NYANPASU AND WELCOME TO THE HEAVILY-REQUESTED UUPL POWER RANKINGS
In this ranking, I will PRIMARILY be ranking based on the individual skills of the players. Prowess in a specific tier will be secondary, and will mostly be disregarded if the participant in question lacks any qualifications in said tier on the big stage. That being said, if someone has displayed competency in GSC OU, for example, I will naturally assume that that skill will carry over to GSC UU. We will also NOT be factoring in motivation in most situations, because attempting to gauge that is way too arbitrary and would skew all of my predictions. Anyway, let's begin!
The Friend Safari Pokemon Trainers
SS UU: rozes
SS UU: vivalospride
SS UU: Odd Della Robbia
SM UU: FUMA HI-FI
ORAS UU: Thisbemyalt
BW UU: Bebo
DPP UU: Donphantastic
ADV UU: Noitu
GSC UU: Sinkyr
Bo3: Sacri'
The SS core is rather lackluster. rozes isn't exactly known for his standout performances on the sheet, but he's probably skilled enough to have a decent performance in a lower tier PL. vivalos is a filler character who apparently is the manager of the team...so let's move on. ODR is a massively hyped RU prospect, and it appears people fancy his skills in UU as well. He has no experience on the big stage, though, so it wouldn't surprise me if he flopped. The rest of the team consists of a bunch of filler characters who I will assume are all bad. The exception to this is Sacri, who is easily one of the best players in the entire tournament. I would be shocked if he didn't get at least 5-6 wins.
Overall, this team is honestly a joke, and it would be pretty surprising if they did anything remotely notable in this tournament. Let's move on.
Ruin Valley Rangers
SS UU: Sabella
SS UU: ZoroDark
SS UU: Wanka
SM UU: Eternally
ORAS UU: HT
BW UU: choolio
DPP UU: brewfasa
ADV UU: BKC
GSC UU: alive
Bo3:Pak
Sabella usually puts forth decent performances on the big stage. He's probably good enough to have a decent season, at least. ZoroClick is an above average player, which means that he is probably elite in the context of this tour. I wholly expect him to go positive. Wanka is a filler character, so we can ignore him. In SM, we have Eternally. I've never been a big fan of his skills, though, at least relative to how the masses view him. I'll predict him to get around 4 wins. In ORAS...LOOOOOOOOL of course. I knew HT would be in this tour. Classic. Anyway, if you've read any one of my posts, you'll know my stance on HT. I think he's pretty bad; the fact that he went for 17k is pretty baffling to me. That being said, this isn't SPL, so perhaps he can fluke his way to 3 wins or something.
In BW, we have choolio. choolio looked pretty washed in his last SPL appearance, so that makes me a bit concerned. He might have upside, but I don't really expect him to do that well. In DPP, we have another filler character, so let's ignore him too. In ADV, we have BKC, who is easily the best player in the entire tournament. Based on his ridiculous ADV SPL showing, you'd have to be insane to not think BKC would get least 7 wins in this tour. alive is next up. I don't really know much about him, but apparently won the World Cup back in the stone age. I'm gonna assume he's crust, and thus, garbage. The team is rounded out by Pak, who proved the haters (mostly me LOL) wrong in his last performance on the big stage. I'm sure he'll do pretty well in this tour.
Overall, this team's decent. They have some capable players that could lead them to the playoffs.
The Iki Town Idols
SS UU: Sage
SS UU: Freeroamer
SS UU: Lilburr
SM UU: Shiba
ORAS UU: GunGunJ
BW UU: SPACE FORCE meeps
DPP UU: Chill Shadow
ADV UU: Hogg
GSC UU: kaori
Bo3: bugzinator
The SS core of the team is honestly a meme. Sage is the "star" player here, I suppose. I wrote her off as unviable after a terrible SPL X, but she had a relatively solid showing in SPL XI. He's probably good enough to get around 3-4 wins in this tour, I suppose. The other two players are irrelevnt, so let's move on. In SM, we have Shiba, a UU mainstay who has never really accomplished anything of note on the big stage. I don't really have much faith in him. ORAS is occupied by another filler character, so we can safely ignore him too.
In BW UU, we have meeps. I wouldn't say meeps is good, but he usually manages to accrue some wins in the lower tiers against some sub-par opposition. I doubt he'll be facing too many threats, so I'd expect him to get around 4 wins. In DPP, we have Chill Shadow, an RU mainer. He's been about average in team tours, which I guess means he's probably good enough to have a decent performance in this tour. The team's ADV player is Hogg, who hasn't played too much in relevant tours. He was decently impressive back in SPL VII, but that was quite a long time ago. His season could really go either way. In GSC, we have a Doubles player...yeah. I don't even know, people. Apparently he did well in the past in GSC UU, but does that really matter? I suppose it means that he might be viable in this tier, but I really don't have any faith. The team is rounded out by one of Smogon's biggest enigmas, bugzinator. He's very strange, but when he's on his game, he has displayed quite a bit of talent. I'll bank on him going positive here I suppose.
This is another team with some decent pieces, but I'm pretty skeptical of a lot of their players.
