Champion Stadium

[manic mica]

Yes, use sandstorm when entering battle right after she uses hail.

When she uses hail before her sync move, IMMEDIATELY use ur dynamax.

[signal panther]

I see what you're saying

Is it enough to just multi level up my pokemon I have at level1? And which support would be good for raihan and which dps?

I dont wanna lock out other good pokemon

[manic mica]

Well of course level it up, 125 would work. The support you could use is…

Do me a favor would ya? Could you filter out all the units only to support?

[signal panther]

One second

[manic mica]

I apologize but I need to take my leave, however use a support that is fire type.

I say, good luck on the Type Journey.

[signal panther]

Thank you for the help! Ill try a bit. Have to go soon too

[rapid osprey]

is there anyone who has both lithe and flameproof?

ah. alolan golem

[clear breach]

Could I beat Sidney 3K with any of these characters?

[old orchid]

SS Wally + NY Lisia + a support should be enough

[fading cradle]

can any damage dealers here clear phoebe with 3k, i cant ontype or poison stall her 💀

[old orchid]

Arc Lance + NC Nate

[fading cradle]

anyone i can also use to offtype drake? he’s been giving me a hard time too

[old orchid]

nvm i got the 2 mixed, Arc Lance team should go to Drake

[lean lion]

Drake wants Phys damage so definitely

[old orchid]

you can try SS Lysandre on Phoebe, or SS Steven

[zinc island]

Can any single unit solo phoebe dark type?

I got 3/5 SC zinnia, NC marnie amd 4/5 akari

[lean lion]

3/5 NC Marnie might be able to do it but the run will be extremely reset heavy

[old orchid]

i recall there is a CS solo sheet somewhere

[zinc island]

Oh

[old orchid]

that documents all CS solos so far

lemme try to find it

[zinc island]

Thanks i apreciate it

I think this week is my best chance to make a solo in all stages

[fading cradle]

i’ll try them, who should i bring as the support, skyla? idk if melony will help since she doesn’t raise speed

[old orchid]

i want to bring a rain/terrain setter to enhance the dmg dealer, for support, preferably who provides them SMUN

or defensive support if they can't pre sync

[lean lion]

Someone with sync CD could also be nice to not rely on quad queue to get to 2nd sync

[fading cradle]

here’s all my supports

[lean lion]

Alt Elio + NC Silver is also an option

Are either of them EXRd?

[fading cradle]

both are EXRd

if you’re talking about silver and elio

[lean lion]

Yeah

[fading cradle]

is silver at 1/5 enough though?

[lean lion]

Nvm though. I forgot about Phoebe's SEx2.

Can't bring Silver vs Phoebe

[fading cradle]

yeah that’s kind of what stopped me from using them lol

i was looking more towards the special side here

[lean lion]

Leaf + Lysandre + Rain Setter

Leaf + SS Steven + psychic terrain

You could also replace Leaf with Alt Elio for some SMUN like Gakon suggested

[fading cradle]

i can try that, should i inflict weather/terrain right away or wait?

[lean lion]

Vs Phoebe you can wait until after supp EX

1st sync - weather/terrain - damage dealers move

[gleaming jolt]

I used NC Cheren and SC Irida and they handled it well!

Against Phoebe

[fading cradle]

wait should i use presync or postsync params ☠️

[lean lion]

Which supp are you going with?

[fading cradle]

my cheren and irida are both at 1/5, so idk how they’ll do

[fading cradle]

leaf

if she doesn’t work out, i’ll switch to elio

[lean lion]

Try presync

[gleaming jolt]

Cheren 1/5 can devastate anything in CSMM!
And once Phoebe summons the Ghost Zone Irida also hit much harder!

If you are still trying different things and nothing is working then you can give them a try! (Use a Def buffer support with them maybe)

[fading cradle]

hmmmmm

[gleaming jolt]

Also Irida's attack debuffs can save you from sync move!

[lean lion]

Strength 1, strength 3 and half ally hp at start

Phoebe's attacks are all single target until after sync. Just heal Leaf at the start.

Also, you can give the team Tony suggested a try. It might work better than this setup tbh. Especially if you have NC Cheren or SCIrida EXRd.

[gleaming jolt]

Yeah NC Cheren ExR is nice! AoE

[fading cradle]

my nc cheren is EXRd so he could work?

[gleaming jolt]

Sync

[gleaming jolt]

Ofcourse

[lean lion]

Yup

SCIrida also bring guaranteed flinches if you need to interrupt hard hitting moves

[fading cradle]

hm alright

who to bring as a support for nc cheren then

[gleaming jolt]

Anyone who can buff defences

I guess

[lean lion]

Leaf works. Grid her for Adr, Ramped Up and Crit Squad.

Or a supp who can buff both defenses.

Phoebe has both Phys and Special

[gleaming jolt]

Yeah!
Like BP Morty

[fading cradle]

im not really liking this half ally hp param though

[lean lion]

Better than giving them hp honestly

[gleaming jolt]

I mostly use post sync with high opponents HP and High Strength parameters!

[fading cradle]

leaf’s literally just dying before she can even sync

[gleaming jolt]

I try to avoid attack parameters

[gleaming jolt]

BP morty alive?

Nvm he is not Exed

[fading cradle]

still got him but yeah i don’t have him exed

[gleaming jolt]

Still you can try him for Both Defence buffing and flinch, so he can survive more!
And sync with NC Cheren both the times!

[lean lion]

Melissa I'm blind. You can pick can't change weather terrain zone instead of half hp

[fading cradle]

does cheren need flying zone here? i had anni skyla slotted in solely for zone

[lean lion]

I'd bring SCIrida for personal damage and because it allows you to pick can't change wtz for free 150 pts

[fading cradle]

wait so (this looks stupid, idk who to bring)

[swift swan]

aren't both of them 4 gauge abusers

[lean lion]

Bring Leaf and go with these params.

If you feel like you need the mp, swap half ally mp to atk 3. Leaf can max Irida's and Cheren's stats with TM + sync.

[lean lion]

SCIrida has 50% FMUN so can be worked around with some luck

[swift swan]

attack 3 is nothing to be afraid of, i'd say grab it always

[fading cradle]

DUDE. I WAS SO CLOSE.

my failure with quadqueing once again costing me another battle are you serious

[lean lion]

You got this

A couple high rolls on moves and it's a clear

[fading cradle]

holy shit at last 😭 had to reset a few times to hope phoebe would start off with x speed. irida really does take advantage of phoebe using ghost wish

thanks for the help with phoebe, now drake’s next and idk who to put as my support or what params to turn on and off 🤡

[lean lion]

Do you have a team planned for Wallace?

[fading cradle]

i have something like this, erika is just there to replace rain

[lean lion]

Mallow is 3/5 right?

[fading cradle]

5/5

[lean lion]

And don't disregard Erika, she does solid dps with Leaf blade

Looks good then

[fading cradle]

yeah, i was planning to brute force with erika too, just haven’t gotten another copy of her lately so she’s stuck at 2/5

this is the team i have for drake, elio is tentative

unless i know i can keep him on the team

[lean lion]

That's why I asked you what you're planning for R5

But since you have a solid team, it's okay to use Elio here

[fading cradle]

aight cool

[lean lion]

Try and see if not changing the weather is hurting your run too much

[fading cradle]

what other params should i include?

[gleaming jolt]

I forgot you can use SS Steven to tank as well!

[fading cradle]

😭 i’m so used to using him as damage dealer lmfao

[gleaming jolt]

I barely use him that way!
So it's hard to remember

[lean lion]

Atk 3 and max hp 2 or max hp 4

Grid Elio with Sand Shelter, Lithic Healing, First Aid 4 and Rock Zone team DR

[fading cradle]

lel

that was too easy lmfao

[lean lion]

[fading cradle]

no way melissa first hoenn csmm 15k clear?????? thanks to everyone that helped me

[old orchid]

[silver dirge]

Big accomplishment, congrats!

[fading cradle]

thank you arch, couldnt have done it without everyone who helped me here

[lean lion]

Nicely done and congrats!

[fading cradle]

thank you trout, you helped me a lot with this stadium

[lean lion]

Always happy to help

Gakon and Tony came in clutch with their suggestions as well!

