Battle Rally

[jovial furnace]

Doing 2-3 itself reveals rest of it

[tame forge]

Yeah it's a great resource for planning

Monday gonna be fun

[normal python]

I realized just now you can stack items

I thought the effect is just one-use and one-time

[oak jolt]

The jelly is guaranteed at stage 10?

[tame forge]

The items aren't one use?

[oak jolt]

Some are, some aren't

[tame forge]

Huh

[flint shell]

Heads up all, i’m gonna stream a battle rally sometime in a few hours. I’ll go through and explain my strategies as well, so if you wanna see how I’m constantly getting above 9k points, great opportunity

[fathom yacht]

I’m getting above 8k too

I probably could go higher than 8k on average but you don’t need to

There’s no real benefit to it

[elfin tendon]

I got above 8k points for the first time but I'm spending too much on items

[tame forge]

Above 9k is basically having caked units and 2.0x boosts here and there no?

[elfin tendon]

Do items stack?

[fathom yacht]

Yeah pretty much

[tame forge]

Yeah they stack

[elfin tendon]

Like eg does 2x crit hit bonus give me x2 power

Oh my god

[fathom yacht]

I got 8k consistently with almost no double dip units

[elfin tendon]

9k is like on average x3.0 bonus per stage

P sure u need more than just strategy for that

[fathom yacht]

Not really

If you do Very hard with 4 roles per stage

That’s 9500

[elfin tendon]

Ye that's the point

U need caked units too

[fathom yacht]

If you do 3 that’s 8000

[tame forge]

Isn't that x3 bonus?

It's additive

[fathom yacht]

Yeah 300+150(3)=750

750*10+500 is 8k

500 given at the start

[tame forge]

I mean 4 roles = x3.0 on that one stage

[fathom yacht]

Yes

[elfin tendon]

Yes

[dry ice]

you need 34K points monthly to get all the good rewards.

[tame forge]

Well at least the cakes are pretty accessible

[hallow bolt]

Eh the cakes are priority

Others are gravy

[dry ice]

true

[tame forge]

One free ex per month is still nice tho don't get me wrong

Will definitely be chasing them too

[hallow bolt]

Even the I can get thru the general and regional tickets

And I generally hoard those

[tame forge]

I hoard and end up using quite a few on hse

[hallow bolt]

I have like 2000 gen and a lot of the regional ones

[dry ice]

i have 3K tickets rn

[tame forge]

power ups, not tickets

[dry ice]

3K tickets = 100 Gold PUs

[hallow bolt]

You get power ups from those. I have every gen pool in those tickets rn

I just save them to when they get updated

[tame forge]

Same

Drasna and olympia

[elfin tendon]

Def doable with careful spending

Also i just realized how bad my roster is with sprint bonuses

[normal python]

So that would mean averaging 6.8k every week

[elfin tendon]

Either that or 8.5k

[tame forge]

Yeah depends on the amount of mondays

[west abyss]

Surely we get more passes from events and stuff I want those feathers

[dry ice]

same, speaking of which...

do we have a drop table on the 2* feathers?

[elfin tendon]

i had a battle rally attempt where it was sprint field bonus for stage 4, 9 and sprint strike stage 10, so I pretty much couldn't change NC rosa out of my team from stage 4 onwards since she was my only sprint role

[west abyss]

I remember reading the passive list on Absol's pastebin when it was datamined

There's not a collated list here that I'm aware of

[tame forge]

any other you're gonna cake in the future?

I'm saving a cake for steven personally

[elfin tendon]

wanted to cake SSA Cynthia and just did it recently

[tame forge]

[elfin tendon]

She's someone i always use for fighting,and i still have a bunch of leftover vouchers and a lot of daily tickets if absolutely needed so i just went with it

[ebon valve]

Work in Progress, but I believe I got all of them.

[tame forge]

Cynthia is nice to have for rally cause of sprint role and max crit + everything else

[ebon valve]

I just realized I only pinged you the text and not the image.

[stark dawn]

lol

[hallow bolt]

The Sages cheat sheet

[ocean wren]

Wtf screw this game sometimes, the rules are "make me win" and no else, why is it breaking that

[haughty knoll]

Grant gaming

Totally not carried by Apple

[rustic dagger]

Nah never

[elfin tendon]

Nope just the normal Cserena numbers, carry on!

[ocean wren]

Bro thus is area 5 and I'm forced into aura cynthia, dude this game doesn't understand how things work around here

[tame forge]

Oak

[ocean wren]

Are you actually kidding me now?!

One sync and he one shots oak and sshilbert

Like dude I'm not even kidding

[tame forge]

What type/theme buff do you have?

[ocean wren]

Weak to fire, tech and sprint

But the theme boost is alola

I'm basically screwed

[tame forge]

Add an alola tech instead of oak

If you have one to spare

[ocean wren]

Literally nothing will work

[tame forge]

Lodge lillie is okayge

Use her for debuffing and shillbert for damage

Feels like enough tbh

[ocean wren]

Fuuuuu and there goes my future cynthia uses cause now tech and field

Can rally just stop choosing field and/or sprint

[tame forge]

Take the opportunity to have a look at the new pastebin added to the pin

It tells you all the possible role combinations

[ocean wren]

Fun fact it doesn't show me the pins anymore

[tame forge]

https://pastebin.com/0m23n184

[ocean wren]

Whatever update discord did takes away my ability to find the pins, specifically on these kinds of chats

[tame forge]

Yeah discord been wacky recently

[ocean wren]

I hate this game sometimes

She is -5 with me at least +4 defense

And one sync did this

[normal python]

Oof, I got Anabel for Very Hard, unfortunately, tech units don't get role bonus

Should I just say fuck it and use the Apple Cup?

[cobalt furnace]

Isn’t it better to just go for Hard?

[west abyss]

Yeah, you'll net better points on Hard w/out Cup

[normal python]

My hard is Thorton and wasted NC Leaf on an early level

[cobalt furnace]

[cobalt furnace]

Hard really isn’t that difficult

[normal python]

I do still have the Pallet Town trio

(Not Chase)

[cobalt furnace]

Which one?

[normal python]

NC Blue/SST Red/Ash

[cobalt furnace]

I beat thorton vh earlier with 1/5 Ash/ 2|5NCBlue/Silver, but that was with decent boosts

[west abyss]

What's the role bonus?

And theme skill

[normal python]

Unfortunately, my role bonus is Sprint/Striker

I still have NC Rosa active

[west abyss]

Is NC Blue cake'd by any chance?

[cobalt furnace]

Then it should be easy unless you don’t have good items

[normal python]

https://tenor.com/view/dog-saying-no-no-ben-no-phone-call-no-call-no-gif-24938149

[normal python]

Gee, I wonder

Unless you want me to on-type Thorton

[cobalt furnace]

I’m guessing you don’t have ss mina?

[normal python]

With the fire boost item

[normal python]

I have SS Kris

[west abyss]

He's mentioning Mina because of the fairy boost

[normal python]

Still no

Does EXR-ing NC Blue to use him here justify wasting a striker cake on him?

