ZU Olympiad III - Week 4

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:ivysaur: Ivy Gang (6) vs (4) Venomous Vigilantes :venomoth:
SV: Tuthur vs Ineros
SV: LettuceLeaf07 vs Baddy
SS: Toto vs Pokeslice
SM: sugar ovens vs DugZa
ORAS: sleid vs OranBerryBlissey10
BW: Monai vs yo cho
DPP: Hubriz vs jhm5
ADV: nebi vs Zpice
GSC: LustfulLice vs DiannieRatson
RBY: Maris Bonibell vs SaDiSTiCNarwhal

:probopass: Pretentious Probopass (4) vs (6) Simi Spectacles :simisear:
SV: fish anemometer vs SPHZ
SV: DripLegend vs feen
SS: Yovan vs Ninja
SM: btboy vs SBPC
ORAS: a fruitshop owner vs 5Dots
BW: Alice Kazumi vs Tack
DPP: Drud vs wooper
ADV: Melninja vs Jojen
GSC: SANKE CARP vs BeeOrSomething
RBY: torkonpeter vs a fairy

:persian: Pay Day Persians (5) vs (5) Moonshine Musharnas :musharna:
SV: asa vs TomatoZause
SV: Michael Jordan vs BloodAce
SS: 5gen vs diegoyuhhi
SM: MZ vs Sputnik
ORAS: estra vs neomon
BW: missangelic vs Dusk
DPP: Plague vs BeatsBlack
ADV: Baoba vs JoaF
GSC: Aurist vs THE_CHUNGLER
RBY: YBW vs NotVeryCake

The deadline is Sunday, February 16th at 23:59 GMT -5.

Ivy Gang (0) vs (0) Venomous Vigilantes
SV: Tuthur vs Ineros
SV: LettuceLeaf07 vs Baddy
SS: Toto vs Pokeslice
SM: sugar ovens vs DugZa
ORAS: sleid vs OranBerryBlissey10
BW: Monai vs yo cho
DPP: Hubriz vs jhm5
ADV: nebi vs Zpice
GSC: LustfulLice vs DiannieRatson
RBY: Maris Bonibell vs SaDiSTiCNarwhal

Pretentious Probopass (0) vs (0) Simi Spectacles
SV: fish anemometer vs SPHZ
SV: DripLegend vs feen
SS: Yovan vs Danny
SM: btboy vs SBPC
ORAS: a fruitshop owner vs 5Dots
BW: Alice Kazumi vs Tack
DPP: Drud vs wooper
ADV: Melninja vs Pengu
GSC: SANKE CARP vs BeeOrSomething
RBY: torkonpeter vs Cao Jie

Pay Day Persians (0) vs (0) Moonshine Musharnas
SV: asa vs TomatoZause
SV: Michael Jordan vs BloodAce
SS: 5gen vs diegoyuhhi
SM: MZ vs Sputnik
ORAS: estra vs neomon
BW: skrimps vs Dusk
DPP: Plague vs BeatsBlack
ADV: Baoba vs JoaF
GSC: Aurist vs THE_CHUNGLER
RBY: YBW vs NotVeryCake
 
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Pretentious Probopass (0) vs (0) Simi Spectacles
SV: fish anemometer vs SPHZ - I have a lot of faith in fish’s abilities as a builder and player
SV: DripLegend vs feen - Drip is back in action baby
SS: Yovan vs Danny - highlight matchup, Danny was MIA last week but I still think he’s the better player if he actually tries
SM: btboy vs SBPC - this should be entertaining no matter who wins as both are really creative with their prep, but I’m giving the edge to btboy
ORAS: a fruitshop owner vs 5Dots - hl matchup, afo’s back in oras so I’m giving him the edge
BW: Alice Kazumi vs Tack - they’re both excellent but I liked Tack’s Mienfoo last week even if it didn’t win so she’s getting preferential treatment this week
DPP: Drud vs wooper - David vs Goliath, I do think wooper’s got a decent shot if he plays well since Drud’s pretty focused on other tours at the moment.
ADV: Melninja vs Pengu - you know the deal here by now
GSC: SANKE CARP vs BeeOrSomething - if I speak I am in big trouble
RBY: torkonpeter vs Cao Jie - idk why not

