Tournament PUCL I - Week One

[BaitWiz]

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Searing Slugmas (0) vs (0) The Infernal Pride Paraders
SV PU: Axzel vs zS
SV PU: MichaelderBeste2 vs Bouff
SS PU: Stareal vs xcx
SS PU: Addison vs Nuxl
SM PU: Drud vs sugar ovens
SM PU: DD Joe vs Meru
ORAS PU: Ox the Fox vs Tenebricite
BW PU: Colin vs shiloh
BW PU: Lacks vs magialice
DPP PU: Leni vs Heysup

Vigilante Vigoroths (0) vs (0) Blue Lock-On
SV PU: Platum vs Gondra
SV PU: DripLegend vs ASKOV
SS PU: Lambovino termi
SM PU: eifo vs Estarossa
ORAS PU: HAVOCKNIGHT vs BluBirD
BW PU: Tack vs LpZ
DPP PU: spell vs elodin
ADV PU: Aurist vs THE_CHUNGLER
ADV PU: Quarante8 vs Shengineer
RBY PU: Theycallmephil vs virae

Dancing Lilligant (0) vs (0) Dugzcal Duckletts
SV PU: Hiko vs etern
SV PU: Metallica126 vs DugZa
SS PU: OranBerryBlissey10 vs Hacker
SM PU: Ampha vs Pangoro
ORAS PU: lighthouses vs Ruffles
BW PU: seraphz vs ninjadog
BW PU: Cielau vs Envy
DPP PU: HSOWA vs BeatsBlack
ADV PU: Parpar vs plznostep
ADV PU: eeriespell vs twinkay

Unova Celtics (0) vs (0) Tatsutonys
SV PU: Esteb4n vs MZ
SV PU: Xiri vs LOOR
SS PU: turtledoggo1 vs Bloshh
SM PU: robjr vs ishtar
BW PU: sky vs Baddy
BW PU: skrimps vs EviGaro
DPP PU: violet river vs Django
ADV PU: Plague vs evakiyama!
GSC PU: BigFatMantis vs BloodAce
RBY PU: ButtGallon vs Maris Bonibell

Deadline will be February 1, 11:59 PM GMT -7. Good luck!

Tier Picks

Searing Slugmas vs The Infernal Pride Paraders
Searing Slugmas: SS, SM, ORAS, BW
The Infernal Pride Paraders: SS, SM, BW, DPP

Vigilante Vigoroths vs Blue Lock-On
Vigilante Vigoroths: SS, ORAS, ADV, RBY
Blue Lock-On: SM, BW, DPP, ADV

Dancing Lilligant vs Dugzcal Duckletts
Dancing Lilligant: SS, BW, DPP, ADV
Dugzcal Duckletts: SM, ORAS, BW, ADV

Unova Celtics vs Tatsutonys
Tatsutonys: SS, BW, DPP, RBY
Celtics: SM, BW, ADV, GSC

Predictions Format

Searing Slugmas (0) vs (0) The Infernal Pride Paraders
SV PU: Axzel vs zS
SV PU: MichaelderBeste2 vs Bouff
SS PU: Stareal vs xcx
SS PU: Addison vs Nuxl
SM PU: Drud vs sugar ovens
SM PU: DD Joe vs Meru
ORAS PU: Ox the Fox vs Tenebricite
BW PU: Colin vs shiloh
BW PU: Lacks vs magialice
DPP PU: Leni vs Heysup

Vigilante Vigoroths (0) vs (0) Blue Lock-On
SV PU: Platum vs Gondra
SV PU: DripLegend vs ASKOV
SS PU: Lambovino termi
SM PU: eifo vs Estarossa
ORAS PU: HAVOCKNIGHT vs BluBirD
BW PU: Tack vs LpZ
DPP PU: spell vs elodin
ADV PU: Aurist vs THE_CHUNGLER
ADV PU: Quarante8 vs Shengineer
RBY PU: Theycallmephil vs virae

Dancing Lilligant (0) vs (0) Dugzcal Duckletts
SV PU: Hiko vs etern
SV PU: Metallica126 vs DugZa
SS PU: OranBerryBlissey10 vs Hacker
SM PU: Ampha vs Pangoro
ORAS PU: lighthouses vs Ruffles
BW PU: seraphz vs ninjadog
BW PU: Cielau vs Envy
DPP PU: HSOWA vs BeatsBlack
ADV PU: Parpar vs plznostep
ADV PU: eeriespell vs twinkay

