Tai's Kalos Klears (feat. others)

[mint aspen]

SSAC is going to UXIE

[bitter reef]

how about SS on Uxie

[mint aspen]

that's a Yeah Nah from me my man!

i see the comments about that solo in the doc

it's so funny seeing the 🚫 symbol on some of the solos in the doc

yes you can do it, but why would you want to

[marble rock]

Especially when there's no advice next to it

[mint aspen]

EXACTLY LOL

[marble rock]

"Just don't unless you have like a billion hours and hate yourself"

[mint aspen]

simply.....a Warning

[marble rock]

A strong warning

Even the caution triangles make me nervous tbh

[bitter reef]

⚠️

[marble rock]

I was wondering wtf the emote was called

[spring tapir]

When i was a child i used to be scared of triangles
This symbol brings back my fear

[teal ridge]

🔄 is also threatening

Yes it's simple. But will it be quick? Hell nah

[chilly nimbus]

LG was never quick to begin with lol

[hazy cedar]

it's supposed to be, it's just min maxers went nuts with the damn mode

[covert prawn]

I don't think the original intention of the mode was to have a bunch of solos, but it's taken a life of its own

[teal ridge]

Actually what skill gears are you running?

I refuse to back down atp

I know Tai's Kalos skill gears are busted

[teal ridge]

The intention is to go as high as you can, and therefore you minmax your pairs by doing a lot of solos

[covert prawn]

I'll save my sanity for grass ghost psychic HS

[hazy cedar]

if they ever make it so you cannot enter a Gauntlet battle without a full team it'd be the most hilarious time

[marble rock]

People would be creating "solos" by having one pair with two useless eggs

[teal ridge]

At the end of the day all these endgame modes aren't difficult and we're all just torturing ourselves for the sake of measly rewards and personal satisfaction

I say "aren't difficult" but Tai couldn't even 180k fire HS so

[marble rock]

luck issue

[pine iron]

you mean lack of limited Kalos fire-type issue

where is she

[marble rock]

Nah he could have done it with 3/5 Kiawe

[pine iron]

Yeah fair

[covert prawn]

jeez Nov, you giving Tai some emotional damage

[spare frost]

Guys I got Emma

Yay

I might save before trying to pulling SS Korrina

[teal ridge]

I'm using him as an example not his fault none of his faves are fire limited

[mint aspen]

This is my Kalos set

[teal ridge]

Oh damn

WTZ change is actually so good against entei second half of bar 3

[mint aspen]

Sure is nice for Bulu too

[teal ridge]

true!

[mint aspen]

(Just FYI this is my stage clears thread, you're better off heading to #poma-lounge )

I've been out all day but soon....back to this damn Olympia solo

[pine iron]

How easy is the LSerena, Sycamore & SC Diantha one

Also I presume Calem had vigilance?

[mint aspen]

Nope, Calem needs Fast Track 2

Otherwise you're not healing fast enough

[mint aspen]

I'd say SC Dia was probably the easiest of the three but you need to get lucky with flinches

[pine iron]

Got it, tyvm I was close on the calem one so I'll try that again

[mint aspen]

good luck!

[teal ridge]

Sycamore is technically easy but demands good RNG with horn leech crits in bar 3

[mint aspen]

I may need to shift Olympia to Entei or Bulu, the Uxie solo is just too RNG-driven

GET UP CYNTHIA

[teal ridge]

Woooo

The first non kalosian

[mint aspen]

I got my full page of Kalos solos, I'm happy

[pine iron]

In my world technically easy & demands good RNG are mutually exclusive

[mint aspen]

Olympia will actually have hands against Entei or Bulu, so (although considering she can't set any statuses or effects, she was doing some good damage)

the RNG is just too fucking painful

[teal ridge]

Crying in 1/5 olympia

Where will i use her, dodge tank with another unit? 💀

[mint aspen]

yeah without Ridicure you ain't soloing shit

dodge tank gaming!!!

[mint aspen]

oof, the SSAC Uxie solo is like Chalem but Hard Mode

definitely waaaaaaaay more doable than Olympia though

[teal ridge]

is it really?

ssa cynthia has more reliable healing

[mint aspen]

not if you're using her crit grid

and chalem is firing off 2-5 moves per turn

plus if your potions don't refresh a decent number of times you're fucked

the chalem clear was braindead, this requires a lot more luck

[teal ridge]

i'd just use the paralysis grid

at the very least you're gonna breeze through bar 1 faster

[mint aspen]

it's sort of in reverse though, if you can make it through Bar 1 with the crit grid the next two are easier

and I prefer struggling on the first bar since at least restarts are less agonizing

but tbh if it's going to take too long/be too RNG heavy I'll just start on duos for Uxie and save my solos for the other two

[teal ridge]

just do the SSA Cynthia solo on Bulu, i did it first try

or duo Uxie with ssa cynthia and someone else

[teal ridge]

wym chezei, i genuinely did it first try and almost never touched my potions

[pine iron]

SSA Cynthia, Rei & NC Hop

[teal ridge]

cool, status change where

[pine iron]

well if she can solo then it shouldn't matter

[marble rock]

I don't know what SSA Cynthia does outside of her base kit and numbing blow I only have her at 1/5

[bitter reef]

Can confirm, the paralysis one is easier

[mint aspen]

Ugh I hate operating with no crit

What makes the paralysis one easier? I'm guessing the Triage Tank in FZ

[bitter reef]

Me too but sometimes i have to accept the truth

[mint aspen]

[bitter reef]

Thats one of the reason yeah. Paralysis also helps dealing with bar 3 because Uxie hits really hard with more sync buffs. Also paralysis makes Uxie slower so you can queue more moves

I did the solo with paralysis grid on auto entirely

[mint aspen]

SIGH FINE I will trust you

[mint aspen]

This is fake news I do not trust you

I'm gunna fight this stupid little alien I s2g STOP NERFING ALL MY SOLOS

[covert prawn]

oh no Tai...

[teal ridge]

oh yes Tai

he can no longer be saved

[bitter reef]

I sense skill issue

(what happened?)

