 Hello friends and welcome back to another VGC 2020 battle series episode. My name is Lee also known as the Cyrus and in today's episode We're gonna be playing some casual battles on the double ladder Because the official rules don't start till the 1st of July. I wanted to get some content out for you As early as possible with some series five teams that that is the new rule set We've got access to all these brand new Pokemon in the Isle of Armour They will be eligible to use on the ladder the official rank ladder starting on the 1st of July So from that date you can go in update your rules And then you'll be able to use all these new Pokemon the Pokemon team that we're gonna be featuring today It's gonna be based around expanding force a brand new move to a move that we've had in the Isle of Armour as well Which is ridiculous and the teams based all around trick room We've got the Hatterain, the Indidi, Ilola Marowak and Mungas, Gilith and Porygon too So a lot of my favorite Pokemon in this team. I really do enjoy it So hopefully we'll have some good good battles today And as always there will be a rental team of this this particular build at the end of the episode So do stick around for that if you want to try it out and give it a go for yourself So without further ado, we'll hop on hopefully it doesn't take too long to find an opponent Just keep in mind that Because this is casual battles we can face absolutely anything and there is no rank on Obviously the casual ladder, so it's not like we can find better opponents the higher we climb But I'm very excited about series five starting. I love all of the introduction of these new Pokemon We've got like Polytoad, Kingdra, the Ilola Marowak, Porygon too We've got some big Pokemon coming into the format now So the competitive scene is gonna change dramatically from what we've known as in series four And we've got our first opponent already So we've got Joey playing a Dragapult, Tarakian, Primerina, Whimzacot Incineroar and Klotl So it does look like we've got kind of a combination of beat up In here with the Whimzacot and Tarakian and a new Pokemon that we've got access to as well And then you've got the Gmax Klotl is gonna be the kind of the centerpiece of this team You'd imagine with the probably surfing Dragapult there and also the Aqua Jetting Primerina, but Trick Room does really well against this team. So I think Trick Room is definitely where we're gonna go with this Just dealing with the Klotl becomes a little bit more difficult We kind of maybe have to rely on our Marowak to deal with the majority of things Here, I mean we could go giggle it. You could go giggle it, but Giggs isn't too bad. We do need to set a Trick Room up for sure I think Indeedy helps us out a bunch with that. We will lose Indeedy though, of course Especially if we see the Dragapult Colossal lead from my opponent, but it does mean that we get a Trick Room set up So I think I'll go Hat in Indeedy We want Marowak and do we want Amungus or Gigalith here? P2 even Now let's go Amungus Because then we can just put stuff to sleep and I think we've got enough firepower between Marowak and Hat to to get around my opponent. We've got to be a little bit careful, of course with the Residual damage that we're going to take every turn from the the G-Max Volkulith that we'll see from the From the the Colossal G-Max Colossal, but you never know it might not come and my opponent might go down another route But I doubt it. Oh, okay Well, we're gonna see Incineroar and we're gonna see Dragapult come up from my opponent And this isn't the worst thing in the world because you can get around that Incineroar With our follow me redirection on Indeedy. We get the psychic train up on the field There's the intimidate from the Incineroar and whether or not my opponent is keeping that colossal for the late game is another thing so we'll just go follow me and We will just try and set our trick room up if we lose Indeedy here That's fine because we get Marowak in which is ideally what we want to be doing as soon as possible And I'm making use of that Pokemon and there's a shadow ball. Okay, so I'm not going to affect us But Doc is Larry coming out So he's gonna be able to do some some nice damage here the Indeedy take us down to our sash And then we get the trick room set up so We don't want to max just yet I think we want to kind of hold off going for our max and we'll just try and sack Indeedy here I got for a follow me and well, there's no point if we could go expanding force It would do some nice damage to the Dragapult We're not gonna be doing any damage to the Incineroar and we can get decent damage off with the dazzling gleam right now So that's probably the better idea to do whether or not the Dragapult goes for another Shadow ball is another thing. I don't know it might be Scott So it might actually be locked into that which would be