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Tournament LCCL I - Commencement

Incognition said:
Thank you to everyone who has reached out so far - we've received a lot of interest, and we've tried to get back to as many people as possible.

Before anyone else reaches out, we would like to mention that we are now only looking for the following slots:
  • SV UU
  • SS
  • SM
  • ORAS
  • DLC
We already have people in mind for the remaining slots - we look forward to continuing to hear from anyone else interested in playing for us to get last place.

Thanks.
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If someone drafts me i will use my best secret techs for the tournament
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Hello gamers I'm probably not going to be signing up for LCCL this year, but I'd like to share some thoughts on the doubles pool.
also, I made a shit load of resources in the DLC thread here so go wild. I haven't updated this in a long while so some of the spreads are not optimal, but most are still generally solid.

Stop using overcoat vulla.

Anyway:

Not ordered
Toadow: current circuit champ built with them all season and can personally guarantee they will not lead you astray if you put them in dubs
Actuarily: just look at this
Eragon: SCL champ played with him a lot last season man knows his stuff
Elfuseon: retired but if the addiction calls, he's your guy
Paraplegic: one of the all time greats same deal as elfuseon
Sir Jelloton: 3-1 SCL good player
Kunal: doubt he'll sign up but if he does, he's a fantastic option built with Eragon last season so I can vouch for his competence
AIRedzone Known Overcoat Vulla Advocate solid Derby

This is in order of best to worst in my opinion feel free to flame me in dms idrc

Voltix: Duh
Akaru: Duh
Cepha: if you let my brother in the kitchen go for below 8k again .... circuit finalist great builder and immensely consistent in team tours
GasaiYunosan: incredible derby two years ago (7-2 + MVP) she fell off a bit but I'm certain she'll do great if given the opportunity
Frixel: quite a solid season last year
Sunrose: Same deal as below
John1240: fell off a bit but he's still keeping up

Not ordered
VolcVGC: Not confident in her building but she owned me in circuit semis so I vouch also beat Paraplegic in derby in the same way :blobthumbsup:
Logice: ssnl finals he'll do fine anywhere
Sealife: OSDT finalist
Icypenguin: Great clicker
Chris32516: Same as above
Pengu: won LCQ not confident in their building though

Quinn:
HSOWA MVP in derby last year
Éric
Piyu I saw the sign up but I'm certain he'd do rly well if you can convince him to play dubs
Acehunter
Bleahey
Arcanine1929
Nashrock SOMEHOW I forgot Nashrock Great derby incredibly solid at DLC
Nephryrix consistently makes invitationals and preforms well in circuit, however, I’m not confident in their building whatsoever


If I missed anyone feel free to lmk

very much looking forward to seeing DLC grow.
 
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PigWarrior19 said:
Hello gamers I'm probably not going to be signing up for LCCL this year, but I'd like to share some thoughts on the doubles pool.
also, I made a shit load of resources in the DLC thread here so go wild. I haven't updated this in a long while so some of the spreads are not optimal, but most are still generally solid.

Stop using overcoat vulla.

Anyway:

Not ordered
Toadow: current circuit champ built with them all season and can personally guarantee they will not lead you astray if you put them in dubs
Actuarily: just look at this
Eragon: SCL champ played with him a lot last season man knows his stuff
Elfuseon: retired but if the addiction calls, he's your guy
Paraplegic: one of the all time greats same deal as elfuseon
Sir Jelloton: 3-1 SCL good player
Kunal: doubt he'll sign up but if he does, he's a fantastic option built with Eragon last season so I can vouch for his competence
AIRedzone Known Overcoat Vulla Advocate solid Derby

This is in order of best to worst in my opinion feel free to flame me in dms idrc

Voltix: Duh
Akaru: Duh
Cepha: if you let my brother in the kitchen go for below 8k again .... circuit finalist great builder and immensely consistent in team tours
GasaiYunosan: incredible derby two years ago (7-2 + MVP) she fell off a bit but I'm certain she'll do great if given the opportunity
Frixel: quite a solid season last year
Sunrose: Same deal as below
John1240: fell off a bit but he's still keeping up

Not ordered
VolcVGC: Not confident in her building but she owned me in circuit semis so I vouch also beat Paraplegic in derby in the same way :blobthumbsup:
Logice: ssnl finals he'll do fine anywhere
Sealife: OSDT finalist
Icypenguin: Great clicker
Chris32516: Same as above
Pengu: won LCQ not confident in their building though

