Aberforth
Ubers Leader
approved by Hack
So with the Auction yesterday, we now know for certain who is playing in this SPL, and with Ubers back in it after being forced to sit out last year. We also know the weekly matchups, and so this seems as good a time as any to make a general thread about the upcoming SPL. This thread will be used to discuss the games that have happened, teams, the draft, innovations seen in SPL and discussion over upcoming (highlight) games.
First, congratulations to the ubers players who got drafted! As a reminder, here they are, with the expected starter bolded:
There are some rather notable names on there, if only for how unexpected it was that they were picked up. Sin and Victimization was apparently found by Omfuga playing on PO, so nobody knows how good he is at the moment, and I honestly dont know who is first choice between Psychic Mewtwo and Ice Tea. Psychic Mewtwo claimed SM Ubers in his signup post, so I've assumed he'll start, however he is a newcomer to the ubers scene, and Ice Tea was Grand Slam champion, so the Cryos might choose to play him in Ubers, despite the fact that he never won a game in Ubers in that Grand Slam run.
Everyone else on the other hand is a well known ubers main who have all consistantly performed at the highest level, and we're bound to see plenty of high quality games. The strongest lineup is debatable (and please do debate it), but the combination of Dice, Lord Outrage and Minority is looking the most solid to me, having strength across the board. The other two arguable ones (imo) are Astounded and Pohjis, and Hack on his lonesome, with Astounded having an excellent understudy to test teams with while protecting his innovation, and Hack just generally being himself.
Week 8 brought the freeing of Pohjis (Hype!!!), and Kingler12345 subbing in for Hack as he takes his break for regular season.
Meanwhile in the Hack and Edgar matchup, Hack has the upper hand, having played while Edgar was inactive, and also performing better than anyone else in Ubers, having won the Open without even dropping a game. However, Edgar is no slouch, and even though Hack has an advantage, he will need to make sure he doesn't make any mistakes.
Meanwhile in the other highlight game, we go from veterans to rookies, at least in the SPL scene. Level 56 and Astounded are both 1-0 in their first SPL season and both of the ORAS powerhouses are going to look to make a statement here that they are just as good in Sun and Moon as they were in ORAS.
Astounded vs aim and Level 56 vs Hack are the two particular standout games of this week, aim taking over from Oli as the wolfpack's ubers player following a rather poor start by Oli, and it's not at all like he's a bad pick for the slot, having the joint best record in Ubers in the last SPL ubers was in. After a game where Astounded got unlucky against Level 56, he'll want to make sure that he returns to winning ways against the poketuber. Level 56 vs Hack is the battle of the 2-0s, where we see a repeat of the Ubers Open Finals, and we can only hope that this game is as good as the first game of that series. Could go either way on this one, but Hack is probably in better form right now.
The other three games see Psychic Mewtwo relocated after doing better than anyone thought he could and going 2-0, with Poek97 replacing him to play Gunner Rohan, who lost last week due to a crit and is playing really well. A tough Ubers debut indeed, but if Poek can pull a win against Gunner he can probably give a tough game to anyone else playing ubers as well. SiV and Lacus are playing each other after both have had rather disappointing starts to the SPL campaign, and will both be looking to pick up a victory and use it to launch their SPL campaigns to higher levels of success. Finally, Lord Outrage and Edgar play each other, both players being known for their building means I'm expecting both good and interesting teams to come of this matchup.
Two Highlight games this week, between Level 56 and Aim, and Gunner Rohan and Astounded. In the Level 56 vs Aim matchup, I've given a slight edge to Level 56 here because I feel he knows the meta more and is in a hot run of form following his victories over what many people felt, coming into the season, were the other three best players. Very few can claim the ability to go 3-0 against Lord Outrage, Hack and Astounded in consecutive weeks, and I feel he will continue his dominance, despite aim having a 90% win last week. Aim's not out of it, but Level 56 is right now staking his claim for title of best Ubers player. In the Gunner Rohan vs Astounded matchup, I flipped a coin and it said Heads. These two are practically inseparable, both have played really well this season, but with Astounded's week 3 win coming down to a freeze, I feel Gunner edges him in terms of performance.
