Chezei's Crazy CS Challenges and Collection

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I'm gonna do some when I get home and the rest after I wake up

I'm hoping that asking for clear ideas from the audience is acceptable

[vital obsidian]

yeah its fine, just dont post images of pulling

according to Dreamy

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T-minus 12.5 hours or so chez

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I just woke up

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@vital obsidian The double Sonia clear!

[runic basalt]

missed opportunity to use mallow to have both sonia and both tsareena

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I thought about it, but I wanted to use SS Erika for Leafeon

[vital obsidian]

So clean

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Don't mind the fact that Erika did not attack even once

[vital obsidian]

We dont talk about Erika

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I promise Elio did something

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Akari emote when

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Why is Zinnia tanking

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Because I wanted Rachel to be on the right and forgot to change tactics

She would've been fine if I had remembered that Rachel's TM gives Endure

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[runic basalt]

vaporeon, vaporeon and a slightly bigger vaporeon

[kindred gust]

SC ZINNIA BEST TANK!!!

tbh though
I actually did use Archer as a tank with her and NC Marnie once so it’s not totally divorced from reality

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No idea what the numbers are but I'm willing to bet +6 defenses Zinnia tanks better than Rachel

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Probably

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Lear looks so fun to use no Adr1 for the -3 post sync

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That's what Propulsion is for

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Tfw propulsion 1

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Hey it proced during that run and that was my first try

[silk crown]

Okay actually fair enough

[vital obsidian]

EX Lyra now

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She's on the list!

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still waiting on that last clear before maintenance

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I'm working on it It's taking ages

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58 mins

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This stupid Reflect is the worst

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Okay I give up on that, I don't have the time to force it

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15 mins

you can always try next week..

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I probably will, yeah

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just get it over with now, we'll understand..

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Penny

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This was the backup in case my other plan failed (which it did)

[silk crown]

Best girl Lisia

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Still my favourite Fairy dps

[silk crown]

Give her a better fairy enabler to work with DeNa

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[vital obsidian]

Just in time lel

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i also noticed you used fairy damage for Blue just like me

[vital obsidian]

:PennyEmote:

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2 mins to spare

you even have time to make it into a youtube video during downtime

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I might, we'll see

Here's the full clear pic! As is the standard, every clear has an Eeveelution (all lined up just for you Aurochs). Mine is different because I actually used SS Misty to wash Lance away! She's great, I promise

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I like all the Eevee clears and the little differences they have

(I also got Rachel today and tried the triple Umbreon clear and utterly failed)

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I would try triple Umbreon if I had Selene and the eggmon

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This is the closest you've been to the end of a week of CS I think

2 mins to spare

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I tried this for a bit but gave up quickly after realising I'd need a TM MPR with Critical Eye just to max Selene's crit. Since Rachel is absolutely useless

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Imagine having Selene Umbreon

[limber depot]

Not lined up for me, but for civilization

Extra vaporeon

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I wanted to try SS Misty nuke with my newly 3/5 Lyra! All of the non-dps eeveelutions are lined up

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if you didn't use Sonia it would have been monotype per stage too

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Yep I would've done monotype, but Gakon specifically requested double Sonia

[silk crown]

Gakon out here ruining your monotype clears

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request #38 in Grass HSE in exchange

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But then I'd feel obligated to try hard in the next LG

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ngl that was a good clear

[echo tulip]

Did you barely finish before maintenance pmg

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You know it!

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had to remind you tho

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I'm quite proud of my SS Misty clears

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I was working on it the whole time! I was trying Blue for like two hours

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i meant my reminder from yesterday

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Oh yeah that was pretty important

[fading mortar]

she'll be EXd for grass HS, watch

(that's my plan)

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a good tradeoff

how else are you going to get those for HS if you don't tryhard LG!

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I'll just do 10-streak loops

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how are you doing 10 streak loops when you don't even start those 10 streaks until the final day

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I have a very unique set of skills

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( in case you forget because it’s raid day in Pokémon Go)

[signal wraith]

Thank god its something soloable with decent counters

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I just woke up

Also hey A11 glad to see you here

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Enough time to do the clears before work?

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I don't work today luckily

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Procrastination time!!

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I have... Guests in my flat, so I can hide in my room and plan out teams while I wait for them to leave

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What’s the theme

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I'm still thinking about it a little, but I'm considering doing something with the Fall units

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Looking forward to it! I’ll probably be asleep when you actually finish the clear

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I'll try to finish it before you go to bed

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in b4 I sleep early

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[kindred gust]

@silk crown Furbert ping

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You are evil

Look at him needing 2 supports

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2 supports and constant confusion hits from the enemies

[silk crown]

So true!

[kindred gust]

looking at that clear reminds me: I hate it when a B Move with limited uses fails due to miss or paralysis and it STILL consumes the MP

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SAME

It's so annoying

[kindred gust]

Using SSA Cynthia vs. evasion Lorelei

[amber basin]

faitlin spotted

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I tried having her tank first but she's not as tanky as Chalem at 1/5

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i’m surprised you didn’t sync with her first to get all the screens up

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I forgot she had them I also wanted the Support EX

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4 more to go

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I'm working on it. Lorelei keeps using Dragon Pulse

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Lorelei dragon the battle too long

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For real smh

[fading mortar]

Where's the showcase with nc nate smh

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I don't have him yet Despite my best first few dailies

I'm sure I'll get him on accident soon

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i didn’t notice you haven’t EXd her

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1/5

[vital obsidian]

[silk crown]

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43 mins

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Lorelei is still being the worst

Finally

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wait you've only done 2 of the 5 battles so far?

