Champion Stadium

[swift swan]

Can dena give us a way to toggle off the EX of a unit too

Lmao this is just me coping

To make helpers' lives easier

[void wyvern]

The goal is to max your def, crit, and Atk by first sync and setup ground zone before you nuke.

[pine spruce]

No EX bonuses parameter

[toxic cobalt]

Wouldn't change a thing

[void wyvern]

Courtney nuke should clean up.

I was literally at steven and I lowkey cried because I had to hit reset to test.

[swift swan]

Sometimes I want to show how Silver's nuke is still good without EX and powerboost but I can't do anything about my AOE sync

[manic mica]

Time to overkill the blue haired anime guy

[toxic cobalt]

EX doesn't affect his nuke damage

Like that is a situation where it literally doesn't matter

[void wyvern]

You can just not grid for the power boost?

[swift swan]

Yeah, I mean his AOE sync and how people tend to make a big deal out of it

The grid is manageable of course

[toxic cobalt]

Can't stop people being people

[void wyvern]

But I do understand the idea of removing ex for supports and especially techs for helping others

[swift swan]

Yeah, techs especially

Supports you can just not sync with them

[pine spruce]

will hope I can do this with 1k param

[swift swan]

Kiawe? what does he do for courtney

[toxic cobalt]

Hmmm probably but do you have other units you could try for 2k with?

[full mesa]

Ex on strikers is beneficial. Taking out 2/3 units and at the same time removing the powerful aoe attacks after mid falls is huge.

[swift swan]

It's also one of the biggest answers to the issue of "the sides keep killing me after mid is down"

[void wyvern]

Well duh. But for testing purposes it’s annoying at times.

[swift swan]

But sometimes you want to show how it's possible to do it without killing sides on your nuke

[toxic cobalt]

And it always is unless you're using BP Karen

[full mesa]

Can drop def and manage gauge since she is slow as a slowpoke.

[swift swan]

What do you have against bp karen lmao

[void wyvern]

Me when bp Karen dies after one double edge with max standfast.

[swift swan]

Ah, then sonia would probably be better if they have her

Me who doesn't use bp karen

[full mesa]

Yes. Even at base.

[void wyvern]

BP Karen guys

[swift swan]

You go girlboss

[full mesa]

That's why we don't use her.

[void wyvern]

in the actual battle it takes the game like 15 seconds to actually realize what happened

[swift swan]

How about adding dark rebuff

[full mesa]

She'll still die

[swift swan]

Sometimes I forget how slow 1x speed is

[void wyvern]

I didn’t have Cerena when I filmed this.

[swift swan]

Yeah but at least maybe she can oneshot the mid?

[full mesa]

Rebuff means more damage = more recoil. Still useless.

[toxic cobalt]

Pin this on my CS clear channel

[swift swan]

Sadly there's no way to juggle zone + rebuff + SEUP next

[toxic cobalt]

Like

[full mesa]

Definitely. Same thing as adding def drops.

[toxic cobalt]

Nov seriously asks me what I have against BP Karen

[swift swan]

For dark, at least

[full mesa]

There is. CCalem-Cyrus/Cerena/Ampharos

Zone/rebuff/SEUN

[void wyvern]

do you actually want me to put it there for you?

[full mesa]

Unless if you want them on BP Karen.

[toxic cobalt]

Yeah lol BP Karen showcase

[swift swan]

I mean yeah, for bp karen

[void wyvern]

Not normally at least. But in co op~

[toxic cobalt]

I haven't pulled frogs mysefl yet

[swift swan]

Aurochs will pull on frogs and proceed to keep them at level 1

[full mesa]

Got both of them. Now I'm debating for rock zone.

[toxic cobalt]

Lol my Hoenn VA has been seen

[void wyvern]

I 3/5’d the frogs. I don’t regret it…but I’m not proud of myself either

[swift swan]

On my way to 3/5 the frogs

Just need 2 tech candies...

[full mesa]

Not enough support candiesm

[void wyvern]

Cerena feels fine as a debuffer at 1/5

With a bit of luck she does the job.

[toxic cobalt]

Didn;t you know a unit isnt' good unless it wins first sync?

[swift swan]

I like her kit, I want to 3/5 her

[swift swan]

A unit isn't good unless they can solo

[void wyvern]

Her kit is honestly great though. You’ll greatly enjoy her.

[toxic cobalt]

I see you have been to the LG thread too

[void wyvern]

The brutal swing defence crush, mg9 brutal swing are way too useful.

[swift swan]

Her kit looks very fun, but my main draw is the outfit they really did the kalos protags justice

[void wyvern]

Ex for outfit > damage

[toxic cobalt]

So you're pulling Annilili right?

[swift swan]

I pop in from time to time and having massive impostor syndrome because of it

[swift swan]

What if I said no

[full mesa]

The black 👗 is 🔥

[swift swan]

No really, i skipped her the first time she came and I'm doing it again

[void wyvern]

W-why?

[swift swan]

She looks very enticing for a free uxie clear but well

The overexposure of lillie is leaving a bad taste in my mouth

And lodge kinda made me dislike her

[toxic cobalt]

No taste

[swift swan]

Lilliephobic

[toxic cobalt]

They gave us ghost CS this week and Ghost and Fairy next week, it's an Annilili bonanza

[swift swan]

Nah I'm not a big lillie hater, I'm just starting to dislike her bit by bit 🫠

[void wyvern]

Nov on their way to become a Lillie hater.

[swift swan]

People on their way to use all the lillies in fairy and ghost stages

[swift swan]

If she's the first character to get a 6th unit I might as well become one

[full mesa]

Also, is CIris worth the trouble? She seems interesting but not enough to make me pull her.

[swift swan]

her name is now Iris (Alt.)

[void wyvern]

I’m sorry I only know Iris (alt) who is this Champ Iris?

[swift swan]

Idk, she has a good nuke sure, but never enough to make me want her because i'm indifferent towards iris. The only time i'm tempted is when LG comes around... Which is soon...

But i'm zenning for january

[void wyvern]

Tbh I’d argue c Iris has aged incredibly well in the meta as a debuffer and thanks her to tm having prop. But she’s far from required and her grid is useless until 3/5.

[pine spruce]

speed boost

[swift swan]

Well if you're just aiming for 1k, this will work just fine

But hop and kiawe kinda overlap with the buffs they give

[pine spruce]

well, true enough

[swift swan]

Well, I gotta go to sleep for now, plus my phone's dying. Good luck to everyone clearing hoenn

[void wyvern]

Just use Marley is you’re worried about speed buffs

[pine spruce]

I shouldn't have wasted SSBlue

[void wyvern]

Sweet dreams nov

[pine spruce]

close enough

[toxic cobalt]

?

[void wyvern]

[toxic cobalt]

FYI my 2k this week was Clay Hop Skyla

fwiw

[void wyvern]

How good (usable) is clay?

[toxic cobalt]

Eh same as he was before with a better nuke

I went for apoison grid because... I couldn't not

[void wyvern]

So painful as ever

[toxic cobalt]

Nah

He's good

Use him

[void wyvern]

Okay i’ll go try ouf clay

(I just got fo Steven so it all works out)

Clay is pretty good.

Managed to beat max hp Steven with him

[toxic cobalt]

He’s a post-syncer for sure

[pine spruce]

gridded and 5*?

