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HPL7 - General Discussion

We did a fun unserious mock. regardless whether your name is here or not, if you want to be involved, make sure to dm managers!
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abd1710 said:
Manager Power Rankings (Casual):


1. Kochi Quakers (Hoennseptile myjava) - Defending champions. Experienced and well-versed in the community. I back them to do the double.

2. Staraptors Hyderabad (TDR TGA) - After a disappointing season last year, the Manchester United fanboys are looking at everyone with anger in their eyes. They’ll make a deep run and are guaranteed to draft a strong team that reaches the playoffs with ease.

3. Royal Chandelures Bangalore (IPF vk) - A franchise with a great legacy in the Indian community. I expect vk to self-buy and carry their team into the playoffs. Their progress beyond the semifinals will depend on RNG going their way.

4. Lucknow Super Jirachis (SirPeanutCronch waffle04) - Two new managers in the mix who bring solid experience to their resumes. Lesser familiarity with the player base could hurt their auction plans, but I back them to lean on their friends to pull off a good draft and push their team into the playoffs.

5. Chennai Super Kingabits (Ashbala Spitfire) - The unexpected combo. I did not see this coming. They’re your proper mid-table team. They’ll have a semi-decent draft with 2–3 overpays, but their tournament run will be carried by Ashbala going 6–1 or 7–0.

6. Gujarat Gholdengos (memedose46 sappheiros) - I hate to put both of them so low, but the teams above them are simply better. Expect them to have a good squad, with a lot of weeks ending in draws.

7. Rajasthan Rajahs (RaJ.Shoot Vioz) - I love Raj, I like Vioz. Raj is an all-time great player in the community, but I don’t see him as a standout manager. He also lost to me in HPL 1. Vioz is a cool dude, and this will be his first stint as a manager. I hope they prove me wrong.

8. Kolkata Koraidon Riders (im_m0rtal. Swagata Mitra) - KKR are coming in after two back-to-back rough seasons. Swagata is now a seasoned manager in the community but still has to prove his prowess as a manager. I wish them good luck and hope this is their season to prove themselves.
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Swagata : Main Marna Chahta hu Naina....
 
Heya, I'd love to get drafted by a team, but I've not participated in any Smogon tours before.

For those familiar with the Indian/Bangalore scene, I've been regular on Wishiwashi 's Washing Machine/Lickilicky's Buffet/Mudkip's Marsh Pit tournaments and draft leagues for the past 2.5 years.

Mostly play Randbats with an ELO fluctuating between 1700-1900 (idk if that's good enough to get drafted) although it's showing 1600 rn, idk why, probably because I haven't played this year.

My hopes aren't high, but I request suggestions from coaches on how I can improve my chances for next year if I can't get drafted this year.

Thanks!
 
I went through every signup as of 08/11 to see what the Doubles and VGC pools look like. Here's my take on who the managers should be looking at, roughly ordered by skill. I do not guarantee 100% accuracy, just my impressions as someone quite familiar with the Doubles community. If I got anything factually incorrect or if you think you should be included on this list, DM me.

(F) - Foreign
(I) - Indian


DOU​

Should start​

Foreign
  • Chris Numbers (F) - the C# aura diff (make sure he doesn’t load Cosmog, he flew too close to the aura sun)
  • xqiht (F) - back after retirement
  • Gephicka (F) - now employed
  • iPetBigFoot (F) - surely SV is easier than ND
  • B1Kharma (F) - incredibly good builder ideas and support, strong clicker too
Indian
  • AIRedzone (I) - He plays doubles sometimes
  • Opelucid (I) - he might be leaning towards VGC a little more, ask him
  • Knull (I) - he might be leaning towards VGC a little more? ask him
  • thepokemonuploads (I) - on the comeup over the last couple months

Starter strength but (tier selection/availability)​

  • IcyPenguin2 (I) - signed up for OU and does not want to play DOU
  • PigWarrior (F) - signed up for rands, doesn’t want to play Doubles outside of tiebreaks
  • LogIce (F) - signed up for VGC and 1v1 (will put in VGC category, ask him if he’s open to playing DOU)
  • Loudwinner (I) - indicated quite low avail in signup

