Champion Stadium

[sacred scroll]

With the correct parameters and move usage it's fairly straight forward

Kanto CS is also mostly non problematic

No annoying passives for the most part

[manic kiln]

you can fully 15k the hardest regions with f2p units (might need a few tries) but for easier region like kanto it should be much easier

with limited units you can do it when you get used to the parameters

[nimble willow]

Right on, that’ll be a good goal to shoot for

[sacred scroll]

Good luck ♪

[versed meteor]

paldea that sounds terrifying a whole 4 weeks of steel weak bertha and fire weak glacia

Wonder if it will be next month to coincide with Hassel

[lost gulch]

i have a feeling next EXR is nc marnie

since theres high score

[cold kestrel]

Do I just off type the bug weak stage

[frigid iron]

Yeah, you don't have any good bug attackers.

Burgh can work but requires heavy support and the output won't be anything impressive.

Are you doing master mode or regular?

[cold kestrel]

Master mode, what to try and aim for at least 1k points

My best attackers that aren’t being used are adaman 1/5, irida 3/5, and Ss gladion 3/5

[frigid iron]

Ss gladion will easily obliterate the state.

You can do 3k points.

Run him with a support ex

[cold kestrel]

Does it matter who? I have a few but I can use iono for free move next. Not sure if I’ll use her on another stage yet

[frigid iron]

Is bug weak not the champion stage?

I suggest finishing the other stages first for max points you can get and then seeing what you have left to pair with Gladion since he won't need much.

Juts make sure he is gridded well. And preferably a speed support in team so he doesn't have to waste a turn using X Speed+.

Iono is an amazing support, she is better off supporting someone who actually needs it.

[cold kestrel]

Alright got it, for the wind weak stage do I use 3/5 blue or 1/5 Ss Ethan

[frigid iron]

Ethan

Use a special attack and Crit support like Sabrina and you can do 3k points on that too.

[cold kestrel]

Do these seem alright enough?

[frigid iron]

Since you have SS Steven, you should off type Ghost since a fantina won't do much for you. Ss Steven will be easy 3k points, especially paired with a psychic terrain setter.

For electric, what move level is your Elesa? Is she your only electric attacker?

[cold kestrel]

Can I use ss lana with him? Both are 1/5. Elesa is 3/5 and she is my only electric attacker

[frigid iron]

Ss lana is the best partner for him, they will easily do 3k points.

You can use gladion for off typing ghost and save Steven for the bug weak if you want. Both teams are easy win.

[frigid iron]

Using Volkner with Elesa will be beneficial since he gives electric terrain.

[cold kestrel]

What forme do I transform deoxys into?

[cold kestrel]

Replace hop or sonia for him?

[frigid iron]

Attack. Attack deoxys is one of the heaviest damage dealers in the game. He can easily do most stages for you. Him + SS Lana are amazing as they both can setup themselves in one move and both deal hefty damage.

[frigid iron]

Replace Hop with Volkner and Sonia with Hilbert.

Elesa requires speed buffs and she can't get those herself.

[cold kestrel]

Alright got it

[frigid iron]

Make sure she is gridded right or the recoil damage will kill her.

[cold kestrel]

This is her grid right now, she has all three standfast

[frigid iron]

Use this, you don't want to miss out multipliers

Standfast 9 + 5 is more than enough to withstand recoil

With this build, you can use her TM twice and then start spamming Wild Charge right away

Hilbert will max out her attack in 2 TMs and then one X Speed All will max out her speed.

If Hilbert is not ex, keep syncing with Elesa.

Attack sides with Wild Charge and save sync for middle since your Elesa isnt Ex.

[cold kestrel]

Alright cool thank you

So everything is good? Put roxxane with gladion to raise speed

[frigid iron]

Looks great. I fell asleep but hopefully you were able to beat it.

[cold kestrel]

Yeha I got it, only aimed for 850 points on each though. So I should be able to 3k with gladion, lana and steven, and Ethan?

[swift swan]

I mean all those teams can 3k just fine

[frigid iron]

All those teams can do 3k, as nov said. It's probably just about choosing the correct parameters and knowing what you are doing.

[cold kestrel]

Alright got it. What does pre/post sync mean? Looking at the presets right now

[sharp willow]

Pre sync means beating the enemy prior to them using their sync move, post sync is beating them after they use it

Typically pre sync clears give the enemy a lot of offense to make shredding through the enemy HP pool easier

While post sync clears give a lot more bulk so that surviving attacks is easier

[cold kestrel]

Is there one that’s better than the other or does it depend?

[sharp willow]

depends

personally, i prefer pre sync clears though

[trail smelt]

Alola huh

[frigid iron]

Depends on whether your team can deal the damage required. High damage teams tend to go for pre sync while tankier, more utility based teams go for post sync. All your teams would be doing pre sync since most of them are built to maximise damage and you don't have enough tankiness to survive the syncs.

[twin field]

t

what order is everyone doing

[old orchid]

the fight order depends on teams you are gonna use

but there are some parameters you need to look out for when facing certain fights, like R2 param boosts opponent's physical attacks so you don't want to face Bruno or Lance on R2

[twin field]

im probs gonna start with bruno and use skyla/ssethan/champion cheren

[toxic cobalt]

That seems like a powerful team, could run in any slot

[graceful oriole]

@twin field don't use nc cheren on Bruno

ss Ethan with skyla and another support is good enough

nc cheren can handle a stage you don't have a good on type option for

[twin field]

good point

who else

[toxic cobalt]

Who do you have for the other types?

[twin field]

SSpiers for lorelei

cyrus for lance, probs fantina for agatha and guzma for blue

is my line of thinking

rn

as far as damage goes

[toxic cobalt]

Well, in that case the pair that needs the most help is Guzma

[twin field]

so pop cheren in there?

[toxic cobalt]

Don’t think he is needed for the others

[twin field]

nice

[old orchid]

what move level is your Guzma btw? 3/5 Guzma is solid after he got grid expansion

[twin field]

hes 5/5

he really loves me

[old orchid]

in that case i would save Cheren as backup option

[twin field]

triple elesa team

holy based

[gleaming jolt]

Is it just me or this week CS is tough?
I barely able to win the battles with 3k!

All are post sync

[trail smelt]

Didn’t find anything out of the ordinary for this week’s Kanto

[swift swan]

some CS stages can be harder than others depending on their weakness and whether you have good coverage for them. it can also be your parameters affecting how easy/hard a battle is

[gleaming jolt]

I used same params for Agatha, Lance and Bruno!

And except for WTZ same for Lorelei and Blue!

Blue and Lance particularly felt tough and even though I have reduced the attacks for Blue in exchange of Max HP 8, he was the toughest

Mb I forgot to deselect the sync buff tile!
I just checked

It was extra 100 points everywhere!

[swift swan]

maybe that's the your issue? if max HP felt too bulky, just get strength

[undone ether]

hrm. this should do it for this month.

[wraith linden]

The teams I used against the Kanto e4 this week

Now I just gotta beat blue, but having trouble figuring out a team, trying to use types I haven't used yet

[old orchid]

you got a good Bug type?

or you can use a strong offtype dmg dealer and bring a Bug as a filler

[wraith linden]

Yeah my Guzma

[old orchid]

what move level is him?

[wraith linden]

I got this so far, but I feel this ain't the best

[old orchid]

so 3/5, he is good enough

can you grid him with Towering Force tile at least?

this is just hard mode right?

[wraith linden]

Yeah just hard mode and I think I can grid him, I don't usually grid my pairs

[old orchid]

if so, grid Sycamore with 2 Horn Leech MPR tiles too

and if your orb finance allows it, grid Impervious to avoid his defense getting debuffed

[wraith linden]

Okey that worked, I actually already had sycamore with that

[rose ermine]

Ss Hilbert is pretty decent

[trail smelt]

Oh right I forgot to make my Alolan teams

I’ll wait until reset and see if I manage to get Sailorola or not

[sacred scroll]

I don't think SSHilbert was ever not decent

[old orchid]

This

[trail smelt]

Crushing Timesoon

[sacred scroll]

I admire your dedication to Ghost Sinnoh

[trail smelt]

Did you mistake Acerola for Fantina? Haha

[sacred scroll]

Oh wait you're right

I shame you for your lack of dedication to Ghost Sinnoh!

