Damage Challenge

[plush palm]

and evasion shenanigans too ofc

[civic island]

I'd like to see more use of 3/5 scSteven
That no evasion staggering 4 looks interesting if mixed with turn skipping

[dire spade]

Thanks to Tom for the strat!

[hidden fog]

Okay besties who are we running for ST Ground?

Inb4 Slash Cynthia

[cunning rock]

A lot are looking at Courtney for budget Ground

[rain copper]

she is the best nuker

[raven saffron]

Oh the next one is single target?

[rain copper]

yeah

[raven saffron]

Is courtney or bertha the better nuker

[rain copper]

Bertha is but she sucks in DC

[raven saffron]

Fair

[rain copper]

Courtney comp can afford both Colress and Redlax for highest numbers

[sacred badger]

I'm thinking of running SC Steven + Courtney + Redlax or Colress

[hidden fog]

Who's premium ground?

[rain copper]

Courtney

[robust meteor]

would BP Barry be better than Colress because support EX and ST?

[hidden fog]

Literally dried up

Ground is in a tragic state of affairs

[rain copper]

Fall Roxanne has very good nuke but she wants Redlax/Courtney as the enhancer

[hidden fog]

No FRoxanne unfortunately so Courtney gang for me

I've only used her for zone so lemme peep her grid

We're so doomed lmao

[crude sandal]

She has a hard time setting up so yeah

[rain copper]

she just wants +6 defense

[crude sandal]

With the entry passives, she only needs to use her TM and X Defense twice

[dire spade]

gang here

[crude sandal]

Assuming she megas

Which... She obviously does

[sacred badger]

hrm

the other one i'm thinking is Rika 1R + SS Giovanni + SC Lyra .-.

[warped gulch]

Dps ?

[crude sandal]

SS Giovanni definitely has no shot

[warped gulch]

For ST that is very bad

[crude sandal]

He might on 3v3, but 3v1 is ew for him

[sacred badger]

Courtney it is, so no need to EXR Rika? 😮

[hidden fog]

LVolo?!

Just kidding

[sacred badger]

LVolo uses sand no? D:

[hidden fog]

Yeah

[crude sandal]

He doesn't for his sync multipliers

[dire spade]

Could the max move team Defense+2 on Redlax be feasable for Courtney? And I'd assume Lodge Rika is worse

[crude sandal]

Well, Courtney has Super Syncer

[rain copper]

Courtney is the best choice

[rain copper]

i think yes

[crude sandal]

So with Red's Max Shielding Strikes, Courtney only needs 3 turns to set up

[warped gulch]

Let him use Max Knuckles and Courtney only need 2 turn set up

And pray more Red’s Mpr

[crude sandal]

Oh yeah, Max Knuckle

[dire spade]

This will gonna be something. Good luck to everyone on tuesday

Yep, Redlax's Max Knux with Shielding Strikes might be the best option with Courtney

[crude sandal]

Can't believe a non-limited unit is one of the best choices for this next DC

[warped gulch]

ST Ground has Courtney

But what about MT Ground ?

[crude sandal]

Definitely Foxanne

[warped gulch]

For f2p one

[rain copper]

Fall Roxanne tops

EX Hapoo

[warped gulch]

[crude sandal]

SS Gio stonks for 3v3

[sacred badger]

SS Giovanni + SC Lyra

lets gooooooo

[dire spade]

Fall Roxanne, but since I don't have her, and my SS Gio is at 1/5, Maxie it is

[rain copper]

Rose is decent for Ground MT as dps spammer

like he is doing in Rock MT

[warped gulch]

Guess i’ll use Courtney for MT Ground too

[rain copper]

candy SC Adaman now

[warped gulch]

I’ll

If Ground HS happen

[rain copper]

[warped gulch]

[hidden fog]

MT Ground...

[crude sandal]

https://ng-pomatools.web.app/pairs/22200/32300?s=5&l=140&r=6&p=0&a=13010602&g=AAECAwQFFRgZHB8hIyUpLC4v

[hidden fog]

SCGio?

Who else if not him?

Oh I meant SS Gio

I just spread misinformation

[crude sandal]

I guess editing doesn't exist for you huh?

[warped gulch]

Hapu

[hidden fog]

I don't believe in editing

[rain copper]

[hidden fog]

Just run Cynthia and never press EQ

It's just that easy

[crude sandal]

Sand chip damage will ruin your run

[warped gulch]

I’m looking Cynthia without sand

[hidden fog]

Impossible

[warped gulch]

And she’ll be worse than Olivia

[sullen zephyr]

time

[dire spade]

If only b moves don't take much time, VGio could be an option, but oh well

[hidden fog]

Courtney the unsung hero

[sullen zephyr]

It's Courtning time

[rain copper]

https://tenor.com/view/courtney-pokemon-team-magma-omega-ruby-maxie-gif-26375226

[warped gulch]

What do you think about Ghost 3vs3 ?

[acoustic chasm]

Red can give +2 atk and max crit
Winter Jasmine can max defense, +2 atk and max crit (what I'll be using since no Red)

[sacred badger]

SSR Cynthia gaming? 😮

[dire spade]

I will EXR SSR for that

[warped gulch]

Nah, her set up just too long

-6 SpDef my behate

[rain copper]

SC Irida gonna tops

[dire spade]

If only I can get more move candies

[rain copper]

[warped gulch]

Lucky my SC Irida is invested already

~~Ty Ghost HS i guess ~~

Irida is Striker/Tech with Pecking Order + Blind Spit + Trap & Sync 4

[rain copper]

me relying on nuke Morty

[warped gulch]

He is good ngl

Haymaker + Blind Spot

[hybrid lagoon]

Is Courtney + cynthia good enough for ground?
Both are 1/5

[dire spade]

Oh wait, I would SSR with Go Viral Metal Sound SS Hilbert

[warped gulch]

Do you know what you can do with SSR ?

[rain copper]

no Tabitha is not in the game yet

[sullen zephyr]

It's Morting time

[rain copper]

[warped gulch]

Using Shadow Force before enemy Sync

So you can save your SEUN for Sync

[rain copper]

i have never seen enemies syncing twice

[dire spade]

Not bad, but would rely on SEUN redlax procs

[sacred badger]

hilarious.

[rain copper]

so you are not rushing sync?

[warped gulch]

Idk ?

[rain copper]

that wouldn't allow you to score high i believe, but i could be wrong

[warped gulch]

I feel like SC Irida cant rush tbh

[rain copper]

i'm talking to felipe they are going to use SS Hilbert and Redlax

[rain copper]

https://tenor.com/view/barry-pokemon-pokemon-diamond-and-pearl-arms-crossed-pokemon-diamond-and-pearl-battle-dimension-gif-1964921182484956242

BP Barry belike

[dire spade]

Well, I will try it when MT ghost arrives

[rain copper]

i don't have high hope for it but hopefully it works for you

[sullen zephyr]

Dena'll probably release more DC fieldsprint pairs right?

[sacred badger]

maybe

[warped gulch]

Idk

[sullen zephyr]

Otherwise eventually you'll have them all and can only trade tickets for sync orbs

[dire spade]

I'm just going just for the 1M tho. So hope that would help

[rain copper]

i dont even think the team can score past 700k tbh

[rain copper]

yes ofc, but it will take a long while unlike yearly BP update

[warped gulch]

Ehhh, should be easy 1m

[robust meteor]

Do Courtney's Sentry Fierce and Sharp entries grid skills proc again when she mega evolve?

