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Tournaments RBYPL VII - Week 5

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:dewgong: Ding Dang Dewgongs (5) vs (5) Indigo Illusion :alakazam:
RBY OU Bo5: Laroxyl vs Ulti Bastion
RBY OU Bo3: TheStupe vs Mimikyu Stardust
RBY OU Bo3: BlazingDark vs TPM
RBY OU Bo3: Bedal Roscoe vs Justamente
RBY OU Bo3: Melanie goes boating vs alidakiller
RBY Ubers: Cao Jie vs pixie909
RBY UU: Fc vs Theycallmephil
RBY NU: hammer798 vs yimb
RBY PU: PHB11677 vs Zpice
RBY Random Battles (Best of 7): Prussian-Jaeger vs Lady Writer

:ninetales: Nine Inch Ninetales (4) vs (6) Glacial Articunos :articuno:
RBY OU Bo5: violet river vs RealJester
RBY OU Bo3: anesidora vs Quarante8
RBY OU Bo3: magialice vs Gamebooadvanced
RBY OU Bo3: Thare Regn vs Soda Eesti
RBY OU Bo3: Padeli vs tr0mb0ner
RBY Ubers: Sabelette vs Premonitions
RBY UU: evakiyama! vs Teh
RBY NU: Toxin Boost vs BeatsBlack
RBY PU: Plague vs JoshSketch
RBY Random Battles (Best of 7): blundergoth vs Kingslayer Caterpie

:ditto: Misinfo MissingNo (5) vs (5) Saffron Haymakers :hitmonchan:
RBY OU Bo5: NotVeryCake vs Amaranth
RBY OU Bo3: spies vs oligen1
RBY OU Bo3: Mysterious M vs SoggyBagel64
RBY OU Bo3: virae vs MGdos16
RBY OU Bo3: Bedschibaer vs Nimrra1
RBY Ubers: YBW vs Samu77
RBY UU: paysa vs ThatOneApple
RBY NU: Click>Think vs Duke Sux
RBY PU: hex vs ButtGallon
RBY Random Battles (Best of 7): royzin vs MrSoup

:diglett: Deadbeat Dugtrios (5) vs (5) Pampu Primeapes :mankey:
RBY OU Bo5: Ctown6 vs Serpi
RBY OU Bo3: Kristyl vs Melbelle
RBY OU Bo3: Cow vs KeshBa54
RBY OU Bo3: oakdeon vs Corvinus
RBY OU Bo3: BIG WILL vs Deezcastforms
RBY Ubers: betathunder vs Ummbr
RBY UU: FighterFrog vs pac
RBY NU: Sotina vs THE_CHUNGLER
RBY PU: Inazuma-Fulgur vs boomp
RBY Random Battles (Best of 7): Mikon vs Panty&Stockings

:dewgong: Ding Dang Dewgongs (0) vs (0) Indigo Illusion :alakazam:
RBY OU Bo5: Laroxyl vs Ulti Bastion
RBY OU Bo3: TheStupe vs Mimikyu Stardust
RBY OU Bo3: BlazingDark vs TPM
RBY OU Bo3: Bedal Roscoe vs Justamente
RBY OU Bo3: Melanie goes boating vs alidakiller
RBY Ubers: Cao Jie vs pixie909
RBY UU: Fc vs Theycallmephil
RBY NU: hammer798 vs yimb
BY PU: PHB11677 vs Zpice
RBY Random Battles (Best of 7): Prussian-Jaeger vs Lady Writer

:ninetales: Nine Inch Ninetales (0) vs (0) Glacial Articunos :articuno:
RBY OU Bo5: violet river vs RealJester
RBY OU2: anesidora vs Quarante8
RBY OU3: magialice vs Gamebooadvanced
RBY OU4: Spoiledberries vs phoopes
RBY OU5: Padeli vs tr0mb0ner
RBY Ubers: Sabelette vs Premonitions
RBY UU: evakiyama! vs Teh
RBY NU: Toxin Boost vs BeatsBlack
RBY PU: Plague vs JoshSketch
RBY Random Battles (Best of 7): blundergoth vs Kingslayer Caterpie

