Tournament Hackmons Premier League II - Week 2

[Electra102]

(art by Rex, repurposed winners art for HPL I)
For any questions please refer to Rex or Electra102

Welcome to the second week of HPL II! Let’s get into this week’s matchups-


Pink Giraffes (0) vs (0) Nefarious Necrozmas
SV BH: Wheaty vs. Taka
SV BH: Treeko928 vs. Chessking345
SS BH: Jqlove vs. quojova
SM BH: jasprose vs. damflame 3
ND BH: Clas vs. shadowpea
SM PH: sussyamongusdrip vs. TheCreatorOfBullsht
ORAS PH: seraphz vs. Ballfire
ORAS PH Bo3: Glory vs. aerobee

Auramaxxing Turboblazers (0) vs (0) Sigma Star Kyogres
SV BH: Jojen vs. maybca
SV BH: Betticus IV vs. FlamPoke
SS BH: MAMP vs. Osake
SM BH: Ineros vs. Mickle314
ND BH: AM vs. Kabilapok
SM PH: betathunder vs. adriancosmoem
ORAS PH: Maxouille vs. realExcaliju
ORAS PH Bo3: Iguana vs. jb291

Smurfing Smeargles (0) vs. (0) Nihilistic Nihilegos
SV BH: ANinjaDude vs. pannu
SV BH: Quinn vs. Codename C.A.T
SS BH: Nihilslave vs. Tanny89k
SM BH: anaconja vs. QT
ND BH: XxLazzerpenguinxX vs. TTTech
SM PH: cscl vs. GhastlyPixie
ORAS PH: Sheep Liver vs. Archey
ORAS PH Bo3: Ransei vs. NToTheN

Good luck to all of the teams!

Deadline for this week is <t:1755489540:f>​

 

[rightclicker]

i think this pings

Pink Giraffes (0) vs (0) Nefarious Necrozmas
SV BH: Wheaty vs. Taka
SV BH: Treeko928 vs. Chessking345
SS BH: Jqlove vs. quojova
SM BH: jasprose vs. damflame 3
ND BH: Clas vs. shadowpea
SM PH: sussyamongusdrip vs. TheCreatorOfBullsht
ORAS PH: seraphz vs. Ballfire
ORAS PH Bo3: Glory vs. aerobee

Auramaxxing Turboblazers (0) vs (0) Sigma Star Kyogres
SV BH: Jojen vs. maybca
SV BH: Betticus IV vs. FlamPoke
SS BH: MAMP vs. Osake
SM BH: Ineros vs. Mickle314
ND BH: AM vs. Kabilapok
SM PH: betathunder vs. adriancosmoem
ORAS PH: Maxouille vs. realExcaliju
ORAS PH Bo3: Iguana vs. jb291

Smurfing Smeargles (0) vs. (0) Nihilistic Nihilegos
SV BH: ANinjaDude vs. pannu
SV BH: Quinn vs. Codename C.A.T
SS BH: Nihilslave vs. Tanny89k
SM BH: anaconja vs. QT
ND BH: XxLazzerpenguinxX vs. TTTech
SM PH: cscl vs. GhastlyPixie
ORAS PH: Sheep Liver vs. Archey
ORAS PH Bo3: Ransei vs. NToTheN

 

[Mok3s]

LETS SMEARGLES

 

[aerobee]

Auramaxxing Turboblazers (0) [1.38] vs [1.62] (2) Sigma Star Kyogres
USUM PH: betathunder (48) vs. (52) adriancosmoem
I honestly liked beta's team + playing last week more than I did adrian's, so I believe this will be very close. Giving adrian a very slight edge because both they and Akira have demonstrated versatility AND creativity in the builder that lead to teams with at least decently high quality, something I'm not yet convinced beta and their support can consistently achieve. On beta's part lag should be a major help in the building process. Should be a fun one to watch
ORAS PH: Maxouille (40) vs. (60) realExcaliju
Excaliju is a much stronger pilot and will probably bring the better team, though I'm making it this close since their team/plays the previous week weren't so convincing imo :c.
ORAS PH Bo3: Iguana (50) vs. (50) jb291
Too close to favor one side imo. Last week Iguana put on a strong showing and seemed to build sensibly (lag support also counts for something) while jb seems to be using more antiquated structures (as they mostly did last year). However I think jb is a slightly better pilot and they have my teams from last year to go off of when building

