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So it's going to be a really good one, we've had some really cracking matches this week. If you've missed any of the previous week's matches I will link a card up above for you in the top right hand corner. You can click on that, I'll take you over to the playlist, you can check out the matches so far and without further ado we'll get straight into this one. As you can see Shade on the top of your screen rocking those nice mirrored sunglasses, he is going to leave out with the Nekrozma and the Incineroar here. So it's the Duskman Nekrozma, likely going to be Ultra Nekrozma as well, so something that Salkrann needs to watch out for as he leads out with the Incineroar and Zernius on his side of the field. Both sides of the field are going to cycle there and timid air support through that ability on the Incineroar so and Salkrann is going first indicating that it might be faster than the opposing Incineroar on Shade side of the field but maybe it's a speed tie which it likely is a lot of the time in the Ultra series so we'll get straight into this turn one. Salkrann going to withdraw that Zernius doesn't want to take any big damage from this Duskman Nekrozma and is threatening it here. Turn one as we see it switch out for the Rekwaza now going to activate that air lock ability with Nekrozma just going for a protect this first turn and not wanting to take any damage from the potential Incineroar on Salkrann side of the field as a faker comes into that protect and a snarl comes out from the opposing Incineroar. It does miss the Rekwaza though and just does a little bit of chip damage to the Incineroar on Salkrann side of the field whilst reducing that special attack damage so we'll get into turn two we are going to see the Rekwaza burst and mega evolve it is going to turn into mega Rekwaza here become a lot more powerful and activate that Delta Stream ability that it does have access to so we'll see that on the screen right now flickering around the screen and distorting the field as we see a crunch come out from this Rekwaza into the Duskman Nekrozma do some big damage you've got to think that that is a banded Rekwaza as well from the damage there followed up by a U-turn from this Incineroar wants to start keeping those intimidates in the back to cycle back in to make sure it's got better support later on against these physical threats on the shade side of the field now we do see the Incineroar hit the field again for Salkrann as we do see the big Z move come out from this Duskman it isn't going to be Ultran Nekrozma it is just going to be that plain old Duskman I say plain old Duskman it is still a badass as it does release the signature Z move so connecting with that mega Rekwaza going to do some big damage but not quite enough to pick up the knockout there the Rekwaza hanging on barely as a U-turn coming out from the Incineroar on shade side of the field into the Zonius going to pivot out and give shade an option to switch up his ball position and maybe bring in he is bringing in the Tapu Fini here so we'll activate that misty terrain got to watch out for your Salkrann potentially going to have access to something like heal pulse icy winds another thing that he needs to watch out for because the Duskman is threatened heavily from that crunching Salkrann has to know that we are going to see him just retreat now he wants to bring in the Incineroar to maybe take advantage of a protect coming out from the Duskman on shade side of the field because of it is so threatened but it does give Salkrann the opportunity to go for a GM anti here the Duskman not going to stick around just going to switch out the Incineroar going to hit the field again for shade cycle and intimidate back onto that Incineroar on Salkrann's side which is more important doesn't really affect the Zonius here being more of a special attacker as you see a moon blast fired out no GM anti coming out from the Zonius here just into that Incineroar getting a big critical hit and doing some nice damage there and the nature's madness now from this Tapu Fini into the Zonius taking it down to 50% health and doing some nice work in the process we're going to see the Incineroar now switch out from the Salkrann not wanting to stick around at all as we see this Serena introduced to the field now we are going to see this GM anti activated from this Zonius taking the advantage of the Queen Majesty ability from this Serena to prevent any fake out support from shade side of the field if he can pull this off it really does put him into a very good position to close this match down going forward so let's see what happens as the GM anti just finishing off with those boosts here we will see if the Tapu Fini it has went for a nature's madness this time is it going it's going again into the Zonius here I'm going to take another 50% off as a snarl comes out it does avoid the Serena this Incineroar only hitting one target at a time but it hits the more important one here with that Zonius reducing its special attack boost down to just plus one now but it is still threatening everything on shade side of the field Incineroar going to retreat now and then of course I'm going to hit the field once again for shade as we do see it doesn't gleam come out from this Zonius it doesn't quite pick up the knockout onto the Necrozma but a power whip coming out it does miss the Tapu Fini that is really unfortunate as a mist comes out from this Tapu Fini now mist it does prevent the ability to intimidate any opposing uh any partnering Pokemon on your side of the field so if that Incineroar decides to come back onto the field for Salkrin it cannot activate that intimidate the mist will protect any intimidate drops there so we are going to see the Incineroar come back in for shade knockout I'm just