#Champion Stadium
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ya i keep getting screwed by metal burst before sync its hard to get the timing on a mid atk
at least for last time w bertha rhyperior
or whoever it was
sync countdown accel on opp team is š
U can try solgaleo
ya if grimsley ends up being wayyy too much work
probs gon go sol
How're these teams for now? For Hoenn week1
Should be alright for Hard Mode, I guess
Oh yeah. Next is Hoenn
Could make some substitutions here or there to get more types if you want
jits for 4.2k csmm
oh wait
im stupid
ive never done hoenn before
Dark type rebuff for Phoebe. That's all.
Was about to ask, lol
man š y cant it just unlock for all regions

Fortunately, outside of Steel weak Glacia (thank Arceus sheās on week one and only week one) and kinda Bug weak Sidney Hoenn CS is actually fairly chill compared to Sinnoh
Bug sidney
. Il have to think of a way to off type him
I used Lusa and bugsy for it
Ash + 2 tanks, basically
Bug weak Sidneyās gimmick is really just high damage, so if you have bulky Supports and an Ash nuke you should be alright
Yeah but i dont wanns use the best supports on (possibly) r1
Probably donāt need to unless youāre counting Skyla (in which case fair enough) and Misty as some of them
I mean. I will have i think 5 maybe 6 support EX by then but still
The 6th one sill be ex'd om december so yeah
Meanwhile on my end, I guess Iāll be trying out SSR Cynthia + Helena + Teapot Lillie for a Glacia off-type on week 1
Either that or SS Hilda off-type
The problem with Steel weak Glacia is that she has Sentry Entry x2
Otherwise Iād just murder her with Steven
How do you beat Cynthia this week
korrina or bea
bring an impervious tank like gridded 3/5 hilb or ssb or idr who else
and spd support
Solgaleo Lucian or a Spd buffer, and a crit buffing Ex supoort
o ya forgot sol had fighting
Uhhhh I donāt know what ācrit buffing ex supportā means
I also donāt know who that would be
I donāt have a lot of people
a support that can buff crit, and also has an EX star on them
i assume this means u dont have one yet
A unit that is exād (6 star-ed) that can give crit to their allies
^
An example: SS Blue he has a trainer move that increases his allies move gauge speed and increases crit by 1
Yea⦠I donāt have anyone at EX
oh god I just realised next week is Hoenn and we start off with ice weak drake
I'm using post sync parameters and I can't survive 1 magmar sync move at all š¦ only blastoise lives
Youād need Sp. Def. buffs to survive Sync
Also it might be better to run physical damage if you have the option
Nessa Hilbert May
Nessa or Kris, yeah
Neither of them are ex. Maybe ill have to just lower the points this week haha
Sinnohs tough š®
I'll have greninja though
Probably wonāt need EX for either. Nessa is a Tech and so EX would just make her nuke nukier, while Kris deals stupid amounts of damage with Mega Kick
Probably best to use Kris since Hilbert isnāt EX though
Youāll really want the stronger regular move damage
How do I get them to survive post sync? Or am I going for pre sync kill
You can probably pre-Sync with Kris
Mega Kick Flintās face in with the new and improved Kris lol
Regardless of whether you use pre-Sync or post-Sync parameters
Just make sure you get Kris to level 120+ and grid her
Kris can pre sync half sync countdown lel
What would a 1/5 ss hilbert team consist of for r2 elec weak aaron?
I have sstred and ash but they seem boring
SS Hilbert + Volkner + Support
should I ex sabrina?
Do you plan to Sync with her ever?
Donāt see how the question relates but she is a support
Use sst red as the terrain setter
i just want to try out ss hilbert
Then put him in the team
I have sc lillie and sc jasmine
Youāre getting the triple queue?
What is each pair doing on their turns?
And what is Krisā grid?
She should have her Haymaker, Inertia, Super Powered, and Pinpoint Entry tiles for this comp
Also why is May the tank over Hilbert?
Samurott buffing attack
Kris crit into mega kick
Rain dance may
Just mega kick with Kris donāt mess around with her tms
Donāt bother with her MP Refreshes, get Inertia
Kris should be close to one-shotting Flint with her Sync
What round is this, btw?
Watcha mean?
How many of the Elite 4 have you beaten already?
Only electric this week
Ah
May want to consider doing Flint on a later round when youāll have more time before his Sync
The elite 4s change depending on how many you e cleared ?! š®
Thereās a different effect for each round
For the 2nd one you face this week, regardless of who it is, the Sync countdown will be reduced by half when the battle starts
You may want to try Flint with the round 3 (permanent field effects, like Rain) or round 4 (faster move gauge) effect
Which would mean facing a different Elite 4 before facing him
Woah š®
Okay good to know. I'll save greninja for dark
I still have red pikachu left for off type
Should I off type fighting or grass this week?
(Assuming red can off type sinnoh )
(Ho oh morty would be my grass team)
SSA Cynthia + Bea + an Attack and crit buffer should be fine for Fighting (depending on who you have in that category you may be better off using Hilbert with them and trying someone else to run with Kris, as you really need a way to mitigate the accuracy debuffs for Cynthia this week and tanking with Hilbert would do just that), and SS Morty + Lyra + Brendan (assuming Brendan has Dauntless) will be able to handle Bertha no problem
Candice is an amazing solution to ice weak Drake.
Candice is indeed a great option
I donāt remember Ive weak drake at all
Iirc heās wise entry?
