Teams from the 2014 Pokémon World Championships
The metagame has evolved significantly over the course of the season as you can probably tell from Scott’s retrospective, so what did we see at the season’s ultimate event? The World Championships is where the best players from across the world pull out all the stops and here’s what they used. Special thanks to Gavin and everyone else who contributed data for this article.
Junior Division
1. [JP] Kota Yamamoto
2. [US] London Swan
3. [JP] Haruka Narita
4. [JP] Riku Miyoshi
Senior Division
1. [US] Nikolai Zielinksi
2. [UK] Mark McQuillan (woopahking123)
3. [ES] Eric Rios (riopaser)
4. [US] Ian McLaughlin (Raikoo)
Masters Division
1. [KR] Sejun Park (pokemontcg)
2. [US] Jeudy Azzarelli (SoulSurvivor)
3. [US] Collin Heier (TheBattleRoom)
4. [DE] Markus Liu (Henrique)
5. [JP] Ryosuke Kosuge (gebebo)
6. [ES] Miguel Marti de la Torre (Sekiam)
7. [UK] Lee Provost (Osirus)
8. [AU] Dayne O’Meara (Umberrific)
9. [US] Wolfe Glick (Wolfey)
10. [DE] Nemanja Sandic (Porengan)
11. [US] Blake Hopper (Bopper)
12. [US] Enosh Shachar (Human)
13. [US] Ashton Cox (linkyoshimario)
14. [DE] Markus Stadter (13Yoshi37)
15. [UK] Ben Kyriakou (Kyriakou)
16. [JP] Yuichi Sasaki (Yuuichi_u1)
17. [JP] Yosuke Isagi (Tony)
18. [US] Aaron Zheng (Cybertron)
19. [IT] Alberto Gini (BraindeadPrimeape)
20. [JP] Ryoto Otsubo
21. [US] Hayden McTavish (Enigne)
22. [UK] Christopher Arthur (Koryo)
23. [JP] Yuya Kato
24. [DE] Baris Ackos (Billa)
25. [DE] Jan Michelberger (Lati)
26. [US] Michael Lanzano (JiveTime)
27. [US] Omari Travis (BadIntent)
28. [KR] Wonseok Jang (KrelCROC)
29. [US] Alex Ogloza (Evan Falco)
30. [DE] Florian Wurdack (DaFlo)
31. [DE] Timo Koppetsch (37TimoK1)
32. [DE] Eloy Hahn (Dragoran5)
33. [CA] Randy Kwa (R Inanimate)
34. [US] Ben Hickey (Darkpenguin67)
35. [DE] Matthias Suchodolski (Lega)
36. [IT] Arash Ommati (Mean)
37. [US] Tiffany Stanley (Shiloh)
38. [JP] Hironori Seino
39. [UK] Steve Edgson (SirSmoke)
40. [JP] Daichi Kumabe
41. [ES] Albert Baneres (Arbol Deku)
42. [AU] Michael Wawrzycki
43. [UK] Simon Stanford (Falco)
44. [UK] Jamie Miller (Blazeking7)
45. [US] Mike Suleski (OmegaDonut)
46. [US] Gavin Michaels (kingofmars)
47. [US] DeVon Ingram (dingram)
48. [DE] Matthias Hellmoldt (Tyvyr)
49. [AU] Tony Nguyen (Competny)
50. [US] Jon Hu (JHufself)
51. [ZA] Johannes Botma (dotninja)
52. [CA] Kelly Mercier-White (KellsterCartier)
53. [UK] Niall Crallan (TheLastSheikah)
54. [US] Logan Castro (Yellowbox)
55. [IT] Umberto Pallini
56. [US] Ray Rizzo (Ray)
57. [US] Toler Webb (Dim)
58. [US] Adib Alam (Adib)
59. [US] Ben Rothman (Ben7000)
60. [AU] Christopher Kan
Masters Division Stats
| Pokémon | # in Tournament | On % of Teams | # in Cut | % to make Cut |
