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But as promised to the people already familiar with my site, I will make a metagame analysis before every tournament series. Even though the new season has only started, Autumn Battle Roads are already coming. This year’s Battle Roads, however, include a great change compared to previous seasons because winners won't get any more Victory Medals but the top3 of each tournament will get the new Victory Cup Promo. It’s a great change because now almost anyone can get their hands on this Promo. Giving the prize only to the winner has always seemed a little too harsh to me.
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ReshiPhlosion was the most popular deck at Worlds and its popularity will see no decline in the Autumn Battle Roads.
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ReshiPhlosion’s biggest problem at Worlds was MagneBoar which could simply run over it because there was no easy way to KO their Emboar (2 Reversal heads, no thank you). With Catcher, killing Emboars is so much easier that it almost becomes a favorable match-up for ReshiPhlosion.
Of course ReshiPhlosion is also weak to Catchers, but thankfully, if you have 2 Typhlosions in the game you can get Typhlosion hitting if they bring it to the active Position.
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Yanmega/Magnezone can also disturb your/the opponent’s game with Judge which is rare in this format.
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There is a great possibility that Magnezones won’t even get into play if your opponent goes first in the game.
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Thick Kingdra lines will only hurt the speed of your set-up and will lead to inconsistency.
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Stage 1 decks differ from the other “old” decks because they get Max Potion from the new set. This card will change the builds of Stage 1 decks greatly but I don’t know if it will make Stage 1 decks that much better.
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However, because ReshiPhlosions have Catchers, they will just Catcher your Zoruas/Zoroarks if you don’t come attacking with them ASAP.
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There are few / only a few Pokémon that can even OHKO Donphan without PlusPowers so Max Potion combos with Donphan very well. You can keep hitting with Donphan’s Earthquake while keeping your Donphan alive with Max Potion. Of course this will kill your bench but it may work with the right cards like Zekrom and Reshiram. In fact, I have already seen decks that only play 4-4 Donphan and SSUs and Max Potions to keep them alive.
What about Pokémon Catcher? In theory, Stage 1 decks benefit greatly from Pokémon Catcher. If Stage 1 decks go first in the game, cards like Yanmega, Donphan and Cinccino will be able to get easy prizes from unevolved benched basic Pokémon. This will be huge against any stage2 decks. But as stated earlier, Stage 1 decks’ “Rock-Paper-Scissor” element is hurt by Pokémon Catcher because your opponent will always be able to KO your counter from the bench.
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I reviewed this deck in my last blog update so there you can find deeper analysis and deck list of this deck. Thankfully we have some new decks coming from Emerging Powers. Otherwise Battle Roads' format would just be the same as Worlds’ format. Gothitelle has some very good match-ups across the field, for example Stage1 decks, Zekrom and ReshiPlosion but it also has some autolosses (like Yanmega/Magnezone). So playing Gothitelle means that you know your metagame and Magnezone isn’t that played in your area. It’s a strong deck, which will surely leave its mark on the metagame.
Gothitelle/Reuniclus abuses Catcher pretty well because you can’t use Catcher against it and it can use Catcher so it has a total game control. Gothitelle needs a good list and a good player to run well because once the trainer-lock is interrupted, you’re probably done for the match. If you want some more in depth analysis of Gothitelle/Reuniclus, check the blog update from here (http://thedeckout.blogspot.com/2011/09/gothic-girl.html)
Zekrom/Tornadus
I’m a huge fan of Zekrom/Tornadus so the low hype it's getting seems weird to me. With Tornadus on board, with Zekrom you’re guaranteed to get T1 Tornadus with DCE, Shaymin and Pachirisu. And as I might have said earlier in one of my updates, Tornadus can get you a 2 prize lead before your opponent can even evolve their Pokemon. Zekrom was bad because it had no decent answer for Donphan or Zoroark and it couldn’t keep in the prize race but Tornadus will change things.
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Catcher + Tornadus is devastating turn d 2 because you can snipe practically anything from Phanpy to Cyndaquil.
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Without Catcher Zekrom/Tornadus (missä predikaatti?) but since we have Catcher there is no reason not to play Zekrom/Tornadus.
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The great thing about Zekrom/Tornadus is that it can win anything. If it goes first and has a T1 Zekrom or Tornadus (which good builds should be able to manage quite often), there is a possibility to win any deck. That’s simply because your opponent doesn’t necessarily have a fast start. A 3-prize lead is nothing new for this deck but it may lose even though it has a 3-prize lead. I suggest you to make your Zekrom/Tornadus as consistent as possible because this deck can’t afford getting slow starts. If you don’t get at least T2 Zekrom/Tornadus, it’s a miracle if you can win the game.
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Otherwise I suggest you to play something else.
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Ross’ deck has started a true Vileplume hype and we will see at BRs lots of variations of Ross’ deck.
