Champion Stadium

[tacit matrix]

Not unexpected since those people probably started with Hoenn

[toxic cobalt]

Yep. Must be a big change.

[sick inlet]

But main story is silly, they don't really challenge you enough to learn the game. Ik a friend that's too casual, he just auto-optimized his whole way through it.

I usually have to do the challenging stuff for him

😂

[full mesa]

I had the same reaction when I faced Johto for the very first time. It was right after 5 weeks of Sinnoh. The Horror...

[frosty axle]

Yes auto is way too easy even on events

[grizzled hearth]

That's basically it, the rest of the game doesn't really challenge you like how csmm does, and on a regular basis too

[full mesa]

I blasted through the main story and LA with SSKantrio.

But MM needs a bit of effort.

[toxic cobalt]

Yeah, a lot of people do this and then get stuck on CS simply because they need 5 teams.

[sick inlet]

Yeah that's what I am saying, it's only CSMM that makes you want to be very optimal. Well and solo BV

[toxic cobalt]

Are other Gatcha games not like PMEX?

In taht you can focus one team?

[eternal lodge]

Well, LG takes you to the utter limit if you play it competitively and actually reward you for that unlike csmm that even though you could do a 21.5k run, it doesn't reward you past 10k

[full mesa]

Not if you follow the Skyla/Cyrus/Sycamore team.

[frosty axle]

4500 MM is pretty simple needing not much grids gives most things needed

[sick inlet]

Still need to be optimal, if you don't understand it you won't solo it

[full mesa]

Yeah. 4.2k is just hard mode 2.

[toxic cobalt]

I always tell new players they shouldn't solo BV though

Unlike CSMM it doesn't actually get you anything

[frosty axle]

Ye I like that 900 points is easy with minimal grids

[sick inlet]

They Don't want people maxing out the Points are crying for inability to get everything

[frosty axle]

only when going for 1500 you need some

[sick inlet]

Medal, then never need to solo it again

[grizzled hearth]

Yeah, but for one thing, it's relatively recent in comparison, for 2 csmm is on a much more regular basis

[full mesa]

7.5k+ is the real MM.

[frosty axle]

not like anyone needs anything above 4.5k its just for fun mostly

[grizzled hearth]

But I want my bp😭

[sick inlet]

Me: give me all them theme boosters

[tribal agate]

revamp CS to be like LG where you have to streak in row

[sick inlet]

Bruhhh

[full mesa]

Exactly that.

[sick inlet]

No

[toxic cobalt]

Isn't that...what we do?

[tribal agate]

yeah but for free

i want my tickets

[eternal lodge]

That extra spirits are still fine with the amount of 5* put they're giving for free from trainer lodge

[toxic cobalt]

My biggest wish is still ribbons for clearing CS

[frosty axle]

I have too many tickets/5* power ups right now

since lodge

[sick inlet]

Share

[full mesa]

Can you share some?

I have a ton of units I want to ex.

[frosty axle]

I wish I could

like theres nothing I really want to ex unless just using them

[full mesa]

Although, I agree with a idea that exists here. The 10k reward must change to something more "valuable".

[frosty axle]

adding some candy coins

[tribal agate]

We hear you loud and clear
adding 10

[full mesa]

Still better than 15 BP.

[sick inlet]

Candy coins

[full mesa]

40 per weak is too good.

[sick inlet]

Dreamy don't you give them ideas now

[frosty axle]

they usually listen to my feedback

[full mesa]

One extra coin. Still better.

[sick inlet]

Never one too many

[frosty axle]

They could have one yellow for 10k

[eternal lodge]

Pretty simple, add 12.5k, move all rewards from above 7.5k, put the new lvl up item on 12.5k and 10k milestones and then it will be worth reaching those

[tribal agate]

They probably just don't want to pressure the silent majority to feel like they need to do 10k

[frosty axle]

Rather not have 12.5k

[full mesa]

One yellow candy every 4-5 months. Meaning 2-3 per year. I think it's ok.

[toxic cobalt]

Yeah let's leave 10k where it is with BP

No pressure

[tribal agate]

if 10k had relevant rewards, we'd have waves of panicked people

[toxic cobalt]

We're all grinding LG nowadays anyway apparently, given LA is permanent now

[tribal agate]

the better content

[full mesa]

I can't grind LG yet. Maximum I can reach 12 streak.

[tribal agate]

CS is so 2020

[toxic cobalt]

That's fine, you only need 10. 10 is the LG 4.2k

[full mesa]

Isn't it 12?

[toxic cobalt]

Nope

[frosty axle]

yep 10

[tribal agate]

Ten

[eternal lodge]

Technically it is infinite since you can farm infinite 5* put which is way too good

[full mesa]

.... I need to make some adjustments to my teams...

[eternal lodge]

Well, not infinite yet

[tribal agate]

the upcoming one is the easiest yet too

so it'll be fine

[full mesa]

Easiest?

[eternal lodge]

Latios, Entei and Bulu gauntlet when

[full mesa]

With Azelf and Cobalion who only needs para?

[tribal agate]

yeah #1012311116778586182

Azelf doesn't need para

and Latios has 60 solos to his name with videos he's litteraly a hitting dummy

also we're off topic here lol we can swap

[full mesa]

Then I really needs to up my game and knowledge.

[toxic cobalt]

Don't worry, there is always a dedicated thread to cheat your way through with

[nova galleon]

5250 points done 👍

[tribal agate]

[full mesa]

We can go even higher. At least 7.5k.

Do you want to try?

[toxic cobalt]

Nice!

[nova galleon]

Yes

[full mesa]

Send us your roster.

[eternal lodge]

You could 2k easily with Pidgeot, Mewtwo, Pikachu, Kyogre and deoxys, you can go for a 10k

[frosty axle]

that's if they all gridded

if not fully gridded that is a good score

[eternal lodge]

Pikachu, Kyogre and deoxys doesn't need to be gridded, Pidgeot can't say since I use it 3/5

[nova galleon]

And my kyogre and deoxys are grided

[full mesa]

•Deoxys/Fat pig/Roxanne -> R2 Vs Ghost weak.
Kyogre/Palkia/Skyla can be an off-type team.
AshEx/EleSSa/Filler is another power off-type team.
SSLeaf/Janine/Dawn or BPMorty can poison stall water weak.

Here are some ideas.

[full mesa]

For Flying weak keep the same team but switch out Skyla for something that heals and gives def buffs

[full mesa]

Even better.

[nova galleon]

Any idea

[full mesa]

Sonia/Brock/Hop

Also don't sleep on SSBlue and SSBrendan. They are powerful supports.

[nova galleon]

My ss blue is also 6*ex

[full mesa]

Even better

[nova galleon]

Is 1/5 ss Brendan good

[frosty axle]

yes

Latios is nice

[full mesa]

Can be a wall for a Gio/Latios/Speed buffer team against Ghost weak and use the SSteven team somewhere else.

[nova galleon]

Am I able to do 10k points

[full mesa]

Honestly, I think that it's too easy with your roster.

[nova galleon]

But their level is low right now

[full mesa]

125-130 is more than enough.

[nova galleon]

I want 15 more champion spirits to 6* ex deoxys.

[full mesa]

Next week

Don't be hasty

For now try to get 7.5k with the teams above.

[eternal lodge]

May i suggest:
1st - Grimsley: Sceptile, Groudon and Meganium
2nd - Marshal: Pidgeot, Rotom and Alakazam
3rd - Caitlin: Gigantamax Gengar, Mewtwo and BP Misdreavus
4th - Shauntal: Ash Pikachu, Kyogre and Blastoise
5th - Alder: Deoxys, Musharna and Probopass

[nova galleon]

A big question which parameters should I use

[full mesa]

First team seams too frail.

