Gakon's Academy Sonia Waiting Room

[fervent mortar]

better version

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the subject of electric weak aaron comes back so often i just fav'd this gif lol

[fluid pecan]

My brain auto corrected “bee” to “bea”

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smh

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I just remember that rancer suggested me "only sync pairs with Sonia's palette" theme a while ago

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lmaooo what

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Basically sync pairs having outfit with Sonia's colours

[oblique lava]

Sonia & Yamper

Base Style →
EX Style ↓

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[vocal flax]

I might include colours of both outfits if there are not enough units

[fervent mortar]

yeah i understood

what a theme

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Ya think its enough?

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what about sc sonia

[vocal flax]

Good point

[fervent mortar]

that's not gonna help much lol

[vocal flax]

Yeah

[whole flame]

sonia and sc sonia's palettes clash too much and I think if you use both, you'll end up with too many options?

[vocal flax]

I will begin looking up my roster tomorrow

[whole flame]

we have way too many pink outfits

[vocal flax]

But most of them sucks color wise

[vocal flax]

Not really imo

We will find out soon™️

[vocal flax]

Here is a quick Galarian only theme because i was bored

Funnily there is no Sonia here

[deep prawn]

[fervent mortar]

is this a gakon or a rafa CS i wonder

[vocal flax]

No Leon and Gordie really hurt

[deep prawn]

U dont have both?

[vocal flax]

Yeah

Gordie and Shauna are the only gen pool pairs im missing

[deep prawn]

Haha, save tickets for 4th anni

[vocal flax]

Leon shafted me in his debut
I didnt care about him in his rerun
So me no have Leon

[deep prawn]

xD

[fervent mortar]

i don't have gordie too 🤝

but i have 4/5 shauna

kalos got a new spotlight so tickets will be useful
i already got said spotlight at 4/5

[vocal flax]

🤝

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EX her

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[fervent mortar]

why would I EX such a meaningless character

[lucid plover]

I have 0/5 Shauna

[vocal flax]

Are you ready to get bonked by Tai

[fervent mortar]

Im a serena simp not a kalos simp

gen 6 is so forgetable ngl

if i remember the gym leaders it's only because they're in masters (and i only remember them in english, of course)

can't name a single flare admin either

except for xerosic, who's actually kinda relevant lol

[vocal flax]

[fluid pecan]

Uhh, brionne, celesteela, and the other 2 scientists

(That joke was absol blogs’s)

[vocal flax]

go play XY again

[fervent mortar]

ngl i tried multiple times

it's so boring

[vocal flax]

But the region is beautiful!

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It's base on france and france sucks

[vocal flax]

[fluid pecan]

I guess you would know more than us

[fervent mortar]

Currently France sucks a lot lol

[vocal flax]

Yeah i heard a lot of bad things happened there

Anw we should move the topic before any mods come here

[fervent mortar]

just do a mono kalos cs and we're back on topic

[vocal flax]

Challenge taken

😭

<- missing Shauna

[fluid pecan]

You can fix that, just pity her now

[vocal flax]

where gems

[fervent mortar]

I have shauna

But I don't have much kalos lol

[vocal flax]

I only have 3 Kalos tanks

Sycamore, CCalem, and Kali

Missing both Shauna

[fervent mortar]

Calem is a tank dw

he has self potion

[vocal flax]

But he instantly dies to one move no chance to heal

[fervent mortar]

[vocal flax]

Candy SC Shauna

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candy where

[vocal flax]

also i forgor BP Clemonth and 2 sisters

Tai will bonk me if he knows that

[fervent mortar]

@/Tai

[vocal flax]

[fervent mortar]

I have other supports in my candy priority list lol

Like ball guy and SSA for example

[vocal flax]

SSA stands for SS Acerola or SS Cynthia Aura?

[fervent mortar]

SSAC then

I don't have any tapu

[vocal flax]

You dont?

I thought you had Bulu for some reasons

[fervent mortar]

shafted

[vocal flax]

[fervent mortar]

Never candying Calem because 3/5 useless, but I'd like to candy like... all the others lmao

[dreamy sorrel]

Calem

TM propulsion yswless smh

[fervent mortar]

useless

[dreamy sorrel]

Critical squad and team safe start

[fervent mortar]

tm mpr

team safe start kinda useless

Damn, mono kalos i'm off type on 3 and for bertha my ontype is lodge sycamore

[vocal flax]

just run duo Sycamore

[vocal flax]

tbh there are many better candy options than Calem here

[fervent mortar]

Or I can just... Yknow

[vocal flax]

op cheese smh

[fervent mortar]

i need to change the weather anyway

ccalem's literally the only weather setter of all kalos

[vocal flax]

Kalos only has one weather changer iirc

yeah lol

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just double checked

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no Emma

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ngl she's even less relevant than shauna lol

i don't get why she's a poke fair

[vocal flax]

an excuse of dena to make poison op

[fervent mortar]

She's one of the least relevant character of all Pokemon lol

(actual character, not random npc)

[vocal flax]

she is the most important character in the Kalos postgame

[fervent mortar]

i gueeeeess

looker is a more relevant character in general and dude is a spotlight

[vocal flax]

dude is not a girl

[fervent mortar]

we literally got old mans poke fair

heck, first 3 master fairs were men

[vocal flax]

<--- thinking an excuse

but Looker isnt popular enough to compete with them

[fervent mortar]

oh yeah because emma is popular

Don't tell me emma is unironically popular

[vocal flax]

Anabel is also popular then

[fervent mortar]

anabel's probably more popular than emma

at least she appeared in 2 regions lol

[vocal flax]

because of anime boost and Hoenn Frontier yeah

[fervent mortar]

(still should be spotlight imo)

[vocal flax]

[fervent mortar]

why does she have a boring support gmax snorlax

[vocal flax]

dena was so lazy, they didnt bother making Snorlax's Z Move animation

[modest narwhal]

Still wish she got Pulverizing Pancake instead

[fervent mortar]

Her getting Snorlax makes perfect sense

but boring gmax support again, man

[dreamy sorrel]

5K with this team

[fervent mortar]

missed opportunity for gmax with normal zone (would still have been boring, but less)

[vocal flax]

this seems workable next week

brute forcing Cynthia with Palerena

have to use CCalem with her then

for crit

or offtype with SS Diantha or Emma

[dreamy sorrel]

When’s the 5/5 SSDiantha Gakon

[fervent mortar]

Her being a tech means never

[modest narwhal]

Are we doing Kalos runs next week?