[mint aspen]

What do you think happened

❌

[mint aspen]

Well it's Cynthia so it counts

v cheap clear, finally Uxie is out of the way so I can get back to my solos

what is with the

[marble rock]

Being excited for solos

[bitter reef]

u should have used Norman with Zerena for way less stressful clear

oh wait you still have OG Calem

[mint aspen]

I do and his paralysis is way more reliable

[mint aspen]

Gaming

I might throw Eusine at Entei next

ugghhHHHHH then I'm back at Uxie

[bitter reef]

Norman ruined the perfect picture ||i blame SSR Cynthia for not having status change||

[mint aspen]

fr get out of the picture norman smh

[atomic horizon]

What's Norman doing there

[mint aspen]

his best

(paralysis to remove Uxie's passive)

[atomic horizon]

Damn Norman finally being useful

[mint aspen]

90% chance iirc

also very useful for Tornadus

once you get the timing right on that Uxie clear it's actually not too bad (but the timing is. critical)

goddammit!! i should have solo'd Bulu with CyruSS so my goths could have been together

[marble rock]

[mint aspen]

This was so freaking brain-dead my GOD

EXR + full Calem grid + my Kalos skill gear = Uxie sweetie I'm (not ) sorry

like damn I could have used an eggmon but at least that's another Uxie clear done

[mint aspen]

@pine iron nvm lel

[pine iron]

[mint aspen]

brain-dead again

[pine iron]

The queen be doing her stuff

[mint aspen]

didn't even check which grid she had on she just annihilated the damn thing

insane unit

[pine iron]

Yeah it was really funny just absolute destruction

[marble rock]

does she need 3/5?

[mint aspen]

nope

it's all base kit stuff

[bitter reef]

1/5 is enough

Tai do SC Shauna solo on Uxie next

its very easy!

[mint aspen]

I just spammed Brutal Swing until Entei had -6 accuracy + was flinching, then Water Shuriken'd tf out of the damn thing

[mint aspen]

you think I haven't looked that one up bestie

it looks AWFUL

[pine iron]

I didn't even need to Brutal Swing at all, highly recommend the rolex

[bitter reef]

i failed to trick you

[mint aspen]

[bitter reef]

how about OG Shauna on Bulu?

[mint aspen]

would definitely be easier than SC on Uxie, at least....

[bitter reef]

just time consuming around 8 mins iirc

[mint aspen]

i'm going to see how ViViola does against Uxie, at 3/5 she can refresh her paralysis

[mint aspen]

actually that's not too bad

[teal ridge]

Pretty much the only thing he's good at

[mint aspen]

(correct)

[teal ridge]

I still think i'll use cerena on uxie instead with a status eggmon or sth bcs of her rebuff

[mint aspen]

yeah Uxie would be a better usage, the Entei solo was a lot of fun though

[opaque geyser]

Ooh Zerena on Uxie is smart

Wait how well can 2/5 base Calem tank

[bitter reef]

if 1/5 Calem can tank, 2/5 is way easier

he has Satisfied Snarl and TM Master Healer at 2/5

[opaque geyser]

Ooh ok

Might give it a go then

I've reserved a few of my OP units but I haven't remembered to use them lmao

[devout canyon]

highly do not recommend

if i did it again i would use him in a duo, the rng on the solo is brutal

[mint aspen]

Yeah I gave it a few cracks on the train, hellish

I'll slap a low-tier pair in there, it's rough af

[teal ridge]

then.... should i wait until the 25th to use my Calem

[mint aspen]

Aaaaand #10

Eusine solo was a bit too RNG-heavy for my liking, so Wulfric carried

[bitter reef]

you could be the first one to record Wulfric solo if you were insane enough

🏃‍♂️

[mint aspen]

lmao GOD

the RNG would be painful, he's fire-weak

[teal ridge]

i need to catch up, i'm still at 7

[mint aspen]

@devout canyon @vague grotto ty both sm, this one was v comfy! Electric Terrain speed boosts were a gamechanger

[devout canyon]

nice work!!

that was my favorite solo so far, she has all the right tools at her disposal

[mint aspen]

Yeah being able to do it at 1/5 was

Didn't even need crit, her HLs were hitting 3k by the 2ndish bar

[vague grotto]

Omg we’re at the same number

Assuming that’s 11

[vague grotto]

Defence debuffs and terrain go nuts

[mint aspen]

11 yes! A good number

[mint aspen]

Fr that deer had hands

Now I'm back to UXIE again, UGH

[teal ridge]

I'm at 9, i need to catch up

[marble rock]

You all have beaten Entei?

[mint aspen]

I want to wait to see if I can solo with ViViola tomorrow but I also need to do at least 4 clears a day to meet my goal, so

back at it tonight after work

[mint aspen]

[bitter reef]

the magic of 5/5 Emma

[mint aspen]

the debuffs do pop off

[mint aspen]

Managed to pull off the Olympia solo without Flameproof, which was very nice

[mint aspen]

updating since i added another (deeply brain-dead) duo

a good run today looking forward to trying Viola against Uxie tomorrow

[snow plank]

using 2 units that can solo together

[mint aspen]

ain't no way i'm trying to solo with a 1/5 Anni Lillie

[snow plank]

lol fair she literally cant at 1/5

[teal ridge]

i'm trying the lodge dawn solo on bulu and i hope i don't regret it

[mint aspen]

Also not going near that one

🫡 Godspeed to y'all

[teal ridge]

after absolutely obliterating bar 2 with 1 sync, how did you deal with bar 3 in that ssrc + norman duo?

i'm trying to replicate with tech pinsir (ssr cynthia tanking) but by bar 3 she either gets killed too quickly (if she doesn't dodge with shadow force) or goes past half bar too quickly (if she dodges with shadow force)

[mint aspen]

From memory you need to use Shadow Force a few times to be able to dodge damage, I can grab the video I used-

#1012311116778586182 message

This fucking sucked to find why did Discord nerf their search function on mobile my GOD

[covert prawn]

The only thing worse than the search function is that pins are useless on threads now because you have to go #1010274591601598555 which has pins of every single thread lol

[mint aspen]

YEP

[teal ridge]

gotcha

i haven't figured out when to use shadow force on bar 3 yet

[mint aspen]

I remember it being a headache of a clear, yeah

[mint aspen]

Very very confident this is possible

She's got great healing and can paralyse on every sync

Just need to tweak the grid and LS (need MGR on Struggle Bug and/or FT2 LS, rn she has Stoic2)

Also very very confident someone will do it cheaper

[marble rock]

You can get the max investment slot if you record it!

