Champion Stadium

[fresh oracle]

and the third?

[swift swan]

Honestly it can be any filler type for the medal. It can be very low-leveled and you'll be fine imo

If you want to be safe, find a special defense buffer for sonia (but let sonia tank)

[nocturne pawn]

if you havent used water yet misty buffs spdef

[fresh oracle]

so maybe morty and mismagius?

[fresh oracle]

it's lvl 100

[nocturne pawn]

the question is whether you have the water piece for this region yet

if you dont then misty is good

[swift swan]

Water was done

[nocturne pawn]

ok

then yeah morty and mismagius

[swift swan]

Morty is good

Heck i'm tempted to recommend melony and just. Let her die after two TMs

[fresh oracle]

which move of gloria i should use?

[swift swan]

Surging strikes

[fresh oracle]

it'll provide the dmg?

k

[swift swan]

I'm a bit concerned we're overlapping way too many types but this is the last week of Hoenn anyway and we're working with the few leveled units we have

[fresh oracle]

should i paralyze only the mid right?

[nocturne pawn]

paralyze all of them but phoebe is priority

[fresh oracle]

this off-type was close

maybe bc i didn't paralyze all of them

[nocturne pawn]

well

it works

so

who cares

[swift swan]

[fresh oracle]

so now for sidney i need steven and?

[swift swan]

I'd bring an attack buffer. Hop, if you wanna be cheap

[fresh oracle]

k

[nocturne pawn]

is there any low rarity atk buffer

besides hop

[fresh oracle]

so i'm syncing with hop first

[nocturne pawn]

well

technically lodge blue

[fresh oracle]

hy besides hop?

[nocturne pawn]

but lodge takes a while

[fresh oracle]

on lodge blue i'm almost done but if i complete this e4 i need to complete today

[swift swan]

Yours is EXd already? Then yes

[fresh oracle]

ex and pb done

suggestions for pb?

[swift swan]

It's the final round and R5 is psychic weak so Hop's not needed there. We can afford using him here

[swift swan]

Tbh? His pb isn't too noteworthy. Let me see what grid i have on him

[nocturne pawn]

first aid is all id get from his pb

[fresh oracle]

have first aid 4

[swift swan]

https://ng-pomatools.web.app/pairs/24402/88901?s=5&l=140&r=5&p=0&a=0&g=AAECAwQFBhocHyIjJCYpKywwMw this is what i have personally

Hop, anni steven, another filler type probably

[fresh oracle]

this time i dunno

maybe skyla for speed?

[nocturne pawn]

skyla is flying

[fresh oracle]

but is flying

[nocturne pawn]

id use marley if you want speed

[fresh oracle]

yea ik

[swift swan]

She works, but i'm hoping for another type

[nocturne pawn]

but i think glacia this week is fire weak

[swift swan]

Fire was already used too

[nocturne pawn]

bleh

roxanne?

[swift swan]

Sidney is the last round

[fresh oracle]

rock is made

[fresh oracle]

fire's done

[swift swan]

Ah hear me out

Masked Royal

Buff AOE speed, debuffs defense, filler for dark

[fresh oracle]

k

i don't use steven tm?

[swift swan]

You can, sure

Once for a faster +3 crit. The second one you save after support EX

So the dragon ascent will be SEUP + support EX boosted

[fresh oracle]

done

so now wallace

[swift swan]

[fresh oracle]

me rn

[swift swan]

Can you level up Bianca a bit?

[fresh oracle]

who's bianca?

XD

[cinder summit]

Bianca & Musharna

Acquisition:

General Pool
Ticket Scout
Ticket Scout (Unova)

Alternates:

None

[fresh oracle]

k

for psychic terrain?

[swift swan]

Then slap Giovanni with a psychic oriented grid

[swift swan]

Indeed

[fresh oracle]

u have it?

[swift swan]

Hmm let's see

[cinder summit]

Giovanni & Mewtwo

‎ Type: ‎　‎　Weak:

Level 140 Stats:

HP: 528
ATK: 391 | DEF: 104
SPA: 480 | SPD: 104
SPE: 426

Acquisition:

Main Story

Alternates:

Sygna Suit Giovanni & Nidoking
Giovanni (Classic) & Persian

Sync Grid Recommendations:

Psychic / Sync Nuke (3/5)
‎　+ Without Sync
Shadow Ball (3/5)

Lucky Skill: Critical Strike 2, Grand Entry 2

If you like the bot, consider becoming a Patron: https://patreon.com/PoryphoneBot

[swift swan]

Check the Psychic grid there

[fresh oracle]

the sync nuke one?

[swift swan]

Hmmm your giovanni doesn't have the mega, I take it?

I'd probably just take the one without sync nuke then

[fresh oracle]

u guessed it

[swift swan]

Because my tank recommendation is Sycamore and he wants first sync to buff, with or without EX

Wallace has a high chance of poisoning your team, so I'd save Sycamore's TM just in case you get poisoned

[fresh oracle]

took the second one

[swift swan]

Giovanni TM twice then start using psychic

[fresh oracle]

which quests i take?

the parameter

[swift swan]

Special attack moves are powered up

Sycamore can handle the barrage of special attacks I believe. Just remember to sync with him first turn

[fresh oracle]

the first one?

[swift swan]

Yes

[fresh oracle]

problem

my sycamore got erased

[swift swan]

Hmm, did he get to sync at least?

[fresh oracle]

the second time yep

[swift swan]

Yikes okay wallace uses a lot more physical moves than I had remembered

[fresh oracle]

oh i forgot the grid for giovanni i think

lemme see

no

[swift swan]

If you can, grid Sycamore with Horn Leech tiles so he can heal up some HP too

[fresh oracle]

for sycamore sorry

[swift swan]

But yeah focus on Gio

[fresh oracle]

what's urs?

[swift swan]

My sycamore's powerboosted

[cinder summit]

Professor Sycamore & Xerneas

‎ Type: ‎　‎　Weak:

Level 140 Stats:

HP: 663
ATK: 304 | DEF: 256
SPA: 274 | SPD: 262
SPE: 327

Acquisition:

Main Story

Alternates:

Professor Sycamore & Bulbasaur

Sync Grid Recommendations:

Tank Support (3/5)
‎　+ Impervious
‎　+ Recuperation
‎　+ Hybrid Moonblast
‎　+ Full Moonblast
Without Full Grid Expansion (3/5)
‎　+ Impervious

Lucky Skill: Vigilance, Sentry Entry 2, Power Flux 3

If you like the bot, consider becoming a Patron: https://patreon.com/PoryphoneBot

[swift swan]

I'd take the one that says "without full grid expansion"

[fresh oracle]

also the terrain setter needs grid?

[nocturne pawn]

no

[fresh oracle]

DONE

[swift swan]

Nope, gridless is fine

[fresh oracle]

the problem was sycamore's grid i think

[swift swan]

We're overlapping way too many types but eh it's fine

Well done!

[fresh oracle]

it’s a problem?

[noble plaza]

Wait it's possible for me to sync while the sun is up? How?

[nocturne pawn]

it isnt unless you do some turn skip fuckery with hilbert using x speed or tm with already maxed attack/crit or speed on everyone

[noble plaza]

Sounds like I have to Post Sync

I tried post syncing but i had issues with damage

[dark osprey]

Think maybe it's better to use Leon for this and reset Sidney. Non power boosted silver and rng with flinches without sun is quite painful

Sidney could be probably done with blue and maybe kahili nuke

Alternatively can try with another 3/5+ fire unit, maybe Serena instead of Silver and bring another sleep mon as well

[zealous karma]

Know I’m very late but you have way to much Hp

[zealous karma]

It is possible to sync with sun still up but you’d have to use moves with short animations like tms or have adrenaline on him it’s how I have sun up with Lyra

[noble plaza]

I need to finish this week before I could reset though

[dark osprey]

Take a few points and finish it to reset then

[noble plaza]

ohh good point

I want to try out Serena first though

[dark osprey]

True. That would be better

[noble plaza]

wait. the r3 param

oh for what it's worth I do have Tech Ninetales available

[dark osprey]

Just need to get Serena crit up

If you get sun then the third pair needs to do that

Serena is a bit tricky to get used to I guess

Or another option is to try with the Silver team again on round 4

[zealous karma]

Serena really likes Sabrina support

[noble plaza]

I do have 3/5 Sabrina

So I should have a Sun Setter as well or should i get someone to boost special defense?

or do I bring a second sleeper?

