 Hey everyone, I hope you're all well having a great day. Thank you so much for tuning in to another episode of our Pokemon VGC 2019 battle series it is Thursday, and we are continuing on today with this XY. I keep saying XY It's X-ray X-ray team that we kicked off with earlier this week If you've missed any of the games so far this week, and you'd like to check them out before coming into today's episode Make sure you check out the card up above and go back and view those matches And I will guarantee you you will not regret going back and watching any of them We are I think 7-0 with the team right now so hopefully we can continue that we've had some incredible games so far this week And this team's just been pulling out all of the wins and doing all of the work. It's been absolutely amazing to play So hopefully we can continue that on today. So without further ado, let's get some music on let's jump straight onto the battle spot Later, hopefully it doesn't take too long to find our first opponent And as always if you enjoy this sort of content guys Please make sure to leave a like on the video do subscribe to the channel and make sure to leave your comments down in the Comments section about the team your thoughts in the ultra series or just anything in general because I love hearing from you all and We have such a nice community here on the channel all of us flinch squadders We've got our first opponent not picked our music, but 1580 rated opponents. So we'll hop straight into team preview No, we won't we'll hop into it now Right our first opponent today is running a team of a lanneris therian Xernius Lunala incinero Kangas Khan and the tapu coco tapu coco. Um, okay. What are we gonna see? It's an interesting Lunala Xernius team. We don't see that too much in the format at the minute It was so popular in the Sun and the moon series, but it kind of dropped off a little bit in the ultra So nice to see it back. We've got the support options there with the Kangas Khan. It's gonna be mega Kangas Khan in this team It's got that scrappy fake out fake out hits like a truck if it's Evie to it can be very defensively built as well as we've seen ourselves play on the channel You've got the second intimidate support and fake out support from that incinero And then more intimidate support from the lander is the tapu coco is gonna be the thing controlling the terrain and may indicate that We've got an electric seat Lunala Which is the only mode of speed control really on the team outside of electoral web from the tapu coco with tailwind I wouldn't have thought it is trick room in this team. So how are we gonna approach this thing incinero here is extremely good for us and Probably tapu finny here as well To be honest The other thing we could do is go Xerneas and Serena and then bring in Requisitor as our last ditched attempt Pokemon I'm kind of tempted to do that because we could do the cheeky little switch in with Serena turn one and get the GMMC up for free Let's look in with that. Let's try it Might have been better bringing Landerous because the double intimidate here would be so useful for us And Landerous is just generally quite a strong Pokemon in this matchup Especially when you've got something like tapu coco on the opposing side of the field So let's see how we can do in this one Right, we're gonna see Lunala Kangaskhan come out for my opponent They've got a pretty seamless tailwind set up here if they would like to go for that Well at the same time You have to be a little bit wary because we can fake out the Kangaskhan or U-turn But we've also got the option like I said to bring in Serena and GMMC ourselves Now we could just see a tailwind set up from the Lunala But I kind of don't mind that really to be honest and doing this allows us to get the GMMC up and then The Incineroar back in the next turn to get that double intimidate onto the Kangaskhan Which makes it way less of a threat than it would have been otherwise So we will just make that straightforward play And this is why I think like try Serena out in this format because although there are a lot of flying types Around there is a lot more Like fake out support priority attacks in this format and Serena is still incredible It's supporting your team set up and get around those kind of Disruptive methods that your opponent will be going for and I'll be interesting to see if my opponent predicts us Bringing in the Serena here and just goes for like a double up onto the Zernius. That would be a Be a good play from them But hopefully we see the mega evolve on the fake out from the Kangaskhan to at least stop The Zernius setting up now the one thing that we do have to worry about with this Kangaskhan that we've not mentioned so