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I just finished the third!

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[silk crown]

No 5 stats parameter for the topsy turvy

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I tried but I couldn't deny the side with it

I need to 3/5 Roxanne

[kindred gust]

1/5 Role EX Fall Roxanne gang

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Ahh makes sense

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First try

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Smh candy your roxannes

[kindred gust]

Gotta candy my SS Wally first (also maybe Variety Lyra for the Ultimate Battle)

Roxanne's still great

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fair

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Jeez Fall Morty really has abysmal output doesn't he

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send me tech candies

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Yeah He might be better at 3/5, but it's hard to believe

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Mmm very hard to believe. Fall units being consistent misses is just sad

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At least both 2022 units were good

[silk crown]

One was the other is decent

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12 mins

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super scary

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3 minutes

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times up

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I'm still in it! There's still time!

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[vital obsidian]

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[silk crown]

fym you're still in it there's still time

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You'll see hopefully

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Okay, I think this is doable, but it's so precise

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Are you just stuck in the match with a horrible team

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It's not a horrible team per se...

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WAIT NO SHIT

I HIT QUIT ON ACCIDENT

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Nooo

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I was making headway

[proper sleet]

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My hubris

Well the last team was Foebe, Mimirola, and Ren Cynthia and I got so close a few times

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Off-type?

Mimirola

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Yeah

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not a horrible team

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I forgot that Phoebe doesn't give crit 😭

It would've been fine

[vital obsidian]

||||

[proper sleet]

I was about to say she does tho but then I remembered about Fallbe

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Yeah... the specifics were insanity

I needed to get the MPR on Phoebe's TM and Acerola's TM, be quick enough with my moves to manage the gauge, keep Blue confused and crit Acerola's sync, have him not use X SpAtk All, live his sync, and then queue Phantom Force with everyone until the enemies all die

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I got really close on one where Phoebe died to the sync, then I forgot to queue Shadow Force with Cynthia, so Acerola had to kill them with Phantom Force... then I ran out of MP and the last side didn't get confused

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yeah that sounds

horrible

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It was

I would have done it if I hadn't hit quit though 😭

If only I had this kind of patience for LG

[silk crown]

no need

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True

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You would've done it if you didn't do it last minute

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Probably, but I had to do some shopping

[amber basin]

you got the coin in round 1 and thats what counts

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Don’t leave that to the last minute too

Maybe do some of the clears on Saturday

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I couldn't go shopping any earlier I didn't think I would spend so much time on Lorelei

[echo tulip]

I wish I didn’t skip her she’s so cool

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She is a lot of fun You could probably get her on a rerun

[rapid terrace]

With that 0.25% rate

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Pity time ~~or ~~

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Just get her on a single daily pair scout like me

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make sure you got time to finish all 5 battles before Sunday night/Monday morning reset!

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I'll consider it

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I have to do my battles too but busy weekend

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I feel that

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Wym consider it

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[vital obsidian]

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those pizzas aren't gonna sell themselves

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I don't work this Sunday either

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no excuses

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Uhhh I'm gonna be sick

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Do CSMM last minute but with overkill teams
Do CSMM early because you want to try some obscure combinations
Do CSMM last minute with really obscure combinations

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see Arch gets it

[silk crown]

Why bother if there's no last minute adrenaline

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Gotta make me (and everyone else) extremely nervous about it

[silk crown]

[fading mortar]

Just make sure you're on the champion stage once reset rolls around...

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That's the plan! As long as I don't accidentally quit out this time

[fading mortar]

Sure, as long as you don't accidentally quit this time

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I still have to think up a theme too

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No sync moves

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I guess I have the DPSers given these types...

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It’s Sunday now (for me), have you planned anything

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Uhh

I might just steal Arch's idea tbh

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(just don't press quit this time when CS has already ended)

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I don't plan to!

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Starting off early!

[vital obsidian]

Gloria!

[rapid terrace]

Level 133 Hop….

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[silk crown]

I was so confused what you were waiting for til I remembered the theme

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I'm even adding in a little extra part to it

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[silk crown]

based clear, even with A!Lillie there

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My beloveds

[vital obsidian]

POV: someone challenged you when you and your companions are going to the midnight parade

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that team is fire

[rapid terrace]

It’s legendary, mythical, and mega too!

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one thing i've learned about pokedoku is that i have no idea what is a legendary and a mythical lol

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Legendaries are the ones you can usually find in games, mythicals are the ones that require super specific events or just straight up aren't available

Also legendaries that aren't box legendaries can be used in VGC while mythicals can't

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you really weren't dragon your heels in finishing CS so early

where's Nate

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I haven't gotten Nate yet despite my best dailies, he hasn't shown up

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at least its done

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Can anyone guess the themes? There are four in total! (Arch's recommendation of doing no sync moves is one of them)

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monotype is the easy one

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Oh wait there are four

Monotype is the easy one!

