please dont take the ss ones too seriously idk shit about this meta D:
SS: Accelgor vs Kushalos - kush has been p fire in his recent months of becoming active again but accel has been on another level lately. puts in more time and dedication than most and knows how to read his opponent like a book, watching him play in snake was fuckin sick. i think kush will run some tech to try to dick him since that's a big strength of his and this seems like his kind of meta but i cant really go against accel here.
SS: Cynde vs Feliburn - i like....sigh....idk i dont like picking someone here. feli is real nice as of late (he got separated from ajna which is a crime) and i think he'll have a good tour but cynde also seems p good i think. i expected him to go way later in the draft but if he went the round he did then thats a good sign probably. like kush tho this seems like a meta the Big Sexy King (name for feli in the esteemed rurk) would be strong at since there are Big Strong Mons.
SS: Juno vs Dragon Claw - i thought erz was gonna be orasing pre draft this tour since he has a history in oras ou as of late and he did seem interested, idk how he'll fare here tho. juno has improved a lot this past year so i guess ill just give it to her assuming some jitters dont come in or something
SM: Xiri vs PinkDragonTamer - i was thinking here that "oh xiri is a good player overall but pdt knows the ins and outs of the tier so he should have it", but then i remembered he actually won the ribbon for uu last year. that doesn't change a whole lot but it makes this closer, xiri is also good at pulling games out of his ass. pdt is big fire and if he takes his time he should win this.
ORAS: Killintime vs Pak - i feel kind of bad rooting against kt considering we just stayed up until 1 am working on clearing arknights cc stages today. i do think he's definitely one of the stronger players in this pool but i cant really root against pak considering for the past 2 months he's been writing essays on oras. also on that note sorry for the adv thread being dead school was being a weenie, i promise i will try to write back in it. expecting to see at least one demongross here
BW: Finchinator vs Chill Shadow - finch smashed everyone in uuwc but the pool here is a lot better, and he's going up against one of the best oldgen uu players overall rn. finch is also a Working Man now so i'm not sure how much time he will invest into this
DPP: Heysup vs Leru - probably an upset. heysup is a dpp mainstay but i think if anyone is going to catch him off guard with some fucking stupidity itll be leru. he does seem motivated from our talking yesterday and he did ok in uupl 2019 i think so giving a slight edge
ADV: Expulso vs brewfasa - expulso seems really motivated to invest in this tier and i'm looking forward to seeing fresh faces like him getting involved in the tier. that being said he's going up against fatty who's probably the best player here (aside from goat bkc, obviously). his tenure should give him a solid advantage and i'm not sure if expulso's lack of experience will mitigate some interesting stuff he might do in the builder
SS: Ajna vs Bushtush - bush will probably care more this tour but i haven't really seen him play that much ss uu in general and ajna went 7-2 in uupl. kinda boring yeah but gut feeling is telling me ajna will take this tho i wouldn't be tooo surprised to see bush win cause he's one of the better players overall in this tour.
SS: SoulWind vs Gondra - sw should fit pretty well in this tier given his success in the past few months, [stolen from ip] gondra is always awesome to watch especially in uu but can't really predict against him in good faith rn
SS: umbry vs col49 - after going finally in a place during the draft where he thinks is good from him, 49 seems poised to do well in this tour with the support he has and his p good performance i think in uupl. there's always the liable to be subbed thing but eh idt it'll happen here. umbry is great and i'm really tilted i couldn't get her, overall i think she'll put up a solid showing but i gotta kind go with "history" here, whatever that means i guess.
SM: suapah vs vivalospride - i'm like relatively certain suapah did great in uupl this year so this is definitely close but viv is the biggest tryhard in this tour. working with him last year this guy is a machine and his motivation is almost unmatched. he maaaaay be a little tilt prone if things dont work out in the first few weeks maybe? but if he puts in the work i know he will then he'll win
ORAS: obii vs Pearl - i thought pearl would be in sm coming into this cause he's undisputedly the best sm uu player ever imo, but he's also good enough to where he can win here too. he has a very methodical style (i think maybe probably) and i don't think he'll lose this one. that being said obii has a bit of history in oras uu where he was super fire towards the end of the gen. i remember him beating blunder in p dominant fashion when we were together on the krabs aka team huston, which was possibly the worst team of all time.
BW: choolio vs EviGaro - in uuwc i predicted evi to lose against bkc partly for the reason of the support choolio would give him, so it'd make sense to pick him here, and he has come back a bit recently. idk how motivated he really is though and he might just rain like 4 games this season. in that sense it would make more sense to root for him here LOL but idk my gut is saying evi.
DPP: Eternal Spirit vs TSR - very excited for this game because gama is one of my fav players to watch. i don't think ive ever actually seen him play a non preview gen tho. tsr has more experience here and did good in uuwc i think so yea ill pick him here, tho gama could easily just bring some insanity and win
ADV: Star vs Plas - plas has historically done decently in adv uu before but star is a better player and im gonna assume that if he cares enough he'll win. normally i wouldn't predict people who haven't played the tier before to win against someone who has but star seems like he can break that mold.
SS: CBU vs Highways - kinda iffy on this one because highways has improved a lot in the past year or so. cbu is a bit more experienced though so i guess he'll take it, but yeah it can go either way.
SS: basaninho vs odr - odr has been really good at uu this gen with a solid performance in uupl and making it to like top 8 of majors or whatever the tour going on now is called. he has a really nice variation of teams too which helps and knows when to pull the right triggers. i haven't seen basa play since uuwc so i cant really say much here so gotta give it to odr.
SS: Moutemoute vs Sabella - sabella is a major tryhard and i'm kinda surprised he went r4 considering what he'll bring to the team overall, i really like his building style. moute is also a tryhard from what it seems but he's not as good of a player as sabella, but he could also win in the builder even though his prep is kinda weird to me.
SM: Santu vs mncmt - this mu kinda follows my feeling that if you throw in a good enough player in sm and feed them teams they'll do alright since to me there is no reason to build anything new at this point, if there's a meta that seems solved to me it's this one. not that there's no experimentation you can do since it is the z move gen but it doesn't really seem worth it either. anyway following that i think santu is better but it could go either way
ORAS: Kink vs Bobby Dagen - p interesting mu in that these are both dudes who showed success in oras at the tail end of the gen, with kink winning uu open and rodri making it to finals of slam and majors. rodri is better overall here and while kink always loves to bring some wacky stuff it won't work out that well against him
BW: watashi vs Amukamara - even though he probably doesn't care that much flcl has historically done well in bw uu. even if u just give him some random team he'll win with it. amukamara had like dogshit luck in bw uu in uupl but he did good enough in classic to where i think he'll do good this tour, just not this week.
DPP: atomicllamas vs z0mOG - llamas has had p good showings in dpp uu since like 2014 lol, z0m is a good player too obviously but itd feel wrong to not go with llamas
ADV: Finding True Love vs Gilbert arenas - ive never really been a big fan of ftls teams but honestly if theres one person where that twave spam shit is gonna work out it'll be vs marcop. marcop is way better as a player but i dont really have a good basis of how he is here and he might just roll up with kangaless. if i see a dd altaria here i'm going to be mad though.
kinda got tired at the end tbh. lets go chuerk (my team not the player)