The Camphrier Town Ladies
SS UU: Xiri
SS UU: Hikari
SS UU: 100%GXE
SM UU: Christo
ORAS UU: Santu
BW UU: r0ady
DPP UU: Heysup
ADV UU: Sam I Yam
GSC UU: Zokuru
Bo3: Adaam
Xiri is a PU mainer who did well in his one relevant tournament. He was playing some pretty bad people, though, so I'm not overly confident in his abilities. His season could go either way, I suppose. Hikari is easily one of the best UUers of all time; it's hard to know how much effort he will put into this tournament, but I'm a big believer in his ability. I think he'll go positive. The SS last slot is occupied by another irrelevant player. In SM, we have without question, the best UUer in the entire tournament, GOD CHRISTO. I've always been a big Christo fan, and he showed in SPL XI that he's not a one-trick pony, either. Back in his home UU tier, I would honestly be surprised if he lost more than a single game; he should wash pretty much everyone. In ORAS, we have Santu. He put himself on a map in a big way with a pretty nice run in SPL XI. I'm still not too big of a believer, but he should do decently.
In BW, we have another filler character. In DPP, OMG HEYSUP IS IN LOL GOAT Heysup was definitely a pretty skilled player once upon a time. I'm worried about the crust rule rearing its ugly ahead again; he won't have to play too many good players, though, so I'll be cautiously optimistic and say that I expect him to do decently. In ADV, we have Sam I Yam, the Tyrants cheerleader. There's no real evidence that he's viable, so. In GSC we have Zokuru, who had some pretty impressive GSC wins in the past SPL. considering that he'll now be going up against inferior competition, I'm honestly inclined to believe that he has a pretty nice shot of doing fairly well here. Lastly, we have Adaam. He's been decent in team tours, but he clearly has a lot of talent, as evidenced by his Grand Slam trophy. He should do pretty well.
This team has some pretty nice players, as well as some filler characters. They're not bad, though.
The Eterna Forest Veterans
SS UU: Accelgor
SS UU: Indigo Plateau
SS UU: Jytcampbell
SM UU: PinkDragonTamer
ORAS UU: dingbat
BW UU: Amukamara
DPP UU: Stone_Cold
ADV UU: Raichy
GSC UU: Mr.378
Bo3: CBU
Accel went for a ridiculous 26k in this tour LOOL what are people smoking? He hasn't really impressed on the big stage, though he did manage to positive last Snake I suppose. I'll give him some benefit of the doubt and say that he'll do decently, but it seems quite unlikely that my fellow [VoD] member will live up to his price tag. Next up, we have L;LSG;LAG;LG;DKGLA OH MY GOD. Man, I thought I wouldn't have to talk about this dude anymore. Whatever. Indigo Plateau is unviable, so I wholly expect him to get washed. Next up we have jytcampbell. I've never really thought he was too impressive; that being said, he's probably good enough to get around 3 wins, I suppose. In SM, ORAS, and BW, we have three more filler characters.
In DPP, we have...DAVE? LMAO WHAT DAVE STILL PLAYS? I mean...he's -15 on the sheet and he's most definitely crust. That being said, he most assuredly has a fair amount of DPP UU experience. I'm not too confident in his ability to succeed; the crust rule makes me way too nervous here. Next up, we have Raichy. He hasn't really done anything too notable on Smogon, especially in lower tiers so he's another player I don't have too much faith in. At least he he has some experience in relevant tours, I suppose. In GSC, we have THE ICE BEAMER LMFAO YOU HAVE TO BE KIDDING ME!! Man, all the clowns really come out for UUPL. His SPL finals choke aside, he did manage to have a nice run in that tournament. He's probably good enough to go even here. The team is rounded out by CBU, a non-Asta / Fear / roudolf Greek player. You know the drill.
Overall...this team's garbage.
The Canalave City Clowns
SS UU: lax
SS UU: ggggd
SS UU: Luthier
SM UU: Empo
ORAS UU: Eternal Spirit
BW UU: Lopunny Kicks
DPP UU: Thiago Nunes
ADV UU: Bouff
GSC UU: HSA
Bo3: yeezyknows
This man yeezy really named his team the clowns LMAO wow. The SS core of the team is the best I've seen so far. lax is absolute monster, and is definitely one of the best players in the tour. He should smash everyone. Pablo and Luthier are LC mains who have displayed some solid levels of talent on the big stage. I think they'll both do relatively well. Next up, we have Empo. You all know that I haven't consumed the Empo kool-aid; that being said, he's definitely talented enough to wash a bunch of random SM UU players. In ORAS, we have Gama, a sheet warrior who hasn't been at his best lately. His relatively poor recent form makes him a bit riskier of a pick than normal, but either way, he should be able to click his way to 5 or 6 wins.
