2019 Pokémon World Championships: VGC Senior Division Finals
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 17 ส.ค. 2019
- Watch Lewis Tan battle Ko Tsukide in the finals of the 2019 Pokémon Video Game World Championships! 🏆
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Not gonna lie, that Togedemaru ejecting out on the last perish song turn after enduring a precipice blade from the primal Groudon was one of the coolest things in history of VGC.
Agreed
Can someone explain to me in a simple to understand way what happened with the Perish Count/Encore move? It looked brilliant but I don't quite understand it. I haven't been hardcore into Pokemon since like gen 2 so there is a lot I don't understand about the newer stuff. Watching these videos has helped re-spark my interest in Pokemon though.
@@1survivor566 Encore forces the opponent Pokemon to lock itself into the last move it used. So if your opponent uses Calm Mind and you use encore, he's kind of forced to Calm Mind for the next 3 turns.
As for Perish Song, well if a Pokemon uses the move then all the Pokemon that are on the field will perish/faint in 4 turns, including the Pokemon that used the move. But if anyone switches out their Pokemon before those 4 turns are over then the move won't have any effect on that Pokemon so the move is kind of useless and is mostly used to force the opponent to switch their Pokemon. But the move works very well with mega-Gengar because it has the Shadow Tag ability where in the opponent cannot hard switch out their Pokemon unless it is a ghost type or has the same ability. They can however switch out using moves like U-Turn and Volt Switch though..
@@1survivor566 Also, the strategy worked like this: Gengar & Incineroar would both stall out the first turn with protect, then knowing that Gengar would be attacked it'd switch to Primal Groudon, a very bulky monster, then Incineroar uses U-turn so Gengar can switch in again and put the shadow tag again but now without the perish count (because it just swapped out). Finally the last turn is stalled out again with protect and the rival loses two Pokemon already.
@@1survivor566 What happened with Encore was that Ko, knowing that Incineroar would use U-turn, forced him to repeat the protect with the encore, a marvelous counter strategy because Gengar wouldn't come back that turn and he could switch out his Pokemon.
Togedemaru follows in pachirisus steps and takes the win. That zing zap on the Gengar switch in was unreal
I don't know why Groudon wasn't switched in that turn. Absolute worst case scenario Groudon would take a helping hand knock off which probably wouldn't have even 2HKOd with its massive defense and both were weak to its STAB
pete lee becuase he needed to trap them in for perish song?
@@Samuel-dg4jv potentially getting a knockout on both enemies or doing heavy damage on rayquaza assuming he gets a good reed seams more important to me
pete lee groundon was already there
@@Samuel-dg4jv wait I'm talking about battle 2
Ko did what Sejun Park did in 2014. It's extremely impressive to see his creative use of Togedemaru.
If this was in masters, a lot more people will give it a lot more credit. However Senior Finals was the highlight
This isn’t creative - Togedemaru has been a decently popular mon all season
@@jasonwoods1402 It is rare for it to make it to worlds let alone a world's finals.
Really not that impressive at all not creative when it's a play taken from someone before him. Lol
No. It's absolutely NO comparison between Togedemaru in Gen 7 which has been in a decent placement in the metagame and Pachirisu in Gen 6 which was never used.
Yeah, this strategy with Perish Song is perfect. I just need use U-turn and...
Togedemaru using encore: *vento aureo piano sounds*
However you can block perish song if you switch out your pokemon.i cannot understand why he didn't switch his pokemon. I know that gengar's ability dont allow tge other player to do it but there is a turn when ther is groudon and incineroar in the field
@@saiko1740 Shadow Tag
@@saiko1740 switching out as soon as the Gengar leaves would leave him open to some attacks from Lewis that could potentially ruin his setup. Plus the intimidation factor of staying in despite the perish song would leave your opponent more cautious of switching themselves.
@@joyride6062 thank you, now its everything clear!
“I hate when people repeat their strategies without adapting them, I think that it’s useless. Did you hear that? It’s useless. I said it’s useless”
-Togedemaru, probably.
