 Hello friends welcome back to another episode here on the channel I hope you're all doing great and for anyone new to the channel my name is Lee also known as Osiris in today's episode we're going to be covering all of the information in regards to the brand new series 9 rule set that'll be kicking into effect on the doubles rank ladder in Pokemon Sword and Shield so on the 1st of May these rules will take effect that'll be tomorrow if you're watching this video as of the upload date we'll cover all of the information in regards to these changes we're going to be seeing a buy to series 8 and all those restrictors and then revert back to series 7 so we're going into an already developed format which is something different that we've not had before we'll cover all the information all the updates in regards to teams things to watch out for and i'm going to wrap up with a bunch of rental teams for you all to help you out get started in this series 9 format but before we get into the 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wind in so you've got no restrictions on legendaries you're going to have the likes of linerus thunderous uh all your your glastria spectra they're all going to be allowed still and there's no limit on having how many of those in one team now getting back to series seven because if we look back to that format we can see that there were a lot of kind of predominant kind of strategies coming out just going through these will help you kind of prepare going into series nine for sure so the first one we're going to touch on is screen support so grim snow was a huge pokemon in the back end of series seven supporting things like venus so uh support well pretty much supporting anything with screen support you know it's got that prankster ability light screen reflect going to be a big problem got scary face got thunder wave for speed control as well and can really disrupt through things like spurred break as well big pokemon and obviously once the screens go up you've got uh you're on a counter to try and wait for those to go away and everything is a lot harder to take care of you stack that up with residual damage from something like gmax vinylash from venus so and it's a very kind of good song combination to take advantage of which players have had a lot of success with so that is the first thing to kind of keep in mind something like tokes would be something a you know i've spoke to players as well tokes score plans uh can get those critical hits and kind of bypass the screen so that's a nice option to think about and i do think tokes has a place in series nine uh whether that will come to kind of fruition or not but i do feel like tokes can be in a good place to deal with something like grim snarl and then put a lot of pressure on to other pokemon that are quite popular like urshufu and and other pokemon like that so tokes want to watch out for but screen support definitely something to be aware of going into series nine the next big thing to mention is weather so the big weather battle in this format is all really going to be based around sun uh tokel going to be your main kind of sunset uh paired up with the likes of venus and charizard just an extremely powerful kind of core of pokemon you've got venus so that can gigantamax you've got charizard that can gigantamax and both take advantage of tokel's sun uh they've both got residual damage in their gmax vinylash or gmax wildfire respectively and uh they can just chip away at you every turn and you know the one thing that the weather always has over any other kind of traditional speed control like trick or my tailwind it doesn't take any turns to settle up so you're not spending any turns you're ready to go as soon as that ability takes effect things like wheezing will definitely help out with that they prevent the the weather from taking effect and allow you a little bit more room and movement but you can also counter weather with your own weather sand is something that i don't think has been fully explored so things like giggly things like teetal could be pokemon that you could bring in and definitely rain feels like it has a place when sun's around it's just having the right checks for things like venus and the cover for things like that that are going to be a little bit problematic especially with rillaboom in the format as well it can put a lot of pressure on to things like polytode which is going to be primarily your main rain setter but also you don't need to go with a manual you can go with manual rain you know you don't need to go with auto rain you can go manual rain things like thunderous incarnate with prankster they can get the rain up for you and there's a lot of other prankster users that have access to it the other team build to mention as well going into series nine is obviously colossal it's the elephant in the room it's a big powerful pokemon it took players cup two will be glick took the title there with colossal that common kind of build there with the rillaboom the urshifu rapid strike gmax colossal you've got galarian moltres in there as well a real kind of common core pokemon and obviously once that steam engine gets set up by either the the urshifu or the dragapult that you commonly see on those teams then it's very hard to handle trick rooms kind of a very good kind of kind of action to that like that mod you know having something like korg on two something like dustclops you can come in into the trick room up it really counteracts the steam engine and allows you a little bit more room and movement to kind of counter those teams things like landeris therian with an assault vest as well can do a good job but you've got to be very careful around very good players with this team as you saw wolf kind of pilot that team very well a lot of players are going to be able to do that and kind of get around the big main counters to colossal and leave it for more of an end game than an early game that we've seen in previous formats so gmax colossal definitely something to keep an eye out for and definitely something to get practice with and have answers for going into this new format and next one on our list is glastria it is the ice type pokemon and it's since its introduction in the crown tundra it's taken everyone by storm you know it's had some amazing finishes and constantly and consistently does well in this format it's gonna not going away either needs trick room to perform but not always a trick room pokemon and does really appreciate screen support as well obviously has and does carry things like assault vest weakness policy white herb and lumberry are a few of its items that are commonly found on glastria but an extremely dangerous pokemon especially with that chilling neability once it starts getting