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Tournament PUCL I - Commencement Thread

3 am mock teehee

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sky22000
Heysup20000
Xiri14500
feen14500
Leni11000
Lyra10000
Terracotta8000
im_m0rtal.3000
The Strap3000
acluh13000
plznostep3000
GoldCat3000
ishtar0
robjr22500
shiloh15500
Lambovino13500
BeatsBlack13500
THE_CHUNGLER9500
BloodAce6500
Ruffles6500
mclagno5500
seed5500
LOOR5500
Sabella3500
NotVeryCake3000
BluBirD3000
DugZa0
xcx22000
Estarossa17000
DD Joe16000
magialice11500
mielke10500
HSOWA10000
Ox the Fox7500
DripLegend4500
Micciu4000
Bohrier3000
BlazingDark3000
SergioRules3000
Michael Jordan3000
metallica1260
LpZ27000
Maris Bonibell20000
HAVOCKNIGHT16000
Cielau12000
lighthouses10000
Aurist10000
Envy8000
Baddy6000
TyCarter5000
Gondra5000
eeriespell4000
Nuxl4000
LBN3000
MZ24000
eifo17000
Colin15500
Shengineer14000
Hubriz10000
stunner0478000
BigFatMantis6500
One Last Kiss4000
zause3500
Kiyo3500
Steam Buns3000
SEROO3000
Ming5493000
Bouff0
Platum22000
EviGaro19000
sugar ovens18500
spell10000
Oathkeeper7500
Corvikafka6500
KeshBa546000
LessThanThreeMan5500
violet river5000
seraphz4500
col494500
Yunie3000
bello figo3000
Theycallmephil0
Drud27000
Django20500
zS20500
Bloshh12500
ButtGallon11000
LustfulLice10500
Plague10000
Hacker3000
crow crumbs3000
Tack3000
Greybaum3000
Alkione3000
Shiba3000
etern21500
OranBerryBlissey1020000
elodin17000
ninjadog15500
MrSoup12500
Pangoro12500
skrimps9000
Expulso5500
MethMaster45464500
Amomeupaieminhamae3000
metagross does architectu3000
Princess3000
I'm Tapu Bulu3000
LpZ27000Blue Lock-On
Drud27000Unova Celtics
MZ24000The Infernal Pride Paraders
robjr22500Dugzcal Duckletts
Platum22000Vigilante Vigoroths
xcx22000Dancing Lilligant
sky22000Tatsutonys
etern21500Searing Slugmas
Django20500Unova Celtics
zS20500Unova Celtics
Maris Bonibell20000Blue Lock-On
OranBerryBlissey1020000Searing Slugmas
Heysup20000Tatsutonys
EviGaro19000Vigilante Vigoroths
sugar ovens18500Vigilante Vigoroths
Estarossa17000Dancing Lilligant
elodin17000Searing Slugmas
eifo17000The Infernal Pride Paraders
DD Joe16000Dancing Lilligant
HAVOCKNIGHT16000Blue Lock-On
Colin15500The Infernal Pride Paraders
ninjadog15500Searing Slugmas
shiloh15500Dugzcal Duckletts
Xiri14500Tatsutonys
feen14500Tatsutonys
Shengineer14000The Infernal Pride Paraders
Lambovino13500Dugzcal Duckletts
BeatsBlack13500Dugzcal Duckletts
Bloshh12500Unova Celtics
MrSoup12500Searing Slugmas
Pangoro12500Searing Slugmas
Cielau12000Blue Lock-On
magialice11500Dancing Lilligant
Leni11000Tatsutonys
ButtGallon11000Unova Celtics
mielke10500Dancing Lilligant
LustfulLice10500Unova Celtics
Lyra10000Tatsutonys
spell10000Vigilante Vigoroths
lighthouses10000Blue Lock-On
Plague10000Unova Celtics
Aurist10000Blue Lock-On
Hubriz10000The Infernal Pride Paraders
HSOWA10000Dancing Lilligant
THE_CHUNGLER9500Dugzcal Duckletts
skrimps9000Searing Slugmas
Envy8000Blue Lock-On
Terracotta8000Tatsutonys
stunner0478000The Infernal Pride Paraders
Oathkeeper7500Vigilante Vigoroths
Ox the Fox7500Dancing Lilligant
BloodAce6500Dugzcal Duckletts
Corvikafka6500Vigilante Vigoroths
Ruffles6500Dugzcal Duckletts
BigFatMantis6500The Infernal Pride Paraders
Baddy6000Blue Lock-On
KeshBa546000Vigilante Vigoroths
mclagno5500Dugzcal Duckletts
LessThanThreeMan5500Vigilante Vigoroths
seed5500Dugzcal Duckletts
LOOR5500Dugzcal Duckletts
Expulso5500Searing Slugmas
TyCarter5000Blue Lock-On
violet river5000Vigilante Vigoroths
Gondra5000Blue Lock-On
DripLegend4500Dancing Lilligant
seraphz4500Vigilante Vigoroths
MethMaster45464500Searing Slugmas
col494500Vigilante Vigoroths
eeriespell4000Blue Lock-On
Nuxl4000Blue Lock-On
One Last Kiss4000The Infernal Pride Paraders
Micciu4000Dancing Lilligant
zause3500The Infernal Pride Paraders
Kiyo3500The Infernal Pride Paraders
Sabella3500Dugzcal Duckletts
NotVeryCake3000Dugzcal Duckletts
Hacker3000Unova Celtics
Yunie3000Vigilante Vigoroths
BluBirD3000Dugzcal Duckletts
crow crumbs3000Unova Celtics
Amomeupaieminhamae3000Searing Slugmas
bello figo3000Vigilante Vigoroths
Bohrier3000Dancing Lilligant
Tack3000Unova Celtics
Greybaum3000Unova Celtics
BlazingDark3000Dancing Lilligant
im_m0rtal.3000Tatsutonys
metagross does architectu3000Searing Slugmas
Princess3000Searing Slugmas
Steam Buns3000The Infernal Pride Paraders
I'm Tapu Bulu3000Searing Slugmas
SEROO3000The Infernal Pride Paraders
LBN3000Blue Lock-On
Alkione3000Unova Celtics
The Strap3000Tatsutonys
acluh13000Tatsutonys
Ming5493000The Infernal Pride Paraders
SergioRules3000Dancing Lilligant
Shiba3000Unova Celtics
plznostep3000Tatsutonys
Michael Jordan3000Dancing Lilligant
GoldCat3000Tatsutonys
Bouff0The Infernal Pride Paraders
Theycallmephil0Vigilante Vigoroths
ishtar0Tatsutonys
DugZa0Dugzcal Duckletts
metallica1260Dancing Lilligant
 