Sejun Park with Pachirisu in 2014, Wolfe Glick with Raichu in 2016, and Ko Tsukide with Togedemaru in 2019. The pantheon of electric rats who won worlds.
Sturdy + Eject Button FTW
Lewis had a very good strategy, but refused to adapt it, sending out the same 4 Pokémon every round, while Ko kept evolving his strategy through out the match. Togedemaru is a nice meme, but Ko deserved this win purely for being the better player.
I mean I know it's easier to think while watching a video than when you are playing, but Lewis' plays were extremely readable. I wasn't impressed by the Zing Zap into Gengar's switch in because I predicted it myself, and I'm not even a regular Pokemon player.
Totally agree with what Snowmanne said. Lewis had an amazing game 1 with his Perish Trap strategy and then refused to adapt to his opponent while he knew that Ko would look into a way of countering him.
And that is how the winner should be chosen, because they re the best player.
Don't sleep on pikaclones.
I feel the same way about the Pachirisu...it was clever but the guy Se Jun was playing against got exposed for having a poorly balanced team and getting incredibly lucky up to that point. He had no idea how to adapt to a Follow Me.
He should've left out the Gengar game 3, An Incineroar and Tapu Fini start or Tapu Fini and Yveltal start really would've benifited from Ko's continuous use of Rayquaza on start
Togedemaru way literally a legitimately good Pokemon in gen 7 VGC. People used it for it's great support and not because it's a meme.
It's so fascinating how Togedemaru's Eject Button prevents Lewis from trying to attack it in fear of it switching out. Unknown to Lewis, the Sturdy is preserved very well because of that.
But imagine if the Sturdy trick was revealed during the previous game
Korean: Uses pachirisu to win championships
Japanese: uses togedemaru to win
American: uses mega garchomp “ITS THE PERFECT PLAN”
Don't forget Ecuadorian using Gastrodon
BlueGallade475 Latin using the gastrodon was epic too
2015 machamp in seniors
Saw this match live. The place went nuts with Togedemaru switch sniping the Mega Gengar, then when it got the free switch out due to Precipice Blades triggering Sturdy and Eject Button.
Gotta love the next level plays with the Pika-clones.
Remeber that Togedemaru is facing against restricted Pokemon, I believe this is an a higher achievement
Indeed
@Togedemaru hi i love togedemaru!!!
My next Togedemaru will be nicknamed Kogedemaru because of this crazy battle. Congrats to both players!
Imma steal that nickname
Togedemaru has been following in Pachirisu’s steps it looks like
It's so cool to see another pikachu inspired pokemon wins worlds just like how Sejun and Wolfey did in 2014 and 2016 respectively! What's funny here is that Sejun did use Togedemaru in 2019 too even though he didn't make it too far. Congrats to Ko for showing us that even in the format with restricted pokemon that are bigger and stronger even the cute and small ones can pack a punch and tricks!
28:15 that 9000 IQ Play from Ko
Monstersteak91 truth
Now I need somebody to draw togedemaru owning gengar and incineroar like the one where pachirisu eats a berry while tanking a draco meteor
So Togedemaru & Rayquaza GX when?
Korean pachirusu 2014
Japanese togedemaru 2019
Chinese morpeko 2021
udaspmz Latin gastrodon
Definitely the highlight of this year's VGCs
*Togedemaru enters the battle*
Incineroar: Why do I hear boss music?
*plays piano*
The best poke comment of all time ☠️☠️☠️
More like "Why do I keep protecting?" XD
Nothing more satisfying than seeing a gengar perish trap team getting destroyed!!
tewia agreed, that start is so under handed. I'm glad it didn't win the championship!
Togedemaru and Gastrodon ending Perish Trappers careers
Agree
Exactly!
Gastrodon stop perish song too?
For those thinking Togedemaru is a pokemon often not used in VGC... it has a higher usage rating than Ferrothorn in Ultra Series...
This was such a well played set by both sides! Very entertaining.
What if you dominated first game, but Arceus said "here you have an electric rodent"
I'll be so glad next year when we'll see no Mega Rayquaza and Primals but I'll expecting to see a lot of Galarian Weezing.
