mkstakes i think cris made in this game - play this build (jk) missed a lot of claw hits by not closing the distance properly missing that first unite (can't really blame him tho) engage in team fights by diving (usually done when playing sacred sword) using metal claw to dodge (it doesn't work because you step back a bit before dashing forward) got stuck on wall during last espeon chase as well. I'm not a pro zacian player myself, but I've played thia build since release and love it very much. so i hope i don't come across as backseating or being overly critical
MC is very strong when played properly, I’ve been mainly playing MC since Sacred Sword was still broken. Also I prefer PR with it instead cuz the stuns help rip them apart. And it’s mean when someone runs and boosted PR into another PR and they can’t hit you or run
Yeah that first unite lol, I wish you could aim it manually. It went up because no enemies were in vision and it goes by movement direction in that case
Metal Claw takes a different mindset to play than Sacred Sword, and practice. Also, timing the projectile block gives you a level of outplay potential few other builds have. Cancling an Electro Ball while closing the distance at the same time always feels so good.
In a game dominated by micro-stuns and burst damage, Metal Claw just can't keep up. Unless the enemy team has basically no crowd control, or poor peel, the move just pales in comparison to Sacred Sword.
I really think metal claw just depends on the enemy team comp if they're somewhat squishy then it's much better but if the enemies are tanky then sacred sword is better
Playing metal claw reminds me a ton of playing water bear or playing double hit scizor. It’s a really sticky build and you get a ton of movement out of it, but if you miss your combos you can be left really exposed 🙃
IMO it feels better to play than SS after the nerfs. SS damage feels very gutted. metal claw gives extra mobility, but by far the most impactful thing I noticed was the attack speed increase. Where SS burst isn’t enough to KO sometimes, metal claw will give you the sustained dps needed
I don’t use zacian much, but i do often find myself using metal claw over sacred sword just cuz the SS burst doesn’t do enough damage to kill anything most of the time and the enemy is usually able to eject or just run away on low health. Also MC feels better to farm with
According to unite db, it's a fact that MC does more damage than SS. I believe both moves are viable, it just depends whether you can sustain in teamfights with MC & autos, or if you need SS to burst combo and then run
I used to hate this build, but ever since the buffs they gave it in the season they banned EX's from ranked, ive been a big fan of it. Not that i play zacian much, but i consistently do much better with claw over sacred sword, the attack speed steroid is so nice, and blocking projectiles is clutch sometimes too.
Idk... I think metal claw has potential but often gets shut down by other pokemon in the game... Like one ranked game I got 165k damage with it and other games it's like 60 to 85k... So it's a hit or miss really
I play agility and metal claw zacian with mustle band and razor claw...and i find it quite powerfull... Yeah i miss the unite sometime and aeos charge agility when i need metal claw.... Overall i am playing this season with zacian most of the time... And blaze kick cinder....
I did stumble with a very good player using it with play rough. He played more passive hiding on buss to one shot. they dont even need to autoattack . it was more like a cheese gengar
use agility first then charge up for metal claw. the attack speed already good enough gained from metal claw hit so no need 2 attack speed held item, 1 is enough. Weakness policy or focus band better for the other item.
Zacian is my 3rd most played char and I used SS build primarily since it's release. I usually get around 1850ish every season solo queue, and I dunno but I like all 4 of Zacian's moves. I never used MC until this patch and I think it's quite a bit better atm. Maybe they can speed up the Metal Claw animation (the jump-back part then going forward), but even if they did nothing I'm pretty happy with Metal Claw build atm. SS and MC I feel can get 80k+ very consistently.
This is an unpopular option but playruff zacian will be a problem in the future. See zacians playruffs allows him to do dmg and then reposition himself around the enemy, this in combination with secret sword can be deadly because u can place secret sword in front off the enemy instead of under zacian himself. Right now zacian is a reactivate pokemon instead of an active pokemon because of the e speed nerfs. (U literally need to hope the enemy is stupid enough to walk in to your sacret sword) Zacian mains know that back in the day u could e speed around enemies in the past to place a secret sword in the right spot,but u can't do that now, and that's why secret sword is shit. But mark my words a single playruff buff will break the game. It doesn't even has to be a dmg buff. Make it more mobile and u will see.