Unova Celtics (0) vs (0) Tatsutonys
SV PU: Esteb4n vs MZ
SV PU: Xiri vs LOOR
SS PU: turtledoggo1 vs Bloshh
SM PU: robjr vs ishtar
BW PU: sky vs Baddy
BW PU: skrimps vs EviGaro
DPP PU: violet river vs Django
ADV PU: Plague vs evakiyama!
GSC PU: BigFatMantis vs BloodAce
RBY PU: ButtGallon vs Maris Bonibell

 

[asa]

 

[Nat]

go tatsutimmys

 

[Theycallmephil]

Searing Slugmas (2) vs (8) The Infernal Pride Paraders
SV PU: Axzel vs zS
95-5 mu here, seems like a sacrifice
SV PU: MichaelderBeste2 vs Bouff
I honestly think bouff just cares more and knows more so they might just punish the slugs attempt to get Michael an easier game hard
SS PU: Stareal vs xcx
Broken
SS PU: Addison vs Nuxl
SM PU: Drud vs sugar ovens
SM PU: DD Joe vs Meru
Think Joe's gonna be overworked too hard and lose this, not sure tho
ORAS PU: Ox the Fox vs Tenebricite
BW PU: Colin vs shiloh
BW PU: Lacks vs magialice
DPP PU: Leni vs Heysup

Dancing Lilligant (5) vs (5) Dugzcal Duckletts
SV PU: Hiko vs etern
SV PU: Metallica126 vs DugZa
2 selfbought managers landing in sv2 is interesting, should be close
SS PU: OranBerryBlissey10 vs Hacker
SM PU: Ampha vs Pangoro
ORAS PU: lighthouses vs Ruffles
BW PU: seraphz vs ninjadog
BW PU: Cielau vs Envy
DPP PU: HSOWA vs BeatsBlack
ADV PU: Parpar vs plznostep
ADV PU: eeriespell vs twinkay
Not super much to say this week can go either way but Lilligants eat this 2 adv thing hard I think and ride that to a tie

Unova Celtics (5) vs (5) Tatsutonys
SV PU: Esteb4n vs MZ
Esteb4n selfbought with the explicit purpose of running this sv1 pool to my knowledge. Idk if he'll quite accomplish that but I favor him vs sv mz
SV PU: Xiri vs LOOR
Fun
SS PU: turtledoggo1 vs Bloshh
I think bloshh kinda experience gaps in this specific tier since its week one, neither result would shock me tho
SM PU: robjr vs ishtar
Im sorry ishtar
BW PU: sky vs Baddy
BW PU: skrimps vs EviGaro
Baddy had a strong year last yr and I def rate evi higher than skrimps
DPP PU: violet river vs Django
We love VR in this house, this'll be very entertaining
ADV PU: Plague vs evakiyama!
GSC PU: BigFatMantis vs BloodAce
I think bloodace just has much more tier history to fall back on which helps big time
RBY PU: ButtGallon vs Maris Bonibell
The other rby game this week, I think maris is advantaged in like every category here so she should win.

 

[eeriespell]

Searing Slugmas (4) vs (6) The Infernal Pride Paraders
SV PU: Axzel vs zS - zs seemed very enthusiastic to play sv this tour so i'm gonna trust in him
SV PU: MichaelderBeste2 vs Bouff - every story i've heard abt mdb in a teamtour context has been about him being obnoxious to work with and i doubt his attitude gets a facelift for a forum tour
SS PU: Stareal vs xcx - stareal's good but this is about as rough as it gets for w1 pulls
SS PU: Addison vs Nuxl - nuxl has better support here but ik addison is largely an ss draft player so it'll probably be close?
SM PU: Drud vs sugar ovens - one day people will pay the correct price for sugar ovens
SM PU: DD Joe vs Meru - SM is joe's best oldgen for sure, recently did pretty alright in sm circuit too
ORAS PU: Ox the Fox vs Tenebricite - i don't know if either of them have ever touched this tier but i know tene has at least played pu before
BW PU: Colin vs shiloh - i'm convinced colin can pick up pretty much any tier he wants and do fine
BW PU: Lacks vs magialice - never seen either of these two anywhere near here and the support on both ends is about even, truly anyone's game
DPP PU: Leni vs Heysup - he cooked me three times in pubd 2 i kinda have to bold him

