Champion Stadium

[hushed sorrel]

I knew NC Blue was op but never really slowed down to look at how it works till now 😂

[hushed sorrel]

I'll just stick with my 124k for now with no further investment in cake or candy 😂 cheers for the tips

[keen jasper]

No Mind Games?

On Irida?

[hushed sorrel]

Nah going to save cookies for HS for now

[keen jasper]

She has it in her grid

[hushed sorrel]

She is 1/5

[keen jasper]

Ah

[quartz vine]

The parameter "Power on hit" increases damage of sync moves also??

[silver dirge]

#916852044692856834 message Yes

[quartz vine]

Finally won against Lucian by stalling him for an eternity

[versed meteor]

What parameters are people using for 3k poison stall?

[old orchid]

I add more strength

[versed meteor]

People without nc Red or irida, how is bertha 3k

[old orchid]

Ghetsis + weather changer. Easy 3k

[sharp willow]

Yeah, she isn't too bad with Ghetsis as long as he crits his sync literally ever

[toxic cobalt]

Deeply concerned Bertha is the easiest one this week

[keen jasper]

You mean grass-weak Bertha?

[toxic cobalt]

No, ice

[keen jasper]

Nah, dragon-weak Cynthia is the easiest

[toxic cobalt]

Champions don't count

[spice turret]

Need help with next monday stage

Gonna take on Aaron

Need an team

[old orchid]

+helpfaq

[frozen depot]

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[silver dirge]

^

[undone ether]

Hmm i think i'll do presync with NY Lisia (2). not quite sure if i can oneshot with her though with Penny + SC Steven with -3 Rebuffs though.

[keen jasper]

No fairy zone unit?

[undone ether]

nothing sadly.

[keen jasper]

Well, -3 rebuff and SEUN is stronger

[calm marsh]

No egg Sylveon ?

[undone ether]

i do

i guess SC Steven can tank a bit :>

[calm marsh]

Why SC Steven tank ?

[plush tangle]

If they use SC Steven + NY Lisia + Sylveon it's not Sylveon or Lisia thats gonna tank lol

[calm marsh]

Oh that team

Just oneshot enemy in 1 Sync

[undone ether]

NY Lisia is 2/5 though. Giga Impact lets go i guess.

[calm marsh]

Then i think Penny-Sc Steven-NY Lisia will more safe

[undone ether]

aight.

i remembered my roster for tomorrow was like.... empty/missing a few sync pairs

[versed meteor]

Its disgusting just how hard poison stall is now

[old orchid]

Flint is just so bs

Giovanni eats Flint alive with decent tank and Psychic Terrain

[versed meteor]

That was my stuff for lucian

[old orchid]

i assume you want to rely on Psystrike?

[calm marsh]

This week is just very hard to stall

[old orchid]

thats not a good idea, tbh

[versed meteor]

Not flint i have these guys for flint

[old orchid]

ah

mb

[versed meteor]

Flint has piercing gaze

Well using power on hit and rely on evasion is out the window

And hes damn tanky only used hp 6 and dude survives steven sync with half hp

[crystal notch]

How...how are you struggling

Maybe it's your params?

[manic kiln]

that team is strong enough to do full hp parameters change the support

[versed meteor]

Already did it but Flint did a lot better than i expected

Thats what i am on, first sync did 30k but was only half hp

Haven't finished cs so maybe later

[peak stirrup]

Cynthia must be really bulky. Zerena was doing almost nothing

[silver dirge]

That sounds most definitely like a parameter issue

[hearty lynx]

i flinched cynthia to death

only had 1/5 lucas and cyrus

[blazing peak]

Using striker ss steven:

Abusing the fuck of sync accell so Lussamine gets a free support nuke without wasting her soup up ?:

That was full offensive parameter btw

[rich needle]

What the hell was that acceleration

Oh wait she’s sprint I forgor

That was sick

[blazing peak]

Sprint cynthia just goes crazy

also i gave her adrenaline as a lucky skill

For safety measure

[steel kelp]

Wdym for safety

[blazing peak]

In case i don't quad queue

[steel kelp]

Sprint is already nutty

[blazing peak]

or i do it too late

[blazing peak]

ensure the turn skip

that's also why after sync she didn't move, cuz i did it last time and fucked up the queue

But yeah, i love sprint role WAYYYY TOO MUCH

[zealous karma]

She doesnt have soup up(?)

[blazing peak]

She brings the soup up the sky

[zealous karma]

?

[blazing peak]

...

That's a fake soup up

[rich needle]

What is soup

[blazing peak]

THE SOUP UP

[zealous karma]

SEUN

[blazing peak]

SOUP UP

[zealous karma]

Is how its commonly referred too

[blazing peak]

SOUP UP NEXT

And i call it soup up next

[paper summit]

don't feed a troll...

[blazing peak]

oh yeah i forgot

[zealous karma]

You confused me cause there is a passive under the same name

[rich needle]

Ah soup

[blazing peak]

Yeah my bad forgot i only tend to call it soup up on poma lounge

[blazing peak]

What troll ?

[blazing peak]

to thiz day i still don't get why this exists

[rich needle]

Who has this

[blazing peak]

That's a holiday skyla only thing isn't ot ?

[zealous karma]

Lyra, HoliSkyla, and Sburgh

[blazing peak]

Holiday skyla 30% chance to proc

s burgh ?

Wait no that's something else for burgh

it's both offenses

[formal vigil]

Spring burgh

[blazing peak]

i know who that was

But isn't it something else ?

[zealous karma]

he has soup up 4 in grid

[blazing peak]

HE HAS ???

Wtf

WHY

Lyra is even more questionable

She can just get an mpr and be done with one mpr under sun ig ?

[cinder summit]

Soup Up 2

Has a chance (30%) of raising the user's Sp. Atk by one stat rank when it is hit by an attack move.

Sync Pairs with Passive:

Lyra & Meganium
Skyla (Holiday 2020) & Togekiss

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[blazing peak]

and on grid

[tired sleet]

Certainly the passive of all time

[blazing peak]

loke

why

don't tell me there's one for attack

[blazing peak]

ngl on very tank pay that would be dope for gauntlet but why have that when you can get the version that buffs all allies tho

Unless Dena does another 2020 ass kit pairs

[cinder summit]

Beef Up 3

Has a chance (40%) of raising the user's Attack by one stat rank when it is hit by an attack move.

Sync Pairs with Passive:

Iris (Alt.) & Hydreigon

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[tired sleet]

Yes

[blazing peak]

FUCKING BRUH

[steel kelp]

Why are you surprised

There’s a bunch of units and there’s at least one with some unique passive

dawn being the only power siphon unit

[hushed sorrel]

That looks like a lot of work 😂 check this 1/5 ss Steven 1st sync clear. #1134233447167164517 message

[versed meteor]

Looks like i was wrong had hp 6 and hp 4 on, but here is a recreation of it

[fiery canopy]

infernape is being really stubborn against ss lana

does it need to have a status condition or something

[nocturne pawn]

no

[latent eagle]

I feel like this team should win easily but I be struggling

[undone ether]

maybe params?

[steel kelp]

When is it not

[latent eagle]

Here are my params

[zealous karma]

Those are very similar to the params that I run what exactly are you struggling with

[latent eagle]

I jus keep dying, I can make it to first sync and then mid syncs and kills

[zealous karma]

Does your Brendan have adrenaline on grid?