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UHHH THE STRIKER IS FEMALE

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The third one is also easy, the fourth one is kind of meant as a meme

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some sort of zone or weather condition in each one

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Actually I just realized that I had two girls in every clear except the last. I should've stuck with Pallow for it

The ghost clear doesn't have zone

Unless you count MGA

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there's a chance of allister having ghost zone no

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I can't remember

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or was that the lillie support

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https://fxtwitter.com/absolutelypm/status/1574443652180738049

It was Lillie

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Though one of Allister's effects is part of the fourth theme

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You don't have to guess the fourth theme, it's more of a tease for Arch and some of the other helpers

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Not meant for the non helpers

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Nah more just meant for something they have become synonymous in my mind with

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LG players

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except Arch

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Sorry arch I would never call you an LG player

But I’m still stuck on the other themes

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There's just one other one! One was monotype, one was no sync moves, one is to mess with the helpers, the last one is simple

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[vital obsidian]

EX your Brendan or else our friendship ends here

[echo tulip]

Syncless clear is really neat

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Him not having EX didn't even matter here though!

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True! I do like syncless clears

[vital obsidian]

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Here's the full pic! As I stated, there are four total themes this week. One is Arch's suggestion of no syncing, the second is monotype as Rancer guessed, but the third and fourth have still yet to be discovered!

[vital obsidian]

Damn Chezei wants me to use brain

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I thought I said female strikers too

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Maybe the fifth theme is that it ended up being a Cami clear because there's one non-EX

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It’s a Monday over there you should use it

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Female striker wasn't an intended theme

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Chez and I are still in weekend mode

And Richu as well

[vital obsidian]

Im still in weekend mode

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We believe in you!

[vital obsidian]

Sleepy

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[amber basin]

i had a week recently with all EXs for the first time ever a nd no one noticed

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WHAT

How did I not notice

[vital obsidian]

Chez give us some hints

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The third theme is like monotype in that it's related to something about the teams as a whole

[vital obsidian]

Dual types pokemon in mainline?

Wait

Psychic > Fighting > Ghost trio types

">" doesnt mean super effective smh

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This theme doesn't require any knowledge of the mainline games! It's all in Masters

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🏃 ❓

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I knew someone would get it sooner than later

[vital obsidian]

Does it relate to their release date?

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Nope! It doesn't require that much knowledge

[vital obsidian]

[misty parcel]

Gakon you were the awake one on Monday!

[vital obsidian]

Im clueless

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Look at the team compositions

[vital obsidian]

Support in the middle. How classic

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(My supports are actually on the left where they belong)

[vital obsidian]

Hall of Fame's clunky menu keeps tricking me!

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How soon until DeNA modernizes it

[vital obsidian]

never

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[fading mortar]

WHAT DOES THIS MEAN

each team has one strike, one tech, one support

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Winston guessed this one

[fading mortar]

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It's ||sync accel||

[fading mortar]

some helpers are obsessed with sync accel?

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I mostly associate it with Dreamy and Arch at this point tbh

[rapid terrace]

I’m offended
I know I use a lot of weak pairs a lot but I love using accel when possible

[vital obsidian]

No Gakon mention smh

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Now you see why I associate it with helpers in general

[vital obsidian]

No Spark mention smh

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Is Spark not a helper?

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(He is not)

Runner is who I always associate with sync accel 🏃

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Oh Runner as well, yeah, but he's on another level

[fading mortar]

name checks out

[rapid terrace]

So do people associate me with Winning?

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[fading mortar]

with rich boy winston from gen 3

[silk crown]

Ay I actually thought about the sync accel before

(Put Crisis Countdown on your Dawn smh )

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No

[silk crown]

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What does Crisis Countdown do for me if I'm not syncing?

[silk crown]

Smh but in general underutilised asset

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Maybe when she gets Sprint rolex

[silk crown]

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https://tenor.com/view/dawn-majora-finalday-gif-9607331

whats the non Chezei theme

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That's an excellent question

Actually I do think I have an idea

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it's gonna happen again right, last battle after reset...

[vital obsidian]

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Hala hits too hard I'm struggling a little

[misty parcel]

given that it's Christmas Eve next Sunday, are you going to do CS a little earlier than usual

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Yeah, but not because it's Christmas Eve, because I'll be flying for half the day and working the other half

[rapid terrace]

Flying? Is that a hint for a theme?

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Not this time

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Chez is gonna the reverse snowbird and fly to an area with snow to be on theme for CS

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Had to bring in some extra help, but Lyra reigns supreme!

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imagine having mix red

|| still no luck with 5 stars in that banner ||

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This is my first time using him Even had to level him up for this fight

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shoulda just tried to win with a level 1 unit the theme was right in front of you!

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There's a different theme!

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It's a super difficult theme!

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So much grass

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Wonder why that might be

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Grass type theme

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Gotta prep for the HS somehow!

[vital obsidian]

Chez doesnt need to touch grass, she controls grass

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[misty parcel]

Hard to touch grass in the desert

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Why are there multiple Grass strike pairs that have Inertia and no good way of buffing their own speed

[silk crown]

All I can think of is Brendan & SS Erika who else is there

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Selene

[silk crown]

Ah, her

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At least SS Erika has X Speed 😭

Hey I like Selene!