far as It's it does have access to roll here, but maybe this person we get away with At least getting around the roll. We're not seeing the the fake out though. So that's a little I was just gonna see a return Okay, that's fine. I don't mind that too much But we do have to worry about we do have to worry about the roll the next turn 100% But one of the things we could potentially do is just help in hand moonblast The the Kangaskhan we have to worry about psych up on the opposing Lunala as well because it paired alongside its own Zernius. It's probably got psych up So that's something that we need to be a little more mindful of Now does the Kangaskhan take a moonblast? That's the big question because if not, then we can just you turn I'm Because I'd like to you turn out on the Lunala break the shadow shield so at least when Incineroar comes in it has a way easier time. I think I'd rather just get No, I'm gonna gonna go for the U-turn We could end up regretting this but I feel like Kang might not be built to take it You need a lot of investment to take it like trust me You need so much investment to take that moonblast. So I don't know if they're gonna do it We're gonna see the tap of cocoa come in from my opponent It's gonna take a moonblaster on the process which isn't gonna be great. It's just size shock So it's not likely it's got the psych up there which is interesting We do get the moonblast into the cocoa And I know we might be over complicating things But we're just looking at every option possible from what my opponent could do and we've seen in previous Games so far in the ultra series where we've had Real hiccups in games because we're not exploring all the different possibilities and we get caught up by the worst ones Okay, let's bring Incineroar in Because then we've got the fake out support as well and we can disrupt the tap of cocoa Remember that the tailwind is still up for my opponent. So, you know, we should take a size shock though from the opposing Lunala and one thing we could potentially do here is just go for We could just go for a snarl. I just worry about the Kangas Khan coming in That's why I don't want to not attack. I want to just go for the fake out into the cocoa and go Moonblast into this Lunala. I'm pretty I'm pretty happy saying that will probably take Size shock. Okay, we're gonna see the Kangas Khan come in maybe a protect from this Lunala And this is where my opponent's got the opportunity now to go for the roll With the Kangas Khan Yeah, they definitely go for the roll But at the same time I'm gonna go for a snarl The Kangas Khan might not even have roll as well, that's the other thing. I just think it probably does Yeah, I'm gonna just go for the the protect. I don't want to lose the anus at the end of the day I really don't The tap of cocoa is no problem for us now We've got two priority modes in the back that we can deal with it. You're gonna see the size shock It's probably gonna be the roll. No, it's just return That's into actually incidental here. That's pretty interesting. So there's no wow. Look at the damage there That's insane. You do get the snarl, which is very useful now And get the special attack drop until and should pitter out now I think Yeah, so it makes us faster. So the Kangas Khan might have protect here But I still got a moon blast into that slot And I think go for This no, I'm gonna you turn out onto the Lunala and go moon blast into the Kangas Khan Strange that the Kangas Khan hasn't revealed fake out just yet as well. That's interesting It's definitely probably got access to I'd imagine could have protect though could have protect you always get caught up by Thinking it's not gonna have protect then it has protect But with the snarl on to the Lunala now We're in a way better position to like at least take a side shock here We could have went for a moon blast into the Lunala as well. That's the other option here Because we could have potentially denied the tailwind which we're gonna see now Come in. Oh, it's just protecting. Okay, so we're gonna be able to potentially get rid of it the next turn because we could switch into Serena And then moon blast the Lunala You could potentially really just dazzling gleam and switching just to get the Lunala and then the Kangas Khan That might be the idea to do Just whether that I'm just gonna snarl and do a moon blast and doesn't game. I've got a hope that the dozen game would get the Lunala from this range I'm just not a hundred percent sure. I'm gonna dozen gleam. I think we get the Lunala from this range I'm pretty I'm yeah, I'm gonna say we do. It's actually the Kangas Khan coming in So I mean we might see the zonius protect here so it can get that fake out Yeah, yeah, that