YAHALLO AMIGOS!! Welcome back to the heavily-requested UNBIASED PREDICTIONS
Lessons learned after Week 1:
- the BIGS season is already in dire straits
- SS OU is literally GSC with team preview, and in my opinion, is probably the worst tier to watch LOOL jesus it's as bad as RBY
- LC might be the new variance tier
Ever Grande BIGS (4) vs (6) Cryonicles
SS OU: aim vs Updated Kanto | kanto had a pretty unwinnable matchup last week. Gonna keep riding the bandwagon, though. joey's heat, so this pick makes me a bit nervous, but fuck it.
SS OU: soulgazer vs Eo Ut Mortus | sg's still a wild-card, and eo's projected to be one of the best players in this tier so. In addition, the fact that no one seems to do anything in this tier besides pivot between a bunch of fat shit for 9438995 turns should bode well for a legendary stall player.
SS OU: ima vs Sacri' | still not fully believing in ima yet; Sacri's way more proven.
SS DOU: Ezrael vs Tman
SS LC: trash vs ggggd | Pablo's a lot more hyped, and managed to clutch out a win last week.
SM OU: Sabella vs Leftiez | Both of these dudes lost last week. Leftiez still might be crust, though, and he's never been that good on the sheet. Gonna trust Sabella slightly more here.
ORAS OU: Santu vs Garay oak | Yeah idk LOL Could really go either way. Santu's never fully impressed me and Garay struggled a lot in Snake, and has very little noteworthy results in OU tiers. tossup.
BW OU: Fakes vs Finchinator | I think Finch is solid in BW, but I've been on the Fakes train for a long time. I think he should bounce back here and avoid the 0-2 in a close one
DPP OU: GaryTheGengar vs Jirachee | Definitely not really convinced by Gary, but he does manage to put together some wins. Jirachee definitely isn't good, and I think Gary has enough skill to take this. Small edge in the variance madhouse.
ADV OU: eden vs z0mOG | z0m was probably a steal in ADV. While last week's win wasn't too impressive, there's no way in hell I'm bolding EDEN over him LOOL Did you guys watch last SPL? This guy's atrocious dude.
GSC OU: Descending vs Mr.E | bro LMAO MRE LOOKED LIKE A COMPLETE CLOWN LAST WEEK BRO WHAT WAS THAT TEAM? WHAT ARE YOU DOIN BRO YOU'VE BEEN PLAYIN GSC SINCE ANTI WAS IN DIAPERS AND YOU GET TRASHED THAT HARD? oh my lord. I still believe in goat ass MrE, though, and I think he should definitely end this SPL with around 4-6 wins. I have no idea who the hell Descending is, so this should be a great bounce back spot for our hero.
RBY OU: Nails vs HML am | Nails is way more proven so small edge in the meme tier.
Wi-fi Wolfpack (6) vs (4) Circus Maximus Tigers
SS OU: Star vs 1 True Lycan | The baron got a win last week, but faces a much stiffer challenge this time around. Star's heat and should wash him.
SS OU: The Hallows vs robjr | rob wasn't really impressive last week. The Hallows lost somehow after dominating early. If all else is equal, give the edge to the man with ABR support.
SS OU: Charmflash vs Tace | Charm got absolutely body bagged last week by goat ass RED WHITE AND TEAL jesus. Maybe he'll stop using Protect as much my god. He's still a bit more proven than Tace I guess, and he does have the aforementioned ABR support. Decent edge.
SS DOU: SMB vs MajorBowman
SS LC: HT vs Osh | LOOOOOOOOOL We back with another HT game. To no one's surprise, he got completely ravaged by RU mainer Evigaro, who was ranked 10th in the Power Rankings. Life doesn't get easier for him here, as he faces off against one of the best LCers on the site in Osh, who has been making waves in Slam and team tours for a fair amount of time. Massive edge.
SM OU: Welli0u vs Eternal Spirit | The Well just keeps winning. At a certain point, that has to matter. Gama was never that impressive until he went on his massive sheet-god winning streak. Now, he seems to be in a bit of slump...like, he lost to the washed up corpse of Gondra bro LOL HOW?? Small edge for the well.
ORAS OU: Sjneider vs Luigi | Sjneider keeps fucking over my predictions, but too bad. Luigi is a SMOGON TOUR CHAMPION, and just off of that, I'm gonna back him in this matchup.
BW OU: Pearl vs Zokuru | Pearl had a solid advantage vs. SoulWind, but uncharacteristically threw it away. Perhaps it was due to his unfamiliarity with BW OU on the big stage. Nonetheless, hes a solid player, and should be able to farm this random clown.
