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Thank you so much for tuning in to another episode of our Pokemon VGC 2019 battle series it is Wednesday, so we're in the middle of the week We played a couple of games already this week with this team that you're seeing on your screen right in front of you now If you missed any of the games up to you this episode so far this week And you'd like to check those out go back up here I'll link a card for you can check those out before coming into today's episode We've had some really good games actually with this team We made a few changes from the squad that we were playing with started with last week with the reindeer court And we're gonna have a little bit of fun going into the the rest of this week So today tomorrow will play this variant and then on Friday will introduce some of those Really fun suggestions that you guys have suggested so far this week and thank you so much teaching every one of you That have suggested things and there have been some really crazy comments And I've tried to squeeze as many of them in for Friday's episode as possible because the team on Friday is gonna be a Lot of fun. It's actually in the battle box now So I'm gonna play through today and tomorrow's episode and then hopefully do Friday's and then it'll be a lot of fun Hopefully but I'm looking forward to hearing your thoughts on the squad and what your thoughts are in general on the reindeer court I do like it I can see that it's probably not as viable as it once was in the Sun or the moon series When we first played it, but I still think it's got a place in the format for sure for definite But as always the team is down in the description below as well as a raw poker paste and just the raw paste as well If you can get my words out, it's been a busy day bear with me and without further ado I guess we'll just jump straight into it guys. So let's pop some music on will not forget today and As always if you if you enjoy this sort of content, please make sure to leave a like Do subscribe to the channel so you don't miss any more Pokemon content Do leave your comments because I love hearing from you. This is it's been a bit of a crazy day today But we've got a first opponent. So let's jump straight into team preview Okay, our first opponent today is running a team of kai ogre evil to tapu lele a stack of tucker in Ciderot and a Gengar So this is a really kind of popular call that we're seeing at the minute the the evil ogre team or Vettel however we're pronouncing it and but the premise of the team is to trap your opponent in with the mega Gengar Utilized tapu lele because it's normally scarfed on this sort of build and then you've got a trick room switch with the stack attacker Which is really really very versatile within this team, especially with the trapping from the mega Gengar One of the things that we do have going for us here is that we ha, you know, we're not combating the rain We want the rain to be up. So we've got that on our side and swamper actually does super well in this match we've got to watch out for obviously the intimidate support from the Incineroar, but swamper generally does pretty well here I mean, I'm kind of tempted to lead off with tornadoes Just to get some speed control going but also we could bring Kaioga, Kaioga We probably want Incineroar here. I mean ferrathorn could be also very good in this match like ferrathorn is actually really good in this match If we can keep the rain up Kind of tempted to go ferrathorn Do we want tornadoes? Tornadoes, tornadoes, do we want it or do we want Incineroar for a bit of intimidating support? Let's go. Yeah, let's go there. Let's go there. I'm just thinking maybe Tornadoes would have been better for the speed control for sure, but The same time Incineroar gave us a nice switching to stuff like Gengar stuff like tapilele They're gonna be threatening big damage on our Pokemon like Kaioga and Swampert, you know So we are gonna see Kaioga and Gengar come out to my opponent Like one thing that pops into my mind straight away here is do we play in future thunder on our Kaioga? It gives us a bit of a better option outside of ferrathorn to hit opposing Kaiogas Which we haven't got so many options with right now and But one of the things we do do put a lot pressure on to the Gengar for sure with our mega Swampert and Like to me would protect you definitely protect I mean we probably get a free water spout off for sure without without Kaioga Depends what kind of build the opposing Kaioga is we could just go for an origin pulse I do want a mega evolve, but I probably feel like I should protect here rather than do anything else and Like do a fear getting trapped in that's the big thing I'm not really too worried about anything coming in on Kaioga and an origin pulse to do Like ridiculous amount of damage. So the only thing we're not doing the big damage to is the opposing Kaioga It's just whether or not I click what's about origin pulse I'm probably better off clicking How confident