 Hi friends and welcome back to another episode of our Pokemon VGC 2019 moon series how to play guides We've already covered quite a few Pokemon within this guide series So if you've missed any of those and you'd like to go back and check them out go up here I'll link a little card for you beautiful people so you can go back and check them out But if you do make sure to leave comments leave likes and let me know what your thoughts are on those guides Especially this one today. So today's guide. We're gonna look at the Pokemon Rayquaza So it is from the ruby and sapphire series of games It is a very unique Pokemon got some really nice niche aspects to it's ability and it can really perform some nice jobs Within teams and your builds. So hope you enjoyed today's episode. It'd be a lot of fun covering it It's got some nice options going forward as always if you enjoy the video Please remember to leave a like down below Subscribe to the channel and make sure you hit the notification bell so you don't miss any of these guides coming up But more importantly if you're comments down. I love hearing from you guys So let me know your thoughts and everything else on this guide today. So without further ado guys. Hope you enjoy it Let's get into this one So we are gonna start off as always with the Pokemon overview Rayquaza is a flying and dragon type. It has the ability airlock now for those of you out there That do not know what airlock does whenever it quasi on the field airlock activates and nullifies any effect of opposing Weathers totally getting rid of them. So it doesn't remove the weather so to speak it removes the effects does weathers have So there are 50% boost to water type attacks if the rain's up 50 cent boost to fire type attacks if the Sun is up It also negates the abilities that benefit from rain, sun, hail and sand So if there is a swift swim user on the field next to Kyoga like Ludicolo It will not get that speed boost same goes for chlorophyll Sandrush and slushrush. It will take all of those away takes all abilities away So it's acting like the weather isn't really there although it is so soon as that airlock Pokemon is taken out knocked out or Switched out the weather effects return. So that explains that hopefully that is a good Encapsulation of the airlock ability very useful ability especially in a format where there is lots of weather wars going on Especially with ground on Kyoga to speak. We've got common attacks on Rayquaza things like air slash earth power Extreme speed and tailwind are going to be the most common options. You're gonna see user on Rayquaza There are other options will get into them as we go through the guide But these are predominantly going to be the more popular options. You're gonna see on Rayquaza. So be aware of them based on total Rayquaza has a 680 base that total has distribution of a hundred and five HP 350 attack 90 defense 150 special attack 90 special defense and 95 speed Nice distribution across the board But the big ones are gonna be its offensive calculations that attacks that and special attacks that can be able to do lots of Damage and also with that 95 base speeds that it is very nice for getting just a jump on the majority of the other base 90 speed restricted Pokemon's distribution of its defenses aren't too bad It's not too shabby for a restricted Pokemon, but it's not gonna be the most defensive out there So just be aware of that type strengths and weaknesses. It has some big weaknesses here So two times week to rock four times week to ice a big one that you need to watch out for two times We to dragon not so relevant in this format Although there are dragon types not many of them carried dragon type attacks and that's because of the fairy types Which it does have a two times weakness to does have a nice immunity to ground because of that flying type and nice Resists to fighting bug fire water and grass So the elemental types it does resist and then hit normally by everything else So all in all very nice Pokemon It's got a real niche with that airlock ability and a nice typing as well It can really add that little bit extra that your team is maybe missing So let's get into the first sample set of this guide, which is gonna be The flying em see we've got two variants of flying em see in this guide We're gonna start with a physical build. So this one is going off the move fly It's a physical type flying type attack It does normally take two turns to set up So first turn you go up into the annex turn you will come down and hit the Pokemon But with the flying em see you can take away that and it will just hit straight off on that first turn and be a base 175 powered physical attack. So it's pretty strong especially with that 150 base attack stat that requires that carries We've went for nothing fancy with this requires we went for an adamant nature Just to make sure that it's getting the most out of that attack stat maximising it for special defense And then two five two speed just to make sure that we are being as fast as possible So this will speed tie with modus tapuleles, but it will outspeed all things like modus kaioga Adamant groudon and so on and so on we've got