Champion Stadium

[tribal locust]

I need to find a 3 passive one but none yet 😭

[keen jasper]

I got a 3 passive striker Perrserker first try

[onyx ice]

3 passives is mandatory

[tribal locust]

Lucky

[versed meteor]

Gridded, no ex

[tribal locust]

I did find the Tech 3 passive one ig
Idk if its good though

[keen jasper]

I didn't even realize it was a 3 passive until I saw a convo and remembered the striker Perrserker that I had

[onyx ice]

Enjoyed using him against steel weak

[tribal locust]

BRUH

[marsh crater]

This guy?

[tribal locust]

Yeah

[keen jasper]

Yes

[marsh crater]

Im still finding the shiny ones

[keen jasper]

An excellent substitute for Raihan

[tribal locust]

Is 5/5 Perrserker better than 1/5 Raihan?

[onyx ice]

I just found shiny alolan

[onyx ice]

Depends

[austere quest]

I did my 10k-1k today

[marsh crater]

Oh is it? Then just hold on to him

[tribal locust]

Hm?

[austere quest]

Because I forgot some points apparently

[bleak vine]

Yeah EX Blue should be able to do it esp after his first sync

[tribal locust]

I just feel like I don't know how to use Raihan tbh
He just feels too clunky for me

[onyx ice]

Raihan has accuracy fix at 1/5 and seun

[marsh crater]

I think there is eggmon channel where is it?

[austere quest]

Oh wait -100

[tribal locust]

EX doesn't really do a lot

He doesn't have an excellent nuke iirc?

[onyx ice]

Damage wise i think 5/5 Perrserker is Slightly better than 1/5 raihan if both base 5★ and 8f you ignore the extra stuffs that raihan has (like Seun or headstart)

[marsh crater]

His grid have like 4 nodes for his sync. Its not enough?

[tribal locust]

HUH??

[onyx ice]

But overall 1/5 raihan is better (expecially on type)

[tribal locust]

Did he get a grid expasion?

Expansion

[onyx ice]

Yes, but a 5/5 one

[tribal locust]

I meant Blue

[onyx ice]

Ah blue not

I was talking about raihan

[tribal locust]

Still no Multiplier though

[onyx ice]

Blue nuke sucks, no multipliers and the extra Bo nodes barely offsets mega malus

[marsh crater]

I did have 5/5 blue. But since i have 3/5 A.Steven other flying dps i didnt look much

[onyx ice]

5/5 regular strikers have 300 BP +50 on grid

Blue has 192 + 100 on grid

[marsh crater]

Wait his sync moves power that low?

[onyx ice]

Is a mega

Unless is a power boosted mega like mega Mewtwo, pokemon that mega evolve have much lower sync bp

[marsh crater]

Wait my A.Steven also low power sync move. But his clear sync 5 n 9 make up for it i think

[onyx ice]

A Steven sync is pretty bad too

Better than blue, but not that great

[marsh crater]

Thats why with clear sync the damage is still that much huh

[onyx ice]

Yes +140% helps

Some megas are great nukers however

Like Sidney

[marsh crater]

While vivid water shuriken is a broken sync move

How can 2 master fair unit have that much difference

[tired sleet]

Because being a master fair means nothing

Especially when they were released over a year apart

[marsh crater]

And a legendary rayquaza with normal greninja.

[tired sleet]

Why would that matter? A Yamper is one of the best supports

[marsh crater]

And i still dont get her yet

[onyx ice]

That batch of master fairs was a bit weaker compared to other batches of master fairs

[tired sleet]

It was literally the 2nd batch, not much to compare it to

[onyx ice]

Wasn't the 3rd?

[tired sleet]

Oh yeah, leon exists

[marsh crater]

2021 isnt the first year?

[tired sleet]

Leon was released in 2021

[onyx ice]

The 1st master fai was leon

[tired sleet]

This game was released in 2019

[onyx ice]

Then Groudon and Kyogre

[marsh crater]

First anniversary is 2020?

[tired sleet]

Yea

[marsh crater]

Then A.steven is 2nd anniversary unit?

[tired sleet]

Yes

[marsh crater]

3rd anniversary is who?

[nocturne pawn]

ash cynthia and red

[keen jasper]

A.K.A. The Off-Region Team

[marsh crater]

I wonder about the 4th anniversary unit. Its gonna be more broken unit huh?

[keen jasper]

Let's see if they'll have the power like the 3rd anni units

[marsh crater]

Half anni already broken

[keen jasper]

So far, the 3rd anni units have off-regioned all EBs after their initial release

[marsh crater]

We should bring this discussion in poma lounge i guess?

[keen jasper]

Possibly

[austere quest]

Okay just finished 10k after missing 100 points

[proud axle]

0.5 Anniversary: an SSRed is released that can win fights he's really not meant to.
3.5 Anniversary: an SS Red is released that can win fights he's really not meant to. ...Again.

[onyx ice]

They let me think about that harry potter meme

[keen jasper]

https://tenor.com/view/red-pokemonorgins-pokemon-charziard-ash-gif-5747870

[keen jasper]

Ah yes, it's always them

[onyx ice]

Whenever i check the cleared teams, it's always those 3

[keen jasper]

[tender shore]

what's a good point score to aim per stage?

[onyx ice]

Thanks to SSred i got the Nate medal

But it was really clutch cuz it was 1/5

Back then Pidgeot wasn't even f2p

[proud axle]

That's what he gets for riding his bike indoors

[onyx ice]

By today standards SS Red (Charizard) is pretty average

At least for limited units standards

But back then was op op

[paper summit]

his nuke might be average, his dps is not

[onyx ice]

Does he have any multiplier?

I think silver overheats should hit harder than red blast burns

[paper summit]

no they don't...

he has one, Power Reserves 2, but that's not a good one

he's carried by his stats and Blast Burn's BP

he's obviously not at the top anymore, hasn't been for a while

[keen jasper]

Lodge Red/Espeon when?

[paper summit]

but Silver does not outdamage him in the slightest

[onyx ice]

Isn't blast burn BP only slightly better than overheat?

Ok maybe silver is dragged down by stats

[keen jasper]

At least Red has Piercing Gaze

[paper summit]

5/5 Overheat is 163, 1/5 Blast Burn is 178, and there is Silver's low stats

[onyx ice]

Yes maybe I'm biased because my red is 1/5

[paper summit]

contrast to Red's 424 special attack pre mega, and 508 after mega

[keen jasper]

But Silver definitely has the better sync nuke

[paper summit]

yes

[onyx ice]

Since i have 3/5 6ex Leon i rarely use SS red

[marsh crater]

Should i pull for leon?

Dang i really want charizard

[keen jasper]

Up to you

[onyx ice]

I think Leon is pretty solid, but ofc not on par with the neo champions trio

[marsh crater]

Any chance kantrio banner rerun?

[dark osprey]

Chances for sure

[marsh crater]

Didnt manage to get any during free pull new year

[dark osprey]

How much of a chance. No idea

[marsh crater]

Those ticket sucks

[onyx ice]

I got the only one that i had already 3/5

Maybe ssb will get an expansion

[marsh crater]

I only have 5k gem now. And leon gonna be gone in less than 48 hours

[onyx ice]

Ii mean i wouldn't sacrifice champion Marnie for leon

Despite Leon is a pretty strong unit

[marsh crater]

Well already have galar trio. It just charizard. Ughhhh

[onyx ice]

If you have galar trio then Leon may be worth

However is a materfair

[marsh crater]

Masterfair is tough

[onyx ice]

I wouldn't pull without a pity ready regardless

[marsh crater]

Yea.