am I that we're out speeding the opposing Kaioga? Hmm. Let's go what's about we'll soon find out But I think the Gengar protects here I think you want to utilize your Kaioga to either knock out or weaken the Swampert and not lose your Gengar So that would be my my best bet I don't see the Gengar like the Gengar could not protect could go for a substitute, but I think We're gonna get punished if they don't and do do something like that for sure No, there's the protect from the Gengar now you've got to imagine the Gengar probably switches out this next turn. Oh This is why this is why we want thunder And this is why I want a what's about is doing nothing nada nada Okay, and now we're in a real Nasty place because we can go for the Gengar, but like I say the Gengar probably switches out I don't think the Gengar staging We've kind of baited that so I think like our best bet is to go stomping into The Kyle I mean we could go for waterfall and try and flinch bird and origin pulse is the Because I think the Kyle that actually goes for a water type attack here to try and get the Swampert rather than the thunder. Okay, so Veltal will hit the field. We could ice punch that slot as well for sure Hmm If someone put can get through this turn, that's that's great for us. I mean that damage isn't too bad It's actually going to the thunder. It's gonna talk it into our Kyle guy. So you don't mind too much Yeah, that's not too bad to be honest as long as the rain is up We are the thing is we haven't brought zonius here, which is like mad zonius right now would be amazing We could bring in fair though Though the incineroar is probably better to bring in to be honest and we can fake a kyoga Put it in range for a stomping tantrum ice punch the valto It's probably got the z move, but I don't think the z move picks up How does it well it definitely doesn't a minus one for sure so Let's go ice punch into evel tail and go for that fake out into kyogra Because as long as you get the fake out onto the kyoga now It would be in stomping tantrum range Maybe should have z moved it Okay, we're gonna see the evel tail do I mean freeze here would be perfect, wouldn't it? Don't give them that Fling squad we've got up Are you kidding are you kidding? Wow Pretty bad pretty bad Should we flare blitz it should we flare blitz it? I don't feel like I don't feel like we should really and let's stomping it into the kyoga um And yeah, will you turn out onto the evel tail will get ferrathorn in I don't suppose this will kill the kyoga, but you never know I feel really bad for my opponent right now The rain has lifted which is not great for swamp it because we need the rain We need the rain, although it doesn't really need it so much Because the gengor is still threatened by anyone not it's not going to be able to damage I'll damage us one on one anyway Okay, taking the evel tail out the game though like that. I mean We called it and it happened. We can't we can't be mad I mean, I would be so mad if I was my opponent. I do feel I do feel bad for them Um, we could do the gracious thing and forfeit. I I guess we could let's just gyro ball into the Gengor and we'll get rid of it before it does thaw out I'm gonna see substitute from the gengor It's still frozen solid, which is a shame because it's probably gone for the z move like it is gone for the z move And I don't suspect it picks up the knockout into swamper, but that's not the point It's putting it in range for a shadow ball for the gengor to pick up the knockout now the rain's gone Which it would be able to do so you've got to think like without that freeze I don't think we we really come back into this match Um, so that it's it's pretty big And it's one of those really really like not ideal Mechanics, isn't it? It's it is really really bad really bad really bad. Um, okay. Let's I mean Leet seed the stacker and we'll go stomping but there's the forfeit So I do apologize to my opponent. I would say a good game, but I'm sure they're not feeling like a good game right now Hopefully we can go on to our next one I think one of the things like I say like not bringing zernius there was a bad call, but I think more of the problem with the team is not having something to actually hit opposing kayogas when we do bring that combination Especially when we don't have pherothon out in the field like if we've got pherothon out in the field It's not so bad, but when we're getting trapped in and maybe that was something we should have probably considered maybe switching pherothon in for Kayoga Um on the turn that we're pressuring the gango It makes a lot more sense to do that rather than leave our kayoga and and just hope I will hopefully we get some like big damage off with with waterspout origin pulse and then banking on You know outspeeding your poison kayoga. It's not the most reliable way to to kind of look at that situation Like looking back at it it would have been a lot better We're like pherothons are not in the worst situation there if it does switch in on what would