dark_pokemon
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my prediction is that my toreterrible variant or my fire deck is gona woop everything =)
It's a donky format, Jeff. After looking at the results across several states, and the players who traditionally win them, the only conclusion I've come to is that the best you can hope for is to simply get a few rounds into top cut and see what happens in finals if you don't get a bad start.
D/P is still, far and beyond, the most solid choice anyone can make for regionals, at least among decks we've seen. Just because Ross got a couple bad starts doesn't demean the fact that he already beat that same player during swiss and completely outplayed him in one game of T4. Same thing last week for Tyler and Michael. It's just that skill is much less of a factor this format because of the high number of decks that attack early either on massive uxie draws or coinflips.
my saying is red face paint always first because you can't prepare for a red face paint
1) red face paint
2) Machamp
3) Diagia G
4) Gengar
5) Plakia
Top 5 deck choices..
1) Machamp
2) Dialga G
3) Torterra
4) Gengar
5) Other g stuff that isn't good but will be played.
Maybe,, but still usually when I play Michael or Tyler or Ross, I fear the deck that they are playing. Dialga G/ Palkiaa G does not scare me at all. Tyler had it completely fall apart on him, and yes I did loose to Michael with it. But only beacause it was his turn when time was called. I had the return KO ready but did not get the opportunity. Usually I just get swarmed by Micheals decks but for a Basic deck it just seems so cluncky. Usually I see thoes players are playing much stronger decks then that. Yes Ross did well with it. But that is not an accurate measure of the deck. You know very well that you could hand him any D&P Theme deck and I guarentee he will manage to win games with it. The deck is good but its not great and after the next prerelease it will be gone.
It is a donky format. last format was 2
Last format was the most skilled format we have ever had. GG Mirrors were epic mainly decided by who made the fewest mistakes.
I think Dialga G w/techs and NO palkia is the BDIF. Palkia doesn't do it that much good. its much better IMO to play Toolbox with 1 less Weavile Honchkrow Skunktank and Toxi G and a 3-1 Dialga G lvX line and 2-4 Mesprit, otherwise known as Dialga G w/ Techs. Palkia Is OK for Juniors, Maybe OK for Seniors, but im not sure its any better than OK.
This also comes from the guy that just said after the 1st states that Gigas was the play and went 2-2 with it at DE states. And you don't know anything about what ur talking about. You don't play Mespirits in Dialga. The only reason mespirits are ever used are because you can trash themoff your bench with palkia.
There is no BDIF. In this format it is not what you play it is how good you are as a player. Everything has at least one bad match-up. For instance some will argue that Dialga beats machamp with the croak tech but it is not true in the least, if anything it makes the match-up 50-50. AMU also destroys Dialga, badly.
Machamp gets beaten by really anything that isn't g pokemon or AMU IMO. Gengar Machamp is a little more interesting though. Kingdra also has potential. Obama is being underated too I think. You gotta be playin it right though.
So the question is What Decks are smart to play at Regionals, I'll say Gechamp (Not just Straight Machmp), Dialga, Obama, Kingdra, are all smart plays for regionals. However what decks are going to see play all depends on the meta
Since when does AMU destroy Dialga, and BADLY? Deafen lock is devastating, preventing trainers (ie night maintenance/pokemon rescue/premier ball) after knocking out one of the X's. Without Supreme Blast you're stuck with doing 40 with zen blade or 50 with Extrasensory, not including special metals. Then there is also Power Sprays for Uxie setups, and Azelf Time Walk (one x is prized).
http://pokegym.net/forums/showthread.php?t=96415
There is a whole discussion on this here.
R u kidding me, trainer lock is bad but once AMU sets up all 3 Lv.Xs it completely demolishes Dialga. where r your special metals and psychic resistance going to go when AMU shoves 200 damage right up ur A. Maybe I was exaggerating when I said badly but it isn't easy for dialga once they get set up.