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MPL X - Team Dump
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Hello, making a short post to share all the teams I used this season; not doing descriptions since most stuff are probably self-explanatory anyway but feel free to message me if you have any questions about anything.
It was fun teaming up with mostly similar faces from the MWP Glameows again, thanks to Scarfire and plunder for drafting me; grats to the Meloettas on the win.
It was fun teaming up with mostly similar faces from the MWP Glameows again, thanks to Scarfire and plunder for drafting me; grats to the Meloettas on the win.
[W] Week 1
Choosing a type for the first week is always tricky. I initially struggled with Fairy and Psychic but eventually settled on Ground. It felt like a safe choice. My core team was inspired by the Bloodmoon era, and I experimented with different options for the sixth slot before landing on Sandy Shocks. Sandy Shocks was crucial against Flying types and its Gravity access allowed me to Scarf Lando for speed control without relying on Sand. Flying types were a big concern, so I teched Mamoswine with Smack Down instead of Knock Off to handle Corviknight and Skarmory switch-ins. This prep worked out perfectly, securing a win in the tour's first week.
[L] Week 2
In the following week, I bounced between Dark, Psychic (again), Water, and even Ice before my team convinced me to go with Fairy. With Gouging Fire usage sky high, I wanted to counter it without doubling up on Water types, leading me to use Unaware Clefable. It had a lot of favorable matchups at the time. I also wanted to try Primarina, though in hindsight, double Calm Mind wasn't ideal. A standard Azumarill might have performed better in that game.
[W] Week 3
By the third week, I had a clear vision of bringing Dark. With Chien-Pao's recent ban Dark stocks were low, but there was still potential. I went all-in on a "greedy" Dark team, featuring Specs Greninja and Band Meowscarada for maximum power output, with Hoopa-U providing slower speed control and still packing a punch without Specs or Band. The team struggled against Dragon and Steel cores due to its choice-heavy nature, so I teched Low Kick Specs Greninja to surprise and chip away at threats like Goodra-H and Archaludon. I also converted to an Air Balloon Kingambit believer.
[L] Week 4
Feeling adventurous, I decided to build a Fighting team next. This was my most standard team of the tour, with Leaf Blade Gallade to better handle Hippowdon and Swampert. Unfortunately, I faced a Fairy team, making my prep irrelevant.
[W] Week 5
My tour highlight came when I prepared for Chaitanya, anticipating he'd rely on outplaying me if he got a neutral matchup. I prepped for Steel, Flying, Ground, and Dragon but struggled with Steel. With a free team slot, I decided to try Flamigo, expecting no one to prep for it. Discovering Flamigo had Upper Hand was a game-changer. Shout out to my team for trusting my gut on these unconventional sets.
[L] Week 6
Continuing with unconventional choices, I picked Grass. It seemed like a meme at first, but the rationale was there. Meowscarada, Sinistcha, and Hearthflame on one team justified exploring Grass. Band Meowscarada was essential for breaking Flying and Steel defensive cores, leaving the team needing speed control. Inspired by my boy adjustments, I chose Scarf Lilligant-H with Healing Wish. A Poison type was necessary to handle TSpikes for Sinistcha and the rest of the team. My last slot was a tech for Flying. Despite some misplays, Grass remains a type to watch.
[W] Week 7
Seeing Raging Bolt on teams inspired me to try it. Electric wasn't viable, so I chose Dragon. My build was more offensive, using Roaring Moon and Latios instead of Hydreigon and Latias. Grass should've had its moment, but I got lucky to win.
[W] Semifinal
Making it to playoffs sent me in to overdrive and I knew I wanted to pick a higher tier type like Dark or Dragon. Since I hadn't used Steel, I expected Scarlet to prep for it. Dragon aligned better against Steel-beating types. Initially, I had an offensive Garchomp but switched to a bulky set with Spikes. This build became my favorite of the tour. Hazard stack Dragon with Roaring Moon spamming Knock Off was effective. Garchomp's item choice was flexible; I settled on Haban Berry to soft-check Dragon spam. Specs Dragapult was strong in the meta, benefiting from hazard stack. To address the Steel matchup, I chose a Gouging Fire set, channeling Sub Roost Kyurem vibes.
[L] Finals
My tour ended anticlimactically with my final game. schwipper read me perfectly. Expecting Steel to be overprepped, I chose Dragon, similar to adjustments' suspect sets but kept Specs Dragapult. Initially, I had Raging Bolt for Fairy but switched to Kyurem for better matchups against Flying, Water, and Ground. Unfortunately, I faced the exact matchup I wanted to avoid, leading to a disappointing end to the tour.
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I won't delve into the specifics, but here are some other teams I built during the tour that didn't get used. Some are more developed than others, but feel free to experiment with them if you like. Hit me up if you want to talk more about any of the teams, sets, EVs or anything else.
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I can’t thank Isza and Sabella enough for not only drafting me but putting up with the crazy ideas, nitpicky EVs and any other antics of mine. I had a great tour working with everyone on the team and it was amazing getting to the finals.
