Gakon's Academy Sonia Waiting Room

[vocal flax]

[fervent mortar]

[dry trench]

Omg Gakon revealed his true form

[vocal flax]

Rotational seeds my behatred

[fervent mortar]

Gakon this you?

[vocal flax]

I don't even use Reddit but this week theme is harder than theirs

[fervent mortar]

[vocal flax]

Anyway it's time for the gameshow! Try to guess the correct theme hidden in the Hall of Fame. The only hint this time is that theme has a connect with a certain gamemode Good luck guessing

[whole flame]

Oh gosh

"a certain gamemode" this does not help

[vocal flax]

Hi nov, just in time

[whole flame]

Imma just ask outright

Is the gamemode LG

[vocal flax]

Maybeeeeeeeeeeeeee

[whole flame]

(╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻

[fervent mortar]

no because it's a gamemode they havent covered yet

unless that was a lie

[whole flame]

Gakon has done so many themes and a lot of them are solved while I was asleep, i've no clue which modes he has or has not covered yet

[fervent mortar]

LG has been covered that i know

[vocal flax]

Fortunately this is not true

[whole flame]

If it's not LG then I am not up to date with their meta. Good luck everyone 🏃‍♂️

Like what the hell does DC Blue have to do with any gamemode

[fervent mortar]

last time sync pairs had the type of the moves used by tapu bulu

just to give you an idea on how messed up it can be

[vocal flax]

Hey it's not that bad

Compared to Chezei's or Richu's

[whole flame]

Highly doubt that!

[vocal flax]

[fervent mortar]

for a sec i thought they all had a different type

but nop 2 psychic bug rock

[vocal flax]

[fervent mortar]

we first have to guess the gamemode and then how it's linked to these clears

[vocal flax]

Good luck!

[whole flame]

[fervent mortar]

Welp idk

[vocal flax]

Mael i put too much hope on you and even considered banning you from guessing this time because i thought you would get the clue easily 😭

[fervent mortar]

Last time you told us it was LG so it was easier to guess

and even then I got lucky to think about the moves

CS is OBVIOUSLY a gamemode you covered
I don't know Villa
I don't see anything linked to UBs
Fuck HSE
So yeah I don't know

[whole flame]

Do the specific sync pairs matter or just the characters

[vocal flax]

You are missing a few gamemodes, including the one i covered this time

[fervent mortar]

my 2 cent guess is it's linked to that 1 fight against 9 rivals

[vocal flax]

The order of sync pairs matters!

Oops i think i spoiled too much

[fervent mortar]

lemme think

I swear if it's smth like "pairs that cleared an EBE"

I can't even begin to imagine how you'd do a theme based on rally

[whole flame]

Idt this helps lmao

[fervent mortar]

Oh my god I got it

And yeah, I got it, y'all are gonna struggle

[whole flame]

......

Mael definitely only gets it because he manages so many docs

[fervent mortar]

I mean if Gakon wants I can send it

[fervent mortar]

true!

[whole flame]

[fervent mortar]

I'll give you a hint
It ONLY has to with the sync pair's types

(and yeah the order matters as gakon said)

[whole flame]

Oh i think I know now and it's just because I was scrolling through my own stage clears just now

Well, at least I know the first 2 are correct

Screw it, I won't bother checking is it ||the order of DC weaknesses||

[fervent mortar]

[vocal flax]

Correct!

[molten granite]

Gross

[vocal flax]

So we have 2 winners here: Mael for guessing the theme first, and nov for pointing it out publicly

[fervent mortar]

next time in "guess the theme"
sync pairs that have moves used by UBs

[vocal flax]

taking notes

Don't be surprised when i use Lodge Leaf and Spring Burgh

[whole flame]

Fissure intensifies

[fervent mortar]

You're only allowed to use moves that UBs dont have so have fun reseting metronome
Oh wait, UBs don't use Metronome

[vocal flax]

Selected Rika from the banner, and also got a pleasant surprise: #gacha-and-flex message

[vocal flax]

Noland has Fissure tho

[molten granite]

Fissure is not Metronome

[vocal flax]

but Metronome can summon it so it counts

[molten granite]

Still not metronome

[vocal flax]

[molten granite]

[vocal flax]

Extreme Battle Event? Sounds like Easy Battle Event for rat and co.!

[fervent mortar]

Yeah I used that team but volkner instead of irida

Stupid easy

[vocal flax]

I overthink a little bit then

[dry trench]

what's irida doing?

[fervent mortar]

Her best

[vocal flax]

[elfin scaffold]

[vocal flax]

No one told me about Lusamine clearing rebuffs after sync had to replace Karen with the frog

[cinder solstice]

Imagine letting Lusamine Sync

[vocal flax]

For this attempt i didn't let her sync at all

Karen was underwhelming!

[vocal flax]

A great news for y'alls: the guess the game show will take a break for the next 2 weeks || || the next week theme will be 4k offtype challenge (expect very overkill teams tho)

[fervent mortar]

you better have a normal team in the mix or else

[golden haven]

Looking forward to it. Wanna see some overkill teams.

[fervent mortar]

imo you should do 3k with both physical and special dr on at all time

[golden haven]

Or crit immunity

[vocal flax]

I'm not insane yet

[vocal flax]

Not until i have 3/5 EXR Palmer

[mellow nacelle]

You should try poison stall with Status condition and Interference params selected!

[vocal flax]

That's a weird way to say Oleana offtyping

[golden haven]

Seems absurd but it's actually possible. Idk whether it's possible off type. But people have cleared 3k with both DRs active.

[vocal flax]

At least for ontype

[fervent mortar]

you're joking but i already did cs with both physical and special dr on

without toxic stalling

[vocal flax]

[stuck hatch]

Sand/hail stall

[mellow nacelle]

Oh yeah I forgot that!

[molten granite]

Itd be similar to when I did offtype with standard reduction on. 80% damage reduction needs you to do 500% of the enemy health in the amount of time, and recent units can do that to CS

Or just really busted units from a couple years ago like the Rats™️

[fervent mortar]

off type with 80% dr on is actually worse, because you deal half the damage compared to on type with physical and special dr on

[molten granite]

True, but its similar enough

[vocal flax]

Gakon when he realized that he hasn't been through enough

Anyway i might change plan for this week since i just found out that the weaknesses line up with a certain theme of mine (i won't still held the guess the theme so don't worry )

[whole flame]

I really don't want to go through CS with the wrong damage reductions idk how y'all do it

i'd rather come up with the most fucked up team combos ever and try to win with that

(we're just different flavors of crazy )

[molten granite]

trust me when i say i never want to do that again

(i probably will anyway)

[fervent mortar]

On type it's ok

I did it one year ago (probably even more than that but my community post only says one year ago)

[vocal flax]

The seed itself is okay but i can't score pass 10k

[mellow nacelle]

This seed needs 6 of all type of Strike + other ExR combo!

Good luck Gakon!

[vocal flax]

Nvm i lied i have a lot of Strike EXR

Apple cupped because Thorton is cringe

6 Strike + Support
4 Strike + Tech
3 Strike + Field
1 Strike + Sprint

That's all strike EXR i have btw

[quiet sonnet]

You have consumed the forbidden fruit

[vocal flax]

Not my first time tho

[quiet sonnet]

[fervent mortar]

wouldn't going to H have been better

[vocal flax]

Yes but H is Anabel

[fervent mortar]

understandable, have a wonderful day

[vocal flax]

🫡

[vocal flax]

I might have a chance to clear VH without cup if i could save NC Bianca, but A8 was also Strike Support and Fighting weak Lorelei

My boosts were Bug x1 Dark x1 Unova x1

[quiet sonnet]

Wow, Gakon cleared VH boostless

[vocal flax]

An absolute great achievement

Anyway, time to announce this week theme, since i said that i have moved 4k offtype theme to the week after this earlier. The theme is... using BP dmg dealers to clear CSMM ontype !

