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Tournament SCL VI DOU Discussion Thread

Bagel vs Nails - Noticing lower quality play from nails than expected, Bagel is the same as ever. Close
Ann vs Eragon - Spending 6k on a support anti-synergy was certainly a manager decision made this tour
Zee vs Esm - Esm won't get lucked this week.
Xrn vs Akaru - Ringing up the powers of being lucky and bad to get this one
Qsns vs Kcric - Qsns is putting fun Ideas down into scouts right now while Kcric has been keeping to standard or borrowed structures. He's also due for a lucky tour after DPL.
 
SV DOU: Ann vs eragon - Ann beat the best player tbp
SV DOU: Nails vs bagel - bagel lost to tbp in a completely different tier
SV DOU: Xrn vs Akaru Kokuyo
SV DOU: zee vs EternalSnowman
SV DOU: qsns vs KCric
 
SV DOU: Ann vs eragon
SV DOU: Nails vs bagel
SV DOU: Xrn vs Akaru Kokuyo
SV DOU: zee vs EternalSnowman
SV DOU: qsns vs KCric
 
This week looks kinda fun, so I'll hop in on the prediction game

Ann vs Eragon - Both of their gameplay is fine, and despite the record, I think good effort is being spent on ideas in the builder for Eragon/Hasayo. Unfortunately, I think the load from last week is a little simple on top of having very sleepy mons, though I am a sucker for CM Seed Cress, so I can't even say I hated the squad. Idt Ann/Packer have been building new teams as opposed to adjusting old/existing ones, but that's not necessarily an issue, as they haven't really pulled bad matchups. I do think Eragon will be motivated after last week to hit the ground running here, so I'm going to bold him on this one.

Zee vs EternalSnowman - I almost hope to be wrong here b/c I would hate to see Zee in the 0-5 trenches <3. Objectively speaking though, ESM seems to be in relatively good form, and as someone who loves Bundle, I heavily fw the last week load even if it looks like it could've had issues had it loaded into like Zong/Cress Bear. Meanwhile, I've just felt zee's combination of clicking and building isn't up to par with what I would expect from them. Everyone has bad streaks, and I hope for zee's to end soon, but something might have to change for that to happen.

Xrn vs Akaru Kokuyo - Hydrogen bomb vs coughing baby. Jkjk, it's nice to see Akaru's first game this season. However, the opponent is Xrn, and I had Xrn at the top of the DOU pool before SCL, and I haven't really been proven too wrong yet. They got robbed last week, but their gameplay is always solid, and like bagel said, aside from the Hooparoom, the loads have been pretty good. Akaru isn't a pushover ofc and has whatever support Dubious called in, but I just don't know if it's going to be enough. Can Akaru perform without their best buddy Schister? We shall see.

Qsns vs Kcric - I think this will be close. Qsns is loading some cool ideas (aside from that 1 stray Moonblast Diancie week) that seem to click for them and is definitely not too rusty to throw down. Kcric's loads have been... how do I say... more polarizing? He loaded Kingdra Rain and a sort of Sun Semiroom, which both rolled good matchups, then standard Dengo centered balance and got gamed. It's interesting, but I think Kcric is an extremely intuitive clicker, so if he gets the team choice right again, I expect him to knock it out of the park.
 
Ann vs Eragon: Ann and Ratpacker are doing really well, and even though i dont think Eragon/Hasayo are that far behind i have to give it to the player with the better score.
Zee vs EternalSnowman: Zee, por favor.
Bagel vs Nails: I like both so i rolled a dice and it told me Nails is going to win, jk, I think this week is were Nails is going back to a level of play everyone is expecting from a player of his caliber and despite Bagel doing well at the moment with both good gameplay and teams, i think nails will take it
Xrn vs Akaru: Xrn is the best player in the pool, Akaru is only starting now but, as other mentioned, Platoons dou slot has had problems with some of their team selection and, again as others mentioned, Xrn is probably the last player you want to play when that is your issue.
qsns vs KCric: qsns is the goat, as i said in a previous post in this thread, i liked their team choice and play, and so i did with KCric's plays and teams (aside from week 3), both are doing a really good job and its probably the most balanced matchup together with the bagel-nails game, at least in my opinion, but since i have to give it to someone, well, that someone is going to be qsns because qsns is the goat!
 
Xrn vs Ann: Ann is 4-1, Xrn is 2-3, according to this, it would be more than reasonable to bold Ann, but, once again, Xrn is the best player in the pool in my opinion and if he doenst get unlucky, or brings htr, he wins, and this week he'll not get haxed.
Hasayo vs Code: Banger game, have to bold Code because i think he plays more than Hasayo does, but i wouldnt be surprised if Hasayo wins because he's really good and i think Eragon will be very helpful as a support this week.
Zee vs KCric: Zee finally got their first dub, and i'm really happy for this, on the other hand KCric lost the last 2 weeks he played after a very good start. I really liked Zee's plays last week, thats why im going to bold them as i believe they can make a comeback and improve their score even more. (i swear i will bold KCric one day as i think i've always bolded against them sorry)
Akaru Kokuyo vs Qsns: Akaru won the first week he played. Qsns won again and is currently 4-1 showing great teams and plays, and i still have some doubts about the platoons in dou, so i'll just go safe in this case and bold Qsns.
Nails vs Mike: Another incredible match, Nails is doing well, currently sitting at 3-1, while this is Mike's first game, he's really good, and i would really like to bold for him, but i have to bold Nails, i still don't think Nails plays have been that incredible but he's still super super good so i'm bolding him, and i hate how i'm saying this as if i would be sad if Nails wins because i wouldn't be, i just think it would be incredibly funny if Mike wins, and i hope this match will be played at a decent time for me.
 
Xrn vs Ann: xrn needs to start picking better rng seeds. not to take away from his opponents but Xrn has 3 losses to: eternalsnowman, xrn, and xrn. Ann is having a hell of a run so far but i think in both of these cases the record is not telling the full story.
Hasayo vs Code: Code unleashed! Lunar unleashed! Code wants to play! Lunar doesnt! Im bolding Code! (ive liked the 2026 clicking from code more than the 2026 clicking from hasayo, is what it really comes down to. Tho two unorthodox builders so this should make for a fun one at team preview) ((this would have been eragon vs bagel, last two osdt trophy winners btw, kinda funny to note))
Zee vs KCric: its KCric's world and we're all living in it. Tho is this a cratermaker showdown so these two def have more experience playing against each other than most, hoping to catch it live
Akaru Kokuyo vs Qsns: qsns was fired out of a cannon and has had a stellar Smogon Champions League season so far, I don't see why it should stop now.
Nails vs Mike:
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qsns vs ann
xrn vs zee
esm vs bagel
kcric vs eragon
akaru vs nails

nothing much here, just bolding people that are doing better/people i think are currently in a better situation rn, and akaru because he's doing really well and it looks like the platoon dou slot finally managed to find the right grip on the tour
 
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