[ocean wren]

yes big time

[sudden hull]

not really lol

[cobalt furnace]

EXRing him here just means you get a few extra monthly in return? Idt that’s worth it

[sudden hull]

yeah

[foggy hull]

I did that because i was a noob. But i like it, esp with SST Red. 2 AoE Rebuff + 2x Sync Bonus after his sync obliterates lots of stuffs

[normal python]

And I have Lucy for normal

Honestly, I feel like tech role bonus would be one of the best role bonuses for Area 10

[dense latch]

Few more power cards is massive for me😂

[tame forge]

It's not a great role on blue

[normal python]

I mean, it benefits SST Red and Ash mainly

[cobalt furnace]

Going from 1 rebuff to 2 isn’t that great if it’s only for the sides

[tame forge]

I don't have ash but it's not like sst red struggles with sides at all

[foggy hull]

Yeah 😅 but i got NC Blue with paid gems when i just started playing and immediately caked him

[tame forge]

It's fine to invest in a unit you like

I'll give paulo a cake eventually, when I'm done with the meta ones

[normal python]

Honestly, I'm conflicted on who to do on my Area 10

[foggy hull]

Why is that?

[normal python]

Because I have Sprint/Striker as my role bonus and Anabel is my very hard option

Thorton is Hard and Lucy is Normal

[dense latch]

What boost you got

[normal python]

Boost?

[foggy hull]

I see.. how many boost u bought from the store?

[cobalt furnace]

^

[normal python]

You mean my items

[dense latch]

Elaine and NC leaf take fire and normal boost

[normal python]

I don't even have Elaine

[dense latch]

O wait

Nvm striker

[foggy hull]

U got Rei?

Rei is Sprint/Strike

[normal python]

Fuck no

I don't have either Hisui protags

[foggy hull]

Then perhaps its applecup time?

[cobalt furnace]

Apple cup is scam

[dense latch]

Anabel is not worth it. You don't get enough Multipliers and you got no boosted dmg

[normal python]

Fuck man, I'd rather cake NC Blue than use Apple Cup

[foggy hull]

Oh

[dense latch]

Hard and max points Multipliers no extra item

That would be most points

[foggy hull]

Why is that? Havent bought apple cups yet, since i end up with a bit too much boost.

[normal python]

Apple Cup is a net loss unless you have 3 2x role bonus units

[dense latch]

So it's something like extra 400 for -500

[foggy hull]

I see

[normal python]

But I'm so conflicted, I'm gonna sleep now

[dense latch]

No eusine?

[normal python]

Nah

I'll probably chat a few more minutes

[foggy hull]

Some zzz might help enlighten you on what to do

[tame forge]

Wym it's a net loss though, don't you get 600 points back from using 3 1.5 boosts?

It's not very effective ig

[normal python]

You forget to subtract by 500

[tame forge]

Still profit

But yeah optimally you skip it

[cobalt furnace]

It’s less than doing Hard mode normally

[normal python]

600 - 500= 100
200 * 2= 400

[tame forge]

I see

[normal python]

You only do Apple Cup if you're really desperate or as I said, if you have a full team of 2x bonus role units

Ok, see you all later

[tame forge]

[fathom yacht]

Not even Ash because his purpose is to nuke mid

T Red is the one who wants rebuff on all enemies

But outside that one unit it does absolutely nothing except deny Blue an actually good role for Rally Points

[flint shell]

Alright it's time

If you wanna come watch me do my last rally run, starting up steam now

[mild notch]

is the HP and MP recovery for every pair in your roster? or just the team u have active?

[cobalt furnace]

There is no roster, if you’ve stopped using a pair then you can’t use them again

[mild notch]

oh i see

[dense latch]

Wdym. NC Blue rolex was op for getting Clement aoe dmg in Electric HS. You obviously did not participate

[fathom yacht]

Yeah I didn’t have either rat, fk that shit ☠️

Also nice use of a strike cake

[dense latch]

Buwhaha I'm just talking smack I didn't Rolex my nc blue

But it did help with getting higher str on marnie

[karmic briar]

Strike cake are really valuable, however ncblue applies electric rebuff AoE which is nice, as penny

[fathom yacht]

I really wish Blue had a not shit role on the cake though

[karmic briar]

I like his Rolex a lot actually

[fathom yacht]

At least for Rally

He’s unusable early on

[karmic briar]

Even if in my priority list striker cake are firstly suited for tech innate units

[dense latch]

I mean it's already broken why not make it more broken with support Rolex right?

[fathom yacht]

Support Support pair

[karmic briar]

And after, supports with aoe sync passive

[fathom yacht]

That’s WILD

4 Sync boosts on the sync

[karmic briar]

Like ssroxie is a Rolex priority

[fathom yacht]

I severely misjudged Roxie and Piers

What’s Roxie’s role

[dense latch]

Tech striker

Poison ss steven

With its own zone

[fathom yacht]

I guess I didn’t need Roxie that much because I poison stall anyway

But Piers or Hau i need badly

It’s like

That, then a good Ground pair, then a good Bug support

[dense latch]

Just sounds like you need a new job too. That’s Bicio’s advice for me

[naive tendon]

anyone have tips for this stage? i have 8 unova upgrades and the bonus is striker/sprint (but i have no more sprints)

i was thinking maybe putting pinch push and the status condition heal nodes on ash?

or maybe nuke second on hilda?

[dense latch]

Just put nc blue in and call it a day lol

There is no gauge in that team

If you cake nc blue you get the multiplier

[ebon valve]

That stage will kill you with poison unless you have some kind of team immunity.

[nimble holly]

Like nc leaf set sun and immune

[fathom yacht]

What I did was overkill

I put Blue Leaf Morty, and gave Morty status heal on potions, and basically told Lucy to get bent ☠️

Nice poison

[nimble holly]

Lol prob you now when you set sun morty leaf have immune status when sun

No need nothing else

[naive tendon]

i am not candying him for this 😭

[dense latch]

Just do hard it’s not that much diff in points for the effort/resource trade off

[karmic briar]

Hey it’s a smart advice

[naive tendon]

gotcha

[ebon valve]

you can just do Hard if VH is too difficult (for Area 10)

otherwise succumb to the

[cobalt furnace]

Scammle cup

[reef magnet]

abble juce

I'm surprised and happy I was able to beat all 4 of my UBs without it yesterday, but I almost would have needed it for Anabel

Palmer got destroyed, Anabel, Darach was easy with an off-type team and Lucy was there

[hasty marlin]

For the purposes of this mode, is caking ncblue worth considering for stage boosts? Or does Strike based combos tend to have good enough tanks for a UB?

Like if it’s strike/field

That’s the main combination that I’m worried about having a tank for atm

Or does Riley seem like he’s gonna be bulky enough to tank stuff prob? If I don’t have good enough strike ones already

(I assume gladion isn’t gonna be big on bulk)

[dense latch]

Sounds like a decision you can delay till the problem arise

[worthy tusk]

It's always good to get apple cup right?

