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I joined Smogon at the start of 2023 with the express intention of winning an official tournament in RBY OU. Glad to finally achieved it 2 years in! Looking back I definitely underestimated the scale of the task. I had years spent sometimes innovating and other-times trolling on ladder which I thought would stand me in good stead, but the sheer competitiveness in both match-play and scouting was eye-opening. RBY is in good hands, nice to still see constant innovation happening decades in.
Like Nicole, Sceptross and others have previously mentioned the burn out does get to you. For me personally having been on the grind for a couple of years, I do feel the need to take a few months out for now, but am aiming to be back sometime in the new year.
My usage this tour was kind of the anti-Marcoasd invitational approach, carnage and unpredictability as opposed to his measured and controlled teams. Shows that both can have merit at times. I've attached my scout to demonstrate, showing a variety in mons, while favouring things like Zap and Bull lead to create early openings you have the opportunity to capitalize on. I could maybe do a team-dump at some point but wanted to highlight 2 mons specifically that I've used in the past few months which I think have potential to qualify for OU status in the next VR in Lapras and Hypno. With the notable rise of Egg lately those 2 can really get the jump on it, Hypno being a bulky status trader and absorber, sometime allowing you to keep Chansey and other Psys status free, while Lap being able to push Sing past certain mons, while giving security vs a lead Jynx, and other ice spam.