:ditto: Misinfo MissingNo (0) vs (0) Saffron Haymakers :hitmonchan:
RBY OU Bo5: NotVeryCake vs Amaranth
RBY OU Bo3: spies vs oligen1
RBY OU Bo3: Mysterious M vs SoggyBagel64
RBY OU Bo3: virae vs MGdos16
RBY OU Bo3: Bedschibaer vs Nimrra1
RBY Ubers: YBW vs Samu77
RBY UU: paysa vs ThatOneApple
RBY NU: Click>Think vs Duke Sux
RBY PU: hex vs ButtGallon
RBY Random Battles (Best of 7): royzin vs MrSoup

:diglett: Deadbeat Dugtrios (0) vs (0) Pampu Primeapes :mankey:
RBY OU Bo5: Ctown6 vs Serpi
RBY OU2: Kristyl vs Melbelle
RBY OU3: Cow vs KeshBa54
RBY OU4: oakdeon vs Corvinus
RBY OU5: BIG WILL vs Deezcastforms
RBY Ubers: betathunder vs The Strap
RBY UU: FighterFrog vs pac
RBY NU: Sotina vs THE_CHUNGLER
RBY PU: Inazuma-Fulgur vs boomp
RBY Random Battles (Best of 7): Mikon vs Panty&Stockings

Deadline for all games is Sunday, November 8 11:59 pm -5​
 

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(discounting games with subs or games where i bolded the vs)
Week 1: 16/27
Week 2: 19/30
Week 3: 18/29
Week 4: 15/27

:dewgong: Ding Dang Dewgongs (5) vs (5) Indigo Illusion :alakazam:
RBY OU Bo5: Laroxyl vs Ulti Bastion - top5 in the tournament without a doubt and probably not 5
RBY OU Bo3: TheStupe vs Mimikyu Stardust - happy to see msd playing more rby (in general its nice to see nonrbyers get into it) but this is a tough first customer, in spite of stupe having a less good season than i thought he would so far
RBY OU Bo3: BlazingDark vs TPM - BD inconsistent but higher peak by far and having a good season
RBY OU Bo3: Bedal Roscoe vs Justamente - two players i like who are having a good tournament, but ultimately a 17.5k player has no business in OU4 lol
RBY OU Bo3: Melanie goes boating vs alidakiller
RBY Ubers: Cao Jie vs pixie909
RBY UU: Fc vs Theycallmephil
RBY NU: hammer798 vs yimb
BY PU: PHB11677 vs Zpice
RBY Random Battles (Best of 7): Prussian-Jaeger vs Lady Writer - its LW
not commenting on half of these games because i dont have interesting things to say

:ninetales: Nine Inch Ninetales (5) vs (5) Glacial Articunos :articuno:
RBY OU Bo5: violet river vs RealJester - i dont mean to be a hater here but i do not understand how jester is supposed to be 17.5k OU1 quality in general, and especially given how his tournament has gone so far
RBY OU2: anesidora vs Quarante8 - idk i think its close but i dont have a very good idea of the level of either of these players right now honestly
RBY OU3: magialice vs Gamebooadvanced - stars aligning for booga, nice to see the 4-0 so far and not going to bold against it
RBY OU4: Spoiledberries vs phoopes - i thought berries looked pretty good vs my team but they lost every other week. phoopes is also 1-3 but the 3 losses were vs pretty much the top of OU2, probably he can handle this
RBY OU5: Padeli vs tr0mb0ner - one of the best OU5s for sure
RBY Ubers: Sabelette vs Premonitions - will not lose to shitmons
RBY UU: evakiyama! vs Teh - still feel like eva missteps more often than would be ideal, but i think its likely she will hit a handful of cutthroat reads and just win off of that, even if shes less consistent than teh overall
RBY NU: Toxin Boost vs BeatsBlack - just better
RBY PU: Plague vs JoshSketch - plague is good
RBY Random Battles (Best of 7): blundergoth vs Kingslayer Caterpie - ksc is good

