Champion Stadium

[zealous karma]

True

He brings on the thrill of

“On come on that would’ve killed center why did you miss”

[true prism]

Bruno is buff his spdef then kill people with cs6

just straight up solid dps

i thought he couldn't miss if you give it acc+10 and pinpoint entry

[zealous karma]

Alrighty posted my teams in my thread

[zealous karma]

I don’t run that for the sake of getting better things

I also have Faitlin so he’s normally with her

[mellow linden]

Fall Caitlin for Fighting weak stages gang

[zealous karma]

My goat

[true prism]

i only have 2 variations of his grid with pinpoint entry or with sync +50

didn't see anything else good in there

[zealous karma]

I run this cause Faitlin is a good support

[true prism]

ok yup that's my sync+50 grid

if u frustrated by missing you can sacrifice those for +3+7 to pinpoint entry

[zealous karma]

Fall Caitlin maxed accuracy in 3 turns

🦑

[true prism]

oh, idk what she does

that's good then

[zealous karma]

Fall Caitlin buffs every stat but crit evasion and SpAtk

[high lantern]

Could anyone help me build 5 teams for master mode? I have no idea what I’m doing

I can also buy one more legendary form bp and level anyone

[simple storm]

+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

[simple storm]

Read this and ask what u didn’t understand

[toxic cobalt]

From here

[high lantern]

I tried that but for ground who should I run? I’m thinking probbaly Courtney and Serena?

[simple storm]

yes

[high lantern]

oki thanks!

[simple storm]

U can also slot in types u are missing

[toxic cobalt]

Put together the five preset teams and we can see how they look

[simple storm]

yes try that

[high lantern]

Wait wdym ?

[simple storm]

Make the teams yourself

And we give tips

[high lantern]

Ah ok

Then I have no idea who for electric

For fighting some random other person there

[toxic cobalt]

Easier if you take one screenshot from the preset team screen

[high lantern]

Oh shoot yeah that’s smart - I’ll go do that

I have no idea what to do for electric

[rough cobalt]

Archie still good for electric cs mm

[toxic cobalt]

How did you put these teams together?

[high lantern]

Honestly just tryna finish the medal and get some variation - this is like my first time doing master mode cause I’ve always slacked

[zealous karma]

You can’t have N on two different teams

[high lantern]

Would it work with may instead of kris and some other poison for leaf?

[rough cobalt]

Archie and n on same team not good idea

[high lantern]

Oh yeah I know - he was just a filler slot for fighting cause I don’t know who else for that

[high lantern]

Yeah I have no idea what for electric 🫠

[zealous karma]

Bring Skyla or smth

Or Hilbert (3/5)

[toxic cobalt]

N is fine for electric.

[eternal lodge]

• Celebi alone is already worth an entire team for anything, you could slap anything with it and be fine.
• Kyogre/Zekrom + Luxray + Heliolisk should be more than enough for 2k caitlin.
• Lunala + Giratina + anything that boosts team speed/creates move gauge accel will let you offtype any stage.
• Zygarde + Dialga + any tank will also let you offtype any stage.
• Mewtwo + Latias + Girafarig can also offtype even if its not as strong as the other teams i mentioned.
• Bea + Cynthia's Lucario + Samurott will carry you through Iris.

[high lantern]

Yea I’ve got that

[simple storm]

N does the job

[sick inlet]

[high lantern]

Oh wow thanks so much! I’ll just slide in random people to fill in medal slots and be good.

[zealous karma]

Every team but marshal looks good

Or at least a looks like it can get the job done

Ofc that team prolly can get the job done but it’ll be annoying and slow

[sick inlet]

To avoid the wrath of the mods, avoid sharing uneducational stage clears in here and post them in #1010274591601598555

[rough cobalt]

Ok my bad

[high lantern]

Thanks!!

What would you suggest I swap for Marshall’s?

[zealous karma]

Prolly just replace bugsy with koga and that’s it

Koga is really strong for poison

I’d replace Roxanne with bugsy on the steel team however

But if you need the rock theme skill put a rock unit on the fighting team cause that team is more than good enough in its own

[high lantern]

Oki Ty

[eternal lodge]

just noticed the picture below the units so try this for Hard Mode:

• Zygarde + Dialga + any poison type
• Camerupt + Blastoise + Tyranitar for Shauntal
• Zekrom + Luxray + Primarina for Caitlin
• Lunala + Giratina + any bug type
• Sir Fetchd + Cynthia's Lucario + any dark type

wai tnvm, forgot ice type

you could just switch dialga or zygarde with an ice type

[north crown]

Masked Royal, Bea, Brycen..?

nah don't do that. do what Otu Pyos suggested

[simple storm]

now u can reset and do mm

bring your strongest teams now

[high lantern]

what do i select for master mode? I have no idea what these points do even

[toxic cobalt]

There’s a simple 850 point list in the pins

Happily you can now reset at any point for the rest of the week so you can experiment with no consequence

[high lantern]

Oh ok Ty!!

[dull yarrow]

Okay so Plumeria worked

[high lantern]

damn

[eternal lodge]

as i said

• Celebi alone is already worth an entire team for anything, you could slap anything with it and be fine.
• Kyogre/Zekrom + Luxray + Heliolisk should be more than enough for 2k caitlin.
• Lunala + Giratina + anything that boosts team speed/creates move gauge accel will let you offtype any stage.
• Zygarde + Dialga + any tank will also let you offtype any stage.
• Mewtwo + Latias + Girafarig can also offtype even if its not as strong as the other teams i mentioned.
• Bea + Cynthia's Lucario + Samurott will carry you through Iris.

[simple storm]

heliolisk?

iffy on that one

[eternal lodge]

And for points as i said, this are the ones i believe will give you the most confort while doing csmm:

• Physical Dmg. Reduction
• Special Dmg. Reduction
• Attack & Sp. Atk ↑ 1
• Defense & Sp. Def ↑ 1
• No Status Condition
• Strength ↑ 1
• Sync Buff ↑ 5
• Attack & Sp. Atk ↑ 3
• No Stat Reduction
• Ally Healing ↓ 5
• Power ↑ on Hit 1
• Gradual Healing at Start
• Strength ↑ 2
• Power ↑ on Hit 2
• Strength ↑ 3
• Ally Move Gauge Max -2

[high lantern]

Oki Tyy!

[wraith linden]

Beat grims now am after marshal

Thinking of using locker and because he has a few rain abilitys I'd use mega may with him

And then someone else...

[grand trout]

I pick strength 6 than rather strength 1 2 and 3

[grand trout]

I don't think may's rain would help looker much. His passive gives him slight hp in rain and water guard

You'd rather have one that helps his offense

[wraith linden]

For that was thinking of using liza or maylene

[wraith linden]

Also trying for the other one too goth Velma, but I don't really got any good ground types

[mint cedar]

Goth velma?

Chauntel?

[wraith linden]

Shauntal yes

Only good ground type I got is bertha

[high monolith]

can I share my lucky win against Iris here?

[old orchid]

#1010274591601598555 is the right place

[eternal mist]

Qn is Lussa + Bianca better with Sabrina or Lucian

[main trellis]

sabrina

youll want support to help both lussa and bianca

and shes a decent tank

[eternal mist]

im currently using bianca as my tank actually

besides sabrina and lucian, are there better options arnd?

[lunar meadow]

Alakazam can buff Musharna crit, and heal+finish off satk buffs

I use Alakazam healing and Musharna tanking when I'm running either Mewtwo or Deoxys

[eternal mist]

i guess sabrina seems like the best option, i'll stick to her then.

was just thinking of the possibility of lucian since he has aoe spdef and atk debuff, supports gauge with terrainboost and speed on growl. and bianca has 1.5x spdef in terrain anyway for the other type of dmg

[tacit matrix]

Both are good, in my experience it doesn't really matter since Lusa just nukes on-type stage after 1-2 move after sync

It kinda depends on the stage itself, if they hit really hard then Alakazam or Kiawe are better for the heals otherwise if they don't do a lot of damage you can use Lucian to kill them ever faster

I tend to prefer Kiawe/Sabrina over Lucian because I run HeadStart 1 on Musharna so I need 1 crit buff to be full buffed after just 2 moves

[latent flax]

I just unlocked CS and want to know which strikers should I build for hard lv1

This is my support and tech list

I already have sst red, ssa cynthia and ash at level 135

[toxic cobalt]

Generally you pick a striker to match each type that week if possible.

