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Published on April 8th, 2014 | by Huy

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Teams from the 2014 Asia Cup

We have the teams of the 32 participants of last week’s Asia Cup finals! The best players from Japan, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Korea, Singapore, Phillipines, Indonesia, and Malaysia faced off in a Wi-Fi tournament to see who would be crowned the best player in Asia. Congrats to all the participants!

1. See [JP]

aegislash salamence kangaskhan azumarill gengar rotom-heat

2. Nu [JP]

aegislash salamence kangaskhan azumarill talonflame lucario

3. Bicho [JP]

aegislash garchomp salamence azumarill venusaur rotom-heat

4. Kantona [JP]

aegislash kangaskhan charizard rotom-heat hydreigon weavile

5. Siu Fo [HK]

aegislash kangaskhan rotom-wash ludicolo torkoal aromatisse

6. Taruto [JP]

garchomp salamence kangaskhan talonflame gardevoir bisharp

7. Rei [JP]

salamence azumarill amoonguss gengar rotom-heat bisharp

8. O. Jason [ID]

aegislash garchomp amoonguss charizard rotom-wash  scrafty

9. Keewan [KR]

talonflame amoonguss bisharp politoed manectric kingdra

10. Muraba [JP]

garchomp kangaskhan talonflame gengar rotom-wash gardevoir

11. Hashidam [JP]

aegislash garchomp azumarill gengar hydreigon manectric

12. Jaryl Chan [SG]

garchomp talonflame rotom-wash mawile meowstic gourgeist

13. Ama Bon [ID]

garchomp charizard rhyperior ferrothorn zapdos machamp

14. Ryuzaki [JP]

aegislash salamence kangaskhan azumarill gengar rotom-heat

15. Xiao Yong [TW]

kangaskhan azumarill talonflame gyarados roserade nidoking

16. Yasumatsu [JP]

aegislash garchomp salamence charizard gengar mawile

17. Cheng [HK]

garchomp kangaskhan amoonguss rotom-heat tyranitar gardevoir

18. Moyomoto [JP]

talonflame  amoonguss mawile hydreigon meowstic clawitzer

19. Fukunyan [JP]

garchomp talonflame tyranitar gardevoir mawile hydreigon

20. Nelson Lim [SG]

garchomp salamence azumarill amoonguss gengar rotom-heat

21. Zero [KR]

aegislash salamence charizard rotom-wash venusaur mamoswine

22. Sepia [KR]

kangaskhan talonflame amoonguss rotom-wash gardevoir bisharp

23. Viera [JP]

aegislash salamence kangaskhan azumarill gengar rotom-heat

24. Siu Lu [HK]

aegislash salamence talonflame rotom-wash tyranitar venusaur

25. Nim Sook [KR]

azumarill gengar tyranitar ferrothorn scrafty goodra

26. John P. [PH]

aegislash garchomp azumarill amoonguss charizard raichu

27. Kasutera [JP]

aegislash salamence charizard venusaur gyarados rhyperior

28. Gombe [JP]

aegislash amoonguss tyranitar bisharp gyarados aerodactyl

29. Max Goh [SG]

tyranitar mawile ferrothorn lucario politoed noivern

30. Alvin R. [PH]

garchomp kangaskhan charizard rotom-wash gardevoir meowstic

31. Hitsuhi [JP]

aegislash garchomp amoonguss bisharp aerodactyl reuniclus

32. Julian Ali [MY]

charizard venusaur rhyperior dragonite conkeldurr liepard

 