[zealous karma]

It helps ye

[noble plaza]

Should I get Impervious on Serena?

I'm kinda uncertain if the nuke is supposed to spam overheat

[zealous karma]

With Serena you usually spam sleep for her nuke and once the enemy runs out of tms you can prolly start using overheat

[noble plaza]

Should I post sync?

[zealous karma]

She can pre sync fairly easily

[zealous karma]

If hau isn’t ex probably marni

[toxic cobalt]

Hostile Environment 5 is nice, just got to watch the mode switches

[tired sleet]

Marnie’s only be significantly better than Hau if she was 3/5

[rose prism]

Glacia again being impossible to presync

[dark osprey]

Do you have power boosted silver?

Or other limited fire types?

[rose prism]

I have power boosted silver

[dark osprey]

Ah then try one hit KO on the sync

What team are you using?

[rose prism]

Well, I tried Gloria alt and almost one but then sacred fire missed two times lol

[old orchid]

Try again. Silver just needs full nuke grid, max speed/atk/crit and sun to melt Glacia on the first sync

[rose prism]

I tried that but it never did that much damage

[old orchid]

No need to ping me

Did you use the -3 sync param set in the pins?

[dark osprey]

And Hopefully used TM just before sync

[old orchid]

The grid doesnt have any problem

Probably parameter issue. Check the pins for -3 sync cd param set

[rose prism]

Okay will try that in the evening

[versed meteor]

Damn ss lusamine cbede and bianca literally made the opponents disappear

[keen jasper]

Now try with full HP, defense and strength parameters

[versed meteor]

Gonna try that tomorrow for some reason the battle starts the animation where you cant restart the battle after you ko the last unit

It plays faster now for some reason i guess they made some performance upgrades

[hushed sorrel]

But but what do you mean Glacia is hard 🥹 actually I saw a few people clear with Silver on 1st Sync but mine is not power boosted. https://youtu.be/eyxKvmQ4DE8

[zealous karma]

What a low roll on the side it crit as well wow

[tired sleet]

Did it crit?

[paper summit]

that can't be a crit with such a difference

[hushed sorrel]

Lol is it a low roll? I don't know. But I'm looking forward to CS2 because power flux don't add to sync right?

[halcyon sail]

Does Ice Face have to do with it

[paper summit]

it doesn't, PF3 is worse than CS2 even at 6 gauge bars anyway, so the CS param only makes it even worse

[hushed sorrel]

Yea ok I need more cookies

[paper summit]

no because Ice Face only protects you against regular moves

[tired sleet]

I mean nessa’s eiscue has higher defences in ice form than noice form, but i’m not sure if its the same for this eiscue

[paper summit]

only if Hail is up

and it's 10%, and there is no hail, it's sun there

[tired sleet]

But Eiscue can have the ice face in sun, it only breaks after taking a physical move

It just regens after hail is set

[paper summit]

no, I mean the NPC in CS

[tired sleet]

But that wouldn’t have to do with the ice face form potentially having better defenses (I dont think it does, that being said)

[paper summit]

I guess it might have the innate boost, no idea tbh

even then, that's not enough to cause such a difference, it just wasn't a crit

[zealous karma]

So sad

Wth Gordie did that much with phys damage reduction just noticed

[bright furnace]

[wicked pebble]

Just to double check, who's good for the dragon stage here? Thinking just Lucas is enough but...

[zealous karma]

Cyrus + Lucas should b e free

[wicked pebble]

who for support?

I just like having speed boosting stuff whenever possible.

[zealous karma]

anyone works theyre very self sufficient units

[mellow linden]

Just make sure to turn on the Gradual Healing parameter if you’re not bringing a specific Sync Pair to counter Acute Senses

[wicked pebble]

Acute Senses?

what deals with that?

[mellow linden]

Status changes, stuff like Trapped, Confused, Restrained, Rebuff, Gradual Healing

Among a couple other things here and there

[wicked pebble]

Ah. So I'd want something that spreads out stuff like flinches or trapped or the like.

[mellow linden]

Or just turn on the Gradual Healing parameter

And only the center has Acute Senses

[wicked pebble]

How does this look?

SS Lyra is for status stuff.

[mellow linden]

Not a fan of the lack of Support on the team for going up against Drake and I’ve previously said my piece on the Anniversary N team, but can give it a shot and see what happens

[wicked pebble]

What support flinches or traps or whatever?

[wicked pebble]

Also, what did you say on the Anni N team again?

[tired sleet]

You don’t need to bring trap or flinch
Just take the gradual healing parameter to disable acute senses

[toxic cobalt]

[mellow linden]

I’d previously said that I think switching up the team for a Sp. Atk.+ crit Support and a Sun setter would likely work better

But eh, if it works it works, I guess

[wicked pebble]

It's hard to get both that and speed and the team gets... very gauge hungry.

[old orchid]

3/5 Anni N has Pep Rally to help with gauge

and there are many better options than Hilbert

namely SS Morty if you have him, or Sabrina

[blazing peak]

Trying to use oleanna and 2/5 emma together offtype and i can't find anyway to do so

Any parameters tip ?

I'm using the offtype post sync parameter from dreamy's chart

[quaint solar]

You're poison stalling 🤔

[blazing peak]

nope

I mean...

Poison stalling with emma is probably the worst thing i can ever think off trying

[zealous karma]

Poison stalling with Emma and Oleana is like the biggest waste in the game for two of the highest damaging units in the game

[zealous karma]

They’re likely fine but those two are very capable of pre sync

[blazing peak]

i guess i can try

But do you need 3/5 emma for it ?

Mine is only 2/5 so no ramming speed and i JUST got Oleanna

[zealous karma]

It’s Emma with rebuff and oleana giving you thag rebuff they’re sure to hit hard

I doubt you need it

You just need an above average support for it

[swift swan]

i'd try offtype presync

[zealous karma]

As long as you’re not licking to much Hp and to much strength it’ll be fine

Ye cause Emma’s hs2 and oleana’s TM sync accel shaves a turn off completely

[tired sleet]

You’d probably want to quadqueue oleana’s max to preserve the sync accel, tho

[zealous karma]

You mean after supp sync right?

[tired sleet]

Like PLEASE LEAVE, GMax Malodor->QuadQueue something else

[tired sleet]

Oh i guess that’s fair too

But a lot of good supports would break the sync-max queue (including cede)

[zealous karma]

I’ve used her max move turn one so I could get -6 Spatk/Atk/Spd asap for units with devestation cakewalk pecking etc but normally I’d save it for after supp Ex

[blazing peak]

What about

-2 head start c bede

No need quadqueue then

[zealous karma]

He’s like the perfect support for that team lel

if you give oleana hs they skip 2 cycles and give a turn one sync

[blazing peak]

wait seriously ?

[paper summit]

I like the CCalem erasure

[blazing peak]

oh yeah

hmmm

now i'm tempted to give her head start

But Nemona's coming and i think i may get her

[tired sleet]

His kalos pride would be a bigger mult, and would also mean that you could sync+max+quadqueue

(Ballonlea Teachings prevents you from quadqueueing after the max if the max was right after sync)

[blazing peak]

AAAAAAAAA

Man fuck hoenn cs and their aoe move spams

Why are they so obsessed with aoe moves

[tired sleet]

I’m more surprised that the enemy managed to undo all the attack debuffs

[blazing peak]

they didn't

I used the pre sync offtype parameter and they still hit like rocks

FINALLY

Drake went reasonable

[tired sleet]

But the remaining enemy didn’t have the atk debuff icon

[blazing peak]

Oh that's because of the amount of stuff they had

If you notice the poison rebuff and poison wasn't there

despite the fact they had it

[sand karma]

I'm sad hoenn is over

Can't wait for kalos cs to comeback

[keen jasper]

It probably will on the anni

[noble plaza]

I want to try the CS again to get 12.5k because I was forced to lower the points for Glacia as I already used Leon for Sidney. The thing is, my Pidgeot Blue is 2/5 so I don't know if I can make him work vs Sidney.

or should I offtype?

[swift swan]

Well you can still use Leon on Sidney while Silver handles Glacia I think

[noble plaza]

I tried that.

It wasn't working for me and I got tired of attempting the stage so many times.

[swift swan]

Well offtyping either Sidney or Glacia are both kinda nasty tbf

But sure I suppose

[noble plaza]

sorry if im being rude im mad at Glacia

I mean, I still have other flying options fwiw

I think someone mentioned Blue+Kahili nuke come to think of it?

