Champion Stadium

[old orchid]

and Shauntal is a decent option until you get 3/5 Fantina/Morty

[rugged orbit]

Oh, right, hahaha, I forgot

[rugged orbit]

Should I also use her trainer move that burns the Chandelure?

[old orchid]

you should, especially when she has burn damage multiplier

if burn is your concern you can grid Lessen Burn 9

[rugged orbit]

She has that in her sync grid?

[old orchid]

yes

[rugged orbit]

Okay, I'll soon check her out. Thank you, Gakon!

[old orchid]

[misty yacht]

I'm stuck on Olivia with round 4 effects, don't know what strat should I follow

I was attempting to get 2500 master points on her

[gleaming jolt]

What team are you using against her?

[misty yacht]

tried different ones

I'll get a pic of what I can still use

tried fitting in giratina or volcanion

and kyurem to take advantage of the "Stat lowering effects have greater effect"

Tried Incineroar too

• Only ground types I have are Mudsdale and seismitoad

[old orchid]

You can try SC Barry + a support + a flinch bot/sleeper as an offtype team

[misty yacht]

do i want a support that buffs my sp def? or that maxes Barry's attack

[old orchid]

Barry maxes his atk with the first sync, so i suggest bringing a spdef support

Preferably they buff speed too

[misty yacht]

cleared it with Wormadam, SC Barry and Acerola. Thank you @old orchid

[old orchid]

[misty yacht]

now I cant beat the Champion

[old orchid]

any good Fire type left?

[misty yacht]

ss red 1/5 with EX

[old orchid]

a support + Red + sun setter should blitz through easily

[misty yacht]

this decidueye is immortal

[old orchid]

don't stack too many defensive params

[misty yacht]

I finally did it, several tries looking for perfect RNG

ss Red, Rapidash and Zamazenta

thanks for your help Gakon

[fading cradle]

@junior solstice

im saving my 6* fire pairs for kukui

[junior solstice]

Ok dang

Lemme check csmm rq

Olivia ground weak

Acerola electric weak

Honestly Wallace victini and morty can easily blow past kukui

Try nc nate Aaron Kiawe

@fading cradle I'd probably try a off type pre sync

[fading cradle]

for acerola?

[junior solstice]

For Olivia

[fading cradle]

oh olivia

[junior solstice]

I think Acerola has healthy advantage

[fading cradle]

should i do olivia r3 or r4

[junior solstice]

What's the parameters again?

I barely try checking them

[gleaming jolt]

R3 is physical moves powered up
R4 is debuffs are more effective

[junior solstice]

R3

100%

[fading cradle]

alright i’ll give it a shot

so off type pre sync?

[junior solstice]

Second plan is max hp like Tony suggested

Then last resort is poison stall

Sync with Aaron first then NC nate

Time the black outrage after sync to get a second sync before the enemies act

Or try to kill the left enemy to get 2 syncs before the enemy syncs (quad queue)

For Acerola try SS Lysandre Xerneas May?

Try same strat

Just try to fish for burns as much as you can

I'll be back in like an hour

Or less

[old orchid]

I would sync with Nate first

He can also afford a more defensive support. Aaron is slow at buffing defense

[junior solstice]

Idk what they have not gonna lie

Oh wait it's Olivia my bad

Sonia probably doesn't work though due to potential Earth power

Or hop

But he's kinda just eh

Brb

[old orchid]

Or just a pure spdef buffer

Like Misty

[fading cradle]

tbh idk what other parameters to add to make 9k. i already checked off the ones the document said for off type pre sync

[junior solstice]

You're probably missing some like reduced healing

Terrain and zones off

[fading cradle]

i do have reduced healing on

[junior solstice]

You don't really need to follow the document, just try to reduce the difficulty as much as possible

[old orchid]

you don't want to pick no WTZ param when using EXR Nate

[junior solstice]

I think they do have exr

[fading cradle]

yes

[junior solstice]

Just try reducing the difficulty as much as possible

Pick the high points one then go to the lower points

[old orchid]

-2 gauge, gradual healing, power on hit, 2 shields, no status cond/inter, special DR are free params for this comp

from these you can add more strength/atk to get the score you want

[junior solstice]

Now actually be right back

[fading cradle]

are u referring to power on hit 1 or 2?

[old orchid]

both

[gleaming jolt]

I am not aware about NC Nate's requirements (I mean status change, No stat reduction and interference immunity) but It is roughly what you can use I guess!

[graceful oriole]

you can pick up physical damage reduction

the 50 point one

[old orchid]

you stacked too many HP params

[gleaming jolt]

Yeah I do that most of the time for offtyping

[old orchid]

3/5 NC Nate is very good at dmg, you can run atk params instead to rush

[graceful oriole]

I wouldn't suggest picking up power up on hit with hp params

[gleaming jolt]

Maybe it is not feasible for others mb!

[old orchid]

just pointing it out because it seems you don't want to drag the battle to be too long

because you picked sync buff up too

[gleaming jolt]

I can learn a few things here!

[graceful oriole]

that much hp is fine.... with non offensive stuff

[gleaming jolt]

So Attack instead of HP is better here right?

[graceful oriole]

Yes

[gleaming jolt]

Ok okay!

I will try that next CSMM

[fading cradle]

anything i can add or delete to the ones i already turned on?

ignore first screenshot oops idk how that got there

[old orchid]

that's okay ig

but be careful of the strike takes x3 dmg

ik Nate can deny sides but you should still be careful

[fading cradle]

yeah olivia kinda just destroyed me with her sync move

[old orchid]

how much HP did she have left?

[fading cradle]

around the high 60s id say????

or low 70s

[old orchid]

what team are you using? can you share your Nate's grid?

[fading cradle]

i’m using the aaron kiawe nate team ace suggested to me

[old orchid]

also remove strike take x3 dmg immediately

[old orchid]

you can run Kiawe NC Nate and a flinch bot to buy time (remove the interference immunity)

or a spdef buffer + defense debuffer like Colress

[fading cradle]

oh and here’s nate’s grid, it looks a little random since this was a grid from like a few months ago

[gleaming jolt]

I have question here!
Does this affect EXRs? Like if I bring NC Cheren in some stage, will it cause x6 damage?

[fading cradle]

does he require interference immunity removal?

[old orchid]

for Colress no, his job is debuffing defense and acc with Mirror Shot

[old orchid]

you should use this instead: https://ng-pomatools.web.app/pairs/10001/61201?s=5&l=140&r=5&p=0&a=0&g=AAECAwQFBgcJERITFhkbHiAhJA
your current grid is quite bad

[old orchid]

nope, only base role

[gleaming jolt]

I would say you should always use a Sync Nuke dependent grid for CSMM!

[fading cradle]

idk man, can’t figure this out, it’s just the moves she chooses to use that’s killing my entire team atp 🫠🫠🫠 im not sure if im sequencing the moves right or something

[old orchid]

who is the support? you should use someone who buffs spdef quickly

[fading cradle]

kiawe is still there

almost had her at one point but lucky ancient power landed

[old orchid]

with Colress round he is not needed

use sp like Misty who has spdef and evasion buffs

[fading cradle]

alright, does misty have to be 5 star or gridded for this?

[old orchid]

4* is fine, her grid has some nice stuff so it's always good to grid her

[fading cradle]

alright, should i follow the utility grid or the evasion grid here?

[old orchid]

https://ng-pomatools.web.app/pairs/11000/12100?s=5&l=140&r=3&p=0&a=0&g=AAECAwQFExQVGBocHiAlJicq you should use this

[fading cradle]

for some reason that link still shows the nate grid

[old orchid]

fixed

[fading cradle]

thanks who should i use misty’s tm on, both colress and nate?