Smurfing Smeargles (2) [1.68] vs. [1.32] (1) Nihilistic Nihilegos
USUM PH: cscl (70) vs. (30) GhastlyPixie
cscl is adept at taking advantage of tendencies (as demonstrated last week, both building and playing) and I've only really seen Pix run offense teams with rather similar structures – I would suggest her to lean as hard into the cteaming and think outside the box, both in terms of archetypes and individual sets. These odds are not as bad as they may seem
ORAS PH: Sheep Liver (60) vs. (40) Archey
I think Archey is a slightly stronger pilot in general but I didn't like their playing last week and they just reused (with questionable edits to the team) last week. If N is less busy this is more or less even imo
ORAS PH Bo3: Ransei (38) vs. (62) NToTheN
N is the more precise pilot and the more versatile builder imo, though both do their fair bit of goofing around in the builder. Will be a fun one

 

[Chessking345]

8-2 last week holy shit, top games were pretty close too.

SV BH: Jojen vs. maybca (40 - 60)
maybca piloted pretty well last week, though they did have a pretty comfortable mu. Jojen completely outplayed rightclicker around Garchomp and got robbed, though had some misplays such as Imposter. maybca's teams are a lot more sound though for me to give the edge here.

SV BH: Betticus IV vs. FlamPoke (55 - 45)
FlamPoke, despite rfning, reused last week and thus has no aura. Betticus got shut down by a reuse squad though so not sure what to think about that. Both players had some critical inaccuracies in their game but I trust the not reused (also their team was quite sound and I know why).

SS BH: MAMP vs. Osake (60 - 40)
Both players had good performances last week, but I think MAMP has edge with plays and builds in more drawn out games which I expect to see.

SM BH: Ineros vs. Mickle314 (30 - 70)
Ineros won last week but the team had some notable holes and opponents team had some issues too while Mickle's team seemed pretty sound, and/though had a good mu into anaconja's team. Combined with still way better support yeah.

ND BH: AM vs. Kabilapok (52 - 48)
AM's team looked like something straight out of TTTech's builder while Kabilapok didn't play last week but his team was doing dishonest stuff with Baton Pass and got thoroughly punished by big penguin. Giving this to AM for not being dishonest.

SV BH: ANinjaDude vs. pannu (40 - 60)
pannu's team was more solid and I expect it to be more refined this week and not feature "do nothing to steels aerodactyl". They are also better in game.

SV BH: Quinn vs. Codename C.A.T (48 - 52)
Quinn reused a sus pannu team, while Codename CAT got the fish with debris though it had some deeply questionable aspects like Stone Axe Mortal Spin Registeel?? I think this is close but I think I'll give the edge to team with more builders.

SS BH: Nihilslave vs. Tanny89k (65 - 35)
I did not look into the game in too much detail but I think Tanny played fine in their game. That being said Nihilslave always seems to have some more novel stuff which can do deceptive work in this rather solidified tier.

SM BH: anaconja vs. QT (51 - 49)
anaconja ran into shit matchup because no Specs Diancie counterplay. QT made a mistake at the beginning then lost multiple mons to PDon but won because PDon was necessary for Xern and damflame sacked Mage incorrectly. I think this is super close so I'll give it to anaconja who seems to have more fun stuff.

ND BH: XxLazzerpenguinxX vs. TTTech (45 - 55)
I want to say Sevag got bailed out of a painful game though PDon was going to be useful in that mu always. Tech brought no Ghostceus check and lost to Ghostceus despite getting the most comedic moment of the week. I like Tech's team better though how did Sevag bring like the most basic looking team despite having two council members absolute scam.

Top 3 games of the week:
ORAS PH Bo3: Glory vs. aerobee
SM BH: anaconja vs. QT
ND BH: XxLazzerpenguinxX vs. TTTech

 

[Akira]

Subbing TuffStuff over Kabilapok
AM The Guy Who Has Many Alts Eyeos

 

[mayonnaise. mayo.]

mayo top 5 games you know the drill (week )

1. Ransei vs. NToTheN (ORAS PH Bo3)
WHY ARE ALL THE ORAS BO3 MATCHES SO AWESOME SAUCE FOR THE LOVE OF GOD

2. sussyamongusdrip vs. TheCreatorOfBullsht (USUM PH)
on a scale of 1-10 how funni are the teams gonna be

3. Glory vs. aerobee (ORAS PH Bo3)
hates the tier yet is forced to play it :baseballed:

4. betathunder vs. adriancosmoem (USUM PH)
all fun and games until betathunder uses mmx spam built by eyeos

5. cscl vs. GhastlyPixie (USUM PH)