[fading cradle]

yep, owe them a lot too. tony fr came in clutch with the phoebe team, i would have never thought of that team myself LOL

[gleaming jolt]

Just throw two busted DDs and any CSMM 3k can be conquered!

[lean lion]

I concur

[silver dirge]

Duly noted in their favour - they're awesome

[manic mica]

Congrats!! Was asleep and missed the moment tho..

[manic mica]

I agree

[blazing perch]

So happy for you…this drake old man is giving me a hard time

[versed sorrel]

Which parameters should I get? I really need the championship sync

[old orchid]

The pins have recommended master mode presets, as well as which round parameters should be avoided against specific stages

I suggest replicating the 850 pts sets first to get used to MM

[versed sorrel]

is it impossible to have 15,000 pts?

[old orchid]

It's not, but it's a bad idea to jump straight to 15k without much experience

[blazing perch]

I think I need differently params and maybe take brendan ?

[old orchid]

If you don't pick interference param you will clear Wallace easily

I assume you choose r2 params for perma field effects

[blazing perch]

Yeap

[old orchid]

Tbh Dawn doesn't work well, because Wallace stage is fully special, keep that in mind

The tank doesn't matter much when sure flinch is involved

[blazing perch]

I will try without the interference params and special defence support

[old orchid]

Or you can replace SS Lyra with SS Erika and keep no interference

Erika is a beast ontype when invested, not to mention permanent sun massively benefits her

[blazing perch]

I tried her but she dies too fast

[old orchid]

Well because you used the wrong type of tank

[blazing perch]

Maybe I have make the enemy strong with the params

[old orchid]

The params are fine

Except the half ally mp

[blazing perch]

Ok let me check some runs

[lean lion]

Pick sync buff instead of that

[blazing perch]

Yeap the interference was the problem

Thanks guys

[wheat dragon]

so i ended up poison stalling sidney to death

Drake remains

hail teams are a lil awkward since iron head chunks the steel weaks

[wheat dragon]

Down he goes

[wheat dragon]

And done!

Gotta say lyra did get a nice kit glow up

Was reluctant to use her but then i saw what she got from expansions

[rapid osprey]

has anyone run arc cyn on drake?

i just dont have good enough ice damage to not run out of uses of hail so im considering using the sand against him

wait beans then i cant do the on-type damage param

ughhh

[fading cradle]

i think astro used arc cynthia on him

[rapid osprey]

👀

god i appreciate discord's pseudoforums for many things from a moderation standpoint but also good god i hate that you cant search in them

[fading cradle]

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[rapid osprey]

beans i cant see what /5 astro (or azu who also seems to have used arc cyn on drake) have her at

[fading cradle]

oh yeah, that does suck might have to ask astro or anyone who used cynthia

[rapid osprey]

my mpr options for weather otherwise are sygna erika (who i was hoping to use for wallace), may, and candice

[fading cradle]

i brute forced drake with nc nate and arc suit lance without clearing weather

[rapid osprey]

but candice is just so. augh

what were your params?

[fading cradle]

hmmmm lemme see if i can recall them

[rapid osprey]

my goal rn is to try and clear 9500; i'm at 5250 after 3 but i know i can ramp up a lot on wallace

infinite sun go brrr

but even so taking off the non-se dmg reduction param puts me behind by 300

[fading cradle]

something similar to this but i cant recall the exact ones. maybe i had max hp 2 on but i dont really remember

[rapid osprey]

gotcha

[fading cradle]

infinite wtz went so hard for wallace, especially if ur using ss erika

[rapid osprey]

god yeah i had so much fun my first go round

[fading cradle]

i cleared him with arc steven, as erika, and mallow

[rapid osprey]

mallow???

lmao

incredible

[fading cradle]

yeah, on master mode too lmao, she actually worked wonders

[rapid osprey]

my first clear for was finishing out my medal so it was just brain off at that point since i had my 3 missing medal pieces

so i did sygna erika bp lusamine and i think lyra? since her tm likes sun

idk it was a massacre lmao

[fading cradle]

lmao hard mode clears have some silly looking teams for sure

i had koga in mỹ wallace team only bc i needed poison for the medal

[rapid osprey]

mine was using oak nido to tank on glacia for poison but before we got him it was almost always janine

just throw her in there, she buffs speed to help everyones gauge and then she just does whatever

ugh this is truly so atrocious. irida pls cycle back in i have no ice types and i must scream

[fading cradle]

i feel you, i used hala as an attempt to ontype but was getting nowhere so i saved drake for last and brute forced him

[rapid osprey]

i have 0 seasonals, maybe i need to go back for summer steven bc despite being one of the oldest seasonals hes also somehow. the only innate hail bringer unit??

pal bea is prob better overall bc she has it on entry and on sync but

im just so lacking in ice damage 💀

[fading cradle]

same, candice is just and hala slows himself down and has a gauge heavy move

[rapid osprey]

oh damn pal bea is also an astonish unit?? damn

damn shes really kinda cracked

also i cant believe we dont have a mamoswine unit yet... but who would be the best fit for it....

[fading cradle]

should have been pryce, smh

or wulfric

[rapid osprey]

avalugg is wulfrics ace!! im all in favor of that one and in favor of whenever they add his ancestor and hisuian avalugg

gaeric? i think thats his name

[lean lion]

Astro's Cynthia is 3/5

[left storm]

She do be soloing like 10 legendary arenas with astonish and no damage sync

[brittle steppe]

So far i use my steel boys and my dragon boys for this fight

Just a noobie just started out and got lucky on arc banners what 2 other teams should i make to clear this

[swift swan]

Lance and cynthia easily beat 2 rounds

I notice you don't have all the legendary adventures pairs yet? Get Silver and Ho-oh for fire

[brittle steppe]

Okay

He is good?

Who can work with him @swift swan

[old orchid]

Please read his kit and the teambuilding guide, to see who can cover his needs. After that you can post your team here for feedbacks

[brittle steppe]

I don’t get why he is good?

[old orchid]

he is your best Fire dmg dealer you have got

Showing your type medal progress helps us to assist you on making teams

[brittle steppe]

Where can i access the type medal access?

[old orchid]

Go to teambuilding menu -> the progress button in the below the edit screen

[brittle steppe]

Which is the teambuilding menu

[lean lion]

Go to fight any stage is CS -> when you get the menu to select your team there'll be a Type Medal Progress bar at the bottom right

[brittle steppe]

Am i stupid or am i just not seeing it

This?

[lean lion]

Yes

You need to register all 18 types to unlock CS Master Mode

[brittle steppe]

Ohhh

But as of now i am trying to beat it

I have ss steven too

And chase

But i don’t know what to build my team with

[lean lion]

No reason you can't beat it while progressing type medal

[brittle steppe]

Can help me recommend a team for it

These are the 5 stars i have

[old orchid]

Please do this

[lean lion]

Build teams for:

Silver vs Glacia

SS Steven vs Phoebe

and AS Lance vs Wallace

[brittle steppe]

So overstimulating too many pairs

[old orchid]

We are not playing the game for you, we are guiding your step by step

Teambuilding is the most important aspect, so you should learn the basics of it asap

[brittle steppe]

What do you think of these teams

@old orchid

[old orchid]

Which team is for which round?

[supple reef]

You also would like to have more type coverage, I'm only counting 7-8 distinct types which paces to finish the type medal in 3 weeks rather than the minimum 2

you also duplicate one of Sonia or Chase, which CS explicitly disallows

[old orchid]

[brittle steppe]

Ohh not using the chase flying team

I don’t have much type that synergises with the rest

[supple reef]

You don't need the synergy necessarily - Arc Cynthia and SS Steven will both be more than capable of carrying their respective teams and so you can add type diversity there

[vague ridge]

Are there options that are considered easier? Like Max HP vs Strength or Attack/Def up?

[keen jasper]

You never pick defensive stats up

[rapid osprey]

ok yeah i have no ice strong enough for this. time to figure out how to make up the 300

i think im just gonna offtype brute force it with arc cyn arc steven

[old orchid]

It comes down to the stage gimmicks, your team and your playstyle

For example you want to use Arc Lance to clear a stage quickly, that means you don't want to take too many defensive params like HP up

[left storm]

In general str up with only +1 (sometimes 1+3) atk up is the most manageable to kill before sync

But if you can't kill fast enough better go with a mix of hp and str

[vague ridge]

Thanks!

