Escalation battle: Difference between revisions

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Escalation battles often feature {{pkmn2|Legendary}} and [[Mythical Pokémon]]. The cost per play is 1 Heart. Each escalation battle has a Stage Level that starts at 1 and increases every time the stage is cleared. As the Stage Level increases, the target Pokémon's base catch rate will also increase; however, the stage will gradually become more difficult as well. There is no capture bonus for any remaining moves (or seconds) in these stages. All items are available when they are applicable.  

Seventeen Pokémon have been released through escalation battle events, with the dates they've appeared, stage data, and rewards across all versions listed in the tables below. {{p|Giratina}} Altered Forme was the first escalation battle for both versions, being available from June 8 to 22, 2015 on the 3DS version, and from September 28 to October 12, 2015 on the Mobile version. {{p|Diancie}} was previously available as a Commemorative Event from September 14-28, 2015, making it one of the few Pokémon to be available through several different kinds of special stages.

From version 1.3 (3DS)/1.6 (Mobile) onwards, the "angry" feature was introduced to all escalation battles. With this feature, when an escalation battle stage is cleared, the featured Pokémon has a chance to become angry, temporarily increasing the stage level by 3-5 (later, 3-15 for {{p|Mew}}) for ten minutes. If the stage is started within this timeframe and cleared, the anger will subside and the Stage Level will increase to the new value, skipping several levels. However, if the timer runs out before starting the stage or the stage is failed, the anger will subside and the Stage Level reverts back to what its value would be without the anger bonus. If a reward stage would be skipped due to this, the reward will still be given if the later stage is cleared. However, certain stages may be designated as impossible to skip, usually including boss or Coin stages.  

==List of escalation battles==

{{ShufflePoké||724|Decidueye|Grass|Move|5|3-5|May 30 to June 13, 2017<br>September 5 to 12, 2017|[[#Decidueye|Per table below]]|N/A|cols=6}}

{{ShufflePoké||719S|Diancie|Fairy|Move|5|3-5|August 22 to September 5, 2017<br>December 12 to 26, 2017|[[#Diancie (Shiny)|Per table below]]|alt={{Shiny}}{{shinystar}}|[[File:Diancite Shuffle.png|link=]] Diancite was made available at Stage Level 50<br>(Players who already had a Diancite receive [[File:Mega Speedup.png|20px|link=]] Mega Speedup ×1 instead)<br>[[File:Skill Booster personalized.png|20px|link=]] Personalized Skill Boosters may drop if caught (from December 2017 onwards)|cols=6}}

{{ShufflePoké||801|Magearna|Fairy|Move|5|3-5|November 28 to December 5, 2017|[[#Magearna|Per table below]]|N/A|cols=6}}

! style="background:#{{beauty color light}}; {{roundybottom|5px}}" colspan="9" |

===Stage details===

===={{ShImg|487}} Giratina (Altered Forme)====

 

June 2015 (3DS):

! style="background:#{{beauty color light}}; {{roundytl|5px}}" | Stage ID<br><small>(3DS)</small>

! style="background:#{{beauty color light}}" | Stage<br>levels

! style="background:#{{beauty color light}}" | Hit points

! style="background:#{{beauty color light}}" | Additional hit points<br>per level up

! style="background:#{{beauty color light}}; {{roundytr|5px}}" | Stage differences

|- style="background:#fff"

|45

|- style="background:#fff"

|180

|47

|10-29

|60

|Breakable-rocks. Four per 2 turns.

|48

|30-39

|145

|4 barriers at start, after 3 turns.<br>Every turn starting after 6 turns.

|49

|40-49

|9,198

|80

|Barriers on four outside columns, fixed layout.<br>Unbreakable blocks drop in left columns.<br>Single matches trigger 2 barriers; later, column of barriers per 2 turns

|50-99

|10,425

|70

|{{tt|{{p|Shaymin}} (Land Forme) appears as a forced 5th Support Pokémon.|Therefore, choosing Shaymin as a Support Pokémon would replace the forced 5th support with one of the stage's default Pokémon.}}<br>3 barriers or a block column (random, randomly disrupts multiple times in a turn) per 3 turns..

|26,065

 

 

October-November 2016 (3DS and Mobile):

 

The rewards available for defeating certain landmark stage levels was as follows. Note that some rewards in the first column were only available during the October 2015 run of this event.

