WEBVTT 11:00.000 --> 11:21.480 We are back here after 10 years of bigger and better for this year's world championships. 11:21.480 --> 11:23.880 We got Pokemon XP as well. 11:23.880 --> 11:25.880 There is so many exciting things. 11:25.880 --> 11:29.720 So here on your countdown show, we want to break it all down for what you want to 11:29.720 --> 11:34.960 watching and experiencing this entire weekend. Hi everybody I'm Joshua I'm 11:34.960 --> 11:39.120 gonna be talking about Pokemon Unite. We got Amanda talking about Pokemon Go, 11:39.120 --> 11:43.600 Ethan talking about the Pokemon Trading Card Game, and Rosemary talking about 11:43.600 --> 11:48.960 the Pokemon Video Game. We obviously have so much to talk about. The 11:48.960 --> 11:52.800 competition is so exciting. These halls are already packed with competitors 11:52.800 --> 11:57.080 and fans alike. We have a lot of major things to talk about one of which 11:57.080 --> 12:01.920 we are sitting on right now this stage is incredible. Everyone is already getting a 12:01.920 --> 12:05.040 first look at it. Rosemary what's one of the coolest things you've seen 12:05.040 --> 12:09.360 either here or at the convention so far? Well I gotta agree with you this stage 12:09.360 --> 12:14.920 looks amazing but it isn't just a stage. We have so many activations all 12:14.920 --> 12:19.440 around San Francisco. There's even a Pokemon Go stamp rally so you can see 12:19.440 --> 12:23.560 some of what San Francisco has to offer. It's gonna be impossible to do 12:23.560 --> 12:24.560 this weekend. 12:24.560 --> 12:26.560 Shereva, you're eating. 12:26.560 --> 12:31.560 Yeah, I mean, these events, year after year, continue to grow and expand. 12:31.560 --> 12:33.560 There's more and more to do each year. 12:33.560 --> 12:38.560 The competition becomes even more intense as players continue to hone their skills 12:38.560 --> 12:39.560 in all of the games. 12:39.560 --> 12:41.560 It's going to be an incredible weekend. 12:41.560 --> 12:42.560 Yeah, just bouncing off of that. 12:42.560 --> 12:45.560 Thirty years for Pokemon, like you said, Rosemary. 12:45.560 --> 12:47.560 Ten years now for Pokemon Go. 12:47.560 --> 12:52.560 It's been absolutely incredible, especially as a Go player to see everything there has been to do in San Francisco. 12:52.560 --> 12:57.560 this event I said bigger and 12:57.560 --> 12:58.560 better right during the 12:58.560 --> 12:59.560 it really is I'm so excited for 12:59.560 --> 13:00.560 all the competition that's 13:00.560 --> 13:01.560 going to happen on this main 13:01.560 --> 13:02.560 stage but this convention hall 13:02.560 --> 13:04.560 goes for what seems like miles 13:04.560 --> 13:05.560 that direction and there's 13:05.560 --> 13:07.560 Pokemon everywhere surrounding 13:07.560 --> 13:08.560 us I wouldn't have it any 13:08.560 --> 13:11.560 other way it is so so fun but 13:11.560 --> 13:13.560 our job is to focus on what's 13:13.560 --> 13:14.560 going on here on the main 13:14.560 --> 13:16.560 stage and in the tournament 13:16.560 --> 13:18.560 hall all weekend long so we 13:18.560 --> 13:19.560 want to talk about what you 13:19.560 --> 13:20.560 should be looking to watch 13:20.560 --> 13:21.560 this weekend we're going to 13:21.560 --> 13:23.880 to start off with some major storylines. 13:23.880 --> 13:26.280 So Rosemary, what is a major storyline 13:26.280 --> 13:28.840 of the video game that people should be paid attention to? 13:28.840 --> 13:30.320 Well, the highlight of the weekend 13:30.320 --> 13:34.120 is that this is the first world championships 13:34.120 --> 13:36.200 for Pokemon champions. 13:36.200 --> 13:38.320 And what better way to be able to kick off 13:38.320 --> 13:41.840 this game's life cycle than to crown a world champion 13:41.840 --> 13:43.640 who's got mega evolution back. 13:43.640 --> 13:45.880 It's going to be just such a great display 13:45.880 --> 13:48.160 for all of our top trainers around the world 13:48.160 --> 13:51.000 to show what they've got for Pokemon champions. 13:51.000 --> 13:58.400 awesome. How about TCG? It's really around that one big bad Pokemon, Dragapult, E.X. You 13:58.400 --> 14:03.880 can't run and you can't hide from them. He is everywhere, especially with top trainers 14:03.880 --> 14:07.600 bringing him to the world championship. So we're going to see if there's another deck 14:07.600 --> 14:13.280 that could be thrown in. We had a similar meta game 10 years ago to very dominant 14:13.280 --> 14:17.520 decks, very dominant archetypes. And it was actually a rogue deck that was able 14:17.520 --> 14:23.120 to take the tournament down so who knows we could see another surprise back in San Francisco after 10. 14:23.120 --> 14:28.080 Oh I love that. A look back is so fun. I know we have the museum as well here in the venue. 14:28.080 --> 14:32.240 I'm not sure if that rogue deck is featured. I sure hope it is. There's a lot of cool moments 14:32.240 --> 14:36.720 throughout TCG's history. But how about for Pokemon Go, Amanda? What should we be looking 14:36.720 --> 14:40.720 forward to watching all weekend long? So I feel like Go is in this unique position right now. 14:40.720 --> 14:45.280 We're kind of at the vent diagram middle between the video game and Unite because 14:45.280 --> 14:47.780 as the video game has moved on to a new thing. 14:47.780 --> 14:50.280 This will actually be the last season for Go to have 14:50.280 --> 14:54.280 an individual world champion as we are moving to 3 vs 3 14:54.280 --> 14:56.280 for the World Championships next season. 14:56.280 --> 14:58.280 So that's a big act of it that I think a lot of people 14:58.280 --> 15:00.280 are really hoping that they'll be able to play. 15:00.280 --> 15:03.280 Yeah, I mean you've had a few World Champions already 15:03.280 --> 15:06.280 and one more to take that solo throw is so exciting. 15:06.280 --> 15:10.280 Pokemon Unite, we are in a bit of a sweet and sour situation. 15:10.280 --> 15:14.280 It is the final time for Pokemon Unite at the World Championships. 15:14.280 --> 15:20.600 However, we could not have picked a bigger stage, bigger venue to crown our final world champion. 15:20.600 --> 15:23.020 That is going to be the major storyline to watch. 15:23.020 --> 15:29.940 There is going to be one final team raising that trophy at the Chase Center this weekend, by the way. 15:29.940 --> 15:33.440 We're switching venues and going to one of the biggest at San Francisco, 15:33.440 --> 15:35.440 has to offer for our grand finals. 15:35.440 --> 15:37.940 That is going to be just incredible. 15:37.940 --> 15:42.840 I cannot wait to see all of the competitions all day long on that championship Sunday. 15:42.840 --> 15:44.200 It's going to be a lot of fun. 15:44.200 --> 15:47.040 So that is why we think you should be watching, 15:47.040 --> 15:49.560 but maybe you're asking, who should I be watching? 15:49.560 --> 15:50.600 Well, that's our next job. 15:50.600 --> 15:53.160 So, Rose Mary, what players do we have to watch 15:53.160 --> 15:55.200 in the video game over the weekend? 15:55.200 --> 15:57.760 It was so hard to just narrow it down 15:57.760 --> 16:00.600 to three competitors because it is the world championships 16:00.600 --> 16:03.080 and we've got the top trainers from around the world 16:03.080 --> 16:05.280 that are going to be competing there this weekend. 16:05.280 --> 16:09.200 But we've got Wolf Glick, Marco Silva, and Ko Tsukide. 16:09.200 --> 16:12.200 As your players to watch for the video game, 16:12.200 --> 16:14.400 Wolf Glick needs no introduction. 16:14.400 --> 16:17.560 This man won the World Championships 10 years ago, 16:17.560 --> 16:22.560 and now it could be his time to get a second title. 16:22.560 --> 16:24.160 He came off the back of the second place 16:24.160 --> 16:25.800 at the first regional championships 16:25.800 --> 16:27.520 that we had in Pokemon Champions, 16:27.520 --> 16:29.280 and he's always a meta innovator. 16:29.280 --> 16:31.100 He thinks about what is going to be strong 16:31.100 --> 16:32.800 and how can I beat that, 16:32.800 --> 16:34.880 and that's why he had mega steel eggs 16:34.880 --> 16:37.360 at back regional championships. 16:37.360 --> 16:40.640 Marco Silva from Italy is going to be our next player 16:40.640 --> 16:46.920 watch he is a three-time international champion. Only one of few competitors I 16:46.920 --> 16:51.560 can say that they've even won twice but he's missing the elusive world 16:51.560 --> 16:56.440 championship title. So that's why I saw on him this weekend to see if he can 16:56.440 --> 17:02.360 finally claim that. Last but certainly not least, Ko Tsukide. He is a world 17:02.360 --> 17:07.680 champion from the seniors division in 2019 but Ko has been on an absolute 17:07.680 --> 17:12.800 international tear this season. Top cutting both the international championships that he attended 17:12.800 --> 17:18.000 as well as the Japan Nationals just a couple of months ago. So if there's anybody that you should 17:18.000 --> 17:25.040 be keeping an eye on in Japan, it is Ko. Wow, I mean the absolute line up there on the vision. 17:25.040 --> 17:29.200 We had people cheering in the crowd just a player. Some players still want. So yeah, 17:29.200 --> 17:33.760 some huge faces of the community here at the World Championships. So exciting. I know the 17:33.760 --> 17:36.000 the trading card game is no exception though. 17:36.000 --> 17:38.720 Even who should we be watching over the weekend? 17:38.720 --> 17:40.600 Of course this year, no exception. 17:40.600 --> 17:45.000 We've got international talent coming from all over the world. 17:45.000 --> 17:47.040 Our three players to watch part from. 17:47.040 --> 17:51.000 A mixture of different regions, Yoshiyuki Yamaguchi, 17:51.000 --> 17:54.640 player for many, many years, had a great season coming over 17:54.640 --> 17:56.480 to regional championships. 17:56.480 --> 17:58.760 It used it in taking it down. 17:58.760 --> 18:01.840 Eyes are definitely on him to see if Japan can win a world 18:01.840 --> 18:04.280 championship on their 10th anniversary. 18:04.280 --> 18:07.120 Tour direct love, no introduction for this man. 18:07.120 --> 18:09.280 Did the Global Circuit the Grand Slam. 18:09.280 --> 18:13.280 The only player to win all four international championships 18:13.280 --> 18:17.080 is also missing that elusive World Championship title. 18:17.080 --> 18:19.160 Got so close in the Oklahoma, 18:19.160 --> 18:22.160 he's still looking for that championship win. 18:22.160 --> 18:25.760 And of course our defending World Champion, 18:25.760 --> 18:28.760 Wiley McKay, can't write off the back of Gardevoir 18:28.760 --> 18:31.240 this year, but he's a very talented player. 18:31.240 --> 18:33.880 We'll have to see what that he decides to bring this year 18:33.880 --> 18:36.000 to see if he can become a repeat champion. 18:36.000 --> 18:36.960 Interesting. 18:36.960 --> 18:39.840 OK, it's maybe even a rogue option for Riley McKay. 18:39.840 --> 18:40.680 We'll have to see. 18:40.680 --> 18:43.240 I know you're already talking about Big Bad Dragonbolt. 18:43.240 --> 18:45.040 Do you think all three of these players to watch 18:45.040 --> 18:47.720 are bringing the notorious, maybe infamous, 18:47.720 --> 18:49.920 Dragonbolt this weekend? 18:49.920 --> 18:52.240 I know I can probably speak for TOR. 18:52.240 --> 18:55.240 Now TOR has played Dragonbolt to a lot of different events, 18:55.240 --> 18:59.320 but he loves his trade ability on Souraward. 18:59.320 --> 19:03.980 He played that to the North American International Championships where he made top cut. 19:03.980 --> 19:09.260 I wouldn't be so shocked to see him come back with another innovative Zoroark build 19:09.260 --> 19:10.860 and try and take down his tour. 19:10.860 --> 19:13.260 And is that about the spirit of the World Championships? 19:13.260 --> 19:15.700 Trainers with their iconic partner Pokemon. 19:15.700 --> 19:17.300 I mean, that just fits the bill. 19:17.300 --> 19:18.620 How about for Pokemon Go? 19:18.620 --> 19:20.800 Any players to watch that you should ever rise on? 19:20.800 --> 19:23.800 Oh, boy. There are so many talented Go players. 19:23.800 --> 19:28.220 And I know that we've stayed in Go since we've been a little bit relatively more new 19:28.220 --> 19:39.220 We haven't had any repeat world champions, but the keyword is yet because the first person we want to look at here is feels a boy last season's and I'm world champion. 19:39.220 --> 19:49.220 He is from India, but he's actually had a chance this season to play a couple times in North America and also international championships and has top cut during those. 19:49.220 --> 19:53.220 So he is still really going through the season quite ferociously. 19:53.220 --> 19:57.380 next up, we have night time 19:57.380 --> 20:00.960 Closher. We're gonna call him a Mr. Worldwide at this point because he's been playing in North America, Europe and 20:00.960 --> 20:06.900 Oceania. He also got first place at the Latin American International Championships. He is also 20:06.900 --> 20:12.060 leading NA on the leaderboard. So definitely a player that wants to be able to get this 20:12.060 --> 20:18.340 World Championship title. And last foot again, we can't say last but not least, we're always saying 20:18.340 --> 20:22.740 But we have to really say this because the Spanish sensation 20:22.740 --> 20:27.060 Pataman is arguably the best trainer in Pokemon Go right now. 20:27.060 --> 20:31.140 I think you could ask 10 trainers and probably 10 out of 10 will say that he's 20:31.140 --> 20:35.940 had the best season. He was the champion of EUIC, 20:35.940 --> 20:39.540 two years in a row. He was our finalist last season in Anaheim 20:39.540 --> 20:42.180 and I think a lot of people are wondering if he's going to take it all 20:42.180 --> 20:46.180 the way this year. I love that. I mean the World Championships always has 20:46.180 --> 20:51.060 that vibe. It's a championship of champions every single time. It feels like Pokemon Go, 20:51.060 --> 20:55.540 really leaning into that this time around. Well, I gave everybody else the chance to say 20:55.540 --> 21:00.340 three players to watch. I'm of course going to allow United to talk about 15 players to watch 21:00.340 --> 21:05.220 and they're going to be sectioned off into three different teams. We have some teams coming from 21:05.220 --> 21:09.620 all over the world, of course, just like every title. And the first one we got to talk about 21:09.620 --> 21:12.340 is Fennel from Japan. 21:12.340 --> 21:14.660 This team is unbelievable. 21:14.660 --> 21:18.580 To tell you the truth, it doesn't feel like they know how to lose the video game. 21:18.580 --> 21:22.500 At any point in time, every single championship this team has been a part of. 21:22.500 --> 21:29.780 This year, they have won in the R-Former World Champions in Honolulu just a couple years ago. 21:29.780 --> 21:32.420 This team is looking on a whole nother level. 21:32.420 --> 21:36.900 Moving on to the next team though, in North America is Root Dignitas. 21:36.900 --> 21:38.580 So, Rob, you're not a huge fan of Umbreon there. 21:38.580 --> 21:40.180 I am, I got a pin sport. 21:40.180 --> 21:43.100 But Zagreb leading the way for Rue Dignitas. 21:43.100 --> 21:45.340 This team is looking amazing this year. 21:45.340 --> 21:49.140 Champions at LAIC and at NAIC this year, 21:49.140 --> 21:52.900 as well as a really strong performance in the Asian Champions 21:52.900 --> 21:53.500 League. 21:53.500 --> 21:56.620 A lot of players on that team hunting for a world 21:56.620 --> 21:58.020 championship title. 21:58.020 --> 21:59.620 But this couldn't be the one to do it. 21:59.620 --> 22:01.620 Take a look at their group stage later on the United 22:01.620 --> 22:02.260 Show, though. 22:02.260 --> 22:03.580 Crazy start for their tournament. 22:03.580 --> 22:07.100 And after them, we have the reigning world champions, 22:07.100 --> 22:15.100 Peru unites. Last year in Anaheim, we're able to dominate the competition in the arena. They're looking to do so again. 22:15.100 --> 22:25.100 It was a stream season for this team, ups and downs, but they are on the up going into the world championships when they won the Latin America Regional League. 22:25.100 --> 22:34.100 Taking down future in Brazil, Latin America, South and North. So, doing the amazing season, they look poised to be a real contender at this time. 22:34.100 --> 22:41.100 So that is going to be what the major storylines we think you should be watching this weekend and some of the players that you should be watching. 22:41.100 --> 22:48.100 We also want to give you even more reasons to be watching the world championships as well as all the broadcasts associated. 22:48.100 --> 22:54.100 We got drops, we got distros, Rosemary, what are we giving away in the video game? 22:54.100 --> 23:02.120 Well, well, well, we do have an incinerator that you can drop inside Pokemon champions for just watching 23:02.560 --> 23:08.980 60 minutes of the stream and alongside of that you're also giving away some other in-game items 23:08.980 --> 23:11.580 So that if you don't want to use incinerator on your next team 23:11.620 --> 23:16.180 You can actually get and recruit it for a new Pokemon and train it up 23:16.300 --> 23:19.620 So make sure that you're sticking around watching the stream 23:19.620 --> 23:24.480 Out of the recent launch of champions a lot of new resources even if you're a new player 23:24.480 --> 23:28.060 These seem like great drops that you could add to your collection 23:28.060 --> 23:32.240 Maybe get some of those Pokemon recruited onto your team even I know the trading card game 23:32.240 --> 23:36.860 You got a few of these lined up. So what's going on in the world of drops in the trading card game? 23:36.860 --> 23:43.460 We've got a whole mixture of things look at all those things you can get within the Pokemon trading card game live 23:44.020 --> 23:47.640 Of course those exclusive worlds accessories that box 23:47.640 --> 23:50.540 some cosmetics for your avatar. 23:50.540 --> 23:54.600 There's a mixed zero or a place of the mega zero or a EX. 23:54.600 --> 23:56.360 It's got two of the special art rare. 23:56.360 --> 23:59.040 So, you know, nice way to fling out your deck a bit, 23:59.040 --> 24:02.760 as well as a special world's loop frame. 24:02.760 --> 24:04.640 Get all of that from watching this stream. 24:04.640 --> 24:06.600 It's gonna be plenty of awesome action this weekend. 24:06.600 --> 24:07.440 Awesome. 24:07.440 --> 24:09.280 Yeah, I mean, huge shout out to Ethan, by the way. 24:09.280 --> 24:10.960 At home, I'm sure you can read that just fine 24:10.960 --> 24:13.040 on your screen, but that is some small font 24:13.040 --> 24:14.600 that Ethan was able to read on the monitor 24:14.600 --> 24:15.560 that we have in front of us. 24:15.560 --> 24:16.880 So, big behind the curtain there 24:16.880 --> 24:21.840 a great work Ethan that's in the trading card game for trading card game live but how about for 24:21.840 --> 24:27.520 Pokemon go what have we got for drafts? Ethan's eyesight is impeccable but for go there's also 24:27.520 --> 24:31.840 some very cool things that you are going to be able to do just by watching and the main thing 24:31.840 --> 24:36.160 you can see him raising that trophy there you will be able to get a tinketon based off of Bill's 24:36.160 --> 24:41.280 voice team last year that he was able to take that world championship not only that you're 24:41.280 --> 24:45.760 going to have a little choose your own adventure for watching 30 minutes you can choose between 24:45.760 --> 24:50.960 going down a licky ton toad dial or the rooper path so I don't know guns what would you pick it 24:50.960 --> 24:56.320 we're playing oh i'm going toad all the ways i love her oh come on i mean it wouldn't even be 24:56.320 --> 25:01.840 you're going blooper yeah class i was so good either what are you picking 25:03.440 --> 25:08.880 i agree bonsai is pretty cool i got a lot of you i like it i have to go licky licky is probably 25:08.880 --> 25:13.360 gonna be the major pokemon in armada so pay attention to that this weekend but yes you've 25:13.360 --> 25:19.860 You've got to want to make sure you're watching because you'll get a lead TM as well so you can use that to take away a charge cat on your Pokemon. 25:19.860 --> 25:27.160 Oh, I love that. Prepare for future competitions. Leave it in the Pokemon Go season. That's a great job. Great time to do it right now. 25:27.160 --> 25:34.660 Pokemon Unite, we've got some really cool drafts this time around for the World Championships. Of course, we've got your classics, that World Championship sticker. 25:34.660 --> 25:39.160 But we also have License Art and then one of my favorite drafts that we have ever had. 25:39.160 --> 25:45.160 If you watch Worlds for 45 minutes, you actually get a license of Pokemon that you can play in-game, 25:45.160 --> 25:51.660 one of the five Pokemon that Peru used to win that game-winning match in Anaheim last year. 25:51.660 --> 25:57.660 Leafy on Side-Up, Zeishian in Teleon and Crustle, those middle two, Zeishian and Side-Up. 25:57.660 --> 26:01.160 Those are going to be meta-relevant threats this weekend. 26:01.160 --> 26:03.160 They're going to be banned, they're going to be picked. 26:03.160 --> 26:05.660 We're going to see a lot of them on the Pokemon United broadcast. 26:05.660 --> 26:10.420 So we have so many rewards that you can be getting for watching any of our games 26:10.420 --> 26:12.880 I know in the Pokemon XP broadcasts 26:12.880 --> 26:19.820 We also have things to be given away so check out so many amazing moments at this year's World Championships in 2026 26:19.820 --> 26:24.220 Which is well not exactly a rerun, but a return as 10 years ago 26:24.340 --> 26:27.340 The World Championships was held here in San Francisco 26:27.900 --> 26:32.300 Love getting the chance to showcase Pokemon to this incredible city yet again 26:32.300 --> 26:35.020 And let's go to some nostalgic mood a little bit. 26:35.020 --> 26:37.580 So we want to say one of maybe our favorite 26:37.580 --> 26:41.020 competitive memories of all Pokemon Rosemary. 26:41.020 --> 26:42.300 How about you? 26:42.300 --> 26:45.900 Being in San Francisco, it just makes me remember our time 26:45.900 --> 26:48.300 in Japan just a couple of years ago. 26:48.300 --> 26:51.020 Another way that we could commemorate a huge milestone 26:51.020 --> 26:53.060 for the Pokemon franchise. 26:53.060 --> 26:56.140 And so to see how the city was set up 26:56.140 --> 27:00.300 for everyone to enjoy and how San Francisco is now, 27:00.300 --> 27:03.220 It's just a great time to be a Pokemon fan. 27:03.220 --> 27:04.260 Absolutely, Ethan. 27:04.260 --> 27:05.540 How about you? 27:05.540 --> 27:07.580 Got a flashback to 10 years ago. 27:07.580 --> 27:10.500 What a tournament it was before in San Francisco. 27:10.500 --> 27:14.100 The change inside from a hotel ballroom 27:14.100 --> 27:18.180 to now this incredibly expansive convention center. 27:18.180 --> 27:21.020 Really seeing that road deck take down the tournament. 27:21.020 --> 27:23.260 It's shocking the entire world. 27:23.260 --> 27:25.140 I'm really curious to see how it's going to happen. 27:25.140 --> 27:26.860 I lost a rapid fire for you, Lemberg. 27:26.860 --> 27:28.100 I mean, I think at the same point, 27:28.100 --> 27:32.900 to just being able to be in a stadium last season was such a big thing for a goal. 27:32.900 --> 27:35.540 Going from a stage to a stadium is absolutely incredible 27:35.540 --> 27:37.700 and we're going to get to go ahead and do it again this year. 27:37.700 --> 27:38.700 I cannot wait. 27:38.700 --> 27:42.060 I've loved all the world championships that we have had in previous years. 27:42.060 --> 27:43.460 It has been so fun. 27:43.460 --> 27:47.380 But like I said, we are getting bigger and better for this year's 27:47.380 --> 27:50.500 Pokemon XP and World Championship. 27:50.500 --> 27:54.220 San Francisco has been home to legendary Pokemon moments 27:54.220 --> 27:58.780 across so many of our titles, but this year it is going to be so fun. 27:58.780 --> 28:01.580 So let's throw it to our opening ceremonies. 31:24.220 --> 31:26.220 Let's get started with my body 31:26.220 --> 31:27.220 This is lonely 31:27.220 --> 31:28.220 Let me show you 31:28.220 --> 31:30.220 Show us who we are 31:30.220 --> 31:32.220 We've got some side to lonely 31:32.220 --> 31:34.220 Together here and now 31:34.220 --> 31:36.220 We'll touch the stars 31:36.220 --> 31:37.220 And then 31:37.220 --> 31:39.220 We'll do it all over again 31:39.220 --> 31:42.220 Cause even if we lose our way 31:42.220 --> 31:45.220 You know what we say 31:45.220 --> 31:47.220 Here we go 31:49.220 --> 31:52.220 Here we go again 31:52.220 --> 31:54.220 We go 31:54.220 --> 31:56.220 And didn't get a nice time 31:56.220 --> 32:00.220 Here we go 32:00.220 --> 32:05.220 Here we go again 32:05.220 --> 32:08.220 There is life still at stake 32:08.220 --> 32:11.220 We take it all in 32:11.220 --> 32:13.220 It's our strength 32:13.220 --> 32:19.220 Here we go again 32:19.220 --> 32:21.720 You rock, we need your faces 32:21.720 --> 32:24.720 I love us on the path to the unknown 32:24.720 --> 32:26.720 Still drawn to the edge of the ring 32:26.720 --> 32:30.720 I see you when we're walking victory road 32:30.720 --> 32:34.220 And I hope you and I are over again 32:34.220 --> 32:37.720 To see that every day in the day 32:37.720 --> 32:40.720 Who are we safe? 32:40.720 --> 32:42.720 Here we go 32:45.220 --> 32:48.220 Here we go again 33:19.220 --> 33:24.220 Here we go! 33:24.220 --> 33:29.220 Here we go again! 33:29.220 --> 33:34.220 Every blast that I've had 33:34.220 --> 33:37.220 The new day to give away 33:37.220 --> 33:39.220 With all I've had 33:39.220 --> 33:42.220 Here we go! 33:42.220 --> 33:45.220 Here we go! 33:45.220 --> 33:48.220 Here we go again! 33:49.220 --> 34:01.900 Hello, Trainers, and good morning. 34:01.900 --> 34:06.660 To start things off, we are about to take you on a musical journey from the past through 34:06.660 --> 34:08.420 the present. 34:08.420 --> 34:12.460 Celebrating 30 years of Pokémon, we'll start today by bringing you the great music 34:12.460 --> 34:13.460 of Kanto. 34:13.460 --> 34:18.380 I'm your conductor, Charlie Rosen, and we are the 8-Bit Big Band. 34:18.380 --> 34:20.380 Thank you so much. Please enjoy. 39:48.380 --> 39:55.380 Thank you. 40:18.380 --> 40:20.380 Thank you so much. 40:20.380 --> 40:23.380 Thank you very much. 40:23.380 --> 40:28.380 Well, that journey through Kanto was actually only just the start of our program this morning, Trainers. 40:28.380 --> 40:36.380 Now, join me as we travel across generations to celebrate the amazing 30-year legacy of Pokemon. 40:36.380 --> 40:38.380 Thank you so much. 40:48.380 --> 40:50.380 I 47:18.380 --> 47:35.380 Hello, hello, hello, and welcome to the 2026 Pokemon World Championships and Pokemon XP. 47:35.380 --> 47:43.540 Well, right, let's give it up one more time for our fabulous dancers and the 8-bit big 47:43.540 --> 47:53.740 Band. I mean come on no matter when you first discovered Pokemon I hope hearing 47:53.740 --> 47:57.820 those medleys from our orchestra transported you back to the happy and 47:57.820 --> 48:03.280 cheerful memories. Hi I'm Gabby Durden I'm your host for this weekend's 48:03.280 --> 48:07.960 festivities and just like you I love Pokemon since I was a small child 48:07.960 --> 48:13.420 forming my first core memories so I'm beyond honored to be here on this 48:13.420 --> 48:18.420 stage coming to you live from San Francisco, California. 48:22.420 --> 48:25.020 This weekend is extra special for all of us. 48:25.020 --> 48:28.020 One part of our event commemorates the hard work of our 48:28.020 --> 48:31.620 trainers as they conclude their journey to become world 48:31.620 --> 48:34.420 champions across four titles. 48:34.420 --> 48:36.020 Pokemon champions. 48:39.220 --> 48:41.220 The Pokemon trading card game. 48:43.420 --> 48:51.080 Pokemon Go and Pokemon Unites. 48:51.080 --> 49:00.000 And, and, and even more adventure awaits with our first ever Pokemon XP, but we couldn't 49:00.000 --> 49:05.400 be more excited for you to join us for activities, panels, attractions, and much more throughout 49:05.400 --> 49:06.400 the weekend. 49:06.400 --> 49:10.900 All right, two incredible events. 49:10.900 --> 49:14.480 unforgettable weekend and you better believe we're gonna make sure it's one 49:14.480 --> 49:20.280 for the record books. But I think we should get things started, shall we? 49:21.280 --> 49:28.000 It is my pleasure to introduce to the stage the president and CEO of the 49:28.000 --> 49:33.880 Pokemon Company, Mr. Tsunekazu Ishihara! 49:40.900 --> 50:07.300 Welcome to the 2022 Pokemon World Championships and Pokemon XP. 50:07.300 --> 50:27.300 First, I would like to extend my heartfelt thanks to everyone gathered here today, as well as all of you from around the world joining us online. 50:27.300 --> 50:50.160 And whether you're here to compete for the title of World Champion or you've come with 50:50.160 --> 50:54.800 family and friends to enjoy Pokemon XP, I'm truly delighted that we can all be here together 50:54.800 --> 50:57.160 on Pokemon's 30th anniversary. 50:57.160 --> 51:20.040 From all the exciting experience we have waiting for you at Pokemon XP to the next 51:20.040 --> 51:22.180 to the world championship finals we're gonna have 51:22.180 --> 51:23.800 at Chase Center on Sunday. 51:23.800 --> 51:25.640 This weekend is sure to be a lot of fun 51:25.640 --> 51:28.080 and one that I think trainers will remember 51:28.080 --> 51:29.380 for many years to come. 51:30.720 --> 51:35.820 日本に辿り着くのでお互い続けきた選手のみなさん 51:35.820 --> 51:40.820 皆さんの努力情熱として挑戦する人たちは 51:40.960 --> 51:43.520 いつの日かこのステージに拓大と願う 51:43.520 --> 51:48.720 未来のご霊なたちの憧れとなり希望となすぎます 51:48.720 --> 51:51.940 And to all of the competitors who have battled their way here, 51:51.940 --> 51:54.900 truly your hard work, passion, and determination 51:54.900 --> 51:56.980 inspire future trainers to dream of one day 51:56.980 --> 51:58.860 standing on this very stage. 51:58.860 --> 52:00.740 You truly represent both an aspiration 52:00.740 --> 52:03.940 and a source of hope for the next generation. 52:03.940 --> 52:10.600 皆さんが今日ここにいることが 次の世代への夢をつないで 52:10.600 --> 52:17.260 このことにここでを持って 最後まで全力で競技を楽しんでください 52:17.260 --> 52:21.280 Just by being here today, you are helping pass those dreams on to the future. 52:21.280 --> 52:26.940 Take pride in that and enjoy every moment of the competition as you give it your best to the very end. 52:26.940 --> 52:31.440 それでは 戦闘を追いの意識になる 52:31.440 --> 52:35.440 And with that, I wish you all the best of luck in your battles. 52:35.440 --> 52:42.440 Thank you, Mr. Ishihara, for setting the stage for us, Mr. Ishihara. 53:05.440 --> 53:20.520 stage. Oh so beautifully. I can feel the energy in this room. I can sense the excitement to 53:20.520 --> 53:28.680 compete. More than 2000 trainers have descended upon San Francisco to test their skills and 53:28.680 --> 53:35.760 fight with all their might to become the next Pokemon World Champion. 53:35.760 --> 53:47.680 Competitors, the time has come. Please make your way over to the playtables to kick off your matches. 53:47.680 --> 53:54.160 And before we get into the action, our testers are prepped to walk you through everything in store this weekend. 53:54.160 --> 54:00.920 So everybody, let the 2026 Pokemon World Championships begin. 54:07.720 --> 54:08.920 Let's do just that. 54:09.420 --> 54:13.760 Hello, everybody, and welcome to the 2026 Pokemon World Championships 54:13.760 --> 54:15.760 here in San Francisco, California. 54:15.760 --> 54:19.120 Eric, I am so honored and excited to be kicking off the show with you. 54:19.120 --> 54:21.800 It is so good to be back for this very public yesterday. 54:21.800 --> 54:24.080 We were in Anaheim casting the world championship finals. 54:24.080 --> 54:25.000 It's been a whole year. 54:25.000 --> 54:27.720 A whole new game has come out in Pokemon Champions. 54:27.720 --> 54:29.480 And I think like this is going to be a very, 54:29.480 --> 54:30.920 very special world championships. 54:30.920 --> 54:32.800 It's going to be special because of the arena, 54:32.800 --> 54:35.720 but also because, check out, look at the pricing 54:35.720 --> 54:39.320 that our competitors are going to be trying to achieve 54:39.320 --> 54:41.400 here $30,000 for first place. 54:41.400 --> 54:43.840 And there's so much more. 54:43.840 --> 54:46.480 The glory of becoming world champion. 54:46.480 --> 54:49.920 It is truly everyone's dream in this competitive game. 54:49.920 --> 54:58.220 And in addition to all the incredible prizes and let comes just having the ability to say I won the world championships is truly 54:58.220 --> 55:04.800 what everyone is fighting for. But of course, there's just so much happening here. And the world championships is the best place for it. 55:04.800 --> 55:13.300 And the honor is currently being held by our reigning world champion Giovanni Sisti, claiming the title last year in Anaheim 55:13.300 --> 55:19.500 and doing it with a team that a lot of people had just under prepared for, I think. 55:19.500 --> 55:23.620 A lot of people had to cry on very low on their radar, but Gio said, you know what? 55:23.620 --> 55:26.300 I've been rocking with this team all season long. 55:26.300 --> 55:28.900 This is the spot I know that I'm going to win World Twin. 55:28.900 --> 55:29.900 Absolutely. 55:29.900 --> 55:30.900 Yeah. 55:30.900 --> 55:33.700 And really going to show that Worlds is one weekend. 55:33.700 --> 55:37.700 Gio had actually never got him past top eight in a tournament before the World Championships, 55:37.700 --> 55:42.160 but all the stars aligned, he was able to win his very first tournament choosing 55:42.160 --> 55:43.160 Worlds to win. 55:43.160 --> 55:45.780 It was funny taking a look at those six Pokemon on his team because Rose, I don't 55:45.780 --> 55:50.500 like any of those are in Pokemon Champions currently. So not be seeing any of them today, 55:50.500 --> 55:54.980 but probably somewhere down the road. But it was such an exhilarating finals between him 55:54.980 --> 55:59.380 and James Evans last year, and it was just so fun to watch. That's what Worlds is all about. 55:59.380 --> 56:02.500 It's about the best players in the world, bringing the best teams, and really duking 56:02.500 --> 56:06.900 it out against each other. You may not see Corridon, but you know it's sunny in California 56:06.900 --> 56:12.740 when there's Charizard Wahey running around the mech. Absolutely, yeah. But this is just one 56:12.740 --> 56:19.860 of many previous world champions that are about to take the stage of the 2026 World Championships. 56:19.860 --> 56:25.600 This is a stacked lineup. It's amazing that we can say that we have eight former world 56:25.600 --> 56:31.060 champions chasing a second crown. No player other than Ray Rizzo has ever been able to 56:31.060 --> 56:35.900 win multiple World Championships in the Masters Division. Of course, we actually saw Kevin 56:35.900 --> 56:39.540 Han in the Seniors Division pull it off last year after aging up from juniors, 56:39.540 --> 56:43.540 We have eight different players who have won the World Championships before in Masters. 56:43.540 --> 56:45.540 We'll be looking to get a second one. 56:45.540 --> 56:47.540 And of course, we're playing with Mega Evolutions once again. 56:47.540 --> 56:52.540 And many of these players won during the Mega Evolution area, starting with, of course, Sage on Park. 56:52.540 --> 56:57.540 And actually, everyone talks about his Patreza that year, but he shocked the world by bringing Mega Gyarados to the world stage. 56:57.540 --> 57:00.540 Mega Evolution that we barely saw throughout that format. 57:00.540 --> 57:06.540 We're showing Mahonami piloting Mega Kangaskhan, Wolfe using Mega Gengar as well as Mega Rayquaza, Paul Ruiz using Mega Salamence, 57:06.540 --> 57:08.540 which of course is not in Pokemon Champions. 57:08.540 --> 57:16.300 It's going to be really exciting to see how the players who got to the absolute top during the last time that we saw these Pokemon compete once again. 57:17.220 --> 57:24.060 I really wonder if Satan's going to be bringing a Raiju as a small homage to the Patricio Lin. 57:24.420 --> 57:25.340 That would be pretty cool. 57:25.380 --> 57:31.100 He did bring Patricio to the World Station 2024 in a restricted format, which I think was a pretty big surprise to see. 57:31.140 --> 57:34.900 But yeah, I think very exciting to see so many ex champions competing once again. 57:34.900 --> 57:37.940 And I can't express how difficult the World Championships is, right? 57:37.940 --> 57:42.100 like we have so many incredible players and there's so many years where a lot of the 57:42.100 --> 57:44.980 x-war champions like don't even make it past around five around six and they get 57:44.980 --> 57:49.220 eliminated by then and so the quality of play and the quality of players just 57:49.220 --> 57:52.620 gets higher and higher and higher but I feel like a lot of people feel it in 57:52.620 --> 57:57.020 their bones like maybe this year someone could do it again. It does feel like if 57:57.020 --> 58:00.380 it's going to be any year it's going to be this one but there are a lot of 58:00.380 --> 58:04.180 other competitors hot on the tails of our previous world champions that are 58:04.180 --> 58:07.580 hoping to make a splash at this one. Let's start with some of our other 58:07.580 --> 58:13.500 players to watch from North America. We've got Paul Chua, Justin Tang, and Alex Underhill. 58:13.500 --> 58:18.860 Paul is a player that many regard as one of, if not the best player to not win a world championship. 58:18.860 --> 58:22.940 He is incredibly high up there. So many regional championship wins coming off the 58:22.940 --> 58:28.380 win at EUIC this year. Having won that tournament multiple times as well. He's a long time veteran 58:28.380 --> 58:32.860 of this game having been competing since 2011-2012. And so he's made it as far as 58:32.860 --> 58:37.020 top four at the world championships back in 2022. Can this be his year finally? 58:37.580 --> 58:44.580 Justin Tang, a rising superstar, very quickly rose to the ranks when he first launched on to the scene, 58:44.580 --> 58:48.080 getting three quick regional championship titles. 58:48.080 --> 58:53.580 This isn't a player that had just the best start to a season we have seen in a long time. 58:53.580 --> 59:00.580 He had six contiguous top 16 cuts across the events that he played at the very beginning. 59:00.580 --> 59:03.580 He's been a little bit more quiet as we've entered into the back half of the season, 59:03.580 --> 59:07.080 but if anyone is going to be ready for the World Championships, it's Justin Tang. 59:07.080 --> 59:16.880 Yeah, absolutely coming off a top 32 finish last year as well where he's using some really essential Pokemon like groudon and jump love in a format where they were not necessarily the most popular so 59:17.040 --> 59:19.480 Excited to see what team he's brought to the scene today 59:19.480 --> 59:23.120 But of course like you mentioned just truly one of the fastest rising stars in VGC 59:23.120 --> 59:31.560 He only started playing any Pokemon Scarlet in violet won the first ever regional championship see attended and I think many are expecting a big finish for him today or this weekend 59:31.560 --> 59:38.360 And then Alex Underhill kind of closes the bookends with a lot of experience coming into this world 59:38.360 --> 59:44.040 championships. He's also been playing competitive Pokemon for many, many years, but I think maybe 59:44.040 --> 59:48.360 we'll be able to bring something special to the table. We've talked about meta developments very 59:48.360 --> 59:52.280 hard when coming into the world championships. It's actually going to be the first official 59:52.280 --> 59:57.160 tournament that we're going to be playing in this format, but Alex has been taking to those 59:57.160 --> 01:00:01.080 online tournaments and already coming up with some unique teams. Absolutely. Yeah. I think 01:00:01.080 --> 01:00:02.440 team building group one of the 01:00:02.440 --> 01:00:03.680 premier groups to watch out for 01:00:03.680 --> 01:00:05.480 in North America and prominently 01:00:05.480 --> 01:00:07.200 actually debuting this dual weather 01:00:07.200 --> 01:00:09.040 team of Charizard cured with 01:00:09.040 --> 01:00:10.800 Pelipper, our child on Grim Snarl, 01:00:10.800 --> 01:00:12.320 that basket legion initially now 01:00:12.320 --> 01:00:14.080 mega swamp for Venus or as well. 01:00:14.080 --> 01:00:15.600 And so I'm very curious to see if 01:00:15.600 --> 01:00:16.960 he's brought that to this 01:00:16.960 --> 01:00:18.480 tournament because if there was 01:00:18.480 --> 01:00:20.160 any player that I would expect to, 01:00:20.160 --> 01:00:21.360 it'd be him and his buddies. 01:00:21.360 --> 01:00:22.720 This is just North America. 01:00:22.720 --> 01:00:24.600 We have lots more players to watch 01:00:24.600 --> 01:00:26.200 from our other competitive region. 01:00:26.200 --> 01:00:28.080 So let's now talk about Europe. 01:00:28.080 --> 01:00:29.480 This is a tough one. 01:00:29.480 --> 01:00:33.960 This is a tough one to narrow down to just three competitors as well. 01:00:33.960 --> 01:00:37.800 But we've got Marco Silva, Michael Kalsh and Francesco Piofero. 01:00:37.800 --> 01:00:40.440 Yeah, three absolute tight ends in the game. 01:00:40.440 --> 01:00:44.120 Marco also still looking for his first World Championship victory. 01:00:44.120 --> 01:00:46.160 He's won so many regional and special events. 01:00:46.160 --> 01:00:48.600 He's won three international championships. 01:00:48.600 --> 01:00:51.480 He's come very close to winning the World Championships as well. 01:00:51.480 --> 01:00:53.920 And he's just been one of the most consistent players in the game 01:00:53.920 --> 01:00:55.320 over the last couple of years as well. 01:00:55.320 --> 01:00:58.360 I think many hold them to be Europe's best. 01:00:58.360 --> 01:01:02.280 Speaking of consistency, Michael Couch at the World Championship level has had that 01:01:02.280 --> 01:01:07.360 and then some second place at his first ever World Championships followed up in 01:01:07.360 --> 01:01:11.120 the next two years by top four and a top eight. Hopefully it's gonna be better than 01:01:11.120 --> 01:01:17.040 just a top 16 this year. You know that Michael Couch is one of his 01:01:17.040 --> 01:01:20.920 competitors that he's chasing that big win after being so close and knowing 01:01:20.920 --> 01:01:25.600 that he could taste the victory and must be fire under your belly to know 01:01:25.600 --> 01:01:27.640 that it was in your reach once people. 01:01:27.640 --> 01:01:31.040 Absolutely, I mean I spoke to him a while back and he said, 01:01:31.040 --> 01:01:33.240 I want to be remembered as the greatest player of all time, 01:01:33.240 --> 01:01:34.240 what I've done with this game. 01:01:34.240 --> 01:01:36.640 And in just three years of playing competitive EGC, 01:01:36.640 --> 01:01:39.040 like you said, top cut everywhere championships he's attended. 01:01:39.040 --> 01:01:41.120 He's gotten so close to the crown. 01:01:41.120 --> 01:01:42.840 And Markle and Michael actually both players 01:01:42.840 --> 01:01:43.880 that really have my eyes on them 01:01:43.880 --> 01:01:45.360 because I'm curious what teams still bring 01:01:45.360 --> 01:01:47.200 because Mega Gengar is not a football 01:01:47.200 --> 01:01:48.760 that's very popular in this format 01:01:48.760 --> 01:01:49.840 but both Markle and Michael 01:01:49.840 --> 01:01:51.640 have actually had tremendous success with it. 01:01:51.640 --> 01:01:53.320 Markle winning a regional championship with it. 01:01:53.320 --> 01:01:54.880 Michael winning a big online tournament 01:01:54.880 --> 01:01:59.200 they would swam for right before Worlds. And so I think Vega Gankers was really hard to use, 01:01:59.200 --> 01:02:02.720 but if there's anyone in the world that might be able to pilot it from Europe, it's going to be 01:02:02.720 --> 01:02:08.880 these two guys. It would be really exciting to see some additional mega evolution into the meta 01:02:08.880 --> 01:02:13.600 for the World Championships. But someone that knows that sometimes the tried and true is 01:02:13.600 --> 01:02:19.840 what makes it possible. It is Francesco Pioferro, the NAIC champion, first IC champion 01:02:19.840 --> 01:02:24.400 in Pokemon Champions. Yeah, he came off a top four finish at UIC this year as well. He's 01:02:24.400 --> 01:02:26.300 been so incredibly consistent 01:02:26.300 --> 01:02:28.240 having top cut every international. 01:02:28.240 --> 01:02:29.900 He's always going to chasing that big win. 01:02:29.900 --> 01:02:31.540 He had made his final as a regional before. 01:02:31.540 --> 01:02:33.000 He had made it as a top four top eight of 01:02:33.000 --> 01:02:34.300 internationals before. 01:02:34.300 --> 01:02:36.080 It just feels like he was always in top cup 01:02:36.080 --> 01:02:39.740 was missing that big win, but finally got it in NAIC. 01:02:39.740 --> 01:02:41.880 And I think like he is probably coming into this 01:02:41.880 --> 01:02:44.280 feeling a lot of confidence off that big win as well. 01:02:44.280 --> 01:02:46.640 And Italy is just such a dominant region. 01:02:46.640 --> 01:02:48.680 And you know, it feels like every tournament 01:02:48.680 --> 01:02:50.280 is someone else's time to shine a little bit. 01:02:50.280 --> 01:02:54.120 And now it's Francesco's time after that big one. 01:02:54.120 --> 01:03:01.120 Next up, we have our competitors from Latin America who have traveled all the way here to see if they can grab that crown. 01:03:01.120 --> 01:03:03.720 First up, we have Alexander Cuncicco. 01:03:03.720 --> 01:03:08.720 And I think this is a player that I feel like has been a little bit underrated coming into the World Championships 01:03:08.720 --> 01:03:11.420 and even when just thinking about it from a global stage. 01:03:11.420 --> 01:03:15.120 But this is a player from Mexico that you've got to keep your eyes on for this world. 01:03:15.120 --> 01:03:19.720 Yeah, it definitely really consists of finishes across multiple events over in Latin. 01:03:19.720 --> 01:03:23.460 And I think it's really, you know, awesome to be able to 01:03:23.460 --> 01:03:24.820 highlight these players a little bit more. 01:03:24.820 --> 01:03:27.420 And one thing that's especially exciting is the next season, 01:03:27.420 --> 01:03:29.980 we actually will get to watch these players compete in 01:03:29.980 --> 01:03:32.140 Latin America because we'll have official broadcasts there. 01:03:32.140 --> 01:03:34.380 And so to your point, I think Alexander has not been able 01:03:34.380 --> 01:03:37.060 to get the chance to compete as much on kind of the 01:03:37.060 --> 01:03:38.180 global stage, right? 01:03:38.180 --> 01:03:41.140 But has had a lot of local dominance. 01:03:41.140 --> 01:03:42.580 And if you take a look at, you know, some of the other 01:03:42.580 --> 01:03:44.660 players on this page, like Juan Salerno, probably one of 01:03:44.660 --> 01:03:46.660 the, it's not the most well-known last-hand player 01:03:46.660 --> 01:03:49.260 personally because he's attended multiple events outside 01:03:49.260 --> 01:03:52.020 of Latin America has done very, very well. 01:03:52.020 --> 01:03:54.700 Getting second at LAIC just this year, 01:03:54.700 --> 01:03:58.300 packing his home region comes as one of the most dominant players 01:03:58.300 --> 01:04:01.420 in terms of championship points has had so much consistent success 01:04:01.420 --> 01:04:02.980 across the board. 01:04:02.980 --> 01:04:06.900 Last but not least, we've got Max Morales, a four-time regional 01:04:06.900 --> 01:04:08.180 and special champion. 01:04:08.180 --> 01:04:09.860 I think that really does feed volumes, 01:04:09.860 --> 01:04:12.500 knowing that you have had that regional success. 01:04:12.500 --> 01:04:15.780 But now it is about being able to show up on that big stage. 01:04:15.780 --> 01:04:17.980 And maybe this is going to be the world championships 01:04:17.980 --> 01:04:21.420 that we'll have America will be able to get that second title after Paul Reed's 01:04:21.420 --> 01:04:26.740 playing it so long ago. Yeah of course I think it feels like you know Juan in 01:04:26.740 --> 01:04:31.340 particular has really just had such a dominant season across the board and I 01:04:31.340 --> 01:04:35.460 think his ability to venture into the other regions and compete in them as 01:04:35.460 --> 01:04:38.060 well definitely have my out on here but I think all three of these players 01:04:38.060 --> 01:04:41.700 really really have to pay attention to from that time in particular. Next up 01:04:41.700 --> 01:04:45.380 Oceania let's talk about our players to watch from that region we've got 01:04:45.380 --> 01:04:48.820 Nicholas Kahn, Henry Rich, and Goji Kaida. 01:04:48.820 --> 01:04:52.980 Nicholas Kahn is someone who is no stranger to the world stage, 01:04:52.980 --> 01:04:56.380 having won the world championships back in the younger division before, 01:04:56.380 --> 01:05:00.340 and he comes in as one of the leading players from Australia. 01:05:00.340 --> 01:05:02.660 Of course, his brother Chris Kahn actually won the trading card game 01:05:02.660 --> 01:05:05.180 world championships in the seniors division back in 2011 as well. 01:05:05.180 --> 01:05:07.700 So just truly dominant family in Pokemon, 01:05:07.700 --> 01:05:10.620 but Nicholas has aged up through the divisions throughout the years, 01:05:10.620 --> 01:05:12.820 has continued to just have success after success, 01:05:12.820 --> 01:05:13.820 the next couple of years. 01:05:13.820 --> 01:05:14.820 We've been able to do well 01:05:14.820 --> 01:05:15.820 on the international level. 01:05:15.820 --> 01:05:17.820 Ended up getting regional 01:05:17.820 --> 01:05:19.820 championship title back in 01:05:19.820 --> 01:05:21.820 2022, but he's always gotten 01:05:21.820 --> 01:05:23.820 very, very close in some of the 01:05:23.820 --> 01:05:24.820 other regional championships 01:05:24.820 --> 01:05:25.820 he's played. 01:05:25.820 --> 01:05:27.820 And so for Henry, it's kind of 01:05:27.820 --> 01:05:28.820 like you were able to show 01:05:28.820 --> 01:05:29.820 yourself. 01:05:29.820 --> 01:05:30.820 I always kind of having 01:05:30.820 --> 01:05:31.820 consistent day two 01:05:31.820 --> 01:05:33.820 performances at ICs at the 01:05:33.820 --> 01:05:34.820 world stage, though. 01:05:34.820 --> 01:05:35.820 And so I think it's a 01:05:35.820 --> 01:05:36.820 great opportunity to 01:05:36.820 --> 01:05:37.820 get a chance to play 01:05:37.820 --> 01:05:38.820 in the next couple of years 01:05:38.820 --> 01:05:39.820 and to be able to 01:05:39.820 --> 01:05:40.820 get a chance to play 01:05:40.820 --> 01:05:41.820 in the next couple 01:05:41.820 --> 01:05:45.960 though. Is this the moment now that you can get to that day two and go beyond? 01:05:45.960 --> 01:05:48.540 Yeah, I'm really excited to see what he's brought because I feel like sometimes he 01:05:48.540 --> 01:05:52.740 has really essential teams. I remember correctly he met a top 8 NAIC during a 01:05:52.740 --> 01:05:57.020 restricted format with overquel on his team and using some really cool 01:05:57.020 --> 01:06:00.620 strategies and even though he's from Australia he has competed in North 01:06:00.620 --> 01:06:03.300 America good bit as well with multiple high-level finishes at 01:06:03.300 --> 01:06:07.260 regional as well as NAIC and so yeah I always really like watching him 01:06:07.260 --> 01:06:09.420 especially because he's brought some really cool stuff throughout the years. 01:06:09.420 --> 01:06:16.420 And then we've got Joji Kaeda and this is a competitor that has also been able to travel across the world to be able to compete. 01:06:16.420 --> 01:06:22.420 But I think also explains a couple of titles that we don't necessarily get to talk about very often. 01:06:22.420 --> 01:06:27.420 The online global and brands challenge. 01:06:27.420 --> 01:06:28.420 Thank you. I was like, there's one. 01:06:28.420 --> 01:06:29.420 I got you. I got you. 01:06:29.420 --> 01:06:30.420 There's a pop-up circumstance there. 01:06:30.420 --> 01:06:37.420 But it is incredible that he has won several of those competitions, not just one, not two, but several. 01:06:37.420 --> 01:06:45.420 Yeah, one of the most consistent players in the online best of one close team scene environment and often the best players there translate over to the best of three environment as well. 01:06:45.420 --> 01:06:48.920 It is really difficult to be so consistent in the game. 01:06:48.920 --> 01:06:49.920 Has a lot of variants. 01:06:49.920 --> 01:06:57.920 Be consistently top the ladder finish number one want a lot of these online tournaments, which have literally hundreds of thousands of players participating in that. 01:06:57.920 --> 01:07:04.920 And so I think a big question is what kind of team compositions you kind of land on, especially when you grind the ladder out that much. 01:07:04.920 --> 01:07:09.680 A lot of experience that comes from that, but you know it's going to be open team sheet. 01:07:09.680 --> 01:07:11.480 That's a three for this tournament. 01:07:11.480 --> 01:07:15.000 So you have to consider that your opponent is going to know a lot of information about 01:07:15.000 --> 01:07:16.000 your team. 01:07:16.000 --> 01:07:19.600 We've got another region coming up for you and it is going to be Japan. 01:07:19.600 --> 01:07:23.920 Japan, one of the strongest regions in competitive Pokemon. 01:07:23.920 --> 01:07:28.400 And we've got Ko Tsukide, Yuma Kinugawa and Hiroshi Onishi. 01:07:28.400 --> 01:07:30.520 Any of these could walk away as World Champion this weekend. 01:07:30.520 --> 01:07:34.120 Like I think Japan in particular is just historically such a strong region in BGC. 01:07:34.120 --> 01:07:36.240 had crowned multiple world champions. 01:07:36.240 --> 01:07:40.840 Ko is one of the players that I have on the very top of my list to win this weekend, and 01:07:40.840 --> 01:07:46.840 he won the senior division world championships back in 2019, has top cut worlds in masters 01:07:46.840 --> 01:07:52.480 multiple times after aging up, and he has been on an absolute hair this season as well. 01:07:52.480 --> 01:07:56.680 He's also traveled outside of Japan to compete at the internationals, and he's been so 01:07:56.680 --> 01:07:57.680 consistent. 01:07:57.680 --> 01:08:01.000 Every time I watch him play, I'm like, you know, I can see why he was a world 01:08:01.000 --> 01:08:03.320 champion, and I think he's here to prove himself. 01:08:03.320 --> 01:08:06.560 I can win in seniors, but I can also win in masters. 01:08:06.560 --> 01:08:10.600 It's kind of interesting to be able to watch these competitors age up through the divisions 01:08:10.600 --> 01:08:11.600 and still find success. 01:08:11.600 --> 01:08:13.500 I think about Nicholas Kahn in that same way. 01:08:13.500 --> 01:08:14.500 Yeah, exactly. 01:08:14.500 --> 01:08:19.600 And you were able to still show your stuff once you have actually evolved. 01:08:19.600 --> 01:08:23.320 But Yumu Kanagawa, I mean, this is a competitor that we talk about, you know, the Asian 01:08:23.320 --> 01:08:24.320 national system. 01:08:24.320 --> 01:08:28.080 It is a very different qualification method to come to the world championships. 01:08:28.080 --> 01:08:31.920 But Yuma, another one of those Japanese players that has decided to test his medal 01:08:31.920 --> 01:08:38.920 and a more international stage and walked away successful as our LAIC champion for this competitive season. 01:08:38.920 --> 01:08:44.920 Yeah, doing it with one of my favorite teams of the season as well, this hyper-offensive team that had Flamigo as well as his Suen Typhlosion. 01:08:44.920 --> 01:08:52.920 He has been a veteran of the scene at this point and playing around 10 years, but feel like the last two seasons he has just been on a generational care. 01:08:52.920 --> 01:08:59.920 He won the Japanese national championships last year, then went to NAIC where he finished in top eight and like you said Rose won LAIC. 01:08:59.920 --> 01:09:11.440 to win Japanese nationals and an international championship is just absolutely wild and so he's still hunting for I think a really big worlds finish made it to day two with actually also ground on I was talking about Justin Tang using ground on 01:09:11.440 --> 01:09:19.940 Kido Gawa use ground on in a different worlds format, which was also really cool to see with like Iron Jugulus and so yeah I think he comes in as definitely one of the favorites in Japan as well. 01:09:19.940 --> 01:09:26.460 And of course you have to talk about our current reigning Japan Nationals champion Hiroshi Onishi 01:09:26.960 --> 01:09:32.060 Winning with you know kind of a very standard set of Pokemon there with the Charizard and the Poet 01:09:32.060 --> 01:09:37.780 But I think it was really that bar chomp that really helped him stand out amongst the field when there were also so many other 01:09:38.220 --> 01:09:43.860 Charizards running around absolutely. Yeah, and I think the Japanese national champion always has 01:09:44.220 --> 01:09:47.720 Very high expectations coming into this world championships for a very long time 01:09:47.720 --> 01:09:52.160 It was like whoever won worlds was either the Japanese national champion or someone who had got in top four worlds before 01:09:52.160 --> 01:09:56.980 And I think like he comes in with definitely a lot of pressure a lot of expectations 01:09:56.980 --> 01:09:59.800 And he has been a very strong player from Japan specifically 01:09:59.800 --> 01:10:02.360 So they he's been able to compete at the world stage very much 01:10:02.360 --> 01:10:05.600 And so be able to see a exciting to see how he'll be able to do it 01:10:05.600 --> 01:10:09.560 But like you said, yeah, he showed look I can play the standard composition 01:10:09.560 --> 01:10:14.200 But I can play it better than anyone else and yeah comes in with a really really big big free over 01:10:14.200 --> 01:10:20.200 This is just a snapshot of our competitors to keep your eyes on for the 2026 World Championships. 01:10:20.200 --> 01:10:23.200 But if you're watching, then you're going to get something nice out of it too. 01:10:23.200 --> 01:10:25.200 Check out our distributions. 01:10:25.200 --> 01:10:30.200 Make sure that you have a link to your account so that you can get an Incineroar to use in-game. 01:10:30.200 --> 01:10:35.200 If you don't want to use Incineroar, then we also have some other goodies for you to be able to recruit a new Pokemon 01:10:35.200 --> 01:10:37.200 and train it up to be ready for your team. 01:10:37.200 --> 01:10:43.200 Of course. 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01:13:45.460 --> 01:13:48.020 Yeah, that's a match that you might expect to see 01:13:48.020 --> 01:13:49.460 in the World Championship finals. 01:13:49.460 --> 01:13:52.700 These players have so much history. 01:13:52.700 --> 01:13:55.500 Wolf, of course, winning U.S. Nationals multiple times, 01:13:55.500 --> 01:13:57.500 winning multiple international titles as well, 01:13:57.500 --> 01:13:59.380 and winning the World Championships in 2016 01:13:59.380 --> 01:14:01.140 alongside his regional accolades. 01:14:01.140 --> 01:14:05.940 here are foomey multi Japanese national champion. It is difficult for Japanese players to get 01:14:05.940 --> 01:14:09.540 the chance to really prove themselves very much because they don't have too many tournaments 01:14:09.540 --> 01:14:13.660 to compete in and the Japanese are just so grueling. But for here are foomey he has made 01:14:13.660 --> 01:14:18.460 it count on the world stage basically every time he's been here second in 2019 top cut 01:14:18.460 --> 01:14:22.140 the last three war championships with the top four finished last year as well. So it's 01:14:22.140 --> 01:14:25.540 going to be an unbelievable match and yeah I truly made it when you know what's 01:14:25.540 --> 01:14:29.340 so exciting about worlds is so many matches that you see on the screen if you said 01:14:29.340 --> 01:14:31.660 Oh, that is what we would see in the arena on Sunday. 01:14:31.660 --> 01:14:33.540 Wouldn't feel like an absolute shock. 01:14:33.540 --> 01:14:36.020 Yeah, and this is the world championships. 01:14:36.020 --> 01:14:37.460 Every single one of these matches 01:14:37.460 --> 01:14:39.140 is going to be super high stakes, 01:14:39.140 --> 01:14:41.980 and this is just Swiss round number one. 01:14:41.980 --> 01:14:45.340 We've got three incredible days of action ahead, 01:14:45.340 --> 01:14:48.900 and it does all culminate in the arena finals. 01:14:48.900 --> 01:14:51.660 I wonder how our competitors are going to react to that. 01:14:51.660 --> 01:14:53.500 Already we saw during the opening ceremony, 01:14:53.500 --> 01:14:54.900 there's a huge crowd out there 01:14:54.900 --> 01:14:58.260 just to watch the competitive action on the main stage, 01:14:58.260 --> 01:15:01.700 But then come Sunday, 15,000 competitors, 01:15:01.700 --> 01:15:04.420 like people watching two people do get out on this show. 01:15:04.420 --> 01:15:07.940 Yeah, yeah, I think it is probably something 01:15:07.940 --> 01:15:10.260 that is so exhilarating, like in the moment, 01:15:10.260 --> 01:15:12.620 it is just like, you're probably so focused 01:15:12.620 --> 01:15:14.020 on just trying to win the world championships 01:15:14.020 --> 01:15:15.540 when you're there, but it is truly, 01:15:15.540 --> 01:15:17.020 it will be the most unique experience 01:15:17.020 --> 01:15:19.500 I think any competitor in this game will ever have. 01:15:19.500 --> 01:15:21.380 It's gonna be a long way to get there, of course, 01:15:21.380 --> 01:15:22.620 with many rounds of Swiss today, 01:15:22.620 --> 01:15:24.060 another couple tomorrow, 01:15:24.060 --> 01:15:26.820 and to get there you have to be the best of the best. 01:15:26.820 --> 01:15:33.820 I know we're getting ahead of ourselves, but here's a video to make sure that you're caught up to speed on exactly what you'll be seeing this weekend. 01:15:35.820 --> 01:15:44.820 Whether it's your first time watching or you just need a quick refresher, here's an overview of the Pokemon VGC format at the 2026 World Championships. 01:15:44.820 --> 01:15:53.820 The best trainers of our round of globe are here to compete for their share of a $2 million prize pool and the coveted title of Pokemon World Champion. 01:15:53.820 --> 01:15:58.820 The first World Championship Slade and Pokemon champions will take place over three days. 01:15:58.820 --> 01:16:04.820 Phase 1 consists of Swiss rounds where trainers battle head-to-head in a best-of-three format with open team sheets. 01:16:04.820 --> 01:16:09.820 That means critical details about each trainer's Pokemon are available to the opponent. 01:16:09.820 --> 01:16:14.820 Trainers advance to Smith's Phase 2 if they gain more match points than their division threshold. 01:16:14.820 --> 01:16:20.820 At the conclusion of Phase 2, the top 8 trainers and up to 8 additional trainers tied with a place 01:16:20.820 --> 01:16:26.820 will advance into an asymmetrical single elimination bracket until only two finalists remain. 01:16:26.820 --> 01:16:33.820 On Championship Sunday, these finalists face off in San Francisco's Chase Arena for our biggest piles yet. 01:16:33.820 --> 01:16:39.820 Two will enter the arena, but only one will walk away as the 2026 Pokemon World Champion. 01:16:39.820 --> 01:16:43.820 Who will become the first World Champion of the Pokemon Champions era? 01:16:43.820 --> 01:16:45.820 Which Pokemon will dominate the meta? 01:16:45.820 --> 01:16:49.820 We'll be here all weekend so you won't miss a second of the action. 01:16:49.820 --> 01:16:52.700 With that, it's time to get today's matches going. 01:16:52.700 --> 01:16:54.200 Castor's take away. 01:16:57.960 --> 01:17:00.200 Thank you, Passmene, for that format. 01:17:00.200 --> 01:17:03.100 And now we're going to go into round number one 01:17:03.100 --> 01:17:05.580 between Wolf Glick and Kira Fumi-Kira. 01:17:05.580 --> 01:17:08.080 You can't ask for a better way to start the War Championships, Rose. 01:17:08.080 --> 01:17:11.220 You truly can't. We saw this matchup and we were like, come on. 01:17:11.220 --> 01:17:14.220 That has to be the one that we show for everybody. 01:17:14.220 --> 01:17:16.320 So hopefully, y'all are eating good at home. 01:17:16.320 --> 01:17:18.260 But let's talk about these teams 01:17:18.260 --> 01:17:22.100 teams as we've already talked 01:17:22.100 --> 01:17:22.900 about the player 01:17:22.900 --> 01:17:23.700 accomplishments with them 01:17:23.700 --> 01:17:24.700 coming in with major success 01:17:24.700 --> 01:17:25.700 at the World Championships, 01:17:25.700 --> 01:17:26.700 but you're not saying things 01:17:26.700 --> 01:17:30.700 incorrectly. That is a normal 01:17:30.700 --> 01:17:32.700 Tyranitar and a mega star 01:17:32.700 --> 01:17:33.700 after facing off against mega 01:17:33.700 --> 01:17:35.700 Blastoise and mega del Fox. I 01:17:35.700 --> 01:17:37.700 think, of course, Wolf of 01:17:37.700 --> 01:17:39.700 player let so many people are 01:17:39.700 --> 01:17:40.700 cheering for and so many 01:17:40.700 --> 01:17:41.700 people are curious. What 01:17:41.700 --> 01:17:42.700 do you see going to bring 01:17:42.700 --> 01:17:43.700 to this tournament? This 01:17:43.700 --> 01:17:44.700 meta game, of course, feels 01:17:44.700 --> 01:17:45.700 like there are around 10 01:17:45.700 --> 01:17:46.700 teams that were incredibly 01:17:46.700 --> 01:17:47.700 dominant and established 01:17:47.700 --> 01:17:53.700 coming into this format and for many players this question of are you going to use one of those teams or are you going to build something new and try to break the meta game? 01:17:53.700 --> 01:17:59.700 And at NAIC I think that was something where we looked at and we're like okay that's meta breaking, you've got Mammoth swine, you've got Toxic Pex. 01:17:59.700 --> 01:18:06.700 And actually a lot of people took that team and realized that Toxic Pex is going to be pretty good going into the rest of the Pokemon Champion's format. 01:18:06.700 --> 01:18:16.700 But this particular team it feels like it takes some of the best pieces of one of the archetypes that really started to emerge when this format was announced with Mega Surapter and Mega Tyrannatar. 01:18:16.700 --> 01:18:19.300 But of course there's a lot of wolf flavors behind it, 01:18:19.300 --> 01:18:21.420 something like that nasty-caught Phryggraph. 01:18:21.420 --> 01:18:23.500 Yeah, and I think a couple of elements to call out here. 01:18:23.500 --> 01:18:27.020 You've got the power-gent Life or Golden Go here, 01:18:27.020 --> 01:18:29.700 so that is used as a way to counter Tarzan, of course. 01:18:29.700 --> 01:18:31.020 Regular Taranatars, you mentioned, 01:18:31.020 --> 01:18:32.700 you wrote over the Mega Taranatar, 01:18:32.700 --> 01:18:34.220 mainly because Grapper's a football mod 01:18:34.220 --> 01:18:35.700 that does mega-volving so much, 01:18:35.700 --> 01:18:37.900 and the Choblberry just insures a little bit 01:18:37.900 --> 01:18:39.460 survivability against things like Low Kick 01:18:39.460 --> 01:18:40.660 from King Gambit. 