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Why not include Brendan/May in the tournament? They have access to mega Hoenn starters, Ludicolo, Swellow, Pelliper, Tropius, Wailord, Breloom, Torkoal, Raichu, Magcargo, Exploud and Claydol, despite the levels that's much better than most Gym Leaders, and it's not much of a stretch to set them to level 50. I also think it would be fair for either of them to have mega Latios/Latias, since you can't go through ORAS without it. You can still make another match for round 1 and I don't think anyone would be mad with that!
Can we all agree that if it wasn't for Air Lock cancelling out the rain, Juan stood a VERY good chance of winning thanks to Swift Swim and ice attacks?
Agree, Zinnia also has 1 Legendary and 2 Pseudo Legendaries, so much stats advantages. Air Lock completely ruined Juan's strategy, which is based around rain. Hopefully she does not win, she is also not one of the OG characters in RSE. Rayquaza should go to Winona only canonically.
@@flashaxl well she got rayquaza in Pokémon masters which is very much canonical and as for it feeling unfair against gym leaders well they are just lacking compared to frontiers, wild cards, elite four and champions. But that just makes the round 2 all the more exiting seeing all these titans clash against each other.
I very much agree, Rayquaza's Air Lock cancelled Juan's main strategy which was empowering his team via the Rain in order to enhance their speed via the Swift Swim ability and further boost the raw power of their STAB Water-Type attacks, what's more Rayquaza did this while also providing Zinnia which an enormous beat-stick that was ready to pummel everything that wasn't super-defensive and resisted it's attacks into the ground. If Zinnia had to use at least two Pokémon to achieve this it would be ok, kind of like Flannery who has her Torkoal to set up the Sun and who then has to use some other Pokémon in order to go fully on the offensive because Torkoal while useful especially due to Drought is at heart a defensive-supportive Pokémon, but the problem is that it was done by a single Pokémon Rayquaza is a complete offensive beast and combined with it's ability means that Juan's team (powerful offensive threats) were left vulnerable and and that this was all achieved by a single Pokémon means that zinnia's victory is honestly kind of meh because she didn't so much outplayed Juan as she just threw a top Legendary and had Rayquaza carry her through the match.
This match was undeniably brutal for Juan. Maybe if he had a priority move like ice shard, he would've stood a chance. This is why PRIORITY moves are a PRIORITY.
with a Focus sash, in gorebys, I'm sure that Rayquaza would have fallen, because he was locked in outrage and here gorebys could Shell smash and with the Focus sash he would destroy the rest of dragons
@@joshackroyd500 She does, actually. She has one in Pokemon Masters, which has been confirmed by the Pokemon Company to be in line with main series canon developments as per their partnership with DeNA, its developer.
@@joshackroyd500 talking about the player is the most unfair thing in pokemon, if the player never exist, zinnia would've caught the Rayquaza because there won't a some BS plot armor like "I prefer that random ass trainer over this trainer that was destined to be my partner"
@@SilphSpectre However, I believe her Rayquaza Mega evolves when using her Sync move, but due to Mega Rayquaza being so OP that it literally has its own tier above Ubers, are you going to omit that?
All these Legendary pokemon and mega evolutions on some of the trainers teams are really going to make this bracket super volatile as the later rounds start. It's gonna be a blast to watch.
This tournament is a bit unfair to gym leaders, none of their teams stand a chance when facing trainers full of legendaries and megas, only Winona stands a chance
Yeah, it was bad enough that monotype specialists were put up against multi type users but to then also let them have legendaries?? Idk, I get that that's the point of the 'true power' thing, but I simply don't care about any of the frontier brains and the like. They're WAY less iconic than the gym leaders.
I don't think frontier brains should be in the HOEN true power tournament. Shouldve had top contenders in HOEN qualify for a follow-up tournament that includes the frontier. The FRONTIER tournament 👌
@@KalenVsMyllz Yeah, Kanto had 5 legendaries and mythicals, Johto had 6 and Hoenn has a whopping 10. On top of that, Hoenn has the added bonus of being remade in Gen VI when Megas were in their prime, meaning a lot of trainers have them compared to the prior. I don't see how any other tournament could have as many powerful trainers as Hoenn's, even moving further. There aren't gonna be many megas as far as Sinnoh, Unova and Alola are concerned, while Kalos just lacks quantity of trainers and most NPCs don't have megas.
Honestly, I'm surprised Juan didn't return Politoad for Whiscash to resist the Head Smash that he should've predicted was coming from Tyrantrum. Both missing on that first turn was quite surprising to say the least!
