Champion Stadium

[true prism]

Let’s see if it’s possible here

[frosty axle]

actually my bad was thinking of my 4* Abomasnow my 5* ex does this

[true prism]

That’s good, those were good investments. We’ll probably have to invest some more here

[elder talon]

I was trying to save some up though for xerneas/palkia for when the new battle villa comes out

[violet timber]

hop didn’t refresh TM again

this is so fun

[elder talon]

Have you tried screaming at him

[true prism]

You will invest them for here as well, they are very good units all around

Palkia will straight up murder Steven with grid

[violet timber]

I have tried putting him in the clown pit

[dusty path]

Xerneas can be good against sidney here, and Palkia could be good for steven here too, if you aren't going to use may as dps

[violet timber]

I’m going to lose it

Iron head doesn’t flinch anytime but on the time Hop refreshes his TM

[true prism]

Their May is only 1/5 so palkia is much better

Of course should bring both for the rain

[dusty path]

Palkia not expanded grid or tho...

I don't even remember exactly what came with his grid expansion

[true prism]

You haven’t done silver?

[true prism]

Mine isn’t either

Still straight up killing

Ramming speed

[toxic cobalt]

Just more stats, Palkia is great anyway. The problem is he can't take advantage of Steven's defence debuffs.

[elder talon]

What's that?

[dusty path]

Silver needs support for Atk buffing

[true prism]

The character

Silver and ho oh

[dusty path]

Silver/Ho-oh

[elder talon]

Oh yeah I have

He's still lv 1 though

[true prism]

Couldn’t see it there

[dusty path]

Ah yes, my favourite

[true prism]

Ah

[elder talon]

Don't have many tomes left

[true prism]

Ok, can try with just red then

[elder talon]

I can probably get him to 100 at least though

[violet timber]

11k

[dusty path]

lvl130 SS Red will be enough with supports

[violet timber]

[elder talon]

I also have tech ninetales from the egg

[true prism]

Why do you randomly have that Chingling when ur account otherwise looks very new

[violet timber]

I 100% need Candice EX

[elder talon]

Got it from the seasonal pull

[toxic cobalt]

Reduce strength parameters, add attack parameters

[true prism]

U paid for it and selected chingling?

[elder talon]

No I pulled chingling and selected marnie

[true prism]

Oh mb didn’t see marnie there

[dusty path]

NY Sabrina and Pal Marnie, 2 of the best in that scout

Nice

[violet timber]

oh I survived a round 1 sync

[elder talon]

Is Sabrina actually good? I assumed chingling would be trash lol

[dusty path]

Physical sync or Special?

[violet timber]

but C Iris just refuses to trigger def crush now

[violet timber]

drake sync

[dusty path]

SpAtk buff, Heal + Endurance? Sounds pretty good to me. As well as Status condition defense when it's needed

[true prism]

Don’t assume anything from the Pokémon, yamper and eevee are two of the best general supports lol

[elder talon]

Alright good to know

[dusty path]

I used to not want anything to do with Eevee lol, not doing damage on the sync? But Legendary Gauntlet changed my mind on that now XD

[toxic cobalt]

SadSycamore noises

[dusty path]

This was also before I started using Sycamore

[violet timber]

I’m going to salt chat

[daring osprey]

I remember I barley use him anymore….

I don’t know why

I just stopped

[frosty axle]

glad gauntlet changed your mind about using me

[dusty path]

XD

[daring osprey]

I used him for fairy weak stages with lillie and bede though

[true prism]

I still am not using her cuz mine is 1/5 💀

Even her sync is nerfed just for being 1/5

[dusty path]

I think I used you with Kimono Grimsley and someone else, but they kept dying when I synced with them first so I tried with you

[frosty axle]

Yes stat buffs are nice

[dusty path]

Even the move gauge refresh can be good if you want to use 2 high cost moves just after the sync

[frosty axle]

I hope when they buff my sync grid they change that maxed sync level +6 stats

[dusty path]

Instead of having to sync 3 times to max?

[frosty axle]

yes exactly

[dusty path]

Nah but you do all the stats, they gotta draw the line somewhere... Maybe 3?

[true prism]

Stop punishing me for only having 1/5 😩

[frosty axle]

well can make it +3 and +3

[dusty path]

Yeah, make it have to use it twice instead of 3 times

[frosty axle]

3 syncs is too much

[violet timber]

I think for my team to work
C Iris has to trigger Def crush until it’s at least -4 def
Hop has to trigger Freevenge before Abomasnow syncs and refresh TM at least twice
Most importantly Abomasnow has to crit

and that’s only the garchomp

I have no idea what to do next

[frosty axle]

you don't have guaranteed sync crit when using hail?

[violet timber]

I need heavy hail to do a fraction of EX dmg

[frosty axle]

I used same on 4* to do it, as I say you need something like Hala

[violet timber]

my Hala is 1/5

non ex

[frosty axle]

that should be fine

[dusty path]

Oh you hailing just before you sync?

[frosty axle]

he has snow shelter

[dusty path]

That's what you meant by guaranteed sync crit when using hail

the follow through

[frosty axle]

well yes, but first one I do straight away to remove Sandstorm as I use tm anyway till sync

[elder talon]

Is there an order in which it's better to do the stadium?

[dusty path]

Ah yep, TMs can be good for saving status change like the super effective up next and the crit next

[keen jasper]

You kinda have to plan which E4 you want to do at round 4

[violet timber]

great now my internet is stopping me from playing the game

[dusty path]

If you can finish Drake before his sync, do him on round 1, otherwise don't

[keen jasper]

I find Glacia to be easiest at round 4

[dusty path]

So I don't have to scroll again XD

[frosty axle]

yes exactly 💯

[dusty path]

Probably mina against Phoebe for Atk debuff

[frosty axle]

if you not using it on Sidney

I like using Darach on Phoebe

[dusty path]

Yeah... But then might have to use masked royal

I don't see Darach in Luvash's roster, I'm afraid

Could use Ghetsis or PalMarnie though

[frosty axle]

I used Ghetsis personally

since it was only thing I had left for F2P

[elder talon]

I was thinking of using ghetsis on drake no?

[dusty path]

Oh yeah, Phoebe has special moves but physical sync

[frosty axle]

Ghetsis is special and drake wants Physical

[dusty path]

Drake is best with physical ice attacker...

special ice is same as physical offtype

[elder talon]

WHich I don't think I have unfortunately

[dusty path]

and just don't use a special offtype

[violet timber]

11k sync

Can't one shot the garchomp

[dusty path]

Yeah Physicals you have... Zinnia, Sharpedo?

[frosty axle]

Don't have 4* Abomasnow or Crabominable?

[dusty path]

Both not super living

[elder talon]

I have 3* Abomasnow

[dusty path]

I'd say try Drake with Zinnia Dragon Ascent... Problem is constant aoe moves...

Zinnia Skyla? and a weather setter?

[frosty axle]

can you make it 4* and grid it?

[elder talon]

Nah unfortunately not

For Drake I was thinking
-SSGrimsley
-Sonia
-Skyla

[dusty path]

Hmm probably don't want to use sonia and skyla together...

They do quite similar things and you would want them for separate battles

[elder talon]

Oh I should probably replace one of them with someone bulkier

[dusty path]

take a non-sandstorm weather setter against drake

[violet timber]

I swear the game hates me or something

[dusty path]

Winona/Candice/Blaine

[violet timber]

I somehow didn’t crit with crit hit next

[elder talon]

Do you think I could try it with 3* Candice? Or is she just too weak?