If not possible you can go with a strong offtype striker or go with a poison strat.

[gusty ravine]

what order should i do this weeek's cs in?

ill send my teams in a bit hold on

but just generally what order

[toxic cobalt]

Not so important, it’s an easy week

As usual it mostly depends on your teams

[gusty ravine]

Ouh okay gotcha

Its been a lobg time since i bothered with cs lol

Doing it just for the spirits to ex cynthia

[toxic cobalt]

Teams should work

[gusty ravine]

slay

[manic mica]

ok 1.5k unova wasnt that easy right?

am i tripping?

[latent flax]

After building will this teams be enough to do the CS hard

[keen jasper]

Hard mode or master mode?

[toxic cobalt]

Split ash and red up into two teams

I don't fully understand who those teams are aimed at?

Usually there is an on-type striker

[keen jasper]

Team 1 is probably for Caitlin

Team 4 is for Iris

Not sure about the rest

[latent flax]

Hard mode

That's what I'll be doing soon

[keen jasper]

Why monoteam?

[latent flax]

What mono team

[keen jasper]

Sonia, Ash and Red unless that team was used for Lorelei

[latent flax]

Was thinking of using that for the boss

[keen jasper]

For Caitlin?

[latent flax]

And using the others for the elite 4

Yeah caitlin

[toxic cobalt]

+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

[keen jasper]

When doing hard mode, you need to fill in the medal unless you're pretty confident to fill in the rest of the medal next week

[latent flax]

What medals

[keen jasper]

The types in the medal

[latent flax]

Oh I remember that now

I won't be able to unlock master mode if I don't

What are the medals for this cs

[keen jasper]

It's Unova now, a new CS

So unless you've done this CS before, you need to fill in this CS's medal

[latent flax]

What are the medals

Like what types do I need to use to fill it all

[keen jasper]

You can fill in any types for the first week and fill in the rest for next week

[latent flax]

Okay

[keen jasper]

It's practically the same for all CS if you haven't done that specific CS yet

[latent flax]

I see

So I should change that mono team right to cover more elements

[toxic cobalt]

There's also no need to put Ash and Red in the same team, both will clear a stage on their own

[keen jasper]

Exactly

Besides, this CS is a joke compared to Hoenn and Sinnoh

Even though I was kinda raging on the Hoenn CS, I really miss the high difficulty it brought

With all the mechanics and all those BS

[lunar meadow]

Hoenn and Sinnoh feel like "hard mode 2" while everywhere else is "hard mode 1"

[keen jasper]

[manic mica]

wondering if i can 10k this cs lmao

[keen jasper]

Man, this is nothing compared to our latest CS

Or our new region CS

[manic mica]

i thought half the time i didnt have the parameters on

[marsh vault]

Bro this is like CS lv1

Hoenn was CS lv3

[manic mica]

hoenn was like

a horrible CS to come back to

after not playing for a while

[marsh vault]

But the music is cracked

[manic mica]

true

[marsh vault]

Litty like litten

[manic mica]

sidney goes hard as fuck

all of them do

[marsh vault]

I like drake the best tbh

It gots Pirate

Jack Sparrow theme

Lance theme

[manic mica]

i like sidney the most cause of the guitar solo and kinda references that he's (apparently) a guitarist in the manga

drake's theme is also awesome

the bombastic parts really bring out the theme

[tired sleet]

Wanna be less restricted on the others

Is it possible to 2 team jam the remainder in there?

I think I messed up week 1 and could have added ghost somewhere lol

[keen jasper]

You could've made BP Morty or Phoebe for ghost

[tired sleet]

Yup

[keen jasper]

But you still have a chance next week

[tired sleet]

Oh well what's done is done

6 types next week isn't too difficult

I'm thinking ghetsis sycamore phoebe

[keen jasper]

For who?

[tired sleet]

Then brendan steven aaron

[tired sleet]

Ghetsis smash the ice weak

Steven on champ

[keen jasper]

Shauntal? Ok then

[tired sleet]

Leaving me free On the other 3 e4

[keen jasper]

No Olivia?

[tired sleet]

I do but not gridded

So might as well use steven to just destroy alder

Well caitlin should be fine by mewtwo

[sick inlet]

Because Bianca actually tanks better than all you mentioned.

[tired sleet]

Grass is trivial for me

And so is flying

[fringe valve]

Is there going to be any weeks with damage reduction passives or annoying gimmicks in unova cs?

[keen jasper]

Fortunately, it looks like there isn't

[fringe valve]

A nice break for sinnoh cs i guess

[keen jasper]

And Hoenn

[sick inlet]

They usually have no such gimmicks, the worst they do is rebuff themselves after sync move or put Crit shield

[tired sleet]

Lyra clears the grass one
Ethan wipes the flying one

[fringe valve]

Or heal themselves at sync countdown 1.

Looking at u aaron

Looking forward to one shotting the stage with an ethan aeroblast.

[keen jasper]

Or puts up zone with additional multipliers while in zone

[fringe valve]

Tbh those aren't that bad if they don't have so much health

[keen jasper]

Laughs in Sidney

[fringe valve]

I remeber leaving sydney to round 4 lower sync countdown perameters and pre syncing him with steven

[sick inlet]

Sidney has high bulk and high damage

A joke

[keen jasper]

Eh, he can still destroy you post sync

[fringe valve]

Honestly you can just save ash for one of thoss bosses. B thundeebolt is just too much for champion stadium.

[eternal mist]

yeah

[trail smelt]

Everybody done grinding Unova CS MM to dust?

[keen jasper]

I still have to wait next week

[sick inlet]

Shouldn't be a hassle tbh

[toxic cobalt]

The Janine solo is the most impressive grind I've seen so far

[quaint solar]

It's grinding me 2 dust

[trail smelt]

You’ll get to the point you stomp on them easily haha

Until then just keep at it

[versed garnet]

nah i have to wait for a bit

does the types reset evrry week? (the ones u need for MM unlock)

[toxic cobalt]

No, once you beat the champion those types are locked in

[keen jasper]

Once you unlock MM, it unlocks forever

[versed garnet]

oh

guess i csnt use lyra for my groudon team

used SSLeaf stall for caitlin

[toxic cobalt]

You need 18 types over 30 units, so you can have some duplicated.

[versed garnet]

oh k

[rose ermine]

Good for next week?

[lunar meadow]

You ever just... Forget what a joke hard mode is? 😅

I had to reclear a couple fights on +0 points because I wanted to test my mono-ground teams with Gastrodon

[lunar meadow]

You've made some choices with that first team... 😅

Rowlett is great, but so is decidueye

[rose ermine]

But rowlet is cute

And his cuteness js better than spirit shackle

[lunar meadow]

Agreed, but not really good

[rose ermine]

Well

This twam beat grass weak steven

Could it work next week as well?

[lunar meadow]

Also, trying to figure out your ice team.

I feel like there is some redundancy on the support side that's not necessary

[rose ermine]

What is that?

[lunar meadow]

Ya, your grass team should work.

Celebi is insane, and Samurott at 3/5 is the best offensive support

[keen jasper]

You know what NVM

[dawn anchor]

ngl it should be able to duo without selene but eh

[lunar meadow]

I feel like dewgong can self buff crit and benefits from a special attack buffer.

He also has big multipliers for either freezing the enemy or from hail. You have neither.

I guess the plan is to buff crit and +2 with cresselia, and maybe get +2 satk from "all ramped up". Then Latios does +4 satk, and dewgong just attacks

[dawn anchor]

ngl use ghetsis instead for ice

far more reliable

[lunar meadow]

But dewgong wants either hail or freeze allies

[dawn anchor]

whats the maximum chance for dewgong to freeze tho

it gets hostile enviroment 1 twice

[rose ermine]

2 Pryce Tm=+4 SpA

Brendan can also raise spa

[lunar meadow]

With your team, you can get +10 special attack. That doesn't mean it's a good team 😅

[rose ermine]

Hmmm

SSDawn+Pryce+BPCandice?

