For the RanchersMe, Jarii and Silverwhiteblue did the rankings of players in each tier and based on that ranked the teams. Please don't get upset this is our opinion and it certainly would make for a more entertaining BLT if you guys were to prove us wrong.
Overused
1)Twinleaf Trevenants (Blazenix / sand1234): Having gotten what is probably the most successful picks in this year's ou playerbase, trevenants hold a solid lead with both of their players being capable ones. Hard to see any of them losing to most players, and should pick up nice wins weekly.
2)Paniola Ranchers (OmniousDraco and bigboy038):Both players are solid, and are quite likely to pick up wins in the tier due to the lack of mains this season. dont expect them to have too many losses overall.
3)Six Island Sharpedos (Flowsoceity and KingOfCrimea):FlowSociety should carry the ou spots, with KingOfCrimea standing a fair chance of excelling on their own too. could actually top second place as well.
4)Goldenrod Greninjas (Amoonguss and Akaru Kokuyo): Amoonguss will probably play the same role as flowsociety in the sharpedos, but with slightly more concerns about akaru as, while they are good, are more of a doubles main which means its pretty dependant on how fast they can kick that D out of DOU.
5)Geosenge Garchomps(Ace-11 and Kyotoshi) Ace-11 being a relatively solid player is excpected to do pretty well overall, and help out the other spot with teams and testing. will it be enough to ace the competition though?
6)Burlesque Bewears (jrsmash9 and jrdn): jrsmash is pretty underrated and could be called a steal in the draft, despite his main style of playing being pretty known. jrdn on the other hand is a solid player overall but lacks metaknowledge due to being an om main. will the double J core win it, or get rekt by an L instead?
7)Hau'oli Hariyamas (budy300 / Dull ladder UU): Having only one of their spots maining the tier, and another beign a filler relatively, there are quite some problems with seeing this team packing a punch ou-wise. they would have to rely on the second spot ending up as a wildcard, and bundy300 scoring some unexpected wins.
8)Sunnyshore Saraptors (javoon and iaruban): javoon being the one ou player excepted to take the tier, they face a similar issue with the lack of preparations for ou. iaruban could pull a few wins out of their sleeves though, which would be what the team is hoping for if they dont want to be left behind in OU.
Ubers
1)Paniola Ranchers (Leru): Best Ubers player, plays the tier for a long time now on a high bases. Played in UPL is just the best ubers player in here would suprise me if he doesn't go positive or even maybe unbeaten.
2)Sunnyshore Staraptors ( Sunnyshore Staraptors (Mysterious M / Megazard): Good duo, good players, know ubers. If they would work together and scout the only one that is able to be a threat to Leru. Would suprise me if they lose a game besides vs Leru.
3)Twinleaf Trevenrants (Byronthewellwell): Would probably be 2nd with Sunnyshore Staraptors if they had only 1 player instead of 2. But that aside good player and knows the tier played since it came out and would go positive for sure.
4)Burlesque Bewears (EternalSnowman / Fardin): Good duo that if they work together able to become a threat for the 2 above them, could be the suprise of this Ubers tier.
5)Six Island Sharpedos (Oshawott Fan): The dark horse of ubers, good underrated player with potential. The biggest question with Oshawott Fan is that potential coming out in this BLT or would he disappoint?
6)Hau'oli Hariyamas (Emptee): Basicly the same thing as Oshawott Fan in potential a good player but is that coming out? The time will decide.
7)Geosenge Garchomps (jasprose): Jasprose isn't expected to do well against a pretty competitive ubers pool which should give him a hard time, but if he puts enough effort into it he could pull off some upsets.
8)Goldrenrod Greninjas (Peachyclouds): Basically the same as #7 but worse.
Underused
1)Burlesque Bewears (HT): Clearly the most competent UU player in the pool and should definitely be able to serve as a reliable source of wins for his team provided he can stay motivated. If he cant, there could probably be room for an upset or two.
2)Sunnyshore Staraptors (hamhamhamham / Megazard): These two come second. Both are potential UU players with hamhamhamham seeming to be the more likely choice. He's certainly relatively proficient with the tier and should be producing good results. Megazard went 1-3 in UU during LTPL but that was against a much more advanced player pool. Given his experience he should be able to fare well against people who aren't HT.
