There was also that one time some kid playing in a TCG tournament got far into finals by just playing a Wailord and repeatedly healing him so the opponents would just deck themselves
th-cam.com/video/nYfuuf9mNNM/w-d-xo.html got 2nd in masters grand finals, and btw the usual masters tcg final is around 25-30 minutes, and this is AN HOUR AND A HALF
I remember the Pachirisu victory, and I didn't even follow or care about the competitive scene. Just a boi and his bulky murder-squirrel, I was very happy for him xD
no, it means it can be nuzzled repeatedly and suffer no ill effect. the perfect duo. Pachirisu can cuddle and nuzzle to its hearts content and not feel guilty about electrocuting them with its affection.
I've never given a crap about Pokemon after all these years and somehow I watched a 7 minute video full of references and characters I don't understand and was sad it wasn't longer. I swear you could make a half hour long video explaining the differences between Korean chainsaws and I would watch it.
The Korean chainsaws actually and unironically got my interest. I mean, is there an actual difference? Is there a great conspiracy in the Korean chainsaw market? I don't know, but I want to watch a video about it
This guy is so chaotic that the number of funny chaotic quotables I want to put into quote marks and react with a single ‘bruh’ is so high that I can’t be asked to type them all out. I love it
@Cancel Mitchell I love them too, but for a long amount of time watching Mah-Dry Bread, I just realized he keeps on repeating the same ideas with different pokemon, and the same strategy of levelling up to level 100 asspulling 3 critical hits and just milking the same things over and over again.
For a more tactical explanation on the "why" because Amoonguss is superior with better bulk, Spore and Effect Spore to punish contact moves. Well, the freaky mushroom gets bitch slapped hard by Taunt, a problem that Pachirisu doesn't really have thanks to Super Fang for crippling walls and Nuzzle for spreading accurate paralysis, and thanks to Nuzzle having a base power, it counts as an attacking move and isn't shut down by Taunt, this madlad saw this obvious gap and took full advantage of it.
The story of Se Jun Park's Pachirisu is my all time favorite pokemon story, the biggest shame is how much context it requires for the whole story to unfold.
I followed that championship pretty closely when it came out. The idea that a weak Pikachu clone could be the key to victory in the most prestigious Pokemon tournament gave me hope that all Pokemon can be competitively viable, and that competitive tiers don’t mean crud. This emboldened me to think outside the box and use Pokemon that nobody would ever think were viable.
You should definitely watch Wolfe Glick's video on Pachirisu, where he breaks down Sejun's team fully. He explains that it's a misconception that Sejun chose to "win with his favourites" and it was instead a very intelligent meta pick. A few top ranking VGC players have gone on record and said that they were also weighing up Pachirisu when they were building teams for that year's Worlds, but ultimately Pachirisu didn't quite fit on their teams. It was pretty much a combination of 2014 being an underpowered meta due to it being a Regional Dex, Nuzzle being anti-Taunt tech and the reason it was considered by other VGC players (people liked running Thunder Wave, which was easily Taunted), and Pachirisu being able to redirect 4x super effective Electric-type attacks away from Gyarados. Imo you can't talk about Pachirisu without also talking about Gyarados, which in itself was an unusual choice of Mega, and the whole reason why Pachi had a spot on the team. I could never explain it as well as Wolfe, which is why I definitely recommend giving his video a watch.
and it's funny to find legendary spammers get butthurt by being defeated by a a lvl 1 Cottonee or a Smeargle or even a Dunsparce, they will literally call it hacks or exploits lmao
This video got quite a bit of information wrong, and I can't tell if that was on purpose or not. Sejun did NOT use Pachirisu because it was his favorite. He used it as an extremely niche anti-meta pick to support his gyarados.
You ever seen someone tell a large group of people online that they are forever and NOT purposefully misrepresent them? Let alone twice? I think that alone tells you what you need to know about the fact-checking quality (or "based-ness) of this video.
When I first battled Red after having no idea he was there, I almost lost cause he was way higher leveled than me, but my Tyranitar got a critical hit with a rock slide on his Charizard and I lost my shit.
