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Underrated or Unknown Players that I am familiar with (in sign up order):
52Gambit
Tiers Played: SS > DPP > BW/SM > ORAS
Timezone : GMT-8
An active Smogon player who has recently dabbled more into UU, 52gambit had one of his most notable performances in the UU forum trio tour. In this tour,
he scored a win against well known UU player Juno, although he likely benefitted from a Hurricane miss. Managers might want to ask himself - was 52gambit a genius on turn 27 for not trying to double out as his opponent scouted a choiced EQ? Or was this just a lucky mistake? The only way to find out would be to draft him.
Tiers Played: ss / sm / oras / bw / dpp
Timezone: gmt +8
Not an unknown, but certainly an underrated player, TMM has nerves of steel being able to take down Avarice in the UU Tundra Cup (who eliminated me in the UU Blitz tour).
The game was Veil vs Screens match up which as mentioned takes great nerve to play well and despite an arguably bad footing to start off the game, TMM was able to rally to sweep with Volcarona, giving him a crucial game 2 win to rally the entire series and eliminate Avarice, who himself is still in UU Majors quarterfinals.
Tiers Played: SS UU/SM UU
Timezone: GMT+5.30
Not venturing much in the UU forums but making his presence felt in the UU discord, Zephyr has very notably received a perfect 4-0 score in his UU Majors pool including a win over the regular player agenS.
In the game, Zephyr played calmly and correctly identified his best chance of winning, not losing hope even when the score was 5-3. He found that Weezing had a nice match up and saved it until the end to profit and get stop his opponent's momentum, ultimately getting the W with his Slowbro-Galar / Slowking core, a strong innovation not recognized by some other players until later. Also, he has an OP timezone.
Tiers Played: SS UU / SM UU / ORAS UU / ADV UU
Timezone : GMT-8
While most PS UU room users know BigFatMantis from his positive presence, the forums is just discovering his talent and knowledge. He
recently posted in the NP thread correctly identifying many of the key aspects of current top tier mons. His metagame knowledge is shown in points like Salamence not yet being the threat it was anticipated to be. Let's see if his prediction is correct tomorrow, that the most bannable mons right now are Hawlucha, Dracozolt, and Blacephalon. Knowledge aside, he's certainly a competent player as he's now in round 3 of the UU Tundra cup.
Tiers played: SS/SM/ORAS UU
Timezone: GMT +1
Socrates' most notable performance came in his undefeated run in the UU trio tour, but his most recent
UU tournament win came vs pazza in UU Majors. That game saw Socrates quickly identify his top threat Golurk to get as much mileage as possible vs a tricky looking HO team and then he quickly built up a lead in the game that his opponent never overcame. Will he be able to bury his opponents for your snake team just as he buried pazza in this game? You know there's only one way to find out.
Tiers played: ORAS / USUM / BW
Timezone: GMT +8
One of UU's longest time and best contributors, most players know Euphonos from his Iron Chef days, an extremely popular and intensive project that he spearheaded in 2015. Recently, he participated in UU World Cup. He went positive in his pool, defeating the known players Bobby Dagen/rodribultar and A Hero's Destiny. His game with A Hero's Destiny demonstrates that Euphonos knows how to identify his win condition and execute properly, as he willingly got a position down 4-6 knowing he could weaken his opponent enough for a decisive Abomasnow sweep. Let's see if the spurned manager would-be will perform as a player.
little maths
Tiers played: SS >SM
Timezone: GMT+2
Tutored by one of the top French players Basaninho so you know he can only improve, little maths has been dabbling in UU for the past few months, including qualifying for tie breaks to enter UU Majors Stage 2.
In a game that I assume was part of a French tour, Little Maths was able to score a nice prediction on turn 13 to eliminate his opponent's Ground type and convert that advantage with his Thunduruss. This game shows he knows how to convert advantages and is able to pull the trigger at critical moments in order to get the advantage.
Tiers played: BW UU
Timezone: GMT +1
Choolio is well known but I thought to include him anyways because he's a gen5uu player and people who play tiers older then gen7uu need these introductions more in my opinion. Anyways, he's had strong showings in UU Premier League and BW Cup for years, his most recent gen5uu showing was in UU World Cup where he beat Mr. Aldo using a tough rain team.
His game showed that early game hax wouldn't deter him and he could still find the safest way to convert a good match up advantage.
Tiers Played: SS UU / ADV UU
Timezone : GMT+1
One of the top ladder players, Bad feeling has dabbled this past year in Smogon tournaments as well. One of his more notable contributions to the metagame included inventing max SpDef AV Reuniclus right before Venusaur was banned in order to counter top threats like Venusaur and Gardevoir - this set remained surprisingly strong in the metagame even showing up in UU Ladder Tour finals. He's not afraid to post on Smogon also participating in suspect discussions and
creating an RMT showcasing some of his innovations.
Tiers Played: SSUU / SM UU / DPP UU
Timezone : GMT+1
One of the most consistent contributors to the UU research week project, KSt3eve has shown he is able to compete with Smogon regulars as well, beating Chloe in round 1 of UU tundra cup.
In that game, he was able to navigate through an offensive onslaught by his opponent's HO team and able to turn the game around with a surprising Psyshock on turn 13. He demonstrates an ability to throw counterstrikes if given a chance and his consistent contributions to the UU research week project should indicate his metagame knowledge is top notch.
