#Damage Challenge

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icy scroll
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Yeah he 2/5!

plain cedar
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I have Nate, but 1/5.

pearl dawn
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Seeing the scores here make me feel a lot better about mine, lol. Not that any of yours are bad of course, just thought I’d be underperforming for a first attempt.

random cedar
plain cedar
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Dragon for me

prisma quail
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I thought my clears were bad, but the more I'm seeing the happier I am with what I got 😅

Without caking Virizion or Latias, and without having Shiny Haxorus, this seems like I did pretty reasonably

random cedar
plain cedar
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I do have a max Kommo!

icy scroll
icy scroll
prisma quail
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Shiny Haxorus > Zygarde/Kommo-o >>> ||good luck 🤷‍♂️||

crude sandal
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Is double DPS with Zerena and Nate better or is Nate and Colress better?

random cedar
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So you don't have Lucas

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I'd go with Cyrus, I also used him

icy scroll
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Okay! I will definitely try it tommorow! Thankyou

random cedar
plain cedar
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last second B Outrage

random cedar
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Don't triple queue

crude sandal
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Also when do you use Nate's TM?

random cedar
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Wait what

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What is SS Cynthia doing there

plain cedar
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I mean she did help a fair bit

random cedar
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I think having a Unova pair instead of her would be a bigger damage improvement than queuing moves with her

fluid anvil
random cedar
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Lucas can stay for zone I guess

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I think SEUN is better if you got Redlax/SC steven

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Cause Nate can apply zone if he's caked

crude sandal
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And curious where to use Redlax and Dana on

warped gulch
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Idk why i did it again but i take those

fluid anvil
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using Cynthia/Serena with nate is a downgrade for him over Colress twave spam (at least if he is 3/5).

fallen trail
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first attempts. serena’s tm giving her regen is such a time waster 😵‍💫 but pretty good i think

random cedar
random cedar
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Wait Glorialt can change her sync type?

crude sandal
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OFC

random cedar
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WHATWEEZing

fallen trail
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thats… her whole gimmick…

random cedar
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SHE'S A CERENA?

fallen trail
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bro missed the point of the whole sync pair

fluid tendon
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Probably as good as it's going to get for me

fallen trail
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aintnoway

crude sandal
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I mean it's not like her pokemon is based off on a certain hidden ability

warped gulch
random cedar
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Well that's true , I kinda forgot

fallen trail
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she can only change once per battle

random cedar
fallen trail
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not quite greninja

random cedar
warped gulch
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I’ll never EX him or give him candies ~~Unless Fighting HS happen ~~

fallen trail
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once she uses her max move she becomes the type of the max move

random cedar
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We need fighting HS for a Rei rerun

random cedar
warped gulch
pearl dawn
fluid tendon
pearl dawn
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Probably.

plain cedar
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best way to do Marnie?

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is it better to poison or paralyze

pearl dawn
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I don’t have the time or effort to try and max my damage challenge twice a week myself, but extra free tickets here or there is nice.

fluid tendon
plain cedar
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ah

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Oleana still 1/5

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been debating upping her for months

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but indecisive

pliant pebble
crude sandal
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Who's the 3rd unit with Zerena and Nate?

pearl dawn
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Gauge.

jolly violet
crude sandal
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Colress TM it is

pearl dawn
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Hehehe.

icy pendant
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If you have Nate aren’t you just cycling syncs to fire off a ton of B moves? So then Zerena shouldn’t be on that team?

pliant pebble
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I don't know what else to use my brain is fried from lack of sleep

fluid anvil
icy pendant
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yeah I would think Redlax goes SO much farther there but Zerena and Nate play very differently here

random cedar
spark olive
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they deleted the video with roxie 1.4 milion damage and i dont know how to do it anymore damn

icy pendant
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sleep slow but maybe master passive makes up for it

crude sandal
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I have exactly 3 units that give SEUN to an ally WEEZing

icy pendant
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also Colress can screech compressing that off of Steven

warped gulch
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Rosa can be used with Oleana

icy pendant
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master passive additions don’t make up for a 50% boost on SEUN though

fluid anvil
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all 1M+ Nate clears I've seen have used colress I think
Rosa sleep is nowhere near as fast as Twave spam

warped gulch
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Rosa + Red can reach it

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I saw 1.2m

glossy atlas
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Bro i was trying for fun lol

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I did almost 150k more than with rei

warped gulch
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Ofc it higher than Rei

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Bc she can nuke

random cedar
icy pendant
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Gloria has a tech EX, Rei is just a tech wannabe

warped gulch
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Less Rng than Rei too

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She literally just sits there and waiting for Sync

glossy atlas
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Not trying to do geeta honestly i hate that clear

icy pendant
warped gulch
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I still think Rei loves Tech cake than Striker tbh

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His B Move already destroy side mon

icy pendant
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yeah he has his B move he doesn’t need to also aoe sync

glossy atlas
pliant pebble
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Then how should I change the dragon team, use red lax with nate?

icy pendant
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I’d cook Nate/Colress/Redlax personally

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lack of Nate means I am unable to verify the team and that at large I am suffering this ranked DC

glossy atlas
spark olive
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oh come on, surely someone did save that video with roxie doing 1.4 milion damage, it was roxie, redlax and barry BP

warped gulch
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I know

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And i’m lazy

fluid anvil
# spark olive oh come on, surely someone did save that video with roxie doing 1.4 milion damag...

Important notes:
2 miss/para procs are required, but it's really easy to get this time.
Simply play on max speed, roll for one early and there are good chances you get another later.
IF your last sync happens within 8 or more seconds, you can queue one extra Red TM and Bmove, like in the video (it requires an additional miss/para proc).
If belo...

▶ Play video
warped gulch
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I just want to show Rosa is a good option for Oleana if you want to save Barry or Colress

spark olive
fluid anvil
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leon has 2 dragon pokefairs and they are both bad here, right? TT

prisma quail
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Yes.