Because if you have it equip itll allow you to sync before they do

[latent eagle]

I just switched to the grid that has it so hopefully that helps

[zealous karma]

Try saving the seun from raihans tm before Cyrus sync

[latent eagle]

Just beat it, ig I just needed to switch grids on SS Brendan lol

[zealous karma]

Nice!

[zealous karma]

This time

[sand karma]

What other physical ghosts are there other than sskorrina?

And Ssrc sync

[cinder summit]

Conditions:

1: 3* Min Rarity | All Pairs (Limited Included) | Physical Striker/Special Striker Role | Type‎

------------------------------

Fantina & Mismagius
Lillie (Anniversary 2021) & Lunala
Morty & Drifblim
Shauntal & Chandelure

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[tired sleet]

Morty

[sand karma]

But even he's not phys dps

[cinder summit]

Conditions:

1: 3* Min Rarity | All Pairs (Limited Included) | Type | Physical Move‎

------------------------------

Acerola & Banette
‎　⤷Phantom Force, Say Cheese Ghost Impact
Acerola & Palossand
‎　⤷Astonish, Never-Ending Royal Nightmare
Acerola (Fall 2020) & Mimikyu
‎　⤷Shadow Claw, Shadow Sneak, Phantom Force, Trick-or-Treat Shadow Claw
Agatha & Gengar
‎　⤷Lick
Allister & Gengar
‎　⤷Drain Punch, Max Knuckle
Helena (Hex Maniac) & Haunter
‎　⤷Lick
Lillie (Special Costume) & Polteageist
‎　⤷Astonish
Morty & Drifblim
‎　⤷Phantom Force, Mystic Seer Phantom Force
Morty & Mismagius
‎　⤷Astonish
Morty (Fall 2021) & Banette
‎　⤷Shadow Claw, Shadow Sneak, Midnight Fright Ghost Impact

‎

Phoebe & Dusknoir
‎　⤷Shadow Punch, Double-Edge, Lonely Flower Shadow Punch
Phoebe (Fall 2023) & Cofagrigus
‎　⤷Shadow Claw, Phantom Force, Glimmering Gold Ghost Impact
Sygna Suit Cynthia (Renegade) & Giratina
‎　⤷Shadow Force, Renegade Shadow Force
Sygna Suit Korrina & Marshadow
‎　⤷Spectral Thief, Shadow Punch, Shadow-Shrouded Spectral Thief

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[sand karma]

I have forgotten the entry nightmares of Sinnoh

[tired sleet]

His nuke is his main damage source
Gladion too ig

[sand karma]

Why did the sides also have to have wise entry ugh

Thanks

Maybe I'll run Gladion with ssrc

[paper summit]

tbf Cynthia doesn't have physical dps either if you ignore her 2 turn move, same as Morty

obviously the 2 pairs are very different, but they do have that little problem in common

[sand karma]

Yeah that's why I thought Gladion for dps and Ssrc for sync

[dark osprey]

Gladion has quite sub par dps

[nocturne pawn]

gladion has subpar everything except hp

[dark osprey]

Weirdly his defenses are kinda ok

[sand karma]

It's not like I have other options

[rotund lagoon]

Never hurts to off type

[nocturne pawn]

yeah cuz all of his stats are 222

[cinder summit]

Gladion & Silvally

‎ Type: ‎　‎　Weak:

Level 140 Stats:

HP: 664
ATK: 224 | DEF: 224
SPA: 224 | SPD: 224
SPE: 224

Acquisition:

General Pool
Ticket Scout
Ticket Scout (Alola)

Alternates:

Gladion & Golbat

Sync Grid Recommendations:

Super Effective Striker (3/5)
‎　+ Without Sync

Lucky Skill: Super Powered 3

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[nocturne pawn]

224*

[rotund lagoon]

Lmfao I forgot about that

[sand karma]

Not a fan of offtyping
I've offtyped this stage iirc both of the last 2 times it's been around

[dark osprey]

With SSR cynthia, you could manage. Can just bring in a debuffer and probably nuke through

[nocturne pawn]

ssrc can just nuke

i dont understand the problem

[dark osprey]

Or can use phantom force to deny the side and then nuke plus one phantom force

[rotund lagoon]

I’ve never nuked with her honestly
Mine’s only 2/5

[nocturne pawn]

well 2/5 cant

wait what move level is she

cuz she needs 3/5 for sync tiles iirc

[rotund lagoon]

That’s kinda what I figured

[dark osprey]

Still got decent sync with defense debuffs and zone to probably get through the stage

[rotund lagoon]

What move level is yours btw?

[nocturne pawn]

i mean

3k sinnoh

[dark osprey]

But normal bulk for ghost right

If there's an enhanced chance of additional effects stage can use flinch to make phantom force not disrupt sync countdown

There's also always sleep

[nocturne pawn]

pretty sure all of lucian’s stages have extra bulk

but ill check

actually never mind its normal

[sand karma]

1/5 ex

[nocturne pawn]

yeah uh

thats kinda copium tbh

[dark osprey]

Will probably go well with SSR cynthia 1/5 and Agatha

[nocturne pawn]

she only has innate which is awkward

[sand karma]

Even if I put Cede?

[swift swan]

it's not like he's going to help much for SSRC's sync. master passives only affect DPS

[dark osprey]

Probably just try to counter the sync countdown thing

[nocturne pawn]

i mean honesrly

just

off type

like

[swift swan]

same with his PMUN/SMUN stacks, they're DPS only

[steel kelp]

Even then

[swift swan]

to be fair just bruteforce with special ghost

[steel kelp]

It still wouldn’t work because regions right

[dark osprey]

One phantom force would be more than enough after EX support sync

[nocturne pawn]

well tbf pmun boosted shadow force would actually hurt

cuz she also gets seun

[swift swan]

there's still the base boost

[nocturne pawn]

but it fucks with your sync timer

[dark osprey]

Especially with CBede

You can always flinch sleep to avoid the sync countdown issue

[sand karma]

Get rid of gladion, put Redlax and do phantom force shenanigans?

[dark osprey]

Or even Agatha

[swift swan]

get rid of gladion period

[steel kelp]

Why do people think gladion is ever good

[dark osprey]

Or a defense debuffer flincher

[swift swan]

if physical ghost is too hard, just stick to special ghost then. your damage will still be good because of zone

[dark osprey]

Like an egg tech Kangaskhan or Kukui

Or Nanu

[steel kelp]

Colress slander

[dark osprey]

Coloress unfortunately no flinch

But can use to deny the side without countdown issues

[steel kelp]

just hit the paralysis

[dark osprey]

Haha. Still the countdown thing even if paralysis prompts

[keen jasper]

Man, Lucian this week is gonna be the death of my 4k pts. run

Have neither SSR Cynthia nor SS Korrina

[toxic cobalt]

Suffer

[keen jasper]

It seems I have no choice but to off-type

[toxic cobalt]

At 4K ? What params would you use?

[keen jasper]

Definitely ones that don't give Lucian a fuckton of HP

[toxic cobalt]

The HP this week was so frustrating

[keen jasper]

The only thing that can kinda save me from Lucian is either perma field effects or sync buffs are more effective round parameters

[toxic cobalt]

Well, there's hope then

What is your ghost team?

[keen jasper]

NC Blue/Allister/E. Victor

[toxic cobalt]

Allister? didn't know he was that buff

[old orchid]

Better using Fantina

[paper summit]

he's already lackluster without having to deal with Wise Entry x2 and you planned to use him for a 4k with it?

[keen jasper]

I mainly use him for his max move nuke

[toxic cobalt]

And his sync is strong enough to clear the sides?

