LuxChomp is still the best deck in the format. Gyarados is a close second. Vilegar is still horrible. Machamp can't beat vilegar or Gyarados, and therefore becomes a worse and worse deck choice the less the "average" player uses SP. So the less SP gets used, the less you can justify using Machamp, and the easier it is for SP to exist despite it. For reference, at Cities this weekend, me and Martin went roughly 10-1 ( the loss being my Unown Q getting t1d ) vs Machamp using LuxChomp.
The issue isn't " SP being dead " as most of the games top players have been doing extremely well with it still. The issue is a lot of peoples lists have fallen behind and haven't caught up to the other new deck builds yet. Sorry to burst your bubble.
You gotta respect the lock. Trainer lock vs Gyarados/SP/Machamp is nasty.
I admit that you are right on that concept, however I am of the opinion that Luxchomp is FAR too easy to play for almost anyone.
Currently the only difference is that SP will not be the only deck in teh top 4. But they will be top cutting and winning still none the less.
Currently the only difference is that SP will not be the only deck in teh top 4. But they will be top cutting and winning still none the less.
How could SP ever be the only deck in the top 4? The idea of the top 4 is that there are 4, not 1. No one deck can be the single deck in a "top 4".
How could SP ever be the only deck in the top 4? The idea of the top 4 is that there are 4, not 1. No one deck can be the single deck in a "top 4".