Juan: Greetings, my fine young friend, my name is Juan. Oh no, there's no reason to be so coy ... I am indeed the famous coordinator and Gym Leader you have no doubt heard about, mentor to the former Champion, and I would be pleased to ... Zinnia: Whoa, there! Gonna have to stop ya right there, Mr. Crawdaunt-Coat, and ask you to bring it down a level or two. Yeah, I know you're, like, a big local celebrity and everyone's jumping all over you, but a man twice my age wearing an outfit that would make Tucker blush really isn't my type! You can smash all the shells you like, but not me! Juan: Oh, no, no, no, no, no, you misunderstand me, I merely wanted to say that ... Zinnia: Haha! I'm just razzing you, buddy, don't be such a stick in the mud! We're here to battle, yeah? I'm ready! I'm pumped! I'm gonna blow you outta the water like the little fish you train! Juan: Ohoho, very funny. My, such a spirited girl, but totally lacking in elegance. Perhaps I should make you my apprentice, after I demonstrate to you what type the Dragons feared before the Fairies made their stunning debut! Zinnia: Pshaw! What do you take me for, some ridiculous anime kid who's terrified of Ice Pokémon? My clan had better teachers than a bunch of prancing water peacocks from Sootopolis could ever be! Juan: As impressive as your flying lizards and antiquated dinosaurs no doubt are, I'm afraid I must put a stop to those ambitions. My student awaits me after this match, and it would be greatly against my character to let him down! Bear witness to the elegant illusions and tranquil fury of my best team! Zinnia: Aw, don't you worry! Once I'm finished with you, I'll send your boy Wallace to join you in the lower bracket! Aster, Sweetie! This fop wants to dance for us, so let's play him some music!
This tournament is insane! It feels like a clash of titans unfolds among us! Legendaries left and right! This is incredible! I can't wait to see these gods clash!
@@kazekamiha Oh, this version is a weather team killer... Aka it's bound to destroy most teams since they depend on sandstorm, rain, sunny day and hail... Even if a hail dependent team has a lot more to do offensively to Rayquaza
This match up was sooooooo broken! Honestly, I dont see any other member of this tourney being able to take this team down except maybe that Mega Lucario.
@@lucasiglesias1894 Anything with decent stats? With no Defense or HP EVs and its Defense reduced from one Shell Smash, a Gorebyss at full health can still tank an Extreme Speed from a max Attack Adamant Rayquaza with Life Orb and still have a sliver of HP left. It would definitely have given Juan a chance if he could have used Shell Smash.
Honestly, Wallace has a better chance against Zinnia than you think. Milotic and Tentacruel will be insanely annoying to deal with for Zinnia, and supposing his team has rain and Rayquaza has been removed, Ludicolo can do good as well.
Juan: It is time for my spectacular debut and for me to show the world the meaning of true power. *Zinnia's theme begins to play* Juan: ...why...why do I hear boss music?
I like that you put in the effort to dress the player characters up as the actual characters, but it also kinda just makes me wish we had real customization in Pokémon
Juan did well in the conditions he had in the moment. A Rayquazza is something to fear but the these tournament showed that even legendaries can be beaten. We have to wait the next battles.
Alright, let's be honest. The loser of this battle had no chance. Outstatted by numbers and completely nullified by one ability. That was less a scenario where the True Power of a trainer was shown than the True Power of a box art Legendary 🤣
I'd argue it was when Gorebyss went down, actually. If Crawdaunt or Whiscash had been KO'd by that Outrage instead, there would have been a 50% chance that Rayquaza would have hit itself in confusion, and if Gorebyss did a Shell Smash there, it would have put Juan back in the game.
@@AHEM1313 That's if Gorebyss would have even had a chance to setup. Pretty much everything Zinnia had could 1HKO it. And then on top of that, you're leaving it up to chance that Zinnia would keep Rayquaza in and that it would hurt itself in confusion the next round. And with Rayquaza running E-speed, a Gorebyss sweep is just unlikely to happen. Also, probably the worst decision Juan made was not letting politoed go down early on. The rain didn't do much for this battle at all. Especially with Rayquaza's Air Lock. Also, switching in Kingdra to tank the blow from Tyrantrum was a bad play. He should have brought it in fresh after the sacrifice of Politoed. That way he is getting the KO with full health. Lastly, Lapras was crucial to taking down Rayquaza. It was the only pokemon on the team Rayquaza could not 1 shot. Letting it take so much damage from Exploud instead of switching in Poiltoed to be sacrificed was not a good play. Overall, I just think Juan made a lot of poor choices. I see what he was trying to do but sometimes it's better to work with what is laid out in front of you. Once Politoed lost most of itself HP, it was dead weight besides setting up rain or being a sacrifice. And with Air lock, rain didn't matter, so that leaves only one role. But that wasn't used effectively at all.
@@TheMissingLink2 I definitely agree that Juan made some bad plays early on and that his best chance of winning would have been to keep Kingdra and Lapras alive longer, but my point was that Juan could still potentially have won even with those losses if he hadn't lost Gorebyss. Yes, he could only have won if Rayquaza had hit itself in confusion, but her switching Rayquaza out would have also given Gorebyss a chance to use Shell Smash. Also, even at -1 Defense and no EVs for Defense or HP, Gorebyss can survive one Extreme Speed from a max Attack Rayquaza with a Life Orb, albeit barely.
My boi rayray makes his entrance. Hopefully Flannery makes a comeback in the losers bracket and then I can have my 2 favorites Duke it out in the grandfinals
Kinda unsure about giving Zinnia Exploud, Aster never seemed like a battling companion, and I kinda doubt she would've trained/evolved it. That said, good work on the episode! Excited to see how the next round goes.
@@misterandyjones ;-; I need a showdown calculator. Plus Rayquaza will OHKO lucario with Earthquake, so it only really matters if M-Lucario can OHKO Rayquaza even with stealth rock. Since M-Lucario outspeeds Rayquaza.
