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Gen 1 Articuno: Spammed Blizzard, did big damage, fished for freezes, was tanky Gens 2-3 Articuno: Cried Gens 4-8 Articuno: Cried even harder Gen 9 Articuno: Spams Blizzard, does big damage, fishes for freezes, is tanky
It reminds me of the time that I learned that Flamethrower, Heatwave, Fireblast, and Blastburn was a bad moveset for Charizard when I came acrossed a FlashFire Ninetales
This video did a really good job explaining why the strategy isn’t banking on RNG/odds, but rather why it could be a supplement to an already unique and effective one
This is literally that average IQ meme on full display here. Beginning of the curve: "hehe ice spam go brr" Top of the curve: "Articuno is held back by its ice type and can't see any success as a result. It is detrimental to have one in the team " End of the curve: "hehe ice spam go brr."
What's so great about this Articuno was that the team it defeated in grands went undefeated throughout that entire tournament. I watched it live and it was so dope to watch lmao
I love seeing clever anti-meta teams and just-plain-weird designs. This makes perfect sense when explained, but imagine the opponents who encounter this for the first time!
Articuno in snow with Aurora Veil up and Ting Lu a are both bulky as hell meaning which means you can press the one-hit KO moves multiple times. And if your other moves don't do much damage as Articuno, why not gamble on the one-hit KO? Ting Lu is a bit of a different case as it can learn Stomping Tantrum which doubles in power if the previous move used by Ting Lu failed or missed. So you can press Fissure followed by Stomping Tantrum and do as much damage as you would get by pressing Stomping Tantrum twice.
intimidate is back on the menu everything is oneshotting anyway previous point is starting not to matter as much more defensive mons are coming to combat that even more so, tera is ironically making it easier for said moves to be effective since a lot of common teras wont be immune to fissure We've reached that critical point in powercreep where alot more things COULD be viable, especially considering just how fucking large the diversity of teams can theoretically become when considering Tera.
@@leonseuropeanislandadventu7398 hes saying boosting damage on an ohko is bizarre which if you think for a bit you know it is But articuno cooked so what do we know
There’s some important things trainers have to realize when they want to use their favorites in competitive Pokémon: How the metagame is, what are the strongest picks right now, and how to build your favorite Pokémon to completely topple other trainers
Top players only use favorites when it actually gives them some sort of chance of winning it all too. It being a favorite moreso helps knowing the nuances of the mon and thus exploring it better
there's a world of difference between your favorite being articuno which has a niche vs something like bulbasaur which is strictly worse than venusaur.
also surprise factor, a good gimmick can really screw with an opponent. people tend to keep dracopault in on my gengar, not knowing it has focus sash. then I usually destiny bond whatever comes afterwards.
Actually, this isn't the first time this happened Back in gen 6 someone used this same moveset on a snow Warning Vanilluxe and won a tournament with it, it's funny
I love videos like this. I love breakdowns or explanations of crazy teams and movesets. That's what got me into watching VGC stuff in Gen 8 in the first place (specifically Foofootoo's crazy and funny comps, then I found Wolfey and you).
@@sinteleon Articuno will never be meta in the likes of Flutter Mane, the moment it becomes popular enough it immediately gets shut down by the 101 strategies that hard counter it. It'll only ever find success as an off-meta pick that takes advantage of a metagame where it's many weaknesses can't be exploited, and its strengths are itself a counter to what is currently popular.
Very cool that Articuno is the OG ice legendary and it is optimal to run it in snow spamming its signature Blizzards with literally 3 other ice type moves using a snow based ability. Just cool stuff Kind of reminds me of how the unique qualities of Dragonite mix with Extremespeed to become a nightmare even after 9 generations
PMD blue was my first ever pokemon game, and articuno was the first legendary I managed to recruit, it holds a special place in my heart due to this. Awesome to see it make a comeback
I remember watching one of your earlier videos and enjoying it so i went to subscribe, only to find out i had already sub'd. So i literally would have subscribed twice if it was possible. You make fantastic videos my guy and they are very appreciated. 🦈
This brings me back when, in my playthorugh of XY, I had a Raichu with thunder, thunder shock, thunder bolt and thunder wave. But obviously that's not reliable on vgc lol
Seeing this win while watching it live was so hype! It wasn't the 1st time in the last year or even this tournament that I'd seen an Articuno at VGC & I was amazed & baffled that it won! Super excited for this analysis video! Thanks for uploading! Might comment more later!
I would loveeee to see freezai cover or play in a draft league like SPL. He may have a while ago but I can't remember. This kind of analysis is so informative and exciting because it sheds a light on the creativity players bring to the table, and what better venue for that than draft league imo. For example, custap berry is really big in draft league rn, along with a complex and evolving low tier tera meta, and so much more
i dont watch much competitive pokemon and definitely dont know much about strats, but i love these kinds of breakdown videos, if only for the fascination/entertainment value. thanks for your video and would definitely watch more, esp for funky teams/wins like this one
Dutch person here... It took me three re-listens to realize you meant Utrecht XD I absolutely love your work on this, watching this happen on the livestream was bizarre! Thanks for covering it!
That’s my favorite boy Articuno 😍😍 I was already using that strategy on S&S tower and it worked really fine. Now with the Tera it gets even better because you get rid of the flying type that was giving him a crucial weakness to rock (especially stone edge and rock slide you see everywhere) and also a bonus in defense thanks to the snow rework. Just wonderful to see my favorite Pokémon with my favorite strategy to evolve one more step above 😍
Even if this was lightning in a bottle and Articuno's gonna be on everyone's hitlist now, this was a great thing to see. Articuno's always been my favorite of the birds because it's so pretty, and offensively ice is a baller type. Now it's either on par or just slightly below everyone else because of Snow. And alas, if only we could see Frostbite make a return...
On one of my pre indigo disk teams I made an inteleon set with water pledge, snipe shot, flip turn, and protect. It was on an armarouge weakness policy set with weak armor and it did really well before indigo disk came.
dodges and freezes are, in a weird way, its own form of speed control. Speed control is fundamentally about turns as a resource, being able to spend your turns on forward progress in the battle. Denying your opponents turns means you come out ahead in the resource economy.
Would definitely like to see more videos like this! However nothing makes me wanna click off a video more than doing the whole “This many people are subscribed” at the start of the video Keep up the great videos🔥
I've not played since Gen 1. Great to see nothing's changed and my favourite Articuno is still one of the best Pokemon. I can only assume this has always been the case.
