IT'S UP

>>57924081 (OP)
east is up

>>57924081 (OP)
turn 1 one shots everyone, wow gamefreak really smooth

>>57924081 (OP)
...aaaand its down. Shitter got soloed easily by one of my shitmons. Fucking pathetic raid.

>>57924081 (OP)
People still play this game?
And what's so special about raids anyway?

Dead Game

Raids on Switch 2 are so much faster, feels like you can do double the amount of moves. I always thought the pauses were by design or just online lag.

>>57924578
Wild, I definitely got locked out from doing moves and seeing unnaturally long pauses way too much... and the fucking timer always goes the same pace.

>>57924081 (OP)
I've been trying to beat this fucker with my Zamazenta holding a shell bell but it just keeps resetting my stats and tanking all my hits

>>57924606
Use annihilape

>>57924122
Jolly Cooperation

2 of the npcs had intimidate that would cycle every faint so Bax spend most of the battle between 0 and -3

>>57925134
The NPCs are seriously better allies than 99% of players

body press archaludon works fine

OH MY ARCEUS IS THAT A HECKIN PERFECT IV SHINY MIGHTY MARK ICEZILLA

>>57924606
>Zamazenta
Theres your problem

>>57925155
Well yeah, there's no time penalty if they faint and I actually want them to faint in order to cycle intimidates lmao.
Iron Hands had an easy time setting up bell drum several times.

>>57924618
Tera Ghost or Tera Fighting? Max out Attack or Defense?

>>57924578
So if you lobby with Switch 1 users do you just ignore them idling and keep attacking? Does the pace cause the raid boss to attack in doubletime too or is that just a set figure that you're blazing past?

>resets player stats THREE FUCKING TIMES
This thing is a fucking bitch to fight

>>57925413
30-50% Bax starts attacking twice. It's bullshit.

>>57925737
Yep, just lost one attempt because it Glaive Rushed twice in a row just after resetting my stats for the last time. Complete bullshit.

Just managed to beat it though, with Slowking.

>>57925791
I meant Slowbro actually. Dunno why I typed Slowking

choking with orthworm rn, what should I bring?

>>57925827
What's happening that's causing you to lose? Did it last night with orthworm without issue. Made sure to get 1 intimidate npc. Mudslap for the 3 early attacks.

>>57925890
everyone dies before we even chip the shield. I am playing online so the experience may vary, closest I got was a single hit away from victory

>>57925994
>playing online
There's your problem. Just solo that shit. Online teammates will just eat your timer.

>>57926024
Its funny how this was a bigger problem last gen but still significantly impactful.
Where do you think the sweet spot for raid balance lies? I think it should be easier with groups than solo but should be solo'able.

>>57926024
I like how I've seen multiple people not only bring fire types to the fight, but keep spamming fire moves even after activating its Thermal Exchange.

>>57926121
This is why we need text or lobby voip chat unironically. No, I will not pay for a Switch 2 and bonus account sub to have these features, they should be included in the 60+ tip game I purchased like day 1. Fuck I think I'm straight up going to skip gen 10 after this game.

>>57926110
It is way easier with a *coordinated* group, it's just basically unplayable with randoms. Maybe the time penalty for fainting should be lower or removed for 7* raids when playing with randos.
>>57926121
Shit like this is really just proof that tons of literal children play this game, and not just adult (wo)manchildren.

>>57926141
>Maybe the time penalty for fainting should be lower or removed for 7* raids when playing with randos.
Hang on, I fuck with this. Maybe a finite time limit that's tied to the difficulty instead of counting down with the deaths of players could work.
Honestly I understand the current timer functions slightly as a skill check to stop new files from getting carried into catching 7*s too easily but it affects the good players lobbying up and is mostly unavoidable thanks to the really slow lobby menu and the inability to see your ally's stats and progress, like their selected Pokemon's stats.

>>57926110
Only play online if you're doing it with people you know or if you host and cancel the group as soon as an obvious kid/shitter joins.

>>57926024
>cobble together random support set if needed
>mooch from the first competent team I find
Works every time. I cleared Bax with a support Seadra. Wasn't great, but it only went down once during a very long fight (slow, body press team mates).

>>57924081 (OP)
Archaludon @ Metronome
Stamina
252 HP / 252 Def / 4 Spe
- Breaking Swipe
- Iron Defense
- Body Press
Last move doesn't matter much.

>>57927001
Oh yeah and it's Tera Fighting

>>57927001
How do you heal up?

>>57925134
>>57925325
So the strat is Iron Hands with 2 NPCs with intimidate?

>>57925737
>>57924081 (OP)
Just tried an online raid with a support, everyone was getting 1 or 2 shot by Glaive Rush spam.

>>57927714
It may be possible with 1 if it dies repeatedly.

>>57927714
Oh, don't try to setup belly drum until you've tera'd. Drain punch repeatedly until then, then setup if you have the health.
You can faint once and still likely win.

>>57927784
>>57927785
The ones I've been paired up with are tanky and don't die fast, and Bax's earthquake spam does 2/3rds of my health each turn so I can't even heal enough with shell bell and drain punch. Once the shield goes up it's GG.

I'm getting sick of trying to reroll for 2 intimidate, especially since arcana can fuck over your run. Going to train up an Avalugg

Cleared it first time with the Avalugg, but had a Staraptor and gardevoir, so intimation plus healer. Even tanked multiple crits because of it.

>>57928043
Oh yeah, I had arboliva to set up grassy terrain which weakened the EQs + 2 intimidates.

>>57926121
I remember seeing someone complaining today they had a Solgaleo user in their raid constantly using Flare Blitz. Not even their own Steel STAB against an Ice-Tera lol.

>>57928362
Probably a kid that thinks 120 is a bigger number not knowing about stab.

Did a few more runs, looks like everyone has the meta builds, found an umberon using reflect, mud slap and timing the taunts correctly so bax can't sword dance again.

>Raid of a mon I can already catch easily ingame

>>57924122
>And what's so special about raids anyway?
They're challenges, and each of the Unrivaled raids come with the 'Mightiest Mark' mark, which gives them "the Unrivaled" title. Might as well do 'em to pass the time.

>>57927060
1. You barely take damage. I was on ~30% health for most of the battle.
2. Heal Cheer
3. Swap Metronome for Shell Bell
4. Gardevoir ally has Life Dew iirc. It also loves spamming it.

The amount of fucking retards that queue for this in online play is honestly baffling. They need to get fucking cancer (in the pokemon world)

>>57930146
They don't have the Mightiest Mark, retard.