Champion Stadium

[gleaming jolt]

I don't think it is wiser to select HP Params until you have very powerful damage dealers who can offtype!

But you will only know if you give it a try

[opal aurora]

good enough for 12,5k master mode ?

[formal vigil]

for cynthia probably have to change teams since cynthia has high base spdef thanks to wise entry x2 so you need to use physical attackers flint replace selene with winnona for rain or may aaron replace liza for blaine lucian recommend probably dropping tierno for masked royal for some extra dps nuke with sidney bertha replace elio with Candice for hail to get rid of sand storm

[opal aurora]

i dont have blaine, lucian and masked royal yet

i think im gonna tackle bertha for 1st stage

i use on type post sync

any tips ?

[formal vigil]

maybe replace roxanne with candice to get rid of bertha sand storm earlier on

also remeber to max out ghetsis crit by using tm twice

if non above options bring you any results might be worth jsut lowering the point total

[opal aurora]

my candace is still 3 star

is it fine ?

[formal vigil]

yes it should be okay

[fading cradle]

well off typing didn’t really help with lucian, still stuck on who to on type him with with this weak ass dark roster i have 🫠

[undone ether]

Cynthia this week.... my only physical fairy is ny lisia and bp valerie ;<

[mellow linden]

Do you have Nessa + either Sidney or Masked Royal?

[fading cradle]

have all 3 of them. not sure if i’d call their move levels ideal though

[mellow linden]

What Move Levels for MR & Sidney?

[fading cradle]

2/5 masked royal, 1/5 sidney

[mellow linden]

Good enough for MR, can try him + Nessa + an Attack + crit Support

That’s kinda the “ol’ reliable” for Dark stages, should work even for fairly high Master Mode point value

[fading cradle]

got it, which support should i use? (forgot to cross out hop oops)

[mellow linden]

Probably gonna have to use Shauna, I guess

And 1st Sync with her so she can max Attack/crit

[fading cradle]

how do i do this, the gauge is slow as hell ☠️ and shauna is weak to lucian’s psychic attacks

[lean lion]

Which round is this?

[fading cradle]

1

[mellow linden]

Gauge shouldn’t be a problem between Masked Royal’s Speed buffs and Nessa’s occasional Free Move.

As for Shauna being weak to Psychic, you could try resetting for good move RNG and if you still have issues you could maybe try regular Falkner or try Sidney instead of MR and use Tierno

[fading cradle]

how are these parameters? im still testing stuff out and idk if i should change anything

[lean lion]

These are fine

[mellow linden]

Looks fine at a glance

[fading cradle]

still having a hard time, can anyone look at this screen recording and give feedback idk if im queueing the right moves, i’m just pressing stuff 😭

[swift swan]

dire hit first. twice.

you want crit so you don't waste gauges and turns on a critless jaw lock

reset if falkner dies too early

you want all 3 pairs alive and consistently queueing if you want to reach your second sync in time

[fading cradle]

should i use tm or x attack first for masked royal?

[mellow linden]

Trainer Move

Helps with gauge and his innate Sync modifier is Inertia

[gleaming jolt]

Since Sinnoh is the hardest CS, I should ask you all for suggestions on my teams!

R1 - Lucian vs E4
R2 - Bertha vs E2
R3 - Flint vs E3
R4 - Aaron vs E1
C - R4 params

If any of the team looking bad I have Geeta, NC Cheren, SC Irida, Riley and SS Steven available to offtype

[queen wedge]

I cant poison stall cynthis in hard mode, none of them seem to take a lot of dmg from bad poison

[opal aurora]

any tips for round 1 Aaron ?

is it better to use Ho-Oh ?

[old orchid]

remove Selene asap

[warm fog]

Are you burning with Heat wave or poisoning with Acid ?

[old orchid]

i don't think burn matters

sun is much more important

use Blaine for on demand sun

Silver works too, but gauge might be a problem sometimes

[vapid notch]

Is the champion stadium being refreshed monthly now?

[gleaming jolt]

It refreshes weekly

[opal aurora]

i dont have Blaine yet

i use selene for poison and sp def down

[old orchid]

sun is much better boost

use Silver then

[opal aurora]

this better ?

no sp atk buff

[old orchid]

Silver is a physical pair, so don't pick physical dmg reduction

Darach can debuff atk and evasion, so picking no stat reduction is a waste

his Defog also removes crit shield, so you get free 150 pts

if Aaron hits too hard and/or Silver takes too long to clear, remove atk/hp params and pick strength params

make sure Silver is gridded with Fast-Track, Inertia and Ramming Speed

[opal aurora]

noted

better

thanks Gakon

should I get the side first or mid ?

[old orchid]

always the mid first

[opal aurora]

noted

anything should I adjust

Zamazenta spamming potion to keep alive

and ho oh die on second sync

[old orchid]

power on hit params are usually free params

pick them instead of max hp 2 and atk 1

[opal aurora]

alright

should i take both power on hit param or either one ?

[gleaming jolt]

Take both!

[swift swan]

both

[opal aurora]

noted

[old orchid]

how about using both Red and Silver

in exchange you have to pick no stat reduc and remove crit shield

[opal aurora]

alright let me try

i should go with flare blitz with red yea ?

so i should sync red first ?

[old orchid]

never touch Flare Blizt

[opal aurora]

so i should go special damage for both ho oh and red ?

cause cant use red special move with special reduction

[old orchid]

yeah you have to take it off

[lean lion]

Lucian team - MR isn't getting his stat buffs. Use a atk/crit support instead.

Bertha team - even if Ghetsis has PB, it'll take TM mpr and Ramp Up to max sp atk. Maybe bring a different support. But might work as is.

Flint team - Good

Aaron team - Good. Is Leon EXd? If not, be mindful of Endurance. Sync ignores Endurance, but without Leon EX, sides could be a problem.

Cynthia team - Good. Guage might be an issue, not really sure. Unless you're bringing Poppy to spam Thunder wave for def debuffs?

[lean lion]

What team are you using? Ig BP Morty Lucy Viola?

[gleaming jolt]

Okay I see!

MR is for opponent atk and Def debuffs, I will nuke with Sidney

Yeah Ghetsis team is bad, no special atk buffer for him either. I think I will rather try to offtype with SC Irida!

Yeah Leon is Exed and Caked, he is just 1/5! I hope he can still clear it!

Yeah I didn't noticed gauge will be an issue! I will remove Poppy and bring someone else!

Thankyou!

[swift swan]

If Sidney is the nuker then sure, but it wouldn't hurt to get a support that can buff crit so MR can help with DPS

[swift swan]

Not sure how good 1/5 Leon's DPS is. I think Silver (powerboosted or not) will give you a more comfortable clear with his nuke. But do try with Leon first

[lean lion]

Also note for Flint. Stack all offensive params instead of bulk since it's half sync. You can maybe even pick half ally hp at start for free 200 points.

[gleaming jolt]

Hmm! Okay I will use Silver instead then!
But he is not Exed

[swift swan]

That's okay, try with leon first and see how well he does

Since you have Iono who can help with SMUN

[queen wedge]

Nvm i just beat it with mina morty lyra, unlocked mm too thanks!

[opal aurora]

still cant win

I guess 2500k is no hope huh

[old orchid]

That's not really surprising

Yeah you better lower the score

[opal aurora]

I lower them to 2k and won

any tips for bertha

[old orchid]

Don't pick sync cd down

Is this R2?

No status is also a free param

You need to replace sand with another weather

The pins have info of every stage, i recommend checking their gimmicks first before crafting a team

[opal aurora]

noted

yes round 2

[old orchid]

Can you show me your support roster?

[swift swan]

Brendan is EX, did you not sync with him first?

If you quadqueue you should be able to get 2 syncs before Bertha

[old orchid]

It's a bit hard since Brendan's Freevenge has 50% chance to ruin quad

1/5 Brendan doesn't buff team defense, that's why i asked for your support roster

You can use Skyla, Candice and Ghetsis (with TM MPR gridded)

[opal aurora]

noted

TM MPR for Ghetsis ?

[swift swan]

yes

you want +3 crit

[opal aurora]

noted

[opal aurora]

try a few times, sometimes i EX Brendan first something i do Ghetsis, butbstill lose

[swift swan]

if one of your units die before you can reach second sync, reset

you want to consistently triple queue and get a quadqueue to reach second sync

hard to kill bertha before then

[gleaming jolt]

I think the team against Cynthia is a wierd one, but that's that!

Lucian has a very good synergy with SC Irida!

My all four team vs E4 has a flinch bot lol

[true bloom]

15k?

[gleaming jolt]

Yeah!

[true bloom]

Wow

I tried with Sidney before but failed miserably

Never done 3k with full f2p units

[gleaming jolt]

I had BP Morty for flinching because that team was the weakest and BP Morty is best F2P flinchbot imo!

Also Defence buffs

[true bloom]

Morty best 4 star BP unit

[gleaming jolt]

Well it depends!

