#Champion Stadium
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Pasio CS comes to rescue
Battle Rally? 
planning to clear it with a theme
BR is fun for different reasons. CS is my first love!
I'm woefully unprepared but imma start now
Arts is taking names
LMAO
nah just remembering the good old days
of 12.5k
when sprint didn't exist
and field did not haunt BR
You backread? 
and BR didn't exist but that's beside the point
hey, you were the one who provided me with the months

@tired sleet will be proud of you
anyways don't do power on hit
Do it 
did it count separately for her hits ???
it did right
no quarter 5 hit WS
fun time
I mean
NCBlue exists now
so...
Indeed 😮
and NCSilver has guaranteed flinch for SSLyra non havers
as for I, I will ||sleep cheese||
it didnt
Ah, that's not too bad then
its just multihit so it hits hard by default
MM help request - how do I defeat Phoebe? I need 750 pts but used all my good sync pairs already…
This is round 4 stat debuff
You haven't used Giovanni yet
I’ve been meaning to ask, how is he meant to be played? I have a lot of issues with gauge management because he’s all 4 bar moves
Mewtwo is three gauge not four
he's got SS Gio, that's probaably why he's asking 😮
You have to bring a gauge support with him. Gauge supports are who buff +6 speed and/or setup Move Gauge Acceleration field effect quickly
i dont see his Mewtwo/Giovanni though HMMM
Skyla for example of the above is a prime example of a budget speed buffer

Just to add to what gakon said for ssgio

I also have Crobat left for bad poison but I was having trouble getting a good stall pair together to live long enough
so sabrina?
Sabrina doesnt help SS Gio much
And she needs gauge to buff speed (Reflect Pep rally)
I did mean normal Gio, for the GHost and all
I think i have made a mistake

Go grab Giovanni/Mewtwo from Legendary Adventures and see if he can hit hard enough with shadow ball spam .-./
She’s too gauge-heavy to set up speed for him. Skyla or Neo champ blue are better options imo
i thought this was normal
mewtwo is already pretty fast though
sabrina being slow herself is somewhat rectified via pep rally






Type:
Weak: 
HP: 528
ATK: 391 | DEF: 104
SPA: 576 | SPD: 104
SPE: 511
Main Story
Giovanni & Rhydon
Giovanni & Nidorino
Sygna Suit Giovanni & Nidoking
Giovanni (Classic) & Persian
Psychic / Sync Nuke (3/5)
+ Without Sync
Shadow Ball (3/5)
Lucky Skill: Critical Strike 2, Grand Entry 2
i mistook OG Gio with SS Gio
SS Gio is a physical Ground strike so Sabrina doesnt have much synergy with him
It's almost time
IT IS TIME
Updated
Additional effects 
Lodge Steven with additional effect param is stupid lol
Man I keep forgetting to make next week’s team
I need help making an team for jhoto elite 4
Choose a damage dealer for each stage & accompanying supports to help their buffs. Send your teams here and we'll provide some feedback
aight time to attempt this CSMM
Trying to do R3 Karen, but I need to replace my support because Roxanne takes entirely too much damage
Roxanne is a horrible support option there, take a look at your damage dealer needs and choose a better support. Remember how we talked about improvement last time?
Alright so what does Olivia need?
Put Shauna
...well, the only thing Olivia needs that she can't get herself is Sandstorm, and Bertha has got that covered
Meaning the support can focus on defenses
...does she?
You tell me, how many turns would it take you to get to +6 attack +3 crit
She only needs two X Attack and one TM
Are you at max offenses?
Because Bertha also has Team Crit Entry
...well, no, but Olivia already could beat even with +4 Atk, so I figured it was enough
She can, but when you've got so many physical options available, no need not to
A support like Hop/Shauna/Hilbert/Sonia can get her up & ready to start attacking really quickly
The more damage you do the easier you beat the stage
Okay, someone suggested Shauna, so Imma do that

