Battle Rally

[wary kayak]

Hm... Most UBs are flinchproof or have Resilience, yes? Maybe it would be best to burn SSLyra here, then

[severe bronze]

btw did you use pomatools

[simple frost]

Truth be told, Battle Rally seems to be kinda bad from the JP players.
They might extend/add things to it for more people to play it.

[severe bronze]

you can see upcoming role combo

[simple frost]

Like more Battle Rally shop / missions yeah

[severe bronze]

honestly i’ll use sst red here for points if i were you

[wary kayak]

Yeah, Strike and Support. A mercifully sane combo

[severe bronze]

and someone who can replace zone

ah

great place to use red then

sst red

if you have him caked it’ll be great for points

[wary kayak]

Maybe! My stat multi is Gym Leader and my dmg multi is Any Stat Reduction

[severe bronze]

red can take care of that

[wary kayak]

I should really cake him anyway since he's so insane, so I think I might as well!

[severe bronze]

just beware of flying zone she hits hard and set up turn one

on entry even

[wary kayak]

BP Falkner is a gym leader with defog, so that'll take care of that

[severe bronze]

[wary kayak]

Then I can just bring Viola or Erika to tank, and... It looks like I have a plan!

Thanks for the ideas

[severe bronze]

no worries goodluck

[timid hound]

For Palmer, is there no chance for NCHop to defeat mid without support EX?

My role bonus is strike tech so...

[leaden wraith]

Just cake a support having tech EXR

[timid hound]

I knew it

Fineeeeeee

NCBlue should be a good candidate for support Rolex

[severe bronze]

no unless you take a lot of boost

also depends on move level

[timid hound]

1/5 kekw

I rolex'd NCBlue

I have an abundance of strike rolex coins anyways so it's good

How threatening are sides once I defeat mid?

[ebon valve]

Blizzard & Hydro Cannon
Rock Slide & Giga Impact

They have Berserker 2 Ramp Up 2 and Move Gauge Refresh 9. And same immunities as palmer

Zero in 3: Critical hits land more easily when the user’s attack move is used.

💀

[severe bronze]

[timid hound]

Zapdos and his flightless cousin

[timid hound]

Luckily I chipped them down enough and turn stole before they could launch any of those but wtf

I wish PMEX would allow us to preview the full array of enemy passives and moves like they do in other games

As informative as the "focus on these" and "watch out for these" are on battle preview, they're fuzzy at best and inconsequential at worst

I forgot which stage but it was ice-weak and said to focus on phys moves, but I brought Irida and it was fine

[ebon valve]

Yeah, it'd be nice for sure. A lot of Legendary Arenas are broken down in docs. Not sure if we have one for every past Event battle.

[timid hound]

Yeah it's nice we have docs but to have it in-game would be nice too so we don't have to keep checking it outside

Well I for one would personally find it more convenient

Would make cooking more convenient

Like when the battle preview says to focus on phys, it's a toss up whether it means they keep using a defense buffing move or have sentry entry x3 lmao

[wary kayak]

Meanwhile it was Tech I couldn't use against Palmer. How vexing it is to have the exact guy intended to counter this fight (Neo Hop) and have it effectively cost 150pts if I actually want to use him

[timid hound]

Korrina

[wary kayak]

Took several tries to come up with a plan that could work (two denials and a quadqueue to steal the last, fatal, hit before his catastrophic sync)

[timid hound]

I imagine Bea EX would make it a touch easier?

[wary kayak]

Probably. Or gridding her for sync nuke, which I can but didn't realize it would help until near the end of the winning run

[timid hound]

True, I would've grid Bea for nuke and Korrina for DPS

So she can deal with sides

[wary kayak]

Stat multi was Gym Leader (Korrina also fulfills that) and damage multi was Any Stat Reduction (Ingo's not just here for freebies, Mud Slap targets a stat they don't buff back up)

[timid hound]

I honestly don't even know what they did pre sync lol

Too focused on just beating down Regi since it's actually kinda fat

Or at least it felt like it

I think it has around 200k HP iirc?

[wary kayak]

The sidekicks don't attack presync, they only use buff items

X Def All, X Atk All (yike), X SpAtk All

200k... plausible, I think

[timid hound]

Palmer felt scary but it's good I preserved NCHop until the end lol

[wary kayak]

The exact man for the job

[timid hound]

Yeah I had a feeling

My boost was champion too so I had to be very cautious who I'm sinking early for role boost

Lodge Steven and Event Blue helped a lot lmao

Even if as fodder

[wary kayak]

Oof, if I got Champion I'd fish for an easier one to meet

[timid hound]

My champion box is stacked

Unfortunately it's a bit too stacked

Meaning sinking any of them early would feel awful

[wary kayak]

I started with a Steel freebie and I only have 11(+eggmons) of those

[timid hound]

Steel isn't too bad I think, we have several f2p pairs of them too like jasmine and mcsolgaleo

[wary kayak]

Gym Leader spawned early and then I was in business. I have sixty-hecking-nine (nice) of those

[timid hound]

Ye Gym Leader would be awesome lmao

So many spotlights to throw

[wary kayak]

There are very few gamebreakers among them since most alt versions no longer have the Gym Leader theme
But the gamebreaking can be done by someone else anyway. This many options still means I have a colossal toolset to pull from

[timid hound]

Not to mention with the boost, even early pairs can tank or do some debuffing or buffing

My preliminary team building template it usually:

1. Find a pair to fulfill role bonus and boost
2. Find an on role bonus and on type pair to deal damage
3. Find an on role bonus pair to tank

[wary kayak]

Yeah, and there are a couple units who are both steel and gym leader. Such as Jasmine, even mentioned just earlier

[timid hound]

Jasmine stonks

Just slow

Clang more like Cpleasesppedupwhyareyousoslowjfc

[quaint star]

At least with Rally, the sides are pushovers that won't kill you once you get rid of their boss

[wary kayak]

Clanky steel is as clanky steel does

[quaint star]

Like, they are really weak in comparison to say, CS or HS

[timid hound]

Penny's sides killed me after I killed Penny

[quaint star]

You know how you can get destroyed by sides in HS

[timid hound]

Penny's stage is evil

Haze is evil

[wary kayak]

I think that's because we aren't giving them Strength 12 here

[timid hound]

[quaint star]

The center is already hella tanky. Something like 300k?

[timid hound]

[wary kayak]

That seems... More than I've experienced here

[quaint star]

Definitely feels more. That's an estimation by myself

Center takes me multiple sync just to get rid of it

[timid hound]

Nothing pre-area 10 feels too tanky for me from a strict HP perspective

[wary kayak]

I budgeted 600pts (4 stat boost and 4 dmg boost) and I'm quite sure area9 went down in less than 200k, let alone 300k

[quaint star]

Yeah, it's just Area 10 being hella tanky. Everything else is normal

[timid hound]

If not for annoying passives like Acute Senses or Sentry/Wise Entry x 100000000

[wary kayak]

Area10 might be 300k tho

[quaint star]

Fluid Fortification

[timid hound]

Fluid Fortification is easier now that we have hella stat debuff pairs

In my opinion

Nothing good ol' Oak and Mew Unfortuitous 9 can't deal with

[wary kayak]

We also just got three pairs that debuff eva, which enemies don't commonly reapply

[timid hound]

Just use Lisia Defog

[wary kayak]

Lodge Volkner, Furisode Katherine, Poké Kid Petey

[timid hound]

[wary kayak]

Petey ended up being useful in three rounds consecutively for me

[timid hound]

I haven't raised him yet

Is he as useful as Eve?

