Same First Letter | Shiny Raichu To The Winner results recap
Same First Letter | Shiny Raichu To The Winner results recap
Same First Letter | Shiny Raichu To The Winner was a 27-player online tournament on Limitless, played on 2026-11-01 in Pokemon Champions Regulation Set M-C. The listed final round path had orewa_dev defeating deaddragon, gehrman defeating lixard, and orewa_dev defeating gehrman. In the final standings, Dev S [IN] finished first at 8-0-0.
| Place | Player | Record | Team |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dev S [IN] | 8-0-0 | Salamence, Sylveon, Swampert, Sableye, Sneasler, Sinistcha |
| 2 | Yugansh [IN] | 5-3-0 | Salamence, Scovillain, Sylveon, Sneasler, Sinistcha, Sharpedo |
| 3 | gauravgaikwad [IN] | 5-2-0 | Salamence, Sneasler, Sylveon, Hisuian Samurott, Spiritomb, Scovillain |
| 4 | gehrman [IN] | 5-2-0 | Salamence, Hisuian Samurott, Sylveon, Sneasler, Sableye, Sceptile |
Dev S’s undefeated first-place team used a clear offensive speed-control core. Salamence with Salamencite, Intimidate, Tailwind, Hyper Voice, and Draco Meteor gave the team immediate board presence while also enabling faster positioning. Sylveon added a second strong spread attacker with Fairy Feather, Pixilate, Hyper Voice, and Hyper Beam, while Quick Attack gave it a small but relevant priority option.
The physical side was just as direct. Swampert with Swampertite, Wave Crash, High Horsepower, and Ice Punch pressured a broad range of targets, and Sneasler with White Herb, Unburden, Fake Out, Close Combat, and Dire Claw supplied both tempo and disruption. The support slots tied the composition together: Sableye brought Prankster Rain Dance, Quash, Encore, and Disable, while Sinistcha offered Hospitality, Rage Powder, Shadow Ball, Matcha Gotcha, and Protect with Life Orb. Between Tailwind, Quash, Fake Out, Rage Powder, and Encore, the team had multiple ways to force favorable turns for its spread attackers and Mega threats.
The biggest trend in the top four was the repeated Salamence, Sylveon, and Sneasler shell. All four top teams used Salamence with Salamencite, Sylveon with Fairy Feather and Pixilate, and Sneasler with Unburden. Hyper Voice was also everywhere through Salamence and Sylveon, making spread damage a defining feature of the upper standings.
White Herb Sneasler appeared on three of the top four teams, with gauravgaikwad instead using Focus Sash. Sableye also showed up twice in the top four, both times with Prankster and disruption tools such as Encore and Disable, though gehrman opted for Light Clay with Light Screen and Reflect while Dev S used Roseli Berry with Rain Dance and Quash. Sinistcha was present on the top two teams, both using Hospitality and Rage Powder, reinforcing how valuable redirection and recovery were beside high-pressure attackers.
Scovillain also stood out on the second- and third-place teams with Scovillainite and Moody, while Hisuian Samurott appeared on the third- and fourth-place teams with Sharpness and Ceaseless Edge. The top cut was not just one exact six, but it heavily rewarded a familiar offensive framework backed by flexible support.
Takeaway for ladder players: Salamence plus Sylveon plus Sneasler was the clearest successful core here, especially when paired with disruption that protects spread damage turns.
Source: Limitless