Champion Stadium

[junior crown]

if it's right away

you have gordie and anni raihan

[latent eagle]

I don't have gordie and to my knowledge anni raihan doesn't set up sun

[civic trellis]

Do u have EX SSA Cynthia? Maybe u can off type with her champ marnie and marley

[civic trellis]

Max flare

[junior crown]

Gordie here, and both of them set sun with max moves

but between Gordie and Anni Raihan, Anni Raihan is better (since gordie do rebuff fire and you won't need it)

[latent eagle]

I def don't have gordie, a misclick on my part lol

[junior crown]

Now it's up to you

want to try again with Anni Raihan

offtype with C Marnie like AR said

or poison stall

which one do you prefer?

[latent eagle]

Well poison stall didn't even work so-- got 1 shotted by disarming voice

[junior crown]

you used the correct parameters for it?

[tired sleet]

He doesn’t need sun if you have spdef debuffs

[latent eagle]

God lord.....i never wanna do poison stall ever again but it is done....

[junior crown]

great, it get easier with time if you ever need it again

[crystal galleon]

The most annoying part of a 12.5k run is the ridiculous amount of co-op orbs you can get... like, if I can pull off this insane amount of parameters I hope you understand I'm not hurting for the orange beads and they just being wasted

Never mind just saw the new update notes

[main crow]

Ok then

[civic trellis]

Ice?

[north crown]

What type weakness is it gonna be?

[main crow]

Some folks are saying ice

[north crown]

hm maybe? Perhaps fairy?

[old orchid]

its Ice

[tired sleet]

Idt koga is weak to fairy

[old orchid]

Koga and Agatha uses Poison mon

so no Fairy

[civic trellis]

Crobat

[north crown]

But what mon does agatha use that is weak to ice?

[civic trellis]

So prob ice

[old orchid]

Golbat

[north crown]

She uses golbat..?. Tf

Oh ur probably referring to koga

[main crow]

She does use Golbat

[manic kiln]

we don't have enough ice units

[north crown]

And agatha’s violet shade is the same as shauntal’s so ghost

[main crow]

Remember the only ghost family in kanto is the Gastly line lmao

[tired sleet]

+pomatools exists

[frozen depot]

https://ng-pomatools.web.app/pairs

[trail smelt]

YES SPECIAL STADIUM I LOVE THOSE

[main crow]

Agatha might as well be a poison type E4 in kanto games

[north crown]

Time to offtype this one

[trail smelt]

Oh hmm

Ice most likely huh?

[main crow]

What's drake ice weak gimmick again?

[civic trellis]

Its prob ice cuz ice gear and irida

[main crow]

Wait nvm it was sand iirc

[trail smelt]

If it’s Ice I can’t do full 5 team monotype like last time LMAO

But better for my sanity

[main crow]

Unless ur a whale don't think most of us can lmao

[civic trellis]

Do we even have 5 ice types

[north crown]

Honestly I probably could. Would probably have to do some micro team management, which I just don’t want to do.

[devout sluice]

I mean, I’ll try to do 12.5k on Ice CS.

[civic trellis]

Actually we do now; ss n hleon hala ghetsis sssilver and irida ig

[main crow]

Uh Pryce, Brycen, Wulfric, Ghetsis

Oh yeah Hala

[toxic cobalt]

Glacia

[trail smelt]

Looking at my teams uhh

[main crow]

Technically just listed 5 accessibles one

[north crown]

Ghetsis, Pryce, SSN, Candice, 2/5 Hala…?

[trail smelt]

I got SSteven, Hala, SSN, Candice, the other Candice, Pryce

[manic kiln]

have to use 1 normal team this time

[north crown]

Oh yeah the other candice

Lusamine blizzard exists too

[trail smelt]

Oh yeah Lusamine good point

[main crow]

I have Ghetsis, BP/Candice, HLeon, Hala, Pryce, Brycen

[trail smelt]

GHETSIS

I always forget Dhennis

Oh and Gladion in a pinch I guess

[main crow]

Desperate situations calls for desperate solutions

[north crown]

Honestly would rather use him than Pryce

[swift swan]

hi hi hi i forgot it's reset time I was too busy looking at datamine

let me check round params

updated

[dusty yarrow]

I guess I'll wait for the CS Events params (its an all Ice one right?)

[toxic cobalt]

Eh

[old orchid]

half sync countdown and no perm fields

[dusty yarrow]

It's gonna be Lorelei's Moment to Shine then

[spring fable]

What does r4 sync buffs are more effective mean?

[old orchid]

sync buff is 75% instead of 50%

[dusty yarrow]

oh its just 75% and not doubled

[spring fable]

oh ty!

[junior crown]

Time to poison stall all the way!!

[spring fable]

i used ghetsis!

[tulip python]

Freeze shock still does 6k damage even with physical attack debuff

Noble Roar AoE is busted

[toxic cobalt]

Sad I can’t try to sycamore stall all 5 like last time

[tulip python]

This reminds me that I have Hala and I keep making ice stages somehow harder by using ghestis and N

[dusty yarrow]

add Gladion I guess to fill one (I did that during the last Grass Weak CS Event when I weirdly run out of strong grass opt.)

[trail smelt]

Crushed as usual, just gonna prepare wait for next week’s info

Hmm I guess I can make the Ice teams now but

[dusty yarrow]

what's region would be next Johto or Sinnoh?

[old orchid]

no confirmation but its likely Sinnoh

[tulip python]

Must be Sinnoh given the now got new Sinnoh themed pairs in

[fiery rivet]

Finally hau took so long

[noble plaza]

Is there a recommended order this week?

[zealous karma]

Hmm

[spring fable]

i kinda just made sure i did acerola / kahili r3 because they're physical and my main carries for those types are special

[zealous karma]

Don’t do molayne or kahili if you’re not confident in those types I’m round 2/3 whichever is half sync countdown

[noble plaza]

That's round 2

[spring fable]

r3 is physical shield

[sacred mountain]

Fighting is tough with my units

I need to cook up a team with Wally ig

[spring fable]

do you have bea

she can nuke

[sacred mountain]

2/5

Inertia 3/5 sadly

[toxic cobalt]

Wally power

Or Slowgaleo

[sacred mountain]

Slowgaleo went to kill steel

[noble plaza]

I have Wally 1/5

[paper summit]

well, we also have steel weak, so it's not that much of an option

[noble plaza]

Oh yeah Solgaleo has fighting moves

[sacred mountain]

Surely 5/5 Wally EX works

[toxic cobalt]

Striker Hop

[noble plaza]

Would 1/5 Wally EX work for Molayne?

[toxic cobalt]

Wally you have to decide if it’s special Wally or physical Wally

[zealous karma]

On round 2 with def debuffs I see it

[toxic cobalt]

Feels like it would be an interesting Hop solo stage back in the day

[toxic cobalt]

You EXed a 1/5 Wally? Might work but you probably have better options.

[rigid flint]

Someone gimme a theme

[manic kiln]

no surprise

@tribal agate can you pin pls, thanks

[tribal agate]

sure

done!

Thank you!

[dusty yarrow]

12.5k Sinnoh... this is gonna be fun

[main crow]

last week aaron elec

phew

[violet timber]

oh god

poison Cynthia

[swift swan]

striker glacia moment

[swift swan]

wheeee sinnoh!

