Pikachu Cup Competition is over for me, I played all the 45 battles. Tbh, I should had stopped during Day 2 when I was 1650~. Now I ended up just above 1500 with 24-21.
Some things I noticed:
1) Other than things like Eelectross, M Ampharos and especially Electrivire, along with Pikachus here and there, there was some variety, at least to the degree it was possible. Some interesting Pokemon like Tailwind Emolga, some people using both Barrier and Reflect with combinations like Rotom(btw it was mostly normal Rotoms and Grass Rotoms), or even the Pachirisu trick that one of the finalists used last year.
2) I've posted my team here before and my main Pokemon was Heliolisk... which I totally fucked up. I put Surf to it at the last minute, no Protect and I forgot it could learn Hyper Voice in ORAS, which btw was totally destroying my team when people used it against me. I used Sunny Day with Jolteon pretty often but it didn't really work that great. My leads were usually Jolteon+Mega Manectric and they worked great against Electrivire but Stunfisk was really problematic. I don't think I won against any team with Stunfisk. I expected a lot of these but still with stuff like Weakness Policy they were a beast. Certainly my most feared Pokemon in the Cup.
3)About Pikachu, I actually enjoyed seeing people using this. Some interesting variety with Volt Tackle, Feint, Grass Knot, Encore, Reversal and the overused Fake Out. My Pikachu was a Lonely Nature, which I kind of regret as the opponent usually would outspeed me with his Pikachu and Fake Out.
4)I found Eelectross to be the real mvp. Levitate, hits pretty hard, had a great moveset that could counter Pokemon like Heliolisk and M Ampharos and could take several hits. Also, I was surprised that almost everyone used it, I expected a lot less.
5) For better or worse, my team was the only Sun Team I encountered. I feel unique. lol
Overall, I could do a lot better but at least it was fun and I learned a few things. And damn, I should update my Heliolisk, I really forgot how many useful Move Tutors moves it learned. Also, do we know when the next Competition will be? Maybe around late September-early October?