Now if only she would get an actual alt

[silk crown]

SS Erika also has Fast Track 9, queen

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I still use her more than Brendan anyway

[vital obsidian]

*if only the base pair was better

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That too

[silk crown]

I haven't used Selene in ages

[misty parcel]

don't tell Dreamy that

[vital obsidian]

he is right at the front door now

[misty parcel]

[silk crown]

Just wait for her grid expansion

[vital obsidian]

in 2027?

[silk crown]

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Grid expansion next year trust

[silk crown]

For Brendan, true

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He already got his mega, he can wait!

[silk crown]

So Dawn then

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Works for me

Selene can still do work!

[vital obsidian]

candy and EX your Victor

[silk crown]

Victor
Is the "work" in the room with us?

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Maybe when Grass HS actually starts

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He barely did anything! I only had him there because I didn't want to use anyone more valuable

[silk crown]

[silk crown]

Rare moment when I agree with you

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Selene hit way harder!

[misty parcel]

not much time left

[vital obsidian]

https://tenor.com/view/tick-tock-samuel-l-jackson-darius-kincaid-the-hitmans-bodyguard-times-up-gif-18233387

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100% skill right here

[silk crown]

Oof the no crit sync

The confusion hax too

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Confusion hax are the way to go

[rapid terrace]

[misty parcel]

you pressed quit, didn't you

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No no, I'm still trying

[misty parcel]

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Sonia doesn't do enough damage

[vital obsidian]

Candy her

Easy solution

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She's already 3/5

Also I can't back out

[silk crown]

[vital obsidian]

[vital obsidian]

Wait since when

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It doesn't help when she doesn't crit her sync either

[vital obsidian]

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Uhh a few weeks ago I think?

[vital obsidian]

I havent known about this

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It was up here

[vital obsidian]

I blame my short memories

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Ugh I think I might have to call it on this one

I've been trying for over an hour and my headache is getting worse. I don't think I can do it with this setup

[silk crown]

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I'll give it a few more tries, but I need to get to bed sooner than later since I have to be up for work in about 8 hours

[silk crown]

If you quit the game altogether, can you resume the stage later?

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I don't believe so, no

[silk crown]

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Wait, it looks like I can!

[silk crown]

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Not a clear yet, but I need to sleep this is the closest I've gotten

[silk crown]

Ahh gauges look rough, I suspect you'd be able to clear it if you could afford some power whips

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Yeah... that's what I've been trying, but I need to somehow not use Dawn's TMs too early as well as get enough MPRs on Shauna's

[silk crown]

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I'll give it some more tries tomorrow after work

[silk crown]

You can't do anything else in the game meanwhile right?

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As far as I'm aware, yeah

[silk crown]

Pain

[vital obsidian]

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It's very tempting to just give up so I can do my dailies and stuff, but I'll wait

[fading mortar]

[misty parcel]

[fading mortar]

chezei u good

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[fading mortar]

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I'm still trying it...

[fading mortar]

how do you even-

if you exit the app while in the fight, will you immediately get thrown into the battle again?

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I'm pretty sure, yes

Or rather I don't believe that if I hit "no" I'd be able to ever get back to it

[fading mortar]

wdym you're pretty sure

you haven't exited the app all this time?

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It yeets me straight into the battle if I close the app midway through, but it asks me first and says something along the lines of holding battles for 168 hours max

I have a few times to test it, I just haven't ever hit no

[vital obsidian]

just dont hit no

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I won't ||yet||

[misty parcel]

Yeah that does work I have done it before by accident lol

Please for the love of arceus, just do a themeless clear for this upcoming week

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But... But my themes

[fading mortar]

Trying to convince Chezei not to do themes is like trying to convince me or Gakon not to tryhard LG

It's pointless, everyone just has to watch the person suffer

[vital obsidian]

[misty parcel]

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The sleeper agent for you tho is that you go out with your friends so you have no time for LG some times

[fading mortar]

Only this time!

I have all the time in the world now that i'm (almost) on uni break

[misty parcel]

So uh, what happened to the last clear

Any update

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Still working on it I haven't had much chance to try it more, but I have time now

[misty parcel]

Don’t quit

[plain lance]

I won't until either I win or it hits half an hour before reset

[rapid terrace]

What the hell

[plain lance]

What is it

[signal wraith]

still working on the SC Sonia clear?

[plain lance]

Yep

[signal wraith]

not enough gauge for vine whip?

[plain lance]

Not really. It also doesn't help that I have to reset for more than half of Kukui's moves

[rapid terrace]

This is going to become an inside joke atp

“Legends say she’s still fighting water weak kukui”

[plain lance]

Naur

[signal wraith]

she's still trying innit

[misty parcel]

Chezei’s 2024 NY resolution: beat this one battle in Pokémon Masters I started on Dec 17, 2023

[plain lance]

My white whale, truly

[misty parcel]

Counting down before half hour before reset

[fading mortar]

Can't believe it's been almost 24 hours

What if someday Dena notices this loophole and you won't be able to do it again

[plain lance]

I would be very sad

But also somewhat relieved?

I don't know if I can get any better than this

[silk crown]

Oh you're still at it

[plain lance]

Does it look possible? That was just about the best case scenario...