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BigFatMantis16000
violet river13000
ButtGallon11000
Cielau10000
The Strap10000
LOOR10000
Zpice8000
HAVOCKNIGHT8000
mielke7000
Sabella6000
Heatranator5000
5MGMatthew54000
metagross does architectu4000
Mister McLovin3000
ishtar0
MZ25500
Lambovino17000
sugar ovens16000
Ruffles12500
Lyra8500
Ming5497000
NotVeryCake6500
Zcarlett6500
Michael Jordan5500
Scarf Kricketune4000
Leni3000
Shiba3000
DugZa0
Platum28500
eifo16000
Tack15000
hammer79812000
Corvikafka11000
Maris Bonibell9000
feen5000
Raahel4000
SEROO4000
turtledoggo14000
Fragments3500
crow crumbs3000
Metallica1260
etern33000
xcx24500
DripLegend10500
evakiyama!9000
seraphz4500
LustfulLice4500
elodin4500
Greybaum4000
BlazingDark4000
Baddy3500
Paprikaflow3500
Terracotta3500
ninjadog3000
TyCarter3000
THE_CHUNGLER0
robjr23000
Xiri20000
Hacker17000
BloodAce13500
Gondra12500
EviGaro8000
Ox the Fox4500
ManOfMany4000
spell3500
magialice3000
eeriespell3000
mclagno3000
Bouff0
zS25500
BeatsBlack18000
Estarossa15000
Django11000
sky8000
jam7000
Pangoro7000
Plague6000
Diamonds_realm5000
Joaf3500
NDK3000
leoperi3000
SergioRules3000
Theycallmephil0
LpZ29000
Thiago Nunes16000
Shengineer15000
Aurist8000
stunner0478000
Oathkeeper7000
BiscotteKouloulou6500
PorygonBG6000
LessThanThreeMan5000
Bloshh4000
zause4000
Colin3500
Envy3000
Esteb4n0
Drud20000
shiloh19000
DD Joe17000
Heysup15000
skrimps12000
HSOWA10000
plznostep10000
lighthouses8000
OranBerryBlissey107000
Shadow0793000
Ampha3000
Kiyo3000
Expulso3000
etern33000Blue Lock-On
LpZ29000Unova Celtics
Platum28500Dancing Lilligant
MZ25500Dugzcal Duckletts
zS25500Vigilante Vigoroths
xcx24500Blue Lock-On
robjr23000The Infernal Pride Paraders
Xiri20000The Infernal Pride Paraders
Drud20000Searing Slugmas
shiloh19000Searing Slugmas
BeatsBlack18000Vigilante Vigoroths
DD Joe17000Searing Slugmas
Hacker17000The Infernal Pride Paraders
Lambovino17000Dugzcal Duckletts
sugar ovens16000Dugzcal Duckletts
BigFatMantis16000Tatsutonys
eifo16000Dancing Lilligant
Thiago Nunes16000Unova Celtics
Tack15000Dancing Lilligant
Estarossa15000Vigilante Vigoroths
Shengineer15000Unova Celtics
Heysup15000Searing Slugmas
BloodAce13500The Infernal Pride Paraders
violet river13000Tatsutonys
Ruffles12500Dugzcal Duckletts
Gondra12500The Infernal Pride Paraders
hammer79812000Dancing Lilligant
skrimps12000Searing Slugmas
Django11000Vigilante Vigoroths
Corvikafka11000Dancing Lilligant
ButtGallon11000Tatsutonys
DripLegend10500Blue Lock-On
Cielau10000Tatsutonys
The Strap10000Tatsutonys
LOOR10000Tatsutonys
HSOWA10000Searing Slugmas
plznostep10000Searing Slugmas
Maris Bonibell9000Dancing Lilligant
evakiyama!9000Blue Lock-On
Lyra8500Dugzcal Duckletts
EviGaro8000The Infernal Pride Paraders
lighthouses8000Searing Slugmas
Aurist8000Unova Celtics
Zpice8000Tatsutonys
HAVOCKNIGHT8000Tatsutonys
sky8000Vigilante Vigoroths
stunner0478000Unova Celtics
Oathkeeper7000Unova Celtics
jam7000Vigilante Vigoroths
OranBerryBlissey107000Searing Slugmas
mielke7000Tatsutonys
Ming5497000Dugzcal Duckletts
Pangoro7000Vigilante Vigoroths
NotVeryCake6500Dugzcal Duckletts
Zcarlett6500Dugzcal Duckletts
BiscotteKouloulou6500Unova Celtics
Plague6000Vigilante Vigoroths
PorygonBG6000Unova Celtics
Sabella6000Tatsutonys
Michael Jordan5500Dugzcal Duckletts
feen5000Dancing Lilligant
Heatranator5000Tatsutonys
LessThanThreeMan5000Unova Celtics
Diamonds_realm5000Vigilante Vigoroths
seraphz4500Blue Lock-On
LustfulLice4500Blue Lock-On
elodin4500Blue Lock-On
Ox the Fox4500The Infernal Pride Paraders
Bloshh4000Unova Celtics
zause4000Unova Celtics
5MGMatthew54000Tatsutonys
Greybaum4000Blue Lock-On
BlazingDark4000Blue Lock-On
metagross does architectu4000Tatsutonys
Raahel4000Dancing Lilligant
SEROO4000Dancing Lilligant
turtledoggo14000Dancing Lilligant
Scarf Kricketune4000Dugzcal Duckletts
ManOfMany4000The Infernal Pride Paraders
Baddy3500Blue Lock-On
Colin3500Unova Celtics
Joaf3500Vigilante Vigoroths
spell3500The Infernal Pride Paraders
Fragments3500Dancing Lilligant
Paprikaflow3500Blue Lock-On
Terracotta3500Blue Lock-On
magialice3000The Infernal Pride Paraders
eeriespell3000The Infernal Pride Paraders
mclagno3000The Infernal Pride Paraders
Shadow0793000Searing Slugmas
NDK3000Vigilante Vigoroths
crow crumbs3000Dancing Lilligant
leoperi3000Vigilante Vigoroths
Leni3000Dugzcal Duckletts
ninjadog3000Blue Lock-On
TyCarter3000Blue Lock-On
Envy3000Unova Celtics
Ampha3000Searing Slugmas
Kiyo3000Searing Slugmas
SergioRules3000Vigilante Vigoroths
Expulso3000Searing Slugmas
Mister McLovin3000Tatsutonys
Shiba3000Dugzcal Duckletts
Bouff0The Infernal Pride Paraders
Theycallmephil0Vigilante Vigoroths
THE_CHUNGLER0Blue Lock-On
ishtar0Tatsutonys
DugZa0Dugzcal Duckletts
Metallica1260Dancing Lilligant
Esteb4n0Unova Celtics
 