You just need to take enough hits til Olivia wipes the stage, they're low bulk. Reset for a better rotation
You can also go Aaron if you want, he heals & buffs team defense
There sadly is no better rotation
An attack focused rotation is something Shauna won't survive while a buff focused rotation causes MG problems...
I know Hilbert is also defensively bad but he's also like one of the best option for Olivia
Fast set up for both atk and speed, the things Olivia wants most
i'm not really one of the helpers but i do want to add that hilbert with endurance and def up on TM is plenty enough to soak hits for at least a full sync cycle when i use him
any tips for koga?
you can try to defeat him before Critical Shield, or use Defog to remove it
According to the sort options, Hilbert is even worse defensively than Shauna
...maybe I really should pick Aaron instead?
...nevermind, even Aaron dies too fast
Maybe something is wrong with my parameters
You can show me your fire roster. I could help
Are those good parameters?
did him off-type with sst red nemona and tina
Oh, nice
Tina is such a nice supp
she is :o~
man. this is rough ._.
Well i'm finished with this week's CSMM
really? for me it was Karen R4
Wrong image?
I used ss diantha, h-jasmine and gordie
You might grabbing too much atk up param
If your tank is dying too quick, reduce some attack and put it into some strength or HP
ss gladion on fairy zone melted bruno so quick
I have already put a lot into strength, actually

I'm offering you a solution to the issue you're facing, doesn't hurt to try
You can afford Max HP 2
Take off one of the Attacks
And the interference immunity too, I'm not sure why you didn't grab that free 50pts
Just did that, and Aaron still takes too much damage anyway
for me i ran SC Hilda, SS Blue and SS Diaantha xd
ss blue died o7
Koga is easy if you have strong nuker and avoid DPS-ing him except Nuke. Sync acceleration also good against Koga.
(Me and My EXR NC Leaf👀)
oh my god i will do not nice things to fire weak koga
on the bright side he's like the hardest stage out of Kanto, Johto, Unova and maybe even Alola, so you're going to have a breezy time after him 
I still need help with R3 Karen 😦
Replacing Atk ^3 with Max HP ^2 didn't help
Like, at all
Send your current ones here, maybe we can adjust that way
But your goal is minimal bulk as possible
for future reference, do i screenshot the whole para screens or i type them out
Screenshots work! Typing them out would be pretty tedious
gg 
Idk how late i am, but this is too offensive, nothing will tank this
How long does each region stay for? is it two or three weeks ?
Doing some curry run with trash units, lord she’s terrible
needed all the help to clear, last week with sidney was even worse
Schedule for both Hoenn & Johto is in the pins, it's around a month
Cause apparently I don't have MM unlocked for Johto
Ah, shoot, not only is Aaron unable to tank, but his passives ALSO prevent quadqueing...
The whole month
Ah alright
What should I change on the parameters then if I still wanna pre-sync?
A month
Ah already answered ignore me
hum that leaves me with 1 more sync pair and i'm done for serena's stadium Hmm
No worries haha, ty:)
Like, even replacing Atk ^5 with defensive parameters doesn't help, Aaron STILL takes too much damage
No acerola?
unfortunately none.
Could throw a sun setter there
I'd just slap in Egg Leafeon if you have it
Do this
The max HP4 will not matter as Olivia will obliterate them
Adaman already has the sun handled
So, handled 
Pretty sure you won't have sun up for the 2nd sync if you want to sync with a support before
Ah well
i went with Groudon. hehe.
Solar Beam lets go
He's 2/5, might as well.
Why do this to yourself
Do you think I should be fine with making 5 different teams or nah ;-;
I could off-type some of them I guess
last time i had to offtype thrice D:
My Silver isn't powerboosted so I doubt he can do much
like so
Not the rats with SSAC
Mb, His sync is not even used
unfortunately so :<
You can sycamore duo four of the five stages
The thing is, can Brendan deal with it if he is not EX'd?
at 3k? wow
Yeah he is a powerhouse. And you have Adaman and Dawn and Brendan and SS Erika and Silver i don’t see you having issues
Mix Red too!
Mix red too indeed
Do you think Chase/MixRed could duo?
Johto is easy anyway
I’m gonna try the worst units for other types too 
Or I need a bulky support as a 3rd?