@@misterandyjones I just realized. We are talking about Regular Rayquaza vs M-Lucario. No mega ray. So I did some calcs. Even with Stealth Rock, Meteor Mash won't kill. But supposing the Lucario has Stone edge in the last move slot, it has an 87.5% chance to kill Rayquaza from full health after stealth rock.
WHOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAHHHHHH BUT IT (Head smash) MISSED THO Politoad able to respo.......NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO This battle was wild right form the opening call.
I am rooting for Juan since I would love to see a gym leader finally win and he also have craudant my favourite and *the* best water/dark type Pokémon( who's greninja?).
@@temo4901 that’s because when there’s a bunch of elite trainers that don’t specialize in just one type and they’re considered to be stronger than the Pokémon league gym leaders aren’t going to have the best time
Rayquaza's Air Lock cancelled Juan's main strategy which was empowering his team via the Rain in order to enhance their speed via the Swift Swim ability and further boost the raw power of their STAB Water-Type attacks, what's more Rayquaza did this while also providing Zinnia which an enormous beat-stick that was ready to pummel everything that wasn't super-defensive and resisted it's attacks into the ground. If Zinnia had to use at least two Pokémon to achieve this it would be ok, kind of like Flannery who has her Torkoal to set up the Sun and who then has to use some other Pokémon in order to go fully on the offensive because Torkoal while useful especially due to Drought is at heart a defensive-supportive Pokémon, but the problem is that it was done by a single Pokémon Rayquaza is a complete offensive beast and combined with it's ability means that Juan's team (powerful offensive threats) were left vulnerable and and that this was all achieved by a single OP Pokémon means that Zinnia's victory honestly feels kind of meh because she didn't so much outplayed Juan as she just threw a top OP Legendary and had Rayquaza carry her through the match.
Hey, another short but good match here. Zinnia has to be one of my favorite characters. She has an Exploud here because of Aster the Whismur, am I correct?
Maybe, just maybe... the participants should have more diversity when it comes to items on their pokemon. Like: quick claw, big root, sunglasses... Also: Ice shard isn't the only priority move.... Thank you for making these videos. They are illuminating my revalidation of a knee injury. Keep it UP!
At heart, Juan is a performer, and his team reflects that: he either hits it big and unleashes an awesome sweep, or falls on his face and flounders in the shallows. With Zinnia's team resistant to Water attacks almost across the board, Juan's Ice coverage is his only realistic path to victory. If he gets set up with Shell Smash and is able to go on the Ice Beam rampage, he has a good chance. Zinnia's team is crazy powerful, but she does have THREE Pokémon doubly weak to Ice, and two more with standard Ice weaknesses. Even Rayquaza has reason to be afraid of Shell Smash Gorebyss, unless Zinnia has unlocked the AG VIP, of course. There wasn't any Mega-Evolution in Masters, but Zinnia is capable of teaching Rayquaza Dragon Ascent, so it's possible that we might just get a gigantic green surprise. And no, I don't mean the announcer being surprised at what the "Pokémon that isn't entered into our database, we'll have to find out about that," is going to be. Much of the battle is going to come down to unanswered questions: Will rain be up when Gorebyss enters the field, to take advantage of Swift Swim? Will this become a disadvantage because it will have to take an attack after a Shell Smash? Will Juan find a safe time to get Gorebyss out on the field? Will there be Choice Scarfs that allow sudden Speed advantages? Does Exploud have an Assault Vest that would enable it to stop the sweep? How many of Zinnia's Pokémon have the Yache Berries or Focus Sashes that would put Juan in hot water? We'll have to see. Zinnia definitely has much, much more raw power than Juan, but also much larger and more easily exploited weaknesses. If Rayquaza Mega-Evolves and/or sets up with Dragon Dance, it'll be all over for Juan ... but if Gorebyss can set up against Altaria and Zinnia isn't packing the items to stop it, things could very well go the other way. The trends of the tournament so far predict a Zinnia victory, but Juan's placement so close to a mentor-vs.-student showdown feels suspiciously fitting. On a side note, I'm puzzled at the placement of Exploud on Zinnia's team. We never saw her use Aster in battle, but now she's fully evolved and leveled up? I'm not objecting, but with that sort of stretch, Sydney should definitely have gotten his Crawdaunt, Ethan/Gold should have gotten a team of the evolved forms of the Pokémon he mentions having as an NPC, and Brendan and May should have both gotten full teams. Edit: It was a miss! Juan's fatal mistake, I think, was sending Gorebyss against Rayquaza. Whiscash and Crawdaunt didn't have the movesets to sweep the rest of Zinnia's team, whereas Gorebyss at least had a chance, and a confused Rayquaza would have given Gorebyss an opening to set up (if Zinnia either switched Rayquaza or it hit itself in confusion). As soon as Gorebyss went down, I knew how the battle was going to go. As before, I'm pleased to see an Uber Pokémon used right--the second time that we saw one Pokémon get all six KOs! And just like I predicted back in Winona vs. Norman, every single Gym Leader went down in the first round, except for the one who fought another Gym Leader! Really shows you how fierce the competition is here in Hoenn!
Wow the gym leaders are really getting wrecked this tournament.. Feeling unfair for them as they are using predominantly mono type teams compared to the opponents they faced... We'll see where this goes! Big fan of the true power series though! 💪
Because she has a team and May/Brendan doesn’t have a canon and complete team, their team is the player’s one. Heck, they don’t even have a full team in their last rival battle, How are they gonna compete with only 5 Pokémon, 4 of them not even at lvl 50?