brief PRs, based off vibes mostly - in other words an objective and unbiased assessment of.. eh, something something. I bet somewhere in the middle of me writing this week 1 will drop, proving half of my assumptions about lineups that i had to make wrong, teehee.

1. Tatsutonys
looking good in pretty much every oldgen, MZ is one of the top 2 smers, maris bonibell one of the best rbys in the pool (though i did notice the last rbypl ou record, it's fine), evigaro and bloodace also great in their tiers - i mean, ishtar, django, evakiyama!, the strap/blossh (huh, that doesn't seem intentional), tatsutonys could pick any gen and i'd be like yeah, makes sense? and if something doubles up there is room for shuffling around with thiago nunes, mz, ishtar,... only sv seems to be a bit on the weaker side, but assuming something like loor + thiago nunes or baddy if thiago is needed elsewhere it could work perfectly fine. yep, like that team

2. Ducxcal Dugzletts
there doesn't seem to be much quality in depth/adapting to oppos picks but like 6 starters are top-of-their-pool who should farm. plus there is pangoro who could too - i don't know their rust levels but surely it's nothing that a good scrub can't solve - and ninjadog is a perfectly good bw player who i'd expect to go positive easy. like, the only really weak slot is gsc, and i guess dugza iirc hasn't been that great in other pu teamtours so i have less faith there? feels like a team that's busted on paper but i could see ways it could flop. but it is busted on paper, absolutely. if i were to rank based off starter names in every tier alone, or if this was PUPL format, i'd rank duckletts first, but tatsutonys feel a bit more built for PUCL

3. Unova Celtics
so after checking sky's signup they apparently don't care what gen they play, which is good, because sm sure doesn't seem likely. aside of that initial confusion, this looks like a really neat mix of players who are very strong in their "own" tiers.. robjr, plague, bigfatmantis, buttgallon, and multiple players who can perform well in several tiers, everything is just very well covered. SV looks solid too, probably est4ban and xiri/micciu... tbh all the top 3 teams are more or less on the same level for me, and a good bit above the rest

4. Searing Slugmas
mons is mons team? i think slugmas will depend on how well can the managers utilize the flex slot to get good matchups more than others, and i'm really curious how will that pan out, drafting a bunch of clickers doesn't seem half bad here. even drud wants to play different tiers and not just get locked in dpp... SV with michaelderbeste2 and.. idk.. with DD Joe support sounds alright, though not stronger compared to other teams, and then... stareal, colin, drud picking wins wherever needed? ox the fox should do well in oras? ye idk how to go about ranking them

5. Dancing Lilligant
okay, metallica himself is a great selfbuy, and i have trust in team china's (and france's) puwc magic in the sv slots. the rest of the team is like.. fine in most slots? as in, i don't know what gens would they like to pick. ok, OBB in SS is obvious, but the ss pool is strong and he hasn't quite had carry-the-team results in last pu tours. maybe HSOWA in dpp can do that carrying? odd thing is, if things click and one, two players overperform it wouldn't even surprise me to see lilligant be in playoffs, or contend for the win, lighthouses, tizio, parpar, it's all solid picks.. but then i get to gsc and rby and i dunno, Indulge in dreams and Nakano Nino?.. i was a bit back-and-forth on who to rank higher, lilligant or vigoroths, but while lilligant have a bit lower lows, the rest of the team looks mostly stronger, and there is fine cover

6. Vigilante Vigoroths
alright. i have to retract my previous statements about vigoroths, they look fine. well, maybe just a bit bailed by the 4.5 tack. the issue is that i'm not quite as sold on the star players of this draft as others may be, but then - platum/driplegend SV, lambovino SS, tack BW, wherever aurist ends up... it's fine, everything is fine. idk who havocknight is but apparently they just farmed oras in nucl so yeah, that's neat, SM and DPP seem weaker, i'm not a huge believer in their RBY either.. assuming theycallmephil? eh. maybe it's just the prices that throw me off, i don't know, they might do well

7. Blue Lock-On
it's just.. there's so many players that i don't really.. know what to make of? ok, with the exception of LpZ, BW PU, simple, straightforward. shengineer/estarossa in GSC looking good too... adv, with THE CHUNGLER? Like, idk how good termi is now, it's been a while, esta could pop off in sm again but i don't quite see them above most of the pool, gondra's good obviously but overall lock on's SV is not looking very exciting... eh, i think i'll like the team better once i see the lineup, who's actually playing what, but right now blue lock-on just seem kind of weak comparatively.
 
