Battle Rally

[signal fox]

Her first move is literally the AOE poison

[urban ledge]

As for Lucy, I am unironically suggesting Clay because he has bulldoze (AoE reduce speed) as well as built in Antitoxin

With the 4x water boost he’s gonna crush Lucy haha

[ebon valve]

It’s a very hard fight without the right pairs. You can do hard without the apple cup if you don’t have aoe poison block

[signal fox]

Who are supposed to be the right pairs

[urban ledge]

Hold on let me check my previous Lucy team

That’s what I used but you can change Sonia and Lodge Cynthia to a water support that boosts Clay’s offenses

Also yes I didn’t bother rolling Antitoxin cookies LMAO

[signal fox]

I just did thorton hard battle i didnt bother

Finishing with 6,9k point

[plush anchor]

Oooooh you added the thing to poma tools

Noice noice
Now I can get rid of the list I copied

My only real issue would be I want to know who the final boss is so I can have easier time vs the 8th + 9th stages

But knowing roles is much more important

[ebon valve]

Stdk is the author of pomatools, I don’t do anything for it. 😛

[urban ledge]

I always plan ahead for my UB and make sure to leave my Anabel, Thorton, and Darach teams for last

(I’m still stuck if Palmer or Argenta shows up tho lol)

[plush anchor]

I didn't mean you as an individual it's more of a "YEA IT'S A THING NOW" moment

[ebon valve]

Is Cynthia immune or did you just get potion lucky?

[forest tendon]

man since BR seems like it's gonna be here for good, really tempts me to use a Field cake on SST Red... I dont have NC Nate, so any reason not to?

[signal fox]

Well

I'd say yes

[forest tendon]

yes to not cake him?

or yes to cake him?

[signal fox]

Yes to cake him

[urban ledge]

Potion lucky and sometimes I skip her turn haha

[dense latch]

Cake

Beast mode 💪

[urban ledge]

EXR SST Red has usage outside of Rally so yeah not a bad choice

[forest tendon]

I mean, he's basically the best unit in the game (arguably). he has usage everywhere

[urban ledge]

Unlike tech support CCalem for example lol

[dense latch]

Sst red is worth it. It's likely your first field cake and you should be close to second if you been logging since cake launched

[fiery stirrup]

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[severe bronze]

of course yes

[severe bronze]

someone already did the math

its not worth

[dense latch]

Feel like this apple cup question answer needs to be pinned

[severe bronze]

you better off doing hard instead with bonus

[forest tendon]

apple cup just costs too much, you don't gain over 500 medals from doing very hard over hard

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[dense latch]

Unless you are feeling like this #1009564564821639379 message

[forest tendon]

I mean, with apple cup your team is basically a trio of gods

[severe bronze]

you know her gimmicks right?

[urban ledge]

Only take apple cup if you can’t clear normal UB

[severe bronze]

you need to save second rebuff when she hits 50%

[dry ice]

Do not use articuno's sync move until argenta is at 50%

[severe bronze]

so save red syncs until then

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[severe bronze]

do you have anyone to replace her psychic terrain

it’ll be easier

doesnt help damage though

[urban ledge]

Wait what is Argenta’s gimmick where you need to save a rebuff?

[severe bronze]

she clears any rebuff when she hits 50%

[urban ledge]

Ohh ok

[severe bronze]

well not just rebuff all negative status change

so you need to reapply or else she gains triple def

oh also she summons rain as well at 50%

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[dry ice]

Bianca?

Oh wait

[severe bronze]

the good news is terrain just makes her not hit that hard

[dry ice]

PT

[severe bronze]

[dry ice]

Uhhhh Volkner

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[urban ledge]

I mean there was that brainstorming one guy suggested

Where you replace her permanent rain with your own limited duration rain

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[urban ledge]

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[dense latch]

It's highly likely that I will cake nc blue next round just for BR 😂

@foggy hull you will feel less lonely

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[dense latch]

Wait who did you get

For VH

[severe bronze]

argenta

[dense latch]

And what boost and what is in the shop

[severe bronze]

oh wait

[dense latch]

O faaarq

[severe bronze]

yeah the guy gets argenta i think

[dense latch]

I mean if you can spend 150 for some uber boost it's worth it too

[severe bronze]

need to see roster actually to make this easier

*remaining roster

[severe bronze]

cake calem

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[quaint star]

Pretty sure someone got triple Darach

[urban ledge]

LMAO amazing

[severe bronze]

200% spatk seems good for red dont you think

better than spending 500 for apple cups

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[dense latch]

I thought you would get to use all your broken as grass units for agentha

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[severe bronze]

how far are you right now on clearing srgenta

[dense latch]

You won't get locked in its last stage lol

[severe bronze]

if you’re close on clearing then might as well boost red

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[severe bronze]

if not then yeah do hard

[dense latch]

Ss acerola adaman ss lyra give them a bit of boost booooom

See you later

Actually don't listen to me I haven't done her yet

I've cleared Thornton and Darrach with some boost upgrades

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[dense latch]

Dawn mix red nc leaf

[severe bronze]

yeah sounds tough with that team tbh

might as well do hard then

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[severe bronze]

i think the reason you died on sync because she has multiplier under psychic terrain

[dense latch]

Haha show us what you got

Sounds like a really new account

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[dense latch]

O then what ya been pulling 😂

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[dense latch]

OK OK we can do this

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[severe bronze]

wait

[dense latch]

Brendan

[severe bronze]

dont use groudon

yeah exactly

[dense latch]

Don't use NC red

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[severe bronze]

who is going to apply rebuff?

zerena restrain?

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[severe bronze]

hoenn got covered by brendan

[dense latch]

O yea my bad haha

Hmm it would work

Nc red utilize frozen

[severe bronze]

you only need two sun

shes immune

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[dense latch]

You should be able to push for 3rd sync just after Enemy QST sync

O lame

[severe bronze]

argenta isnt immune to flinch tho

you can perma lock flinch her

not the sides though

and no resilience

basically sync with support then always sync with brendan until you hit 50% mark

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[severe bronze]

sync with red to apply boost

[severe bronze]

either rng or its under rain

[dense latch]

Wait you have nc leaf still?

[severe bronze]

gmoltres

[dense latch]

Then I would just go nc leaf brendan ss morty

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[severe bronze]

not moltres

[severe bronze]

you only need two sun

at the start of the battle

and when she hits 50%

you wouldnt want her under rain or else she’ll oneshot post sync

yeah it looks doable tbh

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[severe bronze]

is your morty 3/5?

yep

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[severe bronze]

oh neat

grab sync nuke tile with brendan

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[severe bronze]

we dont have that many rebuff units to begin with

and almost all of them are limited

[dense latch]

I wonder if zerena can out dps se brendan though

[severe bronze]

probably not since brendan gets hoenn boost here

brendan should work better here

[simple frost]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkjOQAj6-mQ is it me or does BR Darach not have... that passive that gives him damage reduction if there's no field ;o

[dense latch]

O ss morty forgot is johoto

[severe bronze]

seems like its active to me

youre hitting 30k but once cynthia sync reapplied fighting zone youre hitting 100k

[simple frost]

hum

i didnt get to record another thorton fight

err darach fight

that was SST Red i think orz

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[dense latch]

Skill Gear issue

Haha you got good grass gear?

