How a Shocking Legendary Won a Pokémon Tournament 

I was the real MVP of that team.

the articuno vgc butterfly effect is so real

"Man" Both Calyrex Riders seeing Miraidon win, probably

So it was worth it to let him steal my sandwiches after all

I imagine how weird it must be for a singles player to see a Pokémon like Miraidon be considered mid in VGC, while Zamazenta is one of the stronger ones.

Seeing Miraidon disintegrating everything even with not very effective damage was insane

Not a single calyrex in finals, nice to see it

Funny thing I'd like to point out is in the same weekend over japan there was a huge Pokemon TCG tournament where in a new format, an underrated miraidon deck, went and won the entire tournament.

I love Ogerpon's little skipping animation while using Ivy Cudgel

You should do a video over why Zamazenta is better in VGC than Zacian, I bet that the graphic at 0:41 brought a lot of question marks to people not super familiar with doubles

Miraidon: "How many layers of damage are you on?" Calyrex: "Like, maybe 5 or 6 right now my dude" Miraidon "You are like a little baby. Watch this." *Recreates the big bang with a +50%STAB, +50% electric terrain, +33% hadron engine electric move backed by great SpAtk* (and i forgot terra electric and choice specs)

Who could have thought that using the power of switching made Miraidon OP. This feels like looking at Singles.

I find competitive Pokemon absolutely and endlessly fascinating, it;s just the most insane thing you'd never even remotely consider as part of your own strategies, while I'll never play it I'll always respect those who do

Wolfe being the only caster to predict Miraidon to do well. GOAT doing GOAT things…

Honestly, I'm not surprised in the slightest. Miraidon has been proven to be one of the strongest Pokemon to date since Day 1, and even considering VGC landscapes, it has so many multipliers that a lot of its weaknesses can just be muscled through. In the future, I'm expecting to see a couple more Ground Teras on restricteds, or maybe the rise of Raichu/Pachirisu

Seeing Miraidon win isn’t a surprise for me tbh, I have seen its sheer power in online tournaments so I wasn’t surprised to see it doing well. (I did expect Calyrex-S win so bit surprised on that but seeing Miraidon win wasn’t the most outlandish thing for me.)

bro ting-lu boutta come back with a vengance

I'm not stunned, that thing is Tapu Koko and Regieleki on steroids.

"The future is now, old man." - Miraidon

It's cool, but it would have been so fitting for Rajan Bal to use Raging Bolt

0:50 One big thing to notice - out of just restricted Pokémon only Miraidon and Terapagos affect the Terrain, which - obviously there are some other Terrain Setters out there, but it is interesting factor when you have Koraidon, Groudon, Kyogre and Terapagos affecting the Weather. And it's notably the one Terrain that has extremely good synergy with Rain. Like Electric mons will always be good in Water/Rain dominated metas. And with Pelipper also being common here - this is just all stacking up for Miraidon. I wonder also how much Rillaboom's nerf was factoring into it, because I probably would expect it being more common in this meta, if Grassy Glide stayed the same power. 3:00 But it does kinda make Calyrex somehow predictable. Just being weak to Wide Guard, creates some openings to defend against it's signature moves, allowing to chip away some damage, with good prediction. Similarly to how Koraidon probably gets partly checked by Rain and Miraidon slows down with its damage output with Rillaboom being present. And obviously Terapagos shuts almost all top restricted Pokemon, with its immunity to Shadow-Caly and Teraform-Zero. 6:00 On the side note - I love how commonly used Farigiraf is used. Very Mega Mawile, Mega Kanga, Pelipper, Torkoal vibe, where seemingly underwhelming forgotten Pokémon becomes usable. In this case we have some presence of good old Girafarig through it's evolution. 6:55 With how uncommon Hazards are these days - you should never overlook any Pokemon that can swap tbh. 7:45 It is nice to see a tournament without Landorus being common in the top.

not a huge vgc player but you make the topic really interesting and pretty easy to follow as well 💪

the choice specs stab spam at it again

The callback to false swipe was nice

Miraidon is truly the king in Singles and doubles. I can't wait to see how great the mon goes.

