Champion Stadium

[rotund lagoon]

Wait wait wait why are you using that?

[mellow linden]

We’re trying something very unorthodox because they’re having issues with Mina and their Sycamore is fully gridded

Horn Leech spam

[rotund lagoon]

You said this so I was confused

[mellow linden]

They don’t need to spend any excess resources, so the only thing we can lose is the time spent on the attempts

[versed mural]

Your everything is fine like others are saying just go in and spam Horn leech

[rich needle]

Le leech

LOOKIN GOOD

[versed mural]

Keep going

[mellow linden]

Tbh this might still be salvageable at that point

Wait

[versed mural]

Keep spamming horn leech

[rich needle]

2 whole sync buffs

[mellow linden]

Yeah, was about to say

Might be rough

[versed mural]

How did that happen?

[mellow linden]

I have no clue

[versed mural]

Does Cynthia get 2 buffs on 1 sync

[mellow linden]

No

[versed mural]

How did you get that much damage on 2 syncs?

[mellow linden]

You made sure to pick the parameter that says “Sync Buffs are more effective”, right?

[rich needle]

I’m kinda just shocked sycamore did so little

I’d have thought it did more

[versed mural]

Yea same

[spice turret]

What the hell is outsmart so annoying

[rich needle]

Oh

[mellow linden]

Ok, hold on

[rich needle]

Accuracy checked?

[mellow linden]

Lemme check something

[spice turret]

This skill made me lose

[rotund lagoon]

Idk if you should blame that…can we see recorded gameplay again?

[mellow linden]

I have some ideas that involve waiting a day or 2 to pick up a couple extra tiles on some grids, but for now a gameplay recording would be the most helpful, yeah

[rich needle]

Outsmart isn’t the issue it’s the fact that it seems everything’s been dodged

[mellow linden]

Yeah, the evasion/accuracy shenanigans might be the actual problem

Worst case scenario that can be fixed by waiting like 2 days to get some specific grid tiles

Still plenty of time

[rotund lagoon]

Oh I didn’t realize there was evasion…ouch

[rich needle]

Ye outsmart is evasion then spatk up

Thus we can assume what’s happening

[old orchid]

getting TM MPR and Precision Pals on Maylene's grid is enough, isnt it?

[rich needle]

Shouldn’t even need mpr

[mellow linden]

Assuming they have the highest level Sync Orb Area stage unlocked they can come back tomorrow after doing their daily 10 clears and pick up Maylene’s MP Refresh + Precision Pals and Sycamore’s Impervious

[old orchid]

its next to PPals anyway

[mellow linden]

Rn they can only grab Impervious on Sycamore

Most importantly they’ll need to reset the Healing Hand tile to get those pair-specific orbs back in order to be able to grab both tomorrow

[spice turret]

8 mins

Flinched 2 times i panicked and clicked wrong move and lost

[rose ermine]

Decent considering i started this account 2 days back

[spice turret]

Only absol left

[mellow linden]

Hey, that sounds to me like you’re able to do it today with a bit of perseverance

[versed mural]

You almost did it keep going

[spice turret]

I panicked cause of flinched

[versed mural]

Don't panic it's fine

[spice turret]

2 times

Agjtxf

Always avoiding

Finally

[lunar meadow]

Congrats!
First time getting the medal?

[spice turret]

What ya think

[mellow linden]

Congrats!

And now for the rest of Sinnoh CS you can actually roll with teams that don't restrict you to weird and wacky comps

[spice turret]

Why should I try master mode

[mellow linden]

Feel free to give Master Mode a shot if you want! I recommend starting with 850 points per stage since that can be done with little to no difficulty increase over Hard Mode

[spice turret]

More panic

[steel kelp]

850 is a joke

Barely a difference

[spice turret]

More stress

[mellow linden]

You don't have to do it right away, you can take a break for now if you'd like

[mellow linden]

We have some example parameters in the pins

[versed mural]

Congrats!

Hopefully I unlock it next week

[spice turret]

How do I suppose to grind gems

[mellow linden]

There's no way to farm them infinitely, you get them from doing event missions and such

[versed mural]

Champion stadium doesn't give gems to my knowledge

[mellow linden]

Also, that's a question better suited to #poma-questions

[spice turret]

https://youtu.be/QWFUmfHMGM0?si=BLAbdr_OD-aYl_be watch this

[lunar meadow]

Do master mode, with a total goal of 4200 points at least.

If you can unlock mm, you can reach this breakpoint easily. And that point value you gets you most of the important items

[spice turret]

I say pass

[lunar meadow]

Weird

Then why do CS at all?

[spice turret]

Cause for gems

[versed mural]

CS don't give gems

Atleast as much as I know

[spice turret]

The reward after clearing it

Can't you see

[versed mural]

Oh I thought you meant after defeating each member

[fading arrow]

you cant maximize gem income if your pairs are weak

CS gives you materials to EX

[manic kiln]

clearing cs every week benefits your progress a lot tho, help you strengthen your sync pairs so you can clear multiples game modes (which give gems)

[versed mural]

EX and Certificates

[fading arrow]

it's optional but if you can't be bothered then just accept that you will lose out gems in the long run

[mellow linden]

It’s definitely good to take a shot at Master Mode sooner or later, though you can take it easy for a few days if you’d like

[spice turret]

You see what it does if I tried to select some points

The stronger the enemy you make

[silver dirge]

Congratulations on your clear When you attempt CS the next week, or master mode, remember all of the advice we've given you for teambuilding & gameplay and apply it to your stages. You're welcome to ask for advice as you go along but we're encouraging you to learn the fundamentals of the game, so we're not going to hand-hold you through each & every little thing.

If you're attempting master mode, click on each parameter and read the description carefully. Try what each parameter does & how it affects your battle, that's the best way to learn. Once you've learnt what they do you can have a look at the pins for the 850 pts preset and adjust it to your team.

[spice turret]

The stress still isn't gone yet

[north crown]

@spice turret Shit I forgot about Wise Entry x2. You still good?

[rotund lagoon]

They finished Hard Mode.

[north crown]

Oh thank god. Were they able to complete the medal?

[north crown]

Oh I see it now

[spice turret]

Stress medals

[north crown]

Holdup those teams look different. Ah well; all is well that ends well. Nice save from you and the other helpers .

So about Master Mode:

You shouldn’t worry that much since you aren’t type restricted. You can being whoever you want really.

[versed mural]

It's just me whose left now...

For week 3

[north crown]

Yeah, plus you only have the “wierd” types left to complete. If you want to access MM on Week 3, you’re going to have to struggle.

Either that, or SSTRed and NCRosa is able to carry. Even then I have my doubts on the teams I made, especially thhe Solgaleo one. I hope Solgaleo can burst clear fast enough for the team’s lack of bulk to matter.

[versed mural]

Yeah I'll just level up Solgaleo as much as possible

I still have 4 resets left

I'll try to get my Main DPS units high

Btw what order should I go?

[tired sleet]

You can get those gems once

[spice turret]

Ik

Thinking about trying aaron with hau and sst red and idk who to put to bully aaron

[lunar meadow]

Redchu and Alolan Raichu EZ clear

But Alolan Raichu would appreciate a support that can buff his crit

[mellow linden]

Sabrina’s a good option. Can handle Hau’s Sp. Atk. + crit buffs and is Kanto to boost SST Red’s Master Fair passive

[stray cipher]

I need help 10k points

All my five stars

Please help w parameters too if you can

[lunar meadow]

Electric:
Use a special electric attacker. Or just overpower it with redchu. And Tapu Koko.

Grass:
Leafeon, Sceptile, and a support that buffs defense and crit. Maybe Yamper

Water:
Greninja, greninja, and Swampert would make this easy.