[full mesa]

Try with post sync parameters first.

It's easier.

[eternal lodge]

if post sync then forget the first team

[full mesa]

Skyla/Maxie/Silver is a nice first team.

Def buffs/heal/speed.

Double grass DPS.

[eternal lodge]

as far as i know, snarl is special which is the only theat to the team

[full mesa]

But the team might pre-sync even with post-sync parameters.

[toxic cobalt]

Snarl isn't a threat though as Brendan should have Dauntless

[nova galleon]

I suffer from move gauge problems

[full mesa]

Which team?

[obtuse hound]

is grimsley a good choice for 10k r1?

[eternal lodge]

the threat is mainly for groudon which might want that se up

[obtuse hound]

if i did an ssmorty may and someone else sun team?

[toxic cobalt]

Sure. The important question is who you Round 2.

[eternal lodge]

and silver without meganium or something to boost him doesnt seem as good

[full mesa]

He boosts himself with TM and Skyla gives speed on everyone.

[nova galleon]

Whom should I r2

[obtuse hound]

i thought i might do ssblueEX ash and an ET setter on caitlin

[toxic cobalt]

Round 2 needs a team with goo ddefence

SS Blue EX should handle it

[full mesa]

What's is R2 field effect again?

[eternal lodge]

i dont use silver, but this doesnt seem good enough

[toxic cobalt]

Guess

Hmma ctually Caitlin may be spatk this week

[full mesa]

In 3 turns max att/spa/crit/eva with grid.

[obtuse hound]

i said caitlin cause i did her hard mode with just ssblueEX and ash

[full mesa]

She hits a bit hard on spa sid.e

[eternal lodge]

then i guess it is

[toxic cobalt]

Ah. Use those two then and throw in Misty.

[obtuse hound]

misty? not an et setter?

which misty

[toxic cobalt]

Both might work. If misty, then you survive their sync. If et setter, you try to bmove right before they sync.

[obtuse hound]

ahh i see

though for grimsley right now, does an ssmorty + may team sound good? idk who i'd have in third slot but i could also replace may with redzard

[toxic cobalt]

Offtyping?

Sounds good though

[obtuse hound]

i don't have any good grass strikers i think

[toxic cobalt]

Sad Brendan noises

[obtuse hound]

but i do have my stall team i used for hard mode

[obtuse hound]

wait i have him i nvm

i have ssleaf dawn janine tho

will that work for 2k stall?

[toxic cobalt]

It would, although I'd switch Dawn

But save them for emergency

[obtuse hound]

with who?

[toxic cobalt]

Usually Viola

For the trap damage

And her gradual heal

[keen jasper]

And Viola has Struggle Bug too

[swift swan]

the whiplash from Kanto -> Sinnoh -> Johto was much bigger imo

[swift swan]

my biggest wish is being able to reset hard mode CS so I can unlock Master Mode in a week but I can only dream

my other wish is having a better 10k reward than 10 BP. even will do. but I guess that's a bit unfair to those who can't reach 10k yet

[eternal lodge]

finally did grimsley even though i had to reduce 500 points, now off to alder and see if i can get at least 14k points

seems i couldve gone for something like 14.5k but i was already tired from the 2nd and 4th round

[nova galleon]

With this team i completed 1500 points

[eternal lodge]

since blue is 5/5 id like to suggest to do 2k

[nova galleon]

Whom should I choose for R2

[eternal lodge]

can you show the teams youll be using

[eternal lodge]

well, i expected you to have teams prepared already, but since you dont have them ill suggest going for caitlin since allister does a ton of dmg and it should be able to deal with the halved sync countdown

[full mesa]

Alister/SSBrendan/Mewtwo is a good R2 combo.

[full mesa]

Nice. Aim for 1.5k on every stage unless you feel extra confident.

[regal stag]

How's this for Alder?

[eternal lodge]

more than enough for 2k

[swift swan]

overkill

should be more than fine

[regal stag]

Any suggested parameters?

[toxic cobalt]

Standard pre-sync

[regal stag]

I see.

I wanna try 10king this week.
But I doubt Shauntal will be easy.

I don't have much Ice strikere TBH.

[toxic cobalt]

Candice

[eternal lodge]

you can always offtype

[regal stag]

How about this one?

I mean, I feel like I am prone to get gauge issues.

[keen jasper]

How about Candice instead of Jasmine?

[keen jasper]

Candice's nuke is pretty good

Is she gridded?

[regal stag]

Yeah, but I just did it according to my intuition.

[keen jasper]

Can I see?

[keen jasper]

My build is kinda different, though it's up to you if it works

[regal stag]

I'm open to see what you had.

[regal stag]

I don't need Heavy Hail?

[keen jasper]

I'm not sure which is stronger honestly

More sync damage or additional multipliers

[full mesa]

From a first look into next week, I might go full auto apart from bug weak.

[regal stag]

Oh... Bug weak might be tough for me.

I don't think I have a really great Bug unit.

[keen jasper]

I'm kinda grateful I didn't sleep on SC Emmet

[regal stag]

Best I can do is just Bugsy lmao

Noland might be my next best bet, but ehhhhh

Anyways, I managed to do 7.5k, but...

I might wanna try go further beyond.

But I guess I'll just prepare for next week.

Maybe this or something.

[dark osprey]

Could try both bugsy and Noland together with aaron

[regal stag]

Oooohhhhhh

[dark osprey]

Though there would be some sync competition

[regal stag]

Oh true...

[dark osprey]

Still two dps and since they have both 2 gauge moves

[regal stag]

Objectively, who's better?

Noland or Bugsy?

[dark osprey]

I guess Noland

[eternal lodge]

noland can still do dmg without mega thanks to fury swipes

[regal stag]

Oh yeahhhh

[dark osprey]

Yeah fury cutter is a good option

Takes a while to ramp up for a CS battle though

[regal stag]

Right...

[eternal lodge]

you could go for lusamine since you got vespiquen

[dark osprey]

Oh yeah that's a great recommend

Lusamine and either Noland or bugsy for nuke

Have run that team personally as well with bugsy

Noland would be better i guess

[keen jasper]

I think these teams will be literal overkill for next week

Disregard Team 6

[subtle forge]

stares directly at team 6

[sick inlet]

Team 6 should be used to beat one stage

[keen jasper]

🤣 Fuck off all of you

[swift swan]

what's drake doing in team 5

[keen jasper]

Theme skill

I know that I could replace him for someone better, but Zerena will just destroy Iris

[sick inlet]

Depending on round Parameters I might be willing to do 1v3 next week

[swift swan]

drake is pretty slow though, I think he's gonna hinder your gauge

[keen jasper]

I mean, he has his TM

[hidden ore]

Team 4 is where poor Ash gets less work than Red

[swift swan]

only 2 uses is barely enough compared to how slow he is imo. unless you want to rely on his TM MPR

[hidden ore]

Any reason to use Bianca over Latias?

[keen jasper]

Because I don't have?

I didn't even play during Anni May's banner

[keen raven]

just unlocked master mode... is it possible to get high points with only lv 120s?

[keen jasper]

That would depend on your units

[mellow linden]

Level 120 is sufficient for most content. If you're new to Master Mode it's generally recommended to start with 850 points per stage (4250 total) rather than shoot straight for 2k per stage (10k total)

[keen raven]

oh i see, thank you

[mellow linden]

No problem

[hidden ore]

Ah I see
But they are comparale, right?

