Maelmc's clears

[deft glacier]

I mean I can still do only 2 gauge moves

I just wont use Iris on Hau lol

Tho idk what else to use

[analog kayak]

Zinnia nuke, stall with Aerial Ace

[deft glacier]

Well I made AN Iris work

||hard carried by Lucas lol||

[neon sapphire]

EX your Proton

[deft glacier]

why would i he's not that good at 1/5

there are so many units i'd prefer ex'ing than him lol

[neon sapphire]

bro he is a free Uxie fodder

😭

i want him so bad

[lofty bone]

Fallister and Iris should get EX before Proton tbh tbh

[deft glacier]

^

[lusty crown]

Fr

[neon sapphire]

[deft glacier]

https://youtu.be/dbsi9C2wU3U

Lowered it to 3/5 0/20 because after all why wouldn't i

[neon sapphire]

finally you will EX him right, RIGHT?

[deft glacier]

when all of these are 0/20 maybe

[deft glacier]

nvm bulu is too annoying and I don't want to swap witty hit for uxie and regirock

[neon sapphire]

do Uxie and Regirock first

wait do you use skill gears at all?

[deft glacier]

yes

i dont have ghost gears anyway lol

[deft glacier]

Gonna auto farm now

[vague merlin]

oh you're not streaking?

[deft glacier]

I don't have time for it

so i'll just get a lot of cookies

[rigid delta]

I will probably follow suit

Will try to do a small streak first though

[steel onyx]

farming cookies always respectable

[deft glacier]

https://youtu.be/fBA6Tmr1E1M

[grave walrus]

How was it

I did it a couple times before

[deft glacier]

Easy

Very easy

[deft glacier]

and now we play the "what's my theme for the week" game

[lofty bone]

The best game

[wind sparrow]

Omg Johto

[grave walrus]

Villains only

[deft glacier]

I've been waiting for a while for a week where i can do coverage move only

but it never happens

[jovial ridge]

Just try it next week

[deft glacier]

with what bug coverage

[jovial ridge]

Sometimes you just gotta give it a go..

[deft glacier]

which unit has a bug move and isnt bug

besides lodge elesa and lana who aren't dps

[lofty bone]

Lana can do good DPS

Your only other option is BP Erika though

[vague merlin]

Leech life vampire tank here we goooo

[analog kayak]

Honestly that could proobably work

[deft glacier]

POV: SV DLC just dropped

[wind sparrow]

No feralgatr 🛏️

[deft glacier]

No aoe dps no big nuke 🛌

[wind sparrow]

No big nuke lying is bad yoju know

[jovial ridge]

[deft glacier]

not as big as nc serena

and she doesnt have turn one extended rain

[lofty bone]

Idk Feraligatr nuke is bigger for me
<- doesn't have 5/5 Cerena

[lofty bone]

Same tho, been playing the hell out of it since it dropped

[lusty crown]

Your Kris is outnuking Power Play tech EX NC Serena? Is that a thing cos it would be pretty impressive

[lofty bone]

My Cerena is only 2/5

I'd have to actually test it honestly. I normally use S Gloria or a meme team for Water

[lusty crown]

Ya I meant the innate powerplay

[lofty bone]

Oh shows how much I use her sync move

[lusty crown]

meme teams ftw

[lusty crown]

Straight to jail

[lofty bone]

[jovial ridge]

Imagine having time for SV DLC

[neon sapphire]

Imagine having time

[jovial ridge]

in your LG win streak

[vague merlin]

Imagine having SV DLC

[deft glacier]

Ah, Pasio CS

[deft glacier]

This took much more time than it should've

2v3 mono water is somehow harder than psychic, wow

i didnt expect that

ig my water units aren't as good

[vague merlin]

[deft glacier]

finally

3 to go, the 3 hardest

[neon sapphire]

[deft glacier]

I think I'm saving Archie for Leaf and Cerena for round 4

But I still need some sort of DPS for round 3 lol

[neon sapphire]

which dmg dealers do you have left?

[grave walrus]

Ssblue + May ezpz

[deft glacier]

Mf when the heat wave / sync move drops

Also blue cant tank shit on 3k 2v3

[grave walrus]

What

I used him to carry stuff like will for 3k psychic stadium lol

I guess 2/3 lacks some critical stuff

2/5*

Eh, it's good enough after PB

Wise entry 2 definitely sucks to not have but still

[deft glacier]

Had to give up on the 2v3 only

[jovial ridge]

[deft glacier]

Anywayyy

[deft glacier]

https://youtu.be/0HfuPluYa68

[deft glacier]

Lowkey the WORST run I ever did

[grave walrus]

Lmao the dark cerena nuke

Genius

Actually I should've known since there's frogs clears since day one

[deft glacier]

https://ng-pomatools.web.app/team?v0=002103014500&s0=2&l0=140&r0=6&p0=0&a0=24010601&t0=44444&g0=AAECAwQFBggKDA8TFBobHB4gIyUmKA&v1=008901064300&s1=2&l1=140&r1=6&p1=0&a1=13010602&t1=44444&g1=AAECAwQFBgcICQsMDQ8RGxwjJCUmKCk&v2=013003065800&s2=3&l2=150&r2=6&p2=0&a2=21010101&t2=4444&x2=true&g2=AAECAwQFFRYXHSAjJSksLi8

[grave walrus]

Is Anni n ontype nuke that much worse thank cerena?

[deft glacier]

yes

bro got no stats

[vague merlin]

Anni N keeps taking L's, I hate this

[jovial ridge]

Same

[lofty bone]

See I'm not the only one who can't nuke with him!

