Battle Rally

[severe bronze]

geeta for def debuff

[austere cipher]

true bud.

[severe bronze]

even paulo can tank a bit with slight boost

[timid hound]

Paulo king

[austere cipher]

He's really good, thinking of rolexing him first over geeta / silver.

but there's my luck of getting anabel a10 on set e2.
like 90% of my a10 was anabel

[timid hound]

I haven't caked him yet but I think about it too

[crisp token]

I don't think I've gotten Argenta or Darach yet as VH10

It's been like 80% Palmer/Anabel

[timid hound]

I have a healthy mix

[crisp token]

And that 1 time I got Lucy

[timid hound]

Lucy is such a free win

I love it

[crisp token]

Ok I did get Thorton once I remember

But besides that, nada

[crisp token]

You love you see it

[stark dawn]

I havent got either of them yet

[crisp token]

Bruh

That's where all your Lucky Stage luck is going

[stark dawn]

Hey I got 1 yesterday

[crisp token]

Avoiding those 2 illegitimate imbeciles

[crisp token]

Your next 10 BRs will be Palmer

I guarantee it

[stark dawn]

Time to do H

[timid hound]

Palmer is rei check

Are you able to off type palmer with minimal boosts

Like 200%

Sounds difficult

[stark dawn]

200% is already more than if you were fighting the regular UB with no boost

So yes

[timid hound]

Real

But off type tho

[viral loom]

Decent week
If poison didn't suck that much ball I could've gone without having to buy Rival and get a clean 10K

[oak jolt]

Had to play hard Thorton, to not resort on apple cup on vh Anabel on EM set

Even with 3.5x multiplier, hard still nets more than VH with apple cup by playing hard I lose only 350 points as opposed to 500 (with 3.5 multiplier)

Even with maximum multiplier hard still costs less than apple cup

[fair ember]

Hi

Im dealing with lvl 10 Palmer

Which itesms wud be most cost effective if i only hv Riley and SSA Cynthia as core

[leaden wraith]

guard chocolat is very good

[fair ember]

I was wondering if the chocolate cake is useful at all for Piercing Blows

[leaden wraith]

PB doesn't ignore Damage Guard effect

you only have to care about halved damage sync and max move

[fair ember]

Ok !

I try tht first then

[leaden wraith]

i'm not really certain that Guard Chocolat can ensure your team surviving the max move

[fair ember]

I also EX roled Riley for my personal enjoyment

[viral loom]

If it is VH Palmer, I'm not sure that that team would be able to survive the whole fight even with Guard Chocolat

It will most likely reach his 2nd sync

[fair ember]

Mqybe i'll just add some attack multipliers if it still fails

[simple frost]

Iirc, Max Move with +4 sync buffs will hit your protect, and you'll die because you dont have enough HP oof.

[viral loom]

I would lower to Hard before using more than 300 points tho

If you can see beating him with less than 300 points, then sure, but if not, it's a waste if you can beat Hard with no more buffs

[fair ember]

YES

Presynced

Guard choco + SpDef boosted attack + SE boosted attack + 2 dragon boosts

Didnt need guard choco actually, i know next time

[leaden wraith]

[fair ember]

8600 total

[simple frost]

nice 😮

Yeah you dont need guard choco. tbh, he doesnt do a lot of damage before he syncs.

[stark dawn]

Guard Choco is so good

[viral loom]

Guard Chocolate is broken for any stage that doesn't have sync multipliers

And even for those is pretty damn busted

[stark dawn]

It makes any stage a free win

[viral loom]

Does it work with multihit moves? I forgot

Maybe you could still get rekted by that NCSerena stage from her Grass CS

[stark dawn]

idk

[leaden wraith]

It only blocks the first hit if i recall correctly

[simple frost]

It basically lets you get Protect for anything that you do o.o

[normal python]

It reapplies for every move successful

[leaden wraith]

I was answering to multihit moves question

[west abyss]

It only blocks the very first hit

Like Gakon said

[simple frost]

are any of the UB stuff multihitting though?

[stark dawn]

no

[normal python]

Ah

[lost cliff]

with area 10 sprintfield i cant even be too mad at this

[kindred glacier]

wohoo, not a bad score for all the sprints role i got
also i used cynthia throughout the 10 stage, and i roll a 100% attack up fighting field upgrade, how lucky was that haha

[simple frost]

That A7 would've been 600 pts i guess?

or did you use one of your double role sync pairs for it?

(for 750 pts)

[kindred glacier]

i think i used a double role for that

[simple frost]

gj regardless o/

[oak jolt]

I would say that is probably better to just buy very few boosts and eventually do A10 hard instead of buying lots of buffs

Maybe just buy extra buffs if a particular stage is too hard to deal with

[stiff flume]

Having a single theme at 300% is enough for most A10 stages (unless you're new to the game)
Anabel may be the only issue if you don't have key units like ssKris/ncSerena and it's worth moving on Hard to avoid spending too much

[glass patrol]

Let us eat cake

Let them eat cake

[glass patrol]

I mean yeah people have done it all no boost but it’s how hard do you wanna make it

[frail raptor]

If I have ex fairy theme 100% and ground theme 300% and I use a fairy unit but not a ground unit, which boost do I get?

[stiff flume]

Just the 100%

The theme need to be activated by a unit after all

If you don't have any matching unit with that theme, then it's not activated

[gentle maple]

I've been using only the base upgrade or getting another one of one level if the base upgrade is bad and going all the way to a10

Sometimes ultra jelly is on a10 and the UB isn't that hard anymore

[fallow fjord]

i think nows a good time to candy nc rosa

[sudden hull]

just go hard unless you really like rosa

also check the shop

[fallow fjord]

no perm weather effects in shop welp

[sudden hull]

oh you dont have weather

[fallow fjord]

i do have ss kris ill just yolo with him and maxed out nc red or sumn

[sudden hull]

i thought the debuffs would be the issue

[fallow fjord]

o that too

[sudden hull]

well nc red says lol to fluid fortification

but you still need to change weather

[fallow fjord]

yea hmm ss kris it is then

[fallow fjord]

had to get lucky mp pot refreshes man those bulldozes hit hard

[hybrid abyss]

yes.

[lone rose]

anyone stuck on the electric weakness stage

I think its area 5

[sudden hull]

is it kris hop and lucas

[simple frost]

Sst red and aura Cynthia stage?

[sudden hull]

well they never elaborated

so i cant really say

[stray ravine]

electric weak is as generic as it gets, there are lots lol

[sudden hull]

yeah but theres only one that people tend to get stuck on

[stray ravine]

well, I've seen some things in this server so it's better not to assume

[sudden hull]

i said tend to for a reason

but tbh theres some pretty gross elec stages

siebold and aaron come to mind

annoying af gimmicks

[half bone]

to confirm, SST Red is good to use from Area 2 to 9 with this layout, right?

