It seems calyrex ice transfers base calyrex stats???
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where are you getting this from?
Idk it seems like the stats aren't being transferred correctly on this team
https://pokepast.es/6331cbe019fa4814
my goug had 299 attack
zygarde with power construct gets flagged as a god, so you are inheriting from Zygarde’s stats, not caly-i
maybe a bug
that's strange then, so you can have two restricted if you run both zygarde and another one? it's weird because I've used zygarde with other gifters and their stats seem to take priority
I have a lot of opinions. Mainly on what's currently legal and needs to be restricted and Pokémon that should be on a watchlist.
Gods in Gen 9 GG and need be Gods here
Annihilape - Rage Fist! its broken here for the same reasons its broken in every other format. ban the move or ban the mon idc which
Baxcalibur - This Pokémon is outshined in its brokenness by other mons. It is nonetheless a 145 attack, burn immune, speed inheriting monster.
Dragapult - 142 speed with an actual actual attacking stat. it is also extremely versatile in its sets making checking it very difficult.
Kyurem - Same STAB combo as Baxcalibur, can either be physical or special. Water types can't wall it due to Freeze Dry, Steel types can't wall it due to Earth Power. its a God in Gen 9 GG for a very good reason.
Volcarona - This Pokémon is evil and i hate it and it sucks and it's broken. I can't maintain a guise of objectivity because I despise this Pokémon so much. other people can properly articulate why this mon is broken. I can't, so you get to know how I feel about it
Urshifu-S - broken Pokémon that's banned with good reason.
Shadow Realm (Complete Ban)
Pokémon in this tier should not be allowed to receive stats and should not be allowed to pass stats
Shuckle:
Regieleki
Potential Gods/Bans
Things that are gods in Gen 9 GG - They are broken there and could be similarly broken for similar reasons. I'm not going to talk about the following Pokémon as I don't have opinions on them besides "keep an eye on them":
Skarmory - Min maxed stats are a GG staple. Skarm with an actual HP stat is very hard to break. Pairs really well with Alomomola and Eternatus. That combination of pokemon is (in my opinion) not good for the tier and I would ban one of them. Skarm would be my pick.
Archaludon - Rain neutered thanks to no Swift Swim. Could Still be a problem inheriting Kyoger's SpD.
Ogerpon-Wellspring - The Pokémon is very powerful and could prove to be an issue not as offensively overwhelming thanks to no mold breaker.
Kyurem Black - 170 is a lot of Attack + its banned in Gen 9 GG. Should be handled with caution for the same reasons it was banned there.
Kyurem White - 170 is a lot of Special Attack. not banned in Gen 9 GG but could be broken in this tier as more pokemon can inherit that massive SpA.
Why is this a God
Deoxys-Defense - Does it get something from Nat Dex that makes it broken? Don't get me wrong, I'm glad this Pokémon isn't a receiver.
God in Gen 9 GG and shouldn't be here (for now)
Terapagos - Tera makes this Pokémon broken and that doesn't exist here. Very happy to see this be legal :3. Could potentially be a problem due to its good movepool, but I'm not worried. My opinion on Terapagos in a nutshell
Formatting
Xerneas is still listed as a God even though it is banned outright
Mega Gengar is listed as a God even though it has no legal ability and its completely unusable. Should be moved to the Banlist
I think a "Restricted, does not pass good stats" list would be helpful as the VR is still a WIP
What does Swift Swim as a "god" mean? I assume it means "if the Pokémon has swift swim on your team it is counted as your god". I think that's clunky and I would just ban the ability as no "god tier" Pokémon have the ability. If (for example) something like Drizzle got the same treatment that would be a different case as Kyogre is a "god tier" Pokémon with Drizzle.
Gods in Gen 9 GG and need be Gods here
Annihilape - Rage Fist! its broken here for the same reasons its broken in every other format. ban the move or ban the mon idc which
Baxcalibur - This Pokémon is outshined in its brokenness by other mons. It is nonetheless a 145 attack, burn immune, speed inheriting monster.
Dragapult - 142 speed with an actual actual attacking stat. it is also extremely versatile in its sets making checking it very difficult.
Kyurem - Same STAB combo as Baxcalibur, can either be physical or special. Water types can't wall it due to Freeze Dry, Steel types can't wall it due to Earth Power. its a God in Gen 9 GG for a very good reason.
Volcarona - This Pokémon is evil and i hate it and it sucks and it's broken. I can't maintain a guise of objectivity because I despise this Pokémon so much. other people can properly articulate why this mon is broken. I can't, so you get to know how I feel about it
Urshifu-S - broken Pokémon that's banned with good reason.
Shadow Realm (Complete Ban)
Pokémon in this tier should not be allowed to receive stats and should not be allowed to pass stats
Shuckle:
- As an Inheritor - flat out annoying. It wants to click infestation and toxic to end you slowly and painfully. there is counterplay but by its sheer existence it forces every team to run toxic and a ghost type. It's beatable if you know what you're doing, unbeatable if you don't. Not a healthy presence.
