Champion Stadium

[errant needle]

I’m clicking the tiny url

Could you copy and paste it cause I’m reading and I should be clicking the right link

[mellow linden]

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1r2iVMWPUxVYYVxA-VLIN1Bl6QDFiVQNju1MUai3CKbE/edit?gid=726715248#gid=726715248

No clue why it's trying to link to a discord embed for you, but here

[manic mica]

How do kill aaron hard mode

I have 1 ground type and its may

1 ground 5*

[fading cradle]

aaron needs a weather setter and a trapper i believe

to counter all his gimmicks

[mellow linden]

Acute Senses can be disabled by any status change

Confusion, Restrain, or Rebuff would work just fine

[errant needle]

This worked, thank you so much for your help! 🙏🏽

[trail smelt]

IIRC Acute Senses is the one that gets shut down by Gradual Healing parameter right?

[mellow linden]

Yeah

But on Hard Mode that’s not an option

[wheat dragon]

Flint down

Bertha and cynthia left

surprised flint put up as much as a fight s he did, considering i had anni N and SC Hilda

[spice ridge]

Do you have any good bug types?

[peak lark]

im on my last with lucian

whats the damage shoul i use and what defense boost do i need?

nevermind, found it out physcial

[wheat dragon]

bertha down

1 left

[hard notch]

Lets go

[worn tusk]

In what order should i faces the levels

[mellow linden]

Outside of maybe avoiding Lucian on Round 2 it doesn’t really matter

[worn tusk]

Is 15000 nesescery or is 12500 okay

[mellow linden]

Whatever you’re comfortable with

[worn tusk]

Its been a while since ive done the cs so idk what to
Pick

[mellow linden]

There’s parameter recommendations in the pins

[supple reef]

really something like 4250 or so gets you all the major rewards, after that it's just and

[wheat dragon]

Lets goooo

@hard notch

So glad SS Cynthia got a glow up while I was gone

[hard notch]

Lol

good job

[worn tusk]

Is raihan good for r2 bertha

[old orchid]

not really, the sides have Wise Entry x3 which triples their spdef stat

but you can either stun them with sleep/flinch

[worn tusk]

Hes the only steel dps i got

Should i off type

[old orchid]

i didn't say he couldn't work

just need heavy support and ways to stun the sides

[swift swan]

MC Solgaleo found dead in a ditch

[old orchid]

but you might have offtype dmg dealers to get the clear comfortably

Solgaleo is weak to Ground so you still need a stun unit

[worn tusk]

I used off type post sync

Or should i be using pre sync

[old orchid]

who are you gonna use?

[worn tusk]

Emma 1/5 oleana 2/5 and a tank

[old orchid]

Oleana is Ground weak, you need a tank who can flinch to buy time

since you are aiming to clear them as quick as you could, try offtype pre sync

[worn tusk]

Is this good for on type

Or switch the lillie for hilbert ex

[old orchid]

the team has no support

Solgaleo with PB is very strong

replace Lillie with a stun unit, since Solgaleo is self sufficient

without support you have little margin for error

[toxic cobalt]

With Bertha Solgaleo has almost no argon for error!

[worn tusk]

Better

Should i go for pre sync or post

[old orchid]

could work

[toxic cobalt]

You cannot post sync

[old orchid]

tho i would change Hilbert to someone more defensively

because like i told you earlier, Solgaleo is entirely self sufficient

[worn tusk]

Grisha?

[old orchid]

Grusha has no gauge

someone like Skyla

[stiff compass]

do i need to 5/5 sync pairs to do 15000? or just good synergy sync pairs?

[old orchid]

you don't need stacked roster to clear 15000

[toxic cobalt]

You should get the 5/5 legendary arena pairs though

[dense garden]

Hard stuck on Flint, any advice?

For 3k points

Arc Cynthia out of question

[old orchid]

Alt Selene + a support + a weather changer

curiously, do you have other circle units beside Selene and NC Bianca?

[dense garden]

Alt selene feels like she doesn’t have enough damage before she gets sync nuked, and I don’t think so

Nope just selene and bianca for circles

[old orchid]

that sounds parameter issue

[dense garden]

I’ll send one second

i was saving brendan, might need him for this one

i don't think my bug types are strong enough to clear lucian

so i would off type with nc marnie and i was going to use brendan for sprint+sp def reduction

[swift swan]

lucian has wise entry x2, if you want to offtype, use physical attackers

[toxic cobalt]

Defence and HP no wonder damage feels low

[dense garden]

what would you switch

[toxic cobalt]

Atk

[dense garden]

still not even close before they get the sync off

[old orchid]

can you record your gameplay?

[dense garden]

sure

[dense garden]

https://youtu.be/ru1KIJR6HVM

[foggy talon]

is this ok for flint hard mode?

oh skyla seems to be weak to rock, i guess not a good choice

[swift swan]

There's exactly 1 rock tomb in that entire battle. You'll be fine

But don't make May first target

[toxic cobalt]

Can you run Acerola instead of May

[old orchid]

just a tip for Selene's move order: i would do Acid -> TM -> circle then save the first Meteor Beam right after SS Brendan's first sync for big burst

looks like you still give Flint alot of bulk

hang on lemme send my take on the params

[foggy talon]

like this?

[old orchid]

no, set Acerola to the 2nd target

and Skyla the 1st

also, you want to raise Skyla to 4* and 3/5, check your inventory to see if you have enough resources to do so

[foggy talon]

should be enuf i guess?

[old orchid]

@dense garden try this. i recommend using Potion on SS Brendan at the first turn, while Winona uses Air Slash to flinch Flint's first action. Selene's move order is the same as the one i recommended you earlier. alternatively you can turn on no stat reduction and remove strength 1 or atk 1

[old orchid]

yes, use 2 candies and 20

[dense garden]

thanks gakon i'll give it a try

[old orchid]

if you have surplus of getting her to 5* is also recommended

[foggy talon]

what about the grid for her on 3/5? anything i need to focus on?

[old orchid]

run TM MPR and Potion tiles

+gridlist you can find examples here

[frozen depot]

Document by Spark#8888, found in #1008010844547842079

Sync Grid Builds & Tier List - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vF42uzF-xpkcfIU2gVEY4Dl7sS_I3ITj8g5X2lo1usA/edit?usp=sharing

[dense garden]

Wow first try, turns out I still have a lot to learn about this game. Thanks Gakon

[old orchid]

glad i could help

[bitter veldt]

Can Lance easily 3000 points Cynthia? (No cake yet or exd)

Already used arc Cynthia for Aaron got easy 3000 points. Bertha, I did a test with arc Steven and solageo (not lily) and managed 3000

And now crying about probably flint and that psychic dude

[toxic cobalt]

Which Lance

[bitter veldt]

Arc Lance

[toxic cobalt]

Yes

[manic kiln]

a spotlight and f2p units can easily 3k Cynthia, Lance gonna delete the stage in a few moves
team building, synergy and choosing the right parameter is important
but with OP units like arc unit you can pretty much skip all of those steps

[bitter veldt]

Wait should I save Lance for flint or the psychic dude then?

[manic kiln]

bug f2p units kinda suck for new roster so you can offtype lucian with lance, rock is at least in a better place

[bitter veldt]

Maybe lilies good for flint too since I haven't used her even for Bertha

But I do suck at gameplay and which presets to mark and stuff

[manic kiln]

I'm not sure of her offtype power but if your olivia is 3/5 you can definitely ontype Flint

[bitter veldt]

Wait .... I have to invest on Olivia? Can she do it from 1/5

Oh no I have her at 2/5

Hallelujah I have exactly one strike coin..

[supple reef]

do not do that.

