Champion Stadium

[molten sorrel]

ohh

[void wyvern]

Can we see your strikers,

[molten sorrel]

oh sure

I also have a good amount of supports and tech if they arent good enough

[toxic cobalt]

Best to screenshot in the move level screen

Anyway electric you use Hau, fighting can use Brawly, poison is as mentioned easy s tall, dragon as mentioned SS Brendan, steel as mentioned Hop

[molten sorrel]

oh alright

all of the max are at the bottom though

was I supposed to screenshot that

or

[toxic cobalt]

Anyway electric you use Hau, fighting can use Brawly, poison is as mentioned easy s tall, dragon as mentioned SS Brendan, steel as mentioned Hop

[formal musk]

should i use non powerboosted and non ex giovanni or 3/5 non ex lucian for psychic

[molten sorrel]

oh alright ty

[dark osprey]

base giovanni is good enough tbh. Lucian 3/5 can definitely nuke Bruno with ease but may have issues with the dps. can even use them together

[swift swan]

you run them both, yep yep

[toxic cobalt]

Welp, Clemont isn't getting through Lance

[old orchid]

Skill issue

[dusty path]

Is that a challenge? Hard mode or with parameters? 😂

[versed meteor]

Koga 2k am planning on using sycamore zinnia and lodge blue but it feels not that good but i haven't tried it yet

[old orchid]

I would replace Sycamore with someone else

Acerola

For weather

Is LBlue weak to bug?

[versed meteor]

Yes

I was planning to use sycamore as tank

[old orchid]

Try Sycamore first then, tho him and Zinnia fight for first sync

If it doesn't work, use Hop and Acerola

[versed meteor]

But no support ex boost

[old orchid]

You have to sync with Zinnia first anw

For Dragon Ascent

[versed meteor]

Well i was planning on sync with sycamore for the ex boost and since i would have blue for defense and sycamore for special defense that zinnia would last long to 2nd sync

[old orchid]

You lose a lot of damage when sync with Sycamore first

Since Zinnia is stuck with Aerial Ace

[versed meteor]

Good point but speed will be an issue since +2 speed won't be filling 4 gauge fast enough

[old orchid]

Save Sycamore's TM until after the first sync or fish for MPR

[versed meteor]

Right ok i think that would do, so first sync with zinnia that use horn leech for sustain till 2nd sync with sycamore

[grand trout]

What's better to sync for first in CS, a unit that needs to mega or the support ex?

[toxic cobalt]

Mega

CS battles are fast

[old orchid]

Make sure to max crit on Zinnia

[grand trout]

The buff from support ex isn't as needed?

[old orchid]

Yup

For example, if you dont sync with Blue first, he is stuck with Air Cutter and Air Slash which dont do good dmg

[versed meteor]

Thats why i chose lodge blue eagle eye is unreliable and annoying

[toxic cobalt]

Definitely doesn’t work for CS

[sand karma]

Is a 1/5 looker viable for 2k next week?

[old orchid]

No

Use Koga or Roxie instead

[sand karma]

Roxie???

[old orchid]

They have grid and totally better than him

Yup

Basically a f2p version of 3/5 Looker

[sand karma]

Okay

[grand trout]

So are you saying next cs i should sync with diantha first over ex calem

[old orchid]

Yeah for Fairy Power 5 and stat buff

[grand trout]

Oh correction*

Ss diantha

But i think the buff still applies

[old orchid]

Oh

[versed meteor]

Oh well that didn't work

[old orchid]

I dont think she needs to mega evolve first

[old orchid]

Why

[grand trout]

The perks of the tm on mega evolve are sweet though

[versed meteor]

Well i forgot that mpr is needed to get max crit with blue

[old orchid]

Have you used Hop?

[versed meteor]

But now it hit me why use blue when i could use hop

[old orchid]

Well sync with her first then

[grand trout]

Hop would be better yes

[versed meteor]

So i want to try hop

[grand trout]

Will do, damn im excited to play with my kalos babies

[old orchid]

Hop still needs MPR to max crit, at least the chance is higher than Blue

He has good dmg too

[grand trout]

Hop also can buff atk and crit at the same time

[toxic cobalt]

Here is an example zinnia https://youtu.be/bRNKGBgTPbQ

With Hop

[sand karma]

Does will have impervious every week?

[toxic cobalt]

Not every week

[sand karma]

Next week?

[toxic cobalt]

You can check with the poma tools link in the pin

[sand karma]

It's only for ghost weak

[versed meteor]

Damn this game hop didn't work either well i say that but i almost completed it before getting shafted by the game pinsir has little health deal 2.5k damage with hop sync move proceeds to live on what must be 1hp and this damn thing has been happening a lot

[old orchid]

you should replace Sycamore with a weather setter

[versed meteor]

Will try later but i just dont think it still works bug buzz 2 shots hop(if i dont heal)

[old orchid]

grid him with Wise Entry 1

[versed meteor]

Not 10k but still my most points in csmm

I got tired of dealing with koga

[fringe valve]

Anni steven doing good numbers with sycamore ex & calem

[marsh crater]

How u guys doing karen without poison stall? My sycamore xerneas cant withstand the onslaught of umbreon

The poison damage by percentage or by level of lucy and janine?

[mellow linden]

Poison is just % of HP, afaik. Level 120 is fine for stall

[marsh crater]

Sycamore healing so low without crit

[swift swan]

this week I did the good ol' ss lyra flinch hax

[mellow linden]

If you’re gonna Poison stall do it on round 4

[mellow linden]

Well yeah, without crits Horn Leech will do less and less damage against Karen as the fight goes on since she buffs her Defense

Critical rate is pretty much the most important stat in this game

[fringe valve]

Does koga's sides have increased physical defense?

[zealous karma]

Yes

[marsh crater]

Can i run hop, nolan, viola?

For karen

Or hop nolan janine

[dark osprey]

If Nolan is gridded maybe you can try sleep hax. Hop Nolan sleepmon

Don't know why toxic stall isn't working tbh. Should be doable with viola, sycamore and Lucy

[zealous karma]

replace viola with bugsy and sounds good

[marsh crater]

Wait toxic with sycamore lucy viola?

[zealous karma]

If you want to use bugsy and Noland those are the grids I’d run

[marsh crater]

Ah thank you. I need this. Need more sync orb for bugsy tho

[undone brook]

if you can't get 10k every week, around 8k is reasonable right?

or aiming for around it

also quad queue is awesome

[old orchid]

Yup

Just get at least 4.2k points

[undone brook]

notedo

i've been avoiding doing mm like the plague for a long time because missing out on stuff stressed me out so avoidance just led me to missing more stuff

[dark osprey]

They should really have a term for that feeling. It's quite common for lots of things

[toxic cobalt]

Perfectionism?

