I Entered a Tournament with a Classic Pokemon
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 19 ก.ย. 2024
- Raichu is one of the most famous Pokemon ever - but how good is it competitively? To answer this question, I entered a 100+ person online tournament.
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No lie, the visual of Raichu running through the dematerialization gate from portal and losing its event move is genius. These editors man
Material emancipation grill? 🤔
What about that is genius? I mean seriously. It was completely unremarkable, at best
Ok Kieran
I poop my pants 🤝
Wowzers moment
“I have a perfect counter to Miradon!” Doesn’t encounter a single miraidon the whole tournament.
There was one round where they had it, but just didn't bring it because of Raichu.
@@Merten5 To be fair, that's still really impactful. Preventing your opponent from bringing out a powerful mon because they see the Raichu, is huge, and narrows down the strategies your opponent can use.
@@Noah2472-j1nIn fact, that speaks volumes of just how much Raichu was a threat. Just it's presence alone was enough to gain ground against his opponents before the battle even started
@@Noah2472-j1nyeah I’m pretty sure many people realized this and miradons popularity plummeted again
@@cuttlefish6839 probably not, it'll just lead to teams having counters to Raichu. Miraidon is too strong to leave off of teams with what we know now
1:05
In a video about entering a tournament with raichu, it takes 65 seconds for incineror to appear
The addiction worsens
And it takes until 7:31 to mention it by name
Incineroar is the only exception of a based funny cat video
Nice
Boo hoo
Hi guys, I was Wolfey's top 16 opponent in this wideo :)
First off, I wanna say I'm super grateful to have played Wolfey and was very happy to have had a good showing regardless of the loss. I have been playing VGC since 2015, and Wolfey has been a huge inspiration to me, so playing against him was super special! For anyone that is interested, I wanted to present some of my thoughts and perspective on the set to show off what the opponents side was thinking:
**FULL RANT THAT IS WAY TOO LONG AHEAD**
My full team was Calyrex-Ice, Gholdengo, Amoonguss, Incineroar, Pelipper, and Raging Bolt
Game 1: My plan was to get a Nasty Plot off on Gholdengo, and try to protect it the entire game. Gholdengo was one of my best answers against Zamazenta and I didn't want to lose it. On turn 1, I honestly wasn't expecting him to Fake Out + Nasty Plot because I could have just went for Nasty Plot as well, I also wanted to weaken Incineroar so that it didn't do too much damage to Gholdengo, so I went for Parting Shot. I don't have too much else to say about game 1, I played well, but was caught completely off guard by how much damage metal coat Gholdengo did, knocking out my Amoonguss and setting up a KO onto Gholdengo from Incineroar. The game 1 plan was flawed because even though Gholdengo is good into Zamazenta, he also has two dark types and a lot of ways to deal with it.
Game 2: My game 2 plan was perfect. I expected him to lead the same, and I countered with Pelipper and Calyrex-Ice. My plan was to set up Trick Room and ruin Wolfey's momentum by dealing a lot of damage and removing threats, before bringing in Gholdengo to KO Zamazenta in the end game. One thing that happened was me getting the KO onto Gholdengo with Weather Ball, I was expecting that because my Pelipper was max special attack. The biggest highlight of this game was me getting a crit confuse onto Zamazenta with Hurricane, and to be completely honest I didn't want the confusion because I wanted to have Amoonguss + Gholdengo in after Trick Room ended. In the end the crit confuse didn't even matter. He hit himself once, when I double protected, and the crit didn't matter because I was able to set up a Zamazenta 1v1 against my Gholdengo.
Game 3: My game plan was decent, but had flaws, and my execution was horrible. I predicted him to lead Chien Pao, which was right, so at least I got that, and turn 1 went fair enough. But the turn where I went for Parting Shot was such a misplay because Wolfe didn't even have to switch into Gholdengo, he could have just protected Chien Pao and would have OHKO'd my Incineroar. After that play, I had little chance of winning because I didn't have much of a way to deal with Gholdengo and the rest of his team was too much without my Incineroar. Looking back on game 3, I think I should have left Gholdengo behind, and brought the Pelipper again, knowing that it was such a driving force in game 2.
Anyways anyone who actually read this until the end is awesome, and you should definitely sub to Wolfey if you haven't already :)
Congra lations
Yo ariel! Lets go!
