Stealthbomber enters a pokemon draft league!

[Stealthbomber16]

Hey all! Over the summer I decided it would be fun to take part in a small, informal draft tournament. Here's basically how it works:
1. Each person alternates picking pokemon in a snake draft
2. You must pick a tier 1, a tier 2, two tier 3, a tier 4, and a tier 5 mon.
3. You must draft ONLY one mega
4. You spend the remaining 400 points among drafting 4 remaining mons (Tier 1s are 180, Tier 2s are 120, Tier 3s are 100, Tier 4s are 60, and tier 5s are 40.)
5. After the draft you may pick two of your pokemon to be your designated Z-Crystal holders. You don't need to bring a z-crystal on them each week but they're the only ones who can have it.

As a result, you get 11 pokemon, and then bring 6 of them with different movesets to fight a predetermined opponent who did the same thing. There's a whopping 12 rounds in this tournament, and unless I get an overwhelming amount of negative feedback about it, I'll be reporting how well I do on the site!

I drafted (in this order)
Excadrill [Tier 1] <Z Crystal Holder>
Tapu Fini [Tier 1]
Kyurem (Regular) [Tier 3]
Mega Tyranitar [Mega] (+20 points for drafting a lower tier mega)
Trevenant [Tier 4]
Porygon-Z [Tier 3] <Z Crystal Holder>
Cloyster [Tier 3]
Stoutland [Tier 5]
Klefki [Tier 2]
Galvantula [Tier 3]
Lampent [Tier 5]

During the league I'm hoping to trade off Lampent for Charizard [Tier 5], which was picked two picks before I was going to pick it. I'm also hoping to obtain Gigalith [Tier 3] at some point during the league.

Stay tuned for the week 1 post!

[Brendan]

Looks fun, how is cloyster tier 3 tho

[Sino]

Nice, if people like it, we could even try to organise such a tournament on the site, what would you say ?

[Brendan]

Nice, if people like it, we could even try to organise such a tournament on the site, what would you say ?

im down

[Stealthbomber16]

Looks fun, how is cloyster tier 3 tho

Cloyster required a turn to set up to be brutally effective, and even after that it has limited coverage move options.

[Stealthbomber16]

The first battle is against the Boston Vinewhips, drafting the lightning fast team of
Metagross [Tier 3]
Raikou [Tier 1]
M. Garchomp [Mega] (+40 points for drafting a low tier mega)
Kartana [Tier 1]
Sawk [Tier 5]
Spiritomb [Tier 4]
Togekiss [Tier 2] <Z-Crystal holder>
Gogoat [Tier 5]
Darmanitan [Tier 3]
Shuckle [Tier 4] <Z-Crystal holder>
Crobat [Tier 3]

https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen7ou-591296365

The battle leads off with me reading him to go for a shuckle lead. I set up a swords dance in front of the shuckle, expecting him to go for a sticky web or stealth rock. Instead he goes for... power split. (Linked because I didn't know what it did prior to this battle either.) After taking out the shuckle he sends in togekiss, which gets swiftly taken down with a flinch for some sweet irony. Knowing that I can't outspeed the incoming darmanitan, I go out into my Lampent which absorbs the hit with Flash Fire. He then pulls out an earthquake. Good prep on his part, I have no flying type pokemon to avoid the earthquake. After that I send in my Choice Scarfed Kyurem, which is able to move faster than the Darmanitan and get a clean earth power kill. He sends in Kartana, which has a 94% chance to survive an earth power. Sadly, he does. Then, in a moment of glory, he goes for swords dance. I'm able to mop up the kartana while he goes into mega garchomp. I switch back out, unable to ice beam the garchomp due to my choice scarf, into Tapu Fini. My opponent... sets up a sandstorm and kills Fini. After that I'm able to mop up the game by spamming earthquake on excadrill.

I'm pretty proud of the way that I played this game even though it wasn't a particularly skillful opponent. My only mistake was leaving lampent in on the earthquake from darmanitan and even that gave me a free switch into kyurem. A 4-0 victory and an excellent way to start off the tournament.

