Champion Stadium

[blazing perch]

Let me send u my supports

[vague solar]

Alr you’d have to build/grid oak but this team should work for Glacia

Since oak gives massive special defense buffs

[blazing perch]

Let me test it

Which grid is good for oak?

[vague solar]

Go for the satisfied snicker grid

If you don’t want to spend extra orbs for trip up you can prob skip it

[blazing perch]

I almost deafeat her

Maybe I need to change some params

Nah I keep dying lilie can’t kill fast enough

[swift swan]

What are your params? Solgalillie beats steel stages just fine

[nocturne pawn]

she beat steel weak glacia too

[blazing perch]

I narrow down to 2,5k

Each stage except stevens team 3k

[idle warren]

Trying to fight drake with standard off type params, any tips? Kinda struggling

[old orchid]

using Cynthia is not ideal here because she asks Drake to destroy her team

Drake's gimmick is literally sandstorm, you need to get rid of it

[idle warren]

I see

Ty

Should I just use lillie

And save cynthia for champion battle

[dim depot]

I'm having a really hard time on this battle for the special stadium. Am I being too gimmicky? 10+ retries in and I don't know what else to try.

[clear breach]

Omg I finally finished it

[old orchid]

If the aoe spam is huge issue and Cheren can't land flinch everytime, you can go for post sync route with a Potion support

Or bring SS Cyrus / SS Lyra for perma stun

[dim depot]

Cheren ain't flinching. He's just there to reduce spdef

Don't got those other 2 units

Blizzard is a lose condition

[old orchid]

Then get rid of Cheren asap

[gleaming jolt]

You need someone to replace sandstorm too, even if you use Lillie!

[old orchid]

Lillie is Ground weak so be careful

[dim depot]

I'm trying with Cheren flinching, but it's still not any better. Even after Raihan syncs, I still need another 2 Steel Beams to finish off center. Or I do and sides quickly finish me off. Pre-sync is completely out of the question

[old orchid]

Have you tried the solution i suggested? Or bring a Steel Zone unit for smoother clear

[dim depot]

The only Steel Zone unit is Lillie and I figured she could go on a team that doesn't require special damage

But damn, finally. Flinch luck came through. Beat Champion Glacia here

Oh man, I see the problem. I had Max Sync Countdown -2 enabled. I was wondering why this battle had them start at 4, and Bertha at 3. Insane stuff.

[old orchid]

Most of time you pick sync cd params to wipe everything out upon first sync or for advanced strats

[dim depot]

I always run a modified version of those to go for post-sync

But I don't even remember setting this one. Maybe I had HP +4 before. But either way, all the battles were fairly simple except Glacia. Tremendous difficulty gap there

[tired pewter]

Trynna do the special one soooo, here's my steel sync pairs and my supports

I'm uh

Trynna think of what comps I could do, hoping to hit the 3K handicaps as much as possible

I can show any other sync pairs on request, I just have a lot

[sharp willow]

+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

[sharp willow]

This can help to show all the characters you have more easily

[tired pewter]

This is awesome tysm

[sharp willow]

I wouldnt force yourself to on-type all 5 stages though, its pretty likely you'll have something to help you get through the stages more easily

[tired pewter]

I see, if you gimme a minute to fill this out can i get back to you?

[sharp willow]

Sounds good

[grand steppe]

It looks like you have a decent number of ex. Should be good making multiple teams.

[tired pewter]

yeee my big hurdle is it seems like 2 of the stages encourage special attackers and my only specially offensive steel is colress

[median kindle]

I’m thinking about doing Sidney first for the Champions Stadium

[fading cradle]

the order you do them doesn’t matter much, for this week particularly, just be very careful about who you fight first and don’t fight sidney or drake second

[median kindle]

Why can’t I do drake second

[fading cradle]

physical attacks are powered up

[median kindle]

I was planning on using holiday Leon for drake in r2

[fading cradle]

sidney and drake (and the sides i’m assuming) utilize tons of physical attacks

[old orchid]

the pins warn which stages should be avoided in certain rounds

it's okay to fight Drake on round 2, as long as you bring a bulky support to help the team

[fading cradle]

or if your damage dealer can ko drake no problem

[median kindle]

I don’t have any physical fire or ghost

[old orchid]

you don't have to take advantage of the round param

just avoid boosting the enemies

[tired pewter]

Alright I wrapped up, should I just send you the export text it generated?

[sharp willow]

click the Image button in the middle right, it'll download an image you can send here

specifically the part that displays an arrow

[old orchid]

please follow this video to properly show your pairs

[tired pewter]

I realized pretty fast that if I want to send this tonight I should only focus on sync pairs I have at 5*

[old orchid]

your current image is too small to look into

[tired pewter]

ah alrighty, mb mb

should I further split this up?

[sharp willow]

no that's fine

[tired pewter]

hope this looks good

I'm F2P but back when I played I was really into it

btw,

I have resources to get a Battle Pass sync pair, and I could upgrade some move levels / potentials

I like keeping that stuff on standby till there's something I want

hey side note but in the egg section they didn't have one of my sync pairs 😭

[sharp willow]

you can use a combo of Ash + Red & Pikachu for one stage and shouldn't have any issue, Steven & Deoxys + Bianca & Musharna can do another, Steven & Metagross should be capable of taking on a third with the right supports, I'll recommend using Lillie & Solgaleo against Red's Champion stage specifically

Arc Suit Lance should work fine for a stage as well

[tired pewter]

thank you very much! It can be tough working this sorta stuff out sometimes

[sharp willow]

yeah i get that

[tired pewter]

all good if there's too many options to say, but any good candidates for move candies? I've got 3 strike 3 tech and 2 support

just thinking if any of those pairs have especially good grids I can use

[sharp willow]

that's more of a question for #1217072266878124122 but i'll answer it over there

[tired pewter]

sure thing

[idle warren]

Okay after knowing about how sand buffs drake my only options are rain and sand

Could this work?

[old orchid]

you don't have Ghetsis built?

[idle warren]

I do

Is he good in rain

[old orchid]

no, he has no benefit from rain

[clear breach]

You could do Hail

[idle warren]

Oh because hes ice lol

[mellow linden]

Ghetsis doesn’t particularly use any weather

[old orchid]

also hail doesn't buff Ice type moves, Ice Zone does

[idle warren]

I dont have his expansion (if he has one) and im not sure what to do about his move gauge usage

I also dont have the best ex supports for him yet

[fading cradle]

hail doesn’t boost ice type attacks unless otherwise but ghetsis doesn’t have anything that activates in hail i believe

[old orchid]

his expansion is mainly about QoL upgrade, he is fine without expansion

just bring a gauge support and a weather changer

[idle warren]

Alr

[old orchid]

there is no weather setter in that team, and no speed buffer either

get rid of Colress asap

[idle warren]

Would raihan work

[old orchid]

he contributes nothing

[idle warren]

As a sun setter

[old orchid]

Anniversary Raihan? yes

[idle warren]

Or is may just better there

Yeah

Alr ill try him

[blazing perch]

Can I 3k drake?

Don’t look at the team preset it’s random

[blazing perch]

Holy shit it’s my first week that I can’t defeat anyone even at 2,5k wtf is happening

[gleaming jolt]

Hoenn is tough!

