Thanks for featuring the team! If you wanted to see more of this team, I used it for multiple videos on my channel. There’s also a guide for every single individual Pokémon.
@@kingyveltal1623 Difficult to say. The ability is a drawback a large majority of the time. Gholdengo being a top meta threat does obviously raise its viability by a ton though
Game 3 was nuts! I love the positivity you radiate in your videos. Something as simple as commending your opponent for something that took you by surprise is miles apart from a lot of people
I love me some Clodsire. Thicc HP stat, lots of hazard moves, complete immunity to one of its weaknesses via Water Absorb + inherent immunity to Electric, Yawn to force a switch or put something to sleep, Recover for some sustain, Haze to prevent setups, I could honestly go on. Plus... it's cute in its own weird derpy way lol
This is a very cool team! Tinkaton, despite its low stat totals, is a really cool pokemon/typing this gen. Glad to see it getting some work on this channel!
People forget tinkaton has inscredible bulk and focus on her attack stat. I mean mold breaker tinkaton can helping hand gholdengo (yeah gholdengo is usually immune to helping hand). Knock off and fake out makes it a really good support mon.
QOTD: Definitely Arboliva. It’s low base speed makes it a great counter into trick room teams and is really slept on. I had it solely on my team just to reverse sweep trick room teams just because it’s so bulky and can dish out some decent damage
QOTD: I think Brambleghast is really slept on right now. It has decent attack and speed stats of 115 and 90, respectively, and a really cool signature ability in Wind Rider. Stick Brambleghast next to something like a Murkrow for basically an instant setup sweeper, or pair it with a Flower Veil Florges spamming Petal Blizzard and let the bramblin’ begin. Plus it’s a haunted tumbleweed, that’s pretty nifty.
Thanks so much for your content Aaron! First time VGCer here, Scarlet & Violet are the first games I have played since Ruby way back in the day, and between then and now the only battling I have done is 6v6 singles on Showdown. However I've somehow managed to climb to Master Ball Tier and am currently sitting just outside top 1000 using various mons you have featured! Your videos have made the transition from singles to doubles very easy and enjoyable, keep up the good work!!
That was a wild win against that Grimm team. So crazy how just a single Tera placement can change the outcome of an entire game in this gen. Looking forward to more exciting games in this era. 😄
Poor Quaquaval. I’ve yet to think it through. It’s got lower speed than Meowscarada, but less bulk than Skeledirge. I’m sure Aqua Step for a speed boost and Moxie for an attack boost can pair well, but I just don’t know. Would love to see how Aaron would pilot it.
I agree, though it seems to be overshadowed by Water Tauros, who has a more tempting stat spread (higher speed, attack) and access to a better brick break, close combat, earthquake, and zen hb for coverage. Intimidate is a fan favorite ability with more immediate results, though I say there's more potential for Quaquaval as a revenge killer with Moxie+Aqua Step being practically a 120 dmg (remember STAB) Dragon Dance on a kill.
Espathra feels like it's going to get better and better as people get more used to the pace of the metagame. Psychic type is a bit of a difficult sell with so many strong ghosts in this gen, but once it becomes easier to navigate around them, I think people will see the power of the ostrich.
Opportunist is super interesting as an ability. Even for physical attackers it seems like the main form of boost is Dragon Dance so Espy can still steal a speed boost. I've been keeping an eye on how common Competitive gets too because leading an Intimidater plus Espartha helps punish you less against Competitive
My first and only shiny.. Espathra. And I can tell you, with some luck/good RNG Espathra can 1vs6 in about 2/3 turns IF the opponent doesn't have a Dark type haha I use Hypnosis to let the opponent sleep. (With luck.. using Wide Lens though). Gain a Speed Boost by the Hidden Ability 'Speed Boost'. Then 'Calm Mind' for a Special Attack boost and Special Defense boost. Then gain a Speed Boost again because of Ability. Then most of the time I do 1 more 'Calm Mind' and gaining a Speed Boost and of the turn. And then.... Stored Power. Remember not only 'Stored Power' increases in strength because of stat Boosts. Gaining 20 base power per stat boost. Witch is 3 Speed boosts + 2 Special Attack and 2 Special Defense boosts. Wich make it already a 160 base power move. But you also boosted your Special Attack 2 times. So I don't know the calcs exactly but.. let's say, it destroys every Pokémon who isnt a Dark Type. Plus every turn it gets 20 base points stronger because of the Speed Boost and being faster then everyone 😜 Espathra is broken! 🙌
Jamie is my favorite team builder for sure! He's got a unique take on it. A reminder: He actually picked Toedscruel over Amoongus on this team because you CAN spore Goldhengo. Its ability makes it move last if it uses status moves but with the positive effect that it ignores the opposing pokemon's ability when using one
Love your videos man! Thank you for making videos like this. Im new to the competitive side of Pokémon. As a casual player it helps me a ton. You can learn so much from these videos. This is the first Pokémon I have tryed to get master rank in and i achieved it today!