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BIG TONY'S PUCL PR​

Hello progressive used after the success of my wonderful content piece last year I've decided to grace you all with a sequel. Yes while the formats changed and the ban wave has required me to change the banner do not fret the goal is still the same I MUST MAKE 1 NEW ENEMY BEFORE THE TOUR ENDS. However judging from the message above it seems I've gotten too good at this so instead I will be bumping up my numbers to make 2 NEW ENEMIES BEFORE THE TOUR ENDS. Following suit from last year I will not be ranking my own team even if my drafting prowess has only improved but just be sure IT'S STILL TONIES SEASON and these ratings are just whos most likely to take the silver medal. Anyways enjoy the most accurate (peep last year I clocked yall) official unofficial pucl prs:
(ps I'm not doing line ups this time it's a flex tour)

1. :simisage: Unova Celtics
First up we got the team named after the most mickey mouse team in the nba the unova celtics. A complete flop coming from esteb4n's previous and supreior team name of the sinnoh lakers, the celtics created a draft thats not mickey at all. starting with their sv 2 circuit chip winner esteb4n (that's one more ring then tatum folks) combo'd with either xiri micciu or sk makes for a decent sv core. ss is managed by turtledoggo or dillion while turt doesn't really have much sspu experience the new meta is prime time for new talent and he definitely has tha talent as shown in nupl sm the celtic's star player robjr unlike the boston celtic's star player, rob is definetly good in the clutch amassing an absurd 11-1 record from winning tiebreakers and regular season games he certainly is a nightmare for any team facing him. oras is xiri or feen both seem pretty competent although the latter might need some build support if xiri is brought up to the sv front I'm sure they'll do fine. bw is managed by sky and skrimps after also coming off a absurd 10-1 record thru a couple tiers it's proof that the dillion + skrimps core works and the celtics managers must've known this dropping a massive 20k on skrimp's head after his aura farming sign up post. dpp is back to skrimps and violet river I believe this is a bit of an achilles heel for the team as skrimps had a rough dpppl playing dpp pu and violet doesn't have many results in the tier either they're both great players but I could see this being a weak spot for the team. adv is managed by plague and feen both are alright and plague tends to have decent results so should be fine. gsc has bigfatmantis who seems to be pretty invested in the new meta and is a household name for the tier and rby managed by buttgallon who came off a good rbypl was well. Both slots kinda have a worry of being doubled up on as the celtics got upbid by someone truly evil before they could buy a 2nd gsc/rby player but overall the team is very decent it definitely takes a lot of inspiration from the kingpins draft in pupl grabbing 3 of their star players and the manager so if this tour goes like that they're bound to make it to finals. also they didn't draft bricknermon like cmon man he's an actual celtics fan.

2. :Ducklett: Dugzcal Duckletts
Next up we have the pairing that is truly dedicated to the bit, after proclaiming they would be managing pucl together sometime during scl dugza and excal joined forces to create a non mainer draft of sorts. staring the least obvious mascot pick oat and circuit winner etern combo'd with dugza himself (oh and twinkay) make a strong sv core assuming etern doesn't move all his focus to circuit. ss is run by hacker feeling a sudden urge to play sspu with the new changes should be decent as his track record of jumping into random old gen pu tiers seems to be going well. sm is pangoro formely known as sensei axew or ryan they have lots of shiny medals in the hall of fame and while I'm not overly sure how good he is in sm (and without his bestie xcx) I'm still pretty sure he'll do well. moving to oras theres ruffles a household name in anything oras (and the potato chips) coming off a good 5-2 last pupl he should be motivated to just farm the oras pool as usual. Ninjadog did alright in pubd playing bw I'm not sure if he builds actually seeing as I think skrimps was the builder last time but I'm sure if the duckletts can get him some builds he'll do fine. dpp is beatsblack who went for 8.5k after coming off a 5-4 record winning pupl and a decent pubd before getting WASHED by dunoks in finals (drud paid me €20 to mention this) he should do good now that dunoks isn't here but maybe the pressure will get to him again if his team makes it to finals. adv is steppy who was voted of having the worst gifs in all of zu apart from that tho he's decent as a adv. gsc has leoperi and also maybe steppy as they don't really have a sub for the double up but ig they might just not ever pick it so that's cool leo is decent enough to handle any of challengers as well so that's a +. lastly rby there's notverycake and boomp I know nothing of rby but I assume these 2 are probably pretty good. overall this team seems fairly decent and they also picked up good subs in memphisdepay and envy incase one of their fairy gens players decides to cancer or something. Gj at proving all the haters who said this "arranged marriage" aah duo would never work.

3. :typhlosion-hisui: The Infernal Pride Paraders
This team really wanted drud like they upbid him to fucking 36k before finally letting go of the rope and coming up with a new plan on the fly, luckily that plan seemed to work well for them as this draft turned out pretty decently. starting off with the sv zs and bouff are both terrifying in this pool and probably are gonna land this team a bunch of 2-0s in this department. After that they have former tier leader xcx "gumball" younes the fastest ss in the west (or where ever quebec is) he's been consisently a top level threat in this tier and seems the most excited to play with the new tier changes so I expect a crazy good record from him. sm has sugar ovens known for being an underpay in every draft or #2 in the pu hall of fame and meru who made the bughousesplained pin in the nu discord, they should do a decent job here. oras is shiloh or tenebricite both I don't think really build this tier so who knows how thats gonna work but if they can get builds they should be decent as well. bw is... wait is it also shiloh ngl I'm kinda at a loss here maybe magialice is going here and I'm just missing something but I definetly feel the lack of solid builders in these 2 tiers is the weak point for this draft. thankfully their dpp has no lack of solid builders with heysup the tried and true and expulso who's definetly a hardworker when it comes to learning and building these dpp low tiers should put up a decent record assuming heysup doesn't actually get too busy with life. adv is also heysup which should be fine even with the tier changes should still be good enough for the pool. lastly the ancient gens gsc is damien who I don't think builds this tiers so uhh gl with that and magialice rby who does build for that and should be fine for the most part. overal this draft really has some high highs and low lows but if they can figure out whos building (maybe it's nuxl and buhrito and I'm gonna look like a complete clown) I could see this team doing very well

