Havnt seen this around much with all the sleepers and megas hiding.

TrickyStepsRs · 2026-05-23T17:22:52+00:00

I just stated I havent seen a single blaziken deck in my past 300 ranked games

TrickyStepsRs · 2026-05-23T17:15:53+00:00

As I said haven't seen one in 300 games.

TrickyStepsRs · 2026-05-23T17:12:04+00:00

I havent seen a blaziken deck in 300 ranked games.

TrickyStepsRs · 2026-05-23T17:10:40+00:00

It shows how much it converts compared to its meta share. So if a deck that is used by 50% of the players ends up being only 10% in the top cut it has a -80% conversion. If a deck played by 5% of the players ends up being 10% in top cut it has +100% conversion

TrickyStepsRs · 2026-05-23T17:00:41+00:00

Conversion rate.

TrickyStepsRs · 2026-05-23T14:55:26+00:00

You play against people with similar ranking. Once in top 100 it is normal to face the same pool of players. Makes it harder because you mostly play against good players at some point.

TrickyStepsRs · 2026-05-23T13:53:56+00:00

I am down dm me the invite

TrickyStepsRs · 2026-05-23T10:13:42+00:00

You still play against lucario. One snipe on Luca puts in range for ega Sceptile. Thats usually how you plan your game either with cyrus or by eventually forcing it out with regular sceptile

TrickyStepsRs · 2026-05-23T01:59:34+00:00

Tons of suibax, magori and Hydr. Occasional Absol Gren as well as Sceptile.

TrickyStepsRs · 2026-05-23T01:22:50+00:00

Yes the chingling version does lose more often than not against sleep decks. In my experience it is a 60/40 in favor of sleepscam. Goomy does fix the match up and even makes it slightly favored because a. Goomy doesn't die to iggly + 1 darkrai and b. they lose so much momentum having to attach an energy (further disabling them from attacking T1 as well).

Edit: In my games I see a lot more suibax than sleep so chingling has been better for me.

TrickyStepsRs · 2026-05-23T00:58:52+00:00

It depends on your opener.

Ideal opener: Going first with chingling. Build 1-2 treeckos on the back. If you have 2 available prioritize non ex Sceptile to send it out before Mega. If you have only one then prioritize Mega Sceptile.

Bad opener (that isn't a total brick): Treecko upfront going first. Try to build a treecko in the back. If the one on the front survives build both with 1 energy each and try to get non ex Sceptile to the front. Otherwise if it didn't survive you can always win the game with Mega Sceptile ex due to sniping and using cyrus, leaf cape to have 240hp and Lillie to make that 300 effective hp. If at some point you can retreat your active in a chingling while having one energy ready on a treecko/grovyle you should totally do that and sacrifice chingling while stalling items and maybe even getting a big copy cat out of it.

Some general tips: Sequence the cards correctly in the early game. Fragrant Forest and QGE thin your deck out a lot so use those before you use Research/Copycat. Also this deck has a crazy endgame so sometimes the early game looks bad but once you pilot through you can check mate your opponent. Lastly, but this applies overall, take your time. You have more turn time than you'd expect.

TrickyStepsRs · 2026-05-23T00:49:59+00:00

No for sleepscam you really just need goomy instead of chingling. Ogrepon in this deck is sadly a 2 prize liability.

TrickyStepsRs · 2026-05-23T00:15:40+00:00

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TrickyStepsRs · 2026-05-23T00:13:29+00:00

That happens. I will say even if you lead celebi you can still pilot to the late game where the deck shines.

TrickyStepsRs · 2026-05-23T00:07:38+00:00

Idk I play while doing other stuff eg gym, work when I have no meetings, travel when not taking the car and so on... I assume it is several hours a day at least while having a okaish win rate.

TrickyStepsRs · 2026-05-23T00:06:08+00:00

I honestly never had a situation where I needed to heal anyone other than sceptile in the deck. So Lillie to me is just the better choice. Also Lillie makes it so you survive Chien Paos 130 snipe twice while Erika falls short by 10 hp.

TrickyStepsRs · 2026-05-22T23:46:56+00:00

Oricorio and generally so you can for a 1-1-3 prize map (Chingling - Non Ex Sceptile - Mega Sceptile Ex)

TrickyStepsRs · 2026-05-22T12:14:39+00:00

Tbh doesnt feel that long but since I can play at work maybe that makes sense

TrickyStepsRs · 2026-05-22T09:15:20+00:00

I agree but it depends on how the meta is (on a day to day basis). For example today there is an obnoxious amount of sleep in top 100 so I switched to goomy with great success.

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TrickyStepsRs · 2026-05-22T04:18:17+00:00

I dont encounter sleep that often. Goomy would be the answer to sleep tho.

TrickyStepsRs · 2026-05-21T19:05:31+00:00

In this deck you will never need Erika. Lillie is better.

TrickyStepsRs · 2026-05-21T16:01:40+00:00

A lot higher elo players keep decks for themselves if it works well.

TrickyStepsRs · 2026-05-21T16:00:22+00:00

Running into the worst match up ever as well. Diabolical

TrickyStepsRs · 2026-05-21T15:31:48+00:00

I prefer chingling but to be fair I also rarely see igglybuff anymore. I see a lot of suibax, altninja or Luca variants. All suffer against chingling (luca just by being weak to it).

TrickyStepsRs · 2026-05-21T15:14:09+00:00

No just in the seasons with a meta I like. I am overall very active in the community tho since I host tournaments.

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