Xiri Posted February 6, 2017 Share Posted February 6, 2017 Redemption Weekly - Week One I'm so not stealing Grapevine Gallade's old job Hello folks - and welcome to the first issue of Redemption Weekly, where I bring you neat information such as Leader Rates, Bracket Shifts (every 2 weeks), Strategy Suggestions and noticeable battles throughout the week. Redemption has successfully launched once again, and its time to take a look at the brief summary of things that happened during the first week. Current Leader Win Rates are as follows: Mira 43W, 17L 71.7% Nick 31W, 36L 46.3% Olivia 59W, 30L 66.3% --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ariel 8W, 5L 61.5% Edgar 4W, 6L 40.0% Haley 4W, 3L 57.1% Deeper Insights: Mira has surely proven herself to be a strong leader by having the highest win rate in Bracket 1. She is definitely on the verge of being suspected for promotion to Bracket 2 if her performance continues to be excellent. A common strategy she uses is Triple Trick Room - having a mix of both defensive and offensive mons. Alolan Marowak with Thick Club is extremely devastating under Trick Room, so be prepared to take hefty damage once TR is up. I heard Iron Balls and Macho Braces are becoming popular among challengers to counter her strategy... so maybe give those a try if you're having trouble with her. Battle of the Week (vs Anstane): http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/reborn-gen7redemptiontrip-78195 A very, very close match, with both sides demonstrating their strengths! Nick was off to a rough start in the beginning of the season - but he has finished Day 5 of the League with an impressive 11 Wins, 5 Losses record, achieving a positive record for the first time this season! He is very determined to not stay at the bottom of the bracket, so we'll need to keep a good eye on his future performances! Nick also specializes in Triples, but prefers to use mons that have great synergy together. Alolan-Golem's Galvanize Explosion not only hits hard and destroys nearly everything, but gives Lightning Rod and Motor Drive boosts to his other Pokemon - which can be very tough to deal with late-game. Wide Guard is a solid move to use in preparation for this, as well as just killing the Golem as soon as possible to avoid taking massive damage. Battle of the Week (vs Personthing): http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/reborn-gen7redemptiontrip-78691 Explosion... at its finest Olivia improved drastically from Season 1 - maintaining a solid win rate, just under Mira. She played the most games out of the Leaders up until now, and she has certainly proved that Grass can be a powerful type to face in combat. Olivia tends to face her challengers in either Sun Doubles or Trick Room Triples. The star of the Trick Room Triples team is definitely Mega Abomasnow, who hits very hard, and is almost always guaranteed to go first under Trick Room because of its already low base speed. Preventing Trick Room from going up is a nice strategy to go for, since then your mons are more likely to strike first than her rather slow mons, so Safety Goggles (which bypasses Rage Powder) is a useful item to give to your Pokemon, should she choose to fight you in this battle style. Battle of the Week (vs EternalLight95): http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/reborn-gen7redemptiontrip-78681 Trick Room and Weather Wars! Well, that is it for this week. Next week, I'll be featuring Bracket 2 Leaders' strategies and tips, so stay tuned for those! But I will drop some nice Bracket 2 battles for you guys to enjoy: Ariel vs RBRN Azery: http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/reborn-gen7redemptionsingles-78555 These two have been at each other's throats since Season 1... watch till the end to find out who emerged victorious! Edgar vs HYCROX: http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/reborn-gen7redemptionsingles-78458 Edgar's second match... but things aren't looking too good for him Haley vs Intsys: http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/reborn-gen7redemptiontrip-78504 Haley's debut match for Season 2! Now let me run off before a certain cactus chases me, accusing me of stealing his job.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Bagel Posted February 7, 2017 Share Posted February 7, 2017 "Now let me run off before a certain cactus chases me, accusing me of stealing his job.... " You need to do a job before it can be stolen 0_o Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xiri Posted February 14, 2017 Author Share Posted February 14, 2017 Redemption Weekly - Week Two I know I'm late Welcome to the second edition of Redemption Weekly. Without further ado, here are the Leader Statistics for Week 2! Current Leader Win Rates are as follows: Mira 62W, 28L 68.9% (▼1.8%) Nick 44W, 54L 44.9% (▼1.4%) Olivia 81W, 37L 68.6% (▲2.3%) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ariel 26W, 13L 66.7% (▼5.2%) Edgar 20W, 14L 58.8% (▲18.8%) Haley 14W, 10L 58.3% (▲1.2%) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Helen 3W, 10L 23.0% Lucifer 5W, 3L 62.5% Penelope 2W, 3L 40.0% Every 2 weeks, the Redemption Staff discuss if bracket shifts are necessary. This week was the first week we made decisions on such things, and based on the performances of the Leaders for the past 2 weeks, we have made the following decisions! Spoiler MIRA was promoted to Bracket 2 HALEY was demoted to Bracket 1 (PS Why is paint.net so hard to use. I wanted to make some epic drawing to show this, but I suck at using this stupid program rip me) Deeper Insights: The royal one returns to Bracket 2 and has claimed the highest win ratio out of the B2 leaders for Week 2. Xe has returned to Redemption with a more confident posture - and xyr battles have proven that xe can successfully demonstrate many more tactics compared to Season 1. Xe seems to enjoy switching around between Singles, Doubles and even Triples - and today, we'll be looking at xyr Singles matches, which seems to be the style xe prefers the most. Xe seems to like using the same squad of 6 - including defensive mons like Spikes Klefki, and strong powerhouses like Azumarill. But the mon that has been putting in the most work is definitely xyr Togekiss. Usually Choice Scarfed, Togekiss is famous for spamming Air Slash - which has a 60% chance of flinching the opponent on that turn - so you'll have to be very lucky while facing this thing. It also seems to carry Flamethrower to deal with Steel types, so don't think they are a safe switch-in either! On the bright side, xyr mons seems to be running the same items and movesets, so if you study them close enough, victory may be closer within your reach! Battle of the Week (vs Ojama&Biden2k20): http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/reborn-gen7redemptionsingles-79325 This cocky man just avoided the demotion to B2, and it seems that he is determined to pull himself right up. "The first few days were a joke, ya dolt" ... he says. Well, we'll have to wait and see if that is true or not, I guess? Edgar seems to prefer fighting challengers in the Singles format - but the tricky part about preparing for Edgar is determining what Mega he will bring. He has used a wide range of Megas in his battles - including Gallade, Metagross and Medicham, and Alakazam. It might be worthwhile considering all these options, and figuring out strategies to outsmart all these hard-hitting Megas. Watch out for Alakazam's Trace if you are using Weather Strategies, like Swift Swim and Sand Rush, since Alakazam can backfire that strategy right back at you. Battle of the Week (vs Ice Braand): http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/reborn-gen7redemptionsingles-79313 