Thank you to everyone who helped me prep and listened to me ramble on:
Choosing a type for the first week is always tricky. I initially struggled with Fairy and Psychic but eventually settled on Ground. It felt like a safe choice. My core team was inspired by the Bloodmoon era, and I experimented with different options for the sixth slot before landing on Sandy Shocks. Sandy Shocks was crucial against Flying types and its Gravity access allowed me to Scarf Lando for speed control without relying on Sand. Flying types were a big concern, so I teched Mamoswine with Smack Down instead of Knock Off to handle Corviknight and Skarmory switch-ins. This prep worked out perfectly, securing a win in the tour's first week.
[L] Week 2
In the following week, I bounced between Dark, Psychic (again), Water, and even Ice before my team convinced me to go with Fairy. With Gouging Fire usage sky high, I wanted to counter it without doubling up on Water types, leading me to use Unaware Clefable. It had a lot of favorable matchups at the time. I also wanted to try Primarina, though in hindsight, double Calm Mind wasn't ideal. A standard Azumarill might have performed better in that game.
[W] Week 3
By the third week, I had a clear vision of bringing Dark. With Chien-Pao's recent ban Dark stocks were low, but there was still potential. I went all-in on a "greedy" Dark team, featuring Specs Greninja and Band Meowscarada for maximum power output, with Hoopa-U providing slower speed control and still packing a punch without Specs or Band. The team struggled against Dragon and Steel cores due to its choice-heavy nature, so I teched Low Kick Specs Greninja to surprise and chip away at threats like Goodra-H and Archaludon. I also converted to an Air Balloon Kingambit believer.
[L] Week 4
Feeling adventurous, I decided to build a Fighting team next. This was my most standard team of the tour, with Leaf Blade Gallade to better handle Hippowdon and Swampert. Unfortunately, I faced a Fairy team, making my prep irrelevant.
[W] Week 5
My tour highlight came when I prepared for Chaitanya, anticipating he'd rely on outplaying me if he got a neutral matchup. I prepped for Steel, Flying, Ground, and Dragon but struggled with Steel. With a free team slot, I decided to try Flamigo, expecting no one to prep for it. Discovering Flamigo had Upper Hand was a game-changer. Shout out to my team for trusting my gut on these unconventional sets.
[L] Week 6
Continuing with unconventional choices, I picked Grass. It seemed like a meme at first, but the rationale was there. Meowscarada, Sinistcha, and Hearthflame on one team justified exploring Grass. Band Meowscarada was essential for breaking Flying and Steel defensive cores, leaving the team needing speed control. Inspired by my boy adjustments, I chose Scarf Lilligant-H with Healing Wish. A Poison type was necessary to handle TSpikes for Sinistcha and the rest of the team. My last slot was a tech for Flying. Despite some misplays, Grass remains a type to watch.
[W] Week 7
Seeing Raging Bolt on teams inspired me to try it. Electric wasn't viable, so I chose Dragon. My build was more offensive, using Roaring Moon and Latios instead of Hydreigon and Latias. Grass should've had its moment, but I got lucky to win.
[W] Semifinal
Making it to playoffs sent me in to overdrive and I knew I wanted to pick a higher tier type like Dark or Dragon. Since I hadn't used Steel, I expected Scarlet to prep for it. Dragon aligned better against Steel-beating types. Initially, I had an offensive Garchomp but switched to a bulky set with Spikes. This build became my favorite of the tour. Hazard stack Dragon with Roaring Moon spamming Knock Off was effective. Garchomp's item choice was flexible; I settled on Haban Berry to soft-check Dragon spam. Specs Dragapult was strong in the meta, benefiting from hazard stack. To address the Steel matchup, I chose a Gouging Fire set, channeling Sub Roost Kyurem vibes.
[L] Finals
My tour ended anticlimactically with my final game. schwipper read me perfectly. Expecting Steel to be overprepped, I chose Dragon, similar to adjustments' suspect sets but kept Specs Dragapult. Initially, I had Raging Bolt for Fairy but switched to Kyurem for better matchups against Flying, Water, and Ground. Unfortunately, I faced the exact matchup I wanted to avoid, leading to a disappointing end to the tour.
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I won't delve into the specifics, but here are some other teams I built during the tour that didn't get used. Some are more developed than others, but feel free to experiment with them if you like. Hit me up if you want to talk more about any of the teams, sets, EVs or anything else.
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I can’t thank Isza and Sabella enough for not only drafting me but putting up with the crazy ideas, nitpicky EVs and any other antics of mine. I had a great tour working with everyone on the team and it was amazing getting to the finals.
Thank you to everyone who helped me prep and listened to me ramble on:
[W] Week 1 vs Rinda
Starting off vs Rinda, we had a good guess on him. Expected balance or defensive Teams, Flying and Water was on our mind. This team started off with a Scarf DarmG, but i made the correct call to put Band on it, which made the correct MU guess very tough to play out for Rinda. Overall a good start to the tour, the team is pretty basic, but it worked well.