Pay Day Persians (0) vs (0) Moonshine Musharnas
SV: asa vs TomatoZause - no comment
SV: Michael Jordan vs BloodAce - i think BloodAce is the better of these two, though it’s cool to see MJ getting a chance, excited to see if he can pull something cool out and catch BloodAce by surprise
SS: 5gen vs diegoyuhhi - highlight matchup, I usually prefer 5gen’s teams overall and diego haxed my boy last week so I’m leaning 5gen with a little bit of bias
SM: MZ vs Sputnik - another David vs Goliath matchup, I think Sputnik’s main way to find an advantage here is through getting a matchup advantage since that can sometimes determine games in this tier
ORAS: estra vs neomon - I’ve been overall unimpressed by neomon’s performance thus far and estra’s been doing fine, plus he has 5gen’s support which is top class
BW: skrimps vs Dusk - Is anyone going to be able to stop this man’s ability to BLAZE through the competition? Time will tell.
DPP: Plague vs BeatsBlack - beatspl faces his toughest challenger yet, massive 4k vs 27k mu
ADV: Baoba vs JoaF - mhmm
GSC: Aurist vs THE_CHUNGLER - they’re both solid but I’m giving a slight edge to Aurist just b/c I’m sort of feeling it, no harsh feelings chungler
RBY: YBW vs NotVeryCake - I flipped a coin
 
Ivy Gang (5) vs (5) Venomous Vigilantes
SV: Tuthur vs Ineros - not familiar with tuthurs opponent
SV: LettuceLeaf07 vs Baddy - lettuceleaf has been doing pretty well this tour but i rate baddy higher as a player
SS: Toto vs Pokeslice - if toto uses the proper miltank ability this time
SM: sugar ovens vs DugZa - both have had rough starts according to the sheet but dugza has more experience with the tier
ORAS: sleid vs OranBerryBlissey10 - obb will be motivated to beat toto's teammate after getting his week ruined last week watching toto use the wrong ability on miltank
BW: Monai vs yo cho - like i said he would w1, yo cho this tournament is showcasing his bw zu prowess that he built up for 10 years
DPP: Hubriz vs jhm5 - hubriz does well in dpp zu, not really too familiar or impressed by their opponent so far
ADV: nebi vs Zpice - i dont know adv but ive heard nebi is good and zpice needs to find a job
GSC: LustfulLice vs DiannieRatson - lice does well in gsc zu
RBY: Maris Bonibell vs SaDiSTiCNarwhal - dont really have an actual reason but i like narwhal


Pay Day Persians (5) vs (5) Moonshine Musharnas
SV: asa vs TomatoZause - after defeating ZU titan baitwiz there is no one left to stop zause
SV: Michael Jordan vs BloodAce - bro thinks hes michael jordan
SS: 5gen vs diegoyuhhi - battle of the 3-0s, because i am mad that 5gen didn't do this for the manes last year i got diego here
SM: MZ vs Sputnik - mz always does well in sm zu, not a crazy prediction
ORAS: estra vs neomon - tagging him to tell him he's winning
BW: skrimps vs Dusk - i just looked at the sheet for this one ngl
DPP: Plague vs BeatsBlack - beatsblack might be the worst player of all time but he will probably luck
ADV: Baoba vs JoaF - this guy gets glazed and better record
GSC: Aurist vs THE_CHUNGLER - chungler is on a bad pubd team while aurist is on the best one
RBY: YBW vs NotVeryCake - same as aurist above
 
Ivy Gang (7) vs (3) Venomous Vigilantes
SV: Tuthur vs Ineros - prob just better idk sv
SV: LettuceLeaf07 vs Baddy - doing better atm and again idk sv
SS: Toto vs Pokeslice - i like toto but lets see an upset slice (nucl boost)
SM: sugar ovens vs DugZa - more experience afaik, motivated to play SM
ORAS: sleid vs OranBerryBlissey10 - both can win but liking sleid's chances, getting more games in and less likely to bring sandshrew to ORAS
BW: Monai vs yo cho - another tossup, going gut. Glad to see yo cho doing good in bw tho
DPP: Hubriz vs jhm5 - secretly rooting for jhm, hubriz just has more experience tho
ADV: nebi vs Zpice - rough tour so far but hoping zpice can make a comeback
GSC: LustfulLice vs DiannieRatson - more experienced and good at GSC as a whole now
RBY: Maris Bonibell vs SaDiSTiCNarwhal - better record atm but can go both way. Will be a good one