[lunar meadow]

Brendan give +4, dewgong self buff crit and do +2.

The third unit could be anyone that throws out hail or freeze. A great third teammate is probably Candice and Froslass, from BP

[rose ermine]

Or normal Candice

Which is better

[lunar meadow]

Cresselia/Dewgong/Froslass probably also works.

Dewgong can be +6/+3 before first sync. Even if your support EX does it instead he's fully maxed

Froslass will benefit more from the same things that Latios is providing. And can self buff its own crit.

Abomasnow does not benefit from the satk buffs and sdef drops that Latios does.

[rose ermine]

Alright SSDawn Pryce candice bp

Not fond of using non ex supports alone

[lunar meadow]

Non-EX dewgong I just did an off-type with Latios/Froslass/Dewgong.

It was hard, but it worked. Off-type it probably has to be against opponents with satk, since Latios buffs team sdef

Lol, and I forgot to change to hail grid.

I did it with freeze grid and not getting any freeze procs

[grand trout]

Is doing strength 1, 2 and 3 same as just doing strength 6?

[keen jasper]

Are the parameters additive or multiplicative?

[grand trout]

...what does that mean

Lol

Because i find it easier if i just checked strength 6 than separately ticking the other 3

They share the same points anyways

[keen jasper]

Like when you activate them, is it additive or multiplicative?

[grand trout]

....how do i know

Im not sure how to answer this question, apologies

[lunar meadow]

Yes

The strength parameters are: +Y levels (where Y is X*10)

So yes, str+6 = (str+1)+(str+2)+(str+3)

[grand trout]

Oh ok

So they're additive

[keen jasper]

Oh, so parameter are additive after all

[lunar meadow]

But when it comes to things like def+5 and (def+3)+(def+2), I don't think those are a simple additive.

They are multipliers on the base values

I always go full str params for post-sync clears. It's much more reliable without insane top tier sync nukes. (Although I have a lot of those as well)

[boreal holly]

STR is level tho right? If additional level is multiplicative that would be broken

[full mesa]

They are additive on the base value. After you select them the game takes the summary and applies the results.
The difference is that after level 120 the stat gain is minimal. That's why we prefer to give them levels rather than base stats increase.

[lunar meadow]

Well, I'm pretty sure the game adds +str modifiers before +atk or +def.

So if you add +5atk at the base level. It increases stats by a lower differential value than adding that +5atk after already having +6 str.

The question is mostly whether the game adds together +atk, so that (+3atk)+(+5atk) is +80% from the base value, or is it applied sequentially meaning +30%, then +50% from the 130%

[eternal lodge]

Prepared for next week

[mystic brook]

Stuck on Shauntal hard mode cs

[full mesa]

How?

[eternal lodge]

may you show the units that you still havent used yet if you want help

[mystic brook]

No candies and sync stone invested

[full mesa]

No need. Unova is easy.

[mystic brook]

https://youtu.be/CDnKsHfi76M

I being follow his showcase

I already clear other 3 elite four

[eternal lodge]

you seem to be following a showcase using empoleon ex, if you dont have it you might wanna use something else

[mystic brook]

Most of my units isn't EX so

[eternal lodge]

as i said, could you show your units

[eternal lodge]

you could go for mewtwo + nosepass (evolve into probopass if possible) + starmie, simply tank with starmie and start setting up with mewtwo, rise its spa with nosepass and rise everyone's spdef with starmie

[mystic brook]

Alright will try if that work

If only I have Groudon

[mystic brook]

So which one

[eternal lodge]

since you got bea, you could go for the second option

[mystic brook]

Like this?

[eternal lodge]

id suggest to switch meditite with cynthia's lucario since you got it

[mystic brook]

Crap..

[mystic brook]

I don't have her

[eternal lodge]

oops, seems i misstook korrina with cynthia, then just switch it with makuhita

[plucky pewter]

Going for CS hard lvl 1.. Just couldn't beat stage 4 last week so hoping to be able to defeat it this week.. Would love some help

[eternal lodge]

makuhita will give you potion to heal back any damage and rock smash to lower the opponents defense along cobalion

[eternal lodge]

you got some really nice units for even 10k csmm, you can try anything this week, it is much easier than last week's

[plucky pewter]

Oh really? Well that's good to know 😂
Honestly I've been on and off this game for so long that's why I only have 1 level 140 and 1 exd unit 😅.

[keen jasper]

Good luck getting the 10 types next week

[mystic brook]

Thanks. But for now I need to grind the materials

[lunar meadow]

Going for minimal types? 😅

[icy wraith]

@grand trout spoiler alert, i didnt beat marshall

[mellow linden]

Hard Mode or Master Mode, what parameters if Master Mode, what round, and what’s the team you’re using?

[icy wraith]

Master mode

2k stall para

Tangrowth, janine and skyla

[toxic cobalt]

Is Skyla gridded for potion mpr?

[mellow linden]

And just to confirm, since you’d be surprised how many people don’t do it, you’re using Venom Drench, correct?

[flint stirrup]

Also don’t flinch with gust

[mellow linden]

Ah, true, flinching is anti-synergy with Poison stall, so if your Skyla is gridded for Gust Staggering it’d be best to swap her over to a different grid

[toxic cobalt]

Not sure about that, I always go for flinches

[mellow linden]

On Poison stall?

[toxic cobalt]

Yeah. Don’t like dealing with aoe.

[mellow linden]

I guess it can be handy for trying to force the sides to act before center goes down

But that’s more advanced stall technique

[frosty axle]

It only works if there is a parameter for more poison damage otherwise I stall without flinch

as you don't want middle usually to sync too much

[eternal lodge]

Can you show your units? I may be able to help

[toxic cobalt]

I’m good

[eternal lodge]

Alr

[lunar meadow]

I love 7500 runs. They are way more fun than 2k.

[icy wraith]

Yeah

[icy wraith]

None of them have grids hehe

[formal vigil]

could morty and driblim be good physical ghost option for ghost weak lucian when it comes back

[mellow linden]

You’ll definitely want to at least get Skyla’s Potion MP Refresh tiles, and ideally all her Potion tiles + Trainer Move MP Refresh

[flint stirrup]

Drifblim EX and ghost zone support works for sure… without zone he may need stronger overall support and healing, and not sure if he would work without EX

[midnight mortar]

Help me with a team for CS Unova

Hard level

Please

Also maybe a Bertha and lorlei team

Event for that team *

Team for that event **

[toxic cobalt]

These are some generic teams for CS Hard Mode

[midnight mortar]

Except for ho oh and uh masquerian ? I should have all of them

I don’t remember pulling the masquerain girl

Also makuhita

Team 5 tho can I like swap out the mc for red or ash ?

[mellow linden]

So, SST Red and Ash are back pocket options. They can beat any stage, so you can save one or both of them for if you get stuck.

Hard Mode has pretty relaxed teambuilding requirements. Because of that, if you build a team around an on-type damage-dealer (usually a Striker, but some Techs can work as damage-dealers) for each stage you should be fine.

So, if you build a team around (no particular order when it comes to taking them on):

• Hau, SST Red, or Ash for Caitlin

• Kimono Grimsley for, well, Grimsley

• Koga or Lucy for Marshal

• Maxie for Shauntal

• Wally or Korrina for Iris

You should be fine

As for the Lorelei/Bertha battles, "Extreme & Challenge Battles" should be able to help out

[grand trout]

Sorry i was asleep, how did you fare?

[midnight mortar]

Aight

[mellow linden]

Viola has Masquerain. You have her, but haven’t evolved her Surskit yet.

You have Brawly, don’t worry.

Silver + Ho-Oh can be acquired from Legendary Adventures

[midnight mortar]

Ah aight

[midnight mortar]

Could every Pokémon in here work at the level of like 120 125 ish

[mellow linden]

They should, yeah. 120-125 is sufficient for most content

[magic crown]

When is there gonna be another fairy week stage

[mellow linden]

Final week of Unova CS

[magic crown]

That's in 3 weeks yuck

@mellow linden I believe Karen should get her power boost that week right?