makes a lot of sense you can get the fake out Set up the next turn, but we can potentially deny that by bringing in Serena and just go and doesn't gleam again, which the Kangas Khan is actually like gonna go down here. I think so We're gonna have a free knockout onto the zonius the next turn, which is Completely fine with me because it cannot well it has to go for the double protect really But we can just go for the dazzling gleam again and snarl And with Rick wazza in the back with access to the extreme speed I don't think we've got too much to worry about now like if my opponent tries for the double protecting gets it We're still gonna be in an all-white position. So we just do the snarl do the dazzling gleam and We should be able to lock this one up pretty pretty easily Not easily, but you know, you've got to just kind of it's it's still dangerous Still dangerous. I think it would have been a lot different if the Lunala had psych up Because you go for that the turn that we do man see and then you're faster in Tailwind and you've got access to the size shock That's why it's such a devastating option for a lot of players to kind of get on and use We do get the Lunala, which is nice and like I say that zonius. Oh, it just goes for a dozen games It's not even gonna attempt the the gym and see does take down in cinema also blocks that potential snarl on that side of the field and Never can get Serena and then just go faint moon blast to seal this up and no doubt about it Which is perfect for us. So faint and Moon blast And we'll be able to pick up the win there So that's really nice for us and my opponent just for it's a very good game to my opponent and we're able to take another nice win So Right We've got one more day with this team It'd be nice if you want to guys if you like we could even feature it again next week I just think it might be nice to feature some other things with an x-ray build Going into next week's episodes for sure But I'll make a decision and we'll see what we do because we might play this team for the first part of next week Again, just to see if we can like keep it continuing in Keep continuing it and then we'll maybe change up before the end of the week with something a little bit different So let's lock in some music Should we go for Let's go ultra necrosma or necrosma version one necrosma version one We haven't had this on for absolutely ages and hopefully it doesn't take too long to find opponent If it does my friends, we will come straight back and we'll jump into the next games straight way And we have an ex opponent of the episode 1640 rated Japanese players who will jump straight into team Okay, our next opponent is playing a team of Kyogre Reikwaza Incinero Taba Koko Serena and the Bronzong So maybe we're gonna see a scarf Kyogre here It's got all the signs to be scarf Kyogre with the Serena support the Bronzong support I am not the Bronzong support with the Reikwaza support there But it could indicate as well that we've got a trick room or there with the Bronzong and to play with Primal Kyogre alongside the Reikwaza, so How we going to approach this I think Finny's gonna be something that's important for us to have in this match for sure I'm gonna lead off with Reikwaza actually We just got to be a bit careful with it to be honest All the other thing we could do is go Incinero Zernius once again The only problem is with bringing Zernius to this game. It makes it difficult to deal with the Bronzong effectively and Maybe it's a better idea to have it as a late game Pokemon rather than it An early game Pokemon and then we could go tapu Finny up front Reikwaza and then Zernius in the back Just I missed the opportunity to go for that turn 1 Geomancy, which is always very tempting with this team But now we're looking with ease. I think we'll be all right So let's get into it. Good luck to my opponent and hopefully we can keep keep up the momentum with this team Like I said, it's a lot of fun and I really like it It's it's something that I feel quite comfortable with it suits how I like playing it anyway and Reikwaza is just I Mean what there's no words to explain how ridiculously strong that thing is as long as you just keep it out of Homes way like from intimidate spam and things like that. You're sitting Oh, you're always sitting in a really nice place with it So we're gonna see Reikwaza and Incinero come out from my opponent and we'll lead off with Tapu Finny and our Incinero So we do get our Intimidate off onto both these physical attackers, which is really useful like I was saying before you know Getting timid it onto Reikwaza is really useful. It does look like we've maybe got faster Incinero here One of the things we could potentially do is