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Luvdisc 4

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The interaction is pretty straightforward on a casual level but there's still some tech to improve the score. What happens normally is that you orb the bloom to make the 4 Luvdisc circle around it, and then play melody to make them flip on their sides to make a 4 leaf clover shape. The problem score-wise is that they're pretty far away, and they have bad direction due to being on their sides (traditional "side direction" scoring requires them to be upright while facing the side).

The first thing you do is take the pic mid-flip. After they hear the music, the pose scoring goes: 200 (barely moved) -> 4xx (around 45 rotated) -> 7xx -> 9xx (lying on their side), all really quickly. You'd think that 900 is the best, but that kills the direction, so what you actually want is 700, for the best compromise between pose and direction. Getting a high 400 gives even better direction so it's not a complete waste if you're too early, but optimally you want the earliest possible 700 frame. It takes a lot of trial and error since the entire flipping process occurs in less than a second.

The other trick is bonking the Luvdisc in front before you start so it swims away from the rest of the group, then bonk it a second time to stall it in place while the other 3 do their thing. The trigger for 4 stars is something like "Luvdisc doing this action in this position with the other 3 Luvdisc visible", so it doesn't actually matter that the 4th one isn't doing the thing as long as it's in the shot. Since you're forcing this Luvdisc to be facing sideways, it gives more size/direction and thus more bonus points than it would flipping next to the bloom (especially since this one would be viewed from the thin side).

Interestingly this record shot doesn't actually have the side one in its "getting hit by apple" animation, which is a higher pose value that nearly every other top shot has. The Other Pokemon score should be in the high 600 range. That may indicate more potential for this shot, but it's very frustrating to do repeated attempts on it.