Masters VGC Worlds 2013 Teams
With the 2013 World Championships coming to a close a little over a week ago, the best players in the world assembled for one final time during Generation 5, competing for the championship and giving their views on what the best Pokemon to use in this metagame through their teams as a result. While in any tournament some players will come out on top while other players will get some extra motivation to work hard again next season, simply making it to Worlds is a large accomplishment and all of the teams and players here are worthy of enshrinement for their impressive accomplishments during the 2013 VGC season.
The Teams
1. Arash Ommati (IT) (Mean)
2. Ryosuke Kosuge (JP) (gebebo)
3. Aaron Zheng (US) (Cybertron)
4. Benjamin Gould (GB) (Ben91293)
5. Sejun Park (KR)
6. Enosh Shachar (US) (Human)
7. Luigi Lo Giudice (IT) (LProx)
8. Matthias Hellmoldt (DE) (Tyvyr)
9.Barry Anderson (GB) (Baz Anderson)
10. Yuki Matsumoto (JP) (Haruto)
11. Christoph Kugeler (DE) (drug duck)
12. Toler Webb (US) (Dim)
13. Ben Kyriakou (GB) (Kyriakou)
14. Stephen Morioka (US) (Stephen)
15. Jaime Martinez (ES) (repr4y)
16. Baris Akcos (DE) (Billa)
17. Ben Rothman (US) (Nightblade7000)
18. Randy Kwa (CA) (R Inanimate)
19. Michael Riechert (DE) (Michilele)
20. Matthias Suchodolski (DE) (Lega)
21. Jordi Picazo (ES)
22. Gavin Michaels (US) (kingofkongs)
23. Osamu Shinomoto (JP) (ru-ni)
24. Albert Bañeres (ES) (Arbol Deku)
25. Wolfe Glick (US) (Wolfey)
26. Ray Rizzo (US) (Ray)
27. Demitri Camperos (US) (Demitri)
28. Shota Nakata (JP)
29. Trista Medine (US) (ryuzaki)
30. Daniel Nolan (GB) (Zog)
31. Matteo Gini (IT) (Matty)
32. Kamaal Harris (US) (FonicFrog)
33. Nabil Lakehal (FR) (Showmeasign)
34. Alberto Gini (IT) (BraindeadPrimeape)
35. Rina Purdy (GB)
36. Rachel Annand (GB) (SPEevee)
37. Lee Provost (GB) (Osirus)
38. Alan Schambers (US) (Metabou)
39. Eloy Hahn (DE) (Dragoran5)
40. Abel Sanz (ES) (Flash)
41. Wai Yin Low (SG)
42. Christopher Arthur (GB) (Koryo)
43. Ben Irons (US) (benjitheGREAT)
44. Ben Kilby (AU)
45. Zach Droegkamp (US) (Zach)
46. Hugh Ronzani (AU)
47. Jamal El Moutaoikil (DE) (Toazdt)
Frequency Per Pokémon
As the Pokemon used in the most important tournament under the VGC 2013 ruleset, the Pokemon below are those who have left the biggest mark on the game when it counted this year. The most common Pokemon in the tournament predictably consists mostly of metagame mainstays, with four of the five most common Pokemon at Worlds being the same as both the cumulative European Nationals top cuts and United States Nationals top cut in Cresselia, Tyranitar, Amoonguss, and Thundurus. Only Landorus-T, the fourth most common Pokemon in the Japan Cup, was able to break into the international top five at Worlds. Also showcased below are some less common Pokemon that the game’s best players thought were good enough to catch their peers off-guard in spite of the risk this year, like Magmar, Marowak, Registeel, and Torkoal.
