Week 5 was an epic UU showdown between Silent Verse who peaked at number 2 on the UU ladder and Terywj who is a well-known UU player.
The match opened with two Ambipom leads. Not wishing to risk the speed tie Silent Verse switched his Donphan into the Fake Out. Donphan then killed Tery's Ambipom but not before taking a chunk of damage with Return. Tery's Milotic then made an appearance threatening to out-speed and easily kill Donphan with Surf. Wanting to keep Donphan alive Silent Verse switched in his Registeel who easily took the surf even with Life Orb. Tery then switched in Moltres to threaten Registeel with a super effective STAB Fire move. Moltres was met with a Toxic however, limiting his longevity. Moltres used Flamethrower but Silent Verse predicted the fire move and revealed his Milotic. Tery proceeded to bring his own Milotic out likely expecting a water move but Silent Verse decided to recover off the flamethrower damage. Silent Verse once again switched in Registeel this time, however he came in on Toxic which did nothing. Having seen Moltres previously Silent Verse set up Stealth Rock so Moltres would not be able to switch in as easily. Tery saw that his Milotic could do very little to Registeel and switched in Venusaur. Silent Verse left his Registeel in to get Sleep Powdered and then switched to his Clefable as Venusaur Swords Danced. Venusaur took a large chunk out of Clefables health with Power Whip and then was encored so he had to continue to Power Whip. Registeel then came in on the resisted Power Whip and, after waking up, took some health off of Venusaur with Seismic Toss. Not wishing to sacrifice his Registeel, Silent Verse switched in and sacrificed Clefable on the turn he would have died. At that point the encore ended and Terywj was once again able to use any move he wanted. At this point Venusaur was quite weakened so Silent Verse brought in his Ambipom to attempt to finish it off. However Tery revealed his own Registeel who easily took the Return meant for Venusaur. Registeel Cursed as Silent Verse switched in Donphan. Registeel was then able to take two Earthquakes and Curse again before resting. Knowing he would die before he woke up. Terywj switched in Moltres while Silent Verse switched in Milotic. Moltres took off about a third of Milotic's health before dying to a Surf. Terywj then switched Venusaur back in to attempt to kill something on Silent Verse's team. However Registeel was switched in and Terywj, knowing he couldn't do anything to Registeel, decided to switch to his own Registeel to wait out the sleep turns. Silent Verse meanwhile switched in his Ambipom. Terywj then sacrificed his Registeel to Ambipom's Low Kick.
Terywj was then left with just Milotic and the unrevealed Hitmontop whereas Silent Verse had Ambipom, Registeel, Milotic, and Venusaur remaining. Silent Verse's Milotic and Venusaur were able after a long stall battle to take down Terywj's reamining Pokemon, giving Silent Verse a 4-0 victory. This was a very close match, despite the score, and it made for a great BOTW! (Special thanks to Riddle for helping with Terywj's team)
-Terywj