I feel like Miraidon is still underrated, even with this showing, because it also has defensive synergy with another Pokemon that used to be a VGC Staple, Iron Hands. Sure, it might struggle against Incineroar, however that's where Miraidon comes in. On top of this, there's one defensive dynamic about this that people aren't considering, their differing speed stats. Because Miraidon is fast and Iron Hands is slow, the opponent has to take into consideration who to go after with their ground type attack. Sure, they can use Earthquake, but there aren't many Pokemon who can Ohko them with their naturally high bulk, then there's the matter of speed. Iron Hands is fast in Trick Room, while Miraidon is fast outside of it, meaning one of them will always be a threat, and Ursaluna, one of the better Ground Type Pokemon right now, doesn't even beat Iron Hands in trick room, at best it speed ties. And this isn't even considering their options for Tera. While Miraidon will almost exclusively go Tera Electric to become a bigger menace to society, Iron Hands is much more difficult to lock down because it has so many functioning Tera Types to use, since it prefers defensive tera types. And simply going "Tera Ground, easy fix" doesn't work either, as Iron Bundle exists too, as you mentioned, and it threatens both Tera Ground and one of the "counters" to Miraidon you mentioned, being Rillaboom. I can totally see Iron Hands, Iron Bundle, Miraidon, and Farigiraf becoming a common core.

I was always a believer in the beginning Love my motorcycle alpha dragon

Moral of the story: Never underestimate an underdog.

Very informative video! Very happy to have found your channel and hope you keep posting more! 😄

I'm very happy to see such a creative format take shape. Can't wait to see what else it has in store

I'm gonna need someone to explain to me how Zama is used more than fucking Groudon lmfao. I'm assuming it's because Koraidon outclasses Groudon as a sun setting physical attacker restricted mon, but what makes Zama appealing?

I think ppl are gonna respect Miraidon more, and this will put it on its proper place upon players’ perceptions. Imo, Ting-Lu is gonna rise, because of it’s excellent matchup against Miraidon, Calyrex-S, and even Terapagos due to it’s enormous special bulk. Meanwhile, I believe Koraidon will rise, as it having what is essentially 3 stab options without the need to Tera for that is incredible. Add on to that the variety in sets and itens Korai can use, from Sash, to Clear Amulet, to Scarf, to AV, and perhaps even Covert Cloak, and I think Koraidon is gonna dominate later stages of Reg G

Neat analysis video! Thanks for uploading!

As a Gen 9 Balanced Hackmons player, one of the few things I try to do is make sure that the pokemon I'm using has a different ability than it's supposed to have. In my mind, if I have to use an ability that originally came on the pokemon (as long as that ability isn't banned), I'm better off using another pokemon. Miraidon was the first pokemon that took that formula and broke it in half. Still to this day it blows my mind that the only thing you have to do to base Miraidon to make it broken in BH is give it Rising Voltage. The ability was banned mostly for that reason (and Tera too to some extent).

Fantastic breakdown, love this

Nice analysis, ive seen your channel grow extremaly quickly and it is very well deserved. your videos are improving at a high pace!

“You wouldn’t pick Raging Bolt” Me: _Rising Voltage has joined the chat_

Gg on the random bats success, but these style of videos will always be my favorite

Tbh "VGC players say this pokemon will not be good. That pokemon is good anyways" has to be my favorite genre. First happened with Amongus after Ogerpon came and now Miraidon😂

I really enjoyed watching the games Wolfe cast. The finals was easily some of the most hype ive gotten of any time ive watched vgc tournaments.

Dracovish be like “look at what they need to mimic a fraction of my power”

During the first preview of Rajans Team I remember thinking to myself „this team might be the one to win the whole thing. It’s a very good anti-meta call“. Watching Aaron and Wolfe have fun while commentating added a lot to that matchup, and I immediately had my favorite for the tournament, rooting for him whenever he came up on stream. I’m also very happy that the first tournament of Reg G didn’t even have a Cali form in the finals. This might help with ensuring variety in the rest of the format.

Great vid! Have you seen the 1v1 Chimera tier on showdown? It’s a lot of fun and I think a vid on it would be awesome!

I love your videos because they aren't just what happened, but also WHY. Thank you!

Discharge: hits everything Telepathy Rabsca: exists

This feels like prenerf Tapu Koko all over again, but on steroids

money well spent, great vid

After witnessing Tera-Ice + 4 Ice Move Articuno, seeing this gameplan with Miraidon does not surprise me.

"only a niche one can beat a broken one."

so if i were to create a meta electric- type team, would miraidon, raging bolt, morpeko, sandy shocks, + any other potential electric types allowed in said form at if any, be good, or should i go with a regieleki trick room?

"Rillaboom counters Miraidon" Shows a full health Rillaboom getting insta k-o'ed by a "not very effective" terra electric Miraidon... IN GRASSY TERRAIN. 9:00

It's the base power of electro drift with all those boost from ability terrain Tera etc

I’m glad Miraidon is getting more recognition in VGC competitive. Even though Calyrex is definitely more powerful I like using Miraidon more.

What about the Gloom Dewong team? I’ve been wanting you to explain it, you are the best

I'm hoping for a ground fairy type pokemon next gen. Maybe a regional form of claydol.

Great breakdown

Miraidon: the future is now old man !!

