Venasaur´s Vines
AG: Glory
AG: skimmythegod
Ubers UU: Fc
Ubers UU: Shiloh
1v1 bern
1v1: Kanha Greninja
ZU: sinnabyss
ZU: Mirbro
NFE: PandaDoux
2v2: sundays
i lowkey cooked
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Tournament UMPL IV - Commencement
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AG: Glory
AG: skimmythegod
Ubers UU: Fc
Ubers UU: Shiloh
1v1 bern
1v1: Kanha Greninja
ZU: sinnabyss
ZU: Mirbro
NFE: PandaDoux
2v2: sundays
i lowkey cooked
how many of these are alts? Its not AGPL without them :trollamos:
This mock is the worst (i wasn't bought)
sad，i get 3-2 in agpl:/
Official ZU Power Rankings from the greatest ZU player of all time,
Top (must start)
OranBerryBlissey10
Toto
TWiTT
High (should start)
asa
Big Tony 2014
Drud
Estragos
Stories
TomatoZause
Mid (could start)
5Dots
avarice
FlamPoke
Lizardu
sleid
THE_CHUNGLER
Low (more suited for support)
BaitWiz
Seraphz
sinnabyss
Top (must start)
OranBerryBlissey10
Toto
TWiTT
High (should start)
asa
Big Tony 2014
Drud
Estragos
Stories
TomatoZause
Mid (could start)
5Dots
avarice
FlamPoke
Lizardu
sleid
THE_CHUNGLER
Low (more suited for support)
BaitWiz
Seraphz
sinnabyss
Official ZU Power Rankings from the worst ZU player of all time,
Top (mid)
Big Tony 2014
BaitWiz
Drud
Lizardu
High (choke sometimes)
OranBerryBlissey10
sleid
sinnabyss
THE_CHUNGLER
Mid (choke regularly)
5Dots
avarice
BaitWiz
Seraphz
Stories
Low (choke everytime)
asa
Estragos
FlamPoke
Twitt
Toto
Top (mid)
Big Tony 2014
BaitWiz
Drud
Lizardu
High (choke sometimes)
OranBerryBlissey10
sleid
sinnabyss
THE_CHUNGLER
Mid (choke regularly)
5Dots
avarice
BaitWiz
Seraphz
Stories
Low (choke everytime)
asa
Estragos
FlamPoke
Twitt
Toto
zu fish power rankings:
1. Star Plasma Vessels - OranBerryBlissey10, Stories, THE_CHUNGLER, Mada
Obb is the most consistent SVer in the tour and will farm. Stories isn't gonna care but she clicks well and knows the ins and outs of these mons. THE_CHUNGLER can pass some cramorants heat and she'll be more than fine. Mada can play the tier as well. 2 proven clickers and good support it's all you want.
2. Atomic Bombirdiers - Drud, Baddy, BIG TONY 2014, Quinn
Drud is solid and with proper support which the core has, he will do well. Baddy learned the meta under my wing in ZUPL so he's destined to do well here. ZU ssnl finalist BIG TONY can be a danger sub and add some flair to the teampastes. Despite the finals appearance he might still be too green tho. Quinn can maybe do sth in prep.
3. Venusaur's Vines - TWiTT, TomatoZause, Mirbro, BaitWiz
Twitt successfully pricefixed himself to 7k which is a massive steal. The managers were able to get around the pricefix condition of wanting to be on bench, by not drafting anyone else fit to start in his place! Zause has been improving and he's a tryhard so I expect a good performance out of him too. Tbh TWiTT and zause could even be #1 core if they both tryhard, but i do believe TWiTT wants to bench and will take it easier. Mirbro and baitwiz are for vibes.
4. Super Shaymin - asa, Ampha, gulch
asa is super fire but Ampha has some question marks. I don't think asa will build for another slot and Ampha sure as hell isn't building for his own slot. if gulch gets invested Ampha might be saved cause gulch can build. But ye asa hard carries this to 4th.
5. Doom Desire Jirachis - Toto, avarice, Lizardu
Toto and avarice are both good players in their own right (jk, toto is not). But they both share a fatal weakness of not being builders. We might see a tour of recycled and stolen teams from this duo. Lizardu played zu earlier but idt it'll be much help...
6. Andiamo al Klang? - 5Dots, Leni, Seraphz, Feen
16.5k 5Dots? That's gotta be a NFE thing... Even so he can kinda support SV ig. Leni can play but he's not gonna care. Feen was the entire circus in ZUPL but I do think he's a fundamentally sound player and zupl was a freak performance. I don't think he built tho. Seraphz felt absent during ZUPL but they're improving very fast and they could be the hard carry dark horse here.
bottom 3 are all about the same to me
7. Salty Samurotts - TheKingKarp, FlamPoke, a plague doc
These guys could be underdogs and popoff but idk, I think it's a pretty dire core. Flam will at least be able to decently support TKK and his own slot. plague doc has never touched zu afaik but they have a higher ceiling as a player and I could see them stepping in should tkk/flam struggle.
8. Venusaur's Vines - TWiTT, TomatoZause, Mirbro, BaitWiz (Twitt on bench)
With Twtt on bench this teams drops a lot but I think zause has been consistent enough despite that. The other slot is gonna get farmed though.
9. Moonlit Marshadows - Estragos, Sleid, Bloodace, DripLegend
Great support and vibes on this core, but i've never really seen any of them popoff as players. Hate to rank em last tho ill be rooting. EDIT: (apparenlty DripLegend is ZUing, i also don't think he will care much or is a guaranteed farm slot so I'd still put them 7th at most).
1. Star Plasma Vessels - OranBerryBlissey10, Stories, THE_CHUNGLER, Mada
Obb is the most consistent SVer in the tour and will farm. Stories isn't gonna care but she clicks well and knows the ins and outs of these mons. THE_CHUNGLER can pass some cramorants heat and she'll be more than fine. Mada can play the tier as well. 2 proven clickers and good support it's all you want.
2. Atomic Bombirdiers - Drud, Baddy, BIG TONY 2014, Quinn
Drud is solid and with proper support which the core has, he will do well. Baddy learned the meta under my wing in ZUPL so he's destined to do well here. ZU ssnl finalist BIG TONY can be a danger sub and add some flair to the teampastes. Despite the finals appearance he might still be too green tho. Quinn can maybe do sth in prep.
3. Venusaur's Vines - TWiTT, TomatoZause, Mirbro, BaitWiz
Twitt successfully pricefixed himself to 7k which is a massive steal. The managers were able to get around the pricefix condition of wanting to be on bench, by not drafting anyone else fit to start in his place! Zause has been improving and he's a tryhard so I expect a good performance out of him too. Tbh TWiTT and zause could even be #1 core if they both tryhard, but i do believe TWiTT wants to bench and will take it easier. Mirbro and baitwiz are for vibes.
4. Super Shaymin - asa, Ampha, gulch
asa is super fire but Ampha has some question marks. I don't think asa will build for another slot and Ampha sure as hell isn't building for his own slot. if gulch gets invested Ampha might be saved cause gulch can build. But ye asa hard carries this to 4th.
5. Doom Desire Jirachis - Toto, avarice, Lizardu
Toto and avarice are both good players in their own right (jk, toto is not). But they both share a fatal weakness of not being builders. We might see a tour of recycled and stolen teams from this duo. Lizardu played zu earlier but idt it'll be much help...
6. Andiamo al Klang? - 5Dots, Leni, Seraphz, Feen
16.5k 5Dots? That's gotta be a NFE thing... Even so he can kinda support SV ig. Leni can play but he's not gonna care. Feen was the entire circus in ZUPL but I do think he's a fundamentally sound player and zupl was a freak performance. I don't think he built tho. Seraphz felt absent during ZUPL but they're improving very fast and they could be the hard carry dark horse here.
bottom 3 are all about the same to me
7. Salty Samurotts - TheKingKarp, FlamPoke, a plague doc
These guys could be underdogs and popoff but idk, I think it's a pretty dire core. Flam will at least be able to decently support TKK and his own slot. plague doc has never touched zu afaik but they have a higher ceiling as a player and I could see them stepping in should tkk/flam struggle.
8. Venusaur's Vines - TWiTT, TomatoZause, Mirbro, BaitWiz (Twitt on bench)
With Twtt on bench this teams drops a lot but I think zause has been consistent enough despite that. The other slot is gonna get farmed though.
9. Moonlit Marshadows - Estragos, Sleid, Bloodace, DripLegend
Great support and vibes on this core, but i've never really seen any of them popoff as players. Hate to rank em last tho ill be rooting. EDIT: (apparenlty DripLegend is ZUing, i also don't think he will care much or is a guaranteed farm slot so I'd still put them 7th at most).
2v2 PRs (Yuki made me open my email to sign into Smogon because I haven't done that in over a year)
Chilis 3 for me Deal tier:
Kaif - Kaif is a phenomenal 2v2 player who is top tier in every single generation. Kaif is fantastic at building and playing, and is a clutch fiend. Kaif I would describe as having no holes in his game outside of dedication sometimes and also the 13% daily chance he gets re-permad
Blanched - Blanched is also a really good 2v2 player with a lot of experience in more recent gens. Blanched is always locked in and cooks frauds. Blanched is a builder who builds very fundamentally solid teams and out picks his opponents on preview.
Yuki - Yuki is British which is a definite issue but they are a fantastic player with incredible consistency in play. Yuki can definitely get lost in their own sauce and absolutely needs heat checks on every team but they are cracked nasty w it.
Swag Money tier:
Kry - Krytocon i am putting in tier 2 because they are my friend but in all reality I think his fundamentals are really good and put him at this level.
Lancer - Lancer is an absolute fiend who finds themselves as a solid tier 2 / borderline tier 1 player in every generation. His teams sometimes have holes, but if you don't bring the right hole puncher it doesn't matter.
Chris Numbers - Chris32156 is a geriatric 7 year old who is retired from being goated but is still fine. Unfortunately Celesteela is not in this generation, so Chris is a solid tier 2 player. HOWEVER The geriatric 7 year old can always cosmically smurf and evolve into a tier 1 player mid tour.
why are they starting 2v2 over Arcanine1929 tier:
King Griffin - why are they starting 2v2 over Arcanine1929 why did nobody draft Arcanine1929 or Keshba54, I did hear they got top 6 in SSNL which is good
you drafted the wrong Chris for 10.5k tier:
Chris Chien Pao - I heard they went for 10.5k from Yuki and I think u guys mixed them up for real for real
2v2 PRs but based on Aura
1. blanched
2. rest idc
2v2 Aura PRs if I include people who didn't get drafted
1. Arcanine1929
2. blanched
3. rest idc
Chilis 3 for me Deal tier:
Kaif - Kaif is a phenomenal 2v2 player who is top tier in every single generation. Kaif is fantastic at building and playing, and is a clutch fiend. Kaif I would describe as having no holes in his game outside of dedication sometimes and also the 13% daily chance he gets re-permad
Blanched - Blanched is also a really good 2v2 player with a lot of experience in more recent gens. Blanched is always locked in and cooks frauds. Blanched is a builder who builds very fundamentally solid teams and out picks his opponents on preview.
Yuki - Yuki is British which is a definite issue but they are a fantastic player with incredible consistency in play. Yuki can definitely get lost in their own sauce and absolutely needs heat checks on every team but they are cracked nasty w it.
Swag Money tier:
Kry - Krytocon i am putting in tier 2 because they are my friend but in all reality I think his fundamentals are really good and put him at this level.
Lancer - Lancer is an absolute fiend who finds themselves as a solid tier 2 / borderline tier 1 player in every generation. His teams sometimes have holes, but if you don't bring the right hole puncher it doesn't matter.
Chris Numbers - Chris32156 is a geriatric 7 year old who is retired from being goated but is still fine. Unfortunately Celesteela is not in this generation, so Chris is a solid tier 2 player. HOWEVER The geriatric 7 year old can always cosmically smurf and evolve into a tier 1 player mid tour.
why are they starting 2v2 over Arcanine1929 tier:
King Griffin - why are they starting 2v2 over Arcanine1929 why did nobody draft Arcanine1929 or Keshba54, I did hear they got top 6 in SSNL which is good
you drafted the wrong Chris for 10.5k tier:
Chris Chien Pao - I heard they went for 10.5k from Yuki and I think u guys mixed them up for real for real
2v2 PRs but based on Aura
1. blanched
2. rest idc
2v2 Aura PRs if I include people who didn't get drafted
1. Arcanine1929
2. blanched
3. rest idc
slightly late 1v1 prs ur welcome Nuxl
starters = *
2 and 3 are kinda either or to me imo, so im not ranking these two teams just posting my thoughts on both:
i'm not proofreading these so if they aren't in coherent english my bad!
starters = *
me and radu just won pl together but the easy bait point of "OH MY GOD RADU DIDNT PLAY AND GOT CARRIED" is a pretty low hanging fruit here, seeing as the most radu has played of sv has been tests and not actual tour series. however he is rly active and cares to play more so i don't see him having any trouble doing well, especially since he was itching to play the whole tour pretty much. lolebruh has mainly stuck to oldgens as of late, but he does have a SV individual trophy under his belt that shows he can go the mile when asked of. jos-i mean fancy is my expertly scouted talent from a few years prior and he has definitely made an impact in the community, whether or not he likes that impact is up to your interpretation. he did recently go a quiet 4-0 in pl while building for himself and was 3k..? overall a really nice steal that rounds out the core nicely as a playing sub. close is kinda the wildcard here as his sv performances haven't been much of note, but he is historically a great player and has the support here to back it up. rudi is also here since he can get the job done but is likely just not playing here which also has value. even without potential bias that some would say i have this core has the most depth, star power, and activity that doesn't come into question for me.
2 and 3 are kinda either or to me imo, so im not ranking these two teams just posting my thoughts on both:
barras managers squeeeeee. bird is someone mainly known for other old gens like SS, but he has had a lot more involvement with the tier because of the recent PL, and did bot the fuck out of me whenever i played eli myself. when he wants to win he really does go the extra mile, and not having to worry about stretching himself over 8 slots, something he has hated in pretty much most team tours he has been in, will really ease his workload a lot here. eli is for sure a wildcard, but he has shown that even with little experience you can toss that shit out the window and upset pools. mainly noting he kinda flipped the dpp meta on its head for a bit and is probably why clefable got banned. the main thing that gives this pair a grey area in my eyes is just how much the two of them will care, but judging off conversations with both i feel this issue should be minimal..at least for now.
marsh has had a decent past year in 1v1, winning last years PL (SUPERTEAM BOOOO) and umpl. he just does solid overall even if he rarely breaks the mold or has a distinct style, and his performances do reflect on that a bit. he doesn't have the glamour or spectacle a lot of people in this tier kind of bring about them, but when you have results are they really needed? rtm has also had a pretty decorated 1v1 career in recent times. winning the old gens pl as well as 1v1 world cup for this year it's hard to not respect his feats. he often likes to dabble in unmons/quirky sets which while benefits him can also be a bane at the same time, albeit he does tend to do this more in other gens rather than SV but hes a solid player all-around and should perform decently well in this pool. rounding out the two we have indi MY GOATTT. a newer face in the community for sure but has already made a name for himself winning global cup with pretty strong finals opponents being crucify and kaif. his style is something im just a huge fan of and i hope he gets a chance to play too! him being a sub is rly nice for this duo in case things go sour since he is pretty self-sufficient and unique in style/play so it will definitely throw all previous scouting attempts out the window.
the army team has more players than their ranking sad :(. tempted to edit into 5th to match but not worth it. anyways... starting with bea she has definitely had a nice glow-up, cementing herself as a player that really works to improve and get better and it has shown in recent tour performances from her. unfortunately, i locked out for this iteration so i don't get to play her :/ but she has definitely put in the effort to up her game and i have no doubt she will be motivated to keep aiming higher this tour (she won last pl and last umpl btw). bern has his upsides and downsides at times, but like bea he is often motivated (albeit sometimes too motivated and biting off more than he can chew) but with the amount of available support he should be able to manage just fine here. kala is mainly a ladder fiend breaking into the team tour scene more recently but he's a decent player and probably has played more ladder games than every sv player combined, he's still a bit green but he is not starting right out the gate which i think benefits this team a lot. sificon and alyssa are also people who play the tier in varying ranges, mostly other gens if applicable but this core is fairly well rounded and has a lot of active presences to boot. this team just doesn't have that wow factor or "hard carry" that you know will go giga positive which has me putting it slightly lower, but i do not doubt this teams core to pop off in the coming weeks.
i did indeed draft two of these people in pl and they were great :D. unfortunately when not on my team they have a HUGE DEBUFF. leading with the starters miyoko has had a lot of random solid individual performances in the gen and they're a really fun player to team with. the main thing which helps miyoko most though is active support, and this draft does make me question how much they actually have. stravench and mishlef are known a lot for other gens, and i have not seen most of stravench's sv building or mishlef sv building that is not uu. stravench is a really active and nice chat presence though so im sure it is not completely barren, but the success of the birds is definitely more reliant on the builders being able to rise to the occasion and support the two starters imo. neomon went for a crisp 19.5k which is the third most expensive 1v1 player (1st tied for 20.5 between radu and lumii ^_^). he's a player that shows up and can just honestly get the job done a lot of times, he has his streaks of going a bit negative or giga positive but he's a player that is consistent in attitude and usually effort which makes this price worth it in my eyes. his sv has been improving a lot (s/o to getting thrown in bo7 hell) and i don't have doubts that he can perform in his pool.
this ranking might be a hot take but rachis are kinda clear bottom half of the pool even though they got deg and steen for 6k?? (edit: mb 7k but what the fuck) even if deg wasn't bought in the pool he still would've ended up joining the cord regardless since buying steen without having a free deg tag along is like buying one sock. admittedly sv is one of the weaker gens for deg but he can still usually yoink teams from people or at least have enough solid stuff to reuse in the future. there is not a ton to highlight on steen besides his amazing 8-0 in recent 1v1pl LMAO. and this guy was somehow 4k, even if the gen was different i would think more managers would want to tap into that..? and rounding out the core we have sword. while he doesn't have the accolades the other two in this core do he usually seems committed in team environments if he isn't dooming. he also just talks a lot which should help with the void of lines in steens channel until hours before his series. he hasn't really had a breakout tour and has gone a bit negative in most of his team tours playing the tier, so some could doubt his ability to perform in a pool with people more in touch with the tier/metagame. main reasons i have this group low even after the clear upsides they have going on is burnout factor is definitely high, especially if sword starts off weak and needs to sub out then deg can 100% get spread really thin.
overall the two players in this pool that have the least experience i would say. Akeras has dipped his toes in the tier before, but most know him for act winning his way into classic playoffs more than achievements based on merit alone. He has been doing more indivs lately in SV but team tours really have a difference in prep/commitment that Akeras has not seen in a while. Longrat is just hella new and while it was cool to see him picked up, i feel like he has a lot more value at this stage as supporting rather than starting. just a little too green but hey who doesn't love an underdog story? If this pair had any support beyond these two i could possibly see them being a bit higher but this team overall really does not have good depth and both of their starters have less experience than the rest of the pool by varying margins.
i'm not proofreading these so if they aren't in coherent english my bad!
