Battle Rally

[stark dawn]

Thorton all day imo

[oak jolt]

But generally I tend to strategically plan my (few) rolex as soon as I can identify the whole pattern

[stark dawn]

Field Support is unique

[leaden wraith]

yeah i decided to cake him immediately when i get him

[tame forge]

Did you get him from variety select?

[oak jolt]

Generally I tend to avoid using theme to get a 2x early on if I can't identify the whole pattern

[stark dawn]

A x2 early or late is still a x2

[leaden wraith]

im waiting for sync orb bundle to give me 3k paid

[tame forge]

I did variety before the other ones cause it expires earlier

three 5k selects though

[simple frost]

i would've grabbed Rei from it but eh 5k is big.

[stark dawn]

5k is too much

3k or bust

[leaden wraith]

lesson lerned, always stock 5k paid before anni

[tame forge]

15k

[stark dawn]

I have 5k I just dont want to lol it's too much

[leaden wraith]

fortunately i dont have many wanted pokefair aside from SS Silver

[oak jolt]

Yes probably is safer to get the 2x early on, since there's no guarantee that I will get more 2x later on

[stark dawn]

Doesnt give less points too

[oak jolt]

I mean if leater on there are like two 2x that don't have a 0x in-between it gives more

It depends on the pattern

[stark dawn]

Not it doesnt

A x2 gives the same amount of points regardless of other units

The x are additive

Assuming you only do VH, a x1.5 is a +150, while a x2 is a +300, that's all

3 x2 give +900

[oak jolt]

Yes I know I was thinking about getting more x2 stages later on in uninterrupted patterns

But I don't know if that can really happen

Is more that I can save a busted unit for the later areas than wasting it on area 1 for a possible pattern as another X2 at the end

I mean even at area 1 generally there aren't much possible patterns

I guess is unlikely that there are more than 5 different patterns

Generally by area 2 you have the whole pattern

But yes I guess is always better go for 2x even without the full pattern

[simple frost]

are you aiming for like 8k pts?

or 8.5k each week? o.o?

[oak jolt]

I'm aiming to squeeze the most I can get without making the run too tedious

[simple frost]

nodsnods

i just aim for 6k, but i get to like 7k

could get more but my sshop hands are trigger happy ;<

[oak jolt]

Final score depends on what pattern I get, and if I get a lucky stage

[simple frost]

that too

[oak jolt]

Generally I plan to spend 350

But I may spend more if the starting boost is garbage, or if I can't get a decent 50 points boost

I mean if the run is pretty unlucky I guess I may end up under 8k

Generally I try to aim for 8.5k

If everything goes right and the run is fairly lucky I can get 8.5k

Then of if I start to get stuffs like sparse sprit field and the unholy A10 sprit field, with garbage starting bonus and something like Anabel on VH, with no lucky area, score can easily plummet

As long as I can get the 20 cake coin vouchers for the month I'm fine

Then if I can squeeze some too is nice

Sadly I missed out on the January vouchers, because I just managed to sneak 2 unoptimized runs that day

I think I got like 9 vouchers

[simple frost]

i rushed that day, and managed to get the 20 vouchers ooof.

i did make a 4k run, but i optimized it hard and fast @_@

[static arch]

I didn't miss it, I just couldn't use them all in time. I got 18/20 cake coins at least

[oak jolt]

Yes the mai problem was finishing the runs in time

18/20 is I nice result compared to my 9/20

[eternal nebula]

Who is this for

What Psychic beats this

[wary kayak]

Kalos league, huh

[oak jolt]

Anni may can debuff spa so maybe the stage was made for her

[tame forge]

Drasna wasn't around then

[oak jolt]

Don't remember the gimmick of drasna

[tame forge]

Maybe the other woman I forget the name of

[oak jolt]

Ah yes I guess it was Anabel

[eternal nebula]

Wait it's a CS stage?

[wary kayak]

Toxic Power, Go Viral, Slo-Mo, sidekicks have Hostile Environment,

[wary kayak]

Well, that's an Elite Four member and the backdrop is visibly the Champion Stadium

[oak jolt]

I guess it was thought for Anabel + a psychic type

[eternal nebula]

Oh right Anabel stops this

[oak jolt]

If it's just go viral 9 I guess any tank with poison immunity will work

[wary kayak]

Enemy has loads of poison and poison-exploit skills. Sidekicks even have Hostile Environment.
If that's not bad enough, Drasna uses Toxic with Go Viral after her sync

[eternal nebula]

She even inflinches

[leaden wraith]

Psychic weak Drasna was designed for Lucian and NY Sabrina

[craggy helm]

Bro I just squeaked by with that battle lmaooo

[oak jolt]

I guess more for bede

[wary kayak]

Speed Down is also a problem

[oak jolt]

Bede has spatk down and can block toxic

[eternal nebula]

Yeah I'll try with Ana

[oak jolt]

But not hostile environment stuffs

I guess you can tank even with Caitlin if you really want

She has antitoxin and gauge free psychic DPS if on type

[eternal nebula]

Ues a dango

Dango is fun

[simple frost]

what does dango do? o.o

[eternal nebula]

Infinite sync

She is so bulky even with Apple

[tame forge]

Just a lil tip

Next time you use apple cup just bring your highest boosters, if you have any

I think anything wins at that point

[eternal nebula]

Tbh yeah

[gentle maple]

Or drop to hard because it gets more points

Without apple cup

[oblique breach]

So I did a thing

This is the result

[simple frost]

Wat

[tame forge]

What in the free to play

[timid hound]

Why are you spreading out your boosts

It’ll restrict your team comp or diminish your power

[oblique breach]

I'm not surea

I'm not supposed to do triple digits damage in Areas 8 and 9, aren't I?

[languid citrus]

As in you’re doing too little or too much?

[wary kayak]

Spreading out the boosts means they occupy three spawn slots in each shop instead of one, meaning it's harder to spawn an actually good blost

[languid citrus]

Oh, I thought it was just whatever you purchased last

[wary kayak]

Take a look at their shop, all three are present

[oblique breach]

too little

[languid citrus]

Sure but it could be they just bought the character up grade right before the image was taken and the last purchase was fairy boost. The starting boost is always there

[wary kayak]

The starting boost is always there because it is a stackable item you own. Stackable items you own, will respawn in the stackable shop slots

I've used this to get away from Normal Type Upgrade and also stack a damage multi

That would not have been possible under the paradigm you describe

The starting boost isn't actually special.

[languid citrus]

I’m not sure I follow. You started with a normal type boost. Then you bought a different boost that kept reappearing. Is that not what I said?

[wary kayak]

I bought a different boost and a damage multi and was able to stack both because they both respawned continually

Under the paradigm you describe, I would have had to stop stacking one the moment I bought my first copy of the other

[languid citrus]

Ah gotcha. Thanks for the info. I guess I just never risked buying more than 1 different boost

[oblique breach]

So protip, buy only one boost

[languid citrus]

Yea basically if you can help it

[wary kayak]

One stat boost, one damage multi

If even that much.

Hardcore tryhards have been going with buying zero items at all.
I don't think I can do that let alone advise it to less-insane players

[languid citrus]

Yea I feel a sweet spot is 300-400 based on your EXR spread. It makes it easy enough to not struggle and be frustrated

[oblique breach]

I can't even clear all stages on VH

[wary kayak]

But yeah, try not to get more than one kind in each category, especially if you haven't locked in both the stat boost and damage multi you intend to stack

[oblique breach]

I ALWAYS battle the boss on Hard

gotta sleep

[wary kayak]

Wait, your freebie was... Is that Kanto?