:diglett: Deadbeat Dugtrios (6) vs (4) Pampu Primeapes :mankey:
RBY OU Bo5: Ctown6 vs Serpi - can confirm after last week this serpi guy is pretty good, if ctown digs deep with the exploitative ideas (or copies my prep) he has a realistic shot but its not a boldable situation
RBY OU2: Kristyl vs Melbelle - they cant both be unlucky so that will be good for at least one of them. idk. we will see how they deal w the motivation drain of a negative record
RBY OU3: Cow vs KeshBa54 - i like his tournament so far, seems to be back to the high promise kesh of some time ago after a lull earlier in the year
RBY OU4: oakdeon vs Corvinus - the crow is 0-4 and tilting pretty hard im afraid, he's still good in principle but hard to bold until hes happy again
RBY OU5: BIG WILL vs Deezcastforms - should be more solid
RBY Ubers: betathunder vs The Strap - beta failed the sab test last week but i still think hes overall looking good enough, strap is very onedimensional and im sure beta can figure it out
RBY UU: FighterFrog vs pac - apparently on fire
RBY NU: Sotina vs THE_CHUNGLER - gut feeling idk i dont really rate either of these players super highly but theyre not bad but i think chungler sometimes is kinda bad
RBY PU: Inazuma-Fulgur vs boomp - slightly more solid
RBY Random Battles (Best of 7): Mikon vs Panty&Stockings - mikon
 
:ninetales: Nine Inch Ninetales (5) vs (5) Glacial Articunos :articuno:
RBY OU Bo5: violet river vs RealJester - Jester got kinda fucked for being sent to the Bo5 slaughter house instead of something like OU2 + River is doing pretty well so far.
RBY OU2: anesidora vs Quarante8 - Fire mu. Anesi is sheist so I'm bolding him. Shoutouts 48 tho.
RBY OU3: magialice vs Gamebooadvanced - Booga doing pretty well.
RBY OU4: Spoiledberries vs phoopes - The real OU3 mu imo. Similar quality but I have a feeling Berries is not having fun with the tour and therefore I'm bolding phoopes.
RBY OU5: Padeli vs tr0mb0ner - Nick is fire.
RBY Ubers: Sabelette vs Premonitions - Sab's 2-2 is def fraudulent af + Prem loves to load sus bs.
RBY UU: evakiyama! vs Teh - I rate the Teh selfbuy to play LTs.
RBY NU: Toxin Boost vs BeatsBlack - The Serpi of NU.
RBY PU: Plague vs JoshSketch - Plague is fantastic.
RBY Random Battles (Best of 7): blundergoth vs Kingslayer Caterpie - Caterpie better imo.

:ditto: Misinfo MissingNo (7) vs (3) Saffron Haymakers :hitmonchan:
RBY OU Bo5: NotVeryCake vs Amaranth - Has been looking great all 2026 and it's looking like he's gonna farm this shit. Cake does have multiple wins over Amaranth across multiple tiers including OU as well + has been solid in this tour but I'm def not bolding vs the dude who just gave Serpi the belt last week.
RBY OU2: spies vs oligen1 - Spies generally wins vs Oli most of the time they play from what I've seen. Spies isn't doing well in the tour at all but his three losses were all in the Bo5 so I'll bold based on the h2h record since they have played multiple times.
RBY OU3: Mysterious M vs SoggyBagel64 - MM is a solid player who just came off a Retro Cup clutch win in Finals TBs vs Kaz so he has this based on skill + momentum.
RBY OU4: virae vs MGdos16 - MG knows ball. Virae is a bit better imo tho.
RBY OU5: Bedschibaer vs Nimrra1 - Shoutouts Nimrra but Beds is way too good for OU5.
RBY Ubers: YBW vs Samu77 - Undefeated and tbh quite likely it stays that way.
RBY UU: paysa vs ThatOneApple - Paysa's performance last week was a bit sus and Apple is a top player in this shit.
RBY NU: Click>Think vs Duke Sux - Has been really solid so far.
RBY PU: hex vs ButtGallon - Haven't watched any of the games from these people (except hex vs Zpice). I'll just bold Gallon ig.
RBY Random Battles (Best of 7): royzin vs MrSoup - Coinflip. I have a feeling royzin wins tho.

