#Mex does Clears
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Anyway, I will start off, as I often do, with my Champion Stadium for the week
And starting off with an investment.
And the investment will pay off here. Round 1, electric terrain will be going brr.
Aaaaand perfect!
Round 2, its already fast syncs, lets make it faster by using Lear
Nyoom.
Round 3, and believe it or not I am in fact not just doing an oops all techs theme.
Using Shadow Force before killing the middle feels weird, but when they kill a party member before their sync anyway
Round 4, using my usual favorite dark team.
Good old Staggering. Everyone loves staggering.
And round 5, I would like a better Ground Zone setter pls.
First sync takes em out.
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My rally has been going, so far I've bought a Grass Upgrade on sale and SSA Cynthia has OHKOed a side mon with her B Move
Lucky area with a slightly better role combo this time is nice
And lucky area gave pretty good points.
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Is this ... your 2nd lucky area?
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yes
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suffer
Time for May to do her thing for a while
This fight was annoying, but its the last Sprint Field combo at least
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Using an SS Gladion who's already used all his MP is an experience.
I dislike this.
Well, this could be going worse.
Well
Fuck?
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Okay, I believe my gauntlet runs are done
And this is where I end up with all done. Doubt I'm getting any title but hey
run details:
Red: Free
Riley/Cynthia: pretty free, close combat defense lowering is still annoying
Calem: needed a diff lucky skill but with that, free
Blue: Free
Ethan/Elio: worked pretty well despite Elio dying halfway through
Rei/Cobalion: Probably could've just soloed with Rei but yeah, free
Ash: fucking self cleanse by beloathed
Hop/Red: free
Blue/Rosa: this was meant to be a Rosa solo but i got annoyed, free
Serena/Anabel: free
N/Hilbert/Proton: Was meant to be a duo but i added Proton bc Hilbert tanking lol
Leon/Blue: so much debuffing, free
Piers/Penny: this one was fun and took a little figuring out to make work
May/Brendan: I'm just happy this one worked, but it was easy
Steven/Skyla: Another one that was meant to be a solo until i got annoyed
Adaman/Cheren: Could've been a solo but i wanted to use Cheren for the sake of using Cheren
Serena/Shauna: Free
N/Hop: Hop got toxiced so working around that, thought i lost at the end but Aerial Ace was Aerial Ace and failed to kill N at 5%, probably the hardest run of the event
Kris/Hau/Jasmine: the most overkill run of the event
Sycamore: For tai, took a Stoic 2 lucky skill but was free with that
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When you say Free is it an LG person's Free or someone like me's Free
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the clear never comes close to losing
well, except Sycamore ig
he took like 85% from a wood hammer
most of them are ones i could genuinely turn my brain off for
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anyway i should probably set my grids back to the ones i actually use rather than keeping Trainer Sync Redemption on Ash
shy quartz
run details:
Red: Free
Riley/Cynthia: pretty free, close combat defense lowering...
SYCAMORE MY BELOVED
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Sycamore really is the đ
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actually he has a deer
hardy carbon
Sycamore my deer
tepid marten
Deer Sycamore, youâre the best
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the variety thorton in the corner sobbing right now
ivory rain
Damnit I somehow knew something was up when I sent that message but couldnât for the life of me remember who was support/field
He shouldâve been tech instead smh
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he really should've
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Damnit I somehow knew something was up when I sent that message but couldnât for...
dw he's forgettable
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Anyways, CS time and starting with Siebold. I'm not sure how good of an idea this is but I might as well try
Well that went better than I expected
i've really been underrating SS Hilbert bc lmao this went so much easier than i expected
Round 2, and UnoVA strikes once again
SS Hilda moment
Round 3, team Gatr.
The honorary dog member of team Gatr got taken out by an Overheat, but the Clear worked
Time for Max HP/Strength trying to maximise the B Move
Lol. Lmao, even.
And something a bit unconventional for the last one, im gonna be hoping that Rosa gets some early speed buffs.
And we gaming.
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This shit sucks
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Dragon theme, Field Strike role combo
I might end up having to use NC Blue for this or something bc Bunny May is not living a hit
Yeah I think this was for the best
Even if it might cost me points later on
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Well this sucked
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Top 10 images taken moments before disaster
Top 10 images taken moments after disaster
And the final score. Yeah I had to bump down to hard mode again. Argenta is rough when youre doing Rally and have to deal with her 6 gimmicks while also under a role combo restriction.
Can I get Lucy sometime again, I miss her.
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https://youtu.be/ZMjCCquB_aQ?si=4SUjDAmfRjNn1DA0
Speaking of Lucy, here she is getting murdered by the Kalosian population
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Anyway I'm starting on my Special Stadium and Koga just felt way too easy to beat wtf
Round 2. Let's see if SS Red can make me not hate him.
Featuring Lodge Calem for some reason
ok i get the feeling Glacia is the wrong stage for this
so lets try Molayne with 100% less AOE OHKOs
The 100% less AOE OHKOs made a massive difference.
Round 3, actually glacia time now. I hope.
God bless you Go Viral Hypnosis
Round 4 was me trying out Event Blue for the first time in a while and, well, Hyper Beam is Hyper Beam
And round 5.
Probably should have expected this but yay I'm done
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Optimise time. Because I'm not a complete psychopath, Glacia dies to the inevitable overpowered first team I get.
Yeah this one was never gonna be a challenge.
Round 2, my confidence has decreased somewhat.
ivory rain
Not the worst team but mm it's gonna start going downhill
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Took me a few tries but I got there.
O....kay. kinda weird that this is your choice over Serena, Silver, Hilda, but OK.
(@shy quartz optimise being based)
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Optimize is RIGHT
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This... somehow worked.
Really can't say I'm looking forward to Round 4 after that
Okay. Never mind.
This will be easier than last round thanks optimise.
Complete non issue despite some good (bad) luck with status conditions
Round 5 and I uh, have concerns.
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It seems my concerns were warranted. Idt I'm gonna be able to do it with not having a second DPS or an alternate weather setter.
I have so many options it couldve picked as well
half dock
Torchic DPS 
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Well, this is gonna suck.
gentle locust
Oof, no EXR NC Nate?
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no NC Nate in general
using him for more than like, 2 stages would probably suck anyway tbf
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There was a time I kept him for 10 stages and just resetted for TM MPR
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fair enough
anyway field strike area 10 scares me unless i get like, Darach
or Lucy
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Anyway, CS
And this time with actual videos
First round was vs Drasna, I struggled with this one
part of it was AOE spam, part was me forgetting Piercing Blows ignores Endurance, part was me not being used to using Hala
either way, it worked in the end
Lol. Lmao, even.
I mean, I was pretty sure I was gonna be fine, but 4k points with max HP/Strength pre sync and max offense with no risk of dying.
Rats + bird is a dumb team and I love it
plucky glade
Did you turn on the wrong mic 
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i didnt think i had a mic on at all
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The external is on you can hear the taps
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oh that
yeah thats just a thing that happens with the recorder, can't really control it
just listen to it on mute you're not missing out on anything anyway
i thought you guys were hearing the tv or something, if its just that then its not a massive deal
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Ok this one was fun, even if I did have to tank a sync in the end. Couldve avoided that if I'd realised Cynthia's b move had unlocked.
Idk why I never thought of this combo before but it worked.
Idt the full para on the last brutal swing actually mattered but it sure was nice
And here we have an example of RNG going about as badly as possible and it not mattering a bit.
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I'm in Rally now, and god carrying Anni May through 5 fights is a hell of MPR.
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Well, May finally got taken down, but fortunately this was my last round with a tech bonus so I dont mind replacing her now
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For a boostless stage 6, this went better than I expected. It helped that the stage had a Max Move happen pre sync and I had Damage Guard up with Cynthia though
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Please stop giving me Field Strike Anabel.
azure rose
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So, there are options for my rally setup this week, and each one is worse than the last for me
Guaranteed to have sprint as a last stage role so perhaps this'll finally be the reason I need to EXR Rei, we'll see
Free upgrade is Rival so I think im gonna be alright in that regard at least
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Anyway, CS, first round and there was way too much Muddy Water inflicted death to start with
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Round 2, Zerena had far less of an issue this time.
