 I'm gonna U-turn the palcare. There's a chance, like does the palcare have protect? I don't think it does That's not what it is. There's an iron ball kyogre. Hi everyone and welcome back to another episode of our pokemon vgc 2020 battle series. My name is Lee also known as Osiris and we're gonna be continuing on with this crazy Ho Ho kyogre team in today's episode. So we kicked off with this call at the start of the week Then we changed things up in yesterday's episode and we're keeping everything the same going into today So try and test out things like that mega septile a little bit more Now we had two really good games yesterday if you missed yesterday's episode I'll link a card up there for you. You can check that out Um, we won our first one and then we had Oh, it was just all over the shop and the second one wasn't it? And we were so close at the end made things very difficult for ourselves But an endless tining battle nonetheless I'm still a bit sour from the loss. Um, just because I know that we could have won that potentially if we just made a Few different uh decisions throughout that game, but nevertheless Positive about how the the the battles are going so far. Um, and I feel like the team can really progress this week So we're going to continue on with it today as always the team is down in the description below There's a raw paste poker paste So try it out if you'd like to and without further ado We'll just hop straight on to the battle spot and get underway with this team today Hopefully it doesn't take too long to find our first opponent and as always if you do enjoy the Sort of content my friends do leave a like on the video It does really help out the channel do subscribe to the channel as well for more pokemon content and Leave your comments down below. Let me know your thoughts on mega septile If you saw the games yesterday what your thoughts were on those games What your thoughts are on the games today after we've played a couple of games and which direction you'd maybe go with the team If um, if you were playing with it and where you see some some improvements could be made because that's what we're always looking for Testing out as well and seeing how the core actually performs in the current format. So Um septile did well yesterday. It did all the things we needed to do. Um, I think the second game was just Go back and watch it. We explain it quite well in that one. Um But yeah, I'm hoping we can get a little bit more momentum going today Get a couple of wins under our belt and start really kind of pushing towards the end of the week with this team And um, there we go. First opponent just like magic Okay, so first opponent today running your team of a ray quasi and kayoga So ray auger core combined with taba koko incinero katana and mimikyu So mimikyu an interesting pick here not something you see too commonly Uh run on these kayoga and ray quasi teams But something that's popping up more and more as the the latter part of the season goes on You've got the support and cast there vincinero with fake out intimidate support The terrain support from the taba koko katana there the grass type that makes up that firewater grass core with the kayoga and probably Maybe a speed control setter for the team because you're looking at probably mimikyu with tricking potentially and then katana with tailwind because outside of that the team really struggles with any sort Um speed control Um, okay, I do think septile is going to be quite good for us here. Um, and I think septile I do want to bring incinero because I think the intimidate is going to be really important for us Uh, I do want to bring our own kayoga, of course And it's down to that last pokemon. What do we want? Do we want hotel? Hotel could be well hotel is extremely good against katana Could do a decent job against mimikyu And not bad against incinero that can't really damage us. Uh, we've just got to worry about the type of koko Uh, the rare to a certain extent and the the the kayoga obviously, but um We've got tools on our side of the field to deal with those threats. I think I'm gonna bring the bird So bird up. Let's get into this first one So here we go All right It's such a strong core and it's a popular one as well It's always one of those ones that I would say if you're going into a tournament Make sure that you've got your matchup locked down against those type of cores Um, it's an easy core to pilot as well I feel you know, uh, the the ray kaza really opens the door for kayoga to do a lot of things that it needs to and likes to do Um, without much resistance Uh, top koko also pairs it with it super nicely as well Now we are seeing koko and ray kaza come out for my opponent We've got the opportunity here to actually mega evolve fake out koko and go for a dragon pulse into the ray Um, if you can snipe a quick knock out there, that'll be that'll be incredibly nice Because I don't know how many players have played against mega septile before But um If they're not familiar with it, they might not know about it being a dragon type I don't know how many people like don't know that but I don't know you never know Players