#Rue’s Villainous Victories
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The last week and this week’s CSMM clears. I actually started this last month but I don’t think I saved all the teams used, so I’ll just repost them when Kalos reruns next year 
NCBlue is very much carrying the Lysandre+Cyrus duo, as is NCMarnie in her teams. Was glad to finally get Guzma to do a Bug-weak CS clear, I tried to last month but Kalos was too hard for him.
Grims: I thought I was gonna off-type this but I forgot LySS existed 
Marshal: Ball Guy team SEU 
Caitlin: Marnie sweep, so glad Giorino isn’t weak to Psychic
Shauntal: wanted to give Ghetsis a try again, but for Hoenn/Sinnoh/Kalos ill likely use Viovanni in his place since he does more damage. Ghetsis got the last hit in and KO’d all 3 
Iris: gauges continue to be an issue here, I really need a team speed buff here…
Guess what I’m gonna do… :)
Nobody died surprisingly, tho I was caught off guard by them having Resilience, because of course they’re gonna have that…obv Adaman carried, Ik I could have just used SSAC but her zone clashed with SS Cyrus’
Managed to keep Lysandre alive. Had to use potions after Swift and again after Eruption with +4 SpDef to do it.
Everyone stayed alive :)
Don’t ask how the Unova battle went 
couldn’t do it with any combo of N Ghetsis or Colress
Tfw Rose, Giovanni, Giovanni and Giovanni all could be used in multiple battles on-type
- Can’t nerf Gio2, so I countered it with 3 villains in 1 team this time
- Not much to say, all were easy
- Did run Grims first because SSGio team had some serious gauge issues
- Rose OHKOd with max move post-sync lmao
- I still wanna try Gio2 on Ghost but couldn’t this weak for obv reasons. If Volo winds up being Ghost with Zone, I might use them together for Ghost fights
Giovanni gaming 
Not much to say this week. Very easy. I need proper Grass and Electric villains though. Proton wanted to be in 2 different team this week.
I did not wait for Lodge Gladion because I know I won’t be able to get him in time, but hopefully I can use him next week.
:v
I was worried this got deleted even tho it was barely over a week old 😭 anyway…
Whew this was difficult despite it being Kanto, I may have to lower the points in the future and definitely for other regions…
Lorelei: ok she was easy
Lance: Aerodactyl sorts tanky but meh still died easily
Agatha: I should have used Proton, god I do not like using Persian. Please give me tankier (and special-oriented!) Villain Supports 🥲
Bruno: Blue almost died to Close Combat despite +2 Def and -1 Atk, so that was fun
Blue: The first Villain-only team!! Ball Guy would’ve been faster due to more Petrel buffs but still worked good.
Penny event battle challenge 
Uhhhh not much to say, struggled with Lorelei until I remembered she had No WTZ set on then it was easy
No, I will not be adding a second Villain to the Giovanni team until they give me Brendan setting PT or a villain who sets PT. He needs it.
Also pls stop giving me Steel and Rock in the same week unless you can give me another Rock villain, ur lucky SSGio can do Steel
:P (Kalos VA EBE btw)
On my knees begging for a Guzma PoMa Day boost next month if not just a new Guzma Bug-type pair, else I’ll have to pull for Viola and start using Lusamine
Took many retries and having to reroll for Bug Zone S-Move on skill gear for this
Made some new gears for Cyrus so he can keep up with the needed damage output. Need to make some more for Fire!LySSandre
Lysandre was the only survivor of his team. The rest were alright.
Did this the other week. Hopefully the rest get Roles unlocked soon…
Surprised Guzma was able to do it…though barely, cause sync didn’t kill and it kept hitting us with Disarming Voice (and thus healing) :/
This lad is honestly very good, what move level is yours? I ended up with 2/5 after the rocket banner so I candied to 3/5 and I'm v happy with him
I candied to 3/5 as well (from 1/5) so I can make the most of him with Oleana since the most she does for him is set Poison
I have to take off the Spe/Phy param to run them since they go different ways, and I already know Plumeria + Petrel isn't gonna work
Oh yeah him and Oleana would be a v fun team, I should try that
they're very effective, Petrel puts in work too even though he's working with Sludge Bomb
this reminds me...I need to change his grid now cause I was running non-sync tiles, but I can run the sync damage grid now
I wish Lodge Gladion had SpA All instead of Atk All cause I run the Berserker 2 tile on her grid, and Grand Entry 2 doesn't feel as worth taking to me
5 water Villains :3
A lot were actually pretty close and won right before enemy sync. Malva was actually the easiest cause I kept having to reset against Leaf due to Flare Blitz and Fire Blast spam…even outside of Sun those hurt.