4. :porygon: Blue Lock-ons
the proclaimed "corny named" (not my words) porygons seem to have had a fall from grace from last year's chungy mungeys draft placing top of my last year's rankings largely due in part to some of the other managers just upbidding them on everything, they still come out with a fairly solid roster. starting with sv I'm not entirely sure who goes here my best guess would be gondra and shiba (i'ma look like a clown when the week drops and it's shengineer) which are both decent clickers and they do have the build support from hex chungy and bleahey. Next in ss they have termi who I'ma be real I got no idea who they are I'm utter newgen but I never bet against unc players and they are the lock-ons 2nd most expensive buy so surely they got atleast 4-3. teams sm is estarossa or greybaum which should be good but they are in a tough looking pool so with a lot of teams that can double it so picking it is a bit scary for them. oras is uhhhh elodin or mclango mclango atleast builds although he hasn't had much success playing oras in team tours his indivi records are good and elodin is an elite clicker. BW PU is lpz's home pulling up back to back X-0 records in blind draft they decided to take a page out of the scowlers book and drop 30k on him which is definetly 30k well spent as this man lives and breathes this tier. dpp is tycarter idk if ty builds since his builds in dpp slam seemed to be very heysup esque but he's a decent clicker and has support of lpz who's probably also a top player in this tier if he would ever leave his bw pu castle. adv we have chungy who seems to just keep winning every indivual adv pu tour clearly unbothered from the meta changes with support from shengineer and tycarter who can flex it on the double up. Speaking of shengineer he's also the team's replacement gsc after lice deleted his sign up while the new meta seemed perfectly taylored for shengineer who has had consisent showings in gsc nu the ban of his beloved baton pass might cause some troubles in paradise for the team but his crazy plot armor could perhaps save him in the pool. rby is virae and chungy once again know nothing about this tier so I'll assume they're atleast alright. side note I kinda have no idea where they're going but I found it pretty funny that they drafted 2 birds and then some seeds to pressumably to feed the birds so nice synergy. overall team is about middle of the pack I feel someone on this team might burn out from building for a bunch of pilots but assuming they don't this team could maybe make poffs who knows.

5. :vigoroth: Vigilante Vigoroths
The vigs seem to have mastered the art of making me predict them as the 5th most likely to get that silver medal. Luckily this time it's not because they're last so gj on that improvement. the team itself seems fine but I feel it's missing a sort of star power that the other teams have. starting with sv probably the closest to star power platum, eifo, and driplegend platum has been on a tear recently winning puwc with just 1 loss to yours truly and making finals of circuit they're definetly a top player in this pool combo'd with eifo who played the tier in scl not too long ago and drip who made semis of circuit and also tera'd his hariyama steel against a focus blast zoroark the sv from the vigs is definetly good. moving to ss lambovino the top performer for the vigs last year is back to hopefully run back his 4-1 record and is definetly someone who's excited to play with the tier changes so I see no reason he wouldn't do good. sm is alkione or maybe man of many both def know the tier and I think alkione is pretty unrated as a player but as always sm is a really tough pool and I'm not sure how they're really gonna fair into most team's sm. oras is also havocknight or mom while havoc may not have much experience in oraspu mom definetly does and is just a good pick in general if he can provide teams for havoc on weeks he goes to another tier or they double it. bw we have tack while her records haven't looked as good as they once were she's still a goated builder and should probably do good here. dpp is spelly and quarante I'm not sure if either of them build this tier so that could be a problem but spelly put up a decent record in dppnu recently and this tier is pretty similar so go spelly :D. adv is aurist coming off the recent success of pl with a 5-2 record they're definetly scary in this pool and I know they're fairly self sufficent so the lack of support here (48 might play this?) isn't that problematic. Gsc has Keshba and Lyra an up and coming gsc low tiers player who seems fairly motivated to play in the new meta and lyra (lmao) should make for atleast a decent core not to mention phil herself supporting as well. lastly rby we have the manager herself phip tagging in for vy who didn't feel like selfbuying for 15k (that's 3k more then maris) she's definetly dedicated and active within the tier idk rby as much but I expect her to be about middle of the pack in terms of the pool. overal this draft definetly triumphs last years off just having the goat BRICKNERMON (please let brick go X-0 It'd be so peak)