@@fulcagay1277 Swellow, Breloom, Exploud, Claydol, Pelipper, Wailord, Camerupt, Torkoal, Ludicolo, Tropius, Magcargo, Raichu, their starter with its Mega-Stone ... what part of their teams are not full, lol? You could do both of them and still have enough variety for two different teams! And I don't see how levels matters for anything in these tournaments, seeing as how everything is automatically set to Level 50, anyway.
@@SilphSpectre Ohhh I see! I guess that means the timer keeps ticking for the weather to end anyway as long as the Lock pokemon is there. I somehow never noticed this before haha. Thanks!
Never in the games, though I'd argue it's still a plausible result, given that she's the one who teaches Rayquaza Dragon Ascent when the player gets it. Doesn't look like we'll be seeing that, though, unless Zinnia was deliberately holding back the AG ace for surprise factor later on.
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Why not include Brendan/May in the tournament? They have access to mega Hoenn starters, Ludicolo, Swellow, Pelliper, Tropius, Wailord, Breloom, Torkoal, Raichu, Magcargo, Exploud and Claydol, despite the levels that's much better than most Gym Leaders, and it's not much of a stretch to set them to level 50. I also think it would be fair for either of them to have mega Latios/Latias, since you can't go through ORAS without it. You can still make another match for round 1 and I don't think anyone would be mad with that!
Wait Zinnia has Exploud? Didn't she have a Noivern?
#JusticeForJuan
Eyyy silph I sub
Can we all agree that if it wasn't for Air Lock cancelling out the rain, Juan stood a VERY good chance of winning thanks to Swift Swim and ice attacks?
Agree, Zinnia also has 1 Legendary and 2 Pseudo Legendaries, so much stats advantages. Air Lock completely ruined Juan's strategy, which is based around rain. Hopefully she does not win, she is also not one of the OG characters in RSE. Rayquaza should go to Winona only canonically.
@@flashaxl well she got rayquaza in Pokémon masters which is very much canonical and as for it feeling unfair against gym leaders well they are just lacking compared to frontiers, wild cards, elite four and champions. But that just makes the round 2 all the more exiting seeing all these titans clash against each other.
I very much agree, Rayquaza's Air Lock cancelled Juan's main strategy which was empowering his team via the Rain in order to enhance their speed via the Swift Swim ability and further boost the raw power of their STAB Water-Type attacks, what's more Rayquaza did this while also providing Zinnia which an enormous beat-stick that was ready to pummel everything that wasn't super-defensive and resisted it's attacks into the ground.
If Zinnia had to use at least two Pokémon to achieve this it would be ok, kind of like Flannery who has her Torkoal to set up the Sun and who then has to use some other Pokémon in order to go fully on the offensive because Torkoal while useful especially due to Drought is at heart a defensive-supportive Pokémon, but the problem is that it was done by a single Pokémon Rayquaza is a complete offensive beast and combined with it's ability means that Juan's team (powerful offensive threats) were left vulnerable and and that this was all achieved by a single Pokémon means that zinnia's victory is honestly kind of meh because she didn't so much outplayed Juan as she just threw a top Legendary and had Rayquaza carry her through the match.
Yes
I feel so bad for Juan, this wasn’t even fair man a freaking Rayquaza 😂😂😂😂😂😂
you are talking like you NEVER bring a legendary into a trainer battle
@@dimensionvisitor7689 Not all legendaries are created equal.
@@dimensionvisitor7689 I’m only referring to how strong Rayquaza is, calm down.
@@ForeverLaxx that’s what I’m saying too, Rayquaza is a monster lol and she didn’t even have to mega evolve it.
to be fair, most of the 680 legendaries are pretty op when compared to gym leaders' mons, and you usually catch the box legendaries before the 8th gym
This match was undeniably brutal for Juan. Maybe if he had a priority move like ice shard, he would've stood a chance. This is why PRIORITY moves are a PRIORITY.
Weavile smiles from behind
with a Focus sash, in gorebys, I'm sure that Rayquaza would have fallen, because he was locked in outrage and here gorebys could Shell smash and with the Focus sash he would destroy the rest of dragons
That match is so unfair. Her mega Salamence and Rayquaza can easily sweep this match. I hope Juan packs in ice type moves to compensate.
Agreed she doesn’t even have Ray in game. She just gets the player to catch it. Not fair.
@@joshackroyd500 She does, actually. She has one in Pokemon Masters, which has been confirmed by the Pokemon Company to be in line with main series canon developments as per their partnership with DeNA, its developer.
@@joshackroyd500 talking about the player is the most unfair thing in pokemon, if the player never exist, zinnia would've caught the Rayquaza because there won't a some BS plot armor like "I prefer that random ass trainer over this trainer that was destined to be my partner"
@@SilphSpectre However, I believe her Rayquaza Mega evolves when using her Sync move, but due to Mega Rayquaza being so OP that it literally has its own tier above Ubers, are you going to omit that?
@@kevh6303 actually she doesn't use mega ray in master
As soon as the team match up appeared, I knew Juan's Pokemon would "drown" based on the competition...
Winnona: *doesn't use her Rayquaza
Zinnia: "Fine, I'll do it myself"
Damn it you two
All these Legendary pokemon and mega evolutions on some of the trainers teams are really going to make this bracket super volatile as the later rounds start. It's gonna be a blast to watch.