Dragapult wants to burn and set debuffs. Too many animations, and has a single target nuke against an AOE fight with no nuke potential

Eternatus ||is bad 🤷‍♂️||

crude sandal
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Anyone tried Geeta + SS Roxie?

warped gulch
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This team still can push tho

glossy atlas
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That's nice

warped gulch
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SP3 and cake for Oleana

floral blade
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is oleana the superior poison tech nuke

warped gulch
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SS Roxie is way stronger tho

floral blade
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ic

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i have oleana 3/5 and roxie 1/5

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only 1 tech candy

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i assume 3/5 needed for actual dmg

warped gulch
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Yup

floral blade
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guess I should use ole then

nova remnant
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roxie is stronger but i'm assuming her set up isn't exactly easy for DC?

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i barely see her when poison first came out

warped gulch
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1/5 i use her as a Zone setter and final blow

floral blade
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actually I could just

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yeah use her zone

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and max move

warped gulch
nova remnant
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for zone or main damage?

floral blade
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is it worth bringing colress bc villain researcher themes

warped gulch
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Top 5 team

floral blade
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which one should i bring red for

nova remnant
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oh neat

fluid anvil
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There is a 1.4M SS roxie clear linked above but I was absolutely unable to recreate it myself despite having all those units. No idea why, I just had less syncs for some reason.
Maybe its the para misses

Oleana worked way better for me, got over 1.1M easy

nova remnant
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i just don't see her much for damage in this chat

warped gulch
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Bc that run requires hell rng tho

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Need Marnie misses like 90% all her Play Rough

floral blade
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oh wait

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do you want to have poisoned opponent bc time

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even though its kinda needed for the oleana nuke

warped gulch
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What team do you try ?

bold star
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My poison teams are so bad LarryDead

floral blade
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can give support cake to ole

warped gulch
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Do you plan to use Red else where ?

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Bc that team need 3/5 SS Roxie for gauge

floral blade
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oh i see

crude sandal
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I just wished my Geeta was 2/5 so that I can do Marnie properly

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I got 666k pts. on Marnie and 683k pts. on Wally

warped gulch
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That why i tried to use with pairs that can buff speed like Larry and now NC Rosa

floral blade
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with NC rosa do you just

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spam sing a la colress barry

warped gulch
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Need at least 2/5 for Tm mpr

floral blade
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ye i have 3/5 rosa

warped gulch
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Sprint cake ?

floral blade
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nadas

floral blade
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I used sprint cake on uh

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cynthia

warped gulch
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This requires Rosa is caked to work

vernal condor
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lol pyp you put the wrong amount of opp

warped gulch
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Oh mb

icy pendant
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the enemies are Marnie, dodge RNG, and the clock

warped gulch
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Tbh she still better than Hugh

copper otter
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the W o r m

warped gulch
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@vernal condor you add special rule right ? Or do i need to type it somewhere

vernal condor
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yeah i add them myself

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if you submit a dragon 3 or a fighting 1 clear rn it's easy to guess it's from the ranked SeleneLul

warped gulch
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Ok

crude sandal
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Man, not having 2/5 Geeta sucks for me

snow raptor
crude sandal
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I got the paralyze luck I needed to get in 3 B Sludge Waves on Roxie

fluid tendon
copper otter
floral blade
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my fighting roster so cheeks

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such is fighting type though i suppose

snow raptor
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@fluid tendon that save me redlax and colress thx sir!

crude sandal
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Yeah, I hate my fighting team so damn much

glossy atlas
snow raptor
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sure gime a sec ill screen u that

crude sandal
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When using Rei, is it worth to use his B Move for the defense drop? Does it net more?

void laurel
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What r best teams

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Help me pls I cri

crude sandal
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That depends on waht you have

void laurel
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I have almost everyone

glossy atlas
snow raptor
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@glossy atlas ( first grid is rosa, second gris is haxorus )

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Rosa build dont really important,
setup with NC Steven, keep 1 super effective / trainer moove for the last haxorus moove
thats overall " everything " roas spam sleep, one regular moove after sync to go back to sleep

latent plover
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2.5 million

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3/5 Gloria from mix couldn't have come in a better time

fluid anvil
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What is the highest ranked DC total we have had here ?

crude sandal
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Whatever

glossy atlas
fluid anvil
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Is there any video of NC Nate 1+M clear with NC Rosa?

glossy atlas
lapis yarrow
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Are there are non Geeta and Roxie team comps? I don't have either

snow raptor
fluid anvil
# glossy atlas do you still have sc steven?

I've already finished event, I just want to see how a video and many syncs you get with NC Nate + NC Rosa. And how well does sing spam work when there is no paralysis/poison on the enemy

fallen trail
lapis yarrow
fallen trail
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wha

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check the message i replied to

lapis yarrow
fallen trail
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there is only one

lapis yarrow
fallen trail
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just gonna repost it

lapis yarrow
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I don't have HS on Barry

bold star
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Got 100k more points because I just realized I never put a lucky skill to Oleana, like literally I just spent the 5 lucky scrolls on her WEEZing
I doubt ill stay in top500 but this is way better than I expected to get.

ashen cave
chilly prawn
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Hmmm I missed last sync by .5

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Seems not worth to invest in horse

cloud timber
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use synthesis at start from full health

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saves a tiny bit

chilly prawn
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Yep

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Does this team have higher cap than horse ghost

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I’m late to party got trapped out of town this weekend during the pc outages

cloud timber
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if you're that close to another sync you don't need to bother investing in anything else

crude sandal
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Must be nice having SC Steven huh?

glossy atlas
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yep

pallid girder
# fluid anvil Is there any video of NC Nate 1+M clear with NC Rosa?

好像沒什麼人分享
來幫忙火上加油 抄起來去鬥前排 (X

技能裝85攻 增傷10%
戰龍石盤就同步點滿 鬥陣時間3
美洛全體睡 回4技 潛能可以優化
狗就回技 潛能上場-1

後面疊10層 有點問題可優化喔

最後講個 傷害挑戰 潛能都會維持要害2來打
比較難辦到的我才po 像也慈單體 其它懶得管
這次例外 想看一堆人卷

#pokemonmaster
#pokemonmasters
#寶可夢大師
#ポケマス

▶ Play video
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Prepared for the biggest enemy that is how much TM MPR you can get from the supports.

fluid anvil
glossy atlas
normal parcel
fluid anvil
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Am i missing something or why has no one tried using Tech+Strike caked Ryuki ?
He has built-in Brainpower and then double Down 9 for sync multipliers. And over 500 SPAtk.
That should work jsut fine here ... or does no one have him at 3/5?

drowsy pier
chilly prawn
fluid anvil
chilly prawn
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Slipped and hit additional leer lol

pallid girder
latent plover
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I now realized all of my videos had disabled music PrycePain

sweet grail
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okay boys

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what are the strats for this one?