[sudden hull]

yes

[tame forge]

Dude

Area 2 beating my ass somehow haha

They don't even have defensive passives I'm so confused

Steven deoxys doing pisspoor damage

[leaden wraith]

what is that stage?

[tame forge]

Sc steven boss with metagross

I can screenshot the document I was looking at it

[leaden wraith]

you need to debuff / snatch his buffs

[tame forge]

Yeah I'm using viola to debuff stats

[glass patrol]

Dont wise entry

[tame forge]

Dragon buff doesn't help much I was hoping to switch before spending tokens

[leaden wraith]

Viola doesn't help much

do you have CIris or Leon Alt?

[tame forge]

They have wise entry yes

[glass patrol]

Then nazeiwah anata

Why use

[tame forge]

Deoxys? I was carrying him from double boost last stage

And nah no ciris or leon

I'll try something else

[glass patrol]

If 2x

Use it as support

[simple frost]

perhaps, Grimsley? :o?

[glass patrol]

No one does it

But it’s not bad

[simple frost]

for stealing buffs

[glass patrol]

Can even speedrun

[leaden wraith]

unless the current role bonuses are tech / support, i suggest replacing Deoxys

to free up the slot for more useful pair

[glass patrol]

Put some respect on my mans’ support capability

[tame forge]

Steven is just 1.5 now, he was 2.0 on area 1, it just felt bad discarding him cause he'll be 1.5 for uh 4 more stages

[timid hound]

Maximize role bonuses

I would've used him A1

[tame forge]

I think if I ex the hoenn guy I might presync

[tame forge]

2.0 too tempting

I was even conservative, could have used leaf too

[timid hound]

Real

I get where you're coming from

[tame forge]

Yeah support steven and sydney managed

Haha sydney so easy to use he feels like a modern unit in that regard

[timid hound]

Sydney falls into that niche of "DPS role but for some reason has utility and heal"

(pretend this is akari)

[lost cliff]

You're doing dps with sidney?

https://tenor.com/view/you-guys-are-getting-paid-gif-20686662

[timid hound]

Anything goes in rally

I've tanked with norman, did dps with nita, and used Cynthia support

Anything goes in Rally

[tame forge]

Nuke

But honestly

On type at least brutal swing aint awful for sides

Not for something like ub ofc

Ah yes I got an alternative to dragon boost

Bug boost

[timid hound]

Why use Sidney for nuke when you can use him for SHY5

[tame forge]

[lost cliff]

using sidney as nuke
using sidney as dps
using sidney as potion bot
using sidney as confusion enabler
using sidney as gauge battery

[tame forge]

Battle rally so fun

Wasn't expecting to use an old ahh unit today

[timid hound]

You're so real

[timid hound]

Rally forcing me to use units unconventionally is so fun

Or units I wouldn't use otherwise

Norman tank is legit y'all

[tame forge]

[austere cipher]

#battlerallyenjoyer

[tame forge]

Let dena cook

[austere cipher]

[timid hound]

Rally is the kitchen

[sudden hull]

sidney dps is actually pretty good

cs10 on brutal swing unironically makes it a fairly strong aoe dps option

[prisma gyro]

Lucy is tough. At 1 champion boost this team doesn't finish fast enough (the other boost is gym leader), and then sst and victor either die to 2nd sync or the nidoking's sludge wave after.

[sudden hull]

thats a really bad role combo

im assuming you dont have archer?

[prisma gyro]

No archer, the freebie scout gave me ariana which i used in area 8

[sudden hull]

wait

what exactly is the issue

i just saw hes 3/5 so you should be able to keep speed neutral at least

[prisma gyro]

I slap every sync multiplier on sst red and can only get lucy to yellow before dying, not to mention the sides

[timid hound]

How are you dying to lucy

Homegirl does no DMG

Just LS Antitoxin

Do you have rolex sstred

2/5 min

If so grid for shocking slowdown

Now she'll really do no dmg

[prisma gyro]

Everyone has antitoxin. But her 2nd sync deals a lot of damage, somehow. Maybe it critted

[timid hound]

She truly does no dmg to me so maybe

What's your team

[prisma gyro]

Bottom right

[timid hound]

You shouldn't be dying

Big weird

[leaden wraith]

you have to debuff her speed or she will nuke you

[timid hound]

Grid shocking slowdown on sstred

[sudden hull]

but sst is 3/5 so that shouldnt be an issue right

[leaden wraith]

Speed ↑: Moves ↑ 9: Powers up the user's moves when its Speed is raised.
Speedster's Sync 9: Powers up the user’s sync move when its Speed is raised.

This is no joke

[timid hound]

Just check you have that

Shocking slowdown tile

[leaden wraith]

yup, shouldn't be

[prisma gyro]

Already

[sudden hull]

ok but like this team was able to do lucy and it was like the freest a10 ever it shouldnt be hard with 3/5 sst of all things

also yeah rip points but eh

it was back when i didnt know what i was doing

[timid hound]

I really don't know what can go wrong

If you're already debuffing her speed and antitoxon

She is paralyzed right

Cuz shocking slowdown requires it

[prisma gyro]

Maybe i was unlucky and got critted

[timid hound]

Maybe, have another go at it

[sudden hull]

if ur sst is 3/5

[prisma gyro]

Yeah, will give it a couple of tries

[sudden hull]

go tm max b move

assuming you gridded max conductivity

[timid hound]

Yeah para them asap

[sudden hull]

actually

max tm b move

cuz u want them paralyzed asap yeah

[timid hound]

Yeah you need to para them asap to get shocking slowdown going

[prisma gyro]

Even with shocking slowdown and mudshot I couldn't get her to -6 speed for cakewalk

[sudden hull]

you dont need -6

she only has 360k hp

[prisma gyro]

But the last tries were also at around 2am so i might not have been at my best

[sudden hull]

the big problem is probably the sides cuz they use earthquake and have phat hp and if u get to second sync they get guaranteed crits

[prisma gyro]

Oh so that's why the sludge wave after 2nd sync did so much damage

[sudden hull]

yeah instead of dh+ all its sure crit

[timid hound]

Wait really

Lucy is evil

[leaden wraith]

she knows everyone is gonna using Antitoxin

[sudden hull]

she also has 2 endures

80% and 40%

[timid hound]

Well one of them is 80% so you can probably just b volt tackle that one

It's not like she has particularly high HP

[sudden hull]

yeah she doesnt but 80% endure is annoying

[timid hound]

I suppose

[prisma gyro]

Stt doesn't deal a lot of damage either. Each b move does like a slither. Like half a milimeter

[timid hound]

I wanna try this out

Let us do Rally DeNa

[gentle maple]

They should just let us have infinite tries at rally with no medal gained if we don't have a pass

[simple frost]

Ye i kinda want rally without drops or so we can rest xd

Err test stuff

[timid hound]

Same

[tame forge]

Or just gib other stuff like sync orbs now that we can expand energy

[timid hound]

I'm all for that

[wary kayak]

I thought Rally already gives boatloads of orbs

[stray ravine]

it does, 100k

[timid hound]

More!

