Well....stuff happened so I'm not really in a writing mood...but I did so well in SCL and man...whatever I'll write this and it will prob be fun at some point....I will probably regret it if I don't. edit: I wrote this all in one sitting somehow lol. Pastebin literally started deleting my posts so posting it there does not really work...Since I'm posting this on the forums for once, it will be censored a good amount [not my fault]. ALSO, I will apologize in advance, but there a lot of people to write about and I obviously do not know the gender identities of every human on this website...so if I get anyone's pronouns wrong, just PM me here on Smogon and I will edit them. Also, if I got some fact wrong / some lineup thing wrong, just PM me about that also.
ANYWAY...WELCOME TO ANOTHER EDITION OF THE UNBIASED POWER RANKINGS
The Alpha Ruiners
SV - lax 5.5
SV - ACR1 4.5
SV - fakenagol 4.5
SV - sunsets 4
SS - ChrisPBacon 5.5
SM - Metallica126 5.5
ORAS - pj 5.5
BW - sugarhigh 3.5
DPP - Tizio Potente Ao 4.5
ADV - Prinz 4.5
GSC - Fakes 5.5
RBY - SadisticNarwhal 4
Subs - devin, JabbaTheGriffin, DaBaby2, PZZ
Managers: Empo, ima, Ale Duncan
Total: 56.5
The Ruiners missed the playoffs last year, a rare black mark for such a successful franchise. Let's see if ima and the man who wins seemingly everything nowadays can turn things around. I will say though...my first thought upon seeing this starting lineup is wondering how on earth it costs anywhere near 140k. Well, I guess there are a whopping 18 people on the team, but it still seems crazy. From just eyeballing this, this lineup looks like it should be worth around 100k...that probably isn't a good sign. Let's find out who was overpriced.
The star player here is apparently Fakes...wait what? LOL Fakes is worth 33k? What? There's no way that's real. People are way too reactionary man. That is crazy. I had to go double-check the sheet and make sure I wasn't going insane. I know I have been MIA, but what exactly did I miss that led to Fakes being this expensive? This man's first sheet tour was in 2012 and he has not been anywhere near this price in any tournament since then. He was 13.5k 2 SPLs ago and had an amazing tour....surely that can't be enough to raise his price by 20k. This is going to be an interesting PR if this is how this draft went. Anyway, I'm obviously not a Fakes hater. I do think he is a good player and he displayed an insane ceiling a few years ago. I think he'll do well, but I find it hard to believe he will perform well enough to pay off this price tag. Perhaps he can prove me wrong. Apparently he is in GSC??? That seems even crazier to me honestly. I am so confused. Who knows? The other star player is lax I suppose. He is 28-22 since the start of 2023 which seems about accurate. I definitely don't mind the sub-20 price for him. I will project him to go positive.
The rest of the SV core looks like a mess. I'm going to guess ACR1 will start because he has a decent amount of experience and was 5.5k. He has fallen off quite a bit after a hot start to his tournament career, going 4-11 in his past 3 appearances. That is certainly not ideal. The other two slots is between this hodgepodge of random players like...quite frankly, I don't really think it matters to me who plays out of this group. sunsets is 3-6 so far so...yeah. fakenagol is 4-2 and honestly might be the best of these options. PZZ has shown himself to at least be serviceable, but most of his games were in SM. Overall, the SV core seems incredibly sketch to me.
In SS is the team's lone retain, Crispy Bacon. He had a solid 6-3 campaign last SPL and went 3-1 in the World Cup prior to that. As per usual, I will need to see a bit more before I drink the kool-aid, but an excellent campaign in this tour would go a long way towards making me a believer. For now, I will project him to go positive. In SM, we probably have Metallica. He is very quietly 12-6 on the sheet and is establishing himself as a pretty respectable player. 5k for him feels pretty nice to me; the pool certainly does not strike that much fear either as of now. In ORAS is pj, who has shown himself to be pretty serviceable on the big stage. He has gone 25-19 since the start of 2023, and has gone 6-5 / 5-5 / 7-3 in his past three SPLs. 8.5k for him also feels pretty solid tbh. I will project him to go positive also. sugarhigh is in BW in 2026, which is honestly insane. He was not good when he was active, let alone now. Seems like a pretty easy negative projection. They also have Jabba, who created Enter The Dragon like 15 years ago so...there's that. In DPP, we apparently have someone with a 2011 join date...but I have no idea who he is. He went 1-2 in World Cup 2012. How random. Well...it's the madhouse. Let's move on.
In ADV, we have Prinz, who at his peak, was certainly a pretty good player. He went 9-3 in his third-to-last sheet appearance...all the way back in 2020 LOL In terms of recent results, he went 2-4 last SPL. This seems like a sketchy pick but I don't mind taking a chance on him for cheap...wait LMAOO WHAT?? Prinz is 16k???? what?? Was I in a coma? Did he win two individual tours while I was afk? No? Wow. I am actually baffled. I mean I guess I understand how this lineup cost as much as it did. Fakes + Prinz was 49k somehow. That's blasphemous man. I would have said these two combined should be like 25k. Well, back in his peak, I was definitely a Prinz believer. His season could go either way. Let's move on and wrap this up. The last starter is Narwhal, who went 2-6 in RBY four years ago...sure. The pool this year is certainly much weaker than years past, so perhaps there is some hope for him. That being said, I don't particularly have a reason to believe in him too much.
