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Mission 7: A Scorching Shower of Flames

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

Overview

• Difficulty: 1 star
• Recommended level: 9+
• Time limit: 6:00 min
• Goal: Capture five Magby

Rank Rewards

Wild Pokémon

Pokémon		Quantity	Group	Friendship Gauge	AP	Slates
	Flareon	2 (Pattern 4)	Fire	1,200	3	Flareon (100%)
	Charmander	10 (Patterns 2 & 4)	Fire	600	2	Charmander (90%) Charmeleon (10%)
	Charmeleon	9 (Patterns 3 & 4)	Fire	840	3	Charmeleon (80%) Charmander (20%)
	Tyrogue	2 (Pattern 3)	Fighting	364	1	Tyrogue (100%)
	Hitmonlee	1 (Patterns 1, 2, & 3) 3 (Pattern 4)	Fighting	588	2	Hitmonlee (100%)
	Hitmonchan	3 (Patterns 1 & 2)	Fighting	644	2	Hitmonchan (100%)
	Hitmontop	1 (Patterns 3 & 4)	Fighting	672	2	Hitmontop (100%)
	Magby	5	Fire	336	1	N/A
	Magmar	9 (Patterns 1 & 2)	Fire	720	3	Magmar (100%)
	Cyndaquil	11 (Patterns 1 & 3) 1 (Pattern 2)	Fire	288	1	Cyndaquil (80%) Quilava (20%)
	Quilava	2	Fire	616	2	Quilava (95%) Typhlosion (5%)
	Typhlosion	1 (Patterns 1, 2, & 3)	Fire	1,260	4	Quilava (80%) Typhlosion (20%)

Boss

Pokémon		Group	Friendship Gauge	Agitated Gauge	AP
	Magmortar	Fire	3,204	467	6

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 four 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

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.
• 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.
• Icons like this (SPE) increase the player's movement speed.

This level has a large and winding layout with a single "correct path": wrong teleporters cost time. For grinding, Magmar and Charmeleon (each worth 3 AP) are worth capturing despite being challenging. Their attacks target fixed screen positions, rather than following the player, so time your movements around them carefully, especially in the final room. Skip Charmander and Cyndaquil unless you want their Slates.

In this Mission, two of the teleporter spaces lead to different areas of the map in different patterns. Additionally, Flareon and different Tyrogue evolutions are also specific to different patterns. Unfortunately, however, one of the Magby's locations is dependent on the pattern, but in such a way that the player will not be able to identify which pattern they are on before finding the Magby. The player therefore has a 50% chance of taking the wrong turn and going to a dead-end with a single powerup. At that point, however, the pattern will be identified.

• First Pokémon encountered is Cyndaquil, and Magby is at the end of the top path in the same chamber: Pattern 1.. In this pattern, in the chamber with the two-player switches and platform, the top-right teleporter leads to a dead end with power-ups whereas the top-left teleporter leads to progress.
• First Pokémon encountered is Cyndaquil, and Magby is not at the end of the top path in the same chamber: Pattern 3. In this pattern, in the chamber with the two-player switches and platform, the top-right teleporter leads to a dead end with power-ups whereas the top-left teleporter leads to progress.
• First Pokémon encountered is Charmander: Pattern 2 or 4. Identifying which pattern the player is on after this determines whether it is the top-left or top-right teleporter in the chamber with the two-player switches and platform that leads to progress.
• On a Charmander pattern, the chamber with the two-player switches and platform has a Magby in the bottom right: Pattern 4. In this pattern, the top-right teleporter leads to a dead end with power-ups whereas the top-left teleporter leads to progress. Flareon can only be found in this pattern.
• On a Charmander pattern, the chamber with the two-player switches and platform does not have a Magby in the bottom right: Pattern 2. In this pattern, the top-left teleporter leads to a dead end with power-ups whereas the top-right teleporter leads to progress (different from the other patterns).

Boss

• Scatters fire (!): A single line of fire in the direction it is facing. Travels to the screen edge. 4 damage per hit. Impossible to loop around.
• Spews flames (!!): A larger single line of fire in the direction it is facing. Does not travel to the screen edge. 5 damage per hit. Impossible to loop around.
• Explosion (!!!): Only used while agitated. Will be used with no telegraphing as it runs around the screen, and will combo into other attacks. 6 damage per hit. Impossible to loop around unless it can be slowed with a Poké Assist.
• Flame pillars (!!!!): Two fire pillars in a V shape in the direction it is facing. 3 damage per hit. Impossible to loop around.

S-Rank Tips

Moderately difficult. Time isn't tight, but the layout takes a few attempts to learn, with possible backtracking depending on stage variation. A first-attempt C rank is likely, with an A rank possible given good routing.

Partner Choice

Close-range attacks can be good against Magmortar's single-line attacks, but do not help much against the explosions. Poké Assists with quick recovery time are important here for preventing Magmortar's gauge from depleting significantly as it uses its impossible-to-loop attacks. A Poké Assist that can slow it down makes quick loops during the explosion attack possible.

Piplup remains excellent for its type advantage, long range, and slowing effect. Despite Sandslash's type advantage, its Assist's pattern doesn't suit Magmortar's frequent movement.