Champion Stadium

[lunar meadow]

Sync move is the type of the unit.

Units with different attack moves (drednaw, for instance) or no attack moves (like togepi) do not count any different.

[mellow linden]

Like Arch said, only the type of the Sync Move counts. But to elaborate, specifically the type of the Sync Move that the pair starts the fight with counts towards type medal

[silver dirge]

Yeah that's a good point actually

[mellow linden]

So Gladion will always count as Normal type, for example

[silver dirge]

Spring May, both frogs will only count as their initial type

[grizzled ridge]

Atleast this week will be a bit chill then lol

[lunar meadow]

True.
Greninja, Greninja, Cinderace, Lopunny, and Silvally are the only units so far that affects

Bunnies, frogs... arceus clone

[pearl shale]

Dang i cant find the image sharing thing

[silver dirge]

It's on the top right

left

Top left

[pearl shale]

+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

[silver dirge]

Same place the other options like "Visibility", Sort by are. There's an option that says Image

[undone ether]

image there 😮

[pearl shale]

Under visibility

Okay sure

[grizzled ridge]

I am able to download the image but to share it I think you need to save it and then u can share it

[silver dirge]

Click Show Separators like the image above ^

[undone ether]

there's actually 2 buttons there. the left big button is gonna download your roster, and it'll take a while.

the one button that says |/

[pearl shale]

Dangit

I dont use pc

[undone ether]

what?

[pearl shale]

[undone ether]

what why?

the image is at the bottom?

tap hold and you should be able to Copy Image

You can also download it

using the secondary Image button

[pearl shale]

Aight now we play the waiting game

Cuz its loading

[undone ether]

mmhmm

did you click on Visibility -> tapped on Have ?

cuz

if you didn't, you're gonna be saving a big image o_o

[pearl shale]

Actually no lemme fix that real quick

[undone ether]

anyways... sleep mode for meh

sighs in a corner

[pearl shale]

Finally its here

I may have missed a trainer or 2

But basically this

[silver dirge]

Are the move levels accurate?

Oh it may not matter for hard mode

[pearl shale]

Only the evolutions of the pokemon

Idk how 2 change it

But the Trainers I have

[wicked flicker]

Quick question, but is it possible to fill in all the types in the first week to unlock master mode?

[silver dirge]

You can get a maximum of 15 types in one week

[wicked flicker]

Since there's 18 types but only 15 trainers I can use

[silver dirge]

5 stages, 3 units

[wicked flicker]

So I have to wait till week 2 right

[silver dirge]

Yeah, so it's gotta be over 2 weeks

Mhm

[wicked flicker]

Wasn't sure if I was missing something

Damn

[silver dirge]

Nah it's supposed to be like that

Pretty annoying tbh

[sick inlet]

Work was extra busy today couldn't fit in some games

Time to do my duos

[left storm]

2v3 3k was boring af because of > unova

So I made an eggmon striker + Palmer streak

That's also 3k

Was pretty fun

Raichu hitting that 14k thunder offtype

Gyarados 13.6k, perrserker 14.8k, fearow 13.2k

[sick inlet]

Unova always too ez

[junior crown]

Have you tried poison stall??

[glacial meadow]

Any help on this one? Last one until champ

[tribal agate]

Your Sidney should obliterate the stage at 3/5 if he's gridded and he's self sufficient
you can add Karen on the side to spam Snarl if anything to neuter Caitlin's damage, and add a tank that can buff SpDef should you have one to facilitate everything and especially going through Hyper Beam. That team you have tbh should be able to clear anyway.

[mellow linden]

You don’t need to run monotype teams. If it’s Hard Mode you wanna use 9-12 unique types across your 5 teams anyways for type medal progress

[old orchid]

Pretty sure you have been told about this multiple times

[fiery canopy]

thank uuuuu

[slim prawn]

Tell me which order to battle unova elite four

[toxic cobalt]

Please remember to be kind to others, everyone here is a volunteer

[old orchid]

[slim prawn]

They were the one who guided me to ask in here

So asked them as I never cleared any champion stadium

[undone ether]

First things first

can you show us your roster?

[toxic cobalt]

This is the right place, I merely recommend a less imperative tone, which is likely to lead to better responses

[undone ether]

+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

[undone ether]

if you've got a lot of sync pairs, use the tracker.

Just fill it up with your roster ingame, manualy :o~

[slim prawn]

My roaster

[undone ether]

where's your solgaleo?

[slim prawn]

First screenshot

[undone ether]

Grimsley : Can Drop your DEF and SPD
Marshal : Drop their ATK.
Shauntal : You need anti burn + Rain.
Caitlin : Can -SP.ATK you and they spam SP.ATK + Hyperbeam.
Iris : Can def her defenses and -2 ATK you.

Grimsley would want Solgaleo
Marshal : if you've got Lodge Serena it should work.
Shauntal : Use Mistyduck and May.
Caitlin :
Iris : You can use NC Red here.

as for Rounds.

Shauntal would probably be best on the Permanent Field Effects so you can focus on wearing your opponent down.

so Round 3 for her.

you can do Infinite Reflect against Marshal as he hits hard @_@

(Using Sabrina)

if you're lacking EXP Books, you can farm the Flying Gear Co-op Event

oh you can do Masked Royale with NC Red as well

for speed

[slim prawn]

Smamp may or Anni may

[undone ether]

Swamp May

btw

is this master mode or wut?

[slim prawn]

Not master mode because never unlocked it

[undone ether]

Hm

FOr Grimsley

I'd probably do Sonia for your tank

[slim prawn]

How much level should the pairs be

[undone ether]

at least 100 to 125

something like this.

[slim prawn]

So grimsly first round

[undone ether]

Oh that's just the position

but sure he can be Round 1

[slim prawn]

Which is the third pair recommended for him should I use hop

[undone ether]

here's an example of what i used for this week

You can probably use Hop against Marshal

[slim prawn]

Ok

[undone ether]

as a tank

[slim prawn]

What about Jasmine

[undone ether]

dont think you need her here unless' built for damage (like 3/5) or something

[slim prawn]

I have her at 3/5

[undone ether]

well

you already have like 2 steel types in your proposed team

You can probably use uh Victor on Caitlin

but you'll need a way to drop their Sp.ATK

oh wait nevermind you've got Anniversary May

[slim prawn]

Somehow got it off

[undone ether]

gj

[slim prawn]

Used jasmine as a tank used crit hit sheild

[undone ether]

oh she doesnt have Vigilance?

You can do Round 2 with Marshal

Blue should be good here

all you need is a Speed buffer if you're gonna be using Hop

[slim prawn]

Pidblule

[undone ether]

yes

assuming he's gridded a bit

[slim prawn]

What you mean by that

[undone ether]

like Sync Grid

gives you additional passives

something like this basically.

you already have him at 5/5

Brain Sync 5 should be really good here

if not Brain Sync, aim for Brutal Clarity

[fluid vessel]

what half sync does to a mf

[undone ether]

O_O

Wow

[toxic cobalt]

@grave wyvern to help fix your disgraceful run

[undone ether]

rofl

tai would just use NC Serena for it

[grave wyvern]

He's too goddamn powerful

Water Pulse DPS too strong!!