I forget
Oh no wait
Was he the one that needs to have a status change?
And Gradual Healing permanently disabled it LMAO
He has preemptive sandstorm and he can infinitely reapply sandstorm through his sync
I think thatās a different Drake
That's dragon-weak Drake
Oh my bad
Whoops, that looks weird now, bad timing
BTW, Colress has Go Viral right?
Cool, so he can be of use against electric-weak Phoebe then assuming you have him
Unless you have OG N and/or SST Red
Iām planning to just do triple Elesa again, personally
Any teams I can make for 2k Cynthia?
SSA Cynthia tanks/Solgaleo/Cobalion can work
Any fighting striker supported by SSACynthia should do it
1/5 Bea can also work for DPS but the accuracy debuffs can mess up with you
And me still stuck on Lucian 
what are you trying
BP Karen

Just off typed 2k Aaron with SS red. Amazes me that a 2 and a half year old unit can still pull that off.
If the sides didn't spam aoe I could do it
Propulsion is OP
well the content doesn't really scale to be that hard
I tried Bea but the Acc screws me over. I also tried using Cobalion to debuff but that didn't work either.
SSACynthia/Bea/Leer bot world just fine. Bea can one shot with Zone up and -5/6 def on her second sync.
Cynthia kills Bea on sync 1
Why? Don't you max out defences?
I do
Then what goes wrong? Do you use max att parameters
I use the post-sync Params that are pinned
Ok. What level is Bea?
120 I believe
Ok. How many times have you run the stage?
15+
Well, Serena utterly annihilated water-weak Flint without LS and grid
Thank god i got Serena. I can now use Dojo Gloria's on Fighting weak
Sorry for the ping
But I'm trying Aaron ex with 1/5 Masked Royal and Nessa for Lucian
I'm syncing with MR because Nessa is water
The damage is there but i keep dying from the aoe attacks even with post sync
Also should I max mrs attack with tm before his sync or do more brutal swings to buff the sync move
can you try presyncing? that team should kill easily
attack, still
Damn doing Lucian round 3 is very satisfying
Try giving 5-10 more levels to Bea and remove attack parameters.
Can anyone suggest a good build for cynthia cs mode 850 run? Ive tried several but still not manage. I attach the available units that still can be use thanks guys
Is MC Solgaleo gridded?
Nope i just exchange it for this cunthia run..
Still at 1/5
Oh solgaleo nope but ican grid him
I though coballion sorry my bad
If you can grid him he clears easy
becuase he boosts his accuracy
All he needs is crit support
Thanks for that i will try this build with crit buff from coballion and boost from passive thank you
I will check his grid now from pins ty
You might want to consider swapping Blue out for a spdef buffer. Elio is funny because he can buff spdef and then send the enemy to sleep.
Do i have to ex elio for faster sync buff or non ex will do?
No EX needed
Alright i eill try right away after updating grid thankyou so much
I'd probably sync with coballion, leave MC Sol to do the dps
What does sleep debuff do btw? I mean does enemy skip move when asleep?
They skip attacks, but not trainer moves
However they only have like 1 trainer move each so
It's pretty effective as a tactic
If you have spare candy, give Elio Troublemaker 1 (pink candy)
The lucky skill? Yep he got that thank you so much for the helpful guide and tips
Wow 1 try. Really an easy clear thanks again for the guides!
OMG thank you so much
This was such a nice run
Took a few retries to double sync but it was so fun
Nessa does some big damage
Yeah, Nessa Nuke is one of my favorite strategies for Water weak stages
Which did you use Nessa for?
Nessaās just a great Sync Pair in general
Lucian
I wish her expanded grid give her Razor Shell OaR
Sync with masked royal
Ooh Solgaleo did 2k too
Thanks y'all
Much appreciated
I tried first with hop and falkner
Then switched hopnfor Skyla since she's ex and it went better
Be glad that Solgaleo has Impervious for preemptive stat debuff shenanigans like fighting-weak Cynthia or Looker EB
Actually, NVM Looker EB
Why is SSHilbert so fragile?
I'm starting to regret pulling on him
He's never been useful because he dies with one hit
He shouldnāt be getting hit, heās not a tank
If heās getting slammed by AoE then bring a Support that can buff Defense or Sp. Def. (depending on the stage)
This week flint is brutal
What team are you using against him?
SsBlue, SSHilbert, May
Im sorry flint
Ah
Flintās main gimmick is big damage, but he also lowers your Sp. Atk.
Who do you have in the way of physical Water damage-dealers?
I'm trying to use him anywhere i can for bang for buck reasons and so far its been š¦
SS Hilbert definitely works best for Aaron this week
Ah, RIP
I've been resetting everytime flint starts with heatwave
If you have a tank that can better buff Sp. Atk. and Sp. Def. try them, I guess
Since otherwise youāll be spending a little too much time buffing yourself
I don't think you can avoid the heat wave. Flint will use it, at least once
Correction: he will use it once, because it only has 1 MP lol
you can flinch or sleep it and he won't try again
Elio is also 2/5
well, that explains it
on top of Flint's stage debuffing your sp defense like crazy
I'll try landing troublemaker om him
That reminds me, I just got 2/5 Elio today. I should go check him
Okay it worked
I forgot to turn off no status conditions but still it worked (not the sleep)
Lol
What order did everyone do cs this week
#1011234431291359302 message
Mine was almost the same, first two rounds in different order
Always a good plan
Bertha >aaron >Lucian >flint, then Cynthia with perma field effects
Ok
Lucian>Aaron>Bertha>Flint R3 parameter for Cynthia.