super unfortunate for my opponent Although if they do go for it this time, they're probably gonna get a shadow ball into hat So we'll get the dazzling gleam off and we do see a Roselly Berry on the Dragapult Which is interesting and but we still do an absolute chunk of damage there So and a nice chunk to that Incineroar the Doc is Larry coming out It will be into Indeedy and then the Dragapult gonna be able to launch. I guess it might be Shadow ball now into hat, but it might be put off going for that that is gonna go for that This will this this will hurt for sure. Wow. It actually takes us down. We lose a lead critical hit That's not ideal. That is not ideal Okay, well everything down to Marowak now and among us So we've got to make use of these turns as best we can the psychic train is up. So we can put things to sleep This is gonna be rough. This is gonna be really rough I think we might need to max Marowak a lot I really don't want to have to put the Dragapult to sleep and we'll go for a One Moran into Incineroar if you can get rid of the Incineroar now that will help us out a bunch and Do you get the Dragapult put that to sleep with our Amungus and hopefully Bon Moran hits She does And it doesn't proc a berry which is exact Which is really lucky because if we proc a berry there, I don't think we get the Incineroar And it probably takes Marowak down with the darkest Larry it so It's really unfortunate that we lost the Hatterine and the way that we did Dragapult stays asleep for a turn We need to keep in mind that we that is something that will Really really threaten our Marowak. I had Colossal gonna come in now. So We're pretty free to double into this slot and I think that's what exactly what I'm gonna do I'm gonna put it to sleep I'm gonna max and I'm gonna go for that max quick into the Colossal can get rid of this I think the game gets a little bit easier in all honesty it's just If it protects here, it's gonna be difficult for sure But they are maxing their Colossal and it looks like it's min speed Colossal as well It's going before our Marowak, which would indicate that it is the the slowest thing on the field There's min speed as well Maybe a speed tie between our Amungus and it and hopefully it's not and even if it is hopefully we get We get the speed moving the speed time get the spore into it because that's exactly that's what we need right now So we do max at our Marowak first time I'm maxing with all in Marowak, but obviously with a thick club and I wonder if it does carry over actually the damage we do in this be tie We put the Colossal asleep so that makes things a heck of a lot easier. We'll get this max quick into the Colossal which should Pick up the knockout Honestly, and it gives us that special defense boost as well Which will make taking those shadow balls from that dragon pull a little bit easier Especially if it does wake up this term, which I'm hoping that it doesn't so there's a special defense boost and See dragon pull what are you doing? You do proper weakness policy though. So there's the Colossal Getting that stat boost Dragon pull today's asleep. So that's ideal And we can just go for I think a rage powder now and we'll go for another max quick into the Colossal Hopefully the Colossal stays asleep I'm not too concerned at the moment about the dragon pull But we need that colossal to stay asleep and has got its weakness policy if it does wake up It's likely gonna take down our Amungus But Amungus is pretty bulky. So we might be able to to survive that hit regardless It's about preserving Marowak at this point and we've got to deal with this dragon pull sooner or later So dragon pull today's asleep probably trying to go for a protect here Colossal stays asleep So we get the sleep turns that we need right now and that is ideal. So I'm gonna be able to get rid of and make quick work of the colossal This is one of the beauties about Amungus in this format as well You know having that really good defensive spoil user you can set your trick room up and just sit it next to whatever Offensive threat you've got put things to sleep just totally mitigate the fact that your opponent is gonna go for a Dynamics or whatever this 10 dimensions do turn back to normal not the end of the world We've got two special defense boosts So if it is the primarina that comes in we should be able to take and handle it a little bit better than what we were We've still got rage powder as well, which we can make use of it is actually Terakian. Okay, so that's not It's not ideal it's not ideal at all. I think what we'll do is we'll go for us If we rage I mean, yeah, we'll rage powder and We'll go for the max phantasm into the dragon pole and get rid of that That's a better idea. I think because we'll probably see rocks light come out from the Terakian and the dragon pole I feel is gonna wake up now because it's sleep turns all that so we'll see