[fresh holly]

No

[hasty marlin]

I won’t have a strike cake till after anni anyways, I’m just curious of who I’d tank with out of those roles for most part.

[hasty marlin]

No, you lose most of your score for final stage

Wrong reply sorry

[fresh holly]

floor 10 - has no set answer

if you have a ton of multipliers sometimes the cup can be a solution

[hasty marlin]

Apple cup is basically a “I FUCKED UP” button

[fresh holly]

depends on what the "hard mission vs VH" etc...

F'd up or got very unlucky

[reef magnet]

only get the Apple Cup if you absolutely need it to beat the stage, even then you might be better off doing Hard if you can still hit all bonuses

[hasty marlin]

It’s better to ignore bonuses than cup it

In like 9/10 scenarios

And with general boosts the hard and normal stages should hit like a wet noodle to begin with

[fresh holly]

For example in my runs I didn't purchase any items resulting in just a single crappy bonus. I found annabell was actually not doable even with optimal units you see used for hard mode

So that made the Cup / any unit I wanted for VH

the optimal solution

[hasty marlin]

You pay 500 points for at best like 600-750 stage clear

That’s not worth

(Assuming no cakes)

[fresh holly]

True for most of the time

but like I said there are special occasions where it's not actually clearable on hard mode

while using multipliers

[hasty marlin]

You’d need all slots to be caked matching both I think to even consider it. And then it’s like how are you not answering the gimmick

[fresh holly]

so you end up with a 200-300 vs 400-500

I'm just saying there is no correction solution all the time for F10

[reef magnet]

tbh based on some of the bonus points I've seen, it looks like in a few months some of us might wind up with a surplus of points, so if you aren't in dire need of a ton of points you could probably just buy the Cup anyway if you want to get it over with quickly. Especially once we get more Sprint/Field pairs so those bonus points are more easy to get. IMO the feathers will never be worth taking.

[fresh holly]

You just reminded me

what are the stats on the feather 2s?

[hasty marlin]

It’s better to drop 0.5-1.5x of mult or than to cup and you’ll prob be fine with a 250 item usually then

[fresh holly]

anyone have that info

[hasty marlin]

Guaranteed 2 theme/passive I hear

That’s it

Not worth

[reef magnet]

I think Absol posted a pastebin for them

orange still seems to be MIA

[flint shell]

Another 9,150 run, even with doing the UB on Hard

[fresh holly]

Are you getting lucky rounds or just flat

[reef magnet]

what bonuses are you getting

I didn't get a single lucky round last night

[flint shell]

I got a single lucky round

[fresh holly]

O_O

[flint shell]

On round 9

[fresh holly]

that's busted

[worthy tusk]

Oh that's a big deal.

Is it doable to clear without it?

[flint shell]

Yes

Very doable

[reef magnet]

absolutely

[flint shell]

Worst case scenario, do the stage on hard, save the points

[reef magnet]

I beat Darach really easily

[flint shell]

I just swept Hard Palmer without taking a single hit

[hasty marlin]

Yes, I usually play with 300-400% stats and 200-300% moves from earlier stages myself mostly cause I don’t have dupes on some of my op units

[flint shell]

Oh and I did it without my initial bonus

[hasty marlin]

You can get away with lower multis the stronger your box is for ubs

Note I always take vh fights no matter what

[reef magnet]

Was my first fight and I had stacked 4 or 5 Fighting Damage buffs beforehand, plus two or three for Kanto (hence Bruno). Never did a UB before so I didn’t know what to expect especially with the way people talked about Palmer’s fight. Still came out with above average points.

[hasty marlin]

And this is with playing into the multipliers of the roles. My last clear for an example of tech field argenta as a user who owns no limited grass (1/5 exr red)

[reef magnet]

300 of these used points was the Scope for my first run

[hasty marlin]

I think the only combo I’ll be screwed on playing fully into after this month for ubs is strike+field, and that’s mostly cause that combo doesn’t have much tanks to work with

Edit: typo

[flint shell]

Ouch using 300 on the scope

Just use what I like to call in game data

[reef magnet]

this was before the Sets were made known

[hasty marlin]

This chart from #916852044692856834 is prob gonna save me from most future scopes

Prob only gonna scope on certain ones with a potentially disaster area 10 now

I did all five my day one clears with scope tho

[reef magnet]

they really need to start making sprint and field more available after this month, I saw a lot of people struggling due to the lack of them

[hasty marlin]

Riley is gonna help with that since we already have EVictor

[reef magnet]

heck I have most of them and I still struggled often

Sorta, but Riley and Victor are both still limited

[hasty marlin]

Hoping anni adds field sprint bp pairs

As in 5.0

Cause we need them with this mode

[reef magnet]

anyone who joins after they come but gets to the point they can do BR are gonan struggle badly

[hasty marlin]

[reef magnet]

yeah

IMO I think the Half Anni pairs are gonna be Field and/or Sprint

[hasty marlin]

Gladion coming at start of runup makes me think we might have a duo banner anni with field sprint

[reef magnet]

IMO it'll be Sada and Turo who I can see being Field with Sprint role due to the way the Raidon abilities work in the games

[hasty marlin]

(If it’s bike duo for anni I’ll be surprised if they aren’t those.)

[reef magnet]

Field for the ability, Sprint EX because bikes go vroom vroom

[hasty marlin]

Fighting weak in final cs week makes that possible

Praying for a skip anni instead for my gems tho

[reef magnet]

yup, and Elec weak the previous week + later week pairs usually being reserved for the CS week after also doesn't rule out Turo

I have to pull Gladion and LuSSamine, I'm screwed regardless

[hasty marlin]

I have to pull gladion. And I am entering next mine with slightly below pity

As a result

If I get shafted

[reef magnet]

I'll have 2 pities after I get Gladion if I pity, LuSSa will be dailies until I'm forced to pull her

[hasty marlin]

I already own lussa and anni Lillie thankfully

Got Lillie on release and lussa on first rerun

[reef magnet]

Gladion will get a cake to help with BR, LuSSa I probably won't cake since I might not use her all that much

[hasty marlin]

I’m gonna cake lussa and gladion

[dense latch]

So we are thinking it’s not random it’s sets?

