Champion Stadium

[swift swan]

It depends a lot on your roster. #1011675077764456519 is my go-to recommendation if you want f2p clear examples but it doesn't look like Aurochs has done f2p clears this week yet

If you go to #1010274591601598555 and filter to Champion Stadium and search for "f2p", you might get some team ideas too

[zinc island]

Koga is surprisingly strong this week i'm surprised he is remembering me of malva and her stupid ammount of damage she does

[signal plover]

flying weak koga the OG annoying CS stage

wise entry x2 before it was a thing

[tired sleet]

Wise Entry x1.5 (and Sentry Entry x1.5)

[nocturne pawn]

huh

[tired sleet]

Wait nvm

78x2 is 156 , and it has 156 spdef

I was getting it confused with elec weak acerola, who has 1.5x spdef

[toxic cobalt]

Run Nanu round 1 against Will if you don’t have Nessa. Run Kahili against Koga in round 2. Solgaleo is good for Karen because of accuracy and Bruno can be Giovannied.

[zinc island]

Feels weird to say i had fun when i was fuming on Koga and Bruno but i dif have fun

Also first time i did CS only using duos

[dim marsh]

20K run, really easy this week!

Yes I cheesed two of the stages but it still was fun

[noble plaza]

Anyone i should avoid/do on a certain round this week?

[zealous karma]

Check novs pin they usually mention who to avoid on what round

[noble plaza]

I'm doing R2 Karen with Focus Blast Solgaleo but I don't really know who to pair him with.

I don't have Sharp Entry so I do need a crit buffer for the last crit boost. Perhaps Kiawe since he has potions?

Wait a speed buffer, duh!

[full mesa]

Kiawe/Skyla/Solgaleo

[zealous karma]

Lucian can do both

[tired sleet]

Lucian can’t buff his ally’s crit though

[zealous karma]

Oh well lucian can help brain teaser at least woopsy

[noble plaza]

I recently got Blue and Falkner at 3/5 but Blue still kinda struggles with killing pre-sync

Ohhhhh mid is weak to physical attacks that's why

[zinc island]

Now i get why it felt like i was never critting the sync on koga

[noble plaza]

Right???

[tired sleet]

Mid has doubled spdef and sides have doubled def, its very awkward

[noble plaza]

That's an...interesting gimmick

[zinc island]

Perhaps bringing steven rayquaza was tge play?

[nocturne pawn]

who was this for anyway

[noble plaza]

Koga

[nocturne pawn]

johto cs was way before second anni

i think

[paper summit]

he doesn't have double defenses, it's more like 1.5x or so

[nocturne pawn]

koga?

its doubled

[zinc island]

Uh i'm talking about using units roght now

[paper summit]

yes

[nocturne pawn]

just straight up

wise entry x2 but teehee its hidden

for reasons

[tired sleet]

It was designed for NY Lance

[noble plaza]

Hmmm. I have PB EX Zinnia but I also have Nate at like 3/5

[nocturne pawn]

lmaooooo

ok yeah that makes sense

[zinc island]

Oh.... Ew

[nocturne pawn]

hyper beam for mid bounce for sides ig

[tired sleet]

I’ve found PB Zinnia to be kinda effective, since her sync can chip the sides and Dragon Ascent is good against the mid

[halcyon sail]

Sync is phys

[tired sleet]

The other way around

[halcyon sail]

NY Lance

[zinc island]

Power boosted?

[tired sleet]

Yup

[zinc island]

I see

[noble plaza]

Nice

[zinc island]

This weeks easiest was definetely will NCarnie is something huh?

Easy modo again

[paper summit]

well, using Marnie on type is a giant waste

but yeah, it's a given

[zinc island]

Its johto let's fool around while we can

[grand trout]

Was will always like this? Confined to two types?

[zealous karma]

No

[tired sleet]

There’s also a poison weak will

[paper summit]

this month was an anomaly, that's about it

the only ones with less than at least 3 weaknesses are Iris and Alder on Unova CS, former has 2, latter has only 1

[noble plaza]

Who do you pair with her? I find she's having trouble killing the mid presync

[tired sleet]

Apparently I used Ingo + BP Clemont once, and BP Morty + Kiawe another time
In hindsight those aren’t the most accessible clears, sorry

[noble plaza]

i have all of those

I did already use kiawe though

[paper summit]

Ingo it is

having a weather support is ideal anyway, you can dedicate the 3rd slot to either a second damage dealer or some debuffer to help Zinnia out a little bit

[dark osprey]

Could try with one of your good crit buffing supports and Acerola as well

Those Acerola flinches do help

Alternatively, can try using kahili, blue and SS Elesa

If they are available and gridded

First sync skipping a turn with Blue hs and SS Elesa TM. Second sync with kahili super preparation haymaker nuke

Or with the first option can slot in Winnona, zinnia and a good crit support

Winona gridded would do some decent damage too

[fiery canopy]

new week yayaya

lets take a look

lets start with will
cmarnie, sczinnia, whatev support

maybe liza for support

[zealous karma]

You might want a spd support theyre very self sufficient

[fiery canopy]

r2 karen
bea, sycamore, whoever
oh gotcha!

maybe cobalion instead of sycamore

r3 koga
mmm
zinnia ig...

i reaaaally wanna pull for ss ethan whod make it a breeze tho

r4 ss lana lol

lance uhhh
cyrus, ssmina, anybunny

might use ssmina with zinnia instead

[swift swan]

Koga isn't too difficult even with his special bulk, it's fine

even Blue works well

[tulip python]

I got stalled on Koga

Till I used Celebi

Koga died very nicely after

By far she’s so broken

Confusion and trap

[toxic cobalt]

Totally broken

[hushed sorrel]

Not true Blue was hard lol.

I couldn’t complete it with blue last night will give it another crack today.

[zealous karma]

Blue without PB cleared Koga fine before bso it shouldnt be too hard now it should be easierr

[hushed sorrel]

Depends on the support as well. I was trying with just general pool.

[zealous karma]

I used Blue Skyla Elessa in the past?

[swift swan]

blue/falkner/winona worked fine for me

[old orchid]

Blue SS Elesa Lucian worked for me

[main lake]

blue ss elesa and skyla was good

[zealous karma]

Lucian’s a good newer 3rd for that team

[hushed sorrel]

I don't know what I'm doing wrong lmao. You guys talk like blue is God. My sync does jack all damage.

[old orchid]

you picked max hp 2 and def up 1, which makes Koga a lot bulkier

[full mesa]

Blue is a decent unit but in post sync parameters.

[old orchid]

try using these parameters

[old orchid]

Blue is a *solid unit that can pre sync with right teammates and parameters

no zone required

[hushed sorrel]

Can't do it lmao

I don't have a lucky skill. Does cs2 make a bug difference? I am doing a lot less?

[old orchid]

it does have a significant difference

also what is your Blue's grid?

[hushed sorrel]

Just the one on the guide

I played around with getting mpr on tm. Headstart. Etc but the recommended grid still smoothest

[old orchid]

https://ng-pomatools.web.app/pairs/2100/1800?s=3&l=140&r=5&p=0&a=0&g=AAECAwQFHyIkJigpKy0uLzAxMzQ1

im using this, no HS taken because my SS Elesa already has HS1

no Harry either because the team has no reliable way to flinch

[hushed sorrel]

Yea it's same

I'm using that one

I don't know feel like lucky skill can maybe make the diff

I'm doing 20% less?