Ghost:
Use physical damage. You probably want to off-type

Fairy:
Gardevoir and Rotom, and a support

[stray cipher]

Thanks and what parameters do I use? I’m bad at choosing them

[lunar meadow]

I usually just use +str, it's easy if you bring the right support.

The big risk is going to be battle 2. That fight has 1/2 sync cool down, and is always the hardest.

[plush tangle]

Do we have a list of all possible round conditions ?

I'm looking for the phrasing of one of them

[lunar meadow]

This week. Or in general?

[plush tangle]

in general

ah wait i think we have it this week, round 3

[lunar meadow]

The one that makes sync buffs more effective?

[plush tangle]

status conditions more effective

[lunar meadow]

Oh ya that one

[plush tangle]

last longer deal more damage and greater chance to take effect

[lunar meadow]

That's a fun one

Super easy for flinch an poison

[lunar meadow]

You need to start picking them yourself.

Phys Damage and Spec Damage down are a free combined 100 points, since crits ignore that.

If your team only does physical OR special damage, grab the opposite parameter for 100 more.

If you are using on-type damage (for 4/5 fights this week, you should), then that's a free 300 points.

Always take -2 move gauge for 300 points.

If your team doesn't rely on potions to win, that's 100 points.

If you aren't debuffing, that's 100. If you aren't using status effects or status changes, more free points.

Once you have all your free points checked, I honestly think that +str parameters are a low risk way to increase points total.

And the +healing over time for 150 points is incredibly non-threatening, if you are post-sync clearing and using an EX support you outpace their healing the whole fight.

1050 points per fight are basically free if you are on-type clearing.

[nocturne pawn]

wrong

it makes poison do more damage but it does not increase flinch chance

that is extra effects round effect

higher chance to flinch and status from moves

[grim lotus]

hello im having an hard time dealing with lucian

[dense birch]

are you looking for any type medals? if it's MM, what params are you using? if Lucian is not your first opponent, which pokemon do you still have available? which round are you on?

[grim lotus]

he's the last elite 4 in my run, the pairs that i've used till now are
neo champion calem, neo champion serena, archie

ssleaf, janine, sycamore

ss acerola, mix red, and holiday whitney

[grim lotus]

4th round, the pokemon i've used are listed above, and im looking to get 15k in total

i got 3k in every stage until this one

but im having a hard time even with 2,5 with lucian

[dense birch]

it's setup so that you need a physical ghost attacker

Lucian has Wise Entry 2, so sp atks aren't great against him

[grim lotus]

i tried off type pre sync with sslana, skyla and hilbert

also tried with neo rosa sslana and skyla, or neo rosa neo nate and skyla

[grim lotus]

im aware of that

i went full physical

i should add that i have 50 of those thingies to ex someone, so if needed i can ex someone else

what was their name? champion spirit or something?

anyway

i also have some candies

[mellow linden]

Can try off-typing

[grim lotus]

i tried that tbh

off type pre sync

[mellow linden]

With?

[grim lotus]

havent done a full off type post sync, but rather switched a few parameters with others to make it more viable but still not enough

[grim lotus]

i tried off type pre sync with sslana, skyla and hilbert
also tried with neo rosa sslana and skyla, or neo rosa neo nate and skyla

[mellow linden]

NC Rosa + SS Lana should’ve been enough, but screw it, add in SS Steven and see what happens

[rotund lagoon]

You’re using the off type params, right?

[grim lotus]

yes

[grim lotus]

forgot to mention i also tried with sslana skyla and ss elesa to sync twice before the enemy nuke

[mellow linden]

You shouldn’t need the Sync accel to Sync twice before enemy Sync

[grim lotus]

will try

[mellow linden]

Quadqueue will also do the job

[grim lotus]

quadqueue?

[grim lotus]

anyway i kinda do since it's the fourth round

[mellow linden]

When you’re waiting for your final 3 actions to happen before your Sync is ready, queue the Sync Move before queueing more moves. Doing so means you can squeeze in another move from the Syncer, thus letting you Sync twice without Sync accel

I think we have a command, hold on

+quadqueue

[frozen depot]

Watch this footage (17s clip) : https://youtube.com/clip/Ugkx3Nr07pJo2Noud7AwWW4yWQQIDbYsQTJQ
In this clip, when Flannery is about to Sync the opponent Aaron has nothing queue'd in the list. This leaves us with a very short window after the sync to queue a fourth move. Note in the clip how Flannery queues her TM before the opponent's High Horsepower. Look out for the orange "spiral aura" around your syncing Pokemon after the sync, the correct timing to queue is when that spiral is fading away, but you can also resort to button mashing!

The benefits of quad-queue is that it allows us to get two sync moves before the opponent's first one which is a game-changer if you're not using sync acceleration. A Sync Move does not count toward the Sync Countdown which is why without Quad-Queue or Sync Accel your second cycle usually leaves you at 1 countdown left when the opponent is using their Sync.

Note that Quad-Queue cannot be done under certain conditions that will make the opponent queue as your sync is executing :

• If a field effect (such as weather, zone, move gauge acceleration etc) expires on the turn you're syncing. Usually happens if a field effect was cast on entry or first turn.
• If an allied passive triggers an effect right after an enemy action completes (such as First Aid, Team Shout, Freevenge etc...)

[mellow linden]

Ey, we do

[grim lotus]

oh okay, i always do that

[mellow linden]

Then you shouldn’t need Sync accel to Sync twice with proper quadqueue

Worst comes to worst try and do turn denial with a Zen Headbutt from SS Steven to create the same effect

[grim lotus]

mine isnt gridded for zen headbutt tho

should i still stick to off type pre sync?

btw ss steven is also ready to get exd

[mellow linden]

You don’t need to grid for Zen Headbutt for turn denial, you’d just have a lower chance of the flinch without grid

And you won’t need to do turn denial if you quadqueue

[grim lotus]

ook

[mellow linden]

That would be ideal

[grim lotus]

idk if that's gonna work out though, in all my previous tries i barley scratched the enemy no matter what

[mellow linden]

Sounds like a parameter issue then

Most likely you have the wrong Damage Reduction 8 parameter(s) turned on by mistake

[grim lotus]

nope, i checked many times

could you share what would you suggest for lucian?

aside from the default 2,5k

[rotund lagoon]

We have a small guide of the 3k in the pins if you haven’t checked that.

[spice turret]

What to choose for aaron

[old orchid]

[north crown]

__Relatively free points: __

• phys+spec dmg reduc (50+50)
• phys [OR] spe dmg reduction 8 (100)
• strength nodes (up to whatever you can handle)

For the rest, refer to pins.

[spice turret]

Pin suggested don't pink def para

[north crown]

It depends on what units/teams you're running. You have to find out what works for yourself.

[spice turret]

Is this ok?

[north crown]

what's the team?

[spice turret]

Or should I take synch buff

[old orchid]

No. Like I said, check the first link in the pins. There is 850 pts presets

[spice turret]

Same team

[north crown]

which of the five...

[steel kelp]

Huh

[spice turret]

Sabrina hau sst red

Aaron

[north crown]

also u can rearrage those teams since you don't have to worry about types anymore

[steel kelp]

What is hau

[spice turret]

So what should I choose

[undone ether]

base Hau.