Can throw Eevee/Leaf for potions and to boost Kanto circle
absolutely overkill
you don't need a bulky support if you kill them fast enough
Are you serious 😀
that's the nature of offensive CSMM
Where else should I use Chase? MixRed is my only special Kantonian grass attacker
Should I put him in a team for his sync accel?
hmm yeah, outside of Brendan, the rest of your grass attackers are physical
chase and mix red will decimate the stage. since that's a pretty strong core, don't waste them on the easier E4s
check pomatools, see which ones have a lot of gimmicks + high bulk
Although it's not one shot, but at least he did great damage at first sync.
Ofc, the parameter is Max dmg.
Could use them against Champion Serena and add a spdef debuffer
While MixRed also debuffs spdef
Doesn't sound too hard?
Who is the Serena stage designed for?
Adaman?
Maybe MixRed tbh
Not MixRed, it debuted long before he was a thing
He can -1 on spatk and -2 on spdef on every turn while those are the only things she buffs
Oh, Adaman is not an old pair either tho
Victor because of speed multipliers and Satisfied Snarl
Oh it looks like the CS debuted before Adaman as well, you're right
Ah
he also reran during the same time
Makes sense
Did that and Aaron STILL takes a lot of damage
Not to mention I actually cannot use Aaron anymore
Who came out in April 2023?
Because as it turns out, it's actually Karen's passive that prevents quadqueing period
Meaning I am required to instead use a support who has Adrenaline, like Shauna, for example
Detective SCs, Alola VA (?) I believe
Alola VA was in May - June 2023 IIRC
That would make sense
First time not saying something completely wrong
Yeah, because the Hisui clan leaders were released on June
Ah it was only Irida who was released in June
I'll tell you something better. Take out one of the 100 pts parameters.
Put Support takes x3 damage. Use Acerola as your 3rd unit. Let bertha be your tank.
Flinch using Acerola to get yourself extra turns.
the stage is designed for SS Lyra. Satisfied snarl? no quarter? ramming speed? doesn't matter if she's eternally flinched 
(i am 100% bullshitting)
@verbal karma sorry I just saw your reply now cause at work 😄
I'm still waiting for a grass-weak stage with Unflappable and Sentry Entry x3 so I can see Lyrabi havers suffer
this is better than acerola. he can flinch and -def
Lycanroc supremacy
triple doggo can easily wipe this too
Yeah but Paulo is limited
Bad news: Olivia does infact NOT obliterate Karen with her sync
I'll be sure to remember this whenever I see someone clear a grass-weak stage with her 
#1009554906568462476 message
Tbh Grass looks extremely easy, you don't even need MFs
Is your Olivia not 3/5¿ Remove HP4, put HP2 and support takes x3 dmg.
Instead of a third support, use Acerola and flinch to give yourself faster syncs.
This is an option too
I don't even take hp param 
Sorry I only saw tag, Lost 

