Pearl W3 PR Ned

Pearl W3 PR Ned

Lord Zoroak

Interesting physical Latios, managed to wear down Manaphy, into Arcanine range. Played around the Mega Mawile ok this game. Losing Buzzwole to Landorus when your Zapdos was full was questionable, and you should have then lost to the Stone Edge. However you did manage to hold your nerve late once it missed.

8th

Nfish2

The defensive Drampa was a really solid set, even taking down a Shaymin. HP Flying was good tech. However relying on Stone Edge to round out a battle will come back to bite you, as it did here. Unlucky loss, hope Nfish can bounce back.

5th

Hazy
Good read of the first Volt Switch, and Zeraora did an admirable job taking out Ferrothorn. Mega Gardevoirs bulk was impressive, and the bulky Kommo-o did wonders. Played it pretty damn well.

1st

The14thDoctor

Needed to make the Hydro play turn 5 over Volt Switch. Setup too early with Volcarona against something that can kill it, and again setup Koko against an Entei that could kill it. Third times the charm on the setup, and I can appreciate the flinch attempt with Gyarados. Ultimately however left too much work for Nidoqueen and Rotom at the end.

9th

Angel

Lacking a Scald switch in hurts, and it cost you an A.Marowak that would've been helpful later. Generally seemed to get bullied off the field and be reacting to Lux's plays more than anything. Still might have won if one or two more Hurricanes had landed at the right moments, so credit for sticking in there and not outright throwing.

10th

Lux

Grabbed the game by the scruff of the neck early on and didn't let go. Kept control, made a few nice doubles, and managed to avoid the Hurricanes he needed to late to win.

7th

Aero Zeppelin

Just didn't have a way to pressure out Vaporeon, especially once Manectric lost half of its HP. Slowly got worn down by Soham with little counterplay, and eventually had nothing to deal with Breloom, although Manectric's intimidate would have been handier earlier.

6th

SohamSpur

Kept everything topped up and healthy, bringing mons that could soak up hits nicely. Wore down Aero's team at little risk to himself, and got Breloom in at the right time to sweep, although the differential could've been maybe less if Manectric had intimidated earlier.

2nd

AlexJ

Bringing Sticky Web against Serperior and with Ditto is perhaps a bit questionable again, however you did manage to deal with it without suffering much, nice Uturn. Got Gyarados in and nearly pulled it back, but just got beaten out by Curse Snorlax. Maybe a bit more consideration on whether webs are a good idea each week. Showing some real fight against the S3 Champion.

11th

Trackslayer

Played ok, nice HP Ice bring on the DD Zard. However the lack of switch ins to Blaziken and Landorus was exposed, and perhaps against a more experienced player would have brought you undone. As it was CurseLax saved you at the death, which was good prep.

4th

OTNekoMage

Trick Room Dusclops was a fun bring, and outstalling a Mew with Toxapex was actually hilarious. However wasn't able to get the TR sweepers in to abuse the TR properly, and Skys team ended up being too fat to deal with.

12th

SkySplitter

Showed off why Alolan Muk is so good, busting through NekoMage's core and tanking Vikavolt really well. Mew getting outstalled by a Toxapex for several turns was funny, but ultimately Sky had too much staying power for Neko to deal with, and crashed through his last offensive mons with a nice Mega Lopunny set.

3rd

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