[L] Week 2 vs Hurtadoo
Highly disapointed in myself for this week. Called the potential type correctly and didn't bother to bring correct prep. Dragon was funny to me, i always liked sucker punch ddance dragapult, so i just used it. could have worked in game still, but a few meh turns and a flinch ended the game. Team is super generic too, nothing intresting going on honestly.
[L] Week 3 vs 3D round 1
a second loss back to back always hurts, but they just had better prep. style.css knew me too well i guess, knowing my habbit of going comfort into non tier mains. Flying is the type i used most gen 8, i should have known they can call it. Scarf aegislash was a tech i just forgot exists. Just me not being flexible, going basic flying. atleast i won the name game, as all nicknames are 4D shapes. but this game reminded me to be flexible, and to remember techs used for specific mons and types.
[W] Week 4 vs Thiago Nunes
funny how i talk about flexibility and run in with my second favorite gen 8 monotype team ever. shoutouts to Aeran for building it back in the day and giving me the sets. Nidoking doing the heavy lifting into the flying MU, one of the three MU i expected here. i was worried of getting steeled again, flying was always an option and after my previous performances, i needed something i know how to pilot. Payed off when i won, tho only barely. Thiagos team felt like they prepped for poison to some level, but Nido just going crazy.
[W] Week 5 vs Michaelderbeste2
MDB and i have talked about one of the previos opponents of his, so i knew what to expect and what not to expect when it comes to prep. Since i had a busy week, i didn't want to get much time in with practice games at first. We first had Electric, and i will be honest, i was the worst electric player i have ever seen. Changing to my very first flying team i built for the gen, i knew the team and just piloted it like it felt. Quite a bit of luck and a good read on Nihilego won the game, Moltres doing Moltres things.
[L] Week 6 vs Azick
I was suprised to see Azick that specific week, after they played someone else in gen 8 prior to this week. I didn't know what to expect, just wanted to go something solid and stable so went with steel. No speed control, but i usually am not heavy on speed control anyways. This team was just straight up given to me bie Cielau and i think it plays quite nicely. Should have done my job tho and get more practice in. Played Azick early, didn't expect dark and played the endgame horrible.
[W] Week 7 vs Hellom
The name of the Team has a good reasoning. Being the last game of the week, deciding if we make playoffs all by myself. I thought i would choke for sure, i hated everything about the Situation. Hellom is more experienced as a player. I wanted to take a type i basically never played in Tours, even tho i think it's super solid. Ground looked nice into their scout. At first this was Band Mamoswine, but i prefered NMI for the suprise factor. Jolly Mamo and Modest Nido also felt funny to me, but Cielau rightfully said, people expect Band Ada mamo, but no one expects Modest Nido.
[L] Semifinal vs Maki
I will call this one: the one that got away. I threw something together as first draft, we had it worked over and i just brought the wrong team, with no changed sets, no changed mons, no fixed EVs. I was just incredibly bad here and my team super carried the Semis to make up for me being the worst and not even able to bring the correct team.... Called Makis Type correctly tho, so got one thing right i guess?
[W] Finals vs 3D rematch
The match i was worried about. Style knows me just way to well and 3D has proven himself to pilot SS Monotype very well. I expected Ground, Steel or Flying to come out again, as they are good types in the Metagame and have done well into me specifically in this tour or in general. I decided to take a gamble and bring a Team i have built for a Teammate in MFPL to fight Cielau, expecting that they would not scout my MFPL teams replays for this. If they did, thank god they missed this one. Specs Dragapult looked nice into 3D, scarf Latias with Kyurem makes it basically solo win Flying MU and Hydreigon is there for Steel and defensive Water. Balloon Duraludon was a late change in the theory craft, because Excadrill was being insanely tough to deal with in multiple test games. A Crit potentially changed the outcome of the game, no clue what that lando set was. The Misses just added Insult to Injury, kyurem should never die to a crash unless crit and i should be able to PP stall it out and get my second dance to outspeed scarf Excadrill, but there was still a chance until he misses ensured my W.
will do shoutouts in a different post, this is just for the teams only.
Starting off vs Rinda, we had a good guess on him. Expected balance or defensive Teams, Flying and Water was on our mind. This team started off with a Scarf DarmG, but i made the correct call to put Band on it, which made the correct MU guess very tough to play out for Rinda. Overall a good start to the tour, the team is pretty basic, but it worked well.
[L] Week 2 vs Hurtadoo
Highly disapointed in myself for this week. Called the potential type correctly and didn't bother to bring correct prep. Dragon was funny to me, i always liked sucker punch ddance dragapult, so i just used it. could have worked in game still, but a few meh turns and a flinch ended the game. Team is super generic too, nothing intresting going on honestly.
[L] Week 3 vs 3D round 1
a second loss back to back always hurts, but they just had better prep. style.css knew me too well i guess, knowing my habbit of going comfort into non tier mains. Flying is the type i used most gen 8, i should have known they can call it. Scarf aegislash was a tech i just forgot exists. Just me not being flexible, going basic flying. atleast i won the name game, as all nicknames are 4D shapes. but this game reminded me to be flexible, and to remember techs used for specific mons and types.
