mystery-missions

[sinful dagger]

THANFR this one

[manic pebble]

Nope switched out for bug ground d type still no event win but I did win the match

[warm garnet]

Interestingly enough, a Donphan spawned 6 days ago and Aeg 30+ hours ago.

[uncut marsh]

when did the last Kleavor spawn? 👀

[warm garnet]

Technically in missions, but .... many moons ago

[manic pebble]

The other day o believe and Ive won with the new kleavor and didn’t get the event win

Oh yeah it was the mission one

[warm garnet]

I did try the Donphan thing with 5 contest mons from the last 6 days with no success

[proud matrix]

Still no

[manic pebble]

Ive won with soo many different teams something so simple is what it is right in front our faces

[sinful dagger]

annnnnnd wiped by the fucking beedrill this time. dammit.

[proud matrix]

LOL, I one-shot beedrill

And not with an OHKO or super effective move either

[atomic cedar]

any SE physical oneshots, that thing has 40 def

also good morning, seems like it hasn't been solved yet 👀

[proud matrix]

My bad it was super effective

[sinful dagger]

I can't get an attack off in time

[cunning dirge]

This team won

8/1

[sonic prism]

All caught in event?

[cunning dirge]

Yup

[proud matrix]

So what switches didn't work for you? You said Kleavr, for whom?

[manic pebble]

Two metal bugs and two flying bugs

[warm garnet]

How do you keeep finding them?!

[sinful dagger]

Ok I'm gonna try one more and then I'm gonna go to bed.

[proud matrix]

There has to be something different between the mon switches that work from the ones that don't

I think when you have a team that is working, when you switch one mon it's 50/50 it still works

[cunning dirge]

Is it at least 1 mon with 1 stage evolution, 1 mon with 2 stage evolution, 1 mon with 3 stage?

[warm garnet]

I believe Mrtechhhh was hired by Jonas to feed us red herrings <_<

[uncut marsh]

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[cunning dirge]

I just have a winning team and I change one mon at a time

[proud matrix]

But some switches fail, right?

Like Weekly Kleavor

[cunning dirge]

Yea when I swap off event bug it seems

Swapped to aegeslash shield fail

Rotom fail

Pupitar fail

[uncut marsh]

did you ever succeed with Escavalier in your team?

[proud matrix]

Did you switch from a particular mon?

[cunning dirge]

I swapped both orbeetle and herracross

Gengar fail

My weekly kleavor failed

[cunning dirge]

Don't have one

[warm garnet]

@cunning dirge I kid of course, but could you possibly bring all the images of mission winning teams you took into one reply?

[proud matrix]

But lets say its something as silly as even/odd HP.

[uncut marsh]

nah, much more people would just randomly get this

[proud matrix]

Not if its something about all 6

Then those who randomly hit the right combo, have a 50/50 on a single switch of it still working

While those of us with 3-4 mons "wrong" can't hit

[shut kayak]

Summary: so far @Mrtechhhh and @IllumiNATE have won with teams using these teams and here are the spectate codes.
(event captures including one reward Kleavor with no score):
Successful codes: BHDUET 9R48EY DKXJ84 3F7WT9 A9EDNF PLFB3Y ZQM8H9

other codes collected from others that gave credit:
QPYGMD JKVQDA DCZ8EX
THANFR got credit, and had aegislash, 9 on heracross, 41 on scolipede, 14 on crustle, 39 on drapion, 46 on Armaldo

[manic pebble]

@cunning dirge I tried almost that exact team only difference was I didn’t have scizor

And I didn’t get the even I’m gonna try adding scizor next

[warm garnet]

Exact teams dont generally seem to matter for some reason

[uncut marsh]

when you say "all event bugs", do you mean that they spawned during event or that those individuals in the team specifically were caught during the event?

[cunning dirge]

Caught during this event

[uncut marsh]

buuuuut.... the 2022 donphan also succeeded the mission, right?

[sinful dagger]

Yep

[shut kayak]

these were also successful team variations

[manic pebble]

Shit how do I figure out which ones were caught during this event quicker than looking through them all lol

[uncut marsh]

sort by recent

[shut kayak]

yes spawned and caught during events according to the people posting those teams

[sinful dagger]

Ah well. you scroll back on recent and skim the dates.

[manic pebble]

Duhhh lol that was stupid on my part lol

[sinful dagger]

Good news: I beat the bot. (finally.)

Bad news: Didn't progress the mission.

[cunning dirge]

Winning mons from me: pinsir, durant, levanny, scyther, scizor M and F, herracross, orbeetle, ribombee, beedrill

[atomic cedar]

or .. just look if they have a grade

[uncut marsh]

@cunning dirge When you replace stuff and its not working anymore, do you replace "caught during event time" with "not gained during event time"? Maybe its something like "at least 5 caught during event time", the donphan in that one team got the 6ths slot freeby, and the mission kleavor might take the freeby slot, too, so whenever you replace you are left with less than 5 "caught during event time"?

[cunning dirge]

Ive tried most combinations

Ive tried caught during event non event mons

Ive tried old mon non event

[scenic phoenix]

could it be something like win with certain number of mons that can mega evolve since the fight has a mega beedrill…just an idea

[uncut marsh]

copied teams didnt work, so its not (just?) about the exact species used, but (also?) about some individual stuff that differs from Mon to Mon.

[shut kayak]

well some people have duplicated the exact team of mrtech and illumiNATE and not gotten credit even when they won. so we are wondering what else matters if it is date caught, score from event, etc.

[cunning dirge]

Could be

3 mega evolvable pokemon

[warm garnet]

Again, weve tried duping teams :p

Has anyone unlocked this without a Scizor on their team?

[sinful dagger]

Yeah, at least one

[shut kayak]

yes, this one THANFR got credit, and had aegislash, 9 on heracross, 41 on scolipede, 14 on crustle, 39 on drapion, 46 on Armaldo

[somber gust]

I am still trying to win with bug team

[warm garnet]

Oh right, thanks!

[sinful dagger]

^ And we know they got the credit bc they shared the screen and everything

[uncut marsh]

the question is, whenever you got progess vs whenever you didnt get progress, is there a certain number of (probably specifically caught) Mons in your team that you got during event time. Lets say its "win with 5 (bug type? / event boosted?) Pokemon that were caught during event time". Kleavor and other stuff from missions may or may not count for that. Then there'd be one slot we could fill with whatever, basically, thats why 2022 donphan might not have ruined it, and that "whatever" slot might be the Weekly Kleavor for you, and when you now replace stuff and succeed, you are replacing two mons that were both caught during event, and when you dont succeed anymore, you replaced one caught during event with one older than event?

[warm garnet]

I trust laprastransform, not doubt

[sinful dagger]

Alright good luck folks, it's nearly 2AM here so I am going to clock out of mystery mission work for the night.

[cunning dirge]

Might be next

[sonic prism]

I've run 5 event caught mons with an older Durant and won without progress. I don't have enough sub 505 BST event caught mons that can beat the challenge, so no help on using 6 event caught mons

[warm garnet]

I know we tried duping things, but it's kind of funny to me about all these have 2 A-tiers and 4 B-tiers lol

[cunning dirge]

Which team should I use

Let's think of one final team before I hit the hay

Ill be on when I wake up to keep grinding

[uncut marsh]

have you ever tried Escavalier? Seems like the more obvious choice to go for over Scizor, yet I havent seen a succeeding code using it, and last time it spawned was over a month ago, so never spawned during event time.

[shut kayak]

yes, it was why I didn't include it on my team since didn't have an escavalier from this event time. I've been very disappointed in this bug event not spawning escavlier, nor flygon as honorary bug

[cunning dirge]

Don't have one

[uncut marsh]

well, if a team that succeeded with Scizor would now replace Scizor with Escavalier (both A tiers, both Steel Bug type), and then NOT get progress anymore, that'd definitely be some valuable information 🤔

[proud matrix]

Have you tried using the same mon but an old one of the same mon?

Haven't all of your switches been different Mons? Maybe you can make an old mon work if it's the same?

[cunning dirge]

Problem is I dont have a legal bug type (same mon) from before the event

Only golisopods and vulcaronas

[prisma oxide]

okay... there might be some credence to the free slot theory

Cleared with 3HVDUN

and the barra is old, and clearly not event

[cunning dirge]

I used pupitar and it didnt work

Maybe its average speed

Average speed must be higher

[proud matrix]

But what makes the 5 work together?

[cunning dirge]

Barra is fast

But people use my team

[prisma oxide]

it replaced an aegislash blade which isnt too fast?

[cunning dirge]

Gosh this is rough lol

I got 1 more battle against zig and then im sleeping

[warm garnet]

2 a-tier, 4 b-tiers o.o

That's not it, but it keeps showing up

[prisma oxide]

but... we already sort of confirmed that similar/duplicated teams dont always work?

