Champion Stadium

[eternal lodge]

Then use serperior, pinsir and an attack/crit buffer

[tame gust]

Could still run Hop/Zenta. Double support and an attacker comps are also very valid

[rotund lagoon]

Hop is the Atk/Crit buffer

[tame gust]

3/5 Sonia has entered the chat

[rotund lagoon]

https://tenor.com/view/open-the-door-kick-down-gif-21474058

[tame gust]

Actually the bigger issue I think Meager’s gonna face is sync orb starvation.

[past raft]

Idk I was told to use this against this matchup, just trying to complete the type wheel

[zealous karma]

The team is fine at least in my opinion and should be able to get the job done, you poison fang all 3 targets while Bertha buffs defenses and Ghetsus lowers offenses

[spring fable]

Anyone I should avoid r1?

Oh koga

[swift swan]

R1 is very risky in general but yeah, Koga

[blazing peak]

R1 ?

[swift swan]

Round 1

[versed meteor]

Whoops didn't know some swear words were flagged

[eternal lodge]

Prepared for next week B)

[tame gust]

Will doesn’t deserve that brutality

[nocturne pawn]

he does

[tame gust]

That team against Dark Weak Will looks like Atomic Wedgie from the flag pole-tier bullying.

[keen jasper]

It's more like this

https://tenor.com/view/jojo-bizarre-adventure-tom-golden-wind-gif-14206596

[tame gust]

Yeah that seems more accurate

[full mesa]

For dark weak I usually run Double Frogs/Sidney.

Not even Phoebe can stop it.

[versed meteor]

I dont have ccalem or i would have tried to do the phoebe with sentry entry with them

[rotund lagoon]

I should try Sidney without zone for the fun of it

[manic mica]

Struggling with R1 (koga)

[rotund lagoon]

Don’t do Koga R1

The weekly params in the pins say to be careful with Koga. He is not recommended for R1

[manic mica]

who should i do then for round 1

[rotund lagoon]

I recommend you check this and figure out each one around your teams
I cannot decide that for you

[native dome]

Who should I add in the middle for Karen CS?

[mellow linden]

Gauge Support or Defense debuffer. Make sure to properly order your Tactics

[native dome]

Is hop a good choice here?

[tired sleet]

Yes, since noland wants crit support

[native dome]

Just defeated Karen now im on Lance, what should I choose?

[mellow linden]

What team are you planning to use?

[native dome]

Idk it hasn’t given me the option to select a team yet, I press on lance and this comes up

[mellow linden]

It is highly recommended to have a team planned ahead of time. You can use the pomatools link in the pins to see what Lance can do this week and plan your team accordingly

[native dome]

Where is that so I can look at it

[old orchid]

Check the pins

[toxic cobalt]

You can also click through build the team and then go back to select this again. It’s not locked in.

[grand trout]

I'll try to switch up things next week, do you think clay can do ground week koga

[main crow]

All physical lineup for tomorrow

[blazing peak]

I don't need dps, they dissapoint me

Was mostmy doing this cuz i wanted to try out ss dawn now that i gave her head start as a mucky skill

[north crown]

CBede has DPS potential

[blazing peak]

Not just potential he's a good secondary dps

[versed meteor]

He would have had it better if freezing glare was 3 gauge instead of 4

[tired sleet]

It’d be worse; his damage would be worse and his gauge would only be marginally better

[minor mauve]

But why is his trainer move four gauge too

[halcyon sail]

Because his kit is playing around free move next

[tired sleet]

Optimally, Bede uses 4 gauges at the start of the fight and then 1 gauge every sync cycle for the rest
He doesn’t know what gauge issues are

[wicked pebble]

Okay so... Bruno just straight up dies to EX LuSSa?

Like, the moment the sync move comes down, it's over?

[mellow linden]

If 3/5 pretty much, but SS Lusamine is basically a guaranteed win regardless as long as you know what you're doing

[blazing peak]

Lussamine sends Bruno to the shadow Light realm at 3/5

[swift swan]

updated

[verbal karma]

Who to pick for R4 this time?

As in who's the least dangerous for R4?

[swift swan]

I don't think any E4 is notably dangerous postsync

So it just depends on your team

[verbal karma]

Hmm...so far, I have R1 Bruno and R3 Will under consideration...

[calm marsh]

I clicked Quick Attack instead of Giga Impact and Lisia still oneshot him

[devout sluice]

R4 Karen almost went a disaster.

Now to get my next week ready.

[verbal karma]

Uh oh...

I guess I will NOT do R4 Karen then

[halcyon sail]

This week is even easier than the last one

[trail smelt]

My dumb rock team won lol

I also R4’d Karen and it went swimmingly

And my team was dumb since Lodge Steven didn’t have anybody to give him Crit lol

Anyway ready for next week… where it’s Dark Weak again

Changed my DPS unit from SN to Karen though

[halcyon sail]

Lodge Steven does have sure crit in his grid, also super preperation

So he can nuke well

[trail smelt]

Oh neato

[verbal karma]

Okay, I am getting mixed signals now

Lemme post my Rock-type and Ground-type sync pairs then

[halcyon sail]

It's Johto CS, it should be a breeze

[verbal karma]

I mean, it wasn't a breeze for that person

[halcyon sail]

I see EXd Olivia

No problem then

Though your ground roster is lacking

Better to just offtype Koga

[main crow]

Lol flying koga next week

[verbal karma]

...I'd rather avoid off-typing if possible...

But yeah, my ground roster is sadly miserable, and I am trying my hardest to fix that

[main crow]

You should candy Cynthia eventually if you want to avoid off typing ground content

3/5 should be enough

[dusty yarrow]

Just avoid what I did and go raising Clay

he's been maxed and raised as a 5* since 7.5k CS era

[main crow]

Oh right Clay's also good, I forgot he can do some big damage

[old orchid]

he needs full grid investment tho, and specific teammates to be good

[dusty yarrow]

pre-grid clay can't reach those kind of numbers (10k SInnoh CS)

[main crow]

A Hilbert like support but for special stats sounds really good right about now

[old orchid]

VMallow with TM MPR:

[dusty yarrow]

Variety Mallow? didn't know bout' that

[verbal karma]

...I only have one 5* Strike Candy...

[junior crown]

don't recomend to spend candy for CS

go offtype or poison stall

[old orchid]

im sure you have a lot of insane offtype dmg dealer, just do offtype

dont restrict yourself with stupid rules then complain here

[junior crown]

My cynthia is 1/5 and I think I used her once or even never

[main crow]

If you REALLY don't wanna off type for some reason then as Plasma suggested, Clay

Tho he does need full investment

[grand trout]

Is it just me or is Johto the most annoying CS

[main crow]

Prob just you
imo the most annoying Johto could get is just with Koga

[grand trout]

he alone ups the annoying level for me imo

still salty abou the crit shield he plops before sync last week

[dusty yarrow]

Funny thing is I find Bug Weak Karen more annoying what Koga has to offer, and Im probably the only one who has this (mostly experience and trauma stuff)

[old orchid]

90% of Johto CS's annoyance is from Koga

[grand trout]

what are some annoying stages anyway? I know aaron is one

[dusty yarrow]

An annoying one for me (outside of Johto) would be Fire Weak Glacia

[old orchid]

Steel weak Glacia is annoying if you dont have special Steel

or Steel weak Bertha with Head Start ruining many pre sync team comps

i can name a few more

[grand trout]

i recall a stage where they up evasion every turn

[steel kelp]

Just build a team so it doesn’t matter whether you do pre or post

[grand trout]

i think it was in hoenn

[main crow]

