Bro, your teambuilding is actually insane. You put so much work into analysing what's gonna KO, what's gonna survive what etc, and you're even using mons that aren't necessarily OU. I'd love to have your brain when teambuilding in my own time.
@@gabrielduguay5783 yep. The unquestioned GOAT, Gypsy King, used to help him build back in gen 7, but Zazo is pretty great as well. But doing prep is my favorite part of draft league and it's what I'm best at. My drafting pretty average and I'm a decent but not great battler, but I win so many games just on prep.
Kind of off topic and risks ruining the joke, but can I just say how much I love the bit of everyone spouting absolute nonsense sets in the comments? Not only is it funny for people in the know, and not only is it universal across basically every draft league I’ve seen, but it’s also such good spoiler repellent. 10/10, one of the best, most wholesome jokes out there
Damn. That stakeout spidops just danced all over your team. Owen really made Tailwind Talonflame work, and any potential counter was trapped by Gothitelle or revenge killed by scarf Forretress. Rough time, but you did great this season, and I’m excited for the next draft league.
Watching you absolutely cook someone on the ladder with Blunder is one thing but these draft league videos are on a whole different level when it comes to showing how godlike at this game you are lmao
I play VGC and bulky fluttermane never ceases to amaze me. If you’re unfamiliar people are running it with 100 HP and 252 Def. Worst part is, it works so well.
I'm in a draft league myself and I'm going to be battling today for the first round of playoffs. Finished the season 11-1 with Gallade destroying teams. It went 26-4 as my Tera captain. Watching your videos always gets me hyped!
Been listening to these while i grind professions in a different game, and I didn't expect myself to get so invested in the outcome.Rooting for you in the next bit!
Even though espathra is sitting on the bench, the threat of the runaway freight train late game forces your opponent to spec into a way to defend against it, allowing your other mons to smack
The fact that toxic roost stalling talonflame and synthesis breloom killed 5 out of the six mons would have been enough to make me break my switch. You're a bigger man than me to take the L with that much pride. Great season regardless.
Hello Joey best of luck I love your build tbh more than mine but here’s what I had prepared to bring vs Owen. Sylveon @ Babiri Berry Ability: Pixilate Tera Type: Fairy EVs: 236 Def / 84 SpA / 188 SpD Modest Nature IVs: 0 Atk - Wish - Protect - Yawn - Hyper Voice Meowscarada @ Wide Lens Ability: Protean Tera Type: Grass EVs: 80 Atk / 208 SpA / 68 SpD / 152 Spe Hasty Nature - Spikes - U-turn - Fling - Leaf Storm Mismagius @ Life Orb Ability: Levitate Tera Type: Ghost EVs: 32 HP / 4 Def / 252 SpA / 220 Spe Modest Nature IVs: 0 Atk - Mystical Fire - Shadow Ball - Energy Ball - Dazzling Gleam Palafin-Hero @ Assault Vest Ability: Zero to Hero Tera Type: Water EVs: 192 Atk / 252 SpD / 64 Spe Adamant Nature - Jet Punch - Outrage - Flip Turn - Facade Iron Treads @ Salac Berry Ability: Quark Drive Tera Type: Ground EVs: 180 HP / 32 Atk / 252 Def / 44 Spe Impish Nature - Rock Slide - Volt Switch - Iron Head - Rapid Spin Hawlucha @ Roseli Berry Ability: Limber Tera Type: Fighting EVs: 136 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpA / 116 Spe Lax Nature - U-turn - Fire Punch - Grass Knot - Roost Sylveon is the only thing that can deal w/ offensive gothitelle. As it will not get 2ko’ed by any moves even psyshock thanks to my defensive ev’s I can yawn + protect pressure it out and hyper voice is a 3hit ko on it. Worse case scenario would be choice scarf trick but I can yawn to force something to go to sleep even in that scenario and yawn also stops Iron moth from switching in safely. It has enough sp.atk ev’s to oko Hydreigon even if it has a roseli berry. Wish passing is nice especially for keeping Palafin healthy. Meowscarada is up next in case babiri berry is popped and Hydreigon becomes a threat with say Nasty plot to the team I have U-turn to 2ko Hydreigon then I can sack one mon and bring meow back in to kill it. It’s a guaranteed 2ko thanks to my atk investment and my speed investment