[plush tangle]

plot twist it's 0 point

[slim prawn]

Who to use as speed giver

[silver dirge]

Well you don't need speed for Blue unless you're struggling with guages

[slim prawn]

I need a third pair for marshal blue and hop already who to use next

[nocturne pawn]

+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!

[nocturne pawn]

please read this we cant handhold you for every single team

[old orchid]

And please be respectful to people helping you too

[undone ether]

ohai. o_o

have ya finished a new fight yet? or was it still Grimsley only?

something like this right?

I dont remember your roster. 😭

if you have your SyncPairTracker its easier to see tbh 😭

[slim prawn]

Finished 3

[undone ether]

oh?

who did you fight and what were your teams?

so you're on Round 4 i guess?

[slim prawn]

Yea

Cathlin

[undone ether]

oh no.

the worst one.

Who was your Round 2 and Round 3?

[slim prawn]

Marshall and shauntaul

[undone ether]

just because i put the order from Grimsley to Caitlin line by line tbh.

doesnt mean you have to follow it

well can't be helped

What units did you use for Marshal and Shauntal?

was it Blue/Hop as well?

i'm poking for like, what 3rd unit you put there

same for Shauntal

[slim prawn]

Pidblule,hop.sinnoh chancey-marshal
Mayswamp, Mistyduck ,Hilbert sammurott

For shauntul

[undone ether]

Okay.

for Shantal

you'll want Xerneas or SS Blue as your tank.

there's no way around it

[silver dirge]

Don't mean to butt-in, but is this hard mode or master mode?

[undone ether]

just hard mode

[silver dirge]

Ah okay, might want to try and get some extra times types in where possible. Misty, Hilbert, May, SS Blue are all water

*types, not times

[slim prawn]

I don't have ss blue blastoice only the other two

[fiery canopy]

BRUH

[undone ether]

oh Xerneas should be good.

anyways

[slim prawn]

Have that

[undone ether]

can you post your roster again?

[slim prawn]

Ok

[undone ether]

using SyncPairTrakcer

[fiery canopy]

new high score babayyyy

[silver dirge]

Very nice

[fiery canopy]

this week has been too easy LOL
tyty

[undone ether]

i'm trying to see what sync pair you're still ready for battle @_@

[silver dirge]

Unova is like that haha, if you wanna try for 10-12.5k, be sure to ask for help if you'd like

[undone ether]

anywho

ping me if you're done

[fiery canopy]

gotcha! ill see what i can dooo

[slim prawn]

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

Here what I could do now

[undone ether]

oh

Click on Visibility -> Click on Have.
Then, Click on Sort By -> Then Click on Role. Click on Show Seperators.
Afterwards, Click on Image button.

wait a while

it'll be an image at the bottom of the thing

something like this

when you see your image, if you're on mobile, tap and hold on the image, and copy the image.

or save the image for future stuff.

If you're on Desktop, just right click on your image and copy it here on Discord

[slim prawn]

Somehow piers&obstagoon +xerneas+Sydney mega absol pulled the battle off

[slim prawn]

Thanks

[undone ether]

Oh cool.

then you're up against Champion Iris then

all you need is a tank since NC Red will do most of the heavy lifting.

[slim prawn]

Is 1/5 red and snorlax a good enough tank

[undone ether]

sure.

Mini Potion if you are taking too much damage

Ramp Up/Trainer Move of Red/Snorlax should be used on Masked Royale

Masked Royale should be using his Trainer Move then start spamming Brutal Swing

[slim prawn]

So snorlax first Target then masked royal NC RED last

[undone ether]

yes

[old orchid]

you should bring 3 pairs with different types to fill the type medal

so you can unlock CSMM easier

[slim prawn]

Which to select

[undone ether]

4th one i guess.

[old orchid]

the third param

Red directly benefits from it

[slim prawn]

You mean hail

[old orchid]

Iris setup Critical Shield before sync

[keen jasper]

Assuming you have either C. Hop or Aura Cynthia, R3 parameter

[undone ether]

you have NC Red with Hail? o_o?

[old orchid]

apologies, i thought it was special dmg up

[undone ether]

(i think i only saw 1/5 NC Red

[slim prawn]

No I never made his sync grid

[slim prawn]

I have ex nc red 3/5

[undone ether]

Oh

next time i guess.

[slim prawn]

Anyone have the hail sync grid

[undone ether]

it should be in the pins of #1009587872342478908

but you probably dont need it for hard mode

[slim prawn]

I need a sync grid for him anyway s

[keen jasper]

Wrong, she uses Three Heads before sync, Critical Shield is after sync

[old orchid]

then check the pins

[undone ether]

@slim prawn there, save this for next week.

you're missing 10 more types though for master mode

[slim prawn]

Thanks for all help

[undone ether]

gj.

@slim prawn for now before next week, i hope you can get the lodge pairs and bp pairs (4stars) to give you a bit more roster options.

You can also plan ahead for next week using pomatools' champion stadium stuff

[slim prawn]

I have 2 bp tickets which pair to get with those one big ticket too

[undone ether]

oh you've got a big ticket too?

[old orchid]

#1081146958862897272 for super vouncher recommendation

[undone ether]

tbh i'd recommend pairs that give you speed like Registeel; but you can check the pins ^ up here.

[old orchid]

for normal tickets, Surge and Morty are the best 2 options

[noble sparrow]

Hi, Is there a guide that explains the various parameters on master mode and how to optimize for easy clears ? Currently i am only able to squeeze 4K on the master mode. Any tips would are welcome, here is my try

[old orchid]

hello, you should check the pins first for various resources and guide

[noble sparrow]

Ahh yes i see the links now, Thanks

[fluid vessel]

Inmortal mushroom

[left storm]

GIGADRENADO

[versed meteor]

Doing 3k but somehow shauntal does 1k damage to archie on sync even with lowered spe attack

How tf is that possible the parameter i picked for the 3k was for increased hp 8 ,but no increase in attack parameters of the post sync

[silver dirge]

Do you mean this the other way around. Archie does 1k to shauntal?

[versed meteor]

Nope shauntal does 1k

[silver dirge]

Oh, I thought you were asking for help nvm

[versed meteor]

I mean how was that damage possible

Also these old units that have to reduce stats on TM is really dragging them down

[silver dirge]

Did you buff your teams' defenses?

[versed meteor]

Archie had +1 by their sync

[silver dirge]

You're running max HP anyway and Unovas' stages hit a lot less harder than something like Hoenn

That's probably why

[north crown]

do 12.5k then

hey.... is the psychic cs ending this reset or next?

[silver dirge]

The reset coming up

[north crown]

cherzi 2.0 here!