It won't matter that much, i always duo using Olivia and Bertha only, the extra hp usually melts in Nuke
After finishing my Lance fight i'll showcase
Is a 3/5 Olivia better than a 1/5 SS Diantha 😞
By a mile
What have I done
1/5 diantha is just an utility unit, her dmg is just ok, but she can be the only dps with good supports
pair them together!
No, my Olivia is 5/5 and EX'd
She can obliterate the sides just fine, but Karen only lost 1/4 of her HP
then she should obliterate karen as long as you don't give her too much bulk. is she gridded for nuke? is she at max attack and speed?
sounds like it didn't crit mid?
Ngl I picked her on select so she can handle things by herself, now I kinda regret it
She's a fav, I guess rock zone helps a ton
Can she even clear 3k Karen? (at 1/5)
Sadly, I won't know if that's actually true because the SE hitspark overrides the crit hitspark and the Critical Strike pop-up showed up because of the sides getting critted...
That said, Olivia used this grid and was definitely fully buffed
yeah that looks okay
regardless, karen shouldn't have taken that little damage. try again and see
it's Johto. I'm pretty sure she can
pink diamond storm is still pretty good DPS despite being AOE
Definitely can
This is not true 
any 1/5 can clear 3k with the proper supports
I meant 3/5, sorry
Idk why but my favs seem to do crappy damage when I use them
We gotta be just a 'lil mindful of what we say in the help channels, don't want to accidentally misguide someone
It may just be a parameter or teambuilding issue
I have no idea who to pair her up with tbf
Someone who can make use of rock zone & a support to handle em, all sorted
I guess Shauna works pretty fine
an attack support, for one
SS Diantha is self-sufficient with her buffs thanks to Honing Hit 9
My Olivia is only 2/5, should I still give it a try
yes but after 3 turns
For Johto CS? Absolutely
honing hit is a bit slow
She is, but you definitely want to speed that up
2/5 Olivia already has access to her most important tiles
Aight gonna try it next week
Spending 3 turns on your self buffing is a lot, even if it is happening while you do other stuff
i'm still trying to get Lodge Skyla. For now ive put Blue/Anni Skyla/SC Steven against Koga next week o/
Blue should handle flying-weak CS just fine from my own experience
Especially when you have access to flying zone
I didn't get proper flinches, I also messed up my queueing and only Olivia is benefiting from Gears.
Ate a sync and had I been more lucky with flinches I would have hit my 3rd Sync sooner.
Even while the run basically went wrong and I even que'd wrong moves, still managed to finish with this combo
@verbal karma
Think it was a bad idea to send this on bad signal
Someone clean my spam 
Wait, no supports?
Bertha can act as a pseudo support when needed
AHA!
She tanks better than some supports
So suddenly, Bertha CAN be a pseudo-support?
She always could be?
I did mention that
This is exactly what they have been saying
for the past hour
or so
Look at this ^
Because last time I asked, I was told that she couldn't in a team consisting off Bertha, Courtney and a Ground-type strike
You're supposed to run a rock DPS
I mean, I have issues with that team but theyre basically entirely gauge related
She can tank, not offensively buff your team.
I know, I just mentioned a DIFFERENT time where Bertha could have been used
Ah
And your dps would need to be self sufficient for that, yes
The other day you mentioned it you needed offensive buffs while you put Bertha to which she didn't help at all as Courtney doesn't benefits from sandstorm or gets offensive buff from Bertha
In that case
Well, I don't have a self-suficient ground-type strike
Hell, my best Ground-tyoe strike is Naomi
Naomi is not bad tbh
It's why I had to poison stall the ground-weak Steven last month
Only problem is she can't be EX'd sadly.
Because Naomi just couldn't cut it
ground weak: bertha (nuke) + courtney (dps/utility) + tank/support
rock weak: Olivia (nuke) + bertha (tank/utility) + utility/support
easy budget clear
In both cases, you will need an offensive support if possible
See, I tried the former on Ground-weak Steven as well, and they also couldn't do it
iirc I uploaded a vid of my clear for that steven stage 
Steven was generally a tough stage as well. Has toughen up and tighten up, makes your life a nightmare without min-maxing
yeah but bertha nuke is enough to KO him
But clearable
even with all the def buffs
Bertha OP
I think Trin managed to nuke steven but died to sides aoe
@lean lion we talking Karen, rock weak.
And mentioning ground weak from last week because Bertha useable in both.
Yeah figured from your screenshot don't mind me
I saw the message
26k hp with 3k params shouldn't be too hard to nuke
Yeah, I think that was the main problem
...ugh...now I just can't get a run where Karen doesn't use Drill Peck
and Drill Peck is an instant reset at this point
Okay, I don't get it
I just don't get it
Why does the sync deal so little damage?!
Attack, crit and Speed are fully buffed
Olivia is 5/5, EX'd and has nuke sync
and the sandstorm is here, too
What else am I missing?!
Are you dying to sync?
that is 100% not critting
yeah try again o-o/
it shows in the screenshot that it didn’t crit
Where does it show?
You can vaguely see the reflect screen, it's a non-crit
The damage is a pretty clear indicator too
the shield effects also make a sound effect when theyre not ignored by crits
Damn...that means this is the second time in a row the mid wasn't critted... 😦
Just how often will I have to reset until the mid gets critted, too?
it shouldnt be that often
but ive had times where 80% failed like 8 times in a row
😦
Damn, now I have to deal with Drill Peck related resets...again
Not really the place to ask here.
Also, there are too many factors to determine what's the worth of the extra sync energy
Oops sorry
Can i get some team comp and preset advice for 12.5k? Havent played in awhile and have forgotten everything lol
you can check channel pins
but why are riley and spectrier only 4/5
Didnt finish the event
well in the future you should always 5/5 free pairs
Yeah, stopped playing for a bit though lol
riley is still on for another month
Nothing i can do about that now
Ill get his 5th yeah
i mean you have very strong units
you can def do 15k if you wanted to
but channel pins have presets for 2.5k if you want to
Yeah i just don't remember what the common nuke teams are, aside from adaman/bulu and irida/red
And trying to do 2.5k with a supereffective team is not working 😂
What’s the best order to the johto champion stadium
It doesnt really matter
Fighting Will first is probably a good idea since a lot of poison characters rely on the enemy being poisoned, but outside of that the parameters are barely going to affect your gameplay, if at all
Ty
Managed to get 13k woo
Omg, I forgot how easy Johto CS is.
Optimize run was so easy. No silly Phoebe with her 400% base health
Question would it really matter if I ran hjasmine with SS hilbert for seun or just stick with Lucian this is for next week electric
Now I’m thinking nc blue hjasmine SS hilbert
Hau is literally right there + open slot for electric terrain unit.
The question's about SS Hilbert though 
I'd personally do Lucian + SS Hilbert + NC Blue out of the options you've mentioned
What move level is Hilbert btw?
It may or may not matter but he’s also 5/5 and I gave him but enigma