[toxic cobalt]

Yeah

[void wyvern]

I did a purely dps grid with ramming and hunters and used Courtney with him. Was pretty fun tbh.

[toxic cobalt]

Sounds better than my poison grid

[void wyvern]

[white gale]

you used Clay? I'm impressed!

[keen jasper]

https://tenor.com/view/clay-based-john-mayer-gif-24847701

[eternal lodge]

How's it looking for next week

[keen jasper]

It's Johto man

[eternal lodge]

Ik B)

[main crow]

Overkill

[full mesa]

Technically everything with grid and 5* is overkill in Johto.

[manic dust]

Whew okay I beat Glacia with everyone's suggestions. Any suggestions for Drake? Yesterday someone mentioned Cyrus, but who should I pair with him?

[austere quest]

Almost time for Johto and then I will only have Alola to unlock

By the way, does Cerena only count for Water or does she also count for Dark?

[civic trellis]

Water only I think

[full mesa]

Check her base sync move type. She's either water or dark at base.

[civic trellis]

Do steven and burghepi count as psychic and fairy?

I have steven but all my medals r 18/18 so I cant check

[full mesa]

Again, check the sync move's type on base form.

Each pair only counts for one type.

[manic mica]

hey i need a bit of help building a team for a cs

probably drake

[manic mica]

i got it!

[royal walrus]

I'm going to try to do my first champion stadium completion. I need a different team for every person, right?

[toxic cobalt]

You can’t reuse any pairs

So 15 different units

[royal walrus]

Thanks! And there's something about using every type to unlock master mode if possible, right?

[toxic cobalt]

Yes but over two weeks so don’t stress about it too much!

[royal walrus]

Okay, thank you!

[royal walrus]

I still need to level them more - I’d like everyone at least 100- but how does this seem for each person? (Titled with team)

[swift swan]

looks okay. drake wants status change (if you're not doing master mode)

flinch, confusion, trap, restrain, rebuff, things like that

[manic mica]

I used these teams if that helps

[swift swan]

I don't think they would have ssa cynthia and ss steven

[manic mica]

Oh

[zealous karma]

not the most f2p units ever

ssa amd ssteven that is otherwise some of them are

[manic mica]

True

[royal walrus]

I can try to put my greninja into drake for the flinching

[toxic cobalt]

It's easier to use something more permant like trapping

Replace Elesa with Viola or Thornton or something

[royal walrus]

What are the pokemon with Viola or Thornton? I don't know all the pair names yet

[manic mica]

Viola has Masquerain/Surskit, while Thorton has Bronzong

[royal walrus]

I have both of those. I'll try Viola because of the aoe attack trap. Thanks for the suggestions

[zealous karma]

gradual healing

[swift swan]

this is (presumably) hard mode, you can't give drake gradual healing

[royal walrus]

Are you saying don't use Viola?

[toxic cobalt]

Use Viola

[royal walrus]

Okay, I think I'm all set now with leveling and adjusting (swapping Viola and Elesa)/ Here the order you fight matters right?

[toxic cobalt]

Sometimes it does

This week it's not too important

Just avoid Glacia Round 3

[royal walrus]

So it says round 1 everyone has physical damage reduction. Since my Phoebe team is sp.atk, I should do Phoebe first?

Actually I'll do Drake, similar to 300 gems, to give my masquerain a little more bulk

[zealous karma]

I have a suspicion this isn’t possible

[royal walrus]

Oh no lol. That striker looks very similar to mine.

[zealous karma]

I’m doing a challenge run you should not worry

[toxic cobalt]

Physical damage reduction does nothing bascially

Just makes quadqueuing tricky

[zealous karma]

Is anyone aware of any 3K clears for Steven thay don’t use ssgio or maxie

[trail smelt]

3k?

[zealous karma]

3 thousand points

[swift swan]

can you stall? idk if stall is possible 3k

I've never done 3k myself

[molten nimbus]

quite hard considering all if not most of them have resist toxic/burn/trap 9

[swift swan]

yeah, you just gotta outlive them like hell

steven is annoying to stall I imagine. High offenses and massive HP pool

[toxic cobalt]

Don't think you can stall hammer arm

[zealous karma]

No but you can flinch it

[toxic cobalt]

Is my flinch during stall advocacy breaking through?

[molten nimbus]

do they gain resilience after flinch

plus

i dont think flinched target gets poison/trap/burn damage

so probably reserved for big hits maybe

i was thinking of confusion tactic

since they'll still take damage if they get confused stun

if only Sidney gives spD buff

worth enough for me to switch bertha out

her sandstorm damage is bae

[zealous karma]

Champion stadium stages rarely have resilience

[molten nimbus]

that's good

[zealous karma]

I don’t think any of them do

[molten nimbus]

got traumatised by EB lately

[royal walrus]

Woooo I beat it! tysm for all the help

[zealous karma]

Even sslyras ebe has resilience

[swift swan]

it does? boooo

[keen jasper]

I find the irony in that to be really funny

[zealous karma]

ye i vividly remember it lel

[toxic cobalt]

It needed very particular timing

[keen silo]

Damn everyone is very bulky this week

[toxic cobalt]

Yep, Hoenn is bulk city

[swift swan]

Hoenn is bulk city but also hit like trucks

good thing we're going back to good ol' Johto

at least I can appreciate Lance's theme every week now cries in not having Lance

[full mesa]

You'll get him next rerun.

[keen silo]

Haven't tried this week yet

[toxic cobalt]

Easier than the past few weeks

[keen silo]

Let's hope its as easy as last week

[swift swan]

Yeah this week feels pretty easy

despite Fairy-weak Sidney being in the way

[keen silo]

Good to know

I think I have the perfect offensives for Sidney

[velvet dock]

waiting on calem next reset to do my run

[boreal rose]

[swift swan]

Well, time to get those 6 remaining types next reset

And do master mode right after

[boreal rose]

I'm missing dark, water, ice, psychic, bug and rock

I'm most scared abt Bug type

[swift swan]

Fill it with a support like Aaron

Or tank a special stage with Viola

Johto doesn't hit too hard

[mellow linden]

Yeah, just run a broken duo and throw and random Bug type in there as filler, basically

[boreal rose]

Well i do need Water and Dark

[grand trout]

Question

Does johto stages have gimmicks like sinnoh and hoenn?

[keen jasper]

It's very old and hasn't been updated

[grand trout]

...so i assume it's a no?

[keen jasper]

So it should be like ripping paper with your breath

[civic trellis]

Hoenn and Sinnoh r pretty hard the rest r alot easier

[grand trout]

~~in my experience johto hits harder than hoenn ~~

[keen jasper]

Is that supposed to be the biggest joke?

[grand trout]

Maybe it's due to me more experienced with hoenn + better units

[boreal rose]

Have you ever done it?

The paper thing

[keen jasper]

Hmmmm

No

[grand trout]

Unfortunately no. I remember bruno shredding me . He was my nightmare bsck then

[keen jasper]

It's just a metaphor

[grand trout]

But then again, i was a nob that time so

Sinnoh and hoenn, i tried to take advantage of the gimmicks so they're better

But let's see 🫠

[boreal rose]

What gimmicks

Whats a gimmick

[keen jasper]

A lame substitute for the word difficulty

[grand trout]

Or maybe because i have better units now???

Like i know Phoebe was a nightmare but i just cheesed her by dark void lol etc

[civic trellis]

Prob cuz johto was months ago

If hoenn was easy for u johto will prob be even easier

[grand trout]

Ah, no. Johto was out for a year now, yes?