[zealous karma]

cherzi

[pseudo hawk]

even for 12.5k it was a cake walk

[fiery canopy]

is there a screenshot of recommended parameters for 12.5k

[zealous karma]

pins

[fiery canopy]

i see the doc goes up to 2500 but not beyond that

[mellow linden]

2500 per stage

For 12.5k total

[fiery canopy]

ohhhhh

[zealous karma]

12.5K points wouldnt be possible i think even now its like 6600

[mellow linden]

The maxmimum you can get on a given stage is 2500 points, no matter how many parameters you turn on

[fiery canopy]

a tad frightening but lets see if i can dew it...

[old orchid]

Despite Unova being way easier than Kalos, this week has some dangerous and annoying gimmicks

Notably Caitlin and Shauntal stages, not to mention the half sync countdown round param

[fiery canopy]

the only team i feel i need to adjust a little is the one i have for marshal
was using ssethan/syca/winona but its kinda Eh

ssethan is fine but i need dif supports methinks

[old orchid]

I would replace Sycamore with a crit buffer

[fiery canopy]

kk

[old orchid]

That team is fine, but SS Ethan prefers a crit buffer because spamming Aeroblast is better than TM > Aeroblast > TM

[fiery canopy]

gotcha

[old orchid]

Tho ideally you should use TM before syncing to get sure crit, then TM again after sync to stack 6 SMUN

[fiery canopy]

a lotta my best supports are on my other teams so i gotta figure out who 2 use...

i havent used ssacerola yet but shes better with physical strikers right

[old orchid]

You don't need to use best supports for Ethan

He just wants someone to buff crit to max

[fiery canopy]

kk

mmm
kinda missing the gauge support that syca gives
should i have both ssacerola and sycamore there instead of winona

[fluid vessel]

[old orchid]

No dont do that

Use a cheap speed support like Marley

Or Skyla with def buff

[fiery canopy]

been using skyla for someone else
uhhh lets see
well proton buffs crit and sp def

and he flinches

[old orchid]

Use him then

Aeroblast has innate +1 crit

Ideally you want a def buffer for the team

Cheap supports like Marlon

[fiery canopy]

what abt swimsuit misty

[old orchid]

She works, if you dont plan to use her in another team

[fiery canopy]

i do naught
aight lets see if this works

yeee it did

hmm
seems rei isnt doing too hot w high parameters

[north crown]

what team and parameters are you running rn?

[fiery canopy]

ingo/rei/skyla
tried acerola instead of ingo too
hold on

just the on type pre sync (more hp) params

w no status conditions and spec damage reduction as i want to flinch and well rei is a phys striker

[north crown]

bor you should aim to presync, especially if you have a support EX

[old orchid]

I dont see any problem teambuilding wise, i think you cant defeat her before she uses Crit Shield

[nocturne pawn]

fighting weak iris has crit shield?

[old orchid]

I would use a spdef buffer because the round param is boosting spatk dmg, or use Ingo with another Fighting type dmg dealer

Yeah after her sync

[nocturne pawn]

i feel like rei should presync easily tho

i guess ive been watching too many showcases

[old orchid]

Yeah he can presync easily, especially if you have him EXed

[light dune]

Is it ok to ask for help constructing 5 different teams for the pasio stadium?

[nocturne pawn]

+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!

[nocturne pawn]

try reading this first and see if that answers your questions

[old orchid]

Starting from picking 5 dmg dealers, one for each stage

Then build a team around each of them

[light dune]

I was able to beat the stadium through, but my teams felt pretty scuffed and two of the challenges I did for 0 points

My mewtwo team especially felt weak even though I went in for 0 points

[old orchid]

You built unoptimized teams, that might be the reason

[wicked pebble]

Asking again, who should go where? Guesisng Gio, LuSSa, and Caitlyn are picks, of course.

[rotund lagoon]

Other than saving your strongest for Hop, I’m not sure it matters.

Just pick your damage dealers, make your teams for those dealers and go from there.

[wicked pebble]

Lucian and N, maybe?

for hte last two?

[rotund lagoon]

You could also do Bianca. Stored Power stonks.

[wicked pebble]

I guess. Plus Psychic Terrain.

And the permanent terrain effect.

So, LuSSa for last, of course.

Where to put Gio, Cait, Lucian, and Bianca?

[nocturne pawn]

lucian can nuke any stage and like the rest are all functional assuming your parameters dont suck

[wicked pebble]

so wherever, I guess?

[nocturne pawn]

yeah

these stages besides flint and possibly hop are not hard

and i guess kahili if you poison stall her for whatever reason

[wicked pebble]

I'll slap Gio in on Flint then.

How does this look?

[north crown]

bianca team has buff overlap

[zealous karma]

That team also isn’t great for her she needs special attack buffs and with her you can add an additional damage dealer meanwhile that lucian team lacks a damage dealer

Bianca can be a sole damage dealer but you could slot in smth like Oak and lucian has a good sync but not good damage so he can oak can go on either team

[wicked pebble]

I'll be using her with the permanent terrain.

So she'll be able to max out Special Attack, Special Defense, and Defense fast.

This a bit better for Bianca?

[silver dirge]

You could swap NC Blue from your Champ team and put it on the bianca team, since Lusamine only really needs a crit buffer and even then she can do it herself. Blue will instantly max out offensive stats as well as giving you spDef Def per turn. You'll cap stored power very quickly

[wicked pebble]

Was wanting speed too on Lusamine.

It helps with gauge management and she REALLY eats the gauge up.

[silver dirge]

Fair, but a sync will K.O them anyway, if not one other pris laser. I used lusamine against hop too. But that's okay, what you have will work too, Bianca can just max her spAtk herself with some help from MC

[silver dirge]

Your CS Level 2 lacks DPS, Lucian will nuke great but ideally you've got some help for the sides

[wet gate]

Any suggestions for teams for the special cs? The only idea I have is nc blue for the paralysis one

[silver dirge]

You have got some pretty good options there

[wet gate]

It's just I dont know who to use for what team

[silver dirge]

Are you referring to Bruno's paralysis recommendation?

[wet gate]

Yes

[silver dirge]

That doesn't actually help much, it's an old stage with a gimmick that makes him more susceptible to paralysis that's all

You don't get extra damage or anything else

[wet gate]

Oh

[silver dirge]

Round order doesn't really matter, just avoid Flint on round 2 and decide your half sync team first

I forgot which round that was, 3?

[wet gate]

4

[silver dirge]

Ah

[wet gate]

I have to pre sync with an on type team right?

[silver dirge]

In general or for r4?

[wet gate]

For 4

Will it do enough damage if I offtype pre sync?