[grand steppe]

did you cleark 2.5k on all the other battles?

[noble plaza]

I did 2k for Glacia with Silver

everyone else was 2.5k, but I reset because I want to see if I can get 12.5k

[grand steppe]

and what were the teams that you cleared with?

Who was Silver paired with?

[toxic cobalt]

Aren’t we all

[noble plaza]

Silver was paired with Hilbert and Morty.

[toxic cobalt]

Shift Silver to round 4 see if that’s enough

[grand steppe]

elesa also making use of that 1.3x for physical damage

Is this only Sacred fire silver?

[grand steppe]

2K points with Morty flinching every turn? Seems like you could easily do 2.5k

[noble plaza]

yes with Weathered Warrior 3

[noble plaza]

no he wasn't flinching every turn I was doing his TM

[grand steppe]

You should be flinching to gain turns. You have time to buff with his trainer move near the end of the sync countdown.

[noble plaza]

ohhhh

[noble plaza]

i should sync with silver both times right?

[toxic cobalt]

Yes

You could tm first round if you want but after first sync it’s all flinch

[north crown]

Anyone need help?

[nocturne pawn]

mental help

[zealous karma]

They’re Emma isn’t 3/5 but cbede would help cap ramming Spd and the overall team gauge more than Calem ever would I thought Bede had the master passive that increased both damage types so rip

[nocturne pawn]

he does?

[cinder summit]

Bede (Champion) & Articuno

<:MASTER_PAIR:967451573334728715> Galar Flag Bearer:

Powers up the moves of all allied sync pairs by 10%. Reduces attack move damage taken by all allied sync pairs by 20%. The more allied sync pairs with the Galar theme you have on your team, the higher these percentages are. (Each additional sync pair powers up moves by 10% and reduces damage by 3%. The maximum power-up is 30%, and the maximum damage reduction is 26%.)

Conniving Wings:

Reduces the user's sync move countdown by 1 the first time it enters a battle each battle. Raises the Speed of all allied sync pairs by 2 stat ranks the first time the user enters a battle each battle.

Ballonlea Teachings:

Restores 1 MP of the user's moves after your team's sync pair uses their sync move.

Vigilance:

Protects the user against critical hits.

Themes:

Psychic | Galar | Champion
Scarf

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[nocturne pawn]

richu casually spreading misinformation

[paper summit]

Calem is still the best support for them, regardless of Emma's move level

[zealous karma]

Idr the effects by name at least for master passives so wasn’t sure

[grand steppe]

Conniving Wings gives team +2 speed

[zealous karma]

I like Bede for that team more but idm being wrong lel

[cinder summit]

<:CATEGORY_STATUS:967450751955771402> Here We Go!

Gauge: - | Power: - | Accuracy: - | Uses: 1
Target: All allies
Effect Tag: -
Raises the user's Attack by 4 stat ranks. Raises the Speed of all allied sync pairs by 4 stat ranks.

Sync Pairs with Move:

Emma & Crobat

If you like the bot, consider becoming a Patron: https://patreon.com/PoryphoneBot

[gritty nymph]

Would zinna be alright for a flying dps in this cs?

Or too slow to make it work with too little dmg

[zealous karma]

She def works for flying damage but you have less params to work with unless you don’t want zinnia sync to do damage and take standard damage reduction if you have a weather support her damage on type is very good

[gritty nymph]

Im just worried her sync does nothing and im reliant on her dragon ascent to enough dmg

[nocturne pawn]

i mean blue has an on type sync and more easily set up

[gritty nymph]

Only have him at 2/5 otherwise would be considering him for it

[prime warren]

Her problem is just survivability

If stage has aoe, she dies

Otherwise zinnia is fine

[nocturne pawn]

sidney has swift and brutal swing i think?

[prime warren]

DA does higher than hurricane afterall

[nocturne pawn]

or was that absol

[prime warren]

Yea

Almost all flying weak stages have aoe moves

[nocturne pawn]

no wait absol was close combat

fucking shitter ohkoing brendan from half hp

[prime warren]

Sides do brutal swing psure abt that

[gritty nymph]

Do I keep standard dmg reduction for zinnia or nah

[prime warren]

2/5 blue can run smth like this

https://ng-pomatools.web.app/pairs/2100/1800?s=2&l=140&r=5&p=0&a=0&g=AAECAwQFBhESFRgZHyImKTAxMzQ

I'd just pick him over zinnia

Assuming he's EXd

[zealous karma]

He gets his damage modifier at 2/5

[cinder summit]

Blue & Pidgeot

<:GRID_SYNC:967786997982830712> __Sync Tiles:__

(3) World-Swallowing Hurricane: Power +25
(3) World-Swallowing Hurricane: Power +25
(3) World-Swallowing Hurricane: Power +25
(3) World-Swallowing Hurricane: Power +25

<:GRID_MOVE:967786997265629195> __Move Tiles:__

(1) Air Cutter: Move Gauge Refresh 3 - Has a chance (40%) of charging the user's move gauge by one when a move is successful.
(1) Air Slash: Move Gauge Refresh 3 - Has a chance (40%) of charging the user's move gauge by one when a move is successful.
(1) Hurricane: Move Gauge Refresh 3 - Has a chance (40%) of charging the user's move gauge by one when a move is successful.
(1) Smell Ya Later!: MP Refresh 3 - Has a chance (40%) of restoring one MP of the user's move when that move is successful.
(1) Smell Ya Later!: MP Refresh 3 - Has a chance (40%) of restoring one MP of the user's move when that move is successful.

‎

(2) Air Slash: Aggravation 1 - Raises the chance of inflicting the flinching, confused, or trapped condition with the additional effects of moves.
(2) Smell Ya Later!: Ramp Up 2 - Raises the user's Sp. Atk by 2 stat ranks when its move is successful.

‎

(3) Air Cutter: Critical Strike 3 - Powers up the user's attacks when they become critical hits.

<:GRID_PASSIVE:967786997215264808> __Passive Tiles:__

(2) Brain Sync 5 - Powers up the user's sync move when its Sp. Atk is raised.
(2) Brutal Clarity - The more the user's accuracy is raised, the more it powers up the user's moves.
(2) Look Alive 2 - Has a chance (30%) of raising the user's evasiveness by one stat rank when it is hit by an attack move.
(2) Mind Swell 2 - Has a chance (30%) of raising the user's Sp. Atk by one stat rank when its Pokémon uses a move.
(2) Pinpoint Entry 1 - Raises the user's accuracy by 1 stat rank when it enters a battle.

‎

(3) Harry 5 - Powers up the user's moves against targets that are flinching.
(3) Head Start 1 - Reduces the user's sync move countdown by 1 the first time it enters a battle each battle.
(3) Sync Power Flux - The fuller the move gauge when the user's sync move is selected, the more this powers up the sync move.

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[nocturne pawn]

he has brain sync at 2/5

[blazing peak]

oh my god C calem definitly is better

also presyncs lets me worry less about Oleanna and Emma fucking dying thanks to Calem's endure intro

also i can worry as much about the turn skip than with c bede since my c calem has head start

[zealous karma]

He also has TM propulsion

[nocturne pawn]

doesnt emma already have hs2

oh wait

thats exactly why that matters

so it goes calem tm malodor emma tm

then like just win

[blazing peak]

That's the point

That's why i gave him head start

[zealous karma]

Oh wanted to make sure

[blazing peak]

It just helps not worry about quad queue but also allows me to save oleanna's tm for after c calem's sync

so that i am sure to correctly sync with oleanna next

... I need to ex her whrn i get enough power ups

[blazing peak]

Saw it from Zinfogel's videos and decoded to give him head start

NO REGRET

[nocturne pawn]

imagine not instantly ex’ing her

[blazing peak]

He's great

[nocturne pawn]

i have vigilance on him but maybe ill get hs on him

[blazing peak]

I don't even know if i am exing her this month

Marlet and Nemona might take the ex

[nocturne pawn]

for the turn skip with oleana

[blazing peak]

Not just with Oleanna alot of pairs

SS diantha for example

[nocturne pawn]

eh i usually use diantha after sync

if they’re even still alive

[blazing peak]

After sync ?