[old orchid]

We have recommended param sets pinned here, they can help

[rapid osprey]

it always feels good to take half mp when your team is all 1/1 anyway

free points wahoo

[rapid osprey]

damn this team was so close... gwg is nice but i think i need to return to the ssa cynthia + vigi on erika comp bc shes just made of paper

[old orchid]

You would get better result with a sub Grass dps

Instead of running 2 supports

[rapid osprey]

yeah, i was packing lodge dawn for mpr to max spdef

bc i was thinking that + -spatk might work

[old orchid]

Dawn is fine

[rapid osprey]

but i think ssa + sygna erika + a third grass is better

maybe base dawn for razor leaf chip on sides since im running -spec params anyway?

[old orchid]

No, not a good idea

You want to use a dmg dealer

[rapid osprey]

gotcha

i mean the other idea is just move erika to side and put brendan in center as sync

take off inertia and solar flare to skill into solar blade boosts and let him do the syncing

[old orchid]

If Brendan is 3/5 and EX, consider that. The positions don't matter, tactics do tho

[rapid osprey]

ah sorry, my default is center = main sync/dps/tactic 3

also yeah hes 5/5 and ex from way back when

ok yeah i could probably go higher than 9500 with this comp but 9500 clears the dense pocket of champ spirits and i def cant get to 11500 ir wherever the next us so o7 tysm!!

now to ex arc steven for that good good 2x sync buff

[fading cradle]

i just learned that steel weak glacia has sentry entry so uh, can my team be revised or anything

[left storm]

She's not hard to brute force with lillie

You have -2 rebuff and zone

And an extra Def dropper

[fading cradle]

ah alright, guess i’ll stick with this team then, thanks 🫡

[left storm]

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Like

Really easily

[fading cradle]

[lean lion]

Hoping for half-sync tomorrow

[rapid osprey]

yeah i wouldnt worry about sentry entry you'll be fine

[manic mica]

Oh yeah tomorrow is reset no

Hoping I can finally put my Riley to good use

[rapid osprey]

honestly you might even want to swap out one or more of those units to use elsewhere

[left storm]

Also

Ex your lillie

[fading cradle]

don’t let melissa cook again

[lean lion]

Easy sweep for you next reset

[fading cradle]

done

[manic mica]

Looks easy for you

[fading cradle]

for once a champion stadium isn’t tackling my weaker rosters

[rapid osprey]

that final corner team is a+

[fading cradle]

poor wallace getting murked by a steven 2 weeks in a row

[rapid osprey]

look if hes gonna get merced by anyone he might as well get merked by his boyfriend

this is still the fruitiest image ive ever seen in this game dena Knows

[left storm]

Why was she exrless in first place, did you forget?

[rapid osprey]

could be conservation of spirits

[manic mica]

Did it myself too

[fading cradle]

i was low on spirits LOL

[rapid osprey]

my anni lillie is queued up but is in "i have 0 spirits" jail bc exing arc steven > exing her

[fading cradle]

i also wanted to save spirits for arc cynthia and riley 🤡

[rapid osprey]

im right there with you

my heart wants to ex riley asap

my brain says i need to wait 😔

[fading cradle]

there’s a fighting weak glacia next week so i need him exed asap

[rapid osprey]

i just love him and hes my BOY so

fighting weak glacia is an added benefit dfgjkjkhdfg

[fading cradle]

watch her have sentry entry

oh wtf

sentry entry AND wise entry, she wants us dead

[lean lion]

Those aren't x2 passives. Just means she gets +3 def and sp def on entry.

They're inconsequential

[fading cradle]

ahhh aight

[rapid osprey]

yeah, those just mean you need to debuff

[fading cradle]

looks like im bringing colress next week then

[rapid osprey]

honestly steven > colress here

[fading cradle]

oh right i forgot

[rapid osprey]

you're overlapping on their utility

and he gives rebuff

[fading cradle]

im so used to using him to tank and boost that i forgot his b move lowers defenses

[rapid osprey]

lmao

[fading cradle]

it’s over glacia

[rapid osprey]

unless that drake team has smth to mandate special in which case we're all doomed you might want colress on him

bc rock has 3 spec syncs and the rest phys and not great damage all things considered

[fading cradle]

wait are we talking about this week

next reset

[rapid osprey]

no

this week drake is weak to ice

[left storm]

He's still ass

No rush

[rapid osprey]

next week is weak to rock

[rapid osprey]

incorrect hes the love of my life and he and cynthia have been gender since day 1 of diamond and pearl i will hear no criticism

[left storm]

He really wants EXR too but he's not as great even with it unlike lillie imo

[rapid osprey]

hes like those people who will die on the hill of janine for me

[left storm]

If he's fave that's another deal

[rapid osprey]

yeah thats what i meant by my heart

[lean lion]

Can't have Riley slander on my watch

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[fading cradle]

that’s this week though? this coming reset

[rapid osprey]

ok i would say this week is the current slate, next week is after it rolls over

just a diff in language

[fading cradle]

riley’s the true champ

never slander my boy like that again

[left storm]

My face when you can do this with most units with sync cd on half cd condition:

[lean lion]

Here's one that's not on half-sync

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And I'm pretty sure "most" units can't do this, half-sync or not. Maybe the busted ones, but for a free pair this is amazing.

[fading cradle]

now im wondering if i should start a champion stadium clear log, i have tons of undocumented stadium clears that date back to like april lol

[lean lion]

I love documenting my clears. Also shows you how much you've improved when you look at your old teams/clears.

[fading cradle]

true…bc my oldest cs clears were…very questionable!

[lean lion]

Precisely

same here

[fading cradle]

right then, i’ll try to create a post then, it’ll only be champion stadium since that’s the only game mode i take seriously LOL

[left storm]

Free pair with EXR

Without it he wouldn't have won either

[gleaming jolt]

Wow! That's awesome!!

[lean lion]

He would've won either way. EXR made the run effortless, not possible.

[left storm]

Idk if he could've oneshot sides

Especially without that extra attack stat

[fading cradle]

you got cs2 on him?

[lean lion]

Sync KOs mid, SEUN CC quad queue OHKO's side and denies move, either 2 shot the other side (eat one move) or OHKO, im not sure whether he OHKO's either. But, yeah, its definitely possible without EXR.

[left storm]

The "eat one move" part is the one that's pretty doubtful

To me

I really struggle to see him tank an AoE

[lean lion]

It's possible to reset for better move RNG. This is just the successful run, but if they use TM's to start RIley is a lot healthier at the end.

[lean lion]

Yes

[left storm]

Yeah I mean if I run morty and just never get hit I guess I could beat 1v3 ghost

Doesn't make Morty great

[lean lion]

Agree to disagree

[left storm]

I say this only because I personally never cared for it, it's been done hundreds of times before ofc

[manic mica]

I Stan Riley

[rapid osprey]

wasn't there an all-electric special stadium earlier this year? i remember it bc aaron in that lineup took me FOREVER

[true bloom]

Yeah Cheren special stadium

[rapid osprey]

ok phew i didnt somehow hallucinate it

[rapid osprey]

also, theres no way to go back and see the teams/order you used for a prior special stadium right? only if they choose to rerun it?