[mellow linden]

Maybe? Idk

[magic crown]

😢

[midnight mortar]

Uh so this team 1 team 2

Which one do I use on which

Team 1 grimsley ?
Team 2 marshal like that ?

Cuz team 1 really doesn’t seem to work on grimsley

[mellow linden]

Those teams shouldn’t be specifically for any given fight, they’re just generic f2p-friendly teams that cover 15 types and have decent synergy

[midnight mortar]

Ehh

Which team would be good for which could you tell ? Sorry

Like could work

Also do I need like the grids

For all of them to

I

[mellow linden]

Since those teams’ main damage-dealers are all off-type for this CS it there’s not any particular standouts for who goes after who except maybe sending the team with Koga after Marshal since Koga can do decent Sync damage.

Since it’s Hard Mode, grids shouldn’t be necessary, but you can try grabbing some tiles if you’re unable to clear without any

There’s also no set round order, so you can use any team for any fight in any order. Those teams are only labeled 1-5 because that’s the default names used for teams, “Team [number]”

[mellow linden]

Ah, wait, I forgot Caitlin is weak to Electric this week. So the Koga team could go after her because MC + Pikachu has type advantage

Sorry, forgot about Caitlin’s type weakness this week

[toxic cobalt]

As Cobalt says they’re generic teams. Feel free to sub other units in or shift units around. No need to get 15 in one week.

You might need to grid the main damage dealer but no one else needs grids

[marsh vault]

Man eggmonlee is strong

Did 26k dmaage with only +1 atk

[frozen steppe]

“Whatcha got there?”

Four sync buffs “An eggmon”

[swift swan]

hides two great supports behind my back an eggmon

[white gale]

5 sync buffs it looks like

[frozen steppe]

The last one was the eggmon sync

And unless I never learned I don’t think sync moves benefit from the sync buff they generate

[white gale]

I didn't see that it was the eggmon that synced.

[marsh vault]

You didn't see cus the eggmonlee was so buff it's muscles were hiding?

It's so buff even at +1attack it can do ,20k+ damage? That's how buff buffmonlee is

[white gale]

LOL understood

[simple orbit]

Hey everyone, I recently just unlocked CS and was wondering if anyone could give me some ideas on teams that I could make to start trying it out. Here is my box: https://imgur.com/a/e1BwM5d I was thinking Ash Red + (blank) and once I finish victory road I could also use May Blue + (blank) as 2 teams but I have a hard time really figuring out what other teams I could make with the units I have. I could also continue grinding out all the legendary adventure units and the 3 events running currently if they're worth it as well

[iron oar]

Any teams for Champion?

[eternal lodge]

seems like youre not showing all units, but taking the ones youre showing into account, as a first glance you could use rapidash + rayquaza + probopass and incineroar + hariyama + something to help you in a specific stage

[eternal lodge]

are you going for hard mode or master mode

[iron oar]

Hard

[simple orbit]

am i not? i think the only ones im not showing are egg mons

[eternal lodge]

musharna + mewtwo + latios/alakazam/anything that raises spa, double hooh + meganium, swampert + alakazam + psyduck, lycanroc dusk + hippowdon + marowak alola, pidgeot + clefairy + something to help you on the stage, venusaur + xerneas + pyduck are a few

[eternal lodge]

could be

[icy wraith]

Cant say i got far

Killed 2 but barely touched the final one

[grand trout]

Shame

You marshal is kinda hard

Yeah marshal*

[quaint solar]

Had 2 do 1K but whatever

[sick inlet]

And SE up nonetheless

[sick inlet]

All these teams can do 2k btw.

[wraith linden]

Darn Marshal is pretty tough, I can take out his two side trainers easy but him once I get to him, he takes me out fast also I don't enough damage tbh

[sick inlet]

1st. Unlock and max out all free units you got going right now. The events units are all worth it, and the legendary adventure are all so good. Do the event ones though as they are time limited and you want them.

Second, you don't need Ash and Red on the same team when doing CS. Because you can only use 1 team per stage. Ash can solo clear stages and Red also can solo clear stages, would be a waste putting them in the same stage

[wraith linden]

I just got him, book worm & champion to do

[sick inlet]

You want to take him out asap

[wraith linden]

Yea, sadly I wasted my red & ash

[sick inlet]

What is your team?

[wraith linden]

Am using locker, Falkner and nanu

[quaint solar]

Gave up on doing 2K for this week. Kept dieing on sync each week, most annoying.

[wraith linden]

Locker bring my only hard hitter of the team

So once he's out am done for

[sick inlet]

I was just letting you know, since all these teams are good enough for 2k

[sick inlet]

Let me check Looker stuff

[wraith linden]

Even if I got another pokemon alive they won't hit as hard

[sick inlet]

Let's see I assume your looker is 1/5

First do you know how to triple queue? Got all basics down?

[wraith linden]

Yep

To both am pretty fast at that

[sick inlet]

You doing hard mode or MM?

[marsh vault]

Hey jo

And realistically f2p team can probably beat it with eggmonlee. With or without red/togepi

[sick inlet]

I assume it's possible

[marsh vault]

Anything is possible

[wraith linden]

Normal

[marsh vault]

With money'

[wraith linden]

I haven't unlocked the other yet

[marsh vault]

Normal should be cakewalk then. You just need to level your mons

Above lv100+

[sick inlet]

Well when doing Marshall, you only want to lower the sides HP, take out middle first, then one shot each side. If you put too much into taking out sides Marshal will wipe you himself

Also its recommended all mons should be 120

[wraith linden]

Locker is actually 135

Other two 100 though they only there for boost and probably wouldn't be able to do anything even if high level

[toxic cobalt]

100 is fine

[marsh vault]

What are you using for sides

My personal recommendation is to attack the left mon and keep attacking it until it's dead basically you want to set it up where you can deny it a turn

[wraith linden]

Like what?

I mostly attack non stop, but first I do all my stuff moves

[marsh vault]

I mean what other mons you're using besides looker

[wraith linden]

Well am using Falkner and nanu

Though I also got Drake and Skyler to use

I tried all 4

[toxic cobalt]

Drake and Skyla are better than Falkner

Or better than Nanu. You need some sort of vague tank.

[wraith linden]

Vague?

[toxic cobalt]

Drake isn't the best but he will suffice for normal mode

[wraith linden]

He will? Dude doesn't really hit hard

[toxic cobalt]

He's not meant to, only looker needs to hit

[wraith linden]

Was about to say because only Does like 66 to 200ish

[marsh vault]

Support aren't used for giving damage

They are using to take damage.

[wraith linden]

Would be helpful though

[marsh vault]

Not really

[wraith linden]

I keep trying I guess

[marsh vault]

Otherwise it's role as a support isn't support

[wraith linden]

I mean after they do their job

They should least be able to do something

[swift swan]

There are some supports that can hit hard when built properly but yeah, the main point of supports are buffing your team and taking the damage

[wraith linden]

Instead of just standing around

But they also buff themselves

[swift swan]

Getting your team to max attack/sp attack, crit, speed, or any other buff they need is way more than something. Once they're done with that, just spam their low gauge attack move to burn out sync move countdown

[wraith linden]

Sync doesn't really seem to do much more then my normal attack

[sick inlet]

The idea of sync is not just to do high damage

[swift swan]

Whose sync? A support or striker/tech?

[sick inlet]

Each time you sync you get a sync buff

[wraith linden]

Locker

[sick inlet]

Sync buff = 50% increase damage

Each time

[wraith linden]

Oh...

I didn't know that

[sick inlet]

So if you been skipping sync

[swift swan]

Make sure you land a crit

[sick inlet]

That's probably very bad for you

The skipping sync bit.