[wary kayak]

Suppose I can't argue with that sentiment

[timid hound]

But I really just wanna play Rally more

I genuinely enjoy this mode and daresay this is the best mode in PMEX to date

[wary kayak]

I really would not have expected "let's make a Roguelike out of PokéMasters" to work at all, let alone this well

[timid hound]

I think that's what they had intended for Villa what with the "9 pairs only + mp hp carry over" mechanics

But the lack of variability and ngl the enemies were easy af made it susceptible to be cleared with the bare minimum

[obsidian sentinel]

My main issue is that when it comes to stages like Sinnoh CS it's really unclear what the gimmicks are, so it's hard to rogue it if you don't know the stage

[lone rose]

nah its the one with NY Lance

[austere cipher]

volo & togepi as a field / support would be nice

[lone rose]

NY Lance and 2 ace trainers

[austere cipher]

YES

[sudden hull]

oh that shouldnt be an issue then

[timid hound]

More field pairs coming

Slowly tackling the curse called Sprintfield one sync pair at a time

[simple frost]

Still waiting for Sprint + Field combo for real :x

[timid hound]

Is that Volo? I haven't gotten a chance to look at datamine

[leaden wraith]

Volo is Field Tech

[severe bronze]

wally is over

we bolo

[sudden hull]

well we got 2

[severe bronze]

[leaden wraith]

https://tenor.com/view/volo-pokemon-hisui-legends-arceus-ginkgo-gif-14127291317977605109

[sudden hull]

c.elesa and ss may

[severe bronze]

more base field but not base sprint

[simple frost]

I mean a base Sprint + EX Role : Field
or a base Field Sync Pair with EX Role Sprint

[quaint star]

I was thinking if I should bother with Lysandre now that he has a cake, but then I remember Rei

[austere cipher]

| sync pair                   | exr       |
| Sygna Suit May & Blaziken   | 'Sprint'  |
| Lysandre & Yveltal          | 'Sprint'  |
| Archie & Kyogre             | 'Tech'    |
| Emma & Crobat               | 'Support' |
| Elesa (Classic) & Emolga    | 'Sprint'  |
| Sygna Suit Red & Charizard  | 'Tech'    |

I might go for may next month coz tech + sprint + fav

[timid hound]

The fk

[quaint star]

Emma being support

[timid hound]

Yveltal sprint weirdge but ok lol

[austere cipher]

yes

[timid hound]

Kinda random

[sudden hull]

wait i thought ss may was spriny

[timid hound]

I expected support

[quaint star]

Birb flying at hihg speed

[sudden hull]

ss may being strike actually sucks so much what the fuck

[timid hound]

Ok but that birb can tank

Well whatever a sprint regardless

[severe bronze]

may get sprints in absol pastebin

[sudden hull]

yeah thats why im@confused

cuz this dude said its strike

but strike ss may is actually so bad

[severe bronze]

actually our second tech/sprint units after archer

[sudden hull]

cuz her def debuffs are st

[severe bronze]

[sudden hull]

so its gonna be a pain setting that up

[austere cipher]

I am confusion kek

[sudden hull]

its actually c elesa

[plush anchor]

Yeah I was about to say May strike?

[sudden hull]

ss may is third

[severe bronze]

oh wait right

[sudden hull]

if we’re going by release dates

[plush anchor]

Still cool but I swear i read sprint

[sudden hull]

nah its not cool

[severe bronze]

celesa also tech sprint

[sudden hull]

ss may getting strike just actively doesnt make sense

much like how cerena wouldnt have benefitted much from strike exr

[plush anchor]

I Cerena would actually benefit a bit more

[austere cipher]

I dk why but I only copy the one I sent you earlier which is sprint lemao

[plush anchor]

Not that I am complaining

[austere cipher]

[plush anchor]

Lmao

[sudden hull]

not really

setting up power play on three targets with cerena alone is awful

[timid hound]

Honestly

[sudden hull]

assuming you dont just kill them with shuriken outright

[timid hound]

This is why we need a Support with Team Power Play or Team Rising Tide

[sudden hull]

support or sprint were her only real options

[timid hound]

[plush anchor]

Sides usually don't need that much focus like mid do
Plus you can always use a comp that can compliment them

[plush anchor]

Team rising tide

[sudden hull]

i mean that kinda goes back to assuming that water shuriken doesnt just kill them outright

which is a real possibility cuz that shit hits hard

[plush anchor]

Do you understand what you're creating

[austere cipher]

field + sprint / support + dream

[plush anchor]

It's for HSE Rerun
Strike to delete sides

[austere cipher]

Volo : hold my Passive 2: Business Opportunity

[timid hound]

Yes

The new age of supports

Now everyone gets to be a sync nuke

Team Critical Strike 9

Team Piercing Blows

This is the future

[plush anchor]

That's the weapon AZ created in the history of Kalos

[timid hound]

Damn that's why DeNa has him locked up in their basement

With Summer Cynthia

That's also where they locked up MY LUCKY STAGE REEEEEEE

[plush anchor]

Summer Cynthia

[austere cipher]

summer n fall cynthia

[timid hound]

Christmas Cynthia

[oblique breach]

What about Team Vigilance

[plush anchor]

We don't have enough Cynthia's

[timid hound]

Just use jasmine tm

[lone rose]

Kinda is, idk

For me at least

Shop ain't good either

[simple frost]

hum so definitely going to be Blaziken with a Sprint Cake, and SS Red with Tech, mostly cuz i've got a Tech cake hum.

[simple frost]

Emma Support is kinda nice o.o/

[quaint star]

I used her to tank in one rally

[timid hound]

Same

[summer ingot]

Quick question : is it better eat a points loss on last stage by using out of score role or take a lesser hard stage with bonus score?

[simple frost]

VH clear is 600 (assuming you have 2 matching roles), and you have 3 matching roles in Hard, which is only 500 points, VH still better.

You can check the pins for clearing a stage with your matching role bonuses

[summer ingot]

Is it worth to get severe sundae to beat vh Anabel? My boost is for support+sprint. Don't have any that reduce stats that are either support or sprint. I think entei has fluid fortification and needs to be debuffed.

[simple frost]

what's your team + upgrades?

Entei basically needs to debuffed, rebuffed and change weather.

[summer ingot]

Got 2x johto boost

Is this possible with severe sundae? Or does entei buff itself too much or lucario can't take much hits from entei?

[simple frost]

No NC Serena?

[summer ingot]

Don't have her. I do have caked leaf. But used her already in area 5.

[simple frost]

Hmm i think you could do it with like the Sundae + 1 more boost.

The prpoblem is no rebuff from anywhere.

[summer ingot]

Yea, my only rebuff unit left is probably Articuno. But it's not bonus score here

[simple frost]

whose your Hard fight?

[summer ingot]

Hard is argenta. Need rebuff there as well.