I think it's BP Barry because of DC and I have recently seen some LG solos from BP Barry!

Also Sidney's confusion hit at sides at right moment after Sidney KOed Lucian!
It's luck also!

Otherwise side could have killed me!

[loud stratus]

I've grown too accustomed to standard damage reduction 8

Tried offtype 3k yesterday and immediately wimped out

[opal aurora]

my unit always die before second sync

any adjustment i should make ?

still feel the enemy damage is too big

especially earthquake

[full mesa]

Change physical damage reduction for special since your damage dealer is abomasnow.

Remove strike sync pair damage x3, attack and spa x3, max sync -1 for all strength parameters

@opal aurora

Finally add not change wtz since you don't change it. It's free 150points

[old orchid]

You must change the weather, because Bertha sets sand

And Ghetsis is the main dmg dealer

Removing strike x3 dmg makes no sense because there is no strike in that comp

[old orchid]

Like i and nov said before, don't pick sync cd -1 when you don't know how to take advantage of it. Picking it also prevents you from getting 2 sync entirely

When survivability is the issue. Don't take too many offensive params

Can you show me your Skyla and Ghetsis grid? Candice doesn't need her grid invested

I'm going to sleep now so you put the grids here and wait for helpers to give you advice

[opal aurora]

notes thanks Gakon

i feel too squishy

[mellow linden]

Give Ghetsis his Pecking Order & Noble Roar Double Drop tiles, and remove the No Stat Reduction parameter

Ghetsis and No Stat Reduction cannot coexist

Cold Snap is a worthless tile if you’ve got No Status Conditions turned on, too

So it’s easy to justify getting rid of that tile

[opal aurora]

noted

so for ghetsis

should noble roar only mid ?

[mellow linden]

Yeah

Though tbh you may not be able to squeeze in any Noble Roars since Ghetsis isn’t getting any of his offensive buffs from his teammates

[opal aurora]

thats also my worries

like if i used too many turn to noble roar, i give up chance to deal damage

expecially sometimes his sides damage are harsh

but let me try first

[mellow linden]

What Supports do you have still available? You might have someone who can handle Ghetsis’ buff needs so he can do 3 Noble Roars -> Glaciate spam

[opal aurora]

other than Hop, everyone is still available

[mellow linden]

SS Brendan would allow for 2 Trainer Moves -> 1 Noble Roar -> Glaciate spam from Ghetsis

Which is better than no Noble Roars

[opal aurora]

this is my rough team plan

before adjustment later

[mellow linden]

How new are you to Master Mode?

[opal aurora]

2 weeks before I get 4.2k

a week before i get 12.5k after a lot of help

thanks to your help Cobalt

[mellow linden]

Sinnoh CS is a bit of a different beast, so don’t feel pressured to do 2.5k per stage right away if you end up struggling

[opal aurora]

noted

I have confidence before I start, last week got 12.5k, I thought this week would also be easy

sorry, i mean 2 weeks before

[opal aurora]

should I sync SS Brendan first ?

[mellow linden]

Since he’s not EX you can experiment a bit with doing his Sync 1st vs. only Syncing with Ghetsis

Wait

My bad, he is EX

So yeah, Sync 1st with him

[opal aurora]

noted

abomasnow keep dying

and latios is squishy

[mellow linden]

What other weather setters do you have, perchance?

Trying to see what’s available to work with

[opal aurora]

Abomasnow, Pelipper and Acerolla

only the basic one

any adjustment I should make

if you dont think its possible for 2.5k

[mellow linden]

Could turn off Interference Immunity and try to abuse Winona’s flinch

[opal aurora]

i would be okay

[mellow linden]

I hesitate to say it’s outright impossible, but how worthwhile it would be to keep at it is directly proportional to how much you want the rewards from 12.5k as opposed to 7.5k-10k

[opal aurora]

a final score between 10k-12k would also be good

I guess a 10k run is more realistic yea ?

[mellow linden]

It might be good to start with 10k and see if you can increase the points later this week, but it’s up to you

[opal aurora]

because i also havent really touch Legendary Gauntlet, because of also the harsh difficulty

to only get 10 streak

[opal aurora]

noted, I'll try 10k i guess for now

[opal aurora]

I won with 10k easy

thanks Cobalt

[mellow linden]

Now if you want you can try upping the points bit-by-bit over some more clears

[tawdry wharf]

Unlocked MM for the first time
Any order I should do first & what params to take

[mellow linden]

If you’re new to Master Mode I’d recommend trying 850 points per stage (4250 total) first before jumping to higher point values. 850 per stage gets you all the important rewards and can be done with little to no difficulty increase compared to Hard Mode

As for order, consider avoiding Flint on round 2 and plan your round 3 before anything else since it’s a half-Sync round, but otherwise the order doesn’t matter a whole lot

[loud stratus]

If you have solid super effective damage dealers then standard damage reduction 8 is free 300 pts

[gleaming jolt]

https://tenor.com/view/bonnie-eureka-puni-chan-zygarde-zygarde-core-gif-4901422

[vapid notch]

My champion stadium ends on the 5th of September
Why is that

[undone ether]

you mean this?

[vapid notch]

Yeahhh, that’s the only one I see on my game

[trail smelt]

That’s 2nd of September and that’s normal, it just means the region only stays for a month

[undone ether]

it just means it rotates to another region when the time goes poof.

[trail smelt]

Each week they change their type weakness, and the region as a whole only stays for a month before being replaced by a different region

[true bloom]

What's next month champion stadium?

[keen jasper]

Who knows

[true bloom]

Oh I thought there's a known cycle for it

[old orchid]

We don't know until the next datamine arrives

[graceful oriole]

~~paldea cs maybe ~~

[manic kiln]

won't be paldea, still missing an E4, should be Hoenn
if it's something else then Paldea is coming in 1-2 months

[mellow linden]

They might do an easier region due to being an anniversary month

Ease the new players in and all that

Regarding Paldea CS not being likely due to missing e4 member, that didn’t stop Kalos

We’re still waiting on Malva

[trail smelt]

Yeah missing a member didn’t stop Kalos lol

[manic kiln]

Her model was added before that tho. I’m not talking about the actual sync pair

So at least we need Hassel model in the game, or they can add that in the next update and release the unit in the future

Malva was added in 2.28
Kalos CS was released in 2.29

[halcyon sail]

CS follows a cycle

They don't usually change the cycle unless a new region is added

[sharp willow]

yeah, and assuming that keeps up Hoenn is next

could be Paldea instead

[fading cradle]

can someone look at my lucian csmm fail, im still having fails and i really don’t want to lower the parameters unless this fight with this team is straight up impossible 😭 https://youtu.be/Cce5ugKCY3M?si=wlrs82d_xwcgqsSx

[swift swan]

just reset if falkner dies before you reach your second sync in time

that's r1? that's gonna prevent quadqueue usually :/

[fading cradle]

yeah r1 😔

i cant even get in a second sync most of the time

[swift swan]

you won't be able to if one of your teammates die

you need to consistently triplequeue and quadqueue if you want to reach second sync before Lucian syncs

let me try that team. my MR is EX'd though, so that can make a huge difference

[fading cradle]

my nessa and falkner are 1/5 and mr is at 2/5, really wish i had better rng luck so their move levels would be higher

should i change to another elite four member for r1?

[swift swan]

aaah that explains the damage

i suppose you can try lucian R4

[fading cradle]

who can i do r1 then?

[nocturne pawn]

you can probably off type tbh

also you dont need candice with hala

[swift swan]

any team that doesn't need those two syncs to win

because R1 prevents your normal quadqueue

it's either aaron or flint

[swift swan]

candice is probably just to change the weather (at least i think bertha sets sand)

[lean lion]

The run vs Lucian is very difficult honestly. I tried it the other day and you need a specific move order for Falkner to survive until 2nd sync (double TMs in both sync cycles).

That or you replace Nessa with a flinch bot.

But even then you'll need to quad queue after 2nd sync to have a chance at cleaning sides.

I say either reduce points a little, offtype, or go for the ol' reliable poison stall.

[nocturne pawn]

oh tbh i just ignored it cuz hala ohkos anyway lol

[lean lion]

Their's is 2/5 non-EX otherwise yeah Hala can just one shot the stage

[swift swan]

you know what

let's try nanu nuke

[nocturne pawn]

cursed

[swift swan]

(cringe)

[cinder summit]

Nanu & Persian

<:CATEGORY_PHYSICAL:967450751980949625> <:TYPE_DARK:967452395858710598> Bite

Gauge: 2 | Power: 42 | Accuracy: 100 | Uses: -
Target: An opponent
Effect Tag: -
Has a chance (30%) of making the target flinch.

<:CATEGORY_STATUS:967450751955771402> X Speed

Gauge: - | Power: - | Accuracy: - | Uses: 2
Target: Self
Effect Tag: -
Raises the user's Speed by 2 stat ranks.