Not all villains were used bc I started too late and I need to sleep, but some are there. Can def go further and still have a lot of good pairs left like NCRed or Irida or SSAcerola, but out of time sadly.
Ik teams aren’t optimal at all (like some having 2 rain setters instead of splitting them) but I didn’t actually intend on going after the 10
I think my last streak (back in like 2021 during the second ever LG) was only 22 lol
Can y’all stop putting Psychic and Ghost in the same week I can’t test out Shadow Ball Mewtwo
also Kukui sucks bc he lowers SpA by -2 on entry so Maxie only had +2 SpA the entire fight
Related bc she carries Guzma and Gladion. Idk if I’ll sync with either of them tho, need another dupe for Guzma’s Haymaker and Gladion is Gladion
Couldn’t get the new Guzma team to work, would need perfect skill gear on him or have a PoMa day boost that focuses on the sync to do it. Emmet also struggled.
Best I could do with him
Not enough
Decided to try some new teams, couldn’t get Proton to work with Gio this time so I had to bring in Blue, and Elec team barely won
1 hit away from death, and ET ran out right before Aaron’s sync (and Rain was long gone) so Archie didn’t do much
Took like 23 resets just for Proton to get MPR on his TM. Gladion kept dying before sync so that was annoying. Also NCBlue died even though Lysandre is actually on-type 😬
Dark Lucian is easier than Flying Lucian even though Cyrus was still having to spam sleep. Flint felt harder this week than before though…
Not gonna be doing this for the Battle Rally for a long time, if not ever. Have an accidental all-Rocket team I made last night tho.
Introducing Piers (and Penny) into the teams as they SHOULD have had the “Villainous Organization” theme skill but don’t for some reason. May ditch them again if we get another Variety soon though. Not gonna wait for Gladion and LuSSa either, as I want to try and get a high streak this time and don’t want to rush it on the last day again.
They won’t count towards VillainMax however.
All Villains used 🥳 I know I could one more when Gladion and Lusamine release but Lusamine comes on the last day and I want to do a proper streak so…just pretend it’s them + SSBlue against uhhh Latios
Rounds 1, 2, 4 and 16 were pretty rough
Struggled against Glacia and Wallace this time, the others were fine
:U
Never doing this again 
At less than 6 months since I started, all (current) 32 Villains have been obtained
⚛️
💄

Sidney took a few tries but definitely doable unlike Lucian
Kanto circle really helped Gio’s damage, he was one-shoting the sides, though I think once Cyn gets her cake I’ll try and slot a villain tank and hope it’ll be enough outside of Sinnoh

Lorelei was kinda difficult, Serena kinda was too.
I hope for an actual grass-type villain pair in the future 
Not much to say, though I did give Lysandre extra energy to pick up the -Atk/-SpDef passive since Ariana had to be used elsewhere
Debated using vGio instead of Cyrus but meh
bernie sanders voice I am once again asking for better Villain Supports
Actually got to use vGio in Ground weak for once. Wish I could use him over SSGio but you can’t have 2 weather effects up.
Guzma gets a villain partner again 
I need a better ghost villain and better villain supports asap 
Molayne was a pain
Rip the Guzma dream, dead so quickly after his buff
First time with 5/5 Lysandre sync. Struggled with Siebold a little.
New ground team was more effective than I thought. Gio ended the fight on Sync before I even used the max move. I do plan on continuing to use Rose for Rock-weak over NCSilver until I get weeks where there’s also Steel-weak.
:)
jealous…
it was round 1 with Alola boost so it wasn't hard 
Oops! All Villains!
Tried to make Thunder Archie work but he REALLY needs ET to make Thunder decent 😭
I wanna see if I can do this with the weaker CS (Kanto/Johto/Alola/Unova) but I won't with Hoenn/Kalos/Sinnoh
Tried Silvally team everywhere but they could only do Bruno or Hala, and with Water team being off-type I had to use them for the weakest round. Drasna took a few tries. Nate went down very quickly tho.