Vigilante Vigoroths (6) vs (4) Blue Lock-On
SV PU: Platum vs Gondra - vigs star player lookin good so far, gondra will put up a good fight but i think platum knows this tier too well to lose to a pass and play
SV PU: DripLegend vs ASKOV - about the same as above, especially since drip doesn't have his jerk to sabotage him in builder
SS PU: Lambovino vs termi - lambo has been actibely building and testing suspect meta and seeing termi's name come up in auction was my first reminder in a while that they weren't dead
SM PU: eifo vs Estarossa - dunno when the last time eifo played this was
ORAS PU: HAVOCKNIGHT vs BluBirD - he cooks in oras nu and oras zu, surely he can cook here too
BW PU: Tack vs LpZ - what a fucking highlight, can't in good conscience bold against lpz but if anyone can do it it's definitely tack
DPP PU: spell vs elodin - this man cuts his bananas i just want you all to know that
ADV PU: Aurist vs THE_CHUNGLER - surely aurist doesn't fumble after going for 17k. right?
ADV PU: Quarante8 vs Shengineer - the last time i saw shen play a tier with pineco he said think fast chucklenuts and turned that bitch into an IED. i respect that.
RBY PU: Theycallmephil vs virae - i know phil so here's your bone

Unova Celtics (5) vs (5) Tatsutonys
SV PU: Esteb4n vs MZ - poor mz, maybe one day he'll get to play sm
SV PU: Xiri vs LOOR - i normally trust loor but with tony in the kitchen the chance of builder sabotage is catastrophically high
SS PU: turtledoggo1 vs Bloshh - bloshh is this tier's biggest fan
SM PU: robjr vs ishtar - it will be a cold day in hell before i bold against robjr.
BW PU: sky vs Baddy - very impressive showing in this tier last pupl
BW PU: skrimps vs EviGaro - SKRIMPS
DPP PU: violet river vs Django - django has the code cracked here i've seen his builder
ADV PU: Plague vs evakiyama! - sorry eva you gotta play clutchgod w1
GSC PU: BigFatMantis vs BloodAce - bfm please come back for custody i don't wanna stay with drew
RBY PU: ButtGallon vs Maris Bonibell - timmy tangelas

 

[Bouff]

Vigilante Vigoroths (3) vs (7) Blue Lock-On
SV PU: Platum vs Gondra - gondra is a way better player in my mind despite recent successes from platum but im predicting platum to probably bring a better team this first week unless he gets too scared trying to compensate for rotom-hysteria
SV PU: DripLegend vs ASKOV - askov actually did well in the love tour last year using my 5 second trash i think but ill go with the hot hand in the ducky showdown
SS PU: Lambovino termi - little biased here but i rate termi super highly if they're in the right mindset and there probably isn't a better scenario for that than a new meta
SM PU: eifo vs Estarossa - eifo is more experienced and the show hasnt gotten up gsc uu cup yet which heavily influences this pick. think eifo is probably going to bring something wacky that will catch esta off guard
ORAS PU: HAVOCKNIGHT vs BluBirD - idk the other person but apparently they're sheist at oras nu. oras pu is a substantially easier tier however blubird will probably try harder and is one of the protagonists of smogon
BW PU: Tack vs LpZ - both are at the top of the pack in this tier but it feels wrong to go against lpz at this point in time so sure whatever.
DPP PU: spell vs elodin - LMFAO
ADV PU: Aurist vs THE_CHUNGLER - idk if chungler likes to make wacky risks in the builder here like he does in newer gens but he's a better player overall
ADV PU: Quarante8 vs Shengineer - sheistineer and idk the other person. probably whoever paras more and shen knows how to be lucky and good
RBY PU: Theycallmephil vs virae - i have never seen virae play a game of pokemon. phil on the other hand