[severe bronze]

yup looks doable to me

@fiery stirrup try this https://ng-pomatools.web.app/pairs/1900/25400?s=5&l=140&r=5&p=0&a=0&g=AAECAwQFBgkRFBcYGSEiKy0uLw

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[severe bronze]

https://ng-pomatools.web.app/pairs/14802/25001?s=3&l=140&r=5&p=0&a=0&g=AAECAwQFBggKDA8TFhcYGSYo

[dense latch]

He can't get full speed with morty unless he resets for mpr though

[severe bronze]

dashing team

[dense latch]

O

[severe bronze]

it should ramp easy with ss morty

[dense latch]

But usually I reset for 5 tm anyway haha

[severe bronze]

https://ng-pomatools.web.app/pairs/3/14400?s=5&l=140&r=5&p=0&a=0&g=AAECAwQFBgkMDQ8fISIkLi8

also always use red sync after she reach 50%

[dense latch]

I don't take any of the sunny day def tile

[severe bronze]

his sync is better

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[severe bronze]

very nice

[languid scaffold]

https://youtu.be/vqOXViILKT0?si=Gsi5ChAmFbMTZyl1 found this vide on YT. I tried it in Pokémon masters tools and it worked! So thought id fill yall in on the knowledge

[dry ice]

i believe stdk who is in this server and the one who made the site told us like 2 days ago
but thanks anyways

[hasty marlin]

Yeah I’ve had one clear I think that was literally all the same ultimate

I forget which one

[hasty marlin]

Yeah this is decently known I feel

[cobalt furnace]

Sdtk is the one who made the site (pomatools)

[hasty marlin]

It’s also in the pins already

[dry ice]

+reading

[hexed patio]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/855438548684374045/1069103333429747752/image-2.png

[dry ice]

[cobalt furnace]

Oh i misinterpreted it, I thought that Rhythm was referring to them as if they were two different people

[hollow isle]

I've felt that my name was said 3 times

and so I am here

[dry ice]

[hasty marlin]

I was referring to who?

Did you put wrong name or misread what I said cause I didn’t mention ‘‘em at all afaik

[stray ravine]

are you secretly Beetlejuice?

[stray ravine]

tbf the phrasing definitely sounds a bit off so

[cobalt furnace]

I thought that you were saying that stdk and the creator of pomatools were different people, but i misread it

[urban ledge]

That feeling when someone told a secret to someone who already knows it LMAO

[stray ravine]

what not checking the pins does to a mf

[dry ice]

truly the 1%

[flint shell]

Apple Cup makes no sense to me. Just take down the difficulty 1 level and still get the points 🫡

[urban ledge]

It’s for people who still can’t do it

Or they wanna roleplay as an ultimate battle LMAO

[cobalt furnace]

It’s for people who wanna have the funni

[flint shell]

If you can’t do it on easy with your initial buff, then it’s a skill issue at that point

[urban ledge]

Well

Yeah

That’s why the item exists

[quaint star]

Look, not many have a good roster. At least with varied roles

Maybe Malva will be a Spotlight Sprint

[severe bronze]

we do need more field and sprint in general

and i hope theyre not locking rebuff just for limited unit when a lot of stage these days demand rebuff

[languid scaffold]

Im sorry guys. 🙁

I wouldn't of shared if i knew

[quaint star]

Gordie is spotlight

[tame forge]

Isn't it mainly ubs that ask for rebuff anyway?

[proven matrix]

rip me

[normal python]

Only Thorton

[tame forge]

Yeah not like they're meant to be accessible

[severe bronze]

one unit

[severe bronze]

ebe too but i dont see a reason why they shouldnt give rebuff to spotlight units

not like they’re going to give the best possible kit anyway to spotlight unit

[severe bronze]

argenta soon

[warm shard]

damn

I have no idea how I should tackle this

[idle moss]

How come I bought the mp restorer item

And now it just doesnt exist

And my silvally still has no mp

And I cant find it in single use item section either

[leaden wraith]

i believe you have to use the move successfully to regain MP

[kindred seal]

This final battle hard is impossible! How do I deal with this? It wants me to bring field and sprint too 💀

[pseudo egret]

Any move would do

Not necessarily that move

[leaden wraith]

that means if Silvally uses Crush Claw, his TM should regain right?

[idle moss]

So I got scammed then? How do I use the move successfully if I already used all the mp to the move

[leaden wraith]

im wanting confirmation from Arts. this is the first time i look into this item

i dont buy unnecessary items so idk much about them

[stiff flume]

Field+Sprint as last is pain but you can eventually go on Hard instead of Very Hard
And ignore roles as much as you can
Do not retire, you will eventually find a way

[idle moss]

What if you have no field or sprint units at all?

[stiff flume]

You just clear it normally

[kindred seal]

The battle is hard anyway. I have x5 main character, 3 main characters, and still do nearly no damage.

Turn 1 get AOE poisoned and the battle is pretty much over right there

[leaden wraith]

which battle is that?

you still have to answer stages' gimmicks instead of getting through blindly

[west abyss]

If you have a 5x MC boost, you only need 1 MC in the team to get it btw

[flint shell]

Use only 1 main character

Arch beat me to it

[leaden wraith]

time to kick Arch from MiT

[kindred seal]

Oh I didn't know

[flint shell]

Banned for being faster at responding to questions than me

[west abyss]

[leaden wraith]

i saw the first reaction

[west abyss]

dunno what you talking about

[kindred seal]

Guess I can throw away a unit to have status condition defense because it's required to win but no sprint or field units have that defense

[idle moss]

300 points of rewards wasted then

[ebon valve]

Have to read the descriptions carefully.

I’m not sure I understand, the replenishming patty should have restored Gladion’s MP if it was zero.

[cobalt furnace]

And the MPizza restores MP during battle after launching a move

[ebon valve]

Do they know that it gets sent to the recovery screen?

In the team menu.

[zealous plover]

Very hard rounds are...well, very hard without a half cake

[idle moss]

I did and it literally says restores all mp to all sync pairs

And then it didnt do that

[idle moss]

I also dont understand

[ebon valve]

Did it restore any other team member’s MP?

[idle moss]

No

[cobalt furnace]

Did you follow exactly what sages did in this video?

[idle moss]

I hadnt used any trainer moves on anyone else on that team before

[idle moss]

I thought it was in the single use category and not restore

I hate this game

[ebon valve]

So it’s still there then

[idle moss]

Yes

Does hearty stew revive dead units?

