#PoMa Battle Logs - Trout_K
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How it started (9th Jan, 2024)
VS
How it's going
This felt good!!! 
Back full circle to Sinnoh, but this time I am not a noob.

Character development 
i used that exact team to clear aaron lol
Got 3/5 Bertha recently. First time on typing a Ground type stage I think.
Giovanni's DP ✅
Started with Dark boost. Bought Rival on A1, Kalos on A5 and A9.
Did H Darach on A10. VH was Anabel, couldn't change weather without losing points.
Another free/genpool pairs only clear.
I wanted to do 2 weeks of this and then 2 weeks of overkill with OP pairs. But this already feels like overkill, so I'm gonna continue to do free/genpool pairs for the rest of Sinnoh.
Aaron - I retried this fight for hours last time with the same team. Best I could do was 2.5k. Hilda was 2/5 and non-EXd. Endurance was hell to deal with.
This time, Adr supp EX, Hilda clears stage with sync. First attempt clear.
Bertha - Same thing. Blow up the stage on 2nd sync.
Lucian - SEUN sync, OHKO mid, Confusion procs + Spiky Shields to clean sides.
Flint - Same as R1 and R2 but it was first sync and Kris is broken.
Cynthia - R4 param, Supp EX quad queue, nuke mid, quad queue Play Rough OHKO right, Play Rough OHKO left.
Destruction comes in many forms
One of these forms is Trout's Revenge vs Sinnoh
RIP Sinnoh, you were difficult once upona time
I'm glad Sinnoh is now the difficulty benchmark for new CS regions though
I mean, it was the shock factor that made Sinnoh Sting/traumatic.
The CS went from being mindlessly easy to you actually have to counter the gimmicks or face a very difficult time - all started with Sinnoh(my favorite Gen of all time
), which why some people still deem it the hardest out of everything
Yeah, this. It's not that Sinnoh and Hoenn are too difficult. They just require more mindfulness compared to other regions except a few fights like Flying weak Koga that make you have to think.
I don't wanna screw over casual/new players, but I hope this trend continues with the next region. And maybe they could raise the cap to 4k/stage. I'd love to have more complex CS stages that are tankier and/or hit harder.
Glacia stages come to mind for hard-hitting stages where I had to sleep/flinch lock to make my supp survive.
They have to add new params before giving us a higher point cap. Even 3k is already pushing the comforts of certain team comps
Yeah, 4k would be pretty inaccessible for a lot of players without new parameter additions
Even 3.5k without those is pushing it
Personally though, I just want more parameters to have more stuff to play around with in CS
Yeah ofc we'd need more parameter options. The obvious ones that come to mind are sprint/field x 3 damage. But there could be more. Like Mex said, I'd also appreciate more variety.
opponents will now triple queue
Starting with poison upgrade and bought Unova on A1. Rally looking good this week.
Was able to get through with only the 100 points spent on A1.
Had role boosted OP pairs for all stages. Geeta and Akari were able to carry A4-6, SST did A7 and A8, Cerena + Grusha A9.
And I think you can guess which UB it was on A10.
Speeed
Behold Trout flopping through another 15k Sinnoh with free/genpool pairs 
Aaron - This is the first CSMM stage I ever attempted. Had absolutely no idea what I was doing back then. Well that's changed now, and Hau gets to bask in the glory of finally conquering Electric weak Aaron.
Gave them really low bulk and had half ally hp at start. Flinch to tank, flinch Heal Order, Hau nukes mid and cleans up sides on the next Discharge.
Flint - Thought I'd need to EX Olympia for this, but I was wrong. Nuke + quad queue Stored Power for mid, sides go down to one Stored Power each. Pretty easy clear.
Lucian - Ghost weak with Wise Entry? Yeah, I had no one for this. So we go back to Ol' reliable Poison Stall, this time featuring immortal Mismagius.
I was supposed to do this R1 and Aaron on R3, but I messed up the order in my head and had to tank unnecessarily hard hitting EQs.
Bertha - Same team as the week before last. Could have tried with Brendan, but mine isn't properly invested and frankly, don't like using him. Maybe I'll bring him to more CS stages once I've EXd him.
Cynthia - Half sync. Full offense params. Riley could only eat one move (except Tri Attack), so I needed them to go Move + TM or TM + TM at the start. Had to fish for 50% Max Move crit, couldn't afford Sharp Entry on grid or delay sync for another turn. Sync low-rolled on the run that was successful (it can OHKO sides on high-roll), but fortunately, Riley was able to clean up the stage with -1 accuracy. One Close Combat apiece for all enemy Pokémon, no hits taken. #1208860837947899965 message
Riley: 'Move aside, Cynthia, there's a new Champion in town'
Yo Arch, if you read this, thanks for getting me addicted to speed 
Yoo a Solo 
I haven't started my CS yet and I am feeling Motivated to do some solos now
Yesss 
Happy to be of service! I'm glad you're enjoying it
Started with Dark upgrade and a Sync boost on A1. Bought Champion upgrade and one more sync boost along the way.
A10 VH was Palmer. Not doable without Rei. Ended up doing H Thorton.
Until next time, Sinnoh. You were a worth opponent 
R1 Aaron - Same story as some of my other clears this time around. Failed this stage miserably with Clay, so we had to come back for revenge.
R2 Flint - One day I'll have Olivia move levesl for Rock weak stages, but today wasn't that day. So stall it is.
Also, next time, I'll have Roark built and ready for this, regardless of what move level Olivia is.
R3 Lucian - Trout back again with some Bugsy/Noland propaganda. Y'all can expect to see me recommend this team to new players if I get the chance. Best bug-type duo in the game and you can't change my mind!