- As a God - Shuckle passes 4 stats that stall is happy with 1 it doesn't care about and 1 thats actively bad. 5 Attack on a pokemon with no physical moves is optimal, 230 in both defenses is absurd, put a Pokémon that doesn't care about SpA in that slot, and put a bulky pivot in the Speed slot. Shuckle gets to sit in the hp slot and be the teams weakest link. It's the same reasoning as the Blissey and Chansey ban.
Regieleki
- As an Inheritor - paired with Kyurem-White you get 170 SpA with 200 speed. Kyurem-White beats the ground types that Regieleki hates. Run Indeede for psychic terrain to block priority and you can default win games.
- As a God - Passing 200 speed in a tier with Pokémon that naturally have 150+ in their attacking stat is not healthy for the game and i would argue not in the "spirit" of the tier as only 1 Pokémon on your team benefits from the mechanic.
Potential Gods/Bans
Things that are gods in Gen 9 GG - They are broken there and could be similarly broken for similar reasons. I'm not going to talk about the following Pokémon as I don't have opinions on them besides "keep an eye on them":
- Carawdaunt
- Gholdengo
- Gouging Fire
- Gliscor
- Ogerpon-Hearthflame (even with tera banned)
- Palafin
- Raging Bolt
- Urshifu-R
Skarmory - Min maxed stats are a GG staple. Skarm with an actual HP stat is very hard to break. Pairs really well with Alomomola and Eternatus. That combination of pokemon is (in my opinion) not good for the tier and I would ban one of them. Skarm would be my pick.
Archaludon - Rain neutered thanks to no Swift Swim. Could Still be a problem inheriting Kyoger's SpD.
Ogerpon-Wellspring - The Pokémon is very powerful and could prove to be an issue not as offensively overwhelming thanks to no mold breaker.
Kyurem Black - 170 is a lot of Attack + its banned in Gen 9 GG. Should be handled with caution for the same reasons it was banned there.
Kyurem White - 170 is a lot of Special Attack. not banned in Gen 9 GG but could be broken in this tier as more pokemon can inherit that massive SpA.
Why is this a God
Deoxys-Defense - Does it get something from Nat Dex that makes it broken? Don't get me wrong, I'm glad this Pokémon isn't a receiver.
God in Gen 9 GG and shouldn't be here (for now)
Terapagos - Tera makes this Pokémon broken and that doesn't exist here. Very happy to see this be legal :3. Could potentially be a problem due to its good movepool, but I'm not worried. My opinion on Terapagos in a nutshell
Formatting
Xerneas is still listed as a God even though it is banned outright
Mega Gengar is listed as a God even though it has no legal ability and its completely unusable. Should be moved to the Banlist
I think a "Restricted, does not pass good stats" list would be helpful as the VR is still a WIP
What does Swift Swim as a "god" mean? I assume it means "if the Pokémon has swift swim on your team it is counted as your god". I think that's clunky and I would just ban the ability as no "god tier" Pokémon have the ability. If (for example) something like Drizzle got the same treatment that would be a different case as Kyogre is a "god tier" Pokémon with Drizzle.
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When I put terapagos in the teambuilder, it shows as legal.
that's because terapagos is legal
Swift swim is restricted, not a god, its just that all the other restricted pokemon happen to be gods/pokemon that are broken with god support
deoxys defense is a god because as a receiver its broken
i don't like talking about pokemon that are broken in gen 9 gg because this is a very different metagame, but heres a brief rundown of the guys who you listed
crawdaunt: this mon is ass, like yeah you can give it a good speed stat but even then it doesn't hit THAT hard relative to other stuff in the metagame
gholdengo: honestly this mon is fine, no tera means you can check it reliably and stuff like mola keeps it in check
gouging fire: no tera = this guy is fine its already got such great stats that donating to it is kinda hard
gliscor: same as prior, also we have hidden power for ice coverage for mons that need it
hearthflame: could maybe go? honestly not insanely terrible due to the abundance of dragon types like etern/gouging but it can def be an issue
palafin: this mon kinda ass ngl, pretty hard to donate to outside of speed and again the abundance of dragon types gives it issues (also again no tera)
raging bolt: this guy is a total nonissue, never been a problem since it cant tera and common pokemon like ferrothron just stonewall the guy totally
shifu rs: same as prior, no tera, band sets are alr but generally single is better and that guy isnt an issue either
im of the opinion that regieleki is actually just really ass, yeah even if you do give it 120 spa from arc or 145 from etern thats not gonna help it deal more than 0% to ground types and the lack of tera means you dont get the cheesy ass boltbeam coverage, koko is better since you get stab coverage and have more team utility
shuckle is just bad, god sets are rlly mu dependant and you only have 2 pokemon that are even remotely buffed, the others just get gutted or are entirely regular mons, hp receiver sets are funny but shuckle is quite literally the most passive pokemon ever you threaten 0 damage and shit like mola just uses you as u turn fodder
ape ban im fine w/ rage fist is stupid af but idrc if it stays
i feel like bax is pretty stupid but like everyone just forgot about it???? literally seen it on ladder twice
pult im honestly fine with since its so frail and its set is telegraphed on preview due to the stat its receiving
kyurem sux mega turbo butt its too slow and if you give it speed reciever its too frail and lacks boosting
volc is fine, mola beats it and tox is so widespread also no tera
Power Construct is now banned!