Strong​

  • Indian
    • Novax (I)
    • USN (I)
    • Kingler (I) - probably will end up in singles but he’s been grinding Champs/doubles
  • Foreign
    • crow crumbs (F) - strong at both 1v1 and Doubles, ask them what they prefer to play
    • Shiritu (F) - indicated VGC preference in signup
    • Sheepie (F)

Good
  • Arc (F)
  • Test Bots (F)
  • Sequoia (F)
  • Zerotti (F)
  • Pengu (F)
  • Ultima (F)

Not as familiar with these players but potentially good supports/subs
  • Shivam (I)
  • Nakano Nino (F)
  • frostyicelad (I)
  • Blueflea (F)
  • TanDaMan (F)
  • Abe1254 (F)

VGC​


EDIT: Code's post below is more comprehensive for VGC, and piyu's post below that adds a few important names. It'd be great to see more Indian VGCers be given a shot to showcase their talent and grow the scene.

The current signup pool is really confusing to parse through for VGC, since most of the big names aren’t Indian and haven’t signed up. However, there has been a big push recently to form an Indian Champions VGC community, and there have been a handful of online tours in which Indian players have showcased their prowess. Here are a few of them:


I’ll name the players I recognize (there’ll be some overlap with the DOU pool here). My advice to the managers looking for their VGC slot is to message the 1-2 post profiles that signed up just for Champions and ask them if they have any notable online tour results (and my advice to the VGC players that haven’t been on Smogon long is to message managers or post some of your achievements in this thread). I’d also look at Smogon VGC and Limitless tour results from the last few months.

Should start
  • Sir AaronVGC (I) - strongest name in the pool, won/placed well in Smogon VGC tours and Limitless tours
  • LogIce (F)
  • Opelucid (I) - again, ask him if he’s leaning Champs or DOU
  • Knull (I) - same as above

Good
  • Loudwinner (I) - low avail
  • Larry (F)
  • Aldrich (F)
  • Sequoia (F)
  • pengu (F)
  • Lacks (said they got to Master Ball rank)

I will go through the pool one more time on Thursday (night before the draft) and add anyone notable.
 
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Hi, I would like to get drafted but I've not participated in any Smogon tournaments before.

I showdown I moslty play rand bats, doubles and singles. I peaked around 2000 lp in singles and 1800 in doubles, though I haven't played much this year and am at lower elos that my peak.

When I registered I actually thought they meant pokemon champions, but then I realised there was a champions vgc mode on showdown also. In my champions account I have peaked champion tier and I have also played in skraws vgc tournament where I was able to reach day 2
with a 11-4 record.

Don't have much hopes to get picked but I feel with the right coaches I can definitely play with the best.

Anyways, thank you for reading all this and good luck to everyone


Thanks!
 
Not sure if I'm gonna sign up yet, but I have a little bit of time to kill rn, so I decided to glance over the VGC pool to do some education.

SirAaronVGC (i) - This is the best Indian vgc'er you'll get, there's no doubt in my mind. He's tearing it up on Smogon, can consistently reach champs tier, played in NPA, and he won a ~160 player limitless tour the other day
Ayush_XD (i) - Tbh I haven't really seen them play, but they won the 626-player Indian only limitless tour recently, so promising player
Flipsicle (i) - Most of what he’s done is just on Smogon and you might see an Azumarill, but he’s not bad
ChongjunVGC (f) - Definitely one of the best players in the SwSh era, with insane results from then and should still be considered a top player
Isaac_Mor (f) - 2025 Naic Champion in seniors, very good
christianfinity (f) - Won smogon's vgc ladder tournament 2 years in a row and d2'd the 1 event he went to, very solid builder
byte_24 (f) - Solid italian player, went t32 at Turin (one of few champs regionals)
2thyfor (f) - Good team league player, he was like 5-1 last uspl and has been around a while
Larry (f) - He's been doing a crazy amount of VGC team tours lately, and he's a pretty good clicker
iPetBigFoot (f) - He's not as actively grinding as the others in the list, but a decent option, he went 9-3 at what I think was his 1st master division event?
Aldrich (f) - I will probably rank him around where I do for Bigfoot, he did well at EUIC given the competition

