this_team_is_jokes vs. WhoIsD
I like this battle a lot, so I'll comment about it.
Short comment about matchup: WhoIsD uses a sand offense team with the tried and true Keldeo/Ttar core, as well as packing some other top-notch metagame threats, with Scizor and Rotom-W to provide momentum with their voltturns. ttij uses a weatherless offensive team, with a Mew to provide Tailwind to get some mini-sweeps going. While his team is offensive, it is more focused towards bulky offense, some members relying on tailwind to patch up their speed (looking at you, Kyurem-B).
First turn ttij predicts his opponent well and sends in Kyurem-B, while WhoisD starts with Rotom-W, which gives ttij an obvious advantage. He proceeds to set up a sub, which would be terrifying for WhoisD, had he not had a Scizor. ttij now also knows the Rotom isn't scarfed, which means probably Keldeo or Chomp is scarfed, or even Ttar.
Kyurem goes for some weak damage with earth power and Scizor goes for the U-turn. WhoisD brings out Keldeo, and as scarf Keldeo isn't guaranteed to KO a Kyurem-B at 88%, this may mean its specs or Ebelt, which could be important information for ttij. ttij makes a nice play and sponges the SS with Mew.
Turn 4 it turns out the Keldeo is Ebelt, but its HP ghost doesn't do too much. Mew could have Psyshocked here, which would've been bad for Keldeo. ttij however sets up tailwind, and scares out Mew. Next few turns both players predict their opponents moves well, until turn 7. Here, WhoisD makes a huge misplay, letting his Garchomp die to an Ice Punch. Maybe he forgot about Tailwind, maybe he thought he would live, we don't know. ttij now sacks his Lucario who did its job, and brings out Starmie who is ready to wreck some shit with LO analytic attacks. The Star OHKOs the incoming Rotom-W. I'm not sure if it mattered cause I don't know its ev spread (standard bulky rotom-w can usually avoid the 2HKO, even with Analytic).
Turn 10 is crucial. ttij thinks he can KO the Scizor (which usually is the case: 252 SpA Life Orb Starmie Surf vs. 248 HP / 8 SpD Scizor: 200-238 (58.3 - 69.38%)). But the Scizor is apparently specially defensive and lives, KOing the Starmie with U-turn, which could have been a very vital pokemon for ttij.
Turn 13, WhoIsD sacks his Ttar, as he needed all his other pokemon to have an answer to ttij's pokemon (celebi for keldeo, scizor for kyurem, his own keldeo for landorus-t). Next turn he finds out Landorus-t is scarfed, and it does a good chunk of damage to keldeo. Some more sacking follows.
Turn 17 is IMO the most interesting turn in the battle, as ttij thinks he can surprise celebi with an HP bug, while it is actually WhoisD who surprises him with a usually never seen Tanga Berry to soften the blow. This really hurts ttijs game plan which was to sweep with Keldeo.
After this surprising turn, ttij probably thinks it's over with Kyurem and Mew both being in BP range. Or not? While the defensive evs saved Scizor from Starmie earlier, its lack of attack investment now hurts it, as it is unable to do over 25% to Mew. The pink legendary saves the game for ttij with only 2% health remaining! Now, that was an intense finish!
Props to both users for playing very well, and to WhoisD for using unorthodox items such as a Tanga berry. The Scizor set was kinda weird though, being specially defensive, which is usually only done for bulky SD sets. WhoisD however showed he had U-turn in turn 2 already. Its item is also a mystery (maybe Iron Plate).
I like this battle a lot, so I'll comment about it.
Short comment about matchup: WhoIsD uses a sand offense team with the tried and true Keldeo/Ttar core, as well as packing some other top-notch metagame threats, with Scizor and Rotom-W to provide momentum with their voltturns. ttij uses a weatherless offensive team, with a Mew to provide Tailwind to get some mini-sweeps going. While his team is offensive, it is more focused towards bulky offense, some members relying on tailwind to patch up their speed (looking at you, Kyurem-B).
First turn ttij predicts his opponent well and sends in Kyurem-B, while WhoisD starts with Rotom-W, which gives ttij an obvious advantage. He proceeds to set up a sub, which would be terrifying for WhoisD, had he not had a Scizor. ttij now also knows the Rotom isn't scarfed, which means probably Keldeo or Chomp is scarfed, or even Ttar.
Kyurem goes for some weak damage with earth power and Scizor goes for the U-turn. WhoisD brings out Keldeo, and as scarf Keldeo isn't guaranteed to KO a Kyurem-B at 88%, this may mean its specs or Ebelt, which could be important information for ttij. ttij makes a nice play and sponges the SS with Mew.
Turn 4 it turns out the Keldeo is Ebelt, but its HP ghost doesn't do too much. Mew could have Psyshocked here, which would've been bad for Keldeo. ttij however sets up tailwind, and scares out Mew. Next few turns both players predict their opponents moves well, until turn 7. Here, WhoisD makes a huge misplay, letting his Garchomp die to an Ice Punch. Maybe he forgot about Tailwind, maybe he thought he would live, we don't know. ttij now sacks his Lucario who did its job, and brings out Starmie who is ready to wreck some shit with LO analytic attacks. The Star OHKOs the incoming Rotom-W. I'm not sure if it mattered cause I don't know its ev spread (standard bulky rotom-w can usually avoid the 2HKO, even with Analytic).
Turn 10 is crucial. ttij thinks he can KO the Scizor (which usually is the case: 252 SpA Life Orb Starmie Surf vs. 248 HP / 8 SpD Scizor: 200-238 (58.3 - 69.38%)). But the Scizor is apparently specially defensive and lives, KOing the Starmie with U-turn, which could have been a very vital pokemon for ttij.
Turn 13, WhoIsD sacks his Ttar, as he needed all his other pokemon to have an answer to ttij's pokemon (celebi for keldeo, scizor for kyurem, his own keldeo for landorus-t). Next turn he finds out Landorus-t is scarfed, and it does a good chunk of damage to keldeo. Some more sacking follows.
Turn 17 is IMO the most interesting turn in the battle, as ttij thinks he can surprise celebi with an HP bug, while it is actually WhoisD who surprises him with a usually never seen Tanga Berry to soften the blow. This really hurts ttijs game plan which was to sweep with Keldeo.
After this surprising turn, ttij probably thinks it's over with Kyurem and Mew both being in BP range. Or not? While the defensive evs saved Scizor from Starmie earlier, its lack of attack investment now hurts it, as it is unable to do over 25% to Mew. The pink legendary saves the game for ttij with only 2% health remaining! Now, that was an intense finish!
Props to both users for playing very well, and to WhoisD for using unorthodox items such as a Tanga berry. The Scizor set was kinda weird though, being specially defensive, which is usually only done for bulky SD sets. WhoisD however showed he had U-turn in turn 2 already. Its item is also a mystery (maybe Iron Plate).