This week's weaknesses allow 4 BP dmg dealers to be ontype, the only exception is Fire weak Glacia but i will try to meme with strike Evelyn. No promises tho

[fervent mortar]

strike evelyn is so ass

[vocal flax]

That's why i don't have high hope on her

Could do SS Morty + Evelyn + a support meme team but Glacia has no mercy

[fervent mortar]

imo ss hilda is a support

[molten granite]

[golden haven]

You got this!! I believe!!

[dry trench]

I'm sorry my a10 last week has passed onto you

[vocal flax]

Okay you got a point

[vocal flax]

Thanks

[vocal flax]

Nah it doesn't bug me cuz i still got solid score at the end

[vocal flax]

She is harder than i expected so no 1/5 SS Wally

[golden haven]

This one was tough. But way better than Nita and Noland.

[vocal flax]

Evelyn is on the fairer side for me

I like Noland tho, it's a well designed puzzle kind

[molten granite]

Evelyn has been the most enjoyable one for me in quite a while, yeah

[golden haven]

I've attempted Nita and Noland with so many different teams

End up failing miserably each time

[vocal flax]

iirc i used a Cerena team to clear him

[stuck hatch]

same

[golden haven]

With Falkner?

[molten granite]

i did 2 rats and Lana i think

[stuck hatch]

and lana

[vocal flax]

That's the only team i could comfortably make it work

The other team is Blue with same teammates but i don't have good skill gears for him

[golden haven]

You must have cleared Nita too with your Ice team right?

[vocal flax]

Yeah, but i don't want to arrange a rematch with her ever again

Ironically NC Cheren is the better check than Irida

She doesn't have much room to use Ice Wish

[molten granite]

guaranteed -2 with a strong damage move is real nice, yeah

[vocal flax]

Hopefully i can grab him from rerun. He is very strong even at base

And my 3/5 Anni Skyla will like him a lot

Anyway, my BP dmg dealer challenge was smooth sailing, until Drake and Glacia. I had to go overkill on Drake, but Glacia posed an annoying challenge

[molten granite]

Drake and Glacia being issues sounds familiar...

[vocal flax]

[vocal flax]

had to offtype Glacia with BP Rose and overkill co., she totally deserves it

[vocal flax]

Allow me to send 🖕 to Glacia and Drake, they make the theme more overkill than intended. The theme is using 4* BP dmg dealer on each stage, I made sure to plan each comp where the BP pair shines brightly, except Drake and Glacia clear Here is detail on each comp:

Vs. Sidney: BP Valerie's existence is clearly her redemption arc, and DeNA sure knew it by naming her TM "Might You Forgive Me?" even without SEUN boosted sync she took down Sidney without sweating

Vs. Phoebe: This is my personal favorite, as my boy Arven also assisted with his own damage I also had to damage control a bit, to prevent Karen from dying before she takes down a side. Egg Umbreon flinch could be helpful, if it ever proc

Vs. Drake: I hate Wise Entry x2 tried pairing BP Candice with egg Glaceon, Danam... but they didn't work until I gave up and slapped 3/5 Irida this was mostly an Irida showcase with Candice chipping the sides

Vs. Glacia: Previously I tried using Flint and Lodge Calem (they are not BP dmg dealers but there is no Fire type), but they died to aoe move spam until BP Rose offtype came to my mind. Solgalillie handles dps, why Rose handles sync nuke (which is not really impressive). Steven does his usual thing: being overkill

Vs. Wallace: After 2 bs fights back to back, this clear is very easy to get through. Not many people know this, but Liligant is one of my favorite Pokémon so she gets the deserved investments the egg is support Sprigatito for Grassy Terrain. Liligant is a solid Grass dmg dealer, I highly recommend trying it if you get bored with op Grass dmg dealers

[dry trench]

Should have ex'ed all the BP pairs. That would have made all the difference. /s

[vocal flax]

Me looking at my 12 : sure

[dry trench]

How do you have so few ? I feel like I EX quite generously and I still have like 400+.
Did you spend them all on LG solos?

[fervent mortar]

Not quite monotype

[vocal flax]

I know

[vocal flax]

Maybe

[golden haven]

EXd Lusamine already nice!

[vocal flax]

Mostly because of Liligant, but i like Lusamine a bit

[fervent mortar]

now you're obligated to use her in the upcoming 3v3 grass dc

[vocal flax]

Why would i do that when i already have the best option

[golden haven]

Adaman?

[vocal flax]

SC Sonia

[fervent mortar]

because said has 50 less offenses, sync power flux that sucks in dc and overall just a worst sync to setup

[vocal flax]

[fervent mortar]

50? sorry 70

[vocal flax]

But i plan to use BP Barry

[vocal flax]

She has 280% multipliers mind you

[fervent mortar]

ss acerola?

oh yeah you had her this cs

3/5 i hope

[vocal flax]

Yes 3/5

[fervent mortar]

welp that's the team ig

[vocal flax]

I forgot she has Locked on Sync 3

So 280% total

[vocal flax]

Yes that's the grid

Wait Stun Spore is a Grass move Colress it is then

[fervent mortar]

but then you wont have grassy terrain until the end of the fight

you need to sync with acerola at around 1:40, which usually is the 2nd sync

[vocal flax]

[vocal flax]

Finally the HSE is done, not as bad as i thought, until i get to N

250
300
300
300
1

[fervent mortar]

1 lmaoo

[vocal flax]

I understand why people not use Courtney against him

Sides have EQ

[cinder solstice]

Just kill side before it kill you

[vocal flax]

There is a reason i went for 1 strength

[cinder solstice]

But 200k is 200k

[vocal flax]

[cinder solstice]

Imagine doing higher for extra PU Tickets and feathers

~~hey that me ~~

[vocal flax]

Speaking of pu tickets, i just realized that my stock ends at 9 now

[cinder solstice]

Keepping it

Wait

I need to fix it too

[fervent mortar]

me too but do i want to

[vocal flax]

Same

The mode sucks

[fervent mortar]

I think I just don't care enough to fix it

[elfin scaffold]

I have no motivation for the whole game these days

[cinder solstice]

Yeah, i’m too high rn the battle just so hard that 1 succeed run took more than 30 minutes

[vocal flax]

I can offer a 100% successful solution

Just give up

[cinder solstice]

Oh right, cant wait to see SC Sonia run from you

DC 3vs3 Grass

[vocal flax]

I'm trying to plan for the optimal sync order

[fervent mortar]

sonia acerola full sonia

[elfin scaffold]

have fun

[golden haven]

+1

[stark lily]

@vocal flax do you know which units did pyuko pity? like a spotlight one

[vocal flax]

This is not the place where the question belongs

And why don't you ask him instead

[stark lily]

better than to DM

but

[stark lily]

if i could i would have

you might remember smth

[vocal flax]

[cinder solstice]

[mellow nacelle]

[stark lily]

[charred trench]

[elfin scaffold]

[golden haven]

[dry trench]

This place is turning into #poma-lounge 2.0

[cinder solstice]

As it should be

[vocal flax]

If my thread gets nuked i will blane you

Might have to plan a CS theme in the weekend if i have time

[golden haven]

No 4k offtype next week?

[mellow nacelle]

No wonder Gakon's Stage clears thread has so many messages!
Afterall he is the most popular person in the server!

People casually asking about someone else in here!