[W] Week 4 vs Thiago Nunes
funny how i talk about flexibility and run in with my second favorite gen 8 monotype team ever. shoutouts to Aeran for building it back in the day and giving me the sets. Nidoking doing the heavy lifting into the flying MU, one of the three MU i expected here. i was worried of getting steeled again, flying was always an option and after my previous performances, i needed something i know how to pilot. Payed off when i won, tho only barely. Thiagos team felt like they prepped for poison to some level, but Nido just going crazy.
[W] Week 5 vs Michaelderbeste2
MDB and i have talked about one of the previos opponents of his, so i knew what to expect and what not to expect when it comes to prep. Since i had a busy week, i didn't want to get much time in with practice games at first. We first had Electric, and i will be honest, i was the worst electric player i have ever seen. Changing to my very first flying team i built for the gen, i knew the team and just piloted it like it felt. Quite a bit of luck and a good read on Nihilego won the game, Moltres doing Moltres things.
[L] Week 6 vs Azick
I was suprised to see Azick that specific week, after they played someone else in gen 8 prior to this week. I didn't know what to expect, just wanted to go something solid and stable so went with steel. No speed control, but i usually am not heavy on speed control anyways. This team was just straight up given to me bie Cielau and i think it plays quite nicely. Should have done my job tho and get more practice in. Played Azick early, didn't expect dark and played the endgame horrible.
[W] Week 7 vs Hellom
The name of the Team has a good reasoning. Being the last game of the week, deciding if we make playoffs all by myself. I thought i would choke for sure, i hated everything about the Situation. Hellom is more experienced as a player. I wanted to take a type i basically never played in Tours, even tho i think it's super solid. Ground looked nice into their scout. At first this was Band Mamoswine, but i prefered NMI for the suprise factor. Jolly Mamo and Modest Nido also felt funny to me, but Cielau rightfully said, people expect Band Ada mamo, but no one expects Modest Nido.
[L] Semifinal vs Maki
I will call this one: the one that got away. I threw something together as first draft, we had it worked over and i just brought the wrong team, with no changed sets, no changed mons, no fixed EVs. I was just incredibly bad here and my team super carried the Semis to make up for me being the worst and not even able to bring the correct team.... Called Makis Type correctly tho, so got one thing right i guess?
[W] Finals vs 3D rematch
The match i was worried about. Style knows me just way to well and 3D has proven himself to pilot SS Monotype very well. I expected Ground, Steel or Flying to come out again, as they are good types in the Metagame and have done well into me specifically in this tour or in general. I decided to take a gamble and bring a Team i have built for a Teammate in MFPL to fight Cielau, expecting that they would not scout my MFPL teams replays for this. If they did, thank god they missed this one. Specs Dragapult looked nice into 3D, scarf Latias with Kyurem makes it basically solo win Flying MU and Hydreigon is there for Steel and defensive Water. Balloon Duraludon was a late change in the theory craft, because Excadrill was being insanely tough to deal with in multiple test games. A Crit potentially changed the outcome of the game, no clue what that lando set was. The Misses just added Insult to Injury, kyurem should never die to a crash unless crit and i should be able to PP stall it out and get my second dance to outspeed scarf Excadrill, but there was still a chance until he misses ensured my W.
will do shoutouts in a different post, this is just for the teams only.
Haban Gouging Fire ttk used to beat water https://pokepast.es/d26c5ce8c7e9de07
Ursaluna Ground yedla used that won https://pokepast.es/82a77fc9a8033891
Thanks for picking me up Isza and @booty, my teammates for having good chakra, and gz to Meloettas !
Ursaluna Ground yedla used that won https://pokepast.es/82a77fc9a8033891
Thanks for picking me up Isza and @booty, my teammates for having good chakra, and gz to Meloettas !
Who could've seen this coming. I have a few teams and also some sets I'd like to showcase that the Zoroarks used this MPL. Lets get right to it.
Sub DD Gouging Fire - Week 1
https://pokepast.es/76b97de046563584
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9monotype-2134559441-3ghbaz5ktevsh7skicek2hitr39fsnfpw vs Cpt.Kraken
Hypnosis Darkrai - Week 3
https://pokepast.es/f897318ee33b1a79
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/smogtours-gen9monotype-774896 Elyoss vs Mihowk
Specs Gholdengo - Week 5 and 7
https://pokepast.es/0152f9817825d041
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/smogtours-gen9monotype-777114 Leafium vs Azick
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/smogtours-gen9monotype-780412 vs Achimoo
Unburden Sneasler - Week 6 and 7
https://pokepast.es/5766e3538983a58f
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/smogtours-gen9monotype-778548 Sificon vs Yedla
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/smogtours-gen9monotype-780142 Elyoss vs Clean
Resto Chesto Primarina - Semifinals
https://pokepast.es/23d7d0e87ab0e99e
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/smogtours-gen9monotype-781387 Leafium vs TTK
I also promised my team I'd do this here so...
