Battle Rally

[leaden wraith]

there is no rival with Field

NC Blue, Paulo and SS Gladion are units with EXR

[worthy tusk]

I have champion blue that's it.

Thanks

This is the lineup it gave me. This is great right since it lacks field and sprint together?

I don't need a support each time though do I? It's rarely boosted and I worry that could be a problem since aren't they needed as tanks?

[stark dawn]

all i see is perma flinch ss lyra on stage 8 and 9

rolex nc blue tank on round 10 too

[worthy tusk]

Oh yeah, he is support with ex strike role so super strong and boosted.

Tell me about SS Lyra though. I do have her

[stark dawn]

well stage 8 and 9 don't have unflappable

so you can just permaflinch them

all you need is the gauge for it, so the masked royal to max speed or smth

[worthy tusk]

With grassy glide?

[stark dawn]

yeah

[worthy tusk]

No use for the terrain though right?

[stark dawn]

you can use it early to fix your gauge

you don't really care about dealing big damage since permaflinch is a free win anyway

[simple frost]

tbh... Grassy Terrain is pretty solid buff for team if you've got GT abusers (like Mix Red, SS Lyra and whatnot)

none of the UBs use grass type moves

[sudden heron]

Thornton

[worthy tusk]

It sounds so evil....but I like the sound of it.

[simple frost]

tbh, i was wondering what to do with my week's run

aand then managed to get Grassy Terrain Entry and Infinite in shop

[worthy tusk]

NC blue is worth cake right?

[simple frost]

instant buy, Mix Red demolishes everything with Giga Frenzy Plant

[stark dawn]

yeah

[worthy tusk]

Thank you!

I only need 4500 points today at the minimum so I'm hopeful to end with a nice bonus.

[simple frost]

you'd want 6k per week tbh since 24k is needed for 20 Cake Coin Vouchers. D:

[worthy tusk]

I currently have 10,550 points for them.

[simple frost]

well good luck o/

[summer ingot]

OK, what is this?

[leaden wraith]

A lucky arena, where you get more points than usual and enemies die in one hit

[worthy tusk]

How many rival buffs are worth getting so I don't need the apple in the 10th area?

Just 5?

[simple frost]

3x to 4x for stat boosts can work.

it will depend on like, your final battle though.

[ebon valve]

really depends on what you have left, your bonuses, and stage

[simple frost]

if you can't complete teh VH due to conditions like oh iunno... Anabel or Palmer

you can just clear Hard

[ebon valve]

I did a clear with just x2 stats and one of the one-use items

[simple frost]

which one ? 😮

[worthy tusk]

Oh wow that's really good

So for now I have 3x rival boost

[ebon valve]

Darach

[simple frost]

what's the one-use item you used? o.o?

Jelly?

[worthy tusk]

Should I just stop getting more? I'm still early on the run.

[ebon valve]

Ultra Jelly is 100 pts and gives you x4 stats with no theme requirement.

[simple frost]

You can try your roster and like quit before finishing blow

[ebon valve]

But I have many PFs and MFs all at 3+/5 so, I don't how well others can handle A10-VH

[worthy tusk]

I'll try that

I have a question

[simple frost]

shoot~

[worthy tusk]

So round 6 if I cake my Pikachu red he has both roles. But if my other two are techs what amount of points would I get for it?

[simple frost]

2.0x for SST Red

[ebon valve]

4 roles is x3

[simple frost]

and yeah 1.5x for the other two.

[worthy tusk]

Oh that's good is it worth caking him?

[simple frost]

if you want to 😮

i caked him for this game mode though

[worthy tusk]

I was going to give a cake to NC blue for round 10.

[ebon valve]

Red & Viola (Holiday) are the only 2 targets right now. Unless you want to wait for datamine.

[worthy tusk]

Hmmm definitely something to ponder

I haven't picked a cake from last month rally either.

[ebon valve]

Using your EX role should be primarily for increasing your favorite sync pairs. So up to you if you want to EXR Red.

He's a great choice, none-the-less.

[simple frost]

Especially if you get E-Terrain for 150 cost chuckles

[ebon valve]

EXR Allows Red to more easily grid into his Cakewalk nuke. (At 3/5)

[worthy tusk]

I use him for almost everything....can't imagine why 😅

Would it be wise to use him for round 6 or 9 though?

[simple frost]

SST Red?

[worthy tusk]

Yeah

Since if caked he is double role for both spots

[ebon valve]

imo save him for 8-10, since there's also another round where you get that double bonus, and those stages will be harder

[worthy tusk]

I was told earlier about SS Lyra flinch for 8 and 9. So trying to weigh options

[ebon valve]

depends on the stage, though flinch immunity isn't too common

[worthy tusk]

Oh so no guarantee celebi would work

[ebon valve]

you'd also have to use MP for GT, unless your pairing her with another setter

[simple frost]

or you get Grassy Terrain for 150 cost.

[worthy tusk]

Yeah that's a problem what other setters are there?

I know of Adaman.

[simple frost]

Adaman is Sun though.

Outside of Mix Red and SS Lyra, you've got Holiday Whitney, Egg Leafeon & Egg Sprigattito

[leaden wraith]

SS Acerola sets terrain on entry and every sync if she is 3/5. Plus her terrain is extended

[worthy tusk]

Oh I only have SS Acerola.

[simple frost]

Waiting for her EX Role be like "Oh comeon! D:"

[leaden wraith]

She is only useful on stage 8 sadly

Unless you get Argenta UB on A10, i wouldnt think too much about terrain usage

[worthy tusk]

That makes sense

Can I manage most of these without supports? I see my lineup has next to no boosted supports which is concerning

[leaden wraith]

You have to resort to stagger tools like flinch and sleep, which tech excels at

If you have some Tech/Support or Support/Tech units they will be helpful

[worthy tusk]

Is there an easy way to search who would have that role?

[leaden wraith]

There are ingame filters to search among your pairs

Sync pair tracker site also has the same filters as well, plus being able to see not owned pairs

[worthy tusk]

Oh I thought it only searched if I had it caked.

[leaden wraith]

Oh wait, mb. Yeah it only searches if you have caked pairs (ingame filters). It can show units with EXR, but it doesnt tell which EXR each pair has directly

[simple frost]

only Sync Pair Tracker has that.

[worthy tusk]

Oh that's really helpful it's better than in game

[simple frost]

I actually sent them a suggestion using the ingame function of giving EX Role icons on sync pairs ;-;

[oblique breach]

uh...

[simple frost]

what's your bonus stat up?

[worthy tusk]

So I see my one option is nc calem for support tech. Also I see Penny and iono could help me in round 7 as support strike. I'm not familiar with either of them.

[oblique breach]

Normal and Ghost

The store has Psychic moves and Dragon zone

[worthy tusk]

Can calem work enough without Serena?

[oblique breach]

I don't have the latter

[worthy tusk]

And what are thoughts about Penny and iono?

