Champion Stadium

[hidden ore]

Do I want to face Sidney at r4?

[mellow linden]

As long as you watch out for Dark Pulse you should be fine doing that

[sick inlet]

Possibly

[quaint solar]

I had to poison stall him in Round 4

[north crown]

so if worst comes to worst, you can stall the guy

[grand trout]

I know it's just the start of hoenn but it would be a blast if we get kalos again next month

and malva and drasna spotlight pls

[zealous karma]

It should be kalos next

[grand trout]

Oh boy hard cs hand in hand

[old orchid]

🇫🇷

[grave wyvern]

[north crown]

• in hand

[full mesa]

Yep. It's fun!

[vast dome]

Agatha too hard

[dark osprey]

What team do you have?

Can poison stall for now if needed

[north crown]

Bruh for ice cs, everyone but bertha can be poison stalled

[vast dome]

I finished poison stall

I used SS Red, Blaine and Celesteela Jasmine

Now Shauntal.

Upgraded Summer Steven, here I come

[vast dome]

What can I do with a 1/5 Summer Steven (not EX)? I have Sonia and Hilbert (both EX) as supports

Never mind that question, I beat Shauntal

[spare arch]

best order for thuis

[toxic cobalt]

For which one?

[spare arch]

this week

[toxic cobalt]

Hoenn?

[old orchid]

we have 2 different CS currently

please be more specific

[spare arch]

the usual one

the hoenn one sorry

[toxic cobalt]

I'd say do drake first, then Glacia and Phoebe, and then Sidney

[spare arch]

ok thanks

[old orchid]

be careful with Sidney's Dark Pulse, since R4 param boosts spatk

[toxic cobalt]

Hope for faint attack and bullet seed

[vast dome]

Done with Ice

[junior crown]

You can poison stall Ice Bertha and I still haven't faced someone that was not possible to poison stall

[old orchid]

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[old orchid]

[old orchid]

this is hard mode right?

this week is hard because of Drake

your best option for him is Candice, but she needs full grid at least

Sidney: Zinnia, Winona, ...
Drake: Ghetsis, Candice, SS Blue
Phoebe: Hop, Sidney, ...

Steven: May, Cyrus, ...

lemme think for a bit

[versed meteor]

My dumb ass wondering why sidney sync did under 5k

Stupid sentry entry

Rip phoebe

[versed meteor]

With which team?

[vestal onyx]

Do I just offtype for electric stage tomorrow?

[plush tangle]

Tomorrow ? New CS in in 4 days

[toxic cobalt]

Why not use Clemont?

[quaint solar]

I just use my poison stall team

[sand karma]

BP Sophocles?

[lunar meadow]

One more copy of Zebstrika works well, alongside Luxray

[mellow linden]

Tbh even at 2/5 Elesa + Volkner will probably be able to manage it just fine, especially if it’s Hard Mode

[versed meteor]

What is it? Lucy, skyla, aaron didn't cut it for me

[old orchid]

Toss Aaron for Janine to debuff offensive stats, and make sure to use the poison stall params in the pins

This thread also provides good stuff about stalling -> #1097597679015567420

[quaint solar]

Here

[mellow linden]

Where are the offensive debuffs on those teams

[old orchid]

You use offensive supports for stall?

[swift swan]

replace that janine with the other one

[vast dome]

Well, I didn't need to EX Summer Steven for Ice Stadium

[mellow linden]

BP Janine doesn’t do a whole lot for Poison stall

[vast dome]

Original Janine's Venom Drench will help you

[mellow linden]

It’s regular Janine that will

[keen fractal]

Can someone help me with a good team for drake

I don't do any damage even with hail and ice zone

[old orchid]

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[old orchid]

Please show your team you are using

Note that Drake has Wise Entry x2 so special moves are not effective here

[keen fractal]

I was using ss silver, melony and iridia

[mellow linden]

Silver isn’t getting the buffs he needs

[old orchid]

Replace Melony

What move level is he?

[keen fractal]

150

[mellow linden]

You don’t need to make monotype teams, you can replace Melony with an Attack + crit Support like a 3/5 Hilbert

[keen fractal]

And ex

[old orchid]

Also dont try to use monotype teams

[keen fractal]

But 1/5

[old orchid]

Well so he wants accuracy buff then

Do you have 3/5 Aaron?

[keen fractal]

I can candy him

I have like 10 striker candy

[old orchid]

He is a tech

[keen fractal]

I have like 6 yellow candy

[plush tangle]

I mean no reason that doesn't work

[old orchid]

[mellow linden]

He’s fine at 1/5 anyways

[keen fractal]

I do

So just aaron silver and iridia

[mellow linden]

Yeah, replacing Melony with Aaron should solve the problem

[old orchid]

Use him instead of Melony, and grid him TM MPR and TM Precision Pals 1 at least

[keen fractal]

Okay I'll try that out

Thanks

[old orchid]

Good luck!

[versed meteor]

who would have thought there were that many ways to poison stall

[plush tangle]

There are many ways to poison stall

[swift swan]

there are many ways to stall, not just poison, even!

[plush tangle]

depending on the opponent you might not need atk or spa drop so you don't need venom drench everywhere

[swift swan]

i did a 3k burn stall on fire-weak aaron

(No don't try it)

[plush tangle]

You also don't always need a synchro healer, I just leaf/lucy/bp erika today (without using a single potion)

[swift swan]

there's a reason why we recommend badly poison specifically

[old orchid]

Viola is excellent on heavy special stage for example so you can save VD in another team

[plush tangle]

Sages did a burn + fire damage field stall with Leon

[versed meteor]

I had a team planned for steven even before i had a team for the rest apart from drake

Perma field conditions+ ss mina + cserena+ a rando

[plush tangle]

If you're brave enough this is a poison stall

(don't use that it's terrible omfg)

[keen fractal]

I changed aaron to Sonia and gridded silver but I beat it

[mellow linden]

If it works it works, congrats!

[tacit oar]

Having trouble beating drake and shauntal, wanted to save Ice for marine, any tips for teams I can make with these that might cut it?

[mellow linden]

Can slap Shauntal with Bianca + Giovanni + Sp. Atk. buffer, might need to Poison stall Drake given your roster

[north crown]

phys dmg reduc, field, half sync, special attack

[mellow linden]

This is the Ice weak CS they’re doing

[tacit oar]

Ok Thank you!

[mellow linden]

It’s extremely unorthodox to do so, but if you’re not using SS Morty elsewhere he can work as the tank for stalling Drake since he’ll he able to remove Sand a couple times

[plush tangle]

can't you just sleep chain to death with ss cyrus too

[mellow linden]

Maybe? Idk, I’ve never done sleep chaining myself

[plush tangle]

since you don't have to choose your target with him you can just spam dark void and they can never attack i recall

[tacit oar]

I'll Def give that a shot.

