Hello, ive decided to waste 20 or so minutes of my life to write some friendly low effort power rankings, sponsored by the corona virus
The Rillaboomers
SS: rozes
SS: atomicllamas
SS: Eternally
SS: Kebab mlml
SM: Xiri
SM: roman
ORAS: Santu
BW: KW
Almost every slot in this team is at least decent, some question marks for me being rozes and llamas, who i havent seen playing lower tiers in a while but can probably perform just fine in this player pool; Also important to note that roman hasnt played in a minute and is very prone to tilting/not caring, nobody can predict how he will do i think. Santu is very solid and so is KW therefore aside from mental aspects i think this team should have a reasonable shot at making playoffs.
The Ghosting Silvallys
SS: Sabella
SS: Osh
SS: EviGaro
SS: Bebo
SM: Odd Della Robbia
SM: HarrisIsAwesome
ORAS: false
BW: SiTuM
I'm ODR's biggest fan since before being an odr fan was cool, but even I think his price tag was absolutely ridiculous and if theres one thing my experience tells me is that a really big price tag can actually work against a player, making them feel pressured to play every game perfectly instead of how they usually do and piling up a little bit of tilt with every loss.
I'm not too high on Osh personally but hes undeniably pretty ok, and should do well in this player pool; Sab is a good pilot and so is Bebo but i cant help but thinking that Evi will have a lot on her plate as far as building for everyone goes, put that on top of having to manage the team and play her own games(evi is notoriously tilt prone too, esp when she loses to randoms LOL) she may be a bit overwhelmed potentially.
False plays hyper agressive and theres no way of knowing how he'll do and i have no idea who SiTuM is.
Overall an okay team but highly dependant on a good performance from ODR and Evi.
The Voracious Vileplumes
SS: TDK
SS: jake
SS: bugzinator
SS: Averardo
SM: Zesty43
SM: Luthier
ORAS: TSR
BW: LuckOverSkill
While saying this will probably cause people to make sure i remember just how bad and irrelevant I am, it deserves mentioning: I dont think TDK is that good, at the very least not as good as he once was. However, the ss player pool isn't exactly the best and one thing nobody can take away from TDK is his ability to pump out good teams for a variety of tiers, with ave in his team i have no reason to believe he would ever roll with a bad team; keep in mind though that the statement 'tdk isnt that good' doesnt equate to me calling him bad, that would just be objectively untrue, i however feel like this deserves mentioning cos if the Averados rely on him for a star player performance he may not necessarily pull it off.
Jake is adorable, bugz is good but insane and Ave is an alright pilot that produces good teams.
Zesty is a big question mark, but i feel like SM RU is a straight foward enough tier to where you can just give your pilots good teams and they should do ok by being good at the game in general.
Luth is really good in my opinion, TSR a little less so but has experience in the tier. No clue about LuckOverSkill honestly lol.
I dont think this team is as good as it would seem at a first glance, both TDK and bugz can either do super well or not so i guess we will see.
The Loud Explouds
SS: Lopunny Kicks
SS: Star
SS: bkdrew
SS: byronthewellwell
SM: Alkione
SM: Cam
ORAS: Kushalos
BW: The Leprechaun
People would probably expect me to say that i don't think Star is that good or something but, well, he absolutely is; The only issue i see is potentially not being able to equip him with the best teams but other than that i have no reason not to believe he wont perform. Bunny is, arguably, one of the best 'pilots' you could ask for out of all the people who signed up and don't play ru, that does require good team support however and i'm not entirely convinced Chris' team has that covered.
Aside from feli making fun of him for having a 60 GXE or something i have no idea as to how good bkdrew would be, aside from being too much of a tryhard in the ru discord i havent actually seen him play aside from the few times we played in the ladder, and i dont think you can judge a persons skill by watching ladder games. Wish u gl tho pipe down on the tryhardness a lil bit just friendly advice here
Kush is one of the most capable in the ORAS RU playerpool and our games are always entertaining, almost guaranteed good record. Lep in my opinion is just as good as kush and just as likely to pump out a good record.