:diglett: Deadbeat Dugtrios (6) vs (4) Pampu Primeapes :mankey:
RBY OU Bo5: Ctown6 vs Serpi - German Juggernaut.
RBY OU2: Kristyl vs Melbelle - Idk why the fuck these two have awful records lmao. Player for player I'm taking Kristyl tho.
RBY OU3: Cow vs KeshBa54 - Keshba seems locked in. Fire mu.
RBY OU4: oakdeon vs Corvinus - Oak is solid for OU4 + Corv hasn't been good at all throughout the tour.
RBY OU5: BIG WILL vs Deezcastforms - In theory Deez is better but he never wins in RBYPL for some reason + I'm a Will glazer so I gotta push the agenda.
RBY Ubers: betathunder vs The Strap - only set I watched that involved either one of these two was Strap vs Pixie and ngl the way Strap choked that G2... I'm bolding Beta solely based on that.
RBY UU: FighterFrog vs pac - Pac on a tear.
RBY NU: Sotina vs THE_CHUNGLER - Coinflip V1.
RBY PU: Inazuma-Fulgur vs boomp - Coinflip V2.
RBY Random Battles (Best of 7): Mikon vs Panty&Stockings - Mikon diff.
 
:dewgong: Ding Dang Dewgongs (7) vs (3) Indigo Illusion :alakazam:
RBY OU Bo5: Laroxyl vs Ulti Bastion This is a very close matchup but I think laroxyl has a slight edge
RBY OU Bo3: TheStupe vs Mimikyu Stardust I have no idea what mimikyu stardust can do so I'll just bold the stupe
RBY OU Bo3: BlazingDark vs TPM Both are doing quite well so It's not an easy predict to make
RBY OU Bo3: Bedal Roscoe vs Justamente justamente has been popping off this season
RBY OU Bo3: Melanie goes boating vs alidakiller
RBY Ubers: Cao Jie vs pixie909 Record doesn't favor either but I still think cao jie has got this
RBY UU: Fc vs Theycallmephil Fc has more experience
RBY NU: hammer798 vs yimb This is actually a pretty close matchup but I still lean hammer here
BY PU: PHB11677 vs Zpice Zpice is proving to be the best in the pool but phb is also good Highlight
RBY Random Battles (Best of 7): Prussian-Jaeger vs Lady Writer Lw is having a rough season but will still get the win here

:ditto: Misinfo MissingNo (4) vs (6) Saffron Haymakers :hitmonchan:
RBY OU Bo5: NotVeryCake vs Amaranth The contrarian within me really wants to bold cake but amaranth just beat serpi Highlight
RBY OU Bo3: spies vs oligen1 oligen is doing great this season
RBY OU Bo3: Mysterious M vs SoggyBagel64 I can't really tell how good soggybagel is right now and Mysterious is doing quite well
RBY OU Bo3: virae vs MGdos16 Virae because why not
RBY OU Bo3: Bedschibaer vs Nimrra1 I'm betting against the numbers with this one but I really think Nimmra will lock in as he's been doing Highlight
RBY Ubers: YBW vs Samu77 Gonna bold this guy until he losses
RBY UU: paysa vs ThatOneApple Apple just better
RBY NU: Click>Think vs Duke Sux Click has been impressing me more as the season goes on
RBY PU: hex vs ButtGallon Battle of the 1-3 record, this is a goated matchup though especially because whoever losses is extremely negative so there's crazy stakes Highlight
RBY Random Battles (Best of 7): royzin vs MrSoup I literally have no basis other than I think soup wins these

