Playoffs Smogon Tour Finals: Season 5 [Won by Giga Punch]

http://www.smogon.com/tournaments/tour/

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Preliminary deadline for battles is Sunday, April 29th.

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Post predictions in this thread.

Round One:

[1] [kd8]otome vs. [8] Giga Punch
[4] Ace777 vs. [5] Fear
[3] zerowing vs. [6] gotei(13)hyorinmaru
[2] Darkbolt vs. [7] Groudon80

Round Two:

[5] Fear vs. [8] Giga Punch
[6] gotei(13)hyorinmaru vs. [7] Groudon80

Round Three:

[6] gotei(13)hyorinmaru vs [8] Giga Punch

g80 is the only one to cheer for here. go g80! (if not him then zerowing because he helped me cheat my pokes)

[1] [kd8]otome vs. [8] gotei(13) hyorinmaru

Rooting for gotei to stop ipl from winning this.

[4] Ace777 vs. [5] Fear

Good Luck.

[3] zerowing vs. [6] Groudon80

G80 should have an advantage over Advance and G/S/C.

[2] Darkbolt vs. [7] Giga Punch

Meh GP should win this.

IPL, Ace777, G80, GP.

edited predictions:

GP
fear beat ace
zerowing
g80

Brackets have been altered due to a change in points. You may post new predictions if you like. Ace777 vs Fear did not change.

lol i get darkbolt again. lets hope this match is a bit cleaner? :/

[1] [kd8]otome vs. [8] Giga Punch

Luck master vs Cheater

[3] zerowing vs. [6] gotei(13)hyorinmaru

wingwing wins?

[2] Darkbolt vs. [7] Groudon80

luck vs no luck meh best of 3 tho so

council
zerowing
darkbart

all higher seeds :x

Arbol is going to win this. ^_^

ernie""
gotei
g80

council, gotei, and darkbolt

Predictions:

***[1] [kd8]otome*** vs. [8] Giga Punch - dead heat

Two of the most underappreciated but skilled players on the community duke it out. However, both are also 2 of the most inconsistent players in the game today and really have no clear cut edge over the other in skill IMO : basically whoever's on their game that day will steal the win. So I'm giving Council the pick because he's 1st seed, no implications.

[2] Darkbolt vs. ****[7] Groudon80***

Former PR lovers jaw it out. If Darkbolt's legendary luck doesn't pull through G80's skill edge will net him the win in GSC and ADV.

Next Round:


***Groudon80*** vs. Gotei 13 Hyorinmaru

Gotei is consistent, but his teams are painfully bog standard and that usually means trouble against someone with a skill set like G80, who I believe has the advantage in all three metagames.

Council vs. ***Fear*** - dead heat

IMO Fear is in the category of top 10 ADV players on NB. Very creative, has many speeds and many gears, and makes timely reads at the right times.
However, Council has a slight but definite edge in GSC and will most likely win that one, with RBY being a usual coin toss.

Finals:

Groudon80 vs Fear

Both are great candidates to win: G80 is pretty solid and consistent, but Fear is definitely more dangerous. However, Fear's experience in GSC and RBY is still growing and G80 has more overall skill if you take all three metagames into account.

RBY - G80
GSC - G80
ADV - probably Fear

Picking **Groudon80** for S4 champion. I wrote a lot on this prediction because I believe I will be right for most, if not all of it.

[1] [kd8]otome vs. [8] Giga Punch << giga punch wins imo
[4] Ace777 vs. [5] Fear << fear has won
[3] zerowing vs. [6] gotei(13)hyorinmaru << zerowing
[2] Darkbolt vs. [7] Groudon80 << g80

round 2 is up!

I battled gotei 2 days ago and well I lost to laughable luck, so whatever. I will update the site with my loss and GP's win later.

Finals up.

gp win this :>

Yea, Giga Punch! Good luck

predicting giga fat

also found it funny that all the low seeds won their first rounders.

The two bottom seeds battling it out.. Go GP!

Have a nice day.

CONGRATULATIONS TO GIGA PUNCH FOR WINNING SMOGON TOUR: SEASON 5

for my purpose: gsc 4-0 rby 4-0

I'll update the site when I have the chance to do so.

Heh I won with a bit of luck in rby and it was somewhat clean gsc game.

gg gotei...

congrats GP""!

Congrats jewbie