Pokeathlon: Discussion and Records

[Lorde]

Here are my overall records:

Times joined: 81
Pokeathlon 1st places: 76
Pokeathlon Last places: 0
Bonuses earned: 157
Event 1st place: 201
Event Last Place: 12
Connection Participation: 1
Connection 1st Places: 1
Connection Last Places: 0
Time Spent in Pokeathlon: 7:00

I'll update this once I look over the other records.

 

[Jacobthepokemonfreak]

I've updated the records to include all those posted so far. Nearly all Pokeathlon-related data is present now.

Thank you for contributing. I'll glady include your Course and Events records, if you can tell me with which teams they were obtained.

COurse records:
SPD: 473: Zigzagoon, Grovyle,Dratini

PWR: 483: Drapion, Latias, Lucario

SKL: 516 : Claydol, Dragonite, Hoothoot

STM: 497: Articuno, Groundon, Aggron

JMP: 445: Rayquaza, Ledyba, Zapdos

Medalist Pokemon:
Metapod, Dugtrio, Magikarp, Articuno, Zapdos, Dragonite, Hoothoot, togepi, Teddiursa, HO-OH, Grovyle, SWampert, Gardevoir, Aggron, Wailord, Claydol, Relicanth, Groundon, Rayquaza, Drapion and Gallade.


Event records

HD: 86.5 sec: magnemite, Zapdos and Ledyba
PC: 37 flags: Gardevoir, sentret and quilava
CP: 61 points: Drapion, Lucario and Latias
BS: 130 pieces: Groundon, Dragonite and Drapion
DC: 95 points: Aggron, wailord and Latias
LJ: 513 points: Rayquaza, Ledyba and Zapdos
RR: 17.3 Laps: Groyvle, Dratini, zigzagoon
RD: 180 points: wobbufet, Drapion and Dragonite
ST: 79 hits: magneton, Gardevoir and groyvle
GR: 12 goals (new record): teddiursa, Krabby and relicanth

 

[RaichuArcanine]

I love the pokelathon! Here's my records:
Overall:
Times Joined:105
Total number of 1st places:81
Last places:3
Course Record Total:2187 points.
Event Record Total:1422 points.
Medal Acquisition Total:163 points.
Total:6 trophies.
3772 points.

Trophies:
Collective Trophies-6.
Trust Trophies-1.
Potential Trophies-2.
Friendship Trophies-6.
Total Trophies-15.

Highest Overall Team Records:
Speed:424 points. Manectric, Rapidash and Nidoking.-1 trophy.
Power:442 points. Raichu, Rampardos, Entei.-1 trophy.
Skill:423 points. Electabuzz, Regice, Suicune.-1 trophy.
Stamina:475 points. Milotic, Rayquaza, Weavile.-2 trophies.
Jump:423 points. Skiploom, Ledian, Pelipper.-1 trophy.
I got this data of the first room of the pokelathon.
Pokemon with medals:119.
Pokemon with all course medals:1(Rayquaza).

Highest Event Records:
Hurdle Dash-94.1 secs(Manectric, Starmie, Rotom).
Pennant Capture-36 flags(Rayquaza, Manectric, Phione).
Circle Push-54 points(Machamp, Lanturn, Breloom).
Block Smash-120 pieces(Rampardos, Palkia, Arcanine).
Disc Catch-70 points(Skiploom, Hondour, Pelipper).
Lamp Jump-469 points(Rayquaza, Skarmory, Latias).
Relay Run-16.1 laps(Milotic, Rayquaza, Weavile).
Ring Drop-186 points(Leafeon, Clefable, Regigas).
Snow Throw-49 hits(Meganium, Sneasel, Sandslash).
Goal Roll-8 points(Meganium, Sandslash, Sneasel).

Favourite Events:Ring Drop, Snow Throw and Block Smash.
Hated Events:Goal Roll, Disc Catch, Lamp Jump.

~RaichuArcanine~​

 

[PsychicPsycho]

Records updated. Thanks to everyone for contributing.

However, I am perplexed by the skill-course. Most ofthen I really don't need skill. Speed alone grants me victory in pennant capture, and the snowball-thing is just impossible for me. I haven't been able to win the course once.

Other courses sre more enjoyable, though. I especially like the strength and stamina courses.

And the prizes are well worth it.

When I first started, the Skill course was the most difficult for me as well. I sucked at everything, but with more practice, I started getting better. Now my highest course score is in skill.