:diglett: Deadbeat Dugtrios (5) vs (5) Pampu Primeapes :mankey:
RBY OU Bo5: Ctown6 vs Serpi Serpi lost but still wins this
RBY OU2: Kristyl vs Melbelle Insane that both these players are this negative, just like before the stakes are high with this one as both are trying not to sink Highlight
RBY OU3: Cow vs KeshBa54 Keshba is just doing better
RBY OU4: oakdeon vs Corvinus Literally just record
RBY OU5: BIG WILL vs Deezcastforms Despite record deez is a better player imo
RBY Ubers: betathunder vs The Strap This felt pretty close to a 50/50 because I don't know ubers ball
RBY UU: FighterFrog vs pac The undefeated
RBY NU: Sotina vs THE_CHUNGLER Two of the better nu players but no chungling will happen
RBY PU: Inazuma-Fulgur vs boomp Solid matchup but I think inazuma takes this one fairly cleanly
RBY Random Battles (Best of 7): Mikon vs Panty&Stockings I'm better on the numbers here


:ninetales: Nine Inch Ninetales (0) vs (1) Glacial Articunos :articuno:
RBY NU: Toxin Boost vs BeatsBlack Washed crashout bot vs literal god
 
16 last week, for as good as my week 3 predicts were, my week 4 predicts were terrible. Time to fix that

:dewgong: Ding Dang Dewgongs (5) vs (5) Indigo Illusion :alakazam:
RBY OU Bo5: Laroxyl vs Ulti Bastion - The Lion has been consistently the better player in every series he's played so far HIGHLIGHT
RBY OU Bo3: TheStupe vs Mimikyu Stardust - I'm surprised Illusion didn't upseed TPM or justa here but will be cool to see what Mimikyu can do. Idk much abt them tho and Stupe is usually a fairly safe bet. Also.. #FreeBillu
RBY OU Bo3: BlazingDark vs TPM - Both looking solid this tour, gonna go for experience diff
RBY OU Bo3: Bedal Roscoe vs Justamente - Pablo farming OU4 rn
RBY OU Bo3: Melanie goes boating vs alidakiller - idk much abt El Mel, so expect ali to overcome the Spaniard
RBY Ubers: Cao Jie vs pixie909 - Rlly close, going to go with pixie who has more games under their belt recently
RBY UU: Fc vs Theycallmephil - Not convinced by either of them so far tbh
RBY NU: hammer798 vs yimb - yimb is coming off b2b big scalps of Chungler and Click. Still think Hammer is favoured tho, 60/40
BY PU: PHB11677 vs Zpice - Of all the opponents I watched hex take on so far Zpice looked in a completely different league to the rest of the pool. Making a mockery of the PRs, and X-0 is very possible
RBY Random Battles (Best of 7): Prussian-Jaeger vs Lady Writer - Great win for pj last week, LW still very favoured tho

:ninetales: Nine Inch Ninetales (6) vs (4) Glacial Articunos :articuno:
RBY OU Bo5: violet river vs RealJester - Form book and eye test says River
RBY OU2: anesidora vs Quarante8 - good matchup, leaning towards 48
RBY OU3: magialice vs Gamebooadvanced - Still unbeaten, likely won't bold against gameboo until/unless that changes
RBY OU4: Spoiledberries vs phoopes - Close one but I think berries edges it
RBY OU5: Padeli vs tr0mb0ner - Nick is on fire rn
RBY Ubers: Sabelette vs Premonitions - Both have picked up form. Prem still entertaining as ever in the builder, Sab is not someone to be wrongfooted easily by unorthodox brings so should be a banger
RBY UU: evakiyama! vs Teh - Both have been very good so far. I can't believe I'm highlighting a Bo3 UU game in the big 26 but here we are HIGHLIGHT
RBY NU: Toxin Boost vs BeatsBlack - Bolding Toxin every week
RBY PU: Plague vs JoshSketch - ig Volk was too busy? idk much about Josh. Good luck to him. Plague is a tall order tho
RBY Random Battles (Best of 7): blundergoth vs Kingslayer Caterpie - Way more experience in the format

