Champion Stadium

[keen jasper]

Is your SS Ethan 3/5?

[wary obsidian]

umm no : /

[keen jasper]

Ah too bad, you could've used Healthy Benefits from him

If he was 3/5

[junior crown]

Which other Jotho pair do you have?

maybe it's better to use 3 Johto pairs for the master pair bonus

[wary obsidian]

he could be tho

but idk if it's worth 3/5 him

[junior crown]

not worth using candy for one CS only...

[wary obsidian]

lol

i do have 3 johto

[keen jasper]

I mean, SS Ethan is a good off-typer for those who have Sentry Entry

Like what I did for steel-weak Glacia

[wary obsidian]

hmm guess i try sskriss ssblue ssethan first?

[keen jasper]

SS Ethan will definitely die to the sync

[wary obsidian]

o

[keen jasper]

If you had Darach, then it would've been a lot easier

[wary obsidian]

i survived the sync but can't kill fast enough... both kriss and blue died soon after and ethan die

[keen jasper]

SS Ethan requires set up

So he's definitely not for half sync fights

[junior crown]

with SS Steven + SS Kris + SS Blue, is you didn't die to Snarl do you think you'd be able to defeat it on second sync?

[keen jasper]

Unless you have Healthy Benefits on him

[wary obsidian]

yea trying steven kriss blue now

the problem is his sync got me really low

so i die to snarl after regardless

[junior crown]

use mini potion right after his sync

[keen jasper]

Do you have Lisia?

[junior crown]

don't think it'll save you though

Sidney is the worst this week from my perspective

doing him on R4 is hard

[wary obsidian]

bad planning : /

[keen jasper]

Unless you have godlike bug-type damage dealers

Like the SC subway bosses

[wary obsidian]

yea i cant do it

had a close to best run, but mid still like 30% hp

hes so tanky

whats the best round order

[keen jasper]

That would be up to you

But I think Phoebe is definitely best at round 1

[junior crown]

what you used until now and at what round?

I'd say Sindey best at R2 if you can do it pre sync using 2 syncs

[keen jasper]

I'd suggest not doing Drake at round 3

[junior crown]

he did Drake R3

so he could do it again

[keen jasper]

So Glacia for round 4 then

She's easy if she doesn't AoEs

[junior crown]

she have

blizzard

iirc

[keen jasper]

I meant if she doesn't do AoEs

Glacia has very low HP but has both defensive entries at x3

[obtuse hound]

is it possible to use the types bug, ice and dark to complete the medal next week?

or no

cause its impossible to finish the medal this week with those types

[junior crown]

next week will be another region

so you either get the medal this week or the next time it comes back

and why is it impossible to finish it this week do you still need all 18 types?

[wary obsidian]

hmm for glacia i used wally ssacynthia and kiawe

phoebe i used the 2 pikachus

[junior crown]

you can try Glacia R4 then

in which turn you defeated phoebe with the 2 pikachus?

[wary obsidian]

i dont remember lol but i remember just syncing once

and i have to finish the run to reset? : o

[junior crown]

and agains Glacia you did 2 syncs?

[junior crown]

yeah

you have

but then you can do 0 points

and reset for 10k

[wary obsidian]

glacia took more than 2 sync, i failed to kill one of the side and cynthia synced like 2x more

my whole team was dead tho

i guess drake > sidney > phoebe > glacia?

[obtuse hound]

yeah

[junior crown]

well if you suffer with Glacia

then try Phoebe R4

[obtuse hound]

i need ice bug and dark

im on sidney r4

[wary obsidian]

i see

ok i'll do that

and yea drake may be harder for me cuz of the speed drop

is it guarantee speed drop

[junior crown]

just be sure to do Sidney R2

[wary obsidian]

ok lol

[junior crown]

uhm, you can still try

what dark, bug and ice types do you have??

Cuz Sycamore can maybe "solo" R5, so you can drop 2 types with him

and use only 1 on Sidney

[junior crown]

don't you have Nanu?

Use Aaron on Sidney and Ghetsis + Sycamore + Nanu on Steven maybe...

Ghetsis Drop attack/sp attack

nanu drop def

[obtuse hound]

who else should i use for sidney?

[obtuse hound]

also yeah i forgot this is my second acc and i keep forgetting i haven't completed the main story. i will get to it but i have two more days for this cs so

[junior crown]

can you level up Lusa + Noland?

Don't know if it'll work

since R4 lusa might die on sync

[obtuse hound]

that's a lot of leveling up to do if im only using 1 bug..

using 3?

i don't think that will work but idk

sorry

[junior crown]

you either go 2 DPS or 1 DPS + debuffer

[obtuse hound]

here are my pairs

i don't know who's a dps and a debuffer yet

[junior crown]

so since you need Bug DPS it's either Lusa or Noland, but I'm afraid Lusamine might die on Sync and since it's R4 it might be hard with her...

[obtuse hound]

i don't know if i need it..i can probably off type and have another bug on there

[junior crown]

yeah

Have you used your Zinnia?

Your SS May can work as a debuffer (she has defense crush 9 for exemple)

or offtype with SS Red

[obtuse hound]

okay so i beat sidney

with one bug type

so i just have ice and dark

[obtuse hound]

which one? i assume stat-lowering as im using ghetsis

and sidney or grimsley

[junior crown]

yeah try status lowering

tank with Sycamore and maybe Sidney for potion if needed?

[obtuse hound]

how am i supposed to win if this is the damage im doing

sycamore is doing nothing for me

should i on-type?

[hardy mica]

That was sketchier than it needed to be, lol. Dodged 3 moves from the sides at the end. (Aaron's lv 100, sc!ingo's 1/5, noland's 4*)

[junior crown]

Sycamore have Horn leech

[marsh vault]

Firstly you're not giving syncamore crit up. He won't be able to do anything longer term without critical up. Take out ghetsis you don't need him

[junior crown]

that is the move you should be using

[obtuse hound]

actually i do lmfaoooo

i need ice and dark for the medal

[marsh vault]

Do you have other units

[obtuse hound]

unfortunately it does nothing.

[marsh vault]

To replace ghetsis

[marsh vault]

How do you have crit up?

[obtuse hound]

candice, hala, lorelei and wulfric? no

[obtuse hound]

..saying that i need ghetsis..