[civic trellis]

No

Actually idk

Do u mean release date or rerun?

[grand trout]

I'm so confused, i remember it was one of the first ones with kanto and unova

Then alola, then sinnoh, then hoenn

[civic trellis]

Im not sure when CS was a thing tbh

[grand trout]

It has been here for a long time lol

[civic trellis]

I started doing it in kanto a few days before sinnoh cs released

[grand trout]

I remember johto being hard because i was inexperienced back then, that's all

I expect to shred johto this time though

I'll use underused units for the challenge lol

[keen jasper]

My first hard mode CS was Kanto and did 10/18 types when I was just a beginner

And then Sinnoh was next

[civic trellis]

Same, ive been getting 9.5k in both

So I should be able to 10k this time

[grand trout]

After all this time, lorelei is still a nightmare tbh

[keen jasper]

I unlocked my first MM back in Sinnoh, and my first MM clear was also Sinnoh with 7.9k pts.

[civic trellis]

I got 9/18 for kanto then 12/18 for sinnoh

But I could only beat the last week iirc

[grand trout]

You still haven't done MM?

[civic trellis]

No this was my first run of them

[grand trout]

Ahh

Well

[civic trellis]

I have MM unlocked for all now

[grand trout]

I did ||0||/18 in my first Kanto CS

[civic trellis]

But I only did 6k at most until the last 2 weeks of kanto iirc then I started 8.5k then 9.5k

[grand trout]

i avoided the CS for months because i was scared lol

[civic trellis]

After that I could 9.5k all sinnoh and hoenn weeks

[grand trout]

Ah, you still haven't 10k? Good luck!

[civic trellis]

Same I think I started in february (I have ssrc but I dont remember exactly when) but didnt try CS until right before sinnoh

[grand trout]

What are the params you pick?

[civic trellis]

Barely beat kanto too

Physical damage reduction: 50
Special damage reduction: 50
Strength 1, 2, 3, 6: 100, 200, 300, 600 (1200 total)
Power on hit 1, 2: 100, 200 (300 total)
Ally move gauge down 2: 300

[grand trout]

Oh oop

[civic trellis]

Sometimes I had to use post or pre sync params tho but w/o ally healing

[grand trout]

I suggest picking atk params rather than strength

Attack just buffs their attack

Strengths buffs levels which means buff all stats

I just pick strength 6 and all attack +

Gradual healing is a no-brainer roo

[civic trellis]

Ye I still need to figure out my params tbh, this is just one I found on reddit

[grand trout]

Let me remember my params

Atk+1, def+1, atk+3, atk+5, gradual healing, power on hit +1, power on hit+2, move gauge-2, strength 6

Idk if i choose ally healing -5 too

[keen jasper]

Why +1 defensive stats?

[grand trout]

I need that +50 lol

[keen jasper]

I'd just do double screens, all Atk./Sp. Atk. boosts, half ally healing, both power on hits, -2 gauge and +6 strength

[grand trout]

Oh yeah double screens too!

[grand trout]

You don't choose gradual healing?

Gradual healing is a godsend in stages with acute senses (?)

[civic trellis]

Double screens?

[grand trout]

Physical and special defense reduction

[civic trellis]

Ohhh

[grand trout]

They're basically free points if you can get your crit to +3

[swift swan]

If you can deal with sinnoh and hoenn without losing your mind then you can deal with any other region

[swift swan]

Gradual healing is a godsend everywhere, I always take it unless I'm stalling (hell sometimes I take it when I'm stalling too)

You deal damage much more than they heal, and in long battles, they run out eventually too

[keen jasper]

Oh yeah and gradual healing too, forgot about that

[onyx ice]

That's why i didn't noticed that drake had acute senses

I always pick gradual healing

[long thicket]

I refuse to believe that I ever struggled with regular mode.

I certainly did come a long way since I arrived on this server.

[swift swan]

Earlier this year I wasn't even doing 10k

[long thicket]

Unfortunately, I'll have to pass with 10k this week.

I lack the motivation hard.

[civic trellis]

I struggled w regular mode in april now im doing 9.5k since like october

[long thicket]

I arrived here because I struggled with regular.

I still need a lot of encouragement for 10k.

[swift swan]

The encouragement would be and personal satisfaction

[long thicket]

I did manage it a handful of time.

But it's not a norm.

[swift swan]

But honestly 4.2k is enough

Anything higher than 7.5k imo is for flex anyway

And just self satisfaction

[long thicket]

Yeah, that's what I'm doing this week because I didn't want a headache.

I'll try 10k Johto definitely.

[swift swan]

Don't stress it yeah, hoenn is challenging

Well, good job on the improvement!

[long thicket]

The merit would go to the people that helped me here.

[toxic cobalt]

Uh it’s for that super valuable 10 BP

[swift swan]

[civic trellis]

8-9.5k gives champ spirit tho

[swift swan]

Should've filled the survey saying I'd prefer a or something

[swift swan]

Which isn't a huge bottleneck, you'll find yourself drowning in them anyway

[long thicket]

I don't recall a request section, so I didn't dare that much.

But yes, lack of 4* tickets can be an issue

[civic trellis]

Personally ive been having a lack of them since lodge

Prob going to have more saved up now that I have cynthia, n, and dawn left and I only have dawn out of those 3

[long thicket]

4.2 also feels much easier now...

Alright, I can EX Bede, Lear and I have some custom tickets saved for Kukui.

That's everyone with a song unlock that I can own.

[civic trellis]

Kukui gets a key? Nice

[long thicket]

Well, Sygna Diantha too, but I'm not in a rush.

I'll definitely get her for rock zone.

[civic trellis]

I have like 11 pairs atm that im EXing for the music key but I have others that I want to do first

Im doing hala rn then bea, a few supports, pairs in lodge, and my limited units cuz y not

Just 4 left for limited units tho + marnie

[long thicket]

As for Leon, I just can't have him.

[drowsy perch]

I have Cynthia and Hapu, thats it. Werent many options way back when i used to play

Its just hard mode, but I have only EX'd one unit so far, and im missing a lot. I used Calem/Seren to clear one of the other stages

[white gale]

so hard mode.. are there specifc types you're trying to get in this time? Can you unlock MM this time?

[drowsy perch]

I was just trying to clear stages to get champion spirit

So i can start building an updated roster

[white gale]

ok, got it (but at some point esp with Kanto CS coming up, think about how to unlock MM for more rewards)

Can you show all your 5* units? 1/5 Cynthia unfortunately is not that great

Do you have Ingo or Bertha or AnniRaihan? IF not Cynthia + Acerola + PhySupport would be a good starting point

Cynthia wants sand and and Acerola can set sand

For Support, Hop would be a good choice to inc Att/Def/Crit and Potion

[drowsy perch]

I dont have those three you listed. I think i stopped playing year one. Maybe before the first anni

[white gale]

Ok, so Acerola for sand then

[sacred mountain]

Can I poison stall Phoebe round 4?