Welcome to this year's Power Ranking of UMPL!
A lot of people helped me make this PR possible so i'm just gonna start with a big shoutout to bo_bobson27, Frozoid, Glory, Geysers, Finchely, fish anemometer, & Shing!
This post will be split into 2 different spoilers, so you'll be able to start by what you prefer, as there is an overall ranking by teams, and a ranking by tiers! How the ranking works for teams is that i combined the score from each tier, if a team is 8th in AG then they will get 8 points, if this same team is ranked 1st in ZU they will receive 1 point, which makes 9 points in total, you do the same in the last 4 tiers and you get your score, the more points a team has, the worse they will be ranked. The minimum amount of points a team can have is 6, and the maximum amount of points a team can have is 48.
Andiamo al Klang?
1v1 8/8
AG 4/8
ZU 6/8
UUbers 7/8
2v2 8/8
NFE 5/8
Overall 38/48
In last place with 38 points we have Andiamo al Klang?, Jeza.p and IoSonoNeon are the managers of this team, both of them don't really have a good knowledge of any tier so they have a disadvantage over the rest of the managers, nevertheless, IoSonoNeon decided to buy himself for 15k, i'm still unsure why they did that since he's on the bench, perhaps they thought that having a good substitute for any tier in case stuff goes wrong was worth the price. Their first pick was 5Dots, who is a good NFE player, they bought him for 16.5k, which is a big amount of money for someone only able to support 1 out of the 10 slots who's not sitting at the top of his pool, but 5Dots will be able to bring some good wins regardless. Then, they decided to buy BigFatMantis, who will cover the UUbers slot with Dorron, they went for 34.5k combined, considering they both placed low in the UUbers PRs this might be a big overpay for Klangs, and they might not perform well enough to make up for the price spent on the UUbers slot. In AG, Klang decided to pick Adhiraj and RL, for 28.5k combined, probably supported by Swas and 8142e as well, they should be able to take wins against some strong players of the pool, but are not expected to stomp the pool whatsoever. Seraphz & feen will be covering ZU for 14.5k combined, both are good players but it seems that neither of them are able to build solid teams, they have no support either which will definitely be an issue for this slot throughout the tournament. Finally, what puts this team so far behind the others is the 1v1 and the 2v2 slots, ranking last in both of these tiers. In 1v1, it seems that Akeras & LongRat are the only one playing the tier and neither of them seems to be a big 1v1 name among the rest of the pool, and in 2v2 it seems that they don't have a player? Chris Chien Pao was bought for 10.5k to cover this slot but they're not known in 2v2, the legend says the managers messed up between the Chrises. They don't have subs in either of these tiers. Leni has also been bought for 4k, which looks like he's going to be inactive considering nobody upbided on him???
Overall this team has a lot of flaws to cover, it looks like managers got greedy and spent too much money on AG, NFE, and UUbers, and couldn't afford to buy a solid 1v1 & 2v2 core.
Salty Samurotts
1v1 4/8
AG 6/8
ZU 8/8
UUbers 3/8
2v2 4/8
NFE 7/8
Overall 32/48
Salty Samurotts are ranked 7th, with Cam & Imperial as managers, who are both UUbers specialists. Cam decided to selfbuy for 15k, which, at first glance looks like a good buy for UUbers, but they actually decided to go in ZU, perhaps because they thought their UUbers core was too good already. Indeed, they ranked 3rd in UUbers with Shiloh & vesp, they got them for 25.5k combined, which is a good price for a 3rd place core, and funnily enough they are the most expensive players of the entire team (excluding the seflbuy of Cam). Considering Shiloh & Vesp are both good UUbers players on their own, they will most likely do very well in this tier, especially with Imperial's support. Their first buy, which was the first ever buy of the auction was Dragonillis, who was bought for 6k, which is a very fair price, but then, they decided to buy sealoo & Lyna for 7k combined, who are good NFE support, but when compared to the rest of the NFE pool filled with veterans and big names, this is not going to be enough for them to consistently bring wins in this slot. Then they decided to buy Kry for 8k, who is a solid 2v2 player and will be able to put up a good fight against anyone in the 2v2 pool. In AG they picked Skyiew & Beleth for 16.5k combined, both are good AG players but neither of them placed high in the AG ranking, which might lead us to think that they will be somewhat inconsistent in this tier. In ZU, alongside Cam, they decided to buy FlamPoke for 4k, outside of TheKingKarp it doesn't look like they got anyone else playing or building ZU, which might be a huge issue throughout the tournament. In 1v1 they decided to pick a lot of different players, with bea, bern, Kala chasmah, AlyssaVGC, and Sificon, for 19k combined, a very good price for the amount of players they have in this tier, they will most likely be fine in 1v1. A plague doc is a good sub able to play well pretty much everywhere, Rirula, Exotic64, Sonired, HiZo, VigilanteVigoroth are not names i know but they will surely be able to support here and there. BigDaddyAddy puts this team number 1 in terms of aura but unfortunately aura is not taken into account in this PRs.
Overall this team doesn't look bad, but what puts them in 7th place is probably the lack of some big names here and there, they are mostly in the middle or the bottom in every tier, but doesn't seem to excel somewhere compared to the other teams.
Atomic Bombirdiers
1v1 3/8
AG 8/8
ZU 2/8
UUbers 1/8
2v2 7/8
NFE 8/8
Overall 29/48
Atomic Bombirdiers ranked 6th. Fragments and Baddy both know multiple UMs pretty well, and they even decided to selfbuy Baddy for 15k who could play a couple of different tiers like ZU, UUbers or NFE. They started off strong by buying Fc for 23k, and then they bought Mimikyu Stardust for 15k to complete the UUbers core, which was worth it considering they have the strongest UUbers core of the tournament. Then they got Drud for 20.5k, which completes their ZU core with Baddy covering the other slot, they also got big tony 2014 for 6k to support or sub in ZU, which makes this slot worth 41.5k in total, which is a lot of money but got them one of the best core of the pool. But then that's where Fragments and Baddy started to struggle during the auction, they have already spent more than half of their budget on 4 out of 10 slots and needed to be careful for the rest. Nonetheless they got King Leo V for 10k, which on paper is fine because King Leo V has been consistently picked for teamtours including NFE and has always been involved in the tier, but since SV he really struggled to shine and hasn't been able to be consistent enough. Skimmythegod and Emoxu9 has been picked for AG for a reasonable 9.5k price combined, however when compared to the rest of the pool, it doesn't look like they will be able to shine. Then, they started to buy a lot of 1v1 players like stravench, neomon, Mishelf, and Miyoko, who are all decent options and grabbed a solid 3rd place in the 1v1 PR, but then it looked like they kind of forgot about 2v2, King Griffin has been assigned the role of 2v2 player, but they're not really known to be a 2v2 player and doesn't look like anyone else knows the tier too. Ballfire, Quinn, and sundays are all decent subs and are probably able to support some of the tiers.
It looks like Bombirdiers started off the auction a bit too strong, buying very solid ZU and UUbers cores but for more than half of their budget, leading them into not being able to bid as much as they would have wanted to on some of the other slots, they got really good placements on half of their slots, but also really bad placements on the other half.
Moonlit Marshadows
1v1 1/8
AG 7/8
ZU 7/8
UUbers 5/8
2v2 2/8
NFE 6/8
Overall 28/48
5th rank is given to Moonlit Marshadows, managed by temp & Fluore, who looks like only have a good knowledge in AG, none of them decided to selfbuy, which made them one of the only two teams with an additional 15k compared to everyone else. They started by buying BloodAce, Frozoid, and polt for 16.5k combined, which is a good price to complete an entire core. While polt placed pretty high in the AG ranking, BloodAce placed dead last, making the AG core in 7th place. Then they decided to buy JustCallMeFish & Suzuya for 31k combined, while Suzuya placed 2nd, JustCallMeFish placed below average, making once again an unbalanced core with one slot expected to excel and the other expected to struggle. In ZU they got DripLegend and Estragos for 25.5k combined, both of them are not known to be big ZU names, so they might struggle against the rest of the pool. Sleid was drafted for 7k to play NFE, as well as mh for 3k to support him, definitely worth the price since both of them are newplayers to the SV metagame and have the potential to do well, but they are underdogs considering the strong players they're going against. However, it's going better for the 1v1 & 2v2 slots, as they bought blanched for 27.5k, one of the best 2v2 players of the pool, as well as being able to support 1v1 if they have time, and Lumii, and happysh are very solid 1v1 players who have DripLegend's support.
Mom Lover is here for mood points and can probably support in a tier or two, dunoks is here for solid sub ig.
Marshadows will shine in 2v2 and 1v1, as well as one of the two AG and UUbers slot, but might struggle to be consistent in the other slots, placing average at best in every tiers other than 1v1 & 2v2.
Doom Desire Jirachis
1v1 7/8
AG 2/8
ZU 3/8
UUbers 6/8
2v2 6/8
NFE 1/8
Overall 25/48
Making it to the top 4 we have Doom Desire Jirachis, the only returning team with the same managers, Hugo & Despacito87. Last year they went to Finale, so they know how to draft a good UMPL team despite only knowing 2v2 very well. They started by buying Palestine for 4k, who was in the team last year and did very well, so they were expecting him to do just as well this year, to support him they bought DEG for 3k, considering DEG's situation at this moment it is unlikely for him to be playing a lot, so to cover last's 1v1 slot they got SwordIsBored for 3k, making a total of 10k the 1v1 core, it looks like the core heavily relies on whether DEG is able to support both SwordIsBored & Palestine or not, which might get them into some trouble at some point considering DEG lives in a country with a tough situation. In AG they decided to draft PrimalKyogre, another former Jirachi, and Byulharang, for 41.5k combined, both are strong players, especially PrimalKyogre who's been ranked 1st in the AG PR and are expected to do very well, they also have June's support if needed. Continuing on the former Jirachis players they bought PandaDoux for 17.5k to play NFE, despite not having subs for him, PandaDoux is a solid NFE player and has been performing very well for the last 2 years in the tier, so he should at least fine. In ZU they got Avarice, who played for them last year as well, and Toto for 29k combined, both are very strong players and should be doing fine, however, despite Lizardu's support, they might lack builds in ZU, which could lead them into being predictable in the prep in the latest weeks of the tournament. For 2v2 they got Chris32156 for 5.5k who's a 2v2 veteran but is not the most consistent in terms of bringing wins, DangerDan51's, Despacito's and Hugo's support wasn't enough for the 2v2 slot to be ranked higher than 6th. With UUbers being a brand new tier, Hugo & Despacito couldn't make their draftplan on a returning player, so they bought Shadow079 for 11k, Career Ended for 6.5k, and Finchely for 6k, making a total of 23.5k for the UUbers core, Shadow & Career Ended both placed below average in the UUbers ranking, meaning that UUbers most likely won't be the best tier for Jirachis. They got TTTech & Bazingatron as subs, none of them are really known to play UMs tho.
Jirachis took the 4th spot due to half of the slots being ranked very high, however the other half are not expected to be the most consistent which might lead them to struggle a bit.
Star Plasma Vessels
1v1 2/8
AG 5/8
ZU 1/8
UUbers 8/8
2v2 5/8
NFE 3/8
Overall 24/48
In 3rd we have Star Plasma Vessels, Ojr returned with zastra this time, both only know NFE and Ojr actually decided to selfbuy for 15k to cover that slot, which, despite taking a break from SV, was a good choice considering Ojr has been a top NFE player for years. Their first buy was OranBerryBlissey10 for 17k, which is worth it considering that OBB is the most consistent ZU player of the tournament. For the 2nd ZU slot they got Stories for 11k, as well as THE_CHUNGLER for 3k to pass her teams in case OBB is not able to build 2 teams per week, which makes the ZU core the best one of the tournament. In AG they got Glory, 0.5mirror, & Lana for 20.5k combined, despite Glory being a solid AG player, 0.5mirror being ranked 14th in the AG PR makes this core quite inconsistent, with one winning over and over but the other one losing, Lana will provide great support but she might be inactive, which is probably why she's not starting. In 2v2 they got Lancert for 3.5k, lancert won't have any support tho and might not be able to take wins from big 2v2 names, nonetheless he will be able to take wins against some other players of the pool. In 1v1 they bought RADU, lolebruh, Close, and Fancy1 for 49.5k, this is a very strong 1v1 core, they have a lot of support and a good chemistry, Vessels are not expected to be struggling in this tier by any means. As well as being able to support 1v1, xdRudi.exe will play UUbers alongside One Last Kiss, they got bought for 11.5k combined, they have LovelyLuna's support for 3k as well which will be useful to help them get teams since none of them are known to be UUbers players, considering this is a strong UUbers pool they might struggle to grab some wins against the other players. Mada and Wesleyy are good players who could sub in pretty much any tier, they both got bought for 3k which is a good price.
Overall Star Plasma Vessels have consistent cores, they will be able to grab wins against most of the teams and are really only fearing to struggle in UUbers, which is not so bad considering it's only 2 out of 10 slots.
Venusaur's Vines
1v1 6/8
AG 1/8
ZU 5/8
UUbers 4/8
2v2 3/8
NFE 4/8
Overall 23/48
Venusaur's Vines are taking the 2nd place of the PRs! Managed by Entrocefalo and Maybca, who won last year's UMPL. Maybca knows NFE very well and Entrocefalo knows AG & UUbers very well, they complete each other by covering half of the tiers of the tournaments, which grants them a big advantage over the other managers of the tournament. They decided to seflbuy Entrocefalo for 15k, which probably was worth it considering he ranked 5th in the UUbers PR. To cover the other slot they bought Frito for 21k, as well as some support with Poosh_i & Leo Justice for 7k combined, making a total of 43k on UUbers, which might be a lot of money, but they should be able to win against anyone in the UUbers pool. In AG they got The Strap for 24.5k and LBN for 6k, both of them are strong players, especially The Strap who's one of the biggest AG name of the tournament, and they should not even worry about getting teams in case LBN doesn't build with entrocefalo being able to pass solid teams, making the best AG core of the tournament. They decided to draft Mirbro for 7k since he was in their team last year, and TTK, a newcomer to NFE, for 3k, making a solid NFE core for 10k with Maybca's support which is gonna be enough for them to grab wins against some very strong players of the pool. In 2v2 they drafted Yuki for 19.5k, Yuki is a good 2v2 player and will be able to win against most players of the pool. They got RTM, Indi01, and Marshme1to for 15k combined to make the 1v1 core of the team, while they are all mainers and are good players, the pool is tough and they most likely will have issues against some other 1v1 cores. Same for the ZU core, with TomatoZause, TWiTT, and BaitWiz, bought for 22.5k combined, since TWiTT is on the bench and that BaitWiz & TomatoZause are up against big players.
Overall a good draft from Venusaurs, they will be able to consistently take wins in most of the tiers and the ones being ranked below average could still put up a good fight against the other teams. A well-rounded team.