[uncut marsh]

all caught during event, no progress

[cunning dirge]

This won 3 a teirs

[cunning dirge]

Yup lol

Thats making it really hard

But then it should be related to moves, ivs, points, or nature

[warm garnet]

Yeah, but Scizor, Orbeetle, and Leavanny have initials SOL, and you know what that means <_<

[cunning dirge]

Its not ivs

My scizor m and f had way different ivs

[magic mulch]

Any chance the teams that have confirmed gotten it notice if they were Female mons? or mixture? again just trying to think of things a code may not show

[cunning dirge]

I used all male and won

Used 1 female and won

[magic mulch]

and got progress with both?

[cunning dirge]

I have a male and female scizor and made progress with both

[warm garnet]

Thanks for all the help @cunning dirge even after unlocking it

[prisma oxide]

Cleared with this as well, so something is right with the other 5 9CNGMF

[uncut marsh]

replaced one event caught forretress with one old Gengar, no progress (did not actively use the Gengar in battle, though)

[atomic cedar]

no I'm not okay

this beedrill nasty

[sonic prism]

Is this one of your torments? 😂

[uncut marsh]

thats why I have Ninjask in the team 👀

[cunning dirge]

Np

[uncut marsh]

plottwist: the barra was caught during fishing event and thus, counts

[cunning dirge]

Fastest to slowest?

Nope

Ive swapped leads

[prisma oxide]

the Mega Beedrill can basically do nothing against a Flying/Steel, and you'd be well-positioned for 4 of the 6 mons; just gotta watch out for Vikavolt

[cunning dirge]

Mega beedrill also gets hit hard by nurtal physical moves

Stab

Has helped me kick his buns when I have nothing effective

Sitter smack eats up vik lowering its special attack

[pine badge]

So Corviknight?

[sonic prism]

welp, another team of 5 event caught mons and a Corvi failed to give progress.

[cunning dirge]

Really gonna bother me when I wake up and yall figured it out

Or when I find out its ... bugged

Heh

Heh

[pine badge]

Your the only one that figured it still I think

[cunning dirge]

🪲

Goodnight yall

Good luck

[uncut marsh]

now swapped Ninjask for event time Forretress, no progress. Though I have seen all of those bugs being successful in other teams before

[sonic prism]

Yeah, there's something we're missing, no amount of event caught mons has worked for me. 5 + a non bug type, 5 + an older Durant, 6 event caught. All gave no progress.

[uncut marsh]

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Meanwhile there is this team of 5 bugs that seems to be able to throw in whatever in 6th slot and just always succeed...

now swapped Gengar with a Donphan, no progress...

[uncut marsh]

whats the bug catcher scores on your mons?

[proud matrix]

Another failure - note, this is an old Scizor

[uncut marsh]

Scores of the event bugs I used:

Heracross: 33
Pinsir: 35
Forretress: 59
Scizor: 13
Armaldo: 70
Ninjask: 46

[prisma oxide]

32-53-20-43-47

[uncut marsh]

goddamn, those are mostly similar to mine

[deft kelp]

dang, I was hoping the secret was no more than 2 with scores in the same event mission tier.. but you have 3 that worked

[atomic cedar]

switch armaldo blitz

[uncut marsh]

wait... what were the event mission boundaries again?
Lets see...

0-20
21-40
41-60
61-80
81-100

[atomic cedar]

just throwing out ideas xD

[wheat flicker]

wasn't one hint 5 questionmarks?

[uncut marsh]

...you might be onto something - Okay, Armaldo out, Ninjask in

[wheat flicker]

maybe total must be dividable by 5

[atomic cedar]

we got hints?

[wheat flicker]

*potential hint

[warm garnet]

Jonas edited that, it wasnt a hint

He was trolling

[atomic cedar]

https://tenor.com/view/laughing-duck-gif-1363576254939741235

[warm garnet]

Buttttt, he did give a different hint earlier

Someone wrote "I see very little in common between the 3 battles" to which Jonas replied
"But what about the things you dont see? :thinkingblackguy:"

[atomic cedar]

🤔

[uncut marsh]

okay, Armaldo out, Ninjask in also didnt work...

[deft kelp]

maybe needs at least 1 score above 50? mine were all below

[atomic cedar]

then blitz' woulda worked

[sonic prism]

Same for me, my Orbeetle is 54 and I got nada

[atomic cedar]

the only thing about not seeing I could think of is neutral natures lol

[lavish pagoda]

Ok what about if its an "average range" of points scored from caught bugs during event so total of points added be between x and x. That way it wouldn't matter if non bug/event mons were included if the total points was between that with the mons used on team

Hoping that makes sense

[uncut marsh]

my Scizor is neutral

[olive raven]

I tried a whole team over 50 points each

[prisma oxide]

my spidops and ribombee are neutral

[deft kelp]

oh I thought blitz's did

[manic pebble]

I beat it with all event moms caught this event nothing

[lavish pagoda]

Are the people that have done it battling the stadium bot or challenge mission?

[proud matrix]

Challenge mission

[uncut marsh]

I mean, we could try adding my points vs adding Solunas points, but at first glance, they look pretty similar;

33 + 35 + 59 + 13 + 70 (or 46) = 210 or 186

vs

32 + 53 + 20 + 43 + 47 = 195.

So Solunas working team is right inbetween of my both not working ones...

[manic pebble]

I do t think it has to do with points at all unless all your mons points add up together to a certain amount or over I wish @cunning dirge was hear to find out what all his points added up to together

[proud matrix]

Right from the beginning, MrTech's points were low and others high

[deft kelp]

good to know

[proud matrix]

He posted them, it's in chat somewhere

[manic pebble]

I think it might be 5 event mons and one month from a previous or the last event

Idk I’m outta ideas

[proud matrix]

It's been beat with all event mons and 5 event mons

And it has failed to both too

[uncut marsh]

I mean, something connected to points seems to make the most sense. Explains why copying a team doesnt work, explains why Soluna can just swap out the non scored team slot and just continue getting progress, but I cant really see a noteworthy difference between Solunas and my scores. Only Armaldo being quite high with 70 seemed to be special about my team in comparison, but swapping out Armaldo for the lower scored Ninjask also didnt help...

[manic pebble]

Yeah I know I feel like that one event mon has something special about it

[atomic cedar]

it just makes no sense

[manic pebble]

I got three or five mons that are over 81 but they poop fighting mons

One of them is 93

[uncut marsh]

none of Solunas points are higher than 55 (highest 53, while my highest without Armaldo is 59), buuut... that'd be such a random barrier 🤔

...hey, Ewaari, you plotted the odds. Is 55 by any chance the highest point of that graph? xD"

[proud matrix]

Odds? Someone knows the rating formula?

[uncut marsh]

"knows" is too much, just collected and analyzed data from many people here xD

[proud matrix]

And? Guessed a formula or something?

[uncut marsh]

basically

[manic pebble]

Have your got it @uncut marsh

You

[uncut marsh]

and, well, if the peak of the graph is ~55, maaaaybe I could see the requirement being using only event catches scored on the low points side.... maaaaybe....

[sonic prism]

8-46-22-54-17

Did not give credit

[uncut marsh]

well, with 54 you are still one point above Solunas highest

[pine badge]

So 0-10🤔

[sonic prism]

Even minted the Araquanid to neutral and nada

[sonic prism]

yeah, just don't have anything to replace it with and still win

[uncut marsh]

replaced 59 Forretress with 21 Galvantula, no progress...

[sonic prism]

bleh, replaced the 8 point Leavany with a 21 pointer and nothing

[manic pebble]

It’s not all event mons points under 50 I just won match no event win

[agile merlin]

27 - 40 - 20 - 49 - 73 - 35. All event-mons - 7ACR9P

[uncut marsh]

same what I just did

[sonic prism]

[manic pebble]

Did you win

[proud matrix]

What are the moods of your mons?

[agile merlin]

Yes

[proud matrix]

Like, do you have two that have the same mood set or two that are opposite?

[agile merlin]

Adamant - Lax - Mild - Jolly - Lonely - Adamant

[pine badge]

🤔

[pine badge]

🤔

[proud matrix]

I noticed the one person who showed his stats and he has both a pair of the same moods and a pair that are opposite

[manic pebble]

How the heck can you tell they are adamant jolly etc

[uncut marsh]

well, my Heracross and Donphan are both -speed, + defense...

[pine badge]

So maybe it’s the same nature and not the same nature at the same time?

[uncut marsh]

adamant is just the ingames name for +atk, -specAtk, etc.

