Battle Rally

[simple frost]

and buffs?

[wary kayak]

Rival and Status Condition

[raven perch]

What are you guys plan to fight stages when it wants us to use non strike teams? Like support and field type?

[wary kayak]

Calem and Neo Blue are both Rival, TBolt Red can Paralyze via Max Move

Unless Darach is immune or something?

[simple frost]

you need a field iirc.

hence why Aura Cynthia.

[wary kayak]

TBolt Red.

[simple frost]

that can work.

[wary kayak]

He's plan A

[simple frost]

how much upgrades?

[wary kayak]

Neo Red, if I cake him for points, would replace Serena in this case

[simple frost]

2 each or something?

or 1 each?

[wary kayak]

I splurged. 4× upgrade and 3× dmg, so my output is 5×4= 20×

[simple frost]

okay yeah you should be fine.

[wary kayak]

This is about points rather than just scraping by

[simple frost]

you can definitely SST Red, NC Red, and NC Blue

[wary kayak]

Indeed. I don't have a strike cake handy so I wonder if I can make it work with Neo Calem instead of Neo Blue

I have plenty of vouchers, I just have commitment issues

But I'll cake Neo Red since he's so insane already and I do have a tech cake

[simple frost]

i mean if you want the 2x on NC Red

what about Anni Lillie? caked and 3/5'd or something?

if not yeah, NC Red will delete the stage.

up to you if you wanna cake him.

[pearl lion]

this again?

[stiff flume]

Team looks fine
Would suggest Lenora if she only had def buffs

[pearl lion]

RIP

[crisp token]

NC Blue floor 1 let's goooooo

[simple frost]

SS Lusamine lets go xD

[pearl lion]

pretty sure its the same order as last week rip

the only upside is I get to keep SST red

[stiff flume]

From 2 to 9, that's nice 📈

[wary kayak]

This should have been a very big hint that Neo Calem does not in fact have the Rival tag

I brought Neo Blue in and my eyes just about popped out of my head when I saw how hard my team was hitting

And that was when I realized.

[timid hound]

Nice

[simple frost]

if that SST Red with his cake + 3-4 boost + 2-3 daamage boost, you essentially have a very clear advantage against Darach o.o

[fathom yacht]

Poma players when putting one of the MCs on their team and not knowing if they count as MC or Rival

[wary kayak]

Dude, base Calem is Rival

Or I thought he was

They keep bringing up his rivalry

Thought for sure he uniquely had both MC and Rival tags

[wary kayak]

His first Volt Tackle, after Neo Blue's Support EX sync, OHKO'd both sidekicks

[fathom yacht]

I’ve made that mistake like 50 times btw

[quaint star]

It's definitely crucial to get Tech in area 10. Gives you more options to handle whatever stages they throw at you

[normal python]

I mean, I handled VH Lucy with only Zerena as my damage dealer

[craggy helm]

How many points each week would I need to get both and

[quaint star]

Lucy is the easiest yet, so

[pearl lion]

[simple frost]

she's easy for me cuz.... NY Lisia be like "I'm here to Giga Impact like mad." ❤️

[pearl lion]

ive never seen lucy weirdly enough

whats her gimmick

[plush anchor]

Aoe Poison, doesn't die in 1 hit even if you 999k her, I don't recall her being better than any of the other UB stages though

[severe bronze]

she might be onpar with darach difficulty wise

[west abyss]

Yeah she's annoying but not difficult

[severe bronze]

slap antitoxin and speed debuff is guaranteed clear i think

havent met her myself

[pearl lion]

so how hard does she hit

does she trap

[severe bronze]

no

[west abyss]

nah

[simple frost]

Antitoxin is easy enough but Team Antitoxin is the best ❤️

[severe bronze]

just poison and speed multiplier

[west abyss]

Team Solar Immunity is my jam

[pearl lion]

any other annoying gimmicks

[simple frost]

:o~

[pearl lion]

no sentry entry bullshit?

[simple frost]

nothing like that. she just does boosted damage if you're poisoned.

[severe bronze]

nope

oh

[plush anchor]

And if you're poisoned you're dead anyways

No need for extra dmg

[severe bronze]

she clears all negative status change and condition every endure

she endure twice

[pearl lion]

can cynthia wipe her

[severe bronze]

yeah

[simple frost]

she endures twice? weird. she died without any endures.

[severe bronze]

80% hp and 40% i think

her hp is really low

300k something

half darach

[simple frost]

https://youtu.be/uuFvlSnJ8ko?si=4VwECNQdADbcMlYL&t=9 letsee...

[pearl lion]

nice

[quaint star]

I'd argue Darach does more

[simple frost]

oh i took her from around 90% to 50%

[quaint star]

Heat Wave spam + +2 Crit + Need WTZ

NC Silver doesn't make it that easy, and he has Rock SE

[severe bronze]

yeah shes just annoying tbh

well see even more offtype clear for her i bet

[quaint star]

Just anti-toxin up and Lucy just dies

I had a run where I literally slapped her, with 3 Supports

[pearl lion]

IMO VH aint worth the effort of buying all the buffs

[quaint star]

I have been doing just fine with 300 point spent on upgrades. Except Anabel

[pearl lion]

I normally only use 150-250 points on buffs and still get 8-8.5k

ive gotten close to 9k before tho

[quaint star]

If I had a lucky stage, 9k would be easy. Too bad I wasn't lucky for it

[ionic sigil]

I think I could hit 10k with the right Lucky Stage but hasn’t happened

Made it to A10 for next week so will continue then.

[oak jolt]

So far I got only a lucky stage in total

Generally I spend 350, I buy 2 extra starting bonus and 3 of a good 50 points bonus

(generally crit or stats down)

If theee are lots of supports in the pattern, I might consider something like speed

Maybe 350 is a bit overkill, but at least I can try to fill all the roles without worrying too much about the consistency of the team

[normal python]

Is Crit Immunity like perma crit shield?

[plush anchor]

I believe?

[arctic jasper]

How high is it possible to get without lucky area?

[normal python]

Pretty high

[gentle maple]

10k possible If u whale enough

[west abyss]

My highest without a lucky area is 10.3k

[normal python]

I think I got over 8k+ without it

[quaint star]

8k is common with cakes

I only got lucky once so it felt like a myth for me. Smh rng

[simple frost]

i dont think you need it thata much. Its 150 no? Unless it was on sale.

[normal python]

Can you even get area 10 as a lucky area?

I got Palmer as my VH stage, but somehow, I'm not scared

Got 8150 with 300 pts. spend

[simple frost]

iirc , lucky area is up area 2 to 9 😮

[normal python]

Yeah, that makes sense

[simple frost]

Lucky Area at 10 is like... skipping the UBs. o-o;

[viral loom]

Cursed BR... should I pull Akari on round 1 to 3, or save it for round 8 to 10?

