PokeMMO Ribbon Assistance

Bestfriends · December 7, 2022

PokeMMO Ribbon Assistance

Introduction

Welcome! If you are reading this guide, you are most likely curious as to how to obtain all the ribbons PokeMMO has to offer as of this moment. Rather than giving a lengthy intro, I would like to give a short preface and dive into the functional aspects. This guide will not provide you much additional details. The goal is to give you an easy roadmap to obtaining all the ribbons because I do not want to write more than what you need to know. This info comes directly from @DragoTamer and every tip/secret he used. Also, quite a bit of the guide has been ghost written by him to ensure the accuracy of the information given (full props to him for writing really well in the third person).

Contest Moveset

Move Template: Curse/Endure, Façade, Giga Impact/Hyper Beam, Double edge/close combat/superpower/etc.

Curse/endure lets you move to position 4. Façade lets you earn the max number of hearts for that move since you are in fourth position, and it also keeps you safe from moves that give black hearts to Pokémon ahead of them. Giga impact/Hyper beam works best in position 4 particularly in the last turn. This gives you 4 hearts and take away 4 hearts from the Pokémon ahead of you, unless they have the oblivious status. Double edge/close combat/superpower are all moves that give you a lot of hearts but if you get hit by a move that takes away your hearts, you lose more than normal. Use moves like double edge/close combat/superpower wisely.

If you look at the above move types, you’ll find that they aren’t all cool type, beauty type, cute type, smart type, or tough type. The biggest misconception is that you need different moves for different contests, and this will cost you more Pokéyen. You just need a strategy of moves which the above moveset allows you to do.

DragoTamer mapped out as many moves as he could for NPCs in master rank. The reason he focused on Master Rank is because if you use his move template from above, you will have absolutely no issues on reaching master rank.

There are certain things to watch out for. Certain Pokémon can use quick attack to position themselves in first place and then use swift. Espeon is an example. Other Pokémon like heracross and wobbuffet can use endure and curse respectively to position themselves in fourth place and then use moves like façade to gain a lot of points too. If a Pokémon uses a move that makes them oblivious, a move that takes away hearts won’t work on them unless you have two Pokémon using a move that takes away hearts. An example is if a Pokémon uses a move that gives them oblivious status and Pokémon in position 2 uses hyper beam, oblivious saves them from losing hearts, but if a Pokémon in position 3 also uses hyper beam, Pokémon 1 will then lose hearts.

There will be Pokémon that can only use some or may not be able to use any of the above moves that are listed. In cases like these, DragoTamer has given me a list of Pokémon from his previous orders and the movesets he used so that they can serve as a source of inspiration for you. He has shared a link which I will include below to see the effects of each move. In a situation where you have Pokémon like unown, ditto, magikarp, etc. DragoTamer stated that the best way is to use a single partner to assist you. The best Pokémon for your partner to have is a Tyranitar that knows double team, hyper beam, and hone claws. This Pokémon and moveset allows your partner to perfectly coordinate with you. In turn 1, you use curse/endure and they use double team or hone claws. In turn 2, you use façade and your partner uses hyper beam. In turn 3, you use curse/endure and your partner will naturally end up in position 3. Repeat the above process. Double Team is a cool type move so you use Hone claws whenever you are in a cool type contest. The cost of making this Tyranitar for support purposes is very cheap and the only significant drawback is that Tyranitar needs to have ribbons up to hyper rank. This isn’t too big of a drawback because you only need ribbons up to hyper rank and you can obtain those quickly.

The above table is not a complete list of Pokémon that DragoTamer worked with, but it is a large enough sample for you to understand the standard set of moves he used as well as some variation

Contests Pokeblock recipes

A White Pokéblock needs all 5 flavor profiles. A White Pokéblock Plus needs a very in all categories.

Black Pokéblocks -1 Enigma berry + 1 random berry - Need: 27 Enigma + 27 Random for 27 blocks

Red Pokéblock Plusses - 3 Figy berries - Need 48 Figy for 16 blocks

Yellow Pokéblock Plusses - 3 iapapa berries - 96 iapapa for 32 blocks; 4 aspear berries - Need 128 apsear for 32 Blocks

Green Pokéblock Plusses - 3 Aguav berries - 48 Aguav for 16 blocks

Pink Pokéblock Plusses - 3 Mago berries - Need 48 Mago for 16 blocks

Blue Pokéblock Plusses - 3 Wiki berries - Need 48 Wiki for 16 blocks

White Pokéblock Plusses - 1 Starf berry + 1 Petaya berry + 1 Payapa berry - Need 16 Starf + 16 Petaya + 16 Payapa for 16 blocks

