Hey guys! Just an update, as of yesterday I've been at my parents' place to visit for a little 'holiday' of sorts. I won't be working on videos here, but don't worry, I've prepared in advance and you guys will have daily uploads until the end of the year! Thanks so much for the support on the series in the meantime and I'll be sure to say hey during the Premieres
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Yeah that what I was thinking as well. That would have been a free set up and would have helped him alot. Still cool he played it very smart and showed us he didn't need it.
I feel like that was more an unlosable matchup than skill. Most water pokemon have ice as secondary coverage, so an opponent with 5 dragons, 3 of them being the quad weak dragon/flying made the match near impossible to lose, even if two of them are ubers.
@@mattnecroares3954 Which is exactly why I've never ever had a pure ice type pokemon on my team in close to 20 years of playing! It almost seems unfair that water types can learn ice moves but ice types can't learn water moves (generally speaking, some can learn aqua jet).
Water, the most overdone type in the entire franchise, I'm not surprised. Any team that can take a hit in this tournament are much better than those that can't. Zinnias goodra is the only tank on the team and most of wallace's pokemon had an ice move. Zinnia would have lost no matter what.
@@lucasflaming5330 It was Zinnia's bad plays that gave Wallace the win, not just her lack of defense against Ice moves. If she'd switched Tyrantrum to Exploud on Ludicolo, she'd still have had a 64% chance of a last-minute Head Smash sweep.
@@lucasflaming5330 Zinnia gave a good battle but since Wallace has ice coverage and her team is mainly part dragon. Everyone thought Zinnia would win cause Rayquaza but in all my times paying emerald Wallace has managed to faint my own Rayquaza cause his team is very varied and bulky. Makes sense Wallace is a water specialist in a region that's mainly water haha
The placement of trainers in the True Power Tournament was supposed to be secret, but Wallace and Juan both knew that they were in the fourth bracket, and had shared that information with each other before the battles began. So, Wallace was not at all surprised when he saw Juan's distinctive coat out on the field of the empty stadium, his back to Wallace. Wallace knew better than anyone how elegant and powerful his mentor was; they hadn't battled in so long, and Wallace was itching to see if he'd at last surpassed the master. As he went forward, Wallace paused for a moment; something didn't feel right. Juan seemed shorter, perhaps bent over, and he was wearing a strange hood over his head. He didn't say a word, even though he had to hear Wallace coming. “Juan, my friend?” Wallace called out. “Is everything all right?” No response. “Come now, this is what we were both hoping for, certainly nothing could dampen your spirits today, old friend. Juan ...?” Wallace was right there. He started to reach out, to see if Juan was okay ... and the figure spun around. “SURPRISE!!!” the little dark-haired girl said, eyes alight with manic energy, the coat she wore spinning as she lowered her hood. Wallace jumped like a Spoink, springing a foot backwards. _What in the ...?!_ For a moment, he thought he must have been mistaken ... but no, he'd recognize that fabulous coat anywhere! “Who are you?” Wallace said. “And why are you wearing _that?”_ Juan's coat was so large that it came down to her ankles, hanging loose: to say that it looked odd would be an understatement. “I'm Zinnia, but about that last point, I really don't know!” She shrugged, an utterly baffled frown on her face. “After I beat him, Mr. Crawdaunt-coat said he wanted to give this to me, for some reason. Don't ask me why! You Sootopolitans are _weird,_ but I didn't wanna make him sad or anything!” Wallace couldn't help but chuckle. Juan had been joking about giving his coat to the trainers who beat him for years and years, but Wallace didn't think he would actually do it. “I confess myself at a loss!” he said. “How in the world did you manage to overcome Juan?” Wallace hadn't been sure that even he could beat Juan at his full power: Wallace thought his own choices in Pokémon were better, but Juan's team had been several levels above even Steven's when he had left the championship to Wallace. “Oh, wasn't that hard!” Zinnia said. “Yeah, he put up a fight, but Rayquaza man-handled his team good, took 'em all out!” Wallace laughed out loud. _Surely she's joking. No trainer has ever captured Rayquaza!_ “Oh, what a shame!” he thought. “How greatly I looked forward to at last testing myself against my teacher's full power!” “Oh, yeah, sorry,” Zinnia said in a wry voice. “I know, I know, the big rematch, and I ruined it, sorry, but c'mon, don't you already know how it was gonna go? He'd say he's proud of you, you're his best student, this is your final test, you've surpassed even him, blah blah blah. I mean, didn't he lay it on good and thick when you became champion, already?” Wallace kept laughing. _My, what a delightful girl!_ She reminded him of Lisia, almost. And despite her ridiculous boasts, she must be very skilled to overcome Juan. “Well, perhaps _I_ can put _you_ to the ultimate test, instead!” Wallace said. He cast back his cape, freeing his hands to reach for Pokéballs. “So! You think you can dance with the greatest trainers and win? Well, we're in the right place for it! I look forward to seeing the true extent of your power!” At that moment, a voice came across the field. “UNCLE WALLACE! UNCLE WALLACE!” Wallace turned. Lisia was racing across the field towards them, carrying a Pokénav. “Well!” Wallace said. “Lisia! I was just thinking of you!” Lisia put her hands on her knees, panting. “I'm sorry! I didn't mean to touch your Pokénav, but it kept ringing and ringing and ringing, and I had to see what it was about, and it was _Juan,_ and he was talking like crazy, and now they're showing everyone who's gonna battle who, and ... oh no! That's her, isn't it?” She stared at Zinnia in horror. Zinnia winked and gave her a victory sign. “Oh, it's quite alright, my dear,” Wallace said. “I expect Juan just wished to tell me that we won't be battling in the main bracket, after all, but that is no problem at all; once I've finished with our young friend here, I'm sure my master will win his way up through the second bracket to ...” “SHE HAS RAYQUAZA!!!” Lisia said. Wallace turned, appraising Zinnia's smirk with new eyes. “And she's been seen with Magma _and_ Aqua gear!” Lisia said. “I mean, she might be either of them!” She glared at Zinnia and pointed a finger. “You leave my uncle alone, you ... you ... you mean, Aqua-Magma-Dragon person!” Around them, people began entering the stands, filling the seats. It was almost time for the match to begin. “Aw, don't you worry yourself!” Zinnia said. “I'm no Magma! I'm no Aqua! But I am kind of a big deal, you know, being Rayquaza's chosen one and all!” She pulled out a Pokéball. “You came for a dance? I'll show you a dance: a Dragon Dance! Hahaha!”