[steel kelp]

And what param did you pick

[north crown]

well that elec team is one of the better ones so ig u can keep that combo

[old orchid]

Please read the pins and presets, adjust the params according to the team

[old orchid]

You can't rely on us forever, and we won't spoon feed you forever

[steel kelp]

They want you to

[north crown]

Well we literally can't, at least not for long anyways

[old orchid]

Nitsue, please don't spoon feed them with full information. Try to teach them step by step

[spice turret]

What's is this i don't want to watch it

[old orchid]

Thats not the right link

[spice turret]

I just wanted to see the sheet

[old orchid]

Its literally the first link

[spice turret]

I clicked the link

[old orchid]

Its a google doc sheet, not imgur

[spice turret]

And when I tried to zoom in the pic this happened

[old orchid]

Try again

[spice turret]

Did

[old orchid]

Its not even possible to get redirected to imgur site in the sheet doc

[spice turret]

Didn't see 850

Imma do 1000 if possible

[old orchid]

No. Just stop at 850 pts for now

You don't even have enough experience

Check the tab bar below out

For 850 pts parameter sets

[spice turret]

All good?

[old orchid]

Don't pick HP parameters for now

Again, check the 850 pts tab

Then adjust the params to avoid making the team vulnerable to enemies

Also check this guide from Cobalt out

[spice turret]

Do i need Ally healing

I'm just curious the sheet

[old orchid]

If you don't value healing, you can pick it

Do note that healing is crucial for some team comps, so either pick it or not heavily depends on each comp

[spice turret]

I believe Sabrina does healing a lil bit

[old orchid]

But do you NEED her healing?

[spice turret]

I need dmg

[old orchid]

Please pay attention to my question

[spice turret]

I don't need healing i guess

[grim lotus]

(off topic : i see your little high score master icon as tony tony chopper sometimes)

[old orchid]

Based on non MM experience with your team, do you need healing?

Like Cobalt guide above, 850 pts is not different from non MM

[spice turret]

I don't have any healing units

Hope that's fine

[dense birch]

i personally didn't play around with modifying opponent's stats. but stuff like not being able to turn weather, not being able to inflict statuses and/or interference are also easy points

if you don't use them

strike/tech sync pair takes 3x dmg - you can tick whichever you are not using as well if you are doing a standard support + 1 dps type comp

if you are doing on-type clear, you can also check Standard Damage Reduction 8. free 300 points

basically. it's best you read what each of them does, and decide if you need them in your comp/strat or not

there's a small + button on the top right of each line

[spice turret]

I'm doing aaron and idk what to pick do I choosed this according to the sheet

[dense birch]

well for starters...think of your general strat, then go and read what each line does (by tapping the + on the top right of the line), and decide which ones are most useful for you from there

the 850 preset is meant to be a guideline

for example, in the sheet it ticks Physical Damage Reduction 8. now if you followed it blindly, and were using a physical comp, you're going to be in for a rough time

[dense birch]

well...what does the total at the bottom say? is that what you want to be doing?

[north crown]

okok I'm stopping my spoonfeeding now. Don't even feel motivated to spoonfeed anyways

[mellow linden]

You’re looking at only the 2.5k parameter preset, there’s a separate link for 850 points per stage (which is what I’d recommend doing for now since you’re new to Master Mode)

[spice turret]

Wait isn't hau phy atker

Or special

[mellow linden]

Look at his moves and Sync Move

[spice turret]

Did

[mellow linden]

And what category are they, physical or special?

[spice turret]

He is special

[mellow linden]

Then there’s your answer

[spice turret]

For 850

[dense birch]

your comp is using SST Red right?

Hau and SST Red

[spice turret]

Yes

[dense birch]

SST Red might not do much if you have Physical Dmg Reduction 8 checked

[spice turret]

I see only this option

In sheet

[mellow linden]

You can replace Physical Damage Reduction 8 with other parameters if needed

[dense birch]

right do you want to read what that line does? compared to Special Damage Reduction 8. i'm basically trying to have you think about your comp

[mellow linden]

The presets are a base that you can adjust to suit your team

Also, pay attention to the presets sheet: it has a box around some parameters that means you can pick either of the 2 as needed

[spice turret]

I just picked this cause I've an sst red

[mellow linden]

I’d recommend picking Def. And Sp. Def. ^1 over Sync Countdown -1

You generally want to avoid Sync Countdown reduction parameters at all costs in most cases

I’d also recommend using Interference Immunity instead of No Status Conditions since SST Red ideally wants to Paralyze the opponent(s)

[spice turret]

[dense birch]

is there a general guideline to know if i am ready for 1500 preset yet?

[paper summit]

[dense birch]

what am i checking for? i'm looking for more along the lines of how many EX'ed units do i need, what levels do they need to be, etc

[paper summit]

you don't need to EX anyone

[mellow linden]

It’s largely a matter of whether you feel you’re ready. The only thing you have to lose is the time spent on attempts, so you can try upping the points if you feel you’re ready for it

[swift swan]

there's no need to EX anyone even for 3k

[paper summit]

EX is a nice to have rather than a requirement, especially at those point thresholds

[spice turret]

Why stop 850

[swift swan]

as for levels, 120-125 is enough for most content, CSMM included

[swift swan]

because 4.2k is where all the good rewards stop

[paper summit]

resetting MM is free and you can do it as much as you can, so you can increase them gradually to get a feel of the battles and such

[dense birch]

ok, think i'll give it a shot soon. currently doing about 1.15k so 1.5k is probably an achievable jump

[paper summit]

also, you don't really have to increase points for all teams and battles, if you are weaker on a certain type and your options are limited then you can always lower points on that particular battle and not the others

[dense birch]

yeah i've never messed around with changing stats for bosses

like atk up, def up, etc

[mellow linden]

We generally recommend 850 points per stage (4250 points total) as a starting point because that’s where the cutoff is for the most important rewards and it can be done with little to no difficulty increase compared to Hard Mode

[spice turret]

So 850 for bertha flint and Lucian

[mellow linden]

And the Champion fight

[spice turret]

Also Cynthia but different para

[tired sleet]

If you can do more than 850 without difficulty, feel free, but the rewards aren’t worth agonizing over

[spice turret]

So for the Bertha I'm using the same team again

[mellow linden]

The point parameters will be basically the same regardless of whether it’s an Elite 4 or Champion fight, with possible minor adjustments to best suit your team

[spice turret]

Clay nc nate and winnona

[mellow linden]

You don’t need to do that

[spice turret]

Eh

[mellow linden]

You can roll with a stronger on-type team now that you don’t have to worry about type medal if you want

[spice turret]

Only grass

[mellow linden]

Though you can still off-type with NC Nate if you want (though you’ll still likely want to adjust the team since you’re not restricted by type medal)

[mellow linden]

You don’t need to run a monotype team, focus first and foremost on making sure the team has good synergy

[spice turret]

Shauna and Selene

For the Bertha idk who will be Last

[mellow linden]

Make sure you have someone to change the weather so Bertha can’t benefit from Sandstorm

[spice turret]

Winnona

[mellow linden]

She’s a possible option, yeah

[spice turret]

I'm obsessed with her

Idk why I'm using the same para for Bertha

[mellow linden]

You can adjust the parameters based on your team. For example, you can turn Special Damage Reduction 8 back on if you’re using Selene as the only damage-dealer

[spice turret]

Ok

Is there anything to remove from the para which I picked for Aaron

[swift swan]

what are your params

[spice turret]

Same as the aaron

[dense birch]

Ugh my 850 comp doesn’t work for 1.5k cynthia. BP Val doesn’t do enough damage and I don’t have any other EX strikers left lol

Any suggestions? Or do i just give up 1.5k on cynthia and get like 1k instead haha

Strength up 6 so strong

[keen jasper]

Why is your BP Valerie only 2/5?

[dense birch]

Should i up her move level? Was thinking of holding onto my candies since she’s a BP unit

Like play the long game and slowly accumulate BP tickets for her move levels instead

[dark osprey]

Striker 4* candies are a bit more common so it is recommended to candy

[paper summit]

I mean, most people have too many of those candies

[dense birch]

fair, i'm just being cautious since i'm quite new still

[paper summit]

better to use those tickets for pairs you don't have or for say, the supports instead since those candies aren't as frequent

[dense birch]

ok, so she will probably need 3/5 and completely gridded then?