[onyx ice]

You may end up burning 5k for absolutely nothing

[marsh crater]

But he gonna be gone. And ss red i dunno when will come

[onyx ice]

There's Charizard egg

[marsh crater]

I prefer red charizard. Since he got mega charizard x

Yea i choose charmander egg

[onyx ice]

What did u pick from victory road?

[onyx ice]

That starter egg just sucks

[marsh crater]

Typical pick ss blue

[onyx ice]

Is better the ones that you get by playing

[onyx ice]

Probably the wiser pick

[marsh crater]

We can get another charmander egg?

[onyx ice]

Yes, when the Meowth event ends

[marsh crater]

Yea cause ss blue is still useful

While fire weak stage can just use silver hooh.

[onyx ice]

Of the 3 egg Charizard the support one is the better

And can be even shiny

[marsh crater]

I have serena delphox 3/5 tho. Can be good to pair with silver

Although im waiting for ss may to come too

[onyx ice]

I guess silver wants a sun setter otherwise his nuke won't e that good

[keen jasper]

SS Morty and Gordie are the best ones for Silver

[onyx ice]

Yes those are the best

But even Blaine could work

[marsh crater]

Gordie? Yeah i have him. For the tar rebuff

[onyx ice]

And max flare

[keen jasper]

What about G-Max Vocalith Defense Crush?

[marsh crater]

Right now i use silver alongside ss erika to beat grass stage. Silver is that useful. I missed his boosted and ex event tho

[onyx ice]

You definitely want sun over -2 def

[keen jasper]

I mean, can't SS Morty apply it?

[onyx ice]

If you are using both then yes

But at this point you can just land a sunny boosted Max flare

Still better than -2 def regardless

[marsh crater]

Wait silver overheat damage can be buff by sun?

[proud axle]

Yes. It's fire.

[onyx ice]

Silver overeat wants sun

[proud axle]

And also he has a lot of Charging Sun

Silver wants sun in general

[onyx ice]

Silver damage without sun isn't that great

[proud axle]

Silver without sun is "Just use someone else tbh"

[onyx ice]

Without sun flint will do a better job than silver

Wondering if i should replace SS Elesa vigilance with headstart

For gauntlet vigilance is much more useful

In master mode however -3 sync countdown is really nice

Probably i should just keep more gauntlet tanks

I can already destroy 2k mm

[atomic hazel]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/949078726228987954/1084905876701331598/IMG_0041.jpg?width=306&height=661
https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/949078726228987954/1084905876932014151/IMG_0042.jpg?width=306&height=661 needs some help for champion stadium, just joined the game last week

[void wyvern]

First. You should go to the shop and redeem all the move level ups for the Legendary adventure pairs (Giovanni, hop, ect)

[full mesa]

CBede/CMarnie/filler type
Blue/Aaron/Leaf
CHop/SSElesa/Kukui
Alister/Serperior/filler type
Cyrus/SSBlue/Hop

[proud axle]

Just in case...

+legexchange

[frozen depot]

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

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

[proud axle]

The trades right below them are not meant to be used

(The Legendary Adventures used to be rerunning events, so it was possible to get excess beyond the 20 usable per pair; that trade is for longtime players who literally can't use the pair-specific s)

[arctic wren]

@proud axle Hi it’s me again 🧍

[atomic hazel]

thanks

[atomic hazel]

okie okie

[atomic hazel]

the order is from top to down?

[proud axle]

I'm not the only one who can help you and I'm a little short on time

But if you're still here, tell us what you need help with anyway

Maybe someone can help you

(I just like being the one to help people because it feeds my ego.)

[proud axle]

(That wasn't a joke, but it also wasn't entirely not a joke)

[atomic hazel]

and yeah, which are the best options (like the easiest) to get more points in?

[tired sleet]

It typically depends, on playstyle, but there are some examples in the pins

So if you clear before enemy sync for example, you may want to take the gradual healing and power up on hit for example since they won’t have many opportunities to attack

[atomic hazel]

yep ima check pins

[proud axle]

I'll tell ya this much...
This week, grass-weak Grimsley has Lessen Poison 8 instead of the usual 9

So he's much more Toxic-stallable than other bosses

Watch out, though, he uses a Dire Hit after his first sync, so you'd better have someone with Vigilance to tank

With a well-made Toxic-stall team, you can get a 2k score out of him with minimal fuss even if your roster is kinda bare.

Or at least a 1.5k score, when you'd have to settle for 850ish on anyone else

[hidden ore]

Can SS Leaf solo him?

[proud axle]

If she has Vigilance and gets a comical number of Potion MPRs, maybe

I'd prefer at least putting Janine in for Venom Drench

Maybe some teamwide Def buffs, too (the fight is mostly phys attacks)

You could just use an eggmon for the Def, I guess

Or, wait, if they're very new, the only eggmons they'll have are the various Meowths...

Aaand none of the three have teamwide Def.
Okay. Marlon, then. Heaven knows you'll never want to use him anywhere else.

[arctic wren]

idk if you’re still here i’m ready hnfjnsh

[proud axle]

Okay, but I only have like ten minutes left

[arctic wren]

aye

[proud axle]

If your roster's looking weak or bare, I might recommend the same thing I recommended for that other person just now: toxic-stalling Grimsley

[arctic wren]

is this bare?

[proud axle]

Oh snap, SS Leaf

She's pretty close to perfect for this!

[arctic wren]

yesss

she poisons as well

who do i par her with?

[proud axle]

I'd put her on a team with Janine for Venom Drench and one other unit who can provide Def buffs. Leaf herself can tank if needed

Razor Leaf until all three enemies are Toxicked. Spam Venom Drench. Give Leaf the first sync, so her Toxic-infliction passive turns into a "Toxic hurts the enemy more" passive

[manic mica]

Hello im back again to learn about champion stadium and Im Skipping Marshal due to the huge amount of losses

[arctic wren]

skyla?

or would xerneas be better

do i even wanna use him now

[proud axle]

I'm reluctant to use her for this but if you aren't using her elsewhere, Skyla works very well here

[arctic wren]

how about uh

[void wyvern]

I’m sure you can beat Marshal. What team are you using?

[arctic wren]

the one with probopass

roxanne?

[proud axle]

I think you mentioned you'd used Neo Marnie against Grimsley? Maybe you can reset, use toxic stall against Grimsley, and then use Neo Marnie to vaporize Marshall instead

the one with probopass
roxanne?
Roxanne is also "too good to waste" but if she's not needed elsewhere, she's fine here too

Form your other teams and then see who's left over

[arctic wren]

oki

[arctic wren]

marshadow fine for caitlin right

[proud axle]

I have no idea what Marshadow does (I don't have it)

Lemme check rq

[arctic wren]

spectral thief and shadow punch

raises its own attack and speed

evasiveness too?

and it has fortuitous

[proud axle]

I'm a little uncomfortable relying on something like that (its only 100+pwr move is limited to 3 MP) but maybe? You'll need to ask someone who's more experienced with it

[arctic wren]

mmm alr

i do have uh

lunala

[proud axle]

Ghost and Fairy? She can probably nuke the Ghost weak stage ez

[arctic wren]

aye

i’ll pair with swimsuit misty maybe?

and jasmine ig?

[manic mica]

Is this team alright?

[proud axle]

Is this team alright?
Needs speed. Maybe swap one of the Supports for Roxanne, or swap specifically Redlax out for Marley/Arcanine

[proud axle]

For Lunala? Needs speed; Skyla or Marley could be useful

[arctic wren]

?

[manic mica]

Oh alright

[manic mica]

Like that?

[arctic wren]

ah damn who do i pair with zinnia…

[void wyvern]

You should have rosa tank instead. She has better special defence.

