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Mission 6: A Pokémon Forest in the Way

Check out WarriorGallade's post on this Mission for more specific tips.

Overview

• Difficulty: 1 star
• Recommended level: 6+
• Time limit: 5:30 min
• Goal: Capture four Bulbasaur

Rank Rewards

Wild Pokémon

Leafeon is inaccessible when playing solo.

Pokémon		Quantity	Group	Friendship Gauge	AP	Slates
	Bulbasaur	4	Grass	180	1	N/A
	Pidgey	2 (Patterns 1 & 5)	Flying	64	1	N/A
	Pidgeotto	1 (Pattern 2)	Flying	360	2	N/A
	Pidgeot	1	Flying	1,050	3	Pidgeot (80%) Pidgeotto (20%)
	Oddish	2 (Patterns 1 & 5)	Grass	130	1	Oddish (95%) Gloom (5%)
	Gloom	3 (Patterns 1 & 3) 2 (Pattern 5)	Grass	500	2	Gloom (80%) Oddish (20%)
	Hoothoot	3 (Patterns 1 & 5)	Flying	108	1	Hoothoot (93%) Noctowl (7%)
	Bonsly	2 (Pattern 2)	Rock	140	1	Bonsly (100%)
	Pineco	8 (Patterns 2 & 3)	Bug	400	2	Pineco (100%)
	Delibird	1 (Pattern 4)	Ice	300	10	Delibird (100%)
	Treecko	2 (Pattern 2)	Grass	120	1	Treecko (80%) Grovyle (20%)
	Grovyle	2 (Pattern 2) 4 (Pattern 4)	Grass	336	2	Grovyle (80%) Treecko (20%)
	Kricketot	2 (Pattern 2) 3 (Pattern 3)	Bug	200	1	Kricketot (80%) Kricketune (20%)
	Kricketune	2 (Pattern 3)	Bug	500	2	Kricketune (80%) Kricketot (20%)
	Mothim	3 (Pattern 4)	Bug	380	2	Mothim (100%)
	Carnivine	8 (Patterns 1, 2, & 5)	Grass	340	2	Carnivine (100%)
	Leafeon	1 (Pattern 5, 2+ players)	Grass	900	3	Leafeon (100%)

Boss

Pokémon		Group	Friendship Gauge	Agitated Gauge	AP
	Tangrowth	Grass	2,610	226	5

Strategy and Map

Text of this section & map image are taken from WarriorGallade's post on the subject, supplemented with information from the official Prima guide book, and condensed/reorganized slightly. Used with permission.

Map

This Mission contains five different patterns of wild Pokémon that can appear. Click a thumbnail below to view that pattern's map.

Pattern 1 Pattern 2 Pattern 3 Pattern 4 Pattern 5

Legend:

• Gray section: This area can only be accessed with two or more players.
• Blue tile: The player's start point.
• Red tile: Takes the player to the boss room, once the condition has been met.
• Green tile: Teleports the player to another specific location on the map.
• Yellow tile: Standing on this tile makes a bridge appear between separate platforms. Tiles that need multiple players are marked with red dots that indicate how many players are needed.
• Orange circle (around a Pokémon): This Pokémon is angry and will chase the player on sight.
• Brown circle (around a Pokémon): This Pokémon is angry and will launch projectiles toward the player on sight.
• Purple circle (around a Pokémon): This Pokémon is scared and will run away from the player on sight.
• Icons like this (darker) give the player extra seconds, determined by the number.
• Icons like this (lighter) restore the player's Styler by the specified number of energy.

This is the final Forest Temple mission, and it has a maze-like layout requiring some memorization. You probably won't complete it on the first try, but it is a great early grinding spot, especially if you reset for Pattern 4, which includes Carnivine (2 AP) and Delibird (10 AP and the earliest Ice-type assist, though its Slate can't be obtained until clearing the mission). Delibird also recurs in later missions with the same AP bonus.

There are two paths at a fork near the red tile: both must be explored to capture all four Bulbasaur.
Left: Avoid the angry Pokémon, grab the time bonus from the chest, then choose between two teleporters. One has a Bulbasaur, and the other has a time power-up and an angry Pidgeot, which can be a pain to capture at lower levels and waste precious time. If you are trying to move quickly, identify the pattern you are on and go straight for Bulbasaur. Backtrack after capturing Bulbasaur.
Right: Navigate past the Pokémon to the bottom teleporter. Recommended order after taking it: go left, then north through the Pineco/Carnivine hallway to catch the first Bulbasaur, hit the switch to open a path south, then chase the second scared Bulbasaur; positioning yourself so it runs into you saves time. The bottom left part of this part of the map contains a multiplayer-only platform containing Leafeon, which has an excellent Poké Assist if you can get it but requires either multiple players or a cheat code to enable multiplayer-only switches to be used in single-player mode.

In this Mission, the location of one of the Bulbasaur is dependent on the pattern. Going the wrong way leads to a dead end (unless you want the power-ups that are there), wasting precious time. Therefore, identifying the pattern quickly is important for completing the mission quickly.
Additionally, if you are trying to grind on Delibird (which drops more AP than anything else in this mission) or capture Leafeon, identifying Patterns 4 and 5 is also important.

• First Pokémon encountered is Carnivine: Pattern 1, 2, or 5. On these patterns, Bulbasaur is on the left-side warp in the top left part of the map.
• First Pokémon encountered is Pineco: Pattern 3 or 4. On these patterns, Bulbasaur is on the right-side warp in the top left part of the map.
• On a Pineco pattern, the tiles on the platform with the red tile lead to Kricketot: Pattern 3.
• On a Pineco pattern, the tiles on the platform with the red tile lead to Mothim: Pattern 4. The left-side warp in the top left part of the map contains a Delibird.
• On a Carnivine pattern, the Pokémon near the red tile is a Treecko: Pattern 2. The other two patterns have Pidgey.
• On a Carnivine-and-Pidgey pattern, the hallway with the Gloom contains only two Gloom: Pattern 5. Leafeon can be accessed on the gray tile with two or more players. (This pattern can also be identified by looking at Leafeon's tile while in the Gloom hallway and seeing Leafeon itself.)

Boss

• Scatters pollen (!): Surrounds Tangrowth for ~5 seconds. 5 damage per hit. Impossible to loop around.
• Ivy growing seeds (!!, !!!, !!!!): Only used while agitated. 4 vines clustered in the direction faced, often used 2-3 times consecutively, changing direction each time. They fade after a few seconds 4 damage per hit. Possible to loop around due to the spacing between them, unless Tangrowth moves.

S-Rank Tips

Not feasible yet. Return much later once you can capture Bulbasaur in 3-4 loops, navigate past angry Pineco/Carnivine without engaging them, and have a strong Poké Assist with good range (at level 24, Blaziken worked well).

Partner Choice

Piplup and Torchic are both poor choices: type disadvantage and insufficient range, respectively. Pidgey is usable but underpowered; Pidgeotto (if obtainable) hits harder but has a recharge time that doesn't justify the power gain. The best pick is Drapion (grind the first mission for its slate): it's the strongest super-effective Poké Assist at this stage, and its "tired" effect counters pollen-burst stalling. However, its 4-shot scatter pattern requires close range to land reliably, and its long recharge time (~19 seconds) is risky if it gets scared off by the pollen burst while Tangrowth is agitated. Ultimately, this boss, like Sceptile, is best revisited later with a stronger partner, at which point your Styler alone can brute-force (and S-rank) it.