Acton, ON:
1st - Kent S. - Chandyplume w/Victini and Zekrom
2nd - John M. - ZPST
T4 - David John E. - ZPST
T4 - Ryan R. - Magneboar
Just for the record, it wasn't Magneboar, it was Reshiboar w/ Vileplume and Cobalion tech.
1/7/12 - Watervilet, NY City Championships
Jrs - 10 players
1) Frank L Jr - MagEelz
2) Bobby H - Cake
3) Dexter A - Hydragien/Cobalion
4) Logan C - 6 Corners
Srs - 17 players
1) Robby W - MagEelz
2) Lex D - MagEelz
3) Aaron C - Kingphlosion
4) Josh T - PhlosionBoar
Masters - 33
1) Jimmy O - ChandyPlume
2) Laila M - Durant
3) Frank Diaz - CAKE
4) Frankie Durso - CAKE
5) Michael Diaz - 6 Corners
6) Eric Clow - Tornadus, Thunudurs, Yanmega, Zoroark
7) Amanda K - Speed Chandy/Dodrio
8) Michael S - ChandyPlume
60 players in total, our best turnout yet. Thank you for all that drove to this event to help support us!!
Wow how doesa Chandyplume beat a Durant in a Top Cut?
Ive seen most ChandyPlumes tech a Victini to counter it.
Yea but you return the OHKO's with Cobalion and then mill them out again. Also thier twins are uslesss against you so it really slows them down. Ovioulsy the Victini tech can work as a Chandyplume can beat durant, I just never had one take more then 3 prizes from before I won.
Virtually none of the Durants I've seen have run Cobalion. And those that run Cobalion lose the insane speed and consistency that make Durant such a powerful deck.
As far as Chandelure, if you're trying to KO each Ant individually, you're going to lose pretty much every time. What Chandelure will generally do is put 6 damage counters on each Durant over 4 turns (with Dodrio), then use the 5th turn to KO all 4 Durants for the game.
Virtually none of the Durants I've seen have run Cobalion. And those that run Cobalion lose the insane speed and consistency that make Durant such a powerful deck.
As far as Chandelure, if you're trying to KO each Ant individually, you're going to lose pretty much every time. What Chandelure will generally do is put 6 damage counters on each Durant over 4 turns (with Dodrio), then use the 5th turn to KO all 4 Durants for the game.
i've beaten durant by doing one at a time a few times. they can't bring back a durant after it's gone. if they flower shop, that's a turn they have to wait to get the durants down. they will slowly mill less and less until you flower shop cards back in and get rid of durants. i've actually seen someone win by pulling up the durant's cobalion and tail coding all the energy off the cobalion. there is more than one way to win.
Your kidding, most of the durrants out here have at least one teched Cobalion. And not I do not loose speed or consistancy, and I can still win games where i have multiple durants prized to start. So Cobalion is a good play in Durant,
This is not a counter argument, rather a curiosity: how do you guys deal with a Cobalion start and no switch?