Tournament UU Snake Draft II - Week 2

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TDK Today at 22:01 lily my team has decided we will not have a team name (7) vs. (3) L.A.P.R.A.S

SS: Aliss vs. hs
SS: TJ vs. KM
SS: EviGaro vs. xujing691691
SM: Xiri vs. pokemonisfun
ORAS: Pak vs. ojr
BW: Raichy vs. Sabella
DPP: watashi vs. Shiba
ADV: eden vs. Cam
GSC: lax vs. LpZ
RBY: Amaranth vs. Indulge in dreams

:ss/barboach:
:ss/dragonair:

Bebo Brand Barboaches (5) vs. (5) Dragon's Den Dragonairs

SS: Bushtush vs. BigFatMantis mncmt
SS: Meru vs. pdt
SS: Notily vs. Luirromen
SM: Adaam vs. odr
ORAS: Cynde vs. Chaitanya
BW: Finchinator vs. Amukamara
DPP: fatty vs. Accel
ADV: r0ady vs. RampageWebber
GSC: Leru vs. Estarossa
RBY: Diophantine vs. Torchic

:ss/sandaconda:
:ss/lunatone:

Lake of Outrage Sandacondas (4) vs. (6) Meteor Falls Lunatones

SS: sensei axew vs. Feliburn
SS: umbry vs. beatiful
SS: Punny vs. ProDigeZz KSt3ve
SM: Gondra vs. Ark
ORAS: esche vs. Scalescale
BW: Mr.378 vs. ninjadog
DPP: Expulso vs. Eo Ut Mortus
ADV: Garay oak vs. Roseybear
GSC: Trevelion vs. HSA
RBY: EB0LA vs. pac

:ss/primarina:
:ss/bouffalant:

Paniola Primarinas (6) vs. (4) Los Cherno Bouffalants

SS: Star vs. Luthier
SS: Monky25 Mimilucha vs. mushamu
SS: Lilburr vs. Lyss
SM: Santu vs. robjr
ORAS: DrReuniclus vs. Bouff
BW: SOMALIA vs. The Strap Nalorium
DPP: Heysup vs. Thiago Nunes
ADV: Hyogafodex vs. Jisoo
GSC: Holly vs. vani
RBY: Koalacance vs. phoopes

TDK Today at 22:01 lily my team has decided we will not have a team name ( ) vs. L.A.P.R.A.S ( )

SS: Aliss vs. hs
SS: TJ vs. KM
SS: EviGaro vs. xujing691691
SM: Xiri vs. pokemonisfun
ORAS: Pak vs. ojr
BW: Raichy vs. Sabella
DPP: watashi vs. Shiba
ADV: eden vs. Cam
GSC: lax vs. LpZ
RBY: Amaranth vs. Indulge in dreams

Bebo Brand Barboaches ( ) vs. Dragon's Den Dragonairs ( )

SS: Bushtush vs. BigFatMantis
SS: Meru vs. pdt
SS: Notily vs. Luirromen
SM: Adaam vs. odr
ORAS: Cynde vs. Chaitanya
BW: Finchinator vs. Amukamara
DPP: fatty vs. Accel
ADV: r0ady vs. RampageWebber
GSC: Leru vs. Estarossa
RBY: Diophantine vs. Torchic

Lake of Outrage Sandacondas ( ) vs. Meteor Falls Lunatones ( )

SS: sensei axew vs. Feliburn
SS: umbry vs. beatiful
SS: Punny vs. ProDigeZz
SM: Gondra vs. Ark
ORAS: esche vs. Scalescale
BW: Mr.378 vs. ninjadog
DPP: Expulso vs. Eo Ut Mortus
ADV: Garay oak vs. Roseybear
GSC: Trevelion vs. HSA
RBY: EB0LA vs. pac

Paniola Primarinas ( ) vs. Los Cherno Bouffalants ( )

SS: Star vs. Luthier
SS: Mimilucha vs. mushamu
SS: Lilburr vs. Lyss
SM: Santu vs. robjr
ORAS: DrReuniclus vs. Bouff
BW: SOMALIA vs. The Strap
DPP: Heysup vs. Thiago Nunes
ADV: Hyogafodex vs. Jisoo
GSC: Holly vs. vani
RBY: Koalacance vs. phoopes

Deadline for Week 2 is November 21st @ 11.59 PM EST.
 