I personally find electric Phoebe annoying simply bc I have to paralyzed everyone one by one

[calm marsh]

Aron when y dont have rat and strong special electric

[old orchid]

Lorelei's stages perhap

[main crow]

Hau :

[old orchid]

[junior crown]

Fight Weak Lorelei

[dusty yarrow]

I do have a 1/5 Raihan and a 5* Eggmon Magneton but I still prefer going all in with Gloria against Steel Weak Glacia (the worst example of having a Faves over Meta Mindset)

[calm marsh]

If y dont Ex Hau ( is me)

[steel kelp]

piercing gaze bea grid when

[old orchid]

nah i beat Aaron with non EX Hau before

pre sync, actually

just give him EX support and terrain and he nukes hard

[grand trout]

you said terrain but back then our only terrain was volkner

[calm marsh]

I beat Aron with SS Elesa

[grand trout]

did volkner's statuses help in some way

[verbal karma]

I mean, it wouldn't have been just for CS either

[grand trout]

to deny turns

[verbal karma]

I just...have a bad Ground type selection all around

and I do want to improve it regardless of CS existing

[main crow]

Volkner has flinch so in some capacity

[grand trout]

courtney has a p good nuke

[main crow]

It can be helpful

[steel kelp]

Bertha slander

[old orchid]

he works pretty well, also has flinch to block Heal Order

[verbal karma]

Bertha is good as a support, but I need a damage dealer

[grand trout]

as good as bertha is, you cant deny she doesnt have DPS at all

[calm marsh]

Bertha Nuke very strong

[old orchid]

just pair her with a Ground dps, im sure 1/5 Cynthia can work

she is the nuker

[grand trout]

nita is not bad for dps

[calm marsh]

You can nuke Left side first

[junior crown]

but even then don't think Cynthia is the way to go, if you really want to improve grould type would've been better to get Rose, 1/5 Rose already better than 3/5 Cynthia I think...

[calm marsh]

Then Nuke Mid after

[verbal karma]

But I don't like Rose or Copperajah

[main crow]

I don't think pulling for someone is the way to go either

[grand trout]

doesnt naomi have respectable damage too?

[calm marsh]

Yes, but she doesn’t rerun yet

[verbal karma]

I have Naomi

[calm marsh]

Oh

[grand trout]

try her

she has double down too

[calm marsh]

She good on type

[verbal karma]

Hold on, since people missed it, here are all my ground types

[old orchid]

she just needs sand and someone to max her multipliers

[grand trout]

again, naomi or bertha/cynthia

[dusty yarrow]

I would ping Aurochs for Hapu I guess

[verbal karma]

I could use Bertha on Naomi

[steel kelp]

Sleeping on Bertha

[calm marsh]

Bertha-Naomi-SpA buff

[dusty yarrow]

but yeah you have Naomi and Bertha

[verbal karma]

So that I could then use Anni Raihan for Olivia

[dusty yarrow]

cuz I would not advice you to go Nita DPS

[calm marsh]

After seeing that

[junior crown]

specially because your Nita is 3/5...

[calm marsh]

Maybe i should do full Support run

[steel kelp]

Nita dps real

[calm marsh]

[verbal karma]

Hmm...okay, R2 Koga and R4 Karen then

[dusty yarrow]

R4 is half-sync so be prepared

[grand trout]

i used wally for bruno lol

ss wally

thanks for the earlier mega

[dusty yarrow]

Don't have it so... here's Egg Clefable

[verbal karma]

...why can't I quadqueue with my R2 Koga team?

I wven make sure to use another Sandstorm before I get to do my first sync

and yet the opponent still manages to queue an attack before my sync attack animation even starts

Just what am I missing?

...can Stealth Rock prevent quadqueue?

[velvet parcel]

Perfect!

[calm marsh]

3 sp pre-Sync

Sleep op

[grand steppe]

pin updated #1009554906568462476 message

[verbal karma]

...okay, I don't get it

Even if I use SS Elesa's TM 3 times

Karen can STILL sync before I can do my second sync?!

[grand steppe]

Not likely, unless you're using all of them in one sync cycle, or you're not triple queueing each turn.

[verbal karma]

I am triple queuing each turn

and I am using SS Elesa's TM on every turn she gets

...problem is that I can't exactly quadqueue her TM

[grand steppe]

Did you use any, post-sync?

[verbal karma]

I am trying to pre-sync

[manic kiln]

It’s johto, even if you fail quadqueue postsync is possible, johto don’t hit that hard stressing yourself over quadqueue

[grand steppe]

I'm talking about your sync..

[verbal karma]

Oh

After my first sync, I also use her TM two more times

[steel kelp]

How are you still not psyncing before

[nocturne pawn]

you cant quad queue ss elesa tm

[manic kiln]

Oh you did Karen round 4

[nocturne pawn]

like it is literally impossible

[steel kelp]

And how are you dying to Karen

[nocturne pawn]

what are you using anyway

[steel kelp]

The real question

[grand steppe]

And you're somehow not able to reach 2nd sync, despite using Breathtaking! Twice in the post-sync portion of your rotation?
Then you're omitting information.
9>8>7>6 (TM) goes to 4
4>3>2>1 (TM) goes to 0

[nocturne pawn]

wait its not even fighting weak karen

[verbal karma]

Okay, so my order of events is: X Atk (Olivia) -> TM (EleSSa) -> Fire Spin (Flyhan) -> enemy turn (3->2) -> sync (EleSSa) -> X Atk (Olivia) -> Sandstorm (Flyhan) -> enemy turn (2->1) -> TM (EleSSa) -> TM (Olivia) -> Fire Spin (Flyhan) -> enemy turn (1->0)

[nocturne pawn]

dont need accuracy then lol

[steel kelp]

What

Why is SS elesa there

[nocturne pawn]

isnt yours 3/5 or am i misremembering

[steel kelp]

[verbal karma]

Sadly, I end up with 2 turns short of my second sync

[verbal karma]

Breathtaking

That's literally it

[steel kelp]

How is Olivia getting her buffs

[verbal karma]

Herself

[nocturne pawn]

she isnt

[steel kelp]

Wasting a slot for psync accel

[nocturne pawn]

yeah

if an accel unit isnt helping your main dps

its not worth slotting

[steel kelp]

Yea sure waste like 4 turns by Olivia setting herself up

[verbal karma]

The problem isn't even that

[nocturne pawn]

yeah shes not maxing inertia

[verbal karma]

The problem is that I can't do my second sync before Karen does hers

[nocturne pawn]

unless you gridded amped up on stone edge

[halcyon sail]

Shouldn't you survive the sync anyway, it's Johto

[steel kelp]

This

[grand steppe]

You neglected to mention it was half-sync parameter. :/

[nocturne pawn]

what move level is your raihan i swear it was 3/5

[manic kiln]

You’re not going to sync twice with half sync parameter. To presync clear halfsync usually you’ll need dual dps to kill mid with regular move or max move

[verbal karma]

I thought I said it was R4

[nocturne pawn]

or just

actually max her multipliers

:)

just use hilbert

[grand steppe]

Not to me.

[steel kelp]

Ya know just a bit

[calm marsh]

Johto not that hard, i down that i can beat Karen with Roxanne main Dmg

[manic kiln]

Olivia is kinda slow with buff adding sselesa is useless

[steel kelp]

Idk tho 4 turns for self setup sounds pretty tempting

[verbal karma]

...but I could sync twice with half sync before...I just don't know why it doesn't work now

[steel kelp]

Why are you even trying to do it

Instead of just doing post

[grand steppe]

Does Karen's posthaste prevent quad?

[verbal karma]

...I don't think Olivia can survive a sync, tho...