[trail smelt]

Bloody obvious it’s Sinnoh yeah haha

Time to make the teams

[violet timber]

casually dealing 50k per freeze shock

I’m so done for when it’s the ice stadium I barely have any ice pairs

[trail smelt]

Ready for next week. Trying something new with Psychic, I wanna see how big Caitlin’s nuke is

Meanwhile I have no idea where to begin with my Ice teams haha

[main crow]

Very cool of DeNA to release an off type special CS

[violet timber]

when one of the params reduces off type dmg by 80%

very fun

I think I have to 3rd Anni one of them

[tribal agate]

@manic kiln did you get the dates for the special stadium by any chance please? They're not on the pastebin atm

[manic kiln]

I’m working on it

Oh the dates. June 27th - July 11th

@tribal agate

[trail smelt]

Damn end of the month ?

[tribal agate]

Thank you!

[manic kiln]

it's in the quest section from pastebin btw

not the event schedule

[tribal agate]

yeah it wasn't there at first so i had to ask Absol, said the data was different ahah

but i was able to push the summary now thanks

[manic kiln]

• Kanto Champion Stadium (2025/01/06 - 2025/02/02)
• Alola Champion Stadium (2025/02/03 - 2025/03/02)

there's a small error in the old pic can you repin this @tribal agate

[tribal agate]

ofc

[manic kiln]

and also this

[tribal agate]

if only Discord could add a pin management system

[manic kiln]

can't change image tho

[tribal agate]

wait what if

you posted the image as a link instead of an upload

and you just edit the link monthly

[dusty yarrow]

Agatha's Golbat has higher HP than Koga's Crobat... didn't know that

[manic kiln]

maybe but some might not like it because on desktop it'll download automatically and i don't think you can view it in full size on mobile

[tribal agate]

oh that's unfortunate, weird

[manic kiln]

i'll do some testing

[old orchid]

Marnie looks easier than Serena

It seems her stage is designed for Ghetsis

[nocturne pawn]

i heard bad things about nc serena

as a fight

[old orchid]

Water Shuriken hits hard

[rigid flint]

Gah damn

[trail smelt]

I have no idea if these teams work LMAO

[trim robin]

I be preparing for that ice weak CS so I think my 5 will be Hala SS N, Candace, ghetsis and gladion?

[old orchid]

Seems good

[old orchid]

Ghetsis and Pryce team have massive gauge issue

[trail smelt]

Ah yeah that’s gonna be a problem

[tame gust]

Oh fawk, I forgot to finish up last week’s CS because work and TotK. I just had Kahli and then to shame Hau..

[trim robin]

Round 5 should be ghetsis and against drake should a hail user right? Any other thing I'm missing?

I see satisfied snarl so use a physical attacker?

[old orchid]

Agatha? Her Satisfied Snarl only affects tank

iirc she has increased spdef

[trim robin]

Oh then nothing else to really worry about right

Hopefully I won't feel the need to get glacion

[trail smelt]

Ugh Brycen you are so annoying to slot in

… say does Sunny Day prevent freeze

Because I have a very stupid idea LMAO

[hexed burrow]

Anyone can elaborate?

[trail smelt]

It means you’re using attackers that don’t hit the enemy’s weakness

[hexed burrow]

That I know

[trail smelt]

Pre sync means you beat them before they sync

[old orchid]

Offtype presync: you bring non Supereffective pair to kill mid before their sync

Offtype postsync: same as above, except you clear the stage after their sync

[trail smelt]

Post sync is after

[hexed burrow]

The enemys' sync?

[trail smelt]

Yes

[hexed burrow]

Alright

Thanks

[old orchid]

Pal Bea doesnt have synergy with Ghetsis, i dont really recommend using Lorelei. And yes sun prevents freeze

Ice Steven team might have minor gauge issue

Also SS N doesnt take advantage of hail

[trail smelt]

Yeah his team is mostly there so I can place an ice type I couldn’t slot in elsewhere

Man this is an annoying puzzle to solve and I don’t even know if there’s a solution to force all 12 of my ice types through lol

[hexed burrow]

This is like a cheese team?

[weak sleet]

Is sinnoh doable at 12.5 k?

I believe it's the hardest region

[dusty yarrow]

Doable as long as your aware of each weaknesses gimmicks

atleast for me and my arsenal

[mellow linden]

It’s probably roster-dependent

At least, in terms of how hard it’ll be to 12.5k

[dusty yarrow]

true f2p-wise... idk

do you guys count the BP, Event Free units and Lounge Units as part of the f2p

[weak sleet]

Uh if I have rats, frogs, and all the galar champions is it doable? I'm not familiar with the sinnoh gimmicks.

[dusty yarrow]

some tends to argue only story units only counts

[trail smelt]

It’s a team that uses poison to kill enemies and highly defensive teams that outlasts them. Depending on the enemy this could be harder than just outright killing them

[tame gust]

I don't see why that argument holds water, since BP pairs and the lodge pairs you get from units you get via story don't cost you any actual resources. Well, besides lodge pairs but those only cost lodge resources.

but that's a differet topic. Gotta work on my teams for this week.

[hexed burrow]

Is it still viable or got nerfed?

[mellow linden]

It’s probably doable even with very few limiteds, just very hard due to needing to Poison stall more stages and such. If you’ve been playing a little while you’ll probably be alright

[dusty yarrow]

the Champion Stadium section of the Pomatool can give you some insight, for small examples in week 1:
) Bring any weather to nullify Bertha's Sandstorm
) It's probably better to bring a Physical unit against Lucian cuz of his Wise Entry x2 & Satisfied Snarl (-> both can weaken Sp. Atks by bulk or debuff) tho some just brute force with a Sp.Atker anyway
https://ng-pomatools.web.app/champion-stadium

[nocturne pawn]

lucian ill just kill with ssrc

the one time being a mixed attacker is useful

[dusty yarrow]

I've weirdly run a Phoebe Striker against Lucian Ghost

[junior crown]

Totally viable, the expansion to 12.5k have good parameters for poison stall and there are lot of F2P units to clear it (I do 5 poison stall teams every week using basically the same F2P pairs)

[toxic cobalt]

Stall easier than at 10k honestly

[dusty yarrow]

tho it is doable to run a Sp.Atk (like some run Giovanni, Anni-Lillie or Fantina)

and many more

[nocturne pawn]

even on 2.5k?

[dusty yarrow]

prob is Psychic and Ghost is in the same week (for those using Gio)

[junior crown]

Yes, at 10k offtyping f2p was easier now poison stall f2p is easier

[weak sleet]

What's ssrc?

[nocturne pawn]

giratina

[weak sleet]

Oh

Well that's easy enough since I have that

Can we easily off type the special stadium too?

[trail smelt]

It’s be easier to offtype honestly

My brain is frizzing out trying to bring all my ice types through somehow LMAO

[junior crown]

Yes, need to check champ Marnie, bit everyone else is a normal opponent weak to ice from other CS

[trail smelt]

Brycen and Lorelei why do you guys suck so much good god

[dusty yarrow]

Its an All Ice CS Event, some will just resort on doing that if they lack some good Ice-type

[toxic cobalt]

Bring out your Christmas seasonals

[junior crown]

And from what I see C.Marnie likes speed (Ramming speed/Inertia), so I will poison stall her with Janine

[trail smelt]

My only Christmas seasonal is uh

Rosanta and Siegood

Huh

Oh no wait I have Holiday Erika

Oh and Winter Jasmine

[dusty yarrow]

I mean, I would try to make Lorelei work on CS Ice Event but If others would see it, it would probably be better to run Gio or Cyrus than this

[trail smelt]

… how’d I miss all the ice Christmas units

[weak sleet]

Oh so it's literally copy and pasted opponents!?

