Wiki & guides

Your first run: hit the threats before they escape→

Start with Story for a supplied team or Classic for your collection. Inspect the next wave before spending run money.

• Choose the right mode
• Buy coverage before duplicates
• Separate your three currencies

Placement, hotkeys and mobile controls→

Drag or tap to place, move for free between waves, and pause before making precise changes. Customize keyboard bindings in Help.

• Place accurately on any screen
• Rearrange between waves
• Learn the keys that change a run

Classic and Hardcore: prepare all thirty waves→

Both modes now last 30 waves. Hardcore adds one-life survival, stronger enemies and no selling, making the whole regional finale essential.

• Choose from sixteen distinct maps
• Do not stop planning at wave twenty
• Plan around Hardcore's irreversible spending

Kanto and Johto Story progression→

Two regions each contain eight chapters. Follow their supplied teams, reinforcements and actual wave counts instead of borrowing another game's story advice.

• Use each chapter's actual budget and waves
• Prepare Kanto's coverage transitions
• Adapt to Johto's supplied reinforcements

Build for your map instead of a universal tier list→

Combine compatible damage, Ghost coverage, an armor answer and useful support. Adapt the lineup to your collection and opening budget.

• Start with the next wave and your budget
• Cover what headline DPS misses
• Compare useful alternatives under the same conditions

Evolution prices, branches and Mega choices→

Budget the whole evolution path. A 4★ move can change attack type, utility and form, so compare more than damage per hit.

• Add every price along the path
• Choose the branch for its attack
• Inspect the special form and its utility

Buy and level items for the right holder and mode→

Items work in Story, Classic, Endless, Hardcore and Sandbox. Challenges and both Tower variants disable them.

• Check the holder and current attack type
• Calculate the full level cost
• Interpret faster attacks as shorter intervals

Target priorities, weather and support radius→

A targeting rule cannot bypass hidden Ghosts or immunity. Weather, water and support effects change damage, range or attack intervals under specific conditions.

• Pick a rule for the current threat
• Apply weather to the real attack type
• Combine legal water placement with interval-based auras

Ghost visibility, type immunity and armor→

Ghost sight and attack compatibility are separate checks. Against armor, compare damage per hit and effects that bypass armor.

• Reveal the Ghost, then check your attack
• Compare heavy hits with armor-bypassing effects
• Avoid trading one immunity for another

Battle Tower drafting, rerolls and the summit→

Draft three Pokémon and clear five ten-wave floors. New climbs randomize draft and cards, with five free rerolls for card choices.

• Distinguish the weekly pool from your collection
• Spend rerolls on a concrete missing role
• Plan for floor four and the final boss

Endless builds, coin milestones and encounters→

Deep Endless needs sustained damage, compatible control and a growing economy. Milestones, encounter odds and speed unlocks change as you climb.

• Scale with increasingly durable waves
• Separate persistent rewards from run money
• Catch visitors and reach cosmetic milestones

Daily activities, Weekly challenges and reset dates→

Match advice to the exact date, team and variant. Johto joins Daily on October 23 and Weekly formats on October 26, 2026.

• Inspect the allowed team and rule modifiers
• Keep the four daily tasks distinct
• Use UTC and honor the activation gates

Regional eggs, duplicates and shiny planning→

Choose Kanto or Johto before buying. Rarity odds, owned-line weighting and shiny rules affect your chance of finding a specific line.

• Buy from the right regional pool
• Distinguish rarity odds from target-line odds
• Read shiny chances and protection separately

Achievement goals and honest local tracking→

There are 26 original-game badges. Several older goals still count Kanto progress even though Johto expands the current collection and map list.

• Keep each achievement's real denominator
• Choose the next measurable objective
• Use a checklist without claiming an unlock

Hideout decorations, visitors and trophies→

Hideout is a cosmetic room linked to the original Trainer profile. Arrange objects, show badges and visit trainers without changing combat stats.

• Walk around and choose decorations
• Rotate furniture and arrange displays
• Find the requirement for a wanted trophy

Save progress, change devices and post scores→

The original Trainer profile owns game progress and verified scores. This guide's planner saves and local checklist are separate.

• Protect your original Trainer profile
• Understand leaderboard eligibility and verification
• Keep companion inputs apart from the game save