[deft glacier]

#gacha-and-flex message

[jovial ridge]

[deft glacier]

All my 2023 units, maybe i'll cook up something for this week

[deft glacier]

3k CS ruining the fun once again, Lana isn't good enough to deal with Flint

[grave walrus]

How, sounds weird

[deft glacier]

well she isn't super powerful

stats are so low and multipliers are lacking at 1/5

[jovial ridge]

Would level 150 + ex help

If it’s close then the extra stats might help

[deft glacier]

It's not close at all

[grave walrus]

Ah 1/5

Makes sense

Kinda

[deft glacier]

1st try with elaine such a good support

[grave walrus]

Lol the support diantha

[deft glacier]

She works well with SS Lana, Zone for more PMUN and defense drops

[deft glacier]

Goofy Palmer clear

[grave walrus]

Recommendation for optimal Palmer

Sync with supp ex on right side, since you usually wanna grip denial left and grip + giga nuke mid

This way grip is always maxed

[deft glacier]

supp ex where tho

thinking of EXing Argenta just for this team ngl

[neon sapphire]

do it

[deft glacier]

and also, mid healed from argenta's sync with grad heal so it was still a max power grip on it

and also a max power grip on the right side

[lusty crown]

You should

[deft glacier]

look, i would've if needed

but with enough parameter tweaking it wasn't

[grave walrus]

I mean any first support sync

Point is keeping left and mid 100%

You can afford to hit mid T1-2-3 but not with sync unless you cd'd

Because regen refills to 100% anyway

Argenta is funny af because you can afford +9 atk

AND half hp

Because damage guard + endure is silly

[lusty crown]

Goated support

[deft glacier]

And here's my 2023 units only CS

It clearly wasnt hard or anything but it was fun

[deft glacier]

https://youtu.be/mV--sHvELeI

Share this if you're a true Thorton hater

[grave walrus]

I'm doing this myself, very funny

Thnx for the idea

[deft glacier]

i've myself stolen the idea from other people

[grave walrus]

New favourite 3.5k duo found

[deft glacier]

https://youtu.be/8UgfS-E9Djk gaming

[deft glacier]

https://youtu.be/aPsSBd9XS64

[deft glacier]

Well that was easy

1st try

[vague merlin]

I don't even know Darach's gimmicks yet but allow me to blindly steal this team because I can't be bothered

[deft glacier]

it's terrakion

the gimmick is literally the same as terrakion lol

just give vigi ls to all 3 and defensive builds to volkner

i should post the video sometimes today

[deft glacier]

https://youtu.be/AWHhPvSJARI

[deft glacier]

The did is done

Never touching it again

[thorn nymph]

nice going

[deft glacier]

Ramos was 400 strength because i knew that team could handle it without any trouble lol
the rest was 200

[analog kayak]

A bird, a rat, and a cat rampages Darach's estate.

[vague merlin]

screeching

switching lucky skills my behated

[grave walrus]

Yeah I've never had to do that yet

[deft glacier]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1014366916015554593/1194636444254351411/Screenshot_2024-01-10-14-38-04-622_com.dena.a12026418-edit.jpg?ex=65b112e3&is=659e9de3&hm=06715bf41795f086a05762dad09c9863a00c4b783f0dc45a4fb8ab2f6b14fee3&

Palmer gear

Palmer gear

[deft glacier]

also you don't need vigi on them but it just makes it easier

like blue didn't have vigi and exploded from a brave bird but it was fine

[grave walrus]

🤝

[deft glacier]

damn

[grave walrus]

21 extra % my beloved

[deft glacier]

I love them

I've actually never one shot mid with a crush grip before, it felt so good

[grave walrus]

Yea he's by far the most funny unit to run at high str and hp because anything less feels just like murder

[deft glacier]

No theme this weak I just wanted to use units I rarely use (except round 1 lol)

SS Lysandre doing some funny stuff, quite impressive at 1/5

And also a fully f2p Cynthia clear feat. BP Valerie

[grave walrus]

Fellow Lucian destroyer

🤝

[wind sparrow]

That looks more like Facerola gear

[deft glacier]

She literally cant use them

[wind sparrow]

Simply change the kanto to alola

< doesn’t know how skill gear works

[deft glacier]

Me: Hmmm today I will clear CS without EX units
HS1 Bertha and Sun Flint: No, I dont think you will

[analog kayak]

KGrimsley:

[deft glacier]

I tried

with registeel and kukui

[deft glacier]

One

[deft glacier]

Two

Kukui is so gaming

[fair bone]

Fall Roxanne gaming

[grave walrus]

Kukui is legit great now

[deft glacier]

Three

[deft glacier]

Uuuuh I dont want to but I may have to toxic stall Lucian

[lusty crown]

[neon sapphire]

you EXed Blue?

you can make Kahili + tech Fearow work i believe in you

[deft glacier]

yes i ex'd blue for a certain latios solo

[lusty crown]

__L__G

[deft glacier]

Yes, LG stands for LETS GOOOOOOO

[vague merlin]

Yeah kahili is worth a try??

[deft glacier]

I tried, she's not good enough

or well, my non ex supports aren't

[deft glacier]

Four

Five

ok this one was way easier than expected but eeeeh who cares

[lusty crown]

No EX for all 3 of those

[deft glacier]

yeah

[neon sapphire]

[vague merlin]

I can't believe you don't have EX SS Morty

[deft glacier]

I literally just got him from the support select lol

It's basically the 2nd time I use him

[deft glacier]

also guess who else isn't ex yet

[lusty crown]

What's the stock looking like?

[deft glacier]

looking good

94 & 1922

[lusty crown]

Oh damn that's plenty

[neon sapphire]

Spend them now

[deft glacier]

no

I'm hoarding them for the better content

for LG

[neon sapphire]

understandable

[deft glacier]

I actually don't know who i'd like to EX anyway lol

[grave walrus]

• better content
• LG

https://tenor.com/view/cringe-anime-gif-22109001

[deft glacier]

well yeah it's the best gamemode in the game

[jovial ridge]

[deft glacier]

• CS is super repetitive since we get it literally every week, not challenging at all and 3k ruined challenge runs
• Villa is even more repetitive, not challenging at all and probably the most boring gamemode in the game period, at least it's a good source of gems
• HS is gatekept to having the correct units at a high move level, and stupidly good skill gears if you wanna be in the top. It's also hella RNG, the move sequence is random, you may as well need to reset for DAYS just to get 1 stage done as you want to
• Ultimate Challenges just suck in general, they're way too hard and even more gatekept, at least Darach was "fine" i GUESS

LG makes you use commonly seen as bad units if you want to get a good score which is an interesting challenge (and not a self imposed one!). It's not gatekept by having specific broken units. Some teams suck to use but ultimately you don't have to do that, just slap a bad unit to fix solos and duos. The only thing gatekeeping in LG is the size of your roster, but it's because it's the only gamemode that actually makes you use your entire roster.

and AT LEAST if you don't want to do a big streak but just 10 to get the rewards, it's EASY, not like HS that STILL sucks

[grave walrus]