@@atmassylphen6785 wallace was made champion to balance rayquaza being obtainable before the elite four in emerald. Most of wallace's pokemon are tanky and have ice moves. Wallace just has to tank factor which is why water gyms are so annoying.
Yeah but she has three Pokémon that are four times a week to ice while why Nona‘s team is pretty balance well as balanced as you can be as a mono type gym leader
I rarely comment on TH-cam videos, but I've really enjoyed the True Power series and the True Power Tournament series. Wallace is my favorite Pokémon Champion and this battle had me on the edge of my seat. It's good to see Wallace showing his skill and the power of Water-type Pokémon.
The match would've ended sooner if Swampert just used Stealth Rock after getting Altaria frozen. I was already doubting Wallace's chances because of that loss of opportunity, but he was still able to pull it off though. Also, key moments were the Sleeptalk attacks, the crucial Head Smash and Draco Meteor misses. Still rooting for Wallace; just a bit disappointed that the situation made it seem he won by him being lucky. Keep up the great content, Silph.
Honestly don't think the Draco Meteor and Head Smash misses were that crucial for Wallace though. Gyarados missed it's bounce so it ended up being taken out anyway, and I'm not sure if Ludicolo would have taken out Tyrantrum from that range but Starmie could probably have outspeed Tyrantrum anyway and finished it off.
Wallace's team, despite also being mono-water, is quite different from Juan's: whereas Juan relied more on setting up weather and going for broke with boosted sweeps, Wallace has many more Pokémon that could withstand Zinnia's hugely powerful attacks, but that leaves him in the same pickle that Tucker was against Anabel: if his Pokémon take even a little damage, that will put them in range for a huge sweep from Rayquaza or Mega-Salamence, which means that his ability to switch and use Life Orb is going to be seriously compromised. Starmie is the biggest asset that Wallace has, because of its speed and ability to swiftly KO Zinnia's dragons (including Rayquaza!) with Ice Beam, but if it's using Life Orb, it could easily get within range of Mega-Mence, or just an Extreme Speed from Rayquaza. Wallace could very potentially take this by buffeting Zinnia with an unending storm of Ice Beams, Punches, and Fangs, but knocking out the rest of her Pokémon without being weakened to within range of a sweep from her heavy hitters is going to be a tall order, doubly so if Goodra is packing Thunderbolt. Swampert switching in on that is an obvious play, but if Zinnia predicts it, Wallace's hopes of victory just might go down the drain. Edit: Wow, everything went wrong for Zinnia! She led with the wrong Pokémon, Goodra didn't have Thunderbolt, she used up her only means of blocking Ice type attacks (Goodra and Exploud) way too fast, and perhaps most disastrously, she sacrificed Tyrantrum against Ludicolo. If she had switched to Exploud, she would very possibly have won, as Tyrantrum could have outrun every Pokémon on Wallace's team except Ludicolo in the rain and delivered devastating Head Smashes: with it in reserve instead of Exploud, she would have still had a 64% chance of winning even with all her bad luck and previous mistakes, as opposed to practically nothing. Ironically, despite having two Uber Pokémon, Zinnia is the only trainer in Round 2 to go down with the opponent having more than one Pokémon remaining. Ouch! I'm looking forward to the Losers' Bracket, and speculating about how it's going to be set up. Since we have 10 losers in the first round and 8 in the second, there are a few different ways it could go: the most likely, I think, is for four of them to compete against each other in a brief preliminary round, and have the winners of those two matches join the other 14 in a merged first round. It sounds a bit odd to have the losers of both Round 1 and Round 2 in the same first round, but that's really the best way I see to get a number divisible by 2.
to be fair Hoenn trainers have nice counter vs dragon trainers. wallace, juan and archie all have water type pokemons and they can all learn ice type moves. then there is glacia who would wreck dragon trainers with her mono ice type. its really unfortunate for drake and zinnia. i really hope one of these tournaments a dragon trainer will become champion.
@@anupregmi4205 actually. Nobody in Glacia's team outspeeds Mega Salamence, who if sets up a Dragon Dance is a huge threat. Technically Frosslass has a focus sash hence can endure one hit. And Walrein is bulky enough to survive one Aerialite boosted Double Edge. But in general, it is quite threatened by it.
@@relaxn3918 true from technical POV a lot of things could go in one trainer's favor and it does account for varying results. I just meant to say that in general Hoenn trainers have a lot of counters to dragon types. Unfortunately for Zinnia she also had to face 2 water type trainers in a row.
@@anupregmi4205 to be fair, both teams were quite different. Juan's is weather based and hyper offense with swift swim. But due to air lock, this is completely nullified, hence making it easier for Zinnia to break wholes and sweep. As for Wallace, it's a mostly defensive team with two offense pokemon in Starmie and Swift Swim Ludicolo.
i was cheering for zinnia too because she had to face 2 water type trainers in a row. its kind of unfortunate because almost all water type pokemon has some coverage ice moves
My bet is on Wallace. Though, I honestly think winning here would be difficult but hey, that's what a bet is. Nishishi Edit: Yooooo...boy, did I gambled right.