1:59 Krauser would have been proud

Always fun to see an off-meta choice clean up shop, even if the off-meta choice is actually incredibly powerful and only barely off-meta. It's like if Cinderella was actually a powerful duchess but not quite royalty. :D

good for miriam im glad she got a chance to pop off

Miraidon hits like f truck defensive snorlax with sp def boosted struggles by its power

For a new vid could you do why urshifu single strike was Ubers gen 8 but rapid strike was ou?

The articuno flashbacks are crazy

Lmao I didn't watch the tournament but seeing Wolfey making memes about Miraidon makes me somewhat aware of it's uprising. 😂

Groudon : I use 2 ground type moves Miraidon : I use 3 electric moves Articuno : AMATEURS

That random Rampardos hits

Not surprised, Miraidon is SUPER broken.

I remember building a similar team in reg F that was Raging Bolt Sun centered instead of Miraidon e terrain centered. You'd be surprised how many double kills protosynthesis boosted tera electric magnet discharge gets.

Calyrex shadow might be the most broken pokemon ever objectively, but that doesn't means the good old nuke buttons like miraidon and Kyogre are any worse

Expect the unexpected thing is both box legendaries always was good for years .thing also get flash cannon.remind me when tapu koko was thing and yvetal was everywhere

They slept even though Miraidon has Electric Terrain 😔

Future bros, we won!

A friend of mine was in the top 8 he got 7th and lost due to an unlucky miss on icicle crash it hurt

Dang this bike can hit and run

Something that should be pointed out on Whims' encore was during Rajan's semis game, he stalled out and KO'd Raging Bolt cause of thunderclap and protect encore

0:43 Whats the dog doin ? And not even the blessed one *surprised pikachu face*

I find insane that no one is talking about the Zamazenta Latios team that was shot by a Chien-pao icycle crush miss from deafeating this insane team

I think its so cool how there's this whole meta since the beginning of SV, with stuff like Flutter Mane, Ogerpon later and even Urshifu-R after that that you can 100% count on them to be in 100% of tournaments, but the strats that keep having the best performance are stuff like FUCK IT WE ICE STAB Articuno and the "oh no they have a ground type" Miraidon, which funnily enough, works because they usually don't have a ground type (F Ting lu) That really showcases the beauty of competitive pokémon, which is heavily defined by a very strict, and after some time, pretty laid out meta, yet upsets like this can and will happen, not only on current metas but on old metas as well. People out here saying GAME FREAK can't balance the game but honestly, they're just missing the best part of competitive pokémon.

There are even times when knocking your opponent out with Discharge can work to your favor. So when you fully understand how to use it, there really aren’t any downsides.

something i'm curious about is whether miraidon could bring iron hands back into the meta. it's main weakness was that it basically didn't have an ability, so it was objectively worse than incineroar in every way, but being an electric type with quark drive gives it a nasty damage output so i think it could work as a highly aggressive fake out user on offensive teams (you could maybe run it slow as a trick room sweeper). terrain + quark drive boosted stab wild charge from adamant iron hands is pretty terrifying

11:00-11:09 🔥 bars 🔥

im so happy to see maraidon beat op horses

Freezai at night hits different

I’m a little surprised that Zacian hasn’t taken off yet. Given it’s great typing, move pool, and stats, it seems like a good anti-meta threat. I wonder if Lightning Rod Raichu will make a return to the meta just as a means of dealing with Miraidon? Between Fake Out, Nuzzle, and its other status moves, it’s a great support mon. And Tera Fairy would make it immune to both of Miraidon’s stabs. Togedemaru might also be a decent option. And maybe something like Assault Vest Groudon will rise in usage? It would pair up well with mons like Flutter Mane and Roaring Moon if those still get any usage? We’ll just have to see how things play out.

Anyone know about the 23rd place kyurem white moveset?

it took primal groudons retirement for an electric type to hit top of the meta im crying

Miraidon showing off why it's the best. You gotta love it.

Being a casual pokemon vgc spectator is fun. Does make me feel pretty dumb sometimes though. Imagine being surprised Miriadon was actually not that great and then surprised again that it is definitely great lmao

Your video title spoiled the tournament for me D:

Vroom vroom.

I’m still surprised Miraidon was considered MID Tier when he is so strong

That Farigiraf is genius

Did they bring back nickname reveals?

Miraidon with volt switch is basically a hit and run

The Articuno Effect

This just Articuno all over again.

People will probably prepare with tera ground and ground types itself the thing what these miraidon made so good is that wide guard dont destroy it and counter prio moves . i can see in Future more water types beside miraidon for ground types like ogerpon water form to easily kill these mons.

Please do a video on Aaron's team as well. I need to know how a Ditto made top 8.

I really wanna try it with electivire and alolan raichu

Rajan sounds dangerously close to Raijin. Any wonder he could harness lightning.