[keen jasper]

Yay, half sync R1

[trail smelt]

I half synced Kukui as well lol

[sacred scroll]

Who's letting Olympia do this much damage

Geez

Kalos does not play

[trail smelt]

Ready for next week

[sacred scroll]

1 Day

Wrong channel bestie

Bertha is ew tho I agree

[undone ether]

oh D:

[swift swan]

Updated! I was outside and forgot it's a monday

[fading cradle]

hala off type moment

[sacred scroll]

Good job other than your weird levels which makes me feel

[marsh copper]

" Chaos "

[fading cradle]

my levels are perfectly normal

[sick inlet]

I love their levels

[silver dirge]

jail time for both of you

[fading cradle]

im innocent

[sharp willow]

believe it or not, straight to jail

[fading cradle]

my levels are perfectly normal 😴

[silver dirge]

save it for your trial

[sharp willow]

straight. to. jail.

[fading cradle]

no

i resist

[hazy tusk]

You can sleep in jail

[sick inlet]

It's not comfy in here

[noble plaza]

should I brute force Olivia with Solgaleo?

[old orchid]

why not

[noble plaza]

okay yup it worked out fine

now for the tricky part...fairy

[graceful oriole]

what do ya all want for paldea cs

[old orchid]

a whole difficulty level above Kalos

[graceful oriole]

I want it to have level 2 as well where the enemies have insane stats and psssives

[swift swan]

Level 2 where the enemies triple queue

[graceful oriole]

fun

[keen jasper]

Make all of the levels triple queue then, even EBs and UBs

[swift swan]

[calm marsh]

[manic kiln]

still think they will just add a 2nd team for lv2 and call it a day, 3v6

[grand trout]

Wouldn't it be funny if paldea cs had opponents applying (aoe) rebuffs

[sharp willow]

not particularly

[manic mica]

What does this mean? Who benefits more, tech or support ?

[old orchid]

that means the sync buff you get from non EX support goes from 1.5x to 1.75x

so everyone benefits from it

[manic mica]

What about those who are ex?

[old orchid]

only sync buff from Support EX gets more boost

let me get the number

it's 2 to 2.5

[manic mica]

Thank you

[old orchid]

[brave halo]

OK so let me know soon, this is long in advance but idc, what's a team for ssmina focus dps? I want to do it for fairy on week 5 since new plans to get her 3/5

Oh and my fairy squad too so you see what I'm working with

[old orchid]

why do you think of SS Mina's dps when Gladion is there

just use her with him and SS Wally

[brave halo]

I just want to do it for lols

[old orchid]

then Penny SS Wally SS Mina

[tired sleet]

I’d recommend Penny nuke over SS Mina DPS tbh

[mellow linden]

I mean, you can technically do both if you really wanna have a meme "Support damage-dealer" kinda thing

[latent eagle]

After slacking on CS for some time, I finally managed to finish a CS

[sacred scroll]

Swimsuit Misty, nice

[swift swan]

the parameter update will have to come later, my phone's dead

[swift swan]

Updated

[rain turret]

my only good bug pair is guzma, I'll do hau offtype

[grand trout]

Why not use him

[graceful oriole]

what are the enemies weak to this week again

[latent eagle]

It shows you when you go to the champion stadium

[graceful oriole]

I am so happy I don't have to use guzma for bug weak hau anymore

[trail smelt]

Half synced Hau just for the hell of it lol

[fading cradle]

boo! did my levels scare you?

[trail smelt]

https://tenor.com/view/oh-my-god-gif-24964795

Ready for next week with NChereNC’s debut haha

[sick inlet]

Torturing this thing in an infinite Stagger/flinchlocke because Hau didn't let me ontype him

[mortal dirge]

Who needs supports?

[sick inlet]

[keen jasper]

Ummmm actually, NC Leaf, NC Serena and Paulo have support EXR so yeah

[mortal dirge]

But without syncing. They don’t have many support role

Like boosting defensive stats

[sharp willow]

Paulo does do that too tbf, B Move gaming

[rich needle]

Ncleaf is really quite tanky

Cuz she lowers offensive stats and heal and endurance

[blazing perch]

Is there any way to beat elite four with my current pairs?

[sick inlet]

Yeah you can breeze through

[blazing perch]

I’m new so I don’t know if ur trolling me or not…either way can u suggest me some pairs or help me ?

[brave halo]

Sidney should be a great on type for ya on the dark stage

You'll have to invest sorry, but he's pretty good

And for water, kris and may with a good support can work pretty well together cause rain stuff

Or you can change kris to cyrus for hydro pump dps

[true bloom]

Hau has 100% chance to paralyze?
Can't even do 2.5k with it

[old orchid]

you can bring pairs that cure or provide paralyze immunity

like Marley with her TM

[edgy sable]

Loading...

Please wait. This won't take long!

[true bloom]

Oh

I have Melony

I think that could work

It's still 1/5 though

[brave halo]

Wait he did?

[true bloom]

I think so?
He kept paralyzing all my sync pair at once

[old orchid]

Melony is good enough at 1/5

[true bloom]

With discharge

[brave halo]

....huh

I legit didn't get that, he just kept doing disarming voice for me

[true bloom]

So lucky

[brave halo]

But yeah melony can help with the status condition shield

What's the bug pairs looking like?

[true bloom]

Only Barry and Heracross at 1/5

[brave halo]

Can you screenshot the whole bug squad real quick?

It may be small but I had viola for struggle bug, I'm a more defensive player myself

[old orchid]

that's plenty enough

[brave halo]

Tho actually hold on, how about try Barry, Aaron, and someone else for slot 3

Aaron if gridded up should have natural remedy which can stop one part of para while buffing defenses for barry

I want to say colress cause he has good defense debuffing aoe

[old orchid]

that's a good team as long as Hau doesn't spam Electric moves (reply to SpeedTy)

[true bloom]

Test

Used that and lost

[old orchid]

i would replace Morty with a gauge support

[true bloom]

Oh I was using him to flinch

And heal

[old orchid]

Melony already has sleep

[brave halo]

Yeah fair enough, just trying to go as basic as possible that'd I'd imagine they should have (idk how long they've been playing)

[true bloom]

I only started around this March haha so didn't have much sync pairs and mix gives me nothing

[fading cradle]

you’re better than me LOL, i restarted in november 2023 and i still haven’t finished a 2.5k stage in csmm

[true bloom]

I accidentally exchanged the legendary power up when I started playing

[brave halo]

Well then how about you send us screenshots both of your bug squad and all pairs that have status condition defense

That way we see both sides

[old orchid]

i think sending us your support roster is enough

you already have a great option of SC Barry

[brave halo]

That too but just to be safe

Yeah I don't have barry but I'd imagine he should be fine, my own worry even tho we say she should be used is melony, not that she's bad for this but I worry hau will spam up discharge and you only get a limited number of tm

Or I think it's only 1 atm

[true bloom]

The bug sync pair doesn't looks useful? Idk

[old orchid]

Sonia, Melony and SC Barry then

sync with Barry first

[true bloom]

Not support first?

[old orchid]

about params, please check the pins for recommended sets, we advise you to adjust the params to adapt to the situation

[brave halo]

Barry is a mega

[old orchid]

he demands first sync to unlock necessary passives

[brave halo]

Most of the time megas need to sync first cause of stat changes and such

[true bloom]

Owh okay I'll try, thanks!

[brave halo]

Hmm there is one thing on my mind you could try if you want, sonia, sc barry, and bugscy

[sick inlet]

Try to fill the 3rd slots with types you haven't used

For Molayne take ssred, blaine and any ok support

For Acerola, take Sidney and Hilbert and any 3rd unit

For Olivia, take Kris, Hop and any third unit of your choice

For kahili, NC Cheren, Skyla and any third unit

For Champion
Take Adaman, SSErika and any 3rd unit

[brave halo]

Granted you'll have to hope he doesn't spam up discharge, but bugscy aoe leer and sonia tm buffing sc barry, then hit hard on both sync and b move

[blazing perch]

I guess they should be at least 120lvl each one of them plus sync grid ?

