Champion Stadium

[verbal karma]

alright, Lance should be easy by comparison

...well, if I wanna make use of the R5 gimmick, then I still gotta use SS Elesa...which means that my damage dealer would need to be Raihan...which means I would also need a speed buffer...maybe Skyla?

[void wyvern]

SS Elesa, Raihan, Skyla works

You can sync with Skyla first and then use Elesa’s tm to get another sync before the enemy gets one.

[spring fable]

should be fine, solgaleo did it ezpz without support ex

[verbal karma]

oh, SS Elesa is also EX'd

both Skyla and SS Elesa are

and SS Elesa even has MPR on her TM

so she can boost the sync countdown twice

[void wyvern]

If you’re lucky.

[hot shadow]

Does your EleSSa have headstart?

Hm, Raihan does.

[void wyvern]

Good memory.

[hot shadow]

I have pomatools installed, memory is nothing to me

[void wyvern]

But with raihan head start. We can use SS Elesa tm to get support sync in quicker and do more damage with steel beam.

[hot shadow]

Yup, cuts a turn that way

[verbal karma]

alright, CSMM done!

[crimson jewel]

well doneee

[spring fable]

gratss

[verbal karma]

thanks!

[void wyvern]

Good win!

[verbal karma]

alright, I have 145 so I can EX another sync pair right now

...I better ask that in #poma-questions, tho

[marsh crater]

Question…how do u guys do 10k+ dmg with bugsy first sync move for karen bug. What is the lucky skill?

[dark osprey]

10K+ damage on first sync may be slightly difficult I guess

maybe support EX boosted sync

lucky skill CS2 should be fine tbh

also can enhance damage by defense debuffs or probably bug type rebuff

but bug rebuff is only with SS Hilbert which makes Bugsy kinda a fly on the walll

[old orchid]

10k first sync is possible with def debuff, max multipliers and right params

[zealous karma]

The team I use for fire

[mellow linden]

Ah, good, Psychic Squad™️ gets to murder Bruno next week

Some nice revenge for my self-inflicted hell this week

[swift swan]

what hell did you inflict on yourself this week

because I inflicted hell to myself too and failed miserably

thank you, half sync countdown

[mellow linden]

I stubbornly tried to use non-EX 1/5 Kiawe + Kali for 1/5 EX NY Lisia’s teammates

Probably gonna EX Kiawe soon so that doesn’t happen again

I did beat Bruno with that team though

[swift swan]

[lunar meadow]

Half sync timer is pretty brutal lol

[nocturne pawn]

i got diantha who abuses the hell out of it

[main crow]

The one time I'm thankful for that parameter, my Redlax+NYLisia duo can take revenge after they got their ass handed on the first week

[lunar meadow]

G-Rapidash is a beast, how did you need revenge?

She's a serial killer. A WMD

[onyx ice]

Had to offtype, because i had 2 types i had no zones/rebuffs

[nocturne pawn]

do you guys not have og diantha

[main crow]

1/5 even with SEUN she lacks just a bit more and the sides were brutal

[nocturne pawn]

she absolutely ruined bruno

[main crow]

Had to offtype

[lunar meadow]

I haven't had to teambuild for MM2k in a long ass time

[main crow]

Also I'm duoing

[onyx ice]

I don't, but i have SS wally, so I'm covered

[lunar meadow]

Only my poison and rock types are even affected by the fight, because we don't have a good tank for either

[main crow]

And Bruno loves his close combat opener to Redlax 😔

[lunar meadow]

Offensively, Snorlax mainly buffs super effective damage.

Wouldn't he be terrible for off-type supporting...?

[main crow]

Redlax is with my NYLisia

The off type is another team

[onyx ice]

Snorlax is only useful for on type

[old orchid]

The crit buff and sync acceleration are really good for both ontype and offtype

[onyx ice]

Maybe if you are desperate for sync countdown and crit he can offtype

But his selling point is the se up

[old orchid]

I always treat the SEUN is the bonus, not his main selling point

[lunar meadow]

I love Snorlax.

You'd be surprised how often his body slam paralyzes 🤣

On top of all the stuff he's meant to do, he's a good status setting support for LG

[onyx ice]

Is usable for offtype if you just need crit and sync countdown, but is much better for on type

[trail smelt]

I never use him for the SE Up lol

I just need him for his infinite potions for Villa

[swift swan]

I use him for sync accel mostly

[lunar meadow]

Suicune/Lugia/Snorlax in the villa 🤣

[swift swan]

oooh my exact Villa team

[rose prism]

It's funny how easy it gets once you have EX on every team, got 9500 points. Pre Sync points are so easy to do with EX

[spring fable]

[swift swan]

Presync truthers

It gets even easier with experience!

[full mesa]

Which one did you miss?

[rose prism]

Bruno. Was the fast sync round

[deft bluff]

And I use him for buffing crit, mainly for Reshiram, in villa

Since I know that I will end up with max TM in the end

[rough sigil]

So I've been wanting to complete my first 10kCS run, but I'm garbage and sync grids, and awful with making teams, and was wondering which pairs out of these I should use and with which parameters.

[rotund lagoon]

So have you read the teambuilding guide by chance?

[rough sigil]

I have,

[rotund lagoon]

Do you know how to triple queue?

Or quadqueue?

[grand steppe]

You pretty much have all the tools you need in terms of roster.

[rotund lagoon]

I believe so too

So I’m wondering the basics

[grand steppe]

Are these sync pairs invested with Sync Grids?

[rough sigil]

Yes, but I have to look online for sync grids, cause I don't know how to make reliable grids.

[rotund lagoon]

We have recommends for a reason, even I cannot remember them all.

[grand steppe]

I'm mean there's a bunch of strong pairs you have to work with. Even off-type.

[tribal agate]

yeah frankly that roster should genuinely massacre CS blindfolded

i'd consider watching some footage from other players, see how triple queue is done

if you need advice we can guide you through

as for team building, it follows a really simple aspect

[rough sigil]

Yeah, but the parameters are what screws me the most. Bit sure which ones to do.

[rotund lagoon]

Check the pins

[tribal agate]

you start with an on-type damage dealer, then build your supports for that damage dealer to complement their buffs
in most cases, it's the basis but obviously can vary

[rough sigil]

Ah, I see.

[tribal agate]

yeah we have parameters there

[rotund lagoon]

@rough sigil

[tribal agate]

pre-sync & post sync are the ones you'll want

pre-sync for agressive playstyles with strong on-type pairs, usually works out fine

go on the CS screen, see the 5 weekly types, pick 5 of your damage dealers of the corresponding weak type to start with

then list them here and we can start building (if needed)

[grand steppe]

Well you have a 3/5 EX Diantha and 3/5 EX Anni Lillie + 3/5 EX SSR Cynthia. So we can build a team around those.
Bug: I see Lusamine 3/5 EX, Hilbert 1/5 EX. Or you can go off-type.
Ice: Ghetsis, 1/5 EX SSN, or Off-type.

[rotund lagoon]

Steel, I see Hop and Gloria.

[grand steppe]

I mean Ash, LuSSamine, and 5/5 EX Zerena, are waiting in the wings as well. Looks like it's a matter of gameplay.

[rotund lagoon]

I’m curious how they are at this point

[grand steppe]

Zerena and Cerena 5/5... :>

[rotund lagoon]

Especially with the amount of EX’d and move level pairs.

[grand steppe]

So if you have recorded gameplay we can also point out what went wrong. But let us know which team you want to start off with.

[rotund lagoon]

Shouldn’t the round order be important too?

Especially since two of the E4 should be avoided for R3

[rough sigil]

Yes.

Which two?