It's gatekept by having either spent a fuckton or being a day one player, true

HSE is super easy to get 180k in so I don't get the hate, especially because doing so takes around the same time as doing 11 streaks

Except it's not the same 9-10 stages you've already defeated, repurposed, for multiple and multiple times

That's why I don't do LG after the first 2-3 times, I can't be arsed to just farm the same stage with a different team dozens of times in a vacoom of 3

[deft glacier]

really not I struggled so hard to get it on fire hs

mud tried to do it f2p and struggled even more (eventually got it but still it sucks)

[grave walrus]

Grass and fire were free wtf

How

I got it with freebies without any trouble and I was using the wrong fuecoco too

[deft glacier]

Grass was free for me because I had the units

Fire I have nothing

[grave walrus]

I meant free with freebies

I got 290k on grass and 265k on fire with very limited rosters on my first non freebie clear, 196k on grass 183k on fire with only freebies

[vague merlin]

If you think fire HS was free you should've seen Tai

With his Kiawe who was only 2/5 back then and no fire limiteds 😭
Getting the minimum rewards in LG is just easier and more beginner-friendly than HS

[vague merlin]

Preach Mael, say it louder

[vague merlin]

I totally understand the argument of fighting 3 bosses repeatedly, but is it really that bad? You're changing your teams every time. In HS you fight 5 new bosses sure, but with the same teams over and over (or slightly different if you decide to tweak it) resetting for the right RNG. If you tryhard both, there will always be repetitiveness in them

[plush breach]

And even if it's the same boss different kind of teams make it feel a completely different thing

Piercing blows, sleep, damage rush, sides kill order, super effective move/bar skipping, self and opponent gauge control,etc..

[jovial ridge]

its the time, i ain't got time for that shit of doing 100+ clears

[plush breach]

You can try seeing if you have fun just by playing it, ignoring streak size
At least I started that way, did 10 optimized-ish clears when I could've gone a lot higher if I overkilled and used more pairs but I had more fun trying to figuring out the sequence

The last lg my goal was to do 20 solos and 20 duos even tho I knew it wasn't time efficient at my skill level, so I ended up not using a third of my pairs
And I don't regret it

There's someone that does a lot of solos but doesn't play lg

Point being, there's ways to enjoy lg/la outside high streaks (including less time consuming ones)

[grave walrus]

Lg being easier was never really a matter of discussion tbh

It's fact

[grave walrus]

You mean to say you first try most of your solos in LG?

Because that's the main gripe

You have to farm 3 stages you already know like the back of your hand with different teams sure, but hundreds of times each

Because most times you're trying each stage at least 3-5 times

This without comparing how HSE is trimestral

Vs an almost always monthly LG

So even the top 10 HSE players still invest waaaay less time in farming than a LG top 100 player

[deft glacier]

In this house we are GAMING

one of my most stressful clears ever

but it actually wasn't that bad

Took me 2h20, including figuring out the correct grid, lucky skill and strat

so really there are worse solos lol

[deft glacier]

https://youtu.be/ebBE3wvsl7o

[deft glacier]

Gakon dont we're supposed to be on the same side

[lofty bone]

Gakon knows

[neon sapphire]

I 'd because it only took you 2h20

[jovial ridge]

I’m gonna be real, I wanna see one of you or mael or nov to time how many hours it takes for your win streak (including resets) lol

[plush breach]

Would you also count planning?

[lofty bone]

Yes

[neon sapphire]

Its too much to be counted

[vague merlin]

for a brand new solo? that's actually not so bad

[vague merlin]

see!

[vague merlin]

considering I always update my individual clears in my LG thread, I can do that by counting the time gaps between my posts (minus sleep and such)

[plush breach]

If I were to count it I think I'd time doing other stuff, check app use time before charging the phone and deduce the timed time, (21 days in a row,lol)

[deft glacier]

really it wasnt that hard I'm surprised nobody did it before

[plush breach]

Me with non ex 1/5 SS lyra on latios, Entei and Raikou:

Except she was a unit that hadn't reran in over a year

And sycamore is a freebie

[deft glacier]

Not gonna make a video for this week's CS but I recorded all clears so if you wanna see one in particular feel free to ask

[thorn nymph]

Hey Mael

i just thought of a weird theme

idk if it was done before (probably) but thought you might like it

3k CS but you are categorically forbidden from doing triple queue or quad queue
or even dual queue for that matter

[grave walrus]

I had considered 3k csmm without syncs instead

[lofty bone]

3k CSMM auto

[deft glacier]

hmmm

[thorn nymph]

idk if auto can do it

but if you manually input one move at a time, maybe?

problem with auto is not even the queueing, it's that the AI is just dumb as fuck

Anni Lillie moonblast ptsd

[deft glacier]

toxic stall

no triple queue should be possible

no dual queue sounds painful lol

well in fact no triple queue just means duo with a 3rd

so it's just an easier duo

[thorn nymph]

well

it's basically a solo + 2 what i was asking

i haven't kept up with CS 3k solos ngl

[deft glacier]

CS solos suck

well at least in 3k

2.5 it was fine-ish

[deft glacier]

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/169o_bN8yB3PPaZU-Q7l7WboJ40s__1fAWjWoJ1I7yDs/edit#gid=0

doesn't seem very up to date

looks like rafa doesn't want to update it anymore lol

[thorn nymph]

CS solos suck maybe but CS Solo Queue ?

[grave walrus]

Solo +2 is still free because you can chuck in endure or entry buff/cd units to just gain time

Like, ccalem team safe entry? Busted

[deft glacier]

imagine having 3/5 chalem

such a waste of a candy

[grave walrus]

^ this guy has 4/5 palmer

[deft glacier]

3/5

that message over arch's thread was a typo lol

[grave walrus]

Still, safe entry, crit squad and propulsion 9 say hi

[deft glacier]

propulsion 9 ? i don't care at all about that lmfao

[grave walrus]

[deft glacier]

crit squad just get an mpr easy

[grave walrus]

Hs1 calem is Hella funny

[deft glacier]

me with fast track 2 calem since forever

[grave walrus]

Ah right LG brainrot

[deft glacier]

LG based

i don't need to do fast CS clears lol

[grave walrus]

Eh, HS1+Propulsion 9 is for pretty much anything that's not LG

[vague merlin]

might as well auto the damn thing

[vague merlin]

Mine still has vigilance but fast track is calling my name more and more

[lofty bone]

Don't do it! Vigilance is so much better!

