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ADPZ @ Guatemala, Takuya’s Dragapult VMAX, and My Rebel Clash Top 5 “aka Tord’s List -1 Oranguru UPR, +1 Absol TEU This is the list Benjamin Branch and I played to 1st and 4th in Guatemala. We knew the event would be no more than five rounds, so we wanted to play something very consistent and safe. Ben and I started with Tord’s list he used to win Malmö Regionals. I personally did not like the Oranguru UPR, so I dropped it for Absol. I believe Absol has more merit since it’s great against anything that plays Jirachi and the ADPZ mirror as well. Tord is a phenomenal deck builder, so it was a…
Tiers 1 thru 3, Melmetal/Magnezone, Passimian/Zapdos, Spread, Zororoc Deconstructed, Walls, Lightning Box, and Traditional Zororoc “Before I do anything else, I need to define what the meta currently looks like based on recent League Cup results. Zapdos Variants Pikarom/Jirachi/Zapdos Zoroark/Lycanroc Walls Blacephalon Buzzwole Decks Spread Malamar Lost March Zygarde Lycanroc Everything Else Going forward, I will always be most worried about Pikarom, Zapdos, and Zororoc. These are the decks that everyone seems to be defaulting to right now simply because of how blatantly strong they are compared to everything else. Zoroark has consistency, and Zapdos and Pikarom have the ability to hit high numbers quite easily with Electropower. I haven’t seen many people talking about…
An Overview of the First Week of States “I spent a lot of time testing with my teammates Andrew Zavala and Will McEowen in the weeks prior to the event since I felt like this was a format where a time investment was necessary to come out on top. We’re all fairly close to earning our invites, so we’ve been pushing as hard as we can to break the format and pick up those last few Championship Points. The first deck I want to mention is Yveltal/Seismitoad/Garbodor, which is the deck that I tested the most leading up to the first week of States. My initial, pre-Florida Regionals list ran…
The Impact of XY, S/T/P Recap, and Rogues “Predictions Fulfilled The Impact of XY What You Saw at S/T/Ps A Remarkable Shift in the Format What You Did NOT See at S/T/Ps Interview Time! Interview with Nestor Luna, Playing Palkia-EX/Snorlax EX/Deoxys-EX Interview with Johnny Rabus, Playing Flygon BCR/Dusknoir BCR/Accelgor DEX Interview with Bobby Phanphormma, Playing Weavile PLF/Exeggcute BCR Rogue Deck Recap Klinklang PLS/Aromatisse XY Greninja XY/Kingdra PLF Cobalion-EX/Landorus-EX/Garbodor LTR/Zekrom LTR Conclusion Typically, I am not a braggart. I like to let results speak for themselves. Every now and then, though, I have to give myself some credit, and this is one of those moments. While I have never…
Through its nose, it sucks in the emanations produced by people and Pokémon when they feel annoyed. It thrives off this negative energy. (Impidimp)