Might as well drop these, not like they have anything to be used for rn. Here, everything i built throughout MPL (final few weeks mainly)
https://pokepast.es/ab34e9ea942d48de
Sub DD Gouging Fire - Week 1
https://pokepast.es/76b97de046563584
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9monotype-2134559441-3ghbaz5ktevsh7skicek2hitr39fsnfpw vs Cpt.Kraken
Vague prep notes were that at the time, I didn't expect dragon or ground much due to my usage on ladder/pspl at the time (I was spamming fairy and flying). Of course, I ended up being wrong but the Gouging set made it all work out. All I really did was take standard fire and change Gouging from banded to DD; I figured with no dragon showing I didn't need the immediate fast outrage to win. Instead I opted for this proto-defence set that could take stuff like Gliscor and Gyarados EQ's (with breaking swipe sometimes). It also had done solidly in testing against dark and fighting, so I felt pretty confident loading this. The meta has changed up a decent enough bit since MPL's final weeks, and now I definitely don't think this team holds up, but it was still a cool showcase of how creative you can get with Gouging-Fire. If I were to remake this now, I might drop Ceruledge for some form of speed control, or even change Heatran to scarf since this team has kinda given up on the dragon MU anyways.
Hypnosis Darkrai - Week 3
https://pokepast.es/f897318ee33b1a79
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/smogtours-gen9monotype-774896 Elyoss vs Mihowk
I really found it a shame people weren't toying with dark enough; you get to abuse Kingambit + Spikes just like mono steel, but dark can be pretty solid into ground,fire, and steel itself. Basically I just wanted a simple clicky dark team to take on the top 5 at the time in fly/ground/steel/dragon/fire. Ground was pretty much destroyed by meow + gren + balloon gambit, but the others required a bit more effort. While specs Greninja was extremely threatening to the remaining types, it didn't always manage to last against hazards and could sometimes struggle to break past things (articuno flying came to mind). I opted to have Elyoss use NP Darkrai, as I felt pulse-blast covered all of the types mentioned, and Darkrai easily outsped 90% of the mons in question. Of course, aforementioned Articuno could still brush off Darkrai to an extent, so I figured throwing on Hypnosis to chip it down and give free turns was perfect.
Specs Gholdengo - Week 5 and 7
https://pokepast.es/0152f9817825d041
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/smogtours-gen9monotype-777114 Leafium vs Azick
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/smogtours-gen9monotype-780412 vs Achimoo
I know, I know. Standard six steel in a team dump, no shame. I liked this 6 the most, specs Gholdengo I accomplished a lot of goals, making Gholdengo just as threatening of a breaker as nasty plot can be, but with the added annoyance of trick. I really like it in the steel matchup especially, and my game vs Achimoo showed that off very well. But beyond that, the main draw to me is scarf Archaludon. Archaludon's few roles imo are to cripple Ogerpons, take out Azumarill, and help Heatran deal w/Gouging Fire (assuming balloon got popped). I felt like all these tasks could be done with Scarf, and it opens up Archalu to do even more. Scarf twave slows down everything base 110 (Ogerpon) and slower to be crept by my Kingambit spread, and scarf draco/tbolt/flash dealt with a good handful of steel-killers; Hydreigon, Specs Pult, Wake, Valiant, Greninja. I really love how Scarf Archaludon feels on steel and I'll probably never go back to making my Heatran into a mediocre scarfer, or locking my Gholdengo out of being a better set.
Unburden Sneasler - Week 6 and 7
https://pokepast.es/5766e3538983a58f
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/smogtours-gen9monotype-778548 Sificon vs Yedla
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/smogtours-gen9monotype-780142 Elyoss vs Clean
This team went through a good bit of changes, even the 2 used in the replays above had slight adjustments, but the pasted one was the final idea really. I really liked SD Sneasler, its shameless ability to cheese a lot of types is very exciting, and I hate scarf Sneasler as I think it sucks at its job. While slapping Valiant on scarf-duty doesn't feel very good, it just had to be that way on this six. Scarf Valiant also is the most efficient when it comes to deleting scarf latis, dragapult, and zamazenta, so I figured why not. Fast Tusk is something I started running as an extra measure against Gholdengo, as sometimes that thing overstays its welcome. Taunt > Spin was an idea I got from a ground team used last mpl, where taunt-helmet tusk was efficient at keeping up rocks vs flying, and it also allowed it to harass skarmory. Bulk Up Shifu had 2 main tasks here, one was to secure the steel matchup. Of course, you would figure swords dance would do that better, but I also wanted Urshifu to have a good time breaking standard flying. Adamant strikes had no switch in, as Tornadus would die to the follow up aqua jet, and skarmory would get setup on and killed. Dragonite was the real reason for bulk up; it cant switch into anything without getting 1v1'd by BU drain punch.
