Champion Stadium

[compact yoke]

Oh what team should I make for dark type champion stadium

[candid juniper]

That

[compact yoke]

I got other types then dark obviously but gotta be based around it prob

[candid juniper]

What are the move levels on those sync pairs

And do you have Nessa? (Water type galar gym leader)

[compact yoke]

Needs with the turtle?

Yeah

Drednaw or somethin

[candid juniper]

First of all, use her, she’s pretty good dark dps

[compact yoke]

Aight yeah she’s a dope unit

[candid juniper]

Aside from her, I believe masked royal is a good pick

[compact yoke]

Thinkin masked royal for striker

Yeah agreed

But then what. Obstagoom boosts crit right?

[candid juniper]

And round it out with hop, I think

[compact yoke]

Who’s hop

Sorry

[candid juniper]

Try hop, your support doesn’t really need to be dark

Shield dog guy

Steel galar

[compact yoke]

I’ll have to look

[candid juniper]

He’s a good offense, defense, and crit buffer

Just get mp refresh on his tm

[compact yoke]

Oh yeahhh

He’s a tank

One of my first units ever

[candid juniper]

So what you’ll probably do is use both of masked’s speed up trainer moves and then start attacking with him, because hop buffs crit and offense at the same time

[compact yoke]

One sec getting food at dining hall

[candid juniper]

S’fine

[compact yoke]

Alright cool thanks bro

[rotund lagoon]

Don’t forget Sidney

[candid juniper]

I opted for the 3/5 masked over the 2/5 Sidney, but yes, he’s also a good pick

[nocturne pawn]

honestly karen is straightforward and easy to use

striker and relatively self sufficient

[rotund lagoon]

So is Sidney, even without 3/5 lol

[candid juniper]

He’s still a good pick

I just opted for a different one

[rotund lagoon]

Don’t blame ya

And I like using Nessa as well, but Sidney and MR are more gauge friendly iirc

[nocturne pawn]

Nessa needs rain or else shes pretty bad with regards to gauge

but as long as she has it then shes fine

[candid juniper]

I like running her with masked for the speed up

[rotund lagoon]

I used Speed Supports before I got C Calem

[rotund lagoon]

Oh yeah he does raise speed

[nocturne pawn]

oh yeah ccalem is like one of the best possible pairs for nessa lmao

[rotund lagoon]

If not the best.

[candid juniper]

Oh absolutely

[rotund lagoon]

Buuut I personally think he is

[candid juniper]

Him and Dgloria are both great for entirely different reasons

[rotund lagoon]

Both do Water and Dark, C Calem buffs Attack more, and can do Rain and Dark Zone.

[candid juniper]

For Nessa, that is

[candid juniper]

But Calem hits both types, exactly

[nocturne pawn]

how do i build her

[candid juniper]

Who, Nessa?

[nocturne pawn]

i got her speed and rain nodes but the def modifier is in the corner

[rotund lagoon]

Both in Attacks and in Sync?

[nocturne pawn]

and idk how to get it without sacking a dps node

[rotund lagoon]

Check #1009587872342478908 ?

Like the pins?

[nocturne pawn]

im wondering if its possible to get relentless while keeping her other nodes in rain and speed debuffing

[rotund lagoon]

Racer is good at sync grids, see if they’re there.

[candid juniper]

I meant in regards to weather you’re running her in water or dark

[candid juniper]

Yeah, Annie has the right idea with checking the sync grids, you should go there

[rotund lagoon]

Dude you can even do both
Rain to give her TM boost
And Dark Zone for the rest

[nocturne pawn]

wait is nessa better at dark dps than water

cuz jaw lock has like 50 more bp

[candid juniper]

True, but he already gives mgaccel, so I think it’s almost always a better use to boost dps straight up with dark zone, or focus on water instead

[rotund lagoon]

Jawlock is better in general cause it activates her passives.

[nocturne pawn]

imagine if she had oar 1 for that guaranteed def drop

[rotund lagoon]

Oh yeah for sure

[candid juniper]

I believe her jaw lock is better dps, but her water nuke is something else

[nocturne pawn]

does she outnuke may

[candid juniper]

You know what I just noticed? I literally joined this server one day after you

[candid juniper]

I… think so?

[nocturne pawn]

cuz ive gotten some big numbers with her

[rotund lagoon]

LOL OMG YOU RIGHT

[candid juniper]

But may is special

So different uses

And may also gets a mega

[rotund lagoon]

Yeah I wouldn’t compare the two tbh

[candid juniper]

Agreed

I really need to look into running Sidney more often

I’ve been almost always been running masked for a full year now and it’s starting to get boring

[rotund lagoon]

You should! I didn’t have him for so long, so after I managed to, I ran him and boy oh boy no wonder Gaming Eevee uses him in clears.

[candid juniper]

Is it his nuke that’s good, or his dps?

Or both lol

[rotund lagoon]

He’s better in nuke, but DPS is pretty good too

[nocturne pawn]

nuke is easy to set up

cuz he confuses on crit and night slash has innate +1

[candid juniper]

Because I run masked because of his dps being relatively good and his nuke being pretty powerful

[rotund lagoon]

Also AoE Brutal Swing when it Crits is

[trail smelt]

Yeah Sidney is hilarious

[nocturne pawn]

though actually

[trail smelt]

Nukes very hard and after he syncs his brutal swing hits like a truck

[nocturne pawn]

probably use brutal swing with +3 crit

[candid juniper]

I’ll try it out now then

[nocturne pawn]

to get the aoe confuse

[rotund lagoon]

YEAH—

[candid juniper]

Be back in 10 or less minutes

[nocturne pawn]

meanwhile im sidneyless

[trail smelt]

You can use both MR and Sidney haha

[rotund lagoon]

[trail smelt]

Sidney appreciates Def debuffs

[nocturne pawn]

i mean tbh i like masked royal besides the fact he gets no crit buffs

[civic trellis]

I have to try him, I got him in dec/jan so havent had him for too long

[rotund lagoon]

I use the Greninjas and Sidney, but one point, I should focus on Sidney as main DPS

[civic trellis]

May do ccalem sidney and mr

[rotund lagoon]

Sidney is amazing

What’s the move level?

[nocturne pawn]

0/5

[civic trellis]

MR and Sidney both 1/5 CCalem 3/5

[rotund lagoon]

Can’t grid yet, but he still crazy at 1/5 when main damage dealer

[civic trellis]

I could also run cerena instead of either mr or sidney

[nocturne pawn]

also uh in my experience a 1/5 mr is just for debuff spreading

[rotund lagoon]

Do Cerena instead of MR

[civic trellis]

Alr

[nocturne pawn]

cuz everything damage wise is locked behind 2/5 or 3/5

and cerena can actually do damage while debuff spreading so

[civic trellis]

Usually I just use karen ccalem and ss kris

Ccalem and ss kris can buff karen so she can immediately start spamming snarl for her nuke

[rotund lagoon]

C Serena dark rebuff can help tbh

She really can be a tech when you want her to be.