[vocal flax]

Tbh i don't like others starting an offtopic here all of sudden, especially topics that don't even make sense

[vocal flax]

Don't worry, if I'm able to do another theme this week, consider it as a mini theme. 4k offtype will still be done next week

[golden haven]

[charred trench]

Fair.

[stark lily]

so true

[honest spire]

[vocal flax]

Arch which CS theme do you want me to do

[honest spire]

3k Offtype through standard DR

[vocal flax]

That's a weird way to encourage me to do 5 stall rounds

[vocal flax]

I allowed myself to buy more upgrades than usual, but i still nearly got 11k even with a role centered seed

A10 was Lucy, and i spent 200 pts alone to live through speed boosted attacks

[golden haven]

[vocal flax]

Here is my secret of the high pts: getting many support EXRs I have like 6 sup strike, 5 sup tech, 5 sup sprint and 3 sup field. Those below are all my EXR, Anni Lillie 2021 and BT Leon are the newest addition for who are curious:

[golden haven]

38 EXRs??!

you can bring a support to pretty much any stage with those many supports with different EXRs, nice!

[vocal flax]

And i still have a lot of non caked pairs whose EX/R being support left notably SS Hilda and SS Lusamine

[golden haven]

Give Hilda EXR!!!!

[whole flame]

I have 34 EXRs

9 of them are supports

[modest narwhal]

I only have 23 EXRs

[molten granite]

i have 35 i think

10 are support

[charred trench]

I got 6

[mellow nacelle]

20 ExRs, I think 20 is more than enough to cross the threshold for BR!
But more new EXRs make the score better!

[golden haven]

26 for me iirc

[vocal flax]

I haven't even started this week theme yet the stupid game keeps preventing me from logging in

[cinder solstice]

[golden haven]

Was joking around last night, but I'm genuinely curious. Why haven't you EXRd them? They don't need it as much or they've just been low priority for you?

[vocal flax]

Yeah it's the *latter, since i prioritize caking bigger faves first

[golden haven]

Gotcha, I do the same tbh. Favs first.

[vocal flax]

Second round - Vs. Sidney: Had to rely on Rosa's sleep chaining to farm sync buffs. Anyways no footage or screenshots of the first team against Drake: SS Dawn / Irida / NC Red because they are corrupted

[vocal flax]

4k offtype on Hoenn CS is literally

[molten granite]

i would imagine so

[vocal flax]

Don't be surprised when 5/5 stages have stun

4k ontype allows more flexibility and diverse teambuilding

[molten granite]

trust me i know the feeling

[vocal flax]

Vs. Glacia: I haven't used SC Rosa for a long time and she happens to have great synergy with Red

Lyra committing crime as usual

[vocal flax]

Common Cyrus business

[golden haven]

Gakon, I think you've mixed up the screenshot a little. These are vs Glacia and the ones after these say Phoebe.

[vocal flax]

Oh oops forgot about that, lemme fix them up

[golden haven]

The first screenshot was taken after winning, got it mb

[mellow nacelle]

It was to show the team used earlier round

[whole flame]

I can't imagine doing 4k offtype without some kind of stun

thinking back i've done 20k a few times before in CS Battle Factory but usually I overkill a few stages and lowball the others so it's not an average of 4k per stage

[vocal flax]

Tbf Sinnoh and Kanto were easier back then

[vocal flax]

Vs. Wallace: SST Red endured the sync which is impressive. Needed Blue's flinch proc often

And this is the end for the 4k offtype challenge i rate it 2/10 will not do it during Hoenn again

[golden haven]

OP clear, Gakon!

Can you please walk me through the strat here? We don't wanna let the enemies move at all?

I tried 4k offtype last week and got completely wrecked lmao

[molten granite]

Permastun is the most easy way to do it, there's also just completely overpowering them with stuff like the fairy or electric core

[golden haven]

Yeah but max atk, max str

So I feel like permastun is necessary

[molten granite]

It can also just be accomplished by resetting until you get the right action layout

If your opponent naturally queues a TM turn 1, thats a turn you dont need them stunned

[golden haven]

I mean Sidney and Phoebe were a pain to deal with on 4k on-type and that was with me avoiding atk params

[molten granite]

Yeah hoenn sucks

But basically, offtype 4k comes down to either: your comp is so good offensively that the opponents offensive buffs don't really get a chance to matter, or you prevent them from taking actions as much as possible to buy yourself extra time to chew through the massively increased health theyve been given

[vocal flax]

it's pretty much the strat

I didn't use Fairy comp back then, imma do it again in the future

[golden haven]

I'll try it out sometime this week

Don't be surprised if I'm back here asking silly question

The run vs Sidney seems like a good place to start. I have all the pairs needed.

[vocal flax]

It's pretty much hoping for flinch and dodges once circles run out

Since you have Rei you should use him instead of Riley

[golden haven]

Alright noted

[whole flame]

I sometimes do max attack max strength even at 3k. It's not so bad with older CS regions, but with Hoenn you'll need a lot of stun or a shit ton of resets

[golden haven]

Yeah older regions just get wrecked by the best pairs

Hoenn especially is annoying with max offenses

[molten granite]

atk/str is just my go-to parameter set tbh

[whole flame]

same, but usually i get enough to 3k without actually taking up all the strength. mostly just strength 10 or 11

[vocal flax]

i'm not looking forward to mono Steel in the upcoming Pasion Stadium

especially when Bertha and Glacia being there

i might expand the theme to include every mainline Steel type or every pair with Steel moves

[golden haven]

Will be nice to see something other than monotype clears (mine included maybe lmao)

[whole flame]

Rip no scelene

[vocal flax]

one of the reasons i don't want to do the monotype challenge

[vocal flax]

i actually want to beat the entire CS with only Steel types, but the difficulty is the real concern

[golden haven]

Wasn't anticipating it to be too difficult, but now I'm wary

I get it though, Bertha and Glacia monotype will be painful

[dry trench]

Just drop master mode

[winged girder]

Well steel has 2 of the hardest stages so far, and they did not even put kalos cs right there

For what I remember steel/bug/fire/ electric have some of the worst stages

[vocal flax]

At least it turns out that 2v3 mono steel is possible!

Vs. Glacia: I know Thorton can solo her, but I don't want to reset for flinch either (I didn't know about the later clears taking more time) so SC Jasmine chimed in

Vs. Olivia: Good ol' Solgaleo, pre sync Olivia without much sweating

Vs. Bertha: the literal devil deserved an overkill clear die grandma

Vs. Grimsley: originally I tried 2/5 Gloria but she didn't have enough firepower, so Colress had to step in. His first sync one shotting Grimsley is 🔥 🔥 🔥

Vs. Red: the hardest one by far. I must deny every Triple Axel cuz it OHKO Jasmine immediately. One shotting Red is an easy task, but dodging sides' attacks is the contrary took me around 15 mins

[cinder solstice]

No flinch on Round 4

Chúc mừng nha, now is time to edit some video

[vocal flax]

~~ mơn nha ~~I'm looking forward to it

[vocal flax]

I don't want to use 1/5 Pal Marnie

[mellow nacelle]

You duo with F2Ps impressive! I think i won't struggle that much!

Great work! 🫡

[vocal flax]

it's more like I'm lacking top tier Steel but it's a delight to see f2p making great work

[vocal flax]

So close to 13k VH Lucy + Lucky Area + many support EXR are factors to make this happen, even on a support focused seed

[golden haven]

Stealing this luck for my BR run. Thank you!

