 Hi everyone and welcome back to another episode of our Pokemon vgc 2019 battle series I hope you're all doing well We kicked off this week with the team that you can see on the screen in front of you right now and yesterday's episode We've made a fine a few little tweaks from last week Which you can see down in the description below just to recap the team for you guys at home We've got the the manetric which is the mega of the team We've got eerie impulse on there now Which we've changed from last week from that hidden power water that we did have the Lunala We had roll but we've replaced that with wide garden We already have seen in yesterday's episode how useful that has been since the integration of that Then we've got the Kyogre which is gonna be our other restricted Pokemon our primal of the team tabulele Which is scarfed. We've got taunt on there We drop magic room even though magic room was really good We've just put taunt on there So we've got that really fast scarf taunt It gives us a better way of shutting down zernius rather than magic grooming and then still getting the Geomancy up and then Cortana, which is the seed and the Hydragon which has made the odd appearance here in there And hopefully we can see a little bit more of it as we go on as always the team is down in the description below I haven't mentioned already. There is a role-play spoke face Try it out and let me know if you do try it out and let me know what you think of the team because it's been It's been a lot of fun and like I said in yesterday's episode There's probably one of my favorite builds that I've put together in the ultra series and I'm having a lot of fun with it So hopefully that does continue and without further ado We'll jump into today's episode as always guys if you do enjoy this sort of content Please remember to leave a like on the video do subscribe to the channel and leave your comments down below So we'll get over into our right screen. We'll pick some musak What are we gonna go with today to kick us off? Let's go Giovanni for a change because we haven't had that in ages So 1755 rating going up against a 1679 rated Japanese player Kicking us off today, so we'll get straight into team preview. It's one of those QR code teams Okay, let's say let's do this Guess our first opponent today running a team of Rayquaza kao ga cro-bat Celestila incinero and Tapa Coco So this looks very familiar to a team that I'm put together myself at the start of the format and Combining the Rayquaza and the kao ga just a really strong restricted combination here We saw over the weekend Japanese nationals how strong this combination It is and what it's capable of with those top finishes in the top eight You've got the crowbar there It's gonna provide tailwind support torn support his support all sorts of shenanigans and superfang that we need to watch out for Celestila's gonna provide another ground immunity to the team that you've got from the incinero and that Tapa Coco there, so Minetric gonna be very good Minetrics something that I do want to lead here It pressures the crowbar the Celestila it's intimate It helps against Rayquaza and we pressure the kao ga and put a little bit of pressure on with line and roll before mega revolution on that Tapa Coco and Do I want Lunala though up top or do I want Tappu Lele and I might go kao ga I Might go Lele in the back and then Lunala Way way back. I think yeah, do we want Katana and Hydra again here probably not I think that's a good selection. So we'll go all of these and kick into the first one today Oh, so good luck to my opponent and guys and girls and everyone watching I have a little bit of an announcement to make because I've cropped up my brain this new idea So with with in mind that the VGC 19 season is gonna be coming to a slow slow end very soon We've got the US North American International Championships happening on Is it the 21st of June and so after that that's like two weeks away? So after that what I want to do is make a Daily bar spot series a little bit more fun. So I've got an idea. I'm gonna mention it After after the episode so stick around to the end of the episode and I will talk you through my idea And it's gonna be a lot of fun going forward and there will not cross over with this battle Because we're gonna see my opponent need off with the kao ga and the Encelora and so we will see that we are the actually fast the kao ga, which is a very nice sight to see Now Do we switch in Lele to take a water spout? I Think if we switch in Lele we can probably damage the opposing kao ga enough to have Lele survive so Yeah, I'd really like to have my netrick mega of all to do this but I'd also really like to Just be able to snipe the incineroar here With this place, so I'm gonna do this. I'm gonna switch in Lele For my netrick and I'm gonna water spout and hopefully pick up the knockout on this Unexpecting incineroar which I'm