[nocturne pawn]

do you have her gridded with satisfied snarl

[civic trellis]

No

[nocturne pawn]

you should get it

[civic trellis]

Im going down my 5* list from ML 5 -> 1

[nocturne pawn]

-2 every snarl makes her setup easier

[civic trellis]

Currently at 2 so should do her soon

[civic trellis]

Oh karen

I thought u meant cerena

I have her 5/5 EX and gridded

[nocturne pawn]

oh i shouldve made that more obvious

[rotund lagoon]

I was gonna ask lol

Buuuut my game was loading again T-T

[nocturne pawn]

tbh i dont find myself using ccalem’s dark zone very much

mostly cuz he for some reason ends up getting paired with special attackers but i also just dont have that much for dark

[rotund lagoon]

Really? •.•

[nocturne pawn]

like i have mr and karen thats really it

[rotund lagoon]

You should try it tbh

[nocturne pawn]

actually i know why

[candid juniper]

I knew I COULD do that, but then it wouldn’t be all Sidney

[nocturne pawn]

its cuz i need the self recovery of water mode more than gauge economy of dark mode

[swift swan]

I always use CCalem for the dark zone. mainly because I already have ss kris that covers water

[nocturne pawn]

yeah ss kris just does what water b double team does ig minus the evasion

[swift swan]

that's not a very high chance to recover tbf

[candid juniper]

So I used misty and summer marnie instead

That was fun

[nocturne pawn]

unfortunately i dont have ss kris

[candid juniper]

That’s an oof

[civic trellis]

It depends who I use him with

[nocturne pawn]

dude hes survived a lot of stuff he shouldnt have because of that passive

[civic trellis]

Cerena ill use rain but karen dark zone

[swift swan]

I see CCalem as an offensive support with decent bulk. his main draw is his offensive buffs so I don't need the heals that much

I only ever rely on his heals when I'm doing LA solos

[civic trellis]

I wish he gave both phys and special MUN to help karen

[nocturne pawn]

its mainly to just keep him alive

though you can say that water form is a lg bot

which isnt exactly wrong

[civic trellis]

He’s still rlly good tho

[candid juniper]

I didn’t really get why chalem was so good for like a solid month

And then I tried to replace him with someone else and was like “wow, chalem sets up a team really fast”

[nocturne pawn]

what annoys me is the +2 spatk

like it screams use me with cerena and i get why but its just

[candid juniper]

He can’t do everything, I suppose

[nocturne pawn]

its frustrating to see it

[candid juniper]

But I like him for his physical dark buffs the most, which is really convenient

[nocturne pawn]

but honestly its still a stupidly good tm for what it does soo

[civic trellis]

Tbh I pulled him cuz I liked him and didnt use him much at first

Same w kris

[candid juniper]

Same

[civic trellis]

Well kris was an accident but im glad I got her

Just wish I got ethan too

[candid juniper]

I saw the black outfit and was like “DENA TAKE MY MONEY”

Except I didn’t pay

But I’m pretty sure I was literally the worlds first chalem owner

[rotund lagoon]

Idk you should see when my pull was

OH WAIT—

I PITIED THE MF

So it was eight minutes after reset

[prime warren]

Do any of the W1 kalos fights have entry passives?

[zealous karma]

Idk I would check poma tools

[prime warren]

Aite, I'll look into it then

[swift swan]

Rock-weak Malva with sentry entry x2

mwahaha CBlue havers be winning

[zealous karma]

I trust in Olivia

[mellow linden]

Since it’s Hard Mode though Olivia will still probably nuke no problem

[toxic cobalt]

Why are they repeating week 2 not week 1

[swift swan]

definitely. malva's not that bulky otherwise

disappointing

[toxic cobalt]

Oh well, can still try Malva week 3

[nocturne pawn]

no no no no i dont wanna be traumatized by aegislash

💀💀

[prime warren]

Nice I got cblue for malva

This should be good enuff for 15 medal pieces then

[toxic cobalt]

Bold Diantha team

Well I guess it's hard mode

Should be fine!

[mellow linden]

I’m just gonna do the 9-12 types range, probably

I see no reason to overly reduce team efficiency when you’re forced to do 2 weeks either way

[toxic cobalt]

I reduce team efficiency as a matter of course

[prime warren]

I have to fill types so diantha should be dealt with that

[toxic cobalt]

Switch Koga and Red

Easy fix

Or break up whatever is going on in that Kalos bonanza

[prime warren]

This?

[toxic cobalt]

That seems like you shouldn't have a problem

[prime warren]

Nice, now to wait till next week

[mellow linden]

I just realized, what did Drasna ever do to you

That you’re throwing Greninjas + SS Serena at her

[keen jasper]

[nocturne pawn]

exist

[toxic cobalt]

The option was given, the option was not taken

Drasna must suffer

[keen jasper]

She's not playable

[prime warren]

She deserves it
For not being scoutable

[simple orbit]

how should i get started in playing master mode? should i just try using the recommended parameters within the pins? trying to decide which ones to go for is a bit overwhelming ngl

[nocturne pawn]

start at 850

[undone brook]

you can always reset after if you want to go for a higher score

[swift swan]

start with the recommended parameters at 850 points. if you need to replace a certain parameter, for example you need status condition or stat reduction, replace them with Strength accordingly

the pinned 850 are your basic building blocks and every time you go for higher points, you just add to that.

[simple orbit]

oo i see, thank you!

[compact yoke]

Getting 10k seems hard

Never tried for it but

[toxic cobalt]

It's not so bad once you get a feel for it

Start at lower points and work up!

[trail smelt]

Baby steps. Since you can reset as many times as you want, there’s no harm in starting low, then resetting and try more parameters.

You still get to keep the rewards

[swift swan]

[simple orbit]

Is there a list of like good F2P units I should be raising up that would be helpful in this mode? (Outside of the legendary adventure units). Not sure which 3/4 stars to prioritize raising up to 5 star/level up first

[polar dome]

skyla (swanna) and misty (starmie) are good support pairs to start out with, they fulfill the most basic role for healing / defensive stats buff

[toxic cobalt]

4* is fine

[simple orbit]

so mostly just leave things at 4 star and like level 120?

[simple orbit]

i'll go for those!

[toxic cobalt]

You can go to 5* but don’t be afraid to use them sooner

[swift swan]

Yes, 120 is fine, so is 4*

[toxic cobalt]

Roxanne is a star

[swift swan]

Hail Roxanne

[polar dome]

forgor about roxanne

[swift swan]

Some really love the buffs from 5* stats but not needed. it just helps

[simple orbit]

i actually don't have much 4 star tickets so that's good to hear

i have a shit ton of the 3 star ones tho

[swift swan]

For example 5* helps roxanne tank slightly better

[swift swan]

Trading them up is an option but maybe not if you're super new

[toxic cobalt]

I would dump them into units

[simple orbit]

so i should mainly just use them on supports for now?

[swift swan]

Generally, yes. Though some 3* supports are far superior than others

I wouldn't recommend you upgrading marlon, for example

...hey aurochs what's our 3 and 4 stars command again

[old orchid]

+3and4star

+3and4stars

[frozen depot]

List below shows general usefulness of 3 & 4 star pairs.
Some pairs are harder to unlock than others and usually most require to be gridded.
There is no specific order within the tiers!
For more details, feel free to ask people in #poma-questions !

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/855438548684374045/1062929173439586375/E9jFMQAAAABJRU5ErkJggg.png

[swift swan]

Ah thank you

[keen silo]

Yeah, this is just a rough guide. Along the way with trial and error, you'll find out which difficulty level that suits you best, and you'll also want to choose different parameters from the guide itself based on your team composition

[glacial star]

@zealous karma did u have any lucky skills?