[old orchid]

one on her and one on Nate

if MPR procs more, save them for emergency

[fading cradle]

phew that was a bit too close for comfort but it did work so thank you gakon

i’ll solve acerola in the morning, it’s like 2 am now 🥲🥲🥲🥲

[old orchid]

smh go to sleep

[fading cradle]

i will 😔

[junior solstice]

Nice!

Did not expect misty and colress to tank

I severely underestimate f2p tanks nowadays

To be fair I remember one time Alder opened with a hyper beam to misty and she tanked quite easily with +2 special defense

[junior solstice]

For Acerola I do believe she has health advantage so try something like SS Lysandre May and Sycamore? I believe that can manage the 3k csmm. Though I could be completely wrong about sycamore though. The helpers here are probably a lot more knowledgeable than me around budget team comps

[swift swan]

Acerola doesn't have healthy adventage

Hau ss elesa volkner should clear just fine

[junior solstice]

I’m confused

I specifically remembered a driftblim with healthy advantage

Is that not acerola?

[old orchid]

that's Electric weak Phoebe

[junior solstice]

Ok I think I just haven’t played the game in a while

[old orchid]

Acerola only has 1.5x base spdef

[junior solstice]

Spreading misinformation

[junior solstice]

Where’s the tank

[old orchid]

SS Elesa

tho she can be replaced with another spatk + crit support

[hexed jasper]

do u guys have any tips for acerola? she is the last e4 member that i need to defeat

using sonia too early

i made a mistake fr

[gleaming jolt]

I think you have to offtype here!

Are you doing Master Mode?
Or doing Champion Stadium Hard Mode?

[hexed jasper]

hard mode

[gleaming jolt]

Show all the available pairs you have

[old orchid]

And types you have registered in the type medal

[grand trout]

Sad there's no poison stage

I exed koga

[sharp plaza]

any thoughts on bp sophocles for 3k acerola

don't think i have strong enough off-typers

[grand trout]

He can be very good yes

Coupled with the right supports

[grand trout]

Where are the types

[hexed jasper]

oh

type that i alr use?

[rotund lagoon]

[hexed jasper]

is this what u guys mean?

if not then sorry, im new to the game

[rotund lagoon]

No, go to the CS stages and click Hall Of Fame to find your type medal.

[grand trout]

There's a medal above the cs that registers the types you already did

Please show it to us so we can choose units we can use moving forward

[hexed jasper]

this one?

[rotund lagoon]

That’s the one!

[grand trout]

Yay

[hexed jasper]

oh

[grand trout]

You see as much as possible

For hard we try to encourage players to use all types

So we avoid type repeats if possible

You can use: hau, elaine and sidney

Wtf not sidney i mean drake

So electric normal and dragon are covered

[hexed jasper]

got it

thx

[hexed jasper]

and now prof kukui

[hexed jasper]

oh sh

[grand trout]

Lol it's fine

[hexed jasper]

i use sidney instead

[grand trout]

You need dark anywaye

[hexed jasper]

alr

[grand trout]

For kukui, how about ss red, sonia, and sydney?

Dammit

I mean drake again

[hexed jasper]

i already used sonia

[hexed jasper]

[hexed jasper]

yo i already defeat kukui

ty for ur help

[hexed jasper]

btw in the first 3 battle against hala, olivia, and kahili. i didn't know that i should use as many type combinations as possible

so i repeated using the same type

is that okay?

[mellow linden]

It’ll slow down your type medal progress, but it’s not game-ruining or anything

Just keep in mind that you shouldn’t try to force monotype teams (and I mean that everywhere, not just CS). If you have a good team that happens to be monotype, then great. But good team synergy will always come before Theme Skills, and you often get better team synergy by running a multi-type team

[hexed jasper]

ohh

alright ty

[fading cradle]

woo just finished my first ever csmm i accidentally used the off type pre sync params instead of the on type ones for kukui, oops

[sharp plaza]

what would those supports be

atk/def buffer?

[dark osprey]

Probably someone who gets crit & attack up quickly and if you've got electric terrain then them too. For eg: Sonia 3/5+ or bp surge with Volkner for terrain

[sharp plaza]

good to know for the future

i just brute forced it w nc silver

[swift swan]

updated

[fading cradle]

ghetsis nuke had no reason to go so hard

[keen jasper]

Dates are wrong tho

[swift swan]

[trail smelt]

whistles this week got nuked lol

[trail smelt]

Final Alola week teams ready

[rugged orbit]

Hello everyone, we still have 1 more Alola CS week before a new region starts, right?

[dark osprey]

Yes. We do

[lean lion]

Fun CS week

[gleaming jolt]

That's Drasna wow!

And it's poison stall against Acerola?!

All of that just with two sync pairs!

[lean lion]

Yeah, it's poison stall

Tbf all of these pairs are really strong

[gleaming jolt]

Impressive!

[lean lion]

[opal aurora]

any tips for acelora guys ?

based on these medal

better agatha or allister ?

[calm marsh]

I think with SS Cyrus you should be good

Does your Cyrus has Troublemaker ?

[opal aurora]

not yet

[calm marsh]

If not use Cyrus’s Tm 2 times and then spam his Dark Voice

[opal aurora]

alright noted man

should i replace roxanne with other unit

for medal

this is what i have

[calm marsh]

Leaf can work

Remember Sync with her for speed buff

[opal aurora]

i was late reading this

🥲

any tips for kahili ?

[mellow linden]

There really isn’t any major gimmick you need to worry about, as long as you’ve got a solid team it should work

[opal aurora]

this is what I'm lacking right now

[mellow linden]

How many fights do you have left, including Kahili?

[opal aurora]

total of 3 including champion yes ?

this is what i have

is there hope 🥹 ?

[mellow linden]

It’s Hard Mode, so should be plenty doable

Can get 2 of your remaining types done by just running Cheryl and Viola as Ghetsis’ teammates, for example

That would leave 3 types for use across 2 fights, which should be easy

[opal aurora]

alright let me try, thanks man

[fading cradle]

could i 3k any of the stages this week with any of these teams i used for hard mode

[mellow linden]

Using the exact teams? Would probably be difficult for about half of them

But for most of them the adjustments are just replacing the Support

[opal aurora]

i won bro, thanks

i probaby should go with solgaleo as my main yea ?

[mellow linden]

Can definitely do that and then just have one team member buff critical rate

[opal aurora]

i won

is this solid ?

[mellow linden]

As long as you have Critical Focus gridded on Cyrus you can give it a try

[opal aurora]

i won haha

you have no idea, my palkia was dead, fighting garchomp with 24% hp left with only Heliolisk, keep spamming discharge

thanks cobalt

anyway i just unlock master mode

is it realistic for me to atempt it ?

or should i be content with this

[blazing perch]

Guys do u think I can achieve 8k points with this roster?

Btw I think I can make some pairs ex if needed

[mellow linden]

4250 points total (850 points per stage) can be done with little to no difficulty increase compared to Hard Mode, and in fact would likely be easier since now you don’t have to worry about type medal

[mellow linden]

Should be, yeah

If you wanna do 8k total you can use one of the 1.5k (per stage) parameter presets from the pins as a base and adjust/add to fit your teams

[fading cradle]

hmmm, which supports should i change then? here’s my full support roster

[mellow linden]

A few possible adjustments:

• You can shuffle Skyla over to NC Nate’s team (since Nate is self-sufficient) and use a Sp. Atk. + crit Support for Ghetsis instead so he can spend less time on self-buffs.
• BP Morty really doesn’t do much (if anything) for SC Irida, a crit Support would be a far better pick.
• Depending on how intent you are on using Wally you may be better off replacing him with a different damage-dealer (or something like a Defense debuffer/other damage-boosting utility pair) and running Aaron as the Support.
• You can probably replace Brycen-Man with someone who better boosts Raihan’s damage.