Starmie is so underappreciated. All the way back to Gen 1 it's been one scary pokemon. And while it has dipped through the years, this shows it's still a force to be reckoned with.
This match goes along great with Zinnia's previous match in showing that if you want to do well in the True Power series you need actual strategy and proper team building to make it past the second round (unless of course you're Bugsy in the Johto Tourney, but that was rushed out as all Hell). Oh yeah, the fact its Wallace who sent Zinnia to Losers Bracket after she did the same to Juan is just the icing on the cake.
@@JetSetRadio774 Not in the case of the Johto Tourney. While Bugsy had a very solid line-up and made great use of Shuckle, Mega Beedrill just made the rest of his team redundant. There was nothing in anyone else's line-up that could outspeed (outside of priority moves) it and nothing could survive a single attack from it.
@@TheParanoidLogician I didn't see anything in the damage calc that told me M-Beedrill could one-shot Umbreon. I did see however that a stiff breeze could blow it over, which is why he saved it for when checks like Ho-Oh were weakened to set up a sweep. Also, since he made such good use of his Shuckle that people get excited when it comes out in the tournament now, that proves my only point that he used "actual strategy."
@@JetSetRadio774 True, the only opponent Bugsy had to worry about was Silver, but if Ho-oh and Umbreon were the only mons that Megadrill couldn't OHKO then it's still pretty heavily in "Press A to Win" territory. Now don't get me wrong, I'm glad an underdog like Bugsy won, but it feels like there was nothing to give him an actual threat or anything.
@@TheParanoidLogician I'm not saying they were. Your first point was that Bugsy had no actual strategy, which I outlined. Your second was he could outspeed and one-shot any other team in the tournament. I gave two examples of that not being the case. I'm sure there are many more bulky threats worn down with rocks and other shenanigans he used to set up a sweep.
Post Battle Analysis: Spoiler Zinnia started out a turn behind from Jump Street, as her lead (Tyrantrum) was no match for Swampert which gave Wallace two turns of uncontested action courtesy of Stealth Rocks. Zinnia despite the power advantage just couldn't make up this deficit which eventually led to her loss. Personal note: OP game mechanic (Stealth Rock) beat OP Pokemon.
Wallace really should've used stealth rock on the frozen Altaria. He ultimately didn't need it in the end, but there was no downside to doing that instead of trying to hurry up and take out a frozen pokemon. Unless Altaria stayed in and managed to thaw out, the stealth rocks would've either been totally free, or would've been set up on a switch, which would've taken out Altaria when it switched back in anyway. I guess it could've been an attempt to predict a dragon/flying switch in, but there was no way Zinnia was going to take that risk anyway. Going for the earthquake instead of saccing Swampert for stealth rocks was also not the best play. As I said, it worked out in the end, but rocks really would've done a lot of damage throughout the battle.
You'd think that a team that is prodomanaetly Dragon would out do a water team but this just goes to show that Water Types are so vital to the series. I think that Starmie should have thunderbolt on it so it could even be more of a sweaper or even THUNDER if it has rain dance.
When Wallace didn't set up the Stealth Rock again, once Altaria was frozen, i was thinking he would lose because of it. He still manages the team somehow. Wallace's team is all around pretty solid while Zinnia has monsters and weak ones in a mix.
to be fair Zinnia faced two trainers with mono water types that can all learn ice type moves. and since water pokemon are weak to grass and ice is also good against grass its a no brainer that water type pokemons will have one or two ice moves on them. chances for zinnia to get through 2 top water type trainers were slim. anyway i hope there is a losers bracket too. lots of good trainers in hoenn region
DESERVE. I’m glad the match went this way, none of Wallace’s team gets STAB from Ice Beam so I lost faith when Goodra was tanking hits so well. This was still a close match and I’m glad the monotype trainers are putting up a fight Let’s goooo Glacia and Wallace
At first I thought things wouldn't look too hot for Wallace, since besides Exploud and Tyrantrum, everything else on Zinnia's team cleanly resists Water attacks... But then I saw just how prepared he is for Dragons compared to Juan. He doesn't need to rely on Rain being around to activate Swift Swim to outspeed the opponent- he can just do that with Starmie or Gyarados- the latter after a couple of dragon dances, and then unleash hell on Zinnia with Ice-type attacks that cripple all of her team but Exploud. And if he needs to, he can fall back on the bulk of Swampert, Milotic and Tentacruel, with Swampert even being able to strike with Ice Punch... and we've seen what a beast Milotic can be with Lucy. And if he gets rain up, Ludicolo can just add to the pain with Swift Swim or Rain Dish. In short, unlike Juan, Wallace can take a hit and then strike back just as hard. So for Zinnia, she'll have to watch her weakness to Ice, which Wallace packs in spades. Thankfully, Exploud is just neutral against Ice-type attacks, so it could provide some assistance in that department, but she needs to hit fast and hard with everyone else before they can be OHKO'd or 2HKO'd by Ice attacks, and that's IF they're not outsped. We haven't seen much of her team, so I can't say for sure how well she could do against Wallace's team... but judging by her competition alone, this is not looking good for her. Edit: Yup. Got the details all right, and even the margin in which Wallace won (2-0).
Holly poop! I did not think that's how that would play out, but im pleased to see thst even with two monsters from Ubers, Zinnea still isn't too broken!
