Hey everybody, and welcome back so soon! Being fortunate enough to have your support and win an extra article this month from the “top writers” poll at the end of last month is great inspiration for me to get out some great content. However, trying to write articles in consecutive weeks with only a small amount of development since usually isn’t.
“Nothing happened last week”, I thought, so I started testing as much as I could over Thanksgiving break and started narrowing my thoughts on which decks including Noble Victories decks I liked the most. I ended up writing an in-depth article on a single deck that I enjoy the most right now, something I haven’t done for a while. Coming toward the end of my analysis, I felt like things were a little bit shorter than usual.
I’m not one to automatically equate quality with quantity, but after talking about over half a dozen decklists last week, and honing in to just one this week, things inevitably felt a little more shallow. I needed something else to talk about to beef the article up and provide you guys with some better information around the field.
Then, suddenly — and I know I can’t be the only one — I made this face.
WHEN ON EARTH DID CITIES START?
Having an extra tournament right in-between the usual Battle Roads and City Championships would inevitably create the feeling of being “rushed” between each event, but I was legitimately caught off guard when I realized that several City Championships in the US (I know other countries have begun theirs already a little bit in advance) began their first weekend after Thanksgiving.
With just 2 to 3 weeks between Regionals and what is likely the most important tournament series of the year (Championship Points-wise, anyways), it’s more pressing than ever to take a look at what decks are consistently doing well, and what new concepts are worth preparing for.
City Championships — What’s Winning?
Unfortunately, due to a sentiment expressed by Frank Diaz that I heavily agree with here, we don’t have a heavily dedicated “What won Cities” thread anywhere on the internet yet. One of the greatest tools that I’ve ever been able to use in finding my way around different metagames is PokeGym’s “What Won” thread, but the recent required submission and approval for each new thread has really slowed the system down.
I get that occasionally we’ve had a few bad apples here or there that don’t update the main page as frequently as desired, but at least we still have a thread open before the events actually start! I’ve always liked it best when a simple thread is open for everyone to post, and the people interested will compile the statistics themselves. As somebody who loves to scour the internet to make personal charts and data with all the most recent info, I’d rather have the thread up than have some dedicated threat approved by the moderators.
Also, to be completely honest, the “what won” thread for Battle Roads was compiled horribly. What’s the point of approving a thread if you have to release late info, and the compiled info isn’t good in the end?
Despite my complaining though, there is at least SOME information to go off on the internet across a few websites out there. You could arguably note that because there is no dedicated list on the internet yet, you guys as readers will benefit the most from my compiled list so far. Thanks to my love of making these charts, here’s everything I could find on what has won City Championships so far:
1st Place Finishes
4 ZPST
4 Magnezone/Zekrom/Eelektrik
2 Typhlosion/Reshiram
2 “Speed Spread” — Likely Kyurem/Electrode, both run by the Diaz family, so I’ll update when I figure out what the general build was for sure!
2 Ross (1 w/ Coballion, 1 w/ Beartic)
1 Vanilluxe
Top 4 Finishes