[rotund lagoon]

[grand steppe]

Round 1 = Light Screen on both sides of the field (Critical hits ignore these) -- not to important
Round 2 = Stat Debuffs are greater (only really matters for Defense based Debuff multipliers, or surviving with offense debuffs)
Round 3 = Sync Timer starts at half, so, you want an efficient sync here, someone who can buff in one TM
Round 4 = Permanent Field Effects (good for Zone/Weather/Terrain usage)

[rotund lagoon]

Avoid Koga/Karen for R3

[tribal agate]

it's already pinned lol

[rough sigil]

Yeah, sorry. I usually like talking it out with people. That's just how I learn.

[grand steppe]

The parameters this time, aren't that impactful.

[tribal agate]

no worries

also is this your first time doing Master Mode at all?

[grand steppe]

Only Round 3 & 4 make a huge difference.

[tribal agate]

because going straight for 10k might be overkill

[rotund lagoon]

You’d be surprised

[tribal agate]

like the graphic in the pins says, the key rewards stop at 4200

[rough sigil]

No, I just want to do 10k

[tribal agate]

alright fair

[grand steppe]

Wait. Did you complete the 18 type medals?

[rotund lagoon]

Dreamy, my first MM was 10K

[rough sigil]

I usually use all Strength parameters for my 7k runs.

[rough sigil]

Yes.

[rotund lagoon]

That’s…kinda insane

[grand steppe]

Strength boosts all their stats including def.

[rough sigil]

But I also use the same pairs every week, so I never learned how to actually build teams.

[tribal agate]

Str is fine, just not to overkill it, i usually cap it at 8 or 9

https://i.imgur.com/5NkaReP.png

better Str than Atk/Def which are litteral game killer

you can swap no stat reductions for max HP 2 in cases where you require the debuffs

since it's Johto too, HP won't go over like 30k, which is a single sync move on-type after first sync, so it's not that bulky

[rough sigil]

Ah, okay.

[void wyvern]

[tribal agate]

how about you try out one round with those parameters and see how it goes

[rough sigil]

Aight.

Brb.

[grand steppe]

My supports whom take beating from +9 Atk parameters.

[zealous karma]

Auto 10K run

[tribal agate]

new task for rancer tbh

[zealous karma]

Ye cause will never do it lel

[tribal agate]

surely double frog can auto water weak?

[zealous karma]

More than. Likely I think

[void wyvern]

Something to test whenever we get a water weak stage next. unless kalos cs decides to say hi

[grand steppe]

sswally wont use fairy wish on auto

[rotund lagoon]

LOL BECAUSE TM?

[grand steppe]

okay he's doing it now

but most tanks can't survive the post-sync points on auto

[tribal agate]

remove the atk parameters

[grand steppe]

I did I'm using the post-sync ones.

[tribal agate]

oof

[grand steppe]

I can't use ssacynthia in every battle

[tribal agate]

read my mind

[zealous karma]

SSMorty for every battle then

[rotund lagoon]

Man does the AI suck in this game

[zealous karma]

Teach the Ai to triple queue for Kalos CS

[grand steppe]

ss wally + ssa cynthia worked 😛

[rotund lagoon]

Oh yeah it only single queues, huh?

[tribal agate]

see, CS is outdated
even AI can beat it

[grand steppe]

killed it before 2nd sync

[paper summit]

you auto'ed a 2k CS battle? what a champ

[grand steppe]

now for the rest 💀

[rotund lagoon]

Wait does the AI single or triple queue??

[paper summit]

single

[zealous karma]

Single

[rotund lagoon]

That’s what I thought

[zealous karma]

But they use AI for the games replays so they had to force teach it to triple queue

[paper summit]

well no

[rough sigil]

Single queue is only one type, correct?

[paper summit]

replays are following a recorded script

[rotund lagoon]

Only one move queued. I dont recommend

[grand steppe]

If it could triple queue it'd have no no trouble beating the stage. The difficulty from auto is the enemy just gets overwhelming.

[tribal agate]

Did you turn on the Action Order in the settings?

[rotund lagoon]

+actionorder

[frozen depot]

How to Activate Action Order:
https://gfycat.com/politeseveredavidstiger

For more beginner infos, check out #1010307000346878062

[tribal agate]

probably should wait for their answer first

y'all are really jumpy on bot commands

[paper summit]

imagine if they reworked auto to have options to include what to prioritize, like buffing and such, and not use something until certain conditions are met, one can dream...

[rotund lagoon]

I got trigger fingers

[paper summit]

smh

[rough sigil]

Oh, action queues. It's just attack order.

I usually have all my pairs doing something

[tribal agate]

you just gave me an idea brb

yeah that's the way

but you have to do it as soon as the battle start too, there's a short window of 2-3 seconds usually

[rotund lagoon]

Did you turn on the Action Order thing at all?

[tribal agate]

before the enemy queues

[paper summit]

yes, using that display makes it easier to visualize what's going on during the battle

[rough sigil]

It's been on since day one.

[rotund lagoon]

Did that even exist back then??

[zealous karma]

I thought you were referring to whay Annie said and thought you were going to turn off bot commands in this channel for helpers which would be 🐴

[grand steppe]

maybe we should just link this image instead of that long-winded gif

[paper summit]

some crazy people never use it for some reason, but they are experienced so I guess it's fine lol

[paper summit]

yeah, it's a launch feature iirc

[tribal agate]

yeah that's a nice idea Sages

i'll add that + my other idea i'm working on

[rotund lagoon]

Man I had only turned it on since…last year?

[zealous karma]

That doesn’t show how to turn it on tho 🐴

[rotund lagoon]

No wait, 2021 (or 2020, idk)

[grand steppe]

So did you clear a 10k stage?

[tribal agate]

2k rather ahah

[grand steppe]

Isn't the gif too long though? people might throw their phone out the car window by the time it ends

[rotund lagoon]

It’s visual

[rough sigil]

Not yet.

[rotund lagoon]

Instead of reading lmao

[rotund lagoon]

Go do one

[tribal agate]

+actionorder

[frozen depot]

Action Order is turned off by default, to enable it go to :
Poryphone Menu > Settings > Last Tab > Scroll Down to "Action Order (Single)"

This will display the moves used in battle as shown below :
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1009554906568462476/1067546148837003325/image.png

For more beginner infos, check out #1010307000346878062

[tribal agate]

now forced to read again

[grand steppe]

good

[rotund lagoon]

[zealous karma]

Man

Reading is fine especially cause idk how to

[rotund lagoon]

Pit moment

[grand steppe]

Just tricking dreamy into getting rid of my old gif with 20k paid gems

[full mesa]

I thought I smelled something fishy there.

[nocturne pawn]

what is quad queueing and how does it work

[quaint solar]

I swear there is a pin somewhere explaining that

[nocturne pawn]

there is but my hands are cold

[undone brook]

queuing an extra move after your first sync to get two syncs before theirs

[grand steppe]

grats. Now you can do it weekly!

[rough sigil]

Let's hope!

[zealous karma]

I just feel bad for Karen

[paper summit]

funny, meanwhile I chose to suffer a bit using Noland for the lolz

[mellow linden]

Wow

[rough sigil]

I didn't know this game was supposed to be that smooth.

[nocturne pawn]

dont feel bad for her

[void wyvern]

Is that the true power of 5/5 Hilbert, sages?

[rotund lagoon]

SS HILBERT EX BASED!!!!!!

I love that I have Hilbert, I’m using him instead of Alder now

[grand steppe]

Yeah, 2x Hilbert's Aim makes him abusive, I had actually increase the HP parameters because Hilbert was one-shotting the sides with just Techno Blast.

