Tournament ZUPL VI - Week 3

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:Butterfree: To Pimp a Butterfree (2) vs (6) CASTLE :palossand:
SV ZU: Beraldo vs LustfulLice
SV ZU: avarice vs Taka
SV ZU: feen vs tko
SS ZU: clean vs TomatoZause
SM ZU: sasha vs BloodAce
ORAS ZU: TWiTT vs sleid
BW ZU: LpZ vs TheKingKarp
DPP ZU: Drud vs BeeOrSomething

:Shiinotic: Shiiny Shiinotics (7) vs (1) Fiery Flamencos :oricorio:
SV ZU: zS vs Mada
SV ZU: Thiago Nunes vs fish anemometer
SV ZU: Leni vs Baddy
SS ZU: OranBerryBlissey10 vs yovan33321
SM ZU: MZ vs Ampha
ORAS ZU: tier vs 5gen
BW ZU: Thor vs lolebruh
DPP ZU: Shing vs Heysup

:regirock: Dwayne Gang (6) vs (2) Sacred Sakura :shaymin:
SV ZU: Stories vs Scarf Kricketune
SV ZU: Baloor vs plznostep
SV ZU: BaitWiz vs ima
SS ZU: sufys vs Fogbound Lake
SM ZU: Greybaum vs Tuthur
ORAS ZU: spell vs a fruitshop owner
BW ZU: Monai vs SEA
DPP ZU: HSOWA vs Lasen

:cramorant: Cramlington Cramorants (4) vs (4) Morpeek-A-Boos :morpeko:
SV ZU: lax vs havocknight
SV ZU: Bouff vs yo cho
SV ZU: Axrtix vs FlamPoke
SS ZU: diegoyuhhi vs TheFranklin
SM ZU: Tenebricite vs Finchinator
ORAS ZU: One Last Kiss vs Toto
BW ZU: dawn to the dusk vs Tack
DPP ZU: wooper vs Hubriz

The deadline for this round is Sunday, August 4th at 23:59 GMT -4.

To Pimp a Butterfree (0) vs (0) CASTLE
SV ZU: Beraldo vs LustfulLice
SV ZU: avarice vs Taka
SV ZU: feen vs tko
SS ZU: clean vs TomatoZause
SM ZU: sasha vs BloodAce
ORAS ZU: TWiTT vs sleid
BW ZU: LpZ vs skrimps
DPP ZU: Drud vs BeeOrSomething

Shiiny Shiinotics (0) vs (0) Fiery Flamencos
SV ZU: zS vs Mada
SV ZU: Thiago Nunes vs fish anemometer
SV ZU: AK vs Baddy
SS ZU: OranBerryBlissey10 vs yovan33321
SM ZU: MZ vs Ampha
ORAS ZU: tier vs 5gen
BW ZU: Thor vs innovamania
DPP ZU: Shing vs Heysup

Dwayne Gang (0) vs (0) Sacred Sakura
SV ZU: Stories vs Scarf Kricketune
SV ZU: Baloor vs plznostep
SV ZU: Danny vs ima
SS ZU: Pokeslice vs Fogbound Lake
SM ZU: Greybaum vs Tuthur
ORAS ZU: spell vs a fruitshop owner
BW ZU: Monai vs SEA
DPP ZU: HSOWA vs violet river

Cramlington Cramorants (0) vs (0) Morpeek-A-Boos
SV ZU: lax vs havocknight
SV ZU: Bouff vs yo cho
SV ZU: Axrtix vs FlamPoke
SS ZU: diegoyuhhi vs TheFranklin
SM ZU: Tenebricite vs Finchinator
ORAS ZU: 5Dots vs Toto
BW ZU: dawn to the dusk vs Tack
DPP ZU: wooper vs Hubriz
 
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To Pimp a Butterfree (4) vs (4) CASTLE
SV ZU: Beraldo vs LustfulLice - both are 0-2, and I believe Lice cares more.
SV ZU: avarice vs Taka - avarice is a better player imo, but Taka had better teams. Its week 3 now though, so frees will probably start stealing other good teams.
SV ZU: feen vs tko - not super high on both player, but I prefer CASTLE's SV.
SS ZU: clean vs TomatoZause - clean is not allowed to be bolded after what I saw yesterday.
SM ZU: sasha vs BloodAce - frees are going 0-7 here
ORAS ZU: TWiTT vs sleid - doesnt need an explanation. Sleid isnt bad though.
BW ZU: LpZ vs skrimps - lpz seems as fire as last season
DPP ZU: Drud vs BeeOrSomething - drud just farms dpp ZU in general.

