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Changed 'Ubers Player of the Week' from Arii Stella
Ubers Player Spotlight - #4
Ubers Player Spotlight is the place where I interview notable and respected players from Ubers, the tier where the fiercest monsters combat and exert apocalyptic force. People I choose to interview are the elite players who excel at taming the strongest monsters and have been consistent throughout tournaments and is well respected by the community.
I am open to suggestions (DMDW#8155) about the players that can be interviewed, but please keep in mind that suggested players are subjects to review by me and Ubers moderation team. With that out of the way...
Spotlight #4:
Most Known For:
Uh Ubers room driver, new QC and VR guy
He also played in UPL VI with DaReal Drizzlers
Favorite Pokémon:
I’ve never really had a favourite tbh, but if I were to choose one it would probably be Chandelure, I love the blue fire and the stuff about sucking out souls, and when I was younger I thought its special attack stat meant it was absolutely busted. Second would probably be Lucario, cool design and the aura stuff is nice too
Overview:
18 yo gay Asian guy living in Sydney, Australia, studying engineering but no idea what to do in life so I waste most of it online, whether it be on mons, anime, league, discord, or shitposting.
What is your name's origin?
I used to play a bit during gen 5-6 on an acc ive forgotten the name of, when I went to register a new account I just made some cool (at least I thought it was cool then) reference to what I thought was the best sweeper in the game at the time, ekiller.
What made you start playing Pokémon?
Playing diamond and pearl when I was a kid, the game stuck with me for a long time. After gen 5 I moved onto online simulators, due to getting interested in the competitive aspect of battling
What inspired you to play Ubers?
big op legendaries hitting each other really hard is cool
Also the satisfaction of successfully making some shitty gimmick or shitmon like solrock work and stand up to the titans
What is your favorite generation of Ubers?
Gen 7! Mostly because USM is the only gen I’m good at, but I also think its pretty fun. I don’t really connect with a lot of complaints that USM is shit, maybe because I’ve never really gotten too into old gens so I don’t have much to compare it to, but I personally still find this meta pretty fun and diverse with room for innovation.
What is your favorite playstyle?
Balance. It used to be stall, the satisfaction of crafting a perfect team that counters everything and then shutting down everything your opponent tries to do is pretty fun, but rolling over and dying once you hit the wrong breaking sequence isn’t (and sometimes you just don’t have time for a 1000 turn tie). Balance gives you a lot more room to take the game into your own hands with aggressive plays and outpredicts, but retains some of the defensive strength and can sometimes play brainless defensive just like stall if you’re lucky and get into a good position. Offense is simply not really my style.
What is your opinion on Gothitelle & Gothorita suspect?
I felt that Gothitelle was really a borderline case for banning based off the tiering policy- it obviously brought its issues but the extent to which that warranted a ban was debateable and imo pretty subjective, and I had no strong opinions either way. I didn’t mind either a goth meta or a gothless meta, so I abstained.
That being said, I feel a lot of people who voted no ban didn’t really understand goth’s effect on the meta or why it was being suspected in the first place, but there isn’t too much you can do to stop that- changing the reqs to require reasoning or giving the vote to a council is along the lines of what the tier got into deep shit for in the 2014 stag suspect. While goth definitely isn’t the best mon to suspect test on the ladder, I don’t think there were many other options.
Also for those calling for a solganium z suspect, would restricting dusk mane to a 180 bp z-move off steelium z instead of a 200 bp z-move make it that much more manageable?
Are there any elements of the metagame that you deem unhealthy?
Personally, not really. I agree that games can be pretty matchup based, but that’s an inevitable problem when there are just so many threats to cover.
What is your the most memorable game of Ubers?
vs. 
Week 5 of upl vs terracotta, where he brought the wrong team due to an unfortunate misclick. Regardless, the result definitely made me think that the people complaining about matchup issues may have had a very valid point
How was your experience of UPL in DaReal Drizzlers? How was the overall experience of UPL VI?
UPL was a really great experience, (despite waking up at 6-7am for most of my games, fuck time zones), despite getting eliminated kind early, watching the games and playing them. UPL was pretty much my first experience in tournament play and it showed, especially in my first game where I was definitely feeling the pressure, but I managed to win all my next gamesmostly through the power of matchup cheese by playing a bit more relaxed, and just treating it kinda like a ladder game.
probably pretty late but big thanks to my fellow drizzlers for hanging out, prepping and playing with me and making it such a fun experience, especially Cynara HunterStorm and Melee Mewtwo, manager daddy Nayrz for buying me, and the whole ubers community for making it possible. Also to Hack for his excellent advice on prepping vs comfort, steelskitty for his potent general gayness and dream for his ungayness
What do you think has contributed the most in your joining of QC team and VR council in such a short time?
