Most Known For:
Being a newcomer and a good OU player.
Favorite Pokemon:
Favorite to use: Starmie, favorite in general: Infernape
Most used Pokemon:
Starmie
Can you tell us a little about yourself?
I am 16 years old and from Germany. I love sports and i play badmintonin a club. I also enjoy watching soccer or doing crazy shit with my friends or listening to music :)
Where did you get your name from?
I really dont know. I had some other names in another internet forum and this was the first one i ever had. I think i thought it sounded cool when i was younger oo
How and when did you get into competitive battling?
Ehm, i think i started with competitive battling in 2013 when i played on my DS (wifi) but it was not nearly as much difficult as smogon is and it was 3vs3. Then i quitted Pokemon for a few months and came back. But somehow i didnt enjoyed wifi much anymore so i came to PS in early 2014 and joined smogon not much later but wasnt rlly active at first.
How do you feel about how ORAS plays compared to XY?
XY was cool but it wasnt "my meta". IMO i grew to a much better player in ORAS than in XY and i also like the creativity in ORAS. Sometimes ORAS sucks but thats not a difference to the other gens ;D
To add onto the above, thoughts on the team matchup issue?
Yeah... getting a bad matchup bc you cant cover all threads can be rlly depressing sometimes. But its not a huge deal IMO. I think a lot of people use it as an excuse. Banning 2 or 3 offensive threads could help but i wouldnt rlly know what to ban lol
Do you feel that there is anything that is suspect worthy at the moment?
Definitely Hoopa-U, maybe some other things like Manaphy as well.
What's your favorite playstyle and why?
I dont rlly have one. I like Balance a lot because IMO it is very solid but offense is cool as well, for example my favorite team in XY (MZam, Heatran, Breloom, Latios, Lando-T, Azumarill) was a more offensive one and the team i enjoyed to play the most since i joined smogon :P
What's your favorite generation of OU and why?
I like all: DPP, BW and ORAS a lot but i would call ORAS my favorite gen, just because i enjoy building ORAS teams and because it is my best mode.
How do you go about preparing for tournament matches? Does the process differ depending on the tournament?
I watch my opps replays and try to understand how he thinks and in which situations he tends to go for a risk etc. Then i try to find a team which is good vs my opponent and good in general. I also try to not be predictable in what i bring. I try to predict my opp a bit in what i think i would bring vs me and i try to prepare for that. I am also very self critical when i lose. I think my preparation improves everytime i lose a game. Another important thing is that i try not to play/test too much when i already reached the point that i am motivated and think i will win and feel safe.
Favorite to win STour?
Myself ofc. If i stay motivated.
If not cosine180 has a very high chance of winning.
On the paper cbb and sweepage are the favorites to win as well.
I would also like to see PDC or denissss taking it.
If you could change one thing about OU, what would it be and why?
I would ban Hoopa-U, thats for sure. It can really destroy Balance and Stall. Two playstyles with big problems vs a single mon is too much i think. Idk much more.
Do you have any advice for newer players for playing, and for Smogon in general?
Dont ever give up. You cant imagine how i felt after not getting bought for SPL although i thought i was good enough. Once you have made a name for yourself it is not difficult to get picked up in teamtours or other things :) And if its difficult to make a name for yourself with playing then just start making funny gifs.
If you could change one thing about Smogon as a whole to make it better, what would it be and why?
Ban some people but i am not gonna call any names.
What players do you look up to / are good friends with?
I want to be the best so i dont really look up to anyone anymore.
But the players i respect the most are Sweepage, cbb, McM and Bloo. Maybe cosine180 as well because he got really really good.;D
I dont want to list (or to forget) any of my friends so i just say the ones who are my buddies already know it :]
Finally, can you provide us a team that's a good fit for this metagame and reflects your playstyle, with a brief explanation of how it works?
http://pastebin.com/4KafMWkj
I made this team for cosine180 last STour Play Offs.
It relies on a defensive FWG-Core and on Sand Offense. Torn-T is a pivot and SD-Balloon Exca is to break Bulky Grounds.
I dont wanna reveal my good newer teams atm because Stour comes and i dont have many new teams (wasnt home last two weeks) and Idk much more to say but i like anyways i like this team although it is a bit old.
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