shadow ball. Oh, no It's going for the beat up. Okay, so it's trying to catch us out. So good job We went for that and rage powder trying to go for the beat up there going for the rocks light does A chunk of damage that would have if we got the plus two that would have been It would have been terrible for us. Honestly, and we do get the max phantasm Thankfully into the dragon pole and we're sitting in a nice position now So I think really to eat out this these this last kind of turn of the game against the Terakian get rid of that beat up Heart was pounding there like see beat up. I'm like, no, no But there we get the we get the redirection which totally helps there And so we will just spore into the Terakian And protect Marowak and as long as that Terakian stays asleep Or turn which it will do because we'll go we'll get a sport after it. Oh, it's gone earthquake It's not even gone for a rock slide So there's a earthquake coming out moongus should take this pretty comfortably and There's no chance of a flinch there Which there's the one thing I was worried about, you know rock slide coming out We've flinched with the moongus forces us to attack with Marowak the next turn, but thankfully. Oh And we do see a lumbering. That's not good Okay, well We probably go down to an earthquake With Marowak here, so it's gonna be a very close end to this game And we've got we'll have to go for a bomb around we could have went for a double protect, but oh Oh Marowak actually survived so Marowak shown its bulk here, which is amazing We get the bone meringue off which is incredible And I don't think we're gonna need that spore because bone meringue gonna be enough to clean up Wow, I didn't actually that was a really close one And it just goes to show these new Pokemon that coming into the format even though we had like most things in our favor We had the speed control like that game These Pokemon are crazy strong and they're very difficult to deal with and you need to be very careful around them So it's just a little warner for kind of going into the new series starting on the first Just a don't underestimate these new Pokemon, especially things like to rack in if you haven't played track You and be new to Pokemon Sword and Shield haven't played any of these these Pokemon in the past in past formats and things like that are very strong and good ones to look at as well Especially if you're wanting to build teams around around them. Okay. We've got Janis that is a Janisa. I don't know And the worst of pronouncing user names, but they've got a nice team They got my a lot of Marowak. We've got the Togokist They're probably going to we've got more beat-up as well with the whimsicott track in and the dragapult They beat-up users obviously gonna be the dragapult and the whimsicott there and The problem with bringing a moongus to this sort of game against the whimsicott You cannot redirect the beat-up because it's grass-typing. It will just ignore a redirection there. Um Now now now now now what do we do? We need a trick room up for sure. I think we've got and DD Hat And then Do you want our own Porygon? Like Porygon's good, but it's not it's not great against a lot of Marowak at all I mean gigalith is probably a bet-a-bet here and a moongus So we'll give gigalith a run out in this one rather than the our own Marowak and We'll see what we can do here with gigs. I think if we can't max our hat I think we'll go for the gigalith here. It's gonna be difficult though. It's kind of the trick room mirror We've got different redirectors on both sides of the field. They got talk is we got a moongus Hopefully we can come out on top because the sport always comes in very useful. Okay, so we're gonna see Whimsicott racion. This isn't good at all because They're gonna just beat up they're gonna beat up and they are gonna be able to get plus four straight away and we're gonna get shown up for the Trainer that we really are and all we can do we can try and follow me But we we're gonna get rocks lead. I think the only thing that we can hope for right now is They either maxed to racion or they rock slide a miss But there is nothing stopping them going for the beat up And this is like a prime example of leading into a team like this and not being prepared for it so something like Well the beat up they can't go for this very can they because we we just follow me. So that's fine Actually, I don't know what I'm talking about. I'm worrying I'm talking like I've got a moongus on the field if you've got a moongus over the indeedy here That's when you're screwed if you've got indeedy over the moongus. You're fine. I don't know what I'm talking about ignore me It's very early in the morning. I just wanted to get this up today you guys so excuse me indeedy's Ideal Pokemon to stop this beat up and we're gonna be able to get a trick room because now the Terraccan maxes It's gonna be fine. We'll