In the other matchups, following his loss last week to Edgar, Lord Outrage has been benched in favour of Minority, who will no doubt be eager to try and stake a claim on the starting slot for ubers for the Sharks. Unfortunately for him, there are very few harder SPL debuts in the entire competition than against Hack in Ubers, and I think it likely that Hack will bounce back from his own Week 3 loss. Sin faces Edgar, who has performed well so far this SPL, and will look to continue his winning run against the only remaining winless starter in Ubers. Given the two's respective performances, I feel he probably will. And finally PsychicMewtwo returns from his trip to OU to take on Lacus, fresh off of her win last week against Sin. This is the only game this week I dont feel confident predicting either way, PsychicMewtwo has not impressed me with his builds or his playing, but the same holds true with Lacus on the most part, and PM2 has a very respectable 3-0 record, which implies he's doing something right at least.
After seasonal we saw a lot of changes in the SPL Ubers lineup. Two new additions to the SPL Ubers cast come in The Trap God, Fireburn, and FAJI. While The Trap God faces relatively unknown OU main FAJI, Fireburn has to face Hack coming off of a loss for his debut. Highlight matches include Lacus Clyne vs Lord Outrage after his 2 week hiatus and also Gunner Rohan vs Level 56 as he hopes to extend his undefeated streak. Also, Astounded looks to pick up a win to solidify his already impressive win while Edgar looks to steal a win from Astounded, after starting a bit slow, but picking up pace as the season went on
Usage Stats as of the end of Week 7:
Also, reminder, keep this thread within acceptable boundaries. Salt is ok in mild doses, but too much is not good, and we dont want a repeat of last year when we ended up having to close the thread due to how toxic the discussion was.
So with the Auction yesterday, we now know for certain who is playing in this SPL, and with Ubers back in it after being forced to sit out last year. We also know the weekly matchups, and so this seems as good a time as any to make a general thread about the upcoming SPL. This thread will be used to discuss the games that have happened, teams, the draft, innovations seen in SPL and discussion over upcoming (highlight) games.
First, congratulations to the ubers players who got drafted! As a reminder, here they are, with the expected starter bolded:
Sharks - dice, Lord Outrage, Minority
Classiest - sin and victimization
Wolfpack - PROBLEMS, aim
Ruiners - Astounded, Pohjis
Cryonicles - psychicmewtwo, Ice Tea
Scooters - Gunner Rohan, Mr.378
Tigers - Edgar, Steve Angello
Raiders - Hack
BIGs - Level 56
Falcons - zf, Lacus Clyne
Classiest - sin and victimization
Wolfpack - PROBLEMS, aim
Ruiners - Astounded, Pohjis
Cryonicles - psychicmewtwo, Ice Tea
Scooters - Gunner Rohan, Mr.378
Tigers - Edgar, Steve Angello
Raiders - Hack
BIGs - Level 56
Falcons - zf, Lacus Clyne
There are some rather notable names on there, if only for how unexpected it was that they were picked up. Sin and Victimization was apparently found by Omfuga playing on PO, so nobody knows how good he is at the moment, and I honestly dont know who is first choice between Psychic Mewtwo and Ice Tea. Psychic Mewtwo claimed SM Ubers in his signup post, so I've assumed he'll start, however he is a newcomer to the ubers scene, and Ice Tea was Grand Slam champion, so the Cryos might choose to play him in Ubers, despite the fact that he never won a game in Ubers in that Grand Slam run.
Everyone else on the other hand is a well known ubers main who have all consistantly performed at the highest level, and we're bound to see plenty of high quality games. The strongest lineup is debatable (and please do debate it), but the combination of Dice, Lord Outrage and Minority is looking the most solid to me, having strength across the board. The other two arguable ones (imo) are Astounded and Pohjis, and Hack on his lonesome, with Astounded having an excellent understudy to test teams with while protecting his innovation, and Hack just generally being himself.
Week 8 brought the freeing of Pohjis (Hype!!!), and Kingler12345 subbing in for Hack as he takes his break for regular season.