[white gale]

Some supports that increase Att/Def/Crit are Hop, Aaron, Exeggutor, SurgeChu, 3/5 Hilbert (no Def, but Speed), 3/5 Sonia

[drowsy perch]

But yeah, cynthia/acerola/hop i have

[white gale]

Ok, that can prob beat Hard Mode

Acerola can flinch too, which is nice if it procs

[drowsy perch]

Okay thanks. Ill try it out

[white gale]

You can try, but may be hard since her resistance to Poison is 9

[sacred mountain]

I'm stuck at Phoebe Sidney round 3 and 4

[white gale]

good luck! make sure that SAnd is up when Cynthia is ready to start attacking. Tank with Hop. Grid their tiles. Use gear. Triple queue

[sacred mountain]

Should I just grid Fantina?

[white gale]

ddo you have Mewtwo or Fantina? what move lvl is Fantina?

Either can beat PHoebe

and is this hard mode or MM?

[sacred mountain]

Mm

Both 5/5

Gio EX

[white gale]

do you have Lucian?

Lucian + one of those two + SpAtt Support can win

[sacred mountain]

What's his Pokemon

[white gale]

Girafarig

[sacred mountain]

I think I do

[white gale]

Lucian is outstanding

[sacred mountain]

Level 1 tho

[white gale]

he has AOE dec ATt/SpDef and inc Speed in one click

[sacred mountain]

2/5

[white gale]

raise his level. 2/5 is enough

[sacred mountain]

Lucky skill?

[white gale]

not too important. in this set up he's not going to attack much, so Vigilance would work. In other setups, he can nuke well so CS 2

[sacred mountain]

Hmm ok

I'll go look up his grid

[white gale]

his grid isn't too important in this set up. If you use 5/5 Fantina, her grid is very improtant

Lucian is there just to Growl basically

[sacred mountain]

Ooo

I'll try with Lucian Mewtwo and Sabrina

[toxic cobalt]

Sidney is a jerk just stall him with Sycamore

[white gale]

Roxanne can work too if Sabrina doesn't - she icnrease Def and SpAtt too

[toxic cobalt]

Unless you have a limited fairy striker

[sacred mountain]

Anni Lillie clears ig

1/5 from last year

[toxic cobalt]

Oh lol yeah

That’s a limited striker and a half

Goodbye Sidney

[sacred mountain]

Let's hope I get through Phoebe lol

[devout sluice]

Ok so the only ones I’m concerned are steel and fairy

[sacred mountain]

Wait if I'm using Lucian

Shouldn't I do Phoebe round 4?

[tired sleet]

Yup, unless there’s another debuffer on another team that you think will need it more

[white gale]

sorry forgot to mention, if using Lucian and Mewtwo, make sure to get BrainTeaser tile. Smarty-Pants too if you're planning to EX with Mewtwo (though against Ghost weak, a Support EX would be better)

[white gale]

what steel / fairy offense do you have? Sycamore can be used for stall/Moonblast as f2p option

for Steel, Solgaleo, Wikstrom are f2p options

[devout sluice]

For steel, just regular Steven Solgaleo Wikstrom and SS Gio, for fairy, Pal Serena Summer Marnie and Sycamore.

[keen jasper]

Hop?

Or is it just damage dealers?

[devout sluice]

Oh and Hop

[white gale]

I asked about offense first, just to help habit of thinking about offense first when building teams

you have SS Gio? Steel weak is dead

you have Summer Marnie? Fairy weak is dead

[keen jasper]

Even if they have Sentry Entry x2

[white gale]

he's fighting ... ???

LOL I actually don't know who he's fighting

who's steel weak this week?

[keen jasper]

No one

[white gale]

but no one has Sentry Entry x 2 this week

[keen jasper]

Phoebe?

NVM lol

That was last week

[white gale]

nope, Sentry Entry 2

maybe Steven ground weak? SS Gio still wins

[sacred mountain]

I Actually did 10k wow

Ty @white gale for the help

And everyone else

3/5 Maxie EX ate Steven for dinner

[white gale]

Congrats!!

[void estuary]

Is ingo or Lucas diagla more useful in stadium?
(I have garchomp 5/5 & latios)

(Going to pull fair select)

[old orchid]

is your Dragon roster good enough to tackle content?

[keen silo]

Fantina actually hits pretty hard now

I'm happy

[old orchid]

if yes, Lucas is uneccessary to have

[void estuary]

I have a really weak dragon roster. But also a garchomp w no sandstorm support

[old orchid]

Acerola and Bertha are already good sand support for Cynthia

idk about your Dragon roster, but Lucas will improve yours

do you have power boosted Cyrus?

[void estuary]

Oh yeah I do have a boosted palkia

[old orchid]

i would go for Lucas

[keen silo]

Speaking of fair

Red and snorlax is a support correct?

[zealous karma]

Ye

[keen silo]

what exactly does he offer/help as a support

debating pulling him and ssmay

[zealous karma]

-1 sync countdown and +2 crit mini potions

Good out of the box

[main crow]

Not to mention the SEUP effect he gives

He has TM MPR right at 1/5 too

[keen silo]

okayy

Red it is

ty 🦕

[lost gulch]

is sidney physically defensive?

[zealous karma]

No

[full mesa]

Just bulky

[ancient lava]

When can you say that you have good enough dragon roster to tackle content?

Is Palkia enough?

[keen jasper]

More than

Even Zinnia too

[ancient lava]

Ah sweet lawd so dragon's like fire where it's a bit saturated

Unfortunately I don't have EX/Powerup for either of them yet

[old orchid]

Cyrus is already good at base

[keen silo]

Powered up cyrus/zinnia is usually a safe bet

[ancient lava]

Nice, fairy weak bruno on CS

can finally use my ex'd lisia

[void wyvern]

I have had to beat the elite 4 to get to Steven for testing 4 times this week. I’m really starting to want a mode where I don’t have to do them all in return for no points/rewards.

[full mesa]

Why? Do them one time and then just quite the Steven fight once you complete it.

[void wyvern]

Well I had to restart to help with other battles that were not Steven.

[swift swan]

waiting for the day they implement an update to be able to do a no-reward test run

[pine spruce]

any recommendation what E4 to fight on R2 ruling?

Already beated Sidney

[swift swan]

doesn't matter much. whichever team has an EX support can take advantage of it

[pine spruce]

guess I'll go with two EX supports lol

skyla EX, aaron EX and Anni Steven did the work, although at 1k MM Drake only

surely R3 Phoebe can be nifty with Helena nuke

[spring fable]

Updated team for tmr, think there’ll be any gauge issue?

I want to aim for 2k this time

*10k

[main crow]

Ghost team maybe? KriSS doesn't have any mean to boost speed if she isn't 2/5

[swift swan]

Helena is decently fast and fantina gives gauge

i think it can work

[main crow]

Oh she does?

Huh til

[spring fable]

can swap helena with lucian

[swift swan]

Will's not too bulky anyway, Fantina and Helena can quickly plow through the stage before facing gauge issues

[spring fable]

even at 2k?

[swift swan]

plus KriSS juggles a lot of trainer moves already

[swift swan]

I can see 10k on the horizon now

[spring fable]

on hindsight im concerned about koga and karen team

koga team because there's hardly any buffs there

karen team because although olivia is 4/5, i feel like she hasnt been doing enough damage lately (from the prev weeks i used her)

[solemn pine]

Is this your first johto cs?

[swift swan]

Silver buffs himself enough

[swift swan]

inertia + sand blaster does numbers

I keep underestimating Olivia but she never failed me vs Flint and Drake

Johto has nothing on her

[spring fable]

my first time going for 10k

[spring fable]

looking forward!