Had to come over and say that this is an amazing team! It went exactly like you mentioned in the vid. Lost the first three games and then won 8 in a row (still ongoing streak). Thanks for sharing (and props to the team builder!) Didn't think I would do so well with a team of mons I have barely used before
Most people have overlooked the gen 9 mons in favor of paradox mons, they are really good and unlike alola have a speed stat more than 60. My personal favourite is Pawmot(no revival blessing cheese), Tera electric makes it so that you can spam double shock for a powerful physical electric move, it's such a fun mon with great typing and moves.
I had just watched Jamie’s video on Appletun’s potential earlier today, and had been thinking about it quite a bit. Cool to see his team building being featured on this channel too
Jamie Boyt has recently been on the Mount Rushmore of my favorite VGC content creators alongside Aaron and Wolfey. I feel like Jamie has a slightly different philosophy on team building from most people, and I honestly don’t know if that’s even a good thing or a bad thing but it’s been super interesting. I’d also love to see Aaron make some how to use ___ kind of content to see how different people would use/try different, somewhat niche Pokémon.
Jamie might literally be the goat at exploiting constrained options. I think he does so well in draft leagues because the number of variables decrease so much. Same with 2019. But open metas aren't as exploitable and so niche picks have less utility
Hi Aaron, I watched your content from 2014 to 2017 and it really helped me get better as a player and watching you explain your thought process really helped my decision making when I played VGC in the aforementioned years. One thing I hope you’ve noticed is that Hariyama and Gothitelle are in the Pokédex and I’m really hoping to see in the coming days a modern take on this classic duo. I remember you using this back in 2015 to great success so I’m definitely looking forward to it if you’ve got it in the works.
This is basically my in game team but changing tinkaton with kingambit. Plus shinies of skeledirge and kilowattrel 😍 Love your work, Aaron! Keep it up!
Absolutely love seeing tinkaton! I've been using it quite a bit since the beginning of gen9 and I've loved using it, has a lot of potential. Personally I've been using a similar set of assault vest tinkaton :>
So many instances where aqua jet would have been much better on the tauros than wave crash. Sure it one-shot the garg, but it would have made the game 3 situation so much easier to solve.
I think Gallade is slept on right now. Probably because of threats like Annihilape & Gholdengo being so common. But the new ability Sharpness allows Gallade to do insane damage. Basically giving it Choice Band damage on all cutting moves. 140 BP Psycho Cut 180 BP Sacred Sword It also gets great coverage options with Leaf Blade & Aqua Cutter. And tons of great supportive moves. Screens, Trick room, etc. The worst part is Gallade’s middling speed stat. But you have Scarf + Trick as an option or just Focus Sash.
Scovillian-Spicy Extract, if you use on you opponent then use foul play it's essianly plus 4 foul play (as spicy extract raises the opponents attack by two and lowers their defense by two) no including boost to your own pokemon
Man, game 3 was so tense it almost gave me a nail-biting habit! Love/hate those Sucker Punch mind games, been in a couple myself and they're so nerve wracking LOL. Seriously amazing vid. You've been crushing it with the content lately, hope you see even bigger growth this gen than last gen! Also QOTD: No idea if it's any good but I'd love to try Regenerator Shed Tail Cyclizar or see a team that utilises it, it sounds really fun. Might be better in singles than doubles, I only play VGC though so no idea if singles folks have already tapped into it.
Kingambit is definitely the definite sleeper pick in Gen 9. It's an absolute menace to society. Life Orb Dark-Tera Sucker Punch hits like an absolute truck, and can 1-shot frail Pokemon like Kilowattrell. It can also beat Torkoal 1v1 under Trick Room with Dark-Tera Sucker Punch. Nothing is safe while it's on the field.
37:00: The _mind games._ It would be enough to drive anyone mad. Especially toward the end... ---- Low total turn time, down to just... guessing who does what and hoping something connects... And Skeledurge running Protect 5 turns in a row utterly getting to your opponent, so that he's just making the huge gamble of just "he wants to keep stalling out Sucker Punch, so Grimmsnarl just Spirit Breaks to win", only to get Heat Wave'd at the critical juncture. You'd make an equally good chess player, Aaron, but Pokemon VGC is your home, I suspect.
Cybertron is the new Sucker God. We already have our Sucker God of 6v6 OU, aka our French boy RedEmption, and now Cybertron did the same thing in VGC. Well done man!
QOTD: Scovillain Has Chlorophyll to be speedy in the sun, also it's signature move is very underrated. With the correct setup, Spicy Extract is eesentially Swagger that never misses. Has Overheat and Leaf Storm to do massive damage.
My answer for underrated 9th generation Pokémon in VGC currently is definitely Farigiraf. It has won me a lot of games, partly just because people often forget about Armour Tail. The number of Fake Outs, Sylveon Quick Attacks, Sucker Punches, and Prankster moves it has blocked was quite surprising to me. I run an Imprison/Trick Room set alongside a Tailwind/Endeavour/Volt Switch Wind Power Kilowattrel as a standard lead, and it does tremendously well at countering most Tailwind and Trick Room teams (unless I get sloppy, which is often).
