hey MrBanana45 here to reveal how I cheated on the tour and going 5-3 solid run so far
Wanted to show my creative building and gameplan skills, got undrafted on past year ndpl so lets see how farm league was for me...
Week 1 vs Zygarde is Bae [W]
https://pokepast.es/e0e329e0266df688
Week one I wanted to build something solid for sure, come w the idea of PayapaPex+SpdefHippo rlly nice core to stop Volturn (Hippo eats the volt and Pex the turn, thats how it works), forcing progress w sand chip and scald burns and most important to use Tspikes as primary wincon. Corvo and Chansey excellent partnets for pex and CB weavile to trap Psychic types, not rlly complicated, Counter Chansey funny set to catch of guard koff users and physical attackers so Corv doest get overwhelmed
Zygarde is an old friend/rival, preping to expect some offensive Dark type, another reason to run that specific set of chansey that lure and deal w Physical and Special Dark types as well... Unless is something like Sd Crawdaunt... unexpected threat and scary scary mon to face, played well my cards and got the first win
GG friend
Week 2 vs 2020 idm Boomer [L] [Replay doesnt work]
https://pokepast.es/1c675e25b05b0bd5
Now a team that I like to call "Hit & Run"; Zone+Tar trapping birds and Psychic jets so RillaLucha can nuke everything. I choose eject pex to make work my trappers easily with safe ins plus a one-time-bait on regen buttom pex. Serp is the one that holds the entire team together, my cores need sopport as much as possible, so Scarf Serp can be the fast foger, RK without messing my own terrain setter or my one time seed, Cleric, Speed control and late game unexpected cleaner... Aromatherapy Scarf Sepr underrated set
Preping vs an old partner like Bomer is quite interesting, Im 100% sure he not bringing stall, going with some BO or HO with Megas and Z move user, Pex buttom was some idea to bait unexpected Z moves also to prevent weird sets... Zone+RillaLucha Beats BO, Tar+RillaLucha with serp scarf in the back beats HO and so on... Prep works rlly fine so far, ended up facing Kommo Cune Rona HO wich is not a big deal unless... Sand Tomb Mega Scizor w almost max speed to outspeed my Timid Zone, beat my pex, wall half of my team and allow the rest of their team to exploid that weakness... Rough match up.
Theres no shame losing against the best.
Week 3 vs tf [W]
https://pokepast.es/b16f31d4cbf1f665
A devoius team based on DemonDeoxys+CM fini, both threating wincons that need the right support to work well. Fini terrain protects Deo and lop while Double Helmet+Hstack deals with offensive physicall grass types on Kartana and Rillaboom. Skarm set just to sponge Lele specs, and set up spikes, Counter is a funny move. Something that I really like on this build was Glisc+Fable+Lop; Glisc uturns on possible defogers wich means free turn to my fast taunters (keeping the Hstack idea), a well played lop can lure some mons to take Triple Axel, and helmet fable amazing vs offensive weavile Cores...
My teammates and I didnt know to much about tf, not expecting weather based on teir past replays. A bit concerned about my Zone Matchups but Deoxys can do the job after one comic power, Stall is never an issue with koff and multiple taunt users and so on... Rough game vs Bando Kart and Mega Maw but a well positioned Lop with the right prediction can do the job, bring the W to the buzzwoles.
Week 4 vs amstan [W]
https://pokepast.es/880ca231231e9c01
My capitan told me to build Kyurem vs amstan so was what I did. Come to this brilliant idea definitely my fav team of the tour; Steel Type lure. Kyurem+Z Heatran give steel types a really hard time, prob after some clicking just ended up being sack, so the game plan was annihilate all steel types so LO Fable can late game sweep.Regular Slowking to improve the sun mu BUT bringin real heat set on Dragon Tail, phazes out Z Kommo without the whole 2 turns FS gameplay, also phazes volcarona and Z tini wich is always useful on Kyurem teams... Least but not least support MLop... Masterpiece gameplay... Twave into incoming pex so Fable can win the 1v1 later, Healing Wish to keep healty our win cons, we already have excellent MU vs stall and steel types no I didnt really see the need on CC lop but always can bluff CC, we only need Fake out+Return to make this work. The spread is to hold +1 Flamethrover volc so we can para if needed, also to hold Sacred Sword from Scarf Kart at some point even after rocks.