Isn't that actually an awesome one

[languid citrus]

With a few stacked boost you should be able to deal with VH

[wary kayak]

Could've just ignored the fairy and... orange trainer group... boosts

And just bought two more copies of Kanto

Same bonus but way less restrictive, plus does not occupy extra shop spawn slots

[sudden heron]

Battle facility foe bonus, and ground in store fml

You know what i think i should play this thing during the daytime

[craggy helm]

I’m not sure if I should use anni May here….i tried w/ Victor but it didn’t really work…. The boost is support/field so—

[hasty marlin]

Just to confirm, you’re paralyzing her with yamper right? I can’t think of why victor wouldn’t work as long as you’re doing that and maxing his spatk with the third slot support. And are you activating your boosts from theme = stat thing and whatever else you got?

Would think 1/5 may would be worse than event victor personally

Then again, if you can’t take her attacks and if they’re special maybe may is the play… but it’s still a bit odd, as idk if you’d have the damage with 1/5 may

[craggy helm]

this is the closest I’ve gotten

[hasty marlin]

Do you have lodge Dawn? And what’s your theme boost?

Lodge dawn would be good here I think since spdef up and spatk down aoe

[craggy helm]

My given boost was steel but my steel types....arent the best so I nabbed the kanto boost and have been sticking to that mostly

[hasty marlin]

Still have to answer healthy advantage 4 of course alongside lodge dawn

But lodge dawn will give you a lot more leeway here

[craggy helm]

Bro im so close to throwing Ash at Phoebe but then I wouldn't get the role boost

Ughhhhhh

[hybrid abyss]

BR tracker:

[languid widget]

Bestie I used the tracker, I just didn't expect it to be the exact stage for him

[hybrid abyss]

so you're telling me that u got anotehr field/sprint pair

[languid widget]

yep

[simple frost]

😮

i'm kinda hoping that DeNA gives us multipliers for events or something

for rally points

[hybrid abyss]

what kind of multipliers? there are already...

[simple frost]

its set to 1.00 currently

Its a multiplier for when you finish battle rally run, its at the end basically.

[hybrid abyss]

there's a multipler for points at the end?!

[simple frost]

yeah its set to 1.00 ;o

[simple frost]

see "Points Conversion Multiplier"

they wont add something like it unless we get like... Events where our final rally run gets multiplied for w/e reason.

[oblique breach]

My freebie was Fairy

[simple frost]

fairy o/

[timid hound]

Yeah I hope they add stuff that increases point multiplier

Maybe an event, or a gimmick if you take harder runs?

[rapid notch]

Is it worth it?

My main dark pairs are calem and cyrus

[simple frost]

I think its better to stick to Water

unless your've got a lot of Dark-types

[timid hound]

Depends on your roster

Pick the one with more flexible pairs

[simple frost]

Calem with EX Role would be great if you haave a lot of Support or Tech in your battle rally track

[leaden wraith]

If the starting boost is good enough no need to purchase more boosts

[rapid notch]

I chose water

Round 9 has field and sprint bonus,who should I use?

R10 is sprint and strike

[severe bronze]

drop the rat

[rapid notch]

so red for r9?

[severe bronze]

i mean he doesnt have bonus for r10

might as well

[rapid notch]

alrighty then

[oak jolt]

I guess it just means that you didn't retired, if you retire I think the score multiplier is like 0.2x

[rapid notch]

r10 better not require me to use rat

[oak jolt]

Water is a pretty good starting boost, so definitely not

[simple frost]

what's your Areaa 10 fights?

and what's your boosts/upgrades

[rapid notch]

idk 10

but its strike+sprint bonus

boosts are 3x water

[unique palm]

I am low on units
So how can I complete battle rally to get 6k points per week

[oak jolt]

I guess you should spend your points wisely

Try to use more expendable units earlier

You can just slot super effective not so great damage dealers with some boosts and just use their TMs and replace them to fit the roles

Kinda like in gauntlet, this makes subpar units pretty useful

[simple frost]

you can use eggmons if you have a lot of those.

Generally you aim for 3 role bonuses from the beginning, and just aim to clear Very Hard stages, and if you can't deal with their gimmicks, just drop down to Hard.

[unique palm]

I only have 3 eggmons

Which are powered up

I didn't focus on eggmons from starting

[simple frost]

if you're really running out of sync pairs to use, be it due to newbie status, not enough bodies, its best to just complete it the rally; Rally is like Mid to Endgame content after all

Like completing it in Hard or even Normal (for the UB fights)

[unique palm]

Not really a newbie

My acc is almost 1yr old

[simple frost]

What Area are you in + Boosts/Upgrades active?

[unique palm]

Champion boost

[normal python]

What's the technical maximum points you can achieve here?
500 + (1200 * 9) + (1200 * 2)= 13700 right?

[unique palm]

I completed 1 rally with easy stages
I can't do hard one's

[leaden wraith]

have you got the basic ideas of Battle Rally? like how it works and boost system

[simple frost]

you need at least 1 champion themed sync pair in your team to give you stat boosts

[leaden wraith]

from now you should try to slot in a Champion pair in your team, better if they match with bonus roles of that round

[normal python]

Is this correct?
#1009564564821639379 message

[leaden wraith]

plan your teams accordingly, and save best pairs for last fights, especially the Ultimate Battles on Arena 10

[normal python]

And use the boosts to your advantage

[leaden wraith]

buying more Champion boosts in the shop gives your teams more stats, as long as they have at least a Champion pair

[normal python]

And your champion roster looks pretty stacked

[simple frost]

Are you in Area 1 or somewhere in the middle? o.o

[unique palm]

Area 1

[oak jolt]

At that point just buy that champion bonuses, slot a champion in the team, and try to play vh

[simple frost]

what's your role bonus for your Area 1 stage?

[unique palm]

I completed 1 rally

With easy stages

[oak jolt]

Easy stages isn't worth at all

[unique palm]

Strike and field

[normal python]

Yeah, do the very hard stages in the early levels

Since they're extremely easy

[simple frost]

who arae you up against in Very Hard?

[unique palm]

I was not able to do damage

[oak jolt]

I mean if you buy your starter boost again area 1 you will have 3x stats

[unique palm]

Koga with ground type weakness

[leaden wraith]

did you use at least an unit with matching boost theme?

like others said, doing easy stages is totally not worth it at all

[oak jolt]

You should do very hard with bonuses

[leaden wraith]

the pins have helpful guides and resources to look into, i recommend you giving them a careful read because it seems you are a bit confusing rn

[unique palm]

Is buying scope worth it

[leaden wraith]

nope

[oak jolt]

Nope

[simple frost]

nope~

[leaden wraith]

the pins explained why its not worth buying

[simple frost]

I'd probably use Blue/Pidgeot + 2 Strike pairs for Koga.

[unique palm]

For ground I have groundon

As a strike

[simple frost]

i probably wouldn't use Groudon for it.

[leaden wraith]

just to be sure, which round are you on?

[normal python]

Time for NC Blue

[simple frost]

he's helpful for like dropping Sun when you need it.

[simple frost]

Area 1 he said

I'd do Hapu + Blue if you really want a Ground-type for On-type.