In game 2 you were worried about spore not affecting Gholdengo, but Toedscruel's Mycelium Might ignores Gholdengo's Good as Gold ability and would cause it to fall asleep anyway.
another fun video. finally finished my super secret ultra hyper team lol... it's just a TR encore + torment team with parish and curse anihilape, but found a really cool setup. hope to see you on ladder :D
Grafaiai is slept on. Everyone says it's az ppor man's grimmsnarl because it's another parting shot user, but there are more ways to use graiaia than priority parting shot, doodle can be interesting with a correct setup. I mean fast spores from toedscruel, usable slaking. You can even go without prnakster to doodle it from murkrow, and do crazy stuff
wotf: BRAMBLEGHAST! I've been having so much fun with it, I got to Master Ball with primarily Talonflame + Brambleghast, and then Toxtricity in the back to fire off boombursts next to it. definitely my favourite new pokemon
QOTD: Rabsca and Espathra aren't getting enough love I think. Espathra's signature is a 80BP psychic Acid Spray, and she gets Speed Boost as her HA. Rabsca has 75/85/100 bulk with 115 SpA and 45 speed. It has pretty good bulk and decent offense with really good coverage in power gem, earth power, sludge bomb, energy ball, dazzling gleam, psychic, struggle bug, and bug buzz. But where it finds its niche is that it's the only pokemon that can learn Speed Swap. The tempo of the current meta is pretty fast, and Speed Swap can be devastating for set-up sweepers like Garchomp
Dudunsparce is so under looked. Having it with rattled and weakness policy with Grass Tera and pairing it with pin missile jolteon makes it hit so hard
Farigiraf has a good stat line and could be build bulky under Trickroom another interesting aspect is its ability Armor Tail which prevents it s partners and itself getting hit by priority moves. Since its typing Normal/Psychic it can't be hit at all by the otherwise effective Ghost type attacks.
Been seeing a lot of Armarouge sets thanks to trick room + psychic (expanding force when paired when indeedee), but I feel like Ceruledge is getting overshadowed. Its base speed may only be 10 points higher, but that allows it to synergize better with non-trick room teams, and a Torkoal lava plume pairing with Ceruledge to activate flash fire could give it a ton of boost to bitter blade, making it hard to deal with if given a bit of bulk investment or assault vest, plus a defensive or fire tera. Not only that, but it has access to quite a lot of coverage with solar blade (checking ground water and rock) and close combat (checking dark and rock), and priority thanks to shadow sneak. It could also go well with prankster Murkow which has been seeing a lot of play, with tailwind making up for its lack of speed investment. It even has impressive support moves, with access to screens, quick guard for priority protection, will o wisp, taunt, and helping hand. I suspect we'll see more Ceruledge in the future, maybe paired with restricted mons (looking at Koraidon and Groudon in particular), and/or Paradox mons (specifically those from Scarlet as they share a common interest in having sun up). It's flexible, so opponents will have a hard time knowing its role pre-battle, giving it an edge above mons that may outclass it in that same role.
I think Arboliva and Pawmot might be slept on. Arboliva can be made super bulky and set up terrain on it's own and is a slow grass type which gets weather ball for slow sun-room type archetypes, or it can function by tera watering on rain teams as well. Pawmot uniquely has Double Shock which with tera Electric can never fully remove the electric typing which means Double Shock is permanently usable without switching out to regain the electric typing, followed up by having access to Mach Punch, Fake out, Ice Punch, Fire Punch as options for coverage or even just simply Thunder Punch for non tera games
the way you take your sweet ass time making your move and then going with what you were thinking of in the beginning of the turn would drive me up the freaking all
Love these vids and your content! Also I feel like Quaquaval is getting slept on, it’s got some pretty neat moves. I only say this cause I’m shiny hunting it rn and plan on using it on my team after I get it.
Orthworm is absolutely slept on. I'm still attempting to build an Orthworm/Flamigo team but even just a standard Iron Defence/Body Slam build for Orthworm is really good
Something thats gotten some love in singles that I think is being slept on in doubles is Clodsire. I currently am working on a team that utilizes it in trick room. I like to think of it as a Poison/Ground CurseLax.
QOTD: Baxcalibur is really strong with clear amulet and thermal exchange making it basically immune to damage reduction. It has a ridiculously high attack stat decent speed (out speeds Dragapult after 1 ddance) and great bulk. It makes great use of Tera to shed its Ice type and have a monstrously strong Glaive Rush. It also EQ for steels which is nice.
Most underrated new Gen9 mon in my opinion is Arboliva. I don't know if it has enough muscle to hang at the absolute top tier of competitive, but I feel like there is potential for a very annoying, very synergistic Torkoal partner for a Trick Room team. Holding some kind of healing berry, Harvest for ability, I'm thinking Ground possibly as a Tera type, and then access to Leech Seed, Pollen Puff, SolarBeam, Dazzling Gleam, Protect, Reflect, Light Screen, Substitute, Helping Hand, Earth Power, etc. I haven't tested it myself yet but it seems such an interesting support with enough SpAtt to really mess up those Drizzle teams.