[mint aspen]

TRUE

[hazy cedar]

I didn't clock her sync tile works on every sync, that's nice

[mint aspen]

The description makes no mention of it being a one-time thing, which they usually do if it is

So she's gunna eat Torn alive

[hazy cedar]

yeah, I just didn't pay enough attention to it when I read it the first time

[marble rock]

Wait she has SHY 5 on her grid too

[hazy cedar]

yes

[marble rock]

That plus her third passive will be very nice for cheesy rng runs

Bug HS when

[mint aspen]

I'm excited for Power Play

[hazy cedar]

I like that she can choose to support her allies with that one tile giving a 20% extra dps multiplier to everyone

and we know her fellow bugs appreciate any help they can get

[mint aspen]

Yeah I like how the Field TMs tend to offer self or teammates

For buffs

Honestly I'm so happy with her, she'll be super useful for me

[atomic horizon]

You're no longer struggling on bug weak kalos only

[mint aspen]

I KNOW ZEEN I CANT BELIEVE IT 😭 NOW I JUST NEED ICE AND STEEL AND IM SET

This should be perfect for the Uxie solo

[atomic horizon]

I was about to say something but I realised Dana and Shauna are supports

[mint aspen]

I love me my gen pool men but. They're gunna Struggle in the Big 3 CSMMs

[atomic horizon]

you do have offtype powerhouses

[mint aspen]

Offtyping goes against my rules but ugh I may need to, yeah

[hazy cedar]

let's be real, you are better off putting those 2 Serenas to work instead of the easy time they have on type

besides, you have other options

to replace them

[mint aspen]

But that's BORING there's no challenge if all I do is send in a Serena MF or a Diantha alt when I'm struggling

But I do worry Wikky and Wulfy ain't gunna handle 3k Sinnoh onwards

[hazy cedar]

and on type Serenas are not boring either? the heck is that logic? lol

[atomic horizon]

Honestly I salute you to trying to make Wikstrom work

[hazy cedar]

if only his innate wasn't something he cannot set up on his own without King's Shield shenanigans

[mint aspen]

In all seriousness, my rule is I must ontype OR use a pair of the weakness type (I.e. any ground stage will have both Zerena and Nita)

Otherwise there is no challenge to it - I don't want to just send in Cerena when I'm struggling to ontype with Wulfric, for example

Alas, soon they won't be viable and I'll have to

[mint aspen]

And this is what I do ontype because the Serena MFs are boring ontype, yes

[hazy cedar]

fair, I just have a bit of an aversion to self imposed restrictions in situations like this

[mint aspen]

Understandable

[hazy cedar]

props to you for making it work tho, that's true commitment

[hazy cedar]

the real challenge is making Wulfric work ngl

[mint aspen]

He's surprisingly not too bad

Great flinching and freezing on Ice Fang

The trick is to literally use nothing else but Ice Fang

[hazy cedar]

I've seen Zinfogel do wonders with that man, I could never

[mint aspen]

just wait until he gets an EX

[marble rock]

His flinch is quite valuable. I'd rather use Wulfric than Pryce or Dennis

[teal ridge]

never

[marble rock]

It'll probably happen right around a Cresselia LG

[mint aspen]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xv0JZq8JZc&ab_channel=Tai

silliness

@modest heath here's a showcase if you're still interested

[pine iron]

Wow Vivillon looks beautiful in game

[mint aspen]

it's SO CUTE

i love the way it flutters....

[pine iron]

Yea it's so pretty just hovering there

[modest heath]

nice thanks

[modest heath]

oh i mean CSMm

cos kinda wanna see lusamine synergy

[mint aspen]

oh i don't use Lusa in CSMM, but there's a bug-weak stage next week that I might play with 😌

[modest heath]

ohhh nice

is she offtypeable?

[mint aspen]

i think with my level of investment, yes

now that you've said that I should try

[modest heath]

yea

oh her flinch isnt 100% ig

[bitter reef]

Tai will you do double Viola showcase? with NC Calem as the support

||reset for 2 Calem TM MPR will be not fun tho||

[mint aspen]

i can do that which stage did you want?

[bitter reef]

Nvm Hiola TM can be used on allies too

Any stage you like

[mint aspen]

leave it with me

[bitter reef]

[mint aspen]

@devout canyon ya girl got hands

[devout canyon]

nice!!

how many resets for that

[mint aspen]

too many probably about 30ish, so not tooooooo bad

the Unyielding procs carried, though

[atomic horizon]

actually tai have you done an SST Red solo yet

I recall you have him

[mint aspen]

i have him but he's 1/5 and not EX'd

[atomic horizon]

That would be enough! 1/5 is plenty crazy already. Not sure about EX though.

His B move has Piercing Blows, after all. Uxie's kryptonite.

[mint aspen]

hmmmmmmmmmmm....

Lemme work on this bullshit first

[devout canyon]

red does need ex to clear uxie according to the doc

[mint aspen]

oh

[devout canyon]

“i wonder if petrel can clear uxie”

is psychic weak

[mint aspen]

he's got me fucked up this is NOT working

tbh his 30% flinch rate is probably best for Entei but lol, lmao

he'd have to duo at best

[mint aspen]

embarrassed to admit i tried this

got completely filtered

[devout canyon]

show me the last word clear

[mint aspen]

i actually can, would you believe

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ww-WBKQ2DXQ&ab_channel=DriftTheBalloon

this absolute madlad

[mint aspen]

tonight's LG theme is FLINCH, YOU STUPID DOG/ALIEN/BULL CREATURE, FLINCH

i've Gone Through It with Kris, I flopped against Bulu with Petrel and now CyruSS has a massive skill issue and can't get the starting Flinch I need to buff

[atomic horizon]

Bestie it's just 20 ex tickets 😭

[mint aspen]

don't WANNA

I only have 450 and those Ever Pins EXPENSIVE

i get my starting flinch with CyruSS

i get my buffs

i set Dark Zone

Bulu: queues Brutal Swing

[atomic horizon]

https://tenor.com/view/we-lost-him-charlie-hudson-hudson-and-rex-he-shook-us-off-lost-our-trail-gif-23973533

[mint aspen]