[unique palm]

Ya today I started new one

[leaden wraith]

your A1 is strike and field, correct?

[unique palm]

Yes

[leaden wraith]

Groudon should be fine

[unique palm]

Gradual healing is on sale

[leaden wraith]

unfortunately according to pomatools, your seed needs to have A2's bonus roles to be known to get the whole seed

[leaden wraith]

avoid buying unnecessary boosts if you want to get the most points possible

[unique palm]

Ok

[leaden wraith]

on your A1, try to use 3 strike / field with Groudon as the main dmg dealer

and be sure to slot a Champion pair in the team

[unique palm]

Blue

[leaden wraith]

[oak jolt]

That's a bad boost

Expensive and doesn't helps much

[leaden wraith]

exactly

only consider buying crit move up boost if it's available, otherwise ignore all boosts of that kind

[oak jolt]

Generally everything that costs more than 100 isn't worth

[unique palm]

Area 2 is of flying weakness with sprint and strike

[oak jolt]

For who has not so much units I guess is better to load on the starting boost, and try to slot a fitting unit for the whole run

[leaden wraith]

A2's bonus roles are not matching with what you said earlier (A1 being strike and field)

ah you said sprint first

[unique palm]

I said field

[leaden wraith]

so here is the full seed

[leaden wraith]

you said A2 having Sprint and Strike, which confused me for a bit

[simple frost]

flying weak means Blue stays in hehe o-o

[leaden wraith]

because there is no seed with A1 being Strike + Field and A2 being Sprint + Strike

now that you know A10 has Tech/Support role, you should save your strongest supports there

[unique palm]

Blue with 2 more strikes

[leaden wraith]

Champion Blue is perfect because he is an extremely good tank and he has amatched role

for A10 ^

btw you dont have to stay ontype all the time, sometimes it holds you back from getting points

[unique palm]

Serena and calem

[simple frost]

Oh do you have any units that you've EX Role'd?

[unique palm]

Both are 3/5

[unique palm]

No one

I need one supp ex role coin for that

[simple frost]

Do you have any Sprint/Field units though? like Event Victor & Riley for Area 4?

[unique palm]

Riley

But 2/5

[simple frost]

he should be good enough for points at Area 4 and Area 5.

[leaden wraith]

is he the only Sprint/Field pair?

[unique palm]

Another one is Archer

[simple frost]

oh definitely use those two in area 4 and 5 ;o

[leaden wraith]

try to use them in A4 and A5 afterwards, since it seems you dont have any Field

[simple frost]

For Area 3 to 4, you can tank with Lodge Blue

and use 2 Tech Sync pairs for Area 3

For Area 5, you can keep using Lodge Blue OR you can use a Champion Strike like, Event Blue for example.

For area 6, you can probably do SS Steven + 2 techs (Bianca would be perfect here to set Psychic Terrain) if you still have her.

and up to Area 7 aas well.

[unique palm]

I have victor also 5/5 with 6str ex

And area 4 is of ghost weakness

[rapid notch]

Good team?boost is strike+sprint and I got 3x water boost and half cake

[leaden wraith]

sweet

[leaden wraith]

im not sure if NC Blue's debuffs are enough, but you can try the team first

[west abyss]

Definitely not enough debuffs for fluid fortification

[unique palm]

Area 9 will be difficult

[leaden wraith]

you can go with full supports

in the future you can use a Tech/Strike with Support EXR for easier time

[unique palm]

For area 8 whom should I use
Grass weakness

I have victor 1/5

[leaden wraith]

then you should bring a striker(s) who can tank / dodge moves (like Hugh, Caitlin...)

and/or strikes who have good flinch / sleep chance

[unique palm]

Nessa one shot Caitlin

[leaden wraith]

please turn off ping when reply to me

how about trying flinching route?

Marnie can tank a bit with her evasion and recovery passive, but keep in mind to be watch out to battles' gimmicks

[unique palm]

For A10 with Serena for supp whom should I use ss kris or calem

[leaden wraith]

who is your A10 VH opponent?

and how many Champion boosts do you have?

[unique palm]

6

[leaden wraith]

please turn off ping when reply to me (2)

[leaden wraith]

how about this?

[unique palm]

It's rock weakness

Darach

[leaden wraith]

can you show me your Tech and Support roster?

Calem doesnt provide more than 2 uses of WTZ

i also recommend reading Darach stage's info in #1009557516369281075 pins first

[simple frost]

how much stat boost do you have?

*Upgrades rather

last i checked its 6 for champion 😮

[unique palm]

Yes

For debuff I am using oleana

[simple frost]

iirc you need rebuff for darach hmm

[leaden wraith]

the team is not working

[leaden wraith]

because of my 2 statements earlier

Darach demands field effect setting, or else he gets triple base defenses and boosted attacks

[simple frost]

Dang SS Acerola is at 1/5 😭

[leaden wraith]

SS Kris is good enough, but you have to reset for billions of Rain Dance MPR

adding another rain setter would reduce the amount of rng needed, like 2/5 May or NC Calem

[unique palm]

With calem 2 rain I was able to finish 1 side and middle

May is 5/5 with 6str ex

[leaden wraith]

so with SS Kris its not an issue

still, you should replace Oleana asap

[unique palm]

With whom

Is ss acerola good with 3/5

[simple frost]

use May~

[leaden wraith]

i did recommend May and NC Calem earlier, remember?

i would go for May

[unique palm]

Done
Thnx for the help
I was able to get 7.5k medals

[leaden wraith]

gg congrats

for future BR runs you can apply what you have learn to get good score, like this one

[rapid notch]

GODAMN THATS A POWERFUL RAT

[oblique breach]

Finished another, 5250 points attained

Out of a possible 5500

[tame forge]

So you spent 250?

Very nice, good going

[hybrid abyss]

What a MF status with Pikachu and Red does to the unit’s power level:

[sacred silo]

Question: how do the rally upgrades stack?

[leaden wraith]

the upgrades are additive, for example if you have 2 Champion upgrades, your team gets 200% stats, as long as there is a Champion pair in the team

[sacred silo]

Is that the case even with different upgrades e.g. 1 Gym Leader, 1 Sinnoh boosting to 300% total, not 400%, with Sinnoh + Gym Leader present?

[simple frost]

If you have only a Gym Leader in your team : Your team only gets +100%
If you only have a Sinnoh sync pair in your team : Your team only gets +100%
If you have both in your team : +200%

[leaden wraith]

it doesnt work like that, your team only gets fixed boost regardless of how many matching themed pairs in a team

so 1 GL + 1 Sinnoh give your team 200% boost total

[simple frost]

wonder where you're getting the extra +100% boost from xD

[sacred silo]

If it were to add 100% to the current, not initial, value, 2 different bonuses would double it twice overall - 100->200->400.
According to your comments, it stacks additively for all bonuses, not multiplying different boosts together.

Thanks for the clarification.

[hybrid abyss]

HOLDON

[quaint star]

I don't think that's how the stat boost works

[hybrid abyss]

Just to clarify, let's say you got the following booots: Jhoto 1, Gym Leader 1.

• Team: Falkner, Karen, Red

You would only get a 200% stat boost from Falkner activating the boosts, because the boosts' activation are ONE TIME only. You won't get any additional boosts, even if you have another theme boosting person like Karen.