Does telekinesis act as a field effect?
It counts as interference.
Ah crap. It lasts very less time I feel
You have to time the attack with it. Niche utility for uxie second bar.
Ah yeah. That was neat
should be all good for next week
Finally did my first 10k
Hey y'all please as a reminder, keep clears & showcases in #1010274591601598555 where you can make your own thread, as this one focuses on helping people, so out of context should not be here!
accidentally used ssacynthia vs aaron
well i did it intentionally but forgot about fighting weak cynthia
Youāre going to be fighting a lot of uphill battles with these teams. Phoebe has sentry entry x2 but Karen helps. Drake has wise entry x2, and glacia has sentry entry x2
Tanking the sync r2 in half sync?
Lodge elesa?
Do you mean celesa?
only hilbert died when I used scjasmine
so I used ssacynthia
Hmm let me recall
yeah you too?
Yep
ex ash tanks better than 1/5 ss hilbert i guess
Actually round 2 the sync would be a little less on damage
think i had att spatk 1 and str 1 instead of no status and no stat reduction
to take advantage of sstred
I still won against cynthia without ssacynthia first try
That's all stats right or just Atk. and Sp. Def.?
Everything, and speed is even lessen 0
Well all attack and defence. Not sure about accuracy and evasion.
seeing aaron have 0 speed debuff resistance whatsoever is so weird and so appreciated
It's like DeNa wants him to be stalled
imagine if his heal order is postsync instead
He wouldnāt be difficult then !
dena: haha let's give him head start 1
Banned
With ash and volker pretty sure you don't even need to worry about aaron's sync
Ash's buddy move one shots middle after one sync buff with electric terrain
Ash's buddy move can one shot middle without any sync buff or electric terrain
Any team suggestions for 10k
What have you tried so far?
Do you have SS Erika?
teams for next week, Ice weak Drake can get lost
Oh. Time for Candices
Will be nice to use them together I guess
And Anni Raihan with Raihan for Glacia
Ash buddy move did 48k after 1 sync and electric terrain so makes sense
For me
Main Protag: "Hey, Drake, do you know Candice?"
So..... Champion Serena did 82k on her sync with no grids
Against water-weak Flint
At 2/5 EX
And now she did 90k sync without grid
That's powercreep for you
Meme finds a way
I'll just wait for Kalos CS so we can meme on that
trying to start Master Mode with Kris/Classic Gio/Rachel vs Flint
Nice dark team 
so far, I have Special Dmg. Reduction, No Status Conditions and Sync Buff ā¬ļø 5 activated...what else can I activate to make sure I have at least 4200 points by the end of all this?
physical damage reduction
always take those two shields
crits pass through them anyway
you can take the 850 points here. if you feel like you need healing, replace the ally healing down with strength accordingly
Kris can easily destroy Flint at 2k
oh yikes, Ally Move Gauge -2...
Lol get used to that one
Still no problem
-2 move gauge is not really a big deal tbh
I'd put Skyla, Kris and Winona for 2k Flint
In fact, you can even 2k Flint just by using Kris's Mega Kick
thank :) I find it able to offtype virtually anything
you can 2k Flint with Kris and Totodile apparently, relying on mega kick like NightCaster said
alright, thanks, got the 
No
totodile?
I canāt remember does Kris have mega stomp off the bat or does she earn it from evolving?
Well for me I did May SS blue and EX kris
But didnāt sync with Kris
And I was also somehow triple queueing hydro cannon mega kick and muddy water
Next week is going to be the first time I can Ontype for everything
Hello!
I'm trying to do MM 2k post sync (same param as in pins) Lucian round 4 and I have troubles š„²
I've tried this team (and by replacing C!Red by SS Blue), I can sync twice but cannot get the other team fown :/
Try Nessa instead of Festival N and Hop instead of Red + Snorlax
Lucian is very resistant to special attacks this week
I've already used Nessa when fighting Flint :/
Get BP Karen to 120 or higher and use her then (ideal if you can also get her to 5-stars, but shouldnāt be a problem if you canāt beyond maybe needing more Potion RNG)
Masked Royal uses his Trainer Move twice then uses Brutal Swing and Syncs when itās up, Karen uses her Trainer Move and then uses Double Edge, Hop maxes the teamās Attack/crit and Potions the team as needed
I used that team with a non-EX MR but a 5-star BP Karen, so the changes might balance each other out
'Kay I'll try! BP Karen is umbreon right?
Wait let me set uo her grid first
I would use CRed/Sidney/Spdef-Spd-Heal support.
Something like Misty.
Or if you think that CRed can tank, you can use a leer bot.
Someone whoās just there to spam Leer or another Defense debuff move, like Kukui or Nanu
Could SS Leaf help? She reduces def and Spe def
If you're doing the Sidney/Red + Snorlax/3rd teammate strategy she could work, yeah
SS Leaf / Masked Royal / Redlax worked thanks! š
Congrats!
I totally forgot that SSLeaf can work as an expensive leer bot.
There are easier more accessible options like Kukui or eggmons
Oh okay. SS Leaf was my first Kantrio and I got Kukui one year later, so I tend to forget him
Her debuff uses 2 bars while her speed isn't exactly great. While Kukui or Kangaskan/Farfetch'd eggmon use 1 bar move with better speed.
