Clearing the Battle Rally using only Rival units (feat. Palmer’s UB) [Pokemon Masters EX]

0:00 – Area 1 VH vs. Aaron: EX Hau / EX Lodge Silver / EX BP Barry
1:53 – Area 2 VH vs. Leon: EX Classic Blue / EX Cheren / EX BP Barry
5:03 – Area 3 VH vs. Siebold: EX Nemona / EX Cheren / EX Lodge Blue
7:35 – Area 4 VH vs. Lorelei: EX Wally / EX Nemona / EX Lodge Blue
10:22 – Area 5 VH vs. Will: EX Summer Marnie / EX Summer N / EX Lodge Gladion
13:30 – Area 6 VH vs. Summer Steven: EX Summer N / EX Blue / EX SC Shauna
16:25 – Area 7 VH vs. Drasna: EX Bede / EX Blue / EX Shauna
18:50 – Area 8 VH vs. Lucian: EX Marnie / EX Blue / EX SS Blue
22:42 – Area 9 VH vs. Agatha: EX NC Marnie / EX Hugh / EX NC Bede
25:55 – Area 10 Hard vs, Palmer: EX NC Hop / EX-R Paulo / EX-R NC Blue

Battle Rally’s pretty fun. It takes the same concept as Villa but makes it a lot more engaging with the diversity of battles – all old ones, yes, but way more interesting than what Villa offered. The points system and item shop also add a layer of depth to it that makes teambuilding a bit more than just going for the OP units immediately.

Since I’m me, I decided to a run using only rival units and without buying anything from the shop. And I know you’re gonna ask – how did I do Area 10 itemless? Well, I went for the Hard stage instead of the Very Hard stage, since I didn’t wanna cheese the last battle with the almighty Apple Cup. It helped that the Hard stage I got in this run was a brand new UB (Palmer), which made it a more appealing pick than the Very Hard stage option (Thorton).

This was my very first run of the Rally, so it’s hardly optimized – as my low point count at the end shows haha. I was stingy with the units for much longer than I should’ve been, and I wasn’t using TMs since I was saving them for potential use in a future stage. I think getting that 300-point item that reveals all of the stages at the start is a worthwhile investment since it lets you teambuild way more efficiently. If I knew that Summer Steven stage was upcoming, for example, I would’ve definitely saved Summer N for it.

I’m also trying to see if going for the Hard stage itemless in Area 10 would be more beneficial than going to the Very Hard stage with the Apple Cup. I got 400 points from my run here with only a x2 multiplier, and to get that many points with the Apple Cup on Very Hard I would have to get a x3 multiplier, which means having one matching role + EX role at the very least (with the two other teammates also matching at least one of those roles). That’ll probably be easier to achieve once we get more old units with EX roles (and more cakes to give), but I think it’s a worthwhile trade should you not have the right role combinations.

I don’t really have anything to say about the individual battles since they’re all the standard CS and Battle Challenge clears, but I did want to briefly talk about my Area 10 clear with Palmer. It is absolutely my favorite of the UBs so far, not only because it features Barry as Palmer’s teammate, but it also emulates Regigigas’ Slow Start by having the first sync cycle be very tame – using only weak attacks and buffs – but the post-sync being almost impossible to beat. Right after he syncs, he queues a sure-crit AOE Max Move that’ll be boosted by Normal Zone if you don’t replace it, and all the opponents get 3 sync buffs from that sync. I think it’s a really funny stage, and I had a lot of fun finding the right teammates to get the sync acceleration I needed for the pre-sync clear.

If you want the sync grids for any of the teams, let me know.

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