are players and the things that are not so commonly playing against do pop up and surprise them So you never know but this could be a solvus ray as well. So It could make things a bit difficult for us and if we lose septile here It is a little bit risky because if it's sashed or if it's a solvus, we could lose septile and Things can get very difficult for us very quickly. Um, because we lose our lightning rod support and the type of koko becomes a big problem very very Immediately now we're going to see incinero take the place of type of koko here and wonderful just see the ray kaza protect We might do um But like I said, if we can get a dragon pulse off here, it'll be It'll be really good for us to just get some big damage onto this ray early on It does just protect though. It doesn't even mega evolve not going for it this turn Um, and we'll get the fake out into the incinero and just get a little bit of chip damage there. So That's fine. Um I think my opponent has to fake out the septile because of the threat of that dragon pulse. Um I'm going to bring in ho Because if we can try and get a tail wind up that would be good And I'm going to try a new turn out onto the ray kaza just to break a potential sash there We know protected last turn so we can at least try and get a u turn into it there Keep our intimidate cycle going keep incinero in the back and We can have a fresh faker when it does come onto the field again The septile out Coming up to the field. Let's see what my opponent goes for As the raid is mega evolving now It's minus one as well. So that that helps us out a little bit I think with the the damage output that's kind of expect from it here uh, delta stream activating And there's a fake out into Yeah, ho and sword stance That's not great That isn't great at all, but we'll get a u turn into it Like I say, it's likely with the swords and maybe sash there. It might not be as well You know, it might be berry bulky berry You've seen that kind of grown in popularity after My good friend alex and eric From spain have used that to good success at the world championships in recent regional events Um I could bring in kyoga Just to overwrite the delta stream put a little bit of pressure on the ray kaza as well um But like the next turn I definitely want to be getting in Incineroar for intermediate support now whether I do that on the kyoga slot um It might be a good idea to do that to be honest and try and get a tail wind up now and switch like tail wind And then switch kyoga out to incineroar just to nullify that sword stance in my opponent went for The problem is I think if the ray kaza goes for another sword stance now That could be quite tricky But at least us getting incineroar in while we setting the tail wind up It does give us a little bit of room to maneuver the next turn if we want to fake out and maybe get Kyoga back onto the field or septile or just get some damage off with hot um I'd be worried that koko might make an appearance in that incineroar slot where it goes for a u-turn this turn Requires a just protecting so that makes things a little bit easier especially going into that next turn Because we do get the tail wind up and like I said think what we'll say is eat and then koko come back onto the field Uh, it just supports The rear a little bit better That's kyoga. Okay Hmm now if we don't fake out the ray kaza it's going to sword stance But I mean we've got a good opportunity to um We could break It's tricky, isn't it? We really need to we need to fake out the kyoga here But we will out speed it with incineroar. So it's not the worst thing in the world. Um, I'm going to brave bird the ray And I'm going to fake out kyoga Because we know the ray protected last turn So no protect coming out for my opponent. We'll get the brave bird into the ray. They should do good damage as well She definitely set it up for a knockout the next turn And if we go to sword stance it could only go for extreme speed. Let's go in front of dragon ascent. Okay Are we going like I wouldn't mind if this actually knocked us out, you know to be honest Because it opens the door for us to get kyoga onto the field or set tile Yeah, I think we'll do that we'll get kyoga onto the field now because we can just water spout um And switch incineroar we can probably you turn as well into the kyoga incineroar Yeah, we'll out speed kyoga now and then we can get septile onto the field We could hard switch but Just in case the incineroar comes in on that slot. I doubt it will like other koko I think the thing to worry about is getting caught by maybe um An ice beam if my opponent predicts the septile coming in on the incineroar slot But it's imperative for us right now to keep septile in a really healthy position because Septile is the one thing protecting our kyoga from that type of koko And as long as we've got septile on the field Then we're not in a bad position at all. We're going to see extreme speed come out Uh water spout is going to be weakened, but it should still be enough to get the ray And do a little bit of damage to that kyoga And the u-turn will do a little bit more chip as well, which is which is quite