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CassandraCain posted...

Gengar 4 star plz

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/5/9/5/AASP7CAADejr.jpg

This one has a decent backstory to it. The record shown here with Gengar in the ceiling was actually the original high score strat that people used to use. At some point in time (last year), it changed to this:

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/5/9/6/AASP7CAADejs.jpg

This shot in the wall was closer and had better direction, so it was deemed better, and everyone pretty much switched to this composition when doing score attempts. However, it was also a lot harder. You had to time it so Crobat's wing was flapping into the picture for synergy, and surely most of you know how quick of a Pokemon Crobat is. If you miss the wing, say goodbye to your 260+ bonus points, and zooming out to get more of Crobat's body wasn't worth the loss of Gengar's main stats.

Then a month and a half ago in early June, someone came back with a 5170 at the ceiling spot (a new record at the time). You know what changed about it? Absolutely nothing. He just took a better shot. It seems that people had abandoned the ceiling shot before it was fully optimized, so they never tried pushing it once the wall shot was found. And here we are with the ceiling shot back on top. There's definitely a lesson to be taken from this. At least 2 more people have taken top-10 worthy shots at the ceiling spot in the time since it came back (including the newer record 5176).