Battle Rally

[scenic warren]

I mean, the screenshot proves it, obviously 🤭

[tight escarp]

:/

Worst battle rally run yet

Okay this probably would’ve been possible if I had a good psychic type

Unless I use SS Lussamine

Nah still wouldn’t work

Welp, this is decent considering i used Apple cup

[uneven field]

Rally time :)

ss gio take all was fun to use against anabel

[heavy fjord]

this was a run, not too bad really

[fluid mountain]

A LUCKY AREA 9!!!

[copper nexus]

Gamer

[astral path]

What is this stage’s gimmick I can’t do any damage

[astral path]

They can show up that far in? Damn I thought it stopped at like 7 or 8

[leaden wraith]

it's SS Lusamine's Battle Challenge. The gimmick is literally damage rush

[astral path]

How am I doing so little then? Do you need special attack? Does physical just do nothing?

[leaden wraith]

i don't think Sentry Entry x2 existed back then but it's encouraged to use special and ontype dmg dealers

or maybe you can try your luck with Red's flinch chaining

[astral path]

I got it. I forgot I just gave red the sprint role so I did him with SS May since I had normal boost this time

[simple frost]

its Area 2 to Area 9. Tbh.... Area 9 Lucky Stage is pretty lucky, cuz you dont have to fight a chance to fight gimmicky Area 09 fights, with your 1-2 stack theme boost. D;

[kindred seal]

I'm stuck here. I can't clear the Hard battle with the given restrictions. What can I do?

[mental raft]

Can you show your available roster?

[copper nexus]

Running a fighting type would do more than Penny but you also want spd debuffs against Nita

[kindred seal]

Yeah, I got Fairy type at the start and I had to pivot since I know I don't have enough for all the role bonuses

[leaden wraith]

i see you have a chance to clear VH Thorton

[mental raft]

I would do apple cup with all the three double bonus pairs!

[mental raft]

Leon, AS Steven, Morty?

[kindred seal]

On Thorton? Is there even enough damage there?

[mental raft]

Wait no theme bonus that way

[kindred seal]

On one of my attempts, I was on the Nita battle a good 20 minutes and just couldn't break through

[leaden wraith]

i'm thinking of Leon, AS Steven and Penny

Penny can get rid of offensive buffs

Spring Burgh has stronger heal but you have to damage rush Thorton

sadly you can't make use of the interference boost in Thorton

worst case scenario you can brute force Thorton with all 3 double role supports and apple cup purchased

[kindred seal]

I just bought another fairy upgrade and a spdef down attack boost

[leaden wraith]

i think that nets you lower score than apple cup with 3 2,0x pairs

[kindred seal]

Is that really possible though? No type boosts at all and still win without getting into a stalemate?

[leaden wraith]

it gives you 300% stat boost

although the team has no reliable way to debuff defense quickly (Giovanni can only lower -1 per Crunch) so you might have to give one of them Def Crush

anyway, hopefully the Leon comp works

[kindred seal]

Leon comically destroys the sides. I should have tried this sooner

Seems more viable than the center battle. Less to worry about

[kindred seal]

Dang. Never thought the Very Hard battle would actually be easier than the Hard battle. Thanks!

[leaden wraith]

tbf Thorton is easier than Nita generally

you have little to no margin for error on Nita

[kindred seal]

Even when I think I have the advantage on that battle, it's so hard to keep up with the speed reduction

[leaden wraith]

that's where her difficulty comes from

[candid harness]

Lucky Areas give more Rally Points and aren't just a "free pass" right

[leaden wraith]

yes

[candid harness]

Meaning I should put all of my sprintfields into this sprint + field one even though I have a field + sprint later into this same run

Got it

[leaden wraith]

correct

always try to maximize the points gain from lucky areas

[candid harness]

Dragging out Clavell by that weird fluffy collar of his so I can get him to give me more money points

Now here's the real question, since I have two strike/support stages too
Who do I save for whatever final stage is (strike/support btw) out of 2/5 SS Gio, 4/5 NC Blue, and 3/5 Arc Cynthia

NC Blue seems like a safe bet for anything but. Cynthia might get slapped if it's some sort of physical wall or w/e

...I guessssss I'll spend Gio and Cynthia now yeah

[candid harness]

For like the second time in my life I will now attempt to get a clear without Apple Cup

I may not. Be in the best position to do so. But I will try.

(Blue is the only character I have gives more than 1.5x rewards for this)

[leaden wraith]

With good team comp you can definitely do it

[candid harness]

I spent my NC Red earlier undortunately, BUT

I've been meaning to cake my Irida for ages

The only other bonus granting units that stand out to me as ones that'd make for a particularly decent comp outside of that are uhhhhhh
-Lysandre (5/5)
-SS Morty (3/5 EXR)
-Ash (3/5)
-SS Lear (3/5 EXR)
-NC Bede (3/5)
And mayyyyyybe SS Nemona (2/5)

[leaden wraith]

SS Lear sounds great

However taking screenshots of your eligible pairs is way faster than typing out and we are able to look into other options when needed

[candid harness]

True

Okay so I realized taking screenshots of all my eligible pairs might be an insane idea since I have a pretty sizeable roster so I think it might be easier to send a few sync pair tracker screenshots and mention which units I've already used out of those shown

[leaden wraith]

I personally don't mind looking into multiple screenshots, especially when i want to know which units can not be used

But you do whatever suits you the most

[candid harness]

Strike units, Support units, and units with unlocked Strike/Support EXRs, in order. Units used already out of these are SS Giovanni, Arc Cynthia, SS Steven, SS Aura Cynthia, Alt 2 Gloria, NC Red, Paulo, Ariana, NC Rosa, NY Wallace, SC Barry, Flint, Marshal, SS Grimsley, and Lana.