[ebon valve]

Well now you can use it.

[idle moss]

Yes but sylvally is gone now

[ebon valve]

You can just use it for another round, unless you finished it.

[idle moss]

Im on floor 8

[idle moss]

And dont know what to do since I dont know if hearty stew resses or not

Okay

[ebon valve]

I think you’re stressing a bit. If some gets KO’d you can just swap in a new member. The mode encourages you to shift the team for most areas.

[idle moss]

Its not letting me use it

[leaden wraith]

And you can quit mid battle to do it again

Like Sages said, you cant revive used units

[idle moss]

They havent been swapped off

They were used last round

[leaden wraith]

Ah, mb, but you still cant revive fainted sync pairs

[dry ice]

I mean, this was the same thing with Battle villa.

you would have to use a FULL recovery to actually revive units, but i don't believe FULL recoveries exist in Rally

[minor ravine]

They do not.

[half bone]

Do you just use one team in this mode or multiple?

[west abyss]

Read the pins to get caught up

[tame forge]

If it works the same way as apple cup, it should

Because it restores Paulo's accelerock

[tepid cedar]

hm

[gentle maple]

That's a lot of medals spent

[sudden heron]

I think this game is trying to defraud me why do i keep getting sprint field combinations

[oblique breach]

I'm grateful I have two sprint field combos

[sudden heron]

The shop feels generous today

[half bone]

would my roster affect anything in this?

sorry for being so hesitant on this.

I'm loss averse on this stuff.

I can show what I have if that'd help.

[gentle maple]

Yes your roster will affect your playthrough every time

Read up the pins

[half bone]

should I start with weaker pairs first and bring out stronger ones over time?

[gentle maple]

Yeah something like that

If u are into tryharding the common strategy people use is stacking up a type/theme/region whichever u have plenty to a certain amount like 3-5

[half bone]

I'm not sure if they'll have you switch out a lot or not, and switching locks you out of using the pair again later.

[gentle maple]

And bring one that fits the type/theme/region every battle

https://ng-pomatools.web.app/battle-rally

This also helps

[half bone]

I can show what I have. I've been using sync pair tracker for a while.

[gentle maple]

It's not gonna help

The fights are random

We can only predict the bonus

And yes u will be switching out a lot

[thick mauve]

you learn the best way when playing it, making mistake is fine, losing points is fine, there's no way anyone can optimize everything in a new mode
just by reading what others players posted you can optimize your run, if you're hesitant to start you will fall behind when people making progress and can't spoonfed every new players for every single stage, we're all start at the same time

1. pay attention to your initial buff at the start, buy more buffs if you can/having troublie, you'll learn what is the best buff base on your team. buy more of that buff or a new buff depends entirely on your roster
2. use weak pairs first, or at least don't put all your meta pairs in 1 team
3. switching to match the role bonus for each round, even if you have to play 3 tech or 3 support, buying more buffs can help you clear with unconventional teams
4. play ontype if you can, but offtype will be fine most of the time. matching the bonus buff/bonus role is more important than matching type
5. there's no shame in buying more item, after a few rounds you'll know what to buy and what not, we can't tell you what to buy, who to use every single stages

[half bone]

So... use stuff like, say, Brendan first?

Normal, Sceptile using Brendan.

[karmic briar]

Also first runs are very easy so you can play to maximize points

It’s from area 5 that fight will require more attention

[gentle maple]

Area 1-3 are very easy if u have been stacking your buff

Keep your Brendan

Use your first run to figure out what went right

[gentle maple]

Follow this advice honestly

Also use this instead of buying scope at area 1

[thick mauve]

Post your first stage and your initial buff and shop here i’ll help with the first stage then you’ll know what to do next

For new players i think buying scope 1 time is fine, to plan on the types if they’re not confident

But yeah after a few rounds just use pomatool

[half bone]

do stat buffs carry over, if I can ask? Like, if I b oost up, do those carry over to the next part? Asking because I want to be better able to plan out my ability uses.

I'm assuming no.

[thick mauve]

You can click the buff and see but yes buff from items last the whole run, buffs from food last a single round

[half bone]

Was meaning from trainer moves.

[thick mauve]

Oh tm, no

It’s like battle villa

[half bone]

Figured.

[thick mauve]

You most likely have to change team anyway

[half bone]

That makes me wonder if a team like Cynthia, Sycamore, and C. Marnie would be better, since that team tends to b e less reliant on TM.

[thick mauve]

It’s not recommended to use 1 team to clear all the stages, you’re losing bonus

[half bone]

Fair.

[thick mauve]

But if you want to it’s totally fine, points will be very random tho like 3-4k or sometimes 6k but it’ll be low, i think someone did a few runs to test

[gentle maple]

Get used to "tossing" away sync pairs after every round

This mode if anything is a roster check mode sort of

[half bone]

it's kinda why I asked if I should show my roster at all.

I saw someone mention needing Sprint pairs twice so...

[thick mauve]

If you don’t have enough sprint or field there’s nothing we can do, use something else

[gentle maple]

Or try not to use it unless absolutely forced to get the bonus

[thick mauve]

Sprint + Field is a deadly combo but sprint/field + any of the other 3 you can just use 3 tech/strike/support

[thick mauve]

And this, sometimes you have to decide to not use the bonus in order to clear the stage

[gentle maple]

Just give it a run

U will get the hang of it

[half bone]

So apparently, I got two items just for starting it?

[gentle maple]

Standing at the starting point even with all the info won't get u anywhere

[half bone]

I apparently started with ground types getting a 100 % boost.

Also, apparently I can only get the telescope at the start, if what the shopkeep says is correct?

[vagrant moon]

There's no need to get it

[thick mauve]

Ground type is not that good, probably have to buy something else rather than stacking ground type buffs

[vagrant moon]

More than no need, it's actually a bad investment

[thick mauve]

Yeah but for some players I say just buy it and save ourselves from troubles later (like Trin)

[rapid notch]

Would it be worth buying this along with fire power up?in the late rounds i could do anni n+red combo without needing mp

[vagrant moon]

I don't think it's worth it, how much does it cost

[half bone]

300

[rapid notch]

300 total

[vagrant moon]

Yeah, that's not worth it

[half bone]

This is what was on offer.

[rapid notch]

Alr

Also do ignore stages with field/sprint boost

I have a whopping 3 units of that role

And I'm not losing a good pair like Steven over it

[vagrant moon]

well if they don't ask specifically for field/sprint combo, you can go the other role

[gentle maple]

Damn ground start with that kind of shop is kinda oof

[thick mauve]

Probably buy water and use a water pair every round

[rapid notch]

What if it is specifically field/sprint

[gentle maple]

Is that water upgrade or water moves?

