BR Donk Report Thread

[smitham9]

The sabledonk impact is why my son and his friend decided not to attend Battle Roads this spring. He honestly just found the format to be too luck-based and decided not to play. I can't blame him. I kinda feel bad about that, but it's really up to POP to create a format that is enjoyable, and this one just isn't.

It's the same reason why we didn't attend the Call of Legends prerelease. We normally go to all of them, but the whole set was basically reprints (with a couple of exceptions). If POP wants to keep attendance high, they need to ensure the formats and cards are worth spending time and money on.

 

[eriknance]

Out of my 7 round swiss 4 games were over in less than a minute, got donked twice and donked two others myself. Oh hold on, that was Regionals.

Battle Roads? I don't plan on attending because it's the worst format ever. I'm not giving up an entire day to play for a total of like 20 minutes. I'll go paint or volunteer or do something more worth my time.

 

[Techmaster2kx]

I played Ginyu Tokusentai (Speed Arceus) and went undefeated and won yesterday with it.... The 2 Sabledonk decks in my division got owned hard by spiritomb starts.... But seriously though, I still think rotation before nationals will be a very good thing.... people randomly teching sableye and unown d with pokemon collector or spirtiomb for the donk potential/protection (hopefully) happened quite a few times though in random decks too (reshiboar, scizor/umbreon). Matches ending in less than a minute is a bad thing...

 

[Mach]

Played Luxchomp. Still donked twice, and got such a large lead on T1 the other times that it didn't matter.

 

[Swordfish1989]

I'm guessing you havent experienced any of this season. The same decks winning every tourney, and Sabledonk roaming at nats (If no rotation).

I really want to play at least one turn don't you?

Not to mention many really skilled players will quit this game if their isnt a rotation, so I feel your comment was not thought out at all.

I've been playing all season, thanks.

My comment comes not from love of this format, but boredom of the next. I've been testing HGSS-On decks (ReshiBoar, T-Tar, DonChamp are some of my current ones) and I find the next format incredibly slow and boring, and most people in my league feel the same way. It reminds me of an old STS report I was reading where it took most people a full 4 turns to get their main attacker set-up. As much as you have a right to dislike this format, I have a right to dislike the next one too. IMO, the new B&W rules regarding playing T/S/S on the first turn and the slowing of rare candy are bad and I would never implement those under any conditions.

So before you hide under the veil of anonymity that the internet brings and start insulting other people, think that people have their reasons for thinking what they do, and that maybe, just maybe, there might been a hint of cynicism in my comment that the message boards did not pick up.

Pokemon, believe or not, is not 'srs bznz'.

 

[gallade]

WHAT??? Taking 3 turns to set up is fun! are you kidding me? That was the golden age of pokemon, setting up huge stage twos slugging it out? Oh man, i would love that format!!!

 

[waynegg]

Best 2/3, got donked twice by sableye/gyarados. The player using deck went 5/0 after swiss, has only been playing for fun for a few months, player dosn't even have a deck, I gave said player the deck.

I still won the BR, but this goes to show that, this was a very bad idea for P!P, I didn't even get to get a single turn. When usually i know i could win regardless any other day.

That being said i had my share or knocking a person out turn one too, so i shouldn't complain.

Methinks this is a false report. You can't lose twice in top cut to the same player and still win the tournament. I think the OP is looking for factual reports...

 

[bullados]

Methinks this is a false report. You can't lose twice in top cut to the same player and still win the tournament. I think the OP is looking for factual reports...

If he's international, that's not trolling. I know there are a lot of international Premier events that use 2/3 45 as their Swiss format.

 

[waynegg]

If he's international, that's not trolling. I know there are a lot of international Premier events that use 2/3 45 as their Swiss format.

True and he is international, so maybe that's the case. Just didn't sound like it.

 

[TheDancingPeanut]

It's not just Sabledonk. It's hard to win when your opponent Uxies three times before you even get to draw a card.

