If I was playing Blaziken to NAIC this is what Iβd play. I do think it has a sus alakazam matchup and it can be a pain to setup this deck sometimes but I like it a lot for this tournament. Hereβs some extra thoughts ππΌ
1. Tool scrapper over Dawn is cool. It fixes your zam matchup (sorta), auto wins crustle, and takes pearls off of clefairys. Something to consider.
2. I am respecting crustle with chi-yu. I think crustle is a good play and it feels good knowing I am beating that.
3. You have candies and a fez attack for slowking. The matchup is not great but thereβs simply no room for shaymin. Tool scrapper would hit the deck first
4. Iβm going blind second until I know what Iβm up against. I like going second into Pult. Chicken is a good natural hammers counter. If they flip over slop box, slowking, or zam Iβd rather go first and will pick that if I know what theyβre playing but getting into the game with a deck this powerful is priority #1.
5. I think this is the best time to play Blaziken since the release of Meowth. Itβs not as good of a deck as Pult hammers but it naturally counters a lot of the Pult-hate deck that I expect to see a lot of.
Iβm not saying Iβm playing this, regular dragapult is high on my list as well as beedrill and metagross box, but this is a great pick and could be it and is solid information if youβre thinking of playing it this weekend (:
As always, check out the chicken pult guide (pinned on my profile) for the real good details and gameplay. Good luck this weekend! Iβm traveling tomorrow and will hopefully see yaβll there. Good luck!