PBR: Coping with the Tricks

[Chickenfang7]

Dialga's battle timer?

[BlessedratdragonAlt]

Communications have been interrupted...

D:>

[InnocentMalice]

Urgh! I know how ya feel on the trick room Dialga part. I have encountered like five within the past few days, it is so annoying, especially considering my team are all built around speed minus two of them(Dialga and Kyogre).

[jpxstitch]

Lol

A Better Title would be

"Dialga VS Dialga"

[sundowniseeu]

I really hope this isn't a random wifi match. I can understand of both players agreed to using ubers over wifi, but using just ubers alone is cheap.

[XSonictheH]

Nope, this is a random wi-fi match. You have to understand that, there are going to be uber players on wi-fi whether you like it or not. Besides, uber teams might be tough, but they are not invincible

[sundowniseeu]

@XSonictheH

I think IN a early battler though you were complaining about OU pokemon, yet your using ubers. Cmon dood don't be a hypocrite. You can't deny ubers are the easy way out for wifi matches and vastly outmatch any other tier. =/

[XSonictheH]

And how long ago was that battle you mentioned?

[sundowniseeu]

@XSonictheH

Dunno probably awhile ago but does that make it right? =w=

[XSonictheH]

Exactly, that battle was a long time ago, and in the gap between that battle and this battle, opinions could have been changed. using videos from a while ago isnt the best way to back you up

[sundowniseeu]

@XSonictheH

Despite the time gap its still a valid point. Just because your opinions changed, that doesn't mean this is any less hypocritical. In fact thats the definition of hypacrit to go against something, then just straight out change your oppinion and do something equal to or worse then what you were against. Using ubers online = no honor + easy way out. Cmon man, your skillful, you don't need to use ubers.

[XSonictheH]

Sorry, but you ain't changing my mind on what I use. Also, ubers do take skill to use, believe it or not. Also, this team isnt THE best uber team out there, choice scarf Kyogre, Dark Void Darkrai and Extremekiller Arceus are the main threats.

If you can't deal with the fact I use ubers, just don't watch my videos, simple as that. Now shut up about it, if you don't want me to block you

[sundowniseeu]

@XSonictheH

Im not subscribed to you, nor am I a fan of you, and no, ubers takes no skill unless played against other ubers. They were banished to uber for a reason. Don't try and make it sound like you have any lick of skill what so ever, when your using pokemon too strong to be used in casual play. I like how offended your getting, and telling me to "shut up" because you have no valid points at all. Its one thing to use ubers, but a whole 'nuther to claim its "skillful".

[XSonictheH]

So you are only using the fact they are 'banned' and 'uber' to make you think they are broken. Also, this is a video game, nothing to make a big deal of.

Enjoy your block, Smogon-follower

[steakfringe]

Lol, same old shit...

It's a game for petes sake.... stop making such a big deal out of it....

Go back to Smogon or wherever you came from, poor kid....

[ParaChomp]

Hacked I assume?

[ShionHibikiIsHugable]

I hate how TR Dialga's are now common. I liked it when they weren't so predictable. at least I still have TR Mewtwo. :D

[csulilshow076]

is that a shiny groudon!?!?

[jordywoody14]

i've played you XS i was jordan with my practise team arcanine, ampharos, aerodactyl, honchkrow ring a bell today

[AuraGuardianML]

You did an excellent job at stalling out the Trick Room! My Pokemon usually get owned the minut Trick Room is set up for me. Then again, most of my Pokemon don't have Protect. I'm always so crazy about Pokemon being able to cover different types.

[XSonictheH]

This goes to show how useful protect is in doubles. Alot of situations where you can turn the battle into your favour often relie on usage of Protect

[kekcba1]

OMG HO-OHS HEAD IS WAY TO BIG

[XxDarksharkxX]

What I hate about all these Trick Room Dialga running around is that I thought about it before they started popping up all over the place so when I use it I'm labled as some newb.

[yoshiislands]

so you replaced earthquake with safeguard safeguard is really importent in doubles like the dark voiding bi****s come to think of it it is annoying that dialga does carry tr even in nico nico douga (a japanese video site) every tr teams does carry it

i think it would be nice if palkia or mewtwo or arecus use it once in a while...

the ending was ...... so bad...... and i dont know if those names were diffrent or hack but that was weard

[squirrelsaresatanic]

heh you should call this vid "Gettin' Tricky with it"

[Farhangi2]

I see you replace thunder as you said in an earlier vid.

[kumatora0203]

i no one tricked by tricks

[funnydaks]

back to the uber team are ya

[marinaneon2]

I don't know about you, but I hardly ever see Dialgas with Trick Room. All the ones I see just have the standard set (or very close to it), which can be very tiresome.

Protect is a great move, mainly for Double Battles. But that doesn't mean it isn't a useful move for Singles Battles. At least half--if not all--of your Pokémon should have Protect, as it can be so helpful like it was here in this video.