makes sure I outspeed Hydreigon. U-turn is also there so I don’t get trapped by Colbur berry goth and killed too early. Spikes are great vs my opponents team so I made sure to bring that I brought Leaf storm to oko Great tusk and revenge kill it as I outspeed a max spd Great tusk thanks to my spd investments and wide lens increases leaf storm acc from 90% to 99% which is useful especially b/c I didn’t really need any other item. Fling is so I don’t get choice locked by rotom if I need to setup more spikes before it’s job is done. It’s remaining sp.def is to help be a better switch in to rotom and even if I get burned I’m a special Meowscarada so it doesn’t matter. Mismagius is not only a great spin blocker but nice offense pressure. It can outspeed max spd great tusk and revenge kill it having more than one option to do so is nice in case it has rindo berry again. Shadow ball is pretty spammable vs his team for the most part, mystical fire helps vs forretress and dazzling gleam stops Hydreigon from being a safe switch in. It’s also useful to revenge killing the potential Breloom and even if he’s sashed I have spikes and a spin blocker at my disposal to help with that option. Palafin-Hero can be a switch in to Iron moth especially w/ wish support in case of an energy ball -sp def drop reading it to come in. Palafin has outrage so it doesn’t have to guess w/ tera’s and after jet punch outrage guaranteed o’kos. It has flip turn in case of a goth and thanks to my spd investments I can outspeed a max spd variant. Facade does the same thing as outrage for me in case I get burned by Talonflame by flame body or by willow wisp. Palafin can beat an offensive Talonflame thanks to jet punch (as it can tank 1 banned brave bird if need be and jet punch oko’s so I can beat gale wings offensive) and a defensive one thanks to facade. He could very well been heavy duty boots defensive w/ defog, roost, wisp and flamethrower if he expects Mismagius + Meowscarada. Outrage can also be a decent fall back option for Hydreigon as thanks to av I can take a hit. Iron Treads has volt to not get trapped and to be a decent pivoting option especially when I rapid spin forretress spikes away thanks to the +1 spd boost I can volt switch out on anything as I’m built to outspeed max spd Talonflame after +1. I can tank a flare blitz from an offensive variant so if I’m at full I can switch in to offensive Talonflame and then outspeed it and oko it w/ rock slide. It’s also a good switch in to scream tail and Iron head allows me to hit it hard so it can’t wish pass/ wish stall safely. Hawlucha is nice for forretress as it can beat the mon w/o being at risk of being t-waved. It can u-turn away from goth and help w/ general momentum, between it as Mismagius Great Tusk is never safe to lock itself in to its stabs and it can tank 1 ice spinner as well as one play rough if need be thanks to roseli. I have roost for reliable recovery so between roost and fire punch I can be an answer to both Forretress and Breloom and if Owen thinks after a bit of chip from gyro ball forretress that choice banned play rough is safe he’ll be incorrect. Grass knot is there to 2hit ko great tusk (I can outspeed depending on the variant) and after grass knot chip it can ensure a revenge kill from Meow/Mismagius so I wouldn’t have to sack meow to scout for rindo. If he brings Breloom and spores with the mon I can let Hawlucha go to sleep if need be or sylveon depending on some factors such as the health of Palafin and if he brings something like usaring thanks to spikes and mons on my team like Mismagius that can force it out I can chip down factors like those and sack either Hawlucha/ Iron Treads to help get that done as they are the least valuable once their roles have been filled and I can win w/o them in mid/late game territory. Edit: Breloom over Forretress was incredibly unexpected but I predicted everything else he would bring. Seeing no iron moth relieves me as it and Talo flame we’re theoretically interchangeable and thankfully he didn’t bring Urasing wasn’t expecting it but it would have sucked a bit if he did. Fr though I am so surprised he actually brought Breloom it’s not very good vs this team outside of spore and didn’t really do anything last time. Good thing I was prepared.