6. :slugma: Searing Slugmas
The other half of the "this team really wanted drud" coin we have the slugmas. To quote django "slugmas will do well until joe spontanesouly combusts building his 57th team of the week which mdb immediately calls bad" which does seem to be this teams plan as they drafted like a bunch of pilots and like 2 builders. Starting off sv I think they're gonna go with mdb and colin as they need drud and joe to both cover other slots now obviously these 2 are amazing pilots and mdb has experience in multiple scls playing pu combined with drud and joe the brains behind the best pu performing scl team while this does sound terrifying we gotta account that both of them are gonna have to be pumping out this and many other slots for the whole tour which I worry will cause some serious burnout here. next we have ss with stareal who has had a lot of success with ssnu but once again doesn't build and this time I have no clue if drud or joe actually build this tier especially with the new meta. sm is probably gonna be either leni or ox the fox I'm more leaning to leni as he either has teams or can build for this tier which takes off a bit of the strain of drud and joe while I think drud could maybe be stronger here him not having to worry about a slot is a big + imo speaking on the players themselves I think they'd probably have a hard time in a really stacked pool so maybe drud might have to move here but idk. oras is ox or michael jordan if I'm correct mj builds this tier so there's another one off the drud and joe checklist and ox is a very good clicker in a less strong pool so he could probably farm if mj is cooking. bw is where I think drud is going mainly cause idk what pilot they'd throw in here drud is pretty cracked at bw and also every gen but they need him here it's a tough pool yes but drud is known to stomp tough pools so I think he'll be fine. dpp is raahel or zcarlett both are alright and with drud builds they'll probably atleast get some wins but idk really what the plan is cause this feels like another slot they need to throw drud into. adv is joe or zcarlett if joe is sent else where joe has been pretty decent is most adv low tiers I can't remember him playing adv pu in tour but I'm sure he'll do fine as he's a dedicated pu mainer. gsc is uhhhh IDK MAN addison or axzel maybe surely this is not where you're sentencing joe to I think he might actually lose his mind but yea no gsc buy (unless I'm missing something) is uhh a bit of a problem. rby is hammer hopefully self sufficent cause joe is already being thrown everywhere but hammer is decent and I expect him to probably do good. this seems kinda like a mess the more I look into it but I'm sure this team can do decently like if all their pilots put in the work this team looks really scary but just make sure the 2 builders aren't overworked please.

7. :lilligant: Dancing Lilligant
Did you ever hear the tragedy of Darth Cubones the wise? It's an nu legend. The cubones got many of their star players for extremely cheap only to save all their money to the end and grab as many 3ks as possible. some say this strategy still lives on in ou tours but I feel none of these teams had the same spark the managers of the cubones had when they formed their team... until now. The dancing lilligant honestly did a better job then the cubones did since they managed to get some good picks off the 3k wire. starting with sv we have pu love tour winner hiko and one of seraphz, corvikafka, gulch, chaos23333, ampha, or metallica himself who all have had alright showings from puwc should make for atleast a decent sv core as surely one of them has to do good. ss is run by obb who's consisently been a top tier player in this tier while his most recently result wasn't great and the changes in ss might prevent him from going with the same ol stick he's always been a creative builder so I don't doubt he'll probably do well. sm is likely metallica or seraphz if they aren't going into sv I remember metallica saying he really wanted to try this tier so I'm sure he'll do well if he decides to go here and seraphz I think had a decent sm record from bo3 in pl. oras is lighthouses or ampha lighthouses doing alright in pl metallica clearly saw some potential for greater after teaming with him and the pool is less stacked here so I could see them doing good here. bw is cielau or tizio cielau won bw pu cup and had an amazing classic run honestly a super underated pick for only 5k and tizio who seems to mainly be focus'd on spl but is a proven bw player however the bw pool is very scary so I'm not entirely sure how they will do they atleast seem decent. dpp is hsowa or gulch both have experience playing and managing the slot so all good there. adv is parpar or oathkeeper again they've done good in the past I'm just not sure if I'm certain they're top of the pool material. gsc is where we hit a bit of a road bump ngl I have no idea who goes here sorry to any of yall gsc players who know who I'm missing but I really don't have a clue who they slot here. and rby is stunner who seems to be an rby player so thats good better then gsc atleast. now you're probably wondering "wow tony you said a lot of these players are good why is this draft at the bottom" well I really feel this team doesn't really have many top of the pool players like metallica and obb are probably the closest but they're both likely going into tough pools so I feel the team might struggle extremely hard consisently winning and especially tbs.
 
PUCL BW PU Week One Recap​

Promised to do this in PUcord, so here I am to deliver. I'll be looking over the Week One stats for BW PU Games and covering certain trends that I see. There was 7 matchups this week of BW PU, which is kinda amazing (even had a Bo3 with Tack vs Lpz, so 9 games in total).

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| Rank | Pokemon            | Use  | Usage % |  Win %  |
+ ---- + ------------------ + ---- + ------- + ------- +
| 1    | Monferno           |   10 |  55.56% |  60.00% |
| 2    | Bronzor            |    8 |  44.44% |  37.50% |
| 3    | Zebstrika          |    6 |  33.33% |  33.33% |
| 3    | Shiftry            |    6 |  33.33% |  33.33% |
| 3    | Tentacool          |    6 |  33.33% |  33.33% |
| 6    | Marowak            |    5 |  27.78% |  20.00% |
| 7    | Torterra           |    4 |  22.22% |  75.00% |
| 7    | Stunfisk           |    4 |  22.22% |  50.00% |
| 7    | Beheeyem           |    4 |  22.22% |  25.00% |
| 10   | Arbok              |    3 |  16.67% |  66.67% |
| 10   | Solrock            |    3 |  16.67% |  66.67% |
| 10   | Gabite             |    3 |  16.67% |  66.67% |
| 13   | Articuno           |    2 |  11.11% | 100.00% |
| 13   | Staryu             |    2 |  11.11% | 100.00% |
| 13   | Maractus           |    2 |  11.11% | 100.00% |
| 13   | Whiscash           |    2 |  11.11% | 100.00% |
| 13   | Pelipper           |    2 |  11.11% |  50.00% |
| 13   | Simisear           |    2 |  11.11% |  50.00% |
| 13   | Audino             |    2 |  11.11% |  50.00% |
| 13   | Eelektrik          |    2 |  11.11% |  50.00% |
| 13   | Swoobat            |    2 |  11.11% |  50.00% |
| 13   | Zweilous           |    2 |  11.11% |  50.00% |
| 13   | Rapidash           |    2 |  11.11% |  50.00% |
| 13   | Golduck            |    2 |  11.11% |   0.00% |
| 25   | Mr. Mime           |    1 |   5.56% | 100.00% |
| 25   | Duosion            |    1 |   5.56% | 100.00% |
| 25   | Lampent            |    1 |   5.56% | 100.00% |
| 25   | Purugly            |    1 |   5.56% | 100.00% |
| 25   | Clefairy           |    1 |   5.56% | 100.00% |
| 25   | Raichu             |    1 |   5.56% | 100.00% |
| 25   | Frillish           |    1 |   5.56% | 100.00% |
| 25   | Stoutland          |    1 |   5.56% | 100.00% |
| 25   | Victreebel         |    1 |   5.56% | 100.00% |
| 25   | Natu               |    1 |   5.56% | 100.00% |
| 25   | Leavanny           |    1 |   5.56% | 100.00% |
| 25   | Mantine            |    1 |   5.56% |   0.00% |
| 25   | Glalie             |    1 |   5.56% |   0.00% |
| 25   | Dunsparce          |    1 |   5.56% |   0.00% |
| 25   | Muk                |    1 |   5.56% |   0.00% |
| 25   | Huntail            |    1 |   5.56% |   0.00% |
| 25   | Pikachu            |    1 |   5.56% |   0.00% |
| 25   | Leafeon            |    1 |   5.56% |   0.00% |
| 25   | Raticate           |    1 |   5.56% |   0.00% |
| 25   | Vileplume          |    1 |   5.56% |   0.00% |
| 25   | Scraggy            |    1 |   5.56% |   0.00% |
| 25   | Jumpluff           |    1 |   5.56% |   0.00% |