Quinn:
HSOWA MVP in derby last year
Éric
Piyu I saw the sign up but I'm certain he'd do rly well if you can convince him to play dubs
Acehunter
Bleahey
Arcanine1929
Nashrock SOMEHOW I forgot Nashrock Great derby incredibly solid at DLC


If I missed anyone feel free to lmk

very much looking forward to seeing DLC grow.
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As an invitationnal player, not beeing mentionned here just destroy me :'(
 
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Laroxyl33500
wail24000
Lokifan20000
Heysup20000
JuanSG13000
Mok3s4500
Stories4000
THE_CHUNGLER3500
GasaiYunoSan3000
sky3000
ambi_3000
John12403000
Gondra3000
Poseidonwrath0
Incognition0
Eeveeto18000
Greedy_eb17500
MichaelderBeste213500
feen12000
rarre9500
hybone9000
fitzy729000
Piyu8000
Leni7500
mayo6500
aurora5500
DC5000
Frixel4500
ETJX4000
Fragments4000
Tack4000
LeJames Chonk0
natu0
Voltix34000
Eniigma22500
Kingler12500
Stecolomaxx11500
shreyashhy6500
qtfox6000
rahul_33015500
Mendeez4000
Thanos3000
seraphz3000
Monai3000
doso7493000
jyusaan3000
Colin0
reggg0
Fille21000
HSOWA15500
Akaru Kokuyo12000
bleahey10000
abra xdd9000
GUZOT7000
CMDoge7000
Zcarlett7000
Nashrock5000
Chaos233334000
IcyPenguin24000
AS Saint Priest3500
Django3000
Nineveh3000
Agera3000
NinjaCaro3000
Camden3000
Hacker0
trace0
Acehunter121000
Flou10500
not enjoying lc10000
LogIce9000
Ampha6500
evakiyama!6000
rineko6000
Dugtrio Is Broken5000
Tizio5000
LB4500
Novax4500
genisu3500
teamo3500
Arcanine19293000
BlackKnight_Gawain3000
glowbrogang3000
QWILY3000
BP3000
kythr0
Envy0
Éric27500
Drifting19000
TyCarter12000
gali12000
vooper8500
Larry8000
Alder ST6000
Cow5500
Lialiabeast5000
SeaLife5000
Fernanch4000
HanPyol3500
Leroipolux3000
fate1q3000
giove973000
Quinn0
naere0
Voltix34000Pink Pony Club
Laroxyl33500The Murkrow Mafia
Éric27500Slurpy Slugmas
wail24000The Murkrow Mafia
Eniigma22500Pink Pony Club
Acehunter121000Fresno Fenenkins
Fille21000Wailing Wailmers
Lokifan20000The Murkrow Mafia
Heysup20000The Murkrow Mafia
Drifting19000Slurpy Slugmas
Eeveeto18000Panchampions
Greedy_eb17500Panchampions
HSOWA15500Wailing Wailmers
MichaelderBeste213500Panchampions
JuanSG13000The Murkrow Mafia
Kingler12500Pink Pony Club
TyCarter12000Slurpy Slugmas
feen12000Panchampions
gali12000Slurpy Slugmas
Akaru Kokuyo12000Wailing Wailmers
Stecolomaxx11500Pink Pony Club
Flou10500Fresno Fenenkins
bleahey10000Wailing Wailmers
not enjoying lc10000Fresno Fenenkins
rarre9500Panchampions
abra xdd9000Wailing Wailmers
LogIce9000Fresno Fenenkins
hybone9000Panchampions
fitzy729000Panchampions
vooper8500Slurpy Slugmas
Larry8000Slurpy Slugmas
Piyu8000Panchampions
Leni7500Panchampions
GUZOT7000Wailing Wailmers
CMDoge7000Wailing Wailmers
Zcarlett7000Wailing Wailmers
shreyashhy6500Pink Pony Club
Ampha6500Fresno Fenenkins
mayo6500Panchampions
qtfox6000Pink Pony Club
evakiyama!6000Fresno Fenenkins
Alder ST6000Slurpy Slugmas
rineko6000Fresno Fenenkins
rahul_33015500Pink Pony Club
Cow5500Slurpy Slugmas
aurora5500Panchampions
Nashrock5000Wailing Wailmers
Dugtrio Is Broken5000Fresno Fenenkins
DC5000Panchampions
Lialiabeast5000Slurpy Slugmas
Tizio5000Fresno Fenenkins
SeaLife5000Slurpy Slugmas
Mok3s4500The Murkrow Mafia
LB4500Fresno Fenenkins
Frixel4500Panchampions
Novax4500Fresno Fenenkins
Fernanch4000Slurpy Slugmas
ETJX4000Panchampions
Mendeez4000Pink Pony Club
Fragments4000Panchampions
Chaos233334000Wailing Wailmers
Stories4000The Murkrow Mafia
Tack4000Panchampions
IcyPenguin24000Wailing Wailmers
genisu3500Fresno Fenenkins
HanPyol3500Slurpy Slugmas
teamo3500Fresno Fenenkins
AS Saint Priest3500Wailing Wailmers
THE_CHUNGLER3500The Murkrow Mafia
Arcanine19293000Fresno Fenenkins
Django3000Wailing Wailmers
Nineveh3000Wailing Wailmers
BlackKnight_Gawain3000Fresno Fenenkins
GasaiYunoSan3000The Murkrow Mafia
sky3000The Murkrow Mafia
Agera3000Wailing Wailmers
ambi_3000The Murkrow Mafia
Thanos3000Pink Pony Club
seraphz3000Pink Pony Club
Monai3000Pink Pony Club
Leroipolux3000Slurpy Slugmas
NinjaCaro3000Wailing Wailmers
glowbrogang3000Fresno Fenenkins
fate1q3000Slurpy Slugmas
QWILY3000Fresno Fenenkins
doso7493000Pink Pony Club
John12403000The Murkrow Mafia
Camden3000Wailing Wailmers
jyusaan3000Pink Pony Club
giove973000Slurpy Slugmas
BP3000Fresno Fenenkins
Gondra3000The Murkrow Mafia
Quinn0Slurpy Slugmas
Colin0Pink Pony Club
Poseidonwrath0The Murkrow Mafia
Incognition0The Murkrow Mafia
LeJames Chonk0Panchampions
natu0Panchampions
reggg0Pink Pony Club
Hacker0Wailing Wailmers
trace0Wailing Wailmers
kythr0Fresno Fenenkins
Envy0Fresno Fenenkins
naere0Slurpy Slugmas
 