You know because of all of Zinnia's Kalos Pokemon in her appearance in the delta episode, I feel that she was an asset from X and Y that wasn't put in the game due to time constraints and saved/ shoe horned for ORAS
I can tell this is going to be a close and tough match for Zynia as her specialty is dragon types and therefore weak to Wallace team. Anyway, can't wait so to see awesome match.
Hey Silph, hope you and your family are staying safe and healthy. Another great battle as always. Just wanna know, will you be doing all the main regions? Beyond that, I hope you have fun with your parents. Happy Holidays!
Wallace need utilize his ice attacks. But first they either need to outspeed and or survive a hit from Rayquaza. Much less dealing with Zinnia's other threats. Will one of the two champions felt here? I am sure we will do loser bracket before the next round. Whoever come out of this round will joined the other seven. We got a champion of Hoen, the last surviving Elite 4, the last surviving gym leader, 3 frontier brains that armed with legendaries, and an elite trainer, Wally. So will reign Supreme and join the like of Bugsy and Blue?
Amazing battle I think Zinnia should have sac one of her lower health mons to save the Tyrantrum and than send it again to outspeed and damage/kill as many mons as possible before the rain dance ludicolo will be out again.
Somebody is going to have to explain to me WHY the Rayquaza went for a 2nd Draco while Gyarados was up in the air. It would have made sense to switch out and tank another Pokemon in order to avoid the hit and get its Attack back up.
Quick note SilphSpectre, I specifically noticed that you say "A good chunk of damage" quite a bit in your last few videos. Enough that it bothered me a little. Could you notice me senpai? I love your videos, I just want to point at something I think you can improve on to make this series even better.
The ultimate Karen right here why the fuck you give a shit about what words he says it’s a goddamn freaking word the world has way too many other problems
The swampert should've set up tue rocks again when it froze altaria. The defogger was frozen and it couldn't do anything. Even if ut came vack with natural cure it ice punch woukd've won the one on one.
Starmie just took down a mfing RAYQUAZA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱 What an awesome BEAST *Aurora* is!!!!! 😆🔊😆🔊😄🔊💛🌈💛🌈💛🌈 That Starmie just made my day shine bright! 🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌
Hey guys! Just an update, as of yesterday I've been at my parents' place to visit for a little 'holiday' of sorts. I won't be working on videos here, but don't worry, I've prepared in advance and you guys will have daily uploads until the end of the year! Thanks so much for the support on the series in the meantime and I'll be sure to say hey during the Premieres
Thank you for being so thoughtful. I hope you have a wonderful holidays. And that next year will be even better for you in term of this channel and your personal life. Stay safe.
Thanks man! Enjoy your time off! Well deserved!
Enjoy your time off, you earned it
I thought Zinnia had Noivern
You are the greatest Silph thank you for always spoiling us
That sleep talking Milotic was both inspiring and terrifying at the same time
Also insanely lucky. Every time I use sleep talk my pokemon uses rest while asleep
#SleepingBeauty
Rng aside that is one cool moveset.
Wallace proving why he's a champion. Huge respect for the man!
Gotta respect a guy who can take down a team with a Rayquaza with a zero legendary team BAM
Not to mention mega salamence
Well he had huge type advantage to not a big surprise
Alot of the legendary pokemon can be outclassed. I think the big thing is Wallace's team is just more set up with Ice Beam users.
Also zero mega evolutions
@@Kev.in1997 well actually dragons resist water. So technically Zinnia had an advantage.
Pressing Rain Dance while staring down a Rayquaza.
God DAMN.
Zinnia: exists
Icebeam: *It's free real estate*
Part of me was screaming inside when Wallace didn't set stealth rocks back up after getting that freeze. Glad he still pulled it out tho.
To be honest Stealth Rock would have made it too easy for him.
Yeah that what I was thinking as well. That would have been a free set up and would have helped him alot. Still cool he played it very smart and showed us he didn't need it.
Delighted Wallace won, no mega, no legendary, no pseudo, just pure skill!!
I feel like that was more an unlosable matchup than skill. Most water pokemon have ice as secondary coverage, so an opponent with 5 dragons, 3 of them being the quad weak dragon/flying made the match near impossible to lose, even if two of them are ubers.
@@PublicNMEno1 true dat
If I have a water pokemon on my team it knows ice beam or some ice move cause if not I'm probably gonna drop it
@@PublicNMEno1 let's not talk about everything that went right for Wallace as well that was rng based not skill based
Pure skill? All his Pokémon had ice type moves
@@mattnecroares3954 Which is exactly why I've never ever had a pure ice type pokemon on my team in close to 20 years of playing! It almost seems unfair that water types can learn ice moves but ice types can't learn water moves (generally speaking, some can learn aqua jet).
Let’s go Wallace. Show them that you do not need Legendaries to win
Wallace proved he's just as strong a champion as Steven
Water, the most overdone type in the entire franchise, I'm not surprised. Any team that can take a hit in this tournament are much better than those that can't. Zinnias goodra is the only tank on the team and most of wallace's pokemon had an ice move. Zinnia would have lost no matter what.
@@lucasflaming5330 It was Zinnia's bad plays that gave Wallace the win, not just her lack of defense against Ice moves. If she'd switched Tyrantrum to Exploud on Ludicolo, she'd still have had a 64% chance of a last-minute Head Smash sweep.