Fun fact every single fight was with Special Attacks
First one nearly died, need N copies from Mix
Original Gladion team didn’t work so had to bring out Blue, should have saved Guzma for Archie team but it’s ok. Original N team didn’t work, had to use Elesa for debuffs to survive sync. Cheren was extremely easy tho. And Siebold ofc.
Aaron took a few resets for damage rolls to kill before Heal Order.
Rotation is too difficult for me to get 100 wins so I did something different this time. Had to change the teams up a little bit from what I initially planned but it worked out. Yes, I tanked with James, Colress and Lysandre.
Rue’s Villainous Victories
Forgot to post last week’s CS
The unused. I did try to beat a round with them but no tanks means they fall pretty quickly. VGio’s sand doesn’t last long enough + uses too many gauges for him to tank properly since his healing is also tied to his move use.
NOW all Villains are used
Still don’t trust Thunder Archie and Shadow Ball Gio to do it without help (WTZ) 
Insert comments
Uhhhhhhhh this counts
Well. The dream of having SC/Summer Archie & Dhelmise as a Ghost or Grass attacker is dead. Don’t really know what else there is to cover my missing/weaker types…
Just Mela for Fire if they don’t make her a Support (or supportive Field)…
No i wasn’t too exhausted to do the previous week’s CS you’re imagining things 
Also the Archie team sucked it took so many resets, I was probably better off trying to use Cyrus instead of Guzma cause I thought maybe Archie could handle it. He died and Proton had to finish the fight.
Keep forgetting to post these lately, work’s been exhausting
This month’s LG. Moltres makes triple Villain teams pretty impossible. Hardest one was r12 (all 1 sync from death tho Gio somehow survived a Flare Blitz despite -1 Def and low HP with no Endure) tho I still did it first try. LySS team took a few resets purely because of Rain MPR.
:v
Forgot to post last week’s. CyruSS buffs good.
Ghost villain attacker…please…
Thank symun
Thanks again SyMUN (need it on a Villain Support kthx)
Lusamine was good. Just wish she had Grassy Terrain/Wish instead of Sunny Day though :/

Bertha: Only took 1 reset for Proton to stop dying before his sync, was surprised that it was easier than I thought
Olivia: Gladion has respectable DPS……after -2 rebuff and -6 Def. Steven unironically did the most damage here (he’s 1/5 btw)
Glacia: uhh lol. I mean it’s Lear.
Grimsley: Archer actually survived the sync without any defense buffs, somehow! Rose nuke was disappointing tho. First try (after resets for getting MPR on Archer i mean)
Red: WHY WERE YOU THE EASIEST FIGHT? Rose OHKO’d both sides immediately and Red was flinched for most of the fight lol. Marnie only attacked once due to gauges.
Amazing, you used all villain themed except Lillie and Steven hehe but good job XD
Or Lear or Marnie. Not enough and some of them really needed the carries
Ok fuck it they and anyone else in Team Star is getting used unless TS winds up with a unique theme skill, in which case they’ll be counted as a new Max but still lumped in with villains
still not pulling for Malva tho if she comes she comes
:v
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Hm. Kinda expected Giacomo to OHKO post ex sync. Oh well.
Tier list bc I can. Grunts are ranked solely based on looks.
Yeah Gladion sucks lol
This is my first time having the Villain theme available to me, it’s never shown up in my shops 
Wishlist for villain pairs, let’s see if any of them happen!
-Faba & Bruxish (Psychic Field with Psychic Terrain/Wish or extended PT on entry)
-Mela & Armarogue (Fire Strike/DPS Tech or Field (like vGio) or Sprint (like Larry))
-Eri & Annihilape (Fighting DPS with Rage Fist too)
-Atticus & Revavroom (Support lol)
-Ortega & doggy (tbh anything but strike)
-SS Guzma & Slither Wing (Fighting non-support)
-SS Plumeria & Iron Moth (non-support, either type but Fire would be neat 👀)
-SC Colress & Beheeyem in Sci-Fi event as the alien
-SC Faba & G-Max Orbeetle (either type fine) in Sci-Fi event as the mothership
-Arc Guzma & Golisopod (Bug) lol
-Arc Archie & Kyogre (water) lol
-Palentines Archie & Luvdisc (support)
-Fall Archie & Cursola (Ghost non-support)
-NY Cyrus & Weavile (Ice Field with zone)
-Holiday Lysandre & Pyroar
-Arc Giovanni & Mewtwo
-Matt & Sharpedo (support)
-Arc Gladion & Silvally
-ig Arc Maxie & Groudon
Forgot to try Bruno without Acerola 
Koga took a few tries
Do I continue to forget that I have Penny and now also Eri? Yes.
