 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. Today we are continuing our VGC Series 8 content featuring another rental team from you find people that have provided them a big shout out to everyone that has. And if you do have rental teams you'd like to see featured on the channel, just drop them down in the comment section below and I will at some point get around to playing them. So this team today is from Zig Bear who provided this a little while ago. It's a very interesting team. It's got a big take on the old kind of sand cause in the formats that we've had previously, but you're tagging in Zamazenta here to have a little bit of support or a bit of a support role, a bit of an offensive role as a restricted Pokémon on this team. You've got the trick room switch there, which works really nicely alongside the Tyranitar. You've got the support obviously with the Zamazenta. It's got the wide guard, the coaching to boost things like Tyranitar, Excadrill, you've got the redirection there on the toga kiss. And then you've got Zapdos as well, just to kind of give a little bit stability to the team, give another ground resist that you're going to need with three ground week Pokémon on your team. But you've got ways to deal with those ground threats. You know, you've got the tap the polygon to that's an incredibly good effective means of dealing with something like Landrissa could be a bit of a problem. And then the toga kiss is going to be very instrumental with its redirection and also the ability to kind of shut things down with yawn and protect. And then the air slash there is really nice to help deal with things like Urshifu that could be also quite like problematic at anywhere. Here's a rental for today's team. Hope you enjoyed today's episode. We'll jump in, have a couple of games as always. And then I'll throw the rental up at the end once we've had those games. So without further ado, friends, let's jump into it today and hope you enjoyed today's episode. First up today, we have a team of Nilega Whimsicott, a Rotom Wash, Incinero, Zassian and Galarian Moltres. So a very interesting team. Got lots of options of speed control here. Got trick room options on the Nilega. You've got tailwind options on that Whimsicott. So both kind of sides of the spectrum speed control wise going to make it difficult for us to kind of position and get into good spots with the team. We've got to keep that in mind as well and how we can kind of get around that. Zassian is going to be a big player for my opponent and not having kind of intimidate from our side of the field makes a little bit more tricky along with that Galarian Moltres could potentially have something like nasty plot and set up. Now the Incinero as well with the Intimidate makes it difficult for our kind of more physical attackers to get going in this. But I think we've got a good, we've got a lot of means to be able to do good damage to my opponent. You know, we've got, I think Zapdos and Excadrill could not could maybe be a decent lead for us in all honesty, because I could see my opponent potentially leading with the Nilega here to kind of counter counterplay the Zapdos. Definitely the Whimsicott as well, but Zapdos going to be a big player, I think, because it deals with the Zassian pretty well with the Max Flare can deal with the Galarian Moltres as well pretty well, not too concerned about something like the Rotam and can deal with most things pretty well. So I think we'll bring Taranitor and yeah, let's go Zamazenta. We may as well, may as well go Zamazenta in this one. My opponent really hasn't got any ground threats that we need to be too concerned about either. So it gives us a little bit of an easier time with our ground weak Pokemon where we can kind of bring them and not have to worry too much. We do obviously have a lot of fighting weakness in our team. So that's something we have to keep in mind, obviously with the Zassian being there going to be probably the number one thing that we want to try and get rid of as soon as possible. Now we are seeing the Incinero and Zassian come out from my opponent, but it's again, it's not too bad because we do have the option where we can Max with Zapdos probably go for an Airstream into the Incinero. We could potentially go for a Max Flare as well into the Zassian and get the Sun set up as well, which could be a nice option here and we could potentially switch into Zamazenta as well and get the speed boost. Try not to be bad for the late game, you know. I think going for an Airstream now and switching into Zamazenta is actually not a bad plan. Now the big issue here would be taking like a close combat or a secret sword of the opposing Zassian, but if we can get our Zamazenta with the bit of speed control, it helps us out to knowing because we're going to be able to take down the Incinero the next turn with a close combat or a secret sword, whatever, whichever