Champion Stadium

[steel kelp]

No wonder you aren’t doing anything

[formal vigil]

Replace Dana with colress

[brave halo]

I tried colress, he just dies

[verbal karma]

...okay, I might have approached R2 Bertha incorrectly from the very beginning

I should...probably build a team that does NOT rely on an EX support sync buff

[pseudo drum]

I have got Bertha covered
Flint is the only one bothering me

[manic kiln]

roll for non earthquake run, I know you're unable to quadequeue so you have to kill mid before they sync

[brave halo]

Here I'll paint a picture of how much worse this is

I've been at this for like 2 to 3 hours, maybe over like 40 times

And I've tried on type, off type, nothing works

And yes nc red is useless here

[pseudo drum]

Where

[brave halo]

You see how much I'm losing it right now?

[pseudo drum]

Who are you battling

[steel kelp]

That sounds like a

[brave halo]

Bertha

She just wins regardless and I'm losing it

[manic mica]

oh i literally came here because i couldn't beat 3k bertha

lmao

[brave halo]

I've been swapping between params like a ping pong ball

And still nothing

[manic mica]

i gave up and just got 3k in the others, for bertha i just switched off master mode

i think i've been on her for like 2 hours

[modest gull]

Hey guys! Idk if it's just me or is quad queing not working? I'm on Bertha's stage if that's any help

[dense birch]

Dangit. Lol. 3k attempt

[pseudo drum]

O
My set for Bertha
3/5 colress(-6def) 2/5 rose(strike) hop(tank)

[manic mica]

nothing works for me loll

[steel kelp]

Could’ve just done lower points but whatever

You got the stage done

[formal vigil]

Replace hop guage support

[manic mica]

did you reset for a none eq rotation

maybe i should do that

[brave halo]

I'm just in belief that players are not meant to beat Bertha

[manic kiln]

she has head start

[brave halo]

She is like chess ai

[dense birch]

yes

[steel kelp]

they should give more people head start

[modest gull]

Ah, okay so that's what I miss. Man, that was such a pain in the ass. Thanks for the help!

[formal vigil]

Lol

[manic mica]

lemme try bertha r1 (atk reduction)

[brave halo]

I just want them to nerf sinnoh cs badly

[manic kiln]

not with the powercreep

[steel kelp]

Why nerf it

[formal vigil]

You could just lower points if your struggling so much

[brave halo]

Like seriously this is unfair

[steel kelp]

It’s been out for a while

Just be better

Also yea

[brave halo]

That last spirit says otherwise

[steel kelp]

No one is forcing you guys to do 3k

The spirits don’t matter

[manic kiln]

imma gonna try a rose clear, it's mostly parameters issue for you

[steel kelp]

You barely get that much more

I doubt you’re that low on spirits

[brave halo]

Again I've been swapping constantly, she just wins cause everything I have is awful

[dense birch]

for 99.9% people, it's about pride. haha

[manic kiln]

i won with f2p and gen pool units with premium units you should be able to win

she is hard yes just need to play smart

[brave halo]

Screw this, alright then

Ash

You better damn win or I swear

[manic kiln]

like
you can flinch multiple times

she couldn't do anything
1/5 non ex rose

[manic mica]

oh okay my hop gets one shot by earth power after healthy benefits 5 is broken

switching parameters for his potions to see if it works

[dense birch]

man i can't use skyla. just tried her over hop, she gets 2 shotted. stomp > high horsepower. haha

[manic mica]

hmm okay now my solgaleo gets one shot by bertha's sync

[manic mica]

what's your parameters

[tardy belfry]

meanwhile metagross and palmarnie combo just flinch-locks bertha's team to oblivion on r3

[manic mica]

okay lemme try to poison stall bertha

[brave halo]

This is ridiculous

Not even ash could win against Bertha

This is just........mind numbing

[old orchid]

You know, just copy the exact team and parameters from Lost

[manic kiln]

wait a bit im gonna send vid

[manic kiln]

need to resize

[dense birch]

i want to see if there's a way to take out gradual healing

[grave wyvern]

that param low-key annoys me fr

[dense birch]

tbh i probs could have killed in my screenshot. that sliver of health was probably all from gradual healing

[manic mica]

wait i actually am able to stall with poison

against bertha

just need to be lucky with potion mrs

[brave halo]

I almost had, I swear I almost had it

[manic kiln]

don't need to use potion like i did, just spam gust for flinch, flinch grid for skyla

[brave halo]

But I couldn't kill the side in time

Can sides just stop with aoe

[manic kiln]

sides should be dead after max move

[brave halo]

I was using ash and red

I literally almost had it

[nocturne pawn]

wait

you lost with rose?

[manic kiln]

yeah

[brave halo]

Too many times with him

[nocturne pawn]

even at 1/5 he fucks bertha up

[brave halo]

He just can't kill in time for me

[nocturne pawn]

and im assuming thats also 1/5 in the vid

[brave halo]

One sync and he dies

[nocturne pawn]

thats definitely a parameter issue

not even a side denial?

[manic kiln]

yeah i used 1/5 in the vid
it's always parameter issues

[nocturne pawn]

i mean

[old orchid]

Just follow Lost's gameplay exactly

Its not that hard

[nocturne pawn]

ive done steel weak bertha with a 3/5 raihan before

still works

[brave halo]

I tried with raihan too but still can't kill in time before she syncs

[manic mica]

okay i beat bertha LMAO

i can't believe poison stall worked

[nocturne pawn]

ok i mean i would not recommend raihan cuz sides have wise entry x3

[manic mica]

use the normal poison stall parameters with bp morty/ss leaf/Janine

[nocturne pawn]

but im saying i have done it before

so no reason rose cant

[brave halo]

I've even tried with also solgaleo

[manic mica]

i got lucky with potion mrs + misses, and my bp morty & janine are raised to 5 stars if that matters

[brave halo]

Nothing worked, as I've told others

Not even nc red wins

That's how bad this is

[manic mica]

im just glad i beat bertha 3k finally lmaooo

[manic kiln]

watch the vid

[nocturne pawn]

you really need to be willing to adjust

for harder cs especially

[manic kiln]

it's not a bad stage, you just didn't utilize your roster to full potential

[nocturne pawn]

you cant just run the same things and expect them to work

[manic mica]

you could try poison stall too

it worked for me

[nocturne pawn]

also literally id say bertha is the easiest fight in sinnoh cs on average

nothing she really does is that ridiculous

[brave halo]

Trust me I've been swapping between teams constantly

[manic mica]

you could even use event misty & psyduck instead of bp morty

[brave halo]

Like I'm trying to figure out what to use

[versed mural]

Finally beat CSMM 4.2k points!! It was easier than hard idk why..