It's a shame that playoffs are not Bo3; would be crazy if you could sub out mons between games like in VGC tournaments. That would reward adaptability and game knowledge much more, imo. But again, not every team is drafted equal, so I can see why some players would struggle after their sets are exposed.
I think its better best of one. Creative sets work a lot better that way. I once played in a draft league during sun and moon days. My opponent had a kartana and I had 0 actual counters to it. It destroyed my team. The only reason I won was because I had a scarf hidden power fire excadrill. No way I would have won 2/3 games. The creative tech is what won for me, and its why i love draft league.
There are pros and cons to both. Bo1 just generally works better though. Having to prep 3 entire teams is a ton of work, bad matchups are made worse and crazy techs aren't as good. It's unfortunate that it works that way but it's the betterof the two.
@@SPZ-gv2onno one has to prep 3 sets, but definitely people cannot just prep 6/10 mons and call it good. Like VGC, for example, you bring 4 every game, but all 6 mons you have on the day are equally important. And matches are Bo3 as well, playoffs or not. Though I must concede that in VGC, you do not have the luxury of building a team to "counter" another, and teams are much less sacky.
@@ducminhduong9873 Yes you do or you are at a major disadvantage. They will absolutely have answers to any of your obvious sets. After you reveal a team one game, using more than one or two of the same sets is incredibly exploitable.
I'm a bit confused, sorry for my ignorance but... Why didn't the Chopel Berry activate here? 8:35 Doesn't activate if KO is guaranteed? EDIT: Excuse me. it's Chople.
My boy Joe with the dub. Idk if you’re going to read this comment or agree with this, but I think it would be cool if the title of your vid doesn’t give away who wins before the battle begins. Just a thought, regardless good luck in next round
I’m simply saying its insane lol the title doesn’t give it away. I said imposter ditto is too good a few weeks ago and lost that game. I don’t think you should auto assume the title means i win
Resident Dragalge fan here, reporting for the first week of Playoffs! Paused the vid at the beginning and I'm excited to see what Owen is gonna bring into the match. Also looking forward to see Iron Treads, Meowscarada and my kelpy boi with those hazards. But tbh, we all know Dragalge has been taking a backseat in these last games, but just being there puts in the pressure. No one wants to leave the Drag unaccounted and then eat a Draco lmao But we'll see, I'm excited!
@@ghxst3205 obviously it's banned in showdown, I'm specifically talking about draft leagues tho, it is litearly impossible to scavenge your checks for this thing or slow it down in every game I seen it being used with. The opponent has to pray Joey misuses it or something lmao, puts in way more work than espartha
Before watching any of the BBR videos for the playoffs I'm gonna predict the playoffs Round 1 Nice Jynx wins vs Greavyard LA Wakers wins vs Carolina Chimchargers wins vs Montreal Portland wins vs Winnipeg Round 2 Wakers win vs Nice Jynx Chimchargers win vs Portland Finals Wakers win vs Chimchargers
Points are based on a combination of raw strength, utility, and variety. The normally uber mons that are allowed in draft, as well as the abilities, are much easier to prepare for when you know what you need to deal with. The banned ones are unreasonable to prep for even knowing that they are coming basically, like having to try to stop a miraidon. High point mons are generally overwhelmingly strong, incredibly versatile, have incredible support, or more often a combination of the three. Tera vs no tera or different tera captain formats can change it up too. Draft also favors some specific roles which can also boost some mons a bit in value. For example, having a grounded poison is near required because of how devastating toxic spikes can be.
@@arthursdl People who play a lot of draft league have sort of sniffed out which pokemon are better to draft than others. The points end up being arbitrary, but they decide them with a lot of thought.
"I should be faster unless they are"
truly, joey's wisdom is endless
These Draft League vids get me so hyped man i look forward to em every week
Wrd
Me too
best content on this channel in a long time
@@MrArtless1 all his contents sick but the Draft Leagues are just smth else
Ditto!