Probably just hanging around in the subforum and the analyses discord and being active with writing/discussion, and getting to know nayrz and other qc members well in drizzlersthough the biggest reason was probably they were running low on people :3
What new users or players in Ubers do you look up to?
Terracotta for being a fucking beast at the game, Joyverse for never shutting up in chat, dewtios for never shutting up in my pms
What are your advices for new players getting into Ubers?
Ask more experienced users for advice, whether in the room or discord, don’t be a dick, make friends with people, think about why you click moves, and don’t forget that in the end its just a game
Would you provide us with a team and add a brief description?
This is the team I mostly used on the suspect ladder, its built around CM groundceus which is currently my favourite mons in USM, using façade mence and ferro to support it against its most common checks, ho-oh and ogre. It struggles a bit vs stall (running outrage > sunsteel on ultra or standard double dance dm can help) and mega gengar can be a big threat, but its pretty strong vs the usual ladder trends. Bullet seed on ferrothorn lets it beat subcm kyogre, burn through most/all of gothitelle's rest pps, and actually beat gothorita.
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Thank you Serial EKiller for spending the time to answer the questions! Feel free to ask other questions in this thread!
Changed 'Ubers Player of the Week' from Arii Stella
Ubers Player Spotlight - #4
Ubers Player Spotlight is the place where I interview notable and respected players from Ubers, the tier where the fiercest monsters combat and exert apocalyptic force. People I choose to interview are the elite players who excel at taming the strongest monsters and have been consistent throughout tournaments and is well respected by the community.
I am open to suggestions (DMDW#8155) about the players that can be interviewed, but please keep in mind that suggested players are subjects to review by me and Ubers moderation team. With that out of the way...
Spotlight #4:
Most Known For:
Uh Ubers room driver, new QC and VR guy
He also played in UPL VI with DaReal Drizzlers
Favorite Pokémon:
I’ve never really had a favourite tbh, but if I were to choose one it would probably be Chandelure, I love the blue fire and the stuff about sucking out souls, and when I was younger I thought its special attack stat meant it was absolutely busted. Second would probably be Lucario, cool design and the aura stuff is nice too
Overview:
18 yo gay Asian guy living in Sydney, Australia, studying engineering but no idea what to do in life so I waste most of it online, whether it be on mons, anime, league, discord, or shitposting.
What is your name's origin?
I used to play a bit during gen 5-6 on an acc ive forgotten the name of, when I went to register a new account I just made some cool (at least I thought it was cool then) reference to what I thought was the best sweeper in the game at the time, ekiller.
What made you start playing Pokémon?
Playing diamond and pearl when I was a kid, the game stuck with me for a long time. After gen 5 I moved onto online simulators, due to getting interested in the competitive aspect of battling
What inspired you to play Ubers?
big op legendaries hitting each other really hard is cool
Also the satisfaction of successfully making some shitty gimmick or shitmon like solrock work and stand up to the titans
What is your favorite generation of Ubers?
Gen 7! Mostly because USM is the only gen I’m good at, but I also think its pretty fun. I don’t really connect with a lot of complaints that USM is shit, maybe because I’ve never really gotten too into old gens so I don’t have much to compare it to, but I personally still find this meta pretty fun and diverse with room for innovation.
What is your favorite playstyle?
Balance. It used to be stall, the satisfaction of crafting a perfect team that counters everything and then shutting down everything your opponent tries to do is pretty fun, but rolling over and dying once you hit the wrong breaking sequence isn’t (and sometimes you just don’t have time for a 1000 turn tie). Balance gives you a lot more room to take the game into your own hands with aggressive plays and outpredicts, but retains some of the defensive strength and can sometimes play brainless defensive just like stall if you’re lucky and get into a good position. Offense is simply not really my style.
What is your opinion on Gothitelle & Gothorita suspect?
I felt that Gothitelle was really a borderline case for banning based off the tiering policy- it obviously brought its issues but the extent to which that warranted a ban was debateable and imo pretty subjective, and I had no strong opinions either way. I didn’t mind either a goth meta or a gothless meta, so I abstained.
That being said, I feel a lot of people who voted no ban didn’t really understand goth’s effect on the meta or why it was being suspected in the first place, but there isn’t too much you can do to stop that- changing the reqs to require reasoning or giving the vote to a council is along the lines of what the tier got into deep shit for in the 2014 stag suspect. While goth definitely isn’t the best mon to suspect test on the ladder, I don’t think there were many other options.