hoping goes for a fake out here into our kao ga and do some decent damage onto the opposing kao ga So I tap Lele. I think I feel pretty confident I feel with enough damage 25% damage that opposing kao ga Lele should be able to take a water spout Let's see incineroar is switching out. No Okay, requires coming in Lele should be able to take take an attack. I mean the opposing kao ga protect Coming out. That's interesting Yeah, without the rain booster not doing as much damage. There's a water spout in return. Come on Lele hang in there. Come on Fine. It's all fine. Now. We've brought the sash on that potential requiser So it is gonna feel pressured right now for sure It's whether or not we Do we sidekick? Do we sidekick the Just feel like the requiser protect here. I really do And Lele is one of those things I want to keep for a quasi for later on in the game Where I could bring a lunala, but then lunala is gonna take a ton of damage from the opposing kao ga Um, I mean we still got my net trick we can bring in right? I I just want to check the requiser more than anything and I'm just gonna go for a another water spout And I just don't all the kao ga switching out so Lele could have a little bit of a free ride We're gonna see yeah, we're gonna see extremes being to run the requiser into our Lele, which is a nice play We're gonna be able to get a water spout Into the the cock will get some damage there and then we'll be able to get my net trick into the field So it's not the end of the world. I Guess one of the things we could have done here would have been switch the net trick in for Lele Or lunala would have been a better one obviously Yeah Poor Lele did well Make a friend and revealing that it is life or rare as well. So that's something Keep in mind. What's about doing really nice damage to the cocoa and now like I say we do get we do get the opportunity To bring him a net trick the thing is now losing Lele The incineroar becomes a bit more of a problem with its support that it can provide with that fake out when it Does come back on to the field and you've got to imagine it does come back on to the field pretty soon Hmm gonna mega evolve and do a vol switch out onto the requiser Yeah, I feel like it do But the one thing I could potentially do is just not Not mega evolve Just a request. I definitely feel pressured here. I think the cocoa To be just double protect just to see what my opponent is gonna do We could fall into the trap of where they they do switch out and incineroar hits the field which would be yeah Which would be awkward because then Yeah, this is like the worst thing to do here because then we are in a bit of a situation where we can't Okay Well, we can't like protect against the the fake at the next turn is what I'm trying to say Now Kyle got kind of protect now Definitely can We don't have to mega evolve yet So we are protected against one of the things we could potentially do is just go for a snarl and a scald Into the incineroar Because as long as we're not mega evolve the cocoa can't launch out these electric type attacks Which is protecting us almost it's just whether or not the incineroar picks up on that and goes for an attack into the Minetric Rather than the fake out what we're gonna see Well I'm pleased we didn't mega evolve Because we're gonna see the the gigabold havoc from the cocoa But sorry line and rod denies that Giving us a little bit of a special attack boost we'll get the snarl off and we'll also get this Skull off into the incineroar as well my opponent predicting that we mega evolve there and Primarily didn't want to do that really Even though the intimidate there would be very useful. It's called gonna proc a berry probably on this incineroar. No berry Just dog is lariat coming out. Yeah, now. That's not ideal because now We really need to try and get Lunala in Now I'm gonna mega evolve I'm gonna bolt switch out onto the incineroar and I'm gonna protect do I protect Kyogre or do I ice beam the cocoa? So don't think you go for an electric type attack now because they just feel like you're kind of done going for electric type attacks And we could just play it safe and just protect Kyogre Let's just protect Kyogre. I don't want to lose it. It's gonna be our like most important thing I think going forward so So we're gonna switch out gonna see Kyogre come in Especially in the electric terrain so Now let's mega evolve And we'll get Lunala in I'm kind of hoping that our shadow shield doesn't get busted like if the cocoa protects here That would be that would be the best case scenario for us And you've got to imagine that you can kind of understand why because the the miniaturist is pressuring that protect But we're not seeing that we're just gonna protect that Kyogre might see it doesn't gleam Wow the electric terrain up miniaturist is just a beast But we'll get we'll get Lunala on to the field See doesn't gleam, yeah, which