[simple frost]

Articuno's probably better, with just the Severe Sundae.

no SS Kris either?

[summer ingot]

Replace shiny gren with Articuno and try Anabel?

I do have ss kris. She would be good for Anabel. But cynthia gets double boost.

Want to use cynthia for 2x score boost. Need to use johto coz johto upgrade. Silver probably my best johto. Unless shiny Hooh is better somewhere.

[simple frost]

anything else in shop to help?

outside of Severe Sundae?

[summer ingot]

Rock Moves up, alola upgrade, super effective upgrade, attack jelly

[simple frost]

Attack Jelly is like what, 300% boost?

[summer ingot]

200%

[simple frost]

oh hum

its tough, you're gonna have to use a rebuff of some kind

who else are your rebuffers?

outside of NC Red i mean

[summer ingot]

Genesect(1/5), Articuno(3/5), Shiny gardevoir(1/5), Shiny stoutland(2/5), coalassol(5/5)

[leaden wraith]

Articuno, Tyranitar and Lucario should handle hard Argenta easily

[simple frost]

yeah you're gonna have to spend a bunch of points just to clear VH Anabel 😭

[summer ingot]

You were right. Argenta folded easily without any further point spend. Dispute rain and psychic terrain.

[rapid notch]

Should I get exr for silver for r10

[leaden wraith]

If you want to, it's highly advised

Any additions to field / sprint are appreciated

[rapid notch]

It's either him or ssdawn and i want that x2 multiplier

So it's gotta be him

Do you think electric or unova upgrade is better for this run?

[leaden wraith]

Electric, imo

[potent crest]

[rapid notch]

Anabel r10

Would silver's entry sandstorm and sync sandstorm be enough?

[prisma gyro]

Cleared BR for this week. I posted this earlier today. Turns out I just need to not die to Lucy's 2nd sync. Max guard from victor helped.

Probably could have been easier if i bought the attack jelly, but oh well, saved that 100 extra rally points

[grizzled gale]

Anabel sets up Sun on entry and after syncing, so if you can beat her before her second sync, then two sand procs is fine

The bigger problem is the stat debuffs imo

[rapid notch]

Hmm...

NCSILVER SSTRED NCBLUE

All 3/5 EXR

3x electric boost and 1x rival boost

[grizzled gale]

That might work, both NC Blue and SST Red can debuff with each hit

[rapid notch]

Also a whopping 800% power boost

[tame forge]

Ss hilda support cake let's go

Another rally goat

[karmic wraith]

free boost was fighting type and rei had a bonus from stages 5-10 and the last vh stage was palmer, omega blessed rally

[tame forge]

https://tenor.com/view/kronk-its-all-coming-together-gif-15058130

When you saw palmer show up

[potent crest]

I had the same last round

[tame forge]

I got argenta with tech strike

3x kalos boost

I was planning on using nc red and irida, any suggestions? red is caked

[karmic briar]

Any caked frog?

[tame forge]

Serena ye

I have calem but 💀

I tried using her but she doesn't have much hp left and dies rather quick

[karmic briar]

Who do you have on hard?

[tame forge]

Palmer

Can probably beat it just fine with Rei / nc red and some gauge helper

[sudden hull]

nc red and irida is more than capable

[tame forge]

She's hitting me pretty hard tbh

Ig low boost

Took me a while to get something different than dragon

[craggy helm]

A struggling against area 6

[sudden hull]

thats a palentine’s stage?

whats the gimmick

[craggy helm]

Use Physical moves

[stark dawn]

yeah it might be the pal elesa stage

[sudden hull]

thats probably palentines 23 then

but uh

is it really that hard

i dont remember it at all

tech support should be pretty simple to build for

idk what that region boost is but you could probably do something like kukui bertha support

[craggy helm]

Johto upgrade bc my rock types be crying

[sudden hull]

er

ok

that makes it a lot harder then

[mild notch]

i'm facing a glacia froslass rn and have no idea what her weaknesses are

i'm in a field/sprint round

might just go hard in this round

[sudden hull]

fire

and you have to replace hail

[mild notch]

yeah too much i reckon

it's better to just use my 3 bonuses on hard

[sudden hull]

no ny wallace?

[mild notch]

nopes

skipped him

regrets

[sudden hull]

maybe do hard then

cuz she has 30% more defense if hail is active and heavy hail 5

so big ouchie

[hybrid abyss]

unless you got a sprint/field pair that can set weather, she's a no go

[grizzled gale]

Two matching roles on VH gets you more points (600) then 3 matching roles on H (500 points)

Just do two field / sprint pairs and the third one something else

SS Morty is a Johto pair that can change the weather

[craggy helm]

Squeaked by this battle, falkner living on like 1 HP….

[timid hound]

Focus sash

[sudden hull]

why did you go lucian?

and not like

darach?

[timid hound]

Could be e4 boost or psychic boost

[craggy helm]

Darch has a self damaging move + he's not grided well lucian is EX + sync nuke grid

[sudden hull]

its johto + rock

[sudden hull]

even if you were worried about recoil using him wouldve been a lot easier

[craggy helm]

Does it really matter in the end? I beat the stage

[sudden hull]

no not really but if you ever get that combo you have a better option just saying

[languid citrus]

If I’ve got a rally preset that has tech/support combo early and a repeat later on, is it better to save the pairs in the case of a lucky stage?

[leaden wraith]

if your tech/support combo pairs are good and able to carry, like NC Serena, it's better to save them for the later fight

[grizzled gale]

Generally, I would save your EXR pairs for the later fight. If you have 3 EXR pairs, i would use one earlier and the other two later to allow more team flexibility, unless at least one of them happens to fit your theme bonus.

I have run into some situations where I have two EXR pairs that don't work well together, and then the third pair has to both fit my theme bonus and whatever the stage gimmick is, which can be difficult.

[languid citrus]

What the actual fuck

[gentle maple]

Still better than none

[languid citrus]

True true

[timid hound]

Sprintfield strikes again

[simple frost]

NC Zapdos that early :o?

whose your A10 Role Bonus?

[languid citrus]

Strike/sprint. I’m fine using Zapdos now. He isn’t really gonna help later on. I’m chugging along fine (I’m on 8 now)

[potent crest]

Which pair do you generally try to save for round 10

[quaint star]

April cannot come soon enough. I am out of cakes at the moment

[plush anchor]

thing about april
You gonna have 5 Mondays
Meaning you will probably wait even longer next month

Or the month after (due to accumulation of points)

[timid hound]

Good ones

[karmic briar]

Thx god april having 5 Mondays means we need 7800 each Monday to get cake vouchers+5* gold ppu+sync orbs

[potent crest]

Is it worth taking sync orbs after taking cake vouchers?

[hasty marlin]

Yes.

