ss predicts hf
Moo Moo Milkers (2) vs Happy Huntails (1)
SWSH: Vulpix03 vs
TJ - TJ is on a strong run as a player, finishing UPL 8-1 (!) with, I believe, little prior experience and also winning 3 straight in this tour to justify his hefty price tag. Vulpix is a bit below average which is about how i'd expect him to do. Think Vulpix will pick a cool idea to build with but fail to cover himself defensively as well as Tj and get outlasted by a solid balance/BO.
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Osh vs Lambovino - Im ngl I did not understand a lot of lambovinos plays in his game vs franklin last week and also dont personally know who he is. Seems he played last PUPL and ended 2-3 for the tour-winning claydols, though. Meanwhile, Osh (grand slam semifinalist) has looked very good on his run to 4-0 so I'm sure he'll easily wrap this up.
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Star vs PTF - star’s 3-1, an impressive record which even understates his skill since the loss was def unlucky for him. honestly he’s good enough that he’d go 7-0 without bad luck, plue he’s used very solid teams, so i def trust him to close this out
SWSH: Splash vs lockjaw - Not even predicting this LOL, >80% it'll be a deadgame or one of them gets subbed
Fruity Frosmoths (1) vs
Deez Nuts Druddigons (3)
SWSH: robjr vs
Sensei Axew - Robjr is a good af player, even if i feel like i see him end many of these non-UU PL tours 3-4 or so (which could be a product of luck? who knows, i can’t go rewatch these) he can farm pretty well with support. problem is, frosmoths' team chat is likely dead, whereas sensei is probably buzzing :cwl: with (bad) ideas. Ill give him the upset nod here though, he has some experience taking down good players en route to 6-2 in nupl bo3. Now make this predict look less insane from me king
SWSH: Z Strats vs
Bouff - Bouff has a ring but z strats is italian, or at least hangs out w italians, so that evens out to me. the druddigons lose points in a neutral mu like this due to losing all 4 of their ss games last week
gum l2p. the frosmoths also lose points for the reasons in rob’s paragraph, especially since z strats is very prone to not giving a fuck. I rly should call this even but sure we’ll give it to bouff ig, his game vs pdt was strong tho idk if it was last week or the week before that whereas i remember less from z strats’ games. …This reasoning is kinda stupid tho LOL, it can def go either way but i gotta bold someone
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TeamCharm vs Punny - Im going to predict another upset here, despite predicting against punny being a horrible sounding idea i feel like notorious cheeser(TM) teamcharm will come up with some crazy shit that preys on a very standard balance from Punny's end.
SWSH: tlenit vs
umbry - quite unsure why tlenit is 0-3 given his long history of success and consistency in the tier, but ig hes just out of tune rn, and there arent any recent developments that lead me to believe otherwise. hope he breaks out of the slump (if u can say that about 3 games) at some point soon, but cant predict in his favor based off of that
The Snap Trappers (0) vs
The Unscrupulous Scraggies (4)
it might not actually be 4-0, esp. since the scraggies are already in
SWSH: Greybaum vs
TDK - It sure is tempting to predict the Scraggies to win 4-0; in fact, that is what I am doing. This should be quite a close game, though. Greybaum is 3-1, though wins over the combined 1-8 trio of jonfilch, yovan, and wingless hardly inspire confidence in his ability to take on a very in-form and well-supported TDK. A win is a win, though, and the Snap Trappers have needed that consistency. They are nearly out, though, after what MZ described as weeks and weeks of unlucky losses, so that may take away his motivation to build something offbeat that lets him beat TDK. I def think an upset is possible and this shd be a good game but TDK is def favored
SWSH: ez vs
Feliburn - 4-0 “retired” feli ez got into an unplayable game vs pdt due to luck but it’s unlikely id predict vs feli + the fire scraggies support here anyways
SWSH: ojr vs
Sjneider - sure. i mean ojr isnt lookin terrible — i think zS lucked him last week — but neider has been 4-0 and has some great meta takes
SWSH: Wanony vs
termi - Upon consulting with the 20 man rend army we still do not know who wanony is. this a good chance for wanony to enlighten us, but until then bolding termi, who has done an absolutely fantastic job with this 13-3 (!!!) SS PU core