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PFA Season 6 Week 1 Report: Toronto Maple Leafeons - AbruptFury - Jan 11, 2018 Greetings! Tommy aka AbruptFury, coach of the Toronto Maple Leafeons, here! I will be bringing you my report on what happened in my very first match of the sixth season of the Pokemon Forever Association. My body is ready! Let's get into it. The Team Line-ups
My Team: Kyurem-B, Scizor, Sylveon, Vaporeon, Darmanitan(Z), Drapion, Electivire(Z), Dhelmise, Donphan, Mesprit(Z), Sawk Alec (Indianapolis Keldeos): M-Manectric, Landorus-T, Togekiss(Z), Cobalion(Z), Hoopa-C, Moltres, Ferroseed, Goodra(Z), Starmie, Frogadier, Slurpuff The Game Plan
Gypsy (Mesprit) @ Rocky Helmet Ability: Levitate EVs: 252 HP / 80 Def / 176 Spe Timid Nature IVs: 0 Atk - Psyshock - Ice Beam - Shadow Ball - Stealth Rock For the first game of the season, I figured that Mesprit would be a good Stealth Rock setter. But that's not all it can do. Psyshock allows it to get some good damage off on anything that doesn't resist. Ice Beam easily OHKOs Lando-do, as well as hits Togekiss for supereffective. Shadow Ball destroys the biggest offensive threat to this Pokemon on Alec's team, Hoopa. This Hoopa takes 4x damage from Ghost type attacks. This coverage is perfect for hitting his team. Rocky Helmet punishes any physical attacks that come Mesprits way, like U-turn for Landorus. This Pokemon is also the best one I have to take both of Cobalion's STAB type attacks. So it makes an okay switch-in to that beast. Offensive Calcs:
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Ribbons (Sylveon) (F) @ Leftovers Ability: Pixilate EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpA Bold Nature IVs: 0 Atk - Hyper Voice - Wish - Protect - Hidden Power [Fire] This is a pretty standard Sylveon set. The usual UU defensive one nowadays. Instead of Heal Bell, Sylveon has Hidden Power Fire. This is specifically for Ferroseed. My team in it's completion was a little weak to it. Hyper Voice allows Sylveon to hit everything on Alec's team, except for Moltres and Ferroseed, for some big damage. Even with so little investment, it can 2HKO a lot of his Pokemon. Wish and Protect allow Sylveon to scout, bait and take very little from Z moves, and recover itself and it's teammates. Goodra was the main reason I wanted to bring Sylveon. Big special attack damage from that thing hurts my Pokemon a lot, especially Dragon type attacks. And with Moltres and Ferroseed covered, Sylveon runs wild on his team with it's damage output and support. Offensive Calcs:
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Ariel (Vaporeon) (F) @ Leftovers Ability: Water Absorb EVs: 252 HP / 192 Def / 64 SpA Modest Nature IVs: 0 Atk - Scald - Shadow Ball - Hidden Power [Fire] - Heal Bell Talk about Sylveon having a great matchup with it's offensive presence. Vaporeon has the same Special Attack stat and similar coverage options. Scald hits Pokemon like Landorus-T and Moltres hard, and can burn physical attackers like Cobalion. Shadow Ball messes up Hoopa-C and Starmie, and does neutral damage to everything else. You see - Alec somehow overlooked a Ghost weakness in the team. And I wanted to make him pay the price. It would be a very easy weakness to abuse without a Dark or Normal type to stop me. Hidden Power Fire deals with the Ferroseed. I did not want that thing coming in for free, setting up hazards and Leech Seeds. Heal Bell would help off any status moves that Alec might like to go for such as Thunder Wave and Toxic. Offensive Calcs:
