 Hello friends and welcome back to another episode of our VGC 2020 Battle Series My name is Lee also known as Osiris and in today's episode We're gonna be featuring a team based all around Dragalgy and its counterpart dragon Drake as old so as you can see the team is on your screen in front of you now We've got two speed control mods in here We've got the trick room with the disc club supporting mainly the Dragalgy the Amungus and The Azumarill and then we've got the the more speedier version of the team with the Talonflame and the drake is off the nice thing about the team is the Azumarill and the Amungus can kind of work in both Speed control methods that we're going for here So now the Amungus gonna be there for the redirection kind of disruption with spore And things along those lines gives us a grass type as well to help us out against some of those Maybe trickier bulkier water types and then the zoomerill as well with the belly drum set that we went for in this Particular build that can perform with aqua jets and kind of ignore any speed control with that priority attack there So as always the team is the team pop the team paste is down in the description below there is a As always there is a poker paste down in the description below and after a couple of games in today's episode I'll throw the rental up for this team. So hopefully you guys if you do try it you enjoy it Dragalgy is one of those Pokemon. It's interesting, isn't it? It had a lot of popularity at the very start of the format when it got introduced with the Isle of Armour, of course And it's kind of fallen off a little bit, but I still think it's a very strong Pokemon You know we've Primerina is super popular at the minute and it really handles that in trick room really well So you've got to watch out for Amungus opposing Amungus because I can kind of shut down and some of your I Guess momentum that you're gonna try and build there But other than that if you don't say it like we don't hear most of the time You're gonna have a good time against opposing trick room stuff. So See what we've got. We've got Glade, Azumarill, a lot of Marowak, Durant, Volcarona and Grimsnall So The Durant does worry me slightly and now it's whether or not we want to go With Tailwind up top with Talonflame maybe Just as a way to kind of check Durant. The Grimsnall kind of indicates there may be some sort of Potential fake-out support there and that would be a little bit of an issue But I mean Talonflame does really well against the Volcarona and the Durant They're more like speedier Pokemon on my opponents team So I think I will go Talonflame just for the reasons to help us have an answer at least against Durant I think Dusklops is quite good Drogalgy will go with Dreguzalt here isn't the best just because of the Alola Marowak that we see with the Lightning Rod That'll cause us all sorts of issues and I Think Drogalgy can deal with Azumarill pretty well and I feel like it like we could bring Amungus, but I Think I run Azumarill might be a better shout here And although we've not got redirection support in this one to help it out I think it can still perform pretty well if we can get ourselves into a decent situation So we're getting to this first one and we'll see what we can do Hope you guys are all well and had a good weekend And as always if you do enjoy this sort of content, please drop a like on the video Do subscribe to the channel if you're new for more sort of content like this and other Pokemon content We've got Crown Tundra just around the corner So ramping up for all of that content and coverage when Crown Tundra does drop very excited about that So I cannot wait It's only a couple of weeks this this Thursday two weeks. So it's not long at all And we do see a room service on the the glade which is interesting and now we do have options to Attack into both Pokemon if we want and we could just go maybe You know a nice option would probably be go for a Bravebird into the glade and maybe trick room As well, you can do that wouldn't be a bad play because of all corona is not really I mean it can rage powder here, but it's still gonna take a hefty chunk of damage Talon flames kind of the thing that we could probably sack at the minute We'll get into the gravity a little bit later. Hopefully we can Have it come into play at some point. There is a reason for it. There's a couple of reasons on this team for the gravity So and We'll see if we can get that working Okay, well that makes quick work of the glade I Didn't quite think it would pick up the knockout But we'll take that and then the struggle bug and attack that does drop a special attack by one stage a bit like snarl But a bug type move so not hitting us for super effective damage as we do get a trick room up, which is nice and Yeah, I wonder what they're gonna bring in maybe a lot of Marwak now it makes sense if you see it They probably won't answer zoomerl, okay Interested in okay, I think what we'll do is we will switch to Drogalgy And we will go for a bulldoze while we've got the opportunity to like ideally You really want to be maxing Drogalgy and then getting the bulldoze off But just to reduce the damage that you've got coming out from your disc clubs But at this point I think we're probably all right the big worry here is if the a zoomerl does go for a Belly drum now that would be that would be bad But let's hope it doesn't And we can get to college year and get a witness policy of the other option We could have went for is just switch to Drogalgy here and maybe went for a night shared into Book run and it's likely got rage powder. So at least we're getting damage onto it So