[silver dirge]

You can do either, I personally find pre syncing easier. Just put Lana there she'll take care of it

[silver dirge]

You could yes

[wet gate]

I was thinking of using Lana on the round with the infinite field effects

[silver dirge]

Champ Marnie or NC Red can probs do it

[wet gate]

Ok

I only have 2/5 for NC Red

Are there any grids that I dont have

That I need

[silver dirge]

Can do, but Lana doesn't really need it iirc she has extension passive no? She'll clear super quickly

[wet gate]

Oh ok

[silver dirge]

That's fine

Just pick right params

[silver dirge]

Ideally should have grids for everyone. Champ Marnie can go for a nuke + blue move dps

[wet gate]

Who do I fight on R4

[silver dirge]

Bruno is the easiest stage I think just do that. You can nuke him with a powerboosted giovanni, and save your Lana for Hop

[wet gate]

Ok

I can also offtype with a few teams

Like Adaman grass team is super op

[silver dirge]

Oh yep I didn't even see Adaman

[wet gate]

Who should I use physical and special attacks for?

Or does it not matter

[silver dirge]

The latter, no one has boosted def/spDef

[wet gate]

Ok

Is there anyone else I can on type with my remaining sync pairs

[silver dirge]

You can on type all of em

I'd do Lucian nuke + Oak dps for one stage

[wet gate]

Oak?

I have never used him before

[silver dirge]

Yeap

He's just there to ko sides after Lucian nukes mid because Lucian has no dps

[wet gate]

Ok

I have to grid him first

[silver dirge]

Can do will + bianca + NC blue for broken stored power

Caitlin can go on a stage of her own

So can Lana and Giovanni

[wet gate]

Ok give me 1 minute to grid oak

[silver dirge]

That's 5 options, if you can throw in an offtype or two there then you don't need to worry about grids for ppl you don't have gridded

If you're scarce on resources ofc

[wet gate]

Which grid do I want to use for Oak?

[silver dirge]

i don't think it's too necessary but let me check

[cinder summit]

Professor Oak & Mew (Pre-Sync Move)

‎ Type: ‎　‎　Weak:

Level 140 Stats:

HP: 448
ATK: 308 | DEF: 308
SPA: 308 | SPD: 308
SPE: 308

Acquisition:

Event Reward

Alternates:

None

Sync Grid Recommendations:

Full Tank (3/5)
Full Sync Nuke (3/5)
Sun / Fire Blast (3/5)
Hail / Blizzard (3/5)
Rain / Thunder (3/5)

Lucky Skill (Tank): Vigilance, Healthy Healing
Lucky Skill (Striker): Critical Strike 2, Weathered Warrior 3

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[silver dirge]

Yeah you're not nuking with him, doesn't matter. If you really want to, pick up some psychic power ups and spAtk nodes but it's not necessary

[wet gate]

Ok

[north crown]

oh SSLusamine is with a Psychic Terrain setter? LOL yeah she shreds the stage with an 3/5 gridded EX sync

Trust me, all I had was Bianca + SSLusamine + filler, and I beat it with first sync

[swift swan]

luSSamine shreds

easy

[north crown]

therefore SSLusamine + psy terr = free w

[silver dirge]

Support EX coming soon

[wet gate]

How are these teams? And who do I put in the remaining spot?

Also half sync is round 3 not 4

mb

[north crown]

rip you got a little over an hour left

[silver dirge]

Marshal's team would like a faster special support I think

[toxic cobalt]

Hop is doing nothing there.

[silver dirge]

And yes, replace Hop

[north crown]

giovanni can do halfsync easily

[wet gate]

Wdym? Blue has move gauge acceleration

[silver dirge]

Sorry by faster I mean buff special stats faster

[wet gate]

Oh

[north crown]

trust me I did liza + gio + tech exegg, and the sleeper was only used so I can dish out more psychics due to the slow buffing I got

[wet gate]

It buffs special atk when it gets hit

its the passive

[silver dirge]

Yea that's really slow

[wet gate]

Ok

[silver dirge]

And a little RNG, since it's either atk or spAtk, or both

[north crown]

do you have any fast spatk buffers?

[wet gate]

Hop is the for the defence

[swift swan]

Giovanni wrecks the stage before you need defenses

[wet gate]

Ok

[north crown]

you got nothing for the half sync round. I highly suggest building the Giovanni team for that specifically

[swift swan]

and yeah, that team vs Marshal needs a faster buffer

[silver dirge]

You've got Bede

[wet gate]

Yeah I'm fighting Giovanni with half sync

[north crown]

I didn't even get the change to have spdef debuffs since I was challenging myself to use monotype. You can easily make a team of:

SPATK BUFFER, GIOVANNI, SPDEF DEBUFFER

[wet gate]

Instead of Hop or Blue?

[north crown]

you really don't need Hop, rather you don't even want the oppoennt to sync

[wet gate]

I have like no spdef debuffers

[north crown]

lucian:

[wet gate]

all the debuffs are from like shadow ball and stuff

[silver dirge]

They're using Lucian on another team. But if you want you can offtype one and use Lucian with Gio

[north crown]

oak can easily solo dps if you got SSBlue tanking

nah Oak's nuke is notable, esp if you got supp ex

[silver dirge]

Sure that could work too

[north crown]

ALso Sycamore + Caitlin seems a bit overboard. I feel like we can make a better suited team for her

[swift swan]

i genuinely think gridded oak can work as a sole damage dealer vs Marshal. just slap NC Bede with him

that way Lucian can go help Giovanni

[north crown]

OHOHOHOH iirc I used CBede EX, Will, filler on Marhsal or something (filler was Tech Slowpoke, does nothing substantial)

[wet gate]

Like this?

[swift swan]

both ss blue and nc bede are a bit redundant, nc bede allows dual striking very well, but sure

if you have no other psychic options

[north crown]

you could probably take off Bianca on Will and use her somewhere else

[toxic cobalt]

Like against flint

[wet gate]

This is all my psychics

[north crown]

e.g: flint perhaps? yeah he's difficult

do you have any other psychic terrain setters?

(e.g: holiday whitney)

consider sorting through type move instead of pair/unit type

[wet gate]

Only these 2

[north crown]

eh ok that's fine

any spatk debuffers?

[wet gate]

Psychic type moves

[north crown]

or could we just ignore flint's gimmick? idk never tried or remember brute forcing psychic weak flint

hm.. tldawn could be of use

[toxic cobalt]

What was his gimmick?

[swift swan]

hitting hard

bulky HP

HE4

powerboosted caitlin should wreck flint fairly easily. just pray flint doesn't use fire blast too early

[toxic cobalt]

Ie. Sycamore bad right?

[wet gate]

Wait so here’s my teams rn

What do I do?

[swift swan]

well i managed to tank flint with sabrina so i'm sure sycamore can work

[north crown]

yeah I'd rather play it safe and use bianca on flint to ensure victory

[north crown]

also do you have a +3 spatk buffer other than NCBlue? to replace EleSSa? It would be nice to have Giovanni's full nuke
If you still want to keep and use EleSSa's TM for sync cd, then you could replace Lucian with a pair that buffs a lot of spatk for turn 2 sync

[toxic cobalt]

Throw will Hilbert or something I guess and get started. Too long teambuilding when there’s a clock on.