| # | Pokemon | # of Uses | % Usage |
| 1 | Cresselia | 25 | 53.19 |
| 2 | Tyranitar | 21 | 44.68 |
| 3 | Landorus-T | 16 | 34.04 |
| 4 | Thundurus-I | 16 | 34.04 |
| 5 | Amoonguss | 13 | 27.66 |
| 6 | Heatran | 12 | 25.53 |
| 7 | Volcarona | 12 | 25.53 |
| 8 | Latios | 11 | 23.4 |
| 9 | Scrafty | 10 | 21.28 |
| 10 | Hydreigon | 9 | 19.15 |
| 11 | Conkeldurr | 8 | 17.02 |
| 12 | Scizor | 8 | 17.02 |
| 13 | Tornadus-I | 8 | 17.02 |
| 14 | Breloom | 7 | 14.89 |
| 15 | Hitmontop | 7 | 14.89 |
| 16 | Metagross | 7 | 14.89 |
| 17 | Excadrill | 6 | 12.77 |
| 18 | Politoed | 6 | 12.77 |
| 19 | Abomasnow | 5 | 10.64 |
| 20 | Kingdra | 5 | 10.64 |
| 21 | Terrakion | 5 | 10.64 |
| 22 | Bisharp | 4 | 8.51 |
| 23 | Jellicent | 4 | 8.51 |
| 24 | Rotom-W | 4 | 8.51 |
| 25 | Suicune | 4 | 8.51 |
| 26 | Gyarados | 3 | 6.38 |
| 27 | Landorus-I | 3 | 6.38 |
| 28 | Latias | 3 | 6.38 |
| 29 | Liepard | 3 | 6.38 |
| 30 | Ludicolo | 3 | 6.38 |
| 31 | Mamoswine | 3 | 6.38 |
| 32 | Thundurus-T | 3 | 6.38 |
| 33 | Togekiss | 3 | 6.38 |
| 34 | Chandelure | 2 | 4.26 |
| 35 | Gastrodon | 2 | 4.26 |
| 36 | Magmar | 2 | 4.26 |
| 37 | Zapdos | 2 | 4.26 |
| 38 | Arcanine | 1 | 2.13 |
| 39 | Bronzong | 1 | 2.13 |
| 40 | Ferrothorn | 1 | 2.13 |
| 41 | Garchomp | 1 | 2.13 |
| 42 | Gliscor | 1 | 2.13 |
| 43 | Gothitelle | 1 | 2.13 |
| 44 | Gothorita | 1 | 2.13 |
| 45 | Heracross | 1 | 2.13 |
| 46 | Hippowdon | 1 | 2.13 |
| 47 | Marowak | 1 | 2.13 |
| 48 | Registeel | 1 | 2.13 |
| 49 | Rhydon | 1 | 2.13 |
| 50 | Rotom-H | 1 | 2.13 |
| 51 | Sableye | 1 | 2.13 |
| 52 | Salamence | 1 | 2.13 |
| 53 | Torkoal | 1 | 2.13 |
| 54 | Virizion | 1 | 2.13 |
Thanks to everyone who helped compile this information. See anything we messed up or missed? Feel free and leave a comment and I’ll fix it as quickly as I can.
About the Author
Scott started playing VGC in 2011. He finished 17th at US Nationals, then lost in the final round of 2011 Worlds LCQ. He finished 10th in the 2012 World Championships and qualified for Worlds again in 2013 after going into US Nationals second in CP. Instead of playing, he commentated at US Nationals and the World Championships in 2013 and 2014. Follow him on Twitter @NBNostrom!
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Oh well, at least I took Liepard and Breloom probably further than they’ve ever been at Worlds before!
Oh well, at least I took Liepard and Breloom probably further than they’ve ever been at Worlds before!
I’m still sad only one Heracross was used.
Also Registeel <3
Petition to get rid of the -I after the genies names for being stupid, especially on Tornadus.
Tyvyr’s last pokè was Amoonguss
4 jellicent used, all in the top 10
rain didn’t go too deep as expected
heatran and amoonguss dominated
looks fun
Anyone know what Ray was running on his Torkoal? One crazy pokemon choice right there, full respect! And Wolfey’s team, just wow! Such a shame their matches didn’t get streamed. Great worlds this year :]
Mamoswine won worlds, nuff said.
Sejun Team <3
Interesting to see a lot of similarities in the top 8 teams. Paticularly Cybertron/Gebebo’s and Ben912/Sejun’s
Now for my favourite part of worlds, the team writw ups!
Yeah, we both had the follow me fire types on there, lightning rod abuse and trick room option…
Be interesting to see Sejun’s if he does an article.
Definately hope Ray and Wolfe do one too! (hint hint guys)
Jellicent was such a nice meta call at worlds.
So who used Jelli long before it was cool?????????????
I wonder how many of the 12 Heatrans are Eruptrans or not.
I’ve tried a lot to make Torkoal fit into my teams, considering it is one of my favorites, but I never found it useful. I hope someone knows what made Ray think it was good enough to bring to Worlds.
I’m not sure if this is it or if there was more, but he was using it as a more defensive eruptran from what I could tell. It underspeeds and OHKOs Amoongus in TR.
ChimpanzeeTDS: also did you use torkoal for white smoke pope
Ray: and ya thats why I used torkoal
Gotta be ready for that Snarl Scrafty.
Wolfey used Gliscor………A well known user is soon to brag about this.
Besides Gliscor being used at worlds, it is cool to see Bisharp and Gyarados seeing decent usage.
Wolfey using Registeel? So pro.
Nice job to mean and I can’t wait to see some teams in detail
Dose Ben Kilby have a nugget bridge account I’m just asking?