[proud matrix]

Hmm...breaks the theory then. If you have two of the same and it doesn't work for you

[uncut marsh]

now tell me which of your pcg mons are hardy, docile, bashful, quirky or serious 😏

[atomic cedar]

that's what I was thinking of when I asked earlier
'you can't see'

[proud matrix]

Yeah...that would be hidden

[atomic cedar]

but seems like a dead end

[uncut marsh]

must be the mystery mission: Battle with a quirky bug, but my neutral nature Scizor isnt quirky, its bashful 🙃

[atomic cedar]

are you

[proud matrix]

Well...the data set I'm looking of a winning team...none of them had neutral natures

[pine badge]

Perhaps?🤔

[haughty iron]

let's see if i can win...

[sonic prism]

tried double neutral and no luck.

[manic pebble]

Ive seen shuckles in some winning teams maybe suckle has something to do with it

[sonic prism]

Nah, plenty of codes without a shuckle

[haughty iron]

not no neutral natures

[sonic prism]

running any double natures that time?

[haughty iron]

yes

[sonic prism]

bleh, so much for that idea

[proud matrix]

Trying to make these ideas are destroying my teams...that and the worst starting mob keeps being put out. If they start with Carbink, I'm kinda messed up

[uncut marsh]

fun thing is I can lead with Heracross, and it basically doesnt seem to matter, bot ALWAYS swaps into Gal Weezing turn 1 xDD

[proud matrix]

Yeah, the swaps are predictable

But the problem is when I have to swap and not him

I can't get ahead of him on the swaps

[haughty iron]

i had 2 sets of dupe natures

[uncut marsh]

https://tenor.com/view/monsters-inc-mike-wazaowski-thats-it-im-out-of-ideas-out-of-ideas-ran-out-of-ideas-gif-22826867

[proud matrix]

I can't think of anything else. Same mons doesn't always work. Using all mons that have worked, doesn't work see nothing in natures, IVs, ratings or individual stats

Wow, all this really leveled up my pokebuddy though, level 51

[haughty iron]

have we looked at using a particular attack?

[proud matrix]

F - just missed a shiny with an ultraball

Only a Sizzlepede, but still

We have the battle codes...nothing stuck out

[pine badge]

😭

[clever token]

Did I miss what the ??? for fantasy balls was? I scrolled through almost this entire chat since the challenge dropped 😅

[sullen osprey]

same

[manic pebble]

Havent figured it out yet

[somber gust]

I havent unlocked it and used bug pokemon that was caught during event and beat it twice and didnt unlock the mission

[atomic cedar]

thread not locked = not solved

[proud matrix]

Some people have just gotten it and we still have no idea why it doesn't work for others

[manic pebble]

Yeah we tried many things and it don’t work with all event mons it has to do with something likes move or the mons points

[proud matrix]

Or something we didn't think of.

[manic pebble]

I think it’s got to do with moves or winning within a certain amount of moves

[hardy dragon]

Is it possible the team all has to have been caught in Sport Balls?

[stuck dust]

Im guessing no hints been given this gotten me stumped

[somber gust]

not yet, Jonas said maybe tomorrow if we havent figured it out

[clever token]

Jonas said something along the lines of "maybe it has to do with what you don't see", when referring to people who watched the replays of successful tries.

[somber gust]

it is not sport balls, just got the mission with the team I have

[lavish pagoda]

What was your team?

[somber gust]

Nincada, ribombee, sizzlipede, scizor, armaldo, leavanny

but there points from the bug catch were under 30 points

i had one that was 51 and it didnt do the mission, i put the same mon in but with points under 30 and won and got the mission

I think I have the mission figured out

[echo burrow]

no the first people do to it had very high points in their team

and the avg, and range of points of every working team was way to different

[gaunt hazel]

We still not worked this out. Lol

[somber gust]

well that was the only thing i changed between the two wins

[echo burrow]

yeh some people changed out 1 mon of their team it worked they changed it with another it didnt one of them even got it counting with 1 mon without any points

[frail copper]

Someone got it with a Donphan in their team, someone else got it with an Aegislash

[balmy river]

Which week were they all caught? Maybe it has to be only from week two?

[frail copper]

No, the Donphan was an old one

[echo burrow]

did everyone that got it use an event scizor? 😄

ok thats good

cuz i dont have one

[frail copper]

That would be way too limiting

[somber gust]

3 were from first week and 3 were from this week

[frail copper]

Keep in mind the mystery missions have to be achievable by practically anyone

[balmy river]

Did everyone use 1 female and 5 male?

[somber gust]

yes i did

my scizor was female

[shut kayak]

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[somber gust]

the 3 from first week and 3 from second week may be an interesting idea to look into

[atomic cedar]

what if someone sold all from week 1

[shut kayak]

someone already completed the mission with only ones caught since Nov 4th

[atomic cedar]

ye so that's a no

[somber gust]

ok

most of the post they all have a scizor in there team

[shut kayak]

this was one successful team without a scizor: THANFR got credit, and had aegislash, 9 on heracross, 41 on scolipede, 14 on crustle, 39 on drapion, 46 on Armaldo

just saying we've been over this 🙂

[somber gust]

ok then I am not sure then

[atomic cedar]

^ we all

[lavish pagoda]

Has anyone done it WITHOUT event mons on the team?

[shut kayak]

yes 2 or 3 have had one outlier that was not an event mon, but so far all successful ones had 5 event mons

[somber gust]

D6GC42 this is my code if you want to look at my battle

[gaunt hazel]

Could it be with event mons that have a total less than so many points?

on average I mean

[shut kayak]

so far the successful teams have wide spreads of point totals

[echo burrow]

no first 2 people had 41 and 21 avg and i tried with a 30 avg

and within their max and min range aswell

[lavish pagoda]

This is what I think it is, but I recon its between an amount, so team that points add to between 150 and 249 for example

[manic pebble]

I landed a fissure for the win all 5 event mons with the event mission kleavor and still didn’t progress

[lavish pagoda]

Its just speculation but explains why all don't need to be event mons and why matching teams don't work

[echo burrow]

already tried the point range thing tho.

nate hat 240 total points ~ teech 120 i tried with a 180 didnt work.

[brisk wadi]

Just woke up, retested Donphan team, success

[manic pebble]

I used team earlier that was 244 no progress

[frail copper]

I'll try running a female in a minute

[magic mulch]

I just woke up too with another idea, are all the mons you had on confirmed successful team caught by you or all mons you wonder traded into, I know sounds dumb but to me there's no dumb idea ( well there are some lol ) and maybe someone says something like this and it sparks another idea within someone else

[echo burrow]

ya i thought the same last night but thats not it either

[frail copper]

I can very easily come up with a dumb idea

[manic pebble]

Jonas used 5 ????? Marks earlier so I bet 5 has something to do with it

[brisk wadi]

All caught by me, the Donphan was an old ranked mon I rolled a lot, so it’s not “fresh” sets

[magic mulch]

worth a shot, thanks for checking

[uncut marsh]

what mon specifically was it that you swapped out?

[shut kayak]

Here are the scores from 4 teams:
84-11-43-17-66-21 (total 242),
16 - 36 -27 -25 - 18 - 7 (total 129),
27 - 40 - 20 - 49 - 73 - 35 (total 244) ,
9-41-14-39-46 (and no score 6th slot) (total 149)
they have all gotten credit

[manic pebble]

When was the last time there was a bug event

[uncut marsh]

do you still know the mons, too? Maybe its about a certain tier with a certain score.🤔

[ancient wharf]

So what's the mystery mission

[uncut marsh]

Sell a Shuckle

[frail copper]

Female did not do it

[balmy river]

How close were everyone's matches? I'm watching through the replay's now but did everyone lose 5 mons?

[frail copper]

@uncut marsh *obtain a shiny Shuckle

[somber gust]

Sizzlipede

[low obsidian]

IV?

[brisk wadi]

Swapped the Donphan out for a ferrothorn from September, won, progressed

[uncut marsh]

your team didnt have any C tiers in, right?

[somber gust]

Nincada 20, ribombee 13, sizzlipede 14, Sizor (f) 11, Armaldo 24, Leavanny 11

Mine had C tiers in it

[uncut marsh]

yes, thats why I was asking Nate

[shut kayak]

@cunning dirge would have to tell you which of the first two apply to his teams he posted, but the 3rd and 4th lists are these.
#1225607503434223647 message
THANFR got credit, and had aegislash, 9 on heracross, 41 on scolipede, 14 on crustle, 39 on drapion, 46 on Armaldo

[atomic cedar]

actually has anyone tried to beat it with bugs and leave 6th slot empty

[shut kayak]

yes, mrtech did and it failed with only 5

[brisk wadi]

Correct, none of my successful teams have iirc

[somber gust]

Sizzlipede I switched out for another Sizzlipede, the only difference was that the Sizzlipede that was in first had a score of 51 and the one I switched it to had a score of 26

and the scores of the 6 mons was only 107 total

when I had the higher sizzlipede , i didn't progress but once i switched to the lower one, I progressed

what if the scores have to be under 150 total when they are added up

[shut kayak]

Reminder:

Here are the scores from 4 teams:
84-11-43-17-66-21 (total 242),
16 - 36 -27 -25 - 18 - 7 (total 129),
27 - 40 - 20 - 49 - 73 - 35 (total 244) ,
9-41-14-39-46 (and no score 6th slot) (total 149)
they have all gotten credit

[somber gust]

ok nevermind

[uncut marsh]

in the other post you said the new sizzlipede was 14, which of the two scores is right?

