CAP 33 So Far
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Here are the explanations Da Pizza Man, our Section Leader for this stage, has provided for each of the options. In addition, please refer to the Stats Submission thread here to make an educated decision when submitting your ballot!
kenn
Optional Defining Moves: Scald, Hydro Pump, Strength Sap, Haze
Starting with what I believe is the most average spread of the bunch, kenn's spread serves as a general check to various offensive threats rather than a strong counter to a select few. This spread to me is very reminiscent of Rotom-Wash, who has seen success in pretty much every prior generation of OU/CAP and has seen decent use earlier this generation. One notable aspect of kenn's spread is his decision to boost his spread's Special Attack to near the limit, giving it an easy way to force out many of the offensive threats that CAP33 would be expected to deal with. Backing up this ideology as presented in his spread, kenn supplements his spread with the ability to OHKO key threats, which may seem anti-concept on a surface level. However, I think that this is something that actually works really well with the concept at hand, as it is very much representative of defensive Pokemon in the modern metagame, with most, if not all of them, having some form of way of forcing out offensive Pokemon, whether it be through offensive presence or through crippling status moves, with this spread obviously focusing more on the former than the latter.
StarFalcon555
Optional Defining Moves: Hydro Pump, Haze, Knock Off
StarFalcon555 took a fairly conservative approach with her spread, which in a way serves as the antithesis of Wulfanator's spread. At 139 Speed, StarFalcon555 has the highest speed of any spread that made it onto the slate and the third highest speed of any spread that was submitted in general, being just enough to outspeed Zamazenta. In exchange, Starfalcon555 chose to be fairly conservative regarding both the bulk and power of her spread, having both the overall lowest Special Attack and being one of only two spreads to not have 110 or more points in either PT or ST. That being said, Starfalcon's spread is still strong enough to hit some crucial benchmarks for this project, such as the ability to OHKO Iron Valiant after Stealth Rock damage and 2HKO Hemogoblin with Surf. In regards to bulk, much of what can be said about kenn's spread applies to StarFalcon555's spread as well, choosing to rely on having more mixed defensives that allow it to serve as a more general check rather than a specialized counter.
quziel
Optional Defining Moves: Scald, Haze
Last but not least, we have a fairly last-minute submission from our previous Stats Leader, quziel. quziel decided that the best approach to his spread was to design it around two critical matchups, those being Roaring Moon and Hemogoblin. This resulted in a spread with incredibly high physical bulk, capable of avoiding a critical 3HKO with the assistance of Multiscale. To assist in this matchup, quziel chose to go with a fairly modest amount of Special Attack, capable of just being able to 2HKO Hemogoblin with Scald and OHKO Roaring Moon with Moonblast. That being said, while his spread is primarily designed around combating physical attackers, it still has a fairly strong matchup into special attackers such as Dragapult and Walking Wake, something I mentioned in my description of Zetalz's spread as key matchups and something I was worried about many of the other physically oriented spreads being unable to get around.
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As a reminder, defining moves being listed above does not mean that they will be given during the movepool stage; rather that the stat spread creator has identified them as reasons that their spread may be weaker than its competition in some area, or as being important for calculations done when creating the stat spread.
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This will be a Ranked Pairs vote (RP) (a form of voting where each candidate is ranked according to head to head matchups with each of its competitors in a directed acyclic graph), the details of which were discussed here.
This is a ranked vote: order does matter! You can upvote your favorites and downvote your least favorites. You may choose to rank as many or as few options as you like, but we encourage you to rank as many options as possible to ensure your preferences are taken into account.
Bold your votes and nothing else!
A typical vote might look like the following:
CAP uses blind voting. Other people's votes won't appear in the thread, but they are counted and will be made visible at the end of the voting timeframe. For more information about this change, check out this PRC thread.
Asking for votes for your submission or for the submissions of others is not allowed. Anyone found to have done so risks punishment at the moderation team's discretion. If you find that someone has broken this rule, please contact the CAP moderation team with your evidence and no one else. Mini-moderation of this rule is also considered a serious offense and can be punished.
The voting options are:
Please only put the bolded names of each user in your ballot. Those options are as follows:
kenn
StarFalcon555
quziel
This poll will be open for 24 hours.
