Tournament National Dex Ladder Tournament Discussion Thread

[Steorra]

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OP most taken from the last version of this thread

Hey everyone! This thread will be used to discuss everything related to the Ladder Tournament - current metagame trends, predictions, players, good laddering teams, playoffs team dumps etc. Remember to keep the discussion civil & have fun!​

 

[LBN]

we fr started this with legal sneasler what is good w yall

 

[Oculars]

we fr started this with legal sneasler what is good w yall

sneaslers totally fine better than having every team spam fat lando and gambit

 

[seth]

sneaslers totally fine better than having every team spam fat lando and gambit

 

[ChrisPBacon]

@ all ltour players take a shot every time u load into yard gambit tusk sun and see if ur still alive by the end of the week

 

[R8]

take one when you load into webs as well

 

[about15gals]

@ all ltour players take a shot every time u load into yard gambit tusk sun and see if ur still alive by the end of the week

somehow I haven't seen any yet, although I feel like I'm opening pandora's box here by mentioning it

 

[adem]

drink responsibly people, and good luck (also post what u guys have been using please im curious)

 

[sealoo]

sneaslers totally fine better than having every team spam fat lando and gambit

 

[ChrisPBacon]

drink responsibly people, and good luck (also post what u guys have been using please im curious)

U don’t wanna know

 

[Kayzn]

U don’t wanna know

I'm suprised that you got that far with the pink puff ball who has a pony tail

 

[hidin]

The ladder goat is shown above...#SuicuneToTheTop

 

[seth]

@ all ltour players take a shot every time u load into yard gambit tusk sun and see if ur still alive by the end of the week

never doin this shit again

 

[sealoo]

The ladder goat is shown above...#SuicuneToTheTop

 

[Steorra]

https://www.smogon.com/forums/threads/national-dex-ladder-tournament-iv-cycle-1.3722448/post-9658901 cycle 1 has concluded!

and https://www.smogon.com/forums/threads/national-dex-ladder-tournament-iv-cycle-2.3722808/ cycle 2 is up!

Qualifiers for cycle 1:

1. ChrisPBacon
2. hi.naming is hard
3. peap
4. Octperlover
5. Kyo
6. entrocefalo
7. Unowndragon
8. jushu

Encourage yall to give thoughts on trends, teams you like using and how the overall exp was

 

[Kyo]

Great to see so much activity for this tournament. The qualifier cutoff exceeded expectations. I'll drop some teams I used, no promises that you will like them tho

 

[Unowndragon]

My team that i mainly use on ndlt

 

[sealoo]

Challenge for those participating in cycle 2 is to take a shot whenever you run into cb rilla, good luck!

 

[hidin]

same with hoopa u + zapdos cause holy shit ladder loves those two

 

[Steorra]

https://www.smogon.com/forums/threads/national-dex-ladder-tournament-iv-cycle-2.3722808/post-9667684 cycle 2 has concluded!

and https://www.smogon.com/forums/threads/national-dex-ladder-tournament-iv-cycle-3.3723181/ cycle 3 is up!

Qualifiers for cycle 2:

1. aoyu​
2. Ryuji​
3. Soul king0​
4. Bankler126​
5. sealoo​
6. Xurkiyee​
7. Kayzn​
8. setset77​

same deal, give thoughts on trends, teams you like using and how the overall exp was

 

[Nish the Great]

Me getting knocked down to #9 in the last 12 hours before end of cycle 2 (I need sleep)

 

[Steorra]

https://www.smogon.com/forums/threads/national-dex-ladder-tournament-iv-cycle-3.3723181/post-9680040 cycle 3 has concluded!

and https://www.smogon.com/forums/threads/national-dex-ladder-tournament-iv-cycle-4.3723548/ cycle 4 is up!

Qualifiers for cycle 3:

1. ThinkCalmly​
2. LBN​
3. Mullidito​
4. Fabriisse​
5. hidin​
6. Lameflame​
7. Strat8246​
8. Chaos23333​

same deal, give thoughts on trends, teams you like using and how the overall exp was

 

[Lameflame]

Names & Elo Cycle 1 through Cycle 3

1. ChrisPBacon - 2102
2. hi.naming is hard - 2049
3. peap - 2017
4. Octperlover - 1976
5. Kyo - 1976
6. entrocefalo - 1975
7. Unowndragon - 1974
8. jushu - 1971
9. ThinkCalmly - 1928
10. aoyu - 1926
11. LBN - 1911
12. Ryuji - 1905
13. Soul king0 - 1899
14. Bankler126 - 1898
15. Mullidito - 1895
16. sealoo - 1891
17. Xurkiyee - 1889
18. Kayzn - 1889
19. Fabriisse - 1889
20. setset77 - 1884
21. hidin - 1879
22. Lameflame - 1874
23. Strat8246 - 1871
24. Chaos23333 - 1858

This is what the standings / seeding looks like going into Cycle 4, in case anyone going into Cycle 4 finds it helpful to see who they might play in Round 1.

I played the first three iterations of this tournament, glad I could qualify again this year. Most of the teams I used were pretty heavily flawed despite the decent W/L record, so use at your own peril.

- Funny ladder cheese that got me from 1000 to around 1700.
- Used only this team from 1700 to 1874. Flawed team that's weak to Rotom-W and probably several other things, but it was sufficient against what people were using at the end of Cycle 3 so I stuck with it.
- Built this for NDWC Week 1. Has some niche picks in Z-Happy Hour Jirachi and Punching Glove phys 3atk Valiant, which is a fun cleaner. Mostly used this for quicker games lower on the ladder.
- My psyspam collab with Isza. I will reserve him the right to post the team/paste if he would like, as it is largely his team. I used my Necrozma variant I brought during NDWC but you can swap it out for another psyspam breaker at the cost of some bulk.

 

[Steorra]

https://www.smogon.com/forums/threads/national-dex-ladder-tournament-playoffs-round-2.3724278/ round 2 of poffs up!