Dancing Lilligant (3) vs (7) Dugzcal Duckletts
SV PU: Hiko vs etern - better player and idk how much hiko actually cares
SV PU: Metallica126 vs DugZa - whoever tests with me can get the bold here but dugza is prob a little better? metallica kinda self sabotages in the builder sometimes but then dugza always wins with that ground immune venusaur shit that he keeps getting away with too
SS PU: OranBerryBlissey10 vs Hacker - obb is really good at these virginous ss tiers but i am looking forward to seeing what is cooked up by both of these teams
SM PU: Ampha vs Pangoro - i'm sorry ryan. mostly. feel free to cancer though
ORAS PU: lighthouses vs Ruffles - both players kinda live and breathe oras but i think diogo will prob care more? ruffles is not afraid to pull out the crazies though i saw him bring sandshrew in oras zu so u have to respect that
BW PU: seraphz vs ninjadog - ninjadog was on my pubd team last year so yeah sure. havent seen seraphz play bw pu but uhhh i did see him play bw ru for whatever that's worth...
BW PU: Cielau vs Envy - i think cielau plays this? sure
DPP PU: HSOWA vs BeatsBlack - a year ago this wouldve been closer but beatsblack is sweaty for dpp lowers and hsowa is coming off a hiatus it seems
ADV PU: Parpar vs plznostep - i remember parpars last games in this tier not being super impressive
ADV PU: eeriespell vs twinkay - generally better player i think but i also dont know if twinkays ever played a non preview tier in their life

Unova Celtics (5) vs (5) Tatsutonys
SV PU: Esteb4n vs MZ - i never see esteban actually losing pokemon games but gut feels comfortable on this one
SV PU: Xiri vs LOOR - LOOR will cook up some heatah fajita im sure but who knows if it'll be enough because xiri wields that oricorio like last mon kingambit
SS PU: turtledoggo1 vs Bloshh - i think bloshh will be on the come up this year, think he fits more in here than sv even though i still view him as a zoomer
SM PU: robjr vs ishtar - ina i promise i will bold you every other week. but i have to gas up rob at this point it's tradition even if everyone clowns me for it
BW PU: sky vs Baddy - idk its week 1 and he just farmed pupl in this tier it's probably not that hard to keep the momentum
BW PU: skrimps vs EviGaro - jesus there are so many bw games this week. evi has a long history in this tier though (the lpz before lpz...or the omfuga after omfuga....?) so like 51/49 shes gonna get unlucky i can feel it
DPP PU: violet river vs Django - violet will pop 5 cans of energy drinks or something before the game and proceed to click like a psychopath. if her timer goes below 210 she should get the win regardless
ADV PU: Plague vs evakiyama! - she wanted to sv this tour but ended up here so wishing the best for her
GSC PU: BigFatMantis vs BloodAce - the bp ban probably hurts him because bfm is at his best when he uses teams that make you regret signing up on this website but i think he'll prob still find a way to bullshit his way to a win here
RBY PU: ButtGallon vs Maris Bonibell - vs most other people id bold the other guy off name value but maris has god on her side at all times in rby lower tiers and is also very good at the game

very shaky and probably bad predicts sorry i'm bad with oldgens! GO PARADERS OHHHHH YEAAAAA

 

[xcx]

Vigilante Vigoroths (4) vs (6) Blue Lock-On
SV PU: Platum vs Gondra - Platum has been very impressive the past few months, winning PULT(? maybe it’s swiss idk) and making finals of circuit while being one of France’s star player during PUWC. Gondra is the better player though, and I think Platum tends to rely on very same-ish teams, so I think this remains close. I have to give it to the player with the homefield advantage here however
SV PU: DripLegend vs ASKOV - I’d rate both about the same playing wise, much love to these two but only one of them really knows what goes on in this tier so…
SS PU: Lambovino vs termi - Very hype mu! I think if this were later on in the tour I’d probably have bolded termi, but I know Lambo has been putting a lot of effort in the new metagame which I think will pay off
SM PU: eifo vs Estarossa - I’m not sure how much experience eifo has in the tier, but I remember Estarossa going 7-1 or something like that a couple of PUPLs ago
ORAS PU: HAVOCKNIGHT vs BluBirD - I’ve heard good things about havoc but I’ve never seen them play so I have to go with resident tryhard blubird
BW PU: Tack vs LpZ - I know LpZ for three things. Being a Deranged Hustler, randomly dropping gym pics in the PU cord, and BW PU. Tack’s good too but overall more tilt prone
DPP PU: spell vs elodin - I love spelly but elodin is a better player. However I don’t know if either of them cares at all about this tournament or knows a single thing about DPP PU. I don’t think it’s the hardest tier in the world to pick up so I don’t think they’ll struggle there really, but it might be a bit harder considering the limited(?) support they have
ADV PU: Aurist vs THE_CHUNGLER - I have to be honest I don’t think I’ve seen Aurist win a game before but that might just be my luck. Chungdih has proven he can do well in many tiers across many generations, so I think he has this one
ADV PU: Quarante8 vs Shengineer - Like idk Shengineer farmed SCL or something
RBY PU: Theycallmephil vs virae - Not familiar with virae’s playing. Or phil’s either really, but I think all that yapping has to be worth something… right?