[hasty marlin]

Having a strike support that isn’t ss Serena I can throw away on stages for 2.0x is nice

Rather save Zygarde for later stages

[reef magnet]

I gave a cake to NCLeaf and am gonna save my other vouchers and cakes for a bit

[hasty marlin]

I already shoved my vouchers into sprint cause I had to cake ncrosa for this mode and gladion means a third sprint cake in just over a month

[reef magnet]

she and Petrel will at least give me options for non-Strike/Tech fights so I hopefully won't need to DPS with 1/5 Fall Allister again

I only used 7 of my vouchers for the Support cake, just gonna save the other 13 and my coins for March update

[hasty marlin]

As I said before the main set I’m scared of now is strike field cause I’m gonna be like “WHO THE FUCK DO I TANK WITH YOU” till I cake ncblue and even then I can’t spend him before final stage

[reef magnet]

I think in March we'll be due for full cakes again from Daily BP fight

[hasty marlin]

[mild notch]

okay why does Leon feel so hard all of a sudden

i'm in area 5 and my SS diantha barely does any damage

[reef magnet]

he might have a gimmick you aren't seeing

I had to redo some fights because they needed field effects or something

[mild notch]

maybe his spdef and def needs both debuffs ig

i'm only using def debuffs atm

[fresh holly]

dreadnaw battle was pretty sick

seemed very strong early

[flint shell]

…so I had a thought

I understand now

Why skill gear exists the way it does

This mode

[reef magnet]

yeah, I think they announced this mode back in Sept

and we got Skill Gear in Oct

[mild notch]

Okay i think leon needs poison

Gonna test tomorrow

[reef magnet]

misread that as Prison and was like damn what did he do

I think there's a list of all the battles in the pins

[stray ravine]

just look at how he dresses

[reef magnet]

you'll have to be more specific

the BT outfit is good

[stray ravine]

and that's the end of it lol, the other outfits are not it

[reef magnet]

his SS is very popular

[mild notch]

Oh i found it will look tomorrow

[dry ice]

Someone posted this on my reddit post

[hallow bolt]

Fun. I like fun. I like press button go brrr

[worthy tusk]

Me too

It's only a small loss I figure

Or a small gain

[worthy tusk]

Has it been that long since they announced this!?

[glass patrol]

I get it honestly

And once I get a comfortable rally point buffer I’ll prolly do apple cup things

[tame forge]

It is pretty fun tbh

[zealous jay]

What's the loss in using the Apple Cup?

Just 500 points?

[glass patrol]

Ye

[zealous jay]

Well I already missed out on 20 Role Coin Tickets yesterday anyway.

So what really is there to miss out on now?

[quaint star]

I suppose you can read what's posted to have an idea how this mode work before starting it.

[quaint star]

It does make you overpowered that it trivialises the hard area 10

[desert venture]

I know this is late but can you elaborate? I have no clue what skill gears have to do with this mode other than just to provide items to pad out the Rally shop

[reef magnet]

yup

this is the sept (late august) dev letter

[glass patrol]

What about this month

[reef magnet]

and this is the late Sept one, which has a lil more detail about it

so it tracks with big new content being added 6 months after annoucement, notice the Photo feature in the previous one

[quaint star]

Outside of that dire 1 day cycle, this mode is definitely fun. So far no gamebreaking glitch

[zealous jay]

I'm basically doing Hard stages, not gonna bother with the Very Hard until Apple Cup Round 10.

[zealous jay]

This month I haven't touched.
It's just dumb that they had a one-day reset for a monthly reset.

[quaint star]

Very Hard before area 10 is doable as long as you know what you are doing. Like, making use of the starting boost and stack it

[reef magnet]

if my theme is good I'll try to have at least 2 stacks of it, if not then I'm always on the lookout for something better

[quaint star]

Most new players don't know it, but it's crucial to have a pair that shares the theme with the boost so you get hard stats

[reef magnet]

tho usually the final shop update will have a type boost for the VH fight

[desert venture]

Honestly I kinda agree; Chase’s time-trial event was novelty enough to last just one day, and I’m betting a lot of people who logged in yesterday did only some of their 5 Rallies, meaning some medals may have been wasted

I don’t think it’s a huge deal, though

[quaint star]

I might be overstacking at 6-7 stacks since even area 9 will be dealing 2 digit damage

All in all, it's not as hair pulling as High Score

[urban ledge]

Nothing wrong with stacking boosts to have an easier time haha

I try to make do with 3-4 stacks

[polar fable]

Not rlly a waste tbh, u keep the medals so just exchange them in future shops

[quaint star]

I suppose I will try that, with just 3-4 stacks

[polar fable]

U need 8.5k runs to get all the coins + PUs so

[reef magnet]

its hard to do without more available sprint and field pairs tho

[quaint star]

8500 run would require a few cakes in your roster tho

[desert venture]

If that’s the case then I take back what I said about the 1-day reset lol

I personally wasn’t willing to find out the hard way yesterday

[heavy fjord]

you keep the medals, but not getting the extra month worth of cake coins kinda sucks

[quaint star]

I don't mind 5star power up too much

[reef magnet]

use the 5star power-ups to craft more skill gear to carry you

[polar fable]

Thats what im saying, its not a bad thing to have those passes saved up since u could go for lower runs and get everything from the shop

[worthy tusk]

Oh gosh it even mentions the photo feature coming next update.

[polar fable]

Yeah thats the first mention of it

Iirc everything mentioned in past dev letters we’ve gotten except that and stuff for next month which includes that

[worthy tusk]

I look forward to getting more energy for grids.

Finally I can use my orbs before I hit max.....again at 999,999

[reef magnet]

same

[zealous jay]

Maybe, but I'm not really feeling this mode all that much, so I'll do the best I can without doing the highest-tier stuff.

[reef magnet]

I'm curious how we'll unlock the extra energy though, and if they try to dripfeed it to individual pairs again while we're still waiting on loads of EXs, EX roles and PoMa Day grids (which are shared with PFs) I might be a lil annoyed

[zealous jay]

I'm hoping it's a universal update.

[heavy fjord]

we will just need to see

[zealous jay]

Then again, I'm also hoping for 120 Extra Energy.

[glass patrol]

We have extra energy confirmed?

[reef magnet]

yes

[heavy fjord]

yes

[glass patrol]

That’s wild

[heavy fjord]

it was in the last dev letter

[glass patrol]

I remember when someone said it would break the balance of the game

[dry ice]

we don't know the exact amount, but we assume about 20 energy

[glass patrol]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/1084459674344095756.gif?size=96&quality=lossless

[zealous jay]

And the ability to stock & switch Lucky Skills.

[glass patrol]

Uehehehe

HOLY FUCKING SHIT YES

WOOOOOOOOOOOKO

NGDXKGNEOA EKSNBBJKFNXKKVD NO W

[heavy fjord]

"we" is a strong word

[glass patrol]

ahem

[reef magnet]

we? I've seen more agreeing to about 10 energy

[glass patrol]

But also

That fixes Riley right

[reef magnet]

even 5 would help a lot of grids tho

[heavy fjord]

im saying 20 is the absolute maximum

[zealous jay]

I'm hoping for 120 extra Energy because I'm shooting for the stars.

[heavy fjord]

depends on how much

[zealous jay]

Cuz I want to.

[dry ice]

yes, we, we spent like a good hour or 2 theory crafting sync grids if we had an extra 20 energy

[glass patrol]

Lg players neuron firing

[reef magnet]

all the grids I saw ppl posting were for +10 energy expansions

[heavy fjord]

doesnt mean everyone thinks 20 is actually gonna happen

i took part in that, i dont think it will

[zealous jay]

I'll be happy with 60 at minimum.