probably likely be a sludge bomb into that slot And maybe a waterspout at worst, but we're protecting swampert We switch the pherothon in it's going to be able to take that combination of attacks all day long And then we pressure Really heavily the kayoga and then you know the gango is pressured as well So we can react from there and go from there and make sure that we're keeping up that pressure The gango switches out it leaves room for us to switch out our pherothon We know my opponent didn't have there incinero either so it makes life easier for pherothon to kind of operate so There's that angle to look at it from we got particularly lucky there And I will just hop over to a screen so you can see our rating as well She has taken a bit of a tanking, but I've been doing testing I'm gonna say I've been testing stuff so outside of outside outside, which hasn't been gone. Well, it's been gone. All right. It's been fine, hasn't it? But We'll creep back up. No problem. It's taking a little bit longer to find opponent than usual If it does take a little bit longer and we have to search again I will just cut this right now and we'll come right back when we've got an ex-opponent And we've got an ex-opponent of the epithode so asada and we'll hop straight into team preview my friends They are playing a team of requiser incinero, kayoga, pherothon, tapakoko and stack attacker. So we've got the the requiser kayoga combination They're really powerful combination between the two you got the airlock that allows the kayoga a lot of room The airlock is going to be a little bit awkward for us to To get things like swamp earth going because we rely on the rain as long as the airlock is active Then we've not got that rain In the swings of things Obviously the the pherothon as well does give us a lot of issues So we need to be while we're relying heavily on tornados and incinero here to deal with that pherothon So I think both of them are required here Bringing the tornados does obviously cause a few issues Especially with the tapakoko that could come out and that's why swamp earth's like a really nice lead here I think i'm kind of leaning towards swamp earth pherothon as a lead Do we want our own pherothon? It doesn't do too bad, you know, it really doesn't do we want Tornados, I think we need our own kayoga for sure Um, it's whether or not we want zonius and then kind of with the two steels. It's really putting me off a little bit. So Hmm Tornados could be what we need Uh, especially tailwind Put kayoga in a nice position Yeah, we'll go with that. Am I regretting already not bringing pherothon? I feel like probably am but I mean, I said it on monday I feel like the team like one of the issues with the team is it's got like that why I don't know how to explain this well enough because I feel like with four pokemon I'm not quite covering everything So it's the build isn't quite right because I'm always wanting that fifth pokemon to be squeezed in just to get the extra cover there Um, whereas with it like a really cohesive build you can pick your form you think right I'm fine. I can kind of cover everything all angles here or for the best part really good teams That's what they generally do and I don't feel like I've kind of clicked it yet with this team Um, it doesn't quite feel like it's kind of that got that glue to it That you normally have with a kind of polish team, but that's the that's the thing That's what you test, isn't it? Um, we are going to see the kayoga and incinero come out for my opponent um I mean one thing we could potentially do is just mega valve Mega evolve. I mean It could bring in ferrithon here But I don't have it do I I don't have ferrithon. Um, it could bring in kayoga My own kayoga sip swamper for later. I guess it's not a bad idea. Um It's just then we don't have a really decent switch the next turn. Um I'll mega evolve. I'll go for waterfall into the incinero and I'm going to just fake out the opposing kayoga I guess the scary thing here would be a faster incinero Okay Ferro coming in my opponent's book ferra Now a big mission here is to get rid of the um Get rid of the kayoga so we can actually get rid of the ferrithon because without it and without super power We can't really do too much to the ferrithon And we do take a little bit of iron ball damage in the process It does reveal leftovers Um, I don't really want it. I can't lose ferrithon. That's like the one thing I can't I can't afford to lose his ferrithon Um, I'm going to protect swamp hurt And I'm going to bring in tornadoes Hmm This is again like the problem like we've got not really having enough to deal with opposing kyle As we're finding this more and more And it's because we haven't brought our ferrithon We need to bring our ferrithon to these sort of matches because it's really kind of highlighting In these games where the issue is lying that we've not really got the offense Especially with like no thunder on kayoga. I think if we had thunder on kayoga It kind of opens the door a little bit for us