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Fighting the Bianca NC Hop and Colress setup yeah?

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wait

cloud timber
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for fighting and poison it's the same as last time

sweet grail
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we still doing old strats right?

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shiet

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what did we use for poison again?

vast mist
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can i get 800K on this account

glossy atlas
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I'll take it

orchid crescent
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My first ever million! EmmaCelebrate

glossy atlas
glossy atlas
snow raptor
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anything particular you did on hop ? i'm struggling to have a good score with that same team

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( biance 1/5 tho but does that change a lot ? )

rare apex
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bianca's should be fine at 1/5

glossy atlas
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rei is the key for that, i assume you used mpr too?

snow raptor
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yup

rare apex
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mines was caked though so sync with her first if so
after that it's just colress spam until rei gets his syncs
make sure unova solidarity is up for all of them, naturally

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i also didn't use rei tm MPR

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just TM Berserker 2, Brawn Sync 5 and all his sync tiles off the top of my head

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requires +6E

glossy atlas
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that was what i was gonna say, it uses more E

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you could do around 900k without more energy too, but you would have to go for tm mpr

cloud timber
snow raptor
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@rare apex that right? Sorry not familiar with all node name in english!

cloud timber
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larry or sc steven being suitable replacements for redlax prob

snow raptor
unborn vault
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To just get the complete rewards in ranked DC, do I have to achieve 1 milion total or 1 milion EACH?

glossy atlas
rare apex
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use lappro's grid ye

snow raptor
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thanks

unborn vault
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Ok good thank you

glossy atlas
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this should be good enough for tmrws damage challenge right?with sc steven and bp barry ig

pallid girder
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Dana is also SCSteven/Redlax lite if you really lack options.

sweet grail
vast mist
stable patrol
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Maybe EX Role SS Cynthia…

rare apex
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based kommo cynthia enjoyer

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(i used her, ss brendan and my shiny new dc wally in csmm today)

stable patrol
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I hope Tech EXrole for her

rare apex
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either that or sprint yeah

fluid anvil
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SS Cynthia did pretty good here especially since she doesnt have EX role
on the normal Dragon 3v3 I expect you would easily get 1M with her + Colress, possibly 1,5M

stable patrol
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Yeah surprised with her job here

glossy atlas
# sweet grail What is nate grid
glossy atlas
plain cedar
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barely hit the million but we good

tired narwhal
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Who’s my best option for dragon challenge?

ivory kestrel
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My Poppy was sitting at 2/5 for the longest time, and i had 3 strike candies, and maybe could’ve used another sync rusher (who could debuff defenses as well), so i guess, why not? Time to test her out

normal parcel
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Upgraded a bit my score, sadly the 1st run with fighting was pretty lucky, but I forgot to put the gears so I scored much less, I know is possible to clear with -6 defense but most I could get now is -5

pallid girder
ivory kestrel
copper otter
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Hey, you might be wondering how I got into this situation. RileyHaha

ivory kestrel
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Nate putting to rest the debate of him vs Zerena (well at least for dc).

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Also, i assume the gap will just widen more when the Dragon MT DC rolls along.

lapis yarrow
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Is this a good team comp? Trying to save Colress for Marnie stage

pallid girder
sturdy pebble
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Imagine having NC Nate

copper otter
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Omg. I got outrage at .020 seconds....

fluid anvil
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There was never a debate, NC Nate was always > SS Serena. She is competing closest with ~SS Cynthia now.
(though this doesnt mean you should ever feel bad about skipping Nate ArcherJudging )

glossy atlas
plain cedar
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someone besides Colress?

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if we’re thinking screech users ik Kimono Grimsley exists but yeah, should have def debuff

glossy atlas
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yea

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do you have sc steven?

plain cedar
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yeah Clemont

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no Steven

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and I assume nc rosa bad idea

glossy atlas
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yea,if i give you grid you are gonna need +2E in gloria though

plain cedar
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I mean I’ve been considering energy expansion for a while

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Cinderace I 5/5’d day one

woven fjord
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Bleh. Barely made the 1M total score.

glossy atlas
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https://ng-pomatools.web.app/team?v0=013100008200&s0=5&l0=140&r0=4&p0=0&a0=0&t0=44444&g0=AAECAwQFGhweISQ&v1=024303081500&s1=5&l1=140&r1=6&p1=0&a1=0&t1=44444&g1=AAECAwQFDA4RFBYjJig1&v2=009900040700&s2=5&l2=140&r2=4&p2=0&a2=0&t2=44444&g2=AAECAwQFBgoNEBMUGhscHR4hJCYoKg
the plan is gloria's tm, 3 screech so -6 def, then stun spore spam, sync with barry, then keep spamming stun spore all the battle and syncing with gloria after all that, before the first gloria's sync you max move fighting and that's all

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@plain cedar

tired narwhal
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Who is my best option for dragon damage

glossy atlas
tired narwhal
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Just straight syncing right?

woven fjord
glossy atlas
plain cedar
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gotcha, shall try Hop again

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I got orbs to spare anyway

glossy atlas
plain cedar
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idk if I wanna go for +10 energy overall, might be handy for other stuff

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still kinda stingy with expanding energy overall

tired narwhal
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So this is best team for dragon? And then rely on dps damage?

glossy atlas
plain cedar
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gotcha

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triple coverage makes it very tempting to +10

glossy atlas
plain cedar
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all types are solid but in case I ever need physical Flying…

tired narwhal
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I’ll send pic

glossy atlas
woven fjord
copper otter
plain cedar
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5/5 Lysandre is my best pick

copper otter
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Don't talk down on the queen smh

tired narwhal
plain cedar
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if there’s ever a stage I specifically need a physical Flying I might suffer

glossy atlas
glossy atlas
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give the fighting battle some tries and tell me how much you get

plain cedar
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aight

tired narwhal
plain cedar
glossy atlas
plain cedar
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have to use Synthesis….why is Hop so offensive

glossy atlas
plain cedar
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4 I think

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think I might have to use Clemont tm

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cuz otherwise Barry dies

tired narwhal
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Alright so use dana’s super effective for a late dps move?