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TDK Today at 22:01 lily my team has decided we will not have a team name ( 0 ) vs. L.A.P.R.A.S ( 10 )

SS: Aliss vs. hs
SS: TJ vs. KM
SS: EviGaro vs. xujing691691
SM: Xiri vs. pokemonisfun
ORAS: Pak vs. ojr
BW: Raichy vs. Sabella
DPP: watashi vs. Shiba
ADV: eden vs. Cam
GSC: lax vs. LpZ
RBY: Amaranth vs. Indulge in dreams

we physically can not lose! stay mad!


Bebo Brand Barboaches ( 4) vs. Dragon's Den Dragonairs (6 )

SS: Bushtush vs. mncmt - god mncmt will bring a horrible tech that does not work but win anyway
SS: Meru vs. pdt - meru 2nd best record on the sheet who would bold against her
SS: Notily vs. Luirromen - luirromen slept on but it'll be close
SM: Adaam vs. odr - it's adaam i'm bolding him
ORAS: Cynde vs. Chaitanya - this one'll be super close but i've been really impressed with chait's play
BW: Finchinator vs. Amukamara - also a close one for sure but thee bw prophet finchinator is favored imo
DPP: fatty vs. Accel - vroom vroom
ADV: r0ady vs. RampageWebber - haven't bolded anyone with #s in their name in this series yet
GSC: Leru vs. Estarossa - gsc uu fan esta has the enthusiasm edge
RBY: Diophantine vs. Torchic - torchic looked super good last week! i also know nothing about rby yass

Lake of Outrage Sandacondas ( 6) vs. Meteor Falls Lunatones (4 )

SS: sensei axew vs. Feliburn - sensei on a hot streak between scl, lower tiers, etc. if he brings a good team he's got it
SS: umbry vs. beatiful - umbry moment
SS: Punny vs. KSt3ve - punny is a genius but this is going to be a really fun match
SM: Gondra vs. Ark - boomer buff
ORAS: esche vs. Scalescale - scalescale is a threat and i'm excited for this game
BW: Mr.378 vs. ninjadog - idk this tier anymore
DPP: Expulso vs. Eo Ut Mortus - or this one
ADV: Garay oak vs. Roseybear - go rosey wooo i also don't know this tier
GSC: Trevelion vs. HSA - hsa high rated surely will win
RBY: EB0LA vs. pac - see above

Paniola Primarinas ( 4) vs. Los Cherno Bouffalants (6 )

SS: Star vs. Luthier - star is very obviously a massive threat but i believe in luthier and my gut tells me that he's winning this. excited for this match
SS: Monky25 vs. mushamu - actually quite a close call -- both are playing the tier super actively right now but mush's overall experience in tours gets the edge
SS: Lilburr vs. Lyss - lily ss goat it is what it is
SM: Santu vs. robjr - rob is going to be hard to beat in this slot imo
ORAS: DrReuniclus vs. Bouff - love them both love the boomeroff voting for bouff
BW: SOMALIA vs. Nalorium - i picked a name
DPP: Heysup vs. Thiago Nunes - yeah same as bw
ADV: Hyogafodex vs. Jisoo - go hyoga woo
GSC: Holly vs. vani - esta reasoning applies here too
RBY: Koalacance vs. phoopes - god phoopes
 

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TDK Today at 22:01 lily my team has decided we will not have a team name (5) vs. L.A.P.R.A.S (5)

SS: Aliss vs. hs - both are coming from a win but i think hs' win was more convincing and we're in such a dark timeline where hs simply doesnt lose games anymore LOOOOL
SS: TJ vs. KM - KM played a great game overall last week and hes more into the meta and def will bring some fire team that might catch TJ offguard
SS: EviGaro vs. xujing691691 - evi is coming from a win last week and while xujing is currently 0-1 i think hes most familiar with ss instead of oras and im kinda high on his ss so i'll go for the upset here
SM: Xiri vs. pokemonisfun
ORAS: Pak vs. ojr
BW: Raichy vs. Sabella
DPP: watashi vs. Shiba
ADV: eden vs. Cam
GSC: lax vs. LpZ
RBY: Amaranth vs. Indulge in dreams