[nocturne pawn]

no i mean change your parameters

[brave halo]

That too

I literally almost had it once

[manic kiln]

watch the vid to see how i easily cleared her

enough with the whining

[nocturne pawn]

it might be easier because you understand the fights better

granted

[old orchid]

also no fillers needed for the medal

[nocturne pawn]

850 point mm shouldnt feel much harder than hard

[versed mural]

Yeah Doing CS constantly helps me understand which params were needed

[versed mural]

Probably bc of that

[nocturne pawn]

lucian is definitely the stupidest e4 ive encountered up to this point

extraordinarily anti special

for no reason

[versed mural]

Last week Lucian might have been a nightmare for me if it was MM

[nocturne pawn]

and oh look its ground weak aaron guess i have to use rose on that stage

[nocturne pawn]

ghost isnt that bad

bug weak is absolutely miserable

[versed mural]

I don't have a good Ghost Phy attacker

[old orchid]

you should be thankful for Lucian this week. Flying weak is the only Lucian stage without Wise Entry x2

[brave halo]

FINALLY GAH

[nocturne pawn]

yeah and he has like 28k base

[versed mural]

Yeah felt really easy without Wise entry

[nocturne pawn]

compared to the usual 17k

[versed mural]

I mean non gridded 120 Blue could beat it

[brave halo]

Now I can finally move onto aaron

[nocturne pawn]

uh does aaron have any damage reduction passives im missing

[manic kiln]

acute sense

[nocturne pawn]

disabled that

[manic kiln]

that's all

[nocturne pawn]

but he was only taking like 3k with a support ex from rose

maybe have to change some stuff

maybe strength 12 is too much

[swift swan]

Sounds like parameter issue

Are you sure phys dmg reduction isn't accidentally turned on

[nocturne pawn]

its not

i checked three times lol

im just guessing its str12 having too much defense

yep i am throughly confused

[old orchid]

what move level is Rose?

[nocturne pawn]

1/5

is that not enough for his coverage

cuz uhh

[old orchid]

even with 1/5 that seems wrong

[nocturne pawn]

my only other ground type is courtney which is very :)

[nocturne pawn]

idk

[old orchid]

did you pick Gradual Healing?

[nocturne pawn]

yeah?

[old orchid]

so Acute Sense disabled

[nocturne pawn]

oh

i dont even need bertha then

im silly

[old orchid]

hi silly

[nocturne pawn]

courtney time

[nocturne pawn]

[old orchid]

[swift swan]

#1011173305702690876 message if you're still on R2 Bertha by the time you read this, look at this.
Doesn't rely on EX support, has defense debuffs, has flinches, keeps Solgaleo
Use this as a reference. I know your KGrimsley isn't EXd so you're not going to do as much as I did first sync, so if you decide to do this, here are my suggestions.

Replace some strength with -2 sync countdown. Let KGrimsley nuke mid and DPS the rest until Bertha dies.

For an easier time, do this R3 for guaranteed flinches from Grimsley.

You can try playing around with Metal Burst, just click Grimsley's TM before using it.

Do keep in mind that there will be RNG involved once you take out mid.

[nocturne pawn]

still doesnt really get close

idk

ill just do someone else for the time being

:/

only gets to around 1/3

[swift swan]

I genuinely can't fathom how that didn't work

Switch to full offensive params? Remove some bulk

[trail smelt]

I did find it surprising that Aaron managed to tank FRoxanne’s sync

Unfortunately for him a Bulldozer from my sides finished him off lol

[dense birch]

Lol i did it hahaha. R2 Bertha 3k

1. Hop cannot take more than 3 attacks on their first 3 turns. Idk if there is a way to make him tankier, he already has Vigilance
2. Hop cannot be flinched the turn before Solgaleo uses sync
3. Hop needs to proc Freevenge at least once before Solgaleo syncs
4. Solgaleo sync must crit, and kill both sides
5. Bertha cannot use EQ even once

All the stars aligned

Only took…2 hrs

[trail smelt]

It do be like that sometimes

Reminds me of my Fairy clear vs Cynthia last week

[crystal quartz]

Should I have saved team plasma guy for r2 where debuffs are more effective?

[dark osprey]

Depends on your roster. Could use others as well

[crystal quartz]

I have no other debuffers

Which of the elite 4 are good spc attackers so I know not to leave them for r4

[dark osprey]

All are mostly physical iirc

You may have debuffers like Kukui, Nanu, quite a few eggmons

And it's not necessary to use debuffers

[crystal quartz]

So for cynthia fight do I still have to deal with being unable to use my previous units

Or can I use everyone

[steel kelp]

Why would cynthia be any different

[crystal quartz]

The game never says there is a round 5 gimmick

[brave halo]

Can't use any previously used

[grave wyvern]

There is always a R5 gimmick

You can check them in pomatools

(Their passives, etc)

[crystal quartz]

Oh wait I can see it now

Hmm

[brave halo]

To make it easier, just get a weather setter

[crystal quartz]

Thing is I could use sygna suit eirika for cynthia then

Or I could use courtney

[crystal quartz]

But then I cant use courtney for wally

[brave halo]

You'll need a weather outside sand

[crystal quartz]

Wow wally sucked

[steel kelp]

Wally exists

[crystal quartz]

Wally used to be so hard

But then they gave him ground weakness

WHAT DO I DO NOW THAT MY ONLY TANK LEFT IS SYCAMORE

[brave halo]

Wait hold on, what stage is this?

[crystal quartz]

Lucian

How do I beat lucian

[old orchid]

better showing your roster first

using the tracker site

+tracker

[frozen depot]

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

[verbal karma]

...is KGrimsley an absolute requirement?

[mellow linden]

Is there a specific reason that’s a problem?

[verbal karma]

I don't like how heavily luck dependant he is, combined with the fact that the stage itself is already heavily luck dependant as is

[mellow linden]

Round 3

Means less RNG

[old orchid]

with Aggravation gridded his flinch chance is 100%

literally no rng

[steel kelp]

Just use your head

the funny is burst tho

[mellow linden]

What team are you even trying to save for Round 3 that apparently means Round 3 Bertha is a no-go

If it has anything to do with A. Skyla then let me save you the trouble by informing you that Round 3 does not affect passives like Staggering

[grand trout]

I used raihan for cynthia

Weather wars it is

[wicked junco]

For non AnniSkyla/SSEthan owners what did you guys use for R4 Lucian?

[mellow linden]

I’d imagine most of them used Blue + Pidgeot

[silver dirge]

Anni Steven but Blue should work

[grand trout]

Blue

[wicked junco]

For a monotype I would imagine something with Falkner and Blue, but what about the 3rd one?

[grand trout]

I'd use my lysandre but he's always my go-to flying but i used blue for a change

Skyla

[silver dirge]

Is the monotype restriction just a self-challenge? Cos support typing wouldn't matter

[grand trout]

Gallade is mixed but the defense, speed, and potions will help

[wicked junco]

Yeah, it is a preference, I try not to break the monotype unless I feel there's no other way

[silver dirge]

Ah

[grand trout]

Alternatively you can use darach for feather dance gaming

There's still the question of DG and psybeam

[silver dirge]

You could go for Winona flinches

[grand trout]

So i suggest skyla

[wicked junco]

Yeah lysandre just evaporates to a couple dazzling gleams

[grand trout]

Skyla can also flinch

[old orchid]

Falkner can flinch too

~~and Blue if you dont ever sync with him ~~

[old orchid]

please insert their correct move level as well

[crystal quartz]

How do I do that?