[gleaming jolt]

You have to replace Sandstorm ASAP to survive

[blazing perch]

Tried everything I’m gonna leave him for last

He insta kills me even with +6 defences

[lean lion]

Drake has WEx2, you can try with Hala + spd buffer + weather setter

Ghetsis isn't contributing anything outside atk debuffs here. I'm not sure but Hala might do better than 1/5 N

[sick inlet]

You don't need to set a favorable weather, just change sand - you don't need to benefit from it

[blazing perch]

I tried with candice hala and skyla only skyla stays alive

[blazing perch]

Can u tell me what is the Strat with hala? I’m getting slower each hammer

Even with Steven as support almost had him but still lost

[lean lion]

Hala lowers his own spd by 1 with each Ice Hammer. That's why you want to pair him with a guage support. Though if you're bringing AS Steven, I don't think you even need to replace Sandstorm, just bring someone to help with spd/gauge and you'll be fine.

Also maybe share your params just in case

[blazing perch]

This week I narrow down to 2,5k each except the champions I will 3k prob

This is the team I’m trying and this are the params

[left storm]

5/5 Steven jumpscare

[blazing perch]

Wasted 3 years worth of luck

[lean lion]

Don't pick any hp params and the power on hit params are free points so definitely pick those

You can either replace Steven for Skyla or go overkill and replace replace Candice for Skyla for the spd buffs. 5/5 (even 1/5 for that matter) Steven does not care about Sandstorm.

[blazing perch]

Let me check

[left storm]

1. status (and interference because Steven doesn't need flinch to win) are free 100 points
2. I'd pick atk ^3 over hp^2
3. sync buff^5 is better as you should kill mid before it syncs anyway
4. you might prefer to not grab ally healing halved (it's not in the pics) so Steven can save someone from death
5. Hala doesn't inherently want hail, you can definitely run a better third unit that removes sand over base candeez

Power on hit is free, I agree

Easy 300 points

Steven could be swapped for swanna too yeah

As long as you swap off the third unit

And bring any rain setter

Or sun setter

That can do more than just remove sand

It should immediately go better

[blazing perch]

Yeap the hp params were the problem

[blazing perch]

I did it hp params were the problem couldn’t kill fast enough

Thanks guys

[lean lion]

Well done!

[blazing perch]

I probably could 3k right?

[lean lion]

Yeah 3k is doable

[blazing perch]

Holy shit I cleared with full hp on all my Pokémon’s didn’t know roxie was this good

Now onto the event stadium

[blazing perch]

Do you believe I can solo a stage in event stadium with Steven solo? I finished 2nd elite and Steven almost soloed it

Sorry for tags 😅

[lean lion]

It's fine

And yes, Steven can solo any of the 5 stages. Glacia and Red might be a bit tricky, but still doable.

[blazing perch]

I’m stucked on bertha and Olivia

[sick inlet]

Best in the world

[blazing perch]

These are the remain steel types

Can I make any team or should I offtype

[sick inlet]

You only need a damage dealer from here

You can build the supports and utilities from other types

[lean lion]

You should have really saved either Steven or Lillie for Red

[blazing perch]

I can always reset

[sick inlet]

Wait are you doing SpecialCSMM or CSMM?

[blazing perch]

Special

[sick inlet]

What team did you use Steven for

[blazing perch]

Steven can solo as I saw

I used Steven and mc sol

And the other team was the other 3 that are used

[sick inlet]

Your remaining kinda reliable 3 steel type damage dealers are gloria, Tate and Combination of Hop and Grimsley

[blazing perch]

Should I beat them all with 0 points and then reset for better team management

?

[sick inlet]

You can do that, but you can also push

Olivia is the easier one of the two

[blazing perch]

Gloria feels weak

[sick inlet]

She needs a good support

She becomes better after your opponents sync too

So that's another issue

[blazing perch]

What about grimsley

I’m gonna reset to manage better

[sick inlet]

Probably a good idea

You want to save steven for Red as he hits hard

[blazing perch]

Ok I reset it

Now I save Steven for last so I have mc sol Lillie and grimsley maybe?

So 3 team with 1 steel type dmg dealer

Plus maybe 1 offtype team like arc cynthia or nc cheren

[bitter veldt]

how many champion spirits and 5* converters per week for non-master mode again? 25 and 40?

respectively

master mode i know is 85 spirits and 185115 converters if 15k.

[fading cradle]

25 spirits for hard mode, idk how many converter tickets

[bitter veldt]

75+40=115 converters

Guess I really need to save on 5* exing next 2 weeks.

25 spirits / 40 converters - Hard Mode
85 spirits / 115 converters - Master Mode. (assuming you 15k all)
if anyone else also was wondering... just went counted

[idle warren]

Dude literally how do I beat drake at 2500

[sick inlet]

What's the team

[clear breach]

Are you changing the sandstorm immediately?

[idle warren]

Yes

[idle warren]

Ghetsis anni raihan and uhh

Ss blue

[sick inlet]

Is Raihan your only weather setter?

[idle warren]

No

I have blaine may silver

Gordie and winona

[sick inlet]

You can use Winona and take advantage of Flinches

[idle warren]

Idk nothings working

Is it cuz im fighting him round 1

Is valrie any good against sidney

I kinda have no fairy options

[clear breach]

BP Valerie?

[idle warren]

Story

[clear breach]

Then no

[idle warren]

Oh

What about bl

Bp*

I have 2 tickets

[fading cradle]

bp valerie is great

once you ex her and candy her that is

she’s not super phenomenal but she has a pretty good nuke and is definitely way better than her base pair

[idle warren]

I have exactly 4 candies

And no fairy dps

And I dont think im gonna get one for a while

Should I candy her?

[fading cradle]

definitely

[idle warren]

Ok ty

[fading cradle]

her whole grid is unlocked at 3/5, if you don’t have any other 4 star strike pairs to candy then use them on her

[idle warren]

How do I sync nuke with her

Im seeing the damage but idk how to set her up, tried using her with ex sonia

[old orchid]

Just use Sword Dance right before sync, and grid her with sync multipliers ofc

Make sure to bring someone to debuff Sidney's spatk and/or buff allies' spdef

[idle warren]

Alr

Ty

Should she be syncing first

Or should I sync with sonia for the ex buff

[old orchid]

Sync with EX support first

[idle warren]

Ok ty

[idle warren]

Who’s the best to fight round 1 for the pasio stadium

[fading cradle]

depends on who your strongest team is

[idle warren]

Probably anni lillie steven and um

Hop?

[fading cradle]

where were you planning to use them?

half sync param is usually reserved for your strongest team

[idle warren]

Champion

Oh is it actually

[fading cradle]

yeah that won’t work then unless you’re willing to give up that team for the champion fight

[idle warren]

Should I do that for the hoenn stadium then

Dang

[fading cradle]

wait are you on hoenn or special stadium?

if special, then ignore what i said

[idle warren]

I was on special, im still stuck on hoenn tho

[fading cradle]

though i dont recall the special params. i’m not sure if it matters much but i think glacia in the special stadium should be avoided r3

[fading cradle]

how far are you into the hoenn stadium

if you need to resort to brute forcing an elite four member you’re still stuck on, wallace is very vulnerable to a poison stall team this week

[idle warren]

Still round 1 lol

I have strats for phoebe and glacia (maybe)

But idk what to do about drake

[fading cradle]

okay yeah, strongest team to brute force one of them maybe

[idle warren]

Hmmm I guess ill use lillie on him then

[fading cradle]

the half sync param is painful, yeah

[idle warren]

Cuz cynthia doesnt work

Okay ty

[fading cradle]

gl

[idle warren]

How do I make her sync nuke do more than 13k

Standard on type post sync

[mellow linden]

Are you using Swords Dance right before to get Supereffective Up?

