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HPL7 - General Discussion
- Thread starter Eseque
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Eseque I would like to add to the prize pool in my own way.
First blood of Week 1 gets ~10USD (I'll figure out the closest approximation in the winner's currency). (NOT INCLUDING RANDBATS)
First blood of the Finals also gets the same. (NOT INCLUDING RANDBATS)
Best randbats record at the end of the tournament will also get the same. (YES ONLY RANDBATS)
Preferably Amazon voucher but I'm open to discussing with the winner on their preference when the time comes.
EDIT: I REMEMBERED RANDBATS IS IN THIS. I HAVE EDITED THE POST TO ACCOUNT FOR RANDBATS.
First blood of Week 1 gets ~10USD (I'll figure out the closest approximation in the winner's currency). (NOT INCLUDING RANDBATS)
First blood of the Finals also gets the same. (NOT INCLUDING RANDBATS)
Best randbats record at the end of the tournament will also get the same. (YES ONLY RANDBATS)
Preferably Amazon voucher but I'm open to discussing with the winner on their preference when the time comes.
EDIT: I REMEMBERED RANDBATS IS IN THIS. I HAVE EDITED THE POST TO ACCOUNT FOR RANDBATS.
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OFFICIAL HPL7 POWER RANKINGS:
Welcome to the UNBIASED OFFICIAL HPL7 PRS. This is done in the definitely not flawed format of Shake's PR (All rights are reserved under fair use) . All of these are ranked based on mine opinion so feel free to disagree, but as the #1 sheet player, whatever I say is most certainly true.
Some of the tiers like VGC & 1v1, I did mostly vibes based simply cz I don't have the best knowledge on those tiers. If I made any error with pronouns, facts etc. ping me in discord @piyus. Anyways hope you have a fun time reading this and good luck in the tour.
Kochi Quakers - myjava Hoennseptile
| KeshBa54 | 3000 |
| Quinn | 3000 |
| RoFnA | 6500 |
| King Leo V | 7000 |
| purbaj | 7500 |
| Ghoulish Champ | 8500 |
| LogIce | 8500 |
| Rio Vidal | 9000 |
| thepokemonuploads | 9000 |
| Dugtrio Is Broken | 10000 |
| USN | 12000 |
| Hoennseptile | 15000 |
| NoName6293 | 31000 |
OU1 - Dugtrio Is Broken (F) - 5
OU2 - Ghoulish Champ - 4
ubers - Hoennseptile - 6.5
mono - Rio Vidal (F) - 6.5
lc - King Leo V - 5.5
random - RoFnA (F) - 8.5
1v1 - purbaj - 3.5
vgc - LogIce (F) - 5.5
dou - thepokemonuploads - 5.5
bo3 - NoName6293 - 8.5
subs: USN, keshba54, quinn (F) - 8
Total- 67
Defending champions Kochi return to win it again, but this time with Hoenn selfbuying. I personally wanted to see java play but 15k for Hoenn is pretty decent too. After going for a record breaking 0-7 in UPL a couple of years ago, Hoenn did well in this year's UPL and Wcop mainly thanks to Lana support (her words). I expect him to get around 4-5 wins. Also s/o to hoenn for his auction presence upbidding on every single nom. Kochi's biggest buy is last year's MVP Noname for 31K which is nearly thrice the 2nd most expensive pick not counting the selfbuy. I am disappointed to see other managers pussy out on upbidding him more tho, it was very obvious Kochi will go all out once again on him. Noname farms like every tour, so there is no reason to believe he won't do it again.
OU is led by Dugtrio and Ghoulish. Dugtrio is a very good support with scouts and teams but I am not the biggest fan of his ingame playing. Ghoulish on the other hand went 1-1 last time so not sure what to expect either. I think both will go slightly negative or even. In Mono, we have the tier leader himself. He did well in MPL this year with a 6-3 record and winning the whole tour so expecting him to continue the form here. In LC is King Leo the fifth - I rate his piloting highly but he will not show up to half of his games so for that reason I am deducting a point from him. In rands is Rofna, who is now currently in my top 5 luckiest rands players (just go watch any of his replays). He is good enough to capitalize on the luck tho and that's def a scary combination to have. He is probably top 1 or 2 in this pool so I was surprised to see him go only 6.5k, but I guess people don't care about rands that much. In 1v1 is purbaj???? does this guy even play the tier? Well I don't see him playing it in 1v1pl or last year's HPL and Kochi also don't have another 1v1 for support or sub so maybe they see something I don't. I think he is getting farmed af. The doubles slots are led by LogIce and thepokemonuploads. Tpu did well in DPL but the overall sample size is still small, I am unsure to see how well he does. LogIce is a good doubles player but I don't see anything about their records in VGC so... I think their season could go either way.
Kochi subs although less in number are one of the best in the tour. USN for 12k is one of the best buys in the tour. He can also sub into nearly every tier. Also why the fuck is he in bench hello?? USN is also the same price as 2-13 Rahul btw LOOOOOL. Keshba and quinn for 3k are also very very good buys. Both play like every tier and their play is good enough so that (if) when leo doesnt show up atleast, they are fine in that regard.
I think Kochi has a bit worse team than last time but still its a good side so I wont be surprised on them winning it all once again. They also have a very good tb slot in noname so that's def a plus.
OU2 - Ghoulish Champ - 4
ubers - Hoennseptile - 6.5
mono - Rio Vidal (F) - 6.5
lc - King Leo V - 5.5
random - RoFnA (F) - 8.5
1v1 - purbaj - 3.5
vgc - LogIce (F) - 5.5
dou - thepokemonuploads - 5.5
bo3 - NoName6293 - 8.5
subs: USN, keshba54, quinn (F) - 8
Total- 67
Defending champions Kochi return to win it again, but this time with Hoenn selfbuying. I personally wanted to see java play but 15k for Hoenn is pretty decent too. After going for a record breaking 0-7 in UPL a couple of years ago, Hoenn did well in this year's UPL and Wcop mainly thanks to Lana support (her words). I expect him to get around 4-5 wins. Also s/o to hoenn for his auction presence upbidding on every single nom. Kochi's biggest buy is last year's MVP Noname for 31K which is nearly thrice the 2nd most expensive pick not counting the selfbuy. I am disappointed to see other managers pussy out on upbidding him more tho, it was very obvious Kochi will go all out once again on him. Noname farms like every tour, so there is no reason to believe he won't do it again.
OU is led by Dugtrio and Ghoulish. Dugtrio is a very good support with scouts and teams but I am not the biggest fan of his ingame playing. Ghoulish on the other hand went 1-1 last time so not sure what to expect either. I think both will go slightly negative or even. In Mono, we have the tier leader himself. He did well in MPL this year with a 6-3 record and winning the whole tour so expecting him to continue the form here. In LC is King Leo the fifth - I rate his piloting highly but he will not show up to half of his games so for that reason I am deducting a point from him. In rands is Rofna, who is now currently in my top 5 luckiest rands players (just go watch any of his replays). He is good enough to capitalize on the luck tho and that's def a scary combination to have. He is probably top 1 or 2 in this pool so I was surprised to see him go only 6.5k, but I guess people don't care about rands that much. In 1v1 is purbaj???? does this guy even play the tier? Well I don't see him playing it in 1v1pl or last year's HPL and Kochi also don't have another 1v1 for support or sub so maybe they see something I don't. I think he is getting farmed af. The doubles slots are led by LogIce and thepokemonuploads. Tpu did well in DPL but the overall sample size is still small, I am unsure to see how well he does. LogIce is a good doubles player but I don't see anything about their records in VGC so... I think their season could go either way.