This tournament is a bit unfair to gym leaders, none of their teams stand a chance when facing trainers full of legendaries and megas, only Winona stands a chance
Yeah, it was bad enough that monotype specialists were put up against multi type users but to then also let them have legendaries?? Idk, I get that that's the point of the 'true power' thing, but I simply don't care about any of the frontier brains and the like. They're WAY less iconic than the gym leaders.
I don't think frontier brains should be in the HOEN true power tournament. Shouldve had top contenders in HOEN qualify for a follow-up tournament that includes the frontier. The FRONTIER tournament 👌
@@DereksTH-cam I agree.
Yeah the battles in the last tournaments were so close most of the time or at least competitive. This tournament is boring sweeps with legendaries.
Daaaaaamn Hoenn by far has shown to house the most strongest trainers we’ve ever seen in this tournament it’s kind of scary lol
They're really out here throwing around legendary and pseudo legendary pokemon like it's nothing lmao.
They have much more access to pokemon than the last 2 regions
@@KalenVsMyllz Yeah, Kanto had 5 legendaries and mythicals, Johto had 6 and Hoenn has a whopping 10.
On top of that, Hoenn has the added bonus of being remade in Gen VI when Megas were in their prime, meaning a lot of trainers have them compared to the prior.
I don't see how any other tournament could have as many powerful trainers as Hoenn's, even moving further. There aren't gonna be many megas as far as Sinnoh, Unova and Alola are concerned, while Kalos just lacks quantity of trainers and most NPCs don't have megas.
I have one word for you
Bugsy
And we didnt get any protagonist in this season .
I am sure Wallace will attempt to avenge his master. Maybe unsuccessfully.
Honestly, I'm surprised Juan didn't return Politoad for Whiscash to resist the Head Smash that he should've predicted was coming from Tyrantrum. Both missing on that first turn was quite surprising to say the least!
Juan: Greetings, my fine young friend, my name is Juan. Oh no, there's no reason to be so coy ... I am indeed the famous coordinator and Gym Leader you have no doubt heard about, mentor to the former Champion, and I would be pleased to ...
Zinnia: Whoa, there! Gonna have to stop ya right there, Mr. Crawdaunt-Coat, and ask you to bring it down a level or two. Yeah, I know you're, like, a big local celebrity and everyone's jumping all over you, but a man twice my age wearing an outfit that would make Tucker blush really isn't my type! You can smash all the shells you like, but not me!
Juan: Oh, no, no, no, no, no, you misunderstand me, I merely wanted to say that ...
Zinnia: Haha! I'm just razzing you, buddy, don't be such a stick in the mud! We're here to battle, yeah? I'm ready! I'm pumped! I'm gonna blow you outta the water like the little fish you train!
Juan: Ohoho, very funny. My, such a spirited girl, but totally lacking in elegance. Perhaps I should make you my apprentice, after I demonstrate to you what type the Dragons feared before the Fairies made their stunning debut!
Zinnia: Pshaw! What do you take me for, some ridiculous anime kid who's terrified of Ice Pokémon? My clan had better teachers than a bunch of prancing water peacocks from Sootopolis could ever be!
Juan: As impressive as your flying lizards and antiquated dinosaurs no doubt are, I'm afraid I must put a stop to those ambitions. My student awaits me after this match, and it would be greatly against my character to let him down! Bear witness to the elegant illusions and tranquil fury of my best team!
Zinnia: Aw, don't you worry! Once I'm finished with you, I'll send your boy Wallace to join you in the lower bracket! Aster, Sweetie! This fop wants to dance for us, so let's play him some music!
Ow, Zinnia with the subtle burn XD
I love how you portrayed zinnia.
I hope there's a losers bracket, these last few matches have felt so one sided we haven't even got to see the gym leader's teams in action.
there always is
These legendaries are getting out of hand
Man, Silph really doesn't like the Hoenn Gym Leaders. He has them getting constantly dunked on.
Hoenn's gym leaders are having a pretty rough time with their opponents, huh?
This tournament is insane! It feels like a clash of titans unfolds among us! Legendaries left and right! This is incredible! I can't wait to see these gods clash!
Rayquaza with its Air Lock ability sealed the match for Zinnia.
Could you have hidden that spoiler. Your comment was top on mobile and saw how things ended before I could hide it.
This battle was a lot closer then it seemed Juan’s team If he had more time to set up could of won with his ice type moves
Juan: I have tactics.
Zinna: I have an OP legendary, your tactics mean nothing.
Imagine if that Rayquaza had a Mega Stone
@@lucasiglesias1894 You forget with the right ability it doesn't need one.
@@kazekamiha Oh, this version is a weather team killer... Aka it's bound to destroy most teams since they depend on sandstorm, rain, sunny day and hail... Even if a hail dependent team has a lot more to do offensively to Rayquaza
@@lucasiglesias1894 True.
I do find the legendries in this tourney to be a bit of a pain though.
@@kazekamiha oh, I think legends kinda kill this tournament
Before watching: I think Jaun takes it.
After: Lol MEGAWRONG. 😂 Zinny didn't even use two of her Pokémon.
This match up was sooooooo broken! Honestly, I dont see any other member of this tourney being able to take this team down except maybe that Mega Lucario.