[wary kayak]

He was very useful for my very specific situation

Needed "any stat reduction" and he can use either Electroweb for Speed, or grid for Discharge Hem In 9 for Evasion

[quaint star]

The problem is that you are screwed if Tech is not allowed

Most debuffers are tech

[wary kayak]

That's the thing, it was Tech --> Field+Sprint --> Tech

[quaint star]

I guess there's NC Blue for support

[wary kayak]

So he could carry on through all three

When I needed triple Strikers, I used Pryce for Icy Wind

[timid hound]

Rolexing NCBlue for aoe sync

Rolexing NCBlue so you can use him for strike only stages without support

I don't even know what's the point of aoe sync

Global shred on sync

Defense I think? I don't remember

[wary kayak]

Spread elec rebuff to all enemies

[timid hound]

Oh right

That's actually a good point lmao

Well at least for Palmer it wasn't as necessary since I used NCHop

[ebon valve]

to use 3x fields on area 4...

[timid hound]

I would be very screwed if that was the case for me since I only have 3 fields

Area 6 all strikes easy

Just DPS them before they DPS you

Assuming you have no other fields in other areas I'd sink them personally

[timid hound]

Stacked

[ebon valve]

hmm it's steel zone wikstrom

[timid hound]

I mean won't Victor just override that?

[ebon valve]

aim is to keep nate till area 6.

Since that's x2

Need grass for stat boost. Not sure if Victor will last

[timid hound]

You could always make them target MRed first

So you can use the Potion more liberally

Or actually no Victor is correct cuz Haunted Healing

Throw all the MRed TMs on Victor ig

[static arch]

I'll trade you my rocket Golbat for rocket houndoom

They both suck but houndoom my fave

[fathom yacht]

Ngl all of the rocket admins are furniture

[ebon valve]

okay area 9, with 200pts spent.

[oblique breach]

I'd like your rocket Golbat please, 2/5 me

[quaint star]

Pretty good. Now let's hope the area 10 is a pushover

[ebon valve]

it's anabel

:X

[west abyss]

So Darach

Oop

[ebon valve]

striker support and needing grass

I keep getting burned

[oblique breach]

Doing Hard all the way

Cuz I'm too scared/lazy/f2p to do very hard

[ebon valve]

she's melting me, maybe 200% stats isn't enough?

[quaint star]

That's not recommended since you need to get 24k on monthly basis. Hard only gives you 5000

[oblique breach]

Why do I need 24K?

The roll cake vouchers?

[quaint star]

20 cake vouchers

[oblique breach]

I have a grand total of 6 pairs that have EX Roles

[quaint star]

If you don't want more, sure. More power to you

[quaint star]

Surely Hard mode is easier as the expense of some point?

[ebon valve]

I got Argenta Hard and Anabel VH.

[quaint star]

You can use SS Acerola at the very least versus Argenta, if you have her

You really need to debuff 2 stats or you're not doing any damage versus Anabel. It's annoying that way

[ebon valve]

weather + fluid fortification does suck

i was trying anni steven for weather wipe. Forgot about needing debuffs.

I might be able to do mina with ssLysandre

[west abyss]

What's the team? 200 pts on VH is going to be a struggle

[ebon valve]

oh, that removes my grass type

[quaint star]

SS Kris as the main tank + rain setter. Maybe SS Leaf can be potent with her debuff?

Wait, tech

[ebon valve]

there's a four hit combo dango in the shop, tempted

[quaint star]

"No, don't eat the food" - Scottie, probably

[severe bronze]

no stat drop -6 to all enemies?

its the perfect item counter for anabel

[quaint star]

Is there even an item like that? Would be handy versus Anabel if it's cheap

[severe bronze]

i got it once

[ebon valve]

Nope. I got speed jelly instead.

[quaint star]

The trick is to make it show up in Area 10

[severe bronze]

did it with ash nc blue and bp candice

[ebon valve]

and infinite normal zone

[severe bronze]

[ebon valve]

7,650 end.

Didn't realize argenta cleared rebuffs. Wound up just passing turns and syncing with leaf for damage till she died eventually.

[quaint star]

Yeah, she clears it on 80% and 40% HP, I think

[oblique breach]

Area 8 Hard one-shot my EX Sycamore Level 140

And that area boosts Supprots

[normal python]

What even is your fight?

[west abyss]

I think she just clears rebuff once at 40%, 80% is other interferences

[quaint star]

Do you carry any pair that matches the upgrade?

[oblique breach]

uh, hold on

[quaint star]

The thing is you're supposed to carry one pair that matches the upgrade so each pairs gets stat boosts

[quaint star]

Yeah, so if you add an Alola or Psychic here, all 3 gets 300% stats

[oblique breach]

OK

[quaint star]

So the reason why you don't want to tackle VH is due to the fact you didn't make use of the upgrades. Happens to most

[normal python]

I should've stacked Kanto boosts

[heavy fjord]

I think you guys are getting Argenta and Lucy confused

[quaint star]

MC boost is the most broken upgrade ever

(Toss out the eggs)

[heavy fjord]

Argenta clears interference with every move and status changes as a whole at 50% when she endures, Lucy is the one with the 80% and 40% endure

[west abyss]

Oh I'm convoluting the two

But Argenta also clears rebuff and resets weather at some point during the battle

Around halfway

[quaint star]

I don't really give them too much deep analysis. It's all about "hitting them until they faint"

[heavy fjord]

Yeah, 50% hp

[west abyss]

Ah

That has got to be illegal

[heavy fjord]

They really want ya to Adaman

[west abyss]

She clears it off the sides too where am I supposed to get another AoE rebuff from

[heavy fjord]

What 2 B Move usages does to a guy

[west abyss]

Imagine having Adaman

[heavy fjord]

Could be me.

[leaden wraith]

I appreciate their effort of nerfing NC Kantrio

[quaint star]

Then you have Adaman but game said "No Tech bonus"

[west abyss]

Did they?

NC Leaf is a beast for pretty much all UBs

[quaint star]

Same thing with Anabel. You have all the debuffs in the world, but game just said "No Tech support"

[west abyss]

NC Blue too if you get a role match

[west abyss]

Sprint Field on Area 10:

[heavy fjord]

I cant say I'm looking forward too much to that battle considering I struggled with what was effectively full difficulty Argenta on my first run

[heavy fjord]

That was me on Monday.