one this Zamazenta's got and then we're going to be in a position to get a Max Flare off onto the Zassian. This next turn. So by going for the Airstream now, it kind of gets to the chip damage we need onto the Incinero to make sure that we can pressure that kill the next turn and it also gives us a jump on the Zassian the next turn, which is also the thing that we need to be able to do because being slower than Zassian is never going to be a great thing. There's a fake out. If we see a substitute, it's not ideal, but it's manageable. Yeah. It's manageable. It's not ideal, but it's manageable. There's the Airstream. This is what we want onto the Incinero. Yeah. And that's more than enough that we need. Okay. So we may see the Incinero switch out this next turn potentially, but the Airstream there is useful. Now we can go for now. What's my opponent going to bring in? Have they got anything that's going to come in? There's not really anything other than the Whimsicott that could potentially come in and cause us a lot of issues like and take the close combat pretty well. The other option is of course gone for coaching and deserved us, but we may end up losing Zamazenta here. I mean, if we lose Zamazenta here to like a secret sort of a close combat from my opponent, then it means that they're not going to have the substitute. They're not got the protection going into the next turn. So it does allow us a little bit of a little bit more pressure to pick up the knockout onto the next turn. So it'd be interesting to see what they go for here. Max Flair coming out. So we'll get the Sunset up. We just got to be mindful about when we bring our Taranitar onto the field now because we kind of need the Sunboost to get the Zasium with Zapdos. So the sub fading. Do they go for sub again? Cause they may, they may choose to go down that route. We do get the Incineroar, which is always good. Removing that from the field. Behemoth Blade coming out. Now this might, no, this shouldn't, no, this won't pick up the knockout. Oh, it's onto Zapdos. Okay. Dammit, there's so much damage, but now they've lost their substitute. It's kind of like a risk game there where they've played, they've tried to get damage onto the Zapdos, which is fair enough. You know, it's really good damage. Zapdos is in a bit more of a vulnerable position now, depending on what comes in, especially when it's something like the Nile Ego. Has it got the sash? I don't think so. Behemoth Bash going to be able to pick up the knockout there. We go for the Max Flair and the Behemoth Bash. The only issue would be if we see the Nile Ego Max here and that would be a problem for us, but then again, they have to then protect the Zasium and we still have Taranitar and Excadrill to come in from the back, which pressure both of these Pokémon pretty hard. I'm going to go for the Behemoth Bash. It's going to be enough to pick up the knockout onto the Nile Ego for sure. We've not been intimidated. They are Maxing, but at the same time, do they protect? They have to protect the Zasium. It's a slower than both of our threats. And if they set the sound up, it means, you know, I mean, they're going to take a Behemoth Bash regardless. Yeah. So let's see. They've got to protect, right? They've got to protect, got to protect. Yeah, got to protect. That's it. That's a kicker there where we could have potentially doubled into the Nile Ego, just to guarantee that we get the knockout onto it here. See what a Behemoth Bash does. I'm interested to see the damage done to the Nile Ego, obviously Maxed. It's going to be able to take it, but you never know. Bosh in one. Zamazenta is the king. Oh, okay. Feel, oh, come on. I ruined my glory with that crit. Well, that pretty much locks up the game for us to be honest. So that's a little bit unfortunate that we get the crit there, but I mean, Zamazenta kind of enforcing its dominance here onto the battlefield. Just saying, yeah, I'm the best dog. So come on, take me out. So he's got two knockouts so far. Can we make it three? And I, the road I'm coming out potentially we could. Yeah, definitely. I think Heat Wave and then Heat Wave will get the Zassian and then we're going to be able to probably go for just a close combat into the the Rotom. It couldn't ask the plot, but I mean, we got the speed advantage. We still got Tyranitar. We still got X-Griller on the back. We're sitting in a really good position to kind of close this game up. So we're not on a bad spot. The critical hit there was huge for us because in other, you know, really when we look at like, how it would affect the game, we would lose Zapdos in that situation, but the sand, the sand stream would be up. So then we get the free switch into X-Griller for the Zapdos. We've got the coaching that we can take advantage of. So I don't think we'd be in a bad spot at all. And you know, like Tyranitar going to be able to deal with