Tiers Played: SS UU
Timezone : GMT+1
Known to most PS UU room regulars, ojr has shown plenty of interest in UU recently.
One of his more notable wins came vs SpenderofTime, who is currently in the quarterfinals of UU Majors. He has shown an ability to use relatively creative sets like Quiver Dance Ribombee to clutch out wins while also not shying away from Pokemon like Mudsdale which while lacking popularity with mainstream players, was known to be a strong choice in the metagame. You can expect ojr to know add quirks to his team to try and beat the metagame.
Tiers Played: SS UU
Timezone: GMT -4
A well known presence in the PS UU room, 467 11 11p is no slouch at battling either, being able to beat pokemonisfun in his UU Majors pool.
He shows that he is able to combine strong metagame techniques with pulling the needed trigger to get a decisive advantage by turn 11 using Megahorn on a Rotom-C switch in prediction. Given his vast experience playing in room tours, the ladder, and general presence in the PS UU room, he will certainly be able to compete against any other player in the draft.
Tiers Played: SS UU / SM UU
Timezone : GMT +2
A newcomer to the UU community, Fogbound Lake has been on a tear in the most recent UU circuit tour, UU Majors, having qualified for the quarter finals of the tournament and notching a perfect 4-0 record in his pool.
His most recent win in UU majors was a steamroll where he used a relatively unused strategy in a tier that's currently spamming Hawlucha terrain, Screens, bulky sand offense, and stall. This game shows he's able to think independently and keep on top of the meta.
Tiers Played: ORAS
Timezone: GMT+8
While he's known player and has played in multiple UU Premier Leagues, I'm including him because like choolio he's only interested in an old gen.
One of his best games came from UU Premier League in 2019 where he beat highways after he identified that his powerful offensive core of Entei + Gardevoir. The win was particularly impressive as you could see for the entire 33 turn game - with no exceptions - Kreme was ahead in the game and never relented. He's a more than competent gen6uu player and can certainly do plenty of damage to this snake draft.
Tiers Played: all
Timezone: GMT -3
An immensely versatile player who qualified for UU Classics playoffs, LpZ is capable of scoring wins against people in any tier that he plays. For example, he
won this game in DPP UU Cup vs pokemonisfun being able to defend an onslaught of rain sweepers in a tier where rain is often considered overpowered. He showed he was able to make crucial predictions like on turn 28 U-Turning on a Toxicroak - this is important because the position was still murky. It's easy enough to make predictions when you're at the knife's edge but when the position is less clear, these predictions become more difficult because the payout is less clear.
Tiers Played: SS/SM
Timezone: GMT-5
Also known as Zephyyyr, BeTheShadow is one of the more known faces in the PS UU room and has shown great talent, being able to dispatch one of the top UU players Sabella in stage two of UU Majors.
During the first game, BeTheShadow was able to keep calm and score the first KO with Dracozolt despite several desperate and good predictions by Sabella. Zephyyyr never gave up the advantage and took advantage of inaccuracies in Sabella's plays by using Hippowdon optimally and scored a relatively clean win. In a nutshell, he can win games.
Tiers Played: SS
Timezone: GMT -5
One of the relatively few players to reach #1 on the ladder when I was in the middle of dominating it, Chuerk also has demonstrated ability to win
tournament games like versus Ramolost in UU Majors pool. Undeterred after losing Slowbro-Galarian early on to a Shadow Ball Sylveon, Chuerk managed to eke out a win by correctly identifying one of his top threats Zarude. Throughout the game, he showed that he didn't have to risk his position using a fancy prediction, instead opting to use Zarude as his win condition.
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Tiers Played: SS UU / SM UU / ORAS UU / BW UU / DPP UU / ADV UU
Timezone : GMT-4
Known to most regulars of the PS UU room, Mygrein or at least someone on his account,
was able to win a gen7uu game vs BushTush in what I think was the m00la/solonor tour. Calling the game a win would be a bit of an understatement considering how strong it was, freeze hax aside. He clearly knows that while some sets like Taunt Mega Aerodactyl can be wonky, they can also be effective.
Tiers Played: SS UU, SM UU
Timezone: Central Time
A legendary UU contributor, Cake has contributed to countless projects including checking and writing many UU analyses over the past several years. His recent tournament win in the Cannonmons tournament hosted by Euphonos shows he's capable of adapating and thinking creatively. Even in standard metagames, he can
methodically take down tough opponent's like Pokemonisfun's stall team here in PS Premier League. He identified one of his best ways to win, using Calm Mind Sylveon, and waited to pull the trigger until the moment was ready to take a large lead his opponent could not recover from.
Tiers Played: SS UU/BW UU/SM UU
Timezone: GMT -7
A known presence in the PS UU room, taxicab also managed to qualify for stage two of UU Majors and beat Chloe in the process.
During game three of their series, taxicab was able to keep up the advantage granted in matchup and never risked anything. Taxicab demonstrates he is able to build and play with very meta and solid teams that can somehow favorably deal with the cheesey teams that standard bulky offenses so often have trouble with.
Tiers Played: SS UU / SM UU
Timezone : GMT-3
Currently in the quarterfinals of UU Majors, SpenderofTime will spend little time dismantling his opponents with infuriating substitute techniques like he did vs Cynde in UU Majors.
His Substitute Aegislash hardly gave his opponent a chance and he used an innovative Substitute Togekiss in the previous game showing that he is able to innovate to stay on top of the metagame.
r9 gondra 