Pokemon Users % Usage
Aegislash 16 50.0
Garchomp 14 43.8
Salamence 12 37.5
Kangaskhan 12 37.5
Azumarill 11 34.4
Talonflame 10 31.3
Amoonguss 10 31.3
Charizard 9 28.1
Gengar 9 28.1
Rotom-H 8 25.0
Rotom-W 8 25.0
Tyranitar 6 18.8
Gardevoir 6 18.8
Bisharp 6 18.8
Venusaur 5 15.6
Mawile 5 15.6
Hydreigon 4 12.5
Gyarados 3 9.4
Rhyperior 3 9.4
Ferrothorn 3 9.4
Meowstic 3 9.4
Lucario 2 6.3
Aerodactyl 2 6.3
Politoed 2 6.3
Scrafty 2 6.3
Manectric 2 6.3
Dragonite 1 3.1
Goodra 1 3.1
Zapdos 1 3.1
Kingdra 1 3.1
Noivern 1 3.1
Mamoswine 1 3.1
Roserade 1 3.1
Weavile 1 3.1
Machamp 1 3.1
Nidoking 1 3.1
Conkeldurr 1 3.1
Clawitzer 1 3.1
Gourgeist 1 3.1
Reuniclus 1 3.1
Raichu 1 3.1
Ludicolo 1 3.1
Torkoal 1 3.1
Aromatisse 1 3.1
Liepard 1 3.1

Special thanks to Soon and everyone else who made Asia Cup a smashing success! Find out more about the Asia cup here.


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is a grizzled Pokemon veteran. Having played competitively since RBY, he picked up VGC in 2009 and never looked back. He has played in 3 World Championships (Second only to Ray Rizzo) and has placed in the Top 10 in all 3 while managing to secure Top 8 in 2. He is the only American in the world to have won two Customized Worlds DS'es.



22 Responses to Teams from the 2014 Asia Cup

  1. TKOWL says:

    Man, I knew Aegislash was popular in Japan, but… wow.
     
    Also surprised but kinda not suprised to see Azumarill above Gardevoir in usage. 

  2. Scott says:
    Getting closer to what I’d expect end-of-year type usage to look like in harder events. I still think Talonflame is a little high and Venusaur and maybe Rotom are a little low on this one somehow, but the meta is feeling more and more solidified. The zero Gothitelle is probably not endgame either, though.
     
    What stands out is the Gengar usage. I wouldn’t disagree that it’s been underplayed up to this point in the season, but it being on over a fourth of all teams here is a pretty ridiculous jump over what we’ve seen at basically every other tournament all year. I imagine we’ll all have time to form our own opinions on it now, though, because I’m sure See using it will have it all over Battle Spot…
     
    Interesting to get a look at this. Glad the people running the Asia Cup put the data together.
  3. melevin9 says:

    What was the difference between the Asia Cup Spring and the Battle Road Gloria tournaments? Im just asking because i thought they were both the same thing

  4. Firestorm says:

    Battle Road Gloria is a very large grassroots tournament series in Japan. Asia Cup was a joint tournament between multiple countries in Asia. Japan decided their representatives for the Asia Cup using the Battle Road Gloria results. You can read more about the Asia Cup here: http://nuggetbridge.com/news/2014-pokemon-asia-cup/

  5. TwiddleDee says:

    Aegislash EVERYWHERE! 
    While there are obviously some mons that are seeing no shortage in usage (I’m looking at you, Aegislash, Garchomp, Salamence!), it’s cool getting to see mons up there like Roserade, Nidoking, Dragonite, and a number of Gengar’s! I wonder how many of them were Mega-Gengar. 
     
    Thanks for putting up the info, Huy!

  6. Feis says:

    I’ve been seeing see’s team a lot on Showdown recently and was always wondering which set the Gengar was running; was it a Mega-Perish Song one or maybe one with Specs? Does someone have more information about this? These team infos are pretty awesome, though.

  7. bearsfan092 says:

    It’s one big Kanga Aegislash party. I took a very brief glance on my phone, but I wanna say each Pokemon occupied 5 of the top 6 or something like that. That’s what happens when you have one Pokemon with amazing (but fair) typing and another with a borderline broken ability

  8. LithiumAcid says:

    Keewan <3

    That Rain team may be the most innovative playstyle I've seen this season.

