Champion Stadium

[lean lion]

Reset till Sylveon is alive when you sync, queue fairy wish after first sync. Once fairy zone is up, Sylveon can die doesn't matter.

[old orchid]

i

give up

[nova fiber]

[steel kelp]

[old orchid]

one more person to the list

[brave halo]

Except Sidney will brutal swing everytime, meaning it'll be a waste of time

[nova fiber]

why do you think he will brutal swing every time?

[brave halo]

Cause he will, the game will always focus aoe

[nova fiber]

most sidemons prioritize AoE moves once the mid unit has died, but this is not true for sydney before any of his team members have died

he has four options to choose from on his first move.

there are cases in the game where units only spam AoE, but this isn't one of them

[brave halo]

OK say he doesn't aoe

Penny is dead very quickly too

Cause this team doesn't drop attack or buff defense at all

[nova fiber]

penny has very competent self healing and baseline bulk. half of the moves in fairy weak syndey's fight are special attacks, which penny can buff for

she only needs to survive 3 turns of attacks, all of which have a decent chance to be replaced with harmless trainer moves anyway.

[brave halo]

But that's not true tho, Sidney has 1 special move each, everything else is physical

[nova fiber]

yeah, sydney does have more physical moves, but the sidemons are mostly special

when you think about it, it's pretty weird that the stage is advertised as a special stage

[tired sleet]

That is factually not a thing that the game’s move thing does

[nova fiber]

I guess it's because sydney uses x spatk all after sync

[tired sleet]

He has Grand Entry 2 and Furious Brain, the stage was designed for Bede (he can also Reflect Thunder Wave)

[lean lion]

Left doesn't even have Brutal Swing. All you gotta reset for is either mid or right not throwing Brutal Swing first turn and it's over.

[brave halo]

This is why I have options like skyla and elaine, they either buff defense or drop attack

Lodge wally too, growl, defense buffing etc

Same for mix red

[nova fiber]

any of them will let you win. you're nuking with ss gladion

but ultimately egg sylveon probably makes you win the fastest

[brave halo]

Except it wouldn't cause it'd be dead instantly

[grave wyvern]

have you actually tried it?

[toxic cobalt]

This isn't true, as has been explained ad infinitum

[nova fiber]

I give up lol

[tired sleet]

This is a plan for next week’s fairy sidney

[brave halo]

It's an eggmon, eggmons don't live ever

[toxic cobalt]

I clear with eggmons regularly

[tired sleet]

That’s just factually incorrect, I’ve used tech eggmons many times over for 3k offensive

[grave wyvern]

y'all aren't even talking about an available battle rn?

all this for theoreticals??

[brave halo]

But where's the Attack drops?

Then penny and egg sylveon are dead instantly

[toxic cobalt]

Atk drops won't even affect brutal swing

[brave halo]

Scroll up, the params I shared are for if mix red is in effect

[grave wyvern]

can y'all please just park this until the stage actually drops

[brave halo]

Except it does tho?

[grave wyvern]

everyone is getting frustrated and it's not a good look

[brave halo]

Yes

Wouldn't matter if tech x3 is off

Egg sylveon is dead regardless

[eternal matrix]

Have you tested that out before in prior iterations to know for sure it’ll die?

[brave halo]

166 defenses with 580 hp

[grave wyvern]

exactly like literally none of this can be tested or confirmed

it is pointless

[eternal matrix]

Okay but that’s not the end all be all picture of it still

[grave wyvern]

please just wait until the stage actually drops because tons of people are getting annoyed by this convo

[eternal matrix]

You still have gear, lucky skills, and theme skills that get included in all that calculation

[brave halo]

Wouldn't matter, dead regardless in 2 hits

[eternal matrix]

And with what source do you have to know that’ll happen?

[brave halo]

Honestly I'm even naturally trying to understand what's the hatred on mix red, he is given numerous utility options

[cobalt nacelle]

If you can't give us videos or pictures to show what you're doing, stop arguing with the people trying to help you.

[eternal matrix]

Do you have calcs to back all that up?

[nova fiber]

mix red is not a terrible pick. there's no grass weak stage that week. either way you're likely to get the clear no matter who goes in the third slot

using ss gladion on a fairy weak stage is like using rats on an electric weak, you'll be alright no matter who the third slot is

[brave halo]

How exactly?

He drops many stats, buffs defenses on an ally, sync countdown by max move

Heals

But also attack, and any other stats thanks to unfortuitous

I never did on gladion

I'm talking about the other sides

I expect gladion to do great damage however I don't expect him to kill before Sidney sync

[swift swan]

he will

and you can only know for sure once the stage drops

[brave halo]

Which leads to him getting aoe thunder wave

[swift swan]

stop worrying about it

[grave wyvern]

y'all please don't make me ask again

[eternal matrix]

I genuinely don’t think you should focus on this anymore

Just play test the stage before worrying about it

[lean lion]

If BP Valerie can kill him presync Gladion can absolutely annihilate presync

[grave wyvern]

@brave halo you've been given plenty of advice that you seem determined to argue with, so drop it until the stage is actually here

[raw halo]

y'all this thread is not for theorycrafting clears for future CS weeks. This thread is to handle the current weaknesses and stages and to give advice for users that are struggling for said stages in a weekly mode, if you want to discuss general strategy go to #916852389347196958, if you want to discuss clears for next week's CS wait for the stages to drop.

[nova fiber]

while there's a lot of eyes on the channel, what are everyone's consistent answers for steel weak glacia? I feel like I just blundered through that stage this week

[grave wyvern]

Wikstrom for me Raihan, Summer Tate or egg Perserker are the go-tos

it's much better to use a special attacker

[cobalt nacelle]

Gloria at 5/5 is my go-to, but she's a bit difficult to use

[swift swan]

i can't really say "consistent" considering it's only been around a handful of times... I've still been using my 3/5 EX Steven, but I now have Raihan which I haven't tried because this week I still used Steven

[raw halo]

steel sucks specially sadly, depending on the strength of your physical steel type (someone like Pal Marnie nuke) you can still clear. Ideally the best 3 steel types for that stage are Summer Tate, VThorton and Raihan

alternatively you can off-type which can be viable here

[nova fiber]

I really struggled to stay alive with raihan. he got obliterated by blizzards on my standard pre-sync params

[swift swan]

i need to test my 1/5 non-EX Raihan to see how much I suffer with gauges and then sides later

[nova fiber]

and I didn't have enough gauge to flinch spam and steel beam at the same time

[lean lion]

1/5 Cerena + Flinch Winona

[raw halo]

egg perserker is a really good shout as well, in a pinch that can work but it requires some investment

[swift swan]

mmm, yea that's a valid concern

[sick inlet]

https://tenor.com/view/freezing-the-shining-winter-gif-13194212

Yassss

I want Alolan Meow

My alolan one is 2 passive ability only

Sad struggles

[brave halo]

I'd only care about collecting the shinies

[sick inlet]

Alolan and Glarian Meowths are actually quite useful

[nova fiber]

I have found good success with all the meowth eggmons

[old orchid]

these eggmons are great in LG, except Kanto ones

[sick inlet]

Yeah, I was so sad to never get a proper Alolan Meow

Time to redeem that

[nova fiber]

kanto meowth is still solid in LG. charm debuffs are a real benefit, and any eggmon with defense crush can get value

[old orchid]

yeah it can find some uses, but compared to other Meowth it cant compete

[nova fiber]

yeah, 60% flinch is just crazy splashable. works on almost any stage

[sick inlet]

I wanted 3 passive Tech on Alolan, got no 3 passives on any of Alolan roles

Problem is, he loses his aggravation on 2 passives

Which is

Its thing

[old orchid]

i think we are sinking into offtopic hell

[eternal matrix]

angery

[sick inlet]

True. My bad.
They're good for CS too

Flinch always welcome and can skip turns on difficult CS stages

[nova fiber]

I bring flinch eggmons to CS a surprising amount. tech kanghaskan is a common pick for me

[sick inlet]

Alolan, yes

[nova fiber]

perrserker has aggravation too

but it's iron head so a little more gauge hungry

[sick inlet]

Oh yeah, I used support Perrserker last time forgot tech had that too

[nova fiber]

all three perrserkers are honestly very useful

strike is definitely the most fun for me though

[nocturne pawn]

the regional meowths have aggravation 1 flinch kanto persian has charm

[manic mica]

Earlier on from 10 hours ago, I received help from team composition and i appreaciate it, i did good on CS. One quick question though, the in-game is not reliable to filter all units that lower def or spe def, for instance lucian, due to passive skills that acts as lowering stats.