Only a few more days until I see if SS Hilda can just laugh at Glaciaās Sentry Entry with Sun-boosted V-Create
The thing about Glacias sentry entry and this week's Lucian's wise entry is that they don't have bloated HP. So it's like kinda balanced
Don't worry. Sidney and Phoebe got the hp numbers...
40k+ hp go bbbrrrrrrr
Hoenn feels incredibly bulky
A lot of them have sync multipliers and buffs on sync too. Feels like they wanted to encourage us to try and post sync more.
Wait don't sync buff sencourage us to presync?
Sorry, I mixed up my train of thought and didnāt finish my thiughts
That's okay, my thiughts are often unfinished too
The large hp pool says post sync
The wish multipliers and sync multipliers say pre sync
Hmm everyone except the Champion has a repeated stage
if anything the large HP pool encourages tech nukers
good. poison-weak wallace was annoying
Itās a shame I wanted to test out Roxieās new grid
So...
*Bertha: Victor (3/5), Sygna Lyra, EX Rosa (any EX support would do before Victor's max move)
*Lucian: Sidney and Sygna Cyrus (1/5), any support. Sidney does insane damage. Kinda clutched it, though
*Flint: Sygna Kris for the infinite rain, EX Barry and I suppose a support or tech to help emptying the sync countdown with low gauge moves. Still was a little close
I can't believe I got 2k for each of these.
nice job
First of all, SSLyra is the most broken tech unit right now, secondly SSCyrus is the king of dark weak, thirdly SSKris is at the top 3 universal best supports right now and finally Barry/Sidney/Victor have a humongous sync nuke. It's no wonder you did 10k easily. You had 3 perfect set ups for the opponents leaving them no place to breath. Sinnoh needs those op units if you don't have grid on many f2p ones. Keep going like this at 10k will be the minimum for every week.
so next week Glacia (steel week) has Sentry Entry x 2.... no Raihan --> off-type I suppose?
Apparently you can do it with some of the other Steel types, but Iād recommend off-typing, yeah
I do have PMarnie, but I'm doubtful Wikstrom/Solgaleo/Hop can beat 2k without a lot of RNG help
PMarnie should be able to help quite a lot
if you want to ontype it with physical attackers
I may just use the Zeus rodents
also good
Ash can prob obliterate Glacia with B thunderbolt on Electric Terrain
Fall cait,sidney, ss cyrus on round 3= infinite sleep and confusion

Last time I did her with Psychic terrain/Lucian/SSteven combo
Well, some were kinda clutches, but yeah, I'm aware of how much they helped. Although Cyrus didn't do great damage by his own move.
Thanks for the encouragement, yeah, might be the only time I do 10k for Sinnoh.
Did this for Vespiqueen before any heal, and it felt like...
It's cheap, but the opponent started it, so...
A little worried about Fighting-weak Cynthia.
LOL nice! for next week's Dark weak, I see that Phoebe ALSO has Sentry Entry x 2.... can't use Nessa/TMR š¦
would Karen / C Serena / C Calem be a good team to get 2k?
Alright, kind of a weird group, but I went with EX Piers, Sygna Red 2 and EX Wally for Cynthia.
Unless SSCyrus is ex and 3/5 he can't nuke. But dark zone + perma sleep it's broken.
If you want to see numbers pair SSKris with Cyrus (Palkia). Hydro pump build.
Since you did it once, you can do it again. Sinnoh will come back. For now aim to get at least 3 10k runs on Hoenn.
Yeah, we'll see.
Are you trying to win or destroy her?
Yeah, he's 1/5. Plus my base parameters include no status change, which would indeed help a lot.
Yeah. Next time take a look on that. Status changes and stats drops. You need to modify them a bit.
Both? š I don't think I'm playing the Champs right.. I'm still trying to beat Alder (EBE) Round 2 with those 2 + TMR
Then train. But Karen with zone is more than enough.
Or the frogs together if you can apply both dark rebuff and sync under zone.
I really donāt know who to use against Aaron
Uhh no I canāt. But itās fine, I just beat it
May need help with Cynthia however
Nope donāt need help with her
Beat it first try with SSHilda
I need to make two more teams for cs and Iāve already made three teams, hereās all the characters Iāve unlocked so far
Is this for Sinnoh CS or the Kanto tutorial CS?
sinnoh
In that case, unfortunately you will most likely have to create new teams from scratch
As Sinnoh CS is fairly demanding
Could try Aaron + Mallow + Blaine/Winona/Candice for that, then
and for cynthia if I do end up beating bertha?
tysm!
Could try Solgaleo + SS Misty (for Mist to help against accuracy debuffs) + Sabrina since itās Hard Mode
ok thanks lemme ss the adviceā¦
3 resets until I can hopefully get revenge on Steel weak Glacia
I don't think I can get revenge on steel-weak Glacia
my options are just as limited as it used to be
Iāll be seeing if SS Hilda can laugh in Glaciaās face and try SSR Cynthia + Helena as a backup plan
I'll be doing my usual zerena go brrr
Iād do that if SS Serena werenāt weak to Ice
Too afraid of random Blizzard ruining my day
Zerena+no blizzard
squints
I don't usually use this weird team unless I'm very desperate so I'll just assume this was what I used
Standard duo team+AnniN for some reason
anni N was nuking, ghetsis was for emotional damage faster debuffs
that team also cleared bug-weak lucian when it first came out 
and fairy-weak cynthia
What date was this?
hoenn easier than sinnoh right?