[keen jasper]

With my parameters, Lucian has almost 47k HP

With 125 defense and 250 special defense

I chose the Def./Sp. Def Up 1

I'd rather choose that than the HP Up 2

And praying for no EQ because I chose Tech Sync Pairs Take x3 Damage

[swift swan]

updated

half sync countdown on 3k Sinnoh mmm lovely

[silver dirge]

[keen jasper]

Holy fuck, I actually have a chance against Lucian

[silver dirge]

I've been waiting for half sync

[keen jasper]

Me too actually

Free 850 pts.

[paper summit]

tbf this week has water and grass weak

[versed mural]

Didn't think it was possible

[paper summit]

I mean, it's a rat, and the Entry passives don't automatically mean that spectrum of damage is completely useless

[wet gate]

who do i avoid on r2

[swift swan]

i'd say bertha or aaron are very annoying if you let them sync

but half sync is more team dependant

[wet gate]

wdym?

[rich needle]

Ratting

[manic kiln]

just use your strongest team, team with great nuke, or dual dps, or the rats... on the halfsync round

[rich needle]

Not mc rat so cowardice

[versed mural]

Need help with everyone except Aaron

[toxic cobalt]

Good stall round

[manic kiln]

[toxic cobalt]

Where is my gif of Electric Aaron surviving an Ash bmove

[manic kiln]

didn't use rat this week, Hau and piers time to shine

[rich needle]

Just turn on special reduction no

[versed mural]

Would Sycamore / SS Erika / Silver Ho oh work for Bertha?

[toxic cobalt]

Won't know till you try

[versed mural]

My thought process is SS Erika gets rid of Sandstorm. Xerneas Boosts Solar Beam and Can stay alive and SS Erika can throw Solar Blades

[swift swan]

you have two strategies in half sync countdown. either you rush to kill mid before they can sync, or you eat the sync. so either you need a team with a good nuker or a team with good survivability

[hushed sorrel]

Anyone already figured out optimal order for CS? 😂

[versed mural]

The first time I made a team on my own and it worked

[keen jasper]

I'm saving Lucian for R4

[versed mural]

Need help with Lucian

[toxic cobalt]

Is this Round 2 Lucian?

[versed mural]

Round 4

Flint was easy with May and Cyrus

[toxic cobalt]

That's a relief

Do you have physical ghost strikers/

[versed mural]

My Ghost Sync are Morty (Drifblim) Acerola(Pallosand) Pheobe (dusclops) and Agatha(Gengar)

[swift swan]

there's never an optimal order for CS, it very much depends on your teams

[versed mural]

I might have to offtype lucian

[swift swan]

how many points is this?

[versed mural]

Just Hard mode

[swift swan]

oh, then it's fine

[versed mural]

Haven't unlocked MM yet

[unborn wedge]

Physical Ghost

[swift swan]

don't forget shadow ball giovanni exists

[versed mural]

Yeah ik

[toxic cobalt]

Not for Lucian he doesn't lmao

[swift swan]

it's hard mode, you don't really need to care about the wise entry x2

giovanni hits hard nonetheless

[toxic cobalt]

it's wise entry x2 and then satisfied snarl too for no reason other than to rub it in

[swift swan]

hmmmm

[versed mural]

Giovanni/ SS Elesa / Karen houndoom?

[toxic cobalt]

Not Karen houndoom

[versed mural]

Snarl...

[swift swan]

that's not the snarl we were talking about lol

[versed mural]

No I meant wouldn't snarl be good to lower Lucian's Offense

[swift swan]

at least this is only on earthquake, we can try resetting or flinching that

[toxic cobalt]

Lucian is a physical attacker

[versed mural]

Oh

[swift swan]

he's fully physical this week

[versed mural]

Skyla

[toxic cobalt]

I mean that team could work sure give it a go

I wanna see how much Giovanni does

[versed mural]

So Gio / Elesa / Skyla

Let me do my dailies first to get enough sync orbs to grid Gio

[trail smelt]

HOLY CRAP Cynthia was so goddamn hard this week

My usual fairy team can’t catch a break as Cynthia keeps Evasion haxing her way to victory

As expected my winning run was where she never dodged a single thing

Ready for next week, fully expect to change the Bertha team lol

[hushed sorrel]

Yooo what's up with this lucian bulky as

O Victor not going to be good for him Ig

[swift swan]

wise entry x2

[versed meteor]

Do we have any fairy unit with piercing gaze?

[manic kiln]

ok ogHau can still clear 3k but it took a few tries with budget team but can't wait for rants from players with limited units

gonna do pure f2p fairy team for cynthia

[silver dirge]

It's inevitable

[manic kiln]

presync, blocking his heal with flinch is

[spice turret]

Aaron
Need suggestions

[swift swan]

good to know Hau's still got it!

[swift swan]

Hau is your best bet. candy him to 3/5 and go for a nuke grid

[spice turret]

Ok

[old orchid]

2/5 is the minimum because of Inertia

[spice turret]

Yes or no

[old orchid]

Keep at 4* for now

[swift swan]

If you're not doing high points you don't need it

[undone ether]

Sync into +6 pmun and seun giga impact. Thanks ark o/

[spice turret]

Should I lvl up his theme skill

[grand trout]

Exing valerie paid off

[old orchid]

No, theme skills are just bonus

They don't have much impact

You live fine without them

[grand trout]

Omg besties

Except i used valerie instead of lisia

[spice turret]

Lucky skill needed?

[keen jasper]

No fairy zone

[silver dirge]

That looks pretty low for 6 PMUN, SEUN & rebuff, defense params?

[versed mural]

Took a few attempts but did it!

[undone ether]

Yeah well. Cannot be helped. Also.dont think egg sylveon or sc steven can take a shadow.ball.to the face with presync damage buff for succeeding attacks

[old orchid]

You can try without, CS2 helps in the future tho

[undone ether]

Penny could, 600 to the face, but still living.

Snarl hit her for around 100s

[spice turret]

Should I get some cookies

I need to get him a critical strike

So no luck skill needed

[versed mural]

This week's Cynthia seems harder

[versed meteor]

Seems is doing a lot of work there

[versed mural]

Cuz I have no good Fairy attackers

[spice turret]

Or should I use someone who can give him crit Boost

[versed mural]

Furisode Gals?

[old orchid]

You always use him with a crit support

[spice turret]

I hope this is fine

[undone ether]

I think it was +5 pmun. Still it worked enough xD

[old orchid]

It helps with defensive purpose, but damage multiplier is miles better

[versed mural]

I really want to Women☕ Cynthia so badly

[spice turret]

I guess I'll exchange some cookies if It's ok

[old orchid]

Katherine ftw #1053291896778264597 message

[versed mural]

That's what I'm thinking

My Mina isn't 4*

[old orchid]

Nah Mina is better than her if you dont have good Fairy enablers

Cynthia has Wise Entry x2 so special attacks are not effective against her

I happen to have some good Fairy enablers

[spice turret]

I've this much so should I get some cookies

[versed mural]

Should I go Mina / NC Rosa / Kali

I think I could do better than Kali

I would've been fine if I didn't use Sycamore for Bertha

[old orchid]

I would replace Kalis for a reliable atk buffer

[versed mural]

Although Wise Entry might've made him useless

My BP Surge is gone

Let me see who else I have

[old orchid]

Hop, Sonia, Torchic... come to mind as accessible options

[versed mural]

Top

Hop

NC Rosa / Mina / Hop

Let me try that

Would Non-Gridded Mina work?

