Escalation battle

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Escalation Battles (Japanese: レベルアップバトル Level-Up Battle) are a unique Special Stage type in Pokémon Shuffle

Description

Escalation Battles often feature Legendary and Mythical Pokémon. The cost per play is 1 Heart. Each Escalation Battle has a Stage Level that starts at 1 and increases every time the stage is cleared. As the Stage Level increases, the target Pokémon's base catch rate will also increase; however, the stage will gradually become more difficult as well. There is no capture bonus for any remaining moves in these stages. All items are available when they are applicable.

Additionally, various rewards are given once certain Stage Level milestones have been cleared, encouraging the player to continue even after they have caught the Pokémon featured in the stage. The specific milestones and rewards differ with each Escalation Battle. More valuable rewards are typically guarded by a 'boss' stage, which is usually much more difficult than the stages immediately before or after it.

Ten Pokémon have been released through Escalation Battle events, with the dates they've appeared appearances, stage data, and rewards across all versions listed in the tables below. Giratina Altered Forme was the first Escalation Battle for both versions, being available from June 8 to 22, 2015 on the 3DS version, and from September 28 to October 12, 2015 on the Mobile version. Diancie was previously available as a Commemorative Event from September 14-28, 2015, making it one of the few Pokémon to be available through several different kinds of Special Stages.

From version 1.3 (3DS)/1.6 (Mobile) onwards, the "angry" feature was introduced to all Escalation Battles. With this feature, when an Escalation Battle stage is cleared, the featured Pokémon has a chance to become angry, temporarily increasing the stage level by 3-5 (later, 3-15 for Mew) for ten minutes. If the stage is started within this timeframe and cleared, the anger will subside and the Stage Level will increase to the new value, skipping several levels. However, if the timer runs out before starting the stage or the stage is failed, the anger will subside and the Stage Level reverts back to what its value would be without the anger bonus. If a reward stage would be skipped due to this, the reward will still be given if the later stage is cleared. However, certain stages may be designated as impossible to skip, usually including boss or Coin stages.

In the 3DS version, the first run of Zygarde 50% Forme was the first Escalation Battle to include the "angry" feature. In the Mobile version, the Giratina Altered Forme repeat on May 31, 2016 was the first Escalation Battle on the Mobile version with this feature.

List of Escalation Battles

Pokémon		Type	Moves/ Time	EXP	Angry Skip	Availability	Description & Reward	Notes
	Giratina	Ghost	18	5	3-5	June 8 to 22, 2015 (3DS) October 19 to November 2, 2015 (3DS) September 28 to October 12, 2015 (Mobile) May 31 to June 14, 2016 (3DS and mobile) October 25 to November 8, 2016 (3DS and mobile)	Per table below	Altered Forme
	Cresselia	Psychic	18	5	3-5	July 20 to August 3, 2015 (3DS) October 19 to November 2, 2015 (Mobile) July 26 to August 9, 2016 (3DS and Mobile)	Per table below	There were several Coin stage variants with a 10 move limit
	Darkrai	Dark	18	5	3-5	August 17 to 31, 2015 (3DS) March 1 to 15, 2016 (3DS and Mobile) September 13 to 27, 2016 (3DS and Mobile) February 28 to March 14, 2017 (3DS and Mobile)	Per table below	There were several Coin stage variants with an 8 move limit
	Latias	Dragon	18 (2015 only) 15	5	3-5	September 28 to October 12, 2015 (3DS) November 24 to December 8, 2015 (Mobile) January 31 to February 14, 2017 (3DS and Mobile)	Per table below	Latiasite was made available at Stage Level 50*
	Delibird	Ice	15	3	N/A	November 16 to 24, 2015 (3DS and Mobile)	Per table below	N/A
	Latios	Dragon	01:00	5	3-5	November 24 to December 8, 2015 (3DS) April 26 to May 10, 2016 (3DS and Mobile)	Per table below	Latiosite was made available at Stage Level 50*
	Keldeo	Fighting	16	5	3-5	December 22, 2015 to January 5, 2016 September 27 to October 11, 2016 March 28 to April 11, 2017	Per table below	Resolute Form
	Kyurem	Ice	00:50	5	3-5	January 25 to February 9, 2016 November 29 to December 13, 2016	Per table below	N/A
	Diancie	Fairy	16	5	3-5	February 9 to February 23, 2016 August 23 to September 6, 2016 April 11 to 25, 2017	Per table below	Diancite was made available at Stage Level 50*
	Zygarde	Dragon	17	5	3-5	April 12 to 26, 2016 August 9 to 23, 2016	Per table below	50% Forme
	Giratina	Ghost	00:50	5	3-5	July 5 to 19, 2016 March 14 to March 28, 2017	Per table below	Origin Forme
	Meloetta	Psychic	18	5	3-5	November 8 to 22, 2016	Per table below	Aria Forme
	Mew	Psychic	10	5	3-15	December 26, 2016 to January 10, 2017	Per table below	N/A
	Celebi	Psychic	00:40	5	3-5	January 17 to 31, 2017	Per table below	N/A
	Volcanion	Water	12	5	3-15	February 14 to 28, 2017	Per table below	N/A
	Incineroar	Fire	10	5	3-15	May 2 to 16, 2017	Per table below	N/A