Dancing Lilligant (2) vs (8) Dugzcal Duckletts
SV PU: Hiko vs etern - etern won circuit and I’m not too familiar with hiko. Thankfully for the duckletts they don’t have to worry about etern putting this tour on the back-burner. Or maybe they do, idk yet
SV PU: Metallica126 vs DugZa - hl, both are top SV PU players. However, DugZa is better as a player imo and I think he’ll care enough. I will say Metallica’s a bit of a wildcard, there’s like a 30% chance he pulls an autowin mu or plays his brains out. Should be a fun watch!
SS PU: OranBerryBlissey10 vs Hacker - As far as playing goes, I think Hacker’s better. Homefield advantage is not real in this new metagame, and so I value Excal’s support much more than Obb10’s self-efficiency
SM PU: Ampha vs Pangoro - LMFAAAAOOOOOOOOOO I give it 3 weeks, 4 maybe. I hope he wins, just for the sake of the duckletts. Better player yada yada, I’m starting to get a little bored at this point in the predicts
ORAS PU: lighthouses vs Ruffles - Two good players, however I’m not convinced ruffles cares about this tournament much. If he cares then I think he’s probably better? But lighthouses’s consistency across the years is nothing to scoff at really
BW PU: seraphz vs ninjadog - Much like Bouff, my only experience with seraphz in a bw lower tier was during RUPL. It doesn’t help ninjadog is very good at these tiers. However I will say I think seraphz is a capable player, so this isn’t a completely lopsided matchup
BW PU: Cielau vs Envy - I’ve never heard of Envy sorry, but I’ve teamed with Cielau in the past! Feel free to prove me wrong here
DPP PU: HSOWA vs BeatsBlack - Better players in recent times. However, BB has the Drud stamp of approval which cannot be a good sign, and HSOWA’s last appearance in this tier was very impressive iirc?
ADV PU: Parpar vs plznostep - I really enjoyed teaming with plznostep 2 years ago during PUBD. He showed a lot of potential and it seems he’s only gotten better, so I have to bold him
ADV PU: eeriespell vs twinkay - I don’t think I’ve ever been positively wowed by an eeriespell game, but at the same time I don’t think twinkay knows what a minun does. I’m still going to bold him though, I think he’s better at the game

Unova Celtics (3) vs (7) Tatsutonys
SV PU: Esteb4n vs MZ - Not too familiar with Esteban but I’ve been told he farms quite a lot. However, it’s very hard to go against MZ, a player who regularly puts up great performances
SV PU: Xiri vs LOOR - Idk if xiri has played this tier in recent times, and the loor went 6-1 during PUWC. Wooo go ROW!
SS PU: turtledoggo1 vs Bloshh - Bloshh seems to understand this tier rather well. I think the same can be said about turtledoggo, but Bloshh has been a lot more involved. However I’m not too familiar with either of these player. Still very cool to see some newer faces in swsh!
SM PU: robjr vs ishtar - I love you ishtar but 11-1 is very hard to bold against. Robjr has been Jesus in this tier in recent times, really, but I will say ishtar definitely knows her way around the sm builder
BW PU: sky vs Baddy - Sky also had some insane PUPL record in this very tier, I think it’s very hard to bold against him here. I know Baddy is good at BW RU and overall might be a better player, but the sheet doesn’t lie!
BW PU: skrimps vs EviGaro - Evi used to rule this tier, whereas skrimps is more of a new talent. I think this is probably the best environment for Evi though, and I don’t doubt she can put up a solid performance this tournament despite her measly price tag
DPP PU: violet river vs Django - Hmmm idk honestly. I just know violet plays ADV
ADV PU: Plague vs evakiyama! - yup idk about this slot either sorry, but I assume plague will be a lot more busy with SPL
GSC PU: BigFatMantis vs BloodAce - I believe he did well in the first PUBD, while a little birdie told me BFM hasn’t played in a long while. It is a new meta though!
RBY PU: ButtGallon vs Maris Bonibell - WOAHHHH it’s ButtGallon!!!