As soon as I saw the video was only 7 minutes long instead of the usual 10 minutes, I knew Rayquaza must be doing some shit xD
What a cool battle! Love seeing Ray in action!
Juan: NOOOO You can't just outright sweep me like this!!!!
Zinnia: Haha Draco Meteor and Outrage go brrr >:)
Juan made the mistake of laughing at a live dragon.
SilphSpectre, where is the Zinnia True Power Team TH-cam Video? As I can't find it anywhere.
She only has one team
What was Juan really supposed to do against this team
Gorebyss could have turned things around, if only it had gotten a chance to use Shell Smash.
Retreat, he would've kept his dignity at least
@@AHEM1313 Glass cannon, anything with decent stats and a priority move wipes gorebyss
@@lucasiglesias1894 Anything with decent stats? With no Defense or HP EVs and its Defense reduced from one Shell Smash, a Gorebyss at full health can still tank an Extreme Speed from a max Attack Adamant Rayquaza with Life Orb and still have a sliver of HP left. It would definitely have given Juan a chance if he could have used Shell Smash.
Juan was the best rain user of the tournament, but that rayquaza and altaria likes to nullify the weather effects.
Yeah... that went exactly as expected.
That rayquaza feels cheap, but 🤷🏻♀️
Well, the gym leaders has been exterminated. Winona and Wallace are the last gym leaders left in the tournament
And guess who Wallace faces first? ZINNIA
@@LichLordFortissimo Yep, it's a sad day for gym leaders
Honestly, Wallace has a better chance against Zinnia than you think. Milotic and Tentacruel will be insanely annoying to deal with for Zinnia, and supposing his team has rain and Rayquaza has been removed, Ludicolo can do good as well.
The man brought a Politoed to a Rayquaza Fight... Whadu, whaduthink?!
Juan: It is time for my spectacular debut and for me to show the world the meaning of true power.
*Zinnia's theme begins to play*
Juan: ...why...why do I hear boss music?
Best pokemon videoseries on youtube... by far!
That went about how I expected it to. Props to Juan for getting a KO with DD Whiscash!
I like that you put in the effort to dress the player characters up as the actual characters, but it also kinda just makes me wish we had real customization in Pokémon
Rayquaza literally took out Juans entire team that aint fair lol
Comments are TH-cam for the good algorithm
I had a stroke reading that
Juan did well in the conditions he had in the moment. A Rayquazza is something to fear but the these tournament showed that even legendaries can be beaten. We have to wait the next battles.
I've never seen a hydro pump miss in the rain, in all my years😅
My guess? Final match will be Wally v. Zinnia
Poor Juan. Came in with a weather team and just ended up getting hard countered the entire fight
So unfair! Mixed feelings about these secondary characters in the games
Comment because algorithm AND THE YEAR OF 70K, and this tournament that has been nothing but !
The videos this tournament are getting shorter and shorter lol
One of the worst matches in the whole True Power Tournament, honestly. The legendaries feel really cheap, but it is what it is.
It's like someone brought their minivan to the drag strip. At least the loser bracket and the higher rounds should be interesting.
Alright, let's be honest. The loser of this battle had no chance. Outstatted by numbers and completely nullified by one ability.
That was less a scenario where the True Power of a trainer was shown than the True Power of a box art Legendary 🤣
Most of The Gym leaders have fallen against either special trainers or the Frontier Brains...
Juan lost this battle the moment he let Lapras go down. So much for all that talk about beautiful battling.🤣
I'd argue it was when Gorebyss went down, actually. If Crawdaunt or Whiscash had been KO'd by that Outrage instead, there would have been a 50% chance that Rayquaza would have hit itself in confusion, and if Gorebyss did a Shell Smash there, it would have put Juan back in the game.
@@AHEM1313 that’s exactly what I was thinking
@@AHEM1313 That's if Gorebyss would have even had a chance to setup. Pretty much everything Zinnia had could 1HKO it. And then on top of that, you're leaving it up to chance that Zinnia would keep Rayquaza in and that it would hurt itself in confusion the next round. And with Rayquaza running E-speed, a Gorebyss sweep is just unlikely to happen.
Also, probably the worst decision Juan made was not letting politoed go down early on. The rain didn't do much for this battle at all. Especially with Rayquaza's Air Lock.
Also, switching in Kingdra to tank the blow from Tyrantrum was a bad play. He should have brought it in fresh after the sacrifice of Politoed. That way he is getting the KO with full health.
Lastly, Lapras was crucial to taking down Rayquaza. It was the only pokemon on the team Rayquaza could not 1 shot. Letting it take so much damage from Exploud instead of switching in Poiltoed to be sacrificed was not a good play.
Overall, I just think Juan made a lot of poor choices. I see what he was trying to do but sometimes it's better to work with what is laid out in front of you. Once Politoed lost most of itself HP, it was dead weight besides setting up rain or being a sacrifice. And with Air lock, rain didn't matter, so that leaves only one role. But that wasn't used effectively at all.
@@TheMissingLink2 I definitely agree that Juan made some bad plays early on and that his best chance of winning would have been to keep Kingdra and Lapras alive longer, but my point was that Juan could still potentially have won even with those losses if he hadn't lost Gorebyss. Yes, he could only have won if Rayquaza had hit itself in confusion, but her switching Rayquaza out would have also given Gorebyss a chance to use Shell Smash. Also, even at -1 Defense and no EVs for Defense or HP, Gorebyss can survive one Extreme Speed from a max Attack Rayquaza with a Life Orb, albeit barely.