@@lucasflaming5330 Zinnia gave a good battle but since Wallace has ice coverage and her team is mainly part dragon. Everyone thought Zinnia would win cause Rayquaza but in all my times paying emerald Wallace has managed to faint my own Rayquaza cause his team is very varied and bulky. Makes sense Wallace is a water specialist in a region that's mainly water haha
Wallace's ludicollo in emerald with leech seed, double team and gigs drain was terrifying for me
@@darrellsimon4462 me who slaughtered it with one flying type attack: oh well then
The placement of trainers in the True Power Tournament was supposed to be secret, but Wallace and Juan both knew that they were in the fourth bracket, and had shared that information with each other before the battles began. So, Wallace was not at all surprised when he saw Juan's distinctive coat out on the field of the empty stadium, his back to Wallace.
Wallace knew better than anyone how elegant and powerful his mentor was; they hadn't battled in so long, and Wallace was itching to see if he'd at last surpassed the master.
As he went forward, Wallace paused for a moment; something didn't feel right. Juan seemed shorter, perhaps bent over, and he was wearing a strange hood over his head. He didn't say a word, even though he had to hear Wallace coming.
“Juan, my friend?” Wallace called out. “Is everything all right?” No response. “Come now, this is what we were both hoping for, certainly nothing could dampen your spirits today, old friend. Juan ...?”
Wallace was right there. He started to reach out, to see if Juan was okay ... and the figure spun around.
“SURPRISE!!!” the little dark-haired girl said, eyes alight with manic energy, the coat she wore spinning as she lowered her hood.
Wallace jumped like a Spoink, springing a foot backwards. _What in the ...?!_ For a moment, he thought he must have been mistaken ... but no, he'd recognize that fabulous coat anywhere!
“Who are you?” Wallace said. “And why are you wearing _that?”_ Juan's coat was so large that it came down to her ankles, hanging loose: to say that it looked odd would be an understatement.
“I'm Zinnia, but about that last point, I really don't know!” She shrugged, an utterly baffled frown on her face. “After I beat him, Mr. Crawdaunt-coat said he wanted to give this to me, for some reason. Don't ask me why! You Sootopolitans are _weird,_ but I didn't wanna make him sad or anything!”
Wallace couldn't help but chuckle. Juan had been joking about giving his coat to the trainers who beat him for years and years, but Wallace didn't think he would actually do it. “I confess myself at a loss!” he said. “How in the world did you manage to overcome Juan?” Wallace hadn't been sure that even he could beat Juan at his full power: Wallace thought his own choices in Pokémon were better, but Juan's team had been several levels above even Steven's when he had left the championship to Wallace.
“Oh, wasn't that hard!” Zinnia said. “Yeah, he put up a fight, but Rayquaza man-handled his team good, took 'em all out!”
Wallace laughed out loud. _Surely she's joking. No trainer has ever captured Rayquaza!_ “Oh, what a shame!” he thought. “How greatly I looked forward to at last testing myself against my teacher's full power!”
“Oh, yeah, sorry,” Zinnia said in a wry voice. “I know, I know, the big rematch, and I ruined it, sorry, but c'mon, don't you already know how it was gonna go? He'd say he's proud of you, you're his best student, this is your final test, you've surpassed even him, blah blah blah. I mean, didn't he lay it on good and thick when you became champion, already?”
Wallace kept laughing. _My, what a delightful girl!_ She reminded him of Lisia, almost. And despite her ridiculous boasts, she must be very skilled to overcome Juan.
“Well, perhaps _I_ can put _you_ to the ultimate test, instead!” Wallace said. He cast back his cape, freeing his hands to reach for Pokéballs. “So! You think you can dance with the greatest trainers and win? Well, we're in the right place for it! I look forward to seeing the true extent of your power!”
At that moment, a voice came across the field. “UNCLE WALLACE! UNCLE WALLACE!”
Wallace turned. Lisia was racing across the field towards them, carrying a Pokénav.
“Well!” Wallace said. “Lisia! I was just thinking of you!”
Lisia put her hands on her knees, panting. “I'm sorry! I didn't mean to touch your Pokénav, but it kept ringing and ringing and ringing, and I had to see what it was about, and it was _Juan,_ and he was talking like crazy, and now they're showing everyone who's gonna battle who, and ... oh no! That's her, isn't it?” She stared at Zinnia in horror. Zinnia winked and gave her a victory sign.
“Oh, it's quite alright, my dear,” Wallace said. “I expect Juan just wished to tell me that we won't be battling in the main bracket, after all, but that is no problem at all; once I've finished with our young friend here, I'm sure my master will win his way up through the second bracket to ...”
“SHE HAS RAYQUAZA!!!” Lisia said.
Wallace turned, appraising Zinnia's smirk with new eyes.
“And she's been seen with Magma _and_ Aqua gear!” Lisia said. “I mean, she might be either of them!” She glared at Zinnia and pointed a finger. “You leave my uncle alone, you ... you ... you mean, Aqua-Magma-Dragon person!”
Around them, people began entering the stands, filling the seats. It was almost time for the match to begin.
“Aw, don't you worry yourself!” Zinnia said. “I'm no Magma! I'm no Aqua! But I am kind of a big deal, you know, being Rayquaza's chosen one and all!” She pulled out a Pokéball. “You came for a dance? I'll show you a dance: a Dragon Dance! Hahaha!”
I want her to beat wallace so baddd
As a Water Type trainer, that's my Champion and the big brain plays I'd expect 💙
The amount of crazy plays, and RNG really makes these battles so enjoyable.
Respect to the guy who played such strategically without any legendary Pokemon.
So much for Rayquaza being an auto-win. Winona will have to watch out.
Winona will lose. My money is on annabel
It should have been, but even Rayquaza can be mishandled.
@@atmassylphen6785 wallace was made champion to balance rayquaza being obtainable before the elite four in emerald. Most of wallace's pokemon are tanky and have ice moves. Wallace just has to tank factor which is why water gyms are so annoying.