Further details

Giratina (Altered Forme)

There were seven types of stages confirmed in the initial run of the Giratina event, while there were eleven types of stages during the repeat of the event.

Stage type	Stage levels	Hit points	Additional hit points per level up	Stage differences
1	1-4	2,165	180	No disruptions.
2	5-9	2,886	180	Breakable-rocks. Four per 3 turns.
3	10-29	5,692	60	Breakable-rocks. Four per 2 turns.
4	30-39	6,950	145	4 barriers at start, after 3 turns. Every turn starting after 6 turns.
5	40-49	9,198	80	Barriers on four outside columns, fixed layout. Unbreakable blocks drop in left columns. Single matches trigger 2 barriers; later, column of barriers per 2 turns
6	50-99	10,425	70	Shaymin (Land Forme) appears as a forced 5th Support Pokémon. 3 barriers or a block column (random, randomly disrupts multiple times in a turn) per 3 turns..
7	100	26,065	50	Barriers (two times), then breakable-rocks every two turns.

The rewards available for defeating certain landmark stage levels was as follows. Note that some rewards in the first column were only available during the October 2015 run of this event.

Stage level	Rewards (2015)	Rewards (May 2016)	Rewards (Oct 2016)
5	1,000 Coins	Exp. Booster S	Exp. Booster S
10	Disruption Delay	Moves +5	Moves +5
30	Mega Start	Disruption Delay	Disruption Delay
50	Mega Speedup	Mega Speedup	Mega Speedup
60	2,000 Coins	Exp. Points x1.5	Exp. Points x1.5
75	2,000 Coins	Exp. Booster S	Exp. Booster S
85	2,000 Coins	Exp. Booster M	Exp. Booster M
100	Mega Speedup	Raise Max Level	Skill Swapper
125	(none)	Exp. Booster M	Exp. Booster M
150	(none)	Level Up	2 Raise Max Levels
175	(none)	(none)	Exp. Booster M
200	(none)	Mega Speedup	Mega Speedup
225	(none)	Exp. Booster M	Exp. Booster M
250	(none)	Raise Max Level	2 Raise Max Levels
275	(none)	Exp. Booster L	Exp. Booster L
300	(none)	2 Mega Speedups	2 Mega Speedups

Cresselia

There were thirteen types of stages confirmed in the Cresselia event.