nice Um Yeah, taking it down just to about 60 health and we'll get septile onto the field now And like I say, hopefully we don't see an ice beam if we see an ice beam into the slot It's going to make things very difficult for us and septile taking that pretty comfortably They'll burn either so the electric terrain does disappear And with the rayquaza out of the way Kyoga definitely has a easier time. It's the type of koko that I do worry about. Yeah, the koko coming in now But a skull should be able to get rid of it. It's just how many turns of tailwind have we got left Because one of the things we could potentially do is just skull the tapu koko now and go for a leaf storm into The kyoga, but it's quite risky because if my opponent goes like Do they have thunder? I don't know if they do Are we out speed it anyway? So I think you probably protect the kyoga the tapu koko this turn This is why I would like to probably go for a leaf storm into the kyoga rather than Protect because I'm confident a skull should take it down. But yeah, we're not going to see that Are we just going to see a double protect? Maybe Yeah But the next turn this is the this is the thing that this next turn we can protect septile Um and go for the skull into the the koko because the koko can't really touch Kyoga now, um At least we've got two turns where we can get away. I think One thing we have to worry about a little bit is the farium on the koko, which I'm hoping behind a protected doesn't pick up the knockout. It shouldn't do Septile's not the bulkiest of pokemon Like from that last attack option that we went for you would say that my opponent may want to bring Incineroar on the kyoga slot And go for a dazzling gleam or farium with the tapu koko But this isn't the worst player at all because I mean, we're not really losing out here at all septile Kyoga going to switch out for incineroar. Yeah um If we can get the The tapu koko here though, I think our lives are made so much easier Septile protecting Let's see It is the farium. I think yeah, they're going for it. Let's see. Let's see. It'd be interesting to know how much septile takes from this Oh, come on septile survive, please Come on. Come on. You can do it septile. You can do it You've got that big chunky protect in front of you easy Not so easy, but I'm pleased. I wasn't convinced But I call call get your ass down that's called doing all the work there We've got to worry this next turn now because we are susceptible to um To fake out And an ice beam from the kyoga which would make sense going into the septile here because we was Such a threat for the opposing kyoga Although our kyoga really does threaten the incineroar Um, I'm going to switch into our in-sea now and um, we'll preserve the septile. So we've got at least A way to deal with the kyoga with septile but my opponent forfeit So very good game to my opponent and we're off to a nice winning start today, which is excellent So, um, yeah happy about that and that was a good game And septile again coming in pretty clutch for us and it's I think from monday's episode where we ended up saying how difficult tapakoko felt for the team to deal with And then the inclusion of septile, which is just totally eradicating that issue completely, especially when we've got the board position Next to tapakoko with kyoga where we can just click this gold button and then not worry about anything, um, obviously a bulkier tapakoko would be a bit of an issue, but I think How many kokos are really that bulky and even if it is sashed and even if it is bulky All we need is that a dish that initial scald onto it then the next 10 septile will outspeed and can get an attack off onto it anyway, so Um, we're deal able to deal with koko quite quite easily Sure, we played this team already this week. Have we have we I don't know. I'm pretty sure we have I'm not sure though. Maybe I played it when I was like testing out some stuff Maybe but anyway, we'll get into team preview Because it is a team consisting of palke kyoga Big shout out to will one of our patreon members there Staka taka the camera up to which is probably going to be the mega of the team tapkoko and incinimo looking at trick room variants Going to be heavy trick room I think because the palke and staka taka both carry it supporting probably the kyoga The camera up as well. Definitely a trick room pokemon tapkoko For the terrain and the incinimo the fake out support now Septile could be decent here. Isn't me tricky. Definitely going to be a tricky one I do want to bring septile I think because of the dragon pulse it beats kyoga can damage The the staka taka and the camera up pretty nicely Um But I want fake out support for sure if trick room goes up and the intimidate could be quite nice from incinero Let's go kyoga and then I think if the trick room does go up We're going to need something to help us out there. So actually, you know what? I'm not I'm going to bring her or instead of stacks Because camera up if it comes down to it camera up versus hot or camera up isn't going to be able to really damage Or unless it's got like ancient power, which is very much down it has