Resource Union Street - Casual Discussion Thread

[Mowtom]

Coordination Masterpost

Teammate 1	Teammate 2	Team 1	Team 2	Non-Lucky Achievements	Lucky Achievements
HydrogenHydreigon	shadowpea	Furret Clefable	Mawile Muk-Alola	3, 4, 7, 10, 17, 19	None mentioned
P2X7	S0L1D G0LD	Smeargle Kommo-o	Swoobat Astrolotl	2, 6, 13, 21, 22, 24, 25, 27	None mentioned
epicdrill	TheEver	Clefairy Incineroar	Mawile Muk-Alola	30	13
Florina Liastacia	LouisCyphre	Pumpkaboo Trevenant	Swoobat Excadrill	5, 6, 16, 22, 26	2, 13
Mowtom	TMan87	Sableye Astrolotl	Volbeat Houndoom	6, 14, 29	None mentioned
XenonHero126	Maxim	Talonflame Scizor	Glalie Poliwrath	1, 3, 4, 6, 12, 18, 22, 24	19
Gemini Taurus	Ooraloo	Pancham Necturna	Clefairy Darmanitan-Galar	9, 15, 20, 28	25
Doduodrio	Florina Liastacia	Sableye Lopunny	Wigglytuff Roserade	23	None mentioned
TheEver	chuckeroo777	Raticate-Alola Primarina	Mawile Tyranitar	11, 21, 25	None mentioned
nightblitz42	Mowtom	Vulpix Oranguru	Smeargle Gengar	8	None mentioned

Achievements not claimed by anybody yet: NONE

A bolded achievement has been completed by somebody, an underlined achievement has been completed first by that pair (as far as I know)​

 

[TMan87]

A question springs to mind: should we try to 'double up' on some achievements just in case something goes wrong during a run? Or would a second wave of planning if need be be enough?

 

[LouisCyphre]

The new event format looks interesting. I have two questions. First, are Items allowed in the upcoming event? Second, which switch rule is in effect for the challengers?

Since no one got back to you: Items are assumed. The switch rule is event-specific within the rules, since it behaves differentlu for players and for AI. See "Battle Format" and also "Wave Structure".

Also, I'm curious: "Imagination" is no Pokemon I've heard of...

 

[TMan87]

Are consumables recharged between waves?

 

[P2X7]

Since no one got back to you: Items are assumed. The switch rule is event-specific within the rules, since it behaves differentlu for players and for AI. See "Battle Format" and also "Wave Structure".

Thanks. I guess I didn't read the event rules very closely. While I'm here, I might as well ask whether stat changes are counted among the conditions and effects that transfer between waves, as the plan I mentioned is contingent on a certain answer.

Imagination is that special Pokemon that lives between everyone's ears. Though common, it doesn't have a uniform appearance. :p

 

[F Amadon]

8. Everyone Participates: Many Early Wave Pokemon start the battle with two non-damaging moves. Use Taunt on each of them. Most likely to be successful Wave 2 (three targets, Early Wave Pokemon). Be careful, as Struggle is buffed to 9 BAP. Be sure to check out their behaviors to make sure they actually use the taunted actions.

Reminder that Taunt does not stop non-damaging moves, but instead redirects moves towards the attacker!

 

[F Amadon]

Taking Lou's Swoobat and Excadrill alongside a Trevenant and Pumpkaboo that I'm purchasing now!

Gameplan in the first wave or so:
Lead with Swoobat @ Power Anklet and Pumpkaboo @ Ring Target
Calm Mind Swoobat A1, Trick or Treat Pumpkaboo @ Swoobat A1
This sets up for Trick (Pumpkaboo) from Swoobat A2 and then a free action for Sunny Day A2 from Pumpkabo
This turn hits 26 (Trick while under Trick or Treat)

Second round, I switch to Trevenant @ Enigma Berry ordering first, use Forest's Curse A1, hitting 16 (use Forest's Curse and Trick or Treat on the same mon), Calm Mind Swoobat A1 to get to +6 SpA, +4 SpD, hitting 22 (have 10+ positive stage boosts), commit murder via Stored Power A2 (if we get Gastly in the first wave, or any Poison/non-dark Fighting-type during this run, Stored Power likely will hit 2 (deal 50 damage in one hit)), Trevenant uses anything

At some point in the run, Excadrill comes out and uses Rototiller for 5 (use Rototiller)

Trevenant will have Harvest Engima Berry in the sun- almost all of the damaging attacks in this hit Trev SE, or are Fighting and therefore immune. He'll function as the main tank healing with Enigma Berry every round. With any luck (and hopefully a lot of it) 13 might not even be impossible.