Competitive Pokemon Battle Tip: If your high ELO opponent has a team that looks stupid and you have no idea how he's going to win with it... BE AFRAID. Because you have NO FUCKING IDEA what he's about to do to you.
3:15 nah man, Gyrados along with pachirisu was actually the actual heat of the team. Mega Gyrados was almost terrible for the meta which he used, while pachirisu was just a follow me fodder cuz there were no good follow me users that time. Gyrados winning it for him was the surprising factor, cuz follow me mons have always been good.
A pachirisu was surprising. At least gyrados is strong and expected in a championship in some form, but to bring a pikaclone instead of something stronger or bulkier was not something anyone expected
Ive been asking this question for years, delving deep into the extended lore of the world, tracking down experts just to get an answer. But finally, FINALLY, it's here. The Great Hugbee Sage Andrew, revealing the greatest pokemon battle of all time. Praise be.
I've dipped my toes into the competitive pokemon scene once or twice, but enough to know that if your opponent has a team that looks like it wouldn't be very good, *then you are already dead.*
The ultimate Pokemon strategy was at the 2012 Pokemon World Championships when the Spanish team started throwing feces at their opponents in the hotel after the matches.
I really feel the need to mention that he doesn't actually... _explain the strategy._ He gives a vague idea of it and... leaves. It's... I don't know how to describe this fact
In my (indirect) experience, competitive Pokémon is not won by dishing out the most damage possible, it's having an effective gank squad to destroy your opponent
If I would choose a favorite to take to a championship, it would be serperior. I joined the Pokémon games kind of late because my parents didn’t want us to play too many games. But the first Pokémon game that I actually played was Pokémon black and white 2 from the preowned box in GameStop. And let me tell you I LOVED every second of that game!! I obviously picked snivy as my first ever in game Pokémon and she has always held a special place in my heart since. I was determined to take her to the end with me. And honestly, she is one of the few Pokémon who does the BEST against the elite four. She is either dying or not very weak against the elite four, PLUS she can learn dragon type moves and decimate the champion. Not to mention that her speed stats are only surpassed by mega requasa if I remember correctly
I used to run a shop on pokecommunity forums and my mascot was a shiny pachirisu who was green instead of pink, I love that little fur ball so much and when this dude won words it made my whole day. Hopefully it gets an evolution eventually
I wonder if they had this guy in mind when making Pokémon Legends' Request 35, where a guy named Ren asks you to fight a Level 30 Ursaring with only Pachirisu. You can have multiple, you just can't have anything but Pachirisu. It's great and I loved it. Pachirisu is love, Pachirisu is life.
This is like a child walking onto a pro league golf course with a bent club, and proceedings to absolutely blow each and every contestant out the water exclusively with that club.
Hell this was fire. I was expecting some shit about picachu vs a filler upper machine but instead got enlightened on one of the best moments in the history of the world
I used to go ape shit for pachirisu and I memorized all the info about it I could by heart a few years ago, so seeing this video gave me a really hard throwback.
Objection with gary having 6x the girlfriends the fan will have in a life time, by math this means that they will have 1 girlfriend when we all know its none.
I don't give the tiniest crap about Pokémon. Yet because it's Huggbees, here I am. 7 minutes I'll never get back. Eh. I probably would have spent those 7 minutes staring blankly at the wall. Which is what it felt like watching this. So it's a wash.
As someone whose favorite Pokemon is Raichu, Se Jun Park's victory with a small, electric, often-underestimated rodent warms my heart. Creativity is a powerful thing, and there's nothing more satisfying to me than bringing hordes of monsters, kaijus, dragons, and hideous beasts to their knees with your adorable favorite who everyone counts out from the start.
@@trumpeterjen The winner had a Raichu on his team. The 2016 format also allowed each team to use up to two legendary pokemon who would normally be banned for being too strong, so the power level was much higher than in 2014. It's on TH-cam, you should be able to just look up "2016 pokemon world championships"
The "hitting them as hard as I can and if that doesn't work I'll have to beat them in a pokemon battle" joke, is comedic genius
it's brilliant!