You did your best and I'm happy you got such an opportunity to vs one of the goats of vgc
It’s always so good getting the other side of the coins perspective! You did so well regardless! Proud of you for how far you made it homie!
bro trying to milk clout from wolfey too hard 🫵🤣
"Fulfills the prophecy you can't ride your bike here" low key goes hard
Time and a place for everything
The professor’s voice rings in your ear.
Professor Raichu will not aloud it😂
So true
Bro it really does though.
Icicle Crash Flinch Icicle Crash Flinch Icicle Crash Flinch into Icicle Crash Miss is the biggest RNG roller coaster ride I’ve ever been on
The psychology of different move accuracies is honestly worthy of a PhD thesis. The difference between hydro pump and rock slide is only 5% accuracy, but it feels like 50%. Yet I would feel better missing a hydro than I would missing one target on a rock slide despite the odds telling me that's a more likely outcome. The vibes vs reality of hitting inaccurate moves is something.
@@dengar96 Exactly. Somehow I feel like Blizzard is more accurate than Focus Blast, but Fire Blast is less accurate than Blizzard. Thunder has 0% accuracy, but one time I got hit by three Horn Drills in a row from a random Goldeen in Platinum. 55% accurate sleep moves are different, too, because while Sing feels like 80% accuracy, I will never use Grasswhistle. It feels like 0%. It’s absolutely crazy.
@@lory3771 and play rough feels like it has 95% accuracy
@@ttmfndng201 Meanwhile Aqua Tail is at best 50%
@@dengar96Well part of the reason is you are actually 50% more likely to miss with hydro pump (15%) than rock slide (10%)
28:46 “Imma just go to Chien Pao, I’ll figure it out later”
World Champion btw
His difference is too big for it to matter
Like that clip of grandmaster Hikaru going "I don't know what's going on, I'm just gonna castle" after trying to predict 50 moves ahead
@@sylph4252I'd rather compare drunk Magnus.
As someone who has to include Kanto Raichu on every team, I appreciate seeing the GOAT bring back the GOAT. 👍
"This is an investment for later."
*paralysis*
"This is an investment for now"😂
Absolutely killed me 😂
Timestamp?
@@kimuwii99719:06
As soon as I heard that Miraidon was dominating a few weeks after reg G started, I immediately thought "why don't people just bring back Raichu? It's already proven itself several times through VGC's history as an amazing mon to stop an Electric sweeper from going out of control" and, now, here we are. Neat
And so we go full circle ⭕
feel like it kind of doesn't do anything else
edit: also discharge still hits through lightning rod
It will be fun if someone brougt Pikachu, but that's disrepeating my favoite pokemon.
@@shuaitailai but also hits its ally, so it's not a GREAT solution
@@BusinessSkrub yeah i think it'll place decent at like one regional but probably not much else
49:12 "What am I Chappell Roan? Cuz I didn't quite think this through babyy"
sorry can you explain the joke to me i didn’t get it💀
Miridon: I am inevitable.
Tera-Fairy lightning rod Raichu: I’m about to end this Mon’s whole career.
Miraidon with dazzling gleam: i am realy inevitable
@@Dragapultfan-c6pI dont think that does enough damage to matter also endeavor
How good would lightning rod raichu be at supporting Miraidon actually
Probably not really much, the lightningrod would work against it
@@jennatolls7424 yee, i was thinking about discharge and forgot all the other more important stuff
Pokemon is the only game where you get to beat up raging fire cat wrestlers with electric rats competitively. I love it for that.
You can do that in super smash bros ultimate as well
@@alantisssbu9408only pikachu, pichu and inci aren't super popular at a high level
@@unaffectedbycardeffects9152he said pikachu isn’t seen at a competitive level 💀
Skyjay and esam have entered the chat
@@6969Sarazz isn't super popular=/=isn't seen. I needed a term to include a high tier who isn't as played as other similarly ranked options and two not-exactly optimal choices
Body Press is coded weirdly. It is calced based on the pokémon's unmodified defence stat, rather than its attack, and defence stat boosts or drops, rather than boosts or drops to attack. In all other ways it is treated like an ordinary physical attack: it's affected by any modifiers to "attack", e.g. it's raised by holding a choice band or having huge power, it's reduced by burn or tablets of ruin, and it's *not* affected by holding an eviolite or any modifier to defence. Very scuffed move, but not the first time this has happened (foul play's damage is reduced if the user is burned, for example).