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And for syncing, I’ll then sync with zerena first then the other supports?

glossy atlas
plain cedar
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aight

glossy atlas
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800k should be a good amount of pts, without bianca and hop is good

copper otter
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Plus after you use TM, you should already be set up to deal sync damage

drowsy pier
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After some preliminary testing, it seems like Melony, Elio, or NC Rosa could be a psuedo status spammer to reduce sync countdown quickly?

glossy atlas
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nc rosa is the best of the three

drowsy pier
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Might be useful especially for the NC Hop, NC Bianca, Colress team since Colress doesn’t need to screech there, so he’s really only there for sync countdown

copper otter
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Another sleeper unit is SS Dawn

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She can easily rack up a second sync move due to crisis countdown

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By sleeper i mean slept on or not even taken into consideration. SeleneLul

plain cedar
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that was lucky

glossy atlas
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that's nice

copper otter
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Oh hi lmao @rapid sparrow

plain cedar
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managed to sneak in HJK right after sync for an extra couple thousand or so

glossy atlas
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that's much better than what you did previously

plain cedar
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yeah

rapid sparrow
glossy atlas
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you could do more or less the same tmrw with the flying weak one but with colress and red,colress debuffs and spams twave , red give sup up next for each sync and gloria just sync

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just different grid

plain cedar
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overall

copper otter
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Need to figure out where to squeeze more points out... thinking Poison can squeeze another 300k maybe?

copper otter
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I failed to do a +8 gunk shot so.... hmm

plain cedar
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aight

rapid sparrow
copper otter
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It was very rng based with Para

unborn otter
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What’s a good nc nate grid?

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3/5 exr

glossy atlas
# plain cedar aight

if you need help tmrw with the flying weak one to get more points just ask here or even ping me, since i might do the same thing

glossy atlas
unborn otter
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Though idk if exr matters

glossy atlas
copper otter
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I don't think i'll make it to top 500 tho

woven fjord
copper otter
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Nc Hop enjoyers get a free run to top 100 tbh

glossy atlas
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what's top 500 rn?

plain cedar
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aight will try for flying with Cinderace

copper otter
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2.50m iirc

plain cedar
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it’s single target right

copper otter
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300 is 2.9m

unborn otter
copper otter
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I'll definitely get top 1000 but top 500 is gonna be rough

pallid girder
copper otter
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That's what i'm thinking but idk how they got 2.2 mil

pallid girder
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Oh wait prob 5/5 Olivia is needed?

lapis yarrow
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Am I missing a crit?

rapid sparrow
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It's hard to miss crits on non-sync moves

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You can only miss the very first one

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After than

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You don't miss

dense citrus
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Oh come on.. -.- .. .00.70 with b-move queued and it didn't let me do.. still.. finally over 1M on poison stage too

pallid girder
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You can't missing crit on NC Nate. He has P-Moves & S-Moves Crit.

rapid sparrow
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Oh lol

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There is that too

safe prawn
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I swear my nchop is gonna fly off the window very soon

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And I still don’t get ppl doing more that 2.5 mln in that fight… my dubwool is always moving LarryDead

lapis yarrow
copper otter
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Gonna look into the poison score bc if 2 m is possible, idk what i'm doing wrong lmao

glossy atlas
# unborn otter Yeah

this is what i used but you could do something similar toohttps://ng-pomatools.web.app/pairs/10001/61201?s=3&l=150&r=6&p=0&a=0&g=AAECAwQFBwgJERQVFhkbJygqKy0u&x=true

pallid girder
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Let me guess, you use Red's SEUN on sync moves instead of Bmoves?

clever wasp
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Trying to find someone like Barry and Colress for spam

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And then I can drop Klara for them and hopefully get the vs Marnie score way up

lapis yarrow
fiery rose
#

So what does regular DC roll to tomorrow?

cloud timber
pallid girder
cloud timber
#

1 bar defend order, works after maxing out defenses but takes 5 animations to get there

lapis yarrow
fiery rose
#

super effective up next

lapis yarrow
fiery rose
#

makes their next SE move do 50% more damage

lapis yarrow
#

So always use Red's sync countdown move right before the B Move?

tired narwhal
#

Is SS Cynthia definitely the support I want with Zerena?

clever wasp
cloud timber
#

ye just make sure you grid this

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saves one animation

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still saves a ton of time over any other remaining option once it gets going

#

a few speed buffs will maintain your gauge

tired narwhal
clever wasp
#

Anything to get that poison stage above 400k

cloud timber
#

also provides an important support ex

unborn otter
#

Idk what I’m doing

tired narwhal
#

Anyone able to help

cloud timber
#

ss cynthia is not really any kind of support

tired narwhal
#

Was told to use Dana, zerena, and SS Cynthia

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Which doesn’t seem good

last flume
#

Just gonna figure out quickly for tomorrow, anniskyla,yay or nay?

lapis yarrow
#

What is a better team? Hop, Rei and Barry or Barry, Rei and Bianca?

vernal condor
normal parcel
safe prawn
last flume
#

So what would seem the best team for flying tomorrow?

cloud timber
#

dana isn't doing much in a nukeless stage

#

i couldn't find any mentions of ss cynthia related to you so idk where that came from

glossy atlas
tired narwhal
#

I could do Lucas and dialga?

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For gauge, and provides dragon zone

cloud timber
#

ye you can try that out

#

but if you run out of gauge you'll want to try out a speed buffer

icy pendant
#

idt Lucas is clicking moves very often, his animations are pretty long

cloud timber
#

zone is the important part anyway

icy pendant
#

but more than half his moves are free anyway if you are clicking Roar of Time repeatedly

acoustic chasm
#

I had a nightmare
A DC ranked with a ST stage that has "allied tech pair stats reduced by 80%" ReiDearArceus

clever wasp
#

All moves doing 80% less is a nightmare itself

copper otter
#

Now that i think about it.... i don't think i had support EXR on Oleana

clever wasp
#

Do sync moves count towards that? I'm assuming

copper otter
#

And still got 1 mil

latent plover
#

I hope to never see it anywhere else

safe prawn
#

Do we happen to have any video of nchop doing more than 3 mln? Bc mine is broken it has to be fixed WulfricKEKW

tired narwhal
#

Yeah so I’m not doing very wel

glossy atlas
tired narwhal
#

I’m getting like 250k with Lucas, iono, Zerena

safe prawn
#

Or kicked, kicked is more accurate

glossy atlas
#

i dont even think galarian zapdos can even fly though? can it?

acoustic chasm
#

Iono triggers a billion different effects when hit

dry whale
#

That's more like it. I broke my Koga record but sadly it still won't hit 1m unless I had god-like poison specific gear.

glossy atlas
safe prawn
#

On hop?