[proud axle]

Misty handles the defenses and Lillie has her own offense buffs.
Does Steven buff teamwide speed? I have no idea what he does aside from "win fights too easily"

[manic mica]

Alright ty

[void wyvern]

If you can grid Marley, pick up team sharp entry 1. It will let you start using shadow ball one turn earlier.

[arctic wren]

okay here

oops

[arctic wren]

LMAO

[manic mica]

Hmm ill try

[proud axle]

Zinnia... Likes weather. Do you have any Supports with weather? SSKris, Ingo, SSMorty?

[void wyvern]

Why not use Cyrus instead? He’s more consistent.

[arctic wren]

he increases his own speed, then applies gauge acceleration on first status move

lillie charges the gauge by six every sync

[proud axle]

I wonder if that's enough. Lunala is a gauge hog...

[arctic wren]

true

xerneas might be better there

[proud axle]

Maybe!

[void wyvern]

Xerneas is a good choice here.

[arctic wren]

what about ghetsis then 💀

[proud axle]

Hm... Good question

[arctic wren]

this is what i have for zinnia btw

[manic mica]

This grid alright?

[void wyvern]

That zinnia team will work just fine.

Might I make different grid suggestion?

[arctic wren]

🫡

[manic mica]

Yes,please

[proud axle]

Normally I like to use Ghetsis with Pryce and a support who can give insane amounts of gauge assistance. Hm... Do you perhaps have SSBlue?

[arctic wren]

which ones that? blastoise?

[proud axle]

Ye

[arctic wren]

nope

[proud axle]

Dang. Hmmm

[void wyvern]

Why don’t you try the lunala team and see if you need more speed before jumping the gun?

[proud axle]

Maybe we gotta move Xerneas back here and pick someone else for Lunala's speed

[void wyvern]

Try this.

[arctic wren]

mmm let’s try the lunala team first like they said maybe

[proud axle]

Alright, then

[void wyvern]

This grid has you using flamethrower over flame wheel btw.

[manic mica]

Alright ty

[void wyvern]

There’s absolutely no penalty for losing. And by practicing you learn.

[arctic wren]

nahhh we good, the gauge is charging insanely fast 😭😭

[void wyvern]

Easy peasy lemon squeezy.

[proud axle]

Ah, it would've been Round 1 with the gauge bonus

So that worked out. That makes sense

[arctic wren]

ah nice

so i can go ahead and finish the battle yeah?

[proud axle]

Maybe!

Yeah, it night be fine since Xern can help Pryce and Ghetsis with gauge now

[arctic wren]

okayyy ^-^

[hollow night]

Marshall defeat and another 2k points

[proud axle]

My train will be here soon and there's lousy cell reception on the way. So someone will have to take over

[void wyvern]

I’ll stick around

[arctic wren]

thank you!

[void wyvern]

This cold isn’t going anywhere so I guess I ain’t either

So we did ghost. Next up should be Grimsley or Marshal.

[manic mica]

Uhhh

[void wyvern]

You’ll want to sync with Rosa instead here.

[manic mica]

Oh

First sync goes to rosa?

[void wyvern]

Also, do you happen to have Lucian?

[manic mica]

Yes

[void wyvern]

He’s a better slot in instead of Marley.

[manic mica]

Alright

[void wyvern]

Let me produce a Mewtwo grid for you.

[manic mica]

The one im using now is from my friend,he says Sync Nuke and Thanks btw

[void wyvern]

Might want to level up lucian to 125

[manic mica]

Its level 130 now

[void wyvern]

And his only purpose here is to spam growl.

We want those special defence drops

[manic mica]

Alright

So spam growl?

[void wyvern]

Yes

This should work.

[arctic wren]

JUST DID GRIMSLEY SORRY

[void wyvern]

It’s okay. Nothing to be sorry about

I absolutely encourage trying on your own first.

[arctic wren]

i want to proceed with shauntall now

but i’m trying to see where a bug type would fit in

cuz that the last badge i need

[void wyvern]

Ah bug huh.

Do you have bugsy and scyther?

[arctic wren]

these are all my bug types

do i try phero blizzard instead of ghetsis?

[nocturne pawn]

use alder

[void wyvern]

Do you have ice filled out yet?

[arctic wren]

nopee

hence why i’m considering lusamine cuz it’s 2 in 1

[void wyvern]

That will work. Let me know if you have any issues.

[manic mica]

Alright

[arctic wren]

alder?

[void wyvern]

Please do not use alder on a team with Ghetsis

[arctic wren]

thought as much haha

should i try pheromosa first

[void wyvern]

Use Viola.

Level her up and spam struggle bug.

[arctic wren]

aye

[void wyvern]

It will help your survival against Shantuals sp Atk moves.

[arctic wren]

oooh okay!

going in now

[void wyvern]

Can you show me your ghost types?

[manic mica]

Alright

[void wyvern]

Maybe we have a better option.

[manic mica]

Including non ghost type but having ghost moves?

Or jus pure ghost

[void wyvern]

You can sort by having ghost moves

[hollow night]

Which compi it's the Best for bost Giovani?

[arctic wren]

all done ^-^ just marshall left then iris

and i’ve gotten all the badges too

[void wyvern]

I’m just testing some stuff out. Seeing our options.

[manic mica]

Marshal kinda hard (failed a lot of times so i skipped for Caitlin first)

[void wyvern]

Which round is this?

[arctic wren]

4 i guess?

[manic mica]

Me?

[arctic wren]

yep

[manic mica]

Caitlin

[void wyvern]

Not who you’re fighting. Which round.

[manic mica]

Uhhh explain a bit more?

[mellow linden]

How many Elite 4 have you beaten already?

[sinful garden]

each round has a special parameter

your first fight always has the first parameter, the 2nd fight will always have the 2nd and so on

[void wyvern]

If you ever need to check it’s right there in the highlighted section

[sinful garden]

(this is pins btw)

[void wyvern]

So this is round 3

[manic mica]

Mhm

[void wyvern]

Do you have lucky cookies?

[manic mica]

Yeah but not much 3 stars

[void wyvern]

Okay. Let’s try using shauntal.

Let me get a grid for her.

[sinful garden]

they have fantina 5/5 maybe they could use her

[manic mica]

Alright

[void wyvern]

Fantina is definitely the choice if this fails.

Level shauntal as much as you.

[manic mica]

Okay

[void wyvern]

Works.

I’m gonna test shauntal and Fantina real quick.

[manic mica]

Alright

[void wyvern]

See which will get us a better outcome.

[arctic wren]

alright, going in for iris

[void wyvern]

Good luck!

[manic mica]

Gl

[void wyvern]

You have a 3/5 SS dawn. We’re gonna try that with shauntal.

[arctic wren]

^-^ (ignore my energy)

[void wyvern]

That’s great! You might want to make a #1010274591601598555 to keep it.

[arctic wren]

oh cool, alr

[arctic wren]

so how this master mode thing work 🤨

[void wyvern]

You increase the difficulty by selecting modifiers. These modifiers give you points, those points get you additional rewards.

[nocturne pawn]

you can choose parameters for the enemy to make it more difficult for you to gain more rewards

there are examples pinned in this thread

[void wyvern]

If this is your first run, we recommend the 4200 point run.

[arctic wren]

[tired sleet]

If your roster is good enough you may want to try 7 500 points, it gives a decent amount of

[proud axle]

That roster looks great, actually

Also you can literally use the same team against Grimsley

Just with 2k points of Stuff

Toxic Stall is not a high-risk strategem

Like, you can cram them full of HP and defense bonuses and not even notice a difference, because Toxic is HP%-based damage

[nocturne pawn]

biological warfare ftw

[manic mica]

Alrighty

[onyx ice]

C Bede + Redlax is a devastating combo

[hollow night]

What team i can use for grimsley?