QOTD: Lokix, I’ve been using him as a strong priority user with Tinted lens and life orb. He can OHKO non bulky Murkrows turn 1 easily and does well into quite a few popular mons like Indeedee and Meowscarada. Plus he’s baddass
Question of the day: well this is my first foray into attempting to play competitive, and I'm pretty new to pokemon in general, so grain of salt lol. I haven't seen Tauros used as often as I think it deserves, breaking screens seems awesome, Intimidate is a great ability. Grafaiai also seems underused, Prankster is also incredible and even if i haven't done a deep dive, it's gotta do things other pranksters can't Editing to add dudunsparce solely because hyper drill seems nuts
I honestly think Brambleghast has a really cool gimmick! I think it has a lot of potential, the immunity to wind moves and the buff it gets under Tailwind are pretty neat. Would love to see a team where it's featured :D
QOTD: this could be my love for ground types talking, but i would love to see clodsire get some use. water absorb + mirror herb seems like a solid counter for dondozo/tatsugiri, plus with 20 speed it could be great under trick room
QOTD: I think Pawmot is pretty slept on. Can go support or full offense with pretty good speed and attack, and gets access to a lot of good stuff. Fake out, nuzzle, lots of good coverage (punches with iron fist, seed bomb, play rough, etc), and revival blessing which seems pretty underexplored so far as well
My answers to the QOTD: Brambleghast and Dudunsparce. I’ve been trying various teams with either of them on showdown and, in the right situations, they can put in a lot of work.
QOTD: I think brambleghast is one of the most slept on pokemon. Getting an attack boost when tailwind is active and when hit by moves like hurricane is pretty neat. Only downgrade is the movepool. But you can hit most stuff with power whip, shadow sneak and tera blast fire. Hope to see it getting some attention soon
QOTD: tough to say since I'm a singles player and surprisingly I think most if not all new Pokemon are somewhat viable, I don't think anything is really slept on, when it comes to doubles tho a pokemon I can see being used is Glimmora, one of my favourites in singles due to it being a hazard machine but in doubles it could be a solid special attacker, like Nihilego but it has Earth Power, and it's ability automatically letting you set toxic spikes could be good since Ur not dedicating a turn to set them up, it's Def got potential in doubles
Thanks for featuring the team!
If you wanted to see more of this team, I used it for multiple videos on my channel. There’s also a guide for every single individual Pokémon.
Love your videos, sad they are under viewed. I'm promoting you as much I can. Please keep it up 🙂
Ur channel looks insane! You’ll go far mate. 👍
I've been using this team since you made the video on it. Fun team and way to learn the new game.
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Something to keep in mind is Toedscruel can spore gholdengo because of Mycelium Might
?!? That ability always slips my mind… toedscruel might be amazing?!?
@@kingyveltal1623 Difficult to say. The ability is a drawback a large majority of the time. Gholdengo being a top meta threat does obviously raise its viability by a ton though
Also Garganacl
Problem is moving slow so it can get taunted
Let’s hope Aaron saw this comment
Game 3 was nuts!
I love the positivity you radiate in your videos. Something as simple as commending your opponent for something that took you by surprise is miles apart from a lot of people
Game 3 was one of the most entertaining matches i've ever watched. Thanks for the great content.
I love me some Clodsire. Thicc HP stat, lots of hazard moves, complete immunity to one of its weaknesses via Water Absorb + inherent immunity to Electric, Yawn to force a switch or put something to sleep, Recover for some sustain, Haze to prevent setups, I could honestly go on. Plus... it's cute in its own weird derpy way lol
Preach!
Watching this whilst procrastinating on studying for finals is definitely worth it
Right there with you lmao 🦾
Same here xd
same
Same
I feel called out by this
This is a very cool team! Tinkaton, despite its low stat totals, is a really cool pokemon/typing this gen. Glad to see it getting some work on this channel!
Tinkaton has untapped potential for sure.
Thing is her stat total isnt low. its just poorly distributed
It's giving "gonna be broken with Mega"
It has mold breaker which is really slept on so it can flinch inner focus, bulldoze levitate pokes and could T wave gold boi.
People forget tinkaton has inscredible bulk and focus on her attack stat. I mean mold breaker tinkaton can helping hand gholdengo (yeah gholdengo is usually immune to helping hand). Knock off and fake out makes it a really good support mon.
QOTD: Definitely Arboliva. It’s low base speed makes it a great counter into trick room teams and is really slept on. I had it solely on my team just to reverse sweep trick room teams just because it’s so bulky and can dish out some decent damage
QOTD: I think Brambleghast is really slept on right now. It has decent attack and speed stats of 115 and 90, respectively, and a really cool signature ability in Wind Rider. Stick Brambleghast next to something like a Murkrow for basically an instant setup sweeper, or pair it with a Flower Veil Florges spamming Petal Blizzard and let the bramblin’ begin.