If you upgrade Jhoto from 1 to 2, the total becomes 300% (Jhoto 2, Gym Leader 1).

[cobalt furnace]

Yes, that’s what 25fan said; that the multiplicative is not how it works

[hybrid abyss]

did I at least explain this semi-correctly?

[leaden wraith]

you spelled Johto wrong

[hybrid abyss]

whatever, I'm keeping it in there.

[devout edge]

If you retire will it give you half the points or all the points you’ve accumulated?

[simple frost]

iirc someone said they'll only get like some % of your total points.

so its better to complete it.

[devout edge]

Ooh okay

[simple frost]

You also lose out on gems if you retire

Just complete it, even if its Normal/Hard (Just try for hard if Veryhard is impossible with your current roster/upgrades/boosts)

[devout edge]

Alright

[leaden wraith]

It only gives 20% of rally points, so never click retire button

[quaint star]

Never click the retire.
Never overspend.

Players that spend at least 3k per run

[devout edge]

I don’t know if doing hard for the first 5 with fodder units to fulfill the point boost and the last 5 doing very hard is a good strat

[leaden wraith]

Always do Very Hard difficulty

[quaint star]

Best way to do rally:

1. Check what you get for your initial upgrade (For example, Fire upgrade) and make sure to have a pair that shares that theme for stat boost to all your pairs
2. After every area, spend 100 to stack on the upgrade

[leaden wraith]

With theme boosts and decent teambuilding skill, you shouldnt face trouble with early fights

[leaden wraith]

For casual players, spending 100 points after every fight is okay, but takes note that with decent roster you only need 4 5 boosts

[quaint star]

The only times Rally would ever pose a challenge is during Area 10, or players don't know how to utilise the upgrades

[devout edge]

I should probably stop using just two characters that are guaranteed to be in the roster at every run

Sometimes it doesn’t synergies well

[quaint star]

Do you see this at the start of a run? That's the initial upgrade given

If you meet the theme, all your pairs get 100% more stat, so 200 Def to 400 Def etc

Usually I will spend 300 points on the same upgrades so I can have 500% stat (100 + 400)

The more you stack the upgrades, the easier it is

[devout edge]

Ooh alright

[quaint star]

If Area 10 is too much at VH, you can opt for H difficulty instead

Sometimes the stages are just too strong especially when it's Anabel or Palmer

[timid hound]

4/5 Gloria feels so much different than 3/5 Gloria it's insane

[simple frost]

D:

isn't that where you have access to her rebufff?

[leaden wraith]

3/5 Gloria doesnt have something good, so that makes sense

it's wild that just one multiplier can fix an entire unit

[timid hound]

Haymaker

Her nukes actually do DAMAGE

[stray ravine]

rebuff is 5/5, but Haymaker is already a pretty nice upgrade

[quaint star]

She does do damage at 3/5, she just has to take a sync

[muted sparrow]

4/5 have Haymaker and DC9 just really good

She still cant fully self sufficient

[sacred silo]

I was unsure as it seems quite pointless under the current mechanics to get a second kind of upgrade if you can still use the 1st. If they were multiplicative, the second kind of upgrade would make sense.

[leaden wraith]

The farther you go, the strongee the enemies get. So buying more upgrades help you progress easier

But with a good roster you can just buy 1 additional upgrade or nothing and still clear BR

[craggy helm]

Honestly not a bad run!

[simple frost]

Nice~

[oak jolt]

Taking a sync increases her DPS too

Personally not a fan of Gloria's sync, a tech sync on striker is really nice, but the condition is almost as bad as Lorelei

But I guess for longer battles that sync ain't that bad (maybe not so great in gauntlet since new bars get rid of sync buffs)

Personally I like that she gets headstart 1 at 3/5 if you use her tm and give hs1 lucky skill she can shave a whole sync turn

[wary kayak]

Still wouldn't buy different kinds, though, just another stack of the same kind

[leaden wraith]

That's my point, i should have been clearer

Well in the other hand, buying different boosts is also advised if the initial one is bad

[eternal nebula]

Are the bonus roles random?

I think I got the same ones for a stage in diff runs

[simple frost]

dependd on the track that you are on.

you can check PoMaTools for seeded tracks to see your Role Bonues ahead.

[sudden heron]

Shop is trolling right now

[simple frost]

what do you mean? you bought the Speed Down : Moves Up no?

[oak jolt]

I think any stat down power up, exists and costs the same

What's the starting bonus? Villain?

[sudden heron]

Worse

Battlefacility foe

[oak jolt]

Depending on roster they are similar level of bad

Guess trial giver is also quite bad

I guess the worse one is normal

There are even less normal units than battle facility foes

[worthy tusk]

Is this a good starting bonus?

[leaden wraith]

Not a good one, but its not bad either

I recommend keep looking for better theme boost tho

[worthy tusk]

Any tips for this battle? Still no better boost.

If it helps this is the pattern

[wary kayak]

First, burn your stam while you wait

That's a CSMM battle, isn't it?

This is your opponent. The Afflicter's Advantage comes into play when he uses King's Shield, right after sync

Those passives, and possibly his TM (used right before sync), are the only sp/def buffs he gets. He's also very likely to be in sword forme at the time of the TM, so that's an Atk&crit(!) buff instead

Remember that you can bring someone other than a Ghost. There are at least three Supports with Sing, who can fuck up most CSMM fights

Elio&Primarina, Melony&Lapras, NeoRosa&Meloetta

(I wouldn't use that last one this early)

I guess that's how I'd approach this. Sleep stall to get more sync buffs before he does

[worthy tusk]

Thanks I'll give that a try

[half bone]

...Oww.

Double Field/Sprint.

I'll definitely need to look into an alternate boost type.

[worthy tusk]

Is palmer very hard possible with SSA Cynthia and champion hop?

[simple frost]

what's your boost?

like theme boosts/upgrades and/or damage boosts?

[worthy tusk]

Elite 4 and that's what is in the shop

He just ko upon using the max move

[simple frost]

did you have an Elite Four member in your team?

[leaden wraith]

What move level is your Hop?

[worthy tusk]

Yeah aaron

[simple frost]

Like Machamp/Bruno or something?

[worthy tusk]

Just 1/5 but I'm able to candy.

SSA Cynthia is 2/5

[leaden wraith]

I dont think its possible without 3/5 Hop, but i dont recommend candying units for a stage

[simple frost]

iirc, you need 3/5 NC Hop for his nuke grid ;x

[leaden wraith]

Unless you are fine with the investments

[simple frost]

what about your Hard fight?

[worthy tusk]

Hard is lucy

[simple frost]

might as well.

SSA Cynthia hass antitoxin in her grid.

so you just need a damage dealer with antitoxin

[simple frost]

o.o

[worthy tusk]

I can candy hop it doesn't even dent my stash

[simple frost]

i mean.... if you want to proceed i guess.

[leaden wraith]

If you insist, go ahead. But before that, can you show me your E4 roster? Aaron wont help much

The goal is clearing Palmer before his sync, or at worst, before his max move

[worthy tusk]

This is who is boosted for the battle

[leaden wraith]

They are not quite helpful. So moving down to hard is the better option

[hybrid abyss]

Should I buy Speed Debuff boost?

[simple frost]

anything in shop like, limited items once per battle Ariel?

[leaden wraith]

Is it a good theme skill boost or crit move up boost?