So you’re saying it’s affected by Tablets of Ruin…
Live Wo-Chien Reaction
Foul play also bypasses tablets of ruin when used by Wo-Chien (because Wo-Chien is the only Pokémon not affected by Tablets unless another Wo-Chien is on the field)
This is because a lot of those multipliers are used as multipliers for the moves dmg output or the move’s base power, which is hard to understand ingame but is a lot easier to see on showdown (burn being the easiest example, and this is also why a burned pokemon still takes the same dmg from foul play, cuz its attack remains unchanged).
@@varanus5622Live Wo chien podcast
@@varanus5622rather than bypass it, tablets of ruin seems to not actually lower the attack stat, but rather reduce the amount of damage done by physical attacks
It's genuinely so cute seeing him say "I missed you, my friend" to Raichu
Bad RNG happens to Wolfe: *All around me are familiar faces*
Good RNG happens to Wolfe: *YEA-HYEAAAAAH!*
49:11
"What am I Chappel Roan? Because I didn't quite think this through, baybee!"
Wolfey is a wlw confirmed
Dude I'm so stoked to see Zamazenta slay in a format where its not overshadowed by sword dog. I love that big dinner plate face
Fulfill the prophecy “You cannot ride your bike here” made me laugh out loud 🤣 great dry delivery
It’s so interesting they way miraidon made its way into the meta by being an unaccounted for threat, and now raichu rising to counter it. The meta is ever-shifting.
The meta always goes full circle ⭕
Now we need a counter raichu
@@jstar3382 pretty much all the Ubers that Miraidon beats takes down Raichu no?
Fun fact, I won this tournament with Helping Hand Koraidon, and was the guy using it on stream at NAIC.
(I sadly didnt get to face Wolfey tho)
Oooh I played in this tournament too and I remember seeing that team! I got eliminated in top 16 tho and I was terrified to face Wolfey but luckily I didn’t haha.
You sound believable, congratulations
@@andormak8402 dont look up Spear Pillar Tour #28 on limitless then
@@Gemini240 Were you the Toxicroak guy?
@@SwordMasterCody yup! It was a fun tournament!
Wolfe mid game talking is the anime protagonist thinking their going to lose then pull through from the power of friendship.
They're, not their
The Endeavor reveal is top tier, I had to rewind it because I was so caught off guard
This team may have been designed to take on Miraidon, but it really is the Terapagos destroyer with body press, double fake out, and wide guard
Nerd here. If I had to take a guess as to how body press works, this is my two cents. This is just a theory so take this with a grain of salt.
Short explanation: Body Press is weird and ignores certain abilities that affect stats.
Long explanation: It's 2018, and Sword/Shield is in development. They've come up with a smashing new idea for a move: Body Press. It flips the entire combat system on its head by using the Pokémon's Defense stat as if it were its attack. But the Pokémon Company doesn't want to rebuild their entire combat system from the ground up to factor in defensive stats as offensive ones, so they take the lazy route: the move simply substitutes stats when calculating Body Press. That is, it looks at the user's Defense stat, and just makes it the attack stat for that attack, and then resets it, which is much simpler than recoding the combat system to use defense stats as attacks when it would only be useful for one move on a few Pokémon. However, The Pokémon Company immediately notices a problem with this: Huge/Pure Power. Your Defense stat shouldn't affected by huge power in theory, but in practice, substituting the Defense stat into the Attack stat onto a pokemon with Huge/Pure Power would incorrectly double the attacking stat of that Pokémon. So, their simple solution is just to have Body Press ignore abilities that passively affect stats. In Gen 8, that's only Gorilla Tactics, Solar Power, Battery, Power Spot, Flower Gift, and Huge/Pure Power, none of which affect the Defense stat, so it works.
In Gen 9, the Ruinous abilities come into existence and GameFreak doesn't factor this in, so it creates weird jank.
If you want to prove it for yourself, Protosynthesis is an ability which passively boosts your stats. Body Press ignores Protosynthesis as well.
it could also be that passive stat changes are represented by a modifier instead of a genuine stat "boost"
@@user-bn3yy8qf5g I'm not so sure that's the case, because a modifier would still alter the stat during calculations. At the end of the day, everything is numerical at some point. It's a good theory but modifiers and stat boosts end up being basically indistinguishable during the calculation.
4:15 *You cannot ride your bike here.*
Raichu making that a threat. Love to see my favorite yellow boy getting some much needed love!
Unlike raichu, watching your recent content isn’t a big endeavor at all. I miss the YouTubist stuff but I love how striking and well edited the content is now. Watching hour-thirty minute long videos seem really easy with how easily they get me hooked. Thanks for partially curing my brainrot wolfey
9😊9
BonusWolfe has the youtubist stuff still.