Plus it’s a haunted tumbleweed, that’s pretty nifty.
Thank you for the explanation! I don’t think I would’ve even thought of him without this (:
Unfortunately they didn’t give it any decent ghost stab
@@GemmaBee14 Tera blast
Thanks so much for your content Aaron!
First time VGCer here, Scarlet & Violet are the first games I have played since Ruby way back in the day, and between then and now the only battling I have done is 6v6 singles on Showdown. However I've somehow managed to climb to Master Ball Tier and am currently sitting just outside top 1000 using various mons you have featured! Your videos have made the transition from singles to doubles very easy and enjoyable, keep up the good work!!
I love your positivity and respect toward your opponents. Its refreshing.
That game 3 was so sick!
That was a wild win against that Grimm team. So crazy how just a single Tera placement can change the outcome of an entire game in this gen. Looking forward to more exciting games in this era. 😄
Love the team, Tinkaton is my all-time fave this gen, but more importantly, I love your jacket, it looks very warm and comfy
I think Quaquaval has some untapped potential and I really want to see more of it!
Poor Quaquaval. I’ve yet to think it through. It’s got lower speed than Meowscarada, but less bulk than Skeledirge. I’m sure Aqua Step for a speed boost and Moxie for an attack boost can pair well, but I just don’t know. Would love to see how Aaron would pilot it.
I agree, though it seems to be overshadowed by Water Tauros, who has a more tempting stat spread (higher speed, attack) and access to a better brick break, close combat, earthquake, and zen hb for coverage. Intimidate is a fan favorite ability with more immediate results, though I say there's more potential for Quaquaval as a revenge killer with Moxie+Aqua Step being practically a 120 dmg (remember STAB) Dragon Dance on a kill.
in singles ladder its pretty good for sweeping
I think its more viable in singles over doubles.
No,leave the flamboyant duck in the depths of hell like the abomination that it is
Espathra feels like it's going to get better and better as people get more used to the pace of the metagame. Psychic type is a bit of a difficult sell with so many strong ghosts in this gen, but once it becomes easier to navigate around them, I think people will see the power of the ostrich.
Opportunist is super interesting as an ability. Even for physical attackers it seems like the main form of boost is Dragon Dance so Espy can still steal a speed boost. I've been keeping an eye on how common Competitive gets too because leading an Intimidater plus Espartha helps punish you less against Competitive
My first and only shiny.. Espathra. And I can tell you, with some luck/good RNG Espathra can 1vs6 in about 2/3 turns IF the opponent doesn't have a Dark type haha
I use Hypnosis to let the opponent sleep. (With luck.. using Wide Lens though). Gain a Speed Boost by the Hidden Ability 'Speed Boost'. Then 'Calm Mind' for a Special Attack boost and Special Defense boost. Then gain a Speed Boost again because of Ability.
Then most of the time I do 1 more 'Calm Mind' and gaining a Speed Boost and of the turn. And then....
Stored Power.
Remember not only 'Stored Power' increases in strength because of stat Boosts. Gaining 20 base power per stat boost.
Witch is 3 Speed boosts
+ 2 Special Attack and 2 Special Defense boosts. Wich make it already a 160 base power move. But you also boosted your Special Attack 2 times. So I don't know the calcs exactly but.. let's say, it destroys every Pokémon who isnt a Dark Type.
Plus every turn it gets 20 base points stronger because of the Speed Boost and being faster then everyone 😜
Espathra is broken! 🙌
Jamie is my favorite team builder for sure! He's got a unique take on it. A reminder: He actually picked Toedscruel over Amoongus on this team because you CAN spore Goldhengo. Its ability makes it move last if it uses status moves but with the positive effect that it ignores the opposing pokemon's ability when using one
Toedscruel > Amoonguss because of Gholdengo
WOW! That match was amazing!
Love your videos man! Thank you for making videos like this. Im new to the competitive side of Pokémon. As a casual player it helps me a ton. You can learn so much from these videos. This is the first Pokémon I have tryed to get master rank in and i achieved it today!
TINKATOOOOOOOON
Had to come over and say that this is an amazing team! It went exactly like you mentioned in the vid. Lost the first three games and then won 8 in a row (still ongoing streak). Thanks for sharing (and props to the team builder!)
Didn't think I would do so well with a team of mons I have barely used before
Glad you didn’t give up game 3, it was scary but a masterclass in how to play to your outs and not get tilted
Most people have overlooked the gen 9 mons in favor of paradox mons, they are really good and unlike alola have a speed stat more than 60.
My personal favourite is Pawmot(no revival blessing cheese), Tera electric makes it so that you can spam double shock for a powerful physical electric move, it's such a fun mon with great typing and moves.
also gets a 120 BP Nuzzle after Tera Electric : )
@@TaylorXIV 120 BP nuzzle? What am I missing?
@@sanskarjain3564Tera ups the power of low BP moves (I think anything below 60) They’re counting the STAB bonus on top of that
That's a really crazy mind game vs Grimmsnarl. Well played
Wow!!! That game three was EVERYTHING!!!!!
