Pearl W4 PR Ned

Pearl W4 PR

The14thDoctor

I rate the Bulldoze bring on Ferro, and I think Doc was playing quite well to start. Unfortunately the wheels came off at the end. Latios getting a sub on the Ferro switch was unfortunate, but the Flash play was poor. Could've clicked Acro or Shadow Ball (twice as it turned out) and put the Mega Latios in range of Twinkle Tackle. The Flash play is relying on a low percentage hax, which won't win games.

9th


LordZoroak

Recognised the need to kill off the Druddigon, even if it meant crippling one of his sweepers. Managing to stop the Mienshao from abusing Regenerator with Cofagrigus multiple times was also good. Pounced with the Latios, although was a bit lucky that the Drifblim used Flash over an attacking move. Still played well.

5th


SkySplitter

Dazzling Gleam was nice, but from there it was kind of downhill. Losing Mew and Lanturn to the banded Entei really crippled Sky's ability to pull this one back, even with what I'm fairly sure was a scarf Blacephalon. Maybe it would've been better to switch Claydol in on the Kommo-o instead of leaving in Lopunny, but from there I can appreciate that's a hard call.

7th


Hazy

Banded Entei was huge, and Bulk Up Zeroara got rid of the Alolan Muk, which meant Hazy tore out the core of Sky's team with just two mons owo. Bulky Kommo-o was clutch too, tanking that Return. From there it was a formality. Bringing really nice prep without getting overcomplicated.

1st


Nfish2

The Rotom set was Heat (hehe) but it was still left to Tangrowth to finish the job. From there really controlled the tempo of the match. Trick Room worked a treat, although that Fire Fang flinch may have been a bit lucky in terms of getting Mawile more kills xD.

3rd


AlexJ

Chunked Rotom Heat and Tangrowth with Diancie, which was good, but unfortunately threw away Ditto early. Maybe Swords Danced a bit early, it did allow Mesprit to threaten Alex out with Ice Beam, and from there Mega Mawile in TR was too much, maybe a more dedicated defensive answer would've been great. The flinch was unfortunate in terms of differential perhaps, but the result was sewn up.

11th


OTNekoMage

Ballsy move switching into the Tapu Bulu on the Volcanion. Good take down of the Granbull which would have gotten in the way of a Hawlucha sweep, but may have pulled the trigger too early on the Hawlucha, and without it really lacked an offensive answer to the Volcanion. Also outside of Toxapex (which couldn't do anything back) lacked a defensive answer to it.

12th


Angel

Apart from losing Granbull to a Wood Hammer, played well. Angel dealt with Hawlucha and broke Donphan's Sturdy with Gardevoir, which was all the license needed for Volcanion to wreck face. Fairly straightforward win.

8th


SohamSpur

Weak early game, but Wish Vaporeon kept you afloat for a long time. Maybe Scald over Ice Beam and a bit more patience would've potentially broken through this team. Three flinches saved you for a few moments, but ultimately once Vaporeon got worn down, Track was in the drivers seat.

4th


Trackslayer

Smacking Accelgor turn 1 and immediately removing Spikes afterwards was nice, but the Rocky Helmet Garchomp into Mega Kangaskhan was really well prepped. Struggled to deal with Vaporeon, but eventually got in Primarina to chunk it. Got haxed to hell and back but from that point the game was won.

2nd


Lux

Got yeeted on by an amazing Hydreigon set, and struggled to deal with Kartana. Maybe the best chance was to click an attack and hope to break a sash rather than sack Kyurem Black, but I appreciate the choices were pretty limited.

10th

Aero Zeppelin

Crushed the room with that Hydreigon set. Despite struggling to break Cresselia with it, it did allow him to get in Kartana for free, setup, and smash what remained of Lux's team to bits.

6th


1st: Hazy
2nd: Trackslayer
3rd: Nfish2
4th: SohamSpur
5th: LordZoroak
6th: Aero Zeppelin
7th: SkySplitter
8th: Angel
9th: The14thDoctor
10th: Lux
11th: AlexJ
12th: OTNekoMage