[vagrant moon]

that's water dmg

not water stat buff

[gentle maple]

Yeah looks like u should clear area 1 and see what the shop offers on area 2

[half bone]

Water Moves.

[thick mauve]

Oh yeah different icon

[gentle maple]

Try to match all bonus on area 1 and clear it

Use a ground pair that matches the bonus if u are struggling

[half bone]

We have grass for Area 1, Electric for Area 2, and Steel for area 3. Should I bring Palentines Marnie? That's tech.

[vagrant moon]

no, bring someone weak

like wikstrom

you don't want to use your good pairs in the start

[thick mauve]

What are the bonus roles

[rapid notch]

I got sprint/field multiplier on stage 2

It's not worth using ncnate or ssacynthia this early right

[half bone]

Alright.

[half bone]

Support and Tech.

[vagrant moon]

it's not

[gentle maple]

Definitely not

[vagrant moon]

'tho you can check if they show up later on

throw in pomatools

the roles

[thick mauve]

Bring 1 ground tech 1 steel tech and whatever support, or even 3 tech

[rapid notch]

What?

How does it work

[vagrant moon]

https://ng-pomatools.web.app/battle-rally

place the first 2 areas and will show you the rest

[half bone]

...WEll, that sucks a bit. Sprint shows up three times.

EX roles work too, right?

[vagrant moon]

yes

[half bone]

If I used an EX cake, I could get NC Rosa and SSA Cynthia for that.

To note, this is what I'm getting.

[vagrant moon]

Supp shows up a lot

that's great

it's a very good one

[half bone]

...Oh. Red also gets Field.

Well, Redchu.

[rapid notch]

I think I'll do
Victor/nothing area 2-5
Cynthia area 6-7
Nate area 8-10

Sounds good?

[vagrant moon]

idk which ones you got

you don't need to use any ex roles unless you really want to

[half bone]

For main-job Sprint, only Rei.

For Field, Victor and Akari.

[vagrant moon]

I meant James

[half bone]

ah, derp

[vagrant moon]

you can keep something like NC Rosa, Rei and NC Blue for round 10 if you have them

[rapid notch]

2 is field sprint ,3 is support field

[vagrant moon]

yeah Nate for 8-10 sounds good

what other fields do you have?

[half bone]

What about this for a first one? Do I have the right idea?

[karmic briar]

Btw water boost is rly good imo

We have so many water stuff to slap anywhere

[rapid notch]

Victor

[vagrant moon]

you're missing the ground unit to give you the boost

change Eve with Clay

and make Jasmine tank

[half bone]

Hmm... My choices would be Courtney, Nita, Bertha, or Rocket!Lyra. At least in terms of support and tech.

ah, or Clay.

I guess Courtney, Clay, or Nita?

[vagrant moon]

Clay

[half bone]

guessing gear can be swapped out whenever?

also assuming I don't need to worry about any of the items immediately?

as in,, the ones on offer.

[west abyss]

Take note of the bug in #game-announcements but yes it can be changed freely

[half bone]

Well, I don't think I need to worry too much about selling my gear.

[west abyss]

Yes it's fine as-is right now, check the shop again in Area 2 and see if there's a better boost over ground you can buy

[thick mauve]

they should sell a refresh buff item

[half bone]

...Jesus christ, Wikstrom is painfulto use. Especially since this team has no speed boosting.

Jesus Christ, Wikstrom is NOT enough.

[thick mauve]

change the support then, it's normal to constantly change team for this mode if it didn't work, no need to complain every time you hit a block

also it's round 1

[half bone]

The frustrating part is that Clang is actually really useful for preventing Haze.

[karmic briar]

It’s a special focus stage and Jasmine is physical

[half bone]

Even if she was special tanking, this is after TWO SYNC MOVES. Wikstrom's damage is pitiful.

Lodge Jasmine, maybe? With Screech and Heart of Steel?

Screech is a soft damage up.

It can't be hazed away either.

[west abyss]

You're running +2 crit Wikstrom, grid Sharp Entry

[half bone]

SHE USES HAZE FOR HER SECOND ACTION

THAT DOESN'T MATTER.

[west abyss]

Chill tf out, yelling helps no one

[half bone]

I'm sorry, I just brought up haze being an issue earlier so I don't get why starting buffs will help.

Those go away unless I have a way to block Haze.

[karmic briar]

Flinch haze with iron head

[west abyss]

You also mentioned in the same message Clang is useful for mitigating Haze, yes?

[half bone]

Yes, because it blocks Haze from working.

[west abyss]

So keep Jasmine, but run Wikstrom at +3 crit and get some flinches

See if that makes a difference

[half bone]

Also, accute senses is apparently a thing.

which is only making things worse.

Maybe Bertha, I guess? Since she has Sand Tomb?

ground too, so that means the bonus is gotten as well.

I'm just going to get Bertha, Clay does less than nothing and just eats up move gauge points.

Would she be more suited for tanking htis stage?

Yeah, I'm just trying it with her.

Yeah, it worked by putting in Bertha and changing up Wikstrom's sync grid.

Aaaaand it really wants me to use ground types still. Also, dark boost stuff for the field mission. I think it also wants me to use Akari.

(I don't exactly have many field types to begin with so... yeah, wouldn't really be much I can do there otherwise)

(at least Akari's more self sufficient, I believe, even at 1/5?)

Something a bit like this?

[karmic briar]

You need to address acute senses too… maybe bp morty? So you can confuse and flinch the haze

[half bone]

I just cleared that, sorry.

[thick mauve]

You don’t have to use akari, can just use 3 supports

Still early, you might want to use field to tank in that strike field round later

[half bone]

I have three options, I can do one for each.

Honestly, the tricky part is that, for at least one of them, I won't realy have much offense aside from Iono.

Well, unless i use NC Leaf, I suppose.

[static arch]

Kind of stinks having to wait for weekly reset

[rapid notch]

Steven ain't doing enough damage and sycamore gets one shot almost every reset

What do I do

Also what happens if i exit the battle

[leaden wraith]

you can do the battle again

Lucian has WEx2 so Steven is having a hard time

[rapid notch]

Aw hell na

[leaden wraith]

wait i thought this was #1009554906568462476

[rapid notch]

Do i swap out sycamore for another tank

Steel weal ain't doing him any favours

[leaden wraith]

yes ofc, he is weak to Steel

and which boosts do you have?

[rapid notch]

None

[leaden wraith]

thats why

[rapid notch]

It's round 2

No good shit to buy

[leaden wraith]

well replace him with a defense tank then

[rapid notch]

How about sskris?

Can help heal steven as well

Or is too earlt

[leaden wraith]

you are gonna changing teams a lot, so save op units for later, especially Arena 10 with UB

[rapid notch]

Skyla?