[old orchid]

even if they rerun a special CS, you won't be able to see your teams used in the previous one

[rapid osprey]

ah gotcha

rip

[undone ether]

best to just make screenshots of them when you clear'm.
i typically put my clears on a spreadsheet so i can adjusts my teams for cs or special stadiums

[rapid osprey]

ye, i'm making a #1010274591601598555 thread and realizing i have no records that i can dig up

alas

[undone ether]

i used to put it on stage-clears too but it can be difficult to search specific clears 😭

[rapid osprey]

very fair... i was working on a spreadsheet that had a search function so that i could call the specific icons for each pair (particularly for gauntlet teambuilding like cs where you can only use pairs 1x/need to draft a number of simultaneous pairs not just one at a time); maybe i'll finish that and put my logs in there

[keen jasper]

I barely made the cut

No half sync this week

[swift swan]

updated

[keen jasper]

Half sync when

[fading cradle]

i went too overboard 💀

[swift swan]

hoenn deserves overboard

[fading cradle]

phoebe and drake deserved it for last week

i think this is the first time i did a 15k clear without even asking for help bc these teams were too killer

[manic mica]

Struggling with R2 Phoebe

[fading cradle]

and bless arc suit steven

i almost struggled with wallace bc i synced with ss steven first lmfao

[manic mica]

My Roster + BP Barry included

[lean lion]

You can try Fantina, an off-type damage dealer you don't need for the remaining 3 fights, or ol' reliable Poison stall

[manic mica]

Saving poison stall for Wallace since my psychic roster even worse

[manic mica]

I tried Fantina + Victor but realized ghost zone also benefitted her

[lean lion]

Olympia might be able to handle Wallace, even without psychic terrain

you dont have Bianca right?

[manic mica]

No

[trail smelt]

Almost presync’d everything, could have presync’d rock had I not turned on special attack reduction lol

Ready for next week

[fading cradle]

i would make teams for next week rn but it’s like 3 am 💀 adios

[manic mica]

Should I poison stall then and pray Olympia + Sycamore + sp def reducer can beat Wallace?

[lean lion]

I think she'll be fine, go for stall

[swift swan]

Get a good tank, Haze Phoebe right away

That furious brain is awful

Fantina and Victor is a good core

A good tank who can max sp def should be able to eat a few ghost zone boosted attacks

[manic mica]

Sycamore comes to mind but he needs sync to max sp def

Melony could also work maybe

[swift swan]

Melony is good, also helps with sleep denials

[old orchid]

This week params are pretty good for my personal challenge

[manic mica]

If I can get through Aaron , I can hopefully accomplish 15k again

For Off type Post Sync , which other Params can I add?
Team is
SS Nemona , Penny , Argenta

[toxic cobalt]

Probably adding a lot of HP

[lean lion]

Aaron?

[manic mica]

Yes

[lean lion]

Am I missing something? Aaron is Sinnoh

[manic mica]

Oh wait I meant Sidney

I'm dumb

[lean lion]

Do you have Lodge Skyla?

[manic mica]

guess who swapped for lodge dawn

and my only option is the suicidal bird

I have a plan

[manic mica]

My plan did not work

[trail smelt]

What was it

[manic mica]

R4 Sidney

Actually it might be possible , I need to make some adjustments

[thorny wind]

Permanent field effects you say

[manic mica]

First Try Wallace. This felt way easier than last time. Getting used to it I think.

[lean lion]

[blazing perch]

Can I 3k?

[mellow linden]

Almost certainly

[blazing perch]

Is that team ok?

[old orchid]

You would want a more defensive support

[mellow linden]

Might need to adjust the Support a bit, yeah

[blazing perch]

Yeap ss brendan did the job

Thanks guys

Should I offtype?

[lean lion]

Gridded 3/5 Olivia should be enough

[blazing perch]

I need defence support?

Is this good?

[nocturne pawn]

tierno is not a defensive support

[lean lion]

Someone who can buff atk and defense. And replace Gordie with Alt Selene.

[nocturne pawn]

rock drake doesnt need weather iirc

[old orchid]

You can save Drake for R4 for perma field param so Selene doesn't have to worry about circle running out

[blazing perch]

It’s round 4

[old orchid]

That's great

[blazing perch]

Should I use only selene for dmg then

[nocturne pawn]

well no

[blazing perch]

Cause I take either special or psyc attack reduction

[nocturne pawn]

olivia has an actual nuke and i dont think she can dps hard enough

if this is 3k anyway

[manic mica]

You can get 3k without picking either special or psyc Atk reduction

[blazing perch]

I’m dying fast from this dragonite

Is Olivia’s sand boost sync preset good for nyke

[silver dirge]

Have you shared your parameters? That's the most important thing to check first

[lean lion]

params look okay, but I think you should pick the 50 pt dmg reduction and atk param instead of max hp

you'll probably need to reset if enemies spam AoE moves

[blazing perch]

I think the problem is my strat or the teams supp

[near coral]

So what are the gimmicks for the elite four this time around? Like per round

[lean lion]

[near coral]

Didn't realise. Sorry

[lean lion]

You could consider bringing someone like Hop or Sonia for faster offensive buffing on top of defensive buffs. Note that Hop is weak to Fire so left's Flamethrower could be a problem.

depends on who's available honestly

[near coral]

Hmm so for me looks like Glacia is round 4. Phoebe will need to be round 1 or 2 by the looks of it then

[blazing perch]

Already used hop I will maybe poison stall it

[lean lion]

That works, just make sure you have a plan for Wallace

[rapid osprey]

hm, sand (drake) or lillie's steel zone (glacia) for r4? we dont go ghost wish (phoebe) since that boosts her too

almost definitely doing sidney third, pidgeot go brr

[fading cradle]

glacia would probably be obliterated r4 if you send in anni lillie 2024

[rapid osprey]

i mean i can prob obliterate her either way, but its more who is easier to make up the 150 points from wtz change

given the types i should be fine with 9500 this week and could maybe do 11k, but

[lean lion]

If Lillie is paired with AS Steven, go Drake R4. If not, go Glacia R4.

[pearl canyon]

this weeks types were much kinder to me, 15k baby, only remotely difficult one was phoebe since my lillie and irida are both 1/5 (plus all the spread attack rng)

[lean lion]

Also, note that Sidney's Dark Pulses will hit very hard on R3

[pearl canyon]

i totally forgot about the round-based conditions

[fading cradle]

i used that same exact team for glacia, she didn’t stand a chance lol

[pearl canyon]

colress just kinda died instantly to a spread attack (mines 2/5 so kinda worthless anyways) but steven and lillie were able to clean sweep

[fading cradle]

my colress is also 2/5, he somehow didn’t die

[rapid osprey]

rn ive got (not ordered by round, just by type)

• flying: blue (ex) or lodge serena + lodge volkner or darach (-evasion)
• ghost: ssr cyn (exr)
• steel: anni lillie, poppy, and/or arc steven (exr)
• rock: uh... kukui?
• psychic: bianca, giovanni (ex), lucian

arc steven might be more helpful supporting the rock team than on glacia

[pearl canyon]

i totally forgot i have renegade cynthia why did i not use her for phoebe i was cycling a bunch of different tanks lmao

[lean lion]

Depends on who you go with vs Drake. But yeah, its possibele to save Steven to be used elsewhere

[rapid osprey]

im thinking ssr cyn + colress if i do phoebe on the stat reduction round

[pearl canyon]

yeah i feel 2024 anni lillie can do glacia well enough on her own where arc steven can let you win basically any other round

[rapid osprey]

ok yeah ty for that confirmation, that helps me settle things up!

ok so if i do drake r4, i can do half mp bc i would only need to set sand 1x/there wouldnt be an overwrite

frustratingly gordie has his gmax instead of setting sand on max move but

bertha kukui steven would probably work, sand + stealth rock + lowering atk with sand tomb, steven and kukui both lower def, steven's contrary should be fine in terms of guarding from the speed drops but otherwise i can always grab haste or smth im 99% kukui has it in his grid

ok. so r1 phoebe, r2 glacia, r3 sidney, r4 drake

[fading cradle]

that can work

that’s the exact order i went in but it just depends on who you have on your team

[rapid osprey]

ye, ill put colress with lillie since i dont have ex on her for lack of spirits and then i have a bunch of supports who would pair well with them

.... i have what might be an absolutely insane idea

dawn 100% covers fierce entry and will probably/hopefully cover unbreakable bonds to some degree. so then who raises spdef and helps with the fact that we've got two extremely slow units?

anyway triple sinnoh double dawn comp lets GO

[rapid osprey]

ok messed up right at the end with the timing of my ghost wish (accidentally gave phoebe two boosted shadow balls instead of one) but 2k on phoebe clear B]

hm.... colress anni lillie redlax for glacia seems like it would genuinely work its just making me laugh bc. dc core breaking containment

[median kindle]

Is there a document I can use for Champion Stadium

[old orchid]

The pins have helpful resources that you could make use of

[gleaming jolt]

First time all on-type clears!