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Round 3, my first time seriously using Nessa i think, that was fun
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Rei Gaming.
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And finally, Small Bird and Large Bird team up to defeat the champion.
Really wish Darach had a way to not kill himself via Brave Bird
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Starting on Rally now, Adaman is probably my most expendable Strike Support pair so he can be the main damage dealer in case I get a second stage for this combo later
Well, its between 2 and 3 nowb
Please be 2
Please don't be the sprint field round 10
Fuck.
guess this is my life this week
glad i saved SST Red on that second stage now i guess
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This one took me way longer than I wouldve liked, gauge was atrocious, it barely killed before Alder's second sync
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Now, this one was fun
This team had like -12 sync accel or something and I managed to flinch Aaron out of the Heal Order, it was really nice
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Two stages left, and a pretty good score going into em. Let's see if the sprint field endgame messes me up too much I guess.
Oh
Oh no.........
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Okay never mind good old Sleepchain saves the day
o7s in the chat for Skyla pls, she served her purpose admirably
half dock
o7
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(Speed buffs and she flinched once to let the sleepchain continue before she died and the sleepchain became infinitely more consistent god bless you đ ±ïžreaking swipe)
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Didn't quite have the damage output but there was a conveniently placed paralysis power boost in my area 10 shop to make this work
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Round 3, my first time seriously using Nessa i think, that was fun
The 30k razor shell was pretty funny
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I would like to point out that this was a non crit, non EX sync
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Dark Upgrade and one of these two. Let's see how it goes I guess.
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anyway, CS time, no half sync parameter leaves me a little disappointed but i'm sure i'll live
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Round 2, using Summer N for things, and stuff.
thinking about it, probably would've been smart to leave that for round 3. Ah well.
I love using this guy.
Decided to go a little easy on em and not use SS Hilda and her 1 sync clear
Didn't even get to Massive Rock Slide. Man.
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Round 2 cleared, I'm already starting to dislike how often Sprint/Strike and Tech/Support show up in this rally
Makes it awkward to maximise points since I only have so many of both role combos
Round 4 done, nothing of note
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Up to round 7, still uneventful
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Round 8 has proven a challenge. Working without a boost is rough and so is not having a support for the occasion
Probably gonna buy this and still get a +1100 in total
Yeah I think this was worth it. Hopefully I won't need to buy any more items like that.
aaaaaaand round 10 is Palmer
because of course it would be the worst case scenario
fortunately i once again have Ultra Jelly in the shop and can purchase that in a pinch, we'll see if Cerena/Calem/SS Steven can muscle through it without that though
i have my doubts
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I mightve needed to buy a second Ultra Jelly but im honestly really happy I managed to get this clear to work
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Omg Calem meta real
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They could never make me hate you Calem
But please get some def/spDef buffs for a lucky cookie I beg you
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yeah that would be real handy
having to make a specific palmer grid for this was interesting though, a lot of my go to Calem grid skills do not work for that fight
(RIP Team Safe Start)
i think i just ended up taking water shuriken power boosts because extra damage is extra damage and, for support standards, Calem's damage output is reasonable
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Asked Poma Lounge for ideas for CS, gonna note them here so they don't get lost
in a team you can only have a character whose name starts with the name of another character on your team's last letter
for example, if you use nc rosa your next unit must begin with A. If the unit is an alt the first letter is still counted as the unit's actual name - Doom
Elesa (any variant) - Cobalt
Flannery - Zeen
Lodge Giovanni - Rue
A run with 3 unique characters allowed (alts do not count against total) - Ryuu
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A run with 3 unique characters allowed (alts do not count against total) - Ryuu
planning out for this:
blue is a pretty easy include, having every pair (but mix) of his and him being able to slot 6 times into 5 battles is gonna be value, especially with him being able to hit SE with Arcanine and having 3 supports
Steven could be included, SS would trivialise Marshall and allow me some breathing room to use weaker supports like a non-EX Lodge Blue, but most of his other units are on the weaker end, with Summer, Base and Anni being unable to hit for weakness
Cynthia brings a very strong support, base pair hits Shauntal for weakness and Renegade has a strong nuke, but Lodge is kinda a lacking support and I wouldn't be able to set Sand for base's nuke. Also SS Cynthia would just be a meatshield and nothing else
Serena would only bring 4 pairs, but 3 of those would be a pretty hard carry on a stage and the 4th would have utility, and i can make up for the 5th by having Blue's 6 pairs
Rosa has the steven problem, one incredible support, two lackluster supports, the lodge pair and the SC not really able to add too much to this week's runs
I think Blue Serena Cynthia might be the play for me
NC Serena can carry the Caitlin fight, base can pull double duty with Arcanine to beat Grimsley, Zerena/Cynthia can handle Shauntal, i'll figure something out for Alder and Marshal
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so if i do this
NC Serena / SS Cynthia / Lodge Blue - Caitlin
Serena / Event Blue / Lodge Cynthia - Grimsley
SS Serena / Cynthia / SS Blue - Shauntal
Lodge Serena / Blue / NC Blue - Marshall
Classic Blue / SSR Cynthia / SSA Cynthia - Alder
i wonder how this would work
i briefly forgot Classic Blue was rock type and was planning to use the bird team on Alder
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My Nitro expired so gonna have to go back to the old "upload to youtube" strat for videos, please hold
Alright. Round 1, the offtype one. Featuring pre-sync parameter post-sync.
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Round 2, the one where Serena carried. Featuring flinch gaming.
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Round 3, the one with Gauge issues
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Round 4. The other one with gauge issues. Like seriously. Jesus christ.
Round 5. The one with a surprising lack of Gauge issues
Fun idea, maybe next time I try it in a region where the battles can be mildly challenging
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in a team you can only have a character whose name starts with the name of anoth...
Alright gonna start with this now
Gonna treat the first character as a free character
And ill be going in tactics order for it
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Round 1, next character has to start with I
okay apparently my tactics order on this run switched the positions of Adaman and Naomi from how they were intended to be, oop
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Round 2 - Next character starts with N.
plucky glade
why is Iris there đ
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I needed someone beginning with I and my Ingo team was not working
azure rose
No Iono huh đ
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nope
only Iris, F!Iris and Ingo
i figured base Iris would be the least useful of the two
Round 3 - Next character begins with A
RIP Nita
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https://youtu.be/iSqPdpE-W9k?si=JzKB-Qa_HuOTBhtC
Round 4, next character begins with A.
Beginning with A is kinda a pain and it happens so often
But so be it
Aaaand Round 5
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Flannery clear for @patent bough, featuring my first test of EX Role SS Morty
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Lodge Gio clear for @fallow oyster, featuring SS Gio as well for extra fun. The gauge here was not fun, though.
fallow oyster
lodge gio obliterated
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Sonia has a 30% chance to flinch with Tackle and she never takes it at a useful time
and the one time she actually manages it so she can quadqueue Elesa decides to miss the sync crit on the middle
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Complain and I am rewarded
Elesa clear for @north anvil. Tried to use some less used characters so it took me a bit, but it did work in the end
sonia without adr1 is not a fun time, and especially when she's suceptible to getting OHKOed by Hammer Arm or Stomping Tantrum if he chooses to X Attack all
north anvil
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Nanu and Variety Selene combo clear for @ivory rain and @tepid marten, this one was way easier than I expected it to be and the pairing has a surprising amount of synergy. Needs a good offensive buffer with em though
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Sonia has a 30% chance to flinch with Tackle and she never takes it at a useful ...
felt
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And finally, a Roark clear for @half dock.