There is a bug currently present where Power Construct, despite being restricted, can be used alongside other gods. Because of this, we thought it would just be best to ban Power Construct outright. tagging dhelmise to implement, thanks!I'll also be stepping down as TL, due to exams coming up and generally losing a lot of interest in the tier. I'll still be sticking around in council for a bit, but its been a fun ride with the tier and I hope to see it do well in the future.
just finished open with a strong 2nd place so heres the builder dump w/ very minor ruminations on each team
teams i used in tour:
- pretty standard TR, get maro in and click buttons, pray you dont load into spa receiver gren like i did
- raichu a eterrain team, this guy is a certified clicker just try and keep hazards off to cheese stuff w/ sash. played like ass with it in finals tho
- extremely half baked team idea, needs more time in the oven but the rough idea was mixed z elec zeraora to nuke alo structures with support from hamu/bax. need to iron out a lot of kinks though
- talonflame base deoxys ho, please restrict hoopa u this guy is not ok :pray:
- throwback to when i solved the ladder w1, hard stall is VERY funny, and av alo is nigh unkillable. nothing changed from when i posted this team originally because it is perfect
assorted chaff from my builder for open/ladder:
- NDM/Unec HO i built, built this for finals but didnt load it since it didnt feel right in practice matches
- possibly the funniest thing ive built but this was just not consistent at all and it wasnt fixable unless i ship of theseus'd it
- yveltal build i had, impossible to describe but something about it just felt off, and i kept getting blown open too much for me to like the team
- idc if its not broken can we ban mega gengar because holy shit this guy is annoying as hell to deal with
- hellspawn Danbear02 passed me, i respected my opponents enough to not bring this in a tournament match however
i dont have the team since i changed it out when it got banned but BrisingrDraconis can confirm there's a replay somewhere of my zyg c taking 12% from a xurkitree hidden power ice. it exists, i just don't know where
also tier is peak just ban gengar mega and restrict swampertite to stay consistent on rulings and its perfect. also ban shuckle because that guy is stupid!!!!!!
thanks:
Danbear02 practice match goat and builder of insane shit
LordBox thanks for helping me with practice asw
Xurkiyee great guy to bounce ideas off of
teams i used in tour:
- pretty standard TR, get maro in and click buttons, pray you dont load into spa receiver gren like i did - raichu a eterrain team, this guy is a certified clicker just try and keep hazards off to cheese stuff w/ sash. played like ass with it in finals tho - extremely half baked team idea, needs more time in the oven but the rough idea was mixed z elec zeraora to nuke alo structures with support from hamu/bax. need to iron out a lot of kinks though - talonflame base deoxys ho, please restrict hoopa u this guy is not ok :pray: - throwback to when i solved the ladder w1, hard stall is VERY funny, and av alo is nigh unkillable. nothing changed from when i posted this team originally because it is perfectassorted chaff from my builder for open/ladder:
- NDM/Unec HO i built, built this for finals but didnt load it since it didnt feel right in practice matches - possibly the funniest thing ive built but this was just not consistent at all and it wasnt fixable unless i ship of theseus'd it - yveltal build i had, impossible to describe but something about it just felt off, and i kept getting blown open too much for me to like the team - idc if its not broken can we ban mega gengar because holy shit this guy is annoying as hell to deal with - hellspawn Danbear02 passed me, i respected my opponents enough to not bring this in a tournament match howeveri dont have the team since i changed it out when it got banned but BrisingrDraconis can confirm there's a replay somewhere of my zyg c taking 12% from a xurkitree hidden power ice. it exists, i just don't know where
also tier is peak just ban gengar mega and restrict swampertite to stay consistent on rulings and its perfect. also ban shuckle because that guy is stupid!!!!!!
thanks:
Danbear02 practice match goat and builder of insane shit
LordBox thanks for helping me with practice asw
Xurkiyee great guy to bounce ideas off of
I'm very glad I got into this tier; not only has it been a blast to play, but playing against a fellow Spectrier about15gals in Finals is always fun. Shoutout to them for being a great testing partner and player.
Here are the teams I built these past couple of months playing the tier.
This is a fairly standard HO. I tried multiple different attack receivers including Blaziken and Crawdaunt, but they each ended up being subpar. While MAero already has a 135 attack stat, the extra bump is very nice and its natural speed tier helps clean games, outspeeding Eternatus even with an Adamant Nature. Special Attacking Gren and Speed Gholdengo are obvious choices and very powerful; I swapped to FightZ for Finals, but GhostZ is generally more consistent IMO.
Genius quote from about: "danbear typa guy to run speed receiver heatran and then click roar". The only reason I had Roar was because for some reason I thought the Terapagos on about's Eternatus Raichu team was Rest but I must have misremembered. I built this as basically a cteam to that team and I loaded into it so the game went fairly smooth. Mega Diancie in any decent HP slot is really broken. Thats all I really have to say about the team, fairly standard Mola BO squad that I built in 5 minutes before Finals.
Another fairly normal BO, this was a slight tweak to my old GroudonKix to help it handle Pinscir better, which I knew about really liked. No hazard control is a bit awkward but I couldn't really find a way to fit it easily.