[rain copper]

yes

[warped gulch]

Even 1/5 NC Silver can why not 3/5 SSR Cynthia

[robust meteor]

Ok just want to double check. Thx Gakon!

[rain copper]

Cynthia relies on sync tho

[dire spade]

Well, if that fails, there will be other options, but by the time, I'll save omni move candies for anni MFs

[warped gulch]

Remember her Sync is really strong

[rain copper]

but you are right

[warped gulch]

And she is Tech

[civic island]

Tested the timings
For me it's Red Courtney Colress
I think need 1 para proc to fit the last sync

[rain copper]

Gakon not underestimating Cynthia challenge (impossible)

[civic island]

Use the boy

[warped gulch]

3vs1 you can normally use 5-6 Sync with Twave/Stun Spore spamming

[civic island]

https://tenor.com/view/bite-head-biting-head-eating-head-gif-11588244

[sacred badger]

for 3v1

i think i'd ddo NY Dawn

[warped gulch]

NY Dawn Sync doesn’t that good

She need so much help

[sacred badger]

hmm

[rain copper]

[warped gulch]

She cant buff her own stat

[sullen zephyr]

https://youtu.be/Xx8TQfhRVXY?si=2717-4ThLlrumgq2

[rain copper]

but Volo sucks

[warped gulch]

Her base multiplier need to raise stat

[civic island]

Love shar

[warped gulch]

Confusion just bad

And that already limit you with SpA buffer that can buff other stat

[sacred badger]

SS Korrina 3R + Fall Allister + Redlax / Colress ? :O?

[warped gulch]

I rather drop F Allister for BP Barry

ST like Sync spamming than dps

[covert geyser]

what about renegade Cynthia 3R?

[ivory kestrel]

Single mpr on Red, Rock gears… i think 1M should be doable with this comp

[warped gulch]

She’ll be good, but she need someone else to drop Aoe SpDef

[sullen zephyr]

Rose is just pure rock dps and no sync?

[covert geyser]

Apparently

And dynamax

[dire spade]

Can max too, but yeah, no sync it seems

[civic island]

Probably ssrCynthia will dominate heavily with scGardenia

[sullen zephyr]

Refreshing to see barry and colress are not completely dominating this mode

[ivory kestrel]

Yup. Pure stone edge. Dmax at end. Red syncs first. Then nemona syncs all the rest

[civic island]

Won't last long

The sandstorm will be over soon

So we'll kinda face the same thing with Ice

[ivory kestrel]

NC Red timely denials will outweigh his b move delays

[civic island]

Too much time

[warped gulch]

Idt so, i think you’ll spam blizzard instead

[sullen zephyr]

Irida prevents hail damage

[warped gulch]

That also what NC Silver does

And ofc no Colress or Bp Barry spamming their move

[sullen zephyr]

Would irida + nc red + colress/barry not be a good team?

[warped gulch]

Yes

Red just better

Or Chase

[sullen zephyr]

Redlax?

Tfw no chase

[warped gulch]

Like Colress still can go with NC Silver bc aoe Def debuff

But why Colress for Red right ?

[rain copper]

you only use these two if you lack Redlax or Chase

[warped gulch]

Even Dana maybe better than them

Even tho she lack Sup EX

[sullen zephyr]

The BP curse

[civic island]

Dana got that stupid passive

[sullen zephyr]

Does ncred or irida sync harder?

[civic island]

Ruining queues

[rain copper]

NC Red

[civic island]

Aww nice, was my first strike tech for rally

[plush palm]

if they ever let us ex the bp 5*

[civic island]

Anni

[plush palm]

im exing 4 of them immediately bc is already have them 20/20

[thin wren]

What other types have strong fast attackers but not as strong syncs

[cloud timber]

poppy would be pretty major

[civic island]

Maxie for ground v3

I truly believe in him

Idk about scAdaman

His Bmove is absurd but take ages m

[thin wren]

Steel will probably be nukeless yes

[thin wren]

ehhh, foxanne sync is very strong aoe so idk

[rain copper]

you should re-read the question

[warped gulch]

You asked us about this

[rain copper]

[warped gulch]

[warped gulch]

Uhhh, Steel has 2 sync spammers

So idk why Steel is Nukeless

[thin wren]

fairy aoe will probably be sync rush with 2 ss glad b moves thrown in for extra 2 mil right?

[thin wren]

meant the highest scores won't focus on nuking too much

[thin wren]

I said not as so it means that types with fast attackers that output more damage than sync spamming

[rain copper]

but Fall Roxanne is not fast

[thin wren]

? didn't say she was. Just said that foxanne will probably be worth it over Maxie after a guy said Maxie will be the best for ground 3v3

[rain copper]

you specified "fast attackers"

[thin wren]

I asked what types have fast attackers better than their nukers and a guy replied Maxie for 3v3 which I disagree with as foxanne while not being a fast attacker has stronger aoe nuke than Maxie's quick dps spam

[plush palm]

thinking of running lenora / ssr cynthia / barry if when we get ghost 3v1

next month ofc

or just run redlax while spamming leer i guess

[ivory kestrel]

Why Lenora and Barry though? If Colress can do both jobs (def debuff and sync rush)

[rotund sierra]

One message removed from a suspended account.

[ivory kestrel]

Someone already mentioned here, since this iteration used X Speed all, the enemies have fewer dead time in between their attacks… so Twave spam is not as good

[normal parcel]

I think you have to take in account full attack, including gears theme skills and sync grid tiles (ofc it should exceed 666 without the +20 skill gear)

[cloud timber]

lv 150 ex + 80 from gear + grid tiles would amount to 627

theme skills would let you exceed it if you run along side a rock tech or sprint or something

but i'd have lv 140

and that 10 level difference is 22 attack

[calm anvil]

Best Rock pair?

I got EX Olivia

Do I not use Sandstorm

[sacred badger]

Olivia or Gordie.

dont need Sandstorm, just need Redlax + Colress .-.

[normal parcel]

Sandstorm isn't advisable for Olivia because she can't summon sand by herself (unlike NC silver) and sand blaster 5 isn't worth a whole teammate dedicated to sand + the sand animation

[cloud timber]

i'd actually give it a try if you have paulo or ingo but not if you don't and not for more than like the last two syncs with olivia

[normal parcel]

I guess Paulo can contribute to damage and sync countdown, is Ingo good for DC?

[cunning rock]

NO. He's very dependent on sandstorm being up and ONLY he is protected from Sandstorm damage

If you tried Colress or BP Barry, you'd lose way too much time from Sandstorm chip damage

[cloud timber]

it's something i'd definitely attempt if i didn't have paulo just for support ex and not relying on x attack mpr

even if it ends up being useless

i thought running sand shelter on everything would be obvious…

also i have no rock zone setters

[cunning rock]

Even if you ran sand shelter on everyone, Gladion is still fast, they take up more time from the sandstorm chip

[cloud timber]

i'd definitely be the last person to discourage experimentation even if literally everyone else thinks that this or any other strategy is useless

otherwise you learn nothing you gain nothing imo

[calm anvil]

alright

[normal parcel]

Colress has sand shelter on grid and Olivia too

Barry will need lucky skill however

[normal parcel]

That's why sync spam isn't the best option for NC silver

[true locust]

Nc sliver sand dont do ally damage

He have protect them from it

Its in his passive

[ivory kestrel]

Sync spam isnt as effective in this round coz they use X speed all. Less dead time in between enemy queue

[clear torrent]

Who is gonna be good for ground single ?