[tired sleet]

You can try @cinder summit ‘s search command

[manic mica]

What I want to know is, is there a website to filter which units lower specific stats, including those from passive skills?

oh ok

thank you

yea, i tried search> stat_down> def and no luck. no worries, i'll google it

[tired sleet]

You’ll have to use more than one search filter, there are too many units who buff defence

[thorn citrus]

anyone know a tip against Sidney as R4? I have like no bug damage other than Escavalier (Sync 2) and MAYBE Pheremosa. I tried using Iris + defense Crush trying to reduce their attack and I use Vespequin for tanking but even Sidney's Snarl does a huge chunk of damage.

[swift swan]

that's SC Emmet, right? he should be good, no?

considering sidney spams Snarl, physical bug is preferred

what went wrong?

if Sidney spams too many AOEs I'm afraid you'll have to reset. that's just the nature of 3k offense

you can also reduce the attack params and grab a bit more strength if you're confident emmet can presync

[zealous karma]

Snarl shouldn’t hit too hard so maybe they have strike dam x3

[swift swan]

this too, yeah

[sick inlet]

Everyone hates Sidney

They should put him in a special area where we can inflict 99999999 dmg on him with every move

Our new clowntios Latios

[thorn citrus]

yeah i already reduced some attack parameters, but has the strike x3

ive been adjusting the parameters left and right XD

im not trying to reach 2500, cuz im already struggling at doing 2k XD

[toxic cobalt]

If you could share a screenshot at the end of a failed attempt that might help

[thorn citrus]

Im always left with 1 last hit before i can defeat him lmao. i def i can't survive through his Dark Wish + Sync Move

[swift swan]

yup, the idea is to kill him before that

what parameters are you using? can you list them out?

[thorn citrus]

sp.dmg reduction, max sync -1, atk up1, Def up1, interf immune, Strike x3, Tech x3, sync buff up5, atk up3, ally healing down5, half ally mp, power on hi up1, sp.dm reduction 8, gradual healing, atk up 5, No Zone, power hit up 2, strength up3, ally move -2, standard damage reduction 8

[swift swan]

drop max sync cd, you want as much time as you can afford to kill him before he syncs

given proper quadqueue, you can sync twice before sidney can sync. do you know quadqueueing?

drop defenses too. pick up the 50 pt physical dmg reduction shield. it gets bypassed by crits anyway, you should always pick them as you should always be critting

we have a 2k param guide on pins

[thorn citrus]

wew that did the trick

thanks y'all T_T

now onto damn Steven

[manic mica]

Do the Physical and Special Damage Reduction 8s get ignored by Piercing Blows and Crits?

[old orchid]

no

[manic mica]

Oh

That sucks

:(

So I cant just pick up both and still rip people apart with SST Red and SS Piers

Best way to 3k Steven

[thorn citrus]

idk how y'all can clear so easily without type weakness T_T

but good work though

[toxic cobalt]

SS Roxie be like that

[manic mica]

Thanks

I had to stop everyone else attacking and only have SS Roxie attacking cus she wasnt getting that Brainteaser

[manic mica]

It wasnt easy lol

All 3 of them were EXed, SS Roxie and NC Rosa were both 3/5 level 150 EXR and Sycamore was 5/5 Power Boost level 140

[thin marten]

any sidney tips?

for the first time im struggling since a while

[grand trout]

Bug?

[wide adder]

from pins incase it helps while waiting for someone to help ya based on whatever your box is like

[thin marten]

i tried everything

zone change, off type

on type

[grand trout]

What's your roster?

[thin marten]

physical, special

i have limited bug pairs

[grand trout]

Who are your heavy hitters?

You can try poison stall if nothing else works

[wide adder]

do you happen to have sygna suit hilbert, if so he should decimate it like any other bug stage

[thin marten]

for bug i have lusa, hilby (1/5), alder and guzma

[grand trout]

Hilbert should be fine

[wide adder]

teambuild around hilbert then

+101

[thin marten]

my hilbert doesn't do damage 💔

[frozen depot]

> Teambuilding 101
Make sure you've done the Victory Road tutorial for an introduction to the game's teambuilding & gameplay.

1. Build your team around a damage dealer that hits the stage's weakness (or off-type if they're strong enough). This can be a / striker or a tech. Read the unit's kit carefully - moves & passives - to see what they can buff themselves. Ideally you want to be at +3 critical-hit rate and +6 attack or special attack depending on the unit. Damage dealers should be slot 3 in tactics

2. Choose a support to put in slot 1 tactics so it takes the damage. Your support should cover the buffs and damage dealer needs they cannot max by themselves reliably - critical hit rate and SpAtk/Atk being the main ones. If your damage dealer is self-sufficient, you can look at defensive, healing or other utility supports instead.

3. The 3rd slot is flexible and depends on your other two pairs. You could take a tech focusing on utility such as debuffs or field effects to enhance your damage dealer, or another support that covers a team need like defenses, healing or boost gauge speed for demanding damaging moves. If your team allows it, you can even pick a 2nd damage dealer! It's important to experiment & remember that a successful team needs to manage gauge properly for triple queueing and buffing your damage dealier efficiently so they can start attacking as soon as possible!

See the image below for a visual guide. And check out #1010307000346878062 or the bot commands pinned in #bot-zone for more information on Triple Queue & other game information!

[wide adder]

incase you havent seen that yet~

[grand trout]

What zone units do you have

[wide adder]

shouldnt need zone unit with hilbert

[thin marten]

i have quite a lot of other zones

[wide adder]

he can presync easily

if not, param is too bulky setup

or you arent buffing him fast enough or someth

[thin marten]

ice, fighting, poison, ground, ghost, dragon, fairy

[thin marten]

i think yes

[grand trout]

What params are you using

[thin marten]

3k presync

worked for me up till now

[wide adder]

try full offensive with minimal bulk, it shouldnt take long to kill i dont think, as long as your tank can survive a couple hits and set him up

[thin marten]

im on third round

[wide adder]

use lucian as a side unit if you have him

for growl

[grand trout]

Any defense and hp ones?

[wide adder]

tank just needs crit buffs and enough bulk, spatk buffs are optional but nice

[thin marten]

def +1 and thats it

other than that offensive

[wide adder]

take str1 instead of def1 maybe

?

or if you havent taken it yet, striker take x3

cause you shouldnt need a striker with gilbert

[thin marten]

yeah striker

will try aura cynthia, lucian and gilbert

[grand trout]

Are you using half hp?

[thin marten]

no

[wide adder]

is aura cynthia 3/5?

[thin marten]

yes

[wide adder]

ok, try it and see how it goes, crit buffs might be a tad slow though cause you dont want hilbert have to press direh+

hilbert turns try tm > techno > tm > techno spam after cynthias sync
cynthia try to see if you can get hilbert to atleast +2 crit before using her tm, she has initial guard so should be fine

[thin marten]

it worked

[wide adder]

nice!