[north crown]

bro the dude has ncblue

[swift swan]

yeah Will basically gets everything he needs from NC Blue already lol, just any random buffer to max his stored power ig

(what's the cap for stored power idk)

[wet gate]

Here’s all the spatk buffers

idk if any are +3

[north crown]

oh my god elio exists

+4 in 1 turn

[toxic cobalt]

THATS WHY I RECOMMENDED HILBERT

[north crown]

but apparently iandabest moved NCBlue to Will so it's kinda redundant

[swift swan]

literally any support and start spamming stored power. we have an hour here

just start the CS

[wet gate]

Ok these teams

and im starting

[north crown]

I was about to say to suggest using a weaker support in case we need NCBlue as a wildcard or something

[swift swan]

i really don't think all the other teams need a wild card tbh

[toxic cobalt]

Let Hop be Soniaed it’s fine

[north crown]

hol on I'm checking the params

R1 = sync buff more effective
R2 = Stat Conditions
R3 = Half Sync
R4 = Perm Field
R5 = Debuff

[swift swan]

marshal r1
kahili r2
bruno r3
flint r4

basically

[north crown]

R1 = Kahili (leftover)
R2 = Marshal (he has no status cond)
R3 = Giovanni on Bruno
R4 = Flint (solely for Bainca and Sycamore providing their respective field buffs)

[toxic cobalt]

Double flint

[swift swan]

wait lol my bad

[wet gate]

I tried flint r1 and sycamore died before he could sync

[toxic cobalt]

Yep

[swift swan]

yeah r1 and r2 are interchangeable

[north crown]

yeah you probably need a diff support

[swift swan]

reset if he uses fire blast

[north crown]

Flint starts hitting v hard immediately

[wet gate]

3 flamethrowers

and i died

[swift swan]

he just has very high offenses

anyway, move flint to r4 to take advantage of perma field

[north crown]

Honestly I would move CBede at that point, especially if SSBlue is 2+/5

[wet gate]

He is 2/5

[swift swan]

nah the teams are fine already. it's just a matter of getting good RNG with the opponents' moves

[wet gate]

wait so this order right

[swift swan]

yes

[north crown]

bsaically, unless you want to change 1 and 2

[wet gate]

ok

[north crown]

1-2 are nothing drastically game changing

I'm still worried about Sycamore's bulk on turns 1-3

He can be v frail against v tough opponents like Flint

[swift swan]

plenty of supports will crumble against presync flint he just hits so hard. get good RNG and you're fine

[toxic cobalt]

Endurance Roxanne!

But let’s get to R4 first

[north crown]

maybe we should shove NCBlue in the Flint team instead

oh crap I put Kahili as the first team.. which is a trivial one 💀

well rip keeping NCBlue as a wildcard

[swift swan]

nah really it's fine

[north crown]

actually we can just move CBede since SSBlue exists

yeahhhh

[swift swan]

NC Blue's special defense buffs isn't that much faster than Sycamore anyway

[wet gate]

Ok I beat Kahili

[toxic cobalt]

On to the next one!

[wet gate]

Wait who do I move

[swift swan]

marshal

don't move anything

[wet gate]

Ok

[silver dirge]

Part 1 & 2 ofcourse

[wet gate]

Beat Marshal

[north crown]

cool, now comes the semi hard challenge

If SSElesa, Giovanni, Lucian doesn't work....

try using:Elio, Giovanni, SSElesa

• use Elio TM, Giovanni TM, EleSSa TM (on Giovanni) for turn 2 sync

[wet gate]

Elesa dies in 2 htis

hits

[north crown]

wtf I didn't expect that to happen

would rosa be better? idk

[silver dirge]

Just reset a little imo

Til they don't spam strong moves

[north crown]

if you're keeping lucian, then any spatk buffer works really

[toxic cobalt]

Switch her for Roxannne

[wet gate]

Does Emboar use anything other than Fire Blast?

[silver dirge]

Yes fire punch nvm it's hammer arm lol

Lower bp

[north crown]

if they have troublemaker 1 on Elio, they could probably sleep turn 2 so that Giovanni can sneak in a sync before the right enemy uses their tm

[wet gate]

They sync before me

Wait

Im fighting Flint

[silver dirge]

Do you have any sync cdr picked up?

[wet gate]

no wonder

[north crown]

bruh

real bruh moment

[wet gate]

lol

[north crown]

[toxic cobalt]

Half sync flint

[wet gate]

Ok let me try Bruno

[silver dirge]

They still shouldn't sync before you

[swift swan]

powerboosted Giovanni works to presync Bruno even at half sync

[toxic cobalt]

Gio is mega they synced once already

[silver dirge]

Oh oops you're right

[toxic cobalt]

Seriously it’s sync then one psychic bam

[north crown]

they didn't max sp atk 💀

[toxic cobalt]

Eh

[wet gate]

Bruno synced before me too

And I used the sync move cooldown twice

[silver dirge]

Looks like it might be a non-crit sync on the mid at least

[toxic cobalt]

How is Bruno alive

[wet gate]

The first sync does like no damage

[silver dirge]

Maybe quickly send your params

In case there's a problem there

[toxic cobalt]

Are you using the right Giovanni sync grid

Ie. Not ghost

[cinder summit]

Giovanni & Mewtwo

‎ Type: ‎　‎　Weak:

Level 140 Stats:

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

Acquisition:

Main Story

Alternates:

Giovanni & Rhydon
Giovanni & Nidorino
Sygna Suit Giovanni & Nidoking
Giovanni (Classic) & Persian

Sync Grid Recommendations:

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

Lucky Skill: Critical Strike 2, Grand Entry 2

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[wet gate]

I'm using the first one

[toxic cobalt]

Take off defence!!!!

[silver dirge]

Take Atk 1 instead of Def 1

[toxic cobalt]

Take gradual healing

[wet gate]

ok

[toxic cobalt]

Take off strength 3

Take max sync countdown -1 (only for this round)

[wet gate]

Like this?

[silver dirge]

That's better yeah, did you drop Def/SpDef 1 as well?

[wet gate]

Am I doing something wrong

[north crown]

yes

+2 spatk sync does absolutely nothing

[silver dirge]

Don't be afraid to delay your sync a little to get as many buffs/debuffs in

[wet gate]

Ok

[silver dirge]

All you gotta do is sync before them

[north crown]

this is why I suggested Elio, Giovanni, EleSSa if you want to use sync turn 2

[toxic cobalt]

Don’t use breathtaking then

[swift swan]

why don't you take that "can't change zone" param?

[toxic cobalt]

Use it after your first sync

[wet gate]

Forgot about that

[north crown]

I mean, I never change my params from my "default ontype presync preset" cuz of lazyness

[silver dirge]

This too, just focus on spAtk All with Elesa pre sync

[swift swan]

Gio clicks TM, ss elesa goes sp atk all

[north crown]

OR use this team if you still want fast sync

[toxic cobalt]

Don’t use Gio’s tm after you sync!!!