[swift swan]

#1011173305702690876 message here's me testing Blue vs Sidney last month

I used him against Koga this week and it was smooth sailing too

[hushed sorrel]

Ex though I think I can do it ex. The side I can't kill right now just lacking that extra damage

I'll try magnetron though see if Accuracy would help

[old orchid]

the sides dont have boosted spdef like Koga tho

so EX is not needed

with that grid and 2 uses of Elesa's TM (one pre and one post sync), his accuracy should be maxed

[hushed sorrel]

https://youtu.be/WEJWH3hYzM8

[old orchid]

did you use the same params i sent? your Blue did way less damage than mine

also i used Lucian to debuff spdef, but any spdef debuffer works

[hushed sorrel]

Same param in fact mine would allow me to do more damage I ticked no Stat reduction. I'll try Lucian

[old orchid]

you should recheck if you picked Special Dmg Reduc or not

[hushed sorrel]

100% always check 😂

OK Lucian is mafia

Didn't know he is so pwn

I couldn't kill before sync though. The damage still too weak. Survived the sync then killed the sides first

[hushed sorrel]

Lucky skill would definitely have done the rest of this damage needed presync.

[dark osprey]

Can grid head start on Blue to skip a whole turn combined with ss Elesa s TM

Without leg up

[old orchid]

Would be cool if you create your own thread in #1010274591601598555 and post your clear results there

[rustic helm]

My 2nd week getting a Johto clear…I’m dreading getting the rock one

[tribal agate]

Roxanne is a good contender for that

even if she isn't tanking

[mellow linden]

Why didn’t you get Rock last week when Karen was weak to it though?

[hushed sorrel]

Prob just forgot. There is no logical reasoning.

[versed meteor]

Anyone here to answer my LG questions

[tribal agate]

this is the CS channel, use #1012311116778586182

[noble plaza]

i've gotten so close to beating Koga with zinnia, bp clemont and Ingo but I can't presync it and zinnia dies at sync

[mellow linden]

Is there a specific reason you’re off-typing Karen?

Or do you mean Koga?

[noble plaza]

KOGA sorry

[mellow linden]

Could replace BP Clemont with a Flying Sync nuker

[noble plaza]

Like Blue? Or Kahili? I heard the latter is good at sync nuke

actually prob not blue because i'd have to mega evolve another pair

[mellow linden]

Kahili would be better than Blue in this case since Koga has a “hidden” Wise Entry x2

[noble plaza]

yeah i know about that haha

[mellow linden]

If you have Darach he’d probably be even better (might be move level dependent)

[noble plaza]

Darach can sync nuke? I didn't know that

he is 2/5

[mellow linden]

Enough for innate Pecking Order + Sync Grid Pecking Order

Very strong nuke

[noble plaza]

👀

[nocturne pawn]

at 3/5 he gets easy target too

so i think hes like the second best flying nuke

by then

[zealous karma]

It’s 1.5x not 2

[mellow linden]

It is x2 this week

[zealous karma]

For koga it’s only 1.5x

[mellow linden]

78 x 2 = 156

[zealous karma]

Oh wait I think I’m thinking it will

[mellow linden]

Yeah, Dark weak Will is lower

[paper summit]

I feel like I have a Mandela effect going with Koga because I was 100% sure his defense shenanigans were 1.5x too

[mellow linden]

Earliest 1.5x (because Dark weak Will is actually slightly lower than 1.5x) is Marshal in Unova CS, it looks like

[old orchid]

An Acerola stage also has 1.5x increase on spdef

Electric weak iirc

[tired sleet]

Same

[nocturne pawn]

it has both apparently

[old orchid]

Just checked, only spdef gets boosted by 1.5x

[blazing peak]

I came here to ask yet again

How tf do i offtype with 1/5 non ex'd Fairy Horse

[zealous karma]

And we’re here to answer possibly

[zealous karma]

With sswally and a good supp ex

[blazing peak]

i tried ss mina and sonia

But they all die too quivkly

[zealous karma]

There’s something wrong with your params than

[blazing peak]

(why they release this select RIGHT AFTER fairy weak)

I'm using the presync params

[zealous karma]

But it’s going to be about as hard as off typing with a 1/5 strike will be

[blazing peak]

presy'c offtype

[zealous karma]

Nylisia hets a huge boost in power from 3/5 she’s nowhere near as good at 1/5

[blazing peak]

I do have 2 yellow candies...

But like...

Anni is coming...

[zealous karma]

Id save them

[gritty nymph]

I don’t think nylisia really is a offtype pair either

You could do it but at great difficulty

[zealous karma]

At 3/5 she does it with much more ease than she would at 1/5 she doesn’t have any on type multpliers tjo

[halcyon sail]

Super preperation 9 is nice, but 3/5 EXd clears offtype too

[junior crown]

Don't recomend to use candy or EX a pair just for CS, if you're having trouble change your team for another offtype or poison stall

[blazing peak]

i don't have trouble i just want to try out a stage with ny lisia and see what comp i can use

Sadly THEY RELEASED THE SCOUT AFTER FAIRY WEEK

What pairs absolutely needs pallow instead of ss brendan ?

[tired sleet]

A pair with towering force or tough cookie?

[old orchid]

or ones with better gauge management i guess

[tired sleet]

At 3/5 she has dragon pulse staggering 4, so you could pair her with units with flinch mults

[blazing peak]

What special pair has that ?

...

SS BLUE

[tired sleet]

SC Diantha technically but she also has Brute Wits
(But the def buff is her innate, so its more impactful)

[old orchid]

there is also Lorelei

and Thorton but we dont talk about him

[tired sleet]

Raihan is the real answer

[blazing peak]

I don't have neither of these

[tired sleet]

I guess if you wanted to sync with a damage dealer first, pallow’s crit buffs would be more efficient

[versed meteor]

Seriously what is going on we talked about this before but blue hurricane is dealing laughable damage

Doing only 4k pre sync

[old orchid]

Koga has "hidden" Wise Entry x2

[versed meteor]

Wait tf, how

[old orchid]

His base spdef gets doubled

You can see it on pomatools

The sides also get boosted, but only on def stat

[versed meteor]

But i mean how did dena not put up wise entry and sentry entry

[old orchid]

Johto was an old CS, these passives didnt exist back then

[hushed sorrel]

finally someone who share the "WTF" moment as me with Blue

[viral sapphire]

Still blue clears the stage right?

[old orchid]

yes

its just harder for him to pre sync

[blazing peak]

That's why denz revommands Nate AND blue for this

[old orchid]

the stage was designed for NY Lance, who has both Bounce and Hyper Beam

[junior crown]

I remember back in the days I went with Blue Skyla and Torchic

Skyla dealt with mid with her sync

[dark osprey]

Oh yeah. Striker Skyla was a thing

[lost gulch]

this koga is specially defensive at base lol

[unreal radish]

Some elite four stage have hidden defenses buffs?

🤔

[paper summit]

kinda, not really hidden because we can just see them in pomatools, it's just increased stats directly instead of being a passive that activates at the start

same way as some of the stages having increased base HP, no passives involved, the stats are just higher

[undone brook]

...huh?

[tired sleet]

Her sync nuke has an innate inertia

[cinder summit]

<:CATEGORY_PHYSICAL:967450751980949625> <:TYPE_FLYING:967452395820945438> <:GROUP_SYNC:967457975612637265> High-Flying Sky Attack

Power: 200
Target: An opponent
Effect Tag: -
The more the user's Speed is raised, the greater the power of this attack.

Sync Pairs with Move:

Skyla & Swanna

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

[undone brook]

would you ever still try to nuke with her today?

like beyond memes

[hushed sorrel]

No Lucky Skill vs CS2. Lol way more than 20%!