we can guarantee we pick up the knockout Onto it a following turn. We are gonna see the a zoomerl max. It's not I'm gonna go for Any belly drum, but I hope it doesn't go for and max Geyser into Drogalgy because that mean we take far too much damage, which would not be great We do get Drogalgy in obviously in Prokka weakness policy But we may be being a little bit impatient with it might have been better off going for Just letting a talent flame go down Yeah, and then maybe getting Drogalgy in the next thing because it's gonna like Okay, it's into dust clubs. That's way better. The rain goes up. That's fine The only worry is that the the zoomerl is potentially gonna be Um Okay, there's a struggle bug not great kind of covering the Drogalgy switch in I guess and it could be a salt vest Which makes it a bit more difficult to break down for sure. Now the rain is up The zoomerl is gonna hit a bit harder and have not changed the move this should be focus blast So in our second game today, I will change that that should be focus blast now We could max and go after the Volcarona, which isn't actually a bad idea It's just The zoomerl is gonna hit us with a max starfall. I don't expect it to pick up the knockout Although it is like all business You might be better off just max cock. Can we just protect? Hmm now I think we start stacking up the damage now while we can I think we go for the max Who's into a zoomerl and we just go for a night shade as well just try and get damage into it I don't expect a plus one to take the zoomerl down, but I'm hoping that we're going to be able to take At least a max starfall from it I'm hoping I'm hoping It is neutral. So we're not it's not super effective. So it's not going to be doing super effective damage So we should be able to take it um Okay, the rage powder coming out now, which is fine because this means we just get like as long as you take the starfall We should be in a good spot. Um, we just got to keep in mind if starfall does come out The misty terrain will be set up And our dragon type attacks are going to be weakened. So we're not going to be able to hit as hard with those But we do get the max use off. We uh confirm that we are slower than this is zoomerl, which is good Um, we get a special attack boost putting us up to plus two once again, which is good Now can we take the starfall? Here we go. Let's hope we can. What's into dust clubs? Tacking into that slot. So leaving draggalgy alone, which I really don't mind honestly like, um We haven't got pain split, but at this point I don't mind like in the back We've got to start thinking about our end game now because the My opponent's down to the last two pokemons. So if we can get rid of the zoomerl, um And it's the the dirant, okay I think what we'll do is just go for a geyser into dirant and um, we'll go for a nightshade into zoomerl here There's a nightshade we get some damage off into it It's not going to be big damage at all We get the geyser this should take down the dirant and then with what we've got left We should be able to deal with the zoomerl And the geyser is enough. It's not sash. There was a little bit of a I thought there it's like is it going to be sash? Should we nightshade into it as well? But no need to um Okay, my opponent really really really desperate to get rid of this dust club So the trick room can't go back up, but that's fine Their max turns have Ended now and we're going to be in a nice position to go for the max ooze And I think we've got belly drum as well And without zoomerl because depending on the speed of well their resume was minus one So when the trick room ends our zoomerl will be faster than theirs Um, and there's a likelihood that they protect here So we can take advantage of that protect and kind of punish that protect with a belly drum of our own If they're not expecting it. So, um Yeah, they're just going to cancel. I feel like we're in a really good spot there I mean the the kao turn one onto the glade, which was probably my opponent's way to maybe reverse the trick room um I think maybe they would have been better off going rage part of that turn pulling it away protecting the glade so they could reverse The trick room and if volcarona goes down there then you get to rant onto the field I think and then that puts us in a really awkward position Okay, we've got our next opponent of the episode I have changed the The dragalgy set as well like I mentioned earlier to the focus blast from hydro pump as initially was meant to be on that set For this team We've got our next opponent anyway Like I say gabos and they are playing a team of king drapoly toad arc nine mudsdale ferrathorn and sabley So good job We've changed to the focus blast because sabley obviously popping up makes things a little bit awkward for us Going forward now. Um, I think we need to guarantee a trick room Yeah, obviously the mudsdale is a big problem for us. Um, it does Cause us a lot of issues, especially with the um the high horsepower the the ground type attacks Into hydro galgy. Um, so we need to be careful for that. I think amungus kind of checks it pretty nicely um It's what we want is our kind of final fourth pokemon because we've got a good way solid way to set trick room up here between And amungus and dust globs. You can get the gal gym pretty quick safely I guess Um, and then it's what we want is our fourth pokemon I think is umeral like if you look at my opponent's team you look at the king drapoly toad is umeral That's really well against those arc nine does extremely well if the reins up it does well against the mudsdale Not too bad against ferrathorn if you can get a belly drum