Have never played VGC or even owned a Pokemon game since original Diamond but I sure have binged everything you've put out in the last ~9 months recently. Also really cool to see a super wholesome community around your channel, def not the norm in my experience lol, cheers.
“If we don’t miss Gunk Shot, I win!!” After that very fun 10 seconds of contemplation, realization, and then hoping for the linchpin, I really wish you had a soundboard with a button for something like the Wario laugh when you just narrate your demise.
Amazing gameplay bro! Really appreciate your efforts to climb ladder & give commentary for a long time.Also love seeing Tyranitar getting back to meta. Newly subbed!
love your vids and ik this isn't even close to relevant but you've been DEVOURING looks since the change to a middle part! 10 to a 10 ofc. And 10/10 gameplay and commentary per usual.
Japanese Sand had always been one of my favorite archetypes, so it's really cool seeing it do well again against all odds. Real ones remember your Bulu team
I was so happy when raging bolt first came into the format. Perfect counter to water urshifu that was a menace since HOME. Now Raging Bolt has become such a bulky nuisance, it’s good to see cool niche teams like this to counter it. And the timing for this team is perfect since Articuno was resurrected in the snow.
Lowkey makes me really happy to see a team like this doing well. I started with Shield and I didn’t have online. But I did Battle Tower RELIGIOUSLY and my go-to’s were Dillon the Excadrill and Rex the Tyranitar. They were so fun to use, the two are my little guys. That easily cemented Excadrill as my favorite Steel-type and T-Tar as my favorite Psuedo-Legendary.
Dude I've been cooking up something very similar to this and I'm stoked that someone figured it out. I had the same thought! "Excadrill just counters Raging Bolt and hits most common Reg F pokemon for super effective damage. Why not put tera stellar on it and sweep?" so sick. One of my favorite archetypes ever and even though it's low power right now I love seeing it succeed in some way.
I just built a ttar drill sand team, so this timing is perfect! I’ve got mandibuzz, prim, klefki, and sinistcha as the others, but this gives me some insight into how to play. Thanks, Aaron!!
My underrated pick right now is still Kantoian Weezing. Its seen some high profle creators like Wolfey sing its praises but he is still extremely underrated.
Amazing to use this team with all the hail teams going around now. Tyranitar being slower than Ninetales helps you control the weather and leads to interesting mind games.
For everyone who wants to play this team on showdown, be aware, that the Tera Type on Ogerpon is wrong and you should change it to flying :) And thank you for this video, the team is very fun to play!
Only corviknight becomes weak to ground because he is steel, every other flying will take neutral from it, earthquake however does double damage to a Pokémon using dig
QOTD: Dedenne is always my go-to mon, it's been my favorite since XY. Nuzzle/Electroweb are great for speed control, and it can be surprisingly tanky with Sitrus Berry/Cheek Pouch. My opponents tend to target around it since they don't see it as a threat, so it can stick around on the field for awhile.
Don't know if anyone pointed this out, but could not help but notice that the Okidogi on the Pokepaste is Tera Poison, but the one used on the team is Tera Flying.
That Dragonite set is very very common in japanese teams. You can find almost anything on the last slot: I've seen Haze, Encore, Extremespeed and Tailwind, but there are options like Roost, TWave, even Leer lol. Also, it's often Multiscale instead of Inner Focus.
Was looking for a way to play corviknight in the meta, thanks a lot for this team. Just wonder what kind of matchup this had against the Ursalunas, but it seems very efficient !
Wow that banded +4 terrakion 1 shotted ttar and corvi! You could've taunted whims that turn1 to limit the prankster moves to 1 but there was no way corvi survived that. My reaction was the same to yours actually as its not even a critical hit. That was real damage right there 😅
Quick note: The paste in the description has a Wiki Berry, which confuses if it's a minus SpA nature, which the Corviknight seems to be, so I'm not sure that's particularly ideal? Also, the Okidogi is Tera Poison instead of Flying
If I had to guess, the Corviknight might’ve had a Nature mint to what it currently has. If I remember correctly, the confuse berries work based off of the original nature, not the minted one?
QOTD: It’s not THAT underrated, but I think Gouging Fire is really good with the howl set. Of course, it struggles because you have to choose between Booster Energy and losing to Incineroar or Clear Amulet and losing to Lando, but with a few howls, your team can go off. I also think Primerina is pretty underrated, because it can deal water damage ignoring Ogerpon’s follow me, and has a good matchup into both Urshifu forms, but it is a hard life out there when the most popular Pokémon is grass and your fairy competition is Flutter Mane.
Isn’t wiki berry kinda hurtful for corviknight tho? since it’ll confuse if your a -SpA nature and he’s using impish, i get the healing but i think a mago, aguav or iappa better would be good to heal without confusing
I’d consider dropping Draco on Salamence in favor of Fire Blast. It covers your weakness to Corviknight and the only Mons who resist both flying/fire are universally weak to ground, which is the primary offensive type for this team.
The Corviknight's nature might have been changed in game. So the Wiki berry would have been fine for the original nature, which is what matters in-game for taste.
@@Entropy32767 yeah that was my guess too. In the japanese team report the nature was impish, same for showdown but i don't think we saw the in-game stats of corviknight. But i will just stick with this explanation, thank you.
Not sure how underrated it is atm since I haven't played in a little bit, but Glimmora's one of my favourite picks because I think people don't expect it to deal as much damage as it can do. I feel like whenever I used they just ignore it until it's taken out 2 or 3 pokemon, throw in getting Meteor Beam and it's just such a fun pokemon.
It’s straight up one of the most popular special attackers atm and I believe is on the single most popular team comp right now in all of Reg F, which is Tailwind Special Offense with Flutter Mane and Chi Yu according to Labmaus.
Sorry if I missed this being explained, but did the team creator explain why Poison was the Tera type chosen for the Amoongus? I tried translating the team report and all I saw was something along the lines of "you should probably change this Tera type"
I speak Japanese, he doesn’t mention on the team report (or at least in the Amoongus section) why he chose Tera poison, and he said he thinks a different Tera type would be better. He also said he uses it mostly for the TatsuDozo matchup, which makes the Tera choice even more confusing tbh
@Endershock1678 I interpreted it mostly as "yeah I just didn't bother to give it a good Tera lol" which is understandable if it was just meant to be a quickly thrown together fun team for the Global Challenge.
Have started watching your content again after a few years break from vgc. Just want to say I love your current look! Also thanks for the awesome content 😂
Im surprised i haven't seen more Salamence sets designed to take Surging Strikes. Obv its a volatile meta for Mence but it'll eat them better than Torn
It was a very popular anti meta pick in Reg E, but rn, Urshifu Water isn’t very popular, Ogerpon and Raging Bolt is better for the job anyways, Tailwind in general is kinda weak, and relying on special flying stab is uh… not great.
Berry confusion isnt tied to nature it's tied so a preference like doesnt like bitter or whatever. While those tend to match up with natures if you change the nature with a mint they still keep their old preference. In short the original nature wasnt confused by wiki berry.