<:CATEGORY_STATUS:967450751955771402> <:TYPE_NORMAL:967452396311683102> Screech

Gauge: 2 | Power: - | Accuracy: 100 | Uses: -
Target: An opponent
Effect Tag: -
Lowers the target's Defense by 2 stat ranks.

<:CATEGORY_STATUS:967450751955771402> Just Warming Up...

Gauge: - | Power: - | Accuracy: - | Uses: 2
Target: Self
Effect Tag: -
Raises the user's evasiveness by 2 stat ranks. Applies the Critical Hit Next effect to the user.

<:CATEGORY_PHYSICAL:967450751980949625> <:TYPE_DARK:967452395858710598> <:CONDITION_SYNC:967453032939925614> Dark Authority Black Hole Eclipse

Power: 200
Target: An opponent
Effect Tag: -
This attack's power increases when the target is flinching.

[nocturne pawn]

flinch innate

:dies:

[fading cradle]

cursed

[lean lion]

Guys kinda unrelated but where's the list of all the commands we can use? Feel like I should know this sorry lol

[swift swan]

flinch innate yes, but critastrophe 5 and relentless isn't bad

[nocturne pawn]

he has good multipliers but not having access to innate is bad

[swift swan]

well, nanu can also be used as another flinch bot so falkner isn't busy with rotation

[nocturne pawn]

since you’re literally just halving the power right there

[swift swan]

but if 2/5 non EX MR can beat Nanu's nuke, sure

[fading cradle]

well i got flint out of the way ig it’s bertha r2 bc i’m saving aaron for r3

[swift swan]

i just want to avoid nuking with MR in my test run

[swift swan]

sure

[nocturne pawn]

doesnt he have an okish nuke at 2/5

dominating sync is innate and i think he does get pecking order

albeit really rng with how his kit is structured

[swift swan]

#bot-zone pins

[swift swan]

yeah, melissa can try nuking with MR instead of nanu

alright, Falkner/MR/Nanu works fine to kill Lucian, just flinch spam

and kill the correct side lol

[fading cradle]

which side

[nocturne pawn]

right always queues after mid dies iirc

im really bad at doing that

[fading cradle]

im always so focused on the middle that i forget about the sides

[cinder summit]

The Masked Royal & Incineroar

Terrify 1:

Lowers the Attack of all opposing sync pairs by 1 stat rank when the user enters a battle.

Dominating Sync 5:

Powers up the user's sync move when the target's Attack is lowered.

Dishearten 9:

Lowers the target's Attack or Defense—or both—by one stat rank when the user's move targeting that opponent is successful.

Themes:

Dark | Alola | Battle Facility Foe
Masked

[nocturne pawn]

yeah i was right he gets pecking order 2/5

and his innate is actually realistic

[swift swan]

got the vid, uploading rn so you can use it as an example

[lean lion]

Keep track of which side moved before mid dies. The other will move right after

Since you're flinching the order may change. In runs with no move denials it's always right moves after mid KO

[fading cradle]

im ngl, i also dont know how to fill in the last remaining 150 points for bertha. if i didn’t have to change the weather, no wtz would have been free

[nocturne pawn]

if only yours was 3:5

then you could just go lol lmao with super prep haymaker

[fading cradle]

blame my really bad rng luck 😔

if i see that stupid circhester stadium ONE more time on a ticket pull, my bathroom is gonna be flooded

[swift swan]

https://youtu.be/U1ijkRixnBs?si=9HWlY6NDBd2Sf7DE nuke grid on Nanu. but please DO try with your MR first. i just avoided syncing with MR here because mine's EX and it will be a huge difference

flinch move comes last so you can get more moves in

[nocturne pawn]

whar

[fading cradle]

so queue with nanu last?

[swift swan]

queue with the flincher move last, whether it's air slash or bite

[fading cradle]

throwing rocks and ice down my toilet if the circhester stadium mindscape shows up one more time

[swift swan]

my falkner being EX also contributes to his bulk though, keep that in mind

i don't think he would've lived that psychic otherwise

[nocturne pawn]

who

[fading cradle]

both gordie and melony

[nocturne pawn]

uh

they’re galar

[fading cradle]

hmmm alright, i’ll try to keep that in mind, thanks for the vid

[nocturne pawn]

hala is alola

[fading cradle]

ik, talking about my insane bad luck with gacha with the circhester duo constantly showing, no wonder my pairs can’t get higher move levels

do i restart the battle if flinch doesn’t happen the first time

[swift swan]

as you can see in my first rotation, it's dire hit+, brutal swing, bite. when zen headbutt gets denied, falkner and MR's next two moves can be used immediately, reducing your sync countdown without reducing Lucian's (because he couldn't use his zen headbutt)

[swift swan]

no, it's fine. but the more flinches you can land, especially on hard-hitting moves, the better

remember if one of your mons die before you can reach second sync in time, just reset. you may have flinch so you don't have to tank moves, though, so there's room for error

if falkner dies after mid dies, that's fine. as you can see MR has been spamming brutal swing to chip off sides

[fading cradle]

alright, thanks, HOPEFULLY i can clutch. also idk what parameter(s) to turn on to 3k bertha, im missing 200 points

[swift swan]

do you need debuffs?

that and attack 3 should be fine

[fading cradle]

i dont think i planned on debuffing

so no stat reduction and attack 3?

[swift swan]

yes

keep in mind that team might have severe gauge issues

[fading cradle]

yeah no the gauge issues are actually crazy

that team ain’t working out at all

[swift swan]

what move level is your hala?

[nocturne pawn]

from what ive been told 2/5 no ex

aka they cant just nuke and be done with it

[fading cradle]

correct

[lean lion]

I think poison stall is the best option at this point

On typing is gonna be tight regardless of damage dealer

Among the available option I mean

[nocturne pawn]

i feel like ghetsis gridded would probably be better

[swift swan]

well, hala does get haymaker at 2/5

[nocturne pawn]

cuz aoe chip and a stronger nuke than a 2/5 hala

[nocturne pawn]

no super prep though

[swift swan]

but no twofer or hasty hail hurts

[nocturne pawn]

are u rly clicking brick break with him

like genuine question cuz 30% on a move that does 0 damage doesnt sound good to me

[lean lion]

Maybe the damage loss doesn't hurt as much because of 3/5

[fading cradle]

ice hammering

but man that gauge is as painful as stubbing my toe on my desk

[nocturne pawn]

well as i said before 3/5 ex would just wipe the stage

cuz super prep haymaker sync is that strong

[lean lion]

Yup

[fading cradle]

would ghetsis work? special moves are powered up r2 anyways

[lean lion]

could give it a try

[nocturne pawn]

yes

[lean lion]

make sure to bring a support to help with Ghetsis' buff so he can spend first 3 turns spamming Noble Roar for debuffs

[nocturne pawn]

5/5 ghetsis should perform much better than 2/5 hala

since u dont have the strike ex ghetsis will nuke harder anyway and make it easier to wipe sides

[swift swan]

ice hammer is not happening with that team, you'll fail your triple queues for sure 😭

[swift swan]

definitely. it's just harder to find special supports who can take bertha's physical moves

[nocturne pawn]

oh right he doesnt have expansion

[swift swan]

if only ghetsis is powerboosted

[nocturne pawn]

so self set up and gauge is rip

[fading cradle]

yeah most of these are my best ones lol. im still questioning where to put leaf if i use her

[lean lion]

Leaf works grid her for Crti squad, Ramp up and Adr

you'll be able to get 2 syncs fairly easily

[nocturne pawn]

oh wait

never mind glacia is 1/5 goddamnit

if she was 3/5 then she becomes a fairly competent physical tank and can help buff ghetsis

[lean lion]

Ghetsis and Leaf TMs + Leaf sync will max Ghetsis stats. Spam Noble Roar from turn 3 until max atk debuffs and Ghetsis should nuke mid no problem

[fading cradle]

dumb gacha luck never giving me the pairs i need, sigh

[old orchid]

even then she is still worse than Leaf

in terms of bulk and buffing profile

[swift swan]

yeah, go for leaf

[fading cradle]

if she would not use an attacking move first that would be nice though 🗿

im readjusting my parameters and i’m missing like 50 points

idk how to fill that in

[lean lion]

send your params

[fading cradle]

oh accidentally left attack 3 on oops

[lean lion]

Replace atk 3 (100) for atk 5 (150)

[fading cradle]

man im sick of this, she always hits with high horsepower or poison tail and gets leaf down to like half hp

[lean lion]

Are you replacing sandstorm turn 1?

[fading cradle]

yeah, trying to do that. she still hits kind of hard

[lean lion]

It's okay to use a potion to keep Leaf alive since you're not gonna start doing damage until like Ghetsis turn 5 anyway (TM, TM, NR, NR, NR)

Just make sure to use both Leaf TMs sometime before that

What's your Leaf grid?