[heavy fjord]

its just a cool hypothetical

[dry ice]

I'm not saying it would, i don't think it will, but it's nice to think if it were

[glass patrol]

Ncleaf will be nice

Ncred can get every boost at once maybe

[heavy fjord]

my assumption is 5 more energy if its a universal upgrade

[glass patrol]

I think it’s basically useless for ncblue

[heavy fjord]

just straight up "every character gets this"

[severe bronze]

120 energy is 10 extra nodes from the usual 60?

[heavy fjord]

if it has to be unlocked somehow then maybe itll be more

[glass patrol]

Selene maybe get all her nuke tiles

Because that matters

[zealous jay]

120 extra energy would mean 180 total energy.

Cuz I'm greedy like that.

[heavy fjord]

i mean, he has like 12 good tiles, being able to grab another one or two of those is hardly useless

[reef magnet]

we may be getting off-topic tho

[glass patrol]

The current tiles I want are synchro heal snicker and snarl

[zealous jay]

Well, I know I'd love extra energy for NC-Bede for Rally.

So he can sustain himself.

[dry ice]

gonna use the extra energy on SS Steven immediately

[glass patrol]

That’s about all I want for ncblue

[zealous jay]

The way I have him set up relies heavily on Freeze.

[heavy fjord]

lucas is my first target

[glass patrol]

The other tiles I’m thinking of are his nuker mode tiles

Basically everything else is redundant

[severe bronze]

nc blue needs extra energy?

[glass patrol]

No

That’s wut I mean

It’s not useful for him

He’s too good

[severe bronze]

elaine is really gonna benefit from this extra energy

[glass patrol]

Ncrosa prolly likes it

[heavy fjord]

being able to grab stoic and force field with her potion tiles feels like itd be really nice for rally...

[stiff flume]

Nah, LG players use budget 1/5 units and eggmons

[glass patrol]

No they solo with 4/5 units

[severe bronze]

i dont use potions for rally

i just ditch them after one use

[heavy fjord]

i do

[glass patrol]

Ultimate battles too

If your not zooming

[severe bronze]

[stiff flume]

Solos are different
Not everyone has resources for it

[heavy fjord]

yes but this is the battle rally thread

[glass patrol]

I guess

But I don’t think extra energy matters for rally

You’re really op in this mode

[severe bronze]

well that depends on how many buff you take

[glass patrol]

I mean if you take less than 4 buffs that’s like, what did you expect

[urban ledge]

I still haven’t seen Crit:boost

[glass patrol]

And you’re prolly earning less

[urban ledge]

And man that sounds amazing lol

[severe bronze]

if you’re taking no boost and against palmer without type advantage you’re basically doomed

[heavy fjord]

yeah i know right

[glass patrol]

Like I said that’s kinda on you

[dry ice]

so question, what unit has Infinite Critical shield?

i need to know for Palmer

[glass patrol]

Lyra

Vlyra

Infinite rain

[urban ledge]

She does?

Oh VLyra

[dry ice]

Piercing Blows go through passives tho

[urban ledge]

Wait rain stops Crit?

[glass patrol]

Or just run vigilance you cowards

[dry ice]

I need crit shield Specifically

[glass patrol]

Oh you can’t vigilance it?

[heavy fjord]

she has a passive

[reef magnet]

doesn't Jasmine also have it

[glass patrol]

Spooky

[heavy fjord]

he has piercing blows

[glass patrol]

Yis jasmine

[dry ice]

Palmer has Piercing Blows

[heavy fjord]

you cant passive it

[urban ledge]

You can buy Crit Shield from the shop haha

[glass patrol]

That’s probably the best option

[dry ice]

Ok, but what units have Crit shield?

I'm thinking on when he becomes a UB

[reef magnet]

I had no issues with Palmer

[glass patrol]

Ssmina once

[heavy fjord]

Anabel has it but idk if she has any mpr

[severe bronze]

you should really presync him

[heavy fjord]

outside of her gmax move

[glass patrol]

Jasmine

[zealous jay]

And now I switched to Normal stages.

[glass patrol]

Sync move on fall Caitlin

[heavy fjord]

i think the play is just

[glass patrol]

Yeah that’s about it

[dry ice]

hmmm

[glass patrol]

Crit shield is very uncommon

[heavy fjord]

you kill him fast

[zealous jay]

Back to Hard.

[dry ice]

that's going to be rough for Palmer then

[glass patrol]

Ew

[severe bronze]

how many boost

[glass patrol]

Post sync or bust in this house

[heavy fjord]

sprint characters seem like the play for palmer as an UB

[severe bronze]

the game literally told you to presync palmer

[glass patrol]

They should tone down his offensive stats

[severe bronze]

[glass patrol]

If he becomes a ub

[heavy fjord]

yeah have fun dying to the 4 sync buff guaranteed crit targets maxed max move

[dry ice]

he will

[reef magnet]

|| 4 or 5 fighting, 2 fighting zone, 3 kanto||

[severe bronze]

theres a reason why he doesnt have endurance like other ultimate battle

[stiff flume]

If you got it is worth ye, quite the solution
Idk if it's set to appear with that stage

[reef magnet]

it was my first run so I was testing stuff out

[glass patrol]

Also does he have unflappable

[heavy fjord]

yes

[glass patrol]

If he does that’s cringe

[severe bronze]

yes

[glass patrol]

Cringe

[dry ice]

that's downright insane that you have to presync someone with over 100K damage

[tiny pulsar]

Can I just retire here

[severe bronze]

and antifreeze

[heavy fjord]

the entire enemy side does

[severe bronze]

and antisleep

[heavy fjord]

you cant delay, you cant run

only kill him fast

[glass patrol]

They need to stop putting anti interference

[quaint star]

Is there any universal grid for 3/5 NC Rosa? I might as well just get her ready along with a cake

[severe bronze]

thats why riley is free

[quaint star]

2 more weeks tho

[severe bronze]

even with riley its still tough

[heavy fjord]

the nice thing about the fight is that they barely attack until sync

so you can focus on full offense

[dry ice]

thankfully crit shield can bypass Palmer sync and Max move

[heavy fjord]

thats something

[severe bronze]

you need a huge tech nuke for him, its basically nc hop’s stage

[dry ice]

that's what i would want that for

[quaint star]

I just hope Riley is at least better than Korrina-rio, but that shouldn't be hard

[heavy fjord]

i think you want caked SSA and NC Hop for it tbh

[stiff flume]

Retiring is not a good move, you can either buy items or use non-role related units
The worst you get is 300 points but you must proceed

[glass patrol]

Rei is kinda useless

Well I’m exaggerating

But still

[heavy fjord]

he has a good sync nuke still

[glass patrol]

It’s mean

[heavy fjord]

but no flinching allowed does kinda suck

[severe bronze]

rei is good to clear sides

but yeah no flinch

also he keeps buffing his own defense thanks to swagbag 9

[glass patrol]

I guess that’s what rei is for

[static arch]

So I heard thr role requirements are all unique once you know first 2 stages. So I can buy to see next one then just look up the rest?

