Tournament ZUCL I - Week Three

[Murphy Lawden]

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• Follow all rules listed here.
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• Managers: Please send me your lineups in the same format that I used to post pairings. It makes it much easier to post future rounds more quickly.

Weezer Weezings (0) vs (0) Brute Bonnet Crew
SV ZU: Envy vs TBasedGod
SV ZU: seraphz vs MichaelderBeste2
SM ZU: Mirbro vs Greybaum
SM ZU: MZ vs a fruitshop owner
ORAS ZU: Bouff vs sleid
ADV ZU: Fogbound Lake vs Zpice
GSC ZU: Lyra vs Maris Bonibell
RBY ZU: SaDiSTiCNarwhal vs Lafell

Loathsome Lumineons (0) vs (0) K-pop Audino Hunters
SV ZU: Trichotomy vs Tuthur
SV ZU: sky vs Shadow079
SM ZU: HAVOCKNIGHT vs Beka
ORAS ZU: Ruffles vs DugZa
ADV ZU: Melninja vs Plague
ADV ZU: skrimps vs Zcarlett
GSC ZU: THE_CHUNGLER vs Gondra
RBY ZU: acluh1 vs Melbelle

Rocky Helmet Rampardos (0) vs (0) Lana Del Catty
SV ZU: Esteb4n vs diegoyuhhi
SV ZU: Django vs PlayaBeavs
SM ZU: 5gen vs btboy
ORAS ZU: 5Dots vs BP
BW ZU: Tack vs TheFranklin
DPP ZU: big tony 2014 vs Terracotta
ADV ZU: Aurist vs Hachimaki
GSC ZU: betathunder vs LustfulLice

Shady Spiritombs (0) vs (0) Bastio Don Julio
SV ZU: Baddy vs Soul King0
SV ZU: Danbear02 vs budgetplayer
SS ZU: Pokeslice vs clean
SM ZU: Toto vs Drud
ORAS ZU: DD Joe vs OranBerryBlissey10
BW ZU: LpZ vs DonBoneJones
DPP ZU: plznostep vs BeatsBlack
ADV ZU: Baoba vs Parpar


Deadline for Week 3 is <t:1771214340:F>, GLHF!

Tier Picks

Weezer Weezings vs Brute Bonnet Crew
Weezing's picks: SM, ADV, RBY
Brute Bonnet's picks: SM, ORAS, GSC

Loathsome Lumineons vs K-pop Audino Hunters
Lumineon's picks: ORAS, ADV, GSC
Audino's picks: SM, ADV, RBY

Rocky Helmet Rampardos vs Lana Del Catty
Rampardo's picks: DPP, BW, ORAS
Delcatty's picks: SM, ADV, GSC

Shady Spiritombs vs Bastio Don Julio
Spiritomb's picks: SM, ADV, BW
Bastiodon's picks: SS, ORAS, DPP

Predictions Format

Weezer Weezings (0) vs (0) Brute Bonnet Crew
SV ZU: Envy vs TBasedGod
SV ZU: seraphz vs MichaelderBeste2
SM ZU: Mirbro vs Greybaum
SM ZU: MZ vs a fruitshop owner
ORAS ZU: Bouff vs sleid
ADV ZU: Fogbound Lake vs Zpice
GSC ZU: Lyra vs Maris Bonibell
RBY ZU: SaDiSTiCNarwhal vs Lafell

Loathsome Lumineons (0) vs (0) K-pop Audino Hunters
SV ZU: Trichotomy vs Tuthur
SV ZU: sky vs Shadow079
SM ZU: HAVOCKNIGHT vs Beka
ORAS ZU: Ruffles vs DugZa
ADV ZU: Melninja vs Plague
ADV ZU: skrimps vs Zcarlett
GSC ZU: THE_CHUNGLER vs Gondra
RBY ZU: acluh1 vs Melbelle