Kochi subs although less in number are one of the best in the tour. USN for 12k is one of the best buys in the tour. He can also sub into nearly every tier. Also why the fuck is he in bench hello?? USN is also the same price as 2-13 Rahul btw LOOOOOL. Keshba and quinn for 3k are also very very good buys. Both play like every tier and their play is good enough so that (
I think Kochi has a bit worse team than last time but still its a good side so I wont be surprised on them winning it all once again. They also have a very good tb slot in noname so that's def a plus.
Staraptors Hyderabad - TDR TGA
| Blui | 3000 |
| imperimento | 3000 |
| Kanha Greninja | 4000 |
| skimmythegod | 4000 |
| TanDaMan | 4000 |
| 1umiere | 4500 |
| Mc | 5000 |
| Primmie | 5000 |
| vedantff11 | 6000 |
| Mimikyu Stardust | 6500 |
| Wincon | 6500 |
| MemphisDepay | 8500 |
| xqiht | 13000 |
| TGA | 15000 |
| 8truc | 16000 |
| Fusien | 26000 |
ou1 - fusien - 9
ou2 - mimikyu stardust - 5.5
ubers - 8truc - 5
lc - TGA - 4.5
monotype - wincon - 5.5
doubles - xqiht - 9
champions - vedantff11 - 6
1v1 - MC - 5.5
random battle - Blui - 4.5
stours bo3 - skimmythegod - 3.5
subs - memphis depay, haru, imperimento, kanha greninja, primiee, tandaman - 6
Total - 64
One of the most successful franchises in HPL, can they repeat their performance a couple years ago? Let's see, as a start TGA self-bought for 15k. LOOOOL what. He has never performed in SV LC plus he complains about the tier after every loss. LC also is one of the toughest pools in the tour so it is very doomed for TGA I fear. The most expensive buy for SRH is Fusien, who is easily the best OU in the tour. Fusien generally wins a lot in SV and has the plot armor - no reason to predict anything other than 5-6 wins.
The other OU slot is mimikyu stardust, I have no idea why he is starting over memphis but ok sure. Mimikyu although a very capable player often shoots himself in the foot by using the stupidest teams of all time. If the managers are able to control him tho, he can def do well. But still based on his past tendencies, I think he will go around neutral. In ubers, we have 8truc for uhmmm 16k????????????. Easily one of the worst buys in the tour. I dont know why anyone would go for that much for a player in the bottom half of the pool and in a tier like ubers + he doesn't have hoenn support either sooo I think he is getting farmed. I got convinced by spitfire mid auction that wincon is good at the game but he went 0-4 last years MPL but he did manage his team to a win this year so not sure what to make of it. I guess he also might have done well in some seasonal but I wont check that much so for now, I think his season could go either way. In doubles we have Xqiht, who is probably the best DOU in the tour. 13k is a very good price for him - I think he will get 5-6 wins easily. vedantff11 won floaroma cup or something. Since it has a fancy name, I assume it is a big tour - expecting him to do just fine. In 1v1 in MC who went 5-4 last time, seems a good buy for just 5k. In rands we have my boy blui who has been struggling since like a year or so, going 0-5 in last HPL and 1-4 in Wcor. Although blui def has the talent, he also hella clicks in his games now, so I don't feel the most confident in predicting him to do well this year. Bo3 has skimmythegod who I once praised as one of the most talented players in India. Unfortuantely, skimmy has simply forgot how to win a game of pokemon- His last win in any smogon tour was a year ago and he has gone winless twice in UPL now. Plus he has to win out of 2/3 games here sooo I predict him going negative.
SRH subs seem ok, not the best but not the worst. Most puzzling part to me is why memphis isnt starting in OU but ok fine. Rest all are fine as players but nothing to ride home about. They do cover every tier tho so thats a good sign. I am waiting to see Kanha Greninja start again as always.
I might have overglazed this team in post auction but it was mainly based on overall class and not recent form. They have very good carry slots so all they need is some of the rest to find their old form like Blui or Skimmy. This team can easily reach semis if that happens and once they do, they will be one of the scarier teams to face simply because of their broken TB in Fusien and xqiht.
ou2 - mimikyu stardust - 5.5
ubers - 8truc - 5
lc - TGA - 4.5
monotype - wincon - 5.5
doubles - xqiht - 9
champions - vedantff11 - 6
1v1 - MC - 5.5
random battle - Blui - 4.5
stours bo3 - skimmythegod - 3.5
subs - memphis depay, haru, imperimento, kanha greninja, primiee, tandaman - 6
Total - 64
One of the most successful franchises in HPL, can they repeat their performance a couple years ago? Let's see, as a start TGA self-bought for 15k. LOOOOL what. He has never performed in SV LC plus he complains about the tier after every loss. LC also is one of the toughest pools in the tour so it is very doomed for TGA I fear. The most expensive buy for SRH is Fusien, who is easily the best OU in the tour. Fusien generally wins a lot in SV and has the plot armor - no reason to predict anything other than 5-6 wins.
The other OU slot is mimikyu stardust, I have no idea why he is starting over memphis but ok sure. Mimikyu although a very capable player often shoots himself in the foot by using the stupidest teams of all time. If the managers are able to control him tho, he can def do well. But still based on his past tendencies, I think he will go around neutral. In ubers, we have 8truc for uhmmm 16k????????????. Easily one of the worst buys in the tour. I dont know why anyone would go for that much for a player in the bottom half of the pool and in a tier like ubers + he doesn't have hoenn support either sooo I think he is getting farmed. I got convinced by spitfire mid auction that wincon is good at the game but he went 0-4 last years MPL but he did manage his team to a win this year so not sure what to make of it. I guess he also might have done well in some seasonal but I wont check that much so for now, I think his season could go either way. In doubles we have Xqiht, who is probably the best DOU in the tour. 13k is a very good price for him - I think he will get 5-6 wins easily. vedantff11 won floaroma cup or something. Since it has a fancy name, I assume it is a big tour - expecting him to do just fine. In 1v1 in MC who went 5-4 last time, seems a good buy for just 5k. In rands we have my boy blui who has been struggling since like a year or so, going 0-5 in last HPL and 1-4 in Wcor. Although blui def has the talent, he also hella clicks in his games now, so I don't feel the most confident in predicting him to do well this year. Bo3 has skimmythegod who I once praised as one of the most talented players in India. Unfortuantely, skimmy has simply forgot how to win a game of pokemon- His last win in any smogon tour was a year ago and he has gone winless twice in UPL now. Plus he has to win out of 2/3 games here sooo I predict him going negative.
SRH subs seem ok, not the best but not the worst. Most puzzling part to me is why memphis isnt starting in OU but ok fine. Rest all are fine as players but nothing to ride home about. They do cover every tier tho so thats a good sign. I am waiting to see Kanha Greninja start again as always.
I might have overglazed this team in post auction but it was mainly based on overall class and not recent form. They have very good carry slots so all they need is some of the rest to find their old form like Blui or Skimmy. This team can easily reach semis if that happens and once they do, they will be one of the scarier teams to face simply because of their broken TB in Fusien and xqiht.
