Champion Stadium

[undone ether]

Oh yeah. that. ;-;

[nocturne pawn]

i love furious brain close combat into drill peck

so fun

[toxic cobalt]

Sidney seems the hardest

[sick inlet]

Fairy weak, that's why

I have like

0 fairy units

😄

[paper summit]

pull SS Gladion

[undone ether]

He wants to paralyze? lets all throw paralyze to everyone 😮

[nocturne pawn]

mixed move set with furious brain and +2 on entry

very fun

[sick inlet]

Out in 2 weeks

[paper summit]

guy is immune to everything

[toxic cobalt]

Get that unicorn

[silver dirge]

Sidney has 28K base HP so that's really fun too

[undone ether]

SS Gladions future enjoyers be like "Oh hey, we're gonna take this guy to a spin~"

[paper summit]

Diantha didn't care

[sick inlet]

During Hoenn, it's always Sidney Sidney Sidney
Fairy weak or bug weak and screws me every time

[silver dirge]

Put Diantha in a silly obscure team

Diantha but with special damage reduction

[paper summit]

I'm not a masochist

[undone ether]

Week 182 for Sidney is Bug weak.
Next week seems to be Flying Weak o/

[silver dirge]

You're missing out

[sick inlet]

Flying Weak
Doable
Still annoying I bet

[paper summit]

I rather go play something else than coming up with dumb/silly teams to be entertained

[toxic cobalt]

Why even play CSMM then!

[paper summit]

see above

[undone ether]

seems like made for Blue tbh

[toxic cobalt]

This mode is purely about the pain

[nocturne pawn]

i tried using bp valerie but she only got 20k on sync with supp ex and seun

[undone ether]

ah wait, that Acc Up is gonna be nasty i guess.

[nocturne pawn]

isnt that bullet seed stage

[undone ether]

Cacturn

[sick inlet]

Ye

Will bullet seed

But also faint attack, dark pulse and whatever other moves he throws

[undone ether]

oh its only +1 ACC

[sick inlet]

Because he has to be mixed

Every time

[undone ether]

yeah just faint attack and dark pulse

The other side also spams Trop Kick

[toxic cobalt]

I only have so many BP Mortys

And Bp Morty is weak to dark!

[silver dirge]

Alcremie looks decent for poison stall too

no flinch however

[toxic cobalt]

Which one?

[silver dirge]

Player & Alcremie

[toxic cobalt]

Are all 6 the same brand

[silver dirge]

Yah

You just get to choose your design

[toxic cobalt]

Hmmm that’s a tough choice

[crystal notch]

My invested Blue finally getting used

[sick inlet]

Shiny is among the choices?

[paper summit]

no

[sick inlet]

So how to get that Shiny we all saw

[paper summit]

huh? where?

none of these is shiny
#datamines message

[sick inlet]

No shiny
False alarmed by Absolutely I guess

[verbal karma]

Okay, this team is just...not working out

It just...doesn't

I need a better on-type team

Any suggestions?

[dark osprey]

Can try it with your EX Mina team as well

[left storm]

Parameter issue

Clearly

[verbal karma]

How?

[manic kiln]

Some adjustments from my mono team and it’s just braindead

[left storm]

With that much str and atk no wonder Aaron gets melted

[manic kiln]

Moon blast dps from 2 supports to make sure you kill presync

Yeah aaron is slow with buff

[left storm]

Also you're never clicking attack order anyway

So pick interference

Add half hp so you can use heal T1 maybe to shave off atk+50% and str+1

That should make the stage more bearable imo

[silver dirge]

Sounds good to me

[verbal karma]

I actually do click Attack Order...or at least that's my plan

the plan is that after the mid is defeated, Aaron would try to flinch the sides so they won't spam Heat Wave

[left storm]

Relying on lategame flinches when you can't even get there?

Good luck

[verbal karma]

I was able to get there with BP Valerie...once

but that one time, the flinch failed

and now I just...can't replicate it

with my old Mina team, I could at least kill the mid consistently, but it sadly has NOTHING to counter the sides

[manic kiln]

try this, parameters are the same, just replace 1 atk for strike

[verbal karma]

...does Lodge Lillie have to be 5/5?

[manic kiln]

lillie has mindgames 2 I didn't bother, CS2 is fine tho
no

and this can clear pre sync and post sync

so many heals and debuffs they barely do any dmg to your team

even with all those offensive param

ssdawn has 2 SMUN buffs when using status move <30% HP, make use of that, sycamore will deal significant dmg to the mid

Grid

[verbal karma]

okay, I don't know why, but my Lillie just can't beat the mid with her sync

[manic kiln]

can just delay and squeeze 2 more moonblast before sync
or it was a low roll
but you can post sync just fine

paralyze is also a bit annoying but can save sycamore's TM

[verbal karma]

sadly, I can't squeeze 2 more moonblasts before sync

because the MG just doesn't move fast enough for that

yeah, okay, no, Lodge Lillie can only remove, like

2/3 of mid's HP

and that's consistent, too

[manic kiln]

that's too low

did you max her multipliers

atk debuff and trap

[verbal karma]

yeah

[manic kiln]

also I used ssdawn because I don't think you need her for other battles but any def/crit buffer can replace her
there are better options like sonia
I don't think my 5/5 lillie make that much of a different tho

[verbal karma]

yeah, I forgot my Lodge Lillie is actually 5/5 as well

so even more confusing why she can't kill mid

and yes, that's a crit

[silver dirge]

Did you sync with Sycamore first?

[manic kiln]

Also moon blast grid for Sycamore

Might also be sp def buff from honchkrow but i can always squeeze extra moon blast before sync. This was 26k sync

[verbal karma]

yes

[sick inlet]

How is your Sycamore already half dead

[manic kiln]

close combat spam + brutal swing from sides

[verbal karma]

Yeah

Except it was only one Close Combat

[full mesa]

Hoenn at 3k... Let's try that.

[dark osprey]

Katherine slurpuff seems decent for nuking I guess. Better than non EX Mina probably

[old orchid]

Mina is still easier to use, Katherine wants 2 stats on enemies debuffed and it takes ages to setup, while Mina only needs one

and Mina has way better dps

[dark osprey]

Mina when gridded for a mix of dps and nuke doesn't do enough on either

With Sycamore Katherine seems like a better fit

[silver dirge]

Katherine has non existent DPS though, and her nuke is weaker than Mina's

[dark osprey]

I thought the same too but she does much better if Mina isn't EXed and she's already 5*

Plus if using with Sycamore for some dps can take off physical damage reduction too

[silver dirge]

Ah, no EX, that's fair. Sycamore can compensate for DPS

[dark osprey]

With these bulky CSs and the new parameters actually am slowly appreciating tech EXs a bit more

[lunar meadow]

||who TF is Katherine?||

[undone ether]

New Year Free Character.

for this year anyways.

Its one of the Furisode Girls that were around Valerie's Gym in Kalos

[latent bison]

Got recommendations for next elite 4

[old orchid]

Have you chosen dmg dealers for each fight? Also for order just avoid fighting Glacia on R3

[latent bison]

Um yes I have

Here is ice

[proud axle]

Candice&Abomasnow devastate Drake if you set up their sync snipe properly. Then she just needs a partner to take down the sidekicks via regular phys moves

[jagged void]

I’ve been struggling with Glacia for a while and I get Leon and he basically soloed it apart from getting heals.