Monferno is the top mon in the tier again, with a comfortable 60% winrate. I did see some SD thunder punch sets, which might be the new wave, as it can hit Frillish, Tentacool and Pelipper for super effective damage.

Zebstrika, Shiftry and Tentacool all have 33% winrates (bronzor 37% actually), not exactly great for these mons who are at worst, high tiers. Though there was a cool Toxic Tentacool which kinda screwed over a Frillish, an otherwise hard counter to it.

Marowak has a pitiful 20% winrate, and its not because of mirror matchs (only 1 game had marowak on both sides). Though honestly, this ain't the fault of Marowak, in every game it was in, it put in a good amount of work from what I saw.

Torterra and Stunfisk got 75% and 50% winrate respectively. While some meta trends (like loon zeb) aren't great for grounds, they are still putting up consistent results despite that. Tort is prob currently better due to having a decent marowak MU, but stunfisk can certainly be annoying with static+stabs.

Some niche mons that were used were Dunsparce, Raichu, Lampent and Mantine. Dunsparce I'm guessing was Toxic, Body Slam, Earthquake, Roost from the game (revealed the first two moves), but thats up in the air. Raichu was an Air Balloon Nasty Plot set, which is quite interesting, allowing it to setup on Stunfisk decently well due to ignoring both STAB moves (which also being able to switch into other Grounds like Maro in a pinch). Lampent didn't do anything in its game (partially due to the above Dunsparce), but it was a Scarf set, which is honestly kinda cool as a cleaner. Mantine was a rest-talk set, idk why you would use mantine defensively over pelipper, but um, its there. Guess you would want to check special attackers better, but having to rely on rest-talk in BW sleep mechanics sounds ass.

Going to go quickly over some other things:
Beheeyem got 25% winrate, might not be liking the current meta, though in theory it should be better maybe?
Solrock got 3 uses, might be better then I've given it credit for since it can do pretty well into Marowak.
Clefairy, Stoutland, Duosion, Vileplume, Jumpluff and Huntail all only got 1 usage which rofl. Def a range of mons so I think this is just "smaller sample size" situation.
Rip Golduck for being the only mon with more then 1 use with 0% winrate. Not much to comment on that, just showing it lol.
 
PUCL BW PU Week Two Recap​

Another PUCL week, another week of peak gaming. You know what I'm doing so lets get to it. This week had 4 BW PU games, which is definetely a good chunk less so this will be a shorter segment this week.

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| Rank | Pokemon            | Use  | Usage % |  Win %  |
+ ---- + ------------------ + ---- + ------- + ------- +
| 1    | Stunfisk           |    5 |  62.50% |  60.00% |
| 2    | Monferno           |    4 |  50.00% |  50.00% |
| 3    | Leafeon            |    3 |  37.50% |  66.67% |
| 3    | Zweilous           |    3 |  37.50% |  66.67% |
| 3    | Mr. Mime           |    3 |  37.50% |  33.33% |
| 6    | Tentacool          |    2 |  25.00% |  50.00% |
| 6    | Sneasel            |    2 |  25.00% |  50.00% |
| 6    | Shiftry            |    2 |  25.00% |  50.00% |
| 6    | Zebstrika          |    2 |  25.00% |   0.00% |
| 10   | Ursaring           |    1 |  12.50% | 100.00% |
| 10   | Articuno           |    1 |  12.50% | 100.00% |
| 10   | Banette            |    1 |  12.50% | 100.00% |
| 10   | Torterra           |    1 |  12.50% | 100.00% |
| 10   | Swoobat            |    1 |  12.50% | 100.00% |
| 10   | Glalie             |    1 |  12.50% | 100.00% |
| 10   | Pikachu            |    1 |  12.50% | 100.00% |
| 10   | Frillish           |    1 |  12.50% | 100.00% |
| 10   | Muk                |    1 |  12.50% | 100.00% |
| 10   | Audino             |    1 |  12.50% | 100.00% |
| 10   | Staryu             |    1 |  12.50% | 100.00% |
| 10   | Vibrava            |    1 |  12.50% |   0.00% |
| 10   | Simisear           |    1 |  12.50% |   0.00% |
| 10   | Bronzor            |    1 |  12.50% |   0.00% |
| 10   | Scraggy            |    1 |  12.50% |   0.00% |
| 10   | Duosion            |    1 |  12.50% |   0.00% |
| 10   | Golduck            |    1 |  12.50% |   0.00% |
| 10   | Whiscash           |    1 |  12.50% |   0.00% |
| 10   | Jumpluff           |    1 |  12.50% |   0.00% |
| 10   | Simisage           |    1 |  12.50% |   0.00% |
| 10   | Marowak            |    1 |  12.50% |   0.00% |
| 10   | Arbok              |    1 |  12.50% |   0.00% |

Stunfisk actually took the top spot over monferno with 5 uses and 60% winrate. I knew my goat wasn't washed.