[gloomy swift]

A question regarding the winners: If they tried to win a second time with the same team, they got another point in the mission (2/1), right?

[echo burrow]

yes

they also started switching some mons out, sometimes they did get credit sometimes not

[frail copper]

I made a team full of low score mons and it did the trick

[uncut marsh]

what was your highest and what your lowest?

[shut kayak]

please share details (pic of team and which numbers) to help us add to the data

[frail copper]

I had 7/15/38/0/24/18

[shut kayak]

I think your team is the first one I've seen complete the ??? mission without an A tier

[somber gust]

the new Sizzlipede IV was 14, the score was 26, sorry for the mixup

[brisk wadi]

Won and progressed with a c-tier!… oh hi baked

[frail copper]

That's right, I'm just that good

[olive raven]

Now I just have to find 6 low-point mons that won't all get 1-shot by the damn bee

[lavish pagoda]

Are those trying trying to beat zigzag team or stadium??

[frail copper]

Zig

[brisk wadi]

Same

[lavish pagoda]

Do we know it has to be for zig?

Has anyone done it in stadium?

[frail copper]

We're just assuming since last week had to be done on Krabby's

[lavish pagoda]

See this could be a downfall. The assuming

[brisk wadi]

I did a stadium, with a “known” winning team, no progress

[frail copper]

To assume is to make an "ass" out of "u" and "me"

[lavish pagoda]

Hahaha exactly lol

Someone who got it should use the same team in stadium and see if they get 2/1

[manic pebble]

I did the whole donphan from 22 thing with scores under 107 and it didn’t work I’m thinking there might be something to having a score of zero maybe?

[frail copper]

But I can flex by beating Zig with those ass mons lol

[lavish pagoda]

I've not even tried yet

[frail copper]

Let me do that rq

[brisk wadi]

I did

[winter zenith]

#1225607503434223647 message

[lavish pagoda]

Yeah but if its point related. The points would be different...

Oh has @brisk wadi got the mission done?? And then used same team in stadium?

[uncut marsh]

still not working...

[brisk wadi]

I did a stadium with a team that had progressed against zig, I got no progress

[lavish pagoda]

I see, ok, my bad

[frail copper]

@lavish pagoda well I just did it with no results

[frail copper]

Probably the Ninjask being too high

Or simply the overall points being too high

[uncut marsh]

and yet there are teams with 70+ who succeeded...

[frail copper]

Then it's the overall

[echo burrow]

we had teams with an overall of 248 win

[uncut marsh]

#1225607503434223647 message

[lavish pagoda]

This is what I think

[dark scroll]

What are the scores from?

[echo burrow]

we had teams ranging from 120-248 win i did it with a full team and total score of 180 and no prog

[brisk wadi]

Event pokemon bug catching score

Ickaman had a 300+ score iirc and no progress

[lavish pagoda]

So jonas said its something we can't see.... what else can't we see from a list of teams. I believe nature has been ruled out....

[clever token]

points. IV. level. ball type.

[frail copper]

Weight?

Size?

[uncut marsh]

weight and size are fix for each mon, and copying teams didnt work

[frail copper]

I suppose so

[brisk wadi]

Ball type😬

[uncut marsh]

well, ball... none of the mons I used are in sport ball... do winning teams always contain a sport ball mon...?

[uncut marsh]

was old sizzlipede in whatever ball and replacement sizzlipede in sport ball?

[lavish pagoda]

Do the teams that worked all have an evo line??

I'm just trying to think out the box

Wait can't be that

Or replications would work

[uncut marsh]

yeah, but this is a box you can copy with building the same team again, which didnt work

[lavish pagoda]

Yeah I corrected my self. I'm sowwi!!

[brisk wadi]

I had a couple sports ball mons

[dark scroll]

All my bugs suck

[frail copper]

Among the mons I swapped in the team to make it work there was a Sport ball'd mon 🤔

[dark scroll]

I just used a sport ball caught pokemon . Nothing

[brisk wadi]

I had three sports ball mons, and they were breaking points when I swapped them out🤔

[dark scroll]

Breaking points?

[lavish pagoda]

Be so funny if its something like points scored must total an odd number for example something really random

We have had troll missions before. Nothing would surprise me any more

[dark scroll]

What do you mean points scored ?

[shut kayak]

each event mon you catch has a score under the moves randomly

[lavish pagoda]

When a caught bug during event has an amount of points attached

[somber gust]

the old Sizzlipede was in an ultra ball, the new Sizzlipede was in a sports ball

[shut kayak]

and yes, so far even and odd number teams have won credit, and with a wide range. #1225607503434223647 message

[somber gust]

4 of my pokemon were in different balls, only 2 were in sport balls

[brisk wadi]

Succeeded with two non event mons, I’m thinking 3+ sportsball

[weary lark]

Replaced my Aegislash blade from THANFR run with a Corviknight, and it registered progress. So there seems to be at least 1 free slot.

I had 4 sport balls in both runs.

[uncut marsh]

looks a lot like its 2 sports balls, then

[frail copper]

But Lapras didn't change the amount of sport balls in the 2 runs

[weary lark]

It could be something like at least x sport balls.

[uncut marsh]

"I had four in both runs" - 4 is more than 2 🙃

[frail copper]

I'll check the team I used

[uncut marsh]

and, well, yeah, I mean "at least 2 sport ball", of course, not exactly two

[brisk wadi]

Do we have any successful 2 sport ball runs?

[frail copper]

I had only 1 sport ball

[uncut marsh]

check out what captmarvel wrote; Didnt have progress with one Sizzlipede (ultraball), then swapped to another and succeeded. The other Sizzlipede was in sport ball and lead to a total of two sport balls in the team

[agile merlin]

My successful team: 3 x Netball, 2 x Ultraball and 1 Quickball

[uncut marsh]

https://tenor.com/view/no-the-office-michael-scott-scream-gif-16929305

[brisk wadi]

4x specialty balls?

[lavish pagoda]

I was gonna say specialty balls

[scenic phoenix]

Won with this team. 5 event bug mon and 1 random mon but didn’t get the credit

This team has 2 sport balls also

Scizor and Nincada

[brisk wadi]

Any other specialty balls?

[scenic phoenix]

2 sport balls, 2 ultra balls, 1 heavy ball and 1 fast ball

[brisk wadi]

That is four specialty balls again

[weary lark]

3 sport balls, corvi in pokeball from weekly, crustle great ball, Ferro ultraball. Gave progress

[uncut marsh]

two sport ball win with Aegislash in team... no success

[weary lark]

I'll try 2 sports balls next

[uncut marsh]

well, my Pinsir is also friend ball, Scizor magnet ball, Heracross Ultra and Aegislash Shield Ultra Cherish

[brisk wadi]

4 different balls?

[ember dust]

someone tested with 5 mons only on team instead sex six?

[brisk wadi]

Yes Mr techh did last night, no success

[shut kayak]

nope, someone posted this above, so only 3 types
KipVII
MAUL
— 7:33 AMSaturday, November 8, 2025 7:33 AM
My successful team: 3 x Netball, 2 x Ultraball and 1 Quickball

[agile merlin]

Maybe it is something like „use x bugmoves“?

[brisk wadi]

Doubtful most of my bug moves are terrible. I never click them.

[severe kite]

This mystery mission is taking surprisingly long to solve

[weary lark]

Replaced sport ball scolipede with ultraball Scizor, did not get progress.

[severe kite]

Can i get a quick rundown on what is the current idea people are trying?

[weary lark]

I'm trying ball type combos.

Trying to see if it's something like "at least 3 of the same kind of specialty(?) balls"

Since 3 net balls also succeeded

[tough meteor]

I want to know how can I get the pokémon event? What can I do I don't know what's the mystery about the mission can anybody help me

[alpine tide]

We're currently trying to solve what the mission is. it has not yet been discovered

[weary lark]

The event is ongoing, you don't have to do anything special. Catching event pokemons does progress the event missions that gives you stuff. @tough meteor #announcements message

[balmy river]

Yeah 3x pokeball, 1 cherish, 1 cipher, 1 Safari didn't do it, so maybe it's just with at least 4/5 not in pokeballs.

