Watch Ryota battle Sam in the finals of the 2017 Pokémon Video Game World Championships Masters Division! Learn more about the Pokémon Championship Series on our site: bit.ly/ST1xUq
Amazing sportsmanship from the second place kid. Well done man. Didn't even pout. Got up and raised the champions hand himself. Love that level of respect.
Midnight Z you'd be surprised how horrible the sportsmanship actually is. This respectable sportsmanship isn't overly common. Many get so salty about losing, make excuses, or throw shade to the player they lost to. Often refusing to shake hands with the other player. A terrible winner is an even worse loser and no one should like someone who acts like that.
32:20 For anyone wondering: Ryota has been using Nature power which is priority boosted by the Prankster ability. In Gen VII Prankster has been nerfed and DOESN'T affect dark types such as Mandibuzz, so the Z-move was blocked
This must be the best Worlds finals that I have ever seen. Even better than the one with Se Jun and his Pachirisu. The reads, the techs, the hype, the gambles. A well all-round Pokémon battle indeed.
That isnt a real issue of similar pokemon making it to finals, it's all about how players were seeded and who won out. 6 out of the top 8 couldve made it to the finals based on talent
This is so far my favorite Worlds finals. Such an incredible display of pure skill from both players. This is what the game needs to attract new people.
@@MoneyMovesWithDang Bro. Do u even know what pure skill is? Just because he was using set up strategy doesn't mean he doesn't have skill. Skill means to do something well. He used the strategy very well as u saw in the first match. Oh well if u think that's not pure skill kindly proove it by showing what is pure skill and use it to go to the world finals
I'd never watched a competitive match before yet I attended the WC to see it and the gameplay was insane. This match was so great, spectacular on both sides. I'm totally in awe of how much strategy and skill was displayed.
These replies make me feel old. I was only 6 or 7 years old when Red and Blue came out. Now I'm nearly 30 and still play the games. It's truly a magical series that transcends a lot of barriers.
RyAn12 TCG i also love both the TCG and VGC(pun lels😂) and i'm happy to see a tcg guy here!😍 I'm a competitive battle guy myself and i still enjoy A LOT pack opening vids, even if i don't understand a thing😂! i love you CandyEvie!😍😍😂😂
I think this is still my favourite VGC Masters Finals. Both Ryota and Sam are playing out of their minds, the casters are amazing, and the teams were so cool for the format this year
from anime to reality... I feel you on this one. You can't avoid being a bit proud as tou become Pokemon champion, catch all the legendaries, beat the evil organization. But as you watch the pros play. Man I rely too much on my legendaries!
This was the best finals since Pachirisu. They both did an amazing job. Didn't expect Ryota to win the third battle after meh start with that z-move but him being able to predict the Garchomp protect really sealed his win. That was so risky of him, risking the paralysis from discharge on his own whimsicott
Sigils, ETHEC. Disagree. Japanese people learn English at school. Spanish people learn English at school. Indian, chinese and portuguese people also learn English at school. Nobody learns basic Japanese. English is the way to go in world scale events, no matter where the game is from
What probably happened was that Sam was using an electronic download of the game instead of a physical cart, and they unfortunately don't have the software to capture from an electronic download.
Shazam28 krok isn't my favourite but it's definitely top 10. In singles you can use scarf moxie and it's really poweful and you can use it as a stealth rocker .
if you are wondering what hapened to whimsicott z-move game 3 dark type is immune to prankster moves , which whimsicott used (Z-move) , so nothing hapened.
This years Master Finals was so good compared to 2015 and 2016. So strategic and very balanced teams with both offense and defensive qualities. Did not expect such play from this year vgc-meta. Thank Arceus it got some time to develop.
Both sides were good. Still they had ultrabeasts and Tapus, they used strategies very good and uniques. Congratulations! Greetings from Colombia. Double moon blast, nature power Z, aurora veil, oh god!
King Kryptonite Yeah that was somewhat disappointing, but Sam's team only really had one powerful physical attacker in garchomp. It wouldn't have been very useful, since intimidate didn't really bother Xurkitree, ninetales and so on.
I tried getting into VGC17 this year and I gotta say I really love it. Sadly it costs at lot of money (at least initially) to get anywhere competitively and as result a lot great players never get to go on the big stage.
???why do you need money to play competitively??? You can just breed your own pokemon or get unwanted breedjects and breeding dittos from sites like reddit.
thedarkwolve Not sure what you're talking about, but I'm pretty sure YooToob means that tournaments have entry fees, not to mention there are travel costs if you want to play anywhere not local.
You pretty much need to do multiple regional championships + an international, for which you need to travel a lot, if you want to hope to get anywhere. Also, top players from previous years get travel stipends, so once you make it big once you're good as long as you keep competing.
“…Taunt coming out from Mandibuzz trying to prevent Celesteela from using its annoying support moves” is definitely the funniest thing I’ve ever heard a caster said in VGC and he didn’t even stutter coz he’s definitely right 😂
I just love Mandibuzz and Whimsicott since 5th Generation and they are always a must on my team because of reasons. I love the fun and cover they provide to your team. Good job to both players!
6v6 singles following the Smogon rules is the most popular format from what I've seen, at least in the western community. It's not the officially supported format though.
whatupmygoon maybe 3v3 singles could work and maybe 6v6 wouldn't be so toxic with the vgc 2017 rules into play so bye bye mega sableye and multiple leftovers
TheLegendofMOTHER 3v3 singles invalidates a lot of the moves that make doubles so interesting and puts a lot more focus on who is being fielded rather than how they're used. A bad lead choice is a lot more likely to be setup fodder than it is in doubles
was well worth. the best match i have seen till date. predicting the obvious protect on garchomp, and priority nature power on xerkit. man it was awesome. also that mandibuzz switch blew my mind.
È incredibile come Ryota sia riuscito a vincere. Era un match up difficilissimo per lui. Il predict sulla protect di garchomp al game 3 è impressionante
Can someone explain to me why these battles are so slow?! I only ever played the Gameboy single battles which were superfast. Why does it seems to take five minutes for each player to select their move?! Am i missing something? Are competitive games purposely delayed between selecting character moves or something?
think about it this way. if you're gonna be playing a game for a LOOOOONGGG time, do you wanna stare at a dude, or a cute chick for your playable character? also, a lot of people have pointed out in other comment threads that the females this gen have more options for customization and just have better designs all around. if i were to start a new game right now, i'd probably pick the female character since i hate pretty much all the clothes options for the male character, lol.
I'm male but I pick the female character because the clothes options are SO much better. The male clothes options are really dull and limited by comparison. :')
I picked male because I've been picking male for the past gens. I haven't changed clothes since the beginning and when I saw how my brother customized his character, I quickly regretted picking male...
Anyone expecting some encore shenanigans from that Whimsicott? Swords Dance, Aurora Veil, Tail Glow, Protect... locking somebody into those moves would have been dope.
Cinnamatt Toastcrunch He meant a fluke for japan. Japan has a huge playerbase but they performed bad in 2016. Ryota (the japanese) proved that 2016 was only a flike for japan and that japan is still strong ;)
Don't forget that he thinks he is the best player in the game. Verlisify is like that one really annoying child from school that lost every battle, but still claimed to be the very best, and if you called him out on it, he would went on a rant on how everybody who beat him was simply cheating. He is a bad player and a sore loser.