[swift swan]

quadqueue Psychic immediately

[toxic cobalt]

Never seen Nowhere to hide quadqueued before

[north crown]

maybe it would be better to use TLDawn to replace SSElesa since she can weaken the opponent a bit after applying all her buffs

just a thought

[toxic cobalt]

Too many thoughts

[swift swan]

nah, this team works fine with the proper queueing

[north crown]

so I'm not allowed to go hardcore planning for LG!??!?! (or any other tryhard gamemode for that matter)

[wet gate]

I still can’t do enough damage

[toxic cobalt]

Don’t growl before you sync

[wet gate]

I thought get as many debuffs as possible

[toxic cobalt]

Not worth missing a quadqueue

[silver dirge]

It's a balance of the two

[wet gate]

Ok

[silver dirge]

Since you're not using Breathtaking anymore, your cycle should be enough for buff/debuff

[toxic cobalt]

You were also unlucky with the spdef all

[wet gate]

Look alive keeps messing up my quadqueue

[swift swan]

how about... hear me out: tank with Lucian. take supports take x3 damage. less bulk on bruno overall

[wet gate]

I WON

[swift swan]

welp, ggz

[silver dirge]

Woo

[wet gate]

I got MPR with x spatk all

[silver dirge]

14mins best get on with the next one

[toxic cobalt]

Too many thoughts real

[wet gate]

I can EX Cailin

Should I

[north crown]

no

[wet gate]

I did

running out of time

[north crown]

well if you're super desp- oh

bro you only have time for 1 more match

unless you can speedrun cs

[wet gate]

I keep on getting the unlucky moves

and burnt

[swift swan]

flint, yeah? save sycamore's TM for when you get burnt

[north crown]

and this is why it's good practice to teambuild ahead of time so you don't have to go through this rush, potentially missing out on stuff

wow 10% burn

[swift swan]

HE4 actually

[north crown]

oh nvm.. ig I just fished for a run where I ddin't get burnt right off the bat

[swift swan]

try to at least reach the champion stage before reset time. you can actually keep resetting the champion stage even past reset time as long as you don't quit the stage

[wet gate]

I got it

[north crown]

you got around a minute left

[wet gate]

phew

[north crown]

get in the champion fight cmon

[wet gate]

I'm in

[toxic cobalt]

Never leave

[swift swan]

alright, just don't quit the stage

[north crown]

now don't exit no matter waht

[silver dirge]

dayum

[wet gate]

It was in the wrong order

So i left and it reset

:/

[north crown]

bro

welp rip you lost your chance

[wet gate]

My striker was targeted first

[silver dirge]

[wet gate]

gg

[silver dirge]

oh well

good effort

[north crown]

could've spammed potions

[toxic cobalt]

Just get lucky amirite

[swift swan]

[wet gate]

Ok I'm doing the next CS now so I don't run out of time again

after all the daily stuff ofc

[toxic cobalt]

Psychic was fun

One day though it’ll be fairy

[keen jasper]

Fairy isn't bad IMO

[swift swan]

fairy isn't bad if you have the limited units lol

sycamore, moonblast lisia, mina, bp valerie, uhhhh valerie

[silver dirge]

OG Valerie my favourite fairy dps

[toxic cobalt]

My only fairy limited is AnniLili

Wait that’s not true I have PalSerena dusts off cobwebs

[swift swan]

water or electric CSMM when

just overlap the HS types and the special CS types

[left storm]

Mina is really good imo with a decent enough support for a launch unit

[swift swan]

she sure is! i'm a mina truther

[toxic cobalt]

And what are your feelings about moonblast Lisia?

[left storm]

Moonblast Lillie is better

[swift swan]

but fairy CS can still be quite brutal if you don't have at least one limited

[swift swan]

no joke, i used to run sycamore and moonblast lisia together

[left storm]

Yeah you'll most likely need at least one limited that's not lyrapuff

[swift swan]

think sycamore did just as much with his moonblast compared to what lisia did

[keen jasper]

Can SS Wally solo?

[left storm]

With enough RNG and copies yeah

[swift swan]

errr we have a CS solo doc

[keen jasper]

Is 5/5 150 not enough?

[dark osprey]

will have to bring out the eggs maybe for this as well if going only ontype

[left storm]

You need a suited stage and good RNG but I think it's doable

[north crown]

I'm not monotyping Fairy or Ground HS for the sake of preserving my sanity for LG

[swift swan]

nope, no SS Wally in the CS solo doc. you can be the first to contribute!

[left storm]

^

It's definitely doable

[toxic cobalt]

We forgot gladion

[dark osprey]

egg clefairy is kinda decent as well

[keen jasper]

BTW, WHY IS MY FUCKING GLADION STILL 2/5?!

[north crown]

I tried using Gladion wayyy back. He was alright.

[left storm]

https://youtu.be/LcLeQea45oI?si=byZ8TUwbQkJ3OHvM

[toxic cobalt]

Did you see my image

[left storm]

I was sure he had one

[north crown]

However once Mina's grid came out, Gladion became obselete once again

[keen jasper]

Yes

[keen jasper]

OG Valerie EX when

[toxic cobalt]

That stil won’t be enough…

[dark osprey]

is there any fairy weak stage that has special attacks predominantly?

[toxic cobalt]

Yes

[keen jasper]

Drasna

[dark osprey]

diantha or something

oh drasna

[toxic cobalt]

Tempted to say most of them lol

[left storm]

Wdym not enough, I cleared drasna with her and a f2p team at 2.5k

[toxic cobalt]

Fairy weak Bruno is the only Mina heaven

[keen jasper]

Marshal tho...

[toxic cobalt]

I all Valérie runs, all photoshopped

[toxic cobalt]

Ah maybe

I mostly remember the bad ones

[left storm]

Mhhh you're right, I was using 2/5 exless SS elesa

[toxic cobalt]

Still impressive, if true

[left storm]

I have only this as proof

[toxic cobalt]

Clearly a Sycamore clear

[left storm]

Clearly

No well ofc you can't solo DPS with Valerie with f2p friendly teams

Especially not Vs 28.9k hp stages

Vs 17-21k hp it's doable but between them and Kalos 28.9...

[toxic cobalt]

She desperately needs a grid expansion and a mega or something

[left storm]

There's a sea of distance

She needs power boost

Give her super powered 5 DeNa

Cmon

[dark osprey]

they could have at least given her debuffing capabilities

[silver dirge]

Everyone else when Valerie's sylveon suddenly mega evolves

[paper summit]

hey, Valerie already got a boost, it's called getting her BP alt

[silver dirge]

[wicked pebble]

Hey, who pairs well with Akari and Champ Marnie?

[silver dirge]

NC Bede, NC Calem

[wicked pebble]

I have the latter.

[silver dirge]

Awesome that's going to be an insanely broken team

[wicked pebble]

And NC CAlem and Champ Marnie are bot h3/5

So... yeah.

guess SS Kris is still gonna be sitting pretty with Esuine.

[silver dirge]

If you play around with half HP you can self-trigger Marnie's Spikemuth passive for 3SMUN, and Akari can give her 2 at the very minimum

If you save those 5 for post sync B-Move that'll more often than not one shot the stage

[wicked pebble]

Here's the set up teams. Wanted to use Rei too.