 

[Maxim]

Reminder that Taunt does not stop non-damaging moves, but instead redirects moves towards the attacker!

...What the heck?

Edited the strategy. The only way I see to do it now is Imprison. Also removed the "Everybody Participates" tags because I think they're irrelevant now.

 

[Mowtom]

My Sableye/Astrolotl and TMan's Volbeat/Houndoom will be going for 29, defeat the Harvest King first round of wave 7

EDIT: Also doing of 6 for sure, but that doesn't much matter, and we're confident we can do 14.

 

[Dusk Mage Necrozma]

I'm looking for an ally for my Scizor/Talonflame (assuming I can buy one in time, somebody battle me please) (or I could just lose the Legend Gauntlet). I can do:

1: Heal an ally with an attack (if you bring a Water Absorb mon)
3: 4 SE attacks of different types in one round (either of my mons can do 2/4 of this vs. a handful of opponents)
4: Redirect 4 attacks (Talonflame's Taunt)
6: +6 in a stat stage (Swords Dance/Agility)
12: 7 crits in a round (Scizor can do this with Laser Focused Brutal Swing + Double Hit -> Brutal Swing in an even wave)
18: Raise stats with every action (Swords Dance/Agility)
22: 10 positive stat stages (Swords Dance/Agility)
24: KO both with both trick or treaters (Talonflame is strong enough to do this with a good teammate)

and I can try to go for the Harvest King although my team certainly isn't optimized for it

 

[LouisCyphre]

As a reminder, from the signup procedure:

As an exception, if a player's signup post seeking a teammate for their first challenge (for that mode) is at least 24 hours old, another player can start a second concurrent challenge to pair up with that seeking player.

You could use this to increase the community's number of attempts towards a single achievement, as well as to ensure every active player can participate.

 

[LouisCyphre]

Okay, clarifying a couple of things:

You will play against Waves of opponents. If you defeat all of your opponents in a Wave, the next wave is sent out and you will battle them exactly as you are. Your Pokemon on-field at the end of each wave will be your leads in the next wave.

Your HP, En, and all ongoing Major, Minor, field, and battle conditions, as well as any stat stages, will be carried over between Waves. This also applies to opponents that are phazed to later waves. (see below)

Battle format data (substitutions, recoveries, etc.) has been added to the top of the second event post. Please review it at your leisure.

edit: Further clarified achievements 13 and 14. They check at the moment of the Harvest King's defeat, and the wave this happens doesn't matter:

• Defeat the Harvest King with all four of your team's Pokemon remaining.
• Defeat the Harvest King with only one (1) of your team's Pokemon remaining.

edit 2: Further clarified the appearance rules of the Harvest King.

The Harvest King is always an opponent present in Wave 5, and he appears in addition to the usual opponents of that wave. (Making that wave a 3-opponent Wave, typically.)

 

[Maxim]

I'm looking for an ally for my Scizor/Talonflame (assuming I can buy one in time, somebody battle me please) (or I could just lose the Legend Gauntlet). I can do:

1: Heal an ally with an attack (if you bring a Water Absorb mon)
3: 4 SE attacks of different types in one round (either of my mons can do 2/4 of this vs. a handful of opponents)
4: Redirect 4 attacks (Talonflame's Taunt)
6: +6 in a stat stage (Swords Dance/Agility)
12: 7 crits in a round (Scizor can do this with Laser Focused Brutal Swing + Double Hit -> Brutal Swing in an even wave)
18: Raise stats with every action (Swords Dance/Agility)
22: 10 positive stat stages (Swords Dance/Agility)
24: KO both with both trick or treaters (Talonflame is strong enough to do this with a good teammate)

and I can try to go for the Harvest King although my team certainly isn't optimized for it

I'll do a run with you, as discussed on Discord. My current plan is to run Glalie/Poliwrath.

 

[S0L1D G0LD]

To elaborate on P2's response, my "imaginary" Pokemon is currently a wild card, as it is irrelevant to the challenges listed in the prior post. Our planned strategy is to use Simple Beam and Clangorous Soul to max out Kommo-o's stats in the first round, triplicate the stages with Swoobat and Smeargle (via Psych Up), and then one- or two-shot the entire roster of the subsequent waves with Stored Power and Power Trip. Furthermore, due to the consistency of this approach, a fourth Pokemon is almost unnecessary, so I am keeping a slot open to consider outlying challenges.