[solemn pine]

So you have done the johto cs before

[spring fable]

if anything you'll see me here tmr reset crying about how i cannot clear

[spring fable]

yes! i completed hard mode the prev rotation and did 850 per run

[solemn pine]

I see

[spring fable]

wait

[solemn pine]

Well I'm sure with what the other have suggested, you'll be able to do it

[spring fable]

idk if i even did johto

NOOOO

I HAVENT DONE JOHTO

[solemn pine]

Oh

[spring fable]

I CHECKED MY MEDALS

[swift swan]

I'm on university break so I'll be available... pretty much all day long

[spring fable]

@solemn pine sry i think the one i did was kanto

[trail smelt]

So you need to fill all 18 types?

[solemn pine]

Do you remember when you first joined?

[spring fable]

err

launch

but then i left

and came back recently

[swift swan]

yeah, I remember helping you out for kanto

[spring fable]

the grind was inefficient, i left shortly after cynthia / lance (idk who came first)

[swift swan]

we haven't had johto since... May??

[spring fable]

ah

yep i need to do the medal first

[swift swan]

rip, master mode will have to wait until next week

this is so inefficient...

[spring fable]

😦

[swift swan]

let us reset immediately dena

lmao I'm probably demanding too much

[solemn pine]

[spring fable]

okie thunder bug fighting for next week

[sand karma]

Same

[toxic cobalt]

You just need those 3?

[spring fable]

yep for next next week i meant sry

made a 15 type roster for next reset

[toxic cobalt]

Good luck

[swift swan]

good luck!

[old orchid]

Johto again

[swift swan]

yay johto, I can hear Koga's epic music

[old orchid]

What are the weaknesses next week? I cant load the images here

[spring fable]

yay 5 weeks of johto

[toxic cobalt]

Ghost fire water fairy rock

[spring fable]

ghost fire water fairy rock

[old orchid]

Thank you both

[swift swan]

Ghost fire wa- yeah that

[old orchid]

[toxic cobalt]

GFWFR

Very f2p friendly except for Rock

[swift swan]

pretty sure there's a helper here with SS Brock propaganda

was it aurochs or dreamy

[toxic cobalt]

Not me, I always forget he exists

[swift swan]

I was looking in the archives of old chats because that was when SS Brock got his grid and EX but looks like the old CS chat is dead and I can't find proof 💀

[toxic cobalt]

Oh, when his grid came out, I was amazed how good it was

But then I forgot

[swift swan]

is yours EXd?

mine stays as a flinch bot

[dark osprey]

Simple reliable partial nuke at least. But still reliant on cakewalk for good numbers

[toxic cobalt]

Nah

[dark osprey]

Wish they gave him haymaker instead

[old orchid]

[toxic cobalt]

I can't remember the team I used for him

[old orchid]

They did f2p rock types dirty

Grant

[dark osprey]

Regular Brock was kinda nice when his grid came out but still not enough

Roark grid will be the game changer

Best for the last

[old orchid]

Yes with Recoil Remover ||1||

[dark osprey]

Yeah. Me too living on that hopium

[toxic cobalt]

Reg Brock just can't handle sides in my experience

SS Brock now can

[dark osprey]

Yeah. Ss Brock seems like the best of the worst

[sinful garden]

Johto's gonna get a warm welcome tomorrow

Too much overkill on the left teams?

[dark osprey]

With Roarks stats, if he gets a sync multiplier, maybe would be better. Not sure about dps still

[old orchid]

All teams of yours are overkill

[old orchid]

Tbh with Standfast 9 + 3 like BP Sophocles can solve his issue

[sinful garden]

Probably gonna turn em down a bit

[old orchid]

Unless you are going to do a challengez no need to turn them down

[sinful garden]

The karen team cant be that bad unless johto is even easier than i remember it being

[toxic cobalt]

BP Karen needs this grid expansion

Can't keep just using Nessa

[old orchid]

You dont have MR or Sidney?

[toxic cobalt]

I'm a dps kinda person

[spring fable]

im so mad i gotta do hard mode

[dark osprey]

needs them f2p hits

[toxic cobalt]

Ha, not for Johto

[dark osprey]

One week will be difficult to get by

But then getting to 10k regularly

[dark osprey]

Yeah. Eggmon runs ftw

[toxic cobalt]

I'll figure it out.

Depends on round parameters

[dark osprey]

Oh yeah. For 1.5K days, striker aerodactyl was nice

[toxic cobalt]

gotta figure out a full scottie run

Managed to get 9 scotties for sinnoh

including a duo

Highest so far

[dark osprey]

Yeah. This is the week you've been waiting for

But investment in those eggmons are kinda costly

[toxic cobalt]

Hmm no weeks seem amazing for Scottie

sadly

[dark osprey]

Oh. Why though?

[toxic cobalt]

I'd want a few types weak to good scottie strikers together. Using egg strikers is pain, when they need Scottie support.

[swift swan]

I never touch my egg strikers

LG taught me eggs are amazing but I'm not advanced enough, I can't appreciate striker eggmons yet

[toxic cobalt]

Very few are usable

[old orchid]

Mainly Gyarados, Hitmon, Raichu, Scyther,...

[dark osprey]

Yeah. That's the problem. Gauntlet promotes tech and mainly support eggmons

[swift swan]

At the end of the day all these end-game content are optional doing the bare minimum is absolutely fine

[dark osprey]

Yeah. Gauntlet at least gives you slightly more premium cookies. CS with higher than 2K is mainly fun I guess

[manic mica]

Hi guys
I've tried the whole week to beat CS mm
Phoebe is my main threat
My fire team is SSRed charizard, morty oh ho and may blazziken
My ground team Bertha, Ingo and ssgio
My triumph card is SSRed Pikachu, Sonia and SS elesa
What can I use against the other 2 teams?
And in which order should I battle them?
Thank you

[toxic cobalt]

Just use one striker for the fire team, not two

For Phoebe you seem to have quite a few ghost options

For dragon and fairy you don't seem to have many limited? If so you can just use Cyrus and Sycamore

Also you have many off-type options

[mellow linden]

You don’t have to run monotype, replace at least Sonia with a different tank for your SST Red team, IMO

[manic mica]

For off type SSRed Pikachu, Sonia and yamper, SSelesa and rotom

[main crow]

you have more than that, is it your strongest? probably but there are other team compositions you can try

Maxie/Courtney already a pretty nice combo by themselves, just need a support to help maxing stats and gauge

[toxic cobalt]

Archie EX

[manic mica]

I sometimes use Archie may swampert and SS Blue for offtype but they didn't work here

[toxic cobalt]

Roxanne probably better than SS Blue

[hollow zodiac]

So what level should i have my team at before i do this? I'm over the recommended and still being stomped lol

I'm going through getting zinnia rn because i only have the support dragon guy right now

[vital gazelle]

you're not doing master mode right?

[hollow zodiac]

Nah, haven't cleared normal yet lol

[vital gazelle]

cool, how many typings have you covered so far?

for the normal version

[hollow zodiac]

And the special rule was a physical debuff so i tried heat wave zard and nothing lol

None, haven't been able to clear em

[vital gazelle]

send a photo of your roster

[toxic cobalt]

100-120

[vital gazelle]

the difference past 120 is negligible at this stage

if you're not clearing at level 120, raising the level isn't going to solve anything

[hollow zodiac]

I tried red/blue/leaf on glacia thinking it would be an easy clear but icy wind just murders zard lol

[toxic cobalt]

Not a good team

[keen jasper]

Why is your Silver 1/5?

