 With the release of Sword and Shield on the 15th of November, I've jumped onto my sketchpad, put together three new designs for you to represent your Team Starter, Team Skull Bunny, Crookie Gang or Team Sobble. Hop over to the Teespring Store now, you can grab a 10% discount with the Discount Code Starter. Hi everyone and we are going into week two of the 2020 VGC Fling Squad Circuit. We are in the Ultra Series Part 2. We kicked off last week with week one and an incredible game between Stu and Hectic and we are keeping up the pace going into week two with a match between our players Costa and Johnny Hacks. So as you can see on your screen Costa running a team of Incineroar Lunala, Groudon, Tapu Finney against Johnny who is running Incineroar Salamence and Dialga. So we'll get straight into this one here today and without any further ado, I'm really looking forward to this one. Costa is a player that has been doing very well recently. He won the second event of the Ultra Series that we did and then Johnny obviously played in the Invitational so getting an invite there and just doing really well. So this one is going to be a really hot heated affair I would say between both players. You see and Johnny lead off with the Incineroar and Dialga and Costa on the bottom of your screen leading off with that Incineroar and Lunala. Going to see the Intimidates cycling from both sides of the fields from respected Incineroar here and we will see the Dialga go for that primal reversion now and summon the rain to the field. Now if you would say that you are Costa, you can go for maybe a Tailwind here or a Tricroom depending on what you want to go for. Speed control here pretty something that you can go for. You've got fake out support but maybe trading fake outs is quite a good thing just faking out that Dialga and making sure that the rain isn't taking down your Incineroar or even better switching in your Groudon like we are seeing here Costa taking advantage of the weather war early on bringing these Groudon. I'm going to overwrite that primal you'll see with these desolate land with this primal Groudon and it gives his Lunala all the room it needs to be able to set up some speed control but maybe Johnny sees this maybe a nice beam into the Lunala and then a knockoff or a dog type attack to pick up the knockout onto Lunala before it can do anything too dangerous because it is such an offensive threat. Now we are seeing water spout fired out unfortunately evaporated by the sun and a snarl coming out as well from the Incineroar. No fake outs this turn and we'll break the Shadow Shield propping a Cobra Berry on the Lunala weakening those dark type attacks I should say and doing some nice chip damage to both sides of the field. Now Costa in an extremely good position he's got the Tailwind up the Groudon is pressuring some big damage onto both the Cialga and the Incineroar and Johnny's kind of forced at the minute to switch out that Incineroar because he needs that Intimidate back onto the field to really weaken that Groudon if he wants to later in this match. We have seen him switch out that Incineroar he will be bringing the Salamence onto the field now which is a nice play it's immune to those ground type attacks that are coming out and it also gets that Intimidate onto the Groudon. You think maybe the Cialga might go for an attack here it wasn't too threatened but a nice beam could be an option but we're just seeing a protector just playing a little bit more carefully doesn't want to lose too much damage early on but Costa taking advantage of this free turn going for that sword stance here boosting its attack by two stages so it will go to plus one after that Intimidate drop from the Salamence. The Cialga on Johnny's side of the field now switching out Incineroar going to cycle back in and reduce that attack set on the Groudon putting it back to neutral now and nullifying that sword stance that it has just done that previous turn so Incineroar hitting the field Salamence going to choose to mega evolve as well now still immune to these ground type attacks but has to be a little bit cautious about the taprofini that can throw out moon blasts onto this slot and do some big damage. Now we're seeing a gravity even better Costa throwing out all the options here gravity coming out taking away that flying type immunity that the Salamence once had and under the tailwind Groudon going to move first going to get a big precipice blades off making sure that it does hit and taking down the Incineroar and doing some decent damage to that Salamence in the meantime so Salamence here going to be able to get a tailwind up and that is exactly what it does do and Johnny not out of this game yet he is matching the tailwind and he can also bring in his Cialga now which is going to overwrite the desolate line get it primarily you'll see back on the field and also start to pressure that Groudon and he knows that Costa has to make a switch here with that Groudon this next turn so can play into that if he wants to we are seeing the Groudon switch out the Incineroar come back onto the field and he's got to be a little bit careful still with this tapu finny that does resist these waterside attacks and is the Salamence strong enough after an intimidate to take down with maybe a double edge but we are actually seeing a return come out from the Salamence it is doing some nice big damage not worrying about the recoil from the double edge and an icy wind coming out from this tapu finny and it'll be interesting to see what this Cialga goes for possibly a water spark here would make the most sense from Johnny just in getting damage onto the field really it's what you want but the thing is if you take down this Incineroar on Costa's side of the field which you're going to see now it does open the door once again for Costa to bring that Groudon back onto the field and disrupt Johnny's ability to to utilise his weather meaning that the the Cialga is going to have to switch out again and whatever comes in if it's not immune to ground type attacks or if it is weak to ground type attacks it's going to take some heavy damage in the process so Costa still sitting really in the driving seat here and Johnny needs to make some adjustments going forward he needs to get his Cialga out and