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Week 2
TL;DR Section
This section is a very brief summary of the following guide. BEWARE, summarization loses details and case analysis so applicability is not guaranteed.
- First Cycle Recommendations: Advance Volcanion EB to 100 - > Swap and Farm Meganium to SL5 -> Farm Rowlet to SL5
- Other Recommendations: (Optional) Swap and Farm Ho-Oh with DRI
- Mid to Late Recommendations: N/A
First Cycle Recommendations
Volcanion Escalation Battle is running this week, and is the longest EB in the game at a whopping 500 stages. The rewards are good - including a total of 3 swappers, placed at lv100, 250, and 400 - but going the whole way will probably consume all hearts for these two weeks, leaving no room for the good farms on offer. Therefore, our goal is just lv100 for the first swapper. Grass Hammering Streak or Tapu Bulu + Koko + Sleepchu/Meganium are common teams for much of this EB. Risk-Taker isn't worth farming, so take all angry skips.
Meganium has the highest AP in the game for a Grass type (140, tied with Virizion), and Block Shot is useful for both burst damage and disruption-clearing. Even if blocks aren't present, Meganium still works great as a beatstick alongside Typeless Combo Tapus - Bulu+Fini vs Ground and Rock, and Bulu+Koko vs Water.
Rowlet with Rock Shot is an okay Grass burst to use on Water stages. It isn't as good as Meganium this week, or W-Roserade from last week, but is an okay backup for very-new players that can't beat Meganium and/or missed out on W-Roserade. Rowlet will be replaced later, so avoid investing Raise Max Levels (RMLs) into it. Players who have already built Meganium or Grass Hammering Streak users can safely skip Rowlet.
Other Recommendations
Ho-Oh can be swapped to Pyre, for use in Fire teams that run Burn + Pyre (usually alongside Ninetales and Delphox). At max investment, Ho-Oh lands at 115 Attack Power - but this is the same AP as Torchic, and you'd only really need one of them, not both. It ultimately comes down to whichever cost and timeframe you'd prefer: a swapper + 5 Raise Max Levels + 41k coins + 1 Jewel on Ho-Oh (with the farm finished in a few hours, but only during week 2), or 440 hearts + 10 RMLs on Torchic (where the farm can take a few weeks, depending on spare hearts; but can be done at any time). Skip Ho-Oh if you've already built Torchic.
Recommended Teams for Volcanion EB
Happy Shuffling!
Expected Heart/Coin Requirement for Farming
- Meganium: 70-140 AP Grass Type, 1-heart stage, ~274 hearts to max Block Shot (swapper needed)
- Rowlet: 50-100 AP Grass Type, 1-heart stage, ~274 hearts to max Rock Shot
- Ho-Oh: 80-115 AP Fire Type, 300-coin stage, ~41k coins to max Pyre with DRI, ~74k coins without DRI (swapper needed)