[manic kiln]

no don't

she has her nuke at 2/5

[supple reef]

absolutely never candy genpool characters either

[bitter veldt]

Thank you

I didn't click it YET

[manic kiln]

but you probably have to ex her, what other rock unit do you have

[bitter veldt]

I CAN ex her

Uh I have that mine dude

Recoiling monster

[manic kiln]

i mean limited unit

[bitter veldt]

He's at 5/5 too!

Oh limited then nothing

Any?

[manic kiln]

yeah probably olivia

[bitter veldt]

Or all trash?

[manic kiln]

the other 5* at 1/5 won't do much

so you need sand storm, speed, atk and crit buff for her
she can buff her speed, atk and crit but slow so you need another support to help her

and a sandstorm user

you don't need sandstorm to clear but it is easier with sand

[bitter veldt]

Okay I will beat Bertha with Steven and solageo to GET the tickets and then ex Olivia and then see if I can kill flint. And then you're sure non-cake non ex arc Lance can kill the psychic dude right?

[manic kiln]

I don't have him but yeah he should be able to

[bitter veldt]

Does sand storm buff rock type attacks by default???

[manic kiln]

no it's one of the multiplier in her 2/5 grid

[bitter veldt]

Oh ....

[manic kiln]

Sand Blaster 5
Powers up the user’s sync move during a sandstorm.

[bitter veldt]

Omg my sync grid is horrible on her gotta change that. Putting on the rock throw.... Didn't even put on the sync move sandstorm buff

Ty for pointing out...

[manic kiln]

pick inertia too

[bitter veldt]

My noob month play long just syncgridrd whatever I felt like it

[manic kiln]

for some content you don't need grid at all
some OP units like Lance can also clear CS without grid, but old units will need full grids

[bitter veldt]

What inertia

[manic kiln]

Inertia
The more the user’s Speed is raised, the more it powers up the user’s sync move.

both those tiles increase sync dmg, and with ex you can clear all 3 opponents

[bitter veldt]

No such thing

[manic kiln]

do something like this

[bitter veldt]

I'll just follow the above

[bitter veldt]

Lol not that easy as people claim.

[manic kiln]

supports are fragile, and what are your parameters, why are they still at full HP

[bitter veldt]

They heal

Also no ex on Lance yet so just focusing dragonite

[manic kiln]

ex on Lance doesn't mean anything, it's not aoe, you probably picked more defensive parameters
you also haven't used your bmove

[bitter veldt]

I picked 0 defensive paraméter , maybe besides the 150 healing thing

I did use my dragonitesync once

[manic kiln]

also lucian has Wise Entry ×2 so his sp def is doubled, special moves will deal less dmg, just use physical moves

[bitter veldt]

I only used giga impact and except once hyper beam to buff my sync

[sacred scroll]

Might want to pick up a more defensive support

Kiawe is pretty paper

What investment level is your AS Steven?

[bitter veldt]

I am going to use Steven for Bertha

So I can't.

[manic kiln]

did you also pick standard dmg reduction 8? because if you offtype you gonna leave that one uncheck

there's no way you deal that little dmg with lance

[bitter veldt]

Obviously I unchecked that one for sure

I do do little DMG w lance

Idk if I just suck or this game hates me

I think my parameters are right I e read them throughly

[toxic cobalt]

Are you able to record?

[bitter veldt]

Didn't bother recording the whole because no need for you guys to see the awful and I can't go over file limit on discord

[true bloom]

LMAOOOOOO THAT HYPER VOICE

HOW IT DEALS SUCH HUGE DAMAGE

[bitter veldt]

Ok I tried with 0 just to see if I'm doing parameters wrong and I still can't presync

Got that giraffe down to 12%

[toxic cobalt]

Why are you using Drake, and why are you using moonblast

Try replacing Drake with Elio

[sick inlet]

I tried to 3k solo with all 3
(All 1/5)
While Cynthia and Steven were successful - and on the easier side as well (Steven needs the exclusive cookie though)
Lance cannot handle all the pressure from the weather and them actually hitting hard.

I believe at 3/5 or more he probably can have a much better time against them.

But he can very easily Duo it

With anything that controls the weather

Just change the weather and don't touch that pokemon again

Lance will clear

[bitter veldt]

question: what level and what cakes/ex investments were put for all of your champions

and SOLO?????? I'd die... I mean I got 3000k with both cynthia (for aaron) and Steven (for Bertha) but with HARD effort even w 2 other syncs... Flint I just did 1300 points with Olivia, Bertha, and Elio (I cant do 3000 despite ppl saying Olivia can clutch it above. even 1300 I felt it was hard earned w both frontlines dying) What are the parameters and everything?

I genuinely believe my app enemy stats or something is bugged if all of guys are saying it's like a BREEZE EASY cause it's NOT.

[mellow linden]

“Easy” is relative

[toxic cobalt]

Thank you for your research!

[crimson wolf]

i hate going against Bertha. I have tried sleep strats and doing skipping attack i can never come close after one sync move.

even i took down Bertha down i have to do the side next.

i used iron specal attack.

like raihan

[crimson wolf]

this is whati been doing

it works but i have to kill the sides next

also i have 4-5 hours left until the next reset

im way behind

[sacred scroll]

I think now is a good time to tell you that Bertha's sides have Wise Entry x 3 and thus physical damage is recommended

[toxic cobalt]

hmm I am surprised this isn't working though

[sacred scroll]

If they took the non super effective damage damage reduction parameter, then...

[crimson wolf]

whats wise emtry?

[fading cradle]

raises special defense

so sides won’t take too much damage from special attacks

[toxic cobalt]

Why are you tryin gto come cloase after one sync move? You should be doing two sync moves

[crimson wolf]

i know but like after ome sync, all my units will wipe

[sacred scroll]

Even with Skyla buffing?

I don't recall her having any amps on sync

[toxic cobalt]

You don't want to get synced, you should be able to win before then

The real trick will be maintaining a triple queue

[crimson wolf]

ok what i did was i change the prim to a useless one so i can remove two prim. Thats no zone changes for 100

[sacred scroll]

And how did they end up going?

[crimson wolf]

I beat it

[sacred scroll]

[manic mica]

I finally did it

[undone ether]

hard or csmm?

[mint pivot]

Could anyone help me I’m new and only have Bertha and Cynthia

These are my available 5*s

[toxic cobalt]

How good are you at using KGrimsley?

[mint pivot]

I know nothing about any of them lmao

(I’ve only made it this far off of multiple master fairs arc suits and other shit

[toxic cobalt]

The one in the middle of your current team

Can you run him with Skyla and someone who has sleep?

[manic mica]

Hard mode

My first time beating the champion stadium on hard mode

[sick inlet]

Steven is caked, and needs it for the Solo just for extra bulk. Cynthia solo clears before her own sync, let alone Aarons Sync.
If you're doing trios, cakes won't matter at all, these units are insanely good in their own rights. Even at just 1/5. Going from 3/5 and more their grids are also top tier and get freebie stats/nodes.

The idea is just to showcase how good they are, not tell you to do Solo clears

As for Olivia; She's been my Duo clear for all rock stages prior to NC Silver
She definitely clutches like a boss

Parameters mostly play the most vital role in how difficult people find stages

[swift swan]

updated

[toxic cobalt]

Reasonable introduction to Hoenn

[old orchid]

no perma field i sleep

[keen jasper]

No half sync I sleep

[undone ether]

holy crap that worked lool

3 EX Support sync. that flash cannon goes hard

[trail smelt]

Huh

Presyncing the opppnent is one thing

Didn’t expect to presync myself lol

Anyway ready for next week

[manic mica]

Second Ever Champion Stadium! , Is there anything else I could have done better? I tried to get all 15 unique types

[thorny wind]

You did great. Just get the remaining 3 types next week to unlock Master Mode

[manic mica]

alright ty

just realized i sent one wrong ss

[foggy talon]

can i see what did u use for round 1 and 2 as well?