01:18:40.660 --> 01:18:42.540 And you've also got Winscott and Phryggraph. 01:18:42.540 --> 01:18:44.300 Now, this is a duel that won the World Championships 01:18:44.300 --> 01:18:50.620 2024 but in a much higher power format overall of course paired with the ride on and of course you've got the nasty plot on the 01:18:50.620 --> 01:18:56.280 Frigraf the Whim Scott here doesn't have protect which it normally runs but the ability to switch in for a graph to block a fake out 01:18:56.300 --> 01:18:59.200 Allows you to flex and have a fourth move on the Whim Scott 01:18:59.200 --> 01:19:03.060 And then we've got extra drill with expert belt here as well without rocks like you know 01:19:03.060 --> 01:19:06.620 This is a little bit different from the traditional extra drills that you will see ending overall 01:19:06.620 --> 01:19:10.900 What's interesting is that there is only one mega evolution on this team a lot of the top teams in the format 01:19:10.900 --> 01:19:15.140 make you pick between, you know, one or two Megas or maybe even bring both Megas into a game, 01:19:15.140 --> 01:19:19.660 but Wolf says, I'm gonna bet it all on Starafter here, and I've got so many pieces supported as well as possible. 01:19:20.380 --> 01:19:24.660 Trick Room on the Fariguer off, Speed Control in the form of Tailwind here on this Wimsecot, 01:19:24.660 --> 01:19:28.100 and you do have the ability to come in with Tyranitar, 01:19:28.100 --> 01:19:31.580 but you do have to be a little bit careful since you don't have that mega evolution. 01:19:31.580 --> 01:19:37.860 You've got one shot to set up the stand on Tyranitar and keep it if you really do want those extra boosts to your special defense. 01:19:37.860 --> 01:19:44.860 Let's take a look at the flip side of things though, because while this might be a more unique take on that Star Raptor and Tyranitar archetype, 01:19:44.860 --> 01:19:48.860 Hero's Movie is actually running something that is a bit more established. 01:19:48.860 --> 01:19:53.860 You've got a choice in the Mega Del Fox or the Mega Blast Waste to really help amplify. 01:19:53.860 --> 01:19:58.860 You've got a boosting move on either of those, and the idea here is pretty simple. 01:19:58.860 --> 01:20:02.860 You're trying to set up either the Blasters to the Del Fox and then let them sweep. 01:20:02.860 --> 01:20:05.860 Exactly. Yeah, this is one of the top teams coming into the War Championships. 01:20:05.860 --> 01:20:10.820 championships. There was a huge online tournament. Nearly 1,500 people participated in it. This team won. 01:20:10.820 --> 01:20:15.780 Seam also reached rank number one on the ladder, built by a Japanese player a couple weeks ago. 01:20:15.780 --> 01:20:20.020 And so it continues to be a huge part of the meta game. And Rose, what makes it so scary is that 01:20:20.020 --> 01:20:24.340 there's nine different lead combos that feel good. Incineroar plus any of Blastoise, Delfox, 01:20:24.340 --> 01:20:28.580 or King Gambit. These are plus any of those. Or Cinnishio plus any of those, right? You have 01:20:28.580 --> 01:20:32.340 to respect all of the different Pokemon that can set up and often just run away with the 01:20:32.340 --> 01:20:37.220 game and so what makes it also difficult then if you're using it as well which one do you pick right 01:20:37.220 --> 01:20:41.060 King Gambit often kind of feels like a hidden mega evolution and that you can actually lead it and 01:20:41.060 --> 01:20:45.460 just try to start sweeping with it immediately I think Delphox actually is a Pokemon that feels 01:20:45.460 --> 01:20:49.620 strong into Ska Raptor on Wolves team in particular but you can see Hero from me leaning into 01:20:49.620 --> 01:20:53.460 Blastoise or Delphox or even King Gambit as the lead they consider are a really valuable 01:20:53.460 --> 01:20:57.380 Pokemon for him to potentially lead get that immediate intimidate off into Ska Raptor 01:20:57.380 --> 01:21:01.220 it's one of the ways that you can neutralize Ska Raptors damage output because of course 01:21:01.220 --> 01:21:04.260 If you bring Incineroar and Strapdoor's already mega vault, what it feels really bad. 01:21:04.260 --> 01:21:08.420 So normally you might want to lead Incineroar to try to catch that Strapdoor, drop its attack immediately, 01:21:08.420 --> 01:21:13.860 and if Wolf wants to respond, you can try to find ways to beat that Incineroar as quickly as possible, right? 01:21:13.860 --> 01:21:18.420 And so if you don't want to, you know, get intimidated by Strapdoor, things like Trynotar and Golden Go catch, 01:21:18.420 --> 01:21:23.860 you offer a lot of damage up, especially with Tower Gem on the Golden Go, which is not the move you see super frequently. 01:21:23.860 --> 01:21:28.980 And these are here also as quick guard, which of course is a fun move I can help out against priority hits. 01:21:28.980 --> 01:21:35.580 Let's get into it everybody. Game number one of the first round of the 2026 matchup is ready. 01:21:35.580 --> 01:21:40.180 Let's see what Wolf and Hirokumi are going to start things out with. 01:21:40.180 --> 01:21:46.580 For Hirokumi it is going to be the blast, or even Incineroar, but for Wolf it is the Star Raptor and Furret Ground. 01:21:46.580 --> 01:21:51.780 Yeah, so what's really interesting about this matchup for Wolf, I think, is that at any given point you can switch and win the cup, right? 01:21:51.780 --> 01:21:56.780 You also have to have to block that fakeout, which is such a big tool on Hirokumi's team, right? 01:21:56.780 --> 01:22:01.420 Normally what hero-fumi steam wants to do is cycle these fakeouts, get set up, but immediately, 01:22:01.420 --> 01:22:05.260 once the blastways can't get set up that easily, right? You can't fake out with incinerators, 01:22:05.260 --> 01:22:09.180 so you can always go for a close combat on some of that slot. Frig Raptor is a potentially nasty 01:22:09.180 --> 01:22:12.860 product, a thunderbolt as well. One thing that's really scary, I think, for hero-fumi is that 01:22:12.860 --> 01:22:17.180 Wolf can switch from Wimmscut at any point. That Wimmscut then can go for it, for example, 01:22:17.180 --> 01:22:21.180 Longcourt, if you try to set up with those both bots. You can even go for a side charm onto 01:22:21.180 --> 01:22:25.980 the Raptor as well. So, big question is, on turn one, what does hero-fumi want to do? You 01:22:25.980 --> 01:22:28.840 You do have something like poking Hannah on a similar and dark fold. 01:22:28.840 --> 01:22:31.640 You just try to get a bunch of damage off and it is going to be program switching. 01:22:31.640 --> 01:22:33.980 So is it that way to find it is going to be. 01:22:33.980 --> 01:22:37.180 And so when it comes in, I'm going to be able to help to think 01:22:37.480 --> 01:22:40.840 some of these attacks a little bit more effectively on that. 01:22:40.840 --> 01:22:43.700 Consider or not going to be the only Pokemon that's really going to get threatened 01:22:43.700 --> 01:22:46.200 for some pretty big damage or something like that. 01:22:46.200 --> 01:22:49.100 Flareblast, but it's not something that you really want to try to lock into 01:22:49.340 --> 01:22:52.140 into that for river out that was just on the other side. 01:22:52.140 --> 01:22:57.280 What we do have though is mega evolution time for both the Star Raptor and the Blastless. 01:22:57.280 --> 01:23:01.280 So they're both ready to put up a good fight on this first turn. 01:23:01.280 --> 01:23:03.780 Full combat comes out into the Blastoise. 01:23:03.780 --> 01:23:08.480 The extra HP going to help it out to make sure that it can take that attack effectively. 01:23:08.480 --> 01:23:10.280 As Water Spout now comes out. 01:23:10.280 --> 01:23:15.280 It's going to be a little bit muted because you did just take a ton of damage from the Star Raptor. 01:23:15.280 --> 01:23:18.280 But it's still going to start to add up to a bit of chip across the board. 01:23:18.280 --> 01:23:24.280 And the parting shot here. So, nice play by Heraphrubian. I think there could be 10 themes to try to target down the third draft aggressively, 01:23:24.280 --> 01:23:29.780 but manages to get Incinera out. Water Spots still does okay damage, and of course, Prushly breaks Focus up. 01:23:29.780 --> 01:23:35.280 And now Sinisteria hits the field, right? So you do get that recovery onto the Blastoise with that hospitality, 01:23:35.280 --> 01:23:41.280 and you have to play this guessing game now, while it's the Raptor's close combat, Sinisteria can just go for Ragepower to redirect it away. 01:23:41.280 --> 01:23:45.280 So, of course, you can go for Braver, but if you're Heraphrubian, you can also make a call and say, 01:23:45.280 --> 01:23:51.280 You know what I'm actually going to protect in front of your brain bird and so great birding the blast ways is probably like the most guaranteed 01:23:51.280 --> 01:23:56.260 Damage here and this is the offer thing about blast ways, which is after that special defense boots on this thraster 01:23:56.280 --> 01:23:58.280 The runners buff aren't doing that much damage 01:23:58.280 --> 01:24:02.280 So I think you know pretty okay trade for both players on turn one 01:24:02.280 --> 01:24:07.280 But I think we'll see what a really favorable position mainly because of the office of threat of this drafter the women's caught of course 01:24:07.280 --> 01:24:09.280 We go for a charm on to it as well 01:24:09.280 --> 01:24:12.280 There is an out of benefit of this initiative coming back in with the hospitality 01:24:12.280 --> 01:24:15.400 hospitality you're going to get a little bit of healing back onto the blast 01:24:15.400 --> 01:24:18.280 way so this water spout will be a little more effective as long as you don't take 01:24:18.280 --> 01:24:21.960 more damage on this turn but that rage counter is going to be what comes out 01:24:21.960 --> 01:24:26.120 when spot is a grass type though so that move blast will not be redirected as 01:24:26.120 --> 01:24:30.800 your blast will case damage anyway a great cover plate you're from wolf to get 01:24:30.800 --> 01:24:35.040 the move blast into the blast ways to reduce water spout damage and also still 01:24:35.040 --> 01:24:39.840 engulf that braver so that you have guaranteed damage into Sinistra 01:24:39.840 --> 01:24:45.840 Water Spouts though, I mean we're starting to look at the 34 stat card here for both the way to pot and the Starafter. 01:24:45.840 --> 01:24:49.840 Yeah, I think one thing that's really crucial about the Starafter and Walsh team is that there's no roots, right? 01:24:49.840 --> 01:24:52.840 And so actually every little bit of damage that lands on it will be permanent. 01:24:52.840 --> 01:24:56.840 And so I think Karifumi's probably pretty happy about that trade at the end of the day. 01:24:56.840 --> 01:25:00.840 You're able to actually get a good amount onto the Starafter if you're weakening Walsh Bulkmonen. 01:25:00.840 --> 01:25:05.840 One of the tricky things about Starafter, I think, is that you actually take a lot of recoil damage from Raver. 01:25:05.840 --> 01:25:07.440 great for damage does add up. 01:25:07.440 --> 01:25:09.600 And because of that parting shot on turn one, 01:25:09.600 --> 01:25:11.080 Lulus doesn't do that much, right? 01:25:11.080 --> 01:25:13.520 So this one actually is a pretty crucial turn, 01:25:13.520 --> 01:25:14.360 because if you're a hero, 01:25:14.360 --> 01:25:15.360 who may want me to consider 01:25:15.360 --> 01:25:17.440 is potentially switching the Sinister out 01:25:17.440 --> 01:25:20.160 and getting it back in for more healing later on. 01:25:20.160 --> 01:25:21.000 Or you could say, you know what? 01:25:21.000 --> 01:25:22.920 I am just gonna go for the safe rage powder 01:25:22.920 --> 01:25:24.120 and water spout once more. 01:25:24.120 --> 01:25:25.520 But I think hero's movie has actually done 01:25:25.520 --> 01:25:27.840 a pretty good job of distributing damage so far. 01:25:27.840 --> 01:25:29.560 And so after is maybe not gotten as much 01:25:29.560 --> 01:25:31.760 as you would want normally for this. 01:25:31.760 --> 01:25:33.640 We're gonna see the Sinister switch out 01:25:33.640 --> 01:25:35.980 I'm going to reserve the hospitality for later, as you are saying. 01:25:35.980 --> 01:25:38.640 It's going to be a king gambit that comes in instead. 01:25:38.640 --> 01:25:44.980 It's a little risky, but it would be diabolical for Wilson to actually throw a post on that into a ghost type. 01:25:44.980 --> 01:25:50.420 So it is going to be the buster and the braver from the Star Raptor just to guarantee the damage. 01:25:50.420 --> 01:25:52.380 My heart was pounding there, Rosa. I was like, you called it. 01:25:52.380 --> 01:25:55.820 I mean, what if it actually happens? How diabolical? Good, it'd be. 01:25:55.820 --> 01:25:57.240 But the switch indeed does happen. 01:25:57.240 --> 01:26:00.940 So now, of course, there is on-court pressure from the winds that caught on to Blasphoies 01:26:00.940 --> 01:26:02.380 to try to on-court and to protect. 01:26:02.380 --> 01:26:08.120 I think if you are a hero for me, it is still this guessing game of like, can I cycle with my Pokemon safely, right? 01:26:08.120 --> 01:26:15.380 Because the King Gambit here is going to be Black Glasses, so after it has a defense boost, so Sucker Punch should not get the knockout onto it. 01:26:15.380 --> 01:26:20.380 And if you're a hero for me, I think what you probably want to do is get that Sinishia in to protect either of these Pokemon. 01:26:20.380 --> 01:26:26.380 But let's say you switch Blastways out into Sinishia, then you're still vulnerable to just eating up a close comment on that slot. 01:26:26.380 --> 01:26:30.880 Or maybe Wolf greeds it and brave birds into Blastways, which then would knock out the Sinishia. 01:26:30.880 --> 01:26:33.820 So it's actually, like, I think this is a really, really key turn. 01:26:33.820 --> 01:26:35.460 It's gonna be the King's Gambit switching. 01:26:35.460 --> 01:26:37.560 Do we see an encore from the Whimsicons? 01:26:37.560 --> 01:26:40.560 Hey, I mean, that is entirely possible. 01:26:40.560 --> 01:26:44.400 And that would mean that this Blastoise can't do any damage on this next turn. 01:26:44.400 --> 01:26:47.060 And that was, that's a critical for Tarman instead. 01:26:47.060 --> 01:26:49.800 And so angling that into the Star Brasser country 01:26:49.800 --> 01:26:52.400 is actually going to make sure that that is an attack boost 01:26:52.400 --> 01:26:54.040 instead of an attack drop. 01:26:54.040 --> 01:26:59.740 And so the great, first-rate Blastoise down to just a small sliver of HP 01:26:59.740 --> 01:27:05.740 The Zerliss water spout is going to be nothing more than just a couple drops of water in the face. 01:27:05.740 --> 01:27:07.240 Well, really exhilarating turn there. 01:27:07.240 --> 01:27:10.740 Yeah, I was kind of expecting Wolf to go for the self-charm a little bit earlier in this. 01:27:10.740 --> 01:27:12.740 And so, finally does get it off. 01:27:12.740 --> 01:27:17.740 Crucial trade there. I think if you're here for me, you're probably not too stoked about how that turn went 01:27:17.740 --> 01:27:19.740 because I hope Wolf was to just knock out Strapher after there. 01:27:19.740 --> 01:27:23.740 Here for me makes the call and says, look, I don't think you're going to on for me because the switch is so obvious, right? 01:27:23.740 --> 01:27:27.240 And so, at the end of the day, Strapher does hang on with a sliver of HP. 01:27:27.240 --> 01:27:29.760 basically one braver to wait for him getting knocked out, right? 01:27:29.760 --> 01:27:32.240 And Hirosumi's done a good job of distributing damage. 01:27:32.240 --> 01:27:33.240 We have to consider, 01:27:33.240 --> 01:27:36.240 Incider in the back is probably not going to be the heaviest damage dealer. 01:27:36.240 --> 01:27:39.240 If you knock out Staraff or King Gambit actually becomes really threatening, 01:27:39.240 --> 01:27:41.240 you also know that Wolt has to regress in the back. 01:27:41.240 --> 01:27:45.240 After regress, great for blocking fakeouts, really bad in the King Gambit, right? 01:27:45.240 --> 01:27:49.240 And so, the Hirosumi and his goal is to knock out Staraff as quickly as possible. 01:27:49.240 --> 01:27:53.240 He constantly makes these switches, and King Gambit's going to come in once again. 01:27:53.240 --> 01:27:55.240 Could this be the close combat read? 01:27:55.240 --> 01:28:02.840 If it is, then this is going to be game number one going over to Wolf, but it is still a very risky play to make. 01:28:02.840 --> 01:28:08.640 It's going to be the move last first, and that's actually going to deal a pretty significant amount here too that came Gambit, 01:28:08.640 --> 01:28:14.140 but it is the Brave Bird Wolf trying to secure the KO onto the opposing Mega Evolution first. 01:28:14.140 --> 01:28:19.240 Yeah, I mean, great switches by Hirafumi. Like, it feels like it is so tense, because like you said, 01:28:19.240 --> 01:28:25.020 I think if you're a close combat in a Gambit, Gambit face-nurse is so so tricky, but Gambit does come in freely 01:28:25.020 --> 01:28:30.080 and now it pressures Sucker Punch into Sucker App here. Of course, if you want to get around the Sucker Punch 01:28:30.080 --> 01:28:35.240 what you could do then is switch the Clips upon out, he's a free grab, walk the Sucker Punch, and then maybe close combat in Gambit. 01:28:35.240 --> 01:28:38.840 But this is such a high-level game of Ho-Kwon, right? It just seems so obvious. 01:28:38.840 --> 01:28:43.640 Here, Fumi could consider maybe swapping Sinisteria back in once again to kill the Blast place as well. 01:28:43.640 --> 01:28:48.480 And it's gonna be the Blast place pivoting out here. I think switching in Sinisteria to protect the Queen Gambit actually 01:28:48.480 --> 01:28:51.480 relatively safe. Let's see if it's going to be to protect right here. 01:28:51.480 --> 01:28:56.480 Because then on the next turn, if this Sinistra is still around, you can actually go for something 01:28:56.480 --> 01:29:03.480 like a bridge powder to release, try to bridge directly another Moon Blast, but the crit is going to cure the KO 01:29:03.480 --> 01:29:10.480 first one to us this game after so many turns and a 40 turn into the King Gambit 01:29:10.480 --> 01:29:14.480 instead, maybe hoping that it was going to be the Sinistra on the other side. 01:29:14.480 --> 01:29:19.000 Exactly this is like what high-level Pokemon is about right because I think 01:29:19.000 --> 01:29:21.960 you didn't go for sucker punch you didn't go for protect just goes for the 01:29:21.960 --> 01:29:25.640 couch out we'd say look I think that you're gonna expect me to potentially 01:29:25.640 --> 01:29:29.720 pivot out right and so if gets a double knockout there that's such a big deal and 01:29:29.720 --> 01:29:34.440 that's huge huge play by her for me I think you could things felt really tense 01:29:34.440 --> 01:29:37.080 especially with that critical hit onto sinister because I've met like close 01:29:37.080 --> 01:29:40.200 combat could just go to King Amit safely and once again if the close 01:29:40.200 --> 01:29:43.360 combat goes off King Amit beans I think it's just game over right and so 01:29:43.360 --> 01:29:45.440 So that's her hero-fueling thing. 01:29:45.440 --> 01:29:46.360 I'm not going to suffer fun. 01:29:46.360 --> 01:29:48.040 Paul says, well, I'm not going to switch in break-graph, 01:29:48.040 --> 01:29:50.080 but it still works in hero-fueling's favor. 01:29:50.080 --> 01:29:52.080 It's going to be Tarana-far here. 01:29:52.080 --> 01:29:54.240 And in the back, as Incineroar comes back in. 01:29:54.240 --> 01:29:55.800 So crucial to intimidate. 01:29:55.800 --> 01:29:57.680 But make-up currently is blocked. 01:29:57.680 --> 01:29:58.920 And for hero-fueling, the question 01:29:58.920 --> 01:30:00.760 is, can you actually still do enough damage? 01:30:00.760 --> 01:30:02.800 Because the Tarana-far here does have low kick. 01:30:02.800 --> 01:30:05.960 It does threaten King Gambit with a ton of damage. 01:30:05.960 --> 01:30:08.800 That would end up securing a knockout here, 01:30:08.800 --> 01:30:10.800 but we do have that intimidate drop. 01:30:10.800 --> 01:30:12.720 So there might be something that we'll 01:30:12.720 --> 01:30:16.080 to wait and see but there's also still that blast waste in the back if you're 01:30:16.080 --> 01:30:19.280 trying to consider maybe instead we're getting a parting shot off into the 01:30:19.280 --> 01:30:22.760 tyrannotar reduced the damage bring in the blast waste instead and pacify 01:30:22.760 --> 01:30:26.520 it. Yeah the main question I have Rose is if you're here with me how are you 01:30:26.520 --> 01:30:30.280 beating tyrannotar right because blast waste is quite low in terms of HP and 01:30:30.280 --> 01:30:33.640 in simmering king yam it don't have a tax look and hit it for even neutral death 01:30:33.640 --> 01:30:36.960 right if there was no frigorap on the field I'd say well you can just 01:30:36.960 --> 01:30:40.760 fake out you can sword stance but right now I think it's actually still kind 01:30:40.760 --> 01:30:44.960 of dicey for Harifumi because of the inability to fake out. So it's gonna be the parting shocker 01:30:44.960 --> 01:30:49.400 and Sinter actually moving first before Thrograph or the Tyrannotar, but in Karifumi's goal 01:30:49.400 --> 01:30:53.600 is let me just keep cycling in these Intimidates. Dwarves still gonna have to do enough damage 01:30:53.600 --> 01:30:54.600 to Tyrannotar though. 01:30:54.600 --> 01:30:58.760 Before it ends up taking care of you in this glass race, he's unfortunately going 01:30:58.760 --> 01:31:04.600 to get switched in. Okay, one turn here though for the King Gambit to use the Protect 01:31:04.600 --> 01:31:09.280 and it was going to be a double of that Thunderbolt into the King Gambit as well. It's actually 01:31:09.280 --> 01:31:11.780 So I'll think it knocked out to the same storm chip. 01:31:11.780 --> 01:31:14.560 OK, so this opens the door. 01:31:14.560 --> 01:31:16.560 I mean, Hero Floating Out can potentially consider 01:31:16.560 --> 01:31:18.560 switching Blastoise back out. 01:31:18.560 --> 01:31:21.680 The Blastoise at this point feels like a non-factor in terms 01:31:21.680 --> 01:31:22.960 of dealing damage to Trinitar. 01:31:22.960 --> 01:31:24.640 But it could go for Dark Pulse, right? 01:31:24.640 --> 01:31:26.840 That deals super effective damage into Frigrap. 01:31:26.840 --> 01:31:28.760 Could angle for a flinch on a Trinitar as well. 01:31:28.760 --> 01:31:30.080 And part of the way to handle Trinitar 01:31:30.080 --> 01:31:31.720 is to keep swapping in and out for Intimidate. 01:31:31.720 --> 01:31:33.320 So it's exactly what Hero Floating 01:31:33.320 --> 01:31:34.200 is doing right now. 01:31:34.200 --> 01:31:35.600 The stand actually really important 01:31:35.600 --> 01:31:37.520 is to be able to ensure that Blastoise will 01:31:37.520 --> 01:31:41.180 probably expect to see a dark pulse here is going to go into a free graph but 01:31:41.180 --> 01:31:47.520 that's a lot of damage but will survive. So as able to at least go for one more attack 01:31:47.520 --> 01:31:51.080 it could be the Thunderbolt coming out here but it's going to be the Tyranitar 01:31:51.080 --> 01:31:55.200 going for the low kick and take a look at how effective those Intimity Attack 01:31:55.200 --> 01:31:59.160 drops and the Party Shot has really been onto this Tyranitar and the 01:31:59.160 --> 01:32:02.880 Thunderbolt as well. I mean it's a Seraph quite bulky. We do see a Parallelist. 01:32:02.880 --> 01:32:08.520 That might come back to work a little bit in the remaining turns of this first game. 01:32:08.520 --> 01:32:11.520 That's a big deal, right? Because we saw in the center it was faster than both of these 01:32:11.520 --> 01:32:14.480 both won initially. And so it would have been able to either get another parting shot into 01:32:14.480 --> 01:32:19.520 Puranitar or just knocked out Pyrograph before they get the chance to move. And so really 01:32:19.520 --> 01:32:23.800 big prowess is there. For Herofumi, the question still is how do you beat Puranitar? 01:32:23.800 --> 01:32:27.400 The answer, I think ideally is you get sword stance often. Like you need to knock out 01:32:27.400 --> 01:32:31.520 Pyrograph first and then, you know, a sword stance like plus two, kowtow cleave 01:32:31.520 --> 01:32:34.960 into plus two Sacrifice, you've got company hand support on the Incendiary as well. 01:32:34.960 --> 01:32:39.440 Now, Taranitar doesn't have the ability to go for something like Rockside, for example. 01:32:39.440 --> 01:32:41.840 It's a question of does King Gambit protect this turn, right? 01:32:41.840 --> 01:32:45.160 And if you're Wolf, I think you can always safely target down the Incendiary Sloth. 01:32:45.160 --> 01:32:48.280 But if you ignore King Gambit and it gets the Swords Dance off, 01:32:48.280 --> 01:32:49.880 suddenly things can become really scary. 01:32:49.880 --> 01:32:53.240 So the question is, do you watch that blow kick into King Gambit? 01:32:53.240 --> 01:32:55.560 Do you Rockside into Incendiary? It's going to be Rockside! 01:32:55.560 --> 01:32:58.120 Okay, it is. King Gambit here can Swords Dance, 01:32:58.120 --> 01:33:00.560 and Incendiary can maybe just Flare Blitz and Tail for Rigger App. 01:33:00.560 --> 01:33:04.460 If you don't get flinched, there is a 30% chance for that to happen. 01:33:04.460 --> 01:33:07.760 So ourselves a lot of HP though to try to get it through these next couple of turns. 01:33:07.760 --> 01:33:10.160 There's going to be for Riverrath going for the attack first. 01:33:10.160 --> 01:33:14.460 A Thunderbolt aimed to the King Gambit is not going to give that second area to the paralysis, 01:33:14.460 --> 01:33:18.160 but you do see the Rockside flinch onto that King Gambit. 01:33:18.160 --> 01:33:22.660 Still not a terrible turn though for Nofumi as you end up getting the KO onto the first round. 01:33:22.660 --> 01:33:26.060 Yeah, but I think the thing now is like, the whole question was always, 01:33:26.060 --> 01:33:27.360 well how do you beat Tamanitar, right? 01:33:27.360 --> 01:33:30.360 Sneasler is the answer for it, but Sneasler wasn't brought into it. 01:33:30.360 --> 01:33:33.520 Zinnish does her other answer into it, but it went down so quickly. 01:33:33.520 --> 01:33:37.040 And then Blastway's the third answer to it, but his HP just got whittled down so low, right? 01:33:37.040 --> 01:33:39.680 And so, had King Gambit been able to get a Sword Stance off there, 01:33:39.680 --> 01:33:41.280 I think it would still be in Wolfe's favor, to be honest, 01:33:41.280 --> 01:33:44.800 because Taranitar should still outspeed the King Gambit and just go for low kick into it. 01:33:44.800 --> 01:33:46.840 But with the inability to get a Sword Stance off there, 01:33:46.840 --> 01:33:49.040 I think Taranitar should be able to win this game. 01:33:49.040 --> 01:33:52.720 That thunderbolt actually being really crucial damage is just dropping King Gambit lower and lower. 01:33:52.720 --> 01:33:55.600 This Taranitar is even multiple attack drops at this point, 01:33:55.600 --> 01:33:58.960 but I don't think it's gonna be enough for Heroes for me to win the game. 01:33:58.960 --> 01:34:04.320 I'm just trying to consider how little damage the Incidor even took from something like the 01:34:04.320 --> 01:34:06.800 low kick and that's why I had that hesitation. 01:34:06.800 --> 01:34:09.440 There's also free text and play. 01:34:09.440 --> 01:34:13.640 So if your fume can actually get a nice ball right, or maybe there's something important 01:34:13.640 --> 01:34:17.960 like the raw side miss or you can fight through the clinch, then maybe things do end up actually 01:34:17.960 --> 01:34:18.960 looking a little different. 01:34:18.960 --> 01:34:23.720 Incidor though, it took a lot of damage that after, oh, another raw side clinch 01:34:23.720 --> 01:34:24.720 too. 01:34:24.720 --> 01:34:25.720 Never mind, I spoke too soon. 01:34:25.720 --> 01:34:29.720 It does look like Incinamore is going to go down to the rock side on the next turn. 01:34:29.720 --> 01:34:31.720 Yeah, Wolves making the nice call there though, right? 01:34:31.720 --> 01:34:35.720 Here for me protects King Gambit, that was an opportunity to potentially sword stance up on it. 01:34:35.720 --> 01:34:37.720 And Wolves saying like I think you kind of have to protect here. 01:34:37.720 --> 01:34:40.720 So she's going to be helping me hand here to get one last attack up, 01:34:40.720 --> 01:34:43.720 but with no sword stance from that King Gambit earlier, 01:34:43.720 --> 01:34:46.720 she's not going to do very much with this sucker punch. 01:34:46.720 --> 01:34:50.720 Ah, it's just going to be roughly a quarter of the total HD of this Tyranitar, 01:34:50.720 --> 01:34:52.720 and the low kick finishes it off. 01:34:52.720 --> 01:34:58.800 be a 1v1 between this Incineroar and Tyranitar and win that speed disadvantage from the paralysis 01:34:58.800 --> 01:35:01.080 that is going to be a win for Tyranitar. 01:35:01.080 --> 01:35:06.800 Yeah, I think regular Tyranitar really proving how powerful it can be here and for Wolf prioritizing 01:35:06.800 --> 01:35:11.520 the early knockout onto Classboid for the early damage onto a medlet, Tyranitar wasn't 01:35:11.520 --> 01:35:12.520 really breading, right? 01:35:12.520 --> 01:35:15.520 And so I think if you're here fooming, you look at that game, you're probably thinking, 01:35:15.520 --> 01:35:18.520 I feel like I played pretty well in the opening turn, so what went wrong for me? 01:35:18.520 --> 01:35:21.520 And then part of it is that Incineroar is really good as a supportive tool, but 01:35:21.520 --> 01:35:26.240 it can't fake out it then becomes less effective. He intimidates on the attack drop for nice, but it 01:35:26.240 --> 01:35:29.680 didn't feel like he had enough damage output basically right. His damage was mainly coming from 01:35:29.680 --> 01:35:34.960 Blastoise looking waterspout doing 30-40% here and there. So I think if you're here for me 01:35:34.960 --> 01:35:38.720 probably you're starting to look at that Cesar potentially as an adaptation because of course 01:35:38.720 --> 01:35:42.880 that Cesar does have close combat which gives you a ton of burst damage into Trannitar. 01:35:42.880 --> 01:35:47.680 There was that one turn where I was wondering what if the Blastoise had ended up going for 01:35:47.680 --> 01:35:53.680 a dark pulse instead. It took so much damage that it was only around 10% left. Maybe if that 01:35:53.680 --> 01:35:57.680 had been a dark pulse, that could have been a potential knockout, I think, into the Starafter 01:35:57.680 --> 01:36:04.800 on that turn. Yeah, exactly. Yeah, I think that is a really good point. And I think what's really 01:36:04.800 --> 01:36:08.880 tough for Hirafumi here is kind of threading the needle of dealing with Starafter at any 01:36:08.880 --> 01:36:12.160 given point, because Starafter was a huge threat in the early game, but then, of course, 01:36:12.160 --> 01:36:16.000 the win condition in the endgame kind of ended up being Taranitar, right? So, 01:36:16.000 --> 01:36:18.700 Hero Fumi actually has plenty of tools to deal with Taranitar. 01:36:18.700 --> 01:36:21.300 For example, if you are able to get it out earlier in the field, 01:36:21.300 --> 01:36:22.900 and Sinoshas, and taking a lot of damage, 01:36:22.900 --> 01:36:26.100 Sinoshas is insanely good into Taranitar after Intimidate, right? 01:36:26.100 --> 01:36:27.900 Because you're able to heal back up with Machigacha, 01:36:27.900 --> 01:36:29.300 you can run into burn as well. 01:36:29.300 --> 01:36:30.900 So Hero Fumi's team has the tools. 01:36:30.900 --> 01:36:32.900 The question is, do you want to lead into Blastways again? 01:36:32.900 --> 01:36:34.400 Delphox is something like, can't come out, 01:36:34.400 --> 01:36:39.100 but it is a big question mark because it is so bad into Taranitar, right? 01:36:39.100 --> 01:36:41.500 That is part of the reason why Taranitar is such an appealing team. 01:36:41.500 --> 01:36:47.000 I'm going to say that I should have wouldn't be a great thing for the Del Fox to see either. 01:36:47.000 --> 01:36:50.260 But as you call that before we even got into the match, there's a rock side on it. 01:36:50.260 --> 01:36:56.340 We would still have to worry a little bit about actually taking just like in general 01:36:56.340 --> 01:36:58.340 some damage here from the extra drill. 01:36:58.340 --> 01:36:59.340 It can be very fast as well. 01:36:59.340 --> 01:37:01.740 That's something you're going to have to think about oppressing. 01:37:01.740 --> 01:37:03.240 But I feel like you're right. 01:37:03.240 --> 01:37:07.380 I wonder maybe Sneasler to actually think about still bringing the blast to us and 01:37:07.380 --> 01:37:10.500 just switch it up and just bring Sneasler over and so on. 01:37:10.500 --> 01:37:16.500 Yeah, yeah, I think Sneasler's damage output and that focus sash means you've been getting one big close combat with it can be a really big deal. 01:37:16.500 --> 01:37:22.500 So probably the first adaptation I'm looking for is on here with Fumi's end, but it could be Delphox just to switch up and he is going to be the Delphox. 01:37:22.500 --> 01:37:24.500 I mean, that's what makes his team so intriguing. 01:37:24.500 --> 01:37:31.500 If it's this, my expectation would be a Sneasler in the back, right, to potentially close combat trying to farm. 01:37:31.500 --> 01:37:37.500 We'll have to see. But either way, the Delphox here does fighting Golden Go immediately, but the question is, can Golden Go survive a heat wave? 01:37:37.500 --> 01:37:40.700 wave often it will be able to this is life or golden go that you can shadow 01:37:40.700 --> 01:37:43.940 bonkers burn and that would be a huge knockout intimidates obviously pretty 01:37:43.940 --> 01:37:46.660 valuable in the strategy part but I think you're for me maybe hoping to see 01:37:46.660 --> 01:37:49.900 sparafter here right if it's a strapper basically that in delfons feel stronger 01:37:49.900 --> 01:37:53.860 but we'll fix it off the traffic for golden go delfons is in an awkward 01:37:53.860 --> 01:37:57.740 position right now because you don't assist it like timing of the mega 01:37:57.740 --> 01:38:01.700 evolution is also incredibly important so this is something where you say I 01:38:01.700 --> 01:38:05.340 want to mega evolve the delfons now do I actually want to try to switch it 01:38:05.340 --> 01:38:11.340 out and call something in like it's finished out or even possibly if he dammed it that might be able to take me back a little better. 01:38:11.340 --> 01:38:15.340 Yeah I think there's so many plays that could happen from both ends right now. 01:38:15.340 --> 01:38:22.340 Oh! Just he waves and no mega! No mega! Evolution! So Rose I think that probably means there's a blast wave potentially in the back. 01:38:22.340 --> 01:38:27.340 That also by the way could have been helping Han on Incineroar. It's not going to be the helping Han so Shadow Ball just comes out immediately. 01:38:27.340 --> 01:38:31.340 Maybe it's a parting shot from here if we need covering for Golden Goat protecting that turn. 01:38:31.340 --> 01:38:39.820 And we'll just be a knockout immediately onto the Golden Goal with trade blow for blow here in explosive turn number one 01:38:39.820 --> 01:38:45.500 But it is just going to be the parting shot to help reduce the damage output of this time Ranitar even further 01:38:45.500 --> 01:38:46.860 I love this though 01:38:46.860 --> 01:38:49.980 This is one of the most exciting things about the war championships this year 01:38:49.980 --> 01:38:55.820 Which is cool mega teams bringing both megas and flexing it right and so it's gonna be a single target rocks like here 01:38:55.820 --> 01:38:58.100 It does decent damage at minus two, right? 01:38:58.100 --> 01:39:00.100 Every little bit of damage on a water smelt flask waist 01:39:00.100 --> 01:39:01.460 really makes a big difference. 01:39:01.460 --> 01:39:04.020 My question now is, what is Herafumi's more corresponding? 01:39:04.020 --> 01:39:05.060 It is Sinisha. 01:39:05.060 --> 01:39:08.940 So Herafumi says, look, I think I can flex my mega evolution, 01:39:08.940 --> 01:39:10.940 and I also think Nali's in a really good position 01:39:10.940 --> 01:39:11.780 with flask waist, right? 01:39:11.780 --> 01:39:14.100 Obviously just breading with an immediate water spot right 01:39:14.100 --> 01:39:14.740 now. 01:39:14.740 --> 01:39:16.860 And there's no good switching for a Pokemon 01:39:16.860 --> 01:39:18.660 to be able to take that. 01:39:18.660 --> 01:39:21.020 Golden Go is low enough that I feel like that might end up 01:39:21.020 --> 01:39:23.420 being a knockout if this flask waist can actually 01:39:23.420 --> 01:39:25.140 stay at this HP level. 01:39:25.140 --> 01:39:31.580 But then, yeah, what would you bring in to take the water spout if you want to actually preserve the Tyranitar and shed those attack bombs? 01:39:31.580 --> 01:39:38.320 Yeah, I think the, you know, safe play for Wolves is probably switch Tyranitar into Winslow Claw because the Winslow Claw then has all four barter in the following turn. 01:39:38.320 --> 01:39:40.160 And then Shadow Ball into Sinisteria. 01:39:40.160 --> 01:39:47.520 Or Shadow Ball into Blastoise just to guarantee you get a lot of damage into it because I think Sinisteria is protecting or switching into Incineroar is the most launchable play for Hierakumi's at. 01:39:47.520 --> 01:39:53.720 And so, I think I would be shocked if there were no, you know, if there was a Winslow Claw strapped through in the back from Wolvesend right now. 01:39:53.720 --> 01:39:57.560 So it's going to be Sinister actually switching out first into the Incinerator. 01:39:57.560 --> 01:40:01.480 Okay, Incinerator at least put the fake out on the table for the following turn 01:40:01.480 --> 01:40:05.480 and kind of ensures that this Tyrantor's got to get out of there, but there's no other switches on the table. 01:40:05.480 --> 01:40:12.280 So just going to be the Blastoise mega evolving and both of these Pokemon being on the receiving end of a potential water scout. 01:40:12.280 --> 01:40:15.960 You do also have the Dark Ghouls if you want to try to guarantee the damage into the Golden Ghost. 01:40:15.960 --> 01:40:17.320 But the Golden Ghost first! 01:40:17.320 --> 01:40:20.280 He's going to turn it down to 19%. 01:40:20.280 --> 01:40:22.280 His water spells are going to be pitiful. 01:40:22.280 --> 01:40:24.280 But if the shell smashed instead, 01:40:24.280 --> 01:40:27.780 that's the way to help increase the speed of these glass toys 01:40:27.780 --> 01:40:30.780 at an expense of its defense and special defense. 01:40:30.780 --> 01:40:33.280 Yeah, but I think, oh, it's rumps if it doesn't miss. 01:40:33.280 --> 01:40:35.280 Oh, it's supposed to be a bitter heart, 01:40:35.280 --> 01:40:37.280 but it's feeling connected under the glass toys. 01:40:37.280 --> 01:40:38.280 Wow. 01:40:38.280 --> 01:40:40.280 The edge of it is going to take him down 01:40:40.280 --> 01:40:41.280 at the end of the turn. 01:40:41.280 --> 01:40:42.280 Yeah, that critical hit was huge. 01:40:42.280 --> 01:40:44.280 I think that played a lot of things going on. 01:40:44.280 --> 01:40:46.280 I think it's going to be a great hit. 01:40:46.280 --> 01:40:47.980 a lot of things going in Wolfe's favor. 01:40:47.980 --> 01:40:49.480 I don't think he needed it to be clear, right? 01:40:49.480 --> 01:40:51.280 Like, I think he made the absolute right play. 01:40:51.280 --> 01:40:53.980 But I think that's just game over, honestly, on the spot, right? 01:40:53.980 --> 01:40:56.480 Because Garifumi's entire gambit here was, 01:40:56.480 --> 01:40:58.380 let me try to get the Blastley set up and sweep with it, 01:40:58.380 --> 01:41:01.580 but it does risk, of course, yet, eating up that critical hit. 01:41:01.580 --> 01:41:04.180 And so Wolfe makes the right call there, 01:41:04.180 --> 01:41:06.580 saying, I am going to just shadow ball into the Blastley slot, 01:41:06.580 --> 01:41:09.380 saying, if you switch into Incidero, I guarantee the damage. 01:41:09.380 --> 01:41:12.180 And yeah, I think if the crit doesn't happen there, 01:41:12.180 --> 01:41:13.480 the Blastley does get set up. 01:41:13.480 --> 01:41:14.780 And then the following turn, 01:41:14.780 --> 01:41:16.080 you just switch Incidero into Sinistero, 01:41:16.080 --> 01:41:19.200 feel back up the water stuff it how I just don't think there's enough damage 01:41:19.200 --> 01:41:23.600 to hero through me at this point I agree with you there there's not really a great 01:41:23.600 --> 01:41:27.960 way for the sinister or the incentive or to hit this star after either which 01:41:27.960 --> 01:41:33.240 still has the ability to mega evolve another KO for Wolf Blink the sinister 01:41:33.240 --> 01:41:38.000 is set packing and now it's just the incinerator on an island Wolf Blink is 01:41:38.000 --> 01:41:43.480 about to close up this game to a zero to take a win in the first round of 01:41:43.480 --> 01:41:47.960 World Championships. And it goes to show basically how thin the margins can be 01:41:47.960 --> 01:41:50.800 sometimes when you set up these teams because you often feel like you're 01:41:50.800 --> 01:41:53.800 going all-in on whatever Pokemon you're trying to set up. I really like 01:41:53.800 --> 01:41:57.960 here if who needs to call to try the Delphox as a beat here. What's tricky is 01:41:57.960 --> 01:42:01.160 like going full commitment on turn one, right? Because it could have just been 01:42:01.160 --> 01:42:04.640 helping hand ki wave, try to knock out golden go immediately. Probably be a 01:42:04.640 --> 01:42:07.120 very different match if that happened, but if you go helping hand ki wave, 01:42:07.120 --> 01:42:10.440 don't mega bolt Delphox. Well there the Delphox is threaded by Taran and Tarkas. 01:42:10.440 --> 01:42:17.440 Here we go. Wolf Bligg will win his very first game on his return to the World Stage against one of the game's best in hero food game. 01:42:17.440 --> 01:42:22.440 It really was an amazing match to watch to kick off our World Championships. 01:42:22.440 --> 01:42:32.440 Especially when a lot of the match, you know, you were talking about doing Game 1, there were a lot of obvious plays that we may consider to make just given the board stage that we see in front of us. 01:42:32.440 --> 01:42:39.440 But you got to think several steps ahead. Are they actually going to be seeing the same obvious play you went for and play around that and go for something different? 01:42:39.440 --> 01:42:42.880 And I feel like that's what we saw in many of these turns. 01:42:42.880 --> 01:42:46.320 And I think this was a set where I felt like Wolf already 01:42:46.320 --> 01:42:48.560 was kind of in the advantage. 01:42:48.560 --> 01:42:51.440 And then, you know, Thunderbolt Para and the critical hit 01:42:51.440 --> 01:42:53.720 just bringing it way too over the edge at that point, 01:42:53.720 --> 01:42:56.120 where it felt like Hero 3 was already trying to play from behind 01:42:56.120 --> 01:42:57.600 in both of those games. 01:42:57.600 --> 01:43:00.360 And I think once again, like it is so critical this turn 01:43:00.360 --> 01:43:02.720 that Wolf did correctly shot a ball blast ways, right? 01:43:02.720 --> 01:43:04.640 Because I think it could be tempting to shot a ball 01:43:04.640 --> 01:43:06.480 and try to get the knockout into it. 01:43:06.480 --> 01:43:08.240 If you ignore blast ways, it's 01:43:08.240 --> 01:43:12.320 a shell smash that turn, and Blastways doesn't have that much damage, and Sinistert can switch 01:43:12.320 --> 01:43:15.800 back in. It suddenly becomes a completely different ball game, right? So for Hierophumi, 01:43:15.800 --> 01:43:19.480 he was looking for the perfect opportunity to get that shell smash off, and yeah, I really 01:43:19.480 --> 01:43:21.800 would have loved to see how that would have played out without the crit, because I think 01:43:21.800 --> 01:43:24.360 Wolves likely had, you know, Whipscot strapped her in the back, the Whipscot could still 01:43:24.360 --> 01:43:27.320 be able to set up a tailwind, right, and kind of match the speed from Blastways, 01:43:27.320 --> 01:43:30.800 and strapped her, I think, would still be quite difficult to deal with. And so, 01:43:30.800 --> 01:43:34.080 yeah, I felt like it was still probably in Wolves' favor before the crit, but then 01:43:34.080 --> 01:43:37.280 the crit just like instantly wins the game, and it's kind of the principle of being 01:43:37.280 --> 01:43:40.560 able to, you know, get multiple attacks off into your opponent if they're constantly 01:43:40.560 --> 01:43:44.560 making switches. Yeah, and you see why that forfeit came through at the very end of that 01:43:44.560 --> 01:43:49.280 second game. And Sidor was going to be on their receiving end of a mega-evolved stirrupter 01:43:49.280 --> 01:43:53.280 with close combat and then also the low kick from the Tyranitar, and that it's definitely 01:43:53.280 --> 01:43:56.800 enough to get that KO. So, preferably just knew the writing was on the wall, 01:43:56.800 --> 01:44:03.120 but that's still a great set to start off our day. Yeah, I think one thing that is, 01:44:03.120 --> 01:44:07.760 you know so tough about this format in particular is like the players are so good and so if you 01:44:07.760 --> 01:44:12.960 was like any little bit of variance here and there can all like I wouldn't say it made or 01:44:12.960 --> 01:44:15.840 break this set at all actually because like I said I think like Wolf had a pretty monumental 01:44:15.840 --> 01:44:19.440 advantage both of the games but it's one of those where it's like even one flinch one create 01:44:19.440 --> 01:44:23.520 you know can often just be the difference between having it like the game being somewhat 01:44:23.520 --> 01:44:29.120 neutral or to like completely blowing up right and so I think that Hirafumi's team is one 01:44:29.120 --> 01:44:32.800 where you ideally want to get set up with your Pokemon but he basically never got the chance 01:44:32.800 --> 01:44:36.760 to set up and what part of what Wolfe did really well in that game was saying look any 01:44:36.760 --> 01:44:40.200 opportunity to let you have to potentially set up I'm going to potentially look to scare 01:44:40.200 --> 01:44:44.400 you right from that and once again the three graph to block the fake outs and the wins 01:44:44.400 --> 01:44:48.120 and not to be able to switch in any point of potentially all for you really scary. 01:44:48.120 --> 01:44:53.360 Yeah just really did make that instead of our feel so much less useful those fake 01:44:53.360 --> 01:44:56.200 outs being off the table you never know that for a graph is just going to switch 01:44:56.200 --> 01:45:00.520 in even if it's not on the field it's going to do it for us for round number 01:45:00.520 --> 01:45:06.520 We've got our analysts on the other side to break this match down even further. 01:45:08.520 --> 01:45:13.520 Thanks so much Rose, thank you Aaron. What a great round out won there. 01:45:13.520 --> 01:45:16.520 Looking at the pairings when we got things started, Lee. 01:45:16.520 --> 01:45:18.520 We could ask for a better one, could we? 01:45:18.520 --> 01:45:22.520 Lee versus the Refumi. We said backstage in the green room, we were like, 01:45:22.520 --> 01:45:25.520 well, I guess after this round maybe we just go home, you know? 01:45:25.520 --> 01:45:29.520 That's it, that's it. That's the World Championship Finals all done, wrapped up. 01:45:29.520 --> 01:45:31.520 and we're going to have to 01:45:31.520 --> 01:45:33.520 have to go back to the 01:45:33.520 --> 01:45:34.520 game. We're going to have to 01:45:34.520 --> 01:45:35.520 have to go back to the game 01:45:35.520 --> 01:45:37.520 and wrapped up. Let's let's 01:45:37.520 --> 01:45:39.520 call it a day there. But 01:45:39.520 --> 01:45:40.520 what a what a way to start 01:45:40.520 --> 01:45:41.520 things so explosive was 01:45:41.520 --> 01:45:42.520 right. Yeah it was. And kind 01:45:42.520 --> 01:45:43.520 of the nature of those sort 01:45:43.520 --> 01:45:44.520 of teams as well. We saw 01:45:44.520 --> 01:45:45.520 her a fuming with that kind 01:45:45.520 --> 01:45:47.520 of, you know, the set of 01:45:47.520 --> 01:45:49.520 orientation that they've got 01:45:49.520 --> 01:45:50.520 well for you managing it 01:45:50.520 --> 01:45:51.520 very well, but we're 01:45:51.520 --> 01:45:52.520 picking some really 01:45:52.520 --> 01:45:53.520 interesting choices in 01:45:53.520 --> 01:45:54.520 team building around that 01:45:54.520 --> 01:45:55.520 store after that solo mega 01:45:55.520 --> 01:45:56.520 we see so often throughout 01:45:56.520 --> 01:45:58.520 this format where players 01:45:58.520 --> 01:46:04.520 and one basket to that mega store after and got off to a flying star. 01:46:04.520 --> 01:46:05.520 Flying, yeah. 01:46:05.520 --> 01:46:07.520 You won't do anything for that. 01:46:07.520 --> 01:46:08.520 I was going to do it, so yeah. 01:46:08.520 --> 01:46:09.520 Honour, we did it. 01:46:09.520 --> 01:46:11.520 That's the Charlie influence. 01:46:11.520 --> 01:46:12.520 That's the Charlie influence. 01:46:12.520 --> 01:46:15.520 Charlie, if you're watching back home, it's all you, my friend. 01:46:15.520 --> 01:46:19.520 So while we've got a little bit of time, because that was a quick round, right? 01:46:19.520 --> 01:46:24.520 Let's take a little bit more time, I think, to have a look at kind of like the team preview, 01:46:24.520 --> 01:46:27.520 the teams that these two trainers have been using. 01:46:27.520 --> 01:46:31.280 because there's no no doubt that we're gonna see a little bit more of both of these trainers 01:46:32.080 --> 01:46:38.880 But as we go through this tournament, I think there's some interesting things to look at if we get to our first clip here 01:46:39.760 --> 01:46:40.880 of the 01:46:40.880 --> 01:46:46.400 and of the two teams that were breaking down now wolf is running a really interesting 01:46:47.360 --> 01:46:49.360 like 01:46:49.520 --> 01:46:55.040 Sand composition now usually we see that with star raptor and also with the 01:46:55.040 --> 01:47:00.400 and Megaturanitar, but what's taking this team in a completely different direction? 01:47:00.400 --> 01:47:05.600 Yeah and that's, I really love it actually because there's a lot of different intricate choices in that 01:47:05.600 --> 01:47:10.080 composition as well. You've got the expert belt on the expert drill, we'll explore that in a little 01:47:10.080 --> 01:47:15.280 bit, but like you say I think when on face value is this team going to struggle against some of 01:47:15.280 --> 01:47:20.720 the bigger kind of comps in the format? Yeah well he's got a lot of tools at his disposal there 01:47:20.720 --> 01:47:24.560 because of the photograph, like you say, really great against what Hirafumas port. 01:47:24.560 --> 01:47:29.280 You need that fake-out setup to allow things like Blastways to get that shell smash, so 01:47:29.280 --> 01:47:34.640 straight away that's out the question, and even in future games where Wolf may not lead with it, 01:47:34.640 --> 01:47:38.640 you've always got that kind of lingering question in your back of your mind, do I commit to the 01:47:38.640 --> 01:47:42.720 fake-out to try and get this setup, or am I going to just fall apart because the photograph's 01:47:42.720 --> 01:47:49.360 going to switch in, right? Exactly that. So I mean, let's get back to the team preview 01:47:49.360 --> 01:47:56.480 here. So we had Wolf on one side and I want to highlight like a couple of things here on this team. 01:47:56.480 --> 01:48:02.000 The first one that I want to actually go through there is this item on the X control, right? We've 01:48:02.000 --> 01:48:08.960 got the expert belt here. Now, this is an item that we don't really see too often in many compositions 01:48:08.960 --> 01:48:13.520 of X drill. A lot of the sand compositions that we're seeing with Megatar Anatar usually 01:48:13.520 --> 01:48:18.240 really like to see the focus sash on the X drill. One of those focus was like, it's so 01:48:18.240 --> 01:48:25.440 easy to get knocked out right yeah but instead wolf deciding like hey I want to get this extra 01:48:25.440 --> 01:48:30.240 little bit of damage here but not only that you've got the high horsepower but you've also got the 01:48:30.240 --> 01:48:35.920 earthquake here on the exkid rule you've got that choice like am I going for that solid 01:48:35.920 --> 01:48:40.240 ground type coverage the one that hits into a target maybe I'm next to the frigoraf maybe I 01:48:40.240 --> 01:48:46.000 don't want to knock out my frigoraf the armadil right but then if you need that spread pressure 01:48:46.000 --> 01:48:51.200 If you need to get through a Sinisteria redirecting, etc, you've got the capability there. 01:48:51.200 --> 01:48:56.080 I also really like it as well, because of the popularity of something like YGod that we now see, 01:48:56.080 --> 01:49:01.360 and you know, when players are bringing Charizard a lot of the time, one of the biggest threats to 01:49:01.360 --> 01:49:06.480 that is those spread damage and namely Rockslide. So having ways, although this isn't really 01:49:06.480 --> 01:49:12.080 against Charizard and so much, so it gets around YGod essentially and giving the X-Brill a lot more 01:49:12.080 --> 01:49:14.080 more flexibility to take advantage of the turns 01:49:14.080 --> 01:49:16.080 and it's got the sound on the field because we know 01:49:16.080 --> 01:49:18.080 whether it's so dominant 01:49:18.080 --> 01:49:20.080 and you've really got to take advantage of the turns 01:49:20.080 --> 01:49:22.080 when it's in play. 01:49:22.080 --> 01:49:24.080 You know, Taranatar's kind of enough 01:49:24.080 --> 01:49:26.080 to knock out a Charizard, right? 01:49:26.080 --> 01:49:28.080 Very well in that last game as well. 01:49:28.080 --> 01:49:30.080 Well, exactly. 01:49:30.080 --> 01:49:32.080 Even still, against a lot of Charizard 01:49:32.080 --> 01:49:34.080 compositions that we're seeing now, 01:49:34.080 --> 01:49:36.080 Toxpex, he's a really big factor 01:49:36.080 --> 01:49:38.080 in that. So I think there's a good deal 01:49:38.080 --> 01:49:40.080 of influence there coming out here 01:49:40.080 --> 01:49:44.960 out here from Wolf. You've also got some smaller things, like you've got the timid on the Golden 01:49:44.960 --> 01:49:49.120 Go, making sure in those Golden Go mirrors that you're maybe as fast as possible to be 01:49:49.120 --> 01:49:55.800 able to out speed them. But also, you've got this tailwind on the star actor as well. 01:49:55.800 --> 01:50:00.560 And that tailwind is so important for making sure this team is set up. Not only with 01:50:00.560 --> 01:50:04.840 the Whimsicott, if you want to go for it, but if you're in a matchup, and there's 01:50:04.840 --> 01:50:08.840 not that many of them, but there are some where you're like, hey, I really can't 01:50:08.840 --> 01:50:11.740 to bring women's car into this match up. 01:50:11.740 --> 01:50:14.400 Or I don't want to bring you into the match up. 01:50:14.400 --> 01:50:17.360 Actually, you've got an option for speed control there 01:50:17.360 --> 01:50:19.200 with the star actor as well. 01:50:19.200 --> 01:50:22.320 So I really think this is a great showcase 01:50:22.320 --> 01:50:25.280 of how to build these sand compositions 01:50:25.280 --> 01:50:26.440 a little bit differently. 01:50:26.440 --> 01:50:28.400 Yeah, and I want to point out as well, 01:50:28.400 --> 01:50:30.040 the focus session of women's car here 01:50:30.040 --> 01:50:31.480 is a common item on women's car, 01:50:31.480 --> 01:50:34.920 but it feels a little bit counterproductive 01:50:34.920 --> 01:50:36.680 in a sand composition. 01:50:36.680 --> 01:50:37.520 Yeah, yeah, kind of. 01:51:07.520 --> 01:51:17.520 I can't put the focus sash there because I've got the sand, that's going to be, yeah, a real detriment to my own game plan, but I think Wolf is smart enough to play that exactly how he needs to at the right times. 01:51:17.520 --> 01:51:24.520 But I think that's got to be the other part of the puzzle about why this Taranatar is a chocolate fairy, instead of being a mega. 01:51:24.520 --> 01:51:29.520 You're not actually relying as much on the Taranatar. We saw that in the game one with Hirafumi, right? 01:51:29.520 --> 01:51:48.520 The Toronto time came out right at the end when the Blastoise was already knocked out from Hirofumi's side and having that being non-Mega put so much more focus on the Scarrapta being the mega of choice and that's what makes the focus Sash works and this is what I love about looking at different team compositions, right? 01:51:48.520 --> 01:51:55.520 It's like one thing leads to another leads to another and you can see the picture of how this team has been built up. 01:51:55.520 --> 01:52:00.480 Let's go over to Hirofumi with his team. 01:52:00.480 --> 01:52:03.160 And I think this is one of the teams 01:52:03.160 --> 01:52:06.160 that we've really got to be looking forward to seeing 01:52:06.160 --> 01:52:08.040 quite a lot this weekend. 01:52:08.040 --> 01:52:10.880 It's a team that's got a lot of popularity, certainly, 01:52:10.880 --> 01:52:12.400 in the Japanese community. 01:52:12.400 --> 01:52:14.320 But also, the wider community has picked up 01:52:14.320 --> 01:52:18.320 this combination of setup with the blast toys, 01:52:18.320 --> 01:52:21.440 setup with the Delphox, and setup with the King Gambit. 01:52:21.440 --> 01:52:24.480 And then you've got the Incineroar, the Sinister, 01:52:24.480 --> 01:52:27.920 and the Sneaselor going for their supportive options. 01:52:27.920 --> 01:52:28.760 You've got the fake out. 01:52:28.760 --> 01:52:29.600 You've got the redirect. 01:52:29.600 --> 01:52:30.760 You've got the parting shot. 01:52:30.760 --> 01:52:33.320 You've got the pivoting action going on. 01:52:33.320 --> 01:52:37.600 And so this team is really all about protecting, 01:52:37.600 --> 01:52:39.720 even though it's good to say protecting the kids, 01:52:39.720 --> 01:52:41.840 we're protecting the King Gambit here, 01:52:41.840 --> 01:52:43.800 where you've got the shell smash. 01:52:43.800 --> 01:52:45.120 You've got the nasty plot 01:52:45.120 --> 01:52:46.360 and you've got the swords dance. 01:52:46.360 --> 01:52:48.800 So you get to pick as the player. 01:52:48.800 --> 01:52:50.360 Like King Gambit can come to all the games. 01:52:50.360 --> 01:52:52.240 Like it's a King Gambit in this format. 01:52:52.240 --> 01:52:56.920 It's one of those Pokemon that you can splash onto pretty much any team. 01:52:56.920 --> 01:53:01.920 But then you've got that choice of like, do you want to play the Blastoise? 01:53:01.920 --> 01:53:03.120 Do you want to play the Ghost? 01:53:03.120 --> 01:53:05.120 That's what makes it so difficult for opponents. 01:53:05.120 --> 01:53:07.920 You get that decision wrong in Team Preview, 01:53:07.920 --> 01:53:11.920 well, games can fall apart pretty quickly just because of that support network 01:53:11.920 --> 01:53:13.920 that Incineroar and the Sinisteria, 01:53:13.920 --> 01:53:15.920 and even the King Amateur to its extent, 01:53:15.920 --> 01:53:19.920 offer the rest of the team those set up primary Pokemon, the Blastoise and Delphox. 01:53:19.920 --> 01:53:31.920 But you don't need to always go down that route. I think Hirafumi in game one was very good in being able to condition wolf into a lot of scenarios where we saw that double knockout with the star after going to the king gambit, it didn't switch. 01:53:31.920 --> 01:53:34.920 And then the brave bird comes out, not the close combat. 01:53:34.920 --> 01:53:39.920 And then the wins the cup going down as well and put here a few in a really strong position. 01:53:39.920 --> 01:53:42.920 Well, for Wolf, really smartly bringing the Taranitar the right time. 01:53:42.920 --> 01:53:46.920 It was enough to close the game up, but it can operate in those scenarios as well. 01:53:46.920 --> 01:53:55.920 Just having the threat of that setup can make your opponent act in a different way to what they would probably want to optimize their play in that scenario, you know. 01:53:55.920 --> 01:53:58.920 Yeah. And then you've got the smaller things. We saw it in the match, right? 01:53:58.920 --> 01:54:00.920 You've got the shell smash on the glass toys, right? 01:54:00.920 --> 01:54:06.260 right? That's getting the speed set up, but then you're swapping in the sinister, recovering the health. 01:54:06.260 --> 01:54:11.420 If you get the Blastoise set up, even if it's at half, it's still going to be doing lots of damage, 01:54:11.420 --> 01:54:17.420 putting loads of pressure onto your opponent's side of the field and really allowing you to control the match. 01:54:17.420 --> 01:54:20.620 What I love, and I really want to shout this out for Hirafumi, 01:54:20.620 --> 01:54:25.420 such a great adaptation in game two of the match that we just saw versus Wolf, 01:54:25.420 --> 01:54:31.180 where it's like, uh, psych, Del Fox, no, that's not the mega that I'm bringing, going for the heat wave, 01:54:31.180 --> 01:54:36.780 getting some damage on the board, just starting to get things going. Yes, it got knocked out, 01:54:36.780 --> 01:54:40.940 but actually it did pave the way for a blastoid setup. The critical hit on the goal, you know, 01:54:40.940 --> 01:54:45.020 sometimes it happens, you know, these, these things, you know, it all played a really great 01:54:45.020 --> 01:54:49.500 game. It played the right turn. It really shut down the blastoids on that turn. Uh, 01:54:49.500 --> 01:54:53.980 but actually, like, there was this, there was this game plan, right? If the critical hit 01:54:53.980 --> 01:54:59.380 didn't happen. Blastoise at half to a shell smash like it's definitely something that could 01:54:59.380 --> 01:55:01.620 have brought Hirithumi maybe back into the game. 01:55:01.620 --> 01:55:05.860 Especially with the Sinishia in the back that could come in, pop the health of that 01:55:05.860 --> 01:55:09.780 Blastoise up a little bit further you know and then it's going to be getting the jump 01:55:09.780 --> 01:55:14.220 on everything on the left side with all the remaining Pokemon that they had. So yeah it 01:55:14.220 --> 01:55:17.860 would have been like Aaron said really great to see how that would have played out and 01:55:17.860 --> 01:55:21.860 what Wolf would have done to kind of kind of rack the threat that Blastoise had 01:55:21.860 --> 01:55:25.300 because Hirafumi had put themselves into that fantastic position. 01:55:25.380 --> 01:55:27.700 So this team is definitely something at home 01:55:27.780 --> 01:55:31.100 that you're going to want to watch out for as we go through the tournament. 01:55:31.180 --> 01:55:32.340 Absolutely fantastic. 01:55:32.420 --> 01:55:35.540 I'm sure we'll see a little bit more action from Hirafumi. 01:55:35.620 --> 01:55:38.420 He's lost round one, but he's certainly not out of the tournament 01:55:38.500 --> 01:55:43.140 and will definitely, on the right path, go into round two. 01:55:43.220 --> 01:55:47.980 Now, let's have a look at what Pokemon people are bringing this weekend. 01:55:47.980 --> 01:55:56.480 And, um, well, if it's no surprise, King Gambit Charizard Incinerall there, sitting at our first, second and third position. 01:55:56.480 --> 01:56:03.980 Yeah, big six there, um, representing very well there in the usage stats, but, yeah, that 52% on the King Gambit, no surprise. 01:56:03.980 --> 01:56:11.980 It is, I would arguably say, between that Charizard and Pascaleige, and probably the strongest Pokemon in the form that we've got access to. 01:56:11.980 --> 01:56:15.980 I'm very surprised that the uses that I like this day one. 01:56:15.980 --> 01:56:20.980 I'm really looking forward to see how this transition going into game two, what changes we see. 01:56:20.980 --> 01:56:24.980 Is there anything that's standing out to you that's really a bit of a surprise? 01:56:24.980 --> 01:56:27.980 I'd say the Venus Oil is a lot higher, but coming into the world championships here, 01:56:27.980 --> 01:56:30.980 we've seen a lot of that sun rain kind of composition. 01:56:30.980 --> 01:56:32.980 Think of a lot of usage, a lot of success. 01:56:32.980 --> 01:56:37.980 So the Venus Oil there, there's a really good role against a lot of the kind of common stuff that we see. 01:56:37.980 --> 01:56:42.540 I think this this tells quite a good story about what the metagame really looks like. You've got 01:56:43.100 --> 01:56:47.980 the couple of fire types up at the top. You've got a couple of dark types in King Gambit and Incineroar 01:56:47.980 --> 01:56:54.220 there being a useful type. You've got that little cluster of fairy type Pokemon at six, nine and 01:56:54.220 --> 01:56:59.820 ten. The best fairy type Pokemon in the format players are really trying to focus in on and 01:56:59.820 --> 01:57:03.900 deciding which one of those or which two of those in the case of Flora and Windsor 01:57:03.900 --> 01:57:07.020 because they really want to be bringing to the event. 01:57:07.020 --> 01:57:09.300 But then you've got the couple of strong grass types, 01:57:09.300 --> 01:57:11.700 and then the sort of line of supports 01:57:11.700 --> 01:57:14.540 that we've got up the middle within Sneasler 01:57:14.540 --> 01:57:16.660 and Phyregoraph with Sinisteria as well, 01:57:16.660 --> 01:57:18.660 obviously, to go with that. 01:57:18.660 --> 01:57:20.980 And I think, like, it really does speak 01:57:20.980 --> 01:57:23.900 to the centralization of those tools. 01:57:23.900 --> 01:57:25.780 Like, those tools are some of the best 01:57:25.780 --> 01:57:26.780 that we have in the game, 01:57:26.780 --> 01:57:30.460 and no matter what type of team that you're running, 01:57:30.460 --> 01:57:32.580 those support tools like Phyregoraph, Sneasler, 01:57:32.580 --> 01:57:40.060 Sinisteria Incineroar and Wim Zacoff always seem to sort of gravitate their way towards making a slot on your team 01:57:40.580 --> 01:57:45.980 And so I'm not surprised to see those ones getting a real a real lot of usage 01:57:46.300 --> 01:57:49.360 Surprised maybe actually to see Venus or as low as it is there 01:57:49.780 --> 01:57:54.320 Where like a lot of the Charizard teams do focus a lot of the variants charge 01:57:54.320 --> 01:57:57.140 Yeah, you focus on having Venus or with them 01:57:57.140 --> 01:58:08.640 So like this this shift that we've had in like the big six kind of archetype moving like in the venus or direction slowly but steadily over the course of the format. 01:58:08.640 --> 01:58:18.840 But then like I am saying, hey, maybe actually I want incineroar instead, or maybe I want to like go down the flow at Windsor cock route and try to set up with my flow out. 01:58:18.840 --> 01:58:22.740 Or just just probably like a ruin in there for good measure. 01:58:22.740 --> 01:58:25.260 Yeah, and another thing to point out, I think, 01:58:25.260 --> 01:58:27.860 Incineroar's kind of rise as well. 01:58:27.860 --> 01:58:32.260 It would be no surprise to people more familiar with the circuits 01:58:32.260 --> 01:58:35.580 from previous years, but I think Incineroar probably 01:58:35.580 --> 01:58:38.940 started out this format, not the most used, 01:58:38.940 --> 01:58:42.300 but it has become one of the most staples on these teams 01:58:42.300 --> 01:58:43.500 because of just the ability. 