It seems like I really flopped this tournament. After 20 or so battles, I've only broken even. I'll post some Battle vids soon.
tbh, I knew from the start this wouldn't be a hard format to flop in with the options being as limited as they are.It seems like I really flopped this tournament. After 20 or so battles, I've only broken even. I'll post some Battle vids soon.
So much this! You know why I feel better about Scrappy Skirmish? A bigger pool of Pokémon to choose from. If they want to make another Halloween Competition, I would prefer it if it were either A, simply requiring a few members of the team to follow a theme, or B, simply restricting some moves, like, everyone has a ghost/dark move or something.tbh, I knew from the start this wouldn't be a hard format to flop in with the options being as limited as they are.
Really looking forward to the next tour now.
Ya how do you do that?I did uh... *counts* 11 battles, 9 wins. Like, total, not just today. I had a lot of work this week ._.
Condensing my team from semi-readable notes to something presentable, I know for a fact I have about 1610 - 1616 rating. Crushed some guy's score mere minutes before tourney's end.
Damn I wish I had more time, I was doing amazing.
edit: how the fuck are you guys getting battle box screens, I am not getting that option.
No Specs Volcarona not impressedKind of upset because I got disconnected in my last battle costing me the 1800s. Here was my team
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Golbat @ Eviolite
Ability: Inner Focus
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SpD
Careful Nature
- Taunt
- Tailwind
- Super Fang
- Brave Bird
Volcarona @ Flame Plate
Ability: Flame Body
EVs: 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Overheat
- Bug Buzz
- Heat Wave
- Protect
Scolipede @ Life Orb
Ability: Speed Boost
EVs: 76 HP / 252 Atk / 4 Def / 12 SpD / 164 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Megahorn
- Rock Slide
- Earthquake
- Protect
Rotom-Wash @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 140 HP / 4 Def / 140 SpA / 4 SpD / 220 Spe
Modest Nature
- Thunderbolt
- Hydro Pump
- Signal Beam
- Volt Switch
Hydreigon @ Focus Sash
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 4 Atk / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Hasty Nature
- Draco Meteor
- Dark Pulse
- Protect
- Stone Edge
Granbull @ Assault Vest
Ability: Intimidate
EVs: 244 HP / 76 Atk / 4 Def / 180 SpD / 4 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Play Rough
- Rock Slide
- Snarl
- Crunch
Volcarona and Hydreigon hit as hard and fast as possible with boosting natures to try and outspeed other Volcs/Hydras. Volcarona has Flame Plate because Sash was taken. I didn't want specs because I wanted Protect and no berry because there were a lot different types of moves that threaten it. Overheat was chosen to ohko Aegislash. Hydreigon has Sash because I wanted it to get at least one attack off. Stone Edge kills most Volcarona in one hit. Golbat's evs were kind of lazy on my part but it takes consecutive Specs Dracos from Hydreigon most of the time. Golbat was super helpful later in the competition where more of the teams were similar, so Tailwind could help me a lot. Scolipede's evs allow it to take one Aegiaslash attack and LO recoil and outspeeds timid Volcarona when at neutral speed (also allows it to outspeed when they have the same amount of boosts. Earthquake was chosen over Poison Jab because I wanted it to be able to hit Aegislash. Rotom outspeeds Crobat and kills most variants. Signal Beam over HP Ice because it 2hkos Hydra. Rotom surprised a lot of people and was one of my favorites during the competition. Granbull takes one LO Flash Cannon from Aegislash and kills univested Volcarona. Crunch is for Aegislash. Wish I had run Facade over Snarl to help against WoW Rotoms.
Battle Videos:
VCRG-WWWW-WW3W-4RS5 - Look who it is (I looked on his youtube channel and this is actually him). Was pleasantly surprised because he wasn't running Minimize; it was actually a pretty real strategy for him. He was also surprisingly in the 1700s.
S78G-WWWW-WW3W-4RQ9 - This was actually my second battle against this person. I battled him a third time but that was the one I dc'd on (I would've easily won that one due to him having a worse lead the last time). This was the only team that ever managed to get tr up the entire competition against me.
Overall I was happy with the team and it finished around 1790, but I am a little dissapointed I didn't break 1800 due to the dc. Definitely sastisfied with the record for my first masters competition (can't even imagine how easy juniors was). Especially happy I got to use Golbat. I also apparently battled Artic twice but didn't save either of them. Looking forward to the Scrappy Skirmish and hope to do well in that one too.rip singles players
edit: how the fuck are you guys getting battle box screens, I am not getting that option.
Log into PGL and click online competitions on the right menu, then click to competition participation records at the top right, then click competition entry history and click the battle box for the spooky cup. Then, take a screenshot and crop it and copy and paste it in. I probably should have made mine bigger since it's barely legible, but oh well.Ya how do you do that?
Oh derp. Competitions homepage -> my participation recordsYa how do you do that?
Oh yeah, I used your Scrotom. Forgot to mention.-snip-
I know it's too late now, but in the future, if something strange like this happens again, save a replay! Then you can share it with this forum and we can try and figure out what the problem was.I'm 3-1 and not sure I'm going to continue; I still haven't figured out why Focus Sash didn't kick in when it should have, and if it's some glitch and could happen again, then that means I'm down a team member.