HP MAggron is pretty bonkers. Didn't want to run Scarf Lele so ran Scarf Eternatus here which is actually really threatening with Draco and obliterates anything offensive.
The OG Groudon Lokix team. NP>HP Ice on Alakazam, otherwise team is basically perfect.
The original had Mantine>Slowking, but I needed Dragon Tail for Espeon stuff. Apparently played against PokeAim and Blunder with this one and ended up on the Youtube video, wanted to save it for tour and then ended up never loading it lol.
My first experiment with God-less teams. This team is actually pretty solid, but definitely not the best way to build no-Gods.
Ok now my crown jewel
I genuinely think Shuckle should be banned. Chansey and Blissey are banned for basically the exact same reason Shuckle is, so it doesn't make sense to have it freed. In fact, Shuckle is often better because while Chansey and Blissey would make 1 unkillable monster, Shuckle can make 2. Umbreon is here as Ultra Necrozma counterplay.
Espeon is the best defense receiver in the game IMO; Magic Guard means you cannot phaze it out without Dragon Tail (hence why I have it on nearly all of my other teams), and with Stored Power and Draining Kiss you OHKO pretty much everything once set up. Most Physical attackers cannot touch you, and any Dark types that could just heal you to full instead. Kee Berry>Z means that if you ever get hit you are even more unbreakable physically; notably it helps against attack receivers like Choice Band Lokix and Samurott-Hisui that have priority.
Dondozo is chosen for the Special defense receiver; I'm less sure about this choice but it takes 30 from Raging Bolt Thunderbolt so it can't really be that bad. Waterfall+Avalanche beat pretty much everything, though Body Press could be better to stop Alomomola from stalling you out. Ability Shield means that Ultra Necrozma cannot just set up and use Light that Burns the Sky to bypass Unaware.
The other members were kinda just chosen to support the 2 abusers. I'm sure this team can be optimized further. I'd legit ban Shuckle because of this strategy; it is insanely consistent and is nearly impossible to counter in-game or in the builder.
Tier is really fun. Mola is annoying, Shuckle is broken, UNecro is maybe problematic, but other than that I have no qualms with NDGG as it stands. So much versatility and freedom in the builder leads to great play experience.
Here are the teams I built these past couple of months playing the tier.
This is a fairly standard HO. I tried multiple different attack receivers including Blaziken and Crawdaunt, but they each ended up being subpar. While MAero already has a 135 attack stat, the extra bump is very nice and its natural speed tier helps clean games, outspeeding Eternatus even with an Adamant Nature. Special Attacking Gren and Speed Gholdengo are obvious choices and very powerful; I swapped to FightZ for Finals, but GhostZ is generally more consistent IMO.
Genius quote from about: "danbear typa guy to run speed receiver heatran and then click roar". The only reason I had Roar was because for some reason I thought the Terapagos on about's Eternatus Raichu team was Rest but I must have misremembered. I built this as basically a cteam to that team and I loaded into it so the game went fairly smooth. Mega Diancie in any decent HP slot is really broken. Thats all I really have to say about the team, fairly standard Mola BO squad that I built in 5 minutes before Finals.
Another fairly normal BO, this was a slight tweak to my old GroudonKix to help it handle Pinscir better, which I knew about really liked. No hazard control is a bit awkward but I couldn't really find a way to fit it easily.
HP MAggron is pretty bonkers. Didn't want to run Scarf Lele so ran Scarf Eternatus here which is actually really threatening with Draco and obliterates anything offensive.
The OG Groudon Lokix team. NP>HP Ice on Alakazam, otherwise team is basically perfect.
The original had Mantine>Slowking, but I needed Dragon Tail for Espeon stuff. Apparently played against PokeAim and Blunder with this one and ended up on the Youtube video, wanted to save it for tour and then ended up never loading it lol.
My first experiment with God-less teams. This team is actually pretty solid, but definitely not the best way to build no-Gods.
Ok now my crown jewel
I genuinely think Shuckle should be banned. Chansey and Blissey are banned for basically the exact same reason Shuckle is, so it doesn't make sense to have it freed. In fact, Shuckle is often better because while Chansey and Blissey would make 1 unkillable monster, Shuckle can make 2. Umbreon is here as Ultra Necrozma counterplay.
Espeon is the best defense receiver in the game IMO; Magic Guard means you cannot phaze it out without Dragon Tail (hence why I have it on nearly all of my other teams), and with Stored Power and Draining Kiss you OHKO pretty much everything once set up. Most Physical attackers cannot touch you, and any Dark types that could just heal you to full instead. Kee Berry>Z means that if you ever get hit you are even more unbreakable physically; notably it helps against attack receivers like Choice Band Lokix and Samurott-Hisui that have priority.
Dondozo is chosen for the Special defense receiver; I'm less sure about this choice but it takes 30 from Raging Bolt Thunderbolt so it can't really be that bad. Waterfall+Avalanche beat pretty much everything, though Body Press could be better to stop Alomomola from stalling you out. Ability Shield means that Ultra Necrozma cannot just set up and use Light that Burns the Sky to bypass Unaware.