[fading cradle]

most of them don’t have to be gridded if you’re doing hard mode

[blazing perch]

Which ones need sync grid cause I’m super low on orbs I just started after playing for like 3 weeks years ago

[fading cradle]

i mean you shouldn’t really have to grid anyone at all if you’re doing hard mode. hard mode alola champion stadium battles shouldnt be too hard for the most part so you can most likely ignore the grids

[blazing perch]

Ok I will lvl up and try

[fading cradle]

yep, just use the suggestions jo sent

gl

[blazing perch]

Thanks

[blazing perch]

Thank you

[blazing perch]

Can u suggest me some supports cause Jo told me ‘’good support’’ for 3rd choice but I don’t know what’s good I’m bad at this game

[fading cradle]

could u probably send ur support roster? it would be easier than to look through ur screenshots and picking out all of the support pairs

[blazing perch]

Sure..here @fading cradle

Btw I didn’t saw the tips from Jo fast enough and I waste my hop no cheren on molayne 😅

Nc cheren*

[fading cradle]

welp there goes my advice for molayne

for a 3rd unit for acerola, nanu could work to screech the opponents so sidney can do more damage. personally for acerola, i used sidney, nanu, and leaf, but try hilbert first and see if he works out with them

for olivia, definitely take may with you so she can rain dance and boost kris’s attacks. you can probably bring someone like shauna for the attack boosts. or bring cyrus and sycamore in the place of kris and shauna

as for kahili, you could probably try to use gordie, not sure if he’s the most viable. bring shauna or leaf with him if you don’t use them on anyone else, as for a 3rd unit, im not sure so i might have to read some kits

[blazing perch]

Got it thanks again ☺️

[undone ether]

hrm three more weeks of Alola CSMM .-.

[fading cradle]

np, and by the way, the parameters matter too. be VERY careful with who you fight on the 3rd round as sync countdowns will be reduced. always save your strongest team for that one

[blazing perch]

😅 I wasted my strongest pairs on first 2 elites now I need Olivia and kahili

[fading cradle]

you can try to see if you can use cyrus + may + sycamore for olivia. remember to sync with sycamore first to buff cyrus. don’t touch cyrus’s trainer move since it gives him recoil damage

[brave halo]

Electric gonna be fun for me, nc blue dps this time

No terrain or rats

[undone ether]

NC Blue Nuke is pretty cool tbh o.o

[brave halo]

Let's me use two I haven't used much yet too, grabbing fast image of all cause lazy sorry

Nc blue, and two elesas, I have barely used either elesa tbh

If only next week had rock again, I probably could've used every blue somehow

Oh wait forgot I don't have ssblue

[blazing perch]

I have used sycamore nc cheren and hop on first elite 😅 before I asked for tips

Olivia destroys me ez😂

[brave halo]

Yeah olivia gave me absolute hell today

Literally one sync kept one shotting lodge may

[blazing perch]

Yeap

But my pairs aren’t even build yet 😂 only levelled up

[brave halo]

The team should've had no trouble naturally, lodge may, Cerena, and iirc ssmina, but nope

[blazing perch]

That sync destroys me

[lunar hinge]

I'm returning player, left around the introduction of Summer Steven + A Sandslash, I also came back during the recent Master Fair Cynthia + Giratina rerun

Finally got my first 15k csmm today

EX-ing feels so important

[brave halo]

What else was weird was when she did the sync, somehow she only Crits Cerena

[lunar hinge]

and EX roles super helpful too

[brave halo]

Like sure blue has vigilance, but not lodge may

[blazing perch]

I’m stuck on Olivia I need some tips again 😂

[fading cradle]

oh shit you have lysandre and volcanion? definitely see if you can run him alongside may and a special attack buffer

[blazing perch]

I will try which buffer u recommend?

@fading cradle

[fading cradle]

you could try with lillie, only issue is that you’ll have gauge issues. doesn’t hurt to test it out though (unless ur low on level resources)

[blazing perch]

Holy shit

I one shot 3 of them with his skill

Damn he is good

Only levelled btw

I used Cheryl but this volcanion 1 shoted them all

Didn’t know he was good

So any team for kahili😂 ?

I got 50k sync grid orbs btw which pairs should I use them on?

@fading cradle

[mellow linden]

Is this Hard Mode or Master Mode?

[blazing perch]

Hard mode I’m new

I’m using this on kahili but I lose at last minute the bird 1 shots me I was close needed just like 1-2 more hits

[mellow linden]

Can build a team around Olivia then. Grid Inertia and Stone Edge Amped Up if you can (Sand Blaster as well if you run her alongside a Sandstorm setter)

[blazing perch]

I used this team but I’m a beginner I thought cherens full heal will help for poison

[mellow linden]

Cheren doesn't provide any of Olivia's necessary buffs, which means Olivia spends far too many turns on setup. Replace Cheren with an Attack + crit Support, Kahili isn't guaranteed to Poison anyone anyway

[fading cradle]

yeah ss lysandre is stupidly good. one of the best water strikers in the game i’d say. i’ll let cobalt take care of everything else for you, gl

[blazing perch]

Ok I will try again thanks

[blazing perch]

Yeap thanks

[blazing perch]

Every time I get poisoned am I this unlucky?

[mellow linden]

Sometimes that happens, but getting Poisoned isn't necessarily a guaranteed loss, especially if the Support you picked has a lot of trainer moves

[blazing perch]

I sync grid Olivia I will try again…I’m getting deleted from that poison dunno why

[mellow linden]

Oh, whoops

My bad, I forgot the Salamence has Go Viral

I mistook it for a different CS stage, so just restart the fight if it Poisons you

[blazing perch]

The only problem I have now is at last seconds I’m getting 1 shot from brave bird move

[mellow linden]

What Support are you using? You may have bulkier options available

[blazing perch]

I’ve tried Shauna and phoebe

[mellow linden]

Could run double Support instead of Kukui and have the 2nd Support boost team survivability then

[blazing perch]

Maybe I’m using wrong strategy in battle

[mellow linden]

You need to fill out type medal anyway

[mellow linden]

Note that by this I mean buffing Defense and/or Sp. Def. (Defense in this case since most of the opponents' moves are physical)

[blazing perch]

I will try dawn

Yeap dawn helped with defence and Heal

[blazing perch]

Thanks for the help…now about the last guy 😅 should I try adaman ss leaf and Shauna?

[mellow linden]

Avoid a monotype team, you wanna fill out type medal more (and monotype teams are often weaker than multi-type teams anyway). If it's the champion fight (Hau) you can just run Adaman + some decently bulky teammates who can help with type medal

[blazing perch]

It worked 😂

What’s the type metal thing

Oh I saw it

[mellow linden]

Once you've used all 18 types (the starting type of the Sync Move, so Gladion + Silvally will always count as Normal, for example) across your clears in a CS region you unlock Master Mode, which gives better rewards. You ideally wanna get it done in 2 weeks (the lowest amount of time it takes) so you can get those rewards sooner

[blazing perch]

I think it’s gonna be hard cause I lack good pairs and 3/5 sync grids

I unlocked battle rally and challenge the strong

But I guess it’s end game modes?

[mellow linden]

Battle Rally you can do now, Challenge the Strong is the most endgame content available and not something you should worry about right now

[mellow linden]

You can get all the most important rewards from Master Mode with little to no difficulty increase compared to Hard Mode, actually

[fading cradle]

up to how many points are the important rewards?

[mellow linden]

~4200 total, and you can get 4250 total (850 points per stage) with little to no difficulty increase compared to Hard Mode

[blazing perch]

Ok then on next reset I will use types for medal

About the rewards should I always exchange 5* power up tickets?

[mellow linden]

can only be used to create custom 5-star powerups

[blazing perch]

Oh sorry I meant the star ticket to power up 5*

[mellow linden]

? Only use those to increase Sync Pairs’ potential

Any trade in the shop where you’d exchange those for something else is a terrible deal

[blazing perch]

So I should take sync grid orbs? Or pick something else

[mellow linden]

What exchange are you doing?

