Champion Stadium

[swift swan]

Phoebe can go to r4 if you have Ash

[trail smelt]

My rock team can handle Drake’s nuke haha

[sick inlet]

I tweaked my parameters every stage today, my most anti lazy week i guess

[trail smelt]

Kukui/Hildiancie/Faitlin

[marsh vault]

My ttar survived drake nuke 😂

[frank shuttle]

I'm gonna see what I have I'll post later

[sick inlet]

Are you doing the right parameters? Stalling steven might suck a bit as his terrain will remain forever

[last palm]

Optimal is round 1 Phoebe, Round 2,3 Sidney/Drake and Round 4 Glacia i think

[sick inlet]

I just winged it

Lol

[marsh vault]

[shut ledge]

I'm using the pinned parameters

[trail smelt]

I Definitely didn’t want Sidney or Phoebe for r4.

[shut ledge]

I could also try with ss erika but she's 2/5, not ex'd

[last palm]

Sidney cant do round 4

[trail smelt]

Poor Steven

[sick inlet]

Ss erika is not a Stalling unit

[trail smelt]

Bloody idiot chose infinite field effect parameter

When he’s GRASS WEAK

[sick inlet]

My SSlyra enjoyed that

[shut ledge]

I meant I can also try not stalling and use ss erika as damage dealer

[vital gazelle]

does team swift reaction screw up quadqueue

[last palm]

champion is as weak as usual

[trail smelt]

Infinite sun + grass zone is heaven lol

[last palm]

[sick inlet]

I mean that should work, SS Erika hits hard, sets permanent sun in his stage, yeah you should make a grass team or something

[trail smelt]

SS Erika hits quite hard

[sick inlet]

SS Erika, Lyra maybe? Something to compliment them

[lunar meadow]

Grassy terrain*
Now add ground zone and watch Groudon go crazy with power.

[trail smelt]

Oh yeah terrain

[sick inlet]

Heck why did I not try Groudon vs Stevennnn

Nooooooo

NOOOOOOOO

GROUDON/SSLyra
I want that

[trail smelt]

I went SS Erika/SS Lyra/Brendan

[sick inlet]

I am not gonna repeat that 2v3 run

[lunar meadow]

I went Celebi/Leafeon/Sceptile

Because who needs a tank 🤷‍♂️

[trail smelt]

TRUTH

[sick inlet]

Celebi/Sceptile by themselves did the job for me

I mean

[lunar meadow]

I only have 33 support EXs...

[sick inlet]

Why tank when celebi makes them unable to attack, ever

[lunar meadow]

😅

[last palm]

[dusty path]

"only"...

[last palm]

I use Rosa here

[trail smelt]

Madlad

[lunar meadow]

I'm missing 4 seasonals, haven't EXd Rosanta...

And don't have the gems for Cyncario. I'm gonna fall behind

[sick inlet]

I am half of that

[trail smelt]

I’m short on gems for pity for Cynthianie lol

[dusty path]

I have 4 support EX out of 20 EX... Shoulda gone EX more support

[trail smelt]

Wait pity is 36,600 right?

[lunar meadow]

You only need like 10 good universal support EX

[lunar meadow]

Yes

[last palm]

I have like 4 ex support inlcude Rosa rotate to use each week

[keen jasper]

Or 36.4k if you have 100 paid gems

[sick inlet]

62 EX, but only 16 supports, I think I am slacking on Supports now that I think about it

[lunar meadow]

I'm MAJORLY slacking on techs.

Because techs all need 3/5 to be worth EXing

[last palm]

should ban you all to pm-gatcha

[sick inlet]

Yes

[lunar meadow]

And all the good techs are limited

I'm thinking of just double candying and EXing Mawile/tornadus next week

[sick inlet]

It's not gacha though-

Long sessions of investment

[last palm]

Ex showcase is like half content of pm gatcha

[sick inlet]

Jo: Ah I like this unit. EX

[trail smelt]

Cynthiannie is definitely an investment

[swift swan]

I have 30 EXs, I think only 5 of them are techs

[sick inlet]

I wouldn't know, never been there

[trail smelt]

Banking on more Fighting strikers and nukes that don’t want to nuke

[lunar meadow]

Absolutely not.

We are not calling CynCario by something that nonsense.

[trail smelt]

Or can repeatedly accelerate sync

[sick inlet]

But like at least 1/3 of that 30 is Support... Right?

I technically failed that 1/3 ratio lol.

[last palm]

https://tenor.com/view/chicken-chicken-bro-bro-gif-14109782

Hope you get her tomorrow

[trail smelt]

Hmmm

Never checked my roster

[frail canyon]

Guys see the video lmaoo that Gengar Is fun

I DID IT

Lvl 1

[swift swan]

uhhh let's see

[manic mica]

also sslyra stun locks steven it's so funny

[frail canyon]

Btw Is Red Better than Ash?

For leahue

[swift swan]

for CS? both destroys stages

[sick inlet]

Was that Lvl 1 gengar looool

[frail canyon]

Lmao

[trail smelt]

39 EX, 18 Strikers, 9 Techs, 12 Supports

[sick inlet]

I personally prefer Red, sounds better long game in my opinion.
But Ash is absolutely broken. Dude can solo stages easy lmfao

[frail canyon]

Cynthia wht do u think

[sick inlet]

Heck you already got 70% my Supports 🙈

[trail smelt]

Cynthia is good but not at max potential

[swift swan]

I have 17 striker EX, 6 tech EX, 7 support EX
yeah definitely failed the ratio

[sick inlet]

I don't know tbh, Other people can tell you more how she's better or worse. She's just gonna be a scary tank that's all I know

[trail smelt]

She lacks key teammates

[sick inlet]

😂😂😂 come sit by me, we 🤡

[dusty path]

I'm struggling more with fighting types definitely, so I'm going for her
Also the obvious, it's Cynthia

[swift swan]

cynthia woke up and decided to be insanely bulky for no reason

she's probably the bulkiest unit in the game, no?

[dusty path]

Really? Wow

[trail smelt]

Right now she’s an insane tank

[full mesa]

I did a reset. I've have left Glacia and Drake for rounds 3 and 4. Glacia is an easy poison stall but I would like to avoid it.

My Drake team was Hop/GladionEx/Marley.

[dusty path]

Meanwhile me, the 12/4/4 EX ratio

[swift swan]

at 20/20 her defense and special defense are already higher than SS Morty. not to mention her mega

[full mesa]

Any ideas/help?

[trail smelt]

Cynthia woke up one day and decided to be T H I C C

[sick inlet]

Round 4, hmmm your Bea can 1hit KO glacia middle. But Idk how you gonna deal with sides afterwards

[full mesa]

She can't. I need 3 sync to take down mid. Then the sides are bulky too.

[crystal notch]

do yall think cynthia can carry fighting weak glacia on round 4? due to...terrible planning, I'm forced to 1/5 3* probopass + deadweight kyurem to open up CSMM

[grizzled hearth]

I say to that, why not both?

[trail smelt]

3 syncs really?

[full mesa]

Yep.

[sick inlet]

She can, just need nuke grid + pre-sync parameters

I went full Nuke

[full mesa]

The one with +3 crit on entrance

[sick inlet]

Took the whole stage out with 1 sync

[trail smelt]

Parameters?