Did I need to stack Roark that much? No. But I did it for the sake of big number. Surprised he didn't die from that really
With that, that makes 3 themed / challenge runs for this week. Glad to get myself back into the spirit of them
analog summit
nice clears. Seeing so many janky comps I wouldn't see otherwise was fun
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yeah, it was a neat challenge
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alright new week, time for standard CS clears
so apparently youtube has an upload limit that I've hit
So I guess I'm going back to the old format of "describe clear with words". Man.
Soooo. Round 1, beating Bug weak Grimsley with Lusamine, SS Hilbert helped. Gauge kinda sucked.
Lusamine nuke gaming.
Round 2, a classic team.
With a classic result
Round 3, Emma on half sync. Time to get a turn 1 sync
Ended up having to eat the sync, but the nice thing is that with half sync the enemy doesn't build up enough Power on Hit charge to KO
Round 4, another classic team for me
And once again no issue
Ignore the dead Lillie
And the game ends through Rei
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Why is it always the combos I dont have
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You've barely been playing the game recently
At least I can do this and not use up anything useful.
Feels kinda bad though
plucky glade
You've barely been playing the game recently
hey I've done my BR runs 
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This is not going quite how I hoped.
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This one didn't go as nicely as I hoped, and I dislike that I had to resort to sleepchain for this stage, but it worked
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
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Well, im giving up 150 points for this but this should be a way easier time for my trouble
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And beating that is where my Rally ends for the day, as stage 9 is Tech Sprint and I fully intend to EXR SS Wally tomorrow
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Rally done, not an amazing score but not a bad one
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Did my first HSE run on 400 STR for fun, man SS Gladion makes this easy.
just over a third of the point total in one fight and i can probably push that a fair bit more
And here's another third.
Toned it back a tad for Penny, but still almost to the 200k goal.
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Forgot to screenshot my Valerie team but it was Archie Nessa SS Blue for about 39k points.
Time to push to get my ticket count back to a round number
And im immediately up 25k.
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Done for a bit, 300k is a respectable enough score.
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Strength modifiers:
Misty - 700
Marlon - 230
Elio - 480
Valerie - 200
Penny - 250
Also this was a thing against Elio and it took luck I dont think im gonna be able to repeat any time soon
I see
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Got the Leon UB done, didnt record it or anything because I decided I was gonna be boring and use the intended team of the two rats and nc blue
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Alright, more dumb for fun CS runs, round 1
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Round 2, hilariously easy
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Round 3, I knew the half sync round was not gonna be fun, but god this was way worse than I was hoping
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recording of round 4 failed, will redo it once i'm done with the run as a whole
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Anyway, in the meantime, round 5. There's something of a jump cut in this one. Let's just say I need to remember to turn on Do Not Disturb while recording in future.
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And finally, Round 4 redone.
Theme of this was to use my oldest striker(s) for each type weakness, and its given me an appreciation for a few of them that I might need to end up carrying over to future runs
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okay so i should probably do CS
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https://youtu.be/dHYIwa4m5J8?si=0VNqjadpbUQsCp4U
Doing CS, this time with more points per stage
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https://youtu.be/b_N06UrlZnE?si=VYuZBnBbYY5yYUsc
Round 2. Frog.
https://youtu.be/ZmkXx5pevf0?si=lpMw-gKrn3qnl6fq
Round 3, Penny once again failing to make me enjoy her kit. Least she didn't die this time.
And round 4 will be the one I was most worried about
Might end up needing to offtype
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I keep missing the Max Move crit and its so freaking annoying
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https://youtu.be/SetqW-0OfOg?si=u6iTA1TiSyQzFNPn
Round 4, working with my worst team of the run by far
This one took me a while. And EXing Argenta.
Not gonna say I regret exing her, am gonna say I dislike the fact I did this for the sake of a self imposed challenge
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Okay that is the wrong video oops
I uh, may have forgotten to stop the recording and it kept going another 30 minutes. That had to get edited down.
Uploading the actual clear now. Old video had been deleted
Okay, actual clear is up.
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https://youtu.be/wkKkcFaI5Xo?si=rdHUQIvoGEKAQ2Ne
And after going through that it was nice to have a literal free run like this
hexed echo
gaming
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Anyway, Normal Upgrade + Crit Power up with this. I'm not going to be having fun am I.
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And my battle rally. Only bothered to record stage 10 but its a lot of spamming sing with NC Rosa and dealing damage with various sources
Stage 10 was Anabel and I had to buy a boost, but still worked well enough
9650 points with a Lucky Area feels lower than I would like but
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sup sprint on A10 is not an enjoyable combo for me
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i don't mind it
i actually have 3 characters with the combo to work with which is nice, i just didn't think Paulo was gonna be able to solo DPS it
And im already over halfway done for the month for important stuff
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Round 3, I knew the half sync round was not gonna be fun, but god this was way w...
I had to do a slow run for the shortened sync because trying to one cycle 3k with general pool/FTP units is a nightmare lol
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fighting i think can do it well enough, everything else, on the other hand
Riley is pretty huge for that
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Yeah you can probably do it with fighting but otherwise one cycling is hard with general units lol
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anyway im gonna go through another run to get a solo Paulo DPS clear on Alder bc i finally got him to 3/5 for his nuke
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Round 2, hilariously easy
https://youtu.be/yhln2rw8Y00?si=ZlPYp7OqR3aoVo40
I had a horrible time with this one personally. I opted for double support so I wouldnât have to spend a full cycle setting up
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great clears. I can still only mostly do 3.5k unfortunately but these clears give me hope for the future
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Idk if ill be able to do 4k for most types, the steel run gives me hope for everything except for like, Ice though
Maybe it depends on the support I use though. Idk.
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Yeah you can probably do it with fighting but otherwise one cycling is hard with...
What do you mean by one-cycle? Kill the stage by on first sync?
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Ig pre-sync on the half sync rounds
Since those are generally difficult to do without a lot of high power characters and/or sync accel
But honestly, blitzing through 2 syncs pre sync on a half sync round is a super fun time for me when possible
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Pre sync a shortened sync round yeah
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Rei presynced 4.7k for me, half sync param
Don't know if any others are possible though
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I was specifically talking about FTP presyncing and how Riley is probably the only reasonable way to do it. You can do some absolutely wild stuff with wide open rosters (maybe not 4.7k on half sync countdown wild but almost certainly plenty at 3k)
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Imma try the gen pool 3k vs half sync
See if it's possible with some weaker pairs
Kris should be able to do it atleast
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Please do update me, I wasnât including spotlights in my claim but if any of them can do it lmk in the main CS chat so we arenât spamming Mex lol
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Yes I think thatâs fair
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I bet Elesa w/ Volkner probably could
You basically just want a striker nuke w/ lots of easily maxed multipliers
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I forgot CS has reset and there's no half sync param this week
But I'll keep this in mind and try it out whenever we get it next
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Okay so
Offtype SS Brock
NC Blue damage dealer
MC Pikachu/Volkner
Support nuke run
Lodge unit/base character in lodge run
Ideas for dumb CS clears I will be trying
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Round 3, Elesa doing things
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Round 4, havent used Steven nuke for a while.
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And the lodge challenge @analog summit suggested is completed with the Unova Gym Besties teaming up with this guy they met who really likes rocks
Also known as "other Steven nuke gaming"
analog summit
very interesting and fun clears. It was nice seeing some lodge units and old strikers see some play
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ok, next up, i'll be doing some Off type SS Brock, NC Blue Damage Dealer, and MC/Volkner runs.
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First off, MC Volkner. Took a couple attempts and Volkner doing 97% to himself in one wild charge was wild, but hey, it worked
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Next up, Off Type SS Brock. He sure was an asset to this clear.
