so i'm not the biggest fan of posting up replays, mostly b/c it can either come of as indirect bragging, reveal an opponent's team they might not want to be publicized as of yet, or some combination of both, but i feel it isn't as much of an issue here. also, not a fan of laddering really, but i felt the need to adjust somewhat to the meta at hand, so here we are. I was tinkering with a double dragon build utilizing the combination of specs dragalgae and swords dance m-sceptile, which breaks for one another quite nicely v.a plethora of common playstyles. much to my chagrin, though, i ended up being paired against what i believe to be spirit stall (or some very similar variation on it), which not only is just a hassle to play on its own merit, but has a rather solid match-up vs.my team, as my core breakers struggle to push through the interactive core of bronzong + secondary dragon resist / immunity + wish support (particularly spdef momo). i also didn't actively prepare for the megas that were meant to be leaving the tier soon, though fortunately this team handled the particular gallade set used rather comfortably. i did end up playing things a bit sloppily, particularly in the end-game (where i aromatherapy away a status that was preventing my aromatisse from being tox'ed, among other things), since who really wants to be playing a 100+ turn game on the ladder, i mean come on now. fortunately, i still manage to keep my end-game fairly consistent, and it ends up being a p.solid game overall. it also shows that sd m-sceptile and flame orb delphox are really cool, and if you're cool, you should use it to. fanks for your time, i love you all.