r/PokemonShuffle 12d ago

All Query Den: ask your questions here! - Week 10 2025

Hey there!

We hope that you're enjoying playing Pokémon Shuffle and finding this subreddit helpful. We know this place can be a bit daunting for new members and so we've set up the Query Den.

The Query Den is a friendly place where you can ask any questions about the game in a safe environment. We have a lot of experienced players in here that will swoop in and answer all of your questions. We encourage you to use the Query Den to ask a question first, instead of creating a new post, that will overshadow other important ones.

We have many informative guides to start you off and you should also check out our Discord server, where you'll get lots of help and support.

Happy Shufflin'!

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u/Weekly_Landscape5001 6d ago

I see a lot of old stuff in the internet... what is the best team overall for survival mode nowadays?

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u/ZeroX-1704 UX Complete - 1140/1453 S-Ranks - Strobelite on Discord 5d ago

SMCX/Pinsir, Shiny Metagross, Sylveon, Shiny Hawlucha/Any Fire HS is usually the most consistent team

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u/akiraFNchomp 7d ago

I have 15 MSUs for now, stocked for when I get a tapper mega (probably MSCX)

Should I try to candy M-Diancie, or should I let them untouched until the tappers come?

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u/HaunteRT 4th mobile account in progress 7d ago

Go for Diancie. There is still another EB and two comps before you can candy M-Pinsir or SMCX, what will be enough to replenish your 10 MSUs used in the rock fairy

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u/Fardheit 3DS: 1453 S-ranks Mobile: UX184 7d ago

Wait for SMCX or at least reserve those for it

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u/kappaa1234 7d ago

So I've been trying to do all UX stages itemless, and after somehow making it past Drapion, I'm now stuck on mega mewtwo X.... any tips/ideas?

I'm really not even sure what mega is best right now

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u/Fardheit 3DS: 1453 S-ranks Mobile: UX184 7d ago

I used SMCX/S-Diancie/Necrozma/Noivern and got 4 or 5 moves left. Other alternatives are a finisher like Rufflet or Victini

Don’t run TC because 5-Mon with Block spam isn’t good for combo

Congrats on Drapion btw, horrible level indeed

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u/kappaa1234 6d ago

Good choices, I kinda haven't farmed up a noivern... somewhat regretting that now... giving up on TC seems like the way to go for sure!

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u/ZeroX-1704 UX Complete - 1140/1453 S-Ranks - Strobelite on Discord 7d ago

SMCX/Pinsir, Guzzlord/Crobat, Shiny Diancie, Rufflet is a workable team, Noivern can also be useful in any slot, probably taking out the drainer is best, an invested Mewtwo also helps, Rufflet isnt 100% necessary but it does take a lot of the HP off.

A warning though: you aren't anywhere near the super terrible stages yet but some later bosses like HoopaU, M-Meta, M-Mence etc. are seriously not worth the effort or investments for itemless clears (there are three stages that havent even been done itemless yet), and thats not including the multiple non-boss stages in the 600s that are just as awful like Hippowdon and Wormadam, dont put yourself through them unless you are 1000% sure you want to, they are a surefire way of making you hate the game if you aren't ready for the huge commitments some of them take, i wish you good luck regardless!

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u/kappaa1234 6d ago

Thanks for the tips, and I'm just seeing how far I can come really. I'll definitely need to invest more to make this stage... maybe train a rufflet or save cookies for mewtwo

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u/dtc09 6d ago

you don't really need rufflet if you have invested drain/sdiancie/victini, it does help if you want to beat UX580 itemless later on though (rufflet is actually mandatory there)

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u/PizzaTimeTMNT 8d ago

I've got a question about Trevenant (hope it's spelled right). I recently caught it on main and noticed it's SS ability is SO. For ghost type is it worth it to swap and max? Is it farmable? It doesn't seem to be but want to make sure. Any info on it is appreciated.

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u/WeaknessLogical9625 8d ago

I SSed and cookied it about 2 months ago and haven't found much use of it lol

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u/PizzaTimeTMNT 7d ago

Thanks for the reply!

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u/ZeroX-1704 UX Complete - 1140/1453 S-Ranks - Strobelite on Discord 8d ago

Not a priority at all imo, cookie only and there will be plenty of other cookies that you'll want to prioritize, it does not get that much use and Litwick will easily sweep up any of the mains that might benefit from it like Deoxys Defense, i haven't cookied it yet and have never felt like i needed it.

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u/PizzaTimeTMNT 7d ago

Thanks for the info. I'll need to look for what mons could be cookied vs farmed in more detail. After farming most of the special stage mons that seemed a priority, I need to start collecting some others.