Also, for those who would like to accomplish the 50 damage challenge by different means, I believe the syntax is such that the requisite damage may be divided between multiple targets by using a sufficiently powerful spread move.

 

[LouisCyphre]

Also, for those who would like to accomplish the 50 damage challenge by different means

...To echo the event thread: If you accomplish an achievement, it counts for everyone. Weren't you iust planning to sweep while dealing 50+ damage?

 

[Ooraloo]

Let me know if anyone needs a partner. I've got counters to burn to get new mons and a willingness to do whatever you ask. I'll eat grass. I'll be your little cow.

I'm thinking of bringing Darmanitan-G with a Choice Band to fulfill achievement 20 and possibly 15 if your trick-or-treater has Entrainment like Pancham or something.

 

[TMan87]

I am noticing an abundance of 6 in the masterpost. I believe most strategies revolve around Swoobat but using Power Lens Volbeat and using Tail Glow once will be much easier to do on my end.
Since the P2/SG, Flo/Lou and Xenon/Maxim have many more achievements that we do, I suggest not wasting resources on that one and instead focusing on others.

 

[Gemini Taurus]

Ooraloo and I plan on tackling the following challenges

9. Drain a total of 50 or more HP with draining attacks.
15. Have five or more abilities on one Pokemon at once.
20. Have a core stat rank (Atk, Def, SpA, SpD) of 20 or more.

We may be able to tackle more, but we have oora using Darmanitan-G planning to use Choice Band for 20, and then Dedenne will be my Trick or Treater, to Entrainment Darm for 15

9 we have less of a concrete plan but between a potential Big Root on Dedenne with Parabolic charge, and two pokemon undecided, we shouldn't have trouble making this happen.

 

[shadowpea]

HydrogenHydreigon and i are going for 3 4 7 10 17 and 19 with

 

[Doduodrio]

Hello all! I don't have a partner yet, so if someone is willing to take a challenge with me, that would be great. My eligible Trick-or-Treaters are Sableye, Cherubi, Tyrunt, and Slakoth, although I probably will only use Sableye. Thanks in advance!

 

[LouisCyphre]

Post looking for a free partner in the event, and once you signup is 24 hours old other players who have one challenge can become your partner.

 

[Mowtom]

I will keep track of completed achievements in bold in the coordination post! If you see a bolded achievement in your list it means someone else did it first and you don't need to worry about it any longer.

EDIT: I have also underlined the achievement number for the first team to fulfill the achievement, for ease in keeping track.

 

[F Amadon]

Duo and I are going for 23 in our run.

 

[Ooraloo]

S0L1D G0LD P2X7 You guys think you'll be able to start your run soon? A month's not a super long time to finish an event.

Also here's my plan for achievement 8.

Vullaby + Oranguru and Smeargle + Gengar

Smeargle sketches the following moves:

Smeargle moves

Metronome
Bulk Up
Dragon Dance
Swords Dance
Iron Head
Thunder Wave
Revenge
Reflect
Safeguard
Burning Jealousy
Foul Play
Knock Off
Icy Wind
Imprison
Encore

This strategy will work as long as one of the Wave 1 Pokemon is not Noibat. (99% chance)

Wave 1:
Lead with Gengar if one of the opponents is Gastly or Pumpkaboo, Smeargle otherwise. The other player leads with Vullaby.
Gengar/Smeargle selects an enemy and Imprisons all of its possible Step One moves.
Vullaby Whirlwinds that enemy out.
Vullaby switches out for Oranguru.
Defeat the other enemy.

Wave 2:
The enemy struggles because of Imprison. (1)
Oranguru Instructs the struggle.
The enemy struggles because of Instruct. (2)
Gengar/Smeargle Encores the struggle.
The enemy struggles because of Encore. (3)
Oranguru Instructs the struggle again.
The enemy struggles because of Instruct. (4)

This requires Oranguru to be slower than the enemy Pokemon. Ideally you would hold a Lagging Tail, but Power Lens also works as long as you're not aiming for Honedge (Reduces the success rate of this strategy to 96%).

 

[chuckeroo777]

I'm up for doing a run with someone. My eligible trick or treaters are Mawile and Delibird.