Gigachad
There was also that one time some kid playing in a TCG tournament got far into finals by just playing a Wailord and repeatedly healing him so the opponents would just deck themselves
Wait that sounds insane wtf
That sounds funny af
wait where is this lmao
th-cam.com/video/nYfuuf9mNNM/w-d-xo.html got 2nd in masters grand finals, and btw the usual masters tcg final is around 25-30 minutes, and this is AN HOUR AND A HALF
@@geneismm1215 Just look up pokemon north american nationals finals 2015 tcg
I remember the Pachirisu victory, and I didn't even follow or care about the competitive scene.
Just a boi and his bulky murder-squirrel, I was very happy for him xD
Thumbs up for murder squirrel. Niantic seems fond of those
Pacharisu must be a a red squirrel then despite being the color blue
A cute chibi murder squirrel that managed to defeat huge dragons, a steel jackal and a sentient lawn mower
I would literally listen to Huggbees talk about anything
what about scat fetish?
@@HullsColby yup
@@HullsColby already have (official podcast)
@@HullsColby someone missed an episode
Be great in sports commentary
The metapod one in the anime hands down
I'll literally never forget that battle and I remember nothing else about Pokémon despite watching like all of it.
this man speaks a whole another dimensional language
You talking about the one where they stand off and harden?
@@PresidentNathan yup
I was on the edge of my seat during that one!!!
“Relatable, permavirgin Ash”
"I want to be nuzzled by Pachirisu too" WAIT A MINUTE, Garchomp CAN'T be nuzzled, it's ground type! An electric type move wouldn't work on it!
Only if you change it’s typing with moves like soak etc. ;)
Nah, that's the thing! It wouldn't hurt the Garchomp but it hurts the other opponents
no, it means it can be nuzzled repeatedly and suffer no ill effect. the perfect duo. Pachirisu can cuddle and nuzzle to its hearts content and not feel guilty about electrocuting them with its affection.
This was honestly entertaining to watch. Do more!
I can't believe you didn't even bother covering the fight where Kaiba summons the Blue Eyes White Dragon for the first time. *smh*
That will always be one of the best Pokemon moments of all time.
That was Digimon
@@eidolor oh no
that was from the monster racers ds game
@@AleK0451 No, that was from Twisted Metal: Head On
Before the video starts I just want to say if this isn’t about that Pachirisu so help me-
Edit: excellent.
Lol nobody knows the most high profile VGC match of all time apparently
It’s literally the thumbnail
@@harpot678 considering how small the Pokémon competitive scene is, yeah
@@harrylane4 Hey :( 2019 International got a peak of 40k viewers on Twitch
I've never given a crap about Pokemon after all these years and somehow I watched a 7 minute video full of references and characters I don't understand and was sad it wasn't longer. I swear you could make a half hour long video explaining the differences between Korean chainsaws and I would watch it.
The Korean chainsaws actually and unironically got my interest. I mean, is there an actual difference? Is there a great conspiracy in the Korean chainsaw market? I don't know, but I want to watch a video about it
This guy is so chaotic that the number of funny chaotic quotables I want to put into quote marks and react with a single ‘bruh’ is so high that I can’t be asked to type them all out. I love it
“Funny chaotic quotables”
😂😂😂
All those "Can you beat Pokemon with [Literally any Pokemon]"
Straight down... the trash.
They all just copied pikasprey. His videos are the only good ones
What about trubbish?
@@JotaC cAn yUO bEAt pOKeEmOON wiTH tRubBisH **overlevels him to level 100**
@Cancel Mitchell I love them too, but for a long amount of time watching Mah-Dry Bread, I just realized he keeps on repeating the same ideas with different pokemon, and the same strategy of levelling up to level 100 asspulling 3 critical hits and just milking the same things over and over again.
Even Emerald Kaizo, where the Elite Four are all LVL 100 and EV training is disabled?
For a more tactical explanation on the "why" because Amoonguss is superior with better bulk, Spore and Effect Spore to punish contact moves.
Well, the freaky mushroom gets bitch slapped hard by Taunt, a problem that Pachirisu doesn't really have thanks to Super Fang for crippling walls and Nuzzle for spreading accurate paralysis, and thanks to Nuzzle having a base power, it counts as an attacking move and isn't shut down by Taunt, this madlad saw this obvious gap and took full advantage of it.