knockouts those attack booster just gonna set it on a real snowball and it's gonna be hard to kind of contain things like talk hold definitely help out things like status help out as well if you can burn it if you can put it to sleep it's a big help but you got to watch out for those teams that kind of play things like type of finny to help support it if it hasn't got that lumberry there and maybe sometimes if it is carrying lumberry especially the best of one if you're on a ladder it's not so bad if you're in a best of three situation but if you're on a ladder and this is predominantly what we're talking about today it's going to be difficult to kind of gauge whether or not it's got the lumberry because at one turn can be the turn that really punishes you so big pokemon to watch out for but things like talk hold things like a really solid Sun call in your team definitely help out with that Rotom heat is an amazing counter to it it really struggles to hit Rotom heat for very good damage especially if you get a nasty plot off you're going to be in a very good position to max yourself and get a max flare on to it do some big damage and also steel types are not too bad and we've seen kind of a rise of things like stack attacker as well and sell a stealer that both can come in and kind of do a really good job and damage Glastria before it's able to kind of get that momentum swing so yeah another pokemon to definitely watch out for going to be a very popular one things like probably on two things like dust crops going to be there supporting it as well so having a way to prevent the trick room is definitely the first step in overcoming that kind of core build another pokemon to mention is um Galarian Moltres it's not seen so much use in the restricted format it's a little bit of use at the start but obviously going back into a kind of non-restricted format I think it's going to come back to the floor and be as powerful and prominent as it was before flying in dark type stabs are amazing you're going to get good utility out of max airstream and really good utility out of max darkness against a lot of things in this format that are weak against that and um obviously with nasty plot and its berserk ability it can also kind of get that momentum swing if you let it get out of control giving it that free nasty plot is never good but it's not always got nasty plot you know a lot of players are kind of going for sucker punch for snarl whether we'll see that transition into series nine or not they're just things to keep an eye on but uh life orb weakness policy are kind of the main items and safety goggles as well there obviously for kind of sleep powder venus all that's got the sun chlorophyll going to kind of counteract the the the maltress and slow down a bit but definitely a pokemon to watch out for things like regi alecki handle it so well things like thunderous incarnate as well but you've got to watch out for obviously that lightning rod support that you can see beside it toga tomorrow right you ripere even or definitely pokemon to keep an eye out for if you're playing against glaring maltress but you can also revert back to things like stack attacker if you've got your own trick room maltress not really a pokemon that loves trick room too much and glastria is a great counter to it if you can get it in the right conditions next up we're going to talk about metagross metagross is definitely a pokemon to mention going into series nine i think it's a very solid pokemon and probably one of my favorite pokemon in general to utilize in this format commonly seen with either the weakness policy or salt vest really value screen support as well to help the longevity to get the most out of the weakness policy once it's propped or to get the most out of that salt vest and you know you commonly see metagross paired up with something like tapyfini where you'll get the max steel spike steel spike steel spike get the defense boost up so the finny is sitting in a great position and then it can calm mind and just get carried away and then just use that momentum to kind of swing the battle into that player's favor very good pokemon in general hits well against things like glastria struggles a little bit against those sun teams of course but if you can get the special defense boosts up or and if you've got screen support as well it definitely helps mitigate those a little bit but metagross definitely a pokemon i think to look at especially if something like toga kiss gets a lot more powerful but again at the same time you've got to be very careful uh dragapult could be a pokemon on the rise and the more popular dragapult gets and spectria start to get the harder life becomes for something like metagross so you're gonna have to have ways to kind of beat those pokemon and obviously not to mention the biggest problem of all is urshifu so you need to have a good check to that in your team as well but having something like a toga kiss in your team could definitely help out against those threats and the redirection alone just makes it a lot easier to manage metagross and allow it to get those big hits off and things like that and i know i haven't mentioned every single combination going into series nine i'm just trying to touch this keep this short and make sure that you're aware of like a lot of the big kind of threats that are coming into the series at the minute but another one to mention is obviously that it's going to come to the floor i think and be quite prominent and one of those teams that you definitely need to have answers for is wheezing and regi gigas it obviously did well in players cup three and did even better in players cup two we saw players like alex under hill pilot that to very good success in that tournament and then alberto deaza in the players cup three pilot in a restricted format to uh uh global finals which was amazing so i think it's going to be a pokemon now that you do definitely need to set up and take notice of it's going to be one of those pokemon especially the wheezing with that neutralizing gas going to be very disruptive and the regi gigas in a prime position to kind of take control of that so that's definitely a combination to either utilize yourself or just be aware of and then definitely have answers for in your own team build other pokemon that are going to be prominent are definitely going to be things like urshifu you're going to have regi alecki obviously rillaboom and landeris ethereum for intimidate and then obviously it goes without saying but incineroar going to be still around it's not going anywhere the pop the most popular pokemon probably throughout every series that it's been utilized in it's still going to be kicking around but i would see probably a little bit more usage of