[fiery agate]

Can someone remind me again the typical condition options for master mode, it’s been a while since I played

[true bloom]

The parameters?
The pinned message has recommended parameters I think.

[signal trail]

Good team for genesect hilbert, i kept having trouble for bug elite four

[toxic cobalt]

Someone to buff spatk and crit.

Probably also a speed buffer

[warm fog]

Smells like nc blue.

[toxic cobalt]

Uh
Do not run +def

HP also bad. Change them both for strength

This is my super lazy can’t be bothered to change 3k

It did not work for some of Sinnoh

[signal trail]

Usually when using csmm i feel like i spread ths supports too thin and left with nothing for somelast few fights

[warm fog]

Who did you use until now ?

[signal trail]

I havent i just planning to start

See bug this is gonna be a pain

[toxic cobalt]

Hilbesect Sabrina Elio

[signal trail]

How their grid looks like? Sabrina and elio just normal support hilbert grid always baffle me

[toxic cobalt]

Don't have him myself but this looks fine https://ng-pomatools.web.app/pairs/2001/64900?s=3&l=150&r=6&p=0&a=0&g=AAECAwQFGx4fIyYpKy0wMzU

Sabrina should get the speed buff on reflect, and some of the mprs

Elio just needs troublemaker lucky skill

[signal trail]

Will see

Never try to use the csmm buff

Is it really strong buff

[toxic cobalt]

Depends on the buff

I think R2 is a 1.25% multiplier?

Sorry 1.25x

R5 is either that or 1.5x

R4 does almost nothing

[signal trail]

Hmm ok do i spam metal sound or just hit middle with bug cannon thing

[toxic cobalt]

Well the first few turns should be setting up, probably doing each tm once and metal sound twice if your sleeps go well, while sabrina runs a reflect and also uses her tms once each

After the first sync probably bug cannon if you have enough speed

[signal trail]

Bug cannon middle?

[toxic cobalt]

yeah almost always middle

[signal trail]

Since hes not ex cake

I dont have the cake

[toxic cobalt]

Shouldn't matter

[foggy talon]

is this fine for phoebe on hard mode? before i level them

[toxic cobalt]

Better to focus on one striker and have a buffer

[foggy talon]

ok so just keep elesa then?

[formal vigil]

What other electric damage dealers do you have?

[toxic cobalt]

If sophocles is not gridded then yes Elesa

Hau is another option

[formal vigil]

Honestly I would keep sophocles because you need para to disable healthy advantage 8

[toxic cobalt]

True, I didn't see that passive, wsa just looking for entries

Then that makes it simple, can run Hop

[gilded apex]

Im struggling to beat sydney since I have no bug types

[toxic cobalt]

Looks like it's bugsy time

Or just stall

[foggy talon]

oh ok, sophocles is a keep then, not much other lightning dmg other than hau as well and elesa or lt surge with voltorb

[toxic cobalt]

Surge and Voltorb is for connoisseurs

[foggy talon]

sorry for which battle?

[toxic cobalt]

Any electric weak, just use sophocles lol

He has flinch strats

Skyl Sophocles Hop

[foggy talon]

thinking if i should reserve hop for other fights? since 2 support here?

[toxic cobalt]

Consider Elio more disruption than support

Okay switch him

for any flincher

Acerola?

Do you have any flinchers gridded?

[foggy talon]

yea i think i can grid her abit but is only 1/5

the free one right?

[toxic cobalt]

Yes just grid the aggravation tile

It’s on the bottom left,

Two hexes only

[foggy talon]

ok i will try it out

[foggy talon]

not dealing any damage at all lol

[swift swan]

Iirc phoebe wants status conditions

Make sure to nuzzle first

[fading cradle]

why was hard mode actually kinda brutal

5 types left to go on the medal

[mellow linden]

Hoenn CS is roughly on the same level as Sinnoh CS. Some find it easier, others harder

[keen jasper]

Steel-weak Glacia

[fading cradle]

steel weak glacia being there twice oh kill me

[true bloom]

• another on Red NC stadium later.....

[fading cradle]

already got my stupid teams conjured up for next week so i can finish the medal (i really wanted to fit arc suit lance somewhere but couldn’t <\3)

[fading cradle]

oh are you kidding me

[true bloom]

Yeah Red NC stadium later is steel weak and she's there again 😂

Poma telling us to buy steel unit this month

[fading cradle]

kill me

can’t even hard carry with arc suit steven bc he can only be in one team

[keen jasper]

Ice-weak Drake has sandstorm and WE x2

[fading cradle]

oh my god someone just kill me

guess i’ll slot in may just to change the weather or something

i need water for my medal

[rare grove]

i cannot kill steel weak glacia for my life

my brain doesn't wanna offtype it

[keen jasper]

Striker eggmon Perrserker to the rescue

[rare grove]

i'm so cooked i have no good eggs

[keen jasper]

Good thing I got V. Thorton

[rare grove]

might just cheap out and just bring a dumb broken unit

ngl

[keen jasper]

Also, isn't Phoebe dark-weak next week?

[fading cradle]

oh whoops, i must have looked at the week after by accident

i have a 3/5 karen now, would she better than 1/5 sidney

[formal vigil]

Yes much better

[bitter veldt]

do you not have lillie? Lillie's so good even as a ATTACK thanks to her steel zone buff, I had less problem than my Raihan SP ATTACK steel (btw why DOES Raihan suck?).

[rare grove]

oh wait ur real asf i forgot she was free

[keen jasper]

Sentry Entry x2

[fading cradle]

kid named sentry entry x2:

[toxic cobalt]

not bad

[bitter veldt]

but raihan is Special Atttack, so shouldn't matter (or are you answering that lillie isn't enough for glacia?)

[rare grove]

this shit hard to 3k bruh

[bitter veldt]

really?

i must've gotten hella lucky then

[rare grove]

what params did u use

[bitter veldt]

got her on 1st try after losing with Raihan a STEEEEL SPECIAL ATTACK... even raihans sp attack was worse...

OHHHHHHHH you guys are doing 3000 points MASTERS mode

nvm

im doing hard mode.. im a noob

sorry

[rare grove]

i was gonna say😭😭😭 u 3k ts with no ex i must be a sorry mf at this game

[bitter veldt]

yeah my bad lol... karen and falkner were there just to fill up the types so that i can get to master mode fast

[mellow linden]

If Raihan was struggling on Hard Mode then it was probably a teambuilding issue

But if it works it works, no point worrying about it rn

[bitter veldt]

yeah i did raihan with the same karen and falkner above

[rare grove]

can u hook me up w the strats for glac 3k in like 20 mins?😭😭

[mellow linden]

There’s no one singular method

3k is very dependent on your team and personal playstyle

But depending on how new you are to Master Mode it might be better to start at a lower point value instead of jumping straight to 3k

[rare grove]

ikik i mean like i'll be home soon can u peep my pairs w me and see what's doable

i used to boom 2k and then haven't played in like a year LOL

[bitter veldt]

and lol just realized the "gays" for 5th, why are brendan, steven and koga gay.