back in again and at the at the same time really get rid of the tapu finny and limit Costa's options to switch around to get the weather back in his favour once again we are seeing the Cialga is Johnny's last Pokemon on his team it is going to switch in for that Cialga it is the obvious switch here I'd like to see the Salamence protect maybe this turn rather than throw out damage just to protect itself from a precipice blades maybe you have to go for an attack into the finny to try and get some a knock out there but we are going to see the finny switch out the Lunala hit the field once again knowing that this tailwind is about to end on his side of the field and trying maybe to get a position where he can set it up the next turn we are going to see a precipice blades and it does hit big big damage into that Cialga here on Johnny's side of the field but procking possibly a wikiberry what we are going to see there and getting that health back making sure it can probably take another one but it has to be a bit cautious about this Lunala that is on Costa's side of the field that has a shadow shield broke but it's still going to be difficult to take down and a double target here would be the best option I feel but if you go for that then it does really open the door for it to go for a tailwind not opting for that though here just a moon guys beam and if you are able to take down the Salamence now if you're Costa then you limit Johnny's options to switch around and the Cialga can come in but you can easily switch that groudon back in Costa making a nice adjustment there bringing the Tappi Finney onto the field keeping that groudon in the back so once that Cialga comes back onto the field you can just simply switch in your groudon over right the weather have control and then close things up with your groudon and Lunala now Cialga is going to hit the field but does Johnny feel comfortable going for these water type attacks knowing that the groudon is in the back and can he maybe go for an ice beam and does Costa suspect that we are going to see the Finney switch out the groudon hit the field once again like I say the Lunala is going to be difficult to take down now its shadow shield is broken it is damaged but you need to really double that slot and if it has got protect here that will be one thing that will be going against Johnny he is going to suspect this though he is going for the flash cannon here if you see an ice beam into the Lunala maybe he can take it down and get himself back into this match and its exactly what we see Johnny playing really well here to pull himself back into this match the gravity returns to normal and the Tabafini is going to return to the field in this two versus two now Cialga full health its a shame that Johnny doesnt have intimidate because that would really help out against this groudon but you got to worry about a potential gravity being set up here for future turns we are going to see the groudon protecting just avoid any damage here as an earth power comes out into that groudons protect and the Cialga going for an ice beam doubling up into that slot unfortunately leaving room for a nature's madness now to come out from the Tabafini but the Cialga does avoid it from Johnny's side of the field another earth power coming out into the groudon he is going to do big damage here is it in range for an ice beam though ice beam coming out from Johnny's Cialga is it going to be enough to pick up the knockout its not enough the groudon hangs on with full HP the Cialga avoids the precipice blades and now we see the Cialga taking a big precipice blades its not enough health to hang on it goes down and now Cialga versus this groudon and Tabafini and we see the heal pulse and this almost all but seals the deal for Costa here this heal pulse coming in huge putting this groudons health back up to about 50% health and putting in a nice position to throwing out these precipice blades if we see a gravity especially here will be enough to probably cut through this Cialga especially with this heal pulse support that the Tabafini is offering and you can see from this match it's a great example of what a great support Pokemon this Tabafini is and has been throughout the the 2019 season unfortunate that we won't or may be fortunate whoever you speak to that we won't probably have access to Tabafini in the 2020 season once we revert to Southern Shield we do see the gravity setup another heal pulse come on to that groudon and a full power unmissable precipice blades into the Cialga it is going to go for an ice beam in return and do some decent damage but not quite enough that groudon just taking it as Costa tops up that HP bar on the groudon side of his field and he will throw out another precipice blade single target going to be enough to take game one and what a great game for us to kick off with this week incredible plays from both players both gone tossing and turning backwards and forwards trying to get back into the match but Costa just had the edge and that survival with the groudon was pretty huge meaning that he was able to go forward with that one now we will hop straight into our second game as we see Johnny once again on the top of your screen and Costa on the bottom Costa gonna lead out in game two with Incineroa and Lunala and Johnny going with that dialga and Incineroa now so totally adapting his game plan going into game two and he needs to he needs to pull back a win in this one to take it to a game three to have a chance to take the set but Costa in the driving seat like he was in that first game just manipulating the field as and when he wants he doesn't have the freedom to go for that tailwind is easy this turn with the the threat of the trick room from the dialga on the opposing side of the field but he may have trick room himself you never know on the Lunala may have trick room we haven't seen all of its moves yet we are going to see the dialga switch straight back out and Salamence hit the field once again get another intimidate onto that Incineroa put it down to minus two as we see the Incineroa on Costa's side of the field go for a fake out into that Salamence and a moon guys beam just fired out from this Lunala not going for any speed control here just opting for offensive and this and firing into