[west abyss]

Me too

[leaden wraith]

Well except Leaf maybe Red and Blue without usable B Move get nerfed heavily

Argenta is pure evil

[west abyss]

Ah fair enough, you meant for Argenta specifically

[heavy fjord]

Honestly I think it hits leaf hardest

[west abyss]

But yeah she's incredibly annoying

My NC Leaf when she can no longer attack

I ran NC Leaf + NC Serena and saved the latter's rebuffs after the heal but she can still only do 2 single targets

[heavy fjord]

Blue has some incentive to sync later on thanks to synchro healing on his grid and Red you can reasonably have a higher strength nuke on the team to save his sync rebuff

Leaf i can't imagine likes having to save her sync to 50% to not use up her second rebuff too early, and its the only one that can't be inflicted AOE as well

[west abyss]

Yeah

[severe bronze]

thats lucy

argenta clears rebuff at 50%

and only once

[west abyss]

Serena + Leaf manage to brute force the sides but you absolutely must take out the mid before Dire Hit

[heavy fjord]

I actually went past third sync on my one run

Did you know they use a second Dire Hit+ All before that. I sure didn't.

[west abyss]

[heavy fjord]

Luckily for me I'm a gamer Adaman managed to roll the 20% crit dodge despite that

[west abyss]

When you get crit & poisoned by sludge wave

[heavy fjord]

And Argenta doesn't have any AOE moves for lategame

Just liquidation and hydro pump

[hasty marlin]

bit offtopic but, that weakness type combo...
is that the Anni Lillie fight by any chance?

[leaden wraith]

thats a normal stage of NY Lisia's and NY Dawn's event

they were doing the stage at hard difficulty

[hasty marlin]

huh. alright. so hard has entirely different fights in the pool pre-UB?

i honestly didnt even know that if so b/c i dont touch lower difficulties

[timid hound]

I just don't touch lower difficulties period

I haven't met an Area 10 combination that has stumped me

Praise Helix

[severe bronze]

my only real planned run was this week rally

the first 5 runs were just nyooming

[timid hound]

Everything before Area 9 is random bs go for me

Cheren tank? Tate DPS? Hapu debuffer? Anything goes

[hasty marlin]

yeah its starting to be like that for me too, even in area 10 one of my runs felt like that

specifically this clear on argenta.

figuring out a tech-only team to answer that mess of a stage was... something.

[severe bronze]

getting tech on area 10 is always feel nice

[hasty marlin]

it feels nice, yeah, but it also feels fucked up when you A. dont have a tank and B. you have to answer the gimmick with 2 diff units AND still squeeze a 1/5 sstred ontop of that

i was very grateful that at least i had two options that had Max Guard to buy me some extra turns

i know i theoretically could of answered the gimmick with anni raihan alone but, then id have to be queueing Fire Spin before every set of moves i do cause she clears it every turn

[quaint star]

Support is okay too. It's definitely annoying if you get the dreadful Sprint+Field combo

[hasty marlin]

field+sprint: SSTRed, NCRosa, SSAC. PRAY.

[quaint star]

Don't have SSAC

Maybe I oughta get Chase

[hasty marlin]

we're bound to get more for anni and gladions gonna have sprint too

plus we're getting riley

[hasty marlin]

but till the 19th, this or ny wallace over someone is my options.

if they cant answer it, then im doomed

[severe bronze]

support is fine but i always use cerena and nc leaf when i see support tech combo in lower stage

[timid hound]

Support is ok, with enough boosts they can all do damage

Sprint + Field is just terribad to get because lack of pairs

But I'm sure it won't be an issue in a few months

[severe bronze]

[timid hound]

Oats

Sprint + Field Area 10 is awful but you pulled through

A testament to the strength of your box

[rustic dagger]

akari exr when

[severe bronze]

its still annoying combo unless its darach

[severe bronze]

when 3/5

[hasty marlin]

this is why we use the pomatools role checking thing

[rustic dagger]

only about 10 more coins and youll be at 3/5

[hasty marlin]

cause we can check without spending points what role boosts are up

[rustic dagger]

[timid hound]

Yep

And you can plan ahead

Well, at least when it comes to role bonuses

[hasty marlin]

if you spend them early when they match a UB role or both, thats on you

[timid hound]

Regardless of role bonus I never expend my good units before Area 10

Or at least if I do, I have a back up that can be easily substituable

[rustic dagger]

with the amount of good units we have, i cant see that being a good decision

[timid hound]

Worked so far for me

It's not like I'm having any trouble or sacrificing any points

[rustic dagger]

true but it could work easier

[timid hound]

It is easy though?

Aside from the evil Penny stage I've had 0 trouble pre Area 10

[rustic dagger]

some skill issue havers would beg to differ

[timid hound]

[severe bronze]

simply get her 3/5 from my next mix scout pulls

[severe bronze]

didnt use pomatools until this week

[rustic dagger]

i got another red from mix scouts today unfortunately

[hasty marlin]

tbf its page wasnt there day 1

[severe bronze]

im at 150/300 with only one mix red

[rustic dagger]

4/5 at like 260 ish

[severe bronze]

i cant believe i get 3/5 leaf from this banner

[rustic dagger]

ive pulled most of them in the second half

[hasty marlin]

i didnt use it till today, and i scoped my set of 5 cause i didnt like the thought of 0 planning

[severe bronze]

not many limited too

only ingo, ss leaf copy, ball guy

i think thats all i got from mix aside red

[hasty marlin]

i havent touched mix, if i touch it im waiting for a featured that id care about

[severe bronze]

i just want 3/5 red

[rustic dagger]

i havent gotten many 5 stars from this banner ngl

[hasty marlin]

i dont want red, so im not bothering with it. theyd need to add one of my t0 trainers to it for me to care about the dolphin bait

[rustic dagger]

think emmet summer marnie skyla and sonia

and cynthia garchomp iirc

[severe bronze]

anni skyla?

thats a big win if anni skyla

[severe bronze]

dw they’ll add mix serena

mix serena sylveon

[hasty marlin]

if its not N, Serena, Lillie, Riley, or Gladion, chances are im not gonna touch it. but if its one of those five, ill consider it. especially since the odds are honestly in your favor to see the feature well before 300 units. id prob still treat it like other banners tho where i dont bother if ive seen the featured unit already

cause especially in case of a carryover pity, id rather save that pity for someone im missing than a dupe, and im prob not gonna pity a non-mix char unless i happen to get the mix feature right on the border or something similar

[severe bronze]

N is likely to get mix, i mean who else from Unova

maybe hilda haxorus

[hasty marlin]

i could see them using it as an excuse for a low-hanging fruit of lillie & vulpix

[timid hound]

I would very much like that low hanging fruit

[quaint star]

Another Haxorus? Please no

[severe bronze]

that doesnt stop chase from getting pikachu and red venusaur

[shadow osprey]

unlucky with bonuses but managed to go minimal

i couldn't use the stat raise at all

at the last stage

so i just took a bet on 4x dmg increase

[summer ingot]

What does negative status change mean? For Argenta vh battle rally round 10

[severe bronze]

negative status change are status interference, rebuff

and restrain

[leaden wraith]

Rebuffs, trap, confusion, restrain... count as negative status change

She removes status changes every time she moves so you have to constantly reapply them

[severe bronze]

for argenta i think any moves will clear every status change so you need rebuff

[leaden wraith]

She erases rebuffs too

[severe bronze]

thats at 50%

sides use any attack = remove status interference iirc

[leaden wraith]

[severe bronze]

i might be misremembering lemme check doc

[leaden wraith]

So she doesnt remove rebuffs every time she moves

[severe bronze]

she only remove rebuffs at 50%

well all negative status change

not just rebuff

[summer ingot]

Oh sheet. She doesn't hit super hard. But she is insanely tanky. And after she removed the rebuff, she swept me away. Too tough. And my initial boost sucks.