#

2.4

tired narwhal
#

😦

safe prawn
#

Mln

glossy atlas
#

ye

tired narwhal
#

That was supposed to be a sad face

glossy atlas
#

that's still good

safe prawn
#

1.6 on poison and 1.5 in dragon, I don’t think I can improve those more but I can do more on hop bc I have all the units fully invested

#

I think I’m messing up something with the turn order HildaCry

glossy atlas
#

how much attack from gears? 80+ i assume no?

safe prawn
#

Nope I have +50

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But I have a couple of useful passives

glossy atlas
#

couple? you have 25% more dmg on the sync

safe prawn
#

That’s why I’m grinding hop

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Bc the gears for the other 2 stages are literally trash

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And I already complained enough for my non caked oleana

glossy atlas
#

bianca has exr i assume?

pallid girder
safe prawn
safe prawn
#

If I’m able to grab other 9 seconds somewhere else optimising I can squeeze an additional sync

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For example I’m debating if flinching is optimal or not in this case

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Maybe I should try without

glossy atlas
safe prawn
#

Yes I’m using it bc the additional dmg on sync is nice since colress is from unova too

dire spade
#

Next reset is NC Cheren gaming on regular! TabithaHehe

safe prawn
#

That’s why 1 circle is enough

glossy atlas
#

ye

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i don't know where you could save up time honestly, since you gotta do 2 b thunderkicks , the circle the zones, the sacred sword and the twaves, the crits

safe prawn
#

I guess I have to roll more miss/para procs

glossy atlas
#

yea, that might be it

safe prawn
#

I’m just wondering if Bpbarry can be better than colress since I have him free

glossy atlas
#

do you have full inertia since first hop sync?

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nah jp are crazy too, the luck they have is also incredible

pallid girder
#

No in NCHop + NCBianca comp it's already proven Colress > bp Barry

dry whale
#

There we go if I click my ranking it shows the top team even if we reset.

Still some wiggle room for Dragon and Fighting. The clears where not as clean but still respectable score. Poison still dragging me down WEEZing

brisk shale
copper otter
#

Hop can go higher for sure

#

Looks like 4 syncs

brisk shale
#

Oh ye

#

Just saw I got 796k in the unranked one
Prob needs a second flinch

lapis yarrow
#

I need a good team comp for Marnie 😩😩

copper otter
glossy atlas
#

well yeah but that's 3/5 EXR bianca ,not 1/5

copper otter
#

Literally, i never attacked with her after her b move and sync until the very end for chip damage

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It was aura sphere and stun spore. Thats it

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After max debuffs, i popped TM on diantha then sync rushed

snow raptor
rare apex
#

yeah

#

save his seup for his first sync

latent plover
copper otter
#

Alright.... flying DC..... HilbertHmm

#

Nc cheren/anni skyla/Nc rosa?

glossy atlas
glossy atlas
copper otter
#

True

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Pmun is much faster..... OR...... hear me out..... Geeta

queen moth
#

I'm so boned on this event lmfao

sturdy pebble
glossy atlas
snow raptor
#

Cant reach higher idk what im doing wrong every setup end up with that score around 🤔

copper otter
#

Idk just a thought, but sc steven would be more useful

#

I could test out my flinch strat on sc steven

#

Acc drops will help too

glossy atlas
#

and the speed debuffs too

sturdy pebble
#

Is it possible to get higher LarryDead

copper otter
#

Yes

last flume
#

OK at least this time, being single damage, I can see where barry shines

copper otter
#

You shouldn't be using BP Barry on a DPS only stage

cloud timber
#

yea you can shift that over to hop in place of bp clemont

timid swallow
#

I need better poison, my 1/5 ariana is kinda bad WulfricKEKW well at least its over a mil

copper otter
#

From my testing, just use one unit for dps, and the others as support

cloud timber
#

yea usually the best dc teams are following that format

last flume
#

So just to make sure I understand a bit better on the colress/barry stuff, barry for singles, colress for triples?

copper otter
#

Yes

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Colress has aoe screech

#

So amazing for physical units

#

Bp barry also has support ex

snow raptor
#

@rare apex so far from that last sync /o

copper otter
#

So if you have special attackers, barry is better @last flume

cloud timber
#

you also want barry if you lack a support ex on the team

#

seems like you should always have at least one

copper otter
unborn otter
#

Who should I use instead of rosa?

snow raptor
#

you could swap rosa for colress i think ?

last flume
snow raptor
#

but you should be able to score higher with just hop / bianca if i'm right

last flume
#

I need to look back to check if triple or singles tho

unborn otter
#

i just used regular moves

#

like bianca kept attacking

cloud timber
#

it's single target

unborn otter
#

trying to flinch

last flume
#

You got sc diantha?

copper otter
last flume
copper otter
#

NC cheren wants to focua on DPS

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So replace barry for Anni Skyla

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Sc steven is good for the pmun for instant powerup on cheren

last flume
#

So does it change that my flying is not ex? ABfaceplant

copper otter
#

Ehh? If you want to do the stunstrat, you can use Serena or Skyla too

#

They are insane sync nukers

#

Lodge*

last flume
#

So skyla, barry, and scsteven then?

copper otter
#

Ye

lapis yarrow
#

Why is my score so low? 😩

last flume
#

Oh and just a heads up, all flying got crit strike but at least double Down grid on skyla

copper otter
#

CS2 is fine

glad kraken
#

i'll probably be working with Blue, i guess

thin wren
#

I like how a lot of people have nc nate clear as their highest clear despite 80% sync dr. Really shows how good nate is at bursting

glad kraken
#

i mean, it's hitting 3 targets and you also have his B Move that does a lot

queen moth
thin wren
queen moth
#

I don't have NC Nate, NC hop, NC Bianca, or SC Roxie.