[glass patrol]

Or chop

[heavy fjord]

sounds very inaccurate to me

unless im misunderstanding what thats meant to mean, but ive definitely had repeating combos past round 2

[quaint star]

Rei feels like a balanced NC Marnie if that makes any sense

Akari on the other hand is solid

[stiff flume]

The first stages are a breeze, you don't actually need to see them
You determine that after clearing the 2nd stage

At worst some.are determined by just clearing the first

[glass patrol]

You know akari is considered weaker than him right

And he’s still very strong because he has big numbers

And he effectively can reduce a sync counter multiple times

Due to kit

[quaint star]

Does that involve using TM tho?

[glass patrol]

Why are we talking about tms

[quaint star]

Battle Rally is all about conserving MPs?

[stiff flume]

Bcs you're supposed to use them

[heavy fjord]

he gets -1 on entry as well as 4 attack and 3 crit

so he is very good for this

[glass patrol]

I have never actually needed to conserve mp

But even so they’re both the same

His nuke is smaller yes but when going through this game mode you should be getting boosts

[stiff flume]

I dragged Rei+ssaCynthia for 3 stages so the mpr were a big point

[glass patrol]

And he kills with any decent amount

[severe bronze]

im only saving mp if im using top tier units in higher round

like from round 8 and above

[quaint star]

I enjoy the damage with Akari without spending a single point in TM

But that's just me

[glass patrol]

Rei doesn’t spend tm

[severe bronze]

field is really good in this mode tbh

[glass patrol]

I never touched it

[severe bronze]

mix red akari vgiovanni cnate

[quaint star]

Fair enough. Maybe I need to use Rei more

[severe bronze]

[glass patrol]

They literally do the same thing on entry

[heavy fjord]

reis tm is uh

[stiff flume]

As long as you match those stage requirements ye
I had sprint, sprint, support so ssaC was essential

[heavy fjord]

speed, sync accel, seun, pmun

[glass patrol]

His tm increases his speed super effective and -1 sync

[heavy fjord]

so nothing too important

[glass patrol]

But like who cares just triple arrows

[severe bronze]

save for bmove

[quaint star]

Sprint + Field, my behated

Can we tell what will be the area 10 boss from the set or it's still random?

[urban ledge]

It means that there is a limited number of patterns the Battle Rally can be, and once you know what the second battle is you know what the rest of the battles will have the bonus roles of

[worthy tusk]

This combo should be illegal

[glass patrol]

It should be until they release units with a Role Rolex combo like that

[worthy tusk]

And the fact that pool is so small isn't helpful

[quaint star]

That set with 3 areas with the same combo

I'd hate to rng into that set

[worthy tusk]

Oh gosh at that point just retire and cut your losses

[true zealot]

Is it possible to beat the 10th level with no items

Ive made it this far but its straight up the anabel extreme battle and i havent even beaten that normally

I didnt wanna spend points but its really impossible to max points with no items

[desert venture]

you mean the consumable items or all rally shop items?

[true zealot]

Anything

I havent spent a single point up until now

[desert venture]

it could theoretically be possible if you have the BEST possible units saved up but lol if you dislike yourself enough to try (assuming you’re sticking to “Very Hard” difficulty)

[true zealot]

Should i just buy the 500 point super item thar gives me every type of buff ever

[stray ravine]

no

if you are not able to beat her normally, it's not gonna be different here

you can choose to do the Hard battle instead

[true zealot]

I mean ive gotten close with nc blue + nc red cheese strats

[desert venture]

Getting the Apple Cup + “Very Hard” difficulty is less points than just “Hard” assuming point multis are the same (for ALL reward multipliers, assuming Hard at 1x gives you 200 points)

[true zealot]

I tried just hard too lol i cant beat suicune

Im stuck with striker/tech and i need to run one villain

Striker/tech is hard for this i need a support

[thick mauve]

You also don’t have to min-max everything.
A decent players can get enough points for the cake tickets, and a good player with invested ex role can get all 5*PU too. You’ll have spare medals so buying a few items is fine next time unless you want to challenge yourself

[somber prawn]

tickets replenish once a week right?

[true zealot]

Oh wait theres a limit to the items you can buy?

I thought i could buy as many role cake coins as i could afford

Thats a little lame

[hallow bolt]

Of course there’s a limit lol

[true zealot]

I thought itd be if you are good enough you could get unlimited role cakes

Only whales could max out points anyway

[hallow bolt]

Nah, it’s still a new feature, they are drip feeding it more

The other stuff is whatever, the role cake and the powerups are most important

[true zealot]

Right

Also i didnt realize the buffs you buy in the store last the entire rally

There really is no reason to minmax damn

[lost cliff]

Not all of them do

Usually the food items are consumed after one battle

Anything non-food sticks permanently

[cobalt furnace]

Unlike real life

[true zealot]

And they stack too right

Like if have main character as a boost and buy another boost for main character

It goes to 200?

[cobalt furnace]

Yup

[worthy tusk]

Yeah it gets super broken eventually

A 1000% stat could be possible....but coupled with more boosts you can exceed even that

[split canopy]

Oof. I just reached lv 10 and having the same conundrum as you.

Got a pretty big shock seeing ult anabel

[cobalt furnace]

Just battle the hard mode battle instead, should be easy

[split canopy]

Likely i would do so next run.

I have defeated Ult Anabel, but i am mentally not prepared this time. 😂

[undone fractal]

who is chop

[worthy tusk]

Champion hop

He has galarian zapdos

[split canopy]

Definitely need apple cup to cheese scrape anabel.

[quaint star]

cHOP

[undone fractal]

oh

now i want ello as a champ so we can call him cello

[simple frost]

cHop with Strike EX Role. :>

[true zealot]

I ended up buying the apple cup to get it over with and still ended with like 7300 points

Yeah chop with strike would be great and marnie would love sprint

[timid hound]

This mode making me use pairs I've never used before like Cheren or Tate

[eternal nebula]

See-All-Scope item worth to buy?

[timid hound]

I love it

[stiff flume]

No

[ebon valve]

I can tell you what your roles are, if you give me the set of stages you did.

[eternal nebula]

Entered the rally, so I’m at stage 1

[timid hound]

You can always just open the master list and cross reference it as you progress

[eternal nebula]

It’s the curiosity for me to know what stage 10 would be

[timid hound]

That's easy to find out

[ebon valve]

Opponents are going to be random. But I can tell you the roles.

What roles are in stage 1?

[eternal nebula]

Support and field

[timid hound]

You should do up tp stage 2 or 3

[eternal nebula]

Are the roles not random?

[timid hound]

There are overlaps

[hollow isle]

Sages

[timid hound]

Nope, there's a defined list and up to 25 permutations

[eternal nebula]

Interesting

I would like to read more as a document lol

[timid hound]

Guess I'll take an absolute L since stage 10 is field lol

[stiff flume]

You burn a lot of points
Better have a 300% boost
You can check your pattern from here https://pastebin.com/0m23n184
You just need to clear the first stages
You can use binocular (50 points) when you're at the 9 stage

[ebon valve]

One of these two distributions. It reads Area 1 to 10 going from the top to bottom.