[paper summit]

2 lines number bug is back

[rotund lagoon]

AND SHE HEALED BACK UP FROM DRAINING KISS BTW

[void wyvern]

I lowkey like the idea of a double disarming voice team with SS Brendan as the main tank.

[rotund lagoon]

If it was a Special Stage, I’d certainly do him

[keen jasper]

Your SS Wally is 5/5?

[rotund lagoon]

1/5!

[void wyvern]

I should be sleeping but. Let me test my team thoughts.

[keen jasper]

Damn, mine did 26k with 8 stacks of SpMUN without CS2

[rotund lagoon]

This was Rebuff and Zone

[keen jasper]

Yeah mine too

Did with SS Brendan and SS Wally

[rotund lagoon]

Oh wait. You said without CS2

Makes sense

[keen jasper]

But mine has 8 stacks of SpMUN

[rotund lagoon]

Oh….duh

[keen jasper]

While you did it with 0

[void wyvern]

Which would imply it wasn’t a sync move which is why I’m so puzzled at the comparison

[rotund lagoon]

Oh…..true.

[keen jasper]

And my Valerie is still 4*

[rotund lagoon]

Mine too

[keen jasper]

But I'm still wondering how you did 30k damage without any stacks of SpMUN

[void wyvern]

Because it’s a sync move?

[rotund lagoon]

Got Brain Sync gridded?

[keen jasper]

Oh it's a sync move

I thought it was Draining Kiss

[void wyvern]

You guys are comparing two completely different things!

[keen jasper]

NVM

[rotund lagoon]

Draining Kiss was doing 4k btw

[silk bolt]

I usually use double greninja and sycamore/blue as an off element team but idk what to use for the other 4 fights

Any advice

[rotund lagoon]

Have you read the teambuilding guide to start?

[silk bolt]

where is that?

[keen jasper]

Hard mode or master mode?

+101

[frozen depot]

Teambuilding 101:

Step 1: pick a damage dealer ( / or with high damage)

• take a look at their moveset; note what they buff themselves in terms of offensive stats (Critical Hit Rate, Speed, Attack for physical damage dealer / Special Attack for special damage dealer)

Step 2: picking appropriate for your damage dealer

• take a look at your through the filter option and the Known Moves tab and pick two teammates that fill in what your damage dealer is missing (Critical Hit Rate, Speed, Attack for physical damage dealer / Special Attack for special damage dealer )

Addendum: if your damage dealer's needs can be filled in with only one support, then your third team slot is more flexible and you can choose defensive (potions, buffing defenses, lowering attack) or a second damage dealer

For more beginner infos, check our #1010307000346878062.

[silk bolt]

hard

[civic trellis]

26k on draining kiss?

How much does spmun boost moves

[keen jasper]

8 stacks of SpMUN without CS2

[rotund lagoon]

Yeah it was 8 tbf

[keen jasper]

40% per stack

[civic trellis]

Ah ok ig that makes sense then

[rotund lagoon]

Got damage dealers in mind for each match?

[silk bolt]

ny liesa for the fairy one

[keen jasper]

Doing hard mode, it means you need as much types as possible

[silk bolt]

no dupes?

[rotund lagoon]

Ghost should be Gio if you don’t have any good Ghost types

Oh yeah you need to complete the medal

[keen jasper]

@silk bolt How many types have you done or are you just starting?

[silk bolt]

just starting

[keen jasper]

Hmmmm

Lots of good units you have

Save your best units for separate fights

But it's hard mode so it should be no big deal

[silk bolt]

i was thinking of off-elementing the champion lance fight with calem,serena, and like sycamore

but then if i use ny liesa it would be dupe element

[rotund lagoon]

Off typing Steel is fine

[silk bolt]

or is that not what you mean by unique types

[rotund lagoon]

So lemme think of the math here

[keen jasper]

Calem, Serena and Sycamore are dark, water and fairy respectively, so you're filling in 3 types

[rotund lagoon]

The medal has 18 types. The max you can do at this moment is 15. Each team has 3 slots.

Now you don’t have to do all 15 in this week, you can definitely split it as long as you get at least 9 types in.

[silk bolt]

ss diantha was someone i pulled cause i want to use but idk who to run with

and so is ny liesa

[rotund lagoon]

We’ll discuss the pull reasonings later

But let’s pick some on type damage dealers (and an off type for Steel) to start the medal off with.

You can also use Hop to fill the Steel slot if needed.

[silk bolt]

based off the recommended elements, i would say ny liesa against bruno

[rotund lagoon]

Btw you can use her with Olivia.

Well that’s pretty good. But hey, mine is good for the free players lol

[silk bolt]

idk if i have a good option for ice, ghost, or bug

steel as you said i can use hop worst comes to worst

and mewtwo for ghost

[rotund lagoon]

Ghost can be Gio. He covers Psychic so you can bring a Ghost person with him there

Ice can be Ghetsis

[keen jasper]

Steel is Hop or Solgaleo

Ice is Ghetsis or Candice

[silk bolt]

ghetsis most likely, i was gonna do his quest later today

[rotund lagoon]

Bug…may need to be off typed.

Wait…Bugsy.

I always forget

[keen jasper]

Best Boi Noland

[silk bolt]

so with ny liesa, who do i run for support?

trying to get as many types as possible

[keen jasper]

A physical supporter

[silk bolt]

any terrain req?

[keen jasper]

The only one with fairy zone is SS Wally, and he's limited time

[silk bolt]

ah

[keen jasper]

But no need since NY Lisia's damage is absolutely insane

[silk bolt]

would player and torchic work?

[rotund lagoon]

Yeah she’ll be fine

[silk bolt]

as a support? idk who to use

or kiawe

[keen jasper]

What move level is Kiawe?

[silk bolt]

1

[zealous karma]

No HoliJasmine/Redlax?

[rotund lagoon]

Wanted to try more free options

[zealous karma]

Sswally my beloved free option

[swift swan]

I sure do love ss wally, best free fairy option

[silk bolt]

would holijasmine, nyliesa, and player torchic work for the fairy fight?

holijasmine tanking

[zealous karma]

Player torchic is redundant I’d bring Nanu or a diff def debuffer

[rotund lagoon]

It was trying SS Wally buffing Valerie then a free(ish) Support lol

[zealous karma]

So NYlisia HoliJasmine Nanu (preferably gridded with MGR or whatever it’s called lel)

Charging infliction that oke

[silk bolt]

is it will sync? with xatu or does someone else have a natu?

[zealous karma]

Will does have xatu ue

[silk bolt]

is it the right natu?

oh wait nvm i read natu lol

nanu and persian right?

[rotund lagoon]

Ye

[zealous karma]

Correct

[silk bolt]

would giovanni, cheryl and smth work?

idk who could be the third slot

[toxic cobalt]

That would work well

[silk bolt]

who can be the last pair there?

[toxic cobalt]

You can use it to fill an unused type

[silk bolt]

just a fill slot, anything?

[toxic cobalt]

Yep

[silk bolt]

just those 2 should be a clear?

[toxic cobalt]

Should be, they get Giovanni to +4spatk and +3crit

This assumes Giovannis is gridded

If Cheryl is gridded you can get to +6spatk

[silk bolt]

i don't hae the expansion

cheryl should be max grid

[toxic cobalt]

Giovanni doesn't have a grid expansion

[silk bolt]

ok

for ghetsis, who do i support him with

i don't have him yet so idk what he does

[toxic cobalt]

He has some self-buffing but it's not good, so you want to have Sabrina or similar

Then speed for the third

[silk bolt]

would marley work?

