 hi everyone and welcome back to another episode of our flinch squad ultra series circuit we are getting very close to closing up this series and crowning our ultra series champion but before we get to the finals we've got a few more rounds to get through and last episode we had our group stages we whizzed through those and we had the top cut announced and also the top eight playoff places between our four players going into this round in today's episode so we're going to feature one match from that playoff section of the tournament and it will be between Salkarn and Costa the other match will versus Johnny unfortunately there was no replay there so we couldn't feature that match which is a bit of a shame but we will be announcing the winner of that match and announcing our final top eight going into the next stage of this tournament before we things really heat up for us going into the latter stages of this event so without further ado like I say we're going to be featuring Salkarn versus Costa there's a lot on the line going into this match whoever makes it out on top goes through into the top eight stages of this tournament and everything from here on out is a knockout stage tournament so everything is on the line every player every single turn of these matches so without further ado congratulations to every single one of you that has got this far I hope you guys at home are enjoying it drop a like on the video if you enjoy the sort of content and let me know who you'd like to see winning this ultra series tournament there's some incredible prizes on the line as well as those very valuable flinch squad points that go towards an invitation which will be a live-stream event very soon so I'll keep an eye out for dates with when that will be that feature all of our top players throughout the the 2019 season from the Sun series Moon series and Ultra series all competing for that ultimate title that they'll take away at the end of the season crown the ultimate 2019 pokemon champion so without further ado let's get into this one today we're going to kick off with Salkarn versus Costa so we've got Costa on the top of our screen here Salkarn on the bottom of the screen Costa gonna lead out with Sogaleo and Tapu Finney here as we see Salkarn lead out with Lunala and Tapu Lele so we will see the Tapu Lele psychic terrain activate first and then you know it's gonna happen it's gonna get overwritten by this Tapu Finney's misty terrain always the beauty about Tapu Finney keeping that terrain control and then the Sogaleo isn't a little bit of an awkward position with this Lunala out on the field as well for Salkarn we do see the Tapu Lele just protect here the Sogaleo gonna follow suit with a protect as we are gonna see the Lunala go for that moon guys beam into it's not into the Sogaleo nice play here from Salkarn predicting that protect from the Sogaleo thinking it probably switch out and going for damage into that Tapu Finney here as we see a light screen fire up from the Tapu Finney so a really nice play in return from Costa bullsringed our special defenses on his side of the field making that Sogaleo a little bit more protected going into this next turn Tapu Lele gonna switch out here threatened from that Sogaleo as we see the Kyogre hit the field from Salkarn now gonna primal revert and activate that once horrible pink Kyogre into the magnificent black and gold variant here as it takes the field and activate that primordial sea bringing the rain to the field going into this next turn so we are gonna see the Sogaleo retreat doesn't want to take any risks just want to stick around for later obviously a moon guys beam could potentially be coming into that slot as well as we see the Incinero now hit the field for Costa getting that intimidate onto both these special attack it's not going to matter too much but it's that intimidate and fake out support fake out support that's going to be so important the next turn we are going to see a moon guys beam now fired off from this Lunala into that Incinero slot and not do too much damage here so nice switch there as a heal pulse comes out from this Tapu Finney into the Incinero just to make sure that it is sticking around and full of beans going into this next turn as we see the Lunala now threatened by that Incinero wants to preserve itself for later switches out as we see a really nice player here from Salko and going to get this psychic turn on to the field going to overwrite the ability of that Incinero to get the fake out it does go for it blocked by the circuit terrain as a water spout is fired off from this Kyogre going to be enough to take down this Incinero by a long shot and do some nice damage to this Tapu Finney at the same time so we see the Incinero go down here for Costa really nice player here from Salko and the nature's madness coming out from this Tapu Finney going to be into what was the Lunala slot to try and break that chatter shield and into the Tapu Lele here as Requaza now hitting the field for Costa you know overwrite the rain that is on the field from that Primordial C with the airlock ability it has active and now you can probably see it's going to mega evolve as we see the Kyogre switch out the rain does disappear so Salko wanted to keep that in check for later as the Salamence now hitting the field and the Cyclone all important to intimidate onto this Requaza now reducing that attack stat by one stage as we are going to see the Requaza mega revolve and turn into this mega Requaza now threatening big damage onto the Tapu Lele but if the Tapu Lele is scoffed on Salko inside of the field it could potentially