[dusty path]

What???

[violet timber]

6k damage is most definitely not a crit

[dusty path]

Candice will need sync grid to be your source of damage...

[violet timber]

And I checked the moment after it hit

[elder talon]

Ah alright

[violet timber]

And the effect was there

so idk how it didn’t crit

[elder talon]

Honestly they should give out way more sync orbs. They're pretty much necessary from what I can see

[nimble shell]

Will next week drake same as week 2 drake?

[dusty path]

You can use candice as hail setter though

So replace sonia or skyla with candice

[elder talon]

Maybe I'll replace Skyla

[dusty path]

probably try with skyla first

because sonia debuffs Def

When move gauge starts to be an issue, you'll probably need a potion anyway and sonia's potions do move gauge accel

so skyla TM for def and speed...

Try not using SS Grimsley's TM... Unless it's a bit later and he's almost gone anyway, and you can heal him right after

Candice go hail first then X Speed once... Hail only when sandstorm comes (right after drake sync?)

[keen jasper]

Yeah, Drake's sync reactivates sandstorm

[dusty path]

Remember SS Grimsley has Power Flux, use his move before your other 2 to hopefully have max move gauge

[elder talon]

Drake

-Abomasnow
-Yamper
-Sharpedo

Sydney:

-Xerneas
-Skyla
-Venusaur

Glacia:

-Charizard
-Ho-oh
-Player Ninetales

Phoebe

-Mewtwo
-Hop
-Mawile

Steven

-Rayquaza
-Probopass
-Psyduck

This is what I'm thinking atm

[keen jasper]

Are you gonna off-type Steven?

[elder talon]

I'm just going with Rayquaza because it's the stronger pair I have

[keen jasper]

Why not Cyrus/Palkia?

Against Steven?

[elder talon]

I could try that, but no grid

[dusty path]

I don't think you need skyla on a team with xerneas... Try swapping hop and skyla

(for the speed)

[elder talon]

I also have SSBlue I could throw in there I forgot

[keen jasper]

Or use your best water-type damage dealer

[honest niche]

Any help for a team against drake. Can’t take Flygon down. Currently using Hala and Leaf plus a random 3rd.
I’m saving Archie and May for Steven

[frosty axle]

hmm why Mawile with Mewtwo?

[elder talon]

Drake:

-Abomasnow
-Yamper
-Sharpedo

Sydney:

-Xerneas
-Hop
-Venusaur

Glacia:

-Charizard
-Ho-oh
-Player Ninetales

Phoebe

-Mewtwo
-Skyla
-Blastoise

Steven

-Palkia
-Mawile
-Psyduck

Ok how about this

[dusty path]

growl against haymaker

[frosty axle]

oh ok forgot it had that

[elder talon]

Yeah I just realised that's dumb. Moved it to Steven for the stat reduction, I thought it would be better

[elder talon]

I could also replace Ho-oh with Torkoal vs Glacia?

[grizzled hearth]

I'm trying to do f2p teams right now, and it's going pretty sour

Mostly cuz I was trying to offtype at first, didn't work

[dusty path]

For the burn? Yeah that would be alright

[keen jasper]

Which Ho-Oh, SS Morty?

[elder talon]

No Silver

[dusty path]

Just keep mawile in against Phoebe, you need an Atk debuffer

Unless you have another?

[keen jasper]

Well, Phoebe also does special so you kinda need both

[dusty path]

Haymaker

You will not survive the sync at +4 Atk haymaker

[frosty axle]

what teams?

[elder talon]

No she's the only one

[grizzled hearth]

I was trying to use Giovanni and Silver to offtype

It wasn't working

So I'm going with ontypes now

Like a loser

[dusty path]

Giovanni Silver offtype? I used Giovanni and Silver (separately) on type

[kindred vine]

has someone managed to ontype with ghetsis?

[grizzled hearth]

Of course separately

[frosty axle]

I wonder if Mewtwo can be called offtyping as its sync is psychic

[dusty path]

Well then

Gladion off type all type

[north crown]

Ontype DPS

[frosty axle]

doesn't sync change to the type?

[grizzled hearth]

Tried that, didn't work, Phoebe's too strong

[dusty path]

Okay I guess it does... Just he's a normal type in the dex

[violet timber]

Is weather duration random between 4 and 5 turns

[grizzled hearth]

I'm done with Glacia, used Silver, Bugscyther and Acerola

Doing Drake now

[dusty path]

No, always just about a sync cycle

[elder talon]

Oh wait the recommended level for the stadium is 125

Oh I'm gonna get destroyed

[true prism]

The game recommended doesn’t really mean anything

The real recommended for any content is 120

[dusty path]

master mode or no?

[honest niche]

Anyone able to help?

[frosty axle]

so did not go sync nuke?

[elder talon]

Okay yeah I definitely am not strong enough lol

[violet timber]

why does my hail expire right before my Candice syncs I’ve done this like multiple times the same way but it just expires randomly every time

I’m going to blow up

[elder talon]

I'll wait until I pull after datamine to attempt the stadium

[dusty path]

When do you use hail?

[violet timber]

3rd turn before opponent starts moving

[frosty axle]

If hail is used third then it should survive

[dusty path]

3rd move is earliest you can if you want it up for your sync I think

[violet timber]

like this

[frosty axle]

thats your first unit

do it third

[violet timber]

the queue

[dusty path]

Nah the top is first in the queue

[violet timber]

does the placement actually matter

[frosty axle]

Don't know how you play out of order

[dusty path]

out of order?

[frosty axle]

I go middle left right for moves

[north crown]

Tactics exist

[kindred vine]

yeah 1.2k run

[dusty path]

oh XD

[violet timber]

I just got
hop TM -> breaking swipe -> hail
then the same except using X speed
then behemoth bash, dragon rush, sync

[dusty path]

1.2k Ghetsis, okay then... I can try I guess?

[dusty path]

Why not breaking swipe again?

[frosty axle]

you must be using more than 9 moves before sync if hail runs out

[violet timber]

huh

[north crown]

Can’t you guarantee quadqueue with CIris tm after first sync?

[dusty path]

Oh yes, do you wait to sync before you queue the next moves?

[violet timber]

I can't survive after first sync because not enough DPS for some weird rrason

[frosty axle]

instead of stopping move queues at 3 sync cd left you queue everyone

[north crown]

Your first sync

[violet timber]

that is probably why

[violet timber]

yeah, doesn't one shot side garchomp

[kindred vine]

yeah right

[frosty axle]

you can only do 9 moves before weather runs out

[violet timber]

But the thing is it did work for some occasions

[violet timber]

ah

unless I quad queue

[north crown]

Honestly I would ditch the denial since you can guarantee quadqueue with CIris’ TM anyways

[dusty path]

Well... r2 with Candice for hail and Chingling

[grizzled hearth]

Well, it's both

Sync nuke and good dps

[frosty axle]

was wondering without sunny day

[crimson wolf]

How can I beat Sidney? I did some trial and errors to mess around with the lower status. What else I’m doing wrong?

I’m using Diana that spring Burgh and and support

[grizzled hearth]

Well defense drops really help

[frosty axle]

Well what was Acerola doing just flinching?