[old orchid]

also use the tutorial video to make all of them into a single image

[crystal quartz]

🦆

[old orchid]

on mobile you have to hold over the move level icon iirc

[crystal quartz]

Maybe I should just figure this out myself

Showing my roster is taking too much effort

So how come kyurem guy does no damage to lucian?

[silver dirge]

Good luck! We can't really help without proper knowledge of your roster

[silver dirge]

Ghetsis?

Who are you running him with?

[steel kelp]

What’s ghetsis for

[crystal quartz]

Dps

Idk i have no idea how to beat lucian

[silver dirge]

What is the team you are running him with? Are you triple queuing consistently? Syncing on time? It's impossible to help without more information

[crystal quartz]

I see the win condition

[keen jasper]

I actually can't believe I won against Bertha using cheese strats in 4k pts.

[crystal quartz]

No I do not see the win condition

[keen jasper]

WDYM?

[grand trout]

Is this our first 5 week sinnog

[lunar meadow]

Good morning everyone!
Nice easy reset Mondays!

[tulip rover]

Lots of me.

[crystal quartz]

I cant beat flint either

[lunar meadow]

I love doing mono species, but mono trainer is a fun challenge sometimes too!

[lunar meadow]

Are you removing his sun?

[crystal quartz]

You cant just remove terrains

[lunar meadow]

Use sandstorm, hail, or rain.
Or use 3/5 RayVen to remove sun

[crystal quartz]

I have none of those

[lunar meadow]

Palossand, Pelipper, and Abomasnow are free.

[silver dirge]

Winona? May?

[crystal quartz]

ACEROLA DOESNT EVEN HAVE A GROUND ATTACK BUT HAS SANDSTORM

[keen jasper]

Yeesh, I need to get my Gloria to 5/5 if I don't want any cheese strat luck on the harder steel-weak stages

[wicked junco]

I used LodgeRaihan if you have that, it's useful enough if you can get them pre-sync

[tulip rover]

I don’t have any of the more recent steel types, Steven & Metagross is my main striker for that role still. Despite the power creeping pairing him up with the other Stevens makes him surprisingly effective.

[lunar meadow]

I mean, she's not a ground unit in this game haha.

She's a ghost type. And sandstorm is a rock type move

[lunar meadow]

I used Metagross for years, and I like the unit.

But man, Copperajah just embarrasses the poor supercomputer turtle

Steel-weak Bertha has sentry entry x2, and that was the first time I found Metagross to be low

[keen jasper]

[tulip rover]

I have a fondness for Metagross since it is probably the most unique “pseudo-legendary” Pokémon. Need to 5/5 him.

[silver dirge]

Metagross my beloved

[lunar meadow]

Are you on Master Mode, or Hard Mode.

If MM, how many points are you trying for?

[crystal quartz]

ACEROLA GETS TWO SHOT

WHY DOES SHE SUCK SO MUCH

ISNT EVEN A TANK WHEN HER MOVES ARE TRYING TO MAKE HER ONE

[steel kelp]

Why acerola

[crystal quartz]

I SHOULDNT HAVE LEVELED HER

[crystal quartz]

PERSON ABOVE SUGGESTED SANDSTORM TO DEAL WITH FLINT

[crystal quartz]

Hard

[mellow linden]

Don’t use Acerola’s Trainer Move

[steel kelp]

Tm is looking to get her killed

[crystal quartz]

Or just dont use acerola

[mellow linden]

Sandstorm and Astonish are the 2 moves Acerola should be clicking

[mellow linden]

Acerola is fine

[silver dirge]

Let's be a little civil, the caps aren't going to help you clear it any faster Acerola is there to disable Flint's sun, which is close to mandatory

She's not your damage dealer

[mellow linden]

Plus she can flinch

Which buys you more turns

[steel kelp]

Wait who’s doing damage

[silver dirge]

I hope you're not using Acerola as both the tank & the damage dealer, when she does neither effectively

[lunar meadow]

Bro, I used Palossand/Acerola for years. She can tank hard mode.

I wouldn't bring her as the tank for MM over like 1000 points, but she's fine

[old orchid]

Flint hits hard even in hard mode tho, so using a better tank is better

[lunar meadow]

Bring Palossand to remove sun and buff, then spam flinch.

Bring someone else as your main damage. Preferably someone who benefits from sand, because it's there

And use a tank as the third

[crystal quartz]

Sycamore sucks

He takes too much damage

And then arcanine also burns him

So he cant heal anything

[lunar meadow]

Camerupt/Palossand combo with a tank should be easy.

Zamazenta and Torterra are on your pics

[old orchid]

you bring a spdef tank to a physical stage, what do you expect

[crystal quartz]

I ALREADY USED CAMERUPT FOR WALLY

[lunar meadow]

Bring Torterra to Debuff enemy attack and buff ally defense.
She can cleanse a burn, too

[crystal quartz]

I hAve no other tank

[mellow linden]

Almost all Supports are tanks

[crystal quartz]

Okay

[lunar meadow]

Are Zamazenta and Torterra both used?

[steel kelp]

Hold on

[crystal quartz]

How did you know I had torterra?

[steel kelp]

Free and gen pool

[lunar meadow]

You posted pics...

[steel kelp]

Also that

[crystal quartz]

Wait torterra would take super effective damage

It would die instantly

[old orchid]

Torterra's weakness is Bug

[mellow linden]

Sync Pairs only have one type weakness

[lunar meadow]

Just like the enemy units only have one weakness

[steel kelp]

Imagine the mainline games don’t exist

[lunar meadow]

||I think I'm in pain||

[steel kelp]

Don’t apply that stuff here

[crystal quartz]

Its not letting me hit anything

[north crown]

What’s up?

[crystal quartz]

The tap on something sound effect is playing

But its not progressing to a different menu

[silver dirge]

^ Throw everything you know about (most) mainline game mechanics & pokemon stats out the window

[lunar meadow]

||But Togepi can't be a tank! It's a baby!||

||And surely Chesnaught has low special attack. There's no way it would have more special attack than attack.||

[steel kelp]

||wdym pikachu is one of the best and worst units in the game||

[crystal quartz]

TORTERRA SUCKS

SO DOES ACEROLA

WHERE AM I SUPPOSED TO GET SPEED BUFfs

I CAN BARELY DOUBLE QUEUE

[steel kelp]

You shouldn’t be having gauge issues

[north crown]

||Hey don’t slander on MCchu; they’re a good potion bot ||

[silver dirge]

What's the 3rd member on that team?

[crystal quartz]

I AM IF IM RECCOMENDED TO USE UNITS WITHOUT SPEED BUFFS

[mellow linden]

Speed buffs aren’t necessarily required to be able to triple queue

[lunar meadow]

Acerola basically doesn't use the gauge.