Sad to see the draft league end like this, but damn scarf forretress flash cannon hits like a truck. Better luck next time Joey
Yeah I was so hyped when Sclimbo came out used Clangorus Soul and its signature move Sclimbos Grip to get 3 KOs.
I hate u so much
Bro, your teambuilding is actually insane. You put so much work into analysing what's gonna KO, what's gonna survive what etc, and you're even using mons that aren't necessarily OU. I'd love to have your brain when teambuilding in my own time.
I mean it’s true, but he kinda HAS to use what he drafted, right? It’s not like he can just choose to use OU mons only
He really is a competitive pro
He’s also had the help of Zazo, who is one of the top 10 players in the history of draft.
@@gabrielduguay5783and gypsy
@@gabrielduguay5783 yep. The unquestioned GOAT, Gypsy King, used to help him build back in gen 7, but Zazo is pretty great as well. But doing prep is my favorite part of draft league and it's what I'm best at. My drafting pretty average and I'm a decent but not great battler, but I win so many games just on prep.
Joey: I'm finally gonna use Stored Power Espathra
Palafin: Not on my watch
Kind of off topic and risks ruining the joke, but can I just say how much I love the bit of everyone spouting absolute nonsense sets in the comments? Not only is it funny for people in the know, and not only is it universal across basically every draft league I’ve seen, but it’s also such good spoiler repellent. 10/10, one of the best, most wholesome jokes out there
Oh my gawd! What a match. Not expected that he'll bring choice specs mega drain breloom and 6-0'd
LMAOOOOOO
Ikr bro did you see in the interview breloom was packing specs synthesis
Ggs man!!
SPOILERS:
Really fun one again, palafin is a demon lmao. Hope we get another sometime in the future and gl next round!
Damn bro, not everyday we see a Specs Spidops clutch 6 kills on someone, great season regardless man
Espathra putting in the work again, glad i got to witness the Calm Mind Stored Power sweep!
Yeah and surprised that cb palafin didnt do anything
Damn. That stakeout spidops just danced all over your team. Owen really made Tailwind Talonflame work, and any potential counter was trapped by Gothitelle or revenge killed by scarf Forretress. Rough time, but you did great this season, and I’m excited for the next draft league.
Watching you absolutely cook someone on the ladder with Blunder is one thing but these draft league videos are on a whole different level when it comes to showing how godlike at this game you are lmao
Crazy how "bulky" joey can make usually frail fast attackers and make this work! Underrated aspect imo
He's the guy that created bulky charizard x after all
I play VGC and bulky fluttermane never ceases to amaze me. If you’re unfamiliar people are running it with 100 HP and 252 Def. Worst part is, it works so well.
@@Reliztik82 yeah bulky specs with 84+ sp.atk right?
@@obiwancannoli1920 yep lol
I'm in a draft league myself and I'm going to be battling today for the first round of playoffs.
Finished the season 11-1 with Gallade destroying teams. It went 26-4 as my Tera captain. Watching your videos always gets me hyped!
Gl!
@@pokeaimMD thanks!
Top scoring mon in my draft league is currently Gallade too, what a nuts mon this gen
@@williamjackson7572 yea, Sharpness really gave it a needed boost!
How'd it go??
Man that scarf spidops was truly a threat. I'm glad you pulled it off with phantom force mismagius. GGs, this was a close match.
Been listening to these while i grind professions in a different game, and I didn't expect myself to get so invested in the outcome.Rooting for you in the next bit!
Sucks that you got 6-0’d by choice specs spidops, totally didn’t expect it to ohko all of your mons, but hey, you’ll get ‘em next time!
Yeah you think slyveon would tank but I guess slyveon has a phobia
These draft leagues really get me hyped to see the young goat palafin putting in the work
“Hold up do I wanna make a crazy play for no reason?”😂 quote of my day.
Palafin is looking more and more like a top tier draft threat after everything thing you've done with it.
Not being able to use Palafin in OU is unfortunate, so seeing some absolute Palafin destruction is cathartic. Keep going Joey!