Resto Chesto Primarina - Semifinals
https://pokepast.es/23d7d0e87ab0e99e
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/smogtours-gen9monotype-781387 Leafium vs TTK
Please stop saying Primarina sucks (What are you running instead anyways??). Semis was not the first time I had us use this set, even outside of MPL I was using it quite a bit. Simply put, it gives Primarina a second wind vs standard flying, steel, and can even body normal and mirror on its own. SD Valiant is pretty much able to 6-0 dragon the moment you click SD, and can help make steel basically unloseable w/Primarina. Admittedly, Ice Punch > Sneak is probably more efficient, there was no need to be greedy with the dragon-killing, and it makes Gliscor and Lando-I 10x more manageable. So yeah, that is something I would've changed. Not much else to say really, but yeah, try out resto primarina please!
I also promised my team I'd do this here so...
While it is sad that we lost, I do not feel like we lacked the ability to do so. Just not our year and that is okay. I still loved teaming with everyone, and it was mostly everything I had hoped for.
plunder no glaze, best manager ever. Genuinely sad this might be the last time I see you doing this, but if you ever decide to return for more, I'd be overjoyed to co-manage or even just play for you again. Thank you for doing your best to keep my morale up throughout the tougher weeks, I needed it.
DugZa things may not have worked out in the end but I still hope you had a fun time. Just like Plunder, if you decide to be around next MPL I hope we get the chance to run it back, and go all the way to the finish line this time. But anyways, thank you for performing as well as I hoped you would.
Dj Breloominati♬ everything I said to Dugza applies to you as well lol. First time really getting to know and hang with you. Your presence and play both kept my spirits up, and I hope we get to team again next year.
ikiarihS Sorry for throwing you into BW, next time you get to play Your Tier, I promise. I hope Dugzas 2-7 bullying didn't ruin your Amazing Time with us, and I do hope you play again. Shit wont be the same w/o you two talking about kdramas with zero prep done.
Hurtadoo I know you were having a really hard time this tour, especially with some irl stuff. I do hope you're doing a bit better now, I loved finally getting to team with you. Truth be told, I still hold onto how you shouted me out after last world cup. I didn't really know you, so your acknowledgement really made me feel good, and I was happy to finally play with you after that. If I'm ever in Paris again, I hope we can meetup at your bakery.
FadedCharm I'm sorry you didn't get to play as much as you might've wanted, but your few games were definitely never boring to watch. I don't know if you intend to do more monotype tours, but whether you decide to play this or continue your insane Ubers run, I hope you pop the fuck off. And let me know if you decide to delve into the older OU's..
sasha You also didn't get to play much but I appreciated your effort and constantly checking through what was going on in all the slots. Just knowing someone else was putting in high effort like that was motivating, and heres to hoping our efforts will carry to a ring next time around (See you in MWP).
Elyoss I hope you didn't mind us giving Faded a chance over you towards the end! But I enjoyed teaming with you, I loved how open and excited you always were, and just how much effort you put into testing and learning. I'm excited to see how much you will grow, and will be watching your games closely! Keep up the effort you've been putting in, and more importantly be sure to keep enjoying the game, and I'm sure you'll be a monster of a player in no time.
Sificon I really did like watching your games, and how reliable you were when it came to prep..really took some stress off my shoulders with how down you were to use anything, and you always used em well. I hope our constant hassling of using timer didn't get on your nerves too much! We weren't as fortunate this time as we were with Glameows, but its okay. Next time, for sure.
Leafium Z Greedy shoutout begging noob. Anyways thank you for being Good at the Game, I was never worried about your slot, which was nice. We will be teaming again in MWP, and next MPL, and next MWP, and next next MPL. This is non-negotiable and I hope you are excited for more Zoroarking.
boomp Neko Cell ty for your help in the final week, im sorry if your efforts were wasted. Whichever of you 4 happen to be around for the next mono tour, I hope that we can actually be on a team together this time.
GGs Zoroarks.
plunder no glaze, best manager ever. Genuinely sad this might be the last time I see you doing this, but if you ever decide to return for more, I'd be overjoyed to co-manage or even just play for you again. Thank you for doing your best to keep my morale up throughout the tougher weeks, I needed it.
DugZa things may not have worked out in the end but I still hope you had a fun time. Just like Plunder, if you decide to be around next MPL I hope we get the chance to run it back, and go all the way to the finish line this time. But anyways, thank you for performing as well as I hoped you would.
Dj Breloominati♬ everything I said to Dugza applies to you as well lol. First time really getting to know and hang with you. Your presence and play both kept my spirits up, and I hope we get to team again next year.
ikiarihS Sorry for throwing you into BW, next time you get to play Your Tier, I promise. I hope Dugzas 2-7 bullying didn't ruin your Amazing Time with us, and I do hope you play again. Shit wont be the same w/o you two talking about kdramas with zero prep done.
Hurtadoo I know you were having a really hard time this tour, especially with some irl stuff. I do hope you're doing a bit better now, I loved finally getting to team with you. Truth be told, I still hold onto how you shouted me out after last world cup. I didn't really know you, so your acknowledgement really made me feel good, and I was happy to finally play with you after that. If I'm ever in Paris again, I hope we can meetup at your bakery.