Cz maybe thats what dragging me down

For me glalie dies after 1st sync move and by the time venomoth is down its just me againt conk and pinsir

Also give a spd buffer in this set

Otherwise,
Will: Nessa Kukui Hop
Koga: Blue Elessa Glacia
Bruno: Gio Rosa a spd buffer
Karen: Bea Nanu Phoebe
Lance: Cyrus Sycamore Plumeria

[old orchid]

For Koga, i would replace Glacia with a defensive support

Like BP Morty or Misty

For Bruno, do you have Bianca (or Anni May or HWhitney)?

Dont use Phoebe on Karen, she is dark weak, replace her with other tank, preferly Skyla or Hilbert

[keen silo]

Plumeria doesn't offer much for Lance fight at all, at least imo

[frosty axle]

here is week 5 runs #1059457677002031184 message

[keen silo]

Can just use lucian over plumeria for spdef drops

[zealous karma]

I did have cs2 on blue and stuffs yes 🐴

[marsh crater]

For karen kiawe and bea ok?

[old orchid]

Yes

[old orchid]

That too, but Cyrus destroys Lance anw

[marsh crater]

Kiawe worth to ex?

Need ex to beat kareb

Karen

[zealous karma]

Not the correct channel but if you find that you use him a lot and you’ll sync with him definitely any support Ex is valuable especially one as good as he is

[marsh crater]

He is like skyla right and he buff a lot sp a, attack and speed. Do some debuff also

For karen i plan to use kiawe and bea. I dunno who to put for the 3rd

Wanna save hop and xerneas for lance and bruno

[zealous karma]

He’s not much like

[marsh crater]

Ok done it karen 1.5k use kiawe bea and ss diantha. Somehow my diantha kill all of em

[pure pond]

i want to try a 10k with this teams. Any opinions what i can do bettter or is this fine?

i want to offtype flying type with SS N

[keen jasper]

It's Johto CS, you have nothing to worry about

[pure pond]

well I tried it last week and i fell on my nose for thinking that it is so easy

[keen jasper]

You have to know each rounds

And use them to your advantage

[old orchid]

You shouldnt struggle with Johto CS with these teams. Although replace either Sycamore or Falkner with a psychic terrain setter

[onyx ice]

I feel most supports are worth exing

[pure pond]

I don't have one 😫

[old orchid]

Do you have Lucian?

[glacial star]

Tell me about all and how to get em

[pure pond]

yea i have her

[old orchid]

Use him then

[swift swan]

How to get cookies? You get CS2 from . The gauntlet rn is great for grinding those cookies

[old orchid]

Replace either Sycamore or Falkner

[glacial star]

I have cookies

And ik how to get lucky skills but i want to know which specific ones for each

[swift swan]

Rule of thumb, tanks should have vigilance unless they already have access to it via grid or passive. And most damage dealers like CS2

[keen silo]

Some exceptions include Zinnia/Rayquaza (who mostly runs Dauntless due to Draco Meteor)

and Brendan/Sceptile (Leafstorm)

[onyx ice]

For some of them is still worth rolling it as lucky skill if it costs too much energy to get

[onyx ice]

Cs2 works too for outrage build

Brendan mostly wants dauntless

However stuffs like SS Erika, definitely want weathered warrior 3

[keen silo]

Do outrage builds just let them get confused or?

[swift swan]

Draco meteor is better than outrage in most scenarios

[onyx ice]

She has clearheaded in grid

[swift swan]

Zinnia has clearheaded on grid

[keen silo]

Ah

I see

Also weathered warrior 3 could work on Zinna if you have the relevant cookies for it

[manic mica]

First 2k try damn it was so hard, how can i beat rest 4 haha, looks like I have to give more time ⌚to beat 👊those.

Should I change something for rest fights 👊

[old orchid]

Round 2 is the best to bully Koga, can you show us your Flying roster?

[swift swan]

Oh hey look, it's the exact same parameter I usually use

Full attack babyyy

[manic mica]

One min

[formal vigil]

[swift swan]

But if you feel like the opponents are hitting way too hard, it's fine to remove some atk and replace it with strength, like the 2k presync params on pins

Sometimes I do have to reset to avoid a lot of strong moves in early turns because with the full offense params, even my best tanks can get 3 shotted

[manic mica]

Those are my only hopes for flying ✈️

[swift swan]

and even Nate

[old orchid]

Blue and Kahili then

[swift swan]

Koga has high sp def but if Blue can handle Koga, then Lysandre can I believe

[old orchid]

Or Lysandre and Kahili

[swift swan]

Idk how good he is 1/5 though

[old orchid]

Can you show your support roster?

He can work as a flying dps, mostly to clear sides

Kahili is the nuker here

[toxic cobalt]

Kahili needs grid

[manic mica]

Those are my support damn my Internet sucks today

So what is the dps / nuker grid for lyzender & khalili

[swift swan]

Check #1009587872342478908 pins

Your lysandre is 1/5 so just pick every oblivion wing tile

Btw just for reference, next time screenshot from the Move Level tab or use sync pair tracker https://pomasters.github.io/SyncPairsTracker/

[toxic cobalt]

Note it uses debuffs

My Kahili nuke grid no idea what sparks is

Because Kahili gives herself atk and crit you can go nuts with the other two pairs. Why not Lysandre

[manic mica]

Ok 👌I will try with khalili lyzender & skyla

[manic mica]

Noted

[glacial star]

@zealous karma u here

Which spd buffer should i choose
Lunatone
Salamence
Lapras
Starmie

Also give me what lucky skills i should get

[mellow linden]

If all that you need is Sp. Def. buffs then any of them work

You can take a look at the pinned document in #1009587872342478908 for some Lucky Skill recommendations

[glacial star]

Ok

[dark osprey]

So all healing moves heal more with the ally healing down now with this last update? First Aid 4 seems to heal completely. Not sure what actually changed now

[glacial star]

Hmm

[zealous karma]

Apologies I had school lel I’d say Prolly Lapras as she also offers shields with her max move and also has sing to stall turns

[glacial star]

Hmm i see

[zealous karma]

(I’d recommend grabbing troublemaker lucky skill@if you can)

[glacial star]

Im done tho

[zealous karma]

Oh lel

[glacial star]

Im doing the foghting weakness one

[zealous karma]

Fighting if Phoebe Nanu bea isn’t working I’d recommend hmm

[glacial star]

Can u show how to use?

[zealous karma]

Sure

[glacial star]

Yea thnx

[zealous karma]

(this was way easier than when I initially did it I think had my 2K params last time)

https://streamable.com/z3syh5

Everyone but Nanu is gridless he has fast track and screech charging infliction

[tired sleet]

I hope I get 3/5 Bea before the Galar VA

[zealous karma]

Oh wow I’m shocked you don’t have her 3/5

In my experience bruno + Korrina is still a very consistent fighting week duo

I used Hop as the support in the past but my is MGR reliant lel

[glacial star]

Dm me this vid as im going to sleep rn

[zealous karma]

Kk

[echo ingot]

Any tips for 2k master mode karen?