[oblique breach]

Defence, Accuracy and Speed up at the store too

[simple frost]

hmm. i used NC Calem when i had Dark Stat buff.

but iirc i only ussed him like Area 6 and above. D;

[oblique breach]

I have 400 points

After spending 100 on ghost

[leaden wraith]

Always has been. Both dont need each other to function

Iono and Penny are great special supports

[leaden wraith]

Not worth purchasing those. I would keep the starting boost for now and check the shop often to look for better deals like more common theme upgrades or useful boosts like crit power up

[worthy tusk]

Is this what I want for celebi?

[leaden wraith]

She doesnt need it

[oblique breach]

Not doing Very Hard yet

The only sprint pair I have is Rei

I have Chase, whose EX role is Sprint

[leaden wraith]

With 1 - 2 boosts and smart teambuilding you can do VH just fine on Arena 1 - 5

[oblique breach]

alright

Mine boosts are Normal and Ghost

Might make to with Red, Leaf (both EX)

[worthy tusk]

Uh which rival is worth tossing away to die on round 2?

[leaden wraith]

If your roster of these types are lackluster, you can always look for better boosts in the shop. But it seems you purchased one of them ?

[leaden wraith]

LMarnie

What stage is that?

[oblique breach]

Very Hard stage 1. Forever apprehensive

[leaden wraith]

Be sure to bring 3 boosted units for much point as possible. Also i wouldnt waste Rei on early fights

He is capable of carrying wacky teams

[oblique breach]

I'm not gonna use him that early

[leaden wraith]

just saying

[wary kayak]

Looks like you've got a balanced spread in your role bonus pattern, this run

Mercifully, round 10 has Support

[wary kayak]

... I'm guessing your freebie was normal and the first shop had Ghost so you decided to get Ghost "instead," huh

[oblique breach]

Bingo

[wary kayak]

Understandable (eff Normal)

[oblique breach]

what are the only good normal pairs?

Red and Leaf

[worthy tusk]

Stage 4 says to change zone is this necessary?

I'm not feeling the desire to blow ss Cyrus on this

[gentle maple]

Only stage 4

[wary kayak]

Is that a champion stadium fight?

[gentle maple]

Still possible to brute force

[worthy tusk]

Yeah it's Phoebe

On stage 4

[wary kayak]

Oh, it's the same as this week's Phoebe fight

Those boosts are concerning but if you can take her out before she uses the zone (on the turn before she syncs), you might be fine

[worthy tusk]

Will Karen be enough?

[wary kayak]

Sentry ×2 looks like a bigger problem

[worthy tusk]

It says special dark and Karen fits that bill

Or champion Marnie

[wary kayak]

Good question. I haven't tried her in a while 🤔

[gentle maple]

Karen probably counters it

[wary kayak]

Neo Marnie can definitely obliterate it

[west abyss]

Karen is enough for that CS stage yes

[wary kayak]

Neo Marnie can obliterate... most things.

[worthy tusk]

Yeah but I don't want to use Marnie on stage 4.

[gentle maple]

Marnie could be a overkill depending on your pool of sync pakrs

[wary kayak]

Indeed, probably overkill

Give Karen a shot first

[worthy tusk]

Should I use SS Cyrus too for field or just throw something random in?

[wary kayak]

Might depend on what other rounds will have Field

PoMaTools can calculate the role boost pattern with just the first 1-3 stages, so... Wanna try that?

Oh wait

[worthy tusk]

It's this pattern

[wary kayak]

You mean to boost Karen rather than for any role boost

Very Tech Heavy. TBolt Red Paradise

[worthy tusk]

Yeah he sets field to remove ghost zone, boosts Karen, and is a tech so it's an all around win

[wary kayak]

Ghost Zone only pops up right before Phoebe syncs so you can just take her down faster than that.

Remember, this isn't CSMM. They don't have 3000pts of Strength here.

(Or 2500 or 2000 or whatever score goal you were using for it)

Tech-heavy Rallies are fun because you can do funny shit like spam Sleep Powder or Hypnosis

Let's see, this is one of the two stages without Tech. So... Elio or Melony or even Neo Rosa (but don't waste her here) can spam Sing

[worthy tusk]

Wait you're right, the final 3 stages I can just use him to blow stuff up.

[wary kayak]

So yeah, in this case my Plan B is to see if I can slot a Support with Sing and use that for turn denials

[gentle maple]

If u plan to use ss Cyrus I'm sure he alone should be able to clear that round

[wary kayak]

Dark Void hax

That would be plan C

[gentle maple]

Pretty much

[worthy tusk]

So ello?

The primarina guy

[wary kayak]

Yeah, him or Melony

As the backup plan if Karen can't win fast enough

Fortunately there are many Techs with reliable Sleep, including a couple eggmons

So the other stages have plenty of options

Actually since you're using TBolt Red for 8-10, that means only really being able to exploit sleep hax for 4-7 (Red wants paralyze instead)

So yeah, you can easily fit a sleep pair with each stage

[worthy tusk]

I almost had it using this. I had all but marowak dead.

Maybe ex Karen?

Because of mega she wants to sync first I believe.

[worthy tusk]

Unless there's some better support I should use?

[wary kayak]

I mean we don't wanna use too good supports.

In this case I'd see if there's a Support eggmon with X Speed All, but both your current supports have direct gauge refills so maybe speed is less needed

[worthy tusk]

I don't have any eggs leveled up😬

[wary kayak]

They are really cheap to level

Their EXP reqs are really low

[worthy tusk]

I have Rachel

[wary kayak]

Maybe! She's got Speed and she isn't too good.

But I think you can just try with Piers and Cheren

4 shots of max gauge refill (this isn't CSMM, you have six gauges) might be more than enough

Won't even be using gauges in the first few turns because you gotta buff up

[worthy tusk]

There we go finally got it!

I did have to use Rachel, she also lowered opponents special attack so they did little damage to me.

Uh any idea for this?

It's tech and sprint boost....

And it's a champion stage

So I have no support to use

And steel is my worst lineup

Is it worth using a strong unit like mc Marnie or do hard instead of very hard? There's no way I can clear this.

Unless I'm missing something

Please ping me

I'm stuck here stage 5 is so early to blow my good units I think?

[gentle maple]

I mean this is where u try first and think later if u think it's too early to blow your good units

[worthy tusk]

I tried this and it just died in one hit

[hallow bolt]

If the matchup isn’t favourable I would rather go to the hard battle

I have done that before

[tough sequoia]

do opponents usually do 1k damage on their first attack here?

[heavy fjord]

depends on a lot

what round are you on, what items have you got, are you using a character to activate said items, and what team are you using

[tough sequoia]

area 8

[wary kayak]

Your stat upgrade stack is looking kinda low for such a late stage

Your Power Up stack is looking like overkill, by contrast

[wary kayak]

Oh, this one. Ugh.
Grimsley is a good call. I wonder if you can get him to OHKO Bertha with a well-timed Metal Burst. Steel has some Flinchers with Iron Head (such as Grimsley himself); since this is Tech boost, you can also try fooling around with Sleep hax (Ramos, Tech Egg Bulbasaur, Serena, Lodge N, etc)

[worthy tusk]

Finally an easy stage

[wary kayak]

Oh, you already got past Bertha

[worthy tusk]

I gave up and did hard

[wary kayak]

Welp
Technically you are still past her

[worthy tusk]

Even my good stuff like deoxys was dying.

