Hey Beach Bums!
It's that time again ... quarter close! That probably got a chuckle out of those of you who are in financials and like me just got done making quarter end entries. Nothing better than making journal entries at ten PM on a Friday night.... But enough of that fun, it's time for my data analysis again.
In March I played only 347 matches, and I went 191 and 156 in those matches for a 55% win percentage. My best decks performance:
Lapras Greninja 11_4_73%
Decidueye Vileplume 41_19_68%
Tauros Hammers 40_20_66%
I had another month where I played A LOT of decks, 34 in total. I definitely feel like it's limiting - you really can't learn a deck unless you play it a lot; however, I find myself getting bored playing the same thing, and I've been trying out a lot of different (and frequently unsuccessful) decks as well.
One quick note as well: while Greninja might not be as "dead" as I thought he would be, I didn't face any Grass decks in the 15 matches I played with Greninja this month, and I'm sure that if I had faced a couple of Grass decks, my win percentage with Greninja would have been a lot less.
In my 347 matches, when I had the advantage, I won 68% of the time. I only won 40% of the time when my opponent had the advantage, and when neither of us had an advantage, I won 55% of the time. This is very close to last month (68% / 44% / 54%).
I had the advantage in 35% of the matches I played, my opponent also had the advantage in 35% of the matches, and neither of us had the advantage in the other 30%. Last month, I had the advantage 36% of the time, my opponent only had it 30% of the time, and neither of us had it 34%.
In March, my opponent played a deck with no abilities (other than Hoopa, Shaymin, and Talonflame) only 25% of the time. In those matches, I went 51 and 34 for a 60% winning percentage. When my opponent played a deck with Pokemon with abilities, I only won 53% of the time. These numbers are very consistent with February.
In March, I only won 52% of the matches I played when my opponent played hammers (or Flare or Skull Grunt). I won 56% of matches in which they did not play those disruption cards. My opponents only played hammers in 20% of the matches I played. These numbers are almost identical to February except that there was a 3 point increase in the frequency (I only saw hammers in 17% of the decks I faced in February).
In March, I won 56% of the matches in which my opponent didn't play special energy; I won 54% of the matches when he did. My opponent played SPE 56% of the time. This is a little different from February in which I won 60% of the matches where my opponent didn't pay SPE and 53% when he did. The amount of decks playing SPE in February was 55%.
The most common Pokemon I've seen this month:
Tauros GX_56
Darkrai EX_36
Lurantis GX_33
Oranguru_33
Volcanion_25
Volcanion EX_23
Garbodor_23
Decidueye GX_22
M Mewtwo EX_21
Vileplume_20
Lapras GX_20
Yveltal_19
Umbreon GX_19
Giratina EX_18
Manaphy EX_18
Espeon GX_18
Octillery_17
Yveltal EX_17
Zoroark Break_14
Glaceon EX_13
Solgaleo GX_13
Lugia EX_11
Passimian_10
Mew_10
M Gardevoir EX_10
And the most common Pokemon since SUM:
Tauros GX_81
Darkrai EX_69
Oranguru_57
Garbodor_52
Lurantis GX_51
Volcanion_48
M Mewtwo EX_46
Yveltal_42
Volcanion EX_41
Manaphy EX_37
Umbreon GX_34
Yveltal EX_34
Giratina EX_32
Octillery_32
Decidueye GX_32
Lapras GX_31
Espeon GX_29
Vileplume_28
Talonflame_23
Glaceon EX_23
Zoroark_23
Solgaleo GX_22
Mew_21
Lugia EX_21
Passimian_20
M Gardevoir EX_17
Unown_16
Greninja Break_16
Zoroark Break_16
Starmie_15
Flareon EX_15
Regice_14
Bunnelby_14
Lunala GX_14
M Rayquaza EX_14
Typhlosion_13
Vespiquen_13
Carbink Break_13
Articuno_11
Dragonite EX_11
Palkia EX_11
Rainbow Road_11
Hypno_10
Gumshoos GX_10
Probably the biggest thing to notice is that Garbodor is rapidly disappearing. After only 29 appearances in February, I only saw him 23 times in March.