[sick inlet]

Let me grab everything I did

[grizzled hearth]

Likely, though you are gonna need more firepower to actually bust Glacia open

[full mesa]

The same as Eevee's videos.

[grizzled hearth]

Which are?

[crystal notch]

yeah, kyurem without speed support though...

[full mesa]

-2 gauge/strength+12/light screen/Reflect/fillers.

[crystal notch]

[grizzled hearth]

I think you should change it to presync and try again

[crystal notch]

on that note, could non EX Rosa + Ho Oh + piers solve grass weak steven? for regular CS

[chrome scroll]

what are this week's parameters?

[full mesa]

Glacia isn't an issue since I can poison stall on round 3. R4 is my problem.

[swift swan]

her 2nd sync should OHKO mid, easy. but you can't really afford that R4. on first sync my Bea couldn't OHKO but a few more meteor assaults did the trick

[grizzled hearth]

Yeah, it'll be fine, though I don't know how Kyurem fares against Glacia, since I used him for Sidney

[crystal notch]

since otherwise I can't 18 type

ho oh is partially gridded but not ex

and neither is rosa

[grizzled hearth]

If you're not doing master mode then you'll be fine

[crystal notch]

good enough, will try and see how

[grizzled hearth]

They're not super hard

[swift swan]

presync Glacia

[crystal notch]

about CSMM, how much harder is 1k anyways

I can quad queue and stuff

just, uh, beginner's roster

[grizzled hearth]

Glacia's thing is that she's bulky and you'll want crit, so it won't be too bad especially with a stall team like that

[full mesa]

Can I do it without ex on be tho? That's the right question.

[keen jasper]

Glacia seems to have pretty low HP

[full mesa]

Also I need Hop for Hop/GladionEx core against Drake.

[manic mica]

Is Sidney possible on R4? I think I might have to reset

[swift swan]

you should be able to survive the sides long enough to meteor assault them

[grizzled hearth]

A lot, honestly, it'll take a bit to learn more in depth starts

[keen jasper]

You might need Darach

Or SC Ingo

[sick inlet]

I was doing 2v3. So all I needed was 1 refresh Speed all from Hilbert to max speed, attack and NUKE

[crystal notch]

alrighty, noted! I'll take it slow and learn from yall here

[sick inlet]

I kinda doubt that, but hope it works

[manic mica]

Is darach the one with the star bird?

[full mesa]

So should I poison stall Drake on R3 and leave Glacia for R4 or the other way around?

[grizzled hearth]

Alright, hope we'll be able to help you all the way

[keen jasper]

Yes, Staraptor

[sick inlet]

Because sides will hit hard with pre-sync parameters

[manic mica]

The only general pool unit I lack

[keen jasper]

[grizzled hearth]

Or you could do what I did for Glacia and Sycamore stall

[full mesa]

What did you do?

[grizzled hearth]

BP Surge + Sycamore

That's it

[full mesa]

Which round and who was the striker?

[grizzled hearth]

Round 4 and Sycamore

Though I don't recommend it for people who don't have any experience in it

[full mesa]

I see. BPSurge/Sycamore/Swimduck-Mortmagious?

[grizzled hearth]

So probably don't

[swift swan]

will be a bit RNG reliant, but Bea has evasion on TM

[full mesa]

Glacia r4.

[grizzled hearth]

Swimsuit Misty with the Full Heals will come in handy actually

[full mesa]

So I'm gonna poison stall Drake really quick and then I'll be back for R4 Glacia.

[obtuse hound]

who'a great for round 1?

[grizzled hearth]

And you can sync with her to get back health

[dusty path]

Phoebe

[obtuse hound]

im still on hard mode

[full mesa]

Horn leech or Moonblast burst?

[obtuse hound]

if that changes anything

[swift swan]

Mmmm stalling Drake sounds like a better idea imo. He has lower base attack and special attack

Glacia on the other hand spams Blizzard that never misses

[dusty path]

The higher chance of status effects sorta helps balance out the healthy advantage

[grizzled hearth]

Horn Leech, but Moonblast Walrein at times to lower its spa

[crystal notch]

same

[full mesa]

I didn't have any problems with Glacia stall before. It was too easy.

[sick inlet]

That bodyless face needs a new face

[grizzled hearth]

But once again, I don't really recommend Sycamore stalling unless you really know what to do

[grizzled hearth]

For me I just poison stalled

[obtuse hound]

so phoebe round 1 for stall?

[grizzled hearth]

Didn't even know that Phoebe had Healthy Advantage

[full mesa]

Can I poison stall both?
Mortmagious/SSLeaf/Janine R3 Glacia.
Sycamore/Nidoqueen techmon/Lucy or Koga.

Also, Hop/GladionEx/Spd supp might be able to do Drake R4.

[grizzled hearth]

I don't really recommend Sycamore for a poison stall honestly

[dusty path]

You can try stall, or I just did volkner for 50% paralysis and hau

[grizzled hearth]

That works too

[full mesa]

I used Volkner against Phoebe.

Volkner/SSBlueEx/Clemont

[dusty path]

volkner's and polteageist's flinches worked wonders for me too

[obtuse hound]

i don't' have volkner but i have his ss

[full mesa]

Also I have SStevenEx and Bianca available.

[dusty path]

Electivire?

[obtuse hound]

yes

[chrome scroll]

i've never tried to use clemont, might spend some grid orbs on him

[obtuse hound]

i just don't know whether to poison stall phoebe round 1 or something else

[dusty path]

He'll be good as your striker

[grizzled hearth]

Do you have any other paralysis unit?

[obtuse hound]

not sure

[grizzled hearth]

If you're not sure then go for poison stall, it'll be fine

[dusty path]

What types you still got for the medal? Or have you got that done?

[full mesa]

Try him. His fun with guarantee crit.

[obtuse hound]

unfortunately i used my stall team last week

[dusty path]

Electivire will be great, yeah

[obtuse hound]

does he paralyze?

[grizzled hearth]

Well then we'll just go with a paralysis electric team then

[obtuse hound]

cause everything has paralysis lessen though

[dusty path]

Looks like 30% on both discharge and thunder

lessen paralysis only lessens the effect of it

[grizzled hearth]

That's not much of a problem, cuz they're more susceptible to paralysis than others

[dusty path]

so they won't be like "oh no I can't move" so often

[grizzled hearth]

And the stage parameters increase their effects

You still need a status to properly damage them anyway

[dusty path]

Status conditions still don't wear off over time, so you'll be fine

[full mesa]

Ok. I'll poison stall Glacia on R3 and then I'll leave Drake for R4.

[swift swan]

he's so fun to use

[shut ledge]

I cannot manage to beat steven (2k), I haven't really invested in grass (only erika, leaf and lyra are gridded). Is there anything possible with these units?

[dusty path]

SS Erika, Silver if he's EX'd

[shut ledge]

I tried ss Erika but I dont do enough damage and get oneshot by the sync

[chrome scroll]

do you have ss morty?

you could go ss morty, silver, ss erika

[shut ledge]

I do but I used him earlier for drake

[obtuse hound]

who should i use beside ssvolkner?