[candid harness]

I kiiiinda just don't want to spam the chat tbh, wouldn't want to take up more space than I need to here ^^

Oh and everything here SHOULD be up to date but I MAY have forgotten a move level or two somewhere lol

[leaden wraith]

Since you send multiple screenshots at once, the chat is not be flooded

SS Lear it is, then

[candid harness]

SS Lear, NC Blue, aaaaand who's the third-?

Irida like I said before?

I do kinda need those speed drops so I'd assume her lol

[leaden wraith]

If the speed buffs are a huge issue i recommend Victor for more speed control

[leaden wraith]

Certainly

Wait you have Arc Cynthja

[candid harness]

Already used

[leaden wraith]

She has speed debuffs and hits hard even without sand

Oh nvm

[candid harness]

Wym she has speed debuffs

[leaden wraith]

She has that tile on her grid

Hit Trapped Opp iirc

[candid harness]

Oh the trapped one yea

forgot about it tbh 💀

Anyways

Good of an excuse as any to cake my Irida lol

[leaden wraith]

Arc Cynthia can check gimmicks in a lot of UBs so you should save her for A10 in future runs, unless you face a huge roadblock

[candid harness]

I figure as much but I didn't get a response back here and didn't want to lose out on any points if I could help it so

Wanted to play it safe on the points front ^^

Might as well leave my other uncakeds that have strike or support EXR here too

I do have a spare strike one and plenty of coin vouchers if neeeeeded

[candid harness]

Can't really find a way to keep speed at neutral or below once X Speed All comes out...

That Speed Up Moves 9 passive kinda just kills me at that point since I've had to spend two otherwise-speed-dropping turns on Irida setting weather by then.

I could proooobably cheese it at least a bit with Guard Chocolat but idk if it's nessecary

Aside from that the only solution I can see here that doesn't cause a point loss would be to use two move candies, a cake, and EXing mats to 3/5, EX, and EXR SS Hau since Wild Electroweb would handle any and all speed management problems pretty well but that's a pretty extreme solution to a pretty minor problem

If anyone else sees a solution that doesn't involve, uh. Something that insane. Let me know?

(Full perms to ping me if wanted/needed btw)

[leaden wraith]

I think EXR Hau is enough if you want to commit the investment

Otherwise it's not worth it

[fossil bramble]

Two Nemonas in a row. Please don't make it third also I could use a Lucky Stage

[fluid mountain]

NEW PB!!!
All areas done on VH. Seed with all bonus combos. 2 BCs, a PSS champion, and a LUCKY AREA on A9. Awful shop with mostly type-related buffs, but at least got good ones for A10, which it was Anabel, that luckily NC Serena was perfect for that, SS Kris for rain dance, and a rare fire type rebuff +1 utility with Arc Leon to resist better her fire moves.

Items used:

• 1 Elite Four Upgrade (start)
• 1 Sp. Atk. Jelly (100, for A10)
• 1 Opp. Status Cond. PU (50, for A10)

Battles per area:
1: Koga Ground-W CS
2: Bruno Psychic-W Johto CS
3: SS Blue BC (from Nemona event)
4: Lance Electric-W Johto CS
5: Raihan BC (from "New Heroes Are Born" SC event)
6: NC Cheren Electric-W PSS
7: Lucian Flying-W CS
8: Lance Water-W Johto CS
9: LUCKY AREA
10: Anabel UB

[simple frost]

12k. Cool

[slow dirge]

Well, this sucks

Got to round 10

Strike/Tech Nita

How tf do you do this

Weather out the wazoo, clears debuffs, takes no damage

Even with speed lowered, she just takes no damage

[lost cliff]

what're your bonuses

[slow dirge]

2 flying

1 e4, 1 fairy (necessary burn)

Bought guard chocolat and severe sundae through dire straits, doesn't save it

Current team is NC Leaf/ASkyla/NC Cheren

Nowhere enough weather clear, nowhere near enough damage

I'd drop down to middle diff but that's Argenta

And equally shit

[lost cliff]

I would try and get an e4 and fairy on there if possible

Each one is another 100% damage bonus

Also leaf can only clear her weather twice no? Once with flare blitz once with sync

How do you plan on handling that last sand

[urban ledge]

Yeah

[lost cliff]

It might just be better to drop down to argenta because you can cover her 2 weathers with that same team, and both rebuffs

Just save leaf's sync/cheren's b move

[candid harness]

Tempted to EXR SS Hau for that rally clear

I'm not exactly low on cake coins but given that this is my roster of units that could get a strike EX but don't have one right now it wouldn't hurt right

[lost cliff]

I would only cake him if you plan on investing 2 candies minimum into him later

Its not worth to do it just for rally lol

[normal python]

Damn, VH is Noland with sprint/support

[dusk eagle]

Vs Argenta

Larry is my only rebuff

Outside Rosa who can't easily give two rebuff at different times

[copper nexus]

What buff is red trainer icon?

[dusk eagle]

Rival

[copper nexus]

O

I assume sprint/field final bonus?

[dusk eagle]

Yeah 🤢

[copper nexus]

I’m thinking Rosa Marni mix blue

Or Rosa MBlue SSTR

[leaden wraith]

Rosa has to spam Teeter Dance after 50% HP threshold

[dusk eagle]

Will try

Thanks guys

[dusk eagle]

@copper nexus @leaden wraith
Rosa can't use teeter dance or she brings on fighting rebuff

[copper nexus]

Why is that an issue?

