Champion Stadium

[subtle forge]

Give him a try

[simple storm]

He is too slow eats my gauge

Falkner dodge

[zealous karma]

Anyone want to Throw me some challenge run ideas I’m having a lot of fun playing rn

[plucky pewter]

Welp got my Kanto medal done. Will start trying MM during work breaks 😅

[digital mauve]

Any shot of 2k against Blue with this team?

Skeptical given no EX or sync grids. Just trying to figure out before I invest

Alternative option.

[toxic cobalt]

Pretty sure SC Hilda can defeat Blue

Can't conceive she can't

[zealous karma]

You could run SCHilda alongside Olivia

[digital mauve]

I was figuring SC Hilda with the support Defense Lowering would help with damage and gauges

I think I’m out of EX supports unfortunately

So a little worried about having enough damage to punch through.

[toxic cobalt]

EX isnt' a thing you need

Best not to worry about EX

[digital mauve]

Hmm

[toxic cobalt]

Man I haven't looked at SC Hilda for awhile. A four bar aoe.

Busted.

Replace Kukui with a spdef buffer I reckon. He's not needed.

[digital mauve]

Okay I’ll give that a try. Can use like Skyla or something.

[toxic cobalt]

No she is a normal defence buffer

Misty is a good choice

[swift swan]

spin a wheel with all 9 regions on it (Pasio included) and whichever region it lands on, you have to use a unit from that region (MC is included on Pasio)

[toxic cobalt]

Beat Blue with supports only

In fact beat Blue with these supports only please

[swift swan]

I know some of those supports can be strikers... but not sure if offtype

[toxic cobalt]

Roxannnnnnnnne be better

I mean I love her but she cannot strike

[swift swan]

ancient power DPS

hell Roxanne can't even tank for long

if only she had better HP

[zealous karma]

I’ll do both of these thanks!

[swift swan]

have fun

[zealous karma]

Also what is November 9th is that your birthday cause if so it’s mine as well

[swift swan]

it is!

[zealous karma]

Oh wow rare ti find something with your own birthday lel 🦑

[summer flare]

Gladion really feels like an worthy investment

I think that's the second time I used him for 10k csmm

[zealous karma]

He’s super useful really early on

I sadly didn’t get him until like johtrio banners and I started replaying during ssleok banner

I have a fav for every type rn

[cosmic vortex]

I used my schilda with no support ex, just regirock and cobalion and it works...could work much easier if I didn't use wrong grid

[cosmic vortex]

Already 144/150 him...he is useful for old cs like this kanto...iirc last time i used him for sinnoh or hoenn cs, he doesn't work well much

But probably with the new type rebuff thing, he will work much better in the future like for fire weak and pair him with gordie for fire type rebuff

Might be good if we get more rebuff later down the line as he can be every type

[trail smelt]

Last week my mono rock team was Kukui/Hildiancie/MReg and it beat Blue much easier than this week’s Eggtops/Olivia/Roxanne

[full mesa]

I have fun with him both in MM and LG

[meager agate]

https://clips.twitch.tv/BlightedConfidentPorcupinePeanutButterJellyTime-SsbZTJwWTg9AHG1n

another goated run ruined by RNGesus

[plucky pewter]

SC Rosa and SS Erika don't want to be paired together do they? It'd be one or the other as damage dealer correct?

[toxic cobalt]

Does SC Rosa want sun? If so you can run SS Erika as the sun setter and secondary damage dealer, speed allowing.

[plucky pewter]

Thought so. Rosa doesn't want sun.

[keen jasper]

Can the additional effects round parameter affect the additional effects from grid nodes?

I wanna try Cold Snap Glaciate on Ghetsis

[old orchid]

sadly no

it only boosts innate addition effects

[keen jasper]

Well damn, was hoping I can freeze hax Agatha

[plucky pewter]

Noice SS leaf, SS Erika and sc Jasmine got it done

I honestly feel I may have to off type most the rest of this week though.
Also likely I am just purely underestimating my units and effectiveness 😂

[boreal rose]

I was bored so i made teams for next week

Are they good?

(in Koga team think of Iris as FIris)

[toxic cobalt]

Ghetsis for ice and then Hop and Slowgaleo for Steel

[keen jasper]

LMFAO, Agatha just killed herself with her own TM

[plucky pewter]

Actually that simple? Man I'm out here thinking mine wouldn't be enough 😂

[toxic cobalt]

Pretty simple!

[plucky pewter]

I feel like a goof haha

[toxic cobalt]

Hop and Solgaleo is even a bit overkill

[keen jasper]

I did mono steel with Jasmine, Hop and Gloria

[plucky pewter]

Ahh well mine have no grid so that'll be the challenge part

[toxic cobalt]

Ungridded Hop?

[plucky pewter]

Ungridded hop and Ghetsus

Actually instead of Ghetsis I might give holiday Leon a run

[plush tangle]

Ghetsus

[swift swan]

Ungridded Ghetsis is kinda shit ngl

[plucky pewter]

Haven't had a need for him to be Gridded till now 😅

[swift swan]

He's still the only ice damage dealer I ever use

I don't like Candice much

[keen jasper]

When will we ever get DD Articuno?

I'm gonna try to monotype next week

But only good ghost-type DD is Morty

[dark osprey]

Agatha has extra bulk this week CS right? was wondering why Candice wasn't able to nuke without the SEUN

[toxic cobalt]

All I know is she hits far too hard

[formal vigil]

Agatha does have like 23k base hp

[toxic cobalt]

Probably to account for her post sync tm

[rose ermine]

Agatha had extra bulk?

Huh

Well Pryce still wiped so I'm fine

[swift swan]

23k base HP in Kanto CS? gasp

[rose ermine]

My poor man bruno got wiped this week

[swift swan]

meanwhile in Hoenn 23k HP feels easy among the shitload of stages with 29k HP

[rose ermine]

He lost 3/4 of his health and both his teamates to a pre sync AEROBLAST

[swift swan]

Bruno always gets rekt

[rose ermine]

Oh nice dragon weak next week

Chance to test out new ex lisia

[tired sleet]

Too lazy to do 2k this time

[onyx ice]

Yes ended up using the other Candice

[summer flare]

There is a way for gladion to go from below average to arguably busted, with it. If he gets a power boost that allows him to reduce enemy type rebuff when he transforms, that could put him on the map. For this week, however, he was my flying carry, because I dislike how zinnia plays and I felt like the tech nuke made the fight much easier to navigate, compared to blue

[dark osprey]

Ah. Candice Abom did almost ohko. Just needed one hammer from Hala after that

[crimson wolf]

How can I beat Bruno? He just one hit kill me after one sync attack.

[toxic cobalt]

Not letting him sync

[swift swan]

kill him before he gets to sync

[keen jasper]

Or by lowering his attack and increasing your defense

[swift swan]

Impervious says hi

buffing your defense + Reflect is probably your best shot if you can't presync

and like bring tons of healers

[keen jasper]

Oh yeah, forgot about that

But yeah, increase your team's defense against Bruno since he's mainly physical

[toxic cobalt]

Impervious this week

Oh Nov has already gotten that

[manic mica]

Trying to 2v3 this week. Who can be a great partner for zerena

I dont have lucas.

[lunar meadow]

Speed.
She needs speed.

Arcanine, Swanna, Rachel, or egg Ekans/Sandshrew/Horsea I think

[summer flare]

My Bruno team was relatively accessible

Skyla and swanna, Gio and Persian, then gladion

Gladion was 3/5 EX with super powered, but there are plenty of better flying pairs than him, right?

So defense and a mildly competent damage dealer should be enough for him. It was 2k presync

[gaunt sentinel]

I got Bruno and Lance done so I’m stuck on Lorelei and Agatha rn, trying to save Ash for Blue since he can just nuke that stage

[summer flare]

So, for Lorelei, I did round 1 with SS Erika, SS lyra and Hop, who was there just to tank until I finished setting up, given lyra was going to do some heavy numbers, while permanent sun made things easy for Erika. For round 3 I don't know what you could use

[gaunt sentinel]

I mean I don’t have Lyra

[summer flare]

Agatha had ghetsis, Roxanne and SS blue, but SS blue was there just to help max crit and SSA Cynthia can easily replace him

[gaunt sentinel]

I’ll try restart then and use some sort of setup with Erika for Lorelei I guess

[summer flare]

Wait

What about ssteven?

