Escalation battle

An escalation battle stage for Latios.

An escalation battle (Japanese: レベルアップバトル level-up battle) is a type of special stage in Pokémon Shuffle that changes as it is played: each time it is cleared, the puzzle becomes harder, but the Pokémon will also be easier to catch.

Description

Escalation battles often feature Legendary and Mythical Pokémon. The cost per play is Heart ×1. 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 (or seconds) 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.

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.

Angry skips

An escalation battle in the angry state.

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 10 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.

After successfully skipping levels due to clearing an angry stage, there is a cooldown of approximately 2 stage clears before the angry state can appear again.

The chance of triggering the angry state depends on how many Hearts the player possesses after clearing the stage, and whether they are under the effects of the No Hearts Needed item, which temporarily grants infinite Hearts. Generally speaking, the chance of anger increases as the player's Hearts decrease:

Hearts on hand	Anger chance
Infinite (from No Hearts Needed)	20%
5 or more	20%
4	20%
3	20%
2	30%
1	30%
0	50%

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 with this feature.

In the end-of-service events, all angry skips fall within the range of 3-5 levels skipped - this even applies to the Volcanion, which still has 500 stages, but previously had skips ranging from 3-15 during the game's live service.

Drops

If a Pokémon has already been caught, then each stage in its escalation battle has a chance to drop the following items:

• 25% chance to drop Personalized Skill Booster ×1
• 25% chance to drop Personalized Skill Booster ×1
• 25% chance to drop Personalized Skill Booster ×1

Rotating stages

Week 1

Pokémon		Type	Format	Total stages	Angry skip	EXP	Notes
	Decidueye	Grass	Move	150	3-5	5	N/A

HP and moves

Stage level	HP formula	Moves
1 - 15	2,420 base + 104 per level up	8
16 - 24	1,452 + 182
25	12,012
26 - 49	2,288 + 75
50	16,016	10
51 - 74	2,860 + 125
75	22,880	9
76 - 99	7,700 + 287	10
100	10,010	7
101 - 109	5,600 + 350	10
110	38,536
111 - 119	5,600 + 569
120	32,666	12
121 - 129	7,560 + 237
130	76,545	16
131 - 139	6,300 + 657	12
140	57,400	10
141 - 149	8,400 + 1,339	8
150+	64,303	15

Rewards

Stage level	Rewards
1	Exp. Booster S ×1
2	Exp. Booster S ×2
3	Exp. Booster M ×1
5	Exp. Booster M ×2
8	Exp. Booster L ×1
13	Skill Booster S ×1
21	Skill Booster S ×1
25	Skill Booster M ×1
50	Raise Max Level ×1
75	Mega Speedup ×1
100	Skill Booster M ×2
110	Skill Swapper ×1
120	Mega Speedup ×2
130	Raise Max Level ×3
140	Skill Booster L ×1
150	Level Up ×2

Week 2-3

Pokémon		Type	Format	Total stages	Angry skip	EXP	Notes
	Volcanion	Water	Move	500	3-5	5	N/A

HP and moves

Stage level	HP formula	Moves
1 - 14	2,002 base + 166 per level up	8
15	11,909	12
16 - 49	1,372 + 84	8
50	18,024	16
51 - 99	1,116 + 40	8
100	32,361	15
101 - 124	1,716 + 69	8
125	24,024	16
126 - 149	2,945 + 45	8
150	27,456	12
151 - 199	1,287 + 90	10
200	34,320	12
201 - 249	3,850 + 165	10
250	22,848
251 - 299	5,360 + 158	12
300	40,600
301 - 349	2,940 + 105	10
350	46,200	15
351 - 399	4,680 + 181	8
400	33,600	12
401 - 449	4,200 + 132	15
450	30,624	10
451 - 499	5,600 + 934	16
500+	127,940	12

Rewards

Stage level	Rewards
5	Coins ×500
10	Coins ×1,000
15	Coins ×1,500
25	Exp. Booster S ×1
40	Exp. Booster S ×2
50	Raise Max Level ×1
65	Exp. Booster M ×1
80	Exp. Booster M ×1
100	Skill Swapper ×1
125	Exp. Booster L ×1
150	Mega Speedup ×1
175	Skill Booster S ×1
200	Raise Max Level ×2
250	Skill Swapper ×1
300	Level Up ×2
350	Raise Max Level ×4
400	Skill Swapper ×1
450	Level Up ×3
500	Raise Max Level ×8