[dark osprey]

Ah. Quite like that but i mean losing the will to try is probably the worst part

Honestly gauntlet does provoke that a bit

Though the amount of time needed for a really good streak is also quite daunting

[rose prism]

that is called FOMO, fear of missing out

Finally got to MM, just gonna try 4.2k points for the start right?

[old orchid]

Yup

[swift swan]

Imo there's really no need to get FOMO for high gauntlet streaks... Sure building teams can be fun but it can be very daunting and stressful. And testing them in the actual stages might require heavy resets a lot of the time. The stress is not worth 1 deluxe cookie and 5 I'm speaking from experience here. I try to get as high as I can to satiate my own ego

MM is much more forgiving though

[dark osprey]

True that. Gauntlet streaks take a hell lot of time and resets and not worth going for crazy numbers. CS is lighter and refreshes every week so there shouldn't be that much FOMO i guess. But for beginners there's always the fear of starting off

[trail smelt]

Team building stresses me out so much you guys have no idea lol

[toxic cobalt]

That’s why I just copy others for LG

[swift swan]

I can't copy more than half of people's streaks cause usually I don't have the units or I'm not willing to put up with the RNG

[dark osprey]

Oh yeah the RNG part really pisses me off too. Before that we were so bothered about the 80% crit on sync so imagine the frustration

[keen jasper]

Can't wait for this next CS reset to upgrade SS Diantha's theme skills and also Grant's

[severe granite]

Can anyone give me suggestions/help on what sync pairs to use for Karen? So far, I'm using Burgh, Sycamore, and Lana. Sycamore is at 6ex but I just need the champion spirit to actually push it up to that point

[keen jasper]

You don't have a crit buffer

[severe granite]

What are some good crit buffers

I know Karen is one of them, at least I think so

[keen jasper]

Oh, you want a team for Karen

I thought you were going against Karen

[keen jasper]

Is she 3/5?

[severe granite]

Uh lemme check rq

Yes, she is

[keen jasper]

What's her grid?

[severe granite]

I am lmao

[keen jasper]

Damn, I'm confusing myself

[severe granite]

Also grid if you still need is

[keen jasper]

[severe granite]

[keen jasper]

Well, if you're Burgh, then he really needs a crit buffer

And why are you using Lana?

[severe granite]

I have Lusamine, but one sync move and she's done

She's hopelessly weak defensively sadly

[keen jasper]

Do you have Hop or any crit buffer?

[severe granite]

Yeah I have hop

[keen jasper]

Then him, Sycamore and Burgh

[severe granite]

Aight thanks

I don't have anything applied to hop's grid yet. Any reccomended tiles?

[keen jasper]

Definitely his TM MP refresh

Other than that, check #1009587872342478908

[severe granite]

Got it, thanks a bunch!

[keen jasper]

[mellow linden]

Thinking I’m gonna roll with Kiawe/NY Lisia/Kali when Fairy weak Bruno rolls around again

[hollow patio]

If I do Bruno for round 3 do I still need alakazam’s reflect for pdr

Since the challenge for round 3 is pdr

[zealous karma]

I’d use it on the second turn so it does not make quad queuing a pain

[hollow patio]

What does that mean

I’m asking if I’d still need to use Alakazam at all

The tips suggest striking with reuniclus but imma use mewtwo

[zealous karma]

Oh I thought you were going to use Alakzam as the support you were using if you don’t know what quad queuing is check the pins

[hollow patio]

And since I need dragon for the medal I’m using ssbrendan

[zealous karma]

Don’t listen to the tips

[hollow patio]

I’m not listening too much

[mellow linden]

The in-game suggestions are…not the best.

The Reflect at the start of the round isn’t permanent, so if you’re planning to have it up for as much of the fight as possible then it’s still a good idea to bring Sabrina

[royal walrus]

The team that I used for my 800 point clear just doesn't seem to be doing my 2k lance attempt. Any suggestions on a team I could try? I have electric terrain with Luxray, but just don't know if I can do enough damage. First 800 completion was Liza/SS Blue/Clemont. Unavailable units are (CCalen/CSerena/Giovanni, HJasmine/MaskedRoyal/Sphia, AnniN/SSBrendan/SSErika, Hop/Sycamore/Viola).

[toxic cobalt]

Can you candy Hau to 3/5 and grid him?

[royal walrus]

Unfortunately I don't have any candy actually

Oh! He is 4*. Maybe

[old orchid]

He needs at least 2/5

[royal walrus]

Yes. I can candy him to 3 and grid

[old orchid]

Nice

[toxic cobalt]

Job done

[royal walrus]

Really? That's it?

[toxic cobalt]

Well you gotta buff his crit (SS Brendan?) but yeah it should work with Volkner

[old orchid]

They used SS Brendan

Well they still have SS Elesa

[toxic cobalt]

I reckon Clemont could do it at 3/5

[royal walrus]

Clemont unfortunately is only at 2/5, and I don't think I'll be able to get a kalos ticket (50% to make him 3/5, lol..) before Monday

[marsh crater]

Karen 2k is too much. I dont think can do 7.5k

[zealous karma]

What is giving you trouble?

Do you have hop Bugsy and Noland?

[marsh crater]

Umbreon sync just one shot everything

[zealous karma]

Karen should not get to sync

[marsh crater]

Hop bugsy noland and umbreon just one shot em on first sync

[toxic cobalt]

Never let them sync

[marsh crater]

How then?

[zealous karma]

Are you taking sync countdown -1 and sync countdown -2?

[marsh crater]

No

[zealous karma]

Check the pins on how to quad queue

[toxic cobalt]

And hope you don’t get a Hop proc

[zealous karma]

Freevenge 4 my hatred

[marsh crater]

We dont want freevenge 4?

[toxic cobalt]

You want it every turn except the third

[zealous karma]

It’s a passive so you have to have it

[old orchid]

Hop's Freevenge in other turns: Freevenge 0

Hop's Freevenge in the third turn: Freevenge 9

[dusty path]

Once you have free move next, does it proc every time until you use it?

[old orchid]

It still has a chance of 50% to proc

[dusty path]

Okay... Guess I just ran into that a few times, along with aggravation proccing when opponent is already flinching

[old orchid]

If Hop already has FMN, the passive just pops up and does nothing

[marsh crater]

Can someone do a video of hop nolan bugsy

[zealous karma]

For me it just never procks

[marsh crater]

I really stuck with karen

[zealous karma]

Sure

[dusty path]

Yeah but is that every turn if you already have FMN or still 'just' 50% chance?

[marsh crater]

Thank you

[toxic cobalt]

50%

[zealous karma]

https://streamable.com/6hsq3f

The grids

[toxic cobalt]

Dear Lord Richu you are a filtering pro

[zealous karma]

lel

Ty it’s the easiest way i find units

[toxic cobalt]

It’s not even full attack! Monsters

And not even poison synergy

[zealous karma]

I’m more surprised it took me my first attempt I expected to reset bugsy hit way harder than I expected

Man DeNa plz give bugsy an ex !!

