Published on April 8th, 2014 | by Huy
22Teams 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]
2. Nu [JP]
3. Bicho [JP]
4. Kantona [JP]
5. Siu Fo [HK]
6. Taruto [JP]
7. Rei [JP]
8. O. Jason [ID]
9. Keewan [KR]
10. Muraba [JP]
11. Hashidam [JP]
12. Jaryl Chan [SG]
13. Ama Bon [ID]
14. Ryuzaki [JP]
15. Xiao Yong [TW]
16. Yasumatsu [JP]
17. Cheng [HK]
18. Moyomoto [JP]
19. Fukunyan [JP]
20. Nelson Lim [SG]
21. Zero [KR]
22. Sepia [KR]
23. Viera [JP]
24. Siu Lu [HK]
25. Nim Sook [KR]
26. John P. [PH]
27. Kasutera [JP]
28. Gombe [JP]
29. Max Goh [SG]
30. Alvin R. [PH]
31. Hitsuhi [JP]
32. Julian Ali [MY]
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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Man, I knew Aegislash was popular in Japan, but… wow.
Also surprised but kinda not suprised to see Azumarill above Gardevoir in usage.
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
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/
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!
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.
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
Keewan <3
That Rain team may be the most innovative playstyle I've seen this season.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
does anyone know if Nu’s team can be seen/read anywhere or at least what moves he used on it?
does anyone know if Nu’s team can be seen/read anywhere or at least what moves he used on it?
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.
Wow that is a lot of azumarills, aegislash, and rotom-h. Number 8 looks very American though.
Actually i’m that number 8.. and that is a char x
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. =)
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!
where did you get that team no. 8 from 8D
Does someone have any idea about the winning team pokemon build? Especially the Gengar!