VGC Diaries: Philadelphia Autumn Regionals: Round 5 vs. John B.
Channel: Antar1011
Date: 2013-12-06

The time between last battle and this one was really my low point--I had gone from being undefeated to having an even record in two battles, and my dreams of "winning" VGC had died just as quickly.

This battle was interesting because, in all my playtesting on the Showdown VGC ladder, the team-type I'd come across most often was Trick Room with Cresselia and Eruption Heatran (with Cress always Skill Swapping to get Levitate on Heatran), so I expected to see it EVERYWHERE at the tournament... yet this was the first team that had either Cress or Heatran. Weird. And just goes to show that the people who play on the sims are not the same as the ones who play on the DS.

My opponent actually didn't finish the day, so he didn't end up on the final rankings. Odder still, I think someone screwed something up, because his record going into this battle should have been 2-2, yet the only way my "opponent win %" stat adds up correctly is if he finished the day 1-3 (even if he was 1-3 going into this battle instead of 2-2, what about the results of THIS battle?). Eh, I guess it's not that big a deal.