[brisk wadi]

3x the same specialty ball could still be valid iirc

Checking your balls is such a pain though

[alpine tide]

Meaning using mons that were caught by 3x the same specialty ball?

[brisk wadi]

Yes

[alpine tide]

I'm terrible at battles, so there's no way I'm gonna win this with just random caught pokemon 🙁

[wanton oasis]

leaning towards the 3 of one special ball.. 3 sport, 1 poke, 2 ultra ball team just triggered it

[brisk wadi]

For you?

[wanton oasis]

yup, i just removed 3 mons and added 3 sport ball mons.. 2 of which were babies lol

top row all sport balls

[uncut marsh]

three times friend ball, no progress...

[brisk wadi]

It would also be doable by most because if premier balls potentially 🤔

[brisk wadi]

Lowest amount of bugs though👀

[alpine tide]

gonna try fast, ultra, premier, sport, sport, sport. I'll let you know in 7 hours when I win. (I assume you'd have to win the challenge to progress?)

[brisk wadi]

So far yes

[wanton oasis]

my whole bottom row was not this event.. so idk if that info helps. the top were all sports so def this event

my alts dont have good mons in speciality balls that i can see yet, can try alts too

[uncut marsh]

all three friend balls I used were bugs caught during event

[wanton oasis]

if alt can find team they'll try not sports ball to try to get variety and 2 of my alts havent even been this event except for battles so if the other two can without event mons too lol

[brisk wadi]

@wanton oasis what were the points on your 3 bugs?

[wanton oasis]

16, 1, 37

[brisk wadi]

Maybe three event bug types in the same specialty ball?

[weary lark]

Blitz tried 3 friend balls on event bugs, but that didn't work

[wanton oasis]

my alt might be useless... everything is in ultras xD

[scenic phoenix]

i think i figured it out

[upbeat nacelle]

Paus

[wind jasper]

slum. is typing...

[scenic phoenix]

first team didnt work 2 sport balls, 2 ultra, 1 heavy, 1 fast ball.
second team gave progress i swapped in skorupi and had 3 sport balls, 1 ultra, 1 heavy, 1 fast ball.
using 5 bug event mons and 1 random mon (rampardos) in both tries, only thing that changed was the balls. maybe its 3 sport balls and 3 other specialty balls or 4 total specialty ball types.

[wanton oasis]

as a curve ball, my alt tried 3 safari balls and yeah def not 3 of any speciality ball, dont judge 3 safari was easiest to find on that acct xD

[alpine tide]

Sounds like this mission isn't for me. I've lost 3 battles in a row now, so I can't even test what works or doesn't

[scenic phoenix]

someone else try the combo of 3 sport balls and 3 other specialty balls please and see if that gives progress. idk if it has to be paired with 5 bug event mons or not but that worked for me

[lavish pagoda]

It's OK I lost mine too

[wanton oasis]

my 3 sport balls that triggered it only had 3 bugs and no other specialty ball, just poke and 2 ultra.. which i dont think poke, great, and ultra are specialty

[uncut marsh]

FINALLY

[scenic phoenix]

it could just be 3 sport balls

or 3 sport balls and 3 different types of balls

[brisk wadi]

We’ve had some zero sport ball success apparently

[uncut marsh]

upper row all sport balls. Also put a sport ball lead on purpose

[scenic phoenix]

oh yeah my lead was a sport ball as well

[wanton oasis]

has anyone done it no 3 sports ball, or all 3 sports ball so far?

[uncut marsh]

(Skarmory premierball, Gengar Repeatball, Aegislash Ultra Cherish Ball)

[alpine tide]

It has been successful using 3 net ball and no sport ball

[scenic phoenix]

3 sport balls on bug types maybe

[stiff cradle]

[brisk wadi]

Has three sport balls ever failed?

[frail copper]

People already got it without sport ball

And I completed it with a single one

[atomic cedar]

give hint

[frail copper]

The cookie is the hint

[stiff cradle]

Hint = it's not the one I mentioned, so I have no idea

[winter zenith]

Tell us what yours is so we can rule it out

[wanton oasis]

wait.. i ate cookies earlier and havent tried the mystery until after those cookies were consumed..

maybe it was the cookies and not 3 sports balls

[wind jasper]

Perform a pokedaily then attempt kill

[scenic phoenix]

This team failed:
Scizor (Sport Ball)
Scolipede (Fast Ball)
Crustle (Heavy Ball)
Nincada (Sport Ball)
Pineco (Ultra Ball)
Rampardos (Ultra Ball)
All I did was swap Pineco (Ultra Ball) for Skorupi (Sport Ball) and got progress. What else could be the difference here?

[old crescent]

I think Beli is onto something, I havent had a cookie today and I dont have the mission completion

[uncut marsh]

I didnt have cookies today, though

[stiff cradle]

I tried as soon as it came out

[wanton oasis]

but 3 safari ball, 1 cherish ball, 2 ultra ball team failed again.. and made sure 3 of em were bugs

[uncut marsh]

you also used a sport ball lead, right?

[alpine tide]

Maybe it's JUST 3 sport or net because bugs

[scenic phoenix]

Yes Scizor was my lead

[uncut marsh]

the friend ball x3 combo that failed me didnt have a friend ball lead

[wanton oasis]

i can change my 3 sport team for 3 net, the bottom row of no speciality carries the team anyways lol

[alpine tide]

someone was successful with 3 net ball, so maybe as long as you have at least 3 sport or at least 3 net, that's the solution

[wanton oasis]

~~ pending i didnt sell all my netball mons for the extrsa $200 from net~~

[alpine tide]

people seem to be failing with 3 of other specialty balls

[wanton oasis]

can we get a changelog adding speciality ball filter for no particular reason at all

[alpine tide]

lol

[frail copper]

Wait you know what would actually be useful?

[ember dust]

defeat with just 1 pokemon caughted with sport ball, wimpod, not worked. will try with 3

[frail copper]

Being able to search names while also having a command in the search bar, like for example "!b 505 metro"

[ember dust]

wimpod lead

[frail copper]

All my mons with "metro" in the name that are 505 or under would show up

[ember dust]

are a way to filter by ball type caught?

[frail copper]

Nop

[wanton oasis]

top row swapped from all sport to all net, ticked up to 2

[twin pumice]

could it be 3 sport/net and 3 ordinary?

[alpine tide]

Might just be "at least 3" sort of deal, because the other 3 have been random

[wanton oasis]

it didnt count when i only had 2 sport ball btw

[weary lark]

My original try that worked had 4 sports balls. So we suspect is some kind of "at least 3".

[twin pumice]

see i said it was to do with the balls and nobody believed me 🙃

[uncut marsh]

are all of the netballs still event time catches?

[atomic cedar]

imagine still having net/sport mons

[wanton oasis]

and my alt that hasnt used a single sport ball cant get it with 3 safari.. gotta pray that alt has 3 non event net to see if its event net/sport or any net

[alpine tide]

So "Beat ZigZagClaw's Challenge using pokemon caught with at least 3 sport balls or 3 net balls" ?

[wanton oasis]

yup, the first 3 nets i found

[hasty knot]

Would it be anything to do with sport ball catches though? People may have already used all sport balls, and sold pokes caught in them

[twin pumice]

that's the best guess now i think

[uncut marsh]

then question remains if it also works for outside event netball catches

[wanton oasis]

whjy you think i had to use babies lol

yup, but the hard part is finding non event nets with how often i sell

[uncut marsh]

I've failed more than enough attempts without 3 sport balls used, the very first attempt with three sport balls I did I intentionally used three other mons that have nothing to do with the event whatsoever and got the progress.

[balmy river]

4QAK3N

[uncut marsh]

and the fact that netball also works kinda makes up for sport ball limitations, though we did get quite a bunch of them and event announcement mentioned that keeping our event catches makes sense.

[wanton oasis]

my bottom 3 is non event, was just wondering if the aspect of 3 sport/net had to be also event or not

[balmy river]

Just got it with this team

[wanton oasis]

but i guess it also being net might hint non event help\

[balmy river]

Top row all sportball bottom row all pokeball

[atomic cedar]

it said to keep high rated ones

[twin pumice]

balls would explain why

• copying the same team doesn't work (different balls)
• people swapped in and out and it worked only 50% of the time (they unintentionally changed the balls)

[wanton oasis]

this.. the speciality ball added $200 and it being low rated was my ok good to sell xD

[ember dust]

confirmed. defeat zigzagclaw with 3 mons caughted with sport ball 505 bst or lower. XPKE8J

[twin pumice]

nice

[wanton oasis]

My safari balls not working on alt does narrow it down to just sport/net, safari had similar usage to net/sport when they were out lol

[brisk wadi]

Have 3x not bug specific balls worked?