[left storm]

Leon melts her yea

[jagged void]

Yeah I guess that makes sense

[jagged void]

I’m struggling on drake. Any tips?

[silver dirge]

Check the pins for his gimmicks, but can you send your parameters & team?

[jagged void]

This is the team at the moment

Still hard lv

I don’t have the characters mentioned in the tip

[mellow linden]

1. You need actual Supports on the team, check out our Teambuilding 101 in #1010307000346878062 for some great teambuilding guidelines to help you understand the whys and hows of teambuilding.

2. Build your team around a physical damage-dealer and bring someone to set weather that is not Sandstorm. You don’t need the in-game recommended Sync Pairs. DeNA always skews those towards limiteds to encourage spending, but they’re not required in the slightest

[latent bison]

Sorry no I have not but do you got any team recommendations for all 4 remaining

[jagged void]

Who should I use then?

[mellow linden]

If you have a physical Ice damage-dealer they would be the ideal pick, but you can off-type totally fine for Hard Mode as long as it's a physical damage-dealer and you bring weather that is not Sandstorm to negate Drake's damage boosts

[jagged void]

Oh, like rain dance or sunny day for example?

[mellow linden]

Or Hail, yeah

Any of those 3 is fine, you just need to get rid of Drake’s Sandstorm because he’s significantly more powerful while Sandstorm is active

[jagged void]

I’ll probably use Ss Erika or May

[mellow linden]

I’d recommend saving SS Erika for the Wallace fight since he’s weak to Grass and is much stronger if his Rain isn’t replaced

Which makes SS Erika an amazing counter to him

[jagged void]

Ohh ok.

I was planning on using mix red for Wallace as well

[crystal quartz]

How do I beat glacia?

I cant even beat her when not going for type medals

[jagged void]

What team are you using?

[crystal quartz]

All the teams I used lost

I dont remember which teams I was using before

[jagged void]

Oh, what characters do you have?

[mellow linden]

Shauna/Hop + Silver + Blaine should work fine for Hard Mode. If for some reason it's not working then please provide a gameplay recording so that we can pinpoint what might be going wrong. You may need to reset multiple times to ensure Glacia doesn't spam AoE moves, and it's fine if that's the case since that's just how Fire weak Glacia is

Consider avoiding Glacia on Round 3 if possible because all her moves are special and you really don't want her getting a boost from that

[jagged void]

Who should I use for drake?.

[mellow linden]

Pick a physical damage-dealer to build a team around. Make sure to follow the Teambuilding 101 guidelines and that you have someone to replace Drake’s Sandstorm

Since it’s Hard Mode it’s not super strict on teambuilding, so it’s better to get a hang of proper teambuilding on your own here by utilizing the Teambuilding 101 guidelines

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

[jagged void]

Oh-

Who’s better out of these?

[mellow linden]

I would suggest running Gladion as your damage-dealer if you want to on-type

[lunar meadow]

Kyurem is solid.
Hopefully you are playing when he gets his EX next... Because he does need it

[mellow linden]

He should work fine for Hard Mode

[jagged void]

When’s that?

So I know when to play

[mellow linden]

Even being Hard Mode Drake still has Wise Entry x2

[lunar meadow]

I don't know.

They often rerun the events to get the power boost and the EX for all the Legendary Event units 🤷🏻‍♂️
But those upgrades are pretty big.

[crystal quartz]

Im on r4

[crystal quartz]

Nothing is working against glacia

[mellow linden]

Please provide a gameplay recording so we can pinpoint issues that can be fixed

[crystal quartz]

I managed to win

I hate glacia so much

That damn pengiun almost clutched for her because she froze xerneas

But I had my sync move so I could get rid of it

How do I beat wallace if I only habe 2 uses of sunny day?

[mellow linden]

You can bring an additional Sun setter like Blaine to run alongside SS Erika so you have more Sun uptime

[formal vigil]

ss erika can alos refresh her sun

[mellow linden]

Iirc she needs 2/5+ for that though, so not applicable here

[crystal quartz]

I already used blaine

For glacia

Yes I leveled up blaine for you

[mellow linden]

Blaine’s gonna be a handy pair to have for a long time, absolutely worth the cheap investment for level 120

[crystal quartz]

So how do I beat wallace?

[mellow linden]

Oh, wait, I mixed your roster screenshots up with someone else’s, your SS Erika is 2/5

[crystal quartz]

She is?

[mellow linden]

So just build a team around SS Erika and grid her Sunny Day MP Refresh

[mellow linden]

Unless you took someone else’s roster screenshots this implies your SS Erika is 2/5

Which means Sunny Day MP Refresh, which means at worst you might have to do some resets to get an MP Refresh on the move once you’ve gridded it

SS Erika + Attack & crit Support (Hop, Shauna, Aaron, etc.) + a 3rd slot to help further boost SS Erika and/or for type medal coverage

[crystal quartz]

I need move guage support

[mellow linden]

Speed buffers include Marley (Arcanine gal), Skyla, and NC Rosa

[crystal quartz]

I killed wallace but the primarina is too strong

[mellow linden]

You could try using a couple Solar Blades on it before center goes down if SS Erika is comfortably KOing with her Sync Move

Or depending on which Support you picked you could try another Support option (for example, if not using Aaron as the Support currently you can try him instead because he can buff the whole team’s Sp. Def. once he’s finished buffing SS Erika’s Attack and crit)

[crystal quartz]

I beat wallace

[mellow linden]

Congrats! Now all that’s left before Hoenn CS Master Mode is finishing the type medal next week

[crystal quartz]

I have to use ice types and rock types 🐟

[latent bison]

Any know who I should use for the rest of the elite 4 and champion

Also my roster

[mellow linden]

Can build a team around:

• Leon and/or NC Leaf for Glacia
• BP Valerie for Sidney
• Hala for Drake
• SS Erika for Wallace

And be fine since it’s on the lower end of point values

[latent bison]

OK makes sense

[wide adder]

looking at my clear options for next week atm. thoughts?

Sydney: SS Ethan 3/5 + Gloralt2 1/5? Might move Gloralt to Glacia, dunno yet. Think depends on weekly params.
Phoebe: Summer N 3/5 + Neo Calem 1/5
Glacia: (Undecided, probably Bea unless I feel like changing it up) + SSACynthia 1/5EXR
Drake: Emmet 3/5 + Ingo 2/5
Steven: NCerena 3/5EXR if not spent earlier (or other water DPS like Kris) + Rain

[old orchid]

looking good

Fighting weak Glacia is not a hard stage, dw too much

[wide adder]

thats good to hear.

still kinda have ptsd to some degree from how many fighting stages use evasion gimmicks lol, so im glad to hear glacia wont be hard

[silver dirge]

Glacia is the tamest of fighting weak stages

Low HP & no funky gimmicks

[tulip python]

Man I need a good tank for the Sydney fight.. I also need to pre sync it since Lisia and Barbie horse do not live past one sync

Off typing it with dark types didn’t do much

[wide adder]

its interesting that even tho gladion's releasing on a monday that they wait till the week after for fairy weak btw.
anyway, does hoenn have any evasion related fights that effects presync? just to be sure.

cause so far all i could tell is i think seeing one of them that buffs eva postsync

i always tend to be a tad mindful with my piercing gaze/blows units' extra uses

[tardy belfry]

"oh you still got problems with fairy-weak sidney? ss gladion banner is here, what a coincidence"
-dena

[wide adder]

normally itd be like that, but they put it the week after banner start instead

which just seems weird to me

itd be pretty weird for a fairy-type anni pair to compete with gladion... my only guess is either just without reason like some of the other things they do... or we might see a potential partner for gladion near start of anni...

then again it might also me just reading too far into these decisions. i always get suspicious of final week of CS if it comes at this sort of timing lol

[verbal karma]

I am STILL stuck at R1 Sidney

Can't beat him with Mina, can't beat him with BP Valerie, can't beat him with Lodge Lillie

Who even can I beat him with at this point?