an attacking calculation example here for you to show you the power of this Z move from a crisis. So two five two attack requires a supersonic sky strike Versus a full HP not offense zonius, which is just gonna be your regular standard zonius is it has a 68.8% chance to one hit curse. It's pretty powerful Now if you can get a dragon dance up, which I would highly recommend on this sort of set Then that will be a guaranteed one hit curl on pretty much all zonius builds So very powerful very offensive and very threatening if you've got that there Defensive calculation just to show you what it can do what it's capable of without any investment a two five two special attack Tapa Cocoa so timid Tapa Cocoa Thunderbolt versus this requires it in electric terrain has only got a damage output of 56 to 67% so all of the time you're in front of a Tapa Cocoa as long as you know It's not got that Z move you can pretty be comfortable that you're gonna take that attack and be able to get either a dragon dance off or an attack off Or an extreme speed off before it goes down common partners You're gonna see with this over a quasi like a lot of dragons You're gonna see stack attacker as a nice option with it because of its steel type It does have the ability to flip the dimensions under the trick room and make itself very threatening very quickly You've got common partners like Kyoga gonna benefit from Rayquaza Extremely well, especially against growed-ons because you can switch in your a quasi Get rid of the Sun and make sure that Kyoga if it is scoffed It is gonna be hitting first and being able to knock out that growed on taking away the Sun's ability to dampen the water Type attacks a moongus is another nice option as well with Rayquaza Especially because it's prone to ice type attacks and fairy type attacks with that redirection there does support very nicely You can put other things in that slot like the fairy as well But the moongus gives you a nice option in case trick room goes up And you've got that kind of side of the field to deal with that aspect if Rayquaza is a bit vulnerable in those situations Common checks are gonna be things like zernius a lull in nine tails Although it's not very common will give Rayquaza a very hard time both ice and fairy weakness and faster than Rayquaza Can just deal with it very easily the Ganadale is gonna be another one I've just thrown in there that you have to be careful of if you're playing Rayquaza because again It will outspeed you just naturally and it will have access to things that can knock you out pretty easily So that is the first example of a fly in the emcee set We're gonna move on to the next one, which is based off a special Rayquaza rather than a physical Rayquaza So rather than going off the fly for the fly in emcee We're gonna go off air slash on this one So things that you're gonna see common attacks on this kind of Rayquaza gonna be earth power Flamethrower extreme speed and then tailwind probably not gonna see dragon dance too much on this sort of set We've run for a modest nature EV spread of 36 HP 44 defense 92 special attack 116 special defense and 220 speed the 220 speed here allows you to get the jump on all neutral natured max speed base 90s and anything below that so that again is gonna be things like modest Kyoga Adam and Groudon and all the other base 90 Pokemon in the format Tagging calculation here with the supersonic sky strike off that air slash. It's gonna be versus a two three six HP 196 special defense a moongus, which is always gonna be a guaranteed one hit kill So that's your standard in moongus that you're gonna see primarily in this sort of format So you can know that you're gonna be able to remove that from the field if that is something your team struggles against Then you get yourself in a position and Tim dates not gonna weakening it You've got to be careful against snarls But for the most time you're gonna be able to remove that moongus pretty easily Defensive calculation here you can see the defensive investment that we've got does allow you to survive a two five two special attack timid Tapu Lily moon blast pretty much a hundred percent at the time It's only got a six point three percent chance to one hit kill again We've kept the common partners in common checks just for this same build But we'll move on to some variants of those as we go through the next Guides but two options there that you can use the flying emz if you want to go for a physical variant you can do It's got a lot more power You've got a lot more options with the dragon dance there Or you can go down a more special route with that air slash giving yourself and your teammates options to speak control support There as well with the tailwind to different builds to go forward with and test out yourselves Right, we're gonna move on to our next example set and that is gonna be the assault vest Self vest not a massively common item that you see on requiser, but it's a nice option I think it'll become more popular as we go into the ultra series But right now it still has good utility and we can see what it can do from the examples down below We've went for another modest nature and EV