CyruSS you FLOP I didn't 3/5 EX you on release for you to let me down like this

[covert prawn]

We really really lost Tai to LG now

[mint aspen]

spends 15 minutes on a solo only to lose in the 2nd half of the 3rd bar: i love this game mode

(nah fr this is actually a ton of fun, i've been sleeping on LG)

[devout canyon]

same

tho i think i’m nearing the end of my only solos

and need to move to duos

[mint aspen]

Found this in the Top player's clears

this image is bullying me if they can do it with 1/5 no EX SURELY I can do it with my 3/5 EX

(I only looked because they have ViViola has their fave unit )

anyway. i'm calling it for tonight, this is where i'm at

lost my patience with that SSAC solo and wasn't gunna use Korrina anywhere else, so

tomorrow......Him

[atomic horizon]

Jesus christ how did the Kris solo go

[mint aspen]

Bad ❤️

(It's definitely doable but not the easiest solo, v dependent on Flinch and you definitely want Unyielding to proc at least once)

[atomic horizon]

I don't think I have the patience

[mint aspen]

That moment when you see that ❌ though.....

[bitter reef]

Tai you should try May solo on Entei too

[marble rock]

neither you nor Nov did the May solo

[mint aspen]

Nice try bestie I know that one is horrid

[bitter reef]

Damn its so hard to trick you

[sonic flame]

hot damn 7k

[mint aspen]

I've done my research

[atomic horizon]

May be you'd fare better?

[devout canyon]

get that max investment solo bulu slot friend

[chilly nimbus]

what have we done

[pine iron]

Failed

[sonic flame]

lmao the char growth

get that high streak bestie

[teal ridge]

You madlad

Now you make me want to do the solo

[teal ridge]

entei isn't a dog

[teal ridge]

Oh he's unsalvageable

[hazy cedar]

I like how you are mutually such a terrible influence

[pine iron]

Dragging each other down into the pits

[hazy cedar]

He needs an intervention ngl

[teal ridge]

What else are friends for?

[pine iron]

Choose my friends carefully

[teal ridge]

Don't listen to the naysayers Tai, get that high streak anything for that 1 feather per clear, amirite

[hazy cedar]

I'd say alternatively: learn to shield from your friends bs

[pine iron]

[covert prawn]

the scary thing is using for that rng feather

[chilly nimbus]

pls tai

do one clear with three pairs

[marble rock]

Three non-eggmon pairs*

[chilly nimbus]

i feel the need for michael jordan to make a message

[vague grotto]

Don’t set dark zone

Is your cyrus 150?

If this is v Entei you can just spam void to win with the right LS and if he’s 150 EX

[mint aspen]

It's Bulu thought that would be easier

[mint aspen]

You'd think @pine iron would support my quest for more feathers smh!

[chilly nimbus]

How quickly are you going to burn through these feathers

[vague grotto]

Entei is easier

It’s the ls9 diff

[mint aspen]

Ahhhhh okay, hmmm

(Dark I have not had my coffee yet. What is LS9 )

[vague grotto]

lessen sleep

[mint aspen]

RIGHT

Isn't Bulu susceptible to sleep though?

[vague grotto]

both are

but ls 9 is easier to time

[marble rock]

No wonder you like Sycamore so much

[mint aspen]

[mint aspen]

Nah but fr I would also be like COFFEE?? if someone were preparing it nearby

can't survive the corporate world without it

[marble rock]

Honestly same I even have some almost every night with dinner

[mint aspen]

Okay I haven't gone quite that far LOL

☕

[marble rock]

it's just too good

[mint aspen]

IT IS 😭

[marble rock]

I think I'm gonna need to make an Irish coffee to get through this stupid solo 😭

[mint aspen]

LMAO

MOOD!

[marble rock]

The things PoMa drives us to do

[mint aspen]

I lost at least a good 45mins of my life trying those SSAC solos on Uxie and then Korrina comes and does it on the first attempt with her

[vague grotto]

Oh that reminds me i gotta upload my video later

[vague grotto]

I improved my really old crit version of it

[mint aspen]

LEGEND AS ALWAYS

[vague grotto]

as you can see

[mint aspen]

Thank you Dark I will follow this after work!

[vague grotto]

you can just spam to win

just give cyrus 150 and MGR 2

[marble rock]

Does he need 3/5?

[covert prawn]

45 mins

[vague grotto]

to spam no

it'll take longer though

150 ex is needed

[vague grotto]

cause no power play

[mint aspen]

LG is a good and fun gamemode

[vague grotto]

Ngl that felt really nice compared to ethan

Still struggling with him

[marble rock]

I see

[vague grotto]

it's mainly for the speed stat

[marble rock]

Ah, so a good skill gear might help too?

[vague grotto]

ones that boost speed yeah

[marble rock]

[vague grotto]

i don't have any so i just used 3* dark pin

ofc you can also just time it with dark pulse

[covert prawn]

What is Chezei cooking

[vague grotto]

if you actually time it you can get by without EXing and 150 like others have done

it can be annoying though so i just like to turn my brain off and spam

[marble rock]

[marble rock]

I have spent almost half an hour on the stupid Cerena clear vs Entei I want something easier

[covert prawn]

Honesty that SS Cyrus clear is great. Brain dead solos is something I can certainly approve lol

[covert prawn]

Probably needs some weird lucky cookie and grid

[marble rock]

It's doable at 1/5! it just needs Entei to not hit Fire Spin at -6 Acc but that only happens about one in every 15 tries

[covert prawn]

Go for 3/5 then

[marble rock]

My precious candies if I can daily her to 3/5 that'd be great

[mint aspen]

So far the frogs win for me for most braindead

Cerena just bulldozes through Entei and the Chalem Uxie solo is legit just spamming Water Shuriken for 15mins

[atomic horizon]

Spamming water shuriken for 15 minutes

Might finally get that uxie solo

[mint aspen]

Just have the right grid and LS (Fast Track 2) and you're golden

[atomic horizon]

[marble rock]

Fallister makes the solo trivial

[atomic horizon]

Do I want to sacrifice Vigilance for something else again.....

[mint aspen]

[marble rock]

Does Chalem need 3/5?