[west abyss]

The rebuff removal is the most annoying thing in the game fr

[summer ingot]

So you save your second rebuff till she clears the first one? That's too long. I sync with NC blue for synchro healing as well as dmg boost from support ex.

Yea, this one is stupid tough. It's either scale 100 in vh or scale 10 in hard. Wth

[leaden wraith]

Is there someone else in your team can lower rebuffs too?

[west abyss]

It depends on your team

If I've got both NC Leaf & NC Serena I save Serena's till after she clears it

[summer ingot]

Nope. Only NC blue. The boost for the stage is strike and tech only. Since my NC blue is strike ex, he is in team. Also, coz he real good and offers rebuff. I need to clear rain and suicune weak to water, so Erika and Leafeon are also must. Third one has to the type that gets boosted stats. I was unlucky and got bug upgrade. Doubled down on it and my best bug is costume Emmett. He also has innate vigilance, so he tanks suicune sync moves after she buffs her crit.

[severe bronze]

i dont see any unflappable passive from argenta and the sides so maybe you can flinch lock all of them

ive been told that sides have unflappable but cant find it in docs

[hasty marlin]

Do you have gordie

[summer ingot]

Yes

[hasty marlin]

There’s your answer

[summer ingot]

But i replace Erika with gordie? He can't even do any dmg tho.

[hasty marlin]

My team with similar conditions, with sstred only being 1/5 exr. I tanked with gordie in mine cause mine was tech field

[severe bronze]

whats your dps option

[summer ingot]

Mine is strike field. I already used and swapped out ss red. Actually, no he died.

[severe bronze]

do you have brendan ex?

wait actually uh bad idea

you cant run gordie unless you bring another weather setter

she summons rain twice

[summer ingot]

Dps options include NC leaf, tho she has to leer, then i won't have rebuff for second half

[severe bronze]

oh

leaf

can clear every ultimate battle

bring her

but no bonus rip

[summer ingot]

No, she is tech. She gets bonus.

[severe bronze]

oh i thought you said strike/field?

[summer ingot]

So I do not use leer at all?

[hasty marlin]

ChLeaf ChBlue +weather should clear it easily then if strike tech

[summer ingot]

Strike tech srry

[severe bronze]

well nc blue and nc leaf is easy clear combo

[summer ingot]

I need bug type in team, coz bug upgrade. Otherwise, nobody winning

[severe bronze]

you just need to save blue sync for later

actually no

[summer ingot]

OK, I'll give it a try.

[hasty marlin]

Hell you can do without extra weather if you save leaf nuke if you have the sun sync tile

[severe bronze]

dont save any sync lol you have gordie

[hasty marlin]

He said he has bug boost

[summer ingot]

2 of them BTW. No other boost.

[hasty marlin]

What move level is your leaf

Since that is prob important to factor in here

[summer ingot]

3/5 ex and caked. Had to do it, for last rally round 10

[hasty marlin]

Nice

[summer ingot]

Yea she whooped Thornton ass

[severe bronze]

maybe bring a tech bug?

[hasty marlin]

Then you theoretically should be able to do leaf blue and a bug. Save leaf sync till 50%

[severe bronze]

our spotlight bug striker is very squishy

[hasty marlin]

That’s what I’d do

[summer ingot]

I thought escavalier coz its 3/5 ex already and has vigilance.

[severe bronze]

oh yea just bring him

[summer ingot]

OK, I'll give it a try. Saving leaf sync for later. Just keep syncing with zapdos

[severe bronze]

make sure to grab leaf sync = sun

argenta hits quite hard under rain

[summer ingot]

Solar sync tile? Got it

[hasty marlin]

This should clear easily since you can set second sun and rebuff with leaf sync

[severe bronze]

yea

[hasty marlin]

Which counters 50% reset

[summer ingot]

Feel like adaman could have been a godsend here. Alas I don't have him. I chose to get irida over adaman and He hasn't reran yet.

[severe bronze]

since leaf will take care of the debuff you should grid zapdos dps sync nuke

[hasty marlin]

Same here. And I’m not even gonna go for an Adaman rerun when it happens personally

[severe bronze]

[hasty marlin]

The only mf rerun remaining that I might consider I think is leaf and even then I’d need a big pile of gems to bother most likely

Cause my fire rosters already stacked pretty high

[severe bronze]

im missing all the johtrio

[hasty marlin]

I skipped sskris rerun cause ncblue and proton kits made me lose interest

Made me be like “oh so this is becoming more common this smun stuff. Ok.”

[severe bronze]

red and leaf took pity so i couldnt go for any of them

at least they’ll rerun soon enough since no cake yet

[hasty marlin]

I got pretty lucky leaving blue and red banners in like a couple multis each that anni. But uhhh… we don’t talk about the ny Wallace incident regarding my gems

[severe bronze]

uh oh

[hasty marlin]

Man single handedly almost reset my gem count in January

[severe bronze]

[hasty marlin]

I’m relatively lucky to be seeing close to a pity by anni even if I likely get shafted on gladion banner.

Although I am hopeful bc I have a pretty good master fair track record

[severe bronze]

i dont

its either showing up very early

or very late that i might as well went for pity

[severe bronze]

nice

[summer ingot]

Oh yea, NC leaf is awesome. Apparently, she is weak to water. Didn't even matter, she finished with full health lmao

[severe bronze]

nc leaf can beat all ultimate battles including palmer if boosted

shes the goat frfr

[hasty marlin]

Lillie: one multi.
N: pity. Cynthia: I think that was a pity I don’t remember tbh.
Serena: FUCKING THREE COPIES IN FIVE MULTIS WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK
Ethan: don’t remember exact count but he was around a pity.
Marnie: pity.
lussamine: a couple multis.
irida: ~333 pts iirc.
red, blue: 2-3 multis each
frogs: don’t remember exact amount; done before presents tho.
ncrosa: like, 3 or 4
sstred: a couple iirc. Same with Cynthia aura.
My track record was pretty down bad in 2022 barring Serena but 2023/2024 have served me well.

[summer ingot]

Can she beat Anabel and entei? I don't think so.

[severe bronze]

she can

[hasty marlin]

She can beat all of them so far

[summer ingot]

No way, entei heals like a monster when sun is up.