 

{| class="roundtable" style="background:#{{cute color}}; text-align:center; border:3px solid #{{cute color light}}"

! style="background:#{{beauty color light}}; {{roundytl|5px}}" | Stage<br>level

! style="background:#{{beauty color light}}" | Rewards<br>(2015)

|5

|[[File:Coin Shuffle.png|20px|link=]] Coins ×1,000

|[[File:Exp Booster S.png|20px|link=]] Exp. Booster S ×1

|10

|[[File:Disruption Delay.png|20px|link=]] Disruption Delay ×1

|30

|[[File:Mega Start.png|20px|link=]] Mega Start ×1

|50

|[[File:Mega Speedup.png|20px|link=]] Mega Speedup ×1

|[[File:Mega Speedup.png|20px|link=]] Mega Speedup ×1

|60

|{{tt|[[File:Coin Shuffle.png|20px|link=]] Coins ×2,000|October 2015 run only}}

|[[File:Exp. Points x1.5.png|20px|link=]] Exp. Points x1.5 ×1

|[[File:Exp. Points x1.5.png|20px|link=]] Exp. Points x1.5 ×1

|- style="background:#fff"

|75

|{{tt|[[File:Coin Shuffle.png|20px|link=]] Coins ×2,000|October 2015 run only}}

|[[File:Exp Booster S.png|20px|link=]] Exp. Booster S ×1

|[[File:Exp Booster S.png|20px|link=]] Exp. Booster S ×1

|- style="background:#fff"

|{{tt|[[File:Coin Shuffle.png|20px|link=]] Coins ×2,000|October 2015 run only}}

|[[File:Exp Booster M.png|20px|link=]] Exp. Booster M ×1

|[[File:Exp Booster M.png|20px|link=]] Exp. Booster M ×1

|- style="background:#fff"

|100

|[[File:Mega Speedup.png|20px|link=]] Mega Speedup ×1

|[[File:Raise Max Level.png|20px|link=]] Raise Max Level ×1

|[[File:Skill Swapper.png|20px|link=]] Skill Swapper ×1

|- style="background:#fff"

|{{na}}

|[[File:Exp Booster M.png|20px|link=]] Exp. Booster M ×1

|[[File:Exp Booster M.png|20px|link=]] Exp. Booster M ×1

|- style="background:#fff"

|{{na}}

|[[File:Level Up.png|20px|link=]] Level Up ×1

|[[File:Raise Max Level.png|20px|link=]] Raise Max Level ×2

|- style="background:#fff"

|{{na}}

|{{na}}

|[[File:Exp Booster M.png|20px|link=]] Exp. Booster M ×1

|- style="background:#fff"

|{{na}}

|[[File:Mega Speedup.png|20px|link=]] Mega Speedup ×1

|- style="background:#fff"

|{{na}}

|[[File:Exp Booster M.png|20px|link=]] Exp. Booster M ×1

|[[File:Exp Booster M.png|20px|link=]] Exp. Booster M ×1

|- style="background:#fff"

|250

|{{na}}

|[[File:Raise Max Level.png|20px|link=]] Raise Max Level ×1

|[[File:Raise Max Level.png|20px|link=]] Raise Max Level ×2

|- style="background:#fff"

|275

|{{na}}

|[[File:Exp Booster L.png|20px|link=]] Exp. Booster L ×1

|[[File:Exp Booster L.png|20px|link=]] Exp. Booster L ×1

|- style="background:#fff"

|300

|{{na}}

|[[File:Mega Speedup.png|20px|link=]] Mega Speedup ×2

|[[File:Mega Speedup.png|20px|link=]] Mega Speedup ×2

! style="background:#{{beauty color light}}; {{roundybottom|5px}}" colspan="4" |

===={{ShImg|488}}Cresselia====

 

