Sheep Cup#15[Reg M-B] San Francisco results recap
Sheep Cup#15[Reg M-B] San Francisco results recap
Sheep Cup#15[Reg M-B](TWD600 to 1st) San Francisco was an 81-player online Pokemon Champions Regulation Set M-B event hosted on Limitless on 2026-08-02. The final round included gible vs yei_lai, won by yei_lai; ben84 vs daichi16, won by ben84; and joshus vs secondstoryvgc, won by secondstoryvgc.
| Place | Player | Record | Team |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 鼠 鼠 [TW] | 9-2-0 | Raichu, Mawile, Farigiraf, Torkoal, Vivillon, Mamoswine |
| 2 | Fizzy14 [IN] | 8-3-0 | Staraptor, Milotic, Tyranitar, Gholdengo, Excadrill, Sinistcha |
| 3 | Michael N [CL] | 9-1-0 | Aerodactyl, Kingambit, Garchomp, Charizard, Sylveon, Farigiraf |
| 4 | LibiakVGC [BA] | 8-2-0 | Excadrill, Staraptor, Tyranitar, Sinistcha, Gholdengo, Milotic |
鼠 鼠 won the event with a team built around layered speed control, disruption, and high-pressure damage. Farigiraf was central to the structure, carrying Sitrus Berry, Armor Tail, Trick Room, Helping Hand, Psychic, and Thunderbolt. That gave the team a reliable slower mode for Torkoal, whose Charcoal, Drought, Quiet nature, Eruption, Weather Ball, Earth Power, and Protect made it the clearest payoff under Trick Room.
The support package was especially flexible. Raichu used Raichunite Y with Lightning Rod, Fake Out, Zap Cannon, Focus Blast, and Protect, giving the team immediate positioning pressure. Vivillon added Focus Sash, Compound Eyes, Sleep Powder, Hurricane, Rage Powder, and Protect, which let the team threaten both disruption and redirection. Mawile brought Mawilite, Intimidate, Play Rough, Sucker Punch, Rock Slide, and Protect, adding physical pressure with priority. Mamoswine rounded the team out with Life Orb, Oblivious, Icicle Crash, Ice Shard, High Horsepower, and Protect, giving the lineup direct Ice- and Ground-type offense plus another priority option.
Across the top teams, one of the clearest trends was the Staraptor, Tyranitar, Excadrill, Gholdengo, Milotic, and Sinistcha shell. Fizzy14 and LibiakVGC both finished in the top 4 with that exact six-Pokemon composition, centered on Staraptite Staraptor, Tyranitarite Tyranitar, Focus Sash Excadrill, Life Orb Gholdengo, Sitrus Berry Milotic, and Sinistcha with Rage Powder and Trick Room. Their sets were not identical, but the overlap was strong enough to mark it as a major Regulation Set M-B archetype from this event.
Farigiraf also stood out near the top. 鼠 鼠 used Sitrus Berry Farigiraf with Armor Tail and Trick Room, while Michael N’s third-place team also used Sitrus Berry Farigiraf with Armor Tail, Trick Room, Thunderbolt, Protect, and Twin Beam. Charizardite Y appeared on Michael N’s Charizard and Yei_Lai’s eighth-place Charizard, while Aldrich also used Charizardite Y outside the top 4. Life Orb was common on major attackers, appearing on Mamoswine, Gholdengo, Garchomp, Kingambit, Basculegion, and Venusaur across the listed top teams.
Takeaway for ladder players: prepare for both Trick Room pressure and the Staraptor plus Tyranitar plus Excadrill core, because this event showed both can convert deep runs.
Source: Limitless