[marsh vault]

Ghetsis doesn't give crit to sycamore and neither does leopard

If you're doing damage with sycamore it'll take a bit longer

I would replace ghetsis with hala

[obtuse hound]

unfortunately these are the units i have and what i need to do

hala? really?

[junior crown]

Ghetsis can offtype too if you want

[marsh vault]

That way you can brick break the shiels

And you can remove those resistance

So you can hit harder

[junior crown]

sycamore give SP attack and ghetsis get his own crit up ith MPR

[marsh vault]

So hala, sycamore and leopard

[marsh vault]

You need to lower his HP enough to get +3 crit

[junior crown]

no

[obtuse hound]

ok doesn't give sycamore crit up lmao

sure i guess

but i dont have manuals and stamina so i guess im waiting till tomorrow

[marsh vault]

But i don't get are you trying to use sycamore for damage or defense

[junior crown]

his TM raise SpA based on HP not crit, but for SpA Sycamore can give on sync

[obtuse hound]

someone told me i could "solo" steven with sycamore and just have ghetsis and sidney there for types

[marsh vault]

If you're trying to use sycamore for damage then you need to give him a crit up

[obtuse hound]

but i just idk

people tell me so many different things

[junior crown]

you don't actually

it's not master mode

[marsh vault]

That still gives only +2 crit up

Not 3

[junior crown]

and even at master mode at 1.5k you can solo sycamore

[obtuse hound]

hard mode is still hard mode

sycamore does 351 damage

[marsh vault]

It's not master mode but I'm trying to make it an easier time for her

[obtuse hound]

per horn leech.

on his own

[obtuse hound]

so you can win with solo sycamore?

im listening.

[marsh vault]

Try hala, sycamore and leopard

[obtuse hound]

don't make it easier for me if its possible to not level up more pairs

[marsh vault]

Brick break with hala. Remove those shields if need be

[obtuse hound]

if you can solo sycamore im listening.

oh well

[marsh vault]

Then horn leach with sycamore

[marsh vault]

I've solo many times with other mons besides sycamore

I don't see how that matter if you're the one struggling

[obtuse hound]

you said not master mode you can solo sycamore. if that's true how am i losing so fast

[marsh vault]

Im a day 1 player i already have all the units to beat master mode

[obtuse hound]

yeah sure this is your first day playing

maybe ill come back tomorrow

[marsh vault]

I never said you can solo with sycamore

Don't put words in my mouth

[obtuse hound]

i don't have stamina anyway in game or irl for this

ill come back tomorrow

[marsh vault]

Then come back when you're ready to listen

[obtuse hound]

okay that was rude

[junior crown]

well if that's helping

i don't know what it is honestly

[marsh vault]

It's rude for you to make things up and not listen to advice

[obtuse hound]

i didn't...? what

im gonna come back tomorrow when people are normal and i have stamina

[meager widget]

Byeeeeee

[obtuse hound]

bye

[marsh vault]

Hasta la vista

[wary obsidian]

@junior crown @keen jasper Thank you guys. I did my first 10k

i'll never do it again

[junior crown]

next region should be easier

it'll get easier while you play cuz you get better pairs, higher levels, syncs grids and lucky skills

GG

[wary obsidian]

thx i'm hoping to focus on raising my pairs now, probably not gonna pull anything next month

hopefully

[meager widget]

You really should, plenty of good rewards for doing it each week

[wary obsidian]

i usually just do 7.5k : /

[junior crown]

well 7.5k is enough cuz more than that is champ spirits, which you'll have plently unless you're a whale, and 10 BP points, but it's 10 BP points / week, so not much anyway

from my perspective it's 4,2k, 6k, 7,5k and then 10k

if you can do 7,5k it should be enough to make you stronger

[wary obsidian]

[keen jasper]

[swift swan]

yeah, 10k is really just for flex

but Unova is definitely easier

if you can 10k Hoenn, you can 10k Unova

[wary obsidian]

[keen jasper]

Hoenn is harder because of the mechanics it brought

[manic mica]

despair

[swift swan]

Yeah, on top of being tanky af and hits harder than normal

[manic mica]

i have to stall sidney again

[zealous karma]

Next region is sinnoh is it not?

Oh it’s unova

That’s a welcome shock

[keen jasper]

Dude, Sinnoh was literally 4 or 5 months ago

[zealous karma]

I thought it was in rotation

Darn I was really looking forward to sinnoh

[keen jasper]

And we still don't have Kalos, Galar and possibly Paldea

[zealous karma]

Praying for Kalos

[trail smelt]

Unironically made her much easier compared to the other evasion hax bastards lol

[manic kiln]

CS is still in a rotation, assuming no new region then Unova in September, Kanto in October and Sinnoh will be back in November

[swift swan]

the rotation, for now, is Kanto, Sinnoh, Johto, Alola, Hoenn, Unova

so 2 easier regions followed by 1 harder region, seems fair enough

assuming no new CS region that is

[zealous karma]

Watch diantha CS stage have head start 4, satisfying snarl and devestation and sentry entry x2

[versed garnet]

I need help with CS hard mode (not MM) I feel like I can do it with my current characters but idrk what teams to use so I need some help

[reef raptor]

so

anyone wanna help me with champion stadium

[versed garnet]

idk I need help too lol

[reef raptor]

@versed garnet do you always max your syncs

same

[versed garnet]

when I have level up mats and wanna test that character out yeah

[reef raptor]

o h

[toxic cobalt]

Please post just the initial five stars here, when asking for help, to save space

[reef raptor]

oh

[versed garnet]

repost I need help

[reef raptor]

but i use all of them

[toxic cobalt]

Yes, but we don't need to see the story and low star pairs as everyone has them

Occasional exceptions aside

What have you tried so far?

[reef raptor]

5 stars

[reef raptor]

for some reason

i just suck at teambuilding

like

usually i just go "super effictive, support & something else that might be useful in some way"

because I am trying to collect the type badge

still

[toxic cobalt]

I mean this is a pretty good summary of good team building

[reef raptor]

but

the weaknesses around this week make it difficult

electric, I have nothing good, bug, ah fuck, I have nothing useful, rock oh boy, here we go again, you get it

[toxic cobalt]

Yeah, bad week

Couple of options for bug and rock. Either you poison them to death, or you hit them with Giovanni and Cyrus.

[reef raptor]

which giovanni

[toxic cobalt]

Mewtwo one unless you have Gioking

[reef raptor]

i dont

[toxic cobalt]

What types have you filled so far?