[hasty marlin]

Just replace your own sun 4head

Without grid she only suns once so

[leaden wraith]

Her debuffing is insane

[severe bronze]

she just have so much tools

[hasty marlin]

Yeah having a unit that just debuffs everything is pretty busted on its own

[summer ingot]

Wait, What. What would be a good team to beat Anabel. I have shiny suicune, but not NC serena, so I couldn't do it

[severe bronze]

heal, debuff, weather, rebuff, team anti interference and condition, support rolex while still doing damage and top nuker

[hasty marlin]

#1009557516369281075 have you checked pins here? There’s a whole ub doc

[tame forge]

Funny how nc leaf got some moderate hate on release

[severe bronze]

i always thought shes sst red level of tech unit

they cant mess up kantrio

[tame forge]

I never doubted my goat hutao v2

[severe bronze]

also this game is tech master ex

[tame forge]

Tech always the best units

[static arch]

You think rei and akari will rerun same month as irida and adaman?

[tame forge]

I feel like reruns are largely random

[severe bronze]

pokefairs are random

[leaden wraith]

Everything is random

[severe bronze]

and mf rerun are probably focusing on non cake mf

[leaden wraith]

No one expected CCalem rerun just after 11 months

[severe bronze]

for now at least

[severe bronze]

noone also expected the tech rolex

but here we are

[muted sparrow]

Wish he has Field Role instead

[severe bronze]

field or sprint would’ve been great

[leaden wraith]

At least better than strike

[west abyss]

[muted sparrow]

Cant wait for Dawn get Tech Cake

[tame forge]

SS dawn?

[severe bronze]

og dawn

[wary kayak]

I am still amused that Moltres is so very focused on Leer in this game

[muted sparrow]

SS Dawn with Striker/Tech Cake

[tame forge]

Leer op

Just needed a small boost of also debuffing 3 other stats

[west abyss]

Truly such a small boost

[wary kayak]

Moltres Leer was a meme in Gen1, is the thing

[minor hearth]

Is NC Kantrio good for BR?

Have yet to start on it

[leaden wraith]

Everyone is good in BR

It doesnt work like the old villa

You should give the pins a read

[ebon valve]

yes esp for area 10

regardless they don't all go on the same team. at least not Red & Leaf

[wary kayak]

The three legendary birds spawn at Lv50 in Gen1
Articuno has Peck and Ice Beam, and learns Blizzard at Lv51
Zapdos has Thundershock and Drill Peck, and learns Thunder at Lv51
Moltres has Peck and... Fire Spin. (How do you expect to kill anything with just that?) It learns Leer at Lv51

[tame forge]

Didn't remember

But classic gen 1 learnset

[wary kayak]

So yeah Legendary Arena Moltres opens with Leer, Neo Leaf's Moltres has its toolkit revolve around Leer, and Neo Leaf's sync pair story even has Moltres Leering at you

PMEX Moltres is playing up the old Gen1 meme and it's kind of hilarious

[tame forge]

Cute lil callback

[static arch]

I'm not happy that they made it a mixed attacker though (physical attack and special sync)

Mixed attackers are poop for CS, only useful for weird LA like Azelf or whoever is in LG now

[tame forge]

Can just use her with another physical fire type and focus on one of her b move dps

I use her every time there's fire weak

Always easy as hell

[urban ledge]

I use her for both wise and sentry entries lol

She’s that good

[tame forge]

Even if you don't use her for damage she still rebuffs, debuffs, heals and sets sun

And support rolex if you have it

[wary kayak]

Multi debuff is just so good in a surprising number of places

If your attacker debuffs an unusual stat (e.g. acc or eva) at a poor success rate, she can even multiply that once you land one

[tame forge]

Cracked

[wary kayak]

Absolutely. And Anni N loves this stuff

[severe bronze]

her kit was design around countering Thorton which has mix dps gimmick

[vagrant moon]

the other way around

[real jay]

Hey! I am trying to do the last battle of my rally which is against regigigas. It’s field/support and I have a full johto bonus. I just wanted some@help bcs I can’t kill it before it’s max move. I tried SS Morty, SS wallace but I feel like I am doing something wrong.

[leaden wraith]

you have to setup crit shield to block critical hits

OG Jasmine works

[frail raptor]

Did you buy the apple cup? You literally can't lose with it.

[vagrant moon]

Who's your third?

[wary kayak]

Rather recommend leaving the apple cup in the shop and just fighting a lower difficulty instead

[robust ember]

If I have 2.5x point multiplier but brought 3 of only one bonus role, there’s no penalty from not bringing the other bonus role correct?

[wary kayak]

It's just +0.5× per role

There's no funny combo bonus or anything

A pair can be worth +1.0× if they have an EX role and both their roles match the stage, but that's effectively just two roles matched anyway

If you match zero roles, you still get 1.0×

It really is just +0.5× per role, end of story

[robust ember]

Gotcha thanks

[real jay]

Anyone tbh, I tried SSA Cynthia and also others but can't get to go through him. And I already used OG jasmine :x

[vagrant moon]

Well it cannot be anyone, it needs to be someone that can add dmg, specially a good nuke

[real jay]

Ok I managed to do it with SS Mina. I totally forgot that she had crit def too

[wary kayak]

Palmer having clutch crit and piercing at the same time... what a nasty surprise

Saw the first crit and had to quit the battle just to doublecheck that my tank did indeed have Vigilance

[gentle maple]

He has a time limit to defeat or it's game over

Assuming u don't have a lot of stat boost

[oblique breach]

I got the Apple Cup

[wary kayak]

A bit wasteful on points but I do hear it's fun as hell to use

[rapid notch]

I already got 3 kalos boost but the op shit appeared in my shop again

Would invest or na?

[tame forge]

If you have enough good kalos units then you're fine not buying psychic

[ebon valve]

Me: Using spotlights and maybe an egg in Area 1.
Spark: Caked SS Serena and Caked ncBlue Area 1

[ebon valve]

you already have 300% boost, you don't need more than that. Adding psychic + alola is just going to restrict you even more.

[rapid notch]

Who end up being very valuable for round 10?

Currently on 6

[ebon valve]

well caked nate would be +x1.0 on area 7

[rapid notch]

Everyone there is caked

So ncnate now and sstred round 10?

[ebon valve]

well sst Red has no bonus in area 9.

I'd save aura cynthia for area 8+

since she also has no bonus in area 7

[carmine glade]

Red is bonus for 7

[ebon valve]

just 9 then my bad

[rapid notch]

So ncnate now,ssa round 8+, red for 8/10?

[ebon valve]

red: 6-7-8 or just 10

since 9 breaks it

[rapid notch]

Will it work?

3x kalos boost and severe sundae

I can also wait for tomorrow to get 3/5 sstred

[tame forge]

Probably

Give it a shot before investing more candy

NC Blue would help more than cynthia, if you got him

[rapid notch]

I do

[vagrant moon]

what does severe sundae do?

[rapid notch]

max debuffs

also still on a slight problem

im running out of weather when darach is just about to die

and my damage goes to shit

nvm got it

just had to time b move better

is 6k run decent

[wary kayak]

Four 6k runs will buy out all 20 cake coin vouchers in a month

[ebon valve]

remember you can try any stage out, pairs only get revoked / committed upon stage completion
just quit the stage if you feel you lost too much HP or overused TMs etc

[karmic briar]

I think irida and adaman will rerun on 2 different months. I genuinely expect SSRCynthia rerun next month, next adaman and irida

Uh, a little outdated message

[static arch]

Ah I was thinking they might rerun MFs in pairs other months besides this one

[ebon valve]

#1142434215208702073 message
Since Masters Day is now a thing, it might be not as necessary, but there is precedent for Run-Up-to-Anniversary & Late December.