@@jackalscry8173no uploads tho
Original Thumbnail time! I’ll need to keep a bank of each of the iterations.
V1 - Little Miraidon overtaken by large, imposing Raichu
I’ll keep the lost updated to the best of my ability.
I have no idea why people keep changing their thumbnails after posting. Was the original not good enough?
@@Eterco Its so that people who watch it might click again cause the thumb nail looks different and it make the video feels different. Also after a while its eye catchingness would probably have caught a enough of the same people so they change it to get a different type of person to click.
@@Eterco They gauge their CTR with each mainly, it's just for testing the algorithm with each separate thumbnail/title. Although idk why the Miraidon video had like 30 changes lol, that seemed excessive
@@shivanikhosa7889TH-cam actually has a feature that lets the creator put out multiple thumbnails simultaneously. From there, TH-cam sees what thumbnail gets the most clicks, and eventually settles on that one. It isn’t to get the same person to repeatedly watch the video.
The thumbnails are tested against each other to see which gets the highest rate of clicks. It’s a way to support multiple artists so I don’t think it’s that bad
I LOVE these long videos!
The mix of general narration, ingame battles with commentary, just overall funny bits and nice editing are so enjoyable to have on while I'm doing mindless tasks (e.g. breeding for shinies).
40:20 "That's my hat saying turn me around man" Wolfey and his hat are a whole Mario Odyssey character. 🎩
Fun fact: everybody commenting hasn't finished the video yet
edit: They should have finished by now.
Jokes on u I watched it on 20x speed
@@squidlord9110that’s still 80 minutes out of 104
I watched him edit it through his bedroom window 😎
Although I'm pretty certain he does not edit his own videos and if he did it probably wouldn't be in his bedroom, so... Hmm 🤔
TH-cam just randomly decides to delete my comments and I have no idea why :)
0:47 Wolfe says butt and then Raichu's frown turns upside down.
"what am I, Chappell Roan? Because I didn't think this through" at around 49 minutes is part of why Wolfe is so iconic
Wolfey: makes a video on how strong Miraidon is
Also Wolfey: immediately makes another video showing off how to counter it with a mouse 😂
Also, Wolfey doesn't see Miraidon the whole tournament?
@davidharshman7645 I know right?!?! It's like Miraidon players knew what would await them 😂
@@CamKoudoiirc they did encounter a team with miraidon but the person who had it didnt bring it because it got hard countered
The reason that sword of ruin doesn’t reduce body press damage is that, other than direct modifiers like you get from swords dance and iron defense, Body Press is affected by attack stuff, not defense stuff. So, like, it’s boosted by choice band but not fur coat.
Wolfy should do a tournament with slither wing, its suprisingly good, first impression, close combat, u turn and earthquake are really strong and its a good way to catch people off guard :3
I saw an iron moth set where the whole goal was to lower the opponent special stats by using stuff like acid spray, struggle bug, etc. and then they ran booster energy so then it still could deal some damage, was pretty unique and was a cool addition
Tell me please, I love slither wing but it’s type is subpar which causes it to never get touched 😭 I wanna use itttt
@pedrolopez4910 use the set above with 252 speed and attack 4 spedef and tera bug booster energy speed raising nature, if there is a flying type use u turn to do damage and get out
Thats what i found works best
When I saw that you chose Zamazenta as your restricted pokemon, I cheered out loud. I'm so happy that one of my favorite pokemon ever is now one of the top pokemon after being completely humiliated in sword and shield. THANK YOU WOLFEY
Yeah Sword and Shield was ROUGH on my boy Zamazenta
REAL THO
Getting Body Press was a huge glow up for Zama fr
The king is back (Raichu that is).
Every time Raichu does anything
Wolfe: 😂😂😂😂
I love how Wolfe continues to underestimate Zamazenta, a legendary, and be surprised when they take over half damage.
It's cause it _Sucked_ last gen
Like I still forget that Masquerain's stats got buffed in SM
I know
Wolfy: "oooh noo, I used this Pokemon to become a world champion. But it had a special move it couldn't learn.😫😫😭😭"
Also wolfy:"Well anyways now it can🤫🧏♂️"
obligatory 'repeating-the-video' comment fulfilled.