pike so you know snipe some damage onto it before it can actually move but it depends on what build this Tapu Lele is we're going to see a crunch though come out from the Requaza going to opt for that into the Tapu Lele not quite enough after this intimidate though so going to stick around for a bit longer side shock coming out from the Tapu Lele into this Tapu Finney and it is enough even behind the light screen going to pick up the knockout there and take down that Tapu Finney and remove any future semblance from that misty terrain coming back on to disrupt the psyche terrain on the field right now we do see the Sogaleo take its place on the stage now for Costa as the Salamence decides to mega evolve and bring out the wings as it is going to threaten maybe speed control but just going for a double edge now straight into that Requaza and do some nice damage there as well taking a little bit of recoil damage in the process with another crunch coming out from this Requaza trying to suspectly catch out maybe a Lunala switching here for that Tapu Lele but takes it and goes down as a trick room now set up from this Sogaleo as we do see the dimensions twisted and turned on their head the light screen does wear out as the Kyogre now hits the field and the Kyogre you think will underspeed this Requaza does it underspeed the Sogaleo though but Salcran sitting in not a bad position we don't know the speed tiers of each Pokemon so we can't say for sure here but we do actually see a full fit here from Costa Salcran taking game one Costa just setting up the trick room and it may be backfiring on him there which was a bit unfortunate so we will go straight into again we're going to see Costa on the top of your screen can he switch things up here to just overcome some of the threats here from Salcran inside of the field the Lunala put on a lot of pressure on that Sogaleo and the trick room there not really benefiting anything on inside of the field so maybe once I bring something that does benefit from that trick room going into this game too we are going to see a little bit of a switch up from Salcran as well bringing the Torbidomoro the Lunala lead here with that fake out turn one going into the Tapa Fini going to shut that down as the moon guy is being fired off once again from this Lunala is it into that Tapa Fini slot as it was in game one is he going to target that Sogaleo here be a big turn into the Fini just a safe play there nice damage as well into that Tapa Fini is a trick room now set up once again from this Sogaleo and turn the dimensions a lot quicker than in game one so will this benefit him going into game two Lunala going to retweet now retweet no retreat as the Tapa Lele hits the field and retweeting about it as well because the psychic terrain activates overriding that misty terrain as the nature's madness comes out but the Lele does avoid and we are going to see a z move from this Sogaleo we'll have to cut this right now and we'll come back to where it does hit into so the signature z move into the Tapa Lele going to be super effective do huge damage and pick up a huge knockout there taking a big advantage early on for Costa removing that Tapa Lele from the field it's coming got its terrain up and a zing zap now in response from this Togo tomorrow going to be into that Tapa Fini and remove it from the field so level all level going into this next turn but the trick room still in effect the incidental now going to hit the field hasn't got access to that fake out like it pretty much probably really rely on right now and would like access to as we see the Kyogre coming from Salkren you've got to think Salkren's still in not too bad a position going into this next turn does threaten a big KO onto the incineroar with these origin pulse or water spots that could be potentially thrown out from it. Sogaleo could you know reveal wide guard that could shut that ability down from the Kyogre and the Togo tomorrow not in too bad a position either but does have to be fearful of a potential superpower from the Sogaleo that could do a lot of damage if left unchecked. Sogaleo going to actually switch out here going to see it return to the trainer as the Gastrodon now hits the field for Costa and a snarl coming out from incineroar the ideal option now for Costa to just shut down and prevent this Kyogre from being too dominant going into this next turn as it does drop the special attack there origin pulse coming out boosting the storm drain ability on that Gastrodon not affecting it at all but will do some nice damage to this incineroar here as we do see it take it down just to below about 25% activating that 50% berry here and incineroar going to be able to get back a lot of that health that it's just lost through that Aguav berry as the Zing Zap goes into the Gastrodon slot and not affected because of that ground typing now Kyogre going to protect this next turn. I wonder if Salkrin can get through these trick room turns you've got to worry about what this Gastrodon can do and has he got answers to it we are going to see an earth power straight into the Tobinomaru here pick up the knockout and Tobinomaru going down with just the Lunala in the back now and that snarl coming out from the incineroar with trick room still in effect you've got to worry about this snarl from the incineroar it is going to hit and do super effective damage break the shadow shield on this Lunala as well as we see a scald coming out from the Gastrodon breaking that shadow shield the snarl followed up going to further weaken the Kyogre and do some nice damage to the Lunala weakening these special