Funny enough if they remove unstoppable or the stun from sacred I think both moves would be comparable but everyone knows the devs gave sacred sword everything for whatever reason. It's no mystery why metal claw isn't played more. I used it once and it was good however...sacred sword exists
I didn't know metal claw did that tbh. The unite I did because well it's a unite .😂 Speaking of I hate the way the ult is and you can't aim it, it casts where you are facing. Though they would have to change something if they allowed aim around 360 probably.
I feel like metal claw makes you way more of a weird speedster but it’s not good especially if you want the best damage you have to save up for aeos. Not to mentions the wind up time, and is a lot more prone to being cc chained compared to ss. It’s not bad, but I still don’t see it as helpful
I think the reason no-one really plays Metal Claw is because Sacred Sword does so much. It slows, stuns, increases your attack and lets you partially ignore defense. Metal Claw blocks projectiles, which is cool, and gives you attack speed for a few autos, neat but not extra attack and defense ignore neat. Sacred Sword can just tap your passive to get its double use straight away. Metal Claw would want you to hold it for a few seconds to make it last long enough and with all the CC in the game thats gonna be hard.
Do you think they should allow zacian to have three items. Out of the three ex it feels the most grounded and takes skill. It is also weird they did not give the rest of ex a useless first item like mega stones. Giving them those items now will be redundant.
At least there's counters against this build cuz it's annoying when zacian ganks you and there's nothing you can do but hope your teammates are there to hinder them (50% damn well they won't lmao)
Outrage from Dnite stuns. While night slash of meow increases its crit rate and gives lifesteal on basic attack those who got hit Night Slash. While Zacian's crit rate got gutted and doesn't have any cc (Expect like slow.)
The windup makes it feel so jank. He has a chaser boosted attack and a dash move and somehow they thought it was a good idea to give it a move with a backstep? the move that's meant to do damage and boost his attack speed too?
I love the concept of Metal Claw and Play Rough. There's definitely damage potential there. Someone even destroyed me with it once. My biggest gripe though is how hard it is to pilot. Those target indicators really have a mind of their own, no matter what setting I fiddle with.
@@CrisHeroes the recommended videos pop up and cover the entire screen and we can’t really see the last few seconds of your videos clearly when you’re showing the stats after the match.
Honestly, Metal Claw users are vegans. Always inserting how they play MC into random conversations, how good it feels, if you question it you're just not taking them serious, etc. Lets just say Zacian doesn't have a 70 percent ban rate in draft because of MC.
Metal claw needs too much skill to master, you try it once and you think it sucks, but you play a lot with it, and you will believe it does more dmg than SS
@@CrisHeroeskinda proved his point with this gameplay I’m not doubting your skills but you definitely did some questionable things. Mess around with it more and you’ll understand where most of these players are coming from
I have no idea why Zacian is an ex Pokemon. It does not feel like one. I don't even know why it gets 2 item slots when mewtwos and miraidon both get 3. This Pokemon makes no sense to me.
Ex Pokémon are legendary pokemon that consume aoes energy to get stronger Zacian gets only 2 slots because rusted sword is its primary item in the mainline games and even then it’s still good
You really don't have to charge your passive all the way, other way to engage better is using play rough, but I suppose you would never play "the worst build"
@zabdielp58 agree with you. Metal Claw is very good when used correctly, but people don't take enough time to master it. Chris sucks at it and just needs content for a video. Only way to combat it is to put out some high rank gameplay with play rough and metal Claw being used correctly.
If only metal claw travels the same amt of distance every time and not stopping for that one enemy in front of you, it would have much quality of life of to use
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Do you like metal claw?
Absolutely 😅
Yes it's underrated
like it to death
Yes!!!!!!!!!! This is best!!!!!!!!!!! And you Are best player❤😊
Yes
mkstakes i think cris made in this game -
play this build (jk)
missed a lot of claw hits by not closing the distance properly
missing that first unite (can't really blame him tho)
engage in team fights by diving (usually done when playing sacred sword)
using metal claw to dodge (it doesn't work because you step back a bit before dashing forward)
got stuck on wall during last espeon chase as well.