FadedCharm I'm sorry you didn't get to play as much as you might've wanted, but your few games were definitely never boring to watch. I don't know if you intend to do more monotype tours, but whether you decide to play this or continue your insane Ubers run, I hope you pop the fuck off. And let me know if you decide to delve into the older OU's..
sasha You also didn't get to play much but I appreciated your effort and constantly checking through what was going on in all the slots. Just knowing someone else was putting in high effort like that was motivating, and heres to hoping our efforts will carry to a ring next time around (See you in MWP).
Elyoss I hope you didn't mind us giving Faded a chance over you towards the end! But I enjoyed teaming with you, I loved how open and excited you always were, and just how much effort you put into testing and learning. I'm excited to see how much you will grow, and will be watching your games closely! Keep up the effort you've been putting in, and more importantly be sure to keep enjoying the game, and I'm sure you'll be a monster of a player in no time.
Sificon I really did like watching your games, and how reliable you were when it came to prep..really took some stress off my shoulders with how down you were to use anything, and you always used em well. I hope our constant hassling of using timer didn't get on your nerves too much! We weren't as fortunate this time as we were with Glameows, but its okay. Next time, for sure.
Leafium Z Greedy shoutout begging noob. Anyways thank you for being Good at the Game, I was never worried about your slot, which was nice. We will be teaming again in MWP, and next MPL, and next MWP, and next next MPL. This is non-negotiable and I hope you are excited for more Zoroarking.
boomp Neko Cell ty for your help in the final week, im sorry if your efforts were wasted. Whichever of you 4 happen to be around for the next mono tour, I hope that we can actually be on a team together this time.
GGs Zoroarks.
Might as well drop these, not like they have anything to be used for rn. Here, everything i built throughout MPL (final few weeks mainly)
https://pokepast.es/ab34e9ea942d48de
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As a consistent competitor, it's important to understand the game has some highs and lows. Despite losing this I have to be grateful for the year I had in side tours like rbywc and ndwc, just sucked for my teammates.
Looking at our draft I was confused on why people thought our team was mid/had no old gen support. I realized that I look at things differently from everyone else because in my years of working with Sabella and Lycan we never wanted people who knew the tier for old gens(BW excluded because it always has the good mainers). We preferred good pilots who would bring whatever we gave them without question. I've applied that draft to most tournaments I've managed but for mono its a bit more risky. You need manager(s) that can support gens 6-8 at a high level, and the only players I believe that can do that are Chaitanya, Trichotomy, and Attribute(Honorable mention to Decem, Dugza, and floss although I don't think any are top tier at oras). Give my exact draft to another pair and I bet our season would kinda look like this.
Below are some of the teams we used this tour, I had my guys use other peoples team a lot so I won't be posting those. As a side note if you're looking to support mono slots please remember innovation isn't always needed unless it's CG. Proven teams exist for a reason no matter when they're built. For reference, my SS/ORAS slots reused a ton and ended up with the best records in said tier, tried and true builds work.
if you have any questions on evs/movesets feel free to dm me on discord @Shalisza
ORAS
https://pokepast.es/8799828d9a6a75af
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/smogtours-gen6monotype-772849
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/smogtours-gen6monotype-775711
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/smogtours-gen6monotype-777824
SM
https://pokepast.es/c4738901fc86034a
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/smogtours-gen7monotype-771650
https://pokepast.es/9e10668fbfcbd1d6
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/smogtours-gen7monotype-773624
https://pokepast.es/99946a9a3bc61e07
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/smogtours-gen7monotype-778842
https://pokepast.es/6150ef875eb984cd
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/smogtours-gen7monotype-776003
https://pokepast.es/75f4bb5fbe32fa89
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/smogtours-gen7monotype-781664
SS
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https://pokepast.es/51421669fdb92d42 / https://pokepast.es/40c1be3229151ebc
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/smogtours-gen8monotype-771375
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/smogtours-gen8monotype-783113?p2
https://pokepast.es/637b7b86fbf1f293
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/smogtours-gen8monotype-774321
ty to style.css and roxie for edits and suggestions as always. And to my friends fade Gondra 3d ty for giving it your all each week, I hope I was a good manager(I def was because no one played a single test game or.. laddered like people ask players to do that? LMAO could never)
If you have any questions, comments, or just want help with anything related to Monotype dm me on discord @shalisza I'll always respond when I have time. You always get back what you give, so I never mind helping others.
Looking at our draft I was confused on why people thought our team was mid/had no old gen support. I realized that I look at things differently from everyone else because in my years of working with Sabella and Lycan we never wanted people who knew the tier for old gens(BW excluded because it always has the good mainers). We preferred good pilots who would bring whatever we gave them without question. I've applied that draft to most tournaments I've managed but for mono its a bit more risky. You need manager(s) that can support gens 6-8 at a high level, and the only players I believe that can do that are Chaitanya, Trichotomy, and Attribute(Honorable mention to Decem, Dugza, and floss although I don't think any are top tier at oras). Give my exact draft to another pair and I bet our season would kinda look like this.