[hollow zodiac]

Really? They have all the same theme skills and sundering o.O

[hollow zodiac]

?

[vital gazelle]

theme skills are also negligible

[keen jasper]

Theme skills is secondary synergy

[toxic cobalt]

No synergy

[keen jasper]

Your Silver is move level 1 out 5

[vital gazelle]

red blue and leaf all want to sync

greedy team

[toxic cobalt]

+legexchange

[frozen depot]

When completing a Legendary Adventure in the Main Story section, you will be awarded a sync pair, 4 vouchers and 20 power-ups (usable on that pair only)

• Trade the vouchers for copies of that pair (in the shop > legendary adventure tab)
• DO NOT TRADE the power-ups, use all 20 on the unlocked pair (in upgrade > potential tab)
  https://i.imgur.com/gGHPQjd.png
  For more beginner infos, check our #1010307000346878062.

[hollow zodiac]

O shit what

One sec lmao

Oh, and are any egg 'mons decent? I've hatched a good amount and none seem that great

[vital gazelle]

i wouldn't recommend it, but they're usable

they're mostly used in legendary gauntlet, a gamemode that stretches your roster thin

[toxic cobalt]

Weather and status ones are useful too

[hollow zodiac]

Ahh fair, and holy shit thank you, silver was already a beast, and now 🥴🤤

[vital gazelle]

do you have many sync orbs right now?

[hollow zodiac]

Not a ton, but some yeah

[toxic cobalt]

Who already has been gridded?

[hollow zodiac]

Noone completely, been going and getting a lot of people the basics so i can figure out who i like using

Would def not mind filling out Silver's though

[vital gazelle]

by basics do you mean the initial hexagon around the centre of the grid?

[toxic cobalt]

Who partially?

[hollow zodiac]

Initial hexagon, and then a few outside of that that i knew i for sure wanted to grab

[hollow zodiac]

Most of my 5* that are at 100 or above i think?

Or just the ones i use regularly I'm not 100% haha

[toxic cobalt]

Interesting. Suppose can test as we go.

Alright, so fire weak, run silver

[hollow zodiac]

I'm grabbing zinnia now, only other dragon user i have is the support guy

[toxic cobalt]

What lucky skill does silver have?

[toxic cobalt]

Grab Cyrus

[hollow zodiac]

The one that increases crit damage

[toxic cobalt]

Okay physical silver

[hollow zodiac]

Is palkia not water in this? O.o

[vital gazelle]

pomas typings don't matter much, there's no STAB

[hollow zodiac]

Ah fair

Oh, do you get units from the villain stories as well? Saw Giratina Cynthia on the sinnoh one haha

[toxic cobalt]

You should also get Hop and Sycamore asap

[vital gazelle]

i'd recommend grabbing all of the legendary adventure units, with priority to Hop/Zamazenta and Sycamore/Xerneas

[hollow zodiac]

Wait, hop? I don't remember seeing him on there o.o

Oh oop, hop not hau

[toxic cobalt]

Do you have Surge and Raichu?

[hollow zodiac]

Lemme check, i know i have surge but can't remember which

[sand karma]

Sadly she's a limited unit

[toxic cobalt]

Anyway fire you can run say Silver Blaine and Maylene, should have a decent chance

[vital gazelle]

covering typings is futile since its the final week of hoenn right

[hollow zodiac]

Ooof, kinda figured they wouldn't give us free cynthia, i got her base unit now though so I'm happy 🤣

[keen jasper]

They did once

[void wyvern]

Not exactly futile but it will be a hot minute before you get to utilize it again.

[hollow zodiac]

Do they not reset every week? O.o

[vital gazelle]

oh so they carry over?

[sand karma]

They'll have a wider roster next time it comes back and they'll be happy to do mm asap

[void wyvern]

Yes they do.

[toxic cobalt]

We got ungridded units let’s not try types

[keen jasper]

Back during The Classic Thunderbolt collab

[vital gazelle]

yeah

they have a fair selection of strong limited units at least

[hollow zodiac]

Oop, only electrode

[toxic cobalt]

SS Leaf Viola and Janine is a back pocket grid free win btw

[hollow zodiac]

Oo I do like them, haven't tried them in stadium yet

[void wyvern]

Did Janine grid fix her?

[hollow zodiac]

Is janine a unit I want to 5*? Or keep her at 4 since she uses the debuff mostly anyways?

[vital gazelle]

4* is fine

[toxic cobalt]

Eh much the same

Janine is fine at 3*

[vital gazelle]

assumed they brought her up to 4*

but if she's 3* leave her there

[hollow zodiac]

And should i go for defenses/hp on her grid?

[toxic cobalt]

Grid? Don’t touchbit

[hollow zodiac]

Yeah already boosted her haha

[toxic cobalt]

There are better grids to prioritise

Like sycamore and hop

[hollow zodiac]

Had a ton of 3* tickets and she was the only 3* i was using

And ahh ok

[toxic cobalt]

A lot of this run will depend on whether you have the mats to level Giovanni, Cyrus, Sycamore and Hop to 110/120

[toxic cobalt]

Fire team here.

Ghost team can be Giovanni and Rosa.

Cyrus can run dragon, if you can grid critical focus then with Roxanne.

[hollow zodiac]

I'm finishing zinnia just cause she was already almost done, they're dropping a lot of level mats though so i should have enough

[toxic cobalt]

Fairy team relies on Sycamore

Then Ground you can run Cynthia

[hollow zodiac]

Yassss Cynthia champion fight

[toxic cobalt]

Hmm well don’t do Cyrus then, try Zinnia first

Can run her with Acerola and Hop

[hollow zodiac]

I mean i can go for one of the others, i do enjoy these stories haha

[toxic cobalt]

It’s very funny how many of your limited pairs are fire type

[hollow zodiac]

Making me wanna play ORAS though lol

[vital gazelle]

anni N/x/x and janine/ss leaf are backup off type clears

i guess

[hollow zodiac]

Yeah i noticed that 😅

[toxic cobalt]

Yeah, if AnniN works gridless

[hollow zodiac]

Maybe i shouldn't have went may for the select lol

[toxic cobalt]

Nah you do what makes you happy

[vital gazelle]

dw about it

[hollow zodiac]

I mean i wanted to go reuniclus or guzma, but someone was saying that the limited 5 don't come back in other things so i went may lol

[toxic cobalt]

Grid priorities are Critical focus on Cyrus (bottom left) and Hop to it mpr for Hop. (Also ignore the middle circle as much as possible.)

[hollow zodiac]

Ignore the middle circle? O.o

[toxic cobalt]

Absolutely the right choice over rehniclus or guzma

[vital gazelle]

they were right in saying that, it is generally not recommended to choose general pool units

which guzma and caitlin are

[toxic cobalt]

For now, while are limited

Also buy from the monthly item shop

Happy new year new month

[vital gazelle]

if you need the coins sell evolution stones

not all of them

[toxic cobalt]

So

Silver Blaine Maylene

Zinnia Acerola Hop

Giovanni Rosa [tank]

Cyrus (grid critical focus) Roxanne [free slot]

Cynthia and something and something

I dunno Cynthia well sadly

[hollow zodiac]

Oh I haven't spent coins on anything yet, what should i be using them for? 😅

[toxic cobalt]

Basically just

[vital gazelle]

could even put lyra in place of maylene and move maylene to cynthia's team

[hollow zodiac]

Wait, you can do that??