[bitter reef]

2/5 is enough

[marble rock]

now I'm stuck in the same boat as Zeen

[mint aspen]

Yup 2/5 is all you need

[covert prawn]

Gotta invest in those units for the solos one way or another

[mint aspen]

I've been too lazy to change Calem's kit back to his normal grid, etc and I definitely noticed it when offtyping all the BP battles with the frogs and LySS oops

Turns out FS2 is useless outside of soloing, who knew??

[covert prawn]

there are some solos i'll never do, because I used the guaranteed cookie to put WW3 on a couple of my sync pairs

[bitter reef]

you can still do SS Erika solo on Bulu!

[mint aspen]

Nice try bestie

The person who submitted it said it wasn't worth it!

[marble rock]

If nothing else, I'm proud of Tai for all the research he's done for LG

[mint aspen]

[bitter reef]

its worth with skill gears!!!!

just ask Arch for his gear set

[mint aspen]

[covert prawn]

Imagine having resources to go for more skill gears

[devout canyon]

poor fella only got two moves off

[mint aspen]

Deserved!

[teal ridge]

say it louder

[teal ridge]

now that i think about my ss erika on bulu solo

the hard part is not freaking missing solar blade on bar 3

also 2 sunny day MPRs

it's a quick battle overall

you might need solar propulsion to proc once or twice before your first sync cycle but that's manageable. DPS the entire bar 2 because otherwise ss erika kills bar 2 too easily. nuke the start of bar 3, finish quickly with solar blade (just don't miss bro how hard can it be)

(i missed solar blade 3 times)

[mint aspen]

I actually don't mind the quick RNG-heavy solos tbh

Emma on Bulu was hard work but very satisfying

[teal ridge]

then ss erika is totally worth

were you the one who did kris solo on entei or was that some other mod

because i imagine it's kinda like that

not that i've tried the kris solo but

it's RNG heavy, fast, and the nuke is satisfying to see

[vague grotto]

ethan solo has driven me insane and is a slower RNG-heavy one so don't do it

[teal ridge]

smh ethan bad unit

[mint aspen]

Twas me, yes

[teal ridge]

ah, then you can handle ss erika on bulu

[vague grotto]

i use a different grid than the one in the doc and it makes it easier tbh

[pine iron]

there are much better way to get feathers that don't involve 45min uxie solos

[mint aspen]

The non-believers are here

[bitter reef]

Tai you should try Nate solo on Bulu

[mint aspen]

Don't you start

[bitter reef]

[hazy cedar]

I mean, if you are on these Gauntlet shenanigans you may as well go all in

[mint aspen]

Let me wait for my GOAT

[teal ridge]

what's your grid?

[vague grotto]

Spam waterfall

[mint aspen]

Damn no Unyielding?

[teal ridge]

[teal ridge]

flameproof lucky skill?

ugh i hate switching lucky skills.....

[vague grotto]

Yeag

[mint aspen]

Flameproof 100% yeah

[teal ridge]

i already switched ssilver's LS to vigilance for uxie

i hate this

ugh

[mint aspen]

I now truly understand when people complain about not being able to switch LSs

[teal ridge]

grind LG for lucky cookies
use up lucky cookies for LG solos

[hazy cedar]

trapped in a loop forever

[mint aspen]

Fr imma need to grind so much before the event ends

[pine iron]

[covert prawn]

[devout canyon]

the trouble is you get deluxe cookies to put hs1/adrenaline/ww3 on your cracked units, but then the easy solos with said units require vigilance/ft2/flameproof/etc

[mint aspen]

Me deadeying my SSAC with Witty Hit 2

[teal ridge]

this is why i only do solos where i don't need to change lucky skills

(i say, meanwhile i've given ssilver and kris vigilance and flameproof respectively for their solos)

i'm eyeing NC Red solo on Entei but that one also needs flameproof

i hate this

[mint aspen]

[mint aspen]

This was so goddamn brain-dead I was answering emails while doing it

Holy shit he was immortal

I only used the potion to try and finish on full health 💀

[teal ridge]

Get that max investment solo

[mint aspen]

The video is ready but I ain't stressing out my data uploading it

I'll do it in a few hours, there's already another max investment video solo, so

But I have mine and that's all that matters

[mint aspen]

Can someone (NOT GAKON OR ARCH) rec me an Entei solo they like

[pine iron]

NC Serena 🏃‍♂️

oh SS Kris, I tried that one

[mint aspen]

Edited the message

[pine iron]

Not the edit

[mint aspen]

Will it work if she's 0/5

[pine iron]

Yes, braindead

[mint aspen]

[bitter reef]

[mint aspen]

I'm not doing May

[pine iron]

May was really easy with Lenora

[bitter reef]

i didnt say anything

[mint aspen]

Will it work if Lenora is 0/5

[pine iron]

You could sub Lenora with like anything I think

[bitter reef]

wait Tai seriously have you tried SS Diantha solo on Entei

[mint aspen]

oho

No just SC

SS is worth?

[bitter reef]

you just need to dodge a Fire Spin and get uh 1 Rock Wish MPR?

a moderate solo

[mint aspen]

Hm.......

Perhaps.....I will trust you

The doc DID say it was okay....

[teal ridge]

May I?

Idk why you excluded Gakon but not me even tho we're both chaotic evil LGers so I will be the devil's advocate

Have you done Aaron?

[teal ridge]

May + Hapu is a common duo

[vague grotto]

I did ss diantha solo

[mint aspen]

You've been less dangerous than Gakon....he's been trying to trick me

[vague grotto]

It’s pretty free once you dodge the spin

[teal ridge]

You just need 1 TM MPR on May and Hapu needs to dodge fire spin

[teal ridge]

Looks like I need to up my game!

[mint aspen]

SMH!

Dark you have to protect me from these anti-helpers

[teal ridge]

May + Hapu is fiiine

Quick resets if anything

[mint aspen]

also @snow plank bestie idk if you're the one who updates the solos sheet but here's a max invested Sycagoat vs. Bulu if you don't have one already; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6d04InnYdI&ab_channel=Tai

[teal ridge]

Aaron needs more RNG but overall comfortable once you get the good RNG at the beginning

[pine iron]

Dw I'm right here Try May, Penny & Winona. That should be a very easy clear! 🏃‍♂️ 💨

[mint aspen]

I SAID DARK

[snow plank]

got it

[mint aspen]

ty!