[dusk eagle]

Aren't two rebuffs needed? Since she shreds the first

[copper nexus]

The reason of spamming tester dance is so you don’t need multiple rebuffs

[dusk eagle]

Also her damage output is too high

[copper nexus]

Is it possible for you to record what you’re doing

[dusk eagle]

Only onto yt I don't have nitro

But with the amount of time before reset idk if that's enough

[copper nexus]

All good

We have 2 hours so we should be fine

[dusk eagle]

Hour and 20

[copper nexus]

Unless your time is limited ofc

[dusk eagle]

This kinda confuses me. Why am I spamming teeter dance so I don't need multiple rebuffs when it gives the second rebuff

Or does Rosa just not attack until her sync

[copper nexus]

Once argenta gets below 40% she clears all negative conditions every move so in spamming teeter dance you’re accomplishing what a rebuff is doing however more tediously

[dusk eagle]

It let me upload

Got shot down in no time

[copper nexus]

Oh I meant to recommend SsTRed

[dusk eagle]

Problem is I have to get blue to sync at the perfect time for more sun

[copper nexus]

You’re also not triple queueing

[dusk eagle]

Was trying to figure out what you meant before so I didn't attack with Rosa until her sync

[copper nexus]

You don’t need to save Rosa’s bmove rebuffs

You only spam teeter dance when argenta reaches 40% because she’s cleansing all statuses and she has “No-Negative Status Damage Reduction 8”

[dusk eagle]

Been a while since I've faced Argenta and never on field sprint

Also kinda forget that confusion is a negative change

[dusk eagle]

Thanks for the help! Needed an extra rival upgrade but red blue and Rosa did it

[fossil bramble]

[tribal sorrel]

Lol

I got Dark, which is pretty good if I wanted to use SS alt Giovanni each stage

[quiet apex]

I like this Area 9

[tribal sorrel]

I hate the fake out lucky noise, they should get rid of it lol

[quiet apex]

Eat it Palmer.

[fossil bramble]

I got it four times in one run once

[tribal sorrel]

How, oof

[fossil bramble]

I almost nuked DeNA

[tribal sorrel]

I get it once per run, and it’s so aggrevating

[simple frost]

aight letsee the hell i'm going for, after CSMM o/

haha i can actually drag Arc Steven from A01 to A10

BEST POWER UPGRADE

either huh. welp after CSMM

[knotty pike]

https://tenor.com/view/kermit-falling-building-fall-woodz-gif-24715383

anyways since i'm 1000% going to apple cup this, do you think arc cynthia geeta and some other kanto pair will beat leon with abble cup

if i give them the cookie passive that makes them immune to sleep

[simple frost]

apple cup 😮

[knotty pike]

ofc

there's no question

it's literally impossible without abble cup

[simple frost]

just do Wide Awake 😮

[knotty pike]

that's what i'm asking

[simple frost]

unless you've got the Rat

[knotty pike]

should i just use wide awake to beat it

[normal python]

What bothers me more is that you didn't do VH Roark despite having Kanto boost

[knotty pike]

used it already

[normal python]

[knotty pike]

too strong

i tried

i really did

[simple frost]

do you have uh... what's her face, Geeta?

[normal python]

I guess SS Misty didn't cut it for you?

[knotty pike]

yeah

[simple frost]

definitely will require Wide Awake. Just need enough fields for you to destroy him with 6x boost.

[knotty pike]

i do have arc cynthia sitting in the back so

[normal python]

NC Leaf would be a double-edged sword

[knotty pike]

don't need t oworry about her

i dont have her

[normal python]

Or just use Melony instead

[simple frost]

arc cynthia's fine. just need wide awake.

[normal python]

NVM

[simple frost]

• apple cup

[knotty pike]

abble cup 1,000+

just lmao

[normal python]

Ugh, Apple Cup, but it's not really my place to judge so yeah

Yes, I'm an Apple Cup hater

[simple frost]

they dont have enough theme boosts or power upgrades (or both) to deal with Leon's damage

if they had like 2 and 2, MAYBE.

Hard is Anabel too. like you COULD run Arc Cynthia down there

[normal python]

Having NC Blue alone solves almst everything

[simple frost]

i suppose

if it were me, i would've done all three strike/fields up there wwww

[normal python]

Since it's also field boost, that kinda counters one of Leon's gimmicks

[simple frost]

• apple cup

[normal python]

Isn't Apple Cup worth less than 3 2.0x units at Hard?

The only max amount you can gain with Apple Cup is 750, while max on Hard is 800

Even even 3 0.5x units on VH is worth as much as 3 2.0x units with Apple Cup on VH

[simple frost]

they still need to deal with Anabel though

[normal python]

You'd need a weather unit there

Leon needs a field in general

[simple frost]

arc cynthia, but that puts you down from 6x to 5.2x

[normal python]

Also needs a debuffer too

For Anabel

[simple frost]

damn

malva too. sheesh

what's wrong with this rally, why are you dumping Status Change on me D:

[simple frost]

cool.

[copper nexus]

Genuinely

[simple frost]

6x 2 o/

[fathom yacht]

Is this a new world record?

I’ve never seen a 13k score before

[simple frost]

wow 13k

whose your fight?