makes sense We could have actually attacked out with Kyogre would have been a better thing to do now our shadow shield is broken Which is not ideal The break was has got to come back in now. It has to but one of the things we could potentially do is It's tailwind Because with a tailwind Kyogre can kind of win this this game by itself, and I think what we could potentially do is try and Make that happen is get an electric back on to the field without intimidate. So at least Lunala is not going down to a dragon ascent So imagine you double into the Lunala here, maybe The thunder we avoid there's a dragon ascent. We'll take this and I mean now we're in an amazing position I wonder if a minus one thunder would have taken down the electric anyway, probably in the electric terrain. Yeah Yeah now we're in such a good position Tailwind Well, we can both switch out on to the core core and Just go for the Z move into that Rayquaza really Yeah, I mean we do have to worry about extreme speed from the the Rayquaza for sure Z move the Ray and I mean we could just protect Minetric here. I just extreme speed Now I'm gonna go for it because I think if you do then it means we get the Rayquaza. Oh We just see a full fit. Okay. I mean probably from that point. We're all right kind of closing it out We just get the Kyogre on to the field and there's not very much my opponent can do they can extreme speed us But they are intimidated so I'm gonna be doing that much And I think with the rain up and everything my opponents say they feel such low health Then Kyogre's gonna be able to close things up on me So very good game to my opponent and a net's way for us to kick off today. So we'll get into our next one As quickly as possible right See, you know what if I'm rating was like 1800 by the end of the week I'd be so happy I'd be so happy and I feel like this team kind of it is justified with this team I feel like it is that good. I really do leak title defense for our next one Hopefully it doesn't take too long to find opponent and remember guys. Oh, here we go 1799 Japanese plays on the brink of 1800 Can we can we be the ones to stop him? So we'll get straight into team preview because it looks like he's got a Really really cool team. Okay, we'll be back in a second Right, our next opponent is playing a team of the Algar, Ferremosa, Kyogre, Tapu Koko, Raichu of the Alolan region and a Tornados theory in form So now we've got the restricted combination dial to Kyogre. I'm gonna see definitely a trick room mode there I would imagine from that dial going to support the Kyogre and the slaw part of the team Then you've got the super fast offensive side of the team with the the tapu koko the Alolan Raichu which has that ability to double its speed under the electric terrain and then you've got things like Ferremosa and Tornados having the prankster pretty fast anyway base 111 and then the Ferremosa, which is just probably the fastest thing the fastest thing in existence And well, it's not but it's pretty fast, isn't it? So Lele is gonna be really good for us here But it's been able to disrupt my opponent's terrain That we need to be able to do I think if we go Lunala Minetrix gonna be good because of that electric core that my opponent has got let's go Lele and Katana do we want? Katana is really quite good against Dial to Kyogre, but I'm kind of leaning more towards Kyogre here because just the the general damage It would be able to do end game And so Cup hits maybe a bit better So let's see. Let's see. Let's say it's gonna be a good game regardless My opponent is obviously doing really well with this team It's really interesting to see these teams so highlighted as well So there is there's a lot of scope to to really be very creative in the ultra series And I think that's one of the beauties about the ultra series There's so much scope to just be just play a lot of different things and a lot of different things are viable And I mean like this team Reaching the 1800s that my opponent's got kind of just shows that you know anything's kind of Viable in this format. You don't need to just stick to the standard stuff Although the standard stuff works for a reason Be creative and see what you can do. Okay, so we're gonna see the Raichu We're gonna see the Coco come up for my opponent. We can guarantee tailwind here. Lunola not affected by the yeah the good old Fake out Minetric, do we want to just protect here? Lightning Rod will still be in effect Coco, what can you do? Dazzling gleam taunt, I guess wouldn't be good But we'll not mega evolve just yet We'll just sit on this lightning rod like we did in the previous game And it shows I think a different dimension to Minetric as well You know, you've got this this intimidate support you can go for here But you've also got this lightning rod as well that comes in so hardy as the taunt. Okay, so yeah Shutting down a tailwind, but just fine. Just