[lean lion]

This is good

[swift swan]

3k Sinnoh is very reset heavy idk what to tell you

[fading cradle]

sigh

[lean lion]

This is after 2 syncs?

Like you got Leaf + Ghetsis sync right?

[fading cradle]

yeah

[old orchid]

can i see your Ghetsis grid? also does he have CS2

[lean lion]

Gakon would it better to get spd debuffs for innate or atk for overpower and Pecking order?

[old orchid]

i recommend prioritizing setup for Pecking Order first

it's way easier to setup than innate

[lean lion]

Yeah that's what I suggested

[lean lion]

Fill it up with these, you'll need 216 orbs

[fading cradle]

which lucky cookie does cs2 come from again 🗿 my memory with lucky skills is terrible

[gleaming jolt]

Are you low on sync orbs?
I hope not!

You should use the Grid with full 60 energy! You have 19 left!

[gleaming jolt]

1st one in the lucky cookies!

You can always check there itself

I check it everytime before doing that!

[swift swan]

debuffing attack also helps leaf tank better

[swift swan]

pink ones

[lean lion]

I think if they fill up the rest of Ghetsis grid, it's an easy clear. Mid standing at 17% and they're missing 2 sync nodes on grid

[fading cradle]

this one?

[swift swan]

yeah that's the one

[gleaming jolt]

If you press and hold you can find it yourself

[swift swan]

you can check the list of skills it can give

[fading cradle]

aw fuck i didn’t know that

i always used the cookie command oops

[swift swan]

time for the sequel: sides keep killing me

[old orchid]

Tackle: Staggering coming to rescue

[swift swan]

[fading cradle]

yeah it’s gonna happen, 95% it’s gonna happen

[old orchid]

consider picking Cold Snap 2

[swift swan]

ew

[gleaming jolt]

Don't be negative about it!
It is just a chance to learn some things and it will help in future fights!

[fading cradle]

wow, those mofos killed leaf before she could even sync 🗿

[old orchid]

[swift swan]

3k Sinnoh is reset heavy idk what to tell you

that's why a lot of f2p guides use flinch/sleep denials

[lean lion]

That's the new player experience vs Bertha unfortunately

[swift swan]

new player experience vs sinnoh overall. it's rather restrictive

[lean lion]

Like Sinnoh is tough. But Bertha in particular has really difficult stages.

Eg Trying to clear Steel weak Bertha with non-PB Solgaleo

[fading cradle]

bertha is really telling me i should have been here during 4th anni instead of dilly dallying on roblox huh

im like a pinch away from giving up on this old woman and just lowering down the points at this rate, im exhausted

[swift swan]

that's fine too

[sick inlet]

What's your comp vs Bertha

[fading cradle]

it was ghetsis, candice, leaf. had to take the L and lower the points though, it’s kinda discouraging

[sick inlet]

Hmm

Were there no better supports than Leaf? She gets very slow buffs - Something Ghetsis needs a bit quicker

[fading cradle]

not that i know of, a lot of my special supports are just tacky physically

[sick inlet]

Ghetsis usually does Hax stuff by freezing the whole stage with Snap Freeze
Meaning with the right buffs and (not a messy triple queue) you get saved some turns to hit more syncs

[graceful oriole]

kalos is missing an e4 and exists. They could also add hassel next month....I mean there's dragon st dc next month hassel will most likely be tech support and the final week of cs is dragon

[urban cave]

Any ideas for Flint

[old orchid]

+helpfaq

[frozen depot]

Help our Helpers here provide you with better assistance by following these steps:

1. Fill out this roster tracker https://pomasters.github.io/SyncPairsTracker/ using this video guide : https://imgur.com/a/2ONrAcl
2. Tell us what stage you're doing, this includes also the round and your parameters if it's on Master Mode.
3. Footage is important, show screenshots of your team or gameplay where it fails, every detail helps.
4. Specific notes on what happened during the fight and what steps you did are appreciated as well.

[urban cave]

I'm trying CSMM on 3k at Round 1

I'm playing a team of SSMisty/Kris/Sonia, and the issue is that Heat Wave just demolishes

[old orchid]

replace Sonia with a spdef buffer

[urban cave]

I'm thinking about slotting SS Mina in

But Good Form does a lot of damage

[old orchid]

SS Misty has Haze

[urban cave]

Like I have to get Atk buffer too right

[old orchid]

it's ideal if the spdef buffer buffs atk too

[manic mica]

Just beat champion stadium on 7.5k , can I beat 10k with these teams? If not what can I change

[swift swan]

10k should be okay

[grand trout]

Oh no

Electric aaron

[keen jasper]

Who cares when Clemont can brute force it

[grand trout]

Can he

I exed clemont back then for this to no avail

[keen jasper]

With the necessary units, he can nuke Aaron even if he uses Heal Order and restore him to full

[swift swan]

Clemont just takes a long time to setup his nuke so you want someone to help him

But he can nuke aaron no problem

[mellow linden]

Hau under Electric Terrain should also be a fine pick

[nocturne pawn]

i might use elesa just for the challenge

cuz steamrolling with sst wont be fun

[keen jasper]

Doesn't Aaron have SE x2?

[nocturne pawn]

why do you think i said for the challenge

(if ur referring to the elesa thing)

[keen jasper]

Ok

[nocturne pawn]

also tbh i forgot he had SE x2

[sharp willow]

Tbf, even with sentry entry x2 its like, you're basically just offtyping with SST Red

And SST Red is more than capable of that

[nocturne pawn]

no no i said i would do it with elesa

[nocturne pawn]

.

[sharp willow]

Yes I know

I'm just pointing out that even with SEx2 SST wouldn't really struggle

[nocturne pawn]

well i know cuz i said he would steamroll

[silver dirge]

Mex is replying to Caster's comment

[old orchid]

consider dps SS Elesa and nuke Lodge Elesa

[dim kite]

Hello people, i would like to clear the stadium this week for the first time.

for the fairy type i sadly only have bede as dps.

how does it work here? do i post my sync pairs and we work from there? the grass and fire fight should be no issue as i would you ss red as dps.

the grass fight is pretty save as well with ss lyra brendan and hilbert.

the last 3 are the ones i dont know what to build around. as a dark striker i basically only habe karen with hounddoom.

[mellow linden]

Yeah, you’d pretty much just post roster. Is this Hard Mode or Master Mode?

[dim kite]

hard mode

i mainly ask because i dont want to trial and error a lot of pairs because of stam/ressources that i dont want to waste

these are all my 5s pairs

[mellow linden]

Don’t ignore your 3- and 4-stars, btw. They generally range from decent to amazing.

Can build teams around:

• Hala or Ghetsis for Bertha.
• SS Red or Mix Blue for Aaron.
• Kris for Flint.
• SS Lyra for Lucian (unfortunately off-type is probably your best play here since I don’t see a Masked Royal or Sideny).
• BP Valerie for Cynthia (if you don’t have her then maybe something like Cynthia or SS Steven off-type or give a shot at on-typing with Bede).

And probably be fine. Remember to follow the Teambuilding 101 guidelines, and try to use 9-12 different types (as in the type of the Sync Move) across your 5 teams

[dim kite]

what would a team for cynthia look like? lets say with bede? what do i pair with bede?

[nocturne pawn]

cynthia has evasion so you’d probably want someone who can buff accuracy

[cinder summit]

Bede & Hatterene

Baffle Buff 9:

Powers up the user's moves when the target is confused. Powers up the user's sync move when the target is confused.

Stupefication 9:

Lowers the target's Sp. Atk and Sp. Def by 1 stat rank when a move, sync move, or max move used by the user's Pokémon targeting that opponent is successful.

Maximum Super Powered 5:

Powers up the user's moves that are super effective. Powers up the user's sync move that is super effective. Powers up the user's max moves that are super effective.

Themes:

Fairy | Galar | Rival
Galar Adventurer

[nocturne pawn]

at 1/5 hes already a competent nuker

so you should just aim to buff him completely and buff accuracy if possible

[fading cradle]

trying to do cynthia in csmm, what kind of pair should i replace sonia with?

[old orchid]

She has Wise Entry x2 so the team should have a good defensive backbone so Bede can still clear her

[dim kite]

okay i think i will try that. i need to look through my pairs what pair i can use for accuracy

[old orchid]

The team is fine imo

[fading cradle]

her evasion buffs are hella annoying though, all my play roughs keep missing

idk how to counter those

[nocturne pawn]

accuracy buffs

she should have them on tm iirc

[cinder summit]

Valerie & Mawile

Super Infliction 9:

Applies the Supereffective ↑ Next effect to the user when its Pokémon uses a status move.

Vigilance:

Protects the user against critical hits.

Headstrong:

Attack cannot be lowered.