Another key reason is because rage powder doesn't affect grass types and mega Gyarados is weak to grass
I don’t know Andrew, but I know there won’t be anymore cool card battles with Charlie hogging all the cards.
The story of Se Jun Park's Pachirisu is my all time favorite pokemon story, the biggest shame is how much context it requires for the whole story to unfold.
As someone who's had Pachirisu as their favorite Pokémon since even _before_ this legendary event happened... Yes.
You can narrate anything and make it entertaining, man. Mad respect.
This is an amazing video Andrew. Please make more content like this, I haven’t been this entertained in a while.
I followed that championship pretty closely when it came out. The idea that a weak Pikachu clone could be the key to victory in the most prestigious Pokemon tournament gave me hope that all Pokemon can be competitively viable, and that competitive tiers don’t mean crud. This emboldened me to think outside the box and use Pokemon that nobody would ever think were viable.
You should definitely watch Wolfe Glick's video on Pachirisu, where he breaks down Sejun's team fully. He explains that it's a misconception that Sejun chose to "win with his favourites" and it was instead a very intelligent meta pick. A few top ranking VGC players have gone on record and said that they were also weighing up Pachirisu when they were building teams for that year's Worlds, but ultimately Pachirisu didn't quite fit on their teams.
It was pretty much a combination of 2014 being an underpowered meta due to it being a Regional Dex, Nuzzle being anti-Taunt tech and the reason it was considered by other VGC players (people liked running Thunder Wave, which was easily Taunted), and Pachirisu being able to redirect 4x super effective Electric-type attacks away from Gyarados. Imo you can't talk about Pachirisu without also talking about Gyarados, which in itself was an unusual choice of Mega, and the whole reason why Pachi had a spot on the team.
I could never explain it as well as Wolfe, which is why I definitely recommend giving his video a watch.
and it's funny to find legendary spammers get butthurt by being defeated by a a lvl 1 Cottonee or a Smeargle or even a Dunsparce, they will literally call it hacks or exploits lmao
when i thought it was satire, but it actually was just real.
Yo keep up the good videos man, I been following you for like a year or so now and it never gets old!
This video was a breath of fresh air! would love to more of this sort from ya. Keep em' coming my dude and what a fine job.
Very funny and well edited. Would definitely enjoy seeing more
This video got quite a bit of information wrong, and I can't tell if that was on purpose or not.
Sejun did NOT use Pachirisu because it was his favorite. He used it as an extremely niche anti-meta pick to support his gyarados.
He's extremely fucking based either way
You’ve heard of Gyaravire, now get ready for
Gyararisu
You ever seen someone tell a large group of people online that they are forever and NOT purposefully misrepresent them? Let alone twice? I think that alone tells you what you need to know about the fact-checking quality (or "based-ness) of this video.
A fellow vgc player I see 😂. Hello there
When I first battled Red after having no idea he was there, I almost lost cause he was way higher leveled than me, but my Tyranitar got a critical hit with a rock slide on his Charizard and I lost my shit.
Competitive Pokemon Battle Tip:
If your high ELO opponent has a team that looks stupid and you have no idea how he's going to win with it...
BE AFRAID. Because you have NO FUCKING IDEA what he's about to do to you.
Please make more of this type of video. this is great
3:15 nah man, Gyrados along with pachirisu was actually the actual heat of the team. Mega Gyrados was almost terrible for the meta which he used, while pachirisu was just a follow me fodder cuz there were no good follow me users that time. Gyrados winning it for him was the surprising factor, cuz follow me mons have always been good.
A pachirisu was surprising. At least gyrados is strong and expected in a championship in some form, but to bring a pikaclone instead of something stronger or bulkier was not something anyone expected
@@testerwulf3357 cuz there were almost nothing bulkier with follow me than pachirisu allowed that year.
Ive been asking this question for years, delving deep into the extended lore of the world, tracking down experts just to get an answer. But finally, FINALLY, it's here. The Great Hugbee Sage Andrew, revealing the greatest pokemon battle of all time. Praise be.
"We all had a seizure thanks to Porygon" 🤦
As someone who's never played, read, watched, or drunk any Pokemon products, this is the kind of content I can get behind
Dude please do more of this!