In BW, we have Lop Kicks, another sheet warrior who had a sub-par SPL. I also think he'll be able to go positive pretty easily. In DPP, we have our first filler character; the fact that we made it this far without seeing a filler character in this lineup is pretty impressive, honestly LOL In ADV...we have Bouff LMAO man. Bouff certainly isn't viable; the fact that he went for 13k is absolutely insane. He is a good team supporter, though. lol. In GSC, we have HSA, a crust player who looked revitalized before his disastrous Snake III performance. I don't really know how to feel about him, but he probably won't sink the team. Lastly, we have yeezyknows, a Derk member who displayed some competency in Snake III. His record was unfortunately marred by some luck, though. Either way, he doesn't have enough experience on the big stage to make me too confident in him. His season could go either way.
Overall, this is definitely the best team so far. They have a lot of sheet-warriors who should be able to carry the inferior goons on the squad.
The Mikan Island Monsters
SS UU: TonyFlygon
SS UU: Kushalos
SS UU: Ajna
SM UU: Sjneider
ORAS UU: Garay oak
BW UU: FLCL
DPP UU: Eo Ut Mortus
ADV UU: ict
GSC UU: d0nut
Bo3: TDK
Ah, yes. The famed Jerk team. The SS core of the team is pretty interesting. Tony has displayed some proficiency on the big stage as of late, and he should have enough talent to do decently well in this tour. Kushalos has been a good lower tier player for a while, and I have a solid amount of faith in him. He should easily go positive. Ajna is without question the best RU player on the site; I'm not sure how his proficiency in that tier will translate to UU, but I'm relatively optimistic about his ability to perform here. I think he'll probably get at least 4 wins. In SM, we have Sjneider. I was never too impressed with him, but he has now managed to put together a solid 14-6 run across 2 tours. He has to be respected for that, and against an inferior player pool, he should be able to go positive. In UU, we have Garay Oak. He's had some decent performances in team tours, and is probably good enough to go positive against some bums.
Next up is FLCL, who is scorching hot right now. He's having one of the best tours of his career, and it'd be shocking to see him not finish positive, even if he'll probably load up the same team for 8 weeks in a row. In DPP, we have Eo, who's easily the best DPP UUer in the tournament. That tier is all about stall, and that should fit Eo's skill profile nicely; I'm sure he has a sizable amount of experience in it as well. It would be pretty surprising if he didn't get at least 6 wins. In ADV, we have ict. Leon's always been good at lower tiers, and he should definitely be able to wash some scrubs here. The team is rounded out by d0nut and TDK. d0nut really impressed me in World Cup, and he's shown that he's one of the better GSC players on the site. I have full confidence that he'll smash the poor GSC UU pool. TDK hasn't had a great tour in a while; he's been slumping a fair amount lately. That being said, this isn't SPL. He should easily be able to go positive in this tour and has a lot of upside as well.
How on earth was this roster assembled? LOOL Were the other teams sleeping or something???? WHAT????? LOOOL God, why even play this tour? If this team doesn't win, I will be absolutely shocked. Man, the rest of you need to learn how to draft.
The Blackthorn City Battle Girls
SS UU: Star
SS UU: teal6
SS UU: Feliburn
SM UU: HarrisIsAwesome
ORAS UU: Killintime
BW UU: EviGaro
DPP UU: -okara
ADV UU: The Kyle
GSC UU: gorgie
Bo3: robjr
Let's move on to our final team. This team features a nice Jerk core of Star + teal6. Star's one of the best players in the tour, and I'd be surprised if he didn't get at least 5-6 wins. teal's proven recently that he's not just a lower tier farmer, smashing people in OU as well. He's always done well in the lower tiers in official tours, so he should easily be able to get 5 or more wins too. Last up in SS, we have Feliburn. He's struggled quite a bit on the big stage, and I don't really think he knows UU too much. I'm pretty skeptical of his ability to succeed here. Next up is Harris, who hasn't been too great in relevant tours. I'm not really a big believer on him, but he might be able to get around 3 wins or so, I suppose. In ORAS, we have our first filler character. Let's move on.
In BW, we have EviGaro, whose probably still suffering from the Kobe curse. I don't have too much faith in her abilities outside of RU, so I'm not really expecting her to do too well. In DPP and ADV, we have two more filler characters. How fun. In GSC, we have the ASCENDED FLOPPY, who showed that he wasn't a washed up loser in SPL. He had some pretty nice games, honestly. I'm not fully aboard the bandwagon after just 1 tour, though; this man has been mediocre for his whole career. That being said, he should be able to go positive in this tour, at least. Last up, we have robjr. He's shown that he's a force to be reckoned with in UU, and I wholly expect him to smash most of the competition.
Overall, this team's not terrible. They have some nice pieces, but also some meme slots.
Final Rankings:
1. The Mikan Island Monsters
This team is so much better than any of the other teams. Why even bother ranking rest LOOOOOOOL jesus
2. The Canalave City Clowns
This team is the clear second-place team. Man, now it gets tricky hmmm
3. The Camphrier Town Ladies
4. The Blackthorn City Battle Girls
5. The Ruin Valley Rangers
6. The Iki Town Idols
7 and 8. The Friend Zone Safari Pokemon Trainers / The Eterna Forest Veterans Flip the order of these two if you want; they're both equally unviable. These two teams shouldn't bother playing. It's over already.