Also what’s her grid?

[blazing perch]

I guess I save Steven for champion…so would a 3 teams with lilie mc sol and grimsley for dmg dealers work for at least 2,5k?

[mellow linden]

This is for the Steel weak special CS?

[blazing perch]

Yeap

[mellow linden]

Probably would be fine then, and keep in mind that you can always off-type or Poison stall some stages if need be

[blazing perch]

Yeah I will try some team comps and ask if it gets hard and can’t win

[idle warren]

Yes

[idle warren]

Sync nuke

Standard sync nuke

I just tried using her with steven but still no dice

Ive been trying to beat round 1 csmm like all week, I think im just gonna have to give up on 2500

[vague solar]

Any chance it’s a parameter issue?

[idle warren]

Maybe

Ive just been using the standard ones

[mellow linden]

I assume that means the Double Down grid?

[idle warren]

For post sync*

No its uhhh

Furious brawn and brawn sync 3

[mellow linden]

Then you can increase her Sync nuke damage at the cost of Play Rough damage by swapping to the Double Down variant of the grid

[idle warren]

What does double down do again

[mellow linden]

Increased Sync damage when supereffective

[idle warren]

Oo

Ty

[idle warren]

i beat sidney..

https://tenor.com/view/cvntlizzie-gif-1920772582934160793

[worn tusk]

This is r3 could i win

[fading cradle]

all the enemies have wise entry x2 so ghetsis might not be doing as much damage as you want him to

[hidden ore]

Haven’t done Special CS, is there an order for beating this, who to watch out for?

For example round 1

[fading cradle]

think it was advised to avoid glacia r3, i dont exactly remember though

yep i was right

[old orchid]

you don't have a weather changer to replace sand, and like melissa mentioned, Ghetsis will struggle

[hidden ore]

Can Glacia be done r1?

[old orchid]

totally

just avoid R3 at all cost

[worn tusk]

Idk who to bring

[old orchid]

just anyone who doesn't set sand, basically

[fading cradle]

someone to replace sandstorm and either a strong physical ice type damage dealer or a strong off typer should do

[hidden ore]

Okay, Glacia done
Now who? Grimsley?

[clear breach]

Just do any, the rounds don’t really matter imo (at least for this stadium)

Other than r3 Glacia ofc

[fading cradle]

yeah for the other three, it shouldn’t really matter, it pretty just depends more on your team at this rate, just avoid buffing the enemy

[hidden ore]

Hmm
Trying to build sth for Grimsley now

Saving Arc Steven for the last and maybe Gloria/Poppy

R2 now

[sick inlet]

You can use MC Solgaleo vs anyone but Bertha

Since Bertha will just EQ him to oblivion

[fading cradle]

why are so many steel pairs weak to ground

pain

[sick inlet]

Fun fact I think there is like 2? only that are weak to fighting

Pretty funny

Might be 3

But I actually think 2

[fading cradle]

steel pairs weaknesses just can’t be unique

[median kindle]

Is this a good team for R1 Sidney?

[old orchid]

You should get rid of Valerie with a gauge support

[median kindle]

Is Diantha better than Valerie?

[old orchid]

Yes, especially when Penny enhances her better than Valerie

[median kindle]

When I was doing the extreme challenge I was told Valerie was better than Diantha

[old orchid]

It varies

She was better than Diantha because the opponents heavily counter special dmg dealers

[median kindle]

Should I choose between SS Blue or Sycamore?

[old orchid]

Both are not ideal for Diantha, because she needs to sync first

Just someone to buff speed is enough, if you are trying to pre sync

[median kindle]

Who would be ideal

[old orchid]

can you think of someone

[median kindle]

When you said gauge support were you talking about sync gauge

Skyla and Swanna

[old orchid]

i literally gave you a hint

yes she is a good option

[median kindle]

Is this a good team for R4

Also I was able to 3k Glacia easily

[old orchid]

you should try it and see

[median kindle]

It didn’t work well for 3k

[old orchid]

do you think what are the main issues

[median kindle]

I barely did damage with my main parameters

[median kindle]

I’m not sure tbh

I tried using Candace to change the weather

[old orchid]

is gauge management a huge issue for the team

[median kindle]

I accidentally put physical shield

If I was able to attack one more time I would’ve won

[median kindle]

I’d say so

But the move gauge is faster fit R4

[old orchid]

you don't need to force Melony into the team

[median kindle]

Who would be a good replacement?

[old orchid]

idk, can you ask yourself who would be the best to speed up Leon's offensive buffing and/or tank Drake's attacks reliably

[frigid marten]

i’m real stuck trying to figure out who to use as a third (i’m mostly thinking a support, but any advice is appreciated) for Glacia R3, any ideas?

and should i use Silver over Hilda since she's only 1/5?

[old orchid]

a spdef buffer is required for a smooth clear

Dana is a great example, she also has SEUN to boost Hilda's attacks twice

[frigid marten]

eugh, that's annoying. i should've screenshotted from the actual selection menu like the first pic.
i've already used Dana for Drake's stage paired with SS-N, sorry about that. any others? or am i better off just resetting?

[old orchid]

no need to, there are other options anyway

like Lenora and BP Morty

[frigid marten]

alright sweet, i'll give those two a try. i know a lot of people rate Lenora highly but my pea brain could never really understand why

perhaps i'll understand after this depending on the outcome lol

[old orchid]

Lenora is not that good, it's mostly because of her double debuffing and unique buffing profile (spdef + acc)

[frigid marten]

ah, makes sense

[median kindle]

I can find 2 pairs but I’d have to forfeit Candice with Hail

[median kindle]

I was able to beat it with Arc Steven

Also I 3k R5 with Oak Emma and Kelsea

Technically it was 2.95k since I forgot to put a free parameter on

[old orchid]

There is plenty of gauge support that don't force you to forfeit the other teammate

[median kindle]

I already beat it lol

With Arc Steven I was able to increase my attack and defense

[old orchid]

That's the point

[fading cradle]

who’s ready for johto stadium next reset!!!!! 😍 bc FUCK hoenn stadium

[bitter veldt]

Moi

[fading cradle]

we leaving hoenn stadium behind with this one 🔥

[old orchid]

Back to baby mode

[fading cradle]

good, i need a break after all that hoenn madness

[old orchid]

Don't worry the one after that is Kalos

[fading cradle]

bug weak sidney, dark weak phoebe, steel weak glacia, and ice weak drake will continue to haunt me in my sleep

[fading cradle]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

that was my very first cs and i still have ptsd from it

[old orchid]

I said no worries

[bitter veldt]

It can't be worse than last two months we suffered

[fading cradle]

i am very worried about kalos wdym

[fading cradle]

we get johto as a break month and then we suffer again in kalos

[old orchid]

[fading cradle]

FUCK electric weak siebold and FUCK fairy weak drasna

[bitter veldt]

If I 15kd through Hoenn consecutively, I think I might have a chance

[fading cradle]

i 15ked hoenn consistently too but i’m still scared of kalos

no good memories from that stadium

[bitter veldt]

That's ur first too yeah

First CS is the worst memory

Mine is Alola

Didn't even get to complete 18 types

Super noob at the time

Didn't even try to finish

[fading cradle]

me with kalos, i didnt get 4 types registered into the medal bc the e4 were pissing me off 😭

[bitter veldt]

So I lucked out on converters and spirits

[fading cradle]

alola is at least more mild, kalos is arguably the hardest stadium and that one HAD to be my first one

[bitter veldt]

It's harder than Sinnoh?