[reef raptor]

uh well

last time i actually filled types was a few months ago

and then i still didn't actually finish the stadium

[toxic cobalt]

Alright, so no need to target something specifically then

[reef raptor]

I have a habit of forgetting the champion

[toxic cobalt]

lol

So you have Giovanni and Bianca, all that team needs is someone to buff spatk

Then Cyrus Winona and Roxanne is another team

[reef raptor]

I know

Um

[toxic cobalt]

An easy poison team is koga janine and Leaf

[reef raptor]

Sycamore sync boosts everything max

except atk i think

[keen jasper]

Except defense and attack

[reef raptor]

yes

[keen jasper]

And also crit and accuracy

[reef raptor]

I use sycamore in my usual team

it's usually my first sync so I'm p well used to it

[toxic cobalt]

Oh forget bianca, you have may latias

[reef raptor]

yes

[toxic cobalt]

okay then you're in easy mode

[reef raptor]

I do know may doesn't like taking damage

[toxic cobalt]

Nah but she does everything Giovanni wants so then you can use any tank

[reef raptor]

I usually use Eevee as a base tank

because

potions

the leaf strat is unmatched

[plucky pewter]

Sorry about that

[reef raptor]

so uh

who's this team for again

my brain melted

[toxic cobalt]

Either bug or rock

[reef raptor]

tbf

rock I think I can make another team for

but bug is smth I will have the worst day with

[toxic cobalt]

You should do electric first though

[toxic cobalt]

Alder, Ash, Bea/CynthiSSA, SSR, Brendan

[reef raptor]

sync ohko's mewtwo

ah shi man

[plucky pewter]

Just got thr electric one done

[reef raptor]

i was at full hp aswell

psychic terrain, max sp.atk, everything was setup

[plucky pewter]

Are those the units you're saying for me to focus for the whole lot?

[reef raptor]

i sync gridded the heck out of mewtwo

[toxic cobalt]

Main strikers

[toxic cobalt]

Who is your third pair?

Also electric should be first

[reef raptor]

Eevee

leag

leaf

very good tank

always survives

[toxic cobalt]

Well the issue with Leaf is you have to sync with her, thus you don't get Giovanni's sync damage

[plucky pewter]

Just have Sidney left now, have tried Alder with a few different teams but always end up wiping out

[toxic cobalt]

What teams did you try Alder with and when do you wipe out?

[plucky pewter]

Adler, SS Erica/guzma, giovanni/n, Blue/giovanni, leaf/SS Erika.
Have been able to get down to only shifty left but always end up dying just before able to kill

[toxic cobalt]

Don't really understand how those pairs help Alder

[plucky pewter]

Honestly I was just trying different things.
I'm still getting used to proper team building and only yesterday made a proper synergetic team for ss red charizard

[toxic cobalt]

Well Alder handles all his offense himself, so he just needs defence and speed help

[plucky pewter]

Don't think I have anyone that boosts team speed

[toxic cobalt]

Skyla?

Marley?

Roxanne

?

[sick inlet]

Xerneasssss

[manic mica]

would aaron not be a good unit to level up to use here? i dont have him but glancing at his kit he seems like he'd be helpful

[plucky pewter]

Oh I was still searching 5* not all

[limpid wyvern]

does anyone know if we have cs next week?

[plucky pewter]

So I could do skyla/swanna, blue/blastoise and adler/volcarona?

[toxic cobalt]

[toxic cobalt]

You could, but it Sounds redundant. Switch Blue for someone else.

[plucky pewter]

I was just looking at blue for the x Def all

[toxic cobalt]

Skyla has that

[plucky pewter]

So I should look for special defence buff?

[toxic cobalt]

Not a bad idea

[pallid lintel]

whats a good, easy to build team against fighting weak glacia?

because tbh my wally aint cutting it

[manic mica]

rip lmao

i used ssa cynthia ss steven wally but that's uh....

good meme

[pallid lintel]

yeah no i cant do that i dont have either of those two ss 💀

I have 2 fighting type 5 stars

[manic mica]

lmaooo same

u might have to offtype

[pallid lintel]

yeah 😦

yeah i probably do have to off type but like what is the best choice?

[manic mica]

no clue

[pallid lintel]

glacia is the last one i gotta do before steven but shes kicking my ass man :(((

[manic mica]

prob best to share ur units so ppl who know more can help

[pallid lintel]

ight, gimme a sec

[toxic cobalt]

It's round 4, it will always kick ass sadly

Well, this week

[manic mica]

me saving sidney for last wondering why he was kicking my ass (i have no good bugs)

[toxic cobalt]

There are only 2

[keen jasper]

Sidney isn't easy at round 4 if you don't have Darach or SC Ingo

[pallid lintel]

bro i kicked sidneys ass with ss grimsley and dawn 💀

[keen jasper]

Hard mode?

[manic mica]

ya luckily i had darach i wouldnt have been able to clear it otherwise

[plucky pewter]

Welp that's unfortunate to know now 😂

[pallid lintel]

hard mode lv. 1

[keen jasper]

Imagine master mode

[toxic cobalt]

Can't imagine such a thing

[pallid lintel]

I can build all of them a bit just not ex

[toxic cobalt]

Should build Skyla

[pallid lintel]

gotcha, anyone else?

[toxic cobalt]

Looks like most of them are otherwise built

But Skyla will help against Glacia

[pallid lintel]

not really, only levelled to 100

[toxic cobalt]

That's enough for hard mode

Are you using focus blast wally or close combat wally?

[pallid lintel]

yeah but like no theme skills? no level cap upgrade? sync grid? nothing??? thats all you need?

[manic mica]

i... definitely needed stuff to be like level 120 for hard mode

and at least some grids

[pallid lintel]

OH MY GOD I FORGOT TO BUILD WALLYS GRID 💀

[manic mica]

LMAO

wait

[tribal agate]

We got a support 3* candy in one of the running challenge battles atm, please feed it to Skyla!
I believe it's the Ash one

[manic mica]

.....looks at my wally

ok i do have him gridded i almost thought i forgor to grid him

[toxic cobalt]

Only sync grid

[pallid lintel]

jdshjfhsf im so stupid

i ran out of sync orbs because of skyla, i cant grid wally

damn.

[toxic cobalt]

Have you gridded Solgaleo?

