WCOR World Cup of Randbats 2025 - Quarterfinals

[sharpclaw]

Hosted by bobomania, Javi, and sharpclaw

Logo by eva ​

Welcome to the fourth annual World Cup of Randbats! The field has been winnowed from 18 teams to 8, and it’s time for them to duke it out in the playoffs. Team China, after missing playoffs in '24, is back and looking to reestablish their dominance, but they'll have to make it past returning champions Team US Northeast if they want to bring the trophy home again. Teams Oceania, India, and US South have returned to the top 8 as well, and while Team Netherlands-née-Benelux didn't manage to clinch a spot this year, their absence has made room for exciting new contenders in Teams Latin America, United Kingdom, and first-seed Team Canada looking to finally make a name for themselves on the big stage.

Which team will earn the title of Random Battles World Champions? It’s time to find out!

Standard Tournament Procedures
Like all other tournaments on Smogon, the World Cup of Randbats will follow the general rules and guidelines. Please read them carefully. Also note that replays are required.

On Ghosting

When spectating WCOR battles, do not ghost. Ask yourself, “Would my comment reveal information that hasn’t already been explicitly revealed in this battle?” Examples of ghosting include commenting on how an unexpectedly fast Pokemon must be holding a Choice Scarf, speculating that the match will be decided by a tera coinflip, etc.

For a refresher on how substitutions and tiebreakers will function, see the Regular Season OP. Now, without further ado...

THE QUARTERFINALS

Bracket

Canada vs India
Gen 9 Random Battle (Bo5): Career Ended vs Piyu
Gen 9 Random Battle: 3d vs freezai
Gen 9 Random Battle: Batram vs myjava
Gen 9 Random Double Battle: Sapphire vs USN
Gen 8 Random Battle: TheHorrorHare vs Master Chief
Gen 7 Random Battle: Click>Think vs RaJ.Shoot
Gen 6 Random Battle: yerdunc vs Vioz
Gen 5 Random Battle: SEO vs Dj Breloominati♬
Gen 4 Random Battle: Texas Cloverleaf vs pj
Gen 3 Random Battle: blundergoth vs satvik123
Gen 2 Random Battle: Rage vs kingofking
Gen 1 Random Battle: GirlsSeeGhosts vs fatBatman

US South vs China
Gen 9 Random Battle (Bo5): GXE vs Separation
Gen 9 Random Battle: Kate vs Lechen
Gen 9 Random Battle: SEA vs Iza
Gen 9 Random Double Battle: Karthik vs zuzhouwawa
Gen 8 Random Battle: Typhlosion48 vs llxwd
Gen 7 Random Battle: Hacker vs ZowwyCafé♪
Gen 6 Random Battle: Pia vs Quagmander
Gen 5 Random Battle: flameingpigey2 vs dragonitenb
Gen 4 Random Battle: mdill97 vs ksicide
Gen 3 Random Battle: Xrn vs Indulge in dreams
Gen 2 Random Battle: Stories vs Yuudachi0811
Gen 1 Random Battle: royzin vs cscl

Latin America vs Oceania
Gen 9 Random Battle (Bo5): pokeblade101 vs JustOut459
Gen 9 Random Battle: ZDen vs Lucas2543
Gen 9 Random Battle: haxlolo vs Drifting
Gen 9 Random Double Battle: Grillo vs Wadley
Gen 8 Random Battle: Lets In The Sun vs Ghostilex
Gen 7 Random Battle: Hairoll vs damien the genius
Gen 6 Random Battle: ElectricityCat vs Tom Bus
Gen 5 Random Battle: JustFranco vs ninjadog
Gen 4 Random Battle: El químico del pueblucho vs O1V7O2X9O
Gen 3 Random Battle: Endill vs violet river
Gen 2 Random Battle: Luchik vs livid washed
Gen 1 Random Battle: Maris Bonibell vs magialice

US Northeast vs United Kingdom
Gen 9 Random Battle (Bo5): Buhrito vs MasterJ007
Gen 9 Random Battle: Fragments vs paysa
Gen 9 Random Battle: peap vs Icemaster
Gen 9 Random Double Battle: Arcticblast vs ionnss
Gen 8 Random Battle: BoRida vs Stareal
Gen 7 Random Battle: betathunder vs BigWes95
Gen 6 Random Battle: c0mp vs jyusaan
Gen 5 Random Battle: Monai vs Gypsy
Gen 4 Random Battle: edgy king vs anankaios
Gen 3 Random Battle: Jisoo vs Roginald
Gen 2 Random Battle: Lady Writer vs Mikon
Gen 1 Random Battle: Alpha Male Psyduck vs YBW
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The deadline for this round is Sunday, August 31st at 11:59pm GMT-4. Good luck, have fun, and may the strongest region prevail!

 

[Amaranth]