Like, I am seriously running out of options here

[violet timber]

I beat him 1/5 EX Diantha while she's fighting for first sync with Sycamore

[undone ether]

have you considered off-type?

[violet timber]

If you have the resources you could consider this team

Diantha 1/5 rest 5/5

[verbal karma]

Again, I am trying to avoid off-typing

Because it never ever works for me

[verbal karma]

I don't know if it's a good idea to EX Diantha just for CS, though

Because I wouldn't really use her for anything else

[violet timber]

At this point it's your only hope

[verbal karma]

Well, in the "who should you EX?" channel, I was told that EX'ing her wouldn't make a big difference if she's only 1/5

[violet timber]

Well for starters, you're getting AoE sync just to help with the side mons

but I think you need Round 3 special attack buff for her to work tbh

[swift swan]

Has Mina + Aaron + Nanu worked for you?

[undone ether]

the problem with Round 3 Special Attack buff is that Sidney spams Special moves D;

[swift swan]

Trin's doing R1 sidney

I haven't started CS, i'll see if I can test Mina this week. LG's been keeping me busy

[undone ether]

sgtdankmemes went with R3 with sidney so... yeah

[verbal karma]

Well, I wanna keep R1 Sidney

Since all the other rounds are already planned

[swift swan]

I've been testing. yeah the RNG is tough

[verbal karma]

R2 - Glacia
R3 - Drake
R4 - Phoebe

[silver dirge]

Offtyping with one of your strong pairs is going to make it much easier, but if you aren't even willing to try & spend the same time on this clear then that is up to you

[main lake]

fairy ontype with f2p pairs is really annoying

[rigid flint]

R1 Sidney huh

[undone ether]

oh that's hexxa

[rigid flint]

Indeed

Gimme a couple mins I have a feeling I can do this

[calm marsh]

[main lake]

alright i tried and im out. not willing to promote bp valerie just for this

[undone ether]

I'd do off-type then.

[main lake]

^^^ for sure

[undone ether]

assuming you've got some leeway if you already have a team for the other fights.

[main lake]

the question is who are your strong dmg dealers that you arent using yet and. are you willing to let go of your offtyping bias

[verbal karma]

That's because I literally tried off-type in the past

Back when the param point requirements were lower

and it was ALREADY a pain in the ass back then

[rigid flint]

I mean

[verbal karma]

and now, we have higher param point requirements, making things even worse

[rigid flint]

No harm trying when you've got help here

What pairs do you have?

Cos thinking of the worst case scenario because of the past ain't gonna help

[verbal karma]

Hmm...well, my best Electric-type, Fire-type and Ice-type sync pairs are already reserved for the other rounds, so I gotta look at the other typings

[swift swan]

Sometimes offtyping with very good pairs are easier than trying to ontype with subpar ones, surprise surprise

Why not move one of your damage dealers from one of those? Electric for example doesn't mean you have to use Ash

[undone ether]

He's got Zerena at 1/5 EX and Dialga at higher levels iirc. D;

[silver dirge]

That's fine, but like the others said, you've been struggling so long on type, would it hurt to give offtyping a shot?

[silver dirge]

Let's try Eusine + May + Support

That should be really solid

[violet timber]

What's R1 buff again?

[silver dirge]

In the pins

Debuffs more effective

[violet timber]

Can't see pins

Oh

[silver dirge]

Mobile?

Channel settings -> pins

[violet timber]

Oh thanks

I hate this UI update

[silver dirge]

You wouldn't be the first

[rigid flint]

Damn

Came really close with Katherine

[verbal karma]

Damn, there is no 3k Score preset for off-type presync

Only a 2.5k Score preset

[rigid flint]

You can adjust

[verbal karma]

I don't know what to add, though

[rigid flint]

HP mainly

[verbal karma]

I need help

Oh

[rigid flint]

Might be worth a shot to try yourself first before asking for help

[verbal karma]

Welp, tried it

Even with EX support sync buff and rain, Eusine's sync hits like a wet towel

If the problem is that I picked too many HP parameters, then I don't know what to replace them with

[silver dirge]

His main damage source is his move, not sync. You should go for May's tech nuke instead

[verbal karma]

Oh

[silver dirge]

Can you send them here?

Also what support are you running with them?

[verbal karma]

Hold on, am trying the tech nuke suggestion first

[silver dirge]

Alright

[verbal karma]

SS Blue

[silver dirge]

Bring someone who can set May's stats up

Is SS Brendan available?

[verbal karma]

Welp, tech nuking didn't help either

May's tech nuke only removes, like, 15% of Sidney's HP

Maybe the parameters really ARE the problem

[verbal karma]

Oh yeah, I have SS Blue both for MG management and because his sync gives Endure to the whole team

[silver dirge]

You've only got +2 SpAtk on May consistently, try SS Brendan instead

You also get spDef debuffs

Parameters look fine

[verbal karma]

...nope, SS Brendan is giving me MG problems right from the start

Can't queue anything from Eusine after picking SS Brendan's TM

[rigid flint]

Mmm good point

[silver dirge]

Could just potion turn 1

Or whirlpool + dragon breath + May TM

[rigid flint]

hehe

Thanks for reminding me about SS Brendan, Arch

Katherine did 50k+ to mid btw

[verbal karma]

But that would be a waste of a potion

[rigid flint]

It might be but if they clear fast enough that won't be an issue

Have you tried it out yet?

If anything you can use dragon breath and whirlpool first

Then use May's TM since it fills the gauge back up again

[silver dirge]

Does not hurt to try, I also suggested an alternative because I foresaw the response

[verbal karma]

Hmm...Eusine kinda wants his TM as soon as he can

[rigid flint]

It's not necessary tbh

whirlpool to TM or TM to whirlpool

As long as you use those 2 moves in the first 2 turns it's fine

[silver dirge]

Yep

There's no conditions you're nullifying at the start of the battle, if that's what you're going for

[verbal karma]

...yeah, okay, no

No matter what I do, I just...ALWAYS have MG problems

Tempted to go back to SS Blue tbh

[old orchid]

Imagine this with Penny

Oops sorry for ping

[verbal karma]

Okay, how much RNG does this team have?