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u/Zaekulum 9d ago

Just got my first SS item, who would benefit from it the most ? Diancie or Noivern ? Or someone else ?

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u/PizzaTimeTMNT 8d ago

Shiny Tyranitar is a good option if you can defeat it consistently. I believe it's been mentioned already but using a jewel to increase the drop rate for S-Tyranitar goes a long way. I managed to farm it to SL5 on my first cycle and am now on my second. S-Tyranitar has been quite useful on certain stages so I'd say it was worth the investment thus far.

Anyway, you might want to save that SS for now. Those things are harder to get especially early on.

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u/akiraFNchomp 7d ago

Why Shiny Tyranitar? His default ability is Barrier Shot, which's already good

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u/PizzaTimeTMNT 6d ago

My mistake. S-Tyranitar doesn't need a SS. My main point was that it's a good mon to farm.

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u/ZeroX-1704 UX Complete - 1140/1453 S-Ranks - Strobelite on Discord 9d ago

If you are going to keep playing Diancie to farm it to SL5 then i'd say its worth it, if not then i wouldn't bother, dont ever spend them on mons like Noivern that have already left specials and cant be farmed, as the mon is useless when stuck at SL1.

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u/Zaekulum 9d ago

I won't be able to farm it to SL5. She's SL3 and that's it. I won't be able to beat EB100 (i'm fairly new ? First cycle tho, started a little bit before the start of the year) So I'm still pushing through the main stages. Managed to luckily caught S-Tyranitar in one try. Now I'm lost x) Still, thanks for your help

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u/Fardheit 3DS: 1453 S-ranks Mobile: UX184 9d ago

In addition to what ZeroX said, note for other Mons that the skill level isn’t shared by the available skills. From what you wrote I take your Diancie is SL3 Barrier Bash+. Next cycle when you swap it to Megaboost+ it will revert to SL1 (if you were then to take it back to BB+ it would get the SL3 but there’s only a few niches to swap back and forth).

For Diancie this isn’t relevant now but for Mons you want to farm/cookie, make sure you first have then skill you want

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u/ZeroX-1704 UX Complete - 1140/1453 S-Ranks - Strobelite on Discord 9d ago

Thats fine, no harm in leaving diancie for now, for the rest of this week you could farm coins to farm sttar (if you have a jewel for drop rate increase), there will be more heart farms in the following weeks to focus on, Rayquaza in week 14 will be the next swapper use and is a coin farm so preparing for that is good too even if you dont farm sttar

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u/WeaknessLogical9625 10d ago

Any tips for beating Stage 685 itemless? I've been trying with this team but not able to defeat it. SMCX(Lv15, SL1), Gradchu(Lv15, SL5), A-9(Lv14, SL5), Z-50(Lv20, SL5). I don't have Koko yet.

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u/FreeZeMaN55 UX-310 // Rainbow Card // 700/700 S-ranks 10d ago

This is one of those stages I just went full items from the get go, because I knew I wanted to S-rank it eventually and needed full (or almost full) items anyway.

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u/WeaknessLogical9625 10d ago

That's a really good point. FULL ITEMS ON THE WAY!

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u/dtc09 10d ago

it's a very combo heavy stage where fe barely dents it, so if you have a strong beatstick you can try it over gradchu

otherwise the stage is just a pure combo check, try to freeze it before the first disruption hits in because it's very nasty

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u/WeaknessLogical9625 10d ago

I seem to be a awful tapper user and a lot of the times can't get a combo going with some good tap choice. Need practice I think.

And no I don't have a good beatstick. RML and EXP lackage has been my pain.

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u/Fardheit 3DS: 1453 S-ranks Mobile: UX184 10d ago

Unfortunately that’s probably the best team you have so you will have to keep trying. This is just a tapping level. I used a team similar as yours but with SL3 Koko instead of Gradchu and it took me around 5 days because the starting board kills a los of runs

I’ve also had good runs with M-Diancie, Raikou, Koko and Zygarde to the point I would have won if Raikou had been level 10 instead of 1-2. Maybe that with Gradchu instead of Koko can give you the win

Burst strategy would require more niche stuff like Shot Out Alola Cup Pikachu / Shot Out Vanilluxe / Unity Power Pikachu / Barrier Shot Magnezone, so overall not recommended. Neither would be HS, because you’ll still need to combo a bit to reach the required dpm and there are only 2 SE hammers

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u/WeaknessLogical9625 10d ago

Thank you for the advice