National Dex National Dex Ladder Tournament V Playoffs - Round 1

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This tournament counts towards the National Dex Circuit!​

After 4 weeks and 32 people qualifying, we've reached the playoffs phase of the NDLT! As a reminder, seeding was done with ELO being the main factor, and tiebreakers being settled by week qualified and then a Best-of-3 series if the tie occurred in the same week. Here are the current seeds:
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1. ChrisPBacon1954
2. cen344uu1951
3. chansey and lulu1950
4. seth1947
5. crying1943
6. Scish1943
7. NoName62931940
8. Scalescale1939
9. 1yr1935
10. wangyu1934
11. hidin1934
12. line383241929
13. Kyo1929
14. Ryuji1928
15. Suzukaaa1927
16. shnhg音箱蟀侠1926
17. Kayzn1921
18. Weaselfie1914
19. mercurys1906
20. omarsgarciav1904
21. HoodedZack1904
22. zuzhouwawa1903
23. Strat82461901
24. hi.naming is hard1898
25. Lameflame1894
26. XXVI1893
27. Skyiew1892
28. Astral Regulator1889
29. OriginYuan1884
30. Tempo di anguria1882
31. Darkness 7891876
32. 11oyd1871

Tournament rules:
  • General tournament rules and regulations can be found here.
  • The 2024 National Dex Circuit information can be found here.
  • Best of three, single elimination.
  • This tournament will use the standard National Dex ban list, which can be found here.
  • If metagame changes occur during the middle of a round, they will take effect in the subsequent round.
  • Battles must take place on Pokemon Showdown! or the SmogTours server
  • Sw/Sh cartridge win conditions are in place; there are no ties.
  • A list of National Dex specific mechanics can be found here.

Round 1
ChrisPBacon vs 11oyd
cen344uu vs Darkness 789
chansey and lulu vs Tempo di anguria
seth vs OriginYuan
crying vs Astral Regulator
Scish vs Skyiew
NoName6293 vs XXVI
Scalescale vs Lameflame
1yr vs hi.naming is hard
wangyu vs Strat8246
hidin vs zuzhouwawa
line38324 vs HoodedZack
Kyo vs omarsgarciav
Ryuji vs mercurys
Suzukaaa vs Weaselfie
shnhg音箱蟀侠 vs Kayzn

Replays are mandatory. Week deadline: Sunday, July 7th at 11:59 PM GMT-4.
 
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ChrisPBacon (65/35} 11oyd
hard to go against chris even in a slump, esp when im unfamiliar with oppo

cen344uu (48/52} Darkness 789
interesting one, cen is a capable player across a few players but not many know the ins and outs of ladder like darkness does

chansey and lulu (49/51} Tempo di anguria
chansey and lulu generally has always been an impressive player when ive watched them on ladder/ndwc iii, while tempo had a great run in the most recent NDWC. I favor tempo a tad

seth (55/45} OriginYuan
origin had a very nice gxe qualifying in a competitive cycle 1, but seth has been chaining win after win since ndwc (barring istt where he gets washed every week)

crying (60/40} Astral Regulator
astral just loads bish mtios zap tusk every game and it somehow works. generally crying is stronger as demonstrated by her good inv performance so far

Scish (51/49} Skyiew
close one, sky is good overall and had a 5-0 ndwc, but scish is also a good player. his hardest opponent this tour will be trying not to get perma'd

NoName6293 (60/40} XXVI
noname plays better not much else to say

Scalescale (49/51} Lameflame
lameflame is annoying to prep for and idt scale will really put in the time to scout too hard so may lose to some bullshit

1yr (49/51} hi.naming is hard
gew is rly rly predictable with his loads but i think he is a strong player. if he mixes it up, id expect him to take this but he loads comfort a lot which can be exploited by 1yr in builder

wangyu (40/60} Strat8246
strat is the stronger player and wangyu was a stall otp in dlc2 kickoff which led to them getting hard cteamed, if they vary their teams this is much closer tho

hidin (53/47} zuzhouwawa
zuzhouwawa is emerging as a solid player across the site, but hidin has generally been putting up good results lately and is more familiar with the meta

line38324 (49/51} HoodedZack
idrk line so just going with the name im familiar with

Kyo (45/55) omarsgarciav
omar assblasted kyo last time they played in ndwc finals but this is a heat mu, id expect omar to take this in 3

Ryuji (57/43) mercurys
idrk mercurys but i do know retireduji

Suzukaaa (35/65) Weaselfie
weaselfie has been putting up great results lately

shnhg音箱蟀侠 (45/55) Kayzn
kayzn is consistently good, not too familiar w/ opponent. kayz the safer choice

Rooting for the bros seth hidin Tempo di anguria Skyiew
 
Gonna be a super interesting tour, nice mix of some consistent tournament players along with familiar high ladder demons I regularly catch running those moltres fog hoopa-u water absorb clod shenanigans. Scouting advantage is definitely going to the ladder demons while experience favors the tour guys, would like to see some of the new names here have a big breakout tour too and bring some off meta builds.
 
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