Rotom pretty well in the sand, at least with that boost, if we're not talking about Nasi-Pok boost and still X-Griller alongside it as well. So it's a shame that we're not going to be able to see that combination. You still might never know, but we'll see what this Rotom goes for. It's probably going to go for, we get the burn as well as Zapdos is on fire today. The Zapdos is doing all the things that we want it to be doing. So doing all the good stuff. Thunderbolt coming out into Zapdos. Yeah, picks up the knockout, but it does give us a free switching to X-Griller. If you want that, I think X-Griller is probably the play here to bring in. Then we can maybe coaching and with ironheads. It's not got rock slides. So we've got sword stands, but I don't think we need it. I think we're kind of alright with the ironhead and the close combat going to be enough to get the Rotom and close this one up for us. It's always tricky picking your X-Griller set. Like the sword stand set is always the one to kind of go for, but we know close combat was going to be more than enough and Zamazenta getting pretty much every knockout here other than the Zassian and proving it's the top dog in that first one for us. Sorry for the pun. Sorry. Apologize. Anyway, good getting to my opponent. Really nice start for us as always and we'll jump into our next one right now. Okay. Up next, we've got Francesco and they are playing a Shadow Colorex in DD. Urshifu, Regi Alecki, Landerous Theorian and Incineroar teams. So it's an interesting comp. You've got the Colorex. Obviously the Indeedy, the Urshifu kind of core there that you've seen throughout series A do very well. We featured it like in the first week of the series. It's one of my favorite cores. No thunderous though that you kind of see commonly with those Pokemon. You've got the Regi Alecki instead. It gives a different option. Of course with the electric web kind of support there and just a faster option in general. Landerous Theorian going to be a big issue for us. And the Incineroar kind of gives us a few headaches. I guess with the fake out support it can provide and intimidate support as well. Trick room. Honestly, if we can get trick room up with Tyranitar Porygon 2 on the field, we're in a really good spot. I don't think there's very much my opponent can do about that. The issue is dealing with things like Urshifu that are a little bit problematic to begin with. Now Zamazenta can kind of come in and do a great job initially because it's got obviously got why guard support which could be super useful for us. And it also pressures the Urshifu. Not so much the Landerous. The Landerous is the biggest kind of annoyance for us. I think what we'll do is go this, this, this and we'll go with Zamazenta in the last slot. I need to lock in. We're running out of time talking too much about the team. But it's all right. It's all right. We're going to get there. We're going to get there and we're going to pick up another win and show these rental teams that you guys are providing or solid rental teams and really fun to play as well. You know, it's always like I really like I'm struggling and series it at the minute. And I think it's because I know it's going to revert back to series seven rules and series nine and a little over a month's time. And I just feel I really struggle into kind of motivate myself to play this format because I'm just like, well, there's not really a progression to it. I'm just kind of taking a step back. And to me, that's like it's just the deflates me a little bit, you know, but you guys sending your rental teams in is amazing. It gives me a nice insight to see what you guys have been playing and how you kind of go about things in the format. And, you know, I really just enjoy playing these different teams and it makes things a lot easier for me to do stuff. Okay. Well, we're going to get the trick room up for sure. I think, you know, I think what we'll do is get Tyranitar into the field right now and get a trick room set up. I'm going to be a phenomenal spot. Now the lander is could decide to Max here. Definitely, but it's not going to go Max quick into Zapdos unless they've got the most Godlike of prediction skills that I've ever seen. And I just don't see it happening. So I think we're going to be safe getting Tyranitar in. They may go for Max Rockfall. That would make sense. Expanded force not really going to be too much of an issue. And I don't think I don't know. They may go follow me here, but I don't know. Don't know Max Airstream as well potentially come out, but that bite my opponent. And I can't see them going for it. You know, Airstreaming in front of something like a Porygon 2 is never the most optimal kind of move to choice to go for when you know that the trick room is going to be the kind of the big thing that you'll probably see come up from them. Well, this is not too bad. Landers Maxing. What