[junior crown]

Only champion is new

[dusty yarrow]

my X-Mas units are:

• Whitney, Jasmine, Nessa... only one is Ice

[junior crown]

Everyone else is someone weak to ice from other CS

[weak sleet]

So basically it's easy

[dusty yarrow]

Here's the champ of the CS Event

[weak sleet]

Because most of those other ones are super easy, like Kanto and Johto.

[junior crown]

Yeah, the problem is if you want to ontype all 5 stages

[toxic cobalt]

Kanto Johto Unova, easy mode

[junior crown]

But you can always offtype/poison stall 3 and ontype 2 for example (for the harder ones)

[toxic cobalt]

Time for me to finally test Wilfric

[dusty yarrow]

Alola is also easy, while Hoenn, Sinnoh, Kalos is moderate (atleast to me)

[nocturne pawn]

sinnoh is ass

fucking wise entry x2 fairy weak

theres so many entry passives

like why

[trail smelt]

There was this Sinnoh E4 meme awhile back where the crew are finally together when the CS just opened lol

Came back together to kick your ass iirc

[toxic cobalt]

Remember when the 3 Sinnoh E4 came out and they were all good, and then Flint was still…Flint

[dusty yarrow]

Sinnoh CS arrived with all 3 of the remaining Sinnoh E4 iirc... while Kalos CS is out but Malva and Drasna aren't

is Galar CS arriving soon or it just added for C.Marnie?

[manic kiln]

nope

rotation: sinnoh (june) > hoenn (july) > johto (august) > kalos > unova > kanto > alola. at any point if they use a different region then we know a new region is coming. so if July is not Hoenn or August is not Johto then Galar might be released with the VA

[dusty yarrow]

yeah, its the latter

Yes, I know Galar CS is not out and not a thing yet... (although idk if there even will be one or if it is, what would Galar CS look like at all)

[swift swan]

let's see... I have Ghetsis, SS Hilbert, Hala and two offtypes

wait wrong reply

[sacred mountain]

I've given up on the Wally clear

[swift swan]

meant to reply to the ice CS lol

[sacred mountain]

And this week

[swift swan]

candice loves to disappoint me and i've never touched pryce

[latent eagle]

Is there an order to do the rounds this week?

[nocturne pawn]

just avoid half sync olivia as usual

[swift swan]

except if you can somehow presync Olivia at half sync countdown

[old orchid]

this week order depends on your teams, just be careful with Olivia on R2

[swift swan]

I presynced Molayne R2 with Bea's nuke, it was a wonderful sight, literally an OHKO with her sync

[mellow linden]

SSR Cynthia + SS Korrina absolutely obliterated Acerola on Round 2

If it weren't for the points I got from it I'd have thought I'd accidentally left it on Hard Mode

[trail smelt]

I half synced Olivia again lol

[long thicket]

Oh boy, this week has my three types where I feel like I'm the weakest.
Sounds doable on type, but we'll see.

Fighting (thanks Hop, though), Steel (I have EX Steven and Gloria at 5/5 & 4/5, but I wouldn't say I have a great tech since no Marnie for zone), and Ice.

[old orchid]

[junior crown]

Steel or Fighting Solgaleo, Ghost Giovanni, Ice Ghetsis, that leaves Poison and Steel or Fighting, Poison can always Poison stall or Koga damage, and that's considering only pairs that's everyone have

[manic kiln]

it's been too long since the last Alola CS so i find some of the stages are way too easy

[mellow linden]

You don't need 1 of each role on a team

[swift swan]

oh cool, special CS has permanent field effects

[mellow linden]

I ran Steven + Hop + Rachel for my Steel team this week

[swift swan]

I'll fight Drake there

[swift swan]

Hop/Steven/Gloria destroys steel-weak

[swift swan]

Roxie has a respectable nuke

[mellow linden]

For Ice weak CS I guess I'll probably try Lorelei + BP Candice against Agatha, Ghetsis against Koga, Hala against Shauntal, my current Ice team against Drake, and my future Irida for Marnie

[swift swan]

lorelei nuke?

[mellow linden]

Yeah

With BP Candice for Hail and to help make up the damage difference

The big thing I’ll have to figure out is the Support choice

[toxic cobalt]

Lorelei grid expansion when

[sacred mountain]

Ok i thought this week would be easy but i was extremely wrong

[old orchid]

which stage are you struggling against?

[swift swan]

and who's gonna set up her freeze multiplier?

you're gonna fish for it with lorelei herself or

[sacred mountain]

Fighting and can't decide who to do on r2

[old orchid]

can you show us your Fighting type roster?

[sacred mountain]

I was thinking about leveling up clemont for aoe electroweb

Helping cakewalk

[old orchid]

you have Wally

use him with a defensive support and a defense debuffer like Kukui, and use post sync params set pinned here

[pure haven]

Those are all the dps I have that may work on this csmm, what can I use?

Going for 2k, gonna try 2.5 later

[lone spruce]

Is there a dmg penalty for off typing in special champion stadium

[long thicket]

So only Normal zone left?

[lone spruce]

I recall non grass was going poorly last time

[mellow linden]

I’ll hope I get lucky, I guess

I may end up not needing it, who knows

[sacred mountain]

That worked ty

I forgot kukui existed

Now who do i fite r2

I'm doing fantina/ or 1/5 AnniLillie for ghost

Solgaleo steel

HoLeon Ice

Offtype hau with Steven Lucian Bianca

[upbeat dragon]

First 2k mastermode run

2.5k

[old orchid]

i thought you were struggling on R2?

[swift swan]

no

the only "damage penalty" you will get is if you pick the Standard Damage Reduction then try to offtype

[upbeat dragon]

Proudly did 3 stages of 2.5k on type then since i didnt have any good poison or ice units i sicced the rats on em

[old orchid]

i would use Anni Lillie since she clears ontype very well

[sacred mountain]

I was struggling on fighting And who to fite r2

[old orchid]

ah

[swift swan]

Ghetsis for ice.
Bea for fighting
Solgaleo and Hop for steel
SSR Cynthia and Giovanni for ghost
you can either offtype Hau or poison stall him

[sacred mountain]

HoLeon isn't EXd btw AnniLillie has EX

I can EX if needed but I'd love to save

[pure haven]

Kk

Tysm

[old orchid]

she doesnt need EX

[swift swan]

I don't think Anni Lillie's EX helps much

Holiday leon works just fine without EX too I'm sure

[old orchid]

if you have zone or rebuff, she will clear faster

[sacred mountain]

No zone cuz Giratina isn't fave ;-;

[old orchid]

well zone isnt needed

[swift swan]

special defense debuffer then. not like she needs it

anni lillie is busted ontype

[old orchid]

you can try Anni Lillie + Fantina + a support that can buff Fantina and supply gauge

or spdef debuffer like nov said

[sacred mountain]

SSb?