01:58:43.500 --> 01:58:44.100 Yeah. 01:58:44.100 --> 01:58:47.540 Time and time again with the ability to just support 01:58:47.540 --> 01:58:49.820 well, be an offensive threat when it needs to be, 01:58:49.820 --> 01:58:51.940 and just be one of the best. 01:58:51.940 --> 01:58:56.000 Well, I don't know if anyone knew at home in Cinderaw's kind of a good Pokemon 01:58:56.000 --> 01:59:01.840 And it took us a while to figure out I feel like when we started this was like the most 01:59:02.500 --> 01:59:10.360 Difficult time certainly starting in MA, but even in the transition to MV is like this is the most difficult time in Cinderaw's ever had and 01:59:11.020 --> 01:59:14.120 Well look at it go you're doing you're doing well in Cinderaw 01:59:14.620 --> 01:59:19.460 Congratulations on continuing to be like the best Pokemon that we've ever had in the game 01:59:19.460 --> 01:59:26.700 Let's have a look at the Megas, let's just see what this is describing, so Charizard 01:59:26.700 --> 01:59:31.180 we knew was going to be kind of on top, MegaFloet there, but there's a little bit of a drop 01:59:31.180 --> 01:59:37.180 off there down to MegaStarApter which has seen such a rise in usage since this introduction 01:59:37.180 --> 01:59:42.380 in B. I feel like we had that period of time where we were all like, hey, new toys 01:59:42.380 --> 01:59:47.780 syndrome, let's see how we can have a little bit of fun with Contrary and side parting 01:59:47.780 --> 01:59:55.060 shotting, side charming, that hasn't necessarily gone away, but I feel like players have really 01:59:55.060 --> 01:59:58.740 matured in the way that they're approaching, certainly into the world championship, 01:59:58.740 --> 02:00:03.460 how they're piloting their Mega Star Actors. Yeah, I think, you know, to start out with, 02:00:03.460 --> 02:00:08.100 they were a bit more glass cannon like now we're seeing them probably get a little bit more 02:00:08.100 --> 02:00:12.500 towards a defensive side, just so they can stick around on the field a little bit longer. 02:00:12.500 --> 02:00:16.500 Some iterations are relying on Roost as well to kind of prolong that longevity 02:00:16.500 --> 02:00:21.060 and allow the Starraptor to perform those roles that he needs to do a lot longer on the field. 02:00:21.060 --> 02:00:26.580 But I love it. It's one of my favourite Mega's that was introduced in the MV format, the Contraria ability. 02:00:26.580 --> 02:00:30.180 It can be a hindrance sometimes, because you see the adaptation of a lot of players, you know, 02:00:30.180 --> 02:00:34.180 well then you start putting swagger on their Pokemon. They've got a slot trade, 02:00:34.180 --> 02:00:39.220 just to be able to kind of lure that attack rather than boosting it, and that can slow it down. 02:00:39.220 --> 02:00:43.860 And I think it forces a lot of conditions as well where players, if they have got 02:00:43.860 --> 02:00:49.620 access to Intimidate. You're almost forced to leave that out in the early stages before it may 02:00:49.620 --> 02:00:54.900 evolve so you can get that all-important influence in it, which both players can take advantage of. 02:00:54.900 --> 02:00:58.260 And then you lead with King Gambit. Yes, next to it. And you're laughing. It's great. 02:00:59.540 --> 02:01:03.860 Looking a little bit further down the list there, just a couple of, I think, honorable mentions 02:01:03.860 --> 02:01:09.060 there. The Mega Righty Why usually is a partner to Mega Star Raptor. That's been a team that's 02:01:09.060 --> 02:01:16.600 It's been rising in popularity, I'm certainly excited to see how trainers are using that 02:01:16.600 --> 02:01:21.780 combination because I feel like that's a team that really does require the world's caliber 02:01:21.780 --> 02:01:24.740 level player to be able to pilot effectively. 02:01:24.740 --> 02:01:30.340 And then, you know, we've got a great turnout for Mega Aridactyl, even just equalling Mega 02:01:30.340 --> 02:01:35.740 Blastoise, Mega Gengar, it's been a Pokemon that has been on many people's minds coming 02:01:35.740 --> 02:01:37.380 into the world championships. 02:01:37.380 --> 02:01:42.700 You have got to be on another level to be able to pilot Mega Gengar at the World Championships 02:01:42.700 --> 02:01:48.060 in this format, I think, but ten years ago, Wolf Click did exactly that, he was able to 02:01:48.060 --> 02:01:50.620 win the World Championships with it. 02:01:50.620 --> 02:01:54.660 We know that he's not running it this time round, but it's certainly, it's certainly 02:01:54.660 --> 02:01:55.940 on a lot of people's pockets. 02:01:55.940 --> 02:01:59.860 Yeah, I think out of all of the Mega's that we're showing now, I think Gengar 02:01:59.860 --> 02:02:05.980 for myself has probably got the most potential of the lot down ranked ones to potentially 02:02:05.980 --> 02:02:10.700 win the World Championships weekend. It's so good, so versatile, but you say there is a high ceiling 02:02:10.700 --> 02:02:14.940 the skill level with it. But if you've been playing it in the run-up to the World Championships, 02:02:14.940 --> 02:02:20.380 maybe you've achieved a level and you're bringing all of the action here this weekend in San Francisco. 02:02:20.380 --> 02:02:25.340 And I'm really interested to see Mega Swampert. You know, we've got such a high usage of Mega 02:02:25.340 --> 02:02:30.700 Charizard and that Sun. Mega Swampert, if it can get in the right scenario in that rain, 02:02:30.700 --> 02:02:34.300 we all know how hard it hits with those big muscles that it's got. 02:02:34.300 --> 02:02:40.800 Big muscles. That's what we're going to be doing all weekend trainers now we've got a little bit more round one action 02:02:40.800 --> 02:02:44.620 So we're gonna throw it back to our cast is to see our next match here on street 02:02:47.180 --> 02:02:50.940 Round one the round so nice. We got a broadcast it twice 02:02:50.940 --> 02:02:57.820 We had so many incredible matchups out in the field that we couldn't resist showing you an additional one after that quick 02:02:57.820 --> 02:03:00.480 To a win from Wolf Click. It should be a lot of fun here 02:03:00.480 --> 02:03:03.200 you know, we enjoyed rounds for a few months ago. 02:03:03.200 --> 02:03:07.600 So now we're gonna try rounds one, you know, never no tournament other than the world 02:03:07.600 --> 02:03:11.120 championships, I think where you enjoy seeing multiple round one matchup so much. 02:03:11.120 --> 02:03:14.200 And we're gonna have another one with two really great trainers who would have 02:03:14.200 --> 02:03:16.360 just been ashamed not to get to see a broadcast. 02:03:16.360 --> 02:03:16.960 Absolutely. 02:03:16.960 --> 02:03:19.800 And so I have a thrill that we are going to be able to see our two 02:03:19.800 --> 02:03:23.680 competitors and our second round one match of the day. 02:03:24.000 --> 02:03:26.080 It is going to be here on stage. 02:03:26.080 --> 02:03:31.080 our 2014 World Champion from Korea, 02:03:31.620 --> 02:03:35.460 Sajun Park is now back here in San Francisco, 02:03:35.460 --> 02:03:38.700 competing against our globally ranked number one 02:03:38.700 --> 02:03:42.740 in the championship points ratings, Juan Salerno. 02:03:42.740 --> 02:03:45.000 This should be an extremely exciting match up. 02:03:45.000 --> 02:03:48.500 And actually Scott, the last time you and I passed together 02:03:48.500 --> 02:03:52.380 was that 2014 World Championship that Sajun took all the way. 02:03:52.380 --> 02:03:53.380 That's one throwback, right? 02:03:53.380 --> 02:03:55.240 Sajun seemed like a little bit different this time, 02:03:55.240 --> 02:03:59.080 where he was really pushing the meta in that 2014 tournament 02:03:59.080 --> 02:04:01.520 with that patch or ECU team that is so famous, 02:04:01.520 --> 02:04:02.960 and particularly kind of with Mega Garedos 02:04:02.960 --> 02:04:04.040 who's a main attacker. 02:04:04.040 --> 02:04:06.360 Here it's a little bit more one of the standard competitions. 02:04:06.360 --> 02:04:07.880 If you're looking at those usage stats 02:04:07.880 --> 02:04:09.000 at the analyst desk there, 02:04:09.000 --> 02:04:11.240 this is why these two teams in particular 02:04:11.240 --> 02:04:13.600 have really driven a lot of the high usage of those 02:04:13.600 --> 02:04:14.440 Pokemon. 02:04:14.440 --> 02:04:16.880 And once I feel that we have the big six with one here 02:04:16.880 --> 02:04:18.160 where it really is kind of just like, 02:04:18.160 --> 02:04:20.160 hey, this is the strongest group of Pokemon 02:04:20.160 --> 02:04:21.520 you can select this for my kind of, 02:04:21.520 --> 02:04:23.120 regardless of the meta game, 02:04:23.120 --> 02:04:25.000 we've seen this at the beginning of regulation MA 02:04:25.000 --> 02:04:26.800 It really hasn't fallen off much at all. 02:04:26.800 --> 02:04:28.640 Other side of the field, you kind of see maybe 02:04:28.640 --> 02:04:30.440 a little bit of the MB version of this, 02:04:30.440 --> 02:04:33.560 even though it's also only using Pokemon from MA, 02:04:33.560 --> 02:04:36.520 kind of the evolution of what we saw Wolf Click use 02:04:36.520 --> 02:04:38.720 at the NEIC tournament, where that talk 02:04:38.720 --> 02:04:40.080 to put this little factor here, 02:04:40.080 --> 02:04:43.480 but Venusaur has worked way into this roster, 02:04:43.480 --> 02:04:45.520 really important on these Charizard teams now, 02:04:45.520 --> 02:04:48.000 where part of why it has jumped up and used it so much 02:04:48.000 --> 02:04:49.560 is that it compliments the Charizard, 02:04:49.560 --> 02:04:51.520 allows the Charizard to run a few different moves. 02:04:51.520 --> 02:04:53.520 I believe this one, like most of the Charizards 02:04:53.520 --> 02:04:54.880 we see alongside Venusaur, 02:04:54.880 --> 02:04:56.400 I guess we're on that ancient power move 02:04:56.400 --> 02:04:57.760 that we didn't really see in M.A. at all, 02:04:57.760 --> 02:04:59.600 with Venuser like, hey, you know, 02:04:59.600 --> 02:05:01.400 I'm the Grass-type first partner Pokemon. 02:05:01.400 --> 02:05:03.040 I'll handle the Grass-type attacking. 02:05:03.040 --> 02:05:04.400 Charizard, you go do something else. 02:05:04.400 --> 02:05:05.640 Yeah, did y'all know Charizard 02:05:05.640 --> 02:05:07.640 actually got a Rock-type attack? 02:05:07.640 --> 02:05:10.320 Turns out Charizard can be opposing Charizard 02:05:10.320 --> 02:05:11.480 with that ancient power. 02:05:11.480 --> 02:05:14.320 And did you get that boost to all of your stats? 02:05:14.320 --> 02:05:16.960 Well, well, that's just the cherry on top here. 02:05:16.960 --> 02:05:19.640 Here we go, heading into our first game 02:05:19.640 --> 02:05:21.720 in our second round one. 02:05:21.720 --> 02:05:23.640 Yeah, it should be a lot of fun there. 02:05:23.640 --> 02:05:26.240 I hope we all have as much fun as this game is that Walrain did. 02:05:26.240 --> 02:05:27.320 So we see this team here. 02:05:27.320 --> 02:05:29.200 Yeah, this is kind of just the expected version 02:05:29.200 --> 02:05:30.240 of this composition. 02:05:30.240 --> 02:05:31.240 Very powerful. 02:05:31.240 --> 02:05:32.640 I think the lash out on Insidero 02:05:32.640 --> 02:05:33.800 and every standing out is something 02:05:33.800 --> 02:05:37.760 that we don't see as commonly with that interesting dark type 02:05:37.760 --> 02:05:38.280 attack choice. 02:05:38.280 --> 02:05:39.880 But the rest of this is pretty much what 02:05:39.880 --> 02:05:41.040 we're expecting. 02:05:41.040 --> 02:05:43.320 Venusaur going to have that focus sash out of him. 02:05:43.320 --> 02:05:45.200 Sometimes you do see Life Orb instead, though. 02:05:45.200 --> 02:05:47.280 It's a little bit harder to fit on this version of the team, 02:05:47.280 --> 02:05:49.280 because even out of that Garchomp, 02:05:49.280 --> 02:05:51.040 it's something that we've seen a lot on Garchomp 02:05:51.040 --> 02:05:52.440 for in the previous regulations. 02:05:52.440 --> 02:05:55.880 be more frisky with defensive items or the choice scarf which does still show up some 02:05:55.880 --> 02:05:59.720 just particular version of the team that's on Vasculation instead so you know only so 02:05:59.720 --> 02:06:03.420 many great items to go around kind of have to distribute these all these great Pokemon. 02:06:03.420 --> 02:06:07.720 Yeah well GarzArt is always happy to hold that life orb and get that extra boost to 02:06:07.720 --> 02:06:12.240 its damage. Also important to note here because that Charizard has ancient power 02:06:12.240 --> 02:06:16.440 the rock type coverage is being covered by Charizard which opens up GarzArt to 02:06:16.440 --> 02:06:21.200 use both of its ground type attacks here in Earthquake for multi-target damage 02:06:21.200 --> 02:06:25.680 and stomping tantrums that you aren't feeling super effective damage to Pokemon next to Garchomp 02:06:25.680 --> 02:06:27.400 like that Tox of Vexor and Cinderar. 02:06:27.400 --> 02:06:30.800 Yeah, it's really big on this team where you'd love to use Earthquake, right? 02:06:30.800 --> 02:06:33.600 I think especially when you have the combination of Garchomp and Charizard on your team, 02:06:33.600 --> 02:06:36.800 just being able to threaten that big heatwave and that big Earthquake is so powerful. 02:06:36.800 --> 02:06:39.400 It really forces your opponent to respect that combination of Pokemon. 02:06:39.400 --> 02:06:41.900 But the rest of this team is terrible next to Earthquake, right? 02:06:41.900 --> 02:06:45.400 Either for Pokemon or all hit by it, two of them are weak against it. 02:06:45.400 --> 02:06:48.000 You really don't want to be whacking your own partners unnecessarily. 02:06:48.000 --> 02:06:49.600 So having the option of that is really nice. 02:06:49.600 --> 02:06:52.680 Again, like you said, you see the combination of these Pokemon allowing 02:06:52.680 --> 02:06:56.560 Seijun and all the other trainers playing this archetype to drop some of their coverage moves. 02:06:56.560 --> 02:06:59.720 Speaking of an ancient power as well, one thing to keep in mind, you might think, 02:06:59.720 --> 02:07:02.960 oh, you know, Charizard, four times weakest, rock type attacks. 02:07:02.960 --> 02:07:07.360 Charizard, great special attacking Pokemon. Surely that's a one-shot in opposing Charizard. 02:07:07.360 --> 02:07:11.240 It can be if you've got a truly fast and frail Charizard, but 02:07:11.240 --> 02:07:15.000 typically, you can see that you have about 80 to 90% to opposing Charizard, 02:07:15.000 --> 02:07:18.600 so pretty much any chip damage going to be enough to put it in that ancient power range, 02:07:18.600 --> 02:07:22.060 But you're not just going to see the trainers that full sending that turn one very often 02:07:22.060 --> 02:07:26.840 But even like a heat wave is enough to easily put the opposing Charizard range of that ancient power 02:07:26.840 --> 02:07:31.120 So it's got a fun cat mask where you do want to get a little chip in there before you try to pick up the knockout 02:07:31.120 --> 02:07:37.680 Yeah, some chip damage from the heat wave also chip damage and a trap from the tox effects with that infestation or 02:07:37.880 --> 02:07:42.740 Toxic so be on the lookout for what Pokemon if Stagen decides to bring the tox effects 02:07:42.740 --> 02:07:48.040 Which Pokemon is Stagen trying to craft in with the tox effects and whatever the partner Pokemon is? 02:07:48.600 --> 02:07:51.200 There are lots of powerful Pokemon on this other side of the field 02:07:51.200 --> 02:07:53.400 who see the trainers exchanging their team sheets here 02:07:53.400 --> 02:07:55.000 and you'll see the Big Six. 02:07:55.000 --> 02:07:56.200 You know, the Big Six... 02:07:56.200 --> 02:07:58.800 Yeah, this is the team you have to have a match up into in this tournament. 02:07:58.800 --> 02:08:00.700 Yeah, we struggle to define what Big Six is. 02:08:00.700 --> 02:08:03.200 There's, you know, approximately Big 60 Pokemon that could be in it, 02:08:03.200 --> 02:08:06.000 but I think this is the real Big Six here on the Pokemon 02:08:06.000 --> 02:08:08.400 that were considered kind of the strongest combination of Pokemon 02:08:08.400 --> 02:08:09.900 in the previous regulation. 02:08:09.900 --> 02:08:12.400 And they haven't needed to change things too much in this moment. 02:08:12.400 --> 02:08:14.400 You'll see the life orb appearing on this team. 02:08:14.400 --> 02:08:16.100 But otherwise, if the team you could have just assembled 02:08:16.100 --> 02:08:18.500 in the previous regulation, you would have looked really good doing it. 02:08:18.500 --> 02:08:26.100 Absolutely, and again the ancient power on this Charizard as well, so Juan is also opted to forgo any grass type coverage 02:08:26.100 --> 02:08:29.260 Which does help very much into the Charizard mirror 02:08:29.260 --> 02:08:35.060 Which when we saw those Charizard usage stats at over 40% looks pretty good. Swamper only at about 9% 02:08:35.300 --> 02:08:37.660 Yeah, and maybe that's just a matchup you choose to throw away 02:08:37.660 --> 02:08:39.780 You know I think the one Pokemon it tends to be really good on that 02:08:39.780 --> 02:08:42.860 We see more frequently is that Vasculogen that we saw near the top. Yeah, it's sad 02:08:42.860 --> 02:08:45.220 So it'll be a little bit more difficult for Charizard deal with that 02:08:45.220 --> 02:08:47.980 But we really don't want to play that match up or that you have to anyway 02:08:48.100 --> 02:08:53.580 There's a lot of ways most teams can get basket legion to be faster than Charizard and even with the Sun up wave crashes 02:08:53.580 --> 02:08:55.620 If it's that a one-hit knockout, it's very close 02:08:55.620 --> 02:08:58.860 So you really don't want to be taking that anyway preferring to have your friends 02:08:58.860 --> 02:09:01.580 Hope you deal with that particular vocalized well like we mentioned 02:09:01.580 --> 02:09:07.860 Juan Salerno is the number one championship points leader in the world heading into this tournament 02:09:07.860 --> 02:09:13.980 He has done it by playing extremely well and extremely consistently and a team like this this big six team 02:09:13.980 --> 02:09:18.380 gives you so many different options to always stay in the game. 02:09:18.380 --> 02:09:21.780 You're almost never out of the game completely when you run a comp like this. 02:09:21.780 --> 02:09:25.280 I think options should be really fun to watch how these Pokemon are trained throughout the course of this set. 02:09:25.280 --> 02:09:28.380 Many of these really popular teams we see are pretty tough to customize, right? 02:09:28.380 --> 02:09:32.380 Like, if you change your blue cure or their Pokemon, you'd be fast, you'd be bulky. 02:09:32.380 --> 02:09:34.180 It's a trick that you can kind of do whatever you want. 02:09:34.180 --> 02:09:35.980 It's a lot of different freedom you have as a team builder. 02:09:35.980 --> 02:09:38.380 And I think that's really great for a trainer like, watch. 02:09:38.380 --> 02:09:47.500 Here it is the classic lead pairing the dragon type bar chomps against the higher type not dragon Charizard 02:09:47.500 --> 02:09:53.660 But like you mentioned you like this lead because you always immediately threatened earthquake and heat wave into your opponents 02:09:53.660 --> 02:09:58.460 But not so strong into the opposing Charizard charge. Yeah one match up here 02:09:58.620 --> 02:10:03.820 Three of the four Pokemon also have rock type attack. It's only the one garchup that does not so the charge 02:10:03.820 --> 02:10:06.780 There's probably all feeling a little bit threatened there. I rock slide will not chip the charge 02:10:06.780 --> 02:10:09.060 I don't probably just knock it out either way 02:10:09.060 --> 02:10:11.340 I'm going to have to put very cautiously at this turn 02:10:11.340 --> 02:10:14.860 I've got both sides hoping you're going to leave something else with a little bit awkward here 02:10:15.180 --> 02:10:17.940 It covers everything except for the mirror lead pretty well 02:10:17.940 --> 02:10:21.020 Well, and you have to look at the guard chump in this mirror 02:10:21.020 --> 02:10:28.840 Of course, Sajian will be running the life orb guard top versus Juan running the citrus fairy guard top as both of the 02:10:28.840 --> 02:10:32.060 Charizard will go ahead and protect themselves right away 02:10:32.060 --> 02:10:39.080 Here's a dragon drop cause a life or feels good damage to the guard chop up because this is the bulkier citrus berry guard chop 02:10:39.080 --> 02:10:42.740 It is able to hang on with just a sliver of health here 02:10:42.740 --> 02:10:46.120 It will be able to activate the citrus berry and take some additional 02:10:46.500 --> 02:10:52.480 Damage back from the rough skin and fire back with a dragon call of its own just barely missing out on that KO 02:10:52.480 --> 02:10:56.480 There's just a very interesting training there. This is the match of the usually used citrus berry guard chop 02:10:56.480 --> 02:10:57.860 It's kind of a whole point, right? 02:10:57.860 --> 02:10:59.780 You tank the dragon ball, you heal back up, 02:10:59.780 --> 02:11:01.260 but then usually you do enough damage 02:11:01.260 --> 02:11:02.820 and return to pick up that knockout. 02:11:02.820 --> 02:11:03.820 This guard shaft is trained in a way 02:11:03.820 --> 02:11:04.980 where perhaps that doesn't happen, 02:11:04.980 --> 02:11:06.780 and once the guard shaft is down the field, 02:11:06.780 --> 02:11:08.740 then be the quickest Pokemon remaining. 02:11:08.740 --> 02:11:10.540 So, threatening a lot of damage in this turn 02:11:10.540 --> 02:11:12.220 is a really nice trait for Sgt. 02:11:12.220 --> 02:11:13.780 Maybe you get a little bit of a track for Juan, 02:11:13.780 --> 02:11:15.740 who's probably expected that to be a knockout. 02:11:15.740 --> 02:11:16.580 Absolutely. 02:11:16.580 --> 02:11:18.460 Definitely expect that to be a knockout 02:11:18.460 --> 02:11:20.380 if you are running that Citric Parry guard jump. 02:11:20.380 --> 02:11:23.580 Like you mentioned, that is why you run that set. 02:11:23.580 --> 02:11:27.740 Wong will go ahead and retreat for the favor of the Whimsicott now. 02:11:27.740 --> 02:11:33.340 So Charizard switches out for Whimsicott, hoping to take a dragonfall on the switch-in. 02:11:33.340 --> 02:11:38.900 The Sage is just going to go immediately for the mega evolution on his own Charizard. 02:11:38.900 --> 02:11:44.020 Wong will go ahead and protect Garchomp this turn, trying to get in a position where a tailwind 02:11:44.020 --> 02:11:47.100 might allow that Garchomp to do something on the next turn. 02:11:47.100 --> 02:11:50.260 The Sage is not falling for anything here. 02:11:50.260 --> 02:11:56.160 The Garchomp fires off an earthquake, connects onto the Whimsicott that will go ahead and break the focus sash. 02:11:56.160 --> 02:12:01.560 Garchomp will trade itself because of that life orb recoil, but you are happy to do so, 02:12:01.560 --> 02:12:04.960 so long as you can land and hit into this Whimsicott. 02:12:04.960 --> 02:12:11.760 Ancient Power actually, the choice just in case it stated, a critical hit into Whimsicott, but not enough to pick up the KO here. 02:12:11.760 --> 02:12:15.960 So, one does at least get Whimsicott next to Garchomp to threaten Tailwind. 02:12:15.960 --> 02:12:20.400 Maybe get the wrong low percentage roll, but you know, instead of getting a two-power boost, it's a critical hit. 02:12:20.400 --> 02:12:22.800 It's not going to matter too much there, but... 02:12:22.800 --> 02:12:27.800 And there's a knockout, kind of, going, the right direction where the Garchev's thinking of a knockout, but not getting himself in the way. 02:12:27.800 --> 02:12:32.100 A lot of the stages, you get a free switcher. I think if you pick up a knockout, the Linsicott's looking really good, 02:12:32.100 --> 02:12:35.200 where he can bring in something like Venusaur or Vascular Legion, like the speed advantage, 02:12:35.200 --> 02:12:37.860 but because that option isn't available at the Linsicott, 02:12:37.860 --> 02:12:42.000 I'm certainly about to use a tail in there, especially with the Garchev, having Florida's Protect already. 02:12:42.000 --> 02:12:45.000 I'm certainly in the center, we're going to come in, and he does a bunch of interesting things here, right? 02:12:45.000 --> 02:12:49.440 Actually threatening a knockout probably with the fake down that wins the cup because of the critical in the previous turn 02:12:49.440 --> 02:12:51.440 So maybe not so relevant after all 02:12:51.520 --> 02:12:57.120 Intimidating that Garchomp went out of the correct the charge art probably can survive an attack from it and really improving the position 02:12:57.120 --> 02:13:01.480 Precision a little bit so down in the Pokemon count, but such as you close the Pokemon weakening so much 02:13:01.480 --> 02:13:07.160 I thought a pretty good position even better Garchomp went for a protect last turn from one side 02:13:07.160 --> 02:13:13.480 Which means that Garchomp is extremely vulnerable to a fake out and taking damage from the charge art either a 02:13:13.480 --> 02:13:18.320 He played for a weather ball into that slot would be enough to pick up the KO on to Garchomp 02:13:18.320 --> 02:13:24.400 Who's that does have the option to go for a protect so it's not safe to take out into that slot a Garchomp wide open here 02:13:24.400 --> 02:13:26.280 Yeah, maybe you can give me this up to your failure 02:13:26.280 --> 02:13:26.520 Okay 02:13:26.520 --> 02:13:31.400 Well, I can't afford to give up both these Pokemon for free even for a tail and Garchup going for the double not when you get it 02:13:31.400 --> 02:13:33.560 So probably going to be linked up for Garcha 02:13:33.560 --> 02:13:35.480 Yeah, you got to go for that one if you're a wand 02:13:35.480 --> 02:13:39.240 You don't want any of the Pokemon in the back to switch into this weather ball and there it is 02:13:39.240 --> 02:13:42.800 as Sajian will go ahead and even up the Pokemon score, 02:13:42.800 --> 02:13:44.560 cleaning up the guard dump with that weather ball. 02:13:44.560 --> 02:13:47.480 So safe there from Sajian, great play there. 02:13:47.480 --> 02:13:49.120 And we see the lash out from the incinerator, 02:13:49.120 --> 02:13:50.600 so potentially could have gotten away 02:13:50.600 --> 02:13:52.360 with the cheap detail would if he wanted to, 02:13:52.360 --> 02:13:54.600 but oh, it's a risk to go for maybe trying to fish 02:13:54.600 --> 02:13:56.840 for an aggressive switching to Vasculation 02:13:56.840 --> 02:13:58.240 or something in Weymatt, right? 02:13:58.240 --> 02:13:59.800 You know, that's almost certainly going to be a fix there. 02:13:59.800 --> 02:14:02.520 I protect anyway to avoid any shenanigans there 02:14:02.520 --> 02:14:03.360 and giving up a free tail. 02:14:03.360 --> 02:14:05.800 So hey, you know, maybe try and hit the home line. 02:14:05.800 --> 02:14:08.520 Well, here is the Charizard out on the field for Juan. 02:14:08.520 --> 02:14:14.320 Both of these Chars are at full health, so neither is necessarily in that Ancient Power range. 02:14:14.320 --> 02:14:18.320 So both of these Pokemon should be able to tank the hit from the opposing Pokemon. 02:14:18.320 --> 02:14:23.820 That really interesting play for Juan now here where, well, you could try to double up on the Charger to pick up Sinaka that way, 02:14:23.820 --> 02:14:27.220 but if you do, you're definitely giving up the opportunity to get Kaelin for the rest of the game. 02:14:27.220 --> 02:14:30.620 And so are your remaining Pokemon capable of winning from that position? 02:14:30.620 --> 02:14:32.920 It's gonna be a risky play to go for. 02:14:32.920 --> 02:14:36.220 So pretty precarious spot there with this Moishii Wimps account. 02:14:36.220 --> 02:14:37.720 You really do want to get that Kaelin up. 02:14:37.720 --> 02:14:40.060 It's like a fossil, but this is probably that window. 02:14:40.060 --> 02:14:43.760 Yeah, this may be the only window Juan has to set to tailwind, 02:14:43.760 --> 02:14:47.400 which would most likely last for the remainder of the game here, 02:14:47.400 --> 02:14:50.240 as we are pretty deep into this game, Juan. 02:14:50.240 --> 02:14:52.400 There's tailwind coming up from Wimzicopso. 02:14:52.400 --> 02:14:55.980 Juan now has the speed advantage for the foreseeable future. 02:14:55.980 --> 02:14:59.180 There's the ancient power connecting onto Sagan's Charizard. 02:14:59.180 --> 02:15:00.580 Scott, the map is perfect. 02:15:00.580 --> 02:15:03.580 Charizard has 13% health surviving that ancient power, 02:15:03.580 --> 02:15:05.820 firing back into Juan's again. 02:15:05.820 --> 02:15:11.820 Perfect map. Tars are at 19%. But Incineroar does not need to spend time setting up the tailwind. 02:15:11.820 --> 02:15:15.820 It gets lashed out into Tars and pick up that last 20% of health. 02:15:15.820 --> 02:15:22.820 So now, Juan has tailwind, has the speed advantage, needs something big out of this last Pokémon. 02:15:22.820 --> 02:15:25.820 And it's a little scary looking at this, right, where if it's about to be a Legion, 02:15:25.820 --> 02:15:28.820 maybe the tight matchup is really good, at least, but the sun is up. 02:15:28.820 --> 02:15:31.820 And critically, there aren't many Pokémon remaining, and Juan's got a feel like he's spread attacks. 02:15:31.820 --> 02:15:36.620 I really want to burn through this quickly, especially with Wozakite also kind of on the brink of being knocked out. 02:15:36.620 --> 02:15:39.820 But it's a super efficient way to close this game out. 02:15:39.820 --> 02:15:44.320 You know, the only Pokemon we're meeting with spread-type moves is that Float, which you assume is not the 5th final Pokemon. 02:15:44.320 --> 02:15:45.320 It is the King Gambit. 02:15:45.320 --> 02:15:47.820 I'm now facing down two Fire-type Pokemon. 02:15:47.820 --> 02:15:50.820 That King Gambit facing down both the Charizard and the Incineroar. 02:15:50.820 --> 02:15:53.820 And actually Incineroar looking very good here. 02:15:53.820 --> 02:15:57.320 Very difficult for Juan to deal big damage when you do that Pokemon. 02:15:57.320 --> 02:16:02.740 Now one is running the four attack version of King Gambit's or does have access to low kick 02:16:02.780 --> 02:16:09.560 But in Cinderwall with that Citrus Berry should be able to take that pretty easily even a low kick and a moon blast from the whips a 02:16:09.560 --> 02:16:11.900 God, but you have to get that Charizard off the field 02:16:11.900 --> 02:16:15.440 Otherwise, you're just gonna get blown up by a weather ball or any way. Yeah, absolutely 02:16:15.440 --> 02:16:18.640 It's a scary spot here to work. Yeah, maybe you just full send right like okay 02:16:18.640 --> 02:16:19.680 Well, I'll charge up you get back up 02:16:19.680 --> 02:16:22.960 I don't know if I need to charge on right if you attack with both Pokemon 02:16:22.960 --> 02:16:25.400 There's going to be some fire type damage going the other direction 02:16:25.400 --> 02:16:32.200 There's the moon blast into Charizard. Charizard will go down here, so Pawn is going to even up the Pokemon count once again. 02:16:32.300 --> 02:16:40.900 There's low kick coming out from King Gambit dealing exactly 50% health to Incineroar, just pushing it over to that Citrus Berry amount. 02:16:40.900 --> 02:16:43.400 He's going to eat up and heal up as well. 02:16:43.400 --> 02:16:54.400 There is the flare, but it's picking up the KO onto Wimzicott, and now it is just this King Gambit with no protect and only single target damage against two Pokemon on Sage inside. 02:16:54.400 --> 02:16:57.680 That Incineroar will be able to pick up the KO with the Flare Blitz, 02:16:57.680 --> 02:17:02.400 but this is the worst possible Pokemon for Sage to have in the back. 02:17:02.400 --> 02:17:05.400 Should one be able to get this Incineroar off the field somehow? 02:17:05.400 --> 02:17:07.280 Maybe there's some way he can certainly do this. 02:17:07.280 --> 02:17:09.880 TaxiPec's not going to be able to attack the King Gambit. 02:17:09.880 --> 02:17:11.240 He's going to have to only use the Infestation, 02:17:11.240 --> 02:17:14.760 but it doesn't get critical hit, and there's going to be huge Flare Blitz the other direction. 02:17:14.760 --> 02:17:16.400 No crit coming out from the low click. 02:17:16.400 --> 02:17:18.760 Here comes Low Kick. Here comes the Flare Blitz. 02:17:18.760 --> 02:17:22.240 The Acaberry will help protect the King Gambit a little bit here. 02:17:22.240 --> 02:17:28.240 only takes about 50% health, but that is all that Toxapex needs. It just needs time. 02:17:28.240 --> 02:17:34.240 And Xenor hanging on with 5% after the recoil is also huge. There's the infestation, and 02:17:34.240 --> 02:17:40.240 over time, King Gambit now is on the clock. Needs to be able to get a KO on to this, 02:17:40.240 --> 02:17:44.240 and Xenor and onto the Toxapex, and I don't think Juan has enough time here. 02:17:44.240 --> 02:17:47.240 Yeah, I mean, Xenor is good at one thing. It's staying on the field, and that final 02:17:47.240 --> 02:17:50.240 Pokemon is going to be so threatening here. And not really good to be able to do 02:17:50.240 --> 02:17:53.780 more damage itself other than that damage over time but King Gambit still 02:17:53.780 --> 02:17:56.840 going to have to invest a turn knocking at this similar here who otherwise would 02:17:56.840 --> 02:17:59.660 just pick up the knockout on it and at that point 02:17:59.660 --> 02:18:01.960 this situation will already almost be done. 02:18:01.960 --> 02:18:08.000 There's the Caltow fleet. One is just trying to see how much damage that King Gambit can deal into the Tox effects here. 02:18:08.000 --> 02:18:13.000 Notice that there's no shot of surviving in the end of this game. One gets good 02:18:13.000 --> 02:18:19.500 information on the Tox effects and gets the agent to waste the critical hit on the King Gambit right here. 02:18:19.500 --> 02:18:24.100 For our 2014 world champion, Sajin Park, he's looking good. 02:18:24.100 --> 02:18:25.940 Yeah, I think that was a really neat win too. 02:18:25.940 --> 02:18:27.940 I think a lot of us like that, we really love Sajin. 02:18:27.940 --> 02:18:29.940 We hope he's prepared enough for this, right? 02:18:29.940 --> 02:18:30.940 You know, he's a former world champion. 02:18:30.940 --> 02:18:33.660 He's played in, I think, every form of competitive Pokemon 02:18:33.660 --> 02:18:36.620 other than PGC, literally, as far as he won that championship. 02:18:36.620 --> 02:18:38.140 So it's like, oh, you know, like, how prepared 02:18:38.140 --> 02:18:39.140 is he going to be for this tournament? 02:18:39.140 --> 02:18:40.540 You know, is he just here to have fun? 02:18:40.540 --> 02:18:42.060 But I think he had a really good game plan there. 02:18:42.060 --> 02:18:44.060 Both of them, they kind of be sequencing of his Pokemon 02:18:44.060 --> 02:18:45.860 as well in the way that Dartrap was trained. 02:18:45.860 --> 02:18:47.220 He has a nice little trap. 02:18:47.220 --> 02:18:48.540 I'll play a bummer if you're Sajin having 02:18:48.540 --> 02:18:50.500 to show that in stream during round one, 02:18:50.500 --> 02:18:51.900 but still a really nice win there. 02:18:51.900 --> 02:18:53.700 And again, you know, Juan's been incredible. 02:18:53.700 --> 02:18:55.700 The world leader in championship points. 02:18:55.700 --> 02:18:57.220 It's not like this is some, you know, 02:18:57.220 --> 02:18:59.180 that there are any weak players in the world championship. 02:18:59.180 --> 02:19:00.900 But I think even among, you know, 02:19:00.900 --> 02:19:02.420 world championship level players, right? 02:19:02.420 --> 02:19:03.460 I think most people say, you know, 02:19:03.460 --> 02:19:05.780 Juan is a real threat to win this tournament. 02:19:05.780 --> 02:19:06.620 But you know what? 02:19:06.620 --> 02:19:08.020 Great game one for Sajin there. 02:19:08.020 --> 02:19:10.180 Absolutely great game one there from Sajin. 02:19:10.180 --> 02:19:11.220 And I love that you called out 02:19:11.220 --> 02:19:12.420 that Garchomp's training. 02:19:12.420 --> 02:19:13.820 That is something that we have been hearing 02:19:13.820 --> 02:19:15.340 over and over again in the run-up 02:19:15.340 --> 02:19:16.740 to the world championship. 02:19:16.740 --> 02:19:19.460 how important the guard chomp mirror can be. 02:19:19.460 --> 02:19:21.780 And especially the Citrus Berry guard chomp 02:19:21.780 --> 02:19:24.100 is supposed to win that mirror. 02:19:24.100 --> 02:19:26.820 That is the whole point of Citrus Berry guard chomp. 02:19:26.820 --> 02:19:29.940 And Sagan realizing that I need to be, 02:19:29.940 --> 02:19:31.220 I can flip that on his head 02:19:31.220 --> 02:19:33.300 by investing some more deep into my own 02:19:33.300 --> 02:19:35.580 or more hit points into my own guard chomp. 02:19:35.580 --> 02:19:37.300 Incredible play there, incredible practice. 02:19:37.300 --> 02:19:39.540 Can be run up to the World Championship. 02:19:39.540 --> 02:19:43.100 Now, here is a adaptation from Sagan. 02:19:43.100 --> 02:19:45.180 This is the other lead for this team 02:19:45.180 --> 02:19:47.080 Incineroar and Toxapex. 02:19:47.080 --> 02:19:50.240 This is a pretty good lead for that Toxapex 02:19:50.240 --> 02:19:51.720 and Incineroar to catch. 02:19:51.720 --> 02:19:54.280 Yeah, a lot of things to kind of enjoy here. 02:19:54.280 --> 02:19:55.280 First you get the Attitude out. 02:19:55.280 --> 02:19:57.000 We saw how well Incineroar did against these Pokemon 02:19:57.000 --> 02:19:57.840 in the previous game, 02:19:57.840 --> 02:19:59.440 or just being most of Chuck's chosen to act. 02:19:59.440 --> 02:20:00.360 So, though, thank you, I think, 02:20:00.360 --> 02:20:01.960 the H2 Power doesn't take it quite as well 02:20:01.960 --> 02:20:02.800 as it used to. 02:20:02.800 --> 02:20:04.880 But Toxapex is really the Pokemon to look at here. 02:20:04.880 --> 02:20:06.400 Though it has the option of trying to Toxapex, 02:20:06.400 --> 02:20:08.280 or, in fact, one of these Pokemon to build up damage 02:20:08.280 --> 02:20:10.400 and quickly has a wide guard to counter. 02:20:10.400 --> 02:20:12.000 Or to counter all those front attacks 02:20:12.000 --> 02:20:14.400 at the whole point of this lead combination. 02:20:14.400 --> 02:20:17.200 Yeah, and Guard Trump can only deal super effective damage 02:20:17.200 --> 02:20:19.560 to Tox effects with that Earthquake. 02:20:19.560 --> 02:20:23.760 So if Sajin is able to get some poison damage down, 02:20:23.760 --> 02:20:26.840 get the Toxic going, get the Infestation going, 02:20:26.840 --> 02:20:31.080 Juan could find himself just locked out in this game too. 02:20:31.080 --> 02:20:32.800 Tarzan's gonna go ahead and protect here 02:20:32.800 --> 02:20:35.600 because Juan just needs to see what is going on. 02:20:35.600 --> 02:20:37.400 So wide guard from Sajin, 02:20:37.400 --> 02:20:40.560 which means that Sajin is trying to get damage down 02:20:40.560 --> 02:20:42.320 onto one of these two Pokemon. 02:20:42.320 --> 02:20:45.860 You can see how important that Incinerator's Intimidate was. 02:20:45.860 --> 02:20:49.600 Neither Pokemon taking more than 39% there, 02:20:49.600 --> 02:20:51.760 even though it was super effective damage 02:20:51.760 --> 02:20:53.160 and a parting shot. 02:20:53.160 --> 02:20:54.960 This is disastrous for Juan 02:20:54.960 --> 02:20:57.680 if that Garchomp is about to get stuck out on the field 02:20:57.680 --> 02:20:59.120 against this Toxapex, 02:20:59.120 --> 02:21:01.120 especially as Garchomp switches in. 02:21:01.120 --> 02:21:02.680 There are two levels of reduced attack 02:21:02.680 --> 02:21:04.480 and there is that Incestation coming down. 02:21:04.480 --> 02:21:06.560 So Garchomp not going to believe the battle field, 02:21:06.560 --> 02:21:07.800 but that does get a little damage 02:21:07.800 --> 02:21:10.520 on the opposing Toxapex there with these rough skin. 02:21:10.520 --> 02:21:14.100 It's a really tough position though now, where you've got exactly the one on the turn. 02:21:14.100 --> 02:21:16.180 Chars are protecting pointlessly there. 02:21:16.180 --> 02:21:22.180 The Earthquake gave it just nice, where at least one wasn't afraid to go for that earthquake, despite the possible wide guard. 02:21:22.180 --> 02:21:28.520 But this is exactly why it was worth that risk, where Garchamp now full-house facing down to Chars on the counter is an opposing. 02:21:28.520 --> 02:21:35.140 Garchamp has had an attack reduced so significantly, and that isn't super powerful offensively to begin with, because if that's interest very variant, 02:21:35.140 --> 02:21:41.100 Tox effects now looking pretty exciting as well where a wide guard to really check that most of what these folks want to do 02:21:41.100 --> 02:21:45.500 So I great positioning for staging another really strong game plan with you. I want this team's other mode 02:21:46.000 --> 02:21:51.620 Absolutely Tox effects is sitting pretty with the minus to guard top stuck out on the field 02:21:51.620 --> 02:21:55.820 And Charizard unable to deal super effective damage into the Tox effects either 02:21:56.300 --> 02:22:01.460 Of course, our is able to deal good damage with you know, weather ball in the sun 02:22:01.460 --> 02:22:06.260 But Vaughn is not going to let that Pokemon get stuck against the Toxapex. 02:22:06.260 --> 02:22:08.460 Too many options here for Sajin. 02:22:08.460 --> 02:22:12.460 And Sajin just going on the offensive life orb, Garchomp. 02:22:12.460 --> 02:22:15.960 The important thing is just getting that Garchomp stuck on the field 02:22:15.960 --> 02:22:19.460 so it could not retreat from this life orb dragging ball. 02:22:19.460 --> 02:22:20.960 Garchomp goes down for Vaughn. 02:22:20.960 --> 02:22:23.460 And here comes Wimbledon on the Switch-It. 02:22:24.960 --> 02:22:26.460 And it's not going anywhere. 02:22:26.460 --> 02:22:28.460 Hey, what's your hang around, bud? 02:22:28.460 --> 02:22:32.540 Infestation going to pick up all the damage, going to break that focus, and I really like that. 02:22:32.540 --> 02:22:35.100 I think that the combination there is to play that defensively. 02:22:35.100 --> 02:22:37.020 We've seen a lot of top defense players. 02:22:37.020 --> 02:22:39.260 This Pokemon has picked up popularity over the previous two months. 02:22:39.260 --> 02:22:41.260 They're going down to lower some things attacks. 02:22:41.260 --> 02:22:43.900 I think it's going to be a real play with it for a while, leave it on the field. 02:22:43.900 --> 02:22:47.100 And I really like this, where I think that would have been a great counter to a more defensive play. 02:22:47.100 --> 02:22:50.300 One that kind of switches in on a painful bunker from the top defense. 02:22:50.300 --> 02:22:54.220 It's the encore in the previous turn, and then who's trapped with who at that point. 02:22:54.220 --> 02:22:57.580 Instead, picking up the knockout there on the opposing guard chop, 02:22:57.580 --> 02:23:01.860 Which I think is also kind of just clever. It's like, hey, well, you know, you just barely survive the dragon ball 02:23:01.860 --> 02:23:06.380 So all I needed is this little bit of chip and then now with the cod as they poke him on the weaker position here 02:23:06.380 --> 02:23:11.640 He can't be going to come in and at least in a fairly favorable position here where it's in the do some stuff here 02:23:11.640 --> 02:23:17.380 You know can't be toxic. I mean it's dinner. We're going to be not something you really want to switch in and activate the defiance 02:23:17.380 --> 02:23:19.480 But so not like a fantastic situation for one 02:23:19.480 --> 02:23:23.340 So you really have a great line into this team now on the plus side for one 02:23:23.340 --> 02:23:30.340 King Gambit is good into the Tox effects and Vindicott threatens super effective damage on the Garchomp with this Moon Blast. 02:23:30.340 --> 02:23:35.340 Not enough to pick up the KO though, he did to double target and finish it off with a sucker punch. 02:23:35.340 --> 02:23:41.340 Instead, that just means Garchomp gets to fire off a stomping Tantrum into King Gambit. Down to 23% hit points, 02:23:41.340 --> 02:23:48.340 Garchomp will go down through the recoil, but you trade back every single day of the World Championship. 02:23:48.340 --> 02:23:56.340 And now that's going to mean that King Gambit firing off a cow-cow-cleave into Toxapex cannot KO this Pokemon. 02:23:56.340 --> 02:23:59.340 And now both the King Gambit and Wimzacot are trapped on the field. 02:23:59.340 --> 02:24:06.340 And Sajin gets to pick which Pokemon do I want to face off against these two, because I know they ain't going nowhere. 02:24:06.340 --> 02:24:08.340 Yeah, it's a really tough position out here. 02:24:08.340 --> 02:24:10.340 King Gambit's trying to take it just to the damage to another one. 02:24:10.340 --> 02:24:17.340 You know, I assume if he's thinking of running the map on this, it's a really nice bit of damage, where Infestation will pick up the dock out and King Gambit next turn. 02:24:17.340 --> 02:24:21.340 So now if you want to, you could bring that Incinerator in, just pin it down with the fakeout, 02:24:21.340 --> 02:24:25.340 and it doesn't matter if I've given an attack boost because it's going to act up anyway. 02:24:25.340 --> 02:24:28.340 If you don't want to do that, you can bring in anything else that has protect, 02:24:28.340 --> 02:24:30.340 just double protect that's going to go down anyway. 02:24:30.340 --> 02:24:35.340 You do have to deal with that situation, then the Wimzicat would be threatening in at 4 on the subsequent turn, 02:24:35.340 --> 02:24:40.340 but you'd also know all of your opponents remaining Pokemon and be able to figure out your game time from there. 02:24:40.340 --> 02:24:45.340 So Charizard would come in here probably going to be protect, although it isn't like half to be. 02:24:45.340 --> 02:24:47.460 or you could just try to pick up the wins that come. 02:24:47.460 --> 02:24:50.340 Instead, the game, it will go down either way. 02:24:50.340 --> 02:24:52.700 The doubtful there now is actually the first person 02:24:52.700 --> 02:24:54.660 to learn all of the Pokemon that Cajun brought, 02:24:54.660 --> 02:24:57.580 so we can start forming his plans for the end of this game. 02:24:57.580 --> 02:24:59.460 But Cajun's a very nice advance for himself, 02:24:59.460 --> 02:25:00.860 a really masterful Tashima's play. 02:25:00.860 --> 02:25:03.620 As we see it, oh, the more aggressively positioned 02:25:03.620 --> 02:25:05.900 than we saw in the previous couple of tournaments. 02:25:05.900 --> 02:25:08.300 Yeah, that's what's so important for players 02:25:08.300 --> 02:25:10.660 who are using Tots of Xs, not to get trapped 02:25:10.660 --> 02:25:12.380 in that defensive mindset. 02:25:12.380 --> 02:25:14.100 You have to go on the offensive. 02:25:14.100 --> 02:25:19.100 Otherwise, Toxicot just sits there while all of its friends faint and get knocked out. 02:25:19.100 --> 02:25:23.960 Instead, Sajun going on the offensive with both the Toxicot and now bringing out with 02:25:23.960 --> 02:25:29.100 Starizard here to pick up K.O.'s onto both King Gambit and Wimzacot. 02:25:29.100 --> 02:25:33.400 Sajun will go ahead and protect that Toxicot this time around while Wimzacot protects 02:25:33.400 --> 02:25:34.400 itself. 02:25:34.400 --> 02:25:37.300 King Gambit on its way out is going to fire off a sucker punch. 02:25:37.300 --> 02:25:42.540 A critical hit deals a lot of damage to Starizard, brings it down to 33% hit points 02:25:42.540 --> 02:25:43.540 as the King Gambit. 02:25:43.540 --> 02:25:46.080 now will go down to that infestation. 02:25:47.140 --> 02:25:48.420 Well, you know, lots of damage where 02:25:48.420 --> 02:25:50.620 maybe we can see the trade-off of not going for the protect 02:25:50.620 --> 02:25:52.380 where Charizard not being threatened by an 02:25:52.380 --> 02:25:53.380 encore in the previous turn, 02:25:53.380 --> 02:25:55.260 but it could be potentially threatened by 02:25:55.260 --> 02:25:56.460 an attack from one of the other Pokemon. 02:25:56.460 --> 02:25:57.420 He can get any good damage. 02:25:57.420 --> 02:25:59.540 I think the positive of what St. Jude did is, you know, 02:25:59.540 --> 02:26:00.940 just like that, so you can see all the Pokemon 02:26:00.940 --> 02:26:01.780 that seems to be right. 02:26:01.780 --> 02:26:03.380 And again, much like the previous game, 02:26:03.380 --> 02:26:04.500 it's not very likely that, well, 02:26:04.500 --> 02:26:06.940 why does that final Pokemon, if it is instead, 02:26:06.940 --> 02:26:09.020 you know, the, yeah. 02:26:09.020 --> 02:26:10.380 We did already see the Charizard at least. 02:26:10.380 --> 02:26:11.380 There's a Charizard, yes, there's a Charizard, 02:26:11.380 --> 02:26:12.220 yeah, yeah. 02:26:12.220 --> 02:26:15.020 Anyway, it's Charizard. That's why the buttons are different colors. 02:26:15.020 --> 02:26:18.620 So anyway, the Charizard on the station side is just great and all there, 02:26:18.620 --> 02:26:21.020 but with the combination of a tailwind and an ancient power, 02:26:21.020 --> 02:26:24.220 it's not like a super great position anyway, where you're likely to take a lot of damage. 02:26:24.220 --> 02:26:27.900 Instead, the Incinerator is going to wind up in a very similar position we saw in the previous game, 02:26:27.900 --> 02:26:31.420 most likely where by going to come in and going after the tank down, it's Charizard. 02:26:31.420 --> 02:26:34.380 So I don't think the game's over yet. The damage is pretty important on the Charizard, 02:26:34.380 --> 02:26:36.380 where it would have been an ancient power range anyway. 02:26:36.380 --> 02:26:39.820 You don't need the critical hit from the sucker punch with that, but this is so healthy now that 02:26:39.820 --> 02:26:42.420 Like even a fire type attack might be able to map it out. 02:26:42.420 --> 02:26:44.540 There's not really any reason to go for one in that slot 02:26:44.540 --> 02:26:47.060 where you want to risk getting white guarded here probably. 02:26:47.060 --> 02:26:50.260 And it's going to really take more damage from Ancient Tower as well. 02:26:50.260 --> 02:26:55.020 Yeah, and with the Faintle Bunker, Toxapex is at risk of being on-cored. 02:26:55.020 --> 02:26:58.060 However, Wenslok can only do one thing at a time. 02:26:58.060 --> 02:27:01.820 He cannot most set Tailwind to allow Wands Charizard to outspeed 02:27:01.820 --> 02:27:06.300 Sage's Charizard and on-core the Toxapex at once. 02:27:06.300 --> 02:27:08.220 Which means that there are two options here. 02:27:08.220 --> 02:27:12.620 Without tailwind, Charizard on Stagen's side can just pick up on Charizard with 02:27:12.620 --> 02:27:17.900 get the big damage with the ancient power. Or should Juan go for the KO on to Charizard's 02:27:17.900 --> 02:27:23.340 discard, Foxifex can start spreading toxics and infestations to try and just chip down 02:27:23.340 --> 02:27:28.860 these Pokemon over time. Or, Wimzacan could just go on the offensive with a Moonblast. 02:27:28.860 --> 02:27:33.180 Connects onto the Foxifex feels a little bit of damage here. Not very effective, 02:27:33.180 --> 02:27:35.180 but any little bit counts. 02:27:35.180 --> 02:27:38.380 There's a weather ball coming out from Stagen's Charizard, 02:27:38.380 --> 02:27:41.260 connects on to Wimson and picks up the KO there. 02:27:41.260 --> 02:27:43.980 This one targeting down the Toxics with Moonblast. 02:27:43.980 --> 02:27:46.540 I wonder if he was softening it up for a heatwave 02:27:46.540 --> 02:27:48.460 to try to pick up a double KO. 02:27:48.460 --> 02:27:50.540 No, just going to be the ancient power 02:27:50.540 --> 02:27:52.540 into Toxics effect where you cannot. 02:27:52.540 --> 02:27:54.300 KO with this Pokémon. 02:27:54.300 --> 02:27:58.140 Toxics effect hangs on and Toxics right back. 02:27:58.140 --> 02:27:59.340 I love this little guy. 02:27:59.340 --> 02:28:01.500 Yeah, it's a huge step for the Toxics effect 02:28:01.500 --> 02:28:04.500 But a Tauksic is almost going to end this run. 02:28:04.500 --> 02:28:07.500 You know, the Charizard can theoretically use 02:28:07.500 --> 02:28:10.500 threat moves to try to burn down these Pokemon before the Tauksic 02:28:10.500 --> 02:28:11.500 is able to defeat all of it. 02:28:11.500 --> 02:28:13.500 But Tauksic was like, hey, wait a second. 02:28:13.500 --> 02:28:16.500 I will make you single target Pokemon to be Wyze Guard most likely. 02:28:16.500 --> 02:28:19.500 To protect first the wand, if he doesn't protect that Charizard here, 02:28:19.500 --> 02:28:22.500 he's like, hey, you know, like, let's make this last as long as we can. 02:28:22.500 --> 02:28:26.500 Yep, and no risks need to be taken here from Sgt. 02:28:26.500 --> 02:28:29.500 Double protecting the Charizard and the Tauks effects. 02:28:29.500 --> 02:28:31.500 Wong has no options here. 02:28:31.500 --> 02:28:35.100 That toxic damage is just going to keep ticking up and up and up, 02:28:35.100 --> 02:28:37.500 locking him out from this game too, 02:28:37.500 --> 02:28:42.000 meaning that Sgt. Hart, the 2014 World Champion, 02:28:42.000 --> 02:28:45.500 is now one and out here in 2026. 02:28:45.500 --> 02:28:47.500 That was a really impressive set, man. 02:28:47.500 --> 02:28:48.800 Hey, you know what I mean? 02:28:48.800 --> 02:28:50.500 Yeah, you know, I'm gonna be a former World Champion. 02:28:50.500 --> 02:28:52.300 But this doesn't mean you can take me lightly 02:28:52.300 --> 02:28:53.500 this World Championship either. 02:28:53.500 --> 02:28:55.000 I think all the players kind of weren't sure 02:28:55.000 --> 02:28:56.500 what they were going to get from Sgt. this year. 02:28:56.500 --> 02:28:59.000 I think I would be afraid after watching that set there. 02:28:59.000 --> 02:29:06.600 We kind of see really impressive lines into that big six competition or composition rather and I think that's also kind of a 02:29:06.760 --> 02:29:10.800 Really great match to have on streamers first round because it gives us a lot to think about right? 02:29:10.800 --> 02:29:15.880 These are two comps that all of the trainers knew they needed to be prepared for going in and while the big six may be the most 02:29:16.240 --> 02:29:21.160 powerful cop in the term the stats and damage if I'm having all those Pokemon on the top of the usage stats 02:29:21.160 --> 02:29:26.000 But the weakness of that is that players have put a lot of thought into how they want to handle this matchup 02:29:26.000 --> 02:29:29.040 And so he had a really great plan both in Game 1 and Game 2, 02:29:29.040 --> 02:29:32.160 which won us a really difficult position, especially in Game 1. 02:29:32.160 --> 02:29:35.040 Because it was a deceptive, it looked like they were favorable for one, 02:29:35.040 --> 02:29:36.560 and it wound up not being so. 02:29:36.560 --> 02:29:39.120 And perhaps this is just what we're going to see throughout the course of this day 02:29:39.120 --> 02:29:40.240 for these big six players. 02:29:40.240 --> 02:29:42.800 Other players are like, hey, you know, I didn't come all the way 02:29:42.800 --> 02:29:44.720 to San Francisco for this world championship, 02:29:44.720 --> 02:29:46.800 not to have a plan for the most important team. 02:29:46.800 --> 02:29:50.000 Yeah, if you know this is going to be one of the most dominant team 02:29:50.000 --> 02:29:52.080 compositions coming into the world championship, 02:29:52.080 --> 02:29:53.600 you've got to have a plan. 02:29:53.600 --> 02:29:54.640 And St. John knows that. 02:29:54.640 --> 02:29:58.600 He has not only competed in the world championships here for the video game championships 02:29:58.600 --> 02:30:03.720 He's competed at the trading card game. He's also competed in your night. He's competed in pumpkin tournament 02:30:03.880 --> 02:30:09.560 Sgt. Knows what it takes to compete at the top levels for all of the pillars here at the world championships 02:30:09.560 --> 02:30:13.680 He's even the Pokemon go in the patient. Oh, yeah, he's caught them all. I mean, yeah 02:30:13.680 --> 02:30:18.240 He's such an impressive player. I mean either purist fan of the world in that way or yeah 02:30:18.240 --> 02:30:20.660 No, you seem to be good at everything. It must be nice 02:30:20.660 --> 02:30:21.660 Nice. 02:30:21.660 --> 02:30:23.620 What a great set by him there. 02:30:23.620 --> 02:30:28.140 Certainly I wouldn't be too too concerned if I was one yet either where going 0-1-1 is 02:30:28.140 --> 02:30:32.080 tough where you're gonna have to go a long way from this point until the single-inition 02:30:32.080 --> 02:30:35.060 force determined without losing more than one more game. 02:30:35.060 --> 02:30:36.780 But hey, no shame in losing this agent. 02:30:36.780 --> 02:30:40.060 One of the most famous trainers ever for a reason. 02:30:40.060 --> 02:30:43.020 Absolutely and showing off here in round one. 02:30:43.020 --> 02:30:45.820 The Toxpex composition is not easy to play. 02:30:45.820 --> 02:30:52.820 It is so easy, especially when you go to the Toxifex mode to get stuck in situations where you have no momentum and you have no pressure, 02:30:52.820 --> 02:30:54.820 because you're trying to set up those traps. 02:30:54.820 --> 02:30:57.820 And sometimes you whiff and you've trapped the wrong Pokemon in with you, 02:30:57.820 --> 02:31:01.820 but Sajin looks like he was in complete control of that second game on the jump. 02:31:01.820 --> 02:31:04.820 Yeah, I think it's a really difficult Pokemon to pop. 02:31:04.820 --> 02:31:09.820 The reason we're talking about it a little bit during the game, but yeah, it's so easy to kind of get trapped and playing slowly. 02:31:09.820 --> 02:31:14.820 I think one of the reasons why Tock the Puck for so many years just wasn't used in the Pokemon video game championships is that 02:31:14.820 --> 02:31:17.820 this dude is a single battle Pokemon. They're like, oh, that's a stall Pokemon. 02:31:17.820 --> 02:31:21.820 All you can do with this Pokemon is stall. And some games you can win by stalling, right? 02:31:21.820 --> 02:31:26.820 Especially against these more defensive teams. But the whole point of this big six team is doing a ton of damage 02:31:26.820 --> 02:31:29.820 and what are you going to do about it and playing it a little bit more aggressively like that. 02:31:29.820 --> 02:31:34.820 I think it's the key being able to be flexible, really well played game. 02:31:34.820 --> 02:31:38.620 game and I kind of expected to see a few more talk defect in the tournament 02:31:38.620 --> 02:31:41.820 where we were looking over the teams all of the trainer for using it. I don't 02:31:41.820 --> 02:31:45.320 think talk defect is really the sort of Pokemon that ever going to show up in 02:31:45.320 --> 02:31:48.620 like the top 12 most used Pokemon but I think the Charizard Venusaur 02:31:48.620 --> 02:31:51.980 it's in our combination is going to be very popular this weekend and even 02:31:51.980 --> 02:31:54.700 though I go into his tournament that was the most popular version of 02:31:54.700 --> 02:31:58.220 composition many players did choose to drop that talk defect to a little 02:31:58.220 --> 02:32:01.540 bit different but worked up really well for Sagen. Absolutely and I am so 02:32:01.540 --> 02:32:06.580 excited to hear from Sajian. Welcome back to the video game championship Sajian Park. 02:32:06.580 --> 02:32:09.380 Let's go ahead and toss it down to the stage to hear from the man himself. 02:32:12.580 --> 02:32:16.980 Thank you so much. I'm here with Sajian Parker 2014 World Champion and 02:32:16.980 --> 02:32:21.060 Pachirisu lover extraordinaire. Sajian congratulations on winning your round one. 02:32:21.060 --> 02:32:26.260 How does it feel? It's amazing. Thank you. I see you have Pachirisu with you right near and 02:32:26.260 --> 02:32:28.500 and dear to your heart. 02:32:28.500 --> 02:32:30.140 Yeah, everybody here loves 02:32:30.140 --> 02:32:32.220 Pochery Souls as well, of course. 02:32:32.220 --> 02:32:34.300 You know, you've competed in Pokemon Go, 02:32:34.300 --> 02:32:35.980 Pokemon Unite, the TCG. 02:32:35.980 --> 02:32:37.220 How does it feel to be back playing 02:32:37.220 --> 02:32:39.380 in the video game championship series? 02:32:39.380 --> 02:32:43.660 Yeah, I played a lot of our games and competed, 02:32:43.660 --> 02:32:46.180 but it's really happy to be back in VGC. 02:32:46.180 --> 02:32:49.580 Also, I've been literally losing 02:32:49.580 --> 02:32:50.660 a lot on stream matches, 02:32:50.660 --> 02:32:53.860 but finally I can win in the stream. 02:32:53.860 --> 02:32:56.180 So yeah, it's feeling really great. 02:32:56.180 --> 02:33:01.420 Yeah, and I can't help but notice you're also running a very what I would consider standard team for this meta 02:33:01.420 --> 02:33:06.980 You know, what was your thinking coming into the tournament with what someone called someone called the big six 02:33:06.980 --> 02:33:09.260 You know the big Pokemon to beat coming into this event 02:33:10.020 --> 02:33:12.020 so 02:33:12.260 --> 02:33:19.060 Unfortunately, patruisu is not in the champions yet. So I cannot start building from there. So I've tried a lot of things that 02:33:20.820 --> 02:33:23.660 But in this meta, I think the 02:33:23.660 --> 02:33:31.820 pretty standard teams are always good to go so yeah that was my conclusion yeah I 02:33:31.820 --> 02:33:35.260 mean absolutely certainly developers are watching so I'm sure they heard the 02:33:35.260 --> 02:33:39.260 Astro Pachirisu just now but you talked about the standard Pokemon but the 02:33:39.260 --> 02:33:43.260 ancient power Charizard was certainly a twist that's coming into this event and 02:33:43.260 --> 02:33:46.980 it came so much in handy in that matchup what was your thinking in that 02:33:46.980 --> 02:33:52.660 positioning against Swan's own Charizard? So my Charizard is team-ish so I 02:33:52.660 --> 02:33:55.540 I can't even ask to beat their Garchem and Charger. 02:33:55.540 --> 02:34:03.380 So I was in the pretty upper position in this mirror match against their Garchem and Charger. 02:34:03.380 --> 02:34:08.460 So I had to position you well and so yeah, it turned out really well. 02:34:08.460 --> 02:34:09.460 Yeah. 02:34:09.460 --> 02:34:12.420 And that end game with the Wimsekot as well, was there anything going through your mind 02:34:12.420 --> 02:34:15.460 when you walked in those moves? 02:34:15.460 --> 02:34:24.340 So they have a very limited way to KO Toxapex, if I knock out their gargantuan, so I focus 02:34:24.340 --> 02:34:31.100 on getting with the gargantuan on the board politically, so that worked. 02:34:31.100 --> 02:34:36.180 So after that, it was a Toxapex game, yeah. 02:34:36.180 --> 02:34:39.580 A Toxapex game indeed, Seijun, it's been so great talking to you. 02:34:39.580 --> 02:34:43.340 Do you have any shoutouts you want to give to anybody who might be watching at home? 02:34:43.340 --> 02:34:48.340 So thank you a lot for cheering me on for Korea and all the world. 02:34:48.340 --> 02:34:52.340 I'm really happy to be here and back in the 3GC. 02:34:52.340 --> 02:34:56.340 So yeah, I'll try my best to play in another champion trophy. 02:34:56.340 --> 02:34:59.340 So thank you very much. 02:34:59.340 --> 02:35:00.340 Thank you very much as well. 02:35:00.340 --> 02:35:02.340 Best of luck this weekend in the competition. 02:35:02.340 --> 02:35:09.340 And let's go ahead and take a look at that matchup with our analyst Ben Kiryapu over in the analyst lounge. 02:35:09.340 --> 02:35:17.780 of course. Thank you so much, 02:35:17.880 --> 02:35:19.380 Gabby. And thank you as well. 02:35:19.480 --> 02:35:21.480 Of course, to stage and getting 02:35:21.580 --> 02:35:23.480 his first win here in the world 02:35:23.580 --> 02:35:24.080 Championship. Some of course, 02:35:24.180 --> 02:35:25.520 Ben. We're here for some 02:35:25.620 --> 02:35:26.420 battle breakdowns here. 02:35:26.520 --> 02:35:29.520 Join with me is, of course, 02:35:29.620 --> 02:35:30.520 Rose and what a great. What a 02:35:30.620 --> 02:35:31.120 great second round one that 02:35:31.220 --> 02:35:33.220 we've had here already. We 02:35:33.320 --> 02:35:35.220 had a great first round one 02:35:35.320 --> 02:35:37.240 and we get another one to 02:35:37.240 --> 02:35:41.400 I'm glad you volunteered for that road because you're going to be here all day all night. 02:35:41.400 --> 02:35:42.400 Okay great. 02:35:42.400 --> 02:35:43.400 That's great. 02:35:43.400 --> 02:35:50.040 I mean yeah it's like especially when you get these trainers like that are at the level 02:35:50.040 --> 02:35:55.360 of the trainers that we've had already on stream like you know you go to your locals, 02:35:55.360 --> 02:35:59.080 you go to your regionals, you go to your international skill density is like pretty 02:35:59.080 --> 02:36:04.480 high and then you get to we get to worlds and it's like well what what what much do 02:36:04.480 --> 02:36:06.160 you even pick for the stream right? 02:36:06.160 --> 02:36:10.800 better be prepared if you're here to play against former world champions, former international 02:36:10.800 --> 02:36:16.400 champions, multi-time regional champions. There's no easy pass through the world championships at this 02:36:16.400 --> 02:36:21.920 caliber and so we are going to be treated with such good matches all day long. Since we're in the 02:36:21.920 --> 02:36:26.240 early stages of this tournament, right, before what we do, rather than getting into the nitty gritty 02:36:26.240 --> 02:36:30.160 of the match, there's a lot to go over there of course, but getting into a little bit of the 02:36:30.160 --> 02:36:35.280 nitty gritty of the teams that our players were using in this round because we know that 02:36:35.280 --> 02:36:42.480 Charizard is one of the most common megas that we have like 43% usage overall. I wanted to break down a little bit these team 02:36:43.080 --> 02:36:48.260 Team preview graphics that we don't get as much time to talk about on the desk with our casters 02:36:48.560 --> 02:36:50.560 starting with Sage and here and 02:36:51.080 --> 02:36:56.520 This is one of the variants. I think that has risen in popularity since well 02:36:56.520 --> 02:37:01.740 We'll use toxic pecs to get top 4 NAIC and just showed us like hey 02:37:01.740 --> 02:37:04.540 this Pokemon is here and it's here for a reason. 02:37:04.540 --> 02:37:09.260 It was so funny because Toxpex really burst onto the double scene at the end of Scarlet 02:37:09.260 --> 02:37:13.660 and Violet where we got a chance to see some of the best competitors in the world using it 02:37:13.660 --> 02:37:19.020 alongside restricted Pokemon. And so the fact that it was able to hold tall against some of 02:37:19.020 --> 02:37:23.180 those legendary Pokemon, but then you know when champions released it was in the game, 02:37:23.180 --> 02:37:27.900 it was a little quiet. Toxpex is now back and people realize okay well it was that good 02:37:27.900 --> 02:37:32.540 against a legendary Pokemon must be really good against some of these mega evolutions too. 02:37:32.540 --> 02:37:39.580 And especially with the former, I mean, the Toxapex, it's typing is pretty unique in the game. 02:37:39.580 --> 02:37:44.220 Water and poison. And I'm just gonna switch over to our other team preview here. 02:37:44.220 --> 02:37:51.500 What are the team two most powerful mega Pokemon in the game? They're Fire and they're Fairy. 