copper otter
thin wren
#

is Barry technically the best 4 star in the game rn(and best bp pair)

copper otter
#

No

#

Only for this mode, yes

last flume
#

Not really, honestly if we want universal, lodge dawn has way more uses

#

She is like a special base skyla and works super well, at least for me

thin wren
#

isn't his usage in dc a lot more than other 4 star's usage in all modes combined

copper otter
#

Like i said

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In this mode, yes, overall no

#

Bp morty is my contender for best tbh

lapis yarrow
copper otter
lapis yarrow
cloud timber
#

500k should be possible with that team but that clear has both bp barry and bp janine at ex

robust meteor
#

hmm.. not too many clears on the doc (I'm guessing because it's a ranked event..). what are the best SS Serena teams? I don't have NC Nate

copper otter
#

I have yet to see a 1 mil Zerena team

vocal prairie
#

thanks for the team Sages

queen moth
pallid girder
#

The best score I've seen Zerena reaching (w/o Nate) is w SS Brendan + Lucas (almost 900k).

vocal prairie
thin wren
unborn otter
#

Who should I choose next as my third pair between nemona, hugh, and marnie?

latent plover
thin wren
#

as long as your rolls aren't utter garbage

#

it only requires 1 you and me mpr

tired narwhal
#

What team should I do, and what’s the strat. I have SS gio too

cloud timber
#

ss serena nateless 1m

stoic crest
#

What is best for the challenge? Please ping me

queen moth
stoic crest
#

I assume Nate and Serena for dragon? Hop, Bianca, and Cynthia for fighting? No idea about fighting

cloud timber
#

basically, but not cynthia for fighting

#

she doesn't set up zone when you want it

#

hop handles it fine

#

poison is something with geeta and emma on the team? which might skip bp barry/colress since you lack nuke power

stoic crest
#

So add a support to help them like champion bede?

#

Or red lax?

#

For poison stage

#

I'm very unsure since I can't use the same pair multiple times

cloud timber
#

either could be fine, i'd recommend just trying both

stoic crest
#

Sounds good thanks

#

I just want 500k at the worst for the special rewards, but ideally 800k

copper otter
thin wren
acoustic chasm
#

Ok bruh, I'm convinced EleSSa's MPR is not 40%
It did NOT proc in 11 attempts

copper otter
#

...it's not 40% tho?

#

Isn't it 30%?

hard sleet
acoustic chasm
#

Correct, it's not 40%
Even though it says it is

copper otter
#

Oh huh.

acoustic chasm
#

I hate this stupid Rotom

hard sleet
#

Who should i sync with first?

copper otter
#

I honestly thought it was like 20/30%

copper otter
icy pendant
hard sleet
#

Ye she is

icy pendant
#

regardless I think the answer is Gardenia and then go hard on Irida after that

copper otter
#

I really just said Acerola on Gardenia.... i'm tired

hard sleet
#

lel

icy pendant
#

I should actually submit my nearly 2.4 million with that team shouldn’t I

hard sleet
icy pendant
devout pelican
#

So I haven't done ranked yet, but damn, that's a low number for Dragon clear CyrusSweat

acoustic chasm
hard sleet
acoustic chasm
#

Out of 17 attempts, only 2 had MPR and only once LarryDead

#

And both of those had multiple X Sp.Atk MPR lmao

#

Why thank you Elesa, I would love to have +10 sp.atk ranks

azure hornet
#

@queen moth I saw you struggling so I'm sending you this strat. Basically you want Colress with Infliction Freebie 9 and BP Barry with Charging Inflection 2 so they can spam to get to Sync.

fluid tendon
#

I wonder how Chase + SS Serena would do. I don't have him but he seems like he'd be pretty good in DC

cloud timber
#

he is

hard sleet
jovial mantle
edgy hemlock
#

Can yall help me build teams? (I have 1/5 SC Steven, 2/5 Red and the other f2p pairs good for damage challenge at 5/5)

#

Please ping me if you have any suggestions

covert geyser
cursive linden
rotund sierra
#

One message removed from a suspended account.

hard sleet
covert geyser
#

Lucky you

edgy hemlock
cursive linden
#

Alright, lemme make a team as best as i can

abstract axle
#

We can't use same unit in new high dmg event?

sturdy pebble
#

Right

sturdy pebble
acoustic chasm
#

But the idea is
Breathtaking on zerena -> lucas TM -> dire hit+
x sp atk all -> x speed+ -> thousand waves -> sync with zerena first to change form (she has support EXR anyway)
Finish buffing zerena with x sp atk all, set dragon zone, keep clicking core enforcer and alternating between roar of time and a trainer move on Lucas, get a few breathtaking MPRs to get sync buffs faster (second sync was Elesa, third onward is zerena)

covert geyser
#

Can it work with a 1/5 non EX Lucas?

acoustic chasm
#

Yes

cursive linden
#

SC Diantha is -4 and Geeta is -3

#

If you are still struggling, you could ask others

sharp roost
#

Diantha better than hop?

cursive linden
#

They don't have NC Hop

sharp roost
#

Oh

#

On poison stage Roxie is the best overall or Oleana?

rain copper
#

Oleana is the best option

#

assuming you got her at 3/5

sharp roost
#

I do

#

And on charging inflictioners
NCRosa on fighting stage
Colress on poison
Barry on dragon
?

rain copper
#

depends on the team

#

you shouldn't try team rush strat on Wally stage, because of the special rule

#

the pins have many teams documented, you should check them out

pallid girder
#

Technically you can sync rush on Wally if you have NCNate, but if you don't have him yes don't bother.

rain copper
#

oh right

sharp roost
#

I think I’m good for this ranked challenge, got pretty much everything.

#

I’m just looking at the teams to see what I use

jovial mantle
#

YIPPEE

edgy hemlock
dusky crest
#

Was wondering if these teams could be enough to get all the good rewards for the triple dc event.

