Last but not least for the divisions is the Alola Division, being the Chicago Tauros, Los Angeles Charjabugs, Galesburg Gliscors, and Michigan Magcargos. Two of the teams with new coaches, two with experienced ones.
First up will be the Chicago Tauros, led by Storm137. Storm was one of the lowest placing teams last season. I place most of the reasoning for it being the previous Tauros were not the normal play style the Storm is used to. Storm is more used to a more offensive based team.
Speaking of the new Tauros, they are:
M-Latias
Landorus-Therian
Zapdos
Sylveon
Ninetails-Alola
Vaporeon
Chandelure
Incineroar
Virizion
Mudsdale
Rampardos
Icium Z
This team is certainly more offensive than last season's team. Lando-T, M-Latias, Zapdos, and Sylveon can all have a lot of offensive power as well as being defensive very easily. Aurora Veil from Ninetails-A could certainly cause issues to many teams.
Key to the Match: Storm is very susceptible to being put on tilt. And once that starts the match is going to keep leaning.
Next up is the Los Angeles Charjabugs, led by the new coach Redstone526. As he is new, I don't know much of anything about his playstyle. I hope he likes hard hitting offense because his team is all about it.
The Charjabugs include:
M-Scizor
Tapu Koko
Kyurem-Black
Entei
Slowbro
Araquanid
Donphan
Sceptile
Braviary
Zangoose
Barbaracle
Steelium Z
The big thing to notice is Koko, Kyurem-B, M-Scizor core. As well as the Unburden boost for Sceptile from Koko. He has a few hard hitters that can go physical or special as the match up calls for it. The team is mostly offensive than defensive but some things are still hard to break down.
Key to the Match: Be able to break Koko and Kyurem-B. Koko was the hardest hitting mon for season 1, and Kyurem-B was the not used as a hard killer last season but a wall breaker.
Next up is the Galesburg Gliscors, led by Niek. A new coach to me and the RDL. Niek is one of the European coaches. That does change a little of game planning due to regional metas.
The Gliscors include:
M-Latios
Raikou
Suicune
Mimikyu
Buzzwole
Crobat
Cobalion
Rotom-Heat
Exploud
Tangela
Piloswine
Electrium Z
This is basically the opposite of the Charjabugs. Most of the Gliscors are fairly defensive but can still put some offensive output. Lacking a solid fire type outside of Rotom-H, the team may struggle against some teams without having to utilize Hidden Power.
Key to the Match up: Find a way to block out the major threats. Many of which are Special attacking. What the team lacks in coverage, it makes up for in setting up and bulk.
And last for the team analysis is the Michigan Magcargos, led by Genki. Genki was a season 1 coach that cares more about having fun and playing with mons he enjoys than anything else. This often creates situations where he brings suboptimal mons/draft. Which is just a different way to play than many others in the league. Not that either way is the correct or incorrect way to play.
The Magcargos as of now are:
M-Abomasnow
Conkeldurr
Hippowdon
Chesnaught
Crawdaunt
Toxicroak
Golisopod
Drampa
Trevenant
Magcargo
Crabominable
Waterium Z
The first thing I noticed after the team was finalized(due to missing the draft, Genki picked his team completely after the draft, resulting in top picks being gone) was the fact that Genki left 220 Free Points left. Will he use them in transactions? We'll see, but there is always that option. Conkeldurr is one of the best Pokemon in league format. But where it does well, the Magcargos have 5 4x weaknesses to things. This can cause issues against teams with coverage moves.
Keys to the Match: Don't underestimate Genki. Bring your coverage, but don't expect it to be an easy match in any means.
That concludes these brief analysis of each team of about 5 minutes per team(except for about 6 of them which took a ton longer). Coming up later this week, I'll go into each matchup for week 1, saying who I expect to win and things for each to do(without giving away secrets).
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