 

[renfield89]

Played an SP deck with 4 Sableye at my battle road yesterday. My swiss rounds went like this:

Round 1: I donk my opponent by winning the flip. He was playing Sabledonk, we both opened Sableyes.
Round 2: My opponent Flash Bite/Snap Attack donks my Uxie.
Round 3: I T1 Cyrus's Initiative 2 heads and remove both supporters from my opponent's hand. I then KO their 3 basics as they draw/pass.
Round 4: I Overconfident donk my opponent's Unown Q. I was lucky enough to open with my ONE basic dark energy.
Round 5: My opponent, playing Machamp, cannot get a Machop into play without me KOing it or removing the Machamp/Candy/Communication from his hand.

None of the four Sabledonks made it to top cut, but every player in Masters believed that I was playing Sabledonk since all of my matches ended so quickly. Every top four deck (mine, 2 LuxChomps and 1 Vilegar) played four Sableye.

 

[Yoshi-]

I've been playing all season, thanks.

My comment comes not from love of this format, but boredom of the next. I've been testing HGSS-On decks (ReshiBoar, T-Tar, DonChamp are some of my current ones) and I find the next format incredibly slow and boring, and most people in my league feel the same way. It reminds me of an old STS report I was reading where it took most people a full 4 turns to get their main attacker set-up. As much as you have a right to dislike this format, I have a right to dislike the next one too. IMO, the new B&W rules regarding playing T/S/S on the first turn and the slowing of rare candy are bad and I would never implement those under any conditions.

So before you hide under the veil of anonymity that the internet brings and start insulting other people, think that people have their reasons for thinking what they do, and that maybe, just maybe, there might been a hint of cynicism in my comment that the message boards did not pick up.

Pokemon, believe or not, is not 'srs bznz'.

Who wants to actually play pokemon instead of just donking it out Soo sad that bad players finally cant rely on opening hands anymore

 

[Porii Sames]

I've been playing all season, thanks.

My comment comes not from love of this format, but boredom of the next. I've been testing HGSS-On decks (ReshiBoar, T-Tar, DonChamp are some of my current ones) and I find the next format incredibly slow and boring, and most people in my league feel the same way. It reminds me of an old STS report I was reading where it took most people a full 4 turns to get their main attacker set-up. As much as you have a right to dislike this format, I have a right to dislike the next one too. IMO, the new B&W rules regarding playing T/S/S on the first turn and the slowing of rare candy are bad and I would never implement those under any conditions.

So before you hide under the veil of anonymity that the internet brings and start insulting other people, think that people have their reasons for thinking what they do, and that maybe, just maybe, there might been a hint of cynicism in my comment that the message boards did not pick up.

Pokemon, believe or not, is not 'srs bznz'.

MIne was kinda the same...

I mean, I think it goes like this:

MD-on w/o BW rules (great)
PT-on w or w/o BW rules (great)
HGSS-on w or w/o BW rules (mehhh)
RR-on w/ or w/o BW Rules (would be AWFUL)
MD-on w BW rules (needing 4 Sableye in every deck, no exceptions, is pretty lame)

 

[CFOURCOLTSFAN]

In my area G-dos was the craze(i was staffing) and there was only ONE sabledonk deck, as far as i could tell(there were 35 players) I'd say there was about 10 donks at our event.

 

[Tyraniking]

Someone donked 4 games in a row. He donked my friend, me (due to a damage miscalculation), and a VILEchamp. When I went to top cut, he donked me again. I recovered games 2 and 3 though.

 

[Scizor]

I've been playing all season, thanks.

My comment comes not from love of this format, but boredom of the next. I've been testing HGSS-On decks (ReshiBoar, T-Tar, DonChamp are some of my current ones) and I find the next format incredibly slow and boring, and most people in my league feel the same way. It reminds me of an old STS report I was reading where it took most people a full 4 turns to get their main attacker set-up. As much as you have a right to dislike this format, I have a right to dislike the next one too. IMO, the new B&W rules regarding playing T/S/S on the first turn and the slowing of rare candy are bad and I would never implement those under any conditions.

So before you hide under the veil of anonymity that the internet brings and start insulting other people, think that people have their reasons for thinking what they do, and that maybe, just maybe, there might been a hint of cynicism in my comment that the message boards did not pick up.

Pokemon, believe or not, is not 'srs bznz'.

