Tournament Smogon Champions League V: OU Discussion

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Welcome to the Smogon Champions League V's OU Discussion thread!

In this tournament 10 teams compete across Official Smogon Metagames in SV such as Ubers, DOU, UU, RU, NU, PU, LC, and of course, OU. Each team lines up with 3 SV OU players, which means a total of 15 SV OU games every week for 9 weeks. Starting right after the end the laddering phase of OLT, and being the last major team tournament of 2025, new trends are sure to come. Expect this thread to include game discussion, links to usage stats and replays, and hopefully, teams shared by some of the very best SV OU players on the site.

Here are the teams participating in this year's SCL, with captains in italics and SV OU players bolded once the first round is out:

:Aegislash: Arena Spartans DugZa, tko, vivalospride
Fc, Separation, Danny, Starsama, etern, Pinecoishot, baconeatinassassin, DAHLI, vk, Akaru Kokuyo, eifo, Schister, Void

:Melmetal: Circuit Breakers Mada, elodin, Stories
Santu, ABR, GXE, entrocefalo, MADARAAAA, MZ, watashi, AJ, OranBerryBlissey10, Kebab mlml, LBN, Wail Wailord, crying, 691

:Falinks: Indigo Platoon Lunar., Kingler, Quinn
Fusien, bhkg, JJ09LIE, Nails, Eternal Spirit, robjr, Esteb4n, Kaboom, kyuss, Mashing, MAVERICK SHOOTERS, File, Flabeauf, Sabella, Exiline

:Ninetales-Alola: Mt. Silver Foxes umbry, Gondra, Xrn
Punny, Ann, Elias PSY, SOULWIND, TheFranklin, emoxu9, Stareal, avarice, Foolycl, Always Edgy, Isza, LOOR, LouisIX, Onraider

:Exeggutor: Orange Islanders Dave, Larry, Vulpix03
hellom, MichaelderBeste2, Colin, zS, Ewin, Envy, Django, Feyy, sufys, TrueNora, feen, kDCA, Axzel, Kushalos, srvoltmike, Skyiew

:Zapdos-Galar: Power Plant Dynamos Excal, Mana, Luthier
McMeghan, Kate, Pkel SweeTforU, JustFranco, EternalSnowman, Niko, Jytcampbell, ACR1, Greedy_eb, fakenagol, FlamPoke, Grandmas Cookin, haxlolo, jake, Kristyl

:Kingambit: Showdown Shoguns lax, ima, Giannis Antetokommo-o
mind gaming, Fogbound Lake, S1nn0hC0nfirm3d, 3d, Mako, Eniigma, Frito, hjkhj, eragon, SEA, Baddy, Hayburner, Ninja, Plague, SoggyDoggySage

:Gible: Studio Gible Feliburn, Ajna, Accel
bagel, Star, Finchinator, Laroxyl, fade, Taka, TJ, Gilbert Arenas, mimilucha, RichardMillePlain, Tuthur, One Last Kiss, Shiba, Arc, asa, DaAwesomeDude1

:Mew: Technical Machines Expulso, hex, Piyu
Icemaster, leng loi, tazz, clean, LpZ, Hiko, ratpacker, Sacri', Dj Breloominati♬, Dr. Phd. BJ, ishtar, frankjosh, sir jelloton, sire clod

:Gyarados: Uncharted Terrors shiloh, Gingy, Kunal
oldspicemike, Lokifan, pdt, Scottie, TDNT, zee, Hacker, Shengineer, heileone, Drud, BlackKnight_Gawain, Dugtrio Is Broken, Metallica126, Let's Rumble Shall We, DD Joe​


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1LDK ou prs


hey, I have the flu and a terrible headache, so sorry if this comes out uninspiring. Anyway a lot of yapping, all teams are pretty close to each other and can all get wins, but someone has to be last and first, if this bothers you, you can prove me wrong in the field, gamble everything in uma musumes or contact me in my discord. Ninth has a job so we are not partnering this season

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10) Foxes: umbry, Gondra, Xrn

Soulwind: While Soulwind is the GOAT, his recond in sv alone might not tell you that, either way, it's soulwind, you can't just count him out
Stareal: a quite decent player on the quiet side, he qualified to OLT thanks to a Nat ban and his record this year seems to be on the negative, but he is known to put up good shows in the past, against players like sz, zs nad bhkg, maybe he just hates vocals, who knows
Foolycl: This is a new guy on the block, called the next watashi, because the latter is his mentor. With a 2-1 wcop start, can he make his master proud?