[quaint solar]

Drake is weak to physical
Others weak to special

[tacit oar]

I was able to beat drake with poison stall, and shauntal with Bianca, Giovanni, and kukui! Thanks foe the help everyone! I did indeed use morty on the stall

[mellow linden]

The others don’t favor either damage category

[mellow linden]

That Giovanni team will be even better if you replace Kukui with a Sp. Atk. buffer

[versed meteor]

When i say fini is the best tapu y'all think am crazy, rip steven it wasn't even close

[nocturne pawn]

she is like

literally the worst out of the 4

im not saying that to degrade her or anything but as a support her lack of crit is frustrating

and a lot of her good tiles are locked behind 5/5 which is eugh

[zealous karma]

That’s canon be argued for Lele as well as she’s in a bloated type and bianca is a gen pool

[nocturne pawn]

she still has fairy kingdom which is certainly strong

[nocturne pawn]

i mean lele’s kit is just overall stronger

everyone has like a different standpoint of whos better but id say fini is weaker cuz of a lack of crit and backloaded grid

i definitely would disagree that shes the best at the very least

and honestly water weak just has so many options its not difficult unless you make it be difficult

[zealous karma]

She’s a pretty great support I’m just indifferent to her and lele that idk Fini has good attributes

[nocturne pawn]

like i said i wasnt trying to degrade her but she definitely feels like the weakest of the tapus to me at least

her zone overlaps with ss hau and rain has other options too

[tired sleet]

She’s a solid support, there are just better options

[tired sleet]

Like May could have been used here and it would have worked as well

[nocturne pawn]

i mean thats basically what i said

i can see the convenience factor of being able to +6 in one turn but not being able to buff crit until 3/5 is what majorly holds her back imo

and even so its only +1

[tired sleet]

Her gauge is alright at best
If I wanted a rain setter, I’d use SS Kris or NC Calem for actually powerful MUN stacks

Meanwhile, SS Acerola provides offensive buffs and tons of stacks, Hau provides offensive pressure, gauge, and tons of special boosts, and Lana provides a ton of offensive pressure

[north crown]

I semi regret not pulling on SSAcerola. I would've if I didn't already have SSMorty

[rigid flint]

I don't necessarily think Fini was the one carrying here...

[north crown]

wow the ice cs is so ez even with ontype

[trail smelt]

?

It’s harder to offtype than on type

[sick inlet]

If you lack good ice units
Offtyping becomes a bit easier in someways

[trail smelt]

Ah true lol

[plush tangle]

If you lack ice units you can probably at least still do 3 of them on type

[dark osprey]

would that be Ghetsis, Candice & Pryce?

[plush tangle]

Probably

Can do 4 since there's 2 candice

[dark osprey]

ah true.

[north crown]

Update: Had trouble with CMarnie

She was harder than I initially anticipated. Jesus christ a support ex boosted Ghetsis nuke wasn’t enough to presync

Thank god she didn’t use any other aoe move besides fiery wrath

[quaint solar]

Use post Sync parameters

[rotund lagoon]

I don’t think they asked for help? Their wording sounds like they finished.

[dark osprey]

Yeah. That 28K HP was kinda painful. And to drop her speed for the innate nuke was also kinda difficult

Really was happy with Giga's suggestion to use Janine as a ghetsis nuke enabler

[rotund lagoon]

I’m slacking on this new CS, I seriously need to do it

[dark osprey]

It's very difficult

[plush tangle]

it's easy

[rotund lagoon]

Me with Irida, SS Silver, SS N, and a power boosted Ghetsis Suuuuuure it is

[plush tangle]

i don't have any ice limited besides irida and i still did it using only ice types, it's easy

[rotund lagoon]

Oh I was saying that about the hard part

Should’ve done a reply

[toxic cobalt]

Too hard SS Silver could never

[rotund lagoon]

I’M BEING SARCASTIC, I’M GONNA KICK THIS CS IN THE BUTT

[dark osprey]

Do one Wulfric, one Lapras and the best of the lot Brycen

Btw 1/5 Summer N kinda struggles with Phoebe right?

[plush tangle]

He shouldn't

[tulip rover]

I just can’t beat Drake this week.

[lunar meadow]

It's the same fight as it is for the ice CS

He has extremely high Sdef.
And he has bonuses during Sandstorm.

You should be able to beat him with Abomasnow, and overwriting his sand with hail.

[tulip rover]

Any other ideas? I keep getting screwed over by AoEs.

[mellow linden]

Could you show us your roster?

+tracker would be ideal, but screenshots work too

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[lunar meadow]

If you can raise your defenses and remove his sand, that helps a lot.

Are you struggling to hit 2500 points, or what is your goal?

[tulip rover]

Finally. Did it. Team of Irida, Hala, and Jasmine.

[north crown]

which cs? also did you only do 1 stage?

[tulip rover]

Drake. Hoenn. Finished at 12,500.

Ice is still my weak point.

[north crown]

really? you got one of the most broken units for ice stages

and hala isn't that bad either, if you're considering him with full grid (3+/5)

[versed meteor]

Hala

The only reason hala works for me is that i use him with ss morty

Every other support even c bede couldn't save that mans life

[old orchid]

That means you dont know how to use him properly

I used Kukui Irida and i never have trouble using him

[vast dome]

Now for Hoenn

They say I need Special Dark Types

No deal, just bring Karen along. But wait, Phoebe has Sentry Entry, possibly negating the use of Sidney. Both I have EX'd

Oh yeah Ghost Zone. Last time, I cleared with Brycen. Now I have Darach

Or was it Viola?

[keen fractal]

I'm trying to do the agatha stage but I'm doing basically no damage

[old orchid]

Darach is good to clear zone

[keen fractal]

I've tried with eusine and ss steven

[old orchid]

What params are you using, and who is the third?

What move level are Eusine and Steven as well?

[keen fractal]

Not on the same team

2 different ones

I'm using post sync parameters

And I tried eusine, holiday nessa and sc lillie

[old orchid]

That team should clear ontype that fine

How about the params?

[keen fractal]

Post sync ones

A blizzard doesn't even do 1000 damage

[toxic cobalt]

Agatha is a bit bulky, but you should be able to get there. Would you be able to record some gameplay?

[old orchid]

Hope you didnt turn on special dmg reduction by accident

[keen fractal]

It's physical damage reduction

[old orchid]

Is that the same one in the pins?

[keen fractal]

Yeah

I've tried a fire team using ss hilda

But I left agatha for last so I now have to use a physical team

[swift swan]

Well you don't have to use a physical team

The round parameter will favor physical teams but don't force yourself taking advantage of the round param if you can't

[old orchid]

Would be better if you share your roster here so we can help you improving your team

[vast dome]

Goddamn, Phoebe's tanky

[swift swan]

Bulky HP and sentry entry x2 when most genpool dark types are physical

Yikes

[vast dome]

I have EX Karen

Good ebough or change?

[swift swan]

Hmmm. Sycamore and Karen will fight for sync

And what's Darach doing?

Well, EX Karen should work really well gridded for nuke anyway

[vast dome]

Taking away the Ghost Zone

Would Lisia be more useful vs Phoebe?

[swift swan]

If you presync you don't have to worry about the ghost zone

She sets it right before sync, just kill her before she can take advantage of it (sides shouldn't be a problem)

[vast dome]

More importantly: I am doing Phoebe in Round 2

[swift swan]

Phoebe sets the ghost zone quite far into the battle. Perma field effects Wouldn't be relevant if you're presyncing

If you're doing postsync then yeah, you definitely need to get rid of it

Though i don't recommend considering Phoebe is very bulky already

[vast dome]

Considering Karen's my only good dark special unit

I consider Sidney to be stronger than her in regards to how much damage can be done with confuse crit stuff

[swift swan]

And she can presync comfortably!

No dark zone needed

Just max devastation and 4 gauge sync power flux followed by one quadqueued dark pulse

[vast dome]

Hoenn Stadium really rewards those lucky/rich enough to get the desired units

[swift swan]

Karen will hold her ground

Is your dark gear maxed by any chance?