Lucknow Super Jirachis - waffle04 SirPeanutCronch
| hxmo | 3000 |
| Interlinked | 3000 |
| iPetBigfoot | 3000 |
| oreo guy | 3000 |
| Still in the cut | 3000 |
| X-Wing | 3000 |
| Yippie | 3000 |
| Rinda | 3500 |
| AquiIo | 4500 |
| Fdmw | 4500 |
| Gom | 4500 |
| One Last Kiss | 5500 |
| AyushXD | 10500 |
| Dieu Amphibien | 12000 |
| LB | 13500 |
| Kala chasmah | 15000 |
| MGdos16 | 17500 |
| AIRedzone | 18000 |
Sv1: MGdos16 - 6.5
Sv2: One Last Kiss - 5.5
Uber: oreo guy - 4
LC: LB - 5
Mono: Dieu Amphibien - 7.5
Doubles: AIRedzone - 7
Vgc: AyushXD - 6.5
1v1: Kala chasmah - 8.5
Rands: gom - 4.5
Bo3: Fdmw - 4
Bench: hxmo, aquilo, yippie, xwing, still in the cut, rinda, interlinked, Ipetbigfoot - 5
Total - 64
Waffles and SPC make their debut in HPL with the worst IPL franchise. Can they make an impact contrary to their IPL counterpart? They had a very free SPC selfbuy but I guess he wants to focus more on SCL which is fair enough. Their two most expensive buys are Aired and MGdos who atleast unlike Pant skimmythegod are good enough to justify their price. Aired made top 16 in OSDT only losing to the eventual winner.Although he did get farmed in DPL, I can excuse that as he played in older gens - He should still do well in this relatively tough pool. MGdos on the other hand has been in tremendous form for a year or so now. I am bit surprised to see him in SV instead of BO3 but given his talent, he should do just fine.
The other OU slot is One last kiss who had the best record last year with 7-1 in natdex. His form has always been up and down and you can never truly predict how well he will do, but regardless I think he will end up even or +1. In ubers is Oreo guy, who I think is probably the worst player in the pool. I mainly know him as a support so that's def not good news. I predict him to do poorly obv. Unlike others team, LB and the managers didn't cheat tier lock and didnt play him OU which I do respect. LB is in tremendous form with decent results in SPL, WCOP and now qualifying in OLT. His piloting skills have definitely improved but I am unsure how he will do in LC given the pool's quality. His season could go either way. In mono, we have Dieu Amphibien who always goes positive in mono tours. 12k is a good price for him for sure and I expect similar results as that in past. In vgc, we have ayush who has some very good results to his name. He is one of the best in this pool - expecting 5-6 wins from him. In 1v1, we have lucknow's star player Kala Chasmah who has been one of the best overall players in last 2 HPLs. 11-4 is very consistent especially in a tier like 1v1 with most of his wins also being straight sweeps. There is 0 reason to doubt given his past performances. Rands is being played by Gom who is an ok old gens randbats player. I def do not trust his SV skills. Also how the fuck was he more expensive than paysa and Fad LMAO like ok sure. That being said he is probably decent enough to go neutral. Fdmw is 2-5 overall on HPL sheet and is in a tough pool so yeah...
Two of their bench slots are apparently people who helped them in draft so that's not a good sign. Their subs arent bad but no real standout players. They will probably do an okay job if someone in starting 10 flops. @managers make yippie vs saurav happen tho.
I feel like with a couple player switching like LB to OU and MgDos to Bo3, they will be a very solid side and can win it all. Even currently, they have couple of carry slots in Kala and Dieu but I just don't think it's enough.
Sv2: One Last Kiss - 5.5
Uber: oreo guy - 4
LC: LB - 5
Mono: Dieu Amphibien - 7.5
Doubles: AIRedzone - 7
Vgc: AyushXD - 6.5
1v1: Kala chasmah - 8.5
Rands: gom - 4.5
Bo3: Fdmw - 4
Bench: hxmo, aquilo, yippie, xwing, still in the cut, rinda, interlinked, Ipetbigfoot - 5
Total - 64
Waffles and SPC make their debut in HPL with the worst IPL franchise. Can they make an impact contrary to their IPL counterpart? They had a very free SPC selfbuy but I guess he wants to focus more on SCL which is fair enough. Their two most expensive buys are Aired and MGdos who atleast unlike Pant skimmythegod are good enough to justify their price. Aired made top 16 in OSDT only losing to the eventual winner.Although he did get farmed in DPL, I can excuse that as he played in older gens - He should still do well in this relatively tough pool. MGdos on the other hand has been in tremendous form for a year or so now. I am bit surprised to see him in SV instead of BO3 but given his talent, he should do just fine.
The other OU slot is One last kiss who had the best record last year with 7-1 in natdex. His form has always been up and down and you can never truly predict how well he will do, but regardless I think he will end up even or +1. In ubers is Oreo guy, who I think is probably the worst player in the pool. I mainly know him as a support so that's def not good news. I predict him to do poorly obv. Unlike others team, LB and the managers didn't cheat tier lock and didnt play him OU which I do respect. LB is in tremendous form with decent results in SPL, WCOP and now qualifying in OLT. His piloting skills have definitely improved but I am unsure how he will do in LC given the pool's quality. His season could go either way. In mono, we have Dieu Amphibien who always goes positive in mono tours. 12k is a good price for him for sure and I expect similar results as that in past. In vgc, we have ayush who has some very good results to his name. He is one of the best in this pool - expecting 5-6 wins from him. In 1v1, we have lucknow's star player Kala Chasmah who has been one of the best overall players in last 2 HPLs. 11-4 is very consistent especially in a tier like 1v1 with most of his wins also being straight sweeps. There is 0 reason to doubt given his past performances. Rands is being played by Gom who is an ok old gens randbats player. I def do not trust his SV skills. Also how the fuck was he more expensive than paysa and Fad LMAO like ok sure. That being said he is probably decent enough to go neutral. Fdmw is 2-5 overall on HPL sheet and is in a tough pool so yeah...
Two of their bench slots are apparently people who helped them in draft so that's not a good sign. Their subs arent bad but no real standout players. They will probably do an okay job if someone in starting 10 flops. @managers make yippie vs saurav happen tho.
I feel like with a couple player switching like LB to OU and MgDos to Bo3, they will be a very solid side and can win it all. Even currently, they have couple of carry slots in Kala and Dieu but I just don't think it's enough.
Kolkata Koraidon Riders - Swagata Mitra im_m0rtal.
| frogfacts | 3000 |
| Greentea570 | 3000 |
| Isaac_Mor | 3000 |
| Rowlet69420 | 3000 |
| shatoor0 | 3000 |
| Amaske | 4500 |
| feen | 5500 |
| We Three Kings | 6000 |
| Enzonana. | 8000 |
| sundays | 8000 |
| entrocefalo | 10000 |
| Gray | 12000 |
| c0mp | 15000 |
| MAVERICK SHOOTERS | 22500 |
| Eniigma | 23000 |
SV OU: Gray - 4
SV OU: MAVERICK SHOOTERS - 6.5
SV Ubers: Entrocefalo - 7
SV LC: Eniigma - 8.5
SV Monotype: feen - 5.5
SV Doubles: Sundays - 4.5
Champions VGC: Issac_mor - 8.5
SV 1v1: frogfacts - 5
SV Random Battle: Rowlet69420 - 4
SWSH/SM/ORAS Bo3: c0mp - 9
Subs: Enzonana, Amaske, Greentea570, Shatoor0 - 5.5
Total - 68 (66)
Arguably the worst HPL franchise in HPL, can mortal and swagata change KKR's otherwise horrible record? Their two most expensive players are Mav and Eniigma combined for a very high 45.5k but they did make it up with probably some of the best value picks in the tour (tier lock cheating aside). Eniigma is one of the best SV LC players around with impressive records at the highest level in LCPL and SCL. People just can't seem to figure out his unorthodox style which I respect a lot. Although the LC pool is very good, I still expect him to have the best record here. Mav on the other hand is coming off a SPL win and a 4-0 wcop. Mav is someone who you would love to have on your team (if he doesn't troll around too much). He is usually active and can help in multiple slots. His team tour records arent the best but I expect him to continue his good form and do well.