[XSonictheH]

Christina, you probably havent faced many VGC teams then. Trick Room Dialga is quite popular amongst them these days.

What do you mean by 'standard set'? Because I don't think Dialga even has one because like most ubers, he is versatile

[marinaneon2]

@XSonictheH By standard set, I mean the set of moves it knows when you first catch it. Since the Hidden Rank comes to play also, I probably battle against more beginners than you do. (I come across many Rental Passes, but I battle them anyway.)

[wifibrawler3501]

wow that guy is a sore uber user loser....

[Mrsnakehead08]

i konw a title a tricky situationthen put this ------> (most overused title ever lol) great battle

[SamRulesProductions]

A better title...

Hmm...

Tricks are for kids?

[ScizorTheOverlord]

i know Rayquaza, can help to counter uber-rain teams, but isnt he hindering your own strategy?

[XSonictheH]

My team isnt over-reliant on the sun. Its built to benefit from the sun, although its also built to cope without it. Its also why I replaced Mewtwo's Solarbeam with Grass Knot.

[ScizorTheOverlord]

@XSonictheH Grassknot is probably better anyways.

[ARodYankFan]

Wow...just because Trick Room disappears, you disconnect. What a jerk and a sore loser...

Great job dude!

[hellotheresirdude]

I still think you should've kept the Thunder on Dialga (assuming you don't just have two) because of all these damn Kyogres

[XSonictheH]

Thunder doesnt one-shot Kyogre thanks to its high special defense, and there could be times when I have Rayquaza on the field or I get the sun out, leaving Thunder innacurate. Besides, as long as Kyogre gets damaged, water spout ends up useless

[ShadowWolfTJC]

Coward! Even if your opponent didn't have some sort of backup plan in case his/her opponent was able to stall out or work around Trick Room, he/she should've at least shown some dignity, even if it means hitting the surrender option. I've probably said this before a long time ago, but I dislike people who disconnect when the battle doesn't go their way. I think that the system should punish disconnectors by counting disconnects as losses or something like that.

[Dinomen12]

Why did you fire blast? there was rain xD you should have just used Earth Power with rayquaza :P

[ShadowWolfTJC]

@Dinomen12 You must've forgotten about Rayquaza's Air Lock ability, which treats the current weather as if clear weather was present, even if it looked like it was raining or sunny or whatever.

[TheRegiTrio]

for a title suggest maybe " This is why protect is useful" just a suggestion lol.

[ninetalescommander]

2 comments

1. Groudon is the pokemon of the land right? So what does the sunlight have to do with the land?

2. There is something thats worrying me about the music mute feature that joetestrikesback.

Can't you get banned from the PBR wifi for using hacked programs?

[XSonictheH]

Riivolution only changes the files used for music, it doesnt affect any battle mechanics so I am sure its nothing to worry about

[Farhangi2]

@XSonictheH

What's Riivolution?

(late comment)

[cooldude56g]

@ninetalescommander 1: It wouldn't do groundon much good if he created a sandstorm, because sunlight weakens quite a few of kyogre's attacks. (groundon is ment to be a counter to kyogre, and vis versa). Also, sunlight lets Groundon insta-cast solarbeam, which is a great move to use against kyorgre.

2: The music mute feature only shuts the music off from YOUR end, and after you record the battle you can place the music of your choosing into the video.

[ThoriaBladecadas]

@ninetalescommander Everything that grows/lives on land needs sunlight to live.

[SpriteMasterAndLover]

"Trick Room Backfire"

XD

[DXlukus]

typical... a french coward...

[Showbizzman45]

WHAT IS VGC? ;O

[XSonictheH]

Video Game Championships. The official Pokemon Battle tournament

[Showbizzman45]

@XSonictheH Oh thank you for clearing that up :D

[steakfringe]

Not very often you see a french (I think it's french because of Scizor's, Mismagius' and Weavile's names) VGC player on random wifi.

Disconnectors..... ugh... They should just suck up the loss and stop being a big baby about losing. Disconnecting when you're losing makes you look pathetic.

[FrenchyStarFox]

@steakfringe Yes, the person Sonic battled was french. But I don't think this is right to think that he/she disconnected without knowing if he/she really did so.

[steakfringe]

I thought so. Considering that he/she disconnected after Trick room went, i assume it was deliberate. But then again, we will never know the actually reason as to why he/she disconnected.

[FrenchyStarFox]

@steakfringe Oh well, it's nice to see a french player because we don't see that often.

[nikodem123asdf]

GOD what a jerk DC like that

[GiratinaPlatinum2008]

I don't know either, Dialga has been annoying these days with Trick Room. :/

[nikodem123asdf]

@GiratinaPlatinum2008 especially if she has an aide named fake-out-dark void spamming smeargle

[SalamenceOne]

trick-room trumping?

It was a nice vid, was this on normal matchmaking?