[old orchid]

using him is a bit wasted imo

[sacred mountain]

Hmmge

Sycamore?

Just for gauge

Maybe sync if i can manage quadque

[old orchid]

can you show us your support?

R2 is half sync cd, so quad queuing doesnt matter

if you use spdef debuffer, you only need a gauge support

[swift swan]

[old orchid]

i see Marley

[noble plaza]

I did it months ago asdfgfdsaf. Here are all my pairs btw

[swift swan]

i was thinking ss brendan but I guess at 1/5 he's not a very good gauge support

[old orchid]

i would save SS Brendan if you dont use him in another team

[swift swan]

oh btw next time could you please screenshot from the Move Level tab? or you can use the sync pair tracker

+tracker

[frozen depot]

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

For newcomers/beginners, check the video below on how to properly showcase your pairs : https://i.imgur.com/A0XcAgZ.mp4

[sacred mountain]

I will build the tracker when i have time I've just been a tad bit busy

[swift swan]

hmmm not sure how good 1/5 Wally's nuke is. I guess his DPS is still serviceable, though I'd probably run him with another DPS unit

[swift swan]

no worries, this is just for future reference

[sacred mountain]

So Marley?

[old orchid]

yeah

[swift swan]

you can give her a try

[sacred mountain]

Does she need grid

I need to grid her

[old orchid]

but she cant support Fantina unless you use spdef debuffer

[swift swan]

anni lillie and fantina should clear the stage fast enough

[old orchid]

she doesnt need grid but you can grid for future uses

[swift swan]

i was actually thinking, depending on fantina's move level, she can be the sp def debuffer

[sacred mountain]

5/5

[old orchid]

[sacred mountain]

Fantina

[old orchid]

so she has Mind Games 4

[sacred mountain]

Gridded

[old orchid]

good good

[sacred mountain]

She has double on a roll and Mind games 4

[nocturne pawn]

this week was fun

probably shouldve used fantina instead of lucian but whatever

[soft gyro]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/911703472225787904/1112716499904368712/Screenshot_20230529-141620.jpg

done it 12.5k, monotype and with full non-limited pairs

[noble plaza]

Do you have someone in mind?

[manic kiln]

Non limited is the right phrase

Gen pool are not counted as f2p

[swift swan]

looking at your roster, solgaleo is probably the best, though he's also good for steel coverage

[soft gyro]

fair enough, sorry. Fixed it

[noble plaza]

Yeah that's the tricky part

[swift swan]

oh you have K Grimsley for steel

[noble plaza]

They aren't?

[swift swan]

needs some practice using him but he's a monster

[manic kiln]

Nah it’s fine, i also do these kind of clears

[swift swan]

the consensus is, f2p just means you are guaranteed the pair without spending any gems

[noble plaza]

... I need sync orbs for him to

[noble plaza]

Ohhh ok

Wait CS gives sync orbs.

[swift swan]

for example Blue is a genpool pair but since everyone gets him for free, at least 1/5 Blue can be considered f2p

[swift swan]

you have a week, no rush

[manic kiln]

People usually call gen pool units budget team, non limited…

[noble plaza]

That's true

[nocturne pawn]

poor people teams

[old orchid]

based teams

[nocturne pawn]

also i think ss acerola hala and redlax is my new ice team

[manic kiln]

If you play for 1-2 years you should be good and can build decent budget team for every game modes

[nocturne pawn]

pre synced kahili super easily but needed some parameter switching

[latent eagle]

(so I didn't bother w/ the move lvl bc im on mobile and I ain't dealing with doing that on mobile) I've already used korrina, SSA Cynthia and ch hop against Molayne R1 im trying to do acerola R2

[swift swan]

seems like you have giovanni

or well, fantina can also work

[manic kiln]

And giratina for zone

[verbal karma]

Err...who should I avoid for R2?

[old orchid]

Olivia

[swift swan]

ssrc? somehow I missed that

[verbal karma]

Okay, I assume Olivia is also physical this week?

If yes, then I can R3 her

[mellow linden]

Could try SSR Cynthia + Shauntal + appropriate Support

[nocturne pawn]

i think acerola r3 is better

shes almost all physical

[verbal karma]

Oh

[mellow linden]

Yeah, she’s physical this week

[old orchid]

all Elite Four are physical

[latent eagle]

W/ R2 being half sync it's hard to set up gio/fantina before sync

[noble plaza]

I don't really know which round to do first 😅

[swift swan]

why shauntal in particular?

[verbal karma]

In that case, I gotta decide between Kahili and Molayne for R2...which boils down to which of the two is the less dangerous one

[swift swan]

determine who to tackle R2 first. the rest can follow

[swift swan]

the idea is to postsync, yeah. though depending on your cynthia's move level, I think she can presync

[noble plaza]

I'm not really confident in any of these types

[swift swan]

I'd say Molayne is more annoying R2

[verbal karma]

...okay, R2 Kahili it is

[nocturne pawn]

if ur good with shadow force she can pre sync pretty easily

[nocturne pawn]

oh

💀

thats who i did for r2

i thought bea with double support was good enough

[sacred mountain]

Took me 12 resets but did it with Marley (no grid) fantina and AnniLillie in round 2

[noble plaza]

Well I'm pretty confident in Ice because I have Ghetsis

[verbal karma]

Yeah, just noticed Molayne's evasion buffing...

[swift swan]

I did Molayne R2 too, but my Bea nuke OHKO'd Molayne presync soooo

[nocturne pawn]

wait he has evasion?

[noble plaza]

So I guess I will do Kahili round 2

[swift swan]

R2 param doesn't matter much if you're confident in presyncing them all

[nocturne pawn]

i did half mp so it was pain oops

had to quad queue to actually win

[swift swan]

postsync he uses x evasion all

also the man actually has sync multiplier, I'm impressed

[nocturne pawn]

oh yeah if he syncs he just wipes me

so i didnt try

[nocturne pawn]

yeah he has inertia and tm buffs speed

so 💀

[swift swan]

granted it's only inertia (and ramming speed) boosted by +2 speed

but still

[nocturne pawn]

its still +33%

thats pretty scary

[sacred mountain]

Who do u usually pair with Solgaleo

Hop + gauge?

[nocturne pawn]

i used to use a crit buffer but with critical eye its not an issue anymore

[jovial zealot]

Is there a poison stall team that doesn’t use leaf?

[nocturne pawn]

hop is kinda slow

[nocturne pawn]

its noticeably slower

because ss leaf makes toxic stronger

[sacred mountain]

SSB Solgaleo+ 1?

[nocturne pawn]

but its doable without her

[nocturne pawn]

sure

that probably works

[jovial zealot]

Well yeah, but what’s her best substitute?

[sacred mountain]

Might slot AnniN in the +1

For AoE noble roar double drop

Since she's purely physical

[latent eagle]

How’s this for R3 Olivia?