Same with torterra

[mellow linden]

Please calm down

[silver dirge]

You gotta chill with the caps, it's helping no one

[crystal quartz]

Gordie

[north crown]

Ok how the hell are you raging in CSHM?

[silver dirge]

Gordie? You have no DPS on that team

[steel kelp]

Wait this is hard

[crystal quartz]

ITS HARD

[crystal quartz]

HE IS A DPS

[lunar meadow]

Gordie ☠️
For damage?

[steel kelp]

Gordie is fake

[crystal quartz]

I HAVE NO OTHER ROCK UNITS

[silver dirge]

He has a nuke not DPS

[north crown]

Bro I meme with Acerola all the time

[mellow linden]

Gordie has low damage outside of Sync and Max Move

Just off-type if necessary

[lunar meadow]

Gordie is not for damage.
Gordie is for buffing fire types with rebuff and max sun

[crystal quartz]

What other nuke do I use?

[silver dirge]

What other rock types do you have?

[crystal quartz]

Umm nessa

Who only has rock tomb

[silver dirge]

Nessa is a water type

[crystal quartz]

I KNOW I HAVE NO OTHER ROCK TYPES

[steel kelp]

Yes you do

There’s no way you don’t

[mellow linden]

Don’t ignore your 3- and 4-stars, they generally range from decent to amazing

[crystal quartz]

No I am not going to use brock

[steel kelp]

||but other games say 3 and 4 stars stinky||

[north crown]

@crystal quartz If you’re gonna whine about your roster, could you at least complete the sync pair tracker so you can prove how “crap” your roster is?

Also can someone catch me up to speed on Inky’s CSHM progress? Type Medal Progress too?

[crystal quartz]

I cant even trade for any 3* unlock potential tickets to upgrade brock

[crystal quartz]

Im not focusing on type medals

I just need to beat the stupid thing

[lunar meadow]

He posted some screenshots higher up, but I don't know about medal

[north crown]

But you should focus on the medal, as completing it gives you access to more rewards.

[north crown]

iirc people said it’s not completed

[lunar meadow]

Thanks to the 4* BP units and the free legendary events, the medal is easy to aim for

[crystal quartz]

BROCK DOES EVEN LESS DAMAGE THAN GORDIE

[mellow linden]

Please calm down

You can give Roark a try. If you can spare the Sync Orbs grab some of his Standfast tiles from his Sync Grid

Be warned that you’ll want more healing on the team if you can’t get his Standfast tiles

[plush tangle]

(even with standfast you still need a lot of healing, assuming you don't OS yourself )

[sinful garden]

also reminder that offtyping is always an option

[low linden]

Making my fall roxanne into 3/5 ex role was worth it the nuke is truly insane on her

[keen jasper]

Boy, Lugia's Multiscale Healthy Benefits ability really helped me against Lucian

[lunar meadow]

Mine is still 2/5 EX...

But she's very high on the cake list.

[crystal quartz]

I beat lucian

And wasted a bunch of sync orbs

[low linden]

Worth it imo 3/5 ex role at +3 atk for first sync

Just my opinion, think she's gonna stay relevant and harder to powercreep than both the Giovanni and maxie

[keen jasper]

Giovanni is my go-to ground damage dealer

[low linden]

I used to do double Giovanni but eh they are so gauge hungry I'm forced to use ingo

Nuking is more fun for my ground team now

[keen jasper]

Giovanni still claps 4k easily even without half sync params

[lunar meadow]

My ground team is 2/5 Runerigus, Garchomp, and Excadrill.

I have every ground unit except Phanpy

[keen jasper]

Would you believe if I said I used the -1 and -2 sync CD parameters on 3 of the E4?

[low linden]

Why not

I mean csmm is not that hard of a content when u have a wide pool of sync pairs and know what u are doing

[keen jasper]

Especially when trying to do 20k pts. CSMM?

[low linden]

[left storm]

Funny birb

[keen jasper]

Fearow bringing the fear

[crystal quartz]

I beat flint

[low linden]

There are always people trying to do 20k csmm for their own self imposed challenge

[crystal quartz]

How do I beat cynthia if I already used 2 of my aces?

[low linden]

And those that use eggmon and such

[left storm]

I was doing 53k to rhyperior with perrserker but it wasn't enough to take care of sides easily

[lunar meadow]

Have you used Palkia yet?

[mellow linden]

If Cyrus is still available then him + appropriate Support + someone who can set a weather that is not Sandstorm

[crystal quartz]

I dont have a palkia

[low linden]

The hardest content left are truly those that try to get into top 100 of LG and high score imo but even those are also self imposed challenge

[mellow linden]

Cyrus

Is Palkia

[crystal quartz]

Oh

[left storm]

LG hiking is more whaling/being a day one player privilege over trying a challenge

[steel kelp]

Swipe your card faster

[left storm]

Because there's only enough solos you can do unless you scout for 4/5 units in the game

[keen jasper]

:cchero:

Wish I had Nitro

[low linden]

True to some extent, there are day one whales that choose not to do LG completely too that's why I said it's self imposed challenge

[left storm]

That said there's no real challenge aside UBs in this game and I'm fine with it

[steel kelp]

Free nitro doko

Even then UB are still just a roster check

[low linden]

Let it stay the way it is game shouldnt be hard

[left storm]

I only did it on its first run

I went all in, tried even solos and duos, got very close to 75 but I just couldn't bother to go for more, it was just too boring

Idk how can people grind to 150+

[steel kelp]

They’re that bored

[low linden]

Or just very passionate people

[keen jasper]

What's the highest total points ever recorded in CSMM? So far, I've only seen 25k pts.

[rotund lagoon]

I love how everyone is complaining about trying to beat Bertha 3k, meanwhile I’m just sticking to 2.5k per usual

Because I legitimately do not care about getting to 3k nor the rewards

[steel kelp]

Literally me

Everyone here is complaining about 3k ever since they upped it

[mellow linden]

I just rocked up to her on Round 3 with Steven and beat her in 2 attempts

[low linden]

It's 15 more spirits and 10 more power up ticket

So your choice really it's not that big

[keen jasper]

I always do 20k pts. now

[mellow linden]

1 if you only count the one after I lowered the bulk a bit

[steel kelp]

Next week should be fun

[crystal quartz]

Cynthia was so pathetic

She was easier than flint

[steel kelp]

I finally remember to use SS hilbert as something other than bug

[crystal quartz]

Eirika and silver shredder through her hp

I didnt even need to use cyrus like the other guy suggested

[low linden]

Oh I get to use akari next week

[mellow linden]

Congrats, next week you can work on finishing the type medal to unlock Master Mode

[rotund lagoon]

OH HECC YEA

[steel kelp]

Should I bring nc rosa for the extra funny

[keen jasper]

I get to use SS Roxie next week

[steel kelp]

SS n SS hilbert and her?