[steel kelp]

She does if you buff her

[halcyon sail]

She could with a decent support

[verbal karma]

Damn, so I need a support who can buff her speed AND her defenses

[nocturne pawn]

just use hilbert and win

like

[steel kelp]

Actually

Or sonia

[nocturne pawn]

you get seun from raihan maxed multipliers from hilbert

you should easily win first sync if your parameters arent fucked up

[halcyon sail]

Forgot about the SEUN

[verbal karma]

...I don't think I have Seun gridded on Flyhan

[nocturne pawn]

….

its from his tm

[verbal karma]

Oh

[halcyon sail]

Base kit

[verbal karma]

I may be stupid

[steel kelp]

If you’re really that worried about it throw in Bertha for defense

[halcyon sail]

And why are you using fire spin with Raihan

[steel kelp]

[halcyon sail]

No need for mind boggler setting up

[verbal karma]

Trapping as extra DPS

[steel kelp]

What

[nocturne pawn]

trap gets healed off

so there is literally 0 point

[verbal karma]

...was I instead supposed to flinch with Twister?

[nocturne pawn]

yes

[verbal karma]

Okay, let me try that then

[nocturne pawn]

fire spin isnt useful unless you’re nuking with him

and obviously you arent

[halcyon sail]

And use the TM before Olivias sync please

[nocturne pawn]

ghost weak will has impervious right not dark?

[steel kelp]

Dark doesn’t have it

And there’s no ghost week this month

It’s poison

[calm marsh]

Roxanne main dmg

I even choose Standard Dmg Reduction just to let only she can do real dmg

[halcyon sail]

I like when there is rock weak, I love Lodge Steven

[verbal karma]

...ah

Okay, I see why EleSSa was a bad idea

Even though Olivia had Amped Up

Her sync boosted with Sandstorm and +3 Speed had Karen survive with 5% of her HP left

...and predictably, nobody survived Karen's sync

...oh jeez...I don't like those Post-Sync params...do I really have to?

[rain turret]

Lance was the easiest one lmao
BUT I FORGOT TO PUT A BUG TYPE
now my badge is 17/18

[halcyon sail]

Just kill her first sync then

[verbal karma]

I sadly can't do that

Hell, I can't even really kill her second sync

So because of that, I have to deal with Post Sync params...and the painful decision I have to make

Strike ×3 Damage or Tech ×3 Damage?

[halcyon sail]

Anni Raihan only needs to do 2 moves

Sandstorm and TM

Then he can die

[manic kiln]

Just add a def buffer

[halcyon sail]

But I still don't understand how a SEUP EXd Olivia in sand can't pre-sync a Johto E4

[manic kiln]

Didn’t max stats and multipliers

[nocturne pawn]

use hilbert and max her multipliers

i said that the first time

[verbal karma]

OH NO

Hilbert can't survive Karen's sync

Like, at all

[mellow linden]

I'm certain he can

[nocturne pawn]

pre sync her?

even if he doesnt with 0 def he has shielded on tm

maxed speed attack and seun with sandstorm should easily murder karen

[verbal karma]

Even with Shielded, he just...dies instantly

[nocturne pawn]

ok so

[mellow linden]

Worst case scenario run Hop or something with Stone Edge Amped Up gridded on Olivia

[nocturne pawn]

aggravation on waterfall?

[verbal karma]

Lemme check

[halcyon sail]

Then do post-sync if you are really having trouble with pre-sync

[verbal karma]

Wait, I never even get to use Waterfall

[halcyon sail]

Again, Johto CS doesn't hit hard at all

[verbal karma]

Because Hilbert is too busy using his TM and X Speed All

[steel kelp]

How johto cs is killing is telling

[verbal karma]

...hell, Hilbert is even EX'd

[mellow linden]

Do you have Sonia or Hop still available

[verbal karma]

Hop? Yes

[nocturne pawn]

im legitimately about to clear cs again record a run to show you can definitely pre sync karen with olivia

[mellow linden]

Hilbert should be able to survive fine, but Sonia/Hop would work as well and have better tankiness

Is this half-Sync round?

[nocturne pawn]

yes

[verbal karma]

Yes

[mellow linden]

Figured, just wanted to be sure

[nocturne pawn]

for half sync probably grid amped up on stone esge

since you seem to have trouble with maxing her speed

[verbal karma]

I mean, I tried pre sync with EleSSa instead of Hilbert, and...well, I was close to winning

Like, Karen had only 5% HP left after Olivia's sync

[nocturne pawn]

ss elesa doesnt do anything for olivia its not worth slotting

[nocturne pawn]

couldve solved that by using a speed buffer

[mellow linden]

SS Elesa gives basically nothing to Olivia, I fail to see how you're doing worse with Hilbert

[verbal karma]

...there's one problem with that: I synced with EleSSa first

Ya know, to get the EX support sync buff

I actually am syncing with Hilbert first as well since he's also EX'd

[nocturne pawn]

she should be wiping on first sync

[verbal karma]

Am also using Post Sync params to compensate

[nocturne pawn]

and even if she doesnt stone edge should kill

ok wait

how about using lodge blue

buffs defense and crit on tm and has x attack all and 60% flinch on 2 bar

[verbal karma]

Wait, I found a way to make Hilbert survive

I just need to use Max Guard on him

...oh yeah, funnily enough, Anni Raihan can somehow survive the sync

[halcyon sail]

Are you using ×3 support damage taken?

[verbal karma]

Nope

×3 tech damage

[halcyon sail]

Fishy

[calm marsh]

How Hilbert cant but Anni Raihan can

[verbal karma]

I have no idea

[nocturne pawn]

why would you use max guard bruh

she is physical right

[verbal karma]

To make Hilbert survive

[cinder summit]

Raihan (Anniversary 2022) & Flygon

‎ Type: ‎　‎　Weak:

Level 140 Stats:

HP: 677
ATK: 336 | DEF: 162
SPA: 336 | SPD: 162
SPE: 376

Acquisition:

Poké Fair

Alternates:

Raihan & Duraludon
Raihan & Gigalith

Sync Grid Recommendations:

Utility Minimal (2/5)
‎　+ Sync Nuke (3/5)
‎　+ Full Utility (4/5)
‎　+ Full CD / Sync Boost (5/5)
‎　+ Max Wyrmwind / Sync Nuke (5/5)
‎　+ Max Flare / Sync Nuke (5/5)
‎　+ Max Flare / Utility (5/5)

Lucky Skill: Head Start 1, Weathered Warrior 3

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

[main crow]

Hilbert isn't generally the tankiest of support but I'm pretty sure he can survive

[nocturne pawn]

just use max wyrmwind and shielded on tm

[cinder summit]

Hilbert & Samurott

‎ Type: ‎　‎　Weak:

Level 140 Stats:

HP: 690
ATK: 257 | DEF: 238
SPA: 170 | SPD: 238
SPE: 288

Acquisition:

General Pool
Ticket Scout
Ticket Scout (Unova)

Alternates:

Sygna Suit Hilbert & Genesect
Hilbert (Fall 2020) & Mightyena

Sync Grid Recommendations:

Support Minimal (3/5)
‎　+ Full Tank
‎　+ Waterfall Aggravation / Shielded Squad
‎　+ Waterfall Aggravation / Vigilance
‎　+ Aqua Tail Defense Crush

Lucky Skill: Healthy Healing, Wise Entry 2, Defense Crush 2, Vigilance
(if not picked on grid)

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

[verbal karma]

I have Shielded on TM already, it just...isn't enough...

