 Hello friends and welcome back to another episode of our VGC 2020 battle series My name is Lee also known as Osiris. Thank you so much for tuning in and today on the channel We are going to be featuring a team revolving around bravery the Galarian dohmanitan Shinotic, Whimsicott, Drekavish and Snorlax. So this team kind of took inspiration from a team that I played on the ladder actually I'll just pull it up now. It's from a player going under the username silver thorn So whoever that is because I don't know it's probably an alt and big shout out to them for giving inspiration for this team It was something that I liked and I think it brings together a few Pokemon that I'm maybe a little bit forgotten about in this format and The bravery obviously is very good. It's kind of having spots here and there and top usage on the ladder at the minute So still a very good and relevant Pokemon good. It's saying the The speed control with its max airstream or tailwind if you want and then obviously dohmanitan another one It's kind of here or there Very powerful. Obviously we've got the Choskofon It gives you nice pivot option if you need it the shinotic It's something I've loved from the the get-go in this format It's one of the only Pokemon that can get spore and so really cool Pokemon and Really good for anti trick room as well with that low base 30 speed stat then whimsicott It's a little slightly different than your your standard whimsicott actually implying and like employing the use of on core once again And that is something I think super forgotten about in this format You know you can't on core dynamite Pokemon But they only last three turns so you can still make use out of those on core turns and locking your opponent into positions Where they're kind of pinned and you can get a bit of a momentum from there Then we've got the the dracovish mr. Fish and a very powerful Pokemon in its own right We've got the mystic water on there protect and kind of a standard set All you need is the vicious rend of course and then the Snorlax running out the team But we went for an assault vest variant in this team with the thick fat just making a special kind of defense a little bit better on the team and so What we're gonna do is just jump into it as always there will be a rental team at the end of the episode and The Snorlax as well is something that helps against trick room Of course because we went for a slaw variant here You could always go for a faster variant if you wanted but you get a little bit more bulk in Snorlax if you go without the speed investment and so we'll just hop on and find out first the opponent of the episode which is Kindly popped up at the right time So we've got CHQ. Hopefully we have some good battles with this team today and They are playing a team of Rotom wash ex-good real hitman top tug-kiss the Hatterine and the bravery. So I Guess they've got a trick room mode maybe with the hat But that seems to be the only mode that they've got there They've got decent speed control options with the tug-a-kiss and the bravery both can max and max airstream And But they both have to be pretty scared of Don Manitane him on top obviously with the fake out does cause us a few issues Here so that's something that we have to watch out for ex-good real obviously another candidate along with that Rotom to Dynamics So lots of potential Dynamics Pokemon on my opponent's side of the field and That's gonna be difficult for us to deal with for sure, but I think I'm gonna lead brave bird If you just got bravery Don Manitane It kind of draws away the attention at my opponent I think we want Don Manitane especially just for chipping things at the end of the match And it's what we want to go with at the side of that now we could go shinotic and Snorlax I think that's not a bad idea, you know We're not gonna be relying on us be controlled too much and but I share bulk and disruption with shinotic And especially with the spoil becoming really handy and for just stopping things obviously we can't spoil the the hat We have to be quite conscious of that And because the magic bands there, but we can spoil pretty much anything else and Against the ex-good real we've got the the bibrary berry, so we should be alright against that Pokemon The nice thing about leading our bird into the hitman top is the intimidates gonna give us that instant attack boost with Add a fine ability, which is super nice. Um I'm kind of tempted to just max airstream straight into the the bravery to be honest The other option is here we could potentially bring in Snorlax Because I think if you'll hit them on top you have to pick out Don Manitane, right? And we should be able to get rid of the bird in a couple of turns Yeah, let's right. Let's make sure that we are max airstreaming into the bird And let's not leave Don Manitane is kind of fodder on the field because I'd imagine the fake out and Max airstream into that slot Although you might want to just fake out the Don Manitane and then get some damage onto our Big bird because then at least it's a bit easier to take down the following turns But we'll see what happens. We are going for the max here. You might just see a tailwind from my opponent as well That's definitely an option for them because it's like depending on the speed tears here They they may be able to get the tailwind off prior to us On to the max and there's the fake out from the hitman top Tailwind. Yeah, that makes more sense I guess and then they can max the next turn, but they're probably gonna go down now to this attack Yeah, so they lose their bird, which is a little bit unfortunate Now the next turn obviously Snorlax has got the speed boost here But it's