[toxic cobalt]

Depends who they're paired with

[hidden ore]

I have exact team but with May for Marshall

[keen jasper]

Bianca can serve as tank

[toxic cobalt]

Animay perfect for Giovanni. Bianca may be better for SS Lusamine.

[hidden ore]

Well I have Sabrina too but isnt't Zam Glassy?

[keen jasper]

Anni May can debuff Sp. Atk.

[hidden ore]

Thinking about running this team for 10k MM

Does Emmett need to be Ex'ed?

[subtle forge]

No

[toxic cobalt]

no

[hidden ore]

Have him but hes 1/5

Non ex

[subtle forge]

Mine’s also 1/5

Non EXd

Still clears just fine

[keen jasper]

Which Emmet?

[hidden ore]

The costume one

[keen jasper]

SC?

I don't think so

[hidden ore]

Yes

I have him

[toxic cobalt]

Presumably this is for next week?

[hidden ore]

For this week I used Steoxys Skyla support and May

[keen jasper]

I kinda wanna EX my Olivia for rock-weak stages

Not sure if she's good enough without EX

[hidden ore]

What do you think?

Can I touch 10k with those?

[toxic cobalt]

yes

easily

[keen jasper]

Definitely

[tribal agate]

yes x2

[keen jasper]

https://tenor.com/view/yes-yeah-oh-ya-of-course-definitely-gif-5363111

[hidden ore]

Any advice for parameters?

2000k pre Sync?

[tribal agate]

check the pinned ones

[keen jasper]

Either follow the parameters in pinned or pick your own

[tribal agate]

it's the most accessible atm

[keen jasper]

I always mostly pick my own

[tribal agate]

if you're running debuffers, you can remove no stat reduction and add max hp 2 usually

depending on the team

but yours should be able to do 10k presync

you got it!

[hidden ore]

Parameters for Ice Obama team?

Since I have Kyurem there

[toxic cobalt]

Max HP

[tribal agate]

ice obama

[keen jasper]

I wonder what will be the CS when Unova VA comes out

[subtle forge]

Gonna be Sinnoh fr

[hidden ore]

That was a tautological statement from me 😂😅

[keen jasper]

Still gonna wait for my Kalos and Galar CS

[obtuse hound]

this is as far as i got toxic stalling grimsley. he has gradual healing which is annoying so i die before sides which kill of course

[tribal agate]

you don't have offensive Grass pairs like SS Erika or Brendan?

tbh even a SS Leaf buffed should work

or in last resort, gridded Sun Gardenia

[obtuse hound]

i have them and ss leaf so what team would you recommend?

this is 10k btw

[toxic cobalt]

Yeah don't use dawn

she's not good

I advised viola

But also yes just use Brendan if he has dauntless

iff

[mellow linden]

Brendan + SS Erika + Dawn could probably work well, actually

Assuming Round 1

[tribal agate]

Brendan would likely need some speed buffing for Ramming Speed nah?

i can't recall if he buffs it

[mellow linden]

Ah, didn’t realize he had that

[obtuse hound]

she's worse

[mellow linden]

Probably then, though maybe not since SS Erika would also be dealing a bunch of damage

[toxic cobalt]

Well, she's not, but I'd have to see the footage

[obtuse hound]

i ran out of all my cookies

attempting that

[toxic cobalt]

Okay no brendan then

[keen jasper]

You could at least use Silver against Grimsley

[tribal agate]

that's not my screenshot

[toxic cobalt]

SS Erika striking?

[keen jasper]

Wrong reply

[tribal agate]

[obtuse hound]

sure i guess

i have ssmorty too

[tribal agate]

SS Erika at 1/5 should massacre grass weak even at 2k tbh

her solar blade is so stupid strong

[mellow linden]

Slap Lyra as the 3rd team member and you’ve got something going

[keen jasper]

SS Morty, SS Erika or Silver and another unit

[obtuse hound]

what other unit? hmm

i wanna save skyla just in case

[toxic cobalt]

Smorty can support dual strikers right?

Don't need Skyla if so

[keen jasper]

Kinda

[mellow linden]

Could do SS Morty + SS Erika + Lyra

[tribal agate]

yeah SS Morty has an incredible gauge

[keen jasper]

He can give +1 all stats, +2 if you give Team Gimme Five

[mellow linden]

SS Morty is the tank, Lyra gives offensive buffs, SS Erika deals damage

[obtuse hound]

ive never used lyra but ill give that a shot

[toxic cobalt]

Go for it. lyra in sun is great buffs.

[keen jasper]

I've used Lyra most of the time

She can max out both offensive stats under sun with MP refresh

[thick girder]

Have those unit+hooh and Morty 3*
What team and modifier against grimsly cant seems to beat him 2k

[keen jasper]

Check the pin for the recommended modifiers, or you can choose your own modifiers

[thick girder]

My struggle is mostly the team

[keen jasper]

What round are you doing Grimsley?

[thick girder]

3rd and can do 4th too I guess

[toxic cobalt]

Does Brendan have Dauntless?

[tribal agate]

Maxie Solar Beam with a buffer tank to ramp up him faster and paired with Silver as well is an idea
Otherwise you have the Brendan safe option

[toxic cobalt]

Maxie Silver dual solar beam should work yeah

Pew pew

[thick girder]

No couldn't get it

[thick girder]

So to pair them with morty or u have better option?

[toxic cobalt]

Maxie Silver Roxanne it is

Wait what Morty we talking?

[tribal agate]

SS Morty?

[keen jasper]

Yes

[thick girder]

Yea have 3 copies

[keen jasper]

3/5 too

You unlock the full grid

[tribal agate]

wowzers yeah if you wanna overkill it Maxie SS Morty and Silver i mean

they will stomp it

hard

[toxic cobalt]

*3K

[tribal agate]

i even argue that throwing SS Morty there might be a waste, but probably not that important

[keen jasper]

Morty can also fully buff both defensive stats

[thick girder]

Lol I'm not that good

[keen jasper]

And I'm referring to both SS and BP Morty

[toxic cobalt]

Roxanne plan a go?

[tribal agate]

lol you can try Roxanne yeah first and assess later

[toxic cobalt]

Roxanne 1) buffs def 2) buffs spatk 3) triggers Maxie

[tribal agate]

both maxie and silver buff their crit too

[thick girder]

I'm guessing I'm goin on post sync modifier?

[toxic cobalt]

Hmmm possibly not

Try standard presync first

Wait I can test this team lol brb

[thick girder]

Lol thanks

[tribal agate]

presync should work

[toxic cobalt]

Easy presync

[tribal agate]

did you use the presync one?

[toxic cobalt]

YES DREAMY I USED YOUR SUPER SPECIAL STRENGTH PRESYNCCCC

[tribal agate]

figures, Roxanne didn't die after all!

[thick girder]

K thanks hope I'll get it

[toxic cobalt]

My girl has endurance she would never die

[thick girder]

May you get double 5* on your wishes

[thick girder]

She should be grided? Or not critical

[toxic cobalt]

Not critical but in general a great unit to consider gridding

That run used an ungridded maxie btw so if yours is gridded it'll go even better

[thick girder]

It was pretty close but I managed to win 2nd try, tysm now good luck to me on ice 🙂

[toxic cobalt]

[cedar bronze]

i used the same team, ez sweep

[toxic cobalt]

Pew pew!

Very satisfying animation

[full mesa]

That's the team I recommend to most players. But I use Skyla instead of Roxane.

[eternal lodge]

Prepared for next week

[zealous karma]

https://streamable.com/ktl04n
He’s so good 🦑

[obtuse hound]

should i do post sync or pre sync

for grimsley

[zealous karma]

I hope it’s not to late but most grass units can pre sync but it hardly matters if you win

[trail smelt]

Be so strong that you presync with post sync setup

[nova fiber]

how do I build around ghetsis? for ice week shauntal round 3, specifically. should I primarily focus on accelerating spatk+crit buffs with a unit like giovanni persian?

