Hey, with SPL9 starting soon, this thread will be used to discuss DPP related topics, whether it's about the players, general metagame trends, matches, predictions and so on. This thread will be updated frequently with each new week, player standings, and replays.
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Potential DPPers (likely starters are in italics):
Circus Maximus Tigers: Tamahome
Indie Scooters: boudouche, Ojama, Go10
Team Raiders: roscoe, Jirachee, BKC, 6A9 Ace Matador, Mael
Ever Grande BIGS: Honor, Eo Ut Mortus
Starks Sharks: ToF, deluks917, Kevin Garrett, Smurf
Wi-Fi Wolfpack: Void, Nails
Cryonicles: aim
Dragonspiral Tyrants: Bluewind, badabing, JabbatheGriffin
Alpha Ruiners: We Three Kings, jacob, Gilbert arenas, undisputed
Congregation of the Classiest: NightFox, Jimmy Turtwig
Week 2 Matchups:
NightFox vs ToF
roscoe vs We Three Kings
Honor vs Bluewind
Boudouche vs Void
Tamahome vs aim
Week 1:
aim vs Boudouche - https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/smogtours-gen4ou-339773
ToF vs Tamahome - https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/smogtours-gen4ou-339993
Honor vs roscoe - https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/smogtours-gen4ou-339935
NightFox vs Bluewind - https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/smogtours-gen4ou-339609
Void vs We Three Kings - https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/smogtours-gen4ou-339065
aim vs Boudouche - https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/smogtours-gen4ou-339773
ToF vs Tamahome - https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/smogtours-gen4ou-339993
Honor vs roscoe - https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/smogtours-gen4ou-339935
NightFox vs Bluewind - https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/smogtours-gen4ou-339609
Void vs We Three Kings - https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/smogtours-gen4ou-339065
Power Rankings:
http://www.smogon.com/articles/spl9-power-rankings
Player Standings: Soon™
So rey asked me to help power rank which gave me the idea of putting this up, just because discussion is a nice thing to have.
I think the obvious top 3 here are Tamahome, ToF and roscoe. The three of them are just extremely far ahead of the competition in terms of skill level, team creativity, past records to keep up, support...you name it. I don't think I need to write an essay about why Tamahome is one of the greatest players of all time but I do want to point out that the DPP pool looks weaker this year and so a player of Tama's caliber should have no issues with going positive.
Between Jirachee, BKC, AM and mael, roscoe has a simply absurd amount of support behind him. Seeing any of those four in DPP once or twice would not be too surprising imo. Still roscoe should be able to equal (or better) his record from last time around.
ToF is just consistent and good - people rag on him for being dated but he always shows up and puts up good records. deluks is also extremely capable to the point where it kills me to see him playing second fiddle but yeah his input will probably be clutch in helping ToF keep his teams up to date and whatnot. I imagine all of MDrag / KG / Smurf will be able to chip in on that front as well, and while ToF doesn't have the absurd level of support that roscoe has, it should prove to be more than enough to let him focus on winning his games.
After the top 3 I think there is a noticeable drop off, and the next five players all fall into the good but not out and out stellar category.
Void and Honor had absurdly solid performances last World Cup, both ending undefeated from 5 and 4 games respectively. People criticised Void for jacking other people's teams though, which might prove to be an issue down the line if it can be exploited. Honor's offensive style can be a little hit or miss.
aim always does well in high level tournaments, though, and even though he has no visible DPP support on his team I don't see that slowing him down.
NightFox has been one of those under the radar players for a while. Like Honor, his style can be hit or miss sometimes, though. He has JT for support though, so he should be able to put up some wins somewhere along the line.
Moxie does have a good amount of support on his team - undis and marcop are both proven DPPers who can support him with teams, and either of them could rotate into DPP if necessary. I think the first few weeks will be make or break for him to see whether he acclimatises to DPP or has to rotate out.
I'm not sure what to think about Bluewind. That said, one doesn't make finals of Smogon Tour without knowing what they're doing, so I'm going to assume that even after accounting for rust he's reasonably competent at the game.
I think the obvious top 3 here are Tamahome, ToF and roscoe. The three of them are just extremely far ahead of the competition in terms of skill level, team creativity, past records to keep up, support...you name it. I don't think I need to write an essay about why Tamahome is one of the greatest players of all time but I do want to point out that the DPP pool looks weaker this year and so a player of Tama's caliber should have no issues with going positive.
Between Jirachee, BKC, AM and mael, roscoe has a simply absurd amount of support behind him. Seeing any of those four in DPP once or twice would not be too surprising imo. Still roscoe should be able to equal (or better) his record from last time around.
ToF is just consistent and good - people rag on him for being dated but he always shows up and puts up good records. deluks is also extremely capable to the point where it kills me to see him playing second fiddle but yeah his input will probably be clutch in helping ToF keep his teams up to date and whatnot. I imagine all of MDrag / KG / Smurf will be able to chip in on that front as well, and while ToF doesn't have the absurd level of support that roscoe has, it should prove to be more than enough to let him focus on winning his games.
After the top 3 I think there is a noticeable drop off, and the next five players all fall into the good but not out and out stellar category.
Void and Honor had absurdly solid performances last World Cup, both ending undefeated from 5 and 4 games respectively. People criticised Void for jacking other people's teams though, which might prove to be an issue down the line if it can be exploited. Honor's offensive style can be a little hit or miss.
aim always does well in high level tournaments, though, and even though he has no visible DPP support on his team I don't see that slowing him down.
NightFox has been one of those under the radar players for a while. Like Honor, his style can be hit or miss sometimes, though. He has JT for support though, so he should be able to put up some wins somewhere along the line.
Moxie does have a good amount of support on his team - undis and marcop are both proven DPPers who can support him with teams, and either of them could rotate into DPP if necessary. I think the first few weeks will be make or break for him to see whether he acclimatises to DPP or has to rotate out.
I'm not sure what to think about Bluewind. That said, one doesn't make finals of Smogon Tour without knowing what they're doing, so I'm going to assume that even after accounting for rust he's reasonably competent at the game.
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