[twin pumice]

sport/net i think

[atomic cedar]

that can't be it

[wide gale]

i just got it and only had 2 sport balls

[alpine tide]

well 505 or lower is irrelevant since that's a requirement for the challenge

[wanton oasis]

was there a net ball mixed in?

[wide gale]

yeh 1 @wanton oasis

all 3 in top row it that matters

[alpine tide]

so at least 3 pokemon caught with a sport ball or net ball

[wide gale]

and i did lead the sport ball

[wanton oasis]

2 sport+1 net? so 3 and can mix and match?

[winter zenith]

Completed. 2 sports 1 netball

[scenic phoenix]

we’re finally getting somewhere

[wanton oasis]

i can mix mine and test

[alpine tide]

"Defeat ZigZagClaw's Challenge using at least 3 pokemon caught with a sport ball or net ball"

[wanton oasis]

okay so this is rolling so far

[ember dust]

3 sport, 1 timer, 1 ultra 1 cherish

[olive raven]

Why can't it just be, "lose miserably 22 times" 🤣

[balmy river]

So 3 event mons caught in sport or net balls then

[weary lark]

Lead with specialty ball doesn't seem to be required, just won leading ultraball Scizor

[wide gale]

this team

[alpine tide]

did we confirm they have to be event mons?

[pastel summit]

Perhaps it is use pokemon caught this event?

[ember dust]

look, will try with 2 sport ball, if not progress we can confirm is 3

[winter zenith]

Someone try a team with 3 event pokemon caught in something other than sport/net to make sure it's definitely tied to the ball?

[north pulsar]

i finally got it with 6 bugs: 3 sport, 2 ultra, 1 stone

[alpine tide]

2 sport ball doesn't work unless 1 other pokemon is a net ball

[wanton oasis]

my 1st attempt was 2 sport 0 net, it didnt work, since 3 sport worked, 3 net worked

[weary lark]

Blitz tried 3 friend ball on bug event catches, didn't work

[brisk wadi]

Also, somebody try with a bug like Pokémon in a sport ball

[winter zenith]

Cool

[wanton oasis]

and i tried 3 safari

[balmy river]

Maybe it's just with three mons in balls made for catching bugs

[winter zenith]

I had slugma in my team

[atomic cedar]

if so then i require more sport/netballs

[uncut marsh]

didnt lead with one, in case that matters, I dont think so.

[atomic cedar]

[pastel summit]

So use 3+ pokemon against zig zaw that were caught with bug boosted balls?

[uncut marsh]

okay, xBy just did it on stream with a netball mon that was caught before the event, so doesnt need to be event catches.

[brisk wadi]

Also, a water type in a netball might be worth testing

[wanton oasis]

i think it just sport/net since those are for bugs this event.. my alt's safari failed(2024), although safari was for bug, wasnt this event

[wanton oasis]

oh right, i didnt think about water lol

[alpine tide]

So how do we get the confirmed thingy? We know what works 100% of the time now

[uncut marsh]

So its

"Beat ZigZag AI with a team that contains at least three sport- and / or netball catches"

[pastel summit]

Is there even a search for that? !ball net

[alpine tide]

no

[pastel summit]

Sadness

[alpine tide]

you can probably do one of those deemon points redeems for a spreasheet of your mons and write a filter that way

[winter zenith]

Start by checking your water and bug pokemon under 505

[alpine tide]

need 50k points though

[upbeat nacelle]

Oh my that is a bit....

[uncut marsh]

Donphan / Mudsdale, Corviknight / Skarmory + a third carrier cover the team pretty well, so just going down by recent should let you find some fillers in sport and net balls also pretty quickly.

[stuck dust]

Mission chat still open so I don't think we figured it out

[winter zenith]

Don't forget Ferro. Walls like 5/6

[uncut marsh]

maybe just donphan and mudsdale together + either corvi or skarm

[alpine tide]

i never use net balls, and I just went a little nuts recently using sport balls so I could find 3 that way somewhat easily

[cunning dirge]

All my combos had at a combo of 3 net and sport balls

[uncut marsh]

needs a mod to see it being solved and agree with the solution to get closed

[brisk wadi]

We’re just working on confirmation

[alpine tide]

We're more just waiting for a mod to confirm, I think. We've already done the working

[scenic phoenix]

hopefully

[echo burrow]

seems right tho just did it with 2 sport 1 net 3 random and also counted

[uncut marsh]

mods dont know the solution either, afaik

[alpine tide]

How would they know when to close it?

[uncut marsh]

when enough people confirmed that it works xD

[alpine tide]

makes sense lol

[twin pumice]

i'm trying rn, just lost to 30% chance lol

[atomic cedar]

someone tag Jonas

[alpine tide]

Honestly, I don't even care about the fantasy balls, I just wanna beat the challenge and get the PCG dude

[scenic phoenix]

he was here not that long ago, he reacted to one of my messages

[atomic cedar]

I mean for win you can just use whatevs

ofc in bst limit

[cunning dirge]

Its right

[alpine tide]

Yeah, I just had that revelation Ewaari

like "what am I even doing?!"

[cunning dirge]

This team no work 4 ultra balls

[upbeat nacelle]

chat any moves that work well against the ai cause it has been decimating me....

[atomic cedar]

destiny bond ninjask eating mega bee

[cunning dirge]

I have so many mons in net balls and sport balls. If I had used this sirskit last night I mightve gotten it

Gg yall

[twin pumice]

i'm so glad i caught a ninjask in a sprot ball

[scenic phoenix]

accelrock/high horsepower rampardos kills like 4 of the mons for me

[twin pumice]

yea accelrock is great for mega bee

[cunning dirge]

Just wanted the answer bro

[stuck dust]

9PHBMK I didn't get it

[torpid raptor]

Nidoqueen and king with rollout helped me a lot. Since most are weak to ground

[wanton oasis]

for reassurance, i added a netball water type from before event(azumarill).. netball water mons also count since someone asked to try it.

[feral condor]

I did it with this team

[robust loom]

worked for me

[full sleet]

is it even possible to filter by ball type?

[upbeat nacelle]

okay will try that thanks

[scenic phoenix]

everyone confirm if you used a total of 3 sport/net balls

[upbeat nacelle]

okay thanks!!

[vale ingot]

Netball, sportball, sportball

[feral condor]

I had 3 net balls on my team

[upbeat nacelle]

i am going to do 3 net balls and try win...

[cunning dirge]

All of my 9 successes had at least 3 sport or net

When I didnt have them I lost

[wanton oasis]

that's quite a realistic costume scyther is wearing

[full sleet]

i probably have like 1 sports/net ball mon for every 100 ultra mons. i'm not gonna find them 😄

[twin pumice]

if you have that many ultras you probably don't need the 15 fantasy balls xD

[full sleet]

yeah well, i pretty much exclusively throw ultras since forever lol

[wanton oasis]

there's still overr a day to catch in new sport/net.. you dont even need a team of 6 good mons to beat it.. i kept beating it with 3 mons i barely used.

[atomic cedar]

new spoet/net, I don't have any left xD

[wanton oasis]

i question when you have anything in general xD

[atomic cedar]

https://tenor.com/view/okay-sounds-good-jim-halpert-the-office-good-point-gif-15818320620194911396

[full sleet]

that's true... i'll try catching 3 A/B tiers then, should do the trick

[brisk wadi]

Stick a fork in ‘er, she done, progress

[full sleet]

3 good ones.

[hasty knot]

The trouble becomes if people were selling as they caught to continue funding catching the event mons and have used sport balls

[brisk wadi]

3water net balls

[wanton oasis]

I will say, corvi/skarmory and minior are 2 mons that are strong if you have enough sport/net mons and cant get the win

[full sleet]

why don't we have !ball filter to make things easier?

[scenic phoenix]

either way the reward is 15 fantasy balls, its not that big a deal if you cant complete it for whatever reason

[wanton oasis]

to punish people like me who sell most mons in speciality balls for extra mon it gives and had to scavanger hunt for not sold

[cunning dirge]

Me and that beedrill went the distance oml

[hasty knot]

The search definitely needs expanding to allow balls, bst plus names and more

[cunning dirge]

19/24

[full sleet]

and the punishment's working very well

[upbeat nacelle]

i have 3 phermosa from that one legendary weekend where they constantly kept spawning and i caught them using net balls (the only mons which i have caught using net balls) sooo i cant even do it lol well next time ig

[alpine tide]

someone sign into my account and beat the AI for me, like a big brother playing the boss on Nintendo... lol

[old crescent]

Just faced a meta team at 1250 mmr, time to quit the game for another year again

[granite crypt]

I went to sleep and y’all still haven’t figured it out I’m not mad just disappointed

[atomic cedar]

oh they have apparently

[alpine tide]

it's figured out, just not confirmed

[atomic cedar]

just needs dev confirmation

[scenic phoenix]

lmao

[atomic cedar]

"Beat ZigZag AI with a team that contains at least three sport- and / or netball catches"

[granite crypt]

Well don’t keep me in suspense what’s y’all’s idea

[sterile sail]

what is the mission?

