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UU UnderUsed Majors I - Round 1 [Group Stage] (Complete)

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Won vs. Ice Tea, gg and good luck in the rest.

http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/smogtours-uu-195124

If anyone's wondering why I chose to risk my Aerodactyl on the Rotom-C, view the following calc: 252 SpA Rotom-C Thunderbolt vs. 0 HP / 0 SpD Mega Aerodactyl: 266-314 (88.3 - 104.3%) -- 25% chance to OHKO. I probably should have been more conservative in that situation, but I felt like I had multiple ways to win since I had Tailwind Suicune in the back, which could survive one hit from Cobalion or Entei and set up Tailwind for Mamoswine, which I think cleaned up from there. I'm a bit tired, so I'm sure there were better ways I could have played that, and I'm open to any criticism.
 
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Won vs. Ice Tea, gg and good luck in the rest.

http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/smogtours-uu-195124

If anyone's wondering why I chose to risk my Aerodactyl on the Rotom-C, view the following calc: 252 SpA Rotom-C Thunderbolt vs. 0 HP / 0 SpD Mega Aerodactyl: 266-314 (88.3 - 104.3%) -- 25% chance to OHKO. I probably should have been more conservative in that situation, but I felt like I had multiple ways to win since I had Tailwind Suicune in the back, which could survive one hit from Cobalion or Entei and set up Tailwind for Mamoswine, which I think cleaned up from there. I'm a bit tired, so I'm sure there were better ways I could have played that, and I'm open to any criticism.
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if it makes u feel better i was laughing at the fact that icey tea thought bringing it in directly on aero would work
 
Amaroq said:
Won vs. Ice Tea, gg and good luck in the rest.

http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/smogtours-uu-195124

If anyone's wondering why I chose to risk my Aerodactyl on the Rotom-C, view the following calc: 252 SpA Rotom-C Thunderbolt vs. 0 HP / 0 SpD Mega Aerodactyl: 266-314 (88.3 - 104.3%) -- 25% chance to OHKO. I probably should have been more conservative in that situation, but I felt like I had multiple ways to win since I had Tailwind Suicune in the back, which could survive one hit from Cobalion or Entei and set up Tailwind for Mamoswine, which I think cleaned up from there. I'm a bit tired, so I'm sure there were better ways I could have played that, and I'm open to any criticism.
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I wonder why, since Mega Aero was your safest way to win since I was actually ebelt rotom and you didn't know it yet and from the Whimicott damage it could very well be Scarf so you had no reason to risk that as the Whimsicott fodder/switch was your safest bet. And have I actually been Scarf all I needed was to Extreme Speed spam to victory after I volted into my Aero into your Aero. So if you went Suicune afterwards and clicked Tailwind I couldve just Extreme Speed spammed and then set up a Rock Polish on your Suicune with Cobalion and proceed to win assuming you were not Hydro Pump where you had to rely on hitting anyway, too. Idk you would've just gone through a lot of complicated procedures when you otherwise had a 100% win by preserving Aero :D, but gg anyway my bad for bringing a team that weak to Aero!
 
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Hogg, Peli contacted both of us on the server and we had planned to play this weekend, so I can confirm that he did intend to get his games done even if his scheduling wasn't visible on Smogon.

Ice Tea said:
I wonder why, since Mega Aero was your safest way to win since I was actually ebelt rotom and you didn't know it yet and from the Whimicott damage it could very well be Scarf so you had no reason to risk that as the Whimsicott fodder/switch was your safest bet. And have I actually been Scarf all I needed was to Extreme Speed spam to victory after I volted into my Aero into your Aero. So if you went Suicune afterwards and clicked Tailwind I couldve just Extreme Speed spammed and then set up a Rock Polish on your Suicune with Cobalion and proceed to win assuming you were not Hydro Pump where you had to rely on hitting anyway, too. Idk you would've just gone through a lot of complicated procedures when you otherwise had a 100% win by preserving Aero :D, but gg anyway my bad for bringing a team that weak to Aero!
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Thinking about it afterward, you're probably right. I guess my only defense is that I still get nervous before important tour games and didn't see the better play. I kind of had a gut feeling that it wasn't Scarf Rotom-C and felt relatively safe based on the calc I posted even if it was, but I do agree that I should have been more conservative (hindsight is 20/20, I guess). I know that I still need to work on closing out games and analyzing risk/reward effectively, so thanks for taking the time to explain how the endgame could've gone.
 
Alright, as Peli did schedule games with his opponents (just on PS! rather than on Smogon), and as IcyCrook has had no activity whatsoever since Monday and has made no effort to contact opponents, putting Peli back in. Sorry for the confusion.

(That said: if your scheduling all takes place via PMs or on Skype/Discord/PS/whatever, it means I can't see it for when I'm making activity calls - so make sure you check in here occasionally so that I know you're still active!)
 
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