R4 Bertha - K Grimsley massacre.
R5 Cynthia - Brought Winona along for weather change and because she's been benched since it got May.
This was a fun CS rotation for me. Was finally able to conquer all the stages that gave me hell as a noobie. Loved every second! 
Next up is Hoenn. The first CS region I cleared with 15k. Gonna try to replicate a few of those clears again whenever possible. But with Anni coming, you can expect to see some OP unit annihilation of Hoenn CS 
K Grimsley taking on 4k Bertha with some new friends 
Got 2/5 Steven on a lucky multi, pitied 3/5 
Finally got another broken support I wanted for so long. C Rosa can finally rest a little!
Lucky stage week!!
Started with Rival. Bought Rival x1, Fighting x2, and crit boost x2. Got 1800 points from lucky stage on A3. Was able to clear A10 Anabel, got Rival x1 here for better tanking.
Rival and weather control
Chefs kiss
Such a bad seed too
Well done
A9 was worse, new Cynthia event battle. Didn't wanna bench Rei, was already on the team, bought 2nd Fighting boost to clear - only to end up not needing him for A10.
One of the few solution for Palmer, I don't blame you
i bench Rei in case I need him for Palmer knowing full well that I cannot, in fact, beat Palmer 
if I see him on A10 I drop to hard reaaaaal fast
Ran into Palmer without Rei a few week ago, went from free A10 to tickling Regigigas. Rei supported by C Rosa is such a cheatcode for Palmer.
Quick 19k pt clear this week! 
R1 Phoebe - Gave them too much hp
.
Fortunately, Red and Penny survived sync. KOd mid on 3rd sync. Definite param issue, will revisit and try to presync this.
R2 Glacia - This team doesn't care about SEx2 lol.
R3 Sidney - To reiterate, Bugsy + Noland is the best bug type duo in all of Pasio.
R4 Drake - Hot knife through butter. Lance makes funny numbers. Brain like.
R5 Steven - Fell just short of presync. Cynthia survived, KOd mid with a 90k B-Move. Again, probably param issue. Should be possible to presync.
~~ Can you guess the 3k imposter?
~~
SEx2, *almost max hp, max STR?
Not a problem for Arc Steven and gang.
I picked half ally hp at start instead of max hp 4 because I thought this team would struggle. So not max hp, but I'm pretty sure it wouldn't be a problem anyway.
19k 
Bug Stage the lowest I bet
I haven't touched my CSMM yet but I see there is a possibility of another Arc trio showcase
Maybe this time I can solo with Lance
Might run into the same problem as last week. Drake sets rain, haven't tried tanking with Lance, but might end up needing weather setter again.
Yeah the only 3k, rest are 4k
Already done 
Yeee bugs suck
I hate it
Arc Bugsy will change that. Trust.
Arc Alder
I just realized from this, on stages that don't have SEx2. This team can clear with Crit Shield. The damage is that high. Gonna try that next time, go over 4k pts vs a non-SEx2 Steel weak stage.
Just leaving this here as a roster update #gacha-and-flex message
Some great additions to the roster this month. I don't think it changes much for most game modes. But I'm eyeing a decent LG streak as soon as possible (30- 50). Failed miserably last time going for 30, ended with 23 and a bad case of burnout. Roster has grown a lot since then, might give it another try next time.
I wonder which UB I should fight on A10?
Thorton really wants to battle it seems
New PB without lucky stage! 
Started with Kalos. Bought Sync Boost A1, and Kalos on A10 cause couldn't keep SS Hilda alive.
Made it to 25 EXR pairs today with Anni Lillie, SS Wally, Chase and SC Selene. All of them contributed to this run! 
This week it's Wallace blocking 20k 
All other stages are 4k. Everyone except Phoebe is presync.
R1 Sidney - Didn't get to 2nd sync. Destruction.
R2 Glacia - Nuke sides on 2nd sync. +8 PMUN + SEUN V-Create deletes mid.
R3 Phoebe - Needed a 3rd Marnie (1/5) B-move to clear. Cerena was only here to debuff + rebuffs (SEx2 + Phys DR). Marnie and Rosa survived sync, 97k b-move KOd mid right after.
R4 Drake - Hala popping off with Stevens.
R5 Wallace - Tried to 4k off-type this, but couldn't get it after trying a few different teams. With no good on-type options, I decided to bring back Egg Grookey and settle for 3k points. Perma-sun, Solar Blade spam.
Redid the Hala run cause I forgot to record earlier.
Not expecting to do too well with this roster. Hopefully I can get all rewards at least.
All 3/5. Took quite a few retries.
First play through. Will reset either Cynthia or Red's stage to get 200k then I'm out.
Please don't judge teams. Especially vs N 
Understood, judging.
And done. Ended up resetting Nita, Zinnia and Leon.
I see EX Drasna
based
Started with Dark upgrade. Bought Sync Boost + Fighting upgrade on A1 for insurance and another Dark upgrade to get past A7-9 (Akari + C Marnie gaming). Fought VH Palmer on A10.
Not the best score, but I've made it to the 9k/week territory atleast (I hope) 
Some Overkill Duo runs this week! 
R1 Glacia -
R2 Phoebe - This run is too easy as a duo, and relies too much on FMUN procs if solo eva hacks. Maybe someday I'll have the patience to solo this.
R3 Drake - Sync cleared stage.
R4 Sidney - Reset for no Dark Pulse to start. Just needed Steven to stay alive long enough to give Skyla SEUN for sync (used the one from TM for a +6 PMUN Brave Bird). Sync nuked stage.
R5 Wallace - Infinite psychic terrain. Quad queue Stored Power to deny Toxic. Sides took 2 hits each, had to tank an Earthquake from left and a Sludge Wave from right.
Were you silent or were you silenced
I looked it up and found the Oprah clip 
Realized the types have finally aligned to bring me that elusive 20k 
So here it is, Trout's first ever 20k pt CSMM clear!! 
The people who've been here from the start know I've done a bunch of stages on 4k+ points. But have never been able to get 4k on all 5 stages. Feels so good to finally achieve this!!