not really something that relies on the speed boost especially in these Situations and so, you know that the hitman tops likely to go for a close combat into that slot And it probably does in the tailwind at speed our bravery. So we want to kind of preserve A Snorlax the best we can here and maybe bring in Shinotic and now do we go for the max knuckle Into the extra job it makes the most sense we could go for another max airstream It's tricky because if Okay, I know I think we go for max knuckle we get some home. It's hard because If it is weakness policy, then we will proc that and that's the one thing we don't want to do Whereas we could get rid of the hitman top now And just switch straight into Shinotic, I think that's probably a better idea and try and keep speed with my opponent You think that tailwind is not gonna last forever if we can get some speed onto the field that would be better for us I think and The fact that I just don't want to proc a weakness policy on my opponent's side is the big the big catch here But if we can put the echo drill to sleep, that would be ideal Depends how much damage a shinotic takes this turn imagine a max rockfall coming out from the the extra drill Yeah into our bird, but we should take this. I mean it's gonna do decent damage of course, but Not ideal, but Not the worst not the worst and we actually had speed So we could have kept in a snorlax Okay, okay. Well You know, you never know sometimes it better safe than sorry In these situations because sometimes like hitman top can run a bit more speed investment It does make a little more sense sometimes Shinotic we've got on the field now and it is pressuring with this ball should take a max steel spike depending on the bill Like there is no life up on the next we go. So we should take that Yeah, the toga kiss inclusion here. It seems a little bit more tricky and first Especially because we could get doubled up into See I could see steel spike and Right. Well, we'll max guard Do we want to switch here? I mean we've got don't man it and still so we're we're still fine Do we want to it's whether or not we want to protect you because I? Think they've got yeah, they got two turns of tailwind left. I think it's probably better here going for Maybe the spoil into the extra drill rather than just double protecting Yeah, let's do that if you can put the extra to sleep This makes this game so much easier for us. So I feel like it's worth the risk at this point Togek is gone for the protect What's gonna max rock fall? Oh Shinotic pulling out all the stops Okay, that's perfect for us literally perfect and So the extra drills now going to spend its last turn of Dynamics asleep, which is ideal It's not gonna make the most of it's got none of those defensive boosts and that we kind of worry about otherwise And so we can I mean yeah, the don't man a town Do we just double attack into I think we just double now? I think we go for great bird and First wraps that's friends. I'm could just go for a spoil into the total case. I think yeah We'll just do that. We'll just draw it out a little bit So there's the X grill staying asleep and obviously the last turn of tailwind as well That helps us out massively. We'll probably lose our bird here But that damage is definitely worth it because it doesn't gleam. Oh a heat wave. Ah This will not take Shinotic out Unless we've got a crit there, which is highly likely, but it's fine. Um And we've got sap strength on Shinotic. So this is nice We're getting to see a little bit of Shinotic here, which is always good and we can now just sap strength and superpower the the extra drill Which should be enough to take it down And we also break a sash here as well, which is the the big thing the close combat now The extra good old could wake up and it could be on its sash. It could be a little bit tricky And so I think energy ball just double it sense strap Strength zap isn't worth it because it could become problematic if it does wake up That's the on thing now. We should have to beat it with our bird. Of course the close combat here It is zashed like it makes more sense But it hasn't got the weakness policy in that case. So that's that's super good for us. Um, and It's there's a sleep which it does then the energy ball will pick up the knockout and our bird should be able to Potentially close this one out the next turn if it sticks around through this sand damage here Yeah, we should do yeah just about and Big bird this big bird picked up every care on this match as it We've got the bravery. We've got the hip on top. We've just got the extra drill Let's go for this Side strength sap if the toacus wakes up No, it's not gonna protect Because then we just boost the defiant as well, which is pretty nice Okay, so we get a really keen Victory for us to kick off with today and the bird did all the work And which is ideal because like bravery is an amazing Pokemon It's something that I haven't used personally enough and whenever I do use it. I'm always really surprised by how good it like performs It's bulky It's a great speed set and it's got that nice immunity to ghost types as well So I'm just just generally good Pokemon. Um, okay. Oh, we're pulling up my opponent's team. I guess so let's have quick pick through And we were pretty lucky then that it didn't get the crit with the heat wave there because it has got the scope lens on the super Look sold first hat. Hmm. That's interesting That's something that you see too often is G max as well. Um, and then their bird with the rock slide there so And you say I think Rotom would have been a bit problematic for us, but I Mean we got around all right We did have shenautech who was so disruptive