Technically, I think skill is supposed to help in turning in Pennant Capture, but like you said, you can still win without it. High skill also allows you to throw snow balls faster (this can make a big difference) and have better soccerball control.

A tip for Snow Throw: move your stylus straight up when throwing, aiming for the yellow team constantly. My scores started rocketing up when I started doing that.

And the prizes are awesome. I started slowly compilingly Rare Candies, and I ended up with about 49 of them when I found a nice person that traded shinies for candies.

 

[Jacobthepokemonfreak]

FTW!!

ring drop- wobbuffet, Dragonite and Drapion- 232 points- 200 (in total score)

stamina course- wobbuffet Dragonite Drapion - 654 points
ring drop- see above
relay run- 172 points
block smash- 200 points (201 blocks)
bonuses- 82


pokeathlon times joined: 271
Pokathlon total time: 47:01

 

[PsychicPsycho]

FTW!!

ring drop- wobbuffet, Dragonite and Drapion- 232 points- 200 (in total score)

stamina course- wobbuffet Dragonite Drapion - 654 points
ring drop- see above
relay run- 172 points
block smash- 200 points (201 blocks)
bonuses- 82


pokeathlon times joined: 271
Pokathlon total time: 47:01

Wow, how'd you get 200 blocks in one event?

Also, how you get 232 points in Ring Drop? I've always thought they didn't go over 200 points.

 

[Aquarelle]

Also, how you get 232 points in Ring Drop? I've always thought they didn't go over 200 points.

Your score from the event can be over 200, but the number of points you actually earn after the results are shown can only be 200 max (notice how he said "232 points - 200 in total score").

I guess I'll post some of my records now:

Event Records:
Hurdle Dash: 85.5 seconds, 134 total (Zapdos, Porygon-Z, Ho-Oh)
Pennant Capture: 40 flags, 120 total (Porygon-Z, Ho-Oh, Tyrogue)
Circle Push: 49 points, 147 total (Pinsir, Entei, Gyarados)
Block Smash: 113 pieces (Pinsir, Gyarados, Nidoking)
Disc Catch: 73 points, 132 total (Fearow, Politoed, Zapdos)
Lamp Jump: 510 points, 145 total (Zapdos, Suicune, Bronzong)
Relay Run: 17.5 laps, 175 total (Ho-Oh, Zapdos, Suicune)
Ring Drop: 175 points, 200 total (Pinsir, Pikachu, Togepi)
Snow Throw: 34 hits, 102 total (Torchic, Ho-Oh, Girafarig)
Goal Roll: 7 points, 135 total (Girafarig, Ho-Oh, Pikachu)

Course Records:
Speed: 471 (Porygon-Z, Ho-Oh, Tyrogue)
Power: 441 (Pinsir, Gyarados, Pikachu)
Skill: 378 (Torchic, Ho-Oh, Girafarig)
Stamina: 502 (Pinsir, Pikachu, Togepi)
Jump: 452 (Scyther, Ho-Oh, Magnemite)

Overall Data:
Times joined: 104
1st Places: 93
Last places: 2
Bonuses earned: 185
Event 1st places: 266
Event last places: 19
Time spent: 8:21

Event Data:
Hurdle Dash 1st places: 59
Pennant Capture 1st places: 18
Circle Push 1st places: 13
Block Smash 1st places: 27
Disc Catch 1st places: 36
Lamp Jump 1st places: 36
Relay Run 1st places: 39
Ring Drop 1st places: 14
Snow Throw 1st places: 1 (lol)
Goal Roll 1st places: 23

Action Data:
Pokemon Instructions: 45,275
Times dashed: 11,609
Times jumped: 5505
Times tackled: 6725
Times switched: 472
Times self-impeded: 53
Pokemon acquired points: 12,625
Pokemon failed: 2403
Pokemon fell down: 121

 

[TotalPotato]

Well, I haven't played Pokéathlon for a while, but this is what I have:

Course Records
Speed: 452 Points (Togepi, Rattata, Pikachu)
Power: 510 Points (Poliwrath, Steelix, Snorlax)
Skill: 422 Points (Meganium, Sudowoodo, Mewtwo)
Stamina: 465 Points (Poliwrath, Meganium, Forretress)
Jump: 451 Points (Articuno, Zapdos, Ho-oh)