And how decks did against me in March:
Decidueye GX_14_22_0.64
Espeon GX_11_18_0.61
Volcanion EX_14_23_0.61
Tauros GX_34_56_0.61
Vileplume_12_20_0.6
Passimian_6_10_0.6
Yveltal EX_10_17_0.59
Umbreon GX_11_19_0.58
Garbodor_13_23_0.57
Volcanion_14_25_0.56
Oranguru_17_33_0.52
Lapras GX_10_20_0.5
Mew_5_10_0.5
M Gardevoir EX_5_10_0.5
Vespiquen_4_8_0.5
Darkrai EX_17_36_0.47
Glaceon EX_6_13_0.46
Lurantis GX_15_33_0.45
Manaphy EX_8_18_0.44
M Mewtwo EX_9_21_0.43
Zoroark Break_6_14_0.43
Yveltal_8_19_0.42
Octillery_7_17_0.41
Lugia EX_4_11_0.36
Solgaleo GX_4_13_0.31
Giratina EX_5_18_0.28
And since SUM:
Decidueye GX 20 32 63%
Vileplume 17 28 61%
Tauros GX 49 81 60%
Passimian 12 20 60%
Garbodor 29 52 56%
Espeon GX 16 29 55%
Volcanion EX 22 41 54%
Yveltal EX 18 34 53%
Umbreon GX 18 34 53%
Darkrai EX 34 69 49%
Mew 10 21 48%
Lurantis GX 24 51 47%
Octillery 15 32 47%
Volcanion 22 48 46%
Oranguru 25 57 44%
Manaphy EX 16 37 43%
Talonflame 10 23 43%
Glaceon EX 10 23 43%
Lapras GX 13 31 42%
Giratina EX 13 32 41%
Yveltal 17 42 40%
M Mewtwo EX 17 46 37%
Solgaleo GX 8 22 36%
Lugia EX 7 21 33%
Zoroark 7 23 30%
Honorable mention (decks which have done well but I haven't seen much of):
Lycanroc GX 7_8_88%
Jolteon EX 6_8_75%
M Rayquaza EX 10_14_71%
Rainbow Road 7_11_64%
Hope this helps you.
It's that time again ... quarter close! That probably got a chuckle out of those of you who are in financials and like me just got done making quarter end entries. Nothing better than making journal entries at ten PM on a Friday night.... But enough of that fun, it's time for my data analysis again.
In March I played only 347 matches, and I went 191 and 156 in those matches for a 55% win percentage. My best decks performance:
Lapras Greninja 11_4_73%
Decidueye Vileplume 41_19_68%
Tauros Hammers 40_20_66%
I had another month where I played A LOT of decks, 34 in total. I definitely feel like it's limiting - you really can't learn a deck unless you play it a lot; however, I find myself getting bored playing the same thing, and I've been trying out a lot of different (and frequently unsuccessful) decks as well.
One quick note as well: while Greninja might not be as "dead" as I thought he would be, I didn't face any Grass decks in the 15 matches I played with Greninja this month, and I'm sure that if I had faced a couple of Grass decks, my win percentage with Greninja would have been a lot less.
In my 347 matches, when I had the advantage, I won 68% of the time. I only won 40% of the time when my opponent had the advantage, and when neither of us had an advantage, I won 55% of the time. This is very close to last month (68% / 44% / 54%).
I had the advantage in 35% of the matches I played, my opponent also had the advantage in 35% of the matches, and neither of us had the advantage in the other 30%. Last month, I had the advantage 36% of the time, my opponent only had it 30% of the time, and neither of us had it 34%.
In March, my opponent played a deck with no abilities (other than Hoopa, Shaymin, and Talonflame) only 25% of the time. In those matches, I went 51 and 34 for a 60% winning percentage. When my opponent played a deck with Pokemon with abilities, I only won 53% of the time. These numbers are very consistent with February.
In March, I only won 52% of the matches I played when my opponent played hammers (or Flare or Skull Grunt). I won 56% of matches in which they did not play those disruption cards. My opponents only played hammers in 20% of the matches I played. These numbers are almost identical to February except that there was a 3 point increase in the frequency (I only saw hammers in 17% of the decks I faced in February).