Both sides would’ve been dead

[toxic cobalt]

I always forget Noland can flinch

[zealous karma]

@marsh crater I recommend at least getting bugsy to 4* of you can mines 5* cause he’s from Johto and I enjoy using him as my main bug unit

[zealous karma]

When he doesn’t have to grab syncing tiles he has so much freedom with his grid lel

He can also debuff def

[marsh crater]

So the damage come mostly from bugsy. Ok i need to 750 him then. Oh he need to be 5*?

Ok ill try if can

[zealous karma]

He only needs 4*

5* is optional I just use bugsy a lot

[marsh crater]

The way i see u use him. His twinneedle is very strong

I have enough to 5* him. And since i dun have any powerful bug unit. Maybe i will 5* him

[zealous karma]

Sounds good once he gets Ex he’ll be a pretty good long term F2P unit imo

[marsh crater]

The multiplier for bob and weave is that high?

[zealous karma]

Bob and weave is the evasion equivalent to haymaker

[marsh crater]

Ok i just need bugsy at full grid then i can take karen down

I thought i need nolan to be main carry. Turns out its bugsy

[zealous karma]

If you need to budget this should also work

[marsh crater]

Ah ok thank. Phew just need that blind spot tiles. Need 1200 orb

[dusty crater]

Sting like a bee colorized.

[primal field]

When is next Cs reset?

[swift swan]

1 day and 10 minutes from now

Basically Monday reset, whenever that happens for you

[spring fable]

for tmr's poison weak will, should i run lucy/hilbert/roxie or lucy/hilbert/janine?

also have 1/5 looker (if that matters)

[old orchid]

Poison weak Will is easy

i would run Roxie / Hilbert / a defense debuffer

[spring fable]

why roxie?

i would also like to attempt 2k

[keen jasper]

Do you have Looker?

[spring fable]

i do, at 1/5

[old orchid]

5/5 Roxie at 4* is way better than 1/5 Looker

[spring fable]

will i be running the poison stall param or just regular 2k presync param

[old orchid]

pre sync

why running poison stall param when you use an offensive team

[spring fable]

i guess im just not confident haha

ive nvr used roxie and lucy tbh

[swift swan]

If you're poison stalling, Lucy + Janine is a good duo, but I wouldn't top it off with Hilbert. He's an offensive support

If you want to presync, Roxie + Hilbert is already good

[fresh creek]

Help

I need team suggestions

Dont have sync pairs for round 4 (tried and failed)

[toxic cobalt]

Who is round 4?

Use Lucy Janine and Sycamore

[fresh creek]

Fly type

Sycamore used in 3

[toxic cobalt]

What are your flying type strikers?

[toxic cobalt]

You can push through with Blue or Kahili, or try to offtype it

[swift swan]

Is this hard mode or master mode?

Blue can still clear hard mode even with Koga's special defense bulk

In master mode there might be difficulties

[grand trout]

How does r4 affect poison exactly?

Does it increase poison damage?

[old orchid]

yes

[rose prism]

how to get pre sync strat to work?

[old orchid]

quad queue or sync acceleration

[dark osprey]

Or denials

[toxic cobalt]

Serena would be great round 4

[civic trellis]

Suggestions for this reset?

[quaint solar]

Why you not using the sand setter with Olivia?

[civic trellis]

I was going to use her non sand grid but ig I can do her sand one

Who should I replace raihan with? Lucian maybe?

[mellow linden]

Lucian can work, yeah

Wait, why are you using regular Sonia and Hop for Bruno?

They’re kinda redundant

Especially if your SC Sonia happens to be 3/5

You could potentially do Hop/Olivia/Acerola for Karen and use both Sonias + another pair for Bruno

[civic trellis]

Hop is just there for tanking and potions

Sonia helps w gauges healing and can lower defense

Both sonias r 3/5 so ik sc can do it herself, but regular can speed it up a bit

But ig I could replace regular sonia

[main crow]

Why not a sun setter, assuming your SC Sonia has the node active

[civic trellis]

I could try SS Erika with her sun grid, ye

How about this?

I want to use grimsley instead of kukui but that’d be pretty bad for gauges

[main crow]

Looks good, tho I'm curious does Raihan have any speed boost capabilities? Or are you just gonna spam with rock throw for gauge control?

[civic trellis]

Oh I was going to use her sand grid but I can check

He has accel during weather

[main crow]

Yeah was about to say, never had him so I never knew

[dark osprey]

Plumeria without crit? Probably will work but why though

[void wyvern]

Yeah. You want a crit buffer for plumeria

[frosty axle]

Seems more like a stall team than anything else

[grim island]

Hi, I'm doing will on CS 2k MM round 4.
I'm planning to use Summer N (2/5 EX), Masked Royal (5/5 EX) or Sidney (2/5) plus a support but idk who
Is this good? Should I use post sync params?

[rotund lagoon]

Who is this against?

Will?

[grim island]

Yes

[rotund lagoon]

I would do a team of a Support, Sidney and Masked Royal. Summer N is gauge heavy.

I don’t think he has much speed either.

[grim island]

Mh true

Any support would be better?

Sycamore sounds good but he's gauge heavy too

[rotund lagoon]

Sycamore is not gauge heavy in the slightest because of his sync.

Hilbert is good tho

[grim island]

He's weak to thunder :/

And gets badly hit by psychic

[rotund lagoon]

That’s right, you need a Sp Df buffer.

Can you filter by a Support who can buff Sp Df?

And don’t just do 5 stars.

3 and 4 stars are good too.

[grim island]

Elio perhaps?

[rotund lagoon]

What’s his weakness again?

Grass

You know what, go ahead and try Elio.

[grim island]

It worked with Elio, thanks 😄

[rotund lagoon]

Two rats and a sea creature

~~Love seeing Ash on the front in the Hall of Fame for once ~~

ALSO I COMPLETELY UNDERESTIMATED SS HILBERT

DUDE DID 21K FROM TECHNO BLAST FROM MAX SP ATK, CRIT, SEUN, DOUBLE SYNC BUFF, AND REBUFF ON THE OPPONENT

AND IT KNOCKED OUT KAREN BEFORE SHE SYNCED

Oh I forgot she also had Sp Df lowered by 4 ranks.

[waxen surge]

Would this do fine in cs against koga? (Once worked on ofc) I was gonna put Steven instead of blue but move grudge would be a problem I think

[rotund lagoon]

I’d do Skyla instead if you plan on doing Anni Steven.

Skyla increases speed for everyone, making the move gauge faster.

Actually…do a team of Skyla, Falkner and Anni Steven.

[waxen surge]

k ty ^^

work on it now

[rotund lagoon]

[civic trellis]

O idk I usually use ss leaf and sycamore w her

Cuz sycamore can tank, leaf can heal/poison/debuff

Can sycamore/plumeria not buff crit?

[plucky pewter]

heck almost forgot to get CSMM done for the week

[void wyvern]

Nope.