Below are some of the teams we used this tour, I had my guys use other peoples team a lot so I won't be posting those. As a side note if you're looking to support mono slots please remember innovation isn't always needed unless it's CG. Proven teams exist for a reason no matter when they're built. For reference, my SS/ORAS slots reused a ton and ended up with the best records in said tier, tried and true builds work.
if you have any questions on evs/movesets feel free to dm me on discord @Shalisza
ORAS
https://pokepast.es/8799828d9a6a75af
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/smogtours-gen6monotype-772849
With Keldeo being banned, water becomes very bad(unless rain and even that's still mid) which makes dark a great meta pick atm. Having good match ups into ground, steel, flying, and psychic while having a neutral to water without keldeo means dark can beat all the top shit in the meta currently. Made this for jon week 2 since I had no idea what tier would bring and we ended up getting a close win.
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/smogtours-gen6monotype-775711
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/smogtours-gen6monotype-777824
I did say above I think water is bad now(no dark resist is crazy) but it still can be useful. Against flying, dragon, psychic, and fire it still has solid match ups depending on your build. steel, dark, and even ground are a lot harder now so its still a tough bring IMO. Volcanion helps with steel and even psychic with toxic/tect vs gard, slowbro, and lati twins. These aren't really great games ngl but teams cool regardless.
SM
https://pokepast.es/c4738901fc86034a
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/smogtours-gen7monotype-771650
One of my most known sm takes is dragon as a type is p bad and you'd never catch me using it unless I'm trolling. We got Attribute who is highly regarded in the community and a great player. However like everyone else he has his strong comfort picks and they're usually on the bulkier side. I looked at his scout and saw lots of water, poison, and flying so I decided to go with Z kyurem which breaks everything in his builder. Belly drum Kommo is a nice surprise factor that can literally 6-0 his tapu fini water teams at preview if he assumes Z. We got a neutral match up and cruised to a win, we crit chomp but IMO idt that changed the entire game drastically enough.
https://pokepast.es/9e10668fbfcbd1d6
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/smogtours-gen7monotype-773624
Last time I supported Gondra we used fire into dahli, and I decided we could do it again because theres no way they remembered or even care enough. Fire is one of my fav types in sm with a lot of niche match ups like electric, grass, dark, poison, and steel. I didn't actually watch this game because I was getting on a plane but No nihi is crazy. Saved us here with some good play Gondra came out with a w.
https://pokepast.es/99946a9a3bc61e07
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/smogtours-gen7monotype-778842
Ngl this is some outdated shit LOL I made this for kythr in like 2018 for something I forgot. P standard although I wanted cradily so that I could fit spikes on ferrothorn+have a better electric match up. Dugza brought dark and we got goobed cause we didn't knock the muk early. Your good match ups are fairy, water, dark, electric, dragon, and depending on the build psychic.
https://pokepast.es/6150ef875eb984cd
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/smogtours-gen7monotype-776003
Standard ground so won't get into it. All I can say is its 2014 stop using ada mamo/drill you grief the mirror.
https://pokepast.es/75f4bb5fbe32fa89
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/smogtours-gen7monotype-781664
A blast from the past, I didn't come up with this 6 when it was CG but I wanted to use HO and figured remaking it was best. Seeing how gondra lost last time, I wanted to give him the most neutral match ups possible. His only bad ones with this 6 are dark and normal, we ended up getting fairy which is something I coached him on prior. Iron head aero eliminates all bs with diancie, and chips koko enough for celesteela after rocks. Yache Thundy helps with cleaning up vs scarf gren and the rest is standard.
SS
/ https://pokepast.es/51421669fdb92d42 / https://pokepast.es/40c1be3229151ebc
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/smogtours-gen8monotype-771375
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/smogtours-gen8monotype-783113?p2
I built this team for monotype secret Santa a couple years ago but ended up editing it. Grounds a good neutral pick into a lot of types so Im usually open to reusing. Sludge lando is for bulu w gravity support so that chomp/nido don't have to carry against steel/flying. Rest is standard p much.
https://pokepast.es/637b7b86fbf1f293
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/smogtours-gen8monotype-774321
Not sure how we won this game vs sub heat wave zap, molt, and focus blast plot thundy but it be like that. This is my classic steel I made to play chait when it was CG. Scarf aegislash is the star of the team which is used specifically for Molt, nido, and sub plot hydreigon. https://prnt.sc/H_UJ3ZOv3pdF tech is useless after revealed so only use this as a surprise factor once.
ty to style.css and roxie for edits and suggestions as always. And to my friends fade Gondra 3d ty for giving it your all each week, I hope I was a good manager(I def was because no one played a single test game or.. laddered like people ask players to do that? LMAO could never)
If you have any questions, comments, or just want help with anything related to Monotype dm me on discord @shalisza I'll always respond when I have time.
You always get back what you give, so I never mind helping others.- Status