Order of completing contests

First Coolnesss and toughness: max both
Feed black pokéblocks
Next Smartness and Toughness: max both
Feed black pokéblocks
Third max Cute and Beauty: max both
Feed black pokéblocks
Fourth max whatever stats you like. (16 white pokéblock plusses to raise all contest stats equally)

1. Feed 16 red Pokéblock plusses and 16 yellow Pokéblock plusses. Complete all of cool and tough contests including master rank. Use the process mentioned above for teaming up with a single friend in a link to complete the master rank in a surefire way. Otherwise you can still complete it yourself, but it may take longer

2. Feed 9 black Pokéblock when you have completed all cool and tough contests including master rank

3. Feed 16 yellow Pokéblock plusses and 16 green Pokéblock plusses. Complete all smart contests including master rank

4. Feed 9 black Pokéblocks when you have completed all smart contests

5. Feed 16 cute Pokéblock plusses and 16 blue Pokéblock plusses. Complete cute and beauty contests including master rank

6. Feed 9 black Pokéblocks when you have completed all smart contests

7. Feed Pokéblocks of your choice now to have your contests stats appear as you like. DragoTamer achieved his even contest screen by using 16 white Pokéblock plusses using the recipe listed above. He created that recipe with @LordHydra‘s help

Working together with a partner to speed things up. To assist with master ranks with a friend, have a Pokémon know the following:

Hyper Beam or Giga Impact
Double Team (cool)
Hone Claws

Tyranitar is a perfect choice. It’s cheap to obtain one. The moves themselves are cheap as well. This is stated above, but it is also included here in case you miss it. The only drawback is that Tyranitar needs to have all hyper rank ribbons to assist you, but it is not difficult to get it all hyper rank ribbons. You don’t exactly need Tyranitar, it can be another pokemon that has ribbons up to hyper rank at least. You also don’t need all three moves above as long as you have Hyper beam or Giga impact and one of the two moves.

Contest Categories and Ranks

There are five contest categories: Beauty, Coolness, Cuteness, Smartness and Toughness. And each contest category has four ranks: Normal, Super, Hyper and Master. Each category also has a set of moves that are favored by the crowd (beauty moves for beauty contest), compatible moves and incompatible moves as seen in table below:

This above table comes from the guide that @Myyshka wrote. Thank you for creating such a beautiful table!

Rewards from winning master ranks contests include berries, rare candies, luxury balls, nuggets, heart scales, etc.

Costs you should plan for

Total contest costs: 460,000

Costs for one contest category: 216,000

Battle Tower: About 100,000 (adjusting moves, EVs, etc.)

All Normal + Super + Hyper: 360,000

EV Berries + EV training outsourcing: 136,000

Note: These values may differ when you go into contests. These are rough calculations to plan for, not exact calculations to expect.

Times

Each contest ribbon except Master: 5 minutes, 20 seconds

Master ranks can also be 5 minutes and 20 seconds each roughly, each time, as long as you obtain help using a Pokémon with 2-3 specific moves I listed earlier.

Master Rank NPC Pokémon movesets.

Delcatty: attract, safeguard, doubleslap, fake out

Electrode: electro ball, explosion, discharge, sonicboom

Espeon: swift, morning sun, quick attack, tail whip

Gengar: lick, confuse ray, destiny bond, sludge bomb

Gyarados: thrash, crunch, hyper beam, dragon dance

Heracross: Endure, Reversal, counter, fury attack

Loudred: retaliate, hyper voice, echoed voice

Pichu: tail whip, sweet kiss, attract, charm

Porygon: conversion, recycle, conversion 2, return

Sharpedo: agility, take down, swagger, taunt

Wobbuffet: mirror coat, counter, safeguard, destiny bond

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Altaria: dragon dance, outrage, draco meteor,

Bellosom: petal dance, sweet scent, flash,

Dragonite: slam, outrage, twister,

Kirlia: trick room, psych up,

Luvdisc: charm, attract, sweet kiss,

Meowth: growl, pay day,

Sableye: knock off, faint attack, mean look,

Slaking: slack off, chip away, counter,

Slowking: facade, yawn, focus punch,

Togepi: encore, yawn,

Ursaring: fake tears, aerial ace, leer

Note: DragoTamer mapped out all these moves and stated that although some Pokémon only have 3 out of 4 moves mapped, the fourth move does not matter because the chances of the NPC having their Pokémon use the fourth move is so low that it is just never used. You’ll see through regular playing that the moves that are mapped out are the ones that will make contests tough.