off It's not a greatest it depends on the set and then Obviously does amazingly well against sabley with the player off there So all in all it's probably the best pick we've got for that final slot. Um Big thing i'm concerned about is obviously the mudsdale in the trick room environment Especially if it's my opponent's kind of go-to max pokemon makes things very difficult for us to get A lot of momentum going with dragalgy, but at the same time, um We shouldn't worry too much about it because the ferrathorn is probably more important for us to uh to consider dealing with here than than anything else Okay, we do see the mudsdale and The sabley now I think we're probably going to see fake out or taunt on the sabley now I think what we'll do is go for trick room. Um, what's more important to is getting a trick room up potentially Or Getting put in that mudsdale to sleep because we could potentially trick room And protect or we could just spoil And like we either get the spore off into the mudsdale um, or Or we trick room Uh, because they can only shut one thing down with that sabley right now They can shut down our trick room or they can shut down our spore It's more likely they're going to shut down our spore, which is why it's hesitating there Maybe it'd be better to maybe protect the moongus here than the next time we can shut mudsdale down But we'll see what they go for Right Oh, it's fake out. Yeah, well, we don't mind that at all because it means the next turn Yeah, we can put that mudsdale to sleep and just shut it down, which is which is ideal. Um We are going to be able to take the maths break. It's excellent. Um The only thing we do need to worry about of course is maybe a quash from The sabley and that would be into the moongus, which would mean we aren't able to get our spore off until The very last turn with how quash works there. Um I don't really feel like I want to In yet as well, that's the other thing has it got quash has it got quash Does it make sense for this team to have quash in it? I mean it always makes sense for sabley to have quash Why not the fake out Could have taunt Could have taunt Um, I think we just go for a night shade into sabley break a potential slash there I'm gonna risk it and go for a spore because like You know it has got quash. Yeah, okay. That makes sense. They're gonna get rid of the moongus I mean the other thing to think about here is that you just protect and maybe take some damage from the mudsdale And otherwise you get knocked out You're gonna see a steal spike the mudsdale doing everything correct to set itself up for um later on in this game You've got to think what else has it said like got maybe foul play rain dance rain dance would make a lot of sense on this team um We go to galgy here. I'll do we go as you roll um I said I don't know if we're gonna be able to get a belly drum off Because we could go zoomer all Try and get a belly drum off Or we could go to galgy max god Or we go bulldoze and just try and get rid of the sabley To galgy it won't underspeed the mudsdale. That's the only thing But we could deny Um I think we go for another nightshade. I think max guarding is probably I know we're gonna waste a ton of our max But like they're not going to attack in the dust globs here. They're gonna attack into the galgy That means they're not getting any more additional boosts And max we should be able to take Just a high horsepower. Whereas I'm not a hundred percent sure we're going to take well We'll probably take a max quick, but it's going to do a little more damage in a high horsepower Um, so we'll waste a turn of our max, which is worth it to waste a turn of their max Plays out a little bit better. So let's see if we can get Regalgy gone We're only going to have two turns to take advantage of regalgy though So we'll have to be very careful with how we play this Now another nightshade after this should be enough to take down that save line potentially as the max quick And you're gonna see Lock up. Oh, okay Hmm, no tone. No, maybe maybe but I still think they're probably they've probably got Now they're gonna quash us this next 10 100 percent Uh, now, I don't know if it's worth even bulldozing here. I think it might be worth just going for a nightshade and And And You can see I mean Off our max Wormwind into the mud still because I think they're going to prop our weakness policy anyway There's a nightshade. Hopefully this picks up the knockout. It'd be enough. Oh, it's not quite. Okay, so we dismiss that Most part we'll run into dust globs. We won't be rid of that Pokemon, which is interesting We are going to get the wormwind Which takes the mudsdale's attack down to minus one It's not so much of a threat now. We could go for the bulldozers next then Because bulldozers should be enough to get the save line and then Yeah, we will be able to get maybe Oh, I'm not gonna get a max lose the army another knockout. Um, yeah, I think we need to Potentially go for a gravity here. Um in all honesty if we're kind of prepping for Hmm This is tricky. Actually we go. I think we just go bulldozers and we get rid of the mudsdale now We're not going to be able to get the gravity up though. We just the bulldozers will be able to get rid of with it Oh save like I'm gonna switch out, which is actually way better for us. Oconine coming in. Perfect. Perfect Because the max wormwinds ideal and then we get a zoom reel in if dust globs goes down this turn Which you would kind of assume will um We're gonna get a weakness policy boost It looks like your guard is kind of going to be left alone when my opponent's kind of prioritized and getting rid of the trick room