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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Great teams! All I’m wondering about (since I couldn’t watch worlds) is, who made it through lcq?
Great teams! All I’m wondering about (since I couldn’t watch worlds) is, who made it through lcq?
Just tossed out a question in the Q&A board, but asking here as well in case it’s seen by the right people first:
Does anyone know how exactly Nemanja Sandic used his Smeargle?
Just tossed out a question in the Q&A board, but asking here as well in case it’s seen by the right people first:
Does anyone know how exactly Nemanja Sandic used his Smeargle?
Worlds teams are always the best. I see some great creativity and awesome picks that I normally wouldn’t see. It is the supposed peak of the metagame, and it’s great seeing all the shots pulled out.
Worlds teams are always the best. I see some great creativity and awesome picks that I normally wouldn’t see. It is the supposed peak of the metagame, and it’s great seeing all the shots pulled out.
Double edge kangaskahn looks awful gets killed by mawile play rough hydregion draco among others I have no clue why people liked it
Double edge kangaskahn looks awful gets killed by mawile play rough hydregion draco among others I have no clue why people liked it
Because they are world class players and you aren’t?
Because they are world class players and you aren’t?
The idea was that everyone was EVing their Pokemon to survive Return so Double Edge would get a lot of unexpected OHKOs.
The idea was that everyone was EVing their Pokemon to survive Return so Double Edge would get a lot of unexpected OHKOs.
Im surprised Moltres got to see some play. Most of the time its Zapdos. Also, respect for the peeps using Gothitelle, Lapras and Conkeldurr. Would love to see the set on that Sawk and Aggron tho. And seeing a ZardX in play! Would love to see the set for that too as well!
Im surprised Moltres got to see some play. Most of the time its Zapdos. Also, respect for the peeps using Gothitelle, Lapras and Conkeldurr. Would love to see the set on that Sawk and Aggron tho. And seeing a ZardX in play! Would love to see the set for that too as well!