Unfortunately, the former 'Wall of Ice' tumbled back down to Bracket 1. However, do not underestimate her, as she won't let you just pulverize her. Haley's preferred battle format is triples (no surprises there), and she seems to use the same squad for all her battles. Expect a lot of Fake Out users, Focus Sashes and Slush Rush users! Walrein is a mon she catches challengers off-guard with the most - as its amazing bulk coupled withe Ice Body ability makes it very difficult to take down. It also has Super Fang, which may leave your Pokemon vulnerable for her other Pokemon to finish off with more ease. Your first step would be assessing which of her mons will be most annoying for you to deal with, and start acting from there. Unfortunately, Ice is one of the worst defensive typings, so hyper-offensive strategies may be the key to your victory. Battle of the Week (vs Quinn): http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/reborn-gen7redemptiontrip-79417 Other Featured Battles: Mira vs Swampellow: http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/reborn-gen7redemptiontrip-79449 Mono-Ghost vs Mono-Rock. Who will be the winner? Nick vs LeonVermillion: http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/reborn-gen7redemptiontrip-79307 They say third time is the charm, and good results follow when you keep trying your best~ Olivia vs RBRN Alex: http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/reborn-gen7redemptionsingles-79429 An intense battle, well-played by both parties! HELEN vs Sarunae V: http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/reborn-gen7redemptiondoubles-79448 An example of Helen's battle style - a teaser for the next issue! Lucifer vs Toon Ojama: http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/reborn-gen7redemptiontrip-79203 An example of smart playing - countering a Leader's team. Penelope vs Jmanultrax: http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/reborn-gen7redemptiontrip-79437 Smart playing 2 (albeit it was a bit of a coincidence) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xiri Posted February 20, 2017 Author Share Posted February 20, 2017 Redemption Weekly - Week Three Time certainly seems to be flying these days. The third week of the Redemption League has ended, and many challengers are beginning to make a nice collection of shiny badges rewarded for their excellent battling skills. Bracket 5 was finally unlocked by one brave challenger - but unfortunately, after facing 2 heavy losses, he decided to restart his challenge from the very beginning and forfeiting all his badges - which means the fifth bracket became locked once again. Will the 3 leading challengers with 8 badges be able to unlock the fifth bracket once again? Let's take a look at this week's win rates! Current Leader Win Rates are as follows: Spoiler Haley 35W, 22L 61.4% (▲3.1%) Nick 50W, 59L 45.9% (▲1.0%) Olivia 89W, 42L 67.9% (▼0.7%) Ariel 30W, 19L 61.2% (▼5.5%) Edgar 36W, 21L 63.2% (▲4.4%) Mira 71W, 33L 68.3% (▼0.6%) Helen 10W, 15L 40.0% (▲17.0%) Lucifer 25W, 7L 78.1% (▲15.6%) Penelope 6W, 4L 60.0% (▲20.0%) Duncan 0W, 3L 0% Elliot 1W, 1L 50.0% Leo 4W, 1L 80.0% Venus 2W, 0L 100% Deeper Insights (Bracket 3): Helen was off to a very rough start once Bracket 3 was unlocked - but her win rate has been constantly improving. She has stated (very loudly) that the reason behind her improvement was all thanks to her new powerhouse that she was recently given access to - Mega Aggron. Unless you have a Mega Heracross, good luck trying to take this thing down with physical attacks. Her most common Aggron set seems to be the really annoying Resttalk Curse set - which means you really have to rely on critical hits to inflict heavy damage on this monster. Make sure to leave a powerful special attacker intact to handle this thing before it sets up and walls you to death! With an impressive 17.0% increase in win rate compared to last week, we can definitely conclude that Helen is stepping up her game. We'll have to see if she can increase her win rate further in the upcoming week, and if she can finally join the other leaders with the positive record! Battle of the Week (vs RBRN Alex): http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/reborn-gen7redemptionsingles-79933 Did you know there is a rumor among challengers that you have to rely on hax to defeat Lucifer? Apparently, Brightpowders are getting popular Lucifer certainly proved that he improved drastically from the previous season, and an impressive 78.1% win rate (the highest win rate in Bracket 1~3) might suggest that a tasty promotion is waiting for him if he keeps this outstanding performance up this week. Lucifer prefers to combat challengers in Singles, and utilizes an extremely defensive core of Mandibuzz and Mega Sableye. Mandibuzz, in particular, seems to stimulate groans from challengers since it is extremely difficult to take this evil bird down and you might have to rely on Toxic misses and flinch hax. He likes to use very offensive mons such as Band Tyranitar and Specs Hydreigon, so some degree of preparation might be required to obtain his badge. Battle of the Week (vs Milk and Oreon): http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/reborn-gen7redemptionsingles-79939 Surprisingly, not many challengers have attempted to fight Penelope yet. She has had the least number of battles, being 10, out of the Bracket 3 leaders, but is doing relatively well so far with a 60% win rate. Perhaps challengers are intimidated about her typing? Penelope likes to face challengers in triples (although she doesn't always do this). Her main strategy involves setting up Tailwind, and using Focus Energy on her Ace, Kingdra to let all the Draco Meteors and Hydro Pumps score critical hits. Kingdra itself isn't too fast so it might be wise to get rid of the Tailwind mons (e.g Hydreigon, Dragonite etc.) first before focusing on the Kingdra. Remember, spamming spread attacks might not be smart too since her Turtonator has Wide Guard. Battle of the Week (vs Toon Ojama): http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/reborn-gen7redemptiontrip-79404 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xiri Posted February 27, 2017 Author Share Posted February 27, 2017 Redemption Weekly - Week Four Week 4 of Redemption came to a finale, and boy, some challengers are making a LOT of good progress. 3 powerful challengers - Shinyrio, Costa, Sarunae V are in the lead with 10 badges, which means they will have the opportunity to fight the Bracket 5 leaders should they wish! Venus, Erwin and Emilia are itching for some tough battles, so hopefully the challengers can satisfy their expectations! Remember, that Bracket 5 Leaders are allowed to use more diverse teams, so don't think they will be too easy to defeat! Let's take a look at this week's win rates! Current Leader Win Rates are as follows: Spoiler Haley 44W, 30L 59.5% (▼1.9%) Nick 57W, 65L 46.7% (▲0.8%) Olivia 104W, 49L 68.0% (▲0.1%) Ariel 34W, 22L 60.7% (▼0.5%) Edgar 46W, 30L 60.5% (▼2.7%) Mira 75W, 37L 67.0% (▼1.3%) Helen 20W, 21L 48.8% (▲8.8%) Lucifer 37W, 13L 74.0% (▼4.1%) Penelope 10W, 9L 52.6% (▼7.4%) Duncan 4W, 4L 50.0% (▲50.0%) Elliot 10W, 2L 83.3% (▲33.3%) Leo 7W, 3L 70.0% (▼10.0%) Venus 2W, 0L 100% (-) It's an even week, which means Bracket Shifts will occur this week! Based on only the results of the last two weeks, the following shifts have been decided! Spoiler Olivia has been promoted to Bracket 2 Edgar has been promoted to Bracket 3 Lucifer has been promoted to Bracket 4 Ariel has been demoted to Bracket 1 HELEN has been demoted to Bracket 2 Duncan has been demoted to Bracket 3 Deeper insights of Bracket 4 will be revealed in the next edition of Redemption Weekly! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xiri Posted March 6, 2017 Author Share Posted March 6, 2017 Redemption Weekly - Week Five Another week has finished, and that means another edition of Redemption Weekly! With Bracket 5 unlocked, more Leaders have been appearing and giving challengers a lot of fun with exciting battles. One challenger is particularly close to unlocking the final bracket with 12 badges, while 2 others are closely behind him with 11. Will Bracket 6 be unlocked in the upcoming week? Join us during League hours to find out! Let's take a look at this week's win rates! Current Leader Win Rates are as follows: Spoiler Ariel 42W, 29L 59.2% (▼2.0%) Haley 58W, 34L 63.0% (▲1.6%) Nick 62W, 71L 46.6% (▲0.7%) Helen 34W, 30L 53.1% (▲13.1%) Mira 81W, 41L 66.4% (▼1.9%) Olivia 105W, 50L 67.7% (▼0.2%) Duncan 13W, 7L 65.0% (▲65.0%) Edgar 47W, 30L 61.0% (▼2.2%) Penelope 15W, 14L 51.7% (▼8.3%) Elliot 15W, 4L 78.9% (▲28.9%) Leo 15W, 4L 78.9% (▼1.1%) Lucifer 41W, 15L 73.2% (▼4.9%) Emilia 0W, 1L 0% Erwin 2W, 1L 66.7% Venus 4W, 1L 80.0% (▼20.0%) Deeper Insights (Bracket 4): I KNOW Duncan is not in Bracket 4 anymore, but since he didn't receive a summary before - he will get one now! Duncan says he has actually been enjoying his new position as a Bracket 3 leader - as he is able to participate in more battles. His performance on Saturday was especially impressive - with a solid record of 8 wins and 2 losses. Gastrodon is a key mon Duncan likes to utilize - since the sea slug provides an answer to Water types with Storm Drain. It seems to be usually specially defensive, so unless you have a strong special Grass attack, it might be a little bit difficult to take down with other special attacks. Try to hit it with strong physical attacks (although you'll have to watch out for Hippowdon, a common switch-in for physical attacks) and defeat it before it gets a chance to use Recover. Battle of the Week (vs Anstane): http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/reborn-gen7redemptionsingles-81242 Elliot kicked off Season 2 with some controversy as he was accused of 'extensive c-teaming' in one of his early battles, so he was feeling quite down back then - but being the cheery person he is, he has recovered quite well and is performing very well with a pretty impressive record of 10 wins and 2 losses. He specialized in Normal stall singles with a devilish core of Chansey + Porygon2, but he changed things up a bit and is using a range of diverse Normal mons - such as Komala, Miltank and Snorlax (But its still stall). He uses all his Megas (Lopunny, Pidgeot and even Audino) quite decently - but he seems to like using Mega Lopunny the most. With a high speed and extremely powerful attacks such as High Jump Kick and Return, Mega Lopunny is able to clean up late game... or even sweep teams from the get-go! Perhaps it would be wise to bring some Choice Scarfed mons for this bunny - hit it hard before it can attack since its defenses aren't too great. Battle of the Week (vs Personthing): http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/reborn-gen7redemptionsingles-80975 Leo returned to Season 2 as exuberant as ever - maintaining an optimistic attitude with that laugh of his (I admit that WAHAHAHA laugh was really annoying at the beginning but its grown on me... its even kinda addictive too really WAHAHAHAHA!!... anyway). Apparently, he is pretty eager to earn a promotion to Bracket 5 - and after his outstanding performance yesterday of 7 wins and 0 losses, that might just be possible. Leo uses a variety of tactics (Balanced Singles, Trick Room Triples etc) depending on his challengers, so its not quite easy to determine what format he will challenge you for your battle beforehand. But if he does challenge you to Singles, chances are that he will bring an Infernape on his team. Infernape usually performs as Leo's Stealth Rock user and is usually Sashed. Infernape can either be a physical variant or a special variant (however it is usually physical) - so watch out for hard-hitting moves such as Close Combat and Flare Blitz (and don't forget about Iron Fist boosted Mach Punch!)! Things like defensive Garchomp and Rotom-Wash act as a good counter for physical variants. Battle of the Week (vs Costa): http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/reborn-gen7redemptionsingles-80498 Other Featured Battles: Bracket 1: http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/reborn-gen7redemptionsingles-81428 (Ariel vs ICSW) Meme battles are always fun to watch. Bracket 2: http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/reborn-gen7redemptionsingles-81244 (HELEN vs Ragnor123) Possibly the longest battle so far in Season 2. Bracket 3: http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/reborn-gen7redemptionsingles-81376 (Edgar vs Kiri-kun) WOBB-A-FET! Bracket 5: http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/reborn-gen7redemptionsingles-81335 (Venus vs Shinyrio) The current front-runner demonstrates his ability for Round 3 against the toxic mistress! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xiri Posted March 14, 2017 Author Share Posted March 14, 2017 Redemption Weekly - Week Six Sorry I'm late Week 6 was another exciting week here in Redemption! Bracket 6 has finally been unlocked by 3 brave challengers - but our B6 leaders (excluding Oliver) have both demonstrated their strength and walked away with their respective victories. Will the Champion, Oliver, be available for combat at the end of this week? Stay tuned to find out! Let's take a look at this week's win rates! Current Leader Win Rates are as follows: Spoiler Ariel 50W, 40L 55.6% (▼3.6%) Haley 67W, 42L 61.5% (▼1.5%) Nick 66W, 74L 47.1% (▲0.5%) Helen 40W, 34L 54.1% (▲1.0%) Mira 83W, 42L 66.4% (-) Olivia 110W, 56L 66.3% (▼1.4%) Duncan 24W, 14L 63.2% (▼1.8%) Edgar 50W, 33L 60.2% (▼0.8%) Penelope 16W, 17L 48.5% (▼3.2%) Elliot 22W, 5L 81.5% (▲2.6%) Leo 22W, 8L 73.3% (▼6.6%) Lucifer 44W, 17L 72.1% (▼1.1%) Emilia 2W, 3L 40.0% (▲40.0%) Erwin 3W, 2L 60.0% (▼6.7%) Venus 6W, 4L 60.0% (▼20.0%) Festus 1W, 0L 100% Lilly 2W, 0L 100% Deeper Insights (Bracket 5): Emilia has warmed up (ha.ha.ha) to Redemption by reflecting a positive vibe and a good impression on the crowd despite her inability to speak vocally. Unfortunately, she did kick off with the lowest win rate out of all the Bracket 5 leaders, but she seems to be quite determined to retain her reputation as a Bracket 5 Leader. Sun Triples is Emilia's most preferred style of combat - as battles tend to end quite swiftly and brutally if she emerges victorious. With a couple of neat Sun setters and mons such as Mega Houndoom that can fully take advantage of the Sun with Solar Power, your Pokemon will be taking a lot of damage if you're not prepared. Countering weather with weather is always a nice strategy, but if your team lacks any weather setters, try to use Assault Vests to reduce the damage output from her specially offensive mons. Battle of the Week (vs Shinyrio): http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/reborn-gen7redemptiontrip-81697 Every time I look at Erwin, it makes me so happy. Might be just me, but I prefer his new looks rather than his old ones. With access to powerful Bug Mega Evolutions, Erwin was able to move up from Bracket 3 in Season 1 to Bracket 5 in Season 2. It's a bit early to tell if his performance is satisfactory enough, but he really doesn't mind losing as long as he has fun in his battles. Strategy-wise, Erwin specializes in Singles - and utilizes hazards very well from Forretress and occasionally Galvantula. Having a Rapid Spinner or Defogger might be crucial when facing him. Ironically, most of his Bugs are also very weak to Stealth Rocks, so make sure