[atomic horizon]

Skyla

[mint aspen]

alexa how do i keep these people out of my thread

[atomic horizon]

Kinda doable since she has a nuke multiplier (surprisingly) and aggravation.

https://tenor.com/view/larry-larry-butz-nervous-thumbs-up-thumbs-up-gif-17584607797242136577

[mint aspen]

one problem though

oh wait naur you are actually talking about the OG version tf

[devout canyon]

you have 3/5 ss blue?

i attempted his a few times and it didnt seem too bad, my game just reset when i switched apps so i got frustrated and did the rei solo instead lol

theres also 3/5 irida solo too if you have her candied

(i havent attempted that one yet but it didnt seem awful)

[mint aspen]

i'm still torn on 3/5ing her, but she's on the list 100%

and ty for reminding me about the SSB one

[devout canyon]

hes got really good dps you just have to dodge the first fire spin and chip down to half bar before a third fire spin

[bitter reef]

Irida solo is basically banking on 10% freeze chance and pray for Entei not thawing itself out before the first sync

[devout canyon]

the freeze is why i left her for later lmao

[bitter reef]

after that its almost guaranteed win tho

[devout canyon]

i suffered enough with eusine

[bitter reef]

i got salty because Entei kept thawing itself out early so i duo'd with her instead

[devout canyon]

0 freeze mitigation, still thaws out after two turns

oh! theres a 3/5 penny solo too but it looks like you might need to dodge two fire spins

i havent attempted that one either yet

[bitter reef]

For me Penny solo on Bulu is easier

[mint aspen]

#1012311116778586182 message

back to the drawing board

fuck it, he's going against Entei

[mint aspen]

at what point do you convince yourself a duo is impossible and you should add a third pair

asking for a friend

[mint aspen]

I'm convinced this duo is possible but I think it is genuinely beyond my skill level with Uxie

Stop Hitting Yourself 5 is total bullshit, by the way

never bloody procs

[atomic horizon]

yeah her og version 😭

but

you can get her anni version too for an easier time

[mint aspen]

what anni version

[atomic horizon]

[mint aspen]

Skyla has never had an anni alt Zeen smh my head

[atomic horizon]

dont you dare

[mint aspen]

[atomic horizon]

she will get a rerun and not be forgotten one day!!!!

[marble rock]

Naur not the Anni Skyla erasure 😭

[jovial bison]

💔💔💔

[teal ridge]

that is a question you need to think about yourself and i have yet to master the answer

[teal ridge]

#1012311116778586182 message i asked around

dodging fire spins my behated

[covert prawn]

add a third pair now, Tai

[teal ridge]

but it requires vigilance which my ssb has had in forever so

looks like he's going to my list of potential entei solos (which are getting smaller and smaller!)

[covert prawn]

[mint aspen]

Oh man that looks like a Big Oof

Dodging Fire Spin fml

[mint aspen]

But that's UGLY

[marble rock]

[teal ridge]

ruining the aesthetics!

maybe Tai should do a 1v1 and 2v1 only challenge like naomi always does

[marble rock]

Just do them all 3v1s

[mint aspen]

Real talk I just wanna pump out a ton of solos and duos before I hit the trios

No way I could do a Naomi though, she's a God of LG fr

[devout canyon]

i’m attempting her 1/5 hsycamore clear and idk how she got it done an hour after reset

[mint aspen]

Yeah 1/5 will be Rough

You really want Sync Regen and Triage Tank to make it braindead

His healing is insane though

King of immortal creatures with horns

[devout canyon]

it’s not that bad i just need his syncs to crit on bar 3

my last attempt neither of them crit lol

wood hammer

[mint aspen]

Wood hammer

Also here is my absolute mess of a 15k this week, theme is GO AWAY I NEED TO DO LG

[marble rock]

[mint aspen]

R1: my og team from Feb 2021, now with added voice lines making it 200% more gay
R2: the sync countdown is evil and must be punished
R3: I hate golf
R4: the gauge is evil and must be punished
R5: manly water villains. Also some fire-weak IDIOT

[marble rock]

What did golf ever do to you 😭

[mint aspen]

[bitter reef]

Golf smiled to you and you hate it? Smh

[mint aspen]

I am NOT on the fairway

[teal ridge]

must be the toxic

[pine iron]

What the hell is that Round 5 team

[mint aspen]

Tanking with a fire-weak support against Incineroar is actually Big Brain thinking, as is using Archie to do nothing but set the rain

You're all just cowards

[marble rock]

When you said Fire-weak idiot I thought you meant Kukui so I was very confused

[mint aspen]

Let! Archie! Third-wheel!

[marble rock]

But I want to see him fight with his husband

[mint aspen]

He's right above him smh!

[marble rock]

His spot with his husband and daughter got taken by some blonde with a genie 😭

[mint aspen]

Ground Teamwork GAMING

[hazy cedar]

you used non Kalosians? smh

[mint aspen]

I'm BUSY

[hazy cedar]

excuses

[mint aspen]

LG requires so much commitment

[pine iron]

fake kalos fan

[mint aspen]

[pine iron]

Chosen struggle 🏃‍♂️

[mint aspen]

LG antis OUT of this thread

[pine iron]

Good thing it's a csmm thread then

[marble rock]

*mostly-CSMM

[devout canyon]

can’t read the full title on mobile anymore

it could say anything

[marble rock]

Tai's Kalos-usually mostly-CSMM Clears is supposedly what it says

Quick the mods can't read thread titles, time to change them

[pine iron]

Gotta save some room for HSE, so true

[hazy cedar]

we are censoring people now? shame on you

[teal ridge]

who's the daughter

[marble rock]

Courtney

[teal ridge]

ooooh

[mint aspen]

cami I am being bullied in my own thread

[main arch]

Tai, where's HSycamore showcase? i want to see him in action

[pine iron]

There's this

[main arch]

Thanks arch

[spring tapir]

[covert prawn]

Another one that doesn’t like golf

[spring tapir]

Aren’t some modern golf courses made on top of landfills

[chilly nimbus]

I’d argue curling is more boring

[sonic flame]

the off topic omg

[chilly nimbus]

Apologies

[devout canyon]

[mint aspen]

fr y'all it was just a joke idc about golf

anyway back to malding over this CyruSS solo

I think this might be my last one before I switch to duos and triples I am Tired

[hazy cedar]

sanity can only last so much

[atomic horizon]

LG takes a lot out of you

[chilly nimbus]

what did you end up getting to

[mint aspen]

i'm at around 20 rn

[devout canyon]

admirable

[mint aspen]

I definitely like LG a lot more than HSE

the way you can get so much out of everyday units is incredible

HSE is so boring/limiting in comparison, you're fucked if you don't have a very specific collection of units (don't get me started on the Ultimate battles)

[teal ridge]

Famous last words

You're gonna see an interesting solo somewhere down the line and you'll try it

[mint aspen]

I did look at the Kali one but it looks Rough

not just buff RNG/debuff RNG but evasion RNG....