He should be nearly as strong as ash, shouldn't he?

[gaunt sentinel]

He’s only 1/5 is that good enough for anything?

For like type neutral obv know he’s good

[summer flare]

Ssteven is a monster

Is yours EX?

That's really all he'll ever need

1/5 ash is already disgustingly strong

And I believe ssteven to be similar

[gaunt sentinel]

I can ex him

[summer flare]

Yeah, he likely has the best EX value among damage dealers in the game

Because him, being a tech, gets 1,5x damage on his sync move, but deoxys attack gives his nuke striker EX

So he has both

He really should be enough

[gaunt sentinel]

I'll try Volkner with him

not volkenr Falkner

I consistently mess those up

[summer flare]

Oh

[gaunt sentinel]

ok yeah SSteven sweep

I was too spoiled by 3/5 Ash and Red forgot he's goated

[gaunt sentinel]

what grid for Ghetsis?

[summer flare]

I picked overpower, pecking order, noble roar double drop and all 4 sync nodes

I spammed noble roar pre-first sync while his allies buffed him

Then past sync I spam glaciate

[gaunt sentinel]

so post sync conditions then

[summer flare]

I think so, don't remember if I flipped parameters around for him

[full mesa]

Ι used Sycamore/Ghetsis/crit buffer. Spam noble roar until -6, then Glaciate. Sycamore can tank more than enough.

[gaunt sentinel]

yeah used Cynthia Ghetsis and Roxanne

[full mesa]

Garchomp?

[gaunt sentinel]

Lucario

now Ash should destroy Blue

[full mesa]

SSACynthia. Ok.

Ι did Blue with Volkner/SSTRedEx/Ash and more chance to proc secondary effects.

[gaunt sentinel]

surge volkner and ash swept

3/5 150 ex Ash is a bit overkill

with max electric gear lol

[peak stirrup]

Who would be good to pair with Ghestsis round 4 Agatha with Cold Snap grid?

[gaunt sentinel]

well I just did it so I used Roxanne and SSA Cynthia

no reason to limit to Cold Snap

[peak stirrup]

Skipped Cynthia

[gaunt sentinel]

you just need a tank in her slot mostly

[peak stirrup]

Well round 4 is extra effects so I thought more freeze

[gaunt sentinel]

that's buffing the sp def of the team

[peak stirrup]

The only ones I can think of are Salamance and Starmie
There are others for sure

[dark osprey]

Sycamore

[dusk zenith]

first summonable unit in pm im pretty sure

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/763553431385931790/807176675800383508/image0.gif

[digital mauve]

Man blue pidge or giving me problems. Running 1/5 SCHilda, Elio/Primarina, and Skyla Swanna.

[austere quest]

Does Elio raise SpDef?

Yeah he does, so you should be fine

Are they all gridded?

[rain briar]

Considering attempting a Master Mode run for this Stadium since I’m in dire need of materials. Any good suggestions for point set-ups for this rotation? I’m not attempting to go all in, probably just to 4.2k to get the Spirits.

[austere quest]

Check Pins

I think they have the backbone pinned for it

[manic mica]

Quick question

[austere quest]

Shoot

[austere quest]

Also technically you should be doing MM every time you are able

[manic mica]

Is it good to sync with my support and then sync with my main damage dealer if i use the post sync parameters or im i just wasting a sync

[digital mauve]

Skyla grided. Elio is not. working on Hilda though 1/5 doesn’t seem to add much.

[manic mica]

Im asking this because im doing 2vs3 + offtype this week

Because i feel like it lol

[rain briar]

Like I know I should have, I was just getting back into the groove of the game for a bit so I kinda left it alone when I got back to it after my hiatus

[manic mica]

Struggling here lugia is so frail

[manic mica]

Pls

[zealous karma]

Your Ethan doesn’t wipe with sync do you have a different supoort thay you could use instead of sonia here?

[austere quest]

Technically yes but it can depend like Mega Tax is a thing

Generally it’s good to use your Support Sync first because it doubles the Sync Boost, if EX’d

[austere quest]

Why no Third?

[austere quest]

Fair

[austere quest]

Should be fine honestly

I did it with SC Hilda 1/5-Misty 2/5-Hilbert 2/5; no EXs

[digital mauve]

Do we know what the CSMM will be for next week? Looking to start prepping teams.

[sick stump]

the types for next week are in the pins :)

specifically, week 112 (Oct 17 - Oct 23) is next week's types

don't be afraid to reach out here if you need help building any of those teams!

[austere quest]

Yup

Pins contain this month CS and the parameters typically used for points in MM

[main crow]

Got bored so doing some advance team building for next week, hopefully I could get Cyrus boost before the refresh hits

[full mesa]

Or you can wait and do the MM on a later date after the refresh.

[swift swan]

Looks good, but just remember Fighting-weak Lorelei is the one with a shit ton of evasion. Wally's Focus Blast gonna be looking more like Focus Miss

[main crow]

Lillie support it is then

[fringe valve]

How much hp does agatha have?

[swift swan]

23k base

[hidden ore]

Haven’t been doing MM, now got motivation to do so and Ash is crazy

Used him against Lorelei

Who’s the hardest in this Stadium?

[toxic cobalt]

This week? Probably Bruno

[swift swan]

I'd say Agatha if you fight her on the wrong round

[manic mica]

for next week

is plumeria 2/5 better than bulba for poison dps?

[hidden ore]

Round 2 okay?

[swift swan]

Phys damage reduction? Sure, it'll just make it hard to quadqueue

[main crow]

Why is it always the ghost types that are unnecessarily bulky lol

[hidden ore]

I’m thinking of post sync + using Renegade Cynthia against her

Cynthia + PoltLillie and some filler

[formal vigil]

No

[manic mica]

noted

welp if 2k blue gives me trouble i always have ash+red as a failsafe

[hidden ore]

Now done

It wasn’t as scary as I thought

Morty is my new fav ghost now

Now plan is:

• Zerena for Lance
• ssSteven for Bruno

Maybe Red for Blue

[manic mica]

zerena is auto win id assume

[fringe valve]

Zerena is auto win against any non wise entry stage

[hidden ore]

Who has wise entry?

[fringe valve]

Nobody this week

[hidden ore]

Deoxys good plan for Bruno?

[fringe valve]

Sure

[hidden ore]

Going to use support + anni May plus Deoxys

Should be overkill?

[fringe valve]

Very much so

Even without may, steven is overkill

[manic mica]

is my lorelei team alright? i heard she has ton of evasion

[fringe valve]

Just use a unit with piercing gaze

Like zerena for example

Or SS red

[eternal lodge]

Prepared for next week

[fringe valve]

I think I use these teams the most

Probably overkill for next week too

[swift swan]

This should presync just fine

[hidden ore]

I did post sync
But this team did good job

There’s nothing after 10k?

[tired sleet]

Nope

[hidden ore]

Now I wish they expand it somehow

With rewards

I did reset thinking something would show after beating champion

[swift swan]

I'm fine with 10k being the limit. I just wish I could do MM more than once a week and still get the rewards

[onyx ice]

Even if it's something like, the 1st time you use multi attack

[onyx ice]

Not even 5/5

[manic mica]

zamn

[onyx ice]

Best poison DPS so far should be SS Giovanni

Allister i guess is one of the better poison types

Koga is a good pick with good enough teammates

[swift swan]

Koga has a nice nuke. not so much with DPS though

[full mesa]

Poison weak stages are usually more susceptible to poison stall too. Keep it in mind.

Not this one tho.