I had just watched Jamie’s video on Appletun’s potential earlier today, and had been thinking about it quite a bit. Cool to see his team building being featured on this channel too
Jamie Boyt has recently been on the Mount Rushmore of my favorite VGC content creators alongside Aaron and Wolfey. I feel like Jamie has a slightly different philosophy on team building from most people, and I honestly don’t know if that’s even a good thing or a bad thing but it’s been super interesting. I’d also love to see Aaron make some how to use ___ kind of content to see how different people would use/try different, somewhat niche Pokémon.
Imposter syndrome to be considered among Aaron and Wolfey lol. Thanks!
Jamie might literally be the goat at exploiting constrained options. I think he does so well in draft leagues because the number of variables decrease so much. Same with 2019. But open metas aren't as exploitable and so niche picks have less utility
Hi Aaron,
I watched your content from 2014 to 2017 and it really helped me get better as a player and watching you explain your thought process really helped my decision making when I played VGC in the aforementioned years.
One thing I hope you’ve noticed is that Hariyama and Gothitelle are in the Pokédex and I’m really hoping to see in the coming days a modern take on this classic duo. I remember you using this back in 2015 to great success so I’m definitely looking forward to it if you’ve got it in the works.
This is basically my in game team but changing tinkaton with kingambit. Plus shinies of skeledirge and kilowattrel 😍 Love your work, Aaron! Keep it up!
Game 3 was insane oh my god, that's crazy that you brought that one back!
I feel like Espathra needs some love. Lumina crash is such a great move. I feel like if it had a team built around it. It would do well.
Absolutely love seeing tinkaton! I've been using it quite a bit since the beginning of gen9 and I've loved using it, has a lot of potential. Personally I've been using a similar set of assault vest tinkaton :>
So many instances where aqua jet would have been much better on the tauros than wave crash. Sure it one-shot the garg, but it would have made the game 3 situation so much easier to solve.
Your videos are the only ones that I really look forward to and get excited about every day!
I think Gallade is slept on right now. Probably because of threats like Annihilape & Gholdengo being so common.
But the new ability Sharpness allows Gallade to do insane damage. Basically giving it Choice Band damage on all cutting moves.
140 BP Psycho Cut
180 BP Sacred Sword
It also gets great coverage options with Leaf Blade & Aqua Cutter.
And tons of great supportive moves. Screens, Trick room, etc.
The worst part is Gallade’s middling speed stat. But you have Scarf + Trick as an option or just Focus Sash.
Wow that game 3, I swear you always have the craziest games
40:00 what a game! Probs to both players!
Most slept on is probably Ceruledge. Overshadowed by Armarouge but he’s still good.
Scovillian-Spicy Extract, if you use on you opponent then use foul play it's essianly plus 4 foul play (as spicy extract raises the opponents attack by two and lowers their defense by two) no including boost to your own pokemon
Thank you for finding the way to make that move decent
GAME 3 HAD ME SWEATTINNN😬🔥🔥
Man, game 3 was so tense it almost gave me a nail-biting habit! Love/hate those Sucker Punch mind games, been in a couple myself and they're so nerve wracking LOL. Seriously amazing vid. You've been crushing it with the content lately, hope you see even bigger growth this gen than last gen! Also QOTD: No idea if it's any good but I'd love to try Regenerator Shed Tail Cyclizar or see a team that utilises it, it sounds really fun. Might be better in singles than doubles, I only play VGC though so no idea if singles folks have already tapped into it.
Wow, that battle was a joy to watch. Well maneuvered
Loving watching ur vids daily. There's always a new one when I get home from work lolol. Thank you!
Kingambit is definitely the definite sleeper pick in Gen 9. It's an absolute menace to society.
Life Orb Dark-Tera Sucker Punch hits like an absolute truck, and can 1-shot frail Pokemon like Kilowattrell. It can also beat Torkoal 1v1 under Trick Room with Dark-Tera Sucker Punch. Nothing is safe while it's on the field.
This video came out at the perfect time! I saw specifically tinkaton skelledirge and water tauros and had absolutely no idea what they did
37:00: The _mind games._ It would be enough to drive anyone mad.
Especially toward the end...
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Low total turn time, down to just... guessing who does what and hoping something connects...
And Skeledurge running Protect 5 turns in a row utterly getting to your opponent, so that he's just making the huge gamble of just "he wants to keep stalling out Sucker Punch, so Grimmsnarl just Spirit Breaks to win", only to get Heat Wave'd at the critical juncture.
You'd make an equally good chess player, Aaron, but Pokemon VGC is your home, I suspect.
This was so fun to watch.
The new generation of Pokémons have unique moves and abilities.
Cybertron is the new Sucker God. We already have our Sucker God of 6v6 OU, aka our French boy RedEmption, and now Cybertron did the same thing in VGC. Well done man!
You can spore the gholdengo with toadscruel due to its ability
QOTD: Scovillain
Has Chlorophyll to be speedy in the sun, also it's signature move is very underrated. With the correct setup, Spicy Extract is eesentially Swagger that never misses. Has Overheat and Leaf Storm to do massive damage.