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And finally, the support dps runs. Round 1 is using a bird
You may notice the lack of a couple tiles you'd think would be important for this on his grid. Turns out he's just that good
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Round 2, Misty nuking, Blue handling DPS duty
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Round 3, a classic Sycamore DPS run
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Round 4, Jasmine and Hop does work
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Figuring out the play for Alder is proving problematic though. I dont really have anything of a rock type dps for this challenge, and Dawn hasn't been working off type
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Trying to use all supports? I really canât see any rock supports that would make functional DPS units oof
MC Regirock maybe??? It has alright attack
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Maybe I could try different parameters with my original team and just pray for really good flinch luck
Thats what I'll try next I guess
Problem with MC Regirock is that I'm using a character with a sub 50 BP DPS move and they're gonna be 1/5
And this is the problem with any rock support except there isn't the 1/5 issue for the rest of them
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Tbh thatâs just the best I saw unfortunately. It has OK enough attack so I thought maybe the sync could do some damage with SEUN support or some such but rock throw and rock tomb on all of the rock supports isâŠnot ideal for this sort of run
Maybe with some kind of defense dropping support rock tomb wouldnât feel AS weak?
craggy steppe
I have my doubts
still merlin
lol for sure
craggy steppe
SS Diantha doesn't make Rock Tomb feel salvageable, idt anyone can
Unless they geeta passive it or something ig
still merlin
Iâm just not really sure what would make it reasonable lol
craggy steppe
The key is off type for sure
Only issue is that I've used a lot of my best supports already and 1/5 SS Acerola hadn't been working out for this
still merlin
Iono is reasonably strong isnât she? Do you have her invested enough for it? I donât even remember what Alderâs gimmick is
craggy steppe
I dont have her at all
Passives are Stoic 4 and Force Field 4, and he has a healthy dose of Hyper Beam as well
still merlin
Dawn is already my go-to support DPS if sheâs not working idrk
craggy steppe
It very well could just be an issue with my parameter setup
I'll see if tweaking it helps
still merlin
Lmao cookie weathered warrior onto Roxanne
craggy steppe
I mean, I guess its better than rock tomb
craggy steppe
Well, this can work
Probably should kill the dragonite before the Altaria in future
craggy steppe
Ladies and Gentlemen
The amount of RNG this took me was almost unacceptable
This needs:
At least one TM MPR for Sonia (30%)
At least 2 80% sync crits from Dawn
As many staggering procs as possible (1 30%, 1 20%x2), including one required at the start of the battle and/or an X SpDef All queue for action 1. Ideally the flinch.
@tall sparrow that finishes off the run suggestion you gave me
craggy steppe
i needed both flinchers i think
plus that means another 150 points i need to find
since i actively had to turn gradual healing off for this one
azure rose
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Honestly this should not have worked and im amazed I got a run that did
The 8% health after the bulldoze was huge
(This is why I targeted the dragonite for flinching. Earthquake is 100% killing with that)
It using Wrap there was weird as well, but good weird
PB please give Dawn crit buffing
please
half dock
tall sparrow
<@938926746420510770> that finishes off the run suggestion you gave me
GG Dude that was nice
craggy steppe
CSMM, this time with me being not at home and having very little motivation to actually try
and the upload speed is also obnoxiously slow. Can't forget that
Round 1. Two frogs try to assist a fox in killing Caitlin. One overdoes it a bit.
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Okay fairy CS i actually have some motivation to beat
Round 1. BP Valerie perished in the process of killing this stage, but Mina cleaned things up with the help of some singing from Rosa's Meloetta
Round 2. That sync didn't even crit btw.
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Round 3, Tai's king pops off, Penny actually feels useful using her for once.
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Round 4 went without too much note. Giga Impact Horse goes brr
And SS Gladion does full HP Strength with minor issues
craggy steppe
This took like 5x longer to upload than the actual run took and im not gonna be doing yt videos for the rest of the week because of that, but here we see that Anni May can still do work
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Round 3, tried and true team. One day I'll have a couple more ice types I can use for these.
Perhaps I'll manage to pull SS Silver and ill get to suffer using him at 1/5
Round 4, not playing around with half sync.
Round 5. I am playing around with half sync.
half dock
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Wulfric made a valiant sacrifice here.
And then im rewarded with this. Woo
SST Red is so helpful man.
This fight is the first one I really don't like my chances for. And yet I will try it anyway.
Hm.
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so, picture in your minds for a second, this is going really well. Bertha chose to use items instead of just obliterating Classic Blue immediately and i'm at the point where, if i can sack of Blue to trap damage to get a couple extra queues in, I can win the fight
and then Blue gets flinched by the side mon's iron head
fortunately for me i got another "good enough" run where i managed to actually get the quad in on SST's Max Move and win
Now to pray for lucky stage area 9
if that happens this easily goes over 10k, if not, im getting maybe 9300 at best
half dock
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fire weak molayne
f
well, time for two frogs and a mutant alien gene thing to go try to kill him
SST did good work, time for him to rest
This is going to go poorly.
gentle locust
Oof
craggy steppe
(it might not i just dont like that i can't sync with silver until the halfway point)
i was gonna say only sync with Serena but Restrain doesnt get wiped so i can use that
analog summit
someone used avalugg?
craggy steppe
And rally done. Didnt even need Vigilance, Serena and Silver both survived the crit second sync.
(Vigilance was used on Blue)
craggy steppe
Well, as a new SS Silver owner, I think im gonna have some fun with this team.
craggy steppe
https://youtu.be/rXrgh1jylJI?si=54CosL3Jb8v2AXRP
Yeah it does work. Got lucky with the lack of AOEs though.
hexed echo
Well, as a new SS Silver owner, I think im gonna have some fun with this team.
Omg Congratz!
craggy steppe
it's gonna be nice not having to not take either damage reduction parameter
hexed echo
SSSilver honestly feels so complete with the EXR after my tiny test with him yesterday
6 sync buffs before the enemy gets one is silly
You donât even have to worry about taking PPT to take other things which is super neat
craggy steppe
yeah thats one reason i really like Argenta with him
boosts literally everything Silver cares about, only thing she misses is burst healing
and she still has Team Inflict and Heal for SD
hexed echo
I assume you donât have irida but like if we ever get a better one hail/ice zome unit thatâll be really nice too for his ice tiles
hexed echo
Iâve got 3/5 HoliLeon irida and silver so Iâm pretty set for life grusha seems like a neat pickup of those
craggy steppe
Only one of these im particularly interested in myself is Irida
And half of that is the lodge stuff still
hexed echo
I didnât even know he was in lodge
still merlin
SSSilver honestly feels so complete with the EXR after my tiny test with him yes...
I EXRâd my Silver and even at 1/5 Iâm really loving it. The ramping is just insane.
craggy steppe
Hes definitely on the exr list for me, waiting for next datamine first though
In case of Lucas EXR
still merlin
I needed a good tech/support damage dealer and I really like Sneasel as a PokĂ©mon so it was a pretty easy choice that Iâm quite certain I wonât regret
craggy steppe
for me i have NC Serena and SS Steven already, so not too lacking on that front
Silver will be nice for another option for that, especially with him being pseudo-sprint
hexed echo
I feel like Lucas getting sprint could be interesting so he doesnât have to compete with sync with letâs say Zerena (if he were to get strike or support)
craggy steppe
Sprint is what i want most, i consider Strike to be the logical best
craggy steppe
Galar upgrade with one of these. I dislike this.
half dock
azure rose
The right one is way better
craggy steppe
Yeah.
Though with the left one I can at least NC Rosa sleepchain the whole way through to round 10
craggy steppe
Round 1, Adaman doing his regular thing but this time the enemies live a bit longer
Round 2, Anni Steven nuke sighting!
Round 3. More high HP clears bc Unova is boring
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Round 4, featuring me forgetting Mix Blue's kit
Round 5. Need more HP parameters pls game
Paulo's sync didnt even crit đ
craggy steppe
anyway, time to go see how bad of a Rally run this is gonna end up being
oh yay i got the good timeline
craggy steppe
And this is how its going rn.
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Kinda hate doing this but. Well, it works.