Hate to see the draft league end like this, but seeing you get swept by endure salac berry reversal spidops was crazy
Yo the editing is so good on these!
Big W for you, Joey...... Hope you win the league
'Espathra does nothing!' Would've been a sick title ngl
The post game analysis went crazy lil bro
My favorite part was when you brought out Greninja and Lickitung and they wrapped tongues
No memes this week, fingers crossed we get to see another week of Joey playing in playoffs
Even though espathra is sitting on the bench, the threat of the runaway freight train late game forces your opponent to spec into a way to defend against it, allowing your other mons to smack
Rocky Helmet ko'd more mons than Iron Valiant this season.
Palafin is such a beast I can't believe you just clicked Wave Crash 6 times for the dub gg Big Toe Joe
i mean, basically he did lmao
2:54 A whole regular season using Iron Treads and Joey hasn't realized Paradox Pokemon are genderless. 😅
Production level is looking super nice recently bro
The fact that toxic roost stalling talonflame and synthesis breloom killed 5 out of the six mons would have been enough to make me break my switch. You're a bigger man than me to take the L with that much pride. Great season regardless.
These are the most high quality draft league videos posted like ever. Although i think the post game stuff could be moved to a seperate video
Palafin is unstoppable. Great job supporting it.
Love the draft league vids. The plays and strats are straight 🔥
Hell yeah brother! Lets go Palafin!! Semis here you come!
Man, I can’t believe Choice Specs Mud-Slap from Great Tusk 6-0’d
Better luck next season…
Let's go. So Happy for this W. Great prep and greatly played. Congrats.
@17:44 what the hell? It's so comically cute 😂🤩
Hello Joey best of luck I love your build tbh more than mine but here’s what I had prepared to bring vs Owen.
Sylveon @ Babiri Berry
Ability: Pixilate
Tera Type: Fairy
EVs: 236 Def / 84 SpA / 188 SpD
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Wish
- Protect
- Yawn
- Hyper Voice
Meowscarada @ Wide Lens
Ability: Protean
Tera Type: Grass
EVs: 80 Atk / 208 SpA / 68 SpD / 152 Spe
Hasty Nature
- Spikes
- U-turn
- Fling
- Leaf Storm
Mismagius @ Life Orb
Ability: Levitate
Tera Type: Ghost
EVs: 32 HP / 4 Def / 252 SpA / 220 Spe
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Mystical Fire
- Shadow Ball
- Energy Ball
- Dazzling Gleam
Palafin-Hero @ Assault Vest
Ability: Zero to Hero
Tera Type: Water
EVs: 192 Atk / 252 SpD / 64 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Jet Punch
- Outrage
- Flip Turn
- Facade
Iron Treads @ Salac Berry
Ability: Quark Drive
Tera Type: Ground
EVs: 180 HP / 32 Atk / 252 Def / 44 Spe
Impish Nature
- Rock Slide
- Volt Switch
- Iron Head
- Rapid Spin
Hawlucha @ Roseli Berry
Ability: Limber
Tera Type: Fighting
EVs: 136 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpA / 116 Spe
Lax Nature
- U-turn
- Fire Punch
- Grass Knot
- Roost
Sylveon is the only thing that can deal w/ offensive gothitelle. As it will not get 2ko’ed by any moves even psyshock thanks to my defensive ev’s I can yawn + protect pressure it out and hyper voice is a 3hit ko on it. Worse case scenario would be choice scarf trick but I can yawn to force something to go to sleep even in that scenario and yawn also stops Iron moth from switching in safely. It has enough sp.atk ev’s to oko Hydreigon even if it has a roseli berry. Wish passing is nice especially for keeping Palafin healthy.