Also for those calling for a solganium z suspect, would restricting dusk mane to a 180 bp z-move off steelium z instead of a 200 bp z-move make it that much more manageable?
Are there any elements of the metagame that you deem unhealthy?
Personally, not really. I agree that games can be pretty matchup based, but that’s an inevitable problem when there are just so many threats to cover.
What is your the most memorable game of Ubers?
vs. Week 5 of upl vs terracotta, where he brought the wrong team due to an unfortunate misclick. Regardless, the result definitely made me think that the people complaining about matchup issues may have had a very valid point
How was your experience of UPL in DaReal Drizzlers? How was the overall experience of UPL VI?
UPL was a really great experience, (despite waking up at 6-7am for most of my games, fuck time zones), despite getting eliminated kind early, watching the games and playing them. UPL was pretty much my first experience in tournament play and it showed, especially in my first game where I was definitely feeling the pressure, but I managed to win all my next games
probably pretty late but big thanks to my fellow drizzlers for hanging out, prepping and playing with me and making it such a fun experience, especially Cynara HunterStorm and Melee Mewtwo, manager daddy Nayrz for buying me, and the whole ubers community for making it possible. Also to Hack for his excellent advice on prepping vs comfort, steelskitty for his potent general gayness and dream for his ungayness
What do you think has contributed the most in your joining of QC team and VR council in such a short time?
Probably just hanging around in the subforum and the analyses discord and being active with writing/discussion, and getting to know nayrz and other qc members well in drizzlers
What new users or players in Ubers do you look up to?
Terracotta for being a fucking beast at the game, Joyverse for never shutting up in chat, dewtios for never shutting up in my pms
What are your advices for new players getting into Ubers?
Ask more experienced users for advice, whether in the room or discord, don’t be a dick, make friends with people, think about why you click moves, and don’t forget that in the end its just a game
Would you provide us with a team and add a brief description?
Arceus-Ground @ Earth Plate
Ability: Multitype
EVs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Calm Mind
- Recover
- Judgment
- Ice Beam
Necrozma-Dusk-Mane @ Ultranecrozium Z
Ability: Prism Armor
EVs: 248 Atk / 8 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Swords Dance
- Photon Geyser
- Earthquake
- Outrage
Groudon-Primal @ Red Orb
Ability: Desolate Land
EVs: 144 HP / 148 Atk / 56 SpD / 160 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Stealth Rock
- Swords Dance
- Precipice Blades
- Rock Tomb
Xerneas @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Fairy Aura
EVs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Moonblast
- Aromatherapy
- Toxic
- Hidden Power [Fire]
Salamence-Mega @ Salamencite
Ability: Intimidate
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Defog
- Roost
- Double-Edge
- Facade
Ferrothorn @ Leftovers
Ability: Iron Barbs
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Atk / 252 SpD
Careful Nature
- Spikes
- Leech Seed
- Toxic
- Bullet Seed
Ability: Multitype
EVs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Calm Mind
- Recover
- Judgment
- Ice Beam
Necrozma-Dusk-Mane @ Ultranecrozium Z
Ability: Prism Armor
EVs: 248 Atk / 8 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Swords Dance
- Photon Geyser
- Earthquake
- Outrage
Groudon-Primal @ Red Orb
Ability: Desolate Land
EVs: 144 HP / 148 Atk / 56 SpD / 160 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Stealth Rock
- Swords Dance
- Precipice Blades
- Rock Tomb
Xerneas @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Fairy Aura
EVs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Moonblast
- Aromatherapy
- Toxic
- Hidden Power [Fire]
Salamence-Mega @ Salamencite
Ability: Intimidate
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Defog
- Roost
- Double-Edge
- Facade
Ferrothorn @ Leftovers
Ability: Iron Barbs
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Atk / 252 SpD
Careful Nature
- Spikes
- Leech Seed
- Toxic
- Bullet Seed
This is the team I mostly used on the suspect ladder, its built around CM groundceus which is currently my favourite mons in USM, using façade mence and ferro to support it against its most common checks, ho-oh and ogre. It struggles a bit vs stall (running outrage > sunsteel on ultra or standard double dance dm can help) and mega gengar can be a big threat, but its pretty strong vs the usual ladder trends. Bullet seed on ferrothorn lets it beat subcm kyogre, burn through most/all of gothitelle's rest pps, and actually beat gothorita.
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Thank you Serial EKiller for spending the time to answer the questions! Feel free to ask other questions in this thread!
