 Hello friends, welcome back to the channel. In today's video, we're going over the best Pokemon builds for you to farm money in the Ace Academy Tournament post the epilogue update in Scarlet and Violet. So this has been quite a requested video here on the channel, so I hope it is helpful. The Ace Academy Tournament was one of the best ways and probably is still one of the best ways to farm money consistently and easy in Pokemon, Scarlet and Violet. Yes, we do have access to the item printer now, which is accessible. You can go in and you can get a lot of high cost items very easily. It does require you to go out and click blueberry points as well as Pokemon materials before you're able to use this. Ace Academy Tournament does give you a bit of a one up in this regard, where you can just go into it freely with one Pokemon build and there's no prep work to it. And if you've got yourself a turbo controller, you can just leave it, set it away and let the money come in. One of the issues that we've had recently with the latest DLC update for the Indigo Disc, once you complete the Tarapagos story and catch it, then the Ace Academy trainers do upgrade. Their levels increase, making it slightly harder. So the builds that we featured here on the channel that previously worked for this tournament no longer work. And on top of that, after the epilogue update, which was the final piece of the jigsaw with the DLC content, where you set out on that final journey with Alvin, Nomona and Penny to get Peturant in Kitakami, then the Ace Academy does upgrade once again, increasing the levels of all the trainers in the Ace Academy tournament. But we have two builds we're gonna feature here today. I've tested them extensively in the Ace Academy tournament after these updates and they do work extremely well. So you're gonna be able to use these two builds that we've got in today's video to farm through the Ace Academy tournament going forward, making sure that you've got as much money as you need in game. Some of the biggest differences you're gonna see in the Ace Academy tournament, a lot of the trainers will have upgraded Pokemon, not only higher level Pokemon, but they will have different Pokemon that make some of the older builds very difficult to bring. Now, once you've completely epilogue adventure in Kitakami, you're gonna see Jack now appearing with a level 80 Victory Bell, a level 80 Orcanine, Swallot, Mudsdale and Galarian Slowbro as well. And the highest level that Jack will have will be that 81 level Furigaraf. And these level increases to around that level 80 are gonna be across the board for the most part. Some trainers do even have an higher increase. You're gonna look at someone like Nmona, which has the highest level Pokemon in the whole of the Ace Academy tournament with their starter Pokemon hitting level 87, depending on what starter you pick, but the majority of Nmona's team are all gonna be around mid 80s. Gita is another one that does have a huge increase to their levels with King Amit, their final Pokemon being level 85 and even the Dragonpult being level 84, which is pretty much one of the fastest Pokemon that you're gonna see throughout the whole Ace Academy tournament. Kenny's also taking a huge buff to her EV squad with her Ace Sylvian being level 85 when it does hit the field. And with Pokemon like Umbrian, with Flareon as well, can cause your Pokemon to trip up, especially if you're leaving it in AFK. You don't want to set the AFK mode with your Turbo Controller up leaving a Pokemon in there only to come back and you're healing up at a Pokemon center. So the two builds that we're gonna feature in today's video that are gonna make life very easy for you to farm through the Ace Academy tournament if it's something that you would like to do in your game are gonna be starting off with Curam White. Now, this is a Pokemon that everyone should have access to in their games. They are readily available to catch in the DLCs and you're gonna be also able to trade these in from Pokemon Home if you've caught them in previous games. Of course, to get Curam White, you're gonna need Reshiram and Curam. Once you've got them in game, to fuse them in Scarlet and Violet, you're gonna need to first go to Porto Maranada to the auction house there where you're gonna be able to pick up the DNA Splicer item. Now you'll come to this NPC here that has given you all of the other special evolution items that are accessible in the game and you'll be able to take part in an auction for the DNA Splicer. Once you have this item, it shouldn't cost too much from this auction, you can then use it when you have Curam and Reshiram in your party to fuse them into Curam White. Now the Curam White build that we do have for this AFK farming method is gonna be, obviously, the terra-typing doesn't matter. It has to be level 100 and make sure that you do hyper-train all of those IVs excluding attack. That is the