going to protect this turn um but you've got to imagine if the Serena has help and hand support it can really start pumping out the damage still as we see it doesn't gleam come out from this boosted Zonius should be enough to get the Incineroar which it is and takes away that potential of any fake out support coming into this next turn which you would imagine that's what shade was trying to go for get the fake out support next to it so you can utilize this duskman to maybe get a trick room up or just get damage out onto the field now the Rayquaza are going to come out onto the field to shade but the problem is um with this players that the Queenly Majesty is protecting against what would normally be an easy extreme speed knockout here we're going to see the Rayquaza mega evolve but it's very prone to getting taken down from a Dazzling gleam here so um shade has to be very careful with how he operates this turn if it's Sash Rayquaza it's in a way better position but we are just going to see a feint come out from the Serena just to break a potential Sash there and a Dazzling gleam followed up it should be enough to get the Duskman the Cosmo which it is and not enough to get the Rayquaza though so bulky bulky Rayquaza here maybe a help in hand would have been the better option there for Salkron to go down as you see a dragon is sent now from this Rayquaza it is going to be chasing down this Zernius now and we'll be able to remove it from the field and it will come down to Salkron's Rayquaza versus Shade's Rayquaza so it's going to be an interesting end game here and Shade's doing the best he can in a bad situation really I think taking the big damage early on from that crunch from the mega Rayquaza on on Shade so the field made things very difficult from the Tapping Finney now going to enter the field once again for Shade and I don't really know where to call this one because in extreme speed we'll pick up the opposing Rayquaza the opposing Rayquaza can't go on to on Salkron so the field because of that Queenly Majesty and that's what we're going to see Salkron go for that take down the Rayquaza and the Power Whip now come out this Serena is going to be able to pick up the knockout onto the Tapping Finney and oh it's not it hangs on it barely hangs on activating your berry that is a huge turn here can he get an icy wind off that would be big play if he can to slow things down but a muddy water coming out the accuracy drops could come into play here as we get into this end game not going to be enough to take down the Rayquaza and not enough to do damage to this Serena this Serena really being the MVP MVP of the the game in this one I feel like it's done all the supporting that it needs to do the Rayquaza going to switch out now Incineroar going to hit the field for Salkron he's got all the options left this Incineroar nearly full health as it does cycling another intimidate not very important here with another the Power Whip coming out and this will be enough to close up the game for Salkron and take game one so that is a very good game for us to kick off with today Salkron taking a lead but Shade got all the work to do in this game too he's got a lot of information though from game one so it'll be interesting to see how he does adjust and we'll get straight into game two and get into game two we are going to see Shade on the top of your screen again Salkron on the bottom of your team as we see those mirrored sunglasses make another appearance here for Shade as he does lead out again with the Ultronacrosmite and sorry the Duskman the Crosmite and the Incineroar and Salkron going again for the Incineroar and the Zernia so the same leads from both players here but I think because of game one they've got all the information from that game we'll probably see a few adjustments here and it'll be interesting to see where both players go with this information that they received from game one the Intimidate cycling again from both sides of the field on to mainly Shade's side of the field is more useful as we see a fake outcome out turn one from this Incineroar into the Duskman the Crosmite as a Geomancy going to be set up straight away not risking not beating about the bush Salkron going for that Geomancy early on now you've got to think we have seen Snell from the opposing Incineroar on Shade's side of the field has he locked into that that will come into play if he has because that that special attack if it's just reduced by one stage makes such a difference especially when you've got a Duskman the Crosmite to deal with the Zernias on the opposite side of the field but we don't see that unfortunately so it's going to stay at plus two as we see U-turn come out from Shade as he pivots out his Incineroar but has he got something else up his sleeve to counteract the Zernias it's now boosted on Salkron side of the field you've got to think though that the Nacrosmite still causes a lot of pressure it has got access to that Z move but if a double up comes with the Flareblitz here it might be enough to take down this Nacrosmite we do see the Moonblast into that slot and there is the Flareblitz as maybe it is going for a trick room here to get that Snorlax set up and but this oh the Flareblitz is enough it is a critical hit you've got to think of minus one it probably would have hung on so that really shuts down the options for Shade now it's going to get very difficult for him to do very much in this match especially facing down against a Geomancy Zernias but saying that the Snorlax has just revealed Stockpile so if we can get a couple of Stockpiles up it's in a way better position to deal with this Zernias you know it is boosting those defenses and then it can start throwing out attacks hopefully it's got Recycle you would imagine it has to get that Berry back with the Glutton and ability