as someone who's never actually played, but watches a lot of vgc content, this type of turn-by-turn analysis was really informative to me, i hope to see you making more in the future!
I absolutely ADORE the team huddles & banter dialogue that the Pokémon visuals had. It makes this learning really entertaining as well as super easy to understand. I hope you do more analyses with the team members discussing the board state & meta.
Btw the attack boost on download was planned by Wolfe In a previous video he revealed he was specifically building against a Spatack Download boost from Porygon 2
Enjoyed the video. It was a great analysis of the match, and I thought your visuals were good commentary for the mental processes. One tiny correction: in game 3, when Marco is firing off ice beams and you mention it's fishing for a freeze, that was an impossible game state. If harsh sunlight is up, Pokemon cannot be frozen
Insenaly good content man. It's great to watch, not just boring move by move, but full and fun explanation. The simple animations on start are also nice to look at. Hope more people will see it.
This has to be one of my favourite VGC breakdowns of all time. I really like the style with the Pokémon commenting on their situation. Would love to see other breakdowns with this style. How long did this video take you?
Thanks, means a lot to hear that! Most of my videos take about 1hr of work per minute. This one maybe a bit less because a lot of the footage was gameplay. So probably 30 hours.
1:45 fun fact: this is not programmed properly on Showdown. in PS the eject pack mistakenly activates before torkoal's ability meaning the sun isn't set up. I've had a couple games where this happened to me on showdown and it never occured to me that this was a bug until i played on cartridge with the same exact team lol
39:19 One thing to note is that Pokemon cannot be frozen while in harsh sunlight. But this is such a niche mechanic that it'd be understandable for even high-level players to forget that and go for freezing as an out if they have no other options. And after Politoed came back in, Marco did have that 10% chance again.
I don't even play VGC but i like watching Wolfe on TH-cam and I'm from the Toronto area so it was fun to know he came here recently and won. That doesn't explain why I'm watching this analysis video at 3am but I'm definitely enjoying it. Great job!
@adamerdmann1293 Fair, in the one game his cloak was knocked off early. And usually the fake out pressure is into the other Mon. But I could have made a mistake for sure.
Yep! Any win at a regional or top 4 at an international automatically qualifies you for worlds. Otherwise the top 75 players with the highest CP also qualify.
1:45 if that’s true then Showdown is bugged/set up wrong because I have lost weather control multiple times to my Torkoal being switched out by intimidate before Drought activates while using this team.
Yep! I placed 50th at Hartford 2023, 63rd at Orlando 2024 and 100th at Louisville 2025. I wish I could attend more events but I have no locals in my area and flying out to regionals is a big cost.
He did use Stalwart at a previous competition, but this one was sturdy. Probably due to the usage of things like electabuzz and magmar being much lower around the time of this tourney.
@@TheDelybirdAlso gives Arch an extra layer of survivability. And since a lot of his team strategy involves proper positioning of his team, that gives him more flexibility in case he gets a read wrong.
Yea it's 3 other moves are the most common, and protect was at around 56% usage, but still almost half of amoonguss forgo it. And the eject button was the most uncommon part of the set for sure.
The RNG was in his favor for sure, the sleep powder miss, critical hits, spdef drop, early wakes ect. But considering the team building aspect Wolfe's team is the more consistent option. Just using moves like sleep powder is very high/low roll. I was rooting for Marco because I'm a big fan of sun.
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as someone who's never actually played, but watches a lot of vgc content, this type of turn-by-turn analysis was really informative to me, i hope to see you making more in the future!
Love to hear it, thanks!
oh no Wolfey con perish
Wolfey con perish?! 😮
I absolutely ADORE the team huddles & banter dialogue that the Pokémon visuals had. It makes this learning really entertaining as well as super easy to understand. I hope you do more analyses with the team members discussing the board state & meta.
Appreciate it, stay tuned!
I did not expect to see this video from you, really cool idea! Would love to see more like this in the future
Learn to expect the unexpected. ;)
Btw the attack boost on download was planned by Wolfe
In a previous video he revealed he was specifically building against a Spatack Download boost from Porygon 2
True good point! Many players will ev their defensive Pokemon or even while team to have just slightly higher spdef to trigger attack boosts on P2.
I’ve seen this game so many times but u still make it interesting ur vgc content is super underrated
This is great content. Good analysis turn by turn, good humor, I hope you blow up with views and subs. This is good VGC content
Thanks! Appreciate it
If we only counted the tournaments Wolfey has won with Perish trap, he would still be one of the best players in the world
Man this is true but crazy to think.
This is such a high quality in depth video, thank you for this. earned a lifetime sub 👍
Thanks! Glad to have ya around.
Absolutely love the graphics and insights, keep this up!
Huge fan of this type of content! Hope to see more!
This whole video gives me JJK narrator vibes like you're narrating Gojo vs Sukuna or something like that. Really appreciate the high-quality content!
Haha thanks, I've never watched that show but that's the second comment saying my narration is similar. I'll have to check it out!
this is amazing the visuals are fun and the way u explain what the players are probably thinking is super informative
gun control? nah he said sun control hahahaahahah i love ur comments
Hope you keep making more of these! Great analysis!
Fantastic analysis brother🎉
Great analysis! Earned my sub
Enjoyed the video. It was a great analysis of the match, and I thought your visuals were good commentary for the mental processes. One tiny correction: in game 3, when Marco is firing off ice beams and you mention it's fishing for a freeze, that was an impossible game state. If harsh sunlight is up, Pokemon cannot be frozen
Smart fella, I remember researching that effect for my weather video and I totally forgot when doing this one! Thanks for pointing out.