I'm guessing it's hard to gauge without knowing the last UB

Probably save it for last

[quaint star]

That set screams MRed

[normal python]

More like SST Red

Because all of them has boost to his roles

Especially the final area

[viral loom]

I'm only pulling SSTRed from round 8 and onwards

Round 7 gotta use my 3 tech supp

[normal python]

You can literally use him for all rounds

Unless he's not EXR

Then I'm sorry

[viral loom]

That's a waste of other rolex

[normal python]

He becomes significantly better with EXR

[simple frost]

i can probably do, Holiday Viola + NC Rosa + a Strike Tanking (Steven~) from area 1 to 3, then Strike Tech combo with NC Rosa, then Geeta 5 to 6
Then Mix Red for 8 to 9 😄

[viral loom]

Round 7 I'm using my 3 tech/supp rolex and resetting full team

[normal python]

And you can even infinitely reapply ET without wasting a TM

Assuming he's 3/5

[viral loom]

Wth, SSTRed doesn't have champion theme?

[viral loom]

He is, I'm not worried about him, he'll slay from round 8 and onwards

[normal python]

Bruh, he's literally a free slot for all rounds if he's EXR

But if you don't want to cake him, then I guess you do you

[viral loom]

But why would I waste other x2.0 bonus?

[viral loom]

He is caked

[normal python]

His EXR is the reason why I got 9.4k pts. with the same role bonus as yours

Plus the lucky area

[viral loom]

You didn't have 3 tech/supps?

[normal python]

I did Hard Palmer instead of VH Anabel

[leaden wraith]

Is your Akari caked?

If yes you can use her from A1 to A6, then triple 2.0 bonus on A7, then SST Red domination onwards

[normal python]

I would just use SST Red in the early rounds with role bonus fodder units

[viral loom]

Yes

[viral loom]

Round 4 I was thinking of using triple Strike/Tech tho

So for max points Akari should only be from 1 to 3, or from 8 to 10

[viral loom]

Can't do, round 4 is another full team reset

[leaden wraith]

Do you have another field?

[viral loom]

Horse

[leaden wraith]

Do note that stage gimmicks still can overwhelm you and mess with planning up

So not too bad

[normal python]

Wait, you have triple strike/tech?

[viral loom]

I mean, I would only have to hold mixing till round 6

Normally it's kinda doable

[leaden wraith]

It was a kind warning from me never let your guard down

[viral loom]

This was my plan

Akari is on doubt

[leaden wraith]

I learnt that from my experience this week

[viral loom]

Problem is the 3 field/sprint areas, my only sprint left are NCRosa, Chase and Riley

[viral loom]

Yup, SSSteven joined to make the final 3

[normal python]

SS Steven is tech/support

[viral loom]

Oh, misread, but also yeah, Ariana, SSRoxie and NCRed

[austere cipher]

true XD like I got E2 set, the field sprint one;back to back with sinnoh upg. worst was my a10 was anabel.
I only got lucky coz rng gave me champion buff on stage 9-10.

[viral loom]

Something like this?

[simple frost]

gl o.o

[viral loom]

Could slot NCBlue for round 8

[simple frost]

assuming you dont get rolled by some EBE or osmetihng.

[viral loom]

Round 10 is going to be hella dificult without supp ngl

[leaden wraith]

If you still want to have a chance to beat VH on A10, better saving a support/tech

You can always move down to H if you dont want to

[viral loom]

I rather test my luck and get full bonus on round 7, then pray for a Darach VH

Not like NCCalem would be enough for every VH anyways

I'll have to trust LodgeSteven tank capabilities

Or actually have Akari on first 3 rounds, then get a regular tanky tech

[quaint star]

Can't you just yolo with SST Red? Unless you want to get 4x boost every stage

Gmax > Buddy move spam gets rid a lot of stages

[normal python]

That's what I'm trying to say

[viral loom]

Yeah, but thats a waste of points, innit?

[bronze aspen]

The lengths i go to to commit to the roles

[quaint star]

Unless you have enough pairs to go 4x every area, SST Red can be a mainstay in that run

So you just need one more for the upgrade then another pair that fits the role

[viral loom]

Not every area, but 4 and 7

[quaint star]

Unless your SST Red is not caked

[normal python]

He is caked

[viral loom]

The rest before those I can manage with regular roles for 1.5

Since SSTRed would still get 1. 5 anyways

Except on round 10

Am I ignoring something?

[quaint star]

Outside of SST Red can just do all 10 areas, nothing much

[viral loom]

I'm aware of that, but I'm trying to max points, not make this a breeze

[quaint star]

Fair enough

[oak jolt]

Even if it can get 4x on a single area (that isn't field tech) sst red couldn't stay the whole run

[viral loom]

Change of plans, since I would be om round 6 without bonus, I'm starting with SSTRed in round 4, since it would still receive 1.5 from both 6 and 7 instead of 1.0 and 2.0 as I had planned, so I can save a tech support for last round

Question is, which one should I save?

SSSteven?

And should I save NCRosa for round 9, and Chase for 5 and 6, or swap their places?

[thick mauve]

[simple frost]

Strike Support
Hell yeah 😮

Oh i've done that to against Regigigas BR a lot xD

[stark dawn]

@ebon valve you think you could have this information in your pin somewhere ?

also this image has lots of inconsistencies

some units aren't in the correct line

thorton and archer are alone in their line but roles aren't in the correct order

[vagrant moon]

Put same combinations in a single line to facilitate the tracking

[stark dawn]

then why are support tech and tech support separated

but not support sprint and sprint support for instance

[leaden wraith]

there is no tech strike row too

[stark dawn]

lots are missing / were fused with another one

[viral loom]

I am so lucky, literally what I called for, and everything went according to plan this rally

Would this be doable without buying anything, tho?

[simple frost]

what's your shop lookin like?

[leaden wraith]

i doubt 1 upgrade is enough

[simple frost]

Infinite Pizza DETECTED

[viral loom]

I mean, this team wouldn't have much abuse for that other than Recover

[simple frost]

you can setup Rock zone indefinitely.

[viral loom]

It would be so pog to be able to do a full VH without buying anything tho

[simple frost]

allowing for SS Diantha to just spam her BMove.

[viral loom]

I mean, you already kinda can

[simple frost]

(And also SST Red's AoE Regen for the entire team)

[viral loom]

With a bit of luck

[viral loom]

I still have his MP

[simple frost]

you can also keep using SS Diantha's TM as well.

[leaden wraith]

MPizza wont help much if the team doesnt have enough bulk

you can try first without buying anything, to see if you really need to buy anything or not

[heavy fjord]

Got a new record with what was a kinda mediocre role layout and nothing good appearing in the shop

I had 2 fighting boosts and nothing else this entire run

[simple frost]

who were your UB fights? ;o

[heavy fjord]

Darach

Still possibly the most annoying UB to actually fight for me but I got a strategy down on my second attempt

Fortunately for me, I got a decent role combo for stage 10 and not like, Field Support

[simple frost]

oh nice, Aura Cynthia o/

[elfin tendon]

Kanto best boost for me

Don't think I've went a rally without using some variation of Red

[normal python]

Has anyone gotten Crit: Power Up below area 10?

[ebon valve]

I segregated supports because most players are less likely to EXR them outside of the sprint and field role.