R1 Glacia
K Grimsley sync didn't even crit
R2 Phoebe
The 2nd most annoying of the bunch. Brought C Rosa here cause 1/5 SC Irida needed the SMUN stacks to deal enough damage.
R3 Drake
No sweat clear
R4 Sidney
I hate Sidney (not really). I hate this stage.
R5 Wallace
Love this duo. Can't wait until I'm not broke so I can EX both of them.
I have to add this as a footnote, this wouldn't be possible without you Arch, Gakon, Jo, Nov! 
Basically everything I know about the game I learned from you.
*names in alphabetical order just to be clear haha
Interesting comps
Don't be shy you can say I'm the best I'll deal with them 
Immensely proud of your progress! You've come incredibly far in very little time
Been stuck at 17-19k for so long. Finally broke through this week!
C Rosa would be better on R5, but SC Irida really needed the help to clear. Couldn't get it with either Kabu or Penny.

so proud of you

Thanks so much, Nov!
So it isnt just me who struggled a ton with Phoebe this week, huh
Good to know
Phoebe was definitely annoying. Not many stages where I find C Rosa struggling to take hits. ST spam - Rosa down, AoE spam - Lucian down. Waa frustrating.
But Sidney was still worse though with his flinches, Bullet Seed KOing through Endurance, and Razor Leaf crits. Took way too many retries just to get to 2nd sync.
And then Skyla missed crit on mid 
But I know it's way worse for your theme this week.
yeah, I'm almost surprise i got it without needing to resort to sleepchaining tbh
Pal Serena best fairy nuker in all of Pasio, no counter arguments or conclusive proof will be considered thank you
All you SSWally havers 
SS Wally is a fav so it was only a matter of time before I got him
Even considering candying him to 4/5 if I don't candy any techs for the next few months
ikr 💔
Wasn't expecting too much from this seed. Surprised I was able to get 9k again.
Started with Ground, bought Fighting on A3 for insurance. Had to buy another Fighting on A6 cause Field/Spring into Sentry Entry. And then one more on A10 cause Argenta decided my luck wasn't bad enough already.
The more EXRs you get in general, the more likely you will get averagely 9k or higher
It makes up a lot for the bonuses and covering for stages where you might struggle (field/sprints)
I been clearing my cake coins tickets and PUtickets first week the past 2 month - I think because now I rarely go into a stage with minimum Bonuses
Yup, the EXRs have been helping a lot. Made up for some lost points on A8 with 3 double boosted pairs.
Dare I say, with a good starting boost and seed, might be able to surpass 10k soon.
It still takes me a few weeks to clear the shop, but I always have excess points after buying out coins, PUs and orbs every month now.
How many EXRs do you have Jo?
can definitely attest to this, i've been averaging 10k a run these days with my roster
I'll get there someday 
With a lot of help from some lovely helpers over at https://discord.com/channels/583120259708616715/1009557516369281075 and a lot of resetting and optimization, Noland's Plucky Punches has been conquered!!! 
This was one of the most difficult yet satisfying UBs to clear. Had to submit this one to UB clear sheet!! 
Very tight run. Need +100 atk Skill Gear and DC2 luck. Mid needs to be at -2 def or lower for final sync.
Only Nita remaining. Gonna wait for SS Lear to attempt it again.
Noland's a unique UB I quite enjoyed
Agreed, such a fun UB
Special CS (Steel) mono-type clear done! 
R1 Glacia - Reset for ST moves. Easy presync. Got 3 moves after Lillie sync (QQ bmove, SS, bmove).
R2 Bertha - Reset for ST moves. Grimsley OHKOs mid with sync, QQ metal burst, flinch + clean up left.
R3 Olivia - Post sync. Wikstrom tanked attacks pretty well in shield form. SC Selene tanks sync with 60%+ hp remaining. Flinch fest post sync.
R4 Grimsley - wasted 1 sync CD to get -5 atk. Marnie sync + QQ Iron Head KOs mid. Flinches + denials for clean up.
R5 Red - Post sync. Reset for TM first turn and never let Red get an atk off till the end. As long as Red doesn't Atk, they can't even get to Steven's Endurance.
Much love to Anni Lillie and K Grimsley for making the 2 most annoying fights bearable 
You are stronger than me 
I actually threw the towel in with Grimsley (probably because I gave him the wrong partner)
Bertha just kept on destroying all my damage dealers 
I love seeing Steven Solos
Best in the world 
Unfortunately I couldn't wait for SS Lear, need the gems 
Oh yeah, her EQ was destroying
No, just no
You were willing to do the Steven solo, and Lodge Jasmine with Glacia 
You're too kind, Gakon! 
This doesn't mean I'm gonna stop badgering you with silly questions though 
You just haven't seen my silly side 
True
You have my attention 
I'm not sure what to do for today's Stadium. Anyone got any suggestions/challenge?
Hit it really hard 