That'll help quite a bit

[vast dome]

Ehr...

[swift swan]

No, i take it. Hmmm

How about replacing sycamore with a support EX

Preferably a special support too

So karen doesn't need to set up for long

[vast dome]

SS Kris

[swift swan]

That's a good one. Are you planning to use her somewhere else?

[vast dome]

Not at the moment

I haven't even decided who I'm going to face in Round 3

Pins say I should fight Glacia 3rd

And I have SC Diantha just in case

[swift swan]

Yeahhh maybe plan out the rest of your clears first

Glacia R3 is a safe bet if you can presync it

What move level is SC Diantha

[vast dome]

3/5 at least

And she's EX

I don't know how I'd clear fighting stages without her

As for flying, one EX'd flying typer will do

[swift swan]

Oh that's good. Grid her for nuke, bring someone to quickly buff her nuke multipliers

[keen jasper]

ThaGamingEevee: Am I a joke to you?

[swift swan]

R4 sidney then? I guess SS Kris is available for R2. You won't have much trouble on Steven I assume?

[rose prism]

Why is Drake so tanky?

[swift swan]

Bulky HP, wise entry x2 which doubles special defense stat

[keen jasper]

Because he's more vulnerable to physical attacks

[rose prism]

Even against physical attacks, I barely touch him

[keen jasper]

Are you changing the weather?

[rose prism]

Yes

[keen jasper]

What;s your team against him?

[keen jasper]

Do you have Standard/Physical Damage Reduction active?

[mellow linden]

Specifically Physical Damage Reduction 8

The 50 point Physical Damage Reduction parameter won’t matter

But the 100 point PDR8 does matter, quite a bit

[keen jasper]

Besides, that team should easily destroy Drake with just Adaman alone

[old orchid]

Lvl 150 Sonia. What a chad

[keen jasper]

[rose prism]

Ah yes that was it haha

[keen jasper]

What was it?

[rose prism]

PDR8

[keen jasper]

Right

[vast dome]

Do you think EX SC Diantha and EX SC Jasmine is enough vs Glacia?

[old orchid]

Overkill tbh

[vast dome]

This is the recommended team to face Steven

Per the tips

[north crown]

At least there’s some synergy

[paper summit]

at least? that's a very good team, like, Gloria is perfect for Nessa's multipliers

[mellow linden]

It’s a good team, but do note for the future that DeNA makes their in-game recommendations based on what will be the most likely to make them money, so always take them with a grain of salt and double-check to see if you can’t put together something stronger

[north crown]

mb. I value team optimization more than anything. There’s so many overlapping buffs.

[paper summit]

that's fine and all, but look at the context as well, it's Steven's battle, why would you be conservative at all?

[mellow linden]

The only real overlapping buffs is between Hilbert and Dojo Gloria. Nessa would prefer to spend fewer turns buffing herself if possible

[north crown]

Yeah I realized my lg mindset isn’t doing much here.

They don’t even need to use glojo’s tm, and can focus purely on debuffs

Nessa with restrain too

[quaint solar]

Don't trust optimization teams
Just do the team building yourself

[zealous karma]

That’s not what they meant lel

Team optimization is much different than using the optimize button, optimizing a team is trying to get the best possible results from a team wether that be the pairings of units you’re using and being able to maximize the multipliers or capabilities of a unit, an example is using SSMorty + SCDiantha + SCSonia; while you are maximg scdianthas multipliers with morty you’re also getting def debuffs for Sonia’s insult to injury while also aiding diantha’s sync by quickly debuffing def

[mellow linden]

The reason the optimize button is bad is because it uses a bad metric for optimization, anyways

[zealous karma]

this drake fight has increased crit rate in the files I swear

4 attemps not a single one where I am not crit

[clever bronze]

How are my teams for ice stadium?

[toxic cobalt]

Looks doable

Just keep the round parameters in mind

[clever bronze]

Going to run ss hilbert lusamine and ss brendan for koga

[rotund lagoon]

Why Lusamine? You could do a Sp Df debuffer instead. SS Hilbert is good enough for damage.

[clever bronze]

Ss brendan has luster purge that drops spdef

Tbh i saw vantners teams

[rotund lagoon]

I forgot about Luster Purge, but gauge sounds iffy.

What move level is your SS Brendan btw?

[clever bronze]

4/5

That extra 1/5 could have been the anni may i pitied

[rotund lagoon]

Is he gridded for Fast Track 9?

[clever bronze]

Yes

[rotund lagoon]

Then I guess that could work.

[clever bronze]

R1- Drake
R2- Shauntal
R3- Koga
R4- Agatha

i searched ice marnie and read about her one shotting full hp pairs

[old orchid]

you should save Ghetsis for Marnie

Hala works but that team gauge is not

[clever bronze]

oh ok

how about a spdef debuffer replacinng hala

[old orchid]

thats good, but do you have tech Lapras or tech Jynx (they are eggmon)?

if yes, replace BP Candice with one of them, then move Candice to Irida's team

[clever bronze]

i do have tech lapras

[old orchid]

so do what i told you then

[clever bronze]

[north crown]

ghetsis is a near perfect counter to cmarnie, tho be prepared to optimize or overkill for her

my standard team of 1/5 scjasmine ex, ghetsis ex, and 2/5 pserena almost knocked the bucket

she's essentially the entire challenge

[dark osprey]

Just need to try and status Marnie since she has healthy advantage or something

[vestal onyx]

I’m a day early but how does this look for next cs? 2.5k doable?

[swift swan]

Zinnia wants a crit buffer

and Wallace needs to be inflicted with a status condition, or else you can't land a crit

Sidney is pretty bulky but I think if you use a support EX and stack PMUN you'll be fine

[tame gust]

Well, first week of Hoenn CS done. Next week’s the MM unlock. Got five types left for the medal. Hardest fight I had for the week was Sidney but that’s more because of my Support choices. Time to prep for next week and also finish up special CS

[hushed sorrel]

How is this looking for tomorrow.

[old orchid]

Is this hard mode

[hushed sorrel]

well I got 5/6 colors left, Im sure I'll fly through those

[tribal agate]

Phoebe HA4 : Check (colress)
Glacia Sentry Entry x2 : Check (solga)

[hushed sorrel]

so this would be MM

[tribal agate]

btw 5th opponent is Wallace not Steven (nitpick lol)

is that Cyrus boosted?

i would not use May there 😭

he thrives under Rain with several passives

don't give him that

[hushed sorrel]

hmmm my Cyrus is not boosted

[tribal agate]

that's gonna be a big oof

[idle harness]

Sunsteel strike doesn't interact with Sentry Entry X2

[hushed sorrel]

wait wait can we unpack one at a time

[tribal agate]

oh yeah i'm stupid thanks

it's a stat boost duh

[hushed sorrel]

HA4 - SST Red paralyze them

I thought that would be all good?