Event Records
Hurdle Dash: 79.6 Sec (Rattata, Zapdos, Voltorb)
Pennant Capture: 38 Flags (Togepi, Rattata, Pikachu)
Circle Push: 55 Points (Entei, Lugia, Mismagius)
Block Smash: 130 Pieces (Poliwrath, Steelix, Snorlax)
Disc Catch: 85 Points (Articuno, Zapdos, Ho-oh)
Lamp Jump: 518 Points (Articuno, Zapdos, Ho-oh)
Relay Run: 13.9 Laps (Fearow, Lanturn, Misdreavus)
Ring Drop: 124 Points (Poliwrath, Meganium, Forretress)
Snow Throw: 64 Hits (Meganium, Suicune, Articuno)
Goal Roll: 12 Points (Meganium, Mismagius, Lanturn)

 

[Angeltripper]

may i ask, how the hell is it possible to get 50 flags,hit pokemon with 55 snowballs, get 60 points by pushing pokemon, or getting 70 points from rings. the rest were easy my scores:

snowball throw: 33
goal roll: 11
block smash: 152
circle push: 56
pennant capture: 36
hurdle dash: 78.09 secs.
ring drop: 155
the race (cant remember name): 16.2 laps
lamp jump: 551 points
disc catch: 56

 

[PsychicPsycho]

Your score from the event can be over 200, but the number of points you actually earn after the results are shown can only be 200 max (notice how he said "232 points - 200 in total score").

Yes, I noticed that. That's what I was saying. When you're actually fighting with the other pokemon, I thought that score could not be over 200. I'll I can go in myself, purposely trying to excede it.

may i ask, how the hell is it possible to get 50 flags,hit pokemon with 55 snowballs, get 60 points by pushing pokemon, or getting 70 points from rings. the rest were easy my scores:

I previously posted the following about the Snow Throw:

A tip for Snow Throw: move your stylus straight up when throwing, aiming for the yellow team constantly. My scores started rocketing up when I started doing that.

Having high skill also helps you throw snow faster.
Circle Push- Try to use pokemon with high power and stamina (speed helps as well), but aren't huge (like the 3rd and 4th gen legendary trios). Unfortunately, luck plays a part, too. Sometimes the '5' circle will spawn in the same place 3 times straight, and others it will be across the ring each time. It's helpful just to try and push other guys off the platform sometimes when they're in the circle, if the circle is near enough to the edge.
Disc Catch: You don't have to have super jumping ability here, really, only decent ability. At the start of the event, position your guys on the left, middle and right (horizontally) on the 3 point line. When discs come move the necessary pokemon back to the 5 point area, grab it, then go back to 3 (so you don't get pushed off so easily). It helps to bump into the other competitors near the back to keep them from getting discs. You might try using a particularly powerful pokemon in the middle for extra pushing power.
Pennant Capture: This is the most inconsistant of all the events; luck plays a HUGE part. For me at least, if there's a rock near the edge, I'm not going to do that well. I usually try to go around to edges and collect flags. I think the times when I've passed 50, I'll get in a groove where I can leave the starting line, go out and around the back and get 9 flags in one pass. So basically you have to get lucky. Sorry.

Can you tell me with what teams of pokemon your scores were obtained?

 

[Aquarelle]

I just got a new record in Goal Roll today:

10 goals - Metagross, Gengar, Bronzong

Yay, I won the potential trophy~

EDIT: Today, I set two more new records:
Circle Push: 50 points
Power course: 454 points
Both with Metagross, Garchomp, Cranidos.

 

[PrismaticPrincessAnna]

Heres mine. I'll update coz I spended my old points of the shop thingy XD

Times joined: 92
Pokeathalon 1st places: 69
Pokeathalon last paces: 10

Hurdle dash 1st places: 37
Pennant 1st places: 11
Block Smash 1st places: 18
Disc Catch 1st Places: 16
Relay Run 1st Places 39
Snow Throw 1st Places: 15

Times Pokemon Dashed: 15958
Times Pokemon Jumped: 3674
Times Pokemon Tackled: 5855
Pokemon Acquired Points: 8074
Pokemon Failed: 1491


Thanks nya~

 

[ShinyGoogleplex]

I Love this Thread...

...& Pokeathelon Rocks for me!

I have 36 trophies, with just 4 Trust Trophies to go (75 pokes' on all courses, then 100, after that ??.)