things like tapu fini coming back into play with calm mind definitely a very strong pokemon uh but there are a few to mention now let's jump over to the rental codes for you before we wrap up today's episode but like i say i've got five rental teams to help you get started in series nine that'll be starting tomorrow as of watching this video the first team is going to be a metagross spectra team you can see the team on your screen in front of you now it is going to be made up of the spectra the metagross with the weakness policy incineroar tapu fini gives you a nice core and then you've got that thunderous incarnate which helps out against some of those big dark type threats to metagross namely urshifu and then you've got nice screen support as an alternative option over incineroar to uh with the grim snarl there and there's a nice option within this team with the grim snarl having swagger the thunderous i've given the lumbary too so uh it kind of gets around venus or chlorophyll venus soles and things that are faster than it like dragapult spectra that are going to try and willow whisper it but you can also take advantage of the swagger with your grim snarl onto the the thunderous turn one if the opportunity arises get that plus two boost straight away and do some really heavy damage which is a really nice option and kind of helps mitigate for not having that life or boost you can also utilize the swagger if you can get yourself into good positions with tapu fini out on the field obviously get metagross and boost its attack boost incineroar's attack there's a lot of options there and the swagger feels like a good option and a good way out of some bad situations with this team the next rental team that we've got for you going into series nine is going to be a sun team it is made up of a gmax venus sole toe call polygon two grim snarl riperia and charizard so you've got gmax charizard there and the gmax venus so it's going to be a very standard kind of sun team with a trick room switch in there with the polygon two going to be there to either reverse the trick room or set it up for you and uh you've got an alternative option as well with the riperia there they can operate in the trick room if it feels comfortable enough to do so and you've also got toe call there kind of helping out the toe call in this team not so much of an offensive threat as more of a supportive threat which i feel like it's probably going to be and play that better role uh in the early part of this format to help slow things down if you need it with the yawn the burn in jealousy and all those status conditions it can kind of help out with the next team is going to be one of my favorite new legendary pokemon it's going to be glastria and this pokemon i fell in love with from the very start of series seven so it's nice to go back to it now uh say goodbye to calyrex but here we go we've got a very kind of standard looking glastria team supported by tappy finney helps out with the terrain obviously helps out with status as well on the glastria we've got dust globs as i mean trick room center it is a lot more reliable in this format to series eight obviously hasn't got the threats like shadow rider calyrex anymore uh you can set the trick room up a lot easier if you get it into position in dust globs are just generally a very good pokemon to come in and just take damage if you need it to without you be all right uh not only just to set the trick room up in those situations you've got incinero red yalecki and then the single strike urshifu to wrap this team up with so if you have a go with this team i hope you have a great time with it and a lot of success so the next rental team that we've got for you today is going to be a galarian maltress team you can see it's made up of galarian maltress landeris stack attacker rillaboom incinero and rotom wash so this team is a little bit different uh you've got the the maltress is going to be kind of the the main kind of pokemon on the team but you've got a lot of setup here with the maltress you've got the rotom wash as well it can go for nasty plots so between the two you can kind of cover a lot of bases you've got double fake add support with the rillaboom the incinero and then you've got a trick room mode as well which works perfectly in this format you've got stack attacker that can come in set the trick room up if the conditions are right and it does so well against the very slurse of pokemon like torcal like glastria and can do a lot of damage and then you've got double intimidate support as well which helps out pretty much most things on the team the next team and the final team of this episode is going to be a rental team for a toadkiss dragapult combination now this is a combination that saw a lot of success in really early formats in the sword and shield series but i do believe it has a lot of potential going into series nine i think we saw the pickup and usage of dragapult at the back end of series seven and i do think that is going to continue going into series nine so this team's made up of the toadkiss the dragapult lander asterian rotom heat rillaboom and the rapid strike urshavu so you've got a nice firewater grass core in there you've got intimidate you've got the dragapult as well that can set up and then you've got the crit kiss which can support as well but it can be a bit of a problem for opponents if they don't have answers to it so they are the five rental teams that we've got for you today i'm sorry i couldn't have more but i've only got five slots on my game and i did want to help you out as much as possible going into the new series hopefully it's a nice mixture of different teams to kind of dip your toes in the water and help you get started in the new format find something that you like and hopefully if not be the team that you want to use inspire some ideas for yourself to kind of go forward with and stop building yourself remember that we do have a weekly circuit running it's a friendly tournament but it runs every week with our and our discord server so come over feel free to join we run it every friday we'll be starting our first series seven this coming friday so get over there the link to that is in the description as well but i hope you found today's video useful obviously the series nine format is going to be an interesting one just because we're going into a format now where it is a bit more developed than previous formats it's not something that we've kind of experienced before in sword and shield so i'm looking forward to it and seeing where the format goes and i hope you are too hope you found today's video useful thank you so much for tuning in friends have a great rest of your day take care of yourselves and i'll see you all for another episode very soon