Yeah, I'm going to need a couple more days to get my team in order. I've been at the meet up in Germany and haven't had time to do anything with it. Also, I didn't know Pokemon Showdown required an internet connection to work. Good to know.

 

Alright, take your time.

 

My bad guys. I totally forgot about the losers bracket, and now I'm on vacation with the folks with just this chromebook, so I can't participate.

Damn

 

Well, this is turning into a right clusterfuck.

 

My fault. Forgot about this entirely. I'll have a team ready tonight.

 

You can't use Showdown with a Chromebook? Does the browser version not work?

 

Okay, I have a team. It looks good and plays well.

I should be good for a game after 10pm GMT tomorrow, or now if you're available.

 

Alright, Monkey, if you're out, here's the new schedule:

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Aekiel vs. Mknote = Winner A.
Rah vs. Risen = Winner B.

Winner A vs. Winner = Winner C.

Winner C vs. KaiDASH = CHAMPION.

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Rah, Risen, you two still doing okay? I haven't heard from you guys in a while.

 

HOW THE FUCK AM I SUCKING SO BADLY?! GODDAMMIT!!

Well, I suppose now that I'm out of the tournament for good, I guess I should post my amazing team that went 0/4.

Crobat (M) @ Black Sludge
Ability: Inner Focus
EVs: 252 Atk / 252 HP / 4 SDef
Adamant Nature
- Brave Bird
- Cross Poison
- X-Scissor
- Roost

Chandelure (M) @ Wise Glasses
Ability: Flash Fire
EVs: 252 SAtk / 252 HP / 4 Spd
Modest Nature
- Shadow Ball
- Psychic
- Flamethrower
- Will-O-Wisp

Abomasnow (F) @ Abomasite
Ability: Snow Warning
EVs: 252 Atk / 252 HP / 4 SAtk
Brave Nature
- Wood Hammer
- Ice Punch
- Earthquake
- Rock Slide

Breloom (M) @ Leftovers
Ability: Effect Spore
EVs: 252 Spd / 252 Atk / 4 HP
Adamant Nature
- Focus Punch
- Leech Seed
- Substitute
- Spore

Eelektross (F) @ Sitrus Berry
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 252 Atk / 252 HP / 4 SDef
Adamant Nature
- Crunch
- Thunder Punch
- Dragon Claw
- Coil

Porygon2 @ Eviolite
Ability: Analytic
EVs: 252 HP / 128 Def / 4 SAtk / 124 SDef
Calm Nature
- Tri Attack
- Protect
- Toxic
- Recover

So the idea was to open with Crobat, who has been my traditional opener. Thing's a beast against the Breloom that I included in this very set, has the speed and type coverage to get a good first blow in, and has two different methods of recovery. One of my... what, four physical attackers? I went heavy on physical with this set, which is odd considering my overwhelming preference for special attackers.

Chandelure was my only special attacker, and it's packs a mean punch... whenever it didn't get OHKO'ed. Still, as my favorite Gen 5 Pokemon, it had to be in. Shadow Ball and Flamethrower were obvious choices, Will-O-Wisp for physical attackers, and Psychic for Fighting-types. Surprisingly, the only time Chandelure did well was when it was using Psychic against a Fighting-type.

Abomasnow, being my favorite Gen 4 'mon, was my mega-evo (that I only mega-evo'd for two of the battles, because I've never played gen 6 and forget that that's a thing now) and it... performed horribly. I think it was OHKO'ed in all four battles, actually. Ice Punch and Wood Hammer for STAB, Earthquake and Rock Slide to cover its horrific weakness to Fire and for overall type coverage. Turned out to be too slow to actually do anything, though amusingly it got some KO's by way of Snow Warning (I think... can't remember for sure).

Trolloom was a mean little trick that I picked up from an earlier tournament. The idea was to Spore the opponent, Leech Seed them, Substitute, and then Focus Punch my troubles away. Unfortunately, the only time I got the full thing set up was in my first battle against Aek... opposite his substituting Chandelure. Guess how well that turned out...

I had to have an Electric-type on my team since it's my favorite type, and Eelektross was an experiment that failed horribly. Yet another physical attacker, Crunch and Dragon Claw were purely for type coverage. Coil is an interesting move that I thought would be nice to use, but I ended up only using it once. Overall, perhaps my weakest link, possibly second behind Abomasnow.

Finally, there was Porygon2. I've been dying to use this thing since I figured out what Eviolite does. In particular, it turns Porygon2 into a goddamn tank. This particular one has defense of around 370 and special defense of over 400! Tri Attack for STAB and the occasional status effect was its only way of directly inflicting damage. Add in Toxic, Recover, and Protect and you have an annoying beast... in theory. In practice, it was my final Pokemon in all four battles, and every single time it was going up against a Ghost-type: either ChaosGuy's Aegislash or Aek's Chandelure. Three of the four times, I just said gg at that point and left, because I couldn't win. The other time (my second battle against ChaosGuy), I tried stalling Aegislash into using Struggle but failed miserably.

The worst part about the who thing is, I don't know where this team is failing! Where did I go wrong? Why does this team suck so much? Apparently I am a Pokemon noob, because I'm stymied. I honestly didn't expect to win the tourney, but I thought I'd win at least one battle! Maybe it's my complete ignorance of Gen 6 that's causing me issues, but if that's the case, gg me 'cause I ain't learning that shit. Otherwise, I'm stumped. You guys got any ideas?

At any rate, to wrap things up, Aekiel takes it from me. The battles weren't even close, but whatever. Hopefully he takes it all.

 

I AM THE TIME LORD VICTORIOUS.

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Also, I'd appreciate it if you didn't discuss my strats while I'm still in the tournament.

 

What is the 'goal' for your team?

What is it's win condition?

When I look at your team I see

1. No way of putting up stealth rocks -> You'll miss many kills you otherwise should have got
2. No way of getting rid of opposing hazards -> You'll take more damage than you need to over the course of the game
3. Your team is really slow -> You have no way to revenge kill much of anything
4. You lack power due to no life orbs / choice items / boosters -> You have no way of breaking walls.
5. No Fairies or Steels -> you're getting wrecked every time a dragon switches in.
6. Your team is slow and has lots of weaknesses nobody can cover for -> Your team has many pokemon it just can't deal with

Your team doesn't have a game plan, and that plus the above kills it.

 

Aah crap, take me out of this one, sorry that I never replied.

 

Alright then.

Aekiel vs. Rah, if he still wants to battle.

 

I'm still playing, just haven't been to this thread in a few days lol.
Yea we'll proabbly have our match tonight or tmrw. Btw do I have to send in my team again if I change something?

 

Nope, as long as you don't use anything banned, any team is okay.

 

And that's a 2-0 win for Rah. Well played dude.

 

I return viktor-ious!

Get ready for that rematch Kai! It's all coming full circle, ya hear!

Edit! Thanks!! Good game bro!

 

THE FINALS OF FINALS.

KaiDASH vs. Rah.

WHO WILL WIN???

 

Those were good games, glad I could watch 'em. You got hit with some bad luck at a couple points, Aek, but credit where credit is due, Rah put together a great team.

 

Didn't help that my team is hilariously weak to ice moves.