[TGRS] Mazar vs. Gunner Rohan [SCTR]
[[RUIN] Pohjis vs. Minority [SHRK]
[WOLF] The Trap God vs Lacus Clyne [FLCN]
[RAID] Kingler12345 vs. FAJI [CONG]
[BIGS] Level 56 vs. Fireburn [CRYO]
[[RUIN] Pohjis vs. Minority [SHRK]
[WOLF] The Trap God vs Lacus Clyne [FLCN]
[RAID] Kingler12345 vs. FAJI [CONG]
[BIGS] Level 56 vs. Fireburn [CRYO]
[RAID] Hack vs. Edgar [TGRS]
[CRYO] psychicmewtwo vs. PROBLEMS [WOLF]
[SCTR] Gunner Rohan vs. Lacus Clyne [FLCN]
[CONG] sin and victimization vs. Astounded [RUIN]
[SHRK] Lord Outrage vs. Level 56 [BIGS]
[CRYO] psychicmewtwo vs. PROBLEMS [WOLF]
[SCTR] Gunner Rohan vs. Lacus Clyne [FLCN]
[CONG] sin and victimization vs. Astounded [RUIN]
[SHRK] Lord Outrage vs. Level 56 [BIGS]
For Week 1, two games stand out as being obvious highlight matches, Level 56 vs Lord Outrage pairing off two of the best Ubers players over the last two years against each other right from the start, and the pairing of two veterans of the Ubers tier together in Hack and Edgar. I personally feel like Level 56 might have a very slight edge against Lord Outrage in the first matchup, with ragey having been inactive for about 4 months now, and being rusty while playing Level 56 is a difficult task, although I fully expect ragey to finish with a top 2 record this SPL, and he has the ability to go toe to toe with anyone if his rust is shaken off quickly enough.
Meanwhile in the Hack and Edgar matchup, Hack has the upper hand, having played while Edgar was inactive, and also performing better than anyone else in Ubers, having won the Open without even dropping a game. However, Edgar is no slouch, and even though Hack has an advantage, he will need to make sure he doesn't make any mistakes.
[RUIN] Astounded vs Level 56 [BIGS]
[TGRS] Edgar vs Lacus Clyne [FLCN]
[CRYO] psychicmewtwo vs sin and victimization [CONG]
[SHRK] Lord Outrage vs Gunner Rohan [SCTR]
[WOLF] PROBLEMS vs Hack [RAID]
After Week 1's results, we have 2 particularly highlight games this week, with Hack looking to build on his success from last week and start dominating by taking out the only other veteran he has not played, Problems. However Oli has frequently been Hack's bogeyman, with Hack never having beaten Oli in an official tour. History is on Problem's side, but Hack is the form player of this SPL, not having dropped a game in 6 months, and this could well be the year he breaks that no-win streak.[TGRS] Edgar vs Lacus Clyne [FLCN]
[CRYO] psychicmewtwo vs sin and victimization [CONG]
[SHRK] Lord Outrage vs Gunner Rohan [SCTR]
[WOLF] PROBLEMS vs Hack [RAID]
Meanwhile in the other highlight game, we go from veterans to rookies, at least in the SPL scene. Level 56 and Astounded are both 1-0 in their first SPL season and both of the ORAS powerhouses are going to look to make a statement here that they are just as good in Sun and Moon as they were in ORAS.
[RUIN] Astounded vs. aim [WOLF]
[CRYO] Poek97 vs. Gunner Rohan [SCTR]
[CONG] sin and victimization vs. Lacus Clyne [FLCN]
[SHRK] Lord Outrage vs. Edgar [TGRS]
[BIGS] Level 56 vs. Hack [RAID]
[CRYO] Poek97 vs. Gunner Rohan [SCTR]
[CONG] sin and victimization vs. Lacus Clyne [FLCN]
[SHRK] Lord Outrage vs. Edgar [TGRS]
[BIGS] Level 56 vs. Hack [RAID]
Astounded vs aim and Level 56 vs Hack are the two particular standout games of this week, aim taking over from Oli as the wolfpack's ubers player following a rather poor start by Oli, and it's not at all like he's a bad pick for the slot, having the joint best record in Ubers in the last SPL ubers was in. After a game where Astounded got unlucky against Level 56, he'll want to make sure that he returns to winning ways against the poketuber. Level 56 vs Hack is the battle of the 2-0s, where we see a repeat of the Ubers Open Finals, and we can only hope that this game is as good as the first game of that series. Could go either way on this one, but Hack is probably in better form right now.
The other three games see Psychic Mewtwo relocated after doing better than anyone thought he could and going 2-0, with Poek97 replacing him to play Gunner Rohan, who lost last week due to a crit and is playing really well. A tough Ubers debut indeed, but if Poek can pull a win against Gunner he can probably give a tough game to anyone else playing ubers as well. SiV and Lacus are playing each other after both have had rather disappointing starts to the SPL campaign, and will both be looking to pick up a victory and use it to launch their SPL campaigns to higher levels of success. Finally, Lord Outrage and Edgar play each other, both players being known for their building means I'm expecting both good and interesting teams to come of this matchup.