fine. Just fine. It's fine. It's fine. Okay Well What's my opponent gonna bring in that Doesn't like the Z move nothing like literally nothing. I'm gonna go for the Z move in to Z Coco and Do a mega evolve now Probably mega evolve now, I think yeah, let's mega evolve now and go for a volt switch into the Raichu Break a potential sash Hopefully the Raichu doesn't have on call that would be Pretty bad pretty bad Does because it can lock us into that protect which we really don't want to see Good the Intimidate which might be useful, you know, you do see physical variants of both these Pokemon Electro web coming out. Okay Fine, break this shadow shield Hopefully you don't see a Z move from this Coco Let's not see that We'll get the volt switch break potential sash there do some decent damage We'll get Lele in just in case we do see a Z move because we want to we want to weaken it and I think without the terrain probably take it with another Which I mean we get ours a move into the Coco Yeah, Z move time. Here we go. Oh, it's gonna be the twinkle tackle though I feel like we take this and with Lunala Yeah, it's not a very powerful Z move Especially when it's not super I would like when it's super effective It does a job, but when it's not so super effective it like Lele isn't going down to this No No, no, no, so we will return Lunala still in good shape. We are tormented obviously and we'll have to cut this and come back When we hit into this cocoon, but we know it's not sold first so No, it's not sash. We'll be able to pick up the knockout. So we'll be right back and into the cocoa a bit of a kill Maybe we could have just side-shocked it probably picked up the knockout, but you know In hindsight, you know with anything coming in and On my pottence team will be able to pick up a knockout if the cocoa did switch out We've removed the terrain. So that's fine. The right choose probably in Um Moonblast range now so we can moonblast that slot. We will add speed it we can side-shock the tornadoes Moonblast the right shoe and Probably see its tail end here from the tornadoes, which is an ideal But We can we can live with that we can live with that and I wonder if the tornadoes is sash then Hmm, I would have yeah I would have thought that the right you would have been the thing that would have been sashed Especially when it's something you lead all the time Moonblast should be enough to pick up the knockout onto it. Yeah, and then hopefully a Taunt wears off taunt wears off. So if Kyogre comes in now, then we've we've got access to white guard Which is which is what we really want. Yeah Okay Kyogre Does Kyogre protect though? It's got to be scared of a side-shock, you know, it has to really does We're gonna have to deal with hurricane as well. Obviously from the opposing Tornadis now the tornadoes knows that we've got tailwind. So it's likely that they go tailwind. Um, I Just think at this point you protect your Kyogre Just if we don't kind of protect against the white guard then It could be in a bit of a tricky tricky tricky tricky situation Hmm, I think we've got to double the tornadoes. What have we got in the back to deal with this tornadoes? Yeah, I think we've got enough to deal with the Kyogre. I'm gonna have to double the tornadoes here We need to get rid of it more than anything like we have to Yeah, there's a tailwind does not protect from the Kyogre So we'll lose both of these targets, but Ha, it's not ideal at all. I know but oh dear Are the electoral web? You fool. Oh, we've lost this now. We have lost this. Yeah, the electoral web. I totally Forgot about the electoral web and now we just lose I think because Minetric needs like a double triple protect You definitely hurricane into the Kyogre hmm Now what's about We're gonna take hurricane what's about damage. You've got a skull. There's no way and Like I can't like we can try and get the protect with Minetric, but otherwise it's not gonna work That's such I'm so so stupid for doing this Yeah It would have been a way clear away Approaching this endgame That's so annoying because we kind of like if you just yeah if we wide-guarded that previous turn Then it would have been so so different because then we keep our wide-guarded and prevent that cargo from being able to do the damage It it's doing now We're likely gonna go down to another water spout While both targets are I don't know if there's anything it can do I Don't really feel like at this point because of like it's my own mistake like protecting out of this mistake to try and get around it And it's more about like looking back at and identifying Well, we could have really went a little bit differently with this one If we just be a bit more mindful of what happened previous in the match and the electoral web Definitely something Hmm, I mean we could scald try and protect again Yeah, get a double protect. There's no way we get We get a double