What a strange team. Genuinely, this is one of the weirdest teams I have ever seen. pj + Metallica + ChrisPBacon for 26.5k is really good combined value, but the rest of the lineup looks pretty sketch overall. They have Kingler on the bench who could maybe play also??? but he surprisingly has not played a sheet game in 5 years. Anyway, they do have some talent, and if Fakes can repeat his SPL 15 campaign + Prinz can return to form and / or the SV isn't an abject disaster, they could do something, I suppose.
The Circus Maximus Tigers
SV - Ewin 5.5
SV - Kate 4.5
SV - Patatexv 4.5
SV - entrocefalo 4
SS - Finchinator 5.5
SM - Tace 5.5
ORAS - NoName6293 4.5
BW - Cow 4
DPP - Pideous 4.5
ADV - Skarpherim 4.5
GSC - Rubyblood 5.5
RBY - Laroxyl 5
Subs - Zaza, pixie909, LOOR
Managers: Genesis, Lasse, Ruft
Total: 57.5
The stars really seemed like they were aligning for the Tigers and then everything just collapsed. My god LOL RIP Kenix. Although, iirc he wasn't going to accept the retain anyway...and I guess 3d wouldn't have either :shrug: Anyway, the Tigers rolled into the auction with 0 retains, which probably isn't a good sign for one of the worst franchises in history. Can this new trio of managers defy the odds and make the playoffs?
The star player here is Finchinator, who really needs no introduction. He is not in BW this year since the team drafted Cow, so there is perhaps more risk to his profile than normal. He has been largely pedestrian over the course of his past 6 tours, but had a pretty elite sheet run in the tours preceding that. He had a poor SCL showing, but was good in World Cup and last SPL. My confidence rating in him would certainly be higher if he was in BW, but even in SS against some tough competition, I'll project him to go positive.
The SV core is headlined by Ewin, who has turned around his team tournament career with 4 positive tours in a row. He has gone 18-12 since the start of 2024, which is certainly impressive. He also got to the finals of OLT. I'll project him to continue his trend of success. I am definitely a Kate fan, primarily due to her tendency to perform well in the playoffs. She was good last SPL, managing to amass a 5-3 record. She uncharacteristically struggled in SCL, though, albeit in her main tier of Ubers and not OU. I think her season could go either way. entro is another Ubers player; he was hailed as the second coming of Jesus in that tier, but has failed to live up to those lofty expectations. He is 22-22 overall despite starting his career with an impressive 7-2 showing. I don't particularly have a reason to believe in him in SV OU. The last SV slot is occupied by Patatexv, who is 4-3 overall...his season could go either way. LOOR could also play, but I would rate him slightly lower since he is 7-13 overall so...yeah.
In SM is Tace, who has historically performed well in SM and awful in everything else. He went 6-5 last SPL and went 1-2 in World Cup. This might be a sign that the wheels are falling off a bit in SM, which is concerning considering his poor track record in other slots. That being said, I still have a solid amount of faith in Tace in SM and think that 11.5 was a solid price. I will project him to go positive. In ORAS is NoName, a dude who was hyped to the moon last year and then got banned for....yeah. As usual, I need to see him win some games before I believe in him. His season could go either way. In BW is Cow, who has dislodged Finch from his BW home. I remember everyone said this guy was a snub last year, so there appears to be some hype around him. He is 2-1 on the sheet...so yeah. This guy being 8.5k and Dark Eeveeon being 3k is honestly a crime and sums up everything wrong with this website. Anyway, BW has a lot of pretty solid players, so I'll project him to go negative. In DPP is the new-age version of dodmen in Pideous. A player that was supposed to rise above the madhouse, using """""""""luck-mitigating"""""""""" teams that would allow him to showcase his exceptional skill and annihilate the competition, proving all the haters like myself wrong in the process.
the dog — 1/5/24, 3:16 PM
DPP’s playerbase is literally using teams that are luck mitigating now
Go look at any of Pideous or Kristyl’s DPP Invitational teams
Well...what happened in his first SPL? He had one of the worst chokes I have ever seen and went 3-6...yeah. He is still 9k, which still feels high to me. Anyway, it's the madhouse, so 4-5 wins would not really surprise me.
In ADV is Skarpherim, who went 1-4 in ADV last SPL. Naturally, he is 19.5k this tournament WHAT!? Ok, this is actually the most surprising price I have seen so far. I am BAFFLED by this. How can you go 1-4 in your first performance in a tier and then go for 19.5k the year after? This website would really completely fall apart without my rankings wow. I mean, I see that he did very well in Classic, winning both ADV and GSC Cup. There is clearly some talent there. That being said, I am certainly not going to put my faith in someone that went 1-4 in this very tier last year. I think his season could go either way. Rubyblood is in GSC yet another year, except his price has ballooned to 24k. This also feels like an overpay from what I've seen. He went 6-4 last SPL; overall, I don't think he has farmed nearly enough in GSC to be worth 24k. He has been winning in general since the start of 2023, though, so that's good at least. I'll project him to go positive. Rounding out the roster is Laroxyl, who did poorly last SPL. This time around, he is in RBY against what is a historically-weak player pool...so there is that. He had a solid SCL and is 26-25 overall on the sheet. He should do fine.