Meowscarada is up next in case babiri berry is popped and Hydreigon becomes a threat with say Nasty plot to the team I have U-turn to 2ko Hydreigon then I can sack one mon and bring meow back in to kill it. It’s a guaranteed 2ko thanks to my atk investment and my speed investment makes sure I outspeed Hydreigon. U-turn is also there so I don’t get trapped by Colbur berry goth and killed too early. Spikes are great vs my opponents team so I made sure to bring that I brought Leaf storm to oko Great tusk and revenge kill it as I outspeed a max spd Great tusk thanks to my spd investments and wide lens increases leaf storm acc from 90% to 99% which is useful especially b/c I didn’t really need any other item. Fling is so I don’t get choice locked by rotom if I need to setup more spikes before it’s job is done. It’s remaining sp.def is to help be a better switch in to rotom and even if I get burned I’m a special Meowscarada so it doesn’t matter.
Mismagius is not only a great spin blocker but nice offense pressure. It can outspeed max spd great tusk and revenge kill it having more than one option to do so is nice in case it has rindo berry again. Shadow ball is pretty spammable vs his team for the most part, mystical fire helps vs forretress and dazzling gleam stops Hydreigon from being a safe switch in. It’s also useful to revenge killing the potential Breloom and even if he’s sashed I have spikes and a spin blocker at my disposal to help with that option.
Palafin-Hero can be a switch in to Iron moth especially w/ wish support in case of an energy ball -sp def drop reading it to come in. Palafin has outrage so it doesn’t have to guess w/ tera’s and after jet punch outrage guaranteed o’kos. It has flip turn in case of a goth and thanks to my spd investments I can outspeed a max spd variant. Facade does the same thing as outrage for me in case I get burned by Talonflame by flame body or by willow wisp. Palafin can beat an offensive Talonflame thanks to jet punch (as it can tank 1 banned brave bird if need be and jet punch oko’s so I can beat gale wings offensive) and a defensive one thanks to facade. He could very well been heavy duty boots defensive w/ defog, roost, wisp and flamethrower if he expects Mismagius + Meowscarada. Outrage can also be a decent fall back option for Hydreigon as thanks to av I can take a hit.
Iron Treads has volt to not get trapped and to be a decent pivoting option especially when I rapid spin forretress spikes away thanks to the +1 spd boost I can volt switch out on anything as I’m built to outspeed max spd Talonflame after +1. I can tank a flare blitz from an offensive variant so if I’m at full I can switch in to offensive Talonflame and then outspeed it and oko it w/ rock slide. It’s also a good switch in to scream tail and Iron head allows me to hit it hard so it can’t wish pass/ wish stall safely.
Hawlucha is nice for forretress as it can beat the mon w/o being at risk of being t-waved. It can u-turn away from goth and help w/ general momentum, between it as Mismagius Great Tusk is never safe to lock itself in to its stabs and it can tank 1 ice spinner as well as one play rough if need be thanks to roseli. I have roost for reliable recovery so between roost and fire punch I can be an answer to both Forretress and Breloom and if Owen thinks after a bit of chip from gyro ball forretress that choice banned play rough is safe he’ll be incorrect. Grass knot is there to 2hit ko great tusk (I can outspeed depending on the variant) and after grass knot chip it can ensure a revenge kill from Meow/Mismagius so I wouldn’t have to sack meow to scout for rindo. If he brings Breloom and spores with the mon I can let Hawlucha go to sleep if need be or sylveon depending on some factors such as the health of Palafin and if he brings something like usaring thanks to spikes and mons on my team like Mismagius that can force it out I can chip down factors like those and sack either Hawlucha/ Iron Treads to help get that done as they are the least valuable once their roles have been filled and I can win w/o them in mid/late game territory.
Edit: Breloom over Forretress was incredibly unexpected but I predicted everything else he would bring. Seeing no iron moth relieves me as it and Talo flame we’re theoretically interchangeable and thankfully he didn’t bring Urasing wasn’t expecting it but it would have sucked a bit if he did. Fr though I am so surprised he actually brought Breloom it’s not very good vs this team outside of spore and didn’t really do anything last time. Good thing I was prepared.
Love the Overwatch Reference
All characters are named
Hope I don’t jinx it, but we dodge the draft league playoff choke allegations for one more week
What a fast-paced match! GGs
Definitely didnt think mismagius would be as good as its been when you drafted it. Pure ghost with levitate leaves so much room for potential
Palafin’s boom burst sweep really carried you! You got lucky Joey Pokeaim!!!
