

Darn, and that was unboosted...

So Normal Pokemon are basically worthless in this game, right?

I don't see why you guys had trouble catching Seviper... First try for me... Sad I missed Jirachi- I hope they bring it back very soon...

@Josh You caught him at 19% and you don't understand why we're having a problem? My first three times beating him I had capture rates over 40% and missed on all. Got him fourth try with a rate in the 30s. Also, got Arceus, but had to use 2x Damage and Mega Start. Beat him with 19 moves left but capture rate was still only 41%. Had to use Great Ball to protect initial investment of coins.

Base 90, and it's power is "Double Normal" which increases damage done by any Normal types. Too bad I'll never use this guy.

LOL! That's the exact thought that ran through my head when I caught him last night, Klim. For some reason I was hoping he'd be Psychic type, but it would have been impractical since that would be yet another Psychic type with a base power of 80 or above. Type groups like Grass and Fighting desperately need more stronger Pokémon, in my opinion.

I'm all caught up with Special Stage Pokémon (for now), but I can't help but wish they'd let up on all the new content and give people a chance to get some Coins going. I haven't been able to get a sizeable stash because they keep cranking out coin-devouring stages like some virtual stage production plant. Jeez...

I hope there will be events for the plates of Arceus. He's pretty useless as a normal type.

When can I get a Kyogre?!?

Updated farming/level boosting team. Can't see how Arceus would be useful for things like EX stages and Mega Competitions, but I'll work on him anyways. It'd be cool to have a Pokémon with 110 power...

Wait, Normals are less than effective against certain types? Oh, and I just made my first 500 coin match against Ordinary Meowth. Gotta do it more often, 'cause right now the coins can't come in fast enough. Will try an all-Psychic team against Richy Meowth with Moves +5 to see if I can get anything extra.

I think it's just "not effective" attacks, which makes it virtually useless because why, at this point, would you go into a battle with an ineffective mon AND a Normal type? *pets his Kyogre while staring at Momo with dead eyes.*

Trying to save up coins for Arceus... The best team I got against Arceus is мSlowbro (LvMAX), Lucario (Lv8), Sawk (Lv6), and Throh (Lv5)... I've already used up the Victini for the week...

I always go for 500 when I grind. I typically get it 3 out of 5 times. If I see that I'm doing too much damage, I'll settle for less. I'm at a point now where I typically manage 2000+ per five hearts. I've landed 2650 (max possible) at least 5 times. Don't takr super effective types. I like to have one ineffective as well if I need to slow things down. Giratina is good because of Power of 4+.

I always went for 300 no matter what because I was too scared of defeating him too early. Saw an opening today, went for it, and got it. I don't have any Super Effective on my farming team anymore. Nowadays, I try to multitask by getting coins and slowly building up levels on some of my Pokémon. Got Diagla and Jirachi in the mix now, since pairing them with Mawille would be a Steel dream team.

Caught Arceus 1st try with Attack Power↑, Mega Start, Disruption Delay and a Great Ball. 9000 coins spent.

Yeah, Barry. I'm also careful with which 'mon I move so that I don't trigger something inadvertantly. It's also why I like having an ineffective one with me so I don't finish before that last coin shows up.

I decided to take a page out of Klim's book this morning and use Giratina as a "stall Pokémon", and it worked out nicely. I got 530 on 3 out of 5 Hearts -- but only got a total of 790 the next time all my Hearts were refreshed. Unbelievably annoying. Oh, and I forgot the screenshot, but I set a personal best on Richy Meowth with Mewtwo, male and female Meowstic, and Espeon. Threw in Moves +5 and-

got a grand total of 6000 coins. Deducting the 800 price tag on the extra moves, I made a profit of 5400. Aiming for even more next week.

I used to have Heracross on my farming team in order to prepare for getting its Mega Stone -- until it triggered Crowd Control for the first time. Ended Meowth at over half HP in one hit. Needless to say, I swapped him out for a different Pokémon (Dragonite) faster than you could say ƒluƒƒ. I'll work on him with Ampharos, though.

I got 8800 coins on Meowth! However, I did buy Mega Start and +5 Moves. So 6000 profit. I used Bayonette, two ghost pokemone with Quirky (can't remember their name, Ghastly was one I think), and Xerneas for its Quirky+. Massive combos.

