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But now that he aged up and is playing in Masters, he has claimed his second EUIC title at the largest Pok\u00e9mon tournament in history and is confident the game is in a great place heading into the summer.\u00a0 \u201cI think there is one issue that needs to be addressed, and that\u2019s Scald debuffs. But other than that I think this is the healthiest meta in a long time,\u201d MEweedle told Dot Esports in an interview after his latest victory. \u201cThere\u2019s a lot of neutral play and less RPS (rock, paper, scissors) than there has been in previous metas.\u201d MEweedle's run through EUIC 2024 was dominant, with the star dropping just two games as he went 10-2 through the playoffs as the event's top seed, including a 3-0 sweep of multi-time Regional Champion Doonebug97 in the grand finals. And, on the back of that incredible performance using Vigoroth to take down a Lickitung one last time, he now turns his sights to winning a second World Championship in August. His team did feature a unique Pok\u00e9mon compared to the other top 32 players, that being Skeledirge, but every other member of his lineup was featured on at least one other squad. Four of his Pok\u00e9mon were in the top 12 for overall usage in the event: Lanturn at 40.3 percent, Cresselia at 39.9 percent, Vigoroth at 19.4 percent, and Altaria at 19.1 percent. 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A happy Champion and his Skeledirge. Screenshot by Dot Esports<\/figcaption><\/figure>

\u201cI think there is one issue that needs to be addressed, and that\u2019s Scald debuffs. But other than that I think this is the healthiest meta in a long time,\u201d MEweedle told Dot Esports in an interview after his latest victory. \u201cThere\u2019s a lot of neutral play and less RPS (rock, paper, scissors) than there has been in previous metas.\u201d<\/p>