Tournament UUCL I - Week 1

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The Amazing Ambipoms (0) vs (0) Soul Dew Syndicate
SV: KSt3ve vs TJ
SV: Tuthur vs DripLegend
SS: umbry vs Crushy
SM: DugZa vs sayyonara
ORAS: Hydronics vs Lyssa
BW: Hacker vs seraphz
DPP: Drud vs fatty
ADV: Bouff vs Shiba
GSC: evakiyama! vs Real FV13
RBY: Melbelle vs Teh

Mikan Island Monster Carrots (0) vs (0) Azelf on the Shelf
SV: hellom vs Feliburn
SV: Django vs Kate
SS: Micciu vs Taka
SS: Xrn vs Baddy
SM: Ampha vs robjr
SM: lax vs Colin
ORAS: Pak vs Dj Breloominati♬
BW: MrAldo vs betathunder
GSC: col49 vs leoperi
RBY: THE_CHUNGLER vs Wanted in 49 States

Vanilluxe Iced Latte (0) vs (0) Cinnabar MissingNoNames
SV: haxlolo vs Mossy Sandwich
SV: hex vs Mindnight
ORAS: Lycans vs Adaam
ORAS: passion vs One Last Kiss
BW: Slip vs Tack
DPP: Estarossa vs feen
DPP: Xiri vs Cam
ADV: Attribute vs Accel
ADV: ThatOneApple vs Heysup
RBY: Theycallmephil vs Sabelette

Gilderoy Lokix (0) vs (0) Twinkatons
SV: 691 vs Sabella
SV: Kitoothe vs etern
SS: crying vs Mimilucha
SS: dunoks vs Kingler
SM: Metallica126 vs Indigo Plateau
ORAS: The Strap vs Jay
ORAS: BP vs avarice
BW: violet river vs LpZ
BW: Amukamara vs TyCarter
RBY: Maris Bonibell vs magialice

Deadline for Week 1 is <t:1754279940:F>.

Tier Picks

The Amazing Ambipoms vs Soul Dew Syndicate
Ambi Picks: SS, SM, ADV, RBY
Latis Picks: ORAS, BW, DPP, GSC

Mikan Island Monster Carrots vs Azelf on the Shelf
Mikan Picks: SS, SM, ORAS, GSC
Azelf Picks: SS, SM, BW, RBY

Vanilluxe Iced Latte vs Cinnabar MissingNoNames
Vanilluxe Picks: ORAS, BW, DPP, ADV
Cinnabar Picks: ORAS, DPP, ADV, RBY

Gilderoy Lokix vs Twinkatons
Lokix Picks: SS, ORAS, BW, RBY
Twinks Picks: SS, SM, ORAS, BW

Prediction Format

The Amazing Ambipoms (0) vs (0) Soul Dew Syndicate
SV: KSt3ve vs TJ
SV: Tuthur vs DripLegend
SS: umbry vs Crushy
SM: DugZa vs sayyonara
ORAS: Hydronics vs Lyssa
BW: Hacker vs seraphz
DPP: Drud vs fatty
ADV: Bouff vs Shiba
GSC: evakiyama! vs Real FV13
RBY: Melbelle vs Teh

Mikan Island Monster Carrots (0) vs (0) Azelf on the Shelf
SV: hellom vs Feliburn
SV: Django vs Kate
SS: Micciu vs Taka
SS: Xrn vs Baddy
SM: Ampha vs robjr
SM: lax vs Colin
ORAS: Pak vs Dj Breloominati♬
BW: MrAldo vs betathunder
GSC: col49 vs leoperi
RBY: THE_CHUNGLER vs Wanted in 49 States

Vanilluxe Iced Latte (0) vs (0) Cinnabar MissingNoNames
SV: haxlolo vs Mossy Sandwich
SV: hex vs Mindnight
ORAS: Lycans vs Adaam
ORAS: passion vs One Last Kiss
BW: Slip vs Tack
DPP: Estarossa vs feen
DPP: Xiri vs Cam
ADV: Attribute vs Accel
ADV: ThatOneApple vs Heysup
RBY: Theycallmephil vs Sabelette

Gilderoy Lokix (0) vs (0) Twinkatons
SV: 691 vs Sabella
SV: Kitoothe vs etern
SS: crying vs Mimilucha
SS: dunoks vs Kingler
SM: Metallica126 vs Indigo Plateau
ORAS: The Strap vs Jay
ORAS: BP vs avarice
BW: violet river vs LpZ
BW: Amukamara vs TyCarter
RBY: Maris Bonibell vs magialice

 

[Theycallmephil]

RBY: Melbelle vs Teh
Teh is good but i find Melbelle to be more consistent and more actually involved with UU
RBY: THE_CHUNGLER vs Wanted in 49 States
Kinda the same reasons as above but with a smaller skill gap and a larger knowledge gap
RBY: Maris Bonibell vs magialice
This happened w1 of uufpl iirc and Alice won, excited to see this unfold but Alice is once again a heavy underdog.