100k orbs is like a hundred events

Or something like that

https://tenor.com/view/egghead-wheeze-gif-21913561

And we are in an era where a million orbs is honestly not enough for everything anymore

Each pair fully maxed is like almost 110k total now. Don’t know the exact number for a 70 energy + sidegrids pair like the LA ones with pb grids

[timid hound]

Me who's not unlocking every expanded grid known to mankind and having no sync orb issues

[hasty marlin]

Even with just favs it’s still a lot for pairs

I went from thinking 120k was enough to bring fucking broke

[timid hound]

120k is peanuts no offense

I have 980k

Now I have 9.8k

[hasty marlin]

Yeah but I didn’t have a massive stockpile before the feature dropped

[timid hound]

Yeah

[hasty marlin]

The features cost came out of left field for me

And it’s 100% why they gave us so many orbs here

They knew we would be whining for orbs otherwise

Honestly thank you dena for that foresight

[potent crest]

Cool! Will take it

[timid hound]

It's fine, I'm sure this means DeNa will release a sync orb level with more orbs

R-right?

[oak jolt]

Personally I'm just expanding the ones that really need the extra energy to fit an important tile

[timid hound]

Same

I'm definitely not going trigger happy with it

[plush anchor]

The ones that match 2.0 / best of the roles necessary

[plush anchor]

Definitely will be getting 100k orbs

With this new sync cap
My orbs plummeted lol.

[half bone]

Question, is Aura Cynth good to use from 7 onward here?

Yes, she has EX role

[simple frost]

She could.

[timid hound]

You could

[potent crest]

Is there any way to know future rounds without using scope

[half bone]

There's a calculator. Check pins.

[timid hound]

You only know the patterns tho — what stage it could be is completely up to chance unless you buy the binoculars in shop

[stark dawn]

Knowing the stages doesnt really matter

[timid hound]

UB

[stark dawn]

Except round 10 but like, fuck it we ball

Just save a good carry lol

[timid hound]

Anyways, with that being said, it'd be wise to exercise some restraint when choosing your pairs

You'd like to keep some common counters to A10 just in case you encounter them

Eg:
Palmer → fighting type
Anabel/Argenta → weather setter/rebuff applicators
Lucy → horse

[simple frost]

Having access to recursive field effects for Darach too o/

[plush anchor]

Just Yolo like I do

Go big

Or go home

Embrace the gacha lifestyle

[potent crest]

Ohh okk

[stiff flume]

The only ones I really tend to save are ncLeaf and ncSerena if A10 stage has Tech or Support bonus
Other strong units can be dumped early if they give a x2 unless you have a specific theme that require them for A10

But all depend on your pattern, just plan it correctly

[leaden wraith]

I would add NC Blue to that list too, when the A10 has Strike or Support

[stiff flume]

Regarding ncBlue for me it's yes if A10 has strike, but nope if it's support
Bcs I have good backup units, and usually if I get Support, high chances are it will be ssMorty+ncLeaf as core

This month I used ncBlue just 1 time on A10, and two times on early stages for a x2

In the worst scenario you got 150 extra point to buy stuff

[urban ledge]

NC Leaf and Cerena

[onyx wadi]

Hi

[little gate]

how many boosts are people going into floor 10 VH with usually?

[leaden wraith]

1 or 2, personally

[little gate]

Damn I’m awful at this game then lol

trying to make this work without resorting to cerena

[gentle maple]

It's Anabel it's normal

Check your store if u have ultra jelly u probably can clear it

[leaden wraith]

You don't have enough debuffs to counter Anabel

[little gate]

i have the parfait and attack jelly

[leaden wraith]

Also don't buy unnecessary buffs like the paralysis and supereffecitve one

[gentle maple]

Also maybe in the future don't get SDE boost and para boost they are too specific and not generic enough for teams

[little gate]

better to just cut my 0.5x loss with ss serena and go with nc serena for the easier time?

[gentle maple]

Yeah

[little gate]

kk

[gentle maple]

How close are u to clearing Anabel with Serena tho

[little gate]

and region boosts are basically the only thing worth spending points on?

[little gate]

not close at all, the side pairs die easily enough but i'm barely breaking like 80% of anabel's hp

[gentle maple]

Then yeah use serena

[gentle maple]

Region, theme and typings but this also depends on your pool of sync pairs

There are some bad ones in themes obviously like trial givers

[leaden wraith]

If the starting boost is good, buying 1 or 2 more of them is okay so you save points for medal shop. But if the starting boost is bad, you have to look for better ones in every round

[gentle maple]

Mc is one of the best theme btw

[leaden wraith]

Outside of theme boosts, crit power up is the only worthy boost to purchase, the rest is either not good as crit one or very situational

[little gate]

yea i think i got baited by some sales lol
and para was mostly easy enough to land

[gentle maple]

Also wow area 9 lucky area didn't know its possible huh

[little gate]

it was my first time ever seeing one ha

[gentle maple]

This is the go to strategy for most people

[leaden wraith]

Lucky arena can spawn between A2 to A9

[leaden wraith]

Yeah, but some people choose not to buy anything at all to preserve as many points as possible

[gentle maple]

Personally I do 1 boost and try hard to area 10, hope for UB that isn't Anabel or palmer or ultra jelly

[leaden wraith]

Tho it's not recommended to do so if you still love yourself

[gentle maple]

That's me

[leaden wraith]

You insane

[little gate]

what does ultra jelly do?

[gentle maple]

But if it's bad boost I go for other boost obviously

[leaden wraith]

Boosts every stats except HP by 300%

[gentle maple]

300% stat increase

[little gate]

wew, and it's only 100 points?

[leaden wraith]

Yup

[gentle maple]

Also I guess dango is good for palmer since it's a race

[half bone]

still curious on if I should start using SSA Cynthia since I can use a Support/Sprint pair till the end.

[quiet tiger]

If there's no other Sync Pairs with 2x bonuses active go for it if you're sure she can carry you for many battles

[half bone]

She's 3/5

[half bone]

@quiet tiger If that helps.

other option at this point would be NC Rosa.

[simple frost]

like if you get a lot of Sprint Role Bonus on the way up, NC Rosa or Aura Cynthia, with applicable damage dealers can just cut through most of the stages, with 2-3 stat bonuses.
Although, for NC Rosa, if she's going to stay in the team, i'd let someone else tank.

[half bone]

These are the roles coming up

I'm on 7.

[leaden wraith]

i would only use Cynthia on 9 or 10

or 8 if your Field/Sprint are doodoo

[half bone]

Options for Field/Sprint.

[half bone]

@leaden wraith That help explain?

[leaden wraith]

Idk which pairs have been used, what are your boosts and what does A8 look like

So i can't speak much

[glass patrol]

also thats not even the most important part cuz we care more about how many slots are locked for your final clears

for the rolex boosts

[simple frost]

hmm you could run 3 Strike Pairs in Area 1.

then Area 4, you use you Chase + Riley + Maybe Akari.

depends on your boosts, then you can run NC Rosa or Aura Cynthia in Area 7 onward.