[fervent mortar]

wtf you have a 5/5 ss serena

[vocal flax]

when you donate me 2 gold candies

[vocal flax]

wait i thought you already knew about this

[fervent mortar]

maybe

forgor

[vocal flax]

Chezei do you want to join us

[modest narwhal]

I don't know if I have enough sync pairs for it

[fervent mortar]

next week i'm doing full bruteforce

then maybe i'll do mono kalos

bruh

[dreamy sorrel]

Me with 5/5 SSDiantha and Calem

Soon SCDiantha will be 5/5

[vocal flax]

[fervent mortar]

damn anabel's snorlax only ever had 3 different normal moves

body slam, return and double edge

[dreamy sorrel]

I always thought she had blizzard and stuff

[fervent mortar]

she never had blizzard

[dreamy sorrel]

For someone who is a whale I only have 6 limited 5/5’s hmm

Maybe I should 5/5 irida

[dreamy sorrel]

I do have a pity to spare

[vocal flax]

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no Giga Impact smh bad trainer

[dreamy sorrel]

Real richu whale gaming

So true

[vocal flax]

Richu entering whale arc

[dreamy sorrel]

So true

[modest narwhal]

Bro even I only have 7 limited 5 stars at 5/5 and two of them are on the monthly banner

[dreamy sorrel]

Maybe I am a whale

[fervent mortar]

"only"

[vocal flax]

[dreamy sorrel]

Only 5/5 clear theme next week hmm

[modest narwhal]

Four were from candies, two from dailies, one from a full pity

[vocal flax]

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[modest narwhal]

Should I 5/5 Rosa?

[vocal flax]

go ahead

[modest narwhal]

I have SC Rosa at 5/5 but I don't have H Rosa

[vocal flax]

just whale when she reruns!

[modest narwhal]

If I have money to whale then I will!

[fluid pecan]

Don’t let armlo see this

[fluid pecan]

Only MF SST Red gets that

[vocal flax]

true

[fluid pecan]

Also grats on having an active enough forum for backreading

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nov moment

[fluid pecan]

Hey nov! Hopefully you see this

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imagine

[vocal flax]

a better Hugh?

should change the Belly Drum desc to "raises user's attack to max"

[fluid pecan]

Make it Recoil Removal 3

[fervent mortar]

Raising by 12 is the same

[fluid pecan]

Not sure if we have that wording in game yet

[vocal flax]

good point

but the core series desc tho

[elfin scaffold]

What clears have you done Gakon, I see 100+ unread messages

[dreamy sorrel]

We used to

[elfin scaffold]

[dreamy sorrel]

I’m trying to win here

[fervent mortar]

None

[elfin scaffold]

Why is richu posting updates in Gakon’s thread

[vocal flax]

aside from Galar only clears done and Kalos only clears next week, none atm

[fervent mortar]

It was just talk about how kalos sucks into next week we do mono kalos cs into how anabel's kit sucks into rn

[vocal flax]

we are Team Kris

[elfin scaffold]

[fervent mortar]

smh you wanted to change team

team kris can't trust you

[elfin scaffold]

team lucas trying to sabotage the opposition

[fervent mortar]

Without team lucas you wouldn't have that good of a score in day 2 blackjack smh

[modest narwhal]

Without Team Lucas Mael doing the calcs

[vocal flax]

[fervent mortar]

(i don't care lucas still winning, at least blackjack wise)

[dreamy sorrel]

Not me doing a 4.1K clear and 3.5K+ clears without supports

I’ve never seen a worse support roster

[vocal flax]

dunno how the coordinators balance the points among teams, given that Bianca only has 3 signed up

[fervent mortar]

what

[vocal flax]

you are right, supports are overrated

[dreamy sorrel]

So true

Mfw this is my highest point CS

Ever

[elfin scaffold]

We are here to offer emotional support during this time, Richu

[dreamy sorrel]

Team bianca had 3 people sign up for the CS event

[fervent mortar]

wtf

that's so sad

alexa play despacito

[dreamy sorrel]

So real

[vocal flax]

[fluid pecan]

Real

[fervent mortar]

a somewhat good way to balance it would be to multiple scores proportional to your amount of sign ups compared to other teams

[vocal flax]

yeah seems like the best solution rn

[fervent mortar]

like if bianca has 3, kris 6 and lucas 12, you x4 bianca and x2 kris

[dreamy sorrel]

My thought was the same like take the average of kris and Lucas and multiply their points by it

[fluid pecan]

But then it’d mean that people who sign up and get low points are hurting their teams

[elfin scaffold]

Imagine Rafa on team Bianca

[fervent mortar]

oof

suddenly bianca stonks

[dreamy sorrel]

He should’ve been

[fervent mortar]

but yeah that's not a good way to do it because of that

[dreamy sorrel]

On team kris

[vocal flax]

how about dividing Team Lucas points by 4

[fervent mortar]

i mean that's the same lol

[vocal flax]

at the same time, multiple points of Bianca by 4 and Kris by 2

[fervent mortar]

[fluid pecan]

How about we multiply bianca’s pts by the amount of people who haven’t exed bianca?