[trail smelt]

Yes, and depending on how you build Ghetsis he appreciates someone who can paralyze or freeze

[nova fiber]

I ended up running pryce ghetsis sycamore, pryce for speed drops and extra damage, sycamore for bulk and geomancy and ghetsis with a sync nuke build for dps and it worked fantastically

very affordable team and I highly recommend it

[upbeat gate]

What does Pre/Post sync mean for the recommended points?

[nova fiber]

pre-sync builds try and defeat the opponent before they use their sync move and are more difficult to survive against long term, but slightly easier to kill quickly. post-sync is much easier to survive against for longer.

[upbeat gate]

I see interesting, thanks!

[peak stirrup]

What team can I use for round 3 marshal? No Anni Skyla, only Blue and Leon as flying strikers

[minor solstice]

medal unlocked but master mode is so scary please help me build 2k mm teams/strategy or are they the same

or @sick inlet if you are available to help

[white gale]

Leon just needs help buffing SpAtt and Crit a little. Do you have Sabrina, SS Elesa, SS Brendan, SS Kris, Falkner, Persian? esp if Ex'd?

[white gale]

You can use more optimal teams in MM because you don't have to worry about filling a medal

[peak stirrup]

Of those I have Sabrina SS Elesa and SS Kris all 3+/5 and EX

[sick inlet]

Send roster lets see what we do.
We will stick with pin parameters for most part

[white gale]

I think any of those 3 would work tbh. If you dont need SS Kris elsewhere, her + Leon can definitely kill Marshal. For the third, you can use someone that buffs Def, debuffs SpDef, and/or increases Speed

[austere quest]

Should I go R1 against Caitlen for the 10k?

I sort of am low on Physical Attackers who can Mutlitarget

I might have access to SST Red actually

[white gale]

what field parameter are you planning to set against Caitlyn? (that's R1 right?)

[austere quest]

Not sure, was just using the Standard one provided in pins

Not going to use Stall because I don’t think I have a good enough team comp for that

[white gale]

Caitlin is weak against Ghost, so unless you have SSR Cynthia, I think you should do her in another round

Mewtwo is the f2p go-to against Ghost weak

[austere quest]

I think I might be able to do it with a SST Red Electric Terrain Team but I need to finish her off before the second sync

[white gale]

oh I see. then R1 makes sense

[austere quest]

Yeah, I managed to do it on R2 actually

Just had to twerk to allow stat reduction and status

Became really smooth, letting me tank Sync 1 and then kill before Sync 2

[austere quest]

Unfortunately hitting a wall against Grimsley so I will need to try to figure that out next

[peak stirrup]

Skyla? I have her 3/5 EX

[minor solstice]

tysm for the help btw Jo

hoping to presync if i can and also i think 1.5k should be ok to target since i know 2k is tough for beginners

[sick inlet]

Grass Weakness: Groudon, SSErika, Kiawe

Ghost Weakness: Mewtwo, Sycamore, Sonia

Ice Weak: Ash, Volkner, Leaf

Rest is Offtypes too anyways you can do either stages with this:
Deoxys(Striker), Skyla, Lucian

SSTRed, CElessa, probably anything.

I was trying to save SSMorty as a Trump* card for any team that struggles

You can swap any of the supports for Acynthia/SSmorty. They are just too good

[sick inlet]

Totally should try 1.5k first, make sure you change the no condition/no stats down when using SSTRed or a debuffer(only stats down)

[minor solstice]

ok got it

which params should i target with the teams? like are they suited for a certain set

[sick inlet]

SS Morty would be best in that sun team, but again I save it as trump card

Hmm I believe you can do all Pre-sync if you got down all the triple queue stuff

[minor solstice]

ok

[sick inlet]

As in you sync twice before they do

Otherwise go for post sync

Unova isn't too tough

[minor solstice]

ok

[white gale]

Are you thinking Leon/SS Kris/Skyla? THat can definitely win. You're buff basically everything, you have 2 support Ex's and 2 potion users. It's sort of overkill

[nova galleon]

I am facing gauge problems with this team

[white gale]

are you Ex'ing with SS Brendan?

[nova galleon]

No

[white gale]

Allister has FMN with his TM so he shouldn't take any gauge for his first 4 moves

If SS BRendan syncs, then every time he's hit, he gets a free Luster Purge

you don't have a way to increase Speed so that I can see having move gauge issues though

[nova galleon]

Which parameters should I use

For 1500 points

[white gale]

prob Pre-Sync. IF you Ex SS Brendan, I guarantee you'll win easily

you can do 2k if you Ex SS Brendan. Which round parameter are you doing this fight in?

[nova galleon]

Round 2

[white gale]

oo, tough round. Def recommend Ex'ing SS Brendan then since you don't get as many moves before enemy syncs

[nova galleon]

With this team i am done for Caitlin 1500 points 😩

Shauntal 1500 points

[upbeat gate]

why is 7500 the suggestted breakpoint for master mode? Are the champion spirit generally not the bottleneck for exing units?

[nova galleon]

I am not able to defeat grimsley any team suggestions for 1500 points and parameters

[keen jasper]

Replace Rosa for Lyra

Since Maxie preemptively sets up sun, Lyra can just grant +4 to both stats immediately

Actually, both of them can mac out their offensive stats on their own. But use her for Light Screen and completing crit buff

[nova galleon]

And parameters

[keen jasper]

Try offensive with HP

Also, Lyra can grant speed buffs so that should help you kinda(?) manage your gauge

[wicked otter]

How come, you can do 2k with pikachu with a few supp

[keen jasper]

In case that doesn't end up working, would you mind showing me your units again?

[nova galleon]

I was trying status stall

And it works for 1500 points

[old orchid]

congrats

[compact hinge]

Can I beat Grass weak 2k?
My Team is ssmorty1/5/ sserika
2/5 and scrosa 1/5

[keen jasper]

SC Rosa alone is more than capable

[compact hinge]

How? What would be the parameters?

[keen jasper]

Follow pinned or make your own

[compact hinge]

I tried it but wasnt able to yet

[swift swan]

What round are you on? 2nd round might be more difficult

Also make sure to triple queue all the time

[plucky pewter]

First time attempting Master Mode, any recommendations?

[keen jasper]

Let's start off with your damage dealers

[plucky pewter]

want me to sort by strike unit?