[rigid flint]

With SS Wally it's hella fun

[rigid flint]

Quite a bit

You have to make sure that Sidney doesn't use Close Combat

Once maybe is fine

And he can only use Brutal Swing once

This is the Brendan grid btw

Also just use Katherine's TM once

Then use Sweet Scent twice

And Charm 3 times

Or you can use Sweet Scent 3 times and Charm 2 times

I don't think it matters

[verbal karma]

Augh...now I am just not getting a good enemy AI no matter what

Clearly, this game doesn't want me to beat R1 Sidney

[rigid flint]

Yeahh it's quite tough

But eventually you'll get good rng I'm sure

[verbal karma]

...nope

It's not working out

I can beat mid, but side's Heatwave instakills Katherine

...neither on-type nor off-type is working out for me at this point 😦

is R1 Sidney just...unwinnable with what I have?

[silver dirge]

I mean you've seen others' clears with the same units, definitely doable

[verbal karma]

And yet

I cannot replicate their successes, no matter what I do

I...have officially run out of ideas...

[reef garnet]

how strong is 4/5 ss lana? you could try off-typing with her and another psychic type. maybe giovanni?

[verbal karma]

Who would be the support?

[sick inlet]

Sidney is disgusting

I am already done but i just feel like slandering the bastard

[verbal karma]

Meanwhile, I am still struggling with R1 Sidney

[north crown]

@verbal karmaAny offtypers?

[verbal karma]

I tried with Eusine + May, and still no luck

[verbal karma]

These are the off-typers I actually CAN use for R1 Sidney

[north crown]

... now I'm wondering how THAT failed...

another ez option is +1 crit supp, Zerena, Lucas

[verbal karma]

Simple: neither Eusine nor May deal enough damage

Neither with attacks nor with sync

[north crown]

now I think your parameters are fucked

[verbal karma]

Those are my parameters

[formal vigil]

Have you tried ss lana?

[verbal karma]

Not yet, who should I try her with?

[north crown]

looks normal apart from strike+tech x3

[formal vigil]

You have nc rosa right?

[verbal karma]

Yeah?

[north crown]

oh my god I already know where this is going

[formal vigil]

Could do nc rosa and ss lana with a defence debuffer or another psychic dps should be an easy off type

[north crown]

NCRosa, SSLana, Bianca/Kukui/MR

[verbal karma]

NC Rosa + SS Lana + Giovanni, got it

[sick inlet]

Giovanni has defense debuff?

[verbal karma]

No wait

Bad idea

Yeah, Bianca sounds better

[formal vigil]

Colress good

If you have him

[sick inlet]

Kukui

[verbal karma]

No, but he's DPS

[sick inlet]

Or colress

The dps is Lana

[verbal karma]

Oh

[north crown]

also could save on that one CS option

[sick inlet]

SS Lana that is

[verbal karma]

James made it sound like I can run dual dps

[sick inlet]

You can

[north crown]

you could

[sick inlet]

But you want debuffing too

Take advantage of R1

Nc rosa to rebuff

Colress/kuki to debuff defense

SsLana to psycho cut after fully buffing

Technically speaking, you want to win pre-sync

Because that x3 striker and tech will hurt

[silver dirge]

He will wipe you out without the x3 damage, let alone with

In all fairness, Sidney is quite annoying this week, extremely bulky

[verbal karma]

Wow, SS Lana hits like a wet towel as well

even with NC Rosa's buffs and BP Clemont's debuffs

[silver dirge]

What's the team?

Idt Lana will work as the sole damage dealer

Extend Range DPS falls off when offtyping, especially vs 28k HP

Unless you have access to her sync too? What move level is she

[manic kiln]

2 days an you're still at round 1
my suggested team should work for post sync too or you didn't bother because you couldn't kill with sync

[silver dirge]

What was your suggested team Lost?

[manic kiln]

xerneas lodge lillie ssdawn

[north crown]

this

[manic kiln]

i posted vid too

[north crown]

wait waht

[silver dirge]

That should work

[north crown]

oh that was james' suggestion

yeah idk, just sounds like a skill issue in some form

[formal vigil]

4/5

[silver dirge]

That will likely work then

[verbal karma]

If you're talking about the Lodge Lillie team: Lodge Lillie's team can't survive the post sync attacks

[manic kiln]

what the aoe? they didn't do anything in my vid tho, sure they might have sync buff but it shouldn't 1 shot or anything

[verbal karma]

Not even the AoE

The middle

[manic kiln]

what did the middle do, lillie is not the tank, and she should be at full hp after she sync and before they sync thanks to her passive

[verbal karma]

iirc, sync killed one support

Then middle killed the other support

[manic kiln]

if i see close combat opening i would reset

[verbal karma]

This happens even without Close Combat

[manic kiln]

if you're that desperate use ssa cynthia instead of ssdawn then if you have no plan for her
the extra SMUN should help kill presync, and the team will be tankier

[verbal karma]

Oh great

Turns out the enemy sync just instakills my whole team

All while Lodge Lillie can't deal enough damage

[silver dirge]

If you intend to go into post sync you need to reduce attack parameters

[manic kiln]

weird i never got 1 shot even with full str & atk param

[silver dirge]

Wait you have Strike and Tech x3 on don't you?

[manic kiln]

strike is fine tho no strike in this team

ssdawn is weak to dark but still very tanky

[silver dirge]

I dunno then

[verbal karma]

Nope

Also, post sync parameters don't work for me either

Lodge Lillie doesn't deal enough damage and after the opponent's second sync, it all falls apart

[manic kiln]

post sync here, i got low roll sync and they had sp def buff
post sync sycamore will do most of the dmg to the mid tho, lillie just clear sides slowly

sycamore got para 3 times

[verbal karma]

Pre-sync parameters

Post-sync parameters

[manic kiln]

I....

replace the 150 points atk with no zone

no wonder they 1 shot your team

[verbal karma]

But I need the zone

[manic kiln]

where's your zone

[verbal karma]

Sycamore's MG accel

[manic kiln]

it's not a zone

[silver dirge]

That's not weather, terrain or zone

[verbal karma]

Oh

Didn't know that

[manic kiln]

i mean i show you my param too

[silver dirge]

These look like poison stall params, scrap it immediately

[manic kiln]

fyi that team used the same param for pre and post sync you should be fine now with less atk

[verbal karma]

Almost!!!

[nocturne pawn]

uh did you grid super preparation

[mellow linden]

I’m surprised no one suggested SS Serena + Lucas off-type

[verbal karma]

On whom?

[mellow linden]

Also yeah, this is a terrible set of post-Sync parameters, you’ve stacked way too much Defense and Sp. Def.

