>>34022269I would also advise against buying jewels but well, to each their own. If anything using them on weekend Meowth is always a good tradeoff. Don't go crazy spending a bunch on Eevee or the start of the month stuff because you can get shit for your money.
As for special stages usually focus on catching them all first and pay attention to the threads for suggestions on what to grind when available and what you can ditch or consider luxury.
And for main stages you can ignore most mons but remember to catch Heracross, Conkeldurr, Trevenant, Tyranitar, Hoopa-U, Aggron, all megas just to have some variety and prepare for the unknown (Gallade, Sharpedo, Metagross, Banette).
For Escalation Battles (EBs) go as far as you can itemless and only go deep and throw coins if you are going after a certain prize, even so take into account your available mons, their skills and their levels to see if it's worth it or possible at all.
For comps a golden rule around here is to do one and only run, no matter how shit it is so Genius Sonority doesn't jew you out of your coins. And only consider doing more if you have the coins and your first run was really one with the worst RNG imaginable AND it's cheap to do again.
And grind Meowth here and there so you at least have some pocket change at all times.
I guess that's some general stuff and maybe I'm missing something but welcome to the pack
and please remember to bump if it's dead and no one's around.Also prepare to see pic related so often it's gonna make you sick.