@@lucasflaming5330 hence why in gen 3, the term "Bulky Waters" were created.
Yeah but she has three Pokémon that are four times a week to ice while why Nona‘s team is pretty balance well as balanced as you can be as a mono type gym leader
I rarely comment on TH-cam videos, but I've really enjoyed the True Power series and the True Power Tournament series. Wallace is my favorite Pokémon Champion and this battle had me on the edge of my seat. It's good to see Wallace showing his skill and the power of Water-type Pokémon.
The match would've ended sooner if Swampert just used Stealth Rock after getting Altaria frozen. I was already doubting Wallace's chances because of that loss of opportunity, but he was still able to pull it off though.
Also, key moments were the Sleeptalk attacks, the crucial Head Smash and Draco Meteor misses.
Still rooting for Wallace; just a bit disappointed that the situation made it seem he won by him being lucky.
Keep up the great content, Silph.
Honestly don't think the Draco Meteor and Head Smash misses were that crucial for Wallace though. Gyarados missed it's bounce so it ended up being taken out anyway, and I'm not sure if Ludicolo would have taken out Tyrantrum from that range but Starmie could probably have outspeed Tyrantrum anyway and finished it off.
Kudos to the Champion of Hoenn League .. he showed here what being a champ is all about
Congrats you hit 70k you really deserved it and I'm glad you hit it
Wallace's team, despite also being mono-water, is quite different from Juan's: whereas Juan relied more on setting up weather and going for broke with boosted sweeps, Wallace has many more Pokémon that could withstand Zinnia's hugely powerful attacks, but that leaves him in the same pickle that Tucker was against Anabel: if his Pokémon take even a little damage, that will put them in range for a huge sweep from Rayquaza or Mega-Salamence, which means that his ability to switch and use Life Orb is going to be seriously compromised.
Starmie is the biggest asset that Wallace has, because of its speed and ability to swiftly KO Zinnia's dragons (including Rayquaza!) with Ice Beam, but if it's using Life Orb, it could easily get within range of Mega-Mence, or just an Extreme Speed from Rayquaza. Wallace could very potentially take this by buffeting Zinnia with an unending storm of Ice Beams, Punches, and Fangs, but knocking out the rest of her Pokémon without being weakened to within range of a sweep from her heavy hitters is going to be a tall order, doubly so if Goodra is packing Thunderbolt. Swampert switching in on that is an obvious play, but if Zinnia predicts it, Wallace's hopes of victory just might go down the drain.
Edit: Wow, everything went wrong for Zinnia! She led with the wrong Pokémon, Goodra didn't have Thunderbolt, she used up her only means of blocking Ice type attacks (Goodra and Exploud) way too fast, and perhaps most disastrously, she sacrificed Tyrantrum against Ludicolo. If she had switched to Exploud, she would very possibly have won, as Tyrantrum could have outrun every Pokémon on Wallace's team except Ludicolo in the rain and delivered devastating Head Smashes: with it in reserve instead of Exploud, she would have still had a 64% chance of winning even with all her bad luck and previous mistakes, as opposed to practically nothing.
Ironically, despite having two Uber Pokémon, Zinnia is the only trainer in Round 2 to go down with the opponent having more than one Pokémon remaining. Ouch!
I'm looking forward to the Losers' Bracket, and speculating about how it's going to be set up. Since we have 10 losers in the first round and 8 in the second, there are a few different ways it could go: the most likely, I think, is for four of them to compete against each other in a brief preliminary round, and have the winners of those two matches join the other 14 in a merged first round. It sounds a bit odd to have the losers of both Round 1 and Round 2 in the same first round, but that's really the best way I see to get a number divisible by 2.
Most notably, being Tentacruel and potentially his Ludicolo who can withstand it's attacks.
to be fair Hoenn trainers have nice counter vs dragon trainers. wallace, juan and archie all have water type pokemons and they can all learn ice type moves. then there is glacia who would wreck dragon trainers with her mono ice type. its really unfortunate for drake and zinnia. i really hope one of these tournaments a dragon trainer will become champion.
@@anupregmi4205 actually. Nobody in Glacia's team outspeeds Mega Salamence, who if sets up a Dragon Dance is a huge threat. Technically Frosslass has a focus sash hence can endure one hit. And Walrein is bulky enough to survive one Aerialite boosted Double Edge. But in general, it is quite threatened by it.
@@relaxn3918 true from technical POV a lot of things could go in one trainer's favor and it does account for varying results. I just meant to say that in general Hoenn trainers have a lot of counters to dragon types. Unfortunately for Zinnia she also had to face 2 water type trainers in a row.
@@anupregmi4205 to be fair, both teams were quite different. Juan's is weather based and hyper offense with swift swim. But due to air lock, this is completely nullified, hence making it easier for Zinnia to break wholes and sweep. As for Wallace, it's a mostly defensive team with two offense pokemon in Starmie and Swift Swim Ludicolo.
I was mostly cheering for Zinnia but here comes Wallace reminding me of why he's Champion.
i was cheering for zinnia too because she had to face 2 water type trainers in a row. its kind of unfortunate because almost all water type pokemon has some coverage ice moves
That battle was an absolute PLEASURE to come back to after being sick. Man I love this series!
It’s very interesting how many trainers have Rayquaza for their true power team and how the pokemon is utilized in battle.
This is what I thought would happen with Juan. Good job on Wallace's part here. Also, I hate it when moves miss. The most frustrating thing ever.
Sleep talk ice beam was the play of the game. Wallace proved his worth great match!!!!
My bet is on Wallace. Though, I honestly think winning here would be difficult but hey, that's what a bet is. Nishishi
Edit: Yooooo...boy, did I gambled right.
You were right!