Rocky Helmet Rampardos (0) vs (0) Lana Del Catty
SV ZU: Esteb4n vs diegoyuhhi
SV ZU: Django vs PlayaBeavs
SM ZU: 5gen vs btboy
ORAS ZU: 5Dots vs BP
BW ZU: Tack vs TheFranklin
DPP ZU: big tony 2014 vs Terracotta
ADV ZU: Aurist vs Hachimaki
GSC ZU: betathunder vs LustfulLice

Shady Spiritombs (0) vs (0) Bastio Don Julio
SV ZU: Baddy vs Soul King0
SV ZU: Danbear02 vs budgetplayer
SS ZU: Pokeslice vs clean
SM ZU: Toto vs Drud
ORAS ZU: DD Joe vs OranBerryBlissey10
BW ZU: LpZ vs DonBoneJones
DPP ZU: plznostep vs BeatsBlack
ADV ZU: Baoba vs Parpar

 

[kriegueur]

it's prediction monday !

Weezer Weezings (2) vs (6) Brute Bonnet Crew
SV ZU: Envy vs TBasedGod (he's based idk)
SV ZU: seraphz vs MichaelderBeste2 (better tier experience)
SM ZU: Mirbro vs Greybaum (he's locked in and it's his tier)
SM ZU: MZ vs a fruitshop owner (slight edge to MZ but debatable)
ORAS ZU: Bouff vs sleid (my king sleid does not throw twice)
ADV ZU: Fogbound Lake vs Zpice (this is when he starts jumping out of the selfbuy curse)
GSC ZU: Lyra vs Maris Bonibell (bingo box is already checked, no need for extras)
RBY ZU: SaDiSTiCNarwhal vs Lafell (I flipped a coin for this one, which amounts to a decent simulation of the game)

Loathsome Lumineons (9) vs (1) K-pop Audino Hunters
SV ZU: Trichotomy vs Tuthur (one more week of tuthur selfbuy curse please)
SV ZU: sky vs Shadow079 (guys look I predicted shadow to lose I'm funny)
SM ZU: HAVOCKNIGHT vs Beka (he's on a rampage icl)
ORAS ZU: Ruffles vs DugZa (this seems to be the most likely slot to go 7-0 ever since greybaum ruined don julio dpp)
ADV ZU: Melninja vs Plague (if only I knew the adv scene)
ADV ZU: skrimps vs Zcarlett (see above)
GSC ZU: THE_CHUNGLER vs Gondra (chungling)
RBY ZU: acluh1 vs Melbelle (I can't predict a 10-0 come on)

Shady Spiritombs (5) vs (3) Bastio Don Julio
SV ZU: Baddy vs Soul King0 (he's goated what can I say)
SV ZU: Danbear02 vs budgetplayer (BINGO BINGO BINGO)
SS ZU: Pokeslice vs clean (bro has been waiting so long for this, he has to win at this point)
SM ZU: Toto vs Drud (insert toto luck joke idk)
ORAS ZU: DD Joe vs OranBerryBlissey10 (The tier knowledge diff is pretty high on this one)
BW ZU: LpZ vs DonBoneJones (he's good)
DPP ZU: plznostep vs BeatsBlack (I'm not balsy enough to predict against don julio dpp yet)
ADV ZU: Baoba vs Parpar (safe predict)

 

[Tuthur]

Weezer Weezings (2) vs (6) Brute Bonnet Crew
SV ZU: Envy vs TBasedGod - doomed sv
SV ZU: seraphz vs MichaelderBeste2
SM ZU: Mirbro vs Greybaum - grey is a better player
SM ZU: MZ vs a fruitshop owner - double sm onto grey + afo is weird, afo is 2-0 into great opponents, wont bold against him anymore
ORAS ZU: Bouff vs sleid - sorry safi, but sleid knows this tier quite well
ADV ZU: Fogbound Lake vs Zpice - adv fog is him
GSC ZU: Lyra vs Maris Bonibell
RBY ZU: SaDiSTiCNarwhal vs Lafell