[peak stirrup]

Any suggestions for round 4 Agatha? Used Hala SS Blue and Bugsy Scyther and didn’t seem to get much of anywhere
Everyone 3/5 or above

[toxic cobalt]

That feels like it should work.

Where are you going wrong?

[plush tangle]

feels like it should destroy her

[peak stirrup]

Well I’m very bad at quadqueing and I sync with Blue first

[toxic cobalt]

How close do you get?

[keen jasper]

You can just kill her by making her 25% HP and below after she syncs

[peak stirrup]

So post sync parameters?

[peak stirrup]

Maybe 20% and she wipes my team with sync

[toxic cobalt]

Something feels wrong there

[keen jasper]

?

[toxic cobalt]

20% with Hala? Weird.

Are you getting to +3 crit?

And triple queueing ?

[keen jasper]

And does he have SEUN?

[peak stirrup]

Yes, 2 from himself and 1 from Bugsy TM

[peak stirrup]

Yes

[peak stirrup]

I was running standard build, not the one with that on his TM

[peak stirrup]

I was running pre sync parameters but she wipes my team with her sync so should I try post sync parameters?

[keen jasper]

That was actually referring to @toxic cobalt

[peak stirrup]

I see. But also I wasn’t running the SE Up build because I’m using SDE 2 on my build

[hidden ore]

What pairs left do you have?

I recommend post sync

[keen jasper]

It's very funny how Agatha kills herself with her own TM after she syncs

[hidden ore]

Yes 😂

And tm name is even more funny:
Run Along Now

[peak stirrup]

With post sync parameters Hala still died with +4 defense

[peak stirrup]

In terms of strikers or supports?

[mellow linden]

Against Agatha? If so, makes sense because Agatha's Sync is special

So you'd need Sp. Def.

[lunar meadow]

She's such a ghost specialist, she wants her Pokemon to be doubleghost

[peak stirrup]

What tank provides Blue’s survivability and up Sp. Def?
I can’t use a buffer as the second because then I would lose the defense debuff and move gauge acceleration

[mellow linden]

SS Blue gives gauge acceleration (can re-grid to remove Pep Rally if you don't want the Speed buffs) and while slow can buff Sp. Def. via Force Field. What team are you running, though?

[digital mauve]

For Agatha CS and with Hala as your DPS, I think you want a tank that provides SPDef and Crit. The two that come to mind are Melony or SC Jasmin. If you go with either of those, you can max out Hala and have an open slot for speed/debuffs or more realistically heals.

[mellow linden]

If all else fails there's always just running a Ghetsis team

[keen silo]

Blue for me

[swift swan]

lmaooo I forgot about Sync Cure Blue

[peak stirrup]

Who would I run with him?
No Anni N

I wanted to do a Cold Snap build with Pryce but that seems too gimmicky

[keen jasper]

Just use Noble Roar to debuff and have someone to buff his stats for him

[peak stirrup]

He needs Sp Atk and crit?

[keen jasper]

Yes

[mellow linden]

Ideally someone to help with gauge as well because Glaciate is a 4-bar move

[peak stirrup]

Maybe SS Blue and Sabrina with him?

[mellow linden]

Could do that, could save SS Blue for elsewhere and try Skyla instead

I personally have run SS Elesa + Ghetsis + Skyla a good amount of times

[peak stirrup]

I don’t need SS Blue, I’m on round 4 and I’m using Hilbert/Acerola/EX Olivia on the champ

[mellow linden]

Fair enough. I'd still recommend keeping Skyla in mind in case you need more healing, she's really good

[peak stirrup]

I actually already used Skyla vs Bruno as well

[mellow linden]

Ah

[peak stirrup]

Kyruem sync hit 3k? I think my game is broken, I’ll try again

[mellow linden]

Is Ghetsis gridded, did the Sync crit, and did you debuff with Noble Roar?

[peak stirrup]

Yes, yes, and yes

[mellow linden]

Should be doing quite a bit more than that, then

[peak stirrup]

Dire hit, x def, noble roar
Dire hit, x def, noble roar,
Sixth sense, to the top, noble roar
Sync

[frosty axle]

Sync work with speed is it gridded for pecking order?

[peak stirrup]

Pecking and overpower

[frosty axle]

then it should do more than 3k if debuffed

are you using defensive parameters

[peak stirrup]

No, presync

[frosty axle]

then it should hit hard

[peak stirrup]

Except I took Atk +3 so I could take off no stat reduction

[frosty axle]

anyway Ghetsis works better post sync its about stalling more

[mellow linden]

Try EX Support Sync 1st so Ghetsis can be at +6 Sp. Atk. by the time he Syncs

[frosty axle]

you would probably want to use Abomasnow for a quick win and sync nuke

[peak stirrup]

I’ve had zero luck with that sync
It’s never worked for me

I’m almost ready to try blizzard Lusamine

[frosty axle]

With Abomasnow?

[peak stirrup]

Yes

[frosty axle]

you want Hail up just before you sync for guaranteed crit

[peak stirrup]

And I do, and I get +6 speed

[mellow linden]

Trainer Move Super Preparation?

[frosty axle]

shouldn't need that all all

never do in my videos

[peak stirrup]

It’s an inertia Nuke

[mellow linden]

Fair Enough

[full mesa]

And here I was, planning to poison stall and have am easy time for once. Need to work on an off-type team base on the field parameters.

[frosty axle]

with full attack right?

What I use

[peak stirrup]

Only 3 from TM

[mellow linden]

Not fully buffing your offenses and expecting to do absurd damage is a recipe for disaster

[full mesa]

And she deals all these damage with only one sync tile. Hidden gem.

[frosty axle]

Ye very high damage

heres my Stadium thread took a while to find in this new discord forum https://discord.com/channels/583120259708616715/1026479104259801158

[full mesa]

Does reflect and such work on Sync moves?

[peak stirrup]

I can’t send video, too large file size

[frosty axle]

I can't remember but want to say no

[mellow linden]

Reflect reduces damage from Syncs

As long as the Sync doesn't crit

[frosty axle]

have to upload it on youtube or something

[full mesa]

So, is it useless to run crit shield against next week's Bruno?

[frosty axle]

crit shield?

[full mesa]

Yea

[frosty axle]

or do you mean Reflect

well if you want to use them together

[full mesa]

Not together. Only the crit shield

[peak stirrup]

https://youtu.be/g_RqcLgMPCw

[frosty axle]

Don't think he buffs crit anyway

[full mesa]

It's after sync. No need to alarm.

[frosty axle]

I will watch when better quality is available

[peak stirrup]

I uploaded from my phone. I don’t even know how to up the quality on videos.

[frosty axle]

youtube does it automatically

just takes time

[peak stirrup]

Okay, guess I’ll just offtype while I wait.

[frosty axle]

You didn't queue up moves on when using Kyurem sync and did extra move on Alakazam was it on purpose?

also I saw 8600 sync damage which is good

[manic mica]

I have. Should i show you my supports ?

[manic mica]

Because i want to try and 2v2 this week

[peak stirrup]

Yeah on purpose

[peak stirrup]

It wasn’t even half
On the champ Olivia drilled pidgeot for over 75% of his health with her sync

[formal vigil]

Maybe falkner I instead of sonia extra master passive buff plus flinch also activates theme skills and buffs special attack and crit

[frosty axle]

it's because you need to also lower their speed to -6 for full sync damage

second sync would have done a lot more if crit

[peak stirrup]

I guess I have to pull for ice Leon when he comes back around

[manic mica]

my falkner is 1/5 non exed

[mellow linden]

Ghetsis, Candice, and Hala are more than sufficient for Ice weak content

[manic mica]

I was actually planning on exing him this week

[full mesa]

Not really. If you build and learn how to use Candice, Ghetsis and BPCandice, you're good.

[manic mica]

But idk if its worth at 1/5

[formal vigil]

Not really

[mellow linden]

True, BP Candice exists as well

[peak stirrup]

I want to play for fun.
Trying the same fight 15 times for perfect RNG isn’t fun.