get the rockfall. It will take Indeedy down to its heart doesn't even take us down to a sash. So we might even get It might even stick around for the next turn, which would be ideal and maybe not though Because we're gonna see the trick room reversing and reversing again, which is not great Hmm now do they go for it again or not? They go for it again. This is the thing. This is a question Because we've got a couple options now we go for the follow me again, right? and We go for the trick room and hope that they don't go for a trick room or We attack and hope that they set the trick room for us Now what are we gonna do? Are they gonna trick room again? Because that would put us in a terrible spot where we could just expanding force But if we don't do if we don't trick room now, I mean we've got our movies to come in So it's not the end of the world and we get expanding force off It's just we kind of need the speed control to beat this track in But we could max and just go max mine storm into the track in and just remove it from the field and Not worry about a trick room. It's not a bad idea Let's do that because I want to take the beat up user out of the frame So let's max let's go for that max mine storm And the follow me with idea and if that wins a cut to such to set the trick room up for us I think then it's GG. If not, we've still got a moongus to come in and Then without the track to raki and on the field. I don't worry so much about the beat up and strategy So here's the follow me the women gonna attack or is it gonna? It is gonna attack we could have went for a moon blast here. That's a good not so good Okay, well, that's fine. We could have went for a trick room, but we haven't we've maxed anyway So steel spike are we gonna be able to take this? We should be Yeah, we take that. Okay, it's gonna get the defense boost. That's fine All we need is the Mac this this gene this move to knock out the track in that's all we need I think we had to go for it here as well Oh, we don't get it. We don't get it and it's gonna get the beat up this next turn Okay Tracking is so fat to raki and is literally so fat Now we can't get a trick room up, which is not ideal I think well, we've only got one option. I think we have to well do we I think we could probably go for a spoil into tracking And we could definitely max guard And that would definitely help us out a lot because we can't rage powder the beat up which it's likely gonna go for now I think and but it's whether or not to raki and kind of reeds through this protect on hat and Attacks into the Amungus Though we're gonna see a moon blast here. Okay, I think we're gonna get this bore off But the thing is I would think the track in probably is holding a lumberry makes sense that it's holding a lump Especially for this play like we've already seen to raki and once probably got the lump Hasn't got the lump, huh? That's that's super strange. I would have done did not expect that at all. Okay We're definitely gonna take a moon blast from the from The whimsicott, so we'll sludge bomb into that slot and we'll go for a max starfall That's a G max move Okay We'll go from mine storm into tracking just in case anything switches in here It's gone for the beat up now, but the tracking is 100% gonna stay asleep. There's no way it's it wakes up this turn It has to spend a turn sleeping here. So whimsicott really kind of wasting a turn trying to be up and I guess Maybe thinking If we don't attack the track in we'll maybe leave it alone then we'll get punished for that But there's no chance the track has been such a thorn on our side so far There's no way I'm not attacking it sludge bomb should take down the whimsicott here four times effective So and it's gonna be tough to close this one out. I'll depend what my opponent has in the back But we do have giggle it still This is the last turn of our max with hat But we may be able to get a trick room up now I think we might be able to I was kind of worried that in that situation we would take a moon blast But we haven't so that's super good So what are we gonna see from my opponent? This is gonna be the interesting thing Okay, so we've got Marouac and Well, if we get the trick room up here Marouac and Dragapult for sure If we get the trick room up, it's gonna be super good for us So I think it's not a bad idea Dragapult's got to attack first. It can dragon darts But other than that I can't really do too much we can rage powder We're gonna have to sack and move this here unfortunately because it will go down to whatever the Marouac decides to throw at us But then we can use that expanding force The following turn if we want and that and rock slide should be enough to get rid of both Pokemon to be honest So we just need our trick room set up And we will be fine But there's a rage powder It's where we see something like safety goggles Marouac safety goggles Okay, so