[halcyon sail]

In reality, it is almost always less than a straight 1.2× multiplier to damage

Because it is additive with other forms of multipliers

Example here, Brutal Clarity was +10% already, so with CS2, it's +30%

[hushed sorrel]

O of course. I did post sync vs presync.

I couldn't presync before lucky skill though

[winged agate]

Got my first 12,5k

[noble plaza]

Congrats!!!

Does Flinch prevent crit shield for r5?

[nocturne pawn]

no it is an item

[noble plaza]

Do you mean tm?

[nocturne pawn]

its an item

its like the wish moves

cant be interrupted by status or interference

[noble plaza]

Oh ok

[nocturne pawn]

i mean its johto

so you shouldnt be having trouble

[noble plaza]

Should I bring someone with brick break?

[nocturne pawn]

eh

its really unnecessary

[noble plaza]

So just post sync it?

[nocturne pawn]

if you have pb cyrus he can probably wipe even before it goes up

[noble plaza]

I do

[nocturne pawn]

like i said johto is not that hard

just dont go overboard with strength and defense/hp

[zealous karma]

Only defog clears crit shields

[nocturne pawn]

brick break removes the damage reduction one but not crit shield

[noble plaza]

Oh thanks for clarifying

[nocturne pawn]

and yes you would need to use defog

[noble plaza]

Thank god i have that girl with Altaria (Lizia?)

[zealous karma]

TMs are items lel

[zealous karma]

You’ll be able to bruteforce with Cyrus he’s strong enough to

[noble plaza]

[zealous karma]

The more annoying gimmicks of this fight are that the sides have Clear all (returns reduced stats to normal and X resist all which is interference immunity)

[noble plaza]

Eugh that's gross

So I'll have to bring someone to boost speed and special attack again. Maybe Xerneas

[zealous karma]

Cyrus is self sufficient he mostly just needs crit buffs

Unless you dislike the chop

Chip

[hushed sorrel]

Would Zinnia be better than blue for flying damage? I guess yes since the numbers are bigger on zinnia

[tired sleet]

Blue has the advantage of having a reasonably powerful flying type nuke

[hushed sorrel]

I see

But zinnia is hitting harder in weather

Which flying zone is not easily accessible

[tired sleet]

I wouldn’t really say that’s an additional advantage of Zinnia, considering that’s already been accounted in the dmg numbers

[hushed sorrel]

I guess the fastest way to find out is try it tonight 😂

[north crown]

Bruhhh 2 Pasio CS

[zealous karma]

Gems happy face

[hushed sorrel]

What does that mean

I guess in summary more gems 😂

[swift swan]

EX resources happy face

[main crow]

https://twitter.com/absolutelypm/status/1694642843590234537?t=Eg5hrZCcyX2O_N7bW2UcQw&s=19

👁️‍🗨️ Absol-utely 🔍 (2.36.0 - Server!!!) (@absolutelypm)

This month is Kalos
#PMEXSpoiler

Twitter · Aug 24, 2023, 9:28 AM

GHOST WIKSTROM CSMM

[eternal lodge]

perfect for lunala and spectrier B)

[full mesa]

SSRCynthia

[eternal lodge]

The new anniversary units looking good

[trail smelt]

Aww yiss Kalos that’s what I’m talking about

[versed meteor]

Shit

[frosty axle]

great only time my videos get watched a lot is on the hard F2P runs

[swift swan]

Victrier time!

[lost gulch]

ah yes i cant wait to battle drasna

[keen jasper]

I used Drasna to destroy Drasna

[bright furnace]

SSR Cynthia in shambles

[rain turret]

b4 facing the world,she needed to face herself

[swift swan]

she's been in my ghost team for over a year nonstop I think it's time to give her a break and use awww yiss Victor 😎

[mellow linden]

Meanwhile, my Victor sitting on the bench until either the end of time or until we get a Ghost weak CS/Ghost High Score event

[versed meteor]

Special stadium psychic

[mellow linden]

Kinda surprising that they’re doing Psychic since none of the new pairs this month are that type

[unreal radish]

Giovanni time!

[manic kiln]

All 3 cs infographics will be delayed too if anyone still checking. Too many stuffs to do this update saturday is the earliest, if not then sunday

[paper summit]

it is indeed a lot to go through, we'll be fine, take your time

we still have next week remaining for the current region anyway

[fair comet]

is the list for next month champion stadium out?

the weakness chart I mean

[paper summit]

... read above

[fair comet]

i only see that its kalos i don't see the weakness chart

I click the imagine and its just the kalos e4/diantha

[paper summit]

I meant you reading this here

and pls don't ping me

[sand karma]

Yuss

[swift swan]

take your time!

[barren trail]

Any good f2p builds for this week?

[old orchid]

Welcome!
Firstly, there are many f2p runs on Youtube and #1010274591601598555, you should check them out
Secondly, you can post your roster, and we will help you making teams against the CS, its better to fill the tracker and separate units roles for easier understanding

The pins also have many tips and resources to learn, so check it out too

here is the link to the tracker:

[frozen depot]

Link : https://pomasters.github.io/SyncPairsTracker/
Use this video guide to properly filter your pairs : https://imgur.com/a/2ONrAcl
Fill your pairs > Turn Visibility only for "Have" > Filter by Type then Role > Turn On "Separators" > Print with "Image" button

[lost gulch]

absol

[old orchid]

Lost updated their pin

[sacred mountain]

Wait is Kalos CS new??

[old orchid]

this is its first rerun actually

[sacred mountain]

Is there a way to check if I have MM unlocked for kalos?

[old orchid]

Poryphone -> Medals -> Champion Stadium

i dont remember the "Champion Stadium" part is called in the game tho, but it should be easy to find

[sacred mountain]

Ok i don't have it unlocked

[old orchid]

its debut was back in February

[sacred mountain]

I went on break acter getting Ccalem

Welp it's 1 week of no MM

[crimson jewel]

Still no unova CS

[weak sleet]

Do we have the special stadium graphics?

[paper summit]

nope, gotta be patient

[barren trail]

Any f2p builds for this current week?

[rotund lagoon]

Didn’t Gakon answer you?

[rotund lagoon]

[old orchid]

[rotund lagoon]

[marble pike]

Isn’t kalos pretty hard?

🫠

[old orchid]

its not when you know what to do

[marble pike]

You mean when you have 15 meta units?

[mellow linden]

People have done 2.5k Master Mode with only free and low-rarity pairs

Proper teambuilding and proper gameplay are far more important than having broken limiteds

Namely because having broken limiteds isn’t really important at all

While proper teambuilding and gameplay are vital

[old orchid]

#1011675077764456519 you can see how f2p units can take on CSMM every week, no matter what region

[mellow linden]

Oof, Rock weak Malva twice on Kalos CS

Here’s hoping the Bertha + Lodge Steven strat works out

[trail smelt]

Pretty sure I can shuffle these teams around better but whatever placeholder teams done

[dark osprey]

If you want you could put in some other sun setters like egg vulpix and some max flare users if you've got them like gordie, Anni Raihan, Bede etc

[trail smelt]

None of the max flare users lol

But oh yeah good point I forgot about egg vulpix

[old orchid]

upcoming egg Fuecoco has Sunny Day

too

[trail smelt]

Before the fire CS disappears right?

