power rankings dpl

n10s Power Rankings of all the teams that are not mine tm



I decided to grade each teams ability in each tier, as well as give them a team cohesiveness grade, and then averaged those scores by assigning a number value to each grade (an F is a 0 and an A is a 4) to come up with an overall grade. SM is weighted, since it makes up half of your teams playing slots, so the SM grade is worth 1.5x every other grade. The tiebreakers are SM grade, Team grade, coin flip.



1. Hungry Hungry Hippowdowns: B- (3.0)

SM: A: This team has arguably the best SM core in the tournament, with SPL talents in Croven and Miltankmilk paired with very solid players in Memoric, Vallex, and Akaru Kokuyo. Virtually everyone on this team will have something of value to add to their SM teams, and they have a lot of solid testing partners here as well.
XY: A: Most of the players already mentioned in SM were fantastic XY players, and by adding Dad1 and Psynergy to this mix you can't go wrong. Dad1 is still working his way back into being the Dad1 of old, but again, their XY teams will be rock solid given help from the teams great builders.
BW: F: This is where it starts to get choppy, as not very many of these players have BW experience, and of those who do, they have not played much BW at a high level in years. Psynergy and Paraplegic seem to be the only players who will be able to play this tier, and while they will still have a solid backbone for building, the teams metagame knowledge is weakest in BW.
UU: C: Memoric looks to be the only UU player on their list, and his competence in overall playing is the teams saving grace. He will more than likely have to look outside his team for testing, and with other team members knowledge in this metagame lacking, it will be up to Memoric, who has not had a good run in his past DPL's, to make up for all of that lost ground.
Team cohesiveness: B: Croven, milk, and memoric make up 3 of this communities most active members, and milk does not at all seem like the type of manager to take a back seat to his teams proceedings. While many of these guys may not be outright friends, they all seem to get along and should be able to keep from butting heads which should lead to a positive team environment.
Overall: B- (3.0): Their unmistakable prowess in SM and XY should lead this team to the playoffs. As long as they can have a better-than-disastrous run in BW and UU, this team should have no trouble winning its weeks.

2. Rustboro Baptist Church: C+ (2.9)

SM: B: With Sam leading the charge, I think he can set up his other SM players in Mishi, Rookie, and Finch for winning situations. Sams building will keep this team afloat in SM, and its important to remember that while inexperienced as of late, Rookie is still a great player who stormed his way through SPL a couple years ago. As long as Sam is the one mostly doing the building, I think this teams SM lineup is solid enough to win games.
XY: A: Sam was also a great XY player, and with Rookie and Lunar, who were fantastic XY players, this is easily the teams best format. I find it hard to imagine an XY matchup these guys aren't favored in.
BW: D: Lunar is this teams only BW player, and although he'll get some help from Sam and 51, this meta has developed some since Lunar played it at a consistently high level, so this is going to be a crapshoot in my opinion. Lunar could go 4-1 or 1-4 in this metagame, and that high risk is why I graded them so low. Never underestimate Lunar's playing ability, however.
UU: B: I already think I overrated Level 51 here, but his building ability along with solid preparedness makes me think he can hold his own in this format. He shattered the DUU metagame in the Winter tournament, and as DUU will be entirely different by week 2, I think he will be as good as anyone building in an unfamiliar metagame. That said, there is still a chance 51 has a bad tournament (he barely forced himself to even signup) and this team is stuck without a UU player.
Team cohesiveness: C: While this team seems to be okay at the top, it isn't cohesive throughout, and there are legitimate concerns about players sticking with it and keeping their heads throughout the entire 6 weeks. Sam will be a good manager, but there's a possibility these guys would rather stick to building and practicing on their own.
Overall: C+ (2.9): This team is filled with good players, and it will be interesting to see how they fare in the later weeks. This team has a real chance of making playoffs, but they also have a real chance of having a collectively bad tournament. Sam will be their constant, and hopefully they can stick by him.