• Dec 2022 (Rerun of Anniversary 2021 Trio)
• Aug 2023 (Rerun of Johto Trio Summer 2022)
• Dec 2023 (Rerun of Anniversary 2023, exlcuding Ash)

[ebon valve]

Besides Ash, SSR Cynthia is a solo Master Fair whom is overdue.
#1142434215208702073 message

Next in line might be a return of Galar Neo Champions.

[static arch]

They might be weird and wait to rerun Giratina until a mysterious stones chapter that it makes sense

[fathom yacht]

Yeah i agree with this, and i’m also coping that Maxie takes his time because I need him and the 2 yr anni pairs

I could see Steven and N coming though to follow Lillie

And that would be BAD

[sudden hull]

2021 got reran december 2022

[fathom yacht]

Yeah i think it’ll be a few more months

[fathom yacht]

I would also accept Galar rerun for 3 months, give me those easy skips

[sudden hull]

they need expansions badly

tbh

what reshiram needs is some goddamn stats and multipliers

[fathom yacht]

So does Steven

Lillie can manage somewhat

[sudden hull]

well steven has multipliers his sync is bad though

[sudden hull]

lillie sync is like water

literally 50% total and one of the nodes is dd2

[fathom yacht]

We don’t talk about her sync

But just spam Moongeist is much stronger than the others

[sudden hull]

i mean reshiram probably has better dps cuz of mg9 and extend range

[fathom yacht]

In fact because N was used on Flannery in Fire HS

I’m willing to bet his sync is ass too

So they all have shit syncs huh

[sudden hull]

its far from bad

its just annoying to set up

cuz using noble roar means not dpsing

and his innate is power play

[fathom yacht]

So it’s kinda ass then

[sudden hull]

its not ass

its just annoying to set up

ass would be like its not worth using at all

cough steven and lillie

variety kiawe outnukes him but thats cuz he has an actual special attack stat and he has no dps either

[fathom yacht]

All 3 of these units are kinda equally mid tbh

[ebon valve]

Midversary

[sudden hull]

more of an issue that they aged poorly

they were pretty groundbreaking for the time

emphasis on for the time

[ebon valve]

how about some stats for my boi Archie

[sudden hull]

weather duo needs a complete overhaul

those grids are criminal in 2024

[fathom yacht]

<300 attack

[sudden hull]

bare minimum is replacing solar/shower sync with rain caller and solarize for 10 energy

[fathom yacht]

[sudden hull]

he gets carried by multipliers

also eusine is like the same situation lol

its just that his kit is much more on par with more modern units

hes essentially just a better archie minus rain setting

[fathom yacht]

Cerena makes them look washed up

[tame forge]

[polar fable]

As a lillie enjoyer unfortunately she’s mostly good due to the lack of newer ghost strikers

Having SSRC helps tho

[polar fable]

Enough with MF reruns, free MF when

[mild notch]

You can face team rocket too

Pretty cool

[ebon valve]

Did damage dealt, status changes, and status conditions left on the opponent save when you retry with a 2nd team? Or is it a fresh battle?
(Can someone scarifice some eggmons for science)

[hasty marlin]

I think we found out day one that it resets the battle on failure?

I remember hearing it mentioned day one or two that they come back full HP next try

[sudden heron]

Would it be better to use a unit once for 2x bonus or 3 times for 1.5x bonus, the 1.5x bonus tho is not guaranteed

[ebon valve]

Well in Villa, if you retry a stage. All damage dealt is saved. But stat changes, status conditions, status changes and field effects are reset when you try with a new team.
I'm wondering if its the same in this mode.

[ebon valve]

It's +0.5x per matched role. So two is x2 and three is x2.5. Not sure what you're asking here. You'll need to get to stage 2 or 3 to see the full ladder.

[sudden heron]

Yeh so would it be best to maximize now or gamble for later

[ebon valve]

You're guaranteed to need a tech in the next stage.

Your Area 2 could have either Tech/Field or Tech/Support

So you can gamble on 3x supports, or commit to losing a mix of strikers and support.

[sudden heron]

I am just wondering if i should use Penny now or later not about unit combinations

[ebon valve]

why use penny in area 1?

[sudden heron]

For bonus she is support strike ex role

[ebon valve]

Only set 6 has strike+support twice.

Oh and set 12

In Set 12 you could use her in areas 5 and 6 for the bonus.

But, we don't know what set your on.

[hasty marlin]

Pretty sure people already had said hp resets day one. But I don’t know what to search to find it on mobile

[ebon valve]

You can’t search threads. Which makes them pretty worthless containers

[static arch]

I'm sad I wasted 475 battle point coins on feathera Jan 31 thinking they might reset, hopefully it isn't the difference in using an extra pass this month for 34k

[somber prawn]

field and sprint lucky zone

2 times now

[hasty marlin]

@ebon valve sorry for ping but found it

multiple people were replying to this here

before: 2024-02-02 in: pm-help-and-resources arena
that was the search criteria i used to find it

knew people had tested it day 1, just had to find where it was checked

[sacred silo]

I'm a bit confused by some of the rally items mentioning the first time the user enters each battle...
Doesn't it just ignore lost battles?

[hasty marlin]

its just text clarifying it wont repeat on mega, essentially, and on coop swapins

cause non-first passives repeat entry on coop swapin or on mega evolve

[sacred silo]

Ah. Ok. That makes sense.

Obviously Co-op isn't the reason, but mega evolutions likely are.

[hasty marlin]

yeah, its pretty old wording they still use for it

[wary kayak]

...This conversation prompted me to check whether Aura Cynthia's Damage Guard effect was on first entry or on every entry, as I know it reactivates on mega evo

And it's every entry. Wao. If there were another pair with entry damage guard, you could swap back and forth between them and be invulnerable to everything except syncs

[ebon valve]

ssMina with m🍕 must be hilarious. Constant team s.

[oblique breach]

Finished this Godforsaken thing

[normal python]

2.5k pts.

[stray ravine]

RIP bonuses

[normal python]

You know what, just this one time, I'm gonna use the Apple Cup

[oblique breach]

IDC

First time for everything

[oak jolt]

At least you are getting them

[oak jolt]

[severe bronze]

have to wait 4 resets for rally

[midnight kestrel]

what’s an apple cup 😭

[plush anchor]

Cheat code

A hack given to you by the game

You use it and the whole stage loses to your 1* Magikarp

[knotty dragon]

thank god it was darach

[plush anchor]

Day by day I feel like I should Rolex That Blue

[knotty dragon]

wouldn’t be that much of a bad decision in the long run I guess

if we’re talking about potential bad decisions though

[west abyss]

Mega based

[knotty dragon]

gotta get that multiplier

[gentle maple]

I still have not seen anyone Rolex Elaine for rally yet

[summer ingot]

Can someone suggest me a third for Lucy vh round 10. I got strike and support boosted. Have 2 electric upgrade. So far my team is ss serena and NC blue, both are 3/5 ex caked. So they get 2x score bonus. Who is the third? I tried melony, but safeguard is only 2 uses it seems.