[old orchid]

lemme check

the egg event starts on Sep 12th, while the CS ends on Sep 15th

[dark osprey]

Also guess not many pulling for champ leaf

[old orchid]

you might need some luck to get Fuecoco early

[old orchid]

sadly she is outshined by the other 2

[dark osprey]

Yeah. True. But the others' standards are extremely high. Unfair for her

[trail smelt]

Woof not a lot of time to hatch eggs

I’m actually solely only pulling for NC Leaf lol

Maybe Red if I get lucky

[dark osprey]

Oh nice. She's honestly crazy. Brings so many things for the team and herself. Plus her EX role too

[old orchid]

at base she can only setup sun once tho, but -2 rebuffs make up for it

[dark osprey]

Honestly she can even wait till the first sync to use her B move if the support EX role is unlocked

[manic kiln]

pin is updated

[swift swan]

Thanks for the hard work

[rotund lagoon]

The special stadium types are so much better than the first one this time around

[halcyon sail]

The psychic one is very random

[nocturne pawn]

psychic one is free

[halcyon sail]

Disregarding that, why is it happening now

No psychic pairs this month

[old orchid]

Foreshadow psychic units next month perhaps

[manic kiln]

sssteven probably rerun next month

[paper summit]

well, there is Anniversary May in a select and a Bede rerun

if that counts

[swift swan]

Tbf did we get any notable grass pairs during grass CS

[halcyon sail]

Victor reran

[swift swan]

Ooooh

I can't wait for hostile environment 9 AOE Blizzard from Red!

[mellow linden]

Good thing Sun makes you immune to Freeze

[silent quail]

I was about to comment on that

I was checking the files and yep

Red with HE9 lol

[mellow linden]

Ok, good, half-Sync round is only on one of the Special CS

[nocturne pawn]

whos the champion for psychic cs

hop?

[mellow linden]

Yep

[paper summit]

tbf both typings have several options to wipe enemies on 1st sync

[silent quail]

now adding hop

[paper summit]

chunky bird

[nocturne pawn]

chonk

[mellow linden]

I still dislike the parameter, it throws a wrench into planning

[nocturne pawn]

does he have any entry passives i didnt see the battle pastebin

[nocturne pawn]

oh is it half sync

[mellow linden]

There’s a half-Sync round in Fire weak CS

[nocturne pawn]

fun

[paper summit]

I honestly don't see how it changes things, if a team wipes on 1st sync it doesn't matter how fast the enemy can reach theirs

[swift swan]

Bulky and hits hard

Shouldn't expect less from a modern CS stage

[nocturne pawn]

tbh isnt that every special cs

[mellow linden]

Could just be a me thing since I always run a 2-Sync strategy

[nocturne pawn]

i only beat marnie cuz her fiery wrath failed somehow

and i dont understand why it did even

[silent quail]

Cerena doesn't have highest HP either

[mellow linden]

Anyway, looks like I’m saving SS Morty and SS Hilda for NC Red

[silent quail]

Cerena: regular center stats, 21720 HP
CMarnie: regular center stats, offenses are nerfed to 732
CRed: up there

he has both HP and higher attack

guess its compensating the Hail

since its not a field

or well, Zone*

[mellow linden]

He’s definitely designed for NC Leaf

[paper summit]

lol, Hop has Ripple Effect 9 and Double Drop

[nocturne pawn]

💀

[paper summit]

that's funny, granted an Impervious tank will nullify that

[nocturne pawn]

whines in still 2/5 bianca after 2 years

i couldve used her if it wasnt for that

[mellow linden]

I’m gonna have to use Bianca as one of my damage-dealers on one stage because my Psychic roster is kinda small

[silent quail]

I'll just put my Hilda and call it a day

[mellow linden]

Rn I’ve got a planned damage-dealer setup of:

Fire CS:

• Hilda
• Lodge Irida
• Silver
• Serena(?)
• SS Hilda

Psychic CS:

• Caitlin
• Bianca
• Giovanni
• Oak + Lucian
• SS Lusamine

[silent quail]

seems like the Red one will be 2 days longer tho?

[nocturne pawn]

well besides glacia and flint it all looks easier

[silent quail]

for the offtype runners

remember that you can use Adaman or Acerola against Red

Sun = no freeze

[nocturne pawn]

ss erika erasure

[tired sleet]

Fire Type Koga

[nocturne pawn]

it wasnt that bad

[paper summit]

Fire is mostly very chunky stages

[zealous karma]

He’s anti fun

[full mesa]

It's Koga. Glacia is worse. A lot worse.

[nocturne pawn]

yeah her passive is cringe

and post syncing her is rough cuz she applies gradual healing to herself

[zealous karma]

I never found glacia bad kogas just anti fun cause of crit shield and defensive debuffing not being viable glacias just a(n ice) shell of her former self without hail up

[fluid vessel]

Me doing the Adaman solo

[silent quail]

WHO DA MAN

A DA MAN

A DA MAN

(old star wars commercial reference of you want to know)

(yoda man was the phrase used there)

[subtle leaf]

is bruno different between kanto and johto cs?

[versed meteor]

I know this might sound somehow but could the info about cs stages include if the sync is physical or special

[paper summit]

no, stages are different, weaknesses and such, only Psychic weak is the same

[versed meteor]

Also is lance physical or special sync

[mellow linden]

You can check that info on pomatools

[versed meteor]

Wait does that stuff always shift to the current week teams?

[mellow linden]

The top bar always has the current week (and you can check future weeks and such as well via the arrows), and even if it didn’t have them up-to-date on the top bar you can still check every CS stage on there regardless of whether they’re active

[versed meteor]

You know my dumbass never checked that, thanks

[nocturne pawn]

who do you have left

[hushed sorrel]

Zinnia easy lamce clear

Will you might need to offtype with adaman

O wait you have Karen

Karen 3/5 can do it

Roark for Karen

And then poison stall for koga

Your best supports. Skyla prob for adaman+Ss Erika. Sabrina for your Karen. Sycamore for Poison stall. Actually might swap poison stall for will since he is spat and adaman skyla for Koga. Roark you can hop

Zinnia needs weather. Maybe you can try May and Ss Blue. Zinnia will need to self buff.

[hushed sorrel]

Wait I’m getting myself confused haha.

Will - Karen Sabrina pre sync on type
Koga - adaman skyla post sync off type

Karen - Poison stall

Anyone Debuff sp def? Just check your filter

[old orchid]

Karen is self sufficient, you should bring someone to lower/haze Will's defense buffs

he works yeah

[hushed sorrel]

Hmm rather Nancy then

Since you get some flinch in

Nanu

Extra dmg too

[undone ether]

hmm. this should do it for this coming week right? 😮

[old orchid]

oh yeah since Fall Caitlin handles defensive buffs, Nanu can focus on shutting down Tough Cookie

good idea

[undone ether]

oh dangit. nvm.

is this good enough for this coming week? :O?

and i'm stuck as well 😭

[hushed sorrel]

Looks to me you turned on your Godmode

Whosyourdaddy activated

[gritty nymph]

I hate looking in this channel sometimes

[undone ether]

what why? 😮

[hushed sorrel]

Ss morty ss Hilda ss May

Easy mode

[undone ether]

it depends on where i'll be dropping them though.

HUM

[hushed sorrel]

They prob see your roster and feel inadequate like me

[undone ether]

i feel like i can do Variety Kiawe against Red hmm

he can drop -SPATK and -ATK

[tired sleet]

Wher silver
He can easily one shot any fire weak stage

[hushed sorrel]

Brother I’m sure you can do all the combinations and still smash it with 2 Uber tier in the one team

Ops I better not assume you are a bro

[undone ether]

i guess Silver for Koga

[hushed sorrel]

You are such an advocate for silver lol, I’m staying loyal to my charizard but they gave me a disappointing expansion

[tired sleet]

Correction, I’m an advocate for free stuff

[undone ether]

Something like this @Win

?_?