[quaint solar]

You the GOAT @frosty axle took me an 1HR of reset. It worked out in the end 💪 😁

[toxic cobalt]

Fighting type with some accuracy like MC Solgaleo

[swift swan]

either bring a strong nuker so you don't have to worry about evasion check, or raise your own accuracy. don't postsync if you can, karen just gets nastier with x evasion all

[frosty axle]

gratz 👍

[keen jasper]

Serena too stronk

[paper summit]

rookie numbers

[keen jasper]

[swift swan]

Rookie numbers, where's the 999,999

[keen jasper]

Gib me Redlax or Jampharos

[swift swan]

Bruh i'd donate you my 5/5 redlax if i could

[toxic cobalt]

I thought I had priority for redlax donations

[trail smelt]

Why 5/5 Red?

[swift swan]

Wow being called a whale when I'm f2p is the highest honor I can get

[swift swan]

I got 2/5 from his debut and when he reran in a joint banner with CBlue I pulled again hoping for dupes. Guess who showed up to 5/5 and who never came

[paper summit]

lol

[trail smelt]

Ohh gotcha

Suffering from Success

[swift swan]

Had to candy my CBlue to 3/5 smh

[paper summit]

that was me when the train bros reran, didn't have either, got Ingo to 4/5 but I got him 3 times in one multi and had to pity Emmet

[swift swan]

Lesson learned: no matter what other featured units there are, I am NEVER pulling on a banner that features Red ever again

[gilded stream]

Cleared my first 10K MM 😍😍 it was pretty satisfying!!!

[keen silo]

Congrats

[gilded stream]

Thanks ☺️

[trail smelt]

Congrats, it gets easier as you get stronger

Well maybe not for the hard trio of Sinnoh, Hoenn, and Kalos lol

[gilded stream]

Kalos debuting next week right?

[old orchid]

Yup

[gilded stream]

Is it harder than other regions?

[old orchid]

Same level as Hoenn

[trail smelt]

Remember to type clear Kalos in the first two week

And watch out because we can’t reset before getting the type medal

[frosty axle]

yes

you just can't do master mode yet

[versed meteor]

Got 10k finally just had to offtype koga with ghetsis

[full mesa]

Nice mate. Now let's try for 15 types next week.

[teal siren]

Oops wrong chat...

[gilded stream]

In 2nd week u can reset after getting all the medals to play MM right?

[old orchid]

Yup

[trail smelt]

Yeap

[spring fable]

honestly im just hoping hard mode kalos be easy

[manic mica]

what kind of sync grid r you using ??

[keen jasper]

What's the but part?

[manic mica]

dark weak 😳 i am thinking to do with serena

but typo😂

[keen jasper]

Here

[swift swan]

It's hard mode, it should be fine

Hard mode should be the least of our worries

[paper summit]

and yet, you know who will struggle

[manic dust]

So...I am pretty new, couldn't beat Hoenn on Hard but I have been breezing through Johto, and my rosters are much improved. How scared should I be of Kalos next week?

[main crow]

Quite similar to Hoeen on paper, you've mentioned your rosters has improved since, if you're planning to tackle hard mode only

I'd say you should be fine and if you're struggling you can always come here to get suggestions

[manic dust]

Thanks, I appreciate it! I want to one day do Master Mode but I don't have a diverse enough roster to get all the types to clear yet (...normal, I'm looking at you...)

[sand karma]

Cheryl???

[fading python]

no MM next week 😔

[main crow]

If a stage is easy enough for you and you have an overpowered unit of that stage weakness bringing a normal type just for the sake of it is always an option lol

[paper summit]

you can always carry scrubs to unlock MM, most people do that

Hard Mode is a lie

besides, this is not like event missions where you need to avoid a certain amount of units from fainting

[fading python]

There is no way to unlock MM in 1 week

[paper summit]

beating the stage and filling the types is all there is to it, and again, you can just come here and ask for advice to pull it off

[fading python]

nvm u werent talking to me

my bad

[rose prism]

I struggle at Lance but would love to get 2k points with him to finish 9,5k

any team idea?`the team above just doesn't kill him fast enough and post sync impossible because palkia dies

[rotund lagoon]

Um….your team doesn’t fully work?

[rose prism]

even with full health

[rotund lagoon]

Take out Anni Lillie

Cyrus can be the damage dealer.

I guess Skyla can be the third option?

[versed meteor]

Skyla, cyrus, shit no swimsuit misty

[rotund lagoon]

Sycamore can be the third

He got EX, why not?

[versed meteor]

Having both skyla and swimsuit misty makes it easy to last

Because of the stupid crithit defense

[rotund lagoon]

Okay?

[manic kiln]

can just bring lisia

[rotund lagoon]

Is Crit Shield that much of a problem?

[manic kiln]

to some people yes

[rose prism]

basically cuts pre sync one turn down

like palkia crits go for 4,8k, to 1,2k damage

[paper summit]

when they don't presync and lack dps to muscle through it, it is a bit of an issue

and yeah, Cyrus does get hurt a ton if no crits

[rotund lagoon]

I guess if it is an issue, then use Lisia instead of Sycamore

But Skyla isn’t EX, is she?

[rose prism]

I can make her ex

[versed meteor]

I would have suggested aaron but i dont think he cuts it at 1/5

[rotund lagoon]

She’s a good investment, may as well.

[toxic cobalt]

Man I just spent far too long fiddling with Iris then switched to Clair and won first try

[versed meteor]

Or maybe grid leaf and use her and skyla

[toxic cobalt]

Sycamore Cyrus and Elio

[rotund lagoon]

They’d compete for sync…

[toxic cobalt]

Can’t crit shield if you beat them first

[versed meteor]

I would say to use 2 units with potion to outlast the crit shield and then would have a 3 on sync move so cyrus can one shot sides

[toxic cobalt]

Nah, just use Elio

[rotund lagoon]

What would Elio be for, might I ask?

[mellow linden]

Sleep, presumably

[toxic cobalt]

Crit shield means you don’t have two damage turns you usually have

So you take them back

[rotund lagoon]

[versed meteor]

You got a point

And since lance moves are special elio would also buff special defense

But sing has to land

[toxic cobalt]

90% with troublemaker

[versed meteor]

Wait troublemaker increases accuracy of status?

[mellow linden]

Yes

[versed meteor]

I thought it was just used for things like lick

[toxic cobalt]

Troublemaker doesn’t affect lick sadly

[mellow linden]

That’s its sole purpose, Hostile Environment is what affects secondary effects

[rose prism]

elio might be quite good, due the buff cyrus also get 1 more attack in

but sadly, cannot grid troublemaker since he is ml 1

[toxic cobalt]

It’s a lucky skill

[rose prism]

oh

[keen jasper]

Isn't Troublemaker from the Crunchy cookies?

[toxic cobalt]

Even if it isn’t, 45% isn’t bad. You’re not trying to sleep chain just interrupt

Urgh thanks the two pink emojis look the same to me

[rotund lagoon]

[toxic cobalt]

Acerola is another option with a one bar interrupt

[rotund lagoon]

Or BP Morty

Confusion and Flinch

[toxic cobalt]

Confusion doesn’t interrupt the sync queue sadly

BP Morty good if 3/5

[rotund lagoon]

[toxic cobalt]

Acerola good with two tiles

[rotund lagoon]

1/5?