[old orchid]

Grid Mina with Pecking Order at minimum

[versed mural]

I have 600 orbs let me try

I gridded Gio for Lucian just now

Nope I can't get Pecking Order

[old orchid]

You have a whole week to prepare

[versed mural]

I can complete legendary arena levels to get 2-3k orbs

[spice turret]

Well

[versed mural]

Let me get some orbs from LA

[spice turret]

No critical strike2 but got this xd

Hope its helpful

[silver dirge]

It's less consistent but if you're out of cookies it's fine

[spice turret]

22h until next bonza

Who should go alongside with hou

Elesa?

[noble plaza]

Who should I avoid on round 2?

[old orchid]

Flint

[spice turret]

Hmm

How good is clemoth

[old orchid]

Find 2 pairs in your roster who can provide Hau max offensive buffs. Ideally someone has Electric Terrain and somehow can deny the Heal Order before sync

[spice turret]

Someone who can max hau def

[versed meteor]

Cynthia has wise entry?

[versed mural]

Okay I got Pecking Order

[formal vigil]

Yes

[versed mural]

I'm assuming first Sync is Rosa then Mina?

[spice turret]

Anyone have any idea

Who can max hau offensive and deny the heal order

[versed mural]

In your filters put Electric Terrain and see which units come up

[formal vigil]

They don't have volkner so no electric terrian

[old orchid]

Try to make a team with the hints i gave you, then send it here to get feedback

[versed mural]

Which Parameter should I go for

[spice turret]

Does putting in a sleep works?

[old orchid]

Try to aim for pre sync, if it doesnt work / is not your style, go for post sync

The pins have guides on params

[old orchid]

Yes, it counts as denial

But focus on buffing Hau to max first

[spice turret]

Atk or crit

[old orchid]

Hau uses special moves, so you have to make sure he always has +6 spatk and+3 crit

[spice turret]

I've only 2 sleep untis

Agatha or ramos

[old orchid]

Sleep is fine, now just find someone to buff Hau

Either works

[spice turret]

Ramos is 5/5

[old orchid]

Move level doesnt matter

[old orchid]

Please do this first

[spice turret]

Ss elesa?

Does 5/5 Liza help

[manic kiln]

what does Hau need? sp atk, speed and crit
if this is hard mode it's not even that complicated, even post sync is fine

[spice turret]

Liza can rise sp atk by 2

[old orchid]

Hard mode Aaron is still hard tho

Make sure Hau has +6 spatk and +3 crit

So bring a support to help him maxing spatk and crit

[versed mural]

This CS felt accomplishing since 3/5 battles I made the teams myself. Maybe next week I'll make teams for all five of them without any help

[manic kiln]

yeah he's still tanky but you can post sync without much trouble, bring defensive unit if needed

[spice turret]

I'm going to try hau Ramos and Sabrina

[old orchid]

Yeah, but Ten has been confusing about support choice so far

[spice turret]

Is it ok?

[manic kiln]

just do it and adjust later

[silver dirge]

Ah this Flint stage is the Heat Wave spammer one

[versed mural]

Mine just spammed Fire Blast

[trail smelt]

Well that explains that LMAO

[spice turret]

Attempt 1 failed

[old orchid]

Like Lost said earlier, try and adjust the team.later

Also try to fill the last 7 types for type medal

[trail smelt]

So many resets to get this victory

[versed mural]

I'll try to fill the last 7 types next week

[versed mural]

Grats!

[spice turret]

I kee trying

[old orchid]

Figure out what went wrong and try to fix it in next attempts

Learning from trials and errors greatly helps

[versed mural]

Like when I attempted Cynthia I saw that my Mina dies quickly to Sync so I chose the Parameter which made Sync take longer and quickly finished the Spiritomb

Probably not necessary to say all that but just for example

[spice turret]

2nd tatic

Sabrina 1st 2nd ramos

Idk if I choose wrong unit

[old orchid]

Raise Hau to 2/5 for Inertia on grid, like we said earlier

The team itself is nothing wrong

Please pay attention to our advice if you want to get help

[spice turret]

Let me see his grid

Going to see pin

[versed mural]

Try to find your problem and fix it..

[hushed sorrel]

Dang bro that was an uphill battle 😂

[trail smelt]

Didn’t help she kept dodging lol

[hushed sorrel]

I opted in for BP Valerie haha it was prob significantly easier

[spice turret]

I need see hau grid

[hushed sorrel]

1 Sync and 1 move clear

[old orchid]

+pomatools

[frozen depot]

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

[old orchid]

Use this site to check sync pairs' grid and kit

[versed mural]

you can use pomatools

[old orchid]

For Hau, go for Inertia first before going for other tiles

Or just Inertia and save orbs for other pairs

[spice turret]

I think I'll try to get hau to 2/5

[silver dirge]

Gakon has told you to do that a couple of times, yes, raise him to 2/5 at least - you're not getting very far without it

[versed mural]

For inertia

[spice turret]

I made ss elesa into 2/5

I was trying to get hau or something

[silver dirge]

You candied SS Elesa?

[hazy tusk]

Wow Bugsy and Cynthia are hella annoying this round

[hushed sorrel]

WhaaAaT

[hazy tusk]

That is all

[spice turret]

No

[silver dirge]

Bugsy

My favourite Sinnoh E4

[spice turret]

I did an pull on red banner

[hushed sorrel]

https://tenor.com/view/spongebob-squarepants-nickelodeon-sigh-phew-gif-5752975

[spice turret]

And got her

[silver dirge]

Ah okay

[hazy tusk]

Lmao what's his name I genuinely forgot

Not Burgh

[silver dirge]

Don't ever candy a gen pool 5 star

Aaron

[hazy tusk]

Why is the bug man name not a bug pun

Aaron sucks

[spice turret]

Idk where to get the candy

[old orchid]

Events

[silver dirge]

Should've been Anton fr fr

[hazy tusk]

See you get it

[old orchid]

Are Viola and Katy bug puns?

Smh i sink into this offtopic discussion too much

[silver dirge]

Viola & Katy aren't E4 smh they don't deserve high quality pun names

[versed mural]

They are both First Gym leaders

[spice turret]

Which event

[old orchid]

Find them out by yourselves

We dont encourage spoon feeding with tips and guides, sometimes you have to find the information (usually easy to research one) you need by yourself. Hopefully you understand

[manic mica]

Had me candy N & insane rng just for me to clear this

[versed mural]

Grats!

[manic mica]

Heck, this isn't even CSMM

Im scared what it'll look like

[versed mural]

This is Aaron right? I'm being dumb

[old orchid]

Candying N to beat an anti physical stage is not a great idea tbh

Just raise Hau

[versed mural]

I feel like I don't appreciate SST red as much as I should..

Or else I wonder how my Aaron would've been

[old orchid]

Well Aaron weakens Red's performance

But he still clears him with right teammates

[versed mural]

I just used Fillers to tank Attack orders

[manic kiln]

oops totally forgot lodge volkner is special too, gonna try a run with him

[silver dirge]

What's his DPS move again, is it discharge?

[manic kiln]

yeah so sides are not a problem

beautiful, this is r1

[swift swan]

I still don't have Lodge Volkner

[silver dirge]

Ay nice

I haven't started on Volkner yet

[lean lion]

Lucian and Cynthia remaining, only need poison type to complete medal. Any recommendations?