Welcome to the first (and probably last) edition of DC's Extremely Biased and Offensive LCCL Pre-Season Power Rankings (cuz we are forsure nuking this tour after this year and freeing LCBC back). This is not a real Power Rankings for disclaimer purposes and should only be taken for a for-fun basis. As usual, if you are offended, feel free to DM me! We are starting from the bottom and working to the top!

#6 - The Murkrow Mafia
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After extensive research done on Discord, here is the community input:
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Murkrow 2.png

Murkrow 3.png


Steals (IMO): Kaboom (15k), rarre (8k)
Writeups: I actually rate highly a decent chunk of the players that PWrath and Incognition drafted, but when you draft 20 players in a 12 slot tour, you probably did draft too many players. For a team that had more starting money to work with to really suit up on the strong slots, you can probably consider this as a managing error. From first glance, the team's main issue is that they drafted way too many SV players and not enough focus on Old Gens. The SV core of Eniigma / not enjoying LC / rarre is a very good SV core, but the wheels kinda fall apart from there. You are relying on gali / Kaboom / 15k DPP evakiyama / ADV PWrath to anchor down the other slots, which doesn't sound amazing compared to the other Old Gens cores in this tour, and the subs outside of qtfox doesn't really help with that situation. Aye tho, they can always prove the community wrong (they are somehow favored in W1 matchups from every predictor??? :totodiLUL:)

#5 - Panchampions
Panchamp.png


Steals: Wail (17k), Larry (5.5K)
Writeups: There is none becuz this is my team. Everyone thinks we are terribad, so we are gonna get ranked 5th.