[rare grove]

2k still free and even 2500 but 3k is a mystery

[mellow linden]

Then maybe start at 2k and work your way up so you can reacquaint yourself with the mode

You can do as many runs as you want once you have Master Mode unlocked, so there’s no pressure to do a full 15k run on day 1

[rare grove]

u right i'm just impatient LOL

i ex'd new lillie expecting aoe sync

learned what a sprint pair was💀💀💀

[mellow linden]

I mean, the bigger concern is that we haven’t gotten all of the free custom powerups for her yet

So you’re gonna have some that are just gonna be souvenirs now

[rare grove]

yeahhh i fronted the last 5

i'm all g with that

[mellow linden]

As long as you’re fine with that

[rare grove]

had like 100 sitting around from when i grinded and saved everything and powered nobody LOLLL

i thought she was strike

i got bamboozled

[fading cradle]

no i named it for steven and wallace

[bitter veldt]

OHHH that meme lmfao

[toxic cobalt]

Thought I'd see what my most recent f2p glacia clear was and it was a stall lol #1011675077764456519 message

Rough fight

[cold kestrel]

Which team for dragon weak stage?

[mellow linden]

The 2nd one will have better team synergy overall

[cold kestrel]

Alright teams? Moved red to my gladion team so I can have super effective next since I’m off typing ground stage

[mellow linden]

Supereffective up next doesn’t do anything if you’re off-typing though

It doesn’t make the next attack supereffective, it boosts the damage of the next supereffective attack

[cold kestrel]

Didn’t know that, thought It’d make your next move super effective

Well I’ll move him back there then

[mellow linden]

Outside of that, is it Hard Mode or Master Mode?

[cold kestrel]

Master mode, not sure how much I’ll try and go for each stage

[mellow linden]

Then I’d recommend Volkner instead of Skyla on your team for Phoebe and depending on who you have you may want to adjust your team for Sidney

You also may want to consider Lillie + Solgaleo instead of Colress, if not considering off-typing or Poison stall entirely

[cold kestrel]

My bug box is pretty weak

[mellow linden]

I was mainly thinking adjusting Aaron to be someone else

If you have SS Morty, for example, he’d be a great pick instead of Aaron who can help set up Burgh’s Sun modifiers

[cold kestrel]

Don’t got him

[mellow linden]

It doesn’t have to be SS Morty, I was just listing him as an example of how someone else might be able to provide more than Aaron would

[cold kestrel]

Could any sun setter work? Can just throw Blaine with him if so

[mellow linden]

You’d probably want to adjust the Support so Burgh can get max crit if you do so

Overall it really depends on who you actually have available

[lethal flame]

14 types in one run is quite good

[mellow linden]

9-12 is generally the benchmark for 1st week, so 14 is excellent

[lethal flame]

Well, Lance and Cynthia made two fights so easy you could throw in anyone

Phoebe was the « hardest » per say, I had to deal with the side birds because Heatwave was killing me every time

Even the new Lillie and Solgaleo is really strong

[minor hornet]

Any tips on tanks I should invest into for Champion Stadium? at the moment i’m using Sycamore, SS Blue and AS Steven - I can also do the legendary story if any of those are good options

I can move this if this isn’t the right channel

[toxic cobalt]

Please do the legendary adventures

Aaron and Dawn are good tanks

+legexchange

[frozen depot]

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

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

[weak prism]

any idea on some pairs i should level up in order to beat hard mode?

[mellow linden]

Can build a team around:

• Lillie + Solgaleo for Glacia.
• Burgh + Leavanny or Gladion + Silvally for Sidney.
• Hau + Raichu for Phoebe.
• Drasna + Dragalgae or Cyrus + Palkia for Drake.
• Arc Cynthia + Garchomp for Steven.
• SS Steven + Deoxys as an off-type option in case you struggle with on-typing someone.

And probably be fine. Make sure to follow the Teambuilding 101 guidelines and try to include 9-12 different types (as in, the type of the Sync Move that the pair starts the fight as, so Gladion will always count as Normal for this regardless of what type he changes to) across your 5 teams

[weak prism]

ty ill give those a shot

[rain turret]

I used double solgaleo + holiday jasmine for glacia

[weak prism]

sidney and phoebe are rough. dont have the resources to ex the dps and being lvl 140 alone isnt enough to survive or do enough dmg to the enemies. sidney is close but sidney's pokemon is just too tanky and hits too hard

[mellow linden]

Level 120 should be enough. What teams are you using?

[weak prism]

tried a lot of combos. furthest with sidney was either burgh, kiawe and piers/gladion

for phoebe idk what supports to use alongside hau but his raichu isnt doing enough dmg at 140

[mellow linden]

Did you follow the teambuilding 101 guidelines?

[weak prism]

as close as i could with the options i have

[mellow linden]

What Supports have you tried with Hau?

[weak prism]

i was trying sidney first. i only did a few attempts with hau using the same supports + 2 other electric types

[mellow linden]

So Phoebe takes greatly reduced damage if not affected by a status condition

That’s something you’ll need to account for

[weak prism]

if you can think of better ones from here lmk

[mellow linden]

For Hard Mode you can have Hau handle his own Sp. Atk. buff and bring someone who can buff crit

[weak prism]

thats what i did with piers earlier

[mellow linden]

But you most likely weren’t inflicting a status condition on the opponent

Btw, go get your Legendary Adventures pairs and 5/5 20/20 them

+legexchange

[frozen depot]

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

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

[mellow linden]

Also, as another thing to check so as to eliminate variables, are you making sure to triple queue?

[weak prism]

rly just looking for a team i can use against sidney and phoebe so i dont keep wasting resources. if youre able to help me pick 3 for each, or which LA ones to get to help with either

[rapid osprey]

hoenn badge time... i didnt realize that was the last week of sinnoh 😭

[mellow linden]

This is a much better environment to hone your teambuilding skills and your gameplay without being punished too harshly for mistakes, so for now I’m going to avoid just handing you entire teams.

Level 120 is cheap and sufficient for Champion Stadium, don’t worry about going beyond that.

And worst case scenario you have a whole week to clear, don’t feel pressured to do all 5 fights on day 1

[rapid osprey]

i'll miss u for this week csmm rewards ;-;

[weak prism]

i get the whole teaching thing, but rn im just looking for help beating these two quickly so i can get the gems in order to roll on a banner before it goes away. so rn im just looking for help teambuilding for these remaining ones rather than spending a week theorycrafting

[mellow linden]

What banner specifically are you trying to do?

[rapid osprey]

anyway. given the stage parameters, would a lillie-based glacia team want to be round 2? i don't have her ex, but i dont think any of the others synergize with her particularly well

[rapid osprey]

for the banner going away soonest (the seasonal scouts) you need paid gems, not free

no other scout will end before the end of the week

[mellow linden]

If you’re trying to do the 72-hour banners both of them are bait options and I don’t recommend scouting on then

[weak prism]

i have the pack which gives the gems when completing the champion stadium hard mode. with that ill have around 9k gems to roll on both the dragonite banner, along with one that lets you choose a previous season. which im considering getting the earlier cynthia/garchomp i missed

[rapid osprey]

there is no cynthia seasonal. do you mean the 5k banner?

[weak prism]

theres one that lets you pick her once you roll

[mellow linden]

All select scouts are paid gems (AKA real money) only

[rapid osprey]

if so, you should check #1012298913279127582 bc i just explained to someone why (and i say this as someone who adores cynthia, loves that unit, and paid for gems to be able to get her when she debuted) you should not do that

[weak prism]

yes, which the champion pass gives you. once you complete the hard mode

5k paid, 1k free

but theres one that ends in 8 hours

i already have close to pity

and that will also let me choose

[rapid osprey]

can you send us a screenshot of that banner? i dont see anything ending in 8 hours

[mellow linden]

I’ll give a few tips for Phoebe & Sidney specifically:

• Volkner can provide a status condition and boost Electric moves via Electric Terrain.

• Hop is a Support who buffs Attack and critical rate.

