GOAO
Banned deucer.
Favorite Pokemon: Rapidash
Most used Pokemon: Porygon
Most Known for: recently drafted in SPL, 3-2 in LCPL and 4-1 in SPLC.
Tell us a little about yourself.
I'm a 17 years old student from Spain and I'll go to university in September. When I'm not in school or playing mons I usually watch some movies because I love cinema, and also some series on the Internet. I like listening to music too, I’m a big fan of Oliver Heldens and EDM in general, so I’m often listening to some sessions while playing or doing stuff. Outside of my house I use to go on party on weekends or just chilling out with friends, and I sometimes play basketball too.
How and when did you get your start in LC?
Well this is something I’m not really proud of but I have to say the truth so whatever. It all started back in 2014, around March or so, when I was chilling in the Spanish PS room. My bud Alastor Law was still a moderator there and he said that he was going to make a tour. Goddess Briyella, who was an owner of the room by the time joined and asked Alastor if the tour was going to be a LC one, and he accepted. I made a team quickly but the tour never got to start. I wanted to try my brand new clamperl team though, so I talked to Briyella because it was the only recognised LC player I knew. We played and I swept her, and I got pretty hyped. I jumped on the ladder and got a decent w/l ratio, but once I saw a Pineco I fell in love and built another team around it, and you already know the rest of the story.
What is your favorite aspect of LC?
I love how a lot of things are viable but nothing’s broken at all. Practically every playstyle is viable, from heavy offense to semistall, even some full stall teams are able to work, along with weather offenses, baton pass, etc. I also like the level 5 mechanics, which are just a question of habit imo.
Is there any mon, playstyle, etc that you feel is underrated in LC?
Elekid is an awesome mon with a huge moverpool with a massive coverage (stab thunderbolt and volt switch, hp grass, psychic, cross chop, fire/ice punch, sub…), 20 speed and good offensive stats, and it’s also able to hit 19 hp for LO numbers. It’s a monster.
Anything you find overrated?
I’ve never found cottonee to be that good tbh. I understand what makes it good but it’s a bad defensive mon with no recovery that only switches in, takes 25% from any u turn and switches out. It has a x4 weakness to poison which makes it really easy to lure in (eg. pjab drilbur and carvanha or pjab mienfoo and timburr). It has a cool function but I don’t think that’s enough to be that used/high in the viability rankings etc.
If you could change something about the current metagame, what would you change?
I really really like the metagame right now so I don’t wanna change anything. I still don’t know how I feel about wisp floon though, but it might be a possibility if it keeps on being this good.
What players do you look up to / are good friends with?
I do have a lot of good friends in lc so I’m not naming them all (sorry lfc), but I’d say Levi is one of my best friends in smogon and very likely one of the guys who has more lc knoweledge in the whole webpage. He’s an awesome builder too and he will always offer to help you. About the players, I have always looked up to heysup and blarajan to be honest, and I really like star and zf now too. Madoka is a great player as well although she sometimes uses teams that I don’t like at all, but I guess it’s a matter of tastes. I’ve always liked fatty too although he’s kinda dead right now, but I think his way of playing is pretty similar to mine and I really enjoy watching him play.
What's your favorite playstyle and why?
Bulky offense is by far my favourite one, I like trying to cover everything defensively in teambuilding while having solid offensive presence, and this is what balanced/bulky offense consists of. I also like semistall teams but they are often not as effective as I’d hope.
How did you feel when you got drafted for SPL? Did you expected it?
I didn’t expect it at all as I got drafted the last day before the deadline and I hadn’t really talked to Funk or Mizuhime, but I woke up and saw a hundred of notifications in my phone and smogon (people texting me, sending me skype pms, smogon alerts, even twitter notifications and shit), and I felt really hyped for having that chance.
Is there any advice that you'd like to pass on to new LCers?
I’d tell them to get used to LC mechanics playing and building as much as they could and not to be afraid of asking anybody for help, people in this community are great and they will often be willing to help people. And if you want to make yourself a name here be have well and let your wins in different tournments talk by yourself more than everything else while not being arrogant.
And finally I use to recommend my tutees reading this article to know some basic stuff about LC: http://www.smogon.com/smog/issue43/understanding-numbers-in-lc
Lastly, do you have a team you'd like to share with us?
Porygon @ Eviolite
Ability: Trace
Level: 5
EVs: 236 HP / 196 Def / 76 SpD
Calm Nature
- Psychic
- Ice Beam
- Thunder Wave
- Recover
Timburr @ Eviolite
Ability: Guts
Level: 5
EVs: 116 Atk / 156 Def / 236 SpD
Careful Nature
- Drain Punch
- Knock Off
- Mach Punch
- Bulk Up
Elekid (F) @ Life Orb
Ability: Vital Spirit
Level: 5
EVs: 36 Atk / 236 SpA / 236 Spe
Naive Nature
IVs: 0 HP
- Thunderbolt
- Psychic
- Cross Chop
- Volt Switch
Pawniard @ Berry Juice
Ability: Defiant
Level: 5
EVs: 156 Atk / 36 Def / 116 SpD / 196 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Knock Off
- Sucker Punch
- Iron Head
- Stealth Rock
Staryu @ Eviolite
Ability: Natural Cure
Level: 5
EVs: 156 Def / 116 SpA / 236 Spe
Timid Nature
- Scald
- Thunderbolt
- Recover
- Rapid Spin
Larvesta @ Eviolite
Ability: Flame Body
Level: 5
EVs: 76 HP / 236 Def / 156 SpD / 36 Spe
Impish Nature
- Flare Blitz
- U-turn
- Morning Sun
- Will-O-Wisp
Ability: Trace
Level: 5
EVs: 236 HP / 196 Def / 76 SpD
Calm Nature
- Psychic
- Ice Beam
- Thunder Wave
- Recover
Timburr @ Eviolite
Ability: Guts
Level: 5
EVs: 116 Atk / 156 Def / 236 SpD
Careful Nature
- Drain Punch
- Knock Off
- Mach Punch
- Bulk Up
Elekid (F) @ Life Orb
Ability: Vital Spirit
Level: 5
EVs: 36 Atk / 236 SpA / 236 Spe
Naive Nature
IVs: 0 HP
- Thunderbolt
- Psychic
- Cross Chop
- Volt Switch
Pawniard @ Berry Juice
Ability: Defiant
Level: 5
EVs: 156 Atk / 36 Def / 116 SpD / 196 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Knock Off
- Sucker Punch
- Iron Head
- Stealth Rock
Staryu @ Eviolite
Ability: Natural Cure
Level: 5
EVs: 156 Def / 116 SpA / 236 Spe
Timid Nature
- Scald
- Thunderbolt
- Recover
- Rapid Spin
Larvesta @ Eviolite
Ability: Flame Body
Level: 5
EVs: 76 HP / 236 Def / 156 SpD / 36 Spe
Impish Nature
- Flare Blitz
- U-turn
- Morning Sun
- Will-O-Wisp
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goao note: sry for the delay ^_^