July-August 2015 (3DS):

! style="background:#{{beauty color light}}; {{roundytl|5px}}" | Stage ID<br><small>(3DS)</small>

! style="background:#{{beauty color light}}" | Additional hit points<br>per level up

! style="background:#{{beauty color light}}; {{roundytr|5px}}" | Stage differences

|15

|1-4

|210

|No disruptions.

|16

|5-9

|3,213

|17

|10-29

|6,250

|18

|30-34

|60

|

|19

|36-39

|60

|

|- style="background:#fff"

|11,190

| -

|

|22

|51-54

|60

|

|23

|56-74

|60

|

|21,499

|{{tt|{{p|Solosis}} appears as a forced 5th Support Pokémon.|Therefore, choosing Solosis as a Support Pokémon would replace the forced 5th support with one of the stage's default Pokémon.}}

|27

|101-119

|40

|

|28

|121-139

|40

|

|29

|141-159

|40

|

|30

|161-179

|{{tt|{{p|Solosis}} appears as a forced 5th Support Pokémon.|Therefore, choosing Solosis as a Support Pokémon would replace the forced 5th support with one of the stage's default Pokémon.}}

|31

|181-199

|{{tt|{{p|Solosis}} appears as a forced 5th Support Pokémon.|Therefore, choosing Solosis as a Support Pokémon would replace the forced 5th support with one of the stage's default Pokémon.}}

|32

|200

|{{tt|{{p|Solosis}} appears as a forced 5th Support Pokémon.|Therefore, choosing Solosis as a Support Pokémon would replace the forced 5th support with one of the stage's default Pokémon.}}

|33

|201 onwards

|30

|

|34

|35, 55, 75<br/>95, 120, 140<br/>160 and 180

|2,574

| -

|Coin stage

|-

! style="background:#{{beauty color light}}; {{roundybottom|5px}}" colspan="5" |

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October-November 2015 (Mobile):

July-August 2016 (3DS and Mobile):

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During its first run, this was the first time an escalation battle's reward list went up to Stage Level 200. The available rewards were:

! style="background:#{{beauty color light}}" | Rewards<br>(2015)

! style="background:#{{beauty color light}}; {{roundytr|5px}}" | Rewards<br>(2016 & after)

|- style="background:#fff"

|5

|[[File:Moves Plus 5.png|20px|link=]] Moves +5 ×1

|[[File:Moves Plus 5.png|20px|link=]] Moves +5 ×1

|- style="background:#fff"

|10

|[[File:Disruption Delay.png|20px|link=]] Disruption Delay ×1

|[[File:Disruption Delay.png|20px|link=]] Disruption Delay ×1

|- style="background:#fff"

|30

|[[File:Mega Start.png|20px|link=]] Mega Start ×1

|[[File:Mega Start.png|20px|link=]] Mega Start ×1

|- style="background:#fff"

|50

|[[File:Mega Speedup.png|20px|link=]] Mega Speedup ×1

|[[File:Skill Swapper.png|20px|link=]] Skill Swapper ×1

|- style="background:#fff"

|100

|[[File:Mega Speedup.png|20px|link=]] Mega Speedup ×1

|[[File:Mega Speedup.png|20px|link=]] Mega Speedup ×1

|- style="background:#fff"

|- style="background:#fff"

|200

|[[File:Mega Speedup.png|20px|link=]] Mega Speedup ×1

|[[File:Raise Max Level.png|20px|link=]] Raise Max Level ×1

! style="background:#{{beauty color light}}; {{roundybottom|5px}}" colspan="3" |

===={{ShImg|491}} Darkrai====

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February-March 2017 (3DS and Mobile):