[grand trout]

Yay

[thin marten]

thx a lot
now off to chairmain rose spam

[wide adder]

np man

[thin marten]

nvm i just saw i need special steel

raihan welcome back

[grand trout]

Lol

Some people can clear with rose tho

I'm not one of those people lol

[wide adder]

personally i offtyped the steel stage with ss gladion, to have fun with my new unit rather than deal with solgaleo there lol

[thin marten]

time to use maxie

[silver dirge]

You can clear with Solgaleo too

[trail smelt]

Triple legendary steel beasts killed Glacia fine

[grave wyvern]

can't wait for the CSMM reset besties

it's Diantha Week

[undone ether]

Palentines Serena for me

i still can't field Diantha 😭

mebe if she gets 3/5 for some reason

[lean lion]

What move level is pal serena? And your team?

[undone ether]

Pal Serena is 3/5

team is Penny (1) and NC Blue (3)

[wide adder]

I’ve got favs in all five types so I’ll be deleting fairy from existence with ss gladion next week. If I had a type I wanted to offtype then I’d use my 2/5 Serena tho

[sick inlet]

Gonna max out Gladion just to murder Sidney tomorrow

[wide adder]

2/5 Serena with zone is plenty to handle fairy with ncblue buffs

[sick inlet]

No peace for the wicked

[wide adder]

I’m ready for piercing fleur to just remove them from existence turn 3. Or five if they live the first one somehow

Prob will mess with the idea of tanking with sylveon and using eerie impulse or something to speedily -6 spatk

Although even that prob not needed cause of -3 on entry param

[lean lion]

I don't have any good supports for her but I'm gonna try to make 1/5 Pal Serena work

With Sycamore + Grusha/BP Surge

[swift swan]

I'm gonna make Mina work in a f2p/genpool team if it's the last thing I do

[versed meteor]

So how does our stadium people see the 10 energy increase? Makes 3k more bearable or not

[keen jasper]

Definitely helps

[silver dirge]

It really just depends on the unit, but it's great all around - especially for gen pools since most people will (or eventually) have 5/5 of them

[lean lion]

Leaf can max offenses while having adrenaline, recuperation and endurance

[swift swan]

Stadium people is excited to grab 5 of Bea's sync power up nodes on top of Inertia and Soften Up so she can nuke even harder. That's me, i'm stadium people

[silver dirge]

I'll be cooking with Bea, personally

Oop helper braincell just activated

[swift swan]

🤝

[silver dirge]

🤝

[swift swan]

No way, arch and nov same hivemind?

[silver dirge]

Something must be wrong, prepare for a chaotic datamine tomorrow

[swift swan]

But really it's a unit by unit basis... I know i'm gonna forget to regrid a lot of my pairs

[hazy tusk]

I've been using my EX Caked Paulo for months without a grid because I just forgot to ever give him one

[trail smelt]

Ready to kick Diantha out of my fairy team lol

[hazy tusk]

I'm ready to kick Sidney's teeth in with an antique

[keen jasper]

[wooden iris]

Finally

This been a rough week for CS

[sick inlet]

GGs

[wooden iris]

This was probably only time in CS I had use mostly master Fair

But I suffer enough

[sick inlet]

Congratulations my friend,
To avoid spamming the chat and also avoid the wraith of the authorities (they're super nice)
Put your clears in a #1010274591601598555 thread

[wooden iris]

Gotcha

[silver dirge]

Pins updated

[sick inlet]

What about all the poor souls who didn't start yet

[paper summit]

[silver dirge]

Start sooner

[calm marsh]

[nova fiber]

ah... I just realized I have had strike takes 3x damage enabled for a bunch of my attempts this week

I feel very foolish

the margin of error for steel weak glacia would have been much bigger

[silver dirge]

Oop

Thanks Pykuo, fixed

[manic mica]

SS Steven is going to demolish Wallace with the pre-sync parameters

[fading blade]

Hey greetings new player here

I am struggling with clearing hoenn elite four

Those are some teams i am trying to make work

Also here are some syncpairs with move levels

Any suggestions?

[mellow linden]

Can you show your entire roster (3- and 4-stars included) for us?

+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

[mellow linden]

You can use the above tracker or screenshot your roster from the Move Level menu under Upgrades

[fading blade]

Here it is

[rotund lagoon]

Would you mind sorting it by role then showing the separator please? ^^;

[fading blade]

Yep coming right u

Up

[rotund lagoon]

Watch the video above on how to show the separator…. ^^;;;;

[mellow linden]

Can try building a team around:

• Cyrus or Zinnia for Drake.
• Alder for Sidney.
• Solgaleo or SS Red for Glacia.
• Hau for Phoebe.
• Hapu or Nessa for Steven.

And probably be fine. Make sure to check out the Teambuilding 101 Guidelines, and try to include 9-12 unique types (as in, the type of the Sync Move) across your 5 teams

I assume this is Hard Mode

If not then more specific advice may be necessary

[fading blade]

what about a 150lvl ss red or there is no eed

[mellow linden]

I listed SS Red as a possible option to use against Glacia

[fading blade]

sorry long night you were right

how does pheobe works against phoebe?

[mellow linden]

Focus on ensuring Hau’s buff needs are met, ideally with just 1 Support if possible

[fading blade]

what level should i get strikers and supports

[mellow linden]

Hau ideally wants Sp. Atk. and crit buffs from the Support

[fading blade]

and how much should i invest on syncgrids

[mellow linden]

Level 120 is fine for Hard Mode and basically all content, shouldn’t need much (if any) more investment into grids than what I assume you’ve already put in for some of the big ones like SS Brendan or Hop

[north crown]

We gucci?

[fading blade]

yes i have invested in both of them

[mellow linden]

It seems to be Hard Mode, they should be set with just some points in the right direction

[fading blade]

yes

[north crown]

Pls tell me you told them about the type medal

[fading blade]

is this not the proper channel for that kind of questions

?

[mellow linden]

You’re fine, no worries

[fading blade]

oh cool cool

[mellow linden]

I told them to try and include 9-12 types across their teams for type medal, yes

[fading blade]

what is type medal

[north crown]

As you say…

[fading blade]

i am trying to beat the league just for unlocking content

[mellow linden]

It unlocks Master Mode once complete

[fading blade]

rally and gears

also you need 3 different mons for the champion?

as well?

[mellow linden]

You’ll wanna use 18 different types (the type of the Sync Move) across 2 (or more) weeks in a given region for completion

[north crown]

It’s best to attmept to unlock Master Mode via the regional CS Type Medal for both unlocking content and rewards.

[mellow linden]

Yes, 15 Sync Pairs total

That’s why I gave 5 sets of recommendations for who to build teams around

[fading blade]

oh true that

also given my roster

should i invest on deoxys?

i have 33 k

[latent eagle]

Suffering can’t beat Sidney

[mellow linden]

I’d recommend waiting a day or 2 before deciding since datamine should be tonight

[fading blade]

perfect

[north crown]

Show current types and team

[fading blade]

thanks for the help i will give it my best

[north crown]

I’ll help Ducy

[mellow linden]

It’s Master Mode

[north crown]

Oh nvm

[mellow linden]

For Ducy

[north crown]

Ah… somehow I missed that 9k 💀

I should probably leave this in ur hands at this rate. Best of luck!

🧠 = ❌

[latent eagle]

😂😂😂😂 understandable lmaooo

[mellow linden]

What parameters are you running and what team(s) have you been trying thus far?