This team feels pretty sketch to me. There are some solid slots, though. However, overall, I feel like there is not quite enough elite talent to balance out the question marks.
The Congregation of the Classiest
SV - Shengineer 4.5
SV - LpZ 5.5
SV - Lazuli 5
SV - Xrn 5.5
SS - damien the genius 5
SM - Dj Breloominati 4.5
ORAS - Piyu 5
BW - Dark Eeveon 5
DPP - Groudon 5
ADV - Garay oak 6
GSC - M Dragon 7
RBY - Ctown6 4.5
Subs - London Beats, Sheik, LB
Managers: d0nut, starry, Gingy
Total: 62.5
The defending champions return, this time with perennial SCL captain Gingy replacing Expulso. Last year's draft ended up being the clear-best for me. Did they do a similarly good job this time?
The star players here are M Dragon and Garay Oak. I have always been an M Dragon fan, but my god LOL I did not think he would be 37.5k. Jesus. I mean it's less surprising than Fakes price I guess. M Dragon was 20k two SPLs ago, went 8-2, and won Classic. Personally, though, this price still seems a bit insane to me. M Dragon has not historically sheet farmed nearly enough to be worth this much. I also don't think winning Classic should really impact the price of people that have played this long and been consistently good. It doesn't really make any sense to me. Anyway, I do think he will do well obviously. I will project 6 wins. Garay was 18k, which checks out considering he is coming off of an elite 8-1 campaign last SPL. In the past, he was kind of like a glorified DeepBlueC in the regular season, but he has displayed some upside as of late, amassing a 20-10 record in past 4 tours. His past history does kind of scare me, though. If he has another elite tour, I will go ahead and fully drink the kool-aid. For now, I'll project him to go positive, though. Either way, I think 18k is a solid price for him, especially considering his tiebreak skills. Considering some of the other prices I've seen, I'm surprised he wasn't more tbh.
The SV core is headlined by Xrn, who went for 16.5k. Xrn has quietly been solid in SV OU in SPL, going 12-7 over the course of his past 2 appearances. He seems to do badly in World Cup, but his games in the last edition were in SS. At this point, it, seems safe to project him to go positive. Lazuli is a newer player who has managed to go 7-2 in their past 2 tournaments. That is certainly impressive. I will need to see more before I fully believe in them, though. LpZ was good in SV OU in World Cup and also went 6-5 last year. Overall, counting his many non-SV OU sheet games, he is 19-16 on the sheet. That seems about right. I'll project him to get 5 wins. Apparently Shengineer is the team's last SV starter. He was really good in SCL, but he is a mainer that is now playing OU, so I will temper my expectations. In SS is damien, who the team chose to retain for 10k. He has gone 6-5 in back-to-back SPLs, so he is certainly consistent. From his overall performances, I would say it's safe to project him for around 5 wins...but the SS pool has a lot of people I believe in a bit more than him, so I will knock him down a tad. DJ Breloom went 8-2 in his past 2 tours, which is impressive, granted his 4-1 in SCL came in RU. He is 16-14 on the sheet overall...I think his season could go either way. In ORAS is Piyu, who has been largely mediocre outside of an epic 10-0 run two SCLs ago. He clearly has upside, but it remains to be seen whether that was really just a flash in the pan or not. I will probably project him for around 5 wins.
In BW is Dark Eeveon, the dude that uses all the nonsense teams. I like watching him. In terms of results, the guy has gone 5-4 twice, which is about what I remembered. He seems like a safe bet for 4-5 wins. Wait...this guy was only 3k? LOL What? Come on. Where is the sheet respect? Fakes is not worth 11x this guy's price man LOL Jesus. In the madhouse is Groudon, who surprised everyone by going 6-4 last year. Like...sure. It's the madhouse. Let's move on. The roster is rounded out by Ctown6 I guess? I don't know who that is and they're not on the sheet...sure.
Last year's roster definitely seemed better, but this team looks solid. They have a bunch of solid slots and their floor seems relatively high. It wouldn't be surprising if they made the playoffs.
The Cryonicles
SV - clean 4.5
SV - bhkg 4.5
SV - kDCA 4.5
SV - watashi 4
SS - Corazan 4.5
SM - robjr 4
ORAS - c0mp 5
BW - GaryTheGengar 5
DPP - Gilbert arenas 5.5
ADV - Zinc 4
GSC - Zokuru 5
RBY - Sceptross 5
Subs - Dugtrio Is Broken, Luigi, MGdos16
Managers: PDC, Sam, Floppy
Total: 55.5
I was not sure what to expect from these managers tbh. PDC randomly won Classic and now he's managing SPL...interesting. Well...the Cryonicles are usually awful, so let's see if they can turn things around here.