[shut ledge]

I wanted to do this stage with Groudon actually but I barely did damage with solar beam

[dusty path]

Do you have any with a relatively high chance to do any other status effect? Just in case it takes ages for electivire to do it

lucy is pretty good (electivire doesn't get damage multiplier from paralysis does he?)

Or sophocles too, guarantee to paralyze

[obtuse hound]

sure i have them both but will they last against phoebe?

ooh what if i have a rain setter for ssvolkner for thunder, or is that not worth it

[dusty path]

Well you can take one of them (probably sophocles if you don't get move gauge problems), plus a special tank

[obtuse hound]

a special tank, who's a special tank?

[dusty path]

rain... could be worth it, yeah. What rain do you have?

[rigid latch]

This week wasn’t as hard as I thought

[grizzled hearth]

Yeah this week is pretty easy, kind of similar to a standard cs before sinnoh

[rigid latch]

I think it’s just the culmination of the easier stages

Besides electric pheobe

[dusty path]

Aaron's a great tank, but you'll want to save him

[rigid latch]

But alolan golem went CRAZY

[vital gazelle]

cs was pretty easy this week, phoebe took the longest but nothing too bad

[rigid latch]

I’m telling you guys alolan golem is really good

[dusty path]

Cheryl? XD

[grizzled hearth]

Electric Phoebe wasn't a problem cuz I poison stalled

[rigid latch]

He does good damage, doesn’t take too much recoil and has explosion if he gets taken out by the sides

[obtuse hound]

winona, may

[dusty path]

could do may for the water type medal piece

[grizzled hearth]

I do wanna try out my new bp pairs, unfortunately only the supports and techs really get any use from me, because of how I play

[dusty path]

either way, you'll have electivire and a special tank... third can be rain or another status condition?

[obtuse hound]

what are some other sp tanks besides aaron?

[grizzled hearth]

I think either Hau or Sopheceles would be a good 3rd member if you don't go for rain

[full mesa]

R4 Drake is painful...

[grizzled hearth]

Moreso Sophecles

[grizzled hearth]

Cheryl or Misty

Probably Cheryl honestly

[swift swan]

R4 is painful, period

[dusty path]

Cheryl, Liza, Misty, SS Brendan, Sycamore

[grizzled hearth]

Not if you stall like me

[swift swan]

I was stubborn and presynced R4 the first time I presynced a half sync countdown round. Felt so satisfying

[dusty path]

Liza will be useful to buff NY!Volkner's SpAtk too

[obtuse hound]

i want to try ssbrendan or sycamore but would they be more useful somewhere else?

[grizzled hearth]

Presync is never something I'd recommend for those rounds honestly

For me, those rounds are always gonna be either normal dps or stall

[frank shuttle]

Who would be a better bug unit

[grizzled hearth]

Well, Sycamore would be good for Glacia because of special defense

[obtuse hound]

so nyvolkner may and liza?

[swift swan]

I know. I just wanted to try my regular fighting team that can usually win 1-2 turns after 1st sync. I got very close so decided to stick with it

And just tweaked my team and params

[grizzled hearth]

That's fair I guess

There's always a way if you got close

[dusty path]

They're both only special buffers, Sycamore using a sync to do so... SS Brendan would be great here, but yeah I guess it depends what you're going to use on the other E4 members

[grizzled hearth]

That looks like it'll work, might need some luck on paralysis though

[wraith flame]

You can nuke with Ingo

[dusty path]

I think swap may for sophocles and only discharge with nyvolkner would work too... But then you'd need to use a water type somewhere else
Could try Misty against Glacia if you do that?

[frank shuttle]

Oh with him trapping

[wraith flame]

Bug wish would also help out a lot

[obtuse hound]

a rain team against glacia?

[grizzled hearth]

That's the safer option, but the typings are a bit of a problem

[dusty path]

Misty for SpDef

I meant just take out May

Chuck in Sophocles for paralysis instead

[grizzled hearth]

So the team would be Liza NYVolkner, and Sophocles

[obtuse hound]

wouldn't ss brendan be better?

than liza

[dusty path]

Okay yeah put him in

[grizzled hearth]

I thought we were saving him?

[obtuse hound]

i only asked

if we should

i still have plenty of buffers including sycamore

[dusty path]

Misty can handle Glacia, surely

[grizzled hearth]

Hard to say, but sure this works

[obtuse hound]

but what would she do against her?

and what round would it be?

[dusty path]

SpDef buff and gradual healing

[keen jasper]

Alright then, time to prep my medal teams for next week

[dusty path]

Probably round 2 or 4

Depends how confident you are against glacia or sidney

[obtuse hound]

these are my fighting units for glacia

[dusty path]

I think Phoebe r1, drake r3 is recommended

[obtuse hound]

would any of them pair well with misty?

[keen jasper]

Glacia can be done with Solgaleo

[obtuse hound]

im trying to fill in the metal, ive already used steel

[dusty path]

Sirfetch'd is good

[grizzled hearth]

Bea'll work well

[obtuse hound]

so misty bea and

[grizzled hearth]

Hmm, 1/5

[obtuse hound]

just trying to plan ahead a little

[grizzled hearth]

Will that be a problem?

[dusty path]

maybe another crit buffer?

bea gets +2 crit on entry, but you'll probably want to get to +3

[grizzled hearth]

How about Piers for dark?

[dusty path]

Ooo he buffs crit

I didn't know, only recently got him

[obtuse hound]

umm

i dont have him

unfortunately

[grizzled hearth]

Nevermind then

[obtuse hound]

i have sidney

for dark

[grizzled hearth]

Would've probably been a bit of a waste since he's a full critbuffer

[obtuse hound]

i also have grimsley

[dusty path]

I mean... Cobalion?

[grizzled hearth]

Sidney'll be good dps, though what move level is he at?

[obtuse hound]

i heard it's really good

[dusty path]

cobalion or medicham, but they're already fighting type

[obtuse hound]

1/5

[dusty path]

so you might as well just take one not from your remaining types

the move gauge accel will be nice though, for meteor assault

[grizzled hearth]

All I can really think of is either Piers of BugScyther from the remaining types

Bugscyther would be great

[obtuse hound]

i need bug types for sidney

[dusty path]

Aaron will fill your bug type medal slot

[lime willow]

Would gridded Noland work vs Sidney? I’m having trouble using 1/5 alder to ontype

[grizzled hearth]

Well then let's just go for Cobalion, it'll give you good defense drops

[obtuse hound]

so cobalion misty and

[grizzled hearth]

Bea

[dusty path]

Bea/Sirfetch'd

[full mesa]

I'm stuck again on R4. Thai time against Drake...

[obtuse hound]

cobalion misty and bea okay

[full mesa]

Hop/GladionEx don't cut it.

[obtuse hound]

shouldnt i use a remaining type?

like will i be able to fill that elsewhere?

[dusty path]

what are you using already?

water

electric

fighting

[obtuse hound]

water electric fighting

[dusty path]

so ground, rock, bug and dark left

[obtuse hound]

yeah

doesnit have to be 18 types?

[dusty path]

Bertha and Olivia (and a def debuffer) against Drake - Ground, Rock
Aaron against Sidney - Bug

[obtuse hound]

i was at 10/18 last week

[dusty path]

there goes rock and ground

oh ice XD

[obtuse hound]

yeahhh

[grizzled hearth]

And ice

So what about ice?