:diglett: Deadbeat Dugtrios (5) vs (5) Pampu Primeapes :mankey:
RBY OU Bo5: Ctown6 vs Serpi - Doubt Serpi loses 2 weeks running. HIGHLIGHT
RBY OU2: Kristyl vs Melbelle - Both struggling, more convinced Kristyl will turn things around
RBY OU3: Cow vs KeshBa54 - Kesh looks rlly switched on rn. This'll be good
RBY OU4: oakdeon vs Corvinus - Oak my goat, looked strong last week. Corv has a problem closing out endgames rn too
RBY OU5: BIG WILL vs Deezcastforms - Think the week off might've done him some good. Will come back refreshed, relaxed and recharged
RBY Ubers: betathunder vs The Strap - Ngl last week both played worse than I expected, so now I'm uncertain. Agree with Ama that Strap is more one dimensional in approach tho, and I think beta has a higher ceiling when he hits it again
RBY UU: FighterFrog vs pac - I heard pac is building new teams again. It's joever for rest of pool, my guy was already farming with 2025 builds
RBY NU: Sotina vs THE_CHUNGLER - GHUNGLER
RBY PU: Inazuma-Fulgur vs boomp - GULGUR
RBY Random Battles (Best of 7): Mikon vs Panty&Stockings - Finally the Pampu's stopped clowning and started their best rands player again. Unfortunately for him, he has to face Nessa who is on a roll rn
 
:dewgong: Ding Dang Dewgongs (6) vs (4) Indigo Illusion :alakazam:
RBY OU Bo5: Laroxyl vs Ulti Bastion - Utili has looked shaky but I think he'll bounce back
RBY OU Bo3: TheStupe vs Mimikyu Stardust - I havent seen the other guy play ou.
RBY OU Bo3: BlazingDark vs TPM - Close 50/50 match
RBY OU Bo3: Bedal Roscoe vs Justamente - Justamente has looked solid
RBY OU Bo3: Melanie goes boating vs alidakiller - Honestly could go either way but alida played more ou recently
RBY Ubers: Cao Jie vs pixie909 - 50/50 matchup
RBY UU: Fc vs Theycallmephil - Easy win for Fc
RBY NU: hammer798 vs yimb - Hammer is slightly favored
BY PU: PHB11677 vs Zpice - Pu is a meme, im picking phb idk why.
RBY Random Battles (Best of 7): Prussian-Jaeger vs Lady Writer - Lady Writer is very good

:ninetales: Nine Inch Ninetales (3) vs (7) Glacial Articunos :articuno:
RBY OU Bo5: violet river vs RealJester - I think violet makes better plays
RBY OU2: anesidora vs Quarante8 - 48 has more experience
RBY OU3: magialice vs Gamebooadvanced - gameboo has been good
RBY OU4: Spoiledberries vs phoopes - Close but i think phoopes will edge it out
RBY OU5: Padeli vs tr0mb0ner - I don't know these players admittedly, but i recognize tromboner from ladder.
RBY Ubers: Sabelette vs Premonitions - I feel like trying to cook in ubers and beating good opponents at the same time is hard.
RBY UU: evakiyama! vs Teh - Teh more experience
RBY NU: Toxin Boost vs BeatsBlack - 50/50 matchup tbh
RBY PU: Plague vs JoshSketch - Sketch never played pu
RBY Random Battles (Best of 7): blundergoth vs Kingslayer Caterpie - Caterpie more experience