I mean......I guess we have to address the elephant in the room. The star player here.......playing the MADHOUSE OF ALL TIERS...is marcop................for 34.5k LOOOOOOOOL Ok. This is the worst buy in the history of SPL. I am not even exaggerating. This is EGREGIOUS. I mean, I guess technically he only tier-locked out of ADV...but you have like Gary for BW anyway. Oh my god. Marcop is a fire player and he usually wins but come on man LOL Spending 34.5k on DPP is peak greed. Genuine insanity. I will be shocked if this team is good. Like as I said...marcop usually wins. He's pretty good....but not for 34.5k in the madhouse bro...and he's tier-locked out of ADV and can't realistically slot into BW on this team. Oh my god man. At least put him in some other tier. No comment.
The SV core is headlined by clean. Saying clean was overpriced was the easiest victory of my SCL PRs. It was so painfully obvious that someone who was 11-12 on the sheet should not have been more than Santu. Lo and behold, he went 2-6 and now he's 17.5k. Crazy. Anyway, I gave clean a confidence rating of 5 in SCL, so I will slightly downgrade him here. I think his season could go either way to be honest. This price could still be an overpay. I also said bhkg was overpriced and he went 3-6...and now he's 7.5k like lol. This is exactly the point of my PRs. This is what I am trying to tell people. People are way too reactionary. You shouldn't just inflate someone's price by 80 billion because that person did well in one tour. No one's "eye test" is that good. Anyway, this guy is actually probably a good pick for 7.5k. He has performed decently and could do it again. kDCA went 4-5 in SCL...sure. His season could go either way. watashi went positive last year in BW, but well...he can't play that with Gary here since Gary is not worth anywhere near 11k if he's not in BW. I mean, watashi usually gets some wins but my confidence is a bit lower since he's not in BW. I will project around 4.
In SS, we have Corazan, who is 16-14 on the sheet. He has not played on the big stage in a while, though, so my confidence in him is slightly lower than normal. rob is in SM apparently. He has gotten washed a bit lately, going 6-11 in his past 2 appearances. They also have Luigi for this slot, but his recent showings have also been pretty uninspiring. Next up is c0mp, who is in Masters finals and had a career resurgence two SPLs ago. That being said, he has not done enough for me to think he's going to smash people. He's also not in SM this time around, at least for now. I would rate him slightly higher in SM than ORAS based on his SPL showings. Gary is in BW. He was bad last SPL, but is generally pretty decent. I would probably project around 4-5 wins. In ADV is someone I have never heard of so...yeah. The team could also flex robjr here, but as previously mentioned, he is certainly not in great form as of late eithr. Zokuru is randomly 8k which is interesting. He should be around that, though. He's usually decent. He should be a safe bet for 4-5 wins. The final starter is Sceptross, who the team retained after his brilliant 7-2 campaign last year. He was awful in his first SPL, but that was 7 years ago, so perhaps he improved since then. I would like to see one more tour before I believe in him. I think his season could go either way.
To no one's surprise after the Marcop buy...this team looks terrible.
The Dragonspiral Tyrants
SV - Fusien 5.5
SV - myjava 6.5
SV - Axzel 4.5
SV - Baddy 4.5
SS - Ikaishi 3.5
SM - Vert 5.5
ORAS - Poek 4.5
BW - SoulWind 5.5
DPP - Lady Bug 4.5
ADV - Shitrock enjoyer 4.5
GSC - RealJester 4.5
RBY - LNumbers 4
Subs - BlazingDark, Django, Tenecibrite, Luispeikou
Managers: rey, ABR, blunder
Total: 57.5
The Tyrants return yet again. This definitely looks like a Tyrants lineup. That's for sure. rey always makes the playoffs, even with BKC in DPP. Surely it happens again...
The big name players here are SoulWind and Vert. SoulWind is obviously an amazing player, but he is objectively overpriced at 27k based on his recent track record. I feel like if you are buying someone for 27k, you are actually hoping they get 6 wins in the regular season. SW has not gone +3 or better in SPL / SCL since 2020. That is a real stat. Like, for whatever reason, despite obviously being one of the best players ever and someone everyone agrees is phenomenal at the game, he is incapable of farming in these tours. His overall BW SPL record is still impressive, but a lot of those wins came a long time ago. He is someone you buy for tiebreaks and to win big playoff games. Luckily, rey always makes the playoffs, so to him, buying SoulWind makes a lot of sense. For the purposes of my analysis, though, my confidence ratings are solely based on my regular season performance predictions. I will therefore project him to go 5-4. Vert, meanwhile, is a newer player who is ridiculously hyped. He went for 22k despite locking himself out of SV. He probably would have been 40k otherwise tbh I bet lol Anyway, he's 6-2 on the sheet and he's not playing his main tier. I think we all know what I'm going to say here. He did win OLT, so he at least has accomplished that....but that also wasn't in SM OU. I will not drink the kool-aid yet, but I do respect his skill as a player to some degree so I will project him to get 5 wins.
The Tyrants managed to retain both myjava and Fusien, which gave them an incredibly strong start to the campaign. myjava is 22-10 since the start of 2024 and is 14-6 in his past two SPLs. He has performed pretty well thus far and I expect that trend to continue. He is obviously a very good value at his 16k retention price. Fusien performed badly last SPL, but managed to go 11-4 in SCL + World Cup. He also won OST. He clearly has a lot of talent, and while I am probably lower on him than everyone else due to his lack of a proven track record, I will still project him to go positive. The other SV slots are occupied by Axzel and Baddy. I do not know who Axzel is, but he is 4-2 overall...sure. His season could go either way. I will say the same for Baddy, who had a solid SCL campaign for the tournament-winning Shoguns but is 7-7 overall on the sheet; he also made STour playoffs. I do not know who the SS player is. He is not on the sheet but did do pretty well in Masters. That being said, the SS pool has a lot of people I believe in, so his rating will be a bit lower than normal.