Who’s incorrectly placed?

Thorton and Archer are alone because those are the only ones with said combo.

The sort order is just by type.

[stark dawn]

yeah but you put the roles in the wrong order
thorton is field support not support field and archer is sprint strike not strike sprint

[simple frost]

i got those around area 1 i think, but i didnt have any decent stat boost though.

I managed to stack 7 or 8 crit power ups.

[ebon valve]

That’s because you receive the same score bonus regardless of the role order.

[stark dawn]

i guess it's just that having support/tech and tech/support separated is misleading to me

[normal python]

Also, anyone here made a tier list of which theme boosts are best?

[ebon valve]

Yes. One run I got like 3x times

[normal python]

That's lucky

The only time I've ever gotten it was during my 1st rally attempt at area 10

[ebon valve]

I have the ability to add original role icons to the image now, so i can remake the graphic again.

[normal python]

We can only do 2 attempts per week here right?

[pseudo egret]

2?

Really?

[heavy fjord]

you get one free pass a week, and there were extras given out at the start. If youve used all of those then youre done

[ebon valve]

Most players used up the extras to get the reward exchange cause it debuted in like Jan 30th

[tame forge]

Yeah it was a tight deadline

[heavy fjord]

yeah you had literally 1 day to do the runs if you wanted the rewards when it debuted

[normal python]

I retired because I'm a broke MF

[tame forge]

But the cakess

[ebon valve]

It’s better to do 10x normals with 0 bonus than to retire

[west abyss]

Why would you retire

[normal python]

I was very busy at the time

[tame forge]

Fair

[ebon sorrel]

Out of curiosity which theme skill would be better in a rally? A specific region with a bunch of units or main character?

[leaden wraith]

it heavily depends on your roster

some trainer theme skills like MC, Champion and Gym Leader are considered good because they have many accessible and/or great pairs

[ebon sorrel]

Only retire if you're in the nick of time before the 300 gems mission go away

Else you can always pick up from where you left anytime

[ebon sorrel]

I see

My worst theme skill up until now i believe was villain.

[leaden wraith]

Villain doesnt have many supports, most of them are dmg dealer

[ebon sorrel]

Yeah

[leaden wraith]

Trial Giver is bad as well, basically a worse Alola

Paldea could be bad too, but i dont think its available in the selecting pool

[ebon sorrel]

Hopefuly not

[normal python]

I completed it anyways

[stark dawn]

Also originally I didnt ping you to "fix" the image but just to add the amount of each role combo in your pin so we can know what to expect more, for cake priorities and all

[ebon valve]

Eventually the graphic will be too big.

Itd be handy if this was in the roster tracker and it shows you specifically which pairs you own along side the area no

[viral loom]

I feel like I still need a bit more of damage, can you think of a better team for Darach with SSTRed that only uses Tech, or EX role Tech units (and uses a champ) ?

Been using SSSteven (Def), SSDiantha, and SSTRed for a while, but the damage is kinda slow and low, regen hits hard

[prisma gyro]

What's argenta's gimmick? Should i turn off her rain?

[viral loom]

No frogs either, nor NCRed, SSRoxie or Ariana

I might need to give up and buy the buff

[ebon valve]

Yes rain is mandatory to get rid of. Psy terrain is manageable but their damage output will be higher.
You also need to apply rebuff once at the start, and again after 50%

[stark dawn]

no no that's not what i mean

bruh i'm on linux rn idk how to crop an image lol, anyway

in this message, brainman listed the amount of each combo possible on rally stages, and I think it'd be a good information to have somewhere in your pin

knowing which stage combo is more common would be helpful to know which cakes to prioritize (at least prioritize for rally)

[prisma gyro]

That's a lot. I'm having trouble with her even on hard. How do you apply 2 rebuffs so far apart?

[stark dawn]

depends on the units

[ebon valve]

Field sprint is tied at no1

[stark dawn]

adaman can only use 1 razor leaf early and save the other for later, nc kantrio can use one early with the move and another with sync later...

[prisma gyro]

This is my situation. Zerena is almost dead and the only other on role dps is riley.

[stark dawn]

then you'll have to change your units

[ebon valve]

What rally shop item is available?

[ebon valve]

What’s the item next to Apple cup. Usually the 100 point ones here are nice to use

Should be sync countdown related

[prisma gyro]

Yeah, double count down gelato

-2 sync cd every move instead of -1, i think

I guess i can fully restore and use apple cup and still walk away with over 9k points, but i want to try hard

[ebon valve]

That would be 800 points, too much

[frail raptor]

With apple cup you won't need to fully restore

Just use a move and then spam potion if that's your final team

[prisma gyro]

With 2 out of 3 units in the red? I don't think applecup heals you

[ebon valve]

You could roll antitoxin on everyone in their reserved ls slot and try Lucy. But Riley needs healing there

Err Cynthia

[frail raptor]

Apple cup gets you back one mp after every move. SSACynnthia has initial guard.

Use one move and then spam her potions

[ebon valve]

I forget if Apple cup gives you Dmg guard next

[prisma gyro]

Oh yeah i should mention that i have 0 potions left

[frail raptor]

Doesn't

[prisma gyro]

Stupid victor and his monkey made me use them all

[frail raptor]

Apple cup gives you back one mp each time a unit uses a move.

[ebon valve]

Well the cup will restore potion but you have to use a move with mp first

Or just an attack

[prisma gyro]

Oooh i forgot about that. That's really useful

[frail raptor]

Also the +/-6 on every stat will make it possible to survive a couple turns

By the time they'll reach 1st sync (if they reach) you'll have max HP on everyone, probably 3-4 sync boosts and 75% of your mp moves.

But it costs 500 points. With 5.5x multiplier you'll get around 650-750?

I think.

[prisma gyro]

VH with applecup sounds more feasible than H with my team half dead

[ebon valve]

But we’re trying to beat without Apple so you can get more point.

Apple is there if you just want to be done and call it a week.

[prisma gyro]

Vh with apple = 300*3.5 - 500 = 550

[frail raptor]

Apple cup makes almost every VH possible with every team

[frail raptor]

Usually I get around 7-8.5k per week. My priority are the tickets.

[ebon valve]

And hard would be 200*3 = 600

[frail raptor]

Same results

[normal python]

Antitoxin on everyone

[ebon valve]

It’s 50 more while adjusting the team

Apple doesn’t cure status so, you’ll need to still roll anti

[normal python]

Aura Cynthia innately has Antitoxin in her grid so yeah

[prisma gyro]

Surely the team must still be at least reasonable? Not some team with random egg mons or no synergy

[normal python]

What's your boost anyways?

[prisma gyro]

Yeah i already rolled antitoxin on them. Have plenty of immunity cookies

[prisma gyro]

Psychic

[normal python]

How many stacks?

[ebon valve]

Just one

[prisma gyro]

200*3.5 = 700 if i run nc rosa, cynaura, and riley, but that's really hard because i can't turn off rain

[ebon valve]

He posted it earlier

[frail raptor]

That too. You need at least one unit to satisfy the win condition. E.x. in Suicune fight you need to land rebuff at least twice. So you need a unit for that.