[halcyon sail]

It isn't adding up

[calm marsh]

How

[verbal karma]

I wish I knew how

[calm marsh]

Even with passive Anni Raihan not bulky than Hilbert

[main crow]

Maybe show us the params you pick?

[verbal karma]

Wait, why Max Wyrmwind? That one's Special, not Physical

[main crow]

If you're following the one pinned it shouldn't be that overwhelming against Hilbert

[calm marsh]

Lower enemy atk

You can quad with Max Move so you dont lose any turn

[halcyon sail]

Also dealing a good chunk of damage

[verbal karma]

Alright, was finally lucky enough to win somehow...

[calm marsh]

Full Support clear

[verbal karma]

Damn

[north crown]

Yeah Kanto and Johto CS are super ez

[calm marsh]

For me Will make me suffer so much until i bring Elio, sleep so op that i decided dont use Melody in other run

[keen jasper]

I'm gonna do 20k pts. this week

[calm marsh]

4k each

I just tried 3k5 each week ago and it already hard

[keen jasper]

I've done 19.5k pts. in one of the Sinnoh weeks on June

[calm marsh]

Maybe i will try it one day

But if that, all my run will have sleep and flinch

[main crow]

Sleep is extremely broken lol I once did 2 4k stages completely relying on sleep chaining

[keen jasper]

Bruno is easy with SS Wally without needing sleep or flinch

[calm marsh]

That why i only try 3k5 each, because i avoid sleep and flinch in run

Even i use valentines Marnie, i turn on params stop i flinch them

[unreal radish]

Who's the best option to choose at R4?

🤔

[keen jasper]

Depends on you, I choose Koga for R4 because I know I can brute force him with SS Gio especially when doing 4k pts. against Koga

[blazing peak]

Part 2

Thr only sttuggle here was bruno having a one shot close combat but i had endure from sc jasmine + Ss Mina's damage guard next

[calm marsh]

Try Roxanne main dmg

[blazing peak]

what do i need for this ?

Ingo and a sp def debuffer right ?

Cuz i can't use ss dianthz otherwise she'll bezt the stage herself

[calm marsh]

I dont use Ingo

And i also use 3 support

[blazing peak]

Doesn't she want ingo ?

sp ?

[blazing peak]

oh alroght

Lemme try

oh yeah yoy did a full support stadium

[calm marsh]

Idk what other countries but my mean Support

[calm marsh]

Just Karen is hard because i only have Roxanne for on type dmg

[blazing peak]

oof

[keen jasper]

Ok, 4k against Karen cut it a little too close and without Gordie's rock damage field, I would've been ded

Damn, I was right, SS Gio wrecks Koga at 4k pts.

[blazing peak]

Wait wtf

WHAT'S THE POINT OF C BLUE'S SAND POWER THINGIE

Why should i grid this instead pf crit strike 1 ???

[keen jasper]

What?

[cinder summit]

Blue (Classic) & Aerodactyl

‎ Type: ‎　‎　Weak:

Level 140 Stats:

HP: 602
ATK: 336 | DEF: 138
SPA: 356 | SPD: 138
SPE: 400

Acquisition:

Poké Fair

Alternates:

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Hyper Beam Minimal (2/5)
‎　+ Sync Nuke / Sharp Entry (3/5)
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Lucky Skill: Critical Strike 2, Weathered Warrior 3

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[blazing peak]

Why should i grid the sand nodes when i can just get a bunch of sync tiles and a crit strike 1

[keen jasper]

Welp, 20k pts. clear done

[keen jasper]

I'm not sure, why don't you ask in #1009587872342478908 ?

[blazing peak]

i'm moreso confused as to what tezm would reauire you to use surging sand 1

[swift swan]

The surging sand grid seems to be focused on hyper beam DPS

[versed meteor]

Damn i just remembered on my lost account i had this classic blue never had a use for him tho

[pure haven]

Half sync and ruin quadq

At least it's not Hoenn CS

Who should I avoid on R4?

[zealous karma]

Maybe Karen

[pure haven]

Yeah she's like the only threat

Twister flinch seems annoying

[hushed sorrel]

Can Olivia take her out first sync? I didn't try.

I did it with support ex and adraneline

[pure haven]

Yeah probably

Oh wait

First sync

Idk

[hushed sorrel]

I'm pretty sure the side will kill though

[peak rune]

I think Sidney and Absol can shit on dark-weak stage on their first sync

🤨

[zealous karma]

Most techs can one shot a center mon in their first sync

[nocturne pawn]

maybe my parameters were fucked

cuz sidney was like 3k off from koing karen first sync

[peak rune]

3k sounds alright to me, just need one more hit anyway

[zinc island]

When you have pent up agression because of gauntlet and you unleash it on champion stadium

[nocturne pawn]

wait wuh

why are you using morty with cynthia

[full mesa]

Why not?

[civic trellis]

For courtney maybe

Or cuz he’s just a great support

[mellow linden]

Because Cynthia has a lot of Sandstorm-based modifiers

[dim marsh]

I'm back again with the 4K CS runs yay

I'm sorry for the stall, but Bruno and Lance were pretty cool fights

[fiery canopy]

zomg new week

lets see what we got

for order, how abt
Karen
Bruno
Koga
Will

[mellow linden]

As long as you’re confident in your abilities to deal with Will on a half-Sync round you should be fine

[fiery canopy]

for teams...
-ingo, emmet, whatever type i need for medal
-diantha, whatever support fits her, type medal
-courtney, bertha, type medal
-cmarnie, legit any support lol

yea i got cmarnie she'll clear him lol

[mellow linden]

Oh, it’s Hard Mode, totally fine then

[fiery canopy]

yeye
still need normal, ice, fighting, water, dragon, n dark

[paper pond]

What does the team investment look like for 850pts?

[junior solstice]

At least critical strike 2 for strikers and techs, vigilance for supports and full grid

I just did 850 points and it was decent

[nocturne pawn]

you definitely do not need full grid for 850

its not very different from hard mode if you pick the right parameters

[tired sleet]

^

[paper pond]

The challenge is building teams on time before the week rotates. Not to mention said resources are hard to come by. Haha sucks to be new, oh well. Thanks u guys.

[nocturne pawn]

who said you needed to pre team build

i literally just use who i think works and i almost always get it

[granite spindle]

I finally got the medal and beat 850 pts!

[native dome]

Any good teams to defeat Karen? She’s the only one I’m struggling with

[zinc island]

Because courtney and ss morty weren't doing enough damage so i added a few cynthia earthquakes

[nocturne pawn]

oh so duos

i see what you were trying to do

[junior solstice]

850 was pretty comfortable, should i try to aim for a bit higher?

[zinc island]

Got 3/5 gordie or kukui?

[zinc island]

Yeah

[nocturne pawn]

olivia 2/5 can kill her pretty easily

[zinc island]

That requires a certain level of polish

[junior solstice]

whats so good about 2/5 olivia ngl

[old orchid]

Roark is a solid Rock dmg dealer, but he needs full grid investment and 4*

[old orchid]

Inertia unlocked

[zinc island]

Go for 1000

[junior solstice]

ok

[junior solstice]

dont you need ex

[native dome]

Dont have

[old orchid]

No need to ping me

[native dome]

Only good sync I have is kukui

[old orchid]

Roark is better

Grid him and raise him to 4*

[zealous karma]

Nope

Her nuke is very good I’m pretty sure in sand + rock zone is like stronger than zerenas with zone lel

[nocturne pawn]

if only her personal damage was better

[native dome]

Should I pair Roark and Kukui?