Bebo Brand Barboaches (2) vs. Dragon's Den Dragonairs (8)

SS: Bushtush vs. mncmt - chances are that mncmt will be subbed out in fear of the tusher but otherwise hes more solid if he doesnt decide to bring jank stuff
SS: Meru vs. pdt
SS: Notily vs. Luirromen
SM: Adaam vs. odr - should be a great game and even tho odr has the momentum i think adaam will be motivated to win in SM even more this week
ORAS: Cynde vs. Chaitanya
BW: Finchinator vs. Amukamara - should be a cool game as well, bolding liam here because hes coming from a win but should be a close one
DPP: fatty vs. Accel - both are good but i feel like fatty is better in dpp
ADV: r0ady vs. RampageWebber
GSC: Leru vs. Estarossa - after getting bp'd i think that esta will be even more motivated to win this week
RBY: Diophantine vs. Torchic

Lake of Outrage Sandacondas (5) vs. Meteor Falls Lunatones (4)

SS: sensei axew vs. Feliburn
SS: umbry vs. beatiful - banger match
SS: Punny vs. KSt3ve
SM: Gondra vs. Ark - Ark can be kinda dangerous in the builder but i think that gondra is better playingwise
ORAS: esche vs. Scalescale
BW: Mr.378 vs. ninjadog
DPP: Expulso vs. Eo Ut Mortus
ADV: Garay oak vs. Roseybear
GSC: Trevelion vs. HSA
RBY: EB0LA vs. pac

Paniola Primarinas ( ) vs. Los Cherno Bouffalants ( )

SS: Star vs. Luthier
SS: Monky25 vs. mushamu
SS: Lilburr vs. Lyss
SM: Santu vs. robjr
ORAS: DrReuniclus vs. Bouff
BW: SOMALIA vs. Nalorium
DPP: Heysup vs. Thiago Nunes
ADV: Hyogafodex vs. Jisoo
GSC: Holly vs. vani
RBY: Koalacance vs. phoopes

GO CHERNOS
 

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Bebo Brand Barboaches (3 ) vs. Dragon's Den Dragonairs (7 ) - yes I put the barboaches at 3 but still bold them because I love viv

SS: Bushtush vs. mncmt - Bushtush randomly attacks me with dn jokes and tells me to sew my lips shut in uu discord for no apparent reason, mncmt is a nice guy
SS: Meru vs. pdt - i like meru a lot he's funny and good but he sludge waved a swampert with zygarde 3 turns in a row or something, pdt is consistent
SS: Notily vs. Luirromen - lurriomen has more uu circuit tour points, notily is fine
SM: Adaam vs. odr - upset at this point - Adaam has had a rough few months and odr just beat xiri who is top tier, but adaam supremacy
ORAS: Cynde vs. Chaitanya - Cynde seemed to choke vs bouff last week but I think that motivates him plus he historically has cute smogon pfp, Chaitanya will bring 6 mons tho
BW: Finchinator vs. Amukamara - finch tried to cancel the gen7uu stall suspect because lack of low tier standards but he and all other policy review people basically ignored my thread on low tier standards for like 6 months now which hurts my feelings. liam is great at mons.
DPP: fatty vs. Accel - i think fatty is better in gen3 and gen5 but anyways I predicted agains accel in scl so i need to make it up here
ADV: r0ady vs. RampageWebber - r0ady is the reason i won uu classic in 2020, i was mainly using the samples in the old gen hub he organized. idk rampagewebber
GSC: Leru vs. Estarossa - esta is talanted and my good friend, leru will likely bring at least 6 pokemon though
RBY: Diophantine vs. Torchic - torchic i think pm'd all the managers and has the most impressive rby resume. dio is better at gsc i think but i might bemixing him up with another dio

Lake of Outrage Sandacondas (6 ) vs. Meteor Falls Lunatones ( 4)