Hop is from Legendary Adventures

[weak prism]

im just looking for 2 teams i can use out of the units i showed

[mellow linden]

And don’t forget I suggested SS Steven as an off-type pick if you struggle with on-typing

[rapid osprey]

we dont really want to play the game for you

[mellow linden]

Both of those above tips + the knowledge of SS Steven as an option should provide the tools you need to succeed with little to no trial and error

[weak prism]

i get that. im just asking for help since this ends in 8 hours and ive already wasted resources on some of the suggestions that dont syngergize well with the other units i have

[rapid osprey]

ok but what is this banner

[weak prism]

im willing to put in the time for the following weeks to do more research but for this one instanc eim just looking for a little help man

[mellow linden]

Volkner helps Hau + a Support do Phoebe, SS Steven + Psychic Terrain is a win button

There

I’ve basically handed you entire teams with that

[rapid osprey]

you have drasna. the first stage parameter boosts status conditions. for phoebe, you have volkner like cobalt said, add story hau** for a spammable move and do her second for sync buffs since hau can stack them up quickly. i dont think steven/deoxys is dark weak so use him for sidney and put him fourth to take advantage of the phys reduction, which leaves glacia third

is that what youre looking for?

[uneven moat]

for hard mode, do the type pieces I got last week count towards this week

[rapid osprey]

no

each region's medal is distinct

last week was sinnoh, which was the last week of its cycle

this week is hoenn, which is the first week of its cycle

so this week's will carry over to next week

but last week's wont carry over to this week

[uneven moat]

oh okay thanks

do you get gems for beating it

or only the first time

[mellow linden]

Only from the one-time missions of beating CS Hard Mode in general

[rapid osprey]

drake 1: blaine drasna dawn/fire dragon grass
glacia 2: bp morty poppy/lillie leaf/ghost steel normal
phoebe 3: lucian clemont sycamore/psychic electric fairy
sidney 4: darach noland ssa cynthia/flying bug fighting
steven: ground
remainder: water ice poi rock dark

given water ice rock poi dark, are any of those weaknesses that might show up next week?

sidney is either flying or fairy; phoebe is either ghost or dark; glacia is either fire or fighting; drake is either ice or rock; champ could be grass poi or psy

[supple reef]

next week is fairy dark fire ice grass

[rapid osprey]

oh wait we know what next week is already?

i thought it would roll from the options

[supple reef]

schedule for the month is pinned

[rapid osprey]

oh i didnt see that that was the schedule w/ weaknesses; my bad!

[worn tusk]

Im trying to do r3 glacia who should i add for raihan

Amd im using on type pre sync

[old orchid]

a gauge support + a spdef tank

[worn tusk]

Okay how abr r4 phoebe

can I special move offtype

[old orchid]

how is your Electric roster?

[worn tusk]

Not good

[old orchid]

that's far from from not good

Sonia/Elesa/Volkner can easily clear with right params

[worn tusk]

I BEAT CS

[gleaming jolt]

RBG!

[undone ether]

rbg? oo.o

[gleaming jolt]

The teams against Phoebe and Drake!
Those are Random bullshit

[trail smelt]

Oh yeah I have no idea what I’m gonna do for Steel Weak Red stadium lol

[toxic cobalt]

We will suffer

[crystal notch]

Is it not offtypeable/xerneas horn leech poison stall able?

[mellow linden]

At least some of the stages should be fine to off-type or Poison stall

[toxic cobalt]

Xerneas horn leech hasn't worked since 2.5k

Well, not easily

[paper summit]

I mean, you can off type all the time just fine, but that of course depends on what teams you are using

and sometimes you are better off doing just that rather than trying to make a bad pair work on type

[echo gale]

no 3k presets hm

[indigo moss]

Tryna beat the bug stage any suggestions? These my strikers

And what's left of my tech and support units

Help wluld be greatly appreciated

[lean lion]

Is this Hard Mode or MM?

[indigo moss]

hard mode lvl 1

[lean lion]

You can run Bugsy + Noland + Aaron

Should be enough for hard mode

[indigo moss]

i have bugsy?

[lean lion]

Yeah

Both Bugsy and Noland are 4-stars

[indigo moss]

i seem to have aaron but not bugsy but i do have viola

[lean lion]

Send a screenshot of your bug types

[indigo moss]

She 3 star ig

[lean lion]

3-star my bad

So yeah Bugsy Beedril, Noland Pinsir and Aaron

[indigo moss]

what i do for setting up and who do i attack with

[lean lion]

Can you grid Aaron's TM MPR?

Wait MPR is 2/5

[indigo moss]

i hv him at 2/5

what is MPR tho

[lean lion]

Your Aaron is 1/5 unfortunately

[indigo moss]

oh

yea

[lean lion]

Trainer Move MP refresh

Is Hop available?

[indigo moss]

i dont think so

[lean lion]

Which other stages have you cleared and which types are already registered?

[indigo moss]

i didnt unlock the type thing yet

and i cleared everything

aside from bug

just cause i literally ran out of dammage dealers

if they let me reset

would hv done bug stage

i just made 2 mistakes in team selection tbh

[lean lion]

Just use Bugsy with the 2 supports here if you haven't registered Fire and Dark yet for the Type Medal.

Looks like this. Can be accessed through either Hall of Fame. Or there should be a prompt in the bottom right on the team select menu in Champion Stadium.

Or you could just share the teams you used for the other 3 battles and we can figure it out from that

[indigo moss]

i legit dont even have hall of fame unlocked xd

[lean lion]

What teams did you use to clear the other 3?

[indigo moss]

lance dragonite with 2 supports free anni unit and 2 supps and zebstrika and 2 other supports

i did always have an actual dps xd i just ran out

i used red in stage1

cause i thought i could reset

if i didnt i would hv easily cleared

[lean lion]

The Types of the supports you used are important since you want to focus on getting the type medal asap to unlock Master Mode for better rewards, takes a minimum of 2 weeks of Hard Mode battles to register all 18 types.

[indigo moss]

wouldnt i need to worry about that in master mode?

[lean lion]

If you go back on this menu, you can see in the background where it shows which types you've registered

[lean lion]

You need to complete the Type Medal to even unlock Master Mode

[lean lion]

This

Gimme a sec

[lean lion]

Go with Aaron, Leaf, Bea

Use Aaron's TM twice then spam Defense Order, Bea uses X atk once, X spd twice, syncs, then spams Meteor Assault, Leaf for Potions if needed and her TM replenishes guage so try to save them for after your first sync.

[indigo moss]

alrighty will try after a few mins charging my phone

but thank u for the help i appreciate it deeply

[crimson wolf]

how can i beat steven with high attacks? The only thing i need to focus is lower def and attack

any units that has leer or screech can work but i meed to focus on attack more. Growlling can lower attacks but i still need to focus on defense. What unit i need for it?

[old orchid]

you don't need to debuff Steven

he just gets +1 to both defenses when he gets hit, that's it

[crimson wolf]

ok how can i beat it then?

[toxic cobalt]

Who are you using?

[crimson wolf]

i have normal Cynthia and then skyla for def up. And any leer type for low def

like neo camp leaf

[toxic cobalt]

That seems a decent team, how is it going?

[crimson wolf]

I struggled because of skyla will take down within 3 hits. Yes the Potion Works but im always worried to stay alive

[swift swan]

even at max defenses?

and NC leaf even debuffs attack too

[bitter veldt]

Think we can all agree that by looking at the future weeks stats, we hate that freaking Glacia the most, am I right? xD

[mellow linden]

Steel weak Glacia is one of the outliers amongst Hoenn CS that’s a significant spike in difficulty for most

Since nearly all Steel damage-dealers are physical

[bitter veldt]

beyond that, for 2 weeks she's gonna have BOTH wise/sentry entry Sp defense/defense up +3 (worse than this week) and 20% up for both sp defense/defense for hail defense....

i will NOT have fun...