On the bench: Isza, LOOR: the former is a good clicker while the latter is a chef

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9) Terrors: Shiloh, Gingy, Kunal

Mike: ever since he was unfrozen, Oldspicemike has had mostly good showings all around, with the most recent wcop being a rare hiccup, but I think he has the skills to let be that, a hiccup.
tdnt: mainly one of the best SS OU players, his SVs have been rather silent, outside OLT once again
heileone: another new guy on the block, a top ladder resident with good knowledge of the meta

On the bench: dugtrio is broken, let's rumble shall we: the former is my goat dugtrio, gl this season #gargexplosion, and the latter is known as the jolteon guy

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8) Breakers: Mada, stories, elodin

ABR: The man of the hour, bro though he was gonna go for 17k and ninth had to grab him by the shoulder and show the knowledge The Ball TM had to give. Jokes aside, while one of the best in the entire planet, this is his first real SV outing, he has been in sv ou in the past but with no experience. Now he is fully invested himself in learning and experiencing sv ou. Him winning or losing might be life or death for the team.
GXE: I'm biased, everything GXE touches becomes gold, and I'm a fan of him, I hope he does well
Kebab mlml: kebab is good, but I know people are gonna prepare full antihax anticheese strats vs him, if he can capitalize through the fear he put in wcop, he might just farm again.

On the bench: No one, their other OU players like crying and watashi are in other tiers, a few moves from LBN and 691 can free those slots

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7) Gibles: feliburn, ajna, accel

Star: first time playing in SCL since the invention of the wheel. Above average in everything he does, he will stick to the consistent and outplay based on that
Tj: I've personally faced the guy on a Bo3 at a seasonal, assuming he doesn't get banned again for whatever the fuck, he will probably win
Finchinator: Finch "I should be going for 3.5k at most" the nator wants to play sv ou again after coming back to bw in spl and playing ss ou in wcop. Ima be real, it feels more like an obligation because "If the leader of the ou tier doesn't play ou at all then why is he still here" Which is why he wants to prove to the world and himself that he still deserves his spot, but his dedication to the community as a whole is objectively unmatched, and I fully respect that level of professionalism.

On the bench: One Last Kiss, Arc: the former is the hero of the wolfpack and the latter won spl and its a good chef, but it's been cursed by being GMT+13

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6) Shoguns: Lax, ima, Giannis Antetokommo-o

mako: Go Chile
3d: Lax and Ima betrayed him, and he is now forced to play OU against his will, time will tell if he archives super sayan status via his rage
baddy: a team UK member that won a SS OU seasonal, and has a 2-1 in wcop, he also won OUFL, and I'm still sad about it, but that's because I loved the tour, I want to run that back.

On the bench: Plague: free my guy, let him run the streets

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5) Spartans: tko + dugza + vivalospride

attribute: retained, 3 good team tours in a row, creator of the evil ass clef team, important in US west run
separation: one of china's most famous players dedicated to sm in spl but a wonderful wcop, defeating piyu
dahli: had a good scl but particular bad spl, well see if they can recover

On the bench: pinecoishot + vk: pineco is a US south member and its a good chef + dedicated ladder player. While vk pricefixed himself outta OU.

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4) Platoon: hasayo + kingler + quinn

jj09lie: good scl, amazing spl alongside his entire squad, a silent wcop for reaons we are not gonna talk about, he is not afraid to play his games at 7:55 just 5 minutes before school starts
fusien: won ost this year #oucontributorsgang
bhkg: the newest prospect of US NE, the savor of the bigs and a key factor in US NE getting to playoffs straight up instead of via tb

On the bench: MAVERICK SHOOTERS, one of the best scouters and preppers

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3) Dynamos: excal + luthier + mana

pkel: started last year as a nobody who was picked from a dumpster, pkel has become one of the most recognizable faces in sv ou, for he was the main carry in last OU SCL, while also doing well in spl whenever he had to cover sv. His rivalry feud with axzel in wcop was also funny as hell
niko: both acr1 and niko are pretty similar in being rather inconsistent lately, so their highs will win them the tour, but their lows will ruin them the tour
acr1: just read niko

On the bench: Fakenagol (idk the guy), Justfranco (he is starting in UU, but they have haxlolo as backup plan)

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2) islanders: Dave + Larry + Vulpix03

hellom: rooting for you hellom, we love you goat
ewin: ewin is currently 10-0 vs hellom, so dave decided to put them both in the same tier, so now hellom can win more. In all seriousness, while certaintly not the friendliest face in the community, he is a good player and a dedicated team player
kdca: I have no idea about this one, we will watch your career with great interest

On the bench: Axzel. Neatherlands player, who had a rivalry against pkel during wcop quallys and won the feud, letting neatherlands get to main event

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1) Machines: Expulso + hex + piyu

hiko: neutral last scl, positive in spl and wcop, he is slowly improving more and more, and it's self sustainable even tho the French sv technology is certainly not as trustworthy as the French ss one
leng: even tho neutral in spl and wcop, her support and teams were the driving factors in the classiest sv slot winning so much, one of the best chefs in current sv ou
clean: OLT biggest fan, almost won it, and its on playoffs 1-0 after a win vs soulwind, good spl, good wcop

On the bench: Sire clod. Apparently so good, even Vert is impressed by his skills

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Before I go, i wanna say 2 things

1) like I explained, ninth will not be with me for this season of scl coverage, so it's back to being me, myself and i, meaning that project is gonna be of way less quality, but shiny CC is shiny CC, I just want my own CA.

2) formally apologize to hex for sabotaging SSPL because I jinxed her, everything that I love withers away, and It's destined to rot. For I being punished in flesh for my sins, I'm being punished in mind, and I will be punished in soul....
 
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