Well actually every single paor that has head start 1 works

SS may is great too

if you grid both head qtart you get a 2 turn skip

[nocturne pawn]

her tm

cuz its +2 pmun

[zealous karma]

So that’s why you don’t do sidney round one

[tired sleet]

I hate when there’s a damage up parameter for round 1, it makes the damage ranges all off for when i want to test new units

[zealous karma]

Big mood

[civic trellis]

How does r2 and r3 stop quadqueue

[zealous karma]

round 3 is a shield I forgot what round 2 is

but I thought it was the status param

which it shouldnt

[paper summit]

both are the damage shields, so yes, they do mess up with quadqueue

[zealous karma]

Oh idk why I thought there was a status param this week

[civic trellis]

Didnt know that shields mess up quad queue does it fade out and not let u queue or smth?

[zealous karma]

yes it forces a move from the neemy

[toxic cobalt]

Fades out right before you sync

[zealous karma]

there are ways to avoid this but isnt worth the trouble

using moves with short animations etc

[civic trellis]

I see, I never noticed that also good to know that I dont have to use physical/special teams and can bypass with crit

[toxic cobalt]

Sleep is always worth the trouble

[zealous karma]

I mean shouldnt be main priority

[gritty nymph]

Oh.. well I feel awesome now

[keen jasper]

Unless you have Melony

[main lake]

trying to use lysandre for sidney's stage, he isn't seeming to do much damage. team is serena (for trap) + EX ss elesa, using parameters roughly based on the 1500 on-type post-sync. is he good for this stage?

[old orchid]

what move level is your Lysandre?

[main lake]

only 1 sadly

[old orchid]

if he is not 5/5 he isnt better than 3/5 Blue

[main lake]

does he need high move level then

ah i see i'll use blue instead

[old orchid]

Lysandre wants 5/5 for solid damage yeah

that team with Blue can do 1k5 pts, but if you go higher replace Serena with a spdef buffer

trap doesnt benefit the team a lot but you can use Serena for sleep

[main lake]

spdef buffer like misty, elio?

[old orchid]

yeah

[main lake]

alright didnt get it on the first go but way closer

[old orchid]

remember to fully grid Blue

i would use a better tank since SS Elesa has Dark weakness

[main lake]

he's gridded, not CS2 but does have superduper effective

oh that's why, i''ll have elio tank then

[old orchid]

i would use Misty since she doesnt have Grass weakness and can potential dodge some moves and heal

[nocturne pawn]

regular not swimsuit

[sick inlet]

New grid on Blue is great tbh, 1/5 Lysandre can still work but won't be as efficient

[grand trout]

Do you guys think tate would work next week?

[rose ermine]

I'm going absolutely ham on monday

[old orchid]

He is good as long as you provide what he needs

[nocturne pawn]

its also johto so

[full mesa]

If Solgaleo can do it, anyone can.

[sick inlet]

5/5 Calem... The Insanity

[bright furnace]

Not even the first 5/5 Calem I’ve seen

[zealous karma]

I wonder who you could be referring too

[bright furnace]

[zealous karma]

I’m def doing a showcase for all calems once I get lodge lel I have the resources ready to 5/5 150 Ex him lel

[bright furnace]

You barely have enough and then you’re back to zero ~~and not summoning for ~~

[zealous karma]

I have 40 silver power ups (I don’t know when it happened I haven’t pulled

[paper summit]

you got them from the events that started literally a day after your terrible decision, smh

and we are on a new month, so exchange refreshed

[zealous karma]

Oh yeah that lel

[pure haven]

Man finally and easy CS after having Sinnoh and Hoenn

[zealous karma]

Koga might as well be a hard cs lel

[pure haven]

I mean

[zealous karma]

I think after sinnoh hoenn and kalos johto is my next one in terms of difficult personally lel but there is a big gap

[pure haven]

It's not Glacia

Lol

[zealous karma]

true

[pure haven]

Koga's more annoying than anything

While Glacia has like 20 passives just by having hail

[zealous karma]

lel

[bright furnace]

might finally get some theme clears in with johto cs

[main lake]

thanks btw cleared it with 1.5k+, probably could go higher but im satisfied with that for now

and i used misty gridded w/ evasion tank

i also found out that the different tiers of damage reduction all actually do different things so that's good to know

for example i didn't know that standard damage reduction did nothing for on-type damage

[old orchid]

Thats cool

[old orchid]

Yeah its basically a free param when you do ontype. Same for role receives x3 damage and physical/special dmg reduction

[nova galleon]

I am not able to defeat glacia any tips

[keen jasper]

Check your parameters and what move you're using with SS Hilda

[old orchid]

Bring a spdef buffer instead of Skyla as well

[keen jasper]

And yeah, as Gakon said, bring a Sp. Def. buffer because all of Glacia's attacks are special

[main crow]

Someone like Roxanne can do the job if you want both spdef and speed

[queen ore]

Roxanne buff def though?

[old orchid]

she can buff spdef with grid

[keen jasper]

She has Barricade Buddies on her grid for her TM

[pure haven]

I was wondering if, for next week, I should use Roxie or Looker

Haven't used any of them yet, usually for poison week I just stall lol

[mellow linden]

What move level is Looker?

[pure haven]

1/5

[formal vigil]

Could just use both

[mellow linden]

IMO Roxie + Lucy if only 1/5 Looker

But Looker will probably still work fine

[formal vigil]

Though if only want to use one or the other then roxie

[pure haven]

Okok

Tysm

I just remembered I need medals

[north crown]

need any help? got a little bit of time to spare

[pure haven]

Nah no probs

It's just medals

Thanks anyway

[wicked pebble]

How does this updated team look for this week?

Dragonite is for crits and speed. It isn't much but...

[nocturne pawn]

just grid critical focus

use like

an actual support

[hushed sorrel]

Looks like an easy clear to me 😂

[rotund lagoon]

Grid Critical Focus for Cyrus on your dragon team. Dragonite can be replaced for a defensive Support. Also you may want to avoid using Dragon Wish if Lucas is there.

[versed meteor]

This guy has oleana

[trail smelt]

I’m using an absolutely dumb team with no supports lol

[wide adder]

guys wheres this for the last week of hoenn or whatever, the one thats ending in an hour

i cant find it

[zealous karma]

Seems like sages forgkt to resent it oof

[tired sleet]

I can pull it up

[wide adder]

thanks, cause im clearing this week with an hour to spare rn, almost forgot bout it all week

[tired sleet]

Flying sidney
Elec phoebe
Psychic wallace
Fire Glacia
Dragon drake

[wide adder]

why did this team do nothing to phoebe wtf

[zealous karma]

She has healthy advantage 4

[wide adder]

-6 spatk on phoebe, had paralysis when tried to use zoroark sync

[zealous karma]

Requires a status

[wide adder]

was zoroark ldawn and surgechu

[zealous karma]

She has wide entry maybe(?)

[wide adder]

the thing says sentry x2

[zealous karma]

Wait isn’t it electric Phoebe she doesn’t have any entry, do you have standard damage reduction 8

[wide adder]

dont have standard 8, its my offtype params

and already doublechecked that i have phys down instead of special down

ima just use cmarn on this

[zealous karma]

lel

[wide adder]

jeez even when doing cmarn pserena sselesa i almost lost lol, why was she so tanky even with aoe para?

[zealous karma]

Maybe screenshot your params it’ll help

[wide adder]

i think it was almost all the str, prob just me underestimating how much that shit does

cause i think my offtype params have like +11 str

[tired sleet]

42k hp then

[wide adder]

so if im reading dragon weak right, ss serenas a perfect counter as long as i bring weather

[tired sleet]

Technically yes but gradual healing also turns acute senses off

[toxic cobalt]

Is there a special reason you're offtyping?

[north crown]

Turn brain off

[wide adder]

dont got elec favs

[zealous karma]

Omg based

[wide adder]

glacia giving gordie trouble lol

FINALLY got an attempt where max move going off, i win

was using my anni n ghetsis gordie team and always was dying right before sync turn, where im using max move > n sync

there we go, got weekly done

[wide adder]

ty for getting this out for me winston

[tired sleet]

Thank sages, he made it

[toxic cobalt]

Decent field params

[swift swan]

updated

[verbal karma]

...who's the least dangerous for half sync?