I'm not a pro zacian player myself, but I've played thia build since release and love it very much. so i hope i don't come across as backseating or being overly critical
MC is very strong when played properly, I’ve been mainly playing MC since Sacred Sword was still broken. Also I prefer PR with it instead cuz the stuns help rip them apart. And it’s mean when someone runs and boosted PR into another PR and they can’t hit you or run
Great points. Now send in a video for him to critique 😊
@@bootyheir7995crazy strong too the first hit could use a little damage buff tho
Yeah that first unite lol, I wish you could aim it manually. It went up because no enemies were in vision and it goes by movement direction in that case
@@bootyheir7995 facts. I'm also a long time user or PR MC build
Metal Claw takes a different mindset to play than Sacred Sword, and practice. Also, timing the projectile block gives you a level of outplay potential few other builds have. Cancling an Electro Ball while closing the distance at the same time always feels so good.
Metal is just sucker punch but from Walmart
How?
Skill issue 😂😂metal claw is over powered the damage goes around 3k-4k
@subhasishbastia21 bruh, I don't even play zacian. My friend does idk it's kinda skill issue for him
@@jonemillester it is dodgeable
facts, the damage is rlly good tho
In a game dominated by micro-stuns and burst damage, Metal Claw just can't keep up. Unless the enemy team has basically no crowd control, or poor peel, the move just pales in comparison to Sacred Sword.
Cc and burst damage all that matter in this season. Been making more sustain builds to have longer survival in team fights.
metal claw might look insanely bad on paper but it lands way more than sacred sword and feels great to play in general
you mean the opposite of what you said right?
Good on paper and bad in practice is more like it.
I really think metal claw just depends on the enemy team comp if they're somewhat squishy then it's much better but if the enemies are tanky then sacred sword is better
What ?? Metal claws damage is still high than sword
Playing metal claw reminds me a ton of playing water bear or playing double hit scizor. It’s a really sticky build and you get a ton of movement out of it, but if you miss your combos you can be left really exposed 🙃
IMO it feels better to play than SS after the nerfs. SS damage feels very gutted. metal claw gives extra mobility, but by far the most impactful thing I noticed was the attack speed increase. Where SS burst isn’t enough to KO sometimes, metal claw will give you the sustained dps needed
nah dude what rank are u on, SS still crushes mons and burst attackers fast. what are u low rank to even play garbage metal claw
@@haisesasaki9135 What are you yapping about
I don’t use zacian much, but i do often find myself using metal claw over sacred sword just cuz the SS burst doesn’t do enough damage to kill anything most of the time and the enemy is usually able to eject or just run away on low health. Also MC feels better to farm with
@@Xenshi. Metal claw is just way more fun to play with
According to unite db, it's a fact that MC does more damage than SS. I believe both moves are viable, it just depends whether you can sustain in teamfights with MC & autos, or if you need SS to burst combo and then run
I used to hate this build, but ever since the buffs they gave it in the season they banned EX's from ranked, ive been a big fan of it. Not that i play zacian much, but i consistently do much better with claw over sacred sword, the attack speed steroid is so nice, and blocking projectiles is clutch sometimes too.
Idk... I think metal claw has potential but often gets shut down by other pokemon in the game... Like one ranked game I got 165k damage with it and other games it's like 60 to 85k... So it's a hit or miss really
I play agility and metal claw zacian with mustle band and razor claw...and i find it quite powerfull...
Yeah i miss the unite sometime and aeos charge agility when i need metal claw....
Overall i am playing this season with zacian most of the time...
And blaze kick cinder....
I did stumble with a very good player using it with play rough. He played more passive hiding on buss to one shot. they dont even need to autoattack . it was more like a cheese gengar
I'm not a Zacian player but I don't think MC is build to dive in gank. That's why they always ambush or be a clean up crew.
That's what I always do! I launch boosted claw, play rough and again metal claw. Couldn't that have been me by any chance? 😅
Maybe me
Because I just love zacian.
Especially with metal claw and play rough.
+18 on the attack page.
@@Zirah58 ohh yes I check , it was actually you. it was hard to deal with but end up winning the game.
@@CenitV Prob something got screwed up for me in the last stretch 😓
I've been a long time Sacred Sword player and accidentally selected Metal Claw yesterday. Went extremely well 🤷♂️
use agility first then charge up for metal claw. the attack speed already good enough gained from metal claw hit so no need 2 attack speed held item, 1 is enough. Weakness policy or focus band better for the other item.