[north crown]

LG brain rot got me like:

[latent eagle]

My on type parameter I’ve been using, thinking it’s this tbh bc I’m barely doing damage doing on type, I’ve tried Gladion/lusiamine/SSA Cynthia think? Lusamine/burge/SSA Cynthia I think as well?? Honestly it’s hard to remember my on type teams I’ve used 💀

[mellow linden]

I think part of the problem is severe lack of your damage-dealers getting the help they need from the Support

SSA Cynthia can only buff crit and doesn’t help Burgh set up any of his modifiers, for example

[latent eagle]

I’ve also tried off typing w/ grusha/champ red/SSA Cynthia and that’s the most damage I’ve done, I’d probably be able to win if red didn’t die to sync

[nocturne pawn]

he shouldnt even be reaching sync

[mellow linden]

Could you show your roster? Assuming your Burgh is 3/5+ he can probably work fine with a good team setup and maybe parameter adjustments

[nocturne pawn]

ice beam is a guaranteed freeze turn off no status

[mellow linden]

Also, I’m surprised Sidney got to Sync with NC Red under Zone

[nocturne pawn]

grusha also has 30% flinch and freeze

[mellow linden]

But we can troubleshoot that later if necessary

[nocturne pawn]

burgh has critical eye right

[mellow linden]

He does for his Trainer Move, iirc

But depending on teammate options he may not need it

[nocturne pawn]

shouldnt he be able to do it with just smarty pants maxed no sun

cuz its really annoying fitting spdef drops and sun on the same team

[mellow linden]

Not sure, I personally ran Lusamine + H. Viola for my clear this week

[north crown]

I’ve done NCBlue, 2/5 SSHilbert, Burgh presync.

[crystal notch]

Don't let sydney sync, you can fish for flinch

Try changing the no interference parameter

[latent eagle]

This should be accurate of my units? I haven’t really taken a close look to make sure everything is correct, if anything move lvl of some units might be wrong it’s a bit of a hassle to update everything so I only do it when I get new units

[crystal notch]

Ah, don't worry, at least you're not like me who somehow lost my tracker backup

So I have to start all over agajn

[nocturne pawn]

have you used ss morty already

[mellow linden]

SS Brendan still available?

[latent eagle]

SS Morty is available, SS Brendan is not but Sidney has dark zone so 💀 that’s why I used grusha and SSA Cynthia

Oop didn’t mean to reply to that one

[mellow linden]

By the time Dark Zone goes up you should be about to KO Sidney

Could try Penny + Burgh + SS Morty

Alternatively you could use Ash and/or SST Red for off-typing

Wait, probably were used for Phoebe

So nvm on OPikachus

[latent eagle]

Ye both pika’s were used

Also won’t reply for a bit have food atm

[latent eagle]

[nocturne pawn]

is that after supp ex

[mellow linden]

Might wanna try lowering the Strength a bit in exchange for more offense parameters or something

[nocturne pawn]

yeah morty is very bulky

[mellow linden]

And also reexamine your Burgh grid to make sure he’s got his important modifiers and Sync base power tiles

[weak sleet]

I even struggled with ss nate against Sydney today, I had to change his zone.

[toxic cobalt]

Dammit how am I supposed to beat Steven now!

[latent eagle]

What’s the grid for burgh? I have like 3 grids for him and I’m 95% none of them are the one I need 💀

[nocturne pawn]

smarty pants and sf5 are the important tiles

[mellow linden]

Also Furious Brain

[latent eagle]

Wtf how’d did I do worse then last time

[north crown]

lmao... uhhh you should probably look for an offtype team at this point

either that, or cheese with flinch/sleep

[toxic cobalt]

Always use sleep

[latent eagle]

I'm horrendous at sleep chaining so no

[manic kiln]

no crit sync, they buff sp def, failed quadqueue....

[toxic cobalt]

No need to sleep chain

[latent eagle]

I am quadqueueing

[nocturne pawn]

you dont need to sleep chain

just using hypnosis to deny a move is very strong

although only ss cyrus can consistently sleep chain i think

unless go viral enables that

[toxic cobalt]

pure skill can also sleep chain

[nocturne pawn]

lol

skill? whats that

[undone ether]

Uh did you use nc blue already?

[latent eagle]

Yep

[undone ether]

Ah rough. I used nc blue + burgh tbh

[rotund lagoon]

Penny is just fine for Burgh tho

I can do a clear myself, I think that team should be fine

[undone ether]

Though my team/run was post sync so i had a zone setter

[nocturne pawn]

i just used ss hilbert 3/5 so im not much help

[manic kiln]

the team is fine, might need a few reset to get -6 sp def tho

[rotund lagoon]

3k I'm assuming?

[north crown]

holdup... can't you use NCHop?!

or is Penny's TM vital cuz it's quick?

[undone ether]

Ohhhh that could work

On demand zone and can spdef drop

[north crown]

I ain't slacking when it comes to non-conventional options

[turbid geyser]

Serena right?

[latent eagle]

:0 !!!!!!!!!! Meanie

The lowest I’ve gotten mids HP

Trying champ hop now lmao

[undone ether]

But yeah i used nc blue for sidney because my bug pairs are really lacking and Ash against glacia and sst red against phoebe

[north crown]

that should be the optimal condition...

perhaps postsync can live due to zone replacement

[manic kiln]

why did you wasting turn using burgh's tm, he just need to use sp atk 1 time, penny and morty can fully buff crit, just spam bug buzz after maxing sp atk, also help dropping sp def faster, might also need to check your grid again

[latent eagle]

I did do that, that's all I've been doing every run except this one, and this is somehow the farthest I got to beating it

[rotund lagoon]

Well a lot of this is RNG anyway...better to stick with what helps your team instead of doing a wasted move

[latent eagle]

🤷‍♂️ just tried something different since nothing else was working LMAOOO

[undone ether]

What'd you cook?

[manic kiln]

also take off any hp param and replace with atk

[latent eagle]

BROOOOO

[rotund lagoon]

Do you have sync accel on anyone?

[latent eagle]

Ugh im just thinking about giving up this weeks champ stadium, Steven is ground n I don't have a lot of ground types so even if I did beat Sidney somehow is still struggle w/ Steven

[nocturne pawn]

do you have a 3/5 courtney

she was able to nuke mid pretty decently

[latent eagle]

Yeah but again I need to somehow beat Sidney 💀

[nocturne pawn]

just keep trying you got very close

[north crown]

can you show the team in the "readying up" screen?

also wondering what LS is on Burgh

[latent eagle]

Crit striker 2 for burgh LS

[cold lake]

Lyris ( ) is so op, too strong, top tier unit. Can't be stopped.
Was struggling to offtype Steven 3kpt and came in clutch (with Akari help)

[crystal notch]

Ah, SC Zinnia, I love her, but are you here for help?

[cold lake]

i was about to ask for some help

[north crown]

You might be able to squeeze out that last bit of damage with these options:

• level up Burgh
• Super Powered 3 LS
• different grid...?
• gear

[cold lake]

but it worked

but if it didn't, any good team for Steven?

[latent eagle]

FREAKING FINALLY but now steven 💀

My ground types are crying

[cold lake]

good luck

[cold lake]

same

[north crown]

just sleep and/or flinch

or if you have any good offtypers left, sure

[manic kiln]

people always trash ground roster but bertha + courtney + physical support can 3k any region
same for bug

[latent eagle]

What's sync nuke for Courtney?

[north crown]

f2p bug is kinda iffy; if you don't know enough theoretical and practical game knowledge, you're gonna suffer.

[manic kiln]

the noland + bugsy combo still work

[north crown]

iirc, 2 trap multipliers and sand

[latent eagle]

Alright tf do I do for Steven?

[crystal notch]

3/5 courtney

[rotund lagoon]

Off type if no Courtney (or other Ground damage dealer) tbh

[crystal notch]

^

Already admitted to having 3/5 courtney

[rotund lagoon]

~~I forget things, my guy ~~

[crystal notch]

Don't worry I do too

[main trellis]

what have people been doing vs Glacia

i procrastinated CS till now lmao

[rotund lagoon]

I used Variety Thorton

But PB’d and EX’d Solgaleo with zone should beat it too

[north crown]

postsync with Solgaleo + the 2 most OP tanks you have in your roster.