[ebon valve]

Yeah you can’t do it with that team. Not sure Apple will work because of all the healing they’ll do.

[onyx sparrow]

Can u only do 1 rally per week

[normal python]

I believe that was answered for me

[ebon valve]

You can do as many rallies as you want. But you only get 1x rally ticket per week.

[normal python]

The event is weekly so once you've done it, you have to wait until the Sunday/Monday reset

[ebon valve]

Well the reset is just for the gem mission. Once you beat and start another rally it will be completely different.

[onyx sparrow]

I hav 3 passes

[ebon valve]

The only thing that really matters is making sure you do the weekly mission. And then before the end of the month making sure you collect your rewards from the shop. So if you need more rally medals go ahead and play more than 1x rally this week.

Or wait till later in the month if you think you’ll have another ex role sync pair in your roster

[prisma gyro]

I think Imma buy the apple and fight lucy. Easier + more fun + roughly the same rewards

[normal python]

Can you show the shop?

Because you can still get 10k medals

[ebon valve]

#1009564564821639379 message

[prisma gyro]

.

[normal python]

I'd rather buy psychic boost instead

[prisma gyro]

Oh do explain

[normal python]

Zerena can easily destroy Lucy, and I had 500% stats with Sinnoh boost

[ebon valve]

He only has 1x boost ….

[normal python]

Still doesn't matter

[prisma gyro]

Also zerena's hp is in the red, and no tm uses left either

[normal python]

SSA Cynthia and NC Rosa?

[ebon valve]

There in the screenshot

Cynthia is close to dead

I don’t know if she even has her TM

[prisma gyro]

Oh cynthia has her tm.

[normal python]

How about Potion?

[prisma gyro]

No potions, sadly

[ebon valve]

Both pairs with no potion?

[prisma gyro]

Yeah, used up all of them

[normal python]

No grid for Potion MPR?

[prisma gyro]

Cynthia's potion mpr didn't proc, and rosa is only 1/5

[hollow mountain]

I still use Both these

[normal python]

I know it's stupid, but I'm gonna say it anyway. "Replenishing Patty"

[ebon valve]

Still need to get rid of rain, and you’re gonna need some impressive damage.

[prisma gyro]

I think Caster is talking about lucy

[normal python]

Wait, Argenta instead of Lucy?

[prisma gyro]

Hard is argenta with rain, very hard is lucy

[ebon valve]

You do know you can just attempt the stage without committing anything right? Go see how much damage that first sludge wave does with only x1 stats. I bet most things will die.

[prisma gyro]

Oh everyone survives the first sludge wave

I tried that yesterday

[normal python]

With SSA Cynthia's TM?

[prisma gyro]

I think so, yeah

[normal python]

Does she have HS1 as her LS?

[prisma gyro]

Not currently, no

[onyx sparrow]

How hard is a 8500 run

[normal python]

That would depend on your roster

[normal python]

Damn, that's potentially a 1 turn skip if you had it

[onyx sparrow]

Uhh

I haven't updated my sync pair tracker things in months tho , can I just ss from game

[normal python]

You can just checl the role bonus using PoMaTools to at least give you an idea

[prisma gyro]

Also depends on what set you get, and whether you get lucky area or not

[normal python]

Lucky area doesn't matter

I got 8800 points without it once

[prisma gyro]

How? 1 turn skip for what?

[normal python]

2x Head Start from SSA Cynthia (Lucky Skill and Grid) + 1 from Zerena (Passive)

[onyx sparrow]

This will be my first Actual Rally tbh i did it last week got 2100 points

[prisma gyro]

And yeah everyone survives the 1st sludge wave after cynthia uses her tm

[prisma gyro]

Does it matter? UBs seem to be long. I don't think 1 sync cycle would change much.

[normal python]

Well, you'd get all your syncs in and deal more damage before being wiped by Lucy

And since you have 2 sprint units, yeah

[prisma gyro]

Whoa everyone survives even without cynthia's tm

[normal python]

Impressive

[normal python]

Buy the Sinnoh and Psychic boosts

[prisma gyro]

That's cynthia dying to nidoqueen's shadow ball, without maxed defensive buffs

[normal python]

#1009564564821639379 message

Or if you want to, get Replenishing Patty to restore their TMs

You'd be off by 50 points in reaching 10k pts.

[prisma gyro]

There are no sinnoh boosts

[normal python]

Hmmm, what's that region boost then?

[prisma gyro]

Hoenn

[normal python]

Hmmm, so I've mistaken it

[onyx sparrow]

Are the rallies different for everyone?

[normal python]

Definitely

[onyx sparrow]

So -450 on binoculars

[prisma gyro]

9200 + 300 * 3.5 - 100(psychic boost) - 300(patty) = 9850

[prisma gyro]

Use pomatool to find your set of bonus roles, using the bonus roles in the 1st area (and maybe the 2nd area too)

And if you absolutely want to see the enemies' info before hand, buying the scope in the first area is cheaper, at 300 i think

Apple cup made it really easy. Have to remember its effect for future rallies.

[frail raptor]

Gj mate

[prisma gyro]

I don't think i even needed the potions. They took so little damage, thanks to the power boost.

[sudden heron]

Dena having a laugh with this one

[stark dawn]

sprint field's the most common combination

[noble atlas]

In times like this I just remember #star-board message

[half bone]

...ouch.

Well, at least i have a few candidates.

[boreal dragon]

my first stage is sprint field and I have the trial giver bonus

[viral loom]

First time I complete full VH without buying anything

[simple frost]

Nice~

[viral loom]

Though points weren't that awesome since triple springfield, but still very proud

Darach took a lot of attempts jesus

[simple frost]

of course ;_;

its essentially a 1 to 1 UB fight.

no gimmicks, no nothing, just your team against darach's

[viral loom]

Actually worse

Weren't UB doubled in stats in BR?

[simple frost]

You had 1 upgrade no?

[viral loom]

Yeah, but is it equivalent?

I would assume they get much more stats from double

[lost cliff]

I'm actually not sure about that

I figured it was just a copy and paste of the UB

Not factoring in starting boost

[simple frost]

Still. great job o/

[viral loom]

Me neither honestly since it's still not a free enviroment to test, but that's what I keep reading

[viral loom]

Thanks
Finally I can yeet the phone and go to bed in peace

Been on this since this evening

[simple frost]

D:

go rest @_@

[viral loom]

That's the plan

[simple frost]

i would've grabbed the MPizza, stacked enough PMUN/Sync Accel on SS Diantha, Recover with SS Steven while buffing allies, and as long E_Terrain is active, SS Red wouldn't die at all.