As planned, Kyurem make the job well. Its funny how clef did nothing but watching. A bit sad to not using it at the end but glad on the teams performance. This team make me tie a losing week, excited about it tbh.
Week 5 vs Batzi [W]
https://pokepast.es/1950f6e89934430b
Buzzwole time! Everyone on the team agreed to use Buzzwole this week, so I build around the idea of a "bug spam" an old team that I used on NDSS times to peak
https://pokepast.es/08ee66539cd5c5f5 feeling nostalgic about it so decided to reboot that old feeling... Bug buzz rona as the main wincon and Buzzwole as a tank that may become wallbreaker in some specific matchups, both with bug coverage. Lando and Slowbro to pivot safely, the reason why about slowbro its because we have a big weakness into pex cores, so FS support is apreciated... but Psychium Z has a whole diferent plot, in some escenarios we can charge a FS an drop a 180Bp Psychic move in the same turn (very thrending), not to mention that a well played Z bro can chip down a pex and drop an unexpected Z move to take the KO (pex always stays cuz standard bro only can use a two turn move to deal real damage) also Teleport Z has a unique cool effect. Zeraora to check Zapdos and Koko but also excelent fast pivot. Lati only is there to check ZardY, Kart and Rain.
Not familiar with Batzi as a player, the replay nuke make prepping even harder. I knew for a fact that was not a main player of the format so I tried to use something unexpected to catch off guard my opp. Bug Buzz Rona had an excellent matchup just playing safe and taking the win
Week 6 vs Redgoop115 [W]
https://pokepast.es/c0d3295716e5cbe3 (not my team)
Christmas night, not feeling like building that week so using some
ChrisPBacon fogless fat team, insane build
That game happened on the same Christmas eve, tricky mu vs Hstack without defog. In the Reuni vs Rona I couldnt stop thinking about "now hes criting me and I gonna quit mons" a bit paranoid and dumb to my part tbh, after knowing I was facing Bulkarona I decided to sack Tar and go ditto to Revenge Killing. Tytar lands the edge, then is just reuni gaming.
Week 7 vs Batzi [L]
https://pokepast.es/ba389a4651967479
Facing Batzi again, after seeing a funny video about a coughing baby vs an atomic bomb I decided to build around Victini Banded under sun. Nothing too crazy this time, Weav+ZardY cores are excellent as always, scarf lele best speed control in the game along side Corviknight pivot. Gastrodon was my last slot pick to improve the volturn matchup. Debating with my teammates about Z move on Weavile or regular SD Boots coming to the conclusion that theres no hazards on the team but not too much worried about it
Oh my fucking god my oppo bring almost mirror, an horrible matchups with speed ties and no hazards on my team. Really really really dificult Matchup vs this infamous NDSS team
https://pokepast.es/5dfc867f4e0ca8bd... I look at the paste, calc some 1v1s and found some outcome to this hard situation... 108 Atk Victini Bolt Strike vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Charizard-Mega-Y: 256-302 (86.1 - 101.6%) -- 12.5% chance to OHKO... at some point I could try to chip on that massive threat. I didnt get it. Maybe I could have played better or more preparation idk, that lose leave was evitable.
Week 8 vs Amstam [L]
https://pokepast.es/4344ff64d3162f31
As you may speculate, another team building around a bulky setup mon... This time Cosmic Power Mew was my choice, paired with unaware heal bell clef as support, Adamant CB vile plus standard fat corv and pink blob. Originaly the team looked like this
https://pokepast.es/02b2124c6c6259f6 solid fire grass water cores, speed control and so on. But my capitan told me to run another fat this week so plans changed.
Amstam was winneable, Neutral matchup, mew loking great in the endgame... But my mind wasnt at 100% that night for some irl stuff, played bad, missplaying and choking on important points. My team needed that win I and couldnt get the job done. Maybe the 5-2 streak made me lower my guard on the preping stage or something. Not shamed about the lose but the performance.
As I've always thought, nat dex ss still has a lot of potential to be exploited and creativity when. I love building in this tier. I enjoyed a lot playing along side the Buzzwole Boyfriends meet some intersing people. Tysm
ibleachyourskin Strat8246 for the opportunity