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! style="background:#{{beauty color light}}; {{roundytr|5px}}" | Rewards<br>(2018)

|3

|[[File:Exp Booster S.png|20px|link=]] Exp. Booster S ×1

|5

|10

|[[File:Disruption Delay.png|20px|link=]] Disruption Delay ×1

|13

|{{na}}

|{{na}}

|{{na}}

|[[File:Exp Booster S.png|20px|link=]] Exp. Booster S ×2

|23

|43

|[[File:Exp Booster M.png|20px|link=]] Exp. Booster M ×2

|50

|[[File:Mega Speedup.png|20px|link=]] Mega Speedup ×1

|[[File:Skill Swapper.png|20px|link=]] Skill Swapper ×1

|[[File:Skill Swapper.png|20px|link=]] Skill Swapper ×1

|53

|[[File:Exp Booster M.png|20px|link=]] Exp. Booster M ×3

|63

|[[File:Exp Booster M.png|20px|link=]] Exp. Booster M ×3

|73

|83

|[[File:Exp Booster M.png|20px|link=]] Exp. Booster M ×4

|93

|125

|[[File:Heart Shuffle.png|20px|link=]] Heart ×5

|[[File:Mega Speedup.png|20px|link=]] Mega Speedup ×1

|[[File:Mega Speedup.png|20px|link=]] Mega Speedup ×1

|{{na}}

|- style="background:#fff"

|150

|[[File:Mega Speedup.png|20px|link=]] Mega Speedup ×1

|[[File:Raise Max Level.png|20px|link=]] Raise Max Level ×2

|[[File:Raise Max Level.png|20px|link=]] Raise Max Level ×2

|{{na}}

|- style="background:#fff"

|175

|{{na}}

|[[File:Skill Swapper.png|20px|link=]] Skill Swapper ×1

|[[File:Mega Speedup.png|20px|link=]] Mega Speedup ×2

|{{na}}

|- style="background:#fff"

|200

|[[File:Mega Speedup.png|20px|link=]] Mega Speedup ×1

|[[File:Mega Speedup.png|20px|link=]] Mega Speedup ×2

|[[File:Raise Max Level.png|20px|link=]] Raise Max Level ×3

|{{na}}

! style="background:#{{beauty color light}}; {{roundybottom|5px}}" colspan="5" |

===={{ShImg|380}} Latias====

During the first run of this escalation battle, it was the first time that HP varied significantly between non-boss levels. For example, Latias had less HP at Stage Level 161 (10,752) than it did at Stage Level 61 (12,936). Previously, HP had gradually increased even when the individual stage types, disruptions, etc. had changed.

 

The stage data is as follows:

 

September-October 2015 (3DS):

! style="background:#{{beauty color light}}; {{roundytl|5px}}" | Stage ID<br><small>(3DS)</small>

! style="background:#{{beauty color light}}" | Stage<br>level(s)

! style="background:#{{beauty color light}}" | Initial<br>HP

! style="background:#{{beauty color light}}" | HP per<br>level-up

! style="background:#{{beauty color light}}; {{roundytr|5px}}" | Disruptions

|- style="background:#fff"

|Fill 3 random blocks with breakable rocks every 3 moves.

|135

|11-20

|186

|Fill 2 blocks in row 4 or 5 with ice every 3 moves.

|136

|21-35

|154

|Fill a random 2x2 block with breakable rocks every 3 moves.

|137

|36-49

|156

|Fill 3 random blocks with ice every 3 moves.

|138

|51-60

|342

|Create a square of breakable rocks in one of the four corners of the grid every 3 moves.

|139

|61-70

|Disruption 1: Fill 1-5 random blocks with breakable rocks.<br>Disruption 2: Same setup, but with ice instead.<br>Disruption 2 begins with damage at 6,000 or less remaining (or damage at least 8,784).<br>Disruptions only trigger if no 4+ combo with any move.

|140

|71-80

|14,784

|Disruption schedule is the same as Stage ID #139.