[mellow linden]

Doesn't need much if any RNG beyond an MP Refresh at the start

[full mesa]

Ιf you want fun, you don't need to try more than 1.5k per fight. 10k is just for self challenge.

[frosty axle]

The team you used doesn't need RNG just needs to survive sync and everything dies

[stoic vine]

Giving the champion stadium another go from a better place resource wise. What would be a good team to use against the elite 4 and Blue. Here's everyone I have. Most are ungridded but I have the ability to grid them. The free legends are availible too, I just haven't unlocked some

[keen jasper]

You still haven't obtained Cyrus's EX yet?

[stoic vine]

Not yet but I'm working on it

Took a small break, gotta get the legendary spirits

[lunar meadow]

@stoic vine
Are you attempting Master Mode, or just beating hard mode still?

[stoic vine]

Hard mode still

[lunar meadow]

Have you completed Kanto CS before, or not? (Just wondering if you have any medal progress)

@stoic vine
At work, trying to outline but it's hard reading walls of units unorganized ☠️

Grass:
Dmg - Tsareena
Crit buff - Dusknoir
Healer - Hariyama

Flying:
Dmg - Pidgeot
Buff and sync accel - Rotom
Tank and Debuff - Masquerain

Ice:
Dmg - Kyurem
Buff and heal - Alakazam
(maybe def or speed buff)

Steel:
Tank - Zamazenta
Dmg - Redzard
Buff speed and satk - Probopass

Rock:
Offtype dmg - Ashchu
Tank - Xerneas
(ground or dark filler for medal)

Still need:
ground/dark, normal, water, poison, dragon

Next week weaknesses:
water, fighting, poison, ghost, dragon. Your ghost and fighting option are weak and might be off-typed. (Mewtwo is a good ghost type, and Silvally might work for fighting)

[stoic vine]

I have no medal progress and sorry I'll reorganize them if you need @lunar meadow

[zealous karma]

Yes

[summer flare]

Which kinds of teammates go well with Koga? I really wanna try always doing 10k CSmm on type, from now on, but he's my only poison pair besides gladion

Which also brings the question as to which one of the two is better

[formal vigil]

koga nukes harder though gladion has higher dps

whichever you prefer for supports he like those who can buff special attack and crit

[lunar meadow]

When Koga gets his EX, you won't have to ask that question 😉

Koga sync nuke is really good for Non-EX

[formal vigil]

and someone who can buff evasion or poison

[summer flare]

The only consistent evasion buffer I can think of is misty

[formal vigil]

there is alo ny lilie if you have her

[summer flare]

Spa and crit has Sabrina and SS Kris for me

I started playing too late to have ny lillie

Was during the SS Kris banner, too

[formal vigil]

do you have ss leaf by any chance?

[lunar meadow]

BP Janine and Crobat exists to support Koga and Crobat.

[summer flare]

SS Kris and SS lyra were my picks instead of the kantrio, so no

I wish I had

[formal vigil]

oh alright then ss kris/sabrina and misty is a good team for koga

[summer flare]

She is likely my actual fave between the 3, but I went meta and picked the least favourite in blastoise

I still feel tempted to go for SS red

[lunar meadow]

@stoic vine
I kept editing this one message... This is an outline to help you get started and try to diversify types to work on the medal, for a 2 week unlock.

[manic mica]

Can this team beat agatha

Trying to 2vs2

Candice have the ex unlocked BUT i dont have enough champion spirits

I tried.

Any idea why the damage are not showing

[zealous karma]

With amazing freeze rng magbe

💀

HoliLeon can duo ice if you have him hala Ex can too

[manic mica]

My hala is 2/5

[zealous karma]

Rip

[manic mica]

I guess no 2v2 for this one

[bright furnace]

yeah...if you don't have holiday leon...prob not happening unless you wanna off-type for a 2v3

[manic mica]

I think my candice is broken

Her Sync Nuke is not as impressive as i got told

[bright furnace]

non EX candice needs some help

[lunar meadow]

I don't see EX

[manic mica]

I spend the pu

Not enough spirits tho

[bright furnace]

you're going to be tearing your hair out without EX candice

you trying 3s right?

[manic mica]

I gave up on type

I'll use a stall team

[bright furnace]

a 2v3 stall???

[manic mica]

Yes i'll try

If its not working then i'll just do a 3v3

That's the stall team

[austere quest]

Good Stall Team probably

Unfortunately no Janine or Debuffer

But he might be able to out heal

[manic mica]

Did not manage to take the W

[stoic vine]

@lunar meadow teams I've got made

[manic mica]

Once sycamore die

She cant heal enough

[lunar meadow]

I think you should see success.

Your grass team is definitely the riskiest, with only 1/5 Tsareena. The other 4 teams I have confidence in

But for hard mode, it should be ok

[stoic vine]

I've got to grid them and get more level items but other than that they're set

[lunar meadow]

Don't worry about move levels beyond the Legendary Event ones I recommended and you'd been missing (Xerneas and Kyurem).

I accounted for the gacha unit's move levels

[manic mica]

What's a good 2v3 team for ss steven

Units i already used
Ss lyra and Aaron
Ss ethan and Falkner

[eternal mist]

Is Steven tanking or nuking

[manic mica]

Nuke

[stoic vine]

Lance is done, onto the next

[trail smelt]

Could bring Bianca

[zealous karma]

Glad you go Ethan finished

[stoic vine]

Currently the flying team above isn't working

[zealous karma]

Replace Viola with an ex support

[zealous karma]

^

[stoic vine]

Can do!

[manic mica]

Dies quicly and if i use the attack form the gauge is painfully slow

[manic mica]

I hate agatha

Cant 2v2 her

[toxic cobalt]

Sycamore and Mespirit on round 1

[manic mica]

Im round 4.

[swift swan]

flinch galore then?

[plucky pewter]

Hmm I can't see to get used to Ghetsis and how to utilise him best

[full mesa]

Noble roar to -6 att/spa. Glaciate to drop speed. Use other units to buff him. Also needs 2 support with lots of speed. His grid helps with damage the lower you opponents stats are.

[keen jasper]

And he has multipliers from lowered offensive stats too

[plucky pewter]

Yeah I been trying that. Have had SS morty and then alternating other supports to boost sp atk for glaciate.
Just haven't found the right combination

I'll have to double check with grid set up I've got activate actually

[lunar meadow]

How is the run going?

[placid forum]

Is a CSMM 10k solo with Hop possible?

Asking generally, I'm not so sure it's very possible this week, but wondering if there's anyone who knows / another week where it is

[swift swan]

I'm pretty sure I've seen Hop solo Grimsley at 2k

steel-weak

but the youtube video title wasn't in english so I'm not sure if I can find it again

[stoic vine]

Had to take a break. Don't really have any EX Supports or know which one to EX

@lunar meadow

But I did beat Lance and Agatha. Didn't try Lorelei yet and Bruno just kept destroying my team

[lunar meadow]

Bruno might be easier to bring Swanna/Granbull to.

Bruno is almost exclusively physical attacks, so using "charm" to lower his attack and a defense boost to raise your defense can work

Lorelai with only Tsareena as your grass type damage was the one I was most worried about

[swift swan]

this week Bruno has impervious

he really said "no debuffs"

[spring fable]

same!

i found bruno the easiest

lorelei and blue the hardest

[austere quest]

Wild

I don’t think any of them were hard this week, at least for me in particular

I Ontyped Lorelei and Blue and had no issues

[austere quest]

What Support EX do you have access to?

[manic mica]

Anyone know how a good 2v3 poison stall

[keen jasper]

BP Janine and SS Leaf?

[manic mica]

I can try that

Should i use the grids in #1009587872342478908

[keen jasper]

Not sure

I think you just better pray on BP Janine's MP refresh on her TM

[eternal mist]

Are there any hard stages in next week's CSMM

[full mesa]

It's Kanto. Nothing is hard. Just trial and error if you feel lost. With that said,
Champion has sync status effect heal.
Agatha might be tricky since no good f2p ghost types.
Lorelei has evasion shenanigans.