Despite playing pokemon all my life, I didn't ever try competitive until sword and shield. One of my favorite pokemon has always been Raichu and I had someone with knowledge help me build a team and it had Raichu on it with lightning rod, fake out, focus sash etc. This was when Kyogre was king. That little mouse shut down so many teams and helped get me into Masters. So cool years later to see the little guy back in action!
Ive rarely played VGC, but man I had fun with Raichu recently, entering T500 in showdown VGC with barely any experience outside watching it. And Raichu was huge for it. Used ur WC Raichu as inspiration, nice to see that you used it again.
Fake out, helping hand, nuzzle and Encore (for protect / calm mind users like terapagos) is what I used. Max speed hp and with a sash.
Rest of my team :
Tera Fairy Kyogre (counters raging bolt and miraidon w Raichus Helping Hand and Ice Beam, same as ur tera idea)
Rillaboom (Average AV Tera Water set)
Moltres Galar (Black Glasses Sucker Punch one hits Caly S with max speed and hp + Tailwind is nice, hurricane in rain is nice too, black glasses +1 fiery wrath in tailwind next to Kyogre waterspout sweeped teams and poison is also a great tera with synergy to dark)
Farigiraf (trick room control if need + fake out block helps)
Urshifu Rapid Strike (Scarf Tera Water with Kyogre rain cooked)
Seeing Raichu (my favorite Pokémon) get so much love and climbing back up in competitive makes me so happy
52:87
Legends say that “If Icicle Crash connected it would have flinched”
Prof oak "you cannot drive your bike here" was so unexpected and absolutely the funniest Pokemon joke ever written 😂
I did not expect the Chappel Roan reference out of Wolfe, but I'm happy to hear it :) xD
Bros got more sidequests than legends arceus💀
The quality of these videos is just at an insane level right now. I got served a Covid time wideo yesterday and it’s hard to believe this is the same channel lol
I used raichu in a shell smash water spout blastoise set in gen 8 that I really liked and it did wonders for me even without endeavor. Now that I know endeavors back on raichu I 10000% need to use it
Miraidon: "i fear no mon, but that THING...."
Raichu:"Rai Rai!"
Miraidon:"It SCARES me!"
Finally,a tournament video
It's been 9000 years
09:59. Calculated RNG
49:10
did mf wolfe glick from pokemons just make a chappell roan reference
we got a wolfe chappel roan reference before gta 6
52:57 lmao after all those flinches
49:10 chappell roan has the world champ seal of approval i see! :D
“What am I, Chappel Roan? ‘Cuz I didn’t quite think this through, baby!” 💀
Wolfey: best player in the world by far and does Pokémon for a living
Also wolfey: “archaludon has eyes?”
49:10 The Chappell Roan reference is appreciated btw
Wolfe laughing maniacally because of para is so funny omg
As a raichu fan this brings me immeasurable joy
Wolfe really out here making a counter to a pokemon he put into the meta 💀
“What am I? Chappell Roan? Cause I quite didn’t think it through” good taste from world champ!
We don't even get an explanation for incineroars moves or place on the team anyone. It's just cause incineroar 😂
I mean duh we don’t even need legendaries, we have Incineroar
49:12 The random Chappell Roan stannings okayyy we see u wolfey
you know its a good day when wolfey uploads a 2 hour video. Its the world champ difference afterall
the chappell roan mention made me lock in
hey wolfe i just wanted to say thank you for the content output recently. i've not been doing well mentally but every time you post a video it's like a break from everything i have going on and it's a big help. i appreciate all the effort you put in. keep it up
i loved the chappell roan reference 😭🩷
It takes 1:05 for incineroar to appear in the raichu video
Thanks
not the chappel roan reference 😭😭😭
49:09 peak recognizes peak 😌
Finally Raichu my boi is back
0:01 IS THAT FINLAND!? SUOMI MAINITTU!!!
Raichu appreciation AND a Zamazenta appearance?
yep its a wolfey team
Good thumbnail with Raichu, hope the artist gets linked in the description (:
You... could check the description? There's a few links for the thumbnail artists. If this is a joke of some sort it went over my head
It's there
Haven’t watched one of these long-form videos for a while so I didn’t realise just how much better the commentary is! I’ve always loved the commentary style anyway but the confidence and the delivery has obviously been worked on and honed. Nice!