[dark osprey]

Or could go with a good physical damage dealer that is already gridded

Offtype

[dense birch]

with my setup, i need to spend the first 2 turns using swords dance. feel like i can't drop melony because i use g-max before the first spiritomb sync. otherwise valerie dies from full hp

i'm out of offtypes haha. unless i do sandstorm comp with non-EX 4/5 olivia

[dark osprey]

Can even probably use regular silver maybe

[dense birch]

hooh silver?

[dark osprey]

But he probably needs the power boost if you've got that

[dense birch]

nah, i started around the time sycamore power boost came out

so i only have powerups for sycamore and solgaleo

have already used solgaleo

[dark osprey]

Can try with Sycamore even with the wise entry thing

[dense birch]

i also already used sycamore haha

[dark osprey]

Ooo

Then maybe check how many candies you have on the move level screen to upgrade BP Valerie

[dense birch]

so far this is what i did:

R1: Flint

SS Blue, SST Red, Volkner

R2: Lucian

Hop, Solgaleo, Colress

R3: Aaron

NC Rosa, Hau, Elaine

R4: Bertha

Sycamore/Xerneas, SS Red, Blaine

i got 5 candies for valerie

[swift swan]

Valerie should destroy Cynthia

[dense birch]

ok i will use 1 candy on valerie, then i'll probs wait till reset to try and get more sync orbs

then i'm assuming i go for Fierce Entry, Play Rough upgrades (MPR, power ups, accuracy up), Furious Brawn, Brawn Sync 3, then generally sync dmg upgrades?

[silver dirge]

Don't go for Fierce Entry, bring a support to handle that plus she can buff some herself too

[cinder summit]

Valerie & Mawile

<:CATEGORY_PHYSICAL:967450751980949625> <:TYPE_FAIRY:967452395686756392> Play Rough

Gauge: 3 | Power: 111 | Accuracy: 90 | Uses: -
Target: An opponent
Effect Tag: -
Has a chance (10%) of lowering the target's Attack by 1 stat rank.

<:CATEGORY_STATUS:967450751955771402> <:TYPE_NORMAL:967452396311683102> Swords Dance

Gauge: 2 | Power: - | Accuracy: - | Uses: -
Target: Self
Effect Tag: -
Raises the user's Attack by 2 stat ranks.

<:CATEGORY_PHYSICAL:967450751980949625> <:TYPE_STEEL:967452396412366908> Iron Head

Gauge: 3 | Power: 92 | Accuracy: 100 | Uses: -
Target: An opponent
Effect Tag: -
Has a chance (30%) of making the target flinch.

<:CATEGORY_STATUS:967450751955771402> Might You Forgive Me?

Gauge: - | Power: - | Accuracy: - | Uses: 2
Target: Self
Effect Tag: -
Raises the user's accuracy by 1 stat rank. Raises the user's critical-hit rate by 2 stat ranks.

<:CATEGORY_PHYSICAL:967450751980949625> <:TYPE_FAIRY:967452395686756392> <:CONDITION_SYNC:967453032939925614> So Enchanting Fairy Impact

Power: 250
Target: An opponent
Effect Tag: -
No additional effect.

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[silver dirge]

Peep the +Double Down link

[dense birch]

feels like it's pretty hard to drop skyla or melony

[silver dirge]

Are you going for a type medal?

[swift swan]

Sonia should be able to replace Skyla

[dense birch]

no, but skyla provides healing/speed/defense, and melony provides damage cut

from experience, valerie is one shotted once spiritomb syncs

[silver dirge]

For pre-sync your focus should be dishing out the damage instead of defensive traits like healing

BP Valerie can clear before Cynthia gets a chance to sync

[dense birch]

oh am i doing pre-sync? i've been focusing on post-sync lol

ok

[silver dirge]

Post-sync should still work, what params are you running?

[dense birch]

preset 1.5k

[swift swan]

I wouldn't try postsyncing Sinnoh but you're running 1.5k params so it should be fine either way

[silver dirge]

Yeah that should be smooth sailing for pre-sync

[dense birch]

ok

i will try pre-sync

[silver dirge]

As long as you triple queue consistently, don't delay sync

[dense birch]

does Sonia have to be gridded?

[swift swan]

if she's 3/5 and you can grid for critical squad and TM MPR, that's great

[dense birch]

only 2/5

[silver dirge]

Nothing too necessary then, Valerie is pre self sufficient

[dense birch]

ok

thanks! got it

[silver dirge]

nicely done!

[dense birch]

Shauna, Skyla, Valerie

[keen jasper]

Valerie needs to use her TM twice so that she gets an accuracy buff

[dense birch]

i used it just once. good to know if i had missed one of my play roughs haha

[keen jasper]

Well, Cynthia preemptively lowers your accuracy

[dense birch]

yeah. i didn't check if it was 1 stage or 2 stage. a bit of faith there i guess

[spice turret]

Any suggestions for bertha
850 points btw

I've come up with the team just need para suggestions

[swift swan]

the pins has a 850 parameter guide

look at it and tweak it as needed

[spice turret]

I did

But I don't know which para should I change cause the para is same

[silver dirge]

I told you this earlier in detail, read each param and see what it does

Test them out in battle and see how they affect it

[split jewel]

Can anyone help me with some units that i can use for champion stadium? I've tried some units but i only got like 4 units can actually do damage

[lean lion]

Got 10k!!! Gave Hau SSBlue + Sabrina like someone here suggested and was able to get 10k. Kinda think I can go even higher, this didn't seem too difficult after getting the teams right. Thanks guys!

[silver dirge]

nicely done

[swift swan]

cerena, nc nate, ss red can all be in separate teams

I see your legendary adventures units aren't maxed out either. get their dupes and custom from Legendary Adventures shop

[grim lotus]

2,5k, leveled up sslana, now im doing more damage but one earthquake kills me instantly

[dark osprey]

What move level is your Morty Dribflim btw?

I mean with NC Rosa and sleep the phantom forces would hit quite hard

And not ruin sync countdown

Could try out with NC Rosa, Morty and Agatha/any sleepmon

Just need to queue sleep as the last move of each of your 3 turns

[old orchid]

that could work, but Morty only has 3 uses of Phantom Force at base

[grim lotus]

Can he be useful?

[dark osprey]

Yeah. Wanted to be sure theirs is 1/5 as to not try it, else there's quite a bit of MP refreshes on grid

Ah. Never mind then

[old orchid]

both your 1/5 Ghost types are worse than SS Lana + SS Steven combo

[dark osprey]

1/5 would be difficult.

[old orchid]

you can try offtype post sync params with both Psychic pairs

[grim lotus]

Alright

[grim lotus]

This is what im currently doing

[old orchid]

please dont ping me

can you send the current parameters here?

[dark osprey]

Maybe go with a defensive support then

[old orchid]

that could work yeah

but -1 Psychic rebuff is great too

[dark osprey]

Yeah then go all attacking pre sync parameters probably

[grim lotus]

Sorry I forgot to turn off the ping

[dark osprey]

Also hope you're maxing ss lanas crit before sync since only her B move has innate crit

[old orchid]

please turn off ping

[toxic cobalt]

I found the problem

[old orchid]

you picked Defense params, Tech x3 damage, special dmg reduction,... which hinders your team pretty much

the pins have 2.5k parameter presets, check them out

[grim lotus]

weird it got on by default

[grim lotus]

It was strikers too before

[old orchid]

dont pick either

[toxic cobalt]

That would kill Lana yes

[old orchid]

because you are running a strike and tech in the same team

[grim lotus]

I've used off type pre sync from the pinned message...