@@AHEM1313 Yeah you're right
omg I was hyped for Zinnia before I knew she has rayquaza this is nuts
This is why rayquza is my favorite legendary and it’s my favorite Shiny :)
This battle just demonstrate the ABSOLUTE SHEER POWER of a rayquaza. Poor Juan I dont think this was even fair.
The showdown between the battle tower masters will be epic.
This was one of the biggest sweeps
Got my shirt and its awesome!
Why not use crawdants adaptability boosted aqua jet on rayquaza.
Great video!
Exploud is my favorite normal type. I love seeing it get some love
My boi rayray makes his entrance. Hopefully Flannery makes a comeback in the losers bracket and then I can have my 2 favorites Duke it out in the grandfinals
Exploud is underrated
True, true.
Yep yep. One of my favorites. A choice specs Exploud is a powerful pokemon.
Kinda unsure about giving Zinnia Exploud, Aster never seemed like a battling companion, and I kinda doubt she would've trained/evolved it.
That said, good work on the episode! Excited to see how the next round goes.
I love that Zinnia’s team is all dragons and... Exploud, I guess?
Rayquaza is like the OG up in this slaying, NOW Mega Lucaro VERSUS Raquazza that I wanna see!
Mega Lucario doesn't OHKO Rayquaza without Stealth Rock I believe. But if Rayquaza is scarfed, it deals with M-Lucario well
@@relaxn3918 is a fight/steel type versus a flying dragon type so there is pros and cons to both pokemon I thnk Mega Rayquaza will win tho
@@misterandyjones ;-; I need a showdown calculator. Plus Rayquaza will OHKO lucario with Earthquake, so it only really matters if M-Lucario can OHKO Rayquaza even with stealth rock. Since M-Lucario outspeeds Rayquaza.
@@misterandyjones I just realized. We are talking about Regular Rayquaza vs M-Lucario. No mega ray. So I did some calcs. Even with Stealth Rock, Meteor Mash won't kill. But supposing the Lucario has Stone edge in the last move slot, it has an 87.5% chance to kill Rayquaza from full health after stealth rock.
bet everyone couldve guessed how this one would go
Oooo I got here just in time. Love the videos, keep em coming!
WHOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAHHHHHH BUT IT (Head smash) MISSED THO
Politoad able to respo.......NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
This battle was wild right form the opening call.
Nobody:
SilphSpectre: "Woah!"
Nobody:
SilphSpectre: "For Sure"
I am rooting for Juan since I would love to see a gym leader finally win and he also have craudant my favourite and *the* best water/dark type Pokémon( who's greninja?).
Literally, the gym leaders have been lacking 😞
@@temo4901 that’s because when there’s a bunch of elite trainers that don’t specialize in just one type and they’re considered to be stronger than the Pokémon league gym leaders aren’t going to have the best time
You misspelled Sharpedo
This match summarised was : The Power of Rayquaza
That was a super one sided affair, these Frontier Brains are crazy strong.
So many legendaries on so many teams. Badass Zinnia makes sure to let everybody know she's a force to be reckoned with for this tournament.
That was by far the most one sided match so far.
Rayquaza's Air Lock cancelled Juan's main strategy which was empowering his team via the Rain in order to enhance their speed via the Swift Swim ability and further boost the raw power of their STAB Water-Type attacks, what's more Rayquaza did this while also providing Zinnia which an enormous beat-stick that was ready to pummel everything that wasn't super-defensive and resisted it's attacks into the ground.
If Zinnia had to use at least two Pokémon to achieve this it would be ok, kind of like Flannery who has her Torkoal to set up the Sun and who then has to use some other Pokémon in order to go fully on the offensive because Torkoal while useful especially due to Drought is at heart a defensive-supportive Pokémon, but the problem is that it was done by a single Pokémon Rayquaza is a complete offensive beast and combined with it's ability means that Juan's team (powerful offensive threats) were left vulnerable and and that this was all achieved by a single OP Pokémon means that Zinnia's victory honestly feels kind of meh because she didn't so much outplayed Juan as she just threw a top OP Legendary and had Rayquaza carry her through the match.
Hey, another short but good match here. Zinnia has to be one of my favorite characters. She has an Exploud here because of Aster the Whismur, am I correct?
Why does Zinnia have an Exploud? Aster was never revealed to have evolved
True, but I think it works. Gives her team more variety. I feel noivern should've been there instead of altaria though
Maybe, just maybe... the participants should have more diversity when it comes to items on their pokemon. Like: quick claw, big root, sunglasses... Also: Ice shard isn't the only priority move....
Thank you for making these videos. They are illuminating my revalidation of a knee injury.
Keep it UP!