[swift swan]

you can try sonia/brendan/ss erika

also next time please screenshot from the Upgrade > Move Level Tab to take up less space. or use the sync pair tracker

+tracker

[frozen depot]

https://pomasters.github.io/SyncPairsTracker/

[proud axle]

Grimsley's toxic-stallable (Lessen Poison 8 instead of the usual 9). You can do this with SSLeaf, Janine(Ariados) for Venom Drench, and Dawn(Torterra) as the tank

If for some reason you didn't wanna use SSErika and Brendan, that is

Dawn would ordinarily be useful against Marshall, but judging by the Flying types you've already used up, you've already taken him down

[void wyvern]

You should probably use Sonia, Brendan SS Erika as suggested.

[trail smelt]

Oh wow is that tracker thing new?

[swift swan]

new command, but the tracker's been around for a while

[hollow night]

Ok

[calm grove]

any advice im doing mastermode for the first time and im getting my ass kicked

[swift swan]

how many points are you doing?

[tired sleet]

Which params are you using?

[swift swan]

if you're new we recommend doing 4.2k points total, 850 points each

there are params in the pins

[calm grove]

i think i should go for 1500 each

cus it has more drops and i think i have enough units

[tired sleet]

That’s reasonable

If you want help with teambuilding, i’d suggest using this website to show us your pairs

+tracker

[frozen depot]

https://pomasters.github.io/SyncPairsTracker/

[calm grove]

k ty

[tired sleet]

It’s slightly time consuming to show us all of your units, but you can press export and copy the code to your pairs later

[calm grove]

umm i have a giant text wall is there a better way to send it in chat

[zealous karma]

How is it a text wall it should be an image

[calm grove]

oh mb

i stupid some times

i pressed back up instead

[zealous karma]

I assume you’re on the newer side, you have a very good roster

While you are likely capable to 2K if you want to only 1.5K that is all good and if it is to easy can always reset for more rewards-
As for teams you can attempt
Brendan Skyla SSleaf - Grimsley
Champ Marnie Champ Calem Roxanne - Marshal
Cyrus (crit focus grid) rosa torchic -Dragon
Sycamore Ghetsus pryce -Ice
Gio Gio persian Liza -Caitlin

[tired sleet]

I’d use SS Erika instead of SS Leaf on that Grimsley team and Sonia instead of Roxanne

[zealous karma]

I didn’t see SSEirika and I thought of sonia but decided against it last@minite

But I agree then ye

[tired sleet]

I think Calem would appreciate Sonia’s potions

[zealous karma]

He tanks fine at 1/5 not sure about not ex but he doesn’t need them

[swift swan]

with champ marnie I don't think so

[zealous karma]

His survivability is good

[swift swan]

sonia does help with speed though

[zealous karma]

Ye that’s why I recommended Roxanne lel

Because sonia either needs TFT from grid or to be the main tank which Calem can do well doing both

[tired sleet]

I don’t think that that much gauge is needed (not that roxanne has that great gauge). As someone who does hyper offence clears, I’m doubtful of any support that lacks potion or defensive buffs

[zealous karma]

Calem can tank 3K max offenses at 1/5 he should be fine

[tired sleet]

If you say so

[zealous karma]

But Sonia doesn’t hurt for master passive it would hurt if you healed champ marnie tho lel

[paper summit]

is this person even here? lol

[tired sleet]

Then don’t heal champ marnie

[tired sleet]

It’s only been 37 minutes

[calm grove]

yea im here lol

[paper summit]

fair

[calm grove]

rly tired lol

[zealous karma]

Get some rest CS is here for a week

[swift swan]

I don't. I'm willing to put my support through the torture of hard-hitting moves

I don't mind going through reset hell. if falkner goes down in two hits then maybe it's RNG issue

[paper summit]

oof, Gauntlet did really do a number on you, smh

[swift swan]

I trust my tanks more than I trust my damage dealers

that's why I give my stage as few bulk as possible

[calm grove]

for grimsly ive tried erika and leaf but neither was working my brenden is just move lvl one so

[swift swan]

if my tank goes down quickly it's probably RNG issue because the stage spams powerful moves. if my damage dealer can't do enough damage? either a grid/teambuilding issue that I can easily fix or just switch up the params

[zealous karma]

You could try silver instead of Brendan

[swift swan]

ss erika and brendan can dual strike well

[zealous karma]

I’m not sure how the damage compared tjough

[tired sleet]

That’s what I do too

[zealous karma]

Do you have Ex sycamore?

[calm grove]

i do

[zealous karma]

Oh wait I recommended him for ice nvm

[swift swan]

sycamore, my favorite physical grass DPS

[zealous karma]

Skyla should still work as the support for that team brb

Brendan missed leaf storm 5 times wth

[paper summit]

[tired sleet]

Oh yeah i forgot he needs acc tiles

[zealous karma]

This should be doable, and this is why I hate grimsley

I purposely did not sync with skyla and synced with Eirika twice

Did need to quad queue a leaf blade afyer second Eirika sync

I also had gridless Brendan

Crit 2 of my Pokémon e with 0 crit idk the rates in that but it sure is low 🗿

[neon kiln]

can someone help me tackle 1.5k CS, I alr used up skyla blue and sabrina on marshall

here is my roster

[zealous karma]

Can you post your 5* roster?

4/5 Emma should be a free off type for a stage I think

[neon kiln]

so save emma for harder stage

[void wyvern]

3/5 Emma can off type a stage with support.

[neon kiln]

i know people saying new player should go for 4.2k clear, but I really wanna try 7.5k, i hope its doable

[void wyvern]

Nothing wrong with trying!

[zealous karma]

Ghost- Gio Roxanne a potion unit
Grass: Emma SSleaf Bede
Dragon: Cyrus a MChic a tank
Ice: Ghetsus Pryce Sycamore

[neon kiln]

my full ex is bede syca and gio mewtwo and rosa

[zealous karma]

Oh I forgor bede existed

[tired sleet]

..lBut you recommended him

[zealous karma]

After I edited my message

[tired sleet]

Oh

[void wyvern]

Bede with the grass team seems a bit overkill.

[neon kiln]

thank you

[tired sleet]

Yeah

[neon kiln]

do i go for presync 1.5k?

[void wyvern]

Yes.

[zealous karma]

I just saw triple head start so lel

Ice and dragon are free F2P types so all should be fine

[tired sleet]

SS Leaf can finish the ramp with her tm

[void wyvern]

But Emma has head start 2 so just leafs tm

[neon kiln]

is iris 1/5 good for dragon content?

[zealous karma]

Cyrus is a lot better

[neon kiln]

oh ok lol

[zealous karma]

But if you like Iris you’d preferably move Bede to support her

[prime warren]

They have carnie and chop

[zealous karma]

And Nanu for def debuffs

Oh lel

Didn’t see that

[prime warren]

Those 2 are free 2k pts
Along with emma

[neon kiln]

does cyrus need to be gridded here?

if thats the case i will do cyrus team last, since i need to farm orbs first

[prime warren]

If your Cyrus isn't EX, just use carnie

[neon kiln]

yea no ex on cyrus

[void wyvern]

Carnie is much simpler in application.

No shame in off typing.

[zealous karma]

I just recommended teams I’m somewhat familiar with aka F2P’ish teams lel

[paper summit]

not you calling her that way, smh

[neon kiln]

Ghost- Gio Roxanne sonia
Grass: Emma SSleaf Bede
Dragon: Cmarnie a MChic a tank
Ice: Ghetsus Pryce Sycamore like this?

[zealous karma]

If rosa is ex can use her alongside marnie

And ye

[neon kiln]

yea rosa is ex

[void wyvern]

Is Sonia ex by any chance?