DPP OU: BIHI vs Vay | This game's a complete tossup honestly LOOOL People keep hyping Vay for whatever reason just because he beat 2019 panamaxis like LOL thanks guys. Both lost last week, and both are pretty unproven in my eyes. Normally, I would bold BIHI because he has BKC support, but this is the fucking variance madhouse, so that's not nearly enough to give him a bold.
ADV OU: BKC vs dekzeh | BKC looked like a man on a mission against Conflict, and had himself a solid performance. dekzeh started off hot vs. Prinz, but collapsed pretty quickly. He still might be crust, and if that is the case, he should be no match for the goat.
GSC OU: sulcata vs McMeghan | Roro's the best GSCer in my opinion. He'll be favored against everyone, and the milkman is certainly no exception to this rule.
RBY OU: Sceptross vs Kaz | Kaz is a bit more hyped, and has impressed me a hair more, so he can have the miniscule edge here I guess.
Stark Sharks (4) vs (7) Indie Scooters
SS OU: bro fist vs Lopunny Kicks | John finessed Star with a fire flames Jellicent last week. He'll obviously be bolded against everyone so wrap it up.
SS OU: teal6 vs talah | MY BOY TEAL6 HAS ASCENDED. He's been a god ever since the beginning of Snake. He absolutely dismantled Charmflash in the biggest beatdown of the week LOL MAN BEAT A HYDREIGON WITH A CHANDELURE BRO jesus. Meanwhile, on the other site, we have the token Greek player. As we all know, we don't bold Greeks that aren't named Fear, Astamatitos, or roudolf. So....100-0 edge.
SS OU: xray vs Jayde | xray had a nice comeback win last week while Jayde struggled with a bad matchup. I think Jayde's still more skilled, though, and haven't seen enough out of xray outside of ORAS to favor him here.
SS DOU: Mr.GX vs Memoric
SS LC: EviGaro vs tazz | EviGaro got a win last week, but this week, she'll have to go up against an actual player. Definitely not buying the tazz hype, but he's way more experienced and probably a bit better. Small edge.
SM OU: frisoeva vs ZoroDark | frisoeva hasn't done many noteworthy things on here. Meanwhile, ZoroClick usually racks up some wins. Solid edge.
ORAS OU: Erzengel vs Quaze | Quaze won last week with an absolute nonsense sun team in ORAS LOOOL That shit was fucking absurd. Meanwhile, Erzengel played like a headless chicken.
☆Erzengel鮫: Actually why'd I play like a puthy for 20 turns and then risked a spdef invested tar
Erzengel鮫 has 30 seconds left.
☆Erzengel鮫: guess debuing made me a tard
I can't possibly bold someone who said this, right? Like surely.
BW OU: SoulWind vs zf | zf's pretty hyped but SoulWind's a BW god. Solid edge.
DPP OU: DeepBlueC vs Honor | Not really buying all the DeepBlueC hype, but he seems to have more upside than Honor, who has basically been a 3k journeyman every single year. Small edge in the madhouse.
ADV OU: Conflict vs CyberOdin | This one's tough. I'm definitely a Conflict fan, but I don't really know how good he is in ADV yet. He looked a bit lost in his Week 1 game, but playing the GOAT in ADV will do that to a lot of people. Odin's gotten some nice wins since the beginning of World Cup, so I like his chances here. Small edge.
GSC OU: Blightbringer vs Fear | Fear will be bolded against everyone besides Roro, pretty much. Blight won Week 1, but I'm still not sold on him. He'll need to show a lot more.
RBY OU: Genesis7 vs Bedschibaer | Beds is way more proven in RBY and is above average from my perspective. I can't say that for certain about Genesis so.
Team Raiders (5) vs (6) Alpha Ruiners
SS OU: reiku vs FLCL | I was informed last week that reiku and Trosko are flatmates...yeah LOOOL I'm gonna need to reconsider my reiku predictions. That being said, there's no real "evidence" yet I suppose, so against a good player like FLCL, I can't give him the benefit of the doubt.
SS OU: Trosko vs Twixtry | GODSKO outplayed TDK a pretty solid amount in his debut game, but lost due to an untimely crit. I still have massive faith that he'll wash everyone this season...like LOOK AT THE SHEET PEOPLE!!! Twixtry's had some nice wins, but I don't think he's a match for GODSKO Big edge.
SS OU: Lusa vs Empo | Definitely not a huge Empo believer, but there's really no evidence Lusa is good so. Big edge.
SS DOU: kaori vs qsns
SS LC: LilyAC vs jake | Zeb's more experienced and is just as in-form as Lily so. Small edge.
SM OU: Posho vs Gondra | This game's insane LOL wtf After a disastrous Snake, Gondra returned back to the win column with a nice win over the Magician. Posho, meanwhile, continued his losing ways. He still might be a bit washed, and Gondra was doing pretty decently before Snake happened. Gonna give him a miniscule edge here.