[old orchid]

Bruno

[steel kelp]

All of them

[toxic cobalt]

Will: Mostly special attacks, physical sync
Koga: Physical attacks and sync
Bruno: Physical attacks and sync
Karen: Mostly special damage and sync
Lance: Mostly physical attacks and sync (except special Glalie)

[dull yarrow]

Another CS done and dusted

[tired sleet]

Koga is really annoying for half sync, he’ll set up crit shield

[verbal karma]

Okay, definitely NOT Koga then

So far, Bruno was given as a good candidate

Oh god, R2 is also bad for Koga (and also for Will)

[trail smelt]

Haha my dumb poison team with no support worked

God bless Devilris/Oleana/Emma

Ready for next week, changing my rock and electric team for giggles

[verbal karma]

Okay, so...as an order: Bruno -> Karen -> Will -> Koga
...is that good enough or can I actually improve that

[desert berry]

Lol they look so cute with Klefki in the middle

[undone ether]

Y or nah?

[manic kiln]

It’s johto any team you used for sinnoh and hoenn can easily clear, can even ignore the round parameters.

[verbal karma]

...my team menu is a hot mess, sadly

Any team I used for Sinnoh and Hoenn is prolly long gone now

Anyway, right now, I am trying to decide my order first and foremost

[verbal karma]

I have one, but I dunno if it's good enough

[halcyon sail]

I forgot how easy Johto is

[old orchid]

Except Koga

[halcyon sail]

Flying Koga?

[swift swan]

Slightly updated with the Koga reminder

[swift swan]

This is why we document our teams in a #1010274591601598555 forum

[old orchid]

Both Flying and Fire weak. He is not really hard but annoying

[verbal karma]

Will have to try to remember for next time Sinnoh/Hoenn shows up

Anyway, now I need to decide on an order first and foremost

[steel kelp]

You know the game saves every cs clear

And you could see your previous teams

[verbal karma]

As long as I don't have an order set, I can't decide on a team

[steel kelp]

Why would the order change the team

[verbal karma]

To accomodate for round gimmicks, of course

For example, if a round gimmick involves a damage reduction field, I would need a support with Adrenaline

[steel kelp]

You don’t need it

[verbal karma]

No, I do

Because damage reduction field prevents me from quadqueuing

[steel kelp]

Just kill so quadqueue doesn’t matter

[verbal karma]

I can't kill fast enough for that, though

[steel kelp]

How

It’s johto

[verbal karma]

You are overestimating my power

[verbal karma]

anyway, I will ask again: is this a good order or is there a better one?

I dunno about you, but to me, it feels kinda rude if I ask one question, yet I get an answer to a completely different question...or even a basic "it doesn't matter" answer even though it does matter

[formal vigil]

Should be fine

[verbal karma]

Thank you

[versed meteor]

How long does bruno last? 1 min

[hushed sorrel]

Getting the medals took so long like a month ago. Rosters has come a long way. 😂 and Rose is such a bully...

[merry sequoia]

Hi guys, i would like to try the master mode but am not sure if am able to do it with my roaster. Thoughts?

[hushed sorrel]

I would say.. easy mode😂

Ss Hilda
Emma

Giovanni

Hop

I don't play bug enough so I would just poison stall or off type maybe with cMarnie or like adaman/Erika

Judging by how many ex you I have I'm guessing you have a few ex in your back pocket as well?

[merry sequoia]

Wdym?

[hushed sorrel]

As in you can ex a few more if you want

[merry sequoia]

Don't think so, don't have the materials to do it

[unreal radish]

This week stadium appear to be easier

[hushed sorrel]

here is your easy mode prescription.

I'd definitely consider Ex Sonia, you've got the grid for it to be useful in CS.

[merry sequoia]

Uhm okay i'll def do it, just need to complete one stage to get the last champion spirit i need.

Do you also recommend to candy someone? I have that candies saved and just scared to use them badly

[hushed sorrel]

just go without first

do you have sync orbs to grid the DPS and the Support?

that's prob more important

[merry sequoia]

88k

Are enough?

[hushed sorrel]

awesome

thats like 12 full grids haha all good

[merry sequoia]

Man what a passive player i am

[dusty yarrow]

E G G S (Some are good... some are bad )

[grand trout]

Oh my fuckin god

Despite everything koga is still a pain

Fuck crit shield

[hushed sorrel]

djglo?

[grand trout]

Why does the 2nd and 3rd have colors

[old orchid]

Move's effect

[velvet parcel]

Oh good, electric is next week

Was gonna wait a few days if it was this week

[calm marsh]

Try Full HP and Full strength Koga

[lunar meadow]

I forgot how silly easy Johto was

[umbral crow]

anyone wanna try recommended team clear?

[lunar meadow]

You mean make teams from the recommended units?

They recommend a lot of limited units there 😅

[twilit knot]

My first master mode clear

[lunar meadow]

Congrats!
And you got full points on your first clear?

[twilit knot]

I've been playing since the start. Took a break since the start of 2022. Came back a few months ago. Never really did CS

Yeah I missed Ash and Red

[mellow linden]

Eh, not a big deal at all. I skipped both of them and been doing fine

[twilit knot]

I'm doing fine too. But the next high score event is electric type so regretting it a bit.

[mellow linden]

Electric High Score is definitely gonna be interesting

[twilit knot]

[lunar meadow]

Ya, I'll have to do the electric event without either rat as well.

Glad I only need 180k points for the rewards

[unreal radish]

Is there any specific order this week or it doesn't matter too much?

[old orchid]

Check the pins

[unreal radish]

Thx

[lunar meadow]

The first fight has half sync timer.
That's the scariest. The rest are nothing.

[sick inlet]

My favorite

Best setting to 1v3 🙈

[frosty axle]

There isn't really, I went Bruno, Koga, Karen then Will

[tired sleet]

Just don’t do koga round one (he sets a crit shield before sync)

[cinder summit]

<:CATEGORY_PHYSICAL:967450751980949625> <:TYPE_FIGHTING:967452396034883635> Brick Break

Gauge: 2 | Power: 35 | Accuracy: 100 | Uses: -
Target: An opponent
Effect Tag: -
Removes the Physical and Special Damage Reduction effects from the opponents' field of play.

Sync Pairs with Move:

Hala & Crabominable
Hilda (Summer 2022) & Grapploct
Brawly & Hariyama

If you like the bot, consider becoming a Patron: https://patreon.com/PoryphoneBot

[grand steppe]

[cinder summit]

<:CATEGORY_STATUS:967450751955771402> <:TYPE_FLYING:967452395820945438> Defog

Gauge: 2 | Power: - | Accuracy: - | Uses: 2
Target: An opponent
Effect Tag: -
Clears the entire terrain and zone effects. Clears all field effects from the opponents' field of play. Lowers the target's evasiveness by 1 stat rank.

Sync Pairs with Move:

Darach & Staraptor
Lisia & Altaria

If you like the bot, consider becoming a Patron: https://patreon.com/PoryphoneBot

[steel kelp]

Defog is the play

[paper summit]

I just witnessed a 33k V-Create, -2 rebuff + sun + a couple pmun does wonders

[mellow linden]

@native dome if you need help with CS let’s move the discussion to here

[native dome]

Yeah

[rotund lagoon]

LOLOLOLOL

[mellow linden]

Anyway, which Charizard and Ho-Oh specifically are you using?

Also, definitely evolve Rosa’s Snivy if you can

[native dome]

My goal is to try and defeat one CS person

This is the team I’m using

I need to lvl up a bit more I think

[mellow linden]

Yeah, you’ll want to change that up by replacing Silver with someone who has the move Sunny Day and replacing Rose with someone who can get +3 critical rate

[native dome]

Any recommendations?

[dawn anchor]

Blaine if you have him

[mellow linden]

Make sure SS Red is maxing his Sp. Atk. via his Trainer Move and use Blast Burn, focusing on the center

[mellow linden]

Blaine is a cheap Sun setter, SS Erika adds an additional type on type medal if you have her. Crit buffer shouldn’t matter a whole lot as long as they can give +3 crit

Have you been making sure to triple queue?

[native dome]

What triple queue? :/

[mellow linden]

+triplequeue

[frozen depot]

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

See this quick footage for how to Triple Queue :
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/928038965129392151/1126108077519802378/5www4z.mp4

For more beginner infos, check our #1010307000346878062.

[mellow linden]

Make sure to watch that little video too, it’s short and extremely helpful

[native dome]

Ahh I see

So I need to get Blaine

[mellow linden]

Proper teambuilding and triple queue are far more impactful than levels, to the point that level 120 is fine for basically all content

[mellow linden]

If you don’t have him or SS Erika then you should be alright without Sun, having Sun will just make it a bit easier

[native dome]

Oh i have Erika

[mellow linden]

With Leafeon?