[rain copper]

Courtney

[clear torrent]

DPS ?

I have ursaluna

[rain copper]

3/5 Fall Roxanne works too unless you lack Redlax

[rain copper]

sync rush + nuke, she doesn't do dps

Adaman is not great for this mode

because of B Move + burn animation eating sizeable amount of time

[clear torrent]

I see

[jovial mantle]

Oh....I just realized that next DC is ground....SC adaman pls....get 1 mil....

[ivory kestrel]

Damm maybe one more TM refresh from Red and it could have it. Or also if i give SP3 to Rose.

[clear torrent]

I don't have the resources to ex someone rn man

Can't and don't Wana ex Courtney

[sacred badger]

Almost ;O

[vernal condor]

regretting every life choice that led to me creating this doc
i have ub sheet ptsd
||/j it's much simpler to update||

[calm anvil]

All I could do

[devout pelican]

I wonder if DeNA would tone things down. Like 500k to grab all 100 tix

[rain copper]

That's very low for a sync rush comp

Check the pins for proof

[devout pelican]

At the moment it definitely requires you have certain pairs to meet the quota of 1m

Yes, I know it's optional but don't say it doesn't sting when you don't get 1m

[calm anvil]

Are any of the 5 pairs any good

Wish there was a tool that analyses your pairs and find out what you need

[copper otter]

All 5 of them are around equal strength and playstyles. They provide zone/sync CD on entry and can debuff various stats.

[calm anvil]

Cool

CD?

[copper otter]

Countdown

CD

[calm anvil]

Even cooler

Gonna get my first one based on any holes in my type teams

[crude sandal]

Cooldown

[copper otter]

[rapid sparrow]

Will my 3/5 HalloweenRoxanne be good in ground DC

I don't think i have much other ground types

[calm anvil]

I got Cynthia EX 3/5 for ground

[copper otter]

It's ST this time around

Foxanne iirc has a really good nuke

Cynthia however might be under par unless 5/5

[rapid sparrow]

Problem is foxanne needs to setup debuffs

[crude sandal]

And Cynthia needs sand unless you don't plan to use it

[warped gulch]

Cynthia’s sync is worse than Olivia’s sync btw

[crude sandal]

[true locust]

Ground for 1 target or fall roxane or camerupt

Dont see better

[warped gulch]

Cynthia before mega has lower atk than Olivia. Although after mega she has higher, mega sync really harm her

And both only have 2 Sync multiplier lol

[crude sandal]

Not sure if EXR Maxie is good

[rapid sparrow]

EXR Foxxanne my beloved

[true locust]

Maxie issue he need sun

And this for long run not goo

[crude sandal]

Can't he set up preemptively and with Solar Sync?

[warped gulch]

• Cynthia: Haymaker and Sand Blaster 5
• Olivia: Inertia and Sand Blaster 5

[true locust]

But he cast it 1 time only

[crude sandal]

I mean, look at NC Silver

[true locust]

End need wait befor sun run out for his sync since you will lose sun befor🤣

Nc silver sand barrely stay too end

And maxie set up is way longer then his

[crude sandal]

I mean, Maxie only needs to use his TM twice and he doesn't have chip damage unlike Silver's sandstomr

[true locust]

Courtney for me is the best for it

Zone is big set up

[copper otter]

I'm going Vgio for this

Sand and Zone in one

[true locust]

V gio b move take forever

And zone is 1 time use dont be for all syncs up

[copper otter]

True, but its conveinent for dual setup

[true locust]

Fall roxane need trap

[copper otter]

She sets it herself

[true locust]

Wat will take damage mean time

[copper otter]

True

[true locust]

Like poison befor

Courtney and corless/bp barry

And steven / lax

The best

[sacred badger]

Cynthia 5/5 for ST Ground? o.o

[true locust]

Sand is bad play

[sacred badger]

doesnt she have like Sync Accel or something?

[true locust]

Chip damage take time

Need use ground zone

[copper otter]

Gioking

[crude sandal]

Shocking as it may seem (at least for me), Courtney and Foxanne have practically similar nuke assuming that Courtney has zone

[warped gulch]

If you use her as a dps, i guess ok ?

But if you try Sync spamming

[true locust]

Roxane trap is issue

[sacred badger]

Slaash gamin?

[warped gulch]

She is worse than Olivia

[sacred badger]

Ramming Speed and Superduper Effective 5 and Critical Strike 9 Slash? xD

[true locust]

Courtney look the best for singel target

[warped gulch]

Courtney just one of the best here

You can spam like 5-6 Sync in ST

[crude sandal]

Earthen Opening Sync or 2x +25 sync move for Courtney?

[sturdy pebble]

Cynthia 1/5 💀

[crude sandal]

And what do you think of this?
https://ng-pomatools.web.app/pairs/22200/32300?s=5&l=140&r=6&p=0&a=13016403&g=AAECAwQFFRgZHB4hIiMlKSw

Now that I think about it, Sharp Entry for her might not even be necessary

[rain copper]

Cynthia is not really good, you have to run sand and yk sand recoil kills time

[copper otter]

Bertha junpscare.

[rain copper]

[crude sandal]

This is better right?
https://ng-pomatools.web.app/pairs/22200/32300?s=5&l=140&r=6&p=0&a=13016403&g=AAECAwQFFRgZHB4hIiMlLi8

[rain copper]

I want to ignore her time killers badly

[sacred badger]

-8 energy D:

Just despai.

[copper otter]

It seems like Courtney's the only one that doesn't kill time

[crude sandal]

-5 actually

[copper otter]

Trap, burn, sand, or zone setup

Choose your poison

[crude sandal]

Zone setup actually

[copper otter]

Let me check dps

[crude sandal]

Since this is ST, Courtney's Bulldoze is x2 stronger

[devout pelican]

So what's next reset?

Let's hope it's an easy one so we can grab the 2nd DC pair

[sacred badger]

Rally and CSMM

[copper otter]

Yeesh.

[sacred badger]

2 resets for DC ST Ground

[devout pelican]

Right, ST Ground

[copper otter]

Half of dps moves are B moves

only 2

[sacred badger]

Maxie DPS .-.;

[vagrant ivy]

I have ss gio

pog

[copper otter]

5/5 Gioking here

[sacred badger]

4/5 Gioking here

[copper otter]

Problem is gauge

He does have max countdown tho

[crude sandal]

3/5

[vagrant ivy]

mine is 1/5

[copper otter]

So he can be a semi-sprint unit

[vagrant ivy]

I’ll make something work

gioking has support ext

might help

[devout pelican]

Guess I'll need to hope Bertha is good enough

[sacred badger]

Oh Max Countdown 3 is 5/5 grid option. despair ;_;

[rain copper]

Let's see if dps spamming is better than Courtney nuke this time

Bertha is bad, dont use her

[devout pelican]

Man, the buffer from sandstorm will be painful

[copper otter]

Imma do dps this time around. Sync move damage is worse this time around

I don't think it's good to do sync rushing for Ground tbh

[warped gulch]

GL with trap, sandstorm for who try to use

[sacred badger]

Bertha and Courtney requries setup right? D;?

[warped gulch]

Bertha ? Yes
Courtney ? Not much

[crude sandal]

Yes, but Redlax helps mitigate Courtney's buffing

Assuming he's 3/5

[rain copper]

He doesn't even need 3/5 for that

[crude sandal]

Max Knuckle + MAX Shielding Strikes

With those two, Courtney only needs to use X Defense and TM once

[copper otter]

Hmm... hear me out chat.
Iono/Courtney/Gioking.