[old orchid]

I know i shouldn't say this, but

Poopy

[gleaming jolt]

I didn't get the chance to sync second time against last three battles!

[lean lion]

Loving all the Hoenn overkill this week!

[fading cradle]

hoenn deserves it anyways

[lean lion]

real

[bitter veldt]

Hey Glacia's side grunts, miss your blizzard please (at least on my striker) so I can beat you

[keen jasper]

Now do it in 4k pts.

[nocturne pawn]

man if i could but gems id definitely select sc irida cuz phoebe is annoying the shit out of me

who was she even made for anyway

like what ghost type has attack drops

ok besides sc irida but she released like a year after

[lean lion]

Time to unbench Lucian

[nocturne pawn]

again he is not a ghost type

[fading cradle]

i love spdef drops

[mellow linden]

Might be a combo of SS Korrina & Fall Morty

I forget how the releases line up though

[rapid osprey]

base morty has demoralize 1

[hot fern]

why did this dragonite legitimately just triple flinch me

[rapid osprey]

if you sack acerola you can -2?

wait no -1 to both

[manic mica]

I felt like I overkilled too for my level

[rapid osprey]

fall phoebe also has a passive to ignore target having raised atk when being hit?

idk how that would work here tho

[fading cradle]

rng is biased towards dragonite

[rapid osprey]

oh damn summer 24 acerola also has this

ahh and ny dawn is feather dance double drop with power posture

and power posture

[mellow linden]

Fall Phoebe and Summer Acerola are out for “who is this designed for” since they released way after Hoenn CS did

[rapid osprey]

oh phoebe did?

mb

i thought she was older

was ny dawn?

[mellow linden]

Iirc she released after since I think Hoenn CS happened before 3rd anniversary

[mellow linden]

Fall Phoebe was part of the most recent batch of fall seasonals alongside Fall Roxanne

[rapid osprey]

gotcha

ahh i thought she was 22. mb!

[mellow linden]

No worries

[rapid osprey]

but yeah im guessing its honestly demoralize 1 on base morty plus a general incentive to bring more than single type teams

maybe even actively including normals as ghost counters? idk

[bitter veldt]

would skyla anniversary 2022 be better or gary's pidgeotto in terms of damage for this mode

prob skyla, right

[mellow linden]

A. Skyla has a better Sync nuke, Blue + Pidgeot has better regular move damage (though requires taking 1st Sync to do so)

[rapid osprey]

what are their respective move levels?

[bitter veldt]

Oh I totally forgot about their levels

Lol they're both hella weak

Both at 1

[rapid osprey]

damn

rip

[bitter veldt]

I can't even finish Sydney even with Steven

[rapid osprey]

who are your other flying types?

[mellow linden]

Which Steven we talking about here?

[bitter veldt]

Skyla is my best lol

[rapid osprey]

pls send yr roster

you might have hidden gems

[bitter veldt]

Arc Steven ( but that's because I added no type reduction )

[rapid osprey]

what i was going to say was: pidgeot 5/5 can do great damage with air cutter boosted by brutal clarity and ramp up 2 compressing both his tms into 1, then using sync power flux and brain sync 5 to give him respectable damage vs a 1/5 anni skyla

[mellow linden]

If you have Lodge Skyla then her + A. Skyla for Flying Zone (not necessary if this is just Hard Mode) + a Support will work

[bitter veldt]

My flying roster is shit

Even though Skyla anniversary was a freebie from that event pick , but... She does not live up to the anniversary name

[mellow linden]

It’s a slightly goofy team, but A. Skyla + a Winona gridded for Hurricane damage + a Sp. Atk. & crit Support would probably work

[rapid osprey]

5/5 kahili could work too

[bitter veldt]

Wait kahili is useful?

Wow I never touched her once

[mellow linden]

Kahili has a solid Sync nuke

[rapid osprey]

yeah

[mellow linden]

If gridded for it

[rapid osprey]

shes definitely a tech

[bitter veldt]

Oh.....

[rapid osprey]

but she can do work

she has def crush 4 on peck and haymaker

[bitter veldt]

I gave her NOTHING except levels from free sync trainings and other training dailies

[mellow linden]

What point value are you shooting for, btw?

[rapid osprey]

winona or kahili are your best options imo. or you can pick up bp falkner

[bitter veldt]

Ofc everyone's going for 3k

[rapid osprey]

but you should be fine

i mean

im not lmao

[mellow linden]

Depending on how new you are to Master Mode you may be better off going for a lower point value

[rapid osprey]

i did 2k on phoebe and might try for 11k for a new pb but generally aim for 9500

[mellow linden]

Especially since the difference between 2.5k and 3k isn’t very much rewards-wise

[fading cradle]

you get all the important rewards from like ~4k+ points i believe

most of the higher rewards are just tickets and champion spirits

[mellow linden]

850 per stage (4250 total) nets the important rewards with little to no difficulty increase compared to Hard Mode

[bitter veldt]

Well I need the champion spirits and only at 15k they give the most champion spirits

[rapid osprey]

6k is 2k orbs, ditto for 7.5k, 9.5k is the cluster of champ spirits

then its 5 tickets 5 champ spirits alternating

[mellow linden]

You will be swimming in Champion Spirits sooner or later with just like, 10k per week (if not lower)

[bitter veldt]

It's 85 champion spirits per week if u get to 15k

[mellow linden]

Don’t tunnel vision on instant gratification, this game is about bit-by-bit of progress each day

[rapid osprey]

imo - if you do a clear aiming for 9500 for those champ spirits, then reset and aim higher, you will get way way more out of it than trying to immediately do 15k

[bitter veldt]

Wow that feeling exists in the upper tier ppl? I'm like in need of spirits lol

[rapid osprey]

9500 is plenty difficult, and you'll get the majority of the spirit rewards even if you cant then finish the higher score second run

[halcyon sail]

Yes when you ascend to high tier you have unlimited CS

[rapid osprey]

(higher tier?)

[mellow linden]

Dropping from 15k to 12.5k will be like, going from 3 EXs’ worth of spirits every 2 weeks to 4 EXs’ worth of spirits every 3 weeks

[bitter veldt]

Well the thing is I have all arcs units and thought that was a guarantee 9k but no... (My Lance cannot 3k - Cynthia I can, and Steven maybe I haven't tried Steven on non type)

[halcyon sail]

Referencing the upper tier people comment

[rapid osprey]

ah

mb

[mellow linden]

You will be swimming in spirits before long since the real bottleneck is the 5-star powerups

As an example, I have like 200ish 5-star powerups vs. like 2.5k+ Champion Spirits

[bitter veldt]

Interesting thanks for letting me know. I thought you get way more power ups.

[halcyon sail]

At the start perhaps

[rapid osprey]

but yeah theres no shame in aiming for a lower point total that you can actually achieve (and have fun with)

[halcyon sail]

But quickly the distribution changes

Lodge can inflate your PU count at first

[bitter veldt]

OH I do lodge..

[rapid osprey]

i probably could brute force 15k but i dont want to, so i aim for what i need to get the rewards that actually matter

[bitter veldt]

Btw I'm almost close to 2 months this game.

just to let u know my pov... yeah

[rapid osprey]

sure

[bitter veldt]

very diff worlds

[rapid osprey]

in a 5yr old game im both an oldhead from having played when the game dropped but also a newbie bc my cumulative play time is~430 days

which is approximately half back then and half now

you only really hit the middle solid tier from like, a year? year and a half? of play imo, with a bias towards ppl who started that year more recently due to power creep

so you have a ways to go. its fine, so do i!

anyway brb gotta go

[mellow linden]

Another thing to keep in mind is that you don’t have to do all of CS in one day

Weekly reset just happened today, so if you don’t have what you need to get your teams properly put together yet you can come back to it tomorrow after getting more stuff from tomorrow’s dailies (Sync Orb area and such)

[bitter veldt]

yeah i'm not in rush. just getting some advice - the kahili advice really might help considering i thought she was useless af.

and i have glacia and drake down for 3000k by practicing without finishing.