Some things:
1: Eri success! Bye Cynthia 👋
2: Arc Steven could NOT save Guzma from Siebold’s Sentry Entry x2. Lusamine also died to sync, Ingo literally had to kill them off with Infestation.
3: Giacomo did way more damage here than in the last CS for some reason. Idk why.
Uhhhhh looks like I forgor to post last week’s oops. Ghost-weak Wikstrom sucks. Siebold continued to be annoying due to Archie’s rain.
and this week’s. Lusamine is still doing good. Malva was the most annoying because Proton kept dying before sync. He and Cyrus ended up dying and Archie barely beat her as she queue’d up sync.
Some day I will remember to use Penny and Eri outside of my Fairy and Fighting teams.
Decided to try out some altered teams!
-New Gio team either needs better gears (forgot to switch from my PT ones) or I have to use LuSSmine for Hoenn/Sinnoh/Kalos since they barely won before sync. If I had Penny 10/5 it’d be much easier since I would be able to EX into Gio’s sync, but she’s only 4/5, so.
-Ground team has no issues, so I probably don’t even need to use Eri.
-LySS team NEEDS infinite sun as it took until 2nd sync/Grim’s first sync to win, and I can’t use BPmine because she ONLY provides sun and nothing else, unlike Maxie who helps ramp up SpDef drops faster. So I will likely use Morty again in harder CS.
If I had 10/5 Lysandre I would consider using him over a Support for my Dark team since he buffs everyone’s Dark moves. I would have to use Morty forever if I ever 10/5 LySS because he would override Maxie’s entry Sun :/. Why tf doesn’t he just set Sun with Heat Wave…?
Shauntal went well. Lusamine didn’t really do much in Bug though.

This is very likely a Good-Bye Giovanni (Classic) (until Normal HSE anyway)
Once SSGG comes I’ll have 6 Villain (theme skill) Supports so I won’t need to use Classic in CS ever again, and with the extended roster of Penny, Eri and soon Atticus he’s deader than dead (like base Piers is)
To test him out: Rock Stadium
Drake: Not an issue lol. If Lysandre couldn't keep up I was gonna bring in Giacomo but no need.
Malva: Had to test them beforehand but they did well.
Kahili: Feels bad to waste Magearna on a weaker round, but...
Karen: Also good, though Eri died due to Drill Peck spam (she's Flying-weak)
Blue: The hardest one, I had to use the half sync parameter because Gladion kept dying before sync since neither Blue nor the Gyarados side wanted to use any Items.
Gio's SyMUN got me thinking...
I could ditch Lucas on my Dragon team and give Cyrus a proper SpDef debuffer instead 
Ariana died early on and Gio spent most of the fight keeping Archer alive long enough to do his sync nukes
He could also replace Lana and I could use Penny or Ariana for SpDef debuffs in my Mewtwo team, and replace Arc Steven in my Guzma team…much to think about
Took almost 2 sync cycles but Mewtwo can…basically off-type with SSGG. I used the Shadow Ball grid but thanks to the SyMUN I was doing good sync damage too. Could have used Ariana instead of Penny but Gio needs the SpA buffs. Oh well.
Oops! All Giovanni!
Villains get their revenge against Team Rocket!
except Team Galactic sorry Cyrus
I actually had to redo the final Gio fight because I ended up needing DCGladion to win against the secret boss Sephiroth Xemnas Lingering Will Mysterious Figure Yozora Gio again due to his TM being vital for Penny to stay alive
With a lot of help Gladion can be a solo DD
Tried out Zone-less Cyrus and Atticus. Idk, despite the +8 sync buffs the fight took 2 syncs instead of dying at 1st sync…and if I need Gio somewhere else I’ll have to bring back Lucas :/
Trying out different teams again. Gio will need new gears for PT-less partners. I wanted to try out Mela without sun, she’s good. Plumeria is just there to lower the sync cd.