[teal ridge]

It's not so baaaad

Since you have a chance to debuff accuracy too

And bulu is slow bars 1 and 2, farm your sync buffs

[mint aspen]

[teal ridge]

Yesterday i did it first try!

(after many failed attempts the day before)

[mint aspen]

............

[teal ridge]

You did ccalem solo for 15 minutes

[mint aspen]

[teal ridge]

'tis nothing

[mint aspen]

yea but it was EASY....

oh god all my units are a mess, bad lucky skills and very specific grids oh my god

carnage

[teal ridge]

Me in a few weeks wondering why my Kris has flameproof

[mint aspen]

Me watching my SSAC get crit (her SpAtk keeps rising)

[devout canyon]

i put ssac with anni may, no way was i dropping hs1 for witty hit

[mint aspen]

Where is the commitment Cami smh

[marble rock]

She's saving it for HS

[mint aspen]

[devout canyon]

i’ve done 14 solos which is 13 more than my previous record

i’m busting my buns over here

[mint aspen]

Oh I feel that

I'd never solo'd before this LG

Feels good

[mint aspen]

update - with a 3/5 EX Petrel this was one-and-done, but a 1/5 would be. Rough

[marble rock]

Just realizd that said battle 171

[chilly nimbus]

I keep forgetting that Petrel has Piercing Blows (which is cool but really odd choice)

[mint aspen]

yeah that player is currently #2 behind Naomi, I only checked their clears because they put ViViola as their fave

[marble rock]

I think it's to mimic Neutralizing Gas

[mint aspen]

Petrel's PB is v helpful yeah

he's Psychic-weak though so you gotta sweep Uxie before it gets too many sync buffs and wipes him

[teal ridge]

I think i've done 19, which is 2 more than last LG

[teal ridge]

Look how much you've grown!

[mint aspen]

Me in the LG thread: goddammit Entei has -6 accuracy and I have +6 evasion can't believe that damn Bar 3 heatwave just hit

The people in the LG thread, well aware that Entei gets Piercing Gaze at Bar 3:

[pine iron]

Also -6 accuracy and 0 evasion is the same as -6 +6

[marble rock]

Which is 99% on all of Entei's moves afaict

[chilly nimbus]

what's -x accuracy when it all hits anyways

[mint aspen]

Whatever it worked

[devout canyon]

[mint aspen]

actually a very useful unit for this if you get good flinch luck

(casual reminder his Aggrav. is locked behind 3/5 ❤️ )

v happy with this one

Oleana was MUNCHING on that gauge but we got through it

[devout canyon]

aggravation being on archer’s 3/5 grid is despicable

[mint aspen]

it's so shit my god

i'm not wasting a gold/sprint candy on him just for Aggrav (thank you for knowing I meant Agg and not HE )

[devout canyon]

i’m going to yoink the oleana clear

[mint aspen]

all yours, lmk if you need Gladion's grid

Some satisfying duos so far today

[teal ridge]

Seebs

[mint aspen]

Seeb.........................

More progress

currently working up the courage to attempt Helena and Viola vs. Uxie

[teal ridge]

Helena Viola... I used to do Helena BP Morty

[mint aspen]

I was thinking of saving him for Entei for the flinching

[teal ridge]

Confusion for uxie tho

Uxie will be your bottleneck after all

There are a few pairs I'd love to use for Entei but Uxie just takes priority

[mint aspen]

ah hell i forgot he has CR

yeah nvm good point, that's actually a good duo idea

does he need to be EXed?

[teal ridge]

Nope

But you need to do a bit of damage control on bar 1 bcs uxie can only be paralyzed a few times

[bitter reef]

your Viola is EX, so it should be less scarier

and Helena is 20/20 too

[mint aspen]

yeah but BP Morty got those defensive buffs.........

i might put Viola with SS Lys

[bitter reef]

or put SS Lys with BP Morty

[mint aspen]

i feel he'll do more damage than Helena so I'd rather he was with the weaker choice

[bitter reef]

rip gauge tho

[mint aspen]

although tbf she can tank Uxie's SpAtk

[teal ridge]

Viola tanks well

[mint aspen]

She sure does

thank god i didn't have to change her LS to Vigi (it's WW3 )

[atomic horizon]

oh hmm

i might yoink that uxie clear

[mint aspen]

keep in mind the heavy over-investment and skill gear

i did it in one attempt but it may take a little longer than that at lower move levels, etc

[bitter reef]

i swear there was trumpet noise here

[mint aspen]

You simply heard...Them approaching

🎺 🎺 🎺

[bitter reef]

https://tenor.com/view/hoenn-trumpets-pokemon-groudon-kyogre-gif-17232445

[atomic horizon]

I have 3/5 SS Lys so shouldnt be too difficult

... right

[mint aspen]

The Burned Down tile at 5/5 does carry a bit 😭

[atomic horizon]

screaming

[teal ridge]

Smh no may hapu

[mint aspen]

just realised lodge jasmine could be handy for this

naturally she just left after 4 interactions girl i hate you

[marble rock]

She does that to me too 😭

[mint aspen]

Hit 30, still only duos and solos

TIL Gio has a pair up line with Ariana

Casual day out with the missus beating up some alien

[bitter reef]

Was the Ariana team first try?

[mint aspen]

Yep - got some insane refresh on Gio's potions and he even made it to the end!

[devout canyon]

how essential would you say her EX was?