[neon sapphire]

[vague merlin]

Maybe i can afford it more now that blissful bonanza is back and i don't just rely on BV for 2* cookies

[neon sapphire]

https://tenor.com/view/good-morning-do-it-gif-24435329

[lofty bone]

[lusty crown]

Funny way you spell Head Start 1 there

[lofty bone]

[lusty crown]

HS1 + Propulsion 9 my beloved

[vague merlin]

That bertha team was just as ridiculous lmao, what was her weakness?

[deft glacier]

grass apparently

[vague merlin]

Ah

Yeah looking back that week was hell

Aaron and flint were very bulky

Lucian had an entry

Bertha wanted a weather change

[deft glacier]

in theory i got a good roster
in practice it didn't work well for this week

[vague merlin]

Cynthia had HE4

[deft glacier]

potion mend leaf

[vague merlin]

I had a very good support lineup

[deft glacier]

if there's no LG this month i'll probably make the factory event soon

[vague merlin]

Plsplspls whatever crazy event y'all come up with, don't overlap it with LG, i need to focus my sanity in One gamemode only!

[deft glacier]

Arch don't you won't like it lol i can already tell

[lofty bone]

Arch actually likes CS tho

[deft glacier]

[lusty crown]

[vague merlin]

Arch will enjoy any CS related event

[lusty crown]

CS my beloved

I will pull out all the stops for CS

[deft glacier]

who said it's CS

[lusty crown]

[neon sapphire]

LG Battle Factory next month?

[lusty crown]

🚶‍♂️

[neon sapphire]

[deft glacier]

actually if there's LG maybe I can do something else

Battle Villa battle factory

[vague merlin]

Oh now you're cooking

[deft glacier]

PML battle factory you have to do EVERY PML story fights using different units I don't know how many fights there are lol

[vague merlin]

Actually I wouldn't want an LG related event to interfere with my LG streaking lol

[neon sapphire]

true

[deft glacier]

you think i didn't think of that

[vague merlin]

LG battle factory except LG isn't around so we fight LAs instead

[deft glacier]

[lofty bone]

DIY LG

[lusty crown]

Justice for CSMM

[neon sapphire]

overrated content

[lofty bone]

LG do be overrated you right

[lusty crown]

(CS) It can never be overrated

CSMM deserves all the ratings

Had to edit before I fell victim to an out of context screenshot

[neon sapphire]

[lofty bone]

[deft glacier]

[lusty crown]

goddamit

[vague merlin]

Love me some receipts

[lofty bone]

I'm sorry Arch

[lusty crown]

It's okay, cheap theatre tricks can't shake our resolve

[lofty bone]

[deft glacier]

I just tried 5750 pts on Lucian (ss lyra gaming)
I can't keep them flinched again and again, the order seems pretty inconsistent

[neon sapphire]

can confirm this flinch duration is inconsistent

[deft glacier]

wait

lucian has only 17k hp and a def drop mitig of 3

4k palmer real ?

[lusty crown]

Yeah that should be very doable

[deft glacier]

1st 4k off type, 4 to go

[neon sapphire]

there is the secret 6th CSMM stage?

[lusty crown]

[lusty crown]

Nicely done I love how everyone is doing this now

[deft glacier]

smhsmh

[deft glacier]

i already did it on type in the past

off type sucks

[lusty crown]

Yeah on type is fine

300 free pts

[deft glacier]

and twice the damage

[deft glacier]

i can't one shot left side

too much hp

or i could but that'd mean using one of steven's tm early

lol that didn't even kill

[lusty crown]

Huh

Are you going for the EX sync first?

[deft glacier]

ALMOST GOT IT

and yeah it was a supp sync first

[lusty crown]

You might be chipping left side so Crush Grip scales down, could try syncing on the right then switching to left with Palmer

[deft glacier]

no i was syncing on the right side

[lusty crown]

Oh

[deft glacier]

left was at full hp

[lusty crown]

[deft glacier]

Normal Zone ran out cry

I think I have the strat

i hate random move selection

why don't CS opponents follow a sequence

[lusty crown]

That is my one and only critique on this gamemode

[deft glacier]

killing jynx is a damage roll

so many layers of rng

and so many insta queue that i can fail

[neon sapphire]

Thats why LG is the superior game mode

[lusty crown]

[deft glacier]

I swear that slowbro has aggravation

[lusty crown]

It do be like that

The amount of times I got crit by Aaron yesterday

[deft glacier]

ok i'll stop for now there's too much rng lol

[grave walrus]

Didn't queue leer beforehand

No -6 Def no party

[deft glacier]

i did

but i have to use a tm

i can't use tackle + 3 leer + tm

[grave walrus]

Argenta issue

[deft glacier]

[grave walrus]

https://tenor.com/view/pokemon-acerola-cute-spin-around-gif-15122880

[deft glacier]

what

[grave walrus]

Ace is the superior Palmer enabler clearly

[deft glacier]

once you used SD 3 times she can't do shit

[grave walrus]

Never had that happen

Because you're doing sunny day, TM, SD, SD, Sunny day, SD

Which equals to...+11 PMUN

[deft glacier]

FINALLY

I had to USE DEFENSE PARAMETERS WHAT

... maybe if i gave Palmer CS2 it would've been easier

but palmer is just that good he doesn't need it!!!

[lusty crown]

what lucky skill does your Palmer have

Is it FT2 for some obscure solo

[deft glacier]

It's vigi

[deft glacier]

should be enough to get 180k easily

also them telling us next HS is psychic definitely means we'll get a psychic unit in february right ? lol

[lofty bone]

Psychic unit for Palentine's maybe?

