Playoffs Finals: 0-2 (-4) vs Rotterdam Clangarangs - the first true rematch; while on paper I have a lot of offensive answers, they don't accomplish that goal safely. In trying to mitigate that I played too conservatively (and unlucky) and finished in 2nd place

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewqK...

irreversible headcanon change, now u cant read susie dialogue without a boston accent

Playoffs Semis: 2-0 (+6) vs Cargoon Network - this team has several ways to completely outspeed my roster, and Mega Beedrill is a huge threat. That leaves one solution: Trick Room, and some means of trying to trade kills with it - Goodra and Meowstic are the key

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Playoffs Quarters: 2-0 (+5) vs eat rock - big defensive week for Tentacruel and Aggron, with the usual offensive pieces taking a cleaner role. Plenty of threats that outspeed my team and can threaten heavy damage, but key coverage and speed management prevails

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Playoffs Eighths: 2-1 (+5) vs Lava Chicken - this matchup put more focus on the offensive potential of the mid-statted, bulkier duo in Rotom-Heat and Tentacruel, both capable of Z-move OHKOs on Tapu Fini. Also features the first terrain "war" of the season...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kr_C...

Week 8: 2-0 (+6) vs Love the Game - Aegislash poses a strange builder challenge, as both breaking it and surviving it are not straightforward. Pheromosa finally gets to click a status move other than Protect, as well as pick up a handful more kills than it had been

www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOd_...