Themes:

Fairy | Kalos | Gym Leader
Artistic

[old orchid]

Aaron also has acc buffs on his grid

[fading cradle]

i see now, i was trying to get seun that i completely forgot about valerie’s tm. so that did help, even though i only 2.5ked cynthia

i hate you bertha i hate you lucian i hate you bertha i hate you lucian i hate you bertha i hate you lucian i hate you bertha i hate you lucian

[old orchid]

mood

[fading cradle]

lucian will be easier for me on monday but at what cost?

can electric terrain hau 3k even

[nocturne pawn]

yeah

[dim kite]

i am building teams rn sorry to bother you again, what pair is kris refering to i am probably just blind

[cinder summit]

Kris & Feraligatr

Acquisition:

General Pool
Ticket Scout
Ticket Scout (Johto)

Alternates:

Kris & Jolteon
Sygna Suit Kris & Suicune

[dim kite]

is there a specific reason why i should use kris? i am asking because i have not build kris yet but i have may + swampert invested in and cyrus+palkia are watertype (kinda ) as well. sorry for the question but your answer will probably give me a learning moment 😄

[paper summit]

she's very strong, 2/5 gives access to some passives for easier setup, but I wouldn't focus on her until you get another copy, May and Cyrus should work just fine

[dim kite]

i just tried ss elsa, cyrus and may and it was pretty easy. rain dance + hydro pump took care of business and muddy water was good as well

[dim kite]

perfect answer ty. i will build her as gen 1,2 and 3 were literally my childhood so i want all of them 😄

ok unrelated but i used ssred and mix blue and my syncmove with field effect evaporated them. thats crazy

[keen jasper]

Using 2 of your most powerful damage dealers just like that

[dim kite]

i wrote down the teams i plan to use and i should be fine

😄

[rapid osprey]

so now that im climbing into higher capability - is there a particular strategic order to which of the support/sprints syncs first? my thinking is red then cynthia to get the mega reentry damage guard after lucian has more buffs/strength himself, but

[dim kite]

thank you for your help i just beat cynthia

[mellow linden]

Congrats!

[dim kite]

hala was a very good recommendation

with him it was pretty smooth

for cynthia i actually saved my deoxys team and tried to just sync nuke

with bede doing the fairy aoe attack

[gleaming jolt]

You have to finish the battle in few minutes (before opponents sync if possible).

Don't waste too much time on setting up the stage for Masked Royale!

Try to use any support sync, then MR sync nuke the center!
Sides can be taken care by Darkest Lariat later I guess!

Just before sync try to give MR a SEUN if you are thinking of using all of them together!
Idk how much SSAC is helping here, I don't have her! If possible put her in some other team!

Or if you are doing this for medals and not Master Mode, then use any pair you like!
Hard Mode is easy!

If you are completing the medal then it is wise to use all of your good pairs in defferent fights for painless victory, rather than using them in the same fight!

[swift swan]

Syncing with cynthia gives her more bulk. You don't need to sync with Red after that, immediately nuke Lucian with MR

[grand trout]

Aside from haze, is there a good unit i can use with lear to reset all stats before his nuke? Lear using snatch will prevent quadqueue so i think someone using something will prevent that

However haze is stuck on...uh, mediocre units. I can use missty but i was wondering if there's someone better to pair with lear (preferably a shared theme skill since that's the limitation i do personally in cs)

[graceful oriole]

lodge gladion?

[grand trout]

Oh!

That's a good option actually

And they both have rivals! Thanks so much

[old orchid]

Avery is his best partner if you want take note

[fading cradle]

this is my team for aaron tomorrow and i just got ss piers in the ticket scout, is it worth replacing hau with him?

[mellow linden]

Can run both, probably

Actually, wait

If no permanent field effects then it’d be better to run one or the other

But yeah, can try both and see what works best for you

[lyric gyro]

I feel like May can solo Hard Mode, I feel like it's more so luck.

I'm trying to solo and I don't got a good Ice Nuker.

And I have Vigilance

Who else can I fucking solo with!?

[mellow linden]

What do you mean by “solo” in this instance?

As in the only damage-dealer or literally the only member on the team?

Because for the latter it’d be extremely difficult without either major bulk or reliable flinch/sleep/freeze

[lyric gyro]

Literally the only member.

I'm losing braincells at this point.

I tried with May, got close, didn't work. Tried Riley, got close. Only if he had Endurance.

[urban cave]

You can solo with NC Red probably

[lyric gyro]

I DON'T HAVE NC RED

I blew my gems on Nemona!

I do have SST Red though, but I'm saving that for Cynthia. ||Unless if I am desperate ||

[velvet parcel]

NC Red might rerun in January

You have time

[old orchid]

that's not a confirmed infomation

better not give false hope to others

[velvet parcel]

Oh

Sorry

[silver dirge]

He also isn't necessary to clear the stage nor do they need to pull him - not sure why he was brought up at all

[fading cradle]

it’s time.

[keen jasper]

Laughs in flinch

[old orchid]

https://tenor.com/view/good-arguement-pokemon-masters-aaron-pokemon-vespiquen-gif-6847219036932155027

[swift swan]

updated. barely anything changed from last week

[keen jasper]

Half sync again 2 weeks in a row?

Also, before the reset, I made 12k before realizing it was fairy-weak Cynthia instead of poison-weak

[fading cradle]

why is bertha so tanky

[swift swan]

a lot of sinnoh stages have huge bulk

what team are you using? make sure you don't pick up too much HP

[fading cradle]

im doing hard mode first before master, using ss erika, brendan, and as morty

[swift swan]

oh, should be fine

easy 3k with that one

[swift swan]

nevermind grass-weak bertha doesn't have inflated bulk

[fading cradle]

goddamn these guys are tanky

[keen jasper]

Sinnoh was the start of the harder CS stages

[fading cradle]

aaron actually wasn’t that bad, volkner flinched him before he could use heal order lol

could i 3k any stages with these teams

[old orchid]

what if i say all of them?

oh wait your Riley is 1/5 right

[fading cradle]

sadly yeah 💀

is there anyone in particular i should avoid for some rounds, not sure on who to do r1 tbh

saving flint for r2

[old orchid]

you can check nov's recommendations in the pins out

[fading cradle]

damn nvm, old lady’s got hands, wtf

can’t 3k anyone but flint at this rate 💀

[swift swan]

what move level are ss erika and brendan?

Lucian is an easy 3k

[toxic cobalt]

Bertha moment

[fading cradle]

both 2/5

tanky ass old lady wtf

[toxic cobalt]

huh that i soddly tanky

[fading cradle]

is it my params, my move levels, or what

bc ss morty is 1/5

[toxic cobalt]

SS Morty won't be affecting this

[fading cradle]

erika isn’t doing too much damage either, she’s like doing 800 damage at max

[toxic cobalt]

Your first sync was SS Morty and second was Brendan?

[fading cradle]

yep

[toxic cobalt]

Brendan and SS Erika use different damage types, do you have one prevernted?

[fading cradle]

oh shit that might be it

i have physical damage reduction 8 on

i was originally gonna do lucian r1 which is why that was on 😭

[swift swan]

turn off both damage reductions

[toxic cobalt]

SS Erika being unfairly slandered

[fading cradle]

i am so sorry erika

[trail smelt]

Half sync Cynthia baby

Ready for last week of Sinnoh

[fading cradle]

what param can i turn on in the place of the damage reductions? short by 100 points

[frosty pilot]

max hp +2

[toxic cobalt]

ATK+150 is what I'd do (and take off ATK+50)

[frosty pilot]

you could do that ig if your units are bulky enough

I doubt u kill pre sync with that build and the extra atk could hurt if that’s the case

if you still can’t kill pre sync after the changes drop to 2.5k, saves you time and sanity

[fading cradle]

nah bro the sides are killing me now 😭

them and their stupid earthquake spam

[toxic cobalt]

Clearly Brendan not an EX

[fading cradle]

maybe i should ex him for this 🧐 i don’t have any ex grass strikers anyways

he could be helpful in future grass weak stages

[toxic cobalt]

How many spare mats do you have?

[fading cradle]

i think i got plenty

well enough to last me an anni unit investment

still got some leftovers

[toxic cobalt]

Not a bad unit then, as you want to sync with him for his mega anyway

Terrible design though

[fading cradle]

it is questionable lmao

exing him did the trick though, so thank you

[toxic cobalt]

Use that pinapple

[fading cradle]

flint half sync is actually painful LOL

should i have cs2 or super duper effective on ss steven?

[frosty pilot]

CS2 > superduper effective 1

[queen wedge]

Which one of these would probably do best for flint?

[old orchid]

Giovanni Lucian + a spatk support is your best bet

Uninvested Sabrina can't tank really well methinks

[queen wedge]

Round 1 shld be good?

[old orchid]

Yeah

[queen wedge]

How bout for aaron? Which dps?

[swift swan]

Oof. Hau is probably your best bet but you want him 3/5

[left storm]

Is there a fairy weak this week?