Super Sh(a)ymin
1v1 5/8
AG 3/8
ZU 4/8
UUbers 2/8
2v2 1/8
NFE 2/8
Overall 17/48
The 1st team of this year's Power Ranking is Super Sh(a)ymin!! Managed by a fairy & Rasche, doesn't look like a fairy knows any UMs's playerbase very well, but Rasche knows UUbers well and decided to selfbuy for 15k to play in it. They started by buying Stareal for 28.5k, who is the most expensive player of the tournament and will be playing NFE, 28.5k on a player only able to play and support 1 out of 10 slot might be questionable, Pokemon is a wild game and going 7-0, no matter how good you are, is a very difficult thing to do, so Rasche and a fairy definitely took a big risk, despite Stareal being one of the best NFE players out there, but it turned out great, since they were able to buy Kaif for 8.5k who's the best 2v2 player of the pool, Medeia for 5k to complete the UUbers core with Rasche, which is a solid core considering both of them ranked above 8th place out of 16 players. Them getting solid cores doesn't stop there tho, as they managed to have Geysers & Rofna for 35.5k combined, forming another solid core with both of them being solid AG players. They got Bread Sandwich's support too, who will be a decent sub for 3.5k. ZU is where stuff begin to be a little more tough, they bought asa for 14.5k, who's a very solid ZU player and will do well without any doubt, but the other ZU slot is where things get scarier, as gulch & Ampha have been bought to fill this last slot for 6k combined, but neither of them are as solid as the rest of the pool in SV ZU, which makes us think that they might struggle in one of the two ZU slots. 1v1 is the only tier where Shaymins ranked in the bottom half of the pool, crow crumbs, Nuxl, and lemonstre1 (and perhaps Kaif) will take care of this tier for 25.5k, but neither of them are big 1v1 names, we could think that it'd be hard for them in some weeks, but they will be strong enough to put up a good fight and take a couple of wins still. SpaceSpeakers here for the vibes probably.
This is a great team, well-balanced everywhere, every cores have the ability to go at least positive, the only flaw of this team is the lack of subs in case stuff goes wrong for a slot or two, or for scheduling issues, but other than that they earned their 1st spot and it's not even that close.
A lot of people helped me make this PR possible so i'm just gonna start with a big shoutout to bo_bobson27, Frozoid, Glory, Geysers, Finchely, fish anemometer, & Shing!
This post will be split into 2 different spoilers, so you'll be able to start by what you prefer, as there is an overall ranking by teams, and a ranking by tiers! How the ranking works for teams is that i combined the score from each tier, if a team is 8th in AG then they will get 8 points, if this same team is ranked 1st in ZU they will receive 1 point, which makes 9 points in total, you do the same in the last 4 tiers and you get your score, the more points a team has, the worse they will be ranked. The minimum amount of points a team can have is 6, and the maximum amount of points a team can have is 48.
Andiamo al Klang? 1v1 8/8
AG 4/8
ZU 6/8
UUbers 7/8
2v2 8/8
NFE 5/8
Overall 38/48
In last place with 38 points we have Andiamo al Klang?, Jeza.p and IoSonoNeon are the managers of this team, both of them don't really have a good knowledge of any tier so they have a disadvantage over the rest of the managers, nevertheless, IoSonoNeon decided to buy himself for 15k, i'm still unsure why they did that since he's on the bench, perhaps they thought that having a good substitute for any tier in case stuff goes wrong was worth the price. Their first pick was 5Dots, who is a good NFE player, they bought him for 16.5k, which is a big amount of money for someone only able to support 1 out of the 10 slots who's not sitting at the top of his pool, but 5Dots will be able to bring some good wins regardless. Then, they decided to buy BigFatMantis, who will cover the UUbers slot with Dorron, they went for 34.5k combined, considering they both placed low in the UUbers PRs this might be a big overpay for Klangs, and they might not perform well enough to make up for the price spent on the UUbers slot. In AG, Klang decided to pick Adhiraj and RL, for 28.5k combined, probably supported by Swas and 8142e as well, they should be able to take wins against some strong players of the pool, but are not expected to stomp the pool whatsoever. Seraphz & feen will be covering ZU for 14.5k combined, both are good players but it seems that neither of them are able to build solid teams, they have no support either which will definitely be an issue for this slot throughout the tournament. Finally, what puts this team so far behind the others is the 1v1 and the 2v2 slots, ranking last in both of these tiers. In 1v1, it seems that Akeras & LongRat are the only one playing the tier and neither of them seems to be a big 1v1 name among the rest of the pool, and in 2v2 it seems that they don't have a player? Chris Chien Pao was bought for 10.5k to cover this slot but they're not known in 2v2, the legend says the managers messed up between the Chrises. They don't have subs in either of these tiers. Leni has also been bought for 4k, which looks like he's going to be inactive considering nobody upbided on him???
Overall this team has a lot of flaws to cover, it looks like managers got greedy and spent too much money on AG, NFE, and UUbers, and couldn't afford to buy a solid 1v1 & 2v2 core.
Salty Samurotts 1v1 4/8
AG 6/8
ZU 8/8
UUbers 3/8
2v2 4/8
NFE 7/8
Overall 32/48
Salty Samurotts are ranked 7th, with Cam & Imperial as managers, who are both UUbers specialists. Cam decided to selfbuy for 15k, which, at first glance looks like a good buy for UUbers, but they actually decided to go in ZU, perhaps because they thought their UUbers core was too good already. Indeed, they ranked 3rd in UUbers with Shiloh & vesp, they got them for 25.5k combined, which is a good price for a 3rd place core, and funnily enough they are the most expensive players of the entire team (excluding the seflbuy of Cam). Considering Shiloh & Vesp are both good UUbers players on their own, they will most likely do very well in this tier, especially with Imperial's support. Their first buy, which was the first ever buy of the auction was Dragonillis, who was bought for 6k, which is a very fair price, but then, they decided to buy sealoo & Lyna for 7k combined, who are good NFE support, but when compared to the rest of the NFE pool filled with veterans and big names, this is not going to be enough for them to consistently bring wins in this slot. Then they decided to buy Kry for 8k, who is a solid 2v2 player and will be able to put up a good fight against anyone in the 2v2 pool. In AG they picked Skyiew & Beleth for 16.5k combined, both are good AG players but neither of them placed high in the AG ranking, which might lead us to think that they will be somewhat inconsistent in this tier. In ZU, alongside Cam, they decided to buy FlamPoke for 4k, outside of TheKingKarp it doesn't look like they got anyone else playing or building ZU, which might be a huge issue throughout the tournament. In 1v1 they decided to pick a lot of different players, with bea, bern, Kala chasmah, AlyssaVGC, and Sificon, for 19k combined, a very good price for the amount of players they have in this tier, they will most likely be fine in 1v1. A plague doc is a good sub able to play well pretty much everywhere, Rirula, Exotic64, Sonired, HiZo, VigilanteVigoroth are not names i know but they will surely be able to support here and there. BigDaddyAddy puts this team number 1 in terms of aura but unfortunately aura is not taken into account in this PRs.
Overall this team doesn't look bad, but what puts them in 7th place is probably the lack of some big names here and there, they are mostly in the middle or the bottom in every tier, but doesn't seem to excel somewhere compared to the other teams.
Atomic Bombirdiers 1v1 3/8
AG 8/8
ZU 2/8
UUbers 1/8
2v2 7/8
NFE 8/8
Overall 29/48
Atomic Bombirdiers ranked 6th. Fragments and Baddy both know multiple UMs pretty well, and they even decided to selfbuy Baddy for 15k who could play a couple of different tiers like ZU, UUbers or NFE. They started off strong by buying Fc for 23k, and then they bought Mimikyu Stardust for 15k to complete the UUbers core, which was worth it considering they have the strongest UUbers core of the tournament. Then they got Drud for 20.5k, which completes their ZU core with Baddy covering the other slot, they also got big tony 2014 for 6k to support or sub in ZU, which makes this slot worth 41.5k in total, which is a lot of money but got them one of the best core of the pool. But then that's where Fragments and Baddy started to struggle during the auction, they have already spent more than half of their budget on 4 out of 10 slots and needed to be careful for the rest. Nonetheless they got King Leo V for 10k, which on paper is fine because King Leo V has been consistently picked for teamtours including NFE and has always been involved in the tier, but since SV he really struggled to shine and hasn't been able to be consistent enough. Skimmythegod and Emoxu9 has been picked for AG for a reasonable 9.5k price combined, however when compared to the rest of the pool, it doesn't look like they will be able to shine. Then, they started to buy a lot of 1v1 players like stravench, neomon, Mishelf, and Miyoko, who are all decent options and grabbed a solid 3rd place in the 1v1 PR, but then it looked like they kind of forgot about 2v2, King Griffin has been assigned the role of 2v2 player, but they're not really known to be a 2v2 player and doesn't look like anyone else knows the tier too. Ballfire, Quinn, and sundays are all decent subs and are probably able to support some of the tiers.
It looks like Bombirdiers started off the auction a bit too strong, buying very solid ZU and UUbers cores but for more than half of their budget, leading them into not being able to bid as much as they would have wanted to on some of the other slots, they got really good placements on half of their slots, but also really bad placements on the other half.
Moonlit Marshadows 1v1 1/8
AG 7/8
ZU 7/8
UUbers 5/8
2v2 2/8
NFE 6/8
Overall 28/48
5th rank is given to Moonlit Marshadows, managed by temp & Fluore, who looks like only have a good knowledge in AG, none of them decided to selfbuy, which made them one of the only two teams with an additional 15k compared to everyone else. They started by buying BloodAce, Frozoid, and polt for 16.5k combined, which is a good price to complete an entire core. While polt placed pretty high in the AG ranking, BloodAce placed dead last, making the AG core in 7th place. Then they decided to buy JustCallMeFish & Suzuya for 31k combined, while Suzuya placed 2nd, JustCallMeFish placed below average, making once again an unbalanced core with one slot expected to excel and the other expected to struggle. In ZU they got DripLegend and Estragos for 25.5k combined, both of them are not known to be big ZU names, so they might struggle against the rest of the pool. Sleid was drafted for 7k to play NFE, as well as mh for 3k to support him, definitely worth the price since both of them are newplayers to the SV metagame and have the potential to do well, but they are underdogs considering the strong players they're going against. However, it's going better for the 1v1 & 2v2 slots, as they bought blanched for 27.5k, one of the best 2v2 players of the pool, as well as being able to support 1v1 if they have time, and Lumii, and happysh are very solid 1v1 players who have DripLegend's support.
Mom Lover is here for mood points and can probably support in a tier or two, dunoks is here for solid sub ig.
Marshadows will shine in 2v2 and 1v1, as well as one of the two AG and UUbers slot, but might struggle to be consistent in the other slots, placing average at best in every tiers other than 1v1 & 2v2.
Doom Desire Jirachis 1v1 7/8
AG 2/8
ZU 3/8
UUbers 6/8
2v2 6/8
NFE 1/8
Overall 25/48
Making it to the top 4 we have Doom Desire Jirachis, the only returning team with the same managers, Hugo & Despacito87. Last year they went to Finale, so they know how to draft a good UMPL team despite only knowing 2v2 very well. They started by buying Palestine for 4k, who was in the team last year and did very well, so they were expecting him to do just as well this year, to support him they bought DEG for 3k, considering DEG's situation at this moment it is unlikely for him to be playing a lot, so to cover last's 1v1 slot they got SwordIsBored for 3k, making a total of 10k the 1v1 core, it looks like the core heavily relies on whether DEG is able to support both SwordIsBored & Palestine or not, which might get them into some trouble at some point considering DEG lives in a country with a tough situation. In AG they decided to draft PrimalKyogre, another former Jirachi, and Byulharang, for 41.5k combined, both are strong players, especially PrimalKyogre who's been ranked 1st in the AG PR and are expected to do very well, they also have June's support if needed. Continuing on the former Jirachis players they bought PandaDoux for 17.5k to play NFE, despite not having subs for him, PandaDoux is a solid NFE player and has been performing very well for the last 2 years in the tier, so he should at least fine. In ZU they got Avarice, who played for them last year as well, and Toto for 29k combined, both are very strong players and should be doing fine, however, despite Lizardu's support, they might lack builds in ZU, which could lead them into being predictable in the prep in the latest weeks of the tournament. For 2v2 they got Chris32156 for 5.5k who's a 2v2 veteran but is not the most consistent in terms of bringing wins, DangerDan51's, Despacito's and Hugo's support wasn't enough for the 2v2 slot to be ranked higher than 6th. With UUbers being a brand new tier, Hugo & Despacito couldn't make their draftplan on a returning player, so they bought Shadow079 for 11k, Career Ended for 6.5k, and Finchely for 6k, making a total of 23.5k for the UUbers core, Shadow & Career Ended both placed below average in the UUbers ranking, meaning that UUbers most likely won't be the best tier for Jirachis. They got TTTech & Bazingatron as subs, none of them are really known to play UMs tho.
Jirachis took the 4th spot due to half of the slots being ranked very high, however the other half are not expected to be the most consistent which might lead them to struggle a bit.
Star Plasma Vessels 1v1 2/8
AG 5/8
ZU 1/8
UUbers 8/8
2v2 5/8
NFE 3/8
Overall 24/48
In 3rd we have Star Plasma Vessels, Ojr returned with zastra this time, both only know NFE and Ojr actually decided to selfbuy for 15k to cover that slot, which, despite taking a break from SV, was a good choice considering Ojr has been a top NFE player for years. Their first buy was OranBerryBlissey10 for 17k, which is worth it considering that OBB is the most consistent ZU player of the tournament. For the 2nd ZU slot they got Stories for 11k, as well as THE_CHUNGLER for 3k to pass her teams in case OBB is not able to build 2 teams per week, which makes the ZU core the best one of the tournament. In AG they got Glory, 0.5mirror, & Lana for 20.5k combined, despite Glory being a solid AG player, 0.5mirror being ranked 14th in the AG PR makes this core quite inconsistent, with one winning over and over but the other one losing, Lana will provide great support but she might be inactive, which is probably why she's not starting. In 2v2 they got Lancert for 3.5k, lancert won't have any support tho and might not be able to take wins from big 2v2 names, nonetheless he will be able to take wins against some other players of the pool. In 1v1 they bought RADU, lolebruh, Close, and Fancy1 for 49.5k, this is a very strong 1v1 core, they have a lot of support and a good chemistry, Vessels are not expected to be struggling in this tier by any means. As well as being able to support 1v1, xdRudi.exe will play UUbers alongside One Last Kiss, they got bought for 11.5k combined, they have LovelyLuna's support for 3k as well which will be useful to help them get teams since none of them are known to be UUbers players, considering this is a strong UUbers pool they might struggle to grab some wins against the other players. Mada and Wesleyy are good players who could sub in pretty much any tier, they both got bought for 3k which is a good price.
Overall Star Plasma Vessels have consistent cores, they will be able to grab wins against most of the teams and are really only fearing to struggle in UUbers, which is not so bad considering it's only 2 out of 10 slots.
Venusaur's Vines 1v1 6/8
AG 1/8
ZU 5/8
UUbers 4/8
2v2 3/8
NFE 4/8
Overall 23/48
Venusaur's Vines are taking the 2nd place of the PRs! Managed by Entrocefalo and Maybca, who won last year's UMPL. Maybca knows NFE very well and Entrocefalo knows AG & UUbers very well, they complete each other by covering half of the tiers of the tournaments, which grants them a big advantage over the other managers of the tournament. They decided to seflbuy Entrocefalo for 15k, which probably was worth it considering he ranked 5th in the UUbers PR. To cover the other slot they bought Frito for 21k, as well as some support with Poosh_i & Leo Justice for 7k combined, making a total of 43k on UUbers, which might be a lot of money, but they should be able to win against anyone in the UUbers pool. In AG they got The Strap for 24.5k and LBN for 6k, both of them are strong players, especially The Strap who's one of the biggest AG name of the tournament, and they should not even worry about getting teams in case LBN doesn't build with entrocefalo being able to pass solid teams, making the best AG core of the tournament. They decided to draft Mirbro for 7k since he was in their team last year, and TTK, a newcomer to NFE, for 3k, making a solid NFE core for 10k with Maybca's support which is gonna be enough for them to grab wins against some very strong players of the pool. In 2v2 they drafted Yuki for 19.5k, Yuki is a good 2v2 player and will be able to win against most players of the pool. They got RTM, Indi01, and Marshme1to for 15k combined to make the 1v1 core of the team, while they are all mainers and are good players, the pool is tough and they most likely will have issues against some other 1v1 cores. Same for the ZU core, with TomatoZause, TWiTT, and BaitWiz, bought for 22.5k combined, since TWiTT is on the bench and that BaitWiz & TomatoZause are up against big players.
Overall a good draft from Venusaurs, they will be able to consistently take wins in most of the tiers and the ones being ranked below average could still put up a good fight against the other teams. A well-rounded team.