[keen jasper]

No need

Grimsley: Brendan, SS Erika, Silver or SC Rosa
Shauntal: Ghetsis
Marshal: Blue/Pidgeot
Caitlin: Giovanni/Mewtwo or Allister
Alder: SC Hilda

[eternal lodge]

May i suggest something better

[keen jasper]

Ok

[plucky pewter]

i am open to all suggestions

I know i still need to work on quite a few sync grids, but just require the sync orbs to do so

[eternal lodge]

Grimsley: Groudon, Leafeon and Meganium
Shauntal: Red Pikachu, Ash Pikachu and Blastoise
Marshal: Pidgeot, Rotom and Alakazam
Caitlin: Kyogre, Swampert and Primarina
Alder: Diancie (Havent checked this pokemon yet so i cant suggest teams with it but it is pretty good)
You'll have a lot of fun with this team

[keen jasper]

Well, I only suggested damage dealers you know

But I guess you made a full team

[eternal lodge]

well, ghetsis takes a while to setup so i cant say its fun

[keen jasper]

Also, this guy has SC Rosa

Just saying

[eternal lodge]

ik, but i havent checked that mon yet so i can neither suggest a team with it and i already know how fun it is to play groudon `leafeon

[plucky pewter]

I'll give those teams some runs in other events so i can get used to them

[toxic cobalt]

If all else fails, throw Archie at someone

[keen jasper]

SC Rosa can debuff a ton of Sp. Def. on a single target, also can lower evasion to all enemies and gains damage bonus from lowered evasion. With 3/5, SC Rosa can practically do -3 Sp. Def. per Seed Flare

[eternal lodge]

not sure if his is 3/5 but it sounds like without 3/5 it works more of a support

[plucky pewter]

Mine is 3/5

[keen jasper]

Also, you have many good units underleved like your SC Rosa for example

[plucky pewter]

I am aware of this, I've been using my energy on events lately to try and grind out rewards, next few days will be all into training books/codex's/blends and aim to get a few more units to 125

[eternal lodge]

i checked his passive skills, you could try shaymin, staraptor (if 3/5, else i believe keldeo would be better) and something else

[keen jasper]

Why Darach unless you want to use him for debuffing attack?

[eternal lodge]

it debuffs both atk, spe and eva, letting shaymin focus on debuffing spa and spd

[keen jasper]

Both what? You mentioned 3 stats

Or you meant to say atk. and evasion? Because Defog won't be enough to gain the full bonus

[eternal lodge]

it has both defog to lower the opponents eva and feather dance to lower the opponents atk and spe, better?

[keen jasper]

Eh sure, apologies for being a correcty one. Just trying to make sure what you meant

[eternal lodge]

alr

[plucky pewter]

im sorry but where is the spe reduction?

[eternal lodge]

in his grid

[keen jasper]

I'm guessing he's 1/5?

[plucky pewter]

oh ok

yeah mine is 1/5

[keen jasper]

I mean your Darach is 1/5

[long thicket]

Alright, so I've been trying 850 points elite for quite some time now and it's mostly been going fine.
Should I try to go further for more spirits?

[toxic cobalt]

[full mesa]

Yes. Raise your cap to 1.5k.

[long thicket]

Said like that, it sounds scary...

But I can try.

[full mesa]

Not really.

If you can do 850 without issues, it means that you can achieve 1.5k with a bit of trial and error.

[long thicket]

Well, I sometimes have issues, but it usually goes okay.
Some clutches definitely happened.

[full mesa]

If you encounter any issues, send the SS of you roster here.

We'll help.

[cursive prism]

How do I beat catlin

[full mesa]

She is an esper so sucker punch her.

[compact hinge]

Can someone help me building 5 teams for my first 10k run?

[full mesa]

Send your roster. Also have you ever try 7.5k alone?

[keen jasper]

Use Giovanni

[full mesa]

Non-ex and non-mega Mewtwo needs powerful supports to complete that stage. Gio isn't a solution for everything.

[keen jasper]

For Caitlin?

[compact hinge]

I did 7,5k alome already

[keen jasper]

I still managed without his power boost and EX

[toxic cobalt]

Caitlin is ghost

weak

[full mesa]

Some very good units.

[toxic cobalt]

Just use Giovanni

[keen jasper]

That's what I said

[long thicket]

I've shared my on-type Striker/Tech combo for each type not long ago, but I know it's not fool proof.

#916852389347196958 message

As an update on that, Hala and Candice were pretty good this week. Although I'd need a Speed raising support for Hala.

[toxic cobalt]

Hala doesn't want speed, he wants mga. Very weird unit.

[full mesa]

Archie/May/Roxanne -> Shauntal.
SSACynthia/Gio/Rosa -> Caitlin.
Skyla/Blue/Sabrina -> Marshal.
Dawn/SSMorty/SSErika -> Grimsley.

[long thicket]

Every Ice type move of his reduces his speed. But apparently, you shouldn't worry?

[full mesa]

That's for the first 4. You can use double Pikachu and Volkner for an off type team (mostly champion).

[keen jasper]

He gains damage boost when you lower his speed. Besides, his speed stat in the first place isn't even good

That's why it's 126

[compact hinge]

Alright thank you I try it

Post sync is my best bet right?

[toxic cobalt]

No

[full mesa]

Also Fat Pig/Deoxys/Speed user is another of type teams.

[full mesa]

Yes, since you're trying for first time. If it doesn't work then switch to pre-sync. Also I haven't list the order. I leave that up to you.

[compact hinge]

Does the order matter?

[keen jasper]

Yes, especially round 2

Half sync parameters is probably the most dangerous round parameter

[cursive prism]

Who else should I bring?

[compact hinge]

Oh okay thank you, i comepletely ignired those parameters until now... Thank you!

[keen jasper]

Wait a minute

[keen jasper]

What are you asking for?

[cursive prism]

Who else should I bring for Caitlin ?

[full mesa]

We don't know your roster.

[keen jasper]

Oh, then yeah, Sabrina (Alakazam)/Giovanni (Mewtwo) and someone to boost Sp. Def.

[cursive prism]

Ok

[gusty ravine]

Hows this for next week? Ignore the levels i will do them Later

[long thicket]

3 months???
https://www.reddit.com/r/PokemonMasters/comments/xes5zd/after_3_months_of_playing_i_finally_did_10k_csmm/

[toxic cobalt]

It's possible within the first few weeks if you're selective about your unit builds

[toxic cobalt]

Sure, unless youw ant to find a better water striker

[nova galleon]

Next week cs team suggestions

[full mesa]

Bug-> SSteven/Bianca/SSBlueEx.
Water-> Archie/Cyrus-May/Roxanne.
Dragon-> ZinniaMRayEx/Skyla/SSBrendan.
Fire-> Maxie/Silver/Sonia.
Elec-> Ash/Viola/Hop.

[nova galleon]

Why viola

[full mesa]

Lower their spa and work as a tank. Unless she is weak against elec. Then switch her out for any other tank.

Literally Ash doesn't need help.

[nova galleon]

Am I able to do 10k points next week

[full mesa]

Well, I built those teams with 10k in mind. That is if you have unlock the MM.

[limber heath]

After y’all helped me and I crushed last week Im looking to repeat a win this week. My roster is here: https://imgur.com/a/kQaxbsi I attached a screenshot of the teams I was thinking of using for each. Just to note I need to clear with normal grass dragon and psychic this time around.

[toxic cobalt]

Well you have the characters to win!

What is your teambuilding process?

[limber heath]

I tried to read the fight descriptions and then build the teams for it

So for the one where terrain is permanent I put red

Physical I tried to find a physical attacker for it

I don’t have pairs that are leveled for some of the types thus me using ash in one

I’m kind of bumbling my way through lol

[toxic cobalt]

Ash will blast through anything lol

Alright, that's pretty good on the field parameter side.

The place to improve I would say is in team composition. Generally, we try to pick one striker, and then get it to +3 crit and +6 of atk or spatk.

[jovial fulcrum]

do u think non EX cyrus can clear the next champion in cs (im doing 2v3)

[toxic cobalt]

Then if you have spare slots, you can put other pairs like good tanks, healers, flinchers, weather setters, etc. as needed

[limber heath]

Alright I’ll go back and mess with them again. Appreciate it!

[toxic cobalt]

You'll clear hard mode easily and I think with those units can make a decent start on CSMM.

[gusty dragon]

F2P team 🙂 (everything nowadays can off type, I hope we get a new mode .-.)

[toxic cobalt]

Please remember to post clears in #1010274591601598555

[sick inlet]

That's not a f2p team though

Not a single f2p unit

[lunar meadow]

It's "Fare to Play"

He paid a lot for the opportunity to play the game.