..the rest of the lineup tho i have absolutely no idea
overall a very top heavy team that will rely on their 'weaker' slots putting up good numbers
The Weed Smoking Whimsicotts
SS: robjr
SS: Bouff
SS: Amaroq
SS: ima
SM: Sage
SM: Hurtadoo
ORAS: Garay oak
BW: esche
Rob is great and our games are consistently entertaining, will surely do well. Bouffs price was more than a little ridiculous but hes a great chat presence and overall support, every team would be better of with a bouff around; as for his skill i honestly think Bouff is better the less he cares lol the more he spends thinking on any given turn the more likely he is to misplay from what ive seen, even though he absolutely has the skills to do well he needs to get over this mental barrier to succeed. Amaroq is below average overall and ima is pretty okay.
I think Sage is great despite her making self depreciating comments about her ability all the time and i actually think hurtadoo is quite solid, albeit inexperienced.
Garay has great fundamentals and has played this tier a lot, should do well. Esche i dont think is that good honestly and the tier hes in certainly isnt so im more than a little spektical.
Middle of the pack team in my opinion, with an ok chance of making playoffs.
The Snob Frogs
SS: yeezyknows
SS: col49
SS: Yggdrasil60
SS: FLCL
SM: Vapo
SM: Yay
ORAS: Chaitanya
BW: tko
Contrary to what most people probably think upon looking at this team, i think they are very very likely to make playoffs.
Aside from yggdrasin60, who i have only watched a single bo3 from(in which he did not play well whatsoever) all of the slots in this team are quite capable. Much like sage, 49 likes to make self depreciating comments about his ability but from being his manager once and playing him for tournaments before i can safely say hes one of the best overall players in the tournament, its all going to depend on how he adapts to the gen 8 metagame but you can always swap him around too. yeezy is a good player, and FLCL has been consistently amazing at this game for years albeit perhaps a little unmotivated? though i doubt that will matter much in this case.
Vapo went for a ridiculous price but is nonetheless quite capable(if not a bit overhyped) and Yay is someone ive been watching play closely for years and can definitely attest to his skill and potential.
TKO is good but reminds me of bouff a lot, where the less he cares about a game the better he seems to perform.
The Flapple Force
SS: Feliburn
SS: lax
SS: ggggd
SS: Meru
SM: Spl4sh
SM: TheFranklin
ORAS: Ajna
BW: -Tsunami-
As Ajna made sure to mention more than a couple times the core of him + feli + lax makes this team favored in almost every possible tiebreak which is extremely valuable. Pablo is very good at this game, and after his last SPL performance i have no reason to believe he would be suffering from nerves in rupl of all things, which was one of the few things holding him back for the longest time, will surely do well.
Meru is good but id argue he would be a lot better in SM. Splash is brazilian so im obviously going to say hes good but we have played for various tournaments multiple times, and aside from the more clicky 2016 eternal spirit moments he is very capable. No idea about TheFranklin
Ajna will definitely do well and build for everyone but i still think paying 30k for anyone is ridiculous, it would be absolutely justified if he lived up to it with a great record though;
Shakes going to put up a mediocre/bad record but it probably doesnt matter LOL this team is great they actually dont need him to do anything
Top team in the tournament, makes playoffs for sure.
Final Rankings:
1 - The Flapple Force
2 - The Rillaboomers
3 - The Loud Explouds
4 - The Ghosting Silvallys
5 - The Snob Frogs
6 - The Weed Smoking Whimsicotts
7 - The Voracious Vileplumes
BONUS
Team name rankings:
1 - The Weed Smoking Whimsicotts
2 - The Flapple Force
3 - The Rilaboomers
4 - The Snob Frogs
5 - The Ghosting Silvallys
tied for last - The Loud explouds/ The Voracious Vileplumes
Was just hoping to maybe make this thread the tournament a little more lively, as well as shake off my boredom lol
Have fun everyone