The other members were kinda just chosen to support the 2 abusers. I'm sure this team can be optimized further. I'd legit ban Shuckle because of this strategy; it is insanely consistent and is nearly impossible to counter in-game or in the builder.
Tier is really fun. Mola is annoying, Shuckle is broken, UNecro is maybe problematic, but other than that I have no qualms with NDGG as it stands. So much versatility and freedom in the builder leads to great play experience.
Our team is going to be officially out based on boingk's analysis in the main tour thread so I'm just going to just do this post now since the team I'm using is already done and I'll probably just edit it to include it after. Had a blast this tour can't way to run it back next season. Thank you to Ember Celica Qbking3 for drafting, great managers great environment and a thanks for all testers both inside our team and out.
Teams in order of screenshot above.
https://pokepast.es/99aea1d0e7353478 - Pink Offense
https://pokepast.es/a0aefdae239048fd - Imogen Heap Sand
https://pokepast.es/73949aca01da79d6 - No Nick Ho-Oh Bulky Offense
https://pokepast.es/96960a4f70d4b895 - Aladdin Genie Offense
Week 1 - Getting back into the groove wanted to just stick to something standardish, felt like Zacian-C was going to be a decentish pick but wasn't sure structure. Decided to go with Psyspam inspired by when Uta used it last tour against my screens, and I never used it in tour so figured it may throw off any scouts (a common theme every week that I felt has helped kept things fresh for me). Loaded into an NDM bulky offense where there was too much overlapping pressure via Zam, Pult, Zacian-C granted I had to dance around Lando-T scarf a bit. Soft into things like Ultra NDM but there generally isnt a turn it should be able to set up for free which is best way to deal with something like that. Most of my ideas for this week were old things I didnt use but largely untested so once that Psyspam felt good I kept it to that.
Week 2 - facing gals, tttech, xystarshine so another stump week where I cooked bunch of teams then decided on the sand above. Week progressed I know I wanted to use Tang from talking about it in another channel. I decided to go with a Sand team, with Arc-Water to cover possible stuff like Ho-Oh, with Fire Blast to lure in and break stuff like M-Sciz and Ferro which could be problematic. Faced Scarf Kyurem-W where Tang chewed all its hits but got frozen. Honestly had an amazing matchup but game was very close, I only regret playing Celesteela like buns cause it owned, mon very underrated. Well played annihilape might be problematic for the sand. Some of the loose ideas I worked on Week 2 below.
Week 3 - Danbear was coming in as the newer GG player after a great run in the NDGG seasonal. I knew going in and I couldn't be weak to M-Aggron (Dan was spamming this a lot in games) and possibly The Demonic Shuckle Stall. Decided to just load the Ho-Oh one. Faced a tough matchup into M-Swamp rain but played the outs I could. Some ideas prepped for Week 3 below.
Week 4: Les was opp this week who was currently 0-3. Most of their losses were kind of unlucky though so wasn't going to count anything out. After making like 14 or so drafts of teams I ended up sticking to the Genie Offense above, inspired by the old Genie Offenses of XY OU in Gen 6. Wanted to make Aegislash work and felt like I finally did. Loaded into a generic M-Sciz balance, which I sort of was expecting which stopped me from loading the Yveltal team I had planned (funnily enough Les loaded Yveltal). Screenshot below of various things I worked on in preparation for Week 4.
That's about it for that.
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Meta thoughts: Not a whole lot to say, the meta is a sandbox of a lot of things some work better than others, you prep for certain god structures and play around the off meta stuff where needed. Lots of pivots and stuff to soak things in the format so it's generally well rounded, especially not having to worry about Tera is nice too. Saw a lot of cool stuff when running tests this season by people on other teams so lots of good cooks in the kitchen. I have tolerated Mola more this season than last seeing as you need to build a 6 that completely invalidates its presence, granted it can be a bit warping at times. Has its pros and cons for sure. Not totally convinced anything is super broken but I would likely considering hard banning Shuckle so we dont end up dealing those kind of structures in the future. Otherwise metagame is really fun. See y'all next season.
Teams in order of screenshot above.
https://pokepast.es/99aea1d0e7353478 - Pink Offense
https://pokepast.es/a0aefdae239048fd - Imogen Heap Sand
https://pokepast.es/73949aca01da79d6 - No Nick Ho-Oh Bulky Offense
https://pokepast.es/96960a4f70d4b895 - Aladdin Genie Offense
Week 1 - Getting back into the groove wanted to just stick to something standardish, felt like Zacian-C was going to be a decentish pick but wasn't sure structure. Decided to go with Psyspam inspired by when Uta used it last tour against my screens, and I never used it in tour so figured it may throw off any scouts (a common theme every week that I felt has helped kept things fresh for me). Loaded into an NDM bulky offense where there was too much overlapping pressure via Zam, Pult, Zacian-C granted I had to dance around Lando-T scarf a bit. Soft into things like Ultra NDM but there generally isnt a turn it should be able to set up for free which is best way to deal with something like that. Most of my ideas for this week were old things I didnt use but largely untested so once that Psyspam felt good I kept it to that.