[obtuse hound]

for glacia bea/cobalion/misty will only be at 2 crit

is there an ice that buffs crit?

cause i gotta save my dark buffers cause they buff too much for glacia

[grizzled hearth]

Cobalion gives crit

[dusty path]

Bea gets +2 on entry

[obtuse hound]

bug for sidney rock and ground for drake

ah

[dusty path]

A passive skill

[grizzled hearth]

Even if she doesn't cobalion gives full crit too

[obtuse hound]

hmm

ice for steven?

idk

[keen jasper]

This will be my team for next week

[dusty path]

Ghetsis noble roar will always be good (especially if you have double drop on grid)

[keen jasper]

What y'all think?

[grizzled hearth]

Yup that

[obtuse hound]

wait that's awesome

but who to use ghetsis for?

[grizzled hearth]

Either Sidney or Drake

Actually it could be anyone

[keen jasper]

Sidney can be trivialized by Darach

[obtuse hound]

who has the scariest stat buffs?

[dusty path]

Probably Sidney, he's got strong moves

[keen jasper]

Unless you don't have him

[keen jasper]

Sidney has dark zone multipliers

[obtuse hound]

don't think so, what type is he?

[dusty path]

Flying

[grizzled hearth]

Sidney has Dark Zone for a bit, so he's pretty scary for a few turns

[obtuse hound]

nah

okay so ghetsis for sidney sounds great

[dusty path]

Yep do that

[keen jasper]

You're gonna have to deal with the dark zone

[grizzled hearth]

With this who's gonna be round 2 and 4?

[obtuse hound]

so im lowering stats

[dusty path]

Gonna need some healing to go with it

[lunar meadow]

I used to use Granbull to spam "charm" as the way to beat CSMM back when 1500 was the cap.

Now, we have Kyurem, Staraptor, and Hydreigon who all the the same job but better!

Sometimes all you need is to debuff the enemy to survive their first sync, then clean them up after.

[obtuse hound]

i think phoebe round 1

[last palm]

ghensist debuff take years tho

[keen jasper]

Sidney will still hurt like hell

[obtuse hound]

i don't exactly have another counter

[dusty path]

Iron tail is painful too

[obtuse hound]

i don't have like anti-dark zone which idk if even exists

unless i made another zone

[keen jasper]

Defog or replace with another zone

[obtuse hound]

who has defog?

[dusty path]

Yeah zones overwrite each other like weather

[lunar meadow]

Just removing dark zone.

Defog on Staraptor, Braviary, or Altaria works

[keen jasper]

Lisia and Darach

[obtuse hound]

also these are my bug sync pairs

i have lisia

i cant type

[dusty path]

That's not zones 😂

[obtuse hound]

i cant type

brain left hours ago

[last palm]

No hope

[keen jasper]

You're gonna have to off-type Sidney

[obtuse hound]

okay but i have to use bug

or no medal

[dusty path]

Aaron for the medal piece

[last palm]

Use aaron

Better up him to lv 120

[obtuse hound]

im thinking aaron lisia and

a healer right?

[lunar meadow]

Masquerain and Aaron are usually good for bug types for medal.

Aaron is actually kind of insane for it now

[dusty path]

Aaron heals pretty good

[obtuse hound]

skyla?

[last palm]

You need someone hit hard

Finish fast

[dusty path]

... Once 😅 But 70% self heal with 20% for the other 2

[last palm]

Sydney move kinda big even without zone tho

[dusty path]

Ghetsis

[lunar meadow]

Vespiquen buffs defenses and has a heal.

Altaria damage is crap.

You need a striker that can benefit from physical buffs that Vespiquen gives, or can self buff

[obtuse hound]

right i forgit

[obtuse hound]

someone told me i needed to remove dark zone

so lisia

[lunar meadow]

Yes, that's what Altaria does.

The third unit should be a striker

[obtuse hound]

will altaria also remove the stat buffs?

[dusty path]

Any strikers that also lower attack?

[obtuse hound]

then idk where to use ice

[dusty path]

ahem Lusamine ahem 😂

[frank shuttle]

Will this be good enough against Sidney I'm still lvling how up so I wanna check with other people

[dusty path]

Defog doesn't remove stat buffs, no...

[obtuse hound]

so removing dark zone is like

[grizzled hearth]

It debuffs evasion so that's something

[dusty path]

Probably do ghetsis over lisia... Dark zone is only gonna be temporary, and doesn't do all his moves

[obtuse hound]

yeah exactly as long as i stay alive

so aaron lusamine and ghetsis?

[grizzled hearth]

Yeah you're probably only gonna get hit by 1 sync and 1 move powered by dark zone and that's it

[obtuse hound]

so i guess im using rock ground and dark for drake

[dusty path]

Nah not Lusamine... She'll just die on you

[obtuse hound]

ok a dark buffer then?

i can use sidney

[dusty path]

Use Sidney against Sidney 😂

Take advantage of the dark zone

[grizzled hearth]

Ah the fire vs fire trick

I like this

[obtuse hound]

https://tenor.com/view/spider-man-we-one-gif-18212100

[keen jasper]

Lusamine is too squishy

[obtuse hound]

so water electric fighting dark bug ice

[dusty path]

Ground rock

[obtuse hound]

leaves rock and ground for drake

[dusty path]

Yep

[keen jasper]

Y'all...

Haven't looked at my teams for the 1st week of the Unova CS

[grizzled hearth]

Sorry, but I don't really check what comes next on CS so I can't really judge

[dusty path]

Same 😅 Sorry for seemingly ignoring it

[keen jasper]

These be my teams for next week

[obtuse hound]

i've never played the gen 5 games so excited to battle the e4 for the first time

[keen jasper]

These teams are only there to obtain the medals

[obtuse hound]

if i succeed this week that'll be my first MM..

[keen jasper]

What y'all think?

[grizzled hearth]

Again, can't really judge since I don't know what's coming

But it looks like you have everything planned out well

[keen jasper]

Isn't the Unova CS schedule in pins?

[grizzled hearth]

So I guess it's good

[grizzled hearth]

I like to not plan and surprise myself

[dusty path]

Interesting having (I assume dark type Grimsley so fighting type weakness, not steel) leer with focus blast (a special move)

[keen jasper]

Oh ok then

[obtuse hound]

these are my rock and ground types

still don't have maxie

[dusty path]

Thought you had Olivia and Bertha before?

[obtuse hound]

...

this is my second account

[sacred mountain]

Is this week easier than the last?

[dusty path]

Oh 😂

[obtuse hound]

lmao

[versed meadow]

Any coach for 10k CS ??

[dusty path]

It was for me at least

[versed meadow]

I suck at this mode

[obtuse hound]

so im assuming i should use courtney for this

[dusty path]

Well Courtney, obviously 😅

[grizzled hearth]

It's the easiest out of the past 4 weeks, definitely

[dusty path]

Yep

[grizzled hearth]

Courtney's ground zone right?

[dusty path]

Def buffs are good

[obtuse hound]

yep

[grizzled hearth]

I'll help, what do you need?