Wait you have Bea why are you using Wally

[pallid lintel]

i completely forgot about bea tbh

also i caved and used SS Dawn, regular cyrus and lucas and kicked her ass but now i got nothing powerful to beat stevens ass

i got desperate

i truly am a

[manic mica]

ss erika??

[pallid lintel]

I FORGOT ABOUT ERIKA OH MY GOD THANK YOU

[manic mica]

....blinks
my erika has literally no grid how did i not notice this before going in LMAO

[pallid lintel]

oof 💀

[manic mica]

ok if my lv 120 non grid ss erika could work for it. then yours will do the trick. just slap her with a couple of supports and let her do the damage

[pallid lintel]

name some good supports rq

[manic mica]

i used ss morty and... phoebe, apparently LMAO

[pallid lintel]

ss morty is the one with ho-oh right?

[manic mica]

ya

[pallid lintel]

and which one is phoebe again?

[manic mica]

id say u could probably use phoebe and sycamore

might run out of sun for ez solar blades tho

[keen jasper]

Silver?

Selene?

[pallid lintel]

man if i didnt use my ss morty earlier i couldve used him now WHYYYYYY

[manic mica]

😔 i saw grass weak and knew i had to save him for steven, rip u
it's def doable without him tho dw

[keen jasper]

SS Morty is truly such a great unit, glad I used my candies on him even if he does rerun

[manic mica]

but ya i rec trying phoebe sycamore ss erika, or maybe smth like evelyn silver ss erika?????

[pallid lintel]

if i cant give erika weathered warrior 3, what do i give her instead

[formal vigil]

Cs2

[pallid lintel]

the lucky cookies have failed me

for now i guess i gotta use superduper effective 1

[keen jasper]

Weathered Warrior 3 is in the Deluxe Lucky Cookies

Not the Crunchy ones

[pallid lintel]

yeah i know but i dont have any so i tried going for cs2

but the cookies failed me

[keen jasper]

Then better farm the next LG I guess

I need CS2 on my Ash

[pallid lintel]

YEEEEESSSSS I BEAT STEVEN

[formal vigil]

Congrats

[pallid lintel]

god bless you oh my god that comp saved me

[keen jasper]

This week's Steven is kinda easy tho

His only gimmick is psychic terrain

[swift swan]

definitely

champion battles are usually easier

[toxic cobalt]

This week Steven was harder than usual though

It's rare the champion field parameter actually does something

[pallid lintel]

i guess i gotta do next weeks champion stadium aswell cuz i need like 23 champions spirit to get N to 6*

anything for N tho

[swift swan]

I remember Wallace having the status condition up field param and he kept freezing me

[swift swan]

no worries, next week will be easier

[tribal agate]

DeNA : here's anni, here's newcomers
also DeNA : here's hardest CS

[toxic cobalt]

This isn't Sinnoh

[swift swan]

well, to be fair, second hardest

[tribal agate]

eh idk Glacia has been a good contender for most annoying person and we got like 2 weeks of half sync round 4 which newcomers despise

(but yeah Sinnoh with Bertha's head start, Lucian's bug weak wise entry, Aaron's electric sentry entry, are absolutely disgusting)

[toxic cobalt]

At least two types this week were aimed at the current Master Fairs

~~Although that doesn't make up for the other two types ~~

[swift swan]

Sinnoh just had way too many entries and bulky HP on top of that, which really limits our options, especially for newcomers

To me, Hoenn strikes the fair balance between challenging and enjoyable

[elder talon]

What modifiers would you recommend for round 4 Phoebe with Ash sst red and ss blue?

[tribal agate]

the pinned ones should work

that's a massively overkill team

[elder talon]

I'm trying to go for 2k, I've done it before but don't remember the modifiers. I've tried the recommended ones but she wrecks me on first sync

The problem is she one shots everyone on first sync

[keen jasper]

Do you have someone to raise Sp. Def.?

[tribal agate]

try to replace maybe SSB with a SpDef buffer

[toxic cobalt]

Full HP would be fine

[tribal agate]

make sure you raise Str and if needed HP parameters but do not raise ATK parameters

those are sure to kill you

[elder talon]

What spdef buffer do you recommend? Lunatone is the only one that comes to mind but it sucks

[keen jasper]

Elio?

Since you need to status Phoebe, Elio can sleep stall the sides

[tribal agate]

Drake as well (paralysis & spdef buffing)

it can be a relevant option to run 2 supports with Ash or Red alone

it's not like neither of them can't solo the thing damage wise

[elder talon]

I don't have Elio, I think I have Drake just need to lvl him up

Maybe I could try with Sycamore and use his sync move first?

[tribal agate]

sure

do you have Lyra/cElesa/PlayerMesprit?

last ditch attempt if Syca doesn't work is Syca + Light Screen but i don't think that'll be necessary
both Red and Ash are fairly "tanky", the +6 spdef should be plenty enough

[elder talon]

Idk what I'm doing wrong then lol

Which one is Lyra?

[tribal agate]

Meganium

but try first with Sycamore Red & Ash and sync with Sycamore

[elder talon]

Oh om keeping Lyra for Steven, doing ss Erika lyra mistyduck

[tribal agate]

wait what round is it on Phoebe?

[elder talon]

I'll try with Sycamore then

4

[tribal agate]

ok

[compact hinge]

Did this without ex and cookies/lucky skills and 2x offtype, when battle villa returns, i can clear 10k for sure... Or is this cs easy?

Cant beat the 2 other stages tho

[tribal agate]

i reckon you're fairly recent in the game no?

it's already a great achievement to go above 4k early on

10k is mostly for bragging rights, as the rewards after 7500 points are pretty irrelevant (and the main rewards stop at 4800 points)

as for Glacia, yeah round 4 fighting can be a big issue

your best bet is to reduce points if you struggle and max those spdef across the team

[compact hinge]

Wow dreamy, thank you for your help and time!!
Im fairly New but the New Anni Sync Pairs carried me
I think i stop then and wait Till I get more of my units sync grids and Lucky skills.. I think ill get there over time

[tribal agate]

No worries! Perhaps you can try though to finish the CS without any points added?

i think it's important for the rewards

[compact hinge]

So you get extra rewards for finishing?

[toxic cobalt]

You get rewards just for beating each stage

Although you can try aadding the basic 850 points too!