I feel like its Lucy

[fathom yacht]

Argenta

What do you think SSAcerola was for

[simple frost]

ah

i actually used same-ish team against Lucy

minus NC Serena, but Arc Steven

Speed Debuffer SS Acerola cackles

all three had antitoxin too

[urban ledge]

Fire isn’t bad but GOD I hate this repeated setup

Two sprint fields too

Ooh opponent stat down gimme

[urban ledge]

lol

[simple frost]

i love that damage upgrade so much

[urban ledge]

So easy to apply

[normal python]

I think skinny achieved that

SPLgum coming in 100 points less than her

[timid oasis]

Lmao we got same bonus

[simple frost]

https://youtu.be/xScXc_tKiig lets gooooo

[tulip dove]

lucky y’all, I got masked royal this week

with fire upgrade and battle facility foe upgrade

[timid oasis]

Dang you hit the jackpot getting Lucy

[pearl lion]

tech support is also really amazing to get on r10

you have so many options

[urban ledge]

…

Do I waste my arc Cynthia here? Lol

[tight escarp]

NO WHAT THE FUCK IM COOKED

[urban ledge]

But seriously my condolences

Wasting Cynthia was the right call haha

Poor Darach didn’t know what hit him

[mental raft]

Sinnoh is good imo!

Oh you mean the seed

[simple frost]

@timid oasis @pearl lion

I didnt get any other theme boosts up top

(I did get Rival, but kinda too late)

err Villain rather

Villain twice even lol

that Aaron fight though

arc cynthia had to punchout over using a 2x unit sigh

could've used NC Serena for rebuff though

[pearl lion]

huh nice

i think you couldve gone w/ fewer shop boosts

[simple frost]

i hit 10k, that's good enough for me xD

i already bought everything that i need as well

[pearl lion]

i usually just drop 300ish in boosts

[simple frost]

honestly the Unfortitous + Unfortitous Power would've been solid

but i really needed that 2nd theme boost since someone died almost xd

That A09 fight though

Bertha thought she could outlast my full support team lolz

[timid oasis]

Nice score XD

[simple frost]

aye

[mental raft]

This week's BR summary!

And that's Argenta not Anabel

[karmic wraith]

i've had this same start 3 weeks in a row

area 2 and i don't know the rest of the rally yet

[mental raft]

That start is always like that!

[normal python]

[normal python]

[uneven field]

ew

[quiet apex]

This is why I caked Alt Sawyer and Rachel.

[fathom yacht]

Who is that and is there a post/video of it

[fathom yacht]

Adaman beats A10, also Sprint isn’t that bad a role anymore for a hell

You have tons of Strike Sprints and Support Sprints that crush BR, Strike Sprints especially

[tight escarp]

Assuming I have Adaman is funny

[normal python]

Skinny is the whale who uploads funny clears on UBs

[astral path]

What is this gimmick? I’ve had such a bad run this time

[normal python]

[simple frost]

got enough to fill that strike/field?

for 6x role bonus

[normal python]

[simple frost]

cool

[leaden wraith]

Wise Entry x2 and all opponents mainly use special attacks

[astral path]

Wise entry is the special defense isn’t it…

[normal python]

Ok, fire-weak Aaron with sprint/support and Trial Giver Upgrade

[normal python]

Yes

[astral path]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/994118858300469318/1325028771954163732/Untitled_Artwork.gif

[normal python]

Who's BC is ground, poison and electric-weak Barry?

[leaden wraith]

Palmer and Argenta BC

[normal python]

It's strike/tech bonus yet all of my strike/tech units are special, and the stage requires physical

[normal python]

Now I got Anabel as my VH stage for A10 with strike/sprint bonuses

Darach is hard

[fathom yacht]

I’ve never heard of them

[mental raft]

You can check the UB doc for Skinny's clear

[normal python]

Who knew Skinny and SPLgum got beaten
https://youtu.be/M_f3AN2zwYQ?si=2d8PazZE64ZEiL-V

Skinny got beaten by 20 points

[fair ember]

Gruesome

Geeta so good against Leon tho

[verbal verge]

Congrats to skip, truly one of the 🐐s

[dusk eagle]

Stuck on Leons UB

Support sprint

Stupid annoying battle.

It's darachs battle but far worse

Also comes a point where I wonder if using 3-2x pts pairs on 2x difficulty would be better

[urban ledge]

Sometimes you just gotta give up haha

[dusk eagle]

I do that way too much

I hate having to step down to the hard battles but I do when I have to

[simple frost]

uhh how much upgrade?

also damn support sprint hrm

[leaden wraith]

You can use Arc Steven, Arc Leon and NC Leaf

Grid Leon the Sync: DF tile to shut down opponent Leon's damage reduction

Using NC Leaf is a double edged sword so be careful with her sun duration

She also has Hostile Environment 4 to help with applying status

[dusk eagle]

2 Hoenn a grass and a mc

[dusk eagle]

Would stepping down one using 2x pts each be the better route to go?

Cuz it'd be a 1.5/1.2/1.7 points boost with those three

[simple frost]

i think you're better off destroying Darach tbh. D: but that's just me.

[leaden wraith]

Stepping down to H is perfectly fine, and it seems that you can get more points at the end than beating VH from my quick calcs

[dusk eagle]

I think that's what I'm gonna end up doing. Unfortunately I didn't get field or strike cuz Geeta would crush this

[tight escarp]

Guys is Evelyn possible…

[simple frost]

with tech?

could be possible, depends on your debuffers.

and a DEF Power Upgrade, that's on sale lol

yeah i think you can get away with just that + debuffers and a decent tank

just need your roster

[tight escarp]

Hmmm

[leaden wraith]

First and foremost you need a dedicated tank

[mental raft]

Without debuffers it's kinda impossible

[leaden wraith]

Oleana is the debuffer here

[mental raft]

Oh mb then

[tight escarp]

Unfortunately I don’t think anyone I have is tanky enough

[mental raft]

Show your roster

[tight escarp]

Wait a minute

I still have AS Steven

Sorry for the spam of images

[mental raft]

Try replacing Lear with AS Steven!

Is that a PU or a 150 points item in the sale?