[dark osprey]

Can tank with ss leaf and bring in Sabrina or something to max out speed, special attack and crit

[civic trellis]

Nah will prob has psychic moves

If it doesnt work ill just off type

[swift swan]

This next reset? no, he doesn't

Poison-weak Will even has grassy terrain after sync. it's screaming for SS Leaf poison stall

[civic trellis]

Ooo ok ill try and replace sycamore then

Ye ill just use sabrina

[void wyvern]

I got the real grass striker right here.

[swift swan]

sadge, can't do my CS run on reset because I have an online meeting

[void wyvern]

having a life

[swift swan]

what a weird experience

[spring fable]

Is will round 1 recommended?

Oo I’m red now

[swift swan]

wait I haven't checked round parameters

[spring fable]

Round 1: Special damage reduction
Round 2: Special attack moves powered up
Round 3: Stat debuffs on faint
Round 4: Sync buffs are more effective

There

[old orchid]

Round 5

?

[swift swan]

ewwww no round parameters encouraging stall

[old orchid]

where is Round 5

[swift swan]

that's bad

[dusty path]

1: Light screen
2: SpAtk boost
3: Stat debuffs on ally faint
4: +Sync buffs
5: Reflect

[swift swan]

disgusting

[spring fable]

All are physical except will 😦

R1 and r2 seems redundant now

[swift swan]

R1: Special damage reduction at start
R2: Special attack moves are powered up (be careful fighting Will here)
R3: When a Pokemon faints, debuffs stats of all allies
R4: Sync buffs are more effective (postsyncing here is not recommended)
R5: Physical damage reduction at start

[spring fable]

imma just start with will and hope for the best

[swift swan]

good luck kirby

[spring fable]

damn that was... easier than i thought

will down

[dull yarrow]

This week was easy

[toxic cobalt]

Urgh two damage reductions?

[full mesa]

It's Johto. The whole month will be child's play.

[swift swan]

ikr

[toxic cobalt]

It took me quite a few permutations to beat Koga last week!

Sad there are no great Scottie challenge weeks this month

[main crow]

still does stall anyways

[spring fable]

bruno down

[main crow]

Also wow this week is a whole lot easier

[lavish ivy]

i just realized i used my koga team on bruno

[main crow]

Only slip up I had was not quadueing on Koga

[lavish ivy]

luckily i still had maxie to use for koga

[spring fable]

shouldnt matter much for hard mode

[swift swan]

ok gonna attempt my full CS run now

[lavish ivy]

it was mm

[spring fable]

1/5 cynthia not working

[toxic cobalt]

Very old unit

[zealous karma]

[green path]

Where are my 3 Raihans Kekw

[dusty path]

What??? Grabbed one from the last 3 teams? What happened there?

[green path]

Last week it was same situation

[swift swan]

you can't have the same two characters on the stage

so they pick the character(s) from other teams

[toxic cobalt]

Charcters in final battle -> Characters in second last battle -> etc. -> Brock and Misty

[swift swan]

struggling to beat Karen rn, Lyra keeps crumbling down

chuckles regretting my decision already

[full mesa]

Well that's what you get for trying the L.

[spring fable]

i had most difficulty with koga

just cleared

[full mesa]

Ground/Silver/Lyra. Lyra isn't Ex yet.

[trail smelt]

Double Diancie is nuts haha

[swift swan]

I can see myself winning this if LuSSamine gets TM MPR

[trail smelt]

Ready for next week… ish.

Not sure about my Fairy

[swift swan]

Karen try not to open the battle with Drill Peck challenge

[spring fable]

next week is chinese new year for me, idk if i have time to clear

[trail smelt]

For the whole week?

[spring fable]

just the start

[full mesa]

It takes around 20-30' to clear. It's a whole week mate.

[spring fable]

thats true

[full mesa]

Damn. Chinese party hard on new year.

[zealous karma]

I wish the sides weren’t dead

[full mesa]

120k. Ok. Seems legit.

[full mesa]

I don't think that's possible.

[zealous karma]

She crit drill pecked my jasmine twice

On different attempts

[dusty path]

So if you beat CS with 15 of the same character (or 5 solos I guess), it'll be the character with brock and misty?
Can't do 5 with only brock and misty, can you? XD If you could I imagine the next character is your MC, but who knows?

[swift swan]

......I got TM MPR but now LuSSamine didn't crit on sync

ha

[main crow]

Ghost weak next I can finally bring EX Fantina

[zealous karma]

Duo clearing?

[swift swan]

full L clear

[toxic cobalt]

Oooh now there's the language of someone doing a CS challenge

[toxic cobalt]

Correct, you can try it by clearing basic 0 points with only Scottie, and those two leeches will come steal the spotlight

Good question about brock/misty clears

[dusty path]

Ah yes, eggmon teams would be much easier than brock/misty solo/duo?s

[spring fable]

Struggled most with Karen and koga

Olivia for Karen just wasn’t doing enough, removed Olivia for kukui idk what’s Bertha doing there (forgot to swap her out but ig kukui wants sand too)

1/5 Cynthia just wasn’t cutting it so I offtyped with rat

2nd time doing 10k success!

[trail smelt]

I used to do a get every unit into the hall of fame challenge haha

[toxic cobalt]

Nice Kirby, remember to put in stage clears

[dusty path]

solos XD There's (Or at least I have) 3 Misty's and 2 Brocks

[spring fable]

Okie

[toxic cobalt]

A ribbon system is desperately needed

[swift swan]

I have done it

And I'm only on round 2

[toxic cobalt]

Fast challenge!

[swift swan]

I upgraded Liza to 5* for this

just for more speed

and thinking she could tank slightly better

spoiler alert, she could not

[main crow]

Can these two duo steel weak?

Maybe with post sync param

[zealous karma]

They can definitely pre sync

[toxic cobalt]

How dare you

[swift swan]

sync with Sonia, then max move with Giovanni. kill mid. profit.

[main crow]

[zealous karma]

Oh wait Gio doesn’t have an aoe max move

I am so spoiled by Victor

[main crow]

Nope but the sides hp should be low enough for him to two shot

[toxic cobalt]

Who needs aoe when you have Sonia

[spring fable]

i dont know why i felt unconfident using roxie and lucy, it was one of the easiest fights this week

[solemn pine]

does poison stall use evasion like koga or no?

[zealous karma]

Unles you like poison stalling or your koga Lucy ornRoxie aren’t 3/5 i would personally just clear the star normally

[solemn pine]

because i have the free poison units maxed 5/5 and janine 4 star at 3/5, but dont get poison stall at all

[zealous karma]

They only want to be 4*

At that point unless you’re very low on supports clear it normally I’ve seen people use Roxie hilbert and Lucy to success alveit it’s 3/5 hilbert

[trail smelt]

Yeah I gave up because I lost track lol

[dusty path]

Stall just uses survival, however you want. Evasion, Venom Drench is always good

[spring fable]

thats me!