In March, I won 56% of the matches in which my opponent didn't play special energy; I won 54% of the matches when he did. My opponent played SPE 56% of the time. This is a little different from February in which I won 60% of the matches where my opponent didn't pay SPE and 53% when he did. The amount of decks playing SPE in February was 55%.
The most common Pokemon I've seen this month:
Tauros GX_56
Darkrai EX_36
Lurantis GX_33
Oranguru_33
Volcanion_25
Volcanion EX_23
Garbodor_23
Decidueye GX_22
M Mewtwo EX_21
Vileplume_20
Lapras GX_20
Yveltal_19
Umbreon GX_19
Giratina EX_18
Manaphy EX_18
Espeon GX_18
Octillery_17
Yveltal EX_17
Zoroark Break_14
Glaceon EX_13
Solgaleo GX_13
Lugia EX_11
Passimian_10
Mew_10
M Gardevoir EX_10
And the most common Pokemon since SUM:
Tauros GX_81
Darkrai EX_69
Oranguru_57
Garbodor_52
Lurantis GX_51
Volcanion_48
M Mewtwo EX_46
Yveltal_42
Volcanion EX_41
Manaphy EX_37
Umbreon GX_34
Yveltal EX_34
Giratina EX_32
Octillery_32
Decidueye GX_32
Lapras GX_31
Espeon GX_29
Vileplume_28
Talonflame_23
Glaceon EX_23
Zoroark_23
Solgaleo GX_22
Mew_21
Lugia EX_21
Passimian_20
M Gardevoir EX_17
Unown_16
Greninja Break_16
Zoroark Break_16
Starmie_15
Flareon EX_15
Regice_14
Bunnelby_14
Lunala GX_14
M Rayquaza EX_14
Typhlosion_13
Vespiquen_13
Carbink Break_13
Articuno_11
Dragonite EX_11
Palkia EX_11
Rainbow Road_11
Hypno_10
Gumshoos GX_10
Probably the biggest thing to notice is that Garbodor is rapidly disappearing. After only 29 appearances in February, I only saw him 23 times in March.
And how decks did against me in March:
Decidueye GX_14_22_0.64
Espeon GX_11_18_0.61
Volcanion EX_14_23_0.61
Tauros GX_34_56_0.61
Vileplume_12_20_0.6
Passimian_6_10_0.6
Yveltal EX_10_17_0.59
Umbreon GX_11_19_0.58
Garbodor_13_23_0.57
Volcanion_14_25_0.56
Oranguru_17_33_0.52
Lapras GX_10_20_0.5
Mew_5_10_0.5
M Gardevoir EX_5_10_0.5
Vespiquen_4_8_0.5
Darkrai EX_17_36_0.47
Glaceon EX_6_13_0.46
Lurantis GX_15_33_0.45
Manaphy EX_8_18_0.44
M Mewtwo EX_9_21_0.43
Zoroark Break_6_14_0.43
Yveltal_8_19_0.42
Octillery_7_17_0.41
Lugia EX_4_11_0.36
Solgaleo GX_4_13_0.31
Giratina EX_5_18_0.28
And since SUM:
Decidueye GX 20 32 63%
Vileplume 17 28 61%
Tauros GX 49 81 60%
Passimian 12 20 60%
Garbodor 29 52 56%
Espeon GX 16 29 55%
Volcanion EX 22 41 54%
Yveltal EX 18 34 53%
Umbreon GX 18 34 53%
Darkrai EX 34 69 49%
Mew 10 21 48%
Lurantis GX 24 51 47%
Octillery 15 32 47%
Volcanion 22 48 46%
Oranguru 25 57 44%
Manaphy EX 16 37 43%
Talonflame 10 23 43%
Glaceon EX 10 23 43%
Lapras GX 13 31 42%
Giratina EX 13 32 41%
Yveltal 17 42 40%
M Mewtwo EX 17 46 37%
Solgaleo GX 8 22 36%
Lugia EX 7 21 33%
Zoroark 7 23 30%
Honorable mention (decks which have done well but I haven't seen much of):
Lycanroc GX 7_8_88%
Jolteon EX 6_8_75%
M Rayquaza EX 10_14_71%
Rainbow Road 7_11_64%
Hope this helps you.