If those are what you’ve tried to use in the past for post-Sync it’s no wonder you’ve failed so much at it

[nocturne pawn]

lodge lillie

lower left quadrant

[verbal karma]

If those are what you’ve tried to use in the past for post-Sync it’s no wonder you’ve failed so much at it
Nah, in the past, the points requirement was WAY lower

[manic kiln]

i didn't use that grid for lillie tho, it's not like she does great dmg with her move

[nocturne pawn]

you probably dont need satisfied snarl but thats what i have gridded

[nocturne pawn]

wdym its for nuke

[verbal karma]

Ah, that's what I am missing

[manic kiln]

oh it's SE i thought it was SMUN

[mellow linden]

If you still stacked all the Defense and Sp. Def. parameters + all Strength parameters then it wouldn’t matter if the points are lower or not

[manic kiln]

ok probably can take that

[verbal karma]

Well, no, see, back when the points were lower, I didn't have to put them all on defense

I just followed the spreadsheet that was on this server

[mellow linden]

Well regardless you need to fix those post-Sync parameters

Unless you’re Poison stalling you should avoid all the Defense and Sp. Def. ^ parameters except maybe the 50-point one

[manic kiln]

yeah i don't need that grid but with that should do a few k more dmg to kill mid, waste a turn so only -5 atk, no -sp atk so sides will hit a bit harder but should be doable

[verbal karma]

God, finally

I won

[silver dirge]

A long awaited victory for us all

[manic kiln]

[silver dirge]

Glacia Phoebe & Wallace should be easy, just make sure to deal with their gimmicks - summarised in the pins

Idk what your ice roster is like but Hala should work there

[manic kiln]

well glacia still hit hard and many people hate her

[silver dirge]

Mm fair

[mellow linden]

Yeah, Ice weak Drake is just a case of all returning to crab

[tulip python]

For whatever reason, Reshiram nuked harder than Moltress on a fire rebuffed Glacia

[silver dirge]

Something is definitely off there

Are they both the same move level?

[nocturne pawn]

double power play should be better than devastation and pecking order

[tulip python]

Yeah, that’s why it was odd

[silver dirge]

Maybe one of em crit and the other didn't

[tulip python]

All I remember is that Devastation and pecking order popped up and then I saw a giant 72k damage marker on Glacia

And she was dead lol

Now if I can figure out a good team/parameters for round 4 Sydney

I’d be almost done

Gotten it a couple of times with Rapidash, but that sync is killer

[verbal karma]

...why is R2 Glacia giving me trouble now?

All my sync pairs take entirely too much damage from everything, even my support Hop

[main crow]

I mean the stage is known to constantly spam strong aoe

Stronger if you didn't disable the hail

[verbal karma]

Well, I do disable Hail

But even with Hail disabled

Blizzard just insta-kills SS Hilda

and Hop can't survive past his sync

[main crow]

Vilda kinda have 💩 defensive stats honestly if Glacia is constantly spamming blizzard I would just reset until she doesn't

[rotund lagoon]

Yeah SS Hilda is just frail tbh

[verbal karma]

...is Hop supposed to be frail, though?

[old orchid]

Hop
Here goes the problem

[rotund lagoon]

Why….is Hop there anyway?

[main crow]

Who's your sun setter? Blaine?

[verbal karma]

Yes

[main crow]

I'd probably use someone more specially defensive

Vilda is already self sufficient

[rotund lagoon]

Yeah on top of Hop not being special defensive, SS Hilda does not need him.

Save Hop for a different team.

[verbal karma]

Ok

Oh yeah, I forgot: Aaron doesn't have Adrenaline

Guess I can't use him either

[nocturne pawn]

you dont need adrenaline defend order is an easy quad queue option

also staggering can delay

[verbal karma]

...you forgot about the R2 gimmick

[verbal karma]

Also, I have Interference Immunity on

[formal vigil]

ss hilda should be able to kill galcia easily with just her dps

[silver dirge]

This is, to be frank, an extremely silly reason to limit your support options. Either use some sort of denial or lucky skill Adrenaline

[verbal karma]

I don't have enough Deluxe Lucky Cookies to roll for Adrenaline

[rotund lagoon]

I genuinely think you should be fine.

Don’t complain if you haven’t tried using him yet.

I have a 1/5 SS Hilda and I’m not worried about her taking down Glacia

[nocturne pawn]

turn it off if you’re going to use him his staggering is a big reason to use him here

[verbal karma]

I can't turn it off, sorry

[silver dirge]

It is literally 50 pts

[verbal karma]

Also, my god, I would have been done with R2 a long time ago if only Aaron and SS Hilda weren't so fucking frail

[old orchid]

ah yes, bringing a support with Ice weakness to a stage having tons of Ice moves and calling them frail

truly a

[verbal karma]

Wait

Aaron is ice weak?

I remember him being electric weak

Welp, guess I have to find a different different support

[versed meteor]

Glacia be committing war crimes

[silver dirge]

Queen

[old orchid]

she takes revenge after being called the worst gacha supports for years

[steel kelp]

she still is

[old orchid]

Lenora took her spot sm

smh

[rotund lagoon]

[silver dirge]

She makes up in CS what she lacks as a unit

[main crow]

Not a high bar really

At least Lenora can still contribute a bit more on release than Glacia

[verbal karma]

Why does Hydro Pump deal so much DAMAGE?!

[silver dirge]

Are you disabling rain?

[verbal karma]

No

[silver dirge]

Bruh

[verbal karma]

This is Glacia

[silver dirge]

Oh

Are you disabling Hail?

[verbal karma]

Yes

[silver dirge]

Alright, what's the team?

[verbal karma]

Blaine/Vilda/Celesmine

[silver dirge]

Who is Celesmine

[verbal karma]

Kimono Jasmine

[formal vigil]

what does sc jasmine do on taht team

[silver dirge]

Ah

[verbal karma]

Sp. Def support

[silver dirge]

Eat gauges

[main crow]

Be slow

[formal vigil]

just use bp morty or something

he even has flinches and potion

[verbal karma]

BP Morty isn't EX'd, though...

[sharp willow]

then sync twice with hilda

you dont always need to use an EXed support

[verbal karma]

...are the flinches required?

[silver dirge]

It certainly helps

[sharp willow]

no, but i imagine they help considerably

[silver dirge]

That Hydro Pump you're complaining about won't do any damage if it never connects

[old orchid]

🤯

[manic kiln]

you have so many good support and choose to use those options, blaine other than sun is useless in that team
use Acerola VHilda and another support to help with survival

you have more than 5 premium supports, use them

[formal vigil]

wouldn't you want to save acerola for wallace though

[sharp willow]

I mean you could, but you can work fine without doing that

[manic kiln]

sure but he's easier

[verbal karma]

I wanna save Bulurola for Wallace, tho

[verbal karma]

Yeah, but I have nothing to replace Interference Immunity with...

[manic kiln]

well you can run victor with sserika with another support for wallace
also acerola with vhilda/dual dps is nice, you also have may and gloria
should melt glacia with ease

[steel kelp]

Oh what

That many premium and struggling

[verbal karma]

...can Glacia PLEASE stop using Blizzard already?!

...okay, how is SC Jasmine worse at tanking than Aaron?!

Despite having higher Sp. Def?

and not being weak to any enemy attacks?!

I don't get it

I just don't get it

[steel kelp]

I’m lost as to why her

She’s so slow

[mellow linden]

Remind me, do you have SSA Cynthia or am I mixing up your roster with someone else’s in that regard?

[latent bison]

Who should I do

Drake Glacia or Sydney

[old orchid]

you have been asking the same questions multiple times

[latent bison]

I know I keep forgetting though

I have short term memory loss

[old orchid]

then you should scroll to the answers we gave earlier instead of flooding the channel with repeating questions

we have search bar feature, dont sleep on it

[verbal karma]

Nah, I do have SSA Cynthia, I just don't know if any other team might need her more

[mellow linden]

Well what teams are you planning for the other 3 fights, then?

