With all battles finished and over, I wanted to compile Pokémon used in PJT’14 and write an article about it. This isn’t the last article on PJT’14, though. We’ll have a few participants writing their own report on their teams and opponents!
Top 10 Pokémon used in PJT’14
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#1 Aegislash
Schrödinger’s sword and shield
50% Weakness Policy
25% Leftovers
12.25% Shell Bell
12.25% Metal Coat
To me, this comes as a surprise, but at the same time, not so much.I remember before the tourney started, a lot of people were talking about how everyone was going to use Mega Kanga or Mega Gengar, or some other pretty OP stuff. In that sense, The fact that Aegislash was the most used Pokémon took me by surprise.(although Aegislash is also in Ubers). With that being said, we all know how good Aegislash is. It’s versatile, while being very punishing to those who get caught up in mind games or make the wrong decision. Judging by the items, most went with the offensive type, trying to shave off some Pokémon, whether it be a wall or sweeper, in a reliable fashion.We do, though, see more defensive items handed to Aegislash, such as Leftovers. I assume that this type of Aegislash focuses more on switching into good match ups to wreak some havoc, and then switch out to come back out later.
#2 Charizard
Please don’t Rock Tomb
100% Charizardite X
5 out of 5 Charizards decided that Char X was the way to go. The winning team by Maple featured Char X as it’s main offensive Pokemon, and it’s worth mentioning that 4 out of the 5 people who used Charizard passed round 1 in the tournament, suggesting it’s greatness.Most of the Char X’s in the tourney sported a Dragon Dance set, with Earthquake as their 3rd attacking move aside from Outrage/Dragon Claw and Flare Blitz, presumably to take care of Heatran and deal some damage to Azumarill.
#2 Togekiss
All You Need Is Flinch
40% Kings Rock
20% Leftovers
20% Shell Bell
20% Bright Powder
Somewhat of an odd ball on this list, those who used it seemed to aim for an edge in luck whilst tanking favorable hits. Besides the obvious Kings Rock, we see that a lot of the items are helpful in providing an opportunity to take an extra hit, meaning more times to Air Slash. I’m surprised that Sitrus Berry was not used by anyone, as that provides another way of getting that extra air slash on your opponent.
#4 Greninja
Fickle Ninja
60% Expert Belt
20% Life Orb
20% Kings Rock
#4 Garchomp
Masuda is my dad
50% Garchompite
25% Choice Scarf
25% Life Orb
#4 Chansey
Knock it off
100% Eviolite
#4 Clefable
Wizard
50% Leftovers
25% Rocky Helmet
25% Mental Herb
#4 Gengar
I eat game balance for dinner
100% Gengarite
#4 Mamoswine
I’ve got ya covered
75% Focus Sash
25% Expert Belt
#4 Rotom
WOW
50% Chesto Berry
25% Choice Specs
25% Leftovers
#4 Scizor
It likes to dance.
50% Life Orb
25% Scizorite
25% Iron Plate
#4 Skarmory
You better not touch me
5o% Rocky Helmet
25% Sitrus Berry
25% Safety Goggles
#4 Venusaur
Chronic Talonflamitis
75% Venusaurite
25% Black sludge
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13 Pokémon when it’s top 10!? What is this nonsense! I thought it was better to cover all the Pokémon that tied in usage rather than to leave it at strictly 10 Pokémon, just for curiosity sake. One random fact: Nidoking and Nidoqueen were both used once , on separate teams.
Here are the submitted battle videos:
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| What is your username? | Who was your opponent? | Did you win, lose or draw? | What is the code for the Battle Video? | |||
| Defensive Bastiodon | JotaWonka | Win | ||||
| ShinyLickitung | Chandelure16 | Lose | LWCG-WWWW-WWW9-7JMB | |||
| Chandelure16 | Shiny Lickitung | Win | S2JG-WWWW-WWW9-7JME | |||
| MiniryuNinja | Rheneas | Lose | ||||
| alicexvi | YveltalsMinion | Win | mczw-wwww-www9-7k63 | |||
| Rheneas | miniryuninja | Win | Tiebreaker Match | |||
| regidudeam | Rheneas | Lose | QKTW-WWWW-WWW9-7ZAY | |||
| Rheneas | Regidudeam | Win | I dunno how I did it. YBKG-WWWW-WWW9-7ZAJ | |||
| RocketClauncher | Maple | Lose | 37FW-WWWW-WWW9-7QPW | |||
| Maple | RocketClauncher | Win | WKDW-WWWW-WWW9-7QQA | |||
| Chaos | RIOspeedwagon | Lose | 45SW-WWWW-WWW9-9YPE | |||
| RIOspeedwagon | Chaos | Win | K2UW-WWWW-WWW9-9YZP | |||
| alicexvi | Riospeedwagon | Win | 6B7W-WWWW-WWW9-AX4Y | |||
| SlipperySceptile | Lasgorndalf | Lose | ||||
| Lasgorndalf | SlipperySceptile | Win | TGPW-WWWW-WWW9-B4GQ | |||
| RIOspeedwagon | Alice | Lose | ZG6G-WWWW-WWW9-B4M2 | |||
| Marko XY | HeavyMetalFairy | Win | ||||
| Chandelure16 | Lasgorndalf | Lose | YFYW-WWWW-WWW9-CA3A | |||
| Lasgorndalf | Chandelure16 | Win | NV5W-WWWW-WWW9-CACL | |||
| Marko XY | Maple | Lose | SK9W-WWWW-WWW9-CDPQ | |||
| Maple | MarkoXY | Win | K3FG-WWWW-WWW9-CDQP | |||
| alicexvi | maple | Lose | ||||
| Maple | AliceXVI | Win | ||||
| Defensive Bastiodon | Rheneas | Win | XSJW-WWWW-WWW9-GLWB | |||
| Lasgorndalf | Defensive Bastiodon | Win | NV5W-WWWW-WWW9-CACL | |||
| Defensive Bastiodon | Lasgorndalf | Lose | ||||
| Maple | Lasgordalf | Win | HEBW-WWWW-WWW9-K28F, 725G-WWWW-WWW9-K29C | |||
| Lasgorndalf | Maple | Lose | LN5G-WWWW-WWW9-K2F2 and KAJW-WWWW-WWW9-K2F6 | |||
| alicexvi | defensivebastiodon | Win | n23w-wwww-www-9-nd84 |
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That about wraps it up for PJT14 analysis! I hope you all enjoyed it as much as I did, and I would like to thank everyone that participated! Stay tuned tomorrow for our last article on PJT’14 by HeavyMetalFairy!