to cover that A bit better, but we're going to see just a leech seed from the ferrithon and Now we can get a tail wind up, but I mean We're going to see a power whip into You're like we can get a tail wind up, but I mean I we have to sack incinero to be honest if we're doing this I think And then get swamp hurt kayoga onto the field and then hope that we've got enough of water spout Stomping tantrum to get the ferrithon It's a bit like how we've been dealing with the amoungus, but by doing that It's detracting all of our attention away from the other side of the field or concentrating just down to the ferrithon but I mean We get away with it here with the kayoga protecting. That's pretty huge for us That is massive for us um And a leech seed as well. Okay. That's like Couldn't have asked for anything better Because now we've got the fake out and the hurricane into that kayoga I don't really care about the ferrithon. It can take down our tornadoes now if it wants to Um, I'd suspect it'll probably protect I mean one of the things we could potentially do is go Uh fake out and then hurricane into the ferrithon. I just do think the ferrithon probably does protect here It's just the kayoga is not it has protected the last turn It's just whether or not the extra damage onto the ferrithon is worth it. Um Whereas I think getting the kayoga in in range of like a stomping tantrum and okay, we're gonna see the ferrithon withdrawal. That's fine Like we're getting let off the hook here a lot like over and over and over again We do get the hurricane into the the kayoga. My opponent's doing a nice job of kind of not allowing us to make the most of our Tailwind turns here. So I think this turn will switch in kayoga And we're probably gonna be better off sacking Yeah sacking our tornadoes I'm gonna taunt the kayoga because if I can get a taunt off onto it It kind of stops it from protecting And that makes things a bit easier when we bring in Kayoga swampert Because a water spout and stomping tantrum will get the kayoga now I'd imagine As long as we can get rid of the kayoga it means you got incinero has an easier job against the ferrithon You still got to consider the ray the ray is definitely still a threat Um and the longer it's taking us to break down these pokemon the more damage we're taking making life a lot Easy for when that ray comes in and this is one of the beauty like the great things about this sort of call You know, um, where's you down and where's you down and where's you down? So we'll get the taunt into the ferrithon, which isn't bad. I mean it stops at protecting it stops it Um, yeah, there's the u-turn Hmm And then we've got a hope You've got to hope that a stomping tantrum And a water spout is enough to get the ferrithon because I'd imagine the kayoga comes back in now Kyoga, there we go It's not I just don't I just don't see stomping tantrum And a water spout being enough to get the ferrithon It's not a calc I've done if I'm like completely honest with you. I mean we've got a full power kayoga here Stomping is going to do more Just with the stab that we've got so I've got to go for that The ferrithon can't protect But it can pick up the knockout here if we don't if we don't kill it Kind of want that double power stomping tantrum now. That's That's kind of like the dream right now because then we guarantee the the water spout and stomping tantrum Kale onto the ferrithon Ferrithon going to retreat though. That's interesting because now we take down the incinero with the water spout And we probably are going to be able to pick up the knockout onto the kayoga if it doesn't protect you Oh, no No, no, no we go first. That's not what we wanted. I mean pick up the knockout there. That's a crit So this swamper today, it's like critting freezing it's doing all the rng stuff She'd take this thing to Bristol see an origin pulse It does hit does connect. Okay I think does that tailwind run out? This one put just barely hangs on tailwind pit is out now But the kayoga is at such low health now We can pick up the knockout onto it with an origin pulse or a stomping tantrum But the ray is gonna be lying Waiting to come in And do some mischief. You can tell the ray. Yeah, here he comes Here he comes big bad boy ray And it's whether or not I should have been paying attention. I don't know if we outspeed the opposing kayoga or not Um, but I'm gonna have to try Hmm Just swamper goes down to an extreme speed. That's the only thing I mean one thing we could potentially do here is actually just go for an origin pulse And protect swamper Because I was initially thinking we switch in incinero there, but that gets punished if their kayoga's faster than ours Which it likely is um, and the origin pulse take us down and then we lose a way to at least nerve the requiser And then deal with the ferret on so seeing the requiser it is gonna mega evolve Hopefully it goes for the extreme speed into the swamp. Come on. Please do that. Please do it Leave our kayoga alone Leave the whale Go for the swamp. Come