[fervent mortar]

i have ex'd bianca

[dreamy sorrel]

Me too

[vocal flax]

me as well

[fervent mortar]

totally not to bully latios

[vocal flax]

ex her for the theme instead

[dreamy sorrel]

Can’t wait for Bianca to get zone extension before AniMay

[vocal flax]

you assume both get terrain extansion

[elfin scaffold]

No EX Bianca gang

[fervent mortar]

that'd be somewhat useless solo wise lol

[vocal flax]

huge copium tbh

[dreamy sorrel]

I care about CS not solos just give her idk weird buff which is 50% to all stats under terrain

[fluid pecan]

We outnumber you 4 to 2

[dreamy sorrel]

Well@gl to everyone on each team kris will@win (: and I will go back to resetting

🐴

[fervent mortar]

team bianca living what team trista (aka me) lived last year

[fluid pecan]

You’re really trying to justify spending 17 hours on the ss brock flinchlock

[dreamy sorrel]

Yes

Gauntlet Playets go through worse

[fluid pecan]

Wait the ex bianca squad and team trista squad is the same group here

[fervent mortar]

gauntlet players don't spend 17 hours on a clear

[dreamy sorrel]

They spend a week on them

[vocal flax]

they spend a week instead

[modest narwhal]

Speak for yourself

[fluid pecan]

They spend 8 hours on each clear for 100 clears total

[fervent mortar]

that's not 17

[vocal flax]

[fluid pecan]

That is worse than 17 hrs

[fervent mortar]

(i don't spend that much anyway lol)

worst i've done is probably the lodge n bulu solo

which took... a couple attempts

and broke my hand

[fluid pecan]

[dreamy sorrel]

What the heck

[vocal flax]

average LG enjoyers

[fervent mortar]

it didn't literally break my hand lmao

but my hand really did hurt

[dreamy sorrel]

I’m getting worried dreamys going to jumpscare is idk if we’re off topic

[vocal flax]

just be me, in LG6 i didnt do too many solo (only 2) and mostly used 3 slot teams but still got to 86 streaks

[fluid pecan]

It’s fine we’re talking about a gamemode and gakon occasionally brings up his clears

[vocal flax]

we are talking about clears, its fine

[fervent mortar]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fq8iK8HMzPI

[dreamy sorrel]

Wait a moment aren’t mael and dreamt in the same time zone

Why are you awake mael

[fervent mortar]

what is sleeping

[vocal flax]

actually Mael is a super AI

[fervent mortar]

Just look at how many clicks I do on that hypnosis each time
Multiply that by the amount of time I used hypnosis
Yeeeaaah

[vocal flax]

🤖

[fluid pecan]

https://tenor.com/view/pokemon-hypno-hypnotize-hypnosis-hypnotic-gif-5634751
Go to sleep

[fervent mortar]

go to what

[fluid pecan]

Oh it’s only 2:51 am for you, nvm

[fervent mortar]

yeah

[fluid pecan]

That’s not that late

[modest narwhal]

[vocal flax]

helpers are night owls, after all

[fervent mortar]

oh yeah i'm a real helper

100%

you wanna go skateboard

[modest narwhal]

[fervent mortar]

ayyy got the ref

[modest narwhal]

I do love me some asdfmovie

[dreamy sorrel]

We don’t go to sleep

[vocal flax]

what is sleep

[modest narwhal]

Hell yeah

[fervent mortar]

i swear it's on topic, look there's serena

[dreamy sorrel]

No way

[vocal flax]

go speak to Dreamy

[fervent mortar]

he's dreaming

[whole flame]

...busted

[fluid pecan]

[fervent mortar]

(sleeping ? what's that)

[whole flame]

i'm probably one of the rare few here who have a good enough sleeping schedule

but anyway, haha gakon's clears am i right!

[vocal flax]

[modest narwhal]

[fervent mortar]

i have 3 months of holiday

surely i can get my sleep schedule fixed right

(wrong)

[fluid pecan]

Why would a holiday fix sleep schedule, it just gives more opportunity to sleep from 3am - 2am

[fervent mortar]

idk

if they give an LG it'd force me to wake up early lol

[fluid pecan]

I guess that’s right, time zones exist
I stay up late so i can hit those 2am resets

[modest narwhal]

My reset is 11 pm

[vocal flax]

1pm reset time gang

[fervent mortar]

8am here

[dreamy sorrel]

Did you go to lxseep wth

[vocal flax]

sleep is overrated

[elfin scaffold]

Gakon trying to go to stay awake as is eastern NA time folks go to bed..

[dreamy sorrel]

I am pretty sure its 12PM for gakon

[vocal flax]

nah its 11 AM here

nov can confirm that

[fervent mortar]

sleeping is for the weak

(i'm probably gonna be weak soon)

rn it's 6am

[vocal flax]

https://tenor.com/view/eevee-pokemon-yawn-sleepy-cute-gif-17943138

[fluid pecan]

Can’t say I haven’t done that before

[whole flame]

Y'all need better sleeping habits smh

[vocal flax]

[fervent mortar]

Hey, I slept

[vocal flax]

Until 3 PM

[fervent mortar]

Actually 2PM but yes

[vocal flax]

smh

[vocal flax]

An interesting synergy between Victor and SS Diantha

[fervent mortar]

6 gauge ? In my CSMM ?

[vocal flax]

so that i could pick strength 3 to make opponents tankier

[fervent mortar]

(just so you had no issue clicking drum beating )

[vocal flax]

busted

[vocal flax]

POV: You are Tai every Monday

I should have swapped Nita with Kali so that Emma could clear easier

Shout out to Bylbasore for inflicting poison with every Sludge Bomb

[whole flame]

Tai will be proud

[vocal flax]

[dreamy sorrel]

No way Calem

[vocal flax]

he is a filler

i want to use these Kalos neighbors together

[elfin scaffold]

1/5 Calem putting in the work!

[vocal flax]

he supplies gauge so he did something

[vocal flax]

Whats the theme of this clear?

[elfin scaffold]

One of each role with debuffer

[vocal flax]

Not the right theme tho

[elfin scaffold]

It’s one of the themes. It’s technically correct, just not the right one

I haven’t even looked at the weaknesses so I hope it’s not that

[vocal flax]

Not the weaknesses

[elfin scaffold]

Doesn’t seem region related either

[vocal flax]

I didnt expect this theme is hard to guess

[elfin scaffold]

You’re also dealing with the one person who always has issues guessing themes

[vocal flax]

I will go to sleep now have fun guessing

[dapper tide]

I was gonna say teams containing major duos, but the Aaron and Lucian teams go against that

It could be “2 from one region and 1 from a 2nd region”

Assuming SS Giovanni is counted as Johto

Is the theme “foolishly ignoring the gimmicks”?