Super Sh(a)ymin 1v1 5/8
AG 3/8
ZU 4/8
UUbers 2/8
2v2 1/8
NFE 2/8
Overall 17/48
The 1st team of this year's Power Ranking is Super Sh(a)ymin!! Managed by a fairy & Rasche, doesn't look like a fairy knows any UMs's playerbase very well, but Rasche knows UUbers well and decided to selfbuy for 15k to play in it. They started by buying Stareal for 28.5k, who is the most expensive player of the tournament and will be playing NFE, 28.5k on a player only able to play and support 1 out of 10 slot might be questionable, Pokemon is a wild game and going 7-0, no matter how good you are, is a very difficult thing to do, so Rasche and a fairy definitely took a big risk, despite Stareal being one of the best NFE players out there, but it turned out great, since they were able to buy Kaif for 8.5k who's the best 2v2 player of the pool, Medeia for 5k to complete the UUbers core with Rasche, which is a solid core considering both of them ranked above 8th place out of 16 players. Them getting solid cores doesn't stop there tho, as they managed to have Geysers & Rofna for 35.5k combined, forming another solid core with both of them being solid AG players. They got Bread Sandwich's support too, who will be a decent sub for 3.5k. ZU is where stuff begin to be a little more tough, they bought asa for 14.5k, who's a very solid ZU player and will do well without any doubt, but the other ZU slot is where things get scarier, as gulch & Ampha have been bought to fill this last slot for 6k combined, but neither of them are as solid as the rest of the pool in SV ZU, which makes us think that they might struggle in one of the two ZU slots. 1v1 is the only tier where Shaymins ranked in the bottom half of the pool, crow crumbs, Nuxl, and lemonstre1 (and perhaps Kaif) will take care of this tier for 25.5k, but neither of them are big 1v1 names, we could think that it'd be hard for them in some weeks, but they will be strong enough to put up a good fight and take a couple of wins still. SpaceSpeakers here for the vibes probably.
This is a great team, well-balanced everywhere, every cores have the ability to go at least positive, the only flaw of this team is the lack of subs in case stuff goes wrong for a slot or two, or for scheduling issues, but other than that they earned their 1st spot and it's not even that close.
1v1 PR by bo_bobson27
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1. Moonlit Marshadows
Lumii Blanched Driplegend happysh
By far the best 1v1 in the tour. Four of the best SV mainers right now.
HIGH
2. Star Plasma Vessels
RADU lolebruh Close xdRudi.exe Fancy1
The europeans should do very well. Radu just won PL, and theres a lot of good chemistry in this group. They should have no trouble getting teams together and outclicking the competition.
MID
3. Atomic Bombirdiers
neomon Mishlef stravench Miyoko
Mishlef is the only player who went positive in PL, and that was in SS. I think overall these guys just arent the best in SV, but will pull off a decent record because they had good fundamentals.
4. Salty Samurotts
bea bern Kala chasmah Kry AlyssaVGC Sificon
None of these players are really outstanding. On the other hand, they are mainers, and they have power in numbers which should be enough to get some wins as long as there aren't too many cooks in the kitchen.
5. Super Sh(a)ymin
crow crumbs Nuxl lemonstre1 Kaif(2v2)
The 1v1 PL Barras manager pair should be able to go positive.
LOW
6. Venusaur's Vines
RTM Indi01 Marshme1lto
The 1v1 pool is tough, and none of these players had a great 1v1 PL. I think RTM and Indi01 can be self sufficient, but they are up against some pretty strong players, so it will be an uphill battle.
7. Doom Desire Jirachis
Palestine DEG SwordIsBored DangerDan51
Normally, I would have degestine higher than this, but DEG is apparently stuck in a warzone, so I think the team support is going to be lacking. Im not the most confident in SwordIsBored or DangerDan51 to pilot against these oppoents either if DEG is not available.
BOTTOM
8. Andiamo al Klang?
LongRat Akeras feen
If it is true that LongRat is our lord and savior, now is his time to prove it. If this teams 1v1 goes positive, I will eat a banana without peeling it.
TOP
1. Moonlit Marshadows
Lumii Blanched Driplegend happysh
By far the best 1v1 in the tour. Four of the best SV mainers right now.
HIGH
2. Star Plasma Vessels
RADU lolebruh Close xdRudi.exe Fancy1
The europeans should do very well. Radu just won PL, and theres a lot of good chemistry in this group. They should have no trouble getting teams together and outclicking the competition.
MID
3. Atomic Bombirdiers
neomon Mishlef stravench Miyoko
Mishlef is the only player who went positive in PL, and that was in SS. I think overall these guys just arent the best in SV, but will pull off a decent record because they had good fundamentals.
4. Salty Samurotts
bea bern Kala chasmah Kry AlyssaVGC Sificon
None of these players are really outstanding. On the other hand, they are mainers, and they have power in numbers which should be enough to get some wins as long as there aren't too many cooks in the kitchen.
5. Super Sh(a)ymin
crow crumbs Nuxl lemonstre1 Kaif(2v2)
The 1v1 PL Barras manager pair should be able to go positive.
LOW
6. Venusaur's Vines
RTM Indi01 Marshme1lto
The 1v1 pool is tough, and none of these players had a great 1v1 PL. I think RTM and Indi01 can be self sufficient, but they are up against some pretty strong players, so it will be an uphill battle.
7. Doom Desire Jirachis
Palestine DEG SwordIsBored DangerDan51
Normally, I would have degestine higher than this, but DEG is apparently stuck in a warzone, so I think the team support is going to be lacking. Im not the most confident in SwordIsBored or DangerDan51 to pilot against these oppoents either if DEG is not available.
BOTTOM
8. Andiamo al Klang?
LongRat Akeras feen
If it is true that LongRat is our lord and savior, now is his time to prove it. If this teams 1v1 goes positive, I will eat a banana without peeling it.
AG PR by Frozoid, Geysers & Glory
1st Venusaur's Vines: Venusaur Vines have a really strong slot in THE STRAP (Rank 2) which should be able to perform well. They have chosen to give their second slot to LBN (Rank 8) making their core overall strong. They also have the support of their excellent manager entrocefalo should things not go according to plan.
2nd Doom Desire Jirachis: Doom Desire Jirachis spent 25500 credits and got the current circuit champion primalkyogre (rank 1), which should assure them of some good results. Then spent another 16000 for byulharang (rank 10) to form what seems to be a strong starting pair. Beyond that, they have June as a support and that's it for AG. So if things go south with one of the slots, they might struggle a bit.
3rd Super Sh(a)ymin: Super Shaymin have a really nice pair of RoFna (Rank 4), who is coming in from a 6-0 agpl record) and the veteran Geysers (Rank 9) as starters. They should be able to perform well with good prep which we can expect from them. They also have a decent option in Bread Sandwich if they need to take someone out by surprise.
4th Andiamo al Klang?: Andiamo El Klang have a good backbone in the mainers Adhiraj8202 and RL, ranked 5 and 10 respectively. Both of them seem to be active so it is safe to assume they will perform decent. They also have enough support/ substitute options in 8142e, who has ladder experience, and the old gens player Swas who has started to play gen9 ag.
5th Star Plasma Vessels: Glory (rank 3) and 0.5mirror (rank 14) make up the starting pair for star plasma vessels which seems to be just fine as they will probably be relying on Glory a lot. Their core should be able to get decent results atleast overall. They do have a solid support option in Lana who can perform well but she might be busy with SCL.
6th Salty Samurotts: Salty Samurotts AG draft seems to be simple, they picked up Skyiew (rank 7) and Beleth (rank 13) for a combined 16500 credits and did not look again. They can probably slot in A plague doc if needed but the draft seems shallow. Only time will tell how effective the picks will be for them.
7th Moonlit Marshadows: The Marshadows are in an interesting position with Polt (Rank 6) and Bloodace (Rank 16) as their starters. Polt is experienced and good but does not has not played SV AG in a while. Bloodace also has less AG experience so it would be interesting to see how it goes for them. They have Frozoid and Suzuya as options but Frozoid seems to be on the bench and Suzuya seems to be going towards a different tier altogether.
8th Atomic Bombirdiers: Atomic Bombirdiers have Skimmythegod (Rank 12) and Emoxu9 (Rank 14), which is the lowest ranked pair, as starters. Admittedly, both do not have as much AG experience as some of the others in the pool and they do not have any other obvious options but nonetheless they can hold their own in the pool. Although, they do have support from the one and only Fc so they are probably fine.
Venusaur's Vines 2 + 8 = 10
Doom Desire Jirachis 1 + 10 = 11
Super Sh(a)ymin 4 + 9 = 13
Andiamo al Klang? 5 + 10 = 15
Star Plasma Vessels 3 + 14 = 17
Salty Samurotts 7 + 13 = 20
Moonlit Marshadows 6 + 16 = 22
Atomic Bombirdiers 12 + 14 = 26
1st
Venusaur's Vines: Venusaur Vines have a really strong slot in THE STRAP (Rank 2) which should be able to perform well. They have chosen to give their second slot to LBN (Rank 8) making their core overall strong. They also have the support of their excellent manager entrocefalo should things not go according to plan.2nd
Doom Desire Jirachis: Doom Desire Jirachis spent 25500 credits and got the current circuit champion primalkyogre (rank 1), which should assure them of some good results. Then spent another 16000 for byulharang (rank 10) to form what seems to be a strong starting pair. Beyond that, they have June as a support and that's it for AG. So if things go south with one of the slots, they might struggle a bit.3rd
Super Sh(a)ymin: Super Shaymin have a really nice pair of RoFna (Rank 4), who is coming in from a 6-0 agpl record) and the veteran Geysers (Rank 9) as starters. They should be able to perform well with good prep which we can expect from them. They also have a decent option in Bread Sandwich if they need to take someone out by surprise.4th
Andiamo al Klang?: Andiamo El Klang have a good backbone in the mainers Adhiraj8202 and RL, ranked 5 and 10 respectively. Both of them seem to be active so it is safe to assume they will perform decent. They also have enough support/ substitute options in 8142e, who has ladder experience, and the old gens player Swas who has started to play gen9 ag.5th
Star Plasma Vessels: Glory (rank 3) and 0.5mirror (rank 14) make up the starting pair for star plasma vessels which seems to be just fine as they will probably be relying on Glory a lot. Their core should be able to get decent results atleast overall. They do have a solid support option in Lana who can perform well but she might be busy with SCL.6th
Salty Samurotts: Salty Samurotts AG draft seems to be simple, they picked up Skyiew (rank 7) and Beleth (rank 13) for a combined 16500 credits and did not look again. They can probably slot in A plague doc if needed but the draft seems shallow. Only time will tell how effective the picks will be for them.7th
Moonlit Marshadows: The Marshadows are in an interesting position with Polt (Rank 6) and Bloodace (Rank 16) as their starters. Polt is experienced and good but does not has not played SV AG in a while. Bloodace also has less AG experience so it would be interesting to see how it goes for them. They have Frozoid and Suzuya as options but Frozoid seems to be on the bench and Suzuya seems to be going towards a different tier altogether.8th
Atomic Bombirdiers: Atomic Bombirdiers have Skimmythegod (Rank 12) and Emoxu9 (Rank 14), which is the lowest ranked pair, as starters. Admittedly, both do not have as much AG experience as some of the others in the pool and they do not have any other obvious options but nonetheless they can hold their own in the pool. Although, they do have support from the one and only Fc so they are probably fine. Venusaur's Vines 2 + 8 = 10 Doom Desire Jirachis 1 + 10 = 11 Super Sh(a)ymin 4 + 9 = 13 Andiamo al Klang? 5 + 10 = 15 Star Plasma Vessels 3 + 14 = 17Salty Samurotts 7 + 13 = 20 Moonlit Marshadows 6 + 16 = 22 Atomic Bombirdiers 12 + 14 = 26ZU PR by fish anemometer
1st Star Plasma Vessels: OranBerryBlissey10 is the most consistent SV player in the tournament and will do very well. Stories is a good tourplayer who will be able to pilot teams well enough. THE_CHUNGLER will be able to pass teams in case OBB isn't able to build 2 teams per week, which means that build-wise Vessels are going to be more than fine while having some of the most threatening starters of the tier.
2nd Atomic Bombirdiers: Drud has been playing ZU for years and he's consistently been a solid builder and player, Baddy knows the tier as well and will most likely do well against the rest of the pool. Big Tony 2014 is a seasonal finalist and he will be able to provide good support, which makes this core very well balanced.
3rd Doom Desire Jirachis: Toto and avarice are very good players of the tier and will most likely do well with good teams, the issue of this core is that none of them are builders, and that the only person who would have been a potential good support is Lizardu, but he hasn't touched the tier for a while. If Toto & avarice find good teams without bringing the same stuff over and over they will do well, but the lack of builders here is a big weakness of this core.
4th Super Sh(a)ymin: Asa is a very good ZU player and will definitely do well, however the 2nd slot of this team will be less solid, as gulch, while able to build for themself, will lack skill in-game in front of other good players. Although, Ampha will be able to sub if needed, so this ZU core should end up being fine.
5th Venusaur's Vines: Zause has been improving over the years and will be very motivated to get some wins this tournament, although with Twitt on the bench, the other slot of this team will have a hard time competing against other players of the pool despite BaitWiz being a ZU main.
6th Andiamo al Klang?: This ZU core is kind of a wildcard, nobody really builds the tier but feen & Seraphz might be able to be the underdogs and win games against very good players of the pool, or they might struggle to take wins from the stronger cores.
7th Moonlit Marshadows: This team has great support but DripLegend and Estragos are not known to be the best ZU players, so while they might be able to bring some good teams, the in-game might be lacking for them to pop off against the others players of the pool.
8th Salty Samurotts: This is not a very solid core compared to the rest of the pool, FlamPoke might be able to get teams for themself and Cam, but this might not be enough for them to compete against the other ZU cores of the tournament, TKK and a plague doc might be able to sub in if they struggle to take wins in this tier, but this looks quite hard for them regardless.
1st
Star Plasma Vessels: OranBerryBlissey10 is the most consistent SV player in the tournament and will do very well. Stories is a good tourplayer who will be able to pilot teams well enough. THE_CHUNGLER will be able to pass teams in case OBB isn't able to build 2 teams per week, which means that build-wise Vessels are going to be more than fine while having some of the most threatening starters of the tier.2nd
Atomic Bombirdiers: Drud has been playing ZU for years and he's consistently been a solid builder and player, Baddy knows the tier as well and will most likely do well against the rest of the pool. Big Tony 2014 is a seasonal finalist and he will be able to provide good support, which makes this core very well balanced.3rd
Doom Desire Jirachis: Toto and avarice are very good players of the tier and will most likely do well with good teams, the issue of this core is that none of them are builders, and that the only person who would have been a potential good support is Lizardu, but he hasn't touched the tier for a while. If Toto & avarice find good teams without bringing the same stuff over and over they will do well, but the lack of builders here is a big weakness of this core.4th
Super Sh(a)ymin: Asa is a very good ZU player and will definitely do well, however the 2nd slot of this team will be less solid, as gulch, while able to build for themself, will lack skill in-game in front of other good players. Although, Ampha will be able to sub if needed, so this ZU core should end up being fine.5th
Venusaur's Vines: Zause has been improving over the years and will be very motivated to get some wins this tournament, although with Twitt on the bench, the other slot of this team will have a hard time competing against other players of the pool despite BaitWiz being a ZU main.6th
Andiamo al Klang?: This ZU core is kind of a wildcard, nobody really builds the tier but feen & Seraphz might be able to be the underdogs and win games against very good players of the pool, or they might struggle to take wins from the stronger cores.7th
Moonlit Marshadows: This team has great support but DripLegend and Estragos are not known to be the best ZU players, so while they might be able to bring some good teams, the in-game might be lacking for them to pop off against the others players of the pool.8th
Salty Samurotts: This is not a very solid core compared to the rest of the pool, FlamPoke might be able to get teams for themself and Cam, but this might not be enough for them to compete against the other ZU cores of the tournament, TKK and a plague doc might be able to sub in if they struggle to take wins in this tier, but this looks quite hard for them regardless.UUbers PRs by Finchely
1st. Fc
Fc needs no introduction, yet we’re giving him one anyway. Having so much experience playing other high-powered formats, and having such incredible tournament results, it’s no wonder that Fc is considered by many to be the best player of Ubers UU. However, October shifts are projected to really shake things up. If there’s any time to pull one over on this titan of the tier, it might be now.
2nd. Suzuya
Suzuya is one of the newer players in the Ubers UU scene, having just started playing the tier in the relatively recent UUBD. Despite his inexperience, he went on to achieve an impressive record of 6-2. Furthermore, Suzuya entered into the Ubers UU ghosting tour, in which he has yet to be eliminated. Having gained much more experience with the tier since UUBD, it’s safe to say that we can expect big things from him this tour.
3rd. Shiloh
Shiloh is a great tourplayer, over the years he won team tournaments in pretty much every category of tiers, going from World Cup to OMPL, he really can work in anything, if granted the right support Shiloh will be a huge threat to anybody.
4th. Rasche
A council member and Ubers UU Kickoff finalist, Rasche certainly has his fair share of achievements under his belt. But following his initial run in the kickoff, Rasche has struggled to make great placements in any of the following Ubers UU tours. His love of less conventional offense teams can be volatile at times, but may serve him well given the projected rise of the highly centralizing Landorus-Therian.
5th. Entrocefalo
Entrocefalo won last year's UMPL playing AG and thought he would try out UUbers to let the other teams have a chance this year. Jokes aside Entrocefalo is not unfamiliar with UUbers, went very far in most of the solo tournaments this year, Entrocefalo will be able to consistently grab wins for his team.
6th. Mimikyu Stardust
Similarly to Shiloh, unsure if Mimikyu Stardust actually knows the tier or if they'll grab teams from other teammates, but they'll be able to pilot the teams well as they have proven to be a good tourplayer.
