0:00 – Vs. Karen: SS Hilbert / EX Hugh / EX SC Shauna
2:38 – Vs. Bruno: EX SS Wally / EX Variety Kiawe / EX Lodge Dawn
4:45 – Vs. Will: EX Emma / EX Colress / EX NC Bede
6:38 – Vs. Koga: EX SS Silver / EX SS Hau / Lodge Elesa
9:16 – Vs. Lance: EX NC Serena / EX Battle Tower Leon / EX NC Calem
I could say something meaningful about how Year 4 affected the meta in terms of both power level and utility, but really the only thing that matters is that Year 4 introduced the largest number of rival units in the game’s history – including best boy’s first alt – so it is objectively the best.
Here’s how each battle went and the sync grids used:
Vs. Karen: SS Hilbert / EX Hugh / EX SC Shauna – https://ng-pomatools.web.app/team?v0=014700062600&s0=5&l0=140&r0=5&p0=0&a0=18040502&t0=44444&g0=AAECAwQFBgkMDxESFBcYGxwdJSgr&v1=002001064900&s1=1&l1=140&r1=5&p1=0&a1=13010602&t1=44444&g1=AAECAwQFDA0ODxASFxgZGyAhIiMpKissLS4&v2=013901070700&s2=3&l2=140&r2=5&p2=0&a2=21010101&t2=4444&g2=AAECAwQFBhESExUXGBkaGx0gIw
Definitely the hardest one here because my SS Hilbert’s only 1/5 so this relied a lot on Hugh’s flinches. SC Shauna hastened crit buffs, provided Potions and the support EX buff, as well as fished for some random debuffs along the way.
Vs. Bruno: EX SS Wally / EX Variety Kiawe / EX Lodge Dawn – https://ng-pomatools.web.app/team?v0=014900005900&s0=3&l0=140&r0=5&p0=0&a0=21010101&t0=44444&g0=AAECAwQFBggJCgsOERIVGBobHSAjJQ&v1=012801028202&s1=5&l1=140&r1=5&p1=0&a1=21010101&t1=44444&g1=AAECAwQFCgwZHB4jKSorLzI0NQ&v2=011600041300&s2=3&l2=140&r2=4&p2=0&a2=18040802&t2=44444&g2=AAECAwQFBggTFhcYGRolJyot
SS Wally can’t partner with Bede for this theme, but luckily he has a suitable replacement in Variety Kiawe, who also provides a helpful combination of debuffs and a reliable interference. VKiawe even has Propulsion on his TM to combo with Wally’s double Head Start 1. Lodge Dawn completed Wally’s buffs and also provided some Sp Atk debuffs. I should’ve probably gotten Terrify 2 on Kiawe to help Dawn tank better.
Vs. Will: EX Emma / EX Colress / EX NC Bede – https://ng-pomatools.web.app/team?v0=019100060100&s0=5&l0=140&r0=5&p0=0&a0=18040602&t0=44444&g0=AAECAwQFBgcVFhcZGxwdHyIjJSYn&v1=022000016900&s1=2&l1=140&r1=5&p1=0&a1=13010602&t1=444&g1=AAECAwQFBgkXGBseHyIwMQ&v2=024601014401&s2=3&l2=140&r2=5&p2=0&a2=18040802&t2=44444&g2=AAECAwQFBgcICw0QGhscHyIk
Got Emma from the Select Scout primarily because she’s a great character and she has a fantastic theme, but I do appreciate having an offensive option for Poison-weak stages now – and she’s just as ridiculous as I thought she would be. That is thanks to NC Bede’s fantastic set of buffs though as well as Colress’ fast Defense debuffs. (Forgot to get Team First Super Sync on Bede oops.)
Vs. Koga: EX SS Silver / EX SS Hau / Lodge Elesa – https://ng-pomatools.web.app/team?v0=009801078500&s0=5&l0=140&r0=5&p0=0&a0=21010101&t0=44444&g0=AAECAwQFCAwNEBMWFxggKSorLC8y&v1=013302021500&s1=5&l1=140&r1=5&p1=0&a1=21010101&t1=44444&g1=AAECAwQFCgsXGBseHykrNDU&v2=010600059500&s2=3&l2=140&r2=4&p2=0&a2=21010101&t2=41111&g2=AAECAwQFBgcRExQXGBobHB0fIiQl
Kinda funny how SS Hau turned out to be a great SS Silver partner because of the former’s B Move. Lodge Elesa completed the team for the accuracy and defensive buffs.
Vs. Lance: EX NC Serena / EX Battle Tower Leon / EX NC Calem – https://ng-pomatools.web.app/team?v0=024703088700&s0=1&l0=140&r0=5&p0=0&a0=21010101&t0=44444&g0=AAECAwQFDA0ODxASFxgZGyAhIiMpKissLS4&v1=013003065800&s1=2&l1=140&r1=5&p1=0&a1=13010602&t1=4441&g1=AAECAwQFBggKCwwNDxojJCUmJygpKis&v2=000301065802&s2=2&l2=140&r2=5&p2=0&a2=18040501&t2=44111&g2=AAECAwQFBggTFBcaGx4hJSYnKis
Hell yeah. Battle Tower Leon (who I refuse to call “AlT LeOn” because his Battle Tower outfit needs to be recognized properly, thank you very much) is a great partner for the frogs as he has an AOE debuffing move to help with the B Move conditional and Serena’s multipliers.
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It’s kind of unfortunate how we’ve been getting less cool alt names lately. Leon and Gloria’s alts have the description of Battle Tower or Challenger in other languages, and in other languages, NC’s have the Neo Champion description in their name (which lets Iris keep Champion in her name too). I suppose that after years of English getting cooler passive names, other languages should get their chance to shine
That being said, it’s really nice that English B Moves now have cool names, like their Japanese equivalents
It's the year of Rivals, babeeeeyyyy
Ah, so happy that Hau finally got an alt and he dressed up as his tutu 😭
You got Emma? Fuiyoh!
Seems like the localization team’s been giving up these last few months. Ability names are unncessarily long and overdescriptive, character alt names have no personality to them, it’s just a massive shame really. Here’s hoping to better down the line.
I just need to tell you how based you are for picking Emma in the select scout. I hope you enjoy her!
Seeing you with Colress makes me mad that I still don’t have him (no offense or anything like that though)
He would be great to have but I don’t have him
Hopefully he comes home soon.
Also based SS Silver