that Salamence not mega roll but taking it pretty comfortably for a moon guys beam from a Lunala as we see the Incineroa go for a U turn into the Lunala break that shadow shield and pivot out back into the dialga now as it is sent out onto the field and it will be able to maybe go for the trick room you maybe want to see the Salamence switch out and go for a the the Kyoga maybe and get the trick room up and then stop going from there but I think if you're Johnny you really want to try and bait the crowd on out onto the field before you bring your Kyoga out you're going to see another moon guys beam here from the Lunala and it will actually be going into the Salamence here and does some big damage and picks up a knockout here before the Salamence actually moves so quite a slower Salamence here as an earth power comes out from the dialga into this Incineroa doing some nice damage taking it down to just about 50% health with a roll coming out trying to get around potential trick room that could be set up from the dialga but it does bring in the Incineroa again for Johnny getting another intimidate putting this Incineroa down to minus three and gives Johnny an option against this Lunala now and you'd expect the dialga has to come back in now it's going to be a lot harder for Johnny especially if the guard on is in the back now he hasn't got that immunity to any precipice blades if that is what cost of course down the route of you're going to see a fake out from the Incineroa now and a moon guys beam thrown out from this Lunala the fake out the deterrent against that roll potentially coming out from the Incineroa to stop this trick room being set up as we do see big moon guys beam but dialga taking that pretty comfortably um as it does set the trick room up now and in a nice position to double into that Lunala with the Incineroa and the dialga now we are going to see a flare blitz fired out from this Incineroa on cost aside of the field minus three not really doing the damage it needs to though unfortunately and a U-turn coming out from Johnny expecting maybe the the the ground on to come out onto the field but not the case cost are not going for that just sticking with these two Pokemon now and playing all the mind games as Johnny does get his Kyogre out onto the field and I think if you're Johnny here you may not want to go for an attack initially with your Kyogre you want to be getting your Kyogre off the field baiting that ground on out to bring your Kyogre back in to start doing some damage later in this game but all the while you've got to keep an eye on your dialga because it is at low health it's not at the best of health right now and um maybe picking up the Incineroa here like we see with the earth part is not the best thing for Johnny because now it will grant cost of the ability to bring his ground on back onto the field pretty freely and start putting on a lot of pressure as we do see the Lunala reveal that trick room and reverse the dimensions now it's going to be difficult I think if you're Johnny you really want to be protecting your dialga this next turn switching in your Incineroa hoping that you take a press of his blades from the the ground on and then the next turn going for the fake out and trick room setup once again and try and get your Kyogre in a position next to this dialga in a trick room so you can start doing some big damage to everything on cost aside of the field we are going to see the Lunala switch out now tap we finny hit the field once again we saw how versatile and useful this Pokemon was for cost during game one we are going to see Johnny straight away go for that play switch out the Kyogre bring in the Incineroa get that intimidate onto the Kyogre on cost aside of the field and that is all important it's just whether or not this dialga has protected it's got protect it can hang around for the next turn and we've got to hope for no big crits or anything like that coming out from press of his blades now we do see press with blades come out from the ground on fortunately it is enough to get the dialga on even minus one so taking away that trick room option and the Incineroa is just going down to its 50 percent berry we are going to see that proc and get its health back but looking pretty difficult for Johnny now it's going to be a simple switch out from ground on to something in the back for costa and then he just needs to switch that ground on back in again and he's going to be able to seal this game up and deny the Kyogre much ability to do any damage now we are going to see the ground on switch out the Lunala come in got to hope you see a fake out into the type of finnian waterspout here that is the play I think but getting damage onto the field while you can that's that's what you've got to do right now with your Kyogre but and then hope that the ground on comes back in and it misses a bunch of press with blades because now if especially if the the finny goes for a gravity the ground on goes for a protect then your chances aren't looking that great going forward because two ice beams may get the ground on but it's more likely going to be a three hit kill and then you're going to lose inevitably your Incineroa these next turns so once you do that the press with blades becomes a single target attack and yeah it's not looking too good there we do see the gravity the Incineroa going down no protect from the Kyogre it's just going to try and throw out some damage but it looks like Costa is going to be able to seal this one up for week two taking a big win here and getting a two nil start in the field which is extremely good we're just seeing the the type of finny now not doing anything else just wants to keep this ground on HP as full as possible going forward and one more press with blades now coming out and will be enough to take down this Kyogre single target and that is going to wrap it up for Costa so a great set from both players massive props for both players and massive props to Costa for taking the victory in week two so that wraps it up for this week my friends I hope you've enjoyed it as always do leave a like on the video do subscribe to the channel for more content and we'll see you next week for week three of the flinch squad 2020 flinch squad circuit so until then take care and bye-bye