[tribal agate]

no there's several issues

as Racer pointed out Solga won't bypass Sentry Entry x2

which increases the opponent's DEF stat to a point you can't use physicals

especially not a not power boosted Solga

[hushed sorrel]

Im talking about your comment for Phoebe

[old orchid]

For Glacia unless you have Summer Tate, its better to offtype her

[tribal agate]

for Phoebe you're good
you just need that paralyze and your Colress covers it for guarantee if anything but SST Red doesn't care lol

[hushed sorrel]

Ok so basically Glacia is a physical wall

its better to use special attack

[tribal agate]

yes

did you ever fill out the tracker btw

[idle harness]

Super effective physical moves against a Sentry Entry X2 enemy is basically the same as hitting neutral against a normal enemy

[hushed sorrel]

yes bro... Im investing in a bit too much time in this game I update it like every couple of days hahah

[idle harness]

So if you have a special damage dealer that hits harder than Solgaleo in neutral, use it instead

[hushed sorrel]

ok I can run SS Red or Eusine for Glacia off type

[idle harness]

Yes, those are good

[hushed sorrel]

So need a new line for Drake then

[tribal agate]

what are your other dragon options?

tbf powerboosted Zinnia should eat him

but requires some setup just not rain

[hushed sorrel]

I have Zinnia

I think I boosted it

lol

[tribal agate]

you better, it goes away in 2 resets

might wanna consider moving that SS Morty for her if you use her

[hushed sorrel]

O I did

it mega evolves

[tribal agate]

yes, and has EX
mega evolved draco meteor with dauntless is stonks

[hushed sorrel]

farrrk I got no cookies

https://ng-pomatools.web.app/pairs/12901/38400?s=3&l=140&r=5&p=0&a=0&g=AAECAwQFBgkMDRARFBUYGyUuLw

this?

[tribal agate]

yeah but without dauntless tho it's gonna be interesting

if you're just on hard mode it'll be fine tho

[hushed sorrel]

so if I complete hard mode I get MM straight away right?

Im planning for MM

[tribal agate]

yes

you did MM before on another region or?

[hushed sorrel]

no I think I did like 14 so like 4 or 5 colors left

[tribal agate]

ok, but bear in mind you'll have to redo the medals for each region to unlock MM for each

[hushed sorrel]

yea so I have like 4-5 colors left tomorrow which Im comfortable to finish

is there a pokemon that procs special attack for allies

maybe I can pair him with Zinnia

[toxic cobalt]

Roxanne, Sabrina, Liza

[hushed sorrel]

as in when they attack they keep upping special attack of allies

I feel like Irida, Zinnia, Sabrina would be faster than Morty

With Irida B Ice Beam before Sync

[tribal agate]

i mean sure, but i can't possibly know you have Irida since she's not noted on your screenshot

SS Morty is still a viable option as he gives crit and weather both things Zinnia needs most

should you struggle with bulk that is

Sabrina ain't exactly tanky (ofc don't mix Irida & SS morty lol)

[hushed sorrel]

Prob just need to try it tomorrow

Thanks a lot

I got a good general direction of all the fights

[tribal agate]

remember that pomatools has all your needs for opponent details

[hushed sorrel]

Yes thanks for that I’ll read … by myself…. Gakon

[keen jasper]

Imagine actually reading

[vestal onyx]

Sorry but what’s PMUN?

[old orchid]

Physical Move Up Next

#1092823068256251945 has explanation for every common abbreviation

[vestal onyx]

Ah shit, I guess I’ll have to shuffle them around

[grand trout]

Oh boy

I'm excited to use mina ex for sidney this upcoming week

[old orchid]

a Mina truther i see

[grand trout]

Sidney doesn't have sex2 right

Okay SE x2*

[vestal onyx]

How reliable is Sonia’s paralysis for next weeks Wallace? After picking the grid

It is almost gursnteeed?

[halcyon sail]

It's 60%

[vestal onyx]

Oh, it’s additional 30? Or does it double from base?

[old orchid]

Double the base

[swift swan]

Yay, a mina truther

I'm gonna see how well EX Mina fares against base 28k HP Sidney too

Using her vs Drasna was a bit of a struggle pre-EX

[old orchid]

Just slaps SS Wally with her

[swift swan]

Don't have ss wally

No i don't have sc steven either

[old orchid]

[mellow linden]

I have Anabel + Skyla for helping the team avoid taking too much damage and NY Lisia to deal the damage herself

[vast dome]

Dreading Kalos stadium

[mellow linden]

I’m actually quite looking forward to the return of Kalos CS, I can try out my new-and-improved NY Lisia team

[vast dome]

Why I dread?

They recommend units released during my hiatys

[mellow linden]

DeNA’s in-game recommendations always recommend limiteds because they want money. It’s far from required to follow those those recommendations

You can still do the stages just fine without having those pairs

[plush tangle]

Once it recommended units that werent even officially announced yet

[mellow linden]

Yep, that time when it recommended SS Giovanni for like 3 stages before he was released

In-game recommendations should always be taken with a grain of salt, it’s always filtered through DeNA’s desire for money

Fun fact: I don’t have any of the likely recommendations for Steel weak Glacia tomorrow (Raihan, Palentine’s Marnie, Summer Tate), and I’ll still be doing 2.5k on her

[swift swan]

I'm looking forward to kalos CS because of the music

[mild hatch]

Skyla’s only there for the possible flinch chance on Gust

[mellow linden]

Candice’s damage is fairly mediocre outside of Sync nuke, so ideally she’s on the team with someone else who has strong damage with their regular moves

Do you have any other physical Ice damage-dealers available?

[mellow linden]

Hala

Skyla (or someone who can buff crit and do gauge management as well) + Hala + Candice would probably work

You can just off-type or Poison stall one of the easier 3 stages to make up for not having Hala to use elsewhere

Just make sure Hala is level 120

[mild hatch]

I off typed with poison for Koga I believe. And oops, I accidentally got made Hala level 140. Force of habit, I swear.

[mellow linden]

Doesn’t matter if he goes past it, in fact he can only improve in power by doing so

Just wanted to make sure he was at the minimum needed level

[mild hatch]

Ah gotcha lmao

[mellow linden]

But yeah, if you’re already halfway through the Elite 4 you’re golden with Hala + Candice

[mild hatch]

Also, very based pfp, I approve as a fellow Xenoblade fan

[mellow linden]

Had to pay respect to my favorite game

[mild hatch]

I like the first game the best, but 3 is still very solid. (Haven’t beaten it yet though sadly)

[mellow linden]

It’s worth getting back to.

Anyway, if Drake is your 3rd round you can on-type the rest easily, if you use SS N for Marnie you could even get away with not bringing a status inflictor (though you may still want to depending on if N is working solo or with someone else)

[mild hatch]

I could probably nuke with Ghetsis if I have the right setup or something

[mellow linden]

Ghetsis can definitely do one of the remaining stages once Drake is down

[mild hatch]

Okay Hala wrecked house

I’m probably gonna call it off there for now because it’s nearly 3 in the morning for me right now 🤣 darn Australian time zones

[mellow linden]

Understandable, and congrats!

[pale geode]

It's been so long since I've done a CS that the stuff is confusing to me

I'm so used to the 10K Points that this 12.5K shit makes no sense to me

[rotund lagoon]

In my experience, the only things I need to change whenever I do Pre-Sync are between Interference Immunity/No Status Conditions and Physical/Special Damage Reduction 8

I switch those and that’s it

[pale geode]

I didn't understand anything you just said

[white gale]

Take your time reading through the new parameters. Most of them are pretty easy to understand and based on your team, easy to choose (ie, physical vs special damage reduction, status immunity, interference immunity, standard damage reduction if on-typing the stage etc)

[rotund lagoon]

You checked the chart, right?

[zealous karma]

We recently got more params to go with the new update if you primarily on type and dont use two attackers of diff category types there also standard damage reduction which is free 300 points

[pale geode]

I've not played this game in months so idk shit anymore

[paper summit]

you haven't even read what the new paramaters do, have you?