[glass patrol]

I'm on 7.

floop

[glass patrol]

floops

[simple frost]

tbh, if you ever get Lucky Stages, you use all your double role bonus that can get you those points xd

[half bone]

Main Character boost, already used Riley and chase.

Victor too.

been using Redchu for much of this runthrough, since he gives boost and fills roles.

[simple frost]

oh you can definitely run NC Rosa Area 7 to 10 if you so wish o.o

but why isn't your NC Rosa isn't EX'd? not enough power ups? xd

[kindred seal]

What are some required units for area 10? I know not to use Rei or SSA Cynthia any earlier. I got Hoenn boost this round

[leaden wraith]

What are the bonus roles on A10?

If the roles don't match Rei or SSA Cynthia at all, don't bother saving them

There is no required units, but you can read this convo for some insights: #1009564564821639379 message

[kindred seal]

Oh good to know. I don't know the roles for 10 yet. I need to beat the first stage or so

[leaden wraith]

Always wait for the roles first before making decision

[sweet mango]

Started with poison bonus but have villain bonus in shop. Which should i go for?

[sudden hull]

definitely villain

its just a much easier bonus to work with overall

[leaden wraith]

Personally i would skip villain and wait for better boosts

[sudden hull]

that too

[simple frost]

that support role bonus track, looks nice 😮

[sweet mango]

when do better boosts appear?

[simple frost]

each time you go up the area, check the shop.

its random though so you're gonna have to check each time

[sudden hull]

just check every time after you beat a br stage

[hasty marlin]

yknow, this is like the best and worst map at the same time

on one hand, i use ALL of my exrs

on the other hand, EXRs are almost all gone by a10

https://tenor.com/view/taiho-shichau-zo-teehee-anime-youre-under-arrest-ova-gif-21342147

idk if i should be happy or upset by it.

[simple frost]

as long as you can get 6k points minimum, i think you're fine o-o/
You'll get enough bodies in early areas to have double role bonus x2 eventually.

[hasty marlin]

my main worry is wtf am i gonna do for a10 with johto of all things.

my johto box for those roles is kinda... ouch

[gentle maple]

That's a good sign it means your bonus points are secured

[hasty marlin]

i can also exr another unit atm, but idk who to do with this roleset

dont think SSTeven is the play this week

unless i get a better boost by then

dont think the two fire types get theirs in time this week so crossed them out

(plus already have strike support covered)

i really wish May got hers this week cause tech sprint is a new combo for me

would exr her in a heartbeat for that reason, but has to wait till like a week from now i think

im thinking the play would be silver if i manage to get him this week

but that assumes my 363 pt pull being him, which i am playing under assumption that it wont be

i almost wonder if the play is to not cake this week and just double sprint cake next week

gonna just put the question in #1217072266878124122 for now

[kindred seal]

Getting rolled hard in this area 3 Penny battle. Need sprint/tech, got Hoenn and grass boost. Steel weak.
Opponent sync is an instant lose

[simple frost]

Post your Hoenn units and your tech/sprints o.o

You'll need rebuff cuz acute senses 8 is very rough ;x

[kindred seal]

Do I need rebuff? The hint only mentions needing confusion or trap

[simple frost]

Statuss Change == Rebuff, Confusion, Trap

otherwise Penny will be harder to kill without it

they also haze your stats too... so if you have NC Rosa, or Impervious units, that's also pretty good.

[kindred seal]

My best run was where both of those failed because of confusion. Still wasn't enough

[simple frost]

it was made for Elaine/Eevee, who could buff the team + confuion,trap,flinch

[leaden wraith]

You can try to flinch

[simple frost]

they dont have Resilience so you can flinch lock them

[kindred seal]

Rebuff seemed to help, but not enough. I do also have Elaine, so maybe worth trying as well

[simple frost]

is she ex roled?

[kindred seal]

Yeah

[simple frost]

for hoenn, i'd use Flannery

sshe's tech and has impervious

for the other, maybe a stat debuffer perhaps?

[kindred seal]

Perhaps something to consider

[leaden wraith]

Elaine, Flannery and a flincher will likely work

[kindred seal]

I see the game still crashes randomly

Does Sandstorm just not hit your allies anymore? I thought that was a Champion Silver perk.

[leaden wraith]

Paulo and V Giovanni also protect allies from sand chip

[kindred seal]

Oh okay

This Cynthia is unwinnable. I'm gonna go down a level as early as area 6

[simple frost]

Cynthia battle? from sinnoh it looks like.

Sinnoh CS rather

[simple frost]

is she weak to dragon or something?

[kindred seal]

Center is ice special weak, sides are grass physical weak. Need to clear sand

[simple frost]

oh crap, that's the BC for Irida & Adaman

[kindred seal]

I already bought my upgrade for this round too and it's not doing anything

[simple frost]

what team were you trying?

May would be really good here if you still have her

[kindred seal]

Oh both! I was wondering who could cover this. No way I'm throwing the top units at this. I need to bring sprint/tech

[simple frost]

May seems like a good choice here for her

[kindred seal]

Like, Swampert?

[simple frost]

yeah

hum she loses her Sentry Entry x2 when she syncss

Generally you really need to turn off the Sandstorm, cuz she becomes a meanie there.

[kindred seal]

I was trying Paulo, Candice, SS Leaf for a bit but it wasn't working

[simple frost]

Uh, Candice is Sinnoh

how many upgrades right now?

[kindred seal]

I want to keep Paulo as long as I can be ause he benefits from all 10 stages

[simple frost]

1 Hoenn + 2 grass?

[kindred seal]

1 Hoenn, 3 Grass

[neon cliff]

Is battle rally supposed to be impossible to complete?

[simple frost]

You'll need a sizeable roster in your disposal tbh

Collect sync pairs, free ones and event ones, and try to get 2 Role Bonuses for points

Eggmons also can count

[neon cliff]

How does 235 sync pairs not including eggmons look?

[simple frost]

looks pretty fine.

You can check the pins for guides

its RNG based so it be a diferent experience everytime.

[hasty marlin]

is expanding to ice worth it?

[simple frost]

which area you on noww? and how many upgrades of Johto have you gotten?

[hasty marlin]

a2, no points spent, as you can see in 2nd image

[simple frost]

I think johto's better tbh.

Unless you're gonna bring Irida into A10 i guess

[hasty marlin]

im kinda worried about a10 with just johto

iridas the main reason why im tempted to expand

[simple frost]

Hmm

if you want to switch, then i guess that's fine.

[hasty marlin]

what would you recommend for a10 options of johto tech/supp with my box, if i stuck with it?

[simple frost]

you'll have to see i guess.

[hasty marlin]

Who’s the weakest johto support here

Lyra? Ghastly Morty?