I literally have the page open rn

[old orchid]

you have to adjust them according to the team

[grim lotus]

Ok i removed both

[old orchid]

you should take these parameters off as well

[dark osprey]

Honestly they don't have any defensive parameters but still didn't seem to do much damage

[old orchid]

picking defense up parameters is not recommended

[toxic cobalt]

Off type will only do so much damage, especialy as Steven is 1/5

[dark osprey]

True. The zone and rebuff were supposed to compensate

[grim lotus]

Special damage too?

Im not using any special moves

[dark osprey]

Might as well take that off too and try with psycho boost I guess

[old orchid]

Steven has Psycho Boost

[grim lotus]

Im using zen headbutt to flinch the enemy

[dark osprey]

Zen headbutt does very little even with the wise entry

[old orchid]

better focusing on damage

[grim lotus]

Ok

[old orchid]

that means using atk form

[dark osprey]

If needed, can deny with Rosa once or so with sing but yeah would be better with the move enhancers

[grim lotus]

Ok, guess i can get some more points

This is at 2,5k

[toxic cobalt]

Dump on more strength see what happens

[spice turret]

I checked the pin already but idk which one should I remove

[silver dirge]

Did you read what they do?

Click on the little +

[grim lotus]

Sheesh that was hard, got my 3k, thanks guys

[spice turret]

I did read

[silver dirge]

Okay, what do you want to do? Reduce the points so the battle is easier?

[spice turret]

Yes

[old orchid]

avoid picking Defense up params

also if you only want 850 pts, take off atk up as well

[spice turret]

Done

[silver dirge]

What team are you using?

[spice turret]

Shauna Selene and winnona

[silver dirge]

Can you send your whole param list? The middle is missing

[old orchid]

thats not the whole parameter list...

[silver dirge]

Still missing the middle

But it looks like those are the only ones you've picked up, the difficulty isn't going to change at all from what you did before

[dense birch]

why remove ally move gauge max -2 ? lol

[silver dirge]

Yeah pick that up lol

It's free

[silver dirge]

Tell me which parameter(s) you can pick up there that your team doesn't make use of

There's one obvious one for 100 pts

[spice turret]

Def and spdef

[silver dirge]

Absolutely not

Did you read what they do?

[spice turret]

Yes

[silver dirge]

Explain it to me

[spice turret]

Some of them give them buff and some don't

[silver dirge]

No, explain what the defense parameters do

[spice turret]

It rises the def and spdef of opponents

[silver dirge]

Will that make it easier or harder for you?

[spice turret]

Harder

[silver dirge]

Right, so you should avoid them at all costs. Let me give you a big hint, what type of damage does your damage dealer do? Physical or Special?

Check Selene's kit

[spice turret]

Phy

[silver dirge]

Okay, so is there a parameter you can pick up? That won't change the difficulty of your battle?

[spice turret]

Can't change zone or weather

[dense birch]

how does it help you?

[old orchid]

you are supposed to change Bertha's sandstorm

[spice turret]

Erm

[silver dirge]

No ... there's a reason I mentioned physical & special damage, there's a parameter there you can pick up for free. Read through their descriptions

[old orchid]

Selene only uses physical attacks, correct?

[spice turret]

Yes

[old orchid]

that means your team doesnt make use of special attacks right?

[spice turret]

Yes

[silver dirge]

So ... which parameter can you pick up?

[spice turret]

Special dmg reduction

[silver dirge]

Yes, that's correct

[spice turret]

Should I pick max sync count down 2

[silver dirge]

Nope

Don't touch that

I want you to think of what your team does, do you reduce the opponent's stats?

[spice turret]

Lower thier spdef

[silver dirge]

What pair on your team does that?

[spice turret]

Idk maybe Lucian

[old orchid]

how does Lucian work well with Selene?

[silver dirge]

No, I'm not telling you to reduce their stats. I'm asking you to think of what your current team does

[spice turret]

Buff Selene and change the weather

[silver dirge]

So they do not reduce opponent stats, right? Is there a parameter you can pick up?

[spice turret]

Yes

[silver dirge]

Which one?

[spice turret]

Spdef

Para

[silver dirge]

No, read what I said carefully. I'm talking about reducing stats, your team doesn't need to reduce their stats. So, there's a free parameter you can pick up, which one is it?

[spice turret]

Idk maybe max sync countdown 1

[old orchid]

read the No Stat Reduction parameter

[silver dirge]

That says No Status Conditions

[spice turret]

Wrong one

Mb

[grave wyvern]

Tenz please read what the Helpers are giving you, they are spending so much time giving you fantastic advice and it feels like you don't take any of it

[silver dirge]

Okay the problem is I've asked you to read the parameters at least 5-6 times now

[spice turret]

Readed

[silver dirge]

Did you? Because you should've known what I was heavily hinting at with the no stat reduction

[spice turret]

Sorry

[silver dirge]

You've got a set of parameters now, attempt the battle. Use all the advice we've given you carefully. I expect to see you buff your damage dealer, triple queue consistently and sync on time

[spice turret]

Forgot to use mini potion all

Help I'm struggling to deal with earthquake user

Ok plan b

It worked

[spice turret]

I'mma remove spdef reduction and pick phy def reduction

Cause flint is spatket

[stray cipher]

I finished everything except fairy cause I’m struggling. Diantha isn’t doing enough to pre sync and she’s weak to the sync move so no way to survive that

[old orchid]

That doesnt relate to Flint at all

It depends on the team

[old orchid]

Do you have Mina or BP Valerie invested ?

Cynthia has Wise Entry x2 so unless you have good Fairy enablers, Diantha can't beat her easily

[spice turret]

Less goo

[lunar meadow]

Ah, well ya BP Mawile is a good Mon to invest in as well.

I didn't notice the Wise Entry, because my gardevoir just handled it

[plush tangle]

bp valerie is great for fairy weak stage

i wish they released her earlier

[spice turret]

Is there anything change in Cynthia battle

I'm using the same team

[spice turret]

@north crown

[old orchid]

try figuring it out by yourself

learning from trials and errors is a very good way

[spice turret]

I tried

Before mm I won Cynthia battle cause I lower the def by spamming rock smash

[old orchid]

you are not limited by type medal anymore, adjust the team then

iirc your non MM team needed to use fillers to finish the medal

there are many solutions but you still heavily rely on us, please stop that habit

[spice turret]

Ok

[mellow linden]

I thought I told you that if you were gonna use NC Nate again you should improve the team. Clay literally provides nothing to that team and was only placed there for type medal purposes when you were doing Hard Mode

+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!

[mellow linden]

I seriously recommend giving those teambuilding guidelines a re-read, they’ll help you understand the whys and hows of teambuilding so that you can rely on your own capabilities instead of needing us to spoonfeed you everything

[spice turret]

I beat the stage tho

[old orchid]

Thats a valuable advice you should take note of

Especially when you ignored Cobalt's advice on NC Nate earlier

[spice turret]

Ok

[keen jasper]

Ok, OG Clemont really impressed me on Aaron this week

120k on his sync with max HP and strength

[rich needle]

Clemont lol

[keen jasper]

Ok, Lucian is pissing me off, time to off-type him (first time in years)

[undone ether]

Earthquake Spammer ugh

[rich needle]

A non ssrc haver

Smh

[keen jasper]

Why would I even have unit that has the name "Cynthia" in it?