[cosmic vortex]

F2P pairs are pairs that doesn't require gems to get...oh right, are 3* 4* gacha filler units consider as f2p as well?

[frosty axle]

I go max 3* usually, but in Sinnoh I add 4* gacha, technically not F2P but easy to get

[cosmic vortex]

Yep i think they might can be considered f2p right? Especially if people that never spends also got the free x100 pulls from run up to anniv and run up to half anniv

[frosty axle]

yes correct

and you also got Victory road too

ticket ones can be also called F2P friendly like Volkner

[cosmic vortex]

But can only get 1 of the sskantrio from victory road

And not all people pick the same one

[frosty axle]

yes people seem to love Red more than Blue

[cosmic vortex]

Im happy that doing lodge awards some pairs, also talking about lodge pairs...i guess some of them are not f2p friendly as well like Marnie, Cynthia, N are limited units

[frosty axle]

well one was given free in a choice but I would probably not use in my F2P runs

Rosa, Blue, etc. pairs I would use

[hallow star]

I forgot to select a parameter at the end

[eternal mist]

Good luck resetting and doing it again for the last reward

It happened it me twice before:(

[hallow star]

It's 10 bp

Ehhh

[eternal mist]

It's up to you

I redid it for sync orbs

[mellow linden]

Was gonna say, that reward is really minor

[eternal mist]

It's not hard to run 5 CSMM stages if you have good unit

[mellow linden]

Very little reason to bother unless you’re trying to nab every bit of BP

[eternal mist]

But yeah

It's not a huge loss either way

[hallow star]

It's not about the bp for me, it's about seeing that sweet 10k. Maybe if I feel the urge I'll try this weekend

[eternal mist]

Do it if its easy

And this week feels kinda easy for me

It'll prolly only take you 5-10mins to re-clear it anyway

[hallow star]

True

[eternal mist]

[peak stirrup]

Who can I pair with non-EX Hala? Or non-EX Lusamine Blizzard? Or new Froslass? I have Sabrina SS Elesa OG Red OG Leaf Hilbert SS Blue all 3+/5 and EX

I have no holiday pairs or Pal Bea

[eternal mist]

I personally use hala with ssblue and a leer unit like bpscyther

I EXed SsBlue tho. And Hala didn need to use his sync to do aoe dmg.

Assuming an ice weak stage

[peak stirrup]

Yeah I’m asking about Round 4 Shantal

[eternal mist]

[peak stirrup]

Pre sync or post?

[eternal mist]

I think I managed to smack the mid presync

But I did it as the 1st fight

To be more precise, I killed the mid off on the turn it queued its sync move

[peak stirrup]

I managed to kill mid presync but I couldn’t survive the earthquakes after

[austere quest]

Finally did it

Needed Alder to miss his Hyper Beams especially since he KO’d my starting Mon with back to back Hyper Beams.

Was really close but glad I could clutch it out

I am excited for next week since hopefully I have a better grasp on the game at this point

[toxic cobalt]

Rng is always key

[eternal mist]

Was hala able to deny the middle of the sync and deny either side of a hit?

[peak stirrup]

I killed the mid presync and used hala sync second to kill one side but the other spammed nonstop earthquakes and he only survived one with endure before dying to the second

[gusty dragon]

I am F2P player... So its F2P team

[minor solstice]

r u sure abt sonia, she doesnt buff my spatk

im trying sabrina instead

[mellow linden]

Sonia buffs Defense and offers Potion. Sycamore will max Sp. Atk., Sp. Def., and Speed with his Sync

And if Sonia is 3/5 she’ll also buff crit

[minor solstice]

ok passed w sabrina

[simple storm]

F2p means non gatcha units

[mellow linden]

Yeah, an f2p team is a team comprised only of Sync Pairs who can be obtained from events/story/Legendary Adventures (with some additional restrictions depending on who you ask; some people might say SS Blue counts as f2p due to Victory Road, others might say the event freebies don’t count due to being time-limited, etc.)

4 Master Fairs, 2 Poke Fairs, and 3 general pools definitely mean that none of those teams are f2p teams

[sick inlet]

Sonia was there to buff Defenses if you need, Xerneas should buff full Sp.atk and spdef and speed

And potion

Because why not

[minor solstice]

oh i see

[sick inlet]

But you passed so all is good

How did you do with the rest?

[weak sleet]

Is there a good team for Shauntal? I need to use ice for the medal.

These are all the ice types I have.

[mellow linden]

You wanna run Ghetsis, Hala, or Candice as your damage-dealer?

[weak sleet]

And these are the types I have left I need.

[weak sleet]

I was thinking Ghetsis if he is doable for it. But I'm not sure how to build a team around him.

[mellow linden]

You have Sabrina?

[weak sleet]

Yes

[toxic cobalt]

Marley for speed and fire

Sabrina for psychic

Ghetsis for ice

So efficient

[mellow linden]

Ghetsis + Sabrina + a 3rd team member (if you have a Support that buffs Sp. Def. they’d be ideal). Ghetsis uses Noble Roar on center 3 times (make sure you have the Double Drop tile from his grid), Sabrina uses her Trainer Move on Ghetsis twice and Dire Hit All twice (if she doesn’t have her Critical Squad tile Ghetsis will need to use his Trainer Move once), then Ghetsis spams Glaciate and Syncs as needed

If Sabrina has EX she does 1st Sync

[weak sleet]

Is she good to ex? I can ex her.

[mellow linden]

She’s a good EX option, but you won’t need to EX her yet. Depending on your roster and who your favorites are you might have someone who’s higher priority for EX

Since it’s Hard Mode Ghetsis can destroy this fight

[weak sleet]

Can you by chance send the grid for ghetsis and Sabrina? Stuck on mobile and that doc sometimes crashes my phone with masters running.

Oh ghetsis is gridded already

[weak sleet]

Thanks!

[sick inlet]

Updates?

[weak sleet]

Who should I have be the first target? Sabrina or Marley?

[mellow linden]

Sabrina, IMO

And Ghetsis should be 3rd target

[toxic cobalt]

So close to max stamina

[mellow linden]

Wow, that is a lot. Make sure to use that on the numerous events

[weak sleet]

Thanks that is done. Can someone help with the flying one?

[toxic cobalt]

Just fairy now right?

[weak sleet]

Yeah

[mellow linden]

Sycamore + Blue + someone to buff Defense, probably

But depending on your roster there could be better options since Sycamore + Blue would have to wait until 2nd Sync to start dealing big damage

[weak sleet]

These are my flying types

[mellow linden]

Oh, most likely Sycamore + Lysandre + Skyla then, but gimme a sec to make sure

Yeah

Sycamore does 1st Sync, Lysandre uses his Trainer Move twice at the start of the fight, Skyla buffs Defense and heals as needed, Oblivion Wing everything. If you’d prefer to save Skyla for later you can use anyone who buffs Defense in her place

[weak sleet]

Well I only have the final rock one left after this, and I was going to do Hilbert, Bertha, and Olivia to beat that.

[mellow linden]

That’s an excellent team for Alder, yeah. Feel free to go with Skyla here then

[weak sleet]

Should I change target order?

[mellow linden]

That’ll be fine. Skyla and Sycamore can both be tanks, so unless you’re doing Horn Leech strats (which is more a thing for the Sycamore + Hop duo) it’s not gonna matter much, especially on Hard Mode

[weak sleet]

Okay thanks. I'll give this a whirl.

Thanks that did it!

[mellow linden]

Congrats!

[peak stirrup]

Is Shantal viable for offtyping?
Silver/Anni N/SS Morty or toxic stall?