[zealous karma]

That sounds good if you don’t have 2/5 Olivia

[zealous karma]

Nothing a PB can’t fix

[native dome]

Yeah I don’t have Olivia 😦

[old orchid]

Yes, but in hard mode you want to use someone else having different type than Roark to unlock type medal easier

[native dome]

Ahh okay, I’m fairly new to the game so I’m just trying to clear CS first

I’ll worry about hard mode later 🙂

[old orchid]

Hard mode is the base difficulty of CS

[native dome]

Who’s a good support for Kukui and Roark

[old orchid]

Someone can buff crit

[native dome]

Oh i See 😂

[old orchid]

No need to ping me btw

[junior solstice]

I guess ill stop at 5k points for now

the only thing i can improve on teams are better gear, theme skills and better units ofc

[zealous karma]

That seems like a lot to me usually only levels (120) and grids are all you need

[paper pond]

Other than Inertia does Olivia need anything else preferably from teammates? I'm short on so I plan on spending on Inertia only.

[zealous karma]

A defense debuffer Nanu is good at that at base, she also needs Atk/spd/crit support

[paper pond]

Nanu/HopEX/Oliva

[mellow linden]

Sandstorm for Sand Blaster

[zealous karma]

She’s usually fine without sandblaster

Especially if tight on orbs

[mellow linden]

Ah, wait, nvm, missed that you’re only getting Inertia to save orbs

[paper pond]

aight imma try this out now, ty!

[zealous karma]

You will be relying on Olivia’s amped up to buff her Spd do keep in mind

[paper pond]

Would stealth rock be helpful?

[zealous karma]

No not really most stages have mitigation 9 against it so it reduces its damage by 90%

[paper pond]

alrighty

[strange summit]

Completed Champion Stadium today!

[paper pond]

after a few tries I'm just not doing enuf dmg o.o

[toxic cobalt]

Are you able to get 3 moves for every opponent move, and is Olivia at +3 crit?

[paper pond]

I'm not quite sure how often but I was just spamming it until I got it done *yes on crit. I did it, I'm working on R4 Will now.

[hushed sorrel]

Olivia hop, you might not get max speed. Unless you get amped up 2

[paper pond]

Yeah it was kinda clunky but I got it done, I'm now on Lance ^^

[hushed sorrel]

Sweet

[paper pond]

You were right. ^^ All I had to do was keep trying. Got away with only a few grid and 120s. 5k points! XD

[hushed sorrel]

O it’s master mode

Nice work

[paper pond]

Yeeeah I'm so happy. This game is so much fun =3 runs toward the big gates of LG

[umbral crow]

Just ignore LG, it is hell for this rotation

[paper pond]

huhu ok, the extra cookies tho

[low linden]

I just do 10 and done

[fluid vessel]

That is exactly what makes it extra funnier

[umbral crow]

funnier as if it was a meme

[low linden]

meanwhile LG runners : this gonna be fun

[hushed sorrel]

I enjoyed it. It was my first

[twilit knot]

my fairy team is not tanky 😦 i thought i could clear it with it with sycamore, ss serena and lucas

boy was i soo wrong

i tried with diantha sycamore and erika holiday 2020

any suggestions

[manic kiln]

That’s a dragon team tho

[twilit knot]

i thought i could off type it

[keen jasper]

Have you tried using Mina?

[halcyon sail]

In theory, that team of SS Serena with Zone should totally manage

[twilit knot]

im on round 4 btw

do i have to reset?

[manic kiln]

If your limited units are mostly 1/5 it’s easier to ontype than offtype

[twilit knot]

their sync ohko my team lol

[halcyon sail]

It's the parameters then

[twilit knot]

could be

lemme check pins

[manic kiln]

Round 4 is half sync so either presync or use a tanky team/support

[twilit knot]

is restraint a status condition?

[keen jasper]

Status change

Status condition is sleep, paralyze, poison, freeze, etc.

[twilit knot]

thanks

[hushed sorrel]

Best camerupt team comp f2p in your opinion?

Sonia seems perfect but just missing adrenaline

[old orchid]

you can deny the left with Camerupt's sync

for team just any atk + crit buffer and another Ground type

[grand trout]

If i use Karen for will, should i sync with her first or a support?

[old orchid]

Karen to get access to Dark Pulse

[keen jasper]

Karen's sync should be strong enough to kill Will

[hushed sorrel]

Lols Camerupt and Clay are strong as.

[keen jasper]

BP Karen

Show us your dark types

Nessa is your best dark DPS

Or you can off-type it

[old orchid]

Yeah Nessa, Nanu and SS Blue is a solid team

You have Hau

No problem

[old orchid]

glad it worked you can try getting more points

you have to reset them all

you cant get the same rewards again unless you go higher

the points are kept yes

next target is 1500 pts per stage, give it a try

[keen jasper]

Johto is hella easy

[hushed sorrel]

I tried to do it with my f2p pairs this week. I think you have all of them except ss leaf https://discord.com/channels/583120259708616715/1134233447167164517

[long thicket]

So might try 2500 this week.

I feel like I need super effective supports for each type, even if they're not made for big damage.

Not sure what to put for the extra 200, though.

[old orchid]

the pins have recommended parameter sets for every playstyle

so check them out

[long thicket]

The change to their presentation troubles me.

But I'll try to figure it out.

[austere quest]

Gradual Healing doesn’t change much if you are clearing Pre Sync I find although I don’t know if that’s truly correct

[mellow linden]

Support type does not matter even with Standard Damage Reduction 8 turned on

If you’re relying on your Supports’ damage output then there’s some sort of problem with the team

[long thicket]

Nah, I don't count on Support damage that much. Just a small thought I had due to me sometimes relying on EX supports for some of these.

Although that did remind me how the game suggested Leaf for Steel weak stages early in my time with the game.

[noble plaza]

Anyone I should save/skip for certain rounds?

[old orchid]

be careful with everyone on R4

[tired sleet]

Be slightly careful of koga r1, he may poison you

[noble plaza]

Ohhh ok

[native dome]

Good rock striker for CS Karen? I don't have Lycanrock

[noble plaza]

My first instinct for Will was to use Karen as the main striker but apparently Will is weak to physical. Should I use Sidney and/or TMR instead?

[full mesa]

You have SSBrock. Otherwise off type.

[full mesa]

Use Sidney without mpr. Just bring something to help it max out speed and whatever he's missing from the TM.

[tired sleet]

Why use ss brock when roark exists

[noble plaza]

Who should I R4? I already did Koga and Will

[zealous karma]

Definitely not Karen

[noble plaza]

Alrighty

[nocturne pawn]

bruno is probably easier on r4 provided he doesn’t open with a close combat

[versed meteor]

Wait can 1/5 cmarnie solo Will?

[nocturne pawn]

solo dps yeah

easily

[mellow linden]

Dunno if she can do a true solo, but she can easily handle him with maybe a gauge Support + a warm body for triple queue purposes, at worst

[gritty nymph]

if r4 then yeah

[tired sleet]

Does koga secretly have a boosted attack stat? He hits way harder than other stages from my experience, but pomatools doesn’t say anything

[nocturne pawn]

could be round parameter

he is special this week right

[tired sleet]

He’s primarily physical

But there are no boosting params this week

[nocturne pawn]

there is

r3

its special so thats why i asked

maybe its bp just being higher?

[long thicket]

Ended up going for on-type post sync, and I'm shocked by how swell the first two stages have been.

[tired sleet]

It’s special damage reduction

[nocturne pawn]

oh nvm

[long thicket]

Round 4 with Bruno took a couple attemps with different supports and was a bit of a clutch, but yeah, I'm shocked.