The other OU slot is played by Gray, who I don't think was ever particularly impressive in OU. I predict him to go negative. In ubers is Entro, who was once the best SV ubers player. His form has def dipped but he is still very good. My main issue is since he is in 50 other tours, how much he would care for this. That being said, I think he will go positive for sure. In mono, we have feen who is a very good pick for just 5.5k. He has done very well in MPL over the years and I expect him to do just fine here as well. In doubles, we have sundays who has largely been mediocre in HPL with an overall 5-9 record. Combined with the fact that he doesnt really play the game frequently anymore, I don't think he is favoured to do well here. in VGC is Issac_mor, who went for checks notes 3k???WHAT. So a player who just started in 2025 and won NAIC 2025 , Global Challenge IV 2025 and Santiago Regionals 2026 goes for 3k whereas TPP goes for 18.5?? HELLO. This just doesn't make any sense and is probably the best buy of the entire tour. In 1v1 is frogfacts, who mentality glazes a lot. I am just going off his word and assume they are good. They did ask for Bo7 tho which is instant aura loss and point deduction. Rands is played by Rowlet69420, who I dont consider to be that good at the game. The first ever game I watched of him last year was him trying to trick a dipplin so yeah.... I guess managers didn't do their due dilligence in letting c0mp go for a meagre 15k. Easily one of the best masters players on the site and one of the best buys of the tour. 0 reason to expect anything other than positive here.
Their subs aren't anything flashy. Amaske can sub in for Gray I suppose and abhk is a very good activity vibes pick. Nothing much to say otherwise.
I perhaps judged them a bit too quick post auction but that was without the tier lock cheating. With that tho, on paper this team is very good with a broken TB. My main issue is about the activity here. Except Abhk and maybe Mav, I don't think anyone is ever talking in the team chat. Team activity is a big part of team tours and I am legit deducting 2 points for that. Greentea570 send me a count of players total line count at end of season.
SV OU: MAVERICK SHOOTERS - 6.5
SV Ubers: Entrocefalo - 7
SV LC: Eniigma - 8.5
SV Monotype: feen - 5.5
SV Doubles: Sundays - 4.5
Champions VGC: Issac_mor - 8.5
SV 1v1: frogfacts - 5
SV Random Battle: Rowlet69420 - 4
SWSH/SM/ORAS Bo3: c0mp - 9
Subs: Enzonana, Amaske, Greentea570, Shatoor0 - 5.5
Total - 68 (66)
Arguably the worst HPL franchise in HPL, can mortal and swagata change KKR's otherwise horrible record? Their two most expensive players are Mav and Eniigma combined for a very high 45.5k but they did make it up with probably some of the best value picks in the tour (tier lock cheating aside). Eniigma is one of the best SV LC players around with impressive records at the highest level in LCPL and SCL. People just can't seem to figure out his unorthodox style which I respect a lot. Although the LC pool is very good, I still expect him to have the best record here. Mav on the other hand is coming off a SPL win and a 4-0 wcop. Mav is someone who you would love to have on your team (if he doesn't troll around too much). He is usually active and can help in multiple slots. His team tour records arent the best but I expect him to continue his good form and do well.
The other OU slot is played by Gray, who I don't think was ever particularly impressive in OU. I predict him to go negative. In ubers is Entro, who was once the best SV ubers player. His form has def dipped but he is still very good. My main issue is since he is in 50 other tours, how much he would care for this. That being said, I think he will go positive for sure. In mono, we have feen who is a very good pick for just 5.5k. He has done very well in MPL over the years and I expect him to do just fine here as well. In doubles, we have sundays who has largely been mediocre in HPL with an overall 5-9 record. Combined with the fact that he doesnt really play the game frequently anymore, I don't think he is favoured to do well here. in VGC is Issac_mor, who went for checks notes 3k???WHAT. So a player who just started in 2025 and won NAIC 2025 , Global Challenge IV 2025 and Santiago Regionals 2026 goes for 3k whereas TPP goes for 18.5?? HELLO. This just doesn't make any sense and is probably the best buy of the entire tour. In 1v1 is frogfacts, who mentality glazes a lot. I am just going off his word and assume they are good. They did ask for Bo7 tho which is instant aura loss and point deduction. Rands is played by Rowlet69420, who I dont consider to be that good at the game. The first ever game I watched of him last year was him trying to trick a dipplin so yeah.... I guess managers didn't do their due dilligence in letting c0mp go for a meagre 15k. Easily one of the best masters players on the site and one of the best buys of the tour. 0 reason to expect anything other than positive here.
Their subs aren't anything flashy. Amaske can sub in for Gray I suppose and abhk is a very good activity vibes pick. Nothing much to say otherwise.
I perhaps judged them a bit too quick post auction but that was without the tier lock cheating. With that tho, on paper this team is very good with a broken TB. My main issue is about the activity here. Except Abhk and maybe Mav, I don't think anyone is ever talking in the team chat. Team activity is a big part of team tours and I am legit deducting 2 points for that. Greentea570 send me a count of players total line count at end of season.
Gujarat Gholdengos - memedose46 sappheiros
| Aquaa | 3000 |
| articoo | 3000 |
| Prateekkp | 3000 |
| velvet | 3000 |
| bring it on | 3500 |
| Typical_bastard | 3500 |
| Thiago Nunes | 4000 |
| Arc | 6000 |
| GhostlyPlanets | 6000 |
| Mentality | 6500 |
| Larry | 8000 |
| Suzuya | 8500 |
| Loudwinner | 10000 |
| Kingler | 13000 |
| Mario34 | 13500 |
| sappheiros | 15000 |
| Opelucid | 20500 |
OU1 Arc - 5.5
OU2 Mario34 - 5.5
Ubers Suzuya - 5.5
LC Kingler - 7.5
Monotype sappheiros - 4
1v1 GhostlyPlanets - 5.5
DOU Opelucid - 8
Champs Larry - 5.5
Rands articoo - 4
Masters Thiago Nunes - 4.5
subs:velvet,aquaa,loudwinner,bring it on,mentality,typical_bastard,prateekkp - 9
Total - 64.5
Gujarat had a horrible season last year after being runners up couple years ago. Can meme and sapph bring back the old form? Well clearly not because for some reason they decided to selfbuy sapph for 15k?? LOL which to me is one of the worst decisions of the auction. 15k for a player in the bottom half of the pool and for a tier like mono. I am baffled as how they thought this would be fine. Anyways the most expensive player is Opelucid who has gone 9-3 in past HPLs. The guy also farms every Douwc. Although I think 20.5 is a tad bit too high, it should be fine still. I obv expect him to do well.