[tired sleet]

Silver + Leaf doesnt seem like the best combo since silver won’t have sun if you sync with leaf

[undone ether]

oh wait

Koga uses

oh nvm

HMMM

haaah.

i feel like, C Red just wants C Leaf to beat him 😦

[tired sleet]

Could try something like silver + ss erika + lyra
I always take sync accel params so that silver can one shot with his 1st sync

[undone ether]

guess i might do that for Koga

i think that should do it @_@

Okay there. that should do it.

guess i'll work on anti-psychic cs later

[hushed sorrel]

Koga is weak to fire?

O interesting

[tired sleet]

This is for the special stadium, everything is weak to fire

Check out the pins for more info

[undone ether]

Oh

i can do

Aura Cynthia + Hilda + NC Serena for Koga

or SS Hilda

then fight Red with Silver + SS Morty + Ball Guy

[undone ether]

i think this should be fine, just need to finetune my Bruno and VS Hop Team

[velvet parcel]

Yay! Get to use Looker tomorrow!

[barren trail]

In order to get the rewards from@points, do I need to complete hard mode with all 18 types first?

[dark osprey]

Yes. If you haven't completed this region of Champion stadium before with the 18 types before

Once done with that, you don't need to unlock it again

For the specific region

[velvet parcel]

Isn't the Kalos one new?

[tired sleet]

This is kalos cs’s first rerun, it debuted in February

[velvet parcel]

Ah

[molten nebula]

Is it possible to beat lance with a off type team in CSMM 2,500k points with these units¿
If possible could someone make me a team for it¿ thanks

[old orchid]

is there a reason you want to do offtype?

because you literally have EX Cyrus

[molten nebula]

I didnt think he could make it

[old orchid]

thats not true

[molten nebula]

who should I pair him with then?

[old orchid]

alright, here is the team: Cyrus, Redlax and SS Kris

use Red's TM on Cyrus to deal more damage

[molten nebula]

got it

[main crow]

Cyrus with SEUN could pretty much presync Lance to oblivion

[old orchid]

grid Cyrus for nuke and Ramming Speed

[molten nebula]

should I upgrade him to like 150 or something

[main crow]

Not necessary

[molten nebula]

with what?

[main crow]

Super effective up next

It's the type of buff Redlax gives from his TM

[molten nebula]

oh alr

[grand trout]

Do you guys think burgh can clear bug tomorrow?

[keen jasper]

With his recent upgrades, very easy

[trail smelt]

He’s that good?

[old orchid]

He is already decent pre boost, just awkward to setup multipliers

[keen jasper]

He still needs help like having someone to set up sun for him and lower Sp. Def.

But his buffs are self-sufficient now

[old orchid]

To make his teambuilding less strict you can ignore sun tiles and bring a spdef debuffer

[eternal lodge]

Hows it looking for neochamp stadium

[old orchid]

Quite good to go

[keen jasper]

Champion Leaf has Sp. Def. debuffs and her EX role is support right?

And she has Solar Sync

[old orchid]

Yeah

Solar Sync is 3/5 tho

[keen jasper]

Yeah, so she's probably the ideal partner for Burgh along with SC Ingo

[old orchid]

[rotund lagoon]

I just realized I’m craving Ice weak cause I wanna use my Irida.

[weak sleet]

Yes I want ice weak so I can test this new red with Irida tomorrow.

[rotund lagoon]

Hopefully I get Red before this next week is done

[tired sleet]

Perhaps, but burgh is left to buff himself, and he only buffs +4 SpAtk and +2 Crit

[keen jasper]

Well, he won't need his OaR nodes, so he can grid is TM MPR node

[tired sleet]

But then he’s left buffing himself for 5 (6 if you want max spatk) turns

[lone spruce]

Anniv Steven and blue skyla should be ezpz

Double sync buff with skyla and fire away dragon ascents with super effective up

I meant pidgeot but you don’t need a third just filler

I beat it with that strat

Rmemeber skyla buffs att x2 post sync so it’s useful for Steven

[lone spruce]

What parameters are you using

[mellow linden]

Why we trying to mix damage-dealer categories when Darach is right there

Or Kahili, if Hop or another Attack + crit buffer isn’t available

[lone spruce]

@manic mica sending a video

[mellow linden]

I’m gonna suggest a Hop (or different Attack buffer if Hop is unavailable) + Darach (or Kahili if not Hop) + A. Steven team against Koga, personally

Means A. Steven can spend less time setting up and both your damage sources are physical (which is important since Koga has doubled Sp. Def.)

[rotund lagoon]

Koga’s mechanic is so dumb to our current parameter standards

[mellow linden]

Oh, wait, that’s a 2/5 Blue. So yeah, I definitely recommend running an A. Steven + Kahili or Darach team instead since Blue’s Sync damage is roughly halved against an opponent he’s already dealing way less damage against

[lone spruce]

@manic mica

@manic mica let me know if this helps

[pale geode]

I'm losing braincells trying to get this Dragon Weak battle down because it's so God damn RNG

Literally the closest I got was Kingdra needing one more attack to be knocked out before all of the sudden Palkia doesn't know how to hit it's moves anymore

[tired sleet]

What team are you using?

[tired sleet]

They don’t have any evasion buffs though, and palkia has acc nodes on the grid

[pale geode]

I think I just need a new Palkia grid

Because it makes no sense that all of the sudden when I needed one last attack it missed

[tired sleet]

Is yours exed/power boosted?

[pale geode]

Yea Level 150, Boosted EX Palkia

[tired sleet]

And what teammates are you using?

[pale geode]

Dialga for Dragon Zone and Roar Of Time damage and Alakazam for the Sp Attack Buffs,Heals and Damage Reduction

[tired sleet]

Yeah, there’s really no reason it should be that difficult unless your params or grids are unoptimal

[pale geode]

I'm thinking my Params and/or Grids need to be changed or something

Cause it's stupid and frustrating

Every other battle was done first try but this one is a pain in my arse

[toxic cobalt]

Presync params?

[pale geode]

I'll check because I can't remember

[toxic cobalt]

eww defence

remove that

[pale geode]

Whatever these are, because I set them back when I returned to the game and then left them on because I was slamming everything

[pale geode]

Which one?

The 300 points one?

[toxic cobalt]

all of htem

[pale geode]

And what do I replace it with

[toxic cobalt]

take no stat reduction, ally healing down

[tired sleet]

+csmm

[frozen depot]

MasterMode Presets/Recommendations :

• Full Google Sheet : https://tinyurl.com/CSMMParams
• 2500/2000 Screenshot : https://tinyurl.com/CSMMParamsv3

PoMaTools for Movesets/Stats/Calcs : https://ng-pomatools.web.app/champion-stadium
Key rewards cutoffs are at 4.200 pts (850 each) for EX Materials, and at 7.500 pts (1500 each) for BP, Sync Orbs, Skill Sphere

[pale geode]

I'm confused

[tired sleet]

You’d want to take one of the ontype pre sync parameter sets

[pale geode]

Ok

All I needed to do was using Pre Sync Damage On Type param and did it first try

Ain't that some shit

[toxic cobalt]

If you need to add points, add strength not defence.

[swift swan]

updated

[toxic cobalt]

2 good params, I'll take it

Make that 1 and 1 fine

[main crow]

R4 Will is such a free win for Oleana

[undone ether]

Okay

time to finish this champion stadium

[normal falcon]

im struggling against R2 Bruno

[undone ether]

hum

[normal falcon]

im trying to do the offtype presync 2.5k parameters but my team just gets completely wiped

on like, the second attack

thinking about using the rats against bruno and poison stalling will

is will easy to poison stall this week?

[toxic cobalt]

The second attack?