If not, dont bother buying

[hybrid abyss]

“Powers atk by 100%”

So ig not?

[worthy tusk]

This is what is in the shop

[simple frost]

if you can land a -1 SPD on your enemies consistently.

[hybrid abyss]

Was thinkign of buying cuz I’m planning to run NCSerena on A10

[leaden wraith]

Its just straight up not worth. You change teams every often

[worthy tusk]

There's a ice cream thing

That lowers stats on the opponents team by 6 points

[leaden wraith]

Severe Sundae is useless

I think i said there is nothing worthwhile to buy earlier

[hybrid abyss]

Just in case: u talking to me about this right?

Whoops forgor ping

[leaden wraith]

Yes

[simple frost]

him and his cronies buffs himself up so it doesnt reaally work 😦

[worthy tusk]

Oh so yeah probably hard

[simple frost]

Lucy will die to Antitoxin Bertha www

[worthy tusk]

So just get them antitoxin skill?

Blue already has it from I think last run

[simple frost]

Remember, they do AoE attacks.

so if at least 1 o them doesnt have antitoxin 😮

[worthy tusk]

I'm screwed

Well I have 300 of the cookie with antitoxin

And 900 scrolls

[worthy tusk]

After syncing with blue should I sync with Bertha?

Or red?

[simple frost]

hmm Bertha if sand is still up.

you caan aalways retry and see if your strategy doesnt work ;o

[worthy tusk]

Well that was easy she just keeled over

[simple frost]

gj~

[kindred seal]

Well, this is starting out not great

[simple frost]

ooof

what's your shop lookin like?

[obsidian sentinel]

At least is Kukui. Getting it on Sinnoh CS is pain

[kindred seal]

Fortunately I ended up getting the set where this one only appears again on round 5

I was tempted to buy a fire type boost from the shop because then I could use NY Wallace for one of the types.

[kindred seal]

Palmer is some bs lol

Pre-sync or die: the battle

[hasty marlin]

https://tenor.com/view/regigigas-gif-27193826

indeed

closest i get in my attempts on the real thing is half hp lmao

itll prob be my biggest point hurdle for rally till im capable of beating the real deal at the minimal

[kindred seal]

Managed to beat it on VH this Rally at least

I think as other people have said, skill gear is where it's at. I found it too confusing and off-putting before but I think it came in clutch at the end

[sudden heron]

Shitty shop + shitty battles

Fuck this game

2 EBE + 3 stages that i cant use strike units

Have a stage to use strike unit well how about wise entry

Fuck you

Fuck you

Fuck you

[leaden wraith]

[normal python]

This is so sad

[wary kayak]

Wait, which ones are EBEs

[stark dawn]

There are no EBE in rally

[wary kayak]

Okay, which ones did they think are EBEs

[stark dawn]

Uuuuh

Piers

And the ace trainer ig

[wary kayak]

Are there ever any EBEs where the enemy leader is a generic NPC like that...?

[stark dawn]

No

[wary kayak]

[stark dawn]

These are challenge battles

[wary kayak]

Ye

[wary kayak]

I should really get around to trying it out at some point. I've just been spamming Type gear for everything because it takes way less brainpower

[sudden heron]

The ace trainer is an ebe i think sc steven, then piers i think ny lisia

[wary kayak]

Those events didn't have EBEs

SC Steven's event is rerunning right now and you can see that fight right in it as a standard challenge battle, not an EBE

Looks like you needed Techs and Supports? Should've been doable with Katherine to counter their evasion, Wikstrom or Kimono Grimsley for ontype damage, and Lodge Morty or BP Barry to disable Acute Senses.

[stark dawn]

EBE are stages like the current Ethan and Penny fights

[wary kayak]

(Solgaleo shits all over that fight but alas, it's a Striker)

[stark dawn]

There arent any of these stages in rally

[wary kayak]

And yeah, EBEs never star a generic NPC

It's SC Steven headlining the event and the enemy is weak against his favorite type, but the irony (heh) is that SC Shauna is the ontype attacker for it

I think the only seasonals that did get EBEs were anniversary pairs

...and anniversary pairs stopped being released with the Seasonal themeskill over a year ago

[stark dawn]

Anniversary pairs stopped being called as such 2 years ago lol

[robust ember]

Sooo proud of this one

This mode is awesome

[wary kayak]

Big bux

That'll buy a lot of vouchers and then maybe orbs

[hybrid abyss]

What's the best Strike/Sprint unit that I can invest in? Got a cake ready to use so.

[hasty marlin]

ss gladion and nc silver and rei I think are top three if you count other way around

Down to pref and move levels between them

[hybrid abyss]

(about that,) iirc, I got enough candies to 3/5 either SSGlad or NCSilv, so which one?

if it helps, I'm on A9 with Lusamine fairy zone stage w/ mainly poison weakness

[hasty marlin]

I’m not sure yet which benefits more; I personally am biased toward gladion for his bmove refresh but silver is really good too from what I’ve seen

Still in process of pulling silver myself

[hybrid abyss]

NCSilv.'s BMove is basically NCMarn.'s, as it refreshes every sync, no matter who does it.

also he acts as a bootleg Lybi with his occasional, 100% guaranteed (AOE) flinch

I'll wait for others to respond... (ping me if u do)

[sudden heron]

Huh palmer can hit crit through vigilance?

Piercing blow

Tf

[hasty marlin]

Yeah palmers entire fight has piercing blows and surecrit basically

It’s a kill or be killed fight

With a deadline of 8 turns before max move with targets maxed murks ya

Only way to stop the crits is crit shield but it’s not necessary compared to just murdering him

He also has +6 atk by time he syncs so uh. Yeah. If you need to survive sync your best bet is atk debuff back to +0

Won’t help much on the max move when you’re low from sync tho

This also means defense buffs don’t really do much there unless ya got multipliers

[wary kayak]

Def buffs also work again if you have crit shield I guess

As do Atk debuffs but LAs tend to mitigate those

[sweet mango]

Got argent for the third time but this run is not as easy due to strike/sprint

Can 1/5 ss gladion, 1/5 ss mina, 3/5 ss wally offtype?

Ss gladion and rei are my strike/sprint exr

[cobalt furnace]

It’ll be difficult if you can’t reapply rebuff

[sweet mango]

How is this?

Oh no rival

I have 4/5 paulo 3/5 nc blue 1/5 nc silver 1/5 ss gladion

[pseudo egret]

NCilver can get rid of rain

Sorta kinda

But argenta reapplied rain on half hp

[sweet mango]

I’m having trouble with that

Double extension from paulo and nc silver

Would that work?

[pseudo egret]

No, because argenta overrides whatever weather you have at 50%

[sweet mango]

Man

[pseudo egret]

Unless Paulo has sandstorm on demand in his kit

[sweet mango]

Save the max move of paulo?

Sets sandstorm

[pseudo egret]

If it applies sandstorm sure

Save it for 50%

[half bone]

question, is it a good idea to use Redchu with EX as much as possible here?

wanting to conserve roles as much as possible.

anyone on? Sorry.

[stiff flume]

Sure, you can comfortably fish for tm mpr (even at base)

[half bone]

He's 3/5

[quaint star]

I don't think there's lot of option there. Off my head, Rei and Riley

Versus Palmer, pairs such as OG Jasmine might be considerable just for the crit Shield

[severe bronze]

silver imo, mainly because he wants to sync and can counter 2 ub gimmicks for rally

3 actually if you include darach

[half bone]

How good is a max Move set-up for Redchu in this?