ORAS OU: Lycans vs xImRaptor | Lycans is really stuck on bad teams every year LOOOL MY MAN'S TEAMS ARE 3-18-7 in 3.1 SPL seasons man thats ridiculous. Well, on the bright side, he should be able to land in the win column this week. Raptor's really unproven, and looked pretty bad last week. Lycans looked like a clown too, but CBB's the best ORAS player, so that result isn't as bad. Small edge.
BW OU: dice vs Caetano93 | As we all know...I bold dice like EVERY WEEK LOL I think he's amazing, and this random Brazilian doctor dude certainly isn't stopping him. Good bounce-back spot after a rough Week 1.
DPP OU: ToF vs Hyogafodex | ToF busted out some fire Scarf Metagross innovation last week to take down Heist. Hyoga showed some skill last week, which is more than you can he did in SPL 10. ToF's way more experienced and is probably better, though. Small edge.
ADV OU: pasy_g vs Alexander. | pasy was pretty clearly overpriced, and needed a lot of luck to win against marcop. I've always thought Prinz was fire, and he should be able to take this pretty easily.
GSC OU: Earthworm vs FriendOfMrGolem120 | bro LOOOOOOL WHAT HAPPENED EARTHWORM?? HELLO man that game was so bad I can't even believe Earthworm, one of the best fucking players ever, lost his mind against MEDIOCRE ASS FLOPPY and handed the tyrants the tie on a silver platter jesus. The crust rule man my god idk what to even say after that game. There's no way I can bold him after that against a competent player, even though I haven't fully bought into the FOMG hype yet.
RBY OU: MetalGro$$ vs ErPeris | Still have no idea who the hell the other dude is so. Miniscule edge, I guess.
Congregation of the Classiest (4) vs (7) Dragonspiral Tyrants
SS OU: Relous vs Christo | Relous is a bit more proven in OU, and Christo looked pretty shaky last week. Small edge.
SS OU: blarghlfarghl vs TDK | THE HIGHLIGHT OF THE WEEK LOOOL IF TDK LOSES THIS OH MY GOD THE MEMES ARE GONNA BE INSANE bro LOOOL Slightly going against the sheet here. I never thought I'd see the day where blargh's sheet performance smashes TDK's, but here we are LOL TDK got a bit lucky to win last week, but I still have to like his ability to innovate in SS OU, man. Small edge.
SS OU: Insult vs Nat | Insult wins a decent amount, and Nat's very unproven outside of lower tiers; she also got washed last week so.
SS DOU: stax vs marilli
SS LC: Serene Grace vs Luthier | This one's close, I guess. There just has to be a reason why Serene Grace wasn't a starter in Snake. Luthier performed pretty well, and I like his chances here.
SM OU: suapah vs blunder | suapah's never been impressive, and blunder's obviously the best SM player, even if he got outplayed by 2020 POSHO for a few turns last week LOL
ORAS OU: Persephone vs CrashinBoomBang | CBB looked dominant last week, and there's no reason to expect that to change here against a pretty unproven player.
BW OU: Raiza vs John W | Raiza was overpriced as fuck, and I'm definitely not a believer. That being said, he did get a bit unlucky vs. Finchinator. John W looked pretty nice against dice last week so, just off that, gonna give him a small edge.
DPP OU: Tamahome vs The Grand Babido | This matchup gives me flashbacks to SPL 4, when we told Heist to not be weak to stall against Tamahome in the playoffs, and he used a stall-weak team and got fucking obliterated LOL Hopefully, that doesn't happen again. But yeah, the difference this time is, we're in FUCKING 2020. Tama's way better right now. That being said, it is the variance madhouse. Decent edge.
ADV OU: Teclis vs Gilbert arenas | Teclis choked on balls against z0mog ad put himself in position to be frozen. Pretty bad looks for a rookie trying to carve out a niche on this site. marcop's been pretty solid, and I doubt he'll start 0-2. Big edge.
GSC OU: KratosMana vs gorgie | Both of these players have one thing in common: they both got donated wins last week LOL jesus. Anti's fire, but man, mre's team was just a disaster what the hell was the Smeargle bro LOOL WHAT?? And bro, congratulations to Floppy for being intelligent enough to Curse up with the most broken Pokemon in the tier. Amazing display of talent. All that being said...there's a reason no one's bought Floppy for like 5 SPLs LOL He was mediocre as fuck back when he was a viable option, and I'm definitely not a believer yet. I still don't know how good Anti is in GSC, but he's certainly a way better player than 2020 Floppy LOL like come on.
RBY OU: Amaranth vs Heroic Troller | Troller's the best RBYer, and unless he gets lucked again, he has a pretty good shot of taking this one.