only one that doesn't really matter in this scenario. So make sure that you head up to Montenegro and you speak to the NPC next to the Obama Snow, use bottle caps to make sure that all of those IVs are set to 31. Now the big important thing that allows the Curam White to actually work through this AFK method is the Held item, which is gonna be that metronome. So for those of you that don't know how the metronome item works, essentially, every time you consecutively use a move, it's boosting the base power of that move by 20%, the next turn that you come to use it and maxing out at 100% base power boost after five turns. Essentially, the first time you use Ice Beam with the Curam White, it's gonna be that 90 base power. The next turn, if you use Ice Beam again, you'll then activate the metronome item and get a 20% base power boost on the Ice Beam, essentially turning it into 108 base power move. That continues all the way up until you've used the move five consecutive times, tapping out at that 100% base power boost, which will then equate to the Ice Beam being a 180 base power attack on that sixth turn. And then on top of that, you've got the Star Boost, same type attack bonus, which will essentially mean that you've got a 270 base power attack Ice Beam on that sixth turn, making this a very strong attack and essentially one of the key aspects to why you can knock out those very strong, higher level Pokemon when it comes to the end of the battle against a lot of these Ace Academy trainers. We've already mentioned Ice Beam. You're gonna already guess the set for this. You only need one single move and it is gonna be that Ice Beam. Make sure that you PP max the Ice Beam out just in case you need it. You're not essentially gonna need to PP max the move out, but it's always been safer than sorry. Just PP maxing that out. Ability is gonna be turbo blaze on the Cure in White and its EV spread is gonna be 196 HP EVs, four defense EVs, 252 special attack EVs, and then 56 speed EVs with a modest nature. So they are the EV investment that you're gonna have on your Cure in White. The stats should look exactly like this that are showing on your screen right now. And with that 56 speed EV investment, you're gonna outspeed everything in the Ace Academy tournament apart from Geeta's Dragapult, but going to outspeed that means you're gonna lose a lot of bulk, essentially meaning it's not as an effective set. And even if in the worst case scenario, Geeta's Dragapult does critical hit you twice in a row with the Dragon Darts, you're still gonna be able to beat her. There's nothing on a team that you're not gonna be knocking out or out speeding. So you don't really even need to worry about that critical hit if that does occur because in return you're gonna knock out the Dragapult with the Ice Beam anyway, you're so deep into the battle. You've got that 80% boost to the base power on Ice Beam at that stage of the game anyway. And then all that's left to come in after that is the King Gambit, which is the Flying Terastalization, which I don't know, it doesn't make much sense to me, but it means you're gonna be able to outspeed it and pick up the knockout very easily with the Ice Beam anyway. So even against Geeta, just one of the more tricky ones that you could say where a Pokemon does outspeed you and you could have a few issues, that isn't gonna make any difference at all. And other trainers that you would maybe say could cause you an issue like Jack with the Arcanine, even after critical hit close combat and the Aglarian Slowbro activating its quick claw ability and using a Power Gem, which then critical hits, you're still not gonna be knocked out with this EV investment. So even against Jack, where he's got a couple of Pokemon at different periods throughout that battle, which could cause you issues, you're still gonna be super fine against him with this particular build and the Metronome item attached. Salvador is another one to mention because he is gonna have that Alolan Sand Slash, which does resist the Ice Beam. You're not gonna be able to pick up a clean knockout on that. So we'll be able to get an Iron Head on you. But again, even in the worst case scenario where it does critical hit you, you're not gonna be in any danger of getting knocked out and you're always gonna outspeed it. So you're not gonna ever flinch from the Iron Head. So you don't really need to worry about that, but you will take damage throughout that matchup. And Penny with this particular build is not an issue at all. Of course, you're not gonna be picking up the knockout onto the Umbrian first turn when that comes out, but because you're not knocking out in one turn, you're gonna get the 20% boost essentially before the Flareon comes in and you're gonna use two Ice Beams on the Flareon. You're gonna be able to take a Flareblade pretty easily from that Flareon. So by the time that you get to the Sylveon, you're already