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Master Rank

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blueazulim06

Grass Specialist
Is there a good guide for the Master Rank contest because the one on gamefaqs already says what I already know.

<<<Preperations>>>
I am competing in the Master Rank for Smart moves with my Lucario. He has only two smart moves, Psychic and Close Combat. The other two are beauty, blaze kick and aura sphere. I can delete aura sphere with another move but not blaze kick since it's an egg move and I worked hard to get it. Any suggestions for any other moves?

Ok so for my stats for contests, I pretty much almost maxed out the Smartness with proffins. It's almost towards the tip but like a hair short. There's not much I can do there.

Wallpaper. Well I have alot of the backgrounds because I won the lottery fourth prize a lot. But I don't really know which one to use. Any suggestions?

Dress-Up. Again, I have a lot of clothing items, since I did Amity Park and the massage lady in Veilstone City. Any suggestion for matching? Will the person in Jubilife City tell me how it looks?

<<<Master Contest>>>

Visual
Everytime I do the visual part in the Master Rank, I always get four hearts, five max. I really need some suggestions on what to do here.
Should I use the green(smart) items that I won in previous smart contests?

Dancing
Don't need help there but is there a certain beat I should press the buttons on?

Appeal
Well, I only have two smart moves so all I do is alternate the moves and wish for luck! If there are any other good moves for Lucario for smart moves, please suggest.

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That it! I know I need some improvement so your suggestions and comments are all welcomed and appreciated. I really need to win a Master Contest so your help will be appreciated. Also, as a little side note, I think it's cool how Jasemine participates in the Master Contests with her Steelix, Rusty. Anyways, please stay on topic.
 
Dunno if you still need help, but here's my suggestions (I have every master rank contest ribbon on my Charizard, but that's because I'm awesome :p)

First of all, before you do the contest with [I guess in this case Lucario], do you have a green scarf to equip to him? If not, if your Lucario has enough smartness condition as you say, you can fly to Pastoria and one of the houses by the Great Marsh, this guy will give you one.

Now, here's my suggestion for moveset: have one move that's 2 hearts [+2 if you go first], 2 hearts [+2 if you go last], 3 hearts [neutral one] and last move can be whatever [but an auto first or last move always helps]. The type of move doesn't even really matter (My one gripe with the new contests is their's not enough sabotage in the appeal stage anymore; they did almost EVERYTHING right with the new contests too)

It's hard to suggest what to do for the dressup portion. Although I don't know for sure if using the items you won from previous smart contests increases your "Smart look," I always used them cause I assume it did. Then, just use as many items as you can put on, and have them atleast make a little sense. <- Hence, why it's hard to suggest how to dress up XD It's the same thing with the background

Dancing... I dunno, I always just found dancing really easy, so if you're having trouble, just practice dancing.

And the appeal thing, I think the moveset strategy is pretty obvious, so what you want is to get first place in dress up/dance, then chances are you'll get to use your +2 +2 first turn move, then next turn you'll PROBABLY have the most appeal, so you'll be last, hence +2 +2 last turn move, etc.

I know for the +2 [+2 first turn] and +2 [+2 last turn] you can use Return/Frustration. For a neutral move I'm not sure, but they're common enough. The last move can be Extreme Speed.
 
cool master rank is hard for me, even when i have electrike@red scarf with max cool
i get 4 or 5 hearts in visual
i suck at dance
some people are too good for me to act well

the 'trike's moves are:
thunderbolt: +2 if first
howl: x2 next performance
quick attack: goes first
spark: basic attack
 
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My favorite combo is a calm mind type move an a zap cannon type move. Calm mind doubles the points you get the next turn, and zap cannon gives four hearts if the voltage goes up. Spacial rend and bug buzz do the same thing, but I'm not sure what all the others are.
 
Accessories all match themes; some better than others. For instance, a Big Leaf accessory matches the themes Shapely, Nature, and Flexibility well. It matches the themes Sharpness, The Colorful, The Solid, Brightness, The Gaudy, The Intangible, and Relaxation all moderately. It doesn't match the themes The Created or The Festive well.
For the dance contest, use the directional pad. Also, for the move contest (I hate calling it Acting) use a move that doubles voltage next turn, and a move that raises voltage by two if you go first next turn.
 
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