[noble plaza]

I have Raihan at 1/5. Should I use him for Glacia?

Oh Solgaleo works? Got it

[north crown]

depends if you can back him up with either OP supports like I suggested to oQuartz, or sleep/flinch

[rotund lagoon]

Yeah flinch from Pal Marnie is what saved me, even 1/5 V Thorton is tough

[noble plaza]

I have plenty of flinchers

[crystal notch]

Offtype with SS Steven

[rotund lagoon]

If I didn’t try entertaining the new steel damage dealers I got, I would’ve off typed it

[crystal notch]

Solgaleo kept dying and I was fed up

[latent eagle]

Just saying use Courtney doesn't do anything when I don't know what grid to use or how to set her up

[crystal notch]

Noted. Then, you can start learning for yourself:

Find 3/5 Courtney sync grid through https://discord.com/channels/583120259708616715/1008010844547842079

See what grid is suggested

Then see what's missing from her kit. Does she need more crit buffs? Attack buffs?

[latent eagle]

Ugh I hate looking at the grids in the Google doc, it sucks on mobile 💀 and my laptop has been acting up rip to me man

[noble plaza]

Solgaleo keeps dying for me

[noble plaza]

Go to #bot-zone

You can look up the grids by doing the bot command for the pair

[crystal notch]

Hmmm have you tried flinches

Or sleep denial

Or deny left

It may also be bad blizzard rng

[toxic cobalt]

Okay no lie I've done this battel about 50 times and the highest number of potion mprs skyla has gotten is 2

[crystal notch]

...did poryphone just die

ok it did

aghhh

[cold lake]

y'all think Camerupt is good dps?

gotta update my old 1/5 grid for a 3/5

[north crown]

she's the most recommended pair to use cuz her nuke is insane

[cold lake]

i always use her for Ground Zone supporting, RIP

[north crown]

I would suggest Courtney, but she's too new for people to count on everyone having 3/5

oh wait nvm.. I thought u were talking about Bertha 🤣

she is another viable option if you do have her

[latent eagle]

Can someone 🅱️lease just send courtney's sync nuke grid? I don't wanna touch the Google doc on mobile 💀

[crystal notch]

https://ng-pomatools.web.app/pairs/22200/32300?s=3&l=140&r=6&p=0&a=13010602&g=AAECAwQFBggLDhAVGBkuLw

copied straight from the google docs link

poryphone died

[north crown]

Trap and Sync & Sand Blaster. That's it.

[latent eagle]

Thanks

[crystal notch]

for context, this is how you can use the google docs next time

[north crown]

You don't even need half the grid to have her full nuke up and running

[crystal notch]

I took the first link

[latent eagle]

I know how to use the docs, it's just a pain on mobile and I think my laptop is on it's last leg so 💀

[crystal notch]

yeah don't worry about it

just pointing out that there's multiple grids possible

so don't be afraid to look it up next time

[nocturne pawn]

uh thats for bertha

courtney has towering force

[north crown]

ah mb

should be ez enough to grid yourself if you ever bothered reading the nodes

[nocturne pawn]

yeah

courtney’s grid is straightforward which is nice

[noble plaza]

I'm having trouble with Steven using Bertha, Ingo and Courtney

[north crown]

First of all, who's your main DPS pair?

[latent eagle]

[north crown]

ok.. why tf is SSACynthia there..?!

[latent eagle]

She maxes def and she has adrenaline 1, if there's someone else I should use please do tell

[sick inlet]

We doing last second CS?

[steel kelp]

Some things never change

[paper summit]

you hate to see it

[mellow linden]

An Attack + crit Support would likely help more than SSA Cynthia

[latent eagle]

Me for like the past 3 weeks oop

[sick inlet]

Chop chop
Steven has touch me buff me strat

[noble plaza]

Courtney

[north crown]

... you probably shouldn't be bringing either of the sinnoh pairs then

[noble plaza]

Why?

[north crown]

SSACynthia doens't help much aside from her MF passive, and Bertha doesn't even remotely help Courtney's multiplers

[noble plaza]

I don't have SSACynthia, that's someone else

I have regular Cynthia

[sick inlet]

Defense debuffers? Offensive Supports?

[nocturne pawn]

your gauge is unironically dead

hilbert is unironically pretty great here

cuz by god your gauge is nonexistent with that team

[nocturne pawn]

she only helps via +1 from her tm in sand

[noble plaza]

Me?

[nocturne pawn]

no

the bertha courtney team

[crystal notch]

@latent eagle apologies for ping

but you shouldn't miss this

you should try and set up speed drops

and ssa cynthia is not doing anything to help here

[latent eagle]

I had -6 speed just from Courtney

She doesn't need help doing -speed

[nocturne pawn]

i would still use a more offensive support

im honestly surprised your gauge isnt having issues

[noble plaza]

Should I try Ingo, Courtney and Cynthia?

[latent eagle]

Yeah gonna try someone different once my iPad charges, any suggestions on who? I know I need to buff attk n crit but just saying that doesn't help when there are so many units 😵‍💫

[noble plaza]

Hilbert?

Does he buff crit?

Actually should I just do post sync?

[latent eagle]

Ye he buffs crit n attack

[crystal notch]

He does, and he also helps with speed for gauge

Did you debuff the enemy defenses?

probably not, bertha doesn't have enemy defense debuff

[north crown]

you could try doing someting like BPClemont, Courtney, Hilbert

[crystal notch]

yep, BPClemont has screech

[nocturne pawn]

aaron or hilbert

id lean towards hilbert but aaron has better bulk and helps set up towering force

[latent eagle]

Crying why does metagross have to have stuff like hammer arm, both hilbert and Aaron get like one shot at least SSA Cynthia can survive a few hits

[crystal notch]

the trick

is to reset

until it doesn't use hammer arm early

but also what params are you using

[latent eagle]

I’ve been resetting but I can barely make it to first sync

[crystal notch]

hmm do you have a sleeper

anything from nc rosa, ss cyrus, genpool serena

heck, even ramos

at this rate, if everyone is incapable of surviving

might as well sleep cheese

[latent eagle]

My parameters

I never want to touch sleep chaining/cheesing it with sleep, the sleep mechanic can go die

[crystal notch]

the good news is that I can immediately see the problem

why are you stacking

Atk 3

and Atk 5

and all the strength

and not expect your non SSA Cynthia support to die

if you're using two supports and a tech, strike takes x3 damage is free

[latent eagle]

🤷‍♂️ it be late brain ain’t functioning

[crystal notch]

and you'd rather take +1 def for 50 pts additionally

and if you don't want to sleep or flinch cheese

then you can also take interference immunity

so you can take off +5 atk

and swap it with strike takes x3 damage, interference immunity, and +1 def

[latent eagle]

Steven is out for me man 💀 I just wanna beat champion stadium man, I haven't done that in like 3 weeks...

[crystal notch]

you can always lower down by 500 points

[latent eagle]

Bruhhh they either use meter mash/iron head/hammer arm or spam speed all 💀

[toxic cobalt]

Took me awhile to parse

[silver dirge]

what the hell is that wording

Hopefully a hall of fame change too

[cold kestrel]

With these teams should I go for the bare minimum amount of points, 2500 I think? I’ll replace piers and hilbert once I unlock the whole medal

[toxic cobalt]

Bare minimum is 850 points each

Hilbert is perfectly acceptable there actually. Never used Victorhorse as a striker but aside from that this looks like good teams.

[cold kestrel]

Victor is there purely because I literally have no one else

Also what form of deyox should I transform into? Forgot how to spell its name

[toxic cobalt]

Why not try Giovanni?