[viral loom]

Nah if I we're to succumb to buying something, it would've been the 100% more dmg when they have lowered Sp. Atk, I reckon that would have been enough with a single MP refresh on Rock Wish since it was only 50 pts

The problem was when he uses his TM and gets Regen, since he basically heals almost the same dmg that you do

But with a bit more of dmg you would be able to outdamage the heal and do it with this team in like 2 or 3 less sync cycles

[hasty marlin]

VH +100% vs +100% start boost

so yes, its basically the raw fight barring role / theme restrictions

[viral loom]

Yeah yeah, but what I meant to say is, is it actually equivalent to the raw fight when they get stats like 2304 atk/SpA doubled, but we get stats around 500 doubled?

It is an actual question btw, I'm just not that confident about how the math works in this game

[hasty marlin]

#916852044692856834 folks would prob have an idea of how that compares

[karmic wraith]

apparently if area 1 is strike sprint, the entire rest of the rally bonuses can be deduced

[viral loom]

Maybe for tomorrow, I'm pooped and gotta wake up early in the morning

[viral loom]

Same for Field/Strike

[simple frost]

Oh i ran this this week 😄

having Steven tank is hilarious. cackles

[karmic wraith]

ghost moves up, ghost zone moves up, and permanent ghost zone all in the same shop

no ghost type boost though lol

[simple frost]

Ghost Zone at 250 pts ooof.

[obsidian sentinel]

Elite 4 upgrade. I think I can work with this.

[karmic wraith]

is it weird that i have done a bunch of battle rallys now and lucy has not once showed up as the final stage for me

i have no idea what her stage is like

[simple frost]

basically

if you get poisoned == death

[leaden wraith]

Now you mention it, i havent encountered Lucy at all

[karmic wraith]

palmer however is always ready for me

[leaden wraith]

He ruined a perfect week for me never forget

[glass patrol]

palmer is always ready to fuck me

not that hes always there

but that without fail he will make me buy something

[simple frost]

i always buy something hehe

[heavy fjord]

Lucy is the one that shows up the most for me

Its Anabel who I dont see

[simple frost]

i see anabel a lot sigh

[glass patrol]

i dont really have something i always see

its a lil of everything

[karmic wraith]

just once i would like to have palmer as the final stage with a tech bonus so i can nuke him with hop

game doesn't want to let that happen though

[glass patrol]

i got support strike

and i had to slot in a e4

it wasnt happening

i had freakin ash

[static arch]

I had sprint heavy including sprint/tech on 8 and 10, along with subpar Rival. So I was kinda screwed and then got Palmer while I usually just save frogs hoping for Anabel. Had to go down to hard but still managed 8600

[oblique breach]

The Discord app sucks. I can't search within posts like these

[hasty marlin]

supposedly theyre reworking the app (again) to do something about it, but yeah it does indeed suck

i remember seeing some experiments floating around related to the mobile app, mightve been one to revert the mobile app but idk if its still up and where to find it

[crisp token]

Lucy is slap Antitoxin and whittle away

[simple frost]

that or NY Lisia be like "I'm here to Giga Impact with stat buffs!"

[severe bronze]

tech/support the highest role combination

is this the right time to invest on calem

[leaden wraith]

Do it

[bronze aspen]

Fainted units count towards scoring right

[simple frost]

assuming you went into the battle with barely alive units, and they died, it should still count if they finish the area.

[plush anchor]

Yes

[plush anchor]

Don't support that blasphemy

[simple frost]

i gave my NC Calem his cake. 😦

i need more bodies for bonues.

[plush anchor]

I can only guide you to the treasure i can no longer attain

Keep your sanity

Don't do the blasphemous act

[bronze aspen]

Lol i also gave calem the tech cake

@tidal valve are you proud of me

I need more supports per stage tbh

[tidal valve]

YES

[plush anchor]

I can't believe my eyes

[simple frost]

Can't be helped :x

[crisp token]

I am immune to the disease because I lack NC Calem

You cannot tempt me

Because I'm already going to use it on Fall Phoebe

[severe bronze]

phoebe has actual moves

300 attack stats too

[wary kayak]

You can bring their butts in already-fainted and it counts, I believe

[hybrid abyss]

no fucking way.

[simple frost]

ooof

[obsidian sentinel]

Someone test this

[hybrid abyss]

idt anyone's unhinged enough to waste their resources to do that 💀

[urban ledge]

Do what

Bring a dead guy in?

If anything it sounds like saving resources lol

[austere cipher]

Welp I ask for it

back to back

https://tenor.com/view/anabel-pokemon-heart-my-beloved-gif-20274626

[hybrid abyss]

I'm actually wishing it'd be Anabel since I got Support/Tech

[bronze aspen]

It's me I'm unhinged enough

It's not like i have better use of that cake ~~i have Annie lillie but tbh calem is a favorite ~~

[simple frost]

same.

[leaden wraith]

I use cakes on faves, so its total valid

[heavy fjord]

Tech Support Calem is just based in general

[west abyss]

[stray ravine]

bunch of heathens, smh

[timid hound]

Sasaki-sama told me people who have Rolex NCCalem are going to get the next banner not in 1 multi

[heavy fjord]

i think i did so uh

theyre wrong

[west abyss]

I'm on 5 pities, so they may be partially correct

[oak jolt]

Double is double if you double both 200 and 2000, 4000 is still 10 times 400 like 2000 was 10 times 200

[oak jolt]

I guess it was referring to the risk of wasting 150 points if it doesn't work

[viral loom]

I know double is double
I was just wondering if, for example, damage always calculates in this game as multiply/divide operations, and not in any case as sum/subtractions

[oak jolt]

I think is just main stats times 2

I think hp and speed are left out

[slow spindle]

how to stop Palmer from deleting your team

I'm like at +6 and he's -6

[viral loom]

If it is like raw UB battles, I wonder if we could sneak some teams on the UB excel from BR if we only use the starting bonus

[slow spindle]

and his Max Move still deletes your non support units

[oak jolt]

I think you need critical shield

[slow spindle]

):

[timid hound]

Delete him first

[slow spindle]

Can't

[timid hound]

It's the only way

[viral loom]

I still haven't beaten it in VH, never got the chance, but I was really disappointed to see my Vigilance invalidated

[timid hound]

Ain't no way you're surviving Max Move without Apple Cup

[slow spindle]

being forced to run a Rock unit also sucks

[oak jolt]

Otherwise, you have to beat him before his sync or at least before his max move

[timid hound]

You can take sync

You most definitely cannot take max move

Push comes to shove, downgrading to Hard difficulty is ok

[leaden wraith]

for Palmer its either you kill him first or he kills you

[timid hound]

Pretty much

It's a DPS check

[oak jolt]

Palmer is a timed run

Having a bit of boosts definitely helps however

[timid hound]

How's your pattern and boosts?

Let's cook

[oak jolt]

Generally I feel comfortable spending 350 points In boosts

[slow spindle]

Palmer WAS hard difficulty

[timid hound]

LMAO

[slow spindle]

his max move still doritos me

[timid hound]

Truly joever

[severe bronze]

remember kids

[oak jolt]

I guess palmer max move is just a game over screen

[timid hound]

Just get Apple Cup and beat up VH

[severe bronze]

kill them before they kill you - sun tzu

[hasty marlin]

Who’s your vh then?