Zacian is my 3rd most played char and I used SS build primarily since it's release. I usually get around 1850ish every season solo queue, and I dunno but I like all 4 of Zacian's moves. I never used MC until this patch and I think it's quite a bit better atm. Maybe they can speed up the Metal Claw animation (the jump-back part then going forward), but even if they did nothing I'm pretty happy with Metal Claw build atm. SS and MC I feel can get 80k+ very consistently.
This is an unpopular option but playruff zacian will be a problem in the future. See zacians playruffs allows him to do dmg and then reposition himself around the enemy, this in combination with secret sword can be deadly because u can place secret sword in front off the enemy instead of under zacian himself. Right now zacian is a reactivate pokemon instead of an active pokemon because of the e speed nerfs. (U literally need to hope the enemy is stupid enough to walk in to your sacret sword) Zacian mains know that back in the day u could e speed around enemies in the past to place a secret sword in the right spot,but u can't do that now, and that's why secret sword is shit. But mark my words a single playruff buff will break the game. It doesn't even has to be a dmg buff. Make it more mobile and u will see.
why does it feel like metal claw goes further than it should do
"Now do how good was sacred sword on zacian actually"
How is it that sacred sword gets unstoppable and does an aoe stun but metal claw doesn't do either?
Unite balancing in a nutshell
Metal should have had hindrance since the beginning
Funny enough if they remove unstoppable or the stun from sacred I think both moves would be comparable but everyone knows the devs gave sacred sword everything for whatever reason. It's no mystery why metal claw isn't played more. I used it once and it was good however...sacred sword exists
For people who dont know metal claw not only stops normal projectile move but even unite moves such as venu unite and probably cinder unite as well
What
And also lucario's and zeraora's, which is a game changer.
I didn't know metal claw did that tbh. The unite I did because well it's a unite .😂 Speaking of I hate the way the ult is and you can't aim it, it casts where you are facing. Though they would have to change something if they allowed aim around 360 probably.
Yea but you're probably never going to aim it perfectly enough to ever eat a unite. So it's all just good in theory
@@kc12394 I actually know how to pair unites really well, the only one that I still struggle with is Venu's unite.
I feel like metal claw makes you way more of a weird speedster but it’s not good especially if you want the best damage you have to save up for aeos. Not to mentions the wind up time, and is a lot more prone to being cc chained compared to ss. It’s not bad, but I still don’t see it as helpful
I think the reason no-one really plays Metal Claw is because Sacred Sword does so much. It slows, stuns, increases your attack and lets you partially ignore defense. Metal Claw blocks projectiles, which is cool, and gives you attack speed for a few autos, neat but not extra attack and defense ignore neat. Sacred Sword can just tap your passive to get its double use straight away. Metal Claw would want you to hold it for a few seconds to make it last long enough and with all the CC in the game thats gonna be hard.
sacred sword also gives unstoppable which is pretty clutch
Metal claw increases the dmg of the next six auto attacks by 10%, it's not the big difference though
I always ue the rough play nd metal claw build because sacred sswordsrequres little to activat
Do you think they should allow zacian to have three items. Out of the three ex it feels the most grounded and takes skill.
It is also weird they did not give the rest of ex a useless first item like mega stones. Giving them those items now will be redundant.
I mean yea zacian is by far the weakest ex in the game imo but I mean he's still a very solid pick as he is right now.
It would be better if it had three items, but also a little bit more broken.
At least there's counters against this build cuz it's annoying when zacian ganks you and there's nothing you can do but hope your teammates are there to hinder them (50% damn well they won't lmao)
3 buffs and metal claw is still awful and it only took cram's dive 3 buffs to be good.
Why it's worse than other auto attacking abilities like Night slash and Outrage? Is it because it's hard to hit or takes too long to cast?
Outrage from Dnite stuns. While night slash of meow increases its crit rate and gives lifesteal on basic attack those who got hit Night Slash. While Zacian's crit rate got gutted and doesn't have any cc (Expect like slow.)
@@VanshTwilightOMG look who is watching after calling me Cris simp
Thanks for explaining
@@kuruminightcore326 OMG :p
The windup makes it feel so jank. He has a chaser boosted attack and a dash move and somehow they thought it was a good idea to give it a move with a backstep? the move that's meant to do damage and boost his attack speed too?
@@jebusauriorets And the fact you can get stuck on wall makes it so annoying to use
I like this builds. I have try this to❤you play so well of miraidon,sylvion and treevant attagc you😂and eldegoss and leafeon is you bacgup😊
I love the concept of Metal Claw and Play Rough. There's definitely damage potential there. Someone even destroyed me with it once. My biggest gripe though is how hard it is to pilot. Those target indicators really have a mind of their own, no matter what setting I fiddle with.
