Tournament Hackmons Premier League II - Week 4

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Welcome to the fourth week of HPL II! Let’s get into this week’s matchups-


:necrozma-ultra: Nefarious Necrozmas (2) vs. (0) Sigma Star Kyogres :kyogre-primal:
SV BH: Chessking345 vs NightEdge
SV BH: Taka vs FlamPoke
SS BH: Ballfire vs Kabilapok
SM BH: quojova vs Mickle314
ND BH: big tony 2014 vs maybca
SM PH: Podra vs adriancosmoem
ORAS PH: damflame 3 vs realExcaliju
ORAS PH Bo3: teamo vs jb291

:ampharos-mega: Pink Giraffes (0) vs. (0) Nihilistic Nihilegos :nihilego:
SV BH: Glory vs pannu
SV BH: Wheaty vs One Last Kiss
SS BH: Jqlove vs Tanny89k
SM BH: jasprose vs QT
ND BH: Clas vs TTTech
SM PH: Treeko928 vs aidan amoongus
ORAS PH: LycanrocWastaken vs NToTheN
ORAS PH Bo3: sussyamongusdrip vs GhastlyPixie

:smeargle: Smurfing Smeargles (0) vs. (0) Auramaxxing Turboblazers :reshiram:
SV BH: ANinjaDude vs SpaceSpeakers
SV BH: hybone vs Jojen
SS BH: Nihilslave vs MAMP
SM BH: anaconja vs Ineros
ND BH: XxLazzerpenguinxX vs AM
SM PH: cscl vs betathunder
ORAS PH: Sheep Liver vs lag=bad
ORAS PH Bo3: Ransei vs berry

Good luck to all of the teams!

Deadline for this week is <t:1756699140:f>​
 
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:necrozma-ultra: Nefarious Necrozmas (1) vs. (2) Sigma Star Kyogres :kyogre-primal:

Podra (30) vs Adrian Cosmoem (70)
Adrian is a very respectful builder and player so I’m leaning towards him.

Damflame 3 (55) vs Excaliju (45)
I think Damflame is the better clicker and has better support.

Teamo (40) vs JB291 (60)
JB is really good so I favor them here. Teamo is not to be underestimated tho.


:smeargle: Smurfing Smeargles (2) vs. (1) Auramaxxing Turboblazers :reshiram:

CSCL (70) vs BetaThunder (30)
I’ve not been impressed with beta at all this tour and CSCL is just really good.

Sheep Liver (45) vs Lag=Bad (55)
Sheep has better support but lag is the better and less predictable player. I’m not counting sheep out tho.

Ransei (60) vs Berry (40)
Ransei is the better clicker and builder imo. Hopefully this week they take a break from losing.
 
Very even team mus

:ampharos-mega: Pink Giraffes (1) [1.33] vs. [1.67] (1) Nihilistic Nihilegos :nihilego:
USUM PH: Treeko928 (50) vs (50) aidan amoongus
Treeko is apparently motivated and both teams have more or less the same building quality. Playing skill disparity is also almost irrelevant
ORAS PH: LycanrocWastaken (32) vs (68) NToTheN
N is a much stronger pilot and has experience with a lot of random crap (harder to cteam --> harder to account for playing ability disparity on Lycanroc's part). However, Lycanroc probably pulls up with the scarier team, though they are a bit more one-dimensional so if N doesn't prep after a sleepless night or get Chatter haxed they should be good
ORAS PH Bo3: sussyamongusdrip (51) vs (49) GhastlyPixie
Playing skill is similar imo, but sussy is pretty versatile as a builder and the experience gap allows them to more accurately assess the viability of various off-meta ideas. N as support is nice but not quite enough – giving sussy the slightest edge