[hasty marlin]

just gonna use morty cause his kit sounds less useful for gimmick answering

[rapid notch]

How should I utilise my sprint and field?on round 6 rn

[hasty marlin]

since you dont got 6+, id say use either red or geeta here + whoever youd say your 2 weaker sprintfields are here
and use the other of the two i listed on A10 with the remaining + an offrole

likely would be aura cynthia with whichever you save, id imagine

(likely aura+red for a10 id imagine)

[rapid notch]

Is geeta or red strong enough to take on round 10 with apple cup

Boost is 3x unova

[hasty marlin]

with apple cup anyone is lmao

apple cup is easy mode man

[neon cliff]

Where are the guides to this?

[rapid notch]

I've lost with it before lol

[hasty marlin]

shouldnt need cup tho unless its like Anabel

[hasty marlin]

[rapid notch]

My pairs ain't standing a chance

[hasty marlin]

+pins

[hexed patio]

See below on how to check channel pins!
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/957144362624634931/1214245497754091570/Pin.mp4?ex=65f8693e&is=65e5f43e&hm=b9d9e7a1a428377ebb0ef122514359d2405dd3f4e0775c17f2146eb06ca90a67&

[rapid notch]

Without 3/5 none of them are really being super good against ultimate battles anyways

[hasty marlin]

if its darach or lucy you shouldnt ever need cup

[timid hound]

The real guides are the friends we made along the way

[rapid notch]

I'll try ig

[hasty marlin]

aura cyn will make it easier either way since shes gonna make you survive a lot longer there

[rapid notch]

So riley+nywallace now,cynthia r9 and sstred+Geeta r10?

[timid hound]

Who is your UB?

[rapid notch]

Idk

[timid hound]

Oh you're just preplannin

Gotcha

[hasty marlin]

their a6 and a10 are sprintfielded

so

oh god

steel bertha

also im tempted to buy the spatk debuff damage up considering my a6-10 stretch can easily do spatk down

Blue debuffs spatk
May debuffs spatk
Gladion debuffs spatk
Serena can easily
Geeeta can easily
Can easily find a tech to for A5

[neon cliff]

Uhhh so I found it but..

I’m confused

[hasty marlin]

what do you got questions about? what do you not understand about the mode?

[timid hound]

Go for it, cheap +100% DMG

So long you can commit to those pairs

[neon cliff]

So I’m in area 3 of battle rally, but I’m scrolling through here and I’m not understanding where to see what should I use for said opponents. I’m not understanding what this guide is supposed to do

[hasty marlin]

you cant really have a persistent guide for a mode that's a literal roguelike

[rapid notch]

So is this fine

[neon cliff]

Huh?

[rapid notch]

Cynthia won't work for r10 as I need a unova support

[hasty marlin]

this mode's a roguelike spinoff gamemode basically

[timid hound]

Due to the random element of this mode, you can't really have a one size fits all sort of approach

[hasty marlin]

dont use geeta and red together\

period

[timid hound]

You need to work around: 1) what pattern you get 2) what enemies you get 3) what boosts are available 4) your own roster

[hasty marlin]

red wants para and geeta wants poison

cant have both

[rapid notch]

Hmm

[hasty marlin]

their kits conflict with eachother

which is why im saying use one now

and use the other in 10 with cyn

[rapid notch]

So r10 will be sstred+cyn+unova support?

[hasty marlin]

unova (any role) yes

cause you dont have enough sprintfield anyways to full onrole

[rapid notch]

R6-Geeta,NyWallace
R9-Riley
R10-SSTRED,Cynthia,NcRosa

What do you think

[hasty marlin]

use riley r6 if you can manage without boost for the one stage

you can use pure techs on r9

[rapid notch]

I'll try

Who tanks

[hasty marlin]

id try riley tank since he can buff his defenses with tm?

[leaden wraith]

Which parts of the guide make you confused?

[neon cliff]

So is this like a guessing game on who to use per battle?

[hasty marlin]

its strategy

not guessing

you have to budget your box throughout the 10 stages

not really a new player friendly mode compared to others, at least with fully playing around the gimmicks of the gamemode

[timid hound]

You are able to plan ahead to a certain extent

[hasty marlin]

you can streak with a survival pair like Sycamore for most of the mode at cost of points if it makes it easier

[neon cliff]

Well I was looking to see if I can find a certain part of the guide where it gives you recommendations one who to use for each round for each difficulty, but I didn’t really find that so I got confused on what the guide provided other than the rewards part

[hasty marlin]

you wont have recommendations for each round cause its RANDOM FIGHTS

we cant give a static "use X for Y" cause theres like a hundred or so battles in the pool, maybe more

best we can do is you show us the Boss Info screen and your box, and we give recommendations of who might be decent for that and what the gimmicks are if you cant figure it out yourself.
but its a big trial and error gamemode

no one person is gonna get the same map even in the same week

(well, technically possible, but EXTREMELY unlikely)

I can’t think of what johto would be good here btw, stumped by steel Bertha

my gut says ethan since his tm heals but

idk

its r4 btw, 1 spatk down dmg, 1 johto

[timid hound]

Ethan tank

Trust

It's just Area 4

[lone rose]

Ok now I'm stuck on area 8 with Lucas

[hasty marlin]

worked, thx

man theyre spoiling me with choice here this week.

[neon cliff]

Ahh okay

[leaden wraith]

Thank you for the excellent explanation

[hasty marlin]

started with johto, seen ice, kanto, unova

[timid hound]

Just give it a try Feathers

I think if you do it, you'll come to understand it more

[leaden wraith]

Learning from trials and errors is good

[timid hound]

Besides worst case you can always just SS and ask here for help

But I think experience is the best teacher

Right next to me of course

That was a joke

[neon cliff]

So I want to face Shauntal, but she destroyed my team here and same thing happened with the guy in the middle

[hasty marlin]

see this?

you need to bring a ghost type on your team somewhere

for +100% stats

[leaden wraith]

You can buy more in the shop, too

[hasty marlin]

that or buy a different stat bonus from shop, or stack it for more bonus %

when youre new to the mode, its fine to just spam the stat bonus you start with and go to like 500% or more stats

[leaden wraith]

The higher you climb, the stronger the opponents get. Up to 800% stats increase on round 9

[urban ledge]

The thing is the enemies stats are multiplied by the number of the current area, with the exception of the final area 10

[urban ledge]

So at area 3 you’re fighting enemies with 3 times the stats

So you need to use the boosts the game gives you

[lone rose]

Also Bea dies from Lucas sync

[neon cliff]

Does it matter who the ghost sync pair is? And what level?