[quaint star]

I wouldn't even call him a perfect counter. Darach is hella tanky and I have like 4 stacks of upgrade versus him

[quaint star]

Both SST Red and MRed can trivialise the first 9 areas

[half bone]

It's what I generally use for Red.

[sweet mango]

Hey, i also wanted to ask who to build between nc silver and ss gladion. Gladion has sprint cake. Both are 1/5

I just formed a sprint cake today and gave it to ss dawn

[quaint star]

Gladion doesn't seem to have much niche in this rally

[half bone]

ASking since, if it maxes attack, then wouldn't that mean I can just get away with my once-a-match MAx move ofr buffing instead?

[quaint star]

I just said, yes. Both Red can max then just destroy any non-area 10 stages

[half bone]

sorry

What do you mean by M Red though? NC Red? Normal Red?

[quaint star]

Mix Red

[leaden wraith]

I would grid Max Conductive on SST Red, so you can save terrains for later fights

[half bone]

Wondering if I should do support sprint pairs for the two field sprint stages.

because I still don't have a better boost htan 'Battle Facility Foe' and none of the ones I have are field/sprint pairs.

[quaint star]

Maybe you can start by showing the set you're on

[half bone]

Showed earlier but here, if htat's what you mean.

[quaint star]

I got that upgrade before. It can suck at times but you will just have to stack roles in an area to offset the loss

[half bone]

...Stack roles in a field/sprint stage? How?

[simple frost]

i get those a lot .-.;

[quaint star]

Stack roles in area where you can do so, obviously

[half bone]

If you mean later, the only one that works is far later on, the tech/support stage.

I don't have a strike/sprint pair either.

wait, no, never mind, I do, Rei.

I could use Akari for area 5 too.

[quaint star]

Akari could be used from area 5 to 8

If she's caked

[half bone]

she is but I'm already planning to use Redchu from 2 to 9.

not sure the team would function too wel with that much gauge usage.

[quaint star]

She just needs to use Edge once to set up spikes

Then she will be using 2 gauge every move

The strat should be
SST Red - Max move
Akari - Edge
Both - Spam buddy moves

That's how I usually play it out

[half bone]

Honestly,, with Red, I also try to sneak in a fourth move (since if you start with MAx Move, you can sneak in an extra attack)

[quaint star]

You just have to spam TM with that battle facility pair since you will need to replace them almost every area

[half bone]

Okay, so... how do I deal with Decidueye Hau?

Toughen Up is frustrating things.

can anyone help on this?

[quaint star]

How many upgrades are you stacking?

[glass patrol]

What is decidueye hau

Hau

How did

Thanks auto

[quaint star]

I have never fought a non-area 10 where SST Red just doesn't rout the opposition

[half bone]

only have Battle Facility Foe.

at one stack because I REALY want to find another bonus and nothing else is showing up.

I don't want ot main it.

[quaint star]

Maybe someone else more competent can advise you on what to do. I usually just spend 300 on the same initial upgrade and play any hands dealt

[half bone]

Fire Weak, on hit boosts defense ans special defense.

[glass patrol]

Wot is the roles

[half bone]

Tech/Sprint.

[glass patrol]

Sleep chain with Serena

[half bone]

who should tank then?

[half bone]

...wait, this is a STUPID idea, I'm using Redchu!

Sleep doesn't work!

[glass patrol]

That’s not just a main series thing?

[half bone]

No, it blocks sleep here too.

[glass patrol]

thats actuallly crazy

ok show available units then

[leaden wraith]

Prioritize showing boosted units matching with the boost first

[glass patrol]

I mean you have chase

That’s a pretty easy solution by itself

[half bone]

Been trying to save what I can. I would have to ditch him next stage.

[glass patrol]

Do you plan to actually use chase sometime later or it’s just maybe I’ll need him

[leaden wraith]

You can try flinching route

[half bone]

The latter, don't know the future opponents.

[glass patrol]

Cuz isn’t chase a special boi

[leaden wraith]

Is your boost Battle Facility Foe? Sorry i havent kept up with the conversation

[half bone]

Yeah, that was what I got stuck with for the free one.

[glass patrol]

I don’t think chase really solves a lot of conditions does he he’s a strong support but for special and he paralyze and heal that’s about it for gimmicks

[leaden wraith]

Keep looking for better boosts in the shop, then. For now i recommend going for flinching route

[half bone]

Who fits for that? I think SS Lyra conflicts with Redchu so...

[glass patrol]

technically even accerola is good enough just need the rng

[leaden wraith]

Any flincher with good chance works fine

For the tank, uss some tech lile BP Erika, Whitney, James..., basically who has good sustainability

[half bone]

What about Darach?

and my worry is more the constant defense buffs.

[bronze aspen]

Are all stages rehashes of existing ones?

[leaden wraith]

Yes

[leaden wraith]

Its not an issue at all

Red always crits

[bronze aspen]

That's a neat way of recycling stages

[hasty marlin]

Defense buffs are ignored by crits. Just a reminder.

[half bone]

Ah.

[leaden wraith]

Thorton can work like a flinch and a tank. Or SS Misty with defense buffs for herself +evasion

Lucy also works with regen + poison/trap slowly deal dmg

[half bone]

Ah... No wonder, I thought attack was raised up when using Max move with the Attack to the Max boost but nope, it just boosts damage with attack.

[leaden wraith]

For battles like this, grid TM MPR

[half bone]

Well, what should I give up for it then? Sync move power?

Attack to the MAX?

I need 9 total points

...Wait ,I can get extra energy too from the energy cap up stuff.

[leaden wraith]

https://ng-pomatools.web.app/pairs/2/2500?s=5&l=140&r=5&p=0&a=0&g=AAECAwQFBggLDQ8QEx0gIyUn

You can try this

[half bone]

this with the energy cap up?

[simple frost]

if you see it at -energy, then it'll require an energy cap up. If not, then its 60 energy o/

[quaint star]

It's just me, but I think Battle Facility Foe is a decent upgrade outside of no field/sprint

[half bone]

ah. So I can sneak in some more then?I've got 602k orbs right now.

[half bone]

I mean, there's, like, one option for those.

each.

[quaint star]

I don't even have Palmer and Argenta

[half bone]

but yeah, would spending for extra energy be worth it? To get a sync move boost?

[leaden wraith]

You can remove Paralysis Synergy 1 and replace with something else

I wouldnt recommend raising energy cap, Red totally doesnt need more energy

[half bone]

Jesus christ, it hasn't given me another theam or type boost once.

[leaden wraith]

Felt you, during my last week i couldnt get a good theme till A8

[half bone]

...Oh jesus christ, this is going to suck.

STrike/field and I need the bonus chance... but I'm facing a one-shotting setup if I don't get grassy terrain down.

So much resetting needed now...

Resetting to avoid attack move, MP regen, AND quad-queue.

I need all three of those at once.

Okay, this does not work.

[simple frost]

what about damage boosts? Crit Boosts? D:

[half bone]

There is NOTHING.

[simple frost]

If all else fails, Hard mode is there.

[half bone]

Current opponents.

Cynthia gets one-shot if Grassy Terrain is up.

And two-shot if it isn't.

and even with buffs, Red barely does any damage.