[fading cradle]

i think i still have my first kalos clear documented somewhere 💀

[bitter veldt]

Someone said Sinnoh was hard

[fading cradle]

sinnoh is hard, yes

[bitter veldt]

I could be wrong

[fading cradle]

kalos, hoenn, and sinnoh are up there

[old orchid]

If this makes you guys feel better, i couldn't even beat Johto CS back then 💀

[bitter veldt]

Lol

[fading cradle]

gakon… 💀

[bitter veldt]

I'm sorry

To laugh at thay

[old orchid]

Listen i was inexperienced back then

[fading cradle]

wait actually yeah hold on, i did manage to beat the johto e4 the last time johto stadium was around but i gave up bc i couldn’t beat lance and skipped the rest of the stadium

[bitter veldt]

But it's ok. I didn't finish Alola. Didn't even attempt. I was that frustrated

We were all inexp

[fading cradle]

this johto stadium will be a different story though…

lance, COUNT YOUR DAYS.

[bitter veldt]

who wouldn't rage quit CS after trying so hard as noob for hours with GEN POOLS?

i think any noobs that filled their 18 types even in their first CS is a big accomplishment.

And I didn't get it...

[fading cradle]

it’s definitely an accomplishment

hard mode seems like a huge challenge when you’re a noob

i definitely struggled

oh my god i found it #1284932264039289044 message

[bitter veldt]

i find it more surprising you even collected some non gen pools by the time you tried your first CS

i had nothing but "legendary" units T.T

[fading cradle]

to be fair, i rejoined poma in november 2023 and that kalos stadium was april 2024

so i had a few limited units on me

[bitter veldt]

nice

whilst my first CS being alola THEN Sinnoh... worst nightmare

[old orchid]

Back then Kantrio was my only limited, so it was a huge factor why i struggled so much

[bitter veldt]

think i lit skipped 2 weeks of CS because of how hard it was

[fading cradle]

it was a relief when i saw kalos transition to unova, unova in hard mode didn’t stand a CHANCE

[fading cradle]

how was electric weak aaron back then

[fading cradle]

i didnt attempt csmm until alola stadium either

[old orchid]

There were 2 NY pairs too but they suck

[fading cradle]

that’s like a good whole 3 months after kalos

[old orchid]

Smh he is Sinnoh E4 not Johto E4

[fading cradle]

are you talking about

[old orchid]

[fading cradle]

hop off my goat wtf gakon

[old orchid]

I only say the truth

[fading cradle]

i am asking

[old orchid]

Hi asking

[fading cradle]

true, ny lance is…quite something

[old orchid]

Well when Sinnoh CS arrived i no longer struggled to any CS

[fading cradle]

not even electric weak aaron or steel weak bertha?

[old orchid]

Maybe but they were not huge issues

I remember struggling in Unova CS more somehow

[old orchid]

I even participated in the server event's Battle Factory when the first CS was around too

[fading cradle]

i remember i offtyped psychic weak marshal not knowing i had ss steven lmfao

[fading cradle]

what is a battle factory

[undone ether]

its a list of challenges to deal with the given champion stadium of the week.

[fading cradle]

hmmmm, might have to see what that’s all about the next time one is hosted

[old orchid]

It's a mini event during server's team factor events. So far it has only been held twice during server anniversary

[idle warren]

how do i stop glacia from doing a million damage

her blizzard just one shots my team

[old orchid]

Bring a spdef buffer is one of the easiest solutions

[idle warren]

but im already struggling to damage her

using gordie silver and sonia

[old orchid]

What are your params used

[idle warren]

on type post sync

[gleaming jolt]

Week with Steel weak shouldn't be a problem now!

[tired sleet]

Setting sun early would also really help to deny her buffs from hail

[fading cradle]

true but offtyping her is a pain lol

[idle warren]

i instantly set sun with gordie

[gleaming jolt]

Don't have to offtype anymore!
Just overkill

[idle warren]

I think its time for me to give up on csmm this week

[undone ether]

what team, and what round?

[idle warren]

2

and im just using whats in the vid i sent

[undone ether]

i'd dial back on the strength then.

also no sp.def buffing like gakon said.

[idle warren]

im not sure what i can afford to give up for the sake of spdef buff

silver already doesnt do damage

i guess i can just dial it back to 2k instead tho

[old orchid]

You can also use offtype dmg dealers

[idle warren]

maybe ill try costume barry

[old orchid]

Make sure to bring someone with strong healing and spdef buffing

[undone ether]

Weather change too o.o

[thorny wind]

Saw that next month is Kalos. Malva haunted me with my lack of rain

September fixed that so

I'll be ready for November

[old orchid]

it should be Kalos to complete a rotation cycle i think?

[fading cradle]

kalos…

[thorny wind]

You know if Kalos will complete the cycle

Then it would make sense if the next one will be a brand new one to blend with the rotation

Paldea CS. Do it DeNA

[old orchid]

inb4 Galar CS

Hassel gets cancelled until 2025

[thorny wind]

I like to see how they will do Galar, but also RIP Hassel

But also it would be funny if we somehow get Blueberry before Galar

[fading cradle]

what would even make up the galar “e4”

[undone ether]

Paldea for December looks good

Otherwise another rotation .-.

[old orchid]

it's either the same Champion Cup lineup

or all Galar GL

[thorny wind]

Galar E4 can be

[old orchid]

[fading cradle]

with the variations between swsh?

[thorny wind]

Rivals + Champion
GL + Champion

[old orchid]

10 GLs + 3 rivals

[thorny wind]

Oh true

[old orchid]

imagine they do that + remix the same track 10 times

[undone ether]

We're still missing 2 more galar gls ;-;

[thorny wind]

And this is why it makes sense they do Blueberry first

[old orchid]

they are all money grabber

[keen jasper]

Malva and Drasna were made in 2023 in Kalos CS and cancelled until 2024

[old orchid]

in all seriousness that was a joke

[keen jasper]

So what you said could happen TBF

[thorny wind]

Apollo watching from the distance while Gakon makes a joke:

[old orchid]

[lean lion]

I really hope a new region gets added soon

And more params

[keen jasper]

Only Paldea CS remains, but the question is; what's menu theme for it?

[undone ether]

This. I need more rewards o.o

[keen jasper]

Field/Sprint Takes x3 Move Damage when

[lean lion]

Also multi now

[keen jasper]

Max HP 10

[gleaming jolt]

Add even EXR will take 3x damage!