7th. Medeia
Medeia is another relative newcomer to the Ubers UU scene. Nonetheless, she had an impressive run in the Ubers UU Seasonal going all the way up to the losers finals. The speed at which she was able to pick up the tier and play it to success speaks to her ability as a player, and it’s quite possible that we’ll see yet another stellar performance in this tour.
8th. Frito
Since having picked up Ubers UU, Frito has gone on to become a well-known mainstay of the tier. Having gone 5-3 in UUFPL, she quickly rose to prominence, and earned a spot on the tiering council. On the other hand though, she did have an unexpected showing when it came to the more recent UUBD. Bringing double sash and scarf Terapagos perhaps weren’t the best ideas, and ultimately led to her ending her run with a record of 2-3. Her skill at the game is undeniable, but it remains to see how serious she’ll take her building when the spotlight of UMPL shines down.
9th. Vesp
After all but bribing the managers in his post detailing the notable players of Ubers UU, it’s no wonder Imperial took pity and drafted him. In all seriousness though, Vesp is truly an incredibly valuable player. Despite not standing at the very heights of mechanical skill, Vesp’s ability to make incredibly solid teams is truly like no other, and will likely be providing invaluable help to his teammates if he ever sits a week out. With Vesp on the team, anyone playing the Salty Samurotts will truly have to be on their toes irrespective of who they’re playing against.
10th. Shadow079
Despite not being a big name throughout more of Smogon, Shadow is undoubtedly one of the standout talents to have grown from the Ubers UU community. As of recent, he won the Ubers UU Seasonal, beating Fc in a set not once but twice! However, those more familiar with Shadow will know he has a particular quirk about him - he only ever plays hyper offense. Normally, such a dedication to a single team archetype would leave someone vulnerable to cteaming, but Shadow clearly has the results to back up his antics. Anyone going up against Shadow had better be prepared, because this HO fiend will stop at nothing until a sweeper is staring down 6 dead mons.
11th. Career Ended
Career Ended’s history of playing the tier is short, but nearly sweet as can be. His first time playing Ubers UU on record was in the currently ongoing Ubers UU Ghosting tour, and is among the few players of this tour still in it. And perhaps it’s really not a surprise at all, given that he is the current defending OM Circuit Champion. There’s no doubt about his skills, but given that the Doom Desire Jirachis are a bit lacking in builders, He may face difficulty from his relative inexperience in building for the tier. However, as he racks up more time in the tier, he’s sure to become a fearsome sight and might just become the most frightening Ubers UU player on the team.
12th. JustCallMeFish
He used to be the Trick Room kid, now he’s the Shed Tail mf. When running into him on ladder, you’d better pray that he’s not loading Hypnosis Espathra. His username is fishy, but really smells more of cheese. JustCallMeFish certainly isn’t the biggest name on the Moonlit Marshadows, but surely is not someone to write off. Anyone playing this guy should be prepared for anything.
13th. Dorron
Dorron is a rather well-known figure throughout many Smogon circles, with Ubers UU being yet another community he’s stuck around in. He’s an accomplished player too, having won a WCoP before. However, as Vesp puts it, he’s a “chronic fucking crack loader”. There’s zero doubt that Dorron won’t be a valuable member of Andiamo Al Klang. However, it might become an issue that the only other Ubers UU mainer on the team is BigFatMantis - yet another person described by Vesp as having “loaded that fucking crack against Fc”. In the end though, he’s definitely one of the players to watch out for this tour.
14th. BigFatMantis
UU Veteran, BFM is truly playing every UU metagame and UUbers is not an exception, while they've been around for some time, still unsure if they'll do well considering this is a very strong UUbers pool.
15th. xdRudi.exe
Unfamiliar with this name, might be a hidden underdog who's been exploring the tier under cover, but seems unlikely.
16th. One Last Kiss
It doesn't look like One Last Kiss has been around UUbers prior to this tournament, most likely someone who will get teams for them, however the pool is very strong and i'm not expecting them to shine here.
1st Atomic Bombirdiers 1 + 6 = 7
2nd Super Sh(a)ymin 4 + 7 = 11
3rd Salty Samurotts 3 + 9 = 12
4th Venusaur's Vines 5 + 8 = 13
5th Moonlit Marshadows 2 + 12 = 14
6th Doom Desire Jirachis 10 + 11 = 21
7th Andiamo al Klang? 13 + 14 = 27
8th Star Plasma Vessels 15 + 16 = 31
Noteable Support:
Baddy
Baddy has stuck with the tier for quite some time now. His penchant for strange teams brought him all the way to the finals of the Ubers UU Open, but since then has only brought him alright tour results. Most recently he’s been seen bringing Gothitelle stall in the UMs Swiss with mixed results. Baddy’s no slouch when it’s time to play, but he might need to lock in in the builder if he wants a chance at bringing home victory.
Finchely
For the mainstays of the Ubers UU community, Finchely is a warm and familiar name. It’s no question how dedicated she is to the tier, as she’s contributed multiple stunning pieces of art to the tier. But her ability to actually play out games is a little questionable. Despite sitting on the tiering council, she really has yet to produce any noteworthy tournament results, with her record in UUBD having been 2-5. Given that the Doom Desire Jirachis have other strong players who can play Ubers UU such as Avarice, Shadow079, and Career Ended, We might not see Finchely hit the field until late in the tour. Nonetheless, she’s still likely to be helpful in building for the people who may play in her stead.
LovelyLuna
Having originally been a VGC mainer, Luna seemingly out of nowhere began to play Ubers UU this past February. And so it’s probably not a huge surprise that she hasn’t exactly made headlines in the tier. Luna may not start for Star Plasma Vessels, but given that she’s their only Ubers UU mainer, she’s bound to be of assistance from the bench.
1st. Fc
Fc needs no introduction, yet we’re giving him one anyway. Having so much experience playing other high-powered formats, and having such incredible tournament results, it’s no wonder that Fc is considered by many to be the best player of Ubers UU. However, October shifts are projected to really shake things up. If there’s any time to pull one over on this titan of the tier, it might be now.
2nd. Suzuya
Suzuya is one of the newer players in the Ubers UU scene, having just started playing the tier in the relatively recent UUBD. Despite his inexperience, he went on to achieve an impressive record of 6-2. Furthermore, Suzuya entered into the Ubers UU ghosting tour, in which he has yet to be eliminated. Having gained much more experience with the tier since UUBD, it’s safe to say that we can expect big things from him this tour.
3rd. Shiloh
Shiloh is a great tourplayer, over the years he won team tournaments in pretty much every category of tiers, going from World Cup to OMPL, he really can work in anything, if granted the right support Shiloh will be a huge threat to anybody.
4th. Rasche
A council member and Ubers UU Kickoff finalist, Rasche certainly has his fair share of achievements under his belt. But following his initial run in the kickoff, Rasche has struggled to make great placements in any of the following Ubers UU tours. His love of less conventional offense teams can be volatile at times, but may serve him well given the projected rise of the highly centralizing Landorus-Therian.
5th. Entrocefalo
Entrocefalo won last year's UMPL playing AG and thought he would try out UUbers to let the other teams have a chance this year. Jokes aside Entrocefalo is not unfamiliar with UUbers, went very far in most of the solo tournaments this year, Entrocefalo will be able to consistently grab wins for his team.
6th. Mimikyu Stardust
Similarly to Shiloh, unsure if Mimikyu Stardust actually knows the tier or if they'll grab teams from other teammates, but they'll be able to pilot the teams well as they have proven to be a good tourplayer.
7th. Medeia
Medeia is another relative newcomer to the Ubers UU scene. Nonetheless, she had an impressive run in the Ubers UU Seasonal going all the way up to the losers finals. The speed at which she was able to pick up the tier and play it to success speaks to her ability as a player, and it’s quite possible that we’ll see yet another stellar performance in this tour.
8th. Frito
Since having picked up Ubers UU, Frito has gone on to become a well-known mainstay of the tier. Having gone 5-3 in UUFPL, she quickly rose to prominence, and earned a spot on the tiering council. On the other hand though, she did have an unexpected showing when it came to the more recent UUBD. Bringing double sash and scarf Terapagos perhaps weren’t the best ideas, and ultimately led to her ending her run with a record of 2-3. Her skill at the game is undeniable, but it remains to see how serious she’ll take her building when the spotlight of UMPL shines down.
9th. Vesp
After all but bribing the managers in his post detailing the notable players of Ubers UU, it’s no wonder Imperial took pity and drafted him. In all seriousness though, Vesp is truly an incredibly valuable player. Despite not standing at the very heights of mechanical skill, Vesp’s ability to make incredibly solid teams is truly like no other, and will likely be providing invaluable help to his teammates if he ever sits a week out. With Vesp on the team, anyone playing the Salty Samurotts will truly have to be on their toes irrespective of who they’re playing against.
10th. Shadow079
Despite not being a big name throughout more of Smogon, Shadow is undoubtedly one of the standout talents to have grown from the Ubers UU community. As of recent, he won the Ubers UU Seasonal, beating Fc in a set not once but twice! However, those more familiar with Shadow will know he has a particular quirk about him - he only ever plays hyper offense. Normally, such a dedication to a single team archetype would leave someone vulnerable to cteaming, but Shadow clearly has the results to back up his antics. Anyone going up against Shadow had better be prepared, because this HO fiend will stop at nothing until a sweeper is staring down 6 dead mons.
11th. Career Ended
Career Ended’s history of playing the tier is short, but nearly sweet as can be. His first time playing Ubers UU on record was in the currently ongoing Ubers UU Ghosting tour, and is among the few players of this tour still in it. And perhaps it’s really not a surprise at all, given that he is the current defending OM Circuit Champion. There’s no doubt about his skills, but given that the Doom Desire Jirachis are a bit lacking in builders, He may face difficulty from his relative inexperience in building for the tier. However, as he racks up more time in the tier, he’s sure to become a fearsome sight and might just become the most frightening Ubers UU player on the team.
12th. JustCallMeFish
He used to be the Trick Room kid, now he’s the Shed Tail mf. When running into him on ladder, you’d better pray that he’s not loading Hypnosis Espathra. His username is fishy, but really smells more of cheese. JustCallMeFish certainly isn’t the biggest name on the Moonlit Marshadows, but surely is not someone to write off. Anyone playing this guy should be prepared for anything.
13th. Dorron
Dorron is a rather well-known figure throughout many Smogon circles, with Ubers UU being yet another community he’s stuck around in. He’s an accomplished player too, having won a WCoP before. However, as Vesp puts it, he’s a “chronic fucking crack loader”. There’s zero doubt that Dorron won’t be a valuable member of Andiamo Al Klang. However, it might become an issue that the only other Ubers UU mainer on the team is BigFatMantis - yet another person described by Vesp as having “loaded that fucking crack against Fc”. In the end though, he’s definitely one of the players to watch out for this tour.
14th. BigFatMantis
UU Veteran, BFM is truly playing every UU metagame and UUbers is not an exception, while they've been around for some time, still unsure if they'll do well considering this is a very strong UUbers pool.
15th. xdRudi.exe
Unfamiliar with this name, might be a hidden underdog who's been exploring the tier under cover, but seems unlikely.
16th. One Last Kiss
It doesn't look like One Last Kiss has been around UUbers prior to this tournament, most likely someone who will get teams for them, however the pool is very strong and i'm not expecting them to shine here.
1st
Atomic Bombirdiers 1 + 6 = 72nd
Super Sh(a)ymin 4 + 7 = 113rd
Salty Samurotts 3 + 9 = 124th
Venusaur's Vines 5 + 8 = 135th
Moonlit Marshadows 2 + 12 = 146th
Doom Desire Jirachis 10 + 11 = 217th
Andiamo al Klang? 13 + 14 = 278th
Star Plasma Vessels 15 + 16 = 31Noteable Support:
Baddy
Baddy has stuck with the tier for quite some time now. His penchant for strange teams brought him all the way to the finals of the Ubers UU Open, but since then has only brought him alright tour results. Most recently he’s been seen bringing Gothitelle stall in the UMs Swiss with mixed results. Baddy’s no slouch when it’s time to play, but he might need to lock in in the builder if he wants a chance at bringing home victory.
Finchely
For the mainstays of the Ubers UU community, Finchely is a warm and familiar name. It’s no question how dedicated she is to the tier, as she’s contributed multiple stunning pieces of art to the tier. But her ability to actually play out games is a little questionable. Despite sitting on the tiering council, she really has yet to produce any noteworthy tournament results, with her record in UUBD having been 2-5. Given that the Doom Desire Jirachis have other strong players who can play Ubers UU such as Avarice, Shadow079, and Career Ended, We might not see Finchely hit the field until late in the tour. Nonetheless, she’s still likely to be helpful in building for the people who may play in her stead.
LovelyLuna
Having originally been a VGC mainer, Luna seemingly out of nowhere began to play Ubers UU this past February. And so it’s probably not a huge surprise that she hasn’t exactly made headlines in the tier. Luna may not start for Star Plasma Vessels, but given that she’s their only Ubers UU mainer, she’s bound to be of assistance from the bench.
Ranking based on Morgan's PRs which you can find here
1st Super Sh(a)ymin: Kaif - Kaif is the best player of the pool, he's been excelling in this tier for a long time and there's no reason for him to flop in this tour. He is the one to beat.
2nd Moonlit Marshadows: Blanched - Blanched is a seasoned 2v2 player, very solid in both building and clicking, he'll be a tough opponent to beat and will most likely do very well against the rest of the pool.
3rd Venusaur's Vines: Yuki - Yuki is a 2v2 veteran at this point, they're a big 2v2 name and has generally been doing very well in tournaments, they're expected to do well here too.
4th Salty Samurotts: Kry - Tier Leader of the tier, Kry is a reliable 2v2 player and builder, they'll be able to end the tournament with a solid record.
5th Star Plasma Vessels: Lancert - Lancert is not necessarely a big 2v2 name but he's been playing the tier for multiple generations and has always been a solid slot, if he finds the motivation there's no reason for him to flop this tournament.
6th Doom Desire Jirachis: Chris32156 - Chris is a tough opponent for anyone, able to do some crazy upsets against strong players, as well as having the support of Hugo & Despacito, which is more support than most of the other 2v2 slots, however Chris is quite unconsistent in terms of bringing wins, which led him place towads the bottom of the pool.
7th Atomic Bombirdiers: King Griffin - I don't know who that is, might secretely be playing the tier prior to this tournament, they definitely have something to prove to be considered a big 2v2 name like the other players above, and here's their chance to do so.
8th Andiamo al Klang?: Chris Chien Pao - The legend says the managers got confused during auction and bought the wrong Chris, with them being subbed out Week 2 the legend becomes even more trustable lol, regardless Klang's 2v2 slot looks in trouble when compared to the rest of the pool.
1st
Super Sh(a)ymin: Kaif - Kaif is the best player of the pool, he's been excelling in this tier for a long time and there's no reason for him to flop in this tour. He is the one to beat.2nd
Moonlit Marshadows: Blanched - Blanched is a seasoned 2v2 player, very solid in both building and clicking, he'll be a tough opponent to beat and will most likely do very well against the rest of the pool.3rd
Venusaur's Vines: Yuki - Yuki is a 2v2 veteran at this point, they're a big 2v2 name and has generally been doing very well in tournaments, they're expected to do well here too.4th
Salty Samurotts: Kry - Tier Leader of the tier, Kry is a reliable 2v2 player and builder, they'll be able to end the tournament with a solid record.5th
Star Plasma Vessels: Lancert - Lancert is not necessarely a big 2v2 name but he's been playing the tier for multiple generations and has always been a solid slot, if he finds the motivation there's no reason for him to flop this tournament.6th
Doom Desire Jirachis: Chris32156 - Chris is a tough opponent for anyone, able to do some crazy upsets against strong players, as well as having the support of Hugo & Despacito, which is more support than most of the other 2v2 slots, however Chris is quite unconsistent in terms of bringing wins, which led him place towads the bottom of the pool.7th
Atomic Bombirdiers: King Griffin - I don't know who that is, might secretely be playing the tier prior to this tournament, they definitely have something to prove to be considered a big 2v2 name like the other players above, and here's their chance to do so.8th
Andiamo al Klang?: Chris Chien Pao - The legend says the managers got confused during auction and bought the wrong Chris, with them being subbed out Week 2 the legend becomes even more trustable lol, regardless Klang's 2v2 slot looks in trouble when compared to the rest of the pool.NFE PR by Shing -
1st Doom Desire Jirachis: PandaDoux - Pandadoux is ranked 1st due to his strong sense of building that leaves with little faults, giving me always a impression that they're the best builder. While they aren't at same level as ojr and stareal if you look at fundamental wise, they've proven to be capable to beat anyone that I think they're very close when it comes to SV NFE.
2nd Super Sh(a)ymin: Stareal - Stareal had an amazing record in NFEPL, which was not long ago, he is able to comfortably build the tier on his own while being an excellent player in-game, his teams are also quite different from one another, he does not rely on the same kind of stuff which makes preping against him a difficult thing to do, it would be very surprising to not see him being at least positive by the end of the tournament.
3rd Star Plasma Vessels: Ojr - Ojr did not play SV this NFEPL but it doesn't matter since the meta is gonna be very different from what it was at the time. He's been top 3 NFE player for a very long time and despite not seeing him play SV for a couple of months, he's gonna do very well against the rest of the pool, he's a very threatening builder, able to make work some wild stuff while having a solid in game.