Who is your team

You don't have Brendan

?

[normal falcon]

i was doing offtype and LuSSa Bianca SSSteven
before rhat my ontype attempts were silver with solar beam

i do have brendan tho

[toxic cobalt]

What do you mean the second attack?

Silver is decent but Brendan probably easier

SS Erika another option

[normal falcon]

bruno uses bulldoze and my entire team just takes like 1000 damage

[fluid vessel]

PERMANENT FIELD EFFECTS

LET'S GOOOOOOOO

[calm marsh]

“Not overkill” run

[fluid vessel]

Time to do those SSLyra SSCyrus solos

[undone ether]

argh

this is my third fight for will

[trail smelt]

Let my usual bug team rest while I dust off my old Gladion team to beat Karen haha. Easy crush

Made some changes for Kalos with my new toys, no idea how good it will be lol

[calm marsh]

I like this team, suck that F Iris Sync not crit

[trail smelt]

Haha yeah I love triple poison ladies with no support team so much

[calm marsh]

Yes, i always love hyper offense Team

If you dont die, i die

[fiery rivet]

How the hell did I 12.5 with sycamore but not with Brendan

[fluid vessel]

Soloed Koga with 1/5 non EX CRed

[undone ether]

lets go poison stall and DPS ❤️

[tired sleet]

Balanced unit

[fluid vessel]

I mean is ontype

[tired sleet]

Weak unit

[normal falcon]

2.5 R4 karen is slaughtering me :(

my only bug type attacker is alder and none of my off type teams are working

[toxic cobalt]

Why isn't Alder working?

[old orchid]

Alder is enough, what params and team are you using?

[hushed sorrel]

Which bug to level

Burgh is it?

[normal falcon]

honestly because i havent tried

alder's move gauge guzzling is hard for me to work with

okay so alder IS working he just needs to live after killing the middle

my team is Alder / Classic Giovanni / Classic Red EX

yeah alder kills the middle but then they kill him immediately :(

[swift swan]

I normally dual strike with Alder and Lusamine. Needs some good gauge support though

[normal falcon]

i could try Alder / Lusamine / Sycamore???

the main issue is ClassicGio and ClassicRed have been alders crit support

[swift swan]

Is sycamore powerboosted?

[normal falcon]

no powerboost OR ex :(

[swift swan]

You only need one of them then

[normal falcon]

my phone was broken when his event was running

yeah

ive been throwing my super strong offtypes at her too

lussa, ssteven, ash

nothins worked

[swift swan]

Why doesn't it work exactly? Parameter issue?

[normal falcon]

probably

im just not super great with master mode parameters

i follow the templates in pins and stuff

SSteven gets close to killing them all but doesnt do enough on sync to kill them all and absolutely does not live past mid

LuSSa is just... way too slow to do anything

and Ash HAS killed mid but cant survive the Power on Hit ups

while doing enough damage to survive

its brutal

[swift swan]

Presync offtype?

[normal falcon]

yeah thats what i was trying to do

[swift swan]

I just recorded an Alder/Lusamine/Falkner team for you. Uploading rn

I did it r1 but it shouldn't affect the damage

[normal falcon]

oki

i messed with params but it seems like alder dies as soon as the sides breathe

[swift swan]

https://youtu.be/0cGOKHEn1cg?si=-p1G4BUHkx83lifG

[normal falcon]

oh jeez does this rely on falkner being 3/5

i only have 1 copy of him for some reason

hm

if hes there specifically to flinch

i might be able to substitute him with volkner???

maybe?????

[swift swan]

Flinch doesnt matter too much. It just helped because falkner is frail

Any EX support that can at least give crit will work

[swift swan]

1/5 falkner should work fine too

[normal falcon]

i can EX classic gio if thatd work

alder isnt ex but i might be able to make it work

I DID IT

THANK YOU

[grand steppe]

weekly pin updated

[lone spruce]

This may sound silly but is your palkia grid on hydro pump and not the dragon sync nuke? (This happened to me a bit)

[grand trout]

Oh can we post clears here now?

[old orchid]

no

its recommended to post in #1010274591601598555

noone warned these people above

[normal falcon]

oops

ill repost in the right channel, apologies

[noble plaza]

Any rounds to avoid/do for certain matchups?

[lone spruce]

Rip x3

[lone spruce]

It’d be smart to do Bruno on stage 2

[oblique edge]

My bad I didn't realize there was a channel for it. I think i got too excited

[vestal onyx]

It was fun while it lasted

[old orchid]

post in #1010274591601598555 please

[vestal onyx]

Oh sorry!

[keen jasper]

I'm surprised some of the people here aren't muted

[molten nebula]

any good companions for ss hilbert?

struggling with 2.5k csmm bug type

[old orchid]

Burgh + SS Hilbert + a gauge support

[molten nebula]

does burgh have to be exed?

[old orchid]

no

[molten nebula]

alr

[placid ravine]

Got my first 12.5k today

[mellow linden]

Congrats! Something cool is that you can actually make a post over in #1010274591601598555 that you can update each week to catalogue your weekly clears, so give it a try if that sounds cool to you!

[placid ravine]

Oh lol sorry bout that 😅

[mellow linden]

No worries, it’s just a cool thing to keep in mind since it can make it easier to find your clears if you wanna go back and do a “then vs. now” comparison in the future

[keen jasper]

Yeesh, I'm immediately struggling on R1 Karen

I'm doing my 4k pts. clear

[keen jasper]

Fucking finally, 4k pts. against Karen

[keen jasper]

Well, after Karen, I've ez clapping the other E4 on 4k pts.

And I just realized all of my E4 clears don't total to 4k pts. each

[lime raven]

I need help

[keen jasper]

With what?

[lime raven]

with everyone but koga hes the only one ive beaten so far

[junior solstice]

Should've made oleana tank 😃

[lone spruce]

Still need help? Post your 5* pairs

[lime raven]

Yeah

[mellow linden]

+tracker is something you can fill out with your roster (the whole thing, move levels and all, would be preferable) for a bit of an easier time showing it

[frozen depot]

Link : https://pomasters.github.io/SyncPairsTracker/
Use this video guide to properly filter your pairs : https://imgur.com/a/2ONrAcl
Fill your pairs > Turn Visibility only for "Have" > Filter by Type then Role > Turn On "Separators" > Print with "Image" button

[mellow linden]

Why did you already use Holiday Leon on someone other than Koga? Koga’s weak to Ice this week

Oh, wait, nvm

I misread what you said before

Everyone except Koga is the goal

Is this Hard Mode or Master Mode?

[lime raven]

Master mode

Im trying to max out

on points

[mellow linden]

Alright, then you can keep SST Red + Volkner + Support as a back pocket option in case you get really stuck on something

You could try:

• Alder + EX Support + crit buffer/gauge Support (one of those can be your EX Support and the other as the 3rd slot) for Karen

• Brendan + SS Erika + crit and/or gauge Support for Bruno

• SS Giovanni + crit buffer + gauge Support for Will. An alternative team here is Hilbert + Roxie + Lucy.

• Kris or Nessa + an Attack/crit Support + a Rain setter for Lance

[lone spruce]

@lime raven what @mellow linden said is pretty on point. You should run away with it with all those matchups. Give alder some SE up and or a x2 sync buff with a for Karen. Lance should be ezpz with your 5/5 nessa and rain. Same goes for Bruno with your Brendan and Erika. Will might be tricky with only ss gio since I see he’s only 1/5 so buff his crit and speed

[lime raven]

Hm

yeah also

I dont have any presets

Idk what to put

[trail smelt]

The pins have good presets for multiple purposes

Unless you mean sync grid presets?