[lean lion]

[fading cradle]

[keen jasper]

This

[fading cradle]

i’m already dead from 3k

i need to breathe

[old orchid]

i'm surprised that accuracy gets halved and enemies getting enduring effect have not been added yet

[keen jasper]

I'm not dead yet, I can go to 4k

[fading cradle]

when sprint and field 3x damage

[keen jasper]

DeNA, 4k pts. when

[old orchid]

[thorny wind]

If we get Enduring param, can Aaron get double Enduring effect

[old orchid]

his gets replaced by Endure Again

[keen jasper]

Isn't that redundant?

[lean lion]

Um...this'll be fun right?

[old orchid]

Piercing Gaze users:

[undone ether]

3.5k first before 4k ooof.

[lean lion]

Aaron with 50% chance to endure again infinite times

[old orchid]

[thorny wind]

Every proc of Enduring Effect lets him use Heal Order

[keen jasper]

No, 4k. I want to be satisfied, no else should be

I've been doing 4k as a challenge. Now it's time to make 4k as a regular

[fading cradle]

no

[keen jasper]

Yes

[old orchid]

yesn't

[fading cradle]

[keen jasper]

Actually, make it Unyielding 9

[gleaming jolt]

Poison stall 4k with master fairs!

[keen jasper]

[fading cradle]

ewwwww half sync 😷😷😷😷😷

[swift swan]

updated

[keen jasper]

Half sync already? Fuck yeah

[fading cradle]

where’s perma field

master mode next week

[main crow]

This month is strike coin yeah?

[trail smelt]

Half synced Lance because I can haha

Ready for next week

[main crow]

OH EW FIRE KOGA

[trail smelt]

Burn the spider to a crisp before they Crit shield haha

[sick inlet]

Why ontype
Just Steven it

[sick inlet]

I second this
Crit shield is such an ick move.
Specially with all the reductions we put on top

Kill it before it crit shield

[median kindle]

Is johto easier?

[old orchid]

Way easier

[lucid sandal]

Any recommendations for beating the CS? I've never actually beaten one before

[old orchid]

You should aim to unlock the type medal first, by using many types as you can

[lucid sandal]

I just want to beat it, to be honest. I'm not too bothered about the medals.

[old orchid]

Start with choosing dmg dealer for each stage, then look for someone can help that DD while register many types as possible

[old orchid]

You want to complete the medal to unlock master mode for better and exclusive rewards

[lucid sandal]

I think I have that unlocked already

nevermind

[old orchid]

Please try to do this, then send your teams here and we will give feedbacks if necessary

[sick inlet]

For each region, you need to beat them with 18 different types once (that's why you probably thought you have the medal?)

[sick inlet]

Definitely can run this team, although I would save Steven for a stage where you might struggle?

[lucid sandal]

Yeah. It was probably Kanto

who should I use instead?

[sick inlet]

If you can bring a good physical support to do what steven does

What typings do you still need?

[lucid sandal]

All of them

[sick inlet]

Can I have a look at your support roster

[lucid sandal]

Sure, gimme a sec to get screenshots

[old orchid]

You want to bring a spdef buffer since Will loves spamming them

The support s well as provides offensive buffing for Marnie

[lucid sandal]

uh-huh

So who’d you recommend?

[old orchid]

Can you think of anyone who fulfills both suggestions?

[lucid sandal]

not really, no. Maybe Sawyer?

[old orchid]

Sawyer is slow at buffing and his type overlaps with Cyrus'. Since you will sleep lock with Cyrus so spdef *buffing is not really needed, so you can just look for someone to provide Marnie buffs

Like Aaron, Kiawe or Hilbert who buffs Marnie and provides speed buffs to keep up with gauge, because sleep locking needs consistent gauge management

[lucid sandal]

I could use PsyMisty

Both for Defence and Sp. Def

[old orchid]

She provides 0 offensive buffs tho

And i just told you that spdef buffing is not needed

Oops i said spdef debuffing instead, mb

[lucid sandal]

How about Rachel (Ghimmigoul)?

[thorny wind]

@graceful oriole good chance you already did this. But hey, Lear content

[lucid sandal]

That looked satisfying

[old orchid]

Marnie needs physical buffs, so Rachel is not her ideal support. I did suggest a few options earlier

[lucid sandal]

I’ll try with Hilbert

it worked. Took a bit. but it worked

[graceful oriole]

first thing I did today in cs yeh

[lucid sandal]

and I got through the CS

Twelve out of the Eighteen types

These are the teams I used

[sick inlet]

12 out of 18 is pretty good

Sorry I got occupied with work

All you need for next week is 6 types

You can slot them into any team

[lucid sandal]

👍

[sick inlet]

Types next week will be ghost ice steel fairy rock
You didn't use Ice and ghost - so those automatically will be used, you will just have to use the other 4 you didn't use
Keep in mind, trainers that use multiple moves type, still count as one type (their sync move)

[thorny wind]

Finished the CS with Kantrio at the podium

[clear breach]

I didn’t know Rei was from Kanto

😭

[thorny wind]

Didn't you know? It's Rei, Blue, and Leaf

[undone ether]

Oh i used mix leaf too

[thorny wind]

"Lower SpA param" like that will stop us Lance

[undone ether]

Special damage up is nice

[long thicket]

3k Koga felt painfully easy, coming right after Hoenn CS...

I legit questioned if I had the parameters on.

[clear breach]

Grr i literally have no one for Vs Lance

😞

[mellow linden]

“No limiteds” does not mean “bad”

Nessa’s a great Water damage-dealer

[clear breach]

No like I already tried with Nessa

[mellow linden]

Probably team or (if Master Mode) parameter issues, Skyla and SS Blue is redundant

And I’d recommend running an Attack + crit Support with Nessa anyway

Plus you can (and generally should) abuse Rain when using a Water damage-dealer

[clear breach]

Yeah I was using May earlier for the Rain

I just quickly switched to Blue cus idk

[mellow linden]

Nessa under Rain should obliterate the center and the sides will swiftly follow

[clear breach]

Hmm could be a parameter issue then

[mellow linden]

Avoid Sync Countdown -X parameters

I’d personally recommend avoiding No Stat Reductions when using Nessa since she generally gets good benefit from Defense debuffs

5 Stats ^ at the start is giving the opponents big damage boosts, I’d generally avoid that parameter unless you’ve got a way to remove them (Haze, Spectral Thief, etc.)

Especially when you’re also giving them a lot of offensive boosts

[clear breach]

Oh I didn’t even notice I gave them that

Should I replace all of that with Strength 3 ^

Since it would still get me to 15k

[mellow linden]

Can try and see how it goes, you may need to play around with your Support choice a little since you’re giving them so much offense

[fading cradle]

this is so boring, i cant do master mode this week

[old orchid]

[fading cradle]

[sick inlet]

What is this??

[clear breach]

Idk 😖

[manic mica]

Was able to do all 15

I feel like my roster has become somewhat diverse and idek how it happened

[gleaming jolt]

It happens with time!!

For everyone

[manic mica]

You still owe me a rally coaching session

[gleaming jolt]

Only if you say Battle Rally is the best game mode!

[manic mica]

Battle Rally is- is - is the.... Best....uhmmm....uh...game mode..

[gleaming jolt]

Okay If you are insisting so much!
I will help you!