My only other thought is I get to the same end scenario and he uses anything that isn't Brutal Swing so I can queue Spiky Shield and eventually Seed Bomb?

[fading mortar]

What happens if you keep this up until reset?

You're skipping 2 resets basically

Go test it out Chezei, for science

[plain lance]

I don't want to miss this entire reset, I'll give up in just over half an hour

[silk crown]

Hmmm you were kind of close to queueing another Power Whip there, the only thing I can think of is if they use a move with longer animations than Brutal Swing so you could've queued it

But otherwise it looks pretty dire, gauges be rough

[plain lance]

Yeah

I've learned through this theme that a lot of Grass pairs are slow as shit

[silk crown]

gauge eaters smh

[misty parcel]

30 mins to go or so

[plain lance]

FUCK

[misty parcel]

[silk crown]

Maybe queue so you can save that PMUN post-sync?

But that's not going to offset all that remaining HP still

[plain lance]

I'll try anything I can get at this point

[silk crown]

Oh have you tried double Sonia sync instead of suppEX ?

Idk what the output will look like there

[plain lance]

I have, it was worse

[silk crown]

Oh

[misty parcel]

what's the call, chez?

[plain lance]

About 10 more minutes of pain

[misty parcel]

[silk crown]

Chez giving the LG & HSE maniacs competition with CSMM

[plain lance]

[vital obsidian]

[misty parcel]

[plain lance]

Okay, I think I have to give up

I finally got back to Kukui's sync and he killed all three. I don't think it's possible without extreme luck

[silk crown]

Saluting your resilience

[plain lance]

I'll try again next time (I won't)

[misty parcel]

[vital obsidian]

[fading mortar]

[plain lance]

Okay, I think I have a theme for this week

However, I don't know how guessable it'll be

I'll also need to do some research to make it happen

[misty parcel]

Chez, the bigger theme is “I’ll finish it before Monday reset”

[plain lance]

Listen

[misty parcel]

[plain lance]

Actually that's your hint

[misty parcel]

Headphones??

[plain lance]

Listen

[misty parcel]

“The trainers have ears”

[plain lance]

Only Pokemon with visible ears would be an interesting theme

[amber basin]

next CS reset cuts into rosa’s banner so be warned

[plain lance]

I'm waiting for datamine before I get Rosa (unless I get daily luck)

[misty parcel]

(since I'm sure tomorrow you'll be busy )

[plain lance]

I'm off work in about two hours, at which point I need to do some shopping and packing, so I won't have time for the theme I initially wanted to do, but I'll think of something to do for it!

[misty parcel]

just go themeless

[plain lance]

but my themes!

[misty parcel]

you're gonna run out of time tomorrow with work and the flight

[plain lance]

I'll do it tonight!

[misty parcel]

[plain lance]

After I finish everything else and before I go to bed early since I open tomorrow, I'll get the CS done

[misty parcel]

I'm in a similar boat except no flying and have to meet family so gotta get it done tonight

[plain lance]

Looks like we're all a bit busy for the holidays

[signal wraith]

Chezei will find a way

Whether this perserves her sanity has yet to be decided, however.

[plain lance]

[signal wraith]

You'll be fine

[misty parcel]

gonna battle CS midflgith

[signal wraith]

Delta has inflight wifi

[plain lance]

That's gonna be for failing at LG repeatedly

[misty parcel]

[misty parcel]

flying types only theme since you're on a plane?

[plain lance]

I did actually consider that

I don't think there are enough good Flying types though

[misty parcel]

[plain lance]

No one reminded me

[misty parcel]

I mean...

[plain lance]

Good thing I managed to get the Water type CS done!

"But Cleo, that's not the water type CS, that's the standard CS"
But they're all Water types!

[misty parcel]

Merry Christmas anyways, Chez/Cleo

[plain lance]

I still got in a theme!

Merry Christmas to you as well!

[misty parcel]

imagine being able to get in a theme

[plain lance]

[misty parcel]

[plain lance]

it was a misclick

[misty parcel]

[vital obsidian]

[rapid terrace]

[plain lance]

Oh yeah, I guess I can upload the clears since I recorded them! Most of them were on the plane

Starting off, three four-bar users make this a walk (or maybe a swim) in the park!

Clear 2, where I had to avoid Bullet Seed at all costs because KriSS is weak to Grass

[vital obsidian]

Go EX your Lyra 💔

[plain lance]

Oh yeah, good idea

Next, Kris goes on the offensive!

[fading mortar]

You should try monoflying someday

Getting ready for that flying HS!

[plain lance]

Do we even have enough for that?

[silk crown]

There are 19 flying pairs yes

4 supports 2 of which are Rosanta & Proton

[plain lance]

I don't even have Proton

[vital obsidian]

cry about it

|| ||

[plain lance]

I won't I don't even like him

[rapid terrace]

I’ll cry about it

[rapid terrace]

Who did you get from the ticket?

[plain lance]

Petrel, the only rocket exec I tolerate

I got lucky

[plain lance]

All this L May slander made me want to show her off a bit!

[fading mortar]

Popplio

[plain lance]

Yep! is still the best

[rapid terrace]

https://tenor.com/view/pokemon-sun-and-moon-pokemon-popplio-violence-hit-gif-22021634

[plain lance]

Finally, May returns to claim the final victory! I initially wanted to do double Misty, but I forgot that no one I had left can buff crit, so Cerena to the rescue!