[toxic cobalt]

Yes

[rotund lagoon]

Oh snap

[toxic cobalt]

Peak Acerola and it costs basically no

Older grids

[rose prism]

crit shield doesn't get stopped by sleep...

damn, everything worked out so well this run and then sing hits... and crit shield still happens lmao

[toxic cobalt]

The point is not to stop crit shield, it’s to use sing as much as possible before then

[rose prism]

oh.

[toxic cobalt]

Rend -> Syc tm -> sing -> Rend -> dazzle

Only then the opponent moves

So you get five moves instead of 3

[paper summit]

crit shield is basically a TM, so you can't stop it

[versed meteor]

Not to stop the shield but to stop lance from attacking during the shield

[paper summit]

but you can delay it, as Aurochs says

[rose prism]

should I use bonus to status con?

[versed meteor]

We should have probably told you this too

[rose prism]

all good, was my mistake

[versed meteor]

So ideally you want to sing lance after the sync

So can sing the sides before it

[toxic cobalt]

Ideally there is no crit shield because Lance is already gone

But of course having sides sleep is always a good backup!

[rose prism]

3 extra turns due sleep, still not able to kill him with Palkia alone

[rose prism]

how RNG depended is that run?

[mellow linden]

I would assume it’s moderately RNG-influenced

Since Air Slash isn’t guaranteed flinch

[rose prism]

I gave up and settled for 9k, thx for the help still

[manic kiln]

Lisia is still the braindead choice and you didn't try her, ingame tips also suggested her

[rose prism]

pretty sure I would've failed with her as well

[manic kiln]

I don't see how, even with post sync clear, she also doesn't need investment, 1/5 is enough to clear shield and spam twister to flinch

[full mesa]

I actually need to learn how to use Lisia.

[crimson jewel]

shes easy to use

[manic kiln]

before i got any dragon support i used to tank with her

[rose prism]

With Elio, I got 4 more turns and it still didn't work, I bet Lisia wouldn't change a thing except being annoying that the flinch doesn't occur when needed

[manic kiln]

flinch is the last thing you need or when you fail to quadqueue, mostly she is used to clear shield so cyrus can kill before they sync

[rose prism]

the shield is one turn before sync ...

[manic kiln]

then use an extra turn to clear then cyrus sync

[rose prism]

It didn't worked out for me

[manic kiln]

clearly you did something wrong, i wouldn't said so if I haven't tested her. Others might try to suggest many teams, i only suggest the most braindead team base on the user's roster

[rose prism]

Good for you

[manic kiln]

but you already cleared so just remember to test her next time

[rotund lagoon]

I wonder if you reduced the sync move countdown…

[manic kiln]

also post sync clear also works with everyone alive, if your cyrus die then you probably used his tm, sycamore already buffed speed and spatk for him

[crimson jewel]

pressure cooker passive exists

[rotund lagoon]

When it does work lol

[versed meteor]

Flinch did not work for me

I have her 4/5 used her sycamore and skyla did not work

She got KO by first sync lol

[rotund lagoon]

The point isn’t to use Flinch

The point of Lisia is to take down Crit Shield :T

[rotund lagoon]

Wait why that team??

Or did you do Cyrus, Lisia and Sycamore/Skyla?

[versed meteor]

Lisia sycamore and skyla

[rotund lagoon]

Yeah that’s….not optimal.

I would never use Lisia as a main damage dealer

[manic kiln]

weird team, it should works but very slow cause lisia dmg is non-existence

[rotund lagoon]

Lisia’s damage is awful, especially since Cyrus exists.

The team we were talking about is Sycamore/Skyla, Lisia and Cyrus.

[manic kiln]

not that great of a team but it's johto, can use anyone

[void wyvern]

Rain Clair go brrrr

Lisia as your main damage dealer in general just sounds unnecessarily long winded,

[manic kiln]

yeah she can't presync clear but her dmg still enough for early region CS

[void wyvern]

Sycamore/Skyla Cyrus, lisia should have a lot less trouble and be less finicky.

[manic kiln]

i know, just want to test that weird team above

[paper summit]

Lisia power boost when?

[keen silo]

Next year's concert

[zealous karma]

When Karen’s sync dealt 1K (:

[paper summit]

oh wait, hang on, that's Will's sync and Karen's Umbreon, nvm then

[paper summit]

you are gonna enjoy getting hit by syncs in Kalos CS, they have multipliers everywhere!

[zealous karma]

Love it!!

Crying

[versed meteor]

Why hard mode?

[zealous karma]

They made me invest cs2 into Karen smh my head

[paper summit]

huh? what did you have before?

[zealous karma]

Nothing

(:

[paper summit]

tbf they are bonuses, but still...

[zealous karma]

I have like 2 Pink cookies left now lel

Bonanza rerun when

[paper summit]

I know you hate Gauntlet but at least run an auto team

[zealous karma]

Paint

[blazing narwhal]

I’m curious what are others opinions on gradual healing parameter? I have always hated it and I think it makes the battle much harder than if u were to use that 150 on something else. Thoughts?

[paper summit]

hmm, it's free points for me tbh, but that's coming from having strong units that don't care they heal back a little bit

[zealous karma]

I also have always hated it

Tbh it’s why I’ve always just ran strength 12

[paper summit]

you are memeing with 3k battles now tho

[zealous karma]

I do ye but I only take it cause it’s that or crit shields

lel

But it still feels like it ruins my runs

[paper summit]

my dumb self would pick Attack & Special Attack 5 instead

[zealous karma]

You have to pick it lel

[paper summit]

or maybe HP 4 since again, strong pairs

[zealous karma]

You have to be grab pretty much every param except crit shield for 3K it’s so pain

I hope we get more params

[paper summit]

you do, if you want 3k stuff, not for the regular folk going for 2k tops

[zealous karma]

Oh true

[tired sleet]

I prefer pre sync clears, where the amount of bulk they get from healing is negligible

[zealous karma]

I’ve got “PTSD” from losing when j was new from grad healing and now I cry

[trail smelt]

I always pick gradual healing

Plus it messes up acute sense peeps as a bonus

[paper summit]

yeah, for Aaron is a must so you don't have to worry about bringing a unit for that

and Kalos has another stage with that passive

[zealous karma]

Can’t wait for them to give a stage rough skin 4

[blazing narwhal]

I agree I don’t mind it either when I’m using op teams that can “ignore” it, but for closer battles I just feel like gradual healing causes way more trouble than the 150 points is worth and I disagree that they recommend it for pre sync params

[zealous karma]

I just hate that it never runs out

Like actual grad healing

[tired sleet]

If it’s like actual gradual healing, it should just be 8 turns (not that most cs battles last long enough for them to get off 8 Pokémon moves)

[bright furnace]

I don’t mind gradual healing, because I don’t take no stat reduction since I love my debuffers lol

[zealous karma]

Same

[toxic cobalt]

Gradual healing is free points for me, I’d be very annoyed with 150 more strength or whatever.

[keen silo]

Gradual healing and strength are usually my go tos for pre sync

Attack + defense up is usually a scam

[civic trellis]

I use it but why does it never run out

[paper summit]

same reason their damage shields are also permanent

[toxic cobalt]

Gradual healing runs out though

[paper summit]

guess those battles just don't last enough

and it's been ages since last time I stalled a stage

[glossy gorge]

Can anyone help me make a team for this?
Here are my 5stars and 4 stars

I can't use these sync pairs cause that's what I used to beat the first 4

[zealous karma]

Zinnia Winona and a crit. Hffer

Buffer

[glossy gorge]

Alright

[keen jasper]

Does this person have Dauntless on their Zinnia?

