1/5 Costume Rosa & Shaymin Tours Her Friends Through Fullmoon Island | Pokémon Masters EX - Video

Got Rosa on a daily. It's a little late to plan the compilation but I figured I'd do something quick before the banner leaves.

Rosa is pretty good. Idk, I don't have any hot takes. I've seen her compared to Dojo Gloria but I don't agree with that. Rosa has better supportive capabilities while Gloria has the MAX bomb, sync acceleration and infinitely better gauge.

Latias is an obvious target for Costume Rosa, but her kit counters Cresselia fairly well. She can neutralize all of Cresselia's buffs barring Atk and Acc, which hardly matter in the grand scheme of things. I brought Marley to counter status and to make her jealous of Rosa's Shaymin I guess.

Cresselia's first bar has the Brain Barrier gimmick so I had to bring a second Striker to handle that. However, I also wanted to take advantage of Rosa's ability to buff +1 Crit. I settled on a Flinch bot so they serve a purpose past first bar. Rosa's gauge is poor for a Flinch strategy, so I tried Molayne because he makes the gauge go brrr. His raw Inertia nuke coupled with Marley's and Rosa's Crit buffs sufficed.

After combing through my options more carefully and I figured Lodge Silver plays off Rosa a little better. Silver buffs +1 Crit, so Marley and Rosa complete his Crit buffs. Silver also debuffs Def, which boosts Rosa's Power Loving. Marley can also proc Burn to activate Silver's Dirty Fighting 2. I could've played for Interference Sync 5 but Silver's Flinch is not exactly consistent.

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