In that case you'll be done with the stage too quick before it matters 
The one time the 10 extra energy matters
Try out your options and see what you like, I wouldn't go H-Jasmine just for SEUN considering he can do it himself
Lucian sets up his nuke very nicely, just hit the TM before you sync and boom
(Forgot it was elec weak so the SEUN won't apply to sync
)
But yeah you'll be done with the stage quick regardless
SS hilbert is just a funny guy
You know it caps at 3 right 

Ah yeah that makes sense ig
Way way easier
5/5 Sylveon + 1/5 Wallygarde
Or 1/5 Shiny Stoutland and 1/5 Coalossal/Gourgeist
Or I guess any of the NCKantrio, and shiny Stoutland
Genesect and a NCKantrio can do it too
lets go CSMM Serena~
did they forgot to add the battle tips to the neo cs? lol
Its a rerun and 4/5 of CS stages are the same existing ones anyway
You can read the battle tips of Champion battle once you get there
They should’ve never given us perma field 
oh? there's a perma field? interesting.
Oo SS Acerola going to have a field day with that one
It’s really funny since most grass units have sun tiles and they all benefit from terrain

Wait so this champion stadium is like in our favor?
What do you mean?
of course not
It never is
it just happens to have a good parameter for the focus typing, but perma field is good regardless
Oh I read perma field like grass Terrian was on
The problem is grass is just too stacked of a type for it to matter
That's just a round parameter, like you would have in regular CS, it infinitely extends field effects on either side of play
And since SS acerola has terrain on entry and can set sun she makes it a joke
Not mandatory to use grass types, you can off-type or poison stall it regularly 
^
Treat it like normal cs except everyone has the same weakness offtype and stall still work
It was relatively striaght forward if yall need some grass ideas 😂
I know it's not mandatory but I like to at least have 1 of the type to do the most damage
Relatively straightforward
6 limited units
Do you have Selene, Mallow, Brendan?
Alright that's workable, the move levels may present some issues, but with some point adjustments we can help you through it
There's always poison stall as well
Gladion is at least 1 clear
True but poison stall will only work for one fight
so ill have to use like leaf for it
saving brenden or erika for boss