Because there’s a very big difference between trading away 5-star powerups and trading to get 5-star powerups

[blazing perch]

Battle rally points exchange and events exchange

[fading cradle]

personally i go for the roll cake coin vouchers from the rally exchange. they’re key to getting roll cake coins so you can start unlocking ex roles, which do play a huge part in end game content

[blazing perch]

Ok then

[grand trout]

Is using cheren next week kinda an overkill

[shy zodiac]

Stoutland, yeah.

Too strong.

[long thicket]

I struggle beating Hau's Bug stage at 3k.

[mellow linden]

I mean, most limited pairs are some form of overkill. Doesn’t mean you can’t use them

[mellow linden]

What team and what parameters?

[long thicket]

Been trying a few on type combination, but maybe it's a question of which support would go best.
I definitely have damage dealing options, but there's something I'm missing with defense.

[mellow linden]

I mean, it’s hard to say how much survivability boosting would be best without knowing the actual team(s) you tried

[long thicket]

I've tried SC Ingo/Emmet.

I've tried SC Barry and sometimes swapping Ingo for seasonal Viola.

Barry is very good for dealing with the sides, even not being EX yet.
Parameters are upcoming.

[mellow linden]

Sounds like a parameter issue and/or not using a Support who provides the damage-dealers’ necessary buffs

[long thicket]

Ended up off-typing it after replacing Standard damage reduction with these.

[left storm]

Please never pick defence ^5

Anything but that lol

[mellow linden]

Yeah, for future reference you pretty much should never pick up the Defense & Sp. Def. ^ parameters outside of Poison stall (except maybe the 50-point one, depending on the situation)

[frosty pilot]

defense and sp. def + 1 is so free I always get it

since it doesn’t make a big difference from what I can tell

unless you are very confident in your nukers never get sync buff +5

[mellow linden]

Actually that one’s one of the standard parameters to take

Unless you’re doing Poison stall, of course, but for damage-oriented clears the enhanced Sync buff that the enemy receives rarely is significant enough to be a problem for post-Sync clears and doesn’t matter at all for pre-Sync clears

The Sync-based parameters you should actually avoid (outside of very specific, rare scenarios) are the Sync Countdown decrease ones

Because you want the opponent to be Syncing as few times as possible

[frosty pilot]

this is what I usually get for 3k pts

depending on what units I want to use, whether my team is based on weather or stat reductions, or whether I off type or not

i generally manage to get 3k with similar builds

[mellow linden]

If it works it works, in the end

[frosty pilot]

what do y’all like to get

in general

[mellow linden]

I generally use the 2.5k post-Sync parameter set from the pins as a base and add/adjust as needed to make a good 3k layout

[left storm]

Max STR (sometimes I don't pick +2 STR for other stuff)
Some atk (+1 always, +5 sometime)
Either no stat drops, -2 CD or half hp
Depending on team 5 stats down 3 or opponent stat up 3

I do agree defence +1 is fine for 50 points to help fill up 3k but anything more is bad unless stalling or using the most op combos

I personally find my 3k params so easy to follow I do these "teamcomps" so I think they're easily the best to have an easy time in CSMM

[crimson wolf]

Has anyone beat the champion elite? I hated when hau has that paralyzed effect

[old orchid]

you can bring pairs with status condition shield, like Marley

[bitter peak]

What's the problem? Nuke him with guzma

[old orchid]

yeah Guzma sounds like a good choice, just avoid Discharge spam because he is weak to Electric

[crimson wolf]

Not only that, it has a low number of SP defense

[bitter peak]

Hau uses discharge in his first turn iirc, you are safe after that

[old orchid]

it's completely random

so you can reset for no Discharge

[bitter peak]

I mean does he even use it in his second, third turn? Idk

[old orchid]

nope, Discharge is not a preset move

so he may spam it, or not use it at all

[crimson wolf]

Ok. I also do want to point out he won’t survive after one sync move.

[old orchid]

just quad queue

wait the R5 param does not allow that

have you tried using a sleeper?

[crimson wolf]

I don’t know who else can do that. I used Serena

[cinder summit]

Conditions:

1: 3* Min Rarity | All Pairs (Limited Included) | Sleep‎

------------------------------

Agatha & Gengar
‎　⤷Hypnosis
Ball Guy & Amoonguss
‎　⤷Destructive Touch 9
Elio & Primarina
‎　⤷Sing
Falkner & Noctowl
‎　⤷Dreamlike Hypnosis
Greta & Breloom
‎　⤷Spore, Deep Sleep Spore
Lyra (Summer 2020) & Jigglypuff
‎　⤷Clock Out
Melony & Lapras
‎　⤷Sing
N & Sigilyph
‎　⤷Hypnosis
Ramos & Victreebel
‎　⤷Sleep Powder
Rosa (Champion) & Meloetta
‎　⤷Relic Song of Wonder, Sing
Serena & Delphox
‎　⤷Hypnosis
Sygna Suit Cyrus & Darkrai
‎　⤷Dark Void
‎　⤷Sync Snooze

[bitter peak]

If you have def debuffer you should crush him in two syncs, I use first impression to reduce sync countdown

[crimson wolf]

I have won that.

[gleaming jolt]

Nice week!

[final sigil]

Good job

[dense garden]

Should expect more than 4500 points with my current roster? (Dump incoming)

[old orchid]

I think you can reuse some teams

Molayne team is fine

Olivia team can be improved by replacing Ethan with Cyrus. Grid Cyrus with Ramming Speed and you got a great Water dps

For Kahili team, replace Lusamine with a defensive support like Hop

I believe you find more success with support + Nessa dps + TMR nuking against Acerola

Hau is tricky, Melony is very good against him, so you can use Lusamine with a special buffer (Sycamore)

[dense garden]

i remember my olivia fight was a total pain to beat, i think i got somewhere between 1200-1400 points for it

so you don't think there's a good spot for nc bianca and ss ethan for this rotation? at least the way I have them at 1/5

and would you change the battle order at all?

[old orchid]

Just be careful for anyone on R3, otherwise i think the order is fine

Cyrus will blitz through Olivia quickly

Ethan doesn't find much use here, same to Bianca

[dense garden]

I really don’t think anything higher is possible with my current roster

Thanks for the help Gakon

[junior solstice]

Niceee

[old orchid]

hey that's a great jump

congrats

[somber jolt]

hi, is trapping affected by the status conditions rule? i'm about to battle hau

planning on using viola btw

[frosty pilot]

it is affected

[undone ether]

Trap is not a Status Condition

Interference is though.

[old orchid]

If you want to use her just to trap, it's not a good idea

You better bring a dmg enhancer or someone to deal with aoe paralysis

[somber jolt]

oh nice!!! i'm not quite sure what to choose yet but thanks for clarifying!

[mellow linden]

Real quick, some clarifications on Trap in CS:

• Trap is affected by the “increased effectiveness for status conditions and other conditions” round parameter.
• Trap is not affected by the “increased chance of additional effects” round parameter, as any move that inflicts Trap does so 100% of the time.
• Trap is affected by the Interference Immunity point parameter, as Trap is an interference.
• Trap is not affected by the No Status Conditions point parameter, as Trap is not a Status Condition.

Also, don’t try to shoehorn in round parameters. Very few of them are actually of any significant impact

[open moss]

hi guys i started playing the game when first came out but then i quit the game, now i downloaded again and cleared the elite four but i'm struggling a lot with the last stage with raichu, alakazam and obstagon do you have any suggestions? i do not have a big pool of syncs

[mellow linden]

Is this Hard Mode or Master Mode?