[alpine tide]

"Beat ZigZagClaw's Challenge with a team of at least 3 pokemon caught using a sport ball and/or net ball"

[granite crypt]

BRB I’ll try

[atomic cedar]

I still don't trust that

[olive raven]

I picked 3 random mons caught with net balls and it worked. 😎👍

[cunning dirge]

Its a pretty rough challenge to discover at 1 am

My brain was fried

[brisk wadi]

Why the skepticism?

[alpine tide]

I don't typically battle except against Easy Stadium to get weekly missions. I can't beat 'em

[cunning dirge]

It 100% is

[sterile sail]

damn i hate this thing when i need to sort the team

[cunning dirge]

We were pretty exhaustive yesterday

[lavish pagoda]

Have we definitely ruled out stadium for it

[cunning dirge]

No

[echo burrow]

ill try

[brisk wadi]

Yes, I did easy stadium with a winning team

[echo burrow]

wait we did didnt we?

[brisk wadi]

Did not progress

[echo burrow]

ahh yeah i remember it was like 3am so i forgot

xD

[cunning dirge]

Then yes

[echo burrow]

well at least they give you half a team of mons that might be able to carry you for the mission

[cunning dirge]

Yep

[echo burrow]

with the 6 ghost mission i couldnt do it bcs i didnt even have 6 ghosts yet

[cunning dirge]

My partner couldnt either

It wasn't supposed to be a full team of 6 jonas said but it ended up being cuz I dont think they changed it

It was supposed to be ghost only

[echo burrow]

yeah then i wouldve had a chance but oh well thats what i get for being new to the pcg haha

[scenic phoenix]

beat medium stadium with my team no progress

[wanton oasis]

=======================================================
Mystery Mission 0/1: Defeat ZigZagClaw's Halloween challenge
using at least 3 pokemon caught in Sports/Net balls (can mix and match)
Reward: x15 Fantasy Ball

(just gonna leave this here... if it doesn't work please message, but until otherwise it's the answer and please move chatter to #chat to keep this thread clean until mods/devs arrive)

[desert cape]

https://tenor.com/view/turn-fish-gif-2661450688707713913

[ancient wharf]

https://tenor.com/view/search-where-looking-find-zhotcita-gif-3751959805091830836

[sinful dagger]

Being so patient.

[chrome kraken]

https://tenor.com/view/there-there-you-go-see-thats-what-you-get-hahaha-gif-17005745

https://tenor.com/view/there-it-is-sacrifice-dominiq-mayfield-thats-it-right-there-gif-26557085

[desert cape]

https://tenor.com/view/ah-shit-here-we-go-again-ah-shit-cj-gta-gta-san-andreas-gif-13933485

[sinful dagger]

Alright everyone get to work

[ember dust]

now we know the mistery mission reward, lets just wait for challenge reward and lets work

[desert cape]

and I'll go prepare for work, have fun everyone xD

[sinful dagger]

The challenge is up

[stiff cradle]

Since you all wait, here's the bee movie script

[sinful dagger]

Oh wait the reward isn't

[pine badge]

One ticket for a mystery mission!?

[ember dust]

for begin, is not miss pikachu (f) with sport ball the mistery

[sinful dagger]

At least the challenge doesn't look... ungodly this time, if it's related

[shadow crypt]

Unless it's related with the catch, here is my fight CRUKH3

[olive nova]

Just completed it as well, I lost the battle too

[sinful dagger]

Hmm

[sinful dagger]

Send code

[olive nova]

Went in with the wrong team, lost and this was the code RZW3N4

[plucky storm]

Fought and got it

[magic mulch]

Code JP3NQ4 got it for me, and I won

[grizzled hazel]

Fought and did not get it

[shut kayak]

please post battle code

[lapis sentinel]

I won and got it no idea what I did lol

[naive bramble]

Ez

[plucky storm]

LM38BQ

[stiff cradle]

Won against the bot, and got the golden ticket KLEAC7

[ember dust]

is not win with 3 pokemons caughted with fantasy ball

[plucky storm]

Sorry text is tiny on the codes now

[naive bramble]

CB7V9Y

[sinful dagger]

Is it just "fight the bot"

[lapis sentinel]

JB32MN

[sharp sapphire]

no. i fought the bot, won and didn't get it

[karmic wind]

might learn more from what DIDNT win at this point

[ember dust]

is not fight the bot. GNEXPR, i win and not got reward

[shut kayak]

comparing winning conditions for similar conditions is best way to find the common condition for success

[sonic prism]

One fight, one win, one mission complete: HUF9XP

[ember dust]

lets see it

[sinful dagger]

Except that folks have gotten it without winning

[shut kayak]

winning being completing the ??? mission, not winning fight

[plucky storm]

I’ve got it on my alt now, 2MJDWA, way worse than my main battle

[olive nova]

Just to chalk some stuff off the list, I beat it with my code previously posted, none of my Pokemon were caught In special balls and 3 Pokémon were event mon types throughout the whole team, only one being of a type for this week

[plucky storm]

Wait a refresh is showing a shimmering stone now

[tired knoll]

XDTY7J

Got it after this battle, might not be battle related though

[somber radish]

i dont trust you anymore

[ruby sluice]

I beat Fins team with my ranked team and finished the mystery mission..
Maybe it's just challenge Fin?

[karmic wind]

i got the mission by losing to fins challenge with a team that i have been using for years, so it is not related to anything caught during this event

[sonic prism]

Only thing I did between learning about the mission and getting it was the AI battle. I looked at the mission, saw new mission, then swapped to my ranked team and fought and beat the AI.

[stiff cradle]

If it's mons related, this was my team

[ember dust]

for like i concern, i think is something about get 1 status effect

[sonic prism]

My team. Only status type effect I can think of is a speed reduction from Electroweb.

[grizzled hazel]

No idea what exactly did it, but got it as well now: HR3XN2

[grizzled hazel]

Had that in my first battle as well. And also a burn. Both didn't trigger battle 1.

[steep heart]

MA92C7 won this and got it

[ruby sluice]

I just won from fin so can we assume it's just a challenge Fin mission?

[magic mulch]

Could it be on catch a certain level, the Pika I caught was level 48 and the Sharpedo was Level 41, so maybe catch over Level 40 mon for the Mystery Mission?

[somber radish]

no i beat it and didnt get it

[prisma ermine]

anyone get it from a non fin mission?

[sinful dagger]

Already been disproven

[ember dust]

beat with a ghost dark fairy on team?

[somber radish]

nope just got sharpedo and didnt get it it was level 40 and higher

[ruby sluice]

I did nothing else then battling so 🤷🏻‍♀️
Didn't do anything different then how I normally battle..

[grizzled hazel]

My Sharpedo was 34

[somber radish]

its something battle related

[idle lion]

No idea how i did it as well, but I used a mostly older team that had nothing to do with the event other than dark types with this code UYNEGZ and this team

[steep heart]

Is it survive a v-create

[olive nova]

The people who beat it and didn’t get it, did you have either a bug, dark or fairy type on your team?

[karmic wind]

did they give code?... if someone who did not get it did status move we can eliminate that... etc.

[ember dust]

the missions winners was already before of sharpedo, so 100% not related caught or modify pokemons

[somber radish]

i did not have none of these

[sonic prism]

This battle got a second progress: MUVXPT

[ruby sluice]

I didn't even catch Sharpedo or throw at it

[tired knoll]

Valid

[olive nova]

Try putting any one type on your team and see if it works maybe? Everyone posting their teams that have done it so far have had at least one of the event types on their team

[somber radish]

so it might be bring a dark bug fairy type...its the only thing im seeing consistent

after looking at the codes and teams

[prisma ermine]

if it is, you need to win the fight

[somber gust]

Yeah I used electroweb and didnt get credit for the mystery mission

[ember dust]

i guarante is not bug or fairy, used koko and golisopod and not work

[grizzled hazel]

Illumise was with me in battle 1 as well

There I didn't get it

[severe anchor]

Had a Grimsnarl on my team and didn't get the mystery mission

[ruby sluice]

My team + code like I said didn't do anything weird just battled like a rank match

[somber radish]

wait

[steep heart]

I kind of wonder if its "have one mon survive a v-create from darm"

[crisp minnow]

4CWXG2 dunno what I did, but after this battle I had completed the mystery mission.