[void wyvern]

Can do outrage if not.

[toxic cobalt]

Zinnia Acerola Hop my OG Zinnia team

[onyx ice]

Is probably the only parameter that actually gives you a bit of advantage, since the Regen animation helps with gauge, and for presync, that Regen isn't a big deal

Maybe sync countdown -3 can give you an advantage too if you are about to one shot the stage with the sync, so the mid will use the trainer move instead of using another attack (however in some cases it may be a problem, if it uses something like crit shield)

[swift swan]

In general, gradual healing is much more recommended for new players compared to sync countdown. I've never had issues with gradual healing

[toxic cobalt]

If you're one-shotting stages with first sync you're generally not really that fussed with parameters

[onyx ice]

Your units should still survive by the time you reach sync

Maybe by picking sync -3 you can let the opponent use a scripted worthless TM instead of maybe something like an earthquake

[compact yoke]

Could anyone possibly send a video of them beating dark mode champion stadium 2k with masked royale, hop, Drednaw/nessa

Using pre sync conditions or honestly whatever

[toxic cobalt]

The tricky part is hoping Hop doesn’t die. His spdef is pretty weak here.

The smart person would grid wise entry. As you can see, I am not such a person.

[paper summit]

And no debuffs

But, at least you can see it can be beaten even without

[toxic cobalt]

as I just said

[paper summit]

Just don't use that No stat reduction parameter as we told before, and yeah, gridding Wise Entry on Hop is a good idea

[toxic cobalt]

I’m reasonably convinced not taking ally healing down would be good too.

A more alive Hop is worth it. As you can see from my video I cleared with a whole round to spare.

You can also guarantee quadqueue by gridding Adrenaline and syncing with Hop, which is fine becuase MR and Nessa will clean house.

[rotund lagoon]

Y’know, I wish there’s a F2P Support that can raise both Atk and Sp Df, that would honestly be helpful for times like this.

[dark osprey]

There is kinda

Liza

It's the crit that's the issue

[compact yoke]

Thank you so much

[rotund lagoon]

Oh I kinda forgot about Elio too

[zealous karma]

Anyone have any challenge ideas for me I want something very difficult

[rough sigil]

All strength and health parameters? Not difficult but fun.

[zealous karma]

That’s smth j already do kinda lel

[formal musk]

im having trouble with lance, trying to quadqueue but he has that damn crit hit defense

[zealous karma]

Do you have sycamore Ex and Winona available ?

[formal musk]

i used sycamore already

but i have winova

[zealous karma]

Oh do you have any other ex support available

If you’re struggling with quad queue there’s pins and if you have any supports with adrenaline those as well

[formal musk]

ye i have skyla, rosa, leaf and lyra available for ex's

[zealous karma]

If you can flinch spam the stage you can buy yourself a cycle and can get you to hopefully beat the stage before he uses crit shields

Leaf Cyrus winona

[formal musk]

does the flinch rotation go middle>right>middle>left or something else

[zealous karma]

Yes it does go like that

Queue flinch last

But if the center is still flinching when rigjr is flinched it’ll go from middle to left instead

And then center right again

So let’s say this cause SSLyra is an easy example lel

Center -> right -> middle/left -> whoever’s not flinching anymore so likely middle but sometimes it’s the right Mon -> left -> center -> right

Paying attention to their flinch timer is important

[formal musk]

ok thanks

[quaint solar]

Watch thegamingeevee video to sync b4 crit Shield comes up. That's what I did.
https://youtu.be/piHlF0tBz5Y

[grand trout]

Is it weird to be excited for kalos when it's actually hard

[void wyvern]

hardly. A challenge is always exciting

[weak sleet]

Is there something I should change for this?

[toxic cobalt]

Don’t think so, how does it play?

Are you getting enough gauge?

[weak sleet]

It seems so

I'm trying to do Koga next and flying is a massive issue. Is there any good options?

[toxic cobalt]

How many do you have?

[weak sleet]

Too many to count

[toxic cobalt]

Try running Kahili with Skyla and Lysandre

[weak sleet]

Last I knew like 40k and almost everyone has their grid to some degree.

[weak sleet]

The toucan? I always get that mixed up with the fairy one.

[void wyvern]

Yep. That’s the one

[weak sleet]

Should I grid her?

She is one of the few I haven't gridded.

[toxic cobalt]

That is why I asked!

[void wyvern]

[weak sleet]

Is there a specific grid I should use?

[toxic cobalt]

There are a couple of options I will send mine

[weak sleet]

Should I sync with Kahili or Lysander?

[void wyvern]

Kahili

Her nuke is going do high damage to mid

[weak sleet]

Okay

And what is Lysander for? Just spam his oblivion wing?

[void wyvern]

Yep. Helps lysandre cleans up sides too

Mid resists special attacks, well the sides resist physical attacks. That’s why we recommend Kahili nuke here.

[weak sleet]

Oh that makes sense!

I never used her, I'm surprised she worked so well.

[void wyvern]

There’s a bunch of 3/4* that got very grid boosts

Kahili was one of the winners

[weak sleet]

Definitely going to keep her on hand to increase to 5 star.

[void wyvern]

If she’s someone you enjoy using, it’s a good investment,

[compact yoke]

Something wrong with me

I still can’t beat 2k with the same comp I was using as the person in video

Same moves and I’m doing more Damage

[mellow linden]

What specifically is going wrong?

[compact yoke]

I get two hits away from killing middle guy before dying by sync. Or I kill him and then right after one of the sides eventually kills me

Got as far as 2 hits left on 1 side guy left

[zealous karma]

do you possibly have to many atk up params or power on hit?

[compact yoke]

Idk I might

I use this one

Presync 2k

[zealous karma]

I see

What stage and fight is this I feel I am missing context are you fighting will with MR Hop and Nessa?

[mellow linden]

Consider trying post-Sync (replacing “No Stat Reductions” with “Max HP ^ 2”) if you’re unable to KO before the opponent Syncs

[zealous karma]

Because if so Mr and Nessa kinda want debuffs for some of their kits I know Aurochs beat it without but I feel with debuffs it'll be much easier

[mellow linden]

Oh, wait

[zealous karma]

And is it possible you can grid either nessa or Mr I am aware they can clear without it but It would offer an easier time or give them cs2 if they do not have it already

[mellow linden]

If you’ve been spamming Darkest Lariat you can also try using Brutal Swing instead

So that the sides can get KOed faster once you KO the center

[zealous karma]

It also sounds like you are struggling with quad queuing unfortunately Hop's freevenge can prevent it at times in which you could aim for side denial which I know Mr's sync even non ex can either kill them or get close meaning you can kill them with nessa buying you another turn for DPS which accomplishes the same thing as quad queuing but do not have to rely on the rng aspect of it

I also kinda just assumed that is what you were talking about if is not could you tell us which stage cause you left it very vague

[toxic cobalt]

This is why I suggested syncing with Adrenaline Hop

[swift swan]

in Aurochs video they didn't quadqueue and beat mid with sheer jaw lock power alone

[compact yoke]

Yeah ur right im using hop, nessa, and MR, and I have been doing it without the stat reduction condition

Yeah idk how that jaw lock was so strong

[swift swan]

Restrain power up moment

[swift swan]

Well as you can see from the video aurochs sent, it's doable with no stat reduction on

[toxic cobalt]

With a turn to spare what a unit

[swift swan]

Taking it off and actually debuffing with MR makes things much easier

[compact yoke]

Yeah it made things easier but I still can’t win

[swift swan]

Did Hop get TM MPR? Nessa wants the max crit

[compact yoke]

Yeah

[mellow linden]

What are the grids, btw?

