While pre-sync clears seem to be all the rage these days, they really aren’t that impressive… unless they are actually impressive. This team is one of my favs to run, especially because it makes Kris shine. Kris is super underrated at 5/5, and is easily better than my 1/5 Sharpedo. This video also proves that I am a complete degenerate, because it took me far too long to get this recording in. It’s quite difficult to manage the gauge and react to all the possible situations that may arise.
Breakdown:
1) Sync Grids
– Kris goes for all the mega kick nodes, Haymaker, attack nodes
– Hilbert goes for Critical Squad, Aggravation, MGR on both moves, Aqua Tail power
– Leaf goes for Staggering, Power Flux, Iron Tail MGR and Power
2) Move Levels / Theme / Gear
– All type skills and gear maxed. Kris and Hilbert 5/5, Leaf 3/5 and EX. This would be way more inconsistent without these factors.
3) Strategy
– First 3 turns are actually kind of irrelevant. I attempted (and failed) the Palossand kill which saves a turn, but it doesn’t matter all that much. Important thing is to just buff and get the Eevee sync, which gives us 2x power and accuracy buffs.
– Next sync cycle is just taking out the left side. Aqua Tail + Mega Kick barely does enough damage to take out the sides, and Leaf just tries to preserve gauge
– The second sync takes out middle. If you don’t get a crit it might be a reset, depends if you landed 1-2 mega kicks on middle beforehand.
– From here, Krookodile opens with EQ. If you flinch him you get another mega kick and he switches to Special Shield. Didn’t flinch him here, so sync counter goes down to 1. Palossand was low HP, so I can land another Mega Kick and finish right side off with Aqua Tail. The gauge management and the flinch timings are tight here so I switch to 1x speed.
– We actually don’t want to sync until we kill off Krookodile. We really want that sync power for the Lycanroc, or else we won’t get the pre-sync clear. Luckily Krookodile goes down in about 3 mega kicks, so it should be doable.
– The end is just praying for RNG. Hope the sync crits. If not, hope Tackle or Waterfall flinches.