in the hills' Power Rankings
Fun draft, lot of neat picks from everyone tbh. I don't think anyone had a bad draft this year in part to the really solid pool we had and lot of new faces people put their trust into. Here's my rankings based on my initial perception of the draft.
#8 Rozelias
AAA: Bushtush / shiloh
BH: PinkDragonTamer / ?
Camo: k3ppr / ?
MnM: Catalystic / queso
NFE: Shing'n Streets
STAB: shiloh / Shiba
Strong points: AAA, MnM
Weak points: BH, Camo
This is a really strange draft tbh. There's good players here so I don't doubt they'll do well but there's absolutely N O builders on this team. 30K pdt with no team builder is ??? a waste of money tbh when you couldve gotten literally any other bh player+support for cheaper if you wanted. pdt will pull through though bc he's a goat but that's gonna be rough. Camo slot is kind of confusing as well, camo is historically a tier that tours players have struggled with and k3ppr isn't gonna be able to support the whole slot against the rest of these teams. AAA and MnM are really solid bush and cata are goated players and STAB is as well rozes can prob solo the pool if he grinds hard enough, so they prob can pull at least a tie every week. No comment on NFE since idk these players as well but they're solid from what i hear. Overall I can see this team doing well if they somehow pull teams out of nowhere but otherwise I think they'll struggle a LOT on that end.
Overall: 5.5/10
#7 Based Boomers
AAA: The Number Man
BH: cityscapes / Stolen Identity
Camo: Havens / Terracotta (not what ur doing i know but i don't wanna speak talk about it)
MnM: DerpyBoi / Icemaster
NFE: ? marj isn't playing lol
STAB: Terracotta / Betathunder
Strong points: STAB, BH
Weak points: NFE, MnM, Camo
This draft is very lopsided on its strengths and weaknesses, and I'm confused about the overall synergy of this team. Lot of strong personalities that I can't see working together well tbh. BH STAB and AAA are insanely solid, but outside of that I'm not really sure what's going on. Once Icemaster is off LoA i suppose MnM is passable but until then no clue, kythr can probably NFE but they don't know the meta in the most stacked field so idt marjane's support will be enough here. Camo isn't terrible if u put Havens as the starter but that doesn't really use up all of your best players
Overall: 6/10
#6 Zoomer Zeraoras
AAA: Osake / Sylveon / vivalospride
BH: a loser / A Touch of Crazy
Camo: Sylveon / a loser
MnM: ?
NFE: King Leo V
STAB: vivalospride
Strong points: BH, Camo, NFE
Weak Points: MnM, kind of AAA
Really don't understand why Redflix didn't draft themselves, this draft would be top 3 if they had tbh. This draft started out phenomenally (besides the too expensive geerat) if you ask me, then fell off a cliff when picking some slots. Mix and Mega is a weak point for them because despite having Redflix support, they don't have a single player who knows anything about the gen 8 meta. I think an alternative lineup to what I posted above with geerat as the AAA starter, a loser in Camo, and Crazy in BH would honestly suit this team better though it's not what I expect them to do. Pretty solid team but still boos that flix didn't draft themselves.
Overall: 7.5/10
#5 Five Star Jolteons
AAA: motherlove
BH: Quantum Tesseract / motherlove
Camo: Euphonos
MnM: Pigeons / damflame
NFE: ho3n / professor tox / PA
STAB: The Immortal / Greybaum
Strong points: BH, NFE
Weak points: none
This draft is pretty solid all around, though nothing really phenomenal that sticks out to me. I trust all of these slots to be self sufficient (mnm might be a little tuff with Pigeons' busy schedule) so I think QT won't get burnt out and can focus on BH in peace. Not really much to say about this team, I can see them doing well or poorly depending on how dedicated people are. If I had to pick a weak point, I'd probably point to AAA, motherlove is pretty unproven in a tour scene in the past few years and I'm a little unsure of how much racool is willing to support. EDIT: Forgot ho3n somehow and he's goated NFE so they're solid there as well
Overall: 8.5/10
#4 Temper Tyrantrums
AAA: MZ / Fissure
BH: XxSevagxX / lph
Camo: anaconja / 23gz
MnM: Chazm
NFE: Skysolo
STAB: Fissure / hidden / 23gz
Strong points: MnM, NFE, BH
Weak points: AAA
This team is really solid all around if you ask me, I don't have any real issues with this draft. A few of the subs aren't very strong, but I trust the starters for each slot. AAA is a little weak due to MZ's inactivity and lack of really solid support, and STAB is borderline a weak point if Fissure ever has to go to AAA.
Overall: 9/10
#3 Wiggly Family
AAA: Atha / PandaDoux
BH: Onyx Onix 7 / Apathetic Inaction
Camo: Meta
MnM: qways
NFE: Jett / ojr
STAB: LBDC / Alternatif
Strong points: AAA, NFE
Weak points: none, slightly BH depending on who you ask
Not gonna lie, I was very wary of this team at the start when I saw they were just drafting a bunch of French players, but I think this team actually works out really nicely. Really solid AAA, NFE, and I think MnM and STAB are great too. Camo isn't *great* but I suppose Drago can support there with teams and it'll be fine. BH is cool imo, gives 2 new players a chance to shine and I think they'll work well together despite not being the most known.
Overall: 9/10
#2 Fullmetal Alcremists
AAA: jrdn / hamx5
BH: sugarhigh / MAMP
Camo: Siamato / jrdn
MnM: Anydboy
NFE: Monsareeasy / Stareal / MAMP
STAB: Splash / ihhca
Strong points: AAA, Camo, MnM, NFE
Weak points: STAB
Shocker, the team with Andy+Jrdn is broken. Jokes aside this was actually a shocking draft, didn't expect them to grab Siamato though it makes sense given jrdn hasn't touched Camo nearly as much as AAA. Lack of a solid STAB starter or much support here is the only weak point of this team given how deep and competitive this tier is, and it is what knocks them out of the top spot for me. Really terrifying team it's no doubt we'll have stresh vs jrdn in the finals again.
Overall: 9.5/10
#1 Spinda Wheels
AAA: Sabella
BH: stresh
Camo: Mossy Sandwich / Zesty43
MnM: Fardin / stresh / Zesty43
NFE: tlenit / 85percent
STAB: Plas
Strong points: AAA, BH, MnM, NFE, STAB
Weak points: Camo
Another insane draft from stresh that I think most people will overlook. The only weakness of this team is idrk what the plan for Camo is and overall there's a lack of subs but tbh the starters are more than solid enough to carry throughout the whole tour. Sabella has always been a favorite in mine in AAA and I don't think I've ever seen them team with stresh so it'll be interesting. Plas is goated af also
Overall: 9.5/10
I really enjoy the drafts this year, and I'm super excited to see what teams do. Would love to be proven wrong also, so please do that lol