Week 4-5

Pokémon		Type	Format	Total stages	Angry skip	EXP	Notes
	Latios	Dragon	Time	200	3-5	5	N/A

HP and time

Stage level	HP formula	Time
1 - 14	2,700	01:00
15	4,100
16 - 24	4,100
25	11,800	00:40
26 - 39	4,600 base + 350 per level up	01:00
40	13,513	00:40
41 - 49	6,350 + 300	01:00
50	14,000	00:50
51 - 59	12,600 + 131	01:00
60	16,170	00:45
61 - 69	11,760 + 105	01:00
70 - 79	11,550 + 116
80	11,970	00:50
81 - 89	11,760 + 105	01:00
90	31,395
91 - 99	11,550 + 131
100	33,880	00:45
101 - 124	13,104 + 109	01:00
125	16,375	00:45
126 - 149	14,868 + 247	01:00
150	37,317	00:35
151 - 174	13,020 + 286	01:00
175	58,800
176 - 197	10,500 + 283
198 - 200+	44,100 + 18,080	00:45

Rewards

Stage level	Rewards
15	Time +10 ×1
25	Exp. Booster M ×1
40	Mega Speedup ×1
50	Latiosite (If already owned, receive Mega Speedup ×1 instead)
60	Exp. Booster M ×1
80	Exp. Booster L ×1
90	Skill Swapper ×1
100	Raise Max Level ×2
125	Mega Speedup ×1
150	Raise Max Level ×2
175	Skill Booster M ×1
190	Mega Speedup ×1
198	Skill Booster S ×1
199	Skill Booster M ×1
200	Raise Max Level ×4

Week 6-7

Pokémon		Type	Format	Total stages	Angry skip	EXP	Notes
	Giratina Altered Forme	Ghost	Move	300	3-5	5	N/A

HP and moves

Stage level	HP formula	Moves
1 - 4	2,165 base + 180 per level up	18
5 - 9	2,886 + 180
10 - 29	5,692 + 60
30 - 39	6,950 + 145
40 - 49	9,198 + 80
50	10,425
51 - 60	8,060 + 413
61 - 75	9,300 + 266
76 - 85	8,060 + 482
86 - 99	9,920 + 286
100	26,065
101 - 125	4,960 + 259
126 - 149	4,200 + 229
150	28,000
151 - 199	5,600 + 234
200	287,000
201 - 249	7,350 + 175
250	49,000
251 - 299	5,600 + 367
300+	239,500

Rewards

Stage level	Rewards
5	Exp. Booster S ×1
10	Moves +5 ×1
30	Disruption Delay ×1
50	Mega Speedup ×1
60	Exp. Points x1.5 ×1
75	Exp. Booster S ×1
85	Exp. Booster M ×1
100	Skill Swapper ×1
125	Exp. Booster M ×1
150	Raise Max Level ×2
175	Exp. Booster M ×1
200	Mega Speedup ×1
225	Exp. Booster M ×1
250	Raise Max Level ×2
275	Exp. Booster L ×1
300	Mega Speedup ×2

Week 8-9

Pokémon		Type	Format	Total stages	Angry skip	EXP	Notes
	Latias	Dragon	Move	200	3-5	5	N/A

HP and moves

Stage level	HP formula	Moves
1 - 10	833 base + 256 per level up	8
11 - 24	1,381 + 293
25	16,698	18
26 - 49	2,072 + 203	8
50	25,064	13
51 - 60	2,688 + 271	8
61 - 69	3,920 + 460	10
70	32,371	18
71 - 80	3,360 + 523	10
81 - 90	2,800 + 330
91 - 99	4,182 + 508
100	55,005	18
101 - 110	1,014 + 802	10
111 - 124	4,891 + 423	12
125	65,274	18
126 - 135	4,891 + 423	12
136 - 149	7,797 + 476
150	67,271	13
151 - 160	11,400 + 2,298
161 - 175	12,160 + 778	18
176 - 185	21,280 + 1,216	13
186 - 199	22,610 + 3,989	18
200+	104,035

Rewards

Stage level	Rewards
5	Coins ×300
10	Coins ×500
20	Coins ×1,000
25	Mega Speedup ×1
35	Exp. Booster M ×1
50	Latiasite (If already owned, receive Mega Speedup ×1 instead)
65	Exp. Booster M ×2
70	Mega Speedup ×1
85	Coins ×3,000
100	Skill Swapper ×1
125	Raise Max Level ×3
150	Level Up ×2
175	Skill Booster M ×1
200	Raise Max Level ×6

