Battle of Alola Aftermath

I regret bringing Talonflame so much. Or at least the set I used. It just wasn't useful against most of the field.

I confirmed that Salazzle is a hot steaming pile of shit without an item.

Also that Tapu Fini can hold it's own in a match full of UBs, Tapus, etc. pretty well.

First time I encountered a Pyukumuku and learned the bad way what it can (annoyingly) do, the same goes for Toxapex.

Lunala is the superior cover poke no doubt.

Finally understood what makes Mimikyu a safe bet to use in the Battle Tree but sadly noticed how predictable it is.

And the most important of all things. I remembered the RNG will always be against me so I should never ever carry a move that isn't 100% accuracy as if my life depended on it, because otherwise I'm almost guaranteed to fail.

I'll gladly take my 50 BP by Monday though.

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Won most of my matches using this cheap trick:

YZGG-WWWW-WWW3-3BR4

Emolga for best Pikaclone.

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>>30864528
Who the fuck keeps Magnezone in on Emolga tho

Explosive Gem Silvally can do fun stuff for cleanup, Pyukumuku/Koko is a decent team, Xurkitree is scary to fight if it's running discharge, Lunala is a bulky bitch, and there were less Pheromosa than I expected. My learning in a nutshell. Also Bulu/Fini can be great supports, and Garchomp hates Soak/Physically bulky/Unaware Pyukumuku/Koko team.

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Only won 2/3 matches.

>what I learned

Ninetales can learn encore. Pheromosa can learn poison jab. Incineroar hard counters Lunala. Toxic spikes takes effect before the terrain changes from a Tapu switching in. I don't have very good foresight.

>>30865075
Alola Muk is bulkier and just 10 points slower than a fucking tiger.

>>30865159
He still fucked my shit up.

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Finished 32-13 and, well, I learned it takes a lot more to answer Lunala than what I was equipped with. I still managed to take down several against the odds, but man was life a bitch.

Also well placed Pheros and Kartanas are really, really dumb.

>>30865327
U-Turn really fucks over Lunala.

U-Turn on Tapu Koko is really good.

>>30862901
Is it over? Shit I didn't get my 50 BP. I don't play competitive. I was going to enter a shit team for those 50BP.

>don't care about tournament
>use in-game team
>get minimum matches required
>get 50 BP

wew

>>30865380
no it runs until 7 pm est tomorrow

>>30865380
It's still going for a while. The schedule runs on UTC.

Items really make the game more fun.

>>30862901
Solgaleo and Lunala are the most underwhelming box legendaries competitively, they're even worse than Reshiram and Zekrom.

>>30865629
Greninja is always better than either of them.

>>30862901
Defensive Comfey with Synthesis, Draining Kiss, and Leech Seed sucks to fight.
People are dumb and don't switch out their Garchomp as soon as they see my Buzzwole.
A good 40% of the trainers had a Garchomp on their team.
Same Buzzwole gives SwagPlay Klefki problems if you're allowed to Bulk Up - to the point where the guy proceeded to let the timer run out out of sheer butthurt.
I went 25-20 over the course of the whole thing, so at least I'm not bronze 5.

>>30865685
I feel like there weren't nearly enough frogs entered into this. Or Zygardes. I saw two, and both were dogs. Guess nobody could be fucked to track down the cells.

Must have been more Magearna than both combined.

>>30866364
I saw a 100%.
Which was immediately decimated by my Tapu Koko on the next turn.

Faced an 1830 rated Jap and he was using a hardcore stall team, go figure

Skarmory/Blissey is annoying without items

>>30867657
All japs I fought used Magnezones to counter that shit.