At around 13:30 it shows mag still has helmet in the menu even though it was knocked. Weird
if a mon dies to helmet damage while using knock off the rocky helmet is not knocked off
@@pokeaimMD nice I never knew that. Sick. Nice win 🥇
I exploded when you said you tun steel beam
This is my favourite team of yours so far, loved the sets 🔥
Clean stored power sweep
Wakers FTW!
We gonna take it all!
It was always the Wakers! 💪🏾💯
Palafin-ish him!
Great win aim!
Still can’t believe the Fin was allowed in this league, way too strong 💪🏻
Espathara really warming that bench. What a mon
You got this 💪💪
252 ATK
4 DEF
252 SPD
No stratagey. Just pallafin. Love it.
What’s a good gen 9 OU trick room team?
Your opponent voice is so beautiful 😳 i got "crushed" by them
It's a shame that playoffs are not Bo3; would be crazy if you could sub out mons between games like in VGC tournaments. That would reward adaptability and game knowledge much more, imo.
But again, not every team is drafted equal, so I can see why some players would struggle after their sets are exposed.
I think its better best of one. Creative sets work a lot better that way.
I once played in a draft league during sun and moon days. My opponent had a kartana and I had 0 actual counters to it. It destroyed my team. The only reason I won was because I had a scarf hidden power fire excadrill. No way I would have won 2/3 games. The creative tech is what won for me, and its why i love draft league.
There are pros and cons to both. Bo1 just generally works better though. Having to prep 3 entire teams is a ton of work, bad matchups are made worse and crazy techs aren't as good. It's unfortunate that it works that way but it's the betterof the two.
@@SPZ-gv2onno one has to prep 3 sets, but definitely people cannot just prep 6/10 mons and call it good. Like VGC, for example, you bring 4 every game, but all 6 mons you have on the day are equally important. And matches are Bo3 as well, playoffs or not.
Though I must concede that in VGC, you do not have the luxury of building a team to "counter" another, and teams are much less sacky.
@@ducminhduong9873 Yes you do or you are at a major disadvantage. They will absolutely have answers to any of your obvious sets. After you reveal a team one game, using more than one or two of the same sets is incredibly exploitable.
In my league, we do best of 3 for finals only and it's been pretty neat.
I'm a bit confused, sorry for my ignorance but... Why didn't the Chopel Berry activate here? 8:35 Doesn't activate if KO is guaranteed?
EDIT: Excuse me. it's Chople.
Chople berry helps you tank a supereffective fighting move, i was fairy at the time
Meow was fairy type. Chople only activates if the fighting move is super effective.
My boy Joe with the dub. Idk if you’re going to read this comment or agree with this, but I think it would be cool if the title of your vid doesn’t give away who wins before the battle begins. Just a thought, regardless good luck in next round
I’m simply saying its insane lol the title doesn’t give it away. I said imposter ditto is too good a few weeks ago and lost that game. I don’t think you should auto assume the title means i win
What am I missing, why didn't chople berry activate turn 2?
Resident Dragalge fan here, reporting for the first week of Playoffs!
Paused the vid at the beginning and I'm excited to see what Owen is gonna bring into the match. Also looking forward to see Iron Treads, Meowscarada and my kelpy boi with those hazards. But tbh, we all know Dragalge has been taking a backseat in these last games, but just being there puts in the pressure. No one wants to leave the Drag unaccounted and then eat a Draco lmao
But we'll see, I'm excited!
Sorry you got stomped out by Choice Banded Rotom Wash
Finally. Screens Fin 🙌🏿🙌🏿
YES KING JOEY POKEAIM 👏 The whole video was nice breh 👍 Good luck Emvee! Take a sip of wine if it's a loss and turn it into a WIN 🙂
Espathra this season is just here for the vibes lmao
Seriously, Palafin just carries almost every game
It’s here to force preparation and caution.