[spice turret]

Help

I checked every event and i didn't find the candy

[manic kiln]

it's from the new year rerun

wait is hau 3* or 4*

[swift swan]

Giovanni should work fine for Lucian. Idk what your poison types are, you can just throw a filler if anything

[spice turret]

1

This i guess

I didn't even pull on the banner

[hallow star]

Lodge-valerie goat

[swift swan]

Lost was asking about potential, not move level

[manic kiln]

oh nvm he is 4*, the candy is from this event

piers stage round 2

[manic kiln]

you don't need to share that, get the candy from that event and raise his move level

[swift swan]

Get the candy from Piers battle challenge round 2 and candy Hau

[spice turret]

I'm struggling xd

[lean lion]

Yes got Lucian with Rosa Giovanni and Koga

Will Leaf Eevee, Sycamore and FG Katherine work against Cynthia? Or do I need a weather changer?

Used Sabrina instead of Leaf, worked well

Got it!

[hushed sorrel]

Grats

[versed mural]

Congrats

[lean lion]

Thanks guys!

[versed mural]

I still have 7 types left

[lean lion]

Should I attempt MM stages with my best teams? If I reset can I use them again on a different stage? Or do I need to go through all 5 before I can reset?

[versed mural]

Sorry can't help u with it I haven't unlocked MM myself

[silver dirge]

For the first run you've got to complete all 5 stages before resetting

Then you can reset freely & between stages after that

I'd recommend planning out your teams first

[sand karma]

Anyway
I did it with cede 1/5 ex, Redlax 1/5 and SSRC 1/5 ex

Took 2 SFS and the +2 sync to wipe middle

[lean lion]

Is there a guide on which parameters to use? Pins has 2.5k and 3k. Will I be able to clear those?

[silver dirge]

If it's your first time start at 850, the pins have those as well

Remember to read what the parameters do and adjust them for your team

[lean lion]

Honestly can't find the 850 can you link it please?

[silver dirge]

You should be able to do at least 2.5k as well with good teambuilding, but getting accustomed to the mode first will be easier

[silver dirge]

It's the very first link, "MasterMode presets"

You can change the tab at the top

[lean lion]

Got it thanks!

[versed meteor]

Where physical ghost

Well this is just stupid now

[dense birch]

wow aaron's full heal sucks

[manic mica]

Wait THAT WAS AN ANTI PHYSICAL STAGE???

💀💀💀💀💀

[silver dirge]

Cynthia & Lucian have WE x2

Aaron has SE x2

[manic mica]

Dang I didn't know that Aaron had that

[silver dirge]

He's infamous for it

[wide adder]

I assume this means I need to use SuMarnie 1/5 instead of PSerena 2/5 for fairy this week lol. Or is she worse than bpval or whatever without dupes

[spice turret]

Is This ok for hau

[old orchid]

you got the most important tile, thats okay enough

[spice turret]

Ok

[lean lion]

Will these teams work for MM 850? First time attempting MM.

Aaron
Hau Raichu, Sophocles Togedemaru, 6EX
NC Rosa

Flint
Cyrus, 6EX Leaf Eevee, Winona

Bertha
Gordie (for sun), Silver (solar beam), Sycamore

Lucian
SST Red, Skyla Swanna, SS Blue

Cynthia
NC Serena, Shauna, Sabrina

[spice turret]

Should I change Sabrina for someone else

[old orchid]

keep trying

i would replace Sophocles with Hau

[wide adder]

Oh wait misread the stage

Ignore me haha

[old orchid]

is your Silver power boosted? if yes i would replace Sycamore with a crit support

[wide adder]

I saw red and assumed it was the electric stage

[old orchid]

me2 lol

[wide adder]

[lean lion]

Not power boosted

[old orchid]

replace Sycamore with someone like Sabrina then

[mortal pine]

am I using SST Red wrong or something? or are my parameters just too hard for me

[old orchid]

the stage has double base defense, so using physical moves is not effective

[wide adder]

Gordie… for sun…? If you need sun just use Blaine

[old orchid]

replace one of the support with a special dmg dealer, like Hau

[wide adder]

You use gordie if you need fire rebuff mostly

[mortal pine]

i dont have any special attacking electric types

[wide adder]

[mortal pine]

and my special offtyper has already been used

[old orchid]

you are guaranteed to have Hau from PML Arc

[wide adder]

hau erasure real

4star raichu

Go brrr

[manic kiln]

when people lie

same for bug weak Lucian

[wide adder]

technically mcchu also exists but it’s not even worth using I feel

[mortal pine]

there’s no way a 4* can do shit in 1.6k

[wide adder]

So many people ignore 3/4 stars

Rarity of unit is not important in this game

People use hau on cs all the time

If you were doing 3k then sure maybe offtype is better but

1.6k isn’t a huge problem

Especially with how good supports are these days

[old orchid]

Hau is entirely possible to beat up 3k

[manic kiln]

this was 3k, 1.6k is nothing
he's been clearing this since sinnoh cs debut

[lean lion]

Aaron
Hau Raichu, Sophocles Togedemaru, Sycamore

Flint
Cyrus, 6EX Leaf Eevee, Winona

Bertha
Blaine, Silver (solar beam), NC Rosa

Lucian
SST Red, Skyla Swanna, SS Blue

Cynthia
NC Serena, Shauna, Sabrina

Is this better?

[manic kiln]

team comp is important tho, just use your OP supports

[wide adder]

Man fast speed and crit full buffs for an inertia nuke is harder than I thought to not overspend on trying to figure out my minimalist support for Sprigatito and Brendan

Any that came to mind so far would likely be wanted by the other types since got a couple awkward stages this week

[old orchid]

i think for 850 pts Hau can live without +3 crit but you should always max dmg dealers' crit

[silver dirge]

You could just go Skyla, Brendan can set himself up fully in 3 turns

[lean lion]

I just want to clear it for the first time

[old orchid]

NC Rosa is not reliable at buffing spatk tho, but its fine in 850 pts context

[lean lion]

Then I'll try to optimize and go for higher points

[old orchid]

understood

[wide adder]

I guess yeah, I’m used to getting some swings in presync but I’ll just do skyla and see if still clears

[lean lion]

Wish me luck! And thanks for the help!

[silver dirge]

They don't have the sync buff(s) or Mega in this case so they're not hugely consequential

[silver dirge]

Good luck! Let us know if you need any help

[wide adder]

Oh god berth as sandstorm is painful on that team. Think my only weather support is a sand one tho lmao

Gonna set up my custom params on that team to lower berthas hp just to make this a tad easier

my water squad falls short by like 10-20% dmg even on the lower max hp params for halfsync uhoh

Was doing this cause ncerena would prob take too long to setup a halfsync

Figured this was prob my easiest halfsync target

Nvm think I found my missing dmg I was still on my grid from gauntlet

I’ll do the other half of the cs this week tomorrow prob. Gn chat

[spice turret]

Should I replace Sabrina with torchic

[old orchid]

Sabrina is better than Torchic

she has heal and Reflect to tank the sync

again, keep trying. you can record your gameplay so we can pinpoint what went wrong

also, no need to send screenshots of pairs, people here already know about them so no need to flood the channel with unnecessary screenshots

[crystal notch]

Who's the best to do r2 with?

Thinking about r1 lucian

[old orchid]

that depends on your roster/playstyle tbh

i did R2 on Lucian because i have a Ghost nuker for pre sync

[crystal notch]

Hmmm

Actually that makes sense

[quartz vine]

Sync buffs are more effective.
I want to know how much

[crystal notch]

My only worry is my ghost nuker is 1/5 ssr cynthia, she ain't doing r2 lmao

[old orchid]

you can go for post sync

[old orchid]

#916852044692856834 message

[crystal notch]

3k post sync?

