Battle Institute Master Ranks - Page 2

Ashenlock · Aug 14th, 2011, 9:47:07 PM

The Battle Institute test in San Diego was fun. I got a 6460 (using not-Unova-exclusive-Pokemon though, while the opponents were all Unova Pokemon). I don't remember all the battles but the opponents seemed to get progressively better; I never did the non-downloaded one so I don't know how to compare it.

Dragon Rusher 1995 · Jan 15th, 2012, 8:46:05 PM

it wasnt that hard to deal with when i had my garchomp dragonite double team

both had accuracy reducing items, and garchomp used earthquake or d rush, while dragonite would use safeguard then d rush

the only time i got worried was the guy with the legendaries, when dragonite fainted but i sent out tyranitar to use giga impact and rock slide

sadly i didnt get to use my scrafty who had dragon dance ice punch drain punch and stone edge

my end score was 6000 and change

purple crobatchop · Jan 24th, 2012, 6:06:07 AM

I got 6002 points on singles! Can anyone get closer to 6000? lol

Trinitrotoluene · Jan 24th, 2012, 10:33:43 PM

I reached the Master Rank of the Single Battle in the Battle Institution a while back with a team of Bulk Up Conkeldurr (my first B/W breed, wasn't focusing on IVs at the moment and was chasing for natures), OTR Reuniclus (from my younger brother), and an Expert Belt Hydreigon, which I bred to have a Rash nature and Dark Pulse. I was able to obtain 6111 points with said team.

Unbreakable · Jan 24th, 2012, 10:56:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fat Rackham

And is it just me, or is it much easier to get a master rank in doubles? I ran a surf spam team of Gastrodon, Vaporeon, Lumineon and Jellicent, and got Master Rank first time, whilst I cannot seem to get more than 5800 points in singles.

According to the formula, it makes a whole lot of sense. You face 20 Pokemon in the doubles test, as opposed to 15 in singles, therefore more points are available.

Cipher Admin Lovrina · Jan 24th, 2012, 11:03:17 PM

It really all depends on luck. I've used Heatran/Milotic/Virizion, Milotic/Virizion/Reuniclus, Milotic/Haxorus/Garchomp. My favorite lately, however, was Whimsicott/Samurott/Haxorus!

christopher_ 1942 · Jan 31st, 2012, 1:28:33 PM

I must admit. You all are great trainers for obtaining the Master Rank! It must have took a long time to prepare the best Pokemon teams you can come up with to take on the Single and Double challenges. Keep up the good work! You might even beat your personal best as well.

I wonder what's the highest score when you take on the Battle Institute?

M. Rock · Apr 30th, 2012, 2:06:46 PM

Oh wow...I didn't know master rank existed, since it wasn't listed on Serebii. I thought that 7th star was for some kind of downloadable test GF would make or something.
Anyway, the first time I went through I got 5911 using my VGC11 team:
- Mienshao
- Carracosta (Sturdy + Shell Smash + Mental Herb = win)
- Terrakion
- Amoongus
That's the highest score to date, didn't realize I was so close to "master". I now have something to do this weekend.
From experience, I know that length of the battle has not much of an effect on score. I remember that they kept sending Forretress against me, and with a team full of physical attackers, it took forever for me to kill. Every one of them kept spamming Iron Defense; it's like the computer isn't even trying to win, they just want to piss you off.

**ΩDonut** · Apr 30th, 2012, 2:11:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fat M. Rock

From experience, I know that length of the battle has not much of an effect on score. I remember that they kept sending Forretress against me, and with a team full of physical attackers, it took forever for me to kill. Every one of them kept spamming Iron Defense; it's like the computer isn't even trying to win, they just want to piss you off.

Length of the battle actually can have a big effect. You lose 10 points every turn the battle goes on.

~~Nickscor~~ · Apr 30th, 2012, 2:15:53 PM

Let's see... 6533 in Doubles. The CPU at the Institute tells me I used a Trick Room team; consisting of Reuniclus, Amoongus, Emboar (lol), and Escavlier.

M. Rock · Apr 30th, 2012, 2:16:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fat OmegaDonut

Length of the battle actually can have a big effect. You lose 10 points every turn the battle goes on.

Hmmmm...well, doubles matches last much shorter, so with a solid doubles team, you'd probably lose a lot less points for turns than in a singles match. Whatever I did to win the fight must have made up for all the points lost for battle length.

GARCHOMPZILLA · Apr 30th, 2012, 4:01:52 PM

I got what I believe was 6752 in singles with garchomp, terrakion and metagross. I was able to outrage, stone edge or EQ and/or swords dance for 3-0 in 3-4 turns the first 4 battles, and switching in to terrakion or metagross against ice or dragon once I believe. I found you get a lot of OHKO's with this team because not much can survive banded type boosted stone edge/close combat or swords dance outrage, and metagross can kill any threats to them like fast ice types and bulky fighting types.

Texas Cloverleaf · Apr 30th, 2012, 5:27:52 PM

I got Master Rank my first time with Starmie/Garchomp/something. Starmie's coverage meant that it was usually hitting SE and that things were usually dying in one shot. It only ended up fainting once in Round 6, at which point Garchomp cleaned easily.