[silk crown]

Tad late but what an aesthetically pleasing team

[plain lance]

Right? I love it

[silk crown]

Would be even better if you gave the queen a

[plain lance]

But I have to save those for Grass HS!

[silk crown]

NC Serena can sub one of your grass pairs with enough imagination

[plain lance]

[misty parcel]

[silk crown]

[plain lance]

I don't use NC Serena enough for that smh

[misty parcel]

https://tenor.com/view/dawn-majora-finalday-gif-9607331

[plain lance]

Ah shit I forgot about this

I've been busy as hell

I should have time to do it tomorrow tho

I'll eek out something fun

[misty parcel]

I heard that line before

[plain lance]

I gotta be up early in the morning, so I should have plenty of time before work

[misty parcel]

I'm in the same spot (and so is Richu)

so you're not alone in the Chezei theme clear

[plain lance]

The pressure is on to do something other than overkill then

[misty parcel]

super duper overkill theme it is!

[plain lance]

I don't like giga overkilling though

[misty parcel]

Chez not using Palmer confirmed, no gigas

[plain lance]

the last time I used Palmer was when trying to get Eve nuke to work

[misty parcel]

could try 2023 sync pairs like Gakon, I might do that

[plain lance]

I was debating that, yeah

[misty parcel]

you have a lot of 2023 sync pairs to choose from

[plain lance]

[vital obsidian]

Objection: complete your CS run before New Year's Eve

[south cairn]

Objection: use all 2023 pair

[plain lance]

that only gives me half an hour! I'm at work!!

[plain lance]

#gacha-and-flex message
Gonna use this to do my clears this week!

[signal wraith]

How many gems have been spent

[plain lance]

Uhh

A daily every day on almost every banner, plus going to pity on at least a few pairs, random multis on a few others, a handful of scout tiers and the selects?

[signal wraith]

Wow

Thank you for supporting the game

Every gem you spend is one day away from EOS

[plain lance]

I do my best to keep the game running so we can all continue to enjoy it!

[misty parcel]

Chez helps the devs put food on the table

[signal wraith]

I feel like pulling today and making bad financial decisions

Should I cave into temptation

[misty parcel]

Nah, be like me and make impulse decisions on materialistic things today

[plain lance]

[plain lance]

Unless there's a specific pair that isn't SC Diantha that you also want, I would hold on to your gems

[signal wraith]

I kinda want the two Anni pairs

The good news about my oversaving is that I’m still above four pities

I’ll still have 72K if both these fools take a pity

[plain lance]

[signal wraith]

Or I could be smart and wait

[scenic marsh]

[plain lance]

If you only kinda want them, I'd say wait. Sure SST Red is insane, but he's so overkill that you don't really need him

[misty parcel]

The good news is that if you make bad decisions, you can start fresh for 2024

|| 3/5 SST Red is really good and 3/5 SSA Cynthia is also a pair I like ||

[plain lance]

I can vouch for SST Red at least. I haven't used Aura Cynthia very much

[signal wraith]

Maybe getting Rosa in three multies was bad for my pulling tic

[scenic marsh]

I have both and they are great for their uses

[signal wraith]

Maybe I could wait

Or I could go for one and just wait for the other post-datamine

:raided:

[misty parcel]

You’re going to get the clears done by tonight right

[plain lance]

[misty parcel]

[plain lance]

First clear vs Olivia! Getting Rose to 3/5 on accident means he hits pretty hard, though even at 1/5 Tate does well!

[misty parcel]

[plain lance]

Second clear vs Kahili! Turns out I've been using NC Bede wrong, he's actually a secret DPS

[misty parcel]

(insert lana emote here)

https://tenor.com/view/pokemon-anime-gif-21028290

(i'll watch the clears when i'm done mine lol)

[plain lance]

They'll be here!

[plain lance]

3rd clear vs Hala! And people say Penny isn't great with Lisia smh

4th clear vs Acerola! NY Dawn continues to be my very favourite pair

[plain lance]

And the fifth clear vs Kukui! Red continues to be Dena's favourite child

And here's the big clear pic! Damn, I'm early

[misty parcel]

gosh Chezei, I was expecting you to finish the clears while doing the countdown!

smh

[plain lance]

if I weren't working during it, I would have

[misty parcel]

send a pizza over

i'll watch these clears now

[misty parcel]

seeing Tate mostly used as a debuffer...lol

[misty parcel]

that was good (and overkill). nice to see the capabilities of Lana with more move level

[plain lance]

SS Lana my beloved

[misty parcel]

I had to do a double check and i realized I messed up my filter on the github because I didn't even see NY Lisia

and Dawn for that matter, I forgot it's been a year already

[plain lance]

Yep! They were last NY

[misty parcel]

your best clear yet (because it wasn't extreme overkill )

[plain lance]

True

[misty parcel]

that was a good end to 2023. I guessed I used Acerola a bit differently (but I also don't remember kits unless I use them a lot)

Mix Red the goat

you're good for Grass HS

[plain lance]

You definitely used Acerola better Victor at home makes much better use than Red does

[plain lance]

I don't have Adaman though

[misty parcel]