4th Venusaur's Vines: Mirbro, TTK, Maybca - Mirbro and Maybca is a core that worked extremely well in last year's edition of UMPL, adding TTK to the core is very smart because TTK is a newcomer to SV NFE and looks motivated and interested in the tier, which might add a lot of creativity in the builds of this team. Mirbro & Maybca are very good at catching flaws in someone's team and they'll be able to guarantee good MUs in most of the games, however Mirbro has not been very successful during NFEPL and was not able to play a lot of games during this tournament, and TTK lacks experience compared to the rest of the pool, so they might choke a couple of turns here and there, but the prep will be so good that they will end up being fine.
5th Andiamo al Klang?: 5Dots - 5Dots is a solid NFE player, has been playing the tier for years now, he'll be able to build on his own and he is definitely able to win against anyone, however, he tends to stick to what he knows best and doesn't like to explore a lot of different things, at least not as much as the players above him.
6th Moonlit Marshadows: Sleid, Mh - Sleid is a newcomer to NFE, only recently playing the tier with last NFE SSNL & NFEPL compared to every other players of the pool who have been playing NFE for years, but he's been doing well in both tournaments. Mh is a decent sub in case Sleid doesn't perform as well as expected by his managers and they will be able to support each other throughout the tournament. However this NFE core is not without cons ; while sleid & mh both may be able to build solid teams, they very rarely try something they don't know and tend to be very weak at the same stuff, which is quickly recognisable when doing a scout. This might lead them into struggling against most players of the pool, but if they are able to cover each other's flaws, then they might be able to take wins against some strong players.
7th Salty Samurotts: Dragonillis, sealoo, Lyna - Dragonillis is the most experienced in the tier of the 3 but he will probably not be able to take wins against the top players of the pool, and despite having 3 people able to build the tier, they have not proven yet that they can build solid teams, although, Dragonillis and Lyna are very creative and they would be able to surprise anyone with an idea, but this NFE core will be too unconsistent.
8th Atomic Bombirdiers: King Leo V - King Leo V has been playing NFE for like 3 entire generations now i think, he is very creative but his teams are not the most solid, he also did not shine that much this generation in team tournaments, so that's unlikely to see him pop off in this one, his teams are very unique and he could potentially get wins on some good MUs, but he will most likely struggle against the rest of the pool.
1st
Doom Desire Jirachis: PandaDoux - Pandadoux is ranked 1st due to his strong sense of building that leaves with little faults, giving me always a impression that they're the best builder. While they aren't at same level as ojr and stareal if you look at fundamental wise, they've proven to be capable to beat anyone that I think they're very close when it comes to SV NFE.2nd
Super Sh(a)ymin: Stareal - Stareal had an amazing record in NFEPL, which was not long ago, he is able to comfortably build the tier on his own while being an excellent player in-game, his teams are also quite different from one another, he does not rely on the same kind of stuff which makes preping against him a difficult thing to do, it would be very surprising to not see him being at least positive by the end of the tournament.3rd
Star Plasma Vessels: Ojr - Ojr did not play SV this NFEPL but it doesn't matter since the meta is gonna be very different from what it was at the time. He's been top 3 NFE player for a very long time and despite not seeing him play SV for a couple of months, he's gonna do very well against the rest of the pool, he's a very threatening builder, able to make work some wild stuff while having a solid in game.4th
Venusaur's Vines: Mirbro, TTK, Maybca - Mirbro and Maybca is a core that worked extremely well in last year's edition of UMPL, adding TTK to the core is very smart because TTK is a newcomer to SV NFE and looks motivated and interested in the tier, which might add a lot of creativity in the builds of this team. Mirbro & Maybca are very good at catching flaws in someone's team and they'll be able to guarantee good MUs in most of the games, however Mirbro has not been very successful during NFEPL and was not able to play a lot of games during this tournament, and TTK lacks experience compared to the rest of the pool, so they might choke a couple of turns here and there, but the prep will be so good that they will end up being fine.5th
Andiamo al Klang?: 5Dots - 5Dots is a solid NFE player, has been playing the tier for years now, he'll be able to build on his own and he is definitely able to win against anyone, however, he tends to stick to what he knows best and doesn't like to explore a lot of different things, at least not as much as the players above him.6th
Moonlit Marshadows: Sleid, Mh - Sleid is a newcomer to NFE, only recently playing the tier with last NFE SSNL & NFEPL compared to every other players of the pool who have been playing NFE for years, but he's been doing well in both tournaments. Mh is a decent sub in case Sleid doesn't perform as well as expected by his managers and they will be able to support each other throughout the tournament. However this NFE core is not without cons ; while sleid & mh both may be able to build solid teams, they very rarely try something they don't know and tend to be very weak at the same stuff, which is quickly recognisable when doing a scout. This might lead them into struggling against most players of the pool, but if they are able to cover each other's flaws, then they might be able to take wins against some strong players.7th
Salty Samurotts: Dragonillis, sealoo, Lyna - Dragonillis is the most experienced in the tier of the 3 but he will probably not be able to take wins against the top players of the pool, and despite having 3 people able to build the tier, they have not proven yet that they can build solid teams, although, Dragonillis and Lyna are very creative and they would be able to surprise anyone with an idea, but this NFE core will be too unconsistent.8th
Atomic Bombirdiers: King Leo V - King Leo V has been playing NFE for like 3 entire generations now i think, he is very creative but his teams are not the most solid, he also did not shine that much this generation in team tournaments, so that's unlikely to see him pop off in this one, his teams are very unique and he could potentially get wins on some good MUs, but he will most likely struggle against the rest of the pool.This will spoil you the rest of the post if you read this first.
Super Sh(a)ymin 5 (1v1) + 3 (AG) + 4 (ZU) + 2 (UUbers) + 1 (2v2) + 2 (NFE) = 17
Venusaur's Vines6 (1v1) + 1 (AG) + 5 (ZU) + 4 (UUbers) + 3 (2v2) + 4 (NFE) = 23
Star Plasma Vessels2 (1v1) + 5 (AG) + 1 (ZU) + 8 (UUbers) + 5 (2v2) + 3 (NFE) = 24
Doom Desire Jirachis7 (1v1) + 2 (AG) + 3 (ZU) + 6 (UUbers) + 6 (2v2) + 1 (NFE) = 25
Moonlit Marshadows1 (1v1) + 7 (AG) + 7 (ZU) + 5 (UUbers) + 2 (2v2) + 6 (NFE) = 28
Atomic Bombirdiers3 (1v1) + 8 (AG) + 2 (ZU) + 1 (UUbers) + 7 (2v2) + 8 (NFE) = 29
Salty Samurotts4 (1v1) + 6 (AG) + 8 (ZU) + 3 (UUbers) + 4 (2v2) + 7 (NFE) = 32
Andiamo al Klang?8 (1v1) + 4 (AG) + 6 (ZU) + 7 (UUbers) + 8 (2v2) + 5 (NFE) = 38
5 (1v1) + 3 (AG) + 4 (ZU) + 2 (UUbers) + 1 (2v2) + 2 (NFE) = 17Venusaur's Vines
6 (1v1) + 1 (AG) + 5 (ZU) + 4 (UUbers) + 3 (2v2) + 4 (NFE) = 23Star Plasma Vessels
2 (1v1) + 5 (AG) + 1 (ZU) + 8 (UUbers) + 5 (2v2) + 3 (NFE) = 24Doom Desire Jirachis
7 (1v1) + 2 (AG) + 3 (ZU) + 6 (UUbers) + 6 (2v2) + 1 (NFE) = 25Moonlit Marshadows
1 (1v1) + 7 (AG) + 7 (ZU) + 5 (UUbers) + 2 (2v2) + 6 (NFE) = 28Atomic Bombirdiers
3 (1v1) + 8 (AG) + 2 (ZU) + 1 (UUbers) + 7 (2v2) + 8 (NFE) = 29Salty Samurotts
4 (1v1) + 6 (AG) + 8 (ZU) + 3 (UUbers) + 4 (2v2) + 7 (NFE) = 32Andiamo al Klang?
8 (1v1) + 4 (AG) + 6 (ZU) + 7 (UUbers) + 8 (2v2) + 5 (NFE) = 38
14th. BigFatMantis
UU Veteran, BFM is truly playing every UU metagame and UUbers is not an exception, while they've been around for some time, still unsure if they'll do well considering this is a very strong UUbers pool.
I've won more Ubers UU Open Finals than anyone else on that list.
fishy above dorron this pr is unserious.12th. JustCallMeFish
He used to be the Trick Room kid, now he’s the Shed Tail mf. When running into him on ladder, you’d better pray that he’s not loading Hypnosis Espathra. His username is fishy, but really smells more of cheese. JustCallMeFish certainly isn’t the biggest name on the Moonlit Marshadows, but surely is not someone to write off. Anyone playing this guy should be prepared for anything.
13th. Dorron
Dorron is a rather well-known figure throughout many Smogon circles, with Ubers UU being yet another community he’s stuck around in. He’s an accomplished player too, having won a WCoP before. However, as Vesp puts it, he’s a “chronic fucking crack loader”. There’s zero doubt that Dorron won’t be a valuable member of Andiamo Al Klang. However, it might become an issue that the only other Ubers UU mainer on the team is BigFatMantis - yet another person described by Vesp as having “loaded that fucking crack against Fc”. In the end though, he’s definitely one of the players to watch out for this tour.
imperial certified pr because i feel like not hating dorron today
fc - its fc
shiloh - its shiloh
frito - i think 3rd is where i have to actually explain why, great builder, solid player, good tier knowledge, idk if they count as a mainer but they're on council so sure y not.
suzuya - really lucky (/lh). also just a good player in general with a fair bit of tier experience and can capably build for themselves.
entrocefalo - lets see this photo dorron always likes to paste
shadow079 - ssnl winner, chronic ho loader, feels wrong to putt hem lower when they're like 4-0 vs fc in tour games.
dorron - he's builds good teams (sometimes, if he feels like it, maybe.), ok player and lots of tier knowledge and experience
vesp - :goat:
BFM - won open, council, tier experience, he's got it all (except high rankings on the pr apparently)
medeia - good player, tier knowledge and some experience and can build., overall solid
career ended - never heard of this guy bc i don't pay much attention to smogon but i'm sure he's goated or w/e but has the worst core oat supporting him so i feel bad.
rasche - why did i put this guy so low again? o right the pool is crazy stacked.
mimikyu stardust - crack loader but otherwise good clicker with a lil tier experience and knowledge
OLK - who dis
Fishy - chronic crack loader, eh skill, but probably more experience in the tier than everyone ever combined so yeah theres that i guess.
rudi - who dis x2
erm luna is kinda mid (hate to say it but you'll be my :goat: anyway luna), finch has psychic cteaming powers vs like 3 people, but is a solid builder in their own right. baddy is actually crazy support to have though, good player, good builder, some tier experience and knowledge and based takes (like #banarc get it trending on twitter or x or whatever its called)
anyway this is your imperial certified prs that are based of analytical data that i bought from temu or something.
fc - its fc
shiloh - its shiloh
frito - i think 3rd is where i have to actually explain why, great builder, solid player, good tier knowledge, idk if they count as a mainer but they're on council so sure y not.
suzuya - really lucky (/lh). also just a good player in general with a fair bit of tier experience and can capably build for themselves.
entrocefalo - lets see this photo dorron always likes to paste
shadow079 - ssnl winner, chronic ho loader, feels wrong to putt hem lower when they're like 4-0 vs fc in tour games.
dorron - he's builds good teams (sometimes, if he feels like it, maybe.), ok player and lots of tier knowledge and experience
vesp - :goat:
BFM - won open, council, tier experience, he's got it all (except high rankings on the pr apparently)
medeia - good player, tier knowledge and some experience and can build., overall solid
career ended - never heard of this guy bc i don't pay much attention to smogon but i'm sure he's goated or w/e but has the worst core oat supporting him so i feel bad.
rasche - why did i put this guy so low again? o right the pool is crazy stacked.
mimikyu stardust - crack loader but otherwise good clicker with a lil tier experience and knowledge
OLK - who dis
Fishy - chronic crack loader, eh skill, but probably more experience in the tier than everyone ever combined so yeah theres that i guess.
rudi - who dis x2
erm luna is kinda mid (hate to say it but you'll be my :goat: anyway luna), finch has psychic cteaming powers vs like 3 people, but is a solid builder in their own right. baddy is actually crazy support to have though, good player, good builder, some tier experience and knowledge and based takes (like #banarc get it trending on twitter or x or whatever its called)
anyway this is your imperial certified prs that are based of analytical data that i bought from temu or something.
I did win
Despacito87 and I wanted to do a thanks/shout out post for our team since our run for this year has now ended, we aren't sure where the best place for that would be but we thought this would be fine.
Thanks everyone for joining us on this ride and we wish nothing but the best for you all!
It was very cool to have you on the team again, I believe this was our 3rd team tour together and what a run, not only did you go 7-2 with no one to sub for you (as requested) but you also during your great win streak helped me with managing during Despacito's temp absence, much love <3 PD, ik you're taking a break again but make sure to come back, you're to good of a presence to leave already. I also would like to thank Lidis (sadly idk the smogon name) but thanks a lot, I saw your great support for Panda, it didn't go unnoticed <3 PandaDoux
Again a familiar face on the team and one of the goats, a great 7-2 record, absolutely insane! Thanks for playing and hopefully we meet again some day on another team. avarice
Finally a new face on the squad, at first I didn't really know you except your name and I wasn't really sure what to expect, especially since you said you could have a somewhat low motivation/be busy but man you delivered! I loved the enthusiasm you brought to the team and overal your personality, it was great having you on the team and you also had a great 6-1 record! I hope to buy you again in the future! Career Ended
Again a new face on the team, I knew you were one of the best ZU players out there and you certainly delivered on that front, together with Avarice you 2 formed the strongest ZU core by far! I was really impressed to see both of you play and I am very happy I drafted you <3 Toto
A very familiar face, I think you're the opponent ive played the most in tours by far, I think we've played eachother 6 or 7 times now. Eitherway its always fun to have you on the squad and I really appriciated it! We still gotta record that doubles heatah fajita someday. Chris32156
Man, what a ride. I was super happy I was able to buy you again for way too less! You're really one of my favourite players on this site with such a great and strong personality, thats why it especially hurt when turkey banned discord, all of us really missed your great presence in the discord. I am really happy and proud we were able to team up again and I wish you all the best Palestine
I absolutely adored your presence in the team server, motivated and full of spirit! You have no idea what for a blessing that is as a manager haha, aldo you might find out soon since you are gonna manage for UUbersPL youself quite soon. It was amazing to have you, you really had the team spirit and that competitive fire in you with some great games and wins under your belt you can be proud of! I also loved the art work you shared and you were an all around great player to have, good luck with your own team and keep me up to date on how that goes! Finchely
Finally we got to meet the fabled 1v1 team builder that Pale told us so much about, we sadly didn't speak as much as I wouldve liked but I was very happy to have you on the team! Even despite irl issues you still managed to build and play which I was really impressed by and is in my eyes a strong indication for great perseverance, best wishes my guy <3! DEG
Again a true DDJ player back on the squad, sadly this just wasn't your tour and thats okay, it happens to everyone once in a while. Never the less I really appriciated your effort each week and I hope we get to play on a team once again somewhere in the future! PrimalKyogre
Just like PK, you didn't have your tour which is fine, don't beat yourself up over it. Not only does this just happen to everyone once in a while but its also a browser game for children that we are talking about haha. Even tho this wasn't your tour I hope to join up together somewhere again! byulharang
You already know we're gonna buy you again next tour we manage TTTech
unfortunately you had a rough start this tournament which let us to sub you out but just keep your head up, keep the mons grind up and make sure you enjoy it all the way, cause if you don't enjoy it whats the point. Best wishes SwordIsBored and im sure we'll meet again.
even tho you had a somewhat rough start of the tour I still enjoyed having you on the team and I appriciated the help and support you offered the other UUber players, sadly we didn't talk as much but from what ive seen you seem to be a chill guy, best of luck! Shadow079
Im afraid we didn't really interact much or at all but never the less I hope all of you had a good time on the team DangerDan51 Bazingatron Lizardu (im afraid I am not sure on June's smogon name ):)
A huge thanks to all of you guys for the support you offered, inside the discord or just in DMs. Being a helper can sometimes be a somewhat ungreatfull job but just know that we saw your efforts and we really appriciate that <3!
Thanks everyone for joining us on this ride and we wish nothing but the best for you all!
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Teamdump!
all the sprites link to pastes, please let me know if I crossed some links up.
Week 1 vs Holy Ghost (W):
Pretty standard team here, toxic spikes etern with the offbeat 3 attacks caly-s. I think if I use this again I'd creep everything a bit faster but it's definitely still solid.
Week 2 vs xu9 (L):
I definitely overcooked with this one. On paper, the korai set was kinda cool, especially with tspikes support, but in practice it just did not work and I also had a really bad matchup since I forgot a tera water mon.
Week 3 vs Adhiraj (W):
Yet another extremely generic BO. Its primary notable feature is that it's got Thunder Wave + Power Gem fairyceus which is especially hard to switch into.