[toxic cobalt]

Yes certainly

She has weirdly high bulk

You'll want Ghetsis to have double drop though

[silk bolt]

sync grid?

[toxic cobalt]

Yes, it's on the bottom right

[silk bolt]

i think i'll off element the bug one, and then last is lance,

so hop needs what for his support?

[toxic cobalt]

Just speed

He's remarkably self-sufficient otherwise

[silk bolt]

any atk buffers for hop?

like special atk or physical?

[toxic cobalt]

Hop is his own buffer

[silk bolt]

would falkoner work?

falkoner and viola

to cover types i don't think i have used yet

[toxic cobalt]

If you want flying you want Skyla

Viola is fine for bug

[drifting sleet]

Halp

Struggling w/ will

Lillie seems to either be doing insufficient damage, or otherwise her gauge fills too slowly

[toxic cobalt]

Would you be able to screenshot because this is hard to imagine

[drifting sleet]

Figured out the problem

Bad super prep rng

Also accidentally had a +1 strength instead of no stat reduction

Is this my best bet for round 4 koga or do I have a better ice attacking option

[old orchid]

Ghetsis might be better than 1/5 Leon

[drifting sleet]

Asking cos xmas leon is kinda janky to use

[old orchid]

Do you have him properly gridded?

Ghetsis ^

[drifting sleet]

Uhhhh I have 750 ghetsis orbs yes

[old orchid]

Well grid him nuke tiles

Replace Candice with either a defensive support or a debuffer

Ghetsis wants attack (and speed) debuffs

[drifting sleet]

Candice was there for hail but uh

I can put skyla

[old orchid]

Hail doesnt buff ice moves, keep that in mind

Yeah Skyla is awesome

[drifting sleet]

Dis?

Feel like I can swap lapras for sycamore

[old orchid]

Yeah replacing Melony with Sycamore is good

Level up Elesa and ensure Koga is -6 atk when Ghetsis uses sync move

[drifting sleet]

Ye ok

[void wyvern]

Congrats on the win!

[old orchid]

Congrats

[old orchid]

With that roster you shouldn't struggle on Koga

[old orchid]

Alright replace Lusamine with an attack debuffer

[flint heart]

Nvm weak to bug

Lycanrock the one with leer 🧐

[old orchid]

He cant debuff atk...

Wait, is this Koga or Karen?

[flint heart]

Koga

[old orchid]

So replace Lusamine with an attack debuffer

Like Mina

[flint heart]

I have greninja oh I was thinkin about her wen I was screenshotting

[drifting sleet]

I mean if you have cserena that's basically a free win vs anyone

[void wyvern]

Mina works well.

[old orchid]

Yeah Lucian is the best of them

[flint heart]

That’s how my pikachus be usually bc I just started playing the e4 again

I rly be trying to go for 10k tho but I can never manage to beat more than 2 ppl

[swift swan]

Btw just as a reminder, next time screenshot your 5* units only from the Upgrade > Move Level tab to take up less space. Or use the sync pair tracker https://pomasters.github.io/SyncPairsTracker/

[toxic cobalt]

You can go for lower points to get a feel for the teams and then reset.

[swift swan]

Your units are good enough

[flint heart]

Ik

[flint heart]

Yea but I gotta skill issue gotta git gud yk

I suck

[drifting sleet]

Pog thanks for this now I can convince myself to spend more money

[swift swan]

Nothing you can't fix with practice

[void wyvern]

Setup with Ghetsis tm twice and use glaciate,
constantly use Lucian’s growl for the debuffs/queue.
Buff your team with blue/use water pulse when out of mp.
Sync with blue and then sync with Ghetsis.

You can do it!

[manic kiln]

skill is not everything tho, it helps but it'll come last. OP units can often carry the clear. To clear CS you need team comp/parameters/lucky skills/grids... all of these can be asked so just ask, lucky skills can be farmed, grids sometimes are not needed on OP units

[swift swan]

You can have the most OP units with the right grids and still fail due to gameplay. Trust me, I've seen many cases

[void wyvern]

Money cannot solve your gameplay

[manic kiln]

when only then you can say skill issue

that's why they need to release more braindead unit like 3rd anni units

just tap and win

[swift swan]

They need to release at least 5 pairs like Ash to carry 5 stages of CS

[toxic cobalt]

People need to stop using the Anni units as a team. Much like Kantrio, they should be broken up.

[swift swan]

But then again I've seen people failing to clear with 1-turn set up units, so...

[toxic cobalt]

Not that they're as bad a team as Kantrio, but each tackles a stage individually pretty well.

[manic kiln]

they did this since the 1st kantrio

and now with team suggestion it got worse

[toxic cobalt]

They'll never take my Johtrio team

[flint heart]

How Lls ik right still manage to not beat 10k ever think I did like 7k at the most I can beat all of them tbh I jus wanna do 10k but in order for me to beat them all I’d have to tweak the parms

[swift swan]

Ash, sst red, ssa cynthia can each guarantee a win, I agree. For a new player with not many units, using them together is overkill and will only hurt your whole Cs run

[manic kiln]

if you can do 7k you can do 10k

[toxic cobalt]

You can probably use standard strength pre-sync for all your teams with minimal changes

[swift swan]

You run them together? I never do that outside of johto daily region rotation

[toxic cobalt]

Terrain and weather don't cancel out

[flint heart]

That’s wen I tweak the parms tho only

But let me try to manage a w ig if not ig I’ll play pkmn tcg live

[swift swan]

I know, guess I just love seperating them cause I like using SS Lyra to facetank my grass stages

[void wyvern]

SS Lyra tank > denial

[swift swan]

Well yeah, to do 10k you'll need to increase your points. The params on pins can serve as a guide. If you need to tweak it to fit your teams' needs, replacing missing points with Strength is the most ideal

[flint heart]

Give up for tn maybe I’ll figure it out later thx Gn

It’s 5am gotta go to sleep

[swift swan]

Dw, take your time

[chilly sparrow]

its my first time trying out the 1550 run, wish me luck 😄 hopefully ill get the 7500 mark

[toxic cobalt]

Good luck!

[chilly sparrow]

i feel like im not making any damage at all, only 1/4 of health bar I manage to make lol

the 850 is a breeze but the 1550 is hard af. lol 😄

[toxic cobalt]

Are you triple queueing?

[forest sable]

I ended up off-typing 4 out of the 5 stages cause I was going to be busy the rest of the week lol Only on-type was fairy cause NY Lisia is great

Frogs, Ash and SS Hilda are just too good

[rotund zinc]

Okay so I've managed to do the 850 clear easy enough, should I bump up the difficulty now and cry that I'm not good enough or carry on feeling mildly good

[void wyvern]

You should bump it up to 1.5k. It’s a good way to see how much you’ve learned.

[swift swan]

Yup, 1.5k is a good next stepping stone

[chilly sparrow]

hmm not sure, what is triple queueing?

[lunar meadow]

Click three buttons between each of the enemy attacks

[swift swan]

+triplequeue

Booo command does not work in forums

[lunar meadow]

Forums are quite silly

[swift swan]

#1010307000346878062 message

[swift swan]

Read that

[tribal agate]

+triplequeue

[frozen depot]

In Pokemon Masters, the battles revolve around using your Sync Move as fast as possible.
Using moves will reduce its cooldown, which is also the case for the opponent!
This is why you always want all your pairs on the field to have moves queue'd.
Have 3 ally moves in between each 1 enemy move, even at the start!
After 9 moves, you can wait to queue your Sync.

See this quick footage for how to Triple Queue :
https://streamable.com/5www4z

For more beginner infos, check our #1010307000346878062.