RBY PREDICTS!!!!!!
GO LATTES

 

[Slip]

UU Cord begging for entertainment. Gentle reminder this is all in good fun and I encourage people to put their own 2 cents in especially if youre roasting my matchups

The Amazing Ambipoms (0) vs (0) Soul Dew Syndicate
SV: KSt3ve vs TJ - Seen him around the block (smogon) more lately than KSt3ve and TJ is just an extremely solid player. Excited to see what St3ve cooks tho I always enjoy watching him play.
SV: Tuthur vs DripLegend - think Tuthur is more comfortable in UU rn and he put up with me for an entire FPL season
SS: umbry vs Crushy - happy to see Crushy start but I think the X-0 dream will be crushed with this start
SM: DugZa vs sayyonara - sayyonara's manager drafted him then instantly called him ass I think he might be getting set up for failure by his own team
ORAS: Hydronics vs Lyssa - bruh in week 1??? hf both heater mu
BW: Hacker vs seraphz - I will not count seraphz out after uupl but he is up against pretty good sm bw uu player Hacker
DPP: Drud vs fatty - I honestly have no clue how much time Drud is going to be committing here and fatty is just always so solid
ADV: Bouff vs Shiba - would it be silly for me to say that 2025 bouff vs 2025 shiba is a dbz ahh mu? Anyways bouff will start winning in later weeks I think they just needs a couple of adv tour games under the belt this tour first.
GSC: evakiyama! vs Real FV13 - gsc is an anomaly to me but Ive seen how good FV can be at this tier and I heard eva has been on an up and coming tear. I am also facing FV in gsc this week so I am praying for his downfall for my own sake
RBY: Melbelle vs Teh - i have just seen melbelle play more but new meta who knwos

Mikan Island Monster Carrots (0) vs (0) Azelf on the Shelf
SV: hellom vs Feliburn - I think hellom is a bit more solid in SV as they have had more time this year than Feli, but I'm expecting a close mu excited for this
SV: Django vs Kate - Kate just really good at this tier randomly. Django had good results in fpl from what I recall off the dome I think this will be a good test
SS: Micciu vs Taka - were you really expecting me to bold anything else here?
SS: Xrn vs Baddy - Xrn is one of those players that scares me if I have to face them
SM: Ampha vs robjr - Think Ampha can steal here, but rob is just so solid and has been a mainstay in the tier for so long I cant imagine it would be easy.
SM: lax vs Colin - Colin lock in for slam bro we rooting for you
ORAS: Pak vs Dj Breloominati♬ - ORAS Pak tho I think this one is gonna be one of the closser mu's
BW: MrAldo vs betathunder - cool matchup I honestly don't know much about beta but I've heard good things. MrAldo just has really good runs randomly so I'm expecting a strong start here in a tier ik he can be comfortable in.
GSC: col49 vs leoperi - this is honestly just a gut feeling
RBY: THE_CHUNGLER vs Wanted in 49 States - I was impressed by THE_CHUNGLER's ability to flex slot in fpl. I do not know how he will fair vs one of the mainstay RBY names.

Gilderoy Lokix (0) vs (0) Twinkatons
SV: 691 vs Sabella - Man lot of good SV matches this week. Think ima lean Sabella this week I think this is the time
SV: Kitoothe vs etern - Another heater SV mu. Kitoothe will either bring tech or the most boring team ever and I think etern will bring tech regardless. Either way excited to see what happens. Gonna lean etern just since they are more comfortable in a tour like this.
SS: crying vs Mimilucha - Mimi has just been looking good lately in SS imo. The chance he gets gimped by crying is real but I believe
SS: dunoks vs Kingler - More familiar with dunoks. Thinks if he keeps his cool he can take this one
SM: Metallica126 vs Indigo Plateau - Metallica brings some new wave SM tech and IP gets unc checked???? (jkjk I just know IP can be busy I think Metallica can pull this one out if they put in the hours)
ORAS: The Strap vs Jay - Very cool matchup. Jay always woops my ass in the fairy gens so I'm glad to see them here after a couple of years in fpl. Strap more comfortable in this environment tho so gonna lean to him
ORAS: BP vs avarice - I have heard good things about BP but have never seen him play
BW: violet river vs LpZ - LpZ recently sent the GC a gym progress pic so I know this man is locked tf in
BW: Amukamara vs TyCarter - wait twinkatons picked BW into liam / violet river? Ty I'm excited to see what you bring, but I figured you would want to try to check them in DPP or something is all.
RBY: Maris Bonibell vs magialice - heater gonna give slight edge to maris