She's a pretty below op support to me

[vagrant moon]

For next cases

Don't use Steven this early

[rapid notch]

Yeah

[vagrant moon]

What's your bonus

[rapid notch]

Current area is sprint field

[vagrant moon]

I mean, what bonus you have available from freebie

[rapid notch]

It doesn't say

[vagrant moon]

It does, before starting the battle there's a button, active boosts or something like that

[rapid notch]

Oh that

I got steel

Ass type

[vagrant moon]

Replace one of your units with a steel one

[rapid notch]

No good offtypers(except maybe 2/5 rose)

[vagrant moon]

When you have a unit of that type all your units get a % boost

If you only have 1 stack, it's 100%

[rapid notch]

Oh damn

Alright then

Anyways cleared area 2

[vagrant moon]

You can stack the steel boost, if you keep buying it

[rapid notch]

Anything interesting?

[vagrant moon]

A 2nd will give you 200% stat boost and so on

[muted sparrow]

You should play around your Upgrade

[rapid notch]

So steel upgrade and always have steel type on team?

[vagrant moon]

Thats one way to go, yes

[rapid notch]

Is colress or hop more valuable

For my boosts

There's an equal amount of tech boost and support boost

[vagrant moon]

You're on which area?

[rapid notch]

3

[vagrant moon]

wa

what's the role boost

[rapid notch]

Support and field

[vagrant moon]

don't use hop rn, use Jasmine

if you can add supps to boost her dmg you can use jasmine as dps even

[rapid notch]

Mk

Done

Should I just stack up a ton of these and use hop on round 10

Or is apple cup a better choice

[vagrant moon]

I usually do 3 of those, if you have the right units with this boost alone you can beat the round 10

if you don't feel like it's enough you can keep buying them

[rapid notch]

For round 10 would NCNate+Hop+Emma suffice?

I can buy more steel upgrades

Or champion

Or both?

[vagrant moon]

depends which one ends up being, Emma doesn't look like would be a good choice overall

might want someone that can apply debuffs or weather

but Nate's dmg with the boosts will for sure be great

[rapid notch]

I could also do hop+cynthia+ncnate

But debuffers

Uhh

[mild notch]

i used 3 too should do enough

but i had very good units in the last round so maybe 4 if you lack

[rapid notch]

Is this good?

I got 4x steel

[normal python]

You have no one to inflict status interference

Your team will actually die without constant AoE healing

[rapid notch]

what do i do

i have to use hop

there is no alternative to him

[normal python]

Let me see your shop

[rapid notch]

well?

[placid depot]

that thorton battle wants rebuff iirc

[vagrant moon]

What other options do you have for supps?

[rapid notch]

hmm

ncblue,holiday sycamore,sc lyra

[vagrant moon]

And for steel?

Side note, do you have Zerena?

[rapid notch]

hop,jasmine.lodge jasmine,rose,palmarnie,solgaleo

and no

[tiny pulsar]

is 6800 a good score

[vagrant moon]

You can try Solgaleo and NC Blue as your support

[rapid notch]

would ncblue worh at 1/5

[vagrant moon]

Yes

It's alright

[rapid notch]

i dont get 3/5 till the end of the month(or sacrificing 3/5 sstred/steven)

[vagrant moon]

That's fine its worth a shot

Mainly you're missing the debuffs

If solgaleo doesn't work we can try Pal Marnie instead of Solgaleo to give you debuffs

[rapid notch]

I'm not sure this will work with how much hp this guy has

yeah dead

[ebon valve]

Trying to see if I can beat this without gelato or apple.

[rapid notch]

what do i do

[normal python]

Find the UB docs in #1009557516369281075

[rapid notch]

but dont i need the points

so the specific roles

[normal python]

Show your fire units

[ebon valve]

Thornton has Def x3 at the start then swaps to Sp. def x3 at 60%.

Also the entire team triples their defensive stats if there isn’t a status change namely rebuff, confusion, restrain, trap

[normal python]

They have NC Blue

[sudden hull]

i love 9x defenses

[ebon valve]

Okay. And 2x phys attackers. Hmmm. So maybe a special fire unit, but I guess they wanted to try and keep Nate, but require steel for the bonus

[normal python]

I'm wondering if they used Solgaleo's Focus Blast

[ebon valve]

Are you switching to your steel move at 60%?

Problem is also little sync damage afterwards

[rapid notch]

i am not even reaching 60%

thing im between 80-70

[vagrant moon]

You want to focus blast till you reach 60%

[normal python]

Are you using Solgaleo's Focus Blast above 60% HP?

And obviously, why Solgaleo over something like SS Red or Silver?

[ebon valve]

They has Steel Stat increase

[west abyss]

Steel bonus

[normal python]

Ah right

[vagrant moon]

If you're being able to clear the sides I taken reaching 60% with Focus blast is possible

[normal python]

Also, Solgaleo is weak to ground

[ebon valve]

Did they show off their steel roster?

[normal python]

Hmmm no

[ebon valve]

Any opinions about this 😛

[normal python]

Honestly I have no idea

I haven't tried Palmer yet

[ebon valve]

I imagine you’re supposed to abandon all defense in favor of offense? Not sure if fighting rebuff + zone is enough

[vagrant moon]

Without Cynthia, Rosa or Hop?

[ebon valve]

I have all of those still available.

[ebon valve]

Hmm. Solgaleo is still the only mixed attacker here.

Is your Nate with field role?

[rapid notch]

yep

could have red 1/5 field too but i need cake vouchers for him

[ebon valve]

Almost

[normal python]

Have you tried Aura Cynthia?

[ebon valve]

I was seeing if I could do it without dropping blue since he’s x2

Oh.. and the Rival for the stat multiplier

💩 crap

[karmic briar]

I know it’s a dumb question but do you happen to have caked rei?

I think rei blue and Bea should do it

[ebon valve]

Rei is locked. Haven’t caked him yet.

[karmic briar]

[ebon valve]

I could buy another stat increase…

[karmic briar]

Additional fighting striker?

A random SCguzma?

[ebon valve]

Oh the Gelato is on sale lol, 50 points

[karmic briar]

we always fall for sale

[ebon valve]

Here’s the shameful clear: #1011736960701829191 message

[rapid notch]

I am still stuck

Should I just buy the apple

I'm still make a small profit

Around 4.5k total

[ebon valve]

What’s your hard stage?

Cause typically doing hard without Apple is more points than Vh with Apple

[tiny pulsar]

"man I hate sprint+field bonus areas"

skill issue

[rapid notch]

thorton

wait

yeah thorton

lucy easy

[rapid notch]

should i do hard

seems easier than v hard

ill total to 4950 pts

is it good

[sudden heron]

If you use lets say 2 psychic with the psychic boost only 1 stack on, would that mean the whole team would have 200 percent ? Since if you have one unit of a particular theme it affects the whole team

[west abyss]

You just gotta match the theme once and you get whatever your boost is. Adding on more pairs won't have additional benefit

So if your theme is psychic x1 for 100% boost, a team of one psychic pair and a team of two psychic pairs will both just get a 100% boost

[sudden heron]

Ok

Should have been the other scenario tho

[rapid notch]

is it worth getting ground boosts

[urban ledge]

What now

[tiny pulsar]

get more units

duh

[urban ledge]

Is it your free one?