02:37:51.500 --> 02:37:57.660 What does Water and Poison resist exclusively? Those two big, big damage dealing moves. 02:37:57.660 --> 02:38:03.180 So, you know, looking at the position that this Toxapex takes in the former, it says, 02:38:03.180 --> 02:38:06.620 hey, you know, you've got these really powerful attackers. 02:38:06.620 --> 02:38:09.340 I'm just going to put a blocker on that for a little while. 02:38:09.340 --> 02:38:12.940 But not only that, it gets to support its team with White Guard 02:38:13.500 --> 02:38:15.740 to be able to take those big spread attacks. 02:38:15.740 --> 02:38:17.340 If you've got it next to a Charizard, 02:38:17.900 --> 02:38:20.780 no rock slide's going to be coming down and hitting you, right? 02:38:20.780 --> 02:38:25.980 Like, no earthquakes are going to be able to come down onto the Toxapex as easily. 02:38:25.980 --> 02:38:28.380 But then you've got all of this stall. 02:38:28.380 --> 02:38:31.180 You've got the infestation, stopping people switching, 02:38:31.180 --> 02:38:32.380 trapping Pokemon in. 02:38:32.380 --> 02:38:33.260 You've got the Toxic. 02:38:33.260 --> 02:38:34.220 You can't read it behind there, 02:38:34.220 --> 02:38:37.100 but trust me, it's Popsic behind there as well. 02:38:37.100 --> 02:38:40.940 But also, you know, if you feel like catching a physical attack, 02:38:40.940 --> 02:38:42.940 painful bunker, get the boys in that way. 02:38:43.580 --> 02:38:45.580 It's just so fascinating when you think about 02:38:45.580 --> 02:38:48.620 how many Pokemon in this format do you spread attack. 02:38:48.620 --> 02:38:50.780 You talk about rockside and earthquakes specifically. 02:38:50.780 --> 02:38:51.020 Yeah. 02:38:51.020 --> 02:38:53.260 To be able to protect something like that Charizard. 02:38:53.260 --> 02:38:55.100 But when you think about there also being 02:38:55.980 --> 02:38:59.980 and you're going to have to 02:38:59.980 --> 02:39:02.980 have a lot of people. He 02:39:02.980 --> 02:39:04.980 gave opposing Charizard or 02:39:04.980 --> 02:39:06.980 even Delphox water spout from 02:39:06.980 --> 02:39:08.980 opposing mega blastoys. There's 02:39:08.980 --> 02:39:10.980 spread attacks on some of the 02:39:10.980 --> 02:39:11.980 most powerful Pokemon in the 02:39:11.980 --> 02:39:13.980 entire format. And so the fact 02:39:13.980 --> 02:39:15.980 that you even just have that as 02:39:15.980 --> 02:39:16.980 a threat on team preview, you 02:39:16.980 --> 02:39:17.980 gotta think twice about 02:39:17.980 --> 02:39:18.980 whether or not you're going 02:39:18.980 --> 02:39:20.980 to be clicking that widespread 02:39:20.980 --> 02:39:21.980 attack in front of me. It's 02:39:21.980 --> 02:39:22.980 a great way to segue into 02:39:22.980 --> 02:39:24.980 these Charizards that were 02:39:24.980 --> 02:39:30.260 many stats at their disposal like you've got so many choices and the big one that's been coming out 02:39:30.260 --> 02:39:35.140 is this ancient power on the Charizard and especially in this like metagame where there's 02:39:35.140 --> 02:39:40.340 quite a lot of toxa pecs in the field quite a lot of wide guard where people can lock it in 02:39:40.340 --> 02:39:44.580 that's like well you know i'm gonna get my rocks from Charizard rather than getting my rocks from 02:39:44.580 --> 02:39:50.820 rockslide right and so being able to pressure the Charizard never never one hit chaos right 02:39:50.820 --> 02:40:02.420 It never actually gets the KO what opposing Charizard, but getting a Char, an opposing Charizard down to the point where anything else can be able to knock it out is so, so powerful. 02:40:03.060 --> 02:40:10.020 Being able to remove the mega evolution that you have lost into for the game just takes away such a big tool for any opponent. 02:40:10.260 --> 02:40:17.460 But thinking about how Charizard has also just developed already right out the gates, Pokemon champions, nonches, mega Charizard. 02:40:17.460 --> 02:40:23.780 why is one of the premier mega-evolutions, but the movesets that it actually has had over the last 02:40:23.780 --> 02:40:29.940 couple of months have changed given the meta and the format that we've played. So used to be heatwave, 02:40:29.940 --> 02:40:34.900 leather ball, solar beam, dream attacking moves that you would want to lock in with this Charizard, 02:40:34.900 --> 02:40:40.340 but then as Charizard has been this very centralizing piece for the meta, we have seen that 02:40:40.340 --> 02:40:45.060 technique change a little bit. We've seen Lycanroc come in to have Xcelroc to try to start 02:40:45.060 --> 02:40:50.420 these Charizards and that as you mentioned each of power has been the newest meta tech on these 02:40:50.420 --> 02:40:55.060 Pokemon so they can duel against those opposing Charizards but it's just been really fascinating 02:40:55.060 --> 02:41:00.180 to watch how people have continued to keep Charizard as the forefront of the meta game but 02:41:00.180 --> 02:41:03.940 protecting it in different ways. 100% and especially in these compositions you've got 02:41:03.940 --> 02:41:08.180 so many different options right so you've got this ancient power slot on the Charizard 02:41:08.180 --> 02:41:12.820 there's a little bit of a flex slot a lot of players really want to punish the Charizards 02:41:12.820 --> 02:41:17.380 that they're locking in with an infestation from the Tox effects right? But then you've got so many 02:41:17.380 --> 02:41:22.980 options on Basculigian. I feel like Basculigian is one of those Pokemon that we've seen evolve as 02:41:22.980 --> 02:41:28.580 well. Like, Sajian's running the Choice Scarf here right? It's gonna go quick, it doesn't need 02:41:28.580 --> 02:41:33.220 setting up, it doesn't need to be in the right position necessarily. This was the first item 02:41:33.220 --> 02:41:38.820 that everybody was slapping on there. Choice Scarf Basculigian with the adaptability, 02:41:38.820 --> 02:41:44.020 last respects coming in is like hey you've taken some Pokemon of mine let me return the favor 02:41:44.660 --> 02:41:50.980 and get some key knockouts on here but nowadays you see a lot of this item changed right you see 02:41:50.980 --> 02:41:55.940 life orb you see mystic water you see citrus berry citrus berry as well you have that 02:41:56.420 --> 02:42:02.100 flex slot of like how do i want to run my basculature what speed control do i have on my team so 02:42:02.100 --> 02:42:06.660 where you look at all of sagan's team here this toxa pex dinosaur composition that's 02:42:06.660 --> 02:42:10.980 really really been quite dominant in the lead up to the world championships. It's like well 02:42:10.980 --> 02:42:16.420 I don't have any speed control so I've got a force of speed ceiling right you've got to say like hey 02:42:16.420 --> 02:42:21.300 I've got to have something there with the Venusaur that's going to be able to outspeed a bunch of 02:42:21.300 --> 02:42:26.260 my opponents Pokemon. Sometimes it's on the guard chomp but this one's a life orb and so like 02:42:26.260 --> 02:42:30.740 life orb citrus berry choice scarf and you know depending on how you want to run that. 02:42:31.300 --> 02:42:36.100 The other thing I just want to point out here just as a quick one before we move over is 02:42:36.660 --> 02:42:48.660 I think it's a really cool tech on Sajin's teams, like saying, Hey, if you want to intimidate me, I'm going to do a little bit more damage this turn, just to put the pressure down onto my opponent. 02:42:48.660 --> 02:42:56.660 I was sitting backstage with Aaron as we were watching this match, and I turned to him and I went, I think I've seen Lash out in like four years. 02:42:56.660 --> 02:42:57.660 Yeah, I know. 02:42:57.660 --> 02:43:01.580 Not a lot of times I feel like this particular attack has been meta relevant, but I really 02:43:01.580 --> 02:43:03.960 love this unique choice on Incineroar. 02:43:03.960 --> 02:43:08.580 I think there are a couple of different tech moves that this Incineroar can have. 02:43:08.580 --> 02:43:12.500 Sometimes you end up seeing darkest Lyrae if you want to just have a flat dark type 02:43:12.500 --> 02:43:15.740 damage that's going to be getting a same cape attack bonus, but you've also seen things 02:43:15.740 --> 02:43:17.940 like Helping Hand that's going to be on Incineroar. 02:43:17.940 --> 02:43:21.780 It depends on what you feel like the team really needs in order to have the best 02:43:21.780 --> 02:43:23.340 chance in the tournament. 02:43:23.340 --> 02:43:26.180 I think we've been talking 02:43:26.180 --> 02:43:27.780 about agents team and this 02:43:27.780 --> 02:43:28.980 sort of composition for a 02:43:28.980 --> 02:43:29.820 little while. So let's jump 02:43:29.820 --> 02:43:33.020 over to Juan Salerno's team. 02:43:33.020 --> 02:43:34.380 Now this this is the sort of 02:43:34.380 --> 02:43:35.780 quintessential. Well, we were 02:43:35.780 --> 02:43:37.060 talking about this during the 02:43:37.060 --> 02:43:38.060 match. We're not going to call 02:43:38.060 --> 02:43:39.260 it big six. Are we going to 02:43:39.260 --> 02:43:41.260 call it little six? We're 02:43:41.260 --> 02:43:42.500 going to call it mid six like 02:43:42.500 --> 02:43:43.660 medium six. Well, what are 02:43:43.660 --> 02:43:45.100 we going for, Rose? I don't 02:43:45.100 --> 02:43:46.700 I'm the jury still out on 02:43:46.700 --> 02:43:48.100 that one, but it's just 02:43:48.100 --> 02:43:49.340 because when you think about 02:43:49.340 --> 02:43:50.300 big six, you think about 02:43:50.300 --> 02:43:51.780 some of the historical 02:43:51.780 --> 02:43:58.460 of the historical teams that have existed earlier on and the earlier days of competitive 02:43:58.460 --> 02:44:03.340 Pokemon. So, so we'll come back to you on that. But I thought particularly this team 02:44:03.340 --> 02:44:07.520 is the perfect illustration of what you were talking about. Item differences on the Basque 02:44:07.520 --> 02:44:12.400 Legion and the Garchomp. You can really see, even though the movesets are quite similar 02:44:12.400 --> 02:44:17.940 between the two Pokemon, the natures as well as the items are really what changed 02:44:17.940 --> 02:44:23.460 how this composition works. 100%. It's like a lot of the early variants of this team. I want to 02:44:23.460 --> 02:44:28.100 like talk a little bit about Mega Flowette before it comes away from the spotlight. We start talking 02:44:28.100 --> 02:44:32.820 about Charizard all weekend, but Mega Flowette is something that you know is obviously really 02:44:32.820 --> 02:44:37.780 very strong. We identified it pretty quickly. It's like hey look that's got Fariora plus big 02:44:37.780 --> 02:44:43.940 stats. It's like Xerneas at home kind of thing. No Giamansi which I think everybody was maybe 02:44:43.940 --> 02:44:50.340 happy to see that it couldn't do something. But it's still kind of like exactly that. And 02:44:50.340 --> 02:44:56.660 that's the set that we were we were seeing so commonly on the these mega flow at compositions. 02:44:56.660 --> 02:45:01.700 But the thing that's really evolved and adapted over the over the time in this composition 02:45:01.700 --> 02:45:05.100 a lot of players choose you can you can absolutely still run calm mind if you want 02:45:05.100 --> 02:45:09.380 to play a little bit of a slower game. But if you want to do some damage, light of 02:45:09.380 --> 02:45:14.900 ruin there is really, really strong. It does do recoil to your megaflowers, and so it changes 02:45:14.900 --> 02:45:20.980 the dynamic. It's been so fun, like seeing in regulation MB, right? Like how fast are 02:45:20.980 --> 02:45:24.820 you running your flowers? Like, modest, a little bit fast, a little bit far, oh, wait, 02:45:24.820 --> 02:45:28.820 no, we're going timid now, because like, uh, yeah, everybody else is caught on to, 02:45:28.820 --> 02:45:33.300 okay, we're max speed, right. Okay, let's, uh, let's go for that. And see if you know, 02:45:33.300 --> 02:45:37.540 you get some tailwinds set up with the Windsor carts, and you get some, uh, a little bit 02:45:37.540 --> 02:45:43.460 space to just fire off those big damages, but a dent in somebody's team that they can't necessarily 02:45:43.460 --> 02:45:44.460 recover from. 02:45:44.460 --> 02:45:48.060 But that's where you can see having the Whimsicott on this team actually allow this basket legion 02:45:48.060 --> 02:45:52.260 to lean a little bit more heavy into the offense with something like that life orb. 02:45:52.260 --> 02:45:57.460 Contrary to what we ended up seeing on Sage and Park's team, Whimsicott has that priority 02:45:57.460 --> 02:46:00.100 tail end because of that prankster ability. 02:46:00.100 --> 02:46:03.220 And that means that everything else can be maybe a little bit on the slower side. 02:46:03.220 --> 02:46:09.700 but the out of it basketball age which is going to increase attack instead of that speed and same thing talking about Timid full up 02:46:09.700 --> 02:46:14.580 Well, this one can be modest and leave a little bit more into the special attack output that way 02:46:14.580 --> 02:46:21.260 And it's exactly what one has decided to go for there having the modest flow out rather than a timid one and saying like 02:46:21.580 --> 02:46:25.300 Okay, I do want to do loads of damage like damages the priority 02:46:25.620 --> 02:46:30.380 But my Pokemon can set up that condition where I don't necessarily have to battle it 02:46:30.380 --> 02:46:33.440 If I'm against another one of these compositions, 02:46:33.440 --> 02:46:37.480 maybe the game plan for Juan isn't to go toe to toe 02:46:37.480 --> 02:46:38.600 with flow air to flow air 02:46:38.600 --> 02:46:41.680 and try to manage that Pokemon a little bit differently. 02:46:41.680 --> 02:46:42.680 But then going through the team, 02:46:42.680 --> 02:46:45.640 I mean, we've talked about the options on the Basque Legion 02:46:45.640 --> 02:46:48.440 and that obviously changes how you run it, 02:46:48.440 --> 02:46:49.360 how you train it. 02:46:49.360 --> 02:46:51.320 The Jolly versus Adam and Nature 02:46:51.320 --> 02:46:53.200 is the ones that we usually see, 02:46:53.200 --> 02:46:56.520 but also then the King Gambit, 02:46:56.520 --> 02:46:59.160 which I think is the item that I see 02:46:59.160 --> 02:47:03.480 has evolved the most over over the time where players started on 02:47:03.480 --> 02:47:06.760 Choppelberry because Sneezerler was everywhere now and then it's 02:47:06.760 --> 02:47:09.960 like, well, okay, we need focus sash because we can't like 02:47:09.960 --> 02:47:13.960 survive Charizard as well as fighting type attacks from like 02:47:13.960 --> 02:47:16.760 say close combat and things like that, right? But now it's 02:47:16.760 --> 02:47:19.480 like, well, you know, with these mirrors, I've really 02:47:19.480 --> 02:47:21.960 got to be able to switch into a Charizard and get myself 02:47:21.960 --> 02:47:25.080 in suck a little like the ability to go for a sucker punch 02:47:25.080 --> 02:47:31.240 maybe even go for a sword stance in front of these kind of team compositions. And the move 02:47:31.240 --> 02:47:35.640 set here is like something that also changes quite a lot, right? It was like, this one's 02:47:35.640 --> 02:47:40.480 four attacks, but we see so many double dark sword stance king gambits on so many different 02:47:40.480 --> 02:47:41.880 compositions as well. 02:47:41.880 --> 02:47:45.840 Yeah, I think that the black glasses variant where you really are going to be putting 02:47:45.840 --> 02:47:49.680 a lot of eggs into the dark type basket has been very popular. But I think the 02:47:49.680 --> 02:47:53.040 fact that this king gambit is here kind of built to do a lot of different things 02:47:53.040 --> 02:47:58.800 team as a whole is quite balanced in terms of the types of damage that you're actually able to cover. 02:47:58.800 --> 02:48:04.160 I really like being able to see three different types of attacks where low click is going to have 02:48:04.160 --> 02:48:08.560 if you don't have another fighting type on the team like that Sneaselord that could try to 02:48:08.560 --> 02:48:13.280 short damage for you and you still want to be able to have something like an iron head so that you 02:48:13.280 --> 02:48:18.400 do have super effective damage into opposing flow at Spanwim's cost. It's kind of like yeah 02:48:18.400 --> 02:48:24.200 the team. We need we need to 02:48:24.200 --> 02:48:26.200 glue somewhere else. It's like 02:48:26.200 --> 02:48:28.200 the perfect like combination of 02:48:28.200 --> 02:48:30.200 coverage to be able to do that. 02:48:30.200 --> 02:48:32.200 And, uh, yeah, like I mean, both 02:48:32.200 --> 02:48:34.200 of our traders have such a great 02:48:34.200 --> 02:48:36.200 showing of their teams in our 02:48:36.200 --> 02:48:38.200 round one part two, but we're 02:48:38.200 --> 02:48:40.200 going to go to a quick break 02:48:40.200 --> 02:48:41.200 now while we get round two set 02:48:41.200 --> 02:48:42.200 up. So don't go anywhere 02:48:42.200 --> 02:48:54.200 to see how his season has 02:48:56.200 --> 02:48:58.200 changed from becoming the world 02:48:58.200 --> 02:49:00.200 champion in 2025 to now coming 02:49:00.200 --> 02:49:02.200 into the world championships 02:49:02.200 --> 02:49:04.200 2026. So, Geo, thank you for 02:49:04.200 --> 02:49:06.200 joining us. Let's start with a 02:49:06.200 --> 02:49:08.200 really basic question. We'll 02:49:08.200 --> 02:49:10.200 keep it zoomed out to start 02:49:10.200 --> 02:49:13.240 zoomed out to start things off. 02:49:13.240 --> 02:49:15.160 We're coming into the first world championship 02:49:15.160 --> 02:49:17.080 on Pokemon Champions. 02:49:17.080 --> 02:49:18.440 What does that mean for you coming in? 02:49:18.440 --> 02:49:20.360 Like how excited are you to be playing 02:49:20.360 --> 02:49:22.640 on our very latest game? 02:49:22.640 --> 02:49:24.080 It means everything to me. 02:49:24.080 --> 02:49:26.120 I mean, I got into this game watching it 02:49:26.120 --> 02:49:29.040 just as it transitioned over to the 3DS era 02:49:29.040 --> 02:49:33.400 and joined in just as it was in its twilight 02:49:33.400 --> 02:49:34.600 of the 3DS era, 02:49:34.600 --> 02:49:36.600 got moving over to the Switch 02:49:36.600 --> 02:49:38.280 in a couple of years after that. 02:49:38.280 --> 02:49:41.340 And so now that it's become this worldwide game 02:49:41.340 --> 02:49:44.820 that's even been played on mobile is just absolutely insane. 02:49:44.820 --> 02:49:48.500 And to represent a community as a whole like that 02:49:48.500 --> 02:49:50.740 as currently the best player in the world 02:49:50.740 --> 02:49:53.500 is just so mind-boggling to me. 02:49:53.500 --> 02:49:55.660 Maybe still currently after this weekend, 02:49:55.660 --> 02:49:56.780 we'll have to see, 02:49:56.780 --> 02:49:59.020 Geo, becoming the world championship 02:49:59.020 --> 02:50:00.740 is something that very few people 02:50:00.740 --> 02:50:02.940 have been able to say in their careers. 02:50:02.940 --> 02:50:05.620 What does that, has that meant for you over the season? 02:50:05.620 --> 02:50:08.300 transitioning into the 2026 season, 02:50:08.300 --> 02:50:10.640 like your expectations going into events, 02:50:10.640 --> 02:50:14.300 how you're preparing, like has anything changed for you? 02:50:14.300 --> 02:50:16.740 I think it's only made me more hungry, to be honest. 02:50:18.660 --> 02:50:21.420 Going into the 2025 season, 02:50:21.420 --> 02:50:24.620 I had results that weren't really indicative 02:50:24.620 --> 02:50:26.420 of what I believed in myself. 02:50:26.420 --> 02:50:28.900 And I was finally able to stream together 02:50:28.900 --> 02:50:31.220 a number of really amazing results. 02:50:32.260 --> 02:50:33.300 Finishing off, of course, 02:50:33.300 --> 02:50:34.620 being crowned the world champion. 02:50:34.620 --> 02:50:40.460 Live fans watching, unprecedented in Pokemon video game history, 02:50:40.460 --> 02:50:43.580 and arena let's crown Olympic champions before 02:50:43.580 --> 02:50:46.060 Shio now can call himself world champion. 02:50:46.060 --> 02:50:47.900 You know, I've taken a step back a little bit. 02:50:47.900 --> 02:50:49.820 I haven't played as many events, 02:50:49.820 --> 02:50:53.660 but I've still had some good results throughout the season. 02:50:53.660 --> 02:50:56.380 And of course, with the auto invitation to the world championships, 02:50:57.260 --> 02:50:59.260 I always had that locked in as well. 02:50:59.260 --> 02:51:02.220 So I was really just looking to test myself 02:51:02.220 --> 02:51:03.660 and push myself in my abilities. 02:51:04.620 --> 02:51:05.620 every event I go to. 02:51:05.620 --> 02:51:09.780 I'm glad you said about, you know, the way that you're playing less events, you've got 02:51:09.780 --> 02:51:12.580 the auto-invite box in, how's that changing? 02:51:12.580 --> 02:51:14.060 What teams you're looking at? 02:51:14.060 --> 02:51:18.460 Like how you're approaching like taking a swing at the format versus just doing what 02:51:18.460 --> 02:51:21.060 you did last season, tried and tested it the way? 02:51:21.060 --> 02:51:25.820 Yeah, I mean, going into every tournament, I always like to just play my style of 02:51:25.820 --> 02:51:26.820 Pokemon. 02:51:26.820 --> 02:51:28.420 That's kind of always been my thing. 02:51:28.420 --> 02:51:30.580 I want to stick to my brand as a player. 02:51:30.580 --> 02:51:33.860 I don't want to just play something because it's good. 02:51:33.860 --> 02:51:39.860 That being said, I might play things that are also very, very strong. 02:51:39.860 --> 02:51:41.860 Good Pokemon are good, right? 02:51:41.860 --> 02:51:51.860 But I also tend to experiment a little with some more niche picks that might catch people a little bit off guard, might surprise some people. 02:51:51.860 --> 02:51:56.860 So I'm really looking forward to the events where I get to do that. 02:51:56.860 --> 02:52:00.860 Okay, well, I've got one last question for you, Joe. 02:52:00.860 --> 02:52:02.860 Got a little bit of a hot take coming up. 02:52:02.860 --> 02:52:10.860 So last year I saw you on Saturday night. We went out for dinner. I ran into you completely unplanned. 02:52:10.860 --> 02:52:15.860 You were sitting across the table from James Evans, who you were playing on Sunday the next day in the finals. 02:52:15.860 --> 02:52:23.860 So, my question to you is, if you're in the finals of Championship Sunday, yet again this year, who are you taking out today? 02:52:23.860 --> 02:52:30.860 might go as far to say that we might have a repeat World Champion, but cross-divisional 02:52:30.860 --> 02:52:39.860 with Kosakide. He's been on a tear this year with a top 8 at both Japan Nationals and 02:52:39.860 --> 02:52:44.860 around the American Internationals. And he even won a very prestigious basketball 02:52:44.860 --> 02:52:48.860 tournament just a couple weeks ago where a lot of Japanese representatives at the World 02:52:48.860 --> 02:52:54.100 championships this weekend over in attendance as well and so he's got to 02:52:54.100 --> 02:52:59.760 be one of my picks for for a favorite. Love to see that Gio, thank you so much for 02:52:59.760 --> 02:53:03.500 joining us we're gonna let you get back to things and we're gonna be back to 02:53:03.500 --> 02:53:06.700 the action very soon so stay tuned. 02:53:18.860 --> 02:53:19.860 Let's do it! 02:53:19.860 --> 02:53:20.860 Alright! 02:53:20.860 --> 02:53:22.860 As they travel... 02:53:23.860 --> 02:53:24.860 ...battle... 02:53:24.860 --> 02:53:26.860 Use our birdy-toes, you please! 02:53:27.860 --> 02:53:29.860 And grow as traitors. 02:53:30.860 --> 02:53:34.860 Pokemon Horizons the series, now playing on Netflix! 02:55:18.860 --> 02:55:20.860 I 02:55:48.860 --> 02:55:53.860 Welcome back everyone to beautiful San Francisco, California. 02:55:53.860 --> 02:55:58.860 We are here at the Moscone Center for the World Championships and inaugural 02:55:58.860 --> 02:56:05.860 Pokemon XP, celebrating our 30th anniversary of Pokemon 10, you believe it, Scott? 02:56:05.860 --> 02:56:09.860 I cannot. We were here just 10 years ago for a World Championships, 02:56:09.860 --> 02:56:11.860 and things look a little bit different back then. 02:56:11.860 --> 02:56:13.860 I think it was a lot of fun, very extravagant at the time too, 02:56:13.860 --> 02:56:16.860 but wow, it's incredible how much things have changed over the course of the few years. 02:56:16.860 --> 02:56:21.500 years. It's really incredible if you haven't been checking out any of the Pokemon XP content as 02:56:21.500 --> 02:56:27.100 well. Make sure you're doing that. We're walking past Requizer Road coming in or just seeing all of 02:56:27.100 --> 02:56:32.140 the cool things they have set up out there. I am so jealous that I'm here. But given the first 02:56:32.140 --> 02:56:36.300 two matches that we've seen here at the World Championships, kind of seems like the heat's 02:56:36.300 --> 02:56:40.140 down here. Yeah, maybe not that jealous, right? We couldn't ask for much more. And hey, you 02:56:40.140 --> 02:56:42.540 know, I think that's kind of the fun of this whole event, right? You know, have you come 02:56:42.540 --> 02:56:46.380 here for Requizer Road? The tournament's pretty cool. Maybe you'll watch a little bit of that. 02:56:46.380 --> 02:56:49.380 And yeah, we've gotten to watch multiple world championships 02:56:49.380 --> 02:56:51.380 champions already at this world championships 02:56:51.380 --> 02:56:55.380 on Pokemon champions during the course of the first round. 02:56:55.380 --> 02:56:57.380 I'm going to have another great round coming up here. 02:56:57.380 --> 02:56:58.380 And yeah, I think it's just impressive. 02:56:58.380 --> 02:56:59.380 Give us a look at the pairings, too. 02:56:59.380 --> 02:57:01.380 I mean, there's so many great names on the pair. 02:57:01.380 --> 02:57:04.380 We're like, you can't get an easy match in this tournament. 02:57:04.380 --> 02:57:07.380 Yeah, it makes it so difficult to actually pick out which matches 02:57:07.380 --> 02:57:10.380 we want to be featuring here on the main stage, 02:57:10.380 --> 02:57:12.380 because there are just so many incredible competitors 02:57:12.380 --> 02:57:13.380 out there in the field. 02:57:13.380 --> 02:57:15.380 And I'm glad you highlighted the multiple champions 02:57:15.380 --> 02:57:20.100 champions that are doing well here in Pokemon champions. And of course Gio saying he expects 02:57:20.100 --> 02:57:25.300 there to be a repeat champion this year. Looking pretty good so far. We've seen two world champions 02:57:25.300 --> 02:57:29.540 win on stream already and even more out in the field are still doing very well. 02:57:29.540 --> 02:57:32.580 Yeah, it's a great interesting looking result. I believe Gio himself won as well. 02:57:32.580 --> 02:57:35.620 I'll be called up close. I think I would agree would be by her. 02:57:36.660 --> 02:57:40.820 An hour ago it was my player to watch. He did lose in the first round. So I think that's 02:57:40.820 --> 02:57:44.660 pretty shocking too. I think a lot of us feel like a really impressive player. You want to 02:57:44.660 --> 02:57:48.540 a Japanese grassroots event a couple of weekends ago and look really impressive there as well. 02:57:48.540 --> 02:57:52.500 Big. It's only one round. You definitely feel better going forward if you win this first 02:57:52.500 --> 02:57:55.980 round. It makes things a little bit easier. But I have to win a lot of games there. Okay. 02:57:55.980 --> 02:57:59.500 Regardless of what happens in round one. So pressure's on for the trainers. You didn't 02:57:59.500 --> 02:58:03.260 win that first round. But you know, long way to go still. This is a tournament that's 02:58:03.260 --> 02:58:07.900 a marathon that a sprint. Yeah, of course, you are not eliminated after one loss. You 02:58:07.900 --> 02:58:12.700 have to do two losses still qualify you to the second phase of the tournament and 02:58:12.700 --> 02:58:15.460 two losses overall, get you into that top cut bracket. 02:58:15.460 --> 02:58:19.220 So every player is still alive in the tournament. 02:58:19.220 --> 02:58:20.420 Let's take a look at some of the teams 02:58:20.420 --> 02:58:22.900 that we expected to see perform very well here 02:58:22.900 --> 02:58:26.100 at the tournament, and so far so good. 02:58:26.100 --> 02:58:27.860 I see that you and Sierra, 02:58:27.860 --> 02:58:30.420 both being on the team, talks the pecs here. 02:58:30.420 --> 02:58:33.220 Zajun made that Pokemon look extremely oppressive. 02:58:33.220 --> 02:58:34.060 Yeah, I think it was one, 02:58:34.060 --> 02:58:35.940 I was a little anxious to lock it in myself, 02:58:35.940 --> 02:58:38.140 to figure out how many players are actually going to opt 02:58:38.140 --> 02:58:39.740 to do this at this world championship. 02:58:39.740 --> 02:58:41.380 But we've seen a lot of development 02:58:41.380 --> 02:58:46.420 this team throughout the past few months where I think Wolves finish at NEIC even though we've seen it 02:58:46.420 --> 02:58:52.500 get second place at Hong Kong Nationals as well as in the last regional championships here in North 02:58:52.500 --> 02:58:57.380 America. I mean, it's about in Violet Tries. It started with respect to Toxapex, but the top floor 02:58:57.380 --> 02:59:01.220 at NEIC was like, fine, you know, this is a real Pokemon. We need to develop this. A lot of 02:59:01.220 --> 02:59:04.660 Japanese players picked up as well. It's just, you know, maybe what I was thinking when I locked 02:59:04.660 --> 02:59:08.260 the team in there, like, oh, surely some of the big games will actually bring this. And 02:59:08.260 --> 02:59:12.240 I think it's pretty good to be invested in you know a lot of different teams here 02:59:12.240 --> 02:59:16.300 We see you know five Charizard, so we managed to find three teams that didn't have Charizard 02:59:16.300 --> 02:59:19.220 Please be proud of us. Please put the gold star for us at your fridge 02:59:19.220 --> 02:59:21.760 You know for like us but for the entry casters 02:59:21.920 --> 02:59:25.020 Yeah for Ben and for Aaron and for Rose 02:59:25.360 --> 02:59:30.300 We did already get to see the Blastoise and Del Fox team in that first round 02:59:30.300 --> 02:59:34.380 Of course it did lose to Wolf's team in that first round 02:59:34.380 --> 02:59:38.860 But some other teams, I expect to see Ben's team, the Frostlass and Scovillain. 02:59:38.860 --> 02:59:41.180 It's been affectionately dubbed Italian Ice. 02:59:41.660 --> 02:59:44.820 One of the teams that wants to feast on Charizard teams. 02:59:44.820 --> 02:59:49.180 And if Charizard is at 40% plus usage, you would expect that team to be doing very well. 02:59:49.180 --> 02:59:52.100 And of course, Aaron, highlighting one of the newer adaptations 02:59:52.100 --> 02:59:57.900 using two of the new Megas introduced to regulation MD and right to Y and Storaptor. 02:59:58.180 --> 03:00:00.020 Yeah, really, I think one of the biggest disappointments 03:00:00.020 --> 03:00:02.980 may be the fact we didn't get to stream too many tournaments in regulation MDs. 03:00:02.980 --> 03:00:08.980 I hate playing against it, where it's just a very redone Pokemon. 03:00:08.980 --> 03:00:12.980 I think I have similar defensive stats to Mega Raju Y, 03:00:12.980 --> 03:00:14.980 which is not a compliment to the Pokemon. 03:00:14.980 --> 03:00:17.980 But I think it's just so much fun to watch, where it's very rehabby. 03:00:17.980 --> 03:00:20.980 You have tools to win every matchup if you get all of your turns right. 03:00:20.980 --> 03:00:23.980 But what do you have tools to learn to lose quickly if you don't get them wrong? 03:00:23.980 --> 03:00:28.980 If those of us who maybe prefer a more defensive style of battling can look another direction. 03:00:28.980 --> 03:00:30.980 But I think it's a really powerful Pokemon. 03:00:30.980 --> 03:00:33.980 powerful Pokemon we're likely to see throughout the course of this tournament, 03:00:33.980 --> 03:00:38.780 especially at this level where everyone is good enough to be able to do some damage 03:00:38.780 --> 03:00:40.780 with a very difficult Pokemon to use. 03:00:40.780 --> 03:00:44.980 Yeah, and I also have to shout out my co-caster Lee there who has also chosen to go 03:00:44.980 --> 03:00:47.680 for the Dual Weather Sun Rain Team. 03:00:47.680 --> 03:00:53.380 Usually you don't see a rain Pokemon next to a drought Pokemon like Charizard, 03:00:53.380 --> 03:00:57.080 but the way this team works is so dynamic and interesting and engaging. 03:00:57.080 --> 03:01:00.380 It's the most fun I've had playing Pokemon in Pokemon Champions. 03:01:00.380 --> 03:01:06.280 It's been playing that sun rain team and I would not be surprised to see it go deep just because it gives you so much flexibility 03:01:06.360 --> 03:01:09.620 I very rarely feel like I'm completely out of the game 03:01:09.620 --> 03:01:13.280 And it's one of those teams that allows you to bring both of your mega Pokemon 03:01:13.280 --> 03:01:19.460 You're usually looking at the Charizard and the swamp part both of those Pokemon are very good non mega as well 03:01:19.460 --> 03:01:23.580 Yeah, I think it's a lot of fun to play as well where I know that maybe it's not quite my style 03:01:23.580 --> 03:01:24.900 But I get most of my 03:01:24.900 --> 03:01:27.580 Reps practicing for the practicing for this turn out on that team as well 03:01:27.580 --> 03:01:31.320 Okay, I think this is gonna be a big thing like I want to be prepared enough to talk about it 03:01:31.320 --> 03:01:35.560 And yeah, I had a lot of fun with it where I think mega Charizard or non mega Charizard 03:01:35.560 --> 03:01:41.340 I should say in particular is a lot of fun where I think I remember during the last world championships in London 03:01:41.340 --> 03:01:45.420 I think that making fun of the the trainers who would bring Charizard and then not to get some access 03:01:45.420 --> 03:01:48.420 Uh-huh, but regular Charizard is terrible. It's not so terrible now 03:01:48.420 --> 03:01:53.980 It gained a lot of moves over the course of the last couple of games where we put the weather ball and hurricane 03:01:53.980 --> 03:01:55.980 It does a lot of damage to regular Chards. 03:01:55.980 --> 03:01:56.980 It's a special attack stat. 03:01:56.980 --> 03:01:58.980 It's pretty impressive, even in its regular state. 03:01:58.980 --> 03:02:00.980 And it's also just so much fun to play against. 03:02:00.980 --> 03:02:02.980 I think a lot of Pokemon is very suspicious. 03:02:02.980 --> 03:02:04.980 You don't mega evolve immediately. 03:02:04.980 --> 03:02:06.980 Like, oh, is there another mega in the back? 03:02:06.980 --> 03:02:08.980 Chards keeps you guessing a little bit longer 03:02:08.980 --> 03:02:10.980 because Pokemon where you're naturally holding mega 03:02:10.980 --> 03:02:12.980 anyway, often, you try to get weather control. 03:02:12.980 --> 03:02:14.980 Especially on that team where you have a second weather Pokemon. 03:02:14.980 --> 03:02:17.980 I think it plays a little bit more fun. 03:02:17.980 --> 03:02:20.980 I just like playing the double primal compositions 03:02:20.980 --> 03:02:25.620 DGS company, it's kind of a simple thing with Tiger and Roudon, but they were much more in 03:02:25.620 --> 03:02:30.540 each other's way, maybe in a lower appropriate way, where I think with Powerpuffer and Charzan 03:02:30.540 --> 03:02:33.860 kind of both having ways to power up each other's moves, I think they feel a lot more 03:02:33.860 --> 03:02:37.820 like a combo instead of like you have like two really powerful forces that are great 03:02:37.820 --> 03:02:40.780 to have on your team, but maybe don't work so well together the way that the legendary 03:02:40.780 --> 03:02:41.780 nocoma did. 03:02:41.780 --> 03:02:45.660 Yeah, and it's the move-weather ball that really ties that team together. 03:02:45.660 --> 03:02:50.620 Of course, weather ball gets a power boost and changes its typing based on whatever 03:02:50.620 --> 03:02:54.940 weather is on the field so it can be water typing if rain's on the field it 03:02:54.940 --> 03:02:59.260 can be fire typing if sun is out but it can also be rock typing if sand is up or 03:02:59.260 --> 03:03:03.580 ice typing if big snow is up as well and that gives this team so much 03:03:03.580 --> 03:03:08.060 flexibility and really does allow your Charizard to be effective in rain 03:03:08.060 --> 03:03:12.580 especially because Charizard does not really have great flying type options 03:03:12.580 --> 03:03:16.780 except for a hurricane which is terrible in the sun but if you get 03:03:16.780 --> 03:03:19.660 rain going next to Charizard all of a sudden you have another flying 03:03:19.660 --> 03:03:25.240 and water type attack or attack can also deal some damage to your steel types if you need to with the fire type heat wave 03:03:25.240 --> 03:03:29.620 Yeah, I think it's also just like I don't feel like you imagine like man like what should a tournament double battle be like 03:03:29.620 --> 03:03:33.100 I don't know if there's any team that's kind of like more exactly on theme with like 03:03:33.420 --> 03:03:35.820 Kind of how the battle plays out your dreams instead of in real life 03:03:35.820 --> 03:03:39.660 Yeah, I just so much keep on where like the Pokemon really do feel like they compliment one each other 03:03:39.660 --> 03:03:42.340 Like you feel really smart like oh like my charge in a bad spot 03:03:42.340 --> 03:03:47.340 But if I switch palpator in and like use a water attack with my fire type Pokemon like I'm in a great position 03:03:47.340 --> 03:03:50.120 And I think finding that sort of solution is just so much fun 03:03:50.120 --> 03:03:55.420 Like kind of rewards you for being creative in a way that some others you don't wear like I tend to be sort of I like a lot 03:03:55.460 --> 03:04:00.200 technical people like okay all it's objectively correct for me to this I shouldn't take this risk. This is a term 03:04:00.200 --> 03:04:05.380 I can't take a risk. I think that team you're free selling a little bit more and you can kind of have more explosive plays 03:04:05.860 --> 03:04:09.380 We're attacking rather than setting up which we see a lot more of in this format 03:04:09.380 --> 03:04:14.120 And I think it's really thing also just kind of show the creators where I think that we saw a lot of it from 03:04:14.120 --> 03:04:18.960 I'm Alexander Hill and Billy Brown, in particular, in the online tournaments. 03:04:18.960 --> 03:04:24.240 But yeah, there are not a ton of compositions that have been highlighted, 03:04:24.240 --> 03:04:27.720 not highlighted, but kind of innovated by our home region of North America there. 03:04:27.720 --> 03:04:31.720 So I'm happy with the players over here contributing something to this meta game. 03:04:31.720 --> 03:04:32.520 But thank you. 03:04:32.520 --> 03:04:33.120 Absolutely. 03:04:33.120 --> 03:04:36.960 And it is a really interesting team because you do have a lot of improvisation 03:04:36.960 --> 03:04:40.920 in the team, like you mentioned, but it also has such a high skill ceiling 03:04:40.920 --> 03:04:44.300 because it's also in a pretty low skill floor 03:04:44.300 --> 03:04:46.360 because it's actually very easy to get in your own way 03:04:46.360 --> 03:04:47.600 with this team as well. 03:04:47.600 --> 03:04:49.240 You never want to end up in a situation 03:04:49.240 --> 03:04:50.720 where you have the wrong weather up. 03:04:50.720 --> 03:04:51.840 You have a lot of different tools 03:04:51.840 --> 03:04:53.760 to get your weather correct, 03:04:53.760 --> 03:04:56.320 but you also do have a lot of anti-synergy on the team. 03:04:56.320 --> 03:05:00.200 So it takes a really well-practiced pilot 03:05:00.200 --> 03:05:01.680 to make sure that you're getting the most 03:05:01.680 --> 03:05:02.600 out of all those options 03:05:02.600 --> 03:05:04.960 and keeping the most options open for yourself 03:05:04.960 --> 03:05:05.880 throughout the entire game. 03:05:05.880 --> 03:05:07.400 So I'm really excited to see it. 03:05:07.400 --> 03:05:09.080 We may be able to see it very shortly, 03:05:09.080 --> 03:05:11.360 But over the course of this tournament, 03:05:11.360 --> 03:05:12.840 I expect it to be very well. 03:05:12.840 --> 03:05:14.880 That's why I picked it for my cast of predictions. 03:05:14.880 --> 03:05:16.280 Yeah, I hope we get to watch it. 03:05:16.280 --> 03:05:18.880 I think it doesn't quite look right when I'm doing it, 03:05:18.880 --> 03:05:20.520 where I think particularly one thing I kind of 03:05:20.520 --> 03:05:24.120 learned playing the team is that it's very important 03:05:24.120 --> 03:05:26.520 to lead well because it doesn't pivot super well. 03:05:26.520 --> 03:05:28.160 Where I get the anti-synergy, 03:05:28.160 --> 03:05:30.360 if you're having to make a bunch of defensive switches, 03:05:30.360 --> 03:05:31.200 you're in trouble, right? 03:05:31.200 --> 03:05:32.040 Where I think one of the things 03:05:32.040 --> 03:05:33.120 that makes the comp really powerful 03:05:33.120 --> 03:05:35.040 is like you should be the one setting the tempo, right? 03:05:35.040 --> 03:05:36.760 If pivoting tools, you have multiple ladders, 03:05:36.760 --> 03:05:38.360 like your opponent should be reacting to you. 03:05:38.360 --> 03:05:39.600 And as soon as you're playing reactively, 03:05:39.600 --> 03:05:40.920 I think it tends to be really weak, 03:05:40.920 --> 03:05:43.880 particularly if you give up a knockout too early in the game, 03:05:43.880 --> 03:05:45.800 where it's really hard to avoid the anti synergy. 03:05:45.800 --> 03:05:47.780 It was like, well, I don't want the weather 03:05:47.780 --> 03:05:50.040 from the Pokemon that's not currently in battle. 03:05:50.040 --> 03:05:51.640 That's the only thing I can switch in and something 03:05:51.640 --> 03:05:52.480 that's pinned. 03:05:52.480 --> 03:05:54.360 It's like, well, guess I get to pick a bad option. 03:05:54.360 --> 03:05:55.200 That's awesome. 03:05:55.200 --> 03:05:57.640 And yeah, I think you need some foresight 03:05:57.640 --> 03:05:58.640 to play that too well. 03:05:58.640 --> 03:05:59.480 Absolutely. 03:05:59.480 --> 03:06:01.160 And of course, here at the World Championships, 03:06:01.160 --> 03:06:03.360 we only have players that have shown 03:06:03.360 --> 03:06:06.840 that they can do well enough to have that foresight 03:06:06.840 --> 03:06:09.000 because they have qualified for the world championship. 03:06:09.000 --> 03:06:12.520 What makes this tournament so special every single year? 03:06:12.520 --> 03:06:14.800 And it's why, you know, when we saw that we were gonna do 03:06:14.800 --> 03:06:17.640 a second round one, I wasn't like annoyed or anything. 03:06:17.640 --> 03:06:18.600 I was ecstatic. 03:06:18.600 --> 03:06:21.600 I was like, we get to see another one of these great matches. 03:06:21.600 --> 03:06:23.600 You know, we have so many talented players here. 03:06:23.600 --> 03:06:25.160 We have multiple world champions, 03:06:25.160 --> 03:06:26.480 eight out in the field, 03:06:26.480 --> 03:06:28.600 trying to get a second world championship. 03:06:28.600 --> 03:06:30.960 And that's just in the Masters division as well. 03:06:30.960 --> 03:06:32.200 Yeah, definitely, you know, stay right here. 03:06:32.200 --> 03:06:33.840 But keep an eye out for this tournament. 03:06:33.840 --> 03:06:35.640 Like, man, I really wish I got to watch 03:06:35.640 --> 03:06:36.900 more Pokemon titles. 03:06:36.900 --> 03:06:39.660 Others, a side stream, or a future match stream 03:06:39.660 --> 03:06:41.860 from Victory Robots, even more matches. 03:06:41.860 --> 03:06:43.980 I think definitely going to be fun to review those 03:06:43.980 --> 03:06:47.260 after this tournament is over, where it's so much fun. 03:06:47.260 --> 03:06:48.780 I think this format is really neat, 03:06:48.780 --> 03:06:51.820 where even though you have a pretty definitive pool 03:06:51.820 --> 03:06:54.300 of the top 15-ish best Pokemon, 03:06:54.300 --> 03:06:55.780 there are some fun Pokemon you can slide in there. 03:06:55.780 --> 03:06:57.220 And then the way that the teams interact 03:06:57.220 --> 03:06:59.900 is really interesting, where you can change your team 03:06:59.900 --> 03:07:02.340 a lot by just swapping two or three Pokemon out. 03:07:02.340 --> 03:07:04.300 If you move, suddenly it feels in place 03:07:04.300 --> 03:07:07.740 very differently than kind of what you started with. 03:07:07.740 --> 03:07:09.460 And I think I'm just seeing more of those different 03:07:09.460 --> 03:07:10.720 combinations really interesting. 03:07:10.720 --> 03:07:12.700 I think this is a tournament where we've kind of been 03:07:12.700 --> 03:07:15.100 talking a lot about big six, but I don't think there is 03:07:15.100 --> 03:07:17.540 a clear strongest composition coming in, right? 03:07:17.540 --> 03:07:18.740 There's not like a real favorite. 03:07:18.740 --> 03:07:20.820 I think this is a tournament where trainers kind of 03:07:20.820 --> 03:07:23.700 just need to identify, okay, like, what am I the best at? 03:07:23.700 --> 03:07:26.100 What fits the best for me as a trainer? 03:07:26.100 --> 03:07:28.180 And then, hey, you know, I just gotta make my read. 03:07:28.180 --> 03:07:29.220 I've gotta know my lines. 03:07:29.220 --> 03:07:31.020 I've gotta just do my best and it's gonna come down 03:07:31.020 --> 03:07:34.260 more maybe to me than my six Pokemon in this one. 03:07:34.260 --> 03:07:36.740 And I think that's going to make it more and more fun to review 03:07:36.740 --> 03:07:39.220 because, yeah, you know, like one person playing a team 03:07:39.220 --> 03:07:41.620 and someone else who's been prepping it since NAAC 03:07:41.620 --> 03:07:42.700 is going to look very different. 03:07:42.700 --> 03:07:43.500 Absolutely. 03:07:43.500 --> 03:07:46.300 And because we have so many incredible matches out 03:07:46.300 --> 03:07:48.780 in the field, that means we have so many notable matches 03:07:48.780 --> 03:07:49.740 to take a look at. 03:07:49.740 --> 03:07:51.940 And if you're getting ready for our round two, 03:07:51.940 --> 03:07:54.580 here are all of the players out in the field right now. 03:07:54.580 --> 03:07:57.980 Or some of the most notable pairings here. 03:07:57.980 --> 03:07:59.780 And of course, you can see our feature match 03:07:59.780 --> 03:08:03.900 is going to be the 2022 World Champion, Eduardo Cunha 03:08:03.900 --> 03:08:07.740 versus Alex Underhill, one of our players to watch from North America. 03:08:07.980 --> 03:08:10.900 But some also incredible matches out here in the field. 03:08:10.900 --> 03:08:14.740 I'm looking at that match between Michael Kelsch and Wade Shear from Taiwan, 03:08:14.740 --> 03:08:17.500 the most decorated player from Taiwan, 03:08:17.540 --> 03:08:21.740 up against a player who has not failed to do worse at the World Championships 03:08:21.740 --> 03:08:24.980 than top eight, which is a wild statistic. 03:08:25.020 --> 03:08:28.820 Three World Championships, he went second, fourth and a top eight. 03:08:29.100 --> 03:08:29.860 Yeah, what a player. 03:08:29.860 --> 03:08:32.400 And yeah, I think it's been a really strange early turn 03:08:32.400 --> 03:08:34.480 for Michael, where his first time 03:08:34.480 --> 03:08:36.120 played a mirror match to the team that you should not 03:08:36.120 --> 03:08:38.040 have to worry about playing a mirror match with. 03:08:38.040 --> 03:08:40.200 And this round, you know, I get a very strong opponent he's 03:08:40.200 --> 03:08:41.160 probably not played against. 03:08:41.160 --> 03:08:42.680 So it should be fun for him. 03:08:42.680 --> 03:08:44.080 You know, maybe he's fourth world champion 03:08:44.080 --> 03:08:44.400 to throw. 03:08:44.400 --> 03:08:45.520 He's been very strong. 03:08:45.520 --> 03:08:47.200 I give this a little bit different this time. 03:08:47.200 --> 03:08:48.880 You want to keep the experience fresh for it. 03:08:48.880 --> 03:08:49.380 Absolutely. 03:08:49.380 --> 03:08:50.880 And some other great matches out here 03:08:50.880 --> 03:08:53.040 for his world semifinalist last year, 03:08:53.040 --> 03:08:56.280 Montana Mott will be playing against Sebastian Escalante, 03:08:56.280 --> 03:08:58.680 one of Latin America's longest 03:08:58.680 --> 03:09:01.080 continued at this point and top players. 03:09:01.080 --> 03:09:03.480 So exciting matchup out there in the field. 03:09:03.480 --> 03:09:06.080 Of course, our colleague Yuki is playing up against 03:09:06.080 --> 03:09:08.960 Alex Gilmez-Berna, also out in the field. 03:09:08.960 --> 03:09:11.260 Those are all going to be incredible matches. 03:09:11.260 --> 03:09:13.860 Victor Nidina versus Aretha Almoraz. 03:09:13.860 --> 03:09:15.220 I would love to watch that match. 03:09:15.220 --> 03:09:17.160 There's so many good matches out in the field. 03:09:17.160 --> 03:09:19.060 I'm so glad that we're going to be able to at least 03:09:19.060 --> 03:09:21.400 have VODs for most of these. 03:09:21.400 --> 03:09:22.400 Yeah, it's going to be great. 03:09:22.400 --> 03:09:23.640 And I think it just could be fun kind of 03:09:23.640 --> 03:09:25.800 as a tournament progresses where I think one of the 03:09:25.800 --> 03:09:27.480 things that's going to be really fun about this world 03:09:27.480 --> 03:09:32.280 particular. Well, they're all great. It's so hard to team diff someone is fine. I think there's 03:09:32.280 --> 03:09:34.920 going to be way fewer matches where someone just like, you know, it's just drawing dead is like, 03:09:34.920 --> 03:09:38.200 oops, I got the opponent I wasn't supposed to play against. I mean, like, you know, there's 03:09:38.200 --> 03:09:41.800 a little bit of that. But I think because this is so much more of a format where it's like, 03:09:41.800 --> 03:09:45.160 okay, well, I've got to make the right choices in team preview. I've got to play well throughout 03:09:45.160 --> 03:09:49.240 the game. It's more about like kind of knowing your lines and executing game plans. I think 03:09:49.240 --> 03:09:51.880 at the deeper we get into tournament, the sharper everyone's going to be because this is 03:09:51.880 --> 03:09:55.800 a tournament where you're just not going to stay alive unless you're playing really hot. So 03:09:55.800 --> 03:09:57.840 So I think we're going to see some, 03:09:57.840 --> 03:09:59.680 maybe some of the best Pokemon we've ever seen 03:09:59.680 --> 03:10:01.080 over the course of this tournament. 03:10:01.080 --> 03:10:03.000 Yeah, well, I'm really excited to get into it. 03:10:03.000 --> 03:10:05.320 We have so many great players out in the field 03:10:05.320 --> 03:10:08.680 and, you know, especially having some additional weeks 03:10:08.680 --> 03:10:11.320 of regulation in B after the tournament as well. 03:10:11.320 --> 03:10:12.800 That is one of the things that I most enjoy 03:10:12.800 --> 03:10:15.600 after the World Championships is seeing, you know, 03:10:15.600 --> 03:10:17.720 we've had a pretty extensive off season 03:10:17.720 --> 03:10:19.960 in between North American international championships 03:10:19.960 --> 03:10:21.600 and the World Championships here. 03:10:21.600 --> 03:10:23.760 So a lot of players have been saving 03:10:23.760 --> 03:10:28.960 some of their adaptations for this tournament right now, and now we're going to have a few 03:10:28.960 --> 03:10:34.480 more weeks afterwards to really see what fit, what won here, and then also be able to experiment 03:10:34.480 --> 03:10:37.520 and see what, what still is left in the tank for MB. 03:10:37.520 --> 03:10:40.840 Yeah, I think this kind of would be one thing that's fun to watch this tournament in general, 03:10:40.840 --> 03:10:42.800 too, is like how much sauce was left in the bottle, right? 03:10:42.800 --> 03:10:48.440 I think the prevailing wisdom from competitors, at least the English speaking community, 03:10:48.440 --> 03:10:51.840 tended to be like, okay, you know, there maybe there's like a few tricks that people 03:10:51.840 --> 03:10:55.040 But like probably largely we've seen what we're going to see right and it's more about 03:10:55.440 --> 03:10:58.360 Optimization is like really knowing your side of the field well 03:10:58.360 --> 03:11:03.200 So you can adapt any surprises and then you know being able to have a good game plan into all the popular teams 03:11:03.360 --> 03:11:05.160 I mean like they get one as well 03:11:05.160 --> 03:11:09.560 There's gonna be something but there wasn't like a clear something coming up and because of that 03:11:09.560 --> 03:11:14.160 Like I think it makes the grass or tournaments going into this turn this event more important than ever right where? 03:11:14.480 --> 03:11:18.200 You know just looking at AC and then you know playing with your friends and then coming here 03:11:18.200 --> 03:11:20.880 I think that's just not a way that was viable to prep for this tournament 03:11:20.880 --> 03:11:26.940 I'm kind of keeping an eye on the trainers that were really effective in those grassroots tournaments because I think both proving they could do well 03:11:26.940 --> 03:11:30.120 But also like okay well they've got some higher stress rep to those teams, right? 03:11:30.120 --> 03:11:34.160 It wasn't just a screen with their friends. We're talking about you know, what should have happened every turn like this 03:11:34.160 --> 03:11:39.740 There was some pressure to win. You know, there are prizes and I think that like especially the players who both did well 03:11:39.740 --> 03:11:45.720 And then maybe you'll play to people innovative or like are like literally the best player in the world on a popular archetype 03:11:45.960 --> 03:11:49.000 Those are the players I think are gonna have the best shot at this one. Absolutely 03:11:49.000 --> 03:11:50.600 And we've been talking a little bit 03:11:50.600 --> 03:11:53.440 as we were getting started in the tournament today. 03:11:53.440 --> 03:11:55.720 Like it really does feel like it's a meta 03:11:55.720 --> 03:11:58.360 where you need to be the best at this team archetype. 03:11:58.360 --> 03:12:02.240 It's all about, do you click with this particular team? 03:12:02.240 --> 03:12:04.440 Does this team make sense to you? 03:12:04.440 --> 03:12:06.440 And it's really difficult, 03:12:06.440 --> 03:12:09.000 it can be really difficult, A, to find that team, 03:12:09.000 --> 03:12:11.400 but B also to stick with it when you're worried 03:12:11.400 --> 03:12:14.000 about other meta developments that may be having. 03:12:14.000 --> 03:12:16.480 And I think it's really important that players 03:12:16.480 --> 03:12:18.960 understand who they are as a Pokemon player 03:12:18.960 --> 03:12:21.980 in this meta, maybe more than any other meta we've had. 03:12:21.980 --> 03:12:23.840 Yeah, something I'm always kind of pushy about was like, 03:12:23.840 --> 03:12:25.360 hey, you know, if you think you're the 10th best, 03:12:25.360 --> 03:12:26.800 big six player, why did you pick it? 03:12:26.800 --> 03:12:29.040 Like, wasn't the gold become world champion, 03:12:29.040 --> 03:12:30.440 but I think especially in this tournament 03:12:30.440 --> 03:12:32.360 where I think it's like, it's less clear, 03:12:32.360 --> 03:12:34.520 like maybe it's better to be the 10th best player 03:12:34.520 --> 03:12:35.640 of the best team than the best player 03:12:35.640 --> 03:12:36.840 of the 15th best team, right? 03:12:36.840 --> 03:12:39.660 But I don't think we know really how strong 03:12:39.660 --> 03:12:41.240 all the teams are relative to one another 03:12:41.240 --> 03:12:43.320 where it depends a lot on like how popular 03:12:43.320 --> 03:12:44.920 other teams wind up being 03:12:44.920 --> 03:12:47.400 and like kind of what your matchups wind up being. 03:12:47.400 --> 03:12:52.400 you know, maybe you wind up playing one team four times in a row because that's just how your matchups play out. 03:12:52.400 --> 03:12:53.400 And so it goes. 03:12:53.400 --> 03:13:04.400 Yeah. Yeah. I think that mastery is important. I think it's also kind of an interesting one where I think it's easy to kind of like do the grasping always greener where, hey, you know, this isn't a format where you're going to feel good about all your practice games, right? 03:13:04.400 --> 03:13:12.400 Because, you know, it's, again, you're not going to have the team advantage very much. I think there's a big switching cost like, oh, you know, I like this matchup a little tough for me. 03:13:12.400 --> 03:13:14.560 little tough for me so I'm gonna try something completely different because 03:13:14.560 --> 03:13:17.860 it's probably also just gonna have the same problem with another team right and 03:13:17.860 --> 03:13:20.740 I think just yeah you've got to control your own side of the field kind of just do 03:13:20.740 --> 03:13:24.940 your thing as best as you can and you got trust yourself in this tournament I 03:13:24.940 --> 03:13:28.620 think. Yeah well we have two players who are ready on stage who are 03:13:28.620 --> 03:13:33.460 definitely good at doing their own thing. We have Alex Underhill from the 03:13:33.460 --> 03:13:39.220 United States up against the 2022 world champion Eduardo Cunha and I know 03:13:39.220 --> 03:13:41.820 So when we were looking at the teams this morning, 03:13:41.820 --> 03:13:45.220 you were extremely happy to see Eduardo's choices. 03:13:45.220 --> 03:13:47.340 I love this matchup. 03:13:47.340 --> 03:13:49.420 I looked at both these players, like they're among the first five 03:13:49.420 --> 03:13:50.700 players I checked their team. 03:13:50.700 --> 03:13:52.060 I don't care what happens in the field, 03:13:52.060 --> 03:13:53.060 but I'm just here to commentate. 03:13:53.060 --> 03:13:56.180 But I really do think it just represents the game the best 03:13:56.180 --> 03:13:58.620 if the players pick their thing. 03:13:58.620 --> 03:14:00.620 Both these guys, I think, are very iconic for the team 03:14:00.620 --> 03:14:01.460 they selected. 03:14:01.460 --> 03:14:02.900 I hope both of them have great runs. 03:14:02.900 --> 03:14:04.460 I think this is really fun. 03:14:04.460 --> 03:14:07.740 I do the only player who really plays his sort of thing. 03:14:07.740 --> 03:14:11.740 He's kind of been using a similar pool of Pokemon throughout the course of the regulation. 03:14:11.740 --> 03:14:12.740 He's very well on the grass. 03:14:12.740 --> 03:14:13.740 It's really on. 03:14:13.740 --> 03:14:15.740 Get a little bit quieter after that, which kind of maybe suspiciously. 03:14:15.740 --> 03:14:19.740 Oh, I think he is going to bring it because I'm maybe trying to fall off the radars a little bit, 03:14:19.740 --> 03:14:22.740 but a version of Paris trap that no one else really uses. 03:14:22.740 --> 03:14:23.740 Right. 03:14:23.740 --> 03:14:24.740 I guess Paris forwarded calling it. 03:14:24.740 --> 03:14:25.740 Trap might be a little bit aggressive. 03:14:25.740 --> 03:14:26.740 He's missing a lot of the usual tools. 03:14:26.740 --> 03:14:27.740 You have that sort of team, right? 03:14:27.740 --> 03:14:29.740 You're going to have multiple fake-up Pokemon. 03:14:29.740 --> 03:14:30.740 You don't have to finish. 03:14:30.740 --> 03:14:32.740 It's very unique and special. 03:14:32.740 --> 03:14:36.740 I think, and you also someone to keep in mind with an execution-based tournament. 03:14:36.740 --> 03:14:42.700 There's only one trainer in the modern era who's won a world championship by going undefeated that would be him with this world champion 03:14:42.700 --> 03:14:46.540 We hadn't seen it since we went back to 2012 and I gotta tell you I played in that tournament 03:14:46.540 --> 03:14:51.320 We didn't play nearly as many rounds back then so that's a little wonky in that stat and it was special 03:14:51.320 --> 03:14:55.000 Well, here is Alex Underhill who was one of the primary 03:14:55.500 --> 03:15:02.700 Architects architects of this Sun Rain team you have the mega Charizard and the mega Swampert dual megas 03:15:02.700 --> 03:15:07.460 And of course, like we mentioned, they can both come to the battle, so be on the lookout 03:15:07.460 --> 03:15:12.060 to see how Alex is going to be able to maintain weather control, which Pokemon he chooses to 03:15:12.060 --> 03:15:16.660 bring in, and actually keep an eye out on that Grimstall, which is really the glue that 03:15:16.660 --> 03:15:17.660 keeps this team together. 03:15:17.660 --> 03:15:20.540 Hey, that was kind of a click for me, but I was like, oh, I get why I'm not playing 03:15:20.540 --> 03:15:21.540 this to you. 03:15:21.540 --> 03:15:23.900 Where you want to use Grimstall a pretty high rate with this team. 03:15:23.900 --> 03:15:25.140 It leaves well with almost everyone. 03:15:25.140 --> 03:15:26.500 It can do a lot of fun tricks. 03:15:26.500 --> 03:15:28.620 You can kind of just play it straight forward a little bit. 03:15:28.620 --> 03:15:30.620 I was like, hey, you know, like every leader was like Charizard or something. 03:15:30.620 --> 03:15:32.620 and to protect them to get the screens up. 03:15:32.620 --> 03:15:35.620 I'm going to make my already great Pokemon even bulkier. 03:15:35.620 --> 03:15:37.620 It's also very cool with these two weather-based Pokemon 03:15:37.620 --> 03:15:39.120 where you can click a parting shot. 03:15:39.120 --> 03:15:40.620 Your opponent has to switch forest gear. 03:15:40.620 --> 03:15:41.620 That's first to turn order. 03:15:41.620 --> 03:15:43.620 And then the grip trial with that boosted priority 03:15:43.620 --> 03:15:45.620 will parting shot and you can choose to bring in a weather 03:15:45.620 --> 03:15:47.620 Pokemon or perhaps you predict incorrectly 03:15:47.620 --> 03:15:49.120 you can bring in a different Pokemon instead. 03:15:49.120 --> 03:15:51.620 That kind of keeps your options available for a following turn. 03:15:51.620 --> 03:15:53.620 I think another thing to keep in mind of his team 03:15:53.620 --> 03:15:54.620 is kind of neat. 03:15:54.620 --> 03:15:55.620 Check out that nature for Archelodon. 03:15:55.620 --> 03:15:57.620 That's something that we've always seen with it 03:15:57.620 --> 03:15:59.620 where I think one thing trainers lamented with the 03:15:59.620 --> 03:16:03.940 Champion's game is that no longer where we do we have a lot of held items that we're used to particularly that assault mess 03:16:04.340 --> 03:16:06.840 Especially the fence boosting nature is not an assault vest 03:16:06.840 --> 03:16:12.480 But so much more vulnerable on these special sides of doing what he can there to increase the special defense of this Pokemon 03:16:12.480 --> 03:16:16.020 If you can take a few weak physical attacks, it gets pretty gross on the defensive side 03:16:16.020 --> 03:16:19.260 Yeah, although what don't worry the I think being able to use our teller down 03:16:19.260 --> 03:16:21.680 Well as one of the things I think that makes this team really powerful 03:16:21.680 --> 03:16:25.900 We're just like a great Pokemon that is a little too reliant on the rain for which otherwise 03:16:25.900 --> 03:16:30.380 maybe it's considered to be super powerful, but not so great maybe in this particular matchup where 03:16:30.380 --> 03:16:34.860 Paris Long is like, hey, I would like it if you did not ramp against my team, actually, and it's a 03:16:34.860 --> 03:16:40.220 pretty hard stop. I'm giving you three turns to ramp maximum. Otherwise, your Pokemon is done, 03:16:40.220 --> 03:16:44.780 but that is part of why Grimmsnarl is going to be so important here. Having that priority 03:16:44.780 --> 03:16:50.700 parting shot does give Alex a way to break the trap if Eddie decides to go for the 03:16:50.700 --> 03:16:54.480 Shadow tag version with the up mega Gengar and here it is 03:16:54.480 --> 03:16:58.920 This is a team that really only he has been using and only player 03:16:59.240 --> 03:17:06.540 One of the only players that I've seen with a para style team here in the tournament entirely and it's that that both centers around that 03:17:06.540 --> 03:17:09.020 Gengar it centers around the poly toad and the 03:17:09.180 --> 03:17:13.400 Incineroar that Incineroar is a crucial piece of the parish for I think it's pretty cool, too 03:17:13.400 --> 03:17:17.220 I'm pretty shocked that we're actually getting a small part mirror that isn't just the 03:17:17.220 --> 03:17:23.220 I think a Pokemon we're not sure what to make of when Regulation MB first came out. 03:17:23.220 --> 03:17:26.740 It kind of seemed like one of these things where it's like, oh, maybe this is for more casual 03:17:26.740 --> 03:17:29.940 players on the ladder, but it's not the sort of thing that's going to show up in tournament. 03:17:29.940 --> 03:17:30.940 Clearly not. 03:17:30.940 --> 03:17:31.940 But we're doing it too. 03:17:31.940 --> 03:17:33.940 They knew that you'd be like, hard rigged, right? 03:17:33.940 --> 03:17:37.100 But it's a very awkward matchup where they have a lot of the same tools. 03:17:37.100 --> 03:17:40.940 It's that polytote instead of the Pellebird, that's something we see very frequently, 03:17:40.940 --> 03:17:45.540 but it's sort of like a Paris song-specific tech here, where it gives you a second 03:17:45.540 --> 03:17:49.260 And Paris spoke about it all so much more here that Palover is has fewer tight leaps. 03:17:49.260 --> 03:17:53.660 So sort of a fun thing to have mixed in, but we're missing the moth in the room here. 03:17:53.660 --> 03:17:56.460 I think the really interesting thing of this game. 03:17:56.460 --> 03:18:01.440 Yeah, one of the things that Paris teams will love to have is any ability to stall out 03:18:01.440 --> 03:18:02.440 turns. 03:18:02.440 --> 03:18:06.900 And one of the best ways to do that is sleep powder, especially on compound eyes of the 03:18:06.900 --> 03:18:07.980 villain here. 03:18:07.980 --> 03:18:12.100 That means that those sleep powders are going to be much more accurate than usual. 03:18:12.100 --> 03:18:18.260 If Peddi was able to sneak out two or maybe even three turns of sleep that's enough to knock a Pokemon out with Parrish Laws 03:18:18.260 --> 03:18:20.260 That is what a fun synergy they're like 03:18:20.420 --> 03:18:24.820 Hey, you know his own archer on doesn't have to worry about Parrish Laws because he can just not click the button right? 03:18:24.820 --> 03:18:27.940 So if he's the one lamp and her his swappers on a rampage or something 03:18:27.940 --> 03:18:32.820 I think it's really interesting. We do immediately see those trademark clothes on the Gengar and the Vivian 03:18:32.820 --> 03:18:38.660 I get a more common lead on the other side with that powerful Charizard units more combination that you try that offense 03:18:38.660 --> 03:18:43.380 like to turn one. Yeah, one of my favorite titles as well. Gengar, the historic genius 03:18:43.380 --> 03:18:49.380 out on the field alongside Abuse of Dvilion. Double fleet powder options here because you 03:18:49.380 --> 03:18:54.900 also have the Venusaur on Alex Underhill's side is able to with the floor fill ability 03:18:54.900 --> 03:19:00.340 out speed all the Pokemon out on the field ignore rage powder from Dvilion. So if Alex 03:19:00.340 --> 03:19:04.540 is worried about that Gengar setting a trap and setting perish, he has chosen the 03:19:04.540 --> 03:19:08.420 the lead that gives him the opportunity to stop that in its tracks one thing is 03:19:08.420 --> 03:19:10.860 important to keep in mind here too if you play against Indian a little bit on 03:19:10.860 --> 03:19:14.100 the ladder breath this is focused on that choice car so it's a little bit 03:19:14.100 --> 03:19:17.580 different a little more conservative I don't know what world championship feeling 03:19:17.580 --> 03:19:26.500 for you know there is a mega Gengar a Pokemon that typically gets left on 03:19:26.500 --> 03:19:31.900 up until the world championship now out on the field piloted by the world 03:19:31.900 --> 03:19:37.900 champion Eduardo Fumia. Alex will go ahead and mega of all the Taras aren't right away to get the 03:19:37.900 --> 03:19:44.140 ground on the field and allow the Vs or TV fastest thing on the field. Noticing that as an option 03:19:44.140 --> 03:19:49.420 Gengar will go ahead and protect this turn as well. The Vigilion will also protect just to scout 03:19:49.420 --> 03:19:56.220 out what Alex is trying to get away with here. Sleep powder into the Vigilion and not the 03:19:56.220 --> 03:20:00.460 Gengar. So calling out that the Gengar was being front and bust. Eduardo with that double 03:20:00.460 --> 03:20:04.620 protect making sure that there is no risk of any damage or any wasted turns. 