I got Barry roserade
Yea poison stall will be the way to go. You can make at least 3 stall teams easily from f2p
The theory is. Max def buffs. Max Enemy debuff. Poison. Heal. And just chill
Yeah a poison stall team I got help with was SS leaf, janine and arron
pretty much spam defend order and venom drench
then attack
Without inertia his dmg might be average. u can certainly try. Don't always gotta max the 3k anyway
Oh then you're fine
No poison moves during the boss?
you can read stage info on pomatools site, the link is in the pins
Go to Champion Stadium -> Go back to Week 1 on Pasio Special Stadium
Perma field and more potent debuff effect... Just asking to be Lyra'd
You could've won with just Lyra tbfh
Perma field = sslyra wins
There's no contest
Even 4k, even offtype
Staggering 9 moment
True but I'm not in the mood to solo stuffs
Understandable
Can Nanu/SS Erika/Shauna work against Lorelei?
I have better grass units but some people said that it may be overkill so I'll start off with my worse ones
i dont see why not
Alright, I'm not sure about my params so I'll make something up and post it here so you guys can confirm that it's fine
What should I add for 3k? and are the current ones okay?
its good enough, and you can add more strength and attack
So like Attack & Sp. Attack ^ 3 and Strength ^ 2 ?
or Strength 2 + Max HP 2
Will do Max HP
Oh I have it already
Maybe "No stat reduction" and change Nanu?
that works too, you can slot in a Grassy Terrain setter or another sun abuser there
I don't think I have anyone to apply Grassy Terrain with
Except SS Acerola
But that is just unnecessary
Gonna try Riley for ramp, if I sync twice before she syncs the first time I should be able to clear it
ramping is not a problem for Erika, she already has 30% to lower 1 CD after doing any action under run
and Riley is a deadweight there
You should be able to get 2 syncs in before they do without ramp anyway
It actually worked, I just got flinched
Not sure if she's gridded for that, lemme see
Oh
its an innate passive
Mhm
But it never proc'd before
I'll just add a speed buffer as a 3rd
For ramming speed
I think it's fine ?
if it works, it works
you dont need to care about overkilling, as long as you have enough pairs for the rest of CS
Should I use Adaman/SS Acerola ?
For Bertha
I think of just keeping Chase and MixRed for Champion
are these your remaining CS stages?
No, I have only done Lorelei for now
I just cleared Bertha with Adaman and SS Acerola, but if it's too much I can reset
have you done planning for Grimsley and Bruno?
Then yeah, can run NCRed for Grimsley
and SS Lana for Bruno
I still have Brendan, idk if he can do much without his EX
is he 2/5 at least?
4/5
then its totally fine
the only problem is turning both reduction params off, because he has mixed attacks
what u guys trying?
Then
Bertha: SS Acerola/Adaman/anything
Bruno: Brendan/Sonia/Dawn
Serena: MixRed/Chase/NC Leaf
Can just pick Max HP 4 over 2
cooking with this atm.
15k on grass weak CS
So far I've only cleared Lorelei
Riley is just there for ramp
and NC Red wants Ice Zone more
Oh you're correct, I forgot about it
Red doesnt need ramp
Yup
I missed that event pretty sure
I have this, can I decide on his evolution?
no cuz fire
Could use NC Rosa instead of SS Mina
He is
Then BP Candace/NC Red/NC Rosa
Does it look good ?
I don't have it gridded
you can always make a new preset
Sadly I cannot afford 4 extra energy but only 2, which doesn't help me at all
just make a different grid with hail tiles gridded, not a problem at all
looking good
They look fine
I dropped "Tech sync pairs take x3 damage" cause I had 6050 and nothing to swap it with
Aight, gonna try it
If you find them too bulky you can pick up some attack & drop Max HP 4
Gonna see, I'm running go viral on NC Rosa so I should have a lot more time to actually DPS
So lovely, no effort needed
Aight, Grimsley is done too
Are the rest of the teams fine ?
Gonna leave Bertha for R4
the rest looks fine
Aighy, ty
Is he annoying
not at all
How is it for Brendan?
Ngl I can maybe take "Cannot change Weather/Terrain/Zone"
you dont even run WTZ, so its a free param
And then take Max HP 2 and drop Max HP 4
Should I replace Dawn with Aaron? I have 50 spare points and can probably take interference
Oh maybe I can just run Hostile environment on Sonia
Sonia is Ground weak, so be careful
And take status condition
also she doesnt need HE1
I thought Bruno was rock ?
This is why I did not use NC Red against him
Oh okay okay
Lodge Sycamore didn't get to nuke ;_; he got critted. orz. Ah wells done with Bruno
Massive gauge issues on that Bruno team
Do I replace Sonia with someone who can buff speed faster? or do that over Dawn?
Gonna replace Dawn with a 3/5 SS Mina