[deft glacier]

that's what i'm expecting yeah

[neon sapphire]

SS Lusamine rerun with ||Field|| EXR

[deft glacier]

she'd appreciate a lot lol

i'd probably rolex her instantly it'd help so much

[lofty bone]

She desperately needs supp rolex tho

[deft glacier]

both are great

[lusty crown]

Support please

[deft glacier]

(she's getting tech)

[lofty bone]

Also I doubt they'll rerun her since they don't seem to like to rerun the MFs for their respective HS types

[lusty crown]

I mean tbf Adaman was too early

Lusamine & Bede have a fair shot

[neon sapphire]

also SS Steven rerun if anyone cares

[deft glacier]

nc galar trio rerun for half anni bait

[neon sapphire]

real shit

[deft glacier]

marnie take my gems

[lusty crown]

Bede would get mine

[lofty bone]

Great then I could save for Palentine's

[deft glacier]

i really regret what I did during half anni last year

I spent a pity worth of gems... but split into 2 banners

that was so stupid

[lofty bone]

Everyone needs to be taught I suppose

[deft glacier]

(tbf i pulled first on hop because i didn't understand his freebie passive correctly, then went to marnie when i did )

i thought he had permanent free move while one of his stats is lowered
not that he gets free move when a stat gets lowered

[lofty bone]

💀

Tbh I only use him as a debuffer and zone setter

[grave walrus]

Swoobat seems like a plausible pal unit rn

[lofty bone]

I was thinking maybe Mime Jr or Chimecho for a cute pair or Mr Mime/Jynx for a horrifying one

[deft glacier]

i see you with your
turns out def 1 + another 50 pts parameters makes it so you deal more damage overall than HP 2

[grave walrus]

Yea

Priority wise, STR>hp +8/6>Def +1> other hp > other Defs

To be optimal for bulk iirc

[lusty crown]

This is interesting to know

[grave walrus]

Don't quote me

This was from around when 2.5k dropped

And first 28.9k hp stages started dropping

Depending on base hp, +hp can be better than str or defence

[lusty crown]

Ah fair

[vague merlin]

Coping for ss steven rerun for the psychic banner

[deft glacier]

Extension

[deft glacier]

4k moment

[deft glacier]

I don't think I have good enough pairs to do full off type 4k

i have op grass and electric but i'm still missing a team

[deft glacier]

It's the lowest possible* above 0
*||if you value your sanity||

[deft glacier]

Good thing is we have LG
Bad thing is Latios is annoying to plan around

[deft glacier]

First run

[lofty bone]

nice

[neon sapphire]

meanwhile i scored 3,200 because i bought everything that seems useful (everything does)

[deft glacier]

I only bought the apple last round

In order to compensate I EX R NC Blue

[lusty crown]

The apple is the funniest thing I've ever seen

[vague merlin]

dang

[velvet dock]

Yeah, it's hilariously broken

Destroyed Articuno like it's nothing

[lusty crown]

Absolutely absurd

[deft glacier]

2nd run same points

[jovial ridge]

Nice

[deft glacier]

3rd run
Round 1 Sprint Field
Round 2 Sprint Strike
Round 3 Sprint Tech
Round 4 Field Support
Round 5 Sprint Strike
Round 6 Sprint Tech
Round 7 Strike Support
Round 8 Sprint Field
Round 9 Sprint Tech
Round 10 Sprint Support

[lofty bone]

You have at least three Sprint units right

Actually you could just keep Rolex NC Rosa the whole time

[deft glacier]

i started using SSAC on round 6

how could i've predicted so many sprint stages

Anywayyyy new record

[deft glacier]

Aaaaaaa

[limber wadi]

Johto boost? Ice boost?

[deft glacier]

Johto

Had to buy one in the end

Had to do H instead of VH on 2 stages too really unlucky stages

[vague merlin]

oh you tried itemless at first?

that's still a good score though

[jovial ridge]

i think i really like using points here lol

[grave walrus]

I averagely use 200-350/400 depending on starter drops

[deft glacier]

[vague merlin]

Damn

Did you just get lucky with the role boosts

Or do you secretly have a huge stash of fields and sprints

[deft glacier]

i got electric starter

[grave walrus]

🤝

[deft glacier]

nc blue + sst red + nc serena destroyed thorton lol

[grave walrus]

You got good boosts at the end?

I keep getting shafted on last two stages

Always field and/or sprint

[deft glacier]

ah that

i commited to mix red quite a bit

had 1 or 2 stages with him where he wasn't boosting

[grave walrus]

I don't have any other field

Aside tbolt

And victor

Lol

[deft glacier]

also a stage with support/sprint where i went nc blue nc rosa ssa cynthia lol

on like round 8

[grave walrus]

Oh yeah you can totally pull out triple support

But to be sure I caked zerena for those

[deft glacier]

i used palmer on round 9 for tech + strike

[grave walrus]

In case I get something like support sprint on Palmer UB again

[deft glacier]

with nc blue and ss lyra gaming

[grave walrus]

I also only did 3 rounds yesterday

I only got like

16/20 roll tickets

And nothing else

[neon sapphire]

i should cake NC Blue and Penny sometime

Strike + Sup combo is scary for me

[deft glacier]

i caked nc blue, nc rosa and mix red for this lol

my nc rosa isn't even ex

but she's caked

[neon sapphire]

[jovial ridge]

[grave walrus]

I only caked zerena and tbolt red

For field and supp + field/sprint stages

[plush breach]

SSA Cynthia, NC leaf and f.roxanne

Saving tech for anni lillie

[deft glacier]

48 clears planned, but after that it kinda sucks
Latios is so not fun to plan around

[neon sapphire]

is SS Morty and Silver duo kind of overkill?

[lofty bone]

Not overkill enough, put SS Hilda in there

[vague merlin]

I think double ho-oh is always overkill

but then again we had 5 days of prep time, this sucks

Mael tell me how Ghetsis + Cheryl goes

do you have a video guide I can follow

Ghetsis tank

[neon sapphire]

im going to use that duo too, and fortunately i have documented nao's guide: https://youtu.be/aquJODt2icg?t=3281

[vague merlin]

oh it's on azelf

[neon sapphire]

wait Mael you are going to the duo on Coba?

Ghetsis is Steel weak also

[deft glacier]

Yes
But 1/5

So uh idk

[deft glacier]

Uh yes?? Does it not work? I thought it did

[neon sapphire]

Idk. Cheryl just explodes to any physical attacks and Ghetsis suffers from Steel weakness there

[deft glacier]

There's a reason I didnt put Cheryl as the tank

[neon sapphire]

[deft glacier]

Ghetsis can lower atk isnt it enough

[neon sapphire]

what a crazy strat, at least to me

I would rather using both, or at least Cheryl on Azelf

[vague merlin]

surely if you get infinite MPRs on Cheryl's TM, it can work

yknow what I'm gonna save a bit of sanity and do cheryl ghetsis on azelf

[deft glacier]

The idea was that the og duo is ghetsis Skyla
Then Skyla got replaced by Cheryl but idk on which clear, I thought it was coba

[vague merlin]

how many Cheryl TMs did it take

[deft glacier]

0

[vague merlin]

[deft glacier]

and 2 paralysis on bar 3

That was first try but very lucky lmfao

[vague merlin]

oof, paralysis procs

hmm, Ghetsis lucky skill?