I would have done Strike nuke OHKOs, but Sidney (bug) and Steven (SE x2) won't let me ig
this is wild
I only love half sync when I have my favorite solo units available 
Riley 
Ok, half-sync would have been nice, but I think Riley can still solo. Let's see.
Yup, he can
Didn't know what else to do this week so here are some quick solos/duos 
R1 Phoebe - With Chase as a partner, Marnie sleepwalks through this stage.
R2 Drake - Lance needs to chill with how hard he hits lmao.
R3 Glacia - Got it on the run I made sync. Glacia spam was annoying to live through.
R4 Sidney - Failed the solo (someday...), adding Lillie made it free.
R5 Steven - Max bulk, no offenses, post sync. 200k Cerena nuke without rain.
I see Lance Solo
I see 
After a quick crash course from Jo, I managed to solo 2 more stages this week 
Rest assured, I'll be back for Phoebe with 3/5 C Marnie 
I'll have the last laugh, Phoebe 
Good enough 
3m is possible but I'm tired of resetting for para and +2 atk from Rosa
I don't try too hard unless it's with a fav
Only really put effort into Fairy ST (Palrena) and this one
Not even 9k this week 
Started with Rock, bought 1x Fighting and 1x sync boost on A2. A10 was H Darach, couldn't get past VH Anabel unfortunately.
A lot of gimmicky battles in the mix, threw me off
A fitting farewell to Hoenn 
Could have been a full solo run (mayyybe?!) if Glacia didn't have increased defenses under Hail 
R1 Glacia - If Glacia hits once, I lose. Reset for double TM to start, replace pre-sync Hail, SS Hilda makes the stage disappear.
R2 Phoebe - 1/5 SC Irida evaded and FMUNed her way past Phoebe. Lives sync if 50%+ hp, double buddy move + sync mid, deny sides and clean up. This one took the most retries by far.
R3 Drake - First attempt, used Jo's outlive setup. Waiting for another AS Steven buff next update. Make it happen, DeNA!!
R4 Sidney - Sidney would be a problem if Gladion wasn't broken enough to clear the stage before it mattered.
R5 Wallace - Phys moves powered up. Geeta clears stage in 4 actions: MS - BMS - TM - BMS.
And with that Hoenn CS comes to an end. Might be my favorite CS month ever, especially given it was anni and how much my roster grew 
Special thanks to Jo for handing me the secret sauce time and again! 
See you all in Johto!! 
gorgeous
I consider this a full Solo run

Smashin' colors

Cheese is power 
Started with Normal. Bought 2x MC, 3x sync boost (1 discounted). Argenta on A10.
Could have maybe cleared without getting 1x MC, but I ran out of patience. Failed the run with mid at >10% hp multiple times.
You used less points than I did this week 
I still did my last battle on Hard too
Anabel just sucks 
I'm dreading the day I get Nita or Noland A10 
Got Nita Hard 
But was easier than Anabel VH
Anabel is annoying to fight without Cerena
She also has the best Dark type nuke in the game 
Unless it has changed since the last time I checked
wait so her nuke can be water and dark??? how does she exactly work
Sync move type changes based on the last move you used - Water Shuriken or Brutal Swing. Her b-move can also apply the corresponding type rebuffx2.
ohhhhh i see. how does her weakness work then, is it the same when she shifts types?
It is the same yeah
The only challenge run I'm doing this month. Might as well go all out.
A warm 23k point welcome to Johto! 
~~as much as I like Sinnoh and Hoenn's difficulty, there's something very satisfying about bullying CS stages
~~
*All fights are presync
R1 Koga 4.5k : #1208860837947899965 message
R2 Will 4.3k : #1208860837947899965 message
R3 Karen 5k : #1208860837947899965 message
R4 Bruno 4.6k : #1208860837947899965 message
R5 Lance 4.6k : #1208860837947899965 message
*forgot the images lol
Only pairs that actively change weakness between forms are Gladion and NC Rosa iirc
No mercy shown lmao
New PB without lucky stage! 
Started with Kanto and bought 1 more on A7. This could have been 10k, but A7 had AoE spam, needed the extra bulk to get through. Lucy on A10, easy clear.
Amazing! 
Congrats! 
Quick and painless 
Fairy team vs halfsync max bulk Bruno 
Seeing how much damage Gladion's B-move does in this team with regular 3k params, I wondered whether he can nearly 1 tap the stage at max bulk. Turns out, he can.
Love this team!!
This is the damage with no STR and Def params 
common Gladion business
Was happy about the starting boost until..
Bought MC boost on A4 for insurance. A10 VH was Argenta - nearly impossible with the role boosts and pairs I had available. Went for H Anabel. I'm happy with this score though, given the seed.
That's a reasonable score!
That's just unlucky
Nothing too crazy, quick and easy battles overall 
Where is Zerena tho? 
Started with gym leader, bought sync boost A2. Didn't get any better upgrades until...A10 
Bought psychic + another sync boost for A10 Darach.
Wanted to do soloes this week, but been pretty busy. So I went with overkill duos and SSTerror instead 
lodge skyla moment

Could have been 10k if it wasn't for Nemona UB on A10 
Started with Rival boost. Bought another on A6, and insurance Psychic on A7. Had to go for H Evelyn cause no terrain setters. So close yet so far...
Me who ignored SEx2 in the past 
How tf??!! I couldn't get mid past like 25% hp. Even with full offense params. I EXd Olivia too, didn't work.

she isn't that difficult to brute force through Sentry x2 from experience, her HP stat is naturally pretty low
Even as a duo?
I was one shotting the sides with sync but mid would survive with ~30% each time
Very low bulk too
It was pretty old so I don't remember, but if it was that difficult maybe I had a good round parameter on my side like physical dmg does more or something
I usually don't do full offensive params so I don't think I did that either
Yeah the current round params are bad
Finally #gacha-and-flex message
Long time no see Trout! 
Hey!
Been kinda busy with school work. Will be back around this time next week!