I can't check rn

[swift swan]

No

[graceful oriole]

do ya all consider waiting until Aaron uses heal order right before sync then starting to damage him a proper strat to counter him?

I don't see it used often for some reason

[mellow linden]

Probably because you can stop the Heal Order with flinch/sleep/freeze/confusion self-damage

[trail smelt]

I got ash so I blitz him down anyway lol

[mellow linden]

I just run Triple Elesa where 90+% of the damage is one-shotting via C. Elesa Sync nuke anyway

[blazing perch]

Can I do at least 2k on aaron?

[mellow linden]

Probably, but if you’re new to Master Mode I’d recommend 850 or 1.5k before jumping straight to 2k+

[blazing perch]

I want to finish with at least 8k points

[mellow linden]

It’ll get you used to the mode while still getting all important rewards

[blazing perch]

Overall

Anytime there is flying type I get 8k cause of nc cheren finish with 2.5k easy

[mellow linden]

In any case, SS Hau should pretty much shred Electric weak Aaron

[blazing perch]

Anyway I will try 1.5k but which team should I use?

[mellow linden]

Build around SS Hau and you’re golden

[blazing perch]

Thanks

I will give it a go

I think this is a bad team ?

[mellow linden]

I’d maybe consider regular Volkner instead of NY Volkner in case you run out of Electric Terrain, but otherwise that’s a fine team

[blazing perch]

I will try with both thanks

[fading cradle]

which support can i replace kiawe with to 3k aaron? kiawe is getting ohko’ed like hell. ss piers is my damage dealer

[old orchid]

a mixed defensive support would be nice

Elio Alt sounds good if you haven't used him elsewhere

[mellow linden]

Leaf + Eevee would also be good

And saves Elio for if you need to off-type with Rock

[old orchid]

Lodge Gladion is also a good option if you can get him to 3/5

[fading cradle]

got it, i’ll probably try them both out. how do i use ss piers though? his tm has poison zone but i don’t see myself ever using sludge bomb so i’m a little lost

[fading cradle]

what’s the better way to raise a lodge pair’s move level, candy or lodge stones?

[old orchid]

personally i would use lodge stones, since we are probably getting new 4* BP pairs during anni

[fading cradle]

damn nvm, aaron hits kinda hard too 🗿

[mellow linden]

He ideally still wants to set up Poison Zone due to his B Move getting a bonus while it’s active

[fading cradle]

ahhh aight ig i didnt see that part on his kit

[trail smelt]

Fwiw Electric Weak Aaron used to be the stuff of nightmares haha

Almost the entire electric roster was physical when it released

[fading cradle]

i didnt think dena would be able to make vespiquen of all pokémon indestructible but they did it

this is so painful without ex and gridded piers 🫠🫠🫠🫠

[supple reef]

Aaron is prone to flinch or poison stall still though, and neither of those are particularly annoying to execute

[nocturne pawn]

yah volkner has 50% flinch built in

[fading cradle]

guess im just having flinch bad luck then

[true bloom]

Uhhh who do you guys recommend for 3rd round?

Since it increase physical damage

[mellow linden]

Consider avoiding Bertha & Lucian on that round, doesn’t matter much otherwise

The only round parameter you need to plan carefully is your round 2 since that’s a half-Sync round

[true bloom]

Yeah it confused me because all of them do physical damage

I'll go Aaron for third I guess

Thank you 🙏

[fading cradle]

dude

does aaron always use heal order right before he syncs???

[sharp willow]

It is his scripted action, yes

If you manage to stun him though, I believe he won't try to queue it again

[fading cradle]

oh alright, so im just timing thunder fang pretty badly

electric terrain is always gone right before piers syncs so his sync feels a little weak

[mellow linden]

Just reapply it with Volkner earlier then

[nocturne pawn]

volkner should be thunder fang eterrain thunder fang

[fading cradle]

that’s probably why then, i always have him use terrain off the bat, i’ll try this then

[nocturne pawn]

yeah if ur using wtz queue it the second turn cuz ur first turn is probably dedicated to set up anyway

[fading cradle]

volkner couldnt flinch him before he used heal order now im dead

[sharp willow]

it'll probably take resetting

[tawdry wharf]

Would it be preferred to fight Aaron on round 2 to get his big heal out of the way with

[sharp willow]

thats a strategy you could use for him, but be warned that the move he uses immediately after syncing raises his entire team's critical rate, which can be quite dangerous

[dense garden]

Aaron kicking my ass

Might not get 15000 this week

[fading cradle]

why does the side’s swift hit so hard for aaron, tf

i still can’t beat him

[fading cradle]

man PLEASE just flinch him already, i restarted this battle so many times and none of them flinched before heal order

[dense garden]

i'm going to jump him

[fading cradle]

gauge is slow sometimes, volkner flinches aaron as he’s ABOUT TO SYNC instead of before he uses heal order, where can i get an electric flyswatter

oh and side using x accuracy messes up my triple queue

finally volkner learned when’s the right time to flinch

[tawdry wharf]

Uhh can I beat Aaron with what electric types I have? Also have a eggmon Raichu

[lean lion]

Hau with Iono should be able to clear

Is this Hard Mode or MM?

[tawdry wharf]

MM

Using the 2k paramiters

So far I used
R1: SS Morty, SS Erika, SS Blue
R2: Bianca, SS Steven, Skyla

[swift swan]

should be doable with Hau/Iono/Volkner

flinch the heal order for an easier time

[lyric gyro]

Trying to solo Bertha. Who can help?

[swift swan]

ss erika with the weather change is probably the one with the best chances of Not Dying ™️

[lyric gyro]

She's at 2/5 and I got one Tech candy. Possibly 2 if I forgot a 20 candy coin in my right pocket.

Okay, I'll try.

[lean lion]

Solo on Master Mode?

[swift swan]

do not candy her

[dusty yarrow]

It's only Adaman that I saw can Solo Bertha (dunno about the others)

[lyric gyro]

Nah. Hard Mode makes me sweaty. Master Mode makes me a tryhard.

[lyric gyro]

Also okay.

[fading cradle]

lucian is all i have left for the e4 for csmm, who should be the support in a team with sc irida and summer gardenia? bc i noticed all of lucian’s attacks are physical so i have to swap out sycamore 🥲

[dusty yarrow]

I run stupid stuff in CS (Tank Sync DPS)

[lean lion]

Lucian has WE x 2. SC Irida might be able to get through. Does she have move levels? Not sure if it's possible with 1/5

[sharp willow]

Even with wise entry x2 SC Irida should be perfectly fine

With most recent damage dealers, entry x2 passives are more annoyances than issues

[lean lion]

Even without move levels?

[sharp willow]

You still have her nuke of a B Move to work with

And her sync at 1/5 is above average

[lean lion]

Good to know

[sharp willow]

But yeah, when looking at ontype entry x2, just think "could I reasonably offtype with this character"

Thats pretty much the bar you have to hit, and most recent damage dealing pairs can hit it

Its a bit easier than that since you still get the free 300 points from standard reduction, but thats pretty much the comparison

[fading cradle]

my sc irida is 1/5 i gave her cs2 and that’s all i remember

im not sure if i can run a grid on her at 1/5

[sharp willow]

1/5 grids are pretty unnecessary

Outside of a couple niche characters like Acerola, the tiles aren't gamechangers

[fading cradle]

ah alright. still wondering who my support should be here, i just need someone who’s good at tanking physical hits

[old orchid]

[sharp willow]

Skyla or BP Morty should be capable enough, probably give slight preference to Morty since Skyla does happen to be weak to rock moves that Lucian can use

[lean lion]

How about Hop? Also saves a few turns by buffing crit

[sharp willow]

Hop should work fine, his defense buffing is a bit worse though

And no flinch chance to potentially fall back on, but you do have Irida's B Move for that in a desperate situation

[lean lion]

I'd run Hop SCIrida and Lucian. Hop can tank and save atleast one turn buffing Irida's crit. Lucian for Sp def + atk debuffs to help the other 2 teammates

[fading cradle]

should i candy bp morty if i use him?

[sharp willow]

Its probably a good idea, but how many BP Tickets/4* Support candies do you have rn

[fading cradle]

2 bp tickets, 2 support candies

[sharp willow]

3/5 on him unlocks nice tiles for survivability like first aid and Potion MP Refresh, and most importantly. Astonish Aggravation

[fading cradle]

ohhh i actually didn’t think of using lucian, he could be helpful then. i was still leaning more towards yarrdenia bc of ghost zone

[sharp willow]

Its a pretty good investment to make since a 60% flinch rate is something you can reasonably rely on

[fading cradle]

i’ll consider that then, should i use the candies on him?