Week 4 vs Glory (W):
I'm not really sure what the thought process that went into this team was, and I certainly didn't exactly play it very well, but it worked great. Caly-I is an absolute menace and this team supports it pretty well by stacking up ways to pressure the support arcs that normally handle it.
Week 4 RoFnA vs Lana (W):
Not a whole lot to say here - I took the sample webs and simultaneously converted it into a fish for stall or HO, using scarf bee for the HO fish and lo mirai for the stall fish. We got the HO matchup, and it worked flawlessly.
Week 5 vs LBN (L):
With the benefit of hindsight, I don't particularly like this team. It's far too weak to caly and tera normal mirai just isn't good enough to really help with that. It's not awful by any stretch but it's not great either.
Week 5 RoFnA vs skysolo (W):
This is a fun one, Glory suggested switching a fairyceus to a dtail waterceus which turned out to be a great call. This team's a bit on the passive side but it's got a good offense matchup and is pretty straightforward to pilot. I'm pretty sure rofna switched to mental herb on the ekiller at the last minute, which is fine too.
Week 6 vs Dunoks (W):
In my builder now, this one's called "hyper-generic cm ground BO" which I think does an adequate job of describing this team. I didn't really try to prep for anything in particular and just loaded up with a really boring team that I could be confident had outs against everything so I could just outplay, and it worked pretty well.
Week 6 RoFnA vs polt (W):
I built this in a fit of depression on election night. It's really interesting because it was meant as a fish for hyper offense, with ndm and hatterene abusing every common lead, but it's actually really good into a lot of other playstyles and is just an all-around solid team as long as you have enough brain cells to figure out when to bring hatterene in. I've used this a bunch on ladder (and later in this tour, in week 7) and it's performed extremely well. Huge shoutout to Bread Sandwich for suggesting hatterene as I tried to come up with a way to keep ndm safe from spikes.
Semis vs polt (L):
I don't think this is a bad team by any means. Caly-I is a great way to take advantage of Mirai's tendency to force in Ting-lu, and mirai blows up everything that even pretends to check caly. It's a very solid team that's a lot of fun to play and hard to handle defensively, I just played badly.
Semis RoFnA vs dunoks (W):
I built something extremely generic and it worked great! I'm pretty sure we switched the kyogre to tera grass at the last minute to shore up the miraidon matchup, but I don't have a paste with that. There's nothing particularly fancy going on here, just focusing on using kyogre to take advantage of the fact that dunoks hadn't played much ag before this tour.
Finals vs a plague doc (W):
The objective here was to overwhelm ting-lu with kyogre and specs caly with a variation on a discarded idea from earlier in the tour, but amazingly, they loaded no-lu. This game, once again, illustrates why no-lu structures are extremely janky and often ill-advised, as specs caly was very oppressive. Also, they reused (in finals!) and I found the replay, removing any advantage from their weird techs.
Finals RoFnA vs Skyiew (L):
This just wasn't a great team. Glory suggested dd ekiller and I should probably have ignored him, but here we are. It's a good team into offense but very, very bad into the matchup we loaded, and that dumb crit on lu definitely did not help matters. I think the place for dd ekiller is on teams that can more consistently handle stuff like Ho-Oh and support arcs, but even then it's often a tight fit - still a neat tech though.
Extra stuff [use at your own risk]:
(early version of RoFnA's week 1 team - I don't seem to have the final version handy)
(early version of RoFnA's week 2 team - we switched to a cm groundy at some point and I lost the paste)
(early version of the hatterene team)
Huge thanks to a fairy and Rasche for drafting me and rofna and having confidence in us, to RoFnA for taking teams and trusting me and winning, to Bread Sandwich for being there to bounce stupid ideas off of and coming up with hatterene.
Also s/o the entire rest of the team (Stareal, asa, crow crumbs, Kaif, Medeia, Nuxl, SpaceSpeakers, lemonstre1, gulch, and Ampha) for being generally awesome and winning games and being supportive.
s/o Glory and PrimalKyogre for playing lots of test games
Thanks for the good time everyone! It was really neat to meet people outside of AG and get to see some other tiers being played in an environment where I could have a clue what was going on.
e: minor grammar fix
ee: i seem to have forgotten that rasche was a comanager
eee: typo
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all the sprites link to pastes, please let me know if I crossed some links up.
Week 1 vs Holy Ghost (W):
Pretty standard team here, toxic spikes etern with the offbeat 3 attacks caly-s. I think if I use this again I'd creep everything a bit faster but it's definitely still solid.
Week 2 vs xu9 (L):
I definitely overcooked with this one. On paper, the korai set was kinda cool, especially with tspikes support, but in practice it just did not work and I also had a really bad matchup since I forgot a tera water mon.
Week 3 vs Adhiraj (W):
Yet another extremely generic BO. Its primary notable feature is that it's got Thunder Wave + Power Gem fairyceus which is especially hard to switch into.
Week 4 vs Glory (W):
I'm not really sure what the thought process that went into this team was, and I certainly didn't exactly play it very well, but it worked great. Caly-I is an absolute menace and this team supports it pretty well by stacking up ways to pressure the support arcs that normally handle it.
Week 4 RoFnA vs Lana (W):
Not a whole lot to say here - I took the sample webs and simultaneously converted it into a fish for stall or HO, using scarf bee for the HO fish and lo mirai for the stall fish. We got the HO matchup, and it worked flawlessly.
Week 5 vs LBN (L):
With the benefit of hindsight, I don't particularly like this team. It's far too weak to caly and tera normal mirai just isn't good enough to really help with that. It's not awful by any stretch but it's not great either.
Week 5 RoFnA vs skysolo (W):
This is a fun one, Glory suggested switching a fairyceus to a dtail waterceus which turned out to be a great call. This team's a bit on the passive side but it's got a good offense matchup and is pretty straightforward to pilot. I'm pretty sure rofna switched to mental herb on the ekiller at the last minute, which is fine too.
Week 6 vs Dunoks (W):
In my builder now, this one's called "hyper-generic cm ground BO" which I think does an adequate job of describing this team. I didn't really try to prep for anything in particular and just loaded up with a really boring team that I could be confident had outs against everything so I could just outplay, and it worked pretty well.
Week 6 RoFnA vs polt (W):
I built this in a fit of depression on election night. It's really interesting because it was meant as a fish for hyper offense, with ndm and hatterene abusing every common lead, but it's actually really good into a lot of other playstyles and is just an all-around solid team as long as you have enough brain cells to figure out when to bring hatterene in. I've used this a bunch on ladder (and later in this tour, in week 7) and it's performed extremely well. Huge shoutout to Bread Sandwich for suggesting hatterene as I tried to come up with a way to keep ndm safe from spikes.
Semis vs polt (L):
I don't think this is a bad team by any means. Caly-I is a great way to take advantage of Mirai's tendency to force in Ting-lu, and mirai blows up everything that even pretends to check caly. It's a very solid team that's a lot of fun to play and hard to handle defensively, I just played badly.
Semis RoFnA vs dunoks (W):
I built something extremely generic and it worked great! I'm pretty sure we switched the kyogre to tera grass at the last minute to shore up the miraidon matchup, but I don't have a paste with that. There's nothing particularly fancy going on here, just focusing on using kyogre to take advantage of the fact that dunoks hadn't played much ag before this tour.
Finals vs a plague doc (W):
The objective here was to overwhelm ting-lu with kyogre and specs caly with a variation on a discarded idea from earlier in the tour, but amazingly, they loaded no-lu. This game, once again, illustrates why no-lu structures are extremely janky and often ill-advised, as specs caly was very oppressive. Also, they reused (in finals!) and I found the replay, removing any advantage from their weird techs.
Finals RoFnA vs Skyiew (L):
This just wasn't a great team. Glory suggested dd ekiller and I should probably have ignored him, but here we are. It's a good team into offense but very, very bad into the matchup we loaded, and that dumb crit on lu definitely did not help matters. I think the place for dd ekiller is on teams that can more consistently handle stuff like Ho-Oh and support arcs, but even then it's often a tight fit - still a neat tech though.
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(early version of RoFnA's week 1 team - I don't seem to have the final version handy) (early version of RoFnA's week 2 team - we switched to a cm groundy at some point and I lost the paste) (early version of the hatterene team)Huge thanks to a fairy and Rasche for drafting me and rofna and having confidence in us, to RoFnA for taking teams and trusting me and winning, to Bread Sandwich for being there to bounce stupid ideas off of and coming up with hatterene.
Also s/o the entire rest of the team (Stareal, asa, crow crumbs, Kaif, Medeia, Nuxl, SpaceSpeakers, lemonstre1, gulch, and Ampha) for being generally awesome and winning games and being supportive.
s/o Glory and PrimalKyogre for playing lots of test games
Thanks for the good time everyone! It was really neat to meet people outside of AG and get to see some other tiers being played in an environment where I could have a clue what was going on.
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Hi. I debated doing this publicly or just in the team server, but I figured I’d grant myself a little bit of bigheadedness by doing shoutouts here (or at all). What a fun tour this has been. It’s not a hugely kept secret that I am and have been pretty ill for most of the back half/third of 2024, on top of the limitations in life I have from disability and personal health among other things like joblessness and what have you. Smogon has become in many ways my sole social outlet, and while it isn’t the only one I can have (like a friend once said to me – you can go anywhere on the internet, why are you here on Smogon?), it’s the one that I enjoy pouring my soul and happiness into.
I offered to help out with UMs circuit a long while ago, before anything, so cheers to Isaiah for trusting me on that. Rasche and I talked about wanting to captain a team, and with me having tour experience watching folks play and him being skilled in Ubers UU and having touched on other UMs in the past, we figured we’d throw our hats in here. The hosts selected us, for which that I am ever grateful.
I don’t want to make it sound like I have nothing good in my life, or that I am worth pity or that this win is the one flicker of light in my life to be happy about. My life is lovely, I have an endlessly supportive family who loves me unconditionally and can support me indefinitely as I figure out my health and my next steps in life. But for someone who pours most of their limited social energy and almost all of their contributive soul into the Smogon community in exchange for in-person hobbies, friendships, and other things that life and the gods have decreed I cannot have, this was such a lovely experience.
The win is wonderful, but to have spent nearly three months with such a wonderful group of people who brought me so much joy and friendship during what is otherwise was a difficult period of time when it comes to job hunt and health… I cannot think of a single word to describe how I feel, the emotion defies language. Thank you all. This would've been just as worth it had we ended without a single win, all of you were such wonderful and kind souls throughout.
To the hosts who worked tirelessly to make this a wonderful tournament, to every other captain and player who made this tour so free of complications and drama, to every spectator and predictor and outside member who followed the tournament or contributes to the environment of Smogon that makes something like this possible. Thank you. Thank you for what you have done for me personally, I do not want to know what life would be without this means of spending time, and thank you for what you have done for this team, this tournament, and Smogon as a whole.
(ya, the art sucks. i'm learning.)
Rasche
Who else to begin with but you, friend? From loose connections in Draft to happening onto a PS team tour together, you and I have worked well together. We’ve talked plenty about doing a team tour together, and I was always sort of uncertain, since I don’t play much of the tiers you’re the most active in, and Draft is probably a place I’ll never feel confident enough to try and captain in.
But we got picked for here, and it worked out really well! You and I spent a ton of time in the prep phase, and our auction went spectacularly. I can’t imagine having been alongside anyone else for this tour, and I’m glad that you kept pushing me about wanting to captain together. I’d say something cloying about not knowing where I’ll see you next, but we’re gonna do well in Ubers UU PL as well, so that’ll be fun too.
Nuxl
I’m unsure how many people outside the server know of this, but you’re kinda the reason we won, friend. You’ve been a friend for much longer than this tour, but your voice in my ear about a cheap combo of players for 1v1 and 2v2. We had already talked to bird and had kept them in mind about wanting them, but I genuinely don’t know if we’d have gone for Kaif if not for you. Between you three, y’all went something ridiculous like 26-5 or some ridiculous scoreline? And that’s with you desperate to deadgame any opportunity you had. This team would probably have made it to playoffs with a different set of three, but y’all made the win.
I’m thrilled we got to play together, friend, and I’m thrilled I was the one you chose to come to with your strategy. As soon as Rasche and I got the message and discussed it, it was so clear to me that we didn’t have to bother thinking about either 1v1 or 2v2, since we’d simply get y’all. Not a single regret in my mind, and I wish you the best in every future endeavor.
Kaif
I dunno that we talked before this tournament? Maybe briefly for some draft context, but we still have 0 DMs other than me sending you the Discord invite, lol. You’re a fantastic player in every tier you touch, and it showed true in this tour for sure. Doubles is a format I struggle to grasp generally speaking, let alone 2v2 Doubles – of course then, joy of joys that Eli comes to me going, hey pick up this guy for 2v2 Doubles, he’ll do pretty well. Not a single dropped set is bonkers throughout this whole tournament, and for less than 9k too? It's been a blast interacting with you, I’m glad I had the opportunity to.
It's so appreciated beyond words to just know every week I have Kaif locking in to grab a win while also making it look like the simplest stuff. I don’t get doubles much at all, so every game I watched of yours was super uncertain – me going back and forth with Geysers and Stareal and others about what any lineup or move choice actually means. I feel like I had a lovely time just knowing that one way or another, the W would eventually come to you.
crow crumbs
You are so much better than your score implied. Wild that a positive 6-4 record was still the worst of the entire 2v2/1v1 trio, and that was with you taking the shield in slot 1 to let Eli farm in slot 2. You reached out to me even before Eli’s strategy was brought up, and I’m glad we had the finances when you came up to push out the other teams trying to get you. This team would’ve been very different without you, and I genuinely don’t know how well we’d have done (in 2v2 and 1v1 but generally speaking) without you.
I’m glad we got to team together, after spending multiple OM tours just barely missing out on each other. What a fun person you are, uplifting to all those around you and bringing a joy and love for what you are doing that I seek to emulate one day. I’m so thankful that you ended up with us, and were there consistently helping us win.
Stareal
Worth every cent. You could’ve gone undefeated, but hax and a bad matchup or two ended up with a scoreline that is a far cry from your standard. I don’t have a single regret, though, it was truly a joy being able to get you on the team and watch you prove a mastery of a tier that absolutely did not want you to succeed. Knowing that I could always set you into this tier with no support and you had, at worst, a 50:50 shot before hax to win was always a comfort.
Even NFE aside, your enthusiasm for every game you could show up for and prep for was stellar. You picked up the spectating of other tiers quickly, figuring out theory in the live chatter channel whenever you were able to. The moment you didn’t have SCL to attend to, you threw yourself into multiple channels more, even as you headed up NFE alone until playoff helpers came in. Worth every cent.
RoFnA
I’ve heard a lot of good things, but I never had an opportunity to directly interact with you. After seeing your AGPL performance and the name strength of the field, Rasche and I knew we wanted to aim for picking you up. Given we were preserving money elsewhere for Stareal and the 2v2/1v1 trio, I was hopeful that people would shrug off your AGPL performance. I’m glad they did.
You joined the server almost immediately and were a meaningful help in getting the rest of the roster filled out, and were such a meaningful part of the server energy throughout. You even benched yourself during a dead week to let JD get a game in, and then came in anyway when Medeia typoed the time, and won anyway! Words can’t describe how happy I was to have gotten you, and how happy that it paid off.
Medeia
Your timer antics have aged me more than anything else during the course of this tour, and that’s with multiple serious illnesses. Light-hearted jokes aside, truly a steal to have gotten you when we did for as much as we did. It’s no secret that we had another name in mind, and then watched them go for way more than budgetable. However, there was always the knowledge that you were still in the field this whole time, and the moment they were out of our reach, we knew we were getting you.
Imperial has told me before that he missed you being put up, and that he wanted to spend a ton on you. Not sure why, he had plenty Ubers UU players already, and you deserved to start. What a lovely presence you were on the team, always a slot we could count on to pull out wins quietly without much fuss.
asa
What a joy it was to be able to work with you in a team tour environment. Endlessly optimistic and friendly and supportive, on top of being very good at the game. ZU was no secret as a tier our team struggled with, but you led the charge amazingly and put up a respectable record despite the limited support available and the pressure to help ZU2.
As captains, we probably could’ve prepared better for ZU, always a lesson to learn even in the victories, but with your presence it never felt entirely doomed. Truly one of the harder hands dealt on the team, and you did very well to perform given the stacked deck.
Geysers
Outside of the scouting, I hadn’t known much about you, other than you being a worthy pick to grab at some point if we could and it was for cheap enough. We actually asked RoFnA after picking him up who he wanted as a partner in the AG space, gave him a few names, and he without a moment’s hesitation told us to get you.
Our AG did so well this tour, and that’s largely off the back of the effort you put in for both slots. It seemed like time and time again, week after week, we’d load into some unlosable matchup (s/o Scarf Webs Bee) or you’d wander into Discord after winning in finals going “oh yeah I found my opp’s team from the reuse earlier” – the effort and dedication you put into AG and this tour was a big driver of us being able to win.
gulch
I’ve been a fan of your energy for a while, so when we were able to get you for minbid, I was thrilled. When we were figuring out ZU2, you were willing to step up to the plate, and while that didn’t end up going as well as it could’ve knowing your skill, you did well despite it and were a positive presence anyways.