Nah. Wheezing is pleb bait
If slaking is in the game it will be good with wezzing (also regigigas)
@Deep Soul you know all pokemon get protect right?
I think it's gonna appear a lot, especially in the beginning. But yeah, there's going to be ways to play around it easily so it's gonna disappear. Can't wait to see what moves it gets to try and come up with strategies.
@Deep Soul Who in their right mind would play Galarian Weezing in Singles (OU, UU)? Its RU at best.
I’d like to say that I’ve been using togedemaru since SM was newly released and I’m glad to see it have the spotlight as it’s a really good Pokémon with a great move pool!
Why do they walk up to the stage like they just broke one leg WHAHAHAH
gengar : u all die with my song!
togedematu : mm, not yet.
Those Togedemaru shenanigans in the third battle were just crazy.
Togedemaru here gave me 2014 Pacharisu vibes, and I love it
That Tyrantrum skeleton is so dope
27:37 ENCORE WHYYYYY!!!
Togedemaeu: Surprise bi*ch!
Phrases in which you can always hear audio
Yandel Draven LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO weedletwinneedle's vids are iconic
*Puts on sunglasses
Why not? It _works!_
WEEDLE HAHAYAA
That Togedemaru is my hero
I'm getting flashbacks of when Sejun Park won in 2014 with his Pachirisu
Yea!
@Ilona vee Hey! Yea! X3
Ko: "I'm very happy"
The most emotionless face I've ever seen
Japanese culture looks down on really extreme expressions of emotion. It's seen as boorish
Clever play, reminds me a bit of Pachirisu, although Pachirisu was way more surprising considering it's perceived uselessness. Whereas Togedemaru has decent attacking and speed stats, great abilities, and good movepool.
Interviewer: as champion do you have any advice for the viewers?
Translator: do you have any advice to give to other champions?
Champion:....
His translation seemed a little sketchy
Unfortunately u didnt heard it right. it was yuushou shitai hito ni not yuushou shita hito ni,so his translation is not wrong
First Pachirisu, then Gastrodon and now Togedemaru. It's always a big surprise to see which unexpected Pokemon wins VGC every time.
Mark van der Wal Actually Toge has a higher usage rating then people think. As of right now he is the 22nd most used Pokemon in Ultra Series VGC, even beating out Ferrothorn.
@@adamnorris9993 Even so, he shows that the pikaclones have a lot of untapped potential because people prefer to play safe like this lazy perishtrap team.
eduvbs Most people don’t use Perishtrap. Only roughly 46% of all Gengars run Perish song and most teams don’t run a Gengar at all. I think we all know Togedemaru is the best of all the pikaclones seeing as he has seen usage from Sun series all the way up to Ultra Series. People compare Togedemaru to Pachirisu because they dont know that Togedemaru actually has seen lots of usage before Worlds whereas Pachirisu pretty much saw none.
Empoleon 2009, Mamoswine 2013, Krokodile 2017
Was awesome to watch this match live in person!!!!
The Aussie isn’t used to not being upside down
Honestly everyone should stop giving these people who made it all the way to the finals so much crap. For the format they are playing, they are the best of the best.
You saw the shiny Xerneas too though. I'm 1000% sure he's shiny locked...
@@elijahcrawford3049 nope, ultra wormhole legendaries such as Xerneas are not shiny locked and you can soft reset for them
@@jacobcarroll7485 You're right. He probably just soft reseted ~1300 times, got the perfect nature and caught it in a beast ball which is 10 times harder than a regular pokeball.
@@narwhal3 yeah, and don't forget them perfect IVs as well
PatchouliKnowledge don't forget the bottle caps man
That dude raging so hard lmaooooo
One thing Sun and Moon definitely did good was making a very viable Pikaclone who is both cute and good at battling to begin with, instead of following previous gimmicky pikaclones.
That encore onto Incineroar was sick. Granted, Lewis went for the same play in Game 1, great adaptation by Ko to foil the perish trap strategy on the last possible turn when he knew the double switch was coming.