3/5 Geeta 1/5 Emma. 1/5 Oleana (all 6 star)
3/5 Zerena 3/5 SS Brendan and 1/5 Lucas (the first 2 6 star)
And then for fighting im thinking SSA Cynthia either Bea or Riley and then a good support. Don't have NC Hop or Rei 🙁

rain copper
#

you can try Geeta, Oleana nuking and Colress/BP Barry

#

the Dragon team is alright

#

Riley is the better choice than Bea

dusky crest
#

What's Corless and BP Barry do/are for?

sacred badger
#

for BP Barry, EX Support, otherwise check the pins

crude sandal
#

Both are for sync spam

sacred badger
#

they facilitate a super small delay spamming failed moves in order to decrease your Sync Countdown

rain copper
crude sandal
#

Dark is in a very weird spot

#

The best nukers take too long to set up

long silo
#

Who

#

For AoE, I don't think NC Marnie takes that long?

crude sandal
#

Definitely not, but her nuke isn't as good as Brycen-Man's

long silo
#

Oh Brycen-Man's better?

#

I kind of skipped him and Bellelba because May is way too stacked for me to give them a look

rain copper
#

Brycen-Man's nuke is not that good compared to top Dark tech, the only advantage is his sync being aoe with strike cake

crude sandal
#

He does have -2 AoE dark rebuff

rain copper
#

SC Zinnia, NC Serena, Sidney, TMR, etc. are single target nukers

long silo
#

Marnie/Redlax/Barry should take care of it easily I should think

#

For AoE at least

crude sandal
#

IMO, I think Akari will be best for AoE dark weak

sacred badger
#

oh is that for next week? 😮

long silo
#

My Akari is 1/5 lol although if she can't do it, this gives me the excuse to give her two Field candies

sacred badger
#

3 dark targets. its either Akari 2/5R or NC Marnie 3 .-.;

long silo
#

Is Lodge Cheren Tech? I may use him in ST

rain copper
rain copper
raven saffron
rain copper
#

but you better use 3/5 Sidney or TMR (only if you have SC Steven)

long silo
#

Okay perfect

#

TMR?

raven saffron
long silo
#

Oh okay

rain copper
#

~~KukuiWOO ~~

long silo
#

I guess ST is solved then

#

I do have SC Steven

#

The mixed spark last June came in clutch

crude sandal
long silo
#

Same as failed Stun Spore/Thunder Wave

sacred badger
#

hrm NC Marnie has Soften Up

rain copper
#

remember that Brycen has spdef debuff + his comp allows him to take advantage of both zone and rebuff

#

like Akari + Brycen MinaBreak

crude sandal
#

Whomst sync spammer?

rain copper
#

Brycen?

#

ah i meant

#

BP Barry if you mean SP spam

zinc pecan
#

does anyone have vids/comps of max dmg poison and fighting

pallid girder
#

For AOE dark I'll use my furbert TabithaHehe

rain copper
#

honestly based

zinc pecan
#

ranked sheet was deleted

#

oh i see it lole

rain copper
#

check the sheet tab below

zinc pecan
#

yep

#

these aren't max damage though

#

i have higher clears than these just casually

rain copper
#

that means you got the best comps, or there are better comps not being documented yet

#

can check the pending tab just in case

zinc pecan
#

I'm asking more along the lines of "Does anybody know what the comps are for 2.5 million on Poison DC"

#

not "does anybody here have scores that high"

pallid girder
#

I mean the one with higher score really don't share their clear.

zinc pecan
#

Mmm.

rain copper
#

exactly

crude sandal
#

Is it just me or is fire comp very conflicting to build?

zinc pecan
# rain copper exactly

I guess I'm just, most specifically, wondering what 5/5 Oleana's hypothetical partner would be, if I candied her. Geeta for def drops or Roxie for zero time loss

crude sandal
#

I mean Roxie can be used for poison zone extension

#

Geeta at least has Propulsion on her B Move to somewhat make up for its long animation

rain copper
#

you can check the documented clears to see which comp scores the highest

#

remember that the top scorers don't usually share their teams

crude sandal
#

Also, how fast is Thunder Shock?

rain copper
#

it's normal

#

i find it somewhat slow

zinc pecan
#

I've found Geeta is better as a Colress replacement, scored higher than the Colress attempt with a bit of elbow grease

stoic crest
#

I guess this is good enough?

zinc pecan
crude sandal
rain copper
#

you got 800k+, that's good enough

rain copper
rain copper
stoic crest
#

Since the tickets stop at 800k

zinc pecan
#

I definitely think I can crack 100th, I'm already there. Prob need to cake oleana

rain copper
#

please turn off the ping

long silo
#

I used 5/5 Oleana, SC Steven, BP Barry. Idk how high can it go, but the highest I achieved is 1.1m

civic island
rain copper
#

you can attempt the stage unlimited times, so how about trying with different comps by yourself?

long silo
#

Idk also what comp can let it go higher

rain copper
#

i think Geeta is better, but her long animation is a concern

long silo
#

Ye that's a major one

zinc pecan
#

I see people talking about a bug, does Twofer 9 not work correctly?

rain copper
#

with good gauge supply, she can spam VD without Twofer

crude sandal
#

Does anyone have a 4/5 Chase here?

zinc pecan
#

or does twofer 9 activating cause the animation to play

pallid girder
#

5/5 Oleana has Soften Up, which helps ppl who don't want to suffer a lot.

rain copper
crude sandal
#

Fuck it, I'm gonna ping Ropalme

#

@hidden junco Can you test with your Chase how fast is Staggering spam?

manic kindle
#

My best score.. can I improve it by proper rotations?

crude sandal
#

Why EV Victor?

pallid girder
#

Don't bring Victor. Use the good old BP Barry.

manic kindle
#

Max phantasm reduces defense so I thought

zinc pecan
crude sandal
#

No Colress?

manic kindle
#

I have colress

crude sandal
#

Then why not use him?

pallid girder
#

SC Steven drops def. It takes time but it's worth it.

crude sandal
#

Oh wait, SC Steven

manic kindle
#

Yeah, buddy leer

rain copper
#

i saw that LearWahaha

pallid girder
#

BP Barry is usually his best sync rush partner.

manic kindle
zinc pecan
#

also caking cynth is a big difference

manic kindle
#

Yeah she's caked

#

Somehow typing that feels wrong

zinc pecan
#

uhhhh what was my clear

#

1.5 million with red, cynthia, lenora lol

#

i wanted lenora in my score log

pallid girder
#

Using failed thunder wave/stun spore to skip all the animation between syncs.

cunning rock
#

If you want another option for a sync rusher, Aaron can technically do it once he's at +6 def/sp. def. It takes awhile but with a speed support and some time to setup. He functions just as well, worse than BP Barry or Colress but if you used them already. He's an option

long silo
#

Sync with Barry once, then with Cynthia 4 times I think?