[native dome]

Yeah

[mellow linden]

Perfect, she’ll set Sun and give you another type towards your type medal progress, so now all you need is someone to give SS Red +3 crit

[native dome]

Torchic?

Blazing hope?

[full mesa]

Why? SSRed can do dire hit+ and then he gets +1 crit from his sync move.

[mellow linden]

Someone with Dire Hit All+ would be best

[mellow linden]

Saves SS Red time on buffs, which means more overall damage

[rotund lagoon]

SS Red will already use two turns for setup. We need to reduce the amount of buffing turns for the damage dealer

[mellow linden]

If your damage-dealer can’t fully setup in 1-2 turns then you usually want to bring a Support who can reduce the setup time

[native dome]

Karen and Houndoom?

[mellow linden]

She doesn’t buff anyone’s crit but her own

Dire Hit All+, not just Dire Hit+

That “All” is a very important distinction since it means it’ll affect the whole team

[full mesa]

Or, they can use a spa buffer and have ssred buff his own crit.

[native dome]

I see let me check

[rotund lagoon]

Take note of the roles when looking at pairs btw.

You are looking for a

[native dome]

Lyra

And chikorita

[mellow linden]

That’s also an option, but since you’ll usually be using SS Red with an Attack + crit buffer at higher move levels due to Haymaker it’s good to get into the practice now

[native dome]

Has All

[mellow linden]

What move level?

[native dome]

And sunny side up

I havent leveled her at all haha

[mellow linden]

Move level, not regular level

[native dome]

But would she be good if I leveled her?

[rotund lagoon]

Are you reading move descriptions?

[mellow linden]

It’ll be a “X/5”

[native dome]

Yeah

[mellow linden]

Where “X” is any number from 1-5

[rotund lagoon]

Do you know about move level?

[native dome]

Only 1 on lyra

[full mesa]

One of the best early game supports. Late game she has a spot to every sun team.

Also quite easy to get copies

[rotund lagoon]

Only issue with Lyra here is she can only do +2 Crit, not 3.

[mellow linden]

Not ideal for this team then since Lyra only has Dire Hit All and not Dire Hit All+, and she overlaps with SS Erika for type medal progress, which is important to keep in mind since you haven’t unlocked Master Mode yet.

Do you have Lt. Surge + Raichu from the BP exchange, or Phoebe + Dusclops/Dusknoir?

[native dome]

I have neither 😦

[mellow linden]

That’s fine. Give me a second to check some things

[tired sleet]

Have you ever used a BP ticket to buy someone?

[rotund lagoon]

Looks like this

[mellow linden]

Piers + Obstagoon, Falkner + Swellow, and MC + Cobalion are some alternate options that you might have

If you have a 2/5 or higher Sabrina + Alakazam she’d also be good

Even though she’s not the most ideal

[full mesa]

Why not? Tank-ish, heal, crit/spa buffer, 2-bar move for queues.

[mellow linden]

Mainly just in this specific case she’s not the most ideal because Bruno is weak to Psychic this week

But if she’s what’s available then obviously she’s still good

[hard spoke]

can anyone tell me if my characters are good enough for master mode champion stadium

[quaint solar]

Throw them in and someone should answer your call

[mellow linden]

Should be fine. If you’re new to Master Mode we recommend starting with 850 points per stage (4250 points total) since that’ll give all the most important rewards without being a significant difficulty spike. That way you can get used to how Master Mode works

There’s some examples parameters in the pins that you can use as a base and adjust to fit your team

[hard spoke]

okay ty

[hard spoke]

i'm struggling on the will and karen as i don't have many good bug/poison sync pairs to battle with what should i do?

[mellow linden]

You got Roxie and Noland, make sure to evolve Roxie’s Whirlipede

[hushed sorrel]

Poison stall imo.

[zealous karma]

How come?

[hushed sorrel]

https://discord.com/channels/583120259708616715/1097597679015567420

[mellow linden]

If it’s a higher point value than 850 then yeah, Poison stall’s an option

But for 850 points Roxie and Noland should be fine

[zealous karma]

If you’re low on resources poisom stalling would be better but if you don’t mind a good semi long term investment Roxie and Noland are great

[hushed sorrel]

In the beginning I felt my resource were limited so I would have prefer to save material on teams I will use later (sync orbs and leveling books were scarce)

[hard spoke]

okay i'll try that now

[hushed sorrel]

If you have 2 poison stall teams you should be able to start clearing like 10k 2nd week.

The way I did it was like 2.5k on some and a couple on 1.5k

[rain turret]

which ones are better for lance?

that's everything I have available
I can lvl up the underleveled stuff if needed

[grand steppe]

Is this master mode or just regular CS? because you'd want to try and complete medal if its the latter

[rain turret]

hard mode lv1

so regular I think

[grand steppe]

and how many types have you registered to the type medal

In vs screen for lance, you'll see a notice that tells you how many types you need

[rain turret]

7

[grand steppe]

what types are left 🫠

[rain turret]

though in the buttom to open the type chart,it says 0/18,so Idk

[grand steppe]

It's 0 because you haven't finished.

Dragon & flying isn't taken which is good. You can use Cyrus & Winona for an easy clear.

[cinder summit]

Cyrus & Palkia

Acquisition:

Main Story

Alternates:

Sygna Suit Cyrus & Darkrai

Winona & Pelipper

Acquisition:

General Pool

Alternates:

None

[grand steppe]

Cyrus will primarly deal damage with Hydro Pump, and Winona will set rain for Cyrus and try and flinch with Air Slash.

[rain turret]

ok

[grand steppe]

Cyrus can buff his own stats, but if you want a Support. You can try Roxanne & Probopass.

Or Falkner, but he's another flying type.

Here's a minimum grid: https://ng-pomatools.web.app/team?v0=004200027900&s0=5&l0=140&r0=3&p0=0&a0=0&t0=11111&g0=BQYICw0Q&v1=019400048400&s1=5&l1=140&r1=5&p1=0&a1=0&t1=1111&g1=AAECAwQFERQXGh8hIyUmKCsu&v2=004400047600&s2=5&l2=140&r2=5&p2=0&a2=0&t2=11111&g2=AxMUFxk

[rain turret]

thanks

[grand steppe]

Use Cyrus' Spacial Rend to get a critical hit with Cyrus so that he starts building up his

You can also replace roxanne with Glacia for more reliable crit buffing:

[cinder summit]

Glacia & Glalie

Acquisition:

General Pool
Ticket Scout
Ticket Scout (Hoenn)

Alternates:

None

[hard spoke]

roxie worked for will but nolans not doing enough damage against karen

[mellow linden]

What team are you using with him?

[zealous karma]

Noland kinda needs his grid to do damage

In case you aren’t aware

And fury cutter is betterthan X scissor

[mellow linden]

X-Scissor deals less damage than I thought, I will admit. Can you get his Furious Brawn and Inertia tiles from his Sync Grid?

[zealous karma]

His main damage comes from fury cutter but if you use his sync it resets the damage

[mellow linden]

It's 850 points, so slapping on those grid tiles and making any necessary team improvements should do it

[rain turret]

I did it,used cyrus,winona and bertha

[fiery canopy]

johto time yayaya

lets go w karen for r1...
sc ingo emmet and uhhh random type 4 medal

bruno r2 umm ss lana, whatever niche type supportz
koga r3 silver blaine sonia
will r4 umm...lucy maybe?

[hard spoke]

i wasn't using his grid

i just gridded him and attempted it again

he still does horrible damage 💀

[mellow linden]

What team are you using with him?

[hard spoke]

i tried him with some different supports like skyla and torchic

but none of them r working

[mellow linden]

You’ll want an Attack + crit Support and a Speed buffer. Can do BP Surge + Skyla for a cheap setup

And have Noland use X Attack once before using X-Scissor and Sync Move only

[zealous karma]

do you have physical damage reduction from a previous round?

[mellow linden]

Making sure that you don’t have the 100 point parameter Physical Damage Reduction 8 (note that this is not the same as the 50 point parameter Physical Damage Reduction) turned on by accident is also a good thing to check

If it still ends up not working out then you could try off-typing with a team built around SS Leon. Note that if you do so you will want to make sure that the 100 point parameter Special Damage Reduction 8 and the 300 point parameter Standard Damage Reduction 8 turned off, as those parameters will drastically reduce SS Leon’s damage

[zealous karma]

This is how hard Noland hits against strength 12

[mellow linden]

This is 850 points, unless they’ve gone and upped it without saying anything

[zealous karma]

Oh I know, I’m saying if he’s hitting any less than this there’s smth wrong

[mellow linden]

Ah, fair enough then

[hard spoke]

yeah i have it on

[mellow linden]

It needs to be turned off

[hard spoke]

i replaced it with special damage reduction 8

[mellow linden]

That should fix a lot of your damage issues

[hard spoke]

it worked ty

[mellow linden]

Congrats!