[dry trench]

Should have sold your initial upgrade to reach 13k /j

[vocal flax]

My initial upgrade was Steel so i might do that if possible

[elfin scaffold]

Trout K gonna try and steel that luck too, Gakon

[vocal flax]

[golden haven]

[whole flame]

i've never even hit 11k what is this magic

[molten granite]

Good Seed + Lucky Stage does things

[vocal flax]

The wonder of having too many support EXR

[vocal flax]

Oh the new LG is announced, and apparently i can't do high streak for 2/3 of the event

[whole flame]

[golden haven]

No high streak this time?

[vocal flax]

Yeah sadly

[elfin scaffold]

10 runs on day 1 and go from there?

[vocal flax]

More like X0 runs in the end

[elfin scaffold]

[stark lily]

@vocal flax do 1xx

[vocal flax]

Maybe

[elfin scaffold]

(Is it bad that I might actually miss your LG clears)

[whole flame]

Wow

[vocal flax]

join us

my clears will arrive 2 days later

[elfin scaffold]

[vocal flax]

Starting with easy solos first

[vocal flax]

Maybe a full page of solos is possible?

Anyway, this V Thorton solo is driving me insane

[dry trench]

1/5 ss lyra 🤝

[vocal flax]

🤝

Imagine candying for a sync multiplier

[whole flame]

Ikr, just pull her off a daily smh

[stuck hatch]

Imagine EXing for a sync multiplier

[vocal flax]

I EX her for the EXR Effect!!!

[elfin scaffold]

[molten granite]

[modest narwhal]

I EXed her for her cute outfit

[elfin scaffold]

I EXed her because she’s useful

[molten granite]

I did not EX her because I do not own her

[vocal flax]

Fuck Riley solo

Whenever i got a good run nat crits and para ruined everything

I will do one round of soloes before moving to duos

[vocal flax]

More

[mellow nacelle]

You are solo expert!

NC Rosa soloed Registeel

Looks like I have skill issue!

[vocal flax]

Tbf it's an easy solo at 3/5

The most important tile is Curative Healing

[fervent mortar]

ah yes, curative healing

the heal that heals

[vocal flax]

[mellow nacelle]

Oh! I use curative confusion generally!

But I tried it and failed agaist Azelf!

[vocal flax]

Azelf is painful to solo

[cinder solstice]

Azelf’s bar 1 just brutal

[winged girder]

Hidden he10 intensifies

[mellow nacelle]

And I thought Azelf would be easiest!

[molten granite]

nah we hate Azelf

[whole flame]

Fuck Riley solo indeed

[whole flame]

Absolutely not

[vocal flax]

Hopefully i can do 20 soloes before moving to duos

[golden haven]

[kindred ibex]

oh is sc rosa's solo actually manageable?

[vocal flax]

it's not really hard as it sounds

skill gears helped reduce the potion needed from 7 to 6

💀

[golden haven]

Do you have a goal in mind? Or just going as far as possible?

[vocal flax]

since i start doing LG mid way so it's a combination of doing 20 solos + going as far as possible

[molten granite]

not as hard as it sounds

requires at least 4 potion MPRs

[vocal flax]

the recorded solo required 5 MPRs!

[molten granite]

Bestie you are not helping your case

[vocal flax]

[dry trench]

that's a sick emote.
just like how they're all sick of life.

[vocal flax]

that's so deep wth

[whole flame]

not as bad as the ssa cynthia solo with who knows how many potion MPRs

[molten granite]

And this is why I do not solo

[vocal flax]

The Calem solo ate too much time

[dry trench]

What? How? He has no way to inflict status or bypass cobalion's passive

[vocal flax]

Just pure brute force and suffering

[elfin scaffold]

Oh god they’re all solos Gakon Gnoka

That’s more stressful than my last two weeks

[vocal flax]

This sounds wild but this is my first time doing 20 soloes in a row

[dry trench]

it's okay Gnoka you can do duos now. you're free. we're all here for you.

[vocal flax]

There are more soloes that I'm willing to try but i only have 5 days to farm deluxe

[elfin scaffold]

Did you candy everything you needed to solo already

[brazen token]

The only Solo I do is Arc Steven 1/5 lmao

[vocal flax]

Debuting... 4/5 Rei! I got him for a yolo on the LG banner, and immediately candied him to 4/5 because of the juicy Aggravation tile

Now my Fighting roster is complete

Also can someone remove Poison Jab from the games much thanks

[cinder solstice]

24 already, nice

[vocal flax]

Pypy where are your streaks

[cinder solstice]

Uhhhhh ||0||

[vocal flax]

[cinder solstice]

[dry trench]

Gakon you candied rei to 4/5 to solo LG didn't you

[vocal flax]

did you just read my mind

[dry trench]

[charred trench]

Who wouldn't?

[vocal flax]

those LG haters

[elfin scaffold]

[vocal flax]

Only 6 more streaks

[dry trench]

Hope you don't mind if i steal some of your solos

Except for nc calem vs cobalion. You can keep that one.

[vocal flax]

the nature of LG streaking is stealing teams from others

[whole flame]

[stark lily]

@vocal flax

[cinder solstice]

F Thank you for your burn/bara/flinch Gakon

[vocal flax]

[vocal flax]

Starting boost: Ground
Purchased upgrades: Crit PU x3, France x1
Anabel VH

[fervent mortar]

France

[elfin scaffold]

Gakon upgraded France

[dry trench]

Gakon did you stop LG streaking?

[vocal flax]

Yeah my schedule is tight lately

[vocal flax]

Starting boost: Gym Leader
Purchased upgrades: Def Up Power Up x2, Fighting x1
Palmer VH, team was NC Serena + NC Bianca + Pal Victor. Couldn't take a screenshot of it

5/10 of stages were from Sinnoh/Hoenn/Kalos CS and somehow all the recent 3 summer events' battle challenges showed up too, which also suck

[fervent mortar]

I heard you'll be forcingly leaving us

[elfin scaffold]

oh no are you viet

[elfin isle]

This all feels surreal

[vocal flax]

Don't worry i have a few workaround plans prepared (they are all legal btw)

[fervent mortar]

Thank goodness

Do VPNs work btw, we've been wondering

[cinder solstice]

It should be

[vocal flax]

Somehow i finished 5 last missions with this team

[cinder solstice]

[vocal flax]

I didn't say that

[elfin scaffold]

[dry trench]

sstr
somehow

[vocal flax]

Listen the middle has like 120k hp and Sentry Entry x3

[dry trench]

simply pull and use ss ingo

[fervent mortar]

real

makes the stage so simple

[vocal flax]

I have another solution:

No

[fervent mortar]

but he's so fun

[dry trench]

that explains why ssrc's nuke did jack shit

[remote wind]

today is the last day huh

rip

[wise dune]

[elfin scaffold]

[winged girder]

[stuck hatch]

[mellow nacelle]

[charred trench]

[elfin scaffold]

i just remembered

[cyan pilot]

https://tenor.com/view/dallas-stars-banging-the-boards-hockey-sticks-hockey-stick-stars-gif-24152095

Thank you for helping all of us… we will see you in the golden sunset….

[golden haven]

What's going on?

[stuck hatch]

vietnam eos

[golden haven]

Oh

[elfin scaffold]

yeah VPN won't even work sadly

[golden haven]

Thank you for everything, Gakon!!

[elfin scaffold]

I don't think Gakon will leave the country to play a gacha game..