#

right before 1st and 3rd sync, pop up ghost zone

manic kindle
long silo
#

And right after 2nd and 3rd sync, use SE Next on Cynthia

rain copper
manic kindle
#

I have no idea how to play this game SophoKEK

pallid girder
#

You should watch the video of how it works. It's not hard to learn.

rain copper
#

the pins have a proper explanation on the strat

long silo
#

I'm sorry I can't record for you but ye the pins should have some sample vids and strats

manic kindle
#

I don't mean to sound lazy, thank you I'll check those out

pallid girder
long silo
#

Flying ST huh

cunning rock
#

ANNI SKYLA PoryWoke

long silo
#

I'm dreading the next one lmao

#

AoE Dragon. My best option is Cyrus

zinc pecan
#

awww nice

#

just got poison zone s-moves^4 on a poison piece

devout pelican
rain copper
#

there is a bug with Twofer

#

she can drench spam at any move level with enough gauge supply already

pallid girder
#

AOE score will always not too worse even for f2pers, barring Ground.

long silo
#

ST Ground is an experience

pallid girder
#

In the past the worst of AOE score for f2per is 800k (psychic v3), while the worst of ST for f2per score is 500k (Fighting v1).

dusky crest
#

Im having a bit of trouble with gages on Marnie using Oleana Corless and Geeta so came here for help before i put in my final score

manic kindle
#

Best I could do PrycePain

rain copper
#

Do you have Lenora?

long silo
#

I think if you can EX Barry you'd manage

#

That should be one Support EX away

dusky crest
#

Oh nvm i managed. Subbed Corless for Valentines Serena since i already used BP Barry and managed to score enough points to get the rest of the roll cake coins and regular coins

misty forge
#

You probably aren't spamming twave with colress only if you're having gauge issues in DC

warped gulch
dusky crest
#

I was thought that was the plan. Oops 😅

devout pelican
#

Got to 2.7m. I think I will settle with this score

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But hey, we get to claim another rival thanks to the points so it's cool SeleneLul

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Though I have to say MT Dragon is brutal

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Too much limitation

warped gulch
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If not bc of Sync dmg reduce, it’ll be so easy

manic kindle
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You guys are the best, thank you

long silo
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Congrats!!!

true locust
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So today fly solo😁

warped gulch
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What will you use ?

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I think i’ll stuck with Alt2

sacred badger
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Lodge Serena + SC Steven + BP barry for me

safe prawn
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I’ll stick with
whatever does more points among Gloria and cheren since I cannot touch the event till 12 hours from now

long silo
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Cheren for me. He's more built than Anni Skyla, and I haven't gotten Lodge Skyla

true locust
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I use 🤣 i will wait and copy good runs🤣

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Honestly i focus on ranked not think about this one even

cunning rock
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Lodge Serena is the better budget option but she needs the setup

long silo
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Oh oops I assumed she was Tech

cunning rock
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Lodge Serena is the Tech.

long silo
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Oh ok then

forest forge
icy scroll
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First run is good compared to some of my previous DCs

craggy pond
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flying weak time LucianScheme

zinc pecan
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lodge serena does not cut it

cursive saddle
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can annisteven work

rain copper
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ofc no

zinc pecan
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hmmm

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might be first dc i cannot 3* leon medal

pallid girder
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Need to wait ppl cooking first.

zinc pecan
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seems to req caked or 3/5 cheren

misty forge
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Caked cheren shouldn't be the difference in 3v1

pallid girder
raven hill
misty forge
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3/5 is a much bigger difference

raven hill
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I’m only getting 400k LarryDead

zinc pecan
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oh for some reason i thought he was strike/tech

misty forge
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He's tech strike

zinc pecan
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yerp

misty forge
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The extra spa helps

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But it's not the deciding factor

zinc pecan
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best so far is anni skyla

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only have 1/5 cheren and dont want to give candies lol

pallid girder
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Is the team SC Steven and BP Barry?

sacred badger
plush palm
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first attempt

warped gulch
sacred badger
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Her first sync sucks orz

zinc pecan
plush palm
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i use barry for that

pallid girder
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I feel like LSerena really only works with SC Steven and BP Barry; but not Colress and Red.

plush palm
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could do better but not the worst first attempt

raven hill
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Anyone got any good grids for cheren?

zinc pecan
raven hill
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Using this atm

zinc pecan
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unless im blind and missing flinch/confuse/trap on barry grid

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oh attack trap 4 lol

plain cedar
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somehow got the exact same score for 2 runs

sweet grail
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Holdup

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What are the strats this time?

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For wally

plain cedar
warped gulch
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Who need teammates anyway

plain cedar
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HOW

true locust
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Wat grid you have pykuo?

plain cedar
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teach me your ways

true locust
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On gloria

plain cedar
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cuz my Cinderace is maxed

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5/5 150

warped gulch
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That isn’t optimal

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I did it for fun lol

young tartan
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Ok this might be a problem of skill issue

plain cedar
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is it just Bounce refresh with Sync Quickening 3

true locust
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I want solo too🤣

plain cedar
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yo gimme grid

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this looks stupidly fun

cloud timber
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yeah just looks like sync quickening 3

loud cedar
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who’s the best f2p option for this dc?

warped gulch
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My is 3/5 so look like this

plain cedar
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aight thx

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imma give my Cinderace extra energy

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+10 time

sacred badger
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Shes really great o.o

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The SEUN she gets are noice

cursive saddle
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Got 460k with 1/5 Cheren

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probably can get upto 600k with optimization

true locust
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🤣🤣

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Haha

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No extra energy

plain cedar
scenic grotto
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This is without being able to get SEUN on my final sync

plain cedar
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2 syncs failed crit tho

warped gulch
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Really brain dead ngl

loud cedar
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darach needs so much holy shit

true locust
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Its why if you have 5/5 take soft up

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Like me

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🤣

plain cedar
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eh I did something different

true locust
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If you have 10 extra take low def

plain cedar
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prob should’ve done that instead of MAX double down lol

true locust
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Its all wat you need