[rich needle]

Death

[keen jasper]

I'd rather suffer through on-typing Lucian with my special ghost DDs than have someone like her

[rich needle]

More deathing

Why such vitriol

[silver dirge]

That term will get you bonked by the mods btw, might wanna edit

[keen jasper]

Bleh, fine, I'll just delete it

[rich needle]

The most intense vitriol must be censored in this child friendly(ish) ground

[undone ether]

Last week of January, will be another Ghost Weak Lucian ;_;

[rich needle]

Won’t be changing my approach

[undone ether]

end me orz

[rich needle]

[keen jasper]

BTW
It seems that 4k off-type ghost-weak Lucian might be easier than I expected

[undone ether]

kewl, with what team?

[keen jasper]

Fire team

[undone ether]

NC Leaf? 😮

[keen jasper]

She's one of the units, yes

Guess the other 2

[rich needle]

Ssmorty

[undone ether]

SS Morty i guess?

[silver dirge]

SS morty SS Hilda

[rich needle]

[undone ether]

kek

[keen jasper]

I guess SS Morty is extremely obvious

[rich needle]

Thank you hooh

[keen jasper]

SS Hilda ---> SS May

[undone ether]

yeah i think i'll run that team

[silver dirge]

Ah

[undone ether]

Oh

my SS may is only 2/5 ;,

[rich needle]

I mean honestly ncleaf ssmorty just easymodes things

I don’t think you need much more

[keen jasper]

Ok yeah, off-type Lucian even in 4k pts. is way too easy

Now, time to actually try BP Valerie against Cynthia this week

[rich needle]

I did it with her

She has terribad dps imo so I did presync for the first time in a long time

Still madge about it

Also cynthia freakin oneshot sswally with sync

[keen jasper]

Did she have Sp. Atk. drop?

[rich needle]

Don’t think so

But I didn’t have any of my turbo broken supports and stuff left

[keen jasper]

Because fairy-weak Cynthia is more vulnerable to Sp. Atk. drops

[rich needle]

I see

Guess that makes sense then

[keen jasper]

Ok ok, BP Valerie almost one-shotted Cynthia with her sync

At 4k pts.

[rich needle]

Damn what

[keen jasper]

I'm gonna EX her because she impressed me that much

[rich needle]

Wut ur supports and such

[keen jasper]

SSA Cynthia and SS Wally

[rich needle]

Hoh

Didn’t expect Valerie to murder to that degree

[keen jasper]

When a BP unit is better than the OG

[steel kelp]

That’s not a high bar

[keen jasper]

Maybe

[keen jasper]

Also, the fact that Valerie OHKO-ed the sides with her sync without critting them is just something else

[undone ether]

Nice

[spice turret]

Cynthia is pissing me off

[lean lion]

Clutched 2.5k Cynthia with Adrenaline Leaf (gridded her differently after figuring out I had to pre-sync or I won't be able to do it) and a non-gridded Shauna's Spiky Shield! I didn't think this was possible. So happy I was able to find a way! Got me to 11k points too on my first week in CSMM!

Please watch this gameplay and point out any mistakes I made and anything to improve. I did make a few misplays but it worked out anyway. Don't want to leave it to chance next time.

[toxic cobalt]

Pretty good gameplay.!

Potion sooner maybe?

[keen jasper]

You didn't use Swords Dance for Super Infliction

Before using Valerie's sync

Oh wait, Cynthia's too low anyways for it to even matter

[rotund lagoon]

If it wasn’t for Shauna not being EX’d, I would’ve said sync with her instead cause Sync Burst. But still, good gameplay overall!

[lean lion]

Imma do SS Blue next to EX, then Shauna, then Kiawe

[lean lion]

Yeah just needed mid dead asap

[keen jasper]

Have you tried weakening the sides?

[lean lion]

Before killing mid?

[keen jasper]

Yeah

[lean lion]

I get one shot on sync

[keen jasper]

Also, do you have event egg Sylveon?

[lean lion]

Have all offensive params, they sync i fail

I started Christmas day

Very new

[keen jasper]

Ah well

[lean lion]

What did you mean by Super Infliction?

Idk about this

[keen jasper]

Valerie has a passive called Super Infliction 9, which gives SEUN if the pokemon uses a status move

SEUN is an effect that does 50% more total damage (x * 1.5) if the attack is Super Effective

[lean lion]

Super effective up next okay. So you should Swords Dance before sync to get a 1.5x multiplier?

[keen jasper]

Remember this:
#1009554906568462476 message

[lean lion]

Right

Thanks will do this next time

[keen jasper]

You have to remember the passives, grid effects and kit of each unit

[lean lion]

Yeah, also still getting used to the terminology

But loving it so far

[spice turret]

I'm thinking about doing fairy type only in mm Cynthia fight if it's ok

[rotund lagoon]

Ehhhhhhhhhh depends on who.

Build a team with proper synergy, then come back.

[grim lotus]

Ok nvm cynthia is giving me troubles

Off pre sync, use quickly sync moves, neo nate kukui and skyla

[mellow linden]

Try not doing half-Sync round parameter then

[keen jasper]

Do you have BP Valerie?

The one with Mawile

[grim lotus]

Yes

[keen jasper]

Then use her as you main damage dealer

[grim lotus]

Tried with sync buff, same thing

[keen jasper]

The round 4 parameter is generally better

[grim lotus]

Instead of nate?

[keen jasper]

Yes

[keen jasper]

Have you played during the eeveelution egg event back in November 2023?

[grim lotus]

Shes 1/5 tho

Yes

[keen jasper]

Do you have egg Sylveon?

[grim lotus]

Yes

[keen jasper]

Then this is your team
Support/BP Valerie/Egg Sylveon

[mellow linden]

BP Valerie under Fairy Zone should clear pretty easily, even at 1/5

[grim lotus]

I also have hatterene

I posted my pairs above

[keen jasper]

Nah, Cynthia has Wise Entry x2

Which is effectively the same as your special damage being cut in half

[grim lotus]

Should i use some candies?

Oh i forgot i think valerie isnt griddee

[keen jasper]

You can candy Valerie

[grim lotus]

And idk i have some spare orbs for today

[mellow linden]

If she’s 1/5 grid won’t matter

[grim lotus]

2/5 or 3/5?

[keen jasper]

You can even make her 5/5

Since 4* candies are extremely abundant

[grim lotus]

Ok

[keen jasper]

But 3/5 will do

[grim lotus]

Too late, already 5/5

I had 17 candies

So why ever not

Can you send me her grid?

Or tell me what i need at least

[keen jasper]

Look in #1009587872342478908

[nocturne pawn]

her grid is pretty simple tbh

brawn sync 5 furious brawn is all you really need

actually my bad its double down 5

[keen jasper]

Like this:
https://ng-pomatools.web.app/pairs/15700/30300?s=5&l=140&r=5&p=0&a=13010602&g=AAECAwQFBgcJDA4PEBESFBcYGw

[grim lotus]

Ok big sad, I could only get double down and some play rough power ups

Ok i think its not enough

I waste too many turns buffing

[mellow linden]

Then bring a Support who helps with those buffs

[grim lotus]

Ss mina?

Idk

[keen jasper]

SS Mina is a special supporter

You need to find a physical supporter

[grim lotus]

Hilbert

[keen jasper]

He works

[mellow linden]

If he’s 3/5+ and gridded for Critical Squad then sure

[grim lotus]

He's 5/5

Idk about critical squad let me check

Ok nope

[astral jolt]

I had gakon recommend me a team on this channel a few days ago and I can't find that message, can we not use the search option on threads?

[grim lotus]

Wait i can't find the tile

[mellow linden]

Bottom right quadrant, it’s a red tile because it’s attached to his Trainer Move

[grim lotus]

Oh ok found it

Yes it has it

Will try

[keen jasper]

Wait, your Hilbert is 5/5? I thought you can only get him to 1/5

[grim lotus]

Ok wow my samurott almost collapsed with a single hit

Im using off type pre sync parameters

[keen jasper]

Off-type when BP Valerie is on-type?