[dusty path]

Could try SS Brock, or Grant for flinches, or Bronix for potions I guess?

[versed meadow]

I don’t know the right parameters to pick, what team should I use

Literraly everything

[sacred mountain]

Do people use non EX eevee in CS?

Also i need to know what round is suitable for which one

[dusty path]

Not personally, eevee is more for longer battles... Or if your striker has more dps moves that the sync

[grizzled hearth]

I think yes, her sync is still amazing without EX

[obtuse hound]

isn't Roxanne like really good?

[keen jasper]

She is, just that her stats are horrible

[dusty path]

Well yeah, but Courtney maxes her own Def and bulldoze is physical

[grizzled hearth]

If you need help with everything, then I suggest we dm so that I can help you step by step without cluttering

Speed though

[versed meadow]

Yes lets go

[dusty path]

Yeah but at that point, get Bronix for potions and someone else for speed and another buff

[lunar meadow]

I used to all the time.

Not recently. Last time I know I used her was for a 5x Toxic Stall week last year

But I monotype CS anytime I can (poison and ice still hard to)

[grizzled hearth]

Fair enough

[dusty path]

@obtuse hound Do you have Courtney gridded?

[obtuse hound]

no but i can grid her

[sacred mountain]

I think I'll try 10k this week past two weeks settled for 4.2k

[dusty path]

Wait never mind, 1/5 doesn't do much damage-wise

[obtuse hound]

i have phoebe for r1 with sophocles/nyvolkner/ssbrendan

who should i do r2?

[lunar meadow]

Good luck!

If you struggle, don't get too discouraged. Next week we are back to Unova which is easier

[dusty path]

Either Glacia or Sidney...

R3 is Drake

[grizzled hearth]

Honestly, this week's not too bad so I think they can do it

[obtuse hound]

i think glacia r4 and sidney r2

[lunar meadow]

Ya, not nearly as bad as ice-drake and ghost-phoebe week was

[obtuse hound]

ill put glacia in the same parameter as last week

[dusty path]

Alright, sounds good

I'd say bea against Glacia is a more confident pick for r4's parameter than Sidney vs Sidney 😂

[sacred mountain]

1/5 Acerola or 1/5 Bertha for Sandstorm?

[obtuse hound]

so plan is:
phoebe r1: sophocles/nyvolkner/ssbrendan
sidney r2: ghetsis/aaron/sidney
drake r3: courtneyEX/grant/bronix
Glacia r4: Bea/Cobalion/Misty

idk who for steven yet, i dont have to worry about pieces if i succeed here

[dusty path]

Bertha, lowering Atk on hit in the sandatorm

[sacred mountain]

But the Flinches

Kukui Olivia +1

Sandstorm unit

[obtuse hound]

question why does cs alternate weird

[dusty path]

It alternates?

[keen jasper]

WDYM?

[obtuse hound]

so like

[sacred mountain]

If u mean Mid right mid left

[obtuse hound]

between different e4s

nonono

like why not hoenn --> sinnoh

why hoenn --> unova

[dusty path]

Oh fair enough

Good question

[trail smelt]

I mean two straight hard cs mm might be a bit much lol

[lunar meadow]

Nobody knows but DeNA

[crystal notch]

maybe they want an easier cs(mm) for the new/returning players drawn in by ash

hence unova

[sick inlet]

The way Champions were introduced weren't the correct order. The reason next one Is unova is most likely because we didn't have unova in a while and Sinnoh was recent

[last palm]

Unova VA Hint

[crystal notch]

inb4 it's galar to sell the 34562843534287th leon alt

[dusty path]

Potentially, but it's too soon after hoenn va I think...

[daring osprey]

Phoebe. The fuck why is she so tanky.

Hello

She doesn’t need to be this tanky

[last palm]

May be after anni and one month after that done

[daring osprey]

N can’t do anything against her why god why

[crystal notch]

healthy advantage

[fading arrow]

Ongoing with my first 10k run and so far got 3/5. Just have sidney and Wallace left. Ash pika is crazy. Got through with a gridless clemont and volkner

[crystal notch]

she ain't dying without some status on her

[last palm]

N by pass passive tho

[keen jasper]

You mean Sidney and Steven?

[crystal notch]

well, there's still 29k hp

[fading arrow]

Damn I'm in the wrong version

[daring osprey]

Paralyze her then?

[keen jasper]

Paralyze is the main status

[crystal notch]

I'm not the one having problems with her, and I'm a beginner I don't know anything

[daring osprey]

Cuz Volk as much as I love him WONT FLINCH AND PARALYZE HER

[keen jasper]

Only Lessen Paralysis 5

[last palm]

I do in round 1 and paz chance pretty high tho

[sick inlet]

Make sure you don't have wrong parameters on

Also N doesn't need Para

Just buff him correctly

[crystal notch]

doesn't she cast status immunity shield

just before sync

[sick inlet]

She cast -1 sync yes

[keen jasper]

Round 1 is clearly meant for Phoebe

[last palm]

If you already finished set up by that time

[keen jasper]

Yes, but it wears off

[crystal notch]

true, but again, I'm not the one having problems with her rn, it's this person^

[last palm]

he has to post team com then

[crystal notch]

yeah, I'm just waiting for lucynthia my fav to drop tomorrow

then I do fighting weak glacia round 4

[last palm]

Same

[trail smelt]

Man

[last palm]

My Bea will nuke Glacia out of existen

[trail smelt]

I Wonder what hard level 2 is gonna be like

[crystal notch]

hopefully lucynthia can drag deadweight kyurem and 3* probopass to victory because I misplanned my 18 types

[keen jasper]

Probably need level 140 units

[last palm]

Eos

[crystal notch]

DeNA: makes it 150 to incentivize lodge

[lunar meadow]

Hoenn and Sinnoh should have been examples of Hard Mode 2.

Adding in sentry/wise entry, and terrains/weathers.

[keen jasper]

It's still possible to beat MM with a level 110 unit

[last palm]

They are planning to tho

[keen jasper]

I'm still waiting for perma resilience

[last palm]

the moment f2p unit start to cry

[keen jasper]

So no more SS Lyra usage

[crystal notch]

true, with grids and candies and EXs
for me I'm just gonna chill with under 1k until I get stronger

[misty elm]

Is offtyping easier to do pre-sync or post-sync?

[marsh vault]

bruh i think ash can beat phoebe with max parameters on even with crit def up

holy crap hes broken

[keen jasper]

Did you try?

[marsh vault]

yea

well

kinda

i did 3k parameters

[keen jasper]

How far did you make it?

[marsh vault]

and i was tanking with ash

i beat it

[last palm]

[marsh vault]

but i wanan go further and beyond

[last palm]

Eos sign

[crystal notch]

1/5 non EX? doubt

[marsh vault]

like the max amount

2/5

but 2/5 doesnt make a difference tbh

[keen jasper]

Damn, Ash has really brought along the power of plot armor in the game

[marsh vault]

i can make him 3/5 but that would be cheating

i dont wanna cheat guys

[misty elm]

Nah dog, cheat

[keen jasper]

It's up to you how you enforce your own rules

[marsh vault]

i have 9 striker candies

[keen jasper]

Damn, what a whale

[full mesa]

Roxanne/Bianca/SStevenEx can do Drake on R4. 8k, Steven it's your time.