SS: sensei axew vs. Feliburn - i like sensei, feli is better at ru
SS: umbry vs. beatiful - i like umbry a lot, beatiful raided uu discord to insult clark which is mean
SS: Punny vs. KSt3ve - i like both these guys and both of them are strong but i'm bolding the one who is literally ru god
SM: Gondra vs. Ark ark is fun to banter with and i appreciate that he did it with me last week
ORAS: esche vs. Scalescale - esche is very good and thirsty, scalescale is good
BW: Mr.378 vs. ninjadog - i think mr.378 went like 7-0 or 8-1 in one uupl
DPP: Expulso vs. Eo Ut Mortus - eo built different
ADV: Garay oak vs. Roseybear - idk either but sexism says bold the male sounding name
GSC: Trevelion vs. HSA - hsa built different + 3 letter name
RBY: EB0LA vs. pac - fun fact i used to think pac was pak's nickname, eb0la good tho

Paniola Primarinas (7 ) vs. Los Cherno Bouffalants ( 3)

SS: Star vs. Luthier - at one point i disliked luthier but i really forget why and he made a funny comment last week against finch so ill bold him
SS: Monky25 vs. mushamu - i've played and beaten monky25 like half a dozen times in a row on the ladder but i think he will gain knowledge from those games, mushamu doing well in circuit tho
SS: Lilburr vs. Lyss - afaik lyss usually borrows teams from lilburr so lilburr should be better but also lyss knows what lilburr brings. glaceon kind of impressed me last week tho
SM: Santu vs. robjr - rob built different plus 3 letter name kind of
ORAS: DrReuniclus vs. Bouff - i cannot tell you how overjoyed i am to see drreuniclus3 playing tournaments again, the last i recall was uuwc 2020 and he only subbed in. bouff is fine and all but i think he rooted against me in a random tour last year
BW: SOMALIA vs. Nalorium - bolding somalia but he's gonna quit i can feel it
DPP: Heysup vs. Thiago Nunes - heysup is like an ancient spirit who still haunts the old gens booooo very scary, thiago nunes idk at all
ADV: Hyogafodex vs. Jisoo - jiswho?
GSC: Holly vs. vani - 3 letter names are good but 4 letter names tend to be much worse, i vaguely recall seeing holly post in uu disc
RBY: Koalacance vs. phoopes - the guy is gonna phoope on you
 
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:Scyther: WEEK 2 INDIVIDUAL MANTIS RANKINGS :Scizor:
(approved by the late Sean Connery and the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen)

Decided to do this again for Week #2. All of the Dragonairs are obviously #1 in their respective tiers so I won't be ranking them here since it would be unfair to everyone else.

I did these based on a combination of Week 1 performance and past pedigree/performance overall in tiers or mons generally. Put a lot of stock into beating the top dog last week too. However it is mostly an impossible job and likely will not make sense in one way or another, but here we go nonetheless:

:Hatterene: SS RANKINGS :Kommo-o:
  1. Star
  2. Luthier
  3. Punny
  4. beatiful
  5. Meru
  6. umbry
  7. Lilburr
  8. Lyss
  9. hs
  10. Bushtush

:Scizor-Mega: SM RANKINGS :Latias:
  1. pokemonisfun
  2. robjr
  3. Adaam
  4. Santu

:Sylveon: ORAS RANKINGS :Celebi:
  1. Pak
  2. DrReuniclus
  3. esche
  4. Bouff

:Victini: BW RANKINGS :Druddigon:
  1. Mr.378
  2. Finchinator
  3. SOMALIA
  4. Nalorium

:Venusaur: DPP RANKINGS :Uxie:
  1. Eo Ut Mortus
  2. watashi
  3. fatty
  4. Heysup

:Kangaskhan: ADV RANKINGS :Linoone:
  1. Garay oak
  2. r0ady
  3. Cam
  4. Roseybear

:Nidoqueen: GSC RANKINGS :Granbull:
  1. LpZ
  2. Leru
  3. HSA
  4. lax

:Tentacruel: RBY RANKINGS :Dragonite:
  1. Koalacance
  2. EB0LA
  3. phoopes
  4. Amaranth


Disagree with these? Well then let's see yours! Join the party by calling 1-800-do-my-rankings and show them today!
 
