0:00 – Vs. Shauntal: Darach / Misty / EX SC Jasmine
2:09 – Vs. Grimsley: Darach / Guzma / Event Bugsy
4:06 – Vs. Marshal: Darach / EX Raihan / EX Ingo
6:35 – Vs. Caitlin: Darach / Ghetsis / EX SC Jasmine
8:50 – Vs. Iris: Darach / EX Brendan / EX Skyla
If you’ve watched the past few Champion Stadium clears I’ve posted, you know that I’ve used Darach with both Alder and Cyrus, who both have moves that have slightly less than 100 accuracy. That was one of the many reasons why I chose Darach when I went to scout points in SC Jasmine’s banner, as his AOE evasion debuffs make for some interesting combos with different units. While most strikers with inaccurate moves have accuracy tiles in their grids to fix them, pairing up with Darach can free up the energy used for them to grab other helpful tiles.
Other than that, Defog lets me replace the gradual healing option (or some of the attack options) with the crit shield option, since that gets defogged away. His attack debuffs also help the tank out, while his team-wide speed buffs are particularly helpful for the inaccurate moves that are often gauge-heavy as well.
This video showcases this synergy with several other strikers using the different CS stages this week. Here’s how each battle went, and the sync grids used:
Vs. Shauntal: Darach / Misty / EX SC Jasmine – https://pokemon-masters-stuff.github.io/#/team-builder/?id1=10159000000&e1=0&o1=750&g1=AAECAwQFBgcICQoREhMVGhscHSMkJSYnKA==&s1=1&id2=10110000000&e2=1&o2=738&g2=AAECAwQFBggLDhITFBcZGhseIS4v&s2=3&id3=10113400000&e3=0&o3=750&g3=AAECAwQFBggLDhATFhksLg==&s3=5
I know this video is about Darach, and he does help out Misty’s Hydro Pump here, but this was also an excuse to run Misty with SC Jasmine as all of her buffs help Misty out a lot. She was doing striker numbers in the end there, which was really fun to see.
Vs. Grimsley: Darach / Guzma / Event Bugsy – https://pokemon-masters-stuff.github.io/#/team-builder/?id1=10159000000&e1=0&o1=750&g1=AAECAwQFBgcICQoREhMVGhscHSMkJSYnKA==&s1=1&id2=10125000000&e2=0&o2=750&g2=AAECAwQFBgkKCw4PEBESFSAjJA==&s2=5&id3=10045900000&e3=0&o3=750&g3=AAECAwQFBgcJERocHR4hIiQmKCot&s3=5
Guzma doesn’t have any tiles to fix Pin Missile’s accuracy, and it’s quite annoying seeing one (or more!) of those five missiles missing. So Darach is a good partner for him, while Bugsy completed Guzma’s buffs before his first sync and helped out with Leer. Sadly, even Feather Dance wasn’t enough for Bugsy to tank the opponent’s moves, but fortunately the moves were strong enough to buy Guzma enough time to sync again.
Vs. Marshal: Darach / EX Raihan / EX Ingo – https://pokemon-masters-stuff.github.io/#/team-builder/?id1=10159000000&e1=0&o1=750&g1=AAECAwQFBgcICQoREhMVGhscHSMkJSYnKA==&s1=1&id2=10257000000&e2=0&o2=750&g2=AAECAwQFERIUFxkaGx4gIw==&s2=3&id3=10108000000&e3=1&o3=738&g3=AAECAwQFBhEaHB4hIiMmKSst&s3=3
Unlike Guzma and Misty, Raihan (and the next two units) does have enough tiles to fix the accuracy of his moves, but running him with Darach meant I could get other multipliers instead. This allowed me to use Raihan’s sand multipliers – hence Ingo being the tank – as well as his defense multipliers to make Steel Beam more powerful.
Vs. Caitlin: Darach / Ghetsis / EX SC Jasmine – https://pokemon-masters-stuff.github.io/#/team-builder/?id1=10159000000&e1=0&o1=750&g1=AAECAwQFBgcICQoREhMVGhscHSMkJSYnKA==&s1=1&id2=10195000000&e2=1&o2=738&g2=AAECAwQFCwwNDhUYGhseISMkJS4v&s2=5&id3=10113400000&e3=0&o3=750&g3=AAECAwQFBggLDhATFhksLg==&s3=5
What would Caitlin think of her butler being on the opposing team?? In any case, Ghetsis rarely has the energy to get the accuracy tile for Glaciate because of all his multipliers, so Darach helps him there. One of those multipliers, Pecking Order, also gets a boost from Darach’s Feather Dance. SC Jasmine makes a return here as she really is one of the best supports for any special striker. Her one-bar move with MGR 9 also helps a lot with gauge management.
Vs. Iris: Darach / EX Brendan / EX Skyla – https://pokemon-masters-stuff.github.io/#/team-builder/?id1=10159000000&e1=0&o1=750&g1=AAECAwQFBgcICQoREhMVGhscHSMkJSYnKA==&s1=1&id2=10019000000&e2=1&o2=738&g2=AAECAwQFBgcICQsMERIUFxgZHyErLg==&s2=5&id3=10016000000&e3=0&o3=750&g3=AAECAwQFBggLDhARFBUXGCYo&s3=3
You’ve already seen an on-type version of this with Cyrus (https://youtu.be/_X0S1UiBRcE), so I wanted to off-type with the first striker I had in mind when I thought of this theme. Brendan needs 10 energy to get both Leaf Storm accuracy tiles, and with those freed up he can get sync tiles, Leaf Storm power-up tiles, or some defensive stat tiles to pair up with both of his speed multipliers. Skyla does Skyla things, but she also activates type skills with Darach.
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