This above list is roughly ordered, but the (i) Indian players are automatically at the top

Players I know more from DOU, but they'll be good enough to click in VGC to possibly start and willing to play (probably, idk):
Knull (i) - Great VGC draft player, whatever that's worth. Something something "I've cuddled with a regional winner"
xqiht (f) - past osdt finalist and scl player, ik they've been doing a good amount of champs grinding
Shiritu (f) - I believe they'd much rather play VGC, and they're pretty solid. Last thing I remember is they went 8-4 at Seville
Logice (f) - Pretty sure he wanted to do VGC, anyway, not bad, he went 3-2 in NPAA
Opelucid (i) - Probably would rather want in DOU, but I remember getting my ass kicked some in VGC a couple years back by them, so expert vouch
AIRedzone (i), sundays (i), and Loudwinner (i) - I'm getting too tired, yk who these guys are, and they'll prob end up in DOU anyway

Perhaps as a sub (this is saying if they're only intended for VGC, I'm aware some of these play a diff tier better):
x2muz
pengu
cryguana
thehorrorhare
Primmie (Nikano Nino)
mok3s
lacks
bring it on

If I missed your name, I don't hate you (probably) it's a long list of signups so yeah. Anyway @ managers you're welcome
 
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AIRedzone said:
I went through every signup as of 08/11 to see what the Doubles and VGC pools look like. Here's my take on who the managers should be looking at, roughly ordered by skill. I do not guarantee 100% accuracy, just my impressions as someone quite familiar with the Doubles community. If I got anything factually incorrect or if you think you should be included on this list, DM me.

(F) - Foreign
(I) - Indian


DOU​

Should start​

Foreign
  • Chris Numbers (F) - the C# aura diff (make sure he doesn’t load Cosmog, he flew too close to the aura sun)
  • xqiht (F) - back after retirement
  • Gephicka (F) - now employed
  • iPetBigFoot (F) - surely SV is easier than ND
  • B1Kharma (F) - incredibly good builder ideas and support, strong clicker too
Indian
  • AIRedzone (I) - He plays doubles sometimes
  • Opelucid (I) - he might be leaning towards VGC a little more, ask him
  • Knull (I) - he might be leaning towards VGC a little more? ask him
  • thepokemonuploads (I) - on the comeup over the last couple months

Starter strength but (tier selection/availability)​

  • IcyPenguin2 (I) - signed up for OU and does not want to play DOU
  • PigWarrior (F) - signed up for rands, doesn’t want to play Doubles outside of tiebreaks
  • LogIce (F) - signed up for VGC and 1v1 (will put in VGC category, ask him if he’s open to playing DOU)
  • Loudwinner (I) - indicated quite low avail in signup

Strong​

  • Indian
    • Novax (I)
    • USN (I)
    • Kingler (I) - probably will end up in singles but he’s been grinding Champs/doubles
  • Foreign
    • crow crumbs (F) - strong at both 1v1 and Doubles, ask them what they prefer to play
    • Shiritu (F) - indicated VGC preference in signup
    • Sheepie (F)

Good
  • Arc (F)
  • Test Bots (F)
  • Sequoia (F)
  • Zerotti (F)
  • Pengu (F)
  • Ultima (F)

Not as familiar with these players but potentially good supports/subs
  • Shivam (I)
  • Nakano Nino (F)
  • frostyicelad (I)
  • Blueflea (F)
  • TanDaMan (F)
  • Abe1254 (F)

VGC​


The current signup pool is really confusing to parse through for VGC, since most of the big names aren’t Indian and haven’t signed up. However, there has been a big push recently to form an Indian Champions VGC community, and there have been a handful of online tours in which Indian players have showcased their prowess. Here are a few of them:


I’ll name the players I recognize (there’ll be some overlap with the DOU pool here). My advice to the managers looking for their VGC slot is to message the 1-2 post profiles that signed up just for Champions and ask them if they have any notable online tour results (and my advice to the VGC players that haven’t been on Smogon long is to message managers or post some of your achievements in this thread). I’d also look at Smogon VGC and Limitless tour results from the last few months.