[tight escarp]

PU when defense is raised

Cost 25 points

[mental raft]

Can grab it too if you use AS Steven! For more damage!
But once try without it!

[tight escarp]

Maybe if I give Rei Vigilance?

[leaden wraith]

I'm afraid 1/5 Rei is not showing work, but yes give him Vigilance

I assume Oleana is 1/5 as well?

[tight escarp]

Yes

[leaden wraith]

This is rough

Can i see your shop?

[tight escarp]

It’s pretty bad

[leaden wraith]

I would just drop to H

Attack Jelly sounds promising but it's not guaranteed to work

Oh wait you haven't got that 25 pt boost

[tight escarp]

Should I try with the boost as well?

[mental raft]

25 points aren't that much! I would do it!
It will double your damage output

[tight escarp]

Welp I didn’t even have CS2 on Rei

Had his LS as Antitoxin

[mental raft]

It happens to me a lot too!

[tight escarp]

It workedddd

CS2 plus the defense power up

[urban ledge]

Oh nice

[cobalt furnace]

I’m about to ruin this resource for everyone

[urban ledge]

I don’t get it

[copper nexus]

The yellow support

[urban ledge]

OHH lol

[shrewd prawn]

did we get new ub for br?

its been awhile

[mental raft]

We didn't have UBs after Nemona yet

[shrewd prawn]

i see

good to know

[simple frost]

i feel like we'd get BR Update come March or somethin :<

[mental raft]

Noo!
More new BCs and UBs!

[muted sparrow]

Hell no

I dont want to see Dana in BR

[normal python]

We could be seeing a UB on February and on March

[prisma gyro]

i cant quadqueue against noland

is that normal

the left poliwrath used some trainer move and then the screen flashed and noland queued his sync immediately

[leaden wraith]

That is because of its passives proccing

[prisma gyro]

the opp cancels quadqueue because its own passive procs? that's annoying

[timid hound]

NC Rosa + SSA Cynthia into Darach UB might be one of the most anti-synergistic synergistic combinations ever

[tribal sorrel]

Lol

[uneven field]

Rally! a10 VH was Nita so I did Gio instead, using Leon DF was a neat little gimmick check while giovanni gets double nuked by their bmoves lmao

[karmic briar]

I think next 2 will be the subway bros as ubs

We only miss them and red from first pic(?)

[urban ledge]

I’ve done that before lol

[timid hound]

Support Sprint realness

[mental raft]

What types are left?

Ghost, Bug, ?

[fossil bramble]

Those two ye

[half bone]

What works for this fight, again?

[fossil bramble]

Iirc Greta BC?

So Terrain + Status Condition

[mental raft]

Sleep them all

[mental raft]

What types are Submas weak to?

[half bone]

Would paralysis work?

Or weather?

[mental raft]

Should work

[fossil bramble]

Well both have Chandelure

If we assume they will get Ghost weak

[mental raft]

Ghost weak! Hmmm

[half bone]

Been having trouble dealing damage, is the thing.

[fossil bramble]

Does this fight have Wise/Sentry Entry? I forgot

But if this is made for Greta, I assume this has Wise Entry?

Are you using Special DD?

[mental raft]

I faced it too!
And I did hard when I got her BC last time, but I think sleep flinch locking is needed to survive longer and deal damage?

[simple frost]

Greta BC; Wise Entry x2. Can drop SPD (+damage & sync up). Drop their SPD (+damage & sync up)

[fossil bramble]

Wise Entry it is

[mental raft]

Is Redlax weak to bug then?

[fossil bramble]

Well he has Espeon

[mental raft]

Usually Psychic types are weak to bug right?

Oh so it's possible

[fossil bramble]

But idk if he even showed up with one in PoMa?

But ye that could work

[mental raft]

Red could be the finale of all UBs and could be the toughest one (with the most lacking type weakness)

[viscid flicker]

yes maybe him having weakness to normal

[fossil bramble]

Arc Alder introducing himself:

[mental raft]

For me : I will wait for offtype

[fossil bramble]

[sweet mango]

I have 5/5 ascynthia

[leaden wraith]

You are not using her for 10 battles straight so it is not worth purchasing

Wait nvm it is on sale

Could be useful on A10 perhaps

[simple frost]

LETS GOOOOOO

[simple frost]

sprint and strike

yeah nemona feels impossible

[sweet mango]

Ascynthia, v hop?

[simple frost]

Hum, i guess that can work. just gotta time the rebuffs then.

wait no Arc Cynthia can Trap.

[sweet mango]

How do i show my pairs in game?

Strike/sprint

I also have ss lana and ss lusamine

[leaden wraith]

SS Lana, Arc Cynthia and a decent tank can work

[sweet mango]

Nc blue?

[leaden wraith]

Save Cynthia's sync after Nemona uses sync move so she re applies rebuff

Blue works extremely well

[sweet mango]

Should I stock up on some boosts?

[leaden wraith]

I think that's enough, maybe even overkill

[sweet mango]

Not a rally for me unless i spend about 550 points

[leaden wraith]

[fossil bramble]

May I suggest See - all scope

Instant 300

[simple frost]

i'd rather have 3 theme boosts, or 1 theme boosts and 4 power upgrades for that price.

[simple frost]

lmao. nice.

[leaden wraith]

You won't be able to exploit it on a10

[simple frost]

the ground zone power is probably better though.

[sweet mango]

Can i get the gist of nemona battle?

Terrain at 60, 30 hp?