[keen jasper]

Did you cure paralyze?

[kindred vine]

is chingling f2p? bc i don't think i got it

[crimson wolf]

Not really? Sometimes it failed if the target got burn

[grizzled hearth]

What else does Acerola do?

[dusty path]

You never said you wanted it for inspiration XD

[crimson wolf]

Because in that trial and error runs, the side just burn the target and when he use thunder wave, it failed

[keen jasper]

Sidney gets paralysis damage multiplier

[dusty path]

But alright, who do you want me to use that buffs SpAtk?

[kindred vine]

cheryl?

or even the new gio persian

this would work?

[crimson wolf]

So I have to use full heal whenever that happens?

[dusty path]

Ooo okay, perGio would actually be really good for ghetsis

[keen jasper]

He paralyzes the entire team with Go Viral

[crimson wolf]

I know but I’m saying should I use full heal?

[violet timber]

if someone is immune to paralysis does it not trigger for the full team

[dusty path]

Mine is only lvl 104 tho 😅

[north crown]

Or get lithe / status immunity

[keen jasper]

Correct

[shadow tartan]

Whats a good team for 2k drake?

[north crown]

Physically defensive team with Physical Ice DPS

[shadow tartan]

I do not have one

[north crown]

Candice

[shadow tartan]

You can do a 2k run with candice?

[crimson wolf]

Should I use full heal? Because barry only have that item

[north crown]

If she’s gridded, yes

[north crown]

Get a tank that’s immune to paralysis

[frosty axle]

yes she is good

[north crown]

Or give lithe lucky skill

[keen jasper]

Or with Hala

Assuming he's 3/5

[shadow tartan]

Took a long break, didnt evem know she had a grid lol

[chrome scroll]

i'm so lost on those new group post thingy

[shadow tartan]

Dont have

[chrome scroll]

i've got phoebe for the 4rth round

am i screwed?

[keen jasper]

Don't have Hala or don't have his 3/5?

[crimson wolf]

Like what Unit who’s immune to paralysis

[chrome scroll]

prob gonna have to reset lol

[keen jasper]

Sycamore isn't immune, but he can cure it

[frosty axle]

nope you just need to lower its attack

[chrome scroll]

[lunar meadow]

You need someone who can drop enemy stats fast.

Hydreigon or Kyurem

[north crown]

Lithe: Surgechu, Bugscyther, 1/5 SCLillie, 1/5 Aaron

Also sycamore with his tm cure as mentioned above

[manic mica]

For Sydney shall I try palantine serena

Or should I go physical gloria

[north crown]

You can also use lucky skills to add lithe

[manic mica]

Gloria is 2/5

[lunar meadow]

Marley and Arcanine also have a TM to prevent it.

And I think a lot of other units have lithe options in grid

[manic mica]

But serena is 3/5

[north crown]

Oh I forgor 💀

[manic mica]

Please recommend me some Sydney fairy teams

I have serena as my tech DPS

P.serena

And also 2/5 gloria

[dusty path]

@kindred vine Do you have Aaron? Actually Roxanne would be great here

[grizzled hearth]

A support that raises crit and cures paralysis would be good, and also an spa debuffer if you think Serena's not enough

[manic mica]

Ss iris?

[grizzled hearth]

Anything you think would work well

[white gale]

PSA: Don't waste resources building up Mina for Sidney. I 2k'd him using basic poiston stall - Sycamore, Janine, Erika

[violet timber]

can someone tell me where I went wrong https://youtu.be/Ght0ZUkgufY

[frosty axle]

I would but busy

not sure why your hail ends soon but you can try doing it second round?

[dark osprey]

Try using Candices TM and grid for super preparation

So you'll get sure crit and if lucky super preparation

[north crown]

If you’re trying to pre sync, take power on hit 1 and 2

[dusty path]

Haven't watched the video but if you flinch that adds time so hail goes, that's what I just noticed in mine

[frosty axle]

https://discord.com/channels/583120259708616715/1011274012111929484

I did not have issues with hail running out

[dusty path]

Alright I give up for now @kindred vine... I gotta get some sleep

[north crown]

1. Avoid trying to deny side, as that damage can help pre sync mid
2. Don’t use hail turn 1 unless you plan for hail MPR or plan to use CIris tm to help quadqueue
3. Don’t use potion before sync, as you can miss out on quadqueue (Candice second sync)
4. Can’t you just nuke with CIris instead?

[violet timber]

C-Iris isn't EX

[frosty axle]

Tech EX does not matter if 3/5

[shadow tartan]

yes

[violet timber]

oh

should I bring Lucas?

I just realised the recommended team is all holiday pairs

[sacred mountain]

What would help me more in CS
1/5 Deoxys EX or 2/5 Maxie EX?
I don't have ANY ground damage except 1/5 Cynthia garchomp

[subtle forge]

Yeah the tips aren’t very good

Or reliable, I should say

[dark osprey]

Maxie EX doesn't add much to Maxie. Ss Steven EX is a huge boost

[violet timber]

just came back from a break, what team would I usefor C Iris?

[north crown]

Don’t remember if there’s a weather setter that debuffs defense

If so I would use that

Otherwise I would stick with your current team, except sync mid with either pair

Might want to consider gridding candice as utility

[manic mica]

@dusty path thanks

Dang this week was rough to the core

[dark osprey]

Don't know if this is helpful with non EX Candice but could try it out

[stable karma]

Any tips for glacia this week? Trying to do her first round, keep dying to icy winds or blizzards

the aoe moves right off the back are killers

[dark osprey]

Maybe try changing the weather

[stable karma]

Already doing that with SS erika at 2/5 (She always dies to an icy wind before I can set up the second one)

Thinking of just RNG evasiveness spamming with NY Lillie, SS erika, and SS Red (Could try silver, hmm...)

[dark osprey]

Expanded silver EX nuke is crazy yeah

[stable karma]

just gotta keep erika alive

[dark osprey]

Maybe could try ss erika, lyra with her light screen and silver maybe with super preparation

[stable karma]

Lyra tanking?

[dark osprey]

Yeah I guess with the light screen

Her TM does give the slight attack buffs and speed buffs for Silver, that's why I used her

[stable karma]

Is super prep a lucky skill? Don't see it on the grid

[dark osprey]

Silver TM super preparation is part of his expanded grid

[stable karma]

Ahhhh super command 9

Should lyra (EX) or silver sync first?

[dark osprey]

Ah sorry my bad

Silver's first sync got rid of the sides for me

[stable karma]

hm erika's still dying very quickly

I'll give her vigilance

Erika died to a blizzard before I could set up sun should I have sun up first before lyra uses light screen?

[dark osprey]

Probably sun on the second round of turns

[stable karma]

Yeah erika keeps dying before I get the chance to set it up

[dark osprey]

Even with light screen?

[stable karma]

mhm

And vigilance

[dark osprey]

Oh. Guess Blaine is better then. Didn't know she was so frail

[manic mica]

I cant defeat Sidney Im done

[toxic cobalt]

Stall him

[manic mica]

Oh yeah, that exists

team should be Janine, Lucy and?

[toxic cobalt]

Mistyduck

[manic mica]

Will BPMorty work

[toxic cobalt]

Probably yep

[chrome scroll]

sidney was pretty easy to stall

just used eevee, viola and koga lol

[white gale]

I beat Sidney 2k with Xerneas, Janine and Erika.