In ORAS is Tyrants staple Poek, who was somehow only 3.5k despite the entire planet knowing rey was going to bid on him. I really don't get it. Anyway, Poek is obviously a good pick now that he's not like 9 million like he used to be. He was bad in SPL 15, but had a solid campaign last year. He has struggled a decent bit in recent history, but he's probably a safe bet to do okay enough. I would be surprised if he repeated last year's performance, though. In DPP, is Lady Bug, who went 4-4 last year. I expect more of the same here. In ADV is Fruhdazi, who the team also retained. He is 7-6 overall and went 5-5 last year. I don't think he's done enough for me to be confident in him; I think his season could go either way. In GSC is Jester, who got smoked in his first SPL and performed well in his 2nd one. His season could also go either way. The final starter is LNumbers, who has struggled in recent history. The RBY pool is certainly rather underwhelming, so there is that I suppose.
This team has a lot of slots I don't particularly feel confident about at all. It is the Tyrants, though...so like. I'm certainly not going to be shocked if they make the playoffs and win the tour. Their SV will probably wind up being slightly better than my numbers due to the elite team support the players will receive over the course of the season.
The Ever Grande BIGs
SV - JustFranco 5
SV - pdt 4.5
SV - Hiko 4.5
SV - Setsu 4
SS - Mattz_ 7
SM - GeniusX 4.5
ORAS - xray 6.5
BW - Mako 6
DPP - 199 Lives 4
ADV - Johnald 4
GSC - OmBrArch 4
RBY - Serpi 9
Subs - Stareal, Zpanther, Larry
Managers: Dave, Mada, Vulpix
Total: 63
I'm going to be perfectly honest. I mentally crossed this team out the second I saw the managers. Dave has historically performed pretty poorly in SPL, and Vulpix pretty much never makes the playoffs. I have nothing negative to say about Mada, though. Even Tony could not save the BIGs. Is it really possible that this trio can make the playoffs? Let's find out.
The ace here is Serpi, who went for 26.5k. Serpi has been a model of consistency, going 20-9 in his past three SPLs. He has performed well against much better pools than this. At this point, based on his track record, I have fully consumed the kool-aid. He is unironically underpriced LOL Like...the guy was 24k two SPLs ago in a pool with Troller, Kenix, Felix, ABR, chuva, and Nails. This is a good start for the BIGs. The other star of the team is xray, who has performed well in ORAS in the past. He is 37-22 all-time in SPL in ORAS; it would be foolish to expect him to fail here. The one concern is that he has played a lot less on the big stage recently than he has in the past. That being said, I still trust him enough to project him for 5-6 wins.
The OU core features a lot of recognizable names. The first is JustFranco, who the team retained for 10k. He went 4-2 last SPL and is 24-16 overall; most of his games are in lowers I believe. I mean...he's obviously worse without lower tiers, but the fact that he is winning in general can't be a bad thing. His season could go either way. Conversely, pdt performed very poorly in SCL, uncharacteristically going 2-7 in UU. That being said, he has performed well on the sheet in the past, and he went 9-9 combined in his past two SPLs in SV OU. He has displayed the ability to be serviceable in this tier, and getting him for 6k seems nice enough. I think he will do fine. I rightfully called Hiko an overpay in SCL, as he somehow went for 14.5k despite not having that amazing of a track record. After a poor SCL, his stock seems to have fallen considerably, as the BIGs were able to pick him up for 4k. He is 15-14 overall and has been okay on the big stage thus far. I think his season could go either way, but I like the 4k price tag here. I have no idea who Setsu is. Stareal is on the bench and did decently in his last tour, so perhaps he can play this at some point. Regardless...I'm not gonna lie....this is already a lot better than I was expecting LOL Let's see if they landed this plane.
In SS, we have TDNT, whose stock has fallen a decent amt. He had a pretty horrendous SCL showing, but I definitely have a lot more faith in him in SS OU than in SV. He did struggle more than expected last year, but his SS record is still ridiculously good lol. The man is 20-6 in SS OU...he clearly knows how to win in this tier. I'm surprised he was only 16.5k. People must be really down on him from his SCL performance, but I'm all aboard the TDNT SS OU train. He is underpriced as fuck. In SM is GeniusX, who is 12-12 overall on the sheet. He has been serviceable before and I expect more of the same here. In BW, we have Mako, who is 33-23 since the start of 2023 and has had some pretty solid showings on the big stage. She has struggled in some tours, but is coming off a very nice 7-3 SCL campaign. I gave her a 5.5 confidence rating in SCL, so clearly she has done enough to be promoted in that department. 16.5k feels like a nice price for her. In DPP we have....LOOOOOOL what? What year is this? Oh my god. I mean...it is the madhouse. That's really the best I can say. I do remember we literally had to bench 199 lives in SPL 6 for Asuya...and that was back when he wasn't washed. That cannot be a good sign. I'll project him to go negative. In ADV and GSC we have two people I have not heard of. Johnald did well in ADV Cup, so he has that going for him. I don't particularly have reasons to believe in either of these people, but I will rate John marginally higher due to that performance. This is more of what I was expecting. This lineup was looking a little too good...like legit this was looking like some god tier roster if they had elite ADV / GSC.