[opal aurora]

noted

I dont know why I'm struggling with Olivia now

she's my last elite 4

Can't use Solgaleo cause of enemy Physical Defense

any solution ?

[sharp willow]

do you mean that you're running a physical damage reduction parameter, or something else?

[sharp willow]

oh, that can be bypassed by critical hits which is something you want to be doing no matter what anyway

[opal aurora]

ohhh i see

alright let me try

[sharp willow]

just have to build your team to help buff Solgaleo's crit rate if you don't have the Power Boost from the Alola Villain Arc event

[opal aurora]

anyway is there a list of handicap that we should choose to get a good result ?

I manually choose them before

[sharp willow]

there are example parameters in the pinned messages for various point thresholds

[opal aurora]

ohh noted

is this good enough

[sharp willow]

if you're using steel type damage dealers like solgaleo, standard damage reduction is effectively a free parameter you can take

otherwise, just try it out and see how it feels to ya

[fading cradle]

wait how does the standard reduction damage parameter work again? does it like lessen damage taken from attacks that aren’t super effective?

[sharp willow]

Yes

80% damage reduction for any attack that is not super effective

[mellow linden]

The 50-point Physical Damage Reduction and 50-point Special Damage Reduction parameters are free points, as all they do is set Reflect and Light Screen respectively, and both of those field effects are ignored by critical hits (which your damage-dealers should always be doing)

[dense garden]

anyone beat Olivia with 3k points that is f2p and would like to share? I swear she's given me trouble every week

[mellow linden]

Poison stall is generally the “if all else fails” option

[lean lion]

Either Kimono Grimsley or MC Solgaleo can do it

[dense garden]

trying them and hasn't been working

[lean lion]

What team are you using?

[lean lion]

Ok

You can swap Grimsley for someone who debuffs defense

Which round is this?

[dense garden]

grimsley does debuff defense

r1

i just don't have the dps to kill her before she can get her sync off

[lean lion]

Yeah he does but I think you're having guage issues with this team?

[dense garden]

it doesn't really feel like it but i could be wrong

[old orchid]

Solgaleo is weak to Ground so be careful to not stack too many offensive params

Or you pre sync her

[dense garden]

i was using nanu but he wasn't really doing much aside from screech

[old orchid]

Do Hop and Solgaleo have their grid filled?

[dense garden]

yes

[rugged orbit]

Do you have enough caps and books to upgrade Solgaleo to lvl 140?

[old orchid]

His flinch is quite great

[rugged orbit]

And do you have Skyla?

[dense garden]

i would rather spare them, closest i got was the gigalath at 17% but this was after dozens of attempts

[lean lion]

Can you send your params?

[dense garden]

sure

been messing around with them all day

[old orchid]

I couldn't keep up with your progress. I think you are trying 3k?

[lean lion]

Yeah they're trying to 3k

[old orchid]

[lean lion]

What happened?

[old orchid]

I would avoid picking def up 1 and max hp 6

While power on hit are free params

I doubt non PB Solgaleo can pre sync without using sleep or flinch

[dense garden]

what should i swap def +1 for do you think? after the sync is what kills me

the gigalath and golem just do too much damage

[lean lion]

Remove strike and tech damage x3 and half ally mp for power on hit 2

That's why you keep dying so easy

[old orchid]

You can try defensive approach with Hop as the dmg dealer or post sync with Solgaleo and strong defensive backbone

[dense garden]

strike damage x3 doesn't affect sync tho does it?

[lean lion]

That param makes you take 3x more damage

Not deal 3x

[dense garden]

i'm saying enemy sync

i'm pretty sure the damage is the same

and olivia's sync is leaving my sol at like 9% hp and then when i kill her rock slide just wipes the rest out

i'll give it a couple runs

[lean lion]

Gakon do the x3 params affect enemy sync damage?

[old orchid]

Yup

[lean lion]

So they'd have an easier time postsyncing without the x3 params

[dense garden]

i'll send a vid

You can skip the vid if you want, sync is at 0:50 seconds with x3 off and 1:50 with x3 on. In my testing sync actually does less damage with x3 on. I’m using moves to be wary of the defense buff you get for being on round 1 to make sure results aren’t skewed

It’s not an actual run just meant to show that sync doesn’t affect x3

Unless I’m missing something here

[lean lion]

You'll have to KO mid before sync. Then you can eat 2 moves from sides. You'll have to grid endurance on Solgaleo though.

[dense garden]

it's not possible for me

[lean lion]

I tried this and was able to clear presync but my Hop is EXed

[dense garden]

i can't kill mid before sync

[lean lion]

Try these params

Change Phys dmg reduction to special..forgot to go that

[dense garden]

i have to step away for a bit but i'll try and record a good run so you guys can see what i'm seeing

[fading cradle]

so these are possibly my teams for csmm, using the advice cobalt gave me in hopes i can 3k all of the stages, not sure where to put kgrimsley though

[old orchid]

the Grimsley team's gauge is tight

you don't have to use monotype team, any spatk support works better than Phoebe in the Ghost team

you better use a speed support for Raihan

Kahili and Hau team are fine

[fading cradle]

hmm, who can i insert/replace in the ghost and steel teams then? (spatk support and speed support rosters)

[old orchid]

Roxanne is a decent pick for Raihan

you could also use SS Morty there

for Ghost, Leaf, Kiawe or even 3/5 Lodge Morty works

[fading cradle]

got it, who should i replace in raihan team?

[old orchid]

Rose, obviously

[dense garden]

https://youtu.be/wyg3flwSLG0

Couple thoughts, not hitting the lycanroc before sync so I don't raise the defense; she's just going to heal back any damage anyways. Also my sync didn't crit but not sure it would've made a difference

here are params

i can send roster too but i don't want to flood the channel anymore

[old orchid]

you got unlucky with both sync not critting

also, don't pick both tech and strike take x3 dmg

[old orchid]

feel free to do that

[dense garden]

i think either way they're gonna get 1 shot by the rock slide at the end, my sol only has 666 hp

even if he were at full hp

[old orchid]

better than eating the sync

[dense garden]

and x3 wasn't taken

the sync does the same damage with or without x3

[old orchid]

Trout suggested gridding Endurance earlier, it's an useful node

still, get rid of them to deal with the sides

[lean lion]

I can confirm Solgaleo can eat 3 rock slides

with +3 def

[dense garden]

at what level

[lean lion]

130

[dense garden]

and any difference in gear?

[old orchid]

you can opt to reset for some Hop's TM MPR

[lean lion]

no gear used

[old orchid]

the most decisive factor is getting rid of nasty strike + tech take x3 param

[dense garden]

did they sync

[lean lion]

nope, its possible to presync

[dense garden]

what did you change to get the kill presync

[dense garden]

also, sorry i'm looking for the grid and can't find it

who is it on?

[lean lion]

you'll have to do one of 2 things: either grid hop with adrenaline and give him 1st sync. Or move Olivia to round 2 and quad queue after both Solgaleo syncs

[old orchid]

Solgaleo

[dense garden]

found it

[fading cradle]

wait, sorry for interrupting, i just need this answered rq

if im using vfalkner, should i take the no status conditions and no interference params? bc his b move is basically all that 💀

[old orchid]

he is fine without disrupting the enemies

[old orchid]

https://ng-pomatools.web.app/pairs/900000/79100?s=5&l=140&r=5&p=0&a=0&g=AAECAwQFFxgbHyAiIyQoKy0v you can try this build

[lean lion]

I can try to clear this on R2 without Hop sync if you want. R1 prevents quad queue so you either need Adr or you can't get to 2nd sync.