to get those up as soon as possible. He also tends to carry a lot of priority moves - in Scizor and Golisopod, so that he can weaken your mons for his main sweeper, Scolipede to clean up. Play around with EVs so that you won't be swept by this murderous bug, or make sure to keep a priority user in tact on your team until the end. Battle of the Week (vs Costa): http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/reborn-gen7redemptionsingles-81094 Give me a S! Give me an E! Give me a X! Give me a Y! What does that spell???? ...now that I've done what she forcefully told me to do *ahem* Venus, known as the counter-teaming goddess has returned, and was positioned in Bracket 5 - higher than what she used to be in Season 1. With the new counterteaming regulations in place, Venus's teams and movesets has been less diverse, and somewhat more easy to predict, but that doesn't mean she is a walk in the park. She will almost certainly challenge you to Singles - and her team will be usually balanced, consisting of a mixture of offensive mons (e.g Toxicroak, Scolipede) and defensive mons (e.g Weezing, Toxapex). Mega Venusaur is a Pokemon that she loves to use a lot, since it gets access to a lot of annoying recovery moves such as Leech Seed and Synthesis, as well as being able to wall a lot of different mons such as Serperior and Porygon2 - which are both relatively common among challengers' teams. Bringing a Choice Band or a Choice Specs mon to deal heavy damage to Mega Venusaur might be a good idea. Battle of the Week (vs Jmanultrax): http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/reborn-gen7redemptionsingles-82036 Other Featured Battles: Bracket 1: http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/reborn-gen7redemptiontrip-81911 (Nick vs FlyingGoomy) Possibly the longest Triples match in Redemption history Bracket 2: http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/reborn-gen7redemptiondoubles-81975 (Olivia vs Juu-Zourei) Olivia's Doubles Rain Team in action! Bracket 3: http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/reborn-gen7redemptionsingles-81982 (Edgar vs Quinn) Facing Slowbro with Thunder Wave Bracket 4: http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/reborn-gen7redemptionsingles-81996 (Lucifer vs Epic C) Lucifer is too powerful unless you hax him at the most crucial moment Bracket 6: http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/reborn-gen7redemptiondoubles-81932 (Festus vs Shinyrio) Festus's first battle in Season 2, and a sneak-peek at one of his deadly strategies... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xiri Posted March 20, 2017 Author Share Posted March 20, 2017 Redemption Weekly - Week Seven Week 7 has concluded, and a lot of people have made significant progress this week! 24 people have successfully unlocked Bracket 4, 12 people have unlocked Bracket 5 and 3 have unlocked Bracket 6. The 2 frontrunners both have 15 badges, and are inches away from facing the Champion! Will they be able to defeat their 2 remaining Gym Leaders in the upcoming week? Stay tuned! Let's take a look at this week's win rates! Spoiler Ariel 57W, 41L 58.2% (▲2.6%) Haley 70W, 47L 59.8% (▼1.7%) Nick 68W, 76L 47.2% (▲0.1%) Helen 47W, 38L 55.3% (▲1.2%) Mira 90W, 46L 66.2% (▼0.2%) Olivia 112W, 61L 64.7% (▼1.6%) Duncan 34W, 19L 64.2% (▲1.0%) Edgar 52W, 36L 59.1% (▼1.1%) Penelope 22W, 24L 47.8% (▼0.7%) Elliot 27W, 5L 84.8% (▲3.3%) Leo 33W, 10L 76.7% (▲3.4%) Lucifer 46W, 20L 69.7% (▼2.4%) Emilia 10W, 5L 66.7% (▲26.7%) Erwin 10W, 6L 62.5% (▲2.5%) Venus 6W, 5L 54.5% (▼5.5%) Festus 1W, 2L 33.3% (▼66.7%) Lilly 5W, 0L 100% (-) Bracket 6 Insights will be posted next week, since not much information could be gathered from their very few battles. Featured Battles: Bracket 1: http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/reborn-gen7redemptiontrip-82709 (Ariel vs Bazaro) Ariel invites Bazaro into xyr new world full of Rounds... Bracket 2: http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/reborn-gen7redemptiontrip-82669 (Mira vs LeonVermillion) One of Mira's very close games... but who emerged victorious? Bracket 3: http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/reborn-gen7redemptionsingles-82582 (Duncan vs Quinn) The importance of retry tokens! Bracket 4: http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/reborn-gen7redemptionsingles-82665 (Leo vs Sparky) Never say gg until the very end Bracket 5: http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/reborn-gen7redemptionsingles-82726 (Erwin vs Jmanultrax) Erwin and his happy attitude will always keep challengers motivated! Bracket 6: http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/reborn-gen7redemptiontrip-82724 (Lilly vs Shinyrio) Rain teams... can be very scary, it seems Oh, and since Bracket Insights will be concluded next week, so I'm looking for your suggestions on what to put in the upcoming issues of the Redemption Weekly! I already have a few ideas in mind, but any more ideas wouldn't hurt, right? So feel free to leave your ideas down below or alternatively you can PM me with some ideas if that is more comfortable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Global Mods Dreamy Posted March 22, 2017 Global Mods Share Posted March 22, 2017 Maybe you could feature one of the frontrunners each week, with an interview about some of their hardest matches so far, insight into their team and replays of some of their battles? Because bracket shifts are on even weeks I assume week 6 just didn't have the winrates to prompt any, but maybe we'll see some next week? Bracket 4 is looking pretty tough for people to conquer with those percentages... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Blackworth Posted March 23, 2017 Share Posted March 23, 2017 I'd like to give a couple suggestions: - Provide an interview of certain leaders about their experience with the league, how they changed over the weeks, and probably give additional insights on their backgrounds. - Feature the battles of leaders and their relationships with each other. - Feature funny or interesting interactions between leaders and the players. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xiri Posted March 27, 2017 Author Share Posted March 27, 2017 Redemption Weekly - Week Eight Time seems to be flying these days. It's been 2 months since Season 2 of the Redemption League has launched once again - and a brave challenger was able to defeat all the 17 Leaders, and was granted permission to challenge Oliver. Also, many challengers have now unlocked Bracket 6 - so our higher ranked Leaders will have a busy time during the next few weeks! Let's take a look at this week's win rates! Spoiler Ariel 63W, 46L 57.8% (▼0.4%) Haley 75W, 50L 60.0% (▲0.2%) Nick 70W, 77L 47.6% (▲0.4%) Helen 55W, 40L 57.9% (▲2.6%) Mira 95W, 48L 66.4% (▲0.2%) Olivia 114W, 67L 63.0% (▼1.7%) Duncan 46W, 22L 67.6% (▲3.4%) Edgar 57W, 39L 59.4% (▲0.3%) Penelope 25W, 25L 50.0% (▲2.2%) Elliot 45W, 5L 90.0% (▲5.6%) Leo 38W, 13L 74.5% (▼2.2%) Lucifer 53W, 20L 72.6% (▲2.9%) Emilia 16W, 9L 64.0% (▼2.7%) Erwin 16W, 8L 66.6% (▲4.1%) Venus 9W, 6L 60.0% (▲5.5%) Festus 1W, 2L 33.3% (-) Lilly 8W, 2L 80.0% (▼20.0%)) Oliver 1W, 0L 100% Performances of leaders over the last 2 weeks were judged, and promotion/demotions have been awarded according to the results! Spoiler Promotions Ariel has been promoted to Bracket 2 Helen has been promoted to Bracket 3 Elliot has been promoted to Bracket 6 Demotions Olivia has been demoted to Bracket 1 Penelope has been demoted to Bracket 2 Venus has been demoted to Bracket 4 Festus has been demoted to Bracket 5 Deeper Insights (Bracket 6): Ah... so this man or sword or thing or whatever returns. I've been wondering about Festus ever