[slow spindle]

Lucy

[timid hound]

Beuh

Lucy is easy

[hasty marlin]

Bruh how you losing to Lucy

[timid hound]

Grid antitoxin and bring a speed debuffer

[slow spindle]

I didnt try Lucy

[timid hound]

She hits like a wet noodle

[severe bronze]

better do lucy

[timid hound]

Well, I just gave you the cheat code

[hasty marlin]

Always try vh before going down in difficulty

[timid hound]

Have at it

[hasty marlin]

You’re throwing away points by not trying

[oak jolt]

I mean palmer is probably the hardest stage you can get

[slow spindle]

I threw away point anyways

[timid hound]

Anabel:

[slow spindle]

I just went to easy

[elfin tendon]

Kill or be killed

[timid hound]

[elfin tendon]

[hasty marlin]

[slow spindle]

because Palmer's Max Move just f-ed me up emotionally

[timid hound]

Pretty much

[severe bronze]

palmer actually isnt bad in rally with damage boost multiplier

anabel is worse

[timid hound]

Can you even survive palmer max move with Apple cup?

[severe bronze]

no

[timid hound]

Idk I've never bought it

Really?

Wow lmao

[severe bronze]

oh apple cup?

maybe

[timid hound]

Yes Apple Cup

[elfin tendon]

Well

[timid hound]

I feel like 50% of the people here have never used apple cup

[elfin tendon]

Apple cup is THE cheat code

[timid hound]

And that's so real

[leaden wraith]

better moving down to hard

[oak jolt]

Yes problem with Anabel is that if you can't get rid of sun you are done

[timid hound]

True

[elfin tendon]

so if they cant survive even with the apple cup... well that's a problem

[timid hound]

Nah ya Anabel is defs the hardest UB to date

Palmer is just smack harder and faster

Very straight forward

Lucy is just horse

[elfin tendon]

[severe bronze]

in the real ultimate battle palmer is still harder i think

but rally anabel is something else

since the role combos might gate you

[timid hound]

Sprintfield Anabel

Joever

[severe bronze]

[elfin tendon]

Gotta hope for tech support.... or call tech support here

[timid hound]

Tech Support is the GOAT combo

[severe bronze]

are you in the calem rolex club

[west abyss]

[hasty marlin]

It’s not as bad now that we have Geeta but we’re still waiting on a water type field probably for it to be stable

[west abyss]

NC Calem tech is the most based EXR out there

[hasty marlin]

[oak jolt]

I rather prefer the countless techs with support rolex than the supports with tech Rolex

[timid hound]

No

[hasty marlin]

I guess Geeta ncsilver +1 could stand a chance possibly

[timid hound]

I am a heretic

I preach you the good word of support sprint

[severe bronze]

based

[hasty marlin]

But would be super tight

[severe bronze]

[timid hound]

Vs Palmer

?

[hasty marlin]

Oh I thought about anabel

[oak jolt]

Support sprint is great

[timid hound]

Oh

[severe bronze]

anabel yeah

[timid hound]

Hm maybe

[severe bronze]

silver is great

[timid hound]

Honestly kinda boost dependent

If Bertha can live at 2 boosts I have hope

Then again sand castle 2 kinda goated

[hasty marlin]

Geeta is good at disabling fluid forts as long as an enemy isn’t poison immune

[severe bronze]

if you get ultra jelly in shop its gg

[hasty marlin]

So that definitely helps open more options in anabel

[timid hound]

Real

[hasty marlin]

Weathers still the main roadblock tho I think so without ncsilver anabel is rough as fuck on sprintfield

[quaint star]

I guess I should be lucky I haven't fought any Palmer

[severe bronze]

water field when

[quaint star]

Anabel still annoys me without Tech role

[timid hound]

We don't really have a sprint or field that has weather huh

Thats yikes

I mean aside from NCSilver

[leaden wraith]

[severe bronze]

paulo

but only once

[timid hound]

Oh true

[leaden wraith]

(he setups sun tho)

[quaint star]

Field that sets Rain and also debuff

[severe bronze]

and vgio

[hasty marlin]

There’s nywallace but he’s sun lmaoooo

[leaden wraith]

[timid hound]

[bronze aspen]

Haha yes fuck you argenta

[bronze aspen]

Doesn't Wallace set sun

[oak jolt]

Everything is rough on Springfield

Expecially since there's a big change that you have to either give up points or go with stats unboosted

You probably need to buy buffs that you can fulfill with sprit/field units

[timid hound]

Ya

He forgot to come home to me, so I forgot about him

Cycle of Life

[oak jolt]

There's also Paulo and NC silver ofc

But Paulo can only set sandstorm once

[timid hound]

Yepp

Waiting for rain and hail, and we should have more options in the unfortunate event we face a battle that needs weather and is sprintfield

[oak jolt]

Springfield A10 is a sin

[severe bronze]

sprintfield is a sin

[oak jolt]

It happened to me on the 1st battle rally against Anabel, I remember having to go 1.5x

[severe bronze]

shouldve made silver sprintfield smh my head

[oak jolt]

That would have been busted, but at least it was easier to candy this way

Can't yet candy Geeta because she's field

[timid hound]

IMO should've made Tyranitar Field

As a homage to Mega Tyranitar and Sand Stream

I guess Silver does have a passive for that

But this is on Mega!

[oak jolt]

But it already has sand stream

Field would have given rock zone

[timid hound]

Wait Silver sets sand on sync?

Oh

You right

[oak jolt]

Yes it does on 1st sync

[timid hound]

Tee hee

Yeah Sprintfield on A10 is awful

[oak jolt]

Rock zone on sync would have been pretty busted, but AOE sync is still nice

The best would have been base sprint with field ex role

Basically double the sync damage

[severe bronze]

his kit screams field/sprint though

[oak jolt]

Even base sprint with strike ex role would have gotten double the sync damage

[severe bronze]

although giving him rock zone wouldve been too much

[oak jolt]

I mean it already nukes hard with striker mega sync, sprint sync would have been busted

Ok maybe they would have balanced it by making it flinch based

[timid hound]

But Tyranitar is fat and can't sprint

Therefore Field

[oak jolt]

But he got sprint Rolex not field

[timid hound]

Imagine Field + Striker

[severe bronze]

hes just a lil bit chonk

[timid hound]

Yeah

[severe bronze]

[timid hound]

Akari move over

[oak jolt]

Still better than all the support getting tech and strike

[severe bronze]

field/strike unironically my fav combo as of now

[oak jolt]

I guess NC blue is the only one that can make decent use of strike rolex

[severe bronze]

and 5/5 penny

[oak jolt]

Immagine having tech Rolex with less than 200 attack at full potential and no sync multipliers

[west abyss]

Anni Steven when he gets tech:

[oak jolt]

At least anni Steven has some sync nuke multipliers

Even NC blue has brainpower at 3/5

I guess they could just have given calm sprint (even if I think that field would have been pretty funny if you could choose between dark zone and rain like for his b move)

I want field Rolex gladion

That would make him pretty interesting

I like that SS Steven got support rolex, that plus the multiple lucky skills slot made defense form a real support

[stiff flume]

Well this time looks good if you got caked ncSerena and ssKris/ssMina/ncCalem

[jaunty sun]

Yea how to create lucky area
I just got it once

[simple frost]

dependss on your role bonus

[leaden wraith]

you cant "create" it, if that was you meant

lucky arena has low chance to randomly appear in A2 - A9

[simple frost]

iirc its 20% chance to spawn it per battle rally run

[prisma gyro]

can lucky area appear more than once, in one rally run? has anyone reported that?

