As we head into the finals of PL, I just want to reflect on some of the greatest moments of this season, highlighting the most skillful team in every PL ever in my trademarked:
Morpeko Momentstm
Where we will test the theory that the morpekos are one of the unluckiest teams and every hax in their favor is deserved. I won’t be covering semifinals because those replay stats aren’t out yet.
In week one, we have our first ever Morpeko Moment
tm in the match between TSC and 5luke.
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/smogtours-gen81v1-477354
5luke gets double flinched by Jirachi and even though the match would have gone to TSC in the later games, the morpekos will remember that (as justification for any time they hax anyone else in the tour).
Morpeko Moment #2 happens in TDA vs ggopw.
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen71v1-1068076482-vgjxgrlcj1oamgl6yzb6vdw3irtkvpkpw
TDA gets crit by ggopw’s heatran and even though it was unlikely for lele to hit the next focus blast, it was still hax apparently. (Also TDA crit ggopw’s melo and dodged a will o wisp from sableye)
Morpeko Moment #3. Whaleeeee vs Raining Inside
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen61v1-1067577949
Whale crits Raining’s Empoleon.
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen61v1-1067584723
But don’t worry! Raining crits Whale’s Clefable in the completely same scenario where there wasn’t more room for a crit or anything.
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen61v1-1067590215
Oh but what’s this? Another crit! Whale crits Raining’s azu to close out the match. Ggs everyone, skillful series.
Week 2: Another week, more morpeko moments
Morpeko Moment #4 Felucia vs Cantius
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen81v1-1071283066-53m1nxigwmfzr547quwdl81down1d1cpw
Felucia dodges a hydro pump from Jocus’s hydreigon, and even though Jocus still wins the series, the morpekos got completely haxed there.
BREAKING NEWS
We interrupt your regularly scheduled morpeko moments for this highlight match of:
Maxy1991991 VS Making good decisions
WHO WILL WIN????
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen81v1-1070399935
Uh oh it looks like maxy won this one. Now let’s give him a warning and move on with our lives...
Wait... what’s this? I’m getting information that the morpekos are actually getting REWARDED for one of their players speculating and now they get to choose any new player they want AND they get to keep maxy! Just an incredible decision by the tour hosts and this just reflects wonderfully on the 1v1 tour scene as a whole. Great job everyone.
Now back to your regularly scheduled morpeko moments
Morpeko Moment #5 Downcoming3 vs James155
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen71v1-1069886585
DC3 flinches James’ skarmory and it looks like it’s all over... but then James skillfully dodges the blast burn and reveals that the flinch didn’t matter at all! Wow James really got haxed on this one.
Morpeko Moment #6 Whaleeeee vs Jirachirella
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen61v1-1070471579
I mean, I’m not even surprised that whale crit someone anymore.
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen61v1-1070474825
Whale gets crit, but like, Jirachirella had every earthquake + every waterfall to crit so...
Morpeko Moment #7 Stable “Double enduring was the play” prince569 vs KaifPlays
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen51v1-1070144782-xc5v8ovxgf0a96w4aiwuae65s6fyavbpw
Stable gets crit here, so sad. He probably wouldn’t have gotten 3-0ed by solar if he didn’t get crit here.
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen51v1-1070147289-yftpbpkp069zm5boxp40chzsmm7dy2kpw
Stable gets crit again :o, completely mattered with scald burn chance too.
Morpeko Moment #8 Dj Breloominati vs xJoelith
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen41v1-1070730415-0f2ukgu25uuj9qbhoad9p797ip956pgpw
Stable says “We tank those” but I think he forgot that poison and close combat have detrimental effects.
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen41v1-1070734208-z2wna8622125q4uufdrrl3geoodlhhypw
And spitfire gets the spdef drop so he doesn’t have to risk a seed flare miss.