since the beginning of S1, and... I still don't know him at all. So an Aegislash... has somehow possessed a body... and is controlling him like a puppet? This kinda sounds like Yu-Gi-Oh. Anyhow, Festus hit a downfall as he did have to be demoted down to Bracket 5 - but he is apparently looking forward to destroying facing new challengers as he hasn't battled in a while. Strategy-wise... I really don't know >>. Festus has only been in 3 battles so far, and it was very difficult to determine what tactics he likes to show off (I tried asking him myself but all I got was a menacing look from that sword and I swore he threatened to kill me or something). But I did notice that he likes to use Mega Metagross as his Mega a lot - so make sure your mons are able to tank a few Meteor Mashes and Zen Headbutts from this powerful creature. Battle of the Week (vs Noble Kakyoin): http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/reborn-gen7redemptiontrip-82580 Everyone's favorite spa therapist returned to Redemption with a more fierce(?) look and deadly battling strategies. Her performance is excellent so far - as she only lost 2 out of her 10 battles. Rumor has it that she is secretly trying to snatch Oliver's throne as the Champion... but who knows really. In terms of strategies, Lilly has 2 strategies she likes to utilize: Water Stall Singles and Rain Offense Triples. Rain Offense can be very deadly - as she tends to bring hard-hitting Swift Swim mons such as Ludicolo, Mega Swampert and Gorebyss. Pelipper is her choice for a mon that brings automatic rain, since it also gets access to Wide Guard. The classic Follow Me Blastoise - Shell Smash strategy also makes a return, so utilizing Red Cards and Power reducing Berries might not be a bad idea for Lilly when she challenges you to Triples. Battle of the Week (vs RBRN Alex): http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/reborn-gen7redemptiontrip-83428 Featured Battles: Bracket 1: http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/reborn-gen7redemptiontrip-83025 (Haley vs Idsliva) Extreme Weather Wars! Bracket 2: http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/reborn-gen7redemptionsingles-83383 (Helen vs DashingStorm) Butter Lord just doesn't go down easily Bracket 3: http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/reborn-gen7redemptiondoubles-83384 (Edgar vs Juu-Zourei) Mono-Psychic vs Mono-Ghost! Bracket 4: http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/reborn-gen7redemptionsingles-83416 (Elliot vs Quinn) Apparently, this was an important match that decided the fate of a certain individual Bracket 5: http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/reborn-gen7redemptionsingles-83399 (Erwin vs Jmanultrax) Keep trying, and a sweet victory will be waiting for you in the end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Global Mods Dreamy Posted March 28, 2017 Global Mods Share Posted March 28, 2017 No mention of Olivers first battle? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Blackworth Posted March 28, 2017 Share Posted March 28, 2017 20 minutes ago, DreamblitzX said: No mention of Olivers first battle? Maybe it was forgotten or intentionally skipped? I think Xiri's gonna make an insight of Oliver's battles once he gets more battles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xiri Posted April 3, 2017 Author Share Posted April 3, 2017 Redemption Weekly - Week Nine DID YOU KNOW THAT SOMEONE ACTUALLY BEAT THE CHAMPION?? ...wait everybody knows that now? Aww... But yes, for the tiny margin of you who weren't aware already, @Shinyrio has successfully defeated Oliver on his second try, and was enrolled into the Hall of Fame for Season 2. Currently, 2 challengers have 16 badges, and they must both beat the Normal Demon to be eligible to battle Oliver. Will they be able to break through Elliot this week, or will Oliver remain on vacation this week? Let's take a look at this week's win rates! Spoiler Haley 78W, 51L 60.5% (▲0.5%) Nick 79W, 81L 49.4% (▲1.8%) Olivia 116W, 67L 63.4% (▲0.4%) Ariel 63W, 46L 57.8% (-) Mira 96W, 50L 65.6% (▼0.8%) Penelope 33W, 26L 55.9% (▲5.9%) Duncan 48W, 23L 67.6% (-) Edgar 61W, 41L 59.8% (▲0.4%) Helen 59W, 40L 59.6% (▲1.7%) Leo 42W, 14L 75.0% (▲0.5%) Lucifer 57W, 22L 72.2% (▼0.4%) Venus 20W, 7L 74.1% (▲14.1%) Emilia 19W, 10L 65.5% (▲1.5%) Erwin 20W, 9L 69.0% (▲2.4%) Festus 6W, 4L 60.0% (▲26.7%) Elliot 50W, 5L 91.0% (▲1.0%) Lilly 9W, 3L 75.0% (▼5.0%)) Oliver 1W, 1L 50.0 (▼50.0%) Elliot needs to calm down Overall, most Leaders' win rates increased this week. Nick is very close to the 50.0% win rate mark while Venus and Festus had their win rates boosted quite dramatically after their demotion. Deeper Insights (CHAMPION): The current final boss of Redemption is Oliver, the Swag Master. Because he is the Champion, he gets the Insight section all to himself for this week! Because of his status as Champion, he is allowed to freely use 2 types - them being Flying and Normal - matching the type of his ace Pokemon, Staraptor. Having access to Normal and Flying gives Oliver a variety of tactics to use against challengers. However, since the rules state that only one team maybe used against each challenger, Oliver says he has decided to from now on, focus on using Stall teams (to make life more miserable for challengers). He seems to like using Zapdos, as his legendary of choice - as it can be very bulky and has wide coverage. Battle of the Week (vs Shinyrio): http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/reborn-gen7xleaguesingles-83625 Featured SPECIAL Battles: This week, 'normal' battles are not going to be featured but instead, April Fools Battles will be posted instead (Bonus points for those that guessed all the reversed roles correctly!). Enjoy! http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/reborn-gen7xleaguesingles-84095 http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/reborn-gen7xleaguetrip-84046 http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/reborn-gen7xleaguesingles-84066 http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/reborn-gen7xleaguetrip-83964 http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/reborn-gen7xleaguetrip-84064 http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/reborn-gen7xleaguesingles-83980 http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/reborn-gen7customgame-83998 http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/reborn-gen7customgame-84120 http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/reborn-gen7xleaguesingles-84060 http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/reborn-gen7customgame-83973 http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/reborn-gen7xleaguetrip-84096 http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/reborn-gen7xleaguetrip-83970 http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/reborn-gen7xleaguetrip-84094 http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/reborn-gen7xleaguesingles-83950 http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/reborn-gen7customgame-83984 http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/reborn-gen7xleaguetrip-84026 http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/reborn-gen7redemptiontrip-84014 http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/reborn-gen7xleaguedoubles-84049 Stay tuned for the next edition, where an interview with a certain Leader might be featured! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ojama Yellow Posted April 3, 2017 Share Posted April 3, 2017 im just waiting for elliot to wall again and for nick to win three more matches than he loses this week so that oliver will actually have the lowest winrate of all the leaders Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xiri Posted April 10, 2017 Author Share Posted April 10, 2017 Redemption Weekly - Week Ten Yet, another week of Redemption has successfully concluded. This week did not give birth to any new Hall of Famers, but 2 challengers are trying their hardest to overcome their final obstacle before they receive the glory of being enrolled into the Hall of Fame. Will they be successful in the upcoming week or will Oliver continue to devour their hopes and dreams? We also bring some unfortunate news of saying farewell to Edgar, our Psychic Leader - who apparently decided to just abruptly leave after losing a battle to Haley: http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/reborn-gen7redemptionsingles-84869 As you can see, nobody was really upset that he left We are busily seeking a replacement, so bear with us! Anyway, time for some win rates! Spoiler Haley 80W, 54L 59.7% (▼0.8%) Nick 79W, 83L 48.8% (▼0.6%) Olivia 118W, 70L 62.8% (▼0.6%) Ariel 66W, 48L 57.9% (▲0.1%) Mira 97W, 50L 66.0% (▲0.4%) Penelope 47W, 31L 60.3% (▲4.4%) Duncan 57W, 25L 69.5% (▲1.9%) Edgar 65W, 41L 61.3% (▲1.5%) Helen 60W, 41L 59.4% (▼0.2%) Leo 43W, 15L 74.1% (▼0.9%) Lucifer 65W, 22L 74.7% (▲2.5%) Venus 28W, 9L 75.7% (▲1.6%) Emilia 19W, 11L 63.3% (▼2.2%) Erwin 27W, 13L 67.5% (▼1.5%) Festus 10W, 7L 58.8% (▼1.2%) Elliot 55W, 7L 88.7% (▼2.3%) Lilly 10W, 4L 71.4% (▼3.6%) Oliver 4W, 1L 80.0% (▲30.0%) Promotions and Demotions are still being discussed by the Staff, so watch this space for more news regarding them! Featured Battles: Bracket 1 - http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/reborn-gen7redemptiontrip-84857 (Haley vs Lupus Fluvium) Haley demonstrates that the power of Hail damage can decide the victor Bracket 2 - http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/reborn-gen7redemptionsingles-84714 (Penelope vs Cool Girl) Penelope was on a roll last week - this being one of her best battles so far! Bracket 3 - http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/reborn-gen7redemptionsingles-84861 (Edgar vs HuEnd) Edgar's final battle... or is it? Bracket 4 - http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/reborn-gen7redemptiontrip-84863 (Venus vs YinYang9705) Apparently, Venus also decided to join the triples train Bracket 5 - http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/reborn-gen7redemptiontrip-84762 (Festus vs Anstane) Festus offers a variety of tactics - including the ever-so Redemption-common Triples TR! Bracket 6 - http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/reborn-gen7redemptionsingles-84451 (Elliot vs Mahogany Board) Elliot finally loses! The HOT Seat Since Bracket Oversights are now done, its time for something new to replace that! The HOT Seat (corny name I know... deal with it!) features interviews done by Xiri the Xerneas myself - where I interview our Redemption Leaders! For our first guest, we have the one and only, the cheery and optimistic comedian himself, the Bug Master Erwin! X: Hi Erwin, long time no see! E: Heyo Xiri! ...or should I say Champion of Season 1? (Chuckles) How have you bee-n? X: Oh c'mon Erwin. That title is old now. But I've been fine. E: I know, I know. But say, why aren't you challenging this season? I heard the X-League is open now, so I had my Genesect and Pheromosa ready just for you! X: Er... well... uhm... perhaps in the future, perhaps! Anyway, this interview is all about you, so that's enough about me. Your opening words to the readers of Redemption Weekly, please! E: Welcome readers, it's me, Erwin here answering some questions for you guys! Sit back, relax, and let's beegin! Oh! I probably should give the names of my I'll likely bee mentioning in this interview beefore we beegin just to minimize confusion. Scolipede: Vanessa Scizor: Vinny Heracross: Joel Golisopod: Roy Forretress: Daryl Galvantula: Charlotte Araquanid: Arnold Pinsir: Lenny Yanmega: Tony Volcarona: Maria Beedrill: Barry X: So Erwin, you never told me that your ambition in life was to become a comedian! Why did you want to become a comedian? E: I've always been happiest when I've gotten people to lighten up, relax, smile, and most importantly, laugh. I've been a jokester as long as I can remember, so pursuing comedy just felt natural. While as of recent I've had to move into Redemption HQ beecause it hasn't panned out that well, I'll never give up on my passion! X: How are you finding Season 2 so far? E: Season 2 has been great for me so far! It was a little lonely at first due to beeing way up in Bracket 5, but now that I'm getting a healthy flow of challengers it's been a blast! X: Yeah, I was quite surprised - no offense to you or your bugs of course - that you started off in Bracket 5 this season since you were in Bracket 3 in Season 1 if my memory serves correct. Why do you think this was the case? E: Introducing Mega Evolutions into our league has made an even bigger impact on how potent I can bee, and I think that is why I was promoted to Bracket 5 before league even beegan! Joel, Lenny, and Barry's Mega Evolutions have all been great for me, with Joel standing out the most. Under Sticky Webs, Mega Joel goes from a powerful wall breaker into a force capable of breaking entire teams should the opportunity arise. The only Mega I haven't been utilizing often is Vinny, but even in his base form he's been a valuable companion. X: Ah, I see. Mega Heracross with Sticky Webs sound like a deadly strategy indeed. Do you have any tips for those challengers that are having trouble with you? E: I will have to bee honest here, you're already at a big disadvantage if you don't have hazard removal at your disposal. Not only will Daryl's usual Stealth Rock and Spikes combo quickly wear away at your team, but Charlotte's Sticky Web will make it a lot easier for Joel and friends to tear right through your team. X: Come to think of it... you used Sticky Webs against me in Season 1 too... (shivers). And I heard you utilize a lot of priority moves now. Roy seems to be getting a lot of fame for that. Roy and Arnold has been a great help for me this season - and I'm really impressed at how Roy has been performing beeautifully. Yes, so you should try to keep your fast attackers healthy! I run quiet a lot of priority moves in First Impression, Aqua Jet, Bullet Punch, and even Quick attack so I will pick off any Pokemon in poor health with relative ease and little risk to my team. Not to mention I have two powerful speed boosters in my ace Vanessa, and Tony who have the tendency to wipe out whole teams once there's been enough wear and tear. X: Any suggestions in terms of held items on the challengers' Pokemon? E: Defensively, a rather popular item to use against me has been the Rocky Helmet, as it chips away at my contact attackers. They chip away at my contact attackers such as Vinny, Roy, Lenny, and regular Joel, but bee aware I do have quite a few powerful non contact attacks at my disposal! X: Thank you Erwin. Hopefully that will help a lot of challengers earn your badge! I do have to wonder though, what are the reasons behind your nicknames for your bugs? E: Most people look at bugs and call them disgusting creatures. My buddies are living things with feelings, just like you and I, so I give them normal names that I feel fit their personalities. X: I see. I do want to question you further, but I think that is all the time we have for today. Any last words for our readers? E: I hope I could keep you guys entertained, and I look forward to seeing you all in the league! Oh, and by the way Xiri - who would bee the next guest for the interview? X: You'll have to wait for the next issue to find out I'm afraid... although I don't really know if she will respond to my request by then. E: Oh! I think I know who it is! It's- X: (covers Erwin's mouth quickly) No no no, don't bee a spoilsport Erwin. Let our viewers have their chance to guess. If you're curious, and want to know who our next Leader to be interviewed is, stay tuned for the next issue! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YinYang9705 Posted April 10, 2017 Share Posted April 10, 2017 Of course the 1st featured battle of mine would be the one where I get C-Teamed to Oblivion >> Great interview, my bet is that it's either Penelope or Haley Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Global Mods Ice Cream Sand Witch Posted April 10, 2017 Global Mods Share Posted April 10, 2017 Are the leader win rates the total for all of season 2 up to the current week, or are they the rates for each week? I used to think they were the rates for each week, but I've noticed the numbers for all the brackets were getting bigger and I kept wondering "Were there really that many battles this week?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Veterans Azeria Posted April 10, 2017 Veterans Share Posted April 10, 2017 Just now, Ice Cream Sand Witch said: Are the win leader rates the total for all of season 2 up to the current week, or are they the rates for each week? I used to think they were the rates for each week, but I've noticed the numbers for all the brackets were getting bigger and I kept wondering "Were there really that many battles this week?" Overall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xiri Posted April 17, 2017 Author Share Posted April 17, 2017 Redemption Weekly - Week Eleven What a week it has been on Redemption. We welcomed our new face Jasper to our Leader Team - who seems to be getting a lot of popularity among both the challengers and the Leaders! For those of you that already have the Psychic Badge but want to face him again, you're always welcome to restart... I mean, try catching him on non-prize tours which will be held more frequently! Oliver has been also busy this week, defeating challengers - and as a result, nobody has joined Shinyrio up in the Hall of Fame. Generally, Leaders have been very fierce this week - with not many challengers claiming Badges. Anyway, time for some win rates! Spoiler Haley 81W, 55L 59.6% (▼0.1%) Nick 81W, 85L 48.8% (-) Olivia 121W, 72L 62.7% (▼0.1%) Ariel 68W, 48L 58.6% (▲0.7%) Mira 101W, 51L 66.4% (▲0.4%) Penelope 55W, 32L 63.2% (▲2.9%) Duncan 60W, 25L 70.6% (▲1.1%) Helen 63W, 42L 60.0% (▲0.6%) Jasper 4W, 3L 57.1% (NEW) Leo 46W, 17L 73.0% (▼1.1%) Lucifer 71W, 23L 75.5% (▲0.8%) Venus 43W, 10L 81.1% (▲5.4%) Emilia 20W, 11L 64.5% (▲1.2%) Erwin 37W, 14L 72.5% (▲5.0%) Festus 16W, 10L 61.6% (▲2.8%) Elliot 63W, 8L 88.7% (-) Lilly 14W, 4L 77.8% (▲7.4%) Oliver 10W, 1L 91.0% (▲11.0%) The following promotions/demotions were agreed upon by the Staff - based on the Leaders' performances for the last 3 weeks! Spoiler Promotions Penelope was promoted to Bracket 3 Venus was promoted to Bracket 5 Demotions Jasper was demoted to Bracket 2 Festus was demoted to Bracket 4 Featured Battles: Bracket 1 - http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/reborn-gen7redemptiontrip-85395 (Nick vs King Wynaut) How to block Explosions Bracket 2 - http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/reborn-gen7redemptiontrip-85463 (Ariel vs RBRN Azery) Azery's Pokemon might need some glasses Bracket 3 - http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/reborn-gen7redemptiondoubles-85249 (Jasper vs HuEnd) Jasper's Redemption debut match! Bracket 4 - http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/reborn-gen7redemptionsingles-85456 (Leonidas vs Cyanna Cyril) Seems like turning things around is Leo's specialty Bracket 5 - http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/reborn-gen7redemptionsingles-85503 (Erwin vs Mr. Divergent) Erwin found a new dangerous friend to fight in battle with... Bracket 6 - http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/reborn-gen7redemptionsingles-85370 (Lilly vs Epic C) ...what on earth is that Primarina The HOT Seat Unfortunately, the HOT Seat will be taking a break (I know its only started last week), due to real-life schedules on my part. I apologize for the readers that were looking forward to this section, but I'm really short on time these days. The HOT Seat will be back in 2 weeks time, so please stay tuned! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Blackworth Posted April 17, 2017 Share Posted April 17, 2017 Of course, my featured battle would be the one where I get sweeped by Erwin's Yanmega instead of any of my victories against the Bracket 4 Leaders. The leaders seem to be on a roll last week. I'm quite impressed that Oliver's gotten a 90% win rate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xiri Posted April 24, 2017 Author Share Posted April 24, 2017 Redemption Weekly - Week Twelve We have hit Week 12 on Redemption, and 3 new Hall of Famers were born! Congratulations to Hycrox, Noble Kakyoin and Personthing for finally defeating Oliver, and clearing the League. Hycrox has also started his X-League challenge - and Noble Kakyoin also seems like he will follow suit, and will apparently begin his challenges this week! ...oh and apparently there was some talk about rain forests and Helen playing Hackmons... uhm... Oh yes, have some win rates: Spoiler Haley 83W, 58L 58.9% (▼0.7%) Nick 84W, 87L 49.1% (▲0.3%) Olivia 127W, 73L 63.5% (▲0.8%) Ariel 70W, 50L 58.3% (▼0.3%) Jasper 9W, 3L 75.0% (▲17.9%) Mira 105W, 52L 66.9% (▲0.5%) Duncan 64W, 28L 69.6% (▼1.0%) Helen 65W, 46L 58.6% (▼1.4%) Penelope 58W, 34L 63.0% (▼0.2%) Festus 23W, 12L 65.7% (▲4.1%) Leo 55W, 18L 75.3% (▲2.3%) Lucifer 78W, 25L 75.7% (▲0.2%) Emilia 21W, 12L 63.6% (▼0.9%) Erwin 38W, 17L 69.1% (▼3.4%) Venus 47W, 10L 82.5% (▲1.4%) Elliot 72W, 9L 88.9% (▲0.2%) Lilly 16W, 4L 80.0% (▲2.2%) Oliver 13W, 4L 76.5% (▼14.5%) Featured Battles Bracket 1: http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/reborn-gen7redemptionsingles-86051 (Olivia vs Jinan Peach Palm can be scary when angered Bracket 2: http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/reborn-gen7redemptiontrip-86062 (Mira vs Quinn) Mira continues to slay challengers with her brutal Trick Room strats Bracket 3: http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/reborn-gen7redemptionsingles-85929 (HELEN vs Azery) Helix can also be scary when angered Bracket 4: http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/reborn-gen7redemptionsingles-86055 (Leonidas vs Epic C) A very close game - played excellently by both sides Bracket 5: http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/reborn-gen7redemptiontrip-85728 (Emilia vs Cobalt996) How to beat Sun Triples (Emilia also needs more challengers) Bracket 6: http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/reborn-gen7redemptionsingles-85827 (Elliot vs Anstane) Perseverance is key for juicy victories X-League: http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/reborn-gen7xleaguetrip-85957 (Penelope vs Mahogany Board) That... looks scary to face The Hot Seat will be returning next week! Sorry for the delay! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IntSys Posted April 24, 2017 Share Posted April 24, 2017 Tell Emilia to appear in late sessions on Fri/Sat and then we can talk about why she's not getting enough challengers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobalt996 Posted April 26, 2017 Share Posted April 26, 2017 (edited) Give more challengers with Mimic. Also, Edited April 26, 2017 by Cobalt996 uhhh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xiri Posted May 8, 2017 Author Share Posted May 8, 2017 Redemption Weekly - Week Fourteen WE'RE BACK~~ (please don't hurt me Q_Q) Sorry for my absence last week. I was extremely busy, and I had no time to write-up a new issue... my sincere apologies for that. Anyways, we have hit Week 14 of Redemption. During the last 2 weeks, another brave challenger managed to unlock his opportunity to challenge Oliver. Will he be able to be claim the fifth position in the Hall of Fame, or will Oliver continue to wall him? The rest of the challengers are progressing rather smoothly too - with 9 challengers at Bracket 6! In the X-League department, Noble Kakyoin has been having a successful time - defeating Leaders with their overpowered teams pretty decently. Can he be crowned the first X-League Champion? Here are the win-rates for Week 14: Spoiler Haley 90W, 62L 59.2% Nick 88W, 90L 49.4% Olivia 134W, 78L 63.2% Ariel 77W, 55L 58.3% Jasper 20W, 5L 80.0% Mira 111W, 58L 65.7% Duncan 68W, 31L 68.7% Helen 66W, 47L 58.4% Penelope 59W, 40L 59.6% Festus 29W, 16L 64.4% Leo 65W, 22L 74.7% Lucifer 88W, 26L 77.2% Emilia 30W, 12L 71.4% Erwin 43W, 18L 70.5% Venus 54W, 10L 84.4% Elliot 78W, 11L 87.6% Lilly 27W, 5L 84.4% Oliver 15W, 4L 78.9% The following promotions/demotions were agreed upon by the Staff - based on the Leaders' performances for the last 3 weeks! Spoiler Promotions Jasper was promoted to Bracket 3 Demotions Penelope was demoted to Bracket 2 Featured Battles Bracket 1: http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/reborn-gen7redemptionsingles-87478 (Nick vs Aurora K_H) Guess I shouldn't tease Nick about him only being able to do Triples now Bracket 2: http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/reborn-gen7redemptionsingles-87518 (Jasper vs RBRN Azery) Welcome to Redemption - where Solrock can be fierce Bracket 3: http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/reborn-gen7redemptiontrip-87458 (Duncan vs RBRN Alex) Duncan joins the Triples Train Bracket 4: http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/reborn-gen7redemptiontrip-87044 (Festus vs Anstane) STRUGGLE Bracket 5: http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/reborn-gen7redemptionsingles-87456 (Venus vs HuEnd) A very close game... until that thing showed up Bracket 6: http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/reborn-gen7redemptiontrip-87321 (Lilly vs Cobalt996) So... accuracy drops X-League: http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/reborn-gen7xleaguesingles-87469 (Mira vs Noble Kakyoin) Mira has fun as she debuts in X-League! The HOT Seat The second Leader to be featured in the Hot Seat is none other than the graceful, elegant spa therapist, herself, Lilly! Lilly has been demonstrating a spectacular performance this season - with a current record of 27 wins and 5 losses! She also seems to be involved in a problem(?) with another Leader these days... so let us attempt to uncover her secrets! X: Hi Lilly! L: Welcome to- oh, hello there. It's been a while. X: Indeed! Thanks for lending your time for this interview! L: Well... its nothing. Besides, I would've had to do it eventually anyway, right? X: Uh... yeah I guess haha. Anyway, do you mind saying your opening words to our friendly readers? L: We are just diving right into it, are we? Very well. Greetings, readers of the Redemption Weekly. I'm not a hugely entertaining person, but I'll try to make this interview enjoyable for you people to read as much as I can. X: I'm sure they will enjoy knowing more about you! So uh... first question, how is your business going these days? L: You mean my spa? Excellently. I opened up my spa about 7 months ago, and business has been blooming! We are extremely busy in the weekends, since many people want to relax a bit after going through a tough week. X: Wow.. if you also work in the weekends, there must be no free time for you L: Oh no, I do take Mondays and Tuesdays off. We aren't really busy on those days, and my employees can manage without my support. X: I see. Say... do you have any recommendations for me? I've been having a sore back lately... L: You'll have to give me a bit more detail, but there are myriads of ways to deal with sore backs. Swiss showers, mud baths, aroma massages... and the list goes on. I suggest you arrange a meeting with myself or one of our staff, and we can help you decide what treatment would be the best for you. And this applies to all the readers and challengers too. Feel free to approach me any time. X: I don't know about the challengers, but I definitely will! So, how are you finding Season 2 so far? L: Pretty good. I've been having fun teaching the arts of aquatic combat. A lot of challengers have unlocked Bracket 6, so I've been pretty busy lately. X: Some of your battles seem to be very brutal... what was the most memorable battle for you this season? L: It will probably have to be the battle with Shinyrio. He came up with a pretty smart strategy in our third battle in Triples, and defeated me. Even though I lost, it was a great match. X: Speaking of battle formats, you seem to specialize in 2 different types of battle formats L: Correct. One being 'Water Defense', or more commonly known as 'Water Stall Singles' and the other being 'Rain Triples'. I like to utilize both of these styles in my battles. X: Many challengers seem to be stomped and frustrated by your stall teams. L: Well... I can't blame them to be very honest. I don't think anybody likes to play against Stall teams - even myself. However, it is a style that is effective for my type, and some challengers did manage to break past my stall teams, so it should not be impossible for others to do so too. X: Do you have any tips for those challengers that are stuck on you? L: Hmm... usually I build my teams so that I have an answer for every Pokemon on my opponent's team. Try to predict my switches well, and try to chip down my Pokemon bit by bit. Hasty decisions will cost you, so beware. As for my Rain teams... rely on Hydro Pump misses and Assault Vests. Usually, my Swift Swimmers are special attackers, so having Assault Vests might help - although I sometimes like to put physical attackers such as Bruxish, Mega Swampert and Kabutops into my teams, so don't think Assault Vests will safeguard you completely. X: Thanks Lilly. Hopefully that will make things a tad bit easier for our challengers. (looks down at the remaining questions) Oh... well Lilly, I do have some rather sensitive questions left to ask you, is that alright? L: Hmm? Well... of course. Fire away. X: Ironic how you mentioned 'fire' since the next question is related to it. It looks like you finally overcame your fear of fire. L: Ah, that is not a sensitive question at all. You had me worried for a bit. But yes, I was eventually able to overcome it. X: May I ask how? L: It wasn't easy. I think the most important part is having the willpower to overcome your fears. I became tired of becoming paralyzed whenever a Fire type Pokemon appeared or screaming when a candle is lit. I didn't want to be acknowledged as weak, so I decided to change myself. I won't go into details, but I received a lot of external help too. However, there is still one Fire Pokemon which still makes me tremble every so slightly X: Oh? Do you mind telling the readers what Pokemon it is? L: I... I'm sorry. It's quite difficult to say. Please forgive me. But, you will definitely know what Pokemon it is when it appears during my battles. My stance will change quite dramatically. X: Alright, it's okay to not answer if you feel uncomfortable. Final question for tonight, Lilly. Readers are incredibly curious about your relationship with the Normal Lea- %RLDR Lilly left X: ...wait. NOOOO THAT WAS THE MOST IMPORTANT QUESTION! WAIT! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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