[elder talon]

Ayy finally managed to do MM with 7.5k points

I can't believe I went from barely being able to beat hard mode to 7.5k points in less than a week lol

[compact hinge]

Oh okay i have already beaten all stages without points

I try 850 points then

[elder talon]

Do we have to unlock master mode for every different cs roster or is doing it once enough?

[compact hinge]

Congrats!

[tribal agate]

nice!

[tribal agate]

you unlock it for every region once

[frosty axle]

how long have you been playing again?

[marsh vault]

Are you whale?

[compact hinge]

A few months but didnt really play much until anni and i spent some money yes

[frosty axle]

oh ok then it's good 👍

you can probably soon do 7.5k

[compact hinge]

Yes i need some ex Supports first, but I have to wait until I have enough Tickets to get a good value out of the normal Power ups I have...

[frosty axle]

if you doing lodge then power ups should come quickly

[compact hinge]

Yes i just saw you get a lot of them 🙂

[versed garnet]

repost since i still havent cleared stadium, ive already used SSSteven, SSBlue and SSBrendan and idrk what teams to use

[toxic cobalt]

Who did you use them for?>

[marsh vault]

@frosty axle

Question

Do you think ss red/leaf/blue doable with lorelai?

All three ex

3/5

But i feel like it's gonna be close

[versed garnet]

oh late reply but i used them for phoebe

[tribal agate]

with Lorelei?

#1009557516369281075 if you're talking about the extreme battle

[marsh vault]

Oh shit

Wrong channel 😂😂

[gilded island]

I need help clearing Drake, Sidney and Glacia, they are giving me an hard time 😭 Should I just post my units?

[tired sleet]

Not sure why won't u post

If you don't post hard for helpers to actually help

[gilded island]

okey dokey

[fading jackal]

Hey, wanna do Stadium for the first time and wanted to ask how you guys choose units? Any tips?

[tired sleet]

18 types by week 2 ideally

[acoustic timber]

Funny I am trying to poison stall sidney and still dieing >_>

[tired sleet]

Sidney is very difficult to stall

Just focus on sidney asap

Before he obliterate u

[acoustic timber]

With what >_>

[tired sleet]

Idk a dmg dealer

[acoustic timber]

Is it possible to off type him

[tired sleet]

Should be

I used alder tho

With defog and a tanker

Are you doing 2k sidney or what

[keen jasper]

You have Darach?

[acoustic timber]

Yes 2k

[keen jasper]

Oh NVM

[tired sleet]

I don't have most normal pool pairs

[keen jasper]

What round are you doing Sidney?

[tired sleet]

I alr cleared it tho

So I don't really remember

And I didn't do 2k sidney

[keen jasper]

You could

[acoustic timber]

Its round 4 for me

[tired sleet]

I did the easiest parameters

[acoustic timber]

I might just have to bring in satan

[keen jasper]

Oh round 4, but the same question for you, do you have Darach?

[acoustic timber]

Yes

3/5 darach

[keen jasper]

Oh good, you can definitely use him for Sidney

Defog to remove the dark zone and Feather Dance to lower Sidney's Atk.

[acoustic timber]

I was thinking of celebi his ass to death

_>

[keen jasper]

You could, or you could save her for Steven

But Steven is too easy anyways

Just pummel him to death with your best grass-type damage dealers

Like Silver, SS Erika, Selene, Brendan, etc.

You just need someone to set up sun for them for the bonuses

[acoustic timber]

Like…a certain golden chicken?

🥰

[keen jasper]

Yes, and he's a ghostbuster too

[acoustic timber]

My darach level one

Sick

[keen jasper]

He's not leveled up?

[acoustic timber]

Never used him

[full mesa]

Do I build Sidney (3/5), SCLillie (3/5) or Milotic (3/5) for next week's CSMM (I'm thinking that I might be able to use Milotic's TM to counter Phoebe's hypnosis).

[acoustic timber]

I dont even know what game hes from lol

[tired sleet]

He is a oc iirc

Aka pomas exclusive

[full mesa]

4th gen battle frontier.

[keen jasper]

From DPPt

[full mesa]

He is Caitlyn's battler at on of the facilities.

[tired sleet]

Oh my bad

[keen jasper]

Also he's Caitlin's butler

[tired sleet]

[keen jasper]

From gen 4

[acoustic timber]

I will play bdsp when the modders are fully done making it great again

[tired sleet]

Darach is the one with Staraptor?

[acoustic timber]

Yes

[keen jasper]

Yes

[tired sleet]

I want to ask for unova

But probably asked to wait again smh

[acoustic timber]

He lowers stats for all units with passive. Nice guy

[full mesa]

Do I build Sidney (3/5), SCLillie (3/5) or Milotic (3/5) for next week's CSMM (I'm thinking that I might be able to use Milotic's TM to counter Phoebe's hypnosis).
I'm thinking of running Maxie/Phoebe/Wallace against Phoebe next week. Should I build Wallace with TM MPR?

[full mesa]

Ask. We have only 2 resets left.

[tired sleet]

18 types so

[acoustic timber]

Where is the list for next month?

[keen jasper]

Unova is significantly easier compared to Hoenn

[full mesa]

Ohhh you meant a roster. Yeah, unless we have the CS' files parameters it's gonna be better to wait. You can build teams around a specific striker for each stage but we can't really help until we have all the information available.

[full mesa]

Pins.

[acoustic timber]

Did you mean chauntel and not phoebe

[tired sleet]

Is for the 18 types bs tho

Anyway here's just my 5*s alone

If need be I send over my 4 and 3 star units too

[full mesa]

I just realized that I don't have the Unova medal completed... This is going to be a boring week...

[acoustic timber]

Lmao

[full mesa]

Do you understand the basics of team building?

[keen jasper]

Yeah, I'm only gonna have 3 weeks of fun only

[tired sleet]

Yes

I just am super shit on offtype team building

[full mesa]

On the bright side, it's the only one I'm missing.

[tired sleet]

So uhh

Any help will be helpful

[toxic cobalt]

Have you finished any stage sso far?

[tired sleet]

Will be going to sleep though

[toxic cobalt]

Off type teambuilding is exactly the same as ontype teambuilding. Just needs a bit more oomph.

[tired sleet]

Virgin on unova league

[tired sleet]

Wym stage

[toxic cobalt]

Shoudln't be too much of an issue, teh first week looks very forgiving

[tired sleet]

I did like 4200 on hoenn cs if thay means anything

[tired sleet]

Just random stuff go???