[neon kiln]

not ex yet, but i plan to ex her next

[void wyvern]

she’s a good choice. Putting rosa on the gio team and moving Sonia to the Cmarnie team is a good idea.

[neon kiln]

gio mewtwo is ex

[prime warren]

I don't rly recommend the ghetsis team
When you have chop

[neon kiln]

Ghost- Gio Roxanne rosa spam gio sync?
Grass: Emma SSleaf Bede
Dragon: Cmarnie a MChic sonia
Ice: Ghetsus Pryce Sycamore ? --> chop?

[prime warren]

Is your ghetsis powerboosted?

He needs the glaciate mgr9 in his grid

[neon kiln]

not yet

[zealous karma]

I used pryce Ghetsus Sycamore before any of them had Ex and jt was pretty easy

[neon kiln]

ghetsis is semi gridded but no power boost

[zealous karma]

For me but o imagine CHop is better

Did my name just change to green I swear it was blue before

[prime warren]

Well chop has zone and ez debuffs

[tired sleet]

It’s been on tech specialist for a while

[prime warren]

Ghetsis annoying to set up when you are new

He also has shit gauge pre sycamore sync

The glaciate mgr9 makes a world difference

[neon kiln]

i built ghetsis abit for doing the legendary arena tornadus event last time

i guess chop is easier to setup?

[void wyvern]

He’s much easier.

All you need is crit.

[prime warren]

He's is easier and has zone abuse

You can just run hop and Skyla and it would shread the stage

Chop buffs crit himself

Dh all+

[neon kiln]

Ghost- Gio Roxanne rosa spam gio sync?
Grass: Emma SSleaf bede
Dragon: Cmarnie a MChic sonia
Ice: chop kiawe maylene?

i alr use up skyla

[tired sleet]

Maylene and kiawe seem redundant for someone who can boost stats that quickly

[neon kiln]

oh ok lol

[prime warren]

Well anything works

It's chop

[tired sleet]

Maybe like dawn?

[zealous karma]

I feel@like such an out of touch player with these new champion units being stronger than the legendary adventures pairs on types

[neon kiln]

dawn chop kiawe

[tired sleet]

1/5 tho

[prime warren]

Just assume it's scdiantha but sets up zone

He already drops -4 stats pre sync
At 1/5

[zealous karma]

Idk what SCDiantha is like at 1/5 so lel

But I see

That’s crazy

[prime warren]

Oh actually -5 if you bring crit buffer

very balanced

[zealous karma]

I did use to off type with her at 2/5 pre sync non Ex when j was new but man spooky stuff that he can do that and also has some for an easier time

Infeel@old

[prime warren]

Well he is like 1.5 years after scdiantha

[zealous karma]

Back in my day we didn’t have birds or rats that cleared stages so freely at 1/5 and poisom stalling was the option for difficult types when you were new

[prime warren]

Back in your day
SSred was doing same shit and Lear was the new toy everyone was playing around and you rolled 5/5 SSleon instead

[zealous karma]

[void wyvern]

The good ole days of 1.5k cs

[prime warren]

Real meta 1.5k CS was +

[zealous karma]

I did one 7.5K and my very next CS was 10K

[toxic cobalt]

Take me back, to when strength was +0 and Skyla could nuke without EX

[zealous karma]

🐴

For someone who doesn’t like off typing i off typed like almost all of these except for dark

[prime warren]

I am so lazy that I pre made 8 offtype teams and just been using em for last 2 months without even changing the 2k params

New cap to 4k when dena

[zealous karma]

I like doing smth new for every 2K now and it’s how I find fun in old CS or just using my favs lel

Since I’m not a meta player I just like off-see what those units do but man when the legendary adventure PB’s aren’t enough crying!

That’s not to say their bad more like it’s crazy the power of recent units

[zinc island]

How was champion stadium for ya'll this week it went pretty smootly for me only one that gave me trouble was grimsley.

[zealous karma]

Grimsley made me cry

I’ve literally never had issue with him before but using gardenia + LGloria was very difficult the sides hit to hard

[void wyvern]

L Gloria was really fun to use. Probably won’t use her over Gardenia + Brendan. And new shauntal grid is fun and enjoyable.

[zealous karma]

How do you use gardenia without her exploding to sides

Shauntal is great on type no Roark but still great

[prime warren]

Shauntal pgood with SSRcynthia but still feels worse to run than Giovanni or fantina

Maybe I should give 5* PUs

Lessen burn 9 tile itself is a blessing

[zealous karma]

She dealt double my Fantina

At 5*

No SSRC

[void wyvern]

What comp are you using with her?

[prime warren]

I don't have good special supports
I just used giocat and relied on panic button for gauge

Atleast for fantina, I can run roxanne

[zealous karma]

I had used gardeni SSMorty LGloria and she just dies

Oh I used ssbrendan lel

Fantina is a good gauge battery cause quick +6

Not Fantina e shauntal

Can’t think

[void wyvern]

Use SS morty, Brendan, Gardenia and grid them for speeding Sun. Never have gauge problems and can snipe sides with two leaf storms.

[zealous karma]

I didn’t have gauge issues I had huge damage issues with her lel

She dealt like no damage until she had 4 sync buffs lel

[void wyvern]

That’s goofy. She does only a bit less then brendan for me.

[zealous karma]

I ran this for her

Like had it not been for Gloria being able to survive one side hit I would’ve lost

[prime warren]

I use 5* dauntless gardenia and she works just fine

[zealous karma]

I’m sure if I was using a team@more catered tk her I’d be fine but otherwise wasn’t great lel

[prime warren]

But yea it's more like SSmorty carrying than gardenia dpsing anything

Gardenia will get ex and be much better one day for sure

[zealous karma]

Give her a PB

Give her LS RS + idk more

[void wyvern]

my gardenia does more than my brendan. Although she is 5* and has super powered 3 well he has to run dauntless so that might be it.

[sacred mountain]

What's better for Grass Clears , 5/5 mallow or 5/5 Brendan

I have Maxie for sun

[main crow]

Brendan

[onyx ice]

I don't think gardenia sync is that worth

I feel she's better at DPS

[old orchid]

she has 80% sync multiplier, the sync is decent at worst

but yeah, i prefer her dps more

[onyx ice]

Ss Erika is a much better candidate for grass 6ex, even if she has single target nuke

She's pretty accessible too

The Kanto ticket pool is pretty small

[frosty axle]

not as bad as Kalos

[prime warren]

I mean

Brendan and Erika is clearly a better core

The point is using gardenia
Not minmaxing

Else I can just say use sslyra and victor

Also gardenia ontype nuke doesn't rly look bad, I've seen similar numbers on her sync as hala who has a good aoe nuke due to ex

[onyx ice]

I think gardenia is perfectly fine as a dps

Gardenia sync should be similar to Brendan one

But only on type

More than not Worth, i menat that it wasn't really needed

Kahili really needs that 6ex cuz her DPS is a joke, but her nuke is kinda good

Gardenia has great DPS, so she can still perform her best without 6ex

[azure ivy]

Any guides to set CS points?

[old orchid]

Check the pins

[onyx ice]

Depends on your playstyle

However if you wanna mix offense and defense buffs, just go for strength, don't get both attack and defense parameters

[azure ivy]

I completed with first round so can I press reset and farm points again?

[old orchid]

no you cant

the rewards are first time only

[lunar meadow]

You can reset to try to get a higher score, but you will not re-earn the tiers of rewards you already earned

[azure ivy]

Cannot spam to get points?