[eternal mist]

Ty

Mewtwo is a decent ghost for me I guess

[lunar meadow]

How rude.
That used to be how I did him 1500 every week lol

Hopefully Dolan gets a team working

[full mesa]

This week I used SkylaEx/Nate/SCLillie for Bruno. If Nate crits with sync, everything is ok.

[manic mica]

Ok so i did all 2v2 until agatha and blue (wanted to overkill blue)

[stoic vine]

@lunar meadow all the supports I could possibly EX. Leaning towards Dawn for the Defense All

[mellow linden]

If you have a favorite they take priority, but honestly I’d recommend Kiawe as an option if you use him with enough frequency

3/5 Kiawe’s pretty darn good

[stoic vine]

I was also thinking about him but I use Dawn quite a bit. Plus she'd be good for soaking up damage

[mellow linden]

Dawn is a great tank, yeah

[lunar meadow]

Meganium, Torterra, and Rotom are not bad choices.

Samurott is also good but he wants his 3/5 before he gets used much.

Specifically for right now against Bruno, if you need def boosts to survive his sync and the ex support buff, dawn is still ok at 1/5

I use Alolan Marowak a lot as well. One of my favorite offensive supports, even though his offensive buffing isn't super strong.

Great for BV

[stoic vine]

I think Rotom is currently already in the list to use for that fight. I'm gonna experiment around using Alolan Marowak before I decide. I haven't really used him all that much

[lunar meadow]

Alolan Marowak is best used with physically offensive allies that might need help with speed buffs, but buff their own attack to +4 easily

[mellow linden]

Kiawe at 3/5 basically trades potency for versatility. He isn’t the fastest or most potent at what he does, but he does a lot of stuff

Corrected “efficiency” to “versatility” there because that’s what I intended to say

[lunar meadow]

Heals, tops off crit or satk buffs, speed and move gauge.

He's missing defensive buffs, but has great bulk for not having buffs

[mellow linden]

At 3/5 he has Wise Entry too

[lunar meadow]

He shouldn't be doing all the buffing, though

He's good at topping off an ally that can do +2 to their stat twice, then he gets them to +6

[sharp leaf]

Hey, does anyone have any general tips or advice for master mode? It would be appreciated! I just unlocked it this week and I don't really know what I'm doing. Not sure which modifiers to pick

(I hope this is the right place to ask)

[mellow linden]

There’s some recommended parameters in the pins. Generally if you’re new to Master Mode it’s recommended to go for 850 points per stage (4250 total) since that’ll get you all the most important rewards

[lunar meadow]

As cobalt said, it's smart to work towards 4200 as your first goal and not get overwhelmed by trying to shoot for the full 10k.

When picking parameters, the pins of this channel has good outlines. Basically there are three strategies:

1. Pre-sync - Use something powerful and kill the enemy before they use a sync move. Typically requires a strong striker with super effective damage. For this, you give the opponent maximum offense boosts because you plan to kill them before it matters.

2. Toxic Stall - You give the enemy maximum health and defense, and then win just by outlasting them against "badly poison" status. Badly Poison damage stacks up over time, but it's recommended to also Debuff the enemies using something like Ariados or EggNidoqueen and the move "venom drench".

3. Balanced - With this, you give the enemy a lot of +strength modifiers. The enemy will typically get one sync move off, but you should probably win before their second. This is the best strategy if you don't have a "super effective" damage dealer.

Do NOT give the enemy "immune to crit", unless doing toxic stall.

Also, pay attention to the order in which you do the fights. There's a fight modifier based on what order you do the fights in, so plan ahead of time to do what's best for your teams.

[swift swan]

Giovanni never failed me with Kanto ghost stages

[toxic cobalt]

Not sure Giovanni can fail

Oooh is it sync cure Blue next week?

[swift swan]

yup

I remember being so pissed at that petty sync cure lol

[toxic cobalt]

It’s always an annoying surprise

The most f2p week ever though

[swift swan]

aaah focus blast solgaleo for f2p fighting

against Lorelei and her Look Alive 9

[toxic cobalt]

Buffs its own accuracy what’s not to like?

Better then trying to Korrina it. Now that’s a painful miss.

[swift swan]

wait how does +6 accuracy go up against +6 evasiveness? normal effect?

[zealous karma]

Korrina + maylene seems fine right?

[stoic vine]

Bruno is down

only ones left are Lorelei and Blue

Yeah the grass team didn't do well at all

Can't even get lapras to half 😅

[toxic cobalt]

What is the team?

[stoic vine]

Current team

[toxic cobalt]

Seems slow but it should work

Can Phoebe be replaced by Hop?

[keen jasper]

Do you have SS Erika?

[lunar meadow]

I was able to do it, I didn't sync with Dusknoir, and changed my grids to 1/5 grids for mallow and dusknoir

Mine are all level 140, but it's definitely gotta be doable at 120

[stoic vine]

Just fill up the 1/5 grid?

[toxic cobalt]

For who?

[dapper coyote]

Can someone suggest who to use in CS?

[keen jasper]

Hard or master mode?

[dapper coyote]

Hard

[keen jasper]

So many units not leveled

[dapper coyote]

I didn't know who to level up😅

I was just using ash for everything

And I didn't wanna waste resources on a unit that wouldn't be useful later on

[toxic cobalt]

Ghetsis and Hop are super helpful this week

If you can give Brendan dauntless lucky skill he will also be helpful

Then flying and rock you can off type, one with Ash another with Cyrus

[swift swan]

Get your hop to 5/5, it's free

I can't find the rest of your legendary adventures units too

[dapper coyote]

Yeah didn't do them🙃

[swift swan]

Where are ghetsis, zinnia, giovanni, silver, and solgaleo

Welp try to get those first at least

[dapper coyote]

Ehe😅

[swift swan]

Unfortunately you missed Zinnia's mega. She'd clear flying stages easily

[dapper coyote]

They're all good?

[dapper coyote]

It was an event?

[zealous karma]

They’re all amazing F2P pairs

[dapper coyote]

All of them?

So I should level up them all to 120 then?

[zealous karma]

All of them.

[swift swan]

CS requires you to have at least 5 invested teams (or at the very least, 5 units that can carry). Kanto hard mode is probably the easiest CS experience you can get (aside from the annoying chore of having to carry filler types)

[dapper coyote]

Ohh I see

[swift swan]

Yes, just like the 2 Cyrus events going on rn. Get that too, Cyrus EX and powerboost helps you a long way

[zealous karma]

Luckily this week a lot of the types align with the legendary pairs

[swift swan]

Hopefully your Cyrus is 20/20

[dapper coyote]

Yeah I'm doing thay

[dapper coyote]

Yes

And what about the supports that I have. Anyone to level up?

I don't know I'm doing wrong but my supports don't tank well

In tough fights

[toxic cobalt]

Skyla Misty Hop Sycamore Liza

[zealous karma]

And Roxanne (:

[swift swan]

Probably just levels. Get them to at least 120

Also would be nice if you could give some of them Vigilance lucky skill from

[dapper coyote]

They don't need sync grids?

[dapper coyote]

How do we get lucky skills?

[swift swan]

For hard mode, minimal grid is fine. Some don't even need them

It's Kanto after all

[toxic cobalt]

They benefit from sync grids but for hard mode they don’t need them

[dapper coyote]

Oh okay

[swift swan]

Ghetsis for ice-weak
Brendan for grass-weak (can throw Sycamore to tank and horn leech)
Hop and solgaleo for steel-weak
Cyrus and Ash offtype for flying and rock, whichever one works

Another offtype option would be SS Red and Silver if you grab him

Or alternatively, put Silver in the grass team and keep syncing with him to get sun up and spam solar beam

[dapper coyote]

Alright

Thanks

Wait solgaleo is good?