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I say I hate doing this, immediately return to doing this.
I believe I have 10 sync buffs there.
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life is suffering and so is rally
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Suffering over.
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The suffering being over was immediately followed by more sleepchaining. Which was then followed by VH Palmer on Strike/Support, a fight i do not believe i wouldve managed to win without sacrificing a significant amount of points. So I went down to Hard, beat Thorton up nicely, and ended up here.
Unlocked a new mode of SST Red use though, Thunder Shock flinch bot mode acquired. I hope to never use it again.
tall sparrow
Round 2, Anni Steven nuke sighting!
https://youtu.be/WpByR9C-TW4?si=4hzpMEf0r3...
Nice sync dude
craggy steppe
It did unprecedented numbers for Anni Steven nuke
craggy steppe
Okay so
I'm going to be doing something dumb
15 random numbers between 1 and 297 will be generated, and the search is to be done sorted how my roster is in this screenshot. Those 15 units must clear 15k CSMM for me.
This is likely to go horribly.
First character is Gardenia!
Second is Olivia.
Third is Koga
Raihan.
Rei!
Noticing a lack of support options so far.
Oak
Marley. She is a support.
Anni Raihan this time 
Molayne
Sygna Suit Kris
2/3rds of the way done now, not really liking my options atm
BP Mesprit
Variety Thorton.
Brendan.
Shauntal.
And finally, Elio.
to put them all in one message
Gardenia, Olivia, Koga, Raihan, Rei, Oak, Marley, Anni Raihan, Molayne, SS Kris, BP Mesprit, Variety Thorton, Brendan, Shauntal, Elio
one team is gonna need to go supportless and i dont have a ton in the way of carry characters
gentle locust
exactly 3 supports, damn
still merlin
This looks fun canât wait to see how it goes
craggy steppe
https://youtu.be/0PnS-77-60g?si=0T7nYArOzEPUP8lJ
Round 1, I use up my hard carry support for the sake of making Gardenia work to the best of my ability.
Remaining units:
Olivia, Koga, Raihan, Rei, Oak, Marley, Anni Raihan, Molayne, BP Mesprit, Variety Thorton, Brendan, Elio
craggy steppe
https://youtu.be/ZB8WdV6iMn0?si=kAw-mvrgDSZNsfTK
Round 2, Rei acting as the carry to get me through the supportless Round and let me use up the next weakest character, Molayne
Remaining units:
Olivia, Koga, Raihan, Marley, Anni Raihan, BP Mesprit, Variety Thorton, Brendan, Elio
craggy steppe
This worked. Not much more to say.
craggy steppe
https://youtu.be/XUwFXhE_5xY?si=qdmmZSUP3ohcC5lN
Round 3. Raihan not maxing his own crit is annoying and caused several issues getting here, Staggering 4 on Flash Cannon for Thorton is great, BP Mesprit sure is a BP Support in this game.
Remaining units:
Olivia, Koga, Marley, Anni Raihan, Brendan, Elio
craggy steppe
https://youtu.be/s1D9kheBOuQ?si=G0BPZP-grJ2Vxy_0
Round 4, ye olde sleep chain
Brendan doing most of the heavy lifting, Elio ensuring we dont die, and Koga supplying gauge / the occasional chip damage / sync acceleration (by using moves. Very important)
Remaining units:
Olivia, Marley, Anni Raihan
craggy steppe
https://youtu.be/dntpB4dqkXo?si=ONCpMeaqOklzUfmi
And round 5, the easiest of them all
Olivia + Anni Raihan was a combo I immediately knew was going together on Alder, with Sandstorm and SEUN for Olivia's nuke. Marley's just the support that happened to be left, helping with Olivia's setup enough.
And the run is a success. I cant say I was expecting it to go as (relatively) well as it did. Only issue i had was with Round 3 and I was on the fence about candying Variety Thorton for the past couple months anyway.
I will probably start to do this more and suffer even more because of it.
still merlin
https://youtu.be/XUwFXhE_5xY?si=qdmmZSUP3ohcC5lN
Round 3. Raihan not maxing his...
The hilarious thing about the Mesprit comment is the thumbnail is Mesprit fainting
craggy steppe
thank youtube for that one i don't have control over that stuff
(i might but i opt to not)
azure rose
Very cool theme honestly. I don't have the gut to try to win with random 15 pairs
craggy steppe
I was bored and not entirely prepared to win
Kanto should be easier to do it with anyway tbf
craggy steppe
The Rosa Hilda combo works once again. This time with bonus Hilda.
still merlin
Emboar is pretty fun
azure rose
@dusky basin would be proud
craggy steppe
ss hilda has gotta be one of my most used pairs at this point
craggy steppe
Anyway, time for my usual challenge run of these special stadiums. Seeing what the fuck optimise gives me.
Round 1, the classic overoveroverkill.
dusky basin
half dock
They're in witness protection
craggy steppe
this often happens, my guess is they're scared of Drasna
https://youtu.be/j3_HlG0FEqI?si=8H4usxZEk6KHNoaG
Round 1, to make it slightly more difficult, I made it 100% max bulk.
Max HP, max Strength, full Defense parameters.
Oh god why.
1/5 play rough Gloria gaming.
craggy steppe
https://youtu.be/URSeBUEJy_s?si=0QUOGu-ZtQ4F9Pq5
Round 2, this wasn't as bad as I was expecting actually
And this'll be round 3. Not ideal considering the targeting here will make Electric overwrite Lana's psychic, but maybe i can make something of that anyway
https://youtu.be/kQomFzhgyqE?si=xw17u1gjP6CDB7OE
Unremarkable.
We have reached the time of the run where my ontype pairs are no longer considered good enough and I get recommended NC Serena.
craggy steppe
https://youtu.be/OBJr9hgwjKE?si=5BTwWktcCjxCinCS
And as she often does, Serena beats the stage
Yknow what, this should work
Lillie isn't doing a ton here but hey
craggy steppe
WTH 5/5 SSHilda
pitied for 2/5 on her original release, candied to 3/5 a couple months later, pulled to 5/5 on the trio banner while going for SS N
craggy steppe
Today I learned you have a 4/5 sslana
and 21k for 1/5, 2 candies, pull from Mix like 3 months ago
hexed echo
I see
craggy steppe
https://youtu.be/qbngutpC95Q?si=xooAHxxHpMOyWh6q
Title says it all. I think I need to quad(not really quad but thats the term)queue a searing shot rather than queue the Lillie Moonblast in the end.
https://youtu.be/cHDPR0fVbK4?si=gC5MUujW_nvD2p_s
Okay never mind I can just get a bit of a flinchchain thanks NC Blue.
craggy steppe
Well, guess I'm not having fun this week.
azure rose
I have known 5 people having the exact seed pattern as mine and you are the 5th person
craggy steppe
Anyway, CS.
This probably isn't gonna be particularly interesting until I get to challenge runs, but I took Eusine out for a test run and he did alright
Round 2, testing out 3/5 variety thorton on type as he was meant to be used
craggy steppe
Round 3, lucario gaming, featuring a duck
still merlin
Round 3, lucario gaming, featuring a duck
https://youtu.be/S3NPkoDZn3w?si=X_JOx...