| Garchomp | 29 (1 Mega) | 48.33% | 5 | 17.24% |
| Tyranitar | 24 (7 Mega) | 40% | 4 | 16.67% |
| Mawile | 22 (22 Mega) | 36.67% | 5 | 22.73% |
| Heat Rotom | 21 | 35.00% | 2 | 9.52% |
| Hydreigon | 16 | 26.67% | 3 | 18.75% |
| Zapdos | 15 | 25% | 3 | 20.00% |
| Kangaskhan | 14 (14 Mega) | 23.33% | 0 | 0.00% |
| Talonflame | 13 | 21.67% | 2 | 15.38% |
| Ludicolo | 12 | 20% | 1 | 8.33% |
| Salamence | 12 | 20% | 1 | 8.33% |
| Aegislash | 12 | 20.00% | 2 | 16.66% |
| Gengar | 11 (4 Mega) | 18.33% | 0 | 0.00% |
| Amoonguss | 11 | 18.33% | 0 | 0.00% |
| Gyarados | 10 (5 Mega) | 16.67% | 1 | 10.00% |
| Charizard | 8 (7 Y, 1 X) | 13.33% | 2 | 25.00% |
| Politoed | 8 | 13.33% | 2 | 25.00% |
| Gardevoir | 7 | 11.67% | 1 | 14.29% |
| Gothitelle | 7 | 11.67% | 1 | 14.29% |
| Azumarill | 7 | 11.67% | 1 | 14.29% |
| Ferrothorn | 6 | 10% | 0 | 0.00% |
| Lucario | 6 (3 Mega) | 10% | 1 | 16.67% |
| Manectric | 6 (5 Mega) | 10% | 0 | 0.00% |
| Venusaur | 6 (4 Mega) | 10% | 1 | 16.67% |
| Aerodactyl | 5 (2 Mega) | 8.33% | 1 | 20.00% |
| Lapras | 5 | 8.33% | 1 | 20.00% |
| Scrafty | 5 | 8.33% | 0 | 0.00% |
| Bisharp | 4 | 6.67% | 0 | 0.00% |
| Moltres | 4 | 6.67% | 0 | 0.00% |
| Raichu | 4 | 6.67% | 1 | 25.00% |
| Blastoise | 3 (3 Mega) | 5% | 0 | 0.00% |
| Conkeldurr | 3 | 5% | 1 | 33.33% |
| Staraptor | 3 | 5% | 1 | 33.33% |
| Wash Rotom | 3 | 5% | 0 | 0.00% |
| Sylveon | 2 | 3.33% | 0 | 0.00% |
| Smeargle | 2 | 3.33% | 0 | 0.00% |
| Scizor | 2 | 3.33% | 0 | 0.00% |
| Nidoqueen | 2 | 3.33% | 0 | 0.00% |
| Mamoswine | 2 | 3.33% | 1 | 50.00% |
| Machamp | 2 | 3.33% | 1 | 50.00% |
| Kingdra | 2 | 3.33% | 0 | 0.00% |
| Hariyama | 2 | 3.33% | 0 | 0.00% |
| Goodra | 2 | 3.33% | 0 | 0.00% |
| Florges | 2 | 3.33% | 0 | 0.00% |
| Weavile | 1 | 1.67% | 0 | 0.00% |
| Vaporeon | 1 | 1.67% | 0 | 0.00% |
| Umbreon | 1 | 1.67% | 0 | 0.00% |
| Slowking | 1 | 1.67% | 0 | 0.00% |
| Sawk | 1 | 1.67% | 0 | 0.00% |
| Sableye | 1 | 1.67% | 0 | 0.00% |
| Mow Rotom | 1 | 1.67% | 1 | 100.00% |
| Fan Rotom | 1 | 1.67% | 0 | 0.00% |
| Pachirisu | 1 | 1.67% | 1 | 100.00% |
| Noivern | 1 | 1.67% | 0 | 0.00% |
| Marowak | 1 | 1.67% | 0 | 0.00% |
| Gallade | 1 | 1.67% | 0 | 0.00% |
| Escavalier | 1 | 1.67% | 0 | 0.00% |
| Chesnaught | 1 | 1.67% | 0 | 0.00% |
| Chandelure | 1 | 1.67% | 0 | 0.00% |
| Aggron | 1 | 1.67% | 0 | 0.00% |
| Abomasnow | 1 (1 Mega) | 1.67% | 0 | 0.00% |
About the Author
Firestorm is one of the co-founders of Nugget Bridge and the Community Manager for eSports Tournament Platform Battlefy. He has been playing Pokémon since 1999, competitively since 2007, and attending tournaments since 2010. He lives in Vancouver, Canada with a degree in Interactive Art & Technology + Communications. You can follow him on Twitter at @rushanshekar.