Suggestions are pinned in a different channel

[lime raven]

Ok i meant the pins one lol

[mellow linden]

Just make sure to adjust the pinned parameters as necessary for your teams

[lime raven]

Ok Bruno first

more hp is the move here right?

[mellow linden]

Did you check the pinned parameter recommendations?

[lime raven]

Yeah

[mellow linden]

Just use those as a base and adjust them as needed for your team

So since the Grass team I recommended to you uses both physical and special damage, you could replace the 100 point “Physical Damage Reduction 8” (or “Special Damage Reduction 8”) parameter with 1 or 2 parameters that total 100 points, like “No Stat Reductions” since neither Brendan nor SS Erika rely on debuffs

[lime raven]

Okay yeah cause i was about to say

i have sc sonia too

[mellow linden]

You do, but since she’s only 1/5 I think you’d be better off running your 5/5 Brendan instead. If you’d prefer to run SC Sonia you can though, just run an Attack + crit + gauge Support instead of just a crit and/or gauge Support if so

[lime raven]

oh right 1/5

Nvm

Yeah brendan it is

Do you think hop would be a good support since he can heal and he boosts defense and crit rate?

[mellow linden]

Can give it a shot if you’re not gonna use him elsewhere, though move gauge might be an issue

[lime raven]

Hm

[dusty yarrow]

So... she's a fun unit

[lime raven]

Rosa?

[nocturne pawn]

oh shes strike

[mellow linden]

Rosa does not contribute enough to a Brendan + SS Erika team. You do not need to run a monotype team

[lime raven]

Piers?

[mellow linden]

Can potentially work

Though due to how Gauge Refresh works you may still possess gauge issues

But it doesn’t hurt to try, worst case scenario the only thing you lose is time

[gritty nymph]

Oh damn what was her grid?

[low linden]

Looks like a 5* ex

[dusty yarrow]

the Grid I've used in the Battle was a bit messy (Since Off-type, only one area of her Grid is useful)

[junior solstice]

Have you used her ontype

Also is that ex?!

[dusty yarrow]

if Im going to run her in a Fairy Weak CS or Any Fairy Weak soon... I'll typically run this kind of Grid

[low linden]

Don't need the accuracy tile if you tap her TM btw

[dusty yarrow]

welp... I didn't realized that (I'll take a look on the Google Doc - Grid Builds, to see more optimized Grid for her)

[low linden]

This is what I would use for offtype (probably can be improved)

[dusty yarrow]

If only I've optimized my grid properly, I might have killed them quickly (tho I think it will just be the same 11k+ Sync)

[low linden]

It probably won't make too much of a difference

[lime raven]

Alright i think all my grids and skills and everything is ready now

[dusty yarrow]

That looks like an easy clear (Hope RNG won't screw you with a Crit Bulldoze... I have encountered that many times)

[lime raven]

Yeah that just happened

my erika and brendan died to his sync move

[mellow linden]

How many Sync Moves did you use before the opponent used their Sync Move?

Just a quick reminder that #1010274591601598555 is a great place to put your Hall of Fame screenshots since you can make a post that can be updated each week!

[zinc island]

Oh i'm sorry i thought here was the right place

[mellow linden]

This channel is more for help and advice on clearing CS

[zinc island]

Gotcha

[lime raven]

Oh man

im not dealing enough damage to shut bruno down before his sync move

[mellow linden]

1. How many Sync Moves are you using before Bruno uses his Sync Move?

2. Who are you Syncing with 1st?

3. Are you focusing on the center opponent until they’re KOed?

[lime raven]

1 i used only one which was brendan
2 i think so?

[mellow linden]

Grid Hop for Adrenaline and Sync with him 1st since he’s EX. That + proper triple queue will let you Sync twice before the opponent can Sync and greatly increase your damage output

Focus the center opponent until they’re KOed

[zinc island]

That's weird you shouldn't be having much trouble with that team are you lacking speed?

[dusty yarrow]

did you turn on Special. DMG Reduction (not Light Screen)

cuz Idk how good DPS Bullet Seed Brendan

is

[mellow linden]

It looks like a simple goof on Sync order rn, switching up to Hop Syncing 1st with Adrenaline gridded should fix it (if it doesn’t we can reevaluate what’s going on)

[lime raven]

These are the parameters im using

[mellow linden]

Well you definitely have too much HP, as an additional. Critical hits ignore Reflect and Light Screen, so you can keep both of the 50-point Damage Reduction parameters turned on

[zinc island]

Take out max hp4

Give ally healing down and physical and special damage reduction

[mellow linden]

Try using one of the pinned parameter options (On-Type Pre-Sync or On-type Post-Sync) with only the following change:

Instead of using either of the 100 point Damage Reduction 8 parameters, use “No Stat Reductions”

That + the aforementioned changes to Sync order should do the job

[mellow linden]

That can be tried to see how it works out

[lime raven]

Alright brb

[zinc island]

I think taking out max hp2 and giving him sync buff 5 would still be more worth since he is killing with sync you might as well do everything to not let him sync.

[mellow linden]

If they end up still having trouble KOing that’s the next step

[lime raven]

Already better 😭💀

[mellow linden]

Support EX + less bulk on parameters = easier to KO

[lime raven]

AHAHAHAH

[placid ravine]

How does the 100 point Dr parameters work?

[junior solstice]

Yeahhh

[dusty yarrow]

I want to have (in the future) a Support w/ EX Role Sprint or vice-verse

tho since Im f2p, it will take me a century to get a Cake Role

[mellow linden]

The 100 point Damage Reduction 8 parameters reduce damage taken from the respective damage category by 80%

[lime raven]

Oh boy

[placid ravine]

Is there anyway to bypass it?

[lime raven]

Now we still got willy and mommy karen to take care of

yeah

Crit

[mellow linden]

Not the Damage Reduction 8 parameters

[placid ravine]

So crits bypass both?

[mellow linden]

Just the 50-point Damage Reduction parameters are ignored by crits

[placid ravine]

Does NC Red’s Ice Beam bypass it?

[low linden]

Paulo actually has that combination

[mellow linden]

There is no way to ignore the 100 point and 300 point Damage Reduction 8 parameters

[lime raven]

You know what I forgive Paulo for betraying me

[lean cosmos]

I’ll be honest I felt a bit bad sweeping koga with Birb blue

[lime raven]

Yessir

Articuno claps kogas cheeks

[placid ravine]

Alrighty, just wanted to know if I should try to dodge the dr of whatever attack type I’m using

[low linden]

But support cake imo is the highest value cake so im only planning to use for something like ss serena

[lime raven]

Same

[lean cosmos]

The bird is not balanced in any way and I love him for that

[dusty yarrow]

I think Crits don't bypass the 100 points DMG Reductions (even Peircing Blow can't bypass it)

[lime raven]

if only he had piercing gaze or blows

[lean cosmos]

Does bird red bypass the dmg reduction?

[mellow linden]

Yes, you should avoid the 100-point Damage Reduction 8 parameters for the damage category of whatever your damage-dealer uses and avoid the 300-point Standard Damage Reduction 8 parameter if you’re off-typing

The 100-point and 300-point Damage Reduction 8 parameters cannot be bypassed

[lime raven]

hm

[placid ravine]

Yeah I only off type if im very confident in the power output of my striker, like the two latter Anni Reds

[mellow linden]

The only Damage Reduction parameters that can be ignored are the 50-point Damage Reduction parameters, as those parameters only set the Light Screen and Reflect field effects which can be ignored by critical hits

[dusty yarrow]

I off-type if its the last week of CS

[lime raven]

Do i use the same parameters i just used against will?

