Tournament Hackmons Premier League II - Week 3

[Rex]

(art by Rex, repurposed winners art for HPL I)
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Welcome to the second week of HPL II! Let’s get into this week’s matchups-


Nihilistic Nihilegos (0) vs. (0) Sigma Star Kyogres
SV BH: pannu vs NightEdge
SV BH: Codename C.A.T vs FlamPoke
SS BH: Tanny89k vs Kabilapok
SM BH: QT vs Mickle314
ND BH: TTTech vs maybca
SM PH: aidan amoongus vs adriancosmoem
ORAS PH: GhastlyPixie vs TuffStuff
ORAS PH Bo3: NToTheN vs jb291

Pink Giraffes (0) vs. (0) Smurfing Smeargles
SV BH: Wheaty vs ANinjaDude
SV BH: Glory vs Quinn
SS BH: Jqlove vs Nihilslave
SM BH: jasprose vs anaconja
ND BH: Clas vs XxLazzerpenguinxX
SM PH: rightclicker vs cscl
ORAS PH: sussyamongusdrip vs Sheep Liver
ORAS PH Bo3: LycanrocWastaken vs Ransei

Nefarious Necrozmas (0) vs. (0) Auramaxxing Turboblazers
SV BH: Taka vs. UnbecomingDuck
SV BH: damflame 3 vs. Evie
SS BH: quojova vs. MAMP
SM BH: Chessking345 vs. Ineros
ND BH: shadowpea vs. Don Bork
SM PH: TheCreatorOfBullsht vs. betathunder
ORAS PH: teamo vs. lag=bad
ORAS PH Bo3: Ballfire vs. Iguana

Good luck to all of the teams!

Deadline for this week is <t:1756094340:f>​

 

[GhastlyPixie]

Pink Giraffes (.5) vs. (2.5) Smurfing Smeargles

Rightclicker (40) vs CSCL (60)
Most usum matchups will always favor CSCL but RC is actually not bad and I think if he preps right he has a shot.

Sussyamomgusdrip (45) vs SheepLiver(55)
I lean towards Sheep liver personally but as was demonstrated last week, Sheep is a predictable builder and you can counter team them. I implore Sheep to explore other mons/builds.

Lycanroccwastaken (50) vs Ransei (50)
I feel like Ransei hasn’t been performing as high to their typical standard and I feel this matchup could go either way. I feel like lycan is easier to prep against tho.


Nefarious Necrozmas (1) vs. (2) Auramaxxing Turboblazers

COB (65) vs BetaThunder (35)
I haven’t been impressed with what Beta has loaded, especially not last week but I think if beta preps right then they have a shot.

Teamo (45) vs Lag=Bad (55)
I favor lag here because of their oras knowledge but Aerobee support is not to be underestimated. This really comes down to who preps better.

Ballfire (45) vs Iguana (55)
I respect Iguana builds more and also just respect their clicking more. Overall this could go either way but I favor iguana.

HYPE MATCHUPS:

1. Rightclicker vs CSCL
2. Mickle vs QT
3. Lycanrocwastaken vs Ransei
4. GhastlyPixie vs TheRealExcaliju
5. Clas vs Nihilslave

Pardon the self glaze, I just am excited for my matchup.

 

[LycanrocWastaken]

I'm just farming engagement :D

Nefarious Necrozmas (1) vs. (1) Auramaxxing Turboblazers

SM PH: COB (65) vs BetaThunder (35)
Beta loaded a pretty solid team in week 1. Eyeos and lag=bad always counts for something for building. However, I think COB has the advantage thanks to his experience in it and also Aerobee could quality check teams. Hopefully COB shows up on time :D


ORAS PH: Teamo (49) vs Lag=Bad (51)
Slightly favouring lag due to his solid Oras building skills and experience. Piloting wise, really similar and teamo gets help from Aerobee, which definitely matters.


ORAS PH Bo3: Ballfire (50) vs Iguana (50)
I favour Ballfire as the better builder especially with Aerobee support. Iguana imo is a bit better as a clicker but it's really close.




Nihilistic Nihilegos (2) vs. (1) Sigma Star Kyogres

SM PH: aidan amoongus (35) vs adriancosmoem (65)
I'm not yet completely convinced by Aidan's teams, especially the one in week 1. Adrian is a really solid builder and clicker with decent experience + Akira support which means something. Aidan is a decent pilot from what I've seen. So, honestly, they both stand a chance.


ORAS PH: GhastlyPixie (55) vs TuffStuff (45)
Honestly both really good clickers. From what I've seen last week, Ghastly can build good teams aimed at the opponent. So I slightly lean towards her.


ORAS PH Bo3: NToTheN (55) vs jb291 (45)
N is a really good clicker. Jb is also a decent clicker and his teams are more interesting and fun tho. I favour N from teams in previous weeks but could definitely go either way.

 

[Mok3s]

LETS GO SMEARGLES

 

[Rex]

It is as good of a moment as any, and I just realized I forgot to give them thanks.

Thanks a ton to a fairy, Chessking345 and prunyy for setting up and prepping the auction when cohost couldnt arrive and I was strugling with using phone. You all came in super clutch and I apreciate it a lot.