You've been killing it dude. Love these videos. Keep it up
My answer for underrated 9th generation Pokémon in VGC currently is definitely Farigiraf. It has won me a lot of games, partly just because people often forget about Armour Tail. The number of Fake Outs, Sylveon Quick Attacks, Sucker Punches, and Prankster moves it has blocked was quite surprising to me. I run an Imprison/Trick Room set alongside a Tailwind/Endeavour/Volt Switch Wind Power Kilowattrel as a standard lead, and it does tremendously well at countering most Tailwind and Trick Room teams (unless I get sloppy, which is often).
THE MUSHROOM GETS TRICK ROOM?!?!?!!!! Man I underestimated it
Morty just casually cheering in the background of Pokémon fights is not something I would have expected when watching
In game 2 you were worried about spore not affecting Gholdengo, but Toedscruel's Mycelium Might ignores Gholdengo's Good as Gold ability and would cause it to fall asleep anyway.
another fun video. finally finished my super secret ultra hyper team lol... it's just a TR encore + torment team with parish and curse anihilape, but found a really cool setup. hope to see you on ladder :D
Grafaiai is slept on. Everyone says it's az ppor man's grimmsnarl because it's another parting shot user, but there are more ways to use graiaia than priority parting shot, doodle can be interesting with a correct setup. I mean fast spores from toedscruel, usable slaking. You can even go without prnakster to doodle it from murkrow, and do crazy stuff
I tried this team and got a fun win, thanks for the video!
wotf: BRAMBLEGHAST! I've been having so much fun with it, I got to Master Ball with primarily Talonflame + Brambleghast, and then Toxtricity in the back to fire off boombursts next to it. definitely my favourite new pokemon
48:45 💀💀😂😂 got me messed up real good
QOTD: Rabsca and Espathra aren't getting enough love I think. Espathra's signature is a 80BP psychic Acid Spray, and she gets Speed Boost as her HA. Rabsca has 75/85/100 bulk with 115 SpA and 45 speed. It has pretty good bulk and decent offense with really good coverage in power gem, earth power, sludge bomb, energy ball, dazzling gleam, psychic, struggle bug, and bug buzz. But where it finds its niche is that it's the only pokemon that can learn Speed Swap. The tempo of the current meta is pretty fast, and Speed Swap can be devastating for set-up sweepers like Garchomp
Dudunsparce is so under looked. Having it with rattled and weakness policy with Grass Tera and pairing it with pin missile jolteon makes it hit so hard
This episode was pure comedy! Loved it
Dude game 3 was a rollercoaster. I cannot believe that ending. Absolutely insane.
I think brambleghast is slept on rn. Great atk stat with a great ability and most people are using tailwind anyways!
Tinkaton is my favorite mon from this gen so far and really looking for how people run it. This vid helps.
Farigiraf has a good stat line and could be build bulky under Trickroom another interesting aspect is its ability Armor Tail which prevents it s partners and itself getting hit by priority moves. Since its typing Normal/Psychic it can't be hit at all by the otherwise effective Ghost type attacks.
Oh I wish I could have seen more of the loaded dice! Sick games though!
LOVE YOUUUUUU FROM MÉXICO ❤❤❤❤❤
I've been hoping to see a prankster swagger into own tempo tinkaton for some huge damage gigaton hammer, I think tinkaton is very underrated
Been watching this team on Jamie’s team and I’ve been using it for a few days, it’s such a great team!
I think flamingo is slept on, scrappy cc or wide guard WRECKS gholdengo
Been seeing a lot of Armarouge sets thanks to trick room + psychic (expanding force when paired when indeedee), but I feel like Ceruledge is getting overshadowed. Its base speed may only be 10 points higher, but that allows it to synergize better with non-trick room teams, and a Torkoal lava plume pairing with Ceruledge to activate flash fire could give it a ton of boost to bitter blade, making it hard to deal with if given a bit of bulk investment or assault vest, plus a defensive or fire tera. Not only that, but it has access to quite a lot of coverage with solar blade (checking ground water and rock) and close combat (checking dark and rock), and priority thanks to shadow sneak. It could also go well with prankster Murkow which has been seeing a lot of play, with tailwind making up for its lack of speed investment. It even has impressive support moves, with access to screens, quick guard for priority protection, will o wisp, taunt, and helping hand. I suspect we'll see more Ceruledge in the future, maybe paired with restricted mons (looking at Koraidon and Groudon in particular), and/or Paradox mons (specifically those from Scarlet as they share a common interest in having sun up). It's flexible, so opponents will have a hard time knowing its role pre-battle, giving it an edge above mons that may outclass it in that same role.
I think Arboliva and Pawmot might be slept on. Arboliva can be made super bulky and set up terrain on it's own and is a slow grass type which gets weather ball for slow sun-room type archetypes, or it can function by tera watering on rain teams as well.