The OU slots are led by Arc and Mario34, both who have had up and down form over the years. Both are good enough players who on their day can beat the best but can also play some of the worst games ever and lose. I expect both to do go around even. In Ubers, we have Suzuya whose stock have dipped tremendously over the years. Suzuya who once went 8-1 couple of years ago has gone 0-3 and 1-3 past 2 HPLs so not really sure what to expect here. His season could go either way. In LC, we have the recent LC classic winner Kingler, who has done very well in nearly every LC tour he plays since his return. I expect him to continue his good form and do well. In 1v1 is ghostlyplanets, who went 1-2 this 1v1pl. Kala Chashmah put him in his S tier which means he def isn't S tier. There is also Mentality to sub in or support so I expect this slot to get around 4 wins. In champs is Larry, who is a good enough pilot in a multitude of tiers for sure. Although I dont particularly know any of his records in VGC, given his piloting skills I think he will do just fine. In rands we have articoo, who I have never really considered as a top rands player. I think he will struggle. Thiago Nunes is playing Bo3, who giga performed in UPL after everyone thought he was washed after repeated mediocre performances so props to him. That being said, I don't think he is particularly good in any of OU gens and as mentioned above of Bo3 being a tough pool, I think he will go around even or -1. Thiago can also do SV OU, where I think he will be better off than BO3
Gujurat has one of the best benches of all teams. Loudwinner is a known HPL sheet farmer and although he doesn't play as much these days, the skill is still there. He did get owned a bit last year but if and when given the chance he should do well in either doubles or VGC. Gujurat also have a very easy fix of typical_bastard in BO3 and one of velvet and aquaa in rands. Velvet and aquaa both are frequently around the 2500 mark in ladder and typical is good enough to win few games, although he has struggled in past HPLs. Mentality is also good enough to sub in 1v1 and do well.
As said above with a few fixes, this team is very good. Based on current lineup, I think they are just lacking a bit to win it all. This team also has hella yappers in them so I expect the team activity to be good.
OU2 Mario34 - 5.5
Ubers Suzuya - 5.5
LC Kingler - 7.5
Monotype sappheiros - 4
1v1 GhostlyPlanets - 5.5
DOU Opelucid - 8
Champs Larry - 5.5
Rands articoo - 4
Masters Thiago Nunes - 4.5
subs:velvet,aquaa,loudwinner,bring it on,mentality,typical_bastard,prateekkp - 9
Total - 64.5
Gujarat had a horrible season last year after being runners up couple years ago. Can meme and sapph bring back the old form? Well clearly not because for some reason they decided to selfbuy sapph for 15k?? LOL which to me is one of the worst decisions of the auction. 15k for a player in the bottom half of the pool and for a tier like mono. I am baffled as how they thought this would be fine. Anyways the most expensive player is Opelucid who has gone 9-3 in past HPLs. The guy also farms every Douwc. Although I think 20.5 is a tad bit too high, it should be fine still. I obv expect him to do well.
The OU slots are led by Arc and Mario34, both who have had up and down form over the years. Both are good enough players who on their day can beat the best but can also play some of the worst games ever and lose. I expect both to do go around even. In Ubers, we have Suzuya whose stock have dipped tremendously over the years. Suzuya who once went 8-1 couple of years ago has gone 0-3 and 1-3 past 2 HPLs so not really sure what to expect here. His season could go either way. In LC, we have the recent LC classic winner Kingler, who has done very well in nearly every LC tour he plays since his return. I expect him to continue his good form and do well. In 1v1 is ghostlyplanets, who went 1-2 this 1v1pl. Kala Chashmah put him in his S tier which means he def isn't S tier. There is also Mentality to sub in or support so I expect this slot to get around 4 wins. In champs is Larry, who is a good enough pilot in a multitude of tiers for sure. Although I dont particularly know any of his records in VGC, given his piloting skills I think he will do just fine. In rands we have articoo, who I have never really considered as a top rands player. I think he will struggle. Thiago Nunes is playing Bo3, who giga performed in UPL after everyone thought he was washed after repeated mediocre performances so props to him. That being said, I don't think he is particularly good in any of OU gens and as mentioned above of Bo3 being a tough pool, I think he will go around even or -1. Thiago can also do SV OU, where I think he will be better off than BO3
Gujurat has one of the best benches of all teams. Loudwinner is a known HPL sheet farmer and although he doesn't play as much these days, the skill is still there. He did get owned a bit last year but if and when given the chance he should do well in either doubles or VGC. Gujurat also have a very easy fix of typical_bastard in BO3 and one of velvet and aquaa in rands. Velvet and aquaa both are frequently around the 2500 mark in ladder and typical is good enough to win few games, although he has struggled in past HPLs. Mentality is also good enough to sub in 1v1 and do well.
As said above with a few fixes, this team is very good. Based on current lineup, I think they are just lacking a bit to win it all. This team also has hella yappers in them so I expect the team activity to be good.
Royal Chandelures Bangalore - vk IPF
| Abele | 3000 |
| glass shadows | 3000 |
| justasomeone | 3000 |
| Saurav the great | 3000 |
| tatsu061 | 3000 |
| PoseidonWrath | 3500 |
| style.css | 4000 |
| Hrishioo7 | 5000 |
| LBN | 5500 |
| Jojen | 6000 |
| damien the genius | 7000 |
| Leroipolux | 8000 |
| Tricknology | 8000 |
| NTG Cuz IDK | 12000 |
| vk | 15000 |
| Code | 19000 |
| Envy | 22000 |
OU - Leroipolux - 4.5
OU - vk - 8.5
Ubers - Jojen - 5.5
LC - Envy - 9
Mono - Saurav the great - 4.5
DOU - Code - 8.5
Champs - justasomeone - 5.5
1v1 - NTG Cuz IDK - 5.5
Rands - Hrishioo7 - 7
Bo3 - Abele - 4
Bench: damien the genius, Tricknology, LBN, style.css, PoseidonWrath, glass shadows, tatsu061 - 6.5
Total - 69
One of the most successful franchises in HPL and now in IPL (lol). Will Vk and IPF repeat the same as their IPL counterpart? To start off, we have easily the best selfbuy of the tour with 15K VK. Vk has sheet farmed in wcop past couple of years and is definitely one of the best OU slots this tour. Very obvious positive prediction from me. Their most expensive player is Envy who is one of the best SV LC players on the site. He can also play a couple other slots like ubers if needed too. Also another no brainer positive prediction.
Their other OU slot is Leroipolux who I dont really rate that high. He plays like every tier but not that good in any so.. his season could go either way. In Ubers, is Jojen who I think is around the middle of the pack in this pool. He does have LBN to support or sub in if needed so there's that. His season could also go either way. Saurav the great for some reason is playing mono like sure. Historically Saurav has usually done just fine in HPL and he has very good support in style and wrath but still I think he will struggle a bit -expecting an even or -1 record from him. Doubles is played by Code, who went 7-2 in last HPL and 5-2 in the ongoing DPL. He should go giga positive once again. In doubles is justasomeone who apparently has multiple top cuts and finals. I didnt verify this but they should do well. In 1v1 we have NTG, who went 4-3 and 3-2 in HPL and 1v1pl respectively. 12k is a lot for someone who has gone +1 but ok sure. I think they will go around neutral. In rands is Hrishioo7, who I have always rated very highly as a player. He went 5-3 last year and can also switch into ubers if needed. For only 5k this is a very good buy. He should go positive once again. In Bo3, is abele whom I have mainly known as a good SM player. I am not really sure how good their other gens are but if they are starting over Damien, its probably good enough. That being said the rest of the Bo3 players are more proven so I think they will struggle a bit.
RCB has good foreign bench strength in Damien for BO3, LBN for ubers,Glass Shadows for OU, Style and Wrath for Mono. Their Hindi slots are kinda lacking tho. If one of their Hindi slots doesnt perform well, they will struggle to find a good replacement.