[obtuse hound]

idk why i thought this team would work for 2k, it was suggested and i was told it would destroy

nope!

somebody help please?

even my stall team did better than this just died to sides. and i was told it was terrible lol

[mellow linden]

Wait, why did you use SS Erika's Trainer Move?

[toxic cobalt]

Parameters?

[obtuse hound]

pre-sync, i was told it didn't matter

[toxic cobalt]

How are you on a seven counter at the time of their sync?

[obtuse hound]

i don't know, i was able to sync twice tho

[mellow linden]

1. try post-Sync, it's a lot less demanding, 2) again, why did you use SS Erika's Trainer Move? She doesn't need to do anything other than damage/maybe turn 1 Sunny Day if you'd prefer to have all buffs ready by your 1st Sync

[mellow linden]

Solar Propulsion

[toxic cobalt]

Better than what I had in mind

Also morty needed to use two potions in that time?

[obtuse hound]

yeah liquidation took out half his health before sync

[mellow linden]

Yeah, gonna recommend giving post-Sync a shot

IMO post-Sync is a much friendlier parameter set (heck, I've even pre-Synced using post-Sync parameters sometimes)

[gusty ravine]

i coooould build barry but i may be lazy

ah well, doesnt matter that much, i have a bunch of offtype teams too

[obtuse hound]

all of them are ungridded btw

[minor solstice]

i beat 'em all up, 7.5k clear, now i need to do 2&

[mellow linden]

Oh, well no wonder you had issues. While move level isn't super important, using the grid tiles you have available absolutely is

[sick inlet]

Beautiful. Same teams still kinda should do the trick

[obtuse hound]

what grids would you recommend for the theee?

three

[mellow linden]

What move levels are they?

[obtuse hound]

umm

all 1/5

[mellow linden]

Grab all the available stuff then, stats are always helpful

SS Erika should ideally not even need to touch her Trainer Move; Lyra and SS Morty can cover all buffs themselves, so she can focus on spamming Solar Blade

If you'd like to have SS Morty focus on his Trainer Move instead of starting with Sunny Day you can have SS Erika use it turn 1 before going to Solar Blade

[sick inlet]

Sun needs to set before Morty and Lyra start buffing~

[obtuse hound]

wdym by that?

oh grids im a dumbass

[mellow linden]

Even at 1/5 you have extra stats and move base power (and oftentimes some other nice things) in the grid tiles

[obtuse hound]

i dont need to touch erika?

she just died to sync immediately tho

[mellow linden]

No, get all the grid tiles. She doesn't need to use her Trainer Move, is what I'm saying

Her Trainer move buffs her Attack + crit and give her gradual healing. SS Morty + Lyra buff both those stats for her, and SS Morty provides a good bit of healing himself

So SS Erika only needs to worry about Solar Blade, her Sync, and maybe Sunny Day depending on how quickly you want SS Morty to start buffing via his Trainer move

At most she should only ever need to use it once

[obtuse hound]

@mellow linden i tried but was killed by sides

sync killed erika this time

[mellow linden]

Hmmm

Might have to try a different damage-dealer or double damage-dealer comp (or just offtype depending on preference), because unfortunately I can't accurately test things to help figure out a better method with this team

What other Grass types do you have?

[simple storm]

Put gear on

[mellow linden]

Oh, gear might help, yeah

[obtuse hound]

i could offtype but..idk with who. i can ex someone right now but i want to save who i use

there's no good source of grass gear right now i think

it wouldn't really help

[simple storm]

Any gear

Its free stats

[obtuse hound]

really?

[simple storm]

Yes its free stats

Literally no downside

Only upside

[mellow linden]

As an extra option, if you can get Dauntless on Brendan (and evolve his Treecko) you could double damage-dealer with SS Morty and SS Erika. Erika would actually use her Trainer Move in this case

[obtuse hound]

this good?

[mellow linden]

And yeah, off-type gear just means stats gained are halved. You still get stats

[obtuse hound]

out of cookies

[mellow linden]

Unfortunate

[simple storm]

U didnt grind them out?

[obtuse hound]

unfortunately didnt have time

busy life

but is that okay?

[simple storm]

Yes

[mellow linden]

I mean, you (presumably) have time now and the event is still going, so might be worth taking the time now and handling 2k tomorrow. Can try with what you have now if that's not an option though

[obtuse hound]

the gear i mean

[mellow linden]

This is gonna sound real weird, but are you able to grid Gardenia?

It's fine if not, just trying to think of some out-of-the-box ideas before resorting to off-typing

[tacit matrix]

You could also just EX Morty and call it a day

[mellow linden]

Oh, he isn't EXd

[tacit matrix]

It's one of the best EX support to have in the game anyway that can support multiple teams

[mellow linden]

That is an option if you're willing to do it

Would almost certainly solve the issue

[tacit matrix]

Otherwise yeah double dps with Gardenia / Eirika is a pretty good option

[mellow linden]

I was gonna suggest Gardenia as the only damage-dealer as a 100% "this is likely a dumb idea, but let's see what happens" plan, but smart use of Gardenia's Trainer Move could make up for lack of Sp. Atk. buffs

[tacit matrix]

Even without full Sp.Atk buff she still do some sort of damage that could make him clear np

[mellow linden]

Fair

[tacit matrix]

Also because Lyra in that team is not bad but SS Eirika + Morty set up super fast already

Might as well add another DPS to increase the overall team dps since Morty shouldn't have gauge problems

[dark osprey]

There's also silver which may just cut it

[mellow linden]

Oo, he’d probably work better than Gardenia with expanded grid

[drowsy dune]

can sc rosa do offtype without grass terrain? I don't have ss lyra

[keen jasper]

She still can, her damage is more than capable enough to off-type 2k even with only 1/5

[eternal mist]

yeah that's probably the problem, you are supposed to drag it out a bit by whittling down the sides before sniping the mid just before it syncs

so, dmg the sides if the enemy sync cd isnt at 1. and queue to kill the mid when it is at one. then you will have an easier time killing the sides with 1-2 attacks each. (optimally, you are aiming to kill each of them with 1 attack)

[peak stirrup]

I dunno if that’ll fly, mid had sync q’d up when I killed him
Any later he would have gotten it off

[obtuse hound]

what can he do?

[mellow linden]

SS Morty? In addition to the standard Support EX he’s just really good at supporting multiple damage-dealers

[deft bluff]

What are the pre-sync parameters to be used for 2k CS?

[dark osprey]

Try the ones in the pins

[deft bluff]

Ok bro

Btw, hey Ark!

[next solar]

Suggest a team to beat grimsley in unova challenge hard 1

[keen jasper]

Who are your sun setters?

[next solar]

What is sun setters?

[keen jasper]

The ones that have Sunny Day

[swift swan]

unit that can set sun, either through moves or passives

[keen jasper]

Or yes that

You have Blaine?

[next solar]

Idk how to find that out

[keen jasper]

Filter ----> Known Moves ----> Field Effect Sunny

[next solar]

Blaine ponyta

This one only

[keen jasper]

Yes, but make sure to upgrade them

Brendan is kinda like your best grass-type damage dealer, Silver needs someone to boost Sp. Atk. for him

[next solar]

What Pokemon is silver?

[keen jasper]

Do you have the lucky skill "Dauntless" on Brendan?

[keen jasper]

Ho-Oh

Besides, Silver only has 1 variant

RIP Silver fans

@next solar Do you have Dauntless on Brendan?

[next solar]

No*

I can try

[keen jasper]

If not, then you use Silver with someone to buff Sp. Atk. for him

So, Silver/Blaine/Sp. Atk. buffer

[swift swan]

Lyra & Meganium is a great support for Silver, but I didn't see her

[next solar]

Blaine?