I thought about using Mega Start last night, but something told me not to do it. In any case, I literally got 4 times what I would normally have gotten on Richy Meowth, which will make stockpiling coins easier in the long run. That Ghost team + Xerneas sounds interesting. However, I didn't get Banette's Mega Stone, unfortunately, so I'll have to wait until they bring that Competition back.

These are my maxxed 'mon

Just did a non-powerup run for the new Lucario event, and I'm 19th! Out of 289. Scored 21k. I think it may actually hold in the top 30k.

LOL, I noticed that before I came here! I saw the name "Barry", thought nothing of it, and opened up MM3D. Five minutes later, I go rushing back to the Ranking screen. "THE Barry?!" This is my non-boosted run at it. Not trying to break any records. I'll take my 2 Jewels and run. Thankfully, this lull in new content will finally let me pile up coins and go through all the Main and EX stages.

Nice, Barry! Heckuva score.

My unboosted run- Uggh, I guess this is what I get because I haven't caught Victini and since I'm still stuck on Solosis, I'm nowhere remotely close to Salamence, and I don't even have enough S-Ranks to unlock Mewtwo, let alone Yveltal... Plus, there are some greedy players who already have the Lucarionite competing, so my chances are even slimmer...

Awesome, thanks!

You should be called "the Barry" more often, then! You actually are one of the better players of this game worldwide, proved by the fact that you started a discussion post completely dedicated to it. Thanks for that passcode, too! So that makes 3 Jewels for me once I get the other two next Monday, which means better Hearts or Coins options in the shop. All I have to do is pick from either one...

:/

Yay, that was exactly how I wanted things to turn out.

Need help to place in the top 20,000 for the lucarionite i dont have the lucarionite yet, if i get it i may be able to catch arceus :P

@Jrƒ: It is top 30,000, not top 20,000. I personally don't know if this will hold 6 more days even though this was a full boosted run, but I guess in the mean time I should save up coins again.

Any recommendations for getting Genesect?

I haven't even cleared the Blaziken stage yet. I've actually been farming Meowth with Water types lately, so the gradual increase in EXP should definitely help with getting the stone and catching the actual Pokémon. I probably won't play the c ompetitive stage until the last few days, as I'll be spending most of next week on Ampharos with Water types. Gonna try to get the stone without boosts.

Welp, better than my previous score!

Im guessing this will be enough coins for arceus.

Woo, that means more gems coming my way.

Interesting. But it's still better to have a super effective team with abilities overall, I think.

For the second week in a row, I shattered my high score on Rich Meowth. Just earned 9800 coins with Banette, Yamask (Quirky), Haunter (Quirky), and Xerneas (Quirky+). I did use Mega Start (2k coins) and +5 Moves (800), so it was a profit of 7000. Woo!

The Mega Start with the right Mega seems worth it to me. Used it two or three weeks in a row and I do better than have I before.

@Barry I hope it's true! I have Groudon and Rayquaza.

I made two attempts at the Lucario event. The first score was likely good enough but I didn't want to have to check today, so I ran another one and landed 34k without any powerups. Nice. Here's a question. If they had an upgrade where you could replenish 10 hearts at once, would you buy it? For how much?

My Richy Meowth run was nothing short of terrible. I just couldn't get any combos going. Scored a measly 2100 with Mewtwo + Mega Boost Pokémon, and minus Moves +5 reduced my profit to 1300. Blech. At least I'll have three Jewels to make up for it soon...

I'd pay 99 cents for an extra 5 Hearts in the regeneration process. No more. Funny that Klim asked that question, because earlier today I was thinking how nice it would be if, when you bought Hearts, the amount that you got was permanently added to your total Hearts, and they would regenerate along with the 5 Hearts that you already get. That'd be the only way I'd put a dime on this game, though.

5M left CAN'T WAIT!

Love the update. I really like escalation battles, for some reason. No new main stages. I played Wobbuffet's level where you get powerups for free. Only Mega Start is available today, and as days go on more will be available. Anyway, he has a low catch rate (base 1, add 1% per moves left, I believe...wasn't paying too close attention), but I managed to capture him at 4%. Ha.

And even funnier, the reward for beating him is one coin! So if you're maxed out your coins (I never have), you can now get it back to an even 0. I, on the other hand, now have a 1 at the end of my coin total. As for buying regenerating hearts, yeah I mean 10 total. Early on I would have spent a lot more. Now, 5 is usually pretty good, though I would drop $2-3 for a permanent max of 10.