Not the crit

[wraith linden]

I usually win without using one

[swift swan]

Yep, most of the time you shouldn't delay a sync

[sick inlet]

But you want to use them asap 🥴

[swift swan]

In easier battles maybe you can

But syncs are very valuable

[sick inlet]

They are the core of the game after all

[swift swan]

We always recommend to get your sync in as quickly as possible

[wraith linden]

Did that on other two, but they do important

Sound*

[sick inlet]

Units are called SYNC pairs

[wraith linden]

I know that

[swift swan]

Also sync moves are buffed by 6* EX. So if you EX a unit but never sync with it, well... Barely any point

[wraith linden]

Also if I use atk moves from other pokemon on team it take away from Locker attacking

[marsh vault]

I don't think you do know. If you havent touched master rmode yet you got alot to learn about masters

[wraith linden]

I mean I did beat two already

[marsh vault]

Two normal mode

Not master mode yet

[swift swan]

You need better gauge management then. You always want all 3 of your units to do something, whether click a trainer move or an attack move. You don't want only Looker to be doing something

[marsh vault]

Take jo advice carefully he knows what hes talking about

[swift swan]

Always triple queue

If you use other units' attack moves and struggle to click moves on Looker, then you need a speed buffer, or someone with gauge acceleration

[wraith linden]

I do, do that though until point stat moves are gone

I'd try that though

[sick inlet]

Have you used Skyla yet?

[swift swan]

Skyla for example is a nice speed buffer, tank, and has a one bar move that you can spam

[sick inlet]

Ty

I wanted to say just that

[swift swan]

Gotchu fam

[wraith linden]

Yea she was my first try,

[swift swan]

Skyla, Looker, and?

[wraith linden]

Drake

Captain guy

[keen jasper]

Why Drake has no Mega Salamence

[swift swan]

drake contributes barely anything other than defense and special defense though. He generates gauge but not enough I suppose?

[marsh vault]

You don't need drake

Take him out

[eternal mist]

[swift swan]

Plus drake is pretty slow. Yeah skyla gives speed buffs but base speed also plays a part

[sick inlet]

Well he can make it work with well timed defense buffs, but other than that he has no use in that particular stage

[wraith linden]

K he didn't seem to be doing good tbh

[swift swan]

Replace drake with a defense debuffer, like a Leer user maybe

[wraith linden]

I got one leer I know of

Professor from sunmoon

[sick inlet]

Kukui?

[keen jasper]

Yes

[sick inlet]

Yeah he works

Just make Skyla your tank, not him

[swift swan]

Kukui has much better speed too so you wouldn't be having gauge issues

[wraith linden]

Wouldn't nanu be better for debuff tho?

[sick inlet]

Nanu does 1 unit

Kukui debuffs all 3

At once

[keen jasper]

Nanu can flinch if you want to

[wraith linden]

Ok that would be better actually

[sick inlet]

Kukui can flinch too

Grid though

[keen jasper]

Just give him some crit chance for increase chance of flinch

[swift swan]

Kukui can dish out some damage too if you're in a pinch

[sick inlet]

But hard mode doesn't realllly need much flinching. This should be doable with normal triple-queing and compatible team(s)

If it was Hoenn/Sinnoh maybe we would be needing more help

[keen jasper]

Or more powerful units

[marsh vault]

Yeah honestly normal should pretty ez or standard for this

And sometimes you don't always need to hit middle

Takin out sides and denying a turn to give you another turn works best

[swift swan]

That might be a little complicated for a beginner

But I do love some good turn denial

[wraith linden]

Who's a beginner?

[sick inlet]

I believe that was said in general, but you are free to try what they just mentioned.

That is, if you're still doing the same stage

[nimble shell]

Just saw one yt vid abt 1v3 10k CSMM

What kind of sorcery is that?

[wraith linden]

Yea I shall try again this time I use kukui

[sick inlet]

Full 1v3 5 stages?

I am struggling at 4 🙈

With cheese too lmao

[nimble shell]

https://youtu.be/GHHRg329CvE

[wraith linden]

Thanks to ones that tried to help BTW

[sick inlet]

No problem ^^

[sick inlet]

Oufffff
I can't do Giovanni, and Can't do SC Diantha.

My gio is only 1/5. Diantha doesn't exist in my roster 😭

I cheesed with Cyrus and Leaf already

[swift swan]

Damn ss giovanni solo

[nimble shell]

Me without unova badge :

[swift swan]

Giovanni and diantha are the impressive ones imo. The rest are pretty common in solo and duo clears

[swift swan]

Do you have ss lyra to cheese too?

[sick inlet]

Oui

[nimble shell]

Leaf solo is ez??

Damn I nvr thought of her

[swift swan]

I mean, it's most likely just stall

[sick inlet]

Yeah, it's Stalling

[nimble shell]

You can stall on her alone?

[swift swan]

She has good innate bulk, 2 innate potions, 1 gradual heal, not to mention the MPRs

Of course

She can tank relatively well

[nimble shell]

Mine 1/5 sadly

Planning to get diantha to pair up with SSA Cynthia

Should be able to do fighting 2k without suffering after that

[sick inlet]

Ofc

SC Diantha with SSA Cynthia should clear 2k by themselves

[swift swan]

Should clear most 2k, even

[wraith linden]

Just Beaten it

Now two to go

[sick inlet]

My Lyra solo wants Crit on sync
Why the unluck

[plush tangle]

SC Diantha and a support like BP Morty or F Caitlin can already clear most cs stages 2k off type so yeah, with cynthia it should be a piece of cake

[graceful hull]

Hello! Do CS rewards refresh weekly?

[wraith cove]

Yes

[graceful hull]

Awesome! So uhm, is SS Morty, Maxie, and someone else a good team for Shantaul? :/ Not sure who I can fit into this team…

[toxic cobalt]

Maxie and any help will handle Shantaul quite nicely

You may want to save SSMorty for somewhere else

[graceful hull]

Oh. Already finished with Clefairy. Hopefully I can still finish this. 😦

[marsh vault]

@sick inlet

[sick inlet]

You got triple Unova EX

GGs

[sick inlet]

Are you using as many types as possible?

[marsh vault]

Check my clears in. The stage clears channel

[sick inlet]

I cannot believe I managed to clear E4 Solo and struggling with SS Lyra vs Iris 🤡

[marsh vault]

Used starters only

Honestly though this unova CS does feel weaker

[toxic cobalt]

SSLyra can struggle?

[sick inlet]

I can't hit Crits on sync and it's making me cry

[graceful hull]

I’m already doing master mode. 🙂

[sick inlet]

Oh

[graceful hull]

I haven’t played for so long… who goes with venusaur again for a stall team? XD

[keen jasper]

Sycamore and Janine

Janine/Ariados to be precise

[marsh vault]

Janine bat and seviper

If you're using ss leaf

[graceful hull]

Thanks! Will this do?

[toxic cobalt]

Yes

[graceful hull]

Thank you! I’ll give it a shot 🙂

[swift swan]

No crit on sync? Damn, RNG issue

[graceful hull]

Damn, the Janine/Ariados pair worked really well! Really love those debuffs! Anyway, I managed to clear the CS already; the pikachus just destroyed Iris. :/ Thanks for the help!

[lost gulch]

https://youtu.be/SGjKR1mon-g

@wraith cove

[full mesa]

Y'all found an easy MM and abusing it. Shame on you! Shame on you!

[wraith cove]

As she should

[boreal holly]

Im going to 2v3 10k this month

[wraith cove]

2v3 is super fun

Goodluck!

[boreal holly]

Indeed! thanks!

first week is super easy. Only problem for me is grimsley

[prime warren]

Who should I run in offtype CS with SSRcyn as secondary dps? 👀

Or should I just stack more MF passive on her with OG dawn?

[sick inlet]

I am one win from 1v3 10k want some rng

[sick inlet]

Usually you don't need to stack the MF passive, also who you offtyping?

[prime warren]

Oh I am just asking for general team

Tho if I were to choose one it would be someone that hits with spl dmg on me

[sick inlet]

I think you can add some that lets you nuke faster

[prime warren]

Hmmm but I remember MF passive doesn't account to sync

[sick inlet]

But Cynthia nukes hard in zone

Since shes a tech unit too

[prime warren]

So someone like eleSSa?