[leaden wraith]

i have never seen any case with more than one lucky area in a run

[austere cipher]

think it's only one per run. also I only got one since debut kek.

[lethal widget]

I bought an MP refresh and my sync pairs still have no MP left, is that a glitch?

[stray ravine]

you need to use that item before entering the battle

it's not automatic

hit the Recover button at the bottom of the team building screen

[wary kayak]

Same as it worked back in the Battle Villa

[sudden heron]

[tame forge]

Nice, can use leaf

[grizzled gale]

Any suggestions for Anabel? I probably should have used one or both of by Support / Sprint pairs earlier…

Already used NC Serena EXR in the previous Tech + Support stages

[grizzled gale]

Nvm I just chose to use 5 roles in Hard for 700 points. Didn’t think I could do 3 roles for 700 points in Very hard and at that point it wasn’t worth it

[static arch]

I'm tempted to use my 2 extra BR passes now, but waiting would let me get more points when I have tons of caked units

[wary kayak]

You were "fortunate" to miss the Jan 31 madness

[austere cipher]

3x in a row. Anabel really loves me.

https://tenor.com/view/pokemon-anabel-anabel-pokemon-raikou-pokemon-emerald-gif-8292208665601134279

I only got crit power up x7 kek

I almost use serena on r8 for 3x 2.0 bonus

[simple frost]

Anabel'd 😮

Palmer's probably better at Hard ooof.

[austere cipher]

big

https://tenor.com/view/pokemon-bidoof-omg-wow-amazing-gif-24462753

[austere cipher]

same vibe
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GcFMeWtN2Wc

[hybrid abyss]

me omw to A10 with support/tech boosts, frogs sitting on the bench waiting to rip and tear:

[austere cipher]

-100 pts dragon buff

[fast linden]

Only used ss red, nc blue, nc rosa and a apple cup at the end. All three have ex roles and got a good amount of support bonuses

[timid hound]

Apple Cup gaming

[normal python]

https://tenor.com/view/such-wasted-potential-sub-zero-mortal-kombat11-mortal-kombat-gif-25119153

[quaint star]

20% sounds like a lie

[timid hound]

20%

I've done all Rallies to date and gotten it once

[simple frost]

i've gotten it a lot o-o like 3-4? somewhere there.

[timid hound]

And I'm fairly sure there are people who's never encountered it

[timid hound]

Lucky bloke

[simple frost]

the 2 weeks before this one, i managed to get it twice in those 2 weeks.

[timid hound]

[austere cipher]

first time clearing with only crit power boost
hm x do I need? coz I think x7 is overkill lemao.

[timid hound]

I used just 2 in the past and blazed through it

[austere cipher]

against anabel?

[timid hound]

Yep

[austere cipher]

kek

[timid hound]

Could be unit quality gap but I can't say

That's just my experience

I'd say 3-4 is probably enough for comfy clear for anyone

Plus beeg numbers activate serotonin

[austere cipher]

is your serena 5/5? XD

[timid hound]

No

3/5

[austere cipher]

ye 1 -rebuff did almost 600k on first sync

[timid hound]

[austere cipher]

I'll 5/5 her soon coz me fan

[severe bronze]

this team doesnt even need boost beside the starting boost

[timid hound]

Real

[severe bronze]

you have great role combo for it

[timid hound]

I mean

[austere cipher]

https://tenor.com/view/clueless-gif-24395495

[timid hound]

NCBlue NCSerena SSKris is one of the actual teams for the real UB

Pretty sure 1-2 role boosts would've been sufficient

[austere cipher]

my starting boost is normal

[timid hound]

Anyways, so long you had fun

[severe bronze]

buy other boost

or actually stacking normal is fine either

you just have to take out blue

[austere cipher]

ty for insight boys

[austere cipher]

I notice that boost doesn't change until you bought one.
first time I fought anabel I got sinnoh boost, bought one on a8
rng gave me champ boost on a9-a10

[timid hound]

Champ Boost is the best

(if you have a lot of MF)

[austere cipher]

agreed

[languid widget]

what do I even do here, run off-role?

[simple frost]

where's your ghost sync pair? D;

i mean you could run it but.... its going to be rough with no upgrade ;_;

[languid widget]

The only Ghost Sprint or Field pair is Victrier and I need him for Area 9 since it's Field / Sprint again

I think Maylene's gimmick has to do with dropping her defenses? I don't remember if any Field or Sprint pairs do that easily

[simple frost]

Yep. Rough :<

You could go down to Hard if you have no way of dealing with Maylene's gimmicks and still retain your teaam for area 7 and above

outside of actually getting to hitting Maylene with a Ghost-type, dropping your points to 600 for clearing.

[languid widget]

Yeah...

My only other thought is to just use SS Korrina or something. It'll be off role, but eh

[simple frost]

hence rough... i'd go with it if you had a bit more strength for your team ;<

[languid widget]

I can change up the pairs themselves, I don't know if they're actually the strongest ones I have

[simple frost]

You can try it, but tbh, you're gonna have 1 of them die ;-;

[languid widget]

if I can make it through, I'll be happy enough. I have more pairs and the next round is Tech / Support anyway

[simple frost]

go for it then o/

[leaden wraith]

is that all your Field pair?

[languid widget]

This is my Sprint / Field box

[simple frost]

hmm you could use Holiday Viola to stun the opponents a bit.

so you can use Mix Red for another battle.

[leaden wraith]

i would recommend giving the stage a try without a boosted pair but that might not work

[languid widget]

I tried it with the above team and it didn't go great

Might try H Viola since she's probably tankier

[simple frost]

that track is rough :<

but gl

[languid widget]

Thanks, I'll report back with my results

[timid hound]

Ah yes

Another victim of Sprintfield

The fatalities grow with each passing day

Sasaki-sama, what have you done

[severe bronze]

: haha suffer

[quaint star]

I'd argue it's MC

[craggy helm]

Should I grab either the gradual healing or HP recover or should I leave them?

[oak jolt]

The only worth things are the stat boosting items (generally the starter one) and some 50 points attack boosts (especially crit) and maybe some 1 use items on the last area if you struggling with that

[hasty marlin]

Typically the square items aren’t worth it sadly. They priced them a little too high for them to be worth the points relative to how much the circles and triangles affect a run.