[toxic cobalt]

Does Lyra boost atk? I forget

[vital gazelle]

spatk/atk/speed

+crit

[hollow zodiac]

I do like that, I've been running sun team for him haha

[toxic cobalt]

Oh sweet

[vital gazelle]

under sun double the former 3

[toxic cobalt]

Do that then

[hollow zodiac]

What does blaine do? I haven't used him yet

[vital gazelle]

🌞

[toxic cobalt]

Also the SSL/Janine/Viola backup, and the AnniN backup

Should be doable

I g2g good luck

[hollow zodiac]

Wait this whole time i didn't need to use his sync for sun??? Omg lol

[hollow zodiac]

Ty fam ❤️

[toxic cobalt]

I personally use his sync for sun but in this case just use Blaine

If wo$$ is still around they got this, otherwise someone else will turn up

[vital gazelle]

ill be asleep in like 10 mins lol

5:18 am here

[toxic cobalt]

Someone else it is !

[hollow zodiac]

Gonna try zinnia first since first rule is physical debuff haha

[vital gazelle]

moogle can smash this out in 10 mins i believe

[hollow zodiac]

I can only do one, gotta leave for the airport in a sec 💀

[vital gazelle]

well that works out

[hollow zodiac]

Oh oop don't have hop yet for that one, might actually need to wait

[vital gazelle]

can fight someone else round 1

[hollow zodiac]

Unless i can just power through the 'special rule'?

[hollow zodiac]

Yeee the silver team is the only one i have finished though

[vital gazelle]

try it out

lyra (1) blaine (2) silver (3)

[hollow zodiac]

Ok, brb haha!

[vital gazelle]

silver's exed and presumably partially gridded, so should be fine

[hollow zodiac]

Oof i might need to do another one first, they're so damned tanky lol

And they like 2shot poor blaine lol

[vital gazelle]

is lyra dead when they kill blaine?

she should be the first target

[hollow zodiac]

How does ice face work in this one? I tried using blaine to clear it

Yee they have icy wind and spam it though

[vital gazelle]

iirc ice face tanks one physical move

but not physical syncs

like silver's

[hollow zodiac]

Oop, thought it was any one move

Janine/leaf would prolly be best for phoebe yeah?

Don't need phys to sit there with poison ig lol

[vital gazelle]

yeah looks that you may need to offtype phoebe

try and get a lightscreen in with lyra

[hollow zodiac]

Lol oof

[vital gazelle]

you can use either anni N or janine/ssl to offtype phoebe

not sure how good anni N is at base, but he probably works in non master mode

[hollow zodiac]

Should i go them both with N?

[vital gazelle]

nah

[hollow zodiac]

Just another tanky tank then?

[vital gazelle]

yeah

[hollow zodiac]

Wasn't saving jasmine for anything right?

[vital gazelle]

ampharos is wasted on a poison stall team

unless you're talking steelix

[hollow zodiac]

Naw haha, don't have that one yet

Bluestoise then?

[vital gazelle]

skyla works

she raises defense and has potions

[hollow zodiac]

Oo ok!

Alright, gotta head out now, thank you for the help! 😁

[vital gazelle]

all good

i gotta sleep now too

[hollow zodiac]

Sleep well fam!

[manic dust]

I think I've almost got Drake with a team of Cyrus (140), Sycamore (135), and a third I keep rotating around -- I was using Ghetsis (135), but I just cannot seem to get Kingdra down fast enough. I've been using Spatial Rend but it's just so slow. Is there a better build?

[mellow linden]

The main thing for Drake is that he takes reduced damage while Rain is up

Oh wait

Sorry, my bad, it’s when he isn’t affected by a status change (confusion, trap, restrain, etc.)

[hollow zodiac]

Oop, phoebe isn't immune to poison is she?

[void wyvern]

No.

Her gimmick is having multipliers based on attack and having a few entries,

[manic dust]

So for Drake, I'll need to have a status inflictor. Hmm I do have Calem with thunder wave

[mellow linden]

That’s a status condition, not a status change. I know, it’s a weird distinction

Viola is a free option that can Trap Drake, which would fulfill the requirement

Alternatively, if it’s Master Mode you can just turn on the Gradual Healing parameter

[manic dust]

I'm still trying to get my first full Hard Mode win, so no Master Mode for me. 🙂 I had no idea there was a difference between changes and conditions...thank you!

[mellow linden]

No problem

[hollow zodiac]

I don't know why but poison is doing absolutely nothing to them 🤣

[mellow linden]

What team were you trying to use?

[hollow zodiac]

Leaf/janine/skyla

[mellow linden]

SS Leaf, the one with Venusaur?

[manic dust]

I did it!!! Thanks so much! On to Steven!

[mellow linden]

Congrats!

[manic dust]

Thanks!

[hollow zodiac]

Yeee

Guess it helps when it doesn't take 5 turns to poison, but still no dice

[mellow linden]

Weird, Skyla + SS Leaf should be providing a lot of survivability with Potion spam

And of course Gradual Healing

[full mesa]

Restart if it takes that long. Badly poison is your only way of dealing damage in stall strategies. The earlier you start, the better the results.

[civic trellis]

Good teams for this reset?

[mellow linden]

Looks fine, maybe use Acerola instead of Leaf depending on Sonia and Olivia’s move levels

Team for Lance is huge overkill

[civic trellis]

Sonia is 2/5 leaf and olivia 5/5

Leaf is mostly there for support EX and potions

Sonia defense drops buffing and more potions

[civic trellis]

Probably but using triple water master fairs is fun

[mellow linden]

Understandable

Oh, wait

Why Hop on the Fire team? Just Potion?

[civic trellis]

Tanking and potions, I dont have ss morty

[mellow linden]

Just making sure. Was gonna suggest Skyla, then I realized she’s on the Fairy team, lol

[civic trellis]

Ye she might help there bcz lisia uses 4 gauges

[mellow linden]

At worst she finishes her Speed buffs

And of course is a great tank for Bruno

[civic trellis]

I kept the same ghost and fairy team but replaced bede w lisia to try her out

Oh also should I do post/pre sync params? Prob will replace ally healing 5 tho

[mellow linden]

Can try both and see what works better

[dim marsh]

Hey guys I'm returning to Masters after a relatively long hiatus, I remember that Kingdra had something happening in Master Mode right?

That the shield passive gets disabled in some circumstances...?

[mellow linden]

Drake takes less damage unless he's affected by a status change (confusion, trap, restrain, etc.)

Note that a status condition (Burn, Poison, Sleep, Paralysis, Freeze) is not the same as a status change

[wicked pebble]

How does this look for current?

[mellow linden]

Probably wanna at least make sure you can apply a status change to Drake (even if that's just from Gradual Healing point parameter), but otherwise looks alright at a glance

[void wyvern]

There’s no consistent weather on the zinnia team as rain vanishes before zinnia can sync. I think you’ll benefit more from a weather setter then Marley.

[dim marsh]

Ok that's the one, thank you so much

I remembered that there was some parameter to basically disable the ability

[mellow linden]

Yeah, Gradual Healing counts as a status change

[hollow zodiac]

I wait until she can mega before using that, should i just use it at the beginning?

[mellow linden]

You don’t need to

It’s just an example of how she can help the team stay alive

[hollow zodiac]

I almost want to replace skyla with a unit that has sp def all instead?