Mr. Mime also had 3 uses but only had a 33% winrate, which is pretty poor considering I do think its one of the better scarf options in the tier.

Sneasel had 2 uses, which is more sneasel I can say I've seen ever in this tier. (joke, sneasel is decent)

Zebstrika was the only Pokemon with more then 1 use that had a 0% winrate. It got 2 uses, but considering the fact it got 33% winrate last week, maybe the mon is washed...

Marowak went from 5 uses to 1 use, which is strange tbh. Especially considering Stunfisk was used a lot, with Torterra not being used as much.

Beheeyem wasn't used at all this week, which is on track from last week, beheeyem might just not be as great in this meta.

Some niche picks this week were vibrava and staryu. Vibrava is interesting, as ground type with recovery, u-turn and spikes immunity is actually not half bad on paper, but it kinda lacks in offensive pressure and bulk even with evio (even with max defense, it takes over 50% from maro double edge). Staryu spins, has recovery and natural cure. Its not that hard to see what it does tbh, its just lacking in stats and offensive pressure is all, though its definetely not half bad since the other traits are very useful.
 
PUCL BW PU Week Three Recap​

I'm kinda tired this week, but the grind never stops. This week we also had 4 games (yay) so section will probably be shorter like last week, though there are some interesting things in the stats to comment on.

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| Rank | Pokemon            | Use  | Usage % |  Win %  |
+ ---- + ------------------ + ---- + ------- + ------- +
| 1    | Beheeyem           |    5 |  62.50% |  60.00% |
| 1    | Monferno           |    5 |  62.50% |  60.00% |
| 3    | Torterra           |    4 |  50.00% |  75.00% |
| 3    | Zebstrika          |    4 |  50.00% |  50.00% |
| 5    | Clefairy           |    3 |  37.50% |  66.67% |
| 5    | Arbok              |    3 |  37.50% |  33.33% |
| 7    | Bronzor            |    2 |  25.00% |  50.00% |
| 7    | Duosion            |    2 |  25.00% |  50.00% |
| 7    | Simisage           |    2 |  25.00% |  50.00% |
| 10   | Murkrow            |    1 |  12.50% | 100.00% |
| 10   | Pikachu            |    1 |  12.50% | 100.00% |
| 10   | Pelipper           |    1 |  12.50% | 100.00% |
| 10   | Zweilous           |    1 |  12.50% | 100.00% |
| 10   | Krokorok           |    1 |  12.50% | 100.00% |
| 10   | Ursaring           |    1 |  12.50% | 100.00% |
| 10   | Golduck            |    1 |  12.50% | 100.00% |
| 10   | Mantine            |    1 |  12.50% |   0.00% |
| 10   | Machoke            |    1 |  12.50% |   0.00% |
| 10   | Natu               |    1 |  12.50% |   0.00% |
| 10   | Dragonair          |    1 |  12.50% |   0.00% |
| 10   | Rapidash           |    1 |  12.50% |   0.00% |
| 10   | Eelektrik          |    1 |  12.50% |   0.00% |
| 10   | Maractus           |    1 |  12.50% |   0.00% |
| 10   | Stoutland          |    1 |  12.50% |   0.00% |
| 10   | Tentacool          |    1 |  12.50% |   0.00% |
| 10   | Solrock            |    1 |  12.50% |   0.00% |
| 10   | Kingler            |    1 |  12.50% |   0.00% |

It looks like Beheeyem took my slander personally, because this week it had 5 uses with a 60% winrate. And it wasn't a "It was there and did nothing", it was an incredibly dangerous Pokemon in every single game it showed up in. Welcome back king.

Zebstrika improved its winrate by a bit, going from 33% winrate to 50%. Improvement!

Arbok had 33% winrate this week, which I'm honestly a bit unsure about. On one hand, maro not being used as much should be good for it, but tort being high in usage means arbok cannot easily break through the grounds. Idk, maybe somebody else can give more input into this.

Some niche mons used were Murkrow, Machoke and Kingler. Murkrow is a Pokemon that idk wtf it would normally do, but in this case it was running a set of t-wave, night shade, roost and bb, which surprisingly did quite a decent amount in the match it was in due to t-wave+bb being threatening. Machoke isn't a niche mon, but I do wanna comment on the fact that it was using CC instead of dynamic punch, which could have potentially meant it was guts instead of no guard. Interesting decision if that was the case. Finally, Kingler was not running an LO set like it usually would due to being a sheer force mon, but rather a water gem set, interesting choice which trades power on its coverage for more power on its STAB. (edit: I have been told Kingler doesn't run SFLO, thats my b, but still, cool to see kingler being used at all.)

Marowak, Shiftry, Simisear and Jumpluff didn't get any uses this week. Marowak I'm guessing is because lots of people are running Torterra and thats prob the main ground that maro struggles into. Shiftry and Simisear is a bit weird, but they both are not being brought as often in this and last week. Jumpluff has just not been used much at all, having 2 uses in 3 weeks so far. Jumpluff might be put on fraud watch now, but this is still only week 3 so we shall see.

The Pokemon from B up that haven't been used are: Rampardos, Mawile, Abra, Dodrio, Dwebble, Fraxure, Grumpig and Vullaby. Definetely an interesting set of mons. Rampardos and Dwebble might be because HO hasn't been used too much this tour from what I could see. The others idk as much about, though grumpig is interesting since its definetely a decent scarf option.
 
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