[warped gulch]

[copper otter]

Dps

[civic island]

Gioking Sonia as mainly dps doesn't look so bad

[crude sandal]

What are you cooking that feels like it's about to burn?

[copper otter]

Free move next on hit, Mega kick dps

[warped gulch]

I rather use Larry than Iono

[copper otter]

Oh true

Sc steven too

Hmmm

[sacred badger]

I'm thinking of running Gioking/Rika/SC Steven o.o

[copper otter]

Rika can hurt you

Poison dot

Especially ifcyou need crit buffs

[warped gulch]

You dont need to press any attack move to buff crit

[sacred badger]

Gioking doesnt need crit buffs right? he has Critical Crit 9

[civic island]

3/5

Yes

[rain copper]

Her passive also activates every time she gets hit which kills time

[warped gulch]

But if you use Rika why you need critical crit 9 anymore

[copper otter]

Critical crit 9 is deceptive.

Gioking's sync grid is INCREDIBLY expensive

To a fault

Getting rid of critical crit will free up multiple things, one. It you can get move gauge refresh if beyond 3/5, and even better. Crit up animation time chips away seconds

Getting rid of that helps

[sacred badger]

gotcha.

[crude sandal]

I'm still kind of in a predicament of Chase vs. Colress for fire 3v1

[copper otter]

Is your fire nuke physical?

There's your answer

[crude sandal]

Nah, it's Leaf

[calm anvil]

I have Bertha and Courtney if she worka

[warped gulch]

Yeah, Barry then

[warped gulch]

Courtney is one of the best for ST Ground

[crude sandal]

Would this damage make up for having 2 supports with sprint EXR?

[copper otter]

Doesn't nc leaf have support exr to begin with?

[crude sandal]

The 1st image is Leaf as the 3rd sync, the 2nd one is her 4th sync

[sacred badger]

Fire ST?

[crude sandal]

Yuh

[copper otter]

I'd rather focus on dps asap. Leaf is going to waste time on debuffs

[sacred badger]

i think i'm going for SS May + her.

no idea for 3rd teammember

Chase maybe? shrug

[safe prawn]

Btw I saw some messages about ground

I’d not sleep on variety Giovanni too

[crude sandal]

Nah, Courtney all the way

[sacred badger]

for ST Ground?

[safe prawn]

His B move does great dps and has 2 100% nuke multipliers plus superduper effective 5

He can be an alternative

[crude sandal]

Sandstorm chip damage tho

[safe prawn]

For time yes but Courtney dps is kinda meh

[crude sandal]

Her nuke is miles better than Gio

And if timed right, she can sync under zone 3 times

[rain copper]

you don't use her dps until very end tho

[copper otter]

I really do feel lkke DPS is the way to go next rotation

1 mil dps raw vs 700k sync raw

[sacred badger]

we can test it once its active

[young tartan]

anyone got a strat for next stage? I don't have halloween Roxanne so I'm kinda cooked sync wise

[crude sandal]

Literally this emoji

[young tartan]

HER?

ok granted I have her ex and shit

but wait really?

[rain copper]

her sync is good

and she allows you compress both zone + SEUN on the same comp

[young tartan]

hmm so barry - her - sc steven then

truly the saviour of all physical pairs

[crude sandal]

Also, Silver will go nuts in 3v3 fire weak

[young tartan]

damn that fucker really would

god I hope he wins this, I don't have Moltres so I am pissed

[crude sandal]

The bad thing about Leaf is that she requires 5 turns to fully set up

Leer x3, use her TM then use her B Move to complete the debuffs (unless the enemy buffs one of the 4 stats she debuffed)

[dusty ivy]

We can try to grab another debuff unit

Power play only needs 18 stars down

So it can easily be 2 leer

[crude sandal]

You're forgetting that her Leer debuffs 4 stats at once

So even if those stats are fully debuffed, as long as the other stats aren't, then her passive is triggered

[ivory kestrel]

Is it a waste of roster spot to bring Rika (ex’d and caked) with Courtney, other one will be Barry? Barry syncs first. Then sync rush to Rika to get instant ground zone on sync. By this time, Courtney would have fully buffed, so she takes all syncs after, sync rushing ofc

[slender venture]

Courtney doesn't need Rika

[ivory kestrel]

Ground zone takes forever

[slender venture]

Takes forever how?

[ivory kestrel]

Also she doesnt have extension, unlike Rika’s sync zone.

[slender venture]

You would sacrifice a team spot that could have faster debuffing, rebuff or seup and give it to Rika?

[warped gulch]

You only need 2 Zone most of the time

[crude sandal]

3 if you have Earthen Opening Sync

[ivory kestrel]

Anyway, we’ll see. Part of the fun is the theorizing then either getting it right or wrong when the actual event rolls lol

[slender venture]

Pretty easy to say that together with Courtney, Rika is more than suboptimal

Redundant

[rain copper]

Redlax works better with Courtney

[ivory kestrel]

Rika is only there for two things: support ex, and ground zone on sync. Maybe one use of TM as well to cap out courtney’s attack

[slender venture]

The thing is Courtney sets zone herself, so it's redundant

[crude sandal]

Yeah, and like I said, with proper timing, Courtney can sync 3 times under her zone

[normal parcel]

For AOE should be fine (but I think the ground giovannis are better)

For st don't use maxie

[civic island]

It's literal garbage
Probably the worst cake after ncCalem

But at leat he got some good dps

[slender venture]

That is a weird opinion

it's by no means a big improvement

but all the supports into tech EXR, or even Archie and Anni Lillie that get tech are considered worse

[rare apex]

at last, it will be my caked maxie's time to shine

[plush palm]

support w/ tech cake isnt that bad if you wanna make LG solos easier

Anywhere else tho? yeah it aint great

[slender venture]

Every cake makes LG solos easier

[robust meteor]

I also feel like support with strike cake is pretty bad... making their low damage multi-target and increasing their offensite stats just doesn't seem that useful. But people don't usually mention this combo as being bad, I'm not sure why not

[ivory kestrel]

Got it at last with this comp. Still a far cry from my NC Silver clear lol. But it was fun chasing that 1M

[sacred badger]

Sync'd with nemona?

[ivory kestrel]

Mhm

Nemona is 1/5, ex’d

Rock zone persisted til the end

[sacred badger]

Noice

[robust meteor]

why are supports with strike EXR not mentioned as being bad? I feel like that's almost as bad as support with tech EXR?

[icy scroll]

Well, I think this is the worst I can score!?

[slender venture]

Haven't mentioned them because they are rarer

[plush palm]

also striker cake is a flat +40 to offenses for solos

which helps a lot bc support atk / spatk is usually compelte shit

[slender venture]

Either way, helping with LG solos is not a strong compeller

[plush palm]

I mean it is if you're a LG player

[robust meteor]

I see I see. (And I don't go for long LG streaks, so increasing their offense is not really helpfull in other game modes I feel)

[plush palm]

I do and tbh striker cake is pretty far down my priority list

its supports and field then the rest

tech is great on palmer at least

[half salmon]

That's my max damage with Silver 1/5, I'm posting bc maybe this can help others
Red caked

[icy scroll]

So who should it be?