 

[NDK]

first second third predicts of the week
The Amazing Ambipoms (5) vs (5) Soul Dew Syndicate
SV: KSt3ve vs TJ
TJ has been playing smogon more recently than KSt3ve more recently imo
SV: Tuthur vs DripLegend
Tuthur has played UU more recently than DripLegend, and beat me in week 1 of UUFPL
SS: umbry vs Crushy
Matchup could go either way, but I feel like umbry is the stronger player.
SM: DugZa vs sayyonara
I feel like DugZa has more general knowledge of SM here.
ORAS: Hydronics vs Lyssa
Great match here that I could see going either way. Picked Hydronics as I feel they have more meta knowledge in ORAS.
BW: Hacker vs seraphz
Seraphz played BW UU in UUPL before and went positive.
DPP: Drud vs fatty
Could go either way, picking fatty due to being very good at DPP UU.
ADV: Bouff vs Shiba
2025 Shiba made 1 seed in slam playoffs (ignore that he lost r1)
GSC: evakiyama! vs Real FV13
I feel like Real FV13 has more acumen and has been playing mons longer
RBY: Melbelle vs Teh
Melbelle went 6-1 in UUFPL and was the best player on my UUFPL team
Mikan Island Monster Carrots (4) vs (6) Azelf on the Shelf
SV: hellom vs Feliburn
I feel like Hellom will bring some cheese and get a win against Feli
SV: Django vs Kate
Kate had a poor UUPL but I feel she will bounce back
SS: Micciu vs Taka
Miccu is pretty good at SS although the match could go either way
SS: Xrn vs Baddy
Another match against two very solid players, I feel like Baddy has the greater support when it comes to SS UU
SM: Ampha vs robjr
I feel like rob is one of the greats of SM UU and understands the tier inside and out.
SM: lax vs Colin
lax is one of the best players on this website, looking forward to this matchup
ORAS: Pak vs Dj Breloominati♬
when you think ORAS UU, you think Pak. However Dj Breloominati went 6-1 in ORAS this UUPL so this would be a great game.
BW: MrAldo vs betathunder
I feel like betathunder has more experience in BW UU
GSC: col49 vs leoperi
Col49 had a good UUPL but has admitted to just stealing dawn teams. I feel like leoperi would be more motivated in prep
RBY: THE_CHUNGLER vs Wanted in 49 States
I feel like wanted wins this
Vanilluxe Iced Latte (4) vs (7) Cinnabar MissingNoNames
SV: haxlolo vs Mossy Sandwich
Mossy has been keeping up with SV UU lately imo
SV: hex vs Mindnight
Mindnight I feel has been more in tune with UU than hex
ORAS: Lycans vs Adaam
Could go either way, chose Adaam due to his play overall.
ORAS: passion vs One Last Kiss
OLK went undefeated in ORAS this last UUPL, which shows they know how to play.
BW: Slip vs Tack
I feel like Slip wins this.
DPP: Estarossa vs feen
The matchup between senior staff, I feel like Estarossa wins due to having more experience in DPP UU
DPP: Xiri vs Cam
Xiri imo has more experience with DPP UU.
ADV: Attribute vs Accel
Could go either way, picking Accel as I am a big fan of him
ADV: ThatOneApple vs Heysup
Heysup plays a ton of oldgens UU and has I think the most sheet wins in UU.
RBY: Theycallmephil vs Sabelette
I feel like Sabelette wins here as she has a ton of experience in RBY
Gilderoy Lokix (5) vs (5) Twinkatons
SV: 691 vs Sabella
Probably the match of the week, I picked 691 as they had a better WCOP performance imo.
SV: Kitoothe vs etern
I feel like etern is the more experienced player here
SS: crying vs Mimilucha
Mimilucha should win this unless crying brings an extremely exotic tech that wins the entire game
SS: dunoks vs Kingler
dunoks has a lot of experience in SS UU
SM: Metallica126 vs Indigo Plateau
IP is another player who plays a lot of SM UU
ORAS: The Strap vs Jay
Jay was another bright spot on my UUFPL team
ORAS: BP vs avarice
I feel like avarice has more experience when it comes to ORAS
BW: violet river vs LpZ
river has more experience in bw uu than LPZ, still could go either way
BW: Amukamara vs TyCarter
Liam is one of the best at this tier
RBY: Maris Bonibell vs magialice
Maris is very good at RBY, and is considered one of the top names in the RBY pool
Rooting for all teams to do well!