[leaden wraith]

At 60 and every syncmove

[fossil bramble]

Terrain at 60 and sync

Also clears rebuff every sync

[leaden wraith]

Sync move also cleanses every negative status change

Hence i told you to save Arc Cynthia's sync for that

[sweet mango]

Can nc blue sync too

[simple frost]

interesting 😮

[leaden wraith]

Yes he can but re applying a Ground rebuff for the later half makes Nemona die faster

Just sync with him first

[fossil bramble]

With your boost tho it's possible you pre-sync

[leaden wraith]

True...

I blame Cynthia on her overkillness

[mental raft]

5/5 Cynthia will auto this battle

[simple frost]

mmebe

[sweet mango]

Nemona had 60 hp at 1 move before sync

And sync killed ss lana then used electric terrain

[simple frost]

rip

[mental raft]

Use vigilance on Lana?

[leaden wraith]

Nemona has fat HP so it's expected

Make sure she has full health and the highest defensive buffs

as possible

[sweet mango]

I exed and gave lana vigilance

[fossil bramble]

[mental raft]

Let's see!

[tight escarp]

no NO NOOOOOOO

LAST WEEK IT WAS SPRINT NOW ITS FIELD

[fossil bramble]

This makes my A10 rather flexible tho

I can just go back to usiny scope

[mental raft]

Field sprint

[normal python]

Well, this is certainly interesting

[normal python]

Oops, all Redchu

[tight escarp]

Unfortunately I don’t have him

Got this tho

[normal python]

I got A1 Support/Sprint 2 paths

[normal python]

Do I dare buy it?

[knotty pike]

I'm currently in A1 Support/Field
Should I use all 3 of my support/field now

the problem is that one of the two paths repeats support/field at a6

so if that ends up a lucky area well uh

i'm fucked

[mental raft]

I know and I got this lol

[mental raft]

Use 2 save 1

[knotty pike]

kill me please

[normal python]

What even is your initial upgrade?

[knotty pike]

trial giver

[normal python]

Perfect emoji when you get that upgrade

[stark zinc]

Geeta Gaming

[normal python]

Until A7

[stark zinc]

I'll just use Geeta starting from A8

[normal python]

MC upgrade is too good to pass up on right?

[fossil bramble]

I'd take it altho also depends on the number of them built

[normal python]

Number of them built?

[fossil bramble]

Number of MCs you personally have built

[normal python]

That'd be almost all of them

[fossil bramble]

Then ye take it

[simple frost]

crit power lets gooo!

[stark zinc]

[simple frost]

SPD Up looks good as well.

is it sprint based seed?

[stark zinc]

I have won, but at what cost?

[simple frost]

dangit. its bad.

[fossil bramble]

Can we trade seeds

[simple frost]

i think i can drop Lysandre for A10 then hrm.

[simple frost]

whats your seed lookin like?

[fossil bramble]

Also your seed was literally mine last week

[simple frost]

yikes

i dont have enough 9 strike/fields :/

i guess i can save Geeta for that A09 to A10 battle

[fossil bramble]

I lacked Strike/Fields too

I'm glad A9 is not Lucky Stage because I completely missed that

[simple frost]

ooof

HRM

yeah not enough to 9 Strike/Fields :/

[fossil bramble]

Darach was goated tho. I fear what A10 I get with Springfield for this week :prycepain:

[tired bone]

question, is the see all scope generally not worth buying? i've used it almost every time so far to plan ahead, but i'm not sure if it's worth the 300 points. is the stage revealer from pomatools good enough for this purpose?

[fossil bramble]

I can always get back to scope but I am liking the challenge

[simple frost]

We typically dont suggest it, but if your team is lacking, prolly not. 300 points is a big ask. You could've used those points for Damage Upgrades / Theme Boosts.

[fossil bramble]

I used it a lot of time, and it saved me a lot of headache in planning because I know what A10 I have in advance, and I know the bullshit BC that I'm about to get. That said, I am pretty comfortable with points so I can afford it

One sample is this. I bought Grassy Terrain specifically because I know I'll use it on Nemona in A10

And I still scored that high so ye really depends on you and how much points you value

[fossil bramble]

And the score is not that far from this no scope run so a bit of luck is also a factor

[urban ledge]

Man

Not a good rally start

[tired bone]

yeah it is a lot that's why i was wondering. my roster is pretty solid i'd say, just that a lot of them are not ex'd yet so i still struggle with the very hard stages if i can't at least plan ahead

[urban ledge]

Tech support with their damn 4 possible paths, free Villain boost and choice of rock or elite four

Yuck

[tired bone]

i see, good to know. thanks for your perspective yukure

i think i'll just keep on using it for now until i feel confident that i can beat it without the scope

[simple frost]

Yummy points

[tired bone]

steven and the cooler steven

[simple frost]

okay now this is itchy.

Spd Power, Opp Spd Down Power, and Status Conditions Power.

Strike Sprint typically dont do anything like that hrm.

[fossil bramble]

I am happy last week was a chill one. First time in a while I don't use scope, and it was on Trial Giver boost

[tired bone]

not trial giver

i got elite four this week which kind of sucks

[fossil bramble]

Okay ye that's kind of bad too

[urban ledge]

Alright it’s this path

[tired bone]

just got a fake out

how have i still never gotten a lucky stage

[urban ledge]

Only one sprint field so that’s good at least

Fake out?

[fossil bramble]

Lucky stage animation w/o Lucky stage

[tired bone]

like when it sounds like you're about to get a lucky stage but it's just a regular one

yes exactly that

[urban ledge]

Wait there’s an animation when lucky stage shows up?

[fossil bramble]

Yes

[urban ledge]

It just pops up all of a sudden for me I didn’t see anything different

[fossil bramble]

If the animation is taking a while to show the stage, it's that

[urban ledge]

Oh it’s never lucky stage for me when that happens lol

[simple frost]

DANGIT

WHY?!?!?!?!