1 strike move candy coin away from being able to 3/5 Zerena. Waiting for reset to get it before doing this week's MM and BR.
3/5 Zerena today!!!

With brand new unit 
I've waited over 9 months to do this clear 
Finally, I have them all!!! 
~~until Arc Serena who will be broken beyond reason please DeNA tysm
~~
R1 Siebold - Lodge Serena definitely did most of the heavy lifting. Trust me. In all seriousness though, her nuke isn't half bad even off type.
R2 Drasna - Palrena cakewalk.
R3 Malva - Cerena powerwalk.
R4 Wikstrom - Serena sleepwalk.
R5 Diantha - dragon duo halfsync annihilation. Didn't even need Lance's B-move.
Ayyyyyy the 5 Serena's cleaaaar (one of them really just participated huh)
Kinda yeah...L Serena did a some Damage to mid before dying to sync. Steven cleaned up. But it still counts!! 

Great job there!
Haven't cleared CS yet this week
Gotta get back home and rush this
Gonna be an overkill clear
Monotype one and done clears 
Free/genpool clear this week 
Marshal - Poison cheese
Caitlin - Supp EX, Morty sync nukes stage.
Grimsley - Decided to give Bugsy a breather and brought Guzma instead (newly EXd)
Shauntal - Newly EXd Sabrina finally able to take some hits. Ghetsis made short work with Supp EX.
Iris - Headstrong Riley FTW
Looking at next week's stages...maybe I'll do a soloes
Every team required every slot filled, then came Riley soloed Iris! 
All Unova champion battles are a joke tbh
true, i probably can solo dragon weak iris with lance if i wanted to
Do it! It's Dragon weak Iris week after next
Lance will completely destroy the stage without needing sync
even at 2/5?
Oh yes...even 1/5.
My Lance is 1/5 and I've soloed a few dragon weak stages with him
You can focus a side to try and deny a move if survival is a problem. B-move nuke is usually enough to KO mid after debuffed.
bet
And you can stack a bunch of free points for eg. all x3 damages, Lance being multi.
Even half ally mp
Wtz
Solo week! 
R1 Marshal - Halfsync meets Piercing Fleur Cannon.
R2 Shauntal - Swapped to Flameproof and had to reset a few times for Flinch luck.
R3 Caitlin - Double queue Max into TM -> spam bmove -> profit
R4 Grimsley - TM, Circle, KO stage before sync, no bmove needed. SS Lear tanks 4-5 moves no problem (with Circle Recovery).
R5 Alder - Halfsync + HS1 on Silver. Had to reset once for sync into double queue bmove cause mid survived with ~10%.
Marshal, Caitlin and Grimsley were first attempt clears. Gotta love broken MFs!!!
Smh overkill theme
Can I just steal 
Ofc 
Free/Genpool pair duos this week 
It's nice to get a breather with Unova. Makes it possible to do stuff like this without too much hassle. Fun week!
R1 Grimsley - Brendan sync and a few Leaf Storms clears stage.
R2 Shauntal - SEUN sync + SEUN Ice Hammer stage byebye.
R3 Caitlin - Nuke mid, Brutal Swing + Confusion procs for clean up.
R4 Marshal - One Stored Power + Sync KOs mid, OHKO sides with Stored Power. Bianca set terrain and used TMs for sync CD.
R5 Iris - Weaken one side, nuke mid, duo queue to deny side and clean up.
Next week looks soloable but idk. If I'm feeling lazy might just quick overkill.
Duo and fully F2P nice!! 
Forgot to post Pasio Special Stadium
'Mono' offtype overkill 
woo those are my favorite Rock types
I have 2 good Rock damage dealers and one of them is genpool
No way I was on typing this Stadium without suffering
So we got colourful Rock types here!!
You gained Steven's approval