[fading cradle]

what

[mellow linden]

You’re mixing up the Entry N and Entry xN passives

[fading cradle]

either way, glacia is gonna piss me off

[mellow linden]

The Entry N passives just boost the stat by N ranks at the start of battle, and this can be ignored by critical hits

The Entry xN passives multiply the base stat by N, and this cannot be ignored

The only Glacia variant with an Entry xN passive is Steel weak Glacia with Sentry Entry x2

The other Glacia variants you’re actually more concerned about her offensive capabilities

Since she can just decide to spam Blizzard on you

[bitter veldt]

GOD this game is so freaking annoying Sentry Entry x2 and x3. OBV by wording it looks like x3 seems worse

but yeah.

[mellow linden]

No Glacia has an Entry x3

You’re mixing up regular Sentry Entry 3 with Sentry Entry x3

[fading cradle]

[keen jasper]

Isn't that Bertha

[fading cradle]

now i can see why everyone was complaining about glacia during the special fire weak cs

[mellow linden]

The sides on Steel weak Bertha do have Wise Entry x3, yes

But that was back during Sinnoh CS

[bitter veldt]

it says x2 for me

not x3

[keen jasper]

Yeah, no one in Hoenn CS has x3 entry passives

[bitter veldt]

buttttttt not that it affects me , this week I'm doing hard to fill up my 15 types.

third week i will have toworry

imagine sentry entryx3 AND wise entry x3.............. that better not be a thing/option of any elite four

[mellow linden]

Anyway, the wording on Fighting weak Glacia’s Sentry Entry 3 is:

“Raises the user’s Defense by 3 stat rank(s) when it enters a battle.”

Meanwhile, Steel weak Glacia’s Sentry Entry x2 has the following wording:

“Increases the user’s Defense by x2 when it enters the battle.”

The wording is different

With the former it just means Defense goes to +3 at the start (can be debuffed back to +0 and lower or ignored by crits), the latter instead doubles the base stat (cannot be ignored)

[mellow linden]

There is not, the closest thing is that Ghost weak Wikstrom’s Aegislash has the equivalent of Sentry Entry x2 and Wise Entry x2 only when in Shield Forme

Which goes away when it attacks

[mellow linden]

Fixed this, for some reason I accidentally typed Hoenn when I meant Sinnoh

But anyway, the other Glacia variants you’re mainly just worried about whether she’s going to wake up and choose violence via Blizzard spam

[keen jasper]

The only "F2P" steel special damage dealer is eggmon striker Perrserker

[mellow linden]

You also have Thorton…’s Sync Move

[keen jasper]

I did specify F2P, but sure

[mellow linden]

Regular Thorton is basically f2p as a gacha 4-star

[formal vigil]

thorton is f2p

[keen jasper]

Oh that one, I thought you meant V. Thorton

[mellow linden]

Nah, that’s why I did the joke of “Thorton…’s Sync Move”

[keen jasper]

Right

[mellow linden]

Because that’s the only part of his kit that’s special damage

[bitter veldt]

So.... the week stats gets more challenging as the week goes by.

i'm seeing.

[mellow linden]

Not really

[keen jasper]

Ice-weak Drake is a pain in the ass

Need to replace sandstorm and need a physical DD

[mellow linden]

Which stages are harder depends a lot on your specific roster

[bitter veldt]

oh i seee, no i just see gazillion stats on glacia for the 5th week

but those stats are not that magnificent

[keen jasper]

Fire-weak Glacia is easy, but she spams Blizzard so yeah

[bitter veldt]

just a lot of blizzard/hail weather shiz

so gotta pre-sync hard...

[mellow linden]

Depends on your team

Sometimes you just have the raw bulk to deal with it

[keen jasper]

Fire-weak Glacia kinda asks you for SS Morty because of his consistent AoE healing and team Sp. Def. buff

[mellow linden]

SS Morty is definitely someone the stage was designed to favor, but as long as you respect the stage gimmicks you can make a lot of teams work

[bitter veldt]

Hopefully my Raihan as A+ in damage dealer/SP attacker can do something..

He couldn't against Bertha last week though.... so i'm worried. but we'll see

[mellow linden]

Well the sides on Steel weak Bertha had triple the base Sp. Def.

[keen jasper]

That's because Raihan is a special steel DD and the sides have WE x3

[mellow linden]

So Raihan was for sure gonna struggle there

[fading cradle]

what even are some physical ice type damage dealers ☠️ originally was gonna run ghetsis but looks like that plan is ruined

[mellow linden]

Hala

[keen jasper]

Candice

[mellow linden]

All returns to crab

[fading cradle]

[keen jasper]

No, we Barack baby

[mellow linden]

Candice is also good, yeah

If you have both then even better

[fading cradle]

only candice i have is base candice

[mellow linden]

That’s the one we mean

[fading cradle]

nice

[bitter veldt]

I have to check the sides too?

-0-;

this game

no wonder

[fading cradle]

which grid to run on candice

[keen jasper]

2nd week of the Hoenn CS this month is funny

Fairy-weak Sidney on that week, and you know what is released during that week?

[fading cradle]

[keen jasper]

https://tenor.com/view/war-cry-pokémon-latios-gif-26294705

[fading cradle]

[keen jasper]

I wonder, does SC Zinnia still have the highest record points for solo?

IIRC, she did 5k pts. solo

[mellow linden]

Depends a bit on the team, but Super Preparation is good to have

[karmic zephyr]

I need teams

for Sidney I could try Burgh

for Phoebe I could try Elesa

I guess I don't have good options for Glacia but I could try player solgaleo

My best option for Drake would be Palkia

[mellow linden]

Could build a team around:

• Guzma (grid Towering Force on him) for Sidney.
• Hau or Elesa (grid Inertia and if you can both Standfast tiles on Elesa if you pick her) for Phoebe.
• Lillie + Solgaleo for Glacia.
• Cyrus for Drake.
• Off-typing with SS Lysandre for Steven.

And probably be fine. Make sure to follow the Teambuilding 101 guidelines, check and see if there’s any specific gimmicks you need to shut down via the pomatools link in the pins, and try to use at least 9-12 different types across your 5 teams (the type of their Sync Move)

[karmic zephyr]

I really do have trouble building teams

At least I picked all the right damage dealers since you confirmed almost all of them

[mellow linden]

CS Hard Mode is a great place to hone your teambuilding skills

Both in general terms and when factoring in specific gimmicks

[karmic zephyr]

based on what do I pick supports

for example for Guzma

I randomly picked Chase and Misty

[mellow linden]

Based on what your damage-dealer needs:

Damage-dealers want +4 to +6 in their corresponding offensive stat, +3 in critical hit rate, and whatever other buffs they may need based on their damage modifiers (if they have Ramming Speed, for example, they’d want Speed buffs).

Barring unusual circumstances (very rare), damage-dealers do not want to spend more than 1-2 of their own turns on self-buffs

And for the corresponding offensive stat it’s Attack for physical & Sp. Atk. for special

So make sure to read your damage-dealer’s kit, see what (if anything) they can handle themselves in 1-2 turns, and pick a Support to fill the gaps

[karmic zephyr]

So for example Guzma can raise both his Atk/Def and his crit rate in 2 turns

and he's a physical attacker

so he should be fine

[mellow linden]

He can do either his Attack + Defense or his critical rate in 1-2 turns

When I say 1-2 turns, I mean for their entire set of desired buffs

In order for Guzma to do all his buffs himself he’d need to spend 4 turns on self-buffs

[karmic zephyr]

whaaa

oh you mean so it can be stacked fully?

