Pokemon Masters EX - 15000 pts Champion Stadium - Week 9/1/25 (feat. 4/5 Anniversary Red and Gloria)

Skip to 13:39 for the actual showcase of Anniversary 2025 (A25) Red and Gloria. The beginning of the video is just my A25 Gloria scouts as well as the normal Champion Stadium run, which needed to be done in that order. For those observant, I did not post last week's Champion Stadium and A25 Red scouts. I just wanted to post this video first because the game is getting silly. When we had datamine for 6th year anniversary, I thought that A25 Gloria was the best character on paper. She had to compete with Neo Champion (NC) Blue, who I would consider the best support character in the game up until this point. For context, at 3/5, NC Blue can fully raise defense, fully raise special attack, fully raise special defense, fully raise critical-hit rate, fully raise speed, fully lower enemy's attack, fully lower enemy's special attack, attack for free, inflict flinch, inflict confusion, inflict paralysis, heal, and remove status conditions. He can also do a few extra things like lower enemy's Electric Type Rebuff, apply Gradual healing to allies, and raise ally sync damage. At 3/5, A25 Gloria can fully raise attack, fully raise defense, fully raise special attack, fully raise special defense, fully raise critical-hit rate, fully raise speed, fully lower enemy's attack, fully lower enemy's defense, fully lower enemy's special attack, fully lower enemy's special defense, fully lower enemy's speed, attack for free, inflict flinch, inflict burn, heal, remove status conditions, and remove status changes. She can also do a few extra things like apply Physical Move Break effect on an enemy, apply Special Move Break effect on an enemy, reduce the sync move countdown a lot, apply Enduring effect on allies, summon and extend Rock Zone, summon (and extend at 4/5) Galar Circle, and RAISE THE SYNC BUFF THOUGH A PASSIVE. Now, you don't need to know anything about Pokemon Masters to see that I typed more words for A25 Gloria than I did NC Blue. That is because A25 Gloria simply does more things than NC Blue. Sure, NC Blue can raise speed faster than A25 Gloria, especially at 1/5 copy. X Speed All + is actually my favorite part of NC Blue's kit. But A25 Gloria is just so much better. Most importantly in my opinion, her EX Role isn't useless and she ramps sync move buffs. She is the first character in the game that if you sync with her, she gives you THREE sync move buffs, which is absolutely insane. Not only that, she also gets the Sprint EX Role, meaning the next sync move you use is faster. Paired with her Quick Attack, she speeds the sync move countdown even more, while applying both Physical and Special Move Break Effect so that your characters do more damage. The flinching, the lowering of enemy stats, the Enduring effect, the Rock Zone, and the Galar Circle is all icing on top for me. All this stuff was completely unnecessary, but it's there. I genuinely think that A25 Gloria is the strongest character they added to the game and should be a top priority for scouting unless you really lack strikers. I cannot comprehend why they would add such a strong support character to the game, because how can they possibly top A25 Gloria? I ended up getting 4/5 copies of A25 Gloria because I really wanted the Galar Zone extension as well as the speed boost from Pyro Ball. I'm not sure if I should 5/5 her, and if I did, should I spend 6600 gems or use a 5* Support candy? I do get scout rewards if I spend gems, so it is tempting to just spend the 6600 gems. I'll probably just wait until next datamine to see what I do. If you guys have a recommendation of either 6600 gems or a move candy, please let me know. I have nine 5* Support candies by the way (I think I just answered my question lol). Thanks for watching!