[tribal agate]

fixed

[swift swan]

[old orchid]

Too long, not gonna read that

[swift swan]

Oh no, whatever are we going to do

[chilly sparrow]

oh wow nice info thanks for that. so basically have to make 3moves for each move of opponent to triggger the sync asap. thanks will try that..

[swift swan]

Yup, make sure all 3 mons queue something, don't let anyone sitting idly

Victory road mentioned this too

[chilly sparrow]

yea yea have to make that a habit, i just have this habit of reading what the sync pair do in actual battle lol 😛

[toxic cobalt]

Well, that comes with practice!

[chilly sparrow]

Yep, thanks guys! Ijust completed 1 stage of doing 1500. 4 more stages to go, thanks guys!

[spring fable]

atb!

[swift swan]

Well done and good luck!

[eternal lodge]

Next week is definitely a tough one

[swift swan]

I think you'll be fine

The only thing I'd warn you is: Flying-weak Koga has high special defense

Double sp defense stat, even

So Blue will be hitting as if offtype

Koga had Wise Entry x2 before it was a thing

[nocturne pawn]

so zinnia dps go brr?

[swift swan]

Kahili

[rotund lagoon]

Piercing Blows doesn’t affect that, right?

[toxic cobalt]

Not a bad plan

[spring fable]

Nate: am I a joke to you

[swift swan]

It doesn't

[swift swan]

Oh my gosh i forgot Nate

Shame, shame

[toxic cobalt]

Yes

[swift swan]

Even Nate is forgotten

[nocturne pawn]

and nate too!

[rough sigil]

I know how you feel! I recently just did my first 10K and it felt good.

[swift swan]

Well done!

[civic trellis]

He doesnt have an innate nuke unfortunately

[zealous karma]

Ik I don’t have sand for kukui but even without confusion Calem out nuked him lel

But when calems sync didn’t crit it did way less compared to kukui critless sync

[rotund lagoon]

CALEM IS BASED THO!!!!!

[nocturne pawn]

its probably cuz it can remove screens but thats kinda shoddy too

[zealous karma]

Maybe

[rotund lagoon]

Her Attack and Crit are maxed, and the opponents’ Attack is max debuffed.

[void wyvern]

32k is pretty hot with zone, especially because could be substituted for SEUN which some players do have.

[rotund lagoon]

The team’s synergy sucks tho

Mina is hard to use with SS Wally.

Ofc, I can achieve the stage cause I’m good at the game, but that does not mean I would recommend this.

[full mesa]

Is she? SSWally first sync and baddy move. Hilbert boosts att/spd/crit. Mina either uses play rough or dazzling gleem. I don't have SSWally but I think it's an ok combination. All he is there to do is cast zone and drop their offensive stats + rebuff.

[void wyvern]

Honestly I wouldn’t even bother going for rebuff with SS wally. It takes a lot of time for not much payout. To get mega you’d need a support pair that’s also ex and buffs attack and crit. There’s already no one consistent for that role to fully hold Mina’s hand. (To my knowledge at least.)

So you could do SS wally sync. Which is already a damage loss on mina as it’s only an additional 30% compared to the already higher 50% from a support sync. Keep in mind if mina is not buffing herself on your comp, she will have max offences by now thanks to Sonia/Hilbert/hop.

Of course there are some scenarios where it is beneficial to factor in using rebuff, which is if your tank is W!Jasmine (2/5 minimum)

W!Jasmine has team fierce and a mega for +2 for certain, If you have 3/5 you can sneak adrenaline and team shout 4. So you can still boost Mina’s attack reasonably. I’d still recommend running berserker on mina over power posture. The higher attack will benefit your sync move and rebuff and power play at max are both the same value (30% please correct me if I’m wrong). Also, winter Jasmine has SEUN, coveted for sync moves. So, W!Jasmine will result in a higher net gain of damage if you sync with her at 2/5 with fierce entry.

I actually also considered classic red but upon doing the math. He loses by a margin of 2.5% at 3/5 and you lose some damage nodes in the process as you need sharp entry or critical eye on mina. But it’s not so bad I wouldn’t recommend him on a mina and SS wally 1/5 comp.

Ergo, I would just use her with Sonia for attack and defence and to call it a day as it’s less taxing on setup, and overall more beneficial.

[rotund lagoon]

How…is it I keep forgetting about Sonia?

I was like “Who raises Attack and Defense to all allies?” and I just blanked.

[void wyvern]

There are like 200 something something pairs. No way anyone has that perfect of a memory.

[rotund lagoon]

Can we have have a favorites thing for our list please DeNA?

[void wyvern]

150 is the favourites list

[rotund lagoon]

Lol true

[fiery agate]

What’s a good offense for Karen

I only have Lusamine and Guzma

Here are my bug types

[nocturne pawn]

id probably off type

especially if you’re trying 2k

[fiery agate]

Any good suggestions?

[hot shadow]

Guzma might work. Or double strike. Or offtype.

[zealous karma]

Bugsy Hop and Lusamine if you can grid bugsy that is

[remote basin]

Hi all! I started playing 2 weeks ago and I´m planning on doing my first CSMM. I´m thinking of trying to go for 7500. I already read some of the guides and general information (I think I know how to properly queue). My plan is to build teams around Mewto for Will, NY Lisia for Bruno, Ghetsis for Koga, either Burgh, SS Diantha or Anni N for Karen and finally the trio that helped me with the budget legendary clears for the last stage: Hop, Sycamore, and Solgaeo. Any thoughts on rounding out the teams or changing anything? I think that finding the right supports/tanks for the teams is the hardest part for me. I have been saving up my sync orbs to build the right support chars. Sycamore and N are my only EXd duos and I have resources to EX one more pair I think. I think I should have most of the 3s and 4s pairs but I´m not sure which ones are good.

Here are all my 5 star chars

[toxic cobalt]

Hi juanacho, your planned teams sound great so far. Have you read our #1010307000346878062 ?

[remote basin]

Yeah! It´s been really useful

Since sync orbs are so hard to come by at the beginningI don´t want to invest them in suboptimal supports for the teams I want to use, so I thought I´d ask

[fiery agate]

I nuked it with Ho-oh on 1.1k

[toxic cobalt]

Too true. So for the teambuilding you’ll know the main goal is to get to +3 crit and then +6 atk or spatk (although +4 is fine)

[fiery agate]

Managed to pull through this week’s stadium with 1.1k each

[fiery agate]

Only pulled him for the first time ytd, still a long way to go

Can’t wait for the day where I can get all champion spirit rewards

[remote basin]

Yep...what´s been hard for me is finding those optimal supports that buff my striker. Like if its better to use blue for one stage instead of other, or even if there´s a better 4 star for the job. Maybe I´m over thinking it though

[toxic cobalt]

Best not to think about the star value, it’s deeply misleading

[void wyvern]

Part of learning for some is experimenting, some is reading up on guides and asking. So try stuff and ask questions on your journey!

[toxic cobalt]

Giovanni is pretty easy to figure out, he gives himself crit so the only priority is spatk, with speed if possible.

[void wyvern]

The two F2P ideas are rosa, for the special attack and ex buff. A good 4 star option is Roxanne, special Atk and speed in her tm and defences as a bonus.

[toxic cobalt]

Ghetiss is a bit more demanding, he can raise his own stats a little but not well

[toxic cobalt]

3 star

[void wyvern]

I’m stupid

[toxic cobalt]

I’m not familiar with NY Lisia

[void wyvern]

Buffs 4 Atk spd with tm. Chance for 0-3 pmun

Dire hit +

Fairy shift giga impact.