[mellow linden]

The 3- and 4-star pairs generally range from decent to amazing

[bitter veldt]

for single nukes id suppose

[mellow linden]

Also, worst case scenario don’t forget that you can go with Poison stall

[bitter veldt]

do ppl actually mange poison stall

for 3k

[mellow linden]

I’ve done it a few times in the past (though I don’t do it much these days since I have a roster that can on-type with relative comfort)

[bitter veldt]

yeah not much is there i assume w this roster?

[mellow linden]

A Poison stall team usually consists of:

• A Poison inflictor (preferably Bad Poison from Toxic or Poison Fang).
• A debuffer (Janine is generally the premier pick due to Venom Drench, but loads of others work too depending on the stage).
• A tank (a defensive Support with good healing, ideally Potions and/or a heal-on-Sync passive).

Most of the options for Poison inflictor are low-rarity like Koga, Lucy, or BP Erika

You don’t need to make the team monotype, BP Erika is a Grass Sync Pair and she’s in the top 3 Poison inflictors (Lucy and SS Leaf being the other 2)

[bitter veldt]

Just Really buff support I suppose yeah

[mellow linden]

They don’t even need to be a “broken” Support, just defensive-focused with healing

BP Morty is one of the best options for Poison stall teams since he has Potions, +2 to both defenses per Trainer Move use, and Synchro Healing (or whatever they changed that passive’s name to these days) in his grid

Depending on the stage options like Skyla + Swanna can work too

[bitter veldt]

Cool do you know any video or guides on this poison thing? Getting one 3k down would always be help in the future in case in the future I don't have good type lineup.

I should learn.

[mellow linden]

Basically your Poison inflictor just applies Poison (and Trap if they have it) to all opponents, your debuffer debuffs enemy offenses to keep them at -6, and your tank buffs the teams defenses, heals as needed and usually is the one who Syncs since usually they’ll have a passive that heals them (or the whole team) on Sync.

And of course make sure to triple queue so you can get that on-Sync healing as much as possible.

Give everyone Vigilance Lucky Skill if you can so as to avoid bad crit RNG

We have some example parameters in the pins, when going from 2.5k to 3k just make sure to avoid picking parameters that increase the opponents’ damage output unless you cannot reach 3k otherwise, and if you do have to pick offense-boosting parameters then the flat stat increases of Strength ^ will be less of an increase than the parameters that directly increase a stat

[bitter veldt]

wow im learning a lot.

janine is USEFUL actually in one situation and i have her at lv 1 COMPLETELY unused once in my whole game.

thanks

ill def check out the parameters in the pinned

and maybe check videos and such

[near coral]

Looking at the teams I've made, each has one team member at level 100 while the other two are at 140. I don't know about that really. I also still need to fix up sync grids too but maybe it'll work? I'll need to list the teams later when I check what I'm thinking of running

[mellow linden]

Level 120 is the benchmark to hit, it’s cheap and sufficient for basically all content. Don’t worry about going beyond that, it’s not any sort of significant improvement.

On grids, it really depends on the individual Sync Pairs’ Move Levels. Most Sync Pairs don’t get anything of value at 1/5, for example

[near coral]

Yeah. I'll need to look up what to do for sync grids. Biggest snags I can think of are rock and flying teams on the top of my head. Ghost is iffy too but I think I can probably eek out a win there

[rapid osprey]

as someone who hates clay and palpitoad/seismitoad and marlon and carracosta it makes me furious that theyre genuinely quite useful these days

even ramos is good now for sleep chaining!!!

i think the only ones that are truly still "bad" are iris/hax, norman/slaking, flannery/torkoal (largely due to the amount of grid that is effectively useless due to being a co-op mechanic), and candice for being so bad but also basically the only free hail setter so you Have to use her and feel the pain

ik everyone is thinking itll be ciris/hydreigon arc suit but an iris/hax alongside blue/pidgeot would be huge as far as revamping an older unit goes

[near coral]

Got Phoebe down at least

And uh... looks like Sidney is going to be the biggest problem

[rapid osprey]

whats your flying roster?

[near coral]

5 star wise is just 1/5 Blue and Pidgeot and 5/5 Darach. Got Kahlili as the final member

[rapid osprey]

ok but as we discussed before, you can do a lot without 5*s

5/5 darach sounds like a perfect sidney counter tho

[near coral]

I think for that team I might need to use other elements to provide support or back up for Darach

Blue doesn't do much and Kahlil is just there

[rapid osprey]

sidney's only +evasion is one x evade all, grab this grid and go for feather dance + defog as many times as you can

if i knew the rest of your roster i would be better equipped to help you draft a team

+tracker

[frozen depot]

Link : https://pomasters.github.io/SyncPairsTracker/
Use this video guide to properly filter your pairs : https://imgur.com/a/2ONrAcl
Fill your pairs > Turn Visibility only for "Have" > Filter by Type then Role > Turn On "Separators" > Print with "Image" button

[bitter veldt]

I was trying to "poison stall" against Phoebe and she had "Lessen Poison" effect pop up everytime her dusknoir suffered so the poma website didn't include that... Maybe should report to them of this info.

[left storm]

Every stage has lessen poison

And lessen statuses

In general

[bitter veldt]

Every stage?

[left storm]

It would make clearing too easy

Yea

[bitter veldt]

Wait, why did I find Sidney "poison stalling" WAY too easy...

[left storm]

In stadium they all have it

Some stages have less resistance because they're meant to have it as weakness

[bitter veldt]

like his team literally (sides ate up 50% everytime they attacked with badly poison/wrap) suffered way harsher

And they don't include that specifics in the poma?

Wish they did.....

[fading cradle]

yeahhhh just know that all enemies in cs will have lessen (status condition/change) even if pomatools doesn’t say so

[near coral]

Hmm... close call, probably needs fine tuning

Glacia is straight up free so outside of Sidney, the only issue I can see is the champion

[nocturne pawn]

it does

just not on the passives menu

[bitter veldt]

oh ty for pointing that out. I guess Ididn't know how to read everything

[nocturne pawn]

yeah

bottom tab on the stats has all the statuses and debuff resistances

some stages have lessened resistance

[bitter veldt]

For poison, they're ALL 9...

[nocturne pawn]

not all

oh wait

maybe it was a parameter

no some are less

[bitter veldt]

OHHHHHHH

[nocturne pawn]

specifically the poison weak stages

[bitter veldt]

Maybe because stupid Phoebe won't ATTACK for ages

until like after her buff..

[near coral]

Urgh... one unlucky crit doomed an attempt

[bitter veldt]

yeah it all depends on the rounds

[nocturne pawn]

you see here that wallace has lessened resistance

and hes also poison weak

so yeah i think thats a correlation

most stages are lessen 9

[bitter veldt]

We have disagreement in this

And I know I am using updated

[nocturne pawn]

thats psychic weak

[bitter veldt]

oh you talking about diff weeks?

[nocturne pawn]

i specifically said poison weak

yes

poison weakness cs tend to have less poison resistance

but 9 is the norm

[bitter veldt]

Aha.

Got it.

Thanks

but sucks this week for stalling then, there is no poison weak they ALL 9 resistant

[velvet parcel]

Better Ghost Type Pairs, when?

[left storm]

Lessen poison 9 is still stallable

[fading cradle]

no sc irida?

[velvet parcel]

Nope

[bitter veldt]

oh def... just had an unlucky round.

[fading cradle]

one day!

[near coral]

I'm contemplating on just taking out Sidney first and suffer the consequences

[rapid osprey]

also, if you're poison stalling you generally want bad poi not regular poi right?

bc bad poi ramps over time

which eventually overcomes the reduction from lessen 9

[near coral]

What a pain... but did it

Basically had to wipe out Cacturne asap

[blazing perch]

Guys any tip for poison stall drake

I get -6 speed debuff from salamance and can’t sync with morty for heal

[bitter veldt]

I LOVE this girl Janine. Her debuffs and ninja evasiveness dodging everything making them all rot in poison and wraps... My first poison stall win! 😀

[near coral]

Phew... champion was a close call but got the clear. Rock one was also shaky but Arc Cynthia was able to pull of a win but barely

[bitter veldt]

Definitely know what you mean. I also did practice run w arc Cynthia and managed 3k but wasn't a ball in the park. Saving Cynthia for the rock weak dude.