spread of 4 HP 28 defense 92 special attack 188 special defense and 196 speed and that speeds that just allows you to get the jump on max speed smegel So I'll give you a raw speeds out of 140, which is quite a nice benchmark So you know anything below that you're gonna be faster than so that's all right and attacking calculation example here So you've got 92 special attack requiser earth power versus a 252 Full defense so Galea was guaranteed to hit girl, which is very nice for you going forward It's also gonna do really good damage to things like incineroar common options like that Dialga nile eagle can hit for good damage And the flamethrower is also gonna be a very good utility on there if you do decide to go down that route defensive calculation here We've got two five to special attack. I'll get ice beam some modest Coyote ice beam against this requiser is always gonna be a two here kill So you can sit pretty safely on the field and know that you're able to take that attack in particular As well as a flurry of other things gonna see common partners here are gonna be things like so go there Incineroar and Serena the Serena is a very interesting one here because being flying you are off the floor So you're not affected by terrain So if you've got tap railing in your team, you can't really protect requiser from those priority attacks But Serena gives you that nice option and for the most part most ice type attacks are coming from water type Pokemon So Serena gives you nice coverage there Incineroar is gonna be nice for the intimidating support the fake out support to help you get a bit of room for Requiser to operate and so go there is something again that helps against those fairy types They do cause requires a lot of issues common checks We're gonna see are things like nile ego that can outspeed naturally threatened with hidden power ice Which could be a big big problem and if you want running an earth power You've got nothing really to hit it back for good damage with type of cocoa is going to be another one Especially again if you've not got that earth power earth power an extremely important option on requiser Just to hit these checks because otherwise they can just sit in front of you quite easily and do a lot of Damaging just deal with Rick was a very easily. So that is the assault vest set We're gonna move on to our next one, which is gonna be the focus ass set We went for a naive nature here because we're taking advantage of both its physical and its special attacks that and with the focus Ass you're kind of allowing yourself a little bit of room So it doesn't matter what attack is coming out on you, you know, you're gonna be able to take it We went for an EV spread of 20 HP for attack 156 special attack that should be 72 special defense and 252 speed So we've got a hundred and fifty six special attack requires an air slash versus a two through six 180 special defense moongus and that is always going to be a one-hit kill So you've got that kind of falling back on there defensive calculation here for this particular Requiser, but you can take a two five to special attack fariora dazzling gleam from a zernius It's always going to be a two hit kill even without the The focus sash so if for some reason your item is lost because of something like magic room You've got that little calculation in the back of your mind that you know you can take You're gonna see common partners with this sort of requires that you're gonna see Cortana, Tapulele and Landriss theory and Landriss students a nice one to pair with Rick was a just for the Intimidate support and it gives it something next to it so I can fire off those earthquakes pretty freely I'm not worried about hitting a partner in Pokemon common checks are gonna be things like Tapulele zygod is gonna be a bit of a problem for a quasi to hit and so glaleo as well Especially if you haven't got access to that earth power So that is the focus sash variant when we've on to our next sample set Which is gonna be the psychic seed a very interesting option for a quasi going into this next example Because I feel like it's got a lot of potential a bit like the assault vest So you can take a lot of those special attacks a lot better with requires a but it gives you the option to utilize speed control Support the rest of your team quite nicely. We've went again for a modest nature effort value here of 12 HP 236 special attack 36 special defense and 220 speed again the 220 speed just gives you the jump on all those base 90s max neutral Natured attack on calculation here. We've got 236 special attack requires a slash versus at 4 HP No, especially defense ludicola like we mentioned earlier It is guaranteed one hit kill which is very nice And like I said in the previous example You're gonna be able to pick up that knockout because it negates the rain So it hasn't got access to that swift swim ability as long as requires a result on the field and a defensive Calc here after that psychic seed has activated you can see that a 252 special attack fairy or a boosted moon blast from a Zornius is a to hit chaos so you can always take that moon blast from Zornius So that's really nice knowing that in