[Brendan]

The first battle is against the Boston Vinewhips, drafting the lightning fast team of
Metagross [Tier 3]
Raikou [Tier 1]
M. Garchomp [Mega] (+40 points for drafting a low tier mega)
Kartana [Tier 1]
Sawk [Tier 5]
Spiritomb [Tier 4]
Togekiss [Tier 2]
Gogoat [Tier 5]
Darmanitan [Tier 3]
Shuckle [Tier 4]
Crobat [Tier 3]

https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen7ou-591296365

The battle leads off with me reading him to go for a shuckle lead. I set up a swords dance in front of the shuckle, expecting him to go for a sticky web or stealth rock. Instead he goes for... power split. (Linked because I didn't know what it did prior to this battle either.) After taking out the shuckle he sends in togekiss, which gets swiftly taken down with a flinch for some sweet irony. Knowing that I can't outspeed the incoming darmanitan, I go out into my Lampent which absorbs the hit with Flash Fire. He then pulls out an earthquake. Good prep on his part, I have no flying type pokemon to avoid the earthquake. After that I send in my Choice Scarfed Kyurem, which is able to move faster than the Darmanitan and get a clean earth power kill. He sends in Kartana, which has a 94% chance to survive an earth power. Sadly, he does. Then, in a moment of glory, he goes for swords dance. I'm able to mop up the kartana while he goes into mega garchomp. I switch back out, unable to ice beam the garchomp due to my choice scarf, into Tapu Fini. My opponent... sets up a sandstorm and kills Fini. After that I'm able to mop up the game by spamming earthquake on excadrill.

I'm pretty proud of the way that I played this game even though it wasn't a particularly skillful opponent. My only mistake was leaving lampent in on the earthquake from darmanitan and even that gave me a free switch into kyurem. A 4-0 victory and an excellent way to start off the tournament.

Damn that kid blew

[Stealthbomber16]

Damn that kid blew

Yea, was kind of bummed to see I start it off with the easiest opponent. Bigger challenge next, though, I'm sure.

[Sino]

@Stealthbomber16 When is your next game ?

[Stealthbomber16]

@Stealthbomber16 When is your next game ?

Assuming we stick to schedule, it won't be for another week.

[Brendan]

sad

[Ash]

sad nerds go get some pussy instead of playing pokemon:go fuck yourself

[thedougler]

sad nerds go get some pussy instead of playing pokemon:go fuck yourself

LMAO

[SuperJack]

sad nerds go get some pussy instead of playing pokemon:go fuck yourself

i know right these guys aint like us who play digimon league. amiright?

[Brendan]

sad nerds go get some pussy instead of playing pokemon:go fuck yourself

shut up virgin

[Stealthbomber16]

sad nerds go get some pussy instead of playing pokemon:go fuck yourself

[Stealthbomber16]

For anyone who cares, this was my team for the week 1 battle.

Spoiler : Week 1 Team :

Cryptonic (Lampent) @ Eviolite
Ability: Flash Fire
IVs: 0 Atk
- Will-O-Wisp
- Hex
- Rest
- Sleep Talk

Spiderman Homecoming (Galvantula) @ Life Orb
Ability: Compound Eyes
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Thunder
- Volt Switch
- Sticky Web
- Disable

Pestilence (Tyranitar-Mega) @ Tyranitarite
Ability: Sand Stream
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 SpD
Adamant Nature
- Stealth Rock
- Dragon Tail
- Stone Edge
- Earthquake

Chivalry (Excadrill) @ Steelium Z
Ability: Sand Rush
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Earthquake
- Iron Head
- Swords Dance
- Poison Jab

Heil (Kyurem) @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Pressure
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Ice Beam
- Earth Power
- Psychic
- Draco Meteor

Ocean ʷᵒMan (Tapu Fini) @ Leftovers
Ability: Misty Surge
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpA
Bold Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Hidden Power [Fire]
- Defog
- Scald
- Calm Mind

[Brendan]

@Cryptonic haha u died in 1 hit

[Cryptonic]

@Cryptonic haha u died in 1 hit

sounds about right

[Stealthbomber16]

Week 2 is fucking impossible to recap. Watch it yourself.
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/ge...goes-593438229

Spoiler : results :

I won this 51 turn monstrosity 2-0. GG to my opponent.

[Brendan]

gg ez sticky web cancer

[Stealthbomber16]

Also worth mentioning:
I traded my stoutland for xatu.