[fading cradle]

hmm, so im at 2,750 points for olivia rn, wondering what else i can turn on to get 3k

[lean lion]

I'd pick STR 2 and ATK 1 for the remaining 250 point

[old orchid]

looking back, i think you should replace Grimsley with Nanu for cheap gauge flinch bot, or bring another Fighting dmg dealer like Wally or Bea

[fading cradle]

pardon me, what does str stand for

[fading cradle]

did it, should nanu be gridded? i candied him to 3/5 recently

[lean lion]

strength

the one for 200 point

[fading cradle]

got it 🫡

[lean lion]

I dont think Nanu needs grid, but Bite mgr might come in handy if you're struglling with gauge

[old orchid]

yeah, and Burst In is a good QoL update

Charging Infliction is another good tile

[lean lion]

why Burst In?

[old orchid]

so he has 60% flinch ready on turn 1

altho some supports can buff +3 crit right away so you can take it off when using him with them

[lean lion]

ohhh got it.. passive + burst in

[old orchid]

[fading cradle]

i keep fucking up on olivia

raihan has a weird skill where the sync countdown is reduced by 1 at the beginning

[old orchid]

you can take no status condition off then

tbh the problem is Raihan himself

if you have PB Solgaleo, it's the better choice

[fading cradle]

yeah i have mc and solgaleo, how should it be gridded

[old orchid]

does it have expanded tiles?

[fading cradle]

i dont believe so

[old orchid]

like Haymaker and Furious Brain

[fading cradle]

yep don’t have it

[old orchid]

what move level is your Raihan? for dps he is much better than Solgaleo

i assume you don't have any Steel Zone setter

[fading cradle]

yarrdenia is my only one and she’s with the ghost team

well…nvm. changing the no status conditions param to the -1 sync countdown param did it

[old orchid]

[fading cradle]

who to do r2 now…not sure whether to do molayne or acerola bc im saving kahili for r4

[swift swan]

Doesn't really matter

[fading cradle]

idk how a 1/5 riley is gonna do in csmm though, stupid me didn’t know i had the free opportunity to 5/5 him so he’s kinda just stuck like this

[lean lion]

do you have Bea?

even 1/5 may be able to clear

[old orchid]

you can use both together

[fading cradle]

weirdly no, my gen pool luck when it comes to her is as good as getting a master fair on the first multi

[swift swan]

How about Wally

[fading cradle]

yeah i got him

2/5

[swift swan]

Hmm

https://ng-pomatools.web.app/pairs/12800/47500?s=2&l=140&r=5&p=0&a=0&g=AAECAwQFCAoNERQXGBkcHSAwMTM0 we can try this grid

You want someone to lower speed for his cakewalk and wally needs at least +1 speed

So ig you can bring Riley along for some extra DPS

[fading cradle]

alright, i’ll give it shot whenever, it’s pretty late here now

[swift swan]

Dw take your time

[fading cradle]

i could level riley up to 2/5 too bc he’s literally my only unit who can consume a sprint candy, but ive been told it’s not really worth it, so i just gotta live with the 1/5 riley

and i did a mini test run just now and holy hell, the damage is minimum. yeah this is something i’m gonna have to do in the morning

[old orchid]

do not candy him

he will rerun eventually

[dense garden]

It took good rng and an hour of trying (I got flinched at the end on 4 different runs) but I finally got it thanks Gakon and Trout

[lean lion]

Nicely done!!!

[old orchid]

[gleaming jolt]

Done one minute before reset!

[trail smelt]

Reset isn’t for awhile though

[gleaming jolt]

I mean daily reset lol!

It doesn't make sense I think!

[fading cradle]

yeah lmao not sure how to beat molayne with 3k in csmm, especially bc idk how to grid a 2/5 aaron and im really only able to get molayne down to like 90% hp before everyone faints

idk if i have to possibly off type him or what 💀

[zealous karma]

Do you have bea? Or Lucian to support Solgaleo?

[fading cradle]

weirdly don’t have bea, and lucian is on another team for kahili

[zealous karma]

Can you afford to not run Lucian against kahili she is one of the easier psychic stages do to having lower native hp

[fading cradle]

kahili is ice weak this week, this was the team i planned to use against her. could lucian be replaced?

[zealous karma]

Oh oops

If that’s Pb Ghetsus he doesn’t really need Lucian

[fading cradle]

is the pb the grid extension? bc i don’t have that extension either 🫠

[zealous karma]

It is ye but now that i remember it his expansion didn’t really do a lot for him so it probably doesn’t matter

[fading cradle]

hmmm alright, what kind of unit can replace lucian if i were to do it?

[zealous karma]

Another option to lower Atk would probably be darach as he also can lower evasion helping Ghetsus accuracy issues*

[fading cradle]

i do have darach, only at 1/5 though, does he need a grid?

[zealous karma]

Probably not he’s primarily there to lower Atk in aoe

[fading cradle]

alright, so replace lucian with darach and probably move lucian to the molayne team?

[zealous karma]

Ye you’ll run a brainteaser solgaleo grid

[cinder summit]

Player & Solgaleo

‎ Type: ‎　‎　Weak:

Level 140 Stats:

HP: 573
ATK: 401 | DEF: 168
SPA: 343 | SPD: 162
SPE: 283

Acquisition:

Main Story

Alternates:

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Player & Alcremie
Player & Togepi

Sync Grid Recommendations:

Sunsteel Strike / Sync Nuke (3/5)
‎　+ Superduper Effective
‎　+ Power Reserves
Focus Blast (3/5)
‎　+ Superduper Effective
‎　+ Power Reserves / Sync Nuke
Sunsteel Strike Without Full Grid Expansion (3/5)

‎

Focus Blast Without Full Grid Expansion (3/5)
Focus Blast Without Full Grid Expansion (3/5)

• Some extra tiles above are locked behind an event
  Lucky Skill: Critical Strike 2

[fading cradle]

got it, how should lucian be gridded? i got him at 3/5

[mellow linden]

If Lucian’s just there for his debuffs then his grid isn’t that important, maybe grab Charging Infliction if you can spare the orbs

[zealous karma]

Ye

[fading cradle]

beat molayne with 3k with said team, thanks for the help!

[fading cradle]

okay now i’m struggling to 3k kahili 💀 doesn’t help that sycamore’s sync boosts special defense instead of physical defense

[zealous karma]

Do you have any other special supports Ghetsus needs 1 crit from somewhere as he doesn’t like to click tm more than twice and sycamore not being ex + no Pb really weakens him as a support you’d likely be better off going for side denial on the left with Ghetsus first sync if you have no other special attack supports

[fading cradle]

i can only recall sabrina but she has really tacky physical defense which is what kahili seems to be hitting from. here’s my full support roster (can’t use ss morty, v falkner, kiawe, or aaron)

and skyla is being saved for hau

[formal vigil]

You can use leaf evee but have to grid her for critical squad also can buff spak via tm all ramped up

[zealous karma]

Ye she is pretty good one

Helps gauge and has a lot of benefit to syncing (she is a high priority ex support early on)

[fading cradle]

so a team like this? (is there also a leaf grid i can copy for this battle)

[old orchid]

just take TM All Ramped Up + Crit Squad at least

with Darach you can take Critical Shield for free 150 pts

[fading cradle]

got it, how do i sequence these moves? bc i feel like im kinda slow when buffing ghetsis

[old orchid]

use Leaf and Ghetsis TM first

Darach uses Defog first -> Feather Dance

don't bother using Brave Bird after the enemies are at -6, spam FD

[fading cradle]

still can’t beat her, she gets me by her 2nd sync

[old orchid]

try gridding Adrenaline on Leaf's sync grid

her EX is very useful

[fading cradle]

got it, so how should i grid this?