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Spark Plug (Electivire) @ Life Orb Ability: Motor Drive EVs: 12 Def / 252 SpA / 12 SpD / 232 Spe Timid Nature IVs: 0 Atk - Thunderbolt - Flamethrower - Hidden Power [Ice] - Toxic The combination of Mega Manectric and Landorus-T is very strong. They can get away with Volt Switch/U-turning all over you and cripple physical attackers with Intimidate on top of that. With the ability Motor Drive, I could take advantage of his Mega Manectric's Electric type attacks and gain a speed boost. This speed boost would allow Electivire to outspeed both Mega Manectric and Choice Scarf Landorus-T. All I needed was 232 Speed investment to outspeed Scarf Landorus-T after a Motor Drive boost, since Electivire's natural Base speed is faster. Then, Electivire could simply OHKO Landorus-T with Life Orb Hidden Power Ice. Initially, I wanted Elecitivire to be a Choice Specs set for major damage output, but I decided that versatility is better. Electivire's natural HP means that it can use Life Orb 10 times without fainting since the number ends in 1. Thunderbolt dominates Togekiss, Starmie, Frogadier, and Moltres. Flamethrower beats Ferroseed and Cobalion down, and can hit Mega Manectric hard. Hidden Power Ice beats Landorus-T, like I mentioned earlier, and hits Goodra too. Toxic helps where down the bulkier mons like Goodra, which don't take a lot from it's Special Attacks. Overall, one of my best answers to his team. Offensive Calcs:
Sting (Drapion) (M) @ Shuca Berry Ability: Battle Armor EVs: 24 HP / 252 Atk / 232 Spe Jolly Nature - Ice Fang - Pursuit - Earthquake - Swords Dance This set was designed to deal with Hoopa if it was getting out of hand. As well as perhaps take something out with a Swords Dance boosted attack. Ice Fang hits Pokemon like Landorus-T, Togekiss, and Goodra. Pursuit traps and beats Hoopa. Earthquake hits Mega Manectric and Cobalion. Battle Armor means that I don't have to worry about critical hits. Shuca Berry helps Drapion survive an attack from Landorus-T, hopefully baiting it to stay in and take some serious damage if not get taken out. Drapion's speed was also set to be higher than max speed Landorus-T's. Offensive Calcs:
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Rupert (Dhelmise) @ Assault Vest Ability: Steelworker EVs: 248 HP / 252 Atk / 8 SpD Brave Nature IVs: 0 Spe - Anchor Shot - Shadow Claw - Earthquake - Rapid Spin He's back! Dhelmise has returned to us and is coming to battle once again! Dhelmise's main purpose is sponging special attacks, walling Dhelmise, and keeping opposing hazards off the field. Anchor Shot traps and beats down Togekiss and Slurpuff. Shadow Claw destroys his whole team, just like Shadow Ball on my other Pokemon. Earthquake beats Cobalion and Mega Manectric. Rapid Spin keeps Stealth Rock and Sticky Web at bay. Offensive Calcs:
Defensive Calcs
The Aftermath
Here is the battle link: [url=https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/battlearea-gen7draftleague-26849][/url] Week 1: Toronto Maple Leafeons (AbruptFury) vs. Indianapolis Keldeos (Slec) Team that Alec brought: Landorus-T, Togekiss, Goodra, Cobalion, Starmie, Slurpuff -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I think that I should retire Turn by Turn Analysis. Some turns don't really need commentary. They are pretty straightforward. I think I will just go over the important ones and summarize which Pokemon got kills and which got deaths. Match Summary and Explanations
In Conclusion
Good game to @Slec ! I think he played very well. And while his plays and moveset choices were a bit predictable, that doesn't mean they were bad. I just knew that those kinds of things would give me the most trouble. And so did he. If I have any advice for Alec this season it would be to GET A GHOST RESIST, YA GOOF! Transaction week will be coming up soon and I really hope he fixes that problem because I think that his team is very strong and it's a very obvious hole in it. Quite exploitable. Thank you very much for taking the time to read my article I hope you enjoyed it and I will be bringing the results of my next match soon. My week 2 match is against Epiclolz aka Justin. I have played him before and I'm looking forward to another battle with him. See you next time! |