[fading cradle]

false

[manic mica]

~~ I KNOW~~

I mean how could you say that

Battle Rally is the single best mode

[fading cradle]

the battle rally is ass

[gleaming jolt]

You don't get it until you do it for fun!

[sick inlet]

Pretty solid and gives good consistent rewards

[fading cradle]

poo

i want champion stadium master mode, not battle rally

[sick inlet]

Csmm is satisfying to clear with wonky pairs

[old orchid]

Battle Rally was a fun mode, until Nita and co. come to ruin it

[fading cradle]

battle rally was never fun

[sick inlet]

Srsly why did they even add the new UBs ugh

[gleaming jolt]

The beauty of Battle Rally lies in the variation of seeds, bonuses and various CS at same time!

[sick inlet]

But Anabel somehow still my worst

[manic mica]

I need Classic Elesa for Leon UB

[gleaming jolt]

Two weeks and still I am somehow managed to avoid new UBs!

[mellow linden]

Just gonna gently nudge this to #1009564564821639379 if you’re having a dedicated conversation about the mode

[sick inlet]

Ultimately, you don't want to mix attack and defense parameters. If you go for attack, you want the opponents to die asap - because otherwise they will be bulky, and they will probably one shot you with sync. The idea is to learn when you want to use which. General rule of thumb is, if you're using defenses up Parameters, you're probably poison stalling - otherwise you probably never pick up those.

On top of what Cobalt said; you might want to change your parameters per battle. Sometimes you don't need to lower your opponents stats, so taking no stats lowered is okay, but other times like with Nessa, your sync benefits from debuffing opponents so you need to not take that parameter.
There are other ways to get free points like Darach, Victor, or Units that have Downside up. Example With Darach you can pick every single field/shield/Barrier
Once you enter the battle, you defog. That's like free 250 pts if you ever were stuck with pts or something.

[vague solar]

Oh wait does AS Steven just get a free +4 omniboost with the stat down parameter?

[sick inlet]

Yes

[vague solar]

Thats really funny

[sick inlet]

AS Steven, SS Steven, AnniSteven(the first one), SSHilda, 4?/5 Lysandre to name a few

They all have downside up

[vague solar]

I mean he gives himself 3/4 of those stats naturally but

Oh no way SS Hilda gets that?

[bitter veldt]

just a safety ques: there's no way to get 18 types done faster than 2 weeks right?

[vague solar]

That’s sick

[sick inlet]

And units that have whatevwr is similar to cleae body, also get free pts with that parameter

[sick inlet]

Yeah, might be in her grid though

[sick inlet]

Unfortunately, there is no quicker way

[vague solar]

Yes but I think you can reset after clearing week 2 and do the challenge mode then

[bitter veldt]

ok thanks!

[vague solar]

So you only miss week one

[mellow linden]

Correct. You can get at most 15 types in a single week since you can only use 15 pairs

[bitter veldt]

i'll have to wait... :/

but easy 2 weeks

[sick inlet]

Everytime they introduced a new CS Region, every player needs minimum 2 weeks (gets access in the 2nd week)

Once you unlock MM for a region, you don't need to unlock it again when it cycles back

[fading cradle]

i hate waiting for master mode

now i cant use my super killer fire team against koga since he’s not fire weak for the rest of the month

[sick inlet]

Sometimes they cycle back in the same month

Not this month tho

Unfortunately

[bitter veldt]

just do your dmg dealer in one and the other two as type filler

[fading cradle]

almost there

[bitter veldt]

putting bug type lv 1 Noland in just because i have to

[near coral]

I haven't tried the current league yet but is it as easy as people say it is or is it harder?

[fading cradle]

i’m missing grass, fairy, and bug

[fading cradle]

way easier

johto’s notoriously most annoying stage is fire weak koga (which is this week) but he’s not crazy hard i’d say

this shit is fucking stupid

[near coral]

I see. Granted I'm only considering the normal fights and not the "Oh everything is 3k max super mega buffed hell mode"

[fading cradle]

yeah hard mode johto is not that bad compared to the previous 2 stadiums

fire weak koga and maybe flying weak koga stand out

[near coral]

I see. Although now thinking about it, doesn't even matter much this week since I won't have the full badge

[sick inlet]

Normal fights usually not that hard, and Johto specifically can probably be solo'd by F2p units

But you want to use 15 units of different types if possible

[fading cradle]

that is if you want to unlock master mode

[near coral]

Yeah. Was planning on maximizing types as much as I could for the first week and then filling it out for next week. The 3k fights are going to be a whole different beast though...

[fading cradle]

then you have to tackle your remaining types next week

[near coral]

Best I could do with the Hoenn ones was a single fight at 3k points

[fading cradle]

you don’t always have to 3k the stages until you’re comfortable with csmm

[sick inlet]

They're much easier in Johto, not much gimmicks and their stats are not busted

So don't worry about it

[fading cradle]

[near coral]

I see. That'll be next weeks problem for me

[fading cradle]

there’s a few annoying gimmicks here and there but the enemy aren’t that tanky

[rapid osprey]

alr lets get started on the johto badge

[woeful wolf]

Koga is a real problem with that crit shield

Any advice?

[rapid osprey]

will (dark) - lower def, lower spatk/raise spdef
koga (fire) - burn, trap, evasion
bruno (psychic) - raise def, use spatk
karen (fighting) - evasion, crit/lower def
lance (water) - cant see tips yet

pokefan are you completing your medal or are you past that?

[woeful wolf]

Past that

Just grinding my weekly 3K

[rapid osprey]

can you run someone with brick break or defog?

[woeful wolf]

Oh sure!

[rapid osprey]

thats the easiest way to counter crit shield

and it means you can take the other 50 point shields for free too

for half sync cd, i can either do bruno (nuke with gio/m2) or koga (nuke with sygna red); for phys reduction bruno is the no-brainer but prob want to do will or karen so i can do bruno with boosted spec; gauge would prob be best for will w/ houndoom as core

[woeful wolf]

Ugh Staraptor goes down to a single Electro web

[rapid osprey]

oh neat they really leaned into bug for venomoth

thats so cool

what round are you doing this in?

[woeful wolf]

2

[rapid osprey]

gotcha so mga

yeah brick break might be better then

unless it specifically doesnt clear crit shield

in which case uhh

lisia?

since shes ice weak not elec

im p sure bp falkner is also elec

[woeful wolf]

Gonna have to level her up real quick and make a grid 😅

I got the resources lol

[rapid osprey]

she sadly cant get acumen 9 procs unless you sync with her but

her whole spotlight here thing means she isnt totally made of paper

so then thats looking like:
karen - riley
will - karen
koga - sygna red
bruno - m2
lance - kris

next week is ghost ice steel fairy rock, so infilling those teams focus on normal elec grass poi ground flying bug dragon

[woeful wolf]

@rapid osprey thanks! Bet the stage! Lisia did enough stalling to let SS Hilda live and kill

[rapid osprey]

excellent, yltsi :D

riley can pair with lodge volk for elec + hem in 9 (no elesa bc fire weak), so then the two of them need a very solid supp for riley also being fire weak and volk being flimsy; bp falkner doesnt really offer much for will but then again neither does darach, i just need the shield clear and hariyama would dupe fighting from karen; lisia for dragon + crit shield clear on koga can pair with... i guess sygna erika for sun to set up red? oh boy. so then of normal poi ground bug, larry might be the best def dropper to counter tough cookie other than arc cyn, aaron can raise team defenses for bruno since i dont have a better +def of those types, rika can cover m2s spatk, which leaves nidoak for karen

karen: riley l volkner nidoak
will: bp falkner karen larry
koga: lisia sygna red sygna erika
bruno: aaron m2 rika

[fading cradle]

currently watching my pal lose sanity over fire weak koga. i understand what you all mean now

[rapid osprey]

thank god i get this one for my badge completion cycle and not later on

next johto cycle ill suffer but im safe for now

extremely peeved this cycle is a) 4 weeks and 2) strike candy to hoenn's field candy for 5 weeks tho

[sharp willow]

Has to happen like that sometimes unfortunately

[bitter veldt]

PLEASE don't tell me after you finish the 2nd week of completing the types you can reset and do the masters mode and get the rewards from doing 15k that 2nd week.