:smeargle: Smurfing Smeargles (1) [1.60] vs. [1.40] (1) Auramaxxing Turboblazers :reshiram:
USUM PH: cscl (70) vs (30) betathunder
beta has loaded similar teams for their entire run, and has already been punished pretty hard for it. I'm not willing to predict more than 70% in favor of anyone in this tier, however.
ORAS PH: Sheep Liver (40) vs (60) lag=bad
If lag preps correctly they're quite favored though the problem is doing so – Magic Bounce doesn't save you from No Guard SubPass, but ____ ____ might with careful play.
ORAS PH Bo3: Ransei (50) vs (50) berry
berry is a way better clicker, but while I don't exactly like Ransei's ORAS teams they are still more effective overall. Last time Ransei got lucky and should've lost g2 and berry has lag as building support this time so I would bold them here, but Ransei has also gained some familiarity with modern ORAS compared to last year. Too close to call imo, should be a fun one
 
6-4, top games were right for sure

SV BH: Glory vs pannu (40 - 60)
Glory brought a very unhinged HO last week, but I think pannu with experience dealing with HO already can fend it off with proper plays.

SV BH: Wheaty vs One Last Kiss (65 - 35)
I have never seen OLK play BH before, Wheaty seems to be exploring some other stuff and got a commanding matchup last week (though opposing team was sus). Main bonus.

SS BH: Jqlove vs Tanny89k (48 - 52)
Tanny grinded out 300+ turns and somehow won with PH Xern into Orb Imp, Jqlove held off a Nihilslave rain after almost getting swept by QD Dry Skin Magearna. I can't tell what is worse but Nihil's team looked more unhinged so I'll count that against Jqlove.

SM BH: jasprose vs QT (40 - 60)
In SM we continue to see players forgetting how to play (myself included) with stuff like QT blundering PH Xern away and anaconja getting PH Pogre paraed. I give this to QT because I saw some truly disgusting sets from jasprose.

ND BH: Clas vs TTTech (52 - 48)
TTTech reused I'm pretty sure and that loses all aura.

SV BH: ANinjaDude vs SpaceSpeakers (48 - 52)
SpaceSpeakers sucks, but Ninja's team last week leaves much to be desired I think.

SV BH: hybone vs Jojen (51 - 49)
I don't know if hybone will be able to pick up the tier again after so long, neither team's SV has been doing great, so I'll just bold the new name.

SS BH: Nihilslave vs MAMP (55 - 45)
MAMP got blasted by HO last week so we didn't get to see much, while Nihilslave almost won with unhinged rain. I think this is very close and comes down to prep which I think Nihil being more unhinged is favoured.

SM BH: anaconja vs Ineros (55 - 45)
anaconja has had a rough tour while Ineros has been doing quite well. I still think anaconja is favoured though its close because this tier is fucked.

ND BH: XxLazzerpenguinxX vs AM (55 - 45)
I'm ngl Sevag has not brought like anything interesting, with last week's team being one of the most boring teams of all time and I don't even think it was particularly good prep into Clas which is disappointing considering their ND core. Reshiram's ND is also struggling though and so I still think Sevag is favoured (though Reshirams had good prep last week just misplayed heavily) but he needs to cook more.

Top 3 games of the week:
SM BH: quojova vs Mickle314
SS BH: Nihilslave vs MAMP
ORAS PH Bo3: Ransei vs berry
 
MAYO'S TOP 5 MATCHUPS HSIWJDJSJDJSJDJD (week :deoxys-speed:)

1. Ransei vs. berry (ORAS PH Bo3)
"what kind"
"Please don't tell me you're bringing Harvest spam..."

2. anaconja vs. Ineros (SM BH)
"btw me and FlamPoke and Ineros and rarre are a group deal if you dont draft us together im gonna be Mad"
Click to expand...

3. LycanrocWastaken vs. NToTheN (ORAS PH)
why aren't they in bo3 :huh:

4. sussyamongusdrip vs. GhastlyPixie (ORAS PH Bo3)
oh i see why

5. Glory vs. pannu (SV BH)
glory hated oras so much he metamorphosized into a bh main
 
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