making things a lot easier for it now we do see the switch out from Salkron with the Incinero into the Serena to get around any potential Faker but you know Shade not falling for that one just going straight up for the Snarl here wanting to reduce the attack part on that Zernias does connect reducing that special attack stage by one putting it to plus one now rather than plus two as we are going to see another Stockpile from this Snorlax I think Snorlax is main prerogative now is to try and get those three Stockpiles up get itself into a real position where it can start just throwing out damage not worrying about big attacks and you can see the damage that it's already taking from the Zernias after these Stockpiles is a lot better than it would be normally so we are going to see a helping hand now from the Serena boosting this doesn't gleam it is going to be enough to take down this Incinero take the Snorlax down so just below 50% which procs that 50% Berry giving it all that tasty health back putting full health with the Ayapapa Berry and another Stockpile the final Stockpile coming out from the Snorlax it is set up now so Salkron's going to have a really difficult time dealing with it and he needs to probably have his Zernias and his Rekwaza out on the field at the same time to make sure that he can just keep doubling into it keep that pressure on and stop this Snorlax from running away with the game because it's going after the three boosts it's max defense on both ends it's going to be very difficult to deal with and a banded ray and a boosted Zernias seem like the best things that Salkron has in his arsenal to deal with it we are going to see the Rekwaza coming it is going to mega evolve now activate that Delta Stream to the field but it's going to be so threatened from a helping hand which is what we're going to see from this arena now to support this Zernias is it a moonblast or is it a dazzling gleam it is a moonblast and it is targeting straight into that Rekwaza to make sure that it does pick up the knockout there which it does one hit clean knockout with that boosted Geomancy boosted moonblast what a mouthful and now we're going to see a recycle the Snorlax get that big bad berry back so Snorlax sticking around it is going to be by itself it's against the world now it's got everything to play for so we are going to see a moonblast let's see what the damage is like here does nothing does nothing Newton coming out from the Serena here can this Snorlax I'd love to see the Snorlax pull this game out and take a win but we are going to see the Incinero coming it is going to get an Intimidate off onto that Snorlax reduce that attack power down by one stage and Salko need to really utilize these Intimidates to reduce the damage this this Snorlax is able to pump out they are going to see the return come out fake out this next turn to stop the Snorlax doing anything and another moonblast here will take the Snorlax down below 50% but it will just activate another berry that it had from that recycle earlier on this turn giving it all that health back once again so it starts off again it's going to be a bit drawn out this one I think but I think if you are Salko and you need to get that Rayquaza onto the field to really start doing some big damage but we're going to see a bold player here Salko and going for the Double Geomancy he's going to take two turns to get these boosts up but will it be enough after the the double boost to deal with this not stockpiled Snorlax we're going to see the U-turn finally from the Incinero but Serena going to hit the field once again makes you think has he actually brought the Rayquaza because that would have been a good time to bring the rain I think you need to bring the rain just because it is banded we had that information from turn one just to do the damage that you need doubling up especially with a doubled up boosted Zonius but I mean you do have this Serena now it has got help in hand so help in hand plus four moonblast will be doing a lot to this Snorlax I'm going to see that though I'm going to see U-turn now come out from this Serena it does get a critical hit so the extra damage there is really valuable Incinero probably going to come back in Cyclos intimidates once again and he's playing the game very well Salko and just making sure that he is keeping the Snorlax in check but the Zonius now has boosted up we are going to see a belly drum is this the point where Snorlax gets totally carried away has it got the berry though has it got the berry I can't remember it has got the berry so puts itself back into a position now it's got to face down against the fake out next turn and it'll depend how much this but plus four moonblast does this next turn which is the big problem Snorlax really would love to have protect here would give it a bit of an option but you can't have protective all these other attacks as the moonblast comes out and doing some big damage there and I think it's probably just about in range now to go down to another moonblast but Snorlax has done itself very proud in this match nearly got into a position and I think if maybe Shade had a few options around it to support it it could have really done some work in this match but we are going to see this is a quick one this week Salko and pick up the win 2-0 and do very well with this x-ray team that we haven't seen so much of in the latter part of this series so really nice to see it's still doing a lot of work here against Shade but really nice to feature both players I hope you guys have enjoyed this episode do remember to drop a like on the video if you have do make sure that you subscribe so you don't miss any subsequent weeks and other pokemon content on the channel now we see you all for the next one very soon so until then take care of yourselves and bye bye