[fading cradle]

you can

[bitter veldt]

..........

Should I uninstall

I hate this game

I've been starting masters mode on the 3rd week.

Thinking you had to wait

Weeks worth of resources ...

[fading cradle]

if you beat the story, it is safe to uninstall /j

[bitter veldt]

[lucid sandal]

Can confirm./j

I haven’t played PMEX for a while, tbh. Stopped playing for months (I stopped around the time of the Kalos Villain Arc, and missed all the other arcs).

[bitter veldt]

I actually beat the stories twice too because my actual 1st account got deleted after that Klara update.

And did not bind it to a "Nintendo account."

but i'll consider it as a blessing in disguise, because that 1st account I lit put all my gems on a Jirachi pity.

[lucid sandal]

damn

Don’t think I’ve ever pulled via pity

But I’m usually broke on gems and most of the pairs don’t appeal to me so…

[bitter veldt]

well you're lucky.

That Jirachi pity was the worst pity.... in fact

I lit didn't get anything not even many 5*s... but had to pity for 1/5 jirachi.

this main account i have had only one pity but a good pity. got 2/5 latios and 2/5 deoxys.

[fading cradle]

ive had this acc for almost a year, and had to pity 2 units

we don’t talk about how absolutely noobish i was at cs back then

[bitter veldt]

well i'm already reaching my 2nd pity for giacomo... and it's like 2.5 months by then lol

[lucid sandal]

Dunno how long I’ve had my account for. I know I began when Leon and Marnie got introduced to the game

[fading cradle]

my first real attempt was johto’s stadium and i struggled so bad 💀

i beat the elite four (barely) but then gave up bc i couldn’t beat lance

even WITH nc nate, probably bc i didn’t invest in him at the time yet

[lucid sandal]

I never beat a CS prior to the current Johto rotation

I was a stubborn wuss

[bitter veldt]

my first first account... with 1/5 jirachi attempting cs.

yeah not even gonna try that

[fading cradle]

i didnt fully beat a stadium until kalos (dont recommend)

[lucid sandal]

I’d love for the game to have re-runs of Jessie and James at some point

[fading cradle]

that’s not happening lol

[bitter veldt]

THEY NEED TO MAKE JESSIE AND WOBBUFFEET SUPPORT

but i know its not going to happen

[fading cradle]

they’ve been forgotten since 2020

[bitter veldt]

:/

[lucid sandal]

Damn

[fading cradle]

no grid expansion, no ex, none of that

[bitter veldt]

I will fav pity wobbuffet.

god why do people hate team rocket

[old orchid]

License issues

[bitter veldt]

oh?

[lucid sandal]

Maybe because Jessie and James make them look like absolute buffoons

[fading cradle]

that’s why ash is never coming back too

[clear breach]

It’s the same reason why Ash probably won’t rerun

[bitter veldt]

oh because dena is not pokemon?

[old orchid]

James and Jessie, and Ash too will earn a lot of money, it's the license issue that stops them from doing that

[bitter veldt]

or something?

[old orchid]

They need permissions from the anime department to use those anime characters

[bitter veldt]

James and Jessie are so neglected I can't even look them up in the pomas

[lucid sandal]

Really?

[fading cradle]

mhm

so legally, those three can’t come back and most likely can never come back

[lean lion]

Jessie James and Ash are anime exclusive characters

[lucid sandal]

The amount of alts that could have been made from Jessie and James alone…

[lean lion]

So DeNA needs rights to sell them

[bitter veldt]

ahh so it's not that ppl hate jessie and james. theyre actually popular that makes them hard to use them.

[grand trout]

Ik it's johto but fuck Bruno

[bitter veldt]

for license issue or whatever

[fading cradle]

bruno is still part of johto stadium

[grand trout]

Fuck cc and eq, and fuck his side for having mega kick

[fading cradle]

i agree, even in hard mode, the sides spamming earthquake was just wtf

[lucid sandal]

Just Mega Kick their balls/j

[grand trout]

I mean like johto is supposed to be easy mode

[bitter veldt]

bruno??? my deoxys just kills them all

[fading cradle]

eq spam

[grand trout]

Yet he forced me to bring out my big guns

[fading cradle]

that shit hurts

[lean lion]

Bring a good physical tank, Bruno only has Phys moves

[grand trout]

I have lussamine

[bitter veldt]

isn't lussamine like a paper?

[lucid sandal]

I brought Giovanni and Anni. Steven to Bruno

[bitter veldt]

defense

wise

[lucid sandal]

And SS Red

[grand trout]

Normally in easier stadiums i bring less powerful units

[bitter veldt]

nah if ur speaking 15k, i need to use my ops

[grand trout]

Doesn't matter if she hits like a truck especially after sync

[bitter veldt]

well lana can cancel that erathquake if that helps

[grand trout]

I reset

At any rate i spent a lot of time trying to clear bruno using bp will

[lucid sandal]

Even though I’m used to it, I still find it weird that Ground hits Flying in PMEX

[grand trout]

Fuck him, i resorted ultimately to lussamine as an ultimate fuck you

The light that burns your ass

[bitter veldt]

oh ppl buy bp will.

[fading cradle]

what was dena thinking making fire weak koga raise defenses and evasiveness every time he’s hit, giving ghost weak will impervious, giving poison weak will hostile environment, and psychic weak bruno earthquake

[clear breach]

Ykw I kinda regret using SS Lusamine on Bruno because now I can’t use her to off type Lance

[old orchid]

I remember struggling with Psychic weak Bruno back when the CS just debuted

My dumbass used Giovanni with Rosa and Cheryl

[clear breach]

Time to reset!!!

[old orchid]

Have you tried Cyrus with Hydro Pump build

[fading cradle]

hey gakon i remembered something…

[old orchid]

Oh nose

[clear breach]

Nope but I’ll give that a try

[grand trout]

The defense raise with koga isn't the problem, it's the Crit shield

[fading cradle]

i once brought thorton to psychic weak bruno

[old orchid]

Just pair him with a rain setter

[fading cradle]

that too 😭

[old orchid]

And the random Look Alive 1 that can potentially ruin your run

[fading cradle]

pal of mine lost to koga bc vcreate missed

[grand trout]

Oh leon has piercing gaze

[lean lion]

This is the worst. 20% my ass, it's more like 80% smh

[bitter veldt]

i understood the pain of koga... hard mode even my charizard took two sync turns and it wont critical for like 80% of the time

it def wouldn't have lasted in the master mode

[fading cradle]

when your evasiveness is raised: enemy attacks land 100% of the time

when enemy evasiveness is raised: your attacks land 10% of the time

[grand trout]

Well you won't crit in one sync guaranteed

Fucking crit shield

Evil evil mechanic

[grand trout]

That's my problem with bruno
Tf you mean eq hits olympia? She has 6 eva!

