[Wild Eep*]

I lost to Sidfrid in a great game. Congratulations, Sidfrid!

Now that the tournament's over, how did you all feel about the metagame? What worked, what didn't work, etc.? I'll post my own views on the matter shortly.

My team was:

Vaporeon (F) @ Mystic Water
Trait: Water Absorb
Level: 50
EVs: 252 Def / 158 HP / 100 SAtk
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Surf
- Signal Beam
- Wish
- Protect

Best wish support in the game. The combination of bulk and power (and @ Mystic Water) was meant to be a hard stop for anyone foolish enough to run Eevee. Signal Beam is conservative coverage move, hitting water resists decently (but not as good as HP Grass vs Vaporeon or Ice Beam vs Leafeon).

Jolteon (M) @ Life Orb
Trait: Volt Absorb
Level: 50
EVs: 252 Spd / 248 SAtk / 6 HP / 4 Def
Timid Nature
IVs: 30 SAtk / 30 SDef / 2 Atk
- Thunderbolt
- Signal Beam -> Fake Tears
- Hidden Power [Ground]
- Protect

Jolteon's the fastest thing alive in this meta, and it only makes sense to load it with speed. Switching Signal Beam to Fake Tears was a response to losing to Curse Umbreon vs. GC7. It definitely makes Umbreon mortal. Protect is there to facilitate wishpassing, which is very good in rotation battles.

Flareon (M) @ Chilan Berry
Trait: Flash Fire
Level: 50
EVs: 252 Atk / 238 HP / 20 Spd
Adamant Nature
- Double-Edge
- Superpower
- Fire Blast
- Protect

This is NOT a Guts Flareon. For the kind of team I wanted to use, the timer the Toxic poison sets for Flareon is not my cup of tea. Instead I use a Chilan Berry to make it an even harder stop vs. Leafeon and Eevee. Fire Blast off Adamant is actually stronger than Fire Fang, which is sad news indeed. It was my most commonly used move, so I wonder how much merit there would have been for Modest Flareon.

Espeon (F) @ Light Clay
Trait: Synchronize
Level: 50
EVs: 252 Spd / 252 HP / 6 Def
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Psychic
- Signal Beam
- Light Screen
- Reflect

Blah blah standard dual screen Espeon. Psychic > Psyshock in order to take advantage of Fake Tears.

Umbreon (M) @ Leftovers
Trait: Synchronize
Level: 50
EVs: 252 SDef / 252 HP / 6 Def
Sassy Nature
IVs: 0 Spd
- Payback
- Curse
- Wish
- Protect

SpDef Curse Umbreon is a monster. It can set up even in the face of special attackers firing super effective Signal Beams at it. This moveset is as tight as it gets, and I've won every match I used it and lost every match when I didn't. You'd think I'd have learned after the first time.

Glaceon (F) @ Expert Belt
Trait: Snow Cloak
Level: 50
EVs: 252 SAtk / 228 HP / 30 Spd
Modest Nature
IVs: 30 Def / 30 SDef / 30 Spd / 2 Atk
- Ice Beam
- Signal Beam
- Hidden Power [Rock]
- Mirror Coat -> Fake Tears

Never used this thing. Brought it R1 (take 2) but it never appeared. It was supposed to be anti-Leafeon with Ice Beam (and coverage for Espeon/Umbreon as well as other Glaceon and Flareon in a pinch). I love Mirror Coat (and saw a Japanese vid in which Mirror Coat scored three knockouts) but I needed Fake Tears insurance to make sure Umbreon couldn't stop me again.