[cold kestrel]

He isn’t exed yet. I can still try though

[toxic cobalt]

EX won't affect his ghost damage at all

[cold kestrel]

Alright

[swift swan]

updated

[toxic cobalt]

Average

[grand trout]

Did we have permafield this month?

[wide adder]

whats the next region? do we know yet? i get theres no infograph yet but, the region itself would be nice to know bout to gauge how hard of a region is up next

[sick inlet]

Not first 4 rounds atleast

[manic kiln]

haven't seen datamine but it should be johto

[silver dirge]

back to baby mode it is

[cold kestrel]

Since I don’t have support ex do I sync with paulo first to get his buddy move I believe it is?

[wide adder]

you saying this reminds me of this sticker from hat in time

honestly glad if its a region where we can breathe for a bit tho

[north crown]

I'd assume so. iirc, he has really busted sync accel bs

[trail smelt]

SS Gladion just stomping on Sidney is delicious lol

Just waiting on datamine for next month’s

[main trellis]

Best way to beat Phoebe?

I have Anni Lillie and Fall Allister

Idk if I'm using wrong grid / parameters but I'm still struggling for 3k lmao

[sick inlet]

Why is Phoebe tanking hard

[paper summit]

higher than usual HP, that's about it

the buffs she gets are whatever to crits

[cedar flume]

ngl this is a tough week lol

[wooden iris]

I just cheese her with Kanto birds

[verbal karma]

I think I forgot who I used as a support for Ghost-weak Phoebe...

Because Leaf pretty much dies to Shadow Ball instantly, so she can't be the one

...wow, even SC Jasmine sucks at tanking Shadow Ball

[trail smelt]

Only reason I had to reset for Phoebe is because SS Korrina though it would be hilarious to not Crit on sync

[undone ether]

Phoebe is kinda hilarious.

but pretty good run over all.

its been so long since i've used SS Lusamine, and for some reason, she kept propulsion each time o_o;

[old orchid]

for anyone struggling on certain stages, please check the pins for our helpful resources and guide, as well as explain your situation carefully, such as teams and parameters used

we cant help without knowing the context

[verbal karma]

Okay, I am trying to do R3 Phoebe with Fallcerola and SSR Cynthia

Trying to find a good support for them who does NOT get folded like an omelette by Shadow Balls

[formal vigil]

Might want to replace fall acerola with Lucian for attack debuffs

Since pheobe has furious brawn

[verbal karma]

...how does that help with Shadow Ball, though?

Because that is the big problem

[old orchid]

Furious Brawn

[formal vigil]

Multiplier that buffs power moves with attack buffs

[verbal karma]

Oh

True

[sick inlet]

R3 Phoebe is number 1 advice to avoid

Literally in pins

[old orchid]

🤯

[formal vigil]

Oh yeah don't do pheobe round 3 either

[verbal karma]

...damn, I somehow missed that...

But at the same time, I dunno if I could find a different order anyway

[manic kiln]

Also ghost zone boosts their dmg too

[verbal karma]

R4 Sidney and R1 Glacia honestly make the most sense to me

[verbal karma]

Ghost Zone isn't even active yet

[verbal karma]

R2 Drake also felt right to me

Which does only leave me with R3 Phoebe

[silver dirge]

We're not repeating this entire thing every single week; if you're not going to listen to the advice you're being given, don't bother asking. If you want to survive R3 on Phoebe, you either don't do it R3, or you figure out how to do it with denials

[verbal karma]

...R1 Phoebe?

Don't you mean R3 Phoebe?

[silver dirge]

Yes, R3

[verbal karma]

Damn, and I even had an idea on how to counter her Furious Brawn, too

[silver dirge]

Doesn't hurt trying

[main trellis]

Thinking of doing Phoebe R4

[shadow notch]

Well, this week is easier, though 12.5k

[sick inlet]

Do 13k

Then post it in #1010274591601598555

[verbal karma]

...do Phoebe's sides even use items to begin with?

Sure doesn't feel like it

Also, SSR Cynthia might be a bad choice, too

...I might have to change the team entirely

[keen jasper]

Why aren't you using Victrier?

[verbal karma]

Hmm...good point

Aside from Victrier, who else?

[keen jasper]

Your best ghost damage dealer

Which is definitely SSR Cynthia

[verbal karma]

...yeah, that's who I am trying to replace

[steel kelp]

[keen jasper]

Victor preemptively sets up ghost zone anyways

[steel kelp]

You can’t be serious

[verbal karma]

Because she seems to be especially allergic to AoE attacks

Moreso than most other damage dealers

Probably because of her TM

[keen jasper]

Then use a support that raises her defensive stats\

SSR Cynthia easily destroys Phoebe

[steel kelp]

You’re making this harder than it is

[verbal karma]

Wait, if I use Victrier, SSR Cynthia and someone who boosts defenses, then who will get rid of the Attack buff?

[old orchid]

Victrier

[keen jasper]

Victrier?

[old orchid]

you can even get free 100 pts

[keen jasper]

[verbal karma]

...hold on, I forgot Victrier's kit because I almost never used him

Lemme check

Oh yeah, Haze

[verbal karma]

???????????

What are those free 100 pts?

[formal vigil]

The one that buffs there attack and special attack by +3

[verbal karma]

I...think I have that already?

Might be misremembering, tho

[silver dirge]

[crystal notch]

usual culprits, usual visitors

[steel kelp]

New week same mess

[tardy belfry]

no info on next region cs yet yea?

[verbal karma]

Okay, no, I remembered correctly

Too bad that didn't help, tho

Both SSR Cynthia and Victrier die in only two AoEs

[tardy belfry]

oh nvrmind next cs is confirmed johto

[swift swan]

are you sure you don't have tech damage x3 picked up?

reset to avoid too many AOEs then. i'm sorry but that's just the nature of 15k CSMM most of the time

[verbal karma]

I am sure, yes

I have Strike Damage x3 instead

...oh god

Even with the Atk buff removed, Phoebe's Shadow Ball instakills SC Jasmine

Surely because of the Ghost Zone

...slowly contemplating doing R3 Sidney instead now...even though that will very probably ruin my plans for Sidney...

[formal vigil]

Might be worth doing pheobe round 4

[verbal karma]

For context: I planned to use a Mina team for Sidney, making use of the R4 gimmick

[lean lion]

Water pulse will 2 shot your tank again

[silver dirge]

You're doing Phoebe R3 and giving her ghost zone?

[verbal karma]

I was suggested Victrier

On this very channel

[silver dirge]

You were also suggested to not do Phoebe R3

[formal vigil]

Also why sc jasmine isn't Renegade Cynthia physical?

[verbal karma]

She actually is mixed

[silver dirge]

Her sync is the brunt of the damage - physical

[verbal karma]

It's why I don't have any Damage Reduction on period

So I can use both her sync and her Shadow Ball without one or the other getting gimped

[verbal karma]

SC Jasmine boosts defenses only anyway

[trail smelt]

SC Jasmine just boosts defenses and sometimes special attack I think

But no physical attack

[silver dirge]

She does boost SpA

[formal vigil]

Though I would probably use Lucian instead of victor specter boost master passive and Renegade Cynthia has smarty pants debuffs attack too

[silver dirge]

She's also incredibly slow, & so is SSR Cynthia - I doubt you're managing your gauges well

[verbal karma]

Is that a grid feature? Because I don't have that

[silver dirge]

Yes you do

[verbal karma]

What I mean is that I don't have that gridded

[silver dirge]

Remember how I mentioned not knowing the basics? Failure to check your pairs' passives is one of them

[verbal karma]

...oh...