For gauge, Sonia can Move Gauge Boost when she uses her Potions
do you tank with Sonia?
her Potion gives MGA effect whenever it is used, so saying Sonia not helping with gauge is not true
I do not tank with Sonia no
I know that she has access to that
Then I guess the problem is Dawn?
change the tank to Sonia
If so, I could use Oleana over Dawn
or bring a speed buffer and continue with Dawn instead
no, Oleana doesnt help
she drags the gauge down
And just let her potion herself ?
Just for poison and debuffs
And move gauge boost
thats a waste of the slot
I ain't gonna use her in some other place so it's fine
Oh
Then SS Mina over Dawn ?
here are my recommendations
either works, just let Sonia tank
i prefer Dawn because she can chip the sides slowly
Is R3 the problem
He syncs way too early
Gonna do Bertha real quick and then Bruno on R4
They all get nuked by his first sync
Adaman has no trouble pre syncing Bertha, even with half sync cd
do note that R4 param also prevents you from quad queue, so either perform turn denial to beat him pre sync, or switch to post sync params
uh did they upgrade the gem reward for beating Serena? i remember it was 100 gems last time.
Oh, I already did R3 Bertha D:
Yeah I know that, especially since he is 3/5
It's just annoying against Bruno
SC Sonia, MixRed, Adaman, Victor, SS Lyra
Mannnnnnnnn Bruno is annoying
Brendan can't tank his sync
And he's on dauntless so Vigilance isn't even an option
Seems like off-type to me
Brendan's Sync
Is physical
You can give up dauntless
Your nuke is probably what's gonna clear stage
even with post sync params?
What's Pasio CS gimmick again?
i already warned about that earlier
Me who didn't even start 
I haven't tried running them so can't tell
But he gets one shotted
Brendan is glass but usually can survive post sync
WHY THE FUCK IS HE GOING FOR BULLDOZE BACK TO BACK
Wouldn't you do the same
I mean......
He's an NPC tho they have no rights >:(
I don't think I can turnskip this
ooooo maybe Eevee/Leaf
Feelings are not rights
Damn
Which one is the best one to pick among all those
Attack if not stalling
Yeah alright
is that for post syncing?
SS lana is more glass than Brendan
Brendan can tank post sync just fine
If you were suffering Brendan
for offtype you have to kill Bruno pre sync
SS Lana will not even live
Do I use NCLeaf then
She did survive sync and the Bulldoze right after that
She died to the next one tho
I have SS Korrina
To off-type with
But he does not survive 😭
Aight, I actually have to go out now but I will read your messages
Brendan is strike
OH
the rest looks fine
As I said, he still doesn't tank
Will the bump between 135 to 140 do the difference
Do you not have gears?
Barely
785 dmg
Is like nearly a 100 above Brendan's hp
With 0 gear
So if you have any proper gear + theme skills from Dawn
You should survive that
I'm running ice gear
No grass?
Nope
Or skill gear?
Maybe I do have some skill gears
What feather should I use
bronze yellow one
Aight, wml
Try to flinch and presync
Not bad
Do we have (already rolled) Bandanas and Bracelets that can help him out?
Nope
I'm out of yellow feathers
75 spatk
I was asking if you had already 
I mean thjs better than the ice gear 
Do you happen to have a Bracelet too?
Done!!
… damn I forgot grass weak Cerena is today lol
Use this 100%
Same defense you get
More hp
Brendan surely can live
I did all 4 E4s off-type
only champion was on-type
teams on #1010274591601598555
Team Swift Reaction proccing on Sonia is preventing you from quad queuing. Do you have deluxe lucky cookies by any chance?
If Dawn is 3/5 you could also build a team around her. Her nuke is pretty good, and you have her EX so that's even better. Hop is the perfect partner cause he can max all relevant stats for her with TM mpr. And 3rd slot can be any atk debuffer.
He doesn't live and I even 140d him 🥰
Can Mallow do the job ?
Yes
Oh yeah, she's 5/5
You sure this can work ?
PoMaTools is a Pokémon Masters EX tool that helps users to plan their sync grids while simulating the possible damage outputs.
Hop + Dawn + Darach should work yeah
Just 2 units, Survives sync 
Why do you still have strike x3
Unless you're no longer using a striker i suppose
No one is a strike
You run Attack & Sp. Attack ^ 3 over Max HP 2?
You can even quad queue here if Freevenge doesn't proc on Hop
Nice
Also why is she so strong
Yup was a little surprised myself
Brendan dying to sides 
I won though
No dauntless, no Vigilance
Just sheer will power
Done
Then I suck, maybe your gear allows him to tank that sync
Missing third unit = the dmg spread is worse even with my additional gear
And done, Serena was probably the easiest one
I ran tank Ethan with Adaman and SS Acerola 
you used 3 op pairs
spread them out
Well yeah but it was fun
Show your units please