Shiiny Shiinotics (2) vs (6) Fiery Flamencos
SV ZU: zS vs Mada - probably doesnt care vs fish teams
SV ZU: Thiago Nunes vs fish anemometer - same
SV ZU: AK vs Baddy - not passing teams to AK until JJ09 is back on the lineup
SS ZU: OranBerryBlissey10 vs yovan33321 - both will bring unaesthetic teams, but yovan will haxx
SM ZU: MZ vs Ampha - i already said that frees would go 0-7 here, but thats another good contender
ORAS ZU: tier vs 5gen - tier hadnt learnt type chart week 1
BW ZU: Thor vs innovamania - Thor has had some plot armor so far
DPP ZU: Shing vs Heysup - better metagame knowledge

Cramlington Cramorants (3) vs (5) Morpeek-A-Boos
SV ZU: lax vs havocknight - better player
SV ZU: Bouff vs yo cho - quite close, but i prefered Bouffs teams.
SV ZU: Axrtix vs FlamPoke - really bad memory of FlamPokes zuwc
SS ZU: diegoyuhhi vs TheFranklin - what trash set will diego use this time
SM ZU: Tenebricite vs Finchinator - both skipped the poison type one week, which infuriates me
ORAS ZU: 5Dots vs Toto - time to convince his team he is not bad
BW ZU: dawn to the dusk vs Tack - more knowledgeable
DPP ZU: wooper vs Hubriz - crams dpp didnt do well so far
 
To Pimp a Butterfree (5) vs (3) CASTLE
SV ZU: Beraldo vs LustfulLice I don’t know if Beraldo will care, but he shows up and wins
SV ZU: avarice vs Taka brought good teams and played them well so far
SV ZU: feen vs tko if feen gets a good team he’ll win
SS ZU: clean vs TomatoZause skibidi with the rizzler etc etc. Interested to see if zause cheeses 3x
SM ZU: sasha vs BloodAce Sasha is a good player who will put effort in to learning the tier. With some good support from her team this will be a good match. MASHALLAH. BloodAce had some bruh moments last week but otherwise seems pretty good.
ORAS ZU: TWiTT vs sleid TWiTT guy seems pretty good idk
BW ZU: LpZ vs skrimps Don’t bold against LpZ in a lower tier tour. Skrimps was great last week though so this looks like a fun matchup.
DPP ZU: Drud vs BeeOrSomething Drud has to lose at some point here (?) so I’ll go for the upset this week for no real reason other than Bee played well against us.

Shiiny Shiinotics (2) vs (6) Fiery Flamencos
SV ZU: zS vs Mada zS is a really good player and once he gets a good grasp of the metagame he will bring some heat.
SV ZU: Thiago Nunes vs fish anemometer they say this guy is pretty good and he’s proven it
SV ZU: AK vs Baddy fish is going to support the sv slots well based on the teams they’ve brought so far.
SS ZU: OranBerryBlissey10 vs yovan33321 I’m more familiar with Yovan and liked his game more last week.
SM ZU: MZ vs Ampha Going to bold my fellow RUer as he’s a good player and I think he can bounce back this week.
ORAS ZU: tier vs 5gen 5gen lost a rough matchup last week but don’t think he played poorly.
BW ZU: Thor vs innovamania Thor kept it very close vs LpZ last week
DPP ZU: Shing vs Heysup Looks like one of the best in the pool.

Dwayne Gang (5) vs (3) Sacred Sakura
SV ZU: Stories vs Scarf Kricketune both good players but dwayne gang will be tryharding af if they want to stay in this tour.
SV ZU: Baloor vs plznostep I trust in the Stepper
SV ZU: Danny vs ima Danny locks in this week but ima has been great
SS ZU: Pokeslice vs Fogbound Lake Fog’s playstyle fits SS tiers very well and he’s a strong player
SM ZU: Greybaum vs Tuthur gonna get spicy and say greybaum because I’ve liked his teams and games thus far and I’m rooting for the fortnite team
ORAS ZU: spell vs a fruitshop owner didn’t have a great game against toto last week, but
BW ZU: Monai vs SEA matchup of 2 titans
DPP ZU: HSOWA vs violet river not really sure but Hsowa lost a close one to heysup last week.
 
To Pimp a Butterfree (6) vs (2) CASTLE
SV ZU: Beraldo vs LustfulLice - Lice has been overcooking I think.
SV ZU: avarice vs Taka - seems like avarice' back is still sore from carrying midwest to a trophy.
SV ZU: feen vs tko - the goat is tapped in after the zs win.
SS ZU: clean vs TomatoZause - frees plot armor wont be necessary here i think.
SM ZU: sasha vs BloodAce - twitt support seems to be harder to pilot for first timers this tour.
ORAS ZU: TWiTT vs sleid - secret best player on smogon.
BW ZU: LpZ vs skrimps - not as secret best player on smogon. shrimps is heat though i could see an upset. he could fry the rice.
DPP ZU: Drud vs BeeOrSomething - jebać PiS.