[Brendan]

https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen7nubeta-594029917
NU games r chill

[Stealthbomber16]

https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen7nubeta-594029917
NU games r chill

gg
hahah

[Stealthbomber16]

Week Three

My opponent this week was Adayer of the New Orleans Pelippers.
Adayer has had a bit of a rough time so far, losing his first match 0-5 and his opponent week 2 being on vacation, and he has yet to battle him.

Adayer drafted the versatile team of:
Infernape
Florges
Krookodile
Slowbro
Heliolisk
Roserade
Druddigon
M. Pidgeot
Registeel
Gengar
Armaldo
Yellow names indicate Z-Captains

https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/ge...goes-596138193

My opponent brought the team of Registeel, Infernape, Armaldo, Krookodile, Gengar, and Slowbro.
I brought the team of D-Dance Mega Tyranitar, Scarfed Kyurem, Agility Z-Hyper Beam Porygon-Z, Literally-Just-Normal-Klefki, Shell Smash Cloyster, and Lampent w/ Protect to hold against z moves

BATTLE RECAP:
I led with mega tyranitar expecting my opponent to lead with registeel to set up rocks, and set up a dragon dance. I go for a second as he superpowers me, putting me on 25% health. I earthquake his registeel and he sends in slowbro, which I also dispose of with a crunch. He sends in gengar, and I crunch that as well. He survives on sash and goes for a destiny bond. Knowing there wasn't a way to get through this gengar, I decided to let my T-Tar die and pick up the revenge kill with my Kyurem (scarfed). He sends in infernape and I'm forced to switch out, into lampent. He predicts this and uses U-Turn, and goes directly into krook. Expecting a Z Move, I go for protect, as he reveals pursuit. This leads to an awkward minute where we're both trying to figure out what happens next and he ends up just using earthquake and kills me. Seeing an opportunity, I go into cloyster and set up a shell smash. From there I'm able to sweep him for the clean 4-0.

PERSONAL ANALYSIS:
I think the only mistake I made this game was not using crunch on t-tar to kill the destiny bond sash gengar, instead relying on scarfed kyurem. But the result would have been the same.

[Stealthbomber16]

For those curious

Spoiler : Team for week 2 :

Chivalry (Excadrill) @ Choice Band
Ability: Sand Rush
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Earthquake
- Iron Head
- Shadow Claw
- Rapid Spin

Pestilence (Tyranitar-Mega) @ Tyranitarite
Ability: Sand Stream
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Dragon Dance
- Stealth Rock
- Stone Edge
- Crunch

Wroclaw (Klefki) @ Sitrus Berry
Ability: Prankster
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Atk / 252 Def
Impish Nature
- Play Rough
- Spikes
- Thunder Wave
- Heal Block

Porygon-EZ (Porygon-Z) @ Electrium Z
Ability: Adaptability
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Tri Attack
- Agility
- Ice Beam
- Thunderbolt

Homecoming (Galvantula) @ Focus Sash
Ability: Compound Eyes
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Thunder
- Sticky Web
- Hidden Power [Ice]
- Volt Switch

Ocean ʷᵒMan (Tapu Fini) @ Leftovers
Ability: Misty Surge
EVs: 252 HP / 252 SpD / 4 Spe
Careful Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Haze
- Moonblast
- Calm Mind
- Taunt

Spoiler : Team for week 3 :

Heil (Kyurem) @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Pressure
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Ice Beam
- Psychic
- Earth Power
- Draco Meteor

Pestilence (Tyranitar-Mega) @ Tyranitarite
Ability: Sand Stream
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Dragon Dance
- Earthquake
- Stone Edge
- Crunch

Porygon-EZ (Porygon-Z) @ Normalium Z
Ability: Download
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Hyper Beam
- Agility
- Ice Beam
- Hidden Power [Ground]

Wroclaw (Klefki) @ Light Clay
Ability: Prankster
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD
Bold Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Spikes
- Thunder Wave
- Light Screen
- Magic Coat

Rhif (Cloyster) @ White Herb
Ability: Skill Link
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpA / 252 Spe
Naughty Nature
- Shell Smash
- Icicle Spear
- Signal Beam
- Rapid Spin

Brendan (Lampent) @ Eviolite
Ability: Flash Fire
EVs: 236 HP / 20 SpA / 252 SpD
Calm Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Protect
- Toxic
- Fire Blast
- Pain Split

[Sino]

For those curious


Porygon-EZ (Porygon-Z) @ Normalium Z
Ability: Download
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Hyper Beam
- Agility
- Ice Beam
- Hidden Power [Ground]

Why aren't you using Z-Conversion ? :o

[Stealthbomber16]

Why aren't you using Z-Conversion ? :o

Not allowed.
Using baton pass to pass stats to pokemon is also not allowed.

edit:
Omni-boosting z moves in general (Celebrate, Conversion, Forest's Curse, Geomancy, Happy Hour, Hold Hands, Purify, Sketch, Trick-or-Treat) are not allowed. But lets be honest why the fuck are you using z-geomancy on smeargle or z-purify on pyukumuku?