[toxic cobalt]

Stall is about the tank, although Koga evasion obviously helps

[spring fable]

for next week's ice weak koga, should i run ghetsis or hala as main dd?

[verbal karma]

Who to replace Aaron with for R1 Will?

[dusty path]

Dennis

[swift swan]

ugh why did I make the brilliant decision to poison stall KOGA of all people

[dusty path]

Why would you replace Aaron at all?

[swift swan]

of course he has hostile environment 1

of course

why wouldn't he

AAAAAAAA

[verbal karma]

oh, is Aaron already good enough?

was thinking about replacing him with one of my 6 EX Supports

[spring fable]

dennis

[verbal karma]

though Rosa is reserved for R2

and SS Elesa is possibly reserved for either R4 or R5

[toxic cobalt]

Time for a tactical lucky skill

[spring fable]

is one of them hilbert by any chance

[dusty path]

Sycamore would probably be good then, Will is a SpAtk'r

[verbal karma]

nope

[fiery agate]

Is Selene a good striker for Bruno

[verbal karma]

my 6 EX supports are:

SS Elesa
SS Blue
Sycamore
Rosa
Skyla
Holiday Jasmine

[fiery agate]

I only have SS green and Dawn for grass typings

[spring fable]

hmm

[toxic cobalt]

Don't see why not

Although I'm confident you have Gardenia

[verbal karma]

I mean, if Aaron is already good enough for R1 Will, then I won't need to replace him in the first place

[dusty path]

Sounds like only listing 5 stars

[fiery agate]

As in Roserade?

[verbal karma]

just wondering if he actually IS good enough for R1 Will

[spring fable]

would hop, roxie and lucy work for will

[verbal karma]

I picked Roxie as the nuke

a shame she has no Sync Grid, tho

[dusty path]

Either Aaron or Sycamore are both good. Both do SpDef, which will help if you get to opponent sync

[verbal karma]

ah, I see

[swift swan]

Never

[verbal karma]

well, I'll try with Aaron first, and if that won't work, switch over to Sycamore

[toxic cobalt]

Time to recheck your priors

[zealous karma]

Why is Viola on that team?

[spring fable]

will was an easy run,
synced with EX hilbert, mid died soon after, lucy 2nd sync on side, no difficulty at all

[formal vigil]

Replace viola with someone that can poison/badly poison or debuff defence

[zealous karma]

Or bring a sync nuker like Lucy or koga

[spring fable]

roxie dealt 11k poison jab

[zealous karma]

Because Roxie prefers to focus on DPS

[verbal karma]

trapping

[zealous karma]

Why do you want to trap on this stage?

[swift swan]

and why would you need trap

[verbal karma]

I have "No Status Conditions" on, tho

[formal vigil]

Turn it off

[verbal karma]

why?

[spring fable]

to make your run easier

[verbal karma]

but I'm not trying to make my run easier, I am trying to reach 9500 points

[zealous karma]

Roxie has poison based multipliers and will have no poison resistance

[swift swan]

9+ sync buffs later...
Lesson learned: Don't try to poisonstall Koga

[zealous karma]

9+???

[verbal karma]

oh...wait, did she get a Sync Grid with those passives?

[toxic cobalt]

Leaf is too good

[zealous karma]

Yes Roxie got a grid a while ago

[spring fable]

ok but why is she poop coloured

[swift swan]

excuse you, her EX is cute

[verbal karma]

...I don't think I have the sync orbs necessary to build Roxie's grid, but...I can try

[dusty path]

Or... Use a Antitoxin sync pair

[toxic cobalt]

Those colours unlock an extra sync boost

[swift swan]

I'm doing a challenge run lol

[spring fable]

im cuter

[dusty path]

Oh alright, what's the challenge?

[swift swan]

I've used up my status immunity units on another stall

(which I have regretted)

[swift swan]

10k MM with characters whose names start with L

banging my head against a wall when I arranged my teams

[spring fable]

novvvv should i run ghetsis or hala as main dd next week

[zealous karma]

You could’ve used lusamine

The bug one

[verbal karma]

wait, Roxie also has speed-based buffs, too!

[dusty path]

Dennis.

[spring fable]

who is dennis

[zealous karma]

Ghetsus

His song sounds like it says Dennis

[dusty path]

Apparently Ghetsis sounds like Dennis to some people

[spring fable]

oh ty

[swift swan]

If you're referring to me, I'm using her for another team

[dusty path]

Oh the song? That would make more sense...

[swift swan]

yeah his theme

[fiery agate]

Bruno’s earthquake

[swift swan]

Ghetsis unless Hala is 3/5

[dusty path]

So is it max 1 of each character?

[swift swan]

not necessarily

[spring fable]

he is, but not EX

[swift swan]

as long as their names start with L

[zealous karma]

Only theme?

[swift swan]

hmmm I won't lie, Ghetsis is still easier to support

[dusty path]

So you could use multiple Leafs, for example?

[swift swan]

using Hala gives me a headache

[swift swan]

yep

[spring fable]

okie!

[zealous karma]

I’d only use hala if he were ex

[swift swan]

I just don't use them on the same team

[dusty path]

Ah okay

Is there any reason you picked L?

[swift swan]

mhm

[swift swan]

because I have a lot of units starting with L. 18, I think

other possible letters include S, M, and B

[dusty path]

Ah okay

[toxic cobalt]

S, for Sygma Suit

[swift swan]

so enough to make 5 teams

[swift swan]

nah lmao

[dusty path]

S, Scottie

[fiery agate]

Man I can’t beat Bruno

[spring fable]

nov rename your MC Lovember

then you can run the eggmons

[spring fable]

what team?

[fiery agate]

Anni Jasmine, SS green and Roserade

Too squishy

Don’t have a half decent grass striker

[spring fable]

hmm

can try silver solar beam

and ss erika if you have her

[fiery agate]

Don’t have Erika

Might have to go for Silver then

[dusty path]

Selene is good, just restrain before attacking properly

And Dawn would be good for Bruno, since he's mostly physical

[toxic cobalt]

Anni Jasmine?

[dusty path]

Holi Jasmine I think

[toxic cobalt]

Hmm I forgot Roserade needs dauntless

Agree with Kirby, try Silver

Silver Jasmine Blaine

[swift swan]

on my way to Lance now

[spring fable]

damn nov

idol

[swift swan]

Lance, be ready to get handed an L

3 L's

[toxic cobalt]

We get it, L characters

[verbal karma]

ack

why does Aaron take so much damage from poison?