[old orchid]

try this: https://ng-pomatools.web.app/pairs/1700/13300?s=5&l=140&r=5&p=0&a=0&g=AAECAwQFBggaHB8hIiYuLzAzNDU

since your Ghetsis doesn't have PB, you can pick Ally HP down on entry so he can max spatk easily

[fading cradle]

got it, do i use both mps of ghetsis and leaf’s tms?

[old orchid]

yes, ofc

[fading cradle]

holy shit my first csmm 15k clear thanks to everyone that helped me

[lean lion]

Don't think I've ever seen a Focus Blast Solgaleo clear

Congrats!

[fading cradle]

ty! focus blast solgaleo clear almost had me dead bc aaron and lucian both died and solgaleo somehow dodged discharge and ko’ed the last side 🥲

[lean lion]

[left storm]

It's good AF for freebie fighting

Much better than wally

[sick inlet]

In times before the expansions were a thing, Focus Blast Solgaleo was brought the best out of his kit

[swift swan]

Oh i remember that

Focus blast solgaleo used to be a popular f2p fighting option

[zealous karma]

It only got easier to use thanks to Lenora and Lucian

[undone ether]

You prayed that there wasnt a fighting weak and steel weak in the same week ;-;

At least back then ugh

[lean lion]

I'm gonna try FB Solgaleo next time we get a fighting stage

I've never used Solgaleo after getting 3/5 K Grimsley and Riley

[zealous karma]

KGrims is great

[lean lion]

Oh yes

Nukes mid 1st sync no problem

[full mesa]

Could you share your grid?

[dark osprey]

Can try the sync grid doc since it should be the regular nuke grid. The key imo is to use his TM before the sync to get the SEUN

[swift swan]

Praying no dragon weak and water weak in the same week because cyrus would be busy. Ah those were the days

[lean lion]

Here you go.

Btw he's EXd and like ARK said, save TM SEUN for sync.

[lean lion]

Brings mid from 100 to 0 on 1st sync, and this is without Steel Zone

[fading cradle]

kgrimsley is good? i might have to invest in him the next time there’s a steel weak stage

[lean lion]

At 3/5 and above, he's really good for a genpool pair. I'm not sure whether he's worth investing in below 3/5 though since I didn't use him before that.

[lean lion]

With supp EX and Steel Zone

[fading cradle]

is this hard mode or master mode? no matter what, im still gonna try and invest in him, he might actually hit harder than my raihan

without steel zone was already crazy enough to me

[lean lion]

Master mode, 4k points with all hp parameters activated

Yeah his nuke is crazy

[fading cradle]

all hp params???? i definitely need to see this for myself, what grid do you have on him?

[lean lion]

Here

[fading cradle]

thanks! i do have a 3/5 kgrimsley so this’ll actually be pretty helpful

do you have any lucky skills on him?

[lean lion]

Crit strike 2

Gear is generic steel type gear

[fading cradle]

got it, thanks! i’ll try all of this on the next steel weak stage

[lean lion]

Just makes sure enemy has max debuffed defense and use Grimsley TM right before sync for the SEUN

[old orchid]

be aware that Olivia has Toughen Up 9 so it's way harder to keep her at -6 defense

[lean lion]

I only used TMs and status moves on Grimsley and Marnie till 2nd sync , Hop gave them +1, so Grimsley was able to keep mid max debuffed

[tired sleet]

Kind of a waste to use supp ex if it already one shot
I like denying left with 1st sync and using Metal Burst to one shot mid, but it needs them to attack at the right moment

That way you only have one side to deal with

[lean lion]

This was 4k points max hp. I don't think Grimsley can one shot mid with either sync or Metal Burst without supp EX. Inflated their hp just to see how hard his nuke can hit.

[tired sleet]

Oop i didnt see the 4k pts part

[lean lion]

For this I think you need to quad queue TM after sync, left moves, queue Metal Burst, hope mid doesn't queue TM

[tired sleet]

How do you deal with sides?

A metal burst and flinch lock?

[lean lion]

Quad queue Metal Burst

Yeah

Right goes down, flinch left

[lean lion]

Started off as screenshot damage testing, ended up doing the full run.

KGrimsley vs R2 Olivia 4k points max hp

[blazing perch]

Hi guys suggest me some teams to get at least 8k points in master mode☺️

[mellow linden]

For damage-dealers you can build teams around, could do:

• MC + Solgaleo for Olivia.
• Bea for Molayne.
• Summer Gardenia and/or Shauntal for Acerola.
• Ghetsis for Kahili.
• Cyrus for Hau.

Alternatively you could off-type some of the stages with picks from your various broken limiteds like NC Cheren, SS Lysandre, Adaman, etc.

I’d recommend starting with putting together teams built around your selected damage-dealers on your own (make sure to follow the Teambuilding 101 guidelines!) so you can continue working on your teambuilding skills. If you’re uncertain about how well a team will work you can always post the team here and ask for opinions on it

[blazing perch]

Ok I will give it a go…thanks

[cold kestrel]

How do these team look for cs at reset?

Have to off type water stage with the Ss lana/Steven team

[old orchid]

you don't have Cyrus invested?

is Adaman 3/5 btw?

[cold kestrel]

No 1/5

[cold kestrel]

I completely forgot about him

[old orchid]

it's still better bring another Grass type with him instead of Blaine

even 1/5 SS Erika works very well

[cold kestrel]

I don’t think I have Erika

[old orchid]

no Brendan either?

or at least a defense debuffer

[cold kestrel]

I have brendan

[old orchid]

oh Selene works too

[cold kestrel]

Alright I’ll use her

I think I can grid her aswell

[old orchid]

idt she needs grid, but it will help

[cold kestrel]

These work better? Put iono with cyrus to lower spdef

[old orchid]

a rain setter would work better than Red

and i would move Red to Sidney team

[shadow notch]

Hello everyone, can you show modifiers for hitting the wrong type? I want to try to pass them

[old orchid]

the pins have recommended offtype sets

[swift swan]

updated

[trail smelt]

Nemona wasn’t too bad for Rock

I wonder what the replacement for Alola is

[fading cradle]

i think next month’s cs is sinnoh

what’s good electric weak aaron my old friend

[main crow]

It's sinnoh lol

[swift swan]

Yay

[zealous ginkgo]

Now, we shall wait for the final week's weakness

[true bloom]

Which of the Alola Elite 4 deal special damage?

[old orchid]

You can see their info in the pinned pomatools link

[rugged orbit]

I am stuck with Hala since I do not have any good Fairy type damage dealer

Can somebody help?

[old orchid]

You can bring an offtype dmg dealer

Also is this master mode?

[rugged orbit]

Yes, but I'm so sorry, really sorry, you're a bit... late, I just finished it

I went through 10 attempts to beat Hala with BP Valerie, BP Morty and Colress

My mind's a bit clumsy tonight, I forgot to give Valerie Critical Strike 2 until the 6th attempt and the reason why Hala was just so durable is that I turned on Strength 1

I realized that he won't be as durable after I beat him

I turned off all rules in frustration and gets no points in exchange

Silly me

I can do a reset, but going through all that? Maybe later

Also I think I got a new favorite Grass type general pool damage dealer sync pairs, Brendan and SS Erika

Not the best, but, they're all I have, plus Erika's Solar Blade looks so cool and hits really hard

I thought the animation was gonna be Leafeon slashing using its tail, just like its Pokedex entry that says that its tail is really hard that it can cut through steel

But it's still good

[old orchid]

This team screams for gauge, and Valerie takes ages to buff herself

[fading cradle]

these were the teams i used to beat hard mode this week, any changes i can make for master mode?

[old orchid]

They are pretty good

Tho Sycamore might struggle to tank because he can't buff his defense, you can solve that by bringing another defense/speed support

Erika team can afford another Grass type dmg dealer or utility

[fading cradle]

got it, should i move skyla over to the sycamore team? unless anyone else in my support roster can replace sycamore

[fading cradle]

would brendan work for this team?