[mellow linden]

Can make adjustments to use Special Damage Reduction 8 since SS Giovanni is a physical damage-dealer

That way the opponent will have a bit less bulk

[dusty yarrow]

you can also take advantage of the "Strike take dmg" or "Tech take dmg" to decrease more value (even tho its just 50 points)

[lime raven]

How does this look??

oh wait

[mellow linden]

You need a crit buffer and gauge Support for SS Giovanni

Skyla + a crit buffer is an easy combination

[placid ravine]

These are the parameters I’m usually rocking for on type. Are these ok for CS?

[mellow linden]

Can cross-reference with the On-Type Pre-Sync 2.5k parameters in the pins and see

[lime raven]

Wait a minute

What about SS brendan?

[placid ravine]

Ah ty

[lean cosmos]

The ultimate “fuck you koga team” now if only my Bruno and Karen loadouts were as good

[mellow linden]

SS Giovanni needs +3 crit and SS Brendan only gives +1 at 2/5. SS Brendan doesn't offer much for SS Giovanni anyways

[dusty yarrow]

Not turning on Status Cond.? Allister takes advantage of Poison Status Cond.

[mellow linden]

It's an SS Giovanni team that's still being put together

I wouldn't recommend Allister on an SS Govanni team anyways

[dusty yarrow]

oh so its a SS Giovanni Team

[lime raven]

I have Lodge Marnie as well?

[mellow linden]

She won't help SS Giovanni at all

[lime raven]

Sabrina?

[mellow linden]

If she's 2/5+ she can be used for crit buffs, though she's not ideal here

[rotund lagoon]

You read the Teambuilding 101, right?

[lime raven]

Shes 5/5

And has vigilance

[rotund lagoon]

+101

[frozen depot]

> Teambuilding 101
Make sure you have done the Victory Road tutorial for an introduction to the game's teambuilding and gameplay.

1. When making a team, you usually want to focus building around a selected damage dealer that hits the stage's weakness (or not if they are strong enough to off-type). This can be a / striker or a tech. Take the time to read that damage dealer's kit in its entirety (moves and passives) to see what they can buff themselves. Critical-Hit Rate maxes at +3 while all other main buffs go to +6. Damage dealers should be in slot 3 for tactics.

2. Once you figured out your damage dealer, pick a to put on slot 1 in tactics so it takes the damage. The support will often want to cover the buffs the damage dealer needs and cannot max by themselves reliably (look for critical-hit rate, attack or special attack for example). If your damage dealer is fully self sustainable, the support can cover healing or defensive utility as needed!

3. Finally your last slot is entirely flexible and depends on your first two picks. You can take a tech focusing on utility like debuffs or weather/terrain that empowers your damage dealer, or another support that focuses on defenses and healing to survive longer, perhaps even boost gauge speed for demanding damaging moves. If your team allows it, you can even pick a second damage dealer! It's important to experiment and remember that a successful team will be able to manage gauge properly for triple queueing and buffing your damage dealer fast so they can focus on pumping out damage as soon as possible!

Want to know more about Triple-Queue and other information about the game? Visit our #1010307000346878062 or check the bot commands pinned in #bot-zone!

[rotund lagoon]

My guess is no based on the pairs you’re asking of, so check this if you haven’t.

[lime raven]

Fine

i think i know who

[rotund lagoon]

Tell me your thought process.

[lime raven]

Oh wait actually nvm he only boosts his own crit rate

what if i ex’d piers

[mellow linden]

Is your Skyla EX and/or available?

[rotund lagoon]

Where? Cause that is not on his TM.

[dusty yarrow]

I own an ex piers...
I only used him once

[lime raven]

Yeah skyla has both

[mellow linden]

Skyla + a crit buffer works fine then

[lime raven]

thats the thing

[mellow linden]

What's the thing?

[lime raven]

can i use piers in the other slot and also turn tech pair damage on

[mellow linden]

If you want to, sure

[rotund lagoon]

I’m not sure you are understanding anything I am saying.

[lime raven]

i mean cause i wouldnt have to ex piers that way

[mellow linden]

You wouldn't have to EX Piers regardless though?

Skyla's a Support

[lime raven]

I know but at first i was suggesting replacing her

[rotund lagoon]

Do you understand this game’s mechanics? ^^;

[lime raven]

Yea

[mellow linden]

Just to confirm, you are talking about Skyla + Swanna, correct? Because that is the Skyla I'm talking about

[lime raven]

Yeah

[rotund lagoon]

Let me start from this: what does Giovanni need to dish out his attacks?

[mellow linden]

Then you wouldn't need to EX Piers regardless. You do not need 1 of each role on a team

[lime raven]

Hm

[lean cosmos]

Hey just wondering if I can get some thoughts on this team for master mode Karen, she’s kind been the most troublesome one besides Bruno but I feel like ss misty can counter her pretty well with haze

[rotund lagoon]

I don’t recommend Guzma at all.

[mellow linden]

SS Misty does not contribute enough

[rotund lagoon]

Can you send your Bug roster?

[lime raven]

Wait

When do i use gios max move?

[rotund lagoon]

Btw, how new are you to CS in general?

[mellow linden]

Ideally some time after your EX Support Syncs

To nuke the center

[lean cosmos]

Not hard mode, but this is the first time I’ve tried master mode with all the parameters

I’m kinda low on bugs

[mellow linden]

Consider 850 points per stage then, it's the same difficulty as Hard Mode

[rotund lagoon]

If you’re trying Master Mode, I would start at like 850 points a match

[lean cosmos]

If I need to off type here’s my selection of 5*s

[mellow linden]

Guzma or Burgh would be fine for 850 points as long as they have a properly built team and you're making sure to triple queue

[lean cosmos]

Yea I’m triple queueing

[lean cosmos]

Though I’m using these teams for the other E4 members so I don’t know if I can change those

[lean cosmos]

Who works well with them? Specifically guzma?

[rotund lagoon]

What move level is your NC Red? The one with Articuno.

[lean cosmos]

2

[mellow linden]

Someone who can max his Attack + crit (Aaron works fine since he's 2/5) and someone to debuff Defense for Guzma

[lean cosmos]

I think I’ll try colgrees then

[rotund lagoon]

I would switch SS Misty on that first team for a rain setter.

[lean cosmos]

Yea I just replaced her for may

[lime raven]

Oh i love it when a team comes together

obstruct was coming in clutch with the mp refresh 😭

Now we only have Karen left

oh boy

same presets?

@mellow linden

[mellow linden]

Would need to make changes to use Physical Damage Reduction 8 instead of Special Damage Reduction 8 since Alder is a special damage-dealer

[lime raven]

And take off uh

tech pair dmg

how about interference?

[mellow linden]

If you're gonna use a Tech pair with Alder then sure, but the important thing is to have an EX Support and a crit buffer

[lime raven]

Sycamore?

[mellow linden]

He can work as the EX Support (not the crit buffer though) if he's EX and you're not planning to use him elsewhere. His Sp. Atk. buffs would be wasted, but he offers +6 Speed and some gauge accel to make up for it

[lime raven]

Okay and how about my ex ss brendan now

[mellow linden]

As the EX Support sure, not as the crit buffer though

[lime raven]

Oh shoot

SS May?

[mellow linden]

She consumes too much gauge to work with Alder

[lime raven]

Even if i just used low sweep?

[mellow linden]

Sabrina would be better in this case if she's available

Can max Alder's crit and her Trainer Move can buff his accuracy to ensure he won't miss with Hyper Beam

And if you use her and SS Brendan together she can help with the gauge by being gridded for Reflect Pep Rally