[old orchid]

No

[obsidian agate]

it’s my first time with master mode. i was wondering what kind of point goal is attainable for me? and i’ve read team building 101, but if there are any team combination suggestions i would be very grateful

[old orchid]

Since this is your first MM, try 850 points per stage first

[proud axle]

(You can probably get 2000pts manageably from Grass-weak Grimsley even if you're new; he has Lessen Poison 8 whereas most bosses have Lessen 9, making him twice as Toxic-able. You can try a stall teamcomp.)

With the extra points you get from such a fight, you can either aim for a higher target score or you can use fewer handicaps on other fights to achieve your original target score (e.g. if there's a boss you just can't beat with the full 850)

[obsidian agate]

which round is best for toxic stalling if any?

[old orchid]

The answer is right above you

[proud axle]

[sacred mountain]

[obsidian agate]

i don’t understand how that answers my question

[sacred mountain]

Are u asking about the 4 round parameters?

[obsidian agate]

yes.

[sacred mountain]

Oh

Lemme see

[obsidian agate]

thank you

[sacred mountain]

Honestly any round should work

If grimsley is physical then round 2 may help

[proud axle]

Round 3 can help if your Toxic inflictor is Koga or ungridded Lucy. It will make Grimsley more likely to inflict Flinch on your tank, but... that barely matters

Flinch won't stop Potions, and toxic-stall teams often don't need to sync

[hollow night]

10k points done

[marsh crater]

Bp morty is actually good for this week ghost weak

[tame gust]

So, I'm waiting for reset next week to enter the Hall of Fame and gain Master Mode. I'm missing nine types for my entries.
Water, Electric, Ice, Fighting, Poison, Ground, Bug, Rock and Ghost.

Any team suggestions for next week with this line up?
https://imgur.com/a/skNEUag

[versed meteor]

This damn game how tf is the power difference this much between kalos and unova cs

[low linden]

Some cs were introduced earlier

[sinful garden]

only kalos, sinnoh and hoenn are actually difficult

the others are laughably easy

[keen jasper]

Because they haven't updated the previous 4 CS before Sinnoh to be on somehow on par with the latest 3 CS

[proud axle]

Looks like you made it so that next week's five weakpoints are among them, so that'll make this easier

Ice, Fighting, Ground, and Ghost remain...

Fighting and Ghost have competent Supports (Maylene with grid, and Phoebe). So it's the other two that need to be awkwardly crammed in where they don't belong

Bertha can bring Sandstorm in for a Rock striker, but you don't seem to have Olivia unless I just missed her

The next-best Rock striker is one that doesn't need Sand at all (Roark), so... hm

[tame gust]

Yeah, no Olivia. She’s another one that’s been evading me

The way I danced around Ice weak this week was because I decided to meme with Mew Blizzard spam. That was funny

[proud axle]

Looks like Guzma is 1/5 and I don't see Lusamine, so we might have to actually offtype the Bug stage (and put Aaron in somewhere to keep the Bug type)

N and Volkner can do Electric for you. The problem is finding a support who can give both Speed and crit... that's an uncommon combo

Hilbert's not 3/5, I don't see SSBlue, I don't see Blue/Exeggutor, and the rest of the options give less Speed, or have less bulk, than I'd like (Maylene with grid, Lyra without sun)

I wonder if Surge can handle it...

I guess you can also just abandon Elec Terrain to provide Speed and Crit via two separate units

[tame gust]

Yeah I made the mistake of not taking SSB with the victory road selection

[proud axle]

Water: May, Sycamore*, Cyrus* (Water)
Bug: Neo Marnie, Candice, Bertha (Ice, Ground)
Poison: Lucy, Janine, Aaron (Toxic stall) (Poison, Bug)
Electric: N, Phoebe, Marley (Electric, Ghost)
Rock: Roark*, Maylene, Skyla (Rock, Fighting)

* These require grids

[tame gust]

Much thanks. I’ve got Sycamore gridded. Working on Cyrus’s.

It’s fine if Cyrus doesn’t have his power boost, yeah?

[onyx ice]

Kalos got released later

[onyx ice]

His power boost is mainly for self sufficiency

If you have a proper support, there's no multipliers in the power boost

No wait I thought it was Kyurem

However even palkia doesn't have much damage boost with the power boost

Self sufficiency stuffs, and a bit of multiplier for the sync and spacial rend

[proud axle]

It's slightly harder, but Sycamore's power boost compensates

Cyrus's Spatial Rend will have an 80% crit rate with only Sycamore's power boost (as opposed to 100% with both boosts and 50% with neither)

So he can still reach +3 crit easily, just with a 20% failure rate

After that it's Hydro Pump time

[tame gust]

That’s true. sycamore’s power boost is pretty strong. Now I just gotta go and get grids done.

[proud axle]

Roark's grid might be a worse bottleneck. He needs Standfast to survive his own recoil

(Skyla's in that team to provide potions so he can Head Smash several times without interruption)

[tame gust]

Yeah. And have Maylene be the main tank for that one right?

If I could get my hands on one more Support 3 candy id buff Skyla to 3/5. Alas

[proud axle]

Maylene's bulk is unimpressive. Compare hers to Skyla's, and have whomever is bulkier be the tank

She doesn't actually have the Atk for Drain Punch to heal meaningfully against an enemy that isn't weak against it

[tame gust]

Ah true I actually misread and thought the type was what their attack type was. Not their weakness. So yeah, Skyla the better tank

On the listings you gave I mean.

[proud axle]

I listed the types present for the type medal on each team

Some of them have types you didn't list as needed, so I just omitted those

Like how Cyrus is technically Dragon (but May is the one providing the Water for the medal)

[tame gust]

Oh. My brain’s having a bad

[calm grove]

i'm trying a toxic stall but i can't kill until 2nd sync

[proud axle]

I think you'll have better results swapping Melony out for Janine for Venom Drench

[calm grove]

melony prob isnt the best i could try janine crobat

[proud axle]

Wrong Janine

Janine Ariados

It ruins the enemy's offense

So you can last way longer

[calm grove]

oh alr thats prob smarter

i was thinking bc of the evasiveness

[zealous karma]

Replace pallow with Janine should be fine

[calm grove]

pallows def though

[proud axle]

Do you happen to have Dawn/Torterra, and is she available?

[calm grove]

sadly i dont

[proud axle]

Then Pallow might still be your best option, especially with Vigilance (due to Grimsley using Dire Hit)

So it'd be Pallow Leaf Janine as Target 1 2 3 respectively

[calm grove]

i just won tysm

[zealous karma]

Swag

[void wyvern]

[tame gust]

Looking for Sync Orb donations .-.

[proud axle]

Earlygame be like that

[tame gust]

that and I probably invested orbs in units I didn't need to in the early game. Still got my boost for the daily 1.8k but other than expedition chests it looks like my resources are going to be limited.

[proud axle]

That's how it goes, yeah

Gotta see who can still do the work gridless or with only partial grids

[tame gust]

Yeeep. Tbh while I'm feeling starved of orbs, I'm glad they're not flat buyable items.

[proud axle]

DeNA's a bit conscientious about holding back the P2W elements

[tame gust]

actually, a question: are Lucky Skills required for these team comps to work? I'm out of cookies right now but I'm assuming I want at least my tank to have crit protection.

[paper summit]

not really

Vigilance is nice and all, but enemies don't actually crit that often

[proud axle]

Only Grimsley actually uses Dire Hit this week I think

So that's the only fight where crits might be a problem

[paper summit]

eh, most fights don't buff crit until after the enemy syncs, if at all

which you usually avoid in the first place

[zealous karma]

Iris has low hp for that reason

[proud axle]

eh, most fights don't buff crit until after the enemy syncs, if at all
Ye, including Grimsley

Dire Hit is scripted for "Sync+1," according to Pomatools

So you actually have until Sync+2 before he can actually make use of it

[tame gust]

Yeaah, imagine my surprise when I learned that enemy syncs are always field blasts. AI are whales.