just go for a U-turn into the opposing Reikwaza Into the Incinero because I totally expect the Reikwaza just to protect here my opponent's side of the field It's very tempting to want to go for an icy wind, but Hmm All the other thing we could do just to not risk anything is just fake out on the Reikwaza and just go for that icy wind And if they if they don't protect us here and they don't fake out a Finny then they get punished for it So I mean Where's a harm in that the problem with us going for the U-turn into that Incinero Expecting them to protect is it does leave the Reikwaza kind of to allow them to punish us by not faking out into it And getting a sword stance off, which would put us in a terrible position. There's a fake out from the opposing Incinero into ours. We trade fake outs and that's great for us I mean one of the things that we have to like appreciate here is that We've broken a potential sash there on the Reikwaza, which is really really nice for us So I'm gonna actually switch in our own Reikwaza here And I'm gonna I I see when now because with the airlock we get rid of the the Delta stream The mysterious air and we should be able to get a lot more damage onto the supposing Reikwaza with with the icy wind And then we can mega evolve and potentially pick up a knockout with Dragon Ascent or extreme speed the next turn Dragon Ascent coming out from the Reikwaza Could be banded as well. It's gone into our top of any minus one though. We should take this Very close very close very close Whoo We'll probably see the Incinero go for it. Mmm. Are you turn I would imagine Incinero avoids, I mean I don't mind that as long as it hits that Reikwaza That's all we care about. Okay. We do some nice damage. It's definitely an extreme speed range now Isn't it? It's gonna probably switch out this next turn. We do see the U-turn come up from the Incinero The sooner we can get rid of this banded variant the better. It's definitely banded from that that damage as well There's no way it would be doing that much Intimidated normally and that makes sense for a why it didn't protect turn one So we see the bronze on hit the field now. I Think we just Dragon Ascent Into The Reikwaza and I'm not gonna actually am I going no I'm not gonna not gonna mega revolve Just yet. I'm gonna just Dragon Ascent and I'm gonna heal pulse Reikwaza. So we've got a sash back intact The bronze on is gonna set the trick room up 100% and that thing switches out probably to Incinero Yeah So as long as the Kyogre's not out on the field right now when this trick room gets a don't mind You just don't want to risk Dragon Ascent into this slot and taking a gyro ball It could potentially take down a Reikwaza. So getting a sash intact Before we switch it out again bringing Cinerol back onto the field. That's the main thing That's what we want to be doing. Okay, he'll pulse get that sash back Here we go That's fine. So we've got our sashed Reikwaza and I know didn't get really much done with Finney there But it doesn't matter. We've got a brilliant switching now to Incinero Which we're gonna do And I'm just gonna scald Yeah, I'm gonna scald Yeah, the bronze one Yeah, because the bronze ones are one thing that we don't have too many options for so it's good to start thinking about that Target now it's unlikely there's got protect and I'd say if anything the Incinero pivots out with you turn on to us this turn and We get the rain up, which is gonna boost that scald into that bronze on Going into this following one. Oh It's gone hypnotic blind hypnosis. You're you're a madman. You're a madman. I say it Wow, okay Blind as well You're keen. I mean if we get the burn, yeah, that would be amazing now We need to keep an eye on while it does nothing after the snarl. We get a burn now to help with any on point and Yeah, we need to keep oh wow, okay That's perfect because I was just about to say we need to keep an eye on Misty terrain when that runs out we we need to have it We need to have it in the back to be able to utilize and okay So I think we could snarl for sure For sure we could flablets just the bronze on and just protect Rayquaza I mean, there's nothing wrong with that. We've got the the airlock up So if you bring in the Kyoga to get around that it ain't gonna work my friend Unless you switch the bronze on out to Kyoga and then we we kind of fail Skill swap. Oh intimate. That's nice. That's cute. I like that And a levitating Incineroar How good we oh, well, no, it wouldn't be that great with them with levitate it wouldn't have Intimidate anymore. So it would be pretty it would be way less useful. We do get the The flablets into that bronze on which is nice. It does do a nice chunk of damage there And I think we can