[rapid notch]

yep

also in the shop

[sudden heron]

Told yall this game is trying to defraud me

[wary kayak]

Field&Sprint is a problem for pretty much everyone tho

[ebon valve]

I’d imagine getting the 8x sprint stage would be nice, so you can start with ncRosa

[rapid notch]

is it worth getting the boosts

also is 5k points per run good?

[sudden heron]

It almost feels like the game is churning out a lot of field and sprint and less support strike or tech huh

[wary kayak]

I... don't think so?

[ebon valve]

There’s either 8 of one role or 3/4 if every role

[wary kayak]

And if you mean the Sync Pair Scout, the only one available that has Sprint or Field as their main role rn is Mix Red

[sudden heron]

Me
Stage 1 support sprint
2 sprint field
3 strike sprint
4 tech support
5 sprint support
6 field sprint
7 strike field
8 sprint tech
9 sprint strike
10 Sprint tech

[wary kayak]

Oh, you got the 8-sprint layout then

[sudden heron]

Only one normal combination there

Now wouldn't that be dena defrauding me

[ebon valve]

In that scenario, you would just use Rosa or Cynthia to carry you through. Or cry because you don’t have limiteds

[rapid notch]

is ground freebie worth investing into

or do i go into another type

[wary kayak]

Defrauding of what exactly

Shit happens, wear a hat.

https://ng-pomatools.web.app/battle-rally

You can use this applet to identify the stage pattern early

[ebon valve]

Ground doesn’t have a lot so choose wisely

[wary kayak]

What other theme boosts are in the shop?

[rapid notch]

i see 3 usable

uhh

[wary kayak]

If there's an easy one, you can just buy an extra copy of that one.

[rapid notch]

none avaiable

[wary kayak]

Like, I got Normal Upgrade as my freebie once. Fuuuuuuck that.

[rapid notch]

just wtz ups

[wary kayak]

...Wtz?

[ebon valve]

Weather terrain zone

[wary kayak]

Oh, Weather/Terr--

My brain got stuck on What The 🇿uck

[ebon valve]

Those probably aren’t stat boosts

The impactful ones are the ones that increase your stats by a percentage

[wary kayak]

Yeah. I'm surprised there isn't another option. So the choices really are to double-stack Ground or leave it at 1 and hope another one spawns

[ebon valve]

Ground is doable, just more limiting than others

[wary kayak]

What are the roles boosted for stage 1?

Or have you already used PoMaTools to analyze the layout

Reward boost, I mean

[rapid notch]

it wants two stages

[wary kayak]

Damn, so we can't guess this early

I think I would lean towards leaving Ground at 1× and hoping an easier upgrade spawns next round. But I don't know the probability of that, so it may not be a good gamble

[rapid notch]

its either saving 100 pts or losing them

[wary kayak]

Sorta. 100pts isn't that much compared to the total reward amount, so I guess the stakes aren't that high

[rapid notch]

ill take the risk

[rapid notch]

also got ground powerup in shop again

do i continue investing in ground?

[tame forge]

Use fodder ground units early on and keep checking shop to see if alternate boost shows up

Unless you have a really good unit like caked froxanne

That you can use on later stages

[rapid notch]

i am using fodder ground

so do i take the power up or save

[tame forge]

I'd save early on and see if you can get a better buff

You can get quite late without buying anything

[wary kayak]

Ground is going to spawn every time-- your freebie always spawns

[rapid notch]

what about other types

[tame forge]

Yeah but you can get another buff too

Other types, regions, themes

What have you

I think you're locked to only two buffs per rally though

[wary kayak]

Other themes can spawn randomly. If you buy one, THAT theme will also continually respawn

[rapid notch]

then ill skip ground for now

[wary kayak]

Good luck. This'll be a weird run.

Don't forget you can pad your roster with eggmons!

An egg sandslash or egg dugtrio, just to maintain the ground buff, might get you through

[rapid notch]

Hey ain't that a good one

[tame forge]

That's really good

If you have good psychic units anyway

Sabrina is pretty accessible

And Lucian

[wary kayak]

Giovanni

Tate and Liza

[west abyss]

Liza & Tate lots to burn early rounds

[wary kayak]

Loads of good accessible psychics

[normal python]

NC Rosa will be godly

[wary kayak]

Might buy up a few Psy upgrades and run the rally like that

[tame forge]

Yeah psy upgrade definitely great

Will nuke will nuke

[wary kayak]

Let's not forget the best Psychic type: Ethan

[normal python]

||Ummmm, actually, Lugia's signature is flying type, that's why they made SS Ethan a flying type ||

[tame forge]

||Uhm technically the original designer of Luigi wanted it to be a water type||

[rapid notch]

Would it work?

I have 6 psychic upgrade

[ebon valve]

You can try the stage without repercussions. Your units won’t get exhausted unless you don’t quit/retry the stage .

Problem is mainly wanting physical damage for sub 60

[rapid notch]

zen headbutt and pray

[sudden heron]

Zen headbutt gaming

Isnt there any better option than lucian

[rapid notch]

psychic terrain ig?

[tame forge]

You can substitute lucian for a physical attacker

One psychic unit is enough to get the boost

[sudden heron]

Nothing to see here just more ass luck

[rapid notch]

Uh oh.

[sudden heron]

Wanted to do some more runs today but that shit just washed it all away

[rapid notch]

im still losing the fight

could any of them help

[lost cliff]

You got close with the team you had, i'd say try again with that team

Or get another bonus from the shop

[sudden heron]

Sst red doesn't sound like a bad idea he also does debuff and is his damage is physical

[rapid notch]

tbh i dont think i should buy more

im currently gonna get 5.1k after beating round 10

with a tech

[tame forge]

Kalos has a lot of good units tho

[rapid notch]

i could buy psychic moves for 50 pts

[tame forge]

Well you can always wait to see if shop has something else

Guy above me got psychic, godsend

[sudden heron]

Nc serena yes calem doesn't have boost for first stage

No i am not using tech cake on him

[tame forge]

First few stages you can use anything tbh

Use og serena

[rapid notch]

Nice

Is that a good run

[wary kayak]

Is this your first time? Not bad if so

[rapid notch]

3rd ever run

first was very shit

about 3800

second was 4,8k i think

[wary kayak]

It's lower than I'd like, but my roster is really huge so my scores might just be higher as a result of that

[rapid notch]

my main problem is round 10

[wary kayak]

I do notice your scores are improving so there's that

[rapid notch]

need to invest so many extra power boost for it

and need too get lucky wiht multipliers

[wary kayak]

Getting a good dmg multi to spawn is often the riskiest part of my runs

Feels like the stat multis are only enough to keep pace with enemy scaling; the dmg multis are what allow me to actually pull ahead

[rapid notch]

i needed 6 psychic stat up+1 psychic move up for this

my lack of move level is pretty bad lol

[wary kayak]

I like to look for damage multis based on "do you have this stat raised" or "is it a critical hit", since those are so easy to meet

Unless it wants, like, evasion raised. Fuck that

[rapid notch]

i like the type stat one

getting 100% stats full team is nice for harder stage

[tame forge]

Region also good

[half bone]

To confirm, on the field area stuff, would it work to use Akari, since she's one of my few Field mons?