[verbal karma]

Well, I already decided on the support for Vs. Drake, but I am not fully sure which support to pick for my Ash team when fighting Phoebe

[mellow linden]

Ash doesn’t need SSA Cynthia

So that should solve your question right there

[verbal karma]

It does, thanks

[versed meteor]

Ok this was a lot better than i thought it would go even if silver missed sync crit

TWICE

[sharp willow]

yeah you just kinda

make them not do anything

[scenic pike]

dayuuum u alls actuals got all the summary on here

[north crown]

tbf it's been 4 1/2 years

[verbal karma]

damn, R5 is giving me bad enemy AI

[mellow linden]

It do be like that sometimes

Just a matter of resets until they don’t spam AoE or Hydro Pump, standard CS fare

[verbal karma]

sadly

they spam Surf and Hydro Pump ALL the time

[mellow linden]

It’s not guaranteed, so just keep at it until it happens

Sometimes you gotta do a dozen+ resets to avoid AoE spam, sometimes you avoid it 1st try

[verbal karma]

FUCK

now I could beat mid, but instantly died to one Sparking Aria from the side

[mellow linden]

Depending on the team you can potentially throw a couple regular moves at the Primarina to soften it up so it goes down faster after center gets KOed

[verbal karma]

well, my team is SS Acerola/SS Erika/Brendan

[nocturne pawn]

sync with brendan?

dps should be enough to just destroy wallace anyway

[north crown]

wtf? Isn't SSErika's DPS under both sun and GTerr broken?

[nocturne pawn]

yeah

just sync with brendan and dps mid

that should be an easy clear

[manic kiln]

[formal vigil]

don't you have victor could just max bomb with him instead of brendan

[nocturne pawn]

inertia boosted sync is better than targets maxed

but like

yeah either one would work

sides arent that tanky

[silver dirge]

I really don't see how SS Erika with Acerola struggles there

[nocturne pawn]

it shouldnt

[manic kiln]

sserika alone is enough to destroy that stage esp with acerola, the 3rd is whatever

[north crown]

If SSAcerola is 3/5, that's jsut a free dual DPS win right there

[manic kiln]

also mix atk like brendan is in a weird spot unless you turn off both dmg reduction, just go full physical
I see your brendan is not exed so why bother using him

[nocturne pawn]

oh if hes not even ex’d then why use him

i was under the impression he was

[paper summit]

the more baffling thing here is you people not being already used to these shenanigans

[nocturne pawn]

that goes to show never assume

[verbal karma]

it's mainly SS Acerola taking too much damage too fast

[nocturne pawn]

she has 340 defenses try switching attack for str

[mellow linden]

Could also just slap BP Morty on the team instead of Brendan to provide more survivability

[north crown]

or even better: a sleep unit

damaging moves? what damaging moves?

[verbal karma]

oh yeah, you know what else annoys me?

Bulurola failing to do Sword Dance because of confusion

okay, no need for BP Morty

RNG was kind on me

[left storm]

I'm gonna ask #poma-lounge Mon recommendations more often I think, they gave me
Marley
Lodgerena
Any N unit
Wulfric
Egg lickytung

1/5 alt gloria missing 2-3 pyro balls every time I use her is starting to get on my nerves

[trail smelt]

Wait why did she miss

[rich needle]

Accuracy buff must be in an egg Mon somewhere

Oh I read wrong

Still use acc buffer instead of morty

[paper summit]

imagine taking lounge seriously

[paper summit]

Pyro Ball is 90 base accuracy, Piercing Gaze is only on fighting mode

[trail smelt]

Huh never knew that

[dark osprey]

Does get +5 accuracy on grid at 1/5 though

[paper summit]

sure, that won't solve the issue

you either switch to flying, bring an accuracy buffer or candy her for Pinpoint Entry 1 at 2/5

[dark osprey]

Not about solving the issue. Was actually mentioning that to show that even 95 base accuracy is annoying

[old orchid]

flashbacks to Wide Lens Cinderace missing 99 acc Pyro Ball in msg

[noble plaza]

Anyone to avoid/do on certain rounds?

[old orchid]

Avoid Phoebe and Glacia on R3

[noble plaza]

gotcha

[scenic pike]

what the FUCK actuals is wrong with sidney ☠️ 🦨

even lisia ny cant beat him

what did u all use

[keen jasper]

I haven't even started yet

[dark osprey]

He's bulky as much as can be

If NY Lisia is 3/5 she should have a good nuke

If not need those big nukes on team

[keen jasper]

And if you have eggmon Sylveon then you easily destroy Sidney with her

[scenic pike]

shes 5/5 and hitting like she got aids bru

[dark osprey]

Probably need to check parameters then

[scenic pike]

just got sum strength, special damage reduc, standard damage reduc, sum defense

[keen jasper]

Why do you have defensive stats up parameters?

[scenic pike]

?

need to get 3000 pts somehow ☠️

[old orchid]

Never stack defense params unless you are going to toxic stall

The pins have recommended 2.5k pts sets, as well as guide on how to pick up remaining 500 pts

[trail smelt]

It was annoying though

[scenic pike]

dam, whale

[scenic pike]

kk

[old orchid]

Please turn off ping when reply to me tho

[scenic pike]

?

whats that

[old orchid]

https://tenor.com/view/pings-off-reply-pings-off-reply-ping-discord-reply-ping-gif-22087396

[scenic pike]

bru the pins have too much atk or def params ☠️ 🧢

not def strength

my tank just dies

[keen jasper]

I'd replace some offensive parameters for HP up

[scenic pike]

? sidney alr too bulky bru

[keen jasper]

NY Lisia's damage is already very strong enough

[scenic pike]

it aint

[trail smelt]

What tank you’re using that dies immediately to Sidney?

[scenic pike]

iono

[keen jasper]

Iono is a special supporter

[trail smelt]

If you have Sonia or 3/5 Hilbert free they’re better I think.

[scenic pike]

Ionos my best support

hilbert sucks ☠️ sonia im saving

[keen jasper]

I'd use Iono for Phoebe

[scenic pike]

then tf do i use here

i dont have that many limited supports ☠️

[keen jasper]

Do you have Hop?

[scenic pike]

the free one?

[keen jasper]

Yes

[scenic pike]

well duh

[keen jasper]

Replace Iono for him

[trail smelt]

Attack, defense, and potions, not a bad tank

[scenic pike]

ok butlike .. hows that gna help my dmg ☠️

lisia aint doin nothing

[sharp willow]

he helps her buffing so she can start doing damage faster

[old orchid]

are you still picking defense params?

when your damage dealer is doing nothing, remove bulk (hp and strength) params for something else

[scenic pike]

for what?

i cant just drop params ☠️

[sharp willow]

could you send the parameters youre currently using

[old orchid]

thats why i recommended you the pins earlier

check the params there, adjust according to your team, and watch Lisia destroys everything

[scenic pike]

..... the pins dont have 3k ☠️ none of this helping bru

ur a helper u should be more helpful 🤣

jk jk

[sharp willow]

#1009554906568462476 message

[old orchid]

please carefully read the note in the first pinned message

[scenic pike]

ye but i just need a set i can follow

[old orchid]

try to brainstorm params step by step. you cant be spoonfed forever

we can help you with choosing params, not directly tell you what to pick

its a bad mindset

[scenic pike]

lol it would be easier for every1 if u just told me but ok

[silver dirge]

Did you read the guide Mex & Gakon are pointing you to? It explains exactly why we physically can't give you a working preset. Be cooperative with the people helping you

[rotund lagoon]

And be nicer, that would be much appreciated

[scenic pike]

k sry

didnt mean to summon the mod 🤣

[rotund lagoon]

Now please read the guides you were recommended. If there was something about it you are unsure about, you may ask. We just recommend you check it first so we are on the same page.