[mellow linden]

Oh, is Phoebe more special than physical?

[hollow zodiac]

She's been spamming shadow ball, does have EQ as well though

[mellow linden]

Ah, mixed

[wicked pebble]

Any reason why that?

[mellow linden]

Is BP Morty available?

[hollow zodiac]

Mostly special, cause heat wave as well

[mellow linden]

Drake takes reduced damage if he’s not affected by a status change

[hollow zodiac]

Is there a filter for this though? Or do I just look through all my supp units?

Looks like Drake has it, might try him

[wicked pebble]

Ah. Maybe pack so.ething like Leaf then?

For poison?

[mellow linden]

That's a status condition, not a status change

It's a weird distinction, but an important one

Status changes are stuff like Confused, Trapped, Restrained, etc.

[wicked pebble]

Ah. So something like confusion or trapped?

SS Lyra then?

[mellow linden]

Gradual Healing also counts, so you could select that parameter if it's Master Mode

[wicked pebble]

smack everything with Grassy Glide?

[mellow linden]

That's an option, yeah

[dim marsh]

I remembered that there was some parameter to basically disable the ability

[trail smelt]

Gradual Healing

Regen is counted as status change which disables it LMAO

[rigid flint]

No wonder oml

[hollow zodiac]

Whyyyy is she getting crits every turn now wtf

[rigid flint]

Is this Phoebe?

[wicked pebble]

Are any of the arena teams special?

derp, CS teams.

Tring to figure out who to use the first rule with.

Are they all special teams or something?

[white gale]

for Will next week, he has Impervious... does that mean his stats can't be removed via Spectral Thief? If so, makes SS Korrina sort of garbage against him doesn't it?

[mellow linden]

Unfortunately yeah

Dang, I might have to change up my plans then

[wicked pebble]

that to me or OB?

[mellow linden]

OB

[wicked pebble]

ah.

Are there physical teams at all this week?

[mellow linden]

Last week of Hoenn? I think everyone except Glacia uses at least some physical

[white gale]

wow, what a way to make the new unit seem really bad lol. Sad

Back to Mewtwo then I guess

[mellow linden]

Well she’s not exactly new

Oh wait, you mean NY Dawn

Yeah, not the most thought-out plan

[white gale]

I was originally thinking SS Korrina, but you're right, Impervious makes NY Dawn and SS Korrina not-the-best choices

[toxic cobalt]

Odd, they usually promote the new units

[white gale]

since her Grab BAg and Feather Dance do nothing to him

[mellow linden]

Tbf it’s not like they haven’t done it before

Though I guess it could be argued that Dark weak Phoebe was more to sell Champ Calem’s Dark Zone than to sell the Greninjas in general

[swift swan]

it's Johto, an old CS region. I don't think they're gonna drastically revamp the gimmicks to promote new units

[swift swan]

initially it was to sell ss cyrus and summer N

being special dark damage dealers

yes I'm ignoring Karen

[vital gazelle]

i’m not sure if you did this, but if you have them, use on your tanks to give them vigilance

just strips away one more layer of rng

[hollow zodiac]

Ahh ok! I'll do that next time i try, grabbing cyrus now 🙂

[mellow linden]

As one should for figuring out CS gimmick intent, general pool and free pairs are more happy coincidences than what the gimmicks were designed for (see: Bug weak Lucian)

[hollow zodiac]

Zinnia is.. interesting lol
Is she just bad in longer battles?

[vital gazelle]

for dragon type damage you’ll either need to grid clearheaded for outrage or give her dauntless for draco meteor

her TM also lowers her defences as does dragon ascent

she’s one of the weaker legendary adventures units but not bad

[hollow zodiac]

And I was supposed to go for critical something on cyrus yeah?

[vital gazelle]

critical focus, unless you pair him with a crit buffer

[hollow zodiac]

Alright! Gonna have to do that for now, and with roxanne I'm just sitting with wide guard sctive after boosting yeah?

Oh, maybe i don't have a crit buffer x,x

Oh nvm, ilu maylene

[vital gazelle]

yeah you can click wide guard after boosting, it might force you to take an enemy sync but see if you can live it

iirc maylene won’t max cyrus’ crit

prob best to run crit focus but if you don’t have the orbs that’s understandable

[white gale]

I thought KAnto was next? POmatools shows Lance, Bruno, etc

[civic trellis]

Lance and bruno are in both johto and kanto

[white gale]

oooo my bad! thank you

so confusing

[civic trellis]

Np

[swift swan]

kicks door open

JOHTO TIME BABYYYY

idk why I'm even excited

R1: When a Pokemon faints, debuffs stats of the whole team
R2: Permanent field effects
R3: Physical damage reduction at start
R4: Status conditions are more effective (be careful with Koga here)
R5: Special damage reduction

nothing very notable

[keen jasper]

Good thing no half CD params

[dark osprey]

lol. kicks door & breaks it open for Johto

[spring fable]

arghhh i want MM

[void wyvern]

Johto gimmick refresher

Ghost weak will: Has impervious (cannot debuff him). sentry and wise entry 1. Right mid and left are entirely special. Has no way to actually buff his offences.

Fire weak Koga: high hp (26k) has tighten up and toughen up 9 (raises defences on being hit) has lowered resistance to burn and trap (lessen 5). left and right are fully physical, mid is primarily physical (only special move being electroweb) will use crit shield before sync.

Fairy weak Bruno. Only passive is precision pals. Lowered resistance to sleep (3) and no resistance to attack debuffs. right mid left are all physical. Buffs attack before sync.

Rock weak Karen: Has aggravation and post sync twister. Left is fully physical, mid and right have one special move. Buffs attack before sync.

Water weak lance: Has standfast 5 (not very important) has slightly higher hp (21k). Lower resistance to trap (lessen 5). Left mid right are all physical. Applies regen before sync and boosts attack after sync.

[dull yarrow]

Johto is easy though

[dark osprey]

poor SS Korrina pullers

[manic mica]

wtf

i never unlocked MM for johto?

[void wyvern]

SSR suffers too. Can’t activate smarty pants

[swift swan]

SSRC you mean?

[void wyvern]

Yes.

[swift swan]

It's johto. I don't think she needs the smarty pants

[dull yarrow]

Honestly such a nice break from Sinnoh and Hoenn

[swift swan]

impervious is pretty problematic for units like SS Korrina though

[void wyvern]

Also hurts Fantina.

She also relies on smarty pants for sync damage.

[old orchid]

*Fairy weak Bruno

[void wyvern]

Oh it’s fairy weak!

lmao I’m blind

[dull yarrow]

Oh

So I can't use SS Korrina against Will?

No problem

Anni Lillie it is

[void wyvern]

Thanks for noticing.

[spring fable]

idk how but i accidentally used my team for karen on bruno

but luckily its hard mode

[devout sluice]

Good ol Driftblim gets the job done on will. Off type fairy: check, Red with the two fire potions and the sun: check. SC Hilda always gets the rock weak done, and OG May obliterating with Anni Cynthia and Sonia, checkmate. Easy week for me.

[main crow]

Hmm is it possible to duo Ghost with non EX Fantina/non EX SC Lillie

[devout sluice]

Probably the first time in forever I never used Anni N on CS.

[swift swan]

...so 3/5 EX SSR Cynthia just did 73k on Will post-support EX sync

with no stat reduction

ha

who needs brainteaser