How do they look?

[silver dirge]

All looks pretty good to me

I'd opt for someone else over Roxanne in the Stage 4 team that's about all

[zealous karma]

Rei really doesn’t need hilbert support

[zealous karma]

I’d replace sonia as wel

Tate doesn’t really need heavy supporting he primarily needs someone to help his multipliers like lucian

[silver dirge]

[silver dirge]

Could throw in like screech/utility unit tbh

[zealous karma]

I mean iris has the lowest Hp and offenses of any stage, so it’ll for sure help

Rei getting sinnoh flag bearer fighting zone against Iris low Hp will prolly like 2 shot the stage

[silver dirge]

Yep

[fiery canopy]

ok so it turns out i accidentally had phys dmg reduction on instead of special
so i fixed that and then the iris fight was easy lmao

wooooooo

[silver dirge]

So close to 12.5k!

[fiery canopy]

i knowww bah
im not doing it again tho, 11750 is enough
unless i get sum kinda ingame medal or award for it

[swift swan]

well all you get is the remaining rewards up to 12.5k

[full mesa]

Don't bother unless you really, really, really want those rewards. You can always try next week. 12.5k is something within your reach now.

[fiery canopy]

yeeeeey

finally feeling happy w my roster lol

[rose ermine]

Iris is like a punching bag to test your strength on

I never realised diantha can nuke this hard

[silver dirge]

Diantha had one of the strongest nukes in the game on her debut, still a great unit

[left storm]

^

Also seup + zone is an easy deal-breaker to make stuff hit past 100k

[dark osprey]

Plus enhanced special attack parameter and if chosen enhanced debuffs

[left storm]

Well diantha hits physically

So the spdef debuff doesn't matter

[dark osprey]

She debuffs defense as well right?

[left storm]

Yea

[dark osprey]

And her sync is special

[silver dirge]

It's special but calculated based on target defense

[left storm]

Ah I thought it hit physically

[dark osprey]

Either ways it does enhance I guess

[silver dirge]

You're still right, spDef debuffs won't help

[left storm]

Yeah ik

[dark osprey]

But yeah she seems quite underrated

[left storm]

She also gets regen on TM

So she can solo or duo most LAs

[silver dirge]

She was my go to nuker for a long time

[left storm]

Especially with staggering

[silver dirge]

Powercreep will do that

[dark osprey]

And that stat leech too

Yeah powercreep and just being shiny and new gets everyone pumped up

[left storm]

SC diantha will be a cheat code for fight HSE

No doubt

[silver dirge]

SpDef/Speed debuffers were also pretty rare, so the stat leach was 👌

[left storm]

I'm still sad her sync hits Phys Def tho because sentry entry stages are way more annoying for fighting units than wise entry ones

[low linden]

She almost has everything for HS huh

[silver dirge]

Yeah, she's special in a physically dominated type but her sync condition nulls that LOL

[swift swan]

We don't have any x2 entry stages for fighting weak, do we?

[silver dirge]

not yet

[left storm]

Her main move and sync hitting Def is such a cringe thing imo

[silver dirge]

Just follows mainline I guess

[left storm]

Ikik

It's just... eh

Give us a good special fighting DeNa plz

[silver dirge]

And give it zone

but not MF

[paper summit]

define good, because Focus Blast is a pretty good move

[swift swan]

We'll have to be satisfied with focus blast solgaleo

[silver dirge]

Focus blast wally ftw

[left storm]

Yeah I mean "better than wally and solgaleo*

And that does some cool shit

[paper summit]

too bad the inevitable Koraidon will be a physical powerhouse

[left storm]

Alas, next fighting is gonna be hlilligant who's also physical

[swift swan]

Special sync fighting

That actually hits special defense

[left storm]

Ez skip for the scalesona

From 2012

[silver dirge]

What's the strongest mainline special fighting move

[paper summit]

the what?

[silver dirge]

apart from focus blast

[left storm]

Hlilligant & Arezu would fuck me up

Economically

[left storm]

Don't Google it

[left storm]

Uhhhh

[silver dirge]

I'm somewhat concerned after googling it

[paper summit]

Secret Sword and Aura Sphere are the closest to Focus Blast, both below of course

so it's basically a bmove or bust

[silver dirge]

yea I figured as much couldn't think of anything else either

[dark osprey]

Maybe put a B in front of them

[silver dirge]

I mean I guess focus blast + built in piercing gaze and some crazy multipliers could be pretty good?

[swift swan]

Fighting Shift Hyper Beam

[paper summit]

yeah, that's an "easy" fix

[paper summit]

yeah, Solgaleo with Brainteaser and Furious Brawn hits pretty darn hard, so imagine an even more powerful pair

[dark osprey]

Weirdly they gave B Aura sphere for a support

[left storm]

Just make "Wall Breaking Focus Blast" 220 BP with guaranteed -2 spdef and a 60% multiplier based on user spatk

Ezpz

Solved

[silver dirge]

Yeee, or just make it B-Focus Blast and then they can do whatever they want with it tbh

[dark osprey]

There's probably going to be a shiny gallade on it's way

[silver dirge]

Cluch Critical as a passive, and we're all set

[left storm]

No no

"(Character)'s quick reactions" - moved always crit, don't miss and always drop both defences

[silver dirge]

that's just passive 1 of 3

[left storm]

Yeah

Rest can be whatever

[silver dirge]

fighting zone entry & extension 5 of course

On another note though, I hope we get some sort of a Galar champ stadium soon with some harder stages. there's no E4 but I'm sure they can work something out

[keen jasper]

Weak, not over 500k damage

Also no SC Steven?

[rose ermine]

No

I went for sclyra

I like phanphy

[zealous karma]

Only 193k?

[versed meteor]

Nukes
I didn't know Diantha could nuke this hard

[zealous karma]

Diantha should be hitting a lot harder

I had diantha hit the old damage cap without fighting zone or effort

[main crow]

All CS are your punching bag

especially if you got funny pairs that -6 def/spdef fast

[latent bison]

Here is the final team's for this week CS

[silver dirge]

Is this master mode or hard mode?

[latent bison]

Could do both

[silver dirge]

Ah okay, was just concerned for a sec cos some of your teams don't have tanks

[latent bison]

OK makes sense

[left storm]

Mhhhh juicy

[north crown]

Ash is a compotent tank

[drifting steppe]

I’ve got a problem. I can hit 10K easily on everything but Sinnoh, Hoenn, and Kalos CS. Are they really that much harder

[rotund lagoon]

My guy, if you are using Ash to tank, use him to wreck the stage instead

[formal vigil]

He can do both at once

[rotund lagoon]

They are harder, but they just have more “modern” gimmicks, I guess we can call it

[rotund lagoon]

He can, doesn’t mean he should

[drifting steppe]

Modern Gimmicks I’d assume are to counter all the crazy new units as of late

[mellow linden]

Moreso the stages are more obviously designed to favor a specific Sync Pair

As opposed to stuff like Psychic weak Bruno having…reduced Paralysis resistance to encourage using Calem (yep, that’s a thing), later CS regions have stuff like Electric weak Siebold having teamwide Speed debuffs, Tough Cookie and consistent +1 Defense self-buffs, and Healthy Advantage to encourage using Sonia

[wicked pebble]

Any reason why? I was thinking more immediate speed and faster Special Attack raise from Roxanne. Plus Special Defense means more Stat buffs for rising tide.