I cannot lie man. This is team is WAY better than what I expected LOL They have multiple underpriced players and a good amount of competent slots. Some of the old gens are definitely a bit dicey, but yeah. This team does have potential; no doubt about that. They also have Leru on the bench who generally gets wins; the man is 36-27 on the sheet. If they just randomly threw him into one of the old gens, which I guess is possible, I would rate them even higher. GJ guys. I am impressed.
The Indie Scooters
SV - Storm Zone 5.5
SV - DAHLI 6
SV - heileone 4.5
SV - Pais 4.5
SS - 1 True Lycan 3
SM - Drachenkeule 4.5
ORAS - Ox the Fox 5.5
BW - Brine 4
DPP - SFG 4.5
ADV - Triangles 5.5
GSC - elodin 5
RBY - nicole7735 4.5
Subs - waffle04, tko, BluBirD, ziloXX
Managers: Dugza, Eternally, vivalospride
Total: 57
The Scooters missed the playoffs last year after their managers used pretty suboptimal lineups throughout the course of the season. Can the team make the playoffs this time around?
I mean...I guess Storm Zone is a big name player. The team paid 25k for him, so they certainly have a lot of confidence. He is 22-17 since the start of 2023, which is about what I remembered. He has always been hyped, and did win OST a year a and a half ago. He seems like a safe bet to go positive, but I'm not sure about 25k...The other SV OU players are DAHLI, heileone, and Pais. DAHLI has had a bunch of good sheet performances, and even managed to go 6-3 last SCL. I gave him a 5.5 confidence rating in SCL and I'll bump him up slightly for that. How on earth is he only 5.5k?? what LOL Where is the sheet respect bro that's insane. This guy wins. Storm Zone has not done ANYTHING to be worth over 4.5x DAHLI's price. heileone went 5-4 last SCL so there's that...his season could go either way. Pais started off his career strong but has gotten kind of washed recently. His season could go either way also.
In SS, we have Lycan, who is randomly back in this tournament...sure. I mean, he went 4-10 in 2023 and he's in a tough pool....he might actually be my lowest rated player in the tour. The dude who was on the Sharks last year is in SM. He performed decently, but I don't believe in him just yet obviously. His season could go either way. In ORAS is Ox, who went 7-5 last year and seemed to have a resurgence. He's performed well in the past; I'll predict him to get 5 wins. In BW is Brine, who seemed like a pretty aggro person from what I saw last year. I am interested in seeing whether he can back up his confidence; naturally, I will not believe in him for now. It is worth nothing that, in case things go really south, the team also has elodin, who went 5-4 last year and has established himself as a BW staple. I have a good amount of faith in elodin but I have NO IDEA why he went for 18.5k LOL Ok, this is actually the most confusing price I have seen so far. I am so bewildered by this. Why on earth would you pay 18.5k for elodin?? what LOL This is so confusing. elodin should literally be like 10kish pretty much every tour. 18.5k is insane. This website really would just crumble without me. People care way too little about the sheet. Your """"""""eye test"""""""" is not as good as you think people. And to top it all off, he is in GSC??? what? LOL Bro what is happening here. I am so confused man. I mean, I think elodin will do fine in GSC...but I'm not sure why you would pay 18.5k for him in it.
SFG is in DPP. He went 1-6 in one SPL but has been decent besides that. He'll be okay probably because it's DPP. Triangles went for 17k, which I guess is not that surprising. He went 5-2 last year and generally has managed to go positive in SPL. I'll peg him to go positive again, even though I personally wouldn't pay 17k for him still since I'm not a big believer in him having massive upside. Last up is nicole, who was mediocre last year. There are much worse people this year, so I guess that's a good sign. Her season could go either way.
This team feels very uninspiring. It's just kind of like......meh. They can put zilo in GSC and elodin in BW if things go badly, I suppose, but zilo was certainly not impressive when I played with him a couple years ago. I would be surprised if this team made the playoffs.
The Stark Sharks
SV - Attribute 7
SV - Nat 7
SV - hellom 6
SV - Plague 4.5
SS - MichaelderBeste2 7
SM - Deej 4
ORAS - Santu 10
BW - harshest 4
DPP - Malekith 4.5
ADV - mayo 4
GSC - aminita 4
RBY - GirlsSeeGhosts 4.5
Subs - Fdmw, Kollin7, Achimoo, Marshall Law
Managers: obi, mind gaming, Conflict
Total: 66.5
The Sharks have certainly been underperforming lately. Is this the year they get back on track?
The ace player here is Santu, who at this point, is the #1 player in the tournament. He is 35-15 in the past two years and also has the best ORAS record in SPL. This is a no-brainer. Autowin as fuck. Congratulations.