[proud axle]

It used to be outright cheating

They all did that before EX was even introduced

And at launch, enemy syncs even had the Haze effect attached. Goodbye, buffs

[tame gust]

"The AI is a cheating bastard: PoMa edition"

[proud axle]

Impervious units were valuable because the Haze effect would fail on them

For a launch-era player, it was weirdly satisfying to see the exact same blast-radius animation on a Striker EX sync, that the AI had been using on us this whole time

Though for many of us, we EXed several Supports first so it was a while until we could see it personally

[tame gust]

honestly I still find Imperv units somewhat useful if I know the fight's going to have the 'decrease one, everyone eats the debuff' gimmick. Especially when that sync nuke would obliterate the field after a party-wide debuff.

[proud axle]

Absolutely

[calm grove]

im doing marshal ive used janine aridoes ss leaf and pallow

i was thinking burn stall but its not working to good

[proud axle]

I wouldn't bother trying to stall with anything other than toxic, and only when the boss has Lessen Poison 8 or less

[tame gust]

Yeah, I'd agree with Giga on that. Toxic Stall the better call imo

[proud axle]

I can't open the full image due to my workplace filter. I can see Blue/Pidgeot and Sabrina/Alakazam, but I can't read their move levels

Also want to know Darach/Staraptor's... looking some more

[calm grove]

they're both 1

[proud axle]

And Darach?

[calm grove]

autocorrect lol

4

[proud axle]

Ooh

Might be able to do something with Darach, then

Is this Hard or Master?

[calm grove]

master

i could also throw the birds at them or calem and moltres

but those might be useful later

[proud axle]

Don't use Zapdos against this, Marshall is immune to Def/SpDef down and he can use your Fighting Zone against you

You could use Moltres though

It might be the easiest way aside from possibly Darach shenanigans.

I don't know a lot about Darach though

[calm grove]

i might want to save them just bc my dragon roster is week

[proud axle]

Marshall is probably the most dangerous one this week

[proud axle]

Cyrus and Zinnia are free.

[calm grove]

cyrus drake and champ bedroom maybe

champ bede

[proud axle]

This is why I don't use autocorrect

Depending on grid/lucky skill, you might even be able to do Cyrus+Bede+Zinnia

I like multi-attacker teams.

[void wyvern]

Darach is a pain use Kahili if you haven’t deeply invested.

That’s about it

[proud axle]

They can just blast it with Neo Marnie, it's cool

[void wyvern]

Easy problem easy solution.

[proud axle]

Neo Marnie plus Masked Royal and a tank. The tank doesn't need to be Neo Calem but may as well

[grand trout]

I exed guzma for bug weak next week

Hopefully he doesn't make a bad

First impression

[trail smelt]

But as a Guzma user he does fine, he can clear 2k with proper supports

[void wyvern]

Guzma Hilbert Anni raihan go brrrrr. Probably even better now with bede instead.

[worn tusk]

are there any recommended parameters for 2k master mode caitlin and recommend sync pairs

[trail smelt]

Parameters yes sync pairs no

What’s your ghost roster look like

There’s also Giovanni’s Shadow Balls

[swift swan]

fantina has a great nuke if gridded

remember giovanni has shadow ball too

[worn tusk]

what should i add with giovanni then

[swift swan]

well he wants a special attack buffer. he maxes his own crit with two uses of TM but if you can find a crit buffer for him too, that'd be great

[worn tusk]

like this?

[tired sleet]

That should work

[worn tusk]

what about parameters

[tired sleet]

It depends on personal preference, but it’s generally between pre sync and post sync (check pins)

Which round is this btw?

[worn tusk]

2nd

[swift swan]

hmm, sycamore and giovanni fight for sync

[tired sleet]

I think it’s fine if sycamore’s exed
This is for a ghost weak stage, and he lacks spdef debuffs so he won’t do much damage on sync

[swift swan]

yeah, but I meant the stats from mega

[tired sleet]

Ig that’s fair, but it’s a lot less than the ex support

[neon kiln]

Finally done my first master mode

still short of 10k, hope i can do better next time

[nocturne pawn]

you can reset

[neon kiln]

Can someone help me prepare my roster for next week?

[neon kiln]

yea even with reset i doubt i can do much more, i was struggling on grimsley, caitlin

maybe i can do 2k on marshal, but thats about it

This is my current units

[tired sleet]

Gimme a sec, i’ll use poma tools to see next week’s roster

Bug weak: Champ Marnie, some other stuff
Poison Weak: Emma, SS Leaf, Sonia
Water Weak: Cyrus, Winona, Misty
Elec Weak: Volkner, Elesa, Champ Bede
Rock Weak: Roark, Hop, Elio

[swift swan]

misty? I'd go with roxanne instead

[neon kiln]

which elesa? rotom or zeb?

and is alder not worth using on bug weak?

[undone ether]

prolly Zebstrika

[neon kiln]

I see

and out of those roark and cyrus seem to need their grid, outside of those any other units have higher prio to be gridded?

[swift swan]

if you're doing Master Mode and aiming for 10k they definitely need grids

[tired sleet]

Zebstrika, yes

[swift swan]

cmarnie and emma seem to be able to clear at 1/5 gridless. cyrus wants at least critfocus, hydro pump accuracy tiles, and hydro pump ramming speed. elesa I assume will be the nuker and she wants her nuke grid. same with roark

[tired sleet]

I’m not too familiar with his power at 1/5, might as well just use champ marnie somewhere. He also needs accuracy support

[swift swan]

alder at 1/5 works just fine

[zealous karma]

Hyper beam on good Spatk

[swift swan]

https://youtu.be/Wsjx93utbeQ I did a 1/5 alder showcase on siebold

mine was EX'd but you can see his hyper beam's pretty satisfying

[zealous karma]

EX’ing 1/5 unit is always fun for me idk why

[swift swan]

I EX'd for the theme

[zealous karma]

I nk longer have to use an external music player for champion Iris I really love her theme

[tired sleet]

I don’t know if they have lucian or ex supports. Granted, Siebold has a lot of HP, but still, I’m sure that Champ Marnie can do so

[tame gust]

I just looked at Aldar's stuff.. His 5/5 is actual funny, Struggle Bug to Hyper Beam.

[swift swan]

his 5/5 also requires a big investment

never worth unless they're a fave

hides my 5/5 SS Leaf

[zealous karma]

5/5 Calem grid when

[zealous karma]

Furious brain + Overpower is super good shcks you can’t get all his DPS + Sync multipliers

[tame gust]

maybe one day if they ever increase the energy limit lol

[zealous karma]

I wish with each move level@you got more energy but sadly is not the case

[neon kiln]

thats alot of homework xD, thanks for the input

im gonna have hard time with orbs lol, only have 4k rn

[neon kiln]

got it, thanks

[neon kiln]

[swift swan]

have you done the monthly orb exchange in the shop?

[tame gust]

...I'm so upset. I was today days old when I found out you can trade 100 lodge stones for 1k orbs.

[zealous karma]

Seeing the mention of elesa reminds me I wanted to try her nuke cause I swear my hau always out damages her even with her pb

[tired sleet]

If it makes you feel better no one does that

[low linden]

100 lodge stones for 1k sync orbs hella not worth

[zealous karma]

Just grab the books or save if for a dupe of a lodge supoort

We don’t have sync buffs have extra effect this week wth I thought we did

Oh I was wrong about hau hitting harder

But the brawn sync difference makes her deal 5K more than hau which is arguably still very close

[neon kiln]

i think i did coz i couldnt find it anymore in monthly exchange

i will just slowly get them from rare cache and daily i guess

i have double daily orb, hopefully i can get those 3 units gridded by end of next week

[magic crown]

Dawn is broken

[boreal rose]

Without thinking abt teams. Which is better for r3?