[old orchid]

with good pairs and good params selection, post sync is not too bad

[quartz vine]

thanks :)

[crystal notch]

Eh, understood

Actually flint or Aaron r1?

Who's the more dangerous of the two

[old orchid]

Flint exclusively uses special moves, so R1 benefits your team the most

[crystal notch]

I'm not too familiar with sinnoh, reading their kits on pomatools show they have 1 phys atk

Huh

Alrighty

That fire punch isn't from him?

[old orchid]

oof, i thought the stage only uses special, apparently all of them use both types of attack

[dense birch]

feels like pomatools is off. magmortar does use fire punch

[old orchid]

pomatools is right

my memory is not, tho

[spice turret]

It's taking while to upload the vid

[calm marsh]

Do you think double Phoebe can win again Lucian @old orchid ?

[silver dirge]

Who is the DPS on that team

[calm marsh]

Ofc Phoebe

Maybe i’ll pair with Sleeper to cheese

[silver dirge]

How 'bout normal zone Double Edge DPS

[calm marsh]

Sr but i want on-type

I already start meme CS week with Marlon dmg dealer

[silver dirge]

Could bring SC Steven if you've got him

[calm marsh]

[silver dirge]

Based

[spice turret]

Here is what happened

[silver dirge]

You still aren't queuing 3 moves before they do anything, we've pointed this out several times now

Reduce the game speed.

You also continue to delay your sync

[old orchid]

Nuke Phoebe real

[silver dirge]

You aren't maxing out Hau's crit before he syncs

[spice turret]

Ok

[old orchid]

Grid Sabrina with Critical Squad if possible

[versed mural]

Critical Squad

Not CS2 or GE1

[hollow swan]

Not gonna lie

Cynthia this time around was HARD

[versed mural]

I don't know the MM experience but for me she was easy in Hard to due to Mina

[spice turret]

Anything to avoid to get critical squad title

[hollow swan]

at 3k

[dense birch]

yay managed to clear CSMM with 5150 pts

[versed mural]

Congrats

[hollow swan]

Kinda had to resort to one of my optimal teams

[dense birch]

I ended up off typing Lucian. Because wise entry + snarl sux

[versed mural]

Mina is just so good for Phy Fairy DPS (before BP Valerie)

[dense birch]

BP valerie was also dying to spiritomb sync, so i used Lapras for GMax before sync

[versed mural]

I used Post Sync to kill Spiritomb with Mina since my Mina was also dying to sunc

[hollow swan]

not gonna lie

SC Steven

is so good at enabling her

you got

Speed, SEUN, Physical Damage Boost

and the Attack + Defense debuff

[spice turret]

Can anyone tell me what should I do

I'm trying to get critical squad title but

[calm marsh]

I dont think you have enough orb to reach that

[spice turret]

Idk which trial to avoid

[spice turret]

I'll get it tmrw maybe

[lean lion]

Cleared all MM 850 thanks for the help guys! Now on to trying to get better scores.

[versed mural]

Congrats!!!

[spice turret]

I'll wait until tmrw

[dense birch]

for some easy scores, have a look at stuff like:

Strike/Tech Sync Pair Takes 3x Dmg - if you're running only 1 damage dealer, then you can disable one or the other
Physical/Special Damage Reduction 8 - if you're running 1 damage dealer, you will likely only be relying on one damage type, so you can disable the other
No Status/No Interference/No Stat Reduction/Can't Change Weather or Zones - if you don't use these, you can disable them too

[lean lion]

Thanks a lot! Will keep these in mind.

[dense birch]

few things:

1. queue all 3 of your guys' moves before the opponent queues their first action. if they manage to queue an action before you queue your first 3 actions, restart battle. make this a habit
2. stat buffs have a cap of 6. Sabrina's Sixth Sense raises Sp. Atk by 3 stats. Hau's X Sp. Atk raises Sp. Atk by 2 stats. surely you should not be using Sabrina's Sixth Sense twice on Hau...? it is good practice to plan out your buffs
3. you are probably better off replacing Ramos with a Speed buffer of some type. Support Scorbunny eggmon might be a good shout for you here since it gives Sp. Atk and Speed to your party, and also comes with Potion for healing purposes
4. regarding sync delay - think about the order in which you use moves. ideally you want the person who is meant to take the first turn sync (in this case, most likely Hau) to be the last to move, so that they can be the first to sync after everyone has taken 3 actions

e.g.

you start at 9 turns to sync
Sabrina > Ramos > Hau
do this 3 times
once Hau finishes his 3rd action, you can immediately queue sync with Hau. instead of waiting for him to take his turn just to sync with Hau, or using 2 other moves before Hau syncs

reducing your speed helps a lot. i generally play with zero speed ups when doing manual content

another good thing about support scorbunny eggmon is you get to save sabrina's sixth sense for additional healing instead

so you can open with Sabrina Dire Hit All+ > Scorbunny Let's Brainstorm > X Sp Atk

or something like that

[spice turret]

I'm trying to deny the heal order

[old orchid]

I would keep Ramos for sleep to deny the Heal Order

[dense birch]

heal order kinda sucks. but i find it's best to fight Aaron in R2 due to the shortened sync cooldown

he will use it 1 turn before he syncs

[trail smelt]

True flexing is half sync countdown and wiping the enemy team before they can sync lol

[spice turret]

Any static recommendation

Sabrina first or Ramos first

[silver dirge]

Are you asking about tactics?

[spice turret]

Yes I did change 2 times

Tried Ramos first didn't work

And after that I tried Sabrina first

[manic quail]

So I just unlocked CSMM for the first time, reading through here and the pins it looks like I should attempt 850pts on each trainer for a total of 4200~ to unlock all the early good rewards - is it doable for a first timer 🙂 ?

And if I start a run and want to reset, is it possible halfway through?

[steel kelp]

No

[manic kiln]

you can't reset your initial run, after clearing all 5 of them you can reset however you want
but for example if you cleared 1 stage for 800 points and want to reset then you just have to clear the other 4 with 0 points then reset

it's faster that way

[manic quail]

Gotcha, and with 0 points it's basically the same as normal mode?

or like not-master mode toggled

[manic kiln]

850 points are not that much different than hard mode

[old orchid]

Ofc its Sabrina. Most supports are supposed to be the first target

Ramos has no bulk to tank

[dense birch]

Pretty much yes. Minus the type medal mastery

[lean lion]

If I give enemies critical defense, ssr reds b move would still ignore it right?

[old orchid]

No, its a field effect

So Red cant bypass it

But if you bring someone with Defog, the parameter is basically free 150 pts

[lean lion]

Alright I'll check who I have

[rose ermine]

Next week will be easy(except for rock )

[lunar meadow]

I love Sableye, 2

[nocturne pawn]

rock stage is hard wirh aerodactyl makes sense

[rose ermine]

nah he is 1/5

sides can be ass

[lunar meadow]

I mean, does Aerodactyl even do anything when Redchu is there? Lol

[rose ermine]

cblue is the carry

sstred is the side support

mainly spd and def debufs

[nocturne pawn]

no they really arent?

support ex hyper beam should be close to one shotting

[wicked junco]

What are you guys using for 3k Lucian on round 2?

[north crown]

SSLusamine, duh.

oh wait omg my braindead ass

steel... Support EX + Solgaleo EX + 1/5 PMarnie

[lunar meadow]

I used Mortmagius, Drifblim, Giratina.

For mono ghost, I had to swap my tank because Polteageist didn't buff physical defense.

