Charliezard7
formerly Carlosmh7
actually that's pretty embarrassing... just noticed. I just read it while I was waking up so I skipped the part under Meowscarada accidentally. I hope you can forgive me Nog...
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Metagame [Gen 9] Modern Gen 2 [Leader's Choice]
- Thread starter Noglastica
- Start date
Solomod Premier League MG2
I'll be updating the replays and usage stats weekly and give a brief analysis of my thoughts on the games and what's going on.
Week 1:
qsns vs. charliezard
lialiabeast vs. concept everything
r8 vs. om
Lots of long games this week as teams definitely went for a bulkier approach outside of qsns who went for offense. I would say several mons had unexpectedly high usage in week 1 which are: Gliscor, Gholdengo, and Starmie all being used 50% (3 of 6 teams) and Blissey with 33% usage (2 of 6 teams). Small sample size but two teams went for a Gliscor + Gholdengo + Starmie core, and another went for a Gliscor + Gholdengo + Dhelmise (spinner). I'm not certain if we're going to see more of this core being used but I wouldn't be surprised if people try to counter this core. Blissey has had almost no usage in the past several months so it is a bit surprising to see it come back, though it certainly was effective in both of its games, with both teams also running heal bell blissey. Double gliscor lead is also a bit surprising as it constantly gets wisped if it wants to stay in T1 vs mew which isn't a huge deal if you're running heal bell/aroma in the back.
qsns vs charliezard: Could've gone differently if Mew didn't win the speed tie boom. Tyrantrum is an interesting pick and I remember seeing Teamo run it, but in a tier with lots of balloon steels I think the power of rock types are limited, especially with teams so conscious of boulder right now.
lialiabeast vs concept everything: Pretty awful matchup for lialiabeast who brought my talon team that really struggles into Gholdengo. The only reason it didn't end sooner is because Copen build a pretty awful set for Gho with physical hex and another ghost move for coverage. The little chance lialiabeast had in this matchup was essentially thrown away Turn 1 letting talon get knocked.
r8 vs om: Pretty tough matchup for om here who brought a weird Blissey + Blacephalon team which is a bit confusing in terms of what the team is actually trying to accomplish. I don't think that tusk can really accomplish too much into a gliscor, especially when tusk gets knocked early on putting it on a timer of taking spikes every time it wants to come in. Loading Boulder + Tusk into Gliscor + Gho is pretty much lost in the teambuilder, and I'll be honest I've never been a fan of normal gem Blacephalon either.
Week 2:
Week 3:
Week 4:
Week 5:
Semifinals:
Finals:
MG2 Usage
MG2 Leads
I'll be updating the replays and usage stats weekly and give a brief analysis of my thoughts on the games and what's going on.
Week 1:
qsns vs. charliezard
lialiabeast vs. concept everything
r8 vs. om
Lots of long games this week as teams definitely went for a bulkier approach outside of qsns who went for offense. I would say several mons had unexpectedly high usage in week 1 which are: Gliscor, Gholdengo, and Starmie all being used 50% (3 of 6 teams) and Blissey with 33% usage (2 of 6 teams). Small sample size but two teams went for a Gliscor + Gholdengo + Starmie core, and another went for a Gliscor + Gholdengo + Dhelmise (spinner). I'm not certain if we're going to see more of this core being used but I wouldn't be surprised if people try to counter this core. Blissey has had almost no usage in the past several months so it is a bit surprising to see it come back, though it certainly was effective in both of its games, with both teams also running heal bell blissey. Double gliscor lead is also a bit surprising as it constantly gets wisped if it wants to stay in T1 vs mew which isn't a huge deal if you're running heal bell/aroma in the back.
qsns vs charliezard: Could've gone differently if Mew didn't win the speed tie boom. Tyrantrum is an interesting pick and I remember seeing Teamo run it, but in a tier with lots of balloon steels I think the power of rock types are limited, especially with teams so conscious of boulder right now.
lialiabeast vs concept everything: Pretty awful matchup for lialiabeast who brought my talon team that really struggles into Gholdengo. The only reason it didn't end sooner is because Copen build a pretty awful set for Gho with physical hex and another ghost move for coverage. The little chance lialiabeast had in this matchup was essentially thrown away Turn 1 letting talon get knocked.
r8 vs om: Pretty tough matchup for om here who brought a weird Blissey + Blacephalon team which is a bit confusing in terms of what the team is actually trying to accomplish. I don't think that tusk can really accomplish too much into a gliscor, especially when tusk gets knocked early on putting it on a timer of taking spikes every time it wants to come in. Loading Boulder + Tusk into Gliscor + Gho is pretty much lost in the teambuilder, and I'll be honest I've never been a fan of normal gem Blacephalon either.
Week 2:
Week 3:
Week 4:
Week 5:
Semifinals:
Finals:
Code:
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| Rank | Pokemon | Use | Usage % | Win % |
+ ---- + ------------------ + ---- + ------- + ------- +
| 1 | Gliscor | 3 | 50.00% | 66.67% |
| 1 | Gholdengo | 3 | 50.00% | 66.67% |
| 1 | Mew | 3 | 50.00% | 66.67% |
| 1 | Starmie | 3 | 50.00% | 33.33% |
| 5 | Blissey | 2 | 33.33% | 50.00% |
| 5 | Slither Wing | 2 | 33.33% | 50.00% |
| 5 | Empoleon | 2 | 33.33% | 0.00% |
| 5 | Iron Boulder | 2 | 33.33% | 0.00% |
| 9 | Kingambit | 1 | 16.67% | 100.00% |
| 9 | Dragonite | 1 | 16.67% | 100.00% |
| 9 | Suicune | 1 | 16.67% | 100.00% |
| 9 | Walking Wake | 1 | 16.67% | 100.00% |
| 9 | Iron Moth | 1 | 16.67% | 100.00% |
| 9 | Melmetal | 1 | 16.67% | 100.00% |
| 9 | Gastrodon | 1 | 16.67% | 100.00% |
| 9 | Dhelmise | 1 | 16.67% | 100.00% |
| 9 | Blacephalon | 1 | 16.67% | 0.00% |
| 9 | Great Tusk | 1 | 16.67% | 0.00% |
| 9 | Chi-Yu | 1 | 16.67% | 0.00% |
| 9 | Tapu Fini | 1 | 16.67% | 0.00% |
| 9 | Tyrantrum | 1 | 16.67% | 0.00% |
| 9 | Talonflame | 1 | 16.67% | 0.00% |
| 9 | Garchomp | 1 | 16.67% | 0.00% |
Code:
+ ---- + ----------------------- + ---- + ------- + ------- +
| Rank | Leads | Use | Usage % | Win % |
+ ---- + ----------------------- + ---- + ------- + ------- +
| 1 | Gliscor | 2 | 33.33% | 50.00% |
| 2 | Kingambit | 1 | 16.67% | 100.00% |
| 2 | Mew | 1 | 16.67% | 100.00% |
| 2 | Blacephalon | 1 | 16.67% | 0.00% |
| 2 | Talonflame | 1 | 16.67% | 0.00% |