[old orchid]

Grimsley has some flinch moves so Shauntal for R3 then

[dim marsh]

For real?

I'll try it myself then

Hold on I never use pairs over lv130

[dark osprey]

not really. i guess just a few clears

[dim marsh]

Well, considering that it's unova and not kalos/hoenn I could give it a try

Altough it doesn't seem too worth it, I'd have to level up too many pairs

20K means taking all parameters except for critical shield and defense up 5, right?

It's not something you can do on a weekly basis... I'll stick to 15K or 17.5K

[versed meteor]

Iris stage didn't it have crit hit defence?

[old orchid]

Only Fighting weak has it iirc

[versed meteor]

Wtf, am pretty sure when i did my normal run of the stage she used crit hit defence after sync

I brought lisia for defog for that reason

But they didn't use it

[keen jasper]

Isn't it after her first sync?

Or was it before her first sync?

[old orchid]

Just checked, only Fighting weak Iris has Crit shield and she uses it after sync

Dragon weak Iris uses Special Shield after sync instead

[dark osprey]

the annoying crit shields were Koga fire weak, Lapras fighting weak & one Lance dragon weak iirc?

[azure ivy]

I stay at 5k points so if I do reset and have higher points (7k). Will I receive rewards from 5k to 7k points?

[keen jasper]

Yes

[azure ivy]

Thanks.

[marsh crater]

Sinnoh hoenn and kalos which one is the hardest again?

[old orchid]

Depends on your roster. Many people consider Sinnoh as the hardest since it has many entry x2 stages which limit your ontype options or even force you to offtype

[boreal rose]

Sinnoh>Hoenn>Kalos

Kalos imo os easiest

Of the three

[marsh crater]

Phew and im struggling with kalos.

Poma have galar cs?

[subtle forge]

Not yet

[old orchid]

Galar and Paldea are the only regions without a CS

[proud axle]

I think I might rank Hoenn as easier than Kalos. Hoenn has more Sentry/Wise x2, but way fewer nasty tricks of other kinds compared to Kalos

Galar doesn't have a proper Elite Four, so it might not be able to have a CS. Paldea does have an Elite Four (and Nemona to serve as the Champion fight), but we don't have any Paldean content in the game yet...
Wonder how they'd do Tera type stuff in PMEX.

Shift formes with TMs like Deoxys? Shift formes with sync like mega evo? Hm.

Or maybe they need to add a story reason for Terastalize to work on Pasio to begin with, like they did for Dynamax

[rotund lagoon]

Wouldn’t Geeta work as the Champion, not Nemona?

[old orchid]

They can rotate like Alder/Iris

[proud axle]

I didn't play S/V personally. Were there four others...?
Ground-type Business-lady, Steel-type toddler, Flying-type salaryman...

Ah. Dragon-type teacher. I forgot he was one of them.

Right then, Geeta it (probably) is.

It does explain why I couldn't find any references to Geeta's preferred type, since Champions don't always have those

[rotund lagoon]

Yeah they usually don’t

Well except for Lance but that’s a different story tbh

[proud axle]

Wallace and Water too

[old orchid]

[versed meteor]

Tried to act like the big boys and do a run more than 2k got appropriately slapped around lol

[proud axle]

Oof

[rotund lagoon]

https://tenor.com/view/gmod-ragdoll-ragdoll-pathologic-dankovsky-gif-25010542

[proud axle]

At 2k it gets really hard to find more modifiers that won't make it unwinnable unless you're ridiculously prepared/overpowered

[versed meteor]

During kalos cs was there any week with 2 stages that had zone set up?

[keen jasper]

Yeah, fighting-weak Wikstrom and Malva, water and rock-weak but it's more of weather than zone

Oh yeah, poison-weak Diantha

[versed meteor]

Seen fairy weak dresna and fighting weak wilkstrom same week

Well that settles it am gonna skip ssr Cynthia

[trail smelt]

Wait SSRynthia is coming back?

[keen jasper]

There are rumors of her return, but I know that will not happen

[sand karma]

Chronologically she's next in line for a rerun tho with SSLusamine

[swift swan]

Don't get your hopes up MF reruns at the most unexpected times

[woeful wave]

poor from summoning too much XD

[dark osprey]

I'm sure she's going to run since I had been waiting for it and right now am broke

[keen jasper]

That's some high level copium, gimme that tho

[tame gust]

That’s the way of the Gacha

[storm quest]

Hi! I'm new! I managed to get 2k on both Grimsley and Marshal, but Chauntal is obliterating me no matter what I try. Is there some trick to her fight? I'm realizing I should have saved my Moltres for this battle instead of using it on Marshal 😅

[rotund lagoon]

What round are you on?

[storm quest]

3rd

[rotund lagoon]

I would avoid Shauntal for R3.

[storm quest]

Oh, better for 4th?

[rotund lagoon]

Check the pins as to why, but yes.

[keen jasper]

Can you show us your ice units?

[storm quest]

Seeing the note now to watch out for Grimsley and Shauntal in R3 but not seeing why. I'll take the advice at face value though, thanks 😊

[storm quest]

Sure, though it's not a great roster 😅

[keen jasper]

Show it please

[storm quest]

I have leveling materials, just being frugal with them as I go

[proud axle]

Ghetsis is strong; if you have a support with amazing gauge assistance, Pryce is a powerful sidekick for him

Ghetsis gains damage bonuses with -Speed stacks on the enemy, which Pryce can do with Icy Wind. This frees Ghetsis' own turns for Noble Roar, to stack his griddable -Atk and -SpAtk damage bonuses

[keen jasper]

Cries in Candice

[proud axle]

Then you're best off with Ghetsis and two supports, or Ghetsis and a support and a low-gauge-cost tech

Candice can nuke well with her sync, but her turn-to-turn damage is lousy

[keen jasper]

Just make Ghetsis DPS and Candice nuke

[proud axle]

Ghetsis can nuke or deal good turn-to-turn damage (aka "DPS" despite this not really being a time-based game)

[proud axle]

Could do this, sure

[storm quest]

I just grabbed Ghetsis because of my struggling, just wasn't having great results and tend to get wiped on first sync 🙃

[proud axle]

Before we continue, let's check some things about your basic playstyle...

First, who else was on the team?

[proud axle]

(btw, if you were curious, this is why: there are a lot of added effects on their moves, especially Poison on the left-hand sidekick)

[storm quest]

Ive tried a few combinations, mostly trying to up SpDef with units like Starmie, Masquerain, etc. I've used Blissey, Meganium, Giovanni+Persian as I like the buffs it gives, but I'm not sold on anything in particular.

I did notice Ghetsis struggling with gauge but already used my Yamper and was hoping to save Xerneas for Iris.

[storm quest]

Oohh, I didn't follow the links. Gotcha

[rotund lagoon]

Sonia doesn’t work with Ghetsis anyway.

[keen jasper]

Yeah, you need someone like Sycamore

[rotund lagoon]

You’ll want a Sp Atk/Crit buffer and Speed helps.

[proud axle]

Xerneas is quite good here since the enemy is so Special-heavy. He can also provide a lot of gauge assistance, perhaps enough for the Ghetsis+Pryce combo

[rotund lagoon]

My worry is Crit

[keen jasper]

@storm quest Can you also show us your support?

[magic crown]

I wanted to see what fantinas sync damage would be without ghost zone so I used like a semi ftp team to set it up

[keen jasper]

Ghetsis can max out his crit with Team Sharp Entry + 2x TM