[crystal quartz]

NOOO. I DONT EVEN HAVE ANY GOOD POISON TYPES OR FAIRY TYPES OR BUG TYPES OR GHOST TYPES OR DRAGON TYPES OR NORMAL TYPES OR ROCKS

[steel kelp]

Do you ever use anything other than caps

[mellow linden]

Please calm down

[crystal quartz]

I AM A CAPS LOCK TYPE POKEMON

[rotund lagoon]

You’ve been asked multiple times to calm down. Please stop.

[steel kelp]

A fellow SS roxie owner

[mellow linden]

You likely won’t need any heavy hitters from a lot of the remaining types, in many cases you can roll with a competent duo and use the 3rd slot as filler for medal purposes

[crystal quartz]

But what if they get hit by an aoe and get one shot?

[mellow linden]

As for Poison, in the absolute worst case scenario Poison stall is nearly guaranteed to use at least 1 Poison type

[mellow linden]

As long as they’re level 120 that’s unlikely to happen

[crystal quartz]

But I needed all 3 to play important roles to win in all of the hard mode fights

[crystal quartz]

I kinda wasted a lot of level up cap materials on some units for this champion stadium

[crystal quartz]

Most of which I didnt use them

[mellow linden]

Given that next week has several fights that are practically free (Fire, Psychic, and likely Poison will all be easy to handle with accessible pairs) you should be better off next week than you were this week

[keen jasper]

Dark is also free

[steel kelp]

Every type next week is free

[lunar meadow]

What makes dark free?

I can only think of BP Umbreon and A-Persian

[silver dirge]

Several gen pool options I guess

Karen, MR, Sydney

[crystal quartz]

Tbh everything was easy besides lucian. I was just scared to use my good units

[keen jasper]

If you also played during the Nov. 2023 egg Eevee event, you might also get an eggmon Umbreon

[lunar meadow]

Ya, but this guy seems suuuuper new. I'm not sure how much he has for Gen Pool

[silver dirge]

Mhm

[crystal quartz]

I struggle with fire and psychic

[silver dirge]

Silver & Giovanni

[mellow linden]

Giovanni shreds Psychic weak stages

[crystal quartz]

If I use silver than I have to use eirika

[silver dirge]

[mellow linden]

Gordie can set Sun

[steel kelp]

No you don’t

[silver dirge]

Don't you have Blaine?

[crystal quartz]

And I like to save eirika because shes sometimes good at unexpected solutions

[mellow linden]

In the absolute worst case scenario

[cinder summit]

Blaine & Rapidash

Acquisition:

General Pool

Alternates:

None

[silver dirge]

Him

[crystal quartz]

Oh I can use gordie

[crystal quartz]

🐟

[mellow linden]

Gordie will be a huge boost for any Fire damage-dealer

[steel kelp]

There’s no way you don’t have Blaine too

[crystal quartz]

Oh no not blaine

[crystal quartz]

Okay I will just use him to support silver

[mellow linden]

And if you don’t have Rock on the medal he fills that too

[silver dirge]

Gordie is superior for the role of sun setting to Blaine, yeah. The rebuffs are a great add-on

[crystal quartz]

And then I can place some filler bug type because I have no good bug units

Whats a rebuff?

[keen jasper]

Eh, I mean Goride only sets sun once

[silver dirge]

The context is hard mode so once should be plenty

Silver can refresh

[keen jasper]

A status change that either makes the target deal or take less damage from that certain type

[mellow linden]

Well you’d want a Support for Silver

The Bug type can be on another team

[crystal quartz]

Umm I could use faulkner

But Faulkner is actually really good and I want to save him

[crystal quartz]

The spd and spc atk buffs were great for flint

[steel kelp]

Wait

You’re doing overheat?

[mellow linden]

Falkner can buff both offenses

So it wouldn’t matter which one

[steel kelp]

Well I know that but do they have dauntless if they are doing it

[mellow linden]

Idk

Worst case scenario with Falkner they can use Overheat early on and switch to Sacred Fire later. It’s just Hard Mode

[crystal quartz]

But what if I need to use blue again

Blue is also very good and faulkner was good support

[mellow linden]

There’s other options for a Sp. Atk. Support out there

It’s not exclusively Falkner

Anyway, it’s a full week until CS reset, so I’d recommend taking that week to look over your roster and really get to know all your Sync Pairs

That way you can be better prepared when the time comes to actually take it on

[north crown]

Are these all the rest of the types needed to fill your medal?

[crystal quartz]

Oh wait this image isnt that helpful

[crystal quartz]

Yeah pretty much

+fighting type

[north crown]

Alrighty

[north crown]

Inky Train / InkyTrain Roster Bookmark

#1009554906568462476 message

[lunar meadow]

Need:
Normal
Rock
Fighting
Bug
Ghost
Water
Poison
Ice
Dragon

[crystal quartz]

Oh yeah I also have no good water types besides nessa

Who I have no good support for

[rotund lagoon]

Hop in shambles

[mellow linden]

Any Attack + crit Support works for Nessa

Like, literally any of them

[rotund lagoon]

Also Cyrus Hydro Pump DPS is good

[north crown]

Maylene:

[mellow linden]

Did I stutter

[north crown]

I don’t expect you to

Quick q: Can poison weak Cynthia be poison stalled?

[rotund lagoon]

@junior crown ? :3

They’re the poison stalling expert that I know of, I’ll see if they can answer that

[junior crown]

for 12.5k everyone can be stalled

but 15k is harder, I just did some weaks of full 15k poison stall and stopped

[north crown]

Then hard mode shouldn’t be a problem - good.

[turbid geyser]

don't you guys love getting one shot by flare blitz flint turn one 🙃

[junior crown]

shouldn't be

[north crown]

Flinch with R3 parameter ez

[lunar meadow]

Remove sun, buff defense

[versed meteor]

With holi jasmine who needs to remove sun

[rich needle]

Clair is good trust

[verbal karma]

welp, I have beaten R2 Bertha...only to now have trouble with R3 Lucian

maybe something is wrong with my team? it consists out of SS Elesa, Falkner and Darach

[north crown]

What is the point of SSElesa being there….?

[verbal karma]

Sync Accel

plus paralysis

[north crown]

Bro that’s stupid

[lunar meadow]

+lucian

[steel kelp]

They always try to shove her in

[sharp willow]

why exactly is paralysis something you want there

[lunar meadow]

Does Flying-weak Lucian have sentry entry?

[sharp willow]

no

[verbal karma]

because that's what's recommended alongside flinching

[steel kelp]

Cleared it easy with palesa

[rotund lagoon]

Nothing like that

[lunar meadow]

I just remember my RayVen felt very weak this morning

[sharp willow]

he's the only lucian stage without wise entry

[north crown]

Whoever suggested that is stupid

[sharp willow]

everything he has is related to syncing

[lunar meadow]

I know his ghost and bug ones were risky

[sharp willow]

+2 attack, free move next and guaranteed crit next on sync

[silver dirge]

Look up the passives yourself on PoMatools CS and determine what the actual relevant gimmicks of each stage are. Ignore everything else

[steel kelp]

See that would require work

[silver dirge]

E.g. if you see "Sunburst" and "Charging Sun 5" that should scream at you to change the weather

[steel kelp]

why do that when someone will just tell me what to do

[lunar meadow]

Remove sun.
Set Super Sun.
Primal Groudon supremacy!