Love seeing Bea and Sirfetchâd thatâs one of my favorite units
craggy steppe
I never really use her myself
She seems fine though
Round 4, SS Silver SS N is a combo I will be using for some time
still merlin
She seems fine though
She was one of the first units I could just wipe the whole stage with on a sync so she has a special place in my heart lol. Also Sirfetchâd as a PokĂ©mon is absolutely hilarious
craggy steppe
Okay, no way for me to upload i guess. Round 5 went adequately, Petrel and SS Piers combo took out Blue with little issue
YouTube daily upload limit moment
craggy steppe
https://youtu.be/RcyqJSdDmoY?si=0WrQOt6jaN2F-k3C
I beat the system, all it took was waiting for Tuesday.
still merlin
Uuuuurrrghhh
Whatâs your boost?
craggy steppe
psychic
the purpose of Elio here is to prevent my untimely demise
i think Blue will have enough in the way of debuffing to deal with Fluid Fortification
craggy steppe
yep
yep this isnt working well enough
wait
why am i using Elio when NC Rosa is like 50% better
i can even go double duty on that with the next stage bc field/sprint
Significantly better.
still merlin
Thatâs good
craggy steppe
so i'm on track to break 9k points on this
with the literal worst case scenario in terms of roles
still merlin
with the literal worst case scenario in terms of roles
Heck yeah!!! Thatâs awesome
craggy steppe
not a guarantee at all though, Area 9 has some battle challenge i dont recognise to get through and then i need to beat the Ultimate Battle too
and i dont have good items for this unless i can pick up an area 10 ultra jelly
okay, looking slightly less likely now
not impossible but I can't use a support and have to beat darach, which is probably gonna be annoying bc of all his damn healing
still, gotta try it
hardy carbon
I hate Darach
Precisely because of that damned Gradual Healing
Such an unnecessary slog
craggy steppe
it's annoying because it increases his health by like, 100k in the average run i do
Man, heat wave hurts badly
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okay i decided that trying VH and losing my sanity was not worth it, Hard mode Palmer was no issue, 8700 points
lower than i'd like but not unexpected
and we have a writeup that i stole from Maelmc's document. is nice
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Special stadium time. Round 1, I decide to torture myself by doing Siebold on half sync
Round 2, N and BP Sophocles vs Acerola.
Round 3. Full paralysis luck here was pretty huge
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Round 4, double Hau. Only real bad part was resetting for an early paralysis, ended up working out bc of the denial
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And round 5, your regularly scheduled overkill
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okay i've had it good long enough time to randomise 15 more pairs to suffer through CS with
craggy steppe
first off, Lodge Skyla
Lodge Calem
Neo Champion Serena 
New Year's Lisia
Nessa
once again, mildly worrying lack of supports 5 picks in
Hugh
New Year's Sabrina. That sure is a support
Wulfric
Caitlin
Sygna Suit Cynthia (Renegade)
1 support 10 picks in, but multiple pseudo-support strikers. Interesting...
Cheryl also sure is a support
Drasna
Phoebe
Naomi
Cynthia
so, to put them all in a single message, Lodge Skyla, Lodge Calem, NC Serena, NY Lisia, Nessa, Hugh, NY Sabrina, Wulfric, Caitlin, SSR Cynthia, Cheryl, Drasna, Phoebe, Naomi, Cynthia
i think i'll be ok
still merlin
Mmm yep there are some supportive units there. Itâs Kanto youâll be fine lol
Caitlin used to be used as a tank Iâm pretty sure and now sheâs got good damage too
craggy steppe
We interrupt this CS gimmick for a Darach pre sync with my newly candied NC Silver
okay so
Nessa goes on Bruno, NC Serena gets saved bc she can carry on any stage
Wulfric i might as well use against Agatha, get the extra damage
Drasna goes on Blue bc she can do SE
Naomi and Cynthia probably should go together
Lorelei is the hardest and should probably be fought first
craggy steppe
Idk why I thought lorelei should be fought first im saving her for Round 3 for the round parameter
Anyway, round 1. Hugh just went "who needs crit buffs anyway"
Lodge Skyla, NC Serena, NY Lisia, Nessa, NY Sabrina, Wulfric, Caitlin, Cheryl, Drasna, Phoebe, Naomi, Cynthia
craggy steppe
anyway, as you may or may not be aware, we have the Battle Factory event for CS going on next week, I will be participating and probably spending way too much time trying to sleepchain someone with Serena
my roster:
Guaranteed pick: Serena
Strike/Field: Siebold, Victor, Zinnia, Noland, Bea, Cynthia (SS), Naomi (Sightseer), Looker
Support: Falkner, Sawyer, Dawn (Lodge), Shauna, Jasmine (Lodge), Tina, Hop, Player (Cobalion)
Tech/Sprint: Cyrus (SS), Falkner (BP), Allister, N (SS), Kathernie (Furisode Girl), Rei, Raihan (Anni), Will
i have a couple incredibly strong picks (SS Cyrus is like, a free 5k points or something if i'm willing to spend half an hour on one clear)
azure rose
Mex carrying fr fr
craggy steppe
I will do my best
craggy steppe
It took me this long for 10 LG clears, I have next to no interest in going any further.
craggy steppe
Okay so im gonna do something dumb and try 4.5k points per stage this week. I do not expect this to go well.
https://youtu.be/imCPcOpAyHo?si=y1QTUQ_HqhdnAadb
Round 1 went fine, only required one reset for Penny to not immediately die from Dragon Claw
craggy steppe
https://youtu.be/JK0c45GyQEs?si=_WLkTrtPEp8GKFyx
Round 2, murder a la rat, very simple clear that only required resetting to succeed on the two quads.
plucky glade
Okay so im gonna do something dumb and try 4.5k points per stage this week. I do...
Proud of you
craggy steppe
bruno is a mistake aaaa
craggy steppe
yeah Bruno isn't seeming doable with my ground team rn
craggy steppe
https://youtu.be/7CGpr0XBbyU?si=aFh_EY2pw8o9eMba
Round 3, Full Ground team may not have been able to do it, but my realisation that a permanent +1 PMUN was basically equivalent to -1 rebuff and that Argenta was going to work for this got me a clear
craggy steppe
https://youtu.be/l3xWSZ8AUkQ?si=7CBD34bh_hzU_blZ
Round 4, the type where I'm missing the more modern damage dealers. So I break out old reliable and start practicing my sleepchaining ahead of CS Factory. Took a few tries, but I did get it to work.
craggy steppe
https://youtu.be/n2ww3G1UT2c?si=PNHA9gtNpt3-bCkn
Round 5. I love this team. Needed to reset for not air cutter to start with but once that was done the run was free, even got myself a couple hundred extra points for good measure
craggy steppe
Anyway, Rally. This layout + a fairy boost is rather annoying
craggy steppe
I finished my Rally. It was uneventful
analog summit
have you done nita
patent bough
You Nita lot of luck for that.
craggy steppe
have you done nita
Hahaha no
My speed dropping options are few and none particularly good for it
And the only comp I've seen that i could copy would require 6 candies, 4 of which would need to be golds
plucky glade
Where's the Rat
craggy steppe
in game filter moment
analog summit
My speed dropping options are few and none particularly good for it
there's a ss N, Ss silver SS morty clear
craggy steppe
that would put me out 4 candies
analog summit
worth it
craggy steppe
300 gems is not worth 3 golds
craggy steppe
I am once again doing 4.5k runs, round 1 is Lance, since permafield is kinda huge for these guys
https://youtu.be/m_cY_gqnxrU?si=T_Cn_ptE-aNOYicC
Ignore me queuing a round after I got to sync, I was queuing the max move beforehand on previous attempts and was in the habit. Didnt matter anyway.