[Brendan]

PERSONAL ANALYSIS:
I think the only mistake I made this game was not using crunch on t-tar to kill the destiny bond sash gengar, instead relying on scarfed kyurem. But the result would have been the same.

Wrong. You let me die.

[Stealthbomber16]

Wrong. You let me die.

had he used pursuit that turn then you would've died regardless. that lampent was iv'd so that it could survive mega pidgeot hurricanes and 2hko it with fire blast in return.

that was an awkward turn lmao neither of us saw the other's move coming

[Stealthbomber16]

Week Four
My opponent this week was Bash of the Seattle Salandits
Bash is the creator of the league and a very good battler. He's had some very great games so far and was 2-1 in the league prior to the battle.

He had the ridiculous draft of
Tapu Koko
Latios
Vaporeon
Entei
Heracross
Bronzong
Rhydon
Skuntank
M. Sableye
Slurpuff
Tsareena

https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/ge...goes-598143498

My opponent brought the team of:
Tapu Koko, Latios, Vaporeon, Heracross, Bronzong and Mega Sableye
I brought Dual Screen Tapu Fini, Stall Trevenant, Specs Kyurem, Dual Dance Porygon-Z, Toxic Spikes Lead Cloyster, and WishPass Xatu

This battle is a 48 turn monstrosity so I won't even attempt to recap it here.

Spoiler : Spoilers :

I win 1-0.
Bash is a very good battler and I'm very happy to be battling against these very experienced trainers. Bash told me after the battle that he's currently in 4 other leagues, in addition to hosting this one.
The last turn was a surprise win for both of us because he turned out to be adamant heracross to my modest Porygon and I barely outsped.
We were both laughing in discord afterward.
I made a number of mistakes and mispredictions. The biggest and most prominent of them all was that... turn with Porygon-Z vs Vaporeon.
If you're curious, that was a 50% roll to kill because he brought mixed defenses vaporeon. I still should've gone for it, or better yet, just set up +4 or +6 on bronzong. My wiki berry would've allowed me to take some priority hits.

Spoiler : Week 4 Team :

Ocean ʷᵒman (Tapu Fini) @ Light Clay
Ability: Misty Surge
EVs: 252 HP / 4 SpA / 252 SpD
Calm Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Light Screen
- Reflect
- Moonblast
- Surf

Petrified (Trevenant) @ Sitrus Berry
Ability: Harvest
EVs: 252 HP / 24 Def / 232 SpD
Impish Nature
- Toxic
- Protect
- Substitute
- Wood Hammer

Heil (Kyurem) @ Choice Specs
Ability: Pressure
EVs: 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Draco Meteor
- Ice Beam
- Earth Power
- Flash Cannon

Porygon-EZ (Porygon-Z) @ Wiki Berry
Ability: Adaptability
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Tri Attack
- Nasty Plot
- Agility
- Shadow Ball

Rhif (Cloyster) @ Focus Sash
Ability: Skill Link
EVs: 248 HP / 252 Atk / 8 SpD
Adamant Nature
- Icicle Spear
- Rock Blast
- Toxic Spikes
- Rapid Spin

Illumixatu (Xatu) @ Leftovers
Ability: Magic Bounce
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SpD
Calm Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Protect
- Wish
- Air Slash
- Tailwind

[Brendan]

gg ez trevenant stall op

[Stealthbomber16]

Week Five
My opponent this week is Crewe of the Winnipeg Aqua Jets

We played our week five game early because I'm going to be out of town for the next week.
Crewe was 1-2 before this game but with an exactly even differential. Keeping it classy!
Crewe drafted the deadly team of
Jirachi
Clefable
Flygon
Blastoise
Hawlucha
M. Beedrill
Chesnaught
Houndoom
Garbodor
Eelektross
Beartic

https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/ge...goes-601672967

Spoiler : Spoilers :

I lost 0-4.