3)Twinleaf Trevenants (Jarii / sand1234): Jarii is a competent player but isn't familiar with the tier and is likely to rely on external sources for teams and testing. The same could be said for sand1234. Jarii is still one of the best players in this tour and has access to players who play UU on high levels and will provide him with teams he should be able to end up with a fairly decent record.
4)Hau'oli Hariyamas (Serene's Grace): Dabbles in and out of UU but has a good enough base for battling which should allow him to make up for the lack of metagame knowledge against a relatively inexperienced UU pool. Lets hope the tragic loss of India in WCOP hasn't taken too much of a toll.
5)Six Island Sharpedos (narutosage) - narutosage seems decent enough and will probably end up relying on his team's connections in order to ensure that he performs well. Given that he is the Sharpedo's only UU player he's gonna need to pull his weight against some pretty good players in order for them to succeed in this department.
6)Paniola Ranchers (Microwavable) |Goldenrod Greninjas (Karalynia / Akaru Koyuko) |Geosenge Garchomps (Mastoise): The rest of these players are either not familiar with the tier and / or are not on the same level in terms of battling competency. Most of them are unknown and unproven with the most notable of the bunch being Microwavable (simply because he beat King UU in PSPL). These dark horses could certainly cause an upset or two but for the most part are probably going to be seen as unreliable.
Rarelyused
1)Six Island Sharpedos (Arifeen): Arifeen being a council member, an active RU player and a competent one at that puts him above the rest in both building and battling capabilities so he should clearly be dominating his competition. Expect a good record.
2)Twinleaf Trevenants (TraceOfLife) |Hau'oli Hariyamas (The Welsh Wall / Dull Ladder UU): Both of them are good players with good grasps of the tier. TraceOfLife should definitely prove that he's worth his price tag and put up a solid record. The Hariyamas bag this spot primarily because of The Welsh Wall who has displayed he's more than capable of giving his pool a hard time though his tour experience doesn't really level with those who have been ranked above him causing him to be dropped to this rank. Nevertheless expect good games and a solid record.
4)Geosenge Garchomps (soTsoT): soTsoT hasn't been active with RU this generation but his competency as a battler should make up for it and should help him put up a good record. His inactivity this generation is primarily the reason for ranking him where he is. Though his capabilities certainly peg him above the rest of the pool.
5)Goldenrod Greninjas (KoldKappuccino): Decent player that knows RU, is clearly not someone that should be able to beat the top 4 but is also clearly the best of the rest so would go probably positive if he is in the right bracket.
6)Sunnyshore Staraptors (iAruban): Not a good player in a tier with the big guys, this might end really bad for iAruban and just has to grab some from the players under him.
7)Paniola Ranchers (Blitzburgh): Same thing as #6 but worse then iAruban.
8)Burlesque Bewears (Skelos / Miyoka): has no ru player lol.
Little Cup
1)Hau' oli Hariyamas (Dundies): Clearly the best LC player in this tour, after what issues in PU Dundies decided to main LC in gen 7. Not long after that he became a knowledged player in the LC community and is doing really well in LCPL 100% deserved the number 1 spot and I don't see Dundies losing more then maybe 1 game.
2)Paniola Ranchers (PD / BigBoy038): Bold move to buy PD for much money since his past issues, despite all of that he is still a really competent player that if he fits in the team and feels comfortable in his team will go positive for sure.
3)Twinleaf Treverants (Plasmagby / Kurukaito): Both of these players know how to play LC on a decently competitive high level. The biggest issue for these is can they accept that one has to play a different tier? If these players can work together with scouting and teambuilding they are a duo to look out for.
4)Geosenge Garchomps (Jeran): Jeran is always a known player in the tour room for his consistent results in tours in the tour room itself, despite all of that Jeran tends to have issues with interacting with players in the tour room most of the time. Will this be different in BLT? Especially he has to accept not being the best on his team with players as soTsoT and Miltankmilk. Despite all of this he is still a good LC player and easily pick up multiple wins.
5)Sunnyshore Staraptors (StarRaikou / Blinkboy / Kushal00): The team with the most LC players on the team yet they are still not in the top 4, no idea what Kushal00 and Roseybear were thinking when you have Kushal00 as 100% pick but that aside. With the players they have isn't good enough to threaten the top 4 but they are a good "best of the rest".