[marsh vault]

nah im day 1 player

just been saving

[keen jasper]

Nice

[full mesa]

I'm gonna hit the champion with DawnEx/SSLyra/Brendan.

[keen jasper]

But you do get my sarcasm right?

[marsh vault]

i do lol

i always appreciate your sarcasm @keen jasper

KEKW

[keen jasper]

[sacred mountain]

Is mesprit good for CS?

[keen jasper]

All supports are good in general

It's the requirements that you have to think about

[daring osprey]

Okay I beat her round 1 all according to plan

[keen jasper]

Also, supports are always the role that have the most longevity

[marsh vault]

dont you mean keikkaku

[daring osprey]

What I hate about this week is bug and rock

[crystal notch]

can't believe I actually started appreciating vespiquen

and bug aaron

[keen jasper]

Maybe you'll appreciate electric-weak Aaron then

[marsh vault]

bro you have no idea

aaron is actually good

he helped me survive with alder

[keen jasper]

Too bad I don't have him

[daring osprey]

I wish I had him for bug weeks but only have Bertha for ground Giovanni support and frickin lucian who I don’t even need I have fucking ss lusa for that

[marsh vault]

and i wasnt using the right sync grid on alder LOL

mines 3/5

[keen jasper]

The latest spotlight unit I got was Bertha only

[marsh vault]

got lucky during ash pull

[keen jasper]

I don't have anymore other latest future spotlight units

[crystal notch]

not to be confused with sir aaron, whose fans were greatly upset with lucynthia's existence

tbh sir aaron or his pseudo-doppelganger riley is a fav

but that's neither here or there

[crystal notch]

have you been skipping on them to save for master fairs?

[keen jasper]

Yeah

I just want Lucian because I need his on-demand AoE Sp. Def.

[crystal notch]

honestly hearing how broken ash is for cs(mm) makes me wanna pull him

[keen jasper]

Give me Lucian and I'm happy

[crystal notch]

good luck! we do get like, 132 general tickets this month

I got burgh'ed twice despite the odds

so there's that

[sacred mountain]

132?

[marsh vault]

well yea ash is amazing but i would go for red

[crystal notch]

if my eyes don't deceive

[marsh vault]

pretty sure red is stronger then ash

[keen jasper]

Also, what are the chances that an enemy dies to multiple DoT sources like trap and Stealth Rock?

[crystal notch]

true, but either way I don't actually like pikachus

[sacred mountain]

Skip all master fairs , go for Rosa

[crystal notch]

I like shaymin but am neutral on rosa

will see if unoVA gives a better N drip

if not, I pull shaymin

[sacred mountain]

Maxie was my annie MF

[rain imp]

What is the hardest one this week

[keen jasper]

Probably Sidney

[rain imp]

I’m gonna try out my new spicy ss dawn

[sacred mountain]

Steven!?

[rain imp]

Thanks

[keen jasper]

Make sure to remove his dark zone

[crystal notch]

poor champ outclassed by his e4 moment

[keen jasper]

When Kalos CS comes, people will say "why couldn't this be the X/Y difficulty of the league?"

[crystal notch]

anyways thanks for the help cightnaster, presync-ed sidney after a few rng gaming

[keen jasper]

[keen jasper]

[lunar meadow]

General tickets seem almost pointless to count now that we get them from lodge chests

[daring osprey]

Def Sidney

[crystal notch]

have you seen the rates from the chests? it's horrendous

actually eh it depends on rng gaming, I've certainly seen a lot of useless coins

would poison stall work on csmm phoebe?

[full mesa]

Finally I was able to 10k. I hate this Sidney.

[crystal notch]

context: not gridded at all koga and janine

minimal investment sycamore

[daring osprey]

I don’t think I have a team to bet him…maybe stalling him may be my best bet

[fading arrow]

how do you beat this sidney

dang maybe i'll just wait for redchu before i bother with him

[grizzled hearth]

I wanna ask your guys' opinions on the gradual healing parameter

[grizzled hearth]

Well that's what I did too, so you're on the right track

[mint cedar]

Hmm could ash and volkner pre sync phoebe?

[keen jasper]

I beat him in round 4 with Sonia, SC Emmet and Darach

[grizzled hearth]

Yes they can

[manic mica]

Csmm round 4 against Drake
The only rock striker I have is Olivia
What should I use against him?

[obtuse hound]

how do y'all already have ash 🥲

my luck is so bad

[marsh vault]

Bruh wtf just happend. I did 3500 parameters with ash

He did 99k dmaage

Even with all the handicaps he's just too strong at 2/5

[grizzled hearth]

I pitied him🥲

[sacred mountain]

I just wanna see how they powercreep even these units

[marsh vault]

Let me try to screenshot the 99k damage

[misty elm]

I've only got 1/5 lusamine. 3/5 Noland, and 5/5 bugsy. Am I better off just trying to offtype sidney?

[grizzled hearth]

I wanna try that

[obtuse hound]

yay just beat phoebe r1 first try

[sacred mountain]

[marsh vault]

Yup this is insane

I'm going to bed in shock now

This is with 3500 parameters up

[grizzled hearth]

BA DUM TSS

[grizzled hearth]

Did you do this with offense or defense parameters?

[marsh vault]

All of them

[keen jasper]

Except crit reduction field?

[grizzled hearth]

Well I did this and killed it with sync instead

Not all of them, just 3500

Full offensive

Did this

[marsh vault]

This is about 3500+

[grizzled hearth]

Ok yeah got the gist of it

[elder talon]

HARD MODE
IS
DOOOOOOONE

Phoebe and Drake were super easy. Glacia and Sydney were an absolute pain, but I managed to pull through thanks to you guys. And Steven was easy once I managed to proc poison with Venusaur

[tribal agate]

yay gratz!

[toxic cobalt]

Stephen mid is mainly physical Novermberinth says

[true prism]

Wow using sssteve round 4 just feels like cheating LOL

Made a bunch of mistakes and still cleared first try

[grizzled hearth]

SSSteven any stage is like that

He's amazing

[sick inlet]

Oh lol another thing I didn't try

Ssteven round 4 and Groudon Perma sun and grass terrain

The list keeps on getting bigger

[grizzled hearth]

Isn't that round 5?

[sick inlet]

Yes, I didn't try SSteven for round 4. Then I didn't try Groudon SSLyra for round 5

For my 2v3 clear

[grizzled hearth]

Oh

Ok

Dang I should've tried SS Morty and Silver for Round 5

[sick inlet]

I used my famous AnNi and SSMorty 2v3 Sidney because I ain't gonna test shit with him again 😂

[true prism]

Just used this team to obliterate r5, kris was only there to tank and have master passive so I’m sure you can 2v3 like this here

[manic mica]

did many people end up testing out noland + alder?

consering the noland grid

[true prism]

I did noland + masked royal

[manic mica]

that worked?

[true prism]

First sync noland killed side

Second sync royal killed mid under terrain

[manic mica]

ah nice lol

[true prism]

It was very fun actually

[grizzled hearth]

And I just stalled him with Ghetsis

[iron oar]

Is there any teams I can make for current CS?