[scenic pike]

hnng k i will

i took off some def but now my tank is dying

[old orchid]

what parameters are you using?

and provide your current team as well

[scenic pike]

ehh imma just try later ☠️

wish i had a better fairy type

time to sleep

[old orchid]

5/5 NY Lisia is the best Fairy dmg dealer rn, until SS Gladion's release

thats probably issue on your part

[swift swan]

you already have NY Lisia which is a very good fairy type

it's parameter issue

[silver dirge]

This seems to imply there's some defense param(s) still picked up

Making Sidney's already high HP bulkier is the problem

[sick inlet]

+reading

[frozen depot]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/855438548684374045/1069103333429747752/image-2.png

[steel kelp]

Bold to think gacha players read

[tulip python]

Man round 4 Sydney doesn’t want to go down. Even with tank Cynthia…

[manic mica]

cough cough Valerie and Sylveon

[old orchid]

hopefully this is a joke

[manic mica]

She can do like 20k to all opponents with sync

[old orchid]

[manic mica]

oops

sorry

but with the right team Valerie can be great

with Penny and Sylveon

and Egg Sylveon

[swift swan]

I mean yeah if Penny is a requirement it's probably not accessible fam

[steel kelp]

One of the worst units in the game with a recent support and an eggmon

[sick inlet]

That new Gladion, what Rolex he got?

So i can prep for Sidney

With full love

And care

[swift swan]

sprint

[sick inlet]

Very good actually

[scenic pike]

well thas not rly sumn to proud of cos she aint beating sydney ☠️

[scenic pike]

i changed them

no diff

3k points was a shitty change

[swift swan]

And we're saying it's a parameter issue

What parameters are you running, and what team? List them out as detailed as possible and tell us what went wrong

[scenic pike]

k

team is lisia hop and the giraffe dude

ill get parameters

[old orchid]

The team is fine but it needs a lot of improvements. Both Hop and Lucian are not ideal partners for Lisia nor countering Sidney's Thunder Wave and debuffing spatk

[scenic pike]

someone told me to use hop bru

here

why would i lower sydneys special atk? his strong moves are physical.......

thas why lucian is there

so he doesnt KO my tank

ive got special damage red, def 1, no status, intereference imm, strength 1, max hp2, special damage red, strength 2 strength 3 strength 6 hP 4 standard damage red

crickets 🦗

"helpers" not very helping 🤣 (joke)

but like fr

[silver dirge]

Not quite funny if that's what you were going for. You aren't entitled to anyone's time, and don't be surprised if you don't get help with such a negative attitude to the volunteers here, this is the 2nd time I'm asking you to be cooperative & civil

[scenic pike]

k

relax

im joking

[grave wyvern]

Well you're not being very funny

If you want the assistance of our helpers then give them the respect they deserve for taking the time to assist you

@scenic pike to make sure the message isn't missed

[scenic pike]

seen it, kk

[old orchid]

Please note that joking is not encouraged at all in help channels

The params are literally the biggest problem: you give Sidney too much bulk that Lisia without ideal supports cant clear him fast enough

Sidney's spatk needs to be debuffed, or his attacks will be boosted (check the third link in the pins for more details)

[old orchid]

Back to this, you have to balance between attack and bulk you give to opponents, so remove Def and HP params and give him some Atk up. The team doesnt use terrain, weather or zone so no field effect is a free param, but i recommend replacing Hop and Lucian for a better support and Fairy Zone/debuffer to improve Lisia's performance

Again, the pins have many helpful resources, you should take advantage of them to make your playthrough easier

If you are still confused about something, dont hesitate to ask here and please show positive attitude to people helping you back to unhelpful mode now

[silver dirge]

@scenic pike take note of the amazing detailed advice above

[sick inlet]

Give me Lisia

I give duo/Solo

[sick inlet]

Your parameters are very bad. There is no way you followed any of the pins or even tried.
I think you're a troll, because I saw them multiple times telling you how unless you're stalling never add on Defenses.
If you're gonna ask people to help; try to be more accepting of advice rather than saying unnecessary comments that show entitlement and unappreciative behavior.

Tldr: Read, Be nice, Don't be an askhole

[left storm]

Me tanking with sswally 1/5

Like, wasn't even close

[sick inlet]

I want fairy types
Where is Gladion

[trail smelt]

Soon

[old orchid]

Patience is key

[silver dirge]

Jo building up all that vengeance for Sidney

[sick inlet]

Usually I would wait for Datamine

But I am not sleeping well at night
Sidney keeps visiting me in my sleep

[silver dirge]

[manic mica]

I mean Penny can hit as hard as Valerie anyways

[old orchid]

That proves Valerie being the worst Fairy even more

[tulip python]

How on earth 😮

[left storm]

Sswally + 3/5 summarnie is a decently comfy 2v3

Having an extra unit makes it pretty free

[tulip python]

What were the parameters? I am trying to get that done with SS Wally and Lisia lol

[left storm]

I just went str, half MP, strike X3, supp X3, +1/3 offences

[silver dirge]

Glacia doesn't have any hidden crit shield right? Lowkey going insane I've quite literally missed 7 crits at +3 crit in a row

[trail smelt]

It do be like that sometimes lol. Who you’re syncing with?

[silver dirge]

Trying to get funny numbers with base Serena

[mellow linden]

You not understanding why Hilbert is good doesn't mean he's somehow bad

[swift swan]

lucky is a skill and you have skill issue

[silver dirge]

Lend me some of your LG luck

[tulip python]

How are some of these people winning with maximum HP parameters in Champ stadium, with off type pairs

[swift swan]

Bold of you to assume I have any to begin with!

[tulip python]

I can snooze the hell out of Sydney with darkrai

[swift swan]

Good nukers, good DPS with SMUN/PMUN stacks

[tulip python]

But with gradual healing he’s never gonna die

[lunar meadow]

High HP but the enemies not having damage boosts is easy.

Bring support EXs with defense/healing buffs.

Just outlast them as your sync buffs outpace them

[tulip python]

SMUN/PMUN?

[swift swan]

Well if you keep denying them with flinches/sleep, gradual healing won't proc

[lunar meadow]

Special move next up
And physical move next up

[tulip python]

Ohhh

[swift swan]

And the idea is to deal a huge burst damage so the grad heal doesn't matter

[tulip python]

Ah. Hmm I should give that another shot with the dark squad

Moltress and Darkrai should devour

[scenic pike]

thxs. i read it all and replaced my def hp with some atk, i put eggmon sylveon in there and lisia did lots more dmg. hop still died but i got it after a few tries. thx for the help

[scenic pike]

k sry i wont

[old orchid]

[silver dirge]

Now to do Glacia

Blizzard Spam otw

[paper summit]

we love pain and suffering /jk

[silver dirge]

We actually do

[left storm]

It's not that hard to stuff your unit with MUNs and such tbfh

Like this was +12 str +6 hp iirc

Or +2 only

Idr

No zone, no super effectiveness

Just pmun

+0 Def on opp too

Iirc?