[civic island]

Beside Supp+Tech being a doubious investment
Archie is still doing slightly better than Maxie because at least you can sync unde rain
Still quite bad tho

[civic island]

Unless whales doubt ppl will rush to use their tech candies on supports
The only one I caked is Elaine for rally
Sure it make stuff easier but now that we got DC priprities are shifting

[cunning rock]

In NC Blue's case, it's actually really good because his Electric Rebuff via sync will spread to the sidemons. And a lot of the Supports with Striker EXR can actually flex into an attacking role. The only one that's bad is Holiday Sycamore tbh

[civic island]

Ye ncBlue/Penny are quite nice

And iono got some dmg but guess it's not worth rn

[cunning rock]

In Iono's case, it's because her nuke button relies on SMUN stacks but no reason not to unleash that nuke if she's close or at max stacks

[icy scroll]

Wtf Gordie?

[half salmon]

Here is another team for silver 1/5:

[dusty ivy]

You forgor Archie in same tier

[warped gulch]

At least Archie loves +20 SpA

[dusty ivy]

Pykuo

That was a critical hit

As an Archie coper

I wanted so badly for it to be a primal reversion to make up for how dogshit the cake was

A

[rare apex]

water zone for archie never

perhaps we can cope for Matt with hoenn solidarity and rain dance

[dusty ivy]

Or

A power boost for old master fairs

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/309053788243886081/936822945165226014/image0.gif

Make it a event with the sync story

Cmon Dena

I’m giving you a way to make more money

You can reuse assets and get us to summon for them

Pleeeeese

[proud minnow]

I kinda expect something big for the MF Power Boosts

[proud minnow]

tbf it’s a somewhat rarer combo (5 VS 13), and all but 1 does have a fringe use

[glad kraken]

in theory Support with Strike is objectively worse, but the ones with that combo tend to justify its existence well enough

except Holiday Sycamore

holiday sycamore probably should've just gotten tech

[proud minnow]

Basically this

[acoustic chasm]

Striker Penny is really funny, I had a rally run where she was my damage dealer up until area 7

[proud minnow]

Honestly her EX role has been tempting me for quite a while now

[dusty ivy]

Penny can be useful at 5/5

I’m pretty sure iono prefers the hitting hard stats anyway

But like grusha oh wow 1.5 damage

That kinda thing

[civic island]

My 5/5 Archie is Uber tier, also h.Erika

[robust meteor]

I see I see. I guess I'm not into "fringe uses" too much. I'm pretty sure NC Blue not having his cake never affected me negatively. And Penny needs 5/5 for her cake to be "useful" which basically won't ever apply for me, since I don't have any limited unit at 5/5

[limber onyx]

Who's the rival we're facing now? Blue? N? Hau? Hugh?

Green?

No wait, Green and Blue are the same person.

[acoustic heath]

Best I could do

[ivory kestrel]

Finally breached 2M

[scenic grotto]

I remember when Colress was first released, I thought it was unfortunate that he got Def debuff instead of Metal Sound for Sp. Def debuff
But I guess it’s a good thing he debuffs Def

[cloud timber]

better to have debuffs that matches his sync, it's just mirror shot being special that's awkward

[scenic grotto]

It could have had Mirror Shot, Metal Sound, and special attack sync (like flash canon)

[cloud timber]

ye

[dire spade]

@rain copper I decided to 3/5 EXR SC Irida for also the HSE, so don't about your SSR doubts

[glad kraken]

probably would be weird that it doesnt use it's sig move at all in that case

[ivory kestrel]

In Ground ST, if you are running Courtney - Colress - Redlax, do you spam Bulldoze first few turns after buffing up (chip damage is bonus), or do you use Klinklang screech?

Or a combination of the two?

Oh, just realized Defense Crush 9 is after Mega-evolving. Guess its not worth it to use Bulldoze then

[plush palm]

screech

bulldoze is too slow and she has no cakewalk

[copper otter]

No need to bulldoze, waste of gauge and time, screech is more worthwhile

granted, i don't even think Sync is the way to go this time around since ground DPS is just straight up stronger than any sync nuker for ground

[nova vine]

Which of the new damage challenge units do you guys recommend picking up first?

[rain copper]

Gladion and Wally stand out from the others, but feel free to get your most favorite pairing first

[devout pelican]

The DC pairs are good to fill out missing roles in Rally at the very least

[nova vine]

Yeah im thinking Gladion first

[devout pelican]

Initially I am thinking about getting Nemona, but I might go for Hugh because Sprint + Flying is a rare combo

[thin wren]

really?

[copper otter]

@thin wren sync damage for ground sync nukers are around 700K raw from Foxanne.

DPS is about 1.2M raw from DPS from Gioking

[thin wren]

oh

lol

Maxie time copium

[pearl dawn]

My 2/5 GIovanni doing wonders.

[copper otter]

look at the difference.

for context: this is Poison's data.

Calling it now, you're gonna need to DPS here.

[sacred badger]

Mega Kick gaming? 😮

[copper otter]

Like, poison at least shows you a massive scale in damage, but for sync nukers. the only Reliable and fast sync nuker is Courtney, the rest will waste time with wanting either sandstorm, Trap, or Burn.

actually.... I am blind....

I read 7 mil as 700K

[rain copper]

hi blind

[copper otter]

[pearl dawn]

Oh so I wasn't the dumb one not understanding what you said.

Just the usual Link moment.

https://tenor.com/view/hu-tao-gif-22989237

[copper otter]

truly a linkable moment

Imma just see what happens, but I am curious on how much trap/sand damage will take away from our time

[rain copper]

a lot

[cloud timber]

sand alone is quite bad and sand tomb has a long animation too

[rain copper]

for nuker Courtney is the only viable option

Fall Roxanne comps have to deal with trap animation

[civic island]

Bertha is totally out, everything is too slow w her

[cloud timber]

i have plans for bertha so we'll see

[civic island]

Yeah I'm gonna trying something too but not too optimistic when Courtney is right there
Problem will be reaching *3 syncs after supp ex
If she does big

[sturdy pebble]

🤝

[robust meteor]

sorry I'm a little confused. NC Silver nuked in sand and that seemed fine.

[civic island]

Ye, but trap and will steal extra time

If just bertha had self atk buff

There will be more flexibility around that

Btw I was looking at some gioking dps with nc Silver and Bugsy lmao

Hope to se a Father / Son run, mine is just 1/5

[cunning rock]

That reminds me, is SS Gio's raw power not enough for ST Ground?

[civic island]

It should be, maybe not on nukers level but sure dealing so much damage continuosly
The multipliers with nc silver are just crazy high, and you also have circle and the pmun next

[cunning rock]

I lack NC Silver but I wonder how far SS Gio would go with the standard Colress/Redlax especially when he has a Dmax nuke to slide in for extra damage at the end

[civic island]

Can't really test bcs mine is 1/5 but I think he will do fine
Mega kick is fast, so by kicking n sync you can get closer to nukers
Not sure abt gauge tho
If I had him I would try to run with either
Sonia + Red, scSteven + Rika or ncSilver + Bugsy

[cloud timber]

cynthia slash is looking good

[hidden fog]

That's what I'm saying

Fk EQ

We doubling down on CS3 Slash

[sacred badger]

CS9 slash xD

[cloud timber]

cs3+cs9 slash

dealing 10k per use to raikou

superduper effective 5 too

[civic island]

LG route so 📈

[sacred badger]

could be possible, but you need to sync with herr once Hrm.