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Collin’s team was trick room-less, he just played to its phenomenal bulk.
Lot of really cool stuff, but just a few teams that I think deserve some extra kudos (as in, not Sejun. because although his team was beautiful, we all know that):
I absolutely love Lee’s team. You can’t tell from the mons here but it had a lot of amazingly cool sets that I hope he will choose to divulge. It was very reminiscent of flash’s 2012 worlds team, in terms of what we now call “standard non-standard”. Amazing stuff.
I love both Kyriakou and Lati’s teams as well. I think Kyriakou’s was a lot more refined, but in general I think they both had the same kind of idea and I really enjoyed it. I think that more defensive, bulky style of play usually only sees one manifestation per metagame, but their ferro / gyara / lightningrod / flower / moltres thing is an almost equally valid expression of the kanga / electric / aegi / mence / ttar thing that is already very popular.
Finally, really got a kick out of Alberto’s team. I don’t really know what’s going on but I think it’s rad. Mega aero and mega charizard-x are both nutty things I’ve tried out to moderate success, so I just think it’s cool that anybody had the balls to run both.
Seeing all the teams is always my favorite part of worlds. I think it was Scott that said something akin to, it’s very difficult to beat all of the best players in the world with the exact six Pokemon they were expecting to see, so the slight innovation without going crazy is always very interesting to follow.
Collin’s team was trick room-less, he just played to its phenomenal bulk.
Lot of really cool stuff, but just a few teams that I think deserve some extra kudos (as in, not Sejun. because although his team was beautiful, we all know that):
I absolutely love Lee’s team. You can’t tell from the mons here but it had a lot of amazingly cool sets that I hope he will choose to divulge. It was very reminiscent of flash’s 2012 worlds team, in terms of what we now call “standard non-standard”. Amazing stuff.
I love both Kyriakou and Lati’s teams as well. I think Kyriakou’s was a lot more refined, but in general I think they both had the same kind of idea and I really enjoyed it. I think that more defensive, bulky style of play usually only sees one manifestation per metagame, but their ferro / gyara / lightningrod / flower / moltres thing is an almost equally valid expression of the kanga / electric / aegi / mence / ttar thing that is already very popular.
Finally, really got a kick out of Alberto’s team. I don’t really know what’s going on but I think it’s rad. Mega aero and mega charizard-x are both nutty things I’ve tried out to moderate success, so I just think it’s cool that anybody had the balls to run both.
Seeing all the teams is always my favorite part of worlds. I think it was Scott that said something akin to, it’s very difficult to beat all of the best players in the world with the exact six Pokemon they were expecting to see, so the slight innovation without going crazy is always very interesting to follow.
Sejun’s gyarados is mega.I know the team.
Sejun’s gyarados is mega.I know the team.
Ton of cool teams here, including: Markus Liu, Ashton Cox, and Ben Kyriakou’s teams.
Ton of cool teams here, including: Markus Liu, Ashton Cox, and Ben Kyriakou’s teams.
Oh boy, that Lapras representation. I swear there were a lot of Sableye, but it turns out only Arash used one, huh?