[wary kayak]

Bertha is kind of a terror, yeah

[worthy tusk]

I'm still sitting on 5000 points so I'm doing alright

Way past what I need to get a cake this month

Since I only needed 4500

And I have 4 more stages to do

[worthy tusk]

Any ideas for the final stage?

I was thinking about Pikachu red and neo champion blue with cake.

But is that enough?

Or should I do something else?

[normal python]

Seems like this stage was made for Fall Roxanne

[worthy tusk]

I do have her at 1/5

This is what is in the shop

[normal python]

She EX roled?

[worthy tusk]

No but I can

[normal python]

Nah, it'd be waste unless you really want to

[burnt fox]

I will commit arson

[normal python]

Or unless your desperate to get those extra points

[worthy tusk]

Is it necessary to clear it?

Well this seemed to work

Is this a good total?

[normal python]

Where did you spend the 500 on?

[worthy tusk]

The rival boost

So it was x6

[normal python]

Huh, that's actually godly

[wary kayak]

Could've swapped one rival boost for two damage boosts for better results, I think. But maybe your shop kept giving you annoyingly specific ones

[burnt fox]

Did I get blessed by the gods?

[worthy tusk]

Yeah

Take it and enjoy the free 1500 points if you can do 3 boosts

[burnt fox]

Is it easy to beat?

[normal python]

Yes, it's literally like having Blissful Bonanza

[worthy tusk]

I think I checked the shop every time there was lots of normal boost stuff.

[wary kayak]

It's effortless, it's a loot piñata stage

[burnt fox]

Oh perfect

[wary kayak]

Normal Boost Georg moment

[worthy tusk]

It kept giving me permanent normal zone....

[wary kayak]

So Hugh can knock himself tf out in fewer turns

[worthy tusk]

Or permanent sand or rain. A few times it rotated between grass or ground damage boost

[worthy tusk]

Yeah he needs to learn to control that bull

[wary kayak]

I have a saying for times like that: Lady Luck is a sarcastic a-hole sometimes

[worthy tusk]

Yeah it gave me a great starting boost, a great boost pattern, and a lucky stage. But then the shop was screwing me over and over half the stages were champion stadium battles. So she was nice but then like nope jokes on you.

[normal python]

Man, I've been really slacking on this mode

[worthy tusk]

My rat was doing 20k+ damage with each bolt

[burnt fox]

Wait, does the amount of points differ if I were to bring all techs instead of mix of techs/sprints if those bonuses are active?

[wary kayak]

Nah

It's just +50% per matching role on the team, additive

2 Tech and 1 Sprint are the same reward as 3 Tech and 0 Sprint

[burnt fox]

Then thank god because I ain’t using another sprint unit (I have 2 left)

[wary kayak]

If you have someone with the EX Role unlocked via cake, they count as having two roles and then you can theoretically get more than 3 matching roles on the team if they match both bonused roles on that stage

This is how you can gradually get more and more medals from Rally over time. More cakes, more double-matches become possible, more points

...Slightly.

[burnt fox]

Good run

[ocean wren]

I feel......anger

[devout edge]

Do I have to worry about type match ups here? Because I think I worry too much about it

[heavy fjord]

they can matter but they are definitely not the biggest deal

will depend on the fight you get

if you ever see the passive "tough skin" popping up it means the enemy is receiving reduced damage from non-super effective attacks, depending on what you have for items and your options left, it may be a better idea to switch your team up to someone who can deal super effective damage

[rapid notch]

Is battle rally worth doing if it's purely easy mode

Alt has almost nothing

[simple frost]

If you're new or just started the game, its best to just aim for easy mode and MAYBE Hard mode if you can do it.

You can always try battles in higher difficulty. if you get wasted, you can try again a lower difficulty

[wary kayak]

Maybe if the shop has good stat and dmg multi items early on, you might still be able to compete in VH up to stage 9

I'm... Not enthusiastic about a new account's chances against a UB even with like 64× total multi

(7 stat-ups and 7 dmg bonuses)

[simple frost]

Solgaleo might be able to punch really well if they've got enough stat buffs.

[wary kayak]

Without the grid expansion?

Don't know if the alt was here for the Alola rerun

[simple frost]

course if its anabel, get Bulldoze'd 😭

a lot of the UB stages uses some form of AoE Ground move.

[wary kayak]

Is Anabel that much worse than the others? ...Did they really release the worst one first?

[simple frost]

Its either Anabel or Palmer.

Lucy is kinda easy with stat buffs + Antitoxin for the entire party.

[wary kayak]

Clutch Crit with Piercing Blows was eye-popping, I'll give him that

[leaden wraith]

Anabel requires units with quick debuffs, at least have to be in the same level as Oleana

Because the stage was designed for Cerena

[wary kayak]

I went to the actual Anabel fight with Neo Serena, SSKris and Archie. I got my ass thoroughly kicked and haven't been back to the UBs since

[simple frost]

I'm still waiting for someone to use Victor against Argenta 😮

[leaden wraith]

So even without Ground weakness Solgaleo cant pack a punch with Anabel unless you buy Apply Cup or Severe Sundae

[simple frost]

I just use my UB killers last tbh.

[wary kayak]

On my first few runs, I bought the binoculars on stage 9 to see which UB would be in Stage 10 just so I'd know if it would be a mistake to use them

[simple frost]

i've got a big roster, so i dont really look with Binoculars xd

[wary kayak]

(Well, one time there was a sale on them during stage 8 but I could just hold onto them until 9)

Yeah, I stopped doing it after the January 31 Madness

[simple frost]

my only problems with Battle Rally is sometimes i wished i'd cake'd someone, but for points only? stares atNC Calem

[wary kayak]

I caked Calem for an Anabel fight that had Tech but not Support bonus

Barely care about Tech cakes so I'm not all that bothered

[simple frost]

ah wells, i've got a bunch of cakes and like choices for up to 2 "Omni" Cake.

so eventually i'd have a bunch of sync pairs with ex role cake i can just use for 1-2 battles, and be done i guess.

[wary kayak]

Yeah, that feels like the intention to this mode

Cake units to gradually get more medals to cake more units

[simple frost]

Tbh, i can actually see them adding more shop items.

[wary kayak]

Though I guess it only gives you a bit over one cake per month regardless

[simple frost]

they can also multiply your rally points at the end of one, since there's a Multiplier that's at 1.00x when you do the results for Battle rally

[wary kayak]

Maybe...
I'd have to see how plausible it is to buy out the cakes and in the same month and still have medals left over, first

[simple frost]

so maybe we'd get Battle Rally Events

[wary kayak]

The shop has skill feathers, but no ever pins...

Maybe that'd be a candidate for a new shop item. Though I'm kind of terrified to try using skill gear

[simple frost]

If they sell Ever Pins... woohoo that'd be nice.