[cloud timber]

don't need the tm mpr, fast track will bring her to +6 speed

this is what i'll be going for

but if it turns out they use x def then that debuff tile is useless

[sacred badger]

oh you're going sand route hrm

[cloud timber]

yea i'm running with bertha

who i can't really sync rush with effectively

decided i'll be needing stomping tantrum dc4 lol

and gave her grid expansion to test something

[fallen trail]

that is a tile that exists??

i dont think i have ever looked at the top right part of her grid

[cloud timber]

yea it is usually fairly irrelevant

[cunning rock]

Slowly losing my mind over this Rock DC. So much RNG has to go right.
Olivia X Attack MPR once
Redlax ideally getting MPR
FULL PARA AT LEAST TWO OR THREE TIMES

[upbeat bluff]

Alright, got a little bit of time to hopefully get better, any advice? Was trying NC Silver/Colress/Redlax 1/5

Redlax has EXR

[cunning rock]

What's your highest score so far?

[upbeat bluff]

572,861

one sec, gonna take clothes down to wash.

[cunning rock]

https://x.com/EEVEEmath/status/1811954513387167949

こへ（ポケmath） (@EEVEEmath) on X

ライチレッドアクロマで100万pt

グズマと違い回避がないので麻痺耐性8に頼るしかないのがキツい

Twitter · Jul 13, 2024, 2:43 AM

This is what I'm trying right now. So far my best have been 700k to 800k

[rain copper]

they have Silver so they don't need to follow that

[upbeat bluff]

Would it be worth it to use B RS?

[rain copper]

the pins, once again, documented Silver clears

[upbeat bluff]

or skip that?

[thick stump]

theres no case to be made to not use it lol

guaranteed flinch, buys you more time to move and the enemy cant move

spread damage, and already outdamages stone edge

plus you can beef it up w seun and pmun

[upbeat bluff]

For god's sake ,teh best one doesn't even bother saying 'hey, we're using Head Start'.

[rain copper]

that's why one should check the grid used first

[upbeat bluff]

IT DOESN'T SAY ON THE GRID EITHER.

[cloud timber]

it does

[upbeat bluff]

LUCKY SKILL: BLANK.

https://ng-pomatools.web.app/team?v0=019100060100&s0=5&l0=140&r0=5&p0=0&a0=0&t0=11111&g0=AAECAwQFBgcREhUWGSMlJygpKyw&v1=000000014300&s1=1&l1=140&r1=6&p1=0&a1=0&t1=44444&x1=true&g1=AAECAwQFBgcICQoMERITFBobHB0eICUmJyg&v2=013303024802&s2=3&l2=150&r2=6&p2=0&a2=13016303&t2=44444&x2=true&g2=AAECAwQFBgkSFBcaHh8iIyQnKS4v

Here's the whole thing for proof! It only shows weathered warrior!

[cloud timber]

oh yeah that's garbage then

[rain copper]

pretty much all Red teams want HS1 to complete ramp anyway

[upbeat bluff]

...Oh my god, that's the only one that uses htose three.

With those exact sync levels and everything.

freaking why?

[upbeat bluff]

Well, I don't have it, so it sucks balls to know EVERY BUILD KEEPS USING IT.

[rose basalt]

ss giovanni for upcoming ground?

[rain copper]

Courtney is considered one of the best options

[true locust]

Courtney or fall roxane are the 2 best

[normal parcel]

Archie at least really wanted the extra attack from exr

[civic island]

[rose basalt]

courtney it is

[upbeat bluff]

For god's sake, multiple attemps missed by one sync move.

Seriously, one more paralyze would be my salvation.

or one more MPR for Red.

Kepe falling just short of 1m.

[crude sandal]

Welcome to pokemon

Actually, more like gacha, but you get my point

[upbeat bluff]

I give up, I keep being one sync away from 1m.

And it's always one freaking move off.

[devout pelican]

You can just check the video in the pin

[upbeat bluff]

I tried using the strategy, I'm always one move off BECUASE IT USES HEAD START.

And that's the only clear that uses those three pairs at that exact move level.

I have no way to replicate it.

[rain copper]

[upbeat bluff]

Don't have those.

[devout pelican]

I mean, my Red doesn't have any LS. It's just Colress

[upbeat bluff]

I swear to god, do you not know how to read?

I can't replicate it. I don't have any of those lucky skills.

If you're the one who made that video, YOU GAVE COLRESS HEAD START.

[devout pelican]

I'm sorry you don't have any headstart after all those LGs

[merry nymph]

Absolutely not - you do not get to ridicule people trying to help you

[devout pelican]

Meanwhile, I am already out of deluxe cookies and have to spent the premium ones

[civic island]

Your usual/core units are alrd fine, you're good

[wide shore]

I want to make it very clear to everyone here that we will not tolerate this kind of attitude towards people taking time out of their day to help you out

It is absolutely unacceptable

[crude sandal]

This reminds of those times

[upbeat parrot]

which grid olivia uses with redlax and colress?

[rain copper]

[upbeat parrot]

thanks

[devout pelican]

@vernal condor If you are free, please help me to update the grid for 1.71M clear to include HS1 for Colress (Yeowch)

[crude sandal]

17.1M?

Is that even possible?

[devout pelican]

I really need to check what I type

That said, Bugscyther clear? Interesting

[normal parcel]

Don't you have some adrenaline cookies? For redlax

[crude sandal]

Muted

[normal parcel]

Maybe if you hack apple cup in DC

[fiery rose]

Imagine lmao

Special Damage Challenge: Apple Cup Edition

[thin wren]

hlo

pins aren't appearing for me so I can't find the doc. Could rose ss diantha and redlax get higher than 1 mil?all except redlax are 3/5

[cloud timber]

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1s-FZwwgLaWbMR7K-zKKabjiIE56y1BafQ7zWRC49QVk/edit?gid=631098815#gid=631098815 there's a direct link

[thin wren]

thx

[prisma quail]

I keep forgetting damage challenge resets on Tuesday, not Monday...

I appreciate them dividing up events so it's not all on Monday, but it still throws me

[lapis yarrow]

So I have 1 more day to not do any damage on this thing lol

[copper otter]

Next reset won't be any better tbh

[tribal flax]

any video link to refer?

[ashen cave]

Which option do you think will be better for tomorrow?

[cunning rock]

https://x.com/EEVEEmath/status/1811954513387167949

こへ（ポケmath） (@EEVEEmath) on X

ライチレッドアクロマで100万pt

グズマと違い回避がないので麻痺耐性8に頼るしかないのがキツい

Twitter · Jul 13, 2024, 2:43 AM

[unborn vault]

Is Courtney actually going to be better than Gio in this event...???

For next week, at least

[prisma quail]

Camerupt, RedLax (if he is caked), Klinklang

[unborn vault]

I am considering SC Lyra

[prisma quail]

Probably.