RCB is def a title contender to me. Multiple carry slots and no real bad slots either. The only weakness I see is their Mono and Bo3 slots, but if those slots perform, they are good to go.
OU - vk - 8.5
Ubers - Jojen - 5.5
LC - Envy - 9
Mono - Saurav the great - 4.5
DOU - Code - 8.5
Champs - justasomeone - 5.5
1v1 - NTG Cuz IDK - 5.5
Rands - Hrishioo7 - 7
Bo3 - Abele - 4
Bench: damien the genius, Tricknology, LBN, style.css, PoseidonWrath, glass shadows, tatsu061 - 6.5
Total - 69
One of the most successful franchises in HPL and now in IPL (lol). Will Vk and IPF repeat the same as their IPL counterpart? To start off, we have easily the best selfbuy of the tour with 15K VK. Vk has sheet farmed in wcop past couple of years and is definitely one of the best OU slots this tour. Very obvious positive prediction from me. Their most expensive player is Envy who is one of the best SV LC players on the site. He can also play a couple other slots like ubers if needed too. Also another no brainer positive prediction.
Their other OU slot is Leroipolux who I dont really rate that high. He plays like every tier but not that good in any so.. his season could go either way. In Ubers, is Jojen who I think is around the middle of the pack in this pool. He does have LBN to support or sub in if needed so there's that. His season could also go either way. Saurav the great for some reason is playing mono like sure. Historically Saurav has usually done just fine in HPL and he has very good support in style and wrath but still I think he will struggle a bit -expecting an even or -1 record from him. Doubles is played by Code, who went 7-2 in last HPL and 5-2 in the ongoing DPL. He should go giga positive once again. In doubles is justasomeone who apparently has multiple top cuts and finals. I didnt verify this but they should do well. In 1v1 we have NTG, who went 4-3 and 3-2 in HPL and 1v1pl respectively. 12k is a lot for someone who has gone +1 but ok sure. I think they will go around neutral. In rands is Hrishioo7, who I have always rated very highly as a player. He went 5-3 last year and can also switch into ubers if needed. For only 5k this is a very good buy. He should go positive once again. In Bo3, is abele whom I have mainly known as a good SM player. I am not really sure how good their other gens are but if they are starting over Damien, its probably good enough. That being said the rest of the Bo3 players are more proven so I think they will struggle a bit.
RCB has good foreign bench strength in Damien for BO3, LBN for ubers,Glass Shadows for OU, Style and Wrath for Mono. Their Hindi slots are kinda lacking tho. If one of their Hindi slots doesnt perform well, they will struggle to find a good replacement.
RCB is def a title contender to me. Multiple carry slots and no real bad slots either. The only weakness I see is their Mono and Bo3 slots, but if those slots perform, they are good to go.
Chennai Super Kingambits - Spitfire Ashbala
| Fad IV | 3000 |
| henrysalt | 3000 |
| TheWyvernKing | 3000 |
| paysa | 3500 |
| schwipper | 4000 |
| Lacks | 5000 |
| Ruffles | 5000 |
| Tempo di anguria | 5500 |
| LeBomboclats | 7500 |
| LittEleven | 7500 |
| Novax | 14500 |
| Spitfire | 15000 |
| Knull | 16000 |
| TPP | 18500 |
| Taka | 19000 |
OU : Tempo - 5.5
OU : Litteleven - 5
Ubers : Taka - 8.5
LC : Ruffles - 5.5
Mono : Schwipper - 5.5
DOU : Knull - 5.5
Champs : Tpp - 5
1v1 : Le_bomboclats - 5.5
Masters : Spitfire - 8
Rands : Paysa - 8
Bench: novax, lacks, henrysalt, TheWyvernKing, FadIV - 9
Total - 71
CSK returns to HPL but with spitfire over one of the most successful managers in Abhk. Can Spitfire beat the ashbala curse? Probably not but lets find out. Spitfire for 15k is obviously one of the best selfbuys of the tour alongside VK. He went for 26k last year so that's a big saving. One of the best Indian and HPL players of all time, I think he will do just fine this time as well. Their most expensive buys are Taka and TPP for 19k and 18.5k respectively. Taka is one of the best SV Ubers players around and is easily top 2 in this pool alongside Richard. He has farmed in UPL, Wcop and SCL so there's no reason to predict anything other than positive from him. TPP on the other hand for 18.5k makes 0 sense to me. From what I know, he doesnt really have any achievements in VGC. So how the fuck does he go more than the rest of the field that actually does have records. ISSAC_MOR WAS 3K OMG. Anyways he obv has the skill but I just don't see him doing that well in this pool.
Their OU slots led by Tempo and Litteleven, two players who are largely inexperienced in OU. Tempo is obv coming off a Wcop win but the sample size is still very low and litt although a player who I rate highly doesn't have much experience either. Both are good enough to do well but there isnt much data to go off. Both seasons could go either way. In LC we have ruffles for just 5k, which to me is one of the best buys of the tour. He did well in SLAM and can also support or play Bo3 if needed. Ruffles also grinds every tier he plays so I expect him to do just fine regardless of the tough pool. In Mono is Scwipper who went 2-5 in MPL so uhm. They do have amazing support in Spitfire, bala and Wyvern but I am not sure what to make of it. Their season could go either way too. In DOU there is Knull, who is Indian captain or something idk. He went 1-2 in DPL but is starting over Novax so he is probably good. In 1v1 we have Le_bomboclats, who went 4-4 in 1v1PL which is a decent record. I expect him to go even or +1. Paysa is playing rands who for some reason is only 3.5k. It makes no sense to me for him to be this low and he is obviously one of the best buys of the tour. He is also a good enough pilot to play some other tier. I guess managers don't really give a fuck about rands prices anymore.
CSK have some of best bench of the entire tour. Novax can easily start in either LC or DOU to a very high level. FadIV for 3k also makes no sense to me. This guy has reached 2600 on ladder ffs(allegedly). Again he can easily start over Paysa here. I rate Lacks very highly and he can sub into OU if either of the starters flop. I for sure do not know why they fuck they went with Wyvernking tho. U guys have Bala, Spit, Schwipper and Paysa. HOW MANY MORE DO YOU NEED. Drafting another mono only slot makes 0 sense to me but ok fine.
The most important part of this team to me is bonding and versatility. Many of these guys are good friends which is always a plus. Also most of their players can play multiple slots like Litt, Taka, Ruffles, Spit, TPP, Paysa, novax etc. This is a good bonus to have as incase any of the starters struggle, you can just switch them to something else. This team doesn't really have any weak slots and also has good enough subs for nearly every tier. They however do not have a big SV OU player so that's a bit concerning to me.
OU : Litteleven - 5
Ubers : Taka - 8.5
LC : Ruffles - 5.5
Mono : Schwipper - 5.5
DOU : Knull - 5.5
Champs : Tpp - 5
1v1 : Le_bomboclats - 5.5
Masters : Spitfire - 8
Rands : Paysa - 8
Bench: novax, lacks, henrysalt, TheWyvernKing, FadIV - 9
Total - 71
CSK returns to HPL but with spitfire over one of the most successful managers in Abhk. Can Spitfire beat the ashbala curse? Probably not but lets find out. Spitfire for 15k is obviously one of the best selfbuys of the tour alongside VK. He went for 26k last year so that's a big saving. One of the best Indian and HPL players of all time, I think he will do just fine this time as well. Their most expensive buys are Taka and TPP for 19k and 18.5k respectively. Taka is one of the best SV Ubers players around and is easily top 2 in this pool alongside Richard. He has farmed in UPL, Wcop and SCL so there's no reason to predict anything other than positive from him. TPP on the other hand for 18.5k makes 0 sense to me. From what I know, he doesnt really have any achievements in VGC. So how the fuck does he go more than the rest of the field that actually does have records. ISSAC_MOR WAS 3K OMG. Anyways he obv has the skill but I just don't see him doing that well in this pool.