Week 2 - facing gals, tttech, xystarshine so another stump week where I cooked bunch of teams then decided on the sand above. Week progressed I know I wanted to use Tang from talking about it in another channel. I decided to go with a Sand team, with Arc-Water to cover possible stuff like Ho-Oh, with Fire Blast to lure in and break stuff like M-Sciz and Ferro which could be problematic. Faced Scarf Kyurem-W where Tang chewed all its hits but got frozen. Honestly had an amazing matchup but game was very close, I only regret playing Celesteela like buns cause it owned, mon very underrated. Well played annihilape might be problematic for the sand. Some of the loose ideas I worked on Week 2 below.
Week 3 - Danbear was coming in as the newer GG player after a great run in the NDGG seasonal. I knew going in and I couldn't be weak to M-Aggron (Dan was spamming this a lot in games) and possibly The Demonic Shuckle Stall. Decided to just load the Ho-Oh one. Faced a tough matchup into M-Swamp rain but played the outs I could. Some ideas prepped for Week 3 below.
Week 4: Les was opp this week who was currently 0-3. Most of their losses were kind of unlucky though so wasn't going to count anything out. After making like 14 or so drafts of teams I ended up sticking to the Genie Offense above, inspired by the old Genie Offenses of XY OU in Gen 6. Wanted to make Aegislash work and felt like I finally did. Loaded into a generic M-Sciz balance, which I sort of was expecting which stopped me from loading the Yveltal team I had planned (funnily enough Les loaded Yveltal). Screenshot below of various things I worked on in preparation for Week 4.
That's about it for that.
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Meta thoughts: Not a whole lot to say, the meta is a sandbox of a lot of things some work better than others, you prep for certain god structures and play around the off meta stuff where needed. Lots of pivots and stuff to soak things in the format so it's generally well rounded, especially not having to worry about Tera is nice too. Saw a lot of cool stuff when running tests this season by people on other teams so lots of good cooks in the kitchen. I have tolerated Mola more this season than last seeing as you need to build a 6 that completely invalidates its presence, granted it can be a bit warping at times. Has its pros and cons for sure. Not totally convinced anything is super broken but I would likely considering hard banning Shuckle so we dont end up dealing those kind of structures in the future. Otherwise metagame is really fun. See y'all next season.
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hi! AM's post inspired me to make my own dump after our team is sadly officially out of NDAMPL. had lots of fun prepping and playing, was really excited to come back to the tier after the seasonal and the ladder sessions. i was happy to play against such good players. sadly didnt have many chances to test but I'm happy I could express myself through my teams and gameplay. wanna thank my teammates and friends who made this a fun ride, we'll be back 
btw if someone wants to play godly gift just hmu! i love this tier
WEEK 1 team 
https://pokepast.es/a2ffd2ca4742e59a
wanted to load hyperoffense with deoxys-A as I love that pokémon and used it in a RoA ADV ubers room-tour so I got super inspired. sadly it's banned, so I had to use his less swag form. diancie suicide lead to prevent hazards and set my own rocks up, fast raging bolt with cm+dmeteor to hit super hard unexpectedly and be faster than scarfers, pretty straightforward greninja. deo could also be sash, and kartana swords dance. I love the annihilape set, really bulky and able to set up on a lot of things, faster than base 100 mons univested and its bulk allows it to live lots of things. i personally really like this team
JUSTIN BIEBER team
https://pokepast.es/0fcd7dc26f085fff
im swag king, so I loved justin's latest album "SWAG". when listening to it I got inspired to finish building a crazy TR team around Crawdaunt, that I started in February/March iirc while I was also prepping for the Italian room SIBB tournament. the team only had crawdaunt and calyrex, so I decided to work on it and finish it. at the end I didn't bring this as I didn't think it could help me win seriously, but it's a really fun team and very good into offense
SUN - ULTRA WHIMSICOTT TEAM
https://pokepast.es/b396db9507a5d50f
tired of playing vs it in DOU and VGC, decided to build a team (when the ladder still existed) using its Chlorophyll ability to the fullest, making it the powerful sweeper it should be hahaha. jokes aside, I think this is a cool idea, but it's limited as the Sun archetype forces you to choose certain mons, and this team lacks the defensive ability to stop some of the premier threats in the tier. maybe someone else could develop this idea further, pushing Whimsicott to the edge or using a 2nd sun setter as Groudon.
RAIN - I LIKE SUMMER TEAM
https://pokepast.es/e2c440eac1daa365
this team is an alternative team I built to provide much needed bulk to the aforementioned Annihilape, so I had to change its spread. As a rain team I had to put Ferro (fast so it power whip Alomomola) and Mega-Scizor HP receiver, so that I could weaken their main weakness, fire. Lando-I to shot Sandsear Storms sounds like an awesome wallbreaker, until you are against AV Alomomola. the rest of the team provides a solid structure, with different mons who can be the win conditions.
FAT HO-OH 
:ironhands: https://pokepast.es/ab7e0b8eabe2214f
fat bulky team only for good clickers that I built for my brother ThundergamesPT2 (I forgot it was standard Gen9 GG but it worked either way, we are the best haha). big balance, pretty defensive but if you have a win-con among Dnite, Ho-Oh, Iron Hands, or Dondozo it's done. I love Clefable, giving it Ho-Oh's defense + CM makes it really annoying, you could opt for that set and recovery over this one. Dozo hits like a truck and Hands is superbulky, it can wallbreak or clean in the late-game. Dnite with Roost for extra longevity. Ho-Oh + Glowking double regen core is awesome here.