03:20:04.620 --> 03:20:08.140 It's double protect good for a lot of reasons there. You kind of always love to get that 03:20:08.140 --> 03:20:12.060 protect negative evolution and make it get there where you can or now if it does switch out of 03:20:12.060 --> 03:20:15.580 battle you can immediately threaten a trap when you switch it back in versus the switching in the 03:20:15.580 --> 03:20:19.900 regular game which is close. It's very frail and also like not immediately providing any value. 03:20:19.900 --> 03:20:23.420 Also very fun to smash it where the Charizard did make it of all but I think whether Alex 03:20:23.420 --> 03:20:27.020 chose to commit better or not was very interesting at the first turn. Now potentially either 03:20:27.020 --> 03:20:31.980 player should bring in their own drizzle Pokemon and change the weather with that slow Venusaur down 03:20:31.980 --> 03:20:36.780 a knock that is slower definitely than Gengar. Yep well there is the Vibhili on the point to 03:20:36.780 --> 03:20:43.020 switch out four polytodes immediately remove the sun it's not going to be Alex's own Telepher 03:20:43.020 --> 03:20:48.380 instead Ezhu bringing out the rain with polytodes. Ludge boss deals good damage to the Venusaur 03:20:48.380 --> 03:20:54.140 brings it down to about a third health as Hurricane connects on to Gengar Alex falling 03:20:54.140 --> 03:20:59.020 that switch into the polytodes, not going for a fire type attack, instead the flying type 03:20:59.020 --> 03:21:05.100 hurricane, perfect accuracy. Next up, the Gengar gets a confusion and polytodes falls asleep on the switch. 03:21:05.100 --> 03:21:10.140 Hey, suffering, baby. That's it. That's it right there. Now, normally the situation really bad for 03:21:10.140 --> 03:21:13.980 Charizard, right? Even like the flip-flop standards where it's like, great, you get an ancient power, 03:21:13.980 --> 03:21:18.780 Gengar, good job. But instead, that hurricane, all of our powers, like three times as powerful 03:21:18.780 --> 03:21:23.500 as an ancient power would be. Who's a very serious game? He's a Gengar. As well as critically 03:21:23.500 --> 03:21:27.180 causing that confusion where maybe in another scenario out of here it's going to go for the 03:21:27.180 --> 03:21:30.700 protract, but potentially game losing if you get that confusion roll on. 03:21:30.700 --> 03:21:37.820 All it takes is one bad confusion roll and you can lose the game in an instant. No self-pick here 03:21:37.820 --> 03:21:43.020 on this turn. Gengar will be able to protect itself. Hurricane catches the Archialagon on 03:21:43.020 --> 03:21:48.700 the switch in here. That's going to deal good damage to that Pokémon even as a resisted 03:21:48.700 --> 03:21:52.860 hit. Like you mentioned you do have to invest quite a bit into the special defense, 03:21:52.860 --> 03:21:55.660 but Archeladon will tank these two hits. 03:21:55.660 --> 03:21:58.860 Deep is ineffective, mostly ineffective. 03:21:58.860 --> 03:22:01.860 Four times ineffective, we start on to the Archeladon, 03:22:01.860 --> 03:22:05.660 which now has plus two defense against these two special attack. 03:22:05.660 --> 03:22:08.660 Sorry, everyone. I am going to end my PTSD moment there. 03:22:08.660 --> 03:22:10.660 It's scary to keep a storm in Archeladon that way. 03:22:10.660 --> 03:22:13.660 If you do any tasks, it would have been an interesting fight for both trainers there, right? 03:22:13.660 --> 03:22:15.660 Where two levels of boosted defense in Archeladon, 03:22:15.660 --> 03:22:16.660 created a lot of matches, 03:22:16.660 --> 03:22:18.160 potentially not very great, 03:22:18.160 --> 03:22:20.360 because it's one of the only physical attacking Pokemon in Alex's team, 03:22:20.360 --> 03:22:22.840 with that flopper who could still be in the back as we mentioned. 03:22:22.840 --> 03:22:25.760 You do have that option here, but otherwise that's a good deal. 03:22:25.760 --> 03:22:28.280 Also, Hurricane, I mean, because of that, you know, 03:22:28.280 --> 03:22:30.880 catching Arteladon, like, I don't know who's catch was this, 03:22:30.880 --> 03:22:34.200 but it does do a little bit more damage to Edu's Arteladon, 03:22:34.200 --> 03:22:37.800 which is not calm like Alex is, and probably more specifically invested. 03:22:37.800 --> 03:22:39.200 Though, it's another trend as well. 03:22:39.200 --> 03:22:41.560 They only know each other's features, not each other's training. 03:22:41.560 --> 03:22:42.240 Absolutely. 03:22:42.240 --> 03:22:43.840 Venusaur will protect itself this turn, 03:22:43.840 --> 03:22:46.960 while Gengar is able to snap out of confusion, 03:22:46.960 --> 03:22:48.960 trying to pick up the KO onto Venusaur, 03:22:48.960 --> 03:23:02.360 but Alex will not allow that to happen instead but Hurricane now connects on to Gengar, but that does open up the Charizard to a huge electric shock coming out from this archalagon, which does go ahead and charge up. 03:23:02.360 --> 03:23:09.760 We are in San Francisco, the land of the Golden Gate Bridge, and this bridge is angry as you would like to pick up a KO here. 03:23:09.760 --> 03:23:13.760 Yeah, I've never seen a bridge like this in real life, but it's really going to hurt Charizard. 03:23:13.760 --> 03:23:18.760 Both players are going to change their mega, or trade, their mega of all Pokemon. 03:23:18.760 --> 03:23:21.760 So, you know, there's probably a lot of ways that Alistar's an advantage there, 03:23:21.760 --> 03:23:23.760 but kind of still having to take that trade and tell them it's like, 03:23:23.760 --> 03:23:25.760 things don't look too bad for Eddie there. 03:23:25.760 --> 03:23:28.760 He doesn't have to, again, get the potentially irrelevant to almost a boosted defense, 03:23:28.760 --> 03:23:31.760 but a definitely relevant level of boosted special attack. 03:23:31.760 --> 03:23:33.760 The one that will be reigning for their anger of his battle 03:23:33.760 --> 03:23:37.760 or nothing once it expires, which is probably due to his advantage as well. 03:23:37.760 --> 03:23:41.760 Still waiting to see some of Alistar's unrevealed Pokemon, 03:23:41.760 --> 03:23:45.920 But he's at least looking a little better for Edu, although he does have to deal with that sleeping 03:23:45.920 --> 03:23:50.400 Apologonade as well as the one with the others kind of running out of things to support, 03:23:50.400 --> 03:23:53.680 but we'll come out here and we'll also have one big attacker and based on that, 03:23:53.680 --> 03:23:55.680 Archeladon on the opposing side as well. 03:23:55.680 --> 03:24:00.960 And then Archeladon on Alex's side is going to be in a little bit of trouble here because 03:24:00.960 --> 03:24:07.360 Edu is ahead on the boost, so already has plus one special attack on his own Archeladon. 03:24:07.360 --> 03:24:14.360 That means that Alex needs to catch up and he comes down to the hitting and Alex hit his sleep powder. 03:24:14.360 --> 03:24:19.360 Yeah, I think it's going to be a good deal. I think the both direction here is one with me, maybe on the other side of the field. 03:24:19.360 --> 03:24:21.360 Also, you know, it's critical to keep them on here. 03:24:21.360 --> 03:24:23.360 Maybe I start the battle, but still I'm not focused on attacking. 03:24:23.360 --> 03:24:27.360 It's going to survive at least one more turn as it puts the opposing Archelle down to sleep. 03:24:27.360 --> 03:24:32.360 Yes, the fastest thing on the field and has the compound eyes, but it puts the Archelle down to sleep. 03:24:32.360 --> 03:24:36.360 But Venusaur will go ahead and put them off to sleep as well. 03:24:36.360 --> 03:24:41.360 Alex will go ahead and use the first turn of mandatory sleep on his own Archalibon as 03:24:41.360 --> 03:24:44.360 Eduardo will pick up the KO onto Venusaur. 03:24:44.360 --> 03:24:46.360 So no more sleep counters on Alex's side. 03:24:46.360 --> 03:24:54.360 It is going to be all down to the Archalibon and whatever the final Pokemon in the back is for Alex to break through this Archalibon. 03:24:54.360 --> 03:24:56.360 And it's looking difficult. 03:24:56.360 --> 03:24:59.360 Even though this Swampert has super effective damage, 03:24:59.360 --> 03:25:02.360 Edu did get too loose to the physical defense. 03:25:02.360 --> 03:25:08.560 There's a really awkward position for Alex here because not only that, but of course this one for Kent Mega of all, we saw that from Charizard as well. 03:25:08.560 --> 03:25:12.760 And the Archeladon and Alex's side can't protect an earthquake because it's a fleet. 03:25:12.760 --> 03:25:18.160 So lots of things back quite right here. The Tuckstar for Edo and Palsir coming in here. 03:25:18.160 --> 03:25:20.560 We'll talk about it in just a second. 03:25:20.560 --> 03:25:27.960 So Archeladon does not wake up here, takes a dragon pulse, with that plus one special attack brings it down to half health. 03:25:27.960 --> 03:25:34.600 Offered trying to pick up damage onto the villain will instead hit the poly toad on the switch in with the ice punch 03:25:34.600 --> 03:25:38.520 And now the rain has ended and you switched in poly toad 03:25:39.880 --> 03:25:44.420 I love everything about what I did here. I try get a little too excited when I realize what is about to happen 03:25:44.420 --> 03:25:46.540 But the problem comes in here doesn't set the rain again 03:25:46.540 --> 03:25:51.300 Which at this point I think is to his advantage because the point this ball toad is probably going to wake up 03:25:51.300 --> 03:25:55.960 It's going to use parasol. There's no three book when we're meeting at any side to allow him to cycle here 03:25:55.960 --> 03:25:59.400 And it's going to be very difficult for Alex to do enough damage quickly enough. 03:25:59.400 --> 03:26:03.400 He does not have any special attack moves, so that Achalada has no longer the option of the collector's shot, 03:26:03.400 --> 03:26:06.520 unless you want to like try and charge it off where there's simply isn't time to do. 03:26:06.520 --> 03:26:08.360 And this Whopper is just in a tough spot, right? 03:26:08.360 --> 03:26:11.800 Even with Earthquake, I think it's going to struggle to damage the opposing Achalada. 03:26:11.800 --> 03:26:16.520 Palato's feeling pretty great too. It's just so naturally bulky as to resist Whopper's other moves. 03:26:16.520 --> 03:26:19.560 It just doesn't seem like there's a ton of options left here for an Alex. 03:26:19.560 --> 03:26:23.800 And even though the beginning of the game says I can whistle Whopper in, he just doesn't have a lot of pieces left. 03:26:23.800 --> 03:26:29.320 And the one benefit is that Alex's Pokemon have taken their sleep turn, so Archialodon will wait 03:26:29.320 --> 03:26:34.920 up for Alex. He feels good damage too, Eduardo's Archialodon. We will fire back with another 03:26:34.920 --> 03:26:40.120 Dragon Pulse. Not enough to pick up the KO. We saw how much damage it did to turn before. 03:26:40.120 --> 03:26:44.920 Now Swamper, firing off the Ice Punch into Eddie's Archialodon gives it another 03:26:44.920 --> 03:26:49.800 skin and a boost, fishing for a crit or maybe even a freeze onto that Pokemon. 03:26:49.800 --> 03:26:57.360 and Paulito's I believe that is its first turn of mandatory sleep so now Paulito's is going to be able to wake up and set the pair of song 03:26:57.560 --> 03:27:03.100 The Vavilion also has not taken his turn of sleep yet either, but if you don't need those Pokemon away 03:27:03.160 --> 03:27:06.560 Yeah, I mean you look college or maybe just go away. Yeah, wake up in a second 03:27:06.560 --> 03:27:09.400 You know still a song off that you can choose to get if you want to 03:27:10.680 --> 03:27:13.360 But also she's at this point a positive 03:27:13.360 --> 03:27:16.720 I could probably maybe just get mad and go on the offense and that could be a pasta with you 03:27:16.720 --> 03:27:20.880 Also, with Team Divine, you know, Vivian doesn't need the range to use the hurricane, 03:27:20.880 --> 03:27:22.220 it just has to compoundize him. 03:27:22.220 --> 03:27:25.320 It's not my truck, but oh, you know, the accuracy boost on the sleep-inducing sleep counter 03:27:25.320 --> 03:27:27.720 but it also makes hurricane pretty reliable. 03:27:27.720 --> 03:27:29.720 The dragon ball's not going to be reliable enough. 03:27:29.720 --> 03:27:33.020 Going to lose the knockout by enough that Swampert probably can't finish it off. 03:27:33.020 --> 03:27:39.720 Yeah, 10% health remaining on Edu's Archeladon as it picks up the KO onto Alex's. 03:27:39.720 --> 03:27:41.720 Archeladon goes down for Alex. 03:27:41.720 --> 03:27:45.220 This Swampert needs to be able to pick up a KO onto the Archeladon, 03:27:45.220 --> 03:27:48.720 But Pauli tries to take the one turn, sets the pair song, 03:27:48.720 --> 03:27:52.520 and now all Pokemon on the field will ping in three turns. 03:27:52.520 --> 03:27:55.020 And he doesn't find, he doesn't care. 03:27:55.020 --> 03:27:56.320 There's another Pokemon in the back. 03:27:56.320 --> 03:27:58.620 Even though it's asleep, it still has its focus set. 03:27:58.620 --> 03:28:00.920 The freeze, I don't care. That's fine. 03:28:00.920 --> 03:28:03.720 I still have the villain in the back with the focus set. 03:28:03.720 --> 03:28:05.520 And you only have one Pokemon left, 03:28:05.520 --> 03:28:07.020 and you're already out of time. 03:28:07.020 --> 03:28:08.020 Yeah, I got that news here. 03:28:08.020 --> 03:28:09.920 I think Pauli said, probably what's going to take any actions. 03:28:09.920 --> 03:28:11.920 Anyway, he's gonna just hop out of battle there, 03:28:11.920 --> 03:28:14.620 and then you know he's going to be able to pick up that knockout. 03:28:14.620 --> 03:28:17.020 So, going to be game one-two, I mean there, 03:28:17.020 --> 03:28:19.460 and we see the power of this team matchup, right? 03:28:19.460 --> 03:28:21.820 This team composition, I mean, maybe the matchup too, 03:28:21.820 --> 03:28:23.780 but, you know, no one else plays this, right? 03:28:23.780 --> 03:28:25.140 Again, this is a team that's only him, 03:28:25.140 --> 03:28:26.660 so he has posted some guides on it, 03:28:26.660 --> 03:28:27.860 so, you know, perhaps people should have paid 03:28:27.860 --> 03:28:29.300 more attention to that. 03:28:29.300 --> 03:28:32.620 Really impressive play, and really just kind of showing off 03:28:32.620 --> 03:28:33.900 the power of this composition there, 03:28:33.900 --> 03:28:35.900 where even though things seemed so great for Alex 03:28:35.900 --> 03:28:37.860 earlier, where he handled the Gengar very well, 03:28:37.860 --> 03:28:39.540 the Gengar wasn't the only threat of this team, 03:28:39.540 --> 03:28:41.180 and we did have a whole lot of trap there, 03:28:41.180 --> 03:28:42.380 but we did have a lot of perish. 03:28:42.380 --> 03:28:44.460 Yeah, the Gengar did what it needed to do, 03:28:44.460 --> 03:28:49.800 which was it did trap that Charizard on the field long enough for Archaladon to knock it out. 03:28:49.800 --> 03:28:53.960 And after Charizard went down, there was no chance of getting the Sun back up, 03:28:53.960 --> 03:29:00.100 which meant that the Archaladon was happy to take special attacks from either of the Pokemon remaining on the field, 03:29:00.100 --> 03:29:03.600 and it just boosted its defense enough so that Swampert couldn't do anything. 03:29:03.600 --> 03:29:06.300 Yeah, we can't really see the impact of that in Venusaur as well, 03:29:06.300 --> 03:29:11.000 where it's just terrible in this matchup once the Sun goes down and the rain comes up there, 03:29:11.000 --> 03:29:14.680 where they were able to get off a little of the opposing Swampert or something that would make it the difference. 03:29:14.680 --> 03:29:19.480 But I don't think Swampert is nearly as pitiful and pitiful to any side of the field as the Altsen were. 03:29:19.480 --> 03:29:21.560 Likely, on this sort of team, there's more of a back-up magazine like, 03:29:21.560 --> 03:29:25.880 hey, Ginga really isn't going to work here, so I'm just going to play kind of a rain mode, 03:29:25.880 --> 03:29:28.040 where Swampert are a little more important on Altsen's side. 03:29:28.040 --> 03:29:29.640 So, he is not having a time to do it. 03:29:29.640 --> 03:29:30.680 Like, you can apologize. 03:29:30.680 --> 03:29:32.040 It's not a Swampert, right? 03:29:32.040 --> 03:29:35.080 There's a real world where it takes probably two Leafs to survive. 03:29:35.080 --> 03:29:38.120 The first one, Edof, and then the Special Attack drop to the meanest, 03:29:38.120 --> 03:29:39.560 are going to have a hard time clearing you as well. 03:29:39.560 --> 03:29:42.680 So, Alex, can you back up the drawing board a little bit here? 03:29:42.680 --> 03:29:44.360 You know, one Pokemon to keep in mind, 03:29:44.360 --> 03:29:46.240 which I think is actually very difficult to bring this match up, 03:29:46.240 --> 03:29:49.080 is well, you can try and really spell for the Pivoting, 03:29:49.080 --> 03:29:51.360 but I do think it is a tricky Pokemon to use this match up 03:29:51.360 --> 03:29:52.640 just because it is so passive, 03:29:52.640 --> 03:29:55.040 which potentially uses some situations where, hey, you know, 03:29:55.040 --> 03:29:57.080 somebody who does find a way to get a couple of knockouts 03:29:57.080 --> 03:29:58.800 is really bad against the Parrot. 03:29:58.800 --> 03:30:00.080 Well, speaking of the Parrot, 03:30:00.080 --> 03:30:01.760 this is a classic Parrot's lead 03:30:01.760 --> 03:30:05.520 with the Incineroar alongside of Gengar. 03:30:05.520 --> 03:30:08.360 Again, Alex will be opting into the Sun Mode 03:30:08.360 --> 03:30:13.220 to lead at least with Charizard and Venusaur out on the field, but this time Vivillon is 03:30:13.220 --> 03:30:17.320 not on the field and Lardo has gone for the more consistent fakeout which definitely will 03:30:17.320 --> 03:30:20.200 block that Venusaur from going on the offensive with his weak counter. 03:30:20.200 --> 03:30:23.120 I assume we'll see a fairly passive turn here, but maybe one of the two sides we're 03:30:23.120 --> 03:30:24.120 trying to make a big lead. 03:30:24.120 --> 03:30:27.360 I hear there's the option for Alex to try to fakeout from the first to protect the 03:30:27.360 --> 03:30:28.360 block to fakeout. 03:30:28.360 --> 03:30:30.920 I also could switch here if maybe you feel like if you're the first game letting 03:30:30.920 --> 03:30:32.920 Charizard get trapped is not such a good idea. 03:30:32.920 --> 03:30:36.200 You try to delay the mega that would be one switchup option and then you know 03:30:36.200 --> 03:30:39.200 He wants to play a little bit slow anyway because like so much in the previous game, 03:30:39.200 --> 03:30:40.200 you want to get that mega evolution up, 03:30:40.200 --> 03:30:45.200 here's the option of clicking Gengar out and invading back in later to catch something you can use here. 03:30:45.200 --> 03:30:49.200 Well, that is going to be a mega evolution onto Gengar right away. 03:30:49.200 --> 03:30:55.200 Alex again opting to mega evolve Charizard on that first turn as well. 03:30:55.200 --> 03:31:00.200 Pokemon is now trapped on the field alongside of the mega Gengar, 03:31:00.200 --> 03:31:03.200 as well, the Venusaur also trapped out on the field, 03:31:03.200 --> 03:31:08.960 but no protects. Instead, big cop connects onto Charizard this time. No protect onto Gengar either, 03:31:08.960 --> 03:31:13.600 which means that Alex is able to launch a sleep powder, goes for an aggressive play there, gets a 03:31:13.600 --> 03:31:19.840 sleep onto Gengar, uses its first turn of mandatory sleep here, but that is kind of a clue for Alex 03:31:19.840 --> 03:31:24.480 to at least get that Gengar away from being able to do any kind of parish synan against. 03:31:24.480 --> 03:31:29.680 Yeah, I mean this makes this turn really tense, right where the Raptors sort of pivoted 03:31:29.680 --> 03:31:31.920 in a Palo Alto that Gengar will wake up with a huge swing. 03:31:31.920 --> 03:31:33.760 If it's not, then maybe something big happens. 03:31:33.760 --> 03:31:35.440 The other interact chain where Gengar 03:31:35.440 --> 03:31:36.720 is not able to do too much and consider 03:31:36.720 --> 03:31:38.520 or a sort of an awkward spot here, too, 03:31:38.520 --> 03:31:40.800 where it's a simple Pokemon, but usually 03:31:40.800 --> 03:31:42.440 you want to pivot with a parting shot, which 03:31:42.440 --> 03:31:44.600 will allow both these powerful Pokemon to act first. 03:31:44.600 --> 03:31:46.600 And I don't know if Gengar has that much time. 03:31:46.600 --> 03:31:49.040 Yeah, it's super aggressive play there from Alex 03:31:49.040 --> 03:31:51.400 to not go for a protect onto the Venusaur. 03:31:51.400 --> 03:31:53.480 That is something you have to do against these Parish 03:31:53.480 --> 03:31:54.680 games, like you mentioned. 03:31:54.680 --> 03:31:56.720 Doing any kind of passive play can just 03:31:56.720 --> 03:31:59.360 result in Eduardo getting a Parish song off. 03:31:59.360 --> 03:32:01.360 So now you're just sort of out of luck here. 03:32:01.360 --> 03:32:05.940 Venusaur goes for the sleep powder on to the Incineroar, which does go for a protect this 03:32:05.940 --> 03:32:06.940 turn. 03:32:06.940 --> 03:32:11.300 Gengar wakes up immediately, only takes one turn of sleep, fires back with a sludge bump 03:32:11.300 --> 03:32:12.300 into Venusaur. 03:32:12.300 --> 03:32:17.420 That is a critical hit this time, brings it down to only 13% health, but now Charizard 03:32:17.420 --> 03:32:22.380 is able to fire back with a weather ball into the Gengar, also able to hold on 03:32:22.380 --> 03:32:24.540 with just a sliver of health this turn. 03:32:24.540 --> 03:32:26.540 Makes the stack turn for Venusaur really important. 03:32:26.540 --> 03:32:28.100 You're going to have to hit a read write. 03:32:28.100 --> 03:32:31.620 You go for a split powder and then Senor's slot, which also could still miss, and then 03:32:31.620 --> 03:32:36.460 go for it that way, or do you catch Gendar perhaps, trying to get a little too cheeky here, and 03:32:36.460 --> 03:32:40.460 try to pick up a knockout of that slot, because leaving it on Pies would really hurt. 03:32:40.460 --> 03:32:45.860 In your state situation, Chargert may be somewhat free as a result, but again, if you're going 03:32:45.860 --> 03:32:47.980 to, it's like you can switch it out, right? 03:32:47.980 --> 03:32:51.460 You can't pivot here, so it's still a difficult position. 03:32:51.460 --> 03:32:57.340 I think probably you see Gendar protecting a pivot here on either side, but lots 03:32:57.340 --> 03:33:01.500 of damage both ways. So close to something impactful. Gengar going to protect, so likely 03:33:01.500 --> 03:33:06.140 a parting shot from Eaton. Yeah, at least an attempted parting shot. Not gonna happen 03:33:06.140 --> 03:33:10.580 with the sleep powder. Not gonna happen. Venusaur is going to be able to connect with 03:33:10.580 --> 03:33:15.780 its sleep powder throughout this entire game so far. Keywave, though, will be able to 03:33:15.780 --> 03:33:20.380 connect onto the Incineroar, so getting a little bit of chip damage onto that Pokemon. 03:33:20.380 --> 03:33:24.340 But the sleep, really crucially preventing Kali goes from being able to switch in this 03:33:24.340 --> 03:33:30.300 turn and Gengar is now alone as for tech once more and is vulnerable again there's 03:33:30.300 --> 03:33:33.400 a much more awkward spot for Eddie than anything we saw in the first game right 03:33:33.400 --> 03:33:36.280 right this time because Gengar so we can if it seems either Charizard or 03:33:36.280 --> 03:33:39.940 he's on check here it could be knocked out with really great some problems here 03:33:39.940 --> 03:33:42.880 perhaps in general just wake up immediately but since Gengar has forced 03:33:42.880 --> 03:33:46.720 out a stock where some powers will come in will we see a hurricane call 03:33:46.720 --> 03:33:49.240 we'll let you talk to the previous game or even a weather bulb which is 03:33:49.240 --> 03:33:52.600 that water type of event they don't know it's heat waves the worst possible option 03:33:52.600 --> 03:33:57.600 Well, Polytoe dodges the heat wave, a little bit of damage on it to the Incineroar. 03:33:57.600 --> 03:34:00.860 There is the option for Alex to cover with a leaf storm on the switch, 03:34:00.860 --> 03:34:05.460 but a sleeve powder and Polytoe is dodging everything. 03:34:05.460 --> 03:34:09.060 Good news for Alex is Incineroar stays asleep for a turn here, 03:34:09.060 --> 03:34:13.660 which means that Eduardo still is having trouble pivoting that Pokemon out and getting the momentum, 03:34:13.660 --> 03:34:17.000 but that is a huge turn for Eduardo to get that Pokemon in for free. 03:34:17.000 --> 03:34:20.800 Yeah, now this is a very pivotal one for Alex, but that last turn is not great, right? 03:34:20.800 --> 03:34:25.920 where missed an attack and make the wrong call on another one and an opportunity there is kind of 03:34:25.920 --> 03:34:29.520 wasted. But the advantage of not picking up a knockout there is that Dengar is off the field, 03:34:29.520 --> 03:34:33.600 this thing. He tried to switch as he liked if he wants to before potentially getting trapped again 03:34:33.600 --> 03:34:38.080 with a likely wake up parting shot here, probably 50-50 for the Incineroar at the end of 03:34:38.080 --> 03:34:42.720 his turn. So what Pokemon do you want to allow to potentially be trapped here? Conversely, 03:34:42.720 --> 03:34:46.400 if you could try to go for a big knockout on something, but I think that's probably 03:34:46.400 --> 03:34:49.840 pretty risky and Charles are going to come out this time to at least create some option 03:34:49.840 --> 03:34:51.880 for the drought later in the game. 03:34:51.880 --> 03:34:55.320 If you get an opportunity to switch against a parish team, 03:34:55.320 --> 03:34:57.040 you kind of want to switch. 03:34:57.040 --> 03:34:58.200 How do you get for that, Kao-Chu? 03:34:58.200 --> 03:35:00.320 Yeah, gets best of both worlds. 03:35:00.320 --> 03:35:02.320 Leafstorm connects on the polytode, 03:35:02.320 --> 03:35:05.800 picks up a one-hit KO that Pokemon goes down. 03:35:05.800 --> 03:35:09.800 Our Trilodon now gets in, but will be taking a hurting shot 03:35:09.800 --> 03:35:11.120 for its trouble. 03:35:11.120 --> 03:35:14.000 Eduardo now will be able to choose which Pokemon he 03:35:14.000 --> 03:35:15.880 wants to bring out onto the field. 03:35:15.880 --> 03:35:18.880 Most likely that Gengar is to set the trap once again 03:35:18.880 --> 03:35:21.600 or at least to prevent the sun from coming out to allow 03:35:21.600 --> 03:35:24.560 that a Venusaur again be seated there to be dealt with. 03:35:24.560 --> 03:35:26.960 I'll have to see if Adio can be a historic Jesus of God, 03:35:26.960 --> 03:35:29.440 because this is a really difficult position now. 03:35:29.440 --> 03:35:31.280 Like Gengar has been so weakened, 03:35:31.280 --> 03:35:32.720 Palatine got this one shot, 03:35:32.720 --> 03:35:35.680 and that really limits any potential end game here 03:35:35.680 --> 03:35:37.240 where you win through Parasau, right? 03:35:37.240 --> 03:35:39.560 Only one Pokemon capable on using it last, 03:35:39.560 --> 03:35:42.600 and very likely that it's going to get knocked out 03:35:42.600 --> 03:35:43.640 before that sort of like condition. 03:35:43.640 --> 03:35:45.320 So probably going to need some sort of way 03:35:45.320 --> 03:35:47.200 to actually score conventional knockouts, 03:35:47.200 --> 03:35:48.440 and that's going to be tough. 03:35:48.440 --> 03:35:50.160 We still don't know the final Pokemon, I believe, 03:35:50.160 --> 03:35:51.000 on that side of the field. 03:35:51.000 --> 03:35:52.800 You'd assume it's not Vivian, just because of the waves 03:35:52.800 --> 03:35:53.640 that's going out. 03:35:53.640 --> 03:35:55.560 So there is own Archalodon over the Swamper. 03:35:55.560 --> 03:35:57.840 Well, with the fake out onto Archalodon, 03:35:57.840 --> 03:36:00.000 that means that there will be a stamina boost. 03:36:00.000 --> 03:36:01.720 But crucially, Archalodon does not 03:36:01.720 --> 03:36:03.560 get an opportunity to move. 03:36:03.560 --> 03:36:04.880 That means that Alex is not going 03:36:04.880 --> 03:36:06.680 to be able to deal any damage this turn, 03:36:06.680 --> 03:36:09.040 as Gengar picks up the kale onto Venusaur. 03:36:09.040 --> 03:36:11.040 And if you are playing a Parish team, 03:36:11.040 --> 03:36:13.600 it is so critical that you don't fall behind 03:36:13.600 --> 03:36:14.880 in the Pokemon Count. 03:36:14.880 --> 03:36:16.120 Both of these two players are now 03:36:16.120 --> 03:36:17.680 even on the Pokemon Count. 03:36:17.680 --> 03:36:21.720 but Alex definitely with a huge momentum advantage right now. 03:36:21.720 --> 03:36:23.720 I mean, I think it's just too late for the Paris zone, right? 03:36:23.720 --> 03:36:24.720 This is not just a team. 03:36:24.720 --> 03:36:25.920 It is no longer a Paris team. 03:36:25.920 --> 03:36:27.400 Just a team. 03:36:27.400 --> 03:36:30.720 Swapford, the formerly buff going into another fantastic penalty. 03:36:30.720 --> 03:36:32.120 He's trying to suppress the pump. 03:36:32.120 --> 03:36:33.720 But Swapford looks great here, right? 03:36:33.720 --> 03:36:36.000 Where we do have some of the awkward situation 03:36:36.000 --> 03:36:37.440 in the previous game where it's like, oops, 03:36:37.440 --> 03:36:40.200 sorry, Oceladon, but at least a brief quake in here. 03:36:40.200 --> 03:36:41.200 How are you feeling about that? 03:36:41.200 --> 03:36:42.920 You just definitely can protect this, honestly, 03:36:42.920 --> 03:36:44.200 but also have the defense moves 03:36:44.200 --> 03:36:45.640 that didn't happen in the previous game. 03:36:45.640 --> 03:36:48.520 So maybe you go full set here to feel it really crazy, 03:36:48.520 --> 03:36:50.900 but there's also the opportunity to play this a little bit more 03:36:50.900 --> 03:36:52.600 slowly, of course there's just this clip on the regular 03:36:52.600 --> 03:36:55.000 swap ring, so Jager is the fastest postman on the field, 03:36:55.000 --> 03:36:57.040 but probably not threatening you one hit Kale 03:36:57.040 --> 03:36:58.320 and others postmortem. 03:36:58.320 --> 03:37:00.720 You could try to elect or shut and scale up, 03:37:00.720 --> 03:37:02.240 you think that, you know, 03:37:02.240 --> 03:37:04.040 and he's gonna try to play this a little more passively, 03:37:04.040 --> 03:37:05.640 but you're kind of like one big play 03:37:05.640 --> 03:37:07.640 for sending this to a game three after Alex. 03:37:07.640 --> 03:37:10.560 Yeah, there is the protect coming out from Incineroar 03:37:10.560 --> 03:37:12.080 on Eduardo's side. 03:37:12.080 --> 03:37:15.160 He is going to go for a parish option here, 03:37:15.160 --> 03:37:21.000 Just to at least try to keep that Archialodon from getting too far ahead with these Electro shots. 03:37:21.000 --> 03:37:26.840 So it's a timer on it so that Alex at least has to really hit the gas here and start picking up some KO's. 03:37:26.840 --> 03:37:32.280 That is going to be a special attack boost onto the Archialodon and it fires off that into the Gengar. 03:37:32.280 --> 03:37:37.880 So Gengar definitely going down here did not up for, you know, probably about 50% ish damage 03:37:37.880 --> 03:37:40.200 to either of these Pokemon with a Shadow Ball. 03:37:40.200 --> 03:37:44.120 Instead going for the Parasol to at least hopefully try to get some momentum back 03:37:44.120 --> 03:37:46.520 when one of these Pokemon has to switch out. 03:37:46.520 --> 03:37:48.460 I want to see what this final Pokemon is here. 03:37:48.460 --> 03:37:49.820 It's going to be pretty critical. 03:37:49.820 --> 03:37:50.820 It has to be Arch, right? 03:37:50.820 --> 03:37:51.820 I think so. 03:37:51.820 --> 03:37:53.900 In that scenario, you're feeling really good 03:37:53.900 --> 03:37:55.300 about this Swampert. 03:37:55.300 --> 03:37:56.460 Alex has some great options now. 03:37:56.460 --> 03:37:58.420 While these Pokemon are perished, 03:37:58.420 --> 03:38:00.420 you could try to switch with Archela now. 03:38:00.420 --> 03:38:03.420 Now, if you need to quit the boost if you wanted to, 03:38:03.420 --> 03:38:04.660 get that Drought active again. 03:38:04.660 --> 03:38:05.700 I think there's a good chance Swampert 03:38:05.700 --> 03:38:06.820 kind of just wins that adult from there. 03:38:06.820 --> 03:38:08.220 Of course, you still need to pivot it 03:38:08.220 --> 03:38:09.700 because it's also still uplifting 03:38:09.700 --> 03:38:10.500 with that Paris song. 03:38:10.500 --> 03:38:12.300 But you've got some great tools there. 03:38:12.300 --> 03:38:14.100 At this point, hey, there are no special attacks 03:38:14.100 --> 03:38:15.460 due to the special attack. 03:38:15.460 --> 03:38:17.220 I don't think people, mine's only one more turn 03:38:17.220 --> 03:38:18.060 at rage plus, right? 03:38:18.060 --> 03:38:19.820 So you don't immediately want to tip your opponent. 03:38:19.820 --> 03:38:22.300 Maybe you're willing to let one of them put down a parry spot. 03:38:22.300 --> 03:38:24.020 You could try to get some damage at first. 03:38:24.020 --> 03:38:26.780 Is that like a huge threat of the opposing special attack? 03:38:26.780 --> 03:38:28.420 Scaling, but he's trying to humiliate me. 03:38:28.420 --> 03:38:30.540 He's like, hey, no, no special attack, dude. 03:38:30.540 --> 03:38:32.060 If you click that button, it is over. 03:38:32.060 --> 03:38:34.340 Yeah, it is over if you click that button. 03:38:34.340 --> 03:38:37.140 Incineroar is continuing to protect itself 03:38:37.140 --> 03:38:40.660 just to dodge the damage coming out from sloth first. 03:38:40.660 --> 03:38:49.100 Edwardon will be able to get the special attack boost from this Electro Shop, but without the rain, he's gonna have to wait another turn for the opportunity to fire that attack off. 03:38:49.100 --> 03:38:59.380 And that just means it is going to have to tank this earthquake, and Alex will be safe and free to just protect next turn to ensure that no Pokemon takes any damage from that Electro Shop. 03:38:59.380 --> 03:39:00.520 Well, I'm not protecting. 03:39:00.520 --> 03:39:02.520 Yeah, yeah, yeah. 03:39:02.520 --> 03:39:05.520 Hey, I got a better, I know how I can trick my closer one. 03:39:05.520 --> 03:39:06.520 And it's not gonna matter. 03:39:06.520 --> 03:39:08.520 I think, yeah, whether the ball into that slot 03:39:08.520 --> 03:39:09.520 is gonna be a real back from the Archello down. 03:39:09.520 --> 03:39:10.520 And that pretty much will close it. 03:39:10.520 --> 03:39:11.520 And swap put like that. 03:39:11.520 --> 03:39:12.520 They come out of the battle here, 03:39:12.520 --> 03:39:14.520 so they can come back later and finish off. 03:39:14.520 --> 03:39:15.520 And it's gonna run in the Q's queue. 03:39:15.520 --> 03:39:16.520 But I really want play by Alex. 03:39:16.520 --> 03:39:17.520 And I think, I just played this right, too. 03:39:17.520 --> 03:39:19.520 We're like, hey, maybe he'll make a mistake 03:39:19.520 --> 03:39:20.520 and let me have this lecture shot. 03:39:20.520 --> 03:39:22.520 And he's like, I don't think I'm gonna win this 03:39:22.520 --> 03:39:23.520 playing it straight. 03:39:23.520 --> 03:39:25.520 But Alex gets the charge right at the right time. 03:39:25.520 --> 03:39:26.520 I think it's his catch. 03:39:26.520 --> 03:39:27.520 But no, it won't protect. 03:39:27.520 --> 03:39:28.520 He disagrees. 03:39:30.520 --> 03:39:32.520 Yeah, well, who knows? Who knows? Maybe this is a... 03:39:32.520 --> 03:39:34.520 Could be a fast start to get to the Pokemon of Trank. 03:39:34.520 --> 03:39:38.520 Go ahead and get the 100% opportunity to win here. 03:39:38.520 --> 03:39:43.520 The throat chop connects on to Archaladon from Alex, just giving over another Sam and Abus. 03:39:43.520 --> 03:39:46.520 So, this Incineroar is not going to be able to do basically anything. 03:39:46.520 --> 03:39:51.520 Alex has completely removed the Parish song threat from... 03:39:51.520 --> 03:39:53.520 His team! His team! 03:39:53.520 --> 03:39:55.520 But, and there's like a... 03:39:55.520 --> 03:39:57.520 Did I hear a song? 03:39:57.520 --> 03:40:05.520 It's a nervous for the Pekkin crew at their own Paris Tournament, which I guess keeps it up a little bit longer, but Charles is still facing the serve geladon now. 03:40:05.520 --> 03:40:09.520 Not no threat of an electric shot, but he's turned very special to Pekkin pretty strong here. 03:40:09.520 --> 03:40:12.520 So, you know, eventually probably going to catch it, though, not this turn. 03:40:12.520 --> 03:40:14.520 Not this turn, but eventually most likely. 03:40:14.520 --> 03:40:20.520 Eduardo taking this time here, just trying to see what opportunities he has for a game three, 03:40:20.520 --> 03:40:25.520 potentially trying to learn some information about the damage coming out from Alex's Pokemon. 03:40:25.520 --> 03:40:33.520 The Harkinshaw will allow that Archialagon to take a weather ball a little bit more safely, but it's also gaining health from the leftovers. 03:40:33.520 --> 03:40:39.520 But with Incineroar's Parish Count falling to zero, that Pokemon is now off the field and Archialagon can't do this by itself. 03:40:39.520 --> 03:40:40.520 Not in the song. 03:40:40.520 --> 03:40:42.520 Yeah, now this is not an ideal setup here. 03:40:42.520 --> 03:40:48.520 Maybe you go for it, but you've got to deal with your opposite number who's healthier than you. 03:40:48.520 --> 03:40:49.520 Plus the Chars are. 03:40:49.520 --> 03:40:51.760 Well, Swapard, who, by the time he comes in, 03:40:51.760 --> 03:40:53.920 may be a little unhappy with the amount of defense 03:40:53.920 --> 03:40:55.800 Bruce and his friends have given him the opposing air. 03:40:55.800 --> 03:40:58.400 Caledon, but still has a pretty significant type of advantage. 03:40:58.400 --> 03:41:00.800 And we don't know exactly who's going to win either. 03:41:00.800 --> 03:41:02.960 Charlotte is actually pretty decent, especially the offense. 03:41:02.960 --> 03:41:04.840 So she can take a dragon pulse pretty well. 03:41:04.840 --> 03:41:07.600 His modest nature, so perhaps that's why both players 03:41:07.600 --> 03:41:09.320 playing this way down, I don't know for sure 03:41:09.320 --> 03:41:10.400 how quick it is, relatively. 03:41:10.400 --> 03:41:12.720 So the Archeo Dot, and I do know that usually the protect 03:41:12.720 --> 03:41:14.000 there doesn't reveal it. 03:41:14.000 --> 03:41:16.120 I don't know if that was important. 03:41:16.120 --> 03:41:18.080 They still don't know for sure which of these are fast. 03:41:18.080 --> 03:41:20.920 I think, really, that he's usually at Alex's side here. 03:41:20.920 --> 03:41:22.620 But he will get the knockout, and hey, you know, 03:41:22.620 --> 03:41:25.480 I think he'll handle that history being that small, 03:41:25.480 --> 03:41:28.260 or what more that'll just find if it's set to do a game three. 03:41:28.260 --> 03:41:31.120 Yeah, I'm happy to trade a little bit of information 03:41:31.120 --> 03:41:33.720 for just a guaranteed game three here, 03:41:33.720 --> 03:41:36.680 as Alex Underhill bounces back from a game one 03:41:36.680 --> 03:41:39.920 where Eddie, it would look like he was in complete control 03:41:39.920 --> 03:41:43.040 and able to find the path out of the Paris trap 03:41:43.040 --> 03:41:44.520 this time around. 03:41:44.520 --> 03:41:46.560 Makes you wonder, is Eduardo going 03:41:46.560 --> 03:41:49.200 to try to ditch the parish this time around, 03:41:49.200 --> 03:41:52.240 but I don't know if I liked the brain matchup 03:41:52.240 --> 03:41:53.720 into the Sun Rain team, 03:41:53.720 --> 03:41:55.720 so I think he's probably stuck with it. 03:41:55.720 --> 03:41:57.520 Yeah, I think both sides will probably just run it back, 03:41:57.520 --> 03:42:00.520 right, where, well, as much as maybe you'd love not to do that, 03:42:00.520 --> 03:42:02.160 having both lost the game. 03:42:02.160 --> 03:42:04.400 Like, I don't think that you can significantly change things 03:42:04.400 --> 03:42:05.600 too much. I think Alex is probably playing 03:42:05.600 --> 03:42:06.800 it exactly how he needs to. 03:42:06.800 --> 03:42:08.320 I think, anyway, so after you can try to bring 03:42:08.320 --> 03:42:10.280 the Vivian back, once you know, 03:42:10.280 --> 03:42:11.400 you play that a little bit more forward 03:42:11.400 --> 03:42:12.640 than what we saw in the first game, 03:42:12.640 --> 03:42:15.480 but unfortunately for both of the trainers, 03:42:15.480 --> 03:42:18.360 I think this is a matchup where sleep powders can be very important, right? 03:42:18.360 --> 03:42:21.400 I think Alc's actually been fairly unlucky where he's missed some sleep powders. 03:42:21.400 --> 03:42:22.600 He's got some very short sleeps. 03:42:22.600 --> 03:42:25.000 I don't know if I want to like be too defensive. 03:42:25.000 --> 03:42:27.320 Oh, he's got a very short confuse on a hurricane. 03:42:28.040 --> 03:42:30.520 I don't know. Does that count as unlucky? I'm not so sure. 03:42:31.160 --> 03:42:34.280 But, you know, with the Venusaur has himself a game 03:42:34.920 --> 03:42:37.560 that could be very difficult for Edu to deal with there, where 03:42:37.560 --> 03:42:39.960 Venusaur probably stole the MVP of Game 2 03:42:39.960 --> 03:42:43.480 while scoring that big knockout in Palito's really blew the game open as well as 03:42:43.480 --> 03:42:45.320 controlling the early game of sleep powder. 03:42:45.320 --> 03:42:52.680 Yeah, and that is one of the risks of this sun rain team is sometimes you do have to rely on venus or having one of those games and 03:42:53.320 --> 03:42:57.560 If alex wants to advance as an undefeated player into our third round of swiss 03:42:57.560 --> 03:43:02.520 He is going to need something out of that venus or venus or is going to need to land those sleep powders 03:43:02.760 --> 03:43:09.400 And edu's pokemon are going to need to stay asleep at the same time edu needs to go back to what worked in game one 03:43:09.400 --> 03:43:12.680 and maintain control of the field. 03:43:12.680 --> 03:43:14.640 I think what really happened in that game too, 03:43:14.640 --> 03:43:16.680 losing the poly-toe was a huge moment, 03:43:16.680 --> 03:43:19.360 and definitely the moment where the game turned on its head. 03:43:19.360 --> 03:43:20.920 I'll be excited to see what the trainers need here. 03:43:20.920 --> 03:43:22.840 Because I think the first turn of a 3D game 03:43:22.840 --> 03:43:24.240 also hugely impactful. 03:43:24.240 --> 03:43:26.160 I think that video coming back out is like, hey, 03:43:26.160 --> 03:43:28.560 a center-off, get out of here. 03:43:28.560 --> 03:43:29.960 You didn't do anything in center-off. 03:43:29.960 --> 03:43:32.840 You fainted to our own Paris on. 03:43:32.840 --> 03:43:36.040 We know who the real star here is, and it's a doodle-yacht. 03:43:36.040 --> 03:43:37.240 Keep protecting your pokeball. 03:43:37.240 --> 03:43:39.000 But I think it really does change things up here, 03:43:39.000 --> 03:43:40.920 because, yeah, it wasn't just whatever it was, 03:43:40.920 --> 03:43:42.000 it's always doing it again in the game, 03:43:42.000 --> 03:43:44.000 but there's personally that read in the first turn, right? 03:43:44.000 --> 03:43:45.440 Where we sort of got the free turn 03:43:45.440 --> 03:43:47.080 by dodging that fake out, 03:43:47.080 --> 03:43:48.280 realizing the fake out wasn't coming, 03:43:48.280 --> 03:43:50.680 because dodging it more in like a metaphysical sense. 03:43:50.680 --> 03:43:52.760 But instead of this time, 03:43:52.760 --> 03:43:53.960 we get another turn, right? 03:43:53.960 --> 03:43:54.800 We'll charge our troops, 03:43:54.800 --> 03:43:56.040 if they get up all of them immediately, 03:43:56.040 --> 03:43:57.760 we'll be in sort of land a sleep powder if it goes forward. 03:43:57.760 --> 03:43:59.960 Well, maybe, well, maybe it will probably land 03:43:59.960 --> 03:44:01.120 a sleep powder if it goes forward. 03:44:01.120 --> 03:44:03.080 It's good. That's the whole game. 03:44:03.080 --> 03:44:03.920 It's good. 03:44:03.920 --> 03:44:06.120 It does not have a guaranteed sleep powder, 03:44:06.120 --> 03:44:08.080 but it most likely will, 03:44:08.080 --> 03:44:12.880 But like you mentioned, we are going running back to game one here, and like in game one, 03:44:12.880 --> 03:44:18.720 we see Gengar immediately going for the mega evolution, locking both Pokemon on the field 03:44:18.720 --> 03:44:23.360 right now, and preserving the option to switch out and lock in another Pokemon. 03:44:23.360 --> 03:44:28.400 Now it's also doing the same thing as he did in game one and two, once Mega Chávez 03:44:28.400 --> 03:44:32.400 are for this matchup, and doesn't care that it's opened up the opportunity for 03:44:32.400 --> 03:44:35.040 Pauli to switch in eventually. 03:44:35.040 --> 03:44:50.540 There is the Drought Venusaur Code on the offensive Sleep Powder and to the Bibillion, no Protects from any Pokemon on this turn though, Sleep Powder connects onto the Bibillion and goes ahead and puts that Pokemon to sleep as Edu will go ahead and launch a Parachon immediately. 03:44:50.540 --> 03:45:04.240 All Pokemon now are affected by the Parachon. Charizard goes for a Heat Wave, that's going to break Bibillion's Focus Sash, bring it down to one hit point remaining and put Gengar over 50% damage. 03:45:04.240 --> 03:45:10.740 That is a lot of damage and a big change up from game one for Vivian had to focus on the entire game. 03:45:10.740 --> 03:45:14.540 Yeah, this is a really scary turn now and a lot of different reasons, right? 03:45:14.540 --> 03:45:18.240 If Vivian is able to wake up and do something here, I think it'd be very impactful. 03:45:18.240 --> 03:45:20.740 But now the situation will even give it the chance, right? 03:45:20.740 --> 03:45:23.540 We've seen previously, Gengar can't watch out either of these Pothemines. 03:45:23.540 --> 03:45:28.740 So if you just double send it back here, you do look at the front then is Gengar switches for Palatode. 03:45:28.740 --> 03:45:30.340 That causes the turn order chain. 03:45:30.340 --> 03:45:33.940 Vivian is able to get a sleep powder off, but Vivian doesn't wake up here. 03:45:33.940 --> 03:45:35.940 Charles, I just want you to keep away with challenge. 03:45:35.940 --> 03:45:37.940 Doesn't look like I have a ton of incentive to do anything. 03:45:37.940 --> 03:45:40.940 I don't like you really need to catch Callitope that badly. 03:45:40.940 --> 03:45:43.940 It's out to just be that close, really great turn for him there. 03:45:43.940 --> 03:45:46.940 Colin Gingar not protecting for the first time as a match-up for him. 03:45:46.940 --> 03:45:52.940 Well, Gingar is going to retreat as Lardo brings in the polytode instead. 03:45:52.940 --> 03:45:58.940 That does at least temporarily lift the trap here as Zillian slows ahead and seeps one more turn. 03:45:58.940 --> 03:46:03.940 Weatherball from Charizard connects onto the polytope just a little bit of damage 03:46:03.940 --> 03:46:06.940 while now VSR is able to fire off a sludge bomb. 03:46:06.940 --> 03:46:12.940 Will pick up the KO onto the Vizilion, but crucially allows Ivy to bring back in the Gengar. 03:46:12.940 --> 03:46:16.940 Both Charizard and VSR are now down to two on their parish count. 03:46:16.940 --> 03:46:19.940 Gengar comes in here, will continue to trap them. 03:46:19.940 --> 03:46:24.940 Double protector brings them down to one. Alex gets one chance to swing at Edu. 03:46:24.940 --> 03:46:41.940 Yeah, I mean, I know it's a little bit bad there, but it is definitely not, it's a little dark middle ground yet, where it's still a little bit awkward, where you really want to give up the people, you want to get because HP could still matter, but we finally see the pure Paris strap approach to this game, right, where, hey, you know, I have to sacrifice the Pokemon, that's a bummer, but that's a shock, right? 03:46:41.940 --> 03:46:43.940 Just there to slow things down. 03:46:43.940 --> 03:46:46.940 Going to need to make a lot of value in that last turn 03:46:46.940 --> 03:46:48.940 and probably just going to switch out here 03:46:48.940 --> 03:46:50.940 to see what comes in here to be our Cali down. 03:46:50.940 --> 03:46:52.940 So a very interesting final Pokemon here. 03:46:52.940 --> 03:46:54.940 Going to try to sneak in on a turn 03:46:54.940 --> 03:46:57.940 where maybe he thinks that that attack is either not going to be target 03:46:57.940 --> 03:46:58.940 or we'll be trying to with weaker attacks 03:46:58.940 --> 03:47:01.940 that will help boost that defensive ability. 03:47:01.940 --> 03:47:05.940 At minimum, you need to have some kind of offensive pressure 03:47:05.940 --> 03:47:07.940 coming out on this next turn. 03:47:07.940 --> 03:47:09.940 It's just the least storm on the switches 03:47:09.940 --> 03:47:12.940 and so only deals a little bit of damage to the Archeladon. 03:47:12.940 --> 03:47:15.860 Hit the scam and the boost for presumably the swamper 03:47:15.860 --> 03:47:18.860 into the back as a previous game. 03:47:18.860 --> 03:47:20.060 Yeah, that could be huge, right? 03:47:20.060 --> 03:47:22.100 I think that's a really big mistake where 03:47:22.100 --> 03:47:23.500 that was the Leafs storm. 03:47:23.500 --> 03:47:25.060 It does a lot of bad things there, right? 03:47:25.060 --> 03:47:26.660 The boosted defense on the Archeladon. 03:47:26.660 --> 03:47:27.860 I mean, that's a bummer at all. 03:47:27.860 --> 03:47:29.780 But the play here at Adiosize, you're probably 03:47:29.780 --> 03:47:31.860 going to switch this game back after the Palatode, right? 03:47:31.860 --> 03:47:34.220 We're something that Leafs still not doing so much. 03:47:34.220 --> 03:47:36.060 You're no longer expecting that one hit pay-all 03:47:36.060 --> 03:47:38.420 on the Palatode that you were at the previous game 03:47:38.420 --> 03:47:40.580 Or I could stick around a little while longer, 03:47:40.580 --> 03:47:42.020 maybe create some more problems. 03:47:42.020 --> 03:47:44.020 And the Tartalladon's also in a pretty safe spot here. 03:47:44.020 --> 03:47:45.540 Maybe you could put the sleep instead, 03:47:45.540 --> 03:47:46.900 because you're not collecting all the damage. 03:47:46.900 --> 03:47:49.180 But you don't get the three-electar shot here. 03:47:49.180 --> 03:47:51.420 I think I'd really like that if I'm at the inside of the field, 03:47:51.420 --> 03:47:54.380 where going for that big zone instead of a sleep powder run 03:47:54.380 --> 03:47:57.020 could really wind up causing some problems. 03:47:57.020 --> 03:47:57.820 Absolutely. 03:47:57.820 --> 03:47:59.340 And the Tartalladon doesn't even 03:47:59.340 --> 03:48:01.820 need to go on the offensive here to pick up KO's, 03:48:01.820 --> 03:48:05.220 because both of these players are on their final turn of carrot. 03:48:05.220 --> 03:48:09.460 who has the opportunity to just go for a protect, but instead no protect coming out, 03:48:09.460 --> 03:48:14.100 Polytoad tanks this hurricane on the switch and going to be able to heal back up with its 03:48:14.100 --> 03:48:20.020 citrus fairy, brings it back over 50% and the sleeve powder connects onto the Polytoad as well. 03:48:20.020 --> 03:48:24.660 That means that Archialodon gets a turn to go for a boost with this electro shock. 03:48:24.660 --> 03:48:27.940 Both of these Pokemon are fainting at the end of this turn, regardless, 03:48:27.940 --> 03:48:33.780 but Eduardo gets away with everything, a stamina boost and a special attack boost. 03:48:33.780 --> 03:48:37.540 both of which are going to be critical at breaking through, presumably, 03:48:37.540 --> 03:48:40.340 the Swampert and Archeladon in the back for Alex. 03:48:40.340 --> 03:48:42.980 That really interesting choice you're making, Alex, is that, so I think, 03:48:42.980 --> 03:48:45.860 like we've got exactly what we expected there, so I think the benefit of your 03:48:45.860 --> 03:48:47.940 Alex, and it's like, hey, like, yes. 03:48:47.940 --> 03:48:51.140 So I'm probably going to have to give up this electroshot move to the Archeladon, 03:48:51.140 --> 03:48:53.940 but the advantage of this is that I have a very high chance of 03:48:53.940 --> 03:48:56.580 putting the Pokemon next to Archeladon to sleep. 03:48:56.580 --> 03:49:00.340 I didn't get to use any sleep print there, so we'll not wake up with the following turn. 03:49:00.340 --> 03:49:01.900 by not knocking at Palatode. 03:49:01.900 --> 03:49:03.500 I don't give a free switch to Kintar, 03:49:03.500 --> 03:49:05.940 which potentially I don't want to do as well. 03:49:05.940 --> 03:49:07.940 Instead, our challenger is having to watch the crowd. 03:49:07.940 --> 03:49:11.100 Walker's going to come in here, do his stuff to help out as well. 03:49:11.100 --> 03:49:12.980 And maybe things will reverse you a little bit, right? 03:49:12.980 --> 03:49:16.140 Where the defense moves again, potentially being impactful. 03:49:16.140 --> 03:49:17.740 Edu has one, Alex does not. 03:49:17.740 --> 03:49:19.700 And being ahead here with that swapper, 03:49:19.700 --> 03:49:21.500 maybe while he earthquake all of you, our challenger, 03:49:21.500 --> 03:49:23.300 going to make a big difference. 03:49:23.300 --> 03:49:24.900 Also kind of makes a situation here 03:49:24.900 --> 03:49:26.780 where it's nearly impossible for Edu 03:49:26.780 --> 03:49:28.180 to try to switch to Palatode, right? 03:49:28.180 --> 03:49:33.140 like yeah it's so risky where now Alice is in the position right like you try to 03:49:33.140 --> 03:49:36.540 talk to her. If you start Jaladon you maybe hope that you get a long sleep on the 03:49:36.540 --> 03:49:39.660 polytode you can isolate that slot. You're definitely going to electric shot 03:49:39.660 --> 03:49:42.860 something maybe picking it from back at the polytode will have to see. Well 03:49:42.860 --> 03:49:46.220 that's the electric shot so Alex can start catching up to Eduardo's 03:49:46.220 --> 03:49:50.580 at her Jaladon special attack boost. The electric shot is going to fire off 03:49:50.580 --> 03:49:55.860 into the polytode pretty clean KO there as polytode goes down. That 03:49:55.860 --> 03:50:00.540 That means that Eddy will be able to bring in the Mega Gengar on this next turn, but 03:50:00.540 --> 03:50:05.700 Eddy is also trying to keep those special attack boosts up, getting a second special 03:50:05.700 --> 03:50:09.140 attack boost from the Electro Shot that's only going to deal a little bit of damage 03:50:09.140 --> 03:50:12.020 to the Archaladon which does resist this attack. 03:50:12.020 --> 03:50:16.660 It doesn't have the best special defense though, so after two boosts, feeling not 03:50:16.660 --> 03:50:21.700 insignificant damage and making the Swampert have to go for the Ice Punch which is 03:50:21.700 --> 03:50:22.700 way weaker than Earthquake. 03:50:22.700 --> 03:50:30.700 Earthquake. Really if you use that freeze there doesn't get it going to make it even more tanky against proper future attacks. Also then like your chat boosts the stage, right? 03:50:30.700 --> 03:50:34.700 What's the point where it can knock out either of these Pokemon Dragon Pulse anyway? Yeah. 03:50:34.700 --> 03:50:40.700 Do a little chip damage, which would be great. Maybe you need one, you know, EWO boost. You knock out that one month boost. 03:50:40.700 --> 03:50:44.700 Knocked out that Archeladon with Dragon Pulse, but you know, regardless you need the boost anyway, right? 03:50:44.700 --> 03:50:49.700 There's a lot of pretty little Pokemon, some of them live and non-megaes, so powerful. So that ramp is going to be important. 03:50:49.700 --> 03:50:52.900 important and well getting your channel attack not going to make it to big 03:50:52.900 --> 03:50:55.860 difference anymore it is the quickest book one that deals like with some 03:50:55.860 --> 03:50:59.220 significant damage to either of these Pokemon already strong at the archel 03:50:59.220 --> 03:51:02.740 down despite the nature the archer shot from the opposing archel down 03:51:02.740 --> 03:51:06.740 super well so a double up in these Pokemon could be enough yeah a double up 03:51:06.740 --> 03:51:10.940 onto either of these two Pokemon should be enough to pick up a KO so either 03:51:10.940 --> 03:51:15.620 archel around or slumber both are in breath right now and there's really no 03:51:15.620 --> 03:51:19.420 way to get around it not better than making a call here that he was going 03:51:19.420 --> 03:51:23.340 to try to stall that out by going for a protect on the Gengar. 03:51:23.340 --> 03:51:24.760 But not a double protect. 03:51:24.760 --> 03:51:27.500 Our Dalgona is going to try to go on the offensive here, 03:51:27.500 --> 03:51:30.500 tanks that dragon pulse for good damage, 03:51:30.500 --> 03:51:32.020 and another electric shot. 03:51:32.020 --> 03:51:36.340 Eduardo is trying to just get as many boosts as possible here. 03:51:36.340 --> 03:51:38.340 That gives Alex another opportunity 03:51:38.340 --> 03:51:41.300 to potentially get a freeze on that Pokemon with an ice 03:51:41.300 --> 03:51:44.140 punch, or maybe even just try to pick up the damage 03:51:44.140 --> 03:51:45.220 with an earthquake. 03:51:45.220 --> 03:51:47.980 Art still hangs on just barely there. 03:51:47.980 --> 03:52:03.980 We'll be able to take another electroshot this time around as the wave crashes the choice into the Gengar and the protect preventing that from having any effect here and now Eduardo is in the perfect position to clean this up and go undefeated into round three. 03:52:03.980 --> 03:52:10.980 Yeah, and it's definitely still a global game where if you can find a way to keep your own Gengar knocked out here by the Swampert maybe like double into Archon Miss it or something. 03:52:10.980 --> 03:52:12.980 You know, Swampford knocks out Gen-Garvey, 03:52:12.980 --> 03:52:14.980 Chalodon and Alex that maybe can pull it off, 03:52:14.980 --> 03:52:16.980 but it's really tense now. 03:52:16.980 --> 03:52:18.980 Eddie's done a great job of pulling this one back 03:52:18.980 --> 03:52:20.980 from an awkward-looking beginning of the game. 03:52:20.980 --> 03:52:22.980 Game two didn't go quite the way you wanted, 03:52:22.980 --> 03:52:24.980 but both trainers are close now. 03:52:24.980 --> 03:52:26.980 We're right on the edge of this one. 03:52:26.980 --> 03:52:28.980 Absolutely. Both of these trainers are so close 03:52:28.980 --> 03:52:30.980 to winning this game three. 03:52:30.980 --> 03:52:32.980 It's going to come down to if 03:52:32.980 --> 03:52:34.980 Eddie is able to make the correct targets 03:52:34.980 --> 03:52:38.980 or if Alex is able to sneak in a KO here. 03:52:38.980 --> 03:52:48.980 Getting a third electroshop boost that might be enough to make Archialodon able to pick up the KO onto Swampert with the Shadow Ball now collecting onto the Archialodon from Gengar. 03:52:48.980 --> 03:52:50.980 That's enough to pick up the KO here. 03:52:50.980 --> 03:52:53.980 The Dragonfall is enough to KO the Swampert here. 03:52:53.980 --> 03:52:56.980 There will be no opportunity for Alex to have one here. 03:52:56.980 --> 03:52:57.980 Not quite enough. 03:52:57.980 --> 03:53:06.980 14% hit points and Earthquake would be enough to pick up the Gengar and potentially get a crit, but instead just going for the wave crash onto Gengar, 03:53:06.980 --> 03:53:11.080 Nothing that goes on out and now that you should be able to lock this one up 03:53:11.780 --> 03:53:13.780 Now almost get a little exciting there 03:53:14.300 --> 03:53:16.800 Protected that arch you could have been a little bit different, but I 03:53:19.300 --> 03:53:24.300 Exciting hatching both of these craters easily have gone either way really interesting matchup 03:53:24.300 --> 03:53:29.620 I don't think I've seen these teams play against each other before so early a treat to get to see the masters of these archetypes facing 03:53:29.620 --> 03:53:32.860 Yeah, and you know gonna feel a little bad for what this was are you stressed? 03:53:32.860 --> 03:53:36.180 I'm stressed watching these four guys like play around to a long day 03:53:36.180 --> 03:53:44.180 Yeah, it could never be me piling especially edu's team having to think so far ahead on each of those games 03:53:44.700 --> 03:53:50.020 You know, this is why most players have opted not to bring a team in this style 03:53:50.020 --> 03:53:52.980 It does take a lot of mental energy 03:53:52.980 --> 03:53:55.820 But if anyone's going to be able to do it here 03:53:55.820 --> 03:54:00.700 It would be the player who won his world championships going completely undefeated 03:54:00.700 --> 03:54:03.240 And I think we gotta shout out Gengar a little bit too, right? 03:54:03.240 --> 03:54:05.640 I think it's kind of been one of those Pokemon, 03:54:05.640 --> 03:54:07.240 it's a Trodinger's Pokemon a little bit here. 03:54:07.240 --> 03:54:09.340 We've been talking about Gengar since Pokemon Champions 03:54:09.340 --> 03:54:10.240 released, right? 03:54:10.240 --> 03:54:12.320 Did immediately win at events in Europe 03:54:12.320 --> 03:54:13.520 with a very Paris Trap-based team. 03:54:13.520 --> 03:54:14.920 And based on that, you might think, oh, 03:54:14.920 --> 03:54:17.000 Gengar's been a big presence on this game 03:54:17.000 --> 03:54:18.200 for the entirety of its life. 03:54:18.200 --> 03:54:19.080 And you would be wrong. 03:54:19.080 --> 03:54:20.160 You would be so wrong. 03:54:20.160 --> 03:54:21.440 And we've been talking about, oh, yeah. 03:54:21.440 --> 03:54:22.320 Traping's really good. 03:54:22.320 --> 03:54:23.600 Gengar's going to be a big thing. 03:54:23.600 --> 03:54:26.240 And then we basically haven't seen it at all since Trin. 03:54:26.240 --> 03:54:28.120 Like, again, you know, Edward had been playing this 03:54:28.120 --> 03:54:29.040 at Grassroots events. 03:54:29.040 --> 03:54:32.200 like we knew a few players had it, but it just not really be a thing at all. 03:54:32.200 --> 03:54:37.720 Right. Him and Marco. Yeah. Michael. Right. And that's basically been it. 03:54:37.960 --> 03:54:40.600 I mean, like, hey, you know, it's, I think it's easily the most difficult 03:54:40.600 --> 03:54:43.920 Pokemon in the format to use. So perhaps not so shocking that we're only 03:54:43.920 --> 03:54:46.520 seeing like the trainers are known as being the very best at the best, 03:54:46.520 --> 03:54:49.680 especially from like a technical gameplay perspective, opting to go for 03:54:49.680 --> 03:54:52.280 this Pokemon. But you see how it works, what it works, right? 03:54:52.760 --> 03:54:55.840 Perhaps you also see how easily it could not have worked and how 03:54:55.840 --> 03:54:58.440 things could have gone so wrong with even one mistake from over the 03:54:58.440 --> 03:55:00.160 force of the end of those games there. 03:55:00.160 --> 03:55:01.920 So, hey, hopefully both these traders 03:55:01.920 --> 03:55:03.760 get a chance to catch their breath after that one. 03:55:03.760 --> 03:55:04.120 Yeah. 03:55:04.120 --> 03:55:06.080 What an incredible match, but what a stressful one. 03:55:06.080 --> 03:55:07.920 Yeah, I really enjoyed that matchup. 03:55:07.920 --> 03:55:10.880 I'm going to have so much fun going back and rewatching this one. 03:55:10.880 --> 03:55:12.600 I'm really excited for Ben's segment 03:55:12.600 --> 03:55:16.080 and just a little bit as well to dive deep into these teams 03:55:16.080 --> 03:55:17.920 and how they matched up against each other. 03:55:17.920 --> 03:55:19.200 And you're right. 03:55:19.200 --> 03:55:22.040 Gengar, despite most players raiding it 03:55:22.040 --> 03:55:24.600 in sort of the top tier of Megas, 03:55:24.600 --> 03:55:27.520 consistently from the start of Champions, 03:55:27.520 --> 03:55:29.260 The conversation around that Pokemon 03:55:29.260 --> 03:55:31.320 heading into the World Champions was like, 03:55:31.320 --> 03:55:33.020 but is anyone really going to bring it? 03:55:33.020 --> 03:55:34.900 Like is anyone really putting in the work 03:55:34.900 --> 03:55:36.360 on Gengar to figure it out? 03:55:36.360 --> 03:55:40.540 Because it is a dominant Pokemon when you put in the work 03:55:40.540 --> 03:55:42.560 and you need to put in so much work 03:55:42.560 --> 03:55:43.640 to make it work for you. 03:55:43.640 --> 03:55:45.400 Yeah, I mean, I think I'm actually a little more scared 03:55:45.400 --> 03:55:47.120 for Gengar after watching it win, 03:55:47.120 --> 03:55:48.880 not because of a run power perspective at all, 03:55:48.880 --> 03:55:51.480 obviously, like it's the one we all saw. 03:55:51.480 --> 03:55:52.920 We're all here together, Chas. 03:55:52.920 --> 03:55:54.800 But I think specifically just because of like, 03:55:54.800 --> 03:55:56.560 I'm only half joking about distress, right? 03:55:56.560 --> 03:56:02.480 that was a very difficult game to play and if every game that I do plays is 03:56:02.480 --> 03:56:06.520 going to be just like that that's going to be very difficult by the time we get 03:56:06.520 --> 03:56:09.720 to tomorrow afternoon if you play so well as to get to tomorrow afternoon 03:56:09.720 --> 03:56:13.000 right I'm gonna play a lot of Swiss rounds just to give a top cut I believe 03:56:13.000 --> 03:56:16.400 we've got a like a dozen rounds before they even get to the elimination 03:56:16.400 --> 03:56:21.200 bracket it's just it's going to be as much a battle of his own endurance as 03:56:21.200 --> 03:56:23.840 the endurance of his Pokemon trying to survive the battle long enough in 03:56:23.840 --> 03:56:25.280 to let the Parasite go off. 03:56:25.280 --> 03:56:28.400 Yeah, 100% in endurance battle when you're playing a team 03:56:28.400 --> 03:56:30.400 like a Paras Trap team. 03:56:30.400 --> 03:56:32.160 Hopefully, if you're a fan of Eddie, 03:56:32.160 --> 03:56:35.080 you're cheering for him to get a couple of rain mode games 03:56:35.080 --> 03:56:38.960 in to take a break in between the Paras games. 03:56:38.960 --> 03:56:41.400 But got to shout out Alex as well, 03:56:41.400 --> 03:56:45.000 really showed his understanding of this dual weather team. 03:56:45.000 --> 03:56:46.800 He was one of the first players to come out 03:56:46.800 --> 03:56:50.040 and win an online tournament using this style of team. 03:56:50.040 --> 03:56:52.080 One of the players that was known for this style. 