craggy steppe
https://youtu.be/2T793K_88wE?si=n-Ebbjx_0ZawoBcr
Round 2, sleepchain to give a bit more flexibility to set up Serena's nuke, especially since theres almost no AOE damage here. Threw a previous run because I forgot I took the no zone parameter and dropped the sleep chain to try to set the big nuke up when it wasn't necessary
Also I think that's a water grid for cerena
craggy steppe
https://youtu.be/82AH5KdPf4g?si=T-l5cpVE-D1JvItZ
This one wasn't exactly fun. Lot of high power moves used early on and SS Lana could not get touched reasonably
craggy steppe
lorelei is giving me a lot of trouble, Adaman + victor is able to take down the center with SS Acerola but the sides take basically nothing, and if i try to take out Acerola for a third DPS i suddenly don't have terrain to actually get my damage dealers doing enough
i'll need to think if i can get my team any better
haughty abyss
What about swapping victor for the dps, cause last I recall he wasn't dps
Or maybe the classic double leafeon
craggy steppe
Victor is a strike
and my only real source of AOE damage bc of Targets MAXed
i could maybe use a different strike but they would need to have a better sync than Adaman and that is not happening
haughty abyss
What about selene? Inertia and all that
The only other grass strikes I can find but idk if you got are scsonia and holiday sycamore
craggy steppe
don't have her EXed, and even if i did her sync is not Adaman level
haughty abyss
Well ok sycamore is a support first but gets exr strike
craggy steppe
the level of characters who have an adaman-level sync are very few and far between anyway
haughty abyss
My only other thought is lodge gloria for big wood hammer dps on side while adaman hits the middle
craggy steppe
Wood Hammer isn't as strong as Drum Beating unfort
and i'd still be missing the big burst that Victor's Max Move gives
haughty abyss
Well so far i got one last idea, mix red with no reduction params active
craggy steppe
dont got him
haughty abyss
Then I am out of options
craggy steppe
it might just take a bit of parameter tweaking really
no stat reduction is probably doing more harm than it is good for me
means i'm not getting Chase Down on victor and Adaman's B Move debuffs are missing too
problem is hitting 4500 without that, physical reduction and half mp selected
anyway, back to Lorelei dont queue surf challenge
(difficulty impossible)
haughty abyss
You could go defensive like I do
craggy steppe
for 4500 points im forced to take defense and offense
haughty abyss
Might be crazy but lodge dawn, adaman, and acerola
craggy steppe
i need a lot of damage
haughty abyss
Take out some strengths and maybe put in the cool down params, force her to remove moves and then dawn will spam up struggle bug
This might be just me being crazy
craggy steppe
yeah i dont think thats gonna work with how many parameters i'm taking already unfortunately
it's really a game of not letting them sync at all
and i dont have much in the way of move denial on this team
haughty abyss
Can you try elaine? Assuming you have her, both offensive dropping and potential flinching
craggy steppe
i do not
craggy steppe
unfortunately there's a few physical moves and also Frost Breath's auto crit that'd interfere here
If I can get this quadqueue in I think I can get it
getting the quad in also means a potential max quad, though the side damage still might not be enough
and the aoes are basically unsurvivable
haughty abyss
Wait I saw something that might change things but could be dumb on my end
The tm refresh happened
craggy steppe
that would be nice for sync accel but i'd still need a source of 1 extra for a full turn skip, assuming you mean Adaman's
still, not a bad shout
haughty abyss
You could send victor after one of the sides, let him drop it down a bit more for that second razor leaf, and then sync into lorelei, then go hog wild after the others
craggy steppe
i think with any less damage on Lorelei i risk not getting the kill
haughty abyss
Right but it leaves the sides to be allowed to aoe faster which then one taps ya
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That's what I did on the second attempt of Agatha
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i could in theory try to sleepchain and just not worry about dealing damage
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Sending karen to double edge into the sides while zinnia focused down on Agatha herself
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that's a strategy i don't like doing but it is a possible strategy
and i'd be doing it with Serena
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She's at least not weak to anything in the movepool here
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yknow, considering, 5 stat down is probably better than 5 stat up
i can get my attack maxed despite the debuffs anyway and it lets me deal more damage realistically
perhaps that's what i've been missing
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Actually there was one option possible if you got him, thanks to linkable, do you got scsteven?
Spam up aoe leer and one more grass rebuff early
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i do have him but, again, i dont think that's helpful enough
also i just managed to get the clear with the 5 stat down parameter
lorelei only queued aqua tail and SS Acerola can tank 2 of those thanks to Unbending on her 1/5 grid
it is
not a clear i think i can replicate
but i got it
defense debuffs were actually huge bc Lorelei only has Trained Body 3
or whatever the mitigation passive is called
https://youtu.be/ZK-BQc4Sjxg?si=Yq8fptVyDmHri5v-
This took me 9 hours of on and off gameplay. In the end, fiddling around with parameters was the key.
Anyway, time to figure out what I want to do for Blue. I think the answer includes Mix Blue
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Yeah it was pretty easy
Could even afford to drop both damage reduction parameters for SS Hilda nuke
https://youtu.be/jV5rCML1TSE?si=M7cPzbpNdD65-L98
I love SS Hilda.
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What about swapping victor for the dps, cause last I recall he wasn't dps
he is a DPS
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he is a DPS
Yeah I was being dumb and mistaking for a support
hexed echo
o
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https://youtu.be/jV5rCML1TSE?si=M7cPzbpNdD65-L98
I love SS Hilda.
I didn't pay attention to rest of the text and said while it was loading "last one is probably sshilda"
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It be like that
Shes definitely my go to
The accel on Blue's TM is pretty huge for sure though
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Will admit, it does mess with me on the timings of both methods of sun between morty and blue
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I get that, I could just take permafield for this one at least
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Fair enough
I have seen that doing a single morty sunny into blue max works best in this case to get sun and have access into morty support
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I think if I weren't I would probably instaqueue max flare with blue to get sun online as soon as possible and try to Max Quad with it
Not sure if its possible to max quad into the deactivated b move, id assume not but its not something I'm confident on
I have Max Countdown gridded anyway so id probably be fine even if I failed but
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I'd imagine it shouldnt be an issue as long as you countdown with blue 2nd or 3rd
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Nah id want to go first so I can potentially get the fourth action before the enemy can queue
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well, this is my Rally set for the week
unfortunate that it wasnt the other possibility, that one looked actively perfect for me
hate these layouts
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well, this is my Rally set for the week
Yeah this one's a doozy, you either the best seed in the game (one of every role combo), or one of the worst seeds in the game (this one)
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Optimise stuff, round 1, murder
Round 2, Variety Thorton do his thing
Round 3, I love TM MPR when paired with propulsion
okay im calling this run a failure already, my recommended team for Acerola is Sonia, SS Morty and Archie
i do not have the patience to even try to make this work
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optimise moment
i will be doing the fight on 0 points just to see what monstrosity the game comes up with for Cheren though
I'm disappointed
still merlin
Yeah thatâs workable thatâs unfortunate
Iâm sure one of them can cause an interference of some kind?
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Thats a nope on that
still merlin
Oof, at least itâs on type
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I dont think im gonna try, since I already "lost" the run
Was more for my curiosity than anything
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anyway im gonna set up my 15 unit challenge again bc im bored but idk if i'll actually get around to it
NC Hop to start, pretty good
and now we have Jessie
pog?
SS Brock
lodge acerola
bp sophocles
The Masked Royal, i'll take that
Aaron
Nate
Selene
Marlon
Rachel
BP Candice
Lodge Raihan
Anni Steven
and lastly, Anni May
really not confident in my supports here, if i'm honest
NC Hop, Jessie, SS Brock, Lodge Acerola, BP Sophocles, Masked Royal, Aaron, Nate, Selene, Marlon, Rachel, BP Candice, Lodge Raihan, Anni Steven, Anni May
still merlin
TMR is reasonably bulky and could possibly tank in a pinch in addition to your dedicated support units
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Hes also one of my two on type damage dealers for this so I dont think that's something I'm really gonna want to do
I also have 0 Support EXs here, so thats also not great.
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Not sure if its possible to max quad into the deactivated b move, id assume not ...