[grizzled hazel]

Could be possible

[somber radish]

i see flying as a common type too

[sonic prism]

I mean, that's a solid theory

[steep heart]

Could be but im just throwing an idea lol idk if its actually that

[versed mountain]

BMFV8H also got it
none were caught this event
jolt: pokeball from weekly; toge: ultra from wt; flutter: ultra; darkrai: ultra; magne: ultra from wt; arch: ultra from wt

[ruby sluice]

I did u turn into a pokemon that could tank V create so idk

[steep heart]

Fair

[somber radish]

i think it might be bring a flying mon hold on

[crisp minnow]

I one hit died to v create, so....

[winter zenith]

Beat it with this team
NEY8RA

[wide gale]

hacker

[ember dust]

is not flying. used archeops and not count

[grizzled hazel]

I also had a non tanking it. Dragonite I believe.

[olive nova]

It’s not a flying mon sadly, beat it on my alt with a corv

Also not survive v create

[crisp mountain]

It's not status, stat drop or flying mon

[sonic prism]

I also used U turn and separately survived a V create in both battles

[plucky storm]

One of my wins was not flying

[sonic prism]

Did you also win the fight with V create survival?

[ember dust]

either is use switch move, first win was with flip turn and not count

[steep heart]

Hmm...

[ruby sluice]

Let's wait on PML to see if it is flying types

[olive nova]

Yeah my rotom heat lived v create on my alt but didn’t get it

[prisma ermine]

its not flying mons

[steep heart]

That was my next idea bc i used dragon tail at some point

[sharp spoke]

hey that's my line

[copper seal]

I also completed the mission with this team played normal if it was ranked.

[idle lion]

Same team as before, medium bot battle (not flins) this code 29TBLD

[plucky storm]

I had 2 dark and a bug on one team and just one fairy on another as far as type stuff

[somber gust]

I have aerodactyl on my team and used an flying move and didnt get credit

[crisp minnow]

4CWXG2 first mon one hit died to v create, so, it's not tank it.

[severe anchor]

Survived a crit v-create and won, didn't complete mission

[somber radish]

nvm no flying

[steep heart]

Bring a Ghost type?

[ruby sluice]

Who here that completed the mystery mission used a Switch move like me and @sonic prism

[winter zenith]

I did not use a switch move and completed it

[idle lion]

@ruby sluice no switch moves here

[sharp spoke]

I completed mission, no switch move

[versed mountain]

i did not use a switch move

[sharp spoke]

JNBUZV

[grizzled hazel]

I didn't had any and I got it

[crisp minnow]

No switch.

[steep heart]

Ah alr

[ruby sluice]

Okay

[tropic night]

got it with this team Y4VWME

[limber burrow]

ZPQH8T got the ticket before i even saw the mission so idk

[stiff cradle]

LOL

[tired knoll]

XDTY7J

This team, this code, 1 point of credit in Mystery

[sharp spoke]

I went 3 dark 3 fairy, might be some combo of those

[steep heart]

None of these are consistent leads and its so annoying

[ruby sluice]

Did we all brought a Fairy and dark? So at least one?

[winter zenith]

No fairy on my team

[idle lion]

Who all used a self stat drop move or recoil?

[steep heart]

I had just dark

[ruby sluice]

Thanks @prisma ermine like you read my mind haha

[sonic prism]

No fairy or dark for me, only ghost and bug

[crisp minnow]

No self stat drop move here. Or recoil.

[eager hull]

7T4KVP -> Gives ticket

[cunning dirge]

I just beat it with all pokemon below 500 bst not it

[prisma ermine]

no recoil for me

[cunning dirge]

Not it

[limber burrow]

i used my ranked team

[sonic prism]

No recoil moves on my team either

[ruby sluice]

So did I

[steep heart]

Mine was my ranked team which is all above 500 so

[copper seal]

What about a prio move?

[ruby sluice]

Nop used non

[versed mountain]

no prio from me

[crisp minnow]

I used aqua jet

[sharp spoke]

I used Accelerock

[copper seal]

Ok nvm that

[steep heart]

I used shadow sneak multiple times and only had 1 so

[idle lion]

What about self drop stat moves like hammer arm?

[shell rapids]

maybe its "use your ranked team" then

[steep heart]

Unless the win itself only counts as the point

[idle lion]

I used no priority moves

[sharp spoke]

didn't use any, still got it

[steep heart]

Draining moves?

[prisma ermine]

oops, i pulled a collins, ill show myself out now
reverse everything i said because i got the other mission

[ruby sluice]

I didn use any priority moves and finished it..
Also didn't use any move that could give a status effect..

Like I said I just brought my ranked team won and pretended it was a normal ranked battle

[versed mountain]

no draining from my team

[sonic prism]

That wouldn't surprise me: do "X" in the battle AND win"

[somber radish]

dammit lou

[steep heart]

Right

[cunning dirge]

Its probably use 3 dark tyoes

[eager hull]

I had no dark types on my team

[steep heart]

I dont have more than 1 dark type

[sharp spoke]

no draining/healing on my team

[eager hull]

maybe use only attack moves?

[copper seal]

Here’s my code as well to compare possibly to see if we can find the likeness between them all. AKBRGX

[sharp spoke]

I'll go back and use same exact team, try to use different moves, and see if that helps

[olive nova]

I lost the battle and completed the mission so winning isn’t a part of it

[steep heart]

Oh?

[ruby sluice]

Pml what did you do and try so far

[ember dust]

doing a experiment, give me a moment

[cunning dirge]

If we have a lot of wins already must be pretty common or there must be a common threat

Maybe its like dont swap

Lol

[idle lion]

Apparently a few losses as well, so like... Be in a fight? XD

[idle lion]

Swapped alot, but not with swap moves

[steep heart]

Uhhh.. time for me to be elaborate with my team..

[cunning dirge]

I used an ohko and didnt get it

[ember dust]

i mean, is worked, not like i wanted but worked

[versed mountain]

it could be something deceptively simple, like have traded mons on the team?

[ember dust]

survived v-create twice but not show progress 2/1

8JXHGY

is defenetly battle, not trade, not caught, no items

[steep heart]

2 pokeballs, 3 ultraballs, 1 cherish ball on my team, my entire team is above lvl 76

[magic summit]

I just got it with this team first try dk what's special CFVGDZ . Just my ranked team lol Duraludon, seismitoad, his zoro, corvi, jolty and carbink.

[sonic prism]

V6YMJ7 Used last season's ranked team, got another mission progress

[crisp minnow]

My alt completed the mission with a mostly different team (duraludon and florges in common) - 29ZUCG

[somber radish]

okay

i know what it is

[crisp minnow]

Dragon and fairy on team?

[sinful dagger]

Ok just got it on my second try, 1/1. Won battle, used my ranked team- Annihilape, Charizard, Umbreon, Seismitoad, Dhelmise, Tinkaton- Dhelmise wasn't used in battle. Going to test again when my timer is up

F63CKW

[steep heart]

I dont have dragon

[ember dust]

team 2 ultra ball
2 ultra cherish ball
2 timer ball

[ruby sluice]

Use U-turn and Volt switch so it's a swap

[crisp minnow]

Oh.

[somber radish]

46REHC did not give me the ticket but i won

DJ7PC2 did give me the win and ticket

all i did was put a flying mon on my team

[ember dust]

flip turn not count as switch then?

[sonic prism]

My latest progress had no swap moves

[somber radish]

everyone put a flying type on your team

[steep heart]

So is it flying?

[olive nova]

I don’t think it is idk

[somber radish]

its a flying type

[cunning dirge]

I didnt get it and i had hawlucha

[tropic night]

I got it with no flying type

[prisma ermine]

but... but i falsely disproved flying 😄

[versed mountain]

maybe its a flying type move?

[crisp minnow]

Archeops was on my alt's team, and I have Gary and mandi on my main. Both completed the mission

[eager hull]

i had no flying mons and got it

[steep heart]

Making lou triple guess 😭

[cunning dirge]

I used brave bird didnt get it

[olive nova]

I lost on my main with a flying type and did it, won on my alt with a flying and didn’t get it

[somber radish]

did you win?

[ember dust]

what about bst limit?

[sharp spoke]

JNBUZV: ✅

JMW9AN: ❌

same team, so it must've been a move I clicked in the first battle but not the second

[cunning dirge]

Yes, also winning is not a victory condition

We've had people loose and get the ticket

[ember dust]

kill a pokemon with a flying move of a pokemon 540 bst or lower?

[steep heart]

Below 535 at the most

[magic mulch]

1st Win vs Fins Battle JP3NQ4 and 2nd win vs Fins battle YFH8E3 now shows 2 / 1

[sharp spoke]

I had no flying types or flying moves

[cunning dirge]

I killed with hawlucha did not get the ticket

[somber radish]

all i did was change one mon with flying slvally and i got the mission done idk