Using a crit buffer with her like hop helps her setup 1 turn earlier. Pair with a speed support so you can mash giga impact easier

[toxic cobalt]

Probably better to use 3/5 AnniN over Burgh

[toxic cobalt]

Oh. That’s remarkably self sustaining.

[void wyvern]

Excluding the fact she’s the best fairy striker presently. She just does a ton of damage with minimal setup and her 3/5 multipliers are all speed based.

[toxic cobalt]

So you could run like Maylene and be fine?

[void wyvern]

Yeah.

I have 1/5 lisia. I can test it

[toxic cobalt]

It’s Bruno

[remote basin]

Sounds like solid advice. So a couple of questions. Any reason for using SS elesa as sp atk buffer for over some other option for example? For speed buffing, should I just use that filter and select an option that fits?

[void wyvern]

For her tm. It will let you reach your second sync before the enemy gets their first.

[toxic cobalt]

SS Elesa’s big use is her second tm as oh Joey messaged

[void wyvern]

Hehe, I have to do my job sometimes

[remote basin]

Oh...ok...so better to use sync nuke grid if I use her, right?

[void wyvern]

Who is her?

[remote basin]

SS elesa

[toxic cobalt]

No, she is supporting

[void wyvern]

SS Elesa is a support. She’ll setup your nuker, not do the nuking herself.

[remote basin]

I meant on my damage dealer

[toxic cobalt]

Who

[remote basin]

Like, if I were to use her to support Giovanni´s sp atk, better to grid him for sync nuke

[toxic cobalt]

No, his nuke is psychic weak

You want to grid him for his ghost attack

[void wyvern]

For ghost weak, no.

[remote basin]

Oh! lol...yeah...that´s true

[void wyvern]

That’s why ex rosa is better here. Helps shadow ball do more damage after she syncs.

[remote basin]

So better to use SS elesa in a fight were a sync nuke is on-type

[void wyvern]

She’d be a good fit with Ghetsis I think. Covers special attack and crit which he needs help with as well.

[remote basin]

(I'm just using her as a way to understand this stuff better, not that I particularly want to use her)

[toxic cobalt]

She is one of your more notable 5* support, along with SS Blue and Elio

(There are a couple other good ones like Bianca and Volkner that won’t apply this week)

[obtuse fulcrum]

I do have Diantha, SS Wally; Lisa holiday, and Burgh. What’s best Fairy team setup against Bruno ?

[remote basin]

Anni N is pretty self sufficient too right? Just someone who buffs speed to support him?

[toxic cobalt]

Either Diantha or Lisa holiday with SS Wally

Lisia*

[void wyvern]

If he’s 3/5 he’ll appreciate debuffs. Lucian provides Atk and sp def debuffs which will help Anni N’s sync move

[remote basin]

My rosa is not EX yet. I've afraid of using champion spirits on her. But I think I might as well go for it

[toxic cobalt]

Go for it

[void wyvern]

No such thing as too many supports

[remote basin]

I'll try that. Been wanting to use the giraffe actually

[void wyvern]

I saw that aurchos

[toxic cobalt]

I didn’t even see Lucian in the image

[void wyvern]

3rd row

[toxic cobalt]

I believe

[trail smelt]

People have done all supports teams lol

[toxic cobalt]

That’s an idea for this week

[fiery agate]

I did that for Bruno

[obtuse fulcrum]

Who else 3rd sync pair ?

[toxic cobalt]

Roxanne would be fine for Diantha

NY Lisia could use anyone

[void wyvern]

Hop, Maylene, anyone who boosts attack and crit.

[obtuse fulcrum]

How would I use them? That setup

[rotund lagoon]

Do you know the teambuilding guide?

Or how Roxanne works?

[remote basin]

@void wyvern Thank you for your help guys! Managed to get my first 7500 win. Took me some time to get the details right, and it wasn't pretty, but its done and it was fun!

[void wyvern]

Good job!

[toxic cobalt]

[robust barn]

for number crunches/comparisons, better to use #916852389347196958 to not clog this channel with damage pictures

[void wyvern]

you got it

[onyx ice]

Used him for villa, but now i have aura Cynthia, SS steven and Lucian

[weak sleet]

@rotund lagoon is this overkill? I feel I might need Hilbert for the ice stage I'm not sure.

[rotund lagoon]

Switch Alder out

[civic trellis]

U can use ghetsis for ice

[rotund lagoon]

SS Hilbert can do the damage just fine.

[weak sleet]

For anything in particular?

[rotund lagoon]

Gauge. He’s slow and it’s not the damage output you’d expect

[weak sleet]

So uh like Blastoise maybe?

[rotund lagoon]

Actually…why not try Sycamore instead?

Well lemme think here

Show me your Sp Atk buffers

[rigid flint]

Might prefer a fast SpAtk buffer like Elio for example

[rotund lagoon]

Actually, do you have Lodge Dawn?

[weak sleet]

Yeah I do

[rotund lagoon]

I used her with my SS Hilbert.

[weak sleet]

There's like 90 some pairs I have that buff special attack

[rotund lagoon]

Maybe do Aaron, Lodge Dawn and SS Hilbert.

[toxic cobalt]

What is this Alder abuse

[rigid flint]

Alder boo

[weak sleet]

Okay I'll give this a try

[rotund lagoon]

At this point, I wish I could give my Alder back >:T

[weak sleet]

Yeah I don't even know how I have two of him....

[rigid flint]

Alder's much too inconsistent for me

But I also hold a grudge against him for only coming to me once

[rotund lagoon]

Whenever I use Alder, I only barely complete Bug weak.

[toxic cobalt]

You point him in a direction and click hyper beam!

[rotund lagoon]

HE’S SLOW

[toxic cobalt]

I used him to tank two weeks ago!

[rotund lagoon]

I hate his damage

[rigid flint]

Bro misses way too much for a 90% accuracy move

[rotund lagoon]

Oh yeah that too wtf

[rigid flint]

But back then my only accuracy buffers were all weak to dark

[rotund lagoon]

Like how do you miss Hyper Beam???

[rigid flint]

SS Elesa and Sabrina being my main ones

Idkk 😭

[rotund lagoon]

I legit had it miss at the most crucial moment and I was so mad

[toxic cobalt]

This shan’t stand. All these upstarts thinking they can push out the only good bug type.

[rigid flint]

I swear it happens like every 3rd move for me

[trail smelt]

I mean there’s a reason people meme Hyper Beam as Hyper MISS lol

[rotund lagoon]

SS Hilbert exists now and he’s good af

[weak sleet]

Okay I got that

[rigid flint]

https://tenor.com/view/monkey-look-the-other-way-look-away-awkward-weird-gif-17246188

[weak sleet]

Now for ice

[trail smelt]

That was Brendan’s greatest weakness when he first show up actually lol

[rigid flint]

Me with SC Emmet

[rotund lagoon]

Ghetsis for starters

[trail smelt]

High accuracy but not 100% accuracy

[rotund lagoon]

Then get a Sp Atk and Crit buffer.

[rigid flint]

Ghetsis and Sycamore work well

Especially now that Sycamore has EX

[trail smelt]

[rigid flint]

Cries

[trail smelt]

It’s why we have this lol

[rotund lagoon]

Oh they do? •.•

[rigid flint]

I call it the Old Man team

Jk

[toxic cobalt]

Bit overkilll but yeah

[rigid flint]

But I like the meme potential of adding Pryce with Freeze Synergy

So I just chuck in Sycamore for gauge

[toxic cobalt]

Actually you can offtype duo with ghetiss and sycamore against most opponents

[weak sleet]

Like Snorlax and lunatone?

[rotund lagoon]

You don’t have one that does both buffs?

Both Sp Atk and Crit?