[vocal flax]

I'm in progress of asking customer support to change my account's region

So I still have a chance

[golden haven]

[remote wind]

yoooo

[wise dune]

[fervent mortar]

Stay with us

[vocal flax]

I do

[fervent mortar]

YESSSSSSSSS

NOW SPEND YOUR STAMINA

AND HATCH THAT EGG AND UNLIMIT YOUR INVENTORY

[vocal flax]

[elfin scaffold]

[remote wind]

yess

[winged girder]

Yesssss

[golden haven]

[gray sun]

[vocal flax]

remind me to continue my rally and CS run

[dry trench]

Continue your rally and cs run

[elfin scaffold]

Oh wait it’s not Sunday yet

[wise dune]

[limber hearth]

[charred trench]

[vocal flax]

Wow this is my first time beating Masked Royal in Battle Rally, it was surely a remarkable achievement. I beat him with E4 as starting boost, purchased 1x Kanto and 3x France (2 of them were on sale)

I got the worst seed (imo) so my score was not quite good

[vocal flax]

I HATE VH NITA
I HATE VH NITA
I HATE VH NITA

I hate rotational seed too
Starting boost: Flying
Purchased boosts: Champion x2, MC x1

I HATE VH NITA

[cinder solstice]

[vocal flax]

Btw, i have a special CS theme planned and each clear will be uploaded gradually in the following days. Please look forward to it

it does not involve guessing the theme, don't worry

[fervent mortar]

the theme is surviving eos

[vocal flax]

That was last week's theme smh

[vocal flax]

Alright, the first clear is up! I feel like a lot of people is sleeping on Cailtlin: her sync is decently good, her dps is decent, she is gaugeless when ontype and she doesn't need much external help.

This is also my first time using power boosted Sabrina. I'm on the side of defending her from being considered "one of the worst PBs". Yeah it doesn't improve her bulk, but having 2 Endure is crucial for CS blitz. Also, I should have picked Recuperation 1 instead of Reflect stuff.

Hope you guys enjoy a series of ultimate showdown between Unova Elite Four vs themselves!

https://youtube.com/shorts/Fw1IpCgy5FQ?si=8H7NFO0Yue53yt8U

Also sorry for turning this video into a short (thanks youtube) i will extend my next videos to be over 3 mins

[compact ether]

Caitlin was always the good F2P psychic option ever since her pb honestly

[vocal flax]

the thing is that people often prioritize Giovanni and Olympia over her

or even Bianca

[molten granite]

to be fair, olympia is kinda insane

but yeah, Caitlin's been a good option for a while now

[vocal flax]

i can't deny how op she is for accessible standards

maybe i will try to showcase BP Will next

[molten granite]

i havent looked into his kit at all ngl, maybe i should

he could've fit the theme i've been doing this week

[vocal flax]

he demands confusion and spdef debuffing

which is hard to setup since you are limitting to low rarity only

[molten granite]

yeah

maybe next time psychic weak's around ill do him + Lucian as a combo or something

[vocal flax]

Gakon's Hideout (Top Secret)

🧹

[dreamy sorrel]

Wow

[elfin scaffold]

[vocal flax]

Have some time before sleep so here is R2:

Normally I would use NC Bianca here for maximum boosts to Marshal's output, but that means Bianca will outshine him. So I landed so Eri, who has other ways to enhance damage but somehow she outshone Marshal this guy can't catch a break it seems.

https://youtu.be/zkyVQvNfv-A?si=QX6uukzq6nenuHxS

[winged girder]

So I don’t have to guess Unova E4 vs Unova E4?

[vocal flax]

i did reveal the theme on my first clear

[winged girder]

Oh I did not read

[fervent mortar]

When you upload you should be able to choose if it's a short or regular video

Worst case when you share it you can replace short/ by watch?v=

https://youtube.com/watch?v=Fw1IpCgy5FQ?si=8H7NFO0Yue53yt8U

[vocal flax]

i did choose to not upload as a short tho

[fervent mortar]

Skill issue then what can I say

[vocal flax]

[elfin scaffold]

[fluid pecan]

I think your yt channel is outdated it still says vietnam

[elfin scaffold]

vietnamese diaspora youtuber

[compact ether]

Gakon is a Vietnamese?

DeNA!!! arrest him

[vocal flax]

[mellow nacelle]

DeNA: We don't operate in Vietnam anymore!

[winged girder]

I wonder in which region is Gakon hiding rn

[vocal flax]

Maybe im hiding inside your walls

[molten granite]

i can confirm

[winged girder]

But I’m outside rn

[vocal flax]

I could disguise as the tree or the bush next to you

[vocal flax]

The 3rd round is up I want to try a different approach to showcase Grimsley and his nuke, so this is the showcase of him as the solo dmg dealer

While Fall Caitlin's special lucky skill doesn't prove its usefulness much here, it allowed her to chip away enemies' health effectively. And this clear also showed how bulky she is

https://youtu.be/sDvCzPv40BY?si=YXR2Y1iDbtHPXtrg

[fervent mortar]

oh apparently you can just remove the short/ without replacing it by anything and it works lol

[vocal flax]

Good to know

[vocal flax]

Sorry for the lack of audio this time I don't know what causes the issue so please imagine Shauntal's theme plays in your head while watching the gameplay

Anyway, Shauntal is a decent Ghost dmg dealer, who is only worth investing when you don't have better Ghost types. With decent support she can clear ontype stages, and she demands more ways to enhance her output when clearing offtype. I landed on SS Brendan because I haven't used him in CSMM for a long time.

https://youtu.be/5LG4R2AS0os?si=pibQwenz5FhhDdic

[vocal flax]

And the finale is up! Featuring the showdown between 2 Champions! The reason I chose this team is that it let Iris shines on her own. The previous team was Hilbert and NC Bianca and that comp was more like a Bianca's showcase, even though she was not gridded for damage (circle is op smh).

Anyway Rika was used for random debuffs and buffing Iris, while Lucas summoned zone and slowly chipped sides. Alder is squishy and doesn't hit really hard so this was a cakewalk for Iris.

https://youtu.be/DuCEUsV-A-w?si=Ofcdxnr-5j-MWx7V

And this is the video no one expected: my gameplay on Morgan's UB! I caught a cold today so the move rotation was not perfect and can be 100% more optimized, you can also notice the lucky skills are not even ideal choices for UBs Hope you enjoy my videos!

https://youtu.be/3j34Pxm-szE?si=nmYHg_4YpRy8nCKp

[mellow nacelle]

Are all these videos private? It doesn't show in my YouTube feed!

[stuck hatch]

Yes, unlisted

Indicated by this symbol here

[mellow nacelle]

Oh I see!

[stuck hatch]

Private means only the person who uploaded can see it

Unlisted means only people that you share the link with can see it

[vocal flax]

[vocal flax]

Hi chat i'm going to get 3/5 EX Adaman soon, is there any particular comps of him you want to see with my units

[molten granite]

Selene nuke

[vocal flax]

I have never used her for a while but last time i used her she nuked really hard offtype with just terrain

[modest narwhal]

Or Gardenia DPS

[vocal flax]

[vocal flax]

https://youtu.be/AtFo1Ivfgqk?si=fHy1aQoo_L8Ro3n6

Now i understand why Adaman is still the best Grass anchor despite being a 2 years old unit

[molten granite]

-2 AOE Rebuff will do that

Not to mention how like every grass type happens to want sun

[compact ether]

Yeah, I don't expect Adaman to be gone until like Grass Arc

Although nowadays we do have more alternative with Mix Blue, plus SA given to SS Ace and Victor

And Milo and V Hop also have a good niche for grass team

[dreamy sorrel]

Adaman won’t be gone if he is the grass arc

[vocal flax]

Anyway other Adaman showcase videos will be slowly uploaded in the next days! Gotta finish weekly CS and rally first

[vocal flax]

VH was Noland so i was forced to do Leon H

Starting boost was Main Character

[mellow nacelle]

No points spent!