little bit of predictions

Canada (5) - (7) India
Gen 9 Random Battle (Bo5): Career Ended vs Piyu - i am VERY high on career ended i think hes been improving all around as a pokemon player and has reached a very respectable level. i drafted him in roapl in a tier he had few results for in a heartbeat and was not let down. however. it is Piyu on the other side and he is just outright one of the best gen9 players at the moment i think
Gen 9 Random Battle: 3d vs freezai - canada's only 1-4 slot vs more india modern gen goatedness
Gen 9 Random Battle: Batram vs myjava - was not familiar with this guy but apparently he is a ladder demon and very solidly translated to tournament. myjava is good but i slightly lean great player who is also a rands specialists over just great player
Gen 9 Random Double Battle: Sapphire vs USN - two players who are good and did well, sapphire won in r1 but gut tells me USN. i'm basically flipping a coin
Gen 8 Random Battle: TheHorrorHare vs Master Chief - where the hell is zap... chief is in solid shape
Gen 7 Random Battle: Click>Think vs RaJ.Shoot - didnt know this guy at all pretour but definitely seems in better shape than raj rn
Gen 6 Random Battle: yerdunc vs Vioz - two VERY good and underrated players, happy they both showed some insane stuff in R1, i expect very high quality gameplay likely decided by teamgen diff or by one well-placed crucial read for either side
Gen 5 Random Battle: SEO vs Dj Breloominati♬ - is and remains one of the top gen5 players
Gen 4 Random Battle: Texas Cloverleaf vs pj - wouldve bet money on pj doing well pretournament but luckily i am not a betting man. idk whats up with him but given R1 i have to bold opp
Gen 3 Random Battle: blundergoth vs satvik123 - satvik is kind of a legend, for some reason i feel like his style should work well in gen3
Gen 2 Random Battle: Rage vs kingofking - india finally figured out the secret to fixing their oldgen slots: just slot one of your infinite fairygen goats in them, they'll do fine enough. as long as king doesnt get jumpscared by some niche mechanic (have you guys told him about present?) or awful teamgen he should have this
Gen 1 Random Battle: GirlsSeeGhosts vs fatBatman - on paper, canadas strongest slot vs indias weakest. the batman did 3-1 in R1 so fair play to him, but im gonna need to see more before i fully believe that hes leveled up compared to past performances

US South (7) vs (5) China
Gen 9 Random Battle (Bo5): GXE vs Separation - insanely good player, in better form than the opponent
Gen 9 Random Battle: Kate vs Lechen - two good players in great shape, i think the wind of momentum is strong behind lechen but realistically close to a coinflip
Gen 9 Random Battle: SEA vs Iza - pretty much same as the above, both good, i expect a close match
Gen 9 Random Double Battle: Karthik vs zuzhouwawa - wawa is having a pretty insane year results wise, gotta back them here
Gen 8 Random Battle: Typhlosion48 vs llxwd - thats just the goat
Gen 7 Random Battle: Hacker vs ZowwyCafé♪ - zowwy went 5-0 but hacker went 4-1 and is hacker, so i bold him. will definitely need to see more of zowwycafé in tournaments though, that R1 was a fire introduction to the scene
Gen 6 Random Battle: Pia vs Quagmander - as long as he puts timer on
Gen 5 Random Battle: flameingpigey2 vs dragonitenb - pigey has slowed down a bit from the ridiculous hot streak across last wcor+rbtt cycle, but should still overall be better
Gen 4 Random Battle: mdill97 vs ksicide - ksicide struggled round 1 but he's a veteran of this slot, i still back him ahead of someone rather unproven in the other slot. its gen4 anyways, flip a coin
Gen 3 Random Battle: Xrn vs Indulge in dreams - very much could go either way, xrn has high highs and low lows while indulge is more consistent. if xrn has a good breakfast and is well energized on the day of the game he will take it
Gen 2 Random Battle: Stories vs Yuudachi0811 - i think stories is very good, yuudachi is not far behind
Gen 1 Random Battle: royzin vs cscl - like a 60-40 edge, royzin is a bit better at finding that sharp edge of aggression through predictions and riding it

Latin America (5) vs (7) Oceania
Gen 9 Random Battle (Bo5): pokeblade101 vs JustOut459 - its pokeblade101
Gen 9 Random Battle: ZDen vs Lucas2543 - huge fan of zden, both are good players with some flaws it will be close
Gen 9 Random Battle: haxlolo vs Drifting - painful to admit but drifting is good at random battles
Gen 9 Random Double Battle: Grillo vs Wadley - idk gut feeling
Gen 8 Random Battle: Lets In The Sun vs Ghostilex - two solid players, i value the rands specialist factor here
Gen 7 Random Battle: Hairoll vs damien the genius - he is a genius
Gen 6 Random Battle: ElectricityCat vs Tom Bus - i like ecat quite a lot i think he constantly plays better than the records he ends up getting
Gen 5 Random Battle: JustFranco vs ninjadog - two goats but ninjadog has a touch more rands experience so i guess slight lean to him
Gen 4 Random Battle: El químico del pueblucho vs O1V7O2X9O - wifi password the only player who makes gen4 look like a serious competitive environment right now
Gen 3 Random Battle: Endill vs violet river - normally id bold river but she appears checked out this tournament fsr
Gen 2 Random Battle: Luchik vs livid washed - livid has been on a downward trajectory after that period where he was near the top of the rands world, luchi was v solid in round 1
Gen 1 Random Battle: Maris Bonibell vs magialice - maris maybe not the sharpest player in terms of aggression but just doesnt make many errors at all, i am a big fan. alice has been good too

US Northeast (6) vs (6) United Kingdom running out of time to get full writeups for each game so you only get bolds sorry
Gen 9 Random Battle (Bo5): Buhrito vs MasterJ007
Gen 9 Random Battle: Fragments vs paysa
Gen 9 Random Battle: peap vs Icemaster
Gen 9 Random Double Battle: Arcticblast vs ionnss
Gen 8 Random Battle: BoRida vs Stareal
Gen 7 Random Battle: betathunder vs BigWes95
Gen 6 Random Battle: c0mp vs jyusaan
Gen 5 Random Battle: Monai vs Gypsy
Gen 4 Random Battle: edgy king vs anankaios (someone please contact senior staff to get his old account back this is silly)
Gen 3 Random Battle: Jisoo vs Roginald
Gen 2 Random Battle: Lady Writer vs Mikon (absolute heater best game of the whole round)
Gen 1 Random Battle: Alpha Male Psyduck vs YBW