on The toad's more attractive to go for dragon ascent. Yeah, you're going for the right target So nicely play by my opponent picking the right slot identifying the threat Knowing that the swamp puts in um That extreme speed range as well makes it a bit easier for my opponent I mean kayoga takes it. We're not in a best position at all Um, but the door is open now for our incinero to come in And I think what we have to do is protect the old guy. It's really really obvious Why do we switch in do we switch into incinero here? And lose I don't want to lose one but if I'm like completely honest with you Rather make this play and go into to incinero here Let me kind of force the opposing kayoga to come back on the field to protect that ferret on that's the thing And that's where we have to watch out for because then we can maybe attack it into that requiser slot Because it won't reset its intimidate drop for sure Okay, right That's actually big for us. Please we can fake that slot out the next turn if it does decide to turn the field We protect kayoga and leech seed Yeah, go on for the incinero Now we've got a decision to make Do they switch out the requiser into the kayoga? Which I imagine they probably do Do do And if they do that we can't touch the ferrethorn. We just can't We can ice beam it Um Will the u-turn be enough to get the requiser? I heard the kayoga on the switching. That's the big thing She don't think it will be It's just you kind of want the intimidate back onto the field for the requiser. That's it I'm gonna u-turn out onto the requiser slot. I'm gonna expect it to switch out now to kayoga It would make sense that my opponent would do that That means we do lose kayoga but We get the intimidate back on to the field and that's It's kind of important for us against this requiser. Yeah, I'm okay Just about whether or not the u-turn picks up the kayoga. It's such low health as well I can imagine we do we're not intimidated so My best guess would be and I mean the thing is like we could ice beam freeze the ferrethorn ferrethorn protects You're a madman. I don't agree with that at all. I think you've got I think you've got to attack here I think there's no reason not to attack because you've got the rain up You're not worried about the potential um Flair blitz coming in there And we could potentially maneuver our field around so we could It's it's hard though, isn't it because We need swampy in the rain The requiser unless the requiser now the requiser is not banded because it's protected, right? There's a strong winds coming back Okay, kayoga we can protect. Do we want to protect? I mean to be honest we could ice punch an ice beam the requiser They can only attack one target, but they can clear the field, but it's whether or not An ice beam will be enough to take it down and I really don't think it will be um Yeah, I'm gonna I'm just gonna double into it if I can never got time Let's double into it. Sorry cogs are going and I'm just like let's just do it Let's try extreme speed into swamper. Okay Kind of nice beam take it down. I don't know if it will be enough It will be very close It will be very close if we can take it down though That's huge for us because then in scenario can win this game come on Yes, come on. Oh come on critical hit I get excited. I can't get excited about that. I cannot get excited about that Ferrethorn has the hardest time in the world and I can't believe this and yeah, there's the There's the disconnect right there and I mean Can't really blame my opponent for that one. I mean you can I mean no situation should you really ever do that But you can kind of understand why that's them probably picking their DS up and throwing at the wall That's what I would have done in that situation. So big apologies to my opponent It's been a bit of a crazy rng episode today. I mean we've had some bad rng on ourselves previously on the channel I never I don't think we've ever had it as favorable for us So I probably wasted it all and I'm gonna have none in Bristol Typical but guys, I hope you've enjoyed today's episode. It has been a lot of fun I'll be back tomorrow with this team and like I said, we're gonna change things up for Friday based on your suggestions Keep your comments coming. I'd love to hear your thoughts on the rng today It would be great to hear from you and just a big shout out to both my opponents Because I know how it feels and being on a receiving end of that. It's it's never fair and definitely game one. We Got very lucky. I'd like to do the calc on the requiser because I know The ice beam would be doing a lot of damage. It would be very close depending on how it was built Whether or not it picks up the kill or not, but Um, the crit kind of spoilt the whole thing there, but I'm gonna say goodbye guys. Thank you so much for tuning in today I hope you've enjoyed today's episode have a great rest of your day whatever time of day it is and back with more Vgc 2019 ultra series tomorrow. So until then take care of yourselves and bye. Bye