This season is like "The entire elite 4 vs. Magikarp". Every episode is so one sided it's not interesting to watch.
wow rayquaza just carried her so hard. poor juan was mad not getting kyogre since he never actually got that xD
At heart, Juan is a performer, and his team reflects that: he either hits it big and unleashes an awesome sweep, or falls on his face and flounders in the shallows. With Zinnia's team resistant to Water attacks almost across the board, Juan's Ice coverage is his only realistic path to victory. If he gets set up with Shell Smash and is able to go on the Ice Beam rampage, he has a good chance. Zinnia's team is crazy powerful, but she does have THREE Pokémon doubly weak to Ice, and two more with standard Ice weaknesses. Even Rayquaza has reason to be afraid of Shell Smash Gorebyss, unless Zinnia has unlocked the AG VIP, of course. There wasn't any Mega-Evolution in Masters, but Zinnia is capable of teaching Rayquaza Dragon Ascent, so it's possible that we might just get a gigantic green surprise. And no, I don't mean the announcer being surprised at what the "Pokémon that isn't entered into our database, we'll have to find out about that," is going to be.
Much of the battle is going to come down to unanswered questions: Will rain be up when Gorebyss enters the field, to take advantage of Swift Swim? Will this become a disadvantage because it will have to take an attack after a Shell Smash? Will Juan find a safe time to get Gorebyss out on the field? Will there be Choice Scarfs that allow sudden Speed advantages? Does Exploud have an Assault Vest that would enable it to stop the sweep? How many of Zinnia's Pokémon have the Yache Berries or Focus Sashes that would put Juan in hot water? We'll have to see. Zinnia definitely has much, much more raw power than Juan, but also much larger and more easily exploited weaknesses. If Rayquaza Mega-Evolves and/or sets up with Dragon Dance, it'll be all over for Juan ... but if Gorebyss can set up against Altaria and Zinnia isn't packing the items to stop it, things could very well go the other way. The trends of the tournament so far predict a Zinnia victory, but Juan's placement so close to a mentor-vs.-student showdown feels suspiciously fitting.
On a side note, I'm puzzled at the placement of Exploud on Zinnia's team. We never saw her use Aster in battle, but now she's fully evolved and leveled up? I'm not objecting, but with that sort of stretch, Sydney should definitely have gotten his Crawdaunt, Ethan/Gold should have gotten a team of the evolved forms of the Pokémon he mentions having as an NPC, and Brendan and May should have both gotten full teams.
Edit: It was a miss! Juan's fatal mistake, I think, was sending Gorebyss against Rayquaza. Whiscash and Crawdaunt didn't have the movesets to sweep the rest of Zinnia's team, whereas Gorebyss at least had a chance, and a confused Rayquaza would have given Gorebyss an opening to set up (if Zinnia either switched Rayquaza or it hit itself in confusion). As soon as Gorebyss went down, I knew how the battle was going to go. As before, I'm pleased to see an Uber Pokémon used right--the second time that we saw one Pokémon get all six KOs! And just like I predicted back in Winona vs. Norman, every single Gym Leader went down in the first round, except for the one who fought another Gym Leader! Really shows you how fierce the competition is here in Hoenn!
Same here, why not include Brendan and May. Still puzzles me
Giving someone a rayquaza kinda guarantees a victory for the series
That was quick!
Yeah.. This battle isn't close at all!!.. 😅
Did we even see the elite four from hoenn yet? Or are they in the second round
Second round, all four.
@@AHEM1313 thanks!
Wow the gym leaders are really getting wrecked this tournament.. Feeling unfair for them as they are using predominantly mono type teams compared to the opponents they faced... We'll see where this goes! Big fan of the true power series though! 💪
Guess he wont be number Juan!
How is Zinnia like a Mexican fiesta? When she's in town, every Juan must go!
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Absolute domination
I'll have to wait till there is a electric themed true power t shirt.
Why is zinnia in here and not May or Brendan?
Because she has a team and May/Brendan doesn’t have a canon and complete team, their team is the player’s one. Heck, they don’t even have a full team in their last rival battle, How are they gonna compete with only 5 Pokémon, 4 of them not even at lvl 50?
@@fulcagay1277 Swellow, Breloom, Exploud, Claydol, Pelipper, Wailord, Camerupt, Torkoal, Ludicolo, Tropius, Magcargo, Raichu, their starter with its Mega-Stone ... what part of their teams are not full, lol? You could do both of them and still have enough variety for two different teams! And I don't see how levels matters for anything in these tournaments, seeing as how everything is automatically set to Level 50, anyway.
How is this the last round where's the elite for
Zinnia really should have had her novivern instead of exploud, her whismur never evolves
You're right, why does she have an Exploud instead of her Noivern. That's so strange.
Maybe they thought Noivern was too OP... Wait a second
This battle made me feel like Juan only saw two of her pokemon...lmao she is gonna win this whole thing if she doesn't change her team
Hey, wait a second.
Where was Juan's second match?
Why does the animation for rain continue even with Air Lock up?
Air Lock cancels out the *effects* of weather, but not the weather itself. I know, it's weird 😅
@@SilphSpectre Ohhh I see! I guess that means the timer keeps ticking for the weather to end anyway as long as the Lock pokemon is there. I somehow never noticed this before haha. Thanks!
I really feel like these legends are bringing down the quality of the tournament.
The Hoen gym leaders are just being massacred in this tournament.
Doesnt zinnia have a mega rayquaza as well?
Never in the games, though I'd argue it's still a plausible result, given that she's the one who teaches Rayquaza Dragon Ascent when the player gets it. Doesn't look like we'll be seeing that, though, unless Zinnia was deliberately holding back the AG ace for surprise factor later on.