Should start
  • Sir AaronVGC (I) - strongest name in the pool, won/placed well in Smogon VGC tours and Limitless tours
  • LogIce (F)
  • Opelucid (I) - again, ask him if he’s leaning Champs or DOU
  • Knull (I) - same as above

Good
  • Loudwinner (I) - low avail
  • Larry (F)
  • Aldrich (F)
  • Sequoia (F)
  • pengu (F)
  • Lacks (said they got to Master Ball rank)

I will go through the pool one more time on Thursday (night before the draft) and add anyone notable.
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Adding some of my suggestions for VGC players, as most don't play on Smogon too much
dhaniya
vedantff11 (vedantvgc)
AyushXD
1umiere (haru)

Special s/o to vedant and ayush as they champions tier which notably Yippie did not

It would be cool to see a lot of these people get a shot, especially since they deserve it. Jai hind


Also sad react if you want rcb to win
 
1v1 Personal Rankings in order you can expect a good performance from them considering their activeness, most likely to go positive on sheet and urge to build.

Beginning with Indian 1v1 Players
Most active player in the list and will most likely go positive. Have been performing wonders in multiple tours and is a WC champ as well.

SORRY BRO i keep forgetting that you and ohio are different LOL, yeah they are a good pick as well, positive records, super active and will build for sure.


even if they have their college, they would be active enough that they would keep their communication with the team, experienced and mostly positive in every tour they play. They were in touch with sv as well in 1v1pl X so they know about the stuff and will most likely have a great support as well so there are a lot of plus if you get them.

Probably the best mainer of 1v1 rn and more than that they got the potential to play other slots as well. Ranked in A because im not really sure how good they know about sv but yeah they will be positive in the sheets for sure.

I think i can play as good 2v2 as a 2v2 mainer
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Hindi Premier League • Yesterday at 4:23 PM
this is smth idk but i saw so i pasted here, they know what mons do and how to build and would be super active so would be a good pick.

reason of keeping them this low is as they won't be really active this year and would most likely be helped by frogfacts or like use old teams though they know how to click and win so yeah.


try this guy, trust me they got the skills to outclick and to build. Telling from my experience.

Last year champion with positive record but they going to be super busy with their clg and will probably need some support for teams.

have been very consistent and performed very well in an individual tour i forgot the name. Going to be active and can play other tiers as well so would be a great deal.

nakoruru knows how to build and is active but is not really seen in 1v1 tours though give them a shot and might get some good wins.
Shivam_z, miyoko and arpitraj1. Will finish this quick, they know a bit how to click but no idea about the current meta and will most likely need someone to build for them.

Foreigners (ranked in order)

mist - was like 6-1 this year in PL
frogfacts - they pass teams to almost everyone in the tier, not me though...... cause i never asked... :p
Indi01 - performance dropped in recent tours but they still a demon.
anonymous1634 - positive and great building knowledge.
lebomboclats - was a demon in 1v1 bo5 this year i think
crow crumbs - old guy with massive knowledge in 1v1 so they r good yeah.
zackpalace - not sv mainer but have some good knowledge for sure

exguardian and LB, idk i feel like they attract drama towards them. LB is most likely a better slot for ou, exguardian um idk.
LittEleven - for fun LOL (they aint playing 1v1 btw)

If you want a best active player who would most likely build a lot and likely go positive, go for purbaj , OhioGengar and GhostlyPlanets

Also yeah im playing 1v1 as well!
Good Luck To Everyone for the auction tonight! :heart:
 
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Hi I don't know if any managers have me in their plans, but I just wanna let know that if u do, pls only consider starting me in Rands or VGC
I can sub in for other tiers when needed (notably Mono, Ubers and OU) but I'd much rather prefer helping with those slots (scouts, providing teams, test games and such) than starting
Thanks
 
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Hello guys, whoever missed the HPL auction, here are some of the funniest moments I managed to capture.
The auction was a whole different level of entertainment
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My genuine reaction seeing NTG and Tricknology on the same team, with their combined price being 20K for 1v1.
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good luck to all the teams!
 

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