3. Melemele Sea Mantines: C+ (2.8)

SM: C: A dicey SM lineup. They do have Tman, an SPL level talent, but past that it is dicey. DaWoblefet, talkingtree, FV, etc, can all play, but this lineup doesn't stack up compared to the other talent filled SM lineups. If Tman is helped out by the team, he may be unstoppable, and Dawoblefet's great preparation may lead this lineup to a winning record, but this feels like an absolutely best case scenario.
XY: B: Most of this teams great players, when you think of them, are XY or BW talents. They have consistently in SPL guy TFC, Mizu, and great builders in DaWoblefet and talkingtree. This is the teams best format, but it is not as solid as the Churches XY lineup.
BW: B:  Mizu and TFC form a very solid core here. tree's been around enough to help out some, and I think they will collect wins in this format. If Mizu has a bad tour in BW, they may have to shake up the lineup, which I don't think this team can afford.
UU: B: talkingtree is one of the better UU builders, and I think DaWoblefet can help him prepare. And if the two most technical guys I know are preparing together, I don't think their teams will have many holes. This could have been a C grade, but I think overall the UU talent is fairly weak, so I give talkingtree the upper-hand here.
Team cohesiveness: C: talkingtree and Dawoblefet are probably the two best teammates you could ever ask for. That said, I don't know how well this team will do as far as working together. My hope is that Mizu and tree really push everyone to talk to one another and communicate, but I could definitely see that not happening.
Overall: C (2.8): This is the tournaments average team, but I think the only two outcomes for these guys are playoffs or bottom of the pack. Lots of what-ifs involved, but I'm excited to see how it plays out.

4. Mossdeep City Space Jams: C (2.6)

SM: A: It was surprising to me to see a team I ranked so highly in SM in fourth, but alas. This SM core is very solid with Edu, nvakna, emforbes, and Frania all heading it up. They got Frania for a steal, and they even have totem in the back to help with that 3rd slot. This team should never be underestimated, as they could easily get 3 wins a week out of SM alone.
XY: B: Most of those SM players, save Edu, were solid XY players, and replacing Edu with Biosci in terms of helping or playing is not a bad trade at all. They have 3 people who can comfortably win in XY, and could very easily get wins here every week.
BW: D: It hurts me to give Biosci a D here, since he is not a D-tier player, but it looks like he'll be doing BW almost entirely on his own, and this should be the time where the government is putting him back in his Cryo chamber, but he has to play DPL instead. This is a lot like Lunar, in that he could easily go 4-1 or 1-4. If Biosci can't make a game for an activity reason then this team is screwed.
UU: D: This team really doesn't have a UU player, but Edu and marilli are both competent enough to ensure nvakna, who played DUU two DPLs ago, can have some serviceable teams. That said, this is the teams worst format, and they will be hard pressed to get wins here.
Team cohesiveness: D: I may catch some flak for this but oh well. We all know Edu and Frania do not get along, and I don't know if that beef has been squashed. Many of these players may not be great for the team activity wise, so there will be a lot of pressure on marilli, who may be leaving after DPL anyway, to keep these guys together.
Overall: C (2.6): This team will have to rely on pure talent to win. Hopefully they can do that, but this is one of those teams you just really don't know how it will go for them, which doesn't instill confidence.
5. Santalune Storms: C: (2.6)

SM: C: stax! But that's like, it. Many of this teams better players, laptops, qsns, etc, will have to play lower tiers, so that leaves the SM lineup with something to be desired. That said, stax will probably go positive, and if the bench guys can steal wins here, they'll be okay.
XY: A: They have lots of solid XY builders with stax, arctic, paint, and qsns, and any of those guys can win games in this format. This is the teams best format easily, they should be good here.
BW: B: Paint went like 5-0 in BW last DPL, and with Arctic helping him, he should have another good season. Not much else to say here. Can you tell I'm getting tired?
UU: F: There's not a UU player on the roster, but unlike the jams, who have people with DUU knowledge, it looks like it'll be up to someone who on another team would be better off playing SM.
Team cohesiveness: B: Arctic won last DPL, and I can bet he wants to do it again. There are tons of active guys on this team, and it looks like the discord will be at the very least active with bad memes, even if its not real prep work.
Overall: C (2.6): This teams poor SM lineup hurts them, but don't sleep on the storms. I ranked them last a year ago and they won the championship.

As you can see, all the grades were very close, so this should be a very fun DPL. I tried to be as objective as possible while doing this, so it was not written with my personal feelings in mind for the most part. Have a good DPL everyone!