attackers on Salkrin side of the field so doing a lot of work this incineroar as an origin pulse comes out storm drain boosting that Gastrodon again taking a special attack up to plus two now as an origin pulse is it going to be enough to take down this incineroar probably not after the second snarl just hanging on there as a moon guys beam coming out from this Lunala is it into that Gastrodon to try and start getting some damage onto that because the Kyogre at the minute cannot and will not be able to do very much to that Gastrodon outside of ice beam the dimensions now turn back to normal but you're kind of locked into needing to deal with this incineroar before you think about concentrating down on that Gastrodon you've got to go for a water type attack with this Kyogre the moon guys being coming into the Gastrodon then the origin pulse coming out from the Kyogre is it enough and does it connect it does connect onto the incineroar and this will be enough and opening the door for the Suggalator to come back in but after these snarls Sarkrish Pokemon not in the best position to be taking and giving out the damage that he needs to if he could remove the Suggalator quickly he might have a better chance at dealing with this Gastrodon but on plus two it's going to be throwing out some huge damage going into the last stage of this game moon guys beam coming out now from this Lunala it is out speeding everything on the field is going to be able to hit into that Gastrodon not the Suggalator and the ice beam going for the double up is this enough kind of get the double up into this slot oh not quite enough but he does get the freeze that's huge here as we see the Gastrodon frozen it is frozen solid stays frozen solid this turn and opens the door for Sarkrish Pokemon a trick room being set up now from this Suggalator is going to turn the dimensions and maybe the Suggalator was the slot that you would have wanted to target into hope that you got enough out of it as we see the Gastrodon throw out and get this earth part into the Kyogre now doing some huge damage there as a Sunseal Strike following up from this Suggalator now is it into this Lunala slot you've got to think if you can remove the Lunala now you've got no way to deal with this Gastrodon and you will be able to probably close this match up as the Lunala is the target of the Sunseal Strike goes down and the ice beam coming out from the Kyogre but maybe just one turn too late you need that Gastrodon to stay frozen here get taken down this turn then you could probably deal with this Suggalator with your Kyogre unfortunately not going to be the case there's a superpower coming out from Costa said of the field well played from Costa and bringing this one up fainting the Kyogre and tying the setup one-on-one so we will be going to a game three to decide who will take their place in the top eight of the ultra series tournament so we will get straight into game three the action is heating up cannot wait to get into it as we go into it now we see Costa again on the top of your screen sending out Suggalator tapu finny here and we will see Salkren send out Salamence and Lunala here what are we going to see Salkren changing things up here obviously that intimidating not affecting Suggalator because of that full metal body there on Suggalator not reducing the special attack we see the Misty Terrain setting up now from this type of finny can Salkren prevent the trick room getting set up from the Suggalator that is the big thing we are going to see the Salamence now go for that mega evolution turn into mega Salamence bring the wings that's what we say and we are going to see the turn one play out moon guys beam is he targeting that finny now he's targeted the finny the last two games is he calling the bluff and going for that Suggalator here it is the big question he's going into the Suggalator is it enough it's not quite enough to pick up the knockout but does enough damage for a hyper voice from the Salamence to pick up the knockout onto the Suggalator do some nice damage to that tabu finny and deny that trick room and that is the big big player here for Salkren going into the rest of his turn the heal pulse is welcoming out from the tabu finny so a completely dead turn from Costa's end unfortunately there if you've just been able to hang on from that combination and there is no coming back from that Costa feels like that is the end of it and we do see the forfeit Salkren progressing on to the top eight of this tournament massive congratulations to Salkren big congratulations for Costa for getting so far in this tournament running so deep and doing so well and in the other match we saw will triumph over Johnny so we'll moving on with Salkren to the top eight and you can see the top eight players on your screen now and we will be covering the top eight matches going forward in next week's coverage of the ultra series tournament so very exciting guys amazing game for us to to have and catch up with everything again today as we move into the top eight of the tournament next week we'll be featuring some really really high quality matches between our players going into the last stages of this ultra series tournament as you can see we've got Shade, Jorain, Stu, Chansey, Mansi, Salkren, Will and a flurry of other players going through in this top eight of the tournament so it's going to be very exciting do make sure you tune in get that notification bell on so you know when these episodes will be going up and I will see you all for the next one thanks for tuning in guys take care of yourselves and I'll see you then so until then bye bye