LNY Shrine Guide (20 minutes per run)

Buddhalicious · February 18

Hey guys! This is going to be my first ever guide so bare with me. I've been using this method the past couple of days and figured I would share with everyone. Skip to the end for the shortened version but I recommend the full guide if you are new.

PRE BOSS

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Make sure the link leader is player 1. Start your first wave as MONKEY.

Player 1:

Player 2:

Player 3:

Player 4:

ORDER of Pokemon to fight/claim:

TIP 1: Announce to your team in chat/call when you're fighting an important Pokemon so everyone knows it's not needed anymore. Ex: Fighting Spinda right now, About to fight Piplup, etc.

TIP 2: Try using STAB moves when possible except when not very effective.

WAVE 1 MONKEY

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Make sure to select MONKEY as your 1st wave. Charizard and Gyarados will team up while Salamence and Garchomp will team up. Charizard/Gyarados will make their way to the shrine while also fighting all the pokemon in the way. It is VERY IMPORANT that you grab AND during wave 1 or it will slow down the strategy. Not fighting Meditite will mess up the strat completely.

WAVE 2 ROOSTER

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Once the ROOSTER wave starts make sure you grab . Try to designate this job to Salemence/Garchomp so it doesn't slow down the other team while they are running to the shrine, but if Charizard/Gyarados sees a Piplup on the way to the shrine, you should fight it as well just in case. Once team Charizard/Gyarados arrives at the shrine you will split up. Charizard grabs Chimchar from the shrine while Gyarados grabs Meditite . Use the Evolution Charm and the Strength Charm on BOTH of them and proceed to split up. Now there will be teams of 3.

Teams 1 and 2 will be solo players and Team 3 will pair up together.

TEAM 1

TEAM 2

TEAM 3

WAVE 3 DOG

Clear everything.

WAVE 4 PIG

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Clear everything and fight

WAVE 5 RAT

Clear everything.

WAVE 6 OX

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During this wave AVOID Shieldon if possible because of sturdy. This is the hardest wave due to most of the Pokemon being tankier so tread through carefully and heal when needed.

WAVE 7 TIGER

Clear Everything.

WAVE 8 RABBIT

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Clear everything and fight

WAVE 9 DRAGON

Clear everything.

WAVE 10 SNAKE

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Clear everything and fight

TIP: Ekans has Intimidate so it may not get 1 shot by Physical moves, especially double Ekans fights.

WAVE 11 HORSE

Clear everything.

TIP: If not already, Player 1 should start heading towards the Politoed so they can sell/buy everything and save more time.

WAVE 12 GOAT

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Clear everything and fight

PRE FIGHT PREP

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PLAYER 1 Sell all the items and buy 3 Evolutions Charms (if you have 1 already buy 2) and 4 Strength Charms (2 is doable just put them on Spinda and Primeape)

Some runs you might not have enough items so the bare minimum you'll need to prioritize evolving and putting your Strength Charms on

PLAYER 2 Pickup from the shrine.

PLAYER 3(Salamence) Pickup from the shrine.

PLAYER 4(Garchomp) Pickup from the shrine.

Once you purchased all of the items, EVOLVE

Strength Charm and if you have more use them on

TRADES

PLAYER 1 TRADE to PLAYER 4(Garchomp)

PLAYER 3(Salamence) TRADE to PLAYER 1

Organize your teams as such before the Nian Fight

PLAYER 1

PLAYER 2

PLAYER 3

PLAYER 4

NIAN FIGHT

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DO NOT heal during the fight unless you're really unlucky. Ex: Serperior missing more than twice, getting crit on, not having the ideal pokemon for fight, Spinda dies, etc.

PLAYER 1

Cottonee sets up tailwind. Turn 2 just attack with giga drain so they can get focus you and die. Turn 3 switch into Primeape and spam Drain punch on Nian.

PLAYER 2

Serperior Leaf storm Nian the whole fight. If Serperior dies, Medicham serves as backup.

PLAYER 3

Spinda Superpower Nian the whole fight.

PLAYER 4

Empoleon sets up Shields. Turn 2 spam Signal beam on Nian for rest of the fight. If Empoleon dies Infernape serves as backup with Brick Break.

After you finish the fight, use teleport item in your bag and leave/reset.

TLDR VERSION(Less Detailed)

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PRE BOSS

Player 1 grab Charizard and then chimchar(evo/strength charm) at the shrine; fight everything until wave 12

Player 2 grab Gyarados and then Medicham(evo/strength charm) at the shrine; fight everything until wave 12

Players 3(Salamence) and 4(Garchomp) duo fights until wave 12

ORDER of Pokemon to fight/claim:

Player 3/4 DONT take from the shrine until the end

In the end you should have 3 evo charms and 2-4 strength charms(Spinda, Primeape, Serperior, Empoleon) before the fight. Purchase what is necessary.

PLAYER 1

PLAYER 2

PLAYER 3

PLAYER 4

Refer back to NIAN FIGHT for details

NOTES

This guide has a lot of room for error so don't be scared if you mess up on some parts. As long as you grab Spinda and Cottonee you'll be fine. If you missed some of the Pokemon that you needed, Lucario or Darmanitan serves as the best replacement for Serperior/Primeape. If you miss Piplup, replace it with Lucario and have Cottonee set up shields first instead of tailwind. If you're unable to setup tailwind turn 2 it's okay, the run might take a minute or 2 longer. Once you go through it the first couple times, it becomes very routine what you need to do and you can even improvise quickly as well if you miss some pokemon on the list so don't panic. You'll end up getting to the point where you barely need to communicate anything. My group consistently gets under 20 minutes per run(best 17 minutes) so 20 minutes is a good average for this guide. Your first 1 or 2 runs might take a little bit longer because you are following the guide.

Please let me know if you guys have any questions. This guide can definitely be perfected more optimally, but this is what I've been doing during my runs.

Ty to nayoe, Jianybin, and HogRiderPoke for allowing me test the strategy with you guys >:3

Edited February 19 by Buddhalicious