the back of your mind if Zornius is out You can always guarantee that tail wind up common partners You're gonna see with this over a quasi again It's gonna be things like Zornius tapulele is obviously gonna be a staple for this sort of set because you need the terrain to Activate that seed Clefairy is a nice option there for the redirection just support with icy wind and other examples helping hand and things like that and Pherothone as well gonna be another thing that can come in and deal with those fairies that are so threatening to requires that Gonna say common checks are gonna be things like dust man in the cosmos Especially with that earth part even if you've got it dust man the cross mobile to take that might have access to weakness Policy and can return with some big damage You're gonna have access to trick room there something that requires it doesn't really tend to like being in that sort of environment So you've got to be careful with that make sure that you got checks in your team to deal with trick room Especially tapulele gonna be something that can threaten requires that pretty hard Especially the more common variants these days are running timid so you need to watch out for those quite a lot And then you've got a bomber snarl as well It's a bit like the nine tails that we saw earlier But on the opposite end of the spectrum if a trick room goes up and a bomber snarl comes in You want to be getting your request out of there? Even though you do negate that hail ability a bomber snarl can have access and still has access to some other ice tap attacks Which it doesn't generally rely on just the hail force so there we go There is a psychic seat set and we will finish off with a counter options and summary table So requires that has a maximum speeds that raw speeds that of a hundred and sixty one So if you're going to counter requires that you need to make sure that you're hitting above that to just give Yourself that little bit of security you can hit it before it hits you minimum speed if it goes a zero I V and no investment and it will only hit 90 speeds that so again If you're going in trick room make sure you're under that one for particular Requiser and then a common speed stat that you're gonna see on the requiser is that just neutral nature with 220 speed a v investment which gives you that 143 speeds that giving you the jump on all of the best 90s neutral nature max speed Common items you're gonna see on requiser in the moon series in particular. You're gonna see that flying emc That's gonna be a big one on requiser taking advantage of that flying type And also it's a big attack and special attack stats Focus sessions gonna be another one as well as that assault vest and the psychic seed could pick up a little bit of Popularity as well as the misty seed as well gonna see common partners are gonna be things like stack attack I auger is always gonna be a very good partner for Requiser with that airlock ability and then incineroar as well just because it is able to cycle those intimidates It's very good in this format as we've all seen has fake out pressure as well And it is a nice pivot as well to help you readjust your board position to help further support Rayquiser best format Checks are gonna be things like zernius tabulele Lola nine tails palkia kyoga and cure and white all things that threaten it very hard And requires I will find it very difficult to deal with if it hasn't got the right support options next to it And best format walls are gonna be things like type of cocoa It is gonna be naturally faster than it has access to most of the time that electric emz Which does threaten Rayquiser very very hard You got type of finny you can sit in front of it all day long doesn't care about really any attacks that are coming up From the Requiser unless it has got that physical flying emz attack coming out onto it And then again as long as type of finny is protected by intimidate support It can probably manage all right and throw off icy winds nature's madness is moon blasts that are all gonna cause Requiser lots of issues and then dialger as well Especially if you're missing that earth power on your own Requiser then dialger can do a lot of work against you Set up trick room through our dragon pulses and just do all sorts of shenanigans They are gonna make life very difficult for you as a Requiser player so things to consider when you're going forward playing Requiser But I hope you've enjoyed The examples that we've covered today and hopefully this gives you a little bit of inspiration as you're going forward in your builds and Trying out Requiser if you do test any of the sets out from the guides today Let me know in the comment section below I'd love to hear how you get on with them or any ideas that you've had about running Requiser yourself But this is hopefully just an introduction to Requiser I give you a bit of an idea with what starting points you can go to what it's capable of in battle And really just something for you to build on and take forward so hopefully you've enjoyed it guys Thank you as always and we'll be back very soon with another guides until then take care of yourselves and buh-bye