Stage type	Stage levels	Hit points	Additional hit points per level up	Stage differences
1	1-4	2,410	210	No disruptions.
2	5-9	3,213	210
3	10-29	6,250	60
4	30-34 36-39	8,435	60
5	40-49	10,143	90
6	50	11,190	-
7	51-54 56-74 76-94 96-99	11,851	60
8	100	21,499	-	Solosis appears as a forced 5th Support Pokémon.
9	101-119 121-139 141-159	14,969	40
10	161-179 181-199	17,369	40	Solosis appears as a forced 5th Support Pokémon.
11	200	26,867	-	Solosis appears as a forced 5th Support Pokémon.
12	201 onwards	26,867	30
13	35, 55, 75 95, 120, 140 160 and 180	2,574	-	Coin stage

During its first run, this was the first time an Escalation Battle's reward list went up to Stage Level 200. The available rewards were:

Stage level	Rewards (2015)	Rewards (2016 & after)
5	Moves +5	Moves +5
10	Disruption Delay	Disruption Delay
30	Mega Start	Mega Start
50	Mega Speedup	Skill Swapper
100	Mega Speedup	Mega Speedup
150	(none)	Raise Max Level
200	Mega Speedup	Raise Max Level

Darkrai

The reward milestones were as follows:

Stage level	Rewards (until Mar 2016)	Rewards (Sep 2016)	Rewards (2017)
5	Exp. Points x1.5	Exp. Booster M	Exp. Booster M
10	Disruption Delay	Disruption Delay	Disruption Delay
25	Mega Start	Mega Start	Mega Start
50	Mega Speedup	Skill Swapper	Skill Swapper
75	5 Hearts	Mega Speedup	Mega Speedup
100	Mega Speedup	Skill Booster M	2 Skill Booster M's
125	5 Hearts	Mega Speedup	Mega Speedup
150	Mega Speedup	2 Raise Max Levels	2 Raise Max Levels
175	(none)	Skill Swapper	2 Mega Speedups
200	Mega Speedup	2 Mega Speedups	3 Raise Max Levels

Latias

The first time this Escalation Battle was run, it was the first time when HP varied significantly between non-boss levels. For example, Latias has less HP at Stage Level 161 (10,752), for instance, than it does at Stage Level 61 (12,936). Previously, HP had gradually increased even when the individual stage types, disruptions, etc. had changed.

The stage data is as follows:

Stage ID	Stage level(s)	Initial HP	HP per level-up	Disruptions
134	1-10	4,368	121	Fill 3 random blocks with breakable rocks every 3 moves.
135	11-20	5,014	186	Fill 2 blocks in row 4 or 5 with ice every 3 moves.
136	21-35	8,640	154	Fill a random 2x2 block with breakable rocks every 3 moves.
137	36-49	7,613	156	Fill 3 random blocks with ice every 3 moves.
138	51-60	9,856	342	Create a square of breakable rocks in one of the four corners of the grid every 3 moves.
139	61-70	12,936	578	Disruption 1: Fill 1-5 random blocks with breakable rocks. Disruption 2: Same setup, but with ice instead. Disruption 2 begins with damage at 6,000 or less remaining (or damage at least 8,784). Disruptions only trigger if no 4+ combo with any move.
140	71-80	14,784	411	Disruption schedule is the same as Stage ID #139.
141	81-90	9,240	274	Starting from this stage level, stages have a pre-defined layout. Fill 3 random squares with breakable rocks every 2 moves. This begins with 12 moves remaining.
142	91-99	9,856	308	Disruption schedule is the same as Stage ID #141.
143	101-110	10,080	448	Fill 3-5 random squares with breakable rocks every 3 moves.
144	111-125	10,752	384	Disruption schedule is the same as Stage ID #143.
145	126-135	10,752	373	Fill 3 random blocks with ice every 3 moves.
146	136-149	11,424	465	Disruption schedule is the same as Stage ID #145.
147	151-160	10,080	373	Stages no longer have a pre-defined layout beginning at this stage level. Disruption 1: Fill 3 random squares with breakable rocks. Disruption 2: Fill 2 random squares with ice. Disruptions alternate every 2 moves.
148	161-175	10,752	480	Disruption schedule is the same as Stage ID #147.
149	176-185	18,816	653	Disruption schedule is the same as Stage ID #139.
150	186-199	19,992	995	Disruption schedule is the same as Stage ID #139.
151	50	17,400	N/A	This stage has a pre-defined layout. Places breakable rocks in columns 1 and 2 every 3 moves. At the same time, may repeat with columns 5 and 6 or fill 5 random blocks with ice, or both.
152	70	20,752	N/A	This stage has a pre-defined layout. Disruption schedule is the same as Stage ID #151.
153	100	44,044	N/A	This stage has a pre-defined layout. Disruption schedule is the same as Stage ID #151.
154	150	49,896	N/A	This stage has a pre-defined layout. Disruption schedule is the same as Stage ID #151.
155	200+	51,744	N/A	From here on, the stage stays exactly like this. This stage has a pre-defined layout. Disruption schedule is the same as Stage ID #151.