If the A10 shop had Choco Guard your score would be 11k+

[vocal flax]

Unfortunately there were only lollipop and quick cookies

[vocal flax]

https://youtu.be/7pPhNsjTkuw?si=MSfRHaG6FCRz4z8F

Sorry for the low volume i was recording the clear when riding a bus

[fluid pecan]

This showcase is bussing fr 🗣️

[vocal flax]

[golden haven]

Gakon posting video showcases

[vocal flax]

I hope you enjoying them

[golden haven]

Very much so

[vocal flax]

This was quite tricky to figure out the strat, because Gardenia is certainly an unit. Having to self debuff thrice then using TM to reverse the debuffs? I sleep that's why NC Blue stepped in. I tried a similar support to him aka Iono in my previous attempts, but she didn't have bulk to outlasting attacks, and the reliance on getting hit to stack SMUN is janky in this scenario. Oh have I mentioned that Gardenia requires sun to not get debuffed and activate her only not-tied-to-super-effectiveness dps multiplier Charging Sun 3? 🙄 that's why Adaman had to sync every time to refresh sun duration

https://youtu.be/4jIJZqpn8mc?si=WYPCqo8CTCQzuKLN

[molten granite]

this is why i just gave her dauntless and rely on external support

[vocal flax]

She needs the sweet 20% multiplier from lucky skill i feel

We don't talk about my deluxes stock

[stuck hatch]

Just use drasna and her total lack of synergy

Outside of this

[vocal flax]

But it means Adaman must be replaced

[still mesa]

So much grass touching on that video

[vocal flax]

Behold... the best Leaf Storm user (let's pretend Brendan doesn't exist). One of Adaman's overlooked tiles is Critconfuse, which only goes well with BP Lusamine and Mallow? Nevertheless both of them make good uses of it. Resetting for Confusion on the first B Move is ideal

https://youtu.be/vUitd06V5Kg?si=-5gf4DEFAritn8YU

Woah woah woah...? 2 videos in a row? Gakon must really be proactive today anyway the reason I chose Eri despite she not speeding up Pecking Order setup at all is that, she has circle and offensive buffs and stacks PMUN for the team (i timed the first circle wrong tho ). 5/5 Arven is more effective at debuffing atk, but he spends more turns to provides Dawn necessary buffs and he doesn't have ways to enhance dmg

The video takes longer to upload than expected so please standby

[mellow nacelle]

Lusamine stonks

[vocal flax]

Okay there it is https://youtu.be/gyNy363vQCM?si=cesTbOxsKs5QPM8i

[vocal flax]

Hiya! So I have posted some videos in the span of 2 weeks, and those took a lot of effort to plan compared to other kinds of showcase I have posted here before. And I notice that the views of those are quite low, so I'm afraid that my showcases didn't catch your interest. I would like to hear opinions and feedbacks from all of you Please share them here or DM me (if you want to) so I can note them down to polish future showcases. Any suggestion is appreciated, thank you very much!

[wise dune]

I think you're doing awesome, I can see how much effort you're putting into it!
About the views maybe it's just the timing isn't right to watch when people open this thread?
Also the part before 2:26 where it got restarted I think can be cut? (The mushroom one)

Sharing it in other platform/social media might also help if you want?
I believe your content is valuable no matter the view count
Sorry if anything XD

[vocal flax]

Oops sorry about the editing mistake on my end, i didn't rewatch the entire thing before posting

Yeah i think it's the timing issue, and iirc you need to watch the entire video to make it count for the view?

[molten granite]

I'm not sure if just watching the video in discord counts as a view, but thats what ive been doing

[vocal flax]

As of now i don't want to expand to other social media because i want to keep showcases for my thread and this server only. Much thanks for your feedbacks!

[vocal flax]

All of the videos i posted here are unlisted and the view counts still rise maybe those views are counted by watching them on youtube?

[molten granite]

Perhaps, im not really sure

[mellow nacelle]

I also think discord views don't count!

And idk about others but I prefer to watch videos at normal speed specially if I am looking for a clear!
So the battle against Uxie keeps me hooked more than the fast paced video against Cresselia!

And the videos are good, keeps me hooked throughout the battle!
I think it will work out slowly!

I prefer YouTube over Discord most of the time, but if I am in a hurry, or not feeling like changing my YouTube accounts (yeah I have a separate account to watch PoMa and Pokemon related videos), I watch with Discord itself!
And I am sure it would not count as views on YT!

[still mesa]

I admit it's just a me problem. "Ooh I'll watch this later" then I forget

I did watch the touch grass vid and admittedly that's a funny clear but ye it's mostly me actually forgetting lol

[stuck hatch]

Nah, there's even a "viewer retention" stat that shows how much and what people are watching

[vocal flax]

i see, too bad watching the video on discord don't count towards the view

[stuck hatch]

Seems it does

[vocal flax]

New week, new challenge! This week's theme is 4k+ CSMM!

[vocal flax]

Rotational seeds my behatred
Starting boost: Fighting
Purchased: France x1, Rebuff power up
VH was Giovanni

[dry trench]

Why does it feel like you buy france upgrade every week

[vocal flax]

It is true

There was one week when i ignored France in the shop and that seed was a disaster

And if i have had bought France at that time, i would have ended up at 11k+

That's why i never skip it again

[winged girder]

It’s time to move to France

Bonjour

🇫🇷

[vocal flax]

Mael doesn't let me in

[fervent mortar]

[vocal flax]

Vs. Caitlin: 4k points
The first round is up! I overestimated the half sync round and this run could be more optimised with smoother move rotation and more parameters selected.
https://youtu.be/6z7XTd7FRkk?si=Xxk9sVMVPF7NvC5q

[vocal flax]

I forgot to say that the theme is restricted to offtype only

Wait did i just ping myself

[molten granite]

ah, good old off-type 4k

some day i might do that again

[wise dune]

Deleted so quick even with all the max hp parameters

[still mesa]

Fighting gang assemble

[vocal flax]

Circle + rebuff are crazy

[mellow nacelle]

And Fighting Zone too!

[vocal flax]

Actually there was no zone in my comp Rei is only 4/5

[mellow nacelle]

Oh lol I forgot, after getting used to Yukure's Rei!

[golden haven]

Rei gets zone at 5/5?

[still mesa]

10/5

Also I'm sorry for gaslighting everyone to think Rei has Zone naturally

[vocal flax]

Btw after looking at my planned comps, i see a thematic connection between them

[still mesa]

I look forward to seeing the rest

[vocal flax]

Thanks

Hopefully they will work out

[vocal flax]

The round 2 video is corrupted so i will record it later im on my way to make my r3 work

[vocal flax]

Round 3: Vs. Marshal

SS Acerola is an excellent physical tank when grassy terrain is on effect, but the lack of reliable heal burts is a problem in some fights, nonetheless she is still my go to no brainer support for Grass comps

I didn't record Mix Red - Adaman comp last week because I want to save it for this week's challenge. It's a very strong core already, with Red's great aoe dps and utility tools. Adaman doing Adaman things

The fight was pretty straightforward, aside from avoiding Mega Kick spam and Adaman's B Move not hitting +2 eva Conkeldurr (i also learned that his B Move is not sure hit )

https://youtu.be/3Zg1O_UTaHY?si=0MrViRAw1efrnAZb

[cinder solstice]

[molten granite]

I love when MP limited B Moves aren't sure hit

That sure is a fun mechanic

[wise dune]

So tanky at the last part, I thought the DPS would be enough to finish him off

[mellow nacelle]

The Def/SpDef parameters were selected!