[zealous karma]

I mean tate buffs himself essentially in one turn with his trainer moge and the diff from +4 and +6 isn’t that noticeable unless you have well rising tife or Spatk based mults

[wicked pebble]

...I do. I just said I did.

[zealous karma]

I know you did and i mentioned “well rising tide” or perhaps I should’ve mentioned “like you said” to make it more clear

[mellow linden]

Sonia already maxes Rising Tide when combined with Tate’s Trainer Move and handles Speed buffs, so if you’re gonna use Sonia you should replace Roxanne and vice versa

[slim prawn]

Who to pick for each give type

[toxic cobalt]

There's no particular gimmicks afaik, so pick the one you'r emost comfortable with and build around them

[slim prawn]

I need 10 more types for the medal so

[mellow linden]

Well we can't offer much detailed advice without knowing which types you're missing

[slim prawn]

Only types shown in screenshot

[mellow linden]

It would be easier if you could screenshot your type medal and then separately screenshot your entire roster

Since you can have up to 5 pairs that are an already-used type

[toxic cobalt]

As you can use 15 units, there is flexibility. You do want say a steel type to tackle the steel stage.

[mellow linden]

Or screenshot your type medal and then fill out the tracker

+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

[slim prawn]

I need to prepare for next set for type medals

[slim prawn]

Here

[toxic cobalt]

Well looks like fighting is the only non-overlap

unfortunate

[mellow linden]

Oh wait, is this for next week?

Yeah, this is for next week's run

[slim prawn]

What type does victor count towards ghost or ground

[mellow linden]

Well for starters you could have made a lot of improvements to this week to have gotten a ton more types done, a lot of the teams you used this week have synergy issues and way too many type overlaps. Just a note for future reference

[tired sleet]

The type of his sync move/theme skill (ghost)

[mellow linden]

A Sync Pair counts as the type their Sync Move starts the fight as

So Gladion will always count as Normal, for example

[slim prawn]

This was my first time ever finishing champion stadium

[mellow linden]

A few notes:

• Shauna is an easy choice from Grass since she can act as the Support for a physical damage-dealer and none of the stages next week are weak to Grass

• With the exception of Fairy you can run an on-type damage-dealer for each stage, which opens things up a little

• Sadly you'll probably have to burn one of your 5 type overlaps on the Shauntal fight so you can run Naomi + a Sand setter (your options are Acerola and Bertha, who'd both overlap with a damage-dealer's type)

• Marley and Maylene are 2 more good picks for type medal-filling Supports

Overall you'd probably be best off working as you go next week, focusing on following the Teambuilding 101 guidelines and trying to have damage-dealer/Support duos who can have a flexible 3rd slot for more type medal progress

Can always come back here if you need any assistance with refining the base team setups

NC Red is another good way to burn one of your 5 type overlaps, btw, since he can basically just run with 2 random Sync Pairs for type medal progress without issue

[versed meteor]

Wait why isn't the R1 saying to not attempt marshal on it, or is unova that easy

[north crown]

yeah. your only notable ground type is bertha, which is kinda eh

oh wait nvm you pair bertha with olivia for champion

olivia nuke is so good

[versed meteor]

Imagine being Caitlin and missing 2 hyper beam because Cserena exists

[swift swan]

the practical answer is I was very busy and wrote the params in a hurry

but Unova is easy

but now that I look at it, it's Grimsley you should be worried about. he has higher offenses

[foggy plover]

Hi, im struggling against unova top 4 hard lvl 1 could anybody give some advice ^^

[mellow linden]

Can build a team around:

• Akari for the Caitlin fight

• Cyrus for the Shauntal fight

• Blue for the Marshal fight

• Steven or Solgaleo for the Grimsley fight

• Rei or Champ Hop for the Iris fight

And you should be fine as long as you follow the Teambuilding 101 guidelines. Also make sure to shoot for 9-12 unique types (as in, the type that the Sync Pair’s Sync Move starts the fight as) across your 5 teams if this is your 1st time doing Unova CS

[foggy plover]

Okay thank you ^^

[foggy plover]

Sorry for asking but i cant find the teambuilding 101 guidelines where exactly arte they?

[mellow linden]

+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!

[foggy plover]

Thank you ^^

[mellow linden]

They’re also posted in #1010307000346878062 if you need to brush up on them in the future

[foggy plover]

Oh okay thank you ^^

[foggy plover]

Im using that team against grimsley and i cant defeat him the rest worked easily

[mellow linden]

Is your Solgaleo Power Boosted?

Because if not you’ll need a crit buffer (and ideally an Attack + crit Support so that you can start dealing damage with them sooner)

[foggy plover]

Power boosted?

[mellow linden]

Extra grid tiles from the Alola Villain Event

[foggy plover]

Oh i forgot to grid him ;-;

[foggy plover]

Im confused

[mellow linden]

Hold on

[foggy plover]

Sorry : (

[mellow linden]

Does your Solgaleo’s Sync Grid have the same shape as this?

[manic kiln]

no ex so probably no power boost too

[mellow linden]

I just want to make sure

[foggy plover]

Yes

I think

Oh no my bad 💀

[mellow linden]

Then you need at least a crit buffer and ideally an Attack + crit Support for Solgaleo

[foggy plover]

Looks like this

[foggy plover]

Aight thank you

[foggy plover]

Morty drifblim should be fine right?

[mellow linden]

He isn’t a Support and can’t buff Solgaleo’s crit

[foggy plover]

Ss blue?

[mellow linden]

If you grid Solgaleo for Sharp Entry and use SS Blue’s Trainer Move twice as his 1st 2 actions he can work

You also have a 3/5 Sonia for both Attack and crit buffs if she’s not being used elsewhere

Just grid her for Trainer Move MP Refresh and Trainer Move Critical Squad

[foggy plover]

Okay thank you ^^

Thats solgaleo that should be fine right?

[mellow linden]

Trainer Move MP Refresh and the Focus Blast tiles are useless since you won’t be using Focus Blast and only need 2 Trainer Move uses at most anyways

Superduper Effective would be a better tile to have since you’re using Solgaleo against a Steel weak stage

[foggy plover]

Okay thanks ^^ changed it

[foggy plover]

She can only heal and boost atck tho?

[mellow linden]

Critical Squad is a grid tile that lets her buff crit

[foggy plover]

oh okay thanks

It worked thank you ^^

[mellow linden]

Congrats!

[silver dirge]

[foggy plover]

Iris was a piece of cake…

[mellow linden]

Tbh that’s expected since you have 2 incredibly strong options for Fighting damage-dealers