Because it’s special damage against Flint, Lucian, and Cynthia; nothing to counter Aaron’s gimmicks except maybe Kukui flinch; and a Sand team for Bertha

[vocal flax]

like the usual, Cobalt guessed the right theme

[dapper tide]

Yay

[vocal flax]

yes the theme is brute forcing/taking advantage of their gimmicks

[vocal flax]

in Aaron's stage, i didnt use field effects so that Aaron activates his Clear passives

also i forgot to turn off Gradual Heal param

[dapper tide]

Lol, it happens

[vocal flax]

i didnt expect that there are some hidden themes in my clears both you and rancer guessed one of them

[dapper tide]

Layered themes

[vocal flax]

[stuck drift]

2 from region plus stranger was my guess too

[vocal flax]

https://youtu.be/WZqTO8iko1A

[fervent mortar]

i guess

doesn't seem too hard ngl ahah

[vocal flax]

Yeah it has been a year, so i have more options

[fervent mortar]

wait, it should mean you're not allowed to use TMs

Like X Attack is fine but personnal TM isn't

except if it's an egg tm since there's multiple eggs with them lol

[vocal flax]

read the desc sync moves and TMs are allowed

[fervent mortar]

ik

in this kind of challenges you don't count TM

otherwise it's physically impossible lol

"champion stadium but I don't use any TM" lol

and it's just 5 toxic stall

[vocal flax]

just did Guzma Evelyn Tech Arcanine team on Bulu, but it requires flinch on Wood Hammer, should i keep it

[fervent mortar]

bruh

sounds painful

[vocal flax]

its my first try and Evelyn got one shot by the hammer

afterwards

so yeah gonna replace Guzma with Ethan and see how it goes

it seems doable

[fervent mortar]

with recuperation that should work

ngl ethan should be able to solo

[vocal flax]

NO

[vocal flax]

<--- dumbass trying to reset for MPR for 15 minutes straight then realized that he didnt pick the MPR tile

[modest narwhal]

Damn he just like me fr

[vocal flax]

<--- then realized the battle is beatable without mpr

[modest narwhal]

[vocal flax]

LG painful moments

[whole flame]

Gakon being an LG tryhard?

[vocal flax]

Yes i decided to try hard the next LG (again)

Starting from stealing planning teams for each LA stage

[modest narwhal]

How many solos?

[vocal flax]

I can do around 3 ~ 5 solo per LA (i think) currently only planned most of interesting Entei and Bulu teams so far

I should tell yall the truth: i failed Nate solo on Bulu

[modest narwhal]

[whole flame]

I don't plan LG until the lineup is announced because I'll eventually switch around some units

even then, I probably just plan 3 days before the event actually starts and will make last minute adjustments

I never really try testing teams beforehand

[vocal flax]

I just plan ahead so that i have less time planning and i can discuss with others for more team ideas

Im focusing on planning Entei and Bulu first, until the upcoming lineup is announced

Im guessing Latios Uxie Regirock

I will share my doc when i finish planning teams for the upcoming lineup

[whole flame]

yeah, it's been a while since we had latios

[vocal flax]

Meanwhile we got Latias back to back

[whole flame]

[vocal flax]

Tornadus is also likely in the next lineup. I can feel it

[whole flame]

Self Cleanse PTSD

[vocal flax]

Self Cleanse 2? Looks more like Guaranteed Self Cleanse

[modest narwhal]

Waiting for them to hit us with the easiest possible trio and then follow it up with the hardest

[vocal flax]

Cresselia Moltres Terrakion LG

[elfin scaffold]

[modest narwhal]

I'll do it as much as I do the others

[vocal flax]

[vocal flax]

i have tried this team for over 1 hour and Quaggle even did the duo without tech Ekans lol

[stuck drift]

Pray harder I suppose

[elfin scaffold]

i like step 3

[stuck drift]

Even runs where you have to evade just the wood hammer are

[vocal flax]

i rarely made it to bar 3 but when i did he couldnt dodge the ban hammer

he called himself the greatest ninja smh

[stuck drift]

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/O6x2OvHdHig

[vocal flax]

bulu got hand

[vocal flax]

Everyone: "It's Monday, what is Gakon cooking for CS rn?"
Gakon: "Why tf is so hard?"

[whole flame]

Gakon streaking is gonna make me insecure about my own streaks

[vocal flax]

nah this duo sucks

wont recommend trying this

[vocal flax]

Yall wont guess my theme this week easily

<-- very confident

[restive surge]

Lodge alts run

[vocal flax]

I would do that theme eventually but not this week

Spoiler: its a hidden theme

[fluid pecan]

Ghost and Dark types

[vocal flax]

Its not Halloween yet!

[modest narwhal]

Water types for summer?

[vocal flax]

These are too obvious

Its something related to ||weakness||

[modest narwhal]

All ||weak to|| water

[restive surge]

Next week cs weakness but do this week

[dreamy sorrel]

You use resistances

[vocal flax]

My clear would be done in next few hours so yall should wait for images first

[modest narwhal]

That would require thinking Gakon smh

[vocal flax]

[elfin scaffold]

i can guarantee you when i wake up and see the clear i'll make a couple incorrect guesses

[vocal flax]

Not this time im sure!

[elfin scaffold]

fine, three incorrect guesses instead of two

[vocal flax]

[vocal flax]

Looking back again, i think this theme isnt too hard to guess

Hint: ||pay attention to weaknesses||

[fluid pecan]

The sides sync pairs are supereffective against the mid sync pair?

[vocal flax]

very close

[whole flame]

I feel like winston's guess is already so spot on

Idk what else it could be

[vocal flax]

technically Winston is right, but there is a broken spot somewhere

[whole flame]

Well i guess team 5 is just everyone pointing guns at one another

[vocal flax]

waiting for Winston's comeback

[fluid pecan]

I keep finding something but then it breaks at the very end

[vocal flax]

find harder

[fluid pecan]

Each clear has something super effective against the last clear’s unit? Seems too vague

[vocal flax]

thats interesting... but its not my theme

your first guess is almost correct

[fluid pecan]

How is it almost correct

[vocal flax]

yes

i will wait for more guesses before revealing the answer

[fluid pecan]

Wait you disabled toothpaste zerena?