[full mesa]

Apart from Shauntal hypnosis, there isn't anything else to be weary of.

[tired sleet]

Week 2 then?

[full mesa]

That's progress.

[tired sleet]

Rock weak

Only have ttar

[gilded island]

Im gonna cry

[tired sleet]

Imma hope ash can clear

[full mesa]

We're talking about week 1. Also don't pay much attention to champions. They usually have easier teams and you can bring your best units against them (if you have save them till the end).

[tired sleet]

OK even for week 1

How do I stuff 9 types

[full mesa]

Only 9?

I'm aiming for 15.

[tired sleet]

9x2=18

[full mesa]

Nah. Aim for at least 13.

[sacred mountain]

I did 7.5k someone help me make teams for 10k

[tired sleet]

That's the kind of stuff I'm not good at lmao

[full mesa]

First of all bring a striker of each type for on-type coverage.

[tired sleet]

Poison is not possible

[full mesa]

Then we can move on from there.

[tired sleet]

I have to use my stall team

[full mesa]

Good

Like most of us.

[tired sleet]

That's grass poison +rando type

[full mesa]

That's one down.

[full mesa]

That's grass+Ariados(poison)+random tank.

That's 3.

[tired sleet]

Grass is venu

Tank I guess uhh

Idek who tbh

Skyla?

Elec

Ehhh

Is pika alone enough or I need terrain

[gilded island]

Thanks for the help ig

[tired sleet]

Pika cune +fodder?

[toxic cobalt]

If Pikachu can't almost solo it I will be surprised

[tired sleet]

What's a good fodder ele

Normal?

Oh cheryl

[sacred mountain]

Nolanf

D*

[toxic cobalt]

Defence typing doesn't really work like that. Each pair has only one weakness.

[sacred mountain]

Who has slaking?

[tired sleet]

Norman

But why

Cheryl exist

Can heal pikachu or suicyne

OK ground

[sacred mountain]

Maxie

[keen jasper]

Normal can be Classic Giovanni

[tired sleet]

Groudon morty and courtney

[tired sleet]

But paired with pika?

[toxic cobalt]

Leaf is the traditional easy normal one

[tired sleet]

Isn't giovanni a waste?

[sacred mountain]

This reminded me i need to grid Eevee

[keen jasper]

Could be used for another team

[full mesa]

I'm back. Where are we?

[tired sleet]

OK steel

Uhh steel

Yabai

[keen jasper]

Steel is Hop

[tired sleet]

Hop solgaleo

+uhh uhh

What do I go with here

[sacred mountain]

Speed ig

[full mesa]

Someone that boost speed.

[tired sleet]

Masked royal

[full mesa]

Yes

Hop/Solgaleo/speed is the very basic steel team.

[tired sleet]

OK fighting

This one is tough

My gallade 0 grid

[full mesa]

And?

We're talking about hard mode.

[sacred mountain]

No Bea?

[toxic cobalt]

Solagleo 2 electric bugaloo

[tired sleet]

No

[full mesa]

You don't need grids

[keen jasper]

You can just use Maylene

[tired sleet]

Cynthia + 2 randos

Hmm what type we miss again

[sacred mountain]

Or that

Psychic?

[tired sleet]

Fire

We have fire from morty

Wait

What type

[keen jasper]

Fire there are plenty of options

[sacred mountain]

Mayziken

[tired sleet]

No I alr have fire

From ssmorty

I need a fairy

Sycamore is my go to

But does she work with cynthia

[sacred mountain]

he does maybe

[tired sleet]

I reserve that week 2

Need steven to ungabunga champion

Mostlikely

Ah bug

[sacred mountain]

Sy

[tired sleet]

What do I do with bugt

[keen jasper]

Bugsy?

[tired sleet]

No bugsy

Guess aaron

[keen jasper]

Oh bug-type

I guess anyone will do?

[tired sleet]

Aaron I guess

[keen jasper]

I mean it is hard mode after all

[sacred mountain]

What abt ice?

[tired sleet]

Week 2 I guess

[keen jasper]

Ghetsis

Or Hala or Candice

[tired sleet]

Week 2 is ice and ghost weak

So there's that

[sacred mountain]

When did Unova CS come out?

[tired sleet]

Problem is

[sacred mountain]

I need to see if i have to do hard mode or not

[tired sleet]

My ghost dmg is giovanni

How to fit in a ghost type

Morty

[keen jasper]

Phoebe

[tired sleet]

I try morty then

He heals

And buff defense

Still no rock

Wtf do I with that type

[mellow linden]

You have Olivia?

[sacred mountain]

Olivia

[keen jasper]

Roxanne

[tired sleet]

Roxanne it is

[sacred mountain]

Is Olivia still the highest rock nuke

[tired sleet]

What type am I missing

I can't keep track no more

[sacred mountain]

Uhh

Dark

Masked royal nvm

[tired sleet]

Grass poison flying
Water elec normal
Ground fire ground
Steel Steel dark
Fighting fairy bug

That's week 1

So ice and rock week 2

[keen jasper]

13 types

[tired sleet]

Psychic ssteven unga someone

14

What I missed lmao

[keen jasper]

Ghost

[sacred mountain]

Phube

[tired sleet]

Phoebe or morty is my ghost

3 types what are they

[keen jasper]

Ghost, Psychic, Ice, Dragon and Rock

Your 5 other types unused

[tired sleet]

Oh dragon

Wait

Ghetsis is dragon

Or ice

[keen jasper]

No, Ghetsis is ice

[tired sleet]

[keen jasper]

Use Zinnia

[tired sleet]

I use my latios

[keen jasper]

Or that too

[tired sleet]

Random giveaway for a team I guess

Psychic is just ssteven unga someonw

Who should I eliminate with ssteven?

On wk2

[keen jasper]

Anyone

[tired sleet]

Champion it is

[keen jasper]

Psychic-weak is Marshal at week 3

My medal teams for Monday

[sacred mountain]

Is Unova CS new?

[keen jasper]

No

[full mesa]

Those are mine for next week. 15 types.

[long thicket]

Should I get two supports with regular Emmet?

I can't use a Rock type tech greatly yet.

Did it with Roxanne and Leaf (first sync), but that was close.

[junior crown]

do you have any sandstorm pair?