Was hoping Gladion theme skills would be enough for Bug Crew and it barely was, killed Alakazam when it tried to sync. Penny sync (2nd sync) actually did like half HP on a side.
And is done
was not my initial teams for some of them but I got them to work out in the end
Unsurprisingly, the most difficult ones were mostly Moltres and one Uxie battle, mostly due to have gauge issues with trying to flinch spam (or yknow, not getting flinches at all)
No I didn’t forget about these 3 what are you talking about
Wow an event for me specifically
No I didn’t forget to do CS last week because I was so tired what are you talking about go away 
Also Guzma can’t do Alola CS without major help apparently 
Happy to announce that with the addition of Team Star as a theme skill, they are now officially part Villains unlike Piers and N's alts (and...Malva, for some reason)
I'm still gonna use SS Piers tho cause Thunder Archie does not cut it
So Gio can sync off-type with 2 Supports. His sync did a lot. That’s neat.
Ngl Ortega can ramp up damage nicely if you’re fighting a Fire spammer. Also for Lucian I forgot to turn off Physical Damage reduction oops. Still won tho. Giacomo dont care.
Lucian basically took 3 syncs. WITH max SyMUN and no SE-only param 
Mmm somehow +10SyMUN is worse than Dragon Zone?? Proton+Lucas made Cyrus’s syncs stronger than SSGG. Consistently takes 2 syncs to finish.
Wasn’t too difficult, did have to redo some teams tho (Anni N/Piers/BPmine couldn’t handle Cressy at all). Did not forget Anni N, Malva or Piers this time.
Got SSN via Mix the other day. He did nothing, Irida did all the work lol.
🚶
Was tired, but did it yesterday. GioTwo can still hold up well in 3k MM.
Glacia was a huge pain though. She would NOT stop using Icy Wind and Blizzard until I decided to let her keep the hail.
Forgor to add last week’s. Ice team took 3 syncs to clear :/. Lusamine only in the first team to buff Gladion’s master passive
N did pretty good! Forgot to set up his sync properly but he killed after his sync with +10 PMUN rock slide

Ok so:
-Mela team did good off-type
-Caitlin took a few tries since I’d die post-sync from sides. Was gonna use SSGG here but I needed him in case Archie struggled. Can’t wait to get Gladion’s buffs later this month.
-Phoebe wasn’t much of a problem
-Ok idk why but Piers struggled a lot, and my initial team was with Plumeria and didn’t work at all. Wish I used SSGG here.
-Archie struggled a little, mostly just needed Penny to not die to Iron Tail.
Should I include N’s alts (arc SS etc) or nah
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Yeah
1 vote
whomst
Forgot to post last week’s apparently. DC N does good, even with Malva being Sentry Entry x2. Lusamine barely managed to do Siebold with help.
Last time I shall use Gladion pre-buff.
Honestly I really just need a new Ghost attacker, and preferably either a partner for N (once he’s 5/5 ofc) or an actual Villain/Star theme skill Special Elec user. And maybe a better Bug, with actual DPS. Ice is...okay for now.
Types as of May 2025:
Normal: who cares (pls give me SS/SC/Seasonal Giovanni & Mega Kangy)
Grass: Good, a GT setting Support would be perfect.
Fire: Very good, can off-type well even.
Water: Very good. 3 Attacking options if Archie is needed for Elec. Gauges iffy though.
Elec: Good, but gauges are a huge issue. Need to use N more, but he + Archie being different move categories means I gotta use Piers (with Archie). I could try solo damage ig...or Gladion if there's no Fighting-weak in the same week.
Ice: Alright, but could be better. Ice Zone doesn't last long enough.
Fighting: Good
Poison: Very good
Ground: Very good
Flying: Good, could be better. Want to 10/5 Lysandre for the damage buff...
Psychic: 0/10 Add Faba as a Field/Sprint or Field/Support (Good, Giovanni still does well. LuSSa also does well.)
Bug: Good, would prefer a DPS. Lusamine has no multipliers and Guzma gets hard walled by Siebold's Sentry Entry x2. I tried. Guzzlord can't save him there.
Rock: Good! Surprised at how well DC N performs as a solo DD.