[sick inlet]

That works

[prime warren]

OK thx for recommendation

I'll try out a bit then

[patent quarry]

Mewtwo maybe

[swift swan]

That's what CS is for. Last week we bullied Phoebe, this week we bullied Caitlin. Their fault for being electric-weak

[keen jasper]

I mean, you can try to deal with Phoebe while her Healthy Advantage is active

[swift swan]

SST Red just ignores the healthy advantage

If you're running Ash, phoebe does need to be paralyzed though

[sick inlet]

Lol just hit b Thunderbolt

No need for nothing

[keen jasper]

Ash can still deal 50k damage to her even through Healthy Advantage

[swift swan]

Yeah, but that's still some damage reduction so you won't see the best numbers. Still ez win regardless

[frosty axle]

you don't run Ash with hostile environment?

[keen jasper]

I do, because I candied him

[sick inlet]

I think his full nuke can't get HE

[frosty axle]

Mine does take it

I got all sync nodes

[sick inlet]

And multiplier?

Big brain whatever it's called

[frosty axle]

Yes

[keen jasper]

I'll have to wait a while to candy Ash again

[frosty axle]

I don't take pinch push like some people do

[sick inlet]

Oh, I mistaken it for something else

[simple orbit]

got it! ill get going on the leg adventure and event units. would those + what i got be able to beat hard cs feasibly?

[keen jasper]

Definitely will

[sick inlet]

yes, just make sure you don't use all your good units in a single team as you cannot use the same pairs more than once per week in the CS

[keen jasper]

All the legendary arc units are feasible in their own ways

[full mesa]

SSLeaf can solo poison stall the poison weak stage...

[toxic cobalt]

What a unit

[full mesa]

More like, what a low difficultly...

[sick inlet]

I mean, if Hoenn and Sinnoh didn't have stupid shenanigans, SS Leaf would still solo

[north crown]

anyone need help with champion stadium?

[full mesa]

Someone is bored out of their mind.

[north crown]

still afking gears

doesn't help that permanent LA isn't out yet

[full mesa]

2 more resets. Just wait a tiny bit more.

[sick inlet]

1 more reset and I will doing LA and BV

[marsh vault]

BV with ash only let's go

[lunar meadow]

Wait, permanent LA?

What does that mean?
Are they going to stop rotating and giving me a free 1k gems each time it comes out?

[mellow linden]

No, they said they’ll still do occasional event missions for LA (the 1k gems that need you to clear with specific theme skills)

But now the fights will always be available

[sick inlet]

well not to go offtopic, but to answer this simply, it was written that they plan to bring these missions back in the future. whether it's one last time or repeatedly, was no mentioned.

[lunar meadow]

God damn. So basically a practice mode so people can test teams to fully optimize LG

I do like longer fights. LA is a good place to test new units

[onyx ice]

It did 17k

[frosty axle]

Yes I used him on my Stadium run

[zealous karma]

Rip hau

[modern tartan]

Teams for this CS? I havent unlock all 18 types of sync btw

[toxic cobalt]

What types have you unlocked?

[quaint saffron]

How do i. Beat the hard elite 4 if i can get passed level 125 on most of my unites ??? Only need 2 lol

[rough cobalt]

Did my first ever 10k master mode run with these parameters

[mellow linden]

If you could show us your roster and let us know who you’ve used already it would be helpful

[quaint saffron]

Uploading it here now

[clever bronze]

What order should I battle the e4 in?

First time trying koga

And p marnie

[dawn anchor]

run hop and solgaleo for steel

[formal vigil]

Probably do koga team round 4

[quaint saffron]

Anything else??

[mellow linden]

Hop + Solgaleo + Marley should work for Grimsley, and you could try off-typing Shauntal with SS May + an Attack buffer + filler

[formal vigil]

P marine team round 2

[mellow linden]

Ah, wait, SS May doesn’t even need an Attack buffer

So like SS May and 2 Supports then

And then for Iris…Wally + Classic Giovanni + Festival Hilda, maybe?

Classic Giovanni being the one with Persian and Festival Hilda being the one with Grapploct

[clever bronze]

this is my first time using krimsley too. How do I use him?

iron head?

[formal vigil]

You wanna screech a couple times with him first then click metal burst to delete mid

Then just nuke the sides to oblivion

[quaint saffron]

This???

[mellow linden]

No, the May with Blaziken

And it might be best to save Festival Hilda for the fight against Iris

[wraith linden]

Teams I'd so far for each member

[toxic cobalt]

Don't have much time now but I would take the following base teams and then replace where needed with your most upgraded pairs #1011675077764456519 message

[toxic cobalt]

^

[quaint saffron]

so replace that festival with ???

[mellow linden]

You have BP Morty (the one with Mismagius)?

[wraith linden]

Btw I didn't beat Shauntal with that team yet, still going through building progress

But I think middle pair will be my ace, Probably

[quaint saffron]

type??? i dont think i do

[mellow linden]

Ghost, 4-star

Actually, just use Drake

[simple storm]

hey guys quick question for experienced players, how do u go about doing 2v3 battles, ive been wanting to do them but whenever i try i just get blasted

i try to do pre sync clears but should i do post sync?

[north crown]

These teams are made with the type medal in mind:

Grimsley/Steel: Hop, Mina, Cheren [OR] Kiawe, Solgaleo, Cheren [OR] Hop, SSRed, Cheren
Marshal/Poison: Rosa, Koga, Allister
Shauntal/Ground: Piers, Cyrus, May
Caitlin/Electric: Bertha, Red, any Fairy Type
Iris/Fighting: Falkner, Wally, Lucian

Don't feel pressured to use these teams, as you can get away with using around 10+ types to ensure an easier time completing the medal next week. The teams above fill 15 types, the most you can get in one week.

[modern tartan]

what is this?

[zealous karma]

The types to prioritize when doing CS I assume

[modern tartan]

what round each one?

[quaint saffron]

what do i use for the battle with iris

[mellow linden]

Sabrina + Wally + Festival Hilda should be fine

[north crown]

Whichever ones help the most. You’ll want to do this whole process by yourself one day right?

Unless you don’t?

For starters, pick a physical striker to go with round 1

[modern tartan]

yes

some battles needs right rounds like the previous rotation

[north crown]

Then go from here based on this logic

The parameters were also why I picked Wally inatead of Bea

However if you have trouble picking certain parameters ping me then.

[modern tartan]

But how to complete 18 types? It wont reset?

[boreal holly]

Next week

You can complete the rest of the types next week. And unlock master mode

And yeah it wont reset the types by next week, cause its still Unova

[random moth]

Ngl Unova MM is kinda Easy

[dusty hamlet]

yeah, all of the MM are super easy compared to sinnoh and hoenn, wich kinda creates a problem idk

[boreal holly]

DeNa should buff other MM to match sinnoh and hoenn difficulty

[zinc sparrow]

Could I get some team advice for this week?

My roster: https://imgur.com/a/yyoWRhx

Also, does the order you fight them matter?

[keen jasper]

Hard or master mode?

[zinc sparrow]

Hard, I guess; not sure what Master is.

[keen jasper]

Have you filled in some of the types of the medal?

[zinc sparrow]

Have I what?

[keen jasper]

Every region of the CS has a medal, you need all 18 types to permanently unlock master mode

You need at least 2 weeks to fill in the medal since you can fill in at most is 15 types for the first week

[zinc sparrow]

No, I haven't done anything with that.

[keen jasper]

I was just explaining to you how it works

[zinc sparrow]

I know, I was answering that I hadn't filled it in (I thought I replied to the question about that)

[keen jasper]

Since you're doing hard mode and haven't filled in the medal yet, here's what you need to do:

1. Plan out your main damage dealers each having a different type
2. Use 2 other units to fill in the medal, if you can't clear it, then you can use a unit with the type that has been previously used as you have until next week anyways to fill in the medal (or have until the entire month to get 18/18)
3. This is optional but you can plan out which rounds you want to use your teams on if you're worried it might not work unless you're very confident that your team can carry (I mean it is hard mode after all so it's very easy)

[wicked otter]

Guys i want to ask for suggestion for CS, please help me to create a team

[wicked otter]

https://postimg.cc/gallery/5t2v68y

Here is my box

[keen jasper]

Master or hard mode?