Rocky Helmet Rampardos (5) vs (3) Lana Del Catty
SV ZU: Esteb4n vs PlayaBeavs - tough first opponent for beavs
SV ZU: Django vs diegoyuhhi - dont let django go undefeated
SM ZU: 5gen vs btboy - my faith in btboy dropped after last week
ORAS ZU: 5Dots vs BP - oh....
BW ZU: Tack vs TheFranklin - idk if frank has played much since articuno meta, tack is a tough oppo
DPP ZU: big tony 2014 vs Terracotta - that guy keeps winning and i hate tony
ADV ZU: Aurist vs Hachimaki - eh idk
GSC ZU: betathunder vs LustfulLice - lice is back on track

Shady Spiritombs (5) vs (3) Bastio Don Julio
SV ZU: Baddy vs Soul King0
SV ZU: Danbear02 vs budgetplayer - bring back zause
SS ZU: Pokeslice vs clean - just prep for eggy
SM ZU: Toto vs Drud - toto is like 1000-0 onto drud in zu tours
ORAS ZU: DD Joe vs OranBerryBlissey10
BW ZU: LpZ vs DonBoneJones - surely this time is the right one
DPP ZU: plznostep vs BeatsBlack - rip flatutu
ADV ZU: Baoba vs Parpar - unstoppable beast

 

[PHB11677]

Shady Spiritombs (8) vs (0) Bastio Don Julio
SV ZU: Baddy vs Soul King0
SV ZU: Danbear02 vs budgetplayer
SS ZU: Pokeslice vs clean
SM ZU: Toto vs Drud
ORAS ZU: DD Joe vs OranBerryBlissey10
BW ZU: LpZ vs DonBoneJones
DPP ZU: plznostep vs BeatsBlack
ADV ZU: Baoba vs Parpar

Weezer Weezings (3) vs (5) Brute Bonnet Crew
SV ZU: Envy vs TBasedGod
SV ZU: seraphz vs MichaelderBeste2
SM ZU: Mirbro vs Greybaum
SM ZU: MZ vs a fruitshop owner
ORAS ZU: Bouff vs sleid
ADV ZU: Fogbound Lake vs Zpice
GSC ZU: Lyra vs Maris Bonibell
RBY ZU: SaDiSTiCNarwhal vs Lafell

Loathsome Lumineons (5) vs (3) K-pop Audino Hunters
SV ZU: Trichotomy vs Tuthur
SV ZU: sky vs Shadow079
SM ZU: HAVOCKNIGHT vs Beka
ORAS ZU: Ruffles vs DugZa
ADV ZU: Melninja vs Plague
ADV ZU: skrimps vs Zcarlett
GSC ZU: THE_CHUNGLER vs Gondra
RBY ZU: acluh1 vs Melbelle

Rocky Helmet Rampardos (4) vs (4) Lana Del Catty
SV ZU: Esteb4n vs PlayaBeavs
SV ZU: Django vs diegoyuhhi
SM ZU: 5gen vs btboy
ORAS ZU: 5Dots vs BP
BW ZU: Tack vs TheFranklin
DPP ZU: big tony 2014 vs Terracotta
ADV ZU: Aurist vs Hachimaki
GSC ZU: betathunder vs LustfulLice​

 

[Mirbro]

Loathsome Lumineons (4) vs (5) K-pop Audino Hunters
SV ZU: Trichotomy vs Tuthur I believe in you.
SV ZU: sky vs Shadow079 Shadow might do an upset, but I think sky has more experience and shadow needs to focus on NFEOL
SM ZU: HAVOCKNIGHT vs Beka estra is on fire, but beka did great last week so idk!
ORAS ZU: Ruffles vs DugZa Coming back to ORAS!
ADV ZU: Melninja vs Plague
ADV ZU: skrimps vs Zcarlett skrimps beat us in BW. I hope he can do the same in ADV.
GSC ZU: THE_CHUNGLER vs Gondra Highlight!
RBY ZU: acluh1 vs Melbelle