Go paraders. Just know if we lose this week I’m never posting predicts again in my life

 

[LHF]

not familiar with most of the scene beyond RBY-ADV so I will stick to predicting that. However while I am yapping, if you were ever going to watch BW PU, you should be watching Tack vs. LpZ because holy shit what a matchup. I am also very interested in OBB vs. Hacker because OBB is a SWSH LT demon and I am very interested in seeing his creativity with the new suspect drops.

ADV PU: Aurist vs THE_CHUNGLER - Not betting against the winner of both ADV PU individuals last year and a friend, but Aurist is very knowledgeable in this tier and one of the biggest threats to the chungler.
ADV PU: Quarante8 vs Shengineer - Shen has picked up ADV NU in the last year but I frankly do not know his level of expertise in PU. Quarante has had stints in other ADV LTs other than this(I'm mostly familiar with his Ubers play) and so I feel both are definitely up to bringing a good fundamental game with a slight edge to Shen in that regard. Will be interesting to see what happens.
RBY PU: Theycallmephil vs virae - Managers were asleep at the wheel and virae was a total underpay for the level of talent brought to the game, downright shameful. Despite this I have an inkling Phil will be eager to prove something and work very hard to take the W here. RBY PU can be very mickey but I hope for as clean a set as possible here, both these players deserve the chance to show out here.

ADV PU: Parpar vs plznostep - I've seen step go to work before and know the level they understand not only ADV but also ADV PU as a whole, whereas I am admittedly unfamiliar with Parpar's game in this tier.
ADV PU: eeriespell vs twinkay - This one's more intuition based based on other predictions I've read(which are never really anything more than fun commentary at best) but if it is true that twinkay hasn't played non-preview before then there may be an adjustment period. However because I doubt step is going to let her teammate go into the game with a bad team, I'm gonna bold twin.
ADV PU: Plague vs evakiyama! - Both these players are in 20 million tours right now and frankly I am never surprised to see either of them on a teamtour predictions page. Plague gets the SPL boost but this may be a net negative as surely more attention will be spent there. Evakiyama has a history of taking up tiers like a duck does to water and so if there is reasonable effort put in from her I expect the W, ESPECIALLY given Ace support.


GSC PU: BigFatMantis vs BloodAce - Finally, some good old fashioned(or rather new fashioned) GSC PU. This version of the tier has grounds to be the best it's ever been and I have very high hopes for the format. BloodAce has been a consistent main of this tier since at _least_ GSC PU in 2024(could be sooner, thats when I got into the format), whereas BFM is off a bit of a hiatus but by no means a rusty player, not to mention that with the new shifts everyone is scrambling to figure out what is effective. I do value consistency though and I think at least for week 1 BloodAce will put the pieces to the puzzle together a little more smoothly, especially since Baton Pass is banned for this tour.

RBY PU: ButtGallon vs Maris Bonibell - For those who don't know ButtGallon really had a breakout run in the last RBYPL in this exact format. Maris is absolutely no slouch either and is oftentimes a very easy bold in most RBY LTs as one of the more accomplished players of the last year herself. Michael Mouse tier will do what Michael Mouse tier does, but ButtGallon has sometimes had the grace of God personally bless his matches(Blizzard miss on Scyther, anyone?) and will no doubt be eager to follow up on his impressive performance.