[old orchid]

He works great, especially at 2/5 and above

[old orchid]

Sonia works in Skyla's place

[fading cradle]

got it, so move skyla and replace sycamore and put sonia in the valerie team?

[old orchid]

Yep

[fading cradle]

hala and acerola keep killing me by the first sync i tried both of them r2

[rugged orbit]

Yeah, they were slow, but, they won anyway

Plus, Valerie just need 3 turns to maximize her buff

I added Furious Brawn and Atk+2 Entry on her sync grid

[swift swan]

If you're running presync params, you're supposed to kill them before they get to sync

[swift swan]

Both the hala and acerola teams should presync no problem

[fading cradle]

im not doing enough damage to kill them before they sync, idk what the problem is

not sure if im queuing moves correctly, param issues, or it’s something else

[lean lion]

What team are you running?

[swift swan]

You're using the presync params on pins?

The more damage one or the more bulk one

[fading cradle]

these ones for hala and acerola (kahili was cleared 3k with no problem)

[fading cradle]

i usually do the more hp pre sync params

[swift swan]

The pins one has a 2.5k preset. What do you add to complete 3k?

[fading cradle]

can’t change wtz, no status conditions, interference immunities, and occasionally a max sync countdown -1

[lean lion]

Are you alternating between Sword Dance and Play Rough for the Super Effective Up Next?

Also using Swords Dance before sync?

[swift swan]

Ehhh i wouldnt get max sync countdown

[fading cradle]

i could try that, i usually use valerie’s tm and do a swords dance (sonia’s tm gives valerie her other attack boosts) before i sync

[swift swan]

You dont take HP params at all, right?

[lean lion]

Swords Dance applies SEUN which will boost your damage by a lot

[fading cradle]

not at all

[swift swan]

Alright

[fading cradle]

hm, how should i queue valerie’s moves? i usually use both of her tm mps and a swords dance before i sync, idk if im doing that right especially with valerie being slow to buff herself

[swift swan]

Dont take max sync countdown, make sure you have SEUN before valerie syncs

Max valerie's offenses first before you use any other move with her

Also make sure you dont take the wrong phys/spec damage reduction

[lean lion]

You can pick Fanfare on Skyla's grid, Fierce Entry on Valerie's grid. So you can start with TM, TM, Swords Dance, Play Rough, Play Rough (cause you want SEUN on sync and only have 1 move remaining before sync 2), Swords Dance, Sync

[fading cradle]

oh wait, yeah i forgot to say i replaced skyla with sonia, i just queued sonia’s tm twice and have valerie do 1 swords dance to max out her attack

[lean lion]

Is Sonia 3/5?

[fading cradle]

2/5

[lean lion]

Unfortunate

Are you using Aaron elsewhere?

[fading cradle]

nope

he’s 2/5 too though so idk what difference he’ll make

[lean lion]

You can try him. Saves you a couple Valerie turns spent maxing stats. With him you can go TM, Swords Dance Play Rough, Swords Dance, Play Rough, Swords Dance, Sync

All moves powered up by SEUN

Should definitely clear

[fading cradle]

hmmmmm alright i’ll try that. so i start with aaron’s tm?

[lean lion]

Give him first sync, but you'll have to quad queue

Yeah two TMs will give +4 atk and +2 crit

Combined with Valerie TM and SD, that's max stats in 2 moves

[fading cradle]

got it, i’ll give it a shot. not sure what to add to my params though to make 3k bc i’m 50 points short after removing the max sync countdown -1 param

[lean lion]

Try these params

Make sure you pick the ones with the check mark. I've made this mistake before. CS params look confusing on PoMa tools

[fading cradle]

yeah that was confusing to look through 😭 i was like “is this person trying to get me killed” before you sent the following message

[lean lion]

Haha yeah

Confusion ah UI

[fading cradle]

that still didn’t kill hala quick enough before he synced

[lean lion]

Even with Supp EX?

[fading cradle]

yeah, valerie’s sync only brought hala’s hp down to like 80%

[swift swan]

We can try removing the bulk again then

[swift swan]

Pick attack 5 here

Reduce the strength

[lean lion]

Yeah atk 1 and 5 instead of strength 2

[fading cradle]

got it, what other param can i take? im 50 points short again

[sharp willow]

Both attack +1 and +5 should equal 200

[fading cradle]

does hala have anything that is NOT an attacking move…he keeps one shotting aaron when he chooses to use close combat or ice punch

[lean lion]

He can start with X Defense All

But I forgot about Ice Punch, Aaron is weak to Ice

My bad

With all that atk, Ice Punch is hitting hard

[fading cradle]

yeah it’s an instant one shot lol

hala was easier to 3k when he was flying weak, reminds me of why i hate fairy weak stages in the first place

[lean lion]

Try replacing Aaron with Hop, give Valerie both syncs. After using 2 TMs, you can spam potions to try and keep Healthy Benefits 5 active on Hop, would need a few potion MPR.

Make sure you quad queue Play Rough on right after 2nd sync, or EQ one shots Valerie

[fading cradle]

how do you quad queue again? i understand triple queue but never got quad queue

[lean lion]

Someone use the command, idk what it is

[dawn anchor]

uh

+4queue

[lean lion]

+quadqueue

[frozen depot]

Watch this footage (17s clip) : https://youtube.com/clip/Ugkx3Nr07pJo2Noud7AwWW4yWQQIDbYsQTJQ
In this clip, when Flannery is about to Sync the opponent Aaron has nothing queue'd in the list. This leaves us with a very short window after the sync to queue a fourth move. Note in the clip how Flannery queues her TM before the opponent's High Horsepower. Look out for the orange "spiral aura" around your syncing Pokemon after the sync, the correct timing to queue is when that spiral is fading away, but you can also resort to button mashing!

The benefits of quad-queue is that it allows us to get two sync moves before the opponent's first one which is a game-changer if you're not using sync acceleration. A Sync Move does not count toward the Sync Countdown which is why without Quad-Queue or Sync Accel your second cycle usually leaves you at 1 countdown left when the opponent is using their Sync.

Note that Quad-Queue cannot be done under certain conditions that will make the opponent queue as your sync is executing :

• If a field effect (such as weather, zone, move gauge acceleration etc) expires on the turn you're syncing. Usually happens if a field effect was cast on entry or first turn.
• If an allied passive triggers an effect right after an enemy action completes (such as First Aid, Team Shout, Freevenge etc...)

[lean lion]

Worked

[dawn anchor]

should have tried that lol

[lean lion]

@fading cradle

[old orchid]

in case you are not aware, his offensive stats are increased for Fairy weak stage

so Fairy weak stage naturally hits harder than other Hala stages

[lean lion]

Close Combat is doing 80% of Aaron's health

With +2 def

[dawn anchor]

it might have to deal with what parameters you have setup

you could try using staggering 4 on aaron to prevent close combat from hitting

[lean lion]

Oh no it's Melissa trying to clear 3k Hala with BP Valerie

[dawn anchor]

oh

[lean lion]

Here's their roster, trying to find a good supp to tank and help buff Valerie faster. They weren't doing enough damage to presync so we went with more atk instead of STR

[dawn anchor]

are they trying to 3k?

[lean lion]

Yeah

[dawn anchor]

i mean sonia is there

or wait

hop would be better

[lean lion]

Valerie takes too long to buff, not enough turns to do damage

[dawn anchor]

since idk if sonia can buff crit at 2/5

[lean lion]

Yeah, I suggested Hop with pot MPR luck and healthy benefits 5

[dawn anchor]

yeah sonia cant buff crit at 2/5

its a 3/5 thing

[fading cradle]

dena just gave me another reason to hate fairy weak stages now

i could try using hop, how should he be gridded?