Oh, and what level are they?

[compact yoke]

Should I send?

Idk how to describe tbh

[mellow linden]

Screenshots would be best, yes

[zealous karma]

Along with Mr

[swift swan]

I'll be honest whenever I run MR and Nessa I just focus my crit buffs on Nessa and let MR just do debuffs. If he crits, good, if he doesn't, it's not the end of the world

Nessa is enough to clean house

[zealous karma]

True his sync can be dumb at times with ex he doesn’t even need to crit to kill mid lel

[swift swan]

Mine's sitting at 2/5

[compact yoke]

Nessa is just 1/5

Move level for hop is 5/5. For MR it’s 3/5

[swift swan]

1/5 Nessa should still work, just get all her jaw lock tiles

[compact yoke]

Yeah that’s what I did

[swift swan]

Did you triplequeue consistently? And did you manage to quadqueue too?

[compact yoke]

Yeah I triplequed as fast as possible

[mellow linden]

IMO ditch the Behemoth Bash MGR, Hop is only using that move if he has Freevenge up

[compact yoke]

Like every time I could do a move I was on it

[zealous karma]

What is the level of your units?

[compact yoke]

140+

[mellow linden]

Oh, quick thing then:

During your 3rd round of moves, are you waiting for your Sync to become available before queueing moves again?

[zealous karma]

Oh

[swift swan]

So move order should be

1. Sync
2. Move on unit 2
3. Move on unit 3

Sync should always be first

[compact yoke]

Nah I don’t wait, I still queue

[mellow linden]

That’s at least some of your trouble

[swift swan]

That's where you could try to fix your queues

[zealous karma]

Did you attempt side denial?

[compact yoke]

Size denial?

[swift swan]

Watch this again and see how Aurochs waited to queue MR's sync, and then nessa and hop

[zealous karma]

When you target the left most mon and kill them to buy you some time

[compact yoke]

Ahhh I gotta kill the middle before sync tho

I’ll try to save sync this time

I swear I’ve done it 40 times

[swift swan]

You kill mid before their sync, and by queueing like this, you don't waste any sync countdown on your end

[toxic cobalt]

Let's not worry about side denial right now

[compact yoke]

Nope I suck

I’m ass

[zealous karma]

Why not?

https://streamable.com/bk169e

[zealous karma]

Something like this

It helps prevent the need of having to quad queue and gets one of the sides off the board

[nocturne pawn]

ik you probably just ungridded mr to prove a point but that hurts

[swift swan]

Because that's a more complex technique. They should learn to queue sync correctly first

[zealous karma]

In this situation j feel it would net them an easier fight

[toxic cobalt]

It wouldn't, in your fight they got the +2spatk off

[swift swan]

tbf everyone sucks at some point. that's why we're here

[toxic cobalt]

in my fight they didn't

[zealous karma]

I’m sure I probably could’ve also denied the right side but I didn’t bother I was in a rush doing it lel

[zealous karma]

Also my Mr was already ungrudded before I selected this fight idk why but he was lel

[nocturne pawn]

pathetic

[toxic cobalt]

That's because MR is unnecessary, Nessa can actually do it on her own

[nocturne pawn]

why do you hurt me like this

[zealous karma]

Cause nessa gosted

Goated

[swift swan]

exactly. MR is great for his debuffs and AOE speed

but Nessa can clean house on her own

I love the Nessa appreciation hours we're having here

[compact yoke]

Can I send vid of what I’m doing

Cuz imma cry

[toxic cobalt]

of course!

[zealous karma]

Yes

[toxic cobalt]

Also you have 48 hours

[zealous karma]

That’s plenty of time let’s not add unnecessary pressure lel

[toxic cobalt]

Can take a break if needed

[toxic cobalt]

THAT'S WHAT I MEANT

[zealous karma]

Oh lel

[toxic cobalt]

I never uploaded my Johto on Johto run!

[zealous karma]

🐴

[compact yoke]

I still haven’t sent it, cuz I keep failing so horrible

[zealous karma]

Well if you don’t send your failure attempts we can’t see what you’re doing wrong

I thought that’s why you wanted too lel

[rigid flint]

Ik this doesn’t play much of a factor at all but, just curious, what speed do you have ur battles at?

If you are struggling I would suggest using a lower speed so you can time what you’re doing initially

[compact yoke]

No like it’s me failing failing cuz I clicked wrong move or didn’t click something else

Idk

I’m frustrated as fuck

[zealous karma]

The game is too fast for you slow your game speed down

[rigid flint]

Yeah

[toxic cobalt]

Looks like it's the sync delay thing others brought up earlier

But very impressive speed

Also I swear speed 3 is not that fast for me 🥔

[rigid flint]

Did they show what params they’re using?

[nocturne pawn]

also you’re losing a lot of damage by not maxing crit

[toxic cobalt]

No but they almost won despite losing Hop to bad luck so a decent enough param set

They maxed crit?

[nocturne pawn]

nessa was +2

she proc’d damage res a few times

[nocturne pawn]

they also didnt use her tm

[toxic cobalt]

Ah I see. Well, it was a very unlucky run. Two Jynx Psychics is like a 12.5% chance.

[zealous karma]

They’d also didn’t triple queue first turn

[rigid flint]

Mmm yeah the way it’s being done won’t work out too well

[toxic cobalt]

Yes they did

C'mon people

[rigid flint]

Try using all the TMs first then start using Jaw Lock and Brutal Swing

[zealous karma]

Oh wth i guess I was focused to much on smth else lel

[toxic cobalt]

They have a good system, they just need to play a lower speed.

And fix the sync

[rigid flint]

If Hop gets MP Refresh then use his TM until MR gets max atk and crit

[toxic cobalt]

If they can sync on time, they'll win

[rigid flint]

And if psychic is used, restart the battle cos Hop will basically die to it

[compact yoke]

So how do I fix my sync

Yeah bro psychic ends me

[toxic cobalt]

If you watch my video, you can see how I don't queue moves after the third round

[nocturne pawn]

cant you grid wise entry on hop

or not enough orbs

[compact yoke]

I got orbs I’ll try that

[rigid flint]

But yeah

Basically keep track of your sync countdown

Sync on time

[swift swan]

wise entry helps but it's not the end of the world if you don't have it

just get lucky

the most important part is how you queue your moves on the cycle you're about to sync

[toxic cobalt]

We're up all night to get lucky

[nocturne pawn]

oh maybe the reason why i cant presync 99% of the time is cuz i always end up queueing extra shit by accident

[zealous karma]

That’s an old song the user base here might not have heard it before

[nocturne pawn]

the pains of playing on 3x speed permanently

[compact yoke]

Yeah I’m ngl I never not do 3 time speed

[zealous karma]

The game is way too slow on the other speeds for me I physically can’t put myself through that