[mellow linden]

If gauge issues arise try replacing Colress with a Speed buffer, but otherwise that should be fine

[nocturne pawn]

idk no one else buffs poison like that

[keen jasper]

Change Colress and Scottie's targeting position

[keen jasper]

Lucy is the only free unit with bad poison, but to make up for not having Potent Toxin, she has trap

[nocturne pawn]

doesnt bp erika have toxic

and wrap

thats actually free

[latent eagle]

Obviously, that's just how the roles were when I picked the units

[keen jasper]

Infestation, but sure

[cinder summit]

Erika & Tangela

<:CATEGORY_SPECIAL:967450752098390077> <:TYPE_GRASS:967452395804192788> Absorb

Gauge: 1 | Power: 19 | Accuracy: 100 | Uses: -
Target: An opponent
Effect Tag: Absorbs
The more damage dealt to the target, the more it restores the user's HP.

<:CATEGORY_STATUS:967450751955771402> <:TYPE_POISON:967452396382994485> Toxic

Gauge: 2 | Power: - | Accuracy: 90 | Uses: -
Target: An opponent
Effect Tag: -
Leaves the target badly poisoned.

<:CATEGORY_SPECIAL:967450752098390077> <:TYPE_BUG:967452395615449119> Infestation

Gauge: 2 | Power: 20 | Accuracy: 100 | Uses: -
Target: An opponent
Effect Tag: -
Leaves the target trapped.

<:CATEGORY_STATUS:967450751955771402> Tangle with This!

Gauge: - | Power: - | Accuracy: - | Uses: 2
Target: Self
Effect Tag: -
Raises the user's Sp. Atk and Sp. Def by 2 stat ranks.

<:CATEGORY_SPECIAL:967450752098390077> <:TYPE_GRASS:967452395804192788> <:CONDITION_SYNC:967453032939925614> Wondrous Rainbow Grass Beam

Power: 200
Target: An opponent
Effect Tag: -
This attack's power increases when the target is trapped.

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[nocturne pawn]

it still traps

[keen jasper]

I don't have Colress so I don't remember much of his kit, but doesn't his TM has gauge acceleration?

[formal vigil]

it does

one time use though

[keen jasper]

He does have Infliction Freebie 9

But their Colress is only 2/5 so yeah

[nocturne pawn]

bro i want colress so bad

[keen jasper]

I want Hilbert because over 1 year I don't have him

[devout sluice]

Sludge bomb might be an issue to toxic stall.

[jovial zealot]

Tangela worked well, thanks for the help

[verbal karma]

Oh no...I can't beat R2 Kahili with my team...

[jovial zealot]

I had to offtype on her, I don’t have any great ice types

[nocturne pawn]

ghetsis is free

[verbal karma]

I am trying to do it with Ghetsis/SS Elesa/Candice

Ghetsis for the attacking and SS Elesa for the sync accel

...Candice is sadly filler since I dunno who to pick instead

[nocturne pawn]

what does candice even do there

[sick anvil]

Maybe someone who can reduce attack to boost Ghetsis nuke?

[nocturne pawn]

he doesnt benefit from hail

[nocturne pawn]

yeah girafarig is actually really good

attack debuffs and spdef drops

and team viral hustle to help with gauge

[sick anvil]

Yes!

[verbal karma]

Again, she's filler

Since I dunno who else to put there

[nocturne pawn]

use girafarig

[verbal karma]

Oh

[nocturne pawn]

he literally solves everything ghetsis needs

[mellow linden]

Lucian’s a good option, yeah

Would miss out on Overpower modifier on center, but you’re nuking center anyways

[sacred mountain]

Another 12.5k

Except the 12 resets for r2 Acerola it was easy , SS Steven Lucian Bianca literally numed hau

[nocturne pawn]

mine isnt pb’d so i dont care anyway

[old orchid]

Overpower is in the base grid and without pb he can still nuke well

[jovial zealot]

Everytime I see the Roxane emote it looks like she’s flicking someone off

[noble plaza]

I tried to grid the minimal grid set with Kimono Grimsley but I don't have enough sync orbs for Insult to Injury and the other Sync Move power up

[sacred mountain]

Kimono grimsley can 2.5k?? Since when

[nocturne pawn]

since ever?

[old orchid]

Since the introduction of 2.5k

[nocturne pawn]

hes a strong pair

idk why he wouldnt be able to

[swift swan]

he's insane

[sacred mountain]

I think I've been under a rock

[swift swan]

a bit iffy to use since you can't always predict the opponent's move in CS

but once you get the hang of metal burst, ooooh boy

[sacred mountain]

Better than Solgaleo?

[swift swan]

his nuke is great too

[nocturne pawn]

a lot better

flinch + good dps

metal burst is basically a second sync

[noble plaza]

I mean Solgaleo has a fighting move and my only other good fighting striker pair is a 1/5 EX'd Wally

okay so I never used Kimono Grimsley, how should I go about using Metal Burst?

[swift swan]

his metal burst? miles better, one of the strongest regular moves in the game
his iron head? uhhh yeah also better than solgaleo

[noble plaza]

shit this guy's set and passives are insane

wtf is this sync pair

[swift swan]

TM -> metal burst. the hard part is predicting when to use metal burst because you'll be directing the move to kgrimsley

[nocturne pawn]

what mirror coat shouldve been

[noble plaza]

yeah I was more so asking when to use it 😅

[nocturne pawn]

wallace is like

K Grimsley .4

[swift swan]

preferably you have kgrimsley use metal burst before an opponent uses a powerful move, so he eats that move, endure it, and deals some insane numbers too

predicting when the opponent uses a powerful move is the tricky part

[nocturne pawn]

in cs it can be a little more difficult

cuz moves are rng for the first few turns

and it wont work on syncs

[swift swan]

my tip: have faith

[noble plaza]

alrighty

[sick anvil]

Or: keep resetting

[noble plaza]

i assumed that was a given haha

[swift swan]

know the move rotation

[noble plaza]

is the grid I have so far okay?

[swift swan]

mid, right, mid, left, mid

[noble plaza]

yep

does he need a lucky skill to do a 2.5k presync?

[sick anvil]

Crit 2 ig

[swift swan]

so I guess you want to metal burst before mid's turn and hope Olivia uses stone edge

[sacred mountain]

CS2 just like 95% of dps

[swift swan]

cs2 will help, but see if you can win without it

[noble plaza]

I meant if I needed it, I'm low on those cookies

[sick anvil]

Does metal burst get boosted by steel zone? I never invested on K.Grimsley

[nocturne pawn]

alola grimsley is the only one i dont have 3/5 off tickets

but i got 5/5 popplio instead

thanks

[swift swan]

yes

[noble plaza]

I actually got 3/5 Grimsley last night haha

[sacred mountain]

I have him 3/5 level 140 but no grid

[sick anvil]

I got both at 5/5 but no investment lol. Rip poplio

[nocturne pawn]

hes for lg anyway

[noble plaza]

this is how far I was able to grid him, unfortunately

[nocturne pawn]

triple debuff on sparkling aria and sing

[sick anvil]

The sing machine

[noble plaza]

I'm super low on sync orbs 😭

maybe it'd be better to do Olivia a later round?

I just don't know who I'm going to R1 or R2. Ghetsis is my only good ice striker and he's not EX'd

[junior crown]

You should really farm cookies on LG

I always go to 300 cookies (even if I have all with lucky skills)

[pure haven]

Can I clear this without Gio's grid expansion and EX?