[fossil bramble]

Now you know you are being faked out

[simple frost]

I fought the CS fight

now its the BC.

[fossil bramble]

I was typing and did not see the whole pic. I assumed you got Anabel

[simple frost]

god i hate this stage ;<

No?

i dont use the All See Scope

its the Palentines 2022 BC

[fossil bramble]

Oh I just meant that I didn't see the whole screenshot and I thought you are already on A10 lol

[simple frost]

nah not yet.

[fossil bramble]

What does this battle do

[urban ledge]

Oh it’s clear advantage lightning weak Kris fight

SWELL

[simple frost]

Oh interesting, But Kanto huh hrm.

[urban ledge]

WHY DO YOU START WITH ENDURANCE GOD

[simple frost]

forgot they had Wise Entry

[simple frost]

trying to get NC Claem to refresh his TM :<

finally xD

[fossil bramble]

MPR simulator

[simple frost]

53k AoE for SS Lear whee

WHOA

After so many weeks... nice.

Must be nice. and busted.

okay yeah i think i've got sometyhing i guess

[urban ledge]

Oh hey y’all were right

This time I paid attention

And Lucky Area did show up after a weird sound and a long wait

[simple frost]

nice, same as mine :D~

though mine was A09

[urban ledge]

Yeah yours is better lol

But at least I can also get max multipliers

[simple frost]

11540~ nice. almost broken my Janaury record

[urban ledge]

Full support field wasn’t cutting it so I went arc suit just to get it over with lol

[obsidian sentinel]

When in doubt, Mutual Trust Haymaker

[serene spoke]

I have not done rallies in three weeks 😳

Or more

[normal python]

RIP 900 gems

[serene spoke]

yep

rallies take so long

and are kinda boring like the only reason i do them is cuz of 300 gems

i cant do hard or very hard

and i dont have any exrs

so i barely get any rewards

very little incentive for me to do them

[timid hound]

I used to love it but it has gotten boring and tedious

[fair ember]

Rare rally moment when i can use this team

[fair ember]

Apple fun

Infinite Geeta B move

[fossil bramble]

https://tenor.com/view/fake-spin-gif-13792455

[normal python]

Yes, I will react with that whenever someone tells that they're using Apple Cup

[leaden wraith]

That's not funny

[normal python]

Sorry

[tired bone]

man, flying for A10

rally has been feeling like such a drag lately

[timid hound]

Found the Trial Giver player of the week

[mental raft]

Argenta

Oops I forgot to take the final rally medal screenshot!

[fair ember]

You are right

[mental raft]

All set for next month!

[sudden flower]

Lucky stage with strike sprint and fairy UB area 10

[copper nexus]

Rock and Mc upgrade

[quiet tiger]

3 attack drop and 3 special attack drop boosts and this was STILL a pain. (Yes I know about the rebuff requirement too)

[timid hound]

Nemo UB is a pain in the ass

[scenic warren]

Should I go for Leon, Leon, or Leon?

[mental raft]

This week's BR summary!

[mental raft]

Go for Apple Cup

[fossil bramble]

Go for the CHAMPION TIME

[mental raft]

https://tenor.com/view/champion-time-leon-coming-out-out-of-the-ocean-pokémon-masters-pmex-gif-26203953

[simple frost]

Tech sprint is doable

[scenic warren]

You're right!

[simple frost]

VH?

[mental raft]

Overkill!

[scenic warren]

I just love out-playing my opponents!

[normal python]

Yes

[tight escarp]

Oh

Apple cup time…

[normal python]

Or just do hard Evelyn since, you know, tech bonus

[tight escarp]

Oops…..

Looks around

I still got 8.3k points

[mental raft]

It's been so long since I battled Palmer in BR with Rei!

[fair ember]

That sleep is a PITA even on Hard

[fathom yacht]

Do you not have Rei?

If your fighting roster is competent at all and has either Rei or Cynthia you should just clear that

[tight escarp]

I do but I already used him previously

And I didnt have Arc Cynthia

I already used my SSR Cynthia

And I also dont have SSA Cynthia

[fathom yacht]

Wait that’s tech field

Whoops

[fossil bramble]

Does Nita clear paralysis

[lost surge]

Apple Cup is a scam and no one will ever convince me otherwise

unless you're a new player clearing all rounds on Normal

[fossil bramble]

Counterpoint I don't need to convince anyone for me to continue enjoying using it

[heady viper]

what is better?
x2 x2 x2 on hard
x2 x1.7 x1.7 on very hard

[leaden wraith]

The pins have a point table which can be used to calculate the net gain

[fossil bramble]

250 x 4 vs 300 x 3.4

VH is better by 20 points

[heady viper]

ok, thanks!

[urban ledge]

I apple cup because I’ve got a bajillion points already stockpiled what else am I gonna buy lol

[normal python]

I'm buying the feathers besides the usual 3

[timid hound]

Me

I'm sitting on like 50k points

Just gonna AC to preserve my sanity ngl

[urban ledge]

I don’t roll feathers so I never buy them haha

[timid hound]

Neither do I

I get vouchers PU and run

[obsidian sentinel]

Kanto boost

[timid hound]

You win

[simple frost]

i skipped Kanto and just went with Kalos all the way

[timid hound]

[simple frost]

but srsly, why am i getting paired up against Steel Weak Dianthas ;<

[timid hound]

Remind me what steel weak Diantha does again

[simple frost]

\

[normal python]

It's made for Colress, thar's all I can say

[timid hound]

I don't remember gimmicks off the top of my head

[simple frost]

had to use Arc Steven early

[timid hound]

That's why I have the pastebin handy whenever I tackle BR

[simple frost]

but at least i knew my seed so, i threw him there

[normal python]

Well, I was techbically half right

[timid hound]

[simple frost]

i used both Stevens even lmao.