[keen jasper]

Yes, Blaine to set up sun because Silver has multipliers when under sun

[next solar]

Will this work as sp.atk buffer?

[next solar]

I mean which Pokemon 🥲

[keen jasper]

Ponyta

[next solar]

Okay

[keen jasper]

Possible, I mean you're doing hard mode after all

[swift swan]

he can buff his own sp atk on TM if he has the expanded grid

[keen jasper]

Probably didn't play during Johto VA

[swift swan]

worth a try. tank with her

[next solar]

Its my 3rd day in the game

[keen jasper]

See?

[swift swan]

although Grimsley is mainly physical so I think Rosa can get ambushed

[keen jasper]

I mean it's still hard mode

Rosa can still withstand a few of Grimsley's hits

[swift swan]

you need to level up more units if you want to complete all of champion stadium

[next solar]

I've beaten the other 3 already

[keen jasper]

How many types have you done?

Out of 18?

[swift swan]

oh good then

[next solar]

No it only shows 4

And the 5th is champion

[swift swan]

they meant the types that you've used

[keen jasper]

No, what I mean is how many types out of 18 have you completed on the medal?

[next solar]

You mean how many Pokemon types I've used?

[swift swan]

yes

[keen jasper]

Exactly

[swift swan]

there should be an "in progress" bar in the battle screen

[keen jasper]

8/18, impressive

Did you use a same type on one of your battles?

[next solar]

Yes dragon i guess

[keen jasper]

Which reminds me

Classic Giovanni/Silver/Blaine

For Grimsley

[swift swan]

Oh yeah, Rosa is better for Alder because she's specially bulky

[next solar]

I have saved Mewtwo's 20 star up cards too i thought he will be usefull but he isn't as strong

[keen jasper]

Not that Giovanni, the one with Persian

[swift swan]

why? just use it on him

[next solar]

So I should go with that team instead?

Oh

[swift swan]

the Persian Giovanni, not the Mewtwo one

[keen jasper]

Is your Classic Giovanni/Persian 3/5?

[next solar]

Lemme see

[keen jasper]

Also, Classic Giovanni (Persian), Swimsuit Misty and Blue (Arcanine) events have ended

But did you at least get the units?

[swift swan]

oh have they? I didn't realize

[keen jasper]

Yeah they have

[next solar]

I think I don't even have him

[swift swan]

[keen jasper]

Oh RIP, you literally missed 1 free unit

[swift swan]

a great support too

[keen jasper]

Maybe 3 if you haven't gotten Swimsuit Misty and Blue/Arcanine

@next solar Can you show your supports?

[next solar]

Sure

[swift swan]

I think the Rosa/Blaine/Silver team will do fine

[keen jasper]

Right off the bat, I see literally uninvested Sycamore

[swift swan]

then Sycamore/Hop/Giovanni for Alder, should be able to clear

[swift swan]

get your Sycamore to 5/5

[keen jasper]

And you also have Aura Cynthia unless you've used her

[next solar]

I have used her

[keen jasper]

And also 3/5 Aaron

[keen jasper]

Ok

[next solar]

Him too

[next solar]

Can you tell their Pokemon names?

[keen jasper]

Oh ok

[swift swan]

Xerneas, Zamazenta, Mewtwo

[keen jasper]

Sycamore (Xerneas), Hop (Zamazenta) and Giovanni (Mewtwo)

[swift swan]

for Alder. But get Xerneas to 5/5

and grid him if you can. minimal grid is fine, get the Horn Leech Master Healer tiles

[next solar]

Which ones?

[keen jasper]

Get the copies of the unit

[next solar]

These ?

[toxic cobalt]

+legexchange

[frozen depot]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/949078726228987954/966401394825371720/unknown.png

[swift swan]

yes, but you need to get him to at least 3/5 to unlock the full grid

the shop gives you enough to get him to 5/5

[next solar]

Yeah I've done that

[swift swan]

then the tiles here shouldn't be locked anymore

[keen jasper]

Can we see your shop?

The part on the legendary arc units exchange?

[next solar]

I've exchanged everything besides I exchanged those 20level up coupons for 2 of the ones which can be used in anyone

20 of 5

[keen jasper]

Oh you've done it

Oh no....

[next solar]

Not of rayquaza palkia and mewtwo

[keen jasper]

That's because you thought their EX can still be obtained

[next solar]

Yeah and I saw there's those things missing to upgrade them to ex

And they can't be obtained

[keen jasper]

Did you exchange the power up tickets for Xerneas, Zamazenta, Ho-Oh, Solgaleo and Kyurem?

[next solar]

Yeah

[keen jasper]

Oh no....

[swift swan]

.......

[keen jasper]

You made the same mistake as me

[toxic cobalt]

Alright, focus, we’re on challenge mode now

[swift swan]

rip

their 20/20 stats are very valuable

[next solar]

Lol it's okay I got my fav Pokemon to ex

[swift swan]

[swift swan]

yes but sadly CS can't be steamrolled by one or two favorites

[toxic cobalt]

You need five favourites at least

[swift swan]

those free legendary units gain a lot with their 20/20

[toxic cobalt]

Focus please

[next solar]

Ye

[keen jasper]

Ok, ok

[toxic cobalt]

Okay but where are the sycamore dupes?

They can’t be traded away right?

[keen jasper]

Yeah, unit dupes can't at least be traded

[swift swan]

are they done with Grimsley? is this on to Alder now?

[next solar]

I've exchanged them

Now*

[next solar]

The champion needs another Pokemon types too?

[swift swan]

preferably, yes

[next solar]

I thought I can use anyonekf my choice on him

[swift swan]

you can choose anyone, but preferably you use a type that you haven't used yet

so next week you don't have to fill in as much types

[next solar]

Wym?

That the ones i used on champion I can't use next week?

[swift swan]

the goal for Hard Mode is to complete all 18 types of this

so next week you still need to use the remaining types you haven't used yet, to unlock Champion Stadium Master Mode

completing all 18 types requires at least 2 weeks. so if this week you use as many types as possible, next week you don't need to force yourself to use as many types

like, you don't have to carry too many underused and weak types

like poison

[next solar]

Okay so you mean I won't be able to use the ones ive used now on next week?

[next solar]

So I'm using this to beat grimsley now right? I need to level up xerneas

[keen jasper]

No, that's for Alder

What I recommend is Rosa (Serperior)/Silver (Ho-Oh)/Blaine (Ponyta)

Against Grimsley

[next solar]

So i need to lvl up 3 Pokemons

Will 120 work?

[tribal agate]

Yes it's more than enough

120 is the average you want for your roster

[next solar]

Okay

[swift swan]

You can. You're just not obligated to use that type anymore

It's no longer a necessity

[next solar]

So I'll just use the same teams again to beat the next week

Will it be possible?

[swift swan]

The type weaknesses will rotate

[next solar]

Ive beaten them without weakness

[swift swan]

And if you don't use any new types, you can't unlock Master Mode that week

[next solar]

Okay so i have one more week I'll level up others as well

[swift swan]

Next week they'll come with different teams and different movesets. You might need to change some units, depending on the stage's gimmick. Although Unova is pretty easy

[next solar]

Currently I have 5 teams

[swift swan]

Yup, so for now focus on beating Grimsley and then Alder

You have the rest of the week to level up others to 120

[next solar]

Why is this guy using soo much material to level up or is it just me?

[keen jasper]

Because legendary arc units are very expensive to upgrade

[next solar]

Will he be fine at 115?

[keen jasper]

Yeah