Um, so we should be all right against it. We'll see how Get on here Um, but an interesting build nonetheless never really seen make a camera up. So It's going to be good going up against it Bring out a shiny shiny septile Parking and incinero coming up for my opponent You've got to imagine that trick room is definitely on the cards for my opponent Like if they can get the trick room up it makes life so much easier for them, doesn't it? Um Are we just going to trade fake outs here? I mean one thing we could do is just I never like to fake out a fake out user. I'd rather trade fake outs if I'm like completely honest Um But what we could try and do is is play around We could trade fake outs for sure and I could just mega evolve and dragon pulse The park here fake out and dragon pulse it. I don't think a dragon pulse single dragon pulse will get the park here though to be honest um If we get it off if my opponent decides to pivot out or maybe switch the incinero, who knows Uh, there's a fake out. We'll probably just trade down. I think this first turn. Yeah fake out And fake out. Yeah now we could go for a dragon pulse now and He could snarl the park here kind of weakens it makes it less effective Um, and if the trick room goes up in it the coyote does come in it does mean that incinero will be slower than it and Yeah, I'm gonna snarl And I want a dragon pulse I don't think we've got real way to stop the trick room going up anyway So we're just gonna have to try and stall it out Poof that does decent damage doesn't it Oh the snarl misses the one thing that we wanted to hit. I don't care about the incinero Do not care about the incinero God damn it And it's a jack button. Okay. Yeah, I remember that I definitely played this in testing. I think I think it's slightly different A slightly different variant Then I played though when I was doing a bit of testing of the weekend Uh Kyogre likely to come in now. Yes. It's not primal though. That's strange. It's not primal kyogre. Huh That is really very strange. Um All right, so we'll protect um, I could stay in and snarl with incinero I could you turn I'm gonna you turn the park here. There's a chance like does the park here have protect. I don't think it does That's not what is that iron ball kyogre Oh really really really Iron ball it must be when you really wish When you really wish you had stack attacker and I mean I don't really think we can Okay Sceptile I'm gonna have to try and double protect with it because we've got no protect on hot or I'm gonna have to try and water spout with kyogre I'll leave storm the kyogre and I will go for a water spout I'll go for an ice beam to get rid of the park here I'll do a water spout to weaken that kyogre Hmm Or do I preserve septile here? Because how many turns have we got left three? Okay We're still gonna have to have a double protect at some point though I'll water spout. I'll bring in No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. Yeah, I'll bring in hot or You know what spout I'm trying to get damage on the supposing kyogre We could have scolded it as well, but like if If our kyogre's not damaged too much the water spout might be enough to just get that park here Spout, I don't know if we'll take this with hot or I only take a heck of a lot of damage here. I'm gonna have to really rely on the spatial red missing That snarl is not that snarl miss and it's not the pivotal moment of the match, but that definitely hasn't helped us there Yeah, no ways that helped us at all We need double protect all around now That's the nothing that's the nothing Uh, yeah, we're gonna have to protect double protect double protect. Ah, that is a shame I can't believe I'm both kyogre Oh, we're gonna have to try and hacks our way out of this one Which is never good when you when you come to that realization in a match It's never a good thing um No, it's not gonna be over though, you know, if we can Potentially get through this trick room. We can we can still win this game Let's go nice beam rather than that so spatial rend and see yoga Okay Yeah, moment of truth moment of truth. Can we get the double protect double protect double protect? I believe we can Kyoga you rubbish Except that you're just as bad. You're all bad. Okay. Well Good game to my opponent. That is a quick match today. I am ball kyoga did not expect that Uh out of every variant of non-primal kyoga did not expect that Uh Oh, definitely was the bad choice 100% like where stack attacker when you need it So very good game to my opponent. Um I don't think it'd be going up against too many iron ball kyogre's at tournaments though So I don't think I have too much to worry about but uh fair play to my opponent for bringing that onto the ladder and It it obviously did some work. So best of one team. Definitely. Um, very good game to my opponents today Hope you guys have enjoyed it I'm still getting over that. I am ball kyoga. Right Let's move on. Anyway, we'll come back tomorrow We'll try and push on with this team and um, we'll see how far we can take itself Thank you so much for tuning in my friends. Have a great one and I'll see you for the next ones until then Bye