Pretentious Probopass (6) vs (4) Simi Spectacles
SV: fish anemometer vs SPHZ - fish is rlly good
SV: DripLegend vs feen - its sv idk
SS: Yovan vs Danny - both are good but prob more effort coming from danny
SM: btboy vs SBPC - rooting for bt but sbpc will be a tough opponent
ORAS: a fruitshop owner vs 5Dots - afo's main tier, hard to bold against
BW: Alice Kazumi vs Tack - more general tier experience
DPP: Drud vs wooper - drud's a bum but yh same thing as ORAS
ADV: Melninja vs Pengu - doing good so far
GSC: SANKE CARP vs BeeOrSomething - i like sanke but Bee is doing great rn
RBY: torkonpeter vs Cao Jie - torkon is p good at rby lowers, let alone ZU specifically, so I expect them to continue that
 
predicts for tiers i actually understand

SM: sugar ovens vs DugZa
sugar has had a really hard time playing around a lot of SM's more weird threats and I think his understanding of the tier is blooming, but not fully solidified. I see DugZa outmaneuvering so in the builder and getting a solid start into the game.
ORAS: sleid vs OranBerryBlissey10
sleid is arguably one of my favorite newer (to me, im old) faces in pokemon as a whole, he's insanely creative with his builds in this tier and plays out of his mind every game, can't bold against
BW: Monai vs yo cho
monai has had a ROUGH time this tour. Between that and SPL prep, I think yo cho has odds to gain an advantage in prep phase over Monai's loaded schedule. Game will come down to turn orders outside of the builder, very good match incoming
DPP: Hubriz vs jhm5
Hubriz is a very good player and I don't know jhm

SM: MZ vs Sputnik
MZ historically always does well in this tier, sput makes some notable flaws in his lines and MZ is great at taking advantage of gaps like that.
ORAS: estra vs neomon
I think estra has had more concrete prep
BW: skrimps vs Dusk
this is a hard mu to predict simply because both players have had good play, but the builder situation has been very standard to the book so far. Happy to see which direction this goes
DPP: Plague vs BeatsBlack
not bolding against beats
 
Ivy Gang (0) vs (0) Venomous Vigilantes
SS: Toto vs Pokeslice - Both players lost last week and are now 1-2. Toto ran brought a team with no Fire resist and ran into NP Flamethrower + Overheat Ninetales, whereas slice brought an OBB type team with Shiinotic and lost a close one. Honestly, this game is a toss-up for me. Both players are solid in-game, but have had a game this Olympiad where they made questionable plays. I've been liking all of their teams so far, even the Regigigas one. I think Toto won't bring a team with such a noticeable hole like he did last week. Maybe he should use a Diego team again...Seriously though, this game looks pretty close to me on paper because slice has great support and pilots well. I'm trusting Toto to pull through here.
SM: sugar ovens vs DugZa - Both players are also 1-2 in this slot. Frankly, it seems to me that there's a gap in experience/meta knowledge from sugar compared to the rest of the pool, which is understandable because (to my knowledge) this is sugar's first time playing SM ZU in a team tour. Imo, Ivy Gang's SM building looked better in week one than weeks two and three. The teams from weeks two and three each had some type spam going on, which isn't easy to make work. Meanwhile, Dugza has brought standard teams and piloted well, bouncing back last week with a nice win over Sputnik. Also, while Ivy Gang does have good SM support on paper, I'm unsure how much effort they're putting into this slot. All in all I think Dugza is more capable and proven.
ORAS: sleid vs OranBerryBlissey10 - Seems like sleid recycled that classic Mienfoo team from twitt/toto (idk if twitt made it solo), which isn't something I would've expected. sleid's Bronzor vs Swoobat sequence was questionable only because Toxic wasn't used, so maybe Bronzor didn't have it for some reason. OBB used a more creative team than sleid that had a nice tech in Protect + PuP Swalot. I think that OBB is someone that can target building tendencies and is one of the top ORAS players. 60-40 for OBB.

Pretentious Probopass (0) vs (0) Simi Spectacles
SS: Yovan vs Danny - Yovan and Danny are SPL-level pilots, which helps make this super interesting. Yovan brought a really cool team last week and kept the game close even after losing Jynx turn 1. Danny was supposed to make his SS debut last week, but was subbed out. The team also looked different from Danny's usual builds, so I wonder if he built that or if the Simis SS support did. All that being said, I've always been high on Danny in SS and think he has more experience to fall back on. Should be a close one.
SM: btboy vs SBPC - Man I don't want to pick between these two. I'm a fan of both and we go back. btboy has stuck to more standard options and I find that he has a consistent style, though he did bring Regigigas last week. SBPC made Z-Forest's Curse Trev work last week. That says enough about his approach to SM. Biased pick because I'm more excited to see what SBPC will bring.
ORAS: a fruitshop owner vs 5Dots - I'm starting to question why 5dots isn't using new teams because he recycled teams the past two weeks. Not using his own builds might be an advantage too since 5dots can always bring something out there. However, I think fruits is better in game and always brings sound teams. Moreover, the Probos moved their lineup around and need to win this week to have a shot at playoffs. Another highlight matchup.
 
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