[dawn anchor]

is your hop grid expanded?

[fading cradle]

nope

[dawn anchor]

this should be fine

[fading cradle]

thanksss

seriously what’s with this stage

i still can’t kill hala quick enough before he syncs

[dawn anchor]

what is your grid on valyrie?

[fading cradle]

i copied her sync nuke grid from the document in the sync grids thread

[dawn anchor]

and you have lucky skills on your team right?

[fading cradle]

im sure i do

[lean lion]

Valerie should definitely KO before sync

Maybe you're having bad crit luck?

[fading cradle]

i think it’s that atp 😭

[dawn anchor]

do you use swords dance before sync for super effective up next on sync?

[lean lion]

I tried this and honestly, dropping Colress wouldn't hurt. Just bring another support to buff defense and more potions (Sonia). Valerie can KO without def debuffs.

[fading cradle]

yep

[dawn anchor]

EX?

[lean lion]

And you can lose some atk for no stat reductions

[fading cradle]

valerie isn’t ex

[fading cradle]

hmmm alright i can try that

[dawn anchor]

it might just come down to your parameters then

[fading cradle]

it’s probably that then

sigh i’ll probably try to resolve this in the morning

[gleaming jolt]

Omg this CSMM make me sweat!
ESPECIALLY the fight against Hala took several tries, meanwhile others required only 1 or 2 tries!

I think DC Marnie was a waste in Sindney's team, Masked Royale might be better but anyways!

[trail smelt]

Congrats

Next week we got a harder CS lol

[gleaming jolt]

Next week I will throwing (15) sync pairs to unlock master mode!
This is the last one I guess

[full mesa]

What CS do we get next week?

[true bloom]

Sinnoh

[whole geyser]

15k points☺️

[swift swan]

Quick question, you can get 2 syncs in before Hala syncs, right?

[gleaming jolt]

It was happening to me too, Hala sync just before my second sync almost everytime!
It took me several tries to get that perfect opportunity to quadqueue after Hop Syncs? I think that's the factor!

[swift swan]

Yes, quadqueueing is one of the ways to guarantee getting another sync before Hala does

[lean lion]

Hop's Freevenge proc screws with qq

[swift swan]

He has adrenaline

[lean lion]

Melissa's Hop's isn't PBd so I told them to sync twice with Valerie

Since no supp ex

But with Hop syncing iit shouldn't be a problem

[swift swan]

As long as you can get 2 syncs before Hala it should be fine either way

[lean lion]

I tried it Nov and seems like Valerie needa the 2 syncs or supp ex

And even then you need to qq play rough to KO mid if sync low rolls

[swift swan]

Mm

Maaan i haven't done CS, let me do that rq

[gleaming jolt]

I don't know if it is what Melissa also doing or not but I did like Valarie TM, Hop TM, Colress Screech, Valarie Swords Dance, Hop TM (hopefully TM refreshes), Colress Screech, Valerie's Move, Hop Attacks (assuming freevange), Colress Screech, Hop Syncs, Colress Screech, Valerie Swords Dance, Hop TM (Quadqueue), Colress Screech, Valerie Attack, Hop Potion and so on then Valerie Sync

[lean lion]

They don't have Hop's EX so Valerie is taking both syncs.

Also, if you're syncing with Hop, grid Adrenaline so you don't have to quad queue.

[gleaming jolt]

Is it from grid or Lucky cookie?

[lean lion]

Grid

[gleaming jolt]

Oh! I have mostly used the same two types of grid on Hop, one is attacking and one is defensive!

Never paid attention adrenaline was there! I will make adjustments now itself for future uses!! Thanks

[swift swan]

https://youtu.be/WdUdl_DxVrU?si=-GCktxB04vt0F0-D @fading cradle if Hala is still giving you trouble, we can try a flinch strat

please ignore the audio

Bringing a flincher allows you room to pick up ally hp down

It'll take some time to get used to and the rotation might be messy though. You dont need to grid anything for nanu, but getting charging infliction would be helpful for gauge

[full mesa]

What I get out of this is that Nov desperately needs friends.

[old orchid]

The entire helper team is her friends

[fading cradle]

i can probably try this, though i gotta move nanu from my acerola team and i couldn’t get a 2nd sync before hala synced once

[swift swan]

Ah, there's our problem

Do you manage to quadqueue?

[fading cradle]

think i only managed to quadqueue once out of the many times i restarted the battle and even then valerie doesn’t do enough damage to kill hala before he syncs

[swift swan]

Alright, if you can't quadqueue then you really need some flinch denials to reach your 2nd sync in time

[swift swan]

Try the params i used here

[opal aurora]

hi

is there tips for which order gym leader should we beat each round to have an ideal run ?

[gleaming jolt]

Everything is fine except just don't battle Hala at round 3!

#1009554906568462476 message

And it mostly depends on what teams you are using!

So you will find different people doing these at different rounds!!

[fading cradle]

whoops procrastinated on this

how did you grid hop, valerie, and nanu?

and should i restart the battle if hala doesn’t flinch first turn

[swift swan]

Valerie has the nuke grid

nanu doesn't need anything other than maybe charging infliction for the gauges

as for hop, just get TM MPR and potion MPR

[swift swan]

you must flinch the close combat, no matter when it is used. Hop can survive any other move

[fading cradle]

man idk, my gauge feels so slow

it’s messing up my triple queue

[fading cradle]

dude how do i do this, my gauge is so slow 😭

[swift swan]

hmm, even with nanu's x speed?

the gauges were admittedly hard to juggle

that's why sometimes you see me clicking valerie's TM again

[fading cradle]

idk what to do with nanu tbh, i keep going with bite bc he’s not having luck flinching the enemy

[swift swan]

well yeah you should be going with bite

but you're fine cycling one screech or two to get gauges

[fading cradle]

im so close to giving up what the hell, he will not flinch

im about to off type him at this rate, i can’t do this no more

[old orchid]

If offtype solves the issue, go for it

[fading cradle]

man this entire stadium is stupid i give up, hala is literally impossible

[swift swan]

offtype or lower your points then

[fading cradle]

offtype didn’t help either guess it’s lowering the points then

i hope whoever decided to make hala hit harder on fairy weak stages specifically steps on legos

[gleaming jolt]

Hala is possible but with Invested F2Ps, so it might take some time to establish all types of damage dealers!

[swift swan]

it's possible, but don't stress yourself if you can't do it. the game's supposed to be enjoyable

[gleaming jolt]

Though once you have done it with lower points, you may try reset it and give it try with another team (this time master mode only with Hala) with different params and region!

[fading cradle]

fuck hala fuck hala fuck hala fuck hala

[fading cradle]

might give it a shot if i finish this stadium

[fading cradle]

[zealous karma]

I assume for hala you don’t have a gridded BPValerie

[fading cradle]

valerie has her sync nuke grid

[zealous karma]

I see

[blazing perch]

Can I do dark type elite four with this roster plus lissadre and yveltal

I want at least 8k points overall the stages

[old orchid]

Your Dark roster doesn't have many good choices (yet). How about offtype dmg dealers?

[blazing perch]

This is my roster

[old orchid]

You have a couple of good offtype dmg dealers

Like SS Steven, Klara, Summer Gardenia...

[blazing perch]

I will give it a go

Thanks

[old orchid]

You can still do ontype with Sidney + The Masked Royal. I asked you to show offtype dmg dealers in case the ontype comp fails to clear

[blazing perch]

The ontype fails with the 1.7k points I want to achieve

[old orchid]

What params did you use? And who was the third slot?

[blazing perch]

I used dawn for defence

The Params are special dmg reduction can’t change zone sync-2 -2gauge and some more

It’s around 1.51.6 k

I reduced it to 1200 and did it

What about rock?