[lean lion]

Oh that's definitely better. Didn't know you had her

[old orchid]

Yarrdenia also debuffs atk

[lean lion]

Won't regret it. Go ahead

[sharp willow]

Yarrdenia and SC Irida both debuff attack so Lucian isn't super necessary in that regard

And Yarrdenia can also debuff spdef, though its inconsistent if youre using her as a secondary damage dealer, and taking away from potential damage if youre choosing to use Metal Sound

[lean lion]

Right she's way better than Lucian here

Wasn't aware Melissa had Yarrdenia my bad

[fading cradle]

how do i queue yarrdenia’s moves? i sometimes get confused when i use her especially with her b move and tm both setting ghost zone

[lean lion]

Irida gets both syncs right?

No supp ex?

[fading cradle]

nope

[sharp willow]

I'd probably metal sound twice into the TM so you can have a zone boosted first sync with decent spdef drops

[lean lion]

Metal Sound - Metal Sound - TM - Metal Sound - Bmove - Bmove

[fading cradle]

🫡

and i’m looking at bp morty’s grids, should i use the aggravation grid in this case if i want him to be a flinch bot?

[sharp willow]

probably a good idea, yeah

i havent looked at the presets recently, but if what you want most out of him is the flinch, then Aggravation is the single most important tile

[fading cradle]

got it, i’ll do this tomorrow since i spent all day trying to 3k aaron will return if things go awry though

[lean lion]

Half-sync, my beloved

[fading cradle]

“it’s nice being with other trainers”, is clearly solo on the field

still hate myself for not 5/5ing riley though 🫠

[lean lion]

Riley is soo good. Love the game for giving out crazy good pairs like him for free!

[fading cradle]

i was a noob when he was released, didn’t know i could 5/5 him for free. now im stuck with him having his 6* unlocked with no 5/5

[lean lion]

So you have him EX but at a lower move level?

Should still be good as long as 3/5 ig

[fading cradle]

he has his 6* unlocked with the 5 star powerups but i didn’t use spirits on him yet

he’s legit stuck at 1/5 until his event reruns so im kinda just holding back

[lean lion]

Unfortunate

Hope he reruns soon

[fading cradle]

i hope so otherwise im stuck with solgaleo as my fighting striker

[lean lion]

May anni pulls bring you 3/5 Bea🤞

[fading cradle]

that too galar ticket scout should be giving me her instead of 10/5 gordie and melony

[tawdry wharf]

Am I better off off-typing Lucian

[old orchid]

Looks like offtype it is, you should bring a physical dmg dealer cuz he has double spdef stat

[tawdry wharf]

For round 4?

[swift swan]

Sure, you can do Lucian R4

[tawdry wharf]

Mewtwo too frail for Earthquake spam after enemy sync boost

[old orchid]

Mewtwo is a special attacker, so he will struggle against Lucian unless you bring heavy support

[tawdry wharf]

Currently bringing Sycamore and Fall Phoebe

[swift swan]

what move level is phoebe?

and is this hard mode or master mode?

[tawdry wharf]

Just lvl 1
And MM

[gleaming jolt]

SC Irida would face a tough fight then?!

[old orchid]

Using special Ghost means you are offtyping

Irida is on the stronger side so she doesn't struggle much

[supple reef]

SC Irida isn’t offtype, it’s also not a struggle if you bring a spdef debuffer to counter wise entry

[old orchid]

The enemies have mitigation to stat drops, so spdef debuffing is less effective than it's supposed to me

Even -6 spdef without mitigation doesn't fully counter Wise Entry x2

[quaint wind]

God bless Aaron ❤️

[fading cradle]

sc irida and yarrdenia gaming goes so hard

(lucian did faint lol i couldn’t capture it at the right time)

[thorny wind]

[fading cradle]

moving onto cynthia, idk how to 3k her when this is my fighting roster (+ solgaleo with focus blast) 🫠

[mellow linden]

Is your Solgaleo Power Boosted?

[fading cradle]

is power boost the grid extension? in that case, no

[mellow linden]

Hmm

Riley only being 1/5 is unfortunate

Could try him anyway and see how it goes, off-typing and Poison stall are always options if he fails

[fading cradle]

still feel dumb not knowing i was able to 5/5 him for free

[mellow linden]

Fortunately he’ll likely rerun at some point (though how far away that is we don’t know)

[fading cradle]

not sure how i can do off type 3k, i just don’t know the parameters that can add up to 3k

[mellow linden]

Poison stall is an option, then

[true bloom]

If it makes you feel better, I exchanged all the legendary arenas sync pair power up before when I just started playing.....

Dumb me

[fading cradle]

who could i stall with if i had to?

[peak stirrup]

Wow, Aaron’s HP pool is massive

[mellow linden]

Poison stall teams generally consist of a Poison inflictor (ideally Bad Poison via Toxic or Poison Fang), a debuffer (Janine + Ariados is the premier pick due to Venom Drench, but other options can work in a pinch), and a tank (a defensive support with healing, often Potions + Synchro Healing)

Lucy, BP Erika, and SS Leaf are some of the best picks for Poison inflictor (Lucy & Erika because Bad Poison + Trap, SS Leaf because AoE Bad Poison + some extra healing)

[fading cradle]

i was thinking of off typing with nc nate as well, how well do nc nate and aaron synergize with each other?

[mellow linden]

Aaron won’t offer a whole lot beyond the defensive buffs, but he doesn’t work against Nate either

[fading cradle]

should i grid aaron with one of these? i have the support minimal grid on him i think

[mellow linden]

Precision Pals is probably a good one since Fighting weak Cynthia has accuracy debuffs

[fading cradle]

3k too

[dim kite]

what the command for new players? the todo list for the start?

[mellow linden]

That would be the +newplayer command. For personal command use #bot-zone is the best channel

[tawdry wharf]

Ty Wide Guard

[tawdry wharf]

10k isn’t too bad

[lean lion]

It's very good!

[fading cradle]

pretty solid

[thorny wind]

Yep that's solid enough

[scarlet dagger]

are any of the electric bp pairs decent enough to help me clear hard aaron (physical moves w/ low defense modifier)

i am poor on electric types

clemont + ss n?

[fading cradle]

im not sure if any bp electric pairs are damage dealers since most of them are supports, but if you have hau from the main story, he could clear hard mode easily

[old orchid]

can you show us your full Electric roster?

BP Sophocles is a decent dmg dealer but it's recommended to save your tickets for anni BP update

[old orchid]

can you candy Hau to 2/5 at least?

alternatively you can just offtype or poison stall

[scarlet dagger]

the reason i want electric is for slightly more gems to be on track to finish badge while anni pairs are on

[fading cradle]

ah the type medal, what does your progress on it look like so far?

[old orchid]

you can just bring an Electric as a filler

Hau is decent but he requires 2/5 at least

[scarlet dagger]

i can complete bug rock ground dragon and steel next wk

[fading cradle]

you can probably get most of those in this week if you toss in some filler pair unless you’re pretty late into the stadium already

[scarlet dagger]

is the physical modifier important if i want to try and offtype

[old orchid]

the pins have a warning about which round you should avoid when facing against certain stages

[fading cradle]

be very careful with who you fight on r2 since that’s the half sync param. it’s recommended to avoid bertha and lucian for r3

[rotund kestrel]

Only done the tutorial one so far

Need help, inexperienced here...

[queen wedge]

I have to offtype aaron, how do i deal w heal order?

[old orchid]

You can deny it using flinch/sleep/freeze

[swift swan]

Pick 5 of your best damage dealers and build teams around them. If you can ontype that's great, if not that's fine too

Nc red, nc leaf, nc silver are 3 good ones already

[rotund kestrel]

NC leaf is also a DMG dealer?

Okayy I would try doing that

[fading cradle]

forgot to post this, second ever 15k csmm clear off typing cynthia (for the most part) actually went pretty hard

[rotund kestrel]

For building the actual team, should I just use the standard one tank one attached and one technical combo?

[swift swan]

Yes, basically

Send your finished teams here so others can give feedback

[rotund kestrel]

Hmm okii

[queen wedge]

Can guzma and buzzswole work for cynthia? My only fighting dpa

[steel kelp]

[swift swan]

Well, worth a try

[queen wedge]

Cuz i gta decide to use marnie for aaron or try to find a way to keep marnie for cynthia

[swift swan]

Hard mode or master mode?

[queen wedge]

Master mode 850 points

[swift swan]

Either way should work fine for hard mode

Ah, it shouldn't make much of a difference

Buzzwole should be able to handle cynthia just fine then

[queen wedge]

Ok i see

Havent used him before

Does he synergize w anyone in particular?

[gleaming jolt]

Is it necessary to paralyse Aaron?

If so how does it help?

[swift swan]

No

[gleaming jolt]

Okay!

[swift swan]

A speed buffer probably, he's gauge heavy

[gleaming jolt]

His speed debuffs and Fly come in handy!

[mellow linden]

Fly is a bait move on NC Cheren

He has a Sync modifier that scales on his Physical Up stacks, so in addition to messing up the Sync countdown using Fly also decreases his Sync nuke potential

Physical Up stacks also increase his B Move damage as well

[queen wedge]

Buzzswole just one shotted everything after a miss… was worrying for nothing lol

[gleaming jolt]

I used it to save myself!