[pale geode]

I was looking at the pinned in here

Before I attempted anything

[rotund lagoon]

I recommend reading through the chart and using PoMa Tools to check each match’s skillset.

+pomatools

[frozen depot]

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

[rotund lagoon]

Main page shows grid, switch to CS using the website’s menu

[pale geode]

Ok so I've been smashing through the CS

But with the Ice Weakness, it feels like N and B. Kyurem sucks so much ass at 1/5 that it feels like I'm doing nothing 💀

[tired sleet]

N and Kyurem should be a swift clear on type
What params/move order are you using?

[pale geode]

I was doing Pre-Sync because it's worked this whole time until right now where against Ice it feels like ass

[tired sleet]

That should work fine… What teammates move order are you using? My N is also 1/5 so I could replicate it if you want

[pale geode]

Yea could you replicate it so I could see if I'm messing up anywhere

My brain is fried so I'd need to get back into the PoMa flow

[tired sleet]

N is pretty mechanically different from most units so the timing of moves matters a bit more for him

And you don’t want to sync with him at 1/5, so he wants an EX support buff

So what teammates were you planning on using with him?

[pale geode]

So what I was doing was EX Skyla, EX N w/ B Kyurem and EX Ghetsis w/ Kyurem because I was thinking to lower their attack and sp attack stats as if that would help

[tired sleet]

Alr, I’ll try that out ^^
I’m assuming this is against Drake in the Hoenn stadium?

[pale geode]

Yea in Hoenn Stadium, because I don't understand the other one

[tired sleet]

I played pretty suboptimally but here’s an idea of what you may want to do (once I finish reducing the video file size)

In hindsight you should go use your first Freeze Shock against the mid

[pale geode]

Understandable, I shall wait to see where I could've gone wrong and learn

[tired sleet]

The game plan is pretty much to just buff up a bunch so that you can hit with a 3 buff, B Noble Roar boosted Freeze Shock to destroy the mid. I took Special Dmg Reduction 8, but if you wanted to, you could skip that so that Ghetsis can deal damage too

My N is level 150 so maybe the damage ranges would be a bit different

Also make sure to hope that the 95% accuracy of Freeze Shock comes through

[pale geode]

Yea my N is only 130

Which I was thinking I should really level him up

[tired sleet]

Should still be fine, especially if you attack mid with the first freeze shock and don’t disable spec dmg reduction

[versed meteor]

My dumbass would have missed the special stadium thinking 11th was friday

[pale geode]

I'll keep that in mind and thanks for replicating so I could understand it

[zealous karma]

Drake has increased crit chance

i swear it

[versed meteor]

See more people are saying it

Pretty sure that damn stage is bugged

[pale geode]

We love the Pikachus

Didn't feel like wanting to retry over and over to get the Water weak done so I did Pikachu

[nocturne pawn]

water weak isnt even that hard tho 💀

kris + hilbert literally ruins the entire stage

may for rain and you’re completely killing it

[zealous karma]

Water is under powered we need an ash but for water week

[rotund lagoon]

Isn’t that SS Lysandre?

[nocturne pawn]

pretty much lmao

[zealous karma]

No needs to be stronger than that

[rotund lagoon]

How stronger does the type need to be??

[zealous karma]

Idk

[hidden ore]

Here we go again…
Can I use parameters I used before with flying, this time against flying Sidney?

[nocturne pawn]

he is more bulky

so if you can id try using atk up instead of strength

[hidden ore]

I try to do something and bc I forgot last settings

The team: Skyla Falkner Blue

R4 Sidney

[mellow linden]

You don’t need to run a monotype team, btw

[hidden ore]

For flying stages I don’t know often what to set

[mellow linden]

Could you show us your Supports?

[hidden ore]

Sure, its just a param issue always

I have rats

[mellow linden]

Well for parameters we have some recommendations in the pins

[hidden ore]

Gonna use this team again, it saved me last time if you remember it 😅

On flying also

I can’t find the thread here where I talked about this team 💀

[mellow linden]

I’m mainly thinking you might have a better offensive Support for Blue than Falkner

[hidden ore]

Hop & Red & Ccalem were used

[nocturne pawn]

i think sc lillie can work

[hidden ore]

Now that params part 😅😅😅 gosh I hate messing with them

[mellow linden]

Teapot Lillie would be excellent, just have Skyla be the tank

[hidden ore]

On type presync or post for that?
Or offtype presync/post?

[nocturne pawn]

on type

[mellow linden]

On-type regardless, you’re using Blue

Try both on-type options and see what works for you

[nocturne pawn]

i think post sync is easier

because blue buffs acc to +4 neutralizing the evasion

[mellow linden]

I’m concerned about Lillie surviving Sync, but depending on how close they are to winning it might not matter

[nocturne pawn]

although sc lillie has astonish so you can just try denial

[old orchid]

Dark weak moment

[nocturne pawn]

i mean she can set physical dr

[hidden ore]

Done, thank you

[zealous karma]

She’s weak to dark

Oh nice

[nocturne pawn]

again physical dr moment

[hidden ore]

I did 3 tries

[nocturne pawn]

even if they’re weak to the sync i find thats usually enough for them to not instantly die

[hidden ore]

And I messed up params before third

Lillie surprisingly survived sync on 2nd try

On third Skyla instead from supps

Got lucky with eq rng and finished Sceptile

Thank you for recommending Teapot

[north crown]

Yeah teapot is cracked af

figuratively and literally

[grand steppe]

If you're still working on this week:
Sidney

• Increased HP & Offenses
• Reduced Trap Mitigation
• Post Sync Increases Team's Evasion by +2
• Mixed Fight, Sidney hits with Special Dark-type Sync

Phoebe

• Increased HP, Sentry Entry x2
• Phoebe & Gengar attack with Strong Shadow Balls
• Right before Sync, Phoebe sets Ghost Zone
• Marowak (Right) is Physical, Physical Ghost Sync

Glacia

• Begins the Battle with Sentry & Wise Entry 3 to start off with defense buffs
• Sides apply Phys & Spec Dmg Reduction Effects
• Post-Sync Glacia sets up Hydro Pump
• Special Ice Sync, only one physical move

Drake

• Increased HP & Reduced Freeze Mitigation
• Wise Entry x2 & Sandstorm Entry + Skills for all enemies
• Earthquake & Iron Head Present
• Will cause Sandstorm Post-sync
• Physical Ground Sync

Steven

• Increased HP, Power Reserves 9, 2 (Sentry Entry)
• The more Steven's is Raised the stronger his moves/sync become
• Steven's team will spread stat debuffs (Ripple Effect 9)
• Post Sync Steven will apply Endure & Use ⚠️ Metal Burst
• Physical Steel Sync

Pin has been updated for next reset.

[white bramble]

Is possible to win the special event with free units

[mild hatch]

It is

[quaint solar]

Yes

[plush tangle]

About everything is possible with free units

[white bramble]

Idk how

😭

[plush tangle]

https://youtu.be/3G2kFzMjuyg

[white bramble]

I saw that video

But I don't have cobalion or entei yet

[grand steppe]

It just means you can't do a full 2500 points.

You can still clear for partial rewards.

And, those videos assume you have no gachas. If you have gacha units you can fill in the spots that those team members would fill.

[plush tangle]

You can use something else too

[grand steppe]

Take it one step at a time. You want to create 5 competent teams with what you have and first clear it without any modifiers, that way you can unlock the reset option and try for points after you get a feel for it.

