welcome to the next installment of potw
The Unlucky one
Favorite Pokemon: Bellsprout
Most Known For: 6-0 in LCPL
Playstyle: Offense
Most Used Pokemon: Murkrow
Kavatika: Tell us a little about yourself?
The Unlucky One: I'm a 14 year old high school student from the Philippines (I can actually take the college entrance exam next year but I'm lazy). I spend most of my time doing dumb things like playing Rock Band
Guitar+Drums at the same time, and just generally acting dumb
Kavatika: How and when did you start playing LC? Do you remember your first team?
The Unlucky One: I started playing LC when my IRL friend and I were testing around other metas outside of OU, which I was actually pretty good at in BW (I did ok in the first SPL Farm League I guess). My first team used LO Krow+Scarf Mienfoo, which is actually really legit and a core I used in BW for the rest of the time I played it. With that team, I demolished the crappy ladder, so I thought I was good and pursued LC.
Kavatika: When did you fight real LC players? Did you get your ass handed to you?
The Unlucky One: The first time I played LC against real players was in a minitour where Snover was banned or something. I eventually reached the 3 way finals against EM and someone, but had the shittiest timezone and decided to give the win away. Here is a replay of one of the battles: http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/lc12158514
Kavatika: What is your favorite element of LC?
The Unlucky One: As weird as this sounds, I like LC because of its centralization and limited nature. There are so much Pokemon in LC that should not be used in LC, and some strategies that straight up don't work because of the way LC works. This (especially in BW LC) caused some pretty large gaps between average ladder players to actual good players. This also makes LC based on team matchup preparation, and other factors I don't like (Speed Ties).
Kavatika: If you could change one thing about LC by banning or unbanning it, what would it be?
The Unlucky One: LC is pretty fine as it is right now to be honest, a lot of people want Yanma freed but I think that's just some mental disfunction. The only thing that needs to change to make this meta less stale is the way people play. Too many people think HO is cool and bitch about the meta without trying anything else, and dont realize how fun LC can be if they just change things up themselves. Metagames are made by the way people play a format, not the ruleset.
Kavatika: LC user or player you most admire?
The Unlucky One: I have legit respect to users that do something different, or actually giving a damn to innovate while still doing well. I DON'T mean people that handicap themselves as an insult to the ladder, I mean players that can play multiple playstyles or do things others don't and still succeed well. People like Charmander, Artemisa and maybe even Rowan if what he does doesn't become standard in 2 weeks.
Kavatika: What do you think is the most successful Pokemon, core, or strategy in the current meta?
The Unlucky One: Since everyone likes offense around the community, pokemon like Sash Abra or CopyCat Riolu are excellent revenge killers. Outside of that, it's all about asserting your offensive strategy (which usually tends to be Memento+Sweeper or Knock Off+Cleaner) before the opponent can execute his/hers. Also, Tirtouga is godlike in both standard sets, SS and Solid Rock
Kavatika: Advice to new LCers?
The Unlucky One: Use what you wanna use, just dont get pissed if you end up sucking. Get to know what's good and winning strategies from top players on #littlecup, or lurk on the forums a bit. If you just wanna play LC you can just run whatever you want, the ladder will pair you up against people just as good/bad as you anyway. Just don't expect to run Buneary/Wurmple and top the ladder on your first try. If you have any problems, just consult some of the LC guys.
The Unlucky one
Favorite Pokemon: Bellsprout
Most Known For: 6-0 in LCPL
Playstyle: Offense
Most Used Pokemon: Murkrow
Kavatika: Tell us a little about yourself?
The Unlucky One: I'm a 14 year old high school student from the Philippines (I can actually take the college entrance exam next year but I'm lazy). I spend most of my time doing dumb things like playing Rock Band
Guitar+Drums at the same time, and just generally acting dumb
Kavatika: How and when did you start playing LC? Do you remember your first team?
The Unlucky One: I started playing LC when my IRL friend and I were testing around other metas outside of OU, which I was actually pretty good at in BW (I did ok in the first SPL Farm League I guess). My first team used LO Krow+Scarf Mienfoo, which is actually really legit and a core I used in BW for the rest of the time I played it. With that team, I demolished the crappy ladder, so I thought I was good and pursued LC.
Kavatika: When did you fight real LC players? Did you get your ass handed to you?
The Unlucky One: The first time I played LC against real players was in a minitour where Snover was banned or something. I eventually reached the 3 way finals against EM and someone, but had the shittiest timezone and decided to give the win away. Here is a replay of one of the battles: http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/lc12158514
Kavatika: What is your favorite element of LC?
The Unlucky One: As weird as this sounds, I like LC because of its centralization and limited nature. There are so much Pokemon in LC that should not be used in LC, and some strategies that straight up don't work because of the way LC works. This (especially in BW LC) caused some pretty large gaps between average ladder players to actual good players. This also makes LC based on team matchup preparation, and other factors I don't like (Speed Ties).
Kavatika: If you could change one thing about LC by banning or unbanning it, what would it be?
The Unlucky One: LC is pretty fine as it is right now to be honest, a lot of people want Yanma freed but I think that's just some mental disfunction. The only thing that needs to change to make this meta less stale is the way people play. Too many people think HO is cool and bitch about the meta without trying anything else, and dont realize how fun LC can be if they just change things up themselves. Metagames are made by the way people play a format, not the ruleset.
Kavatika: LC user or player you most admire?
The Unlucky One: I have legit respect to users that do something different, or actually giving a damn to innovate while still doing well. I DON'T mean people that handicap themselves as an insult to the ladder, I mean players that can play multiple playstyles or do things others don't and still succeed well. People like Charmander, Artemisa and maybe even Rowan if what he does doesn't become standard in 2 weeks.
Kavatika: What do you think is the most successful Pokemon, core, or strategy in the current meta?
The Unlucky One: Since everyone likes offense around the community, pokemon like Sash Abra or CopyCat Riolu are excellent revenge killers. Outside of that, it's all about asserting your offensive strategy (which usually tends to be Memento+Sweeper or Knock Off+Cleaner) before the opponent can execute his/hers. Also, Tirtouga is godlike in both standard sets, SS and Solid Rock
Kavatika: Advice to new LCers?
The Unlucky One: Use what you wanna use, just dont get pissed if you end up sucking. Get to know what's good and winning strategies from top players on #littlecup, or lurk on the forums a bit. If you just wanna play LC you can just run whatever you want, the ladder will pair you up against people just as good/bad as you anyway. Just don't expect to run Buneary/Wurmple and top the ladder on your first try. If you have any problems, just consult some of the LC guys.
The Unlucky One: I literally built this team the day after the KrowTite bans were implemented, as a prediction of what would be meta a few months after the bans. I was a bit off, but this team is actually really fucking good. Scarf Chinchou is one of the best revenge killers for Scraggy/other stuff, and functions as one of the best cleaners in the game when Specs Missy wallbreaks Porygon/just kills shit. You can actually trick the pawniard switchin with and find out if it was Scarf or Evio, to see if it (most likely) runs pursuit or sucker punch, letting you nail Pawniard if you are smart. Porygon/Larvesta/Chinchou is a godlike bulky offense core if you can keep hazards off the field, and Scraggy is there because I thought it would be god when krowtite ban (close enough to it). I'll update this team eventually but this gives new players a good thing to improve as well I guess.
