Time for Pain
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I decide to play Gyarados because I believe it has a good matchup against the field and have an amazing list for it. Since my season is over anyone who wants the list can PM me and I will give it to them.
Going in I was a little nervous because the format is in almost complete disarray. It is hard to do well because almost every deck has the potential to T1 the opponent.
The Report:
Thurs + Fri (day 1)
I arrive Thursday, prereg and playtest and almost switch to sablock because I feel bad about playing Gyarados (and after day 1 I felt worse) I get a 2 round bye for winning regionals and I spend the time with Mike Pramawat, Pooka, Drew Holten, and Luke Reed getting breakfast and watching Pooka play Mike. We head back to find that there is a lunch break after round 2 so we won't be able to play till 2:30. I hangout with some friends for lunch and get back for my first match of the day.
Round 3: Palkia lock
He starts Dialga to my sableye. I use collecter to get three magikarps while he collecters for palkia, mesprit and uxie. He ends up using deafen for the turn. I use collecter to grab another magikarp, lunatone, and solrock and impersonate felicity to discard 2 magikarp. He attaches to his dialga and ko's my sableye. I proceed to discard a magikarp with lunatone, attach an expert belt to gyarados and run through his field.
3-0
Round 4: Erik N w/ luxchomp
I start sableye and magikarp to his uxie. I use collecter to grab 3 magikarp while he drops crobat g 3 times to ko my magikarp. I bench a magikarp and use felicity to discard a magikarp. He bright looks it and does bite for a ko. I bench another magikarp and it proceeds to get dragon rushed. Later he flash impacts my sableye. I now have 2 solrock and 2 lunatone (1 GE, 1 SV) in play so he has to slow down his assult. I realize my only out is to drop ERL and send the game to SD but alas in my last 3 prizes were 1 ERL and azelf.
3-1
Round 5: Ryan G w/ Sp stuff
I didn't see much because after I used sableye he proceeds to OHKO me with ambipom by drawing 2 crobat g off uxie.
3-2
Round 6: Jumpluff
I find out I prized 2 magikarp, 3 rescues, and azelf (after I pile shuffled) so I'm off to a slow start. I'm able to find a way to come back but he has a warp point FTW
3-3
At this point I'm dissapointed and almost drop, then I realize if I go 6-3 I should make it so I keep playing.
Round 7: Kevin F w/ ???
He never shows up, I talk to him later and he says he dropped but I guess that never got to the computer people.
4-3
Finally, I'm happy day 1 is finally over and hopefully I could do better day 2.
Day 2:
I'm feeling much better for some reason and head to my table hoping I can get the 2 wins I need to make cut.
Round 8: Jumpluff
I start amazing and T2 start hitting for 90 with gyarados. He is able to ko 2 gyarados but can't keep up.
5-3
Round 9: Healix
I start good as does he. Too bad for me he has a lanturn prime as a gyarados tech. So he takes the first 2 prizes with steelix and I ko it to tie it up (expert belt) I ko an uxie after using a warp point and he takes a prize with lanturn prime. At this point I drop ERL attach a lightning energy to it and attack for 90. He heals the damage with moomoo-milk and a pokehealer and ko's my gyarados with steelix. I ko steelix with ERL and a crobat drop (3 sp metal+expert belt) He sends up lanturn whiffs on DCE and I thunder fall a benched claydol FTW.
6-3
So I'm able to win 3 in a row and make top cut as the 46th seed. Also they combined the pods.
Top 128: Bryan V w/ Donphan
He is a good guy that got a bad matchup. He has no techs (excpet for judge) and I roll game 1. 1-0
G2: I T2 him. 2-0
7-3
Top 64: Igor D w/ Plox AMU
G1: I get a good start and get a few KO's. He responds with a Gallade KO but I respond quickly and roll with solrock and another gyarados FTW 1-0
G2: He completley rolls me and I can't get anything going. 1-1
G3: See G1. 2-1
8-3
Top 32: Gino L w/ Jumpluff
I don't remember alot about these games but I do remember the key events.
G1: I have a Gyarados w/ expert belt and 130 damage on it. He uses his 2 claydols to draw into all 3 poketurns he has left so he can ko my gyarados with crobat drops and get a jumpluff in play (without a 3rd poketurn he had a full bench) to get another ko and uses warp point to win. 0-1
G2: He tries to donk me but fails and it costs him the game. 1-1
G3: I start sableye and magikarp, bench lunatone (SV) and use collecter to grab 3 magikarps. He ko's the sableye with jumpluff. I use felicity, whiff on the gyarados, drop sableye and impersonate bebe. He drops crobat 3 times and ko's my active sableye. With him already up 3 prizes I know I lose if he can keep jumpluffs coming and he can. 1-2
So my dream for this year ends and now I look forward to next year.
Props:
Erik getting 2nd
Good friends
Gyarados, lunasol, and ERL
Being the only Virginian left after top 128 was done.