Ribbon Syndicate

Please reference the guide that I have written about the Ribbon Syndicate: https://forums.pokemmo.com/index.php?/topic/131739-ribbon-guide-and-how-to-access-the-ribbon-syndicate/

Effort Ribbon

To obtain the effort ribbon, you must ensure the Pokémon of your choice has obtained a total of 510 EVs. After doing so, go to the Slateport Market and talk to the NPC shown below. You can also do this at the Sunyshore Marketplace as well.

Known Bugs to watch out for and to avoid

1. When you are playing contests, do not open a summary screen of your Pokémon at any point. Depending on when you open it, it will turn into a giant black box, and you cannot close it until you leave the contest

2. Once you agree to enter a contest, do not disconnect. If you do need to disconnect, only do it once your character is on the stage. Depending on the instance in which you connect, you will be warped to a bugged location in which you will need to use the unstuck command. (This bug is the worst btw)

3. Fatal rend error is possibly on windows if you’ve got music streaming services or too many windows open while you’re in the middle of a contest.

The information above is pretty much everything you need to complete the contests. There is a lot more info in terms of theoretics and other aspects that you can check out below. The information above is purely what DragoTamer uses and has compiled, and he has had great success. He has since retired from the business and you can check out his shop here:

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https://forums.pokemmo.com/index.php?/topic/138125-dht-ribbon-shop-tiendade-cintas-de-dht/

Guides for additional explanations of various Contest concepts

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https://forums.pokemmo.com/index.php?/topic/65868-pokeblocks-and-berry-recipes-updated-with-gen-4-berries/

https://forums.pokemmo.com/index.php?/topic/70556-pokemon-contest-guide/

https://forums.pokemmo.com/index.php?/topic/131739-ribbon-guide-and-how-to-access-the-ribbon-syndicate/

https://www.serebii.net/attackdex-xy/tough.shtml

Credits

@DragoTamer – Co-author and information source. I should note that he is an exellent ghost author.

@LordHydra – Partner in the Ribbon Shop. He and DragoTamer worked together to create their Battle Tower Strategy as well as the cheapest white Pokéblock plus formula listed above.

@Requi – Fantastic Banner designs.

@HumongousNoodle – Added 2 new Battle Tower Strats! Also added a strat for the Elite Four Rematches.

@iapapa - Added a video describing the Elite Four Strat that he came up with.

@BigDaddyAlex - Added a new Elite Four Team, Video of the strat being executed, and even a spreadsheet for all the Elite Four Sets! Check out his guide!

@LucasLyn5 and @BiuBiv - Added new information about the Legend Ribbon and the Weekly Ribbons from Johto.

@Biqueta - Helped to check information in regards to the weekly Ribbons.

Edited August 22, 2023 by Bestfriends
Credited Biqueta for his new Ribbon Info. (8/22/2023)

Bestfriends · December 7, 2022

Battle Tower

After consulting with DragoTamer, I am unable to share his specific team, but he has guided me to two very successful Battle Tower Teams which I will share below

BoltBoy’s team: https://forums.pokemmo.com/index.php?/topic/143507-battle-tower-db-guide/#comment-1871816

MullenYu’s team: https://forums.pokemmo.com/index.php?/topic/141088-【pve】推塔指南（双打版）/

I understand that Mullen’s post is in Chinese, but after putting the Pokémon’s information into google translate, I was able to decipher it, so I recommend doing the same!

There was a seasoned player (@HumongousNoodle) that reached out to me about two Battle Tower Strats. I hope you enjoy his method! The image may look a bit big...

Battle Tower Strat 1:

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This are direct quotes from @HumongousNoodle on the Battle Tower Strat:

"Its a form of setup mons.
You lead Dusc + Sweeper
Ally switch a few times to set up for free
Then force the 2v1"

"I've had post 130 winstreaks with this in early 2020"

"Gimme a few to pokepaste the other team"

"For ribboning you usually replace Blastoise"

"Always play this in Co-op, not doubles."

"Setupmons works best when you can do 2v1 as soon as possible. And in co op you only need to kill 2 mons. In doubles you need to kill three."

"A few points of interest:
You run yache berry mainly to reduce the chance of freezes. (Tower AI is less likely to use ice type moves if you prep against it)
If dusclops gets low health, (as in ohko range) dont ally switch, but helping hand or Pain Split to soft taunt the AI."

Battle Tower Strat 2:

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This are direct quotes from @HumongousNoodle on the Battle Tower Strat:

"Team 2 for battle tower."

"Lead situation is Chandelure + Hariyama."

"Crawdaunt is usually replaced for Ribbon mon."

"Rly good strat for farming Tower in general, its very very consistent once you hit the "ubers" tier of mon."