Which isn't a bad bad thing to do trolly They get rid of the speed control from on inside of the field and the match becomes a lot easier for yourself. So Um, we still haven't picked up a knockout though. So that's that's the big thing what we need to do now And the mudsdale getting another stamina boost but not too concerning for us since we're kind of more special Oriented and yeah, we're gonna just see another high hold part into The disc blocks so we should be able to get rid of the mudsdale Which is ideal with a wormwind put the oconine down to minus one, but our trick room will end But we do have a zoom well in the back I mean And and if if there is a pherathon, we've got a whole That our focus blasts on point because a plus two focus blasts should take down a pherathon And we don't really need to concern ourselves too much with the eye and defense boosts either self That's something that we've got kind of on our side a little bit Right, let's see what my oconic brings in It'll be the pherathon potentially because you kind of feel safe I think a lot of the time in front of your guard you with pherathon Like you're not really taking any damage from the sludge bomb the poison attacks the dragon type attacks. You're not um We do see it come onto the field now. So This tech that we've built in specifically for this matchup Where otherwise it would be very difficult for us to deal with um could could be exactly what we need Uh to to happen right now. So i'm going to go all in on this thing I think we need to I think we go belly drum Um, and we'll go focus blasts into pherathon like I say the oconine might snarl here But yeah, the willow isps too tempting onto the zoom now Now that's not too bad because we'll still get the the belly drum off. It's just about our focus blast hitting It should do There are less accurate moves more popular in this format that hits Constantly so i'm feeling confident that the focus blast from a plus two dragalchee is going to hit this pherathon and knock it out And we're going to be all good going forward Ooh, it's faster than dragalchee of course. We have had the bulldoze. So it doesn't make sense. It does go for the leech seat Focus blast hits. Come on. Pick it down There we go Okay, it works. Okay So yeah, that's exactly why it's there. Not the most reliable, but most of the time you're going to be getting that You're really going to be getting your gravity up with dust globs when the trick room ends So the gargie isn't in that really awkward position where um, you're kind of worrying about hitting Where with the gravity up you kind of guarantee that you're going to hit whatever Um, so we'll just protect because we know this fake out potential there from the save line Um, and I think this next term what we'll do is we'll just spludge bomb the arcane and we will Acquijet the save line See a flame thrower. So my opponent's really not I don't it doesn't look like they've got three great ways to hit us And I can say they are leech seeded We are seeded but the thing is an aquijet still going to take down the the save line We are burned, but we have got the belly jump off. So that's the big thing to us here For aquijet the save line and you will just safely sludge bomb the arcane and we are plus two so it should be enough with adaptability I would imagine as the aquijet into save line And try that's all my opponent's got to hit us with which isn't really The most ideal way of an offense against these pokemon and the sludge bomb picking up the win there. So that's perfect And we pick up a second victory today, which is very good Especially after making those changes, which I said, you know, realizing in the first game I hadn't put the focus blast on there But you know the hydro pump did come in handy against that Durant. So I think both work, but If we don't have that kind of move on Drogalgy we are struggling a lot more against ferathorn You could always throw a superpower on maybe something like a zoomer But I feel like the focus blasts kind of fits a niche there which which really does help the team out So we will get the renter team for you my friends And if you try the team out as always, please let me know down in the comment section if you do try it out I'd love to know if you've had fun with the team It is a it's very fun to play around with and Drogalgy is still a very good pokemon in this format that we haven't Seen the best of yet. So do let me know if you do try it out And like I said, there is a renter team used to take away and try and we've got the updated version with There we go focus blast right there On Drogalgy that did hit and take down that ferathorn So that was a nice moment in the the episode and obviously Really nice because it is the kind of centerpiece of the Drogalgy kind of build there to help us out with Some of the the more difficult matchups that we may see in this series. So Thank you so much for tuning in if you have enjoyed today's episode as always Please remember to drop a like on the video. I'll take two seconds It really helps the video out and lets me know that you enjoy this sort of content If you're new to the channel then do hit that subscribe button I'll think about it because we have lots of content like this coming out and obviously with crown tunder around the corner We're gearing up for all of that content with the new dlc dropping in Two weeks time, which is very exciting. So I'm going to leave it there Thank you so much as always for tuning in have a great rest of your day Take care of yourselves. Be kind to yourself Be kind to each other and I'll see you all for the next one. So until then take care and bye. Bye