I mean save him at the last moment

[gleaming jolt]

I know that! I just had no choice left other than use fly to save myself

That was so close NC Cheren would have died!

[mellow linden]

Ideally it never gets to that point, but if it works it works, I guess

[gleaming jolt]

This week is rough!
Highlighting my skill issue as well!
It's hard time deciding a teams, rounds and params!

R1 was easy SC Irida never disappoints in CS! Also Lucian vs Lucian!

R2 was easy as well! That team is simply came from "Optimize" ngl!

R3 Aaron was slightly tough! Took me one resets, it was a lucky clear!

R4 team was hit and miss, it took me many tries to get there with different pairs, params and strategies!
And it is the weirdest clear as well!

And Champion :- It was very easy, it just took several TMs and Rei KOed like booom!

It ended well!

[peak stirrup]

Aaron outheals stall. Fun.

[mellow linden]

Are you not using Bad Poison (like from Toxic or Poison Fang)? Because the ramping up on that should prevent it from being outhealed

[peak stirrup]

Had toxic and trap from infestation

[mellow linden]

Then he shouldn’t be outhealing the DoT

[peak stirrup]

Well I guess my tank didn’t last long enough for it to ramp

[mellow linden]

What was the team and parameters?

[icy wraith]

Who should i take down first? Im doing hard difficulty because i dont have MM yet

[fading cradle]

you can do them in any order, the pins have each round’s parameter and who to avoid on certain rounds

so the order you do them in most likely depends on your roster

just be careful on who you fight second

[icy wraith]

Why is that

[fading cradle]

half sync countdown. your sync countdown and the enemy’s is reduced by half so it actually gives the enemy a chance to sync if you don’t kill them fast enough

people usually save their strongest team for that param

[mellow linden]

Yeah, for half-Sync rounds you wanna make sure your team can either 1) KO the opponent before they Sync, or 2) can handle the opponent’s Sync and subsequent boosted damage

[craggy glade]

Jesus dude why does Aaron have so much hp

[fading cradle]

demonic bee

[craggy glade]

I usually always have SS Red sun team in one of my CS stages

But I'll make an exception for Sinnoh CS

I'm already suffering enough with Lillielockes I don't need to lock myself into another team

[manic mica]

Can someone help me figure out what I need to do to beat this elite 4 member with this specific team. I'm having trouble following the replay😅I'm better at reading words

[fading cradle]

first for champion stadium, you want to fill out your type medal so running a monotype team isn’t the best idea right now

which round are you doing lucian?

[manic mica]

Yup

Just regular hard mode

[fading cradle]

it’s recommended to avoid fighting lucian and bertha 3rd due to physical attacks being boosted

[manic mica]

Oh dang. I did flint first already

[nocturne pawn]

i dont think 2/5 morty will do that much

[cinder summit]

Morty & Drifblim

<:GRID_SYNC:967786997982830712> __Sync Tiles:__

(3) Mystic Seer Phantom Force: Power +25
(3) Mystic Seer Phantom Force: Power +25
(3) Mystic Seer Phantom Force: Power +25
(3) Mystic Seer Phantom Force: Power +25

<:GRID_MOVE:967786997265629195> __Move Tiles:__

(1) Dire Hit +: MP Refresh 3 - Has a chance (40%) of restoring one MP of the user's move when that move is successful.
(1) Pierce the Veil!: MP Refresh 3 - Has a chance (40%) of restoring one MP of the user's move when that move is successful.
(1) Shadow Ball: Move Gauge Refresh 3 - Has a chance (40%) of charging the user's move gauge by one when a move is successful.

‎

(2) Phantom Force: MP Refresh 3 - Has a chance (40%) of restoring one MP of the user's move when that move is successful.
(2) Pierce the Veil!: Mighty Command 9 - Increases the user's Physical Moves ↑ Next effect by one rank when its Trainer uses a move.

‎

(3) Phantom Force: MP Refresh 3 - Has a chance (40%) of restoring one MP of the user's move when that move is successful.

<:GRID_PASSIVE:967786997215264808> __Passive Tiles:__

(2) Blind Spot - The more the user's evasiveness is raised, the more it powers up the user's sync move.
(2) Demoralize 1 - Lowers the Attack of all opposing sync pairs by 1 stat rank after using the user's sync move.
(2) Ridicure 4 - Has a chance (50%) of restoring the user's HP by approximately 20% of its maximum HP when an opponent's attack move targeting the user misses.
(2) Special Reserves 2 - Raises the user's Sp. Atk by 2 stat ranks the first time it is in a pinch each battle.

‎

(3) Agile Entry 2 - Raises the user's evasiveness by 2 stat ranks when it enters a battle.
(3) Gritty 5 - Powers up the user's moves when it is affected by a status condition.
(3) Haymaker - The more the user's Attack is raised, the more it powers up the user's sync move.
(3) Mad Strength 2 - Has a chance (30%) of raising the user's Attack by one stat rank when its attack move is successful.
(3) Power Flux 3 - The fuller the move gauge when moves are selected, the more this powers up moves.
(3) Pressure Cooker 9 - Reduces the user's sync move countdown by one when it is in a pinch. This effect can activate only once per battle.
(3) Shifty Striker 1 - Has a chance (20%) of raising the user's evasiveness by one stat rank when its Pokémon uses a move.

[fading cradle]

it’s better to hit lucian on the physical side i think since iirc, he has wise entry 2 which boosts his special defense by 2x

[nocturne pawn]

you want 3/5 for max nuke

[fading cradle]

best you can do is fight aaron 3rd to avoid bertha and lucian. did you do round 2 yet? you have to be VERY careful with who you fight this round

[manic mica]

Round 2 is my current

Only round 1 has been done

[fading cradle]

alright yeah for the half sync param it’s always recommended to save your strongest team for it

[manic mica]

Alright will do

[fading cradle]

half sync is one of the worst params bc it gives the enemy a chance to sync if you don’t kill them fast enough or can’t tank the sync

[manic mica]

Yeah I noticed Lucian had his sync move charged fast. Was getting smoked

Some BS man😭

[fading cradle]

yeah half sync is actually the worst. kept getting dusted by flint bc i couldn’t tank his sync

what does your type medal look like rn?

[manic mica]

Uh. Which is that?

I got none I think

[fading cradle]

it’s the medal you need to fill out to unlock master mode

[manic mica]

I barely touched this mode XD

[fading cradle]

you fill it out by using at least one pair of all 18 types in the champion stadium

it takes around 2 weeks to fill it out if you fit in all 18 types

[manic mica]

Dang...

[fading cradle]

what does your ghost roster look like? if you’re still planning to do lucian r2 that is

[manic mica]

Looks like Sadness

[fading cradle]

can we also see your type medal? just to know what types you’re still missing on it

[fading cradle]

hm yeah you definitely need a lot of work on the medal since you ran a full monotype team for flint. you can try experimenting putting different types on your teams, even if they look a little goofy. you should be able to clear if your teammates have good synergy with each other

[mellow linden]

9-12 types for your 1st week is generally a good bet

[misty yacht]

guys, what is the tactic to follow against Aaron

I can't deal her damage, she just heals too much

[fading cradle]

flinch him before he can use heal order is something you can do

if you manage to flinch him right before he uses heal order, he won’t try to use it again

he’s programmed to use heal order right before he syncs

[misty yacht]

but can I flich his status moves?

[fading cradle]

yes

you just gotta execute the flinch right before heal order

[misty yacht]

ok, I thought I couldn't lol

[fading cradle]

if you end up not flinching him before heal order, restart the fight

[misty yacht]

I'll give it a go

[fading cradle]

unless you can take on him once he syncs and has full hp, but restarting the fight with no flinch helped me

[fading cradle]

good luck

[misty yacht]

but is the general tactic to defeat the rival before he syncs twice?

[fading cradle]

you should be able to manage to sync twice before the enemy syncs once

if you’re triple queuing and/or quad queuing it should be no issue

which round are you fighting aaron on?

[misty yacht]

Im doing it on master mode, its 2nd round

[fading cradle]

oh shit, that pretty much tosses everything i said out the window. 2nd round is half sync so if you can’t kill aaron before the sync, he’s guaranteed to be able to sync

what does your electric team look like?

[misty yacht]

I was just trying to brute force it with 3* EXR Heracross

[fading cradle]

are you trying to 3k or just trying to beat aaron’s ass

[fading cradle]

could try to run with hau, volkner, and some support that boosts special attack

do you have 4 star strike move candies? if so, it’s ideal to candy hau to 3/5

[misty yacht]

I was trying 2,5k, but seems impossible so I'm going to 2k

[fading cradle]

no worries then, you could try my suggestion up there and see if it works. make sure to try to flinch aaron with volkner’s thunder fang before he uses heal order

[misty yacht]

idk, its still impossible