The rewards for the Latias event expanded further, and even included Latiasite.

Stage level	Rewards (2015)	Rewards (2017)
5	Exp. Points x1.5	(none)
10	Disruption Delay	Moves +5
25	Mega Start	Raise Max Level
35	1,000 Coins	Exp. Booster M
50	Latiasite	Latiasite*
60	1,000 Coins	(none)
70	Mega Speedup	Skill Swapper
80	2,000 Coins	(none)
85	(none)	Skill Booster S
90	2,000 Coins	(none)
100	Mega Speedup	Raise Max Level
110	2,000 Coins	(none)
125	2,000 Coins	2 Raise Max Levels
135	2,000 Coins	(none)
150	Mega Speedup	2 Mega Speedups
200	Mega Speedup	3 Raise Max Levels

Delibird

Unlike the other Escalation Battles, Delibird's event was not titled "Escalation Battle", but its format was identical to them. Like in other Escalation Battles, items were rewarded to the player when they cleared certain level milestones; in contrast with other Escalation Battles, however, the stages in this event were generally rather easy. The stage was titled Incredible Item Stage (Japanese: アイテムゲットステージ Item GET Stage), "Rake In Some Items!". Despite Delibird being in a main stage, it was able to be caught during this stage, with the same catch rates as other Escalation Battle Pokémon.

The stage data for the event is as follows:

Stage ID (3DS)	Stage ID (Mobile)	Stage level(s)	Initial HP	HP per level-up	Disruptions
188	77	1-10	392	15	No disruptions.
189	78	11-30	3,465	91	Add three breakable rocks at the beginning and every three moves. This ends after three uses.
190	79	31-49	3,920	103	Add three unbreakable blocks at the beginning and every three moves. This ends after three uses.
191	80	50	7,296	N/A	Disruption 1: Four Delibird added every 3 moves. Disruption 2: Add barriers to one column every 2 moves. Disruption 2 begins when Delibird has 5,000 HP or less remaining.
192	81	51-80	4,864	84	Add three barriers at the beginning and every three moves. This ends after three uses.
193	82	81-99	4,378	162	Three barriers added only at the beginning and after three moves. Otherwise, four unbreakable blocks added every four moves.
194	83	100+	9,242	N/A	Disruption schedule is the same as Stage ID #191.

