u/Lightning_Winter

Hello everyone! I went through and calculated what the group stage for the EU LCQ should be. Note: THIS IS NOT OFFICIAL, THIS IS MY BEST GUESS BASED ON HOW IT'S WORKED IN THE PAST. I have also included the rosters as well since most people won't have the LCQ rosters memorized (I don't either lol)

Without further ado:

##Group A:

UPPER BRACKET Round 1:

Match AA: Kaydop Corp (Joyo, Rezears, Radosin) vs The Bricks (Speed, Aztral, Pluvo)

Match AB: Geekay Esports (Alpha54, TempoH, mtzr) vs Team BSK (Rxii, rysfox, Gawfs)

Match AC: Magnolia (rise, Toxiic, yujin) vs PCS Stride (Mat, Mozzarella, Smokez)

Match AD: Mate y Tapa (DORITO, AtomiK, ajg) vs Chippy Chips (Chippy, ThO, rebmob)

UPPER BRACKET Round 2:

Match AE: Winner of AA vs Winner of AB

Match AF: Winner of AC vs Winner of AD

LOWER BRACKET Round 1:

Match AG: Loser of AA vs Loser of AB

Match AH: Lower of AC vs Loser of AD

Lower Bracket Round 2:

Match AI: Winner of AG vs Loser of AF

Match AJ: Winner of AH vs Loser of AE

##Group B:

UPPER BRACKET Round 1:

Match BA: x (Dead-Monster, Jonix!, chaaneel) vs No Balls Just Chase (Cocoo, Shark, Pr0zY.)

Match BB: 123-1 (Ne0n, velocity, prysm) vs TTTinhos (reeho!, Pukis, Kiroxsinho)

Match BC: NOVO Esports (rehzzy, Giuk, Nico) vs EmporX Esports (ymarshyy, boa, Encore)

Match BD: Triple Pop (motion15, bibbaba, osaft) vs Volare (Tox, Growlii, Crispy)

UPPER BRACKET Round 2:

Match BE: Winner of BA vs Winner of BB

Match BF: Winner of BC vs Winner of BD

LOWER BRACKET Round 1:

Match BG: Loser of BA vs Loser of BB

Match BH: Loser of BC vs Loser of BD

LOWER BRACKET Round 2:

Match BI: Winner of BG vs Loser of BF

Match BJ: Winner of BH vs Loser of BE

The Pokepaste

Team Breakdown:

Mega Gengar:

Despite the presence of shadow tag, this is NOT a perish trap team. This is a sun team that uses mega gengar to trap opposing weather setters on the field and win weather wars with sunny day, and provide speed control with icy wind (icy wind is particularly valuable against garchomp). The idea of this gengar set is that I can use solar power charizard alongside gengar's weather control to dish out really good damage. Icy wind helps a ton against not only garchomp but aerodactyl and opposing charizards. Gengar can serve as a source of solid damage as well with shadow ball(especially on basculegion), but gengar's main role is to win weather wars. I am considering reducing mega gengar's special attack in exchange for a bit more bulk. The speed is really important because it allows mega gengar to speed tie max speed mega raichu, which gives me an extra option against raichu in a pinch. You might ask me why I'm not running sludge bomb, and the honest answer is I value the ability to boom basculegion more than I value sludge bomb. And sludge bomb isn't as valuable as any of the other three moves.

Hydreigon: Hydreigon does have tailwind if I get a chance to set it up, but its main role is to dish out damage. It's particularly useful against basculegion, because otherwise my team would be very weak to scarf basculegion. It can also hit incineroar for big damage, and it can switch in for gengar if gengar is threatened by a ground type move. It also has good typing synergy with the rest of my team - the 4x weakness to fairy is helped by the fact that I have 2 poison types and 2 fire types on my team.

Incineroar: Incineroar is a very useful support pokemon in general. Standard set, it's standard for a reason. It can do big damage with sun boosted flair blitz, and not running any speed on incin can give me a tool against trick room teams. Incineroar also helps against raichu due to fake out to buy my team some extra turns. Finally, incin and hydreigon can combine to KO opposing farigiraf with a double attack if I want.

Mega Charizard Y: It's a sun team so you know we gotta have zard y. Now, as I mentioned in the gengar section, I do often use non-mega zard with solar power, but I want the option of using mega zard y if the matchup is bad for gengar (Like against opposing non weather teams, where gengar's utility is reduced significantly). Ancient power is a bit of a strange choice, but I want it because it gives me a good way of one shotting opposing zard y. This synergizes with gengar as well because icy wind can ensure that my charizard goes first. I also sometimes use ancient power against opposing incineroar in a pinch, although I try to avoid positions where I need to do that.

Sinistcha-Masterpiece: When I was building this team, I had the 5 other pokemon, and I realized that my team was weak to trick room teams, and it lacked redirection for my frail attackers. Sinistcha solves both problems. Trick room and imprison is an uncommon set that can catch opposing TR teams off guard, and it can combo with gengar's trap to prevent my opponent from repositioning around the imprison. Sinistcha is EV'd to be as bulky as possible so that it can rage powder as many times as possible. I decided not to use life dew because quite frankly, I found that I was almost never clicking it, and I wanted sinistcha to have a damaging move in addition to trick room, imprison, and rage powder.

Venusaur: Venusaur works as a disruptor with sleep powder of course, but I also like it because it synergizes with hydreigon due to its ability to switch into fairy types. Venusaur's speed stat has been one I've agonized over for a while. I want venusaur to be bulky so it can sleep powder more, but I do want it to have a little bit of speed investment. I would love some advice on venusaur's speed stat, because honestly I'm not sure where to go on that.