Eh
Hoenn definitely has some more unique ways of being challenging
Besides slapping wise/sentry entry x2 on everything
Depends on what is more challenging for you to deal with, I guess
more or less
hoenn has less x2 entries so you have more options to ontype
but hoenn hits way harder and has more stages with high bulk
some of their passives are hard to spot, too
not to mention they start to set up terrain and some stages have innate multipliers on their sync
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Also, Hoenn have non-weather fields
Hoenn is a lot less gimmicky and in return theyāre a lot more raw power
yeah, at least they don't try to debuff you to oblivion like Cynthia likes to do
Hate that I know I have good grass units but I don't know how to utilise them correctly
Give Dauntless and go brrrrrrrrr
Alternatively, sycamore horn leech then go brrrrr
Dauntless for sc rosa otherwise headstrong for SS erika right?
Both should actually work without a lucky skill
If you have deluxe cookies you can give SC Rosa mind games for consistency
But it shouldnāt be necessary
Yeah I don't have anything on them right now.
I just seem to be unable to maximise their potential in battles even tho have Gridded and pair them with units that help their atk/sp atk respectively
Want to try and get grass done first but might have to do them on a later fight
Follow up to this these are my grass units so I shouldn't have problems with it.. It's just a type I am not comfortable using unfortunately
Also just realised I don't have any grass units exd... So I may have to make one of them the next choice
I haven't done that yet because I had other units I prioritised and I hadn't been using her.had focused these supports.
Had thought of getting rosa done but again, wasn't using her so hadn't bothered
damn you even have ss morty to give sun, which grass units like
what's your usual team for grass and what's your strategy?
Honestly I've mostly off typed it from memory as I've been unsure when using grass
But when I have used grass I generally try to save it for the step with permanent field effect... Which I just saw was in round 3 this week so I'd ideally try to keep it for then.
And so I'd have SS erika put sun up and pair her with units to boost atk and someone to tank
that's good
ss erika is pretty gauge friendly and you can run another damage dealer with her
before I had grassy terrain I went with Hilbert/SS Erika/EX Brendan
brendan kinda really wants Dauntless lucky skill
Hilbert might not be the best tank, but he finishes ss erika's buffs very quickly. and if you use her to nuke, gives her speed for Inertia too
Hmmm interesting thanks for that
2 resets until Hoenn CS folks, get ready for Steel weak Glacia
you know what, while I'm procrastinating on sleep,let me just write the gimmicks now
cracks knuckles Alright, time to revisit Hoenn's gimmicks...
...shit
Sidney and Phoebe are basically just big damage and high HP week 1
Glacia is āhaha accuracy buffs + Blizzard and most of your Steel types are uselessā.
Drake is Sandstorm-based and has Wise Entry (SS N havers rejoice)
EX Hala havers: 
Steven has Sentry Entry, focuses on debuffs and Defense buffs, and can surprise you with an Endure + Metal Burst combo after he Syncs
Oh wait, Steven doesnāt have Sentry Entry x2, just regular Sentry Entry 2
So way easier to deal with
Kris will probably just decimate him
2022/12/05 - 2022/12/12
Bug-weak Sidney: Mid is mostly physical, left is fully special, right is fully physical. Bulky HP (25k). High attack and special attack stats. Sets Dark Zone right before sync.
Dark-weak Phoebe: Mid is mixed with a physical sync. Left is fully physical, right is fully special. Very bulky HP (almost 29k). Sets Ghost Zone right before sync. All 3 have Sentry Entry x2 which doubles the base defense stat (Piercing Blows and other moves with a similar effect do not ignore this). Special moves are recommended.
Steel-weak Glacia: Fully special stage. High attack and special attack stats. All 3 have Sentry Entry x2 which doubles the base defense stat (Piercing Blows and other moves with a similar effect do not ignore this). Special moves are recommended.
Ice-weak Drake: Fully physical stage. Bulky HP (21k). Has low resistance to freeze (Lessen 5). Sets up sandstorm on entry and after sync. Has a lot of sand-related passives. Changing the weather is recommended. All 3 have Wise Entry x2 which doubles the base special defense stat (Piercing Blows and other moves with a similar effect do not ignore this). Physical moves is recommended.
Water-weak Steven; Mid and left are fully physical, right is mostly physical. Bulky HP (24k). Has low resistance to defense and speed debuffs (Lessen 3). The stage debuffs your speed and defense a lot. Mid has Tough Cookie and Towering Force which increase the power of moves and sync moves the more defense is raised. Gets Endurance after sync and uses Metal Burst right after sync.
Tip: Bring an Impervious tank.
Interesting how my Hoenn write-up is considerably shorter
Are you kidding me
Already have to use my get out of jail free pikachu duo on one of them because i have zero special type steel attackers
Thanks for the information though
to be fair, special steel is incredibly rare
Raihan, Egg Magneton, Mirror Shot LuSSamine...
hmm. at least Raihan is eternally available in the lodge scout now I guess
unlike last time
Raihan was literally the recommended pair, but how to get him, DeNA?
Might struggle with bug too for 2k, but the rest seem manageable
fair. Sidney hits considerably hard
And my lusamine isnt exed š
Either her or burgh

I could try and offtype worst case
Bugsy
Not enough 4 star powerups
We also have Colress for special Steel type now, at least
4* Bugsy
oh right, him
I completely forgot about Colress 
it's alright, still worth a try
sounds fun... not going to enjoy doing F2P again and hope there is no sync cooldown reduced parameters
You could just use each of the OPikachus on separate teams
Can you show me your medal?