[deft glacier]

But with 2 MPR it should be good

Cs2

[vague merlin]

[deft glacier]

(vigi's better)

[vague merlin]

(too lazy to change)

[deft glacier]

Have fun reseting for stone edge crits

[deft glacier]

planned all my non eggs fire types

[deft glacier]

Going to sleep with a 75 streak planned i'm just a few Latios clears away from 90

[vague merlin]

How many streaks are you aiming for?

[deft glacier]

No real goal, as much as possible

[vague merlin]

i see

good luck

[neon sapphire]

[deft glacier]

Stopping here for today

tried to get more but ramos clay sleep chain is painful

[vague merlin]

Man that's quick

[deft glacier]

#1012311116778586182 message saving this for tomorrow when I wake up

[limber wadi]

Have you saved naomi’s solo sheet too?

[deft glacier]

In the community clears doc

I have CS to do, uh

[deft glacier]

I wish CS a very die

[lusty crown]

EX Adaman & F-Roxanne

[deft glacier]

I'll consider

[deft glacier]

#1012311116778586182 message stealing

[limber wadi]

I wish Water Weak Flint that

[grave walrus]

Wdym water weak flint loses by our boy Petey

[limber wadi]

Battle Rally was so real for that

Or NC Blue

[deft glacier]

Sleep chains suck on azelf

[wind sparrow]

ash coud never

[grave walrus]

?

[limber wadi]

NC Blue and -6 SpDef then

[grave walrus]

Yes you can literally tell

From the screenshot

2 rebuff and -6

[limber wadi]

And even HP params

[grave walrus]

Mhhh just a bit

Not much

+9 STR +6 hp iirc

[deft glacier]

1st LG video tomorrow, it'll render during the night (hopefully without any issue)

[limber wadi]

fully

[deft glacier]

I tried NC Calem solo on Azelf
I abandonned NC Calem solo on Azelf

[deft glacier]

If being in danger was a picture

[vague merlin]

I don't blame you

[deft glacier]

@vague merlin

Grids

[vague merlin]

So stun spore immediately, got it

Thanks!

At least 1 TM MPR on Erika, yeah?

[deft glacier]

this run used 2

but 1 bare minimum

[vague merlin]

Made it thanks for the tips

[deft glacier]

Moar clears

[vague merlin]

So how does this work

When do you use wide guard

[deft glacier]

iirc I used it just after sync

Im not sure

[vague merlin]

Oh shit that was tight

I assume the freeze was necessary

Lusamine grid pls

[deft glacier]

In my doc

[deft glacier]

Finally upload part 1 of my streak

[analog kayak]

me with an absurd amount of LG recordings sitting in my downloads folder:

[deft glacier]

ok the video will be tomorrow

[deft glacier]

Top 100

https://youtu.be/h8gsRjpkuKI?si=cqRnwaY6Q7rg1krK and the 1st video

[neon sapphire]

saved into watch later playlist

[deft glacier]

@green cloud real hapu clear not clickbait

[vague merlin]

might steal that over Bianca + LuSSa

[deft glacier]

it's annoying lol

[vague merlin]

Yeah i've been trying it and holy shit this SUCKS

I need Hapu to dodge all most moves on bar 2 so I can rush bar 3 please

[deft glacier]

watch my lg11 clear

i (tried to) copy it

[green cloud]

Hapu LG

[deft glacier]

And 60

[deft glacier]

I'll render the 2nd video this night

hopefully it's done when i wake up

[neon sapphire]

You have double streaks than me!

[jovial ridge]

skill issue

[neon sapphire]

*time issue

[vague merlin]

convince me against doing Aaron vs Azelf solo

I'm very tempted

[neon sapphire]

bee fun

[vague merlin]

i hate changing to fast track....

[lofty bone]

Bee more fun with more bees

Shove Bugsy in there

[vague merlin]

nah i'm planning to do Bugsy + Hilbert and see if 40% flinch can save me

(ha)

[lofty bone]

[neon sapphire]

See? Nov is more insane than me

[lofty bone]

[jovial ridge]

you're all equally insane

[gaunt coral]

we're gauntlet players, this is probably the most true thing that's been said

[jovial ridge]

HS and BR players aren't insane

[neon sapphire]

Heavily

[fair bone]

HS is a hard maybe, though BR players are fine for now seeing as you can’t binge the mode yet for hyperoptimization

[vague merlin]

if you tryhard HS you're just as insane ngl

[deft glacier]

BR is fine, HS isn't

anyway uploading the next video

[deft glacier]

Can you guess the theme

[lusty crown]

Dupe

[deft glacier]

nope

It's actually a theme suggested by @thorn nymph a while ago
hint: it's only possible on Hoenn CS

[thorn nymph]

uh

[lusty crown]

[thorn nymph]

alphabetical?

BCD

but Drake would show first unless you don't count him

[deft glacier]

[thorn nymph]

the only other one i recall suggesting was no triple or duo queue

[deft glacier]

i need to clear that first round first anyway

it's not that easy lol even with blue

[vague merlin]

why is it only possible in hoenn CS what

[deft glacier]

It's even worse than that, it's only possible on certain weeks of Hoenn CS

[vague merlin]

[deft glacier]

https://youtu.be/lqzDnJOfLF0 Part 2

[neon sapphire]

[deft glacier]

Round 2

ok this one is gonna suck

I think I cant do it

[jovial ridge]

[deft glacier]

Fire weak Glacia just hits too hard

[jovial ridge]

Not even gonna bother guessing what this plan was

I don’t think that trio would have cleared 2500 points

[deft glacier]

i think that theme should be easier on week 183

glacia will still suck buuuut at least i don't have to remove sun with a unit that doesnt fit

and i wouldn't have to deal with increased SpA blizzard either

ok i'm doing that, saving this theme for week 183

lg will have ended too so i'll be able to focus on cs more

[deft glacier]

@vague merlin

this grid

exeggutor is max affinity

(and it's the exact same as victreebel, it should work with both)

just use the one that matchs skill gears the most with katherine

[vague merlin]

Yeah, i've been following the pattern of sleep -> sleeper move -> damage dealer move -> sleep

But idk why azelf wakes up immediately sometimes, like how it wakes up and uses Swift immediately in your run

[deft glacier]

1st move on bar change is always like that

on pretty much any area

[vague merlin]

Aaaah that makes sense

Yea I remember it happening with Tapu Bulu too

[vague merlin]

Alright idk what i'm doing wrong lol, Azelf sometimes wakes up a bit too late and flamethrowers me to the face

Skill issue

[deft glacier]

i guess not but do you have a video

[vague merlin]

Didn't record

I managed to do it eventually, I don't know why Azelf decides to be weird sometimes

[lofty bone]

It does it specifically to fuck with you

[vague merlin]

Thanks Azelf! I hate you too ❤️

[analog kayak]

How difficult was the Whitney duo without TLAcerola's EX?