[plush tangle]

Evelyn can be replaced by BP Morty for example, and you apply a status with Ghetsis' Dragon Breath

[zealous karma]

there are a lot of alternatives to the buffs Cobalion offers same with evelyn

[pale geode]

Don't have SS Kris, my LySSandre is 1/5 and didn't want to retry over and over like I said.

Why stress when I can just take the easy route this once.

[zealous karma]

SSlysandre should not need to be resetting on type he also doesnt need sskris...

[pale geode]

He wasn't doing shit

Man's was tickling

[zealous karma]

that sounds like a param issue

[pale geode]

Maybe maybe not

[zealous karma]

No it really sounds like one lel

[pale geode]

Which Param is the best one then

[old orchid]

what team are you using with him?

[mellow linden]

We have parameter recommendations in the pins

But it sounds like you had Special Damage Reduction 8 turned on by accident if SS Lysandre wasn't dealing damage

[old orchid]

or a lot of hp + strength params

he can pre sync very good at 1/5 so pre sync param it is

[zealous karma]

I think he can prey sync after a single sync buff with rain

[pale geode]

Imma get back to the stage and see what I did wrong

[zealous karma]

Lysandre also had access to the spdef down param this week so his damage shouldve been insane

[old orchid]

https://tenor.com/view/pokemon-masters-lysandre-smirk-kalos-gif-25028087

[grand steppe]

If you need me to run SS Lys test run, just let me know the team.

[pale geode]

I redid it and I saw why I wasn't doing shite

My goofy ass didn't turn off Status Condition Protection which meant I couldn't use B Hydro Pump which was mainly the thing that fucked me over

[grand steppe]

Not only was your Buddy Move locked, but Lys gets boosted when hitting burned targets.

[pale geode]

Yea that explained it, it's been so long that I'm forgetting things

[nocturne pawn]

i mean even disregarding that hilbert and kris should easily shred the stage

[pale geode]

I do want to get back in which was why I came back only recently

[nocturne pawn]

on type kris’s sync is absolutely monstrous

especially supported by hilbert

[undone ether]

This... Restrain works for this right?

[grand steppe]

[plush tangle]

Better, Gradual Healing works

[undone ether]

Hmm

good enough

i'm gonna have trouble with Wallace and Sidney

[plush tangle]

Koga exists, Wallace is free

[undone ether]

maximum pain 😭

[grand steppe]

But my post-post sync run it’ll run out

[plush tangle]

Sages that's called toxic stall at this point lol

[undone ether]

I kinda want Ball Guy in Sidney's round

or

[plush tangle]

Your 3rd on that Sidney team is a Crit buffer

[tired sleet]

Koga, (Poison setter), SpAtk buffer, ez

[undone ether]

Okay

NC Calem for Sidney i guess

if not Pal Serena

stares

[plush tangle]

[undone ether]

for poison

i can probably play Emma and SS Leaf i guess

all i'd need is a tank rofl

[old orchid]

[zealous karma]

firis is right there

[undone ether]

oh right

.-.;

just need a tank that can survive i guess.... from Freeze

[plush tangle]

Bro be like "I'm gonna have trouble with Wallace"
My brother in christ you have 3/4 of the current poison limited

[north crown]

anything happened?

[tired sleet]

Just wait 3 hours

[silent quail]

[noble plaza]

do we know what params are available tomorrow?

[zealous karma]

unlike special stadium we dont know until it goes live

[noble plaza]

I'm definitely gonna have to use Bede for Sidney, aren't I?

[grand trout]

I hope not

I plan to decimate sydney with burgh, lillie and mina

[noble plaza]

Ooo

[old orchid]

Mina is your best bet if your Bede isnt 3/5

[noble plaza]

which Lillie? with Clefairy?

[grand trout]

Yes

[noble plaza]

Oh really? How come?

[grand trout]

X acc may help with play rough dps

[old orchid]

Mina has good sync when sets up properly

[noble plaza]

oh true

Well yeah I'm just surprised since Bede has Status Condition Reflect

[old orchid]

Sidney is designed for Bede

[noble plaza]

yeah haha

[old orchid]

Sycamore is a good tank here as well

his TM cleanses status conditions

[noble plaza]

oh yeah

...Wait so who should I use I'm getting mixed messages here—

[grand trout]

Sidney will inflict conditions?

[noble plaza]

yeah, paralysis specifically

[tired sleet]

Bede’s sync is still really powerful at 1/5

[noble plaza]

and he has go viral 9

[grand trout]

Good thing my burghepi has status immunity lol

[old orchid]

but Mina has 2 multipliers

[grand trout]

I want to use koga for wallace too; it's been a while

dena koga ex pls

[tired sleet]

So does bede
My quick calcs say that 1/5 bede outdamages her on type

Bede has Baffle Buff 9 and Maximum Super Powered 5 at 1/5

[grand trout]

Any entry to look out for this upcoming stadium btw

[tired sleet]

Steel Glacia has Sentry Entry x2

[paper summit]

[grand trout]

Oh it's updated already nice

[old orchid]

[grand trout]

I'm conflicted

I've always used raihan

Idk if i should use perrserker

But mine is unoptimized

[old orchid]

Raihan is good

that stage is designed for him

[grand trout]

Yeah but i want a change of pace, y'know

[old orchid]

Perrserker needs more support to play

[grand trout]

time to use thorton

[noble plaza]

So should I bring a confuser?

[tired sleet]

Yup

[grand trout]

Wait is lussamine mirror shot dps good?

[paper summit]

no

you can meme with it, and you can win

but it's not good

[grand trout]

Raihan it is then 😩

No I'm not pulling for jirachi

[noble plaza]

Well I don't have the grass medal yet sooo

Is Lussamine SS Lusamine?

[paper summit]

yes

[grand trout]

Ye

[noble plaza]

Pfffft cute

Hmmm who should my tank for Sidney be? I have Bede and Mallow already. I need Normal, Electric, Poison, Ground, and Dragon.

Electric, Dragon, and Poison are already types I'd need to use later, and I probably don't necessarily need to use a type I haven't used yet for this round since I can make it up later

[tired sleet]

From those types, Ingo seems like the best bet
Classic Gio would also probably work

[zealous karma]

Poison Ground sounds like a toxic stall with Bertha and someone else, dragon you can use Cyrus for smth normal you can use eevee electric hau(?$

Oh I didn’t read the second message

[noble plaza]

Would I need Bertha for toxic stall? Lucy already has trapping

[zealous karma]

She has rock damage field and sandstorm chip

[noble plaza]

Yeah I'm talking about hard mode haha.
I mean I probably don't need to get another type medal round 1

[noble plaza]

Fair

here's a slightly updated version btw. I have Volkner now

[zealous karma]

Hype

[civic trellis]

How do u get it to separate by roles?

[zealous karma]

In the filters

There’s a separate option

[civic trellis]

Ah

[grand steppe]

it's at the top, under the sort by option

Very easy to read if you do: Sort by: Type > Role ☑️ Show Seperators

[keen jasper]

Steel-weak Glacia, you know what time it is

[undone ether]

its time for Solgaleo

[zealous karma]

Thorton gaming!

[keen jasper]

No, it's PerRaiTate time

[white gale]

too bad Piercing Blows doesn't ignore Sentry Entry x 2 😦

[undone ether]

dont have summer tate .-.

i think i'm gonna be doing

Sonia or Masked Royale

prolly Sonia

with SC Jasmine

[white gale]

I want to try Perserker just for the kicks... just sad that PMarnie does nothing in that battle except Steel zone

[trail smelt]

Any last minute clearers?

