The Final Of Marriland Tournament Vs CrossFire

Here it is! My first ever tournament has went exceptionally well and I have made it to my first final. So far in the tournament I have not adapted as well to the 2OUs, 2BLs and 2UUs restriction as I would have liked. Usually I win by good margins but here I have at times scraped by with the most dangerously close scores (NB Rnd 1 Vs JavelinMike) or even ended up tying the match (NB the semi vs Monztor). It has truely been a difficult journey for me and it has all led to here.

Cross was really psyched for this match. In the tourney thread he boasted how his team had been tested against standard teams and often won 6-0. And when you see his tactics you can see he was not strecthing the truth, he is fully deserving of a spot in the final.

I am battling here for myself, obviously, but also for Monztor who was unable to rematch me for our semi tie. I was given the pass to the final and I like to think I represent both of us, I hope to do you proud Monztor!

Enjoy this vid and enjoy the build up to it, it took longer than usual but it encompasses my tourney as a whole and then starts on the actual final.

Spoilers follow:




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Well the first big thing you need to know here is that we actually battled 3 times. The first was won by me, but Cross made a misclick at a crucial time, and I truly think it was a misclick, and I could not accept victory so cheaply in a tournament that I have come to respect so much.

I challenged him to a rematch, something he reluctantly accepted, but that went horribly wrong for me, with me missing something like 3-4 attacks all in a row. Cross tried to be sympathetic and said he would sacrifice 1 or 2 pokes, and when I saw by his next move he was serious I ran from the battle, I did not want to win that way either.

Finally we talked for a while and decided with the score kind of at 1-1 we would have a final final. One to decide everything and to hell with bad luck or misclicks there was no going back. And this is it. A throughly outstanding final!

Angel comes back to the team after missing out on the semis and shows its strength. I really believe it can push for a place in OU, its only real bad weakness being the dominance of SR in the metagame. But the inclusion of a good spinner can nullify this and give you a really sublime poke to wreck havoc with.

That said at the end I screw up and attack his Yanmega when I really should have roared, making it unable to return to battle without fainting. I used that tactic in the first match between us that I won and am very disappointed in myself that I overlooked it in the rematch.

His shuckle deserves special mention because it potentially messed up my team at one point and really had me thinking. I was glad when that thing slithered back to its pokeball for good!

This match is won mainly by the strength of my two sweepers and Angel, my cleric. Heracules is superb and beautifully counters the threat of both a Sucker Puncher and a status inducer with substitute and can move on from that to really do damage. My ape again carries the weight of being one of the only two OUs allowed on the team well by pulling off vital KOs. I'm glad to have it on my team and recommend it to anyone.

Basically in this battle I went for what I know, with Angel, and attack over defensem with my two big pokes being sweepers rather than focusing on walls. In a metagame that constantly whines about walls ruining itself, throwing caution to the wind can often pay off better than playing it safe.

Thanks for watching and thanks for following my tournament. Its great to come out of it as the champion and I hope to have more success soon.

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[jonasvalero]

wow! that was a very nice battle.

[bulbaking]

thanks very much :D

[CHARYZARD1995]

what did you win?

[CHARYZARD1995]

nice!

[soulfly159753]

@lostcause61 He aint ready for spade ... at all .

[VincentVanBro1]

WTF BLACK NIGGA?

[knnydp]

good battle...but legendaries kill it...

[hatr3dc0ptor]

great battle.

[Helloimonbass]

can you pm me your ivs evs and moves and natures of your pkmn i want the same cause you PWN

[lostcause61]

was the final hit an insult or did you just not know? >.> lol great match :P you should try to go after the flaming spade ;)

[silentglaive137]

Lol, that was cruel, you made him kill himself.