Yes he was surprisingly easy to stall. Angry I poured resources into Mina 😦

[tribal agate]

daily reminder for those struggling with ice or fairy that both candice and mina are extremely good investments

[white gale]

Candice was awesome. Mina .. not as much

[tribal agate]

she is

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/681659012798087196/1011395789412651028/Screenshot_20220823-000518.png

and third slot was a troll pick

[lunar meadow]

Candice has a great nuke, but her damage outside of nuke is lame

[tribal agate]

well yeah she's a tech, a F2P one at that
her whole purpose is oneshotting middle

[true prism]

whaaa my mina only did 16k with all the debuffs

oh nvm it was after ur support ex

[tribal agate]

yes

[true prism]

only hop could support her for me

[tribal agate]

people need to reconcile with quad queue / adrenaline lol

that's how you enable 60% of the game's roster in CS

and also, pull supports, ex supports

supports are life

[toxic cobalt]

But Mina is so good

[true prism]

mina has been good for me in other weeks

[manic mica]

struggling to get a good team with candice honestly

[tribal agate]

Candice really just needs a crit support

[toxic cobalt]

She doesn't even need that

She gets sure crit when she uses hail

[tribal agate]

is that through grid?

[manic mica]

oh thats true

yeah^

[tribal agate]

hmmm

i don't think i picked it cause i went for SEUP

let me doublecheck

[sick inlet]

Does sure crit remain as long as there is hail or is it a one time thing?

[true prism]

one time

[tribal agate]

[true prism]

per click of the move hail

[sick inlet]

Because if its a one time thing she still needs

[manic mica]

the hala speed and no defensive buffs from samurott makes that team comp impossible for me, could candice + ghetsis + latios (ex) work?

[true prism]

so i've seen it used and then only attack with her sync

[sick inlet]

Yeah sync alone won't clear these stages though

[toxic cobalt]

She doesn't do dps anyway.

[tribal agate]

yeah it's either heavy hail 2 or sure crit but i guess that's reasonable

but yeah Candice for a F2P is crazy

she sets her own hail, maxes her own speed for inertia, maxes her own atk and guarantees the crit

you just need a third slot to take care of sides, and prep that 2x sync buff nuke

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1011234431291359302/1011234530016886874/Screenshot_20220822-114037.png

don't we just love nukes

[sick inlet]

Can't summer steven clear stage by himself?

[toxic cobalt]

Candice Ghetsis Skyla is an easy win this week

[sick inlet]

I don't know since I don't have him

So genuine question

[tribal agate]

mine is 1/5 but i always bring him for flavor, he proooobably could? i'd have to try

Hoenn CS is pretty bulky, not sure he could pre-sync

[sick inlet]

Agreed

[proud briar]

Looking for help doing mm drake with ghetsis - what's a good core i could use?

I have no limited ice units 😔

[toxic cobalt]

Got to spare on Candice?

[sick inlet]

Ghetsis will struggle as Drake has Wise Entry x2

[tribal agate]

you don't need anything limited

[proud briar]

Yep! I have her gridded for sync nuking, tried f!caitlyn and hop to support but i couldnt outdamage

[sick inlet]

How many *

Candice that is

[proud briar]

4☆

[tribal agate]

she works at 4* tbh

[toxic cobalt]

Sweet. Use Candice Ghetsis and Skyla.

[tribal agate]

yep that's the winning team

[frosty axle]

yes if you not doing F2P 4* Candice is fine

[proud briar]

used skyla unfortunately 😔

[bleak eagle]

Think i could get some help unlocking master mode in this e4? I did read the pins but im what u call, stupid

[sick inlet]

[proud briar]

Would togepi burgh work?

[sick inlet]

What do you not understand?

[tribal agate]

yeah that's who i used

#1009554906568462476 message

disregard the Steven he's just there for flavor and sides

[keen jasper]

What part you don't understand there?

[frosty axle]

I am tempted to get Burgh Togepi from select scout

[bleak eagle]

Okay ill reread

[proud briar]

what does ghetsis contribute to here? :o

[sick inlet]

You need to use all 18 types on the time frame of 2 weeks to unlock mastermode. Because there are are only 5 battles, meaning at most per week you can only use 15 types.

[toxic cobalt]

Sides

[bleak eagle]

Ik, i just have a hard time coming up with teams

[sick inlet]

Crying in f2p

[keen jasper]

Well, maybe you can show us your units

[toxic cobalt]

Have you read our basic teambuilding guide?

[tribal agate]

Candice is gonna nuke middle, but her dps is non existent and sides will slowly ko you if you don't take care of those, which is where Ghetsis enters

[proud briar]

Oooh i see

[frosty axle]

may do F2P but also like testing units too

[tribal agate]

with Candice maxing her speed and Burghepi having MGA, you'll be good

[proud briar]

Burgh's candied and gridded so i should be good! tysm!

[sick inlet]

Good luck black kitty

[toxic cobalt]

[tribal agate]

[bleak eagle]

Unless it was in this channel's pins, no

[manic mica]

does it have to be an ex skyla?

[toxic cobalt]

No

[frosty axle]

have to be on bot channel

[keen jasper]

Well, if you're having a hard time, just send your SS of your units here

[proud briar]

Should I sync with burgh first for sync boost? i'm a little rusty with this game ^^;

[bleak eagle]

Only the 5* ones?

[toxic cobalt]

Burgh is EX?

[proud briar]

Yep

[keen jasper]

All of them, even lower rarity units can be of use

[toxic cobalt]

You can if you want then I guess. SHould work eitehr way.

[keen jasper]

Assuming you invest enough into them

[toxic cobalt]

I would only send initial 5* though, to save space

[bleak eagle]

Sorry for the sort of img spam

[proud briar]

My tip is to be mindful of who you're sending in. Make sure your team comps are sound enough to work, i wouldn't recommend off-typing here, but it looks like you've got some solid units to work with

You only need enough variation to complete all types in two weeks

[toxic cobalt]

With those pairs you should have a problem

Start by picking a striker for each stage, and then seeing what support they need

[keen jasper]

And also figure out what the boss's mechanics are and how to counter them

[crimson wolf]

Ok now I’m on captain drake. Trying to find the best Ice DPS. But should I disabled sandstorm and use hail?

[north crown]

Most definetly

[lunar meadow]

Psh, I totally recommend offtyping...

||With multiple master fairs and everying EXd 😅||

[lunar meadow]

Disabling sandstorm does a lot to lower his damage.

If you do not have a 3/5 EX Crabominable or Calyrex-ice, then you will likely need to bring a weather option.

Keep in mind he refreshes it on sync, so you can queue up another overwrite when he's syncing.

[white gale]

For some reason she was really underwhelming for me. Candice on the other hand was a rock star

[crimson wolf]

I have calyrex. Dose it have to be 3/5?

[white gale]

No he does not

Calyrex + Candice + support like Hop will get 2k

[toxic cobalt]

Poor Mina. She needs a Bruno to shine against.

[violet timber]

oh wow now I know why they brought back seasonal select scout

[lunar meadow]

To ignore enemy weather, you probably do to have max sync damage.