Ok let me take ss
should i show the general one?
or the event one
The medal of the champion stadium
ok
i gotta say i didnt get you
cz if you mean the completion one then i only got kanto one
When you're prepping for a fight (in the team selection screen for the fight) in CS and you haven't completed the Type Medal, you should be able to check your progress from that screen
Iirc bottom right corner next to the type icons on the bottom of the screen
5 types, hmmm
u mean this?
well ig i havnt used ghetsis
Not a big deal. Like I said, 9-12 types is fine for your 1st week doing a given CS region
You can easily get Bug filled out on that medal by using SS Hilbert against Aaron, since Techno Blast would become Electric type
Well, since it's only hard mode, you can use techs as supports or do double striker
You'd ideally want a Support to at least help with his Sp. Atk. and/or crit buffs
hmm like?
Sabrina
You can filter your Sync Pairs by Known Moves to see which ones would buff those stats.
Since it's Hard Mode I'd like to moreso give a broad category so you can improve your teambuilding skill in an environment where it's less punishing to make teambuilding mistakes
But Sabrina is a good example, yes
i see
sabrina and alakazam right?
Yes
Yeah
Janine, just as a filler for poison
Could be another Electric damage-dealer such as Hau, a tank such as Dawn, or a filler pair for type medal purposes
Since all the poison units we currently have are trash except for Halloween Iris
hmm so janine or what
You could use her as a filler pair for adding Poison to the type medal, yeah
Your 3rd teammate slot is fairly flexible
should i lvl her to 100 or 120?
Because SS Hilbert + Sabrina should be pretty much all you need for Hard Mode Aaron
also sabrina to 100 or 120?
120 for Janine unless you're short on xp books, you'll probably wanna use her when you start doing Master Mode for Poison Stall
what about sabrina?
120 for Sabrina regardless
how to get xp books in large amount lol
thats a pain for me tbh as im low on energy mostly too
Lodge
You'll eventually be swimming in them from stuff like events and Lodge
and they dont get affected by boosts too
yea
Well they're not events, so yeah.
Iirc they occasionally run increased drops from Training Area stages
As a special thing
can u daily interact only 3 times with one pair or is it for all?
what about tactics?
who should they target first?
6 times
Support should always be the 1st target and your main damage-dealer should always be the last target
its 3 for me š
You can buy 3 more from the exchange
that much ik lol
Then why did you ask? Order should be clear based on the basics
i see
just wanted to confirm
Fair enough
got swept š
What specifically went wrong?
sync move from opponent
Aaron should have died to Techno Blast long before he got the chance to Sync
Are you triple queueing?
What is each team member doing then?
Might be spending too much time setting up depending on what everyone is doing
maybe ig
Is Sabrina using Reflect at all, actually?
his heal is problematic
i need like a ultra tank smh
Which fight are you doing?
Try to use her Reflect right before his Sync, and since you're not able to KO before Sync anyways you can use Metal Sound to lower his Sp. Def.
Aaron, presumably
Well Sabrina is kinda more like a special tank but since she has Reflect...
how is blissey?
Great special tank, horrible physical tank
Gladion is mainly for damage
ik
.
Do you write them up each time or do you save them somewhere and just copy paste what you need?
the main problem is move gauge
i need a charger
Usually I run Gladion/Hop/Marley.
i already used hop tho
People who are really cursed beat steel weak Glacia using Thorton.
I used Empoleon the last time
SSteven under permanent terrain.
I just hope next week parameters are helpful
Or at least not against us.
yep like personally I hate the halved sync move cooldown
It was actually helpful this time. You could take away the heal at the beginning.
Yeah lacking nukes is what makes half sync so annoying
Half sync is really only helpful if you have pairs with easy to reach multipliers and a real quick buffer otherwise its better off gone
ye only one it works for me is with Nidoking or Pikachus which can do good damage
Or you can get your defences up, sync with an ex support and then decimate the opponent with your striker. We don't have to pre sync everything.
I find it insulting if the opponent syncs me 
True. I think zone nukes usually clear half sync countdowns generally
Some units donāt even need zone
lel
Masked Royal moment
Sidney ti I believe mines not Ex tho
Same
Iād say a good 50% of techs can clear center mon on half sync countdown
Some like Sidney for dark, Silver for fire, Kris for water, Candice for ice, grims for steel, Cynthia and gio for ground etc.
Yeah true
Thing with MR is needs some buffs/ debuffs to outnuke sidney
Comedic
The debuffs arenāt that bad to setup he prolly only needs -3-4 at max
Yeah. Would need attack crit and speed buffs too partially. Worth it though
(I wasnāt expecting to crit)
well that's if it survives the sync
I like half sync because I think all my techs can one shot a center mon with their multipliers maxed out
And if they canāt I just bring Faitlin
Seeing units hit this hard first sync is so funny to me
Wth
Nessa just hit this hard with onlu her innate
I forgot her sync nuke was dumb
Yeah. Usually run Nessa just hoping for -1 defense for relentless
Shower power is at least easy to setup
But with Kris now, Nessa won't be the go to for water weak
Wrong place
oh oops
How come it went from you almost made it to too ez?
MPR and debuff procs?
Potion MP and not syncing with hop twice
Why would you Sync with Hop at all?
Hop has no incentive to Sync due to no EX and Masked Royal has a fantastic Sync nuke
I'm so confused my meteor assault is missing porigon....