[silver dirge]

[steel kelp]

Why are trying to do 15k when you don’t even know how your pairs work

[silver dirge]

If you cannot get the basics down, don't bother others with trying 3k CS

[steel kelp]

This happens every week

[verbal karma]

...wait, why are we still discussing R3 Phoebe if I was told to not do that?

[silver dirge]

We're discussing your team

[verbal karma]

I keep on forgetting how they work

It's hard to remember everything

[crystal notch]

Then maybe 15k isn't for you

[silver dirge]

Replace Jasmine with a support who can buff physical attack

And someone lighter on gauges

[verbal karma]

But I need the power-up tickets

That's the only reason why I am bothering with 3k

[silver dirge]

Then get the basics down to the T first

You should check each & every detail of your pairs before you attempt endgame adjacent content

[undone ether]

Uh whats the next cs? Alola?

[verbal karma]

Hmm...wait, if I am gonna do R4 Phoebe instead of R3, then maybe my first team will work for it after all

[silver dirge]

Lost mentioned Johto but I'm not too sure

[verbal karma]

Okay, I will need a new, more R3-friendly team for Sidney first and foremost if I wanna do R4 Phoebe

I don't think Mina will be good enough for R3 Sidney...

[tardy belfry]

it's confirmed johto from the datamine

[undone ether]

managed to post sync everything. Only casualty is ball guy + 1 reset against Glacia. i completely forgot Bruno had a ATK up .-.;
Phoebe + Drake fights was in dire straights but still alive.

[formal vigil]

If you really want to abuse round 3 param could use Lodge lilie instead

[verbal karma]

Who'd be good for R3 Sidney?

Ah, Lodge Lillie

[grave wyvern]

Trin I'm going to be real with you, if you're struggling with the basics you can't expect people here to hand-hold you through 15k CSMM every week

It gets frustrating for everyone involved

[verbal karma]

I mean, I know the basics themselves, I just keep on forgetting which sync pairs have which passives and grid abilities

[undone ether]

Oh right, are we also getting a Neo Champion stadium rerun?

[verbal karma]

Because there are so many sync pairs, so many passives and so many sync grids to remember

[toxic cobalt]

Why not just stall all five battles?

[formal vigil]

Though I mean you could just use the team you used to beat Sydney last time

[swift swan]

we don't expect you to remember, but to check thoroughly before using or dismissing a pair

[undone ether]

Serena's one was the Electric weak one right?

[grave wyvern]

Grass

[formal vigil]

Grass

[verbal karma]

Heck, my apologies...

[undone ether]

Huh grass. hmm

is it mid month or late March?

[verbal karma]

...but I guess it's too late now...I am fully expecting to get banned from this channel this week...

[silver dirge]

No one's mentioned that, we're just asking you to (A): cooperate & listen to advice being given and (B): make sure you know your way around teambuilding & stage gimmicks first

[verbal karma]

Well, yeah, nobody did, but you guys mentioned how frustrated you are with me

[silver dirge]

We're here to help, but you need to meet us in the middle so it's a pleasant experience for everyone

[crystal notch]

Practically what's been happening is that we give you advice, and then you either disregard the advice

Mis apply the advice, and then complain it didn't work

Or straight up ignore us

[silver dirge]

Don't worry about that, just try and make an improvement in that regard and we'll be fine

Now, where are you at the moment?

[verbal karma]

...if you mean in CS, R3 Sidney...someone suggested me to just use the team I used last time, but I forgot who I used for Fairy-weak Sidney, so I gotta remember when was last time Fairy-weak Sidney was on

[grave wyvern]

this is the key point

[silver dirge]

Okay, scroll through your hall of fame and see if you can find a fairy team

[formal vigil]

Wasn't it ss dawn sycamore Lodge lilie?

[swift swan]

next time document your teams. this is why we have #1010274591601598555

[silver dirge]

That would be a great idea yeah, you can add your clears and quick notes on how you cleared it, what you had to change

[verbal karma]

You're right, it was

[grave wyvern]

Stage Clears is super helpful, make yourself a thread and pop your finished clears there when you've got time

it helps me remember as well

[verbal karma]

Hmm...maybe I should, yeah...kinda held off on it for a long time because...I am not really sure why, actually...

[undone ether]

or you could do it like i do, everything in excel/spreadsheets 😮

[verbal karma]

Maybe I didn't feel them worthy enough to share them?

[silver dirge]

If you cleared 15K CS, or even less, that's worthy. It doesn't need to something people praise you for, it's a personal achievement you should be proud of

You can document the clears with little tips on what to look out for next time

Eventually you'll just get the hang of it

[fading blade]

Any help with the hoenn championship the enemies just changed oof.

[toxic cobalt]

Have you tried any teams yet?

[fading blade]

No, i was preparing for it but it changed

[toxic cobalt]

I see, thanks! It changes once a week

[fading blade]

I just want to complete it to unlock content like gears and rally

And now i am clueless for what strikers should i use

[toxic cobalt]

No entries this week, so just select any striker of the appropriate type

[grave wyvern]

there's no barrier for entry in #1010274591601598555 , think of it as your personal little thread

[toxic cobalt]

Fantina, Giovanni, Roark, Sycamore Solgaleo?

[fading blade]

Great will try to level up again units

[verbal karma]

...I think I am doing something wrong...

Attack fully debuffed and trapped and also an EX support sync buff...what else might I be missing?

[keen jasper]

Did it crit?

[verbal karma]

...I think it did?

I could have sworn I saw "Critical Strike 2" pop up

[keen jasper]

Because 10k damage on her sync seems too low

[verbal karma]

That's, like, the only way for me to tell if a Super Effective attack has critted

Since the Super Effective hitspark overrides the Critical Hit one

[lean lion]

The run took like 8 mins but I poison stalled R4 Phoebe lmao. Immortal Eevee hack!

[keen jasper]

And I wonder if Lillie has Super Preparation 9 on her TM

[manic kiln]

The other 2 should be using moon blast too for extra damage

[undone ether]

is that 3/5 Elaine?

[verbal karma]

I mean, that's what they did

[lean lion]

5/5 Leaf, Janine and Lucy

[manic kiln]

Also use dawn tm to drop below 30% then use moonlight, she gives SMUN when using status move when below 30% hp
Also did you use trap on mid?

[undone ether]

oh did you max70 Leaf? 😮

[lean lion]

No, just the usual potion mpr + recup grid. Don't have that kinda sync orb savings yet haha.

[verbal karma]

I mean, I already said that I did trap

[manic kiln]

Didn’t see it on the image so have to ask, but that dmg was low so might be a non crit

[swift swan]

make sure you click TM before her sync so you can get SEUP

[lean lion]

TIL sync buffs visual indicator caps at 9.

[undone ether]

they used to have 9+

I think 😦

[swift swan]

they have 9+ yes

[verbal karma]

okay, R3 Sidney beaten

checking back on my past clears, I actually DID use Fallcerola/SSR Cynthia/Leaf against Ghost-weak Phoebe already

[manic kiln]

That was still 2.5k

[mellow linden]

A dedicated Attack + crit Support will probably work better than Leaf, but it is SSR Cynthia + another Ghost damage-dealer, so it’ll probably be fine

[verbal karma]

well, that's the thing: it wasn't

it was actually 3K

it was literally this month, too

nevermind, I misread

it was July last year

but that was still 3K, right?

[mortal dirge]

Phoebe is a pain in the ass this week

[old orchid]

Do you know her gimmicks? If not, please

[verbal karma]

I know Phoebe is mixed physical + special and she has Furious Brawn/Haymaker

[dense birch]

Flinch was the way to go for me with Phoebe…

[lean lion]

Easy 15k this week!