[lunar meadow]

Probably thousands.

Let's start at the start:

1. Hard Mode or Master Mode
2. If hard mode, what types have you done
3. If master mode, what point value are you trying to achieve

[iron oar]

Hard Mode and none

I'm really bad at teambuilding

[lunar meadow]

Ah, then this is a good opportunity to learn.

Start with:

1. What is the enemy weak to? What is your best damage dealer of that type?
2. If you have no good on-type damage, who is a universal off-type?

Then:
What buffs do they need to be efficient?

This week, we have Bug, Electric, Fighting, Rock, and Grass.

Rock and Bug are the most likely offensive types of that list that you won't have a viable option for.

(Venusaur, Alolan Raichu, and Solgaleo fit the others)

[iron oar]

Ok. And lookin at the round effects matters as well right?

[manic mica]

Csmm round 4 against Drake
What should I use?

[lunar meadow]

Deoxys, Palkia, Mewtwo, and Redzard are usually good off-typing to fill the types you have worse options on

[lunar meadow]

Most of them do, yes.

Round 4 this week makes you and the enemies sync much faster. That can be the scariest one if they benefit more from the sync than you do.

[iron oar]

Would SSSteven be good for that one because of his Expanded Sync?

[mint cedar]

Ez clear

[full mesa]

Ι used SStevenEx/Bianca/Roxanne for R4 Drake.

[lunar meadow]

Yes.

Deoxys and Musharna is an incredibly good off-type team. That duo should be strong enough for you to throw any 3rd unit into to help with medal progress

[iron oar]

Ok thanks!!

[rotund lagoon]

Does the teambuilding command work in here?

+101

[frozen depot]

Teambuilding 101:

Step 1: pick a damage dealer ( / or with high damage)

• take a look at their moveset; note what they buff themselves in terms of offensive stats (Critical Hit Rate, Speed, Attack for physical damage dealer / Special Attack for special damage dealer)

Step 2: picking appropriate for your damage dealer

• take a look at your through the filter option and the Known Moves tab and pick two teammates that fill in what your damage dealer is missing (Critical Hit Rate, Speed, Attack for physical damage dealer / Special Attack for special damage dealer )

Addendum: if your damage dealer's needs can be filled in with only one support, then your third team slot is more flexible and you can choose defensive (potions, buffing defenses, lowering attack) or a second damage dealer

[rotund lagoon]

@iron oar

[iron oar]

Thanks!!

[manic mica]

What's the deal with Phoebe this week? She needs to be statused or?

My Zekrom not doing a lot of damage

[true prism]

Yes, see pins

But also n has piercing so it should ignore?

[manic mica]

Idk if mine does

1/5

[rotund lagoon]

Also SST Red’s Volt Tackle should have that type of effect (like Piercing Blows) as well, so when he’s out (and if you’re pulling for him, no obligation to), you can try using him.

[manic mica]

Nah I had to pity for Archie

[rotund lagoon]

No problem

[manic mica]

0 luck, gems down the drain

[minor solstice]

i need an off type team to beat bug weak sidney

[manic mica]

But at least my rain team is done

[minor solstice]

have no bug pokes

[manic mica]

Poison stall

Ez

[minor solstice]

what does that mean

also what round is good for

sidney bug

[manic mica]

First best

Or third

[minor solstice]

ok third

i'm on hard mode btw

not master

[manic mica]

Oh

[true prism]

Gridded noland is a beast

[minor solstice]

so i was thinking since ash so strong i would get three types in for phoebe

[true prism]

Should eat hard mode alive

[minor solstice]

no orbs 😭

[true prism]

Tragic

[manic mica]

Oh yikes uh

Do you have anyone who can poison

Or badly poison

Like SS Leaf is best

[minor solstice]

yes

i have leaf

[true prism]

Sidney has terrain so stalling might be harder

[minor solstice]

not gridded tho

[true prism]

No need

U have gridded sycamore?

[manic mica]

Nah Sycamore not good

He's physical

[true prism]

that is true

misty duck then

[manic mica]

Nah

Swanna, Leaf, Jannie

[minor solstice]

also i wanna save sycamore horn leech for steven

[true prism]

those are the only two stall tanks I am aware of

[manic mica]

Should do job

[true prism]

swanna needs to rely on potion refresh luck

[minor solstice]

oh i don't have jannie gridded

[true prism]

not very good for stall

janine has no grid

[manic mica]

Nah it really doesn't, leaf has potions too

[minor solstice]

i have looked

[manic mica]

4 potions more then enough

[minor solstice]

looker

and plumeria

[true prism]

we're poison stalling not poison killing

the whole strat is
tank
poison
debuffer

[minor solstice]

oh ok

[manic mica]

Yes.

[true prism]

then stay alive while they die from poison damage

[minor solstice]

I see

[rotund lagoon]

I honestly hate that’s what the Poison teams have to be like, but…yeah.

[true prism]

i wouldn't call it a poison team but rather a stall team

you can still have legitimate poison team with say koga as the damage

[minor solstice]

ah ok

[rotund lagoon]

Koga can do good damage??

[true prism]

yeah, i've never used him myself but i see vids of him eating poison weak stages alive

[rotund lagoon]

Huh

[true prism]

not sure what multipliers he has

also heard he his good with the new janine crobat which is very cute

[minor solstice]

hm who should i do second

i did rock weak

alr

if sync buffs are doubled does ex support give 4 buffs???

[paper summit]

no

that's not what that parameter does

it increases the bonus you get from each sync buff

[plush tangle]

Man I just 2v3'd Sidney it was PAIN

[sick inlet]

I didn't even play games

Just threw N and SSMorty

[peak stirrup]

Does Phoebe have stupidly high health?
OG Elesa didn’t even get her to half

[true prism]

yes, see the pin

[peak stirrup]

Wow. No chance that goes down in one sync.
Single sync is a thing of the past 100%

[latent eagle]

Are there any f2p teams videos out for master mode yet for this week? Kinda wanna try my hand at it

[toxic cobalt]

Videos specifically?

Eevee might have some in #1010274591601598555

[plush tangle]

The "OP Protag" gang

[blazing narwhal]

I’m wondering for drake, what did u mean exactly by “lower resistance to defense debuffs”

[quaint solar]

Thegamingevee has one up on his/her youtube

Anyone can help. I am getting destroyed on all 4 matches. None of my presets teams are surviving.

[manic mica]

Remember to inflict a status condition on Pheobe, it will deactivate her passive

[mellow linden]

Do you have a 3/5 Hilbert or 3/5 Sonia, by any chance?

Wait

[zealous karma]

I need help with rock 🐴

[mellow linden]

Why aren’t you triple-queueing consistently?

[toxic cobalt]

Going to be Olivia or gridded SSBrock right?

[zealous karma]

I didn’t notice I had a 2/5 Olivia

Who should I use to support her if I don’t have info

[mellow linden]

Hop + Acerola’s a good duo for Olivia if you have sand tiles, swap Acerola for another support if no sand tiles

[quiet vapor]

So these are the teams that i use on 2k mode. I've been trying to perfect them but im still disapointed with the Lillie and Marnie team, they arent that consistent. So can anyone give me tips on changes that i can make?

[quaint solar]

You talking about me and tje video I posted ?