[deft glacier]

easy

like, actually easy

Not accounting for resets for the TM MPR I think it took 2 tries

i love whitney

Getting to top 100 is easy
STAYING in top 100 is so hard lol

[plush breach]

copying the katherine duo from the sheet and
hum

[plush breach]

cool duo
didn't expect to one shot bar 2 with 2 sync buffs

[deft glacier]

Lol it has vigi prob

[deft glacier]

Victor shafted me

[vague merlin]

[grave walrus]

Pity 1/5?

[deft glacier]

6 pulls so far and nothing

Including 5 dead mults lol

[grave walrus]

Well half pity is bad but not the worst

Hope you get him soon

[neon sapphire]

I intended to wait for him to join shared banner next year to pull in hope of getting others' dupes but a moment ago i caved in and he shafted me

[deft glacier]

Lol rip

I said Im never pulling on seasonals again anyway

Except normal type

[jovial ridge]

Always expect the shaft when it comes to seasonal pairs

[grave walrus]

So true

[deft glacier]

i've never pity'd anything besides MFs

and getting a seasonal or a PF is the same chance so there's no reason that a seasonal shafts you more than a PF

[deft glacier]

doing LG is getting more and more exhausting ngl dunno how long i'll do it

tryharded so much at the start and now i'm barely getting 3 clears a day

[neon sapphire]

[vague merlin]

Haha I felt that

[analog kayak]

me when I use more time planning and notetaking this bs:

[deft glacier]

i have to finish cs don't i

[neon sapphire]

Me2

Also dont forget about weekly BR mission

[deft glacier]

I do them on monday

[deft glacier]

Anywayy

Pal Serena deals insane damage but she needs so much support

[deft glacier]

7600pts this rally

hoarded nc rosa and ssa cynthia because i didn't know what could happen, ended up not using them

[grave walrus]

Mael

There's a seed reader

Never get spooked by sprint and field ever again

[deft glacier]

Oh I know

Im using it

I was saving them for the UB

[deft glacier]

@lusty crown would you pin this please and unpin the other, misleading one

[lusty crown]

[deft glacier]

thank you

[neon sapphire]

[deft glacier]

Maybe I'll not hit that big of a streak this LG but I'll have done something good
I'll only have done solos and duos

[vague merlin]

[deft glacier]

I will TRY to release the next part of my streak either this week end or on monday

I only have 8 runs left before 90 so it should be feasable lol

[deft glacier]

EGG CARRY

[deft glacier]

@rigid delta

[rigid delta]

Holy fuck

I mean Rat
But also goddamn

[deft glacier]

hail to remove rain + kekwok enabler

I didn't expect it to survive 'til the end tho but argenta spams single target moves

[rigid delta]

I used Adaman because Mix Red wasn't finishing the job

[vague merlin]

Oh joy I forgot Argenta happens to be today

I never had the honor of fighting her in BR

[deft glacier]

Me neither, nor Palmer

[deft glacier]

https://youtu.be/a3kIVuu_gtE

[brittle lintel]

thanks for the video, i attempted the stage and didn't realize argenta cleanses electric rebuff in the middle of battle so you were supposed to save nc blue's sync until then

[deft glacier]

First stage ever to clear rebuff ||not counting LAs that clear all changes on bar transition||

[vague merlin]

Clearing rebuff?

[lusty crown]

Yeah at 50% she clears rebuffs & re-applies rain

[vague merlin]

Smart

[deft glacier]

(Irida does the same but better but Lapras is funnier)

[deft glacier]

Another dead Victor pull

[lusty crown]

Gacha in clears smh

[deft glacier]

90 with only solos and duos

[deft glacier]

Rendering the video during the night, hopefully it works properly

[deft glacier]

LG part 3

[deft glacier]

I'm trying (emphasis on trying) to build teams up to 150 streak

I have too much stuff on Cobalion

[neon sapphire]

pretty much every status unit goes to Coba lol

[deft glacier]

I have too many

if I put every status on cobalion I i'd need to do 200 streak or smth

i'm not doing that

[deft glacier]

6 teams away from having planned up to 150 with only solos and duos

but i'm running out of supports

[deft glacier]

We'll see if

• that works
• I get that far lol

I'd be so proud if I can get to 150 with only duos

but that's 60 runs in the 5 remaning days

[plush breach]

I'm satisfied with 100 solos/duos

Gonna just see how much I can break my streak record now

[deft glacier]

PB is 131

[deft glacier]

I'M DONE WITH SLEEP

[neon sapphire]

12 clears per day

[jovial ridge]

1 clear every other hour

[deft glacier]

Well actually a bit less than that because...

100

So yeah now the bare minimal goal is 120, I'd like to beat my PB tho so 132 would be nice, and if possible 150
if I still have energy to streak more I can start doing trios with what I have left lol

[jovial ridge]

I thought you were stopping at 100

[deft glacier]

I never really had any goal

[vague merlin]

Wait tech venusaur has sleep powder? Looks like i have another azelf clear

Don't know what other sleepchain enabler i have tho

[vague merlin]

How's the Alcremie and Lodge may team?

[deft glacier]

Easy

1st try

[deft glacier]

Fuck this EBE lmao

[green cloud]

Grid me

[deft glacier]

this

lyra's grid isn't really important, I didn't change it
At best you should still pick Quick Cure, and use Lithe LS

[deft glacier]

I recorded my whole battle rally and will upload it... probably tomorrow ?