  9. Scott says:

    It’s one big Kanga Aegislash party. I took a very brief glance on my phone, but I wanna say each Pokemon occupied 5 of the top 6 or something like that. That’s what happens when you have one Pokemon with amazing (but fair) typing with a very cool ability and another with a borderline broken ability

     
    I’d say it’s more like Kangaskhan is by a meaningful margin the de facto best Pokemon in the format and Aegislash is by far the safest switch and easiest counter to fit on most teams, in addition to being good against some other popular/annoying threats like Gardevoir and Shadow Tag. It’s all rock paper scissors.

  10. melevin9 says:

    Its interesting that 3 different trainers used the winning team and they finished #1,#14 and #23 respectively. Shows that its more the player than the team but yams me Kangaskhan and Aegislash are everywhere

  11. Scott says:

    I think on that thought, it’s interesting to note the players in top cut mostly only lost to each other, which sort of solidifies them as the top players even more.
     
    See’s only loss was to Kantona during swiss (who he later beat in top 4). Nu is the only one who sort of bucks the trend, because his swiss loss was round 1 to a player that ended up 2-3. Bicho was undefeated in swiss and lost only to Nu in the semis. Kantona was 3-2 in swiss, but he played a particularly difficult swiss schedule, beating See and losing to Rei and Nu. Rei lost only to Bicho in Swiss and then Kantona in top 8 after having beaten him in Swiss. Taruto only lost to Kantona in swiss and he beat both the 8th and 9th place swiss finishers during swiss, then lost to Nu in top cut. That’d be your top 6 in order if you’re breaking ties on swiss standing like TPCI does, with only one loss to someone other than that group of six between them. Pretty obvious the right players landed in those slots.

  12. Andykins says:

    Definitely some great information. I’m surprised that Aegislash beat out Garchomp for overall usage, but not surprised at all that it took the top 4 slots. Interesting to note that Aegislash, Salamence, and Azumarill are on the top 3 teams, probably something we’ll see a lot more of on our side of the world.

  13. Szymoninho says:

    I’ve been seeing see’s team a lot on Showdown recently and was always wondering which set the Gengar was running; was it a Mega-Perish Song one or maybe one with Specs? Does someone have more information about this? These team infos are pretty awesome, though.

    The most popular non-mega Gengar set is Focus Sash with Will-o-Wisp.

    Another thing worth mentioning is, in my opinion, that See and Kantona advanced from their group stage thanks to a coinflip. Correct me if I’m wrong.

    The player I’m most impressed with (other than See, who won both Japanese mini-nats and the whole thing and whom I’ve seen play and can confirm that he really is THAT good) is Bicho. In his semi-finals match he made a basic misplay which didn’t seem like him, but he seems to be a great and very consistent player, I can’t wait to see how he performs as nats.

  14. Sejiro says:

    does anyone know if Nu’s team can be seen/read anywhere or at least what moves he used on it?

  15. Sejiro says:

    does anyone know if Nu’s team can be seen/read anywhere or at least what moves he used on it?

  16. demonicego says:

    Very interesting information. I’m particularly surprised that meowstic isn’t more prominent and that it doesn’t make any of the top ten teams. Judging by battle spot alone meowstic seems to be the support mon of choice, especially for japanese players. Perhaps they’ve swaggered themselves out.

  17. Fiasco says:

    Wow that is a lot of azumarills, aegislash, and rotom-h. Number 8 looks very American though.

  18. Witzel says:

    Actually i’m that number 8.. and that is a char x

  19. Soon says:

    This tournament really reunite the western influenced south east asians and japanese influenced north and east asia together. There is indeed a lot of special aegislash running around in this tourney; I see them in virtually every japanese team I saw in wifi ratings.

    Reduced use of meowstic as it is not a strong attacker and there is a limit status move can do. Well, this tournament also shows that player’s ability played a huge role other than the team. =)

  20. Soon says:

    Side note: I hope u guys love that female pikachu mascot. Hahaha
    Please visit http://www.pkmnasiacup.com for info about the pokemon asia cup series of tournament. 😉

    And thanks huy for spreading the love!

  21. countkroeterich says:

    where did you get that team no. 8 from 8D

  22. Bosseidon says:

    Does someone have any idea about the winning team pokemon build? Especially the Gengar!

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