I'm just very used to using the buff moves before sunny day or actual moves. That was the second time I used SS Acerola . Think it might be a synergy thing since Mix Red obviously doesn't need Acerola to go brr

[plain lance]

Oop fair. I haven't used SS Acerola a lot either, so I'll have to learn fast for the HS

[misty parcel]

gloria appearance for you

[plain lance]

I like Gloria

[misty parcel]

Get ready for Gloria alt 4-6 a year later when we do the 2024 sync pairs theme one year from now

[plain lance]

Plz give the alts normal names

I can't handle "Alt 2"

[vital obsidian]

EX your Penny or our friendship ends here 💔 ||/jk||

[plain lance]

I will! I actually like her

[fading mortar]

Insane

[plain lance]

[misty parcel]

so uh, pasio special cs ends in a couple days. my Thursday morning/your Wednesday evening. just so you know...

[plain lance]

Yeah I'm gonna do it tomorrow and Wednesday since I don't work either day

Still trying to figure out what exactly I want to do for it

[misty parcel]

if you're trying to go for the "dena tips theme", don't bother. I didn't notice they recommended SS Blue twice

[plain lance]

Damn

I wasn't thinking about doing that one anyway

[signal wraith]

Its gems

[plain lance]

I'm gonna do the CS, but not that theme

[signal wraith]

Speaking of DeNa tips, I think they told me to once use N and SS Elesa together

What amazing synergy

[misty parcel]

Oh I didn’t mean recommended, but the written tips they have for each battle lol

I even used a 1/5 summer Gloria

[signal wraith]

The ones that show up when you hit the "tips" button?

[plain lance]

Yeah

[misty parcel]

Yup

[signal wraith]

Yeah the N/SS Elesa is from the tips button lol

Its pretty bad

[misty parcel]

I’ll try again with a regional CS that’s not Sinnoh because this region isn’t great for themes

[plain lance]

Gotta make sure I do a theme for every week of Sinnoh to prove it's possible

[misty parcel]

Will be tricky when my holidays are over, but I await your progress this month

[plain lance]

I wanna try doing the CS slightly more timely so I'm not scrambling so much, but I know I'll be scrambling this week a little, so we'll see

[fading mortar]

godspeed

[plain lance]

[misty parcel]

guess pasio special cs isn't happening for ya tonight either

[signal wraith]

[plain lance]

I still have a day right?

[misty parcel]

i thought the 2024 resolution meant that you would do the clears a little earlier

[plain lance]

I've been busier than I expected today

I probably will be this whole week too

[misty parcel]

[plain lance]

I'll still get them done! There just may be some extra stress

[misty parcel]

[silk crown]

There's gems attached to the CS this time don't miss those

[plain lance]

I won't! Just gotta make sure I get them with style

[vital obsidian]

Hopefully you dont accidentally quít mid battle this time

[plain lance]

I'll try not to!

[misty parcel]

so uh...are we seeing special CS clears tonight?

[vital obsidian]

[amber basin]

[plain lance]

Oof I've been sleeping half the day turns out I'm quite ill, but I'll do them now

[amber basin]

700 gems!

[proper sleet]

Oof get well soon

[plain lance]

I'm gonna try thanks Zeen

[rapid terrace]

Get well or else|| you won’t feel well ||

[plain lance]

First clear vs Flint!

[amber basin]

ol reliable

[proper sleet]

That one shot from Heat Wave was such a jumpscare 😭

Endurance gaming

[plain lance]

gotta love Endurance

Second clear vs Shauntal! The better whale

[scenic marsh]

I love using Lodge May ngl
I use her and regular May together a lot

Also how tf did that Fire Spin crit, what

[plain lance]

game hates me

Lodge May is a lot of fun!

[silk crown]

OP supports + strictly on-type DDs is my favourite thing to do

[plain lance]

[scenic marsh]

Same

[plain lance]

3rd clear vs Olivia!

[silk crown]

Damn Gloria looks fun to use

[fading mortar]

go go go go

[rapid terrace]

Popplio and Inteleon? Omg based

[scenic marsh]

Omfg Popplio…

[silk crown]

Bottom 3 water starters 🏃‍♂️

Both of them 🏃‍♂️

[plain lance]

[silk crown]

(After they've evolved) but yes

[misty parcel]

words I never thought to see in 2024

2 more clears, 13 minutes

[scenic marsh]

Chezei you better be close

If not done

[plain lance]

Malva is being painful

[silk crown]

She's probably in the middle of a clear with a really obscure team

[misty parcel]

prob trying to make Crasher Wake work or something

[silk crown]

Crasher wake solo on malva

[misty parcel]

i'm going to finish FF7 before you complete pasio special cs at this rate

[scenic marsh]

Omfg—

[fading mortar]

can you still stay in the champion battle even past reset time? i assume you can

[misty parcel]

that's why we have Chezei here to test that theory

[fading mortar]

while giving me anxiety

[misty parcel]

Nov's anxiety:

• during LG:
• during Chezei's CS/LG/HS runs:

just use Eusine, Chez

[plain lance]

Eugh I'm too sick for this, can't be doing my theme

[misty parcel]

if you got energy to finish it, then it's your choice to finish it

your health is more important

[silk crown]

Yea drop the silly theme we'll try not to hold it against you

kidding

[plain lance]

😭

[misty parcel]

overkill bullshit go!