[BIGS] Level 56 vs aim [WOLF]
[TGRS] Edgar vs sin and victimization [CONG]
[SHRK] Minority vs Hack [RAID]
[CRYO] psychicmewtwo vs Lacus Clyne [FLCN]
[SCTR] Gunner Rohan vs Astounded [RUIN]
[TGRS] Edgar vs sin and victimization [CONG]
[SHRK] Minority vs Hack [RAID]
[CRYO] psychicmewtwo vs Lacus Clyne [FLCN]
[SCTR] Gunner Rohan vs Astounded [RUIN]
Two Highlight games this week, between Level 56 and Aim, and Gunner Rohan and Astounded. In the Level 56 vs Aim matchup, I've given a slight edge to Level 56 here because I feel he knows the meta more and is in a hot run of form following his victories over what many people felt, coming into the season, were the other three best players. Very few can claim the ability to go 3-0 against Lord Outrage, Hack and Astounded in consecutive weeks, and I feel he will continue his dominance, despite aim having a 90% win last week. Aim's not out of it, but Level 56 is right now staking his claim for title of best Ubers player. In the Gunner Rohan vs Astounded matchup, I flipped a coin and it said Heads. These two are practically inseparable, both have played really well this season, but with Astounded's week 3 win coming down to a freeze, I feel Gunner edges him in terms of performance.
In the other matchups, following his loss last week to Edgar, Lord Outrage has been benched in favour of Minority, who will no doubt be eager to try and stake a claim on the starting slot for ubers for the Sharks. Unfortunately for him, there are very few harder SPL debuts in the entire competition than against Hack in Ubers, and I think it likely that Hack will bounce back from his own Week 3 loss. Sin faces Edgar, who has performed well so far this SPL, and will look to continue his winning run against the only remaining winless starter in Ubers. Given the two's respective performances, I feel he probably will. And finally PsychicMewtwo returns from his trip to OU to take on Lacus, fresh off of her win last week against Sin. This is the only game this week I dont feel confident predicting either way, PsychicMewtwo has not impressed me with his builds or his playing, but the same holds true with Lacus on the most part, and PM2 has a very respectable 3-0 record, which implies he's doing something right at least.
[FLCN] Lacus Clyne vs. Lord Outrage [SHRK]
[SCTR] Gunner Rohan vs. Level 56 [BIGS]
[WOLF] The Trap God vs. FAJI [CONG]
[RUIN] Astounded vs. Edgar [TGRS]
[RAID] Hack vs. Fireburn [CRYO]
[SCTR] Gunner Rohan vs. Level 56 [BIGS]
[WOLF] The Trap God vs. FAJI [CONG]
[RUIN] Astounded vs. Edgar [TGRS]
[RAID] Hack vs. Fireburn [CRYO]
After seasonal we saw a lot of changes in the SPL Ubers lineup. Two new additions to the SPL Ubers cast come in The Trap God, Fireburn, and FAJI. While The Trap God faces relatively unknown OU main FAJI, Fireburn has to face Hack coming off of a loss for his debut. Highlight matches include Lacus Clyne vs Lord Outrage after his 2 week hiatus and also Gunner Rohan vs Level 56 as he hopes to extend his undefeated streak. Also, Astounded looks to pick up a win to solidify his already impressive win while Edgar looks to steal a win from Astounded, after starting a bit slow, but picking up pace as the season went on
[SCTR] Gunner Rohan vs. Hack [RAID]
[CRYO] Fireburn vs Minority [SHRK]