And all HP too

[molten granite]

not me screaming internally to use red's max move

[vocal flax]

The terrain stayed long enough

[molten granite]

it did

i still was screaming internally

bc like, burst damage good

[vocal flax]

Yeah i should have used it to finish the battle sooner

But i forgor

💀

[molten granite]

understandable have a nice day

[still mesa]

I have been recommended something

[vocal flax]

It sure is a great recommendation

[cinder solstice]

You guy got recommended?

[vocal flax]

You didn't?

[cinder solstice]

No ?

[vocal flax]

Sounds like skill issue

[molten granite]

idk if i've ever seen a yt video i made recommended

granted, 95% of them are unlisted

[vocal flax]

I have just publicized my videos recently so this is my first time seeing mine getting recommended

[still mesa]

Fwiw you've been recommended to me a lot before lol

[vocal flax]

Maybe it's an android thing? Because i got many recommended videos a lot when i was using my old phone

[still mesa]

I'm on android ye

[vocal flax]

The evil has been defeated

Thanks to that 300 gems: #gacha-and-flex message

[still mesa]

Another 💯 recommendation

[wise dune]

Whoaaa clear without Geeta

[vocal flax]

I don't know if that clear is documented yet

And my Steven is still 3/5

[wise dune]

Just checked and there's no clear with Oleana + Janine yet, you can submit those

[vocal flax]

I will record it some time before committing to 4/5 Steven

[dry trench]

4/5 steven can still act as 3/5 if you dont pick up the 4/5 tile no?

[vocal flax]

The UB doc still considers him as 4/5 tho

And no one is dumb enough to use him without gridding that 4/5 tile

[dry trench]

I mean just for the purpose of showing that a lower investment can work. Grid tiles tied to move level can be turned off, unlike EX effects or SA passives.

[vocal flax]

I want to add my clear to the UB doc to help others with similar situation like mine

[molten granite]

It shouldn't if nothing about the grid requires 4/5

[vocal flax]

I just want to avoid unwanted confusion

[cinder solstice]

Tbf 4/5 gains Atk/SpA debuff, so with that team his 4/5 tiles just doesn’t needed

[vocal flax]

Anyway the video is up https://youtu.be/aJsv8uoDLqs?si=BC6kEYWTAU7zO-Rs

[cinder solstice]

Why the sound is delayed ?

[vocal flax]

Idk

[cinder solstice]

I think you should just delete the sound and add music instead

Rn it really hurts my ears

[vocal flax]

I don't think i can do that rn because I'm having issues with getting access to my phone's storage

[cinder solstice]

If you want, uh i can do that for you

Sr i just cant handle the sound

[vocal flax]

I'm also having trouble with saving the recordings sometimes, like this. The first half was corrupted

My weekend schedule is tight so i don't know if i have enough time to re-record both r2 and r4 clear

[cinder solstice]

Ah yes, iphone problem

It sometimes happen when your storage is almost full

[vocal flax]

Can someone gift me a good iphone

[cinder solstice]

Ask Santa

[vocal flax]

But you are my Santa

[cinder solstice]

[vocal flax]

https://youtu.be/ZJRX6wQgBGg?si=9sVSfgNI-lEo3OZ4

Anyway this is it for now. I will try to re-record the 2 corrupted runs later this weekend if i can fit them into my free time

This week Hall of Fame: all done with 4k pts CSMM!

[cinder solstice]

I might doing that one day, just maybe one day i’ll have enough energy to do it

[vocal flax]

This is Unova so the challenge is honestly easy

Trying 4k during Hoenn or Kalos will result in pain

[cinder solstice]

~~Battle Factory when ~~

[vocal flax]

one day

[cinder solstice]

I might just…. You know sleep them

Damn i love how broken sleep is in CS

[vocal flax]

But it's boring

[cinder solstice]

But it helped me at Battle Factory

Cant believe i got 3 sleeper

[vocal flax]

I got none and my total score was close to yours

[cinder solstice]

I dont remember how much you got

Search time

[vocal flax]

It's literally pinned here

[cinder solstice]

18.700

Mine is 23.350 buddy

[vocal flax]

Did you miss a round

[cinder solstice]

No

[vocal flax]

[cinder solstice]

The pin is different

[vocal flax]

Wtf where did you get those from

[cinder solstice]

Oh wait

[vocal flax]

It's literally the first pin sob

😭

[cinder solstice]

Mb

[vocal flax]

Yes

Your bad

[cinder solstice]

21.100

2.4k dif

If only you was insane like Jo and did 5k with Celebi

[vocal flax]

I'm a chill guy so i wouldn't do that

[cinder solstice]

No more chill guy pls

[stark lily]

Chill

Guy

[cinder solstice]

But yeah, i really want thing like Battle Factory

[stark lily]

Omg

Pyuko and gakon flirting

[cinder solstice]

No LG this month makes this month so dead

[stark lily]

I sleep

[stark lily]

Log in

Skip event

Sleep

[vocal flax]

Alright get back to the topic, i think I'm able to record the remaining 2 unfinished rounds tomorrow

I would like to record 1 or 2 Hol Lillie showcases before i get overwhelmed by my irl stuff

[dreamy sorrel]

True I was just reminiscing in Mex’s thread the other day

Also I only got 20600 during it crying

[vocal flax]

I remember your reroll back then

It was very good

[cinder solstice]

Tbf i tried hard that event bc uhh Volo sadly wass way weaker than Rei

[vocal flax]

Obviously

[cinder solstice]

I still remember Jo had insane reroll right ?

Yeah, from garbage to god

[dreamy sorrel]

#1247881237150830665 message I even had ssbrendan that I didn’t use for my clear with Fantina that would’ve gotten me 500 more points

Off type Gloria was easier than on type NCSilver

I got so lucky on my reroll cause I had a couple of on tupes

Also had 2 support freebies

[vocal flax]

I wish my roster had been good as yours 😭

[dreamy sorrel]

lel

[dry trench]

are we reminiscing the rei vs volo event

[dreamy sorrel]

My original roster wasn’t very good but we had so many bad ones

[dreamy sorrel]

I love the server events so ye

[cinder solstice]

I’ll still always hate this one

Lillie Moonblast dps

At fk 5000 points

SEUN Moonblast with 4 Sync Buffs

[mellow nacelle]

What a great fun time that was!

I can't wait for the next Server Anniversary!

[mellow nacelle]

Idk why but it always feels disturbing whenever I see someone stopped queueing the moves in a battle showcase!

I cry inside for no reason!

[vocal flax]

[vocal flax]

https://youtu.be/GMubQcobM9Q R2 video is up this took 15+ attempts to pull off the final record, unlike the first time

[vocal flax]

https://youtu.be/lQhUkzh-ly8?si=brgvp1ovU2pczDYT

And finally, R5. Didn't expect this to be a pre sync

Because i wanted to showcase Arven's berry passive

https://youtu.be/gFU0bCIsl8w?si=mfcKoRHlc4wG7kFg
I also got enough time to record this showcase. Got it first try to the turn order was not optimized

[cinder solstice]

smh not cut restart attempt

[vocal flax]

which

[cinder solstice]

This one

[vocal flax]

ah i kept it so it wouldn't turn into a short

[cinder solstice]

Smart move

why 3m turns into short now

[vocal flax]

because youtube is stupid

[cinder solstice]

I hate that all my recent one just turn into shorts

I might try to find someway to by pass it

[molten granite]

yeah i hate it as well

but unfortunately for everyone i just let it happen bc i don't care enough to try to sort it

[vocal flax]

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This week's challenge: 4k offtype CSMM!

[mellow nacelle]

It shows the struggle behind the perfect win, it's nice!
I think some players can take notes here, I mean new players!