[mellow linden]

Could do Hilbert + Acerola (Sand) or Skyla (no Sand) to go with Olivia

[zealous karma]

Kk

[manic mica]

The names- 💀

[mellow linden]

Yes. You should be triple-queueing as much as you can. There were multiple times where you only had 1 team member act before the opponent acted

[zealous karma]

What if hilbert is occupied for electric?

[mellow linden]

Could do Hop or Sonia, would just mean no Support EX

[manic mica]

I’m probably blind, but I don’t see Marnie and Lillie on the same team — unless I misunderstood?

[mellow linden]

I used Hop + Acerola + Olivia all the time before getting Bertha, though my Olivia is 5/5 and EX

So YMMV a little

[zealous karma]

Kk

How does Faitlin sound 🦦

[quiet vapor]

I should have said Lillie team and marnie team. Its confusing but its the N. 3 and N. 10 teams they are supossed to be different

[manic mica]

Ahh

[mellow linden]

Should work fine, would just mean Olivia will need to Trainer Move twice instead of once to get +3 crit, which isn’t a big deal. You’ll also get more survivability

[manic mica]

For your Marnie team, I never use Kimono Grimsely so I can’t help you there.

On the other hand, question on the Lillie team. What’s Kiawe’s purpose in that team?

[zealous karma]

I’m impressed!

Thanks for the help lel

[manic mica]

Pretty much everything Kiawe does Faitlin covers except crit & potion, but Lillie maxed her own crit iirc with her TM & using Kiawe solely for potioning doesn’t seem worth it to me

[mellow linden]

No problem. Olivia’s a beast

[quiet vapor]

I just didnt know what to put and since hes a suport from alola i just used him

[manic mica]

Ah

[zealous karma]

Shes not even level 125 wow

[mellow linden]

She’s 100% worth an EX if you happen to have spare resources

[manic mica]

Theme skills aren’t 100% necessary to fulfill, unless you really need the buffs for your team. I personally never had an issue with theme skills, so you should disregard them for now. If you ask me, your team seems to be lacking healing since Lillie will be blasting with her moves rather than focused on healing — unless absolutely necessary.

[quiet vapor]

Its not for the team skill, its becauze of the master passive contribution. (And because i had no idea of anything else lol)

[manic mica]

What other supports do you have? Preferably, ones that heal in particular?

[quiet vapor]

Healing in 2k is kinda useless though, since you have the reduced healing paramenter

Oh and hold on, kiawe has potions

[manic mica]

Healing can come in handy in some stages, it’s saved myself many times

[manic mica]

Yes, but .

[quiet vapor]

I see, let me grab my box

[manic mica]

[quiet vapor]

These are my pairs that recover hp

[manic mica]

Do you use Skyla or ssKris for any of your teams? Both are great for not only healing, but also boosting Lillie’s move power (ssKris) & carrying gauge (Skyla).

[zealous karma]

I unfortunately have a lot to Ex Sonia CGio SSBrendan etc

[mellow linden]

Understandable

[quiet vapor]

Yeah they have much more important roles on other teams. SS Ethan and May respectivelly

[manic mica]

I see

What about Misty?

It’s not the best choice, but she brings on the healing effect which is pretty handy. Plus has potions & full heals, good for status inflicting stages.

[quiet vapor]

Her?

She only has heal and def iirc

Is she really a better pick then kiawe?

[manic mica]

Depends on the stage tbh. Generally, she can do a little more than Kiawe since, once again, Faitlin covers everything he does besides crit, which isn’t necessary for Lillie since she can max it out herself. Misty is better for opponents that have the ability to inflict status conditions, which you wouldn’t use Lillie too often for, I’d assume. Additionally, she can speed up def & sp. def buffing, so Faitlin can soak Tricksy (assuming you have her mpr). And finally, like I mentioned before, she has the grad healing effect which heals your allies over time. Oh! And she has a one gauge move, good for triple queuing.

Sorry for the essay, just wanted to go in depth of what she’s capable of

TL;DR - she does more than just heal, which is what Kiawe would be doing on that particular team

[quiet vapor]

I have faitlin at 3/5 with mpr and at max i can spam like 3 tricksy

And i already have a hard time with gauge so if i start attacking with faitlin after i wouldnt have any gauge for lillie

[manic mica]

Righto!

[quiet vapor]

But i might have missed that grad healing on misty

[manic mica]

I believe Misty also has a gauge ref for her water gun, I might be wrong though.

I’d have to double check her grid.

[manic mica]

Her TM applies grad healing iirc

[quiet vapor]

Oh its built in

[manic mica]

I believe so, I might have to double check. I don’t use her too often to know.

[quiet vapor]

Dont think it helped that much, i lost the stage 😅

[little crag]

That's probably the best team I can come up for Steven after beating the 4 other stages ( I'm 1 month old in this game) can it work?

😢

[toxic cobalt]

What lucky skill does Brendan have?

[manic mica]

What stage are you doing? I couldn’t tell by the name of your team

[little crag]

None, don't have cookies to give him dauntless

It's hard btw

Not masters

[toxic cobalt]

Why is Marnie there

[little crag]

Well so she and zamazenta work well together

[mellow linden]

Brendan has next to zero synergy with Hop and Palentine’s Marnie, I’d recommend fully restructuring your team

[lunar meadow]

Might be better with any support that buffs satk, to counter his drops?

[mellow linden]

Could we see your roster?

[manic mica]

Zama shouldn’t be your damage dealer, steel wish is best for units that are intended to clear the stage on-type — or that’s at least how I view zoners.

[little crag]

That's all I'm left with

[quiet vapor]

Im testing the team on 2k round 1 drake

[toxic cobalt]

Brendan rosa Roxanne would have potential

[mellow linden]

Rosa + Skyla + Brendan seems like a good team

Or Rosa + Roxanne + Brendan, yeah

[manic mica]

What params? Are you using the ones in the pins or one you put together yourself?

[mellow linden]

Don’t ignore the 4- and 3-stars, some are amazing

[little crag]

Idk ahah

As I said I'm quite new

[quiet vapor]

Pins, post sync 2k

[mellow linden]

You’ll get better at figuring out teams over time, don’t worry

[manic mica]

Anni Lillie is best for on typing, as her passive allows her to get a boost in damage. Perhaps that team in particular might not work best because of that.

[minor solstice]

can i do phoebe second?

[manic mica]

Here’s the passive I’m referring to

[quiet vapor]

Ontyping 2k is lame. I always off type my battles

The teams that i showed above are the ones that i always use, i only on type if one of the weaknesses is the same type as the team

[grizzled hearth]

I mean I do too, but there's nothing wrong with ontyping

[quiet vapor]

Ofc

But i want to perfect this Lillie team so she can off type when needed

[trim adder]

@dim marsh my como was wierd but i was able to beat him

[grizzled hearth]

Yeah let's do that

Shouldn't be too hard

[manic mica]

That makes sense, then perhaps I’m not suited for helping you as I am bad with putting together an off typing team. I find it tricky because some units have passives that allow them to excel in on typing, I usually just provide supports that my striker needs when i off type. I apologize. Jay Chow will give you better insight.

[quiet vapor]

Thanks for everything then!