To use him, no he does not. You just bring a weather setter with him

[lunar meadow]

A year of Granbull/Serperior/Mewtwo against Bruno in Johto and Kanto 😅

Poor man has been through enough

[proud briar]

God. Everybody's stuck at drake

I am simply not skilled enough to use 4/5 candace...might have to ☆ up or even EX

[tulip snow]

I’ll have to pull out the ultimate weapon of SS Lyra to beat him

[lunar meadow]

He's the one I didn't notice in either run I did 😅

Phoebe and Glacia were much more challenging to me

[tulip snow]

I’m stuck on Sidney tbh

[proud briar]

Sidney and Phoebe were easy with an EX nuke

Took phoebe out in just a few hits with 6☆ex morty

Sydney was tough but skyla + diantha + sycamore worked for me

[lunar meadow]

Phoebe was hard if you didn't debuff attack. Or accidentally gave her ghost zone.

Or did her fourth.

[proud briar]

I'm gonna have to like. slack on points here if i want to win drake LOL

I'm going for 8k at least for the bonus spirits

[lunar meadow]

I found Drake easy with my full steel team and my Crabominable sweep

I didn't even reset weather

[proud briar]

Crabominable would be a huge help but i've never pulled

All i've got are candace, pryce, and ghetsis (along with glacia but idk)

I'm going burgh candace ghetsis to help take care of sides while i build up candace for a nuke but post sync earthquake keeps deleting her

[lunar meadow]

Ya, basically EX abomasnow or bring a different weather team

Changing off sand and using phys attack, mainly

[toxic cobalt]

Candice shouldn’t be near a post sync

[proud briar]

I'm doing drake last 😔

[toxic cobalt]

Well now

[lunar meadow]

You can always just clear, then refresh to do it in another order

[proud briar]

Yeah probably

Might save glacia for last since i can just annihilate with anni N lmao

Or i could go sun team for drake

[toxic cobalt]

Might need to play around with a quite post sync Ghetsis

[proud briar]

Could try to lower attack with a growlmon

Not sure if it would live a sync tho

[lunar meadow]

Wrong world

[proud briar]

whats up?

LOL

RIP. guess i'll have to restart

[obtuse hound]

so for drake someone suggested sidney ssblue and skyla and im wondering should i grid ssblue and sidney? both 1/5 i think

[proud briar]

Ssblue is definitely worth gridding even at 1/5 i think

Same with sidney, it couldnt hurt

They could at least use the stats if youve got the orbs to spare

In my amateur opinion

[toxic cobalt]

Darach didn’t clear the shields?

[proud briar]

Can shields be cut down on 2k?

I was relying on crits

[keen jasper]

Yeah, with Brick Break or Defog

[true prism]

Not the crit shield tho

Don’t ever use that param unless you have defog

[obtuse hound]

well what grids should i use for them?

[proud briar]

Honestly at 1/5 i'm not sure there will be many options. Try to pick up their best stats and any MPR/MGR moves along with any passives (if any) that might synergize with their base kit

I'll throw something together

For absolute minimums try these. If you're going for brutal swing on absol spec into those nodes as well

I have confidence these should work decently for you but i've been out of the game for a few months so we'll see

[proud briar]

also LMAO whoops

[proud briar]

I only use crit shield on stall teams 😌

[violet timber]

@dark osprey nope… somehow not dealing enough dmg, maybe EX is needed

at this rate I’m considering yielding to their pleas of “please use calyrex”

[proud briar]

Oof. so close. Looks like skyla / candace / falkner seems to be the winning combo so far

[violet timber]

[proud briar]

@violet timber 🤝

drake is ruining my life

[violet timber]

my stubborn brain has been doing this for 2 days

[proud briar]

I might go all in and 6☆ ex candice. It would help me out in the form of a usable ice type

I am seriously considering this...

[violet timber]

I can’t count how many times hop hasn’t refreshed his damn TM

[keen jasper]

Do you have any good off-typers?

[proud briar]

I might have a few, but the only example I can think of is red

Could try to off type it with N / volkner / samurott

Could build a team around sand and nuke with olivia

I have a bunch of options but none have seemed to work

My problem could be i'm trying to 10k after almost a year of inactivity

[violet timber]

you did pick the right time to come back

because anni is around the corner

but jeez

Sinnoh and Hoenn is the hardest ones we’ve seen

[proud briar]

No doubt. They both got added while i was inactive

This is my first week on master mode and i struggled even getting there

I could easily 2v3 every alola stage on 7.5k but this is something else entirely

Ooh wait

I could stall

But i don't think i'd outdamage 🤔

YOOOOO

[keen jasper]

Very nice

[violet timber]

Hop didn’t refresh btw

I was gambling for crits after I ran out of Hails

[keen jasper]

Lol, that's something at least

[proud briar]

Damn. I really have to give up here

Might go down all the way to 1k

[violet timber]

you can try my team

[proud briar]

Don't have hydreigon but I do have falkner so i can give it a shot

What are your params?

[violet timber]

Oh that sucks

lemme send the params over in a sec

am beating Sidney

[proud briar]

Not falkner, darach*

[mint cedar]

If you have a stall team it's what I had to do on drake

[violet timber]

oh you kinda needed someone with def crush double down

you might need to try your luck

and my C! Iris is kinda 3/5

[proud briar]

Gonna go for a few more off types and then i'll give stall a shot

[violet timber]

But there are some low budget F2P teams, assuming you have Scyther Bugsy

[proud briar]

I got em c:

[violet timber]

Oh yeah don’t bother with the special move strikers

[proud briar]

Leer would probably do wonders actually

[violet timber]

I’m gonna post it in stage clears

[proud briar]

What round and what team did you use on him? :o

[violet timber]

@proud briar https://discord.com/channels/583120259708616715/1011727182395088956

I suppose any debuffer works

oh and apparently he has lessen frozen 5 which makes it ideal to use Kyurem to freeze? But I’m sure you’ll run into gauge issues

[obtuse hound]

beat drake

[lime willow]

8k csmm :(

[violet timber]

with one problem

comes another

Team has gauge problems even on round 2

[lime willow]

I just couldn’t manage anything for Sidney so I just gave up on trying to 2k

[keen jasper]

Who gave you the most trouble?

[lime willow]

Sidney

[obtuse hound]

now i have phoebe round 4 😬

[lime willow]

I 2kd everyone else and just turned off all the paras for him

[keen jasper]

You can retry again and plan who are you gonna defeat on round 4

[violet timber]

Is SS Brendan a bad idea because Xerneas has to be there for paralysis cleanse

and SS Brendan’s TM is interfering with triple queue at start

I somehow cleared this before but I forgot how I did

[lime willow]

Idk that round 4 parameter is really hard

All of my teams die to first sync anyways

[violet timber]

Save round 4 for Glacia

Event EX grid Silver makes her a cakewalk

[keen jasper]

Yeah, Glacia is the easiest for round 4 at least for me

[lime willow]

Hmm

[obtuse hound]

these are my ghost options for phoebe

[lime willow]

I can try

[obtuse hound]

😬

[keen jasper]

Just off-type her

[lime willow]

Just offtype

[obtuse hound]

isn't she difficult to offtype?

or something

[keen jasper]

I off-typed her with SS Serena

[lime willow]

I offtyped her with ssteven

[obtuse hound]

i don't know the general strat for her anyway

i have sssteven

but some said i should save him for well, steven

[lime willow]

Do you have any psych terrain setters

[keen jasper]

Lower her attack as much as possible and buff your defense as much as possible

[full mesa]

Υou can also poison stall with Sycamore.