[plain lance]

Fourth clear vs Malva! Overkill bullshit away!

[misty parcel]

ONE MORE CLEAR!

i didn't realize you never ex archie, even for the water hs event

[plain lance]

Yeah, I wasn't trying all that hard in the Water HS event, so I didn't invest much

[misty parcel]

so uh you started the last battle at least right

1 min to go

[fading mortar]

I had less anxiety rushing my 100 streaks T-1 day before LG ended compared to my anxiety watching Chezei

ding ding ding reset time

[plain lance]

And fifth clear vs Challenge Leaf! More overkill

[fading mortar]

chezei please tell me you're in the champion battle

[misty parcel]

Same, I have to tell myself to remind Chezei about event clears

[fading mortar]

oh phew

[misty parcel]

I literally have to try my best to not forget even if I did the clears already, in case Chezei hasn't completed her clears yet lol

[plain lance]

I greatly appreciate your help Rancer

[misty parcel]

it partly helps I do Chezei clears now

[plain lance]

my influence grows!

[vital obsidian]

[misty parcel]

I'm just glad you're done

now, Chezei. Use Rest!

[plain lance]

I'll get there soon, I still need to eat dinner

[misty parcel]

[plain lance]

Oof I have work tomorrow too hopefully I feel well enough for it

[silk crown]

Get better soon

[fading mortar]

you're like the constantly worried mom

[misty parcel]

it's the weekly

[plain lance]

Here's the full clear pic! I wanted to do MC only, but no combination of what I had left worked maybe next time!

[rapid terrace]

Arch you’ve been having a lot of opinions lately… Are you alright?

[silk crown]

based opinions you mean

[misty parcel]

(I have to do my clears too lol)

[plain lance]

Oof I just woke up I'll figure out something fun to do

[misty parcel]

Sinnoh and “fun”

[plain lance]

[kindred gust]

always fun when a weather-centric Dragon-weak stage pops up in CS

also I still haven’t tested out 3 of my new limiteds in CSMM so there’s that to do in the next 5 hours

[rapid terrace]

[misty parcel]

which reminds me I have to do my clears now

[plain lance]

I got off work (that I wasn't supposed to have) like half an hour ago and I wanted to get food on the way home but my order got messed up

I might just have to overkill this week

[plain lance]

Do them!

[misty parcel]

I was streaming some FF7!

[plain lance]

[misty parcel]

[scenic marsh]

[misty parcel]

maybe FF7 theme around the week of the release of Rebirth

[plain lance]

Maybe I'll do an FFX theme since I like X more than 7

[misty parcel]

[vital obsidian]

[misty parcel]

[misty parcel]

14 mins

[plain lance]

Well I got three of the clears done in 10 minutes

They aren't anything super special and I couldn't record them because I'm on the phone with my dad

[misty parcel]

well, 3/5 is better than 0/5..

[vital obsidian]

[plain lance]

I have more time this week, so I can do more

[vital obsidian]

Do CSMM now

So you can spare time for HS!

[plain lance]

[misty parcel]

[misty parcel]

remember when you said this..

[plain lance]

I didn't have more time I was still sick for most of the week too

[misty parcel]

Well let’s see how many clears you can do this week..and I get ya with the sickness, but there’s also snow here now

[plain lance]

no snow where I am, but it did briefly hail last week

[misty parcel]

Hail is worse

Should try to do a theme clear based on this past week’s weather. Sun and hail

[plain lance]

That sounds like agony

[misty parcel]

You’re in a warm weather state, don’t have to deal with my weather

[rapid terrace]

Do the Darkshark’s weather theme, or the Richu’s clothing in winter theme!

[plain lance]

But I had a different theme idea! That may or may not pan out

[vital obsidian]

[plain lance]

I got called in to work early

I might have to rush an overkill clear set again

[vital obsidian]

https://tenor.com/view/doja-cat-star-wars-gif-25078126

[misty parcel]

i'm going to finishing my clears right at reset as well chez, so you aren't alone lol

[plain lance]

Oh good

[amber basin]

[misty parcel]

[plain lance]

I should have a break soon™️

[silk crown]

Ah, it's hold your breath for Chezei's CSMM time

[plain lance]

[plain lance]

[misty parcel]

[plain lance]

[proper sleet]

Classic ELESA

[plain lance]

Gotta love her

[misty parcel]

I’m only on the 4th battle

[silk crown]

Anni Lillie spotted

The 1k beam presync is really sad

[proper sleet]

Lucian laughing with Wise Entry x2

Oh damn wait Lillie actually did decent damage

[plain lance]

I didn't realize he had Wise Entry

[silk crown]

Lucian loves his entry gimmicks

[plain lance]

These teams are all remnants of my initial theme

[proper sleet]

Honestly
I did not know Lucian had Wise Entry until last week

And I used Anni Lillie.

[misty parcel]

I only knew 1 minute ago

[proper sleet]

3k made me painfully aware of it.

[plain lance]

[misty parcel]

..you finished CS before me

[plain lance]

I had to I'm still at work

[misty parcel]

[vital obsidian]

well done Chez

Rancer tho

[plain lance]