WEEK 2 ZACIAN
https://pokepast.es/9e3bc34d867aee37
as every game in this tour, I was vs really great players, so I wanted to bring great teams, trying to play as best as I could. sadly I lost and I was sad after Clef T-wave miss, but I was satisfied of how I played and managed my tools throughout the game. this team is very good imo, it can check most threats and Zacian's wallbreaking capacity is incredible, fast Hands can put in a lot of work too! another version had mega Alakazam over Latios (https://pokepast.es/8bc7ce6283402bfc)
DESESPERADOS
https://pokepast.es/2e399e3fb829b161
29th june I went to a Rauw Alejandro concert, I knew like 3 songs, but I had fun. one song of his is titled "Desesperados", and that's how I play sometimes when I'm tired lol. and what's most mentally tiring than a difficult drawn out match vs stall. I tried building this stall team, idk its real effectiveness, it could be good vs some teams.
WEEK 3 KYUREM GOD
https://pokepast.es/dd118459e2b2b777
BW is one of my main tiers, and seeing Kyurem Black being a God feels strange. But this dragon having Ddance + Icicle Spear + Scale Shot + electric coverage makes it super strong. really swag! I wanted Z-Celebrate Victini to shine more, it has lots of potential, but KyuB took the spotlight. Diancie HP receiver + H-Samu Att + Clef Def + Ting-Lu Sp. Def are some of my staples, and in this team they all fit well next to each other, providing hazard control among other things.
ARAQUANID FAR FROM HOME
https://pokepast.es/4aec6add12092c23
wanted to share this team I used to win in a set in the seasonal months ago. webs aren't vital but they can help a lot. lots of water resists here to stop urshifu; Latias with this HP stat can clean up late game, banded Rillaboom to counter psyspam and have some immediate firepower, Clef+Araquanid+Ting-Lu defensive core. SpiderMan!
I AM GLISCOR https://pokepast.es/e2dcba84460dc243
gliscor is one of my favorite mons design wise, really swag! here it's not a god unlike standard Gen9 GG, so my goal was to create a team that could maximize its impact, and this team is the result. bulky Necrozma DM is bulky and has recovery, can DD and use its STAB + Knock Off, tried to support it with a good balance offense team that could offer hazard support, checks to major threats and wallbreaking power. Hoopa is awesome vs defensive mons, and its berry allows it to absorb one U-turn from Lando or other attackers.
BLUNDER / PAPERATA
https://pokepast.es/c8ae414a81b99038
had to share this team. I thought it was awesome, until the day later I played it and I finally realized I had two mega evolutions ahah! the idea is great tho
WEEK 5 MY BEST ONE YET
https://pokepast.es/a5cf980bc48d716f
week 4 I used a team my friend Mok3s gave me, thank you! sadly I played pretty badly and lost, so I had to make this up and I had to lock in to help my team reach the playoffs. I tried to build some many different teams and I had close to zero input and I was undecided on which team to bring even 10 seconds before the match. I built so many teams and still was unsure, but I remembered my master Fener's teachings and his awesome hair, so I focused and decided to bring this team, even if I had already used it twice in the seasonal. I think it's my best team in terms of enjoyment, I really like it and I think it can manage most matchups, Cloyster is a beast even if he misses Rock Blast (I was almost throwing my phone haha). special AV threads is incredible, it can hit hard with its STABs, spin and pivot with Volt Switch. swag set!
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I really enjoyed playing this tour, I like the meta, it gives lots of space to freedom and creativity and I think that's what makes it interesting
hope y'all like my teams and what I had to say, thanks for reading
btw if someone wants to play godly gift just hmu! i love this tierWEEK 1 team
https://pokepast.es/a2ffd2ca4742e59awanted to load hyperoffense with deoxys-A as I love that pokémon and used it in a RoA ADV ubers room-tour so I got super inspired. sadly it's banned, so I had to use his less swag form. diancie suicide lead to prevent hazards and set my own rocks up, fast raging bolt with cm+dmeteor to hit super hard unexpectedly and be faster than scarfers, pretty straightforward greninja. deo could also be sash, and kartana swords dance. I love the annihilape set, really bulky and able to set up on a lot of things, faster than base 100 mons univested and its bulk allows it to live lots of things. i personally really like this team
JUSTIN BIEBER team
https://pokepast.es/0fcd7dc26f085fffim swag king, so I loved justin's latest album "SWAG". when listening to it I got inspired to finish building a crazy TR team around Crawdaunt, that I started in February/March iirc while I was also prepping for the Italian room SIBB tournament. the team only had crawdaunt and calyrex, so I decided to work on it and finish it. at the end I didn't bring this as I didn't think it could help me win seriously, but it's a really fun team and very good into offense
SUN - ULTRA WHIMSICOTT TEAM
https://pokepast.es/b396db9507a5d50ftired of playing vs it in DOU and VGC, decided to build a team (when the ladder still existed) using its Chlorophyll ability to the fullest, making it the powerful sweeper it should be hahaha. jokes aside, I think this is a cool idea, but it's limited as the Sun archetype forces you to choose certain mons, and this team lacks the defensive ability to stop some of the premier threats in the tier. maybe someone else could develop this idea further, pushing Whimsicott to the edge or using a 2nd sun setter as Groudon.