[hasty marlin]

Stage number?

[simple frost]

5

[quaint star]

Damn, 2 hours for 2 stages

[hasty marlin]

Passive 1: Sentry Entry ×2
yeah thatd do it

[half bone]

so basically, Red has become useless now?

In that, if I want both progress and multipliers, I need to get off of him?

[hasty marlin]

you might have to use his special max move as your nuke

worth a try at the least...

[half bone]

He has no way to buff that htough.

[quaint star]

Personally, things would be easier if you just stack the upgrade

[half bone]

No one with the bonus parameters does.

[quaint star]

But you were looking for "better" ones

[hasty marlin]

~~tm ramped up ~~

[half bone]

the upgrade is terrible, it's useless for two of the stages.

I have freaking double sprint field.

[hasty marlin]

it might be a case of taking the bullet and going to hard if you dont wanna commit to anything in shop right now

including any 100pt one-use items, if you think itd get you through this

[half bone]

What is there to comitt to?

[hasty marlin]

whats this one? electric moves?

[simple frost]

Electric Terrain : Power Up

i think

[hasty marlin]

are you planning to use electric at a10?

[half bone]

...I don't know. I have no idea what the stage is.

[hasty marlin]

whats the a10 boosts

[half bone]

I was considering Rei and Aura Cynth.

Strike/Sprint.

[hasty marlin]

and whats the two 100pt food items

[half bone]

half cake and guard chocolat.

[hasty marlin]

either clear it with a food item if you dont think the damage boost would help you progress for a while, or drop to hard

[quaint star]

That assumes he's losing less than 100 by taking Hard mode

[hasty marlin]

the difference is 150

[quaint star]

If it's more than 100, the more reason to get another upgrade

[hasty marlin]

iirc

[simple frost]

oh nevermind. this is Paralysis Power Up.

[hasty marlin]

para power up isnt bad at all

lot of teams can fit para

[half bone]

electric terrain

[simple frost]

Oh its eterrain?

[half bone]

Yes.

[hasty marlin]

rip

[simple frost]

Rip then.

unless you're gonna get SST Red up to A9 or something

[hasty marlin]

im not familiar with the two food items you listed, so unless theyd help you prob should just eat the 150 pts and do hard

IMO

[quaint star]

Personally I'd just stack 3 upgrades on the initial upgrade and get on with the run. I can't be fussed to get any other upgrade, and I have done Facility Foe too

[half bone]

I was planning on doing that. But that's just attack boosting. I need defense.

This is hard mode.

Also, the point of bringing in Akari was to make up for hte point loss earlier by skipping a role.

[hasty marlin]

role skipping isnt that good imo

i never role skip on my runs

[half bone]

It's what I was told to do.

Becasue this god-awful terrible boost doesn't work for sprint or field.

Even hard one shots.

Incineroar one-shot with Flare Blitz.

what am I supposed to do here?

I just gave up and did hard.

was able to power through easier.

still hate how this mode ist reating me though, PLEASE givem e a better bonus in shop.

Oh my god, this has been 6 matches without a type/theme bonus.

[hasty marlin]

speed down isnt... terrible if youre desperate enough for damage... same with spdef up since iirc you said you were gonna use rei and aura cyn most likely for your a10, but still not great

[half bone]

I'm desperate for all stats up, my big issue isn't damage, it's survivability.

[hasty marlin]

sometimes this mode honestly comes down to "interfere and kill or die"

like when i had Strike Support VS Halloween 2023 BC

[half bone]

...NO, I FORGOT TO RESET FOR MOVE POINT REGEN

[hasty marlin]

https://tenor.com/view/viva-pinata-fergy-fudgehog-well-be-back-after-these-messages-well-be-right-back-after-these-messages-we-will-be-right-back-gif-25583779

[half bone]

Redchu's just been made useless for god's sake...

[hasty marlin]

+6 atk missing isnt the worst thing in the world, but it does hinder him a bit

i used him 1/5 without mpr farming when i used him earlier into the mode's lifespan. just saving mp for a10

wasnt too bad in most stages

[quaint star]

I don't even use his TM for area 1 - 9, if I am to use him

[hasty marlin]

surecrit on its own is already really good

[pseudo egret]

that's what I do for most of my 1/1 mprs too

e.g. ssa cynthia

[hasty marlin]

just under 4 hours until i can do my next rally run, so thatll be fun. takes me time to adjust to spring forward anyways

[half bone]

'Hinders'

[hasty marlin]

ssac if i use her early i only press tm if the fight needs that defense. usually it doesnt, and i constantly run a tm mpr grid anyway cause i dont have 3rd copy yet

[half bone]

I'm screwed with the rest of the run at this point.

I don't have a way to help heal Red up.

Or Akari, for that matter. Not without using her limited amount of potions.

[hasty marlin]

if the stage doesnt have much aoe, red can heal himself up in e-terrain

[half bone]

Please let the shop give me a oost that isn't so horribly limited...

FINALLY!

[quaint star]

Great, now you need to spend another 200 before it's better than what you currently have

[half bone]

I don't care, I can actually USE this.

And besides, Battle Facility foe is currently worse than this anyway.

Sprint/Field stage.

[hasty marlin]

i dont care what anyone says about BFF, ill say this:
At least it's not Paldea

cause seriously, the fact that theres a limited-only theme in the pool now is scary

[half bone]

I'm really hoping htey give us some free pairs for that soon.

[quaint star]

Initially I hated BFF, but they also house the chatelaines so I am totally cool with it

[quaint star]

Hold up, they added Paldea? That's troublesome

[half bone]

If I wasn't getting sprint/field constantly, I'd probably be alright with it.

[hybrid abyss]

A10 Thorton
NCLeaf:

[hasty marlin]

The rule seems to be any theme that skillgear can get, can be a boost here.

and i already have rolled paldea gears.

so

[normal python]

Hopefully, today will give me a good set of role bonuses

Lowkey want the one that is full of field bonus roles

[hasty marlin]

if i get a paldea theme run ill prob have to hope its field bias so i can use geeta early

[quaint star]

That was fun. Red galore

[normal python]

https://tenor.com/view/hail-yeah-michael-groth-mandjtv-oh-yeah-clapping-gif-20544488

And hopefully I get good upgrades from the shop like Kanto and/or other types like fire and electric

[hasty marlin]

im looking on twitter right now at the bias ones and the sprint bias of D2 is prob the worst for me. at least D3-B doesn't break ssac+ncrosa.

both field biases i can do meanwhile

i like maps where its like this at the end, makes it very easy to have a starting point for my home stretch teams

[quaint star]

We still don't have a Field + Support yet, right?

[half bone]

This does put a smile on my face.

[hasty marlin]

VThorton

[normal python]

The only one who has those roles is V. Thorton

[quaint star]

Hard nope that one

[hasty marlin]

https://i.imgur.com/5QmtI2K.png from pins

[quaint star]

I ain't gonna be caught pulling for variety outside of mix banner

[hasty marlin]

still sad that calem didnt get to have field just cause they wanted to give the frogs eachothers roles

[half bone]

I think the game is applogizing.

[hasty marlin]

crit boost!

[half bone]

And sale on Kanto Boost.

[normal python]

Kanto and Crit Power Up?

[hasty marlin]

you win

[normal python]

Holy fuck

[half bone]

AND this is on stage 8.

[hasty marlin]

do we have a translation of this part of the twitter infographic btw?

