I
decided to try
and up my
PUI
rating this
weekend by
traveling to St.
Peters and
attempt to take
down Andrew
Newman, the 2nd
ranked player in
the world. I
opted to play
Sallygross,
as it's quite
consistent,
and I'm very
familiar with
how to run it.
I opted to play
both Sally d and
Sally ex to give
my deck some
versatility.
Anyways, onto
the report. 32
people in 15+, 5
rounds, top 8
cut.
Round 1
vs
Lickitung/Gengar
Newman's
friend. Newman
won a
CC with
this idea, and
lent the deck to
this kid. I open
with
Bagon
vs
Lickitung.
I do 10, he
benches a
Gastly,
does 30 for 1
psy. I
candy, Sally ex,
and flame jet
Gastly.
He benches
another and does
10. I
ko that
one, he benches
another and does
10. I
KO that
one, then 3
Lickitungs.
1-0
Round 2
vs
Dragonite
ex
I open with
Castform
vs
Castform.
We both mentor
and Delta Draw.
He's playing the
40
hp
Dratini,
so when he gets
2 energy on it,
I just flame
jet. My Sally's
end up beating
him pretty fast
after that.
2-0
Round 3
vs
Kingdra
ex/Xatu/Fearow
d
I get a
Beldum +
Mentor against
T2
Kingdra/Fearow,
which leads to
more
Kigndras,
UGH. I play my
flame jets
really well
though, setting
his
Kingdras
up to be
OHKOed
later on, and
end up winning
in a super close
game.
3-0
Round 4
vs Newman
with
Plusle/Beedrill
d/Ray d ex
Before you
laugh, it's
actually a
really good deck
idea, and
definitely
gave me some
trouble. I go
2nd with a
Castform
against his
Weedle.
He does 10 and
Paralyzes,
I bench a
Beldum
and pass. He
Candys,
Beedrills,
benches a Ray,
plays a
lightning, blows
up his
Beedrill,
and
KOs my
Beldum.
So I have a lone
Toxiced/Paraed
Castform
with 30 damage
against his Ray.
IT WASN'T
LOOKING GOOD FOR
THE CHAMP
FOLKS! I mentor
and start
building for a
Sally. He
sacs a
Beedrill
at a bad time to
KO my
Gross, and my
Sally ex ends up
beating him at
the end with the
game tied at
1-1, with 150
damage on it
:-D. Super close
one.
4-0
Round 5
vs Mike
with
Houndoom/Swalot
Close game. Same
list as
Banette/Doom,
but
Swalot +DRE
and Scramble
over
Banette.
He opens with
Houndour
and starts
swarming me with
Swalots.
He eventually
nailed both of
my Sally d and a
Sally ex with
Pick and Choose,
but the
Psy
weakness was too
much for him to
handle.
5-0
Top 8
vs Guy
with
Banette
ex/Exploud
ex/Dugtrio
That's
the advantage of
1st seed in a
small
tourney
with a top 8
cut. Odds of 8th
seed having a
weak deck are
pretty high
:-D. He didn't
really get set
up either game,
so there
wasn't
much he could
do. I won both
games pretty
fast.
7-0
Top 4
vs Newman
I got 2 really
good starts, and
his starts were
still above
average, but not
close to as
godly as his
swiss
game start. Game
1 we played a
very slow game,
building
our
Pokemon
and waiting for
the other guy to
make the first
move. In the
end, my
Sallys
ended up being
more than his
Rays could
stand. Game 2
was similar to
game 1, but I
ended up setting
up much better
than he did.
9-0
Finals
vs
Metanite
He ran
Lugia ex
which
kinda
worried me a
bit. Game 1 was
really close,
with him getting
T2 double
gross, which
lead to turn 3 4
and 5 Drags.
After the
Grosses went
down, he Agility
spammed
me while letting
his
Lugia sit
and wait for my
Sally ex. I
ended up making
a big
misplay
at one point,
but I made up
for it with
solid play way
later. I ended
up barely
winning.
Game 2 there was
only 20
mins
left, so he
rushed and
seemed to
misplay a
bit. He had an
energy drought
mid game, and I
was able to
build a big
advantage. I
took all of my
prizes quite
easily.
11-0
So after that
tourney,
my rating jumped
a WHOPPING 130
points, and I'm
currently rated
#8 in the world
right now. Now
all I have to do
is beat Ness a
few times and
I'll be #1!
PROPS TO ALL
SLOPS TO NONE
I'll have
another report
up after my next
CC.
-Chuck