The SV core consists of Attribute, Nat, hellom, and Plague. Attribute was on his way to becoming a sheet god, attaining a prestigious 8/10 confidence score from me in SCL. However, he had the first -2 tournament of his career. He will look to get back on track here, hoping to not disappoint the team that chose to retain him. My confidence in him is still solidly high, but it is a bit lower than last time. Still, he should definitely be expected to go positive here. Nat is quietly 22-9 since the start of 2023, which I certainly did not expect. They were good last SPL and, assuming they play all of their games, should be expected to also perform well this tour. hellom has been regressing a bit since his amazing 10-1 debut two years ago. He had a poor SCL showing and my confidence in him is certainly lowering a bit. Public confidence in him still appears to be decently high, as he went for 18.5k. Personally, he has done enough to where I will still expect him to go positive. Rounding out the core is Plague, who is 3-1 on the sheet and went for 3k. There's really not that much to say here.
Michael finally finds himself back in his SS OU home, where, as we all know, he is significantly better than he is in other slots. To top it off, he even managed to do well last SCL...although he did get some meme wins LOL But yeah, I am BAFFLED by the fact that he was 10.5k. This is so confusing. I saw he made some post in commencement about how he wouldn't be that active but come on LOL This is a ridiculous steal. Wild. In SM, we have someone who obi has talked about for years. He is 1-3 on the sheet and did well in Smogon Masters...like okay. I obviously don't believe in him yet. The BW player is someone I have never heard of...he is 0-1 on the sheet so...bop? He did well in DPP cup...congrats. Speaking of DPP, Malekith finds himself here this time around. He has struggled a bit lately in general, so that isn't a good sign, but he's obviously competent in the madhouse. He should be serviceable enough. The team also has Marshall Law for this slot if they want another boomer player to go in. Moving on... I am realizing I have no idea who any of these people are. What a weird old gen core. They didn't really do well in Classic so I don't have much to say here. Conflict can support GSC...so there's that.
This is actually the weirdest team ever. What is this LOL The new gens are giga fire and the old gens are giga sketch. Interesting. I'm not entirely sure who is playing what in their old gens; some people who I listed as subs may actually be starters. They all rate about the same for me so it genuinely does not really make a difference for the purposes of these ratings. They have a lot of people I believe in, though, so I think they'll make the playoffs anyway.
The Team Raiders
SV - Eternal Spirit 5
SV - zS 8
SV - JJ09LIE 5.5
SV - AshKetchumGamer 4.5
SS - Fc 4
SM - Charmflash 5
ORAS - Ruffles 5.5
BW - Star 7.5
DPP - Skyrio 4.5
ADV - Endill 4.5
GSC - Underlying 4
RBY - BeeOrSomething 4.5
Subs - MANNAT, tier
Managers: Laurel, Twash, Maverick Shooters
Total: 62.5
This is lowkey another team I mentally crossed off after I saw the managers. However, perhaps their draft can defy my expectations. Let's find out if they can rescue this franchise.
Star is the star player here. Laurel ripped him out of Obi's hands by paying an insane 36k. Look, Star is great, but paying 36k for BW tier-locked Star is objectively insane LOL My god. Well, Star usually wins. He is 21-8 since the start of 2023 and had some fire tours before that also. I mean, I would be more confident if he was in another tier probably, but I expect him to do really well nonetheless. The other ace player here is zS, who I am hereby officially dubbing a 'sheet warrior'. Congratulations. zS has gone positive in every tour besides his debut one and has amassed a superb 33-19 record overall. He had a phenomenal World Cup and SCL campaign. He did play UU in SCL, but winning is never a bad thing. He was straight up underpriced. 19.5k for zS considering some of the other prices I have seen in this auction is a STEAL. Fire player.
The team chose to retain Gama, which makes sense considering he went 7-2 last SPL. He struggled in SCL but he didn't play SV OU there. Gama's performance is hard to predict, but based on last year's showing, I think he will do fine. JJ09LIE's stock seems to be a bit down, as he only went for 10.5k. He had a solid SPL campaign last year, but was average in SCL. He is 25-17 overall and has not gone negative yet, which does impress me. He seems like a good pick for 10.5k. Rounding out the SV core is AshKetchumGamer, who did really well in World Cup. His prior showings on the big stage were nothing to write home about, but he has been serviceable at times. His season could go either way. I assume Fc is in SS. Fc is pretty clearly a sheet warrior at this point, amassing a superb 44-25 record. Unfortunately...we are not in SCL. He has not really displayed the ability to consistently win in OU tiers; he is 9-11 overall in SV OU. I would have more faith in him in SV than SS due to the player pool discrepancy, but he seems like a fine pick for 4k. He clearly knows how to win; perhaps he can be competent in SS OU. I think his season could go either way.