Your depository of useless knowledge combined with your amazingly witty scripts is god damn perfect!
I've dipped my toes into the competitive pokemon scene once or twice, but enough to know that if your opponent has a team that looks like it wouldn't be very good, *then you are already dead.*
Dude this shit was really good man, it's nice to have a change up in content with your same witty comentary
This was really great. I think this video was very well made, being both informative, humorous at the same time.
The ultimate Pokemon strategy was at the 2012 Pokemon World Championships when the Spanish team started throwing feces at their opponents in the hotel after the matches.
When "a battle most of you probably haven't heard of" was so famous it was a meme for a solid year after it happened
Since I'm also 28 and obsessed with a children's game, I enjoyed being reminded of my shame
Wait till you're well into your thirties mate, its all downhill all the time.
I'm 28 as well. It's better to enjoy something childish than to see no sense of purpose in anything. Trust me
@@WakeNBakeBro i do both
You're trash
All of you. Straight up trash
“Real pros use their favorites”
Me who’s favorite Pokémon is Ursaluna:😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
"Did I say he was a moron? I meant TACTICAL FUCKING GENIUS"
LOL
Whip that ego out boy, it's ticklin time. More content like this please.
I like how he will just throw in the most wild joke while using the same serious voice and then keep going in like nothing happened.
Thanks for this hilarious video. Went well with my morning coffee.
Love to see more branching video's like this but your other series are great too. Keep doing what makes you happy cause the people are here for you
I really feel the need to mention that he doesn't actually... _explain the strategy._ He gives a vague idea of it and... leaves. It's... I don't know how to describe this fact
The greatest battle of all time is ABR vs Tele. The whole thing is on TH-cam, compressed into a single video. An incredible spectacle.
You watched freezais video lol
@@Trailnutmixaddict I posted this like 2 hours before he uploaded it!
@@catandfishfc oof congrats lol ;)
This was hilarious man. I hope you do more of this stuff! Brilliant blend of info and humor.
"The answer is a bit more meta...". Was very surprised this wasn't Metapod vs Metapod
0:15 that’s how I feel watching grown men open hundreds of boxes of Pokémon cards when kids like me can’t even get one
Imma be real I was 100% expecting this to be about legal battles with all that setup
The video topics are the moat unpredictable shit ever. Im here for it
Pachirisu is legit my number 1 favorite Pokémon, so I'm glad it's championship win is still getting plenty of recognition
Yeah this was great man. I love this style of video.
Thanks for uplifting me with the ultimate nostalgia and then pushing me right off of that mountain.
You make funny noises and jokes about pokemon and i like that. Please continue to make more. I have nothing else to look forward to in life.
If the lawn mower isn't running; I think I've got a chance.
Pokemon trading card game for the game boy colour soundtrack at the end, respect.
My favorite part was when he almost broke both of his legs doing the most cringeworthy spinning uppercut I've ever seen.
Hearing Huggbees talk about Pokemon of all things feels weird but right
2:09 so glad Joshua gram recovered from his burn wounds and learned to play the piano at the end of fallout new Vegas
In my (indirect) experience, competitive Pokémon is not won by dishing out the most damage possible, it's having an effective gank squad to destroy your opponent
Andrew please keep these kind of videos up, I thoroughly enjoy this kind of content. Loved the video keep up the great work
GIR: "I saw a squirrel. It was doing like this!" *wipes out every championship Pokemon team in sight*
I thought you said this was going to be a battle most pokemon fans aren't aware of?? This is the one competitive battle nearly everyone has heard of.
I love it. More content that isn't "how its really made". I'm not a robot that enjoys the same content week after week. keep it fresh.
Pokemons best strategy is cycling between 4 damage moves until they die.
Ahh yes, harold and kumar go to 2014 world championship
‘Ever tried to fight a lawn mower in real life? You will die’ ahahahahah made me subscribe on that
I dont watch much Tournaments or stuff like that live, but i really cherish the memory of watching that one.
If I would choose a favorite to take to a championship, it would be serperior. I joined the Pokémon games kind of late because my parents didn’t want us to play too many games.