[north crown]

OH IT'S GHOST

AnniLillie

[nocturne pawn]

its regular bulk for a stage but he has earthquake with satisfied snarl

[wicked junco]

Not regular bulk, he also has Wise Entry x2

So AnniLillie doesn't sound like a plan

[nocturne pawn]

its 17k base hp thats what i meant

so even with wise entry x2 it shouldnt be that bad

[wicked junco]

Well I'm surely struggling hard with it, at least for 3k mono

[nocturne pawn]

well

that’s probably a lack of defensive supports with offensive buffing within ghost

its only sc lillie but she only does special defense

[north crown]

She can brute force surprisingly well... if you're running SSRCynthia as "support"

[wicked junco]

Yeah poor Phoebe can't get much mileage from Team Toughen Up either

She gets 2 buffs at best

[calm marsh]

Just nuke with Phoebe

[subtle turtle]

Is it possible for this team to beat Lucian

I can change some things up if I have to want to try to get Pal Elesa to work

[wicked junco]

I gave up

I slotted Dragapult with Phoebe and SSRCynthia

I feel dirty

[dark osprey]

Could have just slotted regular Morty and got through with that team

[mellow linden]

Next week when he’s weak to Flying? You’ll probably have to run a different offensive Support, but otherwise yeah, A. Skyla + Palentine’s Elesa can almost certainly pull it off

[subtle turtle]

What support would work

Been trying to grid her also trying to get double down and soften up for it but idk if that’s possible

[mellow linden]

Someone who can give +3 Attack, +3 Sp. Atk., and +2 crit would be ideal. While you might have to do some RNG resets if the opponent goes full offense Kiawe can work

[mellow linden]

I’d just run a Sync nuke grid on A. Skyla and focus on Fly damage for Palentine’s Elesa

[subtle turtle]

Then I need MPR o assume for fly

[mellow linden]

That would be ideal, yeah

Sharp Entry and Trainer Move Super Preparatipn are also good tiles for Elesa

[subtle turtle]

I wanted to sync with Pal else that why I asked

Never synced with anni Skyla

[mellow linden]

A. Skyla’s Sync nuke is absurdly strong

[delicate osprey]

I really need help with the last piece it’s fighting I don’t have only marshal I need I used most my top hero’s down I need the last piece for the last 6k gems I purchase for the completion rewards 😩

[mellow linden]

Can you show your whole roster?

That way we can give the best possible advice

[mellow linden]

Ok, just to make sure I’m not blind: you do not have Maylene, correct?

[cinder summit]

Maylene & Medicham

Acquisition:

General Pool

Alternates:

None

[mellow linden]

For reference ^

[delicate osprey]

@mellow linden no I don’t have

[mellow linden]

Wait, hold on

Why aren’t your 3-stars showing up?

Turn off all your filters

[delicate osprey]

Ok

My fighting

[mellow linden]

Ok, so you do have Maylene. That’s good, it means this idea has a chance.

Try Skyla + Courtney + Maylene, grid Precision Pals on Maylene if you can. Tank with Skyla, Courtney should use her Trainer Move twice and set Ground Zone before she Syncs, Maylene should use her Trainer Move at least once targeting Courtney

Make sure you triple queue

And also tank with Skyla and make sure everybody is level 120

[delicate osprey]

Never know the 3* will work

Thanks a lot will try it now

[mellow linden]

The 3- and 4-stars generally range from decent to amazing, so don’t ignore them

[delicate osprey]

Ok 🙏😄

Thanks 🙏

[delicate osprey]

Thanks I did it 😍😍😍😍

[versed mural]

Congrats

[mellow linden]

Congrats! Now you can start on Master Mode if you want. If you’re newer to it I’d recommend trying 850-1500 points per stage 1st to get used to the mode

[delicate osprey]

Thanks 🙏 for support cobalt yeah sure Iam excited to try the master mode ❤️

[rain turret]

I got ss acerola, ss lyra and ss erika to deal with bertha on R1 so that should be ez 3k

[thin marten]

saw the 24k heal order jumpscare so i had to act fast

did my first 15k clear this week

[rotund lagoon]

@silent plinth Where’s that Aaron heal emote

[silent plinth]

[crystal quartz]

I need help beating hard mode

[silent plinth]

Going for Medal?

[crystal quartz]

Going for beating

To beat it

[silent plinth]

Gotcha

[mellow linden]

Can build a team around:

• SS Erika for Bertha
• Nessa for Flint
• Giovanni for Lucian
• Marnie or Hau for Aaron
• Courtney or Gladion for Cynthia

And probably be fine. Make sure to follow the Teambuilding 101 guidelines, and try to have 9-12 different types (as in, the type of the Sync Move) across your 5 teams

Side note, make sure to get all the powerups/Sync Orbs/Move Levels for Katherine and Kali from the New Year events

And if you have Mina she’s also a good option to use against Cynthia

[crystal notch]

Ugh, what's with Aaron?

BP sophocles isn't doing much to him

[mellow linden]

Sentry Entry x2, doubled base Defense

[paper summit]

friendly reminder to check pomatools

[mellow linden]

So on Master Mode special Electric damage-dealers are recommended (on Hard Mode it’s not as big of a deal)

[crystal notch]

He's even on 6 strength, so it can't be his bulk

Oh lmao

[crystal quartz]

I have hau?

[mellow linden]

Hau is free from the PML Arc of Main Story

So if you don’t have him keep doing that

[cinder summit]

Hau & Raichu

Acquisition:

Main Story

Alternates:

Sygna Suit Hau & Tapu Koko

[crystal quartz]

I cant beat flint

[mellow linden]

What team are you running?

[crystal quartz]

Nessa, team plasma guy, piers

[mellow linden]

Replace Piers with someone who can quickly and reliably buff Attack and critical rate, otherwise Nessa either has to handle her own buffs (and thus has less time to deal damage) or isn’t getting all the buffs she needs

[rotund lagoon]

I also think Ghetsis would suck on gauge, so if the Support can help with that, that would work too.

[mellow linden]

Colress

[crystal notch]

So what I'm hearing is

[mellow linden]

Is who they’re referring to

[rotund lagoon]

Wh— ok

[crystal notch]

Irida nuke Aaron time

[mellow linden]

Anyway, if Nessa has to use her Trainer Move once that’s alright, if she has to use it 2 times or more there’s a problem with the Support

[mellow linden]

Irida would be a great off-type option, yeah

[crystal quartz]

Who does that?

[mellow linden]

Read your Supports’ kits and you can find that out

You’d be looking for someone who can buff at least +2 Attack and +1 critical rate in the same move

[crystal quartz]

I beat bertha

[mellow linden]

1 battle down, 4 battles to go then

[crystal quartz]

I cant beat lucian either

[mellow linden]

What team are you using?

[crystal quartz]

Selene Giovanni, normal rosa

[mellow linden]

What specifically is going wrong?

[crystal quartz]

Too low damage

And low move guage

[lunar meadow]

Lucian spams physical attacks. And drops your special attack.

Delphox/Serperior/Mewtwo does not boost your own physical defense, and makes it very hard for Mewtwo to have +special attack. He does not buff his own satk and relies on Serperior

[mellow linden]

Low gauge can be solved by replacing Giovanni or Selene with someone else (if you replace Giovanni you’ll need to replace Rosa as well)

Selene is actually probably the better option here because of Spirit Shackle

Sorry, if you replace Giovanni then Rosa needs the boot too

[lunar meadow]

Oh wait. Decidueye....

Selene and Serena were stupid names, back to back

[mellow linden]

My bad for that typo

[lunar meadow]

Are you trying to beat Lucian on hard mode, while using a variety of different types units to unlock Master Mode?