Week 3: Electric Beegalee
Morpeko Moment #9 Zioziotrip vs Djokra
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen81v1-1075208554-mq14jxncgpkf6fv9gb83nr96xkzmju0pw
Zio flinches Djok’s Excadrill beating aegislash but it doesn’t matter because apparently you can just say “I was chople exca” and that means you actually were. Let’s look at this closer. If zio was chople, he had no room for a choice band and that means it was a roll to kill aegislash (252+ Atk Mold Breaker Excadrill Earthquake vs. 252 HP / 20 Def Aegislash-Shield: 270-320 (83.3 - 98.7%) -- guaranteed 2HKO) Oh shit.
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen81v1-1075213069-zxtmbqwl9rxo662bgezax1ru4po2znbpw
Well well well, Djokra misses a Rock Wrecker that didn’t matter so it’s ok. (+6 0 Atk burned Rhyperior Rock Wrecker vs. 252 HP / 252 Def (no typing) Arcanine: 392-462 (102 - 120.3%) -- guaranteed OHKO) Wait. Shit.
Morpeko Moment #10 dogknees vs Cantius
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/smogtours-gen81v1-479226
Godknees dodges an iron tail. Was he babri? Probably. But we don’t want to acknowledge that.
Morpeko Moment #11 James155 vs martha
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/smogtours-gen71v1-478989
James freezes Martha’s prima, but then misses two meteor mashes and Martha doesn’t thaw so it’s ok.
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/smogtours-gen71v1-479009
James gets a skillful crit and closes out the series 3-0.
Morpeko Moment #12 Whaleeeee vs Robyn
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen61v1-1074334208
If there is a chance for whale to crit, he’s gonna take it.
Morpeko Moment #13 stable “Let me just snarl here” prince569 vs ima
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/smogtours-gen51v1-478625
Stable snarls and chokes. Oh yeah there was a crit there too.
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/smogtours-gen51v1-478626
Stable pulls a kaif and crits the scald. Unfortunately he isn’t able to get the burn as well.
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/smogtours-gen51v1-478627
Stable dodges sleep powder.
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/smogtours-gen51v1-478628
Stable crits.
Morpeko Moment #14 Dj Breloominati vs Jordy
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen41v1-1074566430-a9m37ff32pd39k80d6wg2skue343xhdpw
Spitfire wins the speed tie, didn’t matter tho because Jordy was gonna miss the focus blast anyway.
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen41v1-1074568218-fghvmzf2s6ocyszaxnwzvdwj88z9bcepw
Jordy gets a double endure. It was honestly a good play by spitfire too.
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen41v1-1074568695-qyll7092y50h8u3ekck0w01pk9eiszzpw
Jordy gets a freeze, but like (+1 252+ Atk Dragonite Outrage vs. 252 HP / 0 Def Swampert: 360-424 (89.1 - 104.9%) -- 31.3% chance to OHKO)
Week 4! Last week was full of morpeko moments. Can they do it again?
Morpeko Moment #15 Zioziotrip vs Denisthemenace
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen81v1-1078879096
Denis doesn’t get only 2 rock blast hits for the rest of the game. Complete hax.
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen81v1-1078881082
Crit def mattered. (252 SpA Choice Specs Chandelure Overheat vs. 136 HP / 0 SpD Aromatisse: 381-448 (101 - 118.8%) -- guaranteed OHKO)
Morpeko Moment #16 The Dark Alakazam vs Squirtell
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen71v1-1079614232
Squirtell crits TDA, completely mattered. (-1 252+ Atk Ambipom Breakneck Blitz (200 BP) vs. -1 252 HP / 108 Def Incineroar: 289-342 (73.3 - 86.8%) -- guaranteed 2HKO) Yup. 100%.
Morpeko Moment #17 Elo Bandit vs James155
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen71v1-1078107683
Elo misses the thunder that would have allowed him to kill, but hitting other thunders is unlikely so we’ll give this one as a legit no hax moment to the morpekos.
Week 5.
Morpeko Moment #18 Zioziotrip vs neomon
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen81v1-1081801543
This one is a roll. What can I say except maybe legit hax moment?