Tech nuke, sets ground zone, and has "super syncer" on grid

[unborn vault]

Those speed drops single target could go hard

[unborn vault]

Super sync is kinda irrelevant with Red, but tech nuke and ground zone are very solid

Altough not being a field, I hope the ground zones don't wear off too fast

[prisma quail]

You probably won't want to waste long animation times on bulldoze

[unborn vault]

Fair enough, altough damn

-1 def speed is neat

Especially since I lack Klinklang

For some reason

[copper otter]

It really is a tossup tomorrow because ground units are significantly less overpowered than other types in terms of sync nukers

[unborn vault]

Yea

[copper otter]

Especially for this event where the strongest nukers will waste more time due to trap/sand animation

[unborn vault]

I went to pomatools filter tech

I was like "HUH" am I really considering these

Bertha doesn't look viable

[copper otter]

Too much time will be wasted on her

[unborn vault]

SS Gio has big early bursts but lacks the ceiling in single target

I think

[copper otter]

Foxanne might be worth the time lost

[unborn vault]

I lack her

[chilly sierra]

Fall Roxanne for the win

Alternatively, Courtney

[unborn vault]

My only nuker is Courtney ngl

But I don't have the Colress for def drops so it's kinda eeh

[copper otter]

Unfortunately i do think maxie will be kinda bad unless 3/5 or you waste a slot for sun

[unborn vault]

I agree

[copper otter]

Bertha is..... bertha

And SCAdaman, while really strong, has the unique case of burn animation chipping time away

DPS wise, gioking, and Cynthia might see light on this, but gioking specifically will need gauge support for DPS

[ivory kestrel]

I think SS Gio will have a hard time here. I just barely reach 1M on Rose pure DPSing with Ground Zone basically set the whole fight (from free Nemona). And that is with Redlax having TM Refresh at least 3x. And that was with 3 targets. I see SS Gio and Rose as having almost the same game play.

[copper otter]

Ssgio has max countdown, and faster move animation time. Sc Steven will be able to enhance damage output, but the harder problem is that if going DPS, there needs to be someone who can do easy gauge support

Like sure BP Barry could help, but there has to be someone better

[cunning rock]

SS Gio having Max Countdown is at 5/5 💀

[ivory kestrel]

Bugsy can spam his TM for gauge accel. Although without speed boosts, i dont know how much it helps

But still i’m excited to try SS Gio / Bugsy / NC Silver tomorrow

[thin wren]

will dps be better for ground?

might try rose rika and redlax if that's the case

[slender venture]

Rose has mediocre ST dps

[thin wren]

oh right it's st

gonna go Courtney colress redlax then

[normal parcel]

With SS gio I think you are supposed to DPS, his nuke is good for AOE but not so great single target

[normal parcel]

NC Rosa?

She has charging infliction 2 and sing is 1 gauge

[cunning rock]

He has the 'disadvantage' of being a Striker for ST but I'm mildly hoping that his Dmax nuke would be enough to compensate for that

[thin wren]

chase?

[normal parcel]

You aren't supposed to use him as a nuker, but his single target DPS should work well if it can be a viable strategy

[cunning rock]

Good point, at least none of SS Gio's moves are B moves so spamming his attacks should be viable

[normal parcel]

His mega kick has basically the same bp as his sync

And I don't think mega kick animation is that long either

[cunning rock]

[thin wren]

I think Chase could work as gauge support even if he doesn't give buffs

[rain copper]

Chase can not rush sync tho

And it's certainly a weird option

[cunning rock]

Here's to hoping that SS Gio's viable on next reset, otherwise it's a Courtney party.

[rain copper]

Giovanni doesnt benefit from Chase's buffing profile much and he doesn't give speed

BP Barry works better than him

[thin wren]

we are discussing ss gio comps so sync rush isn't needed (btw chase does buff speed)

even without his passive

chase gives a ton of gauge accel and support sprint sync so he could be worth a shot id the issue is gauges

Rika would also work imo

[normal parcel]

Rika gives ground zone so that will definitely help with damage

[copper otter]

Chase would not be good, in fact, i'm genuinely considering Iono

Fmn is way too good for ssgio

Problem is ssgio's not special

[thin wren]

won't the animation be too long?

[cunning rock]

As long as you don't let Rika tank, I think it should be fine. She only has one B move and it's setup Ground Zone

If you're also running Colress, paralyzing should be ideal to avoid Rika poison

[stoic crest]

What are good ground pairs for tomorrow?

[crude sandal]

Literally Courtney

[icy pendant]

yeah imma have to hope Courtney ends up being enough because I didn’t hold an EX this week

[stoic crest]

Great so it's probably not going well

[slender venture]

Courtney is probably the 2nd optimal choice if not the most optimal

Will have to see tomorrow in practice

But at worst she is 2nd best

[icy pendant]

she has the kit to go fast with Colress just what are her numbers going to end up like

[stoic crest]

And who is ideal for triple ghost?

[slender venture]

SC Irida

[warped gulch]

For f2p Morty’ll be good

[stoic crest]

Oh good thing I have Irida

This should be good for rock right?

[rain copper]

You can try a bit harder to achieve 1m

[civic island]

Remember of Sands of time 2 and circle MG 2
But you can test it on a LA stage

[prisma quail]

Here's the free player grids for tomorrow.

Head start on the supporting units

[icy pendant]

oh yeah she doesn’t have enough energy to grab earthen opening sync

[stoic crest]

Why samurott? Surely there's a better support

[slender venture]

It's the f2p version

[prisma quail]

Samurott gives +3 attack, +2 crit, +1 def with his TM.

Use that twice, plus Team Sentry Entry 2 on Klinklang and Sentry Entry 1 on Camerupt, and you will max your "towering force" without pressing more TMs on camerupt

Sync Samurott, sync Camerupt, then set ground zone just before Camerupt second sync (when it will already be mega evolved, with SEUN, and +6 defense).

Camerupt's first sync will have +5 defense, but mega evolving re-triggers some ETB effects

[prisma quail]

If you run RedLax or something else for SEUN, she can

[stoic crest]

Red lax over samurott?

[icy pendant]

that’s the only flexible slot in the team

in which case sync order stays the same but Courtney now needs to click her TM 3 times to max attack or twice with Max Knuckle

[vernal condor]

it takes animation time anyway, you don't want it

[icy pendant]

she doesn’t have enough zone sets for permanent zone uptime though does she?

[warped gulch]

If you try for 5 Syncs then yes, she doesn’t have enough Zone for all

[icy pendant]

I’ll fiddle around with it tomorrow, I still need to optimize rock since I finally have EXR Redlax

[prisma quail]

Nope.

But first sync with a support, and second sync with Camerupt won't have SEUN or the mega stats anyway.

You want ground zone for sync 3/4/5 though, for sure

With sync speed cheating, you should be able to get two syncs in one set I think

[warped gulch]

Yep

1 zone = 2 Syncs

[crude sandal]

I wish this can be my team
https://ng-pomatools.web.app/team?v0=000000014300&s0=3&l0=140&r0=6&p0=0&a0=15010101&t0=44444&g0=AAECAwQFExYZJigpLA&v1=022200032300&s1=5&l1=140&r1=6&p1=0&a1=13016403&t1=4444&g1=AAECAwQFFRgZHB4hIiMlLi8&v2=019100060100&s2=5&l2=140&r2=5&p2=0&a2=15010101&t2=44444&g2=AAECAwQFFRYZIyUnKCssLQ

This is the best team right?

[warped gulch]

Idk, need to wait tomorrow

[faint quiver]

Take Fierce Entry 1 and you'll only click TM twice while preserving Redlax's Gmax for extra TM.

[turbid vault]

Wait next one is solo opponent? Is courtney one of the best sync nukers because of that? I assume anyone sand is less ideal due to weather casting slow

[rain copper]

That's right

[plush palm]

trap DOT is obnoxious too

[icy pendant]

dot in general is obnoxious

[plush palm]

honestly the poison 3v1 would be a lot better if most of the options didnt have poison multipliers

[normal parcel]

Who will be the best option if not her? Fall Roxanne?