[toxic cobalt]

Yes

Repeating my advice November smdh

[swift swan]

I almost never use solgaleo myself but it's a nice f2p steel option

Just bring a speed support

[toxic cobalt]

The Slowgaleo bad meme has had a really bad impact on new players

[swift swan]

Slowgaleo needs to get a grid expansion that's not event-gated so more new players will use it

[dapper coyote]

😅

[toxic cobalt]

He’s fine and he has one of the best move animations

Dunno why the meme stays

[dapper coyote]

Ahh

[toxic cobalt]

Also Solgaleo is really good for LG! Really good

[dapper coyote]

What's LG

[swift swan]

#1009407977377247313 brief explanation here

[dapper coyote]

Ohh

Are lucky skills random?

[zealous karma]

Sadly he’s

Yes

[dapper coyote]

Oh🥲

[swift swan]

Yup, pray to RNG because there's no pity system for lucky skill

Not necessary though

[dapper coyote]

Welp

[toxic cobalt]

Yeah we don’t need Brendan

We have silver and Red

[swift swan]

That's a nice offtype option. But remember Sycamore can be a grass damage dealer if you need him to be

[toxic cobalt]

Yeah but I’m not gonna advocate the sycamore solo yet

Agathaaaa shakes fist

[swift swan]

Well yeah, I advocate for Brendan/Sycamore/some potion user maybe idk

[swift swan]

What did the old lady do to you

[toxic cobalt]

Refuse to be Sycamore soloed this week

[swift swan]

[dapper coyote]

Oh and are leaf/evee, falkner good?

[toxic cobalt]

Yea

Leaf is an all around tank and Falkner is a crit buffer with flinch

[dapper coyote]

Ohh

What about Morty/drifblim

[swift swan]

Decent

Phantom force is hard to use though

So we recommend sticking to shadow ball for his DPS

But his sync is physical so he requires both physical and special attack stats buffed

[dapper coyote]

Ohh

[full mesa]

Or learn how to use 2 turn moves.

[dapper coyote]

Learn?

Also who's a good pair for falkner?

[plain oyster]

I keep on losing to Bruno for 2k... tried toxic stalling but to no avail

Since you can't lower his machamps attack it does way too much damage

Any strategies I should be attempting that I might have forgotten?

[toxic cobalt]

Falkner is a support, he helps others

[toxic cobalt]

Beating him to death with your most powerful unit?

[dapper coyote]

Yeah so who could I pair him with

[formal vigil]

Literally any striker

He buffs special attack and attack and crit so he can go with any damage dealer

[dapper coyote]

Blue with pidgeot?

[toxic cobalt]

Sure

[dapper coyote]

Okay

[dapper coyote]

For CS i mean

[plain oyster]

What tags should I be taking to nuke him

Or for nuking in general

[full mesa]

2 turn moves mess up your quadqueue. You have to learn how to counter that.

[dapper coyote]

Ohh

[swift swan]

it messes your quadqueue so unless you get to deny an opponent with your 2-turn move, or have someone with sync countdown acceleration (both are hard to come by for new players), I wouldn't recommend

I ran Phantom Force Morty alongside Shadow Force SSR Cynthia against Ghost-weak Lucian. He had Wise Entry x2 so I didn't click on their Shadow Ball at all. I brought Redlax but even he couldn't fix my messy countdown. Lucian got to sync, killed all 3, and I only won because Morty had Last Word

[swift swan]

I used the presync params for Bruno

[dapper coyote]

Damn okay

What do you think about these teams? And who to use in the empty slots?

Don't mind the levels🙃

Also I got may/mudkip don't know if she's usable anywhere

[keen jasper]

Evolve Mudkip to Swampert and you'll have yourself a pretty powerful DPS unit

[keen jasper]

BTW, is this hard mode or master?

[dapper coyote]

She's dps? I thought she's tech

[dapper coyote]

Hard

[full mesa]

Last words is a strategy too. Aim for that.

[dapper coyote]

Is it different for master?

[full mesa]

Totally.

I'll probably run Giovanni for shadow and Alister for poison.

Sycamore/Alister/Koga. That's the team. Sycamore as the tank, Alister provides poison and Koga nukes with sync.

[toxic cobalt]

Bud mudkip is so cute

[toxic cobalt]

Hey these teams look good! The slots you can just put in types you're missing

[dapper coyote]

Is hop a damage dealer?

[toxic cobalt]

If you want him to be

[dapper coyote]

Hmm

[toxic cobalt]

I used him for damage this week, but you're fine going Sol with Hop as secondary

[dapper coyote]

Ohh

We need to upgrade the sync grid for him to be a damage dealer?

[toxic cobalt]

Sync grid certainly helps with his damage.

I recommend gridding him either way

[dapper coyote]

Ahh

Got it

[toxic cobalt]

The free legends should be some of your first grids

[tired sleet]

I'm losing hard to the flying one

Lugia gets bonked on 1st sync

[toxic cobalt]

Who are you losing with?

Ah. Don't get synced

[tired sleet]

Do I have time with lugia tho

[toxic cobalt]

Isn't he the strongest flying type?

Are you getting two syncs in before they sync?

Also who is the rest of the team?

[tired sleet]

Only 1 sync

[toxic cobalt]

You should be getting two in, especially as Lugia has propulsion

[tired sleet]

He is 1/5 lol

Uhh other two is roxanne and kris iirc

[toxic cobalt]

Propulsion is base.

[tired sleet]

Guess I should grid that then

I rarely grid 1/5s

[toxic cobalt]

No it's base base

In kit

[toxic cobalt]

Don't see how he gets crit with this team?

[toxic cobalt]

His tm can reduce

Anyway, Roxanne great for Ethan. Full thumbs up. Kris though, only gets to +2 crit.

You could replace her with Falkner

[tired sleet]

Kris isn't good with him?

I see idk I always use them tgt

[toxic cobalt]

That really depends on the rest of the team. She is powerful due to her spatk buffs, but in this current composition you lack something more important than that.

And unless she's 2/5 she doesn't have mpr

[tired sleet]

She is 2/5

Also isn't it 3 crit even at 1/5 after sync burst

[toxic cobalt]

Well I guess, if you're syncing with her

Say you do that then. I'm a bit confused as to how you aren't winning.

[tired sleet]

I am using post sync 2k

But lugia just keeps dying lol

[toxic cobalt]

Can you screenshot the situation before the enemy sync?

[tired sleet]

Maybe I try presync later

[formal vigil]

Shouldn't lugia kill Bruno before he gets to sync?

[toxic cobalt]

He should indeed. So the question we face is why he isn't.

[tired sleet]

I'm on r2 as well

Which is just even more wierd

[swift swan]

Lugia can definitely presync especially if you stack the SMUN buffs

1 TM from Lugia and 2 from SS Kris (under rain) is already 5 SMUN stacks, already good enough to bring Bruno down to half HP if not more, if you use presync

[tired sleet]

I got so lucky and my brine finished him off

[toxic cobalt]

Lol I was just recording too

[swift swan]

I don't even know how Lugia died there

I used Lugia this week too, paired with EX SS Blue. Killed Bruno even before my 2nd sync

[tired sleet]

Whatever

As long as I cleared it

[toxic cobalt]

The true spirit of my week 1 runs

[sharp leaf]

@mellow linden @lunar meadow thanks very much for the info, it'll be very helpful! I'll make sure to check out the parameters in the pins too. I'll share how it goes!

[mellow linden]

Best of luck!

[sharp leaf]

I already beat lorelei for 1650 points, but the stage bonus (infinite terrain) + some op units (ss leaf, ss lyra, and rosa iirc) made it easy

I'm onto bruno next, I have ss ethan but I can't seem to beat him before second sync. Probably need to adust my modifiers

[lunar meadow]

Apparently he has "impervious" this week, so you cannot lower his attack.

Buffing your own defense is the next option. Swanna should pair well with Lugia for that

[sharp leaf]

Oh yeah, the team I was working with was ss ethan, skyla, and lyra, but I still seemed to die too quick/not do damage fast enough

[keen jasper]

You should also have Winona for the rain multipliers unless he isn't 2 or 3/5

[lunar meadow]

Personally, I never do pre-sync.