[mint aspen]

I think you'd struggle without it - you'd want one of those two to be EX'd imo

and the two of them don't really have much DPS so you're depending on her nuke to get through the battle

[mint aspen]

Getting more expensive

Entei gave me the most trouble this round, had to switch up my team a few times before I said fuck it and brought in Akari

he's getting Rei next round. stupid....dogcat

Thought Drasna being psychic-weak would be a bigger problem but Shauna said Leave it to me! and they swept

I'm going to go as far as I can with just duos and then I'll start adding eggmons

[bitter reef]

smh you should have solo'd with SC Shauna ||don't||

[mint aspen]

oh bestie. i looked at that solo. i thought about it. and then I added Drasna

[modest heath]

dang 5/5 sc shuna

expensive

[mint aspen]

she's worth it 😌

all my Kalos limiteds are 5/5

[modest heath]

lol

i only have 1 limited that has 5/5 who was akari

the feeling seems mixed ngl having 5/5

[mint aspen]

35!

definitely going to get tougher from hereon out, especially if I (stubbornly) keep sticking with duos

but I WILL beat my record of 50 dammit

[vague grotto]

[pine iron]

Good luck ||||

[modest heath]

can i copy your teams

i havent started yet

[bitter reef]

you dont need to ask for copying teams

[mint aspen]

teams are free game bestie steal all the ones you want

[modest heath]

i mean

i need all the teams

lol

[teal ridge]

at this pace? absolutely you will!

you got this

[bitter reef]

you should aim to surpass nov's record

[teal ridge]

69? 90?

which one

i still think my 90 streaks was a fluke thanks to Latios's existence

don't know if I can go that high with this LG

[bitter reef]

its up to Tai

he has 2 options

[mint aspen]

Nah ain't no way

I'd love to hit 75 but at this stage 51 would be lovely

[marble rock]

69 it is!

[chilly nimbus]

Why 69 of all numbers

[marble rock]

It's a nice round number!

[chilly nimbus]

Ah that makes sense

Carry on

[hazy cedar]

[mint aspen]

75 it is

[chilly nimbus]

Have you gone deep into your eggmon rotation yet

[mint aspen]

Haven't touched it yet other than two rainmons

I'm going to start using them when the duos get too much

I still have some Big Stupid units but I'm trying to balance a high streak with wasting all my resources on units I won't use outside of LG

[chilly nimbus]

Blaine

[mint aspen]

Oh no he's fully invested, love that man

Used him a lot when I was new

[teal ridge]

Same, he's one of the first low gacha units I invested in

[mint aspen]

Sun and trap is v v handy

Might try to duo Uxie with him and Silver could work

[teal ridge]

I've never managed to get that duo down yet but we'll see

[mint aspen]

Rrrgghhhh Uxie is starting to be a Problem, I might need to start trio-ing it soon

stupid little gimmicky alien

[teal ridge]

Uxie is always a problem

It's so hard to compress its gimmick into a duo

Once you run out of duos that can deal with status condition + status change head on, you might have to start nuking bar 2 completely

[mint aspen]

Exactly, yeah

Getting both gimmick-fixers in a duo that can make it to the end is so hard

I've been trying a few with Helena and her damage is good but the support can't handle the damage from Uxie

I am NOT candying my Proton to 3/5 for EL GEE

[teal ridge]

helena bp morty is easy

there's helena viola too

[mint aspen]

already used Viola but BP Morty is v v tempting

i'd like to make it to 40 clears before I start trios

[teal ridge]

you can do it

helena + bp morty just needs good damage control

[mint aspen]

got it!

[teal ridge]

i need to catch up, i'm at like 26

[mint aspen]

you can do it!!

while i'm here, two clears that annoyed tf out of me

now I'm trying SS Mina and Lodge May with Entei and my god May is made out of paper

[teal ridge]

she sure is

[mint aspen]

GIRL YOU ARE ON-TYPING

[teal ridge]

doesn't help when entei has sure crit eruption

and +3 crit on second half of bar 3

[mint aspen]

the eruptions just completely screw her over, yeah

[teal ridge]

nuke bar 2 before he gets to half bar ig

[mint aspen]

i 5*'d her and it helps a LITTLE bit, but by the time bar 3 comes around it's r o u g h

SS Mina should be the perfect support for her but.

[teal ridge]

last time entei came around i used her with ss dawn

very overkill lol

[mint aspen]

i may bring in a more invested support to complete the duo but damn

[teal ridge]

i'd say use other water types first

[mint aspen]

pain and agony

[teal ridge]

lodge may is a headache to use

[mint aspen]

how about L Silver?

part of me also wants to 3/5 Mina just so I can bloody use her

at 3/5 she's the perfect anti-Entei machine with Flameproof, Quick Cure and all the rain tiles

UGH

[teal ridge]

the common duo is L Silver + supp primeape

[mint aspen]

that sounds very cheap and also torturous

[atomic horizon]

How did yall survive Uxie

I'm at win 14 and I want to strangle this weird alien

[teal ridge]

not as bad as the apparent lsilver solo that exists!

[mint aspen]

with great difficulty

stupid damn gimmicks

[teal ridge]

supp primeape completes silver's buffs and lsilver's freeze procs surprisingly often. just pray entei gets frozen for a long time

[mint aspen]

pain

[teal ridge]

one run i got so lucky that entei couldn't move for the whole bar 1

[mint aspen]

was he EX'd?

[teal ridge]

yeah

but i'm not sure if it's necessary

if he isn't EX'd, well, just get more flinches/freezes

[mint aspen]

i don't know if i'm strong enough

[teal ridge]

one way to find out!

[mint aspen]

hmmm. tbh all the stuff for Entei is at 2/5

i have 3 support candies......

was hoping to candy SS Ace but she's actually functional at 1/5

[pine iron]

But she has so many nice things on grid

[mint aspen]

tbf if I 2/5 Mina and 3/5 Ace my premium support To-Candy list will hit 0, which will be nice

i need to get over my annoyance RE: SS Mina and a candy might help a bit

[devout canyon]

what exactly are you looking for on mina's kit at 2/5?

[mint aspen]

#1028549352463024138 message

all these (bar one rain tile iirc) are available at 2/5

[devout canyon]

ahhh just for entei

cant you just throw escape artist on her?

since flameproof is at base

[mint aspen]

sigh, true

there's also the motivation to actually get something out of her though, since she's so underwhelming (for a premium supp) at base

[devout canyon]

i feel that