[silver dirge]

Spoonfeeding my beloathed

[sharp willow]

the game says to paralyse bc it wants you to use NY Lance apparently

still like

just dont bother

[lunar meadow]

What if we have Gyarados...?

[north crown]

Me about to spoon feed InkyTrain

[manic kiln]

[paper summit]

that really doesn't help anybody you know?

if anything it makes everyone else's life miserable

[silver dirge]

Just causes problems down the line tbh

[lunar meadow]

||I don't know what you did to deserve punishment.||

[steel kelp]

It’s a punishable offense

They had a good run

[manic kiln]

You have ani skyla and decided to use that

[silver dirge]

Bruh moment

[steel kelp]

Bruh what

Ani skyla is free

[sharp willow]

i dont know why im surprised.

[steel kelp]

I used her and palesa flying weak doesn’t stand a chance

[manic kiln]

Weird team synergy, just pick your strongest limited unit/gen pool, pick support who can fully buff that dps, pick wtz or debuff unit. If your support is strong run dual dps, if you take too much dmg use 2 supports. Stop making weird comp just to fit round parameter and all the suggested crap

[silver dirge]

We all sound like broken records fr

[verbal karma]

the game itself suggested that

you're telling me the game itself is stupid?

[silver dirge]

And we've told you not to heed those so obsessively

[manic kiln]

The game also give us auto option

[silver dirge]

Several times

[rotund lagoon]

We said a long time ago, the in-game suggestions are not supposed to be taken seriously.

[verbal karma]

I mean, I did check PomaTools CS myself

it's why I have chosen the round order the way I did

[silver dirge]

Right, and what part of it made you think Paralysis was necessary for this stage?

[verbal karma]

the game itself

[silver dirge]

^

[steel kelp]

You can’t be serious

[rotund lagoon]

That’s just contradictory.

[verbal karma]

why not? why would DeNa give us misleading suggestions?

[silver dirge]

The stages are designed with pairs in mind

[steel kelp]

Why would you fully trust dena

And the stages are also outdated

[silver dirge]

It's suggesting paralysis because they have less mitigation to it. Which achieves absolutely nothing

[steel kelp]

Especially the pairs they suggest

[verbal karma]

okay, lemme take a second look at Lucian then

maybe then I can see what I can do better

[north crown]

Incentive to pull on banners, thus profit.

[rich needle]

I mean I don’t exactly think it’s a demerit to paralyze them

[rotund lagoon]

Make a flying team like normal, think it like that.

[silver dirge]

Sure, but to centralise around it & disrupt team synergy for the sake of it is to be frank, stupid

[steel kelp]

This like there are plenty of stages that suggest like some seasonal unit or whatever

[rotund lagoon]

Especially the in-game tips recommend mostly monotype teams with little to no synergy.

[verbal karma]

hmm...okay, I checked Lucian in greater detail, and...hmm...well, I don't see anything that would hinder the current team...but I also don't see anything the current team can benefit from

[silver dirge]

We're talking about tips on the same game that gives us the highly effective optimise option

[rotund lagoon]

Not all the time ofc, some happen to work, but 90% of the time, that is the case.

[sharp willow]

the thing hindering the current team is that you're using a character that basically does nothing for the team

[steel kelp]

Well that’s any gacha game with an auto/optimize button

[verbal karma]

the main problem right now is that Darach alone doesn't do enough damage, so...I might need a second damage dealer

[rotund lagoon]

If Lucian has no rules, just pit your biggest hitters against him.

[steel kelp]

Bigger number means better unit

[paper summit]

what even is the reason you come here asking for help all the time when you don't learn and won't listen to people's advice? this fixation on random crap instead of trusting the people that are trying to help you is just a massive waste of time

[verbal karma]

my apologies

[steel kelp]

Why do we bother trying

[silver dirge]

Why don't you use your limited flying type unit? Anni Skyla?

Don't tell me it's because infinite field isn't available

[verbal karma]

bruh, I am already apologizing

[rich needle]

Blue and pidgeot is my go to

[formal vigil]

why not use blue and anni skyla with a special support

[rich needle]

Because I don’t like using weethan

Ssethan

[verbal karma]

no, I just...never thought about it

[rotund lagoon]

So true, he’s better than SS Ethan for me

[lunar meadow]

In game suggestion:
Use Giovanni and Nidoking

One week before the unit was released... And it was not officially announced or confirmed. Only those who look at datamines knew he would be added 🤣

[rich needle]

So trueuurrueuuruee

[verbal karma]

that's literally it

[sharp willow]

i also tend to use base Blue these days

i just like him

[rotund lagoon]

SO TRUE MY GUY

[silver dirge]

Alright, so you know what to try now

[rich needle]

Wait when did they do that?

[verbal karma]

yup

[rich needle]

The Giovanni thing

I wanna see

[verbal karma]

thanks for the suggestion, Arch

[rich needle]

[sharp willow]

uh

[silver dirge]

Credit to Lost, he brought it up. I had no idea you had Skyla

[verbal karma]

ah

in that case, thanks to you as well, Lost

[rotund lagoon]

I cannot remember which CS it was, but it was right before SS Gio released.

[steel kelp]

Oh mafia leader

[silver dirge]

💀

[verbal karma]

also, I'll try to listen to you guys more often from now on

[rotund lagoon]

That would help a lot.

[silver dirge]

That would be well welcomed & appreciated

[sharp willow]

it was both Ground weak Aaron and Poison weak Cynthia apparently

[lunar meadow]

Ya, it was just whatever week was before he came out

[north crown]

Pulls on limited zone unit.
Does not use said limited zone unit on a CS stage:

[rotund lagoon]

OH YEAH—

[lunar meadow]

@north crown
Don't talk about me like that!
||I still use Garchomp instead of all the better ground types I have lol||

[silver dirge]

Wonder how the non dataminers felt 'bout that one

[steel kelp]

Well cynthia isn’t bad

[sharp willow]

i kinda imagine they didnt notice

[steel kelp]

She’s like kris and blue now

[silver dirge]

Mm true

[sharp willow]

i mean, most people dont actually look at the tips to start

i sure dont at least

[rotund lagoon]

I just look at the team comp tips to see how silly they are lmao

[steel kelp]

I’ll take monotype team with no synergy for 500 please

[silver dirge]

I clicked on the tips once and it took too long to load so I never looked back

[lunar meadow]

I can do that!