Cus Strike/Support

[normal python]

I don't use anything besides PoMaTools to help me here

[simple frost]

this thing helps a lot.

[normal python]

I don't use that

[simple frost]

using this per battle rally sheet. I can type like a name or BC or PSS or w/e

[normal python]

Only PoMaTools seed finder

[simple frost]

for easy screening

[timid hound]

That looks useful

[normal python]

I memorized almost all the BCs by heart except a few ones

[simple frost]

scary D:

but yeah, it even gives me tips on what to do

[sweet mango]

is there a battle rally community guild?

[mental raft]

https://discord.com/channels/583120259708616715/1232035765954019338 and

[leaden wraith]

they are asking about a gym where battle rally lovers gather

[mental raft]

Oh mb

[leaden wraith]

there is none as far as i know, but you could make one and advertise it in #find-a-gym

[lone dome]

what am i supposed to do with the latios stage? the fairy one

it’s hp stays in 60 and I can’t do nothing

[tight escarp]

I assume your attempting A10 Evelyn UB

[lone dome]

yeah the hard one

[tight escarp]

Can you send your stage thingy

Like this

[tight escarp]

.

[lone dome]

this is the same I got

the middle one

[simple frost]

evelyn in VH?

how much upgrade you've got?

[lone dome]

no one

since I only get 3-3.5 I don’t buy anything

[simple frost]

i mean you didnt buy anything outside of the initial?

[lone dome]

yeah

[simple frost]

hrm. this will be rough then.

[lone dome]

what should I buy?

[simple frost]

Typically, 2 theme boosts + 1 damage upgrade when you're starting out. or 3 damage upgrade + the initial one you have.

you only really need 6k points per week

at the minimum to get the role vouchers

[lone dome]

that’s tough I only the half of that

[simple frost]

ah rough then.

[lone dome]

I need to 1 ko her?

[simple frost]

Evelyn requires debuff, like a lot.

[lone dome]

damn

[simple frost]

screenshot your A10 lineup, if hard's easier, that's prolly better, but if nothing else, Apple Cup on VH if Hard is impossible.

[lone dome]

easy and medium mode it’s fairy and the hard it’s poison

[simple frost]

eh?

Poison weak?

Left one is Fairy, Middle one is Poison and Right one is Fairy? is that right?

or Middle one is Fairy, and Right one is Poison?

you can upload screenshots in help channels.

eitherway, if your Very Hard fight is Poison Weak (which is Masked Royale)
It requires SPeed Debuffing and Status Conditions as much as possible.

For Fairy Weak, you need to debuff their stats aggressively.

Either way, Apple Cup is needed if you didnt buy any theme boosts.

It'll also depend on your role bonus, useable pairs and whatnot.

[normal python]

It's not just speed debuffing for MR, you also need to debuff offensive stats or debuffs equal to Venom Drench

[simple frost]

Oh right

But yeah definitely needs aggressive stat debuffing for voth

[lone dome]

left one is fairy middle one is fairy and right one is poison

[simple frost]

ah rip. yeah middle one's probably something you can deal with. depends on your on Role Bonus units

[simple frost]

whoops wrong channel.

[astral path]

Yooo I’ve joined the no apple cup club. Finally won without it felt great!

[simple frost]

lucky stage somewhere? 😮

[astral path]

Unfortunately no

If I had then that would’ve been a record for me. Lucky fakes me out three times on the way up it sucked ;-;

[simple frost]

nice then. i guess you managed to squeeze like 5 stages of 6 matching pairs?

[astral path]

Stage 1 only had 2 at 2X, stage 5 had no 2X, and stage 10 only had 1 at 2X. So I basically didn’t have the full X2 bonus on 2 stages

[normal python]

Finally

[fluid mountain]

Oh no...

Phew! Thanks Geeta for the flinches

And that went paid off!

[fluid mountain]

All areas done on VH.
Second best score, 5 BCs, a lucky area and Evelyn UB at A10 which luckily I had two x2 bonus super effective units against her.

Items used:

• 1 Psychic Upgrade (start)
• 2 Opp. Stats Down PU (100, from A2 and A3)
• 1 Main Character Upgrade (100, from A3)

Battles per area:
1: Shauntal Ground-W CS
2: Penny BC (from Elaine event)
3: Diantha Flying-W CS
4: Piers BC (from New Year's '23 event)
5: Roark BC (from Halloween '23 event)
6: LUCKY AREA!
7: Olivia Steel-W CS
8: Geeta BC (from NC Silver and Geeta event)
9: Raihan BC (from "New Heroes Are Born" SC event)
10: Evelyn UB

[mild sundial]

a24 Lillie time

[quiet apex]

This took like 10 mins. Fall down a canyon Cilan.

[quiet apex]

And back to my normal numbers. Damn you Noland.

[uneven field]

Good seed with some bad stages (Rika BC and Cynthia had too many gimmick checks)

[jovial crown]

Decided to make a small diagram of x2.0 teams I sometimes use

I do have more than 1 strike unit with Support EXR but SS Piers and Iono would prefer a Support with Strike EXR (like Kabu)

I do have Mix Blue EXR and SS Morty EXR but they’re usually used together on Field focused runs

[tribal sorrel]

I’m somehow consistently getting 10k+ a week, crazy how I thought getting 6k a week was going to be hard initially lol, I guess that’s expected once I started getting more role cakes

First time using Ultra Jelly, and it came in clutch nicely lol

[simple frost]

had this a while ago lol

i like this one too.