Tournaments ADVPL VI - Week 3

[IncredibleKing]

Art by kolohe

Host team: IncredibleKing, JensenDale, Jahkem

Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Semifinals | Finals

Administrative Decisions | Replays and Usages | Record Sheet​

Rules

• Follow all rules listed here.
• Schedule via Smogon VMs. It's easier for me to make decisions for activity calls when I can actually see what went down with scheduling.
• If you are unable to schedule with your opponent, please let your managers know ASAP so they can communicate that to me or the other team's managers for a potential substitute.
• Substitutions may be made after a week has started. When making a substitution, please tag myself, the managers of the opposing team, and all of the players affected by the substitute to ensure that everyone is made aware. Players who have already played in the week or were subbed out in the same week cannot be subbed back in.
• If a match remains incomplete by the time of the deadline, it may be subject to an activity call.
• It is recommended to play all games on SmogTours as this has all the formats included and games can be recreated in case of unseen circumstances. However, Games can be played on the Pokémon Showdown main server if both players agree. The result between players may be decided in a best-of-one by default.
• Replays are mandatory. Not only are they useful for confirming wins, they contribute to usage stats and allow the people who couldn't watch the games live to watch them later.
• Managers: Please send me your lineups in the same format that I used to post pairings. It makes it much easier to post future rounds more quickly.

Before commencing this week, we would like to leave you with some
Advanced Words of Wisdom

In youth, I looked to the heavens, longing for flight.
I am mocked, and named foolish, wingless before the sky.
Yet still I leap, striking stone with unyielding will.
For desire, once kindled, does not yield to scorn.

Through struggle, My body hardened, and I rose as Shelgon.
Encased in strength, I grew heavy and still.
Many declare the dream ended, sealed within my shell.
Yet the longing endures, gathering force in silence.

In time, the striving reaches its appointed end.
Light surrounds me, answering years of defiance.
From that light, I emergeed a Salamence, winged and sovereign.
What was denied becomes undeniable.

For this truth is made known:
Dreams borne through hardship reshape the bearer.
Mockery washes as dirt in the water.
And the sky yields to those who refuse surrender.

The wisdom for us is that we all have dreams we wish to achieve, goals we intend to execute.
However, there will be naysayers and challenges. What stops the naysayers from what being right is...you.
Your efforts and struggles to achieve your dream is what can truly help prove yourself right.

With these words of wisdom, Week 3 commences.
Good luck to all teams!

Spiked-up Glalies (0) vs (0) Flawless Juggernauts
ADV Ubers: gostop vs mitana
ADV OU: violet river vs Sachumberto
ADV OU: Pajama Sam vs Pak
ADV OU: Amaranth vs pixie909
ADV OU: Mikon vs MGdos16
ADV OU BO3: Conflict vs pkThunderbolt
ADV UU: mielke vs crying
ADV RU: SpoiledBerries vs Astro
ADV NU: Shengineer vs hammer798
ADV PU: Plague vs Quarante8
ADV ZU: Sossa vs Baoba
ADV LC: Tack vs shreyashhy

Goo Goo Claydols (0) vs (0) The RaikOUs
ADV Ubers: Lhions vs Zpanther
ADV OU: FJ2K vs sky
ADV OU: WraxiusGaming vs omb
ADV OU: Rambode vs mint yerb
ADV OU: Sinodin vs Ummbr
ADV OU BO3: zinc vs Endill
ADV UU: Parpar vs Kaboom
ADV RU: Eeveeto vs ima
ADV NU: Django vs Monai
ADV PU: Metallica126 vs Bugsileus
ADV ZU: plznostep vs big tony 2014
ADV LC: Souji/Akumu vs Hacker

Thunder Twins (0) vs (0) Psystrike Padawans
ADV Ubers: LHF vs Li Xiao Long
ADV OU: robjr vs Vileman
ADV OU: Sato07 vs Genexys
ADV OU: xtinaxendrix vs Void
ADV OU: Zerkas vs eden
ADV OU BO3: Spreek vs Prinz
ADV UU: Elian vs Shiba
ADV RU: Maris Bonibell vs Heysup
ADV NU: mayo vs Rabia
ADV PU: THE_CHUNGLER vs DD Joe
ADV ZU: Hachimaki vs Joaf
ADV LC: Shing vs PoseidonWrath

Degenerate Delibirds (0) vs (0) Mighty Psyducks
ADV Ubers: Inspirited vs CyberOdin✝
ADV OU: Caloom vs Siglut
ADV OU: ADV Andy vs Figull400
ADV OU: isnialan vs DarthTyros
ADV OU: Scally_Wagon vs Buzzed27
ADV OU BO3: NoName6293 vs Kristyl
ADV UU: LBN vs boomp
ADV RU: JabbaTheGriffin vs Premonitions
ADV NU: fatty vs Oathkeeper
ADV PU: TyCarter vs Aurist
ADV ZU: Fragments vs Nal
ADV LC: Alder ST vs Celdanami