Week 10-11

Pokémon		Type	Format	Total stages	Angry skip	EXP	Notes
	Diancie	Fairy	Move	300	3-5	5	N/A

HP and moves

Stage level	HP formula	Moves
1 - 10	3,861 base + 195 per level up	16
11 - 20	3,378 + 171
21 - 29	4,326 + 324
30	13,909
31 - 40	3,966 + 200
41 - 49	10,568 + 220
50	15,642
51 - 70	6,875 + 217
71 - 90	6,250 + 92
91 - 99	9,635 + 247
100	35,964
101 - 140	5,881 + 69
141 - 149	14,212 + 187
150	44,268
151 - 190	12,240 + 105
191 - 199	18,525 + 178	14
200	19,152	9
201 - 244	13,125 + 85	16
245 - 249	25,916 + 589	12
250	42,562	9
251 - 294	13,283 + 121	16
295 - 299	39,034 + 610	12
300+	45,516	9

Rewards

Stage level	Rewards
20	Moves +5 ×1
30	Raise Max Level ×1
50	Diancite (If already owned, receive Mega Speedup ×1 instead)
60	Coins ×1,000
70	Exp. Booster M ×1
80	Skill Swapper ×1
90	Skill Booster S ×1
100	Mega Speedup ×1
130	Attack Power ↑ ×1
150	Raise Max Level ×1
180	Exp. Booster M ×2
200	Raise Max Level ×2
250	Mega Speedup ×2
300	Raise Max Level ×3

Week 12-13

In this event, stages with 8 moves and low HP are Coin stages.

• Specifically, that would be stage levels 30, 55, 105, 130, and 180.

Pokémon		Type	Format	Total stages	Angry skip	EXP	Notes
	Darkrai	Dark	Move	200	3-5	5	N/A

HP and moves

Stage level	HP formula	Moves
1 - 9	3,705 base + 110 per level up	18
10 - 29	4,695 + 105
30	2,744	8
31 - 49	6,900 + 62	18
50	14,559
51 - 54	8,140 + 60
55	2,744	8
56 - 74	8,500 + 60	18
75	16,292
76 - 99	9,760 + 60
100	22,325
101 - 104	11,320 + 60
105	2,744	8
106 - 124	11,680 + 60	18
125	26,384
126 - 129	12,940 + 55
130	2,744	8
131 - 149	13,270 + 50	18
150	28,000
151 - 174	14,320 + 50
175	76,000
176 - 179	15,620 + 45
180	2,744	8
181 - 199	15,890 + 45	18
200+	88,000

Rewards

Stage level	Rewards
5	Exp. Booster M ×1
10	Disruption Delay ×1
25	Mega Start ×1
50	Skill Swapper ×1
75	Mega Speedup ×1
100	Skill Booster M ×2
125	Mega Speedup ×1
150	Raise Max Level ×2
175	Mega Speedup ×2
200	Raise Max Level ×3

Week 14-15

Pokémon		Type	Format	Total stages	Angry skip	EXP	Notes
	Kyurem	Ice	Time	300	3-5	5	N/A

HP and time

Stage level	HP formula	Time
1 - 10	1,857 base + 412 per level up	00:30
11 - 20	1,753 + 194
21 - 30	1,753 + 194
31 - 40	2,427 + 269
41 - 49	5,508 + 122
50	16,691	00:40
51 - 60	4,590 + 510
61 - 69	6,825 + 243	00:45
70	37,680	00:40
71 - 80	4,860 + 180
81 - 90	6,615 + 210	00:45
91 - 99	7,484 + 97	00:30
100	36,936	00:50
101 - 125	7,776 + 81	00:40
126 - 140	9,100 + 185	00:45
141 - 149	9,538 + 164	00:30
150	31,238	00:50
151 - 175	6,825 + 95	00:40
176 - 190	9,849 + 201	00:45
191 - 199	19,950 + 208	00:40
200	42,000	00:50
201 - 240	16,100 + 103
241 - 249	18,480 + 577
250	52,812
251 - 274	14,784 + 361
275	66,836
276 - 299	22,680 + 657
300+	85,312