Am I doing something wrong or am I missing something that he's doing??
The stage debuffs your accuracy a lot if you don't bring an Impervious tank
To be more specific, the stage debuffs your accuracy by 1 upon entry, then the rest through Ripple Effect 9 (which can be negated if your tank or at least the main dmg dealer has Impervious)
Cuz its round 2
On round 2 the sync is quicker and by 1-2 moves MR wouldnt debuff almost anything
MR Sync would likely still be stronger due to on-type
Though I havenāt tested that
Ngl this week was easier than the last Sinnoh weeks
I was able to get Sidney up to 51k first sync
Although that might be because mine is exād
I'll try Skyla/Sidney/Cerena team tomorrow. Let's see how rebuff pairs with entries.
Itās an EX diff š¦
Can't beat Sinnoh Challenge, already used up the Champion pair for water battle
Can't deal damage to the other boss trainers' Pokemon even when most of mine are at lvl 120
Who is left
Other than those 2 and Cyrus Palkia all the others are left
Which stages are left they meant lel
No I mean what fights do you have left
Just thinking about Cynthia battle requires fighting type to deal with is just killing my hopes all the way...
Use Solgaleo
All the others accept for water one
Off type is possible, always remember that. Regardless, let's figure out the teams for whatever you have left
This is 10K right?
Probably not 10k
Grass:Sycamore Hop Nanu
Dark: (if you have Mr or sidney) Sidney BP Karen an Atk/crit buffer
Electric hau Sabrina Volkner
Cynthia: BPsurge Solgaleo misty
I can record these clears if youād like
@still bone
Could you post your 5* units instead thatād make this a lot easier
I wish I can show you guys snapshots right now but somehow my touchscreen keyboard is a bit messed up
What happens when you try
Do you have an iPhone or android device?
iPhone
sry trying to fix this first rn
For a new player to be able to grind for 20k gems like you pros can every month is literally impossible
You get most of them by clearing events, missions, etc. You might miss out on a few stages, but 10-15k is minimum gain
It isn't impossible! You can clear an awful lot of this game's content with free units
If itās the screenshot function that not working you can turn on the touch assist function, but if itās the keyboard not working did you try closing discord updating it? Thatās what I typically do
Great. What fights are left
Don't really have enough materials to help lvl them up further atm
Everything but flint
For Stadium all the others accept for the water one
Oh gotcha
I foolishly used up the Master Champion pair just like that, along with Cyrus
And I don't have any good fighting type sync pairs so I feel I'm basically dead even if I reach Cynthia
You know offtyping is a thing, right?
Yeah, still doesn't do any justice for me atm though
SS hilda and ghetsis are right there
Yeah, not enough
I know for this month, Dark and Steel weak have Sentry Entry while Ice has wise entry. I thought there was more though.
My sync pairs are only at lvl 120s
120 is enough for any content
SS Hilda will get you a clear for any stage honestly
So, the basics. Do you know what Triple queue is?
SS Hilda can help for most stages accept for the hardest events and such
She can help with some but still gets beaten in most
I have SS Hilbert too btw
Gotta use her right. She's REALLY good and can clear probably any standard content
I think I'm already doing it
Dark: Calem Marnie def debuffer
Grass: SSEirika Skyla (raise her to 4* if you can) def debuffer
Electric: CSerena Winona a tank
Fighting: Solgaleo SSelesa Spd support
Are you?
What is your usual SSHilda team, for example?
Should I use water on flint or would it be better for me to offtype him?
I donāt think you can take on 10K with the roster and low investment that you are currently at but 4K is definitely doable
@still bone
It's demoralizing when even using V-create on certain opponent Pokemon and still did scratch damage to them
This is r2
I don't think it's csmm yet
well, best dark type I have
Why would you want to off type flint?
Alternative would be Karen.
That team is great for Flint
Ok
Lucian has wise entry if you enjoy pain I wouldnāt recommend it
Oh I thought I read somewhere it was my bad š¦
I got one shot by his sync on post sync rules so I wasn't sure
Is that to me or the other guy?
The person who talked about Karen lel
The Sinnoh Challenge teams are 27.8k and above...
A def debuffer and a ex support
So, let's say your team is Blaine, SSHilda, Skyla.
What would your first nine moves be in the fight?
He does that sometimes. Best is to not let him sync
"Team strength" is a meaningless number
Alright got it
May and Cyrus have the firepower to end the mid before he gets there
So, something like Bugsy?
Trainer moves first of all, and depending on the enemy(ies) whichever attack moves needed to be used afterwards
That can work ye
would Sonia work too?
If sheās 3/5 ye
Yeah, she reached that recently.
But then Iād replace bugsy worth BP Karen
Because furburt is very reliant on dual strike
Sometimes I aim at the side opponent Pokemons first, but if I can't survive middle ones' Sync move, I have to aim at 'em first
You haven't recorded a video of any of your battles yet, have you?
We're still at "you do something wrong" point but we don't know what you do wrong.
This is what I have for EX supports.
Not a whole lot of situations where hitting the sides first is needed. Target the mid in most cases
Mid first means no sync
But I heard the side ones get powered up if the middle one is skilled first
This is a great point, record us a video and we can better direct you!
So it depends
Yeah, the in game direction is a bit weird
Sides most of the time just do aoe once mid is killed
Put another dark unit and this will work
You just kill them in 1-2 hits after center dies.
^
Another dark unit? Clarify?
