Steven has arrived in Pasio, and with him comes a new story event! Players have a new set of story missions to enjoy and complete.
Below is a detailed explanation of the Single Player missions, Co-op missions, and rewards you can obtain. Keep reading to find out more about the event!
Single Player Missions
The Single Player missions are pretty easy to complete on auto up until the last two battles. The team you use to battle is set, so you’ll have no choice but to use the Pokémon you’re given. For the last two battles, just play on manual. Use both X Attack on Metagross and Best There Is! once, followed by Iron Head on the Avalugg. Repeat until the opponents are defeated. Easy!
Players will receive 30 Gems for battle missions and 10 Gems for all other missions. This makes for a total of 190 Gems. This is excluding the rewards you’ll get from Poryphone missions which is mentioned later.
Co-op Missions
There are three difficulties for Co-op: Normal, Hard, and Very Hard. For Normal and Hard difficulties, bring your best Grass, Ghost, and Steel-type Strikers. These first two difficulties are easily beatable on auto when matching with a group, as long as your team is competent (and haven’t turned off their auto battling). I used the team below with maxed 2★ Psychic-type gear:
As for the Very Hard difficulty, you’ll see just how strong Steven & Metagross is. With the same team, I was able to win on semi-auto. I had to use a few moves to finish off Amaura and Metagross.
If players have Giovanni & Mewtwo, it’s much better to switch out Shauntal & Chandelure for them, especially if you’ve got maxed 2★ Psychic-type gear, like me. If you’ve got Rosa (Holiday 2019) & Delibird, the support power from them is really good, though you may have to play manually to be effective.
In general, the best Sync Pairs for these missions are:
- Giovanni & Mewtwo
- Brendan & Sceptile
- Players & Solgaleo
Other good Sync Pairs:
- Rosa & Delibird
- Shauntal & Chandelure
- Olivia & Lycanroc
Completing each of these missions for the first time will give you 30 Gems each, for a total of 90 Gems. Again, excluding rewards from Poryphone missions, discussed below.
Poryphone Missions
Along with the event, missions are available in the Poryphone for players to complete.
- All Single Player missions completed: 250 Gems total
- All Co-op missions completed: 150 Gems total
- Co-op missions Normal clears x 5: 100 Gems total
- Co-op missions Hard clears x 5: 100 Gems total
- Co-op missions Very Hard clears x 50: 350 x Voucher R and 1500 x Co-op Sync Orbs total
- All missions completed: 150 Gems
Total rewards:
- 750 x Gems
- 350 x Voucher R
- 1500 x Co-op Sync Orbs
Item Exchange
As usual, this story event has an exchange shop associated with it. There are a few must-buy items players should try to get.
Must-buy:
- Limited-Time 5★ Power-Up x 3: 300 Voucher R ea.
- Limited-Time 4★ Power-Up x 3: 300 Voucher R ea.
- Limited-Time 3★ Power-Up x 3: 300 Voucher R ea.
- Replay Ticket x 1: 100 Voucher R
Total Cost: 2800 Voucher R
Good to have:
- Elite Four Notes x 10: 35 Voucher R ea.
- Gym Leader Notes x 5: 20 Voucher R ea.
Total Cost: 450 Voucher R
The rest of the items are really just optional. If you’re low on certain Blends, Tonics, or Aides, then go for those!