gonna do some predix cuz havent done these in a while.........
Empo VS. imsosorrylol - cheese fest imbound, normally i would expect these guys to throw a darts at something like this ->
and then play their series but i actually followed both of their runs this olt and i think they both play well enuf. im expectin some safe teams with maybe some WILD picks from empo bc he was using a moltres team yesterday. i think sorry is a lot better than his username would suggest and like most players in this tour besides rey and abr, hes aggressive
Sabella vs. Hquaze - this is a great matchup since both of these dudes qualified using those absolutely retarded chansey balance hybrids idek. hquaze had cycle 1 on lock and had like two alts at 2100 or something insane and actually is pretty good and sabella finally made it in the last cycle after some tough runs. i think both are going to use some really creative shit i hope the plays are just as good, gonna predict sabella cuz i think this is hquaze first tournament and while i think "tour experience" is pretty bad reasoning im gonna use it here.
Alexander VS. reyscarface - game i want to see most this round. i predict alexander to win all of olt should i fall but since wcop he has shown that sm was easy for him to learn and be good at. the problem w this tho is that alexander has a 50/50 chance of bringing garbage to his battle but i think the playing ability is certainly there. i think rey is gonna come w some good balances bc thats all he ever uses but jus like alexander the playin ability is there, if not more. cant decide this one tho, but if i had to give an edge it would be to rey because alexander uses maels week 3 spl HYDREIGON??? team in the current meta and rey chomped that team in spl.
Caronsmith VS. bushtush - nothing against bushtush - love all the way from canada, but caronsmith apparently built tht kyuremb team or stole it and made it good or w/e i dont know, but what i do know is that im like 2-30 vs that team so im going to put my odds on him.
Liones VS.
Kickasser - cool match, wanted to play kick in wcop but alas he got too scared of me. liones literally only logs onto this site for olt and lo and behold here he is back for olt. that bein said he dominated cycle 2 for almost the entire week and ill never forget when he logged on w 15 mins left, got 1 with trick room and won in like 2 minutes. kick is a really cool aggro player but since his stour run i haven't seen much and what i have seen hasn't been as impressive so i'm not too sure. gonna give it to kick tho because i think he can play amazing when he's on pt.
xtra$hine VS. Updated Kanto -
FIRE GAME, can't wait to see ho 4-6 times in this set, but in all seriousness i think that kanto is a lot more varied since in the last 9 years xtra exclusively runs suicide lead + ghost + 4 mons with 134 atk + skillwise i haven't seen shit from xtrashine in sm but he's always doin his thing so i have to root for him...
Ojama VS.
ABR - most older players in new gens always use the balance type shit because its comfortable, or they use stall so i was impressed to see that ojama qualified for the most part with kanto's diancie kartana hyper offense. i think abr is a lot more seasoned altho his playing hasn't been as good this year as he was last year. that bein said i can't go against him in this matchup and i think ojama's best bet is to be unpredictable w team choice bc the playing skill is there, i just fear this series will be decided at matchup.
Shoka VS.
Tricking - stall every game / balls deep tricking getting games when hes top 8 and theres still like two days left
Fardin VS.
Googly - best stall player of all time after zokuru and have not seen fardin play a game before
Hiye VS.
Leftiez - leftiez will easily win olt should me and prinz the magnificent go down. i think hes hit his stride in sm and he is one of my favorite builders in the tier. i also have seen hiyes name for like three years now and i know he's also a really good builder in new gens so im really lookin forward to this bc both ppl gonna be whippin their new creations and techs on the battlefield. all 3 of leftiez will have 16 hp 240 speed ada scarf dugtrio too
Ciele VS. stfu its a cartoon - two stall (BAN ME PLEASE)
Vertex VS.
Soulwind - vertex is a god bc he qualified with rain on high ladder which gets 6-0ed by zap mola, idk how u even do that but i am really happy that soulwind qualified after four efforts and totally crushed this cycle. edge to soulwind cuz bias
Cdumas VS. blunder - friday 4:30 pm est
Zokuru VS. Floppy - zokuru is just gonna stall twice vs kartana hoopa regular ho, really hope this series doesn't go this way
c0mp VS.
BlackOblivion - blackoblivion had a great world cup performance and qualified cycle 1 so i think he'll take this one. haven't seen c0mp play since the bro fist game but he has cool ass teams
meeper123 VS.
Zuchtrest - zuchtrest another legend because he qualified cycle 2 and forgot to sign up, shoutouts to mob barley, and then qualified the cycle right after like it was nothing. meeps used chansey balance hybrids so won't root for him