Also prunyy did like 20 moccs so thats also worth thanks

 

[Akira]

3 vs 5
SV BH: Wheaty vs ANinjaDude | better player and runs enough losers like prankhaze tina to not get cheesed
SV BH: Glory vs Quinn | both are good clickers but glory has better support
SS BH: Jqlove vs Nihilslave | Nihilslave can't lose
SM BH: jasprose vs anaconja | anaconja is a fraud for signing up for my tour then not playing any games, but he is admittedly good at bh
ND BH: Clas vs XxLazzerpenguinxX | Clas is better actually but Sevag has plot armor and Clas will get tilted
SM PH: rightclicker vs cscl | cscl is better
ORAS PH: sussyamongusdrip vs Sheep Liver | sussy is better
ORAS PH Bo3: LycanrocWastaken vs Ransei | ransei is better

6 vs 2
SV BH: Taka vs. UnbecomingDuck | Duck's teams are wack and Taka doesn't have enough of a bh record for hallward support to cook up an effective cteam, this one is still close tho likely comes down to MU fish.
SV BH: damflame 3 vs. Evie | damflame has way more bh experience but I wanna be an Evie believer
SS BH: quojova vs. MAMP | both are good but quojova is more consistent and SS rewards that
SM BH: Chessking345 vs. Ineros | Chessking has some of the best meta knowledge of SM while Ineros has little support
ND BH: shadowpea vs. Don Bork | Shadowpea is cooler and plays ND to my knowledge which I can't say of Don Bork
SM PH: TheCreatorOfBullsht vs. betathunder | This is more or less 50/50 I don't really have a strong opinion but necros have better support so
ORAS PH: teamo vs. lag=bad | lag=bad is better
ORAS PH Bo3: Ballfire vs. Iguana | ballfire is better

 

[aerobee]

Close mus this week

Nihilistic Nihilegos (1) [1.41] vs. [1.59] (2) Sigma Star Kyogres
USUM PH: aidan amoongus (38) vs (62) adriancosmoem
More exploratory team ideas (consistently using similar archetypes is a very bad idea in a USUM PH tour environment) and better support.
ORAS PH: GhastlyPixie (48) vs (52) TuffStuff
TuffStuff obviously has experience but looking at their past replays I wasn't the most convinced by their playing, and while Excaliju/jb are strong players they aren't that amazing as building support so very close margin imo. N is busy but I'm also assuming they're adequately supporting Pix.
ORAS PH Bo3: NToTheN (55) vs (45) jb291
I actually think jb is the stronger pilot, but their playstyle is rather telegraphed while N is a far more diverse builder. Honestly pretty close

Pink Giraffes (1) [1.45] vs. [1.55] (2) Smurfing Smeargles
USUM PH: rightclicker (35) vs (65) cscl
rightclicker's builds are honestly rather one-dimensional, which is especially bad into someone like cscl, and I don't love their piloting either. However with sussy/Glory supporting and adopting the mentality of cteaming as hard back this mu is closer than what many would think imo
ORAS PH: sussyamongusdrip (65) vs (35) Sheep Liver
sussy is a much more diverse builder, and while Sheep's mu fishes tend to work into ineffective builders sussy and their support should be able to answer their tendencies without too much difficulty. sussy's teams sometimes randomly flop though so not too one-sided
ORAS PH Bo3: LycanrocWastaken (45) vs (55) Ransei
Ransei is a way better pilot, while Lycanroc likely pulls up with way more consistent teams. Even in a meta as volatile as ORAS PH the former is probably the more important quality, though not by much.

 

[Chessking345]

4-6 thats more normal, top games I want to say got influenced by results already determined before 2 of them were played

SV BH: pannu vs NightEdge (60 - 40)
pannu brought a team, and won against suspicious cheesy HO, I haven't seen NightEdge play in a while, so I'll give it to pannu as they seem to be piloting well.

SV BH: Codename C.A.T vs FlamPoke (42 - 58)
FlamPoke basically reused AGAIN with some dubious stuff and won against one of the worst teams we've seen thus far. CAT kind of piloted the endgame a bit shaky though. Here's to hoping FlamPoke loads a new team!

SS BH: Tanny89k vs Kabilapok (60 - 40)
I think Tanny's team is doing better in SS and they have been slotted for 2 weeks now so are more warmed up etc.

SM BH: QT vs Mickle314 (45 - 55)
QT has been loading pretty generic looking stuff as per usual and I think Mickle's team can support well to capitalize on such.

ND BH: TTTech vs maybca (65 - 35)
TTTech is excellent in ND, and I think Kyogre's don't have that much in ND.

SV BH: Wheaty vs ANinjaDude (65 - 35)
I did not like ANinjaDude's HO and even though Wheaty also seemed to have loaded some interesting stuff I think they are better both build and play here.

SV BH: Glory vs Quinn (54 - 46)
Glory has fell into the trenches, they might have some good ideas though and playwise should be pretty close while Smeargle's SV seems.

SS BH: Jqlove vs Nihilslave (40 - 60)
Ooh. Jqlove did not have a very good mu and piloted with maybe sleepy brain, and also loaded Scales mono Poison move Etern? like did we forget about Steel-types. Nihilslave brought a pretty aggro team but didn't roll the best mu I think with stuff like Ferro showing up. Giving it to Nihil because I think the teams look better.

SM BH: jasprose vs anaconja (35 - 65)
(Anchor + U-turn) + (Spikes + Bounce) Celesteela is a crime. anaconja brought one of the most boring teams but I'll give them the benefit of the doubt that it was to not expose techs.

ND BH: Clas vs XxLazzerpenguinxX (51 - 49)
Clas skillfully manipulated a game last week, Sevag could not break FC Lunala at all and lost to Fishious Rend. Not sure what to think about this. RegenVest Spin Zacc looks awful though so I'll bold the other side.

Top 3 games of the week:
SM BH: QT vs Mickle314
SS BH: Jqlove vs Nihilslave
SS BH: quojova vs MAMP