Ghost: Send help. Giovanni does better off-typing with Psychic nuke.
Dragon: Alright, could be better. Taking Lucas out actually nerfed Cyrus' damage despite having 5/5 SSGG as a partner...somehow.
Dark: It's Giacomo and SSGG do I need to say more.
Steel: Good.
Fairy: Very good.
Best types: Dark, Fairy, Ground, Water, Poison.
Worst types: Ghost, Ghost, Bug, Ice, Ghost.
Guess who just remembered this. My teams have come so far since I started this.
Last week’s runs and the first test of Gladion’s buffs. Super good 👍👍👍 I also tested him vs Siebold with 4/5 caked N and they also did good there. Would still like a proper Ghost attacker though for when I have weeks where Ghost+Fighting. Would also still like a better Bug, Dragon and Ice type cause Guzma gets hard walled by Sentry Entry x2 even with ASSteven or SSGGio and Lusamine always takes like 3 syncs to finish because she has 0 multipliers outside of Power Reserves. And Cyrus suffers badly if I don’t have very specific partners for him without Lucas’s Dragon Zone.
Btw the weakness week(s) I feared happened
Got lazy with posting, sorry
The usual Gauntlet runs
Hardest: r12 bc I originally had Lodge Gladion as the tank and couldn’t do it, plus I almost forgot base Piers so it worked out. After that, a tie between r 5, 7 and 18 mostly due to needing to find the right timings to change the weather (or just flinching in r5’s case)
Easiest: r22 lmao.
Last week and this week. I think Gladion+Eri will definitely be a duo for any Ghost-weak battles where I don’t need Gladion somewhere else because she tops off his Attack buffs + Rage Fist can do respectful damage after a few hits .
Annoyingly, all Palkia teams still feel worse without Lucas even when I use pairs like SSGG for stronger syncs or Gladion for duo DDing.
realizing how much I use Gladion now, about as much as I use Giovanni pairs now lol
Sunless Mela 
Oops I’ve been forgetting to update lmao

Why am I denied Villain theme for him….he only has 4…..
Didn’t do triple villainstar teams bc I really need to farm cookies and I don’t have any more days off til after LG ends. Shame bc I also wanted to try for the 100 streak bc Latios is there but 🧑🌾
Last week n this week
Lucian took 2 syncs :/
I fucked up on Flint because I forgot Giovanni can’t buff his own SpA and Ortega doesn’t buff it either. Was gonna try N/Gladion on Aaron with the Physical Damage Up parameter but it wasn’t enough to kill before Heal Order
Uh. Forgot to post again. Lmao. Backlog incoming.
Oh wait. The middle is from the Fire Stadium
Aaand last week’s. I don’t feel like doing this weeks today I’ll do it tomorrow
Hardest was battle 4. Several were easier than I expected.
Does anyone even care for any of this lol
Last week + this week. Piers and N are surprisingly effective, might use them over Piers and Archie.
Wow I haven’t posted here in a while huh
…I think I’m missing some screenshots even though I know for a fact I didn’t skip any weeks
Fairy CS, no difficulties here. Was surprised how much damage Lysandre did in the first team though, b move obliterated Bruno. Acadion B move also basically one-shot Hala as well.
First 15k Paldea run thoughts:
-Gonna have to use SS N over Ghetsis next time tbh
-Poppy needing weather is dumb but she didn’t hit hard even with sand up
-Evasion I hate you (first try but almost had to reset)
-Hassel easy
-Geeta a lil rough but alright
Larry’s gonna be the annoying one consistently huh. Almost got hit by sync due to missing a few times. Everyone else was easy. TBH this is feeling easier than Kalos so far.
does anyone gaf about this
Oops I didn’t post the gauntlet
I don’t remember much aside form a single Crush Grip completely oneshotting Raikou’s last bar at full HP cause it was funny
Larry wasn’t annoying this time. Hassel was way easier than I thought (Rose OHKO’d the sides with only -2 Def) but Rika needed the big boy to deal with due to Zone. I’m surprised Geeta was doable though Penny died.
Struggled less with Larry this time, but Poppy I barely beat so I’ll have to figure out a different way to fight her next time.
Geeta I struggled a lot with…………until I realized I had the wrong setting on and that’s why I wasn’t doing any damage. She still hits hard even with debuffs though.