I’m gonna have to say that Lapras probably wasn’t a good meta call for Worlds personally. I rarely used her in the actual event, and when I did, she didn’t really contribute as much as she did at Nationals. Still, I think I’ve used her for far too long to swap her out now.
Also, I was the only user of Chandelure? Interesting. Great creativity and innovation by all competitors though, seriously!
Oh boy, that Lapras representation. I swear there were a lot of Sableye, but it turns out only Arash used one, huh?
I’m gonna have to say that Lapras probably wasn’t a good meta call for Worlds personally. I rarely used her in the actual event, and when I did, she didn’t really contribute as much as she did at Nationals. Still, I think I’ve used her for far too long to swap her out now.
Also, I was the only user of Chandelure? Interesting. Great creativity and innovation by all competitors though, seriously!
External Worlds pokemon in order of generated wins. If it wasn’t clear, Garchomp absolutely dominated, with Rotom-h and Amoonguss sucking. Rotom-H still managed to get 2 in cut but the large majority of rotom-h users did pretty badly. Also CharY for best mega
http://pastebin.com/8BdW1mee Worlds pokemon in order of generated wins. If it wasn’t clear, Garchomp absolutely dominated, with Rotom-h and Amoonguss sucking. Rotom-H still managed to get 2 in cut but the large majority of rotom-h users did pretty badly. Also CharY for best mega
Think I have it updated now from the stuff in this thread
Think I have it updated now from the stuff in this thread
Definitely some interesting teams, most notably Se Jun obviously, but Dayne and Ray had rather interesting teams. And Ashton, using Sawk and Aggron, wondered how it worked for him and what sets he used on those pokes.
Definitely some interesting teams, most notably Se Jun obviously, but Dayne and Ray had rather interesting teams. And Ashton, using Sawk and Aggron, wondered how it worked for him and what sets he used on those pokes.
Very interesting to see these stats, especially the different Rotom forms making appearances.
Very interesting to see these stats, especially the different Rotom forms making appearances.
Yes, some cool teams here – but no one has given a shout out to Omari’s team yet, which I thought was very nice. His set with Sejun on the big screen was probably the most enjoyable of the weekend for me. Mega Garchomp, Earthquake Conkeldurr, Kee Berry Zapdos, etc. – it only lost the second game against Sejun to a Waterfall Flinch. It’s just a shame that he couldn’t top cut after that loss, like I felt it probably deserved to.
Respect to Mike for using a really cool team too :]]]
Yes, some cool teams here – but no one has given a shout out to Omari’s team yet, which I thought was very nice. His set with Sejun on the big screen was probably the most enjoyable of the weekend for me. Mega Garchomp, Earthquake Conkeldurr, Kee Berry Zapdos, etc. – it only lost the second game against Sejun to a Waterfall Flinch. It’s just a shame that he couldn’t top cut after that loss, like I felt it probably deserved to.
Respect to Mike for using a really cool team too :]]]
Taken straight from Kamz’s facebook: “They posted the teams from worlds, it is like a candy store”
Taken straight from Kamz’s facebook: “They posted the teams from worlds, it is like a candy store”
Christopher Kan used Aegislash, Hydreigon, Rotom-H, Azumarill, Garchomp, and mega Kangaskhan
Christopher Kan used Aegislash, Hydreigon, Rotom-H, Azumarill, Garchomp, and mega Kangaskhan
Interesting to see so many moltres at the tournament.
Interesting to see so many moltres at the tournament.
ben rothman’s tyranitar was mega
ben rothman’s tyranitar was mega
Surprised to see Florges used here at all, I though that thing completely died earlier on in the season.
Surprised to see Florges used here at all, I though that thing completely died earlier on in the season.
I really like Alberto Gini’s Team, Really works together but could do with atleast 1 pokemon change. 🙂
I really like Alberto Gini’s Team, Really works together but could do with atleast 1 pokemon change.