Rewards

Stage level	Rewards
30	Time +10 ×1
40	Disruption Delay ×1
50	Mega Speedup ×1
60	Exp. Booster S ×2
70	Skill Swapper ×1
80	Exp. Booster L ×1
90	Mega Start ×1
100	Mega Speedup ×1
125	Skill Booster S ×1
150	Raise Max Level ×2
175	Skill Booster S ×1
200	Mega Speedup ×1
250	Raise Max Level ×3
275	Mega Speedup ×2
300	Raise Max Level ×4

Week 16-17

Pokémon		Type	Format	Total stages	Angry skip	EXP	Notes
	Zygarde 50% Forme	Dragon	Move	300	3-5	5	N/A

HP and moves

Stage level	HP formula	Moves
1 - 20	678 base + 48 per level up	6
21 - 49	1,302 + 48
50	17,521	17
51 - 75	707 + 78	6
76 - 99	1,531 + 160
100	34,656	17
101 - 125	3,232 + 126	8
126 - 149	2,550 + 188
150	40,063	17
151 - 179	2,837 + 188	8
180	67,423	17
181 - 199	3,417 + 467	8
200	185,632	17
201 - 225	5,796 + 325	10
226 - 249	4,719 + 447
250	251,050	17
251 - 275	5,234 + 166	12
276 - 299	14,197 + 861
300+	286,121	17

Rewards

Stage level	Rewards
5	Coins ×1,000
10	Exp. Booster S ×1
20	Coins ×1,000
30	Moves +5 ×1
40	Mega Start ×1
50	Skill Swapper ×1
60	Coins ×1,000
70	Disruption Delay ×1
80	Exp. Booster S ×2
90	Skill Booster S ×1
100	Raise Max Level ×1
125	Exp. Booster M ×1
150	Skill Swapper ×1
160	Exp. Booster M ×2
180	Skill Swapper ×1
200	Raise Max Level ×3
235	Mega Speedup ×1
250	Raise Max Level ×5
285	Mega Speedup ×1
300	Raise Max Level ×7

Week 18-19

Pokémon		Type	Format	Total stages	Angry skip	EXP	Notes
	Meloetta Aria Forme	Psychic	Move	200	3-5	5	N/A

HP and moves

Stage level	HP formula	Moves
1 - 24	1,212 base + 56 per level up	8
25	13,915	18
26 - 49	1,678 + 114	8
50	22,608	16
51 - 74	3,228 + 164	10
75	24,492	18
76 - 99	9,420 + 820	10
100	31,400	15
101 - 124	6,813 + 160	12
125	40,144	18
126 - 149	3,289 + 136	12
150	48,400	18
151 - 174	7,617 + 321	14
175	90,000	18
176 - 199	5,859 + 528	10
200+	59,136	15

Rewards

Stage level	Rewards
5	Exp. Booster S ×1
10	Exp. Booster S ×2
15	Exp. Booster M ×1
20	Exp. Booster M ×1
25	Skill Booster S ×1
35	Exp. Booster L ×1
50	Mega Speedup ×1
75	Skill Booster M ×1
100	Skill Swapper ×1
125	Mega Speedup ×2
150	Raise Max Level ×3
175	Mega Speedup ×2
200	Raise Max Level ×5

Week 20-21

Pokémon		Type	Format	Total stages	Angry skip	EXP	Notes
	Giratina Origin Forme	Ghost	Time	300	3-5	5	N/A

HP and time

Stage level	HP formula	Time
1 - 9	4200 base + 375 per level up	00:50
10	24,000
11 - 39	4,950 + 117
40	29,172
41 - 69	8,820 + 64
70	33,976
71 - 99	7,912 + 188
100	34,288
101 - 129	10,173 + 121
130	41,328
131 - 149	8,778 + 320
150	39,270
151 - 199	7,623 + 120
200	49,410
201 - 239	7,560 + 119	00:40
240 - 249	7,812 + 252	00:30
250	32,340
251 - 269	12,474 + 128	00:50
270 - 279	7,770 + 460	00:30
280	58,968	00:50
281 - 289	10,080 + 315	00:40
290 - 299	27,200 + 280	00:50
300	64,092
301+	12,600

Rewards

Stage level	Rewards
10	Skill Booster M ×1
20	Exp. Booster M ×1
30	Time +10 ×1
40	Skill Swapper ×1
55	Exp. Points x1.5 ×1
70	Mega Speedup ×1
85	Skill Booster S ×1
100	Mega Speedup ×1
130	Raise Max Level ×1
150	Mega Speedup ×1
200	Raise Max Level ×2
250	Raise Max Level ×2
280	Mega Speedup ×2
300	Raise Max Level ×3