[wicked otter]

Hard mode, i just beat the normal

But if you can give advice for master too would be appreciated 😊🙏

[toxic cobalt]

Can start with these and switch out for where you have better units

[wicked otter]

Ah i see, i guess ill need to farm the legendary story first

[wicked otter]

Btw on stadium, can you retry when lose or wait next week?

[toxic cobalt]

You can retry if you lose

But once you win you can’t reset

[wicked otter]

Ah okay

Ah i see, thanks

Btw for CS is thunder eq from event enough or do i need to farm for every type at ex plaza?

[toxic cobalt]

Event is enough

Better than plaza

[onyx ice]

Plaza has only 2* gears

A maxed electric 3* gear is better than a 2* one even for non electric pairs

[full mesa]

Technically you can farm it but it takes too much time.

[turbid knot]

Anyone help me build a team for elite 4?

[dusty path]

Use your stamina XD

[swift swan]

You need to level up some units, but generally: Ash or SST Red for Caitlin, Looker for Marshal, SS Giovanni for Shauntal, Pal Marnie for Grimsley, SSA Cynthia and SC Diantha for Iris. Use filler types for the rest

[turbid knot]

thanks @swift swan

[swift swan]

Remember SS Giovanni needs a crit buffer and a lot of speed. I'd recommend SS Morty, if you're not using him anywhere else

[limber heath]

https://imgur.com/a/h414L3w looking to finally try and do hard mode CS and I’m just at a loss for who to build up or use for the rotation this week. I beat 3 of the 4 last week but stalled after that and think I’m either not building up the right pairs or I’m not building teams appropriately. Help an old guy out?

[mellow linden]

Alright, so first off, Ash and SST Red are gonna be free wins for any 1 stage each, so it’s not a bad idea to save them for if you get stuck.

Hard Mode’s teambuilding restrictions aren’t super strict, so if you just build a team around an on-type damage-dealer (usually a Striker, but some Techs act as damage-dealers as well) you should be fine.

So if you build teams around (no set order other than the obvious “Iris is last because Champion”):

• Maxie for Shauntal

• Elesa, Hau, Ash, or SST Red for Caitlin

• Allister for Marshal

• SC Diantha for Iris

And then run a team of Bianca + Sabrina + Giovanni to off-type Grimsley since you lack Steel damage-dealers, you should be fine

[simple storm]

dont u have hop+mc solgaleo for steel

[mellow linden]

Oh, right, I forgot Solgaleo exists again

So Hop + Solgaleo + someone to buff Speed for Grimsley

[simple storm]

skyla

[dawn anchor]

or marley

[mellow linden]

Skyla and Marley are my top votes, yeah

[limber heath]

Awesome thank you so much. I’ll try and level those up and work on teams for them

[golden stratus]

What's the next cycle generation?

[limber heath]

@mellow linden one follow up if you don’t mind is there a good place to look for recommended team ups/supports for the pairs you recommended? Try to educate myself but I still don’t quite know what I’m looking for outside of matching themes.

[mellow linden]

Theme Skills are secondary to actual synergy. Look for what your damage-dealer wants for their buffs (physical damage-dealers want Attack and crit, special damage-dealers want Sp. Atk. and crit, for example) and try to find Supports who provide those buffs

Also pay attention to your damage-dealer’s kit, as in some cases they can handle 1 or more of their buffs in 1-2 turns

[limber heath]

Will do I’m building the teams now and I’ll give it a go. I really appreciate all the help!

I’ll work on leveling them all but think I got the teams right

[north crown]

Put 2 random pairs with Ash. He hard carries on type

Preferably types on the type medal you will struggle to teambuild with (bug, poison, normal, etc.)

[limber heath]

Appreciate it I’ll swap it around now.

[keen jasper]

Normal is pretty easy now with Classic Giovanni

[limber heath]

Which Pokémon does this one have. The Persian?

[keen jasper]

Yes

[timber summit]

For next week's CS, would Hala 5/5 work for Ice Weak 10K?

[old orchid]

Kinda overkill

[swift swan]

of course

[frozen steppe]

My Ice team is Hala and two supports and it's cleared every Ice-weak I've thrown at it

Even non-EX'd he's enough

[plucky pewter]

How essential is it to make use of multiple types in CS? Haven't completed it once (did 3/4 last week) so just trying to consider that with team building as feel could do it this week

[obsidian sorrel]

Types only matter for unlocking master mode. For every region you have to use every type to unlock master mode.

[plucky pewter]

Ahh okay so even if i used say 10 typings this week, i would have to wait for Unova to come back around to try and finish it. is that correct?

[obsidian sorrel]

The rotation is every 4 weeks, I believe. But you have the right idea.

[plucky pewter]

Alright cheers.. just gotta sort out my teams now

[keen jasper]

What entry does Shauntal have next week?

[old orchid]

You can check her stage info in pomatools web

[wicked otter]

Guys is this team good for cs hard?
https://postimg.cc/gallery/5t2v68y
This is my box

[eternal lodge]

seems like overkill, youll sure have fun wiping the opponent with sst red and sserena

[toxic cobalt]

I’d replace falkner with Roxanne but it’ll win either way

[wicked otter]

Is roxanne better there? I was using falknee for the dire hit+ because palkia doesnt have crit

Ah i see, i hope i can win till master

[toxic cobalt]

Palkia gets crit on grid

[wicked otter]

Ah i see lol, most of my team grid atill empty only ash red serena and cynthia get filled

[toxic cobalt]

It’s a good tile and Roxanne saves use of his tm

And adds some defence

[wicked otter]

damn i beat hard but need 9 other medals to unlock master

[full mesa]

Wait a few resets. Unova is easy.

[mellow linden]

Yeah, you’ll be able to finish up the other types this Monday

[sharp totem]

which should i try goin for first

[mellow linden]

The order doesn’t particularly matter other than I’d avoid doing Shauntal 1st and avoid doing Marshal 2nd since Shauntal doesn’t use physical moves and Marshal only uses physical moves

[sharp totem]

i'l go for grimsley then

[astral crane]

if you finish the master mode first does it also give you the rewards for hard mode

[mellow linden]

Yes

The rewards you get on Hard Mode are just 1st clear rewards, so you’ll get them even if you do Master Mode

[astral crane]

thanks

[warped thunder]

Gonna try champion stadium for the first time, starting with Caitlin
Any team suggestions?

[mellow linden]

That team looks alright. If it doesn’t work out you could try Hop + N + Marley (the girl with Arcanine) instead

[warped thunder]

I don't have more than half of these but ty

[warped thunder]

Oh tysm, I'll try it later

[frosty axle]

I used these https://discord.com/channels/583120259708616715/1016295875124924488

[toxic cobalt]

Can always try these and adjust

[dim marsh]

Ok so I did my weekly 15K run and

... after being used to Hoenn, it was really a breeze

Also BP Janine is unhironically cool

[woven pebble]

Hey why can't i post in #1010274591601598555

My progress

?

Why

[marsh vault]

She's literally s cheat if you need help with harder content

Her mp refresh on evasion is insane

[keen jasper]

You have to create a post of your own

[woven pebble]

I did

And Unable to do al

Says I don't have permission to do so

@keen jasper

[keen jasper]

IDK

[swift swan]

try with a different device maybe? I've had the same problem, couldn't create a new post on mobile but I could on PC

[keen jasper]

So Discord has a problem like this?

[swift swan]

I've only had the problem once then never again, so I'm not so sure

[dark osprey]

Does the current CS poison weak Breloom have the highest physical bulk barring the sentry entry ones?

[swift swan]

...I didn't realize

fuck no wonder I felt like SS Giovanni didn't do as much damage

[dark osprey]

Seems like it tbh

Double the defenses

Wonder why they didn't do that instead of the sentry entry x 2

[sick inlet]

Stalled them out with solo SSLeaf

[swift swan]

bcs entry x2 is something new introduced in sinnoh CS

before that, they just doubled the base stat like usual

flying-weak koga has doubled sp defense for example

[dark osprey]

Yeah weird

[full mesa]

Flying weak Koga will be the test drive for Nate.