[hasty marlin]

doesnt matter, but recommended atleast lv110-120 if you can manage resourcewise

[lone rose]

Also don't have good stuff in the shop

[hasty marlin]

~120 is generally the "dropoff" point for level : stats as a newbie

[hasty marlin]

wtf is that item list lmao, are you bringing your stat bonus booster whatever it is

you bought too many entry effects

focus on stat up and damage up effects (the top row of shop) more than entry effects

[timid hound]

I didn't even know that top bar could have arrows

[hasty marlin]

most entry effects not worth their weight in points

[timid hound]

[lone rose]

This is what's left

Bro I don't even have much fighting types to handle this

[leaden wraith]

Ideally you want to bring a Ghost pair whose role matching with bonus roles of that round. For this round specially, a strike or tech Ghost is recommended

[lone rose]

I only bought the dark zone permanent to get rid of dialgas dragon zone

[leaden wraith]

That's a lot of unnecessary boost

[hasty marlin]

way overspent yea lol, if youre gonna spend that much just spend less and drop to hard mode

for given fights

[lone rose]

Yeah seems like it now

[hasty marlin]

not worth spending like 1k over 1-2 fights

[lone rose]

So Lucas won't be doable?

[hasty marlin]

you arent even bringing a ghost type

for your stat boost

(remember, the item you started with? i can tell thats it cause its in top left)

[timid hound]

Real

[hasty marlin]

dena honestly did pretty well explaining the mode imo with their tutorial of first time opening it, especially if you add the pinned messages to it.

i found it fairly intuitive from mostly denas resources though day 1 of the mode, personally.

[timid hound]

Yes, I agree

Unfortunately they did a poor job of timing it

[lone rose]

Just replaced Bea with anni lillie

[hasty marlin]

remember that leftover points is 1:1 your Rally Medals for the rally shop

[lone rose]

Yeah

[hasty marlin]

so if youre spending on a fight more than it rewards, its never worth even considering that spend

[lone rose]

Also I guess I gotta get rid of nc bede

I only did it cause whatever tech I use dies. Well I do have endure effect but still.

[leaden wraith]

The Lucas fight demands a zone changer. Do you have anyone setting zone who happens to match the bonus roles?

[lone rose]

Nope

No fighting zone anymore

[carmine glade]

Does it even matter

They bought dark zone

[lone rose]

I used Cynthia and Lucario in an early area

[leaden wraith]

Lucas setup zone again at some point. But yeah the issue can be resolved by clearing him before the zone

[lone rose]

That's what I'm trying to do

I mean it does work

But the sides are the issue

More so of cresselia and SS dawn

Bc of swift and alot of bulk

[neon cliff]

Okay so I managed to get through Shauntal, Idk if it’s because I decided to use this team instead or it’s because of Rhydon’s damage?

So does that mean for the next battle, I gotta stick with the ghost thing?

Since it’s still activated

[hasty marlin]

yes, you want at least 1 ghost on the team per stage

assuming you dont decide to focus on a different stat buffing item instead

as an example, take note of how ive been using a Johto on every stage so far in my run

its because my booster is Johto theme

[lone rose]

IG I'll take a break and figure out what I'm gonna do

[carmine glade]

Also

There’s a difference between stat boost and stat entry

[hasty marlin]

when we say stat boosts, we mean the items that are an icon with a circle around them

thats a Stat Bonus item

triangles are Damage Bonus items

and squares are Entry items

foods are consumables that only apply to the one stage

(which, is the one you buy them on only. you cant save those for later stages other than the straightup MP or Health recovery ones that cost like 300)

[stark dawn]

How do you plan to make area 6 work lol

[hasty marlin]

flinch and brute force for x4 points lol

[stark dawn]

No shot

[carmine glade]

Blue does all the work

[hasty marlin]

done it before.

with this exact team

[stark dawn]

Lol ok

[hasty marlin]

lussa is a meatshield thats all she is lmao

[stark dawn]

Inb4 it's the nc Kantrio stage

[rapid notch]

AHHHH ANABEL

[neon cliff]

Also, when you buy something from the shop, isn’t that item used for the next battle that you’re about to enter?

[hasty marlin]

sprintfield anabel. time, probably!

[stark dawn]

Only consumables

[stark dawn]

Nop

[hasty marlin]

unless you can do hard easily

[stark dawn]

Hard Argenta time

[hasty marlin]

depends on their options for argenta

[rapid notch]

Uhh

My weather options are kinda bad

[hasty marlin]

try figuring out argenta first

[rapid notch]

I still need weather for her tho

[hasty marlin]

she should hit like a wet noodle since its only hard

and youll have aura cyns def buffs

[neon cliff]

Okay so I was facing Whitney and she destroyed me and I didn’t get my MPs back, shouldn’t I have them back from purchasing the item that does that?

[hasty marlin]

how bad could it be

[hasty marlin]

you have to hit the Recover button on the team screen

to use those 300 cost recover items

(but generally VERY NOT ADVISED to use those)

cause 300 pts = 300 medals

[carmine glade]

the bigger question is why are you buying refresh items when you should be switching for roles

[hasty marlin]

...im surprised this team worked as well as it did btw

hi ghost caitlin. bye ghost caitlin.

[neon cliff]

Wait are all the points you have left after stage 10 turn into medals?

[hasty marlin]

yes they told you in the tutorial ddidnt they

[rapid notch]

I'm in an endless stalemate

Nearly got argenta but ran out of et

So she started outhealing

Should I buy mpizza

[hasty marlin]

(or at least the pins should of if not)

[neon cliff]

Uhhh….it didn’t specify it very well. Wait so isn’t buying stuff from the shop just a waste then? Including the Apple Cup

[carmine glade]

It’s not a waste of your smart

[hasty marlin]

you still will need to buy to clear some stages, but smart spending can easily sneak you way more points than nospend

[carmine glade]

Plenty of people have gotten through without buying anything or even 1 boost

[hasty marlin]

i usually recommend people spend like ~400-500 or so on stat ups and damage ups stacking EXCLUSIVELY

[carmine glade]

This week I only bought 1 thing and got through fine

[hasty marlin]

and see how they can do with that

[neon cliff]

Cause I’m pretty sure that Apple Cup was 1k points. Why would I give that much up?

[hasty marlin]

500 for cup

[carmine glade]

500

[hasty marlin]

if they think they overshot their spending, they can go lower on the next run

and so on

[carmine glade]

Which is why unnecessary spending is bad

[hasty marlin]

spending like this = bad

[neon cliff]

Isn’t that still too many? Idk, losing 500 points those 500 could be used in the future for stuff like co-op sync orbs or something

[hasty marlin]

spending like 3-5 hundred for stacking up your theme stat boost to make it easier = good

[carmine glade]

You should never be spending to the point that you have arrows

[timid hound]

Everyone has different tolerances, but it's advised to cap spending to 500

It's a good price for your sanity and overall run comfort albeit an arbitrary number

[hasty marlin]

if youre role matching and such you can literally empty the shop monthly with excess of cake vouchers and orbs

without much hassle

[timid hound]

Like Huey said, it is possible to spend little to nothing too

But naturally, what you lose in Boost you have to make up with box

[hasty marlin]

i literally empty the shop within like 3 runs a month, give or take a handful of leftover medals from a previous month

of what i care about

so

[timid hound]

You make it sound like you buy feathers

[carmine glade]

Extra medals mean more leeway