Milotic and Starmie did a great job!! Definitely finished off Swampert's strong lead
Starmie is a monster!
Starmie is so underappreciated. All the way back to Gen 1 it's been one scary pokemon. And while it has dipped through the years, this shows it's still a force to be reckoned with.
@@SupermarketSweep777 Yes, Faceless creatures in the Pokégames are underappreciated. Magneton also, In my eyes. Magnezone is meh...
I loved seeing Zinnia in this tournament, but I’m more happy seeing Wallace take down a trainer with a Legendary Pokemon
Finally one of the rayquaza is out of the tournament.
Out of Winner's bracket
Still has a chance to come back in the losers bracket and face off in the final round.
I'm not sure who is going to win, but I do know it is going to be a tight match. Probably with it ending 1v1 with winner in the red.
This match goes along great with Zinnia's previous match in showing that if you want to do well in the True Power series you need actual strategy and proper team building to make it past the second round (unless of course you're Bugsy in the Johto Tourney, but that was rushed out as all Hell). Oh yeah, the fact its Wallace who sent Zinnia to Losers Bracket after she did the same to Juan is just the icing on the cake.
You can't win a tournament with a mono-Bug team without employing "actual strategy".
@@JetSetRadio774 Not in the case of the Johto Tourney. While Bugsy had a very solid line-up and made great use of Shuckle, Mega Beedrill just made the rest of his team redundant. There was nothing in anyone else's line-up that could outspeed (outside of priority moves) it and nothing could survive a single attack from it.
@@TheParanoidLogician I didn't see anything in the damage calc that told me M-Beedrill could one-shot Umbreon. I did see however that a stiff breeze could blow it over, which is why he saved it for when checks like Ho-Oh were weakened to set up a sweep. Also, since he made such good use of his Shuckle that people get excited when it comes out in the tournament now, that proves my only point that he used "actual strategy."
@@JetSetRadio774 True, the only opponent Bugsy had to worry about was Silver, but if Ho-oh and Umbreon were the only mons that Megadrill couldn't OHKO then it's still pretty heavily in "Press A to Win" territory. Now don't get me wrong, I'm glad an underdog like Bugsy won, but it feels like there was nothing to give him an actual threat or anything.
@@TheParanoidLogician I'm not saying they were. Your first point was that Bugsy had no actual strategy, which I outlined. Your second was he could outspeed and one-shot any other team in the tournament. I gave two examples of that not being the case. I'm sure there are many more bulky threats worn down with rocks and other shenanigans he used to set up a sweep.
Post Battle Analysis: Spoiler
Zinnia started out a turn behind from Jump Street, as her lead (Tyrantrum) was no match for Swampert which gave Wallace two turns of uncontested action courtesy of Stealth Rocks. Zinnia despite the power advantage just couldn't make up this deficit which eventually led to her loss.
Personal note: OP game mechanic (Stealth Rock) beat OP Pokemon.
Wallace really should've used stealth rock on the frozen Altaria. He ultimately didn't need it in the end, but there was no downside to doing that instead of trying to hurry up and take out a frozen pokemon. Unless Altaria stayed in and managed to thaw out, the stealth rocks would've either been totally free, or would've been set up on a switch, which would've taken out Altaria when it switched back in anyway. I guess it could've been an attempt to predict a dragon/flying switch in, but there was no way Zinnia was going to take that risk anyway. Going for the earthquake instead of saccing Swampert for stealth rocks was also not the best play. As I said, it worked out in the end, but rocks really would've done a lot of damage throughout the battle.
You'd think that a team that is prodomanaetly Dragon would out do a water team but this just goes to show that Water Types are so vital to the series. I think that Starmie should have thunderbolt on it so it could even be more of a sweaper or even THUNDER if it has rain dance.
That rest sleep talk set though! My mouth was agape :o
When Wallace didn't set up the Stealth Rock again, once Altaria was frozen, i was thinking he would lose because of it. He still manages the team somehow.
Wallace's team is all around pretty solid while Zinnia has monsters and weak ones in a mix.
to be fair Zinnia faced two trainers with mono water types that can all learn ice type moves. and since water pokemon are weak to grass and ice is also good against grass its a no brainer that water type pokemons will have one or two ice moves on them. chances for zinnia to get through 2 top water type trainers were slim. anyway i hope there is a losers bracket too. lots of good trainers in hoenn region
DESERVE. I’m glad the match went this way, none of Wallace’s team gets STAB from Ice Beam so I lost faith when Goodra was tanking hits so well. This was still a close match and I’m glad the monotype trainers are putting up a fight
Let’s goooo Glacia and Wallace
Looks like Wallace had the means to Starmie-t expectations!
Lol
Good back and forth there. I really didn't know who was going to win!
At first I thought things wouldn't look too hot for Wallace, since besides Exploud and Tyrantrum, everything else on Zinnia's team cleanly resists Water attacks... But then I saw just how prepared he is for Dragons compared to Juan. He doesn't need to rely on Rain being around to activate Swift Swim to outspeed the opponent- he can just do that with Starmie or Gyarados- the latter after a couple of dragon dances, and then unleash hell on Zinnia with Ice-type attacks that cripple all of her team but Exploud. And if he needs to, he can fall back on the bulk of Swampert, Milotic and Tentacruel, with Swampert even being able to strike with Ice Punch... and we've seen what a beast Milotic can be with Lucy. And if he gets rain up, Ludicolo can just add to the pain with Swift Swim or Rain Dish. In short, unlike Juan, Wallace can take a hit and then strike back just as hard.