This is round 3 btw

Those are all my ghost types

[mellow linden]

Giovanni’s EX and Power Boost are entirely irrelevant to Shadow Ball damage

[pure haven]

Still have cMarnie as a fail safe

[mellow linden]

With SSR Cynthia + Giovanni the stage should go down easily, and you’ve got SS Brendan on top of that

Should be good

[pure haven]

Kk, thanks

Oh right

Do I sync with Giovanni or Cynthia?

[mellow linden]

SSR Cynthia

[north crown]

cynthia. you got no mega form on gio

[mellow linden]

Cynthia’s the one who’s got a super-effective Sync for this fight anyways

[north crown]

Personally, I would suggest to change ssbrendan, tho I also understand that he helps giovanni with damage via spdef for his damage multiplier on grid

so ig that's fine

[mellow linden]

If he’s not needed elsewhere it should be fine

[devout sluice]

I just realized the ice CS starts late June. Least that’ll give me time to prepare.

[zealous karma]

If marnie uses fiery wrath does your whole team get deleted from the game?

[paper summit]

it's post sync only anyway

and it's the regular one, not bmove

oh fun, she has Healthy Advantage 4

[mellow linden]

That’s reduced damage taken if not statused, right?

[paper summit]

correct

[mellow linden]

Definitely gonna be rough depending on your Ice options

[paper summit]

sounds like I'll be off typing her tbh, granted I'll throw the biggest gun I have available at her, I need to bully her as much as I can

[mellow linden]

I’ll have Irida by then, so I guess I’ll be using her there

[sacred mountain]

I'll just throw HoLeon at her

He's pretty consistent at freezing

[formal vigil]

for who?

[sacred mountain]

Marnie

The event CS

[pure haven]

Had less trouble this week than the last lol

[brave halo]

Phew next week isn't fairy weak

I got a while to grid up mina

Is there anyone she's naturally good to be supported by?

[north crown]

sonia, hilbert, shauna

the usual max phys offensive buff pairs

[brave halo]

How's that look? I kinda thought lillie might work to increase accuracy so play rough doesn't miss so much

[north crown]

wtf why is clefairy there?

[brave halo]

The accuracy raising

[zealous karma]

Lillie doesn’t need to be there

[brave halo]

And raises spatk of mina too and gives her crit next

[zealous karma]

Why does mina need Spatk

[brave halo]

She's got dazzling

[zealous karma]

You’re never using dazzling gleam she has play rough

Cynthia also has wise entry x2 so it’ll do like 2 damage total because Mina’s Spatk is very low and Cythia has double SpDef and it’s an aoe a damage merf

[twin flare]

Dw they'll put up a banner for you to spend gems on to get the necessary ice types...

That's how they roll

[zealous karma]

We have 4 ice banners this month, three being limited 1 being gen pool

[swift swan]

those banners are called Irida, SS Silver, and SS N!

[junior crown]

As a 3rd pair you can bring: debuffer/zone/buffer (PMUN/SEUN)/another damage dealer

Or if you have trouble with her damage, can bring a special def buffer...

[brave halo]

Changed it to this, realized I had no crit buffer, and it can give some good theme skill activations

[tribal agate]

This is a joke right?

No offense but are you actually trying to disrupt the channel

You showed a screenshot of an EX'd 5/5 Sonia 150 and then remove her claiming you had no crit buffer

This leads me to believe you're actively trying to waste people's time, as in 3 years i have never noticed this level of obliviousness

[north crown]

1. they've been using sonia (as evident in some of their other runs)
2. they've been in this server for a while

[mellow linden]

A 3/5 Aaron can buff Attack + crit + accuracy

Just need to grid Precision Pals

[north crown]

doesn't mina alr have acc tiles on grid?

[noble plaza]

That was the plan but I haven't done a complete 10 wins run yet

[mellow linden]

Accuracy buffs? Lemme check

[north crown]

I remember there is, tho idk how much

[mellow linden]

She has Play Rough accuracy tiles, but no accuracy buffs, from what I can tell

[void wyvern]

Mina doesn’t have accuracy buffs only grid tiles for play rough

[north crown]

good enough tho right?

[formal vigil]

yes

[mellow linden]

Fairy weak Cynthia lowers accuracy (or is it raising evasion?)

[formal vigil]

acuracy

[mellow linden]

Either way accuracy buffs are helpful if you can afford them

[formal vigil]

anyways mina has impervous

[mellow linden]

…So she does

[void wyvern]

It’s Both. Cynthia has bedazzle and evasion all

[north crown]

tldr mina does not need any accuracy help

nvm.. evasion

ssmisty?

[void wyvern]

Maylene has precision pals

[north crown]

oh waitaminute.. LMAO f2p support actually coming in clutch?

[void wyvern]

You could do Attack and sp defence buffer Maylene, and mina.

First thought is elio but goodbye gauge

[north crown]

just spam water gun and sing ez

also lana exists. dunno whether the opponents' attacks are bad enough to warrant spdef buffs

[toxic cobalt]

Her MPr is so bad though. And I swear it’s even worse than advertised.

[junior crown]

Can go BP Clemont and you have sp def and acc...

[north crown]

• def debuffs via screech.. not bad

[junior crown]

Yeap

[tribal agate]

The situation has been handled, please let's not actively try to prolong it.

[zealous karma]

Same tbh

[late grove]

anyways

how poison weak for you guys

[paper summit]

Emma sweep

[mellow linden]

EZPZ

[void wyvern]

Emma

[mellow linden]

Roxie + Lucy wins life in Poison weak stages as always

[zealous karma]

I’ll try 3/5 looker

[junior crown]

Poison stall, nothing new

[tired sleet]

Koga nukes trivialize poison weak

[paper summit]

ngl, stalling poison weak does sound lame, it's more a strat for when you have no other choice, and if you love watching paint dry

[jovial zealot]

I used allister/Cynthia and it worked well, unsure if you cleared it or not as I’m super late to the convo lol

[pure haven]

No worries, I already did this week's csmm

[jovial zealot]

[plush tangle]

Does PoH affect sync moves ?

[nocturne pawn]

what is that

[plush tangle]

power on hit

[nocturne pawn]

oh the parameter

i think it just affects moves

[plush tangle]

rip

[void wyvern]

Power on hit does affect sync moves. But I’ll test that just to be sure.

[fiery canopy]

new week letsgo

anybody in particular i should avoid on a certain round?

[nocturne pawn]

r2 olivia

again

idk why they keep using this round effect

[void wyvern]

Just make sure you know who you want to fight on round 2 (sync moves have have half cooldown)

[minor mauve]

why was this week's champion stadium so much easier than last week's ...