[manic kiln]

This month is the first 3k for hoenn, and first for ghost weak too. So your previous team was for 2.5k

[verbal karma]

oh

damn

😦

[mortal dirge]

Fucking phoebe one shot me with the sync even if I am plus 6 in every defensive stat

[verbal karma]

replacing Leaf with Tina isn't working out either, sadly

[lean lion]

Phoebe hits extremely hard this week

[old orchid]

please provide your teams, params and failing situation if you want to get helped

The key is debuffing her attack unless you go for staggering strat

[mortal dirge]

Im using Lunala Giratina and Sableye

[lean lion]

So fighting her R4 is beneficial since debuffs have greater effect?

[mellow linden]

Yeah, you don’t wanna let Phoebe Sync if using Ghost Zone

[lean lion]

If you're bringing a regular team

[verbal karma]

...fuck, I almost won

but Fallcerola couldn't beat the left side 😦

fuck, I am losing motivation because of this

and I was literally only one pixel of health away from winning, too

[mortal dirge]

It’s one shotting me even without ghost zone

And I’m on full defense buffs

[mellow linden]

Well fortunately you should be able to KO her before she Syncs anyway. What parameters are you using?

[mortal dirge]

I always use this. Lunala is 1/5

[main crow]

Absolutely hideous combination of a stage and parameter

[mellow linden]

Real quickly, does Fall Caitlin have Adrenaline as her Lucky Skill?

[mortal dirge]

Vigilance

[mellow linden]

She has Vigilance innate, iirc

Can you give her Adrenaline Lucky Skill? Because I’m sure part of the issue is that you’re unable to Sync twice before Phoebe Syncs due to Quick Tempo

[mortal dirge]

Nope

Yeah exactly, can’t sync twice

[mellow linden]

Replace Vigilance Lucky Skill ASAP regardless, it’s redundant since she has it innately. For now I guess run a different gauge Support who won’t prevent quadqueue or who has Adrenaline

[mortal dirge]

I got adrenaline and I’m still one move away from sync

[mellow linden]

Don’t click Phantom Force

It screws up Sync countdown

Wait to use it until after center gets KOed

[mortal dirge]

Fuck this stage man

The gauge is an issue

[mellow linden]

You can try saving SSR Cynthia’s Trainer Move for after Support Sync to save the gauge for that turn

Alternatively you could try Skyla instead of Fall Caitlin if she’s invested enough

[mortal dirge]

Finally god

This was stupid

[swift swan]

i'm questioning my decision to try making Mina work in a f2p/genpool only team

[toxic cobalt]

Coward

[swift swan]

Sidney's so bulky

[old orchid]

[swift swan]

my goal is to make Mina work as the only damage dealer (the more i think about it the more it feels like a terrible idea)

[toxic cobalt]

R1?

[old orchid]

it is

[formal vigil]

Have you tried using her with Dana for seup?

[swift swan]

R4

[swift swan]

might give that a go with Sonia as the third ig

[toxic cobalt]

What buffs does Sidney get you can steal?

Mina Hilbert Serena should be easy

[swift swan]

+2 sp atk on entry lol

[sick inlet]

Pointless

[toxic cobalt]

You're not thinking with sleep!

Force the tms out

[swift swan]

yeah i've been using Nanu for flinch and defense debuff

which is why i was doing it R4

[toxic cobalt]

Nanu is powerful stuff

[swift swan]

but fishing out the TMs means fishing out sidney's x defense all lmao

annoying

[toxic cobalt]

Pretty sure crits ignore that?

[swift swan]

it does, yep

still i'd like to debuff as much as possible though

[swift swan]

i'd like that sweet sweet -6 def with the glowing blue color okay!!

[toxic cobalt]

Sonia instead of Hilbert then?

DC9

very reliable

[old orchid]

No attack debuffer in your team

[mellow linden]

Phoebe probably won’t even be able to Sync with that team if you don’t click Phantom Force

You can try waiting to use SSR Cynthia’s Trainer Move for her 1st action after SS Morty Sync to save gauge if needed

[silver dirge]

Reduce some HP and put it into Attack, Morty can handle it

If you lower their bulk you can clear faster

Ally Healing down 5, you can pick that up

Oh and the defense 3 jeez

drop that immediately

[mellow linden]

Oh, yeah, parameter issue for sure

A. Lillie’s damage is more important for regular moves, SSR Cynthia would be the Sync nuke or just there for Zone/debuffs

[austere oyster]

This might be the week I finally clear CS! Three down, only Phoebe left and then I have Mewtwo saved for Wallace! Who are y’all using for Phoebe? I have enough time that I can build up a ghost if I have one that y’all recommend. I tried Alister but he’s only 1/5 and super slow…

[mellow linden]

Is this Hard Mode or Master Mode?

[austere oyster]

Just hard mode. I haven’t even cleared that yet to access Master Mode. 😅

[mellow linden]

Allister will probably work fine for Phoebe then

[nocturne pawn]

damnit lol

her sync didnt crit the first time otherwise id have won

[mellow linden]

You can run with a Speed buffer as one of his teammates to offset low gauge regen speed

[austere oyster]

Oof. I need to see which speed buffers I have left then. I spent Skyla/Swanna helping Rampardos take down Drake, Riley/Lucario helped Solgaleo handle Glacia, and Xerneas took down Sidney.

[mellow linden]

Marley + Arcanine is a Speed buffer

As one option

[austere oyster]

I have Kiawe/A-Marowak to heal and buff attack and CRate (and deal some ghost damage if he lives long enough). Is that a helpful choice too?

[mellow linden]

If you have Lucian he’d also be good since he can also debuff Attack (which is great for fighting Ghost weak Phoebe) and Sp. Def. (which Allister will appreciate)

[mellow linden]

He can help finish Allister’s buffs (2 Kiawe Trainer Moves + 1 Allister Trainer Move) if he’s all you have available for Sp. Atk. + crit Supports

[austere oyster]

Lucian… is that Girafarig? I think I have him at least 1/5. I’ll have to check.

[mellow linden]

Yeah, Girafarig

[nocturne pawn]

how unfortunate is this screenshot lol

[nocturne pawn]

yea

team viral hustle and stupefy as passives are very helpful utility options

and even with -6 attack he still killed hard

[austere oyster]

That could work. I’ll probably have to sink some resources into them first but that will still save Musharna, Mewtwo, and one more for Wallace. Surely that ought to be enough, right?

[mellow linden]

Yeah, you can run a pure Sp. Atk. buffer to help Giovanni

[austere oyster]

I always forget how hard Stored Power hits once you build up a few buffs. Especially on Psychic Terrain. Musharna’s a Tech but can hit hard and fast after a few turns.

[exotic tinsel]

Looking for a chef to help me cook up teams for hard lv1. I still need water, ice, rock, dark, fairy.

Specifically where to fit in ice, rock, and dark.

[sick inlet]

Utilize a type with a job that isn't originally theirs

Like Karen, she's a really good striker but can also be a debuffer

[swift swan]

have you tried building teams?

then we can help fill in the remaining types

[austere oyster]

Lucian, Kiawe, Allister is definitely the move. I can get all the way down to Dusknoir. Only problem is Phoebe pivots to Sp.Att. boosts once I start wearing down Ph.Att. with Girafarig.

[swift swan]

just do the usual damage dealer + support

[exotic tinsel]

I have not, this is my 2nd week. I can certainly try. I guess part if it is I don't understand how much oomph is needed yet.

[swift swan]

it's hard mode. pay attention to the stage gimmicks and you'll be fine

[sick inlet]

Always look at who's gonna be dealing your damage

Then build around them

Because you can fit less capable units depending on who's in your team

Eusine and Blastoise together would not care who their 3rd unit is

[exotic tinsel]

I assume ss Steven for champ and gladion for Sidney, mix red than probably almost solo any of them, Riley for glacia, you mention eusine and I pulled him today.

[swift swan]

sure. now pick a support. it may or may not be the types that you're still missing

[verbal karma]

god