[swift swan]

everyone takes huge damage from poison

either bring someone to clear status conditions, give Aaron antitoxin (or tank with someone who has Antitoxin or Status Immunity), avoid/flinch/sleep the poison, or just bruteforce through it (not recommended)

[verbal karma]

...Sycamore can clear status conditions

[swift swan]

if this is Koga you're fighting, keep in mind that poison jab will poison you the whole time thanks to his hostile environment 1. Sycamore can guarantee 1 clear but the rest is RNG (either Healing Hand on grid or TM MPR)

[dusty path]

Or you just have to not move with him after being poisoned... That's another option

Something like BP Janine (Antitoxin on 1/5 grid) might be alright if you bring Holi Jasmine for the Def buffs and potions or something

[spring fable]

does anyone know if hop, solgaleo and jasmine can clear 2k next week?

for lance

[swift swan]

Not very ideal, not moving means losing sync countdown

[dusty path]

Yes, I just figured the +6SpDef might be able to carry the team past opponent sync and they can still win

[dusty path]

Or even better, BPClemont, and you can keep your other 2

[verbal karma]

I am doing R1 Will

my team is Sycamore/Roxie/Viola

though I need to replace Viola now

gotta replace her with someone who can buff crit rate

[swift swan]

#1011173305702690876 message whooo finished my L run

[verbal karma]

I don't have the sync orbs necessary to give Roxie Poison buffs, and I really don't want to remove the "No Status Conditions" option, so Roxie has to rely on speed buffs instead

[swift swan]

yeah, sounds good

[main crow]

While Jasmine does have things like lockstep and rejuvenate dunno how the cycle in between syncs would go without any speed buff

Mc does have sync freebie but that would means clashing with Jasmine's rejuvenate

[spring fable]

hmm i swapped her out for 1/5 gloria

i can alr see gauge issues after 1st sync

[main crow]

I think all you really need is speed buff, also why Gloria? Solgaleo can clear 2k just fine

Having no ex doesn't hold it back

[spring fable]

hmm

any inputs on skyla?

as of now i put her on the team for bruno

since he's physical as well

should i bring her to lance team?

[main crow]

Do you have lucian?

[spring fable]

i do

[main crow]

You can swap Jasmine for lucian

He has speed buffs

Just growl lance to death

So Hop/Solgaleo/Lucian

[spring fable]

dang i wanted use him against will

[main crow]

Oh

Hmm

[spring fable]

oh wait

will has

[main crow]

How about Masked Royal?

[spring fable]

impervious

[swift swan]

ghost-weak Will has impervious, remember

[spring fable]

i can use lucian

[swift swan]

screw all that Brainteaser/Smarty Pants pairs

[spring fable]

yupp i realised

[main crow]

As if that would stop Fantina with her fancy new super preparation 9

[keen jasper]

I finally fully set it up, but my Diantha is only 19/20 with only level 3 3* rock gear

[spring fable]

For 10k next week, any thoughts?

assume 1/5 for all limited pairs

[verbal karma]

alright, R1 Will beaten

time for R2 Bruno

[spring fable]

grats!

[verbal karma]

...why is Rosa a support if she can't tank worth a damn?

[main crow]

Not all supports are meant to tank

Some are to provide offensive boost, while they do have stats that allows it to tank but it's not for long

[spring fable]

is nov done with the L run?

[verbal karma]

...I have no use for a support who can't tank...

why did people suggest me to EX Rosa in the first place?

[main crow]

Free ex support

[verbal karma]

she certainly didn't feel free

[main crow]

5* pu are harder to come by than spirits so getting 20 of those specifically for her is essentially a free ex

And support ex are generally great anyways

[spring fable]

the game literally gives you 20 of her exclusive and legendary spirits iirc

[formal vigil]

You have to use your own spirts

[spring fable]

but still

[main crow]

Again spirits are relatively easier to get than
Unless you pull a lot and basically have all gen pools at 5/5 meaning any further copies got turned into power ups

[swift swan]

Terrible gauge issue with that Koga team

[blazing raft]

Does anyone know if its possible to solo the ground weak stage at 2k CSMM with Giovanni?

[swift swan]

Uhhh I'm not sure about solo

[main crow]

Very gauge heavy so no

[swift swan]

You can oneshot mid with a max move but the sides will ambush you

Giovanni can't keep up with the gauge

He'll die before he can reach sync

[blazing raft]

Rip

I saw a solo against a ground weak CSMM stage a while ago and I thought maybe it was against this Koga

[spring fable]

what should i replace ghetsis/hala with 🤔

[swift swan]

She can tank. She's very good at tanking special moves. Not good at physical ones, which is why you might feel like she's squishy because most stages are physical this week

[swift swan]

Replace Hala with a cheap speed buffer. Marley or sth

[blazing raft]

Id replace ghetsis if hala is 3/5 (maybe even 2/5) since he has an easier time beating the stage than ghetsis

[swift swan]

What's Lucian for? Just speed?

[spring fable]

yea, recommended by kazu

[swift swan]

I find Hala harder to support ngl. He's just so slow good nuke but damn

[swift swan]

Ah, ok then

[blazing raft]

Literally any speed buffer

[spring fable]

i'll take any suggestions tho

[blazing raft]

Since you dont really need the extra 10% from the speed down multiplier

[swift swan]

Even the best speed buffers have a hard time when Hala's base speed is terrible

[blazing raft]

Do you have Buggsy Scyther? I feel like he’d be a bit better than Lucian there

[solemn pine]

roxanne for ghetsis speed support?

[blazing raft]

Ive never had gauge issues with hala, even when not using speed buffers. (Hala/Eevee Leaf/Candice for example)

Candice without pep rally

[main crow]

Kirby don't have him I think

[swift swan]

Nuke grid for Hala I assume?

[blazing raft]

Yeah

[spring fable]

i do not

[blazing raft]

Then Lucian is fine

[main crow]

I'm still waiting for Bugscyther rerun myself

[spring fable]

lemme grid marley real quick

[toxic cobalt]

Pure hopium

[swift swan]

Lucian should be fine. Any leer bot can work too, like Kukui

[blazing raft]

Even Nanu could work

[swift swan]

How come they reran misty and blue but not bugsy, so freaking unfair

[blazing raft]

They are deffinitely saving him for his scizor evolution

[main crow]

Not as strong as my FG9 Sycamore boost hopium

[solemn pine]

are you leaving roxanne out for next week @spring fable?

[blazing raft]

Focus Group 1, take it or leave it

[spring fable]

should i include her?

[main crow]

Anything for Kalos having a grand total of... 3 crit booster at this point

[blazing raft]

I dont think you need to slot her in any team

[solemn pine]

that was my suggestion for the ghetsis

[full mesa]

Were you successful November?

[swift swan]

Pure hopium

[swift swan]

Yep! I'll ping you in my clear

[verbal karma]

...well, in any case, Rosa/Brendan/Erika doesn't seem to be working for R2 Bruno

[main crow]

Why are you monotyping

[verbal karma]

dunno

[main crow]

Wait which Erika is that

[verbal karma]

regular

[main crow]

Ah

[verbal karma]

I just picked someone who wouldn't waste too much move gauge

since Brendan is very move gauge expensive

[spring fable]

okies i'll try out both roxanne and marley!