[grim lotus]

I always find him...

OPS

YOU'RE RIGHT

I totally forgot about it

Gonna fix that

[mellow linden]

Hop, 2/5+ Aaron, 3/5+ Sonia, and 1/5+ Shauna (all except Shauna requires grid, Shauna needs to Sync unless she’s 2/5+ and gridded) are great Attack + crit Supports, and Aaron in particular can be gridded for Precision Pals if he’s 3/5+

In case you need someone with more bulk

[astral jolt]

Need help with Lucian and bertha

Sending pairs

Can build chars if needed but don't have much sync orbs to grid

[rotund lagoon]

Lucian you can definitely off type using someone like NC Serena and Sidney together or NC Nate on his own team.
For Bertha, you can pair Shauna and SS Acerola.

I should ask, is this Hard or Master Mode?

[keen jasper]

Honestly, I can't get over this

[rich needle]

Honestly that’s really high

Good job clemont

[carmine sinew]

Tackling CS for the first time. Is there a recommended order for Hard CS that maximizes the round buffs? Can I reuse any of my teams to take on the champ or does it need to be a 5th team?

[rotund lagoon]

Choosing round params depend on your team comps and avoiding buffing the opponents as best you can.
You have to make 5 teams for every round of CS.

[carmine sinew]

Mmm I see, that's rough on a developing box. Is Cynthia tougher than the other 4? My only limited units are SST Red, NC Rosa and SSA Cynthia so I'm trying to figure out how to evenly spread them across my teams

[rotund lagoon]

Really depends on which type weakness combo there is. Fairy Weak Cynthia isn’t that bad tbh

[astral jolt]

Haven't unlocked master yet

[rotund lagoon]

What’s your medal look like? You can still use the damage dealers I suggested.

[rain turret]

is it possible to poison stall cynthia?

[tired sleet]

Yeah, she doesn’t have a way to clear poison

[rain turret]

took a few tries

I did lucian off-type cuz victor spectrier wasnt doing enough

[rotund lagoon]

Because Lucian has Wise Entry

[rain turret]

he wasnt wise enough to survive sync nuke from NC red lol

I posted my hall on stage-clears

[rotund lagoon]

The power gap between Victor and NC Red is hella big tbh

[cold kestrel]

Could i brute force this with irida on hard? Don’t have any good fairy types

[rotund lagoon]

Do you have any physical damage dealers?

[cold kestrel]

Oh wait I have Mina at 4 stars

[rotund lagoon]

Mina is fine, but I’m curious of other options too if she doesn’t work out.

[nocturne pawn]

id just get bp valerie and get it over with

[cold kestrel]

One of my other physical damage dealers is adaman but he’s being used on the grass weak stage

[cold kestrel]

I can get her next, don’t have an exchange ticket right now

[rotund lagoon]

If you cannot right now, can I just see your roster?

[cold kestrel]

Her are my strike units. I would just use that site but it doesn’t let me download photos from my phone

[rotund lagoon]

I want your entire roster, not just your strike. Damage dealers are not just strikes.

[cold kestrel]

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[rotund lagoon]

Could do Nessa/Sidney (even together) for it.

[cold kestrel]

Alright

[dense birch]

Damn bro. Very nice. Very inspiring haha, i only managed to try for 7.5k this week and started just a bit earlier than you did

[cold kestrel]

How are these teams?

I know adaman will dolor the grass stage so I’ll just fill in types

Lightning weak stage I have iono there for her buddy move, clair is mainly there just to fill in a type

Maybe I’ll replace her with a second support just for tanking

[cold kestrel]

I just changed the team

[undone ether]

are you trying to complete the Type Medal for Sinnoh? 😮

[mellow linden]

Ingo and Irida have direct anti-synergy

Ingo wants Sandstorm, Irida wants Hail, Sandstorm and Hail cannot coexist

[cold kestrel]

It’s just hard mode so I’m just trying to get as much types as I can

[old orchid]

You should still focus on team synergy too

Especially when Irida has damage boost for the entire team under hail

[dense birch]

how many types are you missing? if you're not going to be able to get all 18 this week, then might as well take it easy imo

[cold kestrel]

None yet, first time doing the sinnoh one

[dense birch]

i'd just give it a go, and if it doesn't work, i'd probs look at team synergy then. 14/18 for week 1 is probably good enough

[mellow linden]

Yeah, you don’t have to get 15 types on week 1, 9-12 is fine

And Ground will be what one stage is weak to next week, so you can get that type then naturally

[cold kestrel]

Burn is kinda annoying

[rotund lagoon]

Tbh, I reset if I get burnt lmao

[paper summit]

I just beat the stage before it's an issue tbh

[rotund lagoon]

I do too, that’s only cause I have OP pairs

[nocturne pawn]

I LOVE 5% HEAT WAVE BURNS

[cold kestrel]

Since I’m using sidney for Cynthia do I sync first with him to mega rather than sync with hop?

[cold kestrel]

Never mind he dies from sync

[swift swan]

preferably you kill her before she syncs

cynthia's sync is special so i'd replace Cobalion with a sp def buffer instead

[cold kestrel]

Would lucian work?

[mellow linden]

Lucian does not buff your team’s Sp. Def., he debuffs the opponent’s Sp. Def.

[cold kestrel]

Oh I read it wrong, my bad

I have Drake

Have proton aswell, maybe flinch and confuse ray could be fun

[lean lion]

Thanks haha! When did you start playing?

[swift swan]

sure, he can work if you still need those types filled in

[cold kestrel]

Already used flying but if I cleared it with the team I’m using I would have 13 types done

[dense birch]

think my login streak says 58 days, so about 2 months ago haha

[cold kestrel]

Honestly I’m not sure if absol would do enough damage to take out the enemies before my team gets taken down

[snow shell]

Damn, lodge Volkner OHKO'd Vespiquen on second sync (EX support buff) and I wasn't prepared to screenshot
Then it never happened again
Despite both times being around 57K damage wtf (pomatools shows it has 52K HP with my parameters)

Oh nvm one of my presets incorrecly had HP ^ 6 instead of Str ^ 3

[cold kestrel]

Yeah, I just needed the sp def buff, thanks for helping

[swift swan]

what move level is he?

[cold kestrel]

2/5, mainly did damage from his sync moves though

[swift swan]

ah yeah, he's a nuker first and foremost

[lean lion]

Are you planning for next weeks CS? Next week's Aaron and Cynthia seem hella annoying

[cold kestrel]

Is 3/5 blue better than 1/5 ss ethan? Just wondering for next weeks flying weak stage

[rotund lagoon]

Absolutely

[dense birch]

I have something like this but I don’t know if i will stick with courtney lmao

lowkey if i get enough tickets, i want to EX olivia

cynthia should be fine. i want to try freebie drasna haha

aaron and lucian are the ones i worry

[swift swan]

is this master mode?