[north crown]

Anyone want help with CS? Can be ehter hard mdoe or mm.

Ping me if u do

[rotund lagoon]

[trail smelt]

Show your roster if you need help

[zealous karma]

Is this person in the room with us right now?

[paper summit]

are we ghost hunting now?

[zealous karma]

yes

[old orchid]

This is only Tuesday and this channel has already been silent

[steel kelp]

Because everyone has probably already finished

Or doesn’t need help

[mellow linden]

We’ve come a long way

[steel kelp]

it’s also johto

[full mesa]

Don't be like that.

Back in my day there were lots of new players. They needed help through all 4 weeks of Kanto.

[nocturne pawn]

https://tenor.com/view/now-old-man-the-future-is-now-old-man-gif-9677657

[swift swan]

Guess the newer players have been through hell with Sinnoh and Hoenn and now are getting the hang of it

don't worry after that Nemona announcement and anni next month we'll get an influx of new players to coach

[manic kiln]

kalos is probably next so

[trail smelt]

Guys guys guys

Obviously it’s because everyone is waiting until the last hour to ask for help

[swift swan]

So true bestie

[zealous karma]

Dang someone had a grudge against new players

[blazing peak]

Nemona goes BRRRRR

if i queued up right that battle would've been done quicker Nemona is no joke, turn skips are very powerful

[nocturne pawn]

ok conviction of alola is way better than what we have

[blazing peak]

oh yeah never showned y'all the french name of master passives:

Flag bearer: Inspiration of Region

Pride: Fighting spirit of Region

Spirit: Conviction of Region

[old orchid]

Thats better than English imo

[nocturne pawn]

its way better

[zealous karma]

Idk the diff between flag bearer and pride but with those names it would be a lot easier

[nocturne pawn]

flag bearer is a profession

[paper summit]

don't lie to yourself

you forget even the kits of your favorites sometimes, smh

[zealous karma]

I dont remember passives or stats but I remember grids!

Fighting spirit of region would make me think oh thats the defense one and inspiritation/knowledge are normally for special attacks in games

[paper summit]

yeah, but that's wrong already...

Spirit is special, Pride is physical, Flag Bearer is both, and all 3 have both defense and offense buffs

so yeah, different names won't make a difference to you

[tired sleet]

It should be Region Sync Pairs: P Move ⬆️, P Move DR

[zealous karma]

no i said it right

defense as in boosting physical attacks

[paper summit]

that's not the same thing...

[devout sluice]

I just realized that we don’t have this months CS pinned.

[paper summit]

huh? yes we do

[devout sluice]

Oh wait never mind.

I didn’t scrolled down, my bad.

[keen jasper]

Man, I'm slacking on this week's CS

[trail smelt]

Johto is lazy week haha

[past raft]

Looking to beat the Johto league and complete the remaining nine types on the emblem so I can get some bonus gems

[zealous karma]

(Does completing the medals give gems I don’t recall it doing so?)

Ice poison and ground you can use
Lucy + Ghetsus Bertha to poison stall

For fighting and dark you can prolly do Maylene + Karen + Ash who will carry that team and that should be all the types you need

[civic trellis]

I think if u complete 1 medal u get gems

[nocturne pawn]

it does

[past raft]

it's that completion bonus thing

6k paid gems for completing the medal

if not you get it in 60 days time

but I'm crazy I want them now

[past raft]

and lastly, what about rock?

[zealous karma]

For rock you can put kukui on the final team

Also make sure to grab hops power boost and Ex from his event

[past raft]

way ahead of ya 5/5 on the hop 😆

is there a certain order I should go in?

[grand steppe]

check nov's pin

[zealous karma]

Ex first pb next

Iv wait

Nvm what sages said lel

[past raft]

what?

[past raft]

who and why?

[zealous karma]

Hop

It’s free but I miss understood what you said

[past raft]

hop ex is free?

I just checked lamenting a millennium, forget I asked that 😆

[past raft]

but ye what order should I fight them with Lucy ghetsis Bertha and how should I go about it?

[zealous karma]

I wouldn’t do Will in round 2 cause he’s guaranteed to sludge Bomb
Do whoever you’re using for psychic on round 3 Karen is a fine round 2

[tired sleet]

And don’t do koga r1 (or round 2 for that matter)

[tame gust]

First week of Johto went well. Got 15/18 medals

Just need ice, fighting and flying next week to unlock MM.

[latent eagle]

How are these teams for this week and what order should I do the rounds? (Will is getting poison stalled, Karen’s get the rat treatment and Lance doesn’t have a third member bc idk who to throw there yet lol)

[tame gust]

Huh, never thought of using Lodge Lillie on poison stall

[latent eagle]

She has synchro healing that’s why she’s there 😂

I mean so does psymisty but I’m use to lodge Lillie cause she also traps

[tame gust]

Hmm, fair

[latent eagle]

But yeah can anyone help 🅱️lease?

[nocturne pawn]

hop isn’t helpful with solgaleo

using a defense debuffer would be better

[past raft]

hey I'm back again

any advice for how to do this matchup?

[latent eagle]

I mean I can add a def debuffer, I have the 3rd slot open

[nocturne pawn]

hop just isnt useful for solgaleo though

if anything id use a speed buffer since it looks like yours isnt power boosted

[latent eagle]

Okay, I’ll change hop but what about my other teams and what order should the rounds be done?

[nocturne pawn]

basically the order doesnt matter except dont do koga on r1 or r2

your other teams are fine

[mellow linden]

Lucy also inflicts Trap though

Janine would be better as the debuffer due to reliably debuffing both Attack and Sp. Atk.

In addition to my aforementioned recommendation for the Poison stall team (Lucy + Roxie can easily do an offense clear of Poison weak stages, btw, but it doesn’t really matter whether you stall or do an offense clear):

• Ash team is fine, you can probably on-type Karen just fine as well, though.

• I’m not a huge fan of leaving so much of the necessary buffs on Red and especially Leon’s shoulders, I’d personally recommend picking one or the other and adding an appropriate Support to the team as the 3rd.

• If you have Bianca (or another source of Psychic Terrain) or a Sp. Def. buffer you’d be better off replacing Sabrina or Champ Bede (more likely Sabrina will be the one getting the boot) with them.

• Assuming Solgaleo is EX/Power Boosted you’d be better off doing something like a gauge Support + a Defense debuffer as the teammates.

Technically all the teams should be able to clear alright, but you can make huge optimizations with only a few tweaks.

[latent eagle]

True but I can poison w/ Lucy and trap w/ Lillie at the same mon

[latent eagle]

Thanks for the input! I mostly off type bug bc I feel like I don’t have good bug units lmaoooo

Kinda just pushed the optimize button for against koga 😂 this team can really well but I’ll probably change stuff if it doesn’t work

Will probably switch Sabrina for Bianca

And yeah wasn’t really sure what to do w/ solgaleo so I just put hop bc he’s a support + steel type

[tame gust]

Lodge Calem go brrr on Koga

[native dome]

Any help in making this team better? I’m getting close but the physical attack hits hard

I feel like I need alakazam

[tame gust]

Any options for a defensive buffing unit?

What’s Calem doing there?

And why are your Gio and Sycamore 1/5 move level??

[native dome]

Because Calem has paralyse

And they’re 1/5 because idk how to get duplicates

[eternal lodge]

Id suggest to get dupes on Giovanni and if you got a unit with a more reliable spdef drop than Giovanni use it, girafarig does really well with it

[tame gust]

Oh are you going by the “watch out for” measures on the tips section?