[verbal karma]

...Rosa has the benefit of filling up the move gauge as well, but she dies way too quickly

[spring fable]

would silver solar beam work?

[toxic cobalt]

Work for what?

[swift swan]

I'd recommend Dawn over Rosa if you have her. She's better at tanking physical stages

Rosa crumbles to physical moves

[formal vigil]

Replace rosa with a speed buffer like skyla since brendan has speed multipliers

[swift swan]

If you have ss erika she's much better for that. Brendan wants sun anyway

2/5 Brendan already has some nuke multipliers I think? Or is inertia 3/5

[formal vigil]

Inertia and ramming speed are at 2/5 for brendan

[toxic cobalt]

2/5 Brendan is more than enough, he just needs Dauntless

[manic mica]

thoughts on 2k team?also for the zerena team, i sync with her first right?

[spring fable]

grass weak

[old orchid]

yup

[toxic cobalt]

Seems good

[swift swan]

Perfect. So something like Brendan/Skyla/sun setter

[manic mica]

ty ty

[toxic cobalt]

Yeah, though the teambuild depends on whether you have expanded grid or not

[manic mica]

sludge bomb is reliable enough to proc poison right

[spring fable]

thats exactly what i used this week

[old orchid]

not really

[manic mica]

i was planning to use ss leaf instead of giovanni

[toxic cobalt]

Sludge bomb poison is pain

[manic mica]

but my lodge syca would have +2 crit

unless i fish for mpr

[toxic cobalt]

Sounds easier than fishing for sludge bomb poison

[solemn pine]

i tried using your team for bruno, bruno destroyed me with that team with post sync parameters

[old orchid]

both have 30% rate but ideally you want to poison all enemies

[manic mica]

how about pre sync params? or is that worse

[manic mica]

i can try ccalem ss leaf and lodge syca

[solemn pine]

i think pre sync still works, but i was just warning you that bruno does hit quite hard since lyra doesnt setup reflect

[manic mica]

noted

[toxic cobalt]

Single shot 3 bar? Gross

[verbal karma]

ah, fair

[verbal karma]

sadly, I'd lose the EX support buff that way...

[spring fable]

for karen, would diantha be too slow at buffing?

[manic mica]

hmmge

[swift swan]

Brendan has a great nuke. Doesn't matter too much

[swift swan]

Lyra kinda wants you to presync because she's getting bodied either way. So it's better to buff quickly with her, let her die, and let the other two wipe the floor

[verbal karma]

damn

[swift swan]

If he's 2/5 or higher, grid him with Inertia. Bring a speed support

[verbal karma]

now I am suddenly unable to quadqueue

[swift swan]

His DPS is quite good but he needs Dauntless

[swift swan]

What round is this

And what's the team

[verbal karma]

R2

Dawn/Brendan/SS Erika

[marsh crater]

Oh my its reset already?

Headache again

Can i do shadowball mewtwo for will

[main crow]

Uh this week will is poison

[blazing raft]

Yep

[marsh crater]

Oh so will at round 4?

[swift swan]

Ah yeah, Dawn's power siphon can activate at the wrong times and disrupt your quadqueue

[blazing raft]

Nvm, it aint shadowball mewtwo time yet

[swift swan]

But you have a higher chance of postsyncing with Dawn, if that's what you want

If you want to presync, then Skyla/Brendan/SS Erika

[spring fable]

^my team

[marsh crater]

Dragon lance. Maybe A.steven draco meteor

[swift swan]

Has nothing to do with it. We just don't recommend postsyncing at round 4

[verbal karma]

ah, that's even better because Skyla is EX'd for me

[marsh crater]

As for ground i dunno who to use

What u guys mean presync?

[spring fable]

i offtyped ground this week

[swift swan]

Will should be a very easy stall

[swift swan]

It means killing mid before they can sync

Postsync means eating the enemy sync and winning after that

[marsh crater]

I was thinking of stalling yeah

[marsh crater]

Ah i see. thank yoy

As for bruno leaf. I dun have any hard hitter for leaf. Oh wait can i do solar beam silver and solar blade ss erika?

[swift swan]

Sure

[main crow]

Solar blade Erika should be enough unless you have the means to maintain the gauge for both solar attacks

[marsh crater]

Can it be xerneas, hooh leafeon?

[swift swan]

Just grid Silver properly

Hmmm Xerneas and Ho-oh both fight for sync

Maybe replace Xerneas with a speed buffer

Is your Silver powerboosted?

[marsh crater]

Silver not powerboost. Ss erika 2/5

[verbal karma]

man, I love Dauntless on Brendan

lets me Leaf Storm without a care in the world

[marsh crater]

So round 1 is who?

[spring fable]

did will

[swift swan]

Will is the only one who is slightly leaning to special moves, so if you want to take advantage of the special dmg reduction, R1 Will is the way to go

[blazing raft]

? Xerneas always takes first sync to buff Silver tho

[marsh crater]

Speed buff is xerneas tho

[swift swan]

Plus if you stall, you don't have to worry about not being able to quadqueue

[marsh crater]

His sync is for both solar blade and solar beam

And speed and sp def

[verbal karma]

alright, R3 Koga

Naomi, Acerola and...an undecided support

[swift swan]

Normally Silver wants the sync too for sun. But with a team with SS erika I guess that's fine

[swift swan]

Solar blade's physical

Ss erika has to buff herself

[marsh crater]

Ss erika got sunny day tho

Ah.

Then just buff hooh then

[main crow]

Special support to help Naomi buff faster

[swift swan]

Plus you'll still need to click both their TMs for crit

[blazing raft]

Ss erika has an easy time buffing herself

[marsh crater]

Stall team for poison will?

Janine lucy…and?

[swift swan]

That's still 2 turns clicking TM

[keen jasper]

A Sp. Def. buffer

[verbal karma]

hmm...who'd be better for buffing both Sp. Atk and Crit...Sabrina or Kiawe?

[blazing raft]

Dazzling Gleam/Silver TM/Erika TM
Dazzling Gleam/Sunny Day/Silver TM
Dazzling Gleam (or Sycamore TM)/Erika TM/Solar Beam
Sycamore Sync and beyond this should be easy

[spring fable]

wait SP9 works with solarbeam right haha

[swift swan]

Sure

[swift swan]

Super powered?

[blazing raft]

Depends

[spring fable]

yupp

or is it only for sync

might have confused it with Super Prep instead

[blazing raft]

Silver has Super Prep 9

I dont think super powered exists as a passive?