In SM, we have Charmflash, who is apparently back to being hated on lol He was only 3.5k. He did poorly last SPL, but this is someone that has been amazing in this tier in the past. He is 19-15 in SM OU in SPL and I certainly love the idea of taking him for only 3.5k. He could definitely be a good value pick. In ORAS, we have Ruffles, a player who I refused to blindly glaze last year. I said he was an overpay at 18k and he went 6-5...so I guess I was more right than not. Strangely, despite playing more games and putting up a solid 14-8 record, his price cratered to 11k this year. That seems like a really good price. Why is everyone on this team a steal LOL What is happening?? I assume Skyrio is in DPP, but I guess Vileman could play it too. Personally, I have more faith in the more unknown quantity here...his season could go either way. In ADV is Endill, who the team also retained. He was bad in his first SPL appearance, but went 3-1 last year. He went 5-0 in World Cup without even being able to play ADV, which is also something I suppose. I obviously wouldn't have retained him, but he could perform. His season could go either way. In GSC, we have either Underlying or Vileman. Apparently Underlying is starting, which makes sense considering he cost 10k. He lost in Round 4 of GSC Cup...sure. He was really good in RBY Cup. I don't particularly have a reason to believe in him just yet.
This is literally just the BIGs LOL It's straight up deja vu. A team I didn't believe in that had a draft that exceeded all my expectations that fell off a bit at the end...wow. Anyway, this team is pretty solid. They got a lot of good value buys. They even have MANNAT the goat on the bench. I like it.
The Wi-Fi Wolfpack
SV - Fogbound Lake 5.5
SV - bbeeaa 9
SV - Originality56 4
SV - Let’s Rumble Shall We 3.5
SS - Gtcha 7
SM - Gondra 4
ORAS - Persephone 5
BW - Monai 4.5
DPP - Void 8
ADV - violet river 4
GSC - choolio 5
RBY - Isza 4.5
Subs - coco, Mielke, kingofking, Sacri
Managers: Fear, D4, crying
Total: 64
The Wolfpack pulled off an insane comeback last year to make the playoffs and thwart my predictions and make the playoffs. Can they build on their success?
The ace player here is, of course, bea. bea is one of the few players that has ever received the illustrious honor of being dubbed a 'sheet god'. I had more confidence in him winning than pretty much anyone ever. He was that consistent. Well, he got banned for a bit, but he has returned now. He went 2-2 in his brief SCL experience a couple years ago, but hopefully he can play a full tour this time. I will slightly lower his rating because he has not played on the big stage in a while and he's in SV OU, but I still have quite a lot of faith in him. We need more sheet farmers.
The rest of the SV core is headlined by Fogbound Lake I suppose. He has been pretty impressive in team tours thus far, and has really only had one bad tour. Based on his results, 10k is probably too low for him. Of course, some people may say he is overpriced for a particular reason...but yeah. For me, I find it hard to not expect him to do well based on how well he has performed so far. I obviously don't know who the other two people are. Their seasons could go either way...although the Rumble person is 0-4 on the sheet so I will slightly downgrade them.
In SS, we have Gtcha, who the team retained for 12.5k. He went 6-4 last year and is, historically the best SS OU player in SPL, having amassed a 23-10 record. I mean...I don't really know why I should expect him to do badly. He seems like a good bet to do well here. Next up is Gondra, who has not really done well in a while. He is 10-23 in the past 4 years. To his credit, he has gone 4-5 in his past two SPL showings. Still, though, this could go badly. Him going negative seems like a pretty safe bet. Persephone is back in SPL for the first time since 2023. He has performed well in the past, but I will downgrade him slightly due to his hiatus; if he performs like he did previously, he could wind up being a very solid value. In BW is Monai, who crushed the competition last year and defied all my expectations. Congratulations. As your reward, I will bump you up into the "your season could go either way" category. Well..........I guess it's time. I officially have to recognize Void as the madhouse savant. This is what the people told me Pideous would be. He went 16-2 in two years. That's that. I will rate you high this time. Bravo. In ADV is violet river, who certainly did not impress me last year...I don't particularly have a reason to believe in her. In GSC is the team's final retain in choolio, who also smashed all expectations by putting up a 6-4 campaign. However, choolio has been largely pedestrian over the course of his career. I much prefer him at a low price than as a retain. I think his season could go either way. The final player is Isza, who is 6-6 lifetime in RBY. He will probably do okay.
This team has some sketchy slots but there is a good amount of talent here. They could definitely make some noise.
Well, for the people that are new to this...the numbers next to each player are 'confidence ratings' aka how much I believe in each player's ability to succeed. I just add the points up and bop.
Final Rankings:
1. The Stark Sharks (66.5)
2. The Wi-Fi Wolfpack (64)
3. The Ever Grande BIGs (63)
4. The Congregation of the Classiest (62.5)
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5. The Team Raiders (62.5)
The Sharks being #1 is funny because half of that team is giga sketch but they just had too many high numbers. Classiest vs. Raiders for 4th is very hard…..I kind of went back and forth, but at the end of the day, I’ll go with the safe manager tiebreak. There are less paths to things going wrong there because of the infrastructure probably. BIGs are also close enough to where I could knock them out, but they have Leru the goat on the bench so that counts for something, since I have genuine confidence in him winning games if necessary. Realistically, I’m sure the Tyrants will make the playoffs as usual, but this is how the drafts felt for me so. SCL worked...maybe this will too.
6. The Dragonspiral Tyrants (57.5)
7. The Circus Maximus Tigers (57.5)
8. The Indie Scooters (57)
9. The Alpha Ruiners (56.5)
10. The Cryonicles (55) [STOP SPENDING 35K ON DPP]
Thank you for reading. See you next time.
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