protect. I don't know if we get a triple protect though It's whether or not we can take this water spout from the opposing cargo, which I don't So we need Need even more we need like I think the tail end still Hmm, and I don't even know if we can take an orange impulse from here So they've got let's see. Yeah one turn. So we need a triple protect. I've never done this on On a recording before so if we get it amazing if not then Now we don't get it what's about very good game to my point. They're gonna move on to the 1800s, which you know That could have been avoided from ourselves it definitely could have been avoided It's a bit of a shame that we're ending up like that today Because that is just a massive oversight and it saw at the message the underlying message I guess to kind of carry over to you guys when you're going in is just be mindful of Everything that's happened in the game and don't kind of get too sucked into the moment when you think I'm making a bit of progress here Let's just carry on with what we've got out in front of us Just make sure you're taking that step back every time every turn just thinking over everything just take your time You've got time to do it So just make sure that you're making use of that time when you when you can because if we've done that We would have realized that Kyogre would be attacking before a Lunala Lunala would have went down to a water spell and then maybe that we would have weighed that up into what our decision was Eventually, you know and because of that oversight we lose Lunala lose Lele the match becomes very difficult very quickly for us And it just flips around like that and it's so quick in Pokemon So just being able to to remember that going forward is the big thing so I mentioned earlier on in the episode I've got some ideas going forward for our daily battle series So one of the things that I think of when I think of VGC 19 is it's coming to an end We've got worlds now. We've played really quite seriously in the ultra series Which is great good examples and things like that But for the majority of you guys out there you might be going to world but aside from that The the season's kind of wrapped up nearly and we don't really have any information What's gonna be happening next season and so I want to try and do on the channels Make things a bit more fun So an idea I've got is a road to ranked roulette series, which I'm gonna try and Replace the daily battle series with but we will not be replacing it entirely because we will still be doing VGC 19 content ultra series content, but the premise of it how it works There'll be lots of rules and regulations around everything But it's gonna be a lot of fun and basically what I'm gonna do is a week prior to a starting this I'm gonna put a poll up on the channel and I'll not be a poll be a Just a comment and I want you guys to reply to it saying what Pokemon you nominate one Pokemon for me to play in The following weeks episodes team and at the end of the week on Friday I'll make a video of all the comments each and every one of you have made Suggesting a Pokemon put your name next to that Pokemon and we'll put you into a big roulette Reel and then we will pick Pokemon number one through six to the team that I'll be using next week, which will end up I'm imagining something absolutely bonkers crazy and from those six that we nominate will obviously do the two restrictors We'll keep them separate to everything else and then the four other ones So you guys will have the pick of what Pokemon you'd like to see on the channel and I will construct a team around that So that's why we're calling it road to ranked roulette And we'll see how far we can climb at the ladder with these wild teams that probably make it no sense at all But I think it'll be a lot of fun and like I said There'll be lots of little rules and things in between that and I think it'll carry us right through the summer And it'll be something different that I haven't seen at least on YouTube before and definitely not on a vgc road to ranked series But it involves you guys. It's gonna be a lot of fun. I'll be entertaining I can no doubt about that. It will be entertaining So let me know your thoughts on that guys and I'll hopefully start to put things together And if it's something you'd like to see then brilliant because I feel like until we know what's happening with next season Competitively things are kind of settling down So it'd be nice to kind of keep momentum gone on the channel and kind of make maybe a new series that we can carry forward Just on the side when we get back into things in 2020 season, which is coming up very quickly only a few months away now So thank you so much for tuning in guys I will look forward to reading your comments about the new ideas about the teams today And we'll be back for more and bar series episodes tomorrow. So until then take care of yourselves and bye. Bye