[deft glacier]

I'm struggling to make progress
Not because the runs are necessarily hard but because I have no motivation lol

I've done 4 runs today and I don't think I'm doing more

[jovial ridge]

You have all week, take your time lol

[deft glacier]

The Battle Rally Experience

My complete, unedited gameplay of this week's Battle Rally

[deft glacier]

It's easy to assume that eventually we'll get an UB against all the characters represented in the Rally image, but that made me think of what would a Ingo & Emmet battle look like, because I dont think they'd each get their own battle but rather one together.

It could be interesting that they can both sync. They're the only opponents, no 3rd, and take turn using their moves. Once sync is ready the one that it's the turn of will sync, then the other one will start the next sync rotation. Since they take 6 moves to get to sync, one would sync then the other etc etc

[delicate bough]

That's a really neat idea

[limber wadi]

And they both have 500k HP

[deft glacier]

Of course

But I just checked, if we assume UB won't have repeating weaknesses the only possibles teams are Haxorus / Archeops ice weak and Klinklang / Excadrill fighting weak
Maybe they could do a Klinklang / Excadrill UB playing around Steel zone but eh

[lofty bone]

We have Fighting weak with Palmer tho, do you mean Ground weak?

[deft glacier]

oh yeah palmer

lucy is ground weak

so that'd only leave haxorus archeops 💀

[lofty bone]

Oh 💀

[deft glacier]

I think I'll end LG soon. I'm trying duos only but azelf and cobalion suck that way and it's getting too hard to beat them

[analog kayak]

Me and my Elaine filler:

[deft glacier]

Teams recently havent been fun

well that latios team was super free
but all the other 4 were urgh

[analog kayak]

Stealing13

(Hop EX, Petey duo on Coba)
(TLAdaman, May duo on Latios - non EX clear)
(1/5 Registeel, Wikstrom duo on Azelf)
(TLIrida, Tech NInetails duo on Coba)

[deft glacier]

120

[lofty bone]

[deft glacier]

I candied V Kris for that clear, but it's one of those units that get a LOT of stuff at 2/5 so I'm fine with that

[vague merlin]

that bp clemont bp valerie team looks interesting

[deft glacier]

Part 4

[deft glacier]

I'm literally out of so I can give the definitive list of all the units that I EX'd this LG
Strike: Selene, Lysandre
Tech: Bertha, Gladion, May (SS)
Support: Wally (Lodge), Rosa (Champion), Roxanne, Allister (Fall), Janine (BP), Piers, Kiawe
For a total of 12 units

[neon sapphire]

12 EX... before anni?

i think i EX'd Serena... uh who else? ah, Ball Guy and Tina

[deft glacier]

Victor took all my gems, I don't expect to get a single anni unit ngl

[grave walrus]

How many total ex now mael

[deft glacier]

107

[grave walrus]

Oh wow I thought it was more

[lofty bone]

Some quality EX picks there

[deft glacier]

EXing SS May kinda sucked ngl
I'm fine with all the others, I'm just mad that I had to EX SS May because of that stupid run lmao

[vague merlin]

i can't even afford EXing 12 units on the regular bruh

I EX'd... Lodge Gladion, Hilda, BP Janine, Lodge Serena

[deft glacier]

#salt-channel message I'm getting rafa'd in gacha it's real

[deft glacier]

Guess that was a lie too, I got just enough to EX Lenora (she doesnt deserve it after what she did to me)

[deft glacier]

Yknow what, I don't feel like pushing further

132 is my official final streak

Regular units remaining: 57
Eggs remaining: 46
What a waste but I learned a lot this LG and next time I'll try to really get further

[analog kayak]

last quote playing on repeat every LG deadline:

[fair bone]

SC Zinnia and Lodge Volkner is a duo I ABSOLUTELY need to use
edit: nvm, not gonna try and make it work with 2 hours left to do all 10 LG clears

[deft glacier]

#gacha-and-flex message

[lofty bone]

now do a clear with her

[deft glacier]

No one is dark weak this week

She's definitely getting EX + R asap tho, for rally

[deft glacier]

Wow what a fun and cool and engaging CS- no it was boring as hell as usual

[fair bone]

it was boring because you used 99% meta units actually wait is SS Hilbert really the best Bug damage dealer nowadays?

[deft glacier]

He's 1/5, he was just there to apply rebuff lol

technically SC Steven would be 100% better but I try to not have any overlap in my premade teams

[green cloud]

Why even include Volkner

[vague merlin]

moar terrain

[fervent tree]

Double Electric Terrain

[deft glacier]

part 5

[deft glacier]

#gacha-and-flex message

[lofty bone]

One away 😭

[deft glacier]

optimaly I should wait friday to do my rally first round is strike field and I potentially need it again on round 5, so I need R Akari

[deft glacier]

Nvm actually I'm dumb, I want BOTH Akari and Red on round 1 lol for more boost

Im waiting ig

LG13 final rank

Units left
Too many but we ball

[neon sapphire]

[vague merlin]

great job!

[deft glacier]

so did the math, even if i wait i don't have enough rally vouchers so i won't be able to buy a cake

so i can do the rally now lol

[deft glacier]

eh, ig it's fine

champion boost

[deft glacier]

If y'all wanna add me as a friend in game
0800-5625-4954-8747

[delicate bough]

Sent a request

[grave walrus]

Same

[gaunt coral]

same here

[vague merlin]

sent! my in-game name is different but i think it's pretty obvious lol

[neon sapphire]

nov have you sent to me?

[vague merlin]

your picture was penny right? i have

[jovial ridge]

sent you a request mael

[deft glacier]

#gacha-and-flex message got quite lucky with these tickets uh

[deft glacier]

gaming

lowered to 0/20

[delicate bough]

[deft glacier]

Rodent gaming

[deft glacier]

And a little Cynthia gaming because why not

[deft glacier]

That one sucked

But it's not getting lowered any time soon

Mooh

[jovial ridge]

Entei found the Goldenrod gym

[neon sapphire]

Entei got Rollout'd

[deft glacier]

CS

[deft glacier]

SYNC NUKE BROCK

I didnt even time Rock Zone properly lol

[grave walrus]

No cs2?

[deft glacier]

stalwart ls from lg

[grave walrus]

Lucky skill upgrade:

[deft glacier]

ok but he didn't need it

[grave walrus]

Bigger number better

[neon sapphire]

[deft glacier]

I just did Glacia without recording

guess i speedrun CS and restart, at least that first team was easy

[deft glacier]

[delicate bough]