Not a full solo run, but close enough!! 
R1 Caitlin - Evasion, flinch, survive sync, blow up stage.
R2 Shauntal - Cheese
R3 Grimsley - Pretty RNG heavy run, but not too bad. Mostly need to avoid Iron Head spam and crits.
R4 Marshal - Tried eva hacks with Blue, got close a few times. But I didn't have much patience remaining after R3. So L Skyla and DC Silver stepped in to make it a free win.
R5 Alder - Halfsync + HS1, nuke stage with sync.
Here's the run with C Leaf. So happy I finally have this pair!! 
Used potion just in case I don't get MGR. Failed a few times because I lacked guage at the end. Knew Leaf didn't need the damage. Wasn't expecting her to clear after missing crit on sync though.
Also, wishing a very happy and prosperous new year to everyone!!! 🎉
Woah! That's some insane battle!
When it started it looked hella impossible, but you won it! Great job!
Maybe I can try that too! 
And Happy New year! 
Let me know if you want to see grid. You'll also need +100 atk from skill gears (needed to one shot sides).
damn what move level is your leaf?
Thanks for offering, I am still in the testing phase so I want to try it first myself!
And by how it is going I am sure I will have to copy your grid!
And I was suspecting Skill Gears and Lucky Skill might be an issue because I am almost doing 90% damage to sides but not fully!
Does round affect her? I am doing Round 1 for testing!
Yeah r3 is debuffs more effective so it helps
but r1 is also nice for gauge but the damage may not be enough
used SP3 LS and +100 atk from skill gears. The atk is kinda important to ohko sides. Took me a while to figure out as well, you got this!!
3/5
I don't have good gears!
And the best I could do is with this Grid and CS2! I wish she had evasion tanking or something, but I will do duo or try doing offtype solo! 
Now I tried R3 too!
Oh I'm sorry I also have +6 E
I have +6E too
Maybe try to roll skill gears
Nah, I don't wanna do it now!
I will do something else but thanks!
Thank-you! 
You're always welcome!
Another satisfied CLeaf user 
She was my first choice from the Kantrio. And I couldn't be happier with it. Sorry, Blue!
Steamrolled CS with my strongest teams these past 2 weeks. Still 185 gems away from the last single to pity C Blue. Will get him this reset and I can finally do this week's CS. Given the weaknesses, I'll probably do a 20k (or more) on-type run.
It hurts having to pity MF/AFs but I'll finally have C Blue today!! Both happy and pissed.
It's sad that you are hitting pity, but I think NC Blue will pay off those 36.6k gems!
@calm lynx @true stag @frank island @storm mountain
Guys can I join any of your Gyms?
Looking to join one that's active. I have no idea how it works but would love to be with some familiar people if possible. Thanks and sorry for the ping. I've been very busy and haven't paid much attention to recent updates.
Sadly the gym where nov and i joined is full for now 
The one I am in also is full 🥲
I'M LATE :(((((((
Our gym is also full sadly!
I'm gonna go cry in a corner. Don't mind me.
Hey, everyone!! 
It's been a while but I finally found the motivation to do CSMM after a long time.
Been very busy with applications for college and honestly got kinda burnt out. Hadn't quit playing, just wasn't playing as much and missed some stuff along the way.
Tried the 3 new pairs I've gotten since the last post here. And to no one's surprise, they're really good. C May is plain unfair.
4k points. C May shouldn't exist. Idk what they were thinking. Ridiculous pair.
nc may casually one taps every water weak cs stage
Yup, was able to stack all offensive params cause it doesn't matter. May clears before they can attack.
Koga was giving me problems, so I went with the C May band-aid 
R1 Karen - Flinch hacks.
R2 Will - Circle, KO stage with b-move.
R3 Bruno - Eva hacks. Opp left with no gauge. Spam Stored Power with MGR gridded.
R4 Koga - Race 'em to see who kills first, May starts at half hp to make it fair.
R5 Lance - No sync needed, Make it Rain spam with Circle hp recovery enough to outlast stage.
AoE move with big damage, no setup and guaranteed flinch = most stages won't get a chance to attack 
Lucked out with Arc Alder 
I wasn't going to have enough to pity, so I decided to go for the Alola NCs instead. But I guess I really wanted him, ended up yoloing 5 multis, got him on the last 
So here's some damage/screenshot shenanigans enabled by Alder's insane accel.
Can't wait to nuke an on-type stage 
Last week's run 
This week
Might be the first time I've done full solo runs 4 weeks in a row
Woah nice!
First 3 lvl 180 pairs 
First Level 200 pair done! 
Stats are absurd lmao. Wonder if Cerena can offtype 3k with this. Probably could do it at 150 against specific stages. But I suppose it'll be lot less RNG reliant now.
Post here if you do the offtype! 
I'll try to record the run later. But yes, she can! Took only 27% hp from sync with max str and some atk.
Next up is Hoenn right? Would be nice to try this vs tougher stages
Good luck!
Pasio Special Stadium monotype
R1 Lorelei - Bea hits too hard. Have gotten rusty with quad queues. Took a few tries, cleared as soon as I landed qq.
R2 Hala - First attempt clear. Everything (enemy moves, MGR, didn't get Paralyzed, crits) lined up or this would have taken a while. Hammer Arm spam can be a run killer.
R3 Glacia - Spam Dynamic Punch, sync, win.
R4 Wikstrom - Flinch hacks, Bianca eats syncs like a champ, clean up.
R5 Silver - R4 buff for some early flinches, sync with Korrina for zone, Rei b-move one-shots stage.
Riley solo! 
Impressive
Riley soloes are either a breeze or a mald-fest, there is no in between. Glad I didn't have to suffer for it.
riley fr

I wanna go back to doing solos now
Floor 20 cleared!!
Hasn't gotten too crazy yet. Been switching Lear for NC Elio for the Phys only stages. Hopefully they can keep going till 30. Might have to put some levels into the pairs. Maybe candy NC Elio to 3/5.
Steel Tower F24
Another solo week 
R1 Acerola - Didn't get to sync. B-move spam more than enough.
R2 Kahili - Got Sina from the guaranteed tickets we got. Couldn't be happier with her performance at 1/5 no less. Granted half-sync is probably what made the solo possible.
R3 Hala - Another type covered for soloes by a broken af Arc Suit.
R4 Olivia - Easy money for Lvl 200 Cerena.
R5 Kukui - Presync params but tanked one sync anyway. Carmine out heals and out Endures a lot of damage. Nuke mid post sync with Terra move.
Some more CS soloes 
(please update the mode already)
R1 Lorelei - TM TM Sync Bmove The End
R2 Bruno - 1/5 Clavell Eva hacks, survive sync, clean up
R3 Agatha - TM Bmove
R4 Lance - ... _ ... ... _
R5 Blue - Half sync + HS1, sync into qq bmove
1/5 Clavell 
Never imagined that coming lol!

