Weekly Battle Rally Run #3: Champion & Johto Upgrade, 9,150 Points - Pokémon Masters EX

Unlike the last two runs, this run went very smoothly, and didn’t really have moment where very thing went downhill. Despite this, I got less points than the last two weeks which kinda sucks, but at least I didn’t spend over 30 minutes in a single stage this time ig. Enjoy!
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0:00 Free Upgrade & Seed
Ever since I started recording these runs, I’ve been getting some good upgrades. Champion is a very good upgrade, especially with all the powerful NC units we’ve been getting the past couple years (plus I have at least one from each duo/trio + Silver, so that made things easier too).
Finally got a seed that didn’t take a battle for the website to find it. Besides the Field/Sprint, this seed has a lot of double boosts I can take advantage of. I’d have preferred having at least one or two stage with the Strike/Support boost, but I still got a lot of points from this regardless.
0:17 Area 1: Field/Sprint (CS Bug Karen)
I figured I could clear this stage without activating the bonus, since my units wiht this boonus would be better for later. Holiday Viola was On-Type, so I figured she was an easy choice. I brought Anni May too, since her multipliers pair well with Viola’s debuffs.
I’ve yet to show it, but Holiday Viola has been such a big help in Rally for me since the mode dropped. Her debuffs and double status have been very helpful, especially in these Field/Sprint combo stages.
2:06 Area 2: Sprint/Strike (Fall 2021 BC Acerola)
Since Gladion and Silver could brute force the next stage with this role combo, I decided to just use Riley here to not waste his bonus. Plumeria provided flinches and tanked for the team, while Event Blue activated the Champion upgrade and didn’t do much else.
3:49 Area 3: Strike/Tech (CS Dark Malva)
Considering the last few times I’ve used Eusine and SS Hilbert together haven’t went the best, I decided to split them up this time since this role combo repeated later. Instead, he applied debuffs for NC Marnie. I kept Plumeria since she would at least help the teams gauge along with her flinches to counter Acute Senses.
5:00 Area 4: Tech/Support (Johto CS Water Lance)
Since I didn’t use any trainer moves with Hilbert, so I figured I’d use him here with NC Calem since the stage was weak to Water. I brought May for the extra Water damage she provides with Rain and Muddy Water. (Forgot to change Hilbert Lucky Skill from last week though 😅)
6:27 Area 5: Support/Field (Kanto CS Steel Lance)
Obviously, I wanted to save Morty for the final stage, so I had to find a damage dealer from my Support list. In the end, I chose NC Bianca, since activated the Upgrade and didn’t see myself using her later on anyways. Also, I forgot to change Bianca’s Lucky Skill from last weeks Rally… just like Hilbert…
9:00 Area 6: Field/Sprint (Johto CS Grass Bruno)
This purchase was probably unnecessary, but I just wanted assurance that this upgrade would be helpful. It definitely made this clear easier, I’m not sure if I’d have been able to pre-sync without it tbh. SSA Cynthia was my least valuable tank, so put her here. I probably could’ve brought Rosa fro extra PMUN stacks, but oh well. I brought Classic Elesa for debuffs and to buff Nate’s master passive.
11:11 Area 7: Sprint/Strike (Summer 2022 BC Steven)
This stage is ROUGH in normal conditions. Luckily for me, I had two Master Fairs by my side who where both double boosts for this stage, so this was much easier than it would’ve normally been. Unfortunately, Silver was basically made useless thanks to Sentry Entry x2, but his flinches helped at least.
13:02 Area 8: Strike/Tech (CS Steel Grimsley)
I was initially going to ignore the Johto upgrade, but then I remembered SS Morty was guaranteed to be on Stage 10, so I purchased it as back up in case something like Palmer showed up.
Actual battle wasn’t too interesting. Blue activated Champion upgrade. Take a guess what I forgot with Eusine 🙃
15:43 Area 9: Tech/Support (CS Psychic Bruno)
I was initially just going brute force with NC Serena without using any of her limited use moves… but then I got a Psychic weak stage. It was too perfect of an opportunity to waste, so I used SS Steven offensively instead. I brought Bianca to tank and for her Terrain. Also, I only EXed Bianca for her song key if anyone was curious.
17:25 Area 10 Support/Field (Darach UB)
FIANLLY! NO THORTON IN SIGHT! Although I wouldn’t have minded Anabel here, I am very glad I got baby easy Darach this time around. I figured I’d bring SS Serena as well to get rid of the sides faster, along with boosting both Serena’s master passives.
The mix of the Champion upgrade and the Johto upgrade helped the team tank Darach’s hits super well, even taking a Sun boosted Heat Wave like it was nothing! Even though I didn’t have weather for the last minute or so, the Serena’s still made very quick work of Darach.
(Also, HOW DID BOTH SERENA’S DODGE THAT SYNC CRIT?! Probably one of my clutchest Rally moments ever.)
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[@carlossauni1074]

Nice run!! You Got Very Good Points I Was going to give This an A But Seeing The biggest clutch On The entire channel makes me speechles Since i always Got crit but Luck Was on Your side I'll Give It an S Rank 👏