in that matching a really nice Pokemon So we'll continue on and we'll climb a little higher up this ladder And we'll try and find the next opponent and see if we can climb even higher. So Let's see. But yeah, these kind of teams When you look at them on paper, it's like wow, okay, and Where's the ground type user? Where's where's this? Where's X? Where's Y? And it just feels like it doesn't make a lot of sense But then when you see it in battle because of the pressure that's putting on from both sides of your field It just works with the kind of glue that you've got with the Snorlax and a shenautech that can really disrupt now Here's a a game ideal for shenautech really because we've got an ex opponent playing G max Lapras Which you would assume there does clubs concolder. That's kind of standard call there the alchemy as well Causes a lot of problems for our team Especially if you can start decorating the opposing Pokemon Well, they're partnering Pokemon next to it and then Arcanine and Tito making up the core. So Pretty scary We've got to think of ways to get around this the best ways to get around this I think and Maybe this one's one that we could potentially bring whims I got to Because the on course pretty nice here But then again, I'm kind of I'm kind of tempted just to go bird down again But Snorlax shenautech in the back in case the trick we can get set up I think we'll go with that the only thing the other thing to consider is maybe Dracovish Which could be decent here, but It's a lapras. It does Just struggle a little bit. We'll lock in with what we've got from that first game again And we'll see what we can do But what I'm kind of feeling as well and what you probably you'll experience if you try the rental code out is I think It's gonna take a little while to get used to Optimizing the team in your your personal playing how how it plays because This is literally the first time I'm coming in to play the team and obviously a lot of the modes do make sense And so they're quite self-explanatory, but at the same time It's it is a little bit tricky to To always feel like you're making the right choices every time Okay, so I mean we could double the lapras. Yeah, I don't know if we're gonna be able to get it with the Yeah, I mean we could max our stream and Then super power Or we could rock slide or we could get rid of the alchemy It's probably better to get rid of the alchemy. Honestly But if they protect the alchemy and just go for the G max resonance We are knackered straight away and it's gonna be very difficult for us to come back So let's see what my opponent does now that our bravery should outspeed the alchemy and Don't mind the time 100% so Now the nice thing here is the thick fat Snorlax that we've got in the back of the assault vest just deals with lapras super well We are gonna see the lapras obviously make its appearance. I don't think it's gonna be G max cake Could be wrong no Kind of hoping there for a minute. It was gonna be the cake, but it is the lapras We just need to stop the decorate and an alchemy known for carrying the focus sash That's the big target here for me at least right now Yeah, and then we don't see a protect so that's ideal And we're gonna air stream off as well giving us the speed boost now We're gonna have to contend with the roar of ill But I think that's something you have to contend with going up against lapras Regardless really, you know, it's gonna normally these teams are built so that the lapras can get G max resonance off So it's just something we're gonna have to Yeah, I mean it's look at that damage Ridiculous and because lapras is just so bulky anyway, and this what makes it such a good G max Pokemon really right, well lapras is Set up what we're gonna see this is ideal. Okay, okay Perfect because I think now we get a clear Switch into something like shinotic without our mana time because I can't see my opponent Going for an ice type attack into that slot We could pull a double switch and But I would like to get at least one turn of my like the final diamond max turn attack off with our bird So let's see if shinotic can steal the show once again You like you can do a good job The other thing with shinotic is you could go moon blast on it, but we've got the moon blast on Um Windsor cut so I've kind of opted to go for the grass coverage and shinotic We're seeing a max lightning. It's trying to stop any spore abuse I guess right now and as the trick room set up But it's a little bit too late because you're not gonna get you to rain up now because we can't spoil you and I'm just gonna go for We'll just go for an ice cream into those clubs. I don't know if that's really gonna like It could go for the max knuckle just get some damage off and get the speed boost into lapras Yeah, let's do that. I Think the worst thing here would be the max garden and the trick room reversed again, but we're not gonna see that That's fine. I think that would have been a play for my opponent And we did get the spore off into the lapras so Nighty night miss lepros and they will get the max knuckle off Yeah, and then potentially the next turn we can double up into the lapras with a close combat There's like nothing Like nothing and an energy ball which might might give us a bit of room to get it The other option is we could put the dust drops to sleep So I've dynamics 10 and the other option is we've got here We could potentially switch into snorlax now But there's a part of me that just wants to get this close combat just make use of it and then switch it out the next turn Yeah, let's just go for the double up into the lapras. Hopefully lapras doesn't wake up this turn There's the hairs coming