Their OU slots led by Tempo and Litteleven, two players who are largely inexperienced in OU. Tempo is obv coming off a Wcop win but the sample size is still very low and litt although a player who I rate highly doesn't have much experience either. Both are good enough to do well but there isnt much data to go off. Both seasons could go either way. In LC we have ruffles for just 5k, which to me is one of the best buys of the tour. He did well in SLAM and can also support or play Bo3 if needed. Ruffles also grinds every tier he plays so I expect him to do just fine regardless of the tough pool. In Mono is Scwipper who went 2-5 in MPL so uhm. They do have amazing support in Spitfire, bala and Wyvern but I am not sure what to make of it. Their season could go either way too. In DOU there is Knull, who is Indian captain or something idk. He went 1-2 in DPL but is starting over Novax so he is probably good. In 1v1 we have Le_bomboclats, who went 4-4 in 1v1PL which is a decent record. I expect him to go even or +1. Paysa is playing rands who for some reason is only 3.5k. It makes no sense to me for him to be this low and he is obviously one of the best buys of the tour. He is also a good enough pilot to play some other tier. I guess managers don't really give a fuck about rands prices anymore.
CSK have some of best bench of the entire tour. Novax can easily start in either LC or DOU to a very high level. FadIV for 3k also makes no sense to me. This guy has reached 2600 on ladder ffs(allegedly). Again he can easily start over Paysa here. I rate Lacks very highly and he can sub into OU if either of the starters flop. I for sure do not know why they fuck they went with Wyvernking tho. U guys have Bala, Spit, Schwipper and Paysa. HOW MANY MORE DO YOU NEED. Drafting another mono only slot makes 0 sense to me but ok fine.
The most important part of this team to me is bonding and versatility. Many of these guys are good friends which is always a plus. Also most of their players can play multiple slots like Litt, Taka, Ruffles, Spit, TPP, Paysa, novax etc. This is a good bonus to have as incase any of the starters struggle, you can just switch them to something else. This team doesn't really have any weak slots and also has good enough subs for nearly every tier. They however do not have a big SV OU player so that's a bit concerning to me.
Rajasthan Rajahs - RaJ.Shoot Vioz
| Fraolain | 3000 |
| Mist | 3000 |
| Miyoko | 3000 |
| Seo. | 3000 |
| ZephyrHK | 4500 |
| IcyPenguin2 | 5500 |
| OhioGengar | 8000 |
| Silent Waltz | 10000 |
| Rahul | 12000 |
| Vioz | 15000 |
| AgencyIsOwn | 17000 |
| Sir AaronVGC | 20000 |
| RichardMillePlain | 25500 |
SV OU- Silent Waltz - 7
SV OU- AgencyIsOwn - 7.5
SV Ubers- RichardMillePlain - 8.5
SV LC- Rahul - 5.5
SV Monotype- Fraolain - 7
SV Doubles- ZephyrHK - 5.5
Champions VGC- Sir AaronVGC - 7
SV 1v1- Mist - 7
SV Random Battle- Miyoko - 3
SWSH/SM/ORAS Bo3- Vioz - 4.5
Subs: IcyPenguin2 , Seo, OhioGengar - 8
Total - 70.5
Legendary manager Raj.shoot returns to HPL once again alongside debutant Vioz. Can Raj repeat his past records? To start it off, Vioz selfbought for 15k which is def interesting to say the least. I think its bit too high for him plus and to top it off he is playing in Bo3 instead of his best tier in rands so uhm.. I think he will struggle. Their most expensive player is Richard who is one of the best SV ubers player around and is also the best player in the pool. He struggled a bit last year but with the comparatively weaker Ubers pool this time around he should do well.
OU is played by Silent Waltz and AgencyIsOwn, two players who have performed very well in recent times. Waltz was the runners up of Last OST and somehow only went for 10k whereas Agency clutched multiple times in Wcop to win the trophy. I expect both to do well this tour. In LC, we have Rahul who has one of the worst HPL records ever with 2-13. He is def a good SV LC player but with the tough pool and past records, I think he will go around even. Fraolain for 3k is one of the best buys of the tour. He generally wins a lot and also goes for a lot in MPL so expecting him to do well here. Spitfire was glazing about ZephyrHK before tour so I suppose he is good but I don't really have much info on him. His season could go either way. In doubles is Sir AaronVGC, who has very good records, but do you really want to spend 20k in VGC when there are so many other good VGCers in the pool. I am not so sure about that, regardless he should do well here. In 1v1, is Mist who went 6-2 in 1v1pl. That is a very good record to get for just 3k. I expect them to do well here too. In Rands we have Miyoko??? Uhm what. In a pool with so many good rands slot I am not sure how do you end up with miyoko LMAO. Anyways I obviously expect him to struggle.
Their subs are pretty good. I rate IcyPenguin highly as a pilot so I don't think he should be benched but fine. He can sub into p much anything and do fine. Seo and OhioGengar are also good enough to sub in and do well if needed.
Rajasthan is also a title contender to me. Multiple good starters with good enough subs. Rands can be solved by one of vioz or icy in it so my main concern is regarding the BO3 slot, which I dont really see anyone who can play it well.
SV OU- AgencyIsOwn - 7.5
SV Ubers- RichardMillePlain - 8.5
SV LC- Rahul - 5.5
SV Monotype- Fraolain - 7
SV Doubles- ZephyrHK - 5.5
Champions VGC- Sir AaronVGC - 7
SV 1v1- Mist - 7
SV Random Battle- Miyoko - 3
SWSH/SM/ORAS Bo3- Vioz - 4.5
Subs: IcyPenguin2 , Seo, OhioGengar - 8
Total - 70.5
Legendary manager Raj.shoot returns to HPL once again alongside debutant Vioz. Can Raj repeat his past records? To start it off, Vioz selfbought for 15k which is def interesting to say the least. I think its bit too high for him plus and to top it off he is playing in Bo3 instead of his best tier in rands so uhm.. I think he will struggle. Their most expensive player is Richard who is one of the best SV ubers player around and is also the best player in the pool. He struggled a bit last year but with the comparatively weaker Ubers pool this time around he should do well.
OU is played by Silent Waltz and AgencyIsOwn, two players who have performed very well in recent times. Waltz was the runners up of Last OST and somehow only went for 10k whereas Agency clutched multiple times in Wcop to win the trophy. I expect both to do well this tour. In LC, we have Rahul who has one of the worst HPL records ever with 2-13. He is def a good SV LC player but with the tough pool and past records, I think he will go around even. Fraolain for 3k is one of the best buys of the tour. He generally wins a lot and also goes for a lot in MPL so expecting him to do well here. Spitfire was glazing about ZephyrHK before tour so I suppose he is good but I don't really have much info on him. His season could go either way. In doubles is Sir AaronVGC, who has very good records, but do you really want to spend 20k in VGC when there are so many other good VGCers in the pool. I am not so sure about that, regardless he should do well here. In 1v1, is Mist who went 6-2 in 1v1pl. That is a very good record to get for just 3k. I expect them to do well here too. In Rands we have Miyoko??? Uhm what. In a pool with so many good rands slot I am not sure how do you end up with miyoko LMAO. Anyways I obviously expect him to struggle.