Still feeling out my first run.

Thinking it's best to save them for those sorts of areas, since it makes it easier to deal with them.

[west abyss]

Have you used the tool on PoMatools to see what role bonuses you're going to have in future areas?

That way if you've got some back to back field bonuses you can keep Akari for those consecutive rounds

[half bone]

Yeah, there's apparently three Field areas. My only Field pokemon are Akari, Victor, and Redchu through EX Role.

[west abyss]

That's good, depending on the difficulty, if they're easy you can throw in EVictor for now so you're being conservative with your good units, or if they're challenging enough to warrant Akari you can slot her in

Definitely save SST Red for your last round, he often comes in clutch

[half bone]

Guessing I should focus on Very Hard stages too, with my current opponent there being Lusamine.

[west abyss]

Ideally yea

[half bone]

Last round is Support/Sprint

Hang on, I'll screwnshot thr list again.

Yeah, Red wouldn't get boosts on the last one. Rei would do just fine though.

is there any resources to figure out what battles you'll be dealing with? As in, once they're revealed. Curious on how easy/hard the Lusamine one is since I'm wondering if it's an older one.

Huh, this shop looks better. Ghost is something I have a little more of too. If I can ask, does the critical hit rate 3 thing happen for one Pokemon or everyone?

[rapid notch]

time for run 4

freebie is kanto

[half bone]

Any of what's in hte store good to go for? Maybe the ghost boost? not sure if the Galar upgrade is really worth using, since I have a limited suppl2 of Galar.

[rapid notch]

should i bank it on kanto boost

[west abyss]

See if your ghost roster or Galar roster is more fleshed out and has pairs you can adjust on different teams

Buy one of them and you can stack it in subsequent rounds

[half bone]

Huh, more than I thought, admittedly. Could this be enough from stage 3 on?

Ghost roster, for comparison (Victor and Morty (Ghastly) were just used)

Maybe Galar would work better?

[rapid notch]

is it worth dumping into kanto boost?

run is kinda heavy on field and sprint

[half bone]

Mind showing what the layout is?

[wary kayak]

Oh, that's a balanced spread

4 of each role

[forest tendon]

hmmm I just ran into a lucky area (#5) where Strike and Support are the boosted roles. the next 4 areas have either Tech or Field (2 of each), so I'm wondering if it's worth it for me to take SST Red out so I can get 3 boosted units for the lucky area. If I take SST Red out and put in a Strike or Support unit, will I gain an extra 300 medals? then it seems like a wash, since using SST Red for 2 VHard fights will also gain 300 medals? (150x2) does this make any sense?

[half bone]

Can I have some help figuring out how to deal with Area 3? Not sure what steel type works best for this one. It's against Bertha with her leading with a Rhyperior.

[ebon valve]

That's the Champion Stadium stage, just without any of the CS Parameters applied.

The sides have Wise Entry x3, which means they take less damage from special moves.

But, Area 3 isn't too big of an increase, so you should be able to off-type it fine.

[urban ledge]

Oh noooooooo wise entry how will steel solve this problem

[half bone]

I just got Galar Bonus, is the thing. And Raihan is a special attacker, at least where speed is concerned.

So that sucks a bit there.

[ebon valve]

I don't really worry about the stage's weakness unless it's one of the later areas.

[half bone]

(Yes, Palentines Marnie is a thing too but it's a support/strike setup)

[ebon valve]

If Raihan is already slotted, then you should be fine with him. Did you get KO'd?

Or have you not attempted the stage yet?

[polar fable]

My only limited steel is raihan and solgaleo is ground weak

[half bone]

I just restarted. If it's anything like Champion's Stadium or Battle Villa, that should be fine. Had the wrong grid on anyway.

[ebon valve]

Restart battle 🆗
Just don't click Retire.

[half bone]

Don't plan to, don't worry.

[forest tendon]

any thoughts on my question?

[half bone]

Only offtype I have for Galar that isn't NC!Marnie is Bea. Hmm...

[ebon valve]

Using Red in those 4 stages would guarantee you 0.5 to the multiplier.
So, it'd certainly ease the team building requirement and Red is a sustainable pair whom can reuse his max move + max conductivity without MP usage.

[half bone]

I guess I can use a Galar support instead . Maybe Support Raihan or Piers?

[ebon valve]

You'd certainly be reusing your current galar pair, unless your swapping to role match.

[forest tendon]

I see. yeah SST Red has been my MVP for BR, all the more since I gave him a Field cake (helps that my only Field unit is Victor...)

[half bone]

I think it should be fine if I haven't actually used him. I just double checked and, despite switching some pairs around for the first match, only Bertha, Wikstrom, and Jasmine are registered as unusable.

It seems to only count it if you clear.

So I can switch aorund freely right now.

The only one I'm reusing right now is Nita, who I'm tempted to swap out anyway, since she doesn't add much.

Plus, her Trainer Skill is used up, so she isn't contributing too much either.

only reason she's there is due to ground type bonus.

Hmm... Would Maxie be overkill? just musing right now as I peruse my options.

Wondering if using Steven here is too soon too.

[ebon valve]

These are all units who would give you the full bonus multiplier when they are provided Role.

[half bone]

Hmm... maybe this? Or should I save Steven? I can try to find a cheaper Phys Striker too.

[ebon valve]

You're still in stage 3?

[half bone]

I am very slow on this.

[simple frost]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1040143746597146644/1203520268891459604/image.png?ex=65d16498&is=65beef98&hm=0ba33a2965f3a544e77b77874f8df86f74be6482af23e2a48a758367c1c1d5fe&

Is this guy going to be okay? or does he need anti poison? (9x Ice)

[ebon valve]

leaf is antipoison

though, not right at the start

blue can cure though

[simple frost]

okay he managed to. 444k BMove and 200k sync move

[ebon valve]

9x stats is a bit overkill.

[half bone]

Yeah, I really can't make Molyane work on this. he's doing too little damage. Maybe I'm missing something, Is there any other gimmick E4 Bertha has that I need to plan for?

I just cracked and went for Steven. Honestly, I think i was overthinking things tobegin with, there's only three Strike stages.

It's Support that it really likes.