[lime willow]

Nah

[obtuse hound]

yes, bianca

[lime willow]

Steven easy with rain

Bianca and ssteven can destroy phoebe

[obtuse hound]

i used sycamore

[lime willow]

At least if ssteven is exed

[obtuse hound]

i don't know if i have any rain setters

and idk the f2p ones

[lime willow]

Winona and pelliper

[white gale]

May, Winona and SS Kris set rain

[obtuse hound]

okay i have may and winona

[lime willow]

Cyrus + may + a good support can obliterate the stage

As long as you have cyrus gridded obv

[obtuse hound]

so ssteven + bianca + ?

[white gale]

I think you can prob do 10k. For Drake, use Candice nuke. And for Phoebe you can use Mewtwo/SS Brendan +1

[obtuse hound]

ive used hop and sycamore

[white gale]

Do you have SS Blue? I got 2k with SS Blue, Cyrus, May

[lime willow]

I already 2kd those guys anyways

[obtuse hound]

ooh how about ss brendan?

[lime willow]

Only one I didn’t get was Sidney

[obtuse hound]

ss brendan bianca and ssteven?

[lime willow]

Yes that’s the team I used to offtype phoebe

[obtuse hound]

hmm okay ill try it

[white gale]

against Phoebe, you don't have to off type if you have Mewtwo

[violet timber]

@lime willow if you have C! Iris at 3/5 and a couple of 2* crunchy cookies for def crush 2 you should be able to do it

[white gale]

Well you can def 2k the other 3

[violet timber]

With the right RNG of course

[lime willow]

I don’t have ciris

[white gale]

Against Phoebe, SS Brendan+Mewtwo (griddd for Shadow BAll and Brainteaser) +1 can win. Just need a support Ex (SS Brendan, Rosa..)

[lime willow]

Sidney gives me a lot of trouble

[white gale]

You can beat Sidney with Xerneas/Janine/Erika. I got 2k using that team

[lime willow]

Toxic stall

[white gale]

Yup

Janine's Stat drops ruin Sidney's team

[obtuse hound]

i beat r4 phoebe first try lmao

[hidden ore]

What do you use against Drake?

[lime willow]

Hala

:)

[hidden ore]

He good?

[lime willow]

If you have him

If not Candice nuke works fine

[obtuse hound]

i used a stall team

[proud briar]

how many points?

if you did it in master mode

[obtuse hound]

me?

[proud briar]

yea !

[obtuse hound]

uhh idk which is the default?

in hard mode?

[proud briar]

hard mode yep

[obtuse hound]

i didnt do master

[proud briar]

nice nice! congrats

[obtuse hound]

this is my first cs

thank you!

[proud briar]

woahhh dope!

[obtuse hound]

i also beat r4 phoebe first try

[proud briar]

damn phoebe took me a few tries even on hard

[obtuse hound]

this was my team for phoebe

and for drake dawn/ssleaf/janine

which?

[wary plume]

i need help for this week. i actually feel like it’s a but hard now. except glacia. i think. but i just wanna do 1.5k points each battle

[toxic cobalt]

You got great units. Fire is easily solved. Ice can be done with Candice and Ghetsis, if you have free.

Ghost you can probably Giovanni, and then Fairy I stalled so that is an option.

[wary plume]

ghetsis still good even if drake has wise entry?

[toxic cobalt]

Ghetsis is mostly for the sides, the idea is Candice handles the mid

[wary plume]

oh i don’t even. have enough sync orbs for candice

[toxic cobalt]

Try with Hala?

[violet timber]

I got this Darach/SSR Cynthia team for round 3 Phoebe but i cant think of a support and i cant use SS Blue because I need to flush Steven

[toxic cobalt]

What support does SSRC need?

[violet timber]

speed i guess?

but she doesnt need speed bevause its shadowball

My current EX options are Skyla, Leaf, Regular Dawn, Lillie, Swimsuit Misty and Elio

oh and classic Red and Falkner

[toxic cobalt]

Skyla and Leaf seem the best options for speed

[violet timber]

But I guess Red won’t be useful bc SSR Cynthia alr gives super

[wary plume]

would it also work without a grid?

[violet timber]

I suppose Skyla will do, has a lot of common theme skills with Darach

why am I dumb?

I gave Phoebe a Ghost zone sync

[obtuse hound]

grid for 1/5 ssblue and may?

idk what to grid them for

[toxic cobalt]

At 1/5 just hit the red and yellow tiles available

[stable karma]

Damm, this week was rough despite the common weaknesses

[violet timber]

welcome to Giovanni’s world of pain episode 2

apparently I didn’t proc enough sundering on her

[fringe valve]

Fairy ice ghost aren't really that common types tbf.

But worst case you just bring a broken unit to off type

[stable karma]

At least ghost has gio

[fringe valve]

True

[stable karma]

And ghetsis might be possible for ice

[fringe valve]

Ehh, wise entry x2 is annoying

You'd be better off off typing

[stable karma]

Yuh I just tossed sandstorm olivia at him

If you can't beat em, might as well join em

[fringe valve]

I just deleted him with may and maxie

[stable karma]

SS may?

[fringe valve]

Yeah

Blaziken

[stable karma]

How does blaziken play btw? Dunno if I should pull after anni datamines come out

[fringe valve]

You can check out the recording i posted in #1010274591601598555

[stable karma]

gracias

[fringe valve]

Np

Her sync countdowns are really clutch

[stable karma]

God damm those blaze kicks

[fringe valve]

Yep, blaziken goes crazy

[manic mica]

Would any goats be able to help me beat cs master mode

[dusty path]

With enough potion mpr, anything becomes possible 😂 (unless you die instantly, of course)

[proud briar]

Call me drake the way i suck for 3 hours until it cheeses

[dusty path]

(I didn't sync with Candice, can confirm no grid anyway)

And yes that was 1.2k, Str+3&6, move gauge -2

[proud briar]

Good work! congrats on the lucky mprs

[lusty mirage]

Ok so i managed to make 3 teams work. I need 2 more to actually clear it. Any suggestions? I would also take palentine marnie anytime this week.

[obtuse hound]

can someone show me their cyrus grid please?

[dusty path]

Hydro pump grid?

[north crown]

#1009587872342478908

what was the grid doc command again?

[obtuse hound]

no one's posted since 2pm but ok

[north crown]

well whatever it's in the pins in #1009587872342478908

[dusty path]

That's mine, but if you have a crit buffer you probably don't need critical focus

[obtuse hound]

oh yours is ex..

also im only able to do this many for some reason but

so idk what to do

[dusty path]

The yellow one you don't have is just first aid

[obtuse hound]

well which 4 do i select

[dusty path]

Palkia had an event like rayquaza does now that let you expand the grid and make him

[obtuse hound]

i know

[dusty path]

Ah yes, lack of sync orbs... Downfall of many

[obtuse hound]

i have like 2,800 i still don't know how this crap works

[dusty path]

10 co-op to 1 pair-specific sync orb exchange rate

[obtuse hound]

but i was able to grid 3 sync pairs today with like 900 orbs 🥲

[dusty path]

Definitely pick up hydro pump ramming speed (red one at bottom right)

The other red and yellows I have for him are first aid, critical focus and HP MGR

[obtuse hound]

look good?

[toxic cobalt]

Did you get help for this?