Insenaly good content man. It's great to watch, not just boring move by move, but full and fun explanation. The simple animations on start are also nice to look at. Hope more people will see it.
39:10 Poor jumpluff, he brought the sun and died for it, and the sun prevents the kingdra from freezing
This video was phenomenal! Loved the analysis. Every turn there's always so much to think about
Thanks! I love analyzing high level matches, game really is so complex.
This is outstanding! Love this video and would love more like this!
Thanks! I put a lot of effort into them.
Aye its here! Great analysis my guy!
Thanks! Looking forward to whatever you put out next!
A++ content as usual, and the pokemon dialogues are better by some distance on this one!
Just subbed great breakdown.
Love to have ya!
idk you guys this is basically like reading a jjk manga to me
LOL nice.
Fun fact wolfey actually haz a deep deep hatred fur jjk
Great analysis
Loved it
Here before the algorithm inevitably blows this video up.
10/10 video, thank you!
amazing content!!
This a great analysis video. Hope to see more vids like this. Even better if you can do matches from previous formats.
Thanks, I'm planning on more!
Great Video! Although in the G3 endgame Marco couldn't actually get a freeze since harsh sunlight actualy goes prevents the status altogether
True, oversight on my end, good catch!
Amazing vid u just got a new sub!!!!
Good video!
This has to be one of my favourite VGC breakdowns of all time. I really like the style with the Pokémon commenting on their situation. Would love to see other breakdowns with this style. How long did this video take you?
Thanks, means a lot to hear that! Most of my videos take about 1hr of work per minute. This one maybe a bit less because a lot of the footage was gameplay. So probably 30 hours.
Awesome video
1:45 fun fact: this is not programmed properly on Showdown. in PS the eject pack mistakenly activates before torkoal's ability meaning the sun isn't set up. I've had a couple games where this happened to me on showdown and it never occured to me that this was a bug until i played on cartridge with the same exact team lol
Yea I have come across this showdown bug as well. It makes it difficult to practice with teams that use it unfortunately.
39:19 One thing to note is that Pokemon cannot be frozen while in harsh sunlight. But this is such a niche mechanic that it'd be understandable for even high-level players to forget that and go for freezing as an out if they have no other options. And after Politoed came back in, Marco did have that 10% chance again.
Great great great video man
I don't even play VGC but i like watching Wolfe on TH-cam and I'm from the Toronto area so it was fun to know he came here recently and won. That doesn't explain why I'm watching this analysis video at 3am but I'm definitely enjoying it. Great job!
The 3am watches are always the best.
i love both team so much
39:23 correct me if I'm wrong, but freeze wasn't possible since you can't freeze a pokemon if sun is up no?
You are correct! My mistake, thanks for pointing out!
Not sure if this seems nitpicky, but you kept saying wolfe had fake out pressure on jumpluff when it was holding covert cloak
@adamerdmann1293 Fair, in the one game his cloak was knocked off early. And usually the fake out pressure is into the other Mon. But I could have made a mistake for sure.
Does this meal wolf has already qualified for Worlds 2025? I'm brand new to following competitive pokemon, so im still learning format rules and such.
Yep! Any win at a regional or top 4 at an international automatically qualifies you for worlds. Otherwise the top 75 players with the highest CP also qualify.
@@TheDelybird that's wild.Imagine qualifying for the biggest tournament in the world before the year, even starts. Thanks for the answer!
Woah cool video. I was wondering why marco didn’t bring torkoal so that makes sense that he had already tried it day 1
I would bet money Wolfe EV'd to give porygon attack boosts
You would be correct.
U-Turn and Volt Switch type moves are my personal favorite moves in the game, Marco's team sounds like it'd be fun to play
It was very unique but much more complex than it looked.
the best part was the deep dive on the lore of WOLFE CON PERISH
1:45 if that’s true then Showdown is bugged/set up wrong because I have lost weather control multiple times to my Torkoal being switched out by intimidate before Drought activates while using this team.
Showdown is bugged unfortunately. It's a known bug with no current plans to fix:(
good algorithm, good content 👍
Have u ever competed? Out of curiosity
Yep! I placed 50th at Hartford 2023, 63rd at Orlando 2024 and 100th at Louisville 2025. I wish I could attend more events but I have no locals in my area and flying out to regionals is a big cost.
Jumpluff would be insane with Spore
Yay
The two currents goats of VGC
I thought the Archeldon was Stalwart, not Sturdy...
He did use Stalwart at a previous competition, but this one was sturdy. Probably due to the usage of things like electabuzz and magmar being much lower around the time of this tourney.
@@TheDelybirdAlso gives Arch an extra layer of survivability. And since a lot of his team strategy involves proper positioning of his team, that gives him more flexibility in case he gets a read wrong.
Guys, I don't think TheDelybird is a delibird at all...
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5:05 these are literally the most used moves on Amooguss, it runs protect over 80% of the time.
Yea it's 3 other moves are the most common, and protect was at around 56% usage, but still almost half of amoonguss forgo it. And the eject button was the most uncommon part of the set for sure.
I know he was at the advantage heavily, but Wolfe got a LOT of RNG to go his way for this win.
The RNG was in his favor for sure, the sleep powder miss, critical hits, spdef drop, early wakes ect. But considering the team building aspect Wolfe's team is the more consistent option. Just using moves like sleep powder is very high/low roll. I was rooting for Marco because I'm a big fan of sun.
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Freeze is not possible when sun is up
These guys should try tekken
31:05 Influential*
Dang, thought I had all the spelling right time time. 😅