Rocky Helmet Rampardos (6) vs (2) Lana Del Catty
SV ZU: Esteb4n vs PlayaBeavs Esteb4n and Django solved the tier.
SV ZU: Django vs diegoyuhhi Esteb4n and Django solved the tier.
SM ZU: 5gen vs btboy I respect a lot btboy, but to me 5gen is his nemesis.
ORAS ZU: 5Dots vs BP 5Dots rules.
BW ZU: Tack vs TheFranklin More experienced.
DPP ZU: big tony 2014 vs Terracotta I love how they play, but what the f* dpp?
ADV ZU: Aurist vs Hachimaki
GSC ZU: betathunder vs LustfulLice

Shady Spiritombs (5) vs (3) Bastio Don Julio
SV ZU: Baddy vs Soul King0
SV ZU: Danbear02 vs budgetplayer
SS ZU: Pokeslice vs clean
SM ZU: Toto vs Drud Toto is on fire. But highlight!
ORAS ZU: DD Joe vs OranBerryBlissey10 OBB's territory.
BW ZU: LpZ vs DonBoneJones I love to see dbj playing, but LpZ is the goat.
DPP ZU: plznostep vs BeatsBlack
ADV ZU: Baoba vs Parpar

 

[HAVOCKNIGHT]

...only doing DPP-SM now....

Weezer Weezings (0) vs (3) Brute Bonnet Crew
SM ZU: Mirbro vs Greybaum - I like some of boths team builds, but I have never seen Mirbro actually play, while Greybaum has impressed me before in-game wise.
SM ZU: MZ vs a fruitshop owner - Highlight!! Fruits is kinda on fire and I admittedly haxed MZ last week a bit. I would say MZ is a better player overall but fruits made some very cool plays in his games.
ORAS ZU: Bouff vs sleid - similar case from above but here I believe the tier knowledge gap is bigger. Weezings ORAS support feels kinda doomed too, but I wouldn't really be surprised if Bouff figured it out himself and won.

MZ/fruits and Bouff/sleid are the closest ones imo, and I wouldn't be surprised if those went the other way around at all. Hate to predict sweeps because it feels like I'm a hater but yeah....


Rocky Helmet Rampardos (4) vs (0) Lana Del Catty
SM ZU: 5gen vs btboy - Cool matchup. I like 5gens teams more... And also think he's less prone to commiting blunders, btboy won this matchup last time with a crazy setup Volbeat though, so we'll see, should be a fun game.
ORAS ZU: 5Dots vs BP - I've never seen BP play this, 5Dots haven't looked great but he did his thing.
BW ZU: Tack vs TheFranklin - Very cool matchup. Frank is probably better at mons in general but not at this tier I don't think, should be very close.
DPP ZU: big tony 2014 vs Terracotta - Terra strikes me as the type of guy to tilt with non preview stuff.... Tony beat z spice last week....... Interesting..... I really don't know and these guys probably don't know either what they're doing but should be a funny game at least.

.... Another sweep. I'm really not more than 70% sure in any of those but the closest ones are probably tony/terra and tack/frank

Shady Spiritombs (2) vs (2) Bastio Don Julio
SM ZU: Toto vs Drud - Toto will win the speedties
ORAS ZU: DD Joe vs OranBerryBlissey10 - Joes team from last week seemed decent, OBB's teams so far seemed bad. Can he keep doing it is the question
BW ZU: LpZ vs DonBoneJones - don bone jones has a cool username that matches with the teams identity which is cool. He did decently in this very tier in BWPL too apparently but LpZ is a tough pull.
DPP ZU: plznostep vs BeatsBlack - Both are 0-2 and hungry for a win probably. I favor beatsblack due to experience but steppy has looked nice, mostly lacked luck in his side which you kinda need in this tier.

Drud is probably better than Toto in mons... Site wide surely but here i'm not sure. He also doesn't have the Totoluck so yeah... Close. Orasberryblissey should win too, unless he self sabotages past the limit.... LpZ and Beats I'm more certain of.

 

[Eledyr]

new matchups:
SV ZU: Esteb4n vs diegoyuhhi
SV ZU: Django vs PlayaBeavs