#4 - Slurpy Slugmas
Slugma 1.png


Steals: Kingler (8.5k), piyu (4.5k), etern (3.5k)
Writeups: Placing this team 4th is gonna be such a hot take, but here it is. Quinn / Baddy / naere looked like they were assembling the avengers with their first few selections, but then they went AFK for like 50% of the remaining auction. This is not a projection PR, so I am ranking this team as it is now, but I will note greatly that this team becomes a lot better when Lily and Kingler are actually going to get to play (like it would be closer to 3rd than 5th).
Slugma 2.png

If anyone saw this, I think the majority consensus would be that they won this draft. You get really strong anchors that cover basically everything outside of BW / ADV / DLC, and they are flexible enough to tackle teams that try to double you up in certain tiers. Essentially against this team, you should never choose to double up on SS / ORAS / DPP unless you got some masterclass 200 IQ ideas.

the-avengers.jpg
-> Kingler is Hawkeye btw

The rest of the draft will basically make or break this team down the stretch. The team opted to draft LCWC SV slots and a bunch of tour players. Outside of piyu (who is the goat), I have not seen many of the tour players play LC recently, especially not in some of the tiers they are placed in. Kingler also can't play until like W4/W5 apparently, so one of the avengers is down. If the team can survive until that point, the Slugmas are very dangerous.

#3 - Wailing Wailmers
Wailmer.png


Steals: CMDoge (3k)
Writeups: A high floor, moderate ceiling draft from Hacker / olivia / trace. I don't know what else to say; this draft was very safe, and sometimes a safe draft is better than a boom or bust draft. The team is obviously looking to Hacker / Acehunter / Heysup / Drifting to anchor the lineup, but you have a solid core of players with players like CMDoge (how did he go for 3k???) / trace / seraphz that can shuffle around the middle Old Gen tiers. I think Alder / TyCarter / Gasai will also do just fine. You do worry for this team's SV tho, especially with Hacker not in SV; majority consensus is that Cow and Stories are somewhere in the bottom half of the pool?. If you can go even between the two SV players, this team will probably make POs. Flou in SM.

#2 - Pink Pony Club
Pony.png


Steals: feen (3k)
Writeups: Having been a part of Coconut's teams, I can say that she knows how to draft (and win); however, this does not feel like a draft that she would go with ngl. I think this is partially why I think I rank them ranked below the Fennekins. Despite this premise, I have a lot of good things to say about the team; Coco teams have been historically good in the regular season the past few years, and I think the configuration of this team follows that trend. Colin / Laro / Fille / Shing are very good anchor slots and self-sufficient, and you have above average slots in mayo / hybone / Greedy / feen / Juan (assuming he doesn't cancer) to complement them. I don't know what opposing teams are gonna want to double up into this team becuz it seems like they have two of basically every slot, but that is for the managers to figure out. reggg is a bum tho for not signing up :changry:.

#1 - Fresno Fennekins
Fennekin.png


Steals: LB (3k), Skyiew (3k)
Writeups: This image should sum up the drafting strategy of Envy / kythr / Howkings.
Brazil.png

The team got a lot of discounts on good players due to the Brazil buff, which they used to fill up holes on the roster after dropping 40k on their manager pair. Vibes on the team are probably immaculate, so they get a + in that department. You got arguably the top SV player, top 1-2 SS player, top BW player, and top DLC player anchoring your major slots, and HSOWA / BA / Skyiew / UU bleahey for the other strong slots. The other slots are a bit shakier, especially the 10k ADV slot, but when you got this many strong slots, you are gonna be ranked very highly.

I hope everyone enjoys these PRs! This is probably gonna be my last year of writing PRs for LC team tours, so hopefully I still put out the fun stuff before I call it quits. Go Panchampions!!!!
 
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DC said:
Welcome to the first (and probably last) edition of DC's Extremely Biased and Offensive LCCL Pre-Season Power Rankings (cuz we are forsure nuking this tour after this year and freeing LCBC back). This is not a real Power Rankings for disclaimer purposes and should only be taken for a for-fun basis. As usual, if you are offended, feel free to DM me! We are starting from the bottom and working to the top!