[open moss]

hard

[mellow linden]

Can try Shauna + Noland + someone to help deal with the Paralysis (Marley + Arcanine would be a good pick) and see how that goes, would probably want to grab Noland’s Furious Brawn and Inertia tiles from his Sync Grid if you’re able to do so

[open moss]

ok thx so much

[fading cradle]

so these are teams im possibly gonna use tomorrow and im focusing on filling missing pieces (ground, grass, dragon, poison), but im not exactly sure on how to fit a poison unit into any of these teams

(here are my poison units)

[formal vigil]

Could replace ghetsis with lucy or janine

[sharp willow]

Id go Roxie if youre replacing ghetsis, benefits most from Nates capabilities

[somber jolt]

i've been trying with roughly this team for a bit (i've used kukui and mc's torchic before cheryl, both also underleveled 😭). should i just swap out marley for kukui bc cheryl has helping hand 2 anyway??? and should i keep viola there or replace her with a striker like noland?

[old orchid]

i did tell you that don't use Viola as dmg dealer before

you should replace Cheryl with a strong offtype dmg dealer

[somber jolt]

yes you did lol sorry i should have gone offtype for striking instead of trying with bug

not a striker but how well would sidney do?

[old orchid]

what move level is he?

you should show me your roster

[somber jolt]

2

wait a minute

[old orchid]

please turn off ping when reply to me, thank you

[somber jolt]

these are my strike pairs

[old orchid]

how about the entire roster?

also your Legendary Adventures units are not 5/5 yet, like Silver and Zinnia

[old orchid]

alright, let's try Sycamore, Aaron and Cheryl

first, you should get Sycamore and others to 5/5

+legexchange

[frozen depot]

When completing a Legendary Adventure in the Main Story section, you will be awarded a sync pair, 4 vouchers and 20 power-ups (usable on that pair only)

• Trade the vouchers for copies of that pair (in the shop > legendary adventure tab)
• DO NOT TRADE the power-ups, use all 20 on the unlocked pair (in upgrade > potential tab)
  https://i.imgur.com/gGHPQjd.png
  For more beginner infos, check our #1010307000346878062.

[old orchid]

then grid Sycamore with 2 Horn Leech: Master Healer tiles

[swift swan]

updated

[undone ether]

wohooo 129k hit with SST Red (2 sync buffs, only -4 DEF and -2 SPD)

[somber jolt]

thanks for the advice! i stopped because i was pretty underleveled but i did better than before

[old orchid]

glad i could help a bit

[shadow notch]

Hello, who is better to go through 2 rounds? Electric or air type?

[old orchid]

it doesn't matter

[blazing perch]

Hello guys I need these types to unlock master mode pls suggest me teams to finish the elite four

[swift swan]

+tracker next time you can use the tracker to avoid sending multiple screenshots

[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

[swift swan]

build teams around your best damage dealers. you have Silver for Fire, Giovanni for Psychic, NC Cheren for Flying

you should be able to offtype the other two

then fit in the remaining types you need

send your teams here to get feedback

[blazing perch]

Ok I will give it a go

[trail smelt]

Ready to crush next week

Also NChereNC was nuts haha

[rugged orbit]

Hello, I would like to ask for help regarding Champion Stadium "Master Mode"

[undone ether]

Unlocking it or increasing the difficulty for rewards?

[rugged orbit]

How do I say it in English...

General strategy guide?

I just unlocked Master Mode recently today, and I want to get a decent amount of points

But it seems that I do not have a decent amount of strong sync pairs

Some of my strongest sync pairs are about 3 or 5, I am not sure though

And I believe 3 to 5 strong sync pairs are not enough for Master Mode

"Needed amount", I mean "I do not have a needed amount of strong sync pairs". Sorry, grammar mistake hehe

[undone ether]

You can check the pins for minimum amount of points for your first run.

[rugged orbit]

Check the pins?

What is that?

I am so sorry, I am still new to Discord, I do not know much about how it works

[undone ether]

+pins

[frozen depot]

See below on how to check channel pins!
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/957144362624634931/1214245497754091570/Pin.mp4?ex=65f8693e&is=65e5f43e&hm=b9d9e7a1a428377ebb0ef122514359d2405dd3f4e0775c17f2146eb06ca90a67&

[rugged orbit]

I see, thank you!

[swift swan]

Hello! If you're new to master mode, you can try setting the parameters to 850 points each. This gives you all the good rewards and the battles aren't that difficult compared to hard mode

We have a 850 point preset in the pins

First message, click on the blue text

[rugged orbit]

Apparently I do not have half of the sync pairs shown in that picture of the pin

I will look for that 850 points preset

Also, if I may, how do I do that replying thing, of which my name is displayed above your message like you did?

[swift swan]

On mobile, long press on a message and click Reply

On PC, there should be an arrow pointing to the left when your mouse hovers over a message

[rugged orbit]

Like this?

[swift swan]

Yup

[rugged orbit]

Oh, yes, I did it

[rugged orbit]

By the way, which blue text?

There are three of them

[undone ether]

the very first one.

[swift swan]

You'll be redirected to a Google Sheet

[rugged orbit]

Okay

[swift swan]

Which will have presets for 2500 points and below. Look for the one that adds up to 850 points, should be in a different tab in that google sheets

[rugged orbit]

How much points will I earn in total with this preset?

Wait, is it 850 points for each Elite Four and Champion, or 850 points for all of them?

[swift swan]

850 for each elite four is the recommended points if you've just started

So you'll get 4.2k total, which is enough to get all the important rewards

Once you've gotten used to it, you can try adding more points

[rugged orbit]

I see

But

I am really unsure of what sync pairs will I use on each Elite Four and the Champion

I know how to make strategies, because I do that to beat the repeated Champion Stadium from the last 2 weeks and today

But because I'm not very knowledgeable in the game, if I may, I would like to ask for recommended sync pairs for use in this Master Mode

[swift swan]

You can use the sync pair tracker to send your roster (make sure the move levels are accurate) here

+tracker follow this guide

[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

[rugged orbit]

My strongest sync pairs as far as I observe are Cheren (Champion) & Tornadus, Bianca (Champion) & Virizion, Sygna Suit Red & Charizard, Akari & Samurott, Morty & Mismagius, Player & Solgaleo, Rosa & Serperior, Giovanni & Mewtwo, Prof. Sycamore & Xerneas, Cyrus & Palkia, Gordie & Coalossal and Sygna Suit Elesa & Rotom

Sorry for taking so long to write this

[old orchid]

Instead of writing their names, you could just use the site above to list them out to save time

[rugged orbit]

Okay

[rugged orbit]

I'm sorry, it took so long to do this

Is there any faster way?

[undone ether]

You can filter your sync pairs by type and add them into the sync pair tracker

[gleaming jolt]

Also there is a channel on YouTube who do F2P clears for CSMM every week and it helps new players like us a lot!

https://youtu.be/ZUweStxANQ4?si=kzECJqmoE6HCrKaj

During the initial days of my CSMM this channel helped me a lot reaching 3k per stage gradually! I used their parameters and most of the sync pairs too!

(The video is from last week though, but they will upload this week CSMM soon I think!)

[rugged orbit]

Thank you very much! I'll definitely check the video as soon as possible

[blazing perch]

So guys based on my roster do u guys think I can try to get 3k points in master mode or a decent amount for rewards?

[old orchid]

Since you are new you shouldn't tackle 3k MM immediately

[blazing perch]

Yeah how many points do u think I can get?

[old orchid]

850 pts is not really different from hard mode experience, it might be even easier because you don't have to use different types to unlock the medal

The pins should have helpful resources for that

[mellow linden]

850 points per stage (4250 total) will also get you all the important rewards

[blazing perch]

I will do some research and try thanks guys

[fading cradle]

i looked at the wrong week and thought kukui was dragon weak oh well, i finished my medal anyways

[blazing perch]

Can anyone suggest me what power up for the enemy should I pick for 850points?

[old orchid]

There is a chart in the first pin

You have to adjust the params to fit into your team

[fading cradle]

what’s the recommended level to clear an entire csmm? i remember using the chart in the pins for one stage and got completely destroyed

[blazing perch]

Can’t find the chart im using mobile and it’s hard to navigate for some reason

[old orchid]

+pins

[frozen depot]

See below on how to check channel pins!
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/957144362624634931/1214245497754091570/Pin.mp4?ex=65f8693e&is=65e5f43e&hm=b9d9e7a1a428377ebb0ef122514359d2405dd3f4e0775c17f2146eb06ca90a67&

[blazing perch]

I would do that if I knew what I was supposed to do 😂

[old orchid]

You didnt adjust those properly then

[old orchid]

Alright, let's do step by step

Who are you gotta face against on round 1? And what is the team for that?