The rewards were as follows:

Stage level	Rewards
1	Exp. Points x1.5
5	Moves +5
10	Disruption Delay
15	Exp. Points x1.5
20	Mega Start
30	Attack Power ↑
40	Exp. Points x1.5
50	Attack Power ↑
60	Moves +5
70	Disruption Delay
80	Mega Start
100	Complexity -1

Latios

Stage level	Rewards (3DS 2015 and Mobile)	Rewards (3DS 2016)
5	Exp. Points x1.5	Exp. Points x1.5
10	Disruption Delay	Disruption Delay
25	Mega Start	10 Hearts
35	1,000 Coins	Exp. Booster M
50	Latiosite	Latiosite*
60	1,000 Coins	1,000 Coins
70	1,000 Coins	Exp. Booster S
80	2,000 Coins	2,000 Coins
90	2,000 Coins	Exp. Booster L
100	Mega Speedup	Raise Max Level
110	2,000 Coins	Exp. Booster M
125	2,000 Coins	Level Up
150	Mega Speedup	Mega Speedup
200	Mega Speedup	2 Raise Max Levels

Keldeo (Resolute Form)

Stage level	Rewards (2015)	Rewards (2016)	Rewards (2017)
25	1,000 Coins	1,000 Coins	(none)
30	Mega Speedup	Mega Speedup	Mega Speedup
40	1,000 Coins	1,000 Coins	(none)
50	Mega Speedup	Skill Swapper	Skill Swapper
60	1,000 Coins	1,000 Coins	(none)
70	Disruption Delay	Disruption Delay	(none)
75	(none)	(none)	1,000 Coins
80	Attack Power ↑	Mega Start	(none)
90	1,000 Coins	1,000 Coins	(none)
100	Mega Speedup	Raise Max Level	Mega Speedup
125	2,000 Coins	Exp. Booster M	Exp. Booster M
150	Mega Speedup	Mega Speedup	2 Raise Max Levels
175	2,000 Coins	Exp. Booster M	Skill Booster S
200	Mega Speedup	Skill Swapper	Skill Booster L
235	(none)	Skill Booster S	Attack Power ↑
250	Mega Speedup	2 Raise Max Levels	2 Mega Speedups
275	(none)	2 Skill Booster S's	Skill Booster M
300	2 Mega Speedups	2 Mega Speedups	3 Raise Max Levels

Kyurem

Stage level	Rewards (Jan 2016)	Rewards (Nov 2016)
30	Time +10	Time +10
40	Attack Power ↑	Exp. Points x1.5
50	Mega Speedup	Mega Speedup
60	Exp. Points x1.5	Disruption Delay
70	Time +10	Exp. Booster S
80	Disruption Delay	Mega Start
90	Mega Start	Skill Booster S
100	Mega Speedup	Skill Swapper
125	2,000 Coins	Exp. Booster M
150	Mega Speedup	Mega Speedup
175	2,000 Coins	2 Skill Booster S's
200	Mega Speedup	2 Raise Max Levels
250	Mega Speedup	2 Mega Speedups
300	2 Mega Speedups	3 Raise Max Levels

Diancie

Stage level	Rewards (Feb 2016)	Rewards (Aug 2016)	Rewards (Jan 2017)
10	5 Hearts	1,000 Coins	(none)
20	5 Hearts	Mega Start	Moves +5
30	Moves +5	Moves +5	Raise Max Level
40	Disruption Delay	Disruption Delay	(none)
50	Diancite	Diancite*	Diancite*
60	Moves +5	1,000 Coins	1,000 Coins
70	Exp. Points x1.5	Exp. Booster M	Exp. Booster M
80	Disruption Delay	Skill Booster S	Skill Swapper
90	Mega Start	(none)	Skill Booster S
100	Jewel	Mega Speedup	Mega Speedup
130	10 Hearts	2 Exp. Booster M's	Attack Power ↑
150	Mega Speedup	Mega Speedup	Raise Max Level
180	10 Hearts	Skill Booster S	2 Exp. Booster M's
200	Mega Speedup	Raise Max Level	2 Raise Max Levels
250	Mega Speedup	Skill Swapper	2 Mega Speedups
300	2 Mega Speedups	Skill Booster L	3 Raise Max Levels

Zygarde (50% Forme)