Joey, do u have to be a content creator to be part of this Draft League thing??
this particular one? yes. but draft as a whole? nah not at all
Can someone explain why scream tail was levitating?
Mismagius been putting in work.
Hopefully you do more things outside of draft league with Owen down the road.
Gg Aim great win my goat
LETS GOOO PLAYOFFS, IM HYPED.
Maverick Shooters the best teambuilder in the fuckin game man wasn't surprised to see the shoutout
Joey is gonna be the reason palafin gets banned in every draft league cause honestly wtf 😂
There’s a reason it’s banned on showdown. So is espathra lol hacks
@@ghxst3205 Yeah but bans work differently in Draft League because the situation is different
@@ghxst3205 obviously it's banned in showdown, I'm specifically talking about draft leagues tho, it is litearly impossible to scavenge your checks for this thing or slow it down in every game I seen it being used with. The opponent has to pray Joey misuses it or something lmao, puts in way more work than espartha
The 🐬 sweep
palafin is so broken dude they’re gonna ban it in the next league ☠️☠️
Palafin tuff 💪😤
Before watching any of the BBR videos for the playoffs I'm gonna predict the playoffs
Round 1
Nice Jynx wins vs Greavyard
LA Wakers wins vs Carolina
Chimchargers wins vs Montreal
Portland wins vs Winnipeg
Round 2
Wakers win vs Nice Jynx
Chimchargers win vs Portland
Finals
Wakers win vs Chimchargers
Joey was in his BAG this game oh my lord
Why wouldn’t you jet punch the low hp scream tail
Cause i’m choice band and locked into wave crash
damn i didnt know that scream tail was flotting in the game
If it comes out after a floating mon ye
Honestly will not be shocked if Palaphin gets banned next season unless counters are coming with Home. That mon is insane
Joey is the goat of Pokémon much like MJ to basketball 🔥
Can you guys explain to me how they decide the points every mon is worth and also what it gets banned, because Shadow Tag caught me on surprise.
Points are based on a combination of raw strength, utility, and variety. The normally uber mons that are allowed in draft, as well as the abilities, are much easier to prepare for when you know what you need to deal with. The banned ones are unreasonable to prep for even knowing that they are coming basically, like having to try to stop a miraidon. High point mons are generally overwhelmingly strong, incredibly versatile, have incredible support, or more often a combination of the three. Tera vs no tera or different tera captain formats can change it up too. Draft also favors some specific roles which can also boost some mons a bit in value. For example, having a grounded poison is near required because of how devastating toxic spikes can be.
@@SPZ-gv2on I see, but literally, how the points get decided? They do a vote or something?
@@arthursdl Generally the person/people running the league talk it over with people who play draft.
@@arthursdl People who play a lot of draft league have sort of sniffed out which pokemon are better to draft than others. The points end up being arbitrary, but they decide them with a lot of thought.
Why not sack Rocky helmet mon to talonflame? Since you could still steel beam or endeavor with the treads
Sball was good vs 3 mons, threads could only go 1 for 1
GGs🔥🔥🤟
LETS GOOO 🔥🔥✊️
Why didn’t they go for brave bird vs palafin?
They did. But because it was not at max hp, gale wings was broken and their priority was gone
Guys i’m kinda slow can anyone please explain why chople berry didn’t activate turn 2? :)
I was fairy type and it only activates on supereffective atks
im a noob but if you were gunna take a mach punch from breloom turn 3 or whatever it was on donphan anyway, why not save meows for later
Cause not worth the risk of getting another pokemon bullet seeded/spored
@@pokeaimMD ooooh that makes sense, thanks man great vid looking forward to next Sunday
Palafin is the GOAT.
Scream tails float in singles ?
A lot of pokemon have floating animations if they come in after a floating pokemon
LFG 😤
you should do more with owen! sounds like y’all have pretty cool chemistry by the sound of the interview.
maybe a speed draft stream 👀
Chokeaim is on vacation
Huge hater vibes right here
@@pokeaimMD Much love brother Joel
This was a master class
that last turn must have been an ellipse because it was oval :J