[elfin scaffold]

cmon winston, guess the theme correctly

[vocal flax]

its ugly

[fluid pecan]

You said you’d answer incorrectly 3 times so i’m giving you the chance

[elfin scaffold]

[vocal flax]

[vocal flax]

https://tenor.com/view/waiting-gif-23395435

[vocal flax]

The theme is: ||The sync type of the third tactic pair aka the right pair is super effective on the sync type of the first tactic pair aka the mid||

[fluid pecan]

||So i was basically 200% right ||

[vocal flax]

||but you guessed both sides, but the correct theme is only right side ||

[whole flame]

both sides are correct though?

i know pokemas only has 1 typing and therefore 1 weakness

hmmm wait nevermind

[vocal flax]

i only count the sync type, there is no way Dark is super effective on Fire right

[whole flame]

flygon had me thinking it's actually fire/dragon type

[whole flame]

i was more so thinking about the pokemon's types themselves and all the types they're weak to

[vocal flax]

if i counted pokemon's types both sides would be correct yes

[vocal flax]

Today is the 11th anniversary of BW2 - one of my favorite Pokemon games so i celebrate it with a full Unova run

[fervent mortar]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/603955103837192209/1015683466182004897/Super_Subway_Bros..mp4

wdym don't you like the super subway bros

[vocal flax]

https://tenor.com/view/pokemon-submas-ingo-emmet-gif-25161476

yes i do

[fervent mortar]

their ex color are literally mario & luigi

[vocal flax]

black and white > traffic lights

[restive surge]

No N in a unova run?

[vocal flax]

Imagine having N

(Yes im missing all N)

[fervent mortar]

Shame

[vocal flax]

He always runs in bad times for me

[fervent mortar]

He will always run in bad times

He sucks

[vocal flax]

Not until he gets featured in free select again

[fervent mortar]

Yeah lol, I got him like that

[fluid pecan]

Always nice when your favourite character is given out for free

If it were for that, I probably wouldn’t have this name

[vocal flax]

[fervent mortar]

Next free unit I might pick Steven

Since the only champions I'm missing are him and Diantha... And like Leon and galar neo champions but they wont give them for free

[vocal flax]

i picked Cynthia in the last select for her lodge pair but the unexpected thing is that i only used her once or twice

should have picked N

[fervent mortar]

I still wonder how I got cynthia in the first place

[vocal flax]

[fervent mortar]

I was so sure she was gen pool until someone told me otherwise, and when I learned that she was already 2/5 and I never candied her

Like what

[vocal flax]

newbie moment

[elfin scaffold]

Uova moment

[vocal flax]

also react my thread with new emote guys

[elfin scaffold]

[vocal flax]

What theme is this? No hint since this is very simple

[fervent mortar]

Using on type DPS with units that arent of said type

[vocal flax]

aka pairs with coverage moves

[vocal flax]

can anyone guess the next week theme?

[fervent mortar]

idk but there are 3 serenas so it must be a good theme

[vocal flax]

its a good theme for sure

[elfin scaffold]

i didn't even get a chance to guess the theme smh my head

[vocal flax]

[vocal flax]

All my Ice units are very cool

[fervent mortar]

Not enough ice smh

[vocal flax]

imagine carrying Lorelei

[vocal flax]

waiting for Sages for the tierlist maker update

gonna skip another fav this month, who is Oleana

[vocal flax]

My pulling list keeps getting more and more faves

Also must pull any Sonia, Emma, Calem and Kukui alta

[restive surge]

There's Oleana so its not skip month

[vocal flax]

Nah i have to skip her, incase part 2 has SS Sonia

Not to mention the anni as well, they might release any faves of mine especially Sonia

[true linden]

[whole flame]

So haha yeah Gakon's clears am i right!

[vocal flax]

[vocal flax]

||im cooking something so that Dreamy wont bonk me||

[fervent mortar]

Let him cook

[restive surge]

||just post Tapu Bulu mission clear team||

Its a clear

[vocal flax]

thats not interesting im doing a themed CS clear now

[vocal flax]

Fuck you Bertha

Anw this is monotype + Gym Leader only theme. Yes i counted Blue as a GL

[fervent mortar]

Smh he's a champion

[vocal flax]

then i have to offtype

[restive surge]

Wow blue clear before his power boost

[vocal flax]

he tanked the sync like a champ

he is

[restive surge]

Nice to see your 3* 4* pairs are all 5 star...i still need to 5* 22 more pairs

[vocal flax]

i think i still have around 6 4* left not counting Lodge Irida

i want to raise them to 5* for LG purpose

[restive surge]

I see, i just want to 5* them because they have better stats than eggmons, also they have theme tags and are probably randomly boosted for PoMa future events.

[vocal flax]

i see you have prepared for every events

[fervent mortar]

Still have 32 to 5* lol

[vocal flax]

[fervent mortar]

technically 31, i have the materials for one

[vocal flax]

go upgrade them

[fervent mortar]

All the ones I have left aren't great lol

[vocal flax]

bro

[fervent mortar]

omw to upgrade clay for the memey raikou clear

[restive surge]

Yep, i forgot which event recently but that event suggested me to use Norman for clearing missions iirc...oh detective sc event, need hoenn normal to clear mission as i skip scsteven, i had to use norman

[fervent mortar]

Norman, only unit in the game to have 90% paralysis chance

[vocal flax]

theme skill missions

[fervent mortar]

and that's about it

[restive surge]

Wont know which pair that will randomly needed so better i just 5* the non eggmons

[vocal flax]

thats very special! he must be a good pair r-right?