Bertha/Ingo/Acerola should be better than Roxanne

and maybe a faster buffer or supp ex (if you have) instead of leaf

[long thicket]

Well, now I struggle against Glacia.
I have EX gridded 5/5 Wally and Sygna May, but neither seems to have good defense againt her.

(And yeah, I have those three)

Well, I did it with Evelyn as a support, even though she's weak to Ice.
Go figure.

[gilded island]

I need help beating drake with my units, anyone available?

[long thicket]

Um...

[long thicket]

Don't know if that helps you.

Alongside regular Emmet

[compact hinge]

Thank you guys for helping me completing my first 5k run!

[junior crown]

what rock types do you have?? And any possible pair to offtype?

and which round are you on?

[gilded island]

Round two

I only have 2 EX rock units 😭

which aint ex

if that makes sense

they can be ex'ed but they are not

I was thinking sycamore with xrneas

or rose

[mellow linden]

Small correction, Evelyn is weak to Water

[mellow linden]

If this is Hard Mode (and potentially even if Master Mode) then it doesn’t matter if they’re EXd or not

[long thicket]

Oh right, she happened to be weak to attacks Glacia had, sorry.

Also, I just had the weirdest fight against Steven...

[mellow linden]

It’s cool, no worries

[long thicket]

Pretty much a spam of Brendan's Leaf Storm and Lyra's gauge free Grassy Glide because of Grassy Terrain being infinite.

[mellow linden]

Yeah, those 2 will shred Grass weak stages

Especially with infinite field effect duration

[long thicket]

Lyra also caused Steven to be unable to use Psychic terrain.

I don't know why Grassy Terrain had no limit, though.

I don't think it was like that in other fights.

[mellow linden]

The Round 5 parameter is infinite field effect duration

At least this week

[long thicket]

Oh, I see, thanks.
And the crazy thing is that I actually struggled with this combination on regular CS.

Yet here, it was a weird way to win, but a first try one.
Not sure I get it, but eh...

[full mesa]

5k? Why don't you aim for 7.5k?

For some reason I can't share a video from yt.

Someone did pre sync max points MM solo SSLyra against Champion.

[compact hinge]

I dont have any lucky skills or ex so its quite difficult

[full mesa]

Lucky skills isn't that big of an issue. Ex surely makes a difference but you can counter it out. The most important thing is team building.

[gilded island]

thats not what I meant

[mellow linden]

My apologies, then. If I may ask, what is it that you do mean?

[gilded island]

Sorry I explained it poorly

I suck at explaining things

[mellow linden]

It's cool, stuff happens

[gilded island]

I just wanna beat this champion stadium

[mellow linden]

Hard Mode or Master Mode?

[gilded island]

but sid and drake are killing me

hard mode

[mellow linden]

Alright, then if you could show me your roster I can offer some recommendations. Though I'll mainly be sticking to damage-dealers to build a team around rather than giving an exact team. Since Hard mode's teambuilding restrictions are pretty relaxed, it's a great place to get the hang of teambuilding with hands-on experience

[gilded island]

Idk why the game keeps putting my 125 lvl Lusamine and pheromosa on every battle when i click optimize, like what is this favortism.

[mellow linden]

The optimize button is pretty garbage

[gilded island]

sure let me post them

[manic mica]

number one rule of games like this: dont use the auto team formation

also i saw u mentioned sycamore heres the meme team i used to do drake

[mellow linden]

Oftentimes the auto team button uses a metric that isn't a good way of determining how good a team actually is

[manic mica]

olivia and roxanne died pretty early and sycamore cleaned up solo via horn leech spam

[gilded island]

I got two ashes in the same pull, i screamed.

[full mesa]

Which types are you missing?

[gilded island]

hm?

[mellow linden]

Ok, so assuming you haven't used Ash yet (since it sounds like you beat Phoebe already?), you can use him + Volkner + filler as a back pocket team in case you get stuck.

If you build a team around Olivia for Drake and Guzma for Sidney you should be able to pull it off

[full mesa]

For the medallion

[gilded island]

I already used ash

for phoebe

LOL

[mellow linden]

That's fine, just wanted to make sure I was covering all bases

[gilded island]

I suck at building tho 😭

[manic mica]

ah i was gonna say if u havent used ash yet bruteforce sidney w him

💀

[gilded island]

I wish I didnt use ash yet

He just hits like an atom bomb

I guess I'll tackle sidney next as his buffs are killing me

[patent quarry]

Id save ash for steven though

Currently regretting not saving him

[gilded island]

same

I dont have that many good electric units

[manic mica]

idk which one is worse for r4 between sidney and drake but i was struggling w sidney r4 because of the sped up sync countdown

[gilded island]

Im thinking of saving glacia for r4 😭

[patent quarry]

I have alder for Sidney which was very easy for me

[mellow linden]

It's not too hard once you get a good grasp on it. Let's use the Guzma team as an example.

Guzma wants Attack and critical rate as his mandatory offensive stat buffs. He can boost both of those with his Dire Hit+ and Trainer Move, so if you want you can use Supports that purely act to keep the team alive like Skyla as his teammates.

Alternatively, you could use someone like Hop, who boosts Attack and Crit, and have Guzma go straight into damaging the enemy without worrying about setting up his buffs

[gilded island]

I dont have Hop it seems like

[mellow linden]

If you don't have him then do his Legendary Adventures story

If you have him but already used him then you could use a different Support to boost Attack and/or critical rate

[gilded island]

oh wait

Which hop we talking about

I have him with raichu

[mellow linden]

That's Hau

Hop has Zamazenta

[gilded island]

IM SCREAMING

[mellow linden]

It's an extremely common mistake, don't worry

[gilded island]

I am so done

I am so stupid

Shield is like one of my favorite games ever

How did I make this mistake 😭

[mellow linden]

Nah, like I said, it's an extremely common mistake. I see it happen like once a week

[gilded island]

Omg 😭

[full mesa]

Chill. It's a common mistake between new players.

[gilded island]

But Im not new to the pokemon world 😭

I know who Hop is and what he looks like

Idk why I thought he would have a raichu

Alr Ill do hops story thing

[patent quarry]

Really?

[gilded island]

So Guzma, hip and Skyla should be enough for sidney?

hop*

[patent quarry]

My favourite Pokemon games ended with gen 6 and 7

[mellow linden]

I'd use someone other than Skyla since Hop provides all the things she does except Speed

Marley could be a good pick because she boosts Speed

[patent quarry]

3/5 bredan and silver can beat steven?