we're gonna see the fly from the Dragapult just fine Don't mind that too much poltergeist and among us avoids. Oh, that's brutal. That is brutal Because now we can either put the Marouac to sleep Or we can rage powder And we're probably better off rage powdering honestly Are we are we though? No, we'll put the Marouac to sleep. We're not better off doing that. We'll go for expanding force Because if we lose hat we get gig lit in so it's fine and Then the next time we can just put Dragapult to sleep if they toggle it down to ring With the the Dragapult I mean obviously we get the sport into the among us now So that is sleeping being a bit of an Amunga show here Really, and I think it's good because it just shows you the example of how like effective the movies can be It just shutting down teams where otherwise we had like Hardly any opportunity to do, you know, like we would have just lost this game without Amungus like both games Really, we'll go for the expanding force again put the Dragapult to sleep And that should take the Marouac down and yeah, we might not even need the gig lit in this situation And yeah, this just goes to show how strong a movie as a Pokemon is It's just incredible and this is why in previous formats. It's always been a top tier Pokemon It's always been a great utility to have on on trick room teams and even as an anti trick room Team as well so Obviously you expanding force it doesn't get the spread move when It's not on the terrain so it's only the spread damage when it's in terrain it gets boost as well So it's kind of sad that we haven't got our terrain up, but I think we're gonna be all right nonetheless So it comes down to the Dragapult We'll go for I mean we could kick a train. We're not gonna get much damage either way We'll go for a sludge bomb and a dozen gleam that might be enough doesn't gleam single target life orb It's gonna get it isn't it? It's gonna get the dragapult unless it's like super bulky and Even then it's still all right We've got gigs in the back to come in and it'll be able to clean this one up So we'll just wait for my opponent and the battle was cancelled. So that wraps that one up We got two victories and two victories and that I wasn't so confident that we would get Especially even in the midst of those games. It felt like they were a little bit kind of Far away at points, but I think just showing that the kind of The versatility of the team and the Pokemon in there help helps massively So as I said at the start of the episode, we're gonna give you guys the rental code for this team And I hope you enjoy it at least if nothing It gives you guys a team to kind of start the series off with tomorrow when it's like it comes into effect And you can hit the ground running and that is always the big thing about Starting a new series just getting in and practicing learning the format Managed teams to share. We'll have to get rid of one of our older teams Um, what are we gonna do? I think let's get rid of this one. Yeah, let's get rid of it Oh, no, Antelion's kind of new the Rillaboom that one. Let's get rid of this Charizard one. Don't make public But yeah, we'll get rid of this one And then we will Come on Select a team and we want this Expanding force so make it public Yes, and I'm gonna have to take myself disappear for a minute. I think I will do that when this pops up so you guys can see the code but sometimes I I do put myself in the way of these codes. So there you go my friends There is the code for this week's team I hope you have a lot of fun with it If you do try it out as always do let me know what your thoughts are on the team But it is an incredibly strong team very fun to play around with got some really nice tricks Obviously, we've got the try attack on polygon 2 because you don't want what you would normally see is Thunderbolt because of the lightning rod on the Marowak And the gigolith is a lot of fun I would normally have super power of a body press, but I didn't have the super party Oh, so that is the reason why but body press still works super nicely Especially if you get burned you've got that kind of to fall back on if you need to and there's a max move It still works as super power would anyway So my friends that is going to wrap up today's episode. I hope you've enjoyed it Thank you so much for tuning in. I will see you all for the next one Remember if you do enjoy the sort of content, please drop a like on the video Do subscribe to the channel if you're new for this sort of content competitive play Um We do pokemon update videos guides and all that sort of thing We have a lot of fun while doing it as well. So it would be great to welcome you to the channel family Um, have a great rest of your day my friends Whatever you're up to make sure you're taking care of yourselves and be kind to each other And I will see you all for the next one. So until then take care and bye. Bye