My own GSC UU rankings based on performance of last week

Leru-LpZ hard to say who did better. Lpz's is more of an upset, Leru's stall match was shaky at first but managed to effectively clear the game from threats.
HSA really exciting match against Lpz. Somethings didn't go his way so I can't say for sure how much of the issues are RNG related or not. He para'd a lot so he might have been able to win, perhaps. I think the end game was a huge toss up and he did an amazing job to hide the Granbull set to the very last moment.
Lax would have been a close second. I can't really process Curse Mr.Mime very well, I am not sure what I am looking at. Cool.
Estarossa, unfortunately lost but I expect to see more to come from his games.
Holly Trevelion Vani: Vani also played really well but unfortunately made a big mistake which cost him the game. I still put him at the top pf the bottom. Trevelion and Holly may be last but are by no means bad. I do think that some questionable plays came from either end in their match.
 
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Xiri vs. pokemonisfun
Adaam vs. odr
Gondra vs. Ark
Santu vs. robjr

Adaam vs odr - Last week Adaam brought a bit of an off kilter offensive team, as per usual, but rob did mix it up a good amount from his usual approaches so I'd imagine it didn't hit quite as intended. I wasn't like the biggest fan of the team itself, but the willingness to use something fresh and unique was interesting at least with some clear offensive payoffs if all went according to plan. Despite the result, I do think that kind of stuff can go a long way, especially in bo1s in this tier. I didn't watch odr's game super super closely, but he seemed to just play well in what was mostly a solid matchup. The team choice wasn't anything groundbreaking, as it was just one of the more consistent frameworks in the tier. Nothing wrong with it and it got the job done. odr in general has always been good in game and I expect him to at least soundly hold his own in this tier at worst with pdt/ip support. Still, it's hard not to favor Adaam with his laundry list of past results in the metagame compared to odr's limited experience in comparison, combined with Adaam's presumed additional motivation coming off of a loss week 1.

Gondra vs Ark - This is an interesting matchup. Two long time friends of mine in a rather weird circumstance. Gondra has a fair amount of experience in SM UU dating back to the later stages of when it was the main tier, while Ark has again not had much exposure. Last week, simply put I was not a fan of Gondra's team. It's just hard to find consistent success with something that doesn't have many reliable ways of netting progress in such a fast-paced metagame that revolves so heavily around the top offensive threats. Mostly referring to Scizor of course and it wasn't a huge shock to see it sitting at +4 on the end screen. Similar to Santu, Ark brought a standard italian.jpg team which are pretty wild and not always the most consistent approaches in the world, as seen in his game. It ended up facing the wrong combination of offensive threats. They applied enough pressure that it was a fairly auto pilot-ish win for pif once Venomoth couldn't successfully sweep. I do think both are solid players, but I would give a clear motivation edge to Ark if I had to guess. In general he's pretty dedicated and I'd imagine he'll do all he can to bounce back. Hope to see Gondra take a more offensive approach like he's historically been more accustomed to, but yeah slightly favoring Ark here.

Santu vs robjr - Cool game. As mentioned above, Santu loaded an Italian special last week to pretty good success where he seemed to play pretty well too, while rob broke away from his usual tendencies and played a strong game vs adaam. I don't know the numbers exactly, but I'm fairly sure these two have some of the most success in SM over the last couple years in these kinds of tournaments, so that's an interesting sub plot too. Rob in general is like, the standard 'good stuff' SM player that will always show up with something half decent at worst and rarely play poorly, making him a safe pick in most of these matchups. Santu on the other hand seems to favor teams with a higher matchup ceiling with the main tradeoff of course being consistency. That isn't necessarily the most prevalent issue in a best of 1 series, assuming the team pick is thought out and well-justified, but still it makes it rather difficult not to default to the more consistent option between the two. Santus definitely shown he means business in this tier in the past, but yeah rob is really just one of the safer bolds in any tier at the moment for the reasons above.
 
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