I usually surprise attack the enemies using boosted mc, play rough and mc again and it one shots almost every mon.
Cris pleeeease add an outro to your videos 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼 even if it’s just a blank screen for 3 seconds
why?
@@CrisHeroes the recommended videos pop up and cover the entire screen and we can’t really see the last few seconds of your videos clearly when you’re showing the stats after the match.
You should play the forgotten future sight / psyshock combo on espeon, the cd reduction is nothing to sneeze at.
I play Metal Claw / Play Rough because i simply can’t play Sacred/Agility.
Zacian never fails to be good in every game it’s ever been in
Metal Claw looks so clunky. I don’t think I’ve ever seen Metal Claw and if I have it was probably so unimpactful I didn’t notice it.
Try x attack with metal claw it melts everything
I've had this block my lucario unite and loose that game bcz it didn't stop a score
It blocks unite moves?😀
@@Arctorias it did block mine
1 litres on the enemy team is my friend lol
I think I've never really seen you play hoopa, why not give it a try?
Ah i see the mighty “claw doggo” pressure of the chat
Metal cro is super bad, is like Garchomp's dig. But Zacian is not as chunky nether has a normal to make it function.
As a person who doesn’t play zacian, I can confirm that metal claw is underrated.
Honestly, Metal Claw users are vegans. Always inserting how they play MC into random conversations, how good it feels, if you question it you're just not taking them serious, etc. Lets just say Zacian doesn't have a 70 percent ban rate in draft because of MC.
Vegans are simply against animal exploitation & unnecessary suffering, lmao what did they ever do to you?
I am zacian pro never play thise build 😅
ever since release, I am a metal claw believer
Does Meowscarada needs a nerf ? What do you guys think ?
Yes, needs all its recent buffs reverted, passive ability and unite move nerf aswell.
Metal claw needs too much skill to master, you try it once and you think it sucks, but you play a lot with it, and you will believe it does more dmg than SS
facts, my g
Metal claw taking too much skill to master is wild to say
@@CrisHeroes Am I wrong tho? 😅
@@CrisHeroeskinda proved his point with this gameplay I’m not doubting your skills but you definitely did some questionable things. Mess around with it more and you’ll understand where most of these players are coming from
it was one game checking it out but you cant be seriously telling me that this basic attack build takes a lot of skill to master
Use aerial ace leafeon its super good
You sure did miss ur ult a lot. 😮💨
Don't talk about how many wasted metal claws he did.
Wait...is not op? They never nerf that
I have no idea why Zacian is an ex Pokemon. It does not feel like one. I don't even know why it gets 2 item slots when mewtwos and miraidon both get 3. This Pokemon makes no sense to me.
When did you start playing the game?
Ex Pokémon are legendary pokemon that consume aoes energy to get stronger
Zacian gets only 2 slots because rusted sword is its primary item in the mainline games and even then it’s still good
Plz try stacking miraidon it's broken.
Yeah metal claw just feels bad compared to sacred sword
Hi big fan
metal claw is razor claw
Cris please read my comments under your own comment
I haven’t seen anyone talk about how good metal claw is, it’s better than sacred sword
i’m a simple man. i see a title that’s similar to false swipe gaming, i click
OMG I just noticed
lmao
skill issue bro
You really don't have to charge your passive all the way, other way to engage better is using play rough, but I suppose you would never play "the worst build"
Dude chill. We get that not everyone is big brained enough to play this build as good as you.
@@tburgess3426 I get it, it's just that it annoys me that people think that metal claw is bad, I love it too much.
@zabdielp58 agree with you. Metal Claw is very good when used correctly, but people don't take enough time to master it. Chris sucks at it and just needs content for a video. Only way to combat it is to put out some high rank gameplay with play rough and metal Claw being used correctly.
What's your held and battle item build?
@@dot5816 Muscle, scarf and X attack.
Full heal is a good option, but the burst damage it deals with X attack is just too good.
I think claw need more range and faster Animation .
It just needs hindrance and a little more dmg when not boosted
If only metal claw travels the same amt of distance every time and not stopping for that one enemy in front of you, it would have much quality of life of to use
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