4:16 how does a warning not to use a bike sounds so ominous
Captions be like :
fakeout : X surpise : ✔
nuzzle : X static cheek : ✔
endeavor : X effort and strive : ✔
tm : X tech disk : ✔
tera type : X tera guy : ✔
bullying : X intimidating : ✔ (yes i know i ment bullying)
runs : X executes : ✔
body press : X body plank : ✔
heavy slam : X heavy body : ✔
wide gaurd : X Vasta gaurdia : ✔
shadow ball and astral barrage : X wraith orbs : ✔
make it rain : X golden rush : ✔
metal coat : X revest metallic : ✔
dark type : X sinster type : ✔
icicle crash : X chops and chuzos : ✔
sucker punch : X low blow : ✔
sacred sword : X holy sword : ✔
throat chops : X Jaw blow : ✔
this was in the first 10 minutes.
Tournament viiiidddeeeooooo
Sidenote I love these videos esp the part where he explains the team and their roles
Raichu is one of my top 5 favorite pokemon and I love that Wolfey always shows the love it deserves
7:34 it's because the damage is calculated like: zam's def turns into atk, THEN sword of ruin applies after
I think it's best to calculate it as incoming and outgoing damage but that's just me
Body press probably does the same damage with swords of ruin because even thou the doggo’s defense is lowered so is the opponent’s so it cancels out
So youre why i see this on ladder already, after 2 hours.
The wolfe Effect is real.
People realising a good counter is a good counter is natural; he might have only sped up the process, if anything. If you're mad, you're probably a Miraidon spammer lmao 🤷🏼
@@BusinessSkrub no i've never used miraidon, this matchup is actually really good for my team.
@@BusinessSkrub There's a reason Raichu isn't used more, and it's due to the opportunity loss of using it instead of better options. Off-meta, complicated teams are his strong-suit, but casuals on ladder however...
I'll take my wins, and I'm still glad people like Wolfe exist in the comp scene. You however, could vanish in an instant and the world would know no difference; you're so insignificant that this is all I can justify using my time to reply with.
Better luck next time.
@@shouk_o good points but there's absolutely no reason to demean the dude
I actually ran an almost identical Raichu a few weeks ago while grinding the ladder. For me, this is basically me getting the World Champ Seal of Approval. I'm glad I am not the only one who saw Lightning Rod Tera Fairy Nuzzle+Endeavor Raichu and went with it.
The rest of the team was almost wholly different, of course. I went with Tornadus, Incin, Terapagos, Flutter Mane and Urshifu. I did quite well, I even got to punk a Miraidon twice in a single match. I recommend trying a Raichu for yourself too!
1:14What song is this
Im pretty sure it is that soccer gamemode from the X Y game
Algorithm Boost
Man raichu has been one of my favorite pokemon for years now! It saved me in a crazy nuzlocke i was in and became a favorite ever since! 💪💪
"I've never missed an icicle crash while wearing this hat" snapped me outta psychosis 😭😂
Sword of ruin reduces defence amount but doesn’t reduce a “stage” of defence. Body press only affected by “stages” of defence being changed not other modifiers
About the confusion at 7:45 -I believe the reason Sword of Ruin doesn't affect a Body Press user's Defense stat is where the Sword of Ruin drop is applied. The part of the Pokemon damage formula that uses Attack and Defense looks like this: (A)/(D), where under normal circumstances A is the attacker's offensive stat and B is the defender's defensive stat. We think Sword of Ruin changes the number for the Defense stat, when in reality it changes the damage calculation to this: (A)/0.75(D). In most cases they work the same, but in this specific instance affecting the damage calculation rather than the stat itself makes the weird outcome experienced. Edit: I forgot to mention this is unverified.
My favorite thing about competitive pokémon is that it's really just one layer of reality away, if pokémon were real almost nothing would change in how people talk about VGC and I find that fascinating and very funny
The way you basically commentate your own gameplay like a shout caster is the secret sauce. I know nothing about competitive Pokemon but I am never confused and makes it so easy to follow along with the intricacy.
1:14:45 "We got pretty lucky with our luck here" truly a world champ difference moment
Finally, someone who appreciates nuzzle’s 100% accurate paralyze
wolf's game announcer voice and chatting makes watching these tourne videos so fun
im guessing that swords of ruin doesnt affect body presses damage because it decreases both the bodypress users def AND its target. so even though bodypress POWER is technically decreased, the actual damage stays the same. Hope that makes sense
It's cool to see Raichu and it's also cool to see so many additional interesting choices like Ceruledge or Sneasler.
I liked as the video started to premptively strike against the "these videos take hundreds of hours" bit. These videos are always a good time.
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