It’s not easy to accept the request to step aside and let someone else start, but you were open to the idea and happily did whatever it took for the team to have its best chance of winning. OFC, ZU2 kept losing, which is unfortunate, but I appreciate the grace and friendship regardless. I wish you could’ve won a game somewhere, but the cards were stacked against you and the win is as much yours as anyone else’s.
Ampha
Thank you for stepping into ZU2, and thank you for winning us the tour! About time ZU2 got a win, and how great is it that it was the clincher. We picked you up as a friend and someone with very positive energy, and you rose to the challenge we had in ZU2 well, even with the record being what it was.
It’s hard to keep ending up on the losing screen, especially for reasons mostly not your own, but your enthusiasm and willingness to play never wavered, even down to the final game. I’m so thrilled that you were able to get a win on the board at the very end.
Bread Sandwich
When picking subs, we wanted our players to be able to weigh in. RoFnA and Geysers specifically requested you, and seeing your nomination come up was an easy upbid to lock you in. You weren’t particularly active in our chat, but I’m glad you were there and that the AG duo asked for you. I hope you have success in future tournaments!
You subbing in that week that we were locked for playoffs was a lifesaver, by the way! Because of that, RoFnA was able to be on the bench to flex into Medeia’s slot the one time we had to make an emergency sub. Thank you for playing and winning!
lemonstre1
The 1v1/2v2 crew kinda struggled with getting a sub, not gonna lie. One of our first named subs actually went for roughly 20k only to perform quite poorly, so I ended up needing to keep asking ‘em for new names. Eventually we locked in you, and that was very good! I wasn’t sure what the energy in the 1v1 scene was and the ideal sub for the trio we were getting, but you did very well!
Shoutouts to taking down bern, by the way! Tough game for sure, tough opponent, and going down 0-2 at the start? That’s just how it goes though. Happy we were able to get you a chance to play, and happier still that you won in the one game you got. With how good 1v1/2v2 played and their availability consistency, you ended up just needing to be a friend, and that’s what we got.
SpaceSpeakers
RoFnA asked to get you, and that was the easiest agreement from Rasche and I. The Articunos may have lost in finals, but the three of us did not repeat that mistake again. I was thrilled to link up with you again, especially since this team (and my friendship with Rasche) is largely credit to the Articunos season.
You never got a chance to play, but you never seemed to mind that and had plenty of fun as here for the vibes, at least according to the PRs. They were right though, and you did bring a wonderful presence to the server. I've been informed that you've been insulting our players RoFnA. This is a very serious matter, and I won’t tolerate such behavior in our team, though. :P
olivia
My friend. I wish you had more space to chip in for Ubers UU, but honestly you kinda didn’t need to with how good our Ubers UU slots were. While it’s a shame we couldn’t get you on the roster, you were immediately willing to hop into the server and chip in where needed. GL in Ubers UU PL, wish we could’ve gotten you there too.
LittEleven + Potatochan + Rellia
The 1v1 crew, in there from Day 1, basically. Y’all are a huge part of the reason that we did so well in the 1v1/2v2 slots, both from a vibes perspective but then also from the actual contributions y’all made poking our starters and discussing team choice with them. It was lovely to get to interact with you all and see the passion that y’all have for your scene and tiers.
big tony 2014 + 5Dots + Vertigo + OM
The playoff helpers! Thanks so much for coming in and chipping in, both from a prep and building POV and vibes. I gotta do a specific shoutout for tony, though, who was helping our ZU slots even before his team was even eliminated. Y’all are wonderful people and I’m so thankful that you chose us to hop into the server for to help out.
I offered to help out with UMs circuit a long while ago, before anything, so cheers to Isaiah for trusting me on that. Rasche and I talked about wanting to captain a team, and with me having tour experience watching folks play and him being skilled in Ubers UU and having touched on other UMs in the past, we figured we’d throw our hats in here. The hosts selected us, for which that I am ever grateful.
I don’t want to make it sound like I have nothing good in my life, or that I am worth pity or that this win is the one flicker of light in my life to be happy about. My life is lovely, I have an endlessly supportive family who loves me unconditionally and can support me indefinitely as I figure out my health and my next steps in life. But for someone who pours most of their limited social energy and almost all of their contributive soul into the Smogon community in exchange for in-person hobbies, friendships, and other things that life and the gods have decreed I cannot have, this was such a lovely experience.
The win is wonderful, but to have spent nearly three months with such a wonderful group of people who brought me so much joy and friendship during what is otherwise was a difficult period of time when it comes to job hunt and health… I cannot think of a single word to describe how I feel, the emotion defies language. Thank you all. This would've been just as worth it had we ended without a single win, all of you were such wonderful and kind souls throughout.
To the hosts who worked tirelessly to make this a wonderful tournament, to every other captain and player who made this tour so free of complications and drama, to every spectator and predictor and outside member who followed the tournament or contributes to the environment of Smogon that makes something like this possible. Thank you. Thank you for what you have done for me personally, I do not want to know what life would be without this means of spending time, and thank you for what you have done for this team, this tournament, and Smogon as a whole.
(ya, the art sucks. i'm learning.)
Rasche
Who else to begin with but you, friend? From loose connections in Draft to happening onto a PS team tour together, you and I have worked well together. We’ve talked plenty about doing a team tour together, and I was always sort of uncertain, since I don’t play much of the tiers you’re the most active in, and Draft is probably a place I’ll never feel confident enough to try and captain in.
But we got picked for here, and it worked out really well! You and I spent a ton of time in the prep phase, and our auction went spectacularly. I can’t imagine having been alongside anyone else for this tour, and I’m glad that you kept pushing me about wanting to captain together. I’d say something cloying about not knowing where I’ll see you next, but we’re gonna do well in Ubers UU PL as well, so that’ll be fun too.
Nuxl
I’m unsure how many people outside the server know of this, but you’re kinda the reason we won, friend. You’ve been a friend for much longer than this tour, but your voice in my ear about a cheap combo of players for 1v1 and 2v2. We had already talked to bird and had kept them in mind about wanting them, but I genuinely don’t know if we’d have gone for Kaif if not for you. Between you three, y’all went something ridiculous like 26-5 or some ridiculous scoreline? And that’s with you desperate to deadgame any opportunity you had. This team would probably have made it to playoffs with a different set of three, but y’all made the win.
I’m thrilled we got to play together, friend, and I’m thrilled I was the one you chose to come to with your strategy. As soon as Rasche and I got the message and discussed it, it was so clear to me that we didn’t have to bother thinking about either 1v1 or 2v2, since we’d simply get y’all. Not a single regret in my mind, and I wish you the best in every future endeavor.
Kaif
I dunno that we talked before this tournament? Maybe briefly for some draft context, but we still have 0 DMs other than me sending you the Discord invite, lol. You’re a fantastic player in every tier you touch, and it showed true in this tour for sure. Doubles is a format I struggle to grasp generally speaking, let alone 2v2 Doubles – of course then, joy of joys that Eli comes to me going, hey pick up this guy for 2v2 Doubles, he’ll do pretty well. Not a single dropped set is bonkers throughout this whole tournament, and for less than 9k too? It's been a blast interacting with you, I’m glad I had the opportunity to.
It's so appreciated beyond words to just know every week I have Kaif locking in to grab a win while also making it look like the simplest stuff. I don’t get doubles much at all, so every game I watched of yours was super uncertain – me going back and forth with Geysers and Stareal and others about what any lineup or move choice actually means. I feel like I had a lovely time just knowing that one way or another, the W would eventually come to you.
crow crumbs
You are so much better than your score implied. Wild that a positive 6-4 record was still the worst of the entire 2v2/1v1 trio, and that was with you taking the shield in slot 1 to let Eli farm in slot 2. You reached out to me even before Eli’s strategy was brought up, and I’m glad we had the finances when you came up to push out the other teams trying to get you. This team would’ve been very different without you, and I genuinely don’t know how well we’d have done (in 2v2 and 1v1 but generally speaking) without you.
I’m glad we got to team together, after spending multiple OM tours just barely missing out on each other. What a fun person you are, uplifting to all those around you and bringing a joy and love for what you are doing that I seek to emulate one day. I’m so thankful that you ended up with us, and were there consistently helping us win.
Stareal
Worth every cent. You could’ve gone undefeated, but hax and a bad matchup or two ended up with a scoreline that is a far cry from your standard. I don’t have a single regret, though, it was truly a joy being able to get you on the team and watch you prove a mastery of a tier that absolutely did not want you to succeed. Knowing that I could always set you into this tier with no support and you had, at worst, a 50:50 shot before hax to win was always a comfort.
Even NFE aside, your enthusiasm for every game you could show up for and prep for was stellar. You picked up the spectating of other tiers quickly, figuring out theory in the live chatter channel whenever you were able to. The moment you didn’t have SCL to attend to, you threw yourself into multiple channels more, even as you headed up NFE alone until playoff helpers came in. Worth every cent.
RoFnA
I’ve heard a lot of good things, but I never had an opportunity to directly interact with you. After seeing your AGPL performance and the name strength of the field, Rasche and I knew we wanted to aim for picking you up. Given we were preserving money elsewhere for Stareal and the 2v2/1v1 trio, I was hopeful that people would shrug off your AGPL performance. I’m glad they did.
You joined the server almost immediately and were a meaningful help in getting the rest of the roster filled out, and were such a meaningful part of the server energy throughout. You even benched yourself during a dead week to let JD get a game in, and then came in anyway when Medeia typoed the time, and won anyway! Words can’t describe how happy I was to have gotten you, and how happy that it paid off.
Medeia
Your timer antics have aged me more than anything else during the course of this tour, and that’s with multiple serious illnesses. Light-hearted jokes aside, truly a steal to have gotten you when we did for as much as we did. It’s no secret that we had another name in mind, and then watched them go for way more than budgetable. However, there was always the knowledge that you were still in the field this whole time, and the moment they were out of our reach, we knew we were getting you.
Imperial has told me before that he missed you being put up, and that he wanted to spend a ton on you. Not sure why, he had plenty Ubers UU players already, and you deserved to start. What a lovely presence you were on the team, always a slot we could count on to pull out wins quietly without much fuss.
asa
What a joy it was to be able to work with you in a team tour environment. Endlessly optimistic and friendly and supportive, on top of being very good at the game. ZU was no secret as a tier our team struggled with, but you led the charge amazingly and put up a respectable record despite the limited support available and the pressure to help ZU2.
As captains, we probably could’ve prepared better for ZU, always a lesson to learn even in the victories, but with your presence it never felt entirely doomed. Truly one of the harder hands dealt on the team, and you did very well to perform given the stacked deck.
Geysers
Outside of the scouting, I hadn’t known much about you, other than you being a worthy pick to grab at some point if we could and it was for cheap enough. We actually asked RoFnA after picking him up who he wanted as a partner in the AG space, gave him a few names, and he without a moment’s hesitation told us to get you.
Our AG did so well this tour, and that’s largely off the back of the effort you put in for both slots. It seemed like time and time again, week after week, we’d load into some unlosable matchup (s/o Scarf Webs Bee) or you’d wander into Discord after winning in finals going “oh yeah I found my opp’s team from the reuse earlier” – the effort and dedication you put into AG and this tour was a big driver of us being able to win.
gulch
I’ve been a fan of your energy for a while, so when we were able to get you for minbid, I was thrilled. When we were figuring out ZU2, you were willing to step up to the plate, and while that didn’t end up going as well as it could’ve knowing your skill, you did well despite it and were a positive presence anyways.
It’s not easy to accept the request to step aside and let someone else start, but you were open to the idea and happily did whatever it took for the team to have its best chance of winning. OFC, ZU2 kept losing, which is unfortunate, but I appreciate the grace and friendship regardless. I wish you could’ve won a game somewhere, but the cards were stacked against you and the win is as much yours as anyone else’s.
Ampha
Thank you for stepping into ZU2, and thank you for winning us the tour! About time ZU2 got a win, and how great is it that it was the clincher. We picked you up as a friend and someone with very positive energy, and you rose to the challenge we had in ZU2 well, even with the record being what it was.
It’s hard to keep ending up on the losing screen, especially for reasons mostly not your own, but your enthusiasm and willingness to play never wavered, even down to the final game. I’m so thrilled that you were able to get a win on the board at the very end.
Bread Sandwich
When picking subs, we wanted our players to be able to weigh in. RoFnA and Geysers specifically requested you, and seeing your nomination come up was an easy upbid to lock you in. You weren’t particularly active in our chat, but I’m glad you were there and that the AG duo asked for you. I hope you have success in future tournaments!
You subbing in that week that we were locked for playoffs was a lifesaver, by the way! Because of that, RoFnA was able to be on the bench to flex into Medeia’s slot the one time we had to make an emergency sub. Thank you for playing and winning!
lemonstre1
The 1v1/2v2 crew kinda struggled with getting a sub, not gonna lie. One of our first named subs actually went for roughly 20k only to perform quite poorly, so I ended up needing to keep asking ‘em for new names. Eventually we locked in you, and that was very good! I wasn’t sure what the energy in the 1v1 scene was and the ideal sub for the trio we were getting, but you did very well!
Shoutouts to taking down bern, by the way! Tough game for sure, tough opponent, and going down 0-2 at the start? That’s just how it goes though. Happy we were able to get you a chance to play, and happier still that you won in the one game you got. With how good 1v1/2v2 played and their availability consistency, you ended up just needing to be a friend, and that’s what we got.
SpaceSpeakers
RoFnA asked to get you, and that was the easiest agreement from Rasche and I. The Articunos may have lost in finals, but the three of us did not repeat that mistake again. I was thrilled to link up with you again, especially since this team (and my friendship with Rasche) is largely credit to the Articunos season.
You never got a chance to play, but you never seemed to mind that and had plenty of fun as here for the vibes, at least according to the PRs. They were right though, and you did bring a wonderful presence to the server. I've been informed that you've been insulting our players RoFnA. This is a very serious matter, and I won’t tolerate such behavior in our team, though. :P
olivia
My friend. I wish you had more space to chip in for Ubers UU, but honestly you kinda didn’t need to with how good our Ubers UU slots were. While it’s a shame we couldn’t get you on the roster, you were immediately willing to hop into the server and chip in where needed. GL in Ubers UU PL, wish we could’ve gotten you there too.
LittEleven + Potatochan + Rellia
The 1v1 crew, in there from Day 1, basically. Y’all are a huge part of the reason that we did so well in the 1v1/2v2 slots, both from a vibes perspective but then also from the actual contributions y’all made poking our starters and discussing team choice with them. It was lovely to get to interact with you all and see the passion that y’all have for your scene and tiers.
big tony 2014 + 5Dots + Vertigo + OM
The playoff helpers! Thanks so much for coming in and chipping in, both from a prep and building POV and vibes. I gotta do a specific shoutout for tony, though, who was helping our ZU slots even before his team was even eliminated. Y’all are wonderful people and I’m so thankful that you chose us to hop into the server for to help out.
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samurotts shoutout post ig, i'll keep it to the people i interacted with.
finally here's my hamurott figure i bought in argentina back in february (coincidence i think not)
Imperial ty for drafting me, and i'm sorry to have been such a disappointment in matches when it really mattered, especially the last two, you deserved a lot better than that. aside from that your personality is really what kept the 1v1 crew going and had it not been for you i believe we weren't gonna perform as much as we did, so thank you for that, really. on top of this your existence has given me other opportunities, especially in the uubers community, which i am thankful for, so overall you were an enourmous help and i'm grateful to have been part of the samurotts, but of course that's not you who i have to thank for that.
bea man, where to begin... in your shout-out you said i was quite sincere and never with a high self-esteem, which is something i really had to ask friends about to corroborate because i myself didn't believe it, but uhh yeah they sure proved you right... i'm sorry for sometimes playing like shit, even though you say i'm hella improving, it feels like everytime you say that there are about 3 matches proving that i'm not improving at all, overall though your behavior during the tour was pretty much what i expected, just extremely determined and always waiting for everyone's opinion, i really hope that we team up again.
Kry there isn't much to say that i haven't said before (see pults shout-outs post) and you excelled in 2v2, always great to team up with ya man, hope to see you soon.
AlyssaVGC you pretty much share the same thoughts as bea, as in you think i'm still improving but can really choke sometimes and stuff, while being a lot more straight-forward with what your immediate thoughts say, you're not scared to speak your mind which is something that many people find impossible to relate to, and it's really what makes you so much different from other 1v1 users, it's not like you say ban-worthy stuff either, though maybe i'm wrong, you're just really fun to hang out with and idt i'll ever get tired of talking to you, you're just that interesting of a person to me, and you're a strong player in many tiers as well, overall just an amazing person to be around.
Kala chasmah you played pretty well, don't let the losses get to you like how they did to me, you're still a fantastic player, overall don't have to say much about you due to circumstances and the fact that our tzs didn't align so we didn't get to talk much, but still you're a good player with a good future.
this was pretty much just Mentality for 1v1, i saw your help in HPL and i knew you were the guy, your scouts were great and they steered us in the right direction, a shame that we only got to play 1 match for them and we lost but oh well.
Sificon JustCallMeFish FlamPoke vesp Exotic64 really fun to talk with you guys, i'll see most of you in uuberspl!
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