[zealous karma]

I would just poison stall as with your current roster you do not have any good partners for her

[swift swan]

a special support works. sabrina, maybe?

grid Karen with nuke grid and viola as a third to spam struggle bug (or Lodge Dawn, but I don't see her)

[hushed sorrel]

Off type with Adam an

[fluid vessel]

still waiting for the offtype adaman solos

[noble plaza]

I'm having trouble with Bruno r4. Should I go with Bede or Mina?

oh i also have Cobalion if that matters

[zealous karma]

I would go with mina as she debuffs brunos attack

[swift swan]

Mina is doable

[toxic cobalt]

The Bruno destroyer

[umbral crow]

auroch wheres your f2p clears?

[zealous karma]

#1011675077764456519

[toxic cobalt]

I haven’t made any for Johto this month, hasn’t seemed as needed

[noble plaza]

who should I pair Mina with?

[wet gate]

Can I use marine against will or is sentry entry too good

Marnie

[tired sleet]

Sentry Entry does nothing to stop Champion Marnie, she uses special moves

[wet gate]

Oh that’s wise entry right

[tired sleet]

Also Sentry Entry 4 only provides the stat buff, which can be bypassed by critical hits, so physical strikers are totally fine too (but CMarnie is better for this scenario)

Sentry Entry X 2 (or 3) is not bypassable by crits, on the other hand

[wet gate]

Ok

[zealous karma]

Hop if you haven’t used him already and a defense debuffer

[umbral crow]

could have atk debuffer too to help mina

[wet gate]

Who does special damage and I should use r3 on

[umbral crow]

Will use special alot, while Karen is mixed iirc

[wet gate]

Ok

[noble plaza]

I already used Hop for Koga because I needed a random attack buffer and I wanted to save Ingo for Karen

[wet gate]

How can I find out which sync pairs cannot be flinched

Is there a command

[noble plaza]

im pretty sure you can search for pairs with certain passives, in this case Unflappable iirc, with porybot

[cinder summit]

Unflappable

Prevents the user from flinching.

Sync Pairs with Passive:

Sygna Suit Hilda & Victini
Sygna Suit Morty & Ho-Oh
Crasher Wake & Floatzel
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Rosa & Dewott
Serena (Champion) & Greninja
Eusine & Suicune
Nemona & Pawmot
Sygna Suit Silver & Sneasel
Glacia & Glalie
Irida & Glaceon

‎

Hilda (Summer 2022) & Grapploct
Korrina & Lucario
Maylene & Medicham
Hop (Champion) & Zapdos
Janine & Crobat
Emma & Crobat
Nita & Landorus
Lysandre & Yveltal
Will & Xatu
Sabrina & Alakazam
May (Anniversary 2022) & Latias
Olympia & Sigilyph

‎

Lucian & Girafarig
Bede (Champion) & Articuno
Noland & Pinsir
Kukui & Lycanroc
Allister (Fall 2022) & Gourgeist
Drake & Salamence
Lance & Dragonite
Sygna Suit Leon & Eternatus
Calem (Champion) & Greninja
Nanu & Persian
Karen & Umbreon
Caitlin (Fall 2021) & Sableye

‎

Marnie (Champion) & Moltres
Grimsley (Kimono) & Bisharp
Steven & Metagross
Raihan & Duraludon
Kali (Furisode Girl) & Azumarill

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[noble plaza]

[umbral crow]

please use it on #bot-zone for personal use

[wet gate]

Ok sorry

Who do I want to avoid half sync on

[noble plaza]

I was told to avoid Karen on R4

[wet gate]

Ok

[trail smelt]

Entirely depends on your roster and play style of course, but yeah Karen punishes you if you let her sync

[noble plaza]

I was pairing Mina with Lucian because he has Growl but I keep getting killed by the sides at the end. I'm not sure which defense debuffer to go with though because I already used Kukui

[old orchid]

Hop + Mina + Nanu

wait, is this hard or master mode?

[noble plaza]

MM

I already used Hop and Nanu

[old orchid]

Hilbert then

[noble plaza]

I've been pairing Mina with Aaron

[old orchid]

Aaron is a good choice, he can fix Play Rough's accuracy issue too

so Nanu as the third slot then

[noble plaza]

I already used Nanu

BP Clemont could screech, and I could use Aaron for Flinch?

[old orchid]

The Masked Royal then, he helps with atk buffing too

[noble plaza]

...I already used him too

[old orchid]

yeah BP Clemont is good

[noble plaza]

I'm tempted to reset again

[old orchid]

why tho

[noble plaza]

should i aim for t1 flinch?

[old orchid]

nah just focus on buffing Mina first

if you can quad queue after flinch, it helps

since flinch coming from passives has a small time window which let you queue another move if you are quick enough

[noble plaza]

when would i flinch?

[old orchid]

after you are done with buffing for Mina, ideally

[noble plaza]

ok gauge is a huge issue atm

[old orchid]

grid Charging Infliction on Clemont's grid

[noble plaza]

he's only 1/5 😅

I mean I do have 2 4* support candies

and the only other person that are worth spending those on is BP Janine

[noble plaza]

should i use them on Clemont?

[full mesa]

Clemont against who?

[noble plaza]

Bp Clemont, Mina, Aaron against Bruno r4

[swift swan]

If it's only for screech, i don't think candying clemont is necessary

[noble plaza]

move guage is bad though

[swift swan]

Nanu then?

[nocturne pawn]

already used

[noble plaza]

yep

do I need to reset this one?

[versed meteor]

40k b thunderbolt, 30k sides on sync this is why dena has most stages wise entry these days

3k param too

Having blue was a bit of an overreaction on my part

Did a max hp 3500 run

[zealous karma]

only 40K so sad

[noble plaza]

I MANAGED TO BEAT IT WITH COBALION, MINA AND AARON

[zealous karma]

!!

[bright furnace]

all these holiday jasmine clears while i wait to select mine

[north crown]

Yeah she has super good value as a unit

[keen jasper]

I was able to deal 151k with Ash with max HP, defense, offense and strength parameters, 4k pts. too

[blazing peak]

Ngl haven't used her in a WHIIIIIIILE

[blazing peak]

Rose is a monster

That was 3 turns

DIANTHA DIDN'T EVEN DROPPED DEFENSE ONE LMAO

[nocturne pawn]

i used diantha to solo the stage

had to use him on koga

[hushed sorrel]

I think you could have finished them with the max move with the 2 PMUN.

So 2 Pmun max move then stone edge. Prob finish before sync

[calm marsh]

I will say one sad fact: Max Move and Sync cant use PMUN and SMUM

[hushed sorrel]

O really. That's really sad indeed.

[halcyon sail]

Max move also doesn't use SEUP

[tired sleet]

They do

[calm marsh]

I remember Max Move still can use SEUP

[halcyon sail]

Oh, glad to be corrected

How have I missed this

[grand trout]

Would will be good enough to face bruno next week?

[nocturne pawn]

yeah

[eternal lodge]

Ready for buffed Pidgeot debut next week

[blazing peak]

That went surprisingly smooth

[hushed sorrel]

TMR without ex lol.

[north crown]

Yeah he’a a cracked unit for gen pool

Actually that whole team are cracked gen pool units

[hushed sorrel]

Waiting for that 3rd copy for colress. Be nice to get the freebie tile.

Experimenting with the gen pool + free units this week haha. Courtney without ex.

I think I can hit 40k if i had a lucky skill and proc another -speed

[hushed sorrel]

Anyone know why Will is the same for next week lol. Does that happen often.