Probably my best record is 19.8 laps in Relay Run.
'Bout broke my wrist getting to 134 Block Smashes (how do y'all do it!!?)
16 Goal Rolls for me using the Legend Lugia.
Drifblim Is a GReat bouncer! (Jump Course)

@ folks with help on Snow Throw...try a push-forward motion with your stylus in it like a cheese-grader.

 

[PsychicPsycho]

Records updated.

Oh, hey, I was just wondering. Did anyone that's posting here do so because they saw the link in my sig, or just because they saw it in the thread list?

I have 36 trophies, with just 4 Trust Trophies to go (75 pokes' on all courses, then 100, after that ??.)

Probably my best record is 19.8 laps in Relay Run.
'Bout broke my wrist getting to 134 Block Smashes (how do y'all do it!!?)
16 Goal Rolls for me using the Legend Lugia.
Drifblim Is a GReat bouncer! (Jump Course)

I believe the after that would be 200, but I may be remembering incorrectly.

For the Block Smash, try to have high power & stamina, of course, but skill also matters; it helps you get 'fired up' (or raise the tension, as it's technically called) and you can then break blocks very quickly. Also, don't follow the guy's advice (the one that's in the third room). Unless your reaction is very good, trying to hit only cracks will take too long. I always just tap away as fast as possible in about the middle of the block; sometimes I can easily get tension and sometimes not. Like for the record I posted for the legends, I tried a number of times, and got red fire (or high tension) at least once each time, even when randomly tapping.

Also, if you let me know that teams with with your records were accomplished, I'll gladly include them in the master list.

 

[Angeltripper]

uuummm i need help getting 55 snowball hits and 50 penants. how do you do that???? anyways:

Hurdle Dash: 87.1 sec (mewtwo, zapdos, dragonite)
pennant capture: 44 (smeargle, suicune, zapdos)
circle push: 66 points: (pinsir, dragonite, ho-oh)
block smash: 130 block broken exactly (pinsir, gyrados, snorlax)
disc catch: 81 disc catch points (dragonair, lugia, togepi)
Lamp Jump: 455 points (mewtwo, zapdos, dragonite)
Relay Run: 17.3 laps ran (mewtwo, Ho-oh, Togepi)
Ring Drop: 156 points (pinsir, gyrados, magmar)
Snow Throw: 55 hits (smeargle, suicune, zapdos)
Goal Roll: 13 points (ho-oh, suicune, moltres)

as for records in courses:

Speed: 448 points (damn that) (feraligatr, togepi, dragonair)
power: 510 points (dragonite, pinsir, ho-oh)
skill: 420 points (smeargle, suicune, zapdos)
stamina: 493 points (pinsir, dragonite, ho-oh)
jump: 419 (damn that too) (amphraos, dragonair, feraligatr)

beat my skill recond now its 407, and pennant capture is 38 now while snow throw is 37
edit again: 420 now and snow throw is 55!

 

[ShinyGoogleplex]

Records updated.

Oh, hey, I was just wondering. Did anyone that's posting here do so because they saw the link in my sig, or just because they saw it in the thread list?
I believe the after that would be 200, but I may be remembering incorrectly.

For the Block Smash, try to have high power & stamina, of course, but skill also matters; it helps you get 'fired up' (or raise the tension, as it's technically called) and you can then break blocks very quickly. Also, don't follow the guy's advice (the one that's in the third room). Unless your reaction is very good, trying to hit only cracks will take too long. I always just tap away as fast as possible in about the middle of the block; sometimes I can easily get tension and sometimes not. Like for the record I posted for the legends, I tried a number of times, and got red fire (or high tension) at least once each time, even when randomly tapping.

Also, if you let me know that teams with with your records were accomplished, I'll gladly include them in the master list.

I know for SKILL COURSE, I've always used a Gardevoir, Magmar, & Sandshrew.

And my most well-balanced mix for overall STAMINA COURSE is: Steelix, Seviper, & a Qwilfish. But if I want high on the individual Block Smash I substitute Seviper and qwilfish for Zangoose and Moltres.

Plus as I said before Drifblim is a GREAT bouncer on Lamp Jump, and Diglett/Dugtrio are NOT!

Also I'm in the high 500s in overall SPEED and SKILL courses, when your total points are tallied up with Primo, but in upper 400s on JUMP, the hardest to tally up!