[sick inlet]

Bruh

10 PMUN

[left storm]

Not that hard with SSN even at 1/5

I really wanna 2/5 him soon

Pinpoint entry really makes his performance less shitty

Plus I kinda wanna cook with sde9 ice beam

[scenic pike]

bru glacia spams aoe ☠️

shitty ass unit in the game so she salty

[glass valley]

How do I kill Glacia? My best fire unit is ho oh and I don’t have any way to change weather besides Palossand sandstorm. Suggestions?

Also, how much will Dauntless on ho oh help?

[north crown]

a lot if you need special fire DPS, and silver's the only compotent fire DPS u got.

tho it's not especialyl needed atm

[north crown]

holdon.. before I get too deep into teambuilding shenaingans: Hard or MM mode?

[glass valley]

Hard mode

[north crown]

first week in Hoenn, right?

[glass valley]

Yes

[north crown]

alright let's get cookin' 🔥

[glass valley]

Ideas?

[north crown]

Currently thinkign along the lines of:

• Roxanne, Petey, filler type

oh I forgot to ask you if you knew about the. type medal(s). Do you?

[glass valley]

Yes but remind me

I didn’t think I have strong enough teams to get full type coverage for the medal, I just wanted to make sure I get the champion spirits each week

I barely beat Sinnoh last week

[north crown]

oh my god... you don't have maylene

[north crown]

could you show me this so I have a better feeling on what we can work with?

[glass valley]

Where do I find this?

Actually idk where to find it but I happen to have screenshots

[rotund lagoon]

Your Hall of Fame is going to CS, and tapping the Hall of Fame button on the bottom

[left storm]

@scenic pike she's not that hard tbfh

https://vxtwitter.com/TALDYSJfJNLjkzP/status/1755563013372047727?t=xTkd7aYLXjqbLJhcWYoTSw&s=19

Look how easy this ass team makes it

[rotund lagoon]

YOOOO FLINT TEAM

[left storm]

[rotund lagoon]

~~But no reason to complain, we always say it could be a gameplay problem if the team is good ~~

[rich needle]

Gakon why do you hate pingeth so much?

[rich needle]

That is kinda wild

[left storm]

The based world of sync cd down

[manic mica]

are you insulting both Sylveons at once

[paper summit]

[trail smelt]

Not that hard

Team almost wiped LMAO

[north crown]

@glass valley Do you have any method of getting new pairs quick? Your roster isn't very forgiving

[left storm]

You realize it's an eggmon + BP + one of the worst DPS units of the type right

Plus the "wipe" was programmed

To proc PR2

[glass valley]

HAHA no worries man, i'll figure something out...

[north crown]

@glass valley Her's a quick mockup I came up with.

[Sidney] Sycamore, Koga, Viola
= Fairy, Poison, Bug

• Immortal Sycamore grid, and you're good to go. Poison, Trap, and Debuff every opponent. Save Sycamore's TM to cure Sidney's guaranteed Paralysis.
  [Phoebe] Cheren, Petey, Roxanne
  = Normal, Electric, Rock
• Petey should have TM MPR and paralysis multipliers gridded.
  [Glacia] Elio, Silver, uhhhh
  = Steel, Fire, uhhh
• I don't know man. You literally have no weather setters.
  [Drake] Rosa, Ghetsis, Ramos
  = double Grass (rip), Ice
• Fully grid Ghetsis and the accuracy nodes for Ramos. Don't let anyone move by putting everyone to sleep via Ramos' Sleep Powder.

[Wallace] Hop, Solgaleo, Acerola
= double Steel (rip), Ghost

• I pray this actually works

[glass valley]

Ty! I'll sandbox with this

appreciate the effort

[north crown]

if you get another weather, sleep unit, or accuracy buffer, put them in that "uhh" slot

[dim depot]

First time Hoenn with the raised points cap? Must be because I just can't clear even the first battle, Sidney. Pre-sync is out of the question and post-sync isn't looking likely either.

My go-to for this would be either Summer Marnie or Diantha/Gardevoir. Marnie does far too little damage and even with Gardevoir, the damage isn't enough

[dim depot]

I don't know. That's what happens when all these battles are built to be won with obscure late-game limiteds.

[mellow linden]

Did you grab Egg Sylveon from the Eevee event?

[rotund lagoon]

Are you also syncing with Diantha first?

[mellow linden]

Oh, wait, that’s an SS Hau

So Egg Sylveon is a moot point

[hazy tusk]

Monotype

[rotund lagoon]

Oh I thought you knew, but idk why I didn’t question it tbh

[mellow linden]

In any case, IMO change up the Support so Diantha can spend less time on self-buffs and more time on Moonblast

[rotund lagoon]

Yeah Spring Burgh isn’t bad, but Diantha would love Sp Atk help too, not just Crit

[undone ether]

how's your parameters?

[dim depot]

I even went with the one that doesn't add HP

[rotund lagoon]

I recommend changing your Support like Cobalt suggested, then try again. If still an issue, send your params

[old orchid]

Ideally you should bring someone to debuff Sidney's spatk reliably, and Diantha makes use of debuffs thanks to Devastation

[north crown]

TLDawn fits that bill very nicely

[zealous karma]

November tends to include that in their pin

[dim depot]

So I went a few more rounds. Lowering special attack hardly seems to matter since without defense buffs, sync kills. And I'm definitely not pre-syncing this anyway.

[old orchid]

Which round are you playing? Also can you send your current params here?

Sidney has Furious Brain which boosts his attacks if he has spatk buffs, also Diantha wants spatk debuffed on enemies to boost her sync

[dim depot]

What's the best way to post those without going through like 6 screenshots?

[old orchid]

Just post all at once

[dim depot]

And the very last one

I keep getting really close but it's impossible to post-sync. Getting paralyzed is like a lose condition because pretty much every attack will fail afterwards.

[crystal notch]

...special dmg reduction is free (the 50 pts one)

It only reduces non crit attacks

Your team can handle extra 10% defense

Don't take max hp 4

Your params are what's holding you back significantly

[dim depot]

I just switched it back to this and have had better runs. I could trade the HP for attack and the shield, but I die faster and nothing is worse than a wiffed sync

[silver dirge]

Pick up Special Damage Reduction (50) that's just light screen, crits bypass it

You should consider picking up one (or more) of the Atk nodes and reduce your bulk

[dim depot]

There! Turns out I should have timed the trainer move on my tank to heal the paralysis and add the resist perk as well. Definitely improved my survivability post-sync after that.

[dim depot]

The rest of the elite four was easy, using the same parameters too. So it was just this one that gave me a really hard time.

[tulip python]

Soo close

[left storm]

Should've not dropped the sleepchain

I genuinely think it's better if you ran a speed buffer over calem ngl

So you can't basically drop the chain

[tulip python]

What/who would you recommend?

[tulip python]

Yeah this stray totally requires sleep@chain

It’s doable but I literally have to spam dark void

And then sync with darkrai after the sides are dead

[left storm]

Idk, anyone who bolsters speed

Skyla?

Marnie is autonomous for buff anyway, and you can reverse queue sleep into zone to maximize her damage without dropping the chain

[tulip python]

Reverse que?