[winged agate]

What point presets are recommended for the champion stadium? I tried to replicate killing Will with the team posted in #1133838429524852857 message and with kinda every preset from the pinned I get killed before or during his 1st sync

[old orchid]

you can ask the person posted the run about team details and parameters, since you might not use the same team as them

or you can post your roster here and we will help you making a team for Will

[old orchid]

thats up to Dena, we dont know why
this situation rarely happens, so there are some people asking the same question when datamine dropped

[winged agate]

(I don't have any 3/4 star pairs upgraded besides Skyla)

[old orchid]

Piers, Sidney and Nessa then, fully grid Sidney with nuke tiles at least

[winged agate]

That's the team I've been trying to use, but I'll switch Sidney's tiles

[old orchid]

remember to turn off no interference param, since Sidney needs confusion for multipliers

[zealous karma]

This is like the first time this has happened it’s very odd

[tired sleet]

It’s happened before

But idk if we’ve only had 2 different sets for a CS stage for an entire month

[zealous karma]

It has?

[tired sleet]

I think so

[zealous karma]

Wait I think I might remember was it firw week Aaron back to back

[tired sleet]

Week 110 and 111 were both rock weak blue

[old orchid]

i remember we had 3 Fire weak Champion stages on Alola back-to-back

because of Molayne, Kukui and Hau having a Fire weak stage each

[tired sleet]

Apparently we had ground weak olivia and ground weak molayne back to back

[zealous karma]

Well that’s not the same as having Will dark back tj baxk well the blue one is

[main lake]

I'm trying to do 2500 on Koga with Clay + Courtney 2/5 + Hop. hop ex then courtney sync, clay for speed debuffing
they get very close - but is there a better team I can run / better strategy?

bertha's been used already on a previous stage

(on-type postsync parameters)

[hushed sorrel]

Do you have gauge issue?

[main lake]

this is also r4 so half sync

slightly, not too terrible since clay's mudshot has mgr

[hushed sorrel]

O half sync then I would go for post sync param

It's hard to get 2 sync in

[main lake]

am using postsync already yeah

[hushed sorrel]

Well impossible haha

I used ss blue

[main lake]

oof i used him already

i think it might be possible if i proc hop 2 it mpr so that courtney doesn't have to buff, and also proc a bunch of potions 💀

i'll give it a few more whacks

[hushed sorrel]

Should work I think just adjust the parameters. What is your sync damage on Courtney? Should be one shot

[main lake]

oh i feel like im nowhere near oneshotting hm... ill check on the next run

[hushed sorrel]

https://youtu.be/npcBDg-G_YA

[main lake]

last run was really good except i mistimed ground zone so it ran out right before sync - so its definitely possible

[hushed sorrel]

Actually this is hard to compare I'm post sync haha

Pre*

[hushed sorrel]

Worse case scenario poison stall 😂

[main lake]

oooh i just did it! wow that was very refresh based

i thought i was dead actually but somehow courtney survived the sync with a sliver of hp haha

also turns out i originally didnt have adrenaline 1 gridded on hop. impossible without it i think

[hushed sorrel]

Dang I enjoy watching a close game did your record?

[main lake]

i did actually! i'll see if i can send it

[hushed sorrel]

I was going to ask you if you had adrenaline haha but I assumed you did

[main lake]

i can't believe i didn't actually haha 😅

[hushed sorrel]

O well

I did Koga R4 as well 1st run. Used Rose and it felt like cheating. https://youtu.be/ZTN9SoX3XDs

[main lake]

man really got destroyed

[zealous karma]

Remember there’s #1010274591601598555 where you can create a thread for all your clears

[fluid vessel]

Finally Sunday of CS

[winged agate]

Ok, an update: I managed to clear Will by swapping Nessa for detective Stefen (thanks to his debuffs Sidney could really nuke), Karen and Bruno were easy, but now I'm stuck at Koga
I tried to replicate team with SS Blue (I exed him), upgraded Clay and took Courtney, but I get destroyed and I don't know if it's because I used wrong points or they need more sync

[full mesa]

A bit late, but do you know how to poison stall?

[hushed sorrel]

Is this round 4?

If so you want to copy the post sync parameters. Making sure you tick special opposed to physical

Ss blue needs adrenaline

[rotund lagoon]

I think you should ask @junior crown cause I know they’re an expert on it

[winged agate]

Nah, I've been playing pretty casually but this champion stadium mode has been a difficulty spike for me

At the end I decided to sacrifice 500 points on Koga and got to 12k in total

[junior crown]

if in trouble, go for poison stall!!

But after 7.5k the rewards are not that important so, 12k to 12.5k won't impact that much, but if needed you can use this strategy to clear the stages

[restive laurel]

Where can I find the champion stadium list for the month?

[old orchid]

In this channel pins, scroll down

[restive laurel]

Thank u 😊

[mellow linden]

Could try Hop + Nessa + Sidney or Masked Royal

I guess consider off-typing with Adaman + another Grass damage-dealer then

Could maybe try off-typing with Cyrus + Winona + EX Support, then

Also, you’re better off replacing either BP Surge (since I assume that’s the Surge you’re gonna use) or Sonia with Sabrina or another Sp. Atk. + crit Support

Falkner being better than Sabrina, actually, since Sabrina’s only 1/5

Tbh you may end up having to reset and pick someone else for round 4. You need to plan half-Sync rounds very carefully

Yeah, tbh you’re probably gonna have an easier time with a reset + different round 4 pick

Might have a rough time Poison stalling due to being a half-Sync round, but it’d just be standard Poison stall stuff. Poison inflictor (ideally someone with Toxic or Poison Fang) + appropriate debuffer (usually Janine) + appropriate defensive Support

[mellow linden]

Congrats!

[frank shuttle]

Does anyone use SS Giovanni at all?

Mostly trying to figure out a good team around him 😂

[nocturne pawn]

run a speed buffer

and if hes not 3/5 then also a crit buffer

[frank shuttle]

He's 5/5 😂

[nocturne pawn]

then just run a speed buffer and grid critical crit

[frank shuttle]

Just didn't EX him yet

Ok I lied he's 1/5 idk why I said that.....oh well

[nocturne pawn]

.

3/5 hilbert works well for this purpose

[north crown]

Or Cobalion

[devout sluice]

I forgot CS this reset. I been busy lately

[fluid vessel]

Ash is so broken that his Endurance works on syncs

[trail smelt]

LMAO

Any last hour clearers

[swift swan]

updated

[toxic cobalt]

Good params

Easy f2p week with Nanu round 1 and Kahili round 2

[fluid vessel]

another week asking for permanent field

[trail smelt]

Crushed crushed crushed

Ready for next week… sort of. I’m still iffy on bringing Lusamine lol

[gritty nymph]

I feel bad how fast I finished this cs week

[keen jasper]

I'm probably gonna do 4k pts. each stage again this week

[gritty nymph]

Thought I would struggle more with flying but no blue with expansion just crushes flying

[zealous karma]

If fighting Karen was released today she would’ve had blind spot with look alive 9

[wet gate]

Is there a new pin for this week or not yet

[zealous karma]

If you mean sages summary not that I’m aware of,
Things to look out for are
Koga: Wise entry 1.5x on center, sentry entry 1.5x on sides
Karen: has evasion on entry and before sync
Bruno has precision palls and can break any non crit shield before sync
And Will has SpDef 1.5x + tough cookie with sentry entry 4 so he may hit hard
Lance uses crit shield before his first sync

[verbal karma]

This is so god damn close to working out

But sadly, that team is absolutely unable to survive a R4 sync from Bruno

[halcyon sail]

Switch Calem for someone better

[zealous karma]

Are you set on using Calem ?