|141

|81-90

|9,240

|274

|Starting from this stage level, stages have a pre-defined layout.<br>Fill 3 random squares with breakable rocks every 2 moves.<br>This begins with 12 moves remaining.

|142

|91-99

|308

|Disruption schedule is the same as Stage ID #141.

|143

|101-110

|10,080

|Fill 3-5 random squares with breakable rocks every 3 moves.

|144

|111-125

|384

|Disruption schedule is the same as Stage ID #143.

|145

|126-135

|10,752

|Fill 3 random blocks with ice every 3 moves.

|146

|136-149

|465

|Disruption schedule is the same as Stage ID #145.

|147

|151-160

|10,080

|373

|Stages no longer have a pre-defined layout beginning at this stage level.<br>Disruption 1: Fill 3 random squares with breakable rocks.<br>Disruption 2: Fill 2 random squares with ice.<br>Disruptions alternate every 2 moves.

|148

|161-175

|480

|Disruption schedule is the same as Stage ID #147.

|149

|176-185

|18,816

|Disruption schedule is the same as Stage ID #139.

|150

|186-199

|- style="background:#fff"

|This stage has a pre-defined layout.<br>Disruption schedule is the same as Stage ID #151.

|N/A

|This stage has a pre-defined layout.<br>Disruption schedule is the same as Stage ID #151.

|- style="background:#fff"

! style="background:#{{beauty color light}}; {{roundybottom|5px}}" colspan="5" |

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! style="background:#{{beauty color light}}; {{roundytl|5px}}" | Stage<br>level

! style="background:#{{beauty color light}}" | Rewards<br><small>(2015)</small>

! style="background:#{{beauty color light}}" | Rewards<br><small>(Jan 2017)</small>

! style="background:#{{beauty color light}}; {{roundytr|5px}}" | Rewards<br><small>(Oct 2017)</small>

|- style="background:#fff"

|5

|[[File:Exp. Points x1.5.png|20px|link=]] Exp. Points x1.5 ×1

|{{na}}

|[[File:Coin Shuffle.png|20px|link=]] Coins ×300

|- style="background:#fff"

|10

|[[File:Disruption Delay.png|20px|link=]] Disruption Delay ×1

|[[File:Moves Plus 5.png|20px|link=]] Moves +5 ×1

|[[File:Coin Shuffle.png|20px|link=]] Coins ×500

|- style="background:#fff"

|20

|{{na}}

|{{na}}

|[[File:Coin Shuffle.png|20px|link=]] Coins ×1,000

|- style="background:#fff"

|25

|[[File:Mega Start.png|20px|link=]] Mega Start ×1

|[[File:Raise Max Level.png|20px|link=]] Raise Max Level ×1

|[[File:Mega Speedup.png|20px|link=]] Mega Speedup ×1

|- style="background:#fff"

|35

|[[File:Coin Shuffle.png|20px|link=]] Coins ×1,000

|[[File:Exp Booster M.png|20px|link=]] Exp. Booster M ×1

|[[File:Exp Booster M.png|20px|link=]] Exp. Booster M ×1

|- style="background:#fff"

|50

|[[File:Latiasite Shuffle.png|link=]] Latiasite

|[[File:Latiasite Shuffle.png|link=]] Latiasite<br>(Players who already had a Latiasite receive [[File:Mega Speedup.png|20px|link=]] Mega Speedup ×1 instead)

|[[File:Latiasite Shuffle.png|link=]] Latiasite<br>(Players who already had a Latiasite receive [[File:Mega Speedup.png|20px|link=]] Mega Speedup ×1 instead)

|- style="background:#fff"

|60

|[[File:Coin Shuffle.png|20px|link=]] Coins ×1,000

|{{na}}

|{{na}}

|65

|[[File:Exp Booster M.png|20px|link=]] Exp. Booster M ×2

|70

|[[File:Mega Speedup.png|20px|link=]] Mega Speedup ×1

|80

|[[File:Coin Shuffle.png|20px|link=]] Coins ×2,000

|{{na}}

|{{na}}