Is this saying it takes effect when using a sync move?

[leaden wraith]

no, just normal moves

basically its double MGR9

[ebon valve]

both pokemon & trainer moves are affected. It makes gauge management vanish.

doesn't occur until after the move is successful. so you still need to be a little mindful if queueing with 2x big four bar users

[half bone]

Huh. It's 150 points.

Tempted to break out Nessa/May for the next one since it's sprint and Tech (thinking on having NC Rosa tank and be the 'Sprint' pair via EX role)

Maybe this and another Galar bonus would work out well.

[simple frost]

what's your buffs looking like?

[half bone]

I've been struggling with gauge management too

Just the freebie ground buff and one Galar buff.

There's also another ground buff on offer and physical/special boost as well.

[leaden wraith]

take more Ground buff

[half bone]

Also Galar buff.

Honestly, Ground is... less good for me. My ground pool is limited.

If I got one of htose, it'd probably be Galar buff.

That's also on offer right now, should have mentioned, sorry.

[half bone]

Getting G alar Buff and MG ^2. Not sure if I should get more ground buff too, I only have a few ground pairs.

For reference on Ground Pair supply.

[ebon valve]

choosing one of the underrepresented types at the beginning is a bold choice, since there are less roles available

[half bone]

I... didn't. It was a freebie.

I bought the Galar boost.

I would have gladly gotten a lot of other types.

Or other regions too, for that matter.

[half bone]

Jesus christ, can the game stop giving me Galar and Ground? I have the least of those and it won't stop giving them out.

[west abyss]

Ground will always stay in your shop, it's your starting bonus

If you bought Galar it will also repeat

[half bone]

Lovely, I'm out of luck there.

I didn't get anything else.

I'd love to have Kanto or Johto or something I have more representation in.

[west abyss]

Yep, that's the luck of the draw. Whatever your starting bonus is and subsequently, if you can replace it with something in the shop

[cobalt furnace]

Oh is that how it works?

[west abyss]

I know that buying them does cause a repeat in the store, I'm just not sure if it's guaranteed

And whether or not it'll happen every single round

[half bone]

Well, other options for bonuses are special attack up, accuracy up, and no stat nullification. Any of those good?

[forest tendon]

the 1st two items in the BR shop do seem to repeat. I've never seen or heard of an exception

[cobalt furnace]

That’s what i thought

[west abyss]

Oh

[west abyss]

Seems Galar was their 3rd but did repeat

[forest tendon]

oh interesting. could be, I don't have any data on that

[half bone]

Galar was my second.

I haven't bought too much form the shop.

[west abyss]

I mean 3rd in terms of horizontal position

[half bone]

Ah. Huh.

Actually, that ended up in the first slot sometimes.

[hasty marlin]

me waiting for Monday still so i can play more of this mode.

[half bone]

I've also been seeing lots of terrain stuff.

Psychic terrain and Dark Zone.

[west abyss]

The first ever time you got it, was it in 3rd?

[half bone]

First slot.

[hasty marlin]

please send feedback for them to give us a way to play rewardless or something without tickets this is too fun

[cobalt furnace]

Personally, I’m saving one Rally Pass every week in case of an emergency if I won’t have enough Cake Coins

[half bone]

...Oh, how good is Champion Upgrade? Just saw that pop up at the half-way mark.

I think I have some powerhouse options there too...

[hasty marlin]

What’s your current boost?

[sudden hull]

its the same as any regional/type/theme boost

100% to stats

[half bone]

Ground (irrelevant) and Galar. Champion at this point might be a little easier ot manage and come with some powerful options.

Ground, at this point, is just... There's not realy many options left.

There weren't before, I only have it because freebie.

[west abyss]

Just be aware you don't need to center around your boost, you just need a single pair that matches it to get the boost for your whole team

They can be a filler

[hasty marlin]

^

[west abyss]

If you feel the Champion boost is going to work better in terms of quantity, you could buy that and stack a couple so to help with the last 2-3 stages

[hasty marlin]

galars already wide enough IMO and each extra unique boost dillutes your shop from new stuff

[half bone]

Fair enough there, I suppose. I've already got three Galar though, and Ground is barely being used at this point.

[hasty marlin]

+300% is enough for most boxes

[half bone]

I should be able to pace out enough Galar units to finish the rest too. How g ood is Evasion in this

[hasty marlin]

varies in mileage from stage to stage

your main concern should be making sure you keep your options open for Ultimate Battle answers

and having enough boosts to reliably get through it

[half bone]

Alright. Right now, I'm using Lodge Raihan as a filler since... well, it's Support/Field and there's not really a better option there.

Anything here? Sorry, thr ultimate battle thing just has me nervous since I've never done those.

Wait, maybe I did? What do you mean by Ultimate battles? The new stuff?

[thick mauve]

you don't have to buy item every time, with the current boost you should be able to clear up to the 9th round

[half bone]

I forget if it's that or the stuff that occasionally comes around.

[thick mauve]

it's been a day and you haven't made any progress just try different combinations

[hasty marlin]

if you need anything more, just look for a move damage boost thatd apply to most teams, thats all youd really need beyond like 300% stats IMO

stack it to maybe +200% and youll be cruising

i dont think a box with 3/5 exr sstred, ncblue, ncleaf, etc as options will struggle on a UB with proper boosts at all

[half bone]

I'll look for more buffs on the way then.

[hasty marlin]

look for like Status > Damage +100% or something similar

thats pretty easy to do and applies to most teams without much struggle

[rapid notch]

First time I ever get this and it's the shittiest thing I've seen

Do i just throw in victor and get 450 pts

[cobalt furnace]

+pomatools
Do the thing to see all your boosts to see if you need more

[hexed patio]

https://ng-pomatools.web.app/pairs

[cobalt furnace]

But iirc lucky area is worth more points than a very hard stage? Not sure, i’ve never gotten it

[gentle maple]

Lucky area isn't shitty lol

[cobalt furnace]

Oh the pins says it does, definitely use all your fields/sprint there, not just victor unless that’s all you have

[hollow isle]

I think they meant the bonus combination

Field/Sprint

[gentle maple]

It gives like 1.5k with all the boost iirc

[heavy fjord]

Lucky Area is 600 point default, bonus combo might not be great but going for a 2.5x is absolutely worth

[gentle maple]

I mean yeah the combination is bad but it's still good boost

Get all the bonus definitely worth

[cobalt furnace]

Imo i feel like people should avoid using all of their tickets (just the weekly ones for the mission and limited time ones) until they get Riley

Another Sprint pair is basically another 150 rally coins

[rapid notch]

I have 3 sprint and field

[cobalt furnace]

Use all of them

[gentle maple]

Use all of them

[cobalt furnace]

It’s better to use them for a stage worth 600 points at base than anything else

[gentle maple]

Lucky area is worth 2 areas of medals