Squares = entry/move effects. Triangles = damage%, circles = stats%

Circles and triangles stacked to 3 or 4 each with easy enough activations is just chefs kiss in this mode if you want to do it relatively painlessly

Bit higher if your box is small ig

[stiff flume]

If you don't have more Sprint/Field stages you still have Victor for the ghost bonus

I used him to tank few times actually

(If the stage has a gimmick against special dmg)

Oh nvm arena 9 sprint+field again

But you may get better theme at this point
Idk if ghost is good for any Area10, unless stacked

[languid widget]

My Ghost roster is stacked and I have other backups, so I'm not terribly worried about Area 10. My other bonus in the shop is E4

[simple frost]

did you managed to clear Area 6 against Mayalene? o_o

[stiff flume]

You may use any "better" Ghost unit for area9 at this pont
Losing 150 on 6 or 9 won't change much

[languid widget]

Not yet, no. I'll probably just lose out on some points here in order to get through

[simple frost]

yeah i knew it'll be rough.

just take the Hard pill and move forward ;_;

it'd be doable if you hada like +2 or +3 stat boost

or like a damage boost that's x3 or something

(right, no ghost sprint/fields)

[languid widget]

Okay, I did it

All I had to do was buy the guard chocolat from the shop and cake SS Dawn

and my first one!

game is fucking trolling me

This is the NY Wallace stage, with the perfect roles for him, and I just used him

[timid hound]

[simple frost]

maximum rough .-.;

[timid hound]

At least you got lucky area

[languid widget]

True, we take those

I'll try more tomorrow, it's super late here

[sweet mango]

Accidentally exchanged all of my rally cake vouchers for sprint coins. Guess I’m caking ss dawn first instead of ss lusamine

[bronze aspen]

I don't get it

I have played very hard each round, except for last one which was just hard

I bought just one or two boosts which are 50 and 150

Yet my final score is 7300

What gives?

[oak jolt]

Depends if you got full 2x (or even more ) multiplier on all stages

[bronze aspen]

Yes i tried to incorporate all roles per round

[stiff flume]

7300 is good if you have just few caked units or if you miss some roles
Eventually if you feel you're underperforming you can try tracking your clears to check what's wrong later (also help with planning)

I'm lazy and I do this, just cropping pomatool pic, help with pre-planning
I'm noting caked units only

[leaden wraith]

tracking your clears is indeed a good way to improve, i just started doing that weekly #1053291896778264597 message

this week run was not an enjoyable experience for me

[simple frost]

I can't wait to have 30 EX Role units .-./

[wary kayak]

Corrupt-a-wish: they're all the same two roles so you only get the double bonus on one combination

[tame forge]

I have to stop myself from using all my resources on support cake sometimes for that reason

[oak jolt]

Support rolex is always a nice thing to have

[tame forge]

Oh yeah, I already used 3

[oak jolt]

For now I just used support cake on SS Steven

[leaden wraith]

Me still considering who to cake first: VThorton or Oleana. Also LuSSamine

[oak jolt]

Field + support combo is really good

luSSa however really appreciates the Rolex since she wants to mega for the ultra necrozma, but psychic has better units than her

[leaden wraith]

Tbh i dont really use her much so i didnt consider her at first

Thorton having rare Field Sup combo sounds good

I considered Oleana because of Tech Support combo being the second most popular bonus roles combo

And i like her too

[oak jolt]

LuSSa Is in that akward spot where she gets a lot from Rolex, but she's still power crept by other psychic units

[leaden wraith]

At least syncing with her first is actually rewarding

[oak jolt]

Personally between luSSa and SSteven I rolexed steven

[simple frost]

My Support Cake targets is VThorton, VElio and SS Steven .-.

i've got 1 cake too. Could get more.

[oak jolt]

I'm really thinking about rolexing V selene

I like support sync that summons wtz

[leaden wraith]

Well Steven is a great unit generally so it makes sense

Lucky you on getting one of the 2 newest variety Eevee

[oak jolt]

And was the one I wanted more between the 2 because I already have 3/5 SS Lana for infinite psychic terrain

[leaden wraith]

I wanted Elio but got Lyra instead

Still a good pull so i dont complain much

[oak jolt]

Lyra is fine cuz she's still the only infinite rain unit I think

[tame forge]

I got Lyra too

And yeah she has solarize for rain

[oak jolt]

Sadly Kyogre has rain for 1st sync only

[leaden wraith]

Overall a good unit for an LG enthusiast like me

[simple frost]

hum if i get another support cake, its likely going to SS Steven o/

[oak jolt]

I'm considering leaf too since she gets sun on 1st sync

[tame forge]

I did Steven, Leaf and Zerena so far

Kinda wanna do Cerena and Paulo

[simple frost]

surprisingly i've got 2 of each EX role now xD

[oak jolt]

Like for candies, I'm always short on support stuffs

I really like syncing with support ex

[leaden wraith]

I caked both Serena, i dont remember if i caked someone else with EXR

[simple frost]

NC Serena just deals so much damage that i opted out of candying her

[oak jolt]

Even if an unit has a terrible sync, it will never be a bad sync if it gives support ex

[simple frost]

Same for NC Leafa

SS Steven also, but he gains a good role for like changing his playstyle

[oak jolt]

SS Steven defense form becomes viable with rolex

I mean now it can 100% work as a support

Attack form doesn't really need the support ex, but for stuffs like gauntlet is nice to have

[simple frost]

for now i'm waiting a sup cake for more mega-esque units to get EX Role... like Anni Steven :>

if i get an extra, sup cake for those 3 techs

[oak jolt]

In rally I carried Deoxys for like half the run because I had psychic starting boost and the last 5 stages had tech or support as one of the roles

[simple frost]

i usually use NC Rosa from Area 1 to Area 10 xD

especially i i haave a lot of Sprint role bonus

[oak jolt]

Yes but is unlikely to have 10 stages in a row with sprint or support as roles

[simple frost]

indeed

[oak jolt]

I can ignore a stage if later I have a sprit + support combo so it evens out

But generally if an unit loses the boost I swap it out, unless is a Rolex unit that has at least a double boost for each stage that has to go unboosted

Like if I have + >>> + >>> + I will keep something like nc rosa

[simple frost]

She helps a lot tbh she does everything as an anchor too.

Without having to use her TMs and Potions unless necessary

Crit Boosts, AoE Debuff, She gets healed when she attacks confused enemies... etc etc

[oak jolt]

Yes she's useful, but I prefer to spend points to get more boosts than earning less by keeping strong unboosted units

[simple frost]

honestly, i usually just max out at 3-4 boosts

[leaden wraith]

this is the way

[simple frost]

and like aat least 3-4 power ups.

[oak jolt]

Generally I spend 350 on boosts and I try to squeeze at least X1.5 on every stage

[simple frost]

like i dont want it to be super easy, and i dont want it too super hard.

[oak jolt]

I mean the 1.5 * 3

[simple frost]

750~

[oak jolt]

Yes the 750

150% boost, not 1.5x

With 350 on boosts generally is easy to clear stages even without supports

Considering that I try to use expendable damage dealers if I can't get a better boost with rolex

Like against fire weak I may use something like flint and use all mp, so I can still use better fire types if I need too later on

[simple frost]

nodsnods