 

[Angeltripper]

oh i have a new skill record. 452 points. with the same 3. i got 44 pennants which helped. also, i just got a tie at 358 pointsa on jump today. they draw a random winner, and i was the lucky one

edit: my new record for skill stands at 510. i got it with team dugtrio. they are a trio of....dugtrios

 

[PsychicPsycho]

(I'll need to update the records later, probably tomorrow)

I was recently asked for some advice on the Hurdle Dash, Lamp Jump and Pennant Capture. I'll post that here in case others might be curious.

Hurdle Dash- try to use pokemon with 5 orange stars in speed, and try to get them high skill as well (it helps with acceleration). In trying to find what the fastest comp time would be, I found a sneasel (which can easily get 5 stars in speed and skill), when only it was focused on, could reach the finish in 25sec., so a team of 3 sneasel might work (although I prefer not to use more then one of the same pokemon in a team). The jumping part takes some practice; I always try to get extra speed at each hurdle (by jumping right before the hurdle), but that can backfire. The game seems to want to simultaneously send a hurdle at each pokemon at least once per try, so don't risk crashing someone to boost another. Once you reach full speed (after 3 boosts, I think) you can stop jumping close, making things easier. Unfortunately, the game also places hurdles at a jump landing point often, which are seemingly unavoidable sometimes; you'll just have to deal with it.
Another tactic you might try, if you're skilled enough, is to use 3 fingers and jump each pokemon separately (instead of moving back and forth with your stylus). I haven't been able to pull this off, but maybe someone else can.
Lamp Jump- my own tactic is to use pokemon with at least 4 or 5 stars in jump. A few stars of skill are necessary so move more horizontally when jumping. Good stamina is also prefered, so you can recover after knocking yourself out. In the event, I try to aim at an angle so pokemon will go up, taking out 1 row of lights, then come down taking out a 2nd (lamps are worth more with each collected during a single jump). I think the best tactic is to do something similar, but have pokemon hit the jumper from below so it'll get more lamps. I've haven't been able to consistantly do this though; hitting the jumper from below isn't easy.

I'd previously posted this on Pennant Capture:

Pennant Capture: This is the most inconsistant of all the events; luck plays a HUGE part. For me at least, if there's a rock near the edge, I'm not going to do that well. I usually try to go around to edges and collect flags. I think the times when I've passed 50, I'll get in a groove where I can leave the starting line, go out and around the back and get 9 flags in one pass. So basically you have to get lucky. Sorry.

Plus as I said before Drifblim is a GREAT bouncer on Lamp Jump, and Diglett/Dugtrio are NOT!

Yeah, Diglett/Dugtrio can't jump at all. It makes sense, because they're in the ground, but I figured they'd be able to get a boost at hurdle jump. I think it'd be funny to use 3 dugtrio/diglett and kill at hurdle jump, disrupt Disc Catch and hope the others guys didn't do well at lamp jump and win the jump course. It might be possible if the competitive bonus was high enough and you were able to get 3 no-misses. I might try that. I think I might have done the Jump Course which 3 Magicarp once, so who knows...

 

[Angeltripper]

oh ummmm, dugtrio doesnt get a boost. he just goes undeground. i used ho-oh, togepi and mewtwo before, which have:

togepi: 5 sped, 3 skill, 3 jump
mewtwo: 5 speed, 3 skill, 4 jump
ho-oh: 4 speed, 4 skill, 4 jump

 

[PsychicPsycho]

Records updated

Also, I was thinking; since I couldn't really give that great of advice on Pennant Capture, I'd post some teams I did well with:
Quilava, Monferno, Combusken
Grovyle, Flareon, Kirlia
Bayleef, Ledian, Rapidash
Wynaut, Entei, Numel
These don't necessarily hold logic, they just sort of happened; like I said, you need to get lucky a little.

oh ummmm, dugtrio doesnt get a boost. he just goes undeground.

Yeah, I know. I was just saying they should get a boost, since they still have to dodge the hurdles, and can dodge similarly to the others. If they duck at the last minute like the others have to jump, then they should be awarded.

togepi: 5 sped, 3 skill, 3 jump
mewtwo: 5 speed, 3 skill, 4 jump
ho-oh: 4 speed, 4 skill, 4 jump

The jump really isn't particularly important. You might jump over multiple hurdles at once, but I swear birds come down on hurdles just as often as other pokemon. I think the first time I broke 80, I purposely didn't use fliers so I'd have a better feel of how long they'd stay in the air. I used togepi and dratini, and some else I can't remember, I'm thinking nidoran or rattata (something simple and found early in the game).