[blazing perch]

I’m gonna go with hala then Olivia etc base in order they are

I don’t know any ‘’correct’’ order to defeat them so I go in order

Team is gonna be

Nc Cheren Skyla

And 1 more support prob

[old orchid]

The pins have warning about avoiding certain stages, otherwise you can clear CSMM in no order. Taking advantage of the round param is good but don't try to ruin the teambuilding to force something not ideal into the team

[old orchid]

That's set

NC Cheren is a special dmg dealer, correct?

[fading cradle]

nc cheren can clear hala pretty well

just cleared him with 3k

but your team is different from mine so you do have to make adjustments to your parameters

[blazing perch]

Correct

[old orchid]

They are a newbie so I'm guiding them to get used to the basics first, no worries

[fading cradle]

i’ll listen too bc idk how to clear the rest of the stages lol, probably can’t do 3k with them

[old orchid]

That means you should not pick the Special Damage Reduction, because it heavily nerfs his special attacks. Meanwhile Physical Damage Reduction is a free parameter because he doesn't use his Fly

Do you understand?

[blazing perch]

Tbh this community is like 1 of the most helpful ones…u always learn something even if u play for years

[fading cradle]

true true, i still have a lot left to learn in this game

[old orchid]

Please notify me when you feel underwhelmed or you don't understand what i said

[blazing perch]

Yeap so I don’t care if psychical dmg because I won’t do any anyway

If physical is reduced *

[old orchid]

Alright

Your team only consists of support and tech sync pairs, doesn't it?

[blazing perch]

Haven’t picked the 3rd pair yet but I guess it’s gonna be a support or tech cause I have nc cheren for dmg

[old orchid]

Alright, so Strike take x3 dmg is a free param, while you must avoid Support/Tech take x3 dmg params

Your team doesn't seem to benefit from status conditions/interferences either, so both status params are other free ones

NC Cheren is an ontype dmg dealer, ofc Standard Damage Reduction is another free param

[blazing perch]

So about that what is a standard dmg and ontype dmg

I mean if it’s against a super effective

Enemy

[sharp willow]

on type means damage that the enemy is weak to

[blazing perch]

It’s called ontype?

[sharp willow]

yeah

[old orchid]

yeah

[blazing perch]

Oh got it

[old orchid]

and offtype is the opposite

Move gauge -2 is almost always a free param, in case you don't know

[blazing perch]

Yeah I guess u never what to full gauge anyway

Wait*

[old orchid]

you always want to buff team speed or use other means to keep doing triple queue

can you summarize which params to take after our lesson?

[blazing perch]

So I’m gonna take strike pairs take x3 dmg

-2 move gauge

Weather and terrain can’t change

[old orchid]

yup, good thinking

[blazing perch]

I’m at 550 points

[old orchid]

i suggested more params earlier too

[blazing perch]

Oh I forgot

Standard dmg

Reduction

[old orchid]

it's 300

[blazing perch]

Now I’m at 850

[old orchid]

do you mind getting higher pts?

[blazing perch]

Of course if I can

[old orchid]

alright, remember what i said about status conditions/interferences (trap, confuse, flinch)?

[blazing perch]

Yeap

I pick no status conditions

[old orchid]

so more 100 pts

is there any reason you don't pick no interference param?

[blazing perch]

I picked both

[old orchid]

good

[blazing perch]

950 points

[old orchid]

is your Skyla 3/5 btw?

[blazing perch]

Yeap

[old orchid]

and i assume she is already gridded with Potion tiles and TM MPR

[blazing perch]

Don’t know if I used the correct grid sync

[old orchid]

that means you can afford offensive params

https://ng-pomatools.web.app/pairs/1600/58100?s=5&l=140&r=3&p=0&a=0&g=AAECAwQFExQVFxgmKA
here is a general grid for her

[blazing perch]

I have this one

[old orchid]

great

so offensive params are those boost the dmg of opponents, you shouldn't stack too many of them unless you know how to deal with them

like Atk Up, Sync Buff Up,...

[blazing perch]

Yeah about that I haven’t tried the stage yet to see how much dmg he does to me etc

So i don’t if i should stack him up

Don’t know*

[old orchid]

Def Up increases the opponents' defensive stats, which are not recommended to pick most of time (unless you choose to toxic stall, i will explain this strat when you need to do it)

Strength increases both offensive and defensive stats, but with smaller amount, these are picked when you want to balance opponents' stats without taking too much damage/deal too little dmg

[blazing perch]

So it’s better choice overall

[old orchid]

its value varies between comps

for pre sync (clear the battle before the opponent's sync) comps, one picks all atk params to minimize the opponents' bulk to clear quickly

[blazing perch]

How does that help if u just power him up?

[old orchid]

you clear the battle before they kill everyone

since you are not familiar with the playstyle yet, let's skip it

[sharp willow]

you make them hit way harder instead of making them bulkier, making it way easier to kill them before they kill you, in this example

[blazing perch]

Oh so u don’t take any defense buff for the enemy so u can hit harder than them

I see

[old orchid]

next, i will tell you more about Power on Hit params

both PoH are usually taken too, unless you use the post-sync strat (aka survive one or more opponent's sync to clear slowly)

in usual pre sync teams (that don't involve too many offensive params), they are barely a threat

[blazing perch]

So u take it every time

Or most of the times

[old orchid]

keep in mind of the situations where you shouldn't pick them

so you get more free pts

you can do some experiment with taking more strength params, or just settle with the current ones

[blazing perch]

With the current ones I’m at 1050

But I don’t know who the 3rd pair gonna be

I was thinking maybe hop?

[old orchid]

Hop overlaps a lot with Skyla and he is not doing much in that team

you can bring a spdef debuffer, or a cheap support to +2 spatk for Cheren

[blazing perch]

Holy shoot nc cheren 1 shot them

😂

I prob can do more points

He 1 shot the 2 on left and right and then hit 1 more time the middle one and I win in 2 rounds

I prob can hit 1.5k or more?

[old orchid]

you can try stacking more HP and strength params

just don't take too much of them

[blazing perch]

Ok

[old orchid]

Cheren is an insane dmg dealer so do not try to give opponents too much bulk when you use weaker pairs

[blazing perch]

I did 1.5k easy

I will try for 2k

I will give him attack

Not defence

[old orchid]

be careful with opponent's attacks

[blazing perch]

Didn’t know cherren was this good

I cleared 2k easy

Almost full hp

Should I push for more?

[old orchid]

i think that's enough, you can try to push later

[blazing perch]

Ok then on to the next one

Yeah I’m gonna do really low on the others ones

I lack pairs

So about olivia I only have 2 ground pairs😂

[old orchid]

you can resort to offtype dmg dealers, but that means Standard Damage Reduction must not be picked

[blazing perch]

Is Giovani good?

Rhydon

[old orchid]

oh Rhydon

he should wreck ontype easily

just supply him gauge, by bringing a speed buffer

[blazing perch]

What about giovani hilbert and lilie

[old orchid]

Hilbert makes sense, but why Lillie

you can bring someone to buff team's defense stats instead

[blazing perch]

Dawn?

[old orchid]

she works

Hilbert is better with who needs his buffs more

how about Marley? she also buffs speed

[blazing perch]

I cleared with 1k

I won’t push more cause 2 pairs died

[old orchid]

you are getting to used to the mode, keep the good work

[blazing perch]

This are the electric pairs

Yeah u helped a lot thanks

U explained the basics I’m figuring out stuff still

But u explained well

[fading cradle]

yeah i need insight too on acerola lol, my electric rosters aren’t really the best and idk if i should use one i didn’t use yet and invest in them a bit or off type acerola

this is master mode too btw

[blazing perch]

Btw u were correct about cheren I cleared 2k easy I maybe can push 2.5-3

[fading cradle]

you’re doing very well for a master mode beginner, first time i attempted master mode i couldn’t even clear the first stage, keep it up

[blazing perch]

Thanks ☺️

[old orchid]

can you show me your roster?