[mellow linden]

In order to reach +6 Attack, +6 Defense, and +3 critical rate, he would need to use his Trainer Move twice and his Dire Hit+ twice

For 4 moves total

So you would want a Support who can handle either his Attack + Defense buffs or his critical rate buffs

[karmic zephyr]

so Pikachu looks great on that part

oh no wait, Pikachu buffs special attacks

[mellow linden]

I was about to say, while Chase can do that, you may find it better to save him for a different team that appreciates his full suite of buffs

[karmic zephyr]

okay, let's focus on this one for now

wait I got it

Hop Zamazenta can do it

[mellow linden]

Sure. You’d want to grid Hop’s “Hop to It!: MP Refresh” tile from his Sync Grid, but doing so would allow Guzma to spend just 1 turn on self-buffs to get Towering Force maxed (since Hop only gives +1 Defense to his allies per Trainer Move use)

[karmic zephyr]

or Falkner Swellow can raise the crit rate

[mellow linden]

That’s another alternative if you’re fine with Guzma using his Trainer Move twice for Towering Force buffs (or if you run a 2nd Support to handle Defense buffs)

[karmic zephyr]

hm so you're basically saying Zamazenta is my best option here cool

so that leaves the final spot

and I had an idea

I read on the tips that the field turns into Dark Zone before sync move

so I need to change the zone

so for my last spot, I need to pick a pokemon that changes the zone

[mellow linden]

You aren’t required to do so, but having someone who can change or remove Dark Zone may help if the fight takes longer

[karmic zephyr]

now the real question is, do I have someone?

I have SS Erika with Sunny day if that works

[mellow linden]

When it comes to stage gimmicks the pomatools link we have in the pins is a much better way to understand which ones you should really be paying attention to

[mellow linden]

Weather and Zones coexist and do not overwrite each other

To replace/remove a Zone you would need either a different Zone or someone with Defog

[karmic zephyr]

okay let me search

I have Volkner Luxray

[fading cradle]

lisia has defog

[karmic zephyr]

oh yeah she does!

and she's so cute too!

[mellow linden]

Volkner sets Electric Terrain

[karmic zephyr]

Terrain is different from Zone?

[mellow linden]

Which while it doesn’t seem like a difference, it is

Weather, Terrain, and Zone can all coexist

[fading cradle]

i relied on lisia a lot in my early cs days to get rid of zones, you could use her to get rid of the dark zone if you have to

[karmic zephyr]

this is so wild

[mellow linden]

You can have Rain, Electric Terrain, and Ground Zone at the same time, for example, but could not have Sun & Hail or Grassy Terrain & Psychic Terrain or Fairy Zone & Normal Zone

[karmic zephyr]

okay so Lisia, Guzma, Hop

so what's the plan

use Guzma to crit rate up

use Hop's move

Lisia does nothing, Guzma attacks

then she defogs right before sync

[mellow linden]

Guzma would want to use his Trainer Move once to max Towering Force from his grid, and all 3 of your team members should be taking action before every enemy action, including the first

That’s called triple queue, and it is vital

[karmic zephyr]

I can't kill Shiftry

But I can kill the other 2

[mellow linden]

Are you focusing on the center opponent first?

[karmic zephyr]

no but this might help

[mellow linden]

Focus on the center opponent 1st. I know it feels like you’re not doing as much, but it will actually help you more as you’ll KO the center (and thus remove the opponent’s ability to use a Sync Move, which is very impactful) faster

[karmic zephyr]

okay now I killed Shiftry but died from the other 2

hahaha

Altaria feels kinda useless

[mellow linden]

Lisia’s not doing a whole lot outside of removing Dark Zone, yeah

[karmic zephyr]

It feels like I'm not far from beating him

[mellow linden]

When is the center opponent getting KOed?

[karmic zephyr]

right before he does his 2nd sync

[mellow linden]

Okay, something is off if he’s almost making it to his 2nd Sync before getting KOed. Did you make sure to grid Towering Force on Guzma?

[karmic zephyr]

yeah I did that

and a whole other random grids

not sure if I should've focused on some specific ones

other than Towering Force

hmm now that I look at them they look so random

[mellow linden]

If you have a lot of spare orbs you could snag No Quarter and the Pin Missile tile that’s right above Towering Force

[karmic zephyr]

wait hold on because my tiles seem really random

[mellow linden]

But more importantly, are you making sure to triple queue, and how are you handling move queueing when your Sync is ready?

[karmic zephyr]

I think I tried focusing the prismatic tiles

that's why my sync move can do a lot of damage and even one shot liepard but my pin missle does nothing

but they can be reset right?

[mellow linden]

Yes

[karmic zephyr]

okay so which ones do I need specifically

[mellow linden]

You can reset Sync Grids with no resource loss, with the caveat that any universal orbs are converted to pair-specific orbs

[mellow linden]

The tiles I mentioned right here

[karmic zephyr]

so leave the prismatic ones and focus these

okay

[mellow linden]

Also since there’s no energy cost make sure you grab that +20 Attack tile that’s right next to the initial hexagon

[karmic zephyr]

wait IT WORKED!

Who would've thought sync grids make that big of a difference

I was really struggling and now I beat him with almost full hp all pokemon

DAMN

good job Cobalt! Thanks!

[mellow linden]

I’d imagine it was mainly the reliability boost on Pin Missile

[karmic zephyr]

Okay let's try Phoebe now

[mellow linden]

Just as a heads-up, if you use Elesa and cannot grab her Standfast tiles from grid, do not click Wild Charge

[karmic zephyr]

okay let me see if I can grab that then

okay I can

Inertia and Standfast?

just these?

[mellow linden]

Both Standfast tiles and Inertia, yeah

Try that for now, it should be enough for just Hard Mode as long as you’re respecting the stage gimmicks

[karmic zephyr]

she has another Standfast tile that's locked even though I picked both Standfast

[mellow linden]

Don’t worry about that for now

[karmic zephyr]

The one that's locked is 9 the ones I picked are 5

ah okay

so let's pick the right supports

she needs Attack

so she can spend 1 turn raising her attack

so that means she needs def and crit rate

[mellow linden]

She can spend up to 2 turns on self-buffs

Elesa doesn’t need Defense buffs since she doesn’t have Towering Force

[karmic zephyr]

oh okay

[mellow linden]

She needs Speed buffs instead for Inertia

[karmic zephyr]

so she just needs someone to boost her crit?

oh okay

Hilbert Oshawott buff speed

I can take a minute to evolve it

[mellow linden]

If you have the orbs to spare, you could grid Critical Eye on Elesa

[karmic zephyr]

oh I think I did that yeah

[mellow linden]

And then she’ll handle her own crit buffs by just attacking

[karmic zephyr]

okay so how does Hilbert sound?

[mellow linden]

He can work for sure

[karmic zephyr]

okay let me evolve him

[mellow linden]

Maxes Elesa’s Attack and can handle enough Speed buffs that Fast-Track from Elesa’s base passives can probably handle the last 2 Speed buffs

[karmic zephyr]

so that leaves us 1 spot

and after reading the tips, apparently I need to raise my sp def

[mellow linden]

Hold on

Because the main thing you need for Electric weak Phoebe is someone to inflict a status condition on her

[karmic zephyr]

oh I thought Elesa would do that

I read her passive

[mellow linden]

She can only do that if you use Spark, and that's only a 30% chance (unless you grid Hostile Environment, which is not ideal)

[karmic zephyr]

it's honestly fascinating that you know what everything does without looking at them

[mellow linden]

It's something you'll remember over time

Hoenn CS has been around a while now

[karmic zephyr]

I didn't use the grid you mentioned

okay so I need someone who paralyzes

[mellow linden]

Any status condition

Burn, Poison, or Paralysis being the most ideal

[karmic zephyr]

can anyone Paralyse without them being electric type?