[eternal nebula]

I’ll go ahead and do stage 1

[timid hound]

Am I petty enough to burn a role cake for some measly points

[hollow isle]

no more need to use the pastebin

[stiff flume]

So niiiiice

[ebon valve]

oh

mine hasn't updated

[hollow isle]

it'll happen

[ebon valve]

what is the this selection?

I mean why did it populate darkened?

[stiff flume]

Its like when you clear those
You can keep track

[hollow isle]

to help you on tracking where you are haha

just click Area 1

[forest tendon]

is there a place to see the battles in BR that are not in CS?

[ebon valve]

How is the LA viewer going btw? You've been working on it for a few years now, ya?

[hollow isle]

I haven't done anything on that

lol

[ebon valve]

They plucked from Event Battles. So many past stages are included.

[hollow isle]

is the thing I want to do

but I have no time

[hasty marlin]

Most of them are battle challenges from past events

[hollow isle]

I can add small features like this, but not full complex ones haha

[ebon valve]

[hollow isle]

I gotta live from something haha

[ebon valve]

Wouldn't reusing the Champion Stadium section save you a lot of time?

[hollow isle]

nope

they use different stuff sadly

[hasty marlin]

If you don’t recognize a stage just post the boss info thing and someone here will prob recognize which it is and you can dig through old pastebin quest dumps to find it most likely from there if needed

[urban ledge]

Wait which battle are you talking about

[hasty marlin]

Legendary arena prob

[hollow isle]

don't mind it, is just about stuff for my app, but I have no time to invest on it haha

[ebon valve]

I'd honestly just be happy if it was just the passive skills list and maybe their moves. Stats aren't too important.

[stiff flume]

The doc is fine for that eventually

[fast linden]

Do the buffs stack? Like if i get 2 defensd downs power up does it go to 200% power or stay at 100%

[stiff flume]

Yes

[hasty marlin]

Sadly docs load in jank ways when clicked in discord app lol (atleast on iOS)

[fast linden]

Very cool, ty

[ebon valve]

Yes, all the power boosts stack. As long as one sync pair meets the criteria (for theme/type boosts).

[stiff flume]

Yes via web
If you got the app, some data is cached and its quite fast

Need google stuff

[hasty marlin]

I have the app but I don’t know how to get it to load stuff clicked from discord app if even possible. Haven’t messed with the mobile sheets app much

[stiff flume]

Eh it's a preference settings on android phones, but I've seen troubles with ios and even chromebooks
You can probably google abt it to find workarounds
Web view is always bad

[ebon valve]

what stage?

[eternal nebula]

@ebon valve I got strike tech stage Two

[eternal nebula]

Stage One

[eternal nebula]

Im guessing im getting right picture

[ebon valve]

yes.

[placid depot]

thanks a lot for your hard work!

[ebon valve]

[timid hound]

Whenever I see negative status change, does that basically mean anything from status to interference to rebuffs?

[cobalt furnace]

Not Status conditions but pretty much everything else that’s negative

(Besides negative stat buffs)

[timid hound]

I see, so poison and the like won't count

Thanks

[ebon valve]

#1092823068256251945

[cobalt furnace]

You can find the list of the status changes you have in the filter section (but it only looks at moves, not passives)
Pretty easy to tell which are positive and which are negative

There’s also a list of status changes in the ingame tips section (talk to and ask for tips)

[oblique breach]

What are the best items to get?

[timid hound]

Thanks

[cobalt furnace]

The one that boosts your entire team’s stats by 100% when a single sync pair has a certain theme skill (provided the theme skill is something you have a decent amount of)
It stacks so if you buy it multiple times, your stats go crazy

[urban ledge]

Crit:Boost is also strong as heck

(Not that I’ve ever seen it in shops lol)

[oblique breach]

What should I buy

[ebon valve]

the alola boost, if you have a good alola roster

[oblique breach]

Double Alola then

[oblique breach]

I don't have Lunala or any of the Tapus

[cobalt furnace]

You don’t need to double them, using 1 Alola pair gives the full boost to all allies

[urban ledge]

I think he means buying two Alola boosts

[cobalt furnace]

Ah nvm then

[timid hound]

Got the trial giver boost which made me worried, then realized I had a good chunk of them

BP Ace was a lifesaver for Argenta thanks to Confuse Ray

[cobalt furnace]

Always nice when a pair you rarely use turns out to be a lifesaver

[timid hound]

That's the beauty of this mode

[normal python]

Waking up, I'm still not sure what to do on my Area 10

[quaint star]

🍎

[normal python]

https://tenor.com/view/breaking-bad-walter-white-bryan-cranston-coward-disappointed-gif-4024901

I probably got the worst luck on Area 10 and not get tech as a role bonus

Honestly, fuck it, I have 13 strike cake coins, so might as well just EX NC Blue

And I still haven't exchanged my remaining 13 cake coin vouchers

[normal python]

Good enough

[urban ledge]

What item did you get?

[normal python]

You mean what item I used? I used Fire Moves Up

[urban ledge]

Huh

[forest tendon]

man, Battle Rally really makes it plain that Field and Sprint units are lacking. Any time I see those as the bonuses my heart sinks a little

how do people end up with over 7k points? I'm stuck in the low-mid 6000s. is there a "best strategy" for this mode yet? 😄

[timid hound]

If you do all VH + minimum x2.50 multiplier on all stages, that's 7.5k points

Assuming you spend maximum 500 on shop that's a clean 7000

[urban ledge]

Check the pins for hints

[timid hound]

That feeling when you have a special attacker and then you see wise entry x2 flash before your eyes

[flint shell]

When that

[surreal oasis]

What a team it could be… and grass-weak vh stage, sadge no sleepers of strike or field ones ;C

[urban ledge]

Nothing hurts like realizing you wasted a team of full bonuses haha

[timid hound]

A relatable feeling

Up against Thorton and I squandered my NCLeaf early oops

Okay Serena you're up

Sleep chain go

Oh wait it has nullification doesn't it

Overheat go

[urban ledge]

… woah holy crap I didn’t notice the bug in #game-announcements

[brisk zealot]

Surely that warrants apologems

[heavy fjord]

youd think

[timid hound]

Why is SSLyra's attack move physical but sync move special?

[placid depot]

mixed attackers be like

[molten ice]

Best I could get, i tried the last stage without the apple cup but I just couldn't do it

[timid hound]

7.3k is a respectable takeaway

VH Thorton is a menace

[normal python]

Facts, I barely beat it with Crit: Power Up

[timid hound]

I had to sacrifice a role bonus slot for NC Rosa because I don't have any Tech/Field that could tank it lol

Probably could have done it if I didn't throw NCLeaf or aN early like a bumbling fool

[normal python]

Me too

[civic harbor]

I dont really understand the rewards i will get from batttle rally

[forest tendon]

after you complete the rally, your unused points become medals which you can spend for vouchers and other items in the store

are the region upgrades generally worth getting? I got Hoenn as my upgrade that will keep repeating, and I wonder if that's worth getting. I have a decent number of hoenn units so can probably squeeze one into most teams

[civic harbor]

is there a conversion rate

and what items can i bye

the important ones

[forest tendon]

just look in the shop. 1200 medals to get one roll cake coin voucher

[civic harbor]

and i keep hearing smth about apple cup or smth

conversion rate?