6)Burlesque Bewears (Parivard): Despite being the meme of smogon 2017 and having a really weird behaviour what most players have issues with he still a decent player. The biggest problem Parivard might give is that he is demotivating his teammates, if he tries to be normal and just focus on his games he would grab some wins. Pakistan Zindabad.
7)Six Island Sharpedos (Mikaav): This is the dark horse of LC, despite being this low Mikaav has more potential then #5 and #6. The issue with this is that would this potential actually succeed over players that have more experience? Who knows?
8)Goldenrod Greninjas (Ninjadog~): Clearly the worst in all these competent players, despite being last Ninjadog isn't bad but he is in a tier where the competition is maybe the hardest of all in BLT. Ninjadog~ needs to do his best to grab some
Doubles Overused
1)Geosenge Garchomps (miltankmilk): Being a miltank but not a rancher is tough, but should he recover from the psychological shock, and being one of the two spl players in blt and a very accomplished dou player, is excpected to still shine even in a relatively stacked player pool in the tier, and bring home hard earned but valuable wins or the team.
2)Paniola Ranchers (Matame):Another accomplished player, being on dpl, a dou tutor and so on, plus has "kill" in spanish in their name, therefore should kill the competition too. however the player pool is pretty good so will have to be consistent to stay ranked 2nd
3)Goldenrod Greninjas (Mishiimono / Akaru Kokoyu / Rafooa11):Ironically , 3 dou players and 3rd on the list , 3 corners of a triangle... coincidence? with the triple power locked and loaded, teambuiliding should be a blast. depending on who takes up the dou slot, could go higher or lower
4)Six Island Sharpedos (SabeleyeMyBae): Sableye in dou may not be viable, but this one sure is. a nice player to have overall for multi-tiering, and should do well.1-0 in dpl but will that loss number remain null ? find out in this blt
5)Hau'oli Hariyamas (silverwhiteblue):The manager himself raising the sleeves and getting dirty. a good player individually, but will be hard to see him shine in the stacked playerpool of players, yet its far from an impossible task.
6)Burlesque Bewears (Miyoka): the first team to not have an established dou main on the lineup, but miyoka can still make something out of scrap if they put their mind to it. also should be able to have access to good teams, which may end up helping out
7)Twinleaf Trevenants (Jarii/littlelachyjn): the lack of dou players hurts this team quite badly, as their best bet is hoping jarii can use connections to get teams, and help with the amount of small experience they had from previous dou experiences.however, its still hard to see them in the top of dou.
8)Sunnyshore Staraptors (Starraikou): this team may encounter a lot of hardships weekly in this tier, as they lack the proper ressources player wise for it. might probably go for beating the non dou mains as their bet to not get too outclassed in this tier.
Battle Spot Singles
1)Six Island Sharpedos (Natalie): Clearly the best one in this small playerbased tier, even got a banner once for winning a big BSS tour. Not much else to say 100% #1 and might go unbeaten.
2)Goldenrod Greninjas (Mishiimono): Mishiimono has done pretty well in certain BSS events and knows the tier decently well that is why Mishiimono is second. Would Mishiimono be a threat to natalie?
3)Hau'oli Hariyamas (youmy@poke): Good player that play BSS not more to say about it then this actually.
4)Sunnyshore Staraptors (Megazard): Megazard sit in a little pickle, he has good tiers in Ubers and UU but there are also people that can play that. So the only conclusion is putting Megazard in a tier where most players are not good at and make just a really good player play it. Would grab wins for sure.
5)Twinleaf Trevenants (Plasmagby): The Natalie killer, won in BSS tours from Natalie what else is more to say? All jokes aside Decent player that knows BSS, should grab some wins for sure.
6)Burlesque Bewears (Skelos): Decent player that misses his main tier 'NU' probably would be put in here since nobody else is able to play this on his team, basicly the same thing as Megazard but is worse then Megazard.
7)Geosenge Garchomps (SamSpark): Not a good player although grabbed a win for india in Wcop, but claims to know BSS we have to see if the big talk is actually true.
8)Paniola Ranchers (Sharp Ladder UU): Has no metagame knowledge at all and would be probably put in BSS because someone has to do it, who knows he might suprise but probably not.
Team Ranking
1) Trevenants
2) Sharpedos
3) Ranchers
4) Hariyamas
5) Garchomps
6) Greninjas + Bewears
8) Staraptors
edit @ below: nO
UU = Sharp, RU = Micro, BSS = god knows lol