[fervent mortar]

One day he will solo latios

[whole flame]

[vocal flax]

Norman power boost when

[vocal flax]

also i swear the sides on Bertha have innate Aggravtion 9

[restive surge]

Kill sides first using solgaleo sync

[fervent mortar]

Solgaleo, that famous gym leader

[vocal flax]

i remember struggling against Solgaleo in his gym battle in Sun

[restive surge]

Oh right, raihan sync cannot clear sides? Pretty sure he got strong sync

He is also a striker

[vocal flax]

sides have Wise Entry x3

[restive surge]

Ouch

[vocal flax]

at best Raihan takes half health of them

[restive surge]

Damn DeNa, i thought they want to highlight smTate then why release a wise entry steel weak cs

[vocal flax]

im pretty sure at that time that stage was designed for Pal Marnie

well at least Summer Tate shines in the Glacia Steel weak

you are getting good stuff recently

[restive surge]

Also spending many gems

[vocal flax]

oof

hope August wont have any faves of yours

[restive surge]

Hard, its clearly the 2 regis types well just wish that i can get the twins early

[vocal flax]

[whole flame]

August will also have galar VA part 2 and who knows what they'll do

[vocal flax]

true

[vocal flax]

<-- have run out of theme ideas

[restive surge]

Can always do Vantner Theme

[vocal flax]

[vocal flax]

i havent done 15k CS in a while, might do that next week as well

[elfin scaffold]

1v3 15k CS

i'm just kidding...unless...

[vocal flax]

[elfin scaffold]

[fervent mortar]

I just thought of something stupid thanks to dreamy, CSMM but you play like the AI, aka you can't triple queue

[vocal flax]

that sounds

[fervent mortar]

AoE moves for the win

[vocal flax]

[elfin scaffold]

Laziest CS idea: auto mode

[fervent mortar]

auto cs is very hard ngl

[vocal flax]

very true

the laziest theme is actually optimized teams theme

just hit the button tada... you get a team

[elfin scaffold]

oh yeah, optimized isn't a bad idea...

[vocal flax]

but it always gives me op but barely synergy teams

[fervent mortar]

Optimize is super easy

unless there's a flying weakness, then you get zinnia and cry

[vocal flax]

optimize just gave me SS Morty Zinnia Darach on Lucian

its surprisingly a good team

[fervent mortar]

bruh lucky

[vocal flax]

most of time it gives me SS Morty as the tank lol

[fervent mortar]

for me it was ccalem

[vocal flax]

[vocal flax]

Gakon: i will do a team setting up LRosa fully with CCalem

Also Gakon: used Calem on Phoebe

Tbf Jasmine has SEUN which is an one time rain boost and Endure from TM

[dreamy sorrel]

HoliJasmine is so fun

[whole flame]

[vocal flax]

very true

[elfin scaffold]

Me: someone who likes Jasmine and amphy but didn’t pull. Maybe she’ll be available in 4th anni select

[vocal flax]

ontype Gladion dealing 5k damage while offtype SS Diantha dealing 7k5 dmg is so disappointing

Gladion power boost when

[true linden]

Gladion has a high ceiling tbh

yeah he lacks multipliers and his stats sucks

but if you have SC Steven or Redlax or both (or a zone if anything), then any stage is pretty much a free win

granted that's a lot of investment and it's mainly thanks to existing partners he can scale well

[vocal flax]

im doing Vantner's theme so i cant use SSA Cynthia for zone to boost his damage

[true linden]

what's Vantner's theme?

[vocal flax]

Legendary and Mythical only

[true linden]

oh

wait

[vocal flax]

so i used Cobalion, SS Diantha and Gladion against Glacia

[true linden]

Gladion's Poke Silvally is a mythical?

[vocal flax]

Sivally is a Legendary

[true linden]

what

[vocal flax]

you are an Alola fan but you did not know this?

[true linden]

i'm a Hoenn fan!

[vocal flax]

[true linden]

but wtf no i didn't know

[vocal flax]

you are making me scared

[true linden]

this won't leave this thread

[restive surge]

[modest narwhal]

[restive surge]

• UB and later Paradoxes...well i forgot if i used any UB this week, as i use scdiantha with chop instead of regular buzzma, as the stage has plenty of stat buffs

[vocal flax]

spoiler: ||i didnt use any UB this week||

[restive surge]

Not much UB in the game yet... there's only 5 iirc, hope they add some more ...so yep sometimes I also don't use UBs

Oh darn i used one, scjasmine

[vocal flax]

i only have 2, i only plan to pull Naganadel when it comes to select

[restive surge]

I will follow you, well because i want to 3/5 her via select and use my candy on other pairs

[vocal flax]

[restive surge]

I also hope there's a fair select that i can select sshilda on Anniversary

[vocal flax]

im looking forward to Bede or Anni Skyla select

My teams for the Water High Score challenge event

[restive surge]

Wow so 2.0 multipliers...will need to fiddle with their strengths

[vocal flax]

yeah lol i hope these teams will go through the event

[true linden]

i have genuinely not looked into almost anything about that event

i hope it's not gonna be as hard as people doompost it to be

[vocal flax]

its annoying for sure

strikers getting their stats decreased by 80% on Marlon is such a bs

i cant use Sconia

[true linden]

for all fights?

[vocal flax]

no only on Marlon

each stage has different rules, except Nessa

[restive surge]

Misty immune to status and interference, marlon got striker reduce stats, archie special attack reduce, cannot heal when fighting Lana

[vocal flax]

like Archie's special rule is decreasing special damage by 80%

Vantner why do you type so fast 😭

[fervent mortar]

Nessa is just

[restive surge]

From the word on lana, seems like potion wont work but im not sure if drain can still work

[fervent mortar]

https://tenor.com/view/chuckles-im-in-danger-ralph-wiggum-the-simpsons-gif-14149962

[restive surge]

Drain like horn leech or absorb

[fervent mortar]

They wont

[restive surge]

Ouch

[fervent mortar]

It's a timed event why would you ever heal

[restive surge]

Thats why to boost my chances, i will farm water gears first

[true linden]

who allowed Archie to be challenged isn't he in jail

[fervent mortar]

Dreamy it's the Pokémon world

[restive surge]

He freely roams in tate event

[modest narwhal]

I don't even know if Lear has a jail on Pasio

[fervent mortar]

Appart from Rose nobody's in jail

[modest narwhal]

He can't seem to keep any of the villains down

[vocal flax]

Giovanni walking freely on the land of Pasio 😭

he even greeted me in the morning

[fervent mortar]

And if Archie was in jail Liza would be dead

[modest narwhal]

Giovanni, Cyrus, Ghetsis, Ball Guy...