out. Okay. Well, that's good because we're not taking night shit damage is ideal Fat energy ball fat it does wake up. No Not into shinodic We hang on Okay, that is ideal and we'll get rid of the lapras which is perfect Okay, oh shinotic though. It's gonna go down to a night shit this next turn But but but but depends what my opponent brings in right and now that down to the last two Pokemon It is the conch Big bad conch. It's not good news for our snorlax. It's not good news for anything really other than the bird Okay, how many turns of trick room we've got left to? Yeah, okay We need to keep our bird for Pong Bring in Snorlax Hope we don't see a drain punch there. I think that's what we're gonna see though. That's the problem We could just protect. Okay. Let's just protect that bird and We spoil what do we send strength sap We could strength sap this the conch here just to weaken its attacks that I feel like we're gonna lose shinotic though But it does give us the opportunity to bring in something like Snorlax Yeah It's the only problem like the room service here would have been a really good item because then we under speed The sclops and the punch. Okay. Well, we pick up Snorlax in. Well, let's bring Snorlax in The only problem here is that because we're gonna be moving after my opponent Then bring in Domina time, and I'm gonna concentrate down on the the sclops Because if we need to deny the next trick room, that's the big thing like we need to get damage onto the desclops to deny it Getting damage to the next turn. I'm hoping the conch. Okay. Well, there's a plane split Hoping they concentrate down a little bit more on the bird knowing that that's a big threat That's not ideal at all because now the conch just protects Yeah, that's not good. Okay, um Yeah, I mean It's difficult now because I think we have to double tap into the the desclops because it's just gonna go for the trick room And I don't feel like we've got enough in The tank between our bird and our Snorlax to get rid of it There's no way we're taking it out No way no way and the conch has to protect you. I feel yeah There we go Yeah, Snorlax can't deal with it the conch by itself. I don't feel unless we get like a cheeky Wow, that does This is why desclops is just nasty. Okay, unless we get a bodyslam paralysis onto the conch Fully Paralyzed and then we can get another body. I think two body slams probably get No one we probably need three because conch got good defense though Again Get all that health back right we need the paralysis here Yeah, we need three. Okay. Well, there's there's where's one and we get a double retake. That's the big thing That would be huge for us, right? They're probably gonna drain punch now. Ah, we don't get it And the night shit doesn't do anything so that's fine. Um, it's the drain punch is gonna be a problem if they've went Oh, oh, could we get the fully? Ah Okay, I think you needed to drain punch there to be honest because I think Like you've got to make a plan now, I think if you're my opponent you've got to reverse the trick room You've got to reverse the trick. Otherwise it's just loose. I think you had to drain punch there If they're fully paralyzed and they go for the protect though, then we win this match So Snorlax can still eat this out Oh The RNG gods how you've got to love them. Okay, that's perfect. They were making the play I mean, I feel bad for my opponent because they were making the correct play This clubs has no way to damage us now except pain split, which is not really gonna be something you can kill us with so We can just heavy slam high horsepower all those Shenanigans, but this is why body slam is sometimes a good a good option in my opponent just cancels the battle Got to feel bad for my opponent because they if they get that playoff then they just win the match outright So they made all the right players there It was a little bit difficult for us Would it be nicer if I should know ticket lasted a little bit longer and or maybe have that room service option because then Underspeeding the dust clubs like we said in that match meant that we could shut it down and stop it It's disruption which it showed how good it is in that match. So and I Guess what we need to do is get the the rental team for you you guys so And if you do try it as always Do let me know what your thoughts are on the team and let me know how much fun you're having with it because Like out of everything shenanigans is like the one Pokemon that I really do love like obviously not the main part of this team But it's a it's a big Pokemon and I think it's It's a great Pokemon to play and I think you'll have a lot of fun with it And the pressure that you can put on trick room teams is is phenomenal and So You know, I played variants with expert belt as well so you can get the energy bulk here What do we want to do we want to make it public and make it public? But all of you find people and then we will check it and then you guys can try it out for yourself And hopefully have a lot of fun, but yes, you know tick You can do some stuff it can pick up a knockout on like your standard dragon pull obviously not those bulky ones But if you run a moon blast Can pick up so it's a decent Pokemon. It's under luck. It's definitely under luck. It's one of my favorite Pokemon. Um So there's the team there's a rental code. Hope you enjoyed my friends will wrap up the episode there And I will see you all very soon for another episode of our VGC 2020 battle series Do leave a like if you've enjoyed the episode subscribe to the channel for more of this stuff Pokemon news and other content on the channel and I'll see you all for the next one so until then take care and bye bye