Dwayne Gang (4) vs (4) Sacred Sakura
SV ZU: Stories vs Scarf Kricketune - it's time to lock in.
SV ZU: Baloor vs plznostep - fun personalities here, as expected tuthur was unable to control the reins on sylv. Stepper should fill in fine though, still early in tour.
SV ZU: Danny vs ima - Daniel needs to lock in. But ima was v impressive last week in team and play, skippa's team was p uninspiring besides spex palo.
SS ZU: Pokeslice vs Fogbound Lake - ill bold you pokeslice, just not yet.
SM ZU: Greybaum vs Tuthur - the heel of zupl is going 0-7 incoming.
ORAS ZU: spell vs a fruitshop owner - even winning last week, spell tried to sleep a vital spirit mon, so doesn't inspire much condifence still.
BW ZU: Monai vs SEA - great game. goatnai is a bw legend tho.
DPP ZU: HSOWA vs violet river - good game vs heysup.

Cramlington Cramorants (2) vs (6) Morpeek-A-Boos
SV ZU: lax vs havocknight - skill diff a little too much on this one.
SV ZU: Bouff vs yo cho - even tho yo cho should settle on chilling and being passed stuff, the managers will gaslight him to build and tryhard :C
SV ZU: Axrtix vs FlamPoke - if youve heard of flamingo pokemon before, its not because of his battling repertoire.
SS ZU: diegoyuhhi vs TheFranklin - brutal.
SM ZU: Tenebricite vs Finchinator - finch is doing it.
ORAS ZU: 5Dots vs Toto :haha: wishing for the haxiest battle possible.
BW ZU: dawn to the dusk vs Tack - could see an upset but tack has way more zu experience.
DPP ZU: wooper vs Hubriz - better, probably?
 
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SV ZU: Bouff vs yo cho - even tho yo cho should settle on chilling and being passed stuff, the managers will gaslight him to build and tryhard :C
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To Pimp a Butterfree (0) vs (0) CASTLE
SS ZU: clean vs TomatoZause - Battle of who'll stay undefeated. Zause has actually looked better to me so far with how one-sided his games have looked. His prep has been more on point compared to clean. However, clean does an excellent job at playing to his outs, as seen with the Static proc last week. clean capitalizes on free turns and sequences pretty well, and I think he has a higher ceiling than zause in-game. I really feel that this matchup will be closer than what people might think just glancing at name value/rep. I give the slight edge to clean because while Zause has performed great so far, clean has a lot of success in SS ZU and I think the frees are like "no way can we lose to Zause." That being said, I wouldn't be surprised if Zause crafts a good matchup and pilots nicely.
SM ZU: sasha vs BloodAce - Admittedly I'm not that familiar with sasha. The Butterfree's teams have room for improvement and I think they'll go for a more standard build after the team last week didn't perform too well. Meanwhile, BloodAce has more experience building and playing SM. Week one, BA pulled a solid matchup and pulled off a QD Bello sweep. Last week, BA had multiple misplays and lost. I think he'll bounce back and play more aggressively this week.
ORAS ZU: TWiTT vs sleid - This is a game that heavily favors twitt. twitt's builds are much more varied compared to sleid's and he's also better in-game to me. sleid brought HO week one and lost, then went with balance (which I think he's more comfy with) last week and lost. So, I feel that sleid will have to change things up from his usual style to have a shot vs twitt. I say this because from what I've looked at, sleid tends to use similar structures across games and that leaves him open to someone like twitt who's good at exploiting weaknesses.

Dwayne Gang (0) vs (0) Sacred Sakura
SS ZU: Pokeslice vs Fogbound Lake - Fogbound Lake has looked more impressive in-game and the Sakuras have brought better teams imo. I know Dwayne Gang brought one of my teams last week, but it really should've been edited (Magnet Rise Klinklang was just smth I wanted to try). In terms of in-game play, Pokeslice has been pretty decent and could be 1-1 (and won with Orbeetle) if not for some Confusion hits in week one's end-game. Fogbound Lake had a nice, long win vs Franklin last week that was piloted smoothly. I'm kind of split on this. I think Sakuras will put more effort into SS than Dwayne Gang this week and have better support, so I'm leaning there.
SM ZU: Greybaum vs Tuthur - Greybaum has looked impressive so far. Maybe the Rock persona has something to do with it. Comparatively, Tuthur has looked more like the Pebble so far at 0-2. Jokes aside, this is a highlight matchup that should be entertaining. Greybaum has a great grasp on the meta and understands the interactions in the tier pretty well (i.e., his team structure vs us last week). While Tuthur is also knowledgeable in SM and the PRs told everyone how successful he's been, I just trust Greybaum more here.
ORAS ZU: spell vs a fruitshop owner - Fruits is much more experienced and successful in the tier than spell and spell's support. I think it's time fruits pulls something creative out as he's brought relatively standard teams so far. On the other hand, spell bounced back last week and won handily against me. spell is definitely solid at piloting and it shows. However, afo should be wary of what Dwayne Gang can bring and prep accordingly.