[nocturne pawn]

because hau isnt a pain in the ass

[minor mauve]

the champion gives you problems?

it's always one of the elite four that are annoying then the champion's the easiest for me

[fiery canopy]

hmm
bea or wally for molayne

[zealous karma]

bea

[fiery canopy]

kk

is there anyone in particular that goes well with her

[nocturne pawn]

hilbert

buffs speed and atk so she can start dpsing earlier

or sonia

[fiery canopy]

thx

lol why did i fight him round 2
i couldve cheesed him r3 with crit up
both ice and ghost are primarily sp atk so the physical dmg reduction wont do anything

i may be stupid

acerola r4....
hmmm

fantina will work

actually yknow what maybe not

whatefur its time 4 hau

ooogh

that went kinda shitty LOL. time for a reset

[zealous karma]

thats all you need tbh his sync has seun at base and you were able to grab the important stuff

oh that was at 11 woops

I love discord

[noble plaza]

No I actually still needed the advice haha

[zealous karma]

Oh kk what is it

[noble plaza]

No i meant i needed to know if my grid was still ok

😅

[zealous karma]

O the grid is good lel

[pure haven]

How does this looks for next week? I gotta do medalion

Ignore poison stall btw

Oh wait, forgot to change ssElesa with something else

[nocturne pawn]

looks fine

[pure haven]

Hold on

Idk if cMarnie's gonna be useful there tho

[paper summit]

I mean, you are gonna wipe the floor regardless

doubt it's gonna be an issue lol

the main goal is filling those types

[pure haven]

Yeah but I still wanna be sure so I don't screw up somehow

[zealous karma]

@noble plaza can try this

Ofc my grimsley is ex so it may be a little diff in term of sync damage

[pure haven]

I think this is better?

I'll do ice, dark and fighting next week

[zealous karma]

Since there’s a water week next week you could save that theme for later

[mellow linden]

Why are Hop and Aaron on the same team?

[zealous karma]

Type badge

[mellow linden]

You could easily replace Elio with Hop and bring in a filler pair for type medal (or not, since you’d have 14 types covered at minimum either way by my count)

[toxic cobalt]

No Viola gaming?

[zealous karma]

Nope

[dusty yarrow]

🧀 ...

[sand karma]

There's so many entries in Sinnoh
Are there single turn physical ghost move strikers?

Or will i have to bank on SSRCynthias sync

[dusty yarrow]

I mean, you have SSR Cynthia, that's a sure win

unless if you wanna run Striker Phoebe which I've run during the Sinnoh CS Debut

[sand karma]

I'm a bit skeptical because she's 1/5 and no dps

[dusty yarrow]

you can just brute force it with a Special Striker Ghost despite the Wise Entry x2 and the Satisfied Snarls, I saw a lot of people resorting with that option during some older runs

Giovanni, Anni-Lillie, even Fantina for some

[swift swan]

i believe with ssr cynthia's zone and good damage dealers like Anni Lillie or Fantina, the wise entry x2 shouldn't be a big problem

[zealous karma]

Ye gio could beat ghost weak lucian without supp ex

[old orchid]

Or try striker Phoebe

Not recommend tho

[noble plaza]

Holy fuck that actually worked! It took a few tries because I didn't have CS2 so I needed a Metal Burst off after syncing, but after that i managed to do it! Thanks a million!

[zealous karma]

Anytime!

[noble plaza]

I might do R2 Kahili. I have Ghetsis but I don't really know who else to use. I see people talk about Candice (the one with Abomasnow) so maybe her?

[dark osprey]

Single turn physical ghost strikers would be fall Morty and SS korrina

Can use SSR Cynthia along with regular Morty for denials

[lunar rose]

Does anyone know if 1/5 frogs are decent at off typing a 2.5k?

[dark osprey]

Ghetsis is good enough. Can do dps ghetsis and nuke candice

[dark osprey]

Yes. Can ex CSerena for a bigger nuke

[old orchid]

Yes. I did offtype with them in previous CS

Both were 1/5 and not EX

Now my Calem is invested

[lunar rose]

Ok then i might get my first ever 12.5k run mostly because i havent played champion stadium since late march

[noble plaza]

Can an ungridded Candice nuke properly?

[dark osprey]

Nope. Grid saved her

Might as well keep ghetsis only and an enabler

[noble plaza]

sounds good to me

[dark osprey]

If you've got someone like Lucian it would be great

[noble plaza]

I do!

I also have EX Lillie

[zealous karma]

I’d run Ghetsus Lillie for ex support and lucian for SpDef and Atk

[full mesa]

And avoid round 1. Half para is too hard for this team.

[dark osprey]

Honestly with ghetsis it may be fine

And Lucian too for atk drops

[swift swan]

with a good defensive support, Ghetsis can postsync just fine

[toxic cobalt]

Ghetsis can presync

[swift swan]

on round 2?

[north crown]

what do you even do for half sync offtype/stall?

[dark osprey]

Beeg easy setup nukes probably

Half sync does help us too right?

[swift swan]

if you can set up someone's nuke in... 5? 6? turns, yes

[soft gyro]

Half sync modifiers are usually better for Zacian or Megamons

Since the latter can get full power sooner

[toxic cobalt]

AniMay Giovanni brrrr

[dark osprey]

Sidney is nice for setup

[full mesa]

Sidney can be set up in 2 turns.

Meaning half sync is perfect for him.

[lethal cloud]

half sync... think I used SSACynthia with SCDiantha (3rd was roxanne for spd buff)

iirc the enemy never got to use their sync on me even tho i used Cynthia for first sync

[ruby bluff]

Marley would also be nuts in that team. 2 turn +6 speed

[manic dust]

Have we had Sinnoh CS at all this year? Trying to figure out if I have to waste a week getting the medal...

[rotund lagoon]

Last one was Nov 2022

[manic dust]

Thanks! Bummer but it has to be done!

[rotund lagoon]

Good luck with it, let us know if you need help

[noble plaza]

...somehow I survived a second sync from toucannon and won against Kahili but im not complaining

[zealous karma]

swag

[noble plaza]

I wanna use Giovanni for Acerola, would Roxanne and a tank be good?

I know Roxanne is technically a tank but she's kinda frail

[zealous karma]

If shes 4-5* ye

[tame gust]

Tbh if you properly buff up your team and debuff the opponent their sync isn’t nearly as scary as it could be

[wide adder]

Is there a way to check if I’ve already done a cs medal

Without it being up yet

[tired sleet]

Go to the medals section in your poryphone

[tired sleet]

And look at the CS medals

[wide adder]

looks like ive done sinnoh before, thats good

hoenn and kalos are the ones im missing

[trail smelt]

Huh how’d you miss Kalos and Hoenn?

[nocturne pawn]

hoenn hasnt ran for a very long time at this point

kalos is kinda weird though cuz it was fairly recent as far as cs rotations go

[paper summit]

Kalos CS debuted in February

last Hoenn instance was in December, so not that long ago

we now have 7 regional CS, so they are bound to take a while to reappear

[old orchid]

Hoenn returned after 4 months tbf

its debut was August

[paper summit]

yeah, likely for being new

[old orchid]

im expecting Kalos in July

[paper summit]

yeah, might be Kalos then Hoenn again

unless Galar VA drops and we get their CS, in whatever way that one will work

[old orchid]

i think Galar VA would be in August to bait before full anni

[noble plaza]

I want to use Solgaleo for Molayne but I don't really know what support to use

would Hop work?

or would it be better to save him for the champion?

[old orchid]

you need a gauge support and a spdef debuffer to setup Brainteaser

PB Solgaleo can buff itself at least 2 crit, if you pick Sharp Entry 1 you dont care about crit support at all

[noble plaza]

fwiw i do have PB EX'd Solgaleo

how can PB Solgaleo buff itself to 2 crit? I don't see that anywhere

[crystal notch]

Grid

[old orchid]

TM Critical Eye

https://ng-pomatools.web.app/pairs/900001/79100?s=3&l=140&r=5&p=0&a=0&g=AAECAwQFBggJCwwNDg8QKCosMDEzNDU

here is the Brainteaser grid with Sharp Entry

[noble plaza]

ohhh i wasn't reading the entire title, that's why i couldn't find it 😅

would i still be able to presync with that grid?