There are my 5 Stars
How familiar are you with teambuilding?
Show your other units
@silver dirge not so well haha
+101
> 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!
That's okay, we can take it step by step
@keen jasper my 4 and 3 Stars?
Yes
Have you had a read of the guide above?

No worries let's get you sorted with some examples
I try to make a Team with SS Red or Steven
Alright, so focus on SS Red - have you had a read of his kit?
What buffs do you think he needs?
I dont know, i can sent you the skills that i have on him
Sorry for my Bad english i m from germany 
Do you know what buffs you want for every unit?
(Point 1 of the teambuilding 101 giude)
@toxic cobalt no i Look at the Internet, but i neuer find mutch
^
"+3 critical-hit rate and +6 attack or special attack depending on the unit"
Thanks, but for now just look at his moves
He has two "status" moves (not sure what the german is, but the grey 🩶 ones)
One raises critical hit rate by +2, one raises spatk (but costs defence in exchange)
Wait, we're getting 2 more resets on the grass weak CS?
Dawn got it?
#1012256199128915968 for dates
She did, and I threw some pallet units to beat Cerena
Ah thanks> So Angriffplus+ gives you +2 crit each time, you want +3. Meanwhile Fester Glaube an den Sieg gives the +3 spatk
Nice well done!
Yes that is it
Theoretically he could buff himself, but it'd take a long time, so you want a support unit that buffs either crit or spatk
Lots of options for that, but I note eg. you already ahve Rosa at lv 135 and she does spatk, or Roxanne at lv 90
Then you can run a third unit for another purpose. I would recommend speed, eg. Marley & Arcanine
Let me know if you don't know the unit names
@toxic cobalt is it the case in masters that more crit Chance is more damage ?
Crit is more damage. +1 crit = 50% chance of crit, +2 crit = 80% chance of crit, +3 crit = 100% chance of crit. (syncs are a bit less)
I have a lot of units lvl 1 but i cant make a lot of to lvl 140 that is not the problem
well just 120 is enough
@toxic cobalt okay nice to know
So i go with Red rosa and Marley for the first Team?
Not a bad team. Sometimes you want a better defensive support, in which case you could eg. replace Marley with Skyla
But worth a try!
Ok most annoying fight turned out to be Bruno LMAO
That team needed so many resets until it worked haha
Same for me, most time consuming aswell
@toxic cobalt okay thank you, and the ss Steven what do you think about this Team?

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Well you'll note that one of SS Steven's trainer moves raises his spatk and crit to maximum on its own, so you can basically just do whatever with him
Tank SS Steven
That team might suffer from speed issues, usually we recommend starting out with just one striker
Okay how i can make it better?
This is not helpful at this moment
Yeah separate Lusamine for now, replace with a support
Sorry
I don't want to always say add Skyla, but it's usually the easy answer

Skyla is a SAVIOUR

Potion queen of the sky haha
I hate Unova but she changed up my mind
Even though it’s not one of her best topics in Lodge for god knows why
Okay i should push skyla haha
Interference Immunity?
I think she has one but doesn't use it for some reason. I was having weird interactions with her.
Nope, i can flinch her
err...for the Pasio CS, which opponent is the least dangerous for the R3 gimmick?
ya know, half-sync
She can not use any trainer move until after her first sync
But usually if you flinch the enemy they use a status move.
gotta have to plan around that
Karen... doesn't.
Some stages don't
Oooh interesting.
Grass is too easy
And you can try what I do, brute forcing
Her only trainer move is programmed to use when the condition is met (in this case, first action after her first sync)
Johto clowning as usual
So basically if you flinch chain her she can't move at all
Lmao
Are there other stages like this?
Gakon she uses X attack all the turn before her first sync
Not that this disproves the wider point
Trying to remember exactly what I observed, but doesn't seem clear in my recording
And the champ?
hmm...so far, I have Bertha for R2 and Lorelei for R4...
Oof i missed this, mb. But X Attack All can not be used until the last action yeah
just gotta decide on R1 and R3 now
I think that depends on how strong your team is, I did Bertha for R3
She should be very easy as long as you replace sandstorm
Ah...my idea was to go R2 Bertha so I can replace her permanent sandstorm with a permanent sun, all while also having permanent Grassy Terrain
Who's your Grassy Terrain setter ?
Bulurola
Is she 3/5
2/5
Ah yeah, you might wanna have that cause you get a lot less uptime without Green Thumb
Who's running alongside ?
I'm feeling either Brendan or SS Erika (since both benefit from sun the most)
maybe save SS Erika for R5 instead, tho?
so I can reuse the R2 gimmick there
Yeah that works, even tho every physical grass attacker can hit the next level with SS Acerola by their side
Then you can give Bruno a try for R3
hmm...
ah, Brendan for R3 Bruno...in that case, either Gardenia or Mallow for R2 Bertha 
If you don't have SS Acerola at 3/5 it's not that bad to not firstly sync with her

oh, I'd sync with SS Acerola first anyway
Gardenia... I never thought I would see anyone ever mention that name
after all, she's EX'd
She's EX'd but it's not like she can refresh Terrain at 2/5
So you better be syncing with Brendan as long as Terrain's up
well, yeah, but that's what R2 is for :p
Brendan would be for R3 Bruno while SS Acerola would be for R2 Bertha








