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SV OU: Attribute vs ABR - there is some precedent to ABR losing while being an easy bold in the recent wcop tiebreakers. edit:
semis, same thing last important game
however, it's still abr and he's been on an insane tournament after what seemed like a relatively weak olt showing, absolutely dominating the tournament with stiff competition. i didn't know skarmory spikes were spammable in sv ou but it's working so i'm guessing he'll figure out team choice too. attri does some similar stuff with his team choice so clear highlight on both counts
SV Ubers: Fc vs GXE - fc has been an absolute monster this tournament (some guy in smogtours discord said his only loss was a luck which i will choose to believe, but at that record one of those wins is probably some luck anyway). this is probably the only ubers player in this tournament that should've been more than 10k, and for very good reason. a lot of talk about the fact that this tier sucks or whatever but farmers farm for a reason. a few people wanted the spartans to pick for etern, who has also had a generational run, but i think the advantage here is more clear. the gxe pick from the breakers is interesting, i thought they would put in entro because ubers has its intricacies but one week might be enough time for GXE to learn the ins and outs of the tier (obviously a great player)
SV RU: baconeatinassassin vs Santu - bacon has redeemed the spartans' one clear glaring weak spot, being 3-0 with some great play. hard to bold against santu in tiebreak. interesting choice of them not slotting etern in here after bro told me "i main everything" ok now :joy:...
i was pretty adamant that a tie favors the breakers because of abr-santu and i think that still holds. should this come to pass and breakers win, i would say the shoguns need to get to 6 wins for the trophy due to similar dynamics (i would say this in spite of mind gaming)