[near coral]

Yeah. Rock was so bad I thought I had to use her for there because there was no hope otherwise

[blazing perch]

Guys any tip for drake?

Can’t poison stall cause of slow-mo9

[mellow linden]

Slow-mo shouldn’t prevent Poison stall

At worst it might slow down your Sync Move at times

But generally speaking, depending on the point value you’re going for and such a 2/5+ Olivia gridded for Sync nuke + Stone Edge Amped Up is a good damage-dealer to build the team around

[blazing perch]

That’s why I’m losing I get -6 speed

And can’t sync for heal with morty

I have 3/5 Olivia I tried but she died 1 shot

[mellow linden]

What’s the team, point value, and parameters?

[blazing perch]

Give me a sec

I tried with morty as support too

[mellow linden]

I’m inclined to suggest Bertha + an Attack buffing Support so you can take advantage of Sand Blaster

For Olivia’s teammates

Depending on who you have there may also be solid off-typing options available

Actually, wait

Rock weak Drake doesn’t have Wise Entry x2, so just build around Selene + Nihilego

And ignore Olivia

[blazing perch]

So selene plus a defence buffer and special attack buffer?

Are the params good?

[mellow linden]

If you have another circle setter Selene would enjoy having them on the team so she doesn’t have to worry about it as much, and since B Meteor Beam buffs her Sp. Atk. she doesn’t have to worry about an external buffer all that much.

You may want to consider swapping some Strength parameters with some Attack & Sp. Atk. parameters to lower enemy bulk, but worth trying your current setup 1st to see how it goes

[blazing perch]

What do u mean circle setter?

[mellow linden]

Like how Selene sets Alola circle

Other pairs have other region circles, and since B Meteor Beam would take 2 turns to use if a circle isn’t active, having a 2nd one for more uptime would help Selene spend more turns Meteor Beaming and fewer turns on setup/circle upkeep

[blazing perch]

It’s permanent circle it’s round 4

[mellow linden]

Ah

Then nvm

Can just roll with a tank + other utility then

[blazing perch]

These are my current supports

[blazing perch]

Selene gets 1 shot I need to change the params probably

[mellow linden]

If you’re not using Iono elsewhere she’s good for the Special Up Next, Anabel is good for increasing team survivability, NC Bede is a good all-arounder if you’re not using him elsewhere

To name a few

[blazing perch]

I’m gonna change the params for post sync

The slow mo is the issue I can’t gauge with Selene when it slows me so much

[mellow linden]

Can bring gauge assistance for one of your team members then

Be that Speed buffs or gauge accel

[blazing perch]

Can’t do it 😩

Every time this drake is a problem for me wtf is the problem with this old man

I clear 3k on everyone except him

🤣

[mellow linden]

No shame in dropping the points a bit if you feel you’re just slamming your head into a wall repeatedly.

Alternatively, you can take a break for now and come back to it later this week, see if a solution you didn’t think of previously arrives or if you get someone who offers a boost to your success chances

[blazing perch]

I could try to offtype with some strong strikers I have

Didn’t try offtyping yet

[mellow linden]

Also an option

[blazing perch]

Any decent striker ? I have arc Cynthia 2/5 too btw maybe with bertha?

[mellow linden]

Could try Kris under Rain

[blazing perch]

Let me try a couple strikers

I’m 100% sure I’m doing wrong team comps

[blazing perch]

I’m gonna get back to it tomorrow thanks for ur time

[rapid osprey]

lookin at colress/anni lillie/redlax vs glacia - i'll be hunting for mprs from red to max spdef, but my thinking is sync red -> use lillie's bmove pre-second sync -> sync colress. current params are both spec reduction; int immunity; strike 3x; all +hp tiles; and standard damage reduction which puts me at 1550. is redlax a good enough tank to start loading up the +atk/+str params?

im also wondering if theres maybe someone better than redlax to use since para + -def are covered by colress

... ok part it was being carried by getting 2 paras on blizzard but

yeah i can ramp this up

colress's sync damage is not as good as i was expecting tho, hm

[bitter veldt]

hmmm would shauntal be able to nuke phoebe or not enough dmg?

[nocturne pawn]

its sentry entry x2

[mellow linden]

You’d probably wanna run a dual damage-dealer setup since Shauntal’s Sync nuke isn’t the best

[cinder summit]

Shauntal & Chandelure

‎ Type: ‎　‎　Weak:

Level 140 Stats:

HP: 548
ATK: 146 | DEF: 137
SPA: 416 | SPD: 183
SPE: 266

Acquisition:

General Pool

Alternates:

None

Sync Grid Recommendations:

Shadow Ball (3/5)
‎　+ Sync Boost
‎　+ Sync Boost / Critical Eye

Lucky Skill: Critical Strike 2, Gritty 3

[rapid osprey]

and i'm running a screecher, whats ur point

[bitter veldt]

rip... i can have victor aside her... but

i dontttt like victor just immediately casting ghost zone in the beginning

[mellow linden]

Shauntal + Victor can probably work

[nocturne pawn]

x2 doubles base defense

[bitter veldt]

and i can't ghost zone in time for shauntal's sync

[nocturne pawn]

thats why its not as good

[bitter veldt]

but ima give shauntal a chance. will let yall know~

[rapid osprey]

isnt sentry entry just +2def on entry. once screech and she loses the buff

[bitter veldt]

i tried steven and lillie sentry entry x2 and it works despite sentry entry. but prob bc steven rebuff steel

[nocturne pawn]

read what i said

[rapid osprey]

i think it was that i forgot redlax wasnt maxing his def so i wasnt getting full towering force

[nocturne pawn]

they are two different passives that do very different things

[mellow linden]

Sentry Entry 2 and Sentry Entry x2 are different

[mellow linden]

The former buffs Defense by 2 stages on entry, the latter doubles the base Defense stat

[nocturne pawn]

instead of 78 its 156

[rapid osprey]

christ i hate the naming of this game. they took away synchro healing but they dont care about things like this

sigh

fwiw once i increased the params so lax took more dmg and proc'd alert mind i got the kinds of numbers i was expecting so its np, got 2500 on a non-champ stage for the first time woohoo

hm, +150 for no wtz on sidney.... or tanking with rika....

[bitter veldt]

Wow miss shauntal actually managed.

W victor ofc... Can't deny his contribution to dmg

[rapid osprey]

arguably i could exit and hike the difficulty more bc even with max hp params i still took out sides on first blue sync but

he just does such good damage for a f2p unit. love those 60k+ syncs

[bitter veldt]

YES I DID IT 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 TY for cobalt suggesting me to poison stall!

MY FIRST 15k feels... AWESOME

[rapid osprey]

.... did you photoshop that or do you have a blessed model of phone that lets you get it all in one screenshot??

[bitter veldt]

I put it together

[rapid osprey]

ok lmao i was gonna say

[bitter veldt]

so "photoshop"

[fading cradle]

i should do that

this is how i keep my clears 💀

[bitter veldt]

its not that hard aligning with paint lol

it just looks prettier

i hateeeeeee separating images ESP parameters freaking 5 diff pages.

[rapid osprey]

i agree it looks better lmao

im just also lazy

[fading cradle]

true i wish my screen was that big lol

[bitter veldt]

nah my samsung can't fit that in

[fading cradle]

but i dont wanna do it bc 1. lazy, 2. it won’t match the date of the original pictures

[bitter veldt]

def work of just copying two images and aligning them together

on computer ez, on phone hell no.

[fading cradle]

if i stitched together my first cs clear, the day would say sep 16 instead of april 10

[rapid osprey]

ok. so r4 kukui as core, want to take off berserker + crit infliction bc ill have steven to max atk and crit

i could reach soothing sand OR surging sand OR the second sync tile + throw the remaining 5 energy wherever it fits

[median kindle]

What is a good flying team for 3k I’ve been trying to use Ethan and Lucia, Starapter, and Skyla and Swanna

[paper summit]

Ethan is fine but you should use a proper support for him so he doesn't rely only on his TM for crits and offensive setup in general

monotype is usually not a good thing to focus on when building a team unless the units in question happen to synergize well

[mellow linden]

If the specific team you’ve tried is all those 3 at once then it’s no wonder you’re struggling since your damage-dealers aren’t getting the buffs they need

Fixed the above since I misread which Skyla that was

[median kindle]

Where is the list about proper teams I think I saw it somewhere?