[leaden wraith]

Melony is the best Safeguard user afaik, she even has extended SG as well

You can grid for MPR to get more uses, also Blue's B Move cures status so you can alter between these moves

[summer ingot]

Didn't even need safeguard. Turns out, zygarde has status immunity in it's grid. Gave it vigilance lucky skill. Then gave zapdos antitoxin and vigilance from grid. If that wasn't enuf, I Then chose Shiny greninja as third. Apparently it's water form has status immunity. The fight was a breeze. Lucy barely tickled my mons who had 2 electric upgrades at this point.

[elfin tendon]

I think I'm set without apple cup

Nearly 7k points even after all that

Antitoxin as lucky skill for lucy is the best if you have a lot of spare cookies

[muted sparrow]

Ofc she isn’t EX too

[gentle maple]

Nice

I was thinking of Rolex her after ss steven and gladion and if the datamine isnt that interesting

[plush anchor]

Techhing support is kinda meh

Probably the worst rolex combination from a support starting point

[leaden wraith]

Support/Tech EXR:
Tech/Support EXR:

[plush anchor]

Exactly

That being said, Rolex your favorite pairs regardless

[muted sparrow]

How many Support with Tech EXR ?
Dena: Yes

[crisp knoll]

I gave my Champion Leaf the cake

[plush anchor]

Yeah that's great

[muted sparrow]

She with cake is so good

[plush anchor]

Tech with Support Rolex
Amazing
Support with Tech Rolex
Why are you hurting yourself?

[crisp knoll]

Planning on doing Aura Cynthia and SST Red soon

[muted sparrow]

You should

Sprint and Field cake has so much value for this mode

[crisp knoll]

Biggest annoyance is half anniversary

[tame forge]

How come

Haven't been saving?

[muted sparrow]

Me with 2k gem rn

[tame forge]

Oof

[plush anchor]

I am not ready for half anni either tbh

[urban ledge]

Honestly

At the rate I’m pulling for new units

I might just EXR my whole roster soon enough lol

[static arch]

At least you are getting lucky zones

[sharp haven]

Can two upgrades (say Ice Upgrade) stack?

[vagrant moon]

yes

[sharp haven]

Oh goodie. Thanks

[simple frost]

i actually gave Aura Cynthia her Cake when she rerun. SST Red got his cake as soon as Battle Rally started. Its been pretty good for points.

[static arch]

Basically anybody with sprint or field should be caked lol

[plush anchor]

Recommended, yeah
Most scarce roles, and they actually useful Rolexs

[ebon valve]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/855438548684374045/1205155099610185758/image.png?ex=65d75726&is=65c4e226&hm=dc4ff005bef64b571d048b39a5e1d50466ad7a9288246e8c12b1db0d6ac7146c&=&format=webp&quality=lossless&width=1206&height=702
Double Role Bonus Chart (Sorted by type)

For those who want to take advantage of x2 bonus. (Iteration #2 )

[elfin tendon]

Thanks

I've just realised I've missed out on so many ex roles 💀

[wary kayak]

Dawn Nuke, Dawn Nuke, Dawn Nuke!

Skyla Nuke, Skyla Nuke, Skyla Nuke!

[gentle maple]

I agree it's pretty meh but imo it's a special case for Elaine being able to keep using her TM infinitely and having her able to cover 2 roles is pretty good at least in rally

[normal python]

What's Fall Iris and Allister's CB again?

[wary kayak]

Challenge battle? I guess it would be based on inflicting Poison and maybe setting a Poison Zone?

[normal python]

Jesus Christ, my team is very low

[fathom yacht]

DAMN very hard 6 roles? That’s nasty

[normal python]

Ok, time to use the Apple Cup this one time

Holy fucking fuck, NC Leaf did 420k on Thorton without crit

[fathom yacht]

Yep

[west abyss]

Apple cup? You could get the same numbers with Ethan

[normal python]

My bonus is Sprint/Tech on Area 10

[plush anchor]

Paulo moment

[west abyss]

That's sprint support bestie

Archer moment

[karmic briar]

Paulo is ex support

Archer is the only tech/sprint

[sudden heron]

Time for my newest this is why dena is defrauding me episode

Flying bonus with field sprint bonus

And damn shop hasn't given me another damn theme

Just moves

So yes dena is defrauding me

[fathom yacht]

Also Steel weak Bertha

That looks like a skill issue to me buddy

[sudden heron]

Imagine dealing 50k damage and opponent is healing 40k

[fathom yacht]

ENORMOUS skill issue

Also that’s area 7, yikes

Do you have Tech stages coming up? If you have a reliable tech interference unit like SSCyrus or Lyra you might just want to drop it here and start doing flinch or sleep gaming

[static arch]

Is it just me or does Field/Tech combo rarely or never come up in BR?

[sudden heron]

Thats the best part i dont, not the stage the units

[static arch]

Makes a tech cake low value for Vivillon (if I had her)

[sudden heron]

Already finished it

[tribal abyss]

what does the battle rally multiplier mean at the end of the battle rally?

i dont remember exactly what the multiplier was called i just remember seeing 1x when converting my points to tokens

[wary kayak]

Currently no other multipliers exist

[tribal abyss]

ok so im not missing out on points by not doing something?

[wary kayak]

Maybe there'll be rallies that increase it, but that feels uncomfortable when we're so strongly disincentivized to stockpile tickets

[tribal abyss]

cool, thank you for the info

[wary kayak]

Maybe there'll be other conditional bonuses (e.g. first rally clear per month is bonused, or whatever)
All we can do for now is speculate

[tribal abyss]

so the only way to get more tickets is to maximise the theme bonus each stage?

[wary kayak]

Currently yes

[fathom yacht]

Holy shit

hit the retire button

[eternal nebula]

New highscore

[glass patrol]

Wao only 50 points used

[sacred silo]

What's the point conversion multiplier, anyway? I've not seen a way to increase it yet...

[urban ledge]

No one knows

We’re guessing there gonna be events in the future that impose a bonus condition to trigger it

[glass patrol]

Do play with only Rolex units

Or use unique units only

[urban ledge]

Never use units that trigger upgrades

[eternal nebula]

I wanted to use the accurcy buff they gave me, and since I had SS Hilda for stage 10 it was very useful

[boreal dragon]

is it better to do hard with 3 matching roles or very hard with only 2?

[eternal nebula]

I think it depends. Very Hard score give you 300 points without bonuses, while Hard gives 200

[urban ledge]

2 VH gets you 600 points and 3 H gets you 500

[boreal dragon]

thank you!

[upper lake]

was finally able to beat a 10th level of a Battle Rally without an Apple Cup

[urban ledge]

Congrats

[hybrid abyss]

Guys how do you get more Battle Rally Passes?

[urban ledge]

Weekly login on Monday

[hybrid abyss]

waitaminute why specifically on Monday? That sounds dumb

[urban ledge]

… because that’s when the work week starts?