[normal parcel]

I think 2 usages of ground wish should be barely enough if you time it correctly

[crude sandal]

Maybe SS Gio since Roxanne has trap and needs trap for her innate multiplier

[normal parcel]

Ss Gio wants to DPS however because his nuke is quite bad ST

Not that SS Giovanni's nuke is unusable single target, but not optimal

[crude sandal]

A lot of people are planning to use him for DPS

[normal parcel]

However there aren't much great St ground nukers

Yes I guess it may be the best option

His mega kick has basically te same BP as his sync

[cursive linden]

Could SS Gio at 3/5 EXR have better nuke than Courtney 5/5 EX?

[rain copper]

nope

[crude sandal]

Definitely not

[rain copper]

the gap is even wider when you use Redlax with Courtney

[cursive linden]

I feel like i am NOT gonna get 1M with just Hilbert HS1 Colress Vigilance and Courtney Critical Strike

[crude sandal]

Courtney has Super Syncer, so you might have a chance

[slender venture]

That is 1 sync

[cursive linden]

[slender venture]

Won't impact much

[crude sandal]

Oh first time, I actually thought it infinitely reapplies

[cursive linden]

Is there any good unit that can replace Hilbert except Redlax?

[slender venture]

That is super syncer 9

[crude sandal]

Ah ok

[ivory kestrel]

Just realized SS Gio’s grid is too busy. Cant grab all the goodies for this Ground DC

[cursive linden]

SS Gio is waaaay too expensive

[crude sandal]

Wait

Here it is
https://ng-pomatools.web.app/pairs/14002/3400?s=5&l=150&r=6&p=0&a=13010602&g=AAECAwQFDA8RFCgrLi8yNA&x=true

[cursive linden]

5/5

[crude sandal]

Yes

[cursive linden]

Can NC Rosa/NC Bede replace Hilbert?

[warped gulch]

For SS Gio team ?

[last flume]

So tomorrow is ground, can I guess sclyra gonna be mandatory?

[warped gulch]

Bc idk why NC Rosa when you using BP Barry/Colress anyway

[crude sandal]

Not when Redlax exists

[cursive linden]

Courtney

[warped gulch]

Then this

Bede also just buffs very slow for Courtney

[cursive linden]

Sprint Kek

[last flume]

Welp don't have him exr

[sweet grail]

wait

remind me

when does new dc starts?

[civic island]

Next reset

[ivory kestrel]

Im planning on this one if i’m running with Redlax and NC Silver (no Critical Crit tile)

[cursive linden]

No debuffer?

[sacred badger]

Haaah.

[ivory kestrel]

Sorry, I mean Bugsy. Comp is johto, Bugsy - SSGio - NC Silver

[cursive linden]

I hate the fact that the johot combo COULD fucking work

[ivory kestrel]

Circle +’Master Passive is huuuuge boost

[rain copper]

the only concern is gauge

unless 4/5+ Giovanni with MGR9

[cursive linden]

I wanna try BugScy + Courtney + NC Silver but i have a fear that it could NOT work

[copper otter]

Gonna try iono/sc steven/SS Gio

[sacred badger]

Imna go with slash cynthia with bp barry and sc steven

[normal parcel]

Is sprint enough to offset the relic song needed to restore aria forme after sync?

[tired narwhal]

Any idea how many points I can even possibly get. I got 200k using the tram currently there

[prisma quail]

What... Is that to accomplish?

Shiny TTar doesn't add like anything to Camerupt.

And bugscyther just has AOE defense reduction.

[normal parcel]

NC silver just slows down with sandstorm

[prisma quail]

Pretty sure Samurott/Camerupt/Klinklang should be a really good team for free groups tomorrow

You can max out camerupt's sync stats with just two presses of Samurott TM

[tired narwhal]

Or just help with a strat

[copper otter]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1255888121648644197/1257861161400012890/wb9YPkw.gif

embrace the para bro

[tired narwhal]

?

Aight nvm

[civic island]

It doesn't look good, you can probably swap in Bertha at this point *(instead of courtney)

[copper otter]

do you not know the parafail strat? @tired narwhal

[tired narwhal]

Nah

[copper otter]

you have to spam T-wave/Stun Spore in order to sync rush, your damage comes solely from sync

the gif above is an example of the strat in motion

[prisma quail]

AOE rock weakness was so nice 😭

I'm sad we're going back to para spamming

[normal parcel]

For st para spam is generally the way

[tired narwhal]

So I should just have one diancie, a thunder wave, and a support to boost stats

[copper otter]

Redlax preferably for SE up

[tired narwhal]

And spam thunder wave until I can sync?

[copper otter]

yes.

[prisma quail]

Even for AOE, when you have a unit like Genesect. If you have a powerful enough tech/strike combo

[tired narwhal]

Like only click thunder wave?

[copper otter]

yes.

do you need a video?

[tired narwhal]

I suppose I’ll try

I’ll try first

[normal parcel]

Yes but for st is basically mandatory, for AOE it may not always be the best strat

[prisma quail]

The animation time for failing to apply a status effect is so incredibly fast and spammable, it kind of breaks fights with set timers and good sync nukes

[icy pendant]

just going to put out three words I haven’t seen yet if you’re learning twave spam: grab infliction freebie

[icy scroll]

Defence debuffs come in handy too

[icy pendant]

it’s the only way the spam strats work

[icy scroll]

Idk if Diantha is a physical or special striker?

[tired narwhal]

Heh

Who has thunder wave?

Idk if any of my guys do

[icy scroll]

Colress

[icy pendant]

Colress…

[normal parcel]

SS diantha is physical

[icy scroll]

BP Barry

[prisma quail]

@tired narwhal
The two best free units are:
Colress and Klinklang (at 3/5)
BP Barry and Roserade

[icy pendant]

but also just read the second pin if you haven’t yet

[tired narwhal]

Had to Google colress. Found em

[tired narwhal]

How can I debuff tho if I’m only spamming thunder wave and sync

[icy scroll]

Just check the pins, you will get more information there too

[prisma quail]

When we get a support/sprint combo with thunderwave and free energy cost...

It's going to be an S tier just for this one game mode lol

[icy scroll]

Screech three times, then thunder wave until sync

First sync with Redlax

Hoping you have him Exed

[tired narwhal]

Was gonna say, I just thunderwaved spammed until I could sync and it was going horrible lol

[icy scroll]

You should watch videos on youtube to exactly understand what's going on with Colress and Redlax!

Most of the teams are using them at full potential!

[tired narwhal]

Should they be syncing before I do

[prisma quail]

No

[tired narwhal]

Lmao

Didn’t think so

If I screech 3 times, then spam thunder wave. I run out of stamina and need to wait for bar to

[icy pendant]

you didn’t get infliction freebie on Colress’s grid then

[prisma quail]

Is your Klinklang 3/5?

If so, you need to use a sync grid...

He literally only spends move gauge once. Then never again.

[tired narwhal]

Klinklang is 5/5

[copper otter]

you need Free move infliction

every time you T-wave, gives you free move next

making it spammable

reposting the gif

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1255888121648644197/1257861161400012890/wb9YPkw.gif

[icy pendant]

also works with Screech

[tired narwhal]

Ah yeah I didn’t have that tile

[prisma quail]

You use 2 move gauge at the start.

Then everything else is free

[icy pendant]

Screech of course being slower when it fails, but you still need to click it 3 times

[copper otter]

make sure to buff crit on your sync nuker of course, and give them SEUP

you're still setting up, but you gotta set up the nuke, not DPS

[tired narwhal]

Hold up. So when do I buff my stats between thunder wave spamming and 3 screech’s

[copper otter]

yes