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OU WCOP 2026 SM Discussion Thread


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op stolen from Ruffles


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Hi, considering the interesting outputs from the SM SPL Discussion thread, I felt it would be nice to have one here to hear from players in the community!


Starter, support

:deoxys: US NE :deoxys: - c0mp, ABR, Deej, obii
:floette-eternal: US West :floette-eternal: - Kustavan, ima, Vert
:staraptor: US South :staraptor: - Zaza, GeniusX
:ceruledge: Europe :ceruledge: - SASAGEYO
:Quaquaval: Brasil :Quaquaval: - Eternal Spirit, Lusa, brandonlee1
:skarmory-mega: Italy :skarmory-mega: - Empo, Punny
:florges: India :florges: - Noname6293, Spitfire
:charizard-mega-x: France :charizard-mega-x: - Welli0u, Skyrio
:lucario-mega: Africa :lucario-mega: - Aso
:arcanine-hisui: China :arcanine-hisui: - Iza, Metallica126
:keldeo-resolute: Chile :keldeo-resolute: - Endill, Abele
:quagsire: Germany :quagsire: - MichaelderBeste2, Poek, Relous
:baxcalibur: Canada :baxcalibur: - Skypenguin, Jytcampbell
:Kyogre: Oceania :kyogre: - ChrisPBacon
:solgaleo: Netherlands :solgaleo: - Axzel
:glastrier: Argentina :glastrier: - GabrieLopez
:roserade: UK :roserade: - Yelodash, Baddy, zRyan
:xatu: Peru :xatu: - ZDen
:zarude: Mexico :Zarude: - Kits
:great tusk: Latin American :great tusk: - Hairoll


Round 1 groups

Empo / c0mp / Kustavan / NoName6293

lza / Hairoll / ChrisPBacon / Axzel

Aso / Skypenguin / Welli0u / Zaza

ZDen / Yelodash / GabrieLopez / Endill

SASAGEYO / Kits / MichaelderBeste2 / Eternal Spirit
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Feel free to discuss !
 
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Empo vs c0mp
Empo vs Noname
Empo
vs Kustavan
Noname vs c0mp
Noname vs Kustavan
C0mp vs Kustavan

Making my predictions for the least predictable group in the WCOP.
I can easialy seen anyone go 0-3 in this group (not empo tho) hoping for great matchups!
GL TO ALL.
 
I will revive this by posting my teams if anyone care.

Vs Skypenguin
:tapu-koko: :serperior: :gyarados: :landorus-therian: :magearna: :tyranitar-mega:

I don't really remember ever using screens in SM, and with my comeback after two years, I wanted to open myself up to new things. Skypenguin was someone I felt I could see coming anything, so I didn't really want to care too much about the scout.

This ended up being very funny, as we built and optimized it pretty quickly in just one day alongside Samuel Norton. I really wanted to use Ninetales-Alola at first, but I wasn't satisfied with what i ended up it in the end. I'm not even sure Ninetales is really viable, to be honest - so I just went with Koko instead.

The team was heavily inspired by the craing ;_; dump screens teams. Also, I think this six was actually an old Skype team that I didn't know about lol, except it had no screens.

Proud to have won my return game, especially against Skype that is a big rival and someone that I value as the best SM player.

Vs Aso
:hippowdon: :latias-mega: :magearna: :reuniclus: :tornadus-therian: :toxapex:

Aso isn't an SM main, so I just wanted to load some comfy teams. I picked this team way too early before the game, around mid Week 1, and I didn't get enough practice with it, which ended up showing during the game.

I played really badly around Victini and couldn't recover from it. It's okay though, lesson learned.

I'm not dropping the paste since it's not my team and I didn't change anything. I did heavily consider RH Reuniclus, though, and I regret not bringing it.

Vs Zaza
:dragonite: :serperior: :landorus-therian: :victini: :diancie-mega: :magnezone:
I just threw those six together knowing it probably wouldn't be that solid, but somehow it ended up smashing everyone on ladder and in tests, so I decided to go with it.

Thunder Punch Dnite was the idea, since Zaza is a big Tapu Fini enjoyer.

Zaza is one of the geniuses of this game, and I'm always impressed whenever I see him talk about mons, so I was really pissed about how the game went. I felt like I didn't give him a good fight, especially with my team being really weak to rain.

I had this other option featuring the goat Bisharp, made with Diyusi, but it wasn't any better into rain, so no regrets. I did use it successfully in SMPL, though.

Rough tournament for both me and Team France, but we’ll bounce back. I’m still happy I got to play again after two years away, and it reminded me how much I still enjoy this game and this tier.
 
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