[wary kayak]

My skill gear is all still blank

I just use type gear due to commitment issues

[heavy fjord]

those could be a good choice, though idk how many medals they would actually be worth

considering the current price they have, i dont expect them to be cheap though, and i dont think a super high price would be worth it whatsoever

[wary kayak]

Yeah, it'd be competing with hecking cakes

[heavy fjord]

and 5* power ups

[wary kayak]

Well, about that...

[heavy fjord]

yeah thats my concern

i dont fancy an ever pin costing 10k rally medals ty

[near crystal]

I’ve learned the way of no apple cup

how much do you need from every round to get all 20 vouchers each month?

[heavy fjord]

for the cake coin vouchers its 24k in a month

which is 4.8k a run for months with 5 mondays, and 6k for months with 4

[hasty marlin]

averaging 7-8k range isnt that hard tbh, long as your box is wide enough. i think rally rewards a wider box much more relative to other modes. not quite to the same degree as LG long streaks but probably more than a 10streak demands for optimal scoring.

out first year of rally is only gonna have like 4 months with 5x mondays though, which is a bit sad. but at least they gave us the equivalent of january's tickets day 1 to make it almost like we had 5 months of 5 mondays.

[normal python]

The 10 daily summon featuring poke fairs will really help

[oblique breach]

Should I double stack on the ghosst and normal power ups?

[wary kayak]

That sounds like a terrible idea

Hell, Normal powerups sound like a terrible idea in general

Normal-Type ain't great in this game

That awkward moment when its primary advantage (STAB with strong moves) is irrelevant in a game where STAB doesn't exist and several units just have Normal moves type-shifted anyway

[leaden wraith]

focus on one theme only

[valid turtle]

how to beat Lucy stage 10 hard mode

she poisons

[leaden wraith]

what team and upgrades are you using?

[valid turtle]

leme show brb

[leaden wraith]

yes you have to bring someone to cure/protect allies from poison

show your shop as well, in case there is something useful there

[valid turtle]

she has like a million chamillion zapumillion hp

my best chance is fire dog

but dies

is there anyone poison reflect type of move?

like the arcanine?

[leaden wraith]

thats a bunch of random buffs

and your Rival boost is only level 1

[valid turtle]

it helped me on previous battles and i have a ton of points left

but stuck on this last one

[valid turtle]

but this

oh wait i just remember Full heals

might work

psyducc

[leaden wraith]

then you are losing stat boosts from theme skill

you dont have any Rival in your team

[valid turtle]

oh i was not relying on that

[leaden wraith]

then good luck lol

[valid turtle]

ty

i will try

[leaden wraith]

VH is the same as UB + 100% stats

no way you can live through their attacks

[west abyss]

I think you've missed Gakon's point a 'lil bit It's pretty much straight impossible to do Area 10 on very hard without any boosts from the shop, that's the entire point of the game-mode. Like Gakon said, it's an UB from Challenge the Strong (or yet to be released) but boosted stats by 100%, so you're not getting anywhere without the shop boosts.

You're going to want to scour the shop for items that help you, the 1x Rival boost isn't going to be enough either depending on your team. You'll probably need to get another one of those, and possibly some other items according to your comp

[valid turtle]

[valid turtle]

ty for tip. i don't think i can win this lol

I'll try normal mode and next time i will buy those you mentioned

[leaden wraith]

if you want to be optimal for maximizing points, avoid buying random and unnecessary buffs

and focus on your starting theme boost. if its bad you can look for better upgrades and focus on them instead

buying 3 - 4 upgrades is usually enough

[valid turtle]

what type of items is good? i think the item i bought was decent

+4 starting atk buff is a good one?

[leaden wraith]

yes but they dont help much tbh, you are supposed to change your team a lot between battles

[valid turtle]

icic

[leaden wraith]

also remember to match role bonuses as much as possible to squeeze as many points

for permanent upgrades aside from theme skill boosts, crit: power up is the one useful generally imo

[valid turtle]

oh yeah that one for sure is op
c :

I'll will start buying the theme buff ones now though

ty for infos

[leaden wraith]

in case you dont know, we have many useful resources in the pins

[valid turtle]

i will check em out rn

[leaden wraith]

feel free to ask if there is something makes you confused

[valid turtle]

omg i did it ᕙ(•̀ᗜ•́)ᕗ

psyducc was mvp

she spams Sludge wave Insta Poison after sync x.x

[leaden wraith]

you got good amount of points, but you wasted nearly 50% of those on unnecessary upgrades

you should be careful when buying something next times, so you can get more cake vounchers and

[valid turtle]

lol yes! i gotta save to earn more points

does everyone buy the binoculars item to see up to 10th stage opponents?

or is it a skippable item?

[leaden wraith]

you can use pomatools site to know all of bonus roles beforehand

for example, if Arena 1's bonus roles are support / tech, you can input them in https://ng-pomatools.web.app/battle-rally, then the full set of roles can be seen

altho some role sets require knowing Arena 2 or even 3 to know the full detail

[valid turtle]

awesome. ty

[simple frost]

?

[manic condor]

How come in my battle with Steven when i try to use Hypnosis it doesnt work but instead of saying “it failed!” or target “can’t sleep” it says the target is “surrounded by Electric Terrain!”

[leaden wraith]

because no one can be asleep on Electric Terrain

also, thats a weird team comp, sleep will override flinch if not treating Electric Terrain exist

[manic condor]

yeah the flinch is just to help with sleep chaining cause im bad at it

i use it all the time

[leaden wraith]

thats not a good mindset tbh

[manic condor]

if it was another sleep unit would you still comment

[leaden wraith]

no i meant dont use sleep units and flinch bots together

[manic condor]

so i should just get good at sleep chaining

[languid widget]

Sleep chaining is good, but getting good at flinch chaining will help you more when you're using Electric Terrain since nothing can fall asleep with it up

[manic condor]

yeah i was gonna switch in lyra

but in general I’d like Gakon to complete the advice because I’ve been doing this for years and only had the problem now

[west abyss]

What advice do you want Gakon to complete?

[manic condor]

“no i meant dont use sleep units and flinch bots together”— why if it helps with sleep chaining

[leaden wraith]

sleep will override flinch

i already told you about this above

[manic condor]

yeah but they both achieve the same desired outcome of preventing attacks

[leaden wraith]

its a waste to use both kinds of unit together, while you can improve your sleep chaining skill

[manic condor]

ok theres the advice

[oblique breach]

Round 3 VH is Lucas.

[simple frost]

Enemy Lucas?

[oblique breach]

yes

[simple frost]

uh... they had Kris and Hop on the sides?

[oblique breach]

no. Barry and Dawn

[leaden wraith]

that stage has Wise Entry x2

you also have to debuff their defense

it was designed for Akari and Rei

looks like Lucas has Dragon Zone too

info about every Rally stage is in 2 pinned pastebin, you should look into them to know about their gimmicks next time

[oblique breach]

Not getting the telescop

In fact, I didn't get it

[leaden wraith]

i didnt advise you to purchase telescope tho

[oblique breach]

Do I need permanent Ground Zone? Yeah, I have Courtney

But I don't like not knowing what comes after

[leaden wraith]

thats the reason, you will retire Courtney eventually

so its not worth buying

[oblique breach]

What's the reason?