:diglett: Deadbeat Dugtrios (5) vs (5) Pampu Primeapes :mankey:
RBY OU Bo5: Ctown6 vs Serpi - Serpi the goat
RBY OU2: Kristyl vs Melbelle - Close matchup but the tilt can get to melbelle
RBY OU3: Cow vs KeshBa54 - 50/50 but ill go keshba
RBY OU4: oakdeon vs Corvinus - This could go either way but oak has experience
RBY OU5: BIG WILL vs Deezcastforms - Big will is a good player
RBY Ubers: betathunder vs The Strap - Strap plays cleaner i think
RBY UU: FighterFrog vs pac - Pac more experience
RBY NU: Sotina vs THE_CHUNGLER - Idk
RBY PU: Inazuma-Fulgur vs boomp - Inazuma the goat
RBY Random Battles (Best of 7): Mikon vs Panty&Stockings - I think this is like 60/40 for Mikon
 
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We're over half way through the regular season and we have a super close tournament! No team is fully knocked out, and no team has clinched just yet (although that could change this week!). I thought it would be fun to do a mid tour score check in, especially considering all of the match ups this week are very important coming into the closing stretch. Likely, teams will need at least 6 points to make playoffs, potentially more.

Illusions and MissingNos are sitting at the top with 6 points each, putting them by far in the best positions. They've shown strong weeks with good differentials and no losses, and they just tied each other last week to keep the top of the table interesting! Both teams have similar runouts to close out the season as well, as both play the dugtrios and either the dewgongs or cunos, respectively. Most importantly, both have to play the Haymakers, the third place team; MissingNos have that mu this week and Illusions next week. Winning those matchups will be essential if these teams want to secure their place early.

They Haymakers are right behind the top teams at 5 points, and the same differential as the MissingNos. Considering the two teams play this week, the winner will take second spot at the table at least, surpassing their opponents (and potentially claiming first if the Illusions lose). Very hype important week for both teams to put themselves in good position, but MissingNos have claimed first blood. However, Haymakers will have to play Illusions the following week and round it out vs the gongs, so they'll need to keep the pressure up. Two wins this week and next likely gives them a free wk 7, but losing both will put them battling for 3rd/4th.

Next we get into the middle pack of of Articunos, Ninetales, and Dewgongs. All are currently battling for 4th and the last playoff spot. Focusing on Cunos and Ninetales, the teams are tied at 4 points and 0 differential each, and they are playing each other this week! A win puts them at 6 points, likely ~2nd/3rd place. From there, Ninetales would be in a strong position to close out, while cunos would still have to play the MissingNos. Ultimately, these teams will likely be battling for the final playoff spot, so a win here would go a long way.
However, the Tiecunos could tie, as they've done every week, and still continue to advance up the table (Ninetales wouldn't hate a tie here either). Since it's possible for them to tie every week and still make playoffs, I'm certainly rooting for that outcome.

The dewgongs are not far enough behind to discount out of the race for that last spot. Only one point behind the cunos/tales, a win while the other two tie would put the dewgongs up to 4th. However, they are playing top of the table Indigo Illusions this week, but they already have one on the board! They could really use the win this week, as they play the Ninetales next week for a chance to keep those opponents at bay. They do close out vs Haymakers, however, so a loss this week nets them an especially difficult uphill battle. Overall, they really need to start winning, but their fate is in their hands.

Lastly, we have Primeapes and Dugtrios at the bottom of the table with two points each. And they play each other this week! Pampus do have an easier down the stretch mu, as Dugtrios still have to play Illusions AND MissingNos, while pampus have already battled both. That really won't matter to them if they can't close out this week, though. While neither are mathematically out yet, whomever loses this week is near certainly eliminated. Further, a tie is more likely to eliminate both teams than help either. So this is an absolute must win week.

Good luck to all teams! Hoping for some good games
 
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