The Genger play in game 1 was absolutely beautiful
They walked out with plushies like it was a WWE title belt 🤣
Australia vs Japan, this looks familiar
oh, God, Avery! that history/geopolitics joke killed me!
But this time, the Axis won
Wait.. what?
That U-turn to groudon is a hella smart move and bringing out Shadow tag gengar back.
Great Battles!
Very impressive. Togedemaru user gets my respect.
27:35 to 29:00 Legend moment.
Even though i'm about to lose, I wouldn't have forfeited that last battle
He was embarrassed. Wanted to gtfo
You got outplayed, take it like a man and finish the match properly.
He's actually saving his moves so his full strategy won't be shown to all for his possible rematch or fight next year.
@@selenehayes2030 he wouldn't be using the same Pokémon let alone the same moves in next year's SwSh VGC
Perish Song Incinaroar U-turn 300IQ Play
Same happened last year in masters finals
Paul Ruiz did it last year
Wow, what a match! That encore! 😉
Kinda happy Lewis lost. That cocky attitude was stopped real quick✊
Pokemon is a very serious strategic game to adults and I'am one proud adult playing pokemon since 2004.
Really great play by Ko.
Togedemaru is godly with that play
Helpful hint for a better video in the future: Don't cut out the part where the casters tell everyone what each person has on their team.
I really hope Perish Song gets bigger counters like Wide Guard blocking it on Gen 8, because watching a lazy Perish Trap team is so tedious.
@stall fest Especially in doubles.
Commentary is pretty funny when the insane plays start to happen.
ive been calling it rayquahzah since i was a kid..it sounds better than rayquayzah lol
This was awesome
This was ten times more exciting than Master's Division, great games!
Woah now, there was an umbreon
Master's more skillful though, but yeah Toge winning here was great
Sophocles would be proud!
How to win Worlds: Bring a Pika evo or clone
Qué divertida me di con este duelo, ese Togedemaru codeandose entre los grandes....
Yo mai boi togedumaru being a MVP. I love togedumaru at least my favourite Pikachu clone
That U-turn was clean
Wow! So intense!
Togedemaru MVP
Excellent stragegy Mr Multi_boy
He got thrashed and deserved it lolol
Mega Ray is legal in VGC. That's crazy.
in the new rule, you can bring 2 special pokemon
VGC rules are weird primal groundon and mega salamance are perfectly legal but mew and jirachi are banned
It's not as broken as everyone makes it out to be. I just watched one of these where M.Ray got knocked out on the first turn twice.
“How does it feel to be called world champion “
Translated
Ko: *in Japanese* I’m super happy
But at 31:46, does that look happy to you?
I don’t understand what’s going but i love it
Yow whaattt I'm 4 years late knowing Togedemaru is a World Champion!!!!! This is amazingggg
Togedemaru is officially the new Pachirisu
Lewis Tan is goin to have Togedemaru NIGHTMARES. Lol
*Who came to Sejun's korean Pachirisu after watching Ko's Japanese Togedemaru?* Legend plays of unconventional Pokemons
Pokémon is going through a Stallpocolypse
All I can say here is: 1000 IQ plays with slight errors which is natural
man, KO read Lewis like an open book
28:47 The 10.000 IQ play
DAT ROUNDY BOI THO.
Sophocles would be so proud.... Or as Ko would call him: Mamane
Ko Tsukide, the next Sejun Park
Togedemaru, the next Pachirisu
Togedemaru POG
good final match
What version of Pokémon are they playing? Sorry I’m a noob to Pokémon universe.
Which generation games are they currently playing in this competition?
31:45 He seemed so happy...
First time I’ve ever seen sauce in Pokémon
This whole video exudes the word “masters.”
Ko: I am super happy
*Remains Expressionless*
The electric rodents for the win
that Sturdy!
Ko learned well from those wild encounters with Sturdy pkmn!
Around 29:00 that was some Yugioh Anime Trap Card shenanigans
Togedemaru OP !
I love seeing Groudon and Rayquaza and Incineroar in majority of the junior senior and masters matches.......
Let's battle