A bit unclear

[leaden wraith]

if you dont use or need Ground types in later fights, no point of buying it

also these kinds of item are not recommended to purchase, if you want to get most points possible

[oblique breach]

oh

I hate this mode

[worthy tusk]

The mode isn't too bad it just takes a bit of learning. The only time you'll struggle is if you have a very limited amount of pairs.

What stage 10 opponents are hardest to easiest? I thought I read someone ranked them once but I can't find it now.

[simple frost]

ranking off stage 10 ones?

[oblique breach]

I have 240 pairs

81 of which are EX

[worthy tusk]

Yeah - what the order is for Thornton, palmer, Anabel, Lucy, etc in terms of difficulty

[leaden wraith]

Palmer is easily the hardest one

Lucy, Argenta and Darach are in easier part

[simple frost]

its only really hard if you don't have enough people to counteract the gimmicks. + your own stat buffs.

[leaden wraith]

thats just the generally ranking, because the difficulty also depends on your roster + your available upgrades and items

[worthy tusk]

Noted, I was curious for future so I can better weigh options. No wonder I managed to slaughter Lucy yesterday using rats and NC blue.

[simple frost]

The most difficult ones i get paired with would be either Anabel or Palmer. Palmer just asks you to have insane damage dealers that can kill him before he sync nukes. You can survive his nuke if you've got 4 or more stat boosts

[west abyss]

Well it would depend on the team too

[oblique breach]

Is the Apple Cup the only thing I should buy?

[simple frost]

Its an easy option, but its kinda costly depending on your run.

[leaden wraith]

its not advised to buy it unless you want to have fun

[oblique breach]

Should I save as many points as possible?

[leaden wraith]

doing H stage without cup gives more point that doing VH stage with cup

thats the way, yes

you want many points to exchange for cake vounchers

[oblique breach]

I have 7 sync pairs eligible for cake vouchers

[leaden wraith]

you get more eligible pairs as the time goes on

[oblique breach]

1 sprint, 2 tech, 1 strike, 3 support

Chase; Grusha and Petrel; Rei; NC Leaf, SS Serena and Leon

[leaden wraith]

if you only care about weekly 300 gems, just play rally in any ways you like

[oblique breach]

I haven't played a High Score Event at all

I'll be wasting about 15% or so of my pairs (eggs not included) in the BR

[leaden wraith]

you only use 30 pairs at most

[oblique breach]

So far I've wasted Blue and Norman

Gonna waste Cheren and Winona.

[oblique breach]

Not thinking of wasting my Rei at this point

I quit Very Hard after VH3

The next three stages need me to use a field as a bonus. I have only one field unit.

[wary kayak]

You can just keep him in the team for all three

If he faints, he still--

Wait, what are the other roles for those three stages

Because you don't have to match both

If you have a Tech+Field stage, then 3Tech 0Field is the same point value as 2Tech 1Field or any other combination where you match the roles 3 times

[oblique breach]

This is my pattern

Which is why I quit VH after Round 3

I also have only one sprint unit. Not using him until much later

[wary kayak]

You can keep the Field pair in for all three stages but you really only need him for stage 4. You can just do triple Support on stage 5 and triple Striker on stage 6

[oblique breach]

OK

[wary kayak]

If he faints, he still counts as a Field on the team as long as you don't remove his unconscious ass

[oblique breach]

ok

[wary kayak]

But maybe only do that if you somehow can't make the team work with triple support and then triple striker

[oblique breach]

I'm stuck with goddamn Normal and Ghost upgrades

IN THE STORE

Slots 3 and 4, per the infographic, don't seem to change. When it's the type upgrade, it never changes

[leaden wraith]

thats why you have to think twice before buying

you bought one of them before Arena 1, didnt you?

[oblique breach]

yes

That's a bad move

Item 1 stays the same throughout

[worthy tusk]

Just make sure you run a ghost or normal user for the boost.

[oblique breach]

I did it

At the cost of areas 4 to 10 being Hard and getting only 4700 medals

[normal python]

Damn, Rival upgrade is OP

And I got super duper lucky I got Thorton as my Very Hard stage

[normal python]

Brand new record baby

[sudden heron]

I think i just got a crazy lucky situation, i have aura cynthia and i got sprint support on stage one so she is only not having bonus on one stage

Also i got champion boost in store but flying for start

I think i would just ignore the flying

[normal python]

So far, I don't have a single lucky area

[ebon valve]

me neither

[normal python]

Huh, you and me and some other people

[quiet tiger]

Haven't had a Lucky Area since my first run (which was like 3,000 points total because I didn't play it correctly )

[wary kayak]

I got a Lucky last run but it was a Be Careful What You Wish For moment.

Field&Sprint

[mild notch]

had troubles this week with piers

fairy weak

gladion will help alot

[hallow bolt]

Riley will also help a lot at reset at least as a sprint unit

[devout edge]

For the first two br I have one unit that I always use throughout all of it, that unit was a support

Should I swap out the support when it’s not being boosted or not because the support of the unit helped a lot

[naive tendon]

anyone know if i could clear this stage with cheaper boosts https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1128052735967764621/1208934099784433694/image0.jpg?ex=65e5169e&is=65d2a19e&hm=3a1619c87466a1e187b37d2f30a1336e5feef82646c97567e9cc514379fa16e1&

[simple frost]

what's your Theme bonus though?

[naive tendon]

units

[simple frost]

Oh tech units?

[naive tendon]

grass and champ

[simple frost]

Oh champion D:

[naive tendon]

nc serena uses champ

thankfully

maybe one of these could be good?

[simple frost]

oh Super effective popcorn could be could with Serena

but you've got 2 grass buffs hmm

[tiny pulsar]

Hmmm, splitting your bonus grass/champ is setting you back a lot

[naive tendon]

weather tech units

[simple frost]

got any grass tanks? Like SS Leaf or something?

[naive tendon]

bertha probs tanks better than raihan i imagine

[naive tendon]

tech/support units left 💀

[simple frost]

dang. SS Erika really wants sun and Anabel does too.

[naive tendon]

bertha has the exact same defensive stats as raihan

[simple frost]

whose your Hard mode?

[naive tendon]

except she self-buffs defenses instead of %increase in weather

[naive tendon]

lucy 💀

erika is

weak to poison

[simple frost]

i think lucy's ... fine. you just need antitoxin on all of them.

[naive tendon]

i could swap ss erika out for lodge blue and take the points deduction

[simple frost]

Anabel is no way around it unless you had Mix Red or something D:

or you use actual sync pairs to deal with Anabel's Gimmick

[naive tendon]

450 is points for 3 techs on lucy vs 600 for 2 techs on anabel

[simple frost]

+1 Champion 100 cost and +1 Damage Rebuff for 50 cost.

its basically the same-ish.

[naive tendon]

that's what ss serena and ann raihan are for

[naive tendon]

ah.