Also I tried to create a team that was all offense but my number 1 would get defeated in one hit

[mellow linden]

Teambuilding 101 can be found in #1010307000346878062 or by using the +101 command over in #bot-zone

Remember, you don’t need to make a monotype team

[nocturne pawn]

DIE DIE DIE

[gleaming jolt]

Against Hoenn but every other team has Hoenn Champion!

[pine schooner]

Tbh I feel like I can push for 15k

What other parameters can I add for poison stall?

[pine schooner]

Currently 2.5k with it, based it on the guide here

[lean lion]

Strength 1, Gradual Healing at start, Half-ally hp at start

[pine schooner]

dang, thank you

i can finally attempt 15k

[lean lion]

All the best!

[fading cradle]

best of luck!

[keen jasper]

Who the hell ghost pinged me

[lean lion]

Done!

Realized it was actually possible for me this week so went for it.

My first 20k point CSMM run!!

[lean lion]

My bad didn't mean to ping

[keen jasper]

It's fine

I don't mind it

[lean lion]

Posted the runs and params in stage clears post if anyone is interested.

[true bloom]

Is that Chase 5/5?

[lean lion]

3/5

[old orchid]

I'm so proud of you

[manic mica]

Congrats!!

[lean lion]

Tysm!

[vague solar]

Generally what’s the easiest way to get 3k points?

Wait I found the pin nvm

[lean lion]

There's no one way to get 3k points on all stages. Your strategy and parameters rely heavily on which team you use and which stage you're battling.

[near coral]

I still have 10 types I think I need to get through the Elite Four and Champion next week... that's going to be agonising

[karmic zephyr]

Oh yeah I forgot stadium reset

[fading cradle]

bug weak sidney doesn’t have sentry or wise entry?

bc i feel like i have to offtype him for csmm bc i feel like 1/5 sc barry isnt enough

[karmic zephyr]

Isn't this week flying week Sidney?

[fading cradle]

i’m talking about next week, should have said that, oops

[karmic zephyr]

oh haha

no he doesn't have sentry or wise entry

you can always check here https://ng-pomatools.web.app/champion-stadium

[fading cradle]

alright now i gotta see which one of my powerful off typers will be left

[blazing perch]

Could this work?

[karmic zephyr]

I mean, you could try it and tell us 😂 got anything to lose?

[blazing perch]

Didn’t work 😂

[karmic zephyr]

Hahaha okay then, now we know!

I wouldn't necessarily go for 2 techs.

I don't know much but I think there is the fault.

[blazing perch]

Yeah I’m sure it’s 50% the team and 50% the params

[karmic zephyr]

Yeah

I think you could try keeping Deoxys and work around that

[blazing perch]

Or poison stall

[karmic zephyr]

Yeah I suppose

[blazing perch]

Any recommendations for deoxys comps?

[karmic zephyr]

I'm definitely not the person to answer that 😂

[blazing perch]

Oh well thanks anyway

[karmic zephyr]

You're welcome! If I manage to find something I'll let you know

[fading cradle]

can you send your params? i feel like a team like that should be able to clear

[blazing perch]

Sure give me a sec

[fading cradle]

seems like you have the tech pairs taking more damage param on with two tech pairs on the team

[blazing perch]

Oh maybe I put wrong preset of the previous battle then

[fading cradle]

you can also turn off the cant change wtz param and turn on the half ally mp param. if you use the permanent field effects param when fighting wallace, you won’t need to worry about psychic terrain vanishing

[blazing perch]

Yeah I will try that and see

[fading cradle]

oh and try syncing with sycamore first if that helps

[blazing perch]

That’s what I’m doing but maybe I was dying cause of the x3 dmg on tech

[fading cradle]

if you’re still struggling, you can also try to give sycamore the antitoxin lucky skill so the enemies can’t poison him, but yeah try what i said above first haha. best of luck!

[fading cradle]

yeah definitely replace that with strike pairs taking 3x damage since you aren’t utilizing any strike pairs anyways

[blazing perch]

Hmm sycamore dies fast cause can’t heal with leech

[fading cradle]

what’s your support roster looking like rn?

sadly sycamore isn’t that much if an effective physical tank

i'll see if someone else can help u, i gotta go to class rip, hope you can figure things out!

[blazing perch]

Im gonna try a couple more supports to figure it thanks for your time

[fading cradle]

what move level is your leaf?

[blazing perch]

I did it I used protect for 2 of my unit when he sync and then killed him

[fading cradle]

oh nice great job! 3k clear?

[blazing perch]

Yeap but still 14,500

I couldn’t 3k drake

Every week he is the problem 😂

[fading cradle]

can’t blame you, i had a hard time with him last week and had to brute force him, but congrats on the clear!

[blazing perch]

Thanks mate…btw I couldn’t even poison stall him cause of slow-mo passive

I couldn’t spam so my morty could heal with sync

[fading cradle]

yeah i couldnt poison stall phoebe last week. she also got brute force treatment

[blazing perch]

You have larger pair pool

And better strikers

You can clear them ez offtype

[fading cradle]

you’ll get there one day i was pretty bad at master mode like a month ago even with a developed roster

you’ll continue to acquire good pairs

[blazing perch]

I guess I should ex my supports

[fading cradle]

that would be a great help, support exes saved me many times

[blazing perch]

Yeah I got 5/5 arc steven and 2/5 arc Cynthia plus nemoma this anni can’t complain plus I only came back like 2 months ago I was playing like couple years back

[fading cradle]

the double sync buff is a blessing

[blazing perch]

That’s what I’m thinking

[fading cradle]

haha i feel you, i returned to the game in november 2023 and had no damn clue what i was doing for like a good 4-5 months

[blazing perch]

Can’t seem to gather gems fast this anni though

[fading cradle]

definitely consider exing leaf at some point down the line, especially if she’s 3/5+

[blazing perch]

I think she is 2/5

I have around 14k paid gems I could possibly get arc lance too I guess by ur profile pic u suggest him 😂

[rapid osprey]

halelu i got 3/5 sonia from 5* tickets so shes finally actually helpful

shes good below 3 but her grid is just so solid

[fading cradle]

meta wise he’s a pretty good debuffer and has crazy multipliers. though i haven’t seen the craziest from him yet since i only have him at 1/5

[fading cradle]

when will this be me, i still have her at 2/5 🫠

[rapid osprey]

shes been at 2/5 for me for so long

trust one day your 3/5 sonia and my 3/5 bertha will arrive

definitely just happy it hit a non dupe tbh. i got a string of max dupes recently like cmon you cant even slightly weigh behind the scenes towards the non 5/5s? sigh

but anyway shes about to leapfrog up the ex queue

[blazing perch]

I will think about it maybe I won’t even get him

[karmic zephyr]

Thoughts on this team?

Dealt 0 damage and got one shot

Used the 2k preset parameters

Nate is fully grid too

According to the preset I found

I feel like it's more like the parameters and not the team

[fading cradle]

sabrina has no reason to be there

she’s mainly a special support which doesn’t correlate with nate

she also can’t tank physical attacks (which sidney and the sides utilize a lot) very well

[karmic zephyr]

yeah I only put her for the accuracy up

so you're saying I should put a tank?

with a lot of hp?

and def

[mellow linden]

Nate doesn’t particularly need accuracy buffs. You’d mainly want at minimum crit and Speed buffs from your Support if you’re dead-set on Nate, but tbh you’d likely be better off either off-typing or using another Flying damage-dealer

[karmic zephyr]

My other option is Blue

[mellow linden]

Depending on his Move Level he can work just fine

[rapid osprey]

ok. im 3/5 done and current score is 6500. to hit 11k i need 4500 across 2 fights - should be relatively easy given the units i have available, but is there anything i should be wary of taking as the added condition into wallace?

[fading cradle]

i think wallace gets more powerful if you’re poisoned but that’s all i remember

[rapid osprey]

my thinking was perma field and run bianca with stored power nuke but i realized i now also have olympia, who has a much better nuke so maybe no field boost and take smth else?