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I recently just finished my first draft league, and when it came to drafting, my key philosophy was to draft mons that I thought were flexible and could work in a lot of different ways.

In my league, we had a mix of flexibility and set strategies drafted and it’s really hard to tell what the better idea is since the overall standings were quite mixed.

so i was wondering what people initially look for when drafting? we plan on doing a season 2 and i’m stumped on where to start. is it worth starting with a strong mega, a meta relevant mon, good fake out user, a terrain or weather setter?

let me know! (doubles btw)

I saw someone else on here doing this and thought I’d do it myself :]. This is not including playoffs I should also add.

20 - Jakob Austin Young: Wasn’t a big fan of JAY’s going into this year and hoped for my mind to be changed, sadly it wasn’t.

19 - Yoshinobu Kanemaru: Had some alright matches here and there, most weren’t great and probably peaked on night 1.

18 - SHO: Kind of mid all around, but a good match against YOH puts him over Kanemaru

17 - Daisuke Sasaki: Solid matches across the board, but he was never the standout performer in any of them.

16 - Valiente Jr: Showed good promise, but fell short when it came to important matches.

15 - KUSHIDA: Apart from his matches with HYO, Eagles & Despy, it was sadly a very weak tournament from the veteran.

14 - YOH: All around an okay tournament for YOH, some high highs (Eagles/Despy), but very low lows (JAY/Kanemaru). I’m also not a big YOH fan, so I know I’m probably a lot lower on him than others.

13 - Taiji Ishimori: I found that a lot of Ishimori’s matches were quite short, but there wasn’t many I didn’t like.

12 - Ryusuke Taguchi: Really enjoyed Taguchi this year, him becoming the most winningest BOSJ competitor was awesome.

11 - HYO: Would’ve been much higher if he didn’t spend the latter half solely on myonmyon and HoT lore. He’s definitely made a fan out of me though.

10 - El Desperado: A little lower on the list than I was expecting, and nothing personal to Despy like he had some fantastic matches but I just preferred others a little more this year.

9 - Nick Wayne: Loved seeing how much Wayne has progressed since last year’s tournament, one of the MVP’s when it came to match quality and loved his blooming relationship with Jun Kasai.

8 - Robbie Eagles: There’s no such thing as a bad Robbie Eagles performance, just wish he had better competition in his Block that would’ve boosted him higher in my rankings.

7 - Titan: Titan was a big surprise for me this year, sure I always liked the guy but I didn’t think too much of him. But after going 5-0 at the start, and seeing him go crazy in matches with Akira, X & Fujita, my interest in Titan going forward have massively increased.

6 - Robbie X: Really wanted to fit Robbie into the top 5, but I just couldn’t put him over #5. An extremely strong run from X though, can’t recommend his matches with Fujita Kasai & Titan enough.

5 - Daiki Nagai: The amount of growth that Young Lion Daiki Nagai went through this tournament was huge for him. Absolutely loved his underdog story, especially in those fantastic matches with Fujita & Akira.

4 - Francesco Akira: Akira is genuinely perfect in this heel role, I would’ve loved to see him in the playoffs, but I do think he got kinda shafted by Wato’s rise. All of his matches (besides the Taguchi match) are legitimately must watch.

3 - Master Wato: It’s one thing for NJPW to make me care for Wato in the playoffs, it’s another thing to make me upset that Wato lost in the playoffs. I was openly critical of Wato in his earlier Tourney matches, but I was so happy to be proven wrong, PLEASE go watch his matches with Fujita and Wayne.

2 - Jun Kasai: I mean where do I begin with Jun Kasai? Everytime you saw him on the match card next to his opponent, you couldn’t even imagine what that match would look like. Kasai brought an air of unpredictability that added so much excitement to what can sometimes be a slow tournament. I fucking loved Jun Kasai here, and desperately need him back for BOSJ34.

1 - Kosei Fujita: He’s the best junior heavyweight wrestler in the world, and he’s only 23 years old. The Japanese Young Punk always hit the mark for me, even in matches that just flat out shouldn’t have like Taguchi, were made so exciting just by Fujita’s uncanny way to promote a match. His promo before the tourney started on Wato and the match following was what propelled Wato to the playoffs, and his hair vs hair match with Taguchi was hilarious. I really hope Fujita goes back-to-back this year because man, you can’t watch his matches with literally anyone in A Block and tell me he doesn’t deserve it. I want to particularly shout out his match with Jun Kasai, which was my favourite match of the tournament, but it’s not an over exaggeration when I say that all of his matches were phenomenal.

hello all. i’ve moved up here not too long ago and i was hoping that someone could recommend a good comic book store as i have not been able to find one myself.