[simple frost]

you're not gonna spend points in Lucy battle

but you're gonna be spending points against Anabel

[naive tendon]

so less risky to just do anabel

i mean lucy oops

[simple frost]

nods

you're gonna have 300% Stat boost on Lucy battle

so SS Erika will live

but sheesh. she's very chonky. Anabel i mean. 😦

[naive tendon]

no damage 😭

[simple frost]

you tried? xd

against Anabel i mean

[naive tendon]

til fall iris doesn't have antitoxin

[naive tendon]

earlier yeah

[heavy fjord]

yeah, highest HP boss in the game

[simple frost]

i had +10 stat boost

and i barely lived 😭

(SS Kris, NC Marnie and NC Calem)

[heavy fjord]

does that team have any way of dealing with fluid fortification

[naive tendon]

nc marnie's b move ignores fluid

i think

[heavy fjord]

okay yeah that would do it

[simple frost]

yeah

i also had a stat debuff item on so

[sweet mango]

Poma tools doesn’t have strike/field but has field/strike as area 1. Does that matter to determine the final area?

[heavy fjord]

fair

[simple frost]

NC Calem could debuff whenever he uses his moves.

actually all of them can debuff with that item on

but it took a lot still 😭

[heavy fjord]

it does have strike field, it cannot accurately determine what the set will be with just that first set

you need to see what the next fights combo is gonna be before it can figure out for sure

[sweet mango]

Is the best strat for battle rally to have all roles in one team or stack the roles in one team?

Because i’ve been using all roles in one team

This month first rally i got 6.9k

[heavy fjord]

if you want to get as many points as possible you will want to stack whatever gives you a multiplier and switch out the pairs as necessary

[naive tendon]

fight poison witb poison

[naive tendon]

thank for the help!

[simple frost]

Serena's fine though? you had +100% Stat boost for having Champion no? ah wells good clear.

[simple frost]

the position of the icons make it 😮

[obsidian sentinel]

Sigh I got to Area 7 without a field/sprint combo stage

[sweet mango]

Idk what to put for gym leader

[obsidian sentinel]

Is gym leader the only thing you can stack?

[sweet mango]

Iono, ss morty, or ss roxie

On area 3 vs psychic weak wallace

[obsidian sentinel]

You should not be using strong gym leaders on area 3

use some garbage

[sweet mango]

Any suggestions

[leaden wraith]

Dont use strong units in early fights

[obsidian sentinel]

Doesn't really matter, at round 3 youmight not even need one

[leaden wraith]

Especially ones that can carry you in UBs

Gym Leaders have many accessible pairs, so try to use them first

You only need a GL per team

[wary kayak]

Gym leaders don't tend to have many gamebreakers but their sheer numbers make it pretty easy to find one that fits a team

For a disposable support, maybe someone like Marlon
For a disposable tech, maybe Brawly
For a disposable striker, maybe Wulfric

For a tech tank, maybe Viola or Erika (Vileplume)
For a striker tank, maybe Valerie (Sylveon-- but only if the enemy mainly uses special attacks)

For a support tank... Well, supports are tanks so that's not a problem

[sweet mango]

I’m locked in with my all roles in one team. I’ve had a headache the whole day and can’t plan out my run

[obsidian sentinel]

Not sure what you mean

just keep buying the gym leader buff

if you can't match the bonus type don't match it

[wary kayak]

I think they mean they have too much of a headache to swap pairs in and out

Which means they're about to have a much bigger one when the enemy's scaling is too much to meet without that Gym Leader stat multiplier, unless one of those three is a Gym Leader and I didn't notice

[simple frost]

I typically just... use a pair that's really good for Battle Villa, and if they have a boost for them. And then surround them with bonus points/ or a really good tank.

I opt out buying stuff thaat isn't good for me like Battle Facility or something, and like try to climb with what i've got. up to like Area 2 / Area 3 shop

[sweet mango]

What’s the argenta gimmick and best team for her?

I have adaman nc blue etc

[simple frost]

For Argenta, you need to change Weather.

and also Rebuff

You need to use Adaman's BMove twice, one starting and one once you 50% her HP

Or

if you're gonna be running NC Blue, save your BMove for 50% and less

what's your buff?

*Theme Buff rather

[sweet mango]

Gym leader

[simple frost]

you can run Vileplume/Erika if you still have her.

[sweet mango]

Ss morty adaman nc leaf

[simple frost]

No Gym Leader though?

[sweet mango]

Ss morty is

[simple frost]

I'd do uh.... Adaman, NC Blue and Erika/Vileplume with 4x stat boosts

but ss morty is also solid as well.

i'm assuming your adaman is 3/5?

1/5 is fine too.

[sweet mango]

1/5

[simple frost]

yeah that's fine.

[sweet mango]

I have 8 gen candies

[simple frost]

you dont need it tbh, try your team first.

NC Leaf should be able to survive.

I'd sync with SS Morty first, then just keep syncing with Adaman

[sweet mango]

It worked

What can’t nc leaf do?

[molten ice]

New record
Starting bonus was fighting type in team, later I got a extra damage by crits for 50, bought it again later and was trying to defeat Palmer but was so close before that max move so bought it for the 3rd time.
Also got a bonus stage

[gilded remnant]

holy... i have 2 sprint pairs XD.

what they want me to do here

full lobby sprint

lets go

hmm actually its not that bad

[simple frost]

no Sprint EX Roles?

[gilded remnant]

i can use lucario/meloetta i guess with sprint roles, not gonna be better than that

[simple frost]

like Aura Cynthia or NC Rosa? :o?

i'd probably run them both haha

and just have another bonus on the middle as a damage dealer

[gilded remnant]

i think thats gonna be the case

gonna miss on 2 areas for bonus points

but other way i would lose 8 areas of points

[simple frost]

I actually ue NC Rosa + Aura Cynthia a lot

what's your bonus though?

[gilded remnant]

fightning

im going cynthia full

[simple frost]

haave fun o/

tbh there was battle rally run where i had psychic, but aura cynthia tanked area 1 to 9

she didnt take a lot of damage, and the protect helps a lot xD

[leaden wraith]

You can wait for Riley

For additional Sprint

[quiet apex]

How did she tank that many. How do you stop units from being locked out.

[simple frost]

i had a similar line up

had Mix Red as my damage dealer

so i just... ran the entire Area 1 to 9 with just those three.

(I think i ran SS Lyra first)

for Aura Cynthia, she gets Protect as soon as you enter

so when you sync with her again, she gets another one.

my opponents only attacked like once or twice

until like area 6, where i had to use a potion

[quiet apex]

I get her gimmick but I’m wondering how the BR doesn’t lock the units off after a few rounds

[simple frost]

theylock you from re-using a unit.

[quiet apex]

Ohhhh so it’s fair as long as you don’t switch them.

[simple frost]

i basically just used the 2 support/techs

*support/sprint and like, changed my damaage dealer as needed

for points

[quiet apex]

I see.

[simple frost]

i went for it mostly because i calculated my points if i did this and that

like SS Lyra into Mix Red

[quiet apex]

Cool.