[kindred vine]

don't worry, already done :))

[plush tangle]

Ok I'm done with this week's CS, I did 4 2v3 out of 5 fight I can't do better

[dusty path]

Yep that's great, and you'll get +2 crit from SS Blue TM

Also May can DPS...

[obtuse hound]

oh wait let me evolve mudkip

[dusty path]

😂 I forgot what move it starts with

If that team doesn't work for you, you can try May dps with a SpAtk buffer (keep SS Blue)

[manic mica]

No i tried for the first time to finally actually beat the stadium using the tips in pinned though ands its the best ive ever done so far but i was wondering if i could do higher than 1200 for each thing atleast so your help would be greatly appreciated =3

[toxic cobalt]

I don't have too much time right now, but you absolutely can

[toxic cobalt]

Lots of strong strikers there to build around. What were your 1200 teams?

[manic mica]

thats hopeful news and

[manic mica]

i 1st i used red morty and elio vs glacia 2nd i used leaf erika and blue vs drake 3rd i used brendan giovanni and the girafirig guy from sinnoh e4 to beat pheobe (this is the furthest i ever gotten its a good feeling hehe)

[dusty path]

Your ice types are... Just Ghetsis and Glacia?

[true prism]

Didn’t clear Steven yet?

[obtuse hound]

I DEFEATED STEVEN!!

WOOO!

[dusty path]

Nice!

Did you pick 2nd parameter?

[obtuse hound]

yeah

[manic mica]

not yet figuring out how to beat sidney

[dusty path]

Always a good one to go for

[true prism]

I see

[obtuse hound]

it was tough may was the only one left cause of gauge problems

[true prism]

You can clear with 0 points first if you want to reset and try for 10k

[manic mica]

i got those 2 hala candace price lorelei and bw ice gym leader guy and xy gym leader guy

[dusty path]

Did you use SS Blue TM both at the start for crit or spread out for gauge?

[obtuse hound]

i used defense at the start to stay alive

i used all blue's tms before he moved

i probably used to many costly moves

but i won, so

i can't believe i did this and im barely a week old

[dusty path]

Yeah you don't have to optimize it if it already worked

[dusty path]

Oh brycen and wulfric

[manic mica]

yee those 2

[dusty path]

Well if you've got sync orbs, Candice can take you for Drake

Do you have Silver? 😅

And EX and expanded grid?

[manic mica]

yee i got him ex'd and everything i got a bunch of sync orbs

[dusty path]

Ooo okay, duo Ho-oh with another for Glacia is pretty easy

[manic mica]

wait is he betterto use over morty-ho oh and Red

[dusty path]

Silver sets sun each sync, so Morty can keep healing

Also yeah, silver can be pretty great with damage

He's my main fire striker since grid expansion

[tacit matrix]

Unless Red is also EX with 3/5 Silver is stronger

[manic mica]

ooo ill try using him when i reset

Red is my fav character so i just use him whenever i can

[tacit matrix]

Well your Red is also 3/5 and EX so you can use any of them tbh, both works amazing against Glacia with SS Morty

[manic mica]

awesome will both give big amounts of points

[dusty path]

Points come from the parameters you choose

But yeah, both will be able to handle big points if you choose the right ones

[manic mica]

oh yeah ik sorry i meant will i be able to get big amounts of points of them

[tacit matrix]

Cynthia + Alister is a solid dual dps combo for Ghost stage that also use myself

Then Sidney and Drake you are going to off type them based on your units

Luckily you also have SS Lyra that is basically a cheat code and allow to beat any CS stage for free

So that can take care of one of them

[manic mica]

okay but what about stupid sidney

[dusty path]

SS Cyrus?

I did SS Cyrus and Sidney

[manic mica]

i dont have him =p

[dusty path]

Could try it with Serena, go viral sleep is basically the same thing, you just have to target the right one

[manic mica]

sounds tough

but i shall try

if i have time

[summer flare]

Iirc I need to post once for the channel to show up to me, right?

Needed it since I'll have to look up sync parameters

[plush tangle]

Made a forum post for it. I don't want this week to ever come back, it was PAINFUL

[lunar meadow]

Challenges are nice sometimes.

But honestly, I'd rather see them just make "hard mode 2" and give the enemies wise entry and sentry entry there, along with weather effects.

Make sinnoh and hoenn hard mode 1 easier. Like every other region.
Then make hard mode 2 for every region on par with current sinnoh/hoenn

[summer flare]

So I wasn't feeling like this week was nearly impossible out of nowhere

[plush tangle]

Oh god Flying weak Koga but with Hoenn difficulty

I dont want to think about that

[summer flare]

I'm in pain trying to think of a way to beat glacia and drake

[plush tangle]

Glacia is easy

Wait a sec

[summer flare]

Haven't tried the others and I'm unsure if I want to

I should probably try presync with her

[plush tangle]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wr9qLSCBgw0

[lunar meadow]

@dusty trout
It's here now

[dusty trout]

Oh I see, thank you

[summer flare]

What the fuck was that damage

[lunar meadow]

Subscribe to this channel for it to show up on the summary for you

[plush tangle]

Super effective up next

That's with Super Command 9

[dusty trout]

Thank you!

Hi everyone, unable to beat the ghost weak stage, any tips?

For 10k master mode

[summer flare]

Is that from his expanded grid?

I don't have it

Started after silver's event was over

[plush tangle]

Oof

Rip then

You still should be able to do it, it'll be harder tho

[white gale]

Do you have Mewtwo and a SpDef debuffer like Lucian, SS Brendan or Bede?

[true prism]

yeah without both ex and expanded grid he would be lacking a lot

silver i mean

[summer flare]

Yeah, it feels overwhelming to beat

His sync deals like 1/5 of that damage

[flat leaf]

who do i use with ssred and ssmorty for glacia 2k

[old orchid]

someone that can buff atk for Red if he is 2/5 and higher

or another fire type dmg dealer

[dusty trout]

Yes, but I have to beat it on the reduced special offense parameters

[dusty trout]

How do you beat the Drake ice stage?

[old orchid]

use physical dmg dealers (preferly ice type) and replace sandstorm

[summer flare]

I felt blue dealt more damage than silver, but it's still a massive stretch to beat the stage

[white gale]

that's ok, you usually pick that as a paramter anyway

[old orchid]

Blue has more dps, Silver has way better nuke

[summer flare]

Glacia, I meant

[white gale]

MEwtwo, SPDef debuffer and Ex Support can definitely beat Phoebe

[dusty trout]

I meant the extra round parameters, sorry not sure what that’s called

[summer flare]

Silver's nuke did less damage

[dusty trout]

Like the round 3 restriction

[white gale]

yes, it's the same as the 50 pt parameter we always pick

[dusty trout]

I was able to beat it though. Trying to do drake for round 4 and having trouble

[summer flare]

Since mine doesn't have the grid expansion, which is a massive chunk of his sync dmg

[dusty trout]

Oh it doesn’t do anything extra to have them both?

[white gale]

I don't think so

For DRake, Candice is a rock star

Do you have any other good ice units?

[old orchid]

[dusty trout]

Just ghetsis

Well I have 2/5 Hala actually

[white gale]

oh

then you can totally win

[dusty trout]

What’s a good team?

Candice hala and bugsy?

[white gale]

1/5 Hala/Candice/Hop got 2k for me

[dusty trout]

Ok I’ll try that!