Aug 14th, 2011, 9:47:07 PM	#26
Ashenlock Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 954 Drinking more Coca-Cola than all the polar bears combined.	The Battle Institute test in San Diego was fun. I got a 6460 (using not-Unova-exclusive-Pokemon though, while the opponents were all Unova Pokemon). I don't remember all the battles but the opponents seemed to get progressively better; I never did the non-downloaded one so I don't know how to compare it. __________________ 441 D/Cs and counting, baby! The Jerk Store* <- For reference only Contrary to popular belief, this is not a compendium of people who disconnect on Wi-Fi. See: Seinfeld*, "The Comeback."

Jan 24th, 2012, 6:06:07 AM	#28
purple crobatchop Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 156	I got 6002 points on singles! Can anyone get closer to 6000? lol __________________ BW Name: VCROBAT BW Friend Code: 3911-7666-4492 http://www.smogon.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3468618

Jan 24th, 2012, 11:03:17 PM	#31
Cipher Admin Lovrina Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 2,024	It really all depends on luck. I've used Heatran/Milotic/Virizion, Milotic/Virizion/Reuniclus, Milotic/Haxorus/Garchomp. My favorite lately, however, was Whimsicott/Samurott/Haxorus! __________________ Trade Thread White Code: 2193 7255 6108

Jan 31st, 2012, 1:28:33 PM	#32
christopher_ 1942 Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 132	I must admit. You all are great trainers for obtaining the Master Rank! It must have took a long time to prepare the best Pokemon teams you can come up with to take on the Single and Double challenges. Keep up the good work! You might even beat your personal best as well. I wonder what's the highest score when you take on the Battle Institute? __________________ Don't regret your past, learn from it. Regrets just make a person weaker. Pokemon Black Friend Code: 1807 2009 7057 (Chris) Pokemon Black 2 Friend Code: 0691 3333 2730 (Chris) Pokemon White 2 Friend Code: 4814 5042 2728 (T.Spark)

Apr 30th, 2012, 2:06:46 PM	#33
M. Rock Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 413	Oh wow...I didn't know master rank existed, since it wasn't listed on Serebii. I thought that 7th star was for some kind of downloadable test GF would make or something. Anyway, the first time I went through I got 5911 using my VGC11 team: - Mienshao - Carracosta (Sturdy + Shell Smash + Mental Herb = win) - Terrakion - Amoongus That's the highest score to date, didn't realize I was so close to "master". I now have something to do this weekend. From experience, I know that length of the battle has not much of an effect on score. I remember that they kept sending Forretress against me, and with a team full of physical attackers, it took forever for me to kill. Every one of them kept spamming Iron Defense; it's like the computer isn't even trying to win, they just want to piss you off. __________________ My Art Thread: http://www.smogon.com/forums/showthr...87#post4671787 † I have accepted Jesus Christ as my personal savior and am proud of it! Copy and paste this if you are too.†

Jan 15th, 2012, 8:46:05 PM	#27
Dragon Rusher 1995 Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 1	it wasnt that hard to deal with when i had my garchomp dragonite double team both had accuracy reducing items, and garchomp used earthquake or d rush, while dragonite would use safeguard then d rush the only time i got worried was the guy with the legendaries, when dragonite fainted but i sent out tyranitar to use giga impact and rock slide sadly i didnt get to use my scrafty who had dragon dance ice punch drain punch and stone edge my end score was 6000 and change

Jan 24th, 2012, 10:33:43 PM	#29
Trinitrotoluene And we will never be alone again / 'cause it doesn't happen everyday / kinda counted on you being a friend / kinda given up on giving away... Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 721 np: Daft Punk - Instant Crush (feat. Julian Casablancas) Mentor	I reached the Master Rank of the Single Battle in the Battle Institution a while back with a team of Bulk Up Conkeldurr (my first B/W breed, wasn't focusing on IVs at the moment and was chasing for natures), OTR Reuniclus (from my younger brother), and an Expert Belt Hydreigon, which I bred to have a Rash nature and Dark Pulse. I was able to obtain 6111 points with said team.

Apr 30th, 2012, 2:15:53 PM	#35
~~Nickscor~~ Banned deucer. Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 727 I did my best, I have no regrets!	Let's see... 6533 in Doubles. The CPU at the Institute tells me I used a Trick Room team; consisting of Reuniclus, Amoongus, Emboar (lol), and Escavlier.

Apr 30th, 2012, 4:01:52 PM	#37
GARCHOMPZILLA Join Date: Nov 2011 Posts: 307 New York	I got what I believe was 6752 in singles with garchomp, terrakion and metagross. I was able to outrage, stone edge or EQ and/or swords dance for 3-0 in 3-4 turns the first 4 battles, and switching in to terrakion or metagross against ice or dragon once I believe. I found you get a lot of OHKO's with this team because not much can survive banded type boosted stone edge/close combat or swords dance outrage, and metagross can kill any threats to them like fast ice types and bulky fighting types. __________________ Rushing into battle without a strategy is being brave. Rushing into battle without thinking is being an idiot.

Apr 30th, 2012, 5:27:52 PM	#38
Texas Cloverleaf meh Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 5,350 Ottawa	I got Master Rank my first time with Starmie/Garchomp/something. Starmie's coverage meant that it was usually hitting SE and that things were usually dying in one shot. It only ended up fainting once in Round 6, at which point Garchomp cleaned easily. __________________ C&C/Smog work