[old orchid]

Well Dark weak Acerola uses special moves mainly, so using Dawn is not a good idea

[blazing perch]

I will try to get more points later after I switch dawn

[old orchid]

2/5 Olivia unlocked Inertia which is her most important tile

[blazing perch]

Is olivia kukui roxanne good team?

[old orchid]

It's not

You don't need to build a monotype team

Replace Roxanne with a physical support, or someone is bulky at least, like Skyla

[trail smelt]

Unless you’re dumb like me lol

[opal aurora]

i just saw this

what does pre sync and post sync mean ?

[old orchid]

Pre sync means you clear the battle before the opponent's first sync

Post sync is the opposite

[mellow linden]

Technically post-Sync just means you don’t care whether or not the opponent Syncs (though you still only want them to Sync once at the absolute most)

[opal aurora]

i see noted

how about Low Bulk -3 Countdown ?

I dont understand Low Bulk

[manic kiln]

what is this 1 year old post ping

[opal aurora]

My bad man

[manic kiln]

it's alright, i'm just confused

[mellow linden]

That parameter set is for hyperoffensive teams that are meant to clear on your 1st Sync. For most players I would recommend avoiding the -X Sync Countdown parameters

[opal aurora]

noted

previously i get 5000 point with this

wanna try to aim higher as i recently get SS Lyra and Selene

[mellow linden]

Should be doable even without those 2 if you make team adjustments (can probably get at worst close to 7.5k with just adjusting team comps)

[blazing perch]

Any decent team for olivia?

[swift swan]

SS Lysandre and May already work well, but 1/5 Elio doesn't do much

Get a good speed support for gauge, and don't forget to set them as first target

[blazing perch]

Will hilbert work?

[mellow linden]

You don’t need to run a monotype team

Ideally you’d want the Support to also help May get her necessary offensive buffs

[blazing perch]

Can’t win

I tried with lysandre may kris ss grimsley

Can’t win with any of them

[old orchid]

Lysandre and May are a great core, just find a gauge support at least

And do not to pick no status param. Lysandre really wants opponents to be burned

[blazing perch]

Never mind I had wrong sync on may

I guess I offtype hala

[mellow linden]

Summer Marnie can probably do it as the team’s only damage-dealer unless you’re doing high point value Master Mode

[blazing perch]

I aim for 8k total

So I need at least 2k on this so I did it with nc cheren

Now about kahili I’m having hard time

Is this good combo?

I upgrade them 140 both of them

[mellow linden]

You don’t need level 140

[blazing perch]

I did it anyway

[mellow linden]

Replace Kukui with a Sand setter and make sure Hop is being targeted 1st

[blazing perch]

Acerola then?

[mellow linden]

And make sure Olivia has her Inertia, Sand Blaster, and Stone Edge Amped Up tiles from her Sync Grid

[mellow linden]

If no Bertha then yes

[blazing perch]

I have bertha

[mellow linden]

Bertha’s probably gonna be a bit better then

Also, make sure to restart the fight if the Salamence lands Toxic

[blazing perch]

Ok I will give it a go

[opal aurora]

trying to aim 2500 on every stage

is this good enough ?

any tips ? or any unit should I replace ?

for Hala i use deoxys as currently I dont have hard hitter fairy other than Xerneas

Support and Tech that I have

[mellow linden]

Why are you trying to use Janine against Kahili? She doesn’t provide sufficient value to an offense-oriented clear and Selene + Nihilego isn’t a good choice for Poison stall

Really there’s a lot of adjustments that you should probably be making

To name a few:

• SS Steven is wholly self-sufficient, SS Brendan and Hop are kinda wasted here (if you want Sp. Def. debuffs then Lenora’s probably a better Support pick in this instance).
• Rosa and Roxanne are largely redundant, you’d be better off adjusting the team to have a 2nd Dark damage-dealer and changing the Supports as needed.
• You’d be better off running Cyrus under Rain if you want him to do Hydro Pump damage. Winona’s a good option.

[opal aurora]

I just make use of Janine Venom Drench, but thankfully I won

Noted

this better ?

[mellow linden]

For now, as you get more Sync Pairs and invest more in the ones you already have you’ll likely want to adjust further though

[frozen hearth]

good day. Need help with this. Can I show my roster ?

[old orchid]

yes, go ahead

and please show us your type medal progress too

[frozen hearth]

Do i access type medal progress on the championship page? Sorry, ive only been focusing much on stories to get all the gems

this? All of the hard level 1s are at base level for now because im yet to clear any

[old orchid]

to see your current progress, go to a stage -> medal icon

[zealous karma]

Ofc you can show your roster preferably just the 5*’s tho as we assume you have demotes (unless you don’t)

[frozen hearth]

all 5*. Ill complete the remaining legendary advs in an hour

[zealous karma]

Alright make sure to also give them their power ups too

For water you can do: Winona Cyrus Roxanne (Or melony if you can’t grid Cyrus for critical focus)

Dark: Sidney Kiawe Brawly

Rock: Janine Leaf Viola (this is a poison stall)

Grass: SSEirika Hop Colress

[zealous karma]

.

[frozen hearth]

Alright. Im gonna power them up. Appreciate the help champ

[frozen hearth]

can this do the job?

managed to get this for cyrus' grid. Focus, healing and critic rate reduction prevention

[old orchid]

Is there any reason you want to keep Cyrus at 4/5

[old orchid]

That's great

You only need to get the last Cyrus dupe, and change tactic to make Roxanne tank and Cyrus being the third target

[frozen hearth]

i tried a few runs and roxanne was dying way too fast. I have to start with her all defense buff + speed buff right? and then winona's terrain > cryus own speed/attack buffs.

[old orchid]

Make sure to always do triple queue

Roxanne has bad bulk so it's a good idea to upgrade her to 4*

[frozen hearth]

lol i want to beat this stage so bad

thanks for the help. Those speed > crit buffs on cyrus are absolutely crazy. I could one shot them after just one sm

[opal aurora]

I seem to be struggling with my current team, currently on Round 2, tried Olivia, Acerolla & Hala but still struggling

[swift swan]

For 3k, yes?

Cyrus has his hydro pump grid?

[opal aurora]

steelix die way too soon

2500k

[old orchid]

What params are you using? Hala has increased atk than normal so you might have to adjust your params to avoid him hitting too hard

[old orchid]

Bringing an atk debuffer instead of Lenora would be good too, or replace Steelix with Torterra if you have her

[opal aurora]

i use off type post sync

[old orchid]

I see the problem

That set picked too many offensive params

While you can pick free ones like no interference and no wtz

Sync buff 5 and power on hit 1 2 can work too

[opal aurora]

i see

noted

in your opinion Gakon

would it be realistic for me to aim 15k today ?

I only achieve 5k previously

[old orchid]

I think it's fine to get used to lower pts first

No need to rush

The rewards in 15k don't pay off your effort

[opal aurora]

noted

Alright I'll try once more

[old orchid]

Good luck dude

[opal aurora]

anyway I dont have torterra

should i keep the same unit ?

[old orchid]

Steelix is fine

If the team gets very low hp and is vulnerable to their next attacks, consider using an atk debuffer instead of Lenora

Use Protect right before the opponent's sync

[opal aurora]

Noted

get back to you soon

thanks man

[opal aurora]

Finally won Gakon !

[opal aurora]

If I use On Type Post Sync, wdyt ?

[swift swan]

Against whom?

[opal aurora]

Acerolla

[opal aurora]

with this

I think, main damage dealer gonna be absol

and darkrai just spam dark void cause of special damage reduction option

[swift swan]

Sure, just make sure you turn off some parameters like interference immunity, no status condition, and no WTZ because that team utilizes it

Actually, what move levels are Sidney and cyrus

[opal aurora]

Both are 1/5