[white gale]

good luck! you have 13 min

[undone ether]

Sidney (Fairy) - Pal Serena + Xerneas + NC Calem
Phoebe (Electric) - SST Red + Holiday Whitney + Ball Guy
Glacia (Steel) - Solgaleo + SC Jasmine + Sonia
Drake (Dragon) - Zerena + SS Morty + Lucas
Wallace (Poison) - Emma + Fall Iris + ?_?```

this is my current stuff

I might change Ball Guy with Wallace

and do Holiday Whitney for Phoebe

[swift swan]

updated

should i bully phoebe or drake for R3

[crystal galleon]

Last minute? I went overtime because I forgot to swap to spatk res up against Steven and by the time I realized it, it was already past reset so I had to just keep resetting until I got the good rng with CSerena, who was only supposed to be there to debuff, not kill

[undone ether]

ooof

[verbal karma]

Alright, looks like I have multiple questions to ask:

1. Who has lower Defense than the rest?
2. Who uses physical attacks more than the rest?
3. Who is the least dangerous for half sync countdown?

[full mesa]

Check the pins and if you don't find your answer, check pomatools to look at their stats.

[keen jasper]

Don't all of them have equal defensive stats of 78 unless they have entry passives?

[full mesa]

So you need to status 3 out of 5. Noice...

[keen jasper]

Drake doesn't need status, he need interference, which is already countered by him having gradual regen

[verbal karma]

Damn...

[verbal karma]

Wait, how will stats help me decide who's the least dangerous for half sync countdown?

[keen jasper]

Glacia has low HP, so you can probably take advantage of the half sync parameter

[verbal karma]

Thanks

[proud axle]

Get the EX Support out and pummel her with dual attackers, huh

[keen jasper]

You can prolly even brute force Glacia with physical steel damage dealers

[proud axle]

Phys steel is approximately equivalent to special offtype in damage, but you can still use Standard Reduction 8 with them

[keen jasper]

[keen jasper]

Wait, when does Galar VA start?

[proud axle]

...Uh? Did Rose have a steel move?

Oh, you mean for Hop EX?

[keen jasper]

Rose and Oleana, steel and poison

And this week has...

[proud axle]

Fri, Jul 14

[verbal karma]

Hmm...okay, so...definitely R3 Glacia...now the question is: R4 Drake or R4 Sydney?

[proud axle]

...I think

[keen jasper]

Well, Sidney does Thunder Wave before his 1st sync

[verbal karma]

Hmm...what's the significance of that? After all, R5 is the status condition gimmick

[proud axle]

It's like they're telling us to toxic-stall Wallace

[verbal karma]

Yup

Good thing I have a good poison stall team for Wallace

[keen jasper]

Unless you can block the Thunde Wave or kill him before he syncs, you're gonna be paralyzed more frequently if he survives

[devout sluice]

I decided to use EX Roxie for the first time on poison weak.

[verbal karma]

Hmm...is that especially bad for R4? Because that sounds more like it's gonna be a problem no matter which round gimmick I pick

[proud axle]

Sidney's team is mixed, fairly balanced between phys and special
Drake's team is mostly phys

[verbal karma]

Ah

Pomatools didn't make that very obvious

[proud axle]

...I'd have expected it to be the other way around, by their team rosters...

[verbal karma]

Thanks

[proud axle]

...Huh?

I literally looked them up on Pomatools to find this information

[verbal karma]

I checked Pomatools, and based on the move list, both Drake's team and Sydney's team had an equal amount of physical and special moves

[proud axle]

Just counted how many phys vs special were on the team

[toxic cobalt]

I tend to just ignore the sides

[verbal karma]

Oh wait

Whoops

I only have seen the middle's movelist

My mistake

[proud axle]

Drake has 9 phys attacks and 2 special attacks on the team. 10 phys if you include sync

[verbal karma]

Yeah, like I said, I forgot to actually click on the sides to check their moves

My apolo-cheese

[proud axle]

Oh, okay then

[grand trout]

@swift swan yay

ignore cs1

[swift swan]

MINAAAAA

what a cute full fairy team

[verbal karma]

Okay...whenever I go with R1 Sidney or R1 Phoebe will now depend on if I want to use Mina on Sidney or if I want to use Volkner, N or Elesa on Phoebe...

Which one would be preferable?

[proud axle]

...On the one hand I'm tempted to suggest Janine(Ariados)/Ghetsis/Sycamore against Phoebe, using max Hostile Environment to poison them all and then Venom Drenching their stats to nothing for Ghetsis to sync nuke
But then again you might want Janine for the Wallace fight

[undone ether]

they have Poison Resistance 5?

[verbal karma]

Yeah, I'd rather save poison stalling for Wallace tbh

[undone ether]

*Lessen Poison 5?

[proud axle]

Not the point

Poison is a status condition

Deactivates Healthy Advantage

[proud axle]

If you have Egg Tech Nidoran F, you can still Venom Drench Wallace

[undone ether]

oh. sst red says hi i guess ._.

[proud axle]

I mean yeah but if they had him, they wouldn't be trying to figure it out

[undone ether]

Volkner too

[proud axle]

Volkner only has 50% paralyze rate, and you need to paralyze all three enemies

[trail smelt]

As expected Glacia is the most annoying one this week, but all I needed to do was find out the right turn order and down she goes to the triple legendary steel beasts team

Ready for next week

[proud axle]

Janine can grid for 100% poison rate so there's no RNG

[full mesa]

Jirachi made Gloria a free win with doom desire.

[undone ether]

hum what's a good team for this?

for sidney i think

[late grove]

what round

[full mesa]

I used Sycamore/Sonia/Granbull.

R1

[undone ether]

i'm not sure yet.

[full mesa]

Just make sure to use sycamor's TM to heal your team before their sync.

[undone ether]

Sycamore huh

[late grove]

sycamore can work or sc jasmine

[full mesa]

Yeah. I went full basic.

[verbal karma]

...wait, why are we even suggesting Poison Stall teams for Phoebe anyway?

[undone ether]

they dont have the rats i think.

[full mesa]

She is bulky

[late grove]

healthy advantage

[verbal karma]

I have one of them

[undone ether]

good enough

[verbal karma]

Ash

[undone ether]

just be lucky with Thunder

[verbal karma]

Okay, so R1 Sydney then?

[late grove]

not a great idea

[verbal karma]

Damn

[late grove]

he use physical attack and a lot

unless you got someone fast enough to deal with him you aint surviving much

[undone ether]

Oh

Zerena with Lucas or Zerena with SS Brendan hmm

guess i'll do Lucas

[late grove]

lucas

[verbal karma]

Mina isn't fast enough?

[late grove]

I havent used against sidney so cant say for sure

[verbal karma]

even if she's EX'd

[undone ether]

that should do it. now who do i start with hmm

[verbal karma]

Oh

[late grove]

sorry

[verbal karma]

Well, at least it's R1, so it's quick to test

[undone ether]

Let's do R1 Glacia

[verbal karma]

Imma try R1 Sydney with Mina

[undone ether]

btw

[versed meteor]

That R2 and R3 sync stuffs the same week 💀

[zealous karma]

What’s robust physicw?