gonna have that 100% boost. So the Sylveon is made quick work of. You're not even gonna have to contend with taking a Moon Blast from that Pokemon. And also the Vaporeon, by that stage, you're gonna have enough boosts with your Metronome item where the Vaporeon's very easy to take down as well. So that is the Curem White Build. Again, a Pokemon that you're gonna have easy access to in your games if you've got the DLCs or you might have had it from previous generations where you can trade it in from Pokemon Home. And it is gonna be one of those Pokemon where you can use your Turbo Controller, set it away, and it's gonna just work and get money for you while you sleep, work, do whatever you want, where you're not paying attention to the games, and you're not really gonna have any worries about that money ground any longer after these updates. Now it isn't the only option that we've got going into this video because the other one is gonna be Arceus. Now I do understand not everyone has access to Arceus, but if you've played Brilliant Diamond Shining Pearl or you've got a copy of Pokemon Legends Arceus itself, they're two recent games on the Switch where you can obtain Arceus and then transfer it in from Pokemon Home. You might have access to all the Mystery Gift events that took place a while ago and have access to Arceus through that, meaning you're gonna be able to get it in Pokemon Scholar and Violet. But this is why we've got two options going into today's video because not everyone has access to Arceus, but you do wanna use Arceus in the Ace Academy Tournament. It is gonna be a very consistent method. I left this running for almost two days and no problems at all. With this build, you're gonna be able to run through the Ace Academy Tournament, all of the trainers after the epilogue update are pretty, pretty effectively with this particular Arceus. So, level 100 again, make sure it is hyper-trained. Of course, you don't need to worry about that. Attack stat again, but everything else should be 31. Level 100 and the held item is gonna be the Pixie Plate, making it a fairy type Pokemon. The only move that you're gonna need on the Arceus is judgment and just make sure, again, you do PP max it. It is just safe for PP maxing, not essential, but it will just make it a bit easier. The ability of course can't be changed. It is multi-type and the EV spread is gonna be very straightforward. 252 EVs in HP, 252 EVs in special attack, and the rest, that four remaining EVs or six remaining EVs, just put into the special defense stat there. You don't need any speed investment with this Arceus. At level 100, it is gonna outspeed everything in the Ace Academy Tournament, even that Dragapult on Gita's team. So you're gonna be able to just run through Pokemon very easy and even the Pokemon that do resist the fairy type attacks like the Arcanine and the Galarian Slowpoke and other Pokemon that resist fairy type attack, you're still gonna be hitting for very effective damage and with that HP investment in its bulk, you're gonna be able to take a flurry of attacks from all of these trainers. Even when you go up against Penny and the Flarian's gonna be able to get a flare blitz off you, you're gonna knock it out with two judgments and then even if Penny's Sylveon does get a number of Moonblasts off against you, you've got the bulk to be able to knock it out before it can close the game out with what would be a quick attack normally. So the Alchys, very solid choice going into this, but something else that I just did want to cover in this video alongside the Cure in White with that Metronome item that are gonna make it so easy for you to go into the Ace Academy Tournament now, even after the update and have success farming for as much money as long as you want in the games without having to worry about getting blueberry points, getting Pokemon materials over and over again just to utilize the item printer. I'm not denying that that is one of the best ways to farm money in the games right now and I've been using it and I haven't really had to rely on the Ace Academy Tournament very much, but because this was such a requested video here on the channel, I did wanna put some time and effort in and I have done over the last week and I feel very confident about both of these builds going in after the epilogue update that they're gonna be the most consistent Pokemon that you're gonna have confidence in leaving, setting your Turbo Controllers away, letting this just run through and rack up as much money as you need in Pokemon Scarlet and Violet. So that is everything for today's video, friends. I hope you've found it useful. If you have your own builds that you've had a lot of success with, do share them down below. They'll be useful for other trainers who are wanting to use this facility in the games after the updates and I hope you find this one useful. 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