Elite Four Rematches

Strategy 1: This Elite Four Rematch strategy was mentioned to me by @HumongousNoodle, however it originated from a player by the name of @iapapa.

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These are direct quotes by @HumongousNoodle:

"Comments by him [@iapapa] regarding the team for ribbons, best mon to cut will be either Reuniclus or Electrode."

"Chandelure flashfire is a must because of flareblitz."

"Always lead Skarmory."

"Usable for any E4."

(I put in bold the pokemon that was not mentioned in the video)

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Video of this strat being used by @iapapa:

"side note: actually, after I started bringing serperior more and more, NPC started to run some chanseys and spdef umbreons with toxic, which sounds annoying at first, but it's the perfect strat to get up a free sub and safely boost urself to +4/+6" - @iapapa

Strategy 2: This Elite Four Rematch strategy was mentioned to me by someone anynmous. However, the strategy was displayed and written by @BigDaddyAlex. This also included helpful spreadsheets, a video, and a PokePaste of the Team he used. For more excellent information on this, then feel free to check out his guide!

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The Video Mentioned:

Breakdown of the video provided by @BigDaddyAlex:

Costs breakdown of the run featured in the video:

100,000 for riches charms 100%
50,000 for BP charm 100%
150,000 Total for Charms

53 super pots
16 x speed
2 revive
4 sitrus berries
5 or 6 balloons/sashes

85,000 Total for Supplies used.

Total yen spent: 235,000 (Supplies + Charms Used)

Revenue per e4: 132,000yen 4,000 BP
Revenue from Morimotto 15,660 (Missed the charm)

Total Yen Revenue 543,660yen 16,000 BP

Total Yen Profits: 308,660yen, 16,000 BP

Time: 1hr 14mins 06seconds

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A Spreadsheet made for a lot of the the Elite Four Rematch Sets created by @BigDaddyAlex:

PokeMMO E4 Rebattles - Google Sheets

Legend Ribbon

The Legend Ribbon is obtained by beating Red Atop Mt. Silver. The Cooldown for a Red fight is once every real life week.

Sun-Day-Evolution-Items Daily Ribbons Moon-Night-Evolution-Items

Alert Ribbon - Route 40 (In Game Monday) - Monica
Shock Ribbon - Route 29 (In Game Tuesday) - Tuscany
Downcast Ribbon - Lake of Rage (In Game Wednesday) - Wesley
Careless Ribbon - Route 36 (In Game Thursday) - Arthur
Relax Ribbon - Route 32 (In Game Friday) - Frieda
Snooze Ribbon - Blackthorn City (In Game Saturday) - Santos
Smile Ribbon - Route 37 (In Game Sunday) - Sunny

The 7 week Ribbons are obtained by talking to certain NPCs on each respective weekday in Johto (locations noted above). You have to find all 7 of the Week Siblings once, before you can get Ribbons from them. You can only get one Ribbon from each sibling each day.

Johto Week SIbling locations;

Monday (Route 40):

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Tuesday (Route 29):

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Wednesday (Lake of Rage - Dry):

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Thursday (Route 36):

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Friday (Route 32):

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Saturday (Blackthron City):

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Sunday (Route 37):

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Notes from DragoTamer

- Doubles in battle tower is the best way to get ribbons on your Pokémon. If you want to craft your own team, keep in mind that some teams work differently in co-op mode vs. doubles by yourself. This being said, there are multiple teams that work assuming you, as the reader, want to try creating your own team. While Mullen’s and BoltBoy’s strategies are published, there are many unpublished ones. A big tip I would give you all is to take a look at doubles in PvP. A lot of Battle Tower Doubles comes from PvP doubles.

- Swampert can have rindo berry.

- Dragonite has multiscale and can be holding leftovers or white herb.

- Typhlosion has flash fire.

o Eruption+ally switch can wear down multiscale

- Eject button is a consumable item and you can stock up at the Battle Tower exchange shop

- Mantine has extremely high special defense

- Houndoom is most likely sashed

- Double rock slide can be dangerous due to the higher chance of being flinched so plan carefully and do not rush your turns

- If you want to use trick room, shuckle and dunsparce are faster than torkoal

- Pokemon like armaldo, marowak, golem, etc. can use rock slide

- If you are unsure of which move can deal the most damage, use the showdown damage calculator

- Pokemon in Battle Tower can have multiple builds/movesets so move accordingly

- Articuno can have the custap berry, sheer cold build

Edited August 29, 2023 by Bestfriends
Updated the Ribbon Descriptions. (8/29/2023)

Bestfriends · December 7, 2022

Future Reserve