[devout edge]

I got an issue which is I only got one field and zero sprint

[simple frost]

Field + Sprint bonus in one area?

or multiple?

[devout edge]

There’s multiple times where I saw I need a field and/or sprint

[simple frost]

Well we're getting a free sprint in an hour+

so you can build that into your roster / battle rally run.

[obsidian sentinel]

Just do whaty ou can, I only have one each

[austere cipher]

Cleave hard wasted 300 pts for dark buffs kek

still have 4 spare ticks. will clap this next reset

sst go brrrt 1-10

[simple frost]

nice

[oblique breach]

I only have one field unit

I'll problaly retire if I get this combination

[stray ravine]

...

[crisp token]

Remember there are 2 roles there

[stray ravine]

that's like, the worst thing you can do

you either match the other role or if you have nothing then the battle still will give the base points

you never touch the Retire button

[obsidian sentinel]

Just use your one field unit

[timid hound]

O Arceus, please give me a good pattern, not that triple Sprint + Field again

Normal Upgrade, not bad

[simple frost]

eevee until the end of days? and Elaine i guess?

D:

[timid hound]

My normal box isn't so bad

[simple frost]

Trial Giver

Yikes.

SPRINT & FIELD

[timid hound]

Trial Giver is good... if you gave the SSAlola pairs

[simple frost]

The worse.

[timid hound]

Riley coming in clutch!

[simple frost]

Okay that is very very difficult lmao

Psychic Weak too

letsee

Elite Four Upgrade

[timid hound]

E4 upgrade is quite good no?

Diverse pool

[simple frost]

Grass Move

okay

[timid hound]

Personally not a fan of picking up Move upgrades

[simple frost]

Mix Red likes it a lot

okay yeah, Mix Red all the way + Aura Cynthia + NC Rosa

[timid hound]

Riley would THRIVE

[outer jasper]

ngl riley only good for the first 2 stages because his dmg kinda low

[timid hound]

Area 10 is NCRosa land

[simple frost]

hmm something like this

[timid hound]

I don't know why I deluded myself into thinking he's a support

Lemme quickly check his kit again

He can max speed but his moves are all 3 gauge

Balanced as all things are, I suppose

[outer jasper]

close combat is kinda awful too

and no accuracy for iron tail either

[timid hound]

No accuracy in grid?

[simple frost]

lol.... Very Hard Lance (Steel Weak) for Area 2. Now Area 3, he's back again 😮

[timid hound]

Mein Gott

Don't do my guy dirty like this

[outer jasper]

paris only +10, its still 85%

[timid hound]

That's not enough

[simple frost]

Oh

[outer jasper]

yeah

[simple frost]

its his Kanto CS fight

jeez. Aura Cynthia is getting flinched. danged iron heads :-:

OH GOD

LUCKY ON AREA 4

[leaden wraith]

Riley has Pinpoint Entry 1 and Iron Tail +10

But i dont think it fully fixes the accuracy issue

[timid hound]

Lucky!

[timid hound]

At that point I'd run him as a CC sub DPS/support

[simple frost]

got 1500 pts o/

[timid hound]

I'm gonna take a wild guess and assume he has neither Impervious or Stats Quo on grid

[simple frost]

he's got Stats Quo iirc

[leaden wraith]

He doesnt iirc

[simple frost]

oh

he has Unbending or Stalwart

[timid hound]

Time to pick up both

[hasty marlin]

Bug, gross.

Definitely hunting something else

[timid hound]

Time to get some mad mileage out of LDawn

[hasty marlin]

Should I buy alola

[timid hound]

What's your pattern?

[leaden wraith]

imo, yes. Your Alola roster is more diverse than Bug

[simple frost]

there we go. Very Hard was Argenta. i went with Darach on Hard.

i didnt have any stat boosts, but i did have 9 stacks of damage buffs.

8250 points --> 850 pts used -> 7400 total

[timid hound]

Otsu

[simple frost]

Awkward no stat boosts 😦

[rustic dagger]

oh

[timid hound]

So how's that Riley coming along?

[rustic dagger]

at least aura cynthia and nc rosa gonna see daylight

[simple frost]

EX roled? 😄

yeah they're pretty solid with my run at least

Sprint + Support at the end

i couldn't deal with Argenta though 😦

[rustic dagger]

yh ex role

[nimble tide]

Horrible week for me

[rustic dagger]

calem gonna see daylight too

[nimble tide]

[rustic dagger]

what a time to be alive

[nimble tide]

Look at all those field pairs

[timid hound]

Victor is gonna eat

[rustic dagger]

sst red eating good

[timid hound]

I had that exact pattern last week

[nimble tide]

Mix red

[timid hound]

Had to Rolex NCNate

[nimble tide]

[nimble tide]

I wish

[simple frost]

oh for that one, i ran Mix Red o/

[leaden wraith]

thats my ideal pattern

[timid hound]

I pull no punches when PoMaTools reveal 3 Sprint + Field

[rustic dagger]

ngl same. i just posted it for funny reactions

[timid hound]

You two are too powerful

[rustic dagger]

only 1 stage not suited for nc rosa but ill use her throughout the whole run

[leaden wraith]

thats why i want it too, NC Rosa supremacy

[simple frost]

Daancing her way into Rally 😮

[hasty marlin]

Don’t know my layout yet cause apparently there’s at least three variations of tech support

which alola 3/4 star is budget enough for Dark weak Cait fight? either as tank or whatever else

thats my stage 1

not using 5stars till i see more of my layout

[leaden wraith]

Nanu can help with evasion + flinch

[hasty marlin]

does nanu have a nuke build, or whats his grid like? havent looked at his grid before

[obsidian sentinel]

That's basically all he has

Debuff flinch nuke

And debuff and flinch are in the base kit

[hasty marlin]

ill try his nuke then why not

do you think nanu nuke + 2 eggs would work for dark weak caitlin?

tech supp stage 1

[hasty marlin]

btw with my alola box what sort of Move% modifier should i look for?

[obsidian sentinel]

Stage 1? yeah

Make one a tech egg that can flinch

easy

[hasty marlin]

is it bad idea to use egg umbreon r1?

[obsidian sentinel]

There are enough units you can probably do what you want

[timid hound]

I personally found eggmons serviceable in Area 1-3

I don't doubt they can be used all throughout Rally with proper investment

Or Apples in a Cup

Oh wow we have an emote for it haha

[obsidian sentinel]

If you have a high enough boost, eggs work normally in all areas

Although I seem to mostly just use them to get the type boost and do real things with the other two units

[dense latch]

Does this look possible?

Doesn't look possible haha taking so much dmg with no def buff

[hasty marlin]

do you guys think this would clear dark cait fine?

dont see any other buffs nanu needed other than atk

since he has surecrit on tm

dang, noncrit on sync did a lot more than i expected

nanus stronger than i expected haha

what the hell is that roadmap

both sstred and ss gladion being asked for right off the bat for points is a bit concerning

eh, think ill be fine for a10 with cerena not matching anything, wasnt willing to a1 her away for points

should i hold off a few days incase i get a field or sprint pair off the tickets or just roll my week as-is? can only form a tech, supp, or field cake RN i believe

(gladion's 1/5 atm since gonna try him a bit before i candy him)

[devout edge]

Alright how do I beat lance

[hasty marlin]

you exd riley with your own mats? but why?