[weak sleet]

Uh let me look

[rigid flint]

Sabrina supremacy

[weak sleet]

Uh I'm not seeing one despite it saying there's multiple

[rotund lagoon]

Screenshot?

[weak sleet]

Searched support, critical, and so attack

[rigid flint]

Well

Sabrina is there

[mellow linden]

SS Kris can buff both at once, Sabrina can buff both individually

[toxic cobalt]

MC Torchic is a boss

[rigid flint]

So true

[weak sleet]

Oh Suicune?

[mellow linden]

Kiawe can buff both at once, though he only does +1 stage per Trainer Move use

[toxic cobalt]

Search for “all”

[weak sleet]

Where is that?

[rotund lagoon]

Target “All Allies”.

[weak sleet]

Oh there we go

So kyurem, Suicune, and what else?

[toxic cobalt]

Speed

[rigid flint]

That's practically all you need

Just the speed

[rotund lagoon]

[rigid flint]

nyoom

[weak sleet]

Sounds like Hilbert time

[rigid flint]

Wait wait wait

[weak sleet]

Uh

Okay

[rotund lagoon]

Hilbert won’t work for that

Save him for an Atk needer

[weak sleet]

But he increases speed.

[rotund lagoon]

He’s more than just Speed, he’s much more valuable.

[toxic cobalt]

Masked Royale would be the funny option as he also debuffs

[weak sleet]

So then what?

[rotund lagoon]

Marley?

[weak sleet]

Oh yeah I always forget about her

[rotund lagoon]

She’s a Speed buffer, doubt people really think of her.

[trail smelt]

Yah she maxes speed, status guards, and can be built to unreliably buff offensive stats

[rotund lagoon]

Hey if all we need is Speed, she will give Speed.

[weak sleet]

Okay that was like taking candy from a baby easy

[rotund lagoon]

What’s left?

[weak sleet]

Now the big problem I have

Like major problem

To get those spirits

[rotund lagoon]

Huh? Fairy?

[weak sleet]

I don't really have any good fairy or steel types.

[rotund lagoon]

MINA

[toxic cobalt]

Hop and Slowgaleo are free!

[weak sleet]

That said, it's permanent field so do I just blow it away with Pikachu?

Or save those for steel?

[rotund lagoon]

Don’t worry about the field effects, you’re there anyway.

Won’t be in R5

R5 is its own parameter.

Which is in red

[weak sleet]

Hmmm okay

So any good ideas for fairy?

[rotund lagoon]

Mina.

[rigid flint]

Mina

[weak sleet]

Seriously?

[rotund lagoon]

Y E S

Someone misses my numbers

[rigid flint]

Mina does well

[rotund lagoon]

So Mina can combo with Hilbert.

[rigid flint]

Chuck Mina with Red if you want too

[mellow linden]

Mina is plenty for Johto CS

[rigid flint]

And grid Red to be a defense debuffer

[rotund lagoon]

Bruno is made for Mina domination.

[mellow linden]

Especially if it’s just 850 per stage

[weak sleet]

Only other option is Diantha. But I guess I can break out Mina.

[mellow linden]

Diantha works too

And is probably better than Mina

[rotund lagoon]

Wha? You were saying like she isn’t good????

[mellow linden]

We just didn’t know you had Diantha

[rotund lagoon]

Diantha is the better choice here.

[rigid flint]

Ik a ton of people who used Mina against Cynthia in Sinnoh

[weak sleet]

I didn't think Diantha was good either

[mellow linden]

Diantha + Kali + Speed buffer probably works

[rotund lagoon]

But she is, she just needs first sync

[rigid flint]

Tho I probs shouldn't bring up Sinnoh CS since it is pain

[weak sleet]

Oh yeah that's right

[mellow linden]

I have 2ked every Fairy weak CS except Fairy weak Cynthia with 1/5 EX Diantha

[weak sleet]

Sorry I sometimes forget things.

[mellow linden]

And EX is probably optional

So 850 is easy Diantha time

[rigid flint]

HTG 5 Moonblast stonks go brrr

[rotund lagoon]

Same

[weak sleet]

So Diantha, with Kali, and who else?

[mellow linden]

Speed buffer

Marley is a nice one

[rotund lagoon]

Marley was used

[mellow linden]

Ah

[rigid flint]

Skyla

[weak sleet]

Used

[mellow linden]

Roxanne still up?

[weak sleet]

Yeah

[rotund lagoon]

Roxanne would be better.

[mellow linden]

Roxanne works then

[rotund lagoon]

She buffs Sp Atk too

[rigid flint]

Roxanne is v epic

[mellow linden]

Some overlap with Kali, so you can swap Kali out for a crit buffer if you want to save Diantha some self-buff turns

[rotund lagoon]

And Df

[weak sleet]

Like hop?

For critical

[rotund lagoon]

Hop is for final stage.

Saving him.

[weak sleet]

Oh

Maybe Celebi?

[rigid flint]

That might be overkill

[rotund lagoon]

No, not just for that reason.

Not a good way of thinking

[mellow linden]

Phoebe works if you have her

[rotund lagoon]

Doesn’t Lodge Cynthia do crit??

[mellow linden]

Lodge Cynthia does crit, yeah

She’s like the Sp. Def. version of Cobalion

[weak sleet]

Oh gastrodon

Yup I have her

[rotund lagoon]

Hmmm so not suitable for Bruno…

[mellow linden]

Roxanne handles the Defense, it’ll be fine

[rotund lagoon]

But I guess since Roxanne is there, it should not be a problem.

Yee

[rigid flint]

Plus it's 850 too

So we don't have to worry too much

[dark osprey]

Iirc Roxanne is weak to fighting maybe but still may do the job

[rotund lagoon]

Btw, 850 what?

[rigid flint]

Points

[rotund lagoon]

Oh 0.0

I thought they were doing 10k for some reason

[rigid flint]

Oh lmaoo

[rotund lagoon]

So @weak sleet Roxanne, Lodge Cynthia and Diantha. How’s that?

[weak sleet]

Well Roxanne died, but Diantha murdered everyone

So it's all good

[rigid flint]

Oooh nice

[rotund lagoon]

Well if you got the buffs in, that’s good

[weak sleet]

Yeah she used all the buffs.

[rotund lagoon]

Alright, for Steel, do Hop and MC Solgaleo

[rigid flint]

And Hilbert

And have Hop tank

[rotund lagoon]

That works ye

[weak sleet]

What do I pick?

[rigid flint]

Hmm

None of them really benefit anyone

You could choose the second one

[weak sleet]

These are my steel types if any are better.

[mellow linden]

Don't even bother with Solgaleo when you have your pick between Steven, Gloria, and K. Grimsley

[rotund lagoon]

Actually, do the bottom one.

[mellow linden]

Also Raihan is there too

[rotund lagoon]

Stat reduction can happen in this match iirc

From Lance

Do Hop and Gloria btw

And Hilbert for third slot.

[weak sleet]

So like this?

[rotund lagoon]

That works.

[weak sleet]

Perfect!

[weak sleet]

Is doing that much harder?

[rotund lagoon]

Depends on parameters.

But you have as big a roster as I do.

I’ve been doing 10k since Alola CS first came out.

[weak sleet]

Oh

I'll have to give it a try tomorrow maybe. Will these same teams work?

[rotund lagoon]

Doesn’t hurt to try. Feel free to check pins for parameters.

[weak sleet]

Okay thanks!

I'll have to give it a try tomorrow.

[rotund lagoon]

Don’t forget you can look at Hall of Fame for past teams if you cannot remember.

[deft bluff]

Wait a min, is steven not good enough for damage?

[toxic cobalt]

??