[half bone]

I'd say that the inal area might be a problem with Kanto boost... but at that point,I can just use NC Red for the third slot alongside Aura Cynth and Rei.

[simple frost]

whose your A10 fights though?

[hasty marlin]

i cant think of a reason why you cant keep ncblue in for 8910

[quaint star]

Google translate is such a convenience. At least you get a gist of what the message is about

[half bone]

strike/sprint, most likely.

[quaint star]

Zenbumier is the See-all-google or whatever the 300 point is

[half bone]

well, I say, most likely, it's guarenteed, I more mean I dont' knwo who the final opponent is.

[hasty marlin]

what the heck is zenbumier lol. either way thanks

[quaint star]

#1009564564821639379 message

[hasty marlin]

ah

[simple frost]

All Seeing Binoculars

or w/e

[quaint star]

"Please note that the stage contents are probably random, so only the roles are listed."
Translates to
"We are sorry you have to deal with Anabel and Palmer. Better luck next time"

[hasty marlin]

im trying to think actually if i have any combos that have no anabel answers now... how many times does she set sun again?

assuming killing by 2nd sync

just twice or?

[quaint star]

Pretty sure she sets it post-sync

I think the more annoying part is she also requires debuffs. 2 debuffs infact, before you can start doing damage

She takes Latias gimmick and makes it even harder

[half bone]

Daraoch?

what does it mean by 'field effect'?

does it just mean 'have something like Fighting Zone/Sandstorm/electric terrain up constantly?

[hasty marlin]

Fluid Fortification first thoughts for Anabel
Strike: Geeta, NCBlue, SSGladion (partial)
Tech: Cerena, SSTRed
Support: Cerena, NCBlue
Field: Geeta, SSTRed
Sprint: SSGladion (partial)

Weather for Anabel/Argenta
Strike: BP Candice, NC Silver soon
Tech: Irida, Anni Raihan
Support: Ingo, NCalem
Sprint: NC Silver soon
Field: NY Wallace? Wait that's the sun.

[hasty marlin]

any weather terrain zone

[half bone]

Ah.

So Aura Cynth is his kryptonite.

[hasty marlin]

yyyyup, or sstred with exr honestly

[half bone]

or any terrain setter.

[half bone]

Strike Sprint.

He's out.

[hasty marlin]

easy, NC Silver

[hasty marlin]

anyway ima go to my rally planning doc and properly document my options for the gimmicks

[half bone]

Does he constnatly reset it at 1/5?

[simple frost]

Ohhh you've got this o_o

[hasty marlin]

nc silver with base extension lasts most of the fight already, since hes ontype

[simple frost]

what's your Upgrades?

[hasty marlin]

at most one extra sand set might be wanted

just sync with him second

[simple frost]

2 Crit + 2-3 Kanto?

[half bone]

Yeah.

[simple frost]

SST Red will devour this guy.

[half bone]

Strike Sprint.

[quaint star]

Field effect just means anything from WTZ to stealth rocks

[simple frost]

damn youu used Akari already.

Dark Damage Zone would've been really nice.

[half bone]

Yeah, and I couldn't keep her up since the zone before last was tech/support.

[quaint star]

I mean, he has the kanto. Shouldn't be hard

[simple frost]

who else you've got?

truth be told, i try not to use my EXR units until the very end .-.

[half bone]

How's this?

[simple frost]

TTar? Hmm

should work

[half bone]

If not, I can always just do Aura Cynth with Rei.

[simple frost]

try it for now

[hasty marlin]

if you have aura cyn open id put her over ncblue

aside from that

[half bone]

Kanto bonus

[hasty marlin]

oh wait kanto right

mb

go ahead and try

should be win anyway

lot of damage there

[simple frost]

If you're gonna use Aura Cynthia; SST Red can still play.

or NC Red

[half bone]

As Silver said: There.

Not too bad for being strangled for bonuses for half the run.

...This is next time. The ride never ends...

Steel bonus too.

At least there's options.

[simple frost]

Flying boost also works

I'd run Riley / Steel or Flying / Event Victor

and Riley goes to Area 2 with another body

[half bone]

I can show hte reost again if needed.

[simple frost]

i think you've got it.

the problem will be Area 6 :x

That Infinite Fighting Zone though looks kind grand though rofl...

[half bone]

The problem is that, the one who would use it most would be Arua Cynth, and she can't use it consistently. Longest run would be from Areas 4 to 7.

If this was a majority support lineup, she'd be in heaven though.

[elfin tendon]

Im gonna try and cook!

[crisp token]

Who says Supports can't be DPS

[lost surge]

9500pts on a cursed role table, feels kinda good. Have i mentioned how much i hate Argenta?

Kartana MasterFair when?

I got kinda lucky with a Bonus stage.

[elfin tendon]

Had to buy one more of each bonus but cooked eventually

[elfin tendon]

A huge problem was darach had healthy healing

Along with its gimmicks meaning i can only sync with SSA Cynthia most of the time

It was a lot harder than it initially sounds

[sudden flower]

First lucky stage

[simple frost]

Looks like sst red but we'll see

[rustic dagger]

honestly very good for electric boost

[crisp token]

Oh yeah

But hey you did it!

[lost surge]

...but why tho?
No stage is worth 7 + 7 boosts, not even remotely

[elfin tendon]

i always buy 5 and i bought 6 sync for fun already

might as well spend 150 over doing hard since i was still struggling a bit with it

[quaint star]

SST Red easy

[lost surge]

i understand 5 of one type but not 5 + another 5 and you actually bought 14 total

[rustic dagger]

sst fucking up stage 8-10 fosho

[lost surge]

triple Tech/Field stage, SST Red for the win

[quaint star]

I got Kalos upgrade. Not the worst one

[elfin tendon]

i mean I knew who i was using stage 10 already and i wanted to try it for fun

[rustic dagger]

he can only benefit from one of the tech field stages sadly

[elfin tendon]

i had fun and got a decent amount of points too

[simple frost]

hum that aint good.

[hasty marlin]

EW BUG GROSS

https://tenor.com/view/filo-rising-of-the-shield-hero-shield-hero-filo-chan-disgusted-gif-17570706621435671032

AND NONE OF THEM MATCH HILBERT

I AM SO SCREWED

lessee, grass moves... fairy moves... galar... thats... not that helpful.

[rustic dagger]

Anti toxin gonna go crazy

[hasty marlin]

especially with field sprint currently on the table

[simple frost]

hopefully its a nice A10 xD

[hasty marlin]

please show me tech support stage 2

PLEASE IM BEGGING YOU

[quaint star]

Lucy : Why won't you get poisoned!?
Us : Hehehe, anti-toxin, girl!

[simple frost]

tbh i haven't used NC Red in A10 at all lol...

[rustic dagger]

I’ll take it

[quaint star]

Damn, 9k. Nice

[rustic dagger]

i had a lot of exr get utilized this run

where lucky stage

havent seen it once

[hasty marlin]

https://tenor.com/view/oh-yes-anime-smirk-nico-yazawa-love-live-gif-16442826

i can handle that map

[daring peak]

Multiple results found

Kukui & Lycanroc
Olivia & Lycanroc
Paulo & Lycanroc

[hasty marlin]

sorry had to check kukuis spelling^

[rustic dagger]

you could technically use sst red for 8 stages in a row while getting bonus