The deadline for this round is <t:1776052799:F>.​

 

[LHF]

Excuse me but your regularly scheduled analysis will have to wait a minute because the literal entire reason I'm here just dropped and I want to talk about it

Despite both LXL and I having a comically rough, quasi unplayable week two RNG-wise and both being 0-2 on the spreadsheet(terrible culture in general unfortunately, the games, in any tier, are always what tell the story) this has potential to be the highlight matchup of the week, for one reason and one reason only. LXL and I know pretty much entirely how the other thinks for this tier, including both serious team compositions and shitposts alike. Way too many hours of us tossing ideas, game reviews etc etc back and forth and discussing ideas in the builder(read: me pushing ideas farther than they should ever have gone), and at least hundreds of friendlies over the years.

I didn't ever have much of a reason to sign up for a ADV Ubers teamtour since I was always kinda content to just help support stuff if asked, but when Li told me he signed up on a whim, I didn't really have a choice. We've played too many games to not get to face each other in a tournament setting at least once during our time on the site.

Will one, or both of us, meme in the builder like he once did to me with Substitute Psych Up Salac Berry Lugia in 2023 when I was new to the tier? Will I farm him with something absolutely stupid like I've done to him a bunch of times on the ADV Ubers ladder two months ago? Or have we both been gaslighting the other the last two weeks in preparation for this and we each plan to run a very standard 6 out of respect for the seriousness of this game?

I don't know, and that's awesome! I've always wanted to have a game vs a friend like this where there's real stakes, and I couldn't have asked for anything more than what I'm getting this week. Win or lose, I don't care if RNG benefits me or screws me, I will have a blast playing this game and I hope the same is true for him. I've enjoyed being in my teamcord and I've learned a lot from the OUers just by being there, but this is literally the reason I am here and I cannot wait for the actual game.

Actually, the real question: Will Li Xiao Long be too addicted to Hitman to play our match? This might actually be the most likely outcome.

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Alright, back to normal stuff.

I originally had a super long rant about what the uptick in usage means for the tier(I used it week 1, iirc Leo, Mitana and Inspirited all used it week 2), but considering I'm actually tied to a team, that might be something better served for a post tour debrief much as I hate to say it. However, I'm happy that people are experimenting more with the mon in the builder, as it offers some unique qualities some other pokemon simply cannot. I've been a long time fan of the mon, but there are some glaring weaknesses to the mon as well that astute eyes will pick up on. I'll give you a hint - every single Tyranitar team brought this tour has at least two things in common, even if the TTar sets were different.

ADV Ubers: gostop vs mitana : it's hard for me to ever consider bolding against mitana in this pool and I don't think I will without good reason, especially after what I considered an incredibly dominant performance vs Inspirited last week. In the battle of Tyranitars it felt pretty inevitable that sun TTar was going to beat rain TTar, especially because Kyogre + Forre is less equipped to handle Tyranitar than Groudon + Skarmory was. The Focus Punch crit from Mitana's Tar on Ogre only accelerated what I think was an inevitable victory, given the gameplay loop that occurred there - every time Forre came in on Mitana's Blissey, it always resulted in a Seismic Toss ---> Tyranitar switch, and Inspirited did not have the tools to stop that combined with the ever looming threat of Groudon. But Gostop isn't necessarily a slouch though, and it shouldn't be taken to look down on his play at all. It's a little unfortunate that we didn't get to see a cleaner game between him and LXL in week 2; the ice beam crit turn 3 on Latias was rough and robbed us of what was looking to be a fun game.

ADV Ubers: Lhions vs. ZPanther: This is not a bold I am making with any concrete claim that one player is better than the other. I just genuinely don't know if Zpanther has played this tier much before in a serious setting, but given his fundamental understanding of OU I can't imagine that it will be a massively big jump for him to be in fighting shape this week. ADV Ubers is a tier where rng can make matchups turn on a dime, but I do think that knowing how to respond to those volatile RNG turns is critical, and that might be where Lhions has an advantage over Zpanther. Between him and Leo I'm sure there will be a serviceable team ready this week, but my question - and big interest - is how he will be ready to handle the volatility of the tier. Lhions has played this tier more, so I give him a slight edge based on that in the actual game, but what teams we will see remains a mystery. This is probably the matchup I'm most interested in just to see Zpanther's approach to the game.

ADV Ubers: Inspirited vs. CyberOdin: The guy just has aura man idk what to tell you. I might be his biggest fan on the website and I'm not joking.