[BIGS] Level 56 vs FAJI [CONG]
[WOLF] The Trap God vs Edgar [TGRS]
[FLCN] Lacus Clyne vs Astounded [RUIN]
[CRYO] Fireburn vs Minority [SHRK]
[BIGS] Level 56 vs FAJI [CONG]
[WOLF] The Trap God vs Edgar [TGRS]
[FLCN] Lacus Clyne vs Astounded [RUIN]
[RUIN] Astounded vs. Fireburn [CRYO]
[CONG] FAJI vs. Gunner Rohan [SCTR]
[FLCN] Lacus Clyne vs. BKC [RAID]
[WOLF] The Trap God vs. Minority [SHRK]
[BIGS] Level 56 vs. Mazar [TGRS]
[CONG] FAJI vs. Gunner Rohan [SCTR]
[FLCN] Lacus Clyne vs. BKC [RAID]
[WOLF] The Trap God vs. Minority [SHRK]
[BIGS] Level 56 vs. Mazar [TGRS]
Usage Stats as of the end of Week 7:
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| Rank | Pokemon | Use | Usage % | Win % |
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| - | Arceus-* | 69 | 98.57% | 50.72% |
| 1 | Groudon | 67 | 95.71% | 49.25% |
| 2 | Xerneas | 32 | 45.71% | 59.38% |
| 3 | Arceus-Ground | 25 | 35.71% | 36.00% |
| 4 | Gengar | 20 | 28.57% | 60.00% |
| 4 | Lucario | 20 | 28.57% | 50.00% |
| 6 | Yveltal | 19 | 27.14% | 36.84% |
| 7 | Lunala | 18 | 25.71% | 50.00% |
| 8 | Salamence | 17 | 24.29% | 41.18% |
| 9 | Ho-Oh | 13 | 18.57% | 46.15% |
| 10 | Arceus | 12 | 17.14% | 50.00% |
| 11 | Arceus-Dark | 11 | 15.71% | 72.73% |
| 11 | Muk-Alola | 11 | 15.71% | 54.55% |
| 11 | Giratina-Origin | 11 | 15.71% | 54.55% |
| 14 | Celesteela | 9 | 12.86% | 66.67% |
| 15 | Kyogre | 8 | 11.43% | 37.50% |
| 16 | Zygarde | 7 | 10.00% | 85.71% |
| 16 | Deoxys-Attack | 7 | 10.00% | 28.57% |
| 18 | Ferrothorn | 6 | 8.57% | 66.67% |
| 18 | Smeargle | 6 | 8.57% | 66.67% |
| 18 | Dialga | 6 | 8.57% | 50.00% |
| 18 | Magearna | 6 | 8.57% | 33.33% |
| 18 | Arceus-Fairy | 6 | 8.57% | 33.33% |
| 18 | Excadrill | 6 | 8.57% | 16.67% |
| 24 | Arceus-Water | 5 | 7.14% | 80.00% |
| 24 | Rayquaza | 5 | 7.14% | 60.00% |
| 24 | Lugia | 5 | 7.14% | 60.00% |
| 24 | Blissey | 5 | 7.14% | 20.00% |
| 28 | Arceus-Ghost | 4 | 5.71% | 75.00% |
| 28 | Deoxys-Speed | 4 | 5.71% | 75.00% |
| 30 | Cloyster | 3 | 4.29% | 66.67% |
| 30 | Slowbro | 3 | 4.29% | 66.67% |
| 30 | Chansey | 3 | 4.29% | 33.33% |
| 30 | Tyranitar | 3 | 4.29% | 0.00% |
| 30 | Sableye | 3 | 4.29% | 0.00% |
| 35 | Tapu Lele | 2 | 2.86% | 50.00% |
| 35 | Bronzong | 2 | 2.86% | 50.00% |
| 35 | Giratina | 2 | 2.86% | 50.00% |
| 35 | Mewtwo | 2 | 2.86% | 50.00% |
| 35 | Greninja | 2 | 2.86% | 0.00% |
| 40 | Gyarados | 1 | 1.43% | 100.00% |
| 40 | Aegislash | 1 | 1.43% | 100.00% |
| 40 | Froslass | 1 | 1.43% | 100.00% |
| 40 | Metagross | 1 | 1.43% | 100.00% |
| 40 | Solgaleo | 1 | 1.43% | 100.00% |
| 40 | Forretress | 1 | 1.43% | 100.00% |
| 40 | Clefable | 1 | 1.43% | 100.00% |
| 40 | Aerodactyl | 1 | 1.43% | 100.00% |
| 40 | Landorus | 1 | 1.43% | 100.00% |
| 40 | Kyurem-White | 1 | 1.43% | 100.00% |
| 40 | Klefki | 1 | 1.43% | 0.00% |
| 40 | Palkia | 1 | 1.43% | 0.00% |
| 40 | Shuckle | 1 | 1.43% | 0.00% |
| 40 | Arceus-Steel | 1 | 1.43% | 0.00% |
| 40 | Dugtrio | 1 | 1.43% | 0.00% |
| 40 | Gothitelle | 1 | 1.43% | 0.00% |
| 40 | Tentacruel | 1 | 1.43% | 0.00% |
| 40 | Landorus-Therian | 1 | 1.43% | 0.00% |
| 40 | Arceus-Dragon | 1 | 1.43% | 0.00% |
| 40 | Arceus-Rock | 1 | 1.43% | 0.00% |
| 40 | Darkrai | 1 | 1.43% | 0.00% |
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