Or are you doing MM and trying for high points?

[mellow linden]

Maylene is a good pick to help Selene (buffs Attack and can finish Selene’s crit buffs), so you can run Maylene + Selene + a gauge Support, as an example

It’s Hard Mode

[crystal quartz]

Whos maylene

[cinder summit]

Maylene & Medicham

Acquisition:

General Pool

Alternates:

None

[crystal quartz]

Oj

[mellow linden]

That’s Maylene

[peak stirrup]

Wait Aaron resists physical?

[mellow linden]

Sentry Entry x2, so his base Defense is doubled

[peak stirrup]

No wonder SST was tickling him

[mellow linden]

Depending on the team and whether or not it’s Master Mode that may or may not be a problem

[lunar meadow]

Yes.

Electric weak Aaron has high physical resistance.

[peak stirrup]

Yikes. Okay.

[lunar meadow]

Offtype with Special damage is sometimes better than on-type with physical.

But then redchu damage is insane anyway

[mellow linden]

SST Red + Hau + a Sp. Atk. and crit Support would clear on Master Mode no problem

[lunar meadow]

Just go full STR params, and bring a support EX.

Let him heal, it doesn't matter. His Vespiquen tickles. Plan to kill him after he wasted his heal.

[crystal quartz]

I managaed to kill lucian but his back up units killed mine

[mellow linden]

What round is this?

[crystal quartz]

Whats a round?

[mellow linden]

The number of the fight you’re on

Have you beaten anyone other than Bertha thus far?

[crystal quartz]

No

[mellow linden]

Try coming back to Lucian later then. The 2nd Elite 4 member you face this week will have the Sync countdown for both you and them halved at the start of the fight, which makes it more difficult. You might want to try another fight for now and come back to Lucian later when you can potentially KO him before he Syncs

[crystal quartz]

Huh?

[mellow linden]

The 2nd Elite 4 member you face, regardless of who it is, will have an effect that means both you and them will get their 1st Sync Move faster

So if you come back to face Lucian later he will be easier

[crystal quartz]

I can face wally now then

[mellow linden]

Wally is not a member of the Sinnoh Elite 4, you may be mixing him up with Aaron

[crystal quartz]

Volkner sucks

He does no damage

[mellow linden]

Volkner is quite good, damage is not his main purpose

Avoid Wild Charge, focus on Thunder Fang when you need to use a damaging move for Paralysis and flinch

[peak stirrup]

Is Lucian resistant to anything?

[mellow linden]

Lucian has Wise Entry x2, so doubled base Sp. Def.

[peak stirrup]

Welp 3 Shadow Forces from SSRC is going to have to be enough whether I like it or not

[mellow linden]

I’d recommend waiting to Shadow Force until after center goes down and utilize Sync nuke to get rid of the center

[peak stirrup]

Yeah I figured but sometimes shadow force doesn’t oneshot sides

[mellow linden]

Can always run dual damage-dealer to help with the cleanup, then

[crystal quartz]

Marnie cant do any damage unless she is with good units

And I cant use good units because I need to save them

[mellow linden]

Aaron takes less damage from physical moves, that would be why Marnie is dealing less damage

Try using Hau with a Sp. Atk. and critical rate buffer instead

[crystal quartz]

Where does the game tell me this

[peak stirrup]

The only physical ghost I have would be balloon Morty

[mellow linden]

In-game admittedly doesn’t do the best job, but you can check out what every stage has for their moves and passives via the pomatools link in the pins

[mellow linden]

Doesn’t necessarily need to be physical if they’re just around to help with cleanup duty

Especially since SSR Cynthia is self-sufficient

[lunar meadow]

I think it says the passive when the fight starts.

But if you miss that, and don't click on the tips for the fight, then you have to notice for yourself that your damage seems low and investigate what works.

[crystal quartz]

Kyuerem guy also does no damage

And he does special attack

[mellow linden]

Might be a lack of buffs, but try a Hau team

[crystal quartz]

Hes not leveled

[mellow linden]

Level 120 is cheap

[crystal quartz]

I used lillie who is one of the best buffers

[mellow linden]

Lillie doesn’t buff critical rate

So Ghetsis isn’t getting all the buffs he needs

[lunar meadow]

@crystal quartz
Kyurem strategy against Aaron:
Spam noble roar until after Aaron has used his self heal.

Bring a special attack and crit buffer to make him do more.

Bring Heliolisk to Debuff speed faster, benefits from the same support as Kyurem, and will be your sync nuke?

[crystal quartz]

I used sabrina for that

[crystal quartz]

His moves have low power

Only 92

[mellow linden]

That’s fine, it’s enough for Hard Mode

Especially with Electric Terrain from Volkner

You can absolutely do Sabrina + Hau + Volkner

[crystal quartz]

What does volkner do there?

[lunar meadow]

Hau and Alolan Raichu was definitely good enough for Aaron back in the 2.5k master mode days.

I used him with Volkner and a support that buffed crit.

[mellow linden]

Electric Terrain. Like I said just now.

[lunar meadow]

Volkner flinches the enemy, and sets electric terrain.

He also paralyzes them. Less important but still helpful

[mellow linden]

Also can flinch and paralyze with Thunder Fang so the team takes less damage

[manic kiln]

volkner can flinch and block their healing move if you want to presync, he's like a staple for f2p electric team
and yeah terrain too

[crystal notch]

volkner can block healing?

[mellow linden]

Flinch from Thunder Fang can prevent Heal Order from Aaron

[crystal notch]

oh wait heal order is a mov

thought it was status

[crystal quartz]

I still do no damage

And volkner cant tank

[manic kiln]

volkner is not a tank tho
make sure to fully buff your dps, crit, sp atk...

[mellow linden]

Can tank with Sabrina then

Are you making sure that Hau is getting Sp. Atk. and crit buffs?

[manic kiln]

speed too

[crystal quartz]

Yes

[mellow linden]

Hau buffs his own Speed in 2 turns

[manic kiln]

yeah but you have to use it

[mellow linden]

Their Hau might not be able to access Inertia anyway, this is Hard Mode

[mellow linden]

Are you making sure to set Electric Terrain, and is Hau reaching +6 Sp. Atk. and +3 critical rate?

[manic kiln]

oh, he doesn't need grid to clear hard mode tho

[crystal quartz]

Yes

[manic kiln]

but yeah have to postsync

[delicate osprey]

She is epic and help me for the last stage 😆

[mellow linden]

Might have to try Aaron on a later round too then, see if Flint works out for Round 2

Btw, you are triple queueing, right?

[lunar meadow]

I didn't even use a damaging sync. I used the one EX Alakazam sync, and he just falls over dead

Unfortunately, I can't test with non ex Alakazam.

But Alolan Raichu can easily do Aaron. Even master mode

[crystal quartz]

Sabrina dies to quickly

[lunar meadow]

To what?

[crystal quartz]

To the enemy

[lunar meadow]

Use her TM to self heal.
Use reflect before the enemy syncs

[mellow linden]

If Sabrina getting KOed is the issue then change up the move order a bit

[crystal quartz]

I hate Sinnoh

[mellow linden]

If your Hau doesn’t have Inertia then his 1st 2 turns can handle his Sp. Atk. buffs instead and so Sabrina can save her Trainer Move to heal herself

[delicate osprey]

@crystal quartz agree 👍

[crystal quartz]

Whats inertia

[mellow linden]

A tile in Hau’s Sync Grid. It shouldn’t be required for Hard Mode, but having it changes how you’d approach using him a little bit