EDIT: I forgot to mention that even though The Strap will not be playing this week, he will go X-0 if you buy him burritos on a weekly basis. If you don't he's going 0-X

 

[yandaud]

SS PU: turtledoggo1 vs Bloshh
the turtle moves slowly but surely

 

[THE_CHUNGLER]

Not sure anything can top Bouff’s predicts but they’re fun to write anyway

Searing Slugmas (0) vs (0) The Infernal Pride Paraders
SV PU: Axzel vs zS no idea how motivated zs will be, and I know he prefers to cook his own teams. Not sure how well that mixes with Bouff’s style. This sv1 and sv2 pairing is either a match made in heaven, or hell
SV PU: MichaelderBeste2 vs Bouff I’ll go with Michael but could be a very volatile season for him. Quinn is a good manager overall but will need some help with building
SS PU: Stareal vs xcx great mu, highlight ss game. I’ve never lost to stareal but I’m approximately 3-15 vs gum in test games
SS PU: Addison vs Nuxl gum support helps a lot and they’ll probably play a decent amount of test games together, overall Nuxl is a pretty strong player and based on our own scouting, Addison is too.
SM PU: Drud vs sugar ovens I’ll take Drud this week though sugar is just rock solid in this tier. I don’t know how much Drud plays sm pu but like everywhere on #thesheet I’m sure he’s there for a reason
SM PU: DD Joe vs Meru ddjoe is probably very motivated and I’m rooting for him. Nobody is going to be easy to beat this tour, but meru is a tough pull as a player with good experience in the tier.
ORAS PU: Ox the Fox vs Tenebricite not sure since ox is a more decorated player, but I love tenebricite’s attitutude and he’ll definitely try harder for this with better support I think.
BW PU: Colin vs shiloh Shiloh was expensive for a reason can play any tier at a high level. I have a lot of respect for people who can ball from rby-sv
BW PU: Lacks vs magialice I lost to them in BW zu
DPP PU: Leni vs Heysup the sup

Dancing Lilligant (0) vs (0) Dugzcal Duckletts
SV PU: Hiko vs etern good mu but etern is at another level of locked in right now, even if prep will happen 20 minutes before game, doesn’t matter
SV PU: Metallica126 vs DugZa I like a good metallica bold week 1 of any tour, best mu of the week alongside mdb and bouff
SS PU: OranBerryBlissey10 vs Hacker fun one, obb’s season comes down to how well he adapts to the new meta, but hacker is great and dugza’s support is probably worth a lot
SM PU: Ampha vs Pangoro not sure but I know he’s pretty good at sm
ORAS PU: lighthouses vs Ruffles has done a bit better in the oras lowers lately, though never surprised if diogo stomps someone
BW PU: seraphz vs ninjadog not sure who’s building for ninjadog and seraphz respectively, will likely come down to that but in an even bout its ninjadog
BW PU: Cielau vs Envy I like ciel overall and he plays all the classic forum tours iirc
DPP PU: HSOWA vs BeatsBlack beatspl honestly as much as everyone likes to say “omg :joy: how did we get them for this cheap y’all were sleeping :joy:” we should’ve gone a good bit higher. Beats deserves a tour where he’s cheap though
ADV PU: Parpar vs plznostep steppers
ADV PU: eeriespell vs twinkay twinkay is the better player but I like gulch this week, if twinkay has time to practice some lines they have a good shot

Unova Celtics (0) vs (0) Tatsutonys
SV PU: Esteb4n vs MZ 2 rings
SV PU: Xiri vs LOOR loor
SS PU: turtledoggo1 vs Bloshh secretly one of the funniest people on the site, both will be motivated to build something sheist but blossh has spent more time staring at the builder
SM PU: robjr vs ishtar robjr takes it vs anyone, though it’s an sm tier which can be volatile. Ishtar and rob have the same level of tier knowledge I’d guess, so it’ll be close
BW PU: sky vs Baddy depends on how early sky plays and how much time Skrimps has this week, with a good team he’s favored
BW PU: skrimps vs EviGaro that’s my fuckin dog
DPP PU: violet river vs Django also my fuckin dog, has played the tier a bit more recently but you do need to click like mad so river can swing this
ADV PU: Plague vs evakiyama! Major tryhard and also someone I’m extremely negative vs in tests
GSC PU: BigFatMantis vs BloodAce pretty even, but I like BAce and am more familiar with his game
RBY PU: ButtGallon vs Maris Bonibell great rbypl vs great at everything she plays. Excited to see game 3

 

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