we're going to see where you go on Landers Max Rockfall. There we go. It's still going to do a chunk of damage, you know, when I'm going to can't avoid that still very strong Pokemon and expanding force, but we do get the trick room set up and we might be worth, you know, Max and P2. Yeah. Sound crazy, but I don't know. I think Max and Taranato is probably the better play. I can't see a Max Quake taking us down. The big issue would be obviously helping hand Max Quake, which would be which would be the biggest kind of issue for us. Are we going to be able to ice beam? I don't think so. We could lash out. I mean, we kind of need to remove the DD from the field before we can do anything else. I'm going to protect the Taranato this turn because I feel like you Max Quake and you help and hand Max Quake. That's the thing that I feel like you're going to go for. No, they're just going to redirect and Max Quake, but regardless anyway, they're going to be proc and our weakness policy. We've makes us a bit more powerful the next turn. It gives us the opportunity to get nice beam off into the DD, which does nothing, helps us chip it down slightly. And another Max Rockfall not wanting to proc the weakness policy. Kind of scared to do it, I guess. The helping hand puts me off going for that helping hand. If we had intimidate in the back, it would be better. They've got to redirect though within DD. That's the thing. I think, you know, what we're going to do is do this. Go Max, go darkness. This is where they Max Quake though, and this is where we could bring in Zapdos and reverse the trick room. Let's do that. Let's reverse the trick room. Keep it for later on. Stole these Max turns out. They're going to Max Quake. They have to now because we've just protected. It's the most optimal play for them to go for. They don't go for the helping hand, which is surprising because I think you help at hand at this point. Yeah, Max Quake. We waste that and then Max turns are done now and reverse the trick room and Zapdos in a really good spot now. And we already kind of identified how like useful Zapdos can be again in this in this battle because now we can airstream into the land of us. Once we get the airstream up. Zapdos in a great spot. I think what we'll do is just. We're cool. Did we recover now? I don't think we do. I think the ice beam landers didn't Max and got airstream into the DD. Although he's got the lander twice because yeah, I think we got after the lander is like likelihood is lander is not going to be. Um, it's not going to have protect going to more likely have a salt vest or another item. But I doubt it has protect. So we're likely going to see the following here, which should be enough to get it should be enough to get the DD and then the ice beam reverts onto the landers. Oh, now they go help in hand. What? All right. Well, nothing makes sense to me anymore. We should get if it's a salt vest. We don't get it. Yeah, but the rock slide isn't too much of an issue here first anyway. So it's fine. The problem is the DD still sitting on the field, which I'm not a huge fan of. The rock slide doing decent enough damage there. But the P2 going to be able to finish the job off and get the landers out of the way. It's your food going to be a little bit of an issue for us, of course. And I would imagine it's lurking in the back, especially with the redirection support. It's going to be a problem for us to be able to take down comfortably anyway. So all we're going to have to do is just be mindful of how we're kind of positioning P2 and color X coming in. Now that's not ideal, not ideal, but they can't really touch the, they can touch the P2 with an expanded force. That's the thing. And what we could potentially do is get Taranitar onto the field. Are they going to go for the expanded force? I think they probably do. I think they probably do go for expanded force. We're max lightning would have been the player really, you know? Yeah, I think we max lightning. Yeah, we go max lightning and recover because we'll get the jump on the color X regardless. But we want to stop that boosted expanding force. Yeah, because I think that's what they're going for. I don't think you'd go ask for a barrage here. You may do, may do, but I don't think you do. I think because the psychic turns up, it makes more sense. Wow, they don't even, yeah, they're helping hand there. It's, it's a dangerous game. And I mean the crits unfortunate for my opponent, but it's a dangerous game going for the help in hand when you know. Oh, they do ask for a barrage. So P2 going to stick around zaptos. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, but we do. Yeah, this is the issue now. It's not so much of an issue is it? I mean, if even if you're using the back, we've still got Zamazenta to come in Zamazenta hard walls, anything like. She feel that could be lurking in the back. So we're not, we're not in too much danger. And with the psychic terrain gone. It's kind of all right. So we'll see. I think we're doing pretty well. P2 zaptos just shown how good they are. The sandstorm retracts. So no more sandstorm, but it's time for Zamazenta to come in and clean up this mess. Here we go. Reggie, like it coming in. Not the best, not the best, not the best, not the Pokemon we want to be seeing here. Honestly, but it's all right. It's still all right because. We're going to be able to just trick room and then deal with the Reggie, like he from there. So we will do that. Oh, got no protect, got no protect, got no protect man. There's no point of why garden. I don't think the electoral web. Yeah, we trick room regardless. I think let's try. They're just going to they're going to help in hand and nuke Zamazenta. I reckon it's got for behemoth bash into DD. Yeah, I mean, they could help and they do go electoral web weird, weird when we got trick room. I don't think it's the optimal thing to do one little bit in all honesty. I'm surprised to see the Reggie like you, but again, not so surprised because I guess the concept of our team, we have got like a lot of things that would struggle to to deal with Reggie in the late game. You know, behemoth bash not enough to take it down, but the reason they're for going for that over the close combat is we don't get the defense drops, which means we're not taking as much damage from attacks, but the trick room going up, which is great. We're going to be able to ice beam the DD and then just go for I guess go for the close combat now into the Reggie, like he because it is going to hit a bit harder and the behemoth bash is resisted because of the electric typing and there's the battle canceled. So very good game to my opponent and two great games first with this team today. And you know, I think the team is just performed extremely well. I need to remind myself of the user. So zig bear. Thank you so much. Once again, my friend for the for the team, the rental, it's been a pleasure playing it and it's a really refreshing team to kind of play. I know it's got combinations that are very popular and have been throughout the trend of sword and shield throughout the different series that we've had, you know, the Taranato, Excadrill, the Tolga Kis, but the Zapdos as well. But putting them all together and making them work is a different story. And I think it's a really good example of how you can do that and don't be scared of trying different things that have worked in previous formats and trying to adapt them into this new one because as you can see with this team, it works great and it's a very strong and powerful team and it's not something that I would like to go up against too often anyway. So we'll jump over now. Remind you of the rental for today's team. Okay, friends here is zig bears rental team for Xamazen to sand and it's an incredible team. Hope you've enjoyed today's episodes. I have had an absolute blast playing the team today and I think it's going to be one of those teams that I'll play a lot more of as you probably know. If you've watched your channel for a long time, Taranato is my all-time favorite Pokemon. So just playing that with the sand element with Excadrill as well and Zapdos in there. I mean, it feels like it's built for me. It's perfect. Honestly, it's got everything that I love in it. The Xamazen really performs very well in the team as well. So I do love this team a lot. It's definitely up there with one of my favorite rental teams that we've featured and I really do appreciate zig bear for throwing this out here and everyone else it's contributed with their rental teams. It's been a lot of fun like I say and really rejuvenated my love for series eight and the kind of back end towards the end of this series. So thank you so much to all of you and thank you all for tuning in and watching. I hope you're enjoying these as much as I'm playing these and we'll wrap things up there. If you do try the rental out, leave a comment down below. Let me know what you thought are on the team and we'll see you all for another episode very soon. Thank you so much friends for tuning in as always supporting the channel and doing all that. I do love making this sort of content. I love making videos and especially on Pokemon. It's really nice being able to share this stuff with you but if you're not tangent to the episode on but I just want to push across my appreciation because I probably don't do it enough and I need to because I do appreciate each and every one of you that comes out and views these videos and enjoys them and you get any enjoyment out of them, any benefit out of them. Then that my job's done. That's the thing. So have a great rest of your day. Whatever you're up to take care of yourself more importantly than anything else and I'll see you all for another episode very soon. So until then take care and bye bye.