[sinful garden]

protects from crits if not affected by a status condition

[late grove]

cant land a crit unless they are stauted

[zealous karma]

I see ty

[proud axle]

What part of Ghetsis nuke sounds like poison stall to you

Venom Drench activates all three of Ghetsis' damage multipliers

Ghetsis is not Poison, he is Ice

Janine sets up the Atk/SpAtk/Speed debuffs on the enemy so Ghetsis can spend more turns on Glaciate. She needs to Poison them to do this. You need these enemies to have Status Conditions in order to harm them anyway.

Janine can grid for 100% Poison rate vs Volkner only having 50% Paralyze

Poison has purposes other than its damage-over-time.

This worked spectacularly against Marnie in the Ice stadium. I was saying it might work offtype against Phoebe here.

Marnie and her Moltres could barely even dent me with that team, 2500pts

[undone ether]

Gottem r1 done

[verbal karma]

...welp, R1 Sidney was a failure

That sadly also means that I just have to use a physical electric-type attacker on Phoebe instead of Ash how I originally planned...

[verbal karma]

...oh...

Okay, but I still need Janine for my actual Poison stall team

So that sadly won't work out

[proud axle]

Do you happen to have Tech Egg Nidoran F?

[verbal karma]

Nope

[proud axle]

She has Venom Drench too

Welp!

May you get one soon. ...is she even in the general egg pool

A second Venom Drench is handy for funny cases like Latias in the Gauntlet

[verbal karma]

...is there really no way I can do this without having to rely on a Ghetsis + Venom Drench combo?

[proud axle]

There are other ways, I just particularly liked that one

[verbal karma]

Hmm...how good are Elesa, N or Volkner for R1 Phoebe?

Elesa is even EX'd

[rigid flint]

That's plenty good

[verbal karma]

...I mean, so was Mina as well, but her EX sadly wasn't enough...

[verbal karma]

Oh nice!

[proud axle]

Volkner is a kingmaker rather than a king. Use him alongside one of the others

Lt Surge has T Wave for more reliable paralyze

[rigid flint]

She does need a bit of help

Plus do remember that Mina's stats aren't exactly the best

[verbal karma]

sounds like Elesa + Volkner to me

[rigid flint]

So even with EX she needs some good support

[proud axle]

So you can go mono elec. Surgechu, Volkner, and either Elesa or N

If Surgechu is too glassy, back to the drawing board

[verbal karma]

Ah...hmm...was kinda hoping I could use Sonia instead of Surgechu since she's actually EX'd

[proud axle]

Is Elesa EX?

[verbal karma]

Yes

She is EX'd

[proud axle]

Oh, then give her the first sync for a left side KO denial

[verbal karma]

Ah

[proud axle]

That can come out to a bigger strategic advantage than EX Support

[undone ether]

R2 sidney done. He just kept spamming special attacks

[verbal karma]

Okay, makes sense to me

[rigid flint]

Unless your Sonia has Adrenaline I wouldn't recommend using her

[proud axle]

Give it a try, and you can always swap to Sonia if it doesn't work

[verbal karma]

Will now try R1 Phoebe with the suggested team

[verbal karma]

Ah, fair

[proud axle]

Good luck! I'm going to sleep so if you need more help, someone else will have to do it

[rigid flint]

Gn Giga!

[undone ether]

Ooof

Drake glitched my game

Oh wells

[rigid flint]

Ooft

[grim bison]

Should I still bring ghost zone to ghost weak Phoebe

[rigid flint]

I don't see why not

If you can clear her before sync go for it

[grim bison]

What if not

[rigid flint]

Pretty sure SSR Cynthia will do just fine

[keen jasper]

SS Gio brute-forces R3 Glacia

[rigid flint]

Special steel right

[keen jasper]

Yeah, Glacia this week

[verbal karma]

Agh

[rigid flint]

Ah

[verbal karma]

Almost had it 😦

[rigid flint]

You got it

[verbal karma]

Sadly, Elesa is unable to turn denial with her first sync, though

So I can't really rely on that

[rigid flint]

Did she KO anyone first sync?

[verbal karma]

Nope

[rigid flint]

Did her sync crit?

[verbal karma]

...I think that was the problem...

Lemme try again

[rigid flint]

Make sure to use her TM right before she syncs

That ensures a sure crit

[verbal karma]

Okay, now it definitely critted

and it was still not enough 😦

[rigid flint]

This was under electric terrain?

[verbal karma]

Yes

[rigid flint]

Did she have max attack buffs?

[verbal karma]

...ah, I guess I was missing that

[rigid flint]

Use X Attack All on Surge first

Just to make sure that Elesa can get max attack

Then afterwards use his TM to buff crit

[verbal karma]

Okay, now I maxxed out Atk on Elesa as well

and still not enough

[rigid flint]

Odd

What grid are you using on her?

[rigid flint]

Ah

You're missing out on Brawn Sync 5 with that grid

[verbal karma]

...I am missing Brawn Sync, am I?

[rigid flint]

Yes

[verbal karma]

Figured...

[rigid flint]

Lemme get up the grid

[dusty yarrow]

I run Zebstrika-Elesa w/ no E-Terrain... she did great w/ a +2 Sync Buff

[dusty yarrow]

granted I did this on R1

[full mesa]

She's finally usable.

[halcyon sail]

She has been for some months now

[verbal karma]

I can now kill the right side, but the left side still survives 😦

[zealous karma]

finally?

[keen jasper]

Damn, Emma just rips through Wallace like butter

[rigid flint]

As long as one of the sides have been KO'd, that'd good

[paper summit]

Emma being strong? What else is new?

[rigid flint]

That means it'll take longer for Phoebe to reach sync

Thus allowing you to sync again with Elesa

I sure love Steel Beam

Did a double Steel Beam team with Perrserker and 1/5 Raihan

In case you ask

[keen jasper]

SS Giovanni still strong even againt SE x2 stages

[rigid flint]

Yes my gauge was struggling

[dusty yarrow]

if only I have Emma
People like me have to resort to this

[rigid flint]

Ooof

[keen jasper]

Or Firis?

[rigid flint]

So close to finishing them off

[halcyon sail]

Oleana soon

[toxic cobalt]

Feels like your first sync didn't crit looking at that screenshot

[verbal karma]

Well, no, it isn't...

[undone ether]

Done

[verbal karma]

Because left side prevents me from quadqueing

[rigid flint]

Hm

[verbal karma]

Because of Surgechu's passives

[rigid flint]

Ah right

[dusty yarrow]

granted Emma probably can have equal amounts of dmg without any +2 Sync Buff Support...

[rigid flint]

23k with Emma is like a normal day for her

[undone ether]

Only Glacia was full offense. Still had to eat a sync move though

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[dusty yarrow]

probably she will deal 23k+ even in off-type compared to her (idk what Looker is to Emma)

[full mesa]

As long as they get the job done.

[verbal karma]

...damn...can't do R1 Sidney AND can't do R1 Phoebe...

...this sucks...

[dusty yarrow]

I did R1 against Phoebe using a No E-Terrain Elesa (just praying to get carried by +2 Sync Buff)

[versed meteor]

This special champion stadium had it all off type ,poison stall and crazy support combinations

[verbal karma]

Damn...meanwhile, I tried it WITH E-Terrain and couldn't get very far...

[versed meteor]

Wait wait wait sentry entry glacia?

[dusty yarrow]

Yeah, if you don't have Raihan (or Eggmon Magneton), maybe off-type with a special Striker or brute force on-type it with a Physical Steel still works (I did the 2nd option)

you can stall also but it depends on you

[undone ether]

I went full offense with solgaleo r1