[hybrid abyss]

Seemed like Battle Rally was pretty hyped up too so I'd assume there'd be a better alternative to gaining those

[urban ledge]

You can login anytime of the week and still get it

That’s just the earliest you can get it

[hybrid abyss]

oh I got the impression that you can ONLY get it on Monday

[fiery stirrup]

One message removed from a suspended account.

[ebon valve]

there's no details about it's appearance rate. Just that it can appear in areas 1-9

[ebon valve]

It's a weekly mission. You get 1x rally pass for logging in for the week, 1x cake roll coin voucher and 300 gems for doing the rally each week. So it resets alongside CS.

[wary kayak]

Apparently most of the world counts Monday as the first day of the week in general, and America is one of few that consider it to be Sunday instead. So I guess it's not weird that a Japanese game would go with Monday

[naive tendon]

is this worth iy?

[wary kayak]

Little too unpredictable for my taste

[civic harbor]

What will happen to my mon if it faints?

[wary kayak]

That pair remains fainted for the rest of the Rally

If for some insane reason you opt to continue to the next battle with that fainted pair still in your team...

...

They still somehow count for the role score multiplier

[civic harbor]

Damn

[wary kayak]

(My first run went really really weirdly)

[civic harbor]

I tot it locked u out of that slot

[wary kayak]

You can just swap in a fresh pair

Just that when you swap a pair out, they're gone for the rest of the rally

[civic harbor]

Thanks

But my power ups are really damn stupid tho

Non of it fits my type lmao

[wary kayak]

It be like that sometimes

[naive tendon]

for this stage, is it best to double down and use all my sprint/field or save a few for later?

i'm on pomatools rn and it looks like i'll have a sprint+field stage later in the run

and reading the pins it looks like there's a -1 penalty for each additiona unit added for the multiplier sooooo

[civic harbor]

Its not even super hard and i just get 1 shot by a clefairy with my max level nc blue

😭

[ebon valve]

It lets you start the battle with a fainted pair?

[hybrid abyss]

Should I Rolex Ariana just for points..? 😂

[severe bronze]

i wouldnt

[urban ledge]

Depending on your pulling frequency you might max out your roster EXR fast lol

[severe bronze]

unless you really struggle with 24k/month ig

34k if you want powerups

the rest are just bonus

[west abyss]

Skill feathers my beloved

[severe bronze]

[severe bronze]

we get 4-5 new units each month and all of them have rolex thats not counting rerun banner

only one rolex a month from rally

[molten ice]

Rei is actually one of my fav syncpairs to use!
Initial boost was water type in team, bought another of those on sale for 50 and 2x fighting type move boosts for 50 each

also final VH stage was ground weak Lucy so I put antitoxin on the team

[urban ledge]

And everyone pulls for all of them? lol

And don’t forget we get cake from the dailies too

[severe bronze]

well im just saying its better to save for pairs that gains immediate benefit rather than just rolexing simply for bonus

[oak jolt]

It exists, I guess 1x is the maximum and if you retire is 0.2x

[sharp haven]

Uhhhh, did they change Haze mechanics? I didnt remember it removing your crit buffs. A side Vaporeon used Haze and it hazed away everything including crits

[simple frost]

Oh yeah

that should be the New Year Battle against Piers

wait no

[sudden heron]

Always did

[simple frost]

Side Hazers, Elaine's Battle Challenge? o_o

[sudden heron]

Elaine battle

Absolute shambles of a battle

[simple frost]

Solgaleo says yeet.

but yeah, randomly getting hazed in a run is nasty ;_;

[sudden heron]

True

[simple frost]

i'm thinking of doing NC Rosa to 3/5 to make her become a aoe debuffer but HMMM

she's currently at 2/5

[sudden flower]

Yea yes ofc you should

What's a support pair if you won't ex

[finite tundra]

so for the battle rally, what's the pool of stages that it's selecting from? (besides area 10 UBs)
i've seen CS, Battle Challenge, are there any I'm missing? (i think ebe but havent seen it personally?) has anyone seen it pull from the main story for example?

[karmic briar]

Extreme battle events

Training areas too

It’s basically every 3v3 fight we’ve already faced

It only excludes LA

[grizzled gale]

On average, how many theme skill boosts do you buy ? I’ve been buying one of the initial one each round but wasn’t sure if I should stop at a certain point

[west abyss]

I buy 2-3

[karmic briar]

1 for sure, 2 if I get it on sale or I need for area 10

[static arch]

When they add those I guess I will be earning some feathers too

[simple frost]

i buy up to 5. usually. >_<

[stark dawn]

Ok EX Cheren

[leaden wraith]

name check out

[stark dawn]

(i didn't ex cheren )

[oak jolt]

Is the only support I didn't ex'd

[leaden wraith]

Fake Normal type fan

[urban ledge]

Now that I’ve EX’d all my music key peeps I might actually EX all my supports lol

… oh no wait I need to EX all my Lodge peeps first

Gotta get that holofoil photo

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[severe bronze]

bonus is strike/sprint?

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[severe bronze]

oof might be a bit tough here since you want a tech nuke for palmer

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[severe bronze]

3/5 with tech rolex?

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[severe bronze]

use him

swap grims to archie for master passive stacking

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[severe bronze]

both are useless but the other one buffs red

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[severe bronze]

make sure to stack enough smun before you sync with red

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[severe bronze]

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

[severe bronze]

yup yup

use blizzard before sync so you can get +3 smun

its usually blizzard into tm but that means zero spA buffs until you sync

but that shouldn’t matter much

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[severe bronze]

red sync is def stronger than anything else he does for this stage

his bmove will do lots of damage after that smun stacking

maybe something like blizzard > bice beam > bice beam > rosa sync > blizzard > red tm > red sync

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[severe bronze]

you didnt take the hail grids right

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[severe bronze]

sides dead?

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[severe bronze]

dont take endurance

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[severe bronze]

copy this

yeah it does

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[severe bronze]

you shouldnt let him sync or kill it before his max moce

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[severe bronze]

nope not really

when did he actually max move?

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[severe bronze]

immediately after sync?

oh

rip

how much hp left he had

if its close then MAYBE taking another crit multiplier boost might help

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[severe bronze]

wait

red should be syncing before palmer sync

no quadqueue

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[lost surge]

what is the strat for grass round 10?

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[severe bronze]

can you record it?

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[severe bronze]

you can compress it if needed

[severe bronze]

btw this looks doable if you take another crit multiplier and sync before he does

if you’re struggling with gauge maybe you need to take out archie afterall

assuming no tm archie should grab racing rain and every speed stat

and thunder mgr

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[severe bronze]

right

take out archie then

bring back the grims

better than no quadqueue

is rosa using adrenaline?

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[severe bronze]

her tm quadqueue after sync is a bit rough

actually doesnt matter since you’ll be using red tm post sync

try with grims and see how it goes

[severe bronze]

follow this rotation

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[severe bronze]

yeah sure if it helps with gauge

red wont be dealing much until he uses tm anyway

[severe bronze]

argenta? you need to apply rebuff twice

[lost surge]

any rebuff?

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[severe bronze]

yup but save second rebuff when she reach 50%

[severe bronze]

yeah take another crit multiplier

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