Anthing I forget
Slops:
Gino drawing 3 poketurn
Being the only Virginian left after top 128 was done.
Going in I was a little nervous because the format is in almost complete disarray. It is hard to do well because almost every deck has the potential to T1 the opponent.
The Report:
Thurs + Fri (day 1)
I arrive Thursday, prereg and playtest and almost switch to sablock because I feel bad about playing Gyarados (and after day 1 I felt worse) I get a 2 round bye for winning regionals and I spend the time with Mike Pramawat, Pooka, Drew Holten, and Luke Reed getting breakfast and watching Pooka play Mike. We head back to find that there is a lunch break after round 2 so we won't be able to play till 2:30. I hangout with some friends for lunch and get back for my first match of the day.
Round 3: Palkia lock
He starts Dialga to my sableye. I use collecter to get three magikarps while he collecters for palkia, mesprit and uxie. He ends up using deafen for the turn. I use collecter to grab another magikarp, lunatone, and solrock and impersonate felicity to discard 2 magikarp. He attaches to his dialga and ko's my sableye. I proceed to discard a magikarp with lunatone, attach an expert belt to gyarados and run through his field.
3-0
Round 4: Erik N w/ luxchomp
I start sableye and magikarp to his uxie. I use collecter to grab 3 magikarp while he drops crobat g 3 times to ko my magikarp. I bench a magikarp and use felicity to discard a magikarp. He bright looks it and does bite for a ko. I bench another magikarp and it proceeds to get dragon rushed. Later he flash impacts my sableye. I now have 2 solrock and 2 lunatone (1 GE, 1 SV) in play so he has to slow down his assult. I realize my only out is to drop ERL and send the game to SD but alas in my last 3 prizes were 1 ERL and azelf.
3-1
Round 5: Ryan G w/ Sp stuff
I didn't see much because after I used sableye he proceeds to OHKO me with ambipom by drawing 2 crobat g off uxie.
3-2
Round 6: Jumpluff
I find out I prized 2 magikarp, 3 rescues, and azelf (after I pile shuffled) so I'm off to a slow start. I'm able to find a way to come back but he has a warp point FTW
3-3
At this point I'm dissapointed and almost drop, then I realize if I go 6-3 I should make it so I keep playing.
Round 7: Kevin F w/ ???
He never shows up, I talk to him later and he says he dropped but I guess that never got to the computer people.
4-3
Finally, I'm happy day 1 is finally over and hopefully I could do better day 2.
Day 2:
I'm feeling much better for some reason and head to my table hoping I can get the 2 wins I need to make cut.
Round 8: Jumpluff
I start amazing and T2 start hitting for 90 with gyarados. He is able to ko 2 gyarados but can't keep up.
5-3
Round 9: Healix
I start good as does he. Too bad for me he has a lanturn prime as a gyarados tech. So he takes the first 2 prizes with steelix and I ko it to tie it up (expert belt) I ko an uxie after using a warp point and he takes a prize with lanturn prime. At this point I drop ERL attach a lightning energy to it and attack for 90. He heals the damage with moomoo-milk and a pokehealer and ko's my gyarados with steelix. I ko steelix with ERL and a crobat drop (3 sp metal+expert belt) He sends up lanturn whiffs on DCE and I thunder fall a benched claydol FTW.
6-3
So I'm able to win 3 in a row and make top cut as the 46th seed. Also they combined the pods.
Top 128: Bryan V w/ Donphan
He is a good guy that got a bad matchup. He has no techs (excpet for judge) and I roll game 1. 1-0
G2: I T2 him. 2-0
7-3
Top 64: Igor D w/ Plox AMU
G1: I get a good start and get a few KO's. He responds with a Gallade KO but I respond quickly and roll with solrock and another gyarados FTW 1-0
G2: He completley rolls me and I can't get anything going. 1-1
G3: See G1. 2-1
8-3
Top 32: Gino L w/ Jumpluff
I don't remember alot about these games but I do remember the key events.
G1: I have a Gyarados w/ expert belt and 130 damage on it. He uses his 2 claydols to draw into all 3 poketurns he has left so he can ko my gyarados with crobat drops and get a jumpluff in play (without a 3rd poketurn he had a full bench) to get another ko and uses warp point to win. 0-1
G2: He tries to donk me but fails and it costs him the game. 1-1
G3: I start sableye and magikarp, bench lunatone (SV) and use collecter to grab 3 magikarps. He ko's the sableye with jumpluff. I use felicity, whiff on the gyarados, drop sableye and impersonate bebe. He drops crobat 3 times and ko's my active sableye. With him already up 3 prizes I know I lose if he can keep jumpluffs coming and he can. 1-2
So my dream for this year ends and now I look forward to next year.
Props:
Erik getting 2nd
Good friends
Gyarados, lunasol, and ERL
Being the only Virginian left after top 128 was done.
Anthing I forget
Slops:
Gino drawing 3 poketurn
Being the only Virginian left after top 128 was done.