[white gale]

Candice was gridded and at 4*

Hop increases Att and Crit and Def, so Candice just needs to focus on setting Hail and maxing her speed prior to Nuke

use 1st sync to kill left and deny their turn, then use 2nd sync to kill mid

If Hop gets 1 TM MPR that will max the team's Att and Crit. then Hala only needs to use TM before attacking (And Candice can Speed-->Hail -->Speed--> Nuke)

For Candice, grid Inertia, the 2 sync tiles, X Speed Fleet Feet and Heavy Hail 2. Don't get Ramming Speed

[dusty trout]

Oh sync with Candice not Hala?

[white gale]

oh absolutely

her nuke is much stronger

[dusty trout]

Gotcha, I’ll try that. And when to target the garchomp?

Also is there a way to know the attack order? I never guess right which one will attack next

[sick inlet]

before they sync, it's Center Right Center Left - Repeat

after they sync it's always Center, if you put him to sleep or flinch him, it goes right-left

[white gale]

That's why when you get to your 1st sync it should be before left goes if you're triple queueing

According to the chart, Candice nuke max is 2.6 mill while Hala's is only 1.4 mill

but she needs to be set up. Ie, +6Att, +6Speed, +3Crit, in Hail, both +25 sync tiles

After mid dies, you will need to kill right , but since Hop has been increasing Def, you should be able to live through an Earthquake

[grizzled nova]

I made an error, left Phoebe til last and i have no strong ghost strikers

Short sync countdown is ouch.. any tips? I have 2/5 Alister, 2/5 Morty Drifblim, Giovanni.. Not much else

[wheat bronze]

Toxic stall is always an option, I used it for r4 Sydney as my fairies are pretty much non existent

[grizzled nova]

i managed to get Sidney with Mina / SS Blue / TMR. I like on typing lol its a problem

or i'd just go zerena / lucas or something

[true prism]

Yes stalling here is fine

Ur ghosts aren’t great (as are mine) so I don’t think you will do well in this round

[white gale]

neat to know Phoebe can be poison stalled. Sidney can be stalled too (ie, JAnine/Xerneas/Erika). My mewtwo + lucian was strong enough to beat Phoebe

[grizzled nova]

Hmm lucian

[full mesa]

Just be warned, stalling Phoebe will take a lot of time. Lessen poison 9...

[true prism]

Eh, don’t they all have that?

[old orchid]

Yeah, except poison weak stages

Stalling Sidney is a pain if you dont debuff his spatk and cure paralysis

[keen jasper]

I mean, you're bringing Janine anyways for the debuff and Sycamore as a sustain tank and to heal the status right?

[solemn trench]

I cleared Sidney for 2k on my first try using Leaf, Janine, and Sycamore

[keen jasper]

Which round?

[solemn trench]

Round 3

[old orchid]

I didnt use stall team tho, but i saw someone not debuff him and their tank got ohko'ed by post sync dark pulse

[grizzled nova]

Lucian worked a treat

with gio and sabrina

[high prism]

I am... so confused on how to actually do well in champion stadium? Im... sorta a relatively new player... i played last year and had good units but my phone glitches before i could back up my data and lost everything so i feel like part of it is because i dont have many good units? But im not sure what else im doing... wrong?

[grizzled nova]

Each stage usually has a gimmick or two to play around, especially if you don't have a full roster. Sometimes its a team comp thing, sometimes it's playstyle

what units do you have available?

[high prism]

Im assuming a screenshot would suffice? Or do you want me to link?

[grizzled nova]

Screenshot is usually good - whatever 5* pairs you have as we assume you have the 3 and 4 star story paiurs

[high prism]

Oooh okay, will do bc 131 units is a lot lol

[grizzled nova]

i think the 'level' upgrade menu is best these days sicne they changed the potential * move level menu

[high prism]

(Sorry for how i filtered i... forgot that was an option, lol)

[grizzled nova]

I guess first things first do you know the basics - buffing, triple queueing, etc?

[high prism]

Yes! I completed the champion stadium prep mission

My main issue is im generally able to cost through most of the game with Ethan and Lugia, and it seems all my other syncs... dont do good damage

[grizzled nova]

The only real challenging modes when you're just getting into it are Extreme Battles, Legendary Gauntlet streaks and CS

eventually LG and CS become trivial but it's important to know what good pairs are out there that you don't expect - for example, Sycamore / Xerneas and Hop / Zamazenta are great supports, and Cyrus / Palkia is a nice water / dragon striker but theyre back at level 1

and not maxed out

Lugia also has the benefit of upping his own special. Nido-vanni also does good damage but mostly on type

[high prism]

Oh bc i just recently got them, but that makes sense. Im running low on resources for leveling though sadly

[grizzled nova]

i'd recommend unlocking their level caps for a lot of those pairs, and just let the natural XP of doing some of the content level them up, otherwise it just goes to waste

[high prism]

That makes sense!! Ill do thay

[grizzled nova]

The key to any stage is, what may be the gimmick? (Some require special damage, others physical, some may need a status condition, etc). What's a striker that fills that role or hits that weakness, how do i buff its atk / crit, and is all of that enough to not die lol

the best strikers will have "multipliers" - things that increase the power of their moves, or sync moves

usually found in their sync grids, or listed on the move itself

and relatively high (300+ i think?) base atk in whatever form they attack

[high prism]

That makes sense!! Ill try to figure this out then so maybe i can... stop hitting auto and also just, stop relying on Ethan + Kris

[grizzled nova]

my experience- using the filters really helps. Start by filtering for strikers (and techs, some are really good) that are on type. You might struggle initially but over time youll build it up.

Then, can they fully buff themselves? (6+ atk, 3+ crit)

then who takes the hits

this CS may be a tad harder but its still worth giving a go

[high prism]

yeah, haha, im normally able to get 1 done but now i cant get any

[swift swan]

Familiarizing yourself with different units, teams, and playstyles will definitely help. CS isn't a gamemode you can bruteforce with 1 good team. Especially Hoenn with all their gimmicks

You'll get better with practice, no worries!

[high prism]

thank you!!

[swift swan]

If you need help with team comps, feel free to ask here don't forget to check the pins for gimmicks and recommended parameters for MM

[high prism]

will do!!

[frail canyon]

Guys Is worth ti upgrade Candice abomasnow to 5 star?

Or 4 star fine?

[old orchid]

4 star is fine, you can upgrade her later

[frail canyon]

Also what should i ex?

For champion stadium

[grizzled nova]

I mean do you need to EX anything?

what do you find you use a lot

[frail canyon]

Atm not rly but i have 15

I kinda Need more support idk

Sceptile how about ?

Is 5/5

Or dusknoir

[grizzled nova]

More support? Sceptile is a striker

phoebe isn't worth it IMO you wouldnt really sync with her much

[frail canyon]

Oh

[grizzled nova]

supports are usually good

but depends on how much you use em

[frail canyon]

O ye ik butt i thought ex would be cool on him cause 5/5 but idk tbh

These are my ex atm

[grizzled nova]

i mean you can EX whoever you want but this is CS Channel, if it isn't necessary for CS probably not the place to ask lol

whoevers outfit you like or whoever you use a lot. i prefer supports because of the buff, or strikers if i need to for certain stages

[frail canyon]

Yeah for CS

For cs what are best option that worth upgrade like

I was thinking dusknoir cause i see ppl on yt using him as tank absorber in CS

Then synch him