[halcyon sail]

Giovanni for example

[verbal karma]

I mean, I gotta have someone with paralysis, and Calem just so happens to sync as well since he has a greater move level than LatiMay

[zealous karma]

If you are I’d probably recommend Calem
Paralyze all 3 targets for his first 3 turns it could be helpful to get a possible paralysis clutch
Use X spatk from may first two turns since jasmine is only 2/5 and than the rest of the battle just attack but you don’t need to have paralysis, his weak is also weaker than mays unless he’s 3/5 and may is 1/5

[verbal karma]

or does LatiMay's sync somehow manage to do more damage despite having a lower move level?

[halcyon sail]

Why you always limiting yourself to weird requirements

No need for paralysis

[zealous karma]

She does

[verbal karma]

Oh shit

I should try THAT then

[zealous karma]

I think you should replace Calem ||crying|| Caitlin is a fun unit and has no gauge

And I’m pretty sure Caitlin sync is stronger than animas if she’s 3/5

[toxic cobalt]

Just use Giovanni, Animay works so well for him

[verbal karma]

But if I replace Calem, I won't have anyone who paralyzes

Or do you want me to, like, use BP Surge as the support instead and lose out on the EX support buff that way?

[low linden]

Don't need to paralysed when u can brute force

[keen jasper]

I'm honestly conflicted on who to do R1 when I'm doing 4k pts.

[low linden]

Boss hint is not equals to must follow

Also someone alr mentioned mewtwo pairs extremely well with anni may so pls try it out

[verbal karma]

...okay, am I allowed to ask a question?

[low linden]

Try the team out first

[verbal karma]

...guess I am not allowed to ask after all 😦

[low linden]

Your question might be answered after u tried the team...

[verbal karma]

Well, no

Because the question is related to trying out someone who might work with LatiMay that is NOT Mewtwo

[low linden]

I'm pretty sure the team u show mewtwo replacing calem will clear just fine

Idk why u want to go the hard route

[verbal karma]

...I think you are missing the point

Mewtwo can clear just fine, that's not the point I am trying to make

[low linden]

...if u alr can clear it why continue to worry about it

[verbal karma]

Because I...kinda don't want to use Giovanni...

[low linden]

Tbh jasmine and anniMay should be able to clear alr

Whoever u put in is really just supplement at this point

[verbal karma]

Oh...my idea was to use Caitlin instead of Mewtwo

I wanted to ask if that will work

[low linden]

Should be fine

[verbal karma]

Okay, thank you

Finally got my answer

[low linden]

Where are u even planning to use mewtwo lol

[verbal karma]

Oh, I just...grew sick and tired of Giovanni

[keen jasper]

Well, for my Koga clear, I'm gonna use a physical DPS and a special one

[low linden]

Ok fair I guess

But really if u can't clear with Caitlin just use mewtwo pls

Also being sick of using a sync pair and opting for another one... if u want me to be honest it's only an option when u have a larger pool

[verbal karma]

I mean...I'd like to think I have a large pool

[keen jasper]

Ok, I might try 3.9k pts. because of fucking Koga

[verbal karma]

At least for Psychic

[keen jasper]

Or maybe I'll save him for R4

[rigid flint]

Wait Trin what other psychic types do u have

[low linden]

^ it's always better to show your relevant type pool when asking for help

[trim robin]

that's so weired my SS serena 3/5 with dragon wish does 6k on sync

[low linden]

Did u thousand waves first?

Did it crit?

[trim robin]

omg nvm there was special damage reduction

[keen jasper]

[trim robin]

im so used to not having that because i dont usually presync so i didnt check

premanently removing that

i checked if there was wise entry before checking my loadout

i wanted to run leon but clear headed

[verbal karma]

Haha, Caitlin curbstomps!

[verbal karma]

Ah, shoot, I missed this question

Well, whatever, I won easypeasy anyway

...now the big money question is: R3 or R4 for Lance?

I know I will have Darach in my Lance team just for Defog, at least

and who I'll pick for support will depend on who the Dragon-type attacker will be

...actually

Who'd be a better Defoger for this, Darach or Lisia?

[halcyon sail]

My honest advice would be to drop the defog user for the crit shield, and kill pre-sync

[low linden]

Do u even need a defoger for this

[halcyon sail]

But I guess Lisia

Since she is dragon

[verbal karma]

I mean, Lance is gonna spawn a crit shield

would be nice to negate that

and I dunno if any of my Dragon type users can beat Lance before he raises his Crit Shield

...I assume he does that just before he syncs

...I am correct with my assumption, right?

[keen jasper]

Ok, Karen is probably more annoying than Koga

[verbal karma]

alright, my team worked!

[full mesa]

I had issues with Koga since I tried an on-type only challenge.

Other than that, piece of cake.

[keen jasper]

Damn, 4k Karen got a little too close

[dusty yarrow]

Nate

even tho its not impressive nowadays

[old orchid]

he did his best

[rain turret]

finally done

[keen jasper]

Man, my 4k pts. clear against Koga is painful

[keen jasper]

Goddamn, my 20k pts. clear is finally done

[grand steppe]

pin updated

[nocturne pawn]

basically the only thing is to not do koga r1 right cuz of guaranteed omni boost

[keen jasper]

Well, I had to post-sync clear Koga

[nocturne pawn]

that doesnt really answer the question

but then again it is rng as to how much he silver winds

[keen jasper]

I did him on R4

[hushed sorrel]

Blue is so bad lol

Does jack all damage

[lunar meadow]

Which blue?

Pidgeot needs to sync to mega evolve. I almost always use Rotom on pidgeot teams to buff it and mega evolve it faster

[old orchid]

Koga has boosted spdef so Blue does less damage than usual

Not close to Wise Entry x2 but the spdef boost is significant

[toxic cobalt]

[old orchid]

[hushed sorrel]

Zzz

[nocturne pawn]

it literally is doubled

its just wise entry x2 but not labeled

[hushed sorrel]

That's lame

A man just wants to use his F2P units this week.

Auroch will be like 'you can use khalil'

[nocturne pawn]

you can still use blue

[hushed sorrel]

I was trying all sorts of parameters with blue in the end just f*** it 😂

[nocturne pawn]

just buff spdef

or that works

i guess

[hushed sorrel]

Bro it was so hard

[old orchid]

i thought it was 1.5x boost or something

TIL

[nocturne pawn]

pomatools says stats

[hushed sorrel]

Support ex sync only did like 11k

[nocturne pawn]

also pretty easy to see for yourself

700 vs 350 on air cutter

[old orchid]

i dont touch Air Cutter

[nocturne pawn]

then what do you use

cuz i finish buffing on the second turn lol

[old orchid]

well my non EX Blue still brute forced without spdef buff or post sync

[nocturne pawn]

air slash?

[old orchid]

just need sync accelerating magic

[hushed sorrel]

Do shoooow

[old orchid]

Blue + EX SS Elesa + Lucian

fish for Elesa's TM proc, then sync with Blue first

[hushed sorrel]

I tried that as well

[old orchid]

do you need params?

because i didnt picked any strength params

[hushed sorrel]

I only had ss leaf instead of Lucian

[old orchid]

aside from strength 6

well any spdef debuffer works

[hushed sorrel]

I'll try again tomorrow... it was doing my head in

So you dropped all strength Parameters? Bug buzz kills so fast

[old orchid]

Koga didnt used Bug Buzz in my run

tho Elesa would still not die from full health

[dark osprey]

Anyone try a kahili, Blue, SS Elesa run? Just curious to know

[mellow linden]

Not much need for a Sync nuker with Blue now, his Sync is actually good thanks to his recent Power Boost

[twilit knot]

Done with this

[barren trail]

any f2p builds@for this week?