Also hi Trout!
Hope you are enjoying your Anni pulls!
Wow now I have to try It I EX'ed him and he's also 1✨
Hey!!
Got Red early but I don't think we have enough gems remaining for another pity. Still YOLOing for Gloria then Irida if I get lucky again.
I think you got all 3 right? @storm mountain
You mean the Clavell run? I have him on SP3 with +100atk gears. Might be possible without these, but idk if it's enough damage to finish off mid before they get sure crit (mid goes TM, Sure Crit, move after sync). Last move before sync is +accuracy so eva hacks become unreliable and you wanna kill it before that.
Good luck!
Also yeah I pulled all three
ping after edit don't work
Hoping to atleast get Gloria. Can never have enough broken supps.
Agree!
Every Anniversary we get best Support for the year 
Yeah lol
can't wait for the 7th anni's support

Maybe let's start thinking about that during 2026
This week's CS run 
R1 Lorelei - Max Move into QQ TM then spam b-move.
R2 Bruno - 1/5 Cynthia, TM -> Sandstorm -> bmove spam until stage dead. Doesn't even get to first sync.
R3 Lance - TM Circle, spam regular move until stage dead. Again, no sync needed.
R4 Agatha - 1/5 Sina, Eva hacks, survive sync, easy cleanup. Sina by herself nearly gets to 2 syncs before opp gets their first.
R5 Blue - Very similar to this run (#1208860837947899965 message) but with perma field so it was a lot easier.
Finally cleared Nemona UB with this team!! 
Only Nita remains unconquered. Will tackle it soon, possibly after candying AS Steven to 4/5.
And a quick CS run 
Finally got Gloria 
at 400 sp...
22k point duos to welcome Sinnoh! 
Could have been monotype as well if I had a 2nd decent Bug 
All runs were presync.
4.5k Aaron -
3/5 Brendan CS2, 1/5 Cynthia WW3
Just needed Cynthia to survive until sync. Qq flinch and easy clean up.
4k Bertha -
3/5 Carmine HS1, Clavell on CS2
Had to reset for no High Horsepower or Sand Tomb at the start + give Carmine HS1 and land 1st Qq to get 2 syncs. This one took the longest to get the params right and then get the proper RNG.
4k Lucian -
4/5 Rosa HS1, 3/5 Alder SP3
Rosa LS and 4/5 aren't needed. Left out move gauge -2 to get max nuke. 3 sync buffs + 7 SMUN enough to blow up mid from nearly max hp.
5k Flint -
3/5 Gloria HS1, 3/5 Silver CS2
I didn't think this would work. Underestimated how broken Gloria is. The accel + amp is insane. Easiest run by far.
4.5k Cynthia -
5/5 Wally HS1, 3/5 Gladion SP3
Wally for triple HS1 (passive, grid, LS), Discourage 2 and zone. Gladion sync into SEUN bmove nearly enough to KO stage.
Event Clavell duo is most amazing among all these awesome clears

I've never participated. Hoping I can whenever it comes back around.
E Clavell usage so based
Activation Condition: Sp Atk raised
Deactivation Condition: Cannot?!?!
Effect: -3 Sync CD...
Wtf are we even doing anymore? Make it make sense.
Oh well, another unfair tier soloer has hit PoMa. I don't think type or even Wise Entry will make a difference.
Some lazy soloes cause I'm lazy 
Nita done at last!!

Now back to waiting for the next UB.
I guess Nita will get challenges added next, but I don't think I'll have the roster for any of them given how long I had to wait to find a team that could clear.
Yeah she's quite needy
Wow I just noticed if Event Florian had Sunny Day MPR it would have been a perfect counter 
But you still managed to do it 
He has sync burst on 3/5 grid, so just 1 Sunny Day short of covering the whole fight
Nah not my clear, found this in the sheet
I gave up on Nita long ago lmao
No 🙁
Still looking for a good Ice pair
Have no Ice coverage whatsoever outside free pairs
Damn. 
I see.
Yeah you have to wait for a NC Red rerun at the very least for probable Triple Ice missions
Are you pulling Irida this month?
Well I'm broke again after YOLOing for AF Blue and used another 3 multis on triple MF banner. Got 4/5 Lear from the ticket.
Just checked the banner and I'll definitely do the multis for tickets and pray I get either Irida or Adaman. Need Grass coverage as well.
I personally think Irida is quite old now.
So wait for better Irida!
Like AS or EX MF equivalent
Candied AF Blue to 5/5 btw and I'm ready for triple flying vs Noland
My first 5/5 AF and I couldn't be happier (still have enough candies for another 5/5 but that will either be Serena, Hilda or Wally AF, no one else)
Makes sense
Lol lvl 1 Anni Steven
Well he will die anyway 
A brace sacrifice by Steven
Champion Hilda coming?! 
Been playing very casually lately, but I have to get back to gem grind now.
Good luck Trout
Hope you get her early
Me who's been being ambushed by every kind of hilda:
Now i have to chase her myself.... 
Worth it!!
Champion Hilda finally! 
A bit early so that's a nice bonus!
Very very tempted to use 2 of my 4 gold candies to get her to 5/5 but idk. It'll take a while to get Strike candies so I might do it. Only thing keeping me is a potential Serena, Hilda or Wally Arc Suit. Idk...
This is with CS2 cause no Deluxe cookies. With 5/5 and SP3/CS3, she can do two 1000000+ damage AoE nukes.
Congrats on getting NC Hilda Trout
Hey tysm!
Can't wait to take on Paldea CS this reset. New CS after more than 2 years. I used to pray for times like these...
Trout what you did last week for MM?
Hope you know that in recent updates the CSMM can be unlocked in week one
I get to know it last week as well
We can reset after 15 medals to complete 18 medals and unlock MM week 1
Did you miss it as well?
Done! 
Done!
3/5 Brendan vs. Poppy
Had to grid Sunscreen 2 and use gear with hp to survive. Hope for MGR procs and good move RNG.
5/5 Serena vs. Rika
Can't have Rika TM turn 1. Needed to get Brutal Swing + TM in before opp first move so Cerena can set rain before opp sync (one shot if sync under sun). Double queue Brutal Swing, and hope for Flinch or -accuracy fails. If first Brutal Swing flinches, it's over (2 WS per opp, and can eat one move from left).
5/5 Blue vs. Hassel
Too broken
3/5 Red vs. Larry
So broken I forgot to record and Red annihilated first try so I couldn't go back.
5/5 Lear vs. Geeta
Just needed to land the double queue.
Red is still too overpowered for this CS 
All of these pairs are to some degree. Wasn't expecting SS Lear to breeze through as easily as he did.
Champion Hilda nuking circuit 10 Koga (with cheer from Clannie aka the goat) 
Awesome
Are you still in Mods Gym?
Yeah
Trout has been invaluable to our success
so THAT's who's been working behind the scenes!
Great we are together
Hehe
Long time, Nov. How have you been?
yeah, feels bad but it is what it is. I've been playing a lot less too due to irl stuff and burnout in general, but this event was fun.
Yeah it was
Give him the various Staff Team roles and access 
He already has access to part of a server very few people have access to