just snarl now and just mega evolve and Trick rooms gonna end very soon, and I think it's not plus the burn from Aaron Sinnero into the bronze on being that will be able to get rid of the opposing Sinneroar now with Rayquaza And I think to end the game Oh You do get a little bit lucky with avoiding a hypnotic that wouldn't be an ideal And We see you turn now on the NC you turn into get Rayquaza It's okay. So Sasha's broken. It's all right. It's all right Because whatever comes in here if it's a Rayquaza or the Kyoga and see a Rayquaza so we get rid of that Which is always good And I think we're gonna be able to kind of seal this one up pretty easily from here Kyoga's likely to be in the back for my opponent I think and for reasons why they haven't brought it in yet. It would indicate to me that it's probably scarfed rather than primal I Don't know. I just want to I just I haven't inkling that that's what it is because you can if it's primal You want to get it in under trick room to just start really Doing as much damage as possible to my opponent. I could be wrong though. I could be wrong And I am wrong. So I kind of prefer to see and Primal Kyoga than scarf Kyoga. Well, I don't know. I don't know like yeah Primal scarf Kyoga is definitely easier to deal with and I think what we'll do is snow What's my opponent got there in Cynarall? Yeah, we'll bring in Finny and just get around this hypnosis We'll get rid of the bronze on here Get the snarl onto the Kyoga will probably lose in Cynarall in the process But the snarl could be quite useful especially because we're able to kind of lock the Kyoga in now at conswitch out to get rid of this And a special attack reduction which could be quite useful. Do get around the hypnosis there again get the snarl off take the bronze on down Reduce that special attack damage on the Kyoga And whenever it's tempted to go for a nice beam. Yeah, it is there it is okay The trick room should end now. Yeah, and just good old in Cynarall to come in But we should be able to close this one up pretty comfortably from this point I mean we've got Skald even on a type of Finny that we can utilize Okay, we've got in the back. Okay, we've got to one come both or six. I mean it doesn't really matter now And I will just you turn out on the incineroar and kiss that Kyoga decides to protect for whatever reason I'm just gonna Skald the incineroar that should be enough in the rain to pick it up from here He would hope it was gonna be I'm gonna see a fake out into incineroar Skald Oh, we're actually faster than the Kyoga as well. Okay in the rain able to take it down So just that Kyoga left and We are able to pick up another couple of wins. We're gonna lose incineroar unfortunately But king cat you did so well my little my little feline friend you go and have a little rest in your poker ball and We'll finish this off with the big dog himself Because knowing that we're faster than the Kyoga we can drag and ascent he'll pulse ourselves Just get a sash back and take a nice beam and then just he'll pulse Well, it just drag and ascent again the next turn so the utility of that with a faster finish is just so useful So that's what we will do and that should be game You might see the forfeit or is my opponent gonna let us see this one out like a true champion So here's the dragon ascent Not quite enough, but that's because Primal Kyoga is just a beast, isn't it? It's very unlikely without a life that you're ever able to get like a one-hit kill on on the majority of Primal Kyoga's or a band even there's the ice beam is weakened through the mysterious air Are you kidding? Are you actually kidding? Skipper to the last hurdle I mean, we'll just we'll just scald Raking go down now. We've got zernius in the back So I mean we're not too worried about it if you didn't have the zernius I'd be a little bit more worried about it We could have scalded our own records are there as well But we wouldn't get an attack off anyway, so I'm just gonna see an origin pulse It's not even enough to get either Come on Ray Let's wake up. I will not wake up. Let's uh, I mean I'm gonna heal pulse just in case they go for an origin pulse again We throw out Ray Through all adversity comes back stronger and says no Kyoga. I'm taking this game today Whoo, that's all right, so a very good game to my opponent and we pick up another nice win another way for us to end the episode Which is perfect for us guys and we'll end it up there, so I'll just say a very good game to my opponent We will end up I will say thank you so much for coming in view in the episode today I hope you've enjoyed it do leave your comments down below guys And I will see you for the next one very soon so until then take care and bye bye