Their subs are pretty good. I rate IcyPenguin highly as a pilot so I don't think he should be benched but fine. He can sub into p much anything and do fine. Seo and OhioGengar are also good enough to sub in and do well if needed.
Rajasthan is also a title contender to me. Multiple good starters with good enough subs. Rands can be solved by one of vioz or icy in it so my main concern is regarding the BO3 slot, which I dont really see anyone who can play it well.
1- Chennai Super Kingambits - 71
2- Rajasthan Rajahs - 70.5
3- Royal Chandelures Bangalore - 69
4- Kochi Quakers - 67
5- Kolkata Koraidon Riders - 66
6- Gujarat Gholdengos - 64.5
7- Staraptors Hyderabad - 64 (Better TB boost)
8- Lucknow Super Jirachis - 64
2- Rajasthan Rajahs - 70.5
3- Royal Chandelures Bangalore - 69
4- Kochi Quakers - 67
5- Kolkata Koraidon Riders - 66
6- Gujarat Gholdengos - 64.5
7- Staraptors Hyderabad - 64 (Better TB boost)
8- Lucknow Super Jirachis - 64
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1v1 prs
1. Frogfacts
2. Kala
3. Mist
4. Ntg
5. Everyone else
1. Frogfacts
2. Kala
3. Mist
4. Ntg
5. Everyone else
Bro LMAO, seeing my team name in 3rd place made me think, “Oh, we’re #3,” until I noticed the total points...
Hello Everyone, If I remember correctly I played in HPL 2 and HPL 3, some of the best days of my life, will always cherish those memories, have fun everyone, glad to see you all are doing well. Rooting for my buddies TDR and Hoennseptile and their respective teams. Great to see you too Ashbala, pretty sure you were my manager in HPL 3..? Anyways, best of luck everyone, best wishes from my side.
Peace!
Peace!
Hey everyone,
As usual, it was a fun experience playing HPL for the third time. Sorry, SirPeanutCronch & waffle04, for trusting me so much to perform well, only for me to let you down. :(
Apart from my own disappointing run this year, I hope all the managers who bought 1v1ers, with or without my suggestions, are happy not only with their performance but also with their activity and dedication to winning. I believe Vioz would play 1v1 next year xDDD
I don’t really have much else to say, and I won’t stretch this out too much, but yeah, I’m retiring from HPL (with a total score of 14-8) and all sorts of tours after completing 1v1 WC X… at least until Scarlet and Violet is over and Gen X is released. And ngl, I’m not even sure if I’ll play it or not because theres a lot going on in my life right now that I need to focus on.
HPL is the best tour, and it has always helped me connect with new people and make friends. I genuinely love this community, and tysm, Eseque, for hosting this wonderful tour!
I love you all!
Peace
~kala chasmah
As usual, it was a fun experience playing HPL for the third time. Sorry, SirPeanutCronch & waffle04, for trusting me so much to perform well, only for me to let you down. :(
Apart from my own disappointing run this year, I hope all the managers who bought 1v1ers, with or without my suggestions, are happy not only with their performance but also with their activity and dedication to winning. I believe Vioz would play 1v1 next year xDDD
I don’t really have much else to say, and I won’t stretch this out too much, but yeah, I’m retiring from HPL (with a total score of 14-8) and all sorts of tours after completing 1v1 WC X… at least until Scarlet and Violet is over and Gen X is released. And ngl, I’m not even sure if I’ll play it or not because theres a lot going on in my life right now that I need to focus on.
HPL is the best tour, and it has always helped me connect with new people and make friends. I genuinely love this community, and tysm, Eseque, for hosting this wonderful tour!
I love you all!
Peace
~kala chasmah
Oh boy, another tour, another finals barely out of my grasp to win it #whenisitmyturn.
Besides that, was an amazing debut HPL for me, I did not expect to perform at this insane level that I did during this debut HPL, 7-1 to kickoff my first ever hpl is a feat I will forever be proud of and that too a finals finish alongside an amazing team. Honestly feels strange for me going 6-0 in SV 1v1, considering I left SV 1v1 to go main BW 1v1 before but then a returning into a much more unfamiliar setting of it and then finding huge success in my first competitive SV 1v1 tour games.
I have to especially thank my managers, RaJ.Shoot and Vioz for drafting me and trusting in my abilities in this tour. Their support and advice was massive to how I performed this tour and how I approached each week. Especially Vioz, I would definitely say one of the best managers I've worked with in tours, such a fun presence, from hyping us up in key moments to backing everyone even after tough weeks, I salute you my king. Dw Raj, I haven't forgotten you, you were goated as well xDDD. I won't ever forget that amazing debut win I had, which was ironically in randbats against a top level player.
Shoutout to Mist for helping me build across this tour, and, Kala chasmah and LeBomboclats (during finals) for helping me build during playoffs. Without their teambuilding skills and understanding of this meta, I doubt I'd have made it this far in this tour.
And I cannot forget the amazing teammates I had alongside me this tour, who all were amazing to talk with and have fun. Especially have to give a massive shoutout to Seo. , their positivity was addicting and it definitely helped me become more confident when I played.
Tough luck for me as I go yet another tour without a CA and chip, but I won't let that slow me down. I'll keep on improving and becoming more consistent in this format and keep on performing. HPL was an amazing tour to play in, meet and interact with different people, make new friends and especially get my name out there in the tour scene. One day, I'll win it all, I know it. I'll be back for more next HPL, stronger and more confident.
Love y'all. Until then, take care guys!
Besides that, was an amazing debut HPL for me, I did not expect to perform at this insane level that I did during this debut HPL, 7-1 to kickoff my first ever hpl is a feat I will forever be proud of and that too a finals finish alongside an amazing team. Honestly feels strange for me going 6-0 in SV 1v1, considering I left SV 1v1 to go main BW 1v1 before but then a returning into a much more unfamiliar setting of it and then finding huge success in my first competitive SV 1v1 tour games.
I have to especially thank my managers, RaJ.Shoot and Vioz for drafting me and trusting in my abilities in this tour. Their support and advice was massive to how I performed this tour and how I approached each week. Especially Vioz, I would definitely say one of the best managers I've worked with in tours, such a fun presence, from hyping us up in key moments to backing everyone even after tough weeks, I salute you my king. Dw Raj, I haven't forgotten you, you were goated as well xDDD. I won't ever forget that amazing debut win I had, which was ironically in randbats against a top level player.
Shoutout to Mist for helping me build across this tour, and, Kala chasmah and LeBomboclats (during finals) for helping me build during playoffs. Without their teambuilding skills and understanding of this meta, I doubt I'd have made it this far in this tour.
And I cannot forget the amazing teammates I had alongside me this tour, who all were amazing to talk with and have fun. Especially have to give a massive shoutout to Seo. , their positivity was addicting and it definitely helped me become more confident when I played.
Tough luck for me as I go yet another tour without a CA and chip, but I won't let that slow me down. I'll keep on improving and becoming more consistent in this format and keep on performing. HPL was an amazing tour to play in, meet and interact with different people, make new friends and especially get my name out there in the tour scene. One day, I'll win it all, I know it. I'll be back for more next HPL, stronger and more confident.
Love y'all. Until then, take care guys!