[restive surge]

Well Archie and Maxie doing social work since Hoenn VA

Due to Matt and Courtney actions

[vocal flax]

i think Lear doesnt even know the two are villains, they are just students who failed geography class

[whole flame]

Aren't there like, points that you get if your moves hit a number of times? On top of beating the stage quickly or something

How would I get those "hit x number of moves" points if I kill with a nuke under 1 minute!

[fervent mortar]

cerena, ez

[vocal flax]

But she cant clone herself

[fervent mortar]

smh bad game can't use only serena

[elfin scaffold]

some of the requirements are tricky

but its fun, i think going 2 of 3 water might be better off idk

[vocal flax]

Yeah i missed some good Water types so i went with 2 water per team

[elfin scaffold]

I might do that on purpose idk yet lol

[vocal flax]

Do it for point multiplier

[elfin scaffold]

I might have to change for draft 2

[vocal flax]

[vocal flax]

This week's Vantner theme is done

Had to go post sync for Drake since my Victini is only 1/5

What is that reaction Winston

[fluid pecan]

I’m on dreamy’s faction, not tai

[vocal flax]

I had no choice

[modest narwhal]

What about post-syncing with pre-sync params?

[vocal flax]

But i pre synced the rest

[vocal flax]

I did that several times

[restive surge]

Same, my victini also 1/5 🤝

Now not sure, who should be candied after done with smliza...either her/eusine/sslana

[modest narwhal]

SS Lana I'm totally not biased

[vocal flax]

Sure

[dreamy sorrel]

3/5 her for the kris Vs lucas rematch

[vocal flax]

But im poor now

[restive surge]

Lana > Hilda

[vocal flax]

Hey i just cooked a brilliant idea for next week theme!

So you guys drop the name of your 2 most favorite trainers, then next week i will use mentioned pairs only aka faves of who suggested i cant repeat alts of a character unless that character is mentioned at least 2 times

When you suggest your faves please @ me

Note that i will use the base pair, unless the trainer is mentioned at least twice, then i will choose an alt of them

[stuck drift]

Ethan Kris

[dapper tide]

Elesa and…probably Skyla

[sterile pendant]

allister and raihan

[latent quiver]

Sycamore Cynthia

[ripe ridge]

Wulfric and Tate

[deep prawn]

Leon Victor

[dapper tide]

I just gotta say that my faves worked out well for you considering next week is Electric weak Phoebe

[vocal flax]

Yeah thats fortunate, im more worried about others tho

[vocal flax]

Oof i dont have Ash so i can only use Tate

[ripe ridge]

[vocal flax]

I dont have Leon so only Victor is available

[ripe ridge]

I can switch ash for Wulfric

[vocal flax]

Sure

[deep prawn]

Gloria then XD

[vocal flax]

Alright i have her

[deep prawn]

[whole flame]

Silver and Leaf!

[vocal flax]

Finally i can make use of Ethan

[lucid plover]

Calem and Leaf!!

~~Would say Ash but I know ya don’t have him ~~

[vocal flax]

Yay i can use SS Leaf waiting for Richu so that i can use CCalem as wel

[ripe ridge]

Rich is gonna give you eggmon pichu

[vocal flax]

Richu dont do that!

[elfin scaffold]

N fans in shambles

[vocal flax]

[fervent mortar]

Serena Courtney

[modest narwhal]

Dawn and... Either May, Lisia, or Iris... Let's go with May!

[elfin scaffold]

don't forget N and Hilbert

[dreamy sorrel]

Ethan and Lyra lel

[fluid pecan]

(N and Lillie )

[modest narwhal]

I love seeing these picks

[fluid pecan]

Maybe I should have said Wulfric and Clay

[fervent mortar]

Oh I didnt see we need to ping

[fervent mortar]

@vocal flax

[vocal flax]

[vocal flax]

Noooooo i dont have SS Ethan

[vocal flax]

[vocal flax]

[vocal flax]

No N

[dreamy sorrel]

Calem and Serena since aurochs was similar to mine

[fervent mortar]

Nooo dont choose Serena, that means he'll be able to use SS Serena with Courtney

[elfin scaffold]

whatever you say, Gako without any N

[vocal flax]

[elfin scaffold]

Gako | July Skip Moth

[vocal flax]

[elfin scaffold]

[vocal flax]

[restive surge]

Steven and Giovanni

Im late

[vocal flax]

No Steven

[elfin scaffold]

timezones, vantner

[restive surge]

Hurm

[vocal flax]

Unless you count Anni Steven

[elfin scaffold]

no N, no Steven

[vocal flax]

[elfin scaffold]

[restive surge]

Annisteven is nice

[vocal flax]

Hey at least i have 2 Steven alts!

[restive surge]

Annisteven and Giovanni

[vocal flax]

Thanks Vantner

[elfin scaffold]

what characters do you have, i still maintain hilbert and another male sync pair

[vocal flax]

You can suggest another fave

[restive surge]

anniSteven gameplay would be nice, hard to presync without anniskyla

[vocal flax]

Steven offtype gaming

[restive surge]

[elfin scaffold]

no one said Morty yet?

otherwise i'll have to choose a female unit

since Vantner said my 3rd choice in Giovanni

[fluid pecan]

So gako, do you no have any “N”s?

[fervent mortar]

Skip moth ? I dont see any Volcarona in the datamine

[elfin scaffold]

[fervent mortar]

Where's his Fiery Dance

[vocal flax]

*Fiery Dace

[vocal flax]

Yes no one so far you can say Giovanni so that i can use another alt of him

[fervent mortar]

Oe of the rare uits i the game that doest use the Pokemo's sigature move (whe said sigature move is relevat, dot go and give Kiesis to Alakazam lmao)

[elfin scaffold]

[vocal flax]

[elfin scaffold]

if Gakon doesn't have an N by Monday, April 1, 2024; I'm gonna spend that day just typing without any N's in this thread

[vocal flax]

I will surely choose N in the next free select

[fervent mortar]

Im gettig Steve

[elfin scaffold]

who i select depeds o the uits available

[vocal flax]

[elfin scaffold]

[fervent mortar]

:SilverRusAway:*

[vocal flax]

|| ||

[fluid pecan]

Gako, do you have Igo or Emmet?