[native dome]

Yeah I’m fairly new, this is my first try doing CS I’ve managed 2/4 but this one I’m struggling

I’ve been using the tips

[tame gust]

You shouldn’t need Para. Also, if you go to the Exchange Shop you can get the dupes for the legendary adventures pairs

[native dome]

How to get his duplicates? Only way I got him was from legendary story

[tame gust]

Doing the full set of a legendary adventure will give you the resources you need to get a pair to 5/5 and 20/20

[eternal lodge]

Its been a while since ive last farmed for dupes of these type of units so i cant remember, It is either what creas said or un the story

[native dome]

Oh i DIDNT realise, im upgrading them now

Okay gio is 5/5 now

[tame gust]

Not really a farm involved. You just have to clear all the quests in a particular pair’s story and you’ll get the materials to 5/5 and 20/20. Just can’t EX em unless their event’s running

[eternal lodge]

So got any good unit to drop sp def? Itll increase your Giovanni dps by alot

Also remember to fill his Sync grid

[native dome]

Let me check

[native dome]

Yeah I need to look up a good gio sync grid

[rotund lagoon]

Lucian is a F2P Sp Df debuffer btw

[tame gust]

You can go to the bot zone and use the /pair command to get an example of a Gio grid

[rotund lagoon]

That team needs serious work. Who is the damage dealer or what are you trying to accomplish?

[eternal lodge]

P sure It is stall

[tame gust]

I think that’s a toxic stall team?

[zealous karma]

+newplayer

[frozen depot]

• Read Trista's Guide & Tips by talking to her in the Pokecenter (Red Haired gal)
• Turn on Action Order in Poryphone Menu > Settings > 4th Tab (Battle)
• Unlock free pairs at Legendary Adventures, use the obtained power-ups on their pairs
• Use Stamina to rank up in Events tab, prioritizing events that go away soon
• Level a few pairs to 100 then 125 eventually, do not go higher until later
• Make sure to clear daily missions to get gems, sync orbs and more
• This includes Lodge content by making expeditions teams to get resources!
• Champion Stadium, Gauntlet & Extreme Battles are end-game for varied rosters
• Finally, read our FAQ (below) for more details and how Sync Grids work```
*Check out our #1010307000346878062* for more in-depth infos.

[rotund lagoon]

Why is Bertha there then??

[tame gust]

For medal?

[eternal lodge]

Bertha got sand + rock df

[rotund lagoon]

I know what she has, but why is she there? Sand is not needed for that match

[tame gust]

Type medal.

[eternal lodge]

It is his attempt at stalling

[steel kelp]

So?

Do the medal later

[eternal lodge]

And yeah, seems to also help with medals

[steel kelp]

Or with someone who is actually useful for the fight

[tame gust]

I don’t disagree I’m just putting my own logic on why Bertha is there Lmao

[steel kelp]

Next week is ground anyway

[rotund lagoon]

Picking the damage dealer and Support already is a good step towards the medal as 90% of the time, the Support is a different type. Then third is just filler.

[native dome]

Who should I swap for Lucian? Sycamore?

[eternal lodge]

Also, may i suggest to try out pinsir? If you got any EX support It can be pretty good for that stage

[rotund lagoon]

Calem.

[tame gust]

You can get away without paralysis on Johto Bruno.

Lucian is great because he does three things with one move. Lowers enemy attack, sp.def and raises team speed. And that’s at 1/5.

[native dome]

Cool I’ll give it a try now

[eternal lodge]

And Giovanni scales really well with spd drops

[rotund lagoon]

Mine is stuck at 2/5

Lol

[steel kelp]

Imagine not having him higher

Just sack him

[zealous karma]

I am the one who recommeneded this team lel, theyre on round 3 or so I b elieve

[tame gust]

Yeah, only other issue I kinda see with that team is the fact you will not have sp.Atk ups until after Sycamore sync

[rotund lagoon]

LOL
Mind telling me your reasonings?

[eternal lodge]

For a new played p sure it is between xerneas and probopass for raising spa

[tame gust]

True.

[zealous karma]

rock damage field sandstorm damage they needed the type metal she buffs both defenses and shes pretty tanky in her own right especially with debuffing offenses

[rotund lagoon]

One sync is not that bad.

[eternal lodge]

All i can say is, he can get away with xerneas, i used to use Giovanni with girafarig before setting up necrozma and It still nuked the opponent at +2

[rotund lagoon]

I’ve honestly never used her to tank

[zealous karma]

she buffs her own defenses by 4 so shes pretty good at it adn her grid gives her sand castle endurance and soothing sand

[tame gust]

I’m not saying the team doesn’t work. But yeah with Lucian nerfing enemy Sp.def Gio will be hitting hard even without sp-Atk up

[rotund lagoon]

How would it be if they are unable to grid her?

[zealous karma]

just about the same cause its not master mode and shes bulky

[rotund lagoon]

Yeah I guess since it’s Hard Mode, it’s not as much of an issue, but the fact that it’s poison stall makes me skeptical.

[zealous karma]

most of the stuff she has at base helps her tank her grid improves that

[tame gust]

Stall Hippowdon.. I see we’re back in Gen 4/5 OU >w>

Jokes aside, if it managed to work then great

[native dome]

Holy moly lucian is perfect

[zealous karma]

oh its been 3 hours since their initial message e

[native dome]

Just defeated him thanks guys

Last but not least is Karen

[tame gust]

Yeah, Lucian is great. I got him recently and.. Just, yeah. He’s tied in my mind with Sonia for “okay maybe a bit too good to be allowed as General Pool”

[eternal lodge]

For that i highly suggest pinsir as f2p, can get really high dmg, especially paired with a ex support

[rotund lagoon]

Don’t jinx it tho, we have almost no other reliable Sp Df debuffer

[tame gust]

Ugh don’t remind me. It hurts.

[zealous karma]

We just got olympia whos arguably better than those 2 lel

her only downside is lakc of utility

[tame gust]

I mean you’re not wrong, but Olympia isn’t in general pool yet.

[native dome]

Thanks for the suggestion though, I wouldn’t have realised if it wasn’t for your tips

Everyone’s tips that is, thanks all

[tame gust]

Np. Glad to be able to help

[zealous karma]

Meager you did get the dupes for sycamore and all the other legendary pairs correct?

[native dome]

Yah I didn’t realise they were I the exchange shop lol

[tame gust]

When in doubt always check the shop

[zealous karma]

You aslo gave them their pu's correct sorry for asking so many questions I just would like to make sure

[native dome]

Yeah I always forget that

[zealous karma]

+legexchange

[frozen depot]

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

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

[native dome]

Yeah I used the vouchers, I’ll never use power ups on those, they’re like gold dust for me haha

I find power ups so hard to obtain

[tame gust]

For sure use the pair specific vouchers on the legendary pairs. So that way you can boost them to EX when their related VA events come up.

[native dome]

VA events?

Sorry idk all the lingo for this game 😂

[tame gust]

Villain Arc events. Currently the one for Hop/Zamazenta is up

[native dome]

Ohhhh yeah I understand

So they’re always in rotation

I’m going to have to hold off on Karen, I hardly have any bug syncs 😂

[tame gust]

Sometimes though others come more often than others so it’s not a true rotation. It’s the whim of DeNA

If you’ve got Noland/Pinsir you should be pretty well off

[native dome]

Oh wow really?

I have him

[zealous karma]

Wait what do you mean by this cause I hope I am not miss understanding lel, you meant you will not exchange it correct?

[tame gust]

Mhm, he hits rather hard with the right build up. Though, big advice: if you’re planning to spam Fury Cutter do not sync with Noland. It’ll reset his Fury Cutter usage

[zealous karma]

Noland does require his grid tho

[native dome]

So use someone else’s sync?

[eternal lodge]

Yeah, thats why It fits perfect on a team with ex support

[tame gust]

Yeah, that’s if you choose the fury cutter route. His x-scissor setup however is also solid

[eternal lodge]

You should farm the villain arc en, zamazenta goes really well with it

[zealous karma]

oh yeah make sure ro prioritize the hop event

[native dome]

So who else would go well with pundit for Karen?

Pinsir*

[zealous karma]

you can poison stall while not being the most effective it is a very simple easy win

oh pinsir nanu and hop if no hop any atk crit buffer

if you have shauna she is quitr good

[native dome]

Yeah I have all three of those, need to start lvling pinsir and nanu

[rotund lagoon]

You can check #1092823068256251945 for terms btw

[native dome]

Thankyou

If I’m using fury cutter with pinsir who’s sync would I use then?

[tame gust]

If you get Hop to EX then sync with him since you get a double sync buff the first time a support mon uses their sync

[eternal lodge]

Do you hace serperior ex? It is an easy ex to get and will help alot

[native dome]

I dont have Hop EX

Only 5/5 hop

[native dome]

I have