03:56:52.080 --> 03:56:58.040 You could see exactly why because he was shown that even though things looked really bad in game one 03:56:58.040 --> 03:57:04.160 He made the correct adjustments in game two and made that game three still feel competitive throughout the end game 03:57:04.160 --> 03:57:08.760 But like you mentioned at the end it looked kind of over but it was still a throwable game 03:57:08.760 --> 03:57:13.800 Alex kept himself in it and kept himself having an opportunity to win no matter what I feel a little bad for him too 03:57:13.800 --> 03:57:19.040 I think he played the right lines right but it's kind of a bummer from Alex you see if you're playing as a mega gingers 03:57:19.040 --> 03:57:20.600 And I don't get to do anything. 03:57:20.600 --> 03:57:22.480 It's like, well, I either led the right Pokemon 03:57:22.480 --> 03:57:24.080 or I didn't, and then I kind of just 03:57:24.080 --> 03:57:25.560 have to hit buttons after that. 03:57:25.560 --> 03:57:26.400 I can't switch. 03:57:26.400 --> 03:57:29.680 I'm losing kind of the critical elements of what makes 03:57:29.680 --> 03:57:32.200 you good at VGC, which is positioning. 03:57:32.200 --> 03:57:33.760 Well, my opponent gets to position. 03:57:33.760 --> 03:57:35.200 I'm just trying not to make errors. 03:57:35.200 --> 03:57:36.360 My opponent gets to play. 03:57:36.360 --> 03:57:36.860 Yeah. 03:57:36.860 --> 03:57:38.040 And it's slow, frustrating. 03:57:38.040 --> 03:57:39.680 I just sit this down, and they want to show off 03:57:39.680 --> 03:57:40.180 all your prep. 03:57:40.180 --> 03:57:42.040 It's like, yep, I'm clicking sleep power 03:57:42.040 --> 03:57:44.000 because that is the correct thing for me to do. 03:57:44.000 --> 03:57:45.200 I thought the heat wave in particular 03:57:45.200 --> 03:57:46.960 was really nice in our game as well as 03:57:46.960 --> 03:57:53.960 gutsy. Eating the fake out not happening in game two. So I think Alex played really well. Just again it's hard to look good when you're in good shadow attack. 03:57:53.960 --> 03:57:59.960 Yeah absolutely and that's going to be something that we're going to have to see if that follows Edu throughout the rest of this tournament. 03:57:59.960 --> 03:58:11.960 He's going to have plenty of matches to go like you mentioned before he's going to be able to make it into either day two or into the top cut or all the way to the finals on championship Sunday with a hope to repeat as world champion. 03:58:11.960 --> 03:58:18.040 the first time someone would be able to repeat in the Masters division since Ray Rizzo back in 2011, 03:58:18.040 --> 03:58:22.360 who won a second and then 2012 when he won his third. Yeah, just a couple of years ago. 03:58:22.920 --> 03:58:26.360 The view. Time to change a little bit since the two really do not get maybe. I mean, 03:58:26.360 --> 03:58:29.720 this tournament is huge now, right? And the main thing is change again is that endurance, 03:58:29.720 --> 03:58:33.800 right? Where Ray won six rounds of Swiss before the top cut bracket, I believe, 03:58:33.800 --> 03:58:38.520 at least the last two years, I did probably all three of them. And, you know, nowadays, 03:58:38.520 --> 03:58:40.260 That doesn't even get you to day one, right? 03:58:40.260 --> 03:58:43.940 You need six wins and two losses just to move on to tomorrow 03:58:43.940 --> 03:58:45.600 where you would then need to go undefeated 03:58:45.600 --> 03:58:47.660 because you would have to losses. 03:58:47.660 --> 03:58:51.180 I believe that Edd is really showing his ability 03:58:51.180 --> 03:58:52.020 to do this already. 03:58:52.020 --> 03:58:53.380 Again, has run in London, 03:58:53.380 --> 03:58:56.380 to be the most impressive that we've ever seen. 03:58:56.380 --> 03:58:57.780 I really don't think it was possible 03:58:57.780 --> 03:58:59.740 to win an entire World Championships 03:58:59.740 --> 03:59:01.500 in the modern era going undefeated. 03:59:01.500 --> 03:59:04.440 It is just so long and there is just so much 03:59:04.440 --> 03:59:08.920 in each individual turn of each game of Pokemon 03:59:08.920 --> 03:59:12.160 that to go undefeated is really wild. 03:59:12.160 --> 03:59:14.400 And even to make it to the top cut, 03:59:14.400 --> 03:59:19.080 going X and two is a monumental achievement in Pokemon now. 03:59:19.080 --> 03:59:21.280 Yeah, obviously, he dropped some games along the way, 03:59:21.280 --> 03:59:22.440 but I mean, just think about it, right? 03:59:22.440 --> 03:59:24.120 He's the best players in the world, right? 03:59:24.120 --> 03:59:25.960 If you're playing in the ladder, it's like, okay, 03:59:25.960 --> 03:59:28.160 now you've got to win 20 games in a row. 03:59:28.160 --> 03:59:30.160 Like, most of us haven't done that, 03:59:30.160 --> 03:59:32.880 let alone against players of this caliber, 03:59:32.880 --> 03:59:35.340 Let alone, you know, he doesn't get breaks, right? 03:59:35.340 --> 03:59:37.520 You're gonna go, go, go, go, enjoy your five minutes 03:59:37.520 --> 03:59:39.160 between matches before you gotta do it again. 03:59:39.160 --> 03:59:41.520 And it's just so difficult to stay locked in, 03:59:41.520 --> 03:59:43.760 to not make errors, especially getting people like this one. 03:59:43.760 --> 03:59:45.360 It's just so easy for that to happen. 03:59:45.360 --> 03:59:46.920 Yeah, very error-prone teams. 03:59:46.920 --> 03:59:48.720 It can be if you are not ready 03:59:48.720 --> 03:59:50.240 and with all of your prep. 03:59:50.240 --> 03:59:51.720 But the man who was ready 03:59:51.720 --> 03:59:54.080 and with all of his prep is Eduardo Cunha, 03:59:54.080 --> 03:59:56.920 our 2022 World Champion. 03:59:56.920 --> 03:59:59.320 And he's ready to tell you all about that last match 03:59:59.320 --> 04:00:01.320 and the rest of the tournament to come. 04:00:32.880 --> 04:00:35.400 So yeah, what made you feel confident in it for the tournament? 04:00:35.680 --> 04:00:39.920 So obviously my comfort with the team helps but I also feel like the you know 04:00:39.920 --> 04:00:42.600 The team was kind of built to beat a lot of the common teams 04:00:42.600 --> 04:00:46.700 And I feel like the format hasn't changed too much as like there were a few teams that popped up 04:00:46.700 --> 04:00:48.360 But then they kind of disappeared 04:00:48.360 --> 04:00:50.640 So I feel like into them like the strongest teams 04:00:50.640 --> 04:00:56.160 It's really good as the problem is like some you know we're to say stuff like like like the sand team that was going 04:00:56.160 --> 04:01:00.480 Around that match is a bit tricky, but I saw that for worlds people weren't really liking it too much 04:01:00.480 --> 04:01:02.480 So I thought it was a good opportunity to bring it back 04:01:02.880 --> 04:01:05.380 And of course you went up against the dual weather team. 04:01:05.380 --> 04:01:06.800 That's been quite popular. 04:01:06.800 --> 04:01:08.600 Lot of sleep powders thrown left and right. 04:01:08.600 --> 04:01:09.560 How did that matchup feel? 04:01:09.560 --> 04:01:11.040 Felt really tense, especially with Alex 04:01:11.040 --> 04:01:13.000 bringing a regular swamper here and there. 04:01:13.000 --> 04:01:15.160 Yeah, actually I faced them a little bit 04:01:15.160 --> 04:01:18.040 on laddering practice, and I think the matchup 04:01:18.040 --> 04:01:20.160 comes down a lot to like the turn of one. 04:01:20.160 --> 04:01:22.920 How like, well, it ends up coming out, 04:01:22.920 --> 04:01:24.160 coming down less than I thought, 04:01:24.160 --> 04:01:25.600 because I felt like if I got it wrong, 04:01:25.600 --> 04:01:27.160 I was in a really complicated position. 04:01:27.160 --> 04:01:28.720 I kind of got it wrong game three, 04:01:28.720 --> 04:01:30.400 because I was checking not to mega. 04:01:30.400 --> 04:01:32.400 Because if a lot of people in practice 04:01:32.400 --> 04:01:35.860 would not mega evolve the Charizard scouting my double protect so then they 04:01:35.860 --> 04:01:40.620 couldn't mega evolve no problem so I was expecting to do that and my quest 04:01:40.620 --> 04:01:43.220 punishment sometimes like to sleep out a parish so I'm gonna need to protect you 04:01:43.220 --> 04:01:46.220 both I really punished that I was expecting that kind of went all in 04:01:46.220 --> 04:01:51.220 maybe I should have found a better mid ground but in the end I was able to 04:01:51.220 --> 04:01:55.460 like pivot back in perish the trap the those those Venus are in the 04:01:55.460 --> 04:01:59.300 Charizard and but it took like some some careful maneuvering and I think 04:01:59.300 --> 04:02:05.300 I think that's a power of Ferris still, is that it can create a lot of positions where you just click on a song and you switch out. 04:02:05.300 --> 04:02:07.300 And if they KO something, you bring it back in, they're trapped. 04:02:07.300 --> 04:02:10.300 If they don't, they're still forced to switch and you can capitalize on it. 04:02:10.300 --> 04:02:16.300 So, I felt like I was still in an okay position even if Viviana didn't KO, and there was a chance I could wake up as well. 04:02:16.300 --> 04:02:22.300 So I feel like the odds are kind of in my favor, and it also goes for the sleep outer work, because I have compound eyes and he doesn't. 04:02:22.300 --> 04:02:28.300 I also have Hurricane that wanted to KO them, and well, they have focus as well, but it does a lot more damage, so it's much easier to finish it off afterwards. 04:02:28.300 --> 04:02:38.300 So I feel like I have a slight advantage against the Venusaur with the Vivian, but at the same time, if they have the speed advantage with the floor fill, so I have to be careful with the weather management, I think that's what it comes down to. 04:02:38.300 --> 04:02:44.300 Absolutely. I think you were the last round to finish that last one, so let you go, but before any final words for thank yous that you want to say? 04:02:44.300 --> 04:02:45.500 you want to say? 04:02:45.500 --> 04:02:48.860 Main thank you is going to be to my son, Lucas, my wife, 04:02:48.860 --> 04:02:51.260 Katerina as well, my whole family, 04:02:51.260 --> 04:02:52.700 and my friends have been helping me. 04:02:52.700 --> 04:02:55.140 Francesco Pardini has been helping me so much. 04:02:55.140 --> 04:02:59.860 All of Team Aqua and Gaspaccio, also a special shout out 04:02:59.860 --> 04:03:06.820 to Luca Lucignoli, Ruben Gianzini, and Luca Ciarivelli 04:03:06.820 --> 04:03:08.020 they're in a rough spot right now. 04:03:08.020 --> 04:03:11.020 And I hope you figure things out and we're with you. 04:03:11.020 --> 04:03:12.460 Oh, Edie, it's great to see you back here 04:03:12.460 --> 04:03:13.180 on the world stage. 04:03:13.180 --> 04:03:20.180 Congratulations and best of luck in the rest of the tournament. 04:03:20.180 --> 04:03:21.180 Welcome back, Trainers. 04:03:21.180 --> 04:03:24.780 We're here to break down some battles, but we don't have too much time to break down 04:03:24.780 --> 04:03:29.580 some battles this time, because as Aaron said, we've got our next round getting kicked off. 04:03:29.580 --> 04:03:33.700 But before we get into the little bit of time that we've got to talk about these 04:03:33.700 --> 04:03:37.180 teams that we just witnessed here, Gaby and I, we've got a little bit of an update 04:03:37.180 --> 04:03:39.180 for you on the Twitch jobs. 04:03:39.180 --> 04:03:44.180 there's been a couple of issues, I think, for a few players trying to get their drops for this weekend. 04:03:44.180 --> 04:03:48.180 But don't worry about half an hour's time from now, 1pm PT. 04:03:48.180 --> 04:03:53.180 We're going to be seeing a little bit of an update to, I don't know what happens behind the scenes, 04:03:53.180 --> 04:03:56.180 but there's some magic that's going to happen to hopefully get that fixed. 04:03:56.180 --> 04:03:59.180 Yeah, so they'll be pushing an update in about a half hour's time. 04:03:59.180 --> 04:04:04.180 So thank you so much for your patience. Please stay tuned and we'll be getting you that update as soon as we can. 04:04:04.180 --> 04:04:06.180 So again, thank you so much for your patience. 04:04:06.180 --> 04:04:32.180 that battle because that was such an exciting matchup. And I think we saw, you know, really the creator and the master of this dual weather team, this Charizard, who is honestly the most powerful Pokemon on a rain team, really try his best against the rain team to beat, I think, coming into this tournament and put better way to see it piloted by the creator of the team himself. 04:04:32.180 --> 04:04:36.180 itself. Yeah, Alex has been 04:04:36.180 --> 04:04:37.180 on this this sort of archetype 04:04:37.180 --> 04:04:40.180 was one of the people that 04:04:40.180 --> 04:04:41.180 actually got this got this 04:04:41.180 --> 04:04:42.180 archetype set up and is like, 04:04:42.180 --> 04:04:43.180 Hey, hang on a second. How do 04:04:43.180 --> 04:04:45.180 I? How do I actually make the 04:04:45.180 --> 04:04:47.180 rain team composition work as 04:04:47.180 --> 04:04:48.180 like her? Maybe the answer is 04:04:48.180 --> 04:04:50.180 son. I don't know. Like this 04:04:50.180 --> 04:04:52.180 is definitely a very 04:04:52.180 --> 04:04:54.180 different take on playing 04:04:54.180 --> 04:04:55.180 Charizard where it kind of 04:04:55.180 --> 04:04:57.180 feels like it's come as a 04:04:57.180 --> 04:04:58.180 secondary part of the team 04:04:58.180 --> 04:05:00.180 rather than the primary. But 04:05:00.180 --> 04:05:01.180 I mean, you wouldn't know 04:05:01.180 --> 04:05:10.580 And so the way that this works, I love this composition where you've got the combination of quite a few different ways that this team can play together. 04:05:10.580 --> 04:05:16.100 So of course, you've got Pelopon, you've got Archanadon, you've got Megaswamper, and you've got Grimsnar, right? 04:05:16.100 --> 04:05:17.780 You can put all of those together. 04:05:17.780 --> 04:05:24.780 You've got the Grimsnar with its parting shot, making sure the rain's set up, making sure that electro shots going off with the Archanadon, 04:05:24.780 --> 04:05:27.580 setting up the Swift Swing for the Swamper. 04:05:27.580 --> 04:05:30.940 So if you're not against the Charizard even if you are against the Charizard 04:05:30.940 --> 04:05:35.460 Yeah, you can you can feel it you can flex that rain mode and especially as well 04:05:35.700 --> 04:05:38.860 This light screen and reflect oh, yeah from the Grim snarl 04:05:39.340 --> 04:05:43.140 Especially I think our challah doll is definitely one of the best users of it 04:05:43.140 --> 04:05:46.340 But yeah big shout outs to big boy Swamper because you know 04:05:46.340 --> 04:05:49.380 He's like he's really bulky when it comes down to it 04:05:49.380 --> 04:05:54.340 If you ain't hitting them with a grass type move with a light screen or reflect maybe sometimes even if you are hitting it 04:05:54.340 --> 04:05:55.740 with a grass type move, right? 04:05:55.740 --> 04:05:58.740 It's so, so difficult to take down. 04:05:58.740 --> 04:06:00.900 But the thing that I love about this team, 04:06:00.900 --> 04:06:02.660 and we were talking a little bit about it, right? 04:06:02.660 --> 04:06:05.620 It's how this Charizard fits in. 04:06:05.620 --> 04:06:08.980 Water type weather ball, hurricane in the rain, 04:06:08.980 --> 04:06:13.060 and being able to function both to set up the Venusaur, 04:06:13.060 --> 04:06:16.300 but also to play in with the Pelopon. 04:06:16.300 --> 04:06:17.540 Yeah, and I think that's something 04:06:17.540 --> 04:06:19.140 that a lot of players will forget, 04:06:19.140 --> 04:06:21.180 especially when just looking at the team sheet 04:06:21.180 --> 04:06:22.460 as it is right now, you know, 04:06:22.460 --> 04:06:24.700 You see the normal type icon next to weather ball. 04:06:24.700 --> 04:06:27.540 So you might forget that weather ball special effect is that 04:06:27.540 --> 04:06:32.220 whatever the weather is set up on the field, it changed types into the type of the weather. 04:06:32.540 --> 04:06:36.180 So it can be a fire type move when Charizard sets up its own sun. 04:06:36.180 --> 04:06:39.300 But when there's rain on the field, it becomes a water type move. 04:06:39.300 --> 04:06:40.980 When there is snow, it's ice type. 04:06:40.980 --> 04:06:42.780 And then when it's sand, it's a rock type move. 04:06:42.780 --> 04:06:46.380 And Charizard's very high special attack always will take advantage of that. 04:06:46.380 --> 04:06:49.980 So it gives Charizard this flexibility that it otherwise does not have. 04:06:49.980 --> 04:06:54.980 the team. It's like, you know, 04:06:54.980 --> 04:06:56.980 it's definitely like when all 04:06:56.980 --> 04:06:59.980 else fails, right? This team. It 04:06:59.980 --> 04:07:01.980 does have some matchups. Where 04:07:01.980 --> 04:07:02.980 is like, Well, you know what? And 04:07:02.980 --> 04:07:03.980 we saw it here in this match, 04:07:03.980 --> 04:07:05.980 right? The right thing to do 04:07:05.980 --> 04:07:07.980 Scott called out perfectly like 04:07:07.980 --> 04:07:09.980 sleep powder. That's that's 04:07:09.980 --> 04:07:10.980 it. You know, you lead with a 04:07:10.980 --> 04:07:11.980 Charizard. You get the Venus 04:07:11.980 --> 04:07:13.980 or setup. You put something to 04:07:13.980 --> 04:07:15.980 sleep. Create the space for 04:07:15.980 --> 04:07:17.980 Charizard to do his thing. Go 04:07:17.980 --> 04:07:23.180 and preparing for all of these different modes of this team is so so difficult. 04:07:23.180 --> 04:07:28.460 It takes an intelligent pilot like Alex to be able to use the full potential of it, 04:07:28.460 --> 04:07:32.220 but it's got so many different bits of potential that it can hit on. 04:07:32.220 --> 04:07:35.340 It's so funny you mentioned that though because then if you swap over to 04:07:35.340 --> 04:07:39.100 Eduardo's team you can almost hold up a mirror and admittedly maybe it's like a 04:07:39.100 --> 04:07:43.340 funhouse mirror because obviously it's not an exact copy of what we just said but 04:07:43.340 --> 04:07:48.940 A lot of the same principles apply because you have that Vivalon who also has that sleep powder 04:07:48.940 --> 04:07:53.180 who can put something asleep and then open up opportunities for the Archalodon to start setting 04:07:53.180 --> 04:07:58.300 up with those electroslot shots. You still have that Swampert, of course, who can take advantage 04:07:58.300 --> 04:08:02.380 of the rain. And, you know, Polytode, of course, can set that up for its buddy. But then, of course, 04:08:02.380 --> 04:08:07.980 you have the very oppressive combination of the Parish song, both on that Polytode and on 04:08:07.980 --> 04:08:12.620 that Gengar. And then Gengar can mega evolve, have the Shadow Tag ability, and then trap 04:08:12.620 --> 04:08:17.180 a lot of Pokemon on the field. So then now Alex just loses the ability to switch those Pokemon 04:08:17.180 --> 04:08:21.740 around and set up those things we just spoke about. 100% right? If you haven't seen too much of this 04:08:21.740 --> 04:08:27.420 Parashong archetype there, the way it works is everything hearing the Parash trap will think 04:08:27.420 --> 04:08:32.780 in free turns. And so that in combination with the Shadow tag on the Mega Gengar here 04:08:32.780 --> 04:08:38.460 will be able to trap Pokemon in if the Gengar is able to stay on the field. It's able to 04:08:38.460 --> 04:08:42.460 you can lock your opponents in 04:08:42.460 --> 04:08:44.460 and on the last turn everything 04:08:44.460 --> 04:08:46.460 switches out on Eduardo in this 04:08:46.460 --> 04:08:48.460 case is side of the field the 04:08:48.460 --> 04:08:50.460 person that's using the Paris 04:08:50.460 --> 04:08:52.460 song and then the other players 04:08:52.460 --> 04:08:54.460 Pokemon to two knockouts happen 04:08:54.460 --> 04:08:56.460 but then the beauty of that is 04:08:56.460 --> 04:08:58.460 that when two Pokemon get 04:08:58.460 --> 04:09:00.460 knocked out, there's only two 04:09:00.460 --> 04:09:02.460 Pokemon left. We only take 04:09:02.460 --> 04:09:04.460 four Pokemon to a battle right 04:09:04.460 --> 04:09:06.460 and so they can't switch either 04:09:06.460 --> 04:09:08.460 the game. I'm going to go 04:09:08.460 --> 04:09:10.460 into the game. I'm going to 04:09:10.460 --> 04:09:12.460 go into the game. Click that 04:09:12.460 --> 04:09:14.460 Paris song again and then wait 04:09:14.460 --> 04:09:16.460 that time out, and that's why 04:09:16.460 --> 04:09:18.460 we see moves like protect on 04:09:18.460 --> 04:09:19.460 Incineroar where we don't 04:09:19.460 --> 04:09:20.460 often see it. We've got 04:09:20.460 --> 04:09:21.460 protect here. We've got 04:09:21.460 --> 04:09:22.460 protect here. We've got 04:09:22.460 --> 04:09:23.460 protect here. We've got 04:09:23.460 --> 04:09:24.460 protect here and we've got 04:09:24.460 --> 04:09:26.460 protect here. Every single 04:09:26.460 --> 04:09:27.460 Pokemon on this team can 04:09:27.460 --> 04:09:29.460 wait it out if the parish 04:09:29.460 --> 04:09:30.460 mode is going to be the 04:09:30.460 --> 04:09:32.460 option of choice. But what 04:09:32.460 --> 04:09:34.460 I think Eduardo did so so 04:09:34.460 --> 04:09:35.460 well in that match. The 04:09:35.460 --> 04:09:39.140 like, well, this is kind of still over in Alex's favor. 04:09:39.140 --> 04:09:41.540 But in game one, he was able to take the win 04:09:41.540 --> 04:09:42.980 without even clicking the button, 04:09:42.980 --> 04:09:45.540 just using the high special attack of Gengar, 04:09:45.540 --> 04:09:48.300 the ability for Archarodon to get its boost up 04:09:48.300 --> 04:09:51.140 with the electro shot and use that momentum 04:09:51.140 --> 04:09:54.900 to just conventionally damage all the Pokemon 04:09:54.900 --> 04:09:56.860 on Alex's side of the field. 04:09:56.860 --> 04:09:58.540 And that's the scary thing about playing 04:09:58.540 --> 04:10:01.260 an experienced Parash song user is that, 04:10:01.260 --> 04:10:03.140 I think someone who's newer to the archetype 04:10:03.140 --> 04:10:07.500 will go for the, I press Parish Song once, I wait three turns, I switch my Pokemon out 04:10:07.500 --> 04:10:09.540 and then I do that again to win the game. 04:10:09.540 --> 04:10:14.060 But someone who's played this team and knows it inside and out will know when to use Parish 04:10:14.060 --> 04:10:15.980 Song versus when to save it. 04:10:15.980 --> 04:10:20.380 And having to play that mind game against somebody is really what makes it tricky. 04:10:20.380 --> 04:10:25.340 I think like, especially in a lot of the turn ones that you see with that composition, 04:10:25.340 --> 04:10:31.220 like, the way that you have to aggressively target down a Pokemon that's using Parish 04:10:31.220 --> 04:10:35.060 you know, it's like, hey, if 04:10:35.160 --> 04:10:36.020 you're going to play a very 04:10:36.120 --> 04:10:39.760 strong Pokemon that can trap 04:10:39.860 --> 04:10:41.200 Pokemon in. Like by definition 04:10:41.300 --> 04:10:41.800 opens you up to taking attacks. 04:10:41.900 --> 04:10:45.400 Right? And so it's like, well, 04:10:45.500 --> 04:10:46.400 you have to play aggressive. You 04:10:46.500 --> 04:10:48.000 have to attack into those 04:10:48.100 --> 04:10:49.200 Pokemon to make sure you've 04:10:49.300 --> 04:10:50.200 got enough damage down on the 04:10:50.300 --> 04:10:51.300 board. But in doing that, it's 04:10:51.400 --> 04:10:53.300 like, Hey, if you just want to 04:10:53.400 --> 04:10:55.300 attack me, by the way, I've 04:10:55.400 --> 04:10:56.300 got to open myself up to that 04:10:56.400 --> 04:10:58.320 as well. It makes it so, so 04:10:58.420 --> 04:10:59.320 risky to play in these 04:10:59.420 --> 04:11:01.120 matchups. Yeah, and I really 04:11:01.220 --> 04:11:06.220 Yes, you can use your own protect but you could also potentially put your opponent to sleep with sleep powder 04:11:06.220 --> 04:11:09.300 You could use on core to lock your opponent into a move 04:11:09.300 --> 04:11:14.180 So you have more time to go for that parish song and of course you have rage powder on Vivalon as well 04:11:14.180 --> 04:11:16.620 So there's a lot of different ways you can stall for time 04:11:16.620 --> 04:11:22.060 I guess there's also in center or space fake out, but that felt a little just gonna do just gonna do a big ring around 04:11:23.060 --> 04:11:25.660 In Senora's existence will help you stop for time 04:11:26.060 --> 04:11:30.500 This whole team is just constructed in such a way that enables both this 04:11:30.500 --> 04:11:38.820 You know aggressive mode of play but also to slow down for Paris song speed and someone like Eduardo has that experience to know when to you know put your 04:11:39.000 --> 04:11:41.000 Foot on the gas and when to hit the brakes 04:11:41.040 --> 04:11:43.720 Yeah, so like this is the other part of it 04:11:43.720 --> 04:11:47.880 I think a lot of players have tried to figure out 04:11:48.240 --> 04:11:55.060 Perish trap and I think Eduardo is hitting the nail on the head here where you do have this like rain mode coming out here with these 04:11:55.620 --> 04:11:57.620 three rain abusers and 04:11:57.620 --> 04:12:04.980 And I think like a lot of the early stuff where you had mega Gengar Kamoa because it has this combination of soundproof 04:12:04.980 --> 04:12:06.460 So it doesn't hear the Paris song 04:12:06.460 --> 04:12:07.980 It doesn't have that timer 04:12:07.980 --> 04:12:13.020 ticking it down but also like Gengar likes to knock out fairy type Pokemon Kamoa 04:12:13.220 --> 04:12:16.360 Fairy type Pokemon are its worst enemies and so you get this like 04:12:17.140 --> 04:12:23.740 Automatic synergy there, but it just didn't quite hit in the same way that previous Paris song used to work 04:12:23.740 --> 04:12:30.300 I think a large part of that down is large part of that is to down to goff it tell not being in the game not having a secondary 04:12:30.900 --> 04:12:35.780 Pokemon that can trap things in like hey Gengar's Gengar's Gengar's getting a bit low 04:12:35.780 --> 04:12:42.260 Let's let's lean on the goff it tell to get the trap going and so I think a lot of trainers have struggled with it 04:12:42.260 --> 04:12:43.940 I think this is where 04:12:43.940 --> 04:12:50.780 Eduardo's commitment to the team archetype and also like figuring out exactly how he needs to run it really cracks the code 04:12:50.780 --> 04:12:58.780 So I'm curious, you know, we've talked a lot about the teams were there any turns from those games that really stood out to you as key turns and he had to pick like one or two. 04:12:58.780 --> 04:13:00.780 They're like any turn one. 04:13:00.780 --> 04:13:01.780 Any turn one. 04:13:01.780 --> 04:13:02.780 Any turn one. 04:13:02.780 --> 04:13:03.780 You want to go to game one. 04:13:03.780 --> 04:13:04.780 Let's go game one turn one. 04:13:04.780 --> 04:13:05.780 Let's go game one turn one. 04:13:05.780 --> 04:13:06.780 So we're here. 04:13:06.780 --> 04:13:08.780 Let's let's get to a little bit of a nicer frame here. 04:13:08.780 --> 04:13:11.780 So we're seeing the Venusaur and the Charizard. 04:13:11.780 --> 04:13:19.780 This is how Alex was leading in this match versus the Gengar Vivillon that the Eduardo was going for. 04:13:19.780 --> 04:13:21.620 for in games one and three. 04:13:21.620 --> 04:13:24.900 And so what's happening here that's really, really important 04:13:24.900 --> 04:13:27.900 is like there's a lot of sleep powder being threatened 04:13:27.900 --> 04:13:30.300 on both sides of the field. 04:13:30.300 --> 04:13:35.300 And so, yeah, if Charizard goes for the Sun, 04:13:36.380 --> 04:13:38.420 Venusaur gets its chlorophyll boost, 04:13:38.420 --> 04:13:40.220 then it's threatening some fast sleep powders 04:13:40.220 --> 04:13:41.180 on the Gengar. 04:13:41.180 --> 04:13:43.780 That's like, how do you actually deal with that pressure 04:13:43.780 --> 04:13:45.820 if you're at Wado trying to keep the trap right? 04:13:45.820 --> 04:13:47.700 So sleep powder coming in here, 04:13:47.700 --> 04:13:57.300 And then the Charizard may be going for a little bit of spread damage just attacking down into the Vivillon and the Gengar and just bringing it down to lower HP. 04:13:58.700 --> 04:14:13.300 But if, like we saw here, Eduardo just goes on the defensive, plays the double protect, stops all of that damage coming into his side of the board, then actually, like, Alex has got to commit his mega. 04:14:13.300 --> 04:14:22.300 There's a rain setter in the back, the sun's already on the field, and then Gengar can go for either the Perisson or just start going on the offensive. 04:14:22.300 --> 04:14:28.300 It's a tough choice to make. I mean, that's always the prediction you have to make when you're playing these double mega teams. 04:14:28.300 --> 04:14:31.300 Which Pokemon do you mega, especially when you do bring both of them? 04:14:31.300 --> 04:14:42.300 Yeah, exactly. And so what we saw here, and it seems like really key, is in all the games, you have this swamper of Chaladon sitting in the back here, 04:14:42.300 --> 04:14:48.600 know that you were going to Alex knowing this like, well, we're probably going to end up in rain one way or another. 04:14:48.600 --> 04:14:52.400 My Charizard is going to get trapped and who's got the rain as well. 04:14:52.400 --> 04:14:55.800 He's going to set the weather situation. What do I want in the back? 04:14:55.800 --> 04:15:03.700 I want to like lead out with my Charizard and my Venusaur, set some pressure and then these guys get to go in on the back. 04:15:03.700 --> 04:15:08.900 And I think like perfect example of how these things really lead up. 04:15:08.900 --> 04:15:12.200 So I think that's all we've got time for, Gabby. 04:15:12.200 --> 04:15:15.500 We've been going for this for a little while, 04:15:15.500 --> 04:15:18.200 but I think it's really important to understand exactly 04:15:18.200 --> 04:15:21.000 how these parish song users work. 04:15:21.000 --> 04:15:23.300 Now we've got round three coming up, 04:15:23.300 --> 04:15:25.400 so we're gonna kick it straight over to the casters 04:15:25.400 --> 04:15:26.600 and get things rolling. 04:15:29.200 --> 04:15:30.700 Thank you so much, you two. 04:15:30.700 --> 04:15:32.600 Sierra Dawn, we are pros here. 04:15:32.600 --> 04:15:34.100 We're so honored to be here 04:15:34.100 --> 04:15:36.900 for the 2026 Pokemon World Championships, 04:15:36.900 --> 04:15:39.700 and it has been a fantastic day so far. 04:15:39.700 --> 04:15:41.700 And we're supposed to round three just around the corner. 04:15:41.700 --> 04:15:43.200 I cannot wait to dive into this. 04:15:43.200 --> 04:15:45.100 I know. It's been such a fantastic way 04:15:45.100 --> 04:15:47.000 to kick off proceedings here this weekend. 04:15:47.000 --> 04:15:48.500 And yeah, the action's been hot, 04:15:48.500 --> 04:15:51.700 and it is going to continue on round three on the way, 04:15:51.700 --> 04:15:53.800 and I cannot wait to get into Sierra. 04:15:53.800 --> 04:15:55.700 It's been phenomenal so far. 04:15:55.700 --> 04:15:58.300 As you would expect, it is the world championship, right? 04:15:58.300 --> 04:16:00.800 Yeah. I mean, looking at each one of these periods 04:16:00.800 --> 04:16:03.400 in these matches, it's like, 04:16:03.400 --> 04:16:04.800 wow, this is a crazy matchup. 04:16:04.800 --> 04:16:05.800 And then you look across the board, 04:16:05.800 --> 04:16:07.400 They're all crazy matchups. 04:16:07.400 --> 04:16:12.100 We got the best of the best trainers from around the world trying to claim their staka. 04:16:12.100 --> 04:16:17.800 So why they are the greatest here in football champions that it's been absolutely incredible. 04:16:17.800 --> 04:16:22.600 So we hope you've been enjoying so far because we certainly have been in this next one as well. 04:16:23.300 --> 04:16:29.200 This is a familiar matchup looking at our notable parents in Swiss round three. 04:16:30.200 --> 04:16:33.400 This is a throwback to reach a very familiar to you. 04:16:33.600 --> 04:16:34.900 Yes, very familiar. 04:16:34.900 --> 04:16:36.900 the final. We're going to be 04:16:36.900 --> 04:16:37.900 able to see the final. We're 04:16:37.900 --> 04:16:39.900 going to be able to see the 04:16:39.900 --> 04:16:41.900 final. So look at the notable 04:16:41.900 --> 04:16:42.900 matches, but the stream match 04:16:42.900 --> 04:16:44.900 one way will be featuring is 04:16:44.900 --> 04:16:46.900 going to be between. Exactly 04:16:46.900 --> 04:16:47.900 weird and will show a throw 04:16:47.900 --> 04:16:49.900 back to that final. I see 04:16:49.900 --> 04:16:51.900 earlier this season. What a 04:16:51.900 --> 04:16:52.900 match that was and we're 04:16:52.900 --> 04:16:53.900 going to be able to have kind 04:16:53.900 --> 04:16:54.900 of repeat here at the World 04:16:54.900 --> 04:16:56.900 Championships in Grand 3. I'm 04:16:56.900 --> 04:16:58.900 so excited for this. The fact 04:16:58.900 --> 04:17:00.900 that you get to see an 04:17:00.900 --> 04:17:02.900 international finals replay 04:17:02.900 --> 04:17:10.460 opportunity to maybe try and take down a prior UIC nemesis, but across the board so many strong 04:17:10.460 --> 04:17:15.180 matchups as well, a Europe matchup, Marco going up against Aurelian, certainly a very strong 04:17:15.180 --> 04:17:19.260 matchup and Yuma facing off against Dalway as well. 04:17:19.260 --> 04:17:23.580 Yeah, I mean it just across the board just shows the caliber of players that we've got 04:17:23.580 --> 04:17:27.420 here at the World Championships this weekend when you have round three, pairings are 04:17:27.420 --> 04:17:28.420 looking like this. 04:17:28.420 --> 04:17:31.740 I mean you go down the board at the bottom there, you've got Georgie Kader against 04:17:31.740 --> 04:17:38.200 We have both on earlier and started amazing fashion, Rintaro versus Taranen, another really 04:17:38.200 --> 04:17:39.200 great one. 04:17:39.200 --> 04:17:41.980 Some of these players, I have been able to have a look at the teams, I'm not going to 04:17:41.980 --> 04:17:47.740 give anything away now, but some of them have some really interesting choices amongst 04:17:47.740 --> 04:17:49.140 the competition out there. 04:17:49.140 --> 04:17:52.980 I know there's one particular player with one particular Pokemon, I won't spoil it 04:17:52.980 --> 04:17:58.260 either, those aren't our business, but certainly we have brought some spice to the Pokemon 04:17:58.260 --> 04:17:59.260 World Championships. 04:17:59.260 --> 04:18:05.180 to head over to the stage and get started with our feature match Paul Chua facing off against 04:18:05.180 --> 04:18:11.820 Zachary Weed again a rematch from our European international finals where Paul was able to 04:18:11.820 --> 04:18:18.700 best Zachary and take that UIC title for himself now on an even bigger stage can Zachary 04:18:18.700 --> 04:18:24.620 get his getbacks and take that win a player that has certainly had a incredible season. 04:18:24.620 --> 04:18:28.660 Yeah, exactly that. And I think one, we looked back at EYC. 04:18:28.660 --> 04:18:32.900 That was installed by the trustalization was the choice there. 04:18:32.900 --> 04:18:37.540 But now we're losing to champions this rematch here and Megas taking the center stage. 04:18:37.540 --> 04:18:39.580 Really interesting choice from both players. 04:18:39.580 --> 04:18:43.100 Hold on for how well he could play the standard team. 04:18:43.100 --> 04:18:44.060 Taking that. 04:18:44.060 --> 04:18:48.180 Shorza, Venusaur, Toxapex, Paul, Han going up against another virgin. 04:18:48.180 --> 04:18:50.900 They are seen from the MA format, where that was originally 04:18:50.900 --> 04:18:53.440 from seeding the current regional championship. 04:18:53.440 --> 04:18:56.640 Something that Zachary has really enjoyed playing. 04:18:56.640 --> 04:19:00.400 I believe Ron has NAIC as well playing that mega force loss, 04:19:00.400 --> 04:19:02.200 mega scovillancy. 04:19:02.200 --> 04:19:04.080 Yeah, looking back at NAIC, 04:19:04.080 --> 04:19:07.000 we got to make that phase two of competition 04:19:07.000 --> 04:19:08.240 with this exact same team. 04:19:08.240 --> 04:19:10.400 So certainly well practiced at this point. 04:19:10.400 --> 04:19:12.240 And a team that was designed to help beat 04:19:12.240 --> 04:19:14.360 some of the biggest teams that you have in a format 04:19:14.360 --> 04:19:17.240 when you look like Pokemon, like this, like in rock, 04:19:17.240 --> 04:19:19.360 like this crosslash, this can offer just so much 04:19:19.360 --> 04:19:22.720 offensive pressure and of course you always have to be careful when there's a 04:19:22.720 --> 04:19:26.560 scoblin around. Yeah this team extremely strong point we've got really good 04:19:26.560 --> 04:19:30.600 answers against some of the common Pokemon we see in this format, in particular the 04:19:30.600 --> 04:19:34.760 like and rock and you're a really good answer to who stars on why and that's 04:19:34.760 --> 04:19:41.680 something that's actually kind of leverage in this match. This is going to be very good against a King Gambit, with that focus 04:19:41.680 --> 04:19:45.560 there it's got a little bit of security it can take at least one attack, keep 04:19:45.560 --> 04:19:48.760 around on the field a little bit longer and more importantly it supports 04:19:48.760 --> 04:19:54.040 that Frostbast so well and allowing that Aurora Veil set up if in time you'll mega well enough 04:19:54.040 --> 04:19:59.400 in Charizard out on the field you can get that set up and then maybe end the game with something 04:19:59.400 --> 04:20:03.320 like King Gambit that is the main set of Pokemon on this team with that Sword Stance. Once that 04:20:03.320 --> 04:20:07.720 gets that out of under its belt it is going to be hitting extremely hard with those priority 04:20:07.720 --> 04:20:12.360 attacks. For Zachary here and when I look at this team in general though of course we have 04:20:12.360 --> 04:20:16.280 a team that was designed to beat some of the biggest teams in the format like the public 04:20:16.280 --> 04:20:20.280 of course, you have to be so careful with those pieces. And those 04:20:20.280 --> 04:20:23.280 Charizard players are going to be expecting it. That's how we saw the 04:20:23.280 --> 04:20:27.280 downfall of this team at NAIC and how it kind of got picked off along the way. 04:20:27.280 --> 04:20:31.280 But of course, with months of practice since that opportunity, time to see if 04:20:31.280 --> 04:20:35.280 he can now take down Paul. Paul didn't compete at NAIC. 04:20:35.280 --> 04:20:39.280 We did see him compete at Indy where he had a nice run. But of course, 04:20:39.280 --> 04:20:42.280 a little bit of a different variation of the team yet now. 04:20:42.280 --> 04:20:50.780 Now, but of course, the most common variation when you look at so many of these strong meta picks, things like this RUNSPECT to really be able to swap the opponent in their tracks. 04:20:50.780 --> 04:20:55.580 Yeah, you've got the fast defensive mode, you've got the choice of Garchomp that's going to get the jump on pretty much everything. 04:20:55.580 --> 04:20:59.780 It's not going to be comfortable in front of the Mega Frost last season, you need to give it a little bit of protection there. 04:20:59.780 --> 04:21:05.080 But you've got the tools to do that, Mega Charizard, why, of course, offering those gatefire type attacks. 04:21:05.080 --> 04:21:14.280 put away to disrupt the weather and set up that Venus Orb, it can get in a place where that Torah fills active, it can really draw some huge damage when it's supported by that light bulb. 04:21:14.280 --> 04:21:24.200 But the key piece for Paul is going to be protecting that Toxapex, that's going to give Zachary a big headache, because he's not going to read any direct answers to removing that quickly, right? 04:21:24.200 --> 04:21:35.040 So Paul can play his cards right, the Toxapex could end up overcoming everything on Zachary's side of the field, anything Zachary keeps to probably concentrate on taking the pieces around the Toxapex 04:21:35.040 --> 04:21:39.040 So it's left on its lonesome, so you can kind of overwhelm it at the end of the battle. 04:21:39.040 --> 04:21:46.040 But Paul won't allow that to happen easily, and we know Paul is so, so good with the standard hold. 04:21:46.040 --> 04:21:52.040 Paul is such an accomplished trainer with international titles, multiple regional titles under his belt, 04:21:52.040 --> 04:21:57.040 and trying to effectively do the World Championship title, getting into this match. 04:21:57.040 --> 04:22:00.040 Very aggressive start from both of our trainers, Zach, with that King Gamut, 04:22:00.040 --> 04:22:03.040 Heasler up against Stildion and Charizard for Paul. 04:22:03.040 --> 04:22:09.700 Yeah, they immediately fake out support they've got from the Sneasler onto the Trouser just to stop it in its tracks, protect the Kingamber this turn. 04:22:09.700 --> 04:22:15.240 It allows it maybe to get a soul stand-up, but Holder's had a little bit of security on his side as well. 04:22:15.240 --> 04:22:18.160 It has got yawn on the Sylvian here where it can. 04:22:18.160 --> 04:22:26.920 Detention by that off into the Kingamber, but it can't keep you too careful here because you have to worry about the Sneasler maybe not going for the fake out, going for that dunk shot. 04:22:26.920 --> 04:22:32.040 That'll pick up a one-hit KO into that Sylvian and then only get these carry early on. 04:22:32.040 --> 04:22:39.040 and that fake out immediate pressure is going to allow that Charizard to be a sitting good potential fake out how to leave it to that slot 04:22:39.040 --> 04:22:41.540 and Charizard doesn't want to take too much damage early on. 04:22:41.540 --> 04:22:46.040 It's whether you call it or not, it's going to go all out offensive or try and stop a Pokemon 04:22:46.040 --> 04:22:51.540 but with the mega Charizard we'll be stopped on this turn as fact will opt to fake out instead. 04:22:51.540 --> 04:22:55.040 Hyper voice from Sylveon, a lot of damage onto the board. 04:22:55.040 --> 04:22:57.540 Bring the Cesar down to less than half. 04:22:57.540 --> 04:23:01.040 How to plead in return though, Charizard will take a hefty amount of damage. 04:23:01.040 --> 04:23:05.040 Now Zachary put themselves in a great spot right that kowtow cleave onto the Charizard 04:23:05.040 --> 04:23:08.040 It's in stuff of a drink now so that Charizard has to be very careful 04:23:08.040 --> 04:23:10.040 Is it staying protect or does it switch out? 04:23:10.040 --> 04:23:13.040 Maybe open the door for Zachary to even capitalize on that 04:23:13.040 --> 04:23:17.040 And there's Sylveon now in a position where well the Sneezer is still active on the field 04:23:17.040 --> 04:23:21.040 And that doesn't shut, well now 100% accurate is a bit shaky 04:23:21.040 --> 04:23:25.040 It is threatening a knockout onto that Sylveon depending on how it's been trained 04:23:25.040 --> 04:23:28.040 Yeah and threatening a double knockout on this turn so much movement 04:23:28.040 --> 04:23:30.080 so much movement, which thing is that's favorite. 04:23:30.080 --> 04:23:33.160 So for Paul, you call out that back with maybe, 04:23:33.160 --> 04:23:34.840 it's just to telegraph, right? 04:23:34.840 --> 04:23:36.480 Or do you try and swap out? 04:23:36.480 --> 04:23:39.080 It will be to swap with a lot of pressure on it too, 04:23:39.080 --> 04:23:41.040 that Charizard just to switch around 04:23:41.040 --> 04:23:42.360 and it detects on Sylvia. 04:23:42.360 --> 04:23:44.440 No damage will be done to the one Pokemon. 04:23:44.440 --> 04:23:45.600 And if it wasn't Sucker Punch, 04:23:45.600 --> 04:23:47.800 Garchomp would have stayed safe, 04:23:47.800 --> 04:23:49.800 but it will be a different move instead, 04:23:49.800 --> 04:23:51.880 Team Gambit with the Caltow Queen 04:23:51.880 --> 04:23:54.600 to bring the Garchomp down to about 40% damage. 04:23:54.600 --> 04:23:56.760 That's a really great play here from Zachary. 04:23:56.760 --> 04:24:03.660 You know, it's risky going for that kautau cleave if the Charizard it stayed on the field and went for the heat wave, but King Abbot would have dropped. 04:24:03.660 --> 04:24:12.900 So, knowing that the switch was coming, getting brave, and it really paying off there, the Godchomp now, not on the safest position it was before, is it in sucker punch range? 04:24:12.900 --> 04:24:22.300 That's the question, because if not Godchomp, going to be able to go for an earthquake, I think Paul in the position where he could switch out the Sylveum, bring the Charizard in, and stuff that immunity to the earthquake, 04:24:22.300 --> 04:24:26.540 both Pokemon on the trackery side, all going to be susceptible to super effective damage 04:24:26.540 --> 04:24:29.740 going down to that fast scarf this week. 04:24:29.740 --> 04:24:35.540 It will just be the sucker bunch into the garchomp, no a switch, down with another great wall to 04:24:35.540 --> 04:24:39.100 get a Pokemon KO and take momentum into the match. 04:24:39.100 --> 04:24:43.380 Gunshot now into the Sylveon as well, that's a double KO! 04:24:43.380 --> 04:24:48.020 Wow, what a play from Zachary, you know, it shows how important that Cautile cave 04:24:48.020 --> 04:24:51.700 the bar jump switch was before and you can see the lock up now. 04:24:51.700 --> 04:24:53.380 Hold on, there's nowhere back. 04:24:53.380 --> 04:24:55.420 The lead for Zachary was enough there. 04:24:55.420 --> 04:24:57.700 Locking things up and with that 10 gambit, 04:24:57.700 --> 04:25:00.260 and sneeze that, he's so well played, 04:25:00.260 --> 04:25:01.900 so much overwhelming power. 04:25:02.780 --> 04:25:07.660 To have such a dominant first showing on this world stage 04:25:07.660 --> 04:25:09.900 over an opponent that is best of you in the past 04:25:09.900 --> 04:25:11.860 is absolutely incredible. 04:25:11.860 --> 04:25:15.940 I mean, we talk about Paul being just such a don't player 04:25:15.940 --> 04:25:17.780 and that is still true, right? 04:25:17.780 --> 04:25:25.780 But for Zack to constantly get those turns right and just take so much momentum from the get-go, no choice, but the fourth bit after three turns? 04:25:25.780 --> 04:25:36.780 Yeah, I mean, Zack really got every move right along every iteration of that first match and made it extremely difficult for Paul to get in that position where they could stop building in momentum for themselves. 04:25:36.780 --> 04:25:41.780 And I think if the goal jump had come in and he'd seen the suck-up win, he would have been a different story, right? 04:25:41.780 --> 04:25:48.020 pre-knowing. Charizard was so pressured in that one moment and then being confident as well with the calculations go for the 04:25:48.020 --> 04:25:53.140 sucker punch into the guard jump, knowing that the cow tile, the sucker punch combination, was gonna be enough to close it up. 04:25:53.220 --> 04:25:57.700 Then they were in the driving seat and I think all for Paul today going into this game too. 04:25:58.260 --> 04:26:04.260 That's a wake-up call of a game on a fire that I've ever seen one, so it's which definitely needed in this game number two 04:26:04.260 --> 04:26:08.140 and we will see it. Charizard again in the lead next to guard jump, 04:26:08.140 --> 04:26:12.140 but a big switch up from Zac as well, like Rock and Frostlast to make an appearance. 04:26:12.140 --> 04:26:15.140 Yeah, great adjustment here from Zac, where you first see it from Paul, 04:26:15.140 --> 04:26:17.140 you think that Garchomp coming out early is great, 04:26:17.140 --> 04:26:21.140 but then the like and rock appearing, the one thing that you can check made that straw as ugly. 04:26:21.140 --> 04:26:25.140 And that's exactly what's happening here, the Frostlast as well is in that position where 04:26:25.140 --> 04:26:30.140 it can maybe stagger it to make a evolution to guarantee an overwrite a personas that's what it is here, 04:26:30.140 --> 04:26:33.140 but I'm gonna see a little bit of a switch, and Garchomp is gonna be kept for later, 04:26:33.140 --> 04:26:36.140 it's in a row coming in dropping a whole bunch of things. 04:26:36.140 --> 04:26:43.540 Xenor comes in, we will see Mega Eveluze come up into play, play as Crosslass of course will Mega Vault. 04:26:43.540 --> 04:26:48.740 And with that, this could be a go button as you will get the snow on your side as well, 04:26:48.740 --> 04:26:55.060 but Charizard not looking to reduce any mistakes and taking a lot of damage on this first turn will protect Blizzard, 04:26:55.060 --> 04:27:00.540 Light and Rockets, not Light and Rockets, Xenor as a Pokemon that will turn on Spines at hit, 04:27:00.540 --> 04:27:02.340 which is minimal amount of damage. 04:27:02.340 --> 04:27:04.540 But it's time to see what the Light and Rockets done on the turn. 04:27:04.540 --> 04:27:07.140 you keep the Charizard honest or do you try to fall? 04:27:07.140 --> 04:27:09.660 It will be a rock slice, the Charizard will stay safe, 04:27:09.660 --> 04:27:11.500 but instead of on him will take some damage 04:27:11.500 --> 04:27:13.620 so he'll really mitigate his ints to that part, 04:27:13.620 --> 04:27:15.060 previous Intimidates. 04:27:15.060 --> 04:27:16.260 Yeah, now it's been a different fall here, 04:27:16.260 --> 04:27:18.100 just to kind of mitigate the threat of the lightning 04:27:18.100 --> 04:27:19.220 of the Intimidates. 04:27:19.220 --> 04:27:20.860 Now you've got that active takeout, 04:27:20.860 --> 04:27:22.180 so it can suffer in its tracks, 04:27:22.180 --> 04:27:24.220 as well as that you've delayed your mega-evolution, 04:27:24.220 --> 04:27:26.180 so now you can mega-roll the Charizard, 04:27:26.180 --> 04:27:28.500 and you've got access to going for a new wave, 04:27:28.500 --> 04:27:30.020 virus-y, and cause that switchout, 04:27:30.020 --> 04:27:32.100 so that sun, if it comes out, 04:27:32.100 --> 04:27:33.820 is being candy overrated. 04:27:33.820 --> 04:27:39.820 That's one of the things with these matches when you have these weather Pokemon you want to make sure your weather isn't a weather of choice 04:27:39.820 --> 04:27:45.180 So if night of evolution on the Charizard will get the drought and will bring the sunshine out 04:27:45.620 --> 04:27:51.700 For this Incineroar, we do have the option of Stakeout and with that pressure Lakemont will protect on this turn 04:27:51.900 --> 04:27:57.500 Keeping the Pokemon honest, Stakeout from Incineroar, and it will just be the Charizard left to attack 04:27:57.660 --> 04:28:01.900 He waved nothing into Lakeon Rock, the Basque Legion that had just swapped in though 04:28:01.900 --> 04:28:05.740 So, will it take a decent amount of damage considering not very effective? 04:28:05.740 --> 04:28:08.700 Yeah, it's a nice switching. It's probably the best one you've got there. 04:28:08.700 --> 04:28:11.940 But the main thing is you preserve that focus action alike and rock. 04:28:11.940 --> 04:28:13.700 And now you're still in that position. 04:28:13.700 --> 04:28:15.180 We are threatening the Charizard. 04:28:15.180 --> 04:28:19.060 You can also maybe just get that Vasculation out of here, or harm's way. 04:28:19.060 --> 04:28:21.900 Get the crosslash back on the field, get control of the weather, 04:28:21.900 --> 04:28:24.100 and get rid of the weather on the opposite side of the field. 04:28:24.100 --> 04:28:26.540 Or you can keep it in and just attack into the Incinor slot, 04:28:26.540 --> 04:28:30.300 maybe pull on your weather and let them hit it down the line. 04:28:30.300 --> 04:28:35.300 Also looking for Xerathus and Sinnera are squashed out and he missed for the rock slide onto the Garchomp 04:28:35.300 --> 04:28:41.300 But you gotta wish that was the Charizard as it's dead cause that's still a lot of damage that we will hold on 04:28:41.300 --> 04:28:49.300 It does blinch though, so Charizard no attack in Vascular Legion with the follow-up will bring Garchomp down to about half health 04:28:49.300 --> 04:28:52.300 So no one will mention being able to be gamed from all on that turn 04:28:52.300 --> 04:28:56.300 No and this is not looking great for Fall in this scenario 04:28:56.300 --> 04:28:58.020 Yeah, getting the Garchomp on the field is great. 04:28:58.020 --> 04:29:01.020 You can put the most off, you can look for the Earthquake now, 04:29:01.020 --> 04:29:02.940 but the Lycanroc's still got that focus action. 04:29:02.940 --> 04:29:06.700 Charizard in no way shape or form is going to be able to take another attack. 04:29:06.700 --> 04:29:09.220 You've also got the Acceleron to think about as well. 04:29:09.220 --> 04:29:11.340 Do you maybe, if you're fall trying to preserve the Charizard, 04:29:11.340 --> 04:29:15.020 switching your Incineroar here to drop another Intimidate onto the Lycanroc? 04:29:15.020 --> 04:29:18.380 I think give a little bit of help to that Garchomp after this turn 04:29:18.380 --> 04:29:21.300 once it goes into the field, but it is the Sylveon. 04:29:21.300 --> 04:29:24.340 Yeah, will get a swap, but with the Intimidate just instead of Sylving, 04:29:24.340 --> 04:29:28.420 of the soak up some damage, but Lycanok with the protect on the turn as well as Vasky 04:29:28.420 --> 04:29:32.980 Legion with an awkward jet into the Garchomp just deals a wee little bit and 04:29:32.980 --> 04:29:38.300 getting really low at things like orb and rough skin recoil. Zombie time from 04:29:38.300 --> 04:29:44.140 Garchomp will deal off that remaining HP to Paul to be able to take tail in this game too. 04:29:44.140 --> 04:29:48.580 Yeah it's a nice knockout there, the Lycanok still safe and sound though and 04:29:48.580 --> 04:29:51.780 that's the thing I think what you would want to do with the Lycanok 04:29:51.780 --> 04:29:55.660 against these Charizard teams is preserving and that's exactly what the 04:29:55.660 --> 04:29:59.300 team is actually doing now bringing in the King Gamma we saw the Succulberage 04:29:59.300 --> 04:30:03.020 damage earlier so the Garchomp is going to be threatened we know it has to 04:30:03.020 --> 04:30:06.660 attack mid-stage on the field. Succulberage has the choice yet do you go for a Succulberage 04:30:06.660 --> 04:30:10.740 if the Garchomp removes that or if you go for Kautak's lead which would pick up the knockdown 04:30:10.740 --> 04:30:16.780 Succulberage and it would also get the Charizard which is the only option if Paul wants to switch around for him for later. 04:30:16.780 --> 04:30:22.380 So we'll be just a lakin' hawk that swaps out, though, as drop last will ring at the field. 04:30:22.380 --> 04:30:26.780 And of course, coming back out will be the snow warning once again to get your weather of choice. 04:30:26.780 --> 04:30:33.980 Sleper Bungie, Garjom, low enough, will be enough for that Kego to get closer for us to try and slow out this game. 04:30:33.980 --> 04:30:37.580 But of course now, Sylveon, this is the opportunity to go on the offensive. 04:30:37.580 --> 04:30:43.680 And we'll deal with special amount to each one, but still just not quite enough with these remaining pieces. 04:30:43.680 --> 04:30:49.580 again this Charizard has just taken so much damage yeah and that's the 04:30:49.580 --> 04:30:52.880 problem here you've not got the leverage now to be able to deal with this 04:30:52.880 --> 04:30:57.240 Kingama effectively and yes the Sylvians doing good contested damage each turn 04:30:57.240 --> 04:31:01.800 but kind of only before the remaining Paul come on on Sacrissaga the field now 04:31:01.800 --> 04:31:06.500 sitting in the circumference range and the Kingama just out of range from another 04:31:06.500 --> 04:31:11.740 high point here so you could imagine you could go for that you could be able to protect C if the Charizard protects you 04:31:11.740 --> 04:31:17.740 but things not looking great for Poles actually still commanding and showing how well they know this team is set out. 04:31:17.740 --> 04:31:25.740 And King Gambit with protect if you do just try and if you were just trying to make it out that's not even going to be enough. 04:31:25.740 --> 04:31:31.740 So we'll just be a hit into the Sylveon, special defense dropped as well and a heat wave on the board. 04:31:31.740 --> 04:31:38.740 You do have to sun on your side so you can deal a lot of damage and into the frost last already at half will be enough to take another KO. 04:31:38.740 --> 04:31:45.400 We talked about, you know, the Sylvian not being able to come forward, but if you're doing paging down all the other pieces, 04:31:45.400 --> 04:31:47.000 you might have a way back into this. 04:31:47.000 --> 04:31:51.480 Yeah, and I think the thing is, yeah, I think you just want to get a little bit as much damage as possible 04:31:51.480 --> 04:31:56.160 up at the cross lives, which is into that Sylvian and get this Lycan lock in as healthy as possible. 04:31:56.160 --> 04:31:57.880 That's exactly what's actually done. 04:31:57.880 --> 04:32:02.120 It doesn't seem as a way around the rocks like now, going to be enough to take that Charizard down 04:32:02.120 --> 04:32:07.720 and do enough to damage that Sylvian as well while you've got the king damage to kind of pack up 04:32:07.720 --> 04:32:10.280 and help out with that extra damage here. 04:32:10.280 --> 04:32:13.740 It does feel very difficult to pull back into this, 04:32:13.740 --> 04:32:16.560 but remember they do have that instant auto still in the back 04:32:16.560 --> 04:32:18.780 so they can cycle in at any point. 04:32:18.780 --> 04:32:21.280 It's really difficult going in front of this King Gambit 04:32:21.280 --> 04:32:22.600 that has a defying ability, 04:32:22.600 --> 04:32:25.760 so low boost it's attack rather than lowering it 04:32:25.760 --> 04:32:27.440 like you normally see. 04:32:27.440 --> 04:32:28.480 It's difficult. 04:32:28.480 --> 04:32:30.840 The fab is a difficult one. 04:32:30.840 --> 04:32:32.800 We gotta try and see if you can throw any of the stops 04:32:32.800 --> 04:32:35.200 and catch Zachary, Slithy, and Rockside on the turn 04:32:35.200 --> 04:32:37.680 to deal a lot of damage to both of these Pokemon. 04:32:37.680 --> 04:32:41.680 but it will all get sent more into that Citrus Fairy range for a little bit more of the recovery, 04:32:41.680 --> 04:32:46.680 but if you wanted a way back into this, your Pokemon has to attack and Flint found the Sylveon. 04:32:46.680 --> 04:32:52.680 That's just devastating. It was a difficult one anyways, but no damage done on that turn. 04:32:52.680 --> 04:32:56.680 I mean, you have to bake up, but again, you're just not doing enough. 04:32:56.680 --> 04:33:01.680 Now the Flintstair was so, so important. It was accurate to get pretty much a lot of this game up to them, 04:33:01.680 --> 04:33:05.360 game up to them because I think there's the hype voice coming out there with that 04:33:05.360 --> 04:33:11.080 extra Pokemon advantage and full turn it has, it gets a little bit set close to closing this match up. 04:33:11.080 --> 04:33:14.480 But now the double protect is an obvious one to burn through that fake out. 04:33:14.480 --> 04:33:18.480 Now you're in that position where you can rock slide again, you're probably going to be able to pick 04:33:18.480 --> 04:33:23.280 Kassilya on up, get enough damage onto the Incineron and then swing the like and rock King Gambit. 04:33:23.280 --> 04:33:26.280 You should be able to close things up, but not over just yet. 04:33:26.280 --> 04:33:29.480 Not quite yet. There's always different shenanigans that can go on. 04:33:29.480 --> 04:33:33.480 We're looking for the rock slide to be a lot of Inti Incineroar and take off to Sylveon. 04:33:33.480 --> 04:33:35.960 There's always a opportunity of playing this. 04:33:35.960 --> 04:33:38.720 There's always the opportunity of a mess up along the way. 04:33:38.720 --> 04:33:40.560 And Sylveon will just attack. 04:33:40.560 --> 04:33:43.720 So hoping that Incineroar can make a play to do something here. 04:33:43.720 --> 04:33:48.340 Like in Rock and Set, opting for the SL Rock to make sure that you can pick up that Sylveon task, 04:33:48.340 --> 04:33:51.920 Sucker Bunch, Inti Incineroar will bring it down to 25%. 04:33:51.920 --> 04:33:53.560 What does this Incineroar do though? 04:33:53.560 --> 04:33:55.520 Flare Blitz, you do cop the sun. 04:33:55.520 --> 04:33:57.960 You have a king gather that was low health. 04:33:57.960 --> 04:34:01.960 So that does bring it down actually into just this 04:34:01.960 --> 04:34:05.560 like a rock against the world, so focused on this incineroar 04:34:05.560 --> 04:34:08.960 not actually being an attacking piece of the puzzle. 04:34:08.960 --> 04:34:12.260 If there is a rockslide miss here, this like a rock just picks up 4KOs. 04:34:12.260 --> 04:34:14.960 Yeah, that's all Zachary needs now in the position. 04:34:14.960 --> 04:34:17.360 Preserve this like a rock so well to the end game. 04:34:17.360 --> 04:34:18.960 Everything in rockslide wins. 04:34:18.960 --> 04:34:20.560 You just need doesn't need to hit. 04:34:20.560 --> 04:34:24.960 It does hit, taking both down, leaving that Charizard in the back. 04:34:24.960 --> 04:34:30.080 The double connect from the Rocks, but Rocks will get it done. 04:34:30.080 --> 04:34:32.360 That is a double kill on this run. 04:34:32.360 --> 04:34:34.840 And now it's just a 1-1-1. 04:34:34.840 --> 04:34:37.000 And when you look again at the moveset on this, 04:34:37.000 --> 04:34:41.560 but Rocks and the Asura, it will be enough Zachary Reid 04:34:41.560 --> 04:34:47.480 to take the victory 2-0 over Paul into a runback of EYC. 04:34:47.480 --> 04:34:50.120 But Zachary Victor in the end will put him undefeated 04:34:50.120 --> 04:34:52.120 so far here in Day 1 of Worlds. 04:34:52.120 --> 04:34:54.120 the game, but it's not 04:34:54.220 --> 04:34:56.120 really a good idea. What a 04:34:56.220 --> 04:34:58.120 commanding performance by 04:34:58.220 --> 04:35:00.120 Zachary so well played from 04:35:00.220 --> 04:35:02.120 start to finish really 04:35:02.220 --> 04:35:04.120 dominating the game and not 04:35:04.220 --> 04:35:06.120 giving Paul an inch to get 04:35:06.220 --> 04:35:08.120 back into it. It did look like 04:35:08.220 --> 04:35:10.120 there may be ways in that game 04:35:10.220 --> 04:35:12.120 too is the game kind of dragged 04:35:12.220 --> 04:35:14.120 down and was really one of 04:35:14.220 --> 04:35:16.120 those great players being 04:35:16.220 --> 04:35:18.120 able to do that. But you're 04:35:18.220 --> 04:35:20.120 not preserving that like and 04:35:20.220 --> 04:35:21.120 rock. We outlined at the 04:35:21.120 --> 04:35:27.200 like in Rock as well to not just have the Pokemon but be able to have it with that just the focus 04:35:27.200 --> 04:35:32.480 sash intact was just incredible. That offers just so much more pressure than a Pokemon at 04:35:32.480 --> 04:35:37.600 full health because then you essentially have those two lives right and along the way the flinches 04:35:37.600 --> 04:35:42.640 you know in that game one the flint in the Sylveon but it still was just a fall that was in a 04:35:42.640 --> 04:35:47.920 tricky spot and still would have had to then okay see a rock slide miss and maybe come on through 04:35:47.920 --> 04:35:58.920 So I think Paul played the best considering the board safe at that time, but he gave congratulations to Zachary for how well he was able to play this because you get into that end game, London Rock at full health. 04:35:58.920 --> 04:36:02.920 That's just a commanding way for Zachary for starting off the day. 04:36:02.920 --> 04:36:29.920 Yeah, you know, I'm looking at heart and mouth moment there when the rock slide onto the inside on Sylvia and I know that's exactly how I felt so I can't imagine how Zachary was feeling in that moment but yeah, able to lock it up and after such a commanding game as well I think, yeah, really fitting way to end this set but it shows how well Zachary does as team inside and out, knew their lines into this team even though it's not been one of the teams that's been around as long as maybe the expression that they're running. 04:36:29.920 --> 04:36:36.520 I mean, there's a reason that it was popping off so much and why it was such a big ring into NAIC and 04:36:37.200 --> 04:36:43.320 There is the opportunities for things to go wrong, right? We get one of those rockside misses along the way that could have been really crucial 04:36:43.320 --> 04:36:45.960 Yeah, well, then you're like an rocks cooked, right? 04:36:46.120 --> 04:36:51.400 But there's so much strength to this team and so much pressure from just those constant rock slides or even those that sell rocks 04:36:51.400 --> 04:36:56.040 Not even then to mention the King Gambit now how much work not put in with those soccer punches 04:36:56.040 --> 04:36:59.000 Paul was forced into so many of those switches 04:36:59.000 --> 04:37:01.680 So Zachary, he is a phenomenal player. 04:37:01.680 --> 04:37:04.000 He has been one throughout this season. 04:37:04.000 --> 04:37:07.480 Second place at Las Vegas, second place at DUIC. 04:37:07.480 --> 04:37:09.880 It's a player that has been looking for that title in, 04:37:09.880 --> 04:37:10.880 I mean, we're day one. 04:37:10.880 --> 04:37:14.040 We're not counting our early, early win here. 04:37:14.040 --> 04:37:15.640 But I feel like he has been a trainer 04:37:15.640 --> 04:37:17.400 that has been on that come event, 04:37:17.400 --> 04:37:19.960 has been really ramping up this season, 04:37:19.960 --> 04:37:21.600 has been such an indication of that 04:37:21.600 --> 04:37:23.840 and victory like that is just proof. 04:37:23.840 --> 04:37:25.480 Yeah, I mean, Zachary, definitely one of us 04:37:25.480 --> 04:37:27.240 is capable of getting to the final 04:37:27.240 --> 04:37:31.680 and getting all of the lines to take the championship this entire weekend. 04:37:31.680 --> 04:37:35.120 So we'll have to keep an eye on them as they progress through this tournament. 04:37:35.120 --> 04:37:39.720 And I think the way that they really utilized the tools that they had at their disposal 04:37:39.720 --> 04:37:42.880 to get that initial shift damage on everything. 04:37:42.880 --> 04:37:43.280 Yeah. 04:37:43.280 --> 04:37:46.760 And they put the King Gambit in that spot where it was able to be so valuable 04:37:46.760 --> 04:37:49.960 and just pressure knockouts there, there and across the board, 04:37:49.960 --> 04:37:52.720 making it impossible for the ball to really utilize, 04:37:52.720 --> 04:37:53.560 especially the guard jump. 04:37:53.560 --> 04:37:55.800 When you look at it, you think great, you can get it in. 04:37:55.800 --> 04:38:01.800 if you can remove that frost last which Charzo can kind of do well. But yeah, Zachary just 04:38:01.800 --> 04:38:07.400 doing it, doing it and doing it well. It was an incredible win and congratulations to him. 04:38:07.400 --> 04:38:11.080 But of course we need to go here from him. You're standing by with our interview. 04:38:13.080 --> 04:38:18.120 Thank you so much, Sierra. I'm here with your round three winners. Zachary, we eat our finalist 04:38:18.120 --> 04:38:23.880 at EUIC and just beat the person who beat him at EUIC. So congratulations Zachary. How's it 04:38:23.880 --> 04:38:30.520 feel? It feels really good. Going into this tournament I didn't have a whole lot of prep done 04:38:30.520 --> 04:38:35.720 so I kind of just picked something that I felt comfortable with and being able to 04:38:36.600 --> 04:38:40.760 to wing it into beating one of the best players in the world feels very good. 04:38:40.760 --> 04:38:44.920 I was going to say you know I've seen you run this mega frostlast mega scovillian team a lot 04:38:44.920 --> 04:38:49.560 coming into this tournament. What made you sort of gravitate towards these two Pokemon at first? 