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What other Plume decks will you be encountering then? Well, as it’s only beginning of the season, it’s unlikely that new good secret Vileplume decks will appear. I will cover one Vileplume rogue in my upcoming blog updates so if you are dying to play rogue and/or Vileplume, make sure to come back - -
As I have stated earlier, I don’t like Beartic for various reasons and I don’t see Beartic being a real problem for most decks. As long as you have a low retreat or enough energy acceleration Sheer cold is useless. Beartic decks will also surely be slower than you, so decks like Zekrom and stage1 will have a good chance to outspeed Beartic.
The other known Vileplume deck is the so-called MewBox which playes Mew and variety of teches in it. You can see things like Muk, Jumpluff, Spinarak, Yanmega Prime etc. This is one of the decks that work well but have huge problems because of Mew Prime’s ridiculously low HP. But you must remember not to underestimate this deck because it can easily jam your game and win; it’s a no joke deck. (Miksi puolipiste, kun et kerro asiaan uutta näkökulmaa?)
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The Catcher problem, however, can be managed by playing multiple Switches and heavy draw supporter/Ninetales line.
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Reshiboar has good matchups against decks that main attackers are OHKOable by Reshirams. Of course the Bad Boar can hit 150 occasionally but I wouldn’t count on it. Reshiboar is also a great deck because it’s easy to tech a Rayquaza&Deoxys LEGEND in it. Emboar can load RDL in one turn so it’s a surprise OHKO almost any time. Reshiboar will have a hard time with decks which can outspeed or outdisturb it. - -
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For Battle Roads, predicting the metagame is always almost impossible so let me list a few decks that are good no matter what kind of metagame you’re facing.
1) ReshiPlosion – It’s self-explanatory, this deck is great and has almost no bad match-ups.
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Mewtwolover kirjoitti:Pistin kännykkääni jo muistuksen 12.8.(MM-kisat päättyvät 11.8.) kohdalle noiden (Esan) oikkien poistosta.
aono kirjoitti:Voi ihmiset hyvät, älkää jaksako itkeä jostain kielioppi virheistä
aono kirjoitti:Voi ihmiset hyvät, älkää jaksako itkeä jostain kielioppi virheistä, etenkin kun englanti ei ole meidän äidinkieli. Teksti on ihan ymmärrettävää sitli, ei tarvitse sitä pilkkua lähteä viilaamaan. Vaikka Esa pokemon mestari onkin, ei hänkään ole täydellinen. Pienet kielioppi virheet tekevät Esasta vain sympaattisemman henkilön, koska kirjotusvirheet ovat kuitenkin ihan inhimillisiä. Toki jos kirjotus/kielioppi virheet olisi aivan liian järkyttäviä, niin asia olisi eri. Mutta nyt tällä hetkellä, ne ei menoa haittaa. Ollaan tyytyväisiä siihen mitä saadaan, eikä aina ruinata jotain lisää.
Keltainen Rayquaza kirjoitti:Voin muuten ryhtyä oikolukijaksi jos haluat, tällöin sinun pitäisi lähettää tekstit n. 2 päivää ennen julkaisua minulle niin korjaan ne parhaani mukaan.
Mewtwolover kirjoitti:Pistin kännykkääni jo muistuksen 12.8.(MM-kisat päättyvät 11.8.) kohdalle noiden (Esan) oikkien poistosta.
Mewtwolover kirjoitti:Pistin kännykkääni jo muistuksen 12.8.(MM-kisat päättyvät 11.8.) kohdalle noiden (Esan) oikkien poistosta.
Mewtwolover kirjoitti:Pistin kännykkääni jo muistuksen 12.8.(MM-kisat päättyvät 11.8.) kohdalle noiden (Esan) oikkien poistosta.
aono kirjoitti:Aika ninja veto päästä lukemaan esan artikkeli ennen muita. Olet kokoajan tarjonnut apuasi täällä esalle ja sitten kun saat mahdollisuutesi, heität rätin tiskiin. gg
The Deck Out kirjoitti:As you can see there are few fixes.
Mewtwolover kirjoitti:Pistin kännykkääni jo muistuksen 12.8.(MM-kisat päättyvät 11.8.) kohdalle noiden (Esan) oikkien poistosta.
Mewtwolover kirjoitti:Pistin kännykkääni jo muistuksen 12.8.(MM-kisat päättyvät 11.8.) kohdalle noiden (Esan) oikkien poistosta.
Mewtwolover kirjoitti:Pistin kännykkääni jo muistuksen 12.8.(MM-kisat päättyvät 11.8.) kohdalle noiden (Esan) oikkien poistosta.
badganondorf kirjoitti:Blogin ulkoasu on saanut ehostusta, kertokaa mikäli blogin ulkoasu näyttää huonolta koneidenne näytöllä. Eli onko:
- Reshiram/Zekrom piilossa
- Reshiram/Zekrom mennyt yli rajojen
- Tausta muuten vain tyhmän näköinen
- Värimaailmassa jotain vikaa
- Mitä mieltä olette verrattuna aiempaan siniseen
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