[vocal flax]

Both

Oh actually

I only have one of them

I also have Ingo, not Igo

[elfin scaffold]

[vocal flax]

[fervent mortar]

Igo is the real ame, because he go to hisui :SereaSip:

[fluid pecan]

So use I.go i.stead of . as my suggestio.

[vocal flax]

|| ||

[fluid pecan]

(I had to remove the asterisk ce.sors si.ce they were italicizing ra.dom parts “Igo istead)

[fervent mortar]

Skill issue
I*go i*stead

[vocal flax]

What are you doing in my thread?

[fervent mortar]

Givig you our favs for your clear

[fluid pecan]

(RoxaeThis)

[vocal flax]

[whole flame]

you brought this upon yourself, Gakon

[vocal flax]

true dat

[true linden]

is there still time to screw you over with favs you don't have built?

[vocal flax]

You have over a day to screw me

[true linden]

Selene Lillie

[whole flame]

Imagine not having all your pairs built

[modest narwhal]

<-- Has pairs EXed and not built

[whole flame]

Chezei must be stopped

Give me some of your units

[modest narwhal]

I would love to

[vocal flax]

Chezei EX your units!

[modest narwhal]

I just EXed a whole bunch!

[elfin scaffold]

That includes SS Morty?

[modest narwhal]

SS Morty was a little bit ago iirc

[elfin scaffold]

When you have 110+, I tend to lose count on who’s not EX

[modest narwhal]

[vocal flax]

Hope one of them is SSA Cynthia

[vocal flax]

19 hours left

now its closed

[vocal flax]

So here is the list of units i can use for the challenge:

• Ethan
• Kris
• Elesa
• Skyla
• Sycamore
• Cynthia
• Wulfric
• Tate
• Gloria and another Gloria alt
• Victor
• Silver
• Leaf and 2 other Leaf alts
• Calem and CCalem
• Serena and 2 other Serena alts
• Courtney
• Dawn and another Dawn alt
• Giovanni and another Giovanni alt
• Hilbert
• Anni Steven
• Lillie
• Ingo
• Selene
• Allister
• Raihan
• Zinnia
• Bianca
• Korrina
• Iris
• Hop
• Irida and Lodge Irida
• Hau
• Jasmine
• SC Adaman

thanks everyone for suggesting!

[whole flame]

[vocal flax]

[restive surge]

Annisteven gaming

[vocal flax]

Fortunately there is a Dragon weak this week

I have to figure out how can he work tho

[sterile pendant]

dang, no allister or raihan… tbf 3/4s of the allisters and raihans are limited units so i guess it makes sense

[vocal flax]

wait i forgot yours

im sorry

i have all of their alts

[vocal flax]

im sorry i knew i missed someone

[sterile pendant]

nah it’s cool

i get it

lots of responses lmao

[vocal flax]

yeah

this is gonna be a rough clear

[true linden]

Selene win

[vocal flax]

she is the most concerned one

[modest narwhal]

I shoulda picked Selene as well so you can use her alt- oh wait

[vocal flax]

Dreamy live reaction:

https://tenor.com/view/really-what-squint-chicken-gif-15168180

[elfin scaffold]

this is for the water type thing tomorrow right

[fervent mortar]

yes

[sterile pendant]

of course

[vocal flax]

[elfin scaffold]

[restive surge]

Im done with the water game mode, guys dont beat my ranking too much yep... i want master ball event badge

[iron olive]

anyone doing it on a budget roster lol

[whole flame]

Aurochs will be trying it

[vocal flax]

i was sick in the morning and water type event + gear event made me completely exhausted so i havent started this week theme yet

[vocal flax]

My teams for the Water type event. Had to redo Misty since my total score was 178k which was not enough to get every rewards

[restive surge]

Ive manage to increase to 209k, i see that you use some offtype...i tried it as well just now and can really feel the difference of less 1.0 score multiplier

[vocal flax]

yeah in some teams i need to slot in both confusion applier and main character

[elfin scaffold]

I’m not looking forward to this

[restive surge]

Just try your best, i also tried my best and not gonna EX non faves just to score higher

[vocal flax]

#1128052735967764621 pins have tips and guide

I could go for full Water but i lack meta pairs like SS Kris and Archie so it would be painful

[elfin scaffold]

I might wait for level 15 water gear first then attempt

[dapper tide]

Oh yeah, I’ll have to hop back on later for Water gear farming

[vocal flax]

Water gears have big impact im sure

[stuck drift]

Yes maybe I should get those 🤔

[elfin scaffold]

Do it

[whole flame]

I'm going for full water but i might give up on it

I have lana and marlon left

Can i just say though... Some of these water pairs rely on super effective for good damage so I'm kinda annoyed lol

[vocal flax]

moment

Lana is so fcking hard

[whole flame]

Was thinking lodge may moment but ss kris carried her

[vocal flax]

Eww lodge may

[whole flame]

Ikr! She exists

Truly one of the water units of all time

[lucid plover]

I like using her

[vocal flax]

I would like to use her if only she didnt overlap with the OG pair

Her damage is disappointing offtype

[modest narwhal]

Her damage is great on-type but off-type... yeah I wouldn't use her

[vocal flax]

I prefer using LRosa or even LSilver over her

The only time i used her is uhhh duoing on Entei with Plumeria?

[vocal flax]

People doing high scores in the Water type event ||i might revisit the event someday to get into top 10k but idk||

Meanwhile Gakon:

R2 coming up tomorrow

[whole flame]

Wow Ethan gaming

[vocal flax]

I had to use Aurochs' fave somewhere!

[whole flame]

What was Aurochs' other fave? Kris?

[vocal flax]

Yeah but i dont think i can slot her in another team

I want to use at least a fave of everyone who submitted

[whole flame]

Yay so i'll be seeing either leaf or silver

Wow wallace happens to be poison-weak!

[vocal flax]

You will see

[vocal flax]

Here is R2 the game suddenly lagged a lot and the end game was really messy. Thankfully Steven didnt die

[stuck drift]

: I’m helping!

[vocal flax]

his burn is useful for sure!