So for Zinnia, she'll have to watch her weakness to Ice, which Wallace packs in spades. Thankfully, Exploud is just neutral against Ice-type attacks, so it could provide some assistance in that department, but she needs to hit fast and hard with everyone else before they can be OHKO'd or 2HKO'd by Ice attacks, and that's IF they're not outsped. We haven't seen much of her team, so I can't say for sure how well she could do against Wallace's team... but judging by her competition alone, this is not looking good for her.
Edit: Yup. Got the details all right, and even the margin in which Wallace won (2-0).
That Milotic set was a huge surprise!
The OG STARMIE killed it! 😍😍
Woah this was really a fun and a scary fight especially with the sleep talk Mirotic.
Wallace proving there he's not only good at contests, but also in the battlefield. Same level as his pal Steven.
Holly poop! I did not think that's how that would play out, but im pleased to see thst even with two monsters from Ubers, Zinnea still isn't too broken!
I am glad someone finally took down a the green beast!
Man, I was hoping for the Zinnia win but deep down I knew Wallace had it. Great battle as usual!
Great video as always. Keep up the good work!
That sleep talk ice beam is wicked😂
Bruh Zinnia playing like a noob [does she not know what 100% accuracy is or what a tactical death is]
Holy moly. Wallace with an amazing battle! That one was fun!
Man everyone said Wallace was weak. Look at Wallace making it
You know because of all of Zinnia's Kalos Pokemon in her appearance in the delta episode, I feel that she was an asset from X and Y that wasn't put in the game due to time constraints and saved/ shoe horned for ORAS
I did not expect that outcome!
Gotta say Wallace fought like a champion.
Slight spoilers: Seems my high hopes for Zinnia were misplaced, but that Milotic is an absolute monster.
I would love to see Wallace X Steven in the final.
No
As soon as Wallace's Milotic Sleep Talked an Ice Beam, I knew it was gonna be him.
Who would win?
A mighty ferocious mega-evolved dragon
Or a beautiful sleepy boi?
Wallace proving why he’s a champion, incredible!
Rooting for Wallace to win the whole thing, probably my all time favorite champion. 😭🙌🏾
What a great battle!!
I can tell this is going to be a close and tough match for Zynia as her specialty is dragon types and therefore weak to Wallace team. Anyway, can't wait so to see awesome match.
Juan is proud of his pupil I'm sure. =)
Hey Silph, hope you and your family are staying safe and healthy. Another great battle as always. Just wanna know, will you be doing all the main regions? Beyond that, I hope you have fun with your parents. Happy Holidays!
Why the hell did Gyrados use bounce instead of Ice Fang?!
Champion Wallace slayed the dragons!
This was an unexpected win.. I didn’t think Wallace would get past half her roster.. 😬😬
That Milotic was such an MVP!
Wallace need utilize his ice attacks. But first they either need to outspeed and or survive a hit from Rayquaza. Much less dealing with Zinnia's other threats. Will one of the two champions felt here? I am sure we will do loser bracket before the next round. Whoever come out of this round will joined the other seven. We got a champion of Hoen, the last surviving Elite 4, the last surviving gym leader, 3 frontier brains that armed with legendaries, and an elite trainer, Wally. So will reign Supreme and join the like of Bugsy and Blue?
Amazing battle I think Zinnia should have sac one of her lower health mons to save the Tyrantrum and than send it again to outspeed and damage/kill as many mons as possible before the rain dance ludicolo will be out again.
Man bravo to the players. Wallace played the hell out of that
This will be intense!
Thank you ice beam, very cool.
Wallace has to put out Spikes/Toxic Spikes to get an advantage
Aside from Zinnia's Tyrantrum and Goodra, it won't do much. Exploud is also affected but it usually dies early gane.
What a champion truly is
Let's go Wallace! All for the Mono Water pokemon trainers!
Somebody is going to have to explain to me WHY the Rayquaza went for a 2nd Draco while Gyarados was up in the air. It would have made sense to switch out and tank another Pokemon in order to avoid the hit and get its Attack back up.
Wait a minute.... Does winona and zinnia both have a Rayquaza???!!!
Best battle so far .
Here we go!
I love Rayquaza! But I hate seeing legendaries in competitive battling
Mega Salamence would have made a dufference in the end.
Quick note SilphSpectre, I specifically noticed that you say "A good chunk of damage" quite a bit in your last few videos. Enough that it bothered me a little. Could you notice me senpai? I love your videos, I just want to point at something I think you can improve on to make this series even better.
The ultimate Karen right here why the fuck you give a shit about what words he says it’s a goddamn freaking word the world has way too many other problems
Always have great matches
These are great.
The Draconid vs the Sootopolitan
RNG was rough on Zinnia in this fight.
The swampert should've set up tue rocks again when it froze altaria. The defogger was frozen and it couldn't do anything. Even if ut came vack with natural cure it ice punch woukd've won the one on one.
One mega Salamence vs a sleeping Milotic.
Rayquaza didn't mega evolve?
Why Gyarados didn't use ice fangs in Rayquaza?
Probably doesn't run it
Just because you have legendaries, it doesn't guarantee a win unless you play well
Starmie just took down a mfing RAYQUAZA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱 What an awesome BEAST *Aurora* is!!!!! 😆🔊😆🔊😄🔊💛🌈💛🌈💛🌈 That Starmie just made my day shine bright! 🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌
When did Zinnia get a quaza?
Haven’t watched the video yet but I think Zinnia is gonna take this tournament.
...This comment did not age well at all in the span of 10 minutes 😂😂😂
Yeeeeeeeeeessssss Wallace that was some beautiful battling so happy Wallace won
poor Xinnia. Most of Wallace's team carried ice beam. Not much she could do
Was hoping Wallace would take down the Rayquaza
No gimmicks champ