[oak jolt]

1x if you finish the run, 0.2x if you retire

[timid hound]

At the end of the day it depends on how far you can stretch your [insert type upgrade here] roster

[civic harbor]

mine is dragon

[timid hound]

If your Hoenn roster is wide and varied then I'd stack it personally

Mine is Champion

[forest tendon]

Oops, mine is Unova.

[civic harbor]

im stuck at stage 3 supur hard

[oak jolt]

I guess is worth stacking it, otherwise you will have trouble getting a decent boost from random boosts

[rustic dagger]

it stacks

[civic harbor]

My dragon roster

[rustic dagger]

hmm

[oak jolt]

Starting boost is sold everytime, so is more reliable

[rustic dagger]

id advise trying to use a dragon type at all times due to the passive boost

[civic harbor]

Whats the boost again?

[rustic dagger]

click on it in the shop

[civic harbor]

My nc blue is surprisingly squishy

[rustic dagger]

the boost helps with that a lot

[oak jolt]

The boost is 100% increase to all your stats (besides speed and HP)

If you get the boost 4 times is like getting the 5x stat buff regional boost of extreme battles

[civic harbor]

i completed the battle raelly

but

i can

i cant

find the sop

shop

[rustic dagger]

its in the general area for all other shops

[drowsy crescent]

Hi there, who do you think should get my ex role support cake - Zerena 3/5, NC Serena 3/5, NC Leaf 3/5, Piers 1/5?

[rustic dagger]

zerena is a good choice since she wants to mega, leaf brings sun to the field with sync so cant really dispute her want for it either. piers being 1/5 takes him out of the run for who should get it imo

its down to whoever u like using the most imo

[valid turtle]

does this stack if i keep buying it?

or is always just 100%

[leaden wraith]

It does stack

[drowsy crescent]

Thanks very much!

[summer ingot]

How many battle passes can you keep before you don't get a new one next week?

[timid hound]

I don't think there's a limit for how many passes you can hold if that is what you're asking

[open summit]

they just will go to the present box if you have over 5 i believe

(they delete themselves in there after a month so)

[timid hound]

Oh so there is, how scary

Well you can always use one up and hold it in limbo until you can finish or retire from that rally

[open summit]

5 inventory + 4 present box before they start getting deleted + 1 in limbo

so 10 at once

a problem with this approach is that they'll potentially be giving out these passes during events, AND the rally shop resets monthly

meaning if you do all of em at once and give like 50 trillion tickets

you can only get 20 roll cake coins until next month

[vagrant moon]

you're overthinking

you only need to worry about them if they're limited

the time limited ones were only 3

all the others are permanent and you don't need to worry about when you're gonna use them

[fathom yacht]

Yeah it’s also worth noting that you can get most of if not all of the rewards you probably care about from the passes you get

[vagrant moon]

just pay attention to getting the rewards monthly, but you can play as you like

[fathom yacht]

And if you didn’t cash in on the coins and powerups on Jan 31st you have an even easier time

Let me put it this way: if you can consistently put 3 roles on each stage, even if you go to Hard on Area 10, you’re getting 7750 a pass which allows you to get every roll cake coin and 19/20 5*powerups every month

[rustic dagger]

i assume this would also mean not buying anything from the shop

[fathom yacht]

So there’s no reason to save the passes because you would just be wasting a consistent pattern of the rewards that matter

Yeah buying items from the shop is bad

[rustic dagger]

[vagrant moon]

you can buy items just fine

[fathom yacht]

If you need them then sure

But it’s a good habit to try and avoid them as much as you can

[timid hound]

I max my spending at 300

Assuming I do all areas VH with a minimum of a x2.50 multiplier

I calculated my break-even point and a sufficient margin of error in case I get screwed by roles

Just for me though, everyone's going to have different tolerances

[urban ledge]

Yeah everyone’s got different breaking points haha

[timid hound]

Yes

My breaking point is getting sprint + field in one set with a healthy amount of field scattered in other areas

This game can be vicious at times

[normal python]

Yeah, sprint + field is a completely ass combo

[outer jasper]

Dang my run is a perfect opportunity to sweep with Red

[stiff flume]

Also we get one ticket each week not 4 x month
Means every 4 months we have one extra ticket

[timid hound]

Idk which set this is, but it's not okay

I'm going to have to eat a -150 point loss minimum

[urban ledge]

The day the game decides to screw with me for my last run lol

[stiff flume]

Got the same pattern

[timid hound]

We have a different pattern but the same screwing over

[stiff flume]

All 3 runs had two sprint+field
If you look at the datamined info you see dena liked placing that combination
Distribution is not equal if we have no unit coverage

[timid hound]

Riley is going to be a massive boon lol

It'll at least expand my sprint + field leniency

[urban ledge]

All runs are NOT born equal lol

[timid hound]

Definitely not

[urban ledge]

I forgot

[stiff flume]

Nop

[urban ledge]

Does SS Gladion have a Sprint or Field EX Role?

[timid hound]

Sprint

[urban ledge]

Phew

[timid hound]

Thinking of holding sprint for him rather than Cyn

We'll see when we get there

[urban ledge]

The ones I have that wre waiting to be unlocked are all just Tech and Support

[timid hound]

I've only caked NCRosa so far

very wait and see

That'st just me being conservative though lol

[stiff flume]

At the end of this month we'll have 19 units covering sprint or field and 418 covering the others
There's no reasion for them to set field and sprint so frequently

[urban ledge]

I know Cerena and NC Leaf are gonna be my next caked but not sure which one appreciates it more

[west abyss]

Leaf, imo

[stiff flume]

Both love it, Leaf a little.more
But you can wait for the match eventually

[west abyss]

[urban ledge]

Wait for the what?

[timid hound]

Match?

[stiff flume]

Like if you face Anabel and you got like support+field you can start giving cake to ncSerena

Just to avoid giving cake to Leaf and then you got Anabel twice

[timid hound]

Ah true

Wait and see tactics

Okay time to use a strike unit as a tank

MCPikachu is tanky right

[stiff flume]

Kinda, depend on stage, they may oneshoot him

[timid hound]

https://tenor.com/view/chuckles-im-in-danger-ralph-wiggum-the-simpsons-gif-14149962

[tame forge]

You can use mc pikachu early on tbh

Potion fodder

[timid hound]

This is Area 9

[tame forge]

[timid hound]

Wait no I got it

Hilda tank

[stiff flume]

Ooof, need a tank striker?
Ethan is nice, evasion+healings

[timid hound]

She has potion therefore tank

Oh true!