I think I prepped very poorly this week. Very mad at myself. As for my in-battle play I don't actually think I made many mistakes. If you're wondering about the corkscrew crash onto chesnaught that was a roll to kill otherwise. Not a whole lot to comment on this game, my opponent kind of mopped the floor with me. GG!

that trevenant tho what was i thinking rrrrrrraaaaagghghgh

Spoiler : Week Five Team :

Petrified (Trevenant) @ Salac Berry
Ability: Harvest
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Protect
- Phantom Force
- Seed Bomb
- Earthquake

Ocean ʷᵒman (Tapu Fini) @ Leftovers
Ability: Misty Surge
EVs: 252 HP / 156 Def / 100 SpD
Bold Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Moonblast
- Surf
- Aqua Ring
- Withdraw

Pestilence (Tyranitar-Mega) @ Tyranitarite
Ability: Sand Stream
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Rock Polish
- Stealth Rock
- Stone Edge
- Ice Punch

Chivalry (Excadrill) @ Steelium Z
Ability: Sand Rush
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Earthquake
- Iron Head
- Swords Dance
- Rapid Spin

Wroclaw (Klefki) @ Light Clay
Ability: Prankster
IVs: 0 Atk
- Magic Coat
- Reflect
- Spikes
- Thunder Wave

Homecoming (Galvantula) @ Focus Sash
Ability: Unnerve
EVs: 248 HP / 8 SpA / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Sticky Web
- Electroweb
- Volt Switch
- Thunder Wave

[Brendan]

Week Five
My opponent this week is Crewe of the Winnipeg Aqua Jets

We played our week five game early because I'm going to be out of town for the next week.
Crewe was 1-2 before this game but with an exactly even differential. Keeping it classy!
Crewe drafted the deadly team of
Jirachi
Clefable
Flygon
Blastoise
Hawlucha
M. Beedrill
Chesnaught
Houndoom
Garbodor
Eelektross
Beartic

https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/ge...goes-601672967

Spoiler : Spoilers :

I lost 0-4.

I think I prepped very poorly this week. Very mad at myself. As for my in-battle play I don't actually think I made many mistakes. If you're wondering about the corkscrew crash onto chesnaught that was a roll to kill otherwise. Not a whole lot to comment on this game, my opponent kind of mopped the floor with me. GG!

that trevenant tho what was i thinking rrrrrrraaaaagghghgh

Spoiler : Week Five Team :

Petrified (Trevenant) @ Salac Berry
Ability: Harvest
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Protect
- Phantom Force
- Seed Bomb
- Earthquake

Ocean ʷᵒman (Tapu Fini) @ Leftovers
Ability: Misty Surge
EVs: 252 HP / 156 Def / 100 SpD
Bold Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Moonblast
- Surf
- Aqua Ring
- Withdraw

Pestilence (Tyranitar-Mega) @ Tyranitarite
Ability: Sand Stream
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Rock Polish
- Stealth Rock
- Stone Edge
- Ice Punch

Chivalry (Excadrill) @ Steelium Z
Ability: Sand Rush
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Earthquake
- Iron Head
- Swords Dance
- Rapid Spin

Wroclaw (Klefki) @ Light Clay
Ability: Prankster
IVs: 0 Atk
- Magic Coat
- Reflect
- Spikes
- Thunder Wave

Homecoming (Galvantula) @ Focus Sash
Ability: Unnerve
EVs: 248 HP / 8 SpA / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Sticky Web
- Electroweb
- Volt Switch
- Thunder Wave

that is not how you use trevenant sir

[Stealthbomber16]

that is not how you use trevenant sir

figured id give it a shot
then i saw toxic and i was like REEEEEEE

edit:
this battle actually knocked me from being first place in the league because i lost so hard

[Stealthbomber16]

Plugging my own league now:
The league is slowing down a bit now so I decided, why not make my own?

Introducing the Showdown Double Battle League!
https://gbaleague.com/league/showdown...s1/?v=overview

yea

[Brendan]

Plugging my own league now:
The league is slowing down a bit now so I decided, why not make my own?

Introducing the Showdown Double Battle League!
https://gbaleague.com/league/showdown...s1/?v=overview

yea

damn i would prob play if it wasnt doubles