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Here are the explanations Da Pizza Man, our Section Leader for this stage, has provided for each of the options. In addition, please refer to the Stats Submission thread here to make an educated decision when submitting your ballot!
kenn
| HP | Atk | Def | SpA | SpD | Spe | PS | SS | PT | ST | BSR |
| 66 | 58 | 104 | 97 | 104 | 131 | 78.44 | 124.61 | 97.99 | 98.52 | 554.99 |
Starting with what I believe is the most average spread of the bunch, kenn's spread serves as a general check to various offensive threats rather than a strong counter to a select few. This spread to me is very reminiscent of Rotom-Wash, who has seen success in pretty much every prior generation of OU/CAP and has seen decent use earlier this generation. One notable aspect of kenn's spread is his decision to boost his spread's Special Attack to near the limit, giving it an easy way to force out many of the offensive threats that CAP33 would be expected to deal with. Backing up this ideology as presented in his spread, kenn supplements his spread with the ability to OHKO key threats, which may seem anti-concept on a surface level. However, I think that this is something that actually works really well with the concept at hand, as it is very much representative of defensive Pokemon in the modern metagame, with most, if not all of them, having some form of way of forcing out offensive Pokemon, whether it be through offensive presence or through crippling status moves, with this spread obviously focusing more on the former than the latter.
StarFalcon555
| HP | Atk | Def | SpA | SpD | Spe | PS | SS | PT | ST | BSR |
| 66 | 52 | 116 | 86 | 116 | 139 | 72.35 | 113.32 | 107.72 | 108.11 | 552.20 |
StarFalcon555 took a fairly conservative approach with her spread, which in a way serves as the antithesis of Wulfanator's spread. At 139 Speed, StarFalcon555 has the highest speed of any spread that made it onto the slate and the third highest speed of any spread that was submitted in general, being just enough to outspeed Zamazenta. In exchange, Starfalcon555 chose to be fairly conservative regarding both the bulk and power of her spread, having both the overall lowest Special Attack and being one of only two spreads to not have 110 or more points in either PT or ST. That being said, Starfalcon's spread is still strong enough to hit some crucial benchmarks for this project, such as the ability to OHKO Iron Valiant after Stealth Rock damage and 2HKO Hemogoblin with Surf. In regards to bulk, much of what can be said about kenn's spread applies to StarFalcon555's spread as well, choosing to rely on having more mixed defensives that allow it to serve as a more general check rather than a specialized counter.
quziel
| HP | Atk | Def | SpA | SpD | Spe | PS | SS | PT | ST | BSR |
| 80 | 32 | 111 | 88 | 99 | 125 | 51.80 | 114.79 | 114.40 | 104.11 | 558.83 |
Last but not least, we have a fairly last-minute submission from our previous Stats Leader, quziel. quziel decided that the best approach to his spread was to design it around two critical matchups, those being Roaring Moon and Hemogoblin. This resulted in a spread with incredibly high physical bulk, capable of avoiding a critical 3HKO with the assistance of Multiscale. To assist in this matchup, quziel chose to go with a fairly modest amount of Special Attack, capable of just being able to 2HKO Hemogoblin with Scald and OHKO Roaring Moon with Moonblast. That being said, while his spread is primarily designed around combating physical attackers, it still has a fairly strong matchup into special attackers such as Dragapult and Walking Wake, something I mentioned in my description of Zetalz's spread as key matchups and something I was worried about many of the other physically oriented spreads being unable to get around.
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As a reminder, defining moves being listed above does not mean that they will be given during the movepool stage; rather that the stat spread creator has identified them as reasons that their spread may be weaker than its competition in some area, or as being important for calculations done when creating the stat spread.
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This will be a Ranked Pairs vote (RP) (a form of voting where each candidate is ranked according to head to head matchups with each of its competitors in a directed acyclic graph), the details of which were discussed here.
This is a ranked vote: order does matter! You can upvote your favorites and downvote your least favorites. You may choose to rank as many or as few options as you like, but we encourage you to rank as many options as possible to ensure your preferences are taken into account.
Bold your votes and nothing else!
A typical vote might look like the following:
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CAP uses blind voting. Other people's votes won't appear in the thread, but they are counted and will be made visible at the end of the voting timeframe. For more information about this change, check out this PRC thread.
Asking for votes for your submission or for the submissions of others is not allowed. Anyone found to have done so risks punishment at the moderation team's discretion. If you find that someone has broken this rule, please contact the CAP moderation team with your evidence and no one else. Mini-moderation of this rule is also considered a serious offense and can be punished.
The voting options are:
| Ballot Option | HP | Atk | Def | SpA | SpD | Spe | PS | SS | PT | ST | BSR |
| kenn | 66 | 58 | 104 | 97 | 104 | 131 | 78.44 | 124.61 | 97.99 | 98.52 | 554.99 |
| StarFalcon555 | 66 | 52 | 116 | 86 | 116 | 139 | 72.35 | 113.32 | 107.72 | 108.11 | 552.20 |
| quziel | 80 | 32 | 111 | 88 | 99 | 125 | 51.80 | 114.79 | 114.40 | 104.11 | 558.83 |
Please only put the bolded names of each user in your ballot. Those options are as follows:
kenn
StarFalcon555
quziel
This poll will be open for 24 hours.
and shoutouts to Zetalz, Brambane, and Wulfanator too!!!! you all rock!!!!