[dense birch]

yeah

[swift swan]

depending on the move level, courtney can handle Aaron just fine

though I'd run her with another ground damage dealer if you have a good one

[dense birch]

1/5

LOL

[swift swan]

(and if the gauges allow)

mmm

[dense birch]

also ground units are non-existent on my acc

[swift swan]

if you're running low points, sure

[dense birch]

i might just off type it

[swift swan]

how about Bertha

[dense birch]

i was able to hit 1.5k preset this week

bertha is weak to steel, so plan is solgaleo aoe sync

oh woops

[cold kestrel]

I’ll probably leave adaman to solo this stage and maybe put a fairy and poison type on there. Which would be 2/5 of my missing types

[dense birch]

i only have 3 ground units in my acc - courtney, clay, and hapu lmao

[swift swan]

I meant Courtney and Bertha vs Aaron

ah I see

yeah I'd probably just offtype

the rest looks okay, be careful with using Darach, he has a good nuke, plus he can defog the crit shield away so that's free 150 pts, but his DPS has recoil. what's his move level?

also as a note, I'd replace Lenora with someone who can buff Olivia faster. in that team Olivia has zero offensive help

[dense birch]

1/5 too

[swift swan]

I'd rather run Blue then

[dense birch]

yeah i can probably do shauna or aaron over lenora

my blue is 1/5 too

see how it goes. i might just end up offtyping aaron and lucian with SS Red and SST Red or something

[swift swan]

oof, yeah he wants at least 2/5

[swift swan]

yeah, I guess we'll see later. at the very least with Darach you have free 150 pts

I'm just worried because Lucian just has insanely bulky HP as it is

[cold kestrel]

Is cryus my best dragon attacked here? Have raihan aswell

[dense birch]

ye personally i've started to come to appreciate units that do massive aoe (SST Red, EX'ed SS Red, EX'ed Solgaleo). does feel like i want to EX more strike units instead

Olivia shot to the top of my to-do list, because she's 4/5

[swift swan]

Cyrus has better sync, Zinnia has better DPS with Draco Meteor (assuming you have Dauntless on her). however, Zinnia is hard to support because she demands weather and a lot of offensive buffs

[swift swan]

she's a good one! personally olivia is one of my favorite EX investments

and if you focus on CSMM a lot, strike EXs are very helpful, though I'd also EX some supports as well

[dense birch]

for supports i have SS Blue, Sycamore, and Rosa lol. should probably up more supports eventually

i am planning to focus on CSMM since it's the weekly recurring endgame-ish content, everything else doesn't feel time gated as hard

[swift swan]

Cyrus's event is rerunning soon so you'll be getting another EX strike to your roster

[dense birch]

Fantastic

[cold kestrel]

These teams okay for hard mode next week?

Using adaman on the ground weak stage since I don’t have very many ground types

[dense birch]

ohh just had a look at the timeline, cyrus EX is coming around then. will probably EX him first before i clear CSMM for the week

[swift swan]

what move level is Blue?

[cold kestrel]

3

[swift swan]

ah okay then

go for the hurricane/sync nuke build and you'll be fine

[cold kestrel]

Alright

[swift swan]

i'd probably replace skyla with someone who can help blue buff faster though

the rest looks okay. you're not missing any more types?

[cold kestrel]

Nope, missing poison, fairy, water, fighting, psychic

[cold kestrel]

Who would be good for that?

[swift swan]

Mmmm I would suggest Lillie since she can buff accuracy for Blue's multiplier

[cold kestrel]

Alright sure

[swift swan]

and the sure crit on her TM helps too

[cold kestrel]

Do I need to grid her at all? She’s 3/5

[swift swan]

Try gridless first

[cold kestrel]

Alright

I’ll go grid blue then right now

[swift swan]

don't be afraid to switch back to Skyla if Lillie doesn't survive long enough

lucian's got hands

[cold kestrel]

Got it, realized I had blue gridded fully already

[lean lion]

Lucian's Earthquake spam is a run killer

[vast dome]

hot damn aaron ia bulky

Doubt I can on type

[old orchid]

in case you are not aware, he has Sentry Entry x2

so using special dmg dealer is better

[vast dome]

I am aware of that

[old orchid]

4* Hau should handle him just fine

do you have Volkner?

fish for flinch / paralysis proc to cancel Heal Order

and ofc terrain is a big boost for the dmg dealer

[vast dome]

Supports question

[old orchid]

SC Jasmine is the best option

[vast dome]

okayo

[dark osprey]

Can also try to survive the sync with a defensive support like SS Blue. If you survive the sync, safety net gives you quite a few turns to clear the stage

[vast dome]

guessing volkner may not be useful for Hau

Nothing about Electric Terrain in Hau's grid

So I should be better off replacing Volkner with somebody else

[manic kiln]

What

Electric terrain boosts all electric moves, it has nothing to do with grid

[vast dome]

I must be doing the turns incorrectly

[dark osprey]

Volkner is also good because of the flinch paralysis proc on heal order which is a pain

[vast dome]

Hau keeps dying

Should I up him to 135

[dense birch]

is this for MM?

[vast dome]

Yes

Aaron obviously

[old orchid]

Try to pre sync

[dark osprey]

Might as well. Isn't too resource intensive

[old orchid]

With an EX support and heal order denial Hau should pre sync just fine

[old orchid]

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[silver dirge]

Smh

[lean lion]

Is it necessary to change weather against next week's Rock weak Flint? Has Charging Sun 5

[keen jasper]

Oh definitely

[silver dirge]

Have fun surviving a flare Blitz under 1.5x sun + Charging Sun 5

[lean lion]

So we need 3 weather changers against Aaron, Flint and Cynthia?

[dense birch]

Yes, the Torkoal has Sun on entry

[rotund lagoon]

[rotund lagoon]

Aaron? He doesn’t have weather

[dense birch]

Doesn’t seem like you need weather for Aaron, but it reduces his dmg. Meanwhile you will need to inflict status on Aaron otherwise he takes reduced dmg

[mellow linden]

I assume they mean next week?

[lean lion]

Acute Senses 4

[mellow linden]

Acute Senses isn’t weather

[lean lion]

Yeah next week

[dense birch]

Aaron has Clear Power/Sync Up 5

[mellow linden]

It’s status change like Trap, Restrain, etc.

[rotund lagoon]

Oh for next week nvm

[lean lion]

Sorry I meant Clear Power Up 5

Powers up moves when weather conditions are not in effect

Is that a problem?

[rotund lagoon]

Yeah for that reason, you will want weather.

The goal is to try not to let the opponents be buffed as best as possible.

[dense birch]

Not sure how much more damage Aaron does without weather. Maybe can try pre-sync

[lean lion]

Okay so I'll run Cyrus against Cynthia, 2/5 Blue Pidgeot against Lucian. I have SST Red and NCSerena. Which 2 should I off type with them?

[lean lion]

If that works, great. But I wanna have a plan just in case

[dense birch]

If you were going to offtype Aaron, probably SST Red. Since you want to hit Aaron with status and he is kinda perfect for it

[mellow linden]

Status change, not status condition

SST Red can ignore Acute Senses, but he can’t negate the passive

[dense birch]

Paralysis doesn’t count as status change?

[mellow linden]

It counts as a status condition, which is a different category

[dense birch]

Or does it mean stat up/down?

[rotund lagoon]

Status changes include like trap, confusion, flinch, rebuff

Status condition is like paralysis, poison, burn

[dense birch]

Ah

[mellow linden]

Status change is stuff like Trap, Rebuff, Confusion, Flinch, Restrain, and Gradual Healing

[lean lion]

Kinda have to off type Aaron with NC Serena

[dense birch]

Elaine time…

[mellow linden]

Which yes, means that the Gradual Healing parameter in Master Mode negates Acute Senses

[dense birch]

That’s funny

I think tentatively my team for next week probs going to look like this

Lucian Off is in case that 1/5 Darach ends up not strong enough

Cynthia team seems like it should be fun. I want to try Defog and Mega Altaria lol. Drasna has freebie, might also try cyrus after his EX

[formal vigil]

why not use blue pidgeot instead off darach

[dense birch]

Blue pidgeot is also 1/5

Could do though

[hushed lintel]

Charizard without sun ?

[dense birch]

I didn’t grid for sun, but was planning to try out EX sync and see if i can kill the sides on sync or something

[formal vigil]

use blaine instead roxanne

[dense birch]

Also experimental in case i want to add no weather param

[hushed lintel]

Yeah

Is he ex ?

[dense birch]

Yep

[formal vigil]

3/5?