[rich needle]

I do too

[sharp willow]

ill take recommending drake on dragon weak everything myself

[plush tangle]

Today I used Kukui as my nuke on Flint
He do be dealing damage damn

[rich needle]

But every now and then I try to remember I pulled maxie and ssgio for a reason

[steel kelp]

[north crown]

Honestly though, Cynthia is goated, especially if she's 4+/5

[steel kelp]

Waiting for the next strike candy to get her 5/5

[rich needle]

Does she get anything particularly powerful at 4 and 5

[silver dirge]

Sand extension & Dust Kicker iirc?

[north crown]

dust kicker, sand sync, and sand alert

[sharp willow]

dust kicker and sand alert are the big ones

[plush tangle]

only dust kicker unit in the whole game

[steel kelp]

Dust kicker is very pog

[sharp willow]

she also gets AOE Def Drops on sync and Slash CS9 but

those are less of a deal

[rich needle]

Sand alert oooooh

[silver dirge]

Slash DPS my beloved

[rich needle]

I do love me some extension

[sharp willow]

honestly though, most of the time you've doing completely fine with 3/5

[steel kelp]

^

[north crown]

^

[rich needle]

I mean ik that

[silver dirge]

Yeah, she got the PoMa day + expansion treatment

[sharp willow]

i've been using her for ground weak there for just under a year now and she'll clear without too much issue

[steel kelp]

It’s better than what some characters got

[rich needle]

I’ve been Excalibur Courtney and Cynthia for so long

[silver dirge]

Iris in shambles

[formal vigil]

same

[sharp willow]

hopefully iris gets a good 3/5 expansion

her and Steven

[steel kelp]

It’s fine ciris is saved by nc nate

[lunar meadow]

She is 5/5.
By accident. She was 3/5 on purpose.

[rich needle]

I want all the old units to get 3/5s already

Cmon Dena

Fasterrrr

[sharp willow]

nah we gotta suffer

[steel kelp]

No

Suffer with only 12 expansions a year

And 12 ex

[plush tangle]

in theory the longer you wait the better the expansion

[north crown]

I got her 5/5 on the Cynthia+Steven dual banner
Had to pity Steven

[rich needle]

No

[steel kelp]

That’s mad cope

[rich needle]

Steven

[plush tangle]

in theory

[formal vigil]

tell that steven or iris lol

[rich needle]

I don’t think it matters at this point

So feck it

[sharp willow]

it's a theory

[plush tangle]

all i want is critical infliction on serena

[sharp willow]

but yeah, history contradicts it

[north crown]

dena could just add rebuff shenanigans and call it a day

[steel kelp]

Serena can suffer

[sharp willow]

Hypnosis Critical Eye 3

[rich needle]

That’s wild

[plush tangle]

cmon at least critical nightmare 3 lol

[north crown]

ft2 just to spite LG players' efforts

[lunar meadow]

Since the Trainer Lodge pokefair monthly banners have existed, I've done a single daily on one.

It was for the Raihan banner, when he was promoted. The ONLY limited unit I didn't have 3/5 was Cynthia....

So that's where my 5th copy was from. ||I don't remember where the fourth was||

[steel kelp]

Give iris triple drop

[rich needle]

I want ssleaf to get an expansion, not because she needs it but because Dena has a habit of rubbing the salt in the wound for 3/5 powerboost ss

[steel kelp]

Or defense crush

[rich needle]

After hs

[steel kelp]

Didn’t she already get one

[sharp willow]

she got a 5/5

but no 3/5

[rich needle]

Ye

[lunar meadow]

Give iris "raise it's stats by the same amount" when debuffing.

[rich needle]

Give 3/5

[sharp willow]

honestly

just give her TM stat buffs for her 3/5 expansion

[rich needle]

3/5s are so impactful in fixing a unit problems

Yeahahhh

[north crown]

mp rekindle:

[rich needle]

We’ve discussed that

[sharp willow]

a few times already

[plush tangle]

honing hit 1

take it or leave it

[lunar meadow]

Most 3/5 grid upgrades are to increase self buffing, or add a sync multiplier

[sharp willow]

personally, im hoping for self buffing

[rich needle]

What’s honing hit

[sharp willow]

bc in terms of self buffing she has no self buffing

[plush tangle]

+2 atk +1 crit when you use any move

[lunar meadow]

Ya, Hydreigon needs self buffing but already has good sync

[rich needle]

I mean if ssleaf gets another power play like

I’d take that

Hehe

[plush tangle]

but 1 is only 20% to activate lol

[north crown]

but tbf honing hit would synergize with CIris (Alt) so well

[sharp willow]

yeah SS Diantha has Honing Hit 9 i think

[rich needle]

So does

[plush tangle]

nemona too

[rich needle]

Nemona

[sharp willow]

oh neat

i have not looked at nemona's kit at all

[rich needle]

[steel kelp]

She exists

[lunar meadow]

What is Honing Hit?

It is accuracy buff when hitting?

[rich needle]

Ciris and ssleaf are both pretty big beneficiaries of honing hit

[lunar meadow]

Or is that what Clawitzer has for crit buffs?

[rich needle]

Tho ssleaf would like spatk too

[sharp willow]

+2 attack +1 crit when a move is used

it does not care what type of move

[lunar meadow]

Ah, it's Dianthie passive

[north crown]

1/5 Nemona's a really good utiility pair for LG tho. If you every need to ease up on a clear, just slap her in.

[sharp willow]

yes

[rich needle]

Everyone sleep on nemona madge

[steel kelp]

SS leaf and mix red trust

[sharp willow]

oh Honing Hit 9 is one of CIris's 5/5 tiles

TIL

[steel kelp]

Red just terrain bot

[rich needle]

Ew

5/5

[plush tangle]

wait really

[sharp willow]

according to pomatools

[lunar meadow]

Pokemon MSG players looking at PoMa:
Why do you have swords dance and focus energy attached to Diamond Storm...?

[plush tangle]

TRAINER MOVE honing hit

not generic honing hit

[rich needle]

That’s

[sharp willow]

oh gross

[rich needle]

Depressing

On so many levels

Like genuinely why

[sharp willow]

TM Honing Hit and Soften Up

[sharp willow]

wow

[rich needle]

Your making her take sharp entry and honing hit or something

[north crown]

at least you only have to proc mpr once

[rich needle]

[sharp willow]

that is bad

[steel kelp]

+4 atk +2 crit

It’s good trust

[plush tangle]

at this point just run tm mpr and get it twice

[north crown]

sharp entry 1 on 3/5 expansion trust.

[rich needle]

Ew

[versed meteor]

Tf is up with lucian does he have 300k hp, 22k sync does not even do 1/4

[plush tangle]

he has the highest base hp of all cs

like, all region all stages

[formal vigil]

28k base hp which is normal bloated hp

[mellow linden]

Lucian is very bulky this week, so depending on your parameters he may have a massive amount of HP

[sharp willow]

~200k with full HP and full strength parameters from what i can see

[versed meteor]

Am running out of my good supports

[sharp willow]

so yeah, probably dont choose all of that

[verbal karma]

...wait

would it actually be a good idea to have both Anni Skyla and Darach?

after all, Anni Skyla is special while Darach is physical

[sharp willow]

i would recommend someone other than Darach

[verbal karma]

hmm...

