0:00 - Vs. Grimsley: EX SC Shauna / EX Ethan / Tech Ninetales
2:11 - Vs. Shauntal: EX SC Shauna / EX Hapu / Tech Kangaskhan
4:07 - Vs. Uxie: EX SC Shauna / Shauntal
8:23 - Vs. Latias: EX SC Shauna / EX Hau
13:20 - Vs. Terrakion: EX SC Shauna / EX Bianca
Detective Shauna was a pretty good actress in the event! I'm gonna take this as a nod to her more performance-based goals in the anime.
As a unit, SC Shauna screams Gauntlet utility. Slow-ramping buffs and debuffs that depend on repeated attacks from both her and the opponent? Side-effects on her trainer move that address quite a lot of LA gimmicks? Two Potion MPR2s for prolonged healing chances? No wonder the CSMM-dominated consensus isn't fond of her hahaha. I was able to solo four LAs with her with relative ease (with a fifth solo being much more tedious and luck-dependent) and she definitely has a few more solos in her.
Here's how each battle went and the sync grids used:
Vs. Grimsley: EX SC Shauna / EX Ethan / Tech Ninetales - ng-pomatools.web.app/team?v0=...
At the most basic level she's a pretty straightforward crit buffer, with the added bonus of being able to fish for random buffs whenever she attacks. Ethan appreciates those buffs but she doesn't appreciate how one of her passives breaks the quad-queue, which is why I clicked Eruption earlier. Tech Ninetales set the sun so that Ethan has an easier time clearing this stage.
Vs. Shauntal: EX SC Shauna / EX Hapu / Tech Kangaskhan - ng-pomatools.web.app/team?v0=...
Same idea as above, though her accuracy debuffs are put to good use to power up Hapu's sync move. Tech Kangaskhan's here to provide flinches so that the ruined quad queue doesn't become an issue.
Vs. Uxie: EX SC Shauna / Shauntal - ng-pomatools.web.app/team?v0=...
With LA fights being longer, Shauna gets to have fun with her constant enemy debuffs and self-buffs as well as her stock of Potions. She also has Attack Trap 4 to counter Acute Senses, but since it's not tied to a specific attack, Shauna can't really hold it so that it only activates on Bar 2. Ideally you team her up with someone that can make quick work of Bar 1, but I team her up with Shauntal here to show that even with Uxie's passives not accounted for, the team's able to outlast the battle.
(Her solo of this stage has the same premise of overcoming Uxie's passives but she needs a metric ton of luck on top of it: • EX SC Shauna soloes th... )
Vs. Latias: EX SC Shauna / EX Hau - ng-pomatools.web.app/team?v0=...
Yes, she can solo Latias ( • EX SC Shauna soloes th... ) but I wanted to show how she's able to comprehensively support a teammate here as her kit is pretty much made to counter this stage. All she's missing is accuracy buffs for the Bar 2 evasion, which does become an issue here but the team was lucky enough to push through it.
Vs. Terrakion: EX SC Shauna / EX Bianca - ng-pomatools.web.app/team?v0=...
Since her debuffs are random, she has a slightly harder time with Terrakion as you need to get lucky with rolling Attack and Sp Atk debuffs early. That wasn't the case here, but I do team her up with Bianca, who's pretty much made for this stage. Shauna's weak to Ground so she definitely appreciates the higher damage output.
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