[swift swan]

aaah Nate

please get a powerboost soon

[swift swan]

Kahili

[dark osprey]

With Kahili out and zinnia expansion he's lost out on everything

[swift swan]

oh yeah, zinnia

[tribal agate]

@swift swan i'm sorry, i checked back on the 2 Cynthia fairies and i had used this team twice...

i'll have to attempt Mina next time, i'm certain she can make it, her nuke is reasonable with 2x sync

[swift swan]

man I also wanted to try out my Gladion EX but I used Red somewhere else so I couldn't get the SEUP on him

and without it, Gladion is... frustrating to use

[tribal agate]

that team is what i call my joker team

if it doesn't have sentry entry, it's a win

[swift swan]

Arceus what was I thinking back then

[tribal agate]

although ngl next fairy weak i wanna try Moonblast Altaria lol

ahah

[swift swan]

I've been doing a combo of Moonblast Xerneas + Moonblast Altaria for every other fairy-weak that doesn't have an entry

spoiler alert, my Xerneas did more Moonblast damage :/

[tribal agate]

Fairy Power 5 in action

[swift swan]

[swift swan]

oooh I remember fairy-weak cynthia was the one with accuracy shenanigans

she raises evasion and every time you miss, she raises her special attack

[tribal agate]

spiritomb no?

[swift swan]

so I gave up on Gladion because he kept missing brought Sabrina to raise accuracy but Cynthia had AOE dark moves

[swift swan]

yeah I think it was spiritomb

[visual vine]

So I wanna try and complete at least 1 of the elite 4 fights, I'vegot Red, who'd be partners?

[mellow linden]

For the best possible advice we’d need to see your roster

[mellow linden]

Alright, since this is Hard Mode it’ll be pretty easy overall. I’m going to primarily give Sync Pairs to build a team around for each stage since the teambuilding restrictions are quite relaxed for Hard Mode and you’ll probably want to fill up the type medal.

So you could build a team around (no particular order for tackling the fights):

• SST Red for Caitlin

• Cynthia for Shauntal

• Lucy for Marshal

• Bea for Iris

• MC + Solgaleo for Grimsley

If you have any issues figuring out teammates we can walk through the process a bit to help you both put together teams now and improve your teambuilding skill for the future

[visual vine]

I'm honestly just trying to figure out how to get the best out of my attackers

Like for Cynthia I'd want someone to set up terrain obviously

[mellow linden]

Since your Cynthia is 2/5 you’d really just want Courtney and a Support who can provide her necessary offensive buffs (Attack, crit, and ideally Speed)

[visual vine]

Hm...dunno if I have anyone that can do all 3

[mellow linden]

You don’t necessarily need all 3, you can definitely just do Attack and crit

You don’t necessarily even need to max those stats for Hard Mode, since Cynthia can handle some of it herself

[visual vine]

Reds another issue...he sets up terrain so volkner is pretty pointless

Gio/Persian might be my best choice for Cynthia...

[mellow linden]

If you ran Kiawe alongside Cynthia and Courtney, Kiawe could provide +2 Attack and +1 crit, which means Cynthia could use her Trainer Move once and her X Attack twice to max those stats, for example

[visual vine]

Uh, which is Kiawe? Lol sorry

[mellow linden]

Since this is Hard Mode, buffing quickly isn’t as large of a concern

[mellow linden]

Alolan Marowak

[visual vine]

Ahhh

[mellow linden]

Kiawe also will fill the Fire type on the medal

You could pair Classic Giovanni with Lucy, since she wants both Attack and Sp. Atk. if she’s acting as a damage-dealer. Depending on who your 3rd team member is this could fill out 2-3 types on the type medal

[visual vine]

Bea I would want accuracy, Atk, and crit?

[mellow linden]

Since she’s only 2/5, yes (accuracy may not be necessary, but it never hurts to have if your moves have less than 100%). But worth noting is that she only needs +1 crit to reach max since she gains +2 crit from one of her passives, so that opens up your options to support her quite a bit

You could try running SS Blue and Liza as her teammates to fill in 3 types (assuming you don’t use a Water, Psychic, and/or Fighting type elsewhere), just make sure you use Bea’s X Attack at least once since Iris will lower your team’s Attack

SS Blue can act as a tank and provides gauge acceleration/the +1 crit needed, and Liza provides offensive buffs

You don’t have to try and go for maximum possible types week 1, btw. I personally recommend trying to fill out 9-12 on your 1st week so you can pretty easily finish the medal on your 2nd

[visual vine]

So for red I really just need a sponge that can eat hits and someone who can boost his stats even if a little

[mellow linden]

You don’t necessarily need anyone to buff SST Red’s stats since he handles his own offenses, but if you can get some defensive buffs that would be helpful

[visual vine]

Xernaes would make sense

[mellow linden]

Xerneas could be good, but since his buffs require him to Sync you may find that someone else works better. BP Morty provides Defense and Sp. Def. buffs via his Trainer Move and has Potion, if you’d prefer

But both will work just fine

[visual vine]

I was thinking him or Dawn/Turtwig

[mellow linden]

Dawn would be a fantastic tank choice

You’ll want to evolve Turtwig to Torterra though

[visual vine]

Sabrina might be better with Lucy since she can raise both atk and spc atk plus heal?

[keen jasper]

Sabrina is only Sp. Atk.

[mellow linden]

Sabrina can’t buff Attack

Sadly

[visual vine]

Is it...whoops misread

Yea gio/Persian then

Now for Solgaleo, I was thinking Lucy and having Clefairy on Bea for the accuracy boost, but not sure about a tank...

[mellow linden]

Aren’t you using Lucy against Marshal?

[keen jasper]

Solgaleo can already max its own accuracy

Besides, there are no levels with evasion

[visual vine]

Right clefairy replaces Lucy in Bea team

[mellow linden]

Ah

[visual vine]

Then put Lucy with MC

[mellow linden]

IMO it’d be best to use Lucy against Marshal and Solgaleo against Grimsley

[visual vine]

Cause I've noticed with MM...it misses a lot

[mellow linden]

Solgaleo + Hop + someone to buff Speed

Lucy doesn’t buff accuracy anyways

[visual vine]

So like Hibert

[keen jasper]

Or Skyla

Skyla can also max out defenses for you too

Along with Hop who'll grant crit

[mellow linden]

Masked Royal could be a wildcard 3rd team member, he buffs the whole team’s Speed

And would further boost the team’s damage by way of Defense debuffs

[keen jasper]

And he can also lower attack and defense too

[visual vine]

Wouldn't Lillie be better for Bea with Full power and x accuracy?

[mellow linden]

Lillie could be helpful as a teammate for Bea, yeah

[keen jasper]

Against who?

[mellow linden]

Iris

[keen jasper]

Iris doesn't have any evasion or accuracy debuffs unless you're using Lillie's TM to boost Atk.

[mellow linden]

Meteor Assault has like base 90 accuracy and Lillie would fill the Fairy type, so it’s not like it would be a waste

[visual vine]

Here's what I'm looking like so far. Red's still a work in progress

[keen jasper]

Isn't Meteor Assault 100 accuracy innately?

[visual vine]

I miss a lot so I dunno

[mellow linden]

Oh, it is 100% innately, it looks like

[visual vine]

....why do I miss so often with it?

[mellow linden]

A lot of Fighting weak stages like to use evasion buffs. What stage(s) have you been using Bea on?

Regardless, those teams should be able to clear just fine and fill out 13 types in the process

[keen jasper]

You're facing against Iris right? The only other enemy who has evasion right now is Glacia in the Pokewar Battle Challenge

[mellow linden]

They haven’t started CS yet this week

For reference

[keen jasper]

Hmmmmmm

[visual vine]

I was trying it on Glacia

[mellow linden]

Glacia starts with +6 evasion in that stage

[visual vine]

So that'd explain it

Lol

[mellow linden]

That’s why Bea was missing so much, yeah

[visual vine]

Hm so bring Clefairy for Glacia, noted. Lol

[keen jasper]

Huh, no wonder....