[manic kiln]

If you’re not comfortable running mix parameter then don’t

[rotund lagoon]

I would personally do Blue tbh

[formal vigil]

if your not nuking with skyla shouldn't matter

[plush tangle]

using both physical and special means losing 100 points

[versed meteor]

What is the use of evasion in a game where the opponent's use cheats to hit all their moves

[plush tangle]

just reset more

[sharp willow]

Blue is good but he needs first sync to actually do DPS, Darach just kinda doesnt want to do DPS since he doesn't have great standfast levels

[verbal karma]

hmm...well, Darach's defog is useful, but...is it useful enough to keep him?

[formal vigil]

no just use blue

[rotund lagoon]

As long as Blue is setup before sync, it’s fine tbh

[verbal karma]

because I did pick Critical-Hit Defense specifically because of Darach's Defog

meaning that if I were to remove Darach, I'd have to replace it with...less free parameters

[rotund lagoon]

How many points is this?

[sharp willow]

150

[verbal karma]

yup

[rotund lagoon]

Oh no I mean are you doing 2.5k, 3k?

[verbal karma]

3k

[rotund lagoon]

I’m sure you’ll find something to replace, I almost never use Crit shield anyway

[sharp willow]

you're getting 100 back from that bc you can go with a special damage dealer instead of darach and get the physical damage reduction passive

so its an extra 50 points, not really a huge ask

[versed meteor]

Power on hit one and two, the problem? You actually have to hit

Lucian missed so much he decided to not attack

[verbal karma]

...okay, I think I did a bad job at building my team

right now, my R3 Lucian team is Sycamore/Anni Skyla/Blue

...any ideas what I am doing wrong here?

[manic kiln]

Sycamore and blue fighting for sync

[verbal karma]

it's Sycamore who does the first sync

and Anni Skyla who does the second sync

I assume I should replace Blue then? and if yes, then with whom?

[north crown]

so u don't let Blue mega?

[steel kelp]

Why is anni skyla taking blue sync

[verbal karma]

because Anni Skyla is EX'd

while Blue isn't

[rotund lagoon]

Blue still wants first sync whether he’s EX’d or not

Because it unlocks his big DPS move

[steel kelp]

His only dps move

[verbal karma]

so wait, when would Sycamore EX then?

[north crown]

replace himm

[rotund lagoon]

He shouldn’t be there.

[steel kelp]

That’s the neat part he doesn’t

[rotund lagoon]

https://tenor.com/view/thats-the-neat-part-you-dont-invincible-gif-27194608

[verbal karma]

hold on, trying to find a Sp. Atk buffer who could replace Sycamore

[rotund lagoon]

Sp Atk and at least one Crit

[verbal karma]

oh, don't worry, Anni Skyla has Team Sharp Entry

so she doesn't need a Crit buffer

[rotund lagoon]

I forgor

Wait does that mean yours is 3/5?

[verbal karma]

no, she already has it at 2/5

[rotund lagoon]

Ah

[manic kiln]

You can keep falkner

[verbal karma]

I already long replaced Falkner with someone else

I...don't really like using Falkner as the sole support

since he sucks at tanking

...then again, my current Sycamore replacement kinda sucks at tanking, too

[rich needle]

Darach is ass

I am crying

[verbal karma]

oh, I am no longer using Darach

[rich needle]

I’m talking for my own clear

[verbal karma]

oh

[halcyon sail]

2 supports?

[rich needle]

Not 3/5 he kills himself so fast , and idk if taking stand fast is something he even wants

[manic kiln]

That team will tank by taking advantage of flinch continuously one of my fav to use, 2 skyla and falkner, can presync and postsync

[lunar meadow]

He got so mad at everyone saying that, that he caught an articuno and decided to start pissing off the player base in Ultimate Battles.

[manic kiln]

But if you want to use something else you can try

[verbal karma]

right now, I am trying my luck with Elio/Anni Skyla/Blue, but

Elio dies in only two hits

[rich needle]

That is fair and based but the guy avoided me for3 years

I’m allowed to be pissed at him

[rotund lagoon]

Did you quit when Elio went down or did you wait until the end?

[sharp willow]

wrong frontier brain

darach just keeps his bird

[rich needle]

His bird gets an upgrade

[verbal karma]

wdym "wait until the end"?

Elio is my only support

[lunar meadow]

Oh ya.

Who is the articuno fight?

[verbal karma]

he died before I could even do my first sync

[rich needle]

I thorton

[lunar meadow]

Well Darach UB sucks.
Hated it.

[rich needle]

I think his inspires more ire despite being easier technically

[verbal karma]

me when I can't beat ANY of the UBs

[rotund lagoon]

Could just do Roxanne instead since better on gauge and has Df buffs (and a bit of Sp Df by grid)

[mellow linden]

While not as good without being able to Sync, SS Brendan can work since Blue and A. Skyla can handle that last +1 crit themselves

[lunar meadow]

Harder fight, but more potential solutions.

[verbal karma]

...ah, shoot, I was trying to save SS Brendan for a better round, tho

[rotund lagoon]

[rich needle]

I think it’s easier cuz of those options s

[mellow linden]

SC Jasmine probably works too if Blue is gridded with Ramp Up

[sharp willow]

its the easiest fight is a vacuum, but it requires constant upkeep of a mechanic rather than just one or two uses

which is the awkward part

[verbal karma]

on one hand, she'd be able to tank better...but on the other hand, I'd be losing out on a Sp. Atk buffer...hmm...

[mellow linden]

Roxanne is a Sp. Atk. buffer tho?

[rotund lagoon]

……..Roxanne is the buffer.

[verbal karma]

...are we talking about the same Roxanne?

[mellow linden]

Roxanne + Probopass

[rotund lagoon]

Base Roxanne……

[rich needle]

Roxanne press tm

[mellow linden]

Fall Roxanne isn't even a Support

[rich needle]

Happiness ensured

[verbal karma]

oh yeah, Base Roxanne does buff Sp. Atk, I forgot

[rotund lagoon]

Why would I suggest Fall Roxanne?

[verbal karma]

...too bad I have already used her

[steel kelp]

Where

[mellow linden]

May I suggest, then

[verbal karma]

on R1

[steel kelp]

Sc jasmine does just click tm and win

[verbal karma]

but SC Jasmine buffs Sp. Def?

[mellow linden]

Read her passives

[verbal karma]

oh yeah, I forgot

she has Group Morale Boost

hmm...kinda slow buffing tbh...

[mellow linden]

Fast enough if Blue is gridded with Ramp Up

Like I said initially

[sharp willow]

she finishes things off and thats good enough

[verbal karma]

lemme check if he is

[rotund lagoon]

I also never asked, is your Blue gridded?

[verbal karma]

my Blue is gridded, yes

...although he doesn't have Ramp Up

[rotund lagoon]

May I suggest