[mellow nacelle]

Though it truly ended so quickly!
Only a few moves!
I would love to see what parameters you used for 4k and still finished the battle in the blink of an eye! :

I can use your strategy in the future somewhere!

[wise dune]

Melted so quick

[vocal flax]

she is so stupidly op

[vocal flax]

https://youtu.be/ekYPo6zjqlI?si=7OU28Aw8KPPWeW0U

No particular theme this week, just want to record some interesting teams.

Let's talk about SS Leaf's 5/5 expansion. Unlocking Noxious Hit is huge for her so she can setup for the Power Play multiplier, also unlocked at 5/5. Noxious Hit is also an excellent utility tile, as it helps speeding up other units' setup, like Ghetsis in particular (Pecking Order and Overpower).

DC Gladion happens to be an ideal f2p partner for : Ice Zone and speed debuffs are great, not to mention that he can provide random debuffs and contribute to dps (the latter was not shown here unfortunately)

Ghetsis is often overlooked, even for players who have limited roster. I hope my clear can change your mind about this excellent f2p pair (not his character tho, which sucks )

[molten granite]

i'm just bored of using him after having him as my best ice for god knows how long

[vocal flax]

I remember when I started saving gems for Summer Steven back then and Ghetsis was datamined the month after lol

[molten granite]

then again idk when the last time i used an ice type for ice weak CS was

probably a while ago

[vocal flax]

I just slapped the infamous Ice duo lol

on the recent CS stages

[molten granite]

i dont remember at all lmao

might've tested out Irida against the last ice weak stage, if not then i probably will this time

okay apparently it was Drasna a couple months ago

[mellow nacelle]

I have used SS Leaf a lot as a tank in BR, but I never thought she could tank a CSMM even though she doesn't get her Support ExR yet! Some impressive stuff! 🫡

[vocal flax]

Thanks

[vocal flax]

https://youtu.be/0n5UvdicaRM?si=Rz-twMGWwnAIYbXD

Lillie is super useful for blitz pre sync comps like this, when her sure crit TM makes the dmg dealer not to worry about that 20% chance I didn't show any of her newly added tiles, because they don't matter at all and I forgot to adjust her grids 💀

For anyone who doesn't know, SS Lusamine has been my Psychic carry for a long long time with other alternatives being 3/5 Anni May and Olympia. She is still fun to use, it's just that I find boring to use her repeatedly

(The video title is totally accurate so don't ask)

[molten granite]

where gladion

[vocal flax]

here

[molten granite]

why not gladion with lillie

[vocal flax]

because Bianca got adopted into the family

[wise dune]

Damn idk Lusamine that op with just 3/5 + Psychic terrain and without ex role too

[vocal flax]

oh right i forgot about her EXR

she is at a low priority atm

[dry trench]

i love when bianca got adopted into the aether family

and gladion got disowned or something

[vocal flax]

he is not popular enough

[vocal flax]

https://youtu.be/2Rg7-WvVsQE?si=jheeAgIYy6fYBbrc

Fall Caitlin's personal lucky skill helps speed up Furbert's setup a lot. I have said this once but I will say it again: this is the best exclusive lucky skill up-to-date which is a quite simple one, but it drastically buffs a non relevant support

https://youtube.com/shorts/adaFkkVXu0k?si=czxOtOInw0TLt31c

Strike Grookey is easily the top 2 best eggmon dmg dealer, only behind strike Perrserker with its 4 bar Steel Beam. SS Acerola is clearly the best support for it, but I wanted to showcase egg Leafeon's utility so SS Morty was my choice for sun maintenance which is way better than 3/5 Acerola. Also it allowed Grimsley to be alive longer so I could showcase Grookey properly

I'm sleepy rn so no educational writeups for those

[vocal flax]

https://youtu.be/jE42F1_4vao?si=8wuuMbZoZ7Uxm7Et

And finally, round 5. This comp may not showcase Ryuki's usual playstyle aka nuking everything with his Dragon sync, but it does show that he can do big bursts Everyone can figure out the theme of this comp too

You will notice that Lillie took the first sync, which is helpful for this comp actually, because of team +2 SMUN and -3 sync cd to rush the next sync, although the latter is not really needed

Merry Christmas and happy holidays to everyone hopefully 2025 will be a joyful year for you

This week's clears by Gakon. There is no particular themed challenge, I just wanted to play some interesting comps

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[wise dune]

Damn Ryuki with 9 SMUN
Impressive work! 🙌 Didn't expect could reach that much presync

[vocal flax]

he is often overlooked lmao

his only dps multiplier is SE5 so it's even more sad to see that

[static mural]

That ryuki team was really neat

[vocal flax]

Thanks i originally planned to use Redlax instead of Lillie but he is boring

[winged girder]

Nah redlax is more physical oriented

Lilie has more sprint shenanigans

[vocal flax]

True

Hot take but I think Lillie is the special equivalent to Redlax

[winged girder]

It’s up to the content, redlax has the heals and defensive buffs, Lilie is def more offensive oriented
And Lilie can do dps by herself too

[vocal flax]

I do get that they are entirely different units but they have some core similarities

Like MUN stacks (5/5 Redlax) and crazy sync cd

[vocal flax]

I forgot Rock HS is a thing so no cool clears for it

[cinder solstice]

I got one

[vocal flax]

This week's theme will be a special one, featuring 15 pairs among ones i got throughout the year of 2024! I will see if I'm able to stream this play through in stream room, so please look forward to it!

[kindred ibex]

hm that theme feels oddly familiar…

[wise dune]

[dry trench]

sounds like a fun theme

[gray sun]

I agree

[vocal flax]

For those wondering, this is the eligible roster for my upcoming theme, starting from Katherine onwards. Feel free to suggest cool and creative comps from the choices!

[gray sun]

Maybe something with Eri, NC Bianca and Riley for the 2024 Fighting team?

those 3 (and Chuck) were the only Fighting pairs to be released this year

[dry trench]

how do you check the date you acquired a sync pair?

[gray sun]

there's no exact way to check the date

but if you do often screenshot pair acquirements, you can check the details section

[dry trench]

i guess everyone got katherine at around the same time so i can also use her as the starting point for 2024

[gray sun]

yep

[mellow nacelle]

Ryuki, Tierno and Lenora
First three in the gen pool who got ExR!

[vocal flax]

Noted

[vocal flax]

Unfortunately Lenora is not allowed to be used because she was obtained in 2023

[mellow nacelle]

Ohhh

Lol I didn't noticed

[cinder solstice]

Using those 1/5 DC pairs’ll be fun right Gakon ?

[vocal flax]

I have enough to 3/5 someone

[mellow nacelle]

I couldn't think of anything other than that!
At least Fungi's roster has them!

I would suggest some pairs with clash of WTZ but no sandstorm or hail setter pair I think!

[golden haven]

A team that can only have DC, BP or Lodge pairs

[wise dune]

Normal type lodge Shauna nuke

[vocal flax]

oh that's an interesting idea

[vocal flax]

hmmm i will see what i can cook with Mix Leaf and sun units but i haven't seen any particular useful synergy between them

[golden haven]

Just watched the 4k offtype runs

Loved them!!

Planning to take inspiration for my clear this week (maybe)

[vocal flax]

I'm glad you like them!

By the way the streaming time is scheduled to be 1 or 2 hours after this reset

[vocal flax]

And so, here is the last hall of fame of the year 2024! This also marks my first time streaming my run in this discord server, and I appreciate your support, even though I had to call the stream off twice! Please look forward to my future streams

[vocal flax]

Oh right this was this week rally, VH was Leon and starting boost was France + purchased a spatk up later on