I find the +str parameters and surviving one enemy sync much easier.

But also... Support supremacy 😅. I like defensive and healing supports

[sharp leaf]

he's only 1/5 :/

[keen jasper]

Well too bad

Then I guess you need someone to boost his Sp. Atk. for him

Skyla, SS Ethan and a Sp. Atk. buffer

[sharp leaf]

that's what lyra was for, to get him up to 6 after his self sp atk buffs, but it's not terribly efficient I suppose

[keen jasper]

Lyra needs sun

[lunar meadow]

I think you'd be fine swapping from pre-sync to +str params, with that team

[sharp leaf]

wow, I won by this much on the third attempt

set up parameters for 1500 post-sync

[swift swan]

Personally I always do presync after I discovered the adrenaline rush that it gives

[sharp leaf]

Managed to brute force lance with silver, ss morty, and sabrina, but now agatha's kicking my ass

Currently trying ghetsis, fall caitlin, and torchic, but I think I have to switch it up

[plush tangle]

what do you have for SpA and crit buffs (not necessarily both at the same time)

[tired sleet]

Why torchic?

Didn't get gio with persian?

[sharp leaf]

Nope

I beat it though, I shifted gears to ss red, fall caitlin, and blaine

Took a few tries but not too bad

[lunar meadow]

Awesome!

Getting a lot of points for your first attempt it seems. Shooting way past the 4200 recommendation 😉

[sharp leaf]

And down goes blue!

[sharp leaf]

Yeah I'm happy with what I managed to get!

Overall it wasn't too bad, although I do feel like I just scraped by, and was mostly carried by some busted units

[lunar meadow]

That's an amazing first attempt!

And as you keep going you will get more EX units, and it becomes much easier

[sharp leaf]

Yeah I'm rich with tickets lol

I actually have quite the hoard of 5* powerups that I've been too careful to use haha

[lunar meadow]

Just be aware that Sinnoh and Hoenn have harder CS than the rest.

Kanto/Johto/Unova are good ones to learn the mode on, haha

Sinnoh and Hoenn give the enemies more passives, and more weather/terrain effects you have to watch out for

[sharp leaf]

Good to know

[tired sleet]

Where alola

[lunar meadow]

Like... Challenge wise?

Slightly harder than Kanto/Johto.

Definitely below sinnoh/hoenn

[dapper coyote]

Hey is Candace or Pryce better to use with ghetsis for CS?

[full mesa]

Kanto/Johto/Unova/Alola helps you with learning the basics for MM, but Sinnoh and Hoenn is where the developers really push you to actually build teams with strategies.

[toxic cobalt]

Both work, I find Candice more consistent

Be aware they need grids though

On hard mode I’d just use Ghetsis

[plush tangle]

ghetsis isn't good to dual strike

and he's fine by himself

[lunar meadow]

Kyurem and Dewgong are awful on gauge management, but if you can get them buffed and support the gauge they are a strong damage combo.

I don't think abomasnow brings anything that helps Kyurem.

I'd run Kyurem with a support to buff Kyurem, and not bother dual damage on the team.

[dapper coyote]

So who should I use then

I think I've got the others on other teams already

[swift swan]

nice job!

[swift swan]

I'd say:
Kanto and Johto are the basics
Unova and Alola are intermediate level
Sinnoh and Hoenn suddenly had a great difficulty spike

[main crow]

After doing a bit of math I think I'd be able to grab the power up by the next 2 resets

Can't wait to see how he'll perform in 2k tho this being kanto it'll probably be an easy wipeout

[swift swan]

who?

well either way, it is Kanto. easy wipeout period

[sharp leaf]

thanks!

[toxic cobalt]

Just use Ghetsis and a speed buffer

[dapper coyote]

I only know of sycamore

And ss blue ig

[mellow linden]

Skyla and Marley are also Speed buffers

As is Roxanne

[dapper coyote]

Wait I need that speed buffer or a move gauge buffer?

[mellow linden]

Either one would probably work, but since “Speed buffer” was specified I listed some that I knew

[dapper coyote]

Ahh okay

[toxic cobalt]

Move gauge bad, speed good

[dapper coyote]

Alright

Thanks for the help I shall pester you guys if something else comes up✌️

[swift swan]

move gauge acceleration is temporary. speed buffs is forever

until you get debuffed of course

[austere quest]

Next week is going to probably be Offtype for me. Don’t have a strong Poison DPS nor Ghost DPS nor Dragon DPS.

Actually I can probably try to do Dragon DPS with Cyrus and maybe get Allister good enough to do Ghost or Poison DPS?

[swift swan]

? Next week is probably the most f2p friendly week ever

Cyrus works perfectly fine for dragon

Giovanni never fails me for Ghost

Poison is a free stall clear

[austere quest]

Oh is that true about Poison Weak Stages?

I can just Stall?

Even on 10k?

[swift swan]

you can stall almost any type weakness stage but especially poison

they have lower poison resistance

[austere quest]

Pog

[swift swan]

hell I freaking stalled electric-weak aaron at 2k and that dude had a massive HP pool

[austere quest]

Okay then I can Stall Blue and do Cyrus for Dragon weak

[swift swan]

something to note though: blue has sync cure. so he clears status after every sync

this means you need someone to reapply poison again after he syncs

so your poison bot shouldn't die early

[austere quest]

Yeah I have BP Erika

[swift swan]

[austere quest]

It’s like Leaf-BP Erika-Janine

[swift swan]

perfect

get Leaf's Recuperation tile for free heals on sync

[austere quest]

I only have her at 1/5

[swift swan]

ah. does she have potion MPRs at least?

you might need that

[austere quest]

Nope

[swift swan]

hmmm. do you have swimsuit misty?

[austere quest]

Yes

Most of Leafs grid is behind 2/5 and 3/5 by the way

[swift swan]

hmmm I want to suggest swimsuit misty tanking but she's weak to grass

you can try with Leaf tanking but if she dies too quickly, allocate a good sp def tank like Sycamore instead

[austere quest]

Yee

[lunar meadow]

I used to tank poison stall with Venusaur 2/5

But I usually brought Starmie as well for S defense buffs and more healing

I did a week of 10k clear with 5 poison teams.
Sometimes you have to get creative

[austere quest]

Tis fine to offtype, I have SS Steven Team

3/5 and EX’d

It’s my favourite team

[full mesa]

I'll go with Sycamore/Alister/Koga. Sycamore tanks, Alister provide poison and Koga nukes. Let's hope it'll work.

[stoic vine]

Yeah this is as far as I can get

[zealous karma]

I don’t see any def debuffs on Lorelei

[mellow linden]

Doesn’t Brawly have Brick Break?

Yeah, he does

[zealous karma]

They should be using rock smash

[stoic vine]

I can get down to the last two pokemon but they one shot my team

[lunar meadow]

Dolan is doing hard mode, not master.

He has 1/5 Dusknoir and Tsareena.
All 3 units level 120.

I was able to pretty easily clear the fight with 140|5/5 of each, but I swapped to grids that assumed only 1/5

The first enemy sync brought level 140 Tsareena low (like 35-40%), but a potion got her into the safe range.

Unfortunately, I can't test the team at level 120 and 1/5, so I can only advise down to a certain point

[stoic vine]

Enemy syncs get tserena to about 30% health

[dapper coyote]

Bruh I can't beat blue 😣

[stoic vine]

Ok so I swapped tserena for my sst red and got through

Any advice on what effect to apply to blue? Here's my team

[lunar meadow]

Permanent field effects would make Xerneas' move gauge speed permanent.

I feel like the special attack up is the best though. Pikachu will shred his enemies.

[stoic vine]

So the low sp Def one?

[lunar meadow]

Ya

Once you finish, send a screenshot of the medal progress

[zealous karma]

Why Sidney do you need dark type?

[dapper coyote]

I was using cyrus Aaron and Rosa but can't beat him as well any advice?