But the first Pokémon game that I actually played was Pokémon black and white 2 from the preowned box in GameStop. And let me tell you I LOVED every second of that game!!
I obviously picked snivy as my first ever in game Pokémon and she has always held a special place in my heart since.
I was determined to take her to the end with me. And honestly, she is one of the few Pokémon who does the BEST against the elite four. She is either dying or not very weak against the elite four, PLUS she can learn dragon type moves and decimate the champion.
Not to mention that her speed stats are only surpassed by mega requasa if I remember correctly
Ah, so that's why I saw that art. Pachirisu blocking a meteor with a finger.
I used to run a shop on pokecommunity forums and my mascot was a shiny pachirisu who was green instead of pink, I love that little fur ball so much and when this dude won words it made my whole day. Hopefully it gets an evolution eventually
I'm deeply fascinated to learn more about that guy pulling his way through the pokedex
This is an amazing video, good vibe, good editing, and chill presentation
Shit was really awesome man, you can tell you liked making this. Make what you want, im lovin it at least
I wonder if they had this guy in mind when making Pokémon Legends' Request 35, where a guy named Ren asks you to fight a Level 30 Ursaring with only Pachirisu. You can have multiple, you just can't have anything but Pachirisu. It's great and I loved it. Pachirisu is love, Pachirisu is life.
"Pichu is a Pikachu clone"
It's... the pre-evolution... of Pikachu...
This is like a child walking onto a pro league golf course with a bent club, and proceedings to absolutely blow each and every contestant out the water exclusively with that club.
Huggbees voice is so calming that I would listen to a video of him saying square roots for 5 hours.
"Pikachu clones include pichu..."
Have some respect, that's its pre-evolution, not a clone
This was really good, please more Pokemon content.
Saw you dubbing How It's Made videos, now I come back to you talking about VGC. Welcome! 😀
Hell this was fire. I was expecting some shit about picachu vs a filler upper machine but instead got enlightened on one of the best moments in the history of the world
Hell yes, the 2014 world's is 100% my favorite match turned meme
Now I'm imagining JR commentating a pokemon tournament
Hell yeah, any of your content is great man! Don't limit yourself to anything, if you want to do something do it, it always comes out amazing
huh, I dont remember FalseSwipeGaming getting a new narrator
This what pokemon is all about, people using their favorite pokemon to their absolute maximum strength.
I had no idea what I was getting into when I clicked this. But I'm glad I found it
I used to go ape shit for pachirisu and I memorized all the info about it I could by heart a few years ago, so seeing this video gave me a really hard throwback.
Objection with gary having 6x the girlfriends the fan will have in a life time, by math this means that they will have 1 girlfriend when we all know its none.
I don't give the tiniest crap about Pokémon. Yet because it's Huggbees, here I am. 7 minutes I'll never get back. Eh. I probably would have spent those 7 minutes staring blankly at the wall. Which is what it felt like watching this. So it's a wash.
As someone whose favorite Pokemon is Raichu, Se Jun Park's victory with a small, electric, often-underestimated rodent warms my heart. Creativity is a powerful thing, and there's nothing more satisfying to me than bringing hordes of monsters, kaijus, dragons, and hideous beasts to their knees with your adorable favorite who everyone counts out from the start.
I hope you also enjoyed the 2016 world championship then.
@@spymander7492 I haven't heard about it, and googling it hasn't narrowed it down for me. What happened?
@@trumpeterjen The winner had a Raichu on his team. The 2016 format also allowed each team to use up to two legendary pokemon who would normally be banned for being too strong, so the power level was much higher than in 2014. It's on TH-cam, you should be able to just look up "2016 pokemon world championships"
@@spymander7492 Oh, awesome! Thank you for telling me!
This video was so fucking meta that I knew it was gonna be this. This very thing is what made me start playing competitively.
The best battle was the Porygon VS Japanese Children
that line about Nintendo hopefully caring about the Competitive Scene hurts even more now
Great vid man, I like these
Some would say this was just a self promo all along.
Some would say....this man just wanted to share his like of the squirrel.
TH-cam creators make videos about Pokemon.
They're not very effective.
Huggbees makes a video about Pokemon.
It's super effective.