Pawmot uniquely has Double Shock which with tera Electric can never fully remove the electric typing which means Double Shock is permanently usable without switching out to regain the electric typing, followed up by having access to Mach Punch, Fake out, Ice Punch, Fire Punch as options for coverage or even just simply Thunder Punch for non tera games
Love that you feature smaller but worthy content creators!! Our community is so lucky to have you Aaron!
the way you take your sweet ass time making your move and then going with what you were thinking of in the beginning of the turn would drive me up the freaking all
That heat wave on the grimmsnarl got the video a like. Very noice
Wow! Game 3 was amazing
Toedscruel definitely is slept on. Being able to set status on mons that are immune due to their abilities is really valuable
If only it could spore grass types too but that doesn't count as an ability sadly. Otherwise I would agree
@@phypesmash6154 yea well. Can't have everything lol
Love these vids and your content! Also I feel like Quaquaval is getting slept on, it’s got some pretty neat moves. I only say this cause I’m shiny hunting it rn and plan on using it on my team after I get it.
Orthworm is absolutely slept on. I'm still attempting to build an Orthworm/Flamigo team but even just a standard Iron Defence/Body Slam build for Orthworm is really good
Something thats gotten some love in singles that I think is being slept on in doubles is Clodsire.
I currently am working on a team that utilizes it in trick room. I like to think of it as a Poison/Ground CurseLax.
Houndstone I think deserves more love in vgc! I love using sand so I might try it out
QOTD: Baxcalibur is really strong with clear amulet and thermal exchange making it basically immune to damage reduction. It has a ridiculously high attack stat decent speed (out speeds Dragapult after 1 ddance) and great bulk. It makes great use of Tera to shed its Ice type and have a monstrously strong Glaive Rush. It also EQ for steels which is nice.
The ending to game 3 was just pure mindgame. Maybe they were confident that their Grimmsnarl would outspeed?
Most underrated new Gen9 mon in my opinion is Arboliva. I don't know if it has enough muscle to hang at the absolute top tier of competitive, but I feel like there is potential for a very annoying, very synergistic Torkoal partner for a Trick Room team. Holding some kind of healing berry, Harvest for ability, I'm thinking Ground possibly as a Tera type, and then access to Leech Seed, Pollen Puff, SolarBeam, Dazzling Gleam, Protect, Reflect, Light Screen, Substitute, Helping Hand, Earth Power, etc. I haven't tested it myself yet but it seems such an interesting support with enough SpAtt to really mess up those Drizzle teams.
QOTD: Lokix, I’ve been using him as a strong priority user with Tinted lens and life orb. He can OHKO non bulky Murkrows turn 1 easily and does well into quite a few popular mons like Indeedee and Meowscarada. Plus he’s baddass
Question of the day: well this is my first foray into attempting to play competitive, and I'm pretty new to pokemon in general, so grain of salt lol. I haven't seen Tauros used as often as I think it deserves, breaking screens seems awesome, Intimidate is a great ability.
Grafaiai also seems underused, Prankster is also incredible and even if i haven't done a deep dive, it's gotta do things other pranksters can't
Editing to add dudunsparce solely because hyper drill seems nuts
I honestly think Brambleghast has a really cool gimmick! I think it has a lot of potential, the immunity to wind moves and the buff it gets under Tailwind are pretty neat. Would love to see a team where it's featured :D
QOTD: this could be my love for ground types talking, but i would love to see clodsire get some use. water absorb + mirror herb seems like a solid counter for dondozo/tatsugiri, plus with 20 speed it could be great under trick room
QOTD: I think Pawmot is pretty slept on. Can go support or full offense with pretty good speed and attack, and gets access to a lot of good stuff. Fake out, nuzzle, lots of good coverage (punches with iron fist, seed bomb, play rough, etc), and revival blessing which seems pretty underexplored so far as well
wow game 3 was a roller coaster! i feel drained just watching
That team is literally just my play through team except toedscruel for clodsire 😂
Thats a cool ass team for playthrough 🙂
That game three was INSANE
My answers to the QOTD: Brambleghast and Dudunsparce. I’ve been trying various teams with either of them on showdown and, in the right situations, they can put in a lot of work.
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I love seeing toadscruel teams. I caught a zero speed IV shiny so i’m trying to utilize it well
QOTD: I think brambleghast is one of the most slept on pokemon. Getting an attack boost when tailwind is active and when hit by moves like hurricane is pretty neat. Only downgrade is the movepool. But you can hit most stuff with power whip, shadow sneak and tera blast fire. Hope to see it getting some attention soon
naja, wann wird man schon von hurricane getroffen
lol All the hype on that electric terra blast on the last game was hillarious
QOTD: tough to say since I'm a singles player and surprisingly I think most if not all new Pokemon are somewhat viable, I don't think anything is really slept on, when it comes to doubles tho a pokemon I can see being used is Glimmora, one of my favourites in singles due to it being a hazard machine but in doubles it could be a solid special attacker, like Nihilego but it has Earth Power, and it's ability automatically letting you set toxic spikes could be good since Ur not dedicating a turn to set them up, it's Def got potential in doubles