Cramlington Cramorants (0) vs (0) Morpeek-A-Boos
SS ZU: diegoyuhhi vs TheFranklin - I believe in diego. I don't think he'll sit at 0-2 after this game. Diego will have to flush those losses away and not think about the first two weeks. Moreover, Diego said that he was on mobile the first two weeks, so really he was at a handicap. Seriously though, Diego brought a solid team week 1 and lost out in part to some bad luck. Last week's team was kind of cheesy with RP Coalossal and it was ran through by sun. On the flipside, Franklin and his support ran into a really similar team composition last week and lost a long game. Franklin's teams so far have been similar in that they were both balance teams with no scarfer. Biased pick here cuz I'd like to see Diego win.
SM ZU: Tenebricite vs Finchinator - I've been impressed by what Tenebricite has brought and how the games have been played. Finch with btboy/toto support is a proven combo, and both Tenebricite and Finch are 2-0 so far. I've also liked what Finch has brought, first with Chatot and then BEM last week. I'm looking forward to see what both players bring. I trust btboy to cook up something good, so it's like 60-40 for Finch in my mind.
ORAS ZU: 5Dots vs Toto - Both players bounced back to 1-1 after a rough week one. Although toto's blunder in the end-game nearly cost him, I don't see him making similar mistakes going forward. 5dots has been relatively good so far and I liked the teams he's brought so far too. This is a toss-up for me. I trust toto to come through here. HL ORAS game this week.
 
Shiiny Shiinotics (2) vs (6) Fiery Flamencos
SV ZU: zS vs Mada - i cant think of anything insightful or entertaining to say so fish diff
SV ZU: Thiago Nunes vs fish anemometer - of course fish is hiding outside of sv1
SV ZU: AK vs Baddy - fish diff
SS ZU: OranBerryBlissey10 vs yovan33321 - yovan is the best player (im the worst)
SM ZU: MZ vs Ampha - better player and more exp in the tier
ORAS ZU: tier vs 5gen - 5gen my love
BW ZU: Thor vs innovamania - better so far
DPP ZU: Shing vs Heysup - looking forward to this game, shing has been strong but it's hard to predict against heysup

Dwayne Gang (3) vs (4) Sacred Sakura
SV ZU: Stories vs Scarf Kricketune - mags
SV ZU: Baloor vs plznostep - who let plznostep in sv again
SV ZU: Danny vs ima - been better so far
SS ZU: Pokeslice vs Fogbound Lake - better performance better teams
SM ZU: Greybaum vs Tuthur - if tuthur goes 0-3 he needs to make me the tl instead
ORAS ZU: spell vs a fruitshop owner - afo is one of the best oras zu players, his opponent isn't
BW ZU: Monai vs SEA - great matchup, current mag vs former free, i dont wanna pick D:
DPP ZU: HSOWA vs violet river - idk if his record so far is good but i trust hsowa a lot in dpp zu

Cramlington Cramorants (2) vs (6) Morpeek-A-Boos
SV ZU: lax vs havocknight - havoc has more metagame knowledge but i fear that might not be enough to overcome the difference in skill
SV ZU: Bouff vs yo cho - could easily go either way but my gut says yo cho
SV ZU: Axrtix vs FlamPoke - axrtix is a very solid player
SS ZU: diegoyuhhi vs TheFranklin - its rough for diego
SM ZU: Tenebricite vs Finchinator - very hard to predict against finch in this tier
ORAS ZU: 5Dots vs Toto - i hope toto loses though
BW ZU: dawn to the dusk vs Tack - more experienced in the tier
DPP ZU: wooper vs Hubriz - im not convinced by wooper in dpp, maybe they'll surprise me though
 
SS ZU: clean vs TomatoZause - this is zause’s clean sweep
SS ZU: diegoyuhhi vs TheFranklin - Diego’s ability to go negative in teamtours is unmatched I fear
SS ZU: OranBerryBlissey10 vs yovan33321 - yovan’s been building and playing better thus far imo, could easily go either way though

tuthur made me sad so this is all I’m doing this week, back to regular scuffed predicts next week
 
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