PJT’14 Analysis

October 15, 2014October 15, 2014 by NL

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!