Short Course on How to Use Mega Beedrill

#MEGA BEEDRILL GUIDE

#Also, check out the Mega Tyranitar Guide I made for reference.

#1. INTRODUCTION

I did promise to make a guide about Beedrill ages ago, because I had already collected the materials from Amphy grinding and so on. I was not confident back then with my Beedrill skills, but after farming 10 survival modes in a week with a 100% win rate I decided to give it a try. As usual, I will provide the syllabus and course levels, and it's basically the same format as my old Tyranitar guide. Please give feedback if you find more variations that I have not listed yet.

##MOST OF THE DESCRIPTIONS ARE LISTED IN THE IMAGES, AND I COMPILED ALL THE IMAGES IN ONE LINK SO YOU WON'T HAVE TO CLICK THE LINK EVERY TIME YOU MOVE FROM SECTION TO SECTION. HERE'S THE LINK TO THE ALBUM.

However, I also linked the image in each section.

##I.1 Syllabus

Level	Notes
Basic Level	Comprised of stacking principles, things you should learn and must master at all cost
Intermediate Level	After mastering the basic things, this level will give you a more broad perspective about M-Beedrill and improvising your own way of playing. Comprised of Beedrill chaining, mid-air deletions, 1-grade leveling and 2-grade leveling variations, and 3-pokemon stage strat.
Advanced Level	Comprised of the variations found in the basic and intermediates, and two examples of skyfall projection.

#II. BASIC LEVEL

##II.1 Basic #1 – First thing's first

First, the key to getting more combos in Mega Beedrill is to create a lot of 2 identical icons next to each other. Beedrill won't give you any combos with a 3x3, because of the nature of our skyfall being checkered patterns. Notice how you can hardly get any combos with sweeping megas like Lucario? And did you notice that if you have two of the same icon next to each other near the skyfall, you will get matches and this will lead to lots of combos? This is the nature of our game's skyfall, and you have to shake them to get more combos. I can't really explain exactly how the skyfall works in a simple way, but you HAVE to at least aim for one combo and pray that the falling icon will make more matches. Hence, if you have a lot of 2 of the same icon together, it is pretty much safe to assume that you can get more combos.

##II.3 Basic#2 – Pseudo Complexity-1 and Skyfall Mechanics UPDATED

For starters, the game always generates an invisible row above row 1. We will call this Row 0 from now on. This Row 0 will never have any same icons that is next to each other, as expounded in the last section.

When you match a mega, the rows above row 0 (row -1, row -2, and so on) will NOT have any mega icons until 60 icons fell to row 0. This is the reason why the mega effect can cause a pseudo C-1 effect, making the skyfall give icons other than the mega icons. If you chain it with another mega icon, the same thing will apply and the 60 icons above row 0 will be void of mega icons.

##II.3 Basic #3 –Horizontal and Vertical Stacking

Stacking is here once again, just like the old Tyranitar guide. The goal here is to match into 2 of the same icons that are already next to each other with the skyfall that Beedrill has erased. Always aim for a match after bee has skyfalled. There is also vertical stacking, but it's not as effective as the horizontal ones because of the number of icons moved.

• Horizontal Stacking
• Vertical Stacking

#III. INTERMEDIATE LEVEL

##III.1 Intermediate #1 – 2x2 Variations

You can tap 2x2 in the corners to make some horizontal combos.

• 2x2 Variation

##III.2 Intermediate #2 – Beedrill Chain

You can chain Beedrill to make more Beedrill match in combos.

• Beedrill Chain

##III.3 Intermediate #3 – One Gap Leveling

The idea is to make icons fall by one row, using the space that the Beedrill match happened.

• One Gap Leveling

##III.4 Intermediate #4 - Two Gap Leveling

Same with one gap leveling, but this one has two gaps in it.

• Two Gap Leveling

##III.5 Intermediate #5 - 3 Pokemon Stage

The explanation is in the image.

• 3-Pokemon Stage

##III.6 Intermediate #6 - Mid-Air Taps

Mid-air taps usually occur in the middle of the combo after the Beedrill chain, and the goal is to delete one area that does not have 2 same adjacent icons. The Cobalion-Dialga-Cobalion won’t give any combo, so delete that.

• Mid Air Taps

#IV. ADVANCED LEVEL

In this part, we will combine the principles of the basic and intermediate strats, and also learn how to project the icons and make matches out of them.

##IV.1 Advanced #1 - Amalgamation of Everything

I have listed the explanation in the picture, follow the arrow in the pictures and you will understand why I tap in that spot. There are others but I’m out of materials to show you. At this point, you should be able to improvise by yourself and create more variations than this.

• Two Gap Leveling + Beedrill Chain + 2x3 variation
• Two Gap Leveling + 2x2 variation + Mid Air Taps

##IV.2 Advanced #2 - Skyfall Projection

This one is one of the most complex examples I can offer. I wrote paragraphs of text in the image itself, I hope it’s clear enough. The goal is to imagine (project) where the icons will fall and make a tap that could give 3-4 combos.

• Skyfall Projection Variant #1
• Skyfall Projection Variant #2

#V. CLOSING

Beedrill is easy to use, but you can improvise so many things to make it as complex as Tyranitar. But trust me, bee is easier to use albeit I still like Tyranitar more. SPECIAL THANKS TO MY DISCORD BUDDIES WHO HELPED ME WITH THE INITIAL SUGGESTIONS. I CAN'T DO IT WITHOUT YOU GUYS :D

#HAPPY SM FARMING, GOOD LUCK!