[old orchid]

yes

Focus Blast is very strong

[noble plaza]

got it

I already used Lucian for an earlier round so he's off the table as a sp def debuffer

[old orchid]

do you have Koga available?

and do you plan to use him on Hau?

if not, use him

he has Venoshock Mind Games 9

[noble plaza]

I do have Koga

I am tempted to Poison Stall Hau but I often used Lucy+Janine for that

so I could probably use him here

He is currently 1/5. Is it work using my 2 4* tech candies for him?

[swift swan]

Yes

he's worth the candy even if you don't have an abundance of them, but maybe you can try Roxie as another option?

on Hau I mean

[tired sleet]

Poison Weak Hau encourages physical damage (by debuffing SpAtk), so while striker Koga would work, it’s not as great as normal

[noble plaza]

Would SS Blue be the best bet for move gauge support?

[old orchid]

He is good yes, but another team might need him

You can try with Marley first

[gritty nymph]

Roxie works well right?

For poison hau

[old orchid]

Yes

[desert berry]

Hello! I never really tackle CS that much since I feel that it’s still quite difficult for my current pairs. Can anyone guide me who to use for this Alola Challenge?

[old orchid]

Post your roster by using tracker

+tracker

[frozen depot]

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

For newcomers/beginners, check the video below on how to properly showcase your pairs : https://i.imgur.com/A0XcAgZ.mp4

[desert berry]

Oh no haven’t updated my roster yet. Will take awhile but thanks Gakon!

[wide adder]

it debutd while i was on break

[noble plaza]

Nice! It worked! Thank you so much!

oh sorry for the ping

[noble plaza]

As a striker without Poison Stall?

[storm quest]

Questions.. 4/5 Bea or 1/5 Wally for fighting? I've never actually used Bea up to this point, is she any good? Worth investing in?

Does she have the oomph for Molayne?

[tired sleet]

Bea would definitely be(a) more effective for Molayne

[mellow linden]

Bea is way stronger than 1/5 Wally

It’s not even close

Bea is also just really good in general

[storm quest]

This is good to know

Lemme go look at her haha

[noble plaza]

Should I invest in Roxie for Hau?

[tired sleet]

Probably not needed, you can always poison stall

[noble plaza]

That's what I was thinking haha

[north crown]

let's be real: poison stall > posion dps teams

[rotund lagoon]

~~KOGA ERASURE ~~

[north crown]

yeah the only consistent dps team I use includes Koga

sselesa, koga, allister

I'm p sure move levels don't matter for the general gacha pairs for that team

[fiery canopy]

are the rewards for the highest point count in master mode...worth it?? like at some point do the parameters become more of a personal challenge than actually worth the rewards you get?

[old orchid]

The rewards are significant until 4.3k points

The rewards past 12.5k points are nice to have to speed up your EX progress

[tired sleet]

Wdym? Past 4k pts, there’s very few rewards relating to exes

Unless you mean

[old orchid]

I mean

Even if you only do 4.3k, the amount of is enough

[tired sleet]

There’s only 15 past 4k, isn’t it?

[old orchid]

Yup

[swift swan]

yes, he's a good poison nuker

[white gale]

I find Emma to be quite serviceable for poison dps, but she's sort of the exception 😄

[zealous karma]

She’s got some of the best DPS in the game so lel

Id@hope she’s more than just serviceable tho

[keen jasper]

I kinda wished Emma was tech

[north crown]

she is more than serviceable though:
she can act as a support DPS pair that can help radically buff the team's speed, which can help with gauges and/or pairs that have speed multipliers

[zealous karma]

I was saying that as more of a rhetorical lel

[north crown]

oh.. well still tho

[desert berry]

Gakon am ready

[swift swan]

what do you need help with? clearing the CS medal or Master Mode?

[desert berry]

CS Medal

Haven’t unlocked Master Mode yet

[swift swan]

have you entered the alola hall of fame before or is this the first time?

this is the last week of alola so if you've never completed alola CS before, you have to wait until the next time alola CS reruns again to unlock the MM of it

[desert berry]

I’ve entered Hall of Fame on a different region

[swift swan]

ah, but never alola?

[desert berry]

No not yet

[swift swan]

hmmm let's see

[spring fable]

didnt we just get sinnoh recently?

[swift swan]

Ghost-weak: Giovanni, Roxanne, filler (can be Lucian for sp def debuffs or a potion unit)
Steel-weak: Red, Solgaleo, Skyla
Fighting-weak: Sonia, Bea, filler type
Ice-weak: Ghetsis, SS Brendan, Marley
Poison-weak: Offtype galore. CCalem, Cerena, Sycamore

@desert berry give that a try

[swift swan]

it's been a while actually

[desert berry]

Thank you

[paper summit]

previous Sinnoh CS instance was back in November 2022, maybe you are mixing it with a different region?

[old orchid]

took you nearly a day
nov gave you very good teams, so try that out. Good luck!

||wrong Clay emote||

[desert berry]

My bad

[old orchid]

[spring fable]

oh maybe i thought wrong, think its back to hard mode

oh i alr have the medal

[desert berry]

Did it! Though i’m at 13/18 for medals

[desert berry]

Thanks nov!!

[paper summit]

that's fine, it's impossible to fill all 18 in one week, but at least you have the progress for whenever Alola comes back

[desert berry]

Ooohh okay

That’s true

I don’t remember the region that I have Master Mode unlocked but it was the easiest region according to ppl that time

[old orchid]

you can check the progress of medals in Poryphone

[desert berry]

Ah Johto but I wonder why the other side of the wings still blank

[swift swan]

that's just lugia and ho-oh's wings

[desert berry]

OH

[swift swan]

you have all 18 types already

[desert berry]

That’s Lugia’s wingss

[swift swan]

no problem, congrats!

[shell spade]

Finally got Kris and Fraligatr to 3/5, how should I build her sync nodes to be a viable main attacker?

[old orchid]

check #1009587872342478908 pins

[shell spade]

Thank you, thank you.

[plush tangle]

So uh as always I try funny challenges to beat CS and uuuh... I didn't know Bea could just casually one shot 2.5k Molayne 1st sync ???

[zealous karma]

oh its bea

[soft gyro]

so far, Fighting doesn't have many EX strikers

and Bea is unironically one of the best

[dark osprey]

Also Molayne weirdly has lower HP here

[devout sluice]

Does he really??

[paper summit]

yes, much lower than usual, his base HP is 12k only so depending on parameters it can remain very low overall

[devout sluice]

Well then, I never realized that before.

[swift swan]

Because she's good

Mine did too

But Molayne just has very low HP lol

[dark osprey]

Weird that Molayne has the highest & lowest base HPs

With the fire weak one I guess

[unborn mason]

chucking this toddler at first week lucian and seeing if he beats him or not

[old orchid]

He has Wise Entry x2 tho

I mean opponent Lucian

[unborn mason]

where are the stats for the opponents i cant find them

[keen jasper]

Who's our strongest general pool physical ghost damage dealer?

[old orchid]

Pomatools, the pins have a quick link to CS menu

[old orchid]

Well, not exactly dmg dealer but Phoebe is the best

[formal vigil]

Morty?