Kanto VA stages give me a perfect opportunity to test, this is totally possible
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Yeah should be totally possible but might be more difficult over normal quad
I think in like those small frames of it unlocking, it is clickable, I can't remember
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didnt feel much harder to me really
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Maybe, I don't remember all mochi cause most of them don't happen to be what I click if I try to quad
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fair
Max Quad's are just really nice for sneaking a bit of extra cooldown in most of the time
i've done 4 stages of rally today and used it like 3 times
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Triple lucario can really make countdown super fast
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paulo for me
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Ssacynthia sync > riley max > whatever you want for Korrina
Iirc goes to like 2 after
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aura cynthia sync gets you down to 6, Riley max would get you to 3, Korrina would get you to 2. Quadding with Adr1 LS Cynthia would get you a 1 turn sync
i need to get her Adr1 soon
idt you'd be able to max quad bc i think the Cynthia's Aura passive would let the enemy queue before the max move happens but still
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I know I did triple lucario once but I don't remember how it panned out
I'll have to find it
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I've done double Lucario with a third fighting type partner a fair few times, never Korrina though
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Found it
#1127046441085452379 message
And yeah the ending of fighting zone ruined it
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Ah yeah you'd probably want to mess with a bit of accel beforehand
Wouldnt be too hard to get to -3 just through Cynthia's grid and the Lucky Skills but still
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Still wished she had extended field somewhere in grid
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It would help a lot
Tbh im surprised they didnt give her it anywhere considering they had no issue giving it to Red, but oh well
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SST Red
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This team might not be the most cohesive around but I think it'll be a staple team for future rally runs
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Pretty perfect to get water with anabel being stage 10
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it was handy
though realistically i was using NC Serena there no matter who the final boss was
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I more meant being able to change the weather so she isn't op af
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oh, yeah thats fair enough
i would've had other options than just rain with my role combo ig
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Can't remember if you said you had lenora but she could've worked too, granted you mightve needed to apple cup cause no physical buffing
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i would not be using Lenora even if i had her
nobody on this team is less valuable than her and the point gain would be far less than the cost of buying apple cup
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What about if there was another tech/support stage? I forget if that's possible
Oh there it is actually in the middle
hexed echo
they had 2 tech support areas
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Yeah, and I had two tech support pairs left unused due to me having the idea that I could get Palmer and the team of SS Steven, NC Serena and NC Calem has gotten me through that before with a couple upgrades
So not really much incentive to cake Lenora still
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One more 4.5k point clear for the month, mostly bc I knew it was possible. Just needed Rosa to live to the second sync.
Lucas's nuke is quite nice
strike EXR him so he can be the primary damage dealer on a team dena you cowards
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Round 2, testing out Shauntal for the first time since I exed her. She's alright.
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Round 3, Blue commits casual murder for the first time in a few months.
Round 4, Hau and Volkner take on Electric Weak. I do quite like this combo, having a support that can actually help enable them
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Round 5, Bugsy and Noland. Calem dying was unfortunate but not a big deal, probably the most fun run of these 5
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So rally is going so far
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and Rally has gone. A pretty good seed, good upgrade and not too bad stages made for a >10k run with no lucky stage
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will you do Nolan when he gets here
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Probably
I have a couple ideas I think could handle him, just need to iron out the details in my mind
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will you post dc scores
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About as good of a run as I've gotten so far.
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Never mind I figured out a slightly better strat
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CS gaming time
And we're going back to 4.5k. Round 1, we're doing one of my favorite runs ive done with Half Sync Ghost Weak
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And now for something not CS. First attempt at the new damage challenge and I think it went ok.
Definitely did not go perfectly and there are several optimisations i could probably make to get over 1m, but for a first try im not unhappy
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And over 1 million achieved. I'm good now.
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And back to CS. Still not a fan of using Penny, kinda surprised Gladion's B Move wasn't a straight ohko
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Round 3, simple enough clear. Kinda impressed Rosa was able to take a brave bird like that.
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Round 4. I love resetting for TM MPR I love fishing for flinches I hate this so much.
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Round 5. Tried this with Eusine for a bit, May works better bc Accuracy drops.
I was probably done if the rock slide hit either May or Serena
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Top ten images taken moments before disaster turned triumph
This is kinda gonna be a long explanation, but basically
SS Cyrus runs out of gauge to queue a dark void before the Tyrantrum can attack, causing Blue to be taken down to his endurance threshold and messing up my sleepchain entirely
I say fuck it, the run's lost, queue up a dark pulse and an ancient power to just try to cut my losses
I see the tyrantrum then is not queuing the sync move, realise Blue is about to kill himself through the power of the Swagger he got hit by previously
Dark Pulse proceeds to flinch the tyrantrum, shutting off the acute senses passive that was causing my damage output to get neutered
This process of events allows me to queue Cynthia's sync before the game lets the enemy queue their sync due to Blue's confusion "mishap"
Unfortunately because of the x evasion all I was basically forced into using all of Cyrus's TMs already so sleepchaining is gonna be slightly more awkward for the time being
half dock
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https://youtu.be/BkmqTC5UaQA?si=GBAontsMGpJLxkUt
Round 1, didnt have the energy to do anything more than standard 3k
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Okay, back to CS clears
I havent used Barry much, lets try
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Rock Weak Kahili, half sync round. Sounds like the perfect opportunity for HP/Strength parameters and a pre sync clear.
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Dark Weak Acerola, I dont use Masked Royal often
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Bug Weak Hau, using Noland and seeing one bar move do big number is a great joy
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Gave me a heart attack on the endure
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i get that
i knew i had the endure as a safety net and was gonna be fine though
anyway, Rally is a struggle this week
this pattern, have the 2nd anni battle challenge to contend with and one Elite 4 boost
stage 5, nothing permanent and good has shown up in the shop yet
i could buy something consumable for this stage but that isn't gonna help for the next stages
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After a couple types that I was not particularly well prepared for, this one was fun
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Round 3, annoying levels of RNG that didn't actually matter
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Round 4, couldve played this one a bit better but it didn't actually matter in the end
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Round 5, fairly simple, dislike the go viral toxic but meh
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Bonus clear for the first time in a while, testing out my newly EX 3/5 SS Leaf. She still has major issues i dont particularly like, but her performance this time around at least makes me find her a lot more enjoyable than 2/5 was
Why does she have actual 0 in the way of self setup
She has pinpoint entry on her 2/5 grid as the closest thing to helping her with it
gentle locust
side expansion when
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pls
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Lol I'm still rocking 2/5 non ex for her
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i was for about 2 years
then mix gave me a third copy and i was like "okay i guess i probably should use her now"
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Legit I've only been using her when I want to go bulbaline
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One try and im good
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Bonus clear for the first time in a while, testing out my newly EX 3/5 SS Leaf. ...
Consider double candy her for the juicy 5/5 tiles
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I have SS Diantha, then im probably 3/5ing SS Hilbert, then I have Klara who I just pulled and will probably want to candy
Its a lot
Thankfully Hilbert and Diantha are only one candy each
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SS Wally I kinda want to 5/5 too, hs1 and zone extension would both be rather nice
Skyla and Hau im not too worried about at least
Power Play on SS Leaf would be quite nice but honestly, as long as I can buff her im happy with her performance for now
Side expansion make her buffing exist challenge pls
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and i finish my rally just in time, 11k point run woo
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and i finish my rally just in time, 11k point run woo
will you post ranked dc here
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idk, maybe
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Did ranked dc, not much to talk about
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And now for something I dont do often, Off-Type 4k!
Round 1 is Molayne who apparently has a really low base HP stat of 12k. Made for a relatively easy clear with Lucas nuke cleaning up
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Round 2, additional effect boost made NC Rosa quite nice for this, though I feel I did get lucky with the sleep procs still
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Round 3, classic Rock type team gets a go with my newly 5/5 Diantha
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Round 4, water team, standard stuff
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And round 5, standard fairy team stuff. Love seeing gladion's big number
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i did rally ig
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Hello folks, soon I will be bringing to you, my first edition of "guess the theme" CS clears
I've tried to not make it too easy, which means it'll either be figured out in 5 minutes or it'll stonewall you all
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Are you gonna give credits at the end like I do?
If you ever need help turning them into an image to put for the end, just let me know, I know a site that can help as it has for me
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Nah I literally just screen record the fight and send it to yt
I dont care enough to put any real effort into this
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Oh OK, still hit me up if needed, it's very easy to do honestly