Ground-Weak Super Sparring: Rechecking Courtney and Off-Type Teams

October 20, 2026 / By SciPocket / VS Brendan (Ground weakness · 1 opponent)

We re-evaluated the Ground-weak VS Brendan battle, comparing Courtney, Red (1996), and Juliana & Terapagos alongside the original Giovanni team. Non-Villain sync pairs can participate, and off-type attacks can deal damage.

Game scores and calculator indices are different values

The table compares saved teams using the same 180-second cumulative firepower index. Enemy Defense and Sp. Def are unknown, so these indices have not been converted into actual damage or game scores. This table is not a ranking of real battle scores.

Gaps found in the search and calculation model

The previous “restrict the main attacker to the Villain theme” search condition excluded non-Villain main attackers. The model also had gaps in Courtney’s Defense-based sync move scaling, Red (1996)’s changing buddy moves, and Terapagos’s form changes and Stellar mechanics.

We corrected these issues in the calculation model and saved the grids and action orders again. The corrected calculation model is now available in the team optimizer. With the same grid and action order, the original Giovanni team remained at 812,445,469 before and after the corrections.

Comparison settings and remaining limitations

180 seconds; starting sync buff 0; move level 5; grid energy cap 70; EX and Superawakening enabled. Attacks from non-Villain pairs receive the event’s 80% damage reduction; support effects retain their full value. Only Ground attacks receive the super-effective multiplier. Off-type attacks remain neutral. Stat-drop resistance is provisionally set to 0 because the actual values are unconfirmed.

The candidate search is bounded and does not guarantee the best possible team. It does not fully reproduce simultaneous Circles from different regions, their stacked effects, chance-based stat drops, move gauge waits, or real-time countdown cycling with status moves. Courtney’s regular-move damage increase based on the opponent’s lowered Speed is also unsupported.

The original Giovanni team has the highest index among these comparisons, but different enemy Defense, Sp. Def, resistances or actual action timings could change the assessment. Further grid and action-order checks are needed.

References: Original Super Sparring article / Official event announcement / Official Stellar mechanics overview

Use the team links to view the saved Sync Grids, settings, action orders and cumulative firepower indices.