[blazing perch]

Where are the yellow rats when u need them ?😂

[old orchid]

check your bag to see if you have any 4* strike candies, if yes, candy Hau and grid him with Inertia at least

[fading cradle]

just my electric roster or my full roster?

[old orchid]

just Electric for now

[fading cradle]

missed my opportunity mate

[blazing perch]

I wasn’t even playing when they were here

[blazing perch]

I have 8

[fading cradle]

(petey and lodge volkner are 1/5)

[old orchid]

good, candy Hau to 3/5 then

[old orchid]

Hau is the best option then

are you trying to get 3k or just as high as possible?

[fading cradle]

i can raise hau to 5 stars rn if needed

[old orchid]

4* is fine methinks

[fading cradle]

as high as possible tbh, i already got most of the important rewards from hala and kahili

[old orchid]

how is your support roster?

[fading cradle]

i’ll go pull them up brb

[fading cradle]

already used skyla and vfalkner and im saving ss morty for kukui

[old orchid]

does Melony have full grid?

[blazing perch]

Is this correct?

[fading cradle]

here’s what it looks like, idk what i was doing with it before though

[old orchid]

you shouldn't bother going for the upper right route, it only benefits Thunder Shock

hang on i will grab the grid: https://ng-pomatools.web.app/pairs/9800/2601?s=5&l=140&r=4&p=0&a=0&g=AAECAwQFFB8iIyQlKCstLi8

[old orchid]

you can use this: https://ng-pomatools.web.app/pairs/25500/13100?s=5&l=140&r=5&p=0&a=0&g=AAECAwQFExQXGBocHR4hIyQ

you should use Max Guard on Hau before Acerola's sync (if you couldn't pre sync)

the team should be Melony, Hau and Volkner

[blazing perch]

Done

[fading cradle]

awesome, thanks

[blazing perch]

What team are you gonna use?

[fading cradle]

the melony, volkner, and hau team gakon recommended

[blazing perch]

I’m still trying to figure a team to at least 1k or 850

[old orchid]

for who?

[blazing perch]

Aerola

[old orchid]

Hau, a spdef tank and someone to buff Hau

[fading cradle]

nvm i lowkey wanna try to 3k acerola

[noble plaza]

I totally forgot to do the champion stadium yesterday. FML :(

[blazing perch]

Hau doesn’t do much dmg I may have used wrong parm

[old orchid]

what params did you use

[dense garden]

Omg this took me forever to do but I knew it was possible

[bitter peak]

Nice offtype, full hp parameters?

[dense garden]

i'll drop the parameters

hopefully that's easier to read than like 4-5 screenshots lol

Some of these are a bit niche, I had to rely on bianca grid mp refresh for psychic terrain but I fiddled around with the parameters for a couple hours and could only get close with best possible rng

either crobat living with 1%-8% hp or the golbat living and wiping out everyone with heat wave

[bitter peak]

Well, I didn't expect offensive strat for offtype with f2p units

[mellow linden]

It’s an on-type clear

They used that team against Kahili

[dense garden]

yes^ sorry that the second screenshot is confusing but I couldn't reselect Kahili

[bitter peak]

My bad, it's time to sleep

[gleaming jolt]

No one is Exed, that's impressive!

[gilded apex]

How can I beat the cs flying battle with 3k points? This was my closest attempt

[rotund lagoon]

If you are doing 3k (which is news to me), show your parameters first and foremost.

[gilded apex]

Ok

[rotund lagoon]

You can turn off ping now btw

[gilded apex]

Sorry

[rotund lagoon]

? Are those the ones you have highlighted?

[mellow linden]

Looks like way too much HP, for one

Also, the 50-point Special Damage Reduction parameter is a free 50 points, because all the 50-point one does is set Light Screen, which is ignored by critical hits

[rotund lagoon]

Have you checked the 2.5k params at all?

[gilded apex]

no

These were the parameters used by the clears section that used this team

[mellow linden]

Oh, Def. And Sp. Def. ^ 5 too? Yeah, you’ve slapped way too much bulk on the enemies

[rotund lagoon]

Turn off ping please

[mellow linden]

That’s reason number 1 you’re having trouble

[rotund lagoon]

Ok a few things:

[gilded apex]

Sorry

[rotund lagoon]

1. The in-game clears section is an unreliable resource, especially with the ones we have here in the server

[gilded apex]

Oh

[gilded apex]

Does this mean me almost clearing the stage is crazy

[rotund lagoon]

2. The 2.5k params are an amazing foundation to follow as they are great params to go on without risking too much.
   Knowing the basic fundamentals of what you are doing is key, instead of just blindly following others.

[gilded apex]

I wanna do 3k tho

[rotund lagoon]

What I am saying is, use the 2.5k as a foundation.

[gilded apex]

Ah ok

[rotund lagoon]

Then you can add whatever is basically better for your specific team. Check the pins for all you need to know.

[keen jasper]

Yes, use the 2.5k as reference and add the points according to your preference

[gilded apex]

Where do I find the list?

[keen jasper]

[rotund lagoon]

+pins

[frozen depot]

See below on how to check channel pins!
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/957144362624634931/1214245497754091570/Pin.mp4?ex=65f8693e&is=65e5f43e&hm=b9d9e7a1a428377ebb0ef122514359d2405dd3f4e0775c17f2146eb06ca90a67&

[gilded apex]

How do I know which section to choose?

[mellow linden]

A quick rundown of the terminology:

• On-type: your damage-dealer(s) will do supereffective damage.
• Off-type: your damage-dealer(s) will not deal supereffective damage.
• Pre-Sync: you want to KO before the opponent Syncs.
• Post-Sync: you don’t care whether or not the opponent Syncs, though you still only want them to Sync one time at most.
• Poison Stall: You outlast the opponent by afflicting them with damage-over-time effects and having a team with high survivability.

Choose what works best for what you want to do

[gilded apex]

Ok thanks

[gilded apex]

Based off this team which would you suggest?

I was thinking on type or post sync

[mellow linden]

You need to decide this stuff for yourself. If you’re unsure, experiment a bit and see what works for you personally.

[gilded apex]

Ok

Once I do choose a 2500 should I expirment then select another 500 points for 3k?

[mellow linden]

You can go about it either way, the worst case scenario is just having to finish your run and reset if you do 2.5k and then wanna go back and do 3k after

AKA the only thing you can lose is time

[gilded apex]

I beat the 2.5k very easily

So now I just need to choose 500

[rotund lagoon]

Any reason you wanna do 3k in particular?

[gilded apex]

Trying to get my first 15k

I just need to do this stage and then the champion

[rotund lagoon]

Like Cobalt said, experiment with the last few params

[gilded apex]

Ok

[keen jasper]

Choose which parameters feel easy for you and/or based on the fight

[gilded apex]

Ok

Alr I beat it

[gilded apex]

Which should I choose if im using one sync pair for super effective damage?

[lean lion]

usually your damage dealer's typing is all that matters. So based on that you either go on or off type. Pre or post sync depends on your playstyle. There are people who advocate for both here. I prefer presync pretty much always.

If you're gonna do presync, it would help a lot if you learned how to quad queue consistently. A lot of stages come down to you KO the enemy before they can KO your pairs

especially in harder regions like Sinnoh, Hoenn

[gilded apex]

Got 15k using these sync pairs

[rugged orbit]

Hello, I have one question

In order to obtain all Master Mode rewards, you need to reach 15,000 points

If I reach that amount by getting smaller amounts from time to time

Say in example, today I will obtain 4,000 points, and I will try to obtain another 4,000 points or higher tomorrow

Will that make my total points 8,000?

And makes me receive the corresponding rewards

Or is the system something like I can only obtain the rewards at a single time?

Which means I have to obtain 15,000 points at once

[gleaming jolt]

Nope!
Your score resets to zero when you do the battles again

[gleaming jolt]

Yeah

[rugged orbit]

Oh, that just sucks

Okay then, thanks

[gleaming jolt]

It's fine you will eventually get there

[rugged orbit]

Thanks for the support

[gleaming jolt]

No problem!

