Really unfortunate that Laurel lost the way he did, he had played so well throughout the match and the result was very harsh on him. But you've definitely proved you can play the tier well man, admirable how you've picked it up so quickly! Going to be a great match between you and fuga.
Thoughts on other matches:
Meru vs Sam - Sam played this one almost flawlessly, he used Rotom-C especially well to gain momentum whenever he needed it. That Aero set caught everyone off-guard, and it definitely proved its worth in the match! I think Meru misplayed by bringing in Mega Aggron into Zam when Florges might have done just fine, as after that point he had no one left to counter Aero. I guess he was hoping that Zam wasn't carrying Focus miss. Encore Zam, another cool set, made the game secure by locking Florges into Protect. ggs to both!
bugzy vs Jabba - Nice Helio bugzy n_n agree with Hikari that bugzy had a clear team advantage with Helio and also with Aero as Jabba wasn't carrying a Flying resist. He used Helio + Whimsi really well to keep the momentum on his side initially while simultaneously wearing down Jabba's team. Eventually Jabba's only hope was that Suicune wasn't carrying Ice Beam, which unfortunately for him it was.
Dunk vs Hikari - Props to Hikari for bringing a playstyle that no one has used so far in full stall, and it worked big time as Dunk simply had no way to break through. Sub CM Cune looked a threat initially until Hikari revealed Haze Cruel which has been rising in popularity. Cune was just going to get stalled out at this point if it carried on as Hikari could continuously replenish Tentacruel's health with Wish and Heal Bell. Aero revealed EQ which took Lucario out of the game, residual damage was slowly wearing Dunk's team down and so his last remaining hope was Reuniclus. If it was a CM set Dunk might have had a shot, but it was revealed to be an offensive Trick Room set which was never going to sweep. In the end it was taken out by Mirror Coat Mola, which was a great play! I also loved the use of Mega Aero on stall, as it checks pretty much all of offense while being useful against opposing defensive teams.
radiant vs Jey - Another great game. The key play here was Luke boosting up on a sleeping Cune which allowed Jey to break through it and sweep with Cress. Reminded me of a similar play made by Sam a couple of weeks ago in his game against Limitless, where he brought in Mega Bee to SD up against a sleeping Cune. So Jey ended up sweeping with a CM Moonlight Cress, an uncommon set but one which proved effective here. It's a risky one to run seeing that Toxic destroys it completely, and radiant even mentioned that he considered using Toxic on Forry prior to the match. But I think Jey was packing a cleric in Vappy, so looks like it was a clever move by him.
Great matchups this week, looking forward to them!
(Falcons) Bugzinator vs Lowgock (Class)
(Wolves) radianthero156 vs Meru (Ruiners)
(Sharks) Laurel vs Omfuga (Tigers)
(Raiders) JeyTheGrey vs Sam (BIGS)
Thoughts on other matches:
Meru vs Sam - Sam played this one almost flawlessly, he used Rotom-C especially well to gain momentum whenever he needed it. That Aero set caught everyone off-guard, and it definitely proved its worth in the match! I think Meru misplayed by bringing in Mega Aggron into Zam when Florges might have done just fine, as after that point he had no one left to counter Aero. I guess he was hoping that Zam wasn't carrying Focus miss. Encore Zam, another cool set, made the game secure by locking Florges into Protect. ggs to both!
bugzy vs Jabba - Nice Helio bugzy n_n agree with Hikari that bugzy had a clear team advantage with Helio and also with Aero as Jabba wasn't carrying a Flying resist. He used Helio + Whimsi really well to keep the momentum on his side initially while simultaneously wearing down Jabba's team. Eventually Jabba's only hope was that Suicune wasn't carrying Ice Beam, which unfortunately for him it was.
Dunk vs Hikari - Props to Hikari for bringing a playstyle that no one has used so far in full stall, and it worked big time as Dunk simply had no way to break through. Sub CM Cune looked a threat initially until Hikari revealed Haze Cruel which has been rising in popularity. Cune was just going to get stalled out at this point if it carried on as Hikari could continuously replenish Tentacruel's health with Wish and Heal Bell. Aero revealed EQ which took Lucario out of the game, residual damage was slowly wearing Dunk's team down and so his last remaining hope was Reuniclus. If it was a CM set Dunk might have had a shot, but it was revealed to be an offensive Trick Room set which was never going to sweep. In the end it was taken out by Mirror Coat Mola, which was a great play! I also loved the use of Mega Aero on stall, as it checks pretty much all of offense while being useful against opposing defensive teams.
radiant vs Jey - Another great game. The key play here was Luke boosting up on a sleeping Cune which allowed Jey to break through it and sweep with Cress. Reminded me of a similar play made by Sam a couple of weeks ago in his game against Limitless, where he brought in Mega Bee to SD up against a sleeping Cune. So Jey ended up sweeping with a CM Moonlight Cress, an uncommon set but one which proved effective here. It's a risky one to run seeing that Toxic destroys it completely, and radiant even mentioned that he considered using Toxic on Forry prior to the match. But I think Jey was packing a cleric in Vappy, so looks like it was a clever move by him.
Great matchups this week, looking forward to them!
(Falcons) Bugzinator vs Lowgock (Class)
(Wolves) radianthero156 vs Meru (Ruiners)
(Sharks) Laurel vs Omfuga (Tigers)
(Raiders) JeyTheGrey vs Sam (BIGS)