Morpeko Moment #19 stable “slow scrafty was the play” prince569 vs closexy
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen71v1-1083004320
Close doesn’t get hit with confusion in 3 turns.
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen71v1-1083008819
Stable crits the registeel.
SLOW SCRAFTY. WHAT THE FUCK.
Morpeko Moment #20 James155 vs deg
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen51v1-1081268857
Deg crits the registeel. A million chances to crit. This is why we don’t use registeel in old gens.
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen51v1-1081271433
Crunch def drop into double protect into scald burn. This game was a mess. Who knows who won without hax. The scald burn didn’t matter if James didn’t get the def drop.
Morpeko Moment #21 Dj Breloominati vs Inkreativ
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen41v1-1082347427-pt43mb504q2sn4xgtqs4oxfev26q7bwpw
Ink crits with Jolteon
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen41v1-1082358655-d0ngvfqivbkl55g3rzaplqf6u5v53unpw
Freeze into thaw into para. All hax didn’t matter.
Week 6. That was actually a pretty clean week for the morpekos in week 5. Let’s do it again.
Morpeko Moment #22 Zioziotrip vs crucify
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen81v1-1086298177
Zio misses the toxic. If he was protect sub it mattered.
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen81v1-1086300643
Zio gets crit. He was playing it risky with the possible poisons too.
Morpeko Moment #23 Cantius vs Waylaid
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen81v1-1087701801-5rwbey9k2pvs9hm8dqm6ob558unvs55pw
Jocus misses frenzy plant but double eq into Mach punch killed.
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen81v1-1087704694-n0faxpwra4w65tzm1zbrkncac5gx0jwpw
Jocus misses rock blast.
Morpeko Moment #24 James155 vs LaBalladeDesCieux
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen71v1-1086821943-9p8y0l7tdjpphhc597zari4xb1h349xpw
James throws by clicking roost t1 and gets punished.
Morpeko Moment #25 Whaleeeee vs LancerFr
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen61v1-1086896698-clcozyoomleg33cxf51fwk80ppu0tntpw
Whale dodges the air slash, then paralyzes the togekiss.
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen61v1-1086898110
Lancer almost gets crit flinched into a loss.
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen61v1-1086902959
Lancer doesn’t get crit.
Morpeko Moment #26 Synonymous vs Dj Breloominati
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen41v1-1087425194
Synon dodges disable. I actually feel bad for spitfire :(
Week 7. The deciding week.
Morpeko Moment #27 Dustox Eater vs Nalei
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/smogtours-gen81v1-487890
Salac hydreigon. Ok
Morpeko Moment #28 “REEEEE ITS IN MY FAVOR”1991991 vs Tol
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen81v1-1089780792
Tol misses 9 million focus blasts.
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen81v1-1089781866
Maxy gets some flinches and crits and a decent wake.
Morpeko Moment #29 The Dark Alakazam vs Lkjc
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen71v1-1091591896
30% roll
Morpeko Moment #30 James155 vs Le Creme Brule
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen71v1-1091009992-7gyncepjyya6bx5n018p0ewn6y7084cpw
Iron head flinches.
Morpeko Moment #31 Whaleeeee vs Joker
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen61v1-1091744233
Para but it didn’t matter.
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen61v1-1091747232
Crit.
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen61v1-1091751770
Crit.
Morpeko Moment #32 stable “dodging sleep powder was the play” prince569 vs avarice
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen51v1-1089816099-ruymz6st1n2138yfunsq7n6burxedxfpw
He do what he do
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen51v1-1089817820-c6g7s1s3hgp27xyu2ny8da08ob0dip0pw
Wins the speed tie.
Morpeko Moment #33 Dj Breloominati vs Yami
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen41v1-1090329009
Yami crits.
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen41v1-1090331766
Yami crits and flinches with togekiss.
This is the end of your regularly scheduled Morpeko Moments
tm We hope that you tune in to finals to watch some more fun times with everyone’s favorite team: the Mighty Morphin’ Morpekos!
And just remember everyone:
James155: deserved ngl