We need rock they say

[mellow linden]

Could try Skyla instead of Aaron if she's available. Assuming Cyrus has his Critical Focus tile from his Sync grid he won't need a crit buffer

[lunar meadow]

Yes.

Pikachu can basically solo and Xerneas was to tank/fairy. I told him last slot to use a dark or ground type for the medal

[dapper coyote]

Nah she's used already

[mellow linden]

Marley or Roxanne?

[dapper coyote]

Nope 😂

No wait Roxanne isn't

But she dies fast 😕

[lunar meadow]

@dapper coyote
Vespiquen tanking
Probopass buffing speed and satk
Kyurem killing

[mellow linden]

Roxanne + Cyrus + a tank of some sort would work well. Grid Roxanne for at least Trainer Move MP Refresh and get 1 to happen

Oh yeah, Aaron as tank would work, wouldn't he

[dapper coyote]

I'll try

[lunar meadow]

You can also spend the first sync cycle using "noble roar" instead of glaciate

To make sure the enemy sync move is weak

[dapper coyote]

Ohh nice

Also what parameter should i select? Sp atk?

[mellow linden]

Wait, is it Cyrus or Ghetsis you're using?

[dapper coyote]

Cyrus

[mellow linden]

Cyrus doesn't get Noble Roar

I think somehow miscommunication has happened

[dapper coyote]

Oh yeah😶

[mellow linden]

Ghetsis could definitely work with the same team though, if he hasn't been used yet

[dapper coyote]

Used 😂

[mellow linden]

Would just need to use Trainer Move once

[mellow linden]

Cyrus is fine then

[dapper coyote]

I have ss red as well but he's not working

[stoic vine]

I finally got the dub 😭

First hard mode clear down

[lunar meadow]

Congrats!

[stoic vine]

Still have these medals to get but shouldn't be too bad

Thanks!

[lunar meadow]

Kyurem does...

[mellow linden]

Ghetsis has Kyurem, Cyrus has Palkia

[lunar meadow]

Oh. Well that's why trainers are useless

Ya, Palkia is just damage

[mellow linden]

I think it depends on the person and situation. I usually use trainer names or trainer + pokemon if I need to be more specific

[lunar meadow]

Dragon, water, and poison are three of next week's types, so super easy to get done.

Normal I think you had Silvally. Eevee, Snorlax, and Giovanni/Persian are also good options that fit in most teams.

Bug and ground are harder.

Try to get Palkia to EX and grid expansion from the current event. Palkia is a super strong dragon type, and with him on a team you can probably have a spare team slot to use a ground or bug type in.

[lunar meadow]

Pokemon is better 100% of the time.

Only the dupes like Redzard/Leonzard, ashchu/redchu, Ho-oh/Mo-Oh, etc need clarification

[zealous karma]

Rip MCChu ):

[lunar meadow]

Freaking Cynthia has 3 Sygna suits now...

Trainer names mean nothing

Potionchu!

[mellow linden]

I mean, you're free to hold that opinion. My opinion is otherwise

[zealous karma]

When egg mon pikachu 4 gets potioks you’ll all be lauginf then

[lunar meadow]

Trainer names - muddled and confusing, do not convey what Pokemon or relevent kit is in use unless you memorize every combination.

Pokemon name - clearly communicates what Pokemon you are sending into battle and what kind of kit it has.

[lunar meadow]

We have Eggchu. And shiny Eggchu.

[zealous karma]

That’s why i said 4🦑

[mellow linden]

So agree to disagree then

Cool

[lunar meadow]

Trainer names also have issues between languages. There are trainers in other languages who share names. It's come up before in this discord, until the non-english player sends a screenshot

@stoic vine
Next week we should be easily able to get you the medal done, and into attempting Master Mode

[mellow linden]

Next week is pretty free, huh

Except Blue, I guess

[lunar meadow]

Water and dragon having tons of options, and poison stall being a free option

And Mewtwo for ghost

[formal vigil]

You could just use koga for poison weak

[mellow linden]

Oh right, Koga exists

Very free week then

[lunar meadow]

Only fighting type is hard for free/new players next week.

And Solgaleo is good enough for hard mode (and up through like 1200 point clears, probably still easy)

[mellow linden]

We also got Korrina and Bruno, iirc

[formal vigil]

Oh yeah evasion lorelei pain

[lunar meadow]

Ya, all the fighting weak fights have evasion to make you want buzzwole and Solgaleo!

Or bring medicham for specific hits.

Also, Keldeo and Cyncario have aura sphere accuracy

[stoic vine]

I'll probably hop back in this chat to ask for teams next week then 😅

I'm still not great at teambuilding in this game but I'm starting to learn

[mellow linden]

You’ll get better at it over time

[stoic vine]

I have a team built for generic events and know what to swap if I need more power and whatnot. It's just specific events I'm learning for

[sick inlet]

[stoic vine]

[wicked pebble]

How are these teams for this week?

[formal vigil]

Good teams though get rid of bugsy scyther for someone that buffs speed on lugia team

[wicked pebble]

Skyla?

[formal vigil]

Yeah she works

[lunar dawn]

is ss brock worth building for blue, or will he simply fall short

all of my "carry" units (ones that can get 2,000 points with almost no support) are used
I need 1300 pts

[toxic cobalt]

SS Brock will work but also you probably have good off types

Easier to just throw Cyrus at him

[lunar dawn]

oh wait I kind of forgot nessa exists
(Rock tomb is 39 power?
...)

💀

And yeah I will throw Cyrus at him

Ty

[lunar dawn]

Ty

[simple storm]

If u can just offtype

[lunar dawn]

I did and got 1400 out of it

I was unaware of the power of cyrus

[simple storm]

Cyrus do be strong

[trail smelt]

Yeah Cyrus is a strong unit and he’s free, great for water and dragon weak fights, and even offtyping in a pinch

[toxic cobalt]

He'll off-type out of a pinch if you just give him rain

[tired sleet]

I am still unsure how I messed up on the lugia run of all things

Legitimately don't know how u killed Bruno pre sync of all things

Built different I guess

[swift swan]

I took all attack buffs and both Power on Hit so I could reduce bruno's bulk on strength. I think he only had strength 5

double master fair tho so I can't say much

[swift swan]

ok I tried using Bluegeot and even he could presync. Bluegeot still hasn't failed me for flying content

mine's 5/5 EXd though

[toxic cobalt]

Bluegeot will presync with a quadqueue

[swift swan]

https://youtu.be/7FLlpmJm8hs my run was pretty messy and Falkner got killed after Blue's first sync so I couldn't even triplequeue properly after that Hurricane's very nice

[full mesa]

Risky plan.

[swift swan]

Would be better if you could carry a bulkier tank or got good RNG where the opponents use trainer moves instead

Point is, even Hurricane Blue is enough to presync Bruno

[toxic cobalt]

Once Blue gets 2/5, he's quite reliable

[wary fog]

is blue worth the ex for cs 2k clear?

this is the team i used for bruno,. but only cleared it with 1.5k others i clear with 2k

[toxic cobalt]

Blue can clear without EX. If you think he's worth EXing that's up to you.

[mellow linden]

Why Lisia?

[full mesa]

Maybe flinch? Blue/Skyla/Lisia is a nice flinch combo.

[swift swan]

nah. Blue does need to sync to do proper DPS, but his good damage comes mainly from DPS anyway

only EX if you like him or PIdgeot. there are other flying types worth the EX

[swift swan]

Blue buffs himself very slowly. you need a faster buffer

[zealous karma]

Blue onlu really needs Sselesa as a partner imo but he could use gauge help

[simple storm]

Replace lisia with a spatk buffer and im sure u can clear it

[white gale]

if my SSA Cynthia only 1/5, what would be the best team against Lorelei (Fighting weak), esp given her evasiveness? I have 5/5 Wally, 1/5 Bea, 1/5 Cobalion, and all the free units of course.

[zealous karma]

Aoe Flinch chance is omega low