[swift swan]

Super command

I forgot what super prep does

[spring fable]

super prep is SEUN

[blazing raft]

Yep

[swift swan]

SEUP next should work on anything

[main crow]

Both have the same effect but prep has more rng involved bc 5 and 4 exists

[swift swan]

Bruhh I've been reading the descriptions of super command and super preparation back and forth

And trying to find the difference

[spring fable]

i think i got it

super command is only on tm

super prep is any move

maybe

i could be wrong

[swift swan]

Super command 4 also exists for Lucas

[spring fable]

eh wait

[blazing raft]

Just tested this: no grid Leafeon, 3/5 no grid expansion Hooh, no sync from Hooh… it was super easy lmao, you can def do it

[spring fable]

both are move specific

idk whats the diff except the numbers

[swift swan]

Command states "when its trainer uses a move"

[spring fable]

yea but its tied to silver's tm

[blazing raft]

Super command trigger from trainer moves, super prep activates from anything

[swift swan]

Prep just says "when its move is successful". A lot of super prep are tied to Trainer Moves but anni lillie and leon both have it as a passive, so it can trigger any time

[spring fable]

hala's super prep is on tm too tho

[blazing raft]

Ye

Because super prep works on both tms and moves

[verbal karma]

on what?

[blazing raft]

Does the DPS need +3 or +6 sp atk?

Does the DPS need Atk buffs too?

[verbal karma]

depends: does Naomi need +3 or +6 Sp Atk?

[blazing raft]

Let me check her tms

[spring fable]

i still dont get it

super command vs super prep

[swift swan]

Yeah so basically super prep, as a base passive, can trigger any time a move is successful (according to their chance ofc) but a lot of super prep passives are tied to trainer moves, so it only activates when trainer move is used.

Meanwhile, super command is strictly from trainer moves

[blazing raft]

Use Sabrina

Imo

2 TMs from Naomi, Dire hit and 2 TMs from Sabrina + Reflect should max everything Naomi needs

[spring fable]

ah

i dont have any pairs with super prep on passive

[verbal karma]

ah, okay

[swift swan]

Only anni lillie and leon so yeah

[blazing raft]

What are you using besides Naomi and Sabrina?

Acerola?

Or another sandstorm summoner?

[verbal karma]

Acerola, yes

[blazing raft]

It should work

What move level is Sabrina? Is she EXed?

(If its 3/5 EXed, you’ve got this, I just checked and it is easily doable)

[verbal karma]

Sabrina is 5/5, but not EX'd 😦

[blazing raft]

It should still work

Make sure to sync the mid with Naomi

[verbal karma]

OH NO!

I need VIgilance on Sabrina

otherwise, she can't survive a crit'd Poison Jab from Koga

okay, no

Sabrina is simply too unviable for this

she dies way before Naomi can do her first sync

[blazing raft]

Strange

SSBlue perhaps?

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wdym "strange"

that's not normal?

[keen jasper]

You got unlucky

[blazing raft]

Mine didnt die

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how

[formal vigil]

Are you using reflect?

[blazing raft]

Ohhh I did Koga round 1

OH I KNOW WHY

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she dies before I can get the chance to use Reflect

[blazing raft]

I used Acerola’s TM to take the first few hits

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oh

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Acerola can't tank Koga either, what the hell

[blazing raft]

Dang

Uhhh

Use X def first, then TM, then Sandstorm maybe??

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but then Sabrina gets hit too much

[blazing raft]

Or restart to get different AI behaviour

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and both lose more than half of their HP...from ONE SINGLE Poison Jab!

[blazing raft]

They arent lvl 140, are they

[keen jasper]

You're doing Koga right? What round and what's your team?

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yeah, I am doing R3 Koga

my team is Naomi/Acerola/Sabrina

[keen jasper]

What level are they?

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the first two are 120, Sabrina is 130

[keen jasper]

And I'm guessing your Sabrina isn't EX-ed?

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nope

[marsh crater]

1.5k bruno?

[blazing raft]

2k, so you should be able to do it even 1.5k

[versed meteor]

Olivia doesn't have spread move should i ex her ? I have been thinking that if you are using a pair without spread move that it would be best to ex so at least sync move is spread what do you think?

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...okay, no

Naomi/Acerola/Sabrina simply isn't working out

[old orchid]

her sync is pretty good

so exing her is a good choice

[old orchid]

can try this team
ik its a chinese video but it shows grid and params so you can still copy the strat

https://youtu.be/QaRjEXYnl1M

[blazing raft]

Surgechu is a choice for that team lmao

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heck, video doesn't seem to work for me...

[old orchid]

Whats your problem?

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the problem is that Sabrina simply dies too quickly

and no, I can't give Sabrina Reflect during the first 3 turns since she's already busy buffing up Naomi

but sadly, 75% of the time, she dies before Naomi gets to do her first sync

[old orchid]

Because she is weak on tanking physical moves

Replace her with Surge

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I can't

I already used BP Surge

[old orchid]

And let Naomi buffs her spatk by herself

Do you plan to use HJasmin elsewhere?

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eventually, just don't know when

[old orchid]

How many stages have you beaten?

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I am on Round 3 right now

am currently trying to beat Koga

oh, and Sabrina is so bad at tanking Physical

one single Poison Jab from Koga is enough to remove 90% of her HP

even with Vigilance

[spring fable]

Yupp she has low def stat

[manic kiln]

@toxic cobalt just exed my hapu today and decided to use her

[spring fable]

Damn hapu good?

I struggled with my ground team so I ended up offtyping koga

[manic kiln]

she's alright, this was mono clear so not super optimal team for her

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ugh

even with two sync attacks as well as Sand Blaster and Brain Sync both active, Naomi is unable to merc Koga before he does his first sync

and she is unable to survive his sync

[toxic cobalt]

The hapu nuke!

[manic kiln]

[toxic cobalt]

How many of her multipliers did you get?

[toxic cobalt]

Clay much easier than Hapu

[manic kiln]

both for the 2nd nuke i think

[keen jasper]

Did it crit is the question

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I doubt that

and sadly, I can't rely on that either

I am half-tempted to replace "Special Dmg. Reduction" with "Defense & Sp. Def ^1"...how much more would the latter buff Koga's defences?

[keen jasper]

78 to 85

An approximate 10% defense increase

[old orchid]

You totally ignore the clear i sent earlier

[keen jasper]

Koga does has lesser flinch resist

Lessen Flinch 5

[old orchid]

Oh wait you said you used Surgechu

Mb

Replace Sabrina with HJasmine then

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alright

[keen jasper]

Does Jampharos have Friend Mend 9?

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nope

[old orchid]

She can heal with Potion

She doesnt attack most of time, so poison isnt a problem

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...wait

there's one huge problem with Holiday Jasmine

she can't buff Crit or Sp. Atk

and Naomi absolutely needs both

[keen jasper]

What move level is she?

[old orchid]

3/5

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Naomi? 5/5

[old orchid]

Read her kit carefully

[keen jasper]

Then why not grid Jamphine's Team Shout?

[old orchid]

She has Grand Entry 1

Dotn grid Team Shout

It ruins quad queue

[keen jasper]

Team Grand Entry?

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yeah, I need quad queue as well

[old orchid]

Yeah

She buffs crit by using items and TM

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Naomi sadly can't fully buff her crit on her own

since her TM only buffs Crit by one stat