[fading cradle]

that’s evil man

sometimes i be lowering their attack all the way and they still hit like a truck

[lean lion]

What team were you running Frost?

[grand trout]

I know bruno raises acc each move but that's just egregious of first turn

[bitter veldt]

isn't eva bad in this game? "50%" for 6 stats up for evasiveness

[grand trout]

I first tried to use ssteven, olympia, and some other guy (i forgot)

When i was sufficiently enraged i used ncrosa, ssteven, and lussamine as an ultimate fuck you

[fading cradle]

why does everyone have fucking

earthquake

[lean lion]

Yup NC Rosa will do the trick

[bitter veldt]

i saw a youtube vid where all lv 1 (but ofc exed) killing will with giacomo, morgan and 3rd one i forgot...

highlighting giacomo's B move.

was a sight to see

[clear breach]

I hate Lance so much

What am I doing wrong 😞

[lean lion]

Share team and params

[lean lion]

Don't pick any max hp param. Also, ally healing and power on hit are free points

5 stats up at start is probably limiting your survivability a lot. I'd also replace no status and def 1 for something else so Melony can use sing to deny hard hitting moves.

[keen jasper]

I'd only pick Max HP if you're confident your nuker can take out the mid before their sync

[lean lion]

Sharing this run here for my fellow half-sync enjoyers, and in an attempt to convert some non-believers...||yes, you're one of them @old orchid, join us on the other side||

Rei vs Karen 5k point presync

[clear breach]

Reseted and off typed with SS Lear

[keen jasper]

You're a half-sync believer?

[lean lion]

Yess!! Best round param ever imo

[keen jasper]

I see you're a person of culture

[lean lion]

Likewise

[clear breach]

I like how Bianca just screams “We Won’t Lose!” so dramatically 😭

[fading cradle]

half sync poo

i’m a perma field believer

[lean lion]

Perma field is a lot of fun for sure, but nothing can be abused nearly as much as half-sync

[old orchid]

that won't change my takes on the half sync param!!!

[lean lion]

Come on!! It's fun!! Speed goes brrrrr

[fading cradle]

half sync haters assemble

[lean lion]

Where is Arch when you need him? I'm outnumbered here bestie!!!

[sharp willow]

Okay but perma field is better

[lean lion]

Not you too Mex

[sharp willow]

Half sync can still lead to funny though

[clear breach]

WOAH

[lean lion]

This it's beautiful

[gleaming jolt]

Between Permanent Field and Half Sync, Half Sync is much more fun to use (so better)!

[sharp willow]

Fight took about 20 seconds and most of that was entry effects

I just like permafield more because it lets me do stupider things more easily

[thorny wind]

The only thing this vid tells me is that everyone should have Rei

[grand trout]

They only had one chance to make a fighting pokefair

And goddamn they put love into it

[thorny wind]

Should I also flex my half sync run

[lean lion]

This is 5k points. Every stage this week can be duo'd/soloed with free/genpool pairs on halfsync.

[grand trout]

I used riley for half sync round, wouldn't want to parade dear rei too much

[gleaming jolt]

I feel nothing extraordinary when using Perma Field, but yeah it helps a lot when needed! Still it is kind of my usual battles with prolonged WTZ!

But Half Sync is just totally different parameters and strategies, so it extraordinary and fun!

[grand trout]

Permafield is not just about wtz! Bring faitlin/anabel to permafield stages!

[gleaming jolt]

I don't have either!
What does they do??

[grand trout]

They put up various shields etc

[sharp willow]

Bunch of shields and stuff

[grand trout]

Permafield makes the shields...well, permanent

[sharp willow]

It lets literally every field effect last forever, even stuff like gauge accel

[thorny wind]

Time to flex my half param

Permanent WTZ my beloved

[gleaming jolt]

Oh I got it now!
The circles and shields and other stuff!
But sadly I am totally unaware upto this point about that mechanism! Because I don't have/use (in case of F2P) features like that!

[keen jasper]

[gleaming jolt]

And also I don't do crazy things like past 3k points kind of things till now so I believe in finishing the battles quicker!

[thorny wind]

I haven't done anything past 3k yet myself

[grand trout]

The only thing I'm a truther of is half hp lol

[gleaming jolt]

So my pairs do not need Perma Field that much

[keen jasper]

I truth with this when I use half-sync

[fading cradle]

yeah man i just like cheesing with perma field, especially if the enemy enters with a field effect

[lean lion]

Perma field would have been nice this week though with Koga and Lance

Especially Koga

[fading cradle]

fr, i couldnt master mode this week though so maybe next week!

it’s over for 3/5 of those battles

[lean lion]

Yeah none of next week's battles are too difficult. Perma wtz would destroy.

[fading cradle]

idk if i have to offtype koga since my ice type damage dealers aren’t the greatest ☠️

and i dont like using hala

[thorny wind]

Ice Koga next week?

[lean lion]

Koga is way easier than Bertha, Hala should do well

Yeah

[fading cradle]

the others are gonna get deleted

i hate ice weak stages in general though

dunno how i 3ked ice weak kahili with ghetsis that one time

[gleaming jolt]

Ghetsis need external buffing and a lot of setup is a sad part!

He works fine in general but not CSMM to me

[fading cradle]

fr ☠️ think i brought darach with him to do the attack debuffing while ghetsis just attacks and leaf handles the buffs

[lean lion]

I pair him with Pal Serena who covers most of his multipliers

[graceful oriole]

ice weak koga?

[fading cradle]

i’m missing so many of the pre 2024 pairs lol

[graceful oriole]

Don't you have enough pairs to off type btw

[fading cradle]

this was back when ice weak kahili was still around

[fading cradle]

i do, sometimes i dont like off typing though

[graceful oriole]

I am missing many 2022-2023 September pairs cuz of my long af break

[graceful oriole]

what's wrong with off typing?

[fading cradle]

i just don’t wanna put in the effort to offtype lol

i will do it in some cases if i tried to ontype the stage and failed horribly (ice weak drake)

[graceful oriole]

it would take less effort than on type if your on type option is garbage imo

[fading cradle]

sometimes i’ll try to brute force with on type before i resort to offtyping

[gleaming jolt]

I agree!
I do offtype straight away when I know I can't do anything ontype

[fading cradle]

and fuck ice weak drake

johto is a bit more on the baby side though so i do want to attempt on typing ice weak koga

[keen jasper]

You can easily cheese with half sync

Half sync allows you to not put much HP and strength params

And can brute force using your moves alone

[lean lion]

This. Make them frail as possible and one/two shot the stage.

[left storm]

Oh gee wonder how that feels

[left storm]

I mean that team works?

[old orchid]

nope

everyone exploded to physical attacks spam

[left storm]

Idk I still did 2k with it back then

[bitter veldt]

lol. well you at least got Liza though!

[left storm]

For 66k gems

It's not the rerun

[bitter veldt]

how is that possible