[rotund lagoon]

We didn’t say that…

[deft bluff]

I was just asking

Since I dont know whether he is good or not

[rotund lagoon]

Oh he’s fine for sure, but I think he needs first sync.

[deft bluff]

After release of recent steel units, I have barely seen him in action

[deft bluff]

Ou, ok

Thanks

[rotund lagoon]

Tbh I almost never use my Steven lol
Don’t particularly care for the guy, only got him in that free Poké Fair ticket scout.

[zealous karma]

He doesn’t

[rotund lagoon]

Yeah hence why I said I think, thanks for the confirmation.

[weak sleet]

Steven in my opinion has always felt underclassed with recent units.

[rotund lagoon]

That’s sorta how I feel. And he isn’t a fav for me, so he was unobtained for a long time.

[zealous karma]

He’ll likely get a 5/5 grid soon with some DPS modifiers cause he doesn’t have anything worthwhile on his grid outside of HM sync tiles and aggravation

It’s a perfect grid for gauntlet tho

[mellow linden]

I’ve 2ked all Steel weak CS stages except Glacia with Steven, so I can confirm that he works fine

I personally run Hop + Rachel for his teammates most of the time, though, so the “does he need 1st Sync or not?” debate doesn’t really come up for me

[zealous karma]

If you have steel zone maybe you should sync with him first for steel week for a faster clear but off type he may want supp ex

[fringe valve]

2 and a half years later

[toxic cobalt]

We’ve been living a lie this whole time

[dark osprey]

yeah. wth does that mean

better give us apologems for ever since CS started

[toxic cobalt]

If someone has beaten CS, can they not update yet and run some tests

[swift swan]

what does this mean I wonder

[civic trellis]

So it was actually more than 5?

[nocturne pawn]

it might mean that it affected grad healing when it wasnt intended

since ally healing implies healing via potion or tm

[toxic cobalt]

Pretty sure it didn’t affect gradual healing?

[dark osprey]

yeah. that seems right i feel

not gradual healing

[swift swan]

KALOS CS BABYYYYYY

YEAAAAAAAAAAAA

[main crow]

KALOS

[swift swan]

https://twitter.com/absolutelypm/status/1618839945413799936?s=09

👁️‍🗨️ Absol-utely 🔍 (2.29.0 - Server!!!) (@absolutelypm)

Stadium Kalos
#PMEXSpolier

Twitter · Jan 27, 2023, 5:14 AM

[main crow]

KALOS

[swift swan]

HAHAHAHAHAH

[main crow]

LET'S GGGOOOO FIRST OF NOTHING BUT IMPROVISE, ADAPT, OVERCOME

[toxic cobalt]

[tired sleet]

Hopefully it isn’t more restrictive than sinnoh

[solemn pine]

took them a while for drasna to appear

[sand karma]

Yoooooo lesssgoooo

[solemn pine]

but LETS GO!

[toxic cobalt]

I Hope for Hoenn level

Please

[tired sleet]

I’d want the same level as hoenn, but without funky passives (including wise/sentry entry x 2 or 3)

[trail smelt]

Tremble and fear, Kalos is here

Also no way they’re turning down the difficulty lol

[toxic cobalt]

They did from Sinnoh to Hoenn!

[trail smelt]

True haha

[toxic cobalt]

I’m deeply concerned they will try to prevent presyncing so everyone can mega

[nocturne pawn]

fairy weak cynthia was so awful

[civic trellis]

I wonder how hard kalos CS will be

It’d be funny is diantha was stronger in poma than xy

[nocturne pawn]

thats not a high bar

she was absurdly easy

[civic trellis]

I mean now that I think abt it

She’d prob be harder than steven and cynthia

[nocturne pawn]

guh?

[civic trellis]

Like the 2 hardest champs in mainline

[nocturne pawn]

why

[civic trellis]

And she’s one of the easiest

[nocturne pawn]

level?

[civic trellis]

No the CS gets harder the later they release

[nocturne pawn]

isnt hoenn an exception to that

[civic trellis]

Imo hoenn is harder than sinnoh

[zealous karma]

This param has been around for how long and they figure this put now? lel And OAR 4 is still on struggle bug amazing

[swift swan]

hoenn level pls

I need my constant dose of hard content

[civic trellis]

Tbh I wanted an easy 10k and this month has been my first time

Bored of it already

[zealous karma]

Diantha is going to be easier than in actual gen 6

[swift swan]

head start 6

[civic trellis]

Thats possible?

[nocturne pawn]

and adrenaline 6

[civic trellis]

I dont even remember if I let her get a hit on me in xy tbh

[swift swan]

it really depends. sinnoh is more restrictive. hoenn has more bulk

[nocturne pawn]

i used the kalos league as an xp meat grinder

even with my greninja having surf waterfall night slash and water shuriken he steamrolled

[trail smelt]

… oh

There’s an interesting change to Champion Stadium Master Mode

[zealous karma]

Same lel

[trail smelt]

Seems Ally Healing parameter will reduce it less?

[zealous karma]

Aurochs posted it above

[trail smelt]

Oh my bad haha

[zealous karma]

!!

[trail smelt]

God just look at Drasna

[rigid flint]

Oooohh

[trail smelt]

I know she’s gonna be smiling while being fairy weak and kick my ass lol

[trail smelt]

Sweet Xerneas and Yveltal reference

[swift swan]

it looks pretty!!

[undone brook]

i stg

[deft bluff]

Zygarde element missing in medal

[trail smelt]

Zygarde can be part of the medal the day we get Z game

[swift swan]

rayquaza element is missing in hoenn medal too. so is giratina

it's just the two legendaries

[full mesa]

Too edgy (get so many edges). I love it.

[swift swan]

those horns will STAB

[full mesa]

I wanted to use the word Horn but then it would have been "Too Horny". You can see why I didn't.

[main crow]

https://pastebin.com/pV0QRF2X

Rock weak sentry entry ×2

[old orchid]

is there even any special Rock type?

outside of SS5 Roxanne

[main crow]

CBlue Hyper beam

[old orchid]

oh righttt

[main crow]

But his sync is physical

[old orchid]

he doesnt need to sync to get Hyper Beam

[main crow]

Not implying he needs to but just gonna be harder to pre sync

Oh well hyper beam still have big clap damage anyways

[toxic cobalt]

Pretty sure hyper beam CBlue has no trouble presyncing

[sand karma]

Called it lmao cobalt steel

[swift swan]

LMAOOOOO

CLASSIC BLUE HAVERS WIN

yay gonna do write-ups again in 2 weeks

[old orchid]

me with Emmet and zone:

[toxic cobalt]

DENA WHY

[swift swan]

bruh I hate the pastebin's format, I'm just gonna wait for pomatools update

[swift swan]

...you can't imagine the smile that was immediately wiped off my face when I saw flying-weak diantha has critical shield

what are you promoting??? Darach???

[sand karma]

So many entries

Ghost weak Wikstrom has both entries

[swift swan]

yikes, ground-weak diantha seems to have hands

[toxic cobalt]

I told you they’re going to promote postsync

[swift swan]

they have more sync multipliers now

[swift swan]

h-huh?

[sand karma]

Dragon weak drasna with wise entry 2

[toxic cobalt]

You’ll all learn to stall again and you’ll like it

[toxic cobalt]

Iris time, no problem!

[swift swan]

remind me again, healthy advantage 4 is uxie's gimmick right?

[old orchid]

yeah

[swift swan]

uxie, cobalion, tornadus gimmick that requires status

...

[sand karma]

It wasn't very fun using her for latias lg

[swift swan]

the fuck why does steel-weak diantha have it

it doesn't make sense