Stage level	Rewards (3DS Apr 2016 only)	Rewards (Mobile Apr 2016 only)	Rewards (3DS & Mobile Aug 2016)
5	(none)	(none)	1000 Coins
10	(none)	(none)	Exp. Booster S
20	(none)	(none)	1000 Coins
30	Exp. Booster S	Exp. Points x1.5	Moves +5
40	Exp. Booster M	Moves +5	Mega Start
50	Mega Speedup	Mega Speedup	Skill Swapper
60	5 Hearts	5 Hearts	1000 Coins
70	Exp. Booster L	Disruption Delay	Disruption Delay
80	5 Hearts	5 Hearts	Skill Booster S
90	Level Up	Exp. Points x1.5	Exp. Booster S
100	Raise Max Level	Mega Speedup	Mega Speedup
125	Exp. Booster S	5 Hearts	Exp. Booster M
150	Mega Speedup	Mega Speedup	Skill Swapper
160	Exp. Booster M	10 Hearts	Exp. Booster M
180	Raise Max Level	Mega Speedup	Skill Booster M
200	Mega Speedup	Mega Speedup	Raise Max Level
225	Exp. Booster L	10 Hearts	Exp. Booster M
250	Raise Max Level	Mega Speedup	Mega Speedup
300	2 Raise Max Levels	2 Mega Speedups	2 Raise Max Levels

Giratina (Origin Forme)

Stage level	Rewards (2016)	Rewards (2017)
10	(none)	Skill Booster M
20	Exp. Booster S	Exp. Booster M
30	Time +10	Time +10
40	Skill Swapper	Skill Swapper
50	Disruption Delay	(none)
55	(none)	Exp. Points x1.5
60	Exp. Points x1.5	(none)
70	Mega Speedup	Mega Speedup
80	Exp. Booster S	(none)
85	(none)	Skill Booster S
90	Exp. Booster M	(none)
100	Skill Swapper	Mega Speedup
130	Skill Booster M	Raise Max Level
150	Mega Speedup	Mega Speedup
180	2 Exp. Booster M's	(none)
200	Raise Max Level	2 Raise Max Levels
230	2 Exp. Booster M's	(none)
250	Raise Max Level	2 Raise Max Levels
280	Raise Max Level	2 Mega Speedups
300	2 Raise Max Levels	3 Raise Max Levels

Meloetta (Aria Forme)

Stage level	Rewards
5	Exp. Booster M
10	Disruption Delay
25	Skill Booster S
50	Mega Speedup
75	Skill Booster M
100	Skill Swapper
125	Mega Speedup
150	2 Raise Max Levels
175	Mega Speedup
200	2 Mega Speedups

Mew

Stage level	Rewards
25	Moves +5
50	Mega Speedup
75	Disruption Delay
100	Skill Swapper
125	Mega Start
150	Mega Speedup
175	Skill Booster S
200	2 Raise Max Levels
250	Mega Speedup
300	2 Skill Booster M's
350	2 Raise Max Levels
400	Skill Booster L
450	2 Mega Speedups
500	3 Raise Max Levels

Celebi

Stage level	Rewards
10	Time +10
25	Disruption Delay
50	Mega Speedup
75	Skill Swapper
100	2 Skill Booster M's
125	Mega Speedup
150	2 Raise Max Levels
175	2 Mega Speedups
200	3 Raise Max Levels

Volcanion

Stage level	Rewards
15	Skill Booster M
50	Mega Speedup
100	Skill Swapper
150	Mega Speedup
200	2 Raise Max Levels
250	2 Skill Booster M's
300	2 Mega Speedups
350	3 Raise Max Levels
400	Skill Booster L
450	3 Mega Speedups
500	5 Raise Max Levels

Incineroar

Stage level	Rewards
25	Mega Speedup
50	Skill Swapper
75	Raise Max Level
100	Mega Speedup
110	Raise Max Level
120	Mega Speedup
130	2 Raise Max Levels
140	2 Raise Max Levels
150	3 Raise Max Levels

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