[grand trout]

Does alola really not have a poison stage??

[calm marsh]

• This month ? yes
• Just ask about Alola CS ? It does, Hau has it

[mellow linden]

Sometimes DeNA decides to not run a specific CS stage in a given month for some reason

In this Alola CS run they decided to run the Fire weak Champion stage instead of the Poison weak Champion stage

[graceful oriole]

what would ya all want from paldea cs

[lean lion]

Make it a more or atleast as difficult as Sinnoh. Add more parameter options. Raise max score cap to 20k.

For starters.

Also, more Round Parameters, and remove the phys/special dmg reduction ones.

That prevent quad queue

[swift swan]

It will definitely at least match Sinnoh imo

[swift swan]

What if they start playing with rebuffs

[graceful oriole]

how many and how are they applied?

imo rushing cs should be a bit harder. They could add special params which are the only ones to increase your score beyond 15k and make them hard or intresting like+5% phys def each time they are hit

the 15k+ rewards could be titles and accessories and extra candy coins

[grand trout]

Why do i feel paldea cs will give us rebuffd

[blazing perch]

Can anyone help me beat aerola around 850-1k

[old orchid]

Iono Hau a spdef buffer should be good

[blazing perch]

Are those parm good?

Physical reduction

Can’t change zone

-2 gauge

Standard dmg reduction

[graceful oriole]

should be enough as long as you queue properly

[blazing perch]

Yeah I did it…now about kahili

[grand trout]

Invest in Olympia if you can

Failing that, offtype is an option

[blazing perch]

So the team is Olympia Giovani and 1 more?

[old orchid]

I would just focus on one dmg dealer

Lucian is a very good spdef debuffer, his atk debuffs also soften up Kahili's attacks

For Olympia/Giovanni, look for a support who can buff offensive stats quickly so they can attack sooner

[gleaming jolt]

or as SpAtk buffer

For Giovanni

[old orchid]

imo, none of them. Kahili loves to use physical attacks and Cheryl is vulnerable to them while Rosa is weak to Flying

[gleaming jolt]

Oh mb

I just said what I use often with Giovanni

Didn't think deeply

Lol

[old orchid]

In exchange you learned something

[grand trout]

Roxanne then

Buffs sp atk and def

[old orchid]

She could be a good option

But i usually wait for the one in need shows their support roster first to give more helpful advice

[gleaming jolt]

What does Roxane's wide guard do actually? I used her a few times with Ghetsis and it doesn't block attacks as its name suggest!

[formal vigil]

wide guard protect you against a aoe move like earthquake or icy wind

[gleaming jolt]

I see

Maybe that's why it was useless upto this point!

[blazing perch]

My supports

[old orchid]

Sabrina is a good option, Falkner is also a decent pick if you use Olympia

[blazing perch]

I will give it a go

Yeap did it…I’m aiming for 5k point for now I’m 4800 so I can do the last elite member pretty much easy

[rugged orbit]

Next week, the Champion Stadium will be reset

Does that include claimed Master Mode rewards as well?

[old orchid]

yes

[rugged orbit]

Alhamdulillah

Then I shall wait until next week to get the remaining 5★ Potential

[opal aurora]

guys, what do you think about this roster, i dont have good 5 star unit for electric and ground so i replace them with LA unit with 5/5 & 20/20

[old orchid]

Do you have any 4* strike candy lying around? If yes, candy Hau to at least 2/5 and you got a decent option for Electric

[opal aurora]

i think i have

wait

[opal aurora]

actually no

this is what i got rn

wdyt ? any tweaks or upgrade that i need to do or should i just go run it ?

[old orchid]

Aside from Giovanni team which is alright, the rest needs a lot of tweaks

Blue doesn't need rain, he already buffs crit. And it doesn't make sense to run a physical support with a special dmg dealer

Remove Cheren from Cyrus team, move Winona there and grid Cyrus with Hydro Pump Ramming Speed and accuracy tiles. You might want to raise Roxanne to 4* and lvl 120 at least

Ghetsis team is frail. He also doesn't have max crit in that team. I strongly recommend gridding him so he can contribute

[opal aurora]

actually I build this with recommendation from ChatGPT, my brain not braining i guess 😂😂

[swift swan]

Instead of Hilbert, I would look for a special support that can also help Blue buff crit, like Torchic (since your Sabrina is in another team)

[opal aurora]

noted guys, thanks a lot

already beat Kahili after losing 4 times haha

going to try other elite four soon

so i can keep losing until i win yea ?

[gleaming jolt]

I fucked up the last team, but it somehow cleared the CSMM!

[opal aurora]

guys

need tips to beat Acerola and Olivia

my Cyrus Hydro Pump Build are cant do anything 🥲

[old orchid]

you should use this grid: https://ng-pomatools.web.app/pairs/19400/48400?s=5&l=140&r=5&p=0&a=0&g=AAECAwQFERQXGh8hIyYnKCs

in that team Cyrus can't max his own crit except using Critical Focus tile, in the first turn, use Spacial Rend. if it's not a crit, reset immediately

after it crits, use Hydro Pump. make sure he has +6 speed and spatk

[opal aurora]

i have them

but my probopass always die after 9-11 turn

after 2 x def and 1 sturdy buddies

[opal aurora]

just saw your message, alright let me try

regarding New World Order, I should do it once yea ? After Spacial Rend if it Crits ?

[old orchid]

unless you grid Roxanne for TM MPR, use his TM right after the first crit

[opal aurora]

thanks, this is the progress now

i find palkia sync move is weaker than his hydro pump

should i use 9 turn move then wait for sync move

or

should i just spam hydro pump ?

[mellow linden]

Using your Sync Move when it comes up is still good, because every time you use your Sync Move you get a stackable +50% damage boost

[old orchid]

you can use a bulkier support than Roxanne, preferably who has recovery

[opal aurora]

Ill try Xerneas instead of Roxanne

if I use Xerneas, is it better if i use Xerneas sync move instead of Palkia ?

[old orchid]

you always wants to sync with Xerneas first

with Xerneas you don't need to use Cyrus' TM

[mellow linden]

Make sure Sycamore + Xerneas is 5/5, btw

As the potency of their buffs is affected by their move level

[opal aurora]

thanks guys

Xerneas change the game hahaha

i won

now the final challenge is Olivia

should I go with Ghetsis or Seismitoad ?

my Seismitoad is 3 star and 3/5

this ok ?

[old orchid]

I wouldn't bother using Clay as the main dmg dealer

[opal aurora]

so better Ghetsis yea ?

or Silver

[opal aurora]

tried Clay just now, damn weak haha

ill try this

[old orchid]

You can still use Clay, just not as a dmg dealer

I would save Hop for another round

[opal aurora]

so Clay Ghetsis Latios is good ?

or should i go Zinnia

as I have no resource for Grid rn

Go all in on Palkia

[old orchid]

Since you want to fill many types as you can for the medal, you may have to run goofy teams

You should wait until you are able to grid important nodes on Ghetsis' grid

[opal aurora]

ummm so what should I do rn to beat Olivia ?

[mellow linden]

You can always just take a break for now and come back tomorrow after you’ve gotten more Sync Orbs from the daily stage in Training Area

Weekly reset doesn’t happen for another couple days

[opal aurora]

ummm alright man, thanks guys

[rugged orbit]

I use Courtney and Bertha against Olivia + any Speed buffer support, and Hau and Clemont against Acerola + a tank and Sp. Atk buffer which is Prof. Sycamore

Also, if I may ask, do we have any spoilers of next week's CS type weaknesses? So that I can prepare from now

[old orchid]

that doesn't help them because they don't have pairs you mentioned

please be aware of their roster first before giving such advice

also the pins have weakness schedule for the whole region

[rugged orbit]

My apologies, will do next time!

[rugged orbit]

Oh, it appears that I have to go off-type against Acerola, since I don't have any functional Ghost-type sync pairs yet

[old orchid]

Giovanni has Shadow Ball