[toxic cobalt]

Speed 2 is where it's at

[swift swan]

coming from a solo enthusiast like you, I can see that

I used to play at 1x speed all the time but now I've ramped it up to 2

only play at 1x speed for the first cycle to triple queue. my fingers aren't fast enough to triplequeue at 2x speed sometimes

[old orchid]

I always play at x1 speed for the first cycle then play at x3 for the rest

[toxic cobalt]

x1 speed first cycle, then x2 or x3 for the triple queueing, and then x2 for quad queueing

[nocturne pawn]

i think i’ve played 3x so much that triple queueing on 3x is pretty easy for me

quad queuing 3x is 💀though

[zealous karma]

I find it easier

[nocturne pawn]

love it when i miss 4 attacks in a row on +2 evasion

[swift swan]

'tis nothing but a flesh wound compared to all my Latias runs

[nocturne pawn]

i mean on latias ur not under the threat of instantly dying to sync

[swift swan]

either way you reset and I'd much rather reset CS than LA battles

[zealous karma]

Hop only having tm MPR 2 my beloved

[paper summit]

prime candidate for Team Sharp Entry 1, and they love to hand that out these days lol

[zealous karma]

I hope so plz give him like Barricade buddies too

[toxic cobalt]

What happens when you try and be fancy and deny this side

The true Nessa play is six chomps, straight down the middle

[zealous karma]

I don’t think doing side deny is too fancy lel

It’s how I usually beat dark week when I didn’t have Ex Furburt which is a majority of this games life span but that doesn’t matter

Furburt being as strong as he is feels apparent now that I’m using Nessa

[teal siren]

Does sirfetchd need help setting up? I only have him at 1/5

[paper summit]

needs +1 crit, and ideally someone to help either for attack or speed, just because Bea has all those TMs doesn't mean you have to fully rely on them

[teal siren]

So maybe pairing it with Kiawe and swanna?

[toxic cobalt]

Sure

[paper summit]

yeah, sounds fine

[swift swan]

amen

[zealous karma]

https://streamable.com/1tkoqc

I miss using furbert already nessa isn’t as fun as he is

[paper summit]

he is a straightforward striker

[zealous karma]

I love recoil

It’s so funny

[paper summit]

like, there is nothing special about him

[zealous karma]

He combusts after one dark@ move!!

[toxic cobalt]

He has one of the more creative names of any pair

[paper summit]

well, that was people being weird

DeNA did not name him that

[zealous karma]

This game is so good

[toxic cobalt]

Roark moments

[zealous karma]

Had wronf grid

[zealous karma]

I need CS2 🐴

[toxic cobalt]

I still haven't won a BP Karen f2p run without something dumb like winning with Sycamore

[zealous karma]

I’ve won with BPKaren F2P usimg@hop and Nanu

[toxic cobalt]

Nice work

[zealous karma]

(It was pain)

I had to screech the side 3 times so she could one shot it and die then flinch spam left

[keen silo]

my guy rampardos looking like he used final gambit 😭

[paper summit]

you need his grid, Soon™️

[dark osprey]

With Nanus new grid, BP Karen, hop and Nanu should be quite comfortable right?

[zealous karma]

Cannot come soon enough

[zealous karma]

Not against will because of sentry entry 4 hating fun

Unless@you run def crush Nanu

[toxic cobalt]

Defence crush doesn't trigger from status moves

[zealous karma]

It works on bite spam

Which I use him for lel

Also helps against the sides too

Which j hate

[dark osprey]

It's a very reliable clear now with Nanus grid

No need of flinches

[toxic cobalt]

Wait you're clearing using Nanu without flinches?

[dark osprey]

With BP Karen mainly

No external healing for BP Karen is actually required

Did grid her with first aid just in case

But not required I think.

[zealous karma]

Interesting ty

[dark osprey]

Just that BP Karen has been getting all the hate ever since she came out even when there were no options other than Furbert and regular Karen

[toxic cobalt]

Well your double denial plan is quite innovative too

[dark osprey]

I honestly try to clear the same way for all CS battles without sync countdown -2 since there's no need for quad queuing

Not really good at that

Maybe even DeNA meant that in the battle tips when they said get rid of the sides first and then the center

[fringe valve]

Kalos next week?

[molten nimbus]

death 🫠

[keen silo]

Thankfully its only hard mode.

[trail smelt]

Yeah so don’t forget to type clear these first two weeks

[keen silo]

Nice turn denial

[swift swan]

Yeehaw, 1 week of no MM

...

[toxic cobalt]

Woooooo

[swift swan]

Filling in types! How exciting!

...

[full mesa]

It is

Am I the only one finding it exciting?

[toxic cobalt]

I'm looking forward to it

Going to be a fun week

Last stadium release I cleared each stage with a fire-water-grass trio. Good fun, I recommend.

f2p trios too

[swift swan]

I don't mind teambuilding based on types and having to carry units because that's just LG planning in a nutshell

But missing out on MM rewards

I need to restock my EX resources after LG drained me

[dark osprey]

Yeah. Funny thing is that the first few LGs had a net negative on cookies for me personally

[swift swan]

LG drained me of so many things. My EX resources, my lucky cookies, my life force. But enough about that, time for Kalos CS to replenish my spirit

[dark osprey]

Just wish Kalos CS doesn't have too many AOE wipes pre sync

[sand karma]

i never knew how much I needed blissful Bonanza after doing this lg

[dark osprey]

Yeah. Totally understand

[dark osprey]

Run out of spirits? Wow. That's good use of resources

Initially didn't EX that regularly and the spirits just stay in abundance after that

[civic trellis]

Same, I think every hoenn stage had one

Or atleast one stage of each e4

[dark osprey]

True. They just made things inconvenient

[compact yoke]

One day I’ll beat this mode

[sand karma]

It could be today

[dark osprey]

Yeah. Hard mode is very much doable

And can set for like 7500 pts or 4200 pts initially

[sand karma]

I think they're trying 2k

[dark osprey]

Oh sorry. Then yeah. Better do it today itself

Coz once Kalos starts things are going to be a bit more complicated

[compact yoke]

Yeah I’m tryna get dark mode still

I’m straight up doing what people told me to do, and what was done in videos and nothing working

Plus now my guys just aren’t getting their trainer moves refreshed at all almost like there’s a bug

Bro think the game is just messed up

It won’t refresh any TM’s

[swift swan]

Oh, by spirit I didn't mean my

I don't think I'll ever run out of those lol

[swift swan]

Luck issue. Happens a lot more often than you think

[compact yoke]

That and him getting psychic every fuckin round

[swift swan]

Again, luck issue

This game takes a lot of patience sometimes

[compact yoke]

Too much patience lmao. I’ve played this thing like 40 times

Anyone else have a suggestion for a support pair that doesn’t die from 2 hits or 1 psychic

Another one of me just getting close again

Final-funkily

@everyone who was tryna help me the other day

Fuckingly*

Damn dragon was easy

[undone ether]

i see Water Weak Malva

for weak 129

Fairy Weak hum.

Fighting Weak

that Grass Weak will be my end

Isigh

[swift swan]

Congrats! So you did beat CS

[compact yoke]

Yuhhh

After 40 tries on dark mode lmao

Could have used the greeninja

If I had him

[swift swan]

MR/Nessa works wonders. You'll get used to it