Just so you know, there have been similar rules and similar formats to BW's in the past. Simply reading an STS report isn't going to give you an idea of how good those formats were compared to the past three seasons. I should know considering I've played in every single one of them. I'm not really sure how one could possibly think having half their games end on T1 is fun. To each their own, I guess?

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MIne was kinda the same...

I mean, I think it goes like this:

MD-on w/o BW rules (great)
PT-on w or w/o BW rules (great)
HGSS-on w or w/o BW rules (mehhh)
RR-on w/ or w/o BW Rules (would be AWFUL)
MD-on w BW rules (needing 4 Sableye in every deck, no exceptions, is pretty lame)

You're also very misinformed. MD-On was/is awful even without BW rules. PT-On would be garbage, as well. You guys are really showing how long you've been playing if you think any of 2009-2011 were any good for the game.

 

[Bobby]

My comment comes not from love of this format, but boredom of the next. I've been testing HGSS-On decks (ReshiBoar, T-Tar, DonChamp are some of my current ones) and I find the next format incredibly slow and boring, and most people in my league feel the same way. It reminds me of an old STS report I was reading where it took most people a full 4 turns to get their main attacker set-up.

How is four turns of set up worse than sitting down, shuffling, putting out basics, dealing prizes, and then picking them all up in five minutes without even getting to do anything?

This format is terrible even without "donk" decks and first-turn wins. Remember when deckbuilding actually mattered? Now anyone can just play four collector and two Uxie and it doesn't matter how consistent your trainer engine or whatever is. Just get Uxie and draw more cards.

HGSS-on will be slower, but that's not such a bad thing. It makes it so the opening flip doesn't necessarily determine who wins. If the Candy nerf is that big a deal, make it so your deck can get basics in play quicker.

 

[Sceptile King]

Round 1 Sabledonk
ative Sablye with Crobat G's on bech. Took Him 5 minutes donk my lone Totodile. His only energy was prized, so he went through most of his deck and hand just to flashbite and pokeblow. After the tournament was over I got FA Reshiram and beat gyardos by decking the guy out.

 

[HenryP]

I donked round one with Gyra which was my only donk and won out to win the BR

 

[Pikabruce]

I am playing Sabledonk at BR, Masters Division. I won't post separate donk report messages; I will edit this message after each tournament. This is the deck I am playing, which includes the anti-Spiritomb cards:

18 Pokemon
4 Uxie
4 Sableye
4 Unown R
3 Crobat G
1 Regice
1 Unown Q
1 Unown Dark

40 T/S/S
4 Pokemon Collector
2 Seeker
4 Poke Turn
4 Super Scoop Up
4 Poke Drawer
4 Dual Ball
4 Pokedex
4 Junk Arm
4 Poke Blower
3 Pokemon Rescue
2 Expert Belt
1 Luxury Ball

2 Special Darkness Energy

May 22: There was a small turnout, so there were only 4 rounds with no top cut. I went 4-0 and won. In all 4 games, I donked on the first turn without my opponent getting a turn. (When I told my wife about it afterwards, she said "Nobody will want to play with you if you're a bully like that.") Three of the games I was able to start with Sableye; in the other game I started with Crobat G against a Spiritomb, but I won the coin flip and had a Pokemon Collector in hand.

May 28: Small Masters turnout, so only 3 rounds. I went 2-1, with no donks in my games. (I was surprised to be able to win two games that lasted longer than one turn.)

May 30: I went 3-2. Four of my five games were donks without the 2nd player getting a turn. (In one of those games, I lost the flip against another Sabledonk deck, and was donked myself.)

June 10: I went 3-1 in the Swiss rounds, which was then cut to the top 2. In the top 2, I went 2-1 and won. So for the day I was 5-2, and all of my 5 wins were donks, but in one of those wins I lost the flip and my opponent did get one turn before I donked her on my first turn.

June 11: I went 3-2. All 3 of my wins were donks without the 2nd player getting a turn.

June 12: I went 3-2. Four of my five games were donks without the 2nd player getting a turn. (In one of those games, I was donked myself by the opponent's Sableye.) One of my donks I was able to accomplish despite both of my darkness energy being prized.

Final Tally: I attended 6 Battle Roads and won 2. I played a total of 29 games, 20 of which were donks.

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