A bit more hits sometimes is needed
Sometimes I barely survive winning a battle, like last Pokemon almost dying if not careful
Just wanting to know what you mean.
Any unit that is dark type that can contribute something to the team
Something is up if 1-2 isnāt killing sides
Nanu in this instance would work
Anyway, go try that SSHilda team against, say, grass-weak CS stage.
Record a video. Send it here.
The mid is always enemy #1. You may need to change some things for the sides in some fights, but the mid is almost always the biggest threat
They also have SS Erika they could use
The sides can't sync
These are my options for dark types.
And save hilda for someone else
But Sidney there
How to record video with iPhone again in this case?
Especially cause heās 3:5
Google it
Swipe down from the top of the screen, you should have an option to screen record
Sidney is a great sync nuker and helps out Hilbert a lot
If you don't, DM me and I'll walk you through it
Hilbert focuses DPS while Sidney focuses nuke
Honestly not that familiar with Sidney so wouldn't know.
I'm actually trying to save characters like SS Hilda and SS Hilbert for tougher battles like with Cynthia
Sidney is an amazing sync nuker thay can one shot a center mon even off type with first sync š¦
Champion is not NECESSARILY harder
Most normal cs stages that is
Cynthia is always marginally easier Iād say lel
Honestly agree
In some cases champion is easier than the e4
Champion is around the same difficulty level as E4
Flint is a shit
But why should I use SS Hilda team against Bertha? Isn't she weak to grass instead?
You do not always have to on type
We just want to see what you do wrong.
Weak to a type increases damage by x2. That's a great advantage, but you don't NEED to do that
"weak" that is, even when I used grass moves it barely did any damage
If you can do enough damage with a different type, a win is a win
If you hit hard enough off type doesnāt matter 
How do these teams look?
They look like an easy time
Easy clear
SST Red can solo any of these stages
That Aaron clear is overkill
Iād replace Sonia with another DPS tho for the fighting stage but itās bea in fighting zone so pepega
Sstred can solo sentry entry thatās funny
No kill like overkill 
Okay except that one, I did try
But Ash is already there, they're fine
I mean how do I record video of what's going on within the iPhone but not outside of it?
Screen record
Bertha doesnāt have any entry skills so how low damage are you doing as thatās unspecific
The strongest electric type pair I have other than them would be Zeblesa.
Screen record
So it's either pain for me or pain for them.
(Overkill is a good thing)
But I beat Aaron with elesa it was pretty easy
Blue and Ash can 2v3. You don't need a third unit
If you need tech help, DM me and I'll try to walk you through
Easy as googling it to find out š¦
I just googled, enabled screen recording, but don't actually know how to bring up the function when about to try and do it (like during game screen)
the 2. part
Swipe down from the top of your screen
The button
Can't bring up this screen
Why?
Huh
Different setup I guess
It shouldnāt be
Which iPhone is your iPhone ??
I rather older iPhone probably
No this is how iPhones work lol
My iPhone is the iPhone 6
No matter how old they all work like this
Do you have an iPhone 2-5?
Bottom of your screen swipe up if itās older than X
I think it depends on iOS rather than model
Mine is on the current IOS version
Itās still swipe up for my 6
Oh fascinating
Looks like it's running awfully fast for a 4-5 year old phone, good for you
You should see when I play Poma then lel
Only brings up this screen
The 6 is like a decade old
Or smth š
Pretty sure I got my 6s in 2016
Tap the right corner and drag your finger down
Aaaah I see! Damn it google didn't precisely mention to do this...
Have you never usedthat function before?
Until you need to, probably not
Nope
Wow
It's weirdly obscure in early versions, but Apple also kind of sucks for that very reason
I thought when you first get it, it tells you all the things on the screen I guess not(?)
Maybe it does, but do you remember every single thing from the setup manual?
Yes I do happy face
Especially if itās to adjust brightness itās smth j always do
š¦
Must be nice
I recorded a video but it's over 100mb...
It says if I can't connect to Wi-Fi I can't upload a file that big
When I am clearly connected to Wi-Fi online
Go to streamable.com and upload the video there then when itās finished uploading-> copy link, open discord click message bar and click share
Then send
My iPhone is not connected to PC
Best way to use Lucian? And should I change up the 850 ruleset at all with him?
You donāt neeed a computer to do so
Thinking it might be best to go with the spread move for spreading confusion and disrupting that way but...
Spam growl every single turn
Ah
Sidney is just a spam brutal swift
Using him with Furbert.
And with your units you can easily 2K
Shouldnāt need to change any parameters with Sidney
Confusion doesn't get stopped by the status ailment thing?
Technically it's still status, but not a status condition, rather a status change
Is there one which doesn't require signing up for?
I donāt think so but if you canāt do that can alwyas uploaf to YouTube
https://streamable.com/diakyc @wicked pebble
Your actions are so fast and quick
This is the first time Iāve ever seen confusion run out
And you're in the lvl 135+s
I am a king time player
You only need 120 I have Hilbert at 135 because I have all my support ex there just for fun and furburt is 130 because I did that when I was super new tk the game, and my Sidney is only 120
3x speed start 
Itās what Iām used to
Ugh screen record trouble...
Man which of the remaining 3 Elite Fours is the toughest to take down from my position?
Probably Aaron
I kind of want to see if I can overpower Cynthia with my SS Hilda etc.
Hm I guess I'll try off type strategy then
Have you uploaded the vid yet?
I haven't been able to yet, as you probably noticed so far
Are you uploading to YouTube?