Week 22

Pokémon		Type	Format	Total stages	Angry skip	EXP	Notes
	Magearna	Fairy	Move	100	3-5	5	N/A

HP and moves

Stage level	HP formula	Moves
1 - 29	332 base + 38 per level up	7
30	5,791	12
31 - 49	516 + 120	10
50	20,076	20
51 - 59	807 + 252	8
60	20,592	12
61 - 69	4,576 + 423	11
70	30,310	15
71 - 79	6,435 + 269	8
80	24,500	16
81 - 89	2,362 + 200	12
90	15,364	9
91 - 95	15,400 + 2,407	16
96	41,160	12
97	34,172
98	37,260
99	48,150
100+	97,860	15

Rewards

Stage level	Rewards
1	Exp. Booster S ×1
5	Exp. Booster S ×1
10	Exp. Booster S ×2
15	Exp. Booster S ×3
20	Exp. Booster M ×1
25	Exp. Booster M ×2
30	Mega Speedup ×1
35	Exp. Booster M ×3
40	Exp. Booster M ×4
45	Exp. Booster L ×1
50	Skill Swapper ×1
60	Raise Max Level ×1
70	Raise Max Level ×2
80	Raise Max Level ×3
90	Raise Max Level ×4
96	Exp. Booster L ×5
97	Level Up ×1
98	Skill Booster M ×1
99	Level Up ×2
100	Skill Swapper ×1

Week 23

Pokémon		Type	Format	Total stages	Angry skip	EXP	Notes
	Incineroar	Fire	Move	150	3-5	5	N/A

HP and moves

Stage level	HP formula	Moves
1 - 24	2,904 base + 148 per level up	10
25	20,592	12
26 - 49	3,432 + 101	10
50	26,312	15
51 - 74	4,004 + 232	12
75	27,762	16
76 - 99	3,150 + 83	10
100	35,420	12
101 - 109	5,206 + 115	10
110	57,880	15
111 - 119	9,800 + 230	12
120	50,400	16
121 - 129	9,800 + 270	15
130	42,000	10
131 - 139	11,025 + 460	12
140	62,062	15
141 - 149	4,900 + 766	10
150+	79,008	15

Rewards

Stage level	Rewards
25	Mega Speedup ×1
50	Skill Swapper ×1
75	Raise Max Level ×1
100	Mega Speedup ×1
110	Raise Max Level ×1
120	Mega Speedup ×1
130	Raise Max Level ×2
140	Raise Max Level ×2
150	Raise Max Level ×3

Week 24

Pokémon		Type	Format	Total stages	Angry skip	EXP	Notes
	Primarina	Water	Move	150	3-5	5	N/A

HP and moves

Stage level	HP formula	Moves
1 - 15	1,211 base + 242 per level up	8
16 - 24	1,889 + 272	10
25	5,852	8
26 - 49	793 + 111
50	23,022	16
51 - 74	2,099 + 125	10
75	22,362	15
76 - 99	10,296 + 409	10
100	38,357	12
101 - 109	970 + 131	10
110	18,047	9
111 - 119	6,063 + 276	10
120	30,940
121 - 129	6,860 + 123	9
130	38,675	8
131 - 139	4,963 + 972	10
140	44,660	15
141 - 149	5,670 + 1,089	10
150+	85,612

Rewards

Stage level	Rewards
1	Exp. Booster S ×1
2	Exp. Booster S ×2
3	Exp. Booster M ×1
5	Exp. Booster M ×2
8	Exp. Booster L ×1
13	Skill Booster S ×1
21	Skill Booster S ×1
25	Skill Booster M ×1
50	Raise Max Level ×1
75	Mega Speedup ×1
100	Skill Swapper ×1
110	Skill Booster M ×1
120	Raise Max Level ×2
130	Raise Max Level ×3
140	Raise Max Level ×4
150	Level Up ×2

Live-service stages

Main article: Escalation battle/Live service period

Trivia

• Giratina (Altered Forme) has Shaymin (Land Forme) as a 5th support in levels 50 and 100. This is a reference to Giratina and the Sky Warrior.
• Volcanion has several Magearna in the initial board of level 300. This is a reference to Volcanion and the Mechanical Marvel.

In other languages

Language Title Japanese レベルアップバトル French Combat à échelons German Steigerungskampf Italian Sfide Progessive European Spanish Fases Graduales

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