[gilded island]

But you mentioned her for support

like healing

[mellow linden]

I listed her as an option for if you want Guzma to handle his own Attack and critical rate buffs, since Skyla's only buffs are Defense and Speed. Hop Provides Attack, critical rate, Defense, and Potion, so Skyla is a bit redundant if you use Hop

[gilded island]

Oh ok

[patent quarry]

Does hop has potion mpr?

[mellow linden]

On his grid, yes

Speaking of his grid, Hop's Hop To It! MP Refresh Sync Grid tile is mandatory for him, as otherwise he will be unable to max out Attack and critical rate buffs

[gilded island]

I saw someone use Sygna suit brock and tyranitar with grant and aurorus to constantly harass and flinch drake, is this viable?

[mellow linden]

Potentially, though it's a little more advanced technique

[patent quarry]

Can anyone help me beat steven

[gilded island]

Who should I pair with Hop and Guzma then

[patent quarry]

Can I beat steven hard mode with these

[mellow linden]

Marley could be good because she boosts Speed, Drake could be decent because he refills the Move Gauge and offers Sp. Def. buffs, or you could bring someone who only is on the team to fill out a type on the Type Medal so you can unlock Master Mode sooner

[full mesa]

He's an easy boss. Why are you failing?

[patent quarry]

I am killing his middle but died to remaining two

Cus no proper tank

And hits hard cus of terrain

[mellow linden]

Generally, the teambuilding process goes through the following steps:

• Who do I want to use as my main source of damage? Usually this is a Striker of the type that the stage is weak to, but many Techs can also act as damage-dealers and sometimes your damage-dealer is "off-type", or doesn't do super-effective damage to the stage.

• What does my damage-dealer want for their offensive stat boosts? This is generally very easy to figure out. Check whether your damage-dealer's move is physical or special. Physical needs Attack, special needs Sp. Atk. All damage-dealers want critical rate, but some may always crit even without those boosts or boost crit rate innately with a passive.

• Do I want my damage-dealer to buff themselves, or should they receive buffs from outside Supports? Some damage-dealers, like Anniversary Lillie, can fully buff their important offenses in 1 or 2 turns, so it may be best to let them handle their offense buffs themselves. Others will take 4 or more turns to fully buff themselves or are unable to buff themselves, and so you'll want to have a Support who can handle the important offensive buffs.

• What teammates synergize the most with my damage-dealer? Usually this will be 1 Support to handle the important offensive buffs, and a 2nd Support or a Tech who provides an important effect like weather or terrain. An example of this is Elesa and Zebstrika. If she's paired with a 3/5 Hilbert, then her Attack, critical rate, and Speed are taken care of, so she can afford to have her 3rd teammate be Volkner to set up Electric Terrain and further boost her damage output.

[patent quarry]

No proper pairs to use against him...i used all my good ones recklessly

[manic mica]

well what do you have left over

[patent quarry]

Like Brendan will be my striker?

See the screen shots

[full mesa]

Where can I find that? Which channel?

[toxic cobalt]

Brendan is a good striker

[patent quarry]

Here

[mellow linden]

Brendan + Blaine + BP Morty if you have him, MistyDuck if you don't

[patent quarry]

I have morty

[full mesa]

Sycamore/Ho-oh/Brendan or SSRed.

[mellow linden]

The one with Mismagius?

[patent quarry]

Obviously

[mellow linden]

Just making sure

[patent quarry]

Sycamore is a tank?

[full mesa]

Yeah

[mellow linden]

Yeah, he's pretty bulky

[full mesa]

One of the best there is

[trail smelt]

Dude has the best drain move around iirc

[patent quarry]

Ok will try that team

[manic mica]

ya sycamore's horn leech is no joke

[patent quarry]

Also sync move with silver first for sun?

[full mesa]

Also he provides accel gauge which is infinite in that stage. Ho-oh provides infinity sun after sync. Or you can use Blaine for that.

[full mesa]

First try Sycamore/Blaine/Silver. Use sun and Sycamore TM on first turn and sync with sycamore

2nd sync on silver.

[patent quarry]

Bredan probably needs his grid right

[full mesa]

Not really. He needs dauntless more than anything.

[patent quarry]

Dauntless and leaf storm spam?

[full mesa]

After buffing himself.

[patent quarry]

Dauntless is lucky skill right?

I don't think i have cookies rn

[full mesa]

That's why I'm not recommending him.

[gilded island]

Where may I find sync grid guides?

[full mesa]

#1009587872342478908 pins

[gilded island]

cheers

How do you get more hop and zam copies? through gacha?

[simple storm]

exchanges

in legendary adventurs

[gilded island]

oh cheers

also whats bp sync pairs? 😭 Im not good with terms

[full mesa]

The ones you exchange at the store under battle points.

[simple storm]

battle point sync pairs u get those from the bp rewards

[gilded island]

oh tysm

[mellow linden]

Heads-up: Do not exchange the custom powerups for the Legendary Adventures Sync Pairs. You should only use those to increase potential for the respective Sync Pairs.

[gilded island]

huh

[mellow linden]

You would not believe how many people are stuck with 0/20 Legendary Adventures pairs because they just assumed "freebie = not good, therefore trade custom powerups for regular ones"

[gilded island]

custom powerups?

the ones you get?

[mellow linden]

Yeah, you'll get enough custom powerups for the Legendary Adventures pairs to increase their potential to 20/20

[gilded island]

Oh

[mellow linden]

Which is a sizable boost in stats

[gilded island]

I already used hop's

on him

[mellow linden]

Good

[gilded island]

Idk who I should exchange for tho

in the bp

[mellow linden]

For the 4-star pairs the general advice is that BP Surge and BP Morty are the best and 2nd best respectively. For the 5-star pairs, Cobalion is generally considered the best, but there's not enough of a gap to significantly impact you if you just pick your favorite

[gilded island]

oh ok tysm!

[mellow linden]

No problem

[obtuse hound]

can someone help me? i need to use an ice or dark type to win the medal but can't beat steven. i've tried sssteven and ssmay in the middle between ghetsis and sidney (my best ice and dark types) and i get so close everytime.

[mellow linden]

What’s your roster?

[simple storm]

why dont u use a dark or ice support