RAIN - I LIKE SUMMER TEAM
https://pokepast.es/e2c440eac1daa365this team is an alternative team I built to provide much needed bulk to the aforementioned Annihilape, so I had to change its spread. As a rain team I had to put Ferro (fast so it power whip Alomomola) and Mega-Scizor HP receiver, so that I could weaken their main weakness, fire. Lando-I to shot Sandsear Storms sounds like an awesome wallbreaker, until you are against AV Alomomola. the rest of the team provides a solid structure, with different mons who can be the win conditions.
FAT HO-OH
:ironhands: https://pokepast.es/ab7e0b8eabe2214ffat bulky team only for good clickers that I built for my brother ThundergamesPT2 (I forgot it was standard Gen9 GG but it worked either way, we are the best haha). big balance, pretty defensive but if you have a win-con among Dnite, Ho-Oh, Iron Hands, or Dondozo it's done. I love Clefable, giving it Ho-Oh's defense + CM makes it really annoying, you could opt for that set and recovery over this one. Dozo hits like a truck and Hands is superbulky, it can wallbreak or clean in the late-game. Dnite with Roost for extra longevity. Ho-Oh + Glowking double regen core is awesome here.
WEEK 2 ZACIAN
https://pokepast.es/9e3bc34d867aee37as every game in this tour, I was vs really great players, so I wanted to bring great teams, trying to play as best as I could. sadly I lost and I was sad after Clef T-wave miss, but I was satisfied of how I played and managed my tools throughout the game. this team is very good imo, it can check most threats and Zacian's wallbreaking capacity is incredible, fast Hands can put in a lot of work too! another version had mega Alakazam over Latios (https://pokepast.es/8bc7ce6283402bfc)
DESESPERADOS
https://pokepast.es/2e399e3fb829b16129th june I went to a Rauw Alejandro concert, I knew like 3 songs, but I had fun. one song of his is titled "Desesperados", and that's how I play sometimes when I'm tired lol. and what's most mentally tiring than a difficult drawn out match vs stall. I tried building this stall team, idk its real effectiveness, it could be good vs some teams.
WEEK 3 KYUREM GOD
https://pokepast.es/dd118459e2b2b777BW is one of my main tiers, and seeing Kyurem Black being a God feels strange. But this dragon having Ddance + Icicle Spear + Scale Shot + electric coverage makes it super strong. really swag! I wanted Z-Celebrate Victini to shine more, it has lots of potential, but KyuB took the spotlight. Diancie HP receiver + H-Samu Att + Clef Def + Ting-Lu Sp. Def are some of my staples, and in this team they all fit well next to each other, providing hazard control among other things.
ARAQUANID FAR FROM HOME
https://pokepast.es/4aec6add12092c23wanted to share this team I used to win in a set in the seasonal months ago. webs aren't vital but they can help a lot. lots of water resists here to stop urshifu; Latias with this HP stat can clean up late game, banded Rillaboom to counter psyspam and have some immediate firepower, Clef+Araquanid+Ting-Lu defensive core. SpiderMan!
I AM GLISCOR
https://pokepast.es/e2dcba84460dc243gliscor is one of my favorite mons design wise, really swag! here it's not a god unlike standard Gen9 GG, so my goal was to create a team that could maximize its impact, and this team is the result. bulky Necrozma DM is bulky and has recovery, can DD and use its STAB + Knock Off, tried to support it with a good balance offense team that could offer hazard support, checks to major threats and wallbreaking power. Hoopa is awesome vs defensive mons, and its berry allows it to absorb one U-turn from Lando or other attackers.
BLUNDER / PAPERATA
https://pokepast.es/c8ae414a81b99038had to share this team. I thought it was awesome, until the day later I played it and I finally realized I had two mega evolutions ahah! the idea is great tho
WEEK 5 MY BEST ONE YET
https://pokepast.es/a5cf980bc48d716fweek 4 I used a team my friend Mok3s gave me, thank you! sadly I played pretty badly and lost, so I had to make this up and I had to lock in to help my team reach the playoffs. I tried to build some many different teams and I had close to zero input and I was undecided on which team to bring even 10 seconds before the match. I built so many teams and still was unsure, but I remembered my master Fener's teachings and his awesome hair, so I focused and decided to bring this team, even if I had already used it twice in the seasonal. I think it's my best team in terms of enjoyment, I really like it and I think it can manage most matchups, Cloyster is a beast even if he misses Rock Blast (I was almost throwing my phone haha). special AV threads is incredible, it can hit hard with its STABs, spin and pivot with Volt Switch. swag set!
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I really enjoyed playing this tour, I like the meta, it gives lots of space to freedom and creativity and I think that's what makes it interesting
hope y'all like my teams and what I had to say, thanks for reading