I didnt know about this 
In all seriousness though, I'm just glad to be in great gym
We talked about it a little but only the gym members have access to that
So even someone like Thunder is out 
Hello my dear friend
How are you doing?
Its so nice to see everyone back here, loving this event even more because of it
I am doing great, Hoping for early Red96 
It's been a while, what you been up to?
I mean I just got a bit less active on discord, but I am around 
Glad to hear it, and I am too, been YOLOing all my pulls for a while now so getting lucky is the only way I get Red
They done ignored my precious CS way too long, got massive burnout
yeah, havent seen any posts from you in a while
I have not been posting my CS, but I been running the "Optimize" and clear streak because I just turn my brain off 
Good luck Trout
I gotta start doing this
just set a generic 3k param and clear all stages with it, no thinking required
are you going for Red?
Yep yep
I have my generic 3k yeah, i just press optimize for every stage... Sometimes the game picks some horrible hitters for me but I can manage 
Nice hoping for a first multi Red for us all
At this point Red is a must pull, bro has a nuke button on his kit
Bro has everything except rebuff and break....in his BASE kit
literally all sync effects
Except Multi yeah
ykw let's hope Serena get an AF or EX MF and she's the one to powercreep Red
please make it happen DeNA
True
I was hoping for a better Zerena Grid Expansion
They really said "Stay powercrept"
Her NC really won the lottery with that Extension 5 rain and zone
Right?! Pathetic grid expansion
This is with CS2 on Hilda, no deluxe for SP3
I promise I'll afk farm cookies next LG 😭
What was your team for this?
Same as the vid - Gloria Hilda Rosa
oooof course you have a secret channel for mod gym members. helper lounge gym had to make a new server 💔
Ngl new server is also great
Also if mods let people create threads for Gyms it will become hell to moderate
oh it definitely will
Yeah no way we were doing that
Worst case scenario, theres 100% enough gems for you to be able to pity Red by the time he leaves
That's good to know cause no first multi luck and the paid multi was also dead
oof, my condolences
It's okay, getting him next multi for sure for sure not coping at all
PoMa Battle Logs - Trout_K
1-1 C8+ Bea (5/5 Hilda Sabrina Red)
F Shauntal setup by Dark
Optimized down to the second to squeeze out the last bmove. Need the confusion proc at start.
All this because I didn't have Adr on Red. Which would allow tm instead of bmove, and buy enough time for last Hilda bmove without confusion proc.
Or better yet SP3 on Hilda. Sabrina bmove highroll was 9.4m. Wouldn't even have needed a 3rd bmove at that point.
Setup w/o F Shauntal by Aurochs
Turns out doing less damage is better if you can't 2-tap the stage cause opp tm animation is faster than death animation... bruh
And finally 1-2 Special only
Couldn't try the 1-1 on final day @frank island, we were in a rush cause of time constraints. Runner got it down to 8% in a previous round without 1x spd, so there was a good chance he'd get it.
With this same team?
Yeah, and adr1 on Red
I saw him do a Arc Misty Red Arc Sabrina
Solid run ngl
Oh right, he did it with Misty mb
Your runs are crazy good too, we didn't start 1-1 psychic til later
I don't have Sabrina so I didn't imagine how the stage works even
We figured it out pretty quickly, but I wasn't able to get it until a later round when we had time to spare. A lot of minor optimizations went into saving those few seconds. For eg: Hilda TM after Sabrina TM so e-terrain gets canceled.
Also, I wasn't expecting Sabrina to hit this hard. This team in general has some insane burst.
Omg such efficiency
Great job
Just wanted to push this team to its limit. Only attempted this during down time between rounds. Was able to get it 3 times. Others were all 1-2.
I see
Did you get Hildaaaaa
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