[karmic briar]

Pretty satisfied, had to buy a couple of extra items bc area 10 was Anabel and I used NCserena on stage 1

[hasty marlin]

he gets 20 custom in the mail...

[hasty marlin]

This is the exact role map i have rn

i was tempted to use cerena r1 but i never do that when i dont know the map yet

[devout edge]

Desperate because of the additional sync effect

I still have several mats

[hasty marlin]

he works just fine without it tbh

max countdown 3 is really good

[devout edge]

Does this lance have some sort of damage reduction?

[hasty marlin]

steel weak Lance...

if its CS lance, no

https://ng-pomatools.web.app/champion-stadium?league=2&stage=1750

cant know for certain without knowing if thats the actual stage or if its a different lance stage tho

[devout edge]

It’s the cs but it’s almost impossible to kill

Or it just has some stupidly high dmr

[hasty marlin]

i mean youre 6 stages in and youre ignoring your boosts as far as i can tell palki

its +500% stats at r6

[devout edge]

The booster items in the shop aren’t good atm

The best they can give me is the debuff

Hold up lemme get the SuP each hit

[hasty marlin]

theres NO way you havent found a good theme 6 rounds in

you prob arent playing to this mode's demands like at all

[devout edge]

Seems like it

Yup I got the rain power up thing

[pearl lion]

SCREW YOU

Fourth time ive@gotten sprint this week

Got 3 fields too

its awful

normal thorton it is

[west abyss]

[pearl lion]

is it possible to even clear w/ poison?

my problem is that my best striker tank is caitlin

RIP

oh well

[timid hound]

I also had this problem lol

[quiet tiger]

The game is kicking me in the teeth today stop

[timid hound]

So I said fk it and Rolex NCBlue

[pearl lion]

imagine getting sprint / field for round 10

aka the rount where you get zero multipliers

its just a miserable time

[timid hound]

If you have rolex MF or MRed, it could be mitigated

[leaden wraith]

like me fr

[hasty marlin]

this is gonna be very awkward tackling A4 boostless cause no field/sprint pair for alola since used gladion r2

ghost cait

and i alr have stages lined up for ncrosa/ssac and nywallace

so my preset team is riley, redchu, and evictor

time to do some clears of rileys event so i can grab his dupes and orbs

and i dont even have enough stamina to get the dupes yet

huzzah...

[pearl lion]

assuming you didnt use them all bc the game hates you and wants to keep throwing sprint and field rounds at you

[hasty marlin]

stopping at a5 for the day. think ima wait for exr to be unlockable to resume cause 3.5x total is too funny of a thought tbh

[timid hound]

You too huh?

[hasty marlin]

i could do 4x but i am prob gonna need ncblue to make reasonable and thatd mean losing out on my boosts for a8 team

since none of the a8 candidates nor ncblue are alolan

[quiet tiger]

Oh we got the same one nice

NC Blue and SST Red are going to need to pull through for me on Area 9 so they're good in Area 10

[hasty marlin]

if i do choose to continue without the exr ill still wait for tomorrow cause phone is ded now

[hasty marlin]

i used up sstred on 3/4 lmao

cause 1/5exr

my field sprint pairs are very thin

[quiet tiger]

Mine is 3/5 EX R and I need him for pretty much every Area 10 minus Argent

[hasty marlin]

im planning to do ncblue cerena core with alola support prob for a10 and pray that can beat shit

[quiet tiger]

Jealous I got Battle Facility Foe bonus which I do not care for

[hasty marlin]

i started with bug

but first shop had alola

would of been pretty fucked with this box so im glad that i immediately found a region im decently wide in

ill prob go ahead and exr lillie too so i can use her on a9

so my rally continues friday probs

[rustic dagger]

bruh they gave me fairy boost

[severe bronze]

me when i rolex gladion just to not see a strike/sprint combo

[urban ledge]

Not sure whether to start with strike cakeless Riley or not… gonna think on it for a bit

[hasty marlin]

i was forced to this week cause i couldnt form it without this weeks tickets anyway even if i wanted to (since had just strike caked ncblue)

[formal gull]

[rustic dagger]

that looks like hell

[formal gull]

i thought i got a CS Glacia stage turns out it was SC Guzma stage lol

[leaden wraith]

hopefully you have a caked sup with strike or tech for A10

[formal gull]

Blue and Calem got me covered

[peak gale]

im gonna throw up

[plush anchor]

Hmmmmmmm
I don't know what I should do. My big bonuses are one staged and spread out

[formal gull]

Oh

Field and sprint bonus btw

Ooohhh this is a great matchup

Atrocious lineup but somehow managed

[urban ledge]

Yeah definitely won’t get cake before the week ends

Might as well do it now lol

[peak gale]

Hm pretty satisfied with my score, got lucky with the buffs in shop

i have sufficient cake tokens for almost 2 full cakes (sitting at 39 after clearing out Feb's BR shop)

[crisp token]

I hope you are all enjoying your stay at Sprintfield

[peak gale]

mine was

randomaf field

[plush anchor]

Bright side, i am not stuck with sprint/field
Other side, if i use a 2.0 bonus I won't use the same unit for another state

[oblique breach]

Starting out with Sprintfield

[leaden wraith]

Brute forcing Darach with Guard Chocolat why neither of these field have extended field effects smh

[gentle maple]

[gentle maple]

At least I got Kanto boost next stage

Could've been a disaster

[tame forge]

That's so good

[urban ledge]

Oh HELL yes!

Now I just gotta check the courses I get

… that sure is a whole lotta fields

Oh dammit I don’t have Riley EXR’d

Not enough currency to get it either… ah well

[feral mesa]

tf is up with throh and marshal, they take no damage even from SST Red

[simple frost]

which area and what's your buffs?

[feral mesa]

Got a really bad e4 buff, been stacking that untill now, area 8

I kept 1 elite 4 on team each round

[leaden wraith]

what team are you using?

is that Fairy weak Marshal?

[feral mesa]

SST red, Bede Articuno, SS Grimsley for buff

[leaden wraith]

i found the issue

there is no E4 in that team

SS Grimsley doesnt have E4 theme

[urban ledge]

lol yeah

That’s where they get ya

[feral mesa]

Bruh I forgot

Thanks for the help it makes a lot more sense now

[leaden wraith]

[feral mesa]

Are there any good elite 4 units anyways?

Or did I get the worst buff in existence

[simple frost]

which ones have you used?

[feral mesa]

Only 3 or 4 stars

[leaden wraith]

any E4 should be fine in that team comp

as long as they dont mess with SST Red

[feral mesa]

I know I know

[simple frost]

karen's pretty solid, at higher buff levels, Glacia's pretty solid.

[crisp token]

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