Tournament National Dex Ladder Tournament Discussion Thread

[Steorra]

Art by femboy
OP most taken from the last version of this thread

Hey everyone! This thread will be used to discuss everything related to the Ladder Tournament - current metagame trends, predictions, players, good laddering teams, playoffs team dumps etc. Remember to keep the discussion civil & have fun!

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[Miyoko]

https://pokepast.es/375d26609906ec54
Mono fairy is good in the current ladder as after rain became famous, this team got more viable. It beats all kinds of rain and sun teams

 

[ong]

So, this might just be my first real post other than me saying in or won ggs. Since NDLT ends today and I've peaked around 1980+ ill be posting my teams that I've used w/ some replays.

https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen8nationaldex-1594063234
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen8nationaldex-1594490565-9k1ofj6v0cximnav22u3llc0dcah5pbpw
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen8nationaldex-1594250032-7i6y5k2bwjwpw37j7ewi9v7mm9lsq6tpw
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen8nationaldex-1590567833-h4xeo4gmv2dkzth1a9gtlmno3zhdmu7pw
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen8nationaldex-1590668655-e9ehrfa4ivfo67nv4x5a9adxfufzg1dpw

https://pokepast.es/b58503d5498fe829
https://pokepast.es/7c19af2199fe617d
https://pokepast.es/99ccb77f79bd1112

 

[Mollymiltoast]

I used these to hit 1900
https://pokepast.es/8640841fab27a2a8
https://pokepast.es/d09ff99586f2e3d4
https://pokepast.es/a7b289a75cd0cfa5

 

[ChrisPBacon]

its over.
Copy of counter chansey (pokepast.es)
counter chansey (pokepast.es)
lativile new (pokepast.es)
subroost zap+5 (pokepast.es)
heres some fatass teams for ladder

 

[ezra]

teams that i used
1000-1500

1500-2000



hf laddering

 

[Unowndragon]

i have use these team on ladder(part）
Swords Dance Aegislash https://pokepast.es/417b0cf905f8a148
Zard Y https://pokepast.es/fd7a5338451e08b0
Bug Z Volcarona+double Dance Reuniclus https://pokepast.es/b6cc27e584ae0e7c
Mega-Tyranitar Sand+Fini https://pokepast.es/7b4c4e09e1386b65
M-Diancle Volcarona+Z Kommo-O https://pokepast.es/5cd515090c431cd0
Mega-Latias FireZ Heatran https://pokepast.es/f93905e5a891d016
Have a nice day,and hf on ladder

 

[Steorra]

Cycle 1 results:

Results

Congratulations to everyone that qualified!
1. nvk
2. peap
3. ChrisPBacon
4. Gray
5. Unowndragon
6. Mollymiltoast
7. ez
8. Zen

 

[Skrublax]

Although I wasn't apart of this ladder tournament, I have to say a huge congratulations to everyone involved. You guys have been some of the toughest opponents I've had in a while on ladder, as well, I really like some of these teams people have been posting and give a some a try. Great Stuff

 

[Mollymiltoast]

Here's a bunch of my builder to gather ideas / use throughout the cycles

 

[Insou]

Have fun
Mega Sableye Double Pressure Stall

Replay

Spoiler

Stall Vs Stall
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen8nationaldex-1597792600-ypasrq6ja03n4y0zpd1ay1qu6gkq3o4pw

Ditto Stall

Ninja M Mawile Lele Balance

 

[pinorska]

oops i forgot this finished tonight and forgot to go get my extra 50 elo ill have to smoke yall next week

 

[kDCA]

was told to post this after cord talk
Current seeding as of cycle 3:

Seeding

#

Smogon Name

ELO

GXE

Cycle

1	nvk	2010	90.1%	Cycle 1
2	peap	1984	86.3%	Cycle 1
3	ChrisPBacon	1976	89.6%	Cycle 1
4	Gray	1955	86.9%	Cycle 1
5	Unowndragon	1935	87.0%	Cycle 1
6	Mollymiltoast	1906	88.0%	Cycle 1
7	ez	1905	89.3%	Cycle 1
8	UnzipsCrogre	1903	86.2%	Cycle 3
9	Yves Stone	1902	86.4%	Cycle 3
10	Zen	1885	86.7%	Cycle 1
11	Lameflame	1881	83.3%	Cycle 2
12	Milo	1870	87.5%	Cycle 2
13	Darkness 789	1864	85.7%	Cycle 2
14	Strat8246	1864	85.0%	Cycle 2
15	Ryuji-Sempai	1861	89.3%	Cycle 3
16	xDarkcrafterHDx	1858	87.1%	Cycle 2
17	SpectralThief	1857	88.8%	Cycle 2
18	baconeatinassassin	1852	88.6%	Cycle 2
19	Xenqt	1852	85.5%	Cycle 2
20	Arundrago	1851	87.8%	Cycle 3
21	Weaselfie	1851	85.1%	Cycle 3
22	UGaming	1843	83.4%	Cycle 3
23	Hiro80223001	1830	84.4%	Cycle 3
24	kDCA	1821	86.9%	Cycle 3

Obviously cycle 4 isn't included since it's still ongoing, but just incase anyone was curious of what the current standing is and what the playoffs could look like.