[mellow linden]

Erika + Vileplume has Stun Spore, iirc

But you can also run Burn or Poison

[karmic zephyr]

Colress has Thunder Wave

[mellow linden]

Sure, he's another option (though keep in mind you might be using Steel later with Lillie + Solgaleo)

[karmic zephyr]

hmm

how can Oak Mew paralyze?

[mellow linden]

Not reliably at all

[karmic zephyr]

I put on the criteria to only show me pokemon that can do that

and others can but Oak Mew appears too for some reason

[mellow linden]

After Syncing he gets Thunder

[karmic zephyr]

oh it's his first passive yeah

[fading cradle]

can’t volkner paralyze

[mellow linden]

He can, and if need be he'll work fine

[fading cradle]

i think his passive gives him a higher chance of paralysis?

[karmic zephyr]

I could try Volkner sure, I mean eventually I will have to use the same type

My roster isn't unlimited

Calem can paralyse too

I want to avoid using another electric type on this one because I know I want to use Chase in one of the other 3 battles

so if I use electric now, I'll use it again later too

and I know Chase has a strong pokemon

It's definitely between Colress, Calem and Erika

[mellow linden]

You can also use other statuses

[karmic zephyr]

you mentioned that yeah

do you want me to go for a specific pokemon type?

as in, i won't be using it on other battles?

[mellow linden]

If you can fill in the status requirement while filling type medal at the same time it would be good

[karmic zephyr]

I could try Koga

[mellow linden]

Sure

[karmic zephyr]

or Lucy

[mellow linden]

Either one should be fine

Just reset if they don't Poison the center in 1 or 2 turns

[karmic zephyr]

my other poison types have less chances of leaving the targets poisoned

okay

so which one Koga or Lucy

[mellow linden]

Either works

[karmic zephyr]

Koga is 1/5 Lucy is 5/5

[mellow linden]

They're just there for type medal and a status

[karmic zephyr]

okay

so my goal is to use Seviper first and inflict poison on the first turn

and that's it?

[mellow linden]

Make sure you're triple queueing, but once Lucy's poisoned all opponents she can use whatever moves

[karmic zephyr]

that's very hopeful of you to assume she will survive that long

hahaha

okay so let's discuss the plan

Seviper goes first trying to poison everyone

then Elesa buffs

then Samurott uses speed

then again Seviper and then do I attack or buff again with Elesa?

and if I attack which move do I use?

[mellow linden]

Elesa only needs to use her Trainer Move as her final action before she Syncs

Outside of that you click Wild Charge if you can afford the recoil, Spark if you can’t

Make sure you’re triple queueing

[karmic zephyr]

the thing is

I can do it all

BUT

there's that one move

not sure what it is, it feels like a heat wave or something

that literally instantly kills Elesa

she had 50% HP and died because of that move

[mellow linden]

Hmm

[karmic zephyr]

oh now she had 80% and died

from that move only

and only 1 pokemon alive

what is that move damn

[mellow linden]

What you could do, if Elesa isn’t working out, is use Hau + Chase

[karmic zephyr]

no she is working though, I do kill almost everyone

[echo gale]

I'm assuming off typing Phoebe this rotation is pretty hard at 3k considering the limitations

[karmic zephyr]

it's just that 1 move that instantly kills everyone

[mellow linden]

Could try to flinch with Hilbert’s Waterfall then

[karmic zephyr]

he's alread dead when that happens

[mellow linden]

What does Hilbert get KOed by?

[karmic zephyr]

well he's 1st in tactics so just from everyone I guess, because I can kill Drifblim + 1 of the other 2 pokemon

and it's just Elesa, Lucy + 1 side pokemon

and that side pokemon, whether it's Natu or Sigilyph, does this move and the game ends

I literally had 80% with Elesa it was wild

[mellow linden]

What move is KOing the center opponent on your runs?

[karmic zephyr]

Depends, it's a mixture of wild charge and badly poisoned

it's after I use my first sync

right before my 2nd sync

and I can use my 2nd one to instant kill any of the other 2

[mellow linden]

Then something you could try is targeting one of the sides with your 1st Sync and letting your 2nd Sync KO the center

[karmic zephyr]

umm well, except my sync can't KO the center. But it can do some damage sure

and badly poisoned does great damage as well

[mellow linden]

Something is up if your 2nd Sync is outright unable to KO the center opponent after all the damage from Wild Charge & Poison

Did you learn this across multiple runs or just 1?

Because it’s possible that your 2nd Sync just didn’t crit

[karmic zephyr]

oh wait wait, so you're saying use poison and wild charge on mid and when it's time to use my first sync, use it on the sides

[mellow linden]

Yes

[karmic zephyr]

and my 2nd sync should be on mid

I could try that

[mellow linden]

Yes

Target the left side specifically with your 1st Sync

[karmic zephyr]

oh multiple.I think 3 or 4

okay I'll try that

[mellow linden]

And make sure to status the sides as well

As iirc all of them have Healthy Advantage

[karmic zephyr]

yeah I do that don't worry

[mellow linden]

Just making sure

[karmic zephyr]

okay left side is dead let's see what happens

[mellow linden]

If the issue is from the last remaining side and you’re able to KO center with your 2nd Sync anyway then this should solve your issue

[karmic zephyr]

look look

I did that and it didn't fix the problem

and I was about to use Electrifying

what if, I target both sides with my 2nd sync

[mellow linden]

Okay, hold on a moment

[karmic zephyr]

my 2nd sync this team killed mid

[mellow linden]

When is Hilbert going down again?

[karmic zephyr]

um should be right after 1st enemy goes down

so in this case, when Sigilyph died

[mellow linden]

Okay, we’re gonna try something here

Use Skyla instead of Hilbert and have Elesa use X Attack twice

[karmic zephyr]

oh the thing is, she already used X Attack twice haha

[mellow linden]

…Hilbert means you don’t need to do that

[karmic zephyr]

oh hahhaa

but that just buys me a round

let me not use it twice

[mellow linden]

Hilbert maxes Elesa’s Attack with 2 uses of his Trainer Move

Regardless, if you can get Skyla to 4-star potential then she might do better than Hilbert here

And if you were doing 2 X Attacks anyway then literally nothing changes with Elesa’s actions

[karmic zephyr]

that freaking heat wave

I hate it

I'm so damn close

on one run, Xatu fell to 0 hp from poison but used heat wave first and I lost right before I win

IT WAS A TIE

[mellow linden]

I’m gonna have to take a break for a bit, worst case scenario you can always try Chase + Hau + type medal filler (since Chase Paralyzes opponents who attack him)

[karmic zephyr]

ah okay

I want to try and beat her

I'm so close I can taste it

Okay done

Finally

The secret was to focus the sides first

Time for Glacia

So I suggested player Solgaleo and you suggested Lily Solgaleo

my question is why are there even 2 Solgaleos in first place

[crimson wolf]

Ok. I still haven’t beat Steven, I can’t survive in one sync. It’s always one hit kill and keep lowering the attack to the max.

Now I have to get anniversary cynthia for better damage

[mellow linden]

Ok, I'm back now

[mellow linden]

Because DeNA says so

[mellow linden]

You aren't required to get Arc Cynthia

[karmic zephyr]

okay can you explain Sprint types? how do they work?

[crimson wolf]

Ok how did you beat it?

[mellow linden]

Sprint pairs are focused on Sync Countdown Acceleration

[karmic zephyr]

aha so which other pokemon would lily need? someone to buff her speed or attack?

I realized I still haven't played my strongest pokemon yet

Marnie, Hop, EX Bede, Chase, SS Hilda

[mellow linden]

I've beaten it in the past with Hop + Courtney + Fall Roxanne. Is this Hard Mode or Master Mode?

[mellow linden]

If she's not gridded for Sharp Entry then someone to finish Attack & crit is ideal, if not then +2 Attack is good (but not outright required)