#6 - The Murkrow Mafia
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After extensive research done on Discord, here is the community input:
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Steals (IMO): Kaboom (15k), rarre (8k)
Writeups: I actually rate highly a decent chunk of the players that PWrath and Incognition drafted, but when you draft 20 players in a 12 slot tour, you probably did draft too many players. For a team that had more starting money to work with to really suit up on the strong slots, you can probably consider this as a managing error. From first glance, the team's main issue is that they drafted way too many SV players and not enough focus on Old Gens. The SV core of Eniigma / not enjoying LC / rarre is a very good SV core, but the wheels kinda fall apart from there. You are relying on gali / Kaboom / 15k DPP evakiyama / ADV PWrath to anchor down the other slots, which doesn't sound amazing compared to the other Old Gens cores in this tour, and the subs outside of qtfox doesn't really help with that situation. Aye tho, they can always prove the community wrong (they are somehow favored in W1 matchups from every predictor??? :totodiLUL:)

#5 - Panchampions
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Steals: Wail (17k), Larry (5.5K)
Writeups: There is none becuz this is my team. Everyone thinks we are terribad, so we are gonna get ranked 5th.

#4 - Slurpy Slugmas
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Steals: Kingler (8.5k), piyu (4.5k), etern (3.5k)
Writeups: Placing this team 4th is gonna be such a hot take, but here it is. Quinn / Baddy / naere looked like they were assembling the avengers with their first few selections, but then they went AFK for like 50% of the remaining auction. This is not a projection PR, so I am ranking this team as it is now, but I will note greatly that this team becomes a lot better when Lily and Kingler are actually going to get to play (like it would be closer to 3rd than 5th).
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If anyone saw this, I think the majority consensus would be that they won this draft. You get really strong anchors that cover basically everything outside of BW / ADV / DLC, and they are flexible enough to tackle teams that try to double you up in certain tiers. Essentially against this team, you should never choose to double up on SS / ORAS / DPP unless you got some masterclass 200 IQ ideas.

the-avengers.jpg
-> Kingler is Hawkeye btw

The rest of the draft will basically make or break this team down the stretch. The team opted to draft LCWC SV slots and a bunch of tour players. Outside of piyu (who is the goat), I have not seen many of the tour players play LC recently, especially not in some of the tiers they are placed in. Kingler also can't play until like W4/W5 apparently, so one of the avengers is down. If the team can survive until that point, the Slugmas are very dangerous.

#3 - Wailing Wailmers
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Steals: CMDoge (3k)
Writeups: A high floor, moderate ceiling draft from Hacker / olivia / trace. I don't know what else to say; this draft was very safe, and sometimes a safe draft is better than a boom or bust draft. The team is obviously looking to Hacker / Acehunter / Heysup / Drifting to anchor the lineup, but you have a solid core of players with players like CMDoge (how did he go for 3k???) / trace / seraphz that can shuffle around the middle Old Gen tiers. I think Alder / TyCarter / Gasai will also do just fine. You do worry for this team's SV tho, especially with Hacker not in SV; majority consensus is that Cow and Stories are somewhere in the bottom half of the pool?. If you can go even between the two SV players, this team will probably make POs. Flou in SM.

#2 - Pink Pony Club
View attachment 811928

Steals: feen (3k)
Writeups: Having been a part of Coconut's teams, I can say that she knows how to draft (and win); however, this does not feel like a draft that she would go with ngl. I think this is partially why I think I rank them ranked below the Fennekins. Despite this premise, I have a lot of good things to say about the team; Coco teams have been historically good in the regular season the past few years, and I think the configuration of this team follows that trend. Colin / Laro / Fille / Shing are very good anchor slots and self-sufficient, and you have above average slots in mayo / hybone / Greedy / feen / Juan (assuming he doesn't cancer) to complement them. I don't know what opposing teams are gonna want to double up into this team becuz it seems like they have two of basically every slot, but that is for the managers to figure out. reggg is a bum tho for not signing up :changry:.

#1 - Fresno Fennekins
View attachment 811929

Steals: LB (3k), Skyiew (3k)
Writeups: This image should sum up the drafting strategy of Envy / kythr / Howkings.
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The team got a lot of discounts on good players due to the Brazil buff, which they used to fill up holes on the roster after dropping 40k on their manager pair. Vibes on the team are probably immaculate, so they get a + in that department. You got arguably the top SV player, top 1-2 SS player, top BW player, and top DLC player anchoring your major slots, and HSOWA / BA / Skyiew / UU bleahey for the other strong slots. The other slots are a bit shakier, especially the 10k ADV slot, but when you got this many strong slots, you are gonna be ranked very highly.

I hope everyone enjoys these PRs! This is probably gonna be my last year of writing PRs for LC team tours, so hopefully I still put out the fun stuff before I call it quits. Go Panchampions!!!!
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not having the lc classic playoffs abra xdd in this pr is shameful
 
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