04:38:49.560 --> 04:39:05.560 So I've always really liked Frostlass because the teams that it's built around have both ways of dealing damage and ways of controlling defensively with Aurora Veil or Burnship. 04:39:05.560 --> 04:39:13.560 And I really tend to gravitate towards teams that don't have a ton of Pokemon that are just completely dedicated to one or the other. 04:39:13.560 --> 04:39:20.440 the other and I really just like having a bunch of versatile pieces that can work in a lot of 04:39:20.440 --> 04:39:25.400 different situations and this team is probably the best in the format at doing that because pretty 04:39:25.400 --> 04:39:30.760 much every Pokemon can be a damage threat in its own right. Yeah and I think we saw you use those 04:39:30.760 --> 04:39:35.960 pieces really to your advantage in that matchup as it felt like in a game two in particular you 04:39:35.960 --> 04:39:40.280 just sent out the two Pokemon that had the best counters to your opponent's lead. I was going 04:39:40.280 --> 04:39:43.360 going through your mind in that team preview? 04:39:43.360 --> 04:39:48.320 So I figured that in the first game that King Gambit was 04:39:48.320 --> 04:39:52.720 a really good piece because it deters the slow incineroar 04:39:52.720 --> 04:39:56.320 toxpex mode and forced them to kind of do a more offensive 04:39:56.320 --> 04:39:57.480 angle. 04:39:57.480 --> 04:40:02.280 And in the second game, I knew once I led King Gambit's 04:40:02.280 --> 04:40:04.480 Kneesler that an easy adjustment for him was 04:40:04.480 --> 04:40:06.800 Garchomp because it hits both super effectively 04:40:06.800 --> 04:40:10.000 and can reasonably take hits and puts me in a 04:40:10.000 --> 04:40:12.840 position where I don't have a good fake out target. 04:40:12.840 --> 04:40:16.960 So I realized that I could pin the Charizard with Lichenrock 04:40:16.960 --> 04:40:19.520 and then be able to safely mega-froslas 04:40:19.520 --> 04:40:21.680 in front of Garchomp Charizard. 04:40:21.680 --> 04:40:25.840 So I knew that even if he went for his mega evolution turn 04:40:25.840 --> 04:40:29.040 one, that he was ultimately basically risking the game 04:40:29.040 --> 04:40:32.840 by letting me hit an Excel rock into his Charizard. 04:40:32.840 --> 04:40:35.280 And Lichenrock seems pretty good at getting those Excel 04:40:35.280 --> 04:40:36.880 rocks up and then really snowballing. 04:40:36.880 --> 04:40:38.680 Has that been your experience? 04:40:38.680 --> 04:40:43.080 Yeah, it's the, in my opinion, the best counter to Charizard in the format. 04:40:44.200 --> 04:40:52.360 Just because no matter what sort of speed control or pivoting they have, they... 04:40:53.200 --> 04:40:57.480 Well, you can always line up the Excel rock, always have a ton of rock slide pressure, 04:40:57.480 --> 04:41:04.240 and just always have a way to pin it, which is very useful for two mega evolutions 04:41:04.240 --> 04:41:07.400 that aren't super great into Charizard. 04:41:07.400 --> 04:41:10.280 Well, Zachary, thank you so much for your time. 04:41:10.280 --> 04:41:14.320 Before I let you go, I do want to ask, you know, I've seen you sort of really come into 04:41:14.320 --> 04:41:15.320 your own this season. 04:41:15.320 --> 04:41:17.920 You know, we saw you, I have some really great finishes. 04:41:17.920 --> 04:41:22.080 Do you have any advice for anybody at home who's looking to find their footing in competitive 04:41:22.080 --> 04:41:26.200 Pokemon as we enter the 2027 season? 04:41:26.200 --> 04:41:27.200 Just don't be afraid to play. 04:41:27.200 --> 04:41:29.640 I mean, every tournament is an experience. 04:41:29.640 --> 04:41:34.120 It gives you valuable experience regardless of how you do. 04:41:34.120 --> 04:41:44.280 just play the game and not just don't get too frustrated in it. I mean I've been able to keep 04:41:44.280 --> 04:41:49.400 playing the game for a while because I haven't put too much pressure on myself to play it. Not every 04:41:49.400 --> 04:41:56.040 tournament is going to be some crazy big run, but I've realized that if I just relax and keep 04:41:56.040 --> 04:42:01.240 playing one round at a time that good things will happen to those who wait. Yeah, and I think 04:42:01.240 --> 04:42:03.120 We've seen you have some incredible wins. 04:42:03.120 --> 04:42:05.360 So best of luck in this tournament. 04:42:05.360 --> 04:42:07.400 Best of luck throughout the rest of your day. 04:42:07.400 --> 04:42:09.000 And of course, do you have any shout out to any gift? 04:42:09.000 --> 04:42:10.960 Anybody who might be watching at home? 04:42:10.960 --> 04:42:12.840 Shout out to my mom for taking me 04:42:12.840 --> 04:42:17.600 and all my family at home, all my friends watching. 04:42:17.600 --> 04:42:22.600 And shout out to Evan, Keon, and Gianna 04:42:23.840 --> 04:42:28.000 for getting shiny Pokemon for my team this weekend. 04:42:28.000 --> 04:42:29.400 All right, thank you so much for your time. 04:42:29.400 --> 04:42:30.640 I really appreciate it. 04:42:30.640 --> 04:42:32.200 Thank you all for watching at home 04:42:32.200 --> 04:42:34.480 and for those of you who are hanging out here in the hall 04:42:34.480 --> 04:42:35.920 having a good time, I hope. 04:42:35.920 --> 04:42:37.400 We'll be back after a short break, 04:42:37.400 --> 04:42:38.760 so please stay tuned. 04:46:38.760 --> 04:46:40.760 Oh 04:47:38.760 --> 04:47:41.400 I'm going to beat you up! 04:47:41.400 --> 04:47:45.400 Pokemon Japan Championship 2020! 04:47:45.400 --> 04:47:50.200 Yes! I'm going to win! 04:48:01.480 --> 04:48:02.360 What's my favorite? 04:48:02.360 --> 04:48:04.680 My favorite is the one that's got jet black hair. 04:48:04.680 --> 04:48:05.880 He's extremely fast. 04:48:05.880 --> 04:48:06.840 Limitless. 04:48:06.840 --> 04:48:07.720 So cute. 04:48:07.720 --> 04:48:10.560 She has a 12 octave vocal range. 04:48:10.560 --> 04:48:13.080 Can be calm, powerful, still able to move. 04:48:13.080 --> 04:48:15.640 I'm Gido, I'm going to have power to move. 04:48:15.640 --> 04:48:16.920 He would improvise on the spot. 04:48:16.920 --> 04:48:19.520 Just always finds a way to make it funny. 04:48:19.520 --> 04:48:21.320 We both have very fast moves. 04:48:21.320 --> 04:48:23.320 And can change the world using its mind. 04:48:23.320 --> 04:48:25.040 Jigglypuff is my favorite. 04:48:25.040 --> 04:48:26.000 Jigglypuff! 04:48:26.000 --> 04:48:32.880 Jigglypuff, jigglypuff. 04:48:32.880 --> 04:48:35.040 Every single time you met a new Pokemon, 04:48:35.040 --> 04:48:36.440 felt like you met a new part of yourself. 04:48:36.440 --> 04:48:37.440 You like to sleep? 04:48:37.440 --> 04:48:38.440 Yes. 04:48:38.440 --> 04:48:39.440 Just like me. 04:48:39.440 --> 04:48:41.440 I'm like a robot, simple to come to see you in this world. 04:48:41.440 --> 04:48:43.440 She's in a form of super-assured opponents. 04:48:43.440 --> 04:48:44.440 Come, she is for girls. 04:48:44.440 --> 04:48:45.440 We love language. 04:48:45.440 --> 04:48:49.440 She is a term voice to protect herself. 04:48:49.440 --> 04:48:50.440 There's only, you know? 04:48:50.440 --> 04:48:51.440 Absolutely. 04:48:51.440 --> 04:48:52.440 That's why I love it. 04:48:52.440 --> 04:48:53.440 Like ever it is. 04:48:53.440 --> 04:48:54.440 In favor of this girl. 04:48:54.440 --> 04:48:55.440 Ah, come on. 04:48:55.440 --> 04:48:56.440 Dingo, what's that? 04:48:56.440 --> 04:48:57.440 I got it. 04:48:57.440 --> 04:48:58.440 So what's your favorite? 04:48:58.440 --> 04:49:00.440 I 04:49:28.440 --> 04:49:41.120 Welcome back, Pokemon trainers, you're looking at the lovely city of San Francisco and Ray 04:49:41.120 --> 04:49:44.520 Quasal Road outside of the convention center here. 04:49:44.520 --> 04:49:48.400 We're at the Moscone Center and of course, if you can't join us in person, you can 04:49:48.400 --> 04:49:54.000 always check us out over in Pocopia with that lovely code you saw on the screen just 04:49:54.000 --> 04:49:55.000 a little bit ago. 04:49:55.000 --> 04:49:56.280 My name is Gabby Snyder. 04:49:56.280 --> 04:50:02.720 I'm joined here by Ben Kariaku and while we're unfortunately stuck here in the real world you can bet a 04:50:03.560 --> 04:50:10.000 Lovely poke dollar that I will be logging on to poke opia later on today to check out the cloud island 04:50:10.000 --> 04:50:15.240 And hang out with some of my best poke buddies, and I'm definitely gonna go and see if I can spend a little bit of time 04:50:15.240 --> 04:50:17.240 In Rayquaza road 04:50:17.440 --> 04:50:22.320 They've got a lot down in the basement here with all the players all these cool kids 04:50:22.320 --> 04:50:31.320 I'm sorry. I misspoke. I'm sorry. All of the cool kids. All of the cool kids. We are cool kids, too, by the way. I just want to throw that out there. 04:50:31.320 --> 04:50:45.320 Before we start making any comments here, we're also calling. You know what else is cool? We're here at the Pokemon 2026 World Championships, and we have had some absolute bangers of matchups that we've seen already. 04:50:45.320 --> 04:50:51.320 We've had clean two O's all the way through both of our round ones round two and round three. 04:50:51.320 --> 04:50:57.320 We're gonna have a little bit of a refresher on our players to watch and how they're getting on in our event so far. 04:50:57.320 --> 04:51:00.320 For sure, so let's go ahead and take a look at Paul Chu. 04:51:00.320 --> 04:51:04.320 We just had him on stream for round three of Swiss two and one currently just in Tang three. 04:51:04.320 --> 04:51:08.320 Mel and Alex Underhill unfortunately one and two. 04:51:08.320 --> 04:51:14.320 Yeah, Alex playing against Edu in the Paris trap round earlier on stream and that was such a great game. 04:51:14.320 --> 04:51:16.260 two and one very, very close 04:51:16.260 --> 04:51:18.000 score line there, but, uh, 04:51:18.000 --> 04:51:19.520 you're doing very, very well. 04:51:19.520 --> 04:51:20.700 Paul running into a little bit 04:51:20.700 --> 04:51:21.700 of a matchup there, 04:51:21.700 --> 04:51:22.700 getting his first loss of the 04:51:22.700 --> 04:51:23.700 tournament going 2-0 04:51:23.700 --> 04:51:25.200 into that last round, 04:51:25.200 --> 04:51:26.560 and then Zachary Weed being 04:51:26.560 --> 04:51:28.100 able to, uh, you know, 04:51:28.100 --> 04:51:29.300 get, uh, get a little bit 04:51:29.300 --> 04:51:30.400 of the upper hand 04:51:30.400 --> 04:51:31.200 with that Frostbuff 04:51:31.200 --> 04:51:32.100 Megascaping on team. 04:51:32.100 --> 04:51:33.540 Yeah, just really well 04:51:33.540 --> 04:51:35.140 repaired for one of the, 04:51:35.140 --> 04:51:36.780 uh, more common archetypes 04:51:36.780 --> 04:51:38.020 I think we've seen so far, 04:51:38.020 --> 04:51:39.440 at least data-wise 04:51:39.440 --> 04:51:40.580 coming into this tournament 04:51:40.580 --> 04:51:41.820 and running a team 04:51:41.820 --> 04:51:42.760 that I think he's very 04:51:42.760 --> 04:51:43.420 comfortable with. 04:51:43.420 --> 04:51:48.420 You know, he mentioned in his interview, you know, not very well prepared for this tournament decided to make a comfort pick. 04:51:48.420 --> 04:51:57.620 But having seen him use that team in one of the largest New England grassroots tournaments that happened recently, maybe about a month ago or so now, 04:51:58.120 --> 04:52:04.620 he plays that team very well and very strongly into that archetype as you may could have told by that previous round. 04:52:04.620 --> 04:52:09.420 I think like Zachary's in a position where his company is like literally just playing world on the couch at home. 04:52:09.420 --> 04:52:22.420 You know, he's really really in a strong spot. Justin, of course, going free. Oh, as well. So far, we haven't got to feature him just yet, but maybe a little bit later on, we can see how he's getting on what he's locked in. 04:52:22.420 --> 04:52:31.420 They're not just any, of course, we've got players from all over. We've got our EU players as well. So we've got Marco Silva, Michael Kelsch and Francesco Piero Perro. 04:52:31.420 --> 04:52:34.420 Now, Francesco, I saw, actually did lose his round one. 04:52:34.420 --> 04:52:40.260 one. Oh interesting. But he's managed to bounce it back and yet no surprises there from a player of 04:52:40.260 --> 04:52:45.540 his caliber. Exactly. I mean we saw him do so well at the North America International Championships 04:52:45.540 --> 04:52:51.300 just a couple of months ago playing that incredibly tough mirror matchup in the finals against Eric 04:52:51.300 --> 04:52:57.460 Rios and really just showcasing how strong of a mental fortitude he has as a player and that's 04:52:57.460 --> 04:53:02.980 exactly what you need to come back from a round one loss at the World Championships as these 04:53:02.980 --> 04:53:05.900 These losses will carry over into competition tomorrow 04:53:05.900 --> 04:53:08.720 and you can't afford to take such an early loss 04:53:08.720 --> 04:53:10.520 as that will hurt your resistance as going 04:53:10.520 --> 04:53:13.240 into a potential asymmetrical top cut. 04:53:13.240 --> 04:53:15.280 Definitely and you know, Charlie got to, 04:53:15.280 --> 04:53:17.680 in the preview show we had for the World Championships, 04:53:17.680 --> 04:53:19.000 have a little chat with Francesco 04:53:19.000 --> 04:53:21.320 and say like, how much he's prepared for this tournament. 04:53:21.320 --> 04:53:22.160 Yeah, yeah. 04:53:22.160 --> 04:53:25.320 How much he's, just put the tournament first 04:53:25.320 --> 04:53:28.080 coming into the last couple of months 04:53:28.080 --> 04:53:30.680 getting ready for it since his winner NAIC. 04:53:30.680 --> 04:53:34.440 Michael Kelsh is coming off the back of a grassroots tournament win. 04:53:34.440 --> 04:53:37.760 One of the biggest that we had using a mega Gengar team 04:53:37.760 --> 04:53:41.800 that really nobody had on their radar until like, hey, by the way, 04:53:41.800 --> 04:53:43.480 I'm winning a tournament with it. Yeah. 04:53:43.480 --> 04:53:48.520 And certainly a player like Michelle was with such a great grasp of the game 04:53:48.520 --> 04:53:53.160 and how to position and knowing how to calculate these matches. 04:53:53.680 --> 04:53:57.200 Mega Gengar definitely one of the strongest counterparts for a player like that. 04:53:57.200 --> 04:53:59.240 And I really hope we get to see him in that team 04:53:59.240 --> 04:54:04.000 up later on on the stream in particular because that team has a mega Gengar 04:54:04.000 --> 04:54:09.400 without Paris song and without the Paris trap ability it's just a trap team and 04:54:09.400 --> 04:54:12.980 if you think back to the last time we had the world championships here in 04:54:12.980 --> 04:54:17.880 San Francisco when Wolf click one that featured a mega Gengar team without 04:54:17.880 --> 04:54:22.920 Paris song and I just think that the storyline there is very interesting and 04:54:22.920 --> 04:54:26.520 admittedly we had many years in between where mega Gengar wasn't 04:54:26.520 --> 04:54:31.360 really an option available to people, but let's just ignore that and just say that, you know, 04:54:31.360 --> 04:54:33.760 it's an interesting coincidence so far, let's say. 04:54:33.760 --> 04:54:34.760 I think so. 04:54:34.760 --> 04:54:35.760 I think so. 04:54:35.760 --> 04:54:38.800 Coming back 10 years since San Francisco when it last won the World Championships. 04:54:38.800 --> 04:54:44.840 Marco, of course, going 3-0 as well, and I feel like looking at Marco's journey, he's 04:54:44.840 --> 04:54:50.200 been one of the championship point leaders, like, across the last few years. 04:54:50.200 --> 04:54:54.520 But also, it's, well, it's the only one that he hasn't managed to take down 04:54:54.520 --> 04:54:55.520 yet. 04:54:55.520 --> 04:55:02.080 a lot of eyes on a player like Marco is like it's not a case of like if he could maybe win the 04:55:02.080 --> 04:55:06.960 world championships it's like well which year is it going to actually happen and a great start 04:55:06.960 --> 04:55:11.120 there for Marco hopefully he can manage to keep it going all the way through the tournament 04:55:11.120 --> 04:55:14.800 because it only gets harder from him. Exactly and that's one of the interesting things about 04:55:14.800 --> 04:55:19.200 Pokemon as a game is that you can be the best player in the world but there is still a lot 04:55:19.200 --> 04:55:23.760 of things that have to go right for you to win a tournament like the world championships and 04:55:23.760 --> 04:55:40.760 I do think that you're absolutely correct when it's a when is he going to win the world championships like when are those things going to line up perfectly for him so far he's off to a very strong start I know we're going to see him eventually on this stage if he continues to have that momentum going for him we'll just have to see when that will be. 04:55:40.760 --> 04:55:45.760 and let's see our players from 04:55:45.760 --> 04:55:47.760 that time as well that we have 04:55:47.760 --> 04:55:49.760 representing. We've seen Juan 04:55:49.760 --> 04:55:51.760 Salerno on the stream already 04:55:51.760 --> 04:55:53.760 going one and two. Unfortunately 04:55:53.760 --> 04:55:55.760 wasn't able to get his win on 04:55:55.760 --> 04:55:57.760 stream against Sage and Park 04:55:57.760 --> 04:55:59.760 around one part two, but he 04:55:59.760 --> 04:56:01.760 played so so well into a match 04:56:01.760 --> 04:56:03.760 up that really did feel like 04:56:03.760 --> 04:56:05.760 it was an uphill battle. 04:56:05.760 --> 04:56:07.760 Alexander and Max or Alice 04:56:07.760 --> 04:56:09.760 going to one as well, having 04:56:09.760 --> 04:56:15.000 all getting their tournament going to a good point. And I feel like especially coming into 04:56:15.000 --> 04:56:18.520 the world championships, like if you're not hitting it right off the bat, and if you're 04:56:18.520 --> 04:56:24.000 not getting the momentum going early, I like these, these two trainers have managed to 04:56:24.000 --> 04:56:28.680 get themselves in a position to do. It's really tough to come back. Juan Solano could 04:56:28.680 --> 04:56:30.000 still win the world championships. 04:56:30.000 --> 04:56:34.440 He very much could. And you know, I do want to mention real quick that even though 04:56:34.440 --> 04:56:38.360 some of these trainers are a little bit unfamiliar to us right now, because we don't 04:56:38.360 --> 04:56:43.160 the opportunity to see them outside of international championships and the world championships. We are 04:56:43.160 --> 04:56:48.840 going to be broadcasting regional level events throughout Latin America, those special championships 04:56:48.840 --> 04:56:53.880 and regional championship tournaments starting in the 2027 season. So I really look forward to 04:56:53.880 --> 04:56:59.720 seeing trainers like Alexander, Juan and Max compete at the regional level coming up next year. 04:56:59.720 --> 04:57:03.240 For now though, hopefully we'll get the opportunity to feature some of them today 04:57:03.240 --> 04:57:07.080 and tomorrow and who knows, maybe even on Sunday. Let's keep our fingers crossed because 04:57:07.080 --> 04:57:10.580 you know this the tournament is only just begun and there's a lot of more 04:57:10.580 --> 04:57:15.240 Pokemon left to play let's have a look at Oceania now and see our players how 04:57:15.240 --> 04:57:21.120 they're getting on now Nicholas Khan is a player that really from from Australia 04:57:21.120 --> 04:57:25.880 that we do keep an eye on because he's been so so consistent as well as 04:57:25.880 --> 04:57:34.280 Jody Kider who's like the online like King really like how many like and 04:57:34.280 --> 04:57:38.780 online tournaments are global global challenges as he actually managed to win 04:57:38.780 --> 04:57:45.460 like most of them getting up there on the ranked battle ladders and like 04:57:45.460 --> 04:57:49.300 winning it several times like it puts you in a good spot even if it's close 04:57:49.300 --> 04:57:54.140 team she's even if it's best of one it's the reps over and over and over 04:57:54.140 --> 04:57:59.540 again that Joji is not only like really well versed in but also it's 04:57:59.540 --> 04:58:03.420 usually using the strongest Pokemon that are out there exactly and Henry 04:58:03.420 --> 04:58:08.220 rich as well off to a very strong start at two and one but I don't want to run out of time then 04:58:08.220 --> 04:58:13.660 let's go ahead and look at our players to watch from Japan as they have come all the way over to 04:58:13.660 --> 04:58:18.620 compete after finishing very strongly at the Japan national championships earlier on in the 04:58:18.620 --> 04:58:24.700 summer. Unfortunately, Kosuke day did not have the best day it happens to us all he is out of 04:58:24.700 --> 04:58:29.820 the tournament at 0 and 3. However, Yuma Kinagawa and Hiroshi Onishi are still competing at 04:58:29.820 --> 04:58:35.180 two and one and three and all respectively. I don't think we can say enough how difficult the world 04:58:35.180 --> 04:58:40.780 champion is. Yes, yes. Yeah, Ko Tsukune was one of the favorites I think for a lot of us coming in 04:58:41.420 --> 04:58:45.900 he's going to be one of the favorites for us coming out as well because even if this wasn't 04:58:45.900 --> 04:58:49.420 the world championship it's a choice for him. Yeah, he's going to go back to the drawing 04:58:49.420 --> 04:58:54.620 board and keep showing us why he's one of the best trainers in the world, let alone in Japan. 04:58:54.620 --> 04:59:00.140 Yuma are one of our previous Japan national champions as well doing a great start. Hiroshi 04:59:00.140 --> 04:59:06.380 our current Japan national champion on an absolute tear as well. Again getting that momentum started 04:59:06.380 --> 04:59:12.220 and yeah looking forward to seeing what these two trainers have in store for us later. Me too me 04:59:12.220 --> 04:59:17.180 too. It's it's always so exciting to see just what teams people are bringing you know who's 04:59:17.180 --> 04:59:23.500 doing what what Pokemon what strategies how are they thinking you know and it's also just very 04:59:23.500 --> 04:59:27.660 nice to have that confirmation that everybody can have a bad day you know I 04:59:27.660 --> 04:59:32.900 know you and I competed back in the day and I had my bad days I'm sure you had 04:59:32.900 --> 04:59:37.020 your bad days it could happen to anybody and what what's important is like 04:59:37.020 --> 04:59:40.260 what Zachary Weed was just saying to me in that interview keep playing keep 04:59:40.260 --> 04:59:43.380 trying you know you're gonna have your bad days you're gonna have your good 04:59:43.380 --> 04:59:45.820 days but you're never gonna get to your good days if you don't get through 04:59:45.820 --> 04:59:50.340 your bad days exactly that I mean yeah I've had a I've had an LAIC flying 04:59:50.340 --> 04:59:52.340 you know, you know, it's 04:59:52.340 --> 04:59:54.340 it's like, you know, it's 04:59:54.340 --> 04:59:55.340 like, you know, you're 04:59:55.340 --> 04:59:56.340 playing over for a long 04:59:56.340 --> 04:59:58.340 weekend. Oh, three drop and 04:59:58.340 --> 04:59:59.340 coming back home. It's not 04:59:59.340 --> 05:00:00.340 it's not feeling great. You 05:00:00.340 --> 05:00:01.340 know, when you're when you're 05:00:01.340 --> 05:00:02.340 sitting at the plane 05:00:02.340 --> 05:00:03.340 thinking about what you've 05:00:03.340 --> 05:00:05.340 done, but you know, I think 05:00:05.340 --> 05:00:06.340 all of the players here. In 05:00:06.340 --> 05:00:08.340 fact, all of them. They've 05:00:08.340 --> 05:00:09.340 shown over the season. 05:00:09.340 --> 05:00:10.340 Their resilience is 05:00:10.340 --> 05:00:11.340 competitive. They've 05:00:11.340 --> 05:00:12.340 shown that they've got what 05:00:12.340 --> 05:00:13.340 it takes to be here. 05:00:13.340 --> 05:00:15.340 Everyone is deserving. Yeah 05:00:15.340 --> 05:00:16.340 what happens when you 05:00:16.340 --> 05:00:17.340 get all of those players 05:00:17.340 --> 05:00:18.340 that deserve to be there 05:00:18.340 --> 05:00:19.340 collected in a room like 05:00:19.340 --> 05:00:24.420 A lot of these trainers like our Japanese players play in their own separate circuit from the 05:00:24.420 --> 05:00:29.500 international compositions that we're used to in North America, in Europe, in Latin, etc. 05:00:29.500 --> 05:00:36.340 And so the change of pace coming into these international tournaments is so, so big. 05:00:36.340 --> 05:00:39.380 But also, yeah, that's the same for all of our trainers, right? 05:00:39.380 --> 05:00:41.700 I mean, you're used to playing with your friends. 05:00:41.700 --> 05:00:44.380 You're used to playing in your local, you're used to playing in the regionals. 05:00:44.380 --> 05:00:47.900 And then it's like, hey, people do things differently over here when you get to 05:00:47.900 --> 05:00:51.180 the international level when everybody is at the top of their game. 05:00:51.180 --> 05:00:55.780 Exactly. And you only get the opportunity to practice this once a year, if you're lucky, 05:00:55.780 --> 05:00:59.380 maybe two or three times if you can travel to those international championships, if you 05:00:59.380 --> 05:01:04.300 get a travel award, or maybe you're just lucky that you live close enough to one to go. 05:01:04.300 --> 05:01:10.260 It's very difficult. And if you have the fortune to go to multiple ones and get those 05:01:10.260 --> 05:01:14.220 reps in, get that experience, you could still just wake up on the wrong side of 05:01:14.220 --> 05:01:19.860 the bed and that's it. It just happens to everyone so. The wrong side of the bed is always 05:01:19.860 --> 05:01:27.060 coming. Yeah. But I am, I will say I did have the opportunity to walk around the hall a little 05:01:27.060 --> 05:01:31.820 bit earlier after lunch. You know I did my traditional lap around trying to look like 05:01:31.820 --> 05:01:35.100 I was doing something important so people wouldn't talk to me so I had enough time 05:01:35.100 --> 05:01:38.900 to actually make the lap and then get back here. But I did see a lot of smiles in 05:01:38.900 --> 05:01:42.740 the hall. I did see people having fun you know talking about their matches. I 05:01:42.740 --> 05:01:44.340 I do think that the sense of community, 05:01:44.340 --> 05:01:47.260 even if you are having a bit of a rough start, 05:01:47.260 --> 05:01:50.260 is what brings you back every single time. 05:01:50.260 --> 05:01:53.220 100%, I mean, we first met in what, 05:01:53.220 --> 05:01:56.380 the 2012 World Championships in Hawaii back, 05:01:56.380 --> 05:01:58.020 way back in the day. 05:01:58.020 --> 05:02:00.020 I'm not gonna think about that too much longer. 05:02:00.020 --> 05:02:02.380 I feel like we've had this conversation, Gary, 05:02:02.380 --> 05:02:04.780 it's like the thing that keeps us in the community, 05:02:04.780 --> 05:02:06.300 the thing that keeps us coming back, 05:02:06.300 --> 05:02:08.140 playing these tournaments, 05:02:08.140 --> 05:02:10.620 yeah, the privilege of being able 05:02:10.620 --> 05:02:12.420 to bring these to you as well 05:02:12.420 --> 05:02:17.780 the fact that the community is so much there for each other. It's a real collaboration out there. 05:02:17.780 --> 05:02:18.260 Exactly. 05:02:18.260 --> 05:02:21.700 And you see like, you know, you're talking to people online, your friends, 05:02:21.700 --> 05:02:27.060 your people that are working, building teams together and trying to do as much as they can. 05:02:27.060 --> 05:02:31.060 And these international events, and especially the world championships, is the time where you 05:02:31.060 --> 05:02:35.060 like, you get to sit on the same side of the table as those people as well and, you know, 05:02:35.060 --> 05:02:40.180 really hone in on the thing that you enjoy the most, which is being that part of the 05:02:40.180 --> 05:02:44.800 community. Exactly and I think you got a chance to talk to Giovanni Costa the 05:02:44.800 --> 05:02:50.980 current world champion. Yes. Earlier and our Siskis, sorry not Costa, yesterday and 05:02:50.980 --> 05:02:54.900 did you mention the building group and talking about building his team at all 05:02:54.900 --> 05:02:58.060 with him or was that a different interview? That was a different interview but 05:02:58.060 --> 05:03:03.540 we were talking about like how he's developed his season 05:03:03.540 --> 05:03:08.340 since becoming world champion and the the short story is try and test it. 05:03:08.340 --> 05:03:13.140 You know keep it going. Yeah, it worked for me last year. It's gonna work for me again 05:03:13.140 --> 05:03:19.500 He was one of the earliest players. Yeah, we had on toxic X is running toxic X this weekend. Oh, he is 05:03:21.260 --> 05:03:27.300 Yeah, and so yeah, I think we've talked about it a lot of our co-casters have talked about it as well 05:03:27.300 --> 05:03:34.820 This is a format of comfort. Yes. Yes, you know wanting to I play play the thing that you know the best overall and 05:03:34.820 --> 05:03:41.420 And which is exactly how do you buddy was, you know, running up to the world championships last year? 05:03:41.420 --> 05:03:46.420 I feel like he'd been running the team that he won the world championships with in some iteration. 05:03:46.420 --> 05:03:53.420 The months and months and months before eventually got the world's is like how the the tournament came together, how he came together. 05:03:53.420 --> 05:03:58.620 Just like you just have that comfort in knowing like, Oh, okay, I'm playing against this. 05:03:58.620 --> 05:04:00.220 And like, Oh, I do this, this and this. 05:04:00.220 --> 05:04:01.620 And let's see how it goes. 05:04:01.620 --> 05:04:05.360 Yeah, and I feel like when I think about trainers who have that like community around them 05:04:05.360 --> 05:04:11.080 I Giovanni Siskie is one of those trainers that I feel like you know has that building group has that community that's 05:04:11.200 --> 05:04:15.840 Constantly like trying to innovate constantly trying to lift each other up and it's interesting 05:04:15.840 --> 05:04:21.120 And when you think about the past couple of world champions that we've had um in the I want to call it the switch era 05:04:21.120 --> 05:04:23.960 Let's say I feel like they all have that in common 05:04:24.680 --> 05:04:27.360 and I'm sure for the 3ds era as well, but 05:04:27.360 --> 05:04:30.360 that when trying to come up with things off the cuff, 05:04:30.360 --> 05:04:33.000 as one would say, my memory is not that snappy, 05:04:33.000 --> 05:04:35.080 and I wouldn't have to do research to confirm that. 05:04:35.080 --> 05:04:37.200 So I'm going to limit myself to what I surely know 05:04:37.200 --> 05:04:39.120 and hope that I'm right about the other side. 05:04:39.120 --> 05:04:40.440 I think you are. 05:04:40.440 --> 05:04:45.240 I think what is definitely one by a tribe in many respects 05:04:45.240 --> 05:04:48.120 is, and you only have to look at some of our communities 05:04:48.120 --> 05:04:50.840 in the successive Japanese community have been 05:04:50.840 --> 05:04:54.480 ubiquitous over the years for being able to come together. 05:04:54.480 --> 05:05:01.360 I was talking to Shoma yesterday about how the Japanese community came across Chalk and 05:05:01.360 --> 05:05:06.040 like electively decided that that was the best team back when he won the World Championships 05:05:06.040 --> 05:05:07.040 in 2015. 05:05:07.040 --> 05:05:13.360 And while Shoma's opinion is like, well, the kind of our big six variant, our Charizard 05:05:13.360 --> 05:05:18.760 Mega Flowette composition isn't quite the same level that Chalk was back, way back 05:05:18.760 --> 05:05:19.760 in the day. 05:05:19.760 --> 05:05:28.440 Yeah, it's it's it's close to being that kind of sane mentality where players like they're gravitating towards those strong thoughts question 05:05:28.560 --> 05:05:35.280 Do you find the fact that Shoma considers the mega Charizard mega flow at core less 05:05:35.840 --> 05:05:38.080 powerful than chalk comforting or concerning I? 05:05:38.720 --> 05:05:44.120 Think comforting okay thought of that that's kind of where I'm at, but I wanted to do like a vibe check 05:05:44.120 --> 05:05:47.240 It's a bit of a column A, column B situation, right? 05:05:47.240 --> 05:05:50.640 Because, you know, it's nice to be able to think of it as, like, 05:05:50.640 --> 05:05:52.760 you know, we all have it. 05:05:52.760 --> 05:05:55.320 The highest parallel is, like, this is one of the teams 05:05:55.320 --> 05:05:57.000 to really watch out for, right? 05:05:57.000 --> 05:06:01.960 Because it's so strong, because it's got such a share 05:06:01.960 --> 05:06:03.680 of the meta game, like, you know, 05:06:03.680 --> 05:06:05.240 if you're going to play the world championships, 05:06:05.240 --> 05:06:07.160 unless you've got this miracle run, 05:06:07.160 --> 05:06:09.920 you're going to face up at least against one, if not, 05:06:09.920 --> 05:06:12.880 if not a few of them across the Swiss rounds. 05:06:14.120 --> 05:06:21.120 So, yeah, nice to think of it as like not completely the strongest team in the format and that we have options. 05:06:21.120 --> 05:06:25.120 Equally, the implication is that there's like stronger stuff out there that has got to be scary. 05:06:25.120 --> 05:06:27.120 Yeah, that's the concerning part for me. 05:06:27.120 --> 05:06:34.120 Does this imply that they were working on something that didn't quite make it that's more powerful, or... 05:06:34.120 --> 05:06:35.120 Yeah. 05:06:35.120 --> 05:06:41.120 I don't know. I think, like, you know, it's clearly one of the most powerful, but it's also one of the teams with the target on its back. 05:06:41.120 --> 05:06:42.120 Of course. 05:06:42.120 --> 05:06:49.120 All of our formats, I think the important thing to realize and recognize is that everything is about context. 05:06:49.120 --> 05:06:59.120 If you went into a previous part of the game, it was a surprise when Gavin Michaels won an event with Basque Legion, for example. 05:06:59.120 --> 05:07:02.120 And now you're looking at it as like, well, I said, it's one of you, isn't it? 05:07:02.120 --> 05:07:09.120 So it's definitely shifted its position in the format depending on the game that we're playing at the point in time. 05:07:09.120 --> 05:07:16.840 I think it's really important to recognize looking at like these strong teams, but also looking at the ways that our players have 05:07:17.320 --> 05:07:24.680 Built around the metagame that we formed. Yeah, and that's actually why I put it as my caster prediction because I had a 05:07:25.240 --> 05:07:27.240 It was like a 50-50 for me, okay? 05:07:27.240 --> 05:07:29.660 You know the traditional Pokemon 50-50 if you will 05:07:29.760 --> 05:07:30.280 Sure 05:07:30.280 --> 05:07:35.960 It's either gonna hit or it won't in the sense that people are either gonna over correct for the metagame and 05:07:35.960 --> 05:07:39.080 and assume that people are not going to bring it. 05:07:39.080 --> 05:07:40.960 And then the one person who brings that team 05:07:40.960 --> 05:07:44.360 is just going to go all the way to finals 05:07:44.360 --> 05:07:45.920 because everybody's like, no, it's 05:07:45.920 --> 05:07:47.720 everybody's going to have a target on its back. 05:07:47.720 --> 05:07:50.520 I'll bring one counter for it, but it'll be fine. 05:07:50.520 --> 05:07:52.920 Or it's going to just be everywhere. 05:07:52.920 --> 05:07:54.560 And because it's going to be everywhere, 05:07:54.560 --> 05:07:56.640 one person is going to make it far enough in the tournament 05:07:56.640 --> 05:07:58.120 that I'll look smart regardless. 05:07:58.120 --> 05:07:59.240 Exactly. 05:07:59.240 --> 05:08:00.480 It felt like one of those things 05:08:00.480 --> 05:08:03.160 where if I were playing in the World Championships 05:08:03.160 --> 05:08:05.000 personally, I would run the Mega Blast 05:08:05.000 --> 05:08:09.600 always make a Delphox team because I think that's fun. But I do think that it deserves 05:08:09.600 --> 05:08:15.520 a spot at the table because of those reasons. Yeah, I think like, yeah, and it's such a 05:08:15.520 --> 05:08:19.960 hardcore. I don't envy anyone coming into the world championships and trying to pick 05:08:19.960 --> 05:08:23.680 what team that they wanted to lock in. But I know a lot of trainers, they've been putting, 05:08:23.680 --> 05:08:27.560 they've been putting the time in, they've been putting the work in. And so yeah, 05:08:27.560 --> 05:08:33.280 I think most importantly, we are getting our players ready and set up for the 05:08:33.280 --> 05:08:38.080 the next round you'll be happy to hear at home so why don't we wrap this up Gabby 05:08:38.080 --> 05:08:40.280 and get over to our castors. 05:08:44.280 --> 05:08:48.280 Thank you so much my name is Rosemary Kelly and I'm joined again by Erin Zang 05:08:48.280 --> 05:08:52.280 and we are about to bring you Swiss round number four where we will be featuring two more 05:08:52.280 --> 05:08:57.280 players that are undefeated on their run to make it to phase two of the World Championships. 05:08:57.280 --> 05:09:01.280 They're using a lot of Pokemon that I have not seen on a lot of other teams so far 05:09:01.280 --> 05:09:05.920 in this tournament, which is so exciting because we just heard our analysts talking about the most 05:09:05.920 --> 05:09:12.080 popular archetypes coming into this weekend. All eyes on mega chargers are why as well as taking 05:09:12.080 --> 05:09:18.560 a look at some of the more established cores like the frostless like a rock team without even rain. 05:09:19.200 --> 05:09:24.480 Yeah it's interesting because coming into this tournament it felt like there was a pretty big 05:09:24.480 --> 05:09:27.760 pool of teams that were viable and the big question mark is well are you going to use 05:09:27.760 --> 05:09:30.160 use that team or are you going to try to counter those teams, right? 05:09:30.160 --> 05:09:32.360 And it feels like the answer for a lot of players was, 05:09:32.360 --> 05:09:35.960 I am just going to use what I think is one of the best within this pool of 10, right? 05:09:35.960 --> 05:09:38.960 And for a lot of players, experience really trumps all. 05:09:38.960 --> 05:09:42.660 If you think about last year, how Gio was able to win the World Championships, 05:09:42.660 --> 05:09:45.160 he had been working on that same concept for months 05:09:45.160 --> 05:09:48.060 and been piloting it at regionals and at internationals as well. 05:09:48.060 --> 05:09:50.460 And so sometimes I think back in the day, 05:09:50.460 --> 05:09:52.960 people would often try to feel like they need to have the call for worlds. 05:09:52.960 --> 05:09:55.860 Can you make a brand new team like completely breaks the meta game? 05:09:55.860 --> 05:09:59.380 these days it feels like we're just so many really powerful teams already leading into the 05:09:59.380 --> 05:10:03.620 championships. It's quite difficult to create something completely from scratch and really 05:10:03.620 --> 05:10:09.140 just yeah innovate on the meta game when there's been already so much that has yeah been created. 05:10:09.140 --> 05:10:14.500 That's why these two teams hopefully will surprise you. Let's take a look at our notable matchups 05:10:14.500 --> 05:10:19.940 heading into Swiss round number four. We are going to be focusing in on Tom Minley versus Chloe Burke 05:10:19.940 --> 05:10:23.460 but that doesn't mean we don't have other incredible matches that you'll be able to 05:10:23.460 --> 05:10:25.460 check out on our feature fast 05:10:25.700 --> 05:10:32.540 Yeah, well, it's really exciting. Honestly looking at these players who are through and so I've recognized obviously a lot of players that we get to cover in 05:10:32.540 --> 05:10:36.680 North America Europe, but there are a lot of other regions that are represented here for example 05:10:36.940 --> 05:10:42.800 Southeast Asia right and seeing players who this is their one time to really get to some 05:10:43.380 --> 05:10:48.220 Shine on the main stage, right? Because they don't really have internationals to meet and they maybe have like their local national 05:10:48.300 --> 05:10:51.580 Championships think it's really cool to be able to feature our match here 05:10:51.580 --> 05:10:54.080 which is a player from Korea and a player from Australia. 05:10:54.080 --> 05:10:55.580 I think it's particularly exciting. 05:10:55.580 --> 05:10:57.080 It is so cool because you're right. 05:10:57.080 --> 05:10:59.580 The fact that the qualification method is a little bit different 05:10:59.580 --> 05:11:02.580 for Southeast Asia doesn't necessarily mean we get a chance 05:11:02.580 --> 05:11:04.580 to see them at those regional championships. 05:11:04.580 --> 05:11:07.580 But I'm hopeful that in the coming years, 05:11:07.580 --> 05:11:11.580 we will see more competitors travel outside their home region 05:11:11.580 --> 05:11:14.080 in order to compete with some of the other competitors 05:11:14.080 --> 05:11:15.580 on our more global stages. 05:11:15.580 --> 05:11:18.080 But let's get ready to go for Swiss round number four 05:11:18.080 --> 05:11:21.080 between Tomlin Lee versus Chloe Burke. 05:11:21.080 --> 05:11:23.620 this is Korea versus Australia. 05:11:23.620 --> 05:11:26.420 An incredible matchup because, yeah, 05:11:26.420 --> 05:11:27.760 which Pokemon are you looking at? 05:11:27.760 --> 05:11:29.860 There's like eight on this graphic 05:11:29.860 --> 05:11:33.100 that I feel like are just super cool to be able to call out. 05:11:33.100 --> 05:11:34.860 I think the first thing when I saw this matchup, 05:11:34.860 --> 05:11:37.540 Rosemary is I saw Swamper and I was like, oh, okay. 05:11:37.540 --> 05:11:41.340 So that's interesting, like mega Swamper as a non-rain team. 05:11:41.340 --> 05:11:43.040 And I was like, oh, it's not mega. 05:11:43.040 --> 05:11:44.980 It's actually Citrus Berry Swamper. 05:11:44.980 --> 05:11:47.680 And recently we've seen actually Flip Turn Yon Swamper 05:11:47.680 --> 05:11:49.080 becoming a thing, but this also isn't that. 05:11:49.080 --> 05:11:51.040 This is just a Swamper that's meant to be offensive. 05:11:51.040 --> 05:11:54.540 I've got wavecraft, I've got earthquake, I've got ice punch, and I don't need the megastone. 05:11:54.540 --> 05:11:57.040 I want some citrus for nice little recovery. 05:11:57.040 --> 05:12:03.040 When you think about just slumpers typing in this meta as well, I think you have to think a little bit about toxic attacks, right? 05:12:03.040 --> 05:12:07.540 When we have that stool poison and water typing, have some good defensive profiles. 05:12:07.540 --> 05:12:10.540 But for slumpers, it really is about the offense. 05:12:10.540 --> 05:12:15.040 Think about how super effective ground-type damage really functions, 05:12:15.040 --> 05:12:18.040 especially when you're looking at the team on the other side. 05:12:18.040 --> 05:12:22.160 But also just the fact that you have icepunch for things like guard chop or adaptable 05:12:22.280 --> 05:12:26.360 There's a really a lot of great coverage on this Pokemon. Yeah, absolutely 05:12:26.360 --> 05:12:31.800 I think if you take a look at the team, you know whimsicots the Raptor Golden Go maybe Pokemon left a little bit more mainstream 05:12:32.240 --> 05:12:37.280 Keep thing to call out here is the the whimsicot does not have the protect right wanting to run charm 05:12:37.600 --> 05:12:42.280 To of course yourself boost the Raptor. You've also got choice graph Hydra gone and Sarah ledge 05:12:42.280 --> 05:12:47.100 These are Pokemon that actually did have a pretty big performance at the North American International Championships 05:12:47.100 --> 05:12:49.100 In top four and top eight respectively 05:12:49.300 --> 05:12:55.260 There's not the most common Pokemon in the format scarf. I drag on of course has a lot of the media offensive burst power 05:12:55.260 --> 05:13:00.500 I actually look at the opposing team with a pedigress and a right shoe and a choice 05:13:00.500 --> 05:13:03.380 I drag on can outspeak both of those for it. I know it's super effective damage 05:13:03.380 --> 05:13:08.460 Of course Sarah ledgers the Pokemon that really started picking up in usage with that bulk up to be able to wall post 05:13:08.460 --> 05:13:11.460 Charizard's although coming into this world's meta game ancient power 05:13:11.460 --> 05:13:15.980 It feels like it's on almost every Charizard and so Sarah like no longer the definitive counter 05:13:15.980 --> 05:13:17.180 you could use to be charged are 05:13:17.180 --> 05:13:18.680 previously. Yeah, a couple of 05:13:18.680 --> 05:13:19.780 different set up options. You 05:13:19.780 --> 05:13:20.980 mentioned the bulk up on the 05:13:20.980 --> 05:13:21.980 serial led, but you also have 05:13:21.980 --> 05:13:23.420 massive plot in the Golden Go 05:13:23.580 --> 05:13:24.980 even side charm for the win 05:13:24.980 --> 05:13:26.780 to cut for when that star raptor 05:13:26.780 --> 05:13:28.780 and evidently mega evolves. A 05:13:28.780 --> 05:13:29.720 lot of really great choices 05:13:29.720 --> 05:13:31.280 here. I like a dry can. I don't 05:13:31.280 --> 05:13:32.380 know how important it's going 05:13:32.380 --> 05:13:33.780 to be in this particular matchup. 05:13:33.780 --> 05:13:34.480 But that is one of those 05:13:34.480 --> 05:13:35.380 Pokemon that has been 05:13:35.380 --> 05:13:36.820 tech onto teams in order to 05:13:36.820 --> 05:13:37.820 have a better matchup into 05:13:37.820 --> 05:13:38.940 things like Delphox. And 05:13:38.940 --> 05:13:39.780 that's been creeping up 05:13:39.780 --> 05:13:42.080 there, but it's really cool 05:13:42.080 --> 05:13:43.180 to see that with that choice 05:13:43.180 --> 05:13:44.180 garb is going to be hitting 05:13:44.380 --> 05:13:45.580 really speed tier. Yeah, 05:13:45.580 --> 05:13:49.700 Exactly and I think that's a really good point because both players here have tailwind whimsicott, right? 05:13:49.700 --> 05:13:54.400 And so if you're both gonna set up tailwind then it kind of just neutralizes playing field 05:13:54.400 --> 05:13:57.600 So having a choice card Pokemon in the hydra gone can be really crucial 05:13:57.600 --> 05:14:03.540 But not necessarily the easiest either to use because then you're bringing it out against an opposing whimsicott 05:14:03.540 --> 05:14:05.840 And you're not gonna be able to do too much damage to the whimsicott 05:14:05.840 --> 05:14:08.740 The whimsicott can just start a new with the one hit knockout with that wound blast as well 05:14:08.740 --> 05:14:12.240 This hydra gone actually crucially doesn't have something like a flamethrower a heatwave as well 05:14:12.240 --> 05:14:14.440 also even worse into that Wimps 05:14:14.440 --> 05:14:16.240 but being able to get a fast 05:14:16.240 --> 05:14:17.640 attack off into a Mega Raiju 05:14:17.640 --> 05:14:18.940 I into a Mega Metagross can be 05:14:18.940 --> 05:14:19.640 a big deal. 05:14:20.440 --> 05:14:21.940 Speaking of that Mega Raiju 05:14:21.940 --> 05:14:23.240 let's take a little closer 05:14:23.240 --> 05:14:23.840 look at it. 05:14:23.840 --> 05:14:25.440 This is going to feature that 05:14:25.440 --> 05:14:26.840 cannon and focus blast. 05:14:26.840 --> 05:14:27.940 One of the cool things about 05:14:27.940 --> 05:14:29.240 that Raiju is with no guard. 05:14:29.240 --> 05:14:30.440 Those are going to become 05:14:30.440 --> 05:14:31.940 100% accurate movies. 05:14:31.940 --> 05:14:33.440 Don't have to worry about the 05:14:33.440 --> 05:14:35.040 fact that they might miss. 05:14:35.040 --> 05:14:36.340 We will also have that dual 05:14:36.340 --> 05:14:37.540 Mega within that meta 05:14:37.540 --> 05:14:38.340 Metagross. 05:14:38.340 --> 05:14:39.440 If you feel like that's going 05:14:39.440 --> 05:14:40.340 to be something that ends 05:14:40.340 --> 05:14:41.540 up being more popular in the 05:14:41.540 --> 05:14:43.300 you at least have cheats to choose from. 05:14:43.300 --> 05:14:44.220 Yeah, absolutely. 05:14:44.220 --> 05:14:45.580 I think Metagross and Cleaver, 05:14:45.580 --> 05:14:47.460 two of the Pokemon that really stand out here. 05:14:47.460 --> 05:14:49.100 Cleaver is a Pokemon that started seeing 05:14:49.100 --> 05:14:51.620 a little bit more usage in the mid-season, 05:14:51.620 --> 05:14:52.900 but I feel like it's kind of fallen off. 05:14:52.900 --> 05:14:54.300 But of course, an excellent pick 05:14:54.300 --> 05:14:56.260 into opposing teams with Charizard. 05:14:56.260 --> 05:14:58.220 And Metagross is a Pokemon that people expected 05:14:58.220 --> 05:15:01.100 to have a huge impact when released in the meta game, 05:15:01.100 --> 05:15:03.300 but when Charizard is still just everywhere 05:15:03.300 --> 05:15:05.020 and on 40 plus percent of teams, 05:15:05.020 --> 05:15:06.380 it's kind of difficult for it to thrive. 05:15:06.380 --> 05:15:08.060 So the idea behind this team is, 05:15:08.060 --> 05:15:09.700 hey, well, I've got Raichu, I've got Cleaver. 05:15:09.700 --> 05:15:12.020 Those are Pokemon that normally have really scary waychars aren't. 05:15:12.020 --> 05:15:15.260 Metagross has really good offensive coverage as well, right? 05:15:15.260 --> 05:15:16.940 Being able to hit many things for super effective. 05:15:16.940 --> 05:15:19.060 For example, here you've got right to Metagross. 05:15:19.060 --> 05:15:22.580 I wouldn't even be surprised to see Chloe bring both because you get fake out into Whipsicott. 05:15:22.580 --> 05:15:25.700 Then Metagross can follow up, get an iron head, knock out the opposing Whipsicott. 05:15:25.700 --> 05:15:28.580 There's no for it, we're at 4, protect on the other side. 05:15:28.580 --> 05:15:31.340 And so if you can deny Tailwinds on the other side, get your own Tailwind up, 05:15:31.340 --> 05:15:32.780 it can give you a pretty big edge. 05:15:33.700 --> 05:15:35.980 One problem that's bumper. 05:15:35.980 --> 05:15:42.540 Yeah, both of those megas and you know robin of pants together cannot wait to see some on the other side 05:15:43.100 --> 05:15:48.540 I am so excited to see swampers funny because we have already seen it in regular form earlier in this 05:15:49.020 --> 05:15:54.900 But to see it with no mega stone potentially driving in a unique matchup. I think will be particularly exciting 05:15:54.900 --> 05:16:00.820 So let's see it's gonna be whimscott and Raichu from Chloe to start off the saddle and there's the swampers 05:16:01.660 --> 05:16:05.340 Wow super stylish though with all of the shiny Pokemon on the field 05:16:05.340 --> 05:16:09.180 but they're going to be intimidating drop not mattering for either of these special 05:16:09.180 --> 05:16:13.340 attackers for Chloe. So slumber here of course she's exerting a ton of offensive 05:16:13.340 --> 05:16:16.860 pressure immediately right and one of the reasons why Cameron wants it is 05:16:16.860 --> 05:16:20.660 because it does really well into right you right you have fast to just focus 05:16:20.660 --> 05:16:23.640 blasted but being immune to that zap cannon is such a big deal so 05:16:23.640 --> 05:16:26.940 Cameron on this first turn can go for something like a protect on the strap 05:16:26.940 --> 05:16:32.100 or you know double protect protection switch on afterwards. You do of course 05:16:32.100 --> 05:16:34.100 have the risk of just taking a lot of damage 05:16:34.100 --> 05:16:35.100 and so the results of the Raptor 05:16:35.100 --> 05:16:37.100 does want to protect itself. 05:16:37.100 --> 05:16:39.100 Don't want to be on their seeding end of a fake out 05:16:39.100 --> 05:16:42.100 and just an attack like a moon blast 05:16:42.100 --> 05:16:44.100 as that fake out actually goes into the swamper 05:16:44.100 --> 05:16:47.100 instead to try to delay it for the one turn. 05:16:47.100 --> 05:16:49.100 Moon blast misses the Marseille into the protector 05:16:49.100 --> 05:16:52.100 of the Raptor, but you still have your work cut out for you 05:16:52.100 --> 05:16:55.100 to try to figure out how you're going to take down these two foes. 05:16:55.100 --> 05:16:57.100 Yeah, I think Chloe did not mega vault there, 05:16:57.100 --> 05:17:00.100 so it makes me think, well maybe there's a mega metagross in the back. 05:17:00.100 --> 05:17:04.980 We're using the right to here mainly for big out support now. Starafter is threaded by that on for right? 05:17:04.980 --> 05:17:07.740 So of course you can swap it out if you're worried about on court 05:17:07.740 --> 05:17:11.620 The big question is how will you deal enough damage to swap her throughout the course of this game, right? 05:17:11.620 --> 05:17:14.140 I think the number one answer is going to be life or basket 05:17:14.140 --> 05:17:16.520 You can be able to just get a huge wave wrapped off 05:17:16.520 --> 05:17:22.140 And so after recognizing the threat of that on board is going to skip into a spot. Let's fully potential call it 05:17:22.260 --> 05:17:26.860 No, it's going to be a switch out on the right you as well. So we are going to be that basket 05:17:26.860 --> 05:17:33.040 They'll have powered up last respects just yet as the wind pot did try to encore that 05:17:33.040 --> 05:17:34.040 star after into the protect. 05:17:34.040 --> 05:17:38.040 The Swamper is going to go to the Earthquake, even harming it's all his partner, Witsekite, 05:17:38.040 --> 05:17:39.540 on the switch in. 05:17:39.540 --> 05:17:44.140 Yeah, breaks the focus sash, which can be a big deal, and I think crucially here, 05:17:44.140 --> 05:17:47.580 Chloe has been able to position Vasculation in against Swamper, right? 05:17:47.580 --> 05:17:52.100 This is your number one answer into Swamper, you can take damage easily while right? 05:17:52.100 --> 05:17:54.580 Earthquake is basically the strongest attack you can have into Vasculation, only 05:17:54.580 --> 05:17:56.140 so 37% from that. 05:17:56.140 --> 05:18:04.340 So, I think Chloe's done a pretty good job of dancing around Swamper. Her priority probably is to knock out Swamper immediately, then ideally get something like Dermetagross out. 05:18:04.340 --> 05:18:08.480 But, now, Vasco Legion's putting on a lot of pressure. Both players can pressure with Nelwyn. 05:18:08.480 --> 05:18:13.900 Timon on this side, of course, also has charms. You can use charm, as you see here, to drop Vasco Legion's attack. 05:18:13.900 --> 05:18:16.400 Suddenly, that wave pressure is going to do way less damage. 05:18:16.900 --> 05:18:21.820 Nice when you can use it on the side for your own Seraftor, but you can still see that defensive option. 05:18:21.820 --> 05:18:23.740 Wow 05:18:23.740 --> 05:18:27.700 So close being able to knock out that wixicot, but it's a lot for stuff on it up 05:18:27.700 --> 05:18:29.700 And it's going to take the wave crash 05:18:29.700 --> 05:18:32.660 Kind of nice though that you're going to be taking less recoil 05:18:32.660 --> 05:18:38.760 But you would actually really like that to have been a clean KO onto the wixicot so that their wave crash got 05:18:38.960 --> 05:18:44.820 redirected into the swampers. Yeah, definitely. Vasuija this one actually has lost the considerable amount of HP. Ice Punch comes out. 05:18:44.820 --> 05:18:50.820 And Wixicot does it at the focus set. That's the very feather, but still hangs on at 1% 05:18:50.820 --> 05:18:54.420 So the charm of course, making sure that Swamper could get through the turn. 05:18:54.420 --> 05:18:58.980 Now that's the main thing kind of caught in an awkward position where it has, you know, lost a good bit of its health. 05:18:58.980 --> 05:19:00.820 It's almost half the people said at this point. 05:19:00.820 --> 05:19:03.540 Swamper is still just looking so threatening though, right? 05:19:03.540 --> 05:19:08.100 And I think people normally see Wimpscott as a sharp, you know, user into Starraptor, 05:19:08.100 --> 05:19:10.980 but using the Traktor opponent's damage output is really crucial as well. 05:19:10.980 --> 05:19:12.980 So, coming right now definitely has a lot of offense. 05:19:12.980 --> 05:19:14.580 The Wimpscott going down on this side. 05:19:14.580 --> 05:19:18.420 Chloe now can set up a tail on Wimpscott and guarantees the advantage 05:19:18.420 --> 05:19:20.340 in the latter half of this game. 05:19:20.340 --> 05:19:25.140 But as you were saying, with Baskillian having less HP to leverage, you have to pick your target 05:19:25.140 --> 05:19:28.900 because you're going to get knocked out to either the slumper or the Golden Goal on this turn. 05:19:28.900 --> 05:19:33.780 Do you ever want to see Chloe preserve that Baskillian from there and actually drink out the King Gambit? 05:19:33.780 --> 05:19:38.660 I like this decision. When the slumper is protecting, it's not going to be on the receiving end 05:19:38.660 --> 05:19:43.940 all of the aid. Super effective brown tank attack. And if it's a Shadow Ball going into that 05:19:43.940 --> 05:19:48.180 King Gambit slum, then it's going to take that much better as well. Just to make it rain. 05:19:48.180 --> 05:19:52.180 So that is also going to be something that King Gambit can deal with as he was snuffed out. 05:19:52.180 --> 05:19:55.180 That's a three switch in for Chloe to bring back in that basket lead. 05:19:55.180 --> 05:19:57.180 Yeah, I think that's a beautiful turn for Chloe, right? 05:19:57.180 --> 05:20:01.180 I think it's now, the golden goes at minus two. The swamper is just protected. 05:20:01.180 --> 05:20:04.180 You know, you can target that slot. You bring right two or basket lead back in. 05:20:04.180 --> 05:20:07.180 I think basket lead can probably, you know, a little bit more consistent here. 05:20:07.180 --> 05:20:09.180 You want to conserve that right two or just around there. 05:20:09.180 --> 05:20:12.180 And so, there's nothing about Metagross' protection of being in the back, 05:20:12.180 --> 05:20:15.180 but I think King Gambit actually even betters your threatening golden goals 05:20:15.180 --> 05:20:17.180 for super effective gambit. 05:20:17.180 --> 05:20:20.860 I think Chloe has navigated the Swamper actually really effectively. 05:20:20.860 --> 05:20:23.180 This is not an easy hope bomb for her team to go up against. 05:20:23.180 --> 05:20:26.940 In fact, I actually think it's kind of a nightmare matchup, but that's found a good angle. 05:20:26.940 --> 05:20:29.340 Now my big question is how bulky is Swamper? 05:20:29.340 --> 05:20:33.100 And it survived a life form wave crash from Basque Legion. 05:20:33.100 --> 05:20:35.820 Swamper here says, you know what, maybe we'll find out later. 05:20:35.820 --> 05:20:37.420 I'm gonna bring a Swamper for now. 05:20:37.420 --> 05:20:39.820 Yeah, so after it has to come back in, because it's negligible, 05:20:39.820 --> 05:20:41.500 it actually doesn't get any timid drop. 05:20:41.500 --> 05:20:45.500 So it's going to have to take some full-foured wave crash from the Basque Legion. 05:20:45.500 --> 05:20:51.500 gives up a big chunk of its HP from the recoil of the wave brush as well as the life work of Serafter King 05:20:51.500 --> 05:20:57.660 and the countdown fleet follows it off. That is going to be a superb KO on to the Star Raptor. 05:20:57.660 --> 05:21:03.420 It's a KO but Golden Go now to respond. It was not targeted and this is a shadow bolt 05:21:03.420 --> 05:21:07.340 to knock out Basque Legion and suddenly the number one tool to deal with Swamper has been 05:21:07.340 --> 05:21:11.660 eliminated right. If that was just the countdown fleet in Golden Go, well then Serafters so 05:21:11.660 --> 05:21:15.020 low right you can finish it off with this off with the restocker punch but now 05:21:15.020 --> 05:21:18.740 Chloe has lost what has been hiding the primary winking decision against slomper 05:21:18.740 --> 05:21:22.140 so Rosemary even though it felt like Chloe had put herself in a really good 05:21:22.140 --> 05:21:26.980 position she would have been a loss for slomper at this point in the game I think it's tough right because you 05:21:26.980 --> 05:21:31.060 wonder if you can see the reason Chloe was hoping that maybe playing around with 05:21:31.060 --> 05:21:33.980 the Golden Goal Protect I want to make sure you're guaranteed to image that 05:21:33.980 --> 05:21:38.380 slot because if you do get the KO on this Corruptor with just the wig 05:21:38.380 --> 05:21:41.380 then you are able to get that move redirected. 05:21:41.380 --> 05:21:43.380 But now it is going to be a final 2v2. 05:21:43.380 --> 05:21:46.380 Swamper and Golden Go front-tongue mid-end, 05:21:46.380 --> 05:21:48.380 and can gambit Ryder to close. 05:21:48.380 --> 05:21:50.380 And this Golden Go, of course, has dropped its special attack. 05:21:50.380 --> 05:21:52.380 So I'm going to do the most amount of damage, 05:21:52.380 --> 05:21:54.380 but can gambit crucially also can't use top-gates damage 05:21:54.380 --> 05:21:56.380 only to close the end? 05:21:56.380 --> 05:21:57.380 There's no sword stance. 05:21:57.380 --> 05:21:59.380 So I think double protectors always really save, 05:21:59.380 --> 05:22:03.380 just to ensure that you don't take any unnecessary damage 05:22:03.380 --> 05:22:05.380 as we see the page out plus count out leave. 05:22:05.380 --> 05:22:07.380 But yeah, once again, the Swamper, it's like, 05:22:07.380 --> 05:22:13.380 Okay, I still have my Citrus Berry. I haven't taken any damage, I think conserving the win condition really, really effectively. 05:22:13.380 --> 05:22:20.380 It's looking very scary right now. I mean, focus less on how we will do okay damage, but with Citrus Berry's Whomp, it's going to feel all the way back up. 05:22:20.380 --> 05:22:26.380 Let's put it, he's going to just do so much damage to the opposing side here, so feel like if you're Chloe, you might need some critical hits right now. 05:22:26.380 --> 05:22:38.380 Now, how B.C. can try to really beat it's not known for it's perspective, but maybe it can surprise us when it comes to an offensive option. 05:22:38.380 --> 05:22:43.380 We finally see the mega evolution as Chloe has a chance to mega evolve that Raichu. 05:22:43.380 --> 05:22:48.380 Maybe it's a focus blast, but see, that's not much it's going to end up doing to the score. 05:22:48.380 --> 05:22:49.380 Oh my goodness. 05:22:49.380 --> 05:22:51.380 It actually doesn't even cross the sticker, Harry. 05:22:51.380 --> 05:22:58.180 So beefy comes out and it's not a critical hit here. So that's different story coming on on swamper 05:22:58.180 --> 05:23:02.840 It feels it back up shadow ball here gives you just a little bit of chip like you pass gonna say a little bit 05:23:02.840 --> 05:23:08.860 Well, that's minus two still just so much damage and now swamper will be able to retaliate back with an earthquake 05:23:08.860 --> 05:23:11.380 The thing is you are earthquake in your whole golden goat gear. Oh 05:23:11.780 --> 05:23:13.780 King give it does hang on 05:23:14.220 --> 05:23:19.680 Okay, I mean it hangs on through that and we've seen at these bastards that is at this to swamper 05:23:19.680 --> 05:23:25.400 So maybe Tenzin can damn it, actually get the jump on it on this next turn. 05:23:25.400 --> 05:23:30.440 Tailwind has expired, so the speed order, we get to see at neutral now. 05:23:30.440 --> 05:23:33.480 Yeah, I think maybe it could have been a make it rain, right? 05:23:33.480 --> 05:23:34.560 Because the make it rain. 05:23:34.560 --> 05:23:35.840 Okay, here's the towel towel. 05:23:35.840 --> 05:23:37.000 It's still going in first. 05:23:37.000 --> 05:23:38.000 It's still going in first. 05:23:38.000 --> 05:23:39.200 Oh, it's so close! 05:23:39.200 --> 05:23:45.680 3% left for the Swamper to retaliate with the earthquake and kneel up this first game for Tenzin. 05:23:45.680 --> 05:23:56.320 How exciting is it to see a citrus fairy swamper here on the world stage, just clicking earthquake, clicking ice punch, and the Megastor after didn't do anything in that game, right? 05:23:56.320 --> 05:24:01.520 It wasn't about the mega evolution, it was about swamper just consistently getting blow after blow after blow. 05:24:01.520 --> 05:24:09.400 And I think the recognition to say this is my primary Wig condition, I need to switch it out and nailing that Vasco Legion, getting to knock out onto it, attacking with the Golden Go, 05:24:09.400 --> 05:24:16.100 I mean, just completely allowed for this position for Swampert, but that was so close at the end, just 3% survival. 05:24:16.100 --> 05:24:23.400 Yeah, I mean, Chloe, as you mentioned, did such a great job of playing around the Swampert to try to mitigate his damage output in the first couple of turns, 05:24:23.400 --> 05:24:30.900 utilizing very smart defensive switches, but then I think there were just a couple of turns right in the middle where you could see the thought process, 05:24:30.900 --> 05:24:37.400 hoping that one attack would be enough to actually get the knockout and have that second attack get redirected into the partner, 05:24:37.400 --> 05:24:42.400 where it didn't happen either time because this Pokemon survived us with just a sliver of HP on Fummon's side. 05:24:42.400 --> 05:24:49.700 Yeah, so cool to see and fun fact, he actually brought Exkidrel to the Korean national championships where he finished in the top four. 05:24:49.700 --> 05:24:52.900 And it was also an Exkidrel not on a Sam team, it was Exkidrel with Reign. 05:24:52.900 --> 05:24:58.400 So he is really kind of the master of finding unique ground type Pokemon to use in the format. 05:24:58.400 --> 05:25:04.200 And I think, yeah, what a game it was for Swamper here on the world stage. Just dishing up so much damage. 05:25:04.200 --> 05:25:06.760 I think if you're Chloe first thing you're probably thinking is okay 05:25:06.760 --> 05:25:12.640 I probably want to still get a basket region wave pressure to swamper never ended up seeing one of those right that is kind of the primary tool and 05:25:12.680 --> 05:25:19.840 Then right you just feels really bad into swamper right like meta growth of course also takes super effective damage from it 05:25:19.840 --> 05:25:21.840 But it's a little bit naturally full here 05:25:21.840 --> 05:25:25.320 Of course a lot of people are training right choose to be very physically defensive 05:25:25.320 --> 05:25:27.320 But at the end of today, it's still just not 05:25:27.720 --> 05:25:30.880 That's the best stat so I think if you're Chloe you might want to consider 05:25:30.880 --> 05:25:33.760 you know bringing Metagross like I said I think there's a world where you can 05:25:33.760 --> 05:25:36.640 bring both and use Raiju just regularly but Metagross would be the 05:25:36.640 --> 05:25:39.080 adaptation I would think of and also looking to get a wave project with 05:25:39.080 --> 05:26:00.800 basket. What is going to be a mix up in a week as Chloe is leading the King Gambit next to the Mimps who has this time around. For Tomlin it's going to be the Golden Goat Swamper. So the King Gambit here obviously exhorting offensive pressure into Golden Goat got couched out weave into it. Wimps got can set up a tailwind. Still the fundamental problem of how are we going to deal enough damage to a regular Swamper. 05:26:00.880 --> 05:26:07.600 right and so building up a very easily protect. I think the King Gambit leads here would have punished the Storaptor lead, right? 05:26:07.600 --> 05:26:13.400 And you also can't switch into Storaptor unless you want to give over that Defiant Boost and should you do that? 05:26:13.400 --> 05:26:18.480 Like the awkward thing I think is it's quite actually difficult to quit Earthquake if Storaptor's not on the field, 05:26:18.480 --> 05:26:22.640 or you're gonna consistently damage yourself, so that's one thing like where we can potentially take advantage of as well. 05:26:22.640 --> 05:26:25.320 No protects, no switches here on turn one. 05:26:25.320 --> 05:26:26.320 There we go. 05:26:26.320 --> 05:26:30.820 That's tailing from this whipsicot to allow this King Gambit to get the Couchhouse leave 05:26:30.820 --> 05:26:33.320 off immediately into the Swampert. 05:26:33.320 --> 05:26:37.320 Deals 30% as the Golden Goose fires fast as they make it rain. 05:26:37.320 --> 05:26:42.320 Going to one hit, knock out this whipsicot as the Golden Goose gives up a minus 2 special 05:26:42.320 --> 05:26:44.320 as Cat Drop for its Troubles. 05:26:44.320 --> 05:26:48.320 But again, a close in this position where you do have a free switch, but can this 05:26:48.320 --> 05:26:51.320 King Gambit actually hang on to do something on this next turn? 05:26:51.320 --> 05:26:55.320 Yeah, you would think it's gonna be a wave crash here, still really powerful. 05:26:55.320 --> 05:26:57.320 We haven't seen it using it yet in this set. 05:26:57.320 --> 05:26:59.320 That does so much damage still. 05:26:59.320 --> 05:27:01.320 Swamper this time does take a hefty amount. 05:27:01.320 --> 05:27:04.320 I think Chloe is probably hoping for Golden Go to protect there. 05:27:04.320 --> 05:27:07.320 Expecting Golden Go, yeah, to not get an attack off there. 05:27:07.320 --> 05:27:09.320 So we can probably, you know, leverage and whips a ton a little bit more. 05:27:09.320 --> 05:27:11.320 But once again, you've got care wound up, you've got Vasco Legion in. 05:27:11.320 --> 05:27:12.320 Things could be worse. 05:27:12.320 --> 05:27:14.320 And now this actually looks like a pretty good position. 05:27:14.320 --> 05:27:15.320 Yeah. 05:27:15.320 --> 05:27:18.320 Vasco Legion can gambit, post-baster, then the opponent. 05:27:18.320 --> 05:27:23.320 You could have basket leech and now go through wave crash into slomper and you've got the pin of the cow-tow played into the golden belt. 05:27:23.320 --> 05:27:27.320 Exactly, and so the response would be, well let's swap golden go out into sloraptor. 05:27:27.320 --> 05:27:34.320 Yeah, I'd give it the fine boost over to King Gambit, but if you're not going to click that sucker punch, I can survive wave crash from slomper and get an earthquake off potentially. 05:27:34.320 --> 05:27:39.320 And so, yeah, I think this is a big turn where it probably gets it long to be really scary. 05:27:39.320 --> 05:27:42.320 It's actually going to be the slomper pivoting out in steps into the hydrate. 05:27:42.320 --> 05:27:43.320 Oh! 05:27:43.320 --> 05:27:44.320 You see an adjustment here. 05:27:44.320 --> 05:27:45.320 Yeah, that hydrate comes out. 05:27:45.320 --> 05:27:51.880 out that's going to have a pretty good matchup into both the king gambit and the vasculation as the wave 05:27:51.880 --> 05:27:58.680 patch comes out see that actually got a good trot to this high dragon oh my goodness a critical 05:27:58.680 --> 05:28:04.680 hit that's going to make things a lot easier now 86% from a non-resisted attack or a resisted 05:28:04.680 --> 05:28:10.200 attack I should say just does not feel right yeah once again like the tail end is up so the 05:28:10.200 --> 05:28:14.360 offensive pressure like vasculation is happy to just keep clicking its moves right now but 05:28:14.360 --> 05:28:18.120 One question I'd have is how the Hydraegon and the Vastimusion are trained, because while 05:28:18.120 --> 05:28:22.240 Taelin's up on the opposing side, sometimes Vastimusion doesn't invest in enough speed, 05:28:22.240 --> 05:28:24.880 or like, I should push for a Hydraegon to get out of base it. 05:28:24.880 --> 05:28:27.800 So if you're Chloe, you know, if you know you're faster, then you can always just 05:28:27.800 --> 05:28:30.460 create pressure on the left slot, otherwise you might want to consider clicking that 05:28:30.460 --> 05:28:31.460 awkward jet. 05:28:31.460 --> 05:28:34.760 Awkward jet into Hydraegon, finish it off, house out deep into Golden Hill, but Chloe 05:28:34.760 --> 05:28:38.640 does have a lot of offensive pressure right now, and it is because she has managed 05:28:38.640 --> 05:28:41.640 to set up Taelin, whereas there's no Taelin on the opposing side. 05:28:41.640 --> 05:28:46.920 I think that you're right with the speed order of the high dragon versus the fast legion is going to be really important 05:28:46.920 --> 05:28:50.200 And if you are worried about that maybe you end up trying to make a switch 05:28:50.200 --> 05:28:51.660 This might be one of those situations 05:28:51.660 --> 05:28:54.280 I would have considered actually bringing in the 05:28:54.600 --> 05:29:00.280 Star after if you were worried about the damage output, but fast legion is still faster and healing 05:29:00.280 --> 05:29:04.960 It's able to knock out onto the high dragon as it can get big as to follow that up 05:29:04.960 --> 05:29:07.600 We did not see a protect coming through from that golden bow 05:29:07.600 --> 05:29:14.040 So it is going to be very vulnerable to the super effective kautau cleave a double knockout for Chloe 05:29:14.520 --> 05:29:16.520 Yeah, I think Chloe just 05:29:16.640 --> 05:29:21.960 Getting tail end up and say I'm just gonna use these really powerful attackers right hasn't even revealed what mega evolution 05:29:21.960 --> 05:29:28.080 He's got in the back. This one has taken a little bit more damage, right? So it's gonna be swamper and Sarul edge actually so 05:29:28.880 --> 05:29:32.400 Complete mix-up here. Yeah, I'm surprised to see no one's got no stir after 05:29:32.400 --> 05:29:33.400 No mega evolution. 05:29:33.400 --> 05:29:34.400 No mega evolution. 05:29:34.400 --> 05:29:39.080 Yeah, I mean, that is his thing would be solo mega teams or sometimes, like, you decide 05:29:39.080 --> 05:29:40.080 you don't want it. 05:29:40.080 --> 05:29:41.080 I don't have another mega evolution. 05:29:41.080 --> 05:29:45.080 I don't think so after actually is, I'm like, you know, I'm expecting a adjustment 05:29:45.080 --> 05:29:46.080 from the opposing end. 05:29:46.080 --> 05:29:47.080 Maybe I'll just drop it here. 05:29:47.080 --> 05:29:50.080 But yeah, I think like, Chloe just has the full speed advantage right now. 05:29:50.080 --> 05:29:51.080 You'll see. 05:29:51.080 --> 05:29:54.080 It's going to be a double protect here, just falling out that jail where that 05:29:54.080 --> 05:29:57.880 basket region on the opposing end is still looking really scary after this though. 05:29:57.880 --> 05:29:58.880 Absolutely. 05:29:58.880 --> 05:30:04.880 You see a good match up here into the Cerro Ledge from those who can gamb it and the Baskin Legion. 05:30:04.880 --> 05:30:10.880 And the fact that you still have an unrevealed Pokemon in the back, it's always in a pretty good spot. 05:30:10.880 --> 05:30:15.880 Yeah, definitely. The Cerro Ledge now does exert pressure with Shadow Sneak in the Baskin Legion. 05:30:15.880 --> 05:30:19.880 So the question is, can you get a knockout with that? Because if not, yeah, here we go. 05:30:19.880 --> 05:30:23.880 If not, I think Baskin Legion just gets a tail and response. Yeah, it's not enough. 05:30:23.880 --> 05:30:28.620 things on like a champ as it's going to be able to fire off another wave crash 05:30:28.620 --> 05:30:33.500 might knock itself out for its troubles and serial ledge. That takes super effective damage from that 05:30:33.500 --> 05:30:40.260 and it's going to bring in one more Pokemon here for Chloe as this swampert now has to fend for its life 05:30:40.260 --> 05:30:45.360 and for its allies as it is in a 1v2 final situation. 05:30:45.360 --> 05:30:49.520 Cows out please though from the king gambit. It's going to soften this swampert up to 30% 05:30:49.520 --> 05:30:53.420 It's going to take more recoil now from the wave crash it just did out. 05:30:53.420 --> 05:30:54.420 Now it's a 1v1. 05:30:54.420 --> 05:30:55.420 It is a 1v1. 05:30:55.420 --> 05:30:59.340 Yeah, but I think regardless either Mega Raiju or Mega Metagross should be able to close 05:30:59.340 --> 05:31:00.340 it out. 05:31:00.340 --> 05:31:04.340 You just need to be 25% of damage here and so it is going to be the Raiju once again. 05:31:04.340 --> 05:31:08.100 So Mega Raiju has actually not dropped here, but this time around you've got the damage 05:31:08.100 --> 05:31:09.100 you needed on Swamper. 05:31:09.100 --> 05:31:12.980 Adding up that damage on turn 1 means I now will focus fast and real finish it 05:31:12.980 --> 05:31:13.980 off. 05:31:13.980 --> 05:31:18.620 So here's Basku, you've been fusting game because of the perfect positioning for Chloe in this path, 05:31:18.620 --> 05:31:23.100 hydrating over it, and yeah, got enough damage, on to a swap for early enoughts, 05:31:23.100 --> 05:31:25.180 now we should have more scoots with game 3. 05:31:25.180 --> 05:31:29.180 Crap, he's going to be a protect, just to give you some time to actually think about 05:31:29.180 --> 05:31:33.420 what that game 3 might look like, because Tundra actually did make a pretty significant 05:31:33.420 --> 05:31:36.700 adjustment in the Pokemon proc, Sterilege as well as Hydra Dragon, 05:31:36.700 --> 05:31:42.460 who's making appearances in the second game, and do you think about committing to that 05:31:42.460 --> 05:31:44.660 Again, as we think about game history. 05:31:44.660 --> 05:31:48.160 Yeah, to be actually the answer is you got to go back to Winds the Cod with tailwind, right? 05:31:48.160 --> 05:31:50.660 Or you can separate some of the precies. 05:31:50.660 --> 05:31:54.260 Like I think Hydragon makes sense if you are carrying it with the tailwind, right? 05:31:54.260 --> 05:31:57.160 But then if you just bring it by itself and there's tailwind on the opposing side, 05:31:57.160 --> 05:31:58.460 like you saw what happened, right? 05:31:58.460 --> 05:32:00.660 Like, yes, the Wavecrush got a critical hit on Hydragon, 05:32:00.660 --> 05:32:02.660 but I think you would have been able to hit tail anyway, right? 05:32:02.660 --> 05:32:07.060 And so, the reality is that it is a Pokemon that is actually very ineffective outside of tailwind 05:32:07.060 --> 05:32:09.260 if your opponent has tailwind up on the opposing side. 05:32:09.260 --> 05:32:14.420 So I think like Swamper is still such a key Pokemon in this matchup, right? 05:32:14.420 --> 05:32:18.780 But I like the idea of going back to Whipscot and Strapher because even though Strapher didn't do very much in game one 05:32:18.780 --> 05:32:23.460 I think it's like getting the Intimidate alone into Vasu Legion is a big deal, right? 05:32:23.460 --> 05:32:27.860 Because if you think about, well, how do I beat Swamper? Vasu Legion is one of those tools 05:32:27.860 --> 05:32:30.340 But if you Intimidate it suddenly actually becomes a lot less effective 05:32:30.340 --> 05:32:34.140 So I think I'd probably like to see a return to Swamper plus Whimsicott have that 05:32:34.140 --> 05:32:36.140 I think it's a good idea to 05:32:36.140 --> 05:32:38.140 use that. Yeah, Swamper 05:32:38.140 --> 05:32:39.140 a raptor and then you can 05:32:39.140 --> 05:32:40.140 flex between all of them. I 05:32:40.140 --> 05:32:41.140 don't know if I really love the 05:32:41.140 --> 05:32:42.140 Sera Ledge, but I wouldn't be 05:32:42.140 --> 05:32:43.140 surprised if it came out as a 05:32:43.140 --> 05:32:44.140 prediction to deal with the 05:32:44.140 --> 05:32:45.140 Metagross on the opposing 05:32:45.140 --> 05:32:46.140 side, trying to catch it, and 05:32:46.140 --> 05:32:47.140 then Metagross didn't end up 05:32:47.140 --> 05:32:48.140 coming out right like Sera 05:32:48.140 --> 05:32:50.140 Ledge and the high grade on 05:32:50.140 --> 05:32:51.140 both can threaten Metagross 05:32:51.140 --> 05:32:52.140 a good bit. So I think that 05:32:52.140 --> 05:32:54.140 was maybe the adjustment that 05:32:54.140 --> 05:32:55.140 he was expecting to see it. 05:32:55.140 --> 05:32:56.140 I like the Sera Ledge in 05:32:56.140 --> 05:32:57.140 theory, but I think it was 05:32:57.140 --> 05:32:59.140 underwhelmed by the shadow 05:32:59.140 --> 05:33:00.140 sink that came out. The 05:33:00.140 --> 05:33:01.140 fact that it did almost 05:33:01.140 --> 05:33:02.140 less than a quarter to that 05:33:02.140 --> 05:33:07.000 it feels like there just wasn't enough damage down on the board. 05:33:07.000 --> 05:33:11.100 The process being like, Serylutch can come in, and even if your opponent's out of 05:33:11.100 --> 05:33:12.860 tailwind, it's not that priority. 05:33:12.860 --> 05:33:15.380 It's actually just helps you clean up some of those pieces. 05:33:15.380 --> 05:33:16.580 Yeah, absolutely. 05:33:16.580 --> 05:33:20.340 Yeah, I think the question is, you know, what leads do you consider from both 05:33:20.340 --> 05:33:24.220 players and I think like Swampert's Storapter, which we saw is pretty 05:33:24.220 --> 05:33:24.980 decent, right? 05:33:24.980 --> 05:33:27.780 Chloe led King Gambit, tried to get a defined boost from it. 05:33:27.780 --> 05:33:31.740 And so I think that's the fear in meeting Storapter once again. 05:33:32.140 --> 05:33:37.180 I also am curious if you're Chloe like maybe you think well right she hasn't really been that important in Alaska 05:33:37.180 --> 05:33:38.980 I would have won the game with meta girls anyway 05:33:38.980 --> 05:33:42.460 Do we potentially see the dust we came green to meta girls following it out? 05:33:42.460 --> 05:33:47.380 But either way I think yeah, it's been a fast-paced set but really fun to get to see some unique Pokemon 05:33:47.380 --> 05:33:50.080 Especially that's one for a cleaver makes it a theory 05:33:51.620 --> 05:33:53.620 That is an awesome 05:33:53.620 --> 05:33:59.100 Pokemon to see hit the field as they call the air and it's going to be back to form here for Chumman with that 05:33:59.100 --> 05:34:03.100 I don't know if it's in the 05:34:03.100 --> 05:34:04.100 best position here, truthfully. 05:34:04.100 --> 05:34:05.100 It can stone axe, right? 05:34:05.100 --> 05:34:06.100 I will say, actually, one thing 05:34:06.100 --> 05:34:07.100 that's interesting is you do 05:34:07.100 --> 05:34:08.100 have to respect the whims to 05:34:08.100 --> 05:34:09.100 call on the opposing side, 05:34:09.100 --> 05:34:10.100 right? 05:34:10.100 --> 05:34:11.100 Very feather, so Moonblast 05:34:11.100 --> 05:34:12.100 is actually really scary. 05:34:12.100 --> 05:34:13.100 I like Shemin's position more 05:34:13.100 --> 05:34:14.100 here, though, honestly, because 05:34:14.100 --> 05:34:15.100 like the whims to come on 05:34:15.100 --> 05:34:16.100 the opposing side isn't even 05:34:16.100 --> 05:34:17.100 focused on, right? 05:34:17.100 --> 05:34:18.100 And yeah, like, the cleaver 05:34:18.100 --> 05:34:19.100 being intimidated just means 05:34:19.100 --> 05:34:20.100 it can't do very much at the 05:34:20.100 --> 05:34:21.100 same time. 05:34:21.100 --> 05:34:22.100 And I think it's a good 05:34:22.100 --> 05:34:23.100 thing to do. 05:34:23.100 --> 05:34:24.100 And I think it's a good 05:34:24.100 --> 05:34:25.100 thing to do. 05:34:25.100 --> 05:34:26.100 I think it's a good thing 05:34:26.100 --> 05:34:27.100 to do. 05:34:27.100 --> 05:34:28.100 I think it's a good thing 05:34:28.100 --> 05:34:30.100 do very much. This move set is 05:34:30.100 --> 05:34:32.100 Stonax, Axe-Zer, Faint, right? 05:34:32.100 --> 05:34:34.100 Like, if Faint's into the Seraphir, 05:34:34.100 --> 05:34:35.100 trying to, you know, break through, 05:34:35.100 --> 05:34:36.100 protect Faint into Blitzkotts, 05:34:36.100 --> 05:34:38.100 or just go for Stonax, like, get the 05:34:38.100 --> 05:34:39.100 Stumprocks up, so the reality is, 05:34:39.100 --> 05:34:41.100 this turn, I don't expect it to be that much 05:34:41.100 --> 05:34:42.100 damage. 05:34:42.100 --> 05:34:44.100 I do wonder how much the 05:34:45.100 --> 05:34:47.100 Pointed Stone damage will actually 05:34:47.100 --> 05:34:49.100 add up if we do end up seeing 05:34:49.100 --> 05:34:51.100 if it's in this game. 05:34:51.100 --> 05:34:53.100 It's already off to a very quick start 05:34:53.100 --> 05:34:55.100 here as both Blitzkotts are going 05:34:55.100 --> 05:34:57.100 to set Tailwind for their respective 05:34:57.100 --> 05:35:00.480 of sides and then we'll see the moves to follow up. 05:35:00.480 --> 05:35:03.980 So Raptor goes right away for the brave bird, 05:35:03.980 --> 05:35:06.540 knowing that the damage output from this Cleaver 05:35:06.540 --> 05:35:07.940 is going to be mitigated. 05:35:07.940 --> 05:35:10.380 A one hit non-gallon is the Whip the Kot 05:35:10.380 --> 05:35:13.540 is going to be the first KO that this Raptor takes. 05:35:13.540 --> 05:35:15.980 Let's see what this Cleaver's damage can look like. 05:35:15.980 --> 05:35:17.820 So nice, it's still going to do about 50% 05:35:17.820 --> 05:35:19.740 to his Whip the Kot, so it's good damage. 05:35:19.740 --> 05:35:22.260 But you do get a chance to set up the stealth rock. 05:35:22.260 --> 05:35:23.420 Yeah, but now the question is, 05:35:23.420 --> 05:35:24.580 where do you go from here, right? 05:35:24.580 --> 05:35:26.860 Because Cleaver is kind of stuck in the field, 05:35:26.860 --> 05:35:32.280 I think both players kind of felt forced to tail in, and Kevin really doesn't want the opposing Whip spot to... 05:35:32.280 --> 05:35:36.260 And we see Metagross here, okay? So that actually, I think, is a pretty good response. 05:35:36.260 --> 05:35:40.380 The point I wanted to make though is that, like, you never want to eat a Moon Blast from the opposing side, 05:35:40.380 --> 05:35:44.060 so you feel forced to go for Kailan Gravebird, right? Chloe also tail in, but... 05:35:44.060 --> 05:35:49.020 Yeah, the Cleaver, once again, I think because of that Intimidate just caught in a little bit of a tricky position. 05:35:49.020 --> 05:35:55.180 So next, we'll go through some damage here, but Metagross at least does exert a lot of offensive pressure into both Pokemon. 05:35:55.180 --> 05:35:58.180 However, you are staring down the charm once again from Winston Talk. 05:35:58.180 --> 05:36:01.180 One thing you could do, by the way, is you could charm that a group. 05:36:01.180 --> 05:36:04.180 Yeah, I know you got a group. You have to make a goal. 05:36:04.180 --> 05:36:08.180 And if you get that off, that would be really a back throw. 05:36:08.180 --> 05:36:10.180 It would. Let's see what happens. 05:36:10.180 --> 05:36:16.180 Just by staying here from the cleavage to ensure that the Star Raptor can't actually go for a protect on this turn, 05:36:16.180 --> 05:36:20.180 it's a side charm. It wants to boost up the offensive power of the Star Raptor. 05:36:20.180 --> 05:36:41.180 Oh, it's like a big, big, big, big deal, but, yeah, these Pokemon speeds are obviously very, very close to each other, and so Metagross being able to move first is a huge deal there. 05:36:41.180 --> 05:36:48.940 gets the knockout and that's just a complete swing of events right because the Spiraptor was looking to try to just like get an immediate one hit knockout there 05:36:48.940 --> 05:36:56.140 Instead Wings got this to get to accomplish anything. It's going to be a Hydragon though, Wings of course those exert good offensive pressure here into the Metagross play. 05:36:56.140 --> 05:37:02.940 I'm not sure if Darkwills will get a one hit knockout, like I would think you need to get a double up into it if Metagross protects the Peever can now access her to the Hydragon. 05:37:02.940 --> 05:37:10.940 Like Peever with that faint, yeah making sure that you can get that attack out, also getting that Stalker knockout that's early damage, but it's actually done a lot better than I expected it to be coming out. 05:37:10.940 --> 05:37:16.140 coming into this one. And they've got a second Stone Axe to actually finish off the Whimsicott, 05:37:16.140 --> 05:37:21.020 so you don't even have to go after this Hydraigan if you are worried. Maybe you can even go for 05:37:21.020 --> 05:37:25.340 a Double Protect here just to scout out what the Hydraigan's going to lock into with that choice 05:37:25.340 --> 05:37:31.500 card. But we do end up seeing an Encore into the opposing Cleaverer, so it is going to have 05:37:31.500 --> 05:37:35.820 to go for Saints again. It stacks up a little bit more damage into the Hydraigan, 05:37:35.820 --> 05:37:38.320 and not being able to put any more damage out on the board. 05:37:38.320 --> 05:37:39.980 So the dark bulls, oh my goodness, 05:37:39.980 --> 05:37:43.740 the Metagross, it hangs on with just 3% remaining. 05:37:43.740 --> 05:37:46.460 Look at the Metagross actually break through it, it does. 05:37:46.460 --> 05:37:48.500 Iron Head to finish off the wins the contest. 05:37:48.500 --> 05:37:50.020 Not him, Flynch this time. 05:37:50.020 --> 05:37:51.900 No, Flynch, and you'd have to imagine 05:37:51.900 --> 05:37:53.100 that the Metagross, since they're after, 05:37:53.100 --> 05:37:54.580 were speed fighting there earlier. 05:37:54.580 --> 05:37:56.140 Since they're after, did move first, 05:37:56.140 --> 05:37:57.660 they feel a very different game. 05:37:57.660 --> 05:37:59.740 But once again, it is still this endgame swamper 05:37:59.740 --> 05:38:01.380 that we've been talking about, right? 05:38:01.380 --> 05:38:03.540 It is quite bulky. 05:38:03.540 --> 05:38:05.260 Lever does have its focus after attack. 05:38:05.260 --> 05:38:10.400 Greg on here of course has now locked into dark balls. It's a pretty good move to have. We probably want to clear it before the basket 05:38:10.400 --> 05:38:14.600 region which is confusingly in the back hits the field, but this didn't really really tense game 05:38:14.600 --> 05:38:16.860 but I honestly think I prefer Chloe's position right now. 05:38:17.660 --> 05:38:22.340 I just wonder what's the way to happen since these tailwinds are going to expire in in a bit. 05:38:22.580 --> 05:38:28.220 And that's going to give the advantage over to the high-thrugging later as the dark balls comes back out. 05:38:28.220 --> 05:38:34.380 This metagross has to sacrifice itself in order for the clue board to come back in and change up its move down at the on-court spot. 05:38:34.380 --> 05:38:36.660 That's where it was really scary. I think if it was Dark Fulce, 05:38:36.660 --> 05:38:42.140 even to the Basque Legion's legend, you might just throw away kind of the big answer into the Swaphert, right? 05:38:42.140 --> 05:38:44.900 But I think what we're saying, you really need to respect the Metadrosa. 05:38:44.900 --> 05:38:46.780 It does manage to get Basque Legion in. 05:38:46.780 --> 05:38:49.940 Kaelin now is going to expire on both ends as well. 05:38:49.940 --> 05:38:56.340 Cleaver is able to come back in, and with Cleaver, I think what you can do is protect Basque Legion X's or into the Hydragon. 05:38:56.340 --> 05:38:58.940 And, boy, you might just have done it here. 05:38:58.940 --> 05:39:01.020 The main thing here in response is, 05:39:01.020 --> 05:39:04.220 Pygorgon could go through dark pulse into Cleaver, expecting Vasculation to protect. 05:39:04.220 --> 05:39:08.020 We could get a flinch, but then Swamper could just follow up, get a knockdown, and that's game over as well. 05:39:08.020 --> 05:39:10.020 So big turn here for both players. 05:39:10.020 --> 05:39:15.020 Do you predict the protect from Vasculation in a so-rightly targeted Cleaver doesn't get a flinch? 05:39:15.020 --> 05:39:17.020 Oh, it's so tense. 05:39:17.020 --> 05:39:22.020 In a Game 3 situation with an undefeated record on the line heading into the second half 05:39:22.020 --> 05:39:28.020 of day one of the World Championships, it's all going to come down to this Vasculation protecting. 05:39:28.020 --> 05:39:30.420 So can this Cleaver actually get a blow off? 05:39:30.420 --> 05:39:34.540 Mike Trigin ends up going to the dark post in that direction. 05:39:34.540 --> 05:39:37.140 And Cleaver takes that B-Sitter off. 05:39:37.140 --> 05:39:39.580 Mike Trigin goes down for the count. 05:39:39.580 --> 05:39:43.340 And now the slumper has to win at the 1v2. 05:39:43.340 --> 05:39:45.660 And is the slumper going to knock out the Cleaver? 05:39:45.660 --> 05:39:48.180 Well, that just boosts last respect to damage output 05:39:48.180 --> 05:39:48.900 as well. 05:39:48.900 --> 05:39:50.860 So Earth Fleet coming out. 05:39:50.860 --> 05:39:53.220 Makes the correct call, but no glitch coming out. 05:39:53.220 --> 05:39:54.860 Cleaver faints, but honestly, 05:39:54.860 --> 05:39:56.220 it was incredible in this game. 05:39:56.220 --> 05:39:59.020 I saw it play, it came out on the weed that it wouldn't be able to do very much. 05:39:59.020 --> 05:40:01.400 Being able to knock out the aggro on such a big deal, 05:40:01.400 --> 05:40:04.000 Vasco Legion out of light form, it's got three stacks, 05:40:04.000 --> 05:40:05.500 boosting that last respect. 05:40:05.500 --> 05:40:07.200 Here we go, in the swamper. 05:40:07.200 --> 05:40:09.860 Can it clutch it out here? It cannot! 05:40:09.860 --> 05:40:11.060 Wow, another... 05:40:11.060 --> 05:40:18.000 ...1 KO and Chloe Burke wins game number three to beat 4-0 on day one. 05:40:18.000 --> 05:40:19.800 That was so high for us, Barry. 05:40:19.800 --> 05:40:21.900 When we saw the teams and the matchups, I was like, 05:40:21.900 --> 05:40:23.700 they've done a lot of cool Pokemon. 05:40:23.700 --> 05:40:25.620 I don't know if we're gonna get to see all of them. 05:40:25.620 --> 05:40:26.880 We got to see all of them. 05:40:26.880 --> 05:40:29.300 Every single one. 05:40:29.300 --> 05:40:31.300 Wow, eyes were feasting today. 05:40:31.300 --> 05:40:34.340 That is for sure a phenomenal three game set 05:40:34.340 --> 05:40:37.300 between two incredible trainers. 05:40:37.300 --> 05:40:39.460 What a match. 05:40:39.460 --> 05:40:42.180 And I think the key turn was truly just Metagross 05:40:42.180 --> 05:40:43.300 Thrapher in that interaction. 05:40:43.300 --> 05:40:45.900 I think Thrapher goes first and knocks out Metagross. 05:40:45.900 --> 05:40:47.420 The main thing I was actually curious about 05:40:47.420 --> 05:40:48.820 was whether or not like I didn't expect 05:40:48.820 --> 05:40:50.340 the plus two close combat to actually be able 05:40:50.340 --> 05:40:52.660 to knock out the Metagross anyway. 05:40:52.660 --> 05:40:54.980 And so if Chloe gets to knock out on Thrapher, 05:40:54.980 --> 05:40:56.980 I think it's actually still a pretty positive term for her. 05:40:56.980 --> 05:40:58.980 And the other thing I was curious about was, yeah, 05:40:58.980 --> 05:41:00.980 we had seen the charm into Metagross, right, 05:41:00.980 --> 05:41:02.980 to potentially get around this. 05:41:02.980 --> 05:41:04.980 That could have been really interesting as well. 05:41:04.980 --> 05:41:06.980 But either way, the Swamper, I think, 05:41:06.980 --> 05:41:08.980 if you're Chloe and you're staring down this team 05:41:08.980 --> 05:41:10.980 and team review, first of all, this is not a standard team 05:41:10.980 --> 05:41:12.980 at all, right? It's got a lot of unique pieces. 05:41:12.980 --> 05:41:14.980 It's really hard to figure out how in the world 05:41:14.980 --> 05:41:16.980 do I beat the Swamper, but manage to pick up 05:41:16.980 --> 05:41:18.980 the puzzle pieces and put it all together. 05:41:18.980 --> 05:41:20.980 And, oh, this, I mean, the final turn, 05:41:20.980 --> 05:41:22.980 so tense, right? 05:41:22.980 --> 05:41:29.220 Kevin gets the right call targets the cleaver has that chance to flinch but does not get it and that X is there being able to just one shot behind 05:41:29.220 --> 05:41:32.680 Dragoon so well done. Yeah, and then the last year specs 05:41:33.620 --> 05:41:39.740 One final side are there too. That's Womper and Chloe Burke ends up with at that four zero record 05:41:40.220 --> 05:41:45.660 It's just so cool to be able to be at the world to your future see as the best trainers bringing the most cool 05:41:45.820 --> 05:41:47.180 Pokemon and 05:41:47.180 --> 05:41:50.680 You can get out. Absolutely. Yeah, I think you know the world championships 05:41:51.020 --> 05:41:55.920 There's always obviously so many incredible players that we've seen prove themselves on the biggest stage 05:41:56.100 --> 05:42:02.480 Consistently whether it be at regionals or international worlds this last game with feature two players right from regions that we don't get to cover as much 05:42:02.480 --> 05:42:05.180 They both finish in top four of major tournaments 05:42:05.180 --> 05:42:08.140 They are whether it be the Korean national championships or for Chloe 05:42:08.140 --> 05:42:12.940 You know one of the regionals over in Oceania and here they are right do you know at 3-0? 05:42:12.940 --> 05:42:18.220 really, this is like their first chance to really prove themselves to the world and that was a really fun set to watch 05:42:18.220 --> 05:42:24.240 It's like I couldn't have asked for any more like if I let's swap or put a masterclass of that game one and hangs on just with 05:42:24.240 --> 05:42:27.660 A sliver right in in game three it thinks felt so tense 05:42:27.660 --> 05:42:29.300 I was not expecting cleaver at all 05:42:29.300 --> 05:42:34.080 But I think it made a lot of sense because I think slowly recognize look fast deletion is really good 05:42:34.180 --> 05:42:36.180 What are you gonna use to beat fast deletion? 05:42:36.180 --> 05:42:38.340 Well, it's probably gonna be the hydragon as well as the 05:42:38.340 --> 05:42:40.340 I think that's the best 05:42:40.340 --> 05:42:42.340 thing I've ever seen. I've 05:42:42.340 --> 05:42:44.340 never seen anything like this 05:42:44.340 --> 05:42:46.340 before. I've never seen anything 05:42:46.340 --> 05:42:47.340 like this before. So I need to 05:42:47.340 --> 05:42:48.340 take care of those and how do I 05:42:48.340 --> 05:42:49.340 beat those little metagoras for 05:42:49.340 --> 05:42:51.340 stir after and then I, of course, 05:42:51.340 --> 05:42:53.340 yeah, just all came together 05:42:53.340 --> 05:42:54.340 and then Cleaver, of course, 05:42:54.340 --> 05:42:55.340 for the hydra gone and I just 05:42:55.340 --> 05:42:56.340 Yeah, I think that this is 05:42:56.340 --> 05:42:58.340 what best of three Pokemon is 05:42:58.340 --> 05:42:59.340 all about. And the, you 05:42:59.340 --> 05:43:00.340 know that the number of 05:43:00.340 --> 05:43:01.340 adjustments you saw in both 05:43:01.340 --> 05:43:03.340 ends was just so fun. An 05:43:03.340 --> 05:43:05.340 amazing set for sure. And 05:43:05.340 --> 05:43:06.340 also one where you could 05:43:06.340 --> 05:43:07.340 kind of see the nerves 05:43:07.340 --> 05:43:12.860 them in this moment. The pressure must have been really intense. Absolutely. Yeah. And so 05:43:12.860 --> 05:43:19.060 I need to hear more about Chloe and the team and just that said, so let's go through it 05:43:19.060 --> 05:43:26.780 down to the floor for an interview. Thank you so much. I'm here with Chloe after a fantastic 05:43:26.780 --> 05:43:31.620 win. You're currently undefeated at the World Championships. How do you feel? Pretty good. 05:43:31.620 --> 05:43:36.620 I mean, it's okay. It's okay. 05:43:36.720 --> 05:43:38.520 Yeah. Anything else just 05:43:38.620 --> 05:43:40.520 pretty good. Like, were you 05:43:40.620 --> 05:43:41.520 nervous for this event? Just 05:43:41.620 --> 05:43:43.520 excited? Yeah, so nervous. 05:43:43.620 --> 05:43:46.520 Uh, yeah, nonstop anxiety, but 05:43:46.620 --> 05:43:48.520 it's okay. I mean, for someone 05:43:48.620 --> 05:43:49.520 with nonstop anxiety, you 05:43:49.620 --> 05:43:51.520 certainly played a wonderful 05:43:51.620 --> 05:43:53.520 match. Talk to me about that 05:43:53.620 --> 05:43:54.520 match because for yourself, 05:43:54.620 --> 05:43:55.520 you're going up against a 05:43:55.620 --> 05:43:56.520 really, really strong team 05:43:56.620 --> 05:43:58.520 and also lose the first one 05:43:58.620 --> 05:43:59.520 in this set. So then 05:43:59.620 --> 05:44:00.520 what's going through your 05:44:00.520 --> 05:44:06.560 that my Pokemon choices in Game 1 were pretty good and I just kind of need to adjust my game 05:44:06.560 --> 05:44:13.600 plan. I didn't respect the Swamp at it enough in Game 1, but I kind of figured it out and 05:44:13.600 --> 05:44:18.120 then I made a call that he wouldn't bring Golden Go game 3, so I didn't bring my King 05:44:18.120 --> 05:44:21.360 Gambit at all and it ended up paying off, fortunately. 05:44:21.360 --> 05:44:26.040 And now I want to talk about your team because you have one of, one of if not possibly 05:44:26.040 --> 05:44:28.120 the craziest team in the tournament. 05:44:28.120 --> 05:44:31.280 But it was a school, you know, everything else, but the Cleaver. 05:44:31.280 --> 05:44:32.280 Why Cleaver? 05:44:32.280 --> 05:44:38.600 Um, most of the field is Charizard, so Cleaver sets rocks. 05:44:38.600 --> 05:44:44.440 The main idea of the team is that I set rocks for Metagros to be able to KO both Charizard 05:44:44.440 --> 05:44:49.960 and Floette, regardless of what the main team in the format brings. 05:44:49.960 --> 05:44:55.560 And yeah, it just has a lot of good matchups into a very common team, so it's worked 05:44:55.560 --> 05:45:02.560 pretty well. I feel like when I hear you talk about there's so many chargers around the other direction people have gone with has been the like in rock 05:45:02.560 --> 05:45:08.560 right? Is there a reason why you particularly straight away from that team or you just thought this had a better match of thread across the board? 05:45:08.560 --> 05:45:20.560 I feel more comfortable piloting like tailwind offense generally. And I wanted to make Metagross work because it seems like a good one but the Meta doesn't really favor it a lot. 05:45:20.560 --> 05:45:24.560 I don't know why. The ability for 05:45:24.560 --> 05:45:26.560 medigrace to KO towers on 05:45:26.560 --> 05:45:30.560 consistently is just it makes it so much better. 05:45:30.560 --> 05:45:33.560 So that's why I chose Cleaver. 05:45:33.560 --> 05:45:35.560 And it certainly has a lot more 05:45:35.560 --> 05:45:38.560 style. Let me say it is so cool. 05:45:38.560 --> 05:45:40.560 Now tell me a little bit about yourself too 05:45:40.560 --> 05:45:42.560 because of course now you've had the 05:45:42.560 --> 05:45:44.560 opportunity to compete on this stage. 05:45:44.560 --> 05:45:46.560 You're unafeated and we heard the cheers 05:45:46.560 --> 05:45:48.560 from the crowd. So tell me a little bit 05:45:48.560 --> 05:45:51.400 I've been playing BGC for a few years now. 05:45:51.400 --> 05:45:52.600 This is my second world's. 05:45:52.600 --> 05:45:57.000 I did pretty well in the Australian circuit this year 05:45:57.000 --> 05:45:59.640 and I don't know. 05:45:59.640 --> 05:46:03.440 Yeah, I don't know. 05:46:03.440 --> 05:46:04.480 I like offensive teams. 05:46:04.480 --> 05:46:06.280 I play offensive teams. 05:46:06.280 --> 05:46:08.480 I don't really know what else to say. 05:46:08.480 --> 05:46:09.280 No, that makes sense. 05:46:09.280 --> 05:46:10.640 We'll take one more step this way 05:46:10.640 --> 05:46:12.920 as I want to make sure you're a center stage here. 05:46:12.920 --> 05:46:15.960 If you have an opportunity to thank anyone or just 05:46:15.960 --> 05:46:18.420 any final words where you're on this stage. 05:46:18.420 --> 05:46:21.420 Thank you to my girlfriend for always supporting me. 05:46:21.420 --> 05:46:29.420 Thank you to all the Oceania community for always giving me a challenge and making me a better player. 05:46:29.420 --> 05:46:33.420 Thank you to the Sydney local scene. 05:46:33.420 --> 05:46:38.420 It's really good, really great players, really nice people, especially Pokefork. 05:46:38.420 --> 05:46:44.420 Great community, would recommend going to those locals if you're in Sydney. 05:46:44.420 --> 05:46:49.580 I love that congratulations yet again on this win. Best of luck. I hope you take 05:46:49.580 --> 05:46:54.100 leave her to the top. This is just absolutely incredible as for us of course 05:46:54.100 --> 05:46:57.420 we need to hear more about this team and everything else. So let's hand over 05:46:57.420 --> 05:47:05.060 to our analysts. Thank you so much Sierra. What a crazy match. I had to steal 05:47:05.060 --> 05:47:10.060 our own rosemary there after that match concluded because you look like I was 05:47:10.060 --> 05:47:15.620 having just as much fun as Chloe was there, going 4-0 here at the World Championships. 05:47:15.620 --> 05:47:19.420 That game 3 still, I mean the Swap for Metagross speed interaction, 05:47:19.420 --> 05:47:21.980 like, sorry, the Metagross Storaphyr speed interaction, 05:47:21.980 --> 05:47:24.940 I was like, that's one thing that's so interesting about these Pokemon, 05:47:24.940 --> 05:47:27.660 because it feels like with Storaphyr you basically have to go max speed, 05:47:27.660 --> 05:47:30.380 but sometimes, especially on a roost set, like, maybe you don't, 05:47:30.380 --> 05:47:33.020 but then the Metagross, I was like, I don't know who's going to move first here, 05:47:33.020 --> 05:47:36.820 and then, yeah, Metagross just completely annihilates the Storaphyr, 05:47:36.820 --> 05:47:38.540 and I do think that's one of the cool things about it, 05:47:38.540 --> 05:47:41.520 is a pick in this meta game right is you do thread in this thereafter for 05:47:41.520 --> 05:47:44.720 Superfection M and maybe even a one hit knockout if you don't get intimidated and 05:47:44.720 --> 05:47:48.840 you get to move first. Yeah 100% Rose pick a favorite point of the match because 05:47:48.840 --> 05:47:53.320 that was like that seemed to be like all the way through it was delivering not 05:47:53.320 --> 05:47:56.280 just the Seraptor Metagross interaction right there the moment we 05:47:56.280 --> 05:48:00.440 seek leave or coming in one and two as well the serenades coming out like 05:48:00.440 --> 05:48:04.520 you could see everything. We had so much I literally cannot boil it down to a 05:48:04.520 --> 05:48:08.120 single thing that I enjoyed about that match I enjoyed all of it to every 05:48:08.120 --> 05:48:32.120 I think this is just showing as well. Like it isn't just the Charizard flow at compositions that are making it like really deep in this tournament. There is so much room still in NB to like, you'll have something like a little bit different and like take the meta game in a completely different direction. 05:48:32.120 --> 05:48:40.620 There it's a little spicy out there. If you told me that we would be casting a game where like Swampert regular Swampert regular 05:48:40.620 --> 05:48:47.140 Yeah, I drag on Sarah Ledge, right all would be like be used and actually come out of a battle 05:48:47.140 --> 05:48:50.320 I'd be like there's just no way like statistically that means absolutely no sense 05:48:50.320 --> 05:48:55.580 But here we are and that's what makes Pokemon really special because I do think for the most part this form a lot of 05:48:55.580 --> 05:49:00.040 You know the most well-known players just pick one of the most popular teams and you know figured out 05:49:00.040 --> 05:49:04.520 I'm just going to master it and be really good at it and so it is such a treat to see it at you know 05:49:04.520 --> 05:49:11.160 3 and 0 here at the biggest stage of the capital I feel like them as well like there's been a little bit of you know 05:49:11.360 --> 05:49:16.280 Discourse to the community. We've had to JB boy on Twitter calling out like Metacross is the play 05:49:17.320 --> 05:49:23.600 Days ago and and like yeah, I'm guilty of this as well like people sitting there being like 05:49:24.120 --> 05:49:26.120 Is it no JB? 05:49:26.120 --> 05:49:28.120 I'm not sure, but maybe, hey, 05:49:28.120 --> 05:49:30.120 Chloe showed us that it might be possible. 05:49:30.120 --> 05:49:34.120 As you know, else is possible is we've got a feature match 05:49:34.120 --> 05:49:36.120 lined up ready to go. 05:49:36.120 --> 05:49:38.120 And it's going to be an absolute cracker. 05:49:38.120 --> 05:49:41.120 So we've got Justin Tang versus Nikolai Hoi Nielsen. 05:49:41.120 --> 05:49:44.120 And yes, that is a camera up you're seeing on your screen 05:49:44.120 --> 05:49:45.120 right now. 05:49:45.120 --> 05:49:48.120 A camera up and a mega kangaroo. 05:49:48.120 --> 05:49:50.120 And we're going to be able to take it all. 05:49:50.120 --> 05:49:52.120 I'm not sure, but maybe, hey, Chloe showed us 05:49:52.120 --> 05:49:53.120 that it might be possible. 05:49:53.120 --> 05:49:55.120 As you know, else is possible is we've got 05:49:55.120 --> 05:50:00.720 mega kangaroo scot. I really hope that we get a chance to see some trick room action and see that camera up there nuts 05:50:00.720 --> 05:50:03.480 I think it's actually regular kangaroo scot. It's even crazier. Oh 05:50:04.200 --> 05:50:12.440 Yeah, it is life-war. Life-war. Yeah. Wow really crazy. Now the main thing if you look at that team though is that there's no water 05:50:12.440 --> 05:50:18.520 resistance, right? So just as well. Hey, I have swamper. I can water spot everyone. Yeah 05:50:18.520 --> 05:50:19.020 Yeah. 05:50:19.020 --> 05:50:20.860 Aerodactyl, pivoting out here immediately. 05:50:20.860 --> 05:50:22.140 It's going to be trigger out. 05:50:22.140 --> 05:50:24.500 The dual mega team in Aerodactyl camera actually. 05:50:24.500 --> 05:50:26.740 And it blocks the fake out here immediately. 05:50:26.740 --> 05:50:28.620 And last place also does not mega the ball. 05:50:28.620 --> 05:50:32.060 So much going on here just to start off the game, 05:50:32.060 --> 05:50:33.220 getting a water style off. 05:50:33.220 --> 05:50:35.420 But honestly, that's not a lot of damage. 05:50:35.420 --> 05:50:35.920 Pretty good. 05:50:35.920 --> 05:50:38.180 I feel like, you know, when you've got, when you're 05:50:38.180 --> 05:50:40.660 making that leap, with no water resistance, 05:50:40.660 --> 05:50:44.220 water style looks very good until the Silvia works out. 05:50:44.220 --> 05:50:47.100 Silvia is absolutely ready for business here. 05:50:47.100 --> 05:50:50.100 I believe in picking up that K.O. 05:50:50.100 --> 05:50:51.100 Wait, I wasn't ready. 05:50:51.100 --> 05:50:52.100 The girls would be here and we're like, 05:50:52.100 --> 05:50:54.100 let's just give Sylvie on a highlight. 05:50:54.100 --> 05:50:55.100 Hyper Hyper Eve! 05:50:55.100 --> 05:50:56.100 Oh my gosh. 05:50:56.100 --> 05:50:57.100 That was wild. 05:50:57.100 --> 05:51:01.100 Okay, so now we know why the Mega Blastoise didn't happen. 05:51:01.100 --> 05:51:03.100 It's because there's a Delphox on the back. 05:51:03.100 --> 05:51:05.100 Yeah, I mean, you know, it makes sense as well. 05:51:05.100 --> 05:51:08.100 We saw this the other way around in an earlier round on the stream, right? 05:51:08.100 --> 05:51:11.100 It's like Delphox wasn't the Mega of choice. 05:51:11.100 --> 05:51:12.100 Instead, Blastoise was. 05:51:12.100 --> 05:51:14.100 Now we're flipping things around. 05:51:14.100 --> 05:51:16.100 We're just in just playing this slightly different way. 05:51:16.100 --> 05:51:22.980 different way. Now that the Sylveon has to take a turn recharging so you know great job knocking out 05:51:22.980 --> 05:51:29.060 the blast toys but now you're vulnerable to taking another attack. That's true but Sylveon is one of 05:51:29.060 --> 05:51:34.340 those Pokemon that I feel like just has surprising specialty fence bulk so the fact that it was able 05:51:34.340 --> 05:51:38.900 to hold on through that water spout even the Delphox on the other side doesn't really scare me 05:51:38.900 --> 05:51:43.220 too much but this Delphox does get that nasty clocker free so maybe I take back what I just 05:51:43.220 --> 05:51:46.660 said. Yeah, I think with the scene you always want to get that massive plot off and instead 05:51:46.660 --> 05:51:49.820 of going for parting shot makes sense as well because I think you really want to make sure 05:51:49.820 --> 05:51:53.860 that you can bring it back out for Aerodactyl. I think what's scary right now after Justin 05:51:53.860 --> 05:51:56.940 is you don't know which direction this game is going to go down. Is there going to be 05:51:56.940 --> 05:52:00.740 Triforce setup or is there potentially going to be a tail of the Aerodactyl in the back? 05:52:00.740 --> 05:52:04.340 Sylveon recharges here and it's not going to be the Triforce because I think recognizing 05:52:04.340 --> 05:52:08.180 hey if I just get Aerodactyl I can actually mega vault this Pokemon and just start 05:52:08.180 --> 05:52:11.940 clicking Rock slide. Yeah so I think this is the really important part of the 05:52:11.940 --> 05:52:15.520 way that Nikolai has built the team, it's like, it's flaws and ceilings, you can go 05:52:15.520 --> 05:52:20.940 right down as slow as Mega Camera up to start attacking that way, but if you see the opportunity, 05:52:20.940 --> 05:52:24.980 especially against a Pokemon like Mega Delphox, but you really don't want to be hitting with 05:52:24.980 --> 05:52:29.220 your Camera up to instead, you want to be hitting with that Mega Aridactyl, you get 05:52:29.220 --> 05:52:32.100 that ability to set that up too. 05:52:32.100 --> 05:52:33.100 Very cool. 05:52:33.100 --> 05:52:36.380 I totally agree, I think that's such a unique call out in that, when you see 05:52:36.380 --> 05:52:38.580 his team, I think if you like, remove their Aridactyl, you're like, well it's 05:52:38.580 --> 05:52:40.620 clearly a hard trick room team, right? 05:52:40.620 --> 05:52:47.180 everything else is you know, but the air adapter alone actually just induces just a completely different play style and you 05:52:47.180 --> 05:52:49.780 Also wonder like the training like are they slow? 05:52:54.660 --> 05:52:59.860 You can definitely play like in this like middling speed to you have got the top of the bottom 05:52:59.860 --> 05:53:04.260 But actually the stuff in the middle can be a little bit squidgy and like middling speed to it 05:53:04.260 --> 05:53:09.980 I like when we call these types of teams at tail room because they have both the tail end and the trick room and 05:53:09.980 --> 05:53:11.980 and it is just really cool to be able to keep going. 05:53:11.980 --> 05:53:12.980 Oh, my God! 05:53:12.980 --> 05:53:13.980 Survival! 05:53:13.980 --> 05:53:16.980 It was a nasty plot on the Deltox. 05:53:16.980 --> 05:53:19.980 Rose, you have like, you've come into the perfect match. 05:53:19.980 --> 05:53:21.980 This is exactly right for you. 05:53:21.980 --> 05:53:24.980 A 1% Sylveon survival. 05:53:24.980 --> 05:53:26.980 Just like a dish out of hyperboys. 05:53:26.980 --> 05:53:30.980 Oh, my goodness. 05:53:30.980 --> 05:53:31.980 Okay, this is it. 05:53:31.980 --> 05:53:32.980 World championship for Rose. 05:53:32.980 --> 05:53:34.980 This is deep to this match here. 05:53:34.980 --> 05:53:35.980 Absolutely a peak. 05:53:35.980 --> 05:53:38.980 There's still no trick room going up on Nicola's side of the field, 05:53:38.980 --> 05:53:42.980 the field so there is still the option as we said for the the aridactyl in the 05:53:42.980 --> 05:53:47.060 back but this Delphox is racking up a lot of damage and even though it's taken a 05:53:47.060 --> 05:53:50.860 lot of damage there is sort of this weird option where you know if Justin takes a 05:53:50.860 --> 05:53:54.420 couple of KO's and then sets up the trick room against the mega aridactyl 05:53:54.420 --> 05:53:59.460 there's a way of a world in which like Justin can actually use that middling 05:53:59.460 --> 05:54:03.140 speed tier that he's got but also like well Delphox is in the middling speed 05:54:03.140 --> 05:54:08.060 tier but compared to mega aridactyl it kind of is. I do wonder if this 05:54:08.060 --> 05:54:13.660 would be the turn that Justin would consider setting up trick room, knowing that that aerodactyl is in the back. 05:54:13.660 --> 05:54:17.820 And if you are confident that maybe something else is in the back there like a like a king of style 05:54:17.820 --> 05:54:21.980 might be slower than you, we do see the incident where it come in and it's not going to be the trick 05:54:21.980 --> 05:54:26.700 room set up here. Yeah, it's so awkward. I think for this turn is that Justin wants to get the 05:54:26.700 --> 05:54:30.300 healing with citizenship, but now by putting incident around the field, well, then aerodactyl 05:54:30.300 --> 05:54:34.620 could come out next turn doesn't get intimidated. However, crucially, there is no protect on the 05:54:34.620 --> 05:54:37.980 the aridactyl right part of these teams is that you rely on ferrigraft to block 05:54:37.980 --> 05:54:42.220 those fake outs and so while you look at the intimidate now Nikolai if he brings 05:54:42.220 --> 05:54:45.940 out aridactyl that's just vulnerable to fake out plus an attack right so I'd 05:54:45.940 --> 05:54:49.300 actually want to go into your four Pokemon here so Justin caplizing off 05:54:49.300 --> 05:54:52.780 the fact like I think if aridactyl yeah hat protect then the fake out is a lot 05:54:52.780 --> 05:54:55.420 less threatening aridactyl can come in just for expanding rockslide right 05:54:55.420 --> 05:54:59.100 even with an intimidate the delphox actually will likely still go down to 05:54:59.100 --> 05:55:02.420 a rockslide or with healing as well but the thing is you need to weed 05:55:02.420 --> 05:55:07.580 the position for your dactyl because yeah it gets intimidated or trick from his 05:55:07.580 --> 05:55:11.340 up and you have instant plus Sinisterial suddenly Macha Gacha spam makes it so 05:55:11.340 --> 05:55:14.860 hard for the air. And it's sort of telegraphing maybe like maybe the king 05:55:14.860 --> 05:55:18.660 gambit is the final Pokemon in the back for Nikolai and like you also kind of 05:55:18.660 --> 05:55:23.140 want to get your instant into a position where it's on the field yeah and not 05:55:23.140 --> 05:55:27.420 intimidating the king gambit not making a threat to the Sinisteria that Justin 05:55:27.420 --> 05:55:31.660 we know has in the pack and can use to start healing up that Delphox and 05:55:31.660 --> 05:55:35.780 getting it like redirecting sucker punches away so the Delphox can carry on 05:55:35.780 --> 05:55:39.300 just dishing out these big powerful e-waves. I think it's tough though too 05:55:39.300 --> 05:55:42.700 when you mention the King Gambit there's no protect on that either so you have two 05:55:42.700 --> 05:55:46.100 different options there in the Aerodactyl or the King Gambit. You can't bring in 05:55:46.100 --> 05:55:50.620 either and expect them to not get faked out. Did you see the mega evolution 05:55:50.620 --> 05:55:54.180 committed onto the Aerodactyl but do we see the fake out? Yeah is it just a 05:55:54.180 --> 05:55:58.980 double-up right with fake up plus the psychic from the Delphox? Fake out does 05:55:58.980 --> 05:56:02.420 come out here so I think that you know that much was pretty obvious erid act of 05:56:02.420 --> 05:56:05.220 flinch is this is a really big interaction it is just gonna be psychic 05:56:05.220 --> 05:56:07.620 here so there was King gamut in the back that would have been a free switch in 05:56:07.620 --> 05:56:10.860 and that you know erid act to look like it was the wind condition that's why 05:56:10.860 --> 05:56:13.900 I was saying it feels kind of awkward to position it out right now but Sylveon 05:56:13.900 --> 05:56:15.900 still gets a hyper voice off 05:56:15.900 --> 05:56:17.900 Oh my gosh! 05:56:17.900 --> 05:56:22.900 I was literally, I was literally queuing up for Sylveon is now the wind condition 05:56:22.900 --> 05:56:25.900 and then it just just misses the KO 05:56:25.900 --> 05:56:33.780 I mean it's doing is absolutely doing his job like keeping the pressure down onto Justin started the field and like 05:56:34.140 --> 05:56:40.760 Especially like I'm just gonna check if that if that's Sylveon has access to quick attack right because it does 05:56:40.760 --> 05:56:45.260 It does have access to it because now that delt box even like it forces 05:56:45.460 --> 05:56:51.220 Justin to have to think about bringing in the sinister. Yeah, otherwise the quick attack starts going crazy 05:56:51.220 --> 05:56:58.220 That feels really bad though, to lose Mega Aerodactyl and get nothing off with it because it kind of just cleaned up this entire end game, right? 05:56:58.220 --> 05:57:05.220 But like, the nuance here is because neither King Gambit or Aerodactyl had the protect, like you called out Rose, well, you had to switch in one. 05:57:05.220 --> 05:57:12.220 And I think Nikolai there might have been trying to go for a call thinking, oh, the fake out side is so obvious, I'm going to switch in King Gambit, you're going to heat wave instead. 05:57:12.220 --> 05:57:14.220 If you heat wave, well then that's probably winning for me. 05:57:14.220 --> 05:57:18.220 But the Aerodactyl, yeah, this goes to show why fake out is such a good move. 05:57:18.220 --> 05:57:23.340 move and frigraph normally allows these teams to say well you can drop your protect because 05:57:23.340 --> 05:57:26.840 I'll protect you some fakeouts but when frigraph goes down suddenly the fakeout becomes that 05:57:26.840 --> 05:57:31.460 much stronger and yeah now with no arid actile it is still really scary. 05:57:31.460 --> 05:57:35.940 Right I see Sylvia on protect itself so maybe that's gonna be a sucker punch so K-Rambo 05:57:35.940 --> 05:57:41.420 is successful at securing another knockout and now this is kind of awkward right? 05:57:41.420 --> 05:57:42.420 Is it? 05:57:42.420 --> 05:57:45.700 Cause Justin has instead of our sinister stuff as the final video and it's in 05:57:45.700 --> 05:57:47.700 actually went after the Sylveon. 05:57:47.700 --> 05:57:54.420 Okay, so this is a, this is like Sylveon still staying on the field is quite a big deal for this this end game. 05:57:54.420 --> 05:57:57.860 We know that it has hyper beam at its disposal. 05:57:57.860 --> 05:58:01.540 Like you could make a read like knowing that hyper voice is so strong. 05:58:01.540 --> 05:58:01.940 Right. 05:58:01.940 --> 05:58:05.780 Hey, I need to knock out this Incineroar as quickly as possible if you're Nicolai. 05:58:05.780 --> 05:58:08.900 Like this could be the opportunity to get that hyper beam. 05:58:08.900 --> 05:58:13.620 And it also obviously depends as well on the training between the Sylveon and the Incineroar. 05:58:13.620 --> 05:58:17.920 They're both capable of help speeding the other one we haven't seen that interaction yet 05:58:17.920 --> 05:58:23.220 And so this this endgame like it just got really really dicey with no flabbit 05:58:23.220 --> 05:58:27.920 It's going down into the king gambit getting that last like little bit of damage that maybe a match of gotcha could 05:58:28.300 --> 05:58:33.640 Clean up at an endgame. Yeah, and just most of the opportunity to go like protect all Fox 05:58:33.640 --> 05:58:36.260 Which incident to sinister and then just rage powder heat wave 05:58:36.260 --> 05:58:41.200 But maybe fearing that that's such an easy call out that you'll double win so that's not just gonna be throw chop here 05:58:41.200 --> 05:58:43.040 So instead of our moves first, 05:58:43.040 --> 05:58:45.280 Sylveon doesn't get a hyper voice or hyper beam off here. 05:58:45.280 --> 05:58:48.000 The speed interactions are playing a really big deal. 05:58:48.000 --> 05:58:48.880 I think then... 05:58:48.880 --> 05:58:50.480 Ooh, but King Jepic gets the low kick. 05:58:51.280 --> 05:58:53.440 Ooh, it's not bad damage. 05:58:53.440 --> 05:58:54.080 It's good damage. 05:58:55.200 --> 05:58:56.000 It's good damage. 05:58:56.000 --> 05:58:56.400 But then... 05:58:57.600 --> 05:58:59.760 I was gonna say, I have to kind of jump back though 05:58:59.760 --> 05:59:01.040 than a couple of turns prior, 05:59:01.040 --> 05:59:03.040 because you both bring up excellent points about some 05:59:04.000 --> 05:59:06.400 changes that either player could have made. 05:59:06.400 --> 05:59:08.160 But in that situation, I wonder, 05:59:08.160 --> 05:59:10.240 well, instead of actually the hospitality healing 05:59:10.240 --> 05:59:14.480 from the Citis job brought that in-center out of KO range from the low kick. So was there an 05:59:14.480 --> 05:59:18.960 opportunity there instead to quick attack the Delphox for that one percent and then go low kick 05:59:18.960 --> 05:59:23.840 into the insidior instead. But then also like there's a question of how this insidior is trained 05:59:23.840 --> 05:59:29.280 does it knock out the king gambit and it does like gets close but doesn't like get there. 05:59:29.280 --> 05:59:36.000 Does it manage to knock yourself out from recoil? That's right. Getting the KO there that's going 05:59:36.000 --> 05:59:57.000 game one for Justin, but such a close set all the way through so many reads and he talks about it. Obviously all the way through the match are like reads on top of reads on top of reads, right? Yeah, and I feel like the big picture here was mega aerodactyl, not getting an attack off because once that last voice was taking care of, it felt like aerodactyl kind of just sweeps. We're going right into game two and regular 05:59:57.000 --> 06:00:02.840 And regular Kangas gun makes an appearance here with that frigorap and of course frigorap blocks that fake out 06:00:02.840 --> 06:00:04.880 So are we going to see a different approach this time? 06:00:04.880 --> 06:00:08.160 Maybe trick room and then you've got camera up in the back if that is the approach though 06:00:08.160 --> 06:00:12.280 You're gonna have to knock out blast ways really quickly because blast ways is the nightmare for mega camera to deal with 06:00:12.720 --> 06:00:16.160 Yeah, and also there's this especially like how is 06:00:16.920 --> 06:00:22.400 Nikolai gonna use this Kangas gun to be able to try to put some pressure down like in Cinder all was one of the last 06:00:22.960 --> 06:00:25.220 problem Pokemon in game one right or 06:00:25.220 --> 06:00:29.220 and now, like, this hammer arm that's on the life of Kangaskhan, 06:00:29.220 --> 06:00:34.220 setting up the trick room and then maybe getting itself into a place where it can attack first, 06:00:34.220 --> 06:00:37.220 but also put that big, big damage down onto the Incinima. 06:00:37.220 --> 06:00:42.220 Wow. 25% of Blastoise with pink out in life form. 06:00:42.220 --> 06:00:44.220 Oh, my goodness. 06:00:44.220 --> 06:00:47.220 I really like a lot of the points you were talking about there, 06:00:47.220 --> 06:00:53.220 because I think that, you know, one key thing is normally Incinima on this team doesn't seem like a huge offensive for Ed, 06:00:53.220 --> 06:00:56.180 but it kind of carried in that endgame with game one, right? 06:00:56.180 --> 06:00:58.540 And a big reason is because those speed interactions. 06:00:58.540 --> 06:01:01.340 And so I think realizing that, saying, 06:01:01.340 --> 06:01:02.700 look, it is still a pretty good tool. 06:01:02.700 --> 06:01:03.780 Let me switch it out. 06:01:03.780 --> 06:01:06.300 At the Sinistra, what do I love about this Blastway's 06:01:06.300 --> 06:01:07.700 Delphox team is just the ability 06:01:07.700 --> 06:01:08.940 to flex either mega pollution, right? 06:01:08.940 --> 06:01:10.020 It's so cool to see a lot. 06:01:10.020 --> 06:01:12.180 I'm like, my expectation is that there is still a Delphox 06:01:12.180 --> 06:01:14.540 in the back here, but it's kind of scary right now, right? 06:01:14.540 --> 06:01:16.780 You've got the attack drop on to like hang has gone. 06:01:16.780 --> 06:01:18.380 Sinistra can just go for a rage bowser. 06:01:18.380 --> 06:01:20.020 And even though Blastway's at minus one, 06:01:20.020 --> 06:01:21.980 damage that you do from it is still non-turbial. 06:01:21.980 --> 06:01:25.680 Sinister of course couldn't even potentially reverse trick room if you wanted one crazy play 06:01:25.680 --> 06:01:27.680 I was like what if you shell smash? 06:01:30.680 --> 06:01:36.840 You've got you've got the sinister there you're a trick room you shall smash take all the attack away mega blast toys or not 06:01:36.840 --> 06:01:38.840 I can't 06:01:39.040 --> 06:01:41.040 You know what I want to click it there 06:01:42.080 --> 06:01:46.400 100% right there like it would have been so so cool cuz like 06:01:46.400 --> 06:01:53.400 It forces Nicolay to start going on the offensive and play this sort of aggressive trickery. 06:01:53.400 --> 06:01:55.400 Oh no! 06:01:55.400 --> 06:01:57.400 Burn there on the Kangas card. 06:01:57.400 --> 06:02:01.400 Okay, we would have lost because they doubled up in the Blastoise so you wouldn't take it too much. 06:02:01.400 --> 06:02:03.400 It's fine. 06:02:03.400 --> 06:02:07.400 Especially with the bird actually, the Blastoise would have been like alright, time for me to get to the end. 06:02:07.400 --> 06:02:09.400 But that's a really tough bird. 06:02:09.400 --> 06:02:10.400 Good happen this time. 06:02:10.400 --> 06:02:11.400 Yes, that's true, that is true. 06:02:11.400 --> 06:02:12.400 Yeah, now you go for the fall. 06:02:12.400 --> 06:02:25.400 Because the awkward thing with these teams is you normally want to get your heavy damage dealer in Brighton, that heavy damage dealer is going to be camera, but it also could be Silvan or King Gambit, but when you set up trick room and you don't have that much damage, you're wasting your own trick room turns, 06:02:25.400 --> 06:02:32.400 Zinistra now just content to go for rage fodder, but come on do the shell smash, you got this! 06:02:32.400 --> 06:02:40.400 I'm waiting, I'm waiting, I'm excited. Okay so good damage, good damage, good damage, double edge, straffi of course, bypassing that. 06:02:40.400 --> 06:02:42.400 Oh my gosh, that did nothing. 06:02:42.400 --> 06:02:47.400 Absolutely nothing after the burn and the life orb ticking away the burn as well. 06:02:47.400 --> 06:02:49.400 Yay! 06:02:49.400 --> 06:02:51.400 Come on! 06:02:51.400 --> 06:02:56.880 Okay, but now this industry has a tough job. It's got to survive the next turn 06:02:57.960 --> 06:03:01.000 Yeah, but I mean it's in a good only two types of trick room 06:03:01.000 --> 06:03:04.560 That's you go rage powder waterspile protect last place on the last turn a trick room 06:03:04.560 --> 06:03:07.060 And then you probably even just make a moment. That's a good point. Yeah 06:03:09.160 --> 06:03:10.360 Yeah 06:03:10.360 --> 06:03:17.480 Yeah, yeah, really like this and actually like I think that's worth calling out there is like the patience to not go for it 06:03:17.480 --> 06:03:21.800 right away. Yes, you see that. You see that line, but you don't necessarily want to risk 06:03:21.800 --> 06:03:27.160 it and getting a match about a match got you out, giving you a selfie opportunity to one 06:03:27.160 --> 06:03:31.800 do a little bit of damage, but maybe get the phone slow down the pace of the game and 06:03:31.800 --> 06:03:37.280 then sort of commit to it when you know that Nicolai isn't going to be able to ever is 06:03:37.280 --> 06:03:41.560 is really influential in the way that Justin is playing this right. Well, the rage powder 06:03:41.560 --> 06:03:45.960 is going to redirect away the side gig and it's going to double edge to finish off 06:03:45.960 --> 06:03:48.840 just finished job, but let's see Blaster is what you got. 06:03:48.840 --> 06:03:52.560 Come on, show us that big water spout. 06:03:52.560 --> 06:03:54.000 Here we go, yeah, one thing I was thinking 06:03:54.000 --> 06:03:55.920 is if you ever intentionally don't knock out kink, 06:03:55.920 --> 06:03:58.120 it's going to deny a free switch in, just KO for a graph 06:03:58.120 --> 06:03:59.200 and say now you're stuck in the field, 06:03:59.200 --> 06:04:01.080 but it is just going to be water spout. 06:04:01.080 --> 06:04:03.640 Coming out from regular Blaster ways here, 06:04:03.640 --> 06:04:04.880 actually doesn't knock out for a graph, 06:04:04.880 --> 06:04:06.360 but kind of accomplish the same thing. 06:04:06.360 --> 06:04:08.560 Yeah, probably like giving a free switch in, yeah. 06:04:08.560 --> 06:04:09.720 Yeah, yeah, definitely. 06:04:09.720 --> 06:04:12.160 And like, again, there is, I mean, 06:04:12.160 --> 06:04:14.160 we're telegraphing over and over again 06:04:14.160 --> 06:04:16.520 that Del Fox is the mega of choice in the back, right? 06:04:16.520 --> 06:04:18.600 And your point earlier, Ara, is like, 06:04:18.600 --> 06:04:20.120 there's no water resist on this team. 06:04:20.120 --> 06:04:22.440 You don't have to overextend to try 06:04:22.440 --> 06:04:24.200 to do that extra bit of water damage. 06:04:24.200 --> 06:04:28.840 You can just carry on putting a little bit more pressure on. 06:04:28.840 --> 06:04:33.600 And then now, if we double protect, 06:04:33.600 --> 06:04:35.640 if Justin double protects out of Trick Room, 06:04:35.640 --> 06:04:37.400 and Nikolai isn't able to put themselves 06:04:37.400 --> 06:04:40.880 in a stronger position, maybe bring the, 06:04:40.880 --> 06:04:42.640 not even sure, bring the Yeridactyl out, 06:04:42.640 --> 06:04:46.320 you in a strong enough position to be able to, you know, have a good time. 06:04:46.320 --> 06:04:50.640 Maybe the sucker punch on the blast toys, non-Mega, could take the water spout. 06:04:50.640 --> 06:04:54.240 Out of range of being able to knock out the Mega Raridactile, but you kind of, 06:04:54.240 --> 06:04:58.480 you kind of got to get on the front third if you're nickel-eyed and get that position set up 06:04:58.480 --> 06:05:01.280 while there's this last turn, a trick room, this defensive 06:05:02.560 --> 06:05:05.040 incentive for Justin to just, like, not attack. 06:05:05.680 --> 06:05:06.320 Totally agreed. 06:05:06.960 --> 06:05:09.520 Yeah, and I was going to say, I don't, this game actually doesn't feel over because 06:05:09.520 --> 06:05:19.520 because of the King Gambit like the soccer punch from it is actually so immensely brandy into both Delphox and Blastoise you can see this is really cool the fact that Justin's like I can mega either 06:05:19.520 --> 06:05:27.520 Pokemon right now you still don't know which one I am going to pick is a big deal and so Turku makes buyers now but this is I think the really really interesting turn. 06:05:27.520 --> 06:05:36.520 It's tough though because you know there is just two very powerful spread team option on this team if you do soccer punch the Delphox. 06:05:36.520 --> 06:05:42.840 Okay, water's about you, but if you sucker punch the blast ways and so goes for water's about anyway 06:05:42.840 --> 06:05:44.760 Then Del Fox can hit you with a heat wave exactly 06:05:44.760 --> 06:05:44.920 Yeah 06:05:44.920 --> 06:05:49.780 And the big question I have here is like how the Del Fox and King Gammon are trained because I think like you can train 06:05:49.780 --> 06:05:53.840 Del Fox to survive cycle punch and then you can also I would expect King Gamma to actually survive heat wave 06:05:53.840 --> 06:05:58.320 Especially because often on these teams the Del Fox's don't have that much offense, but it is gonna be Del Fox 06:05:58.320 --> 06:06:00.520 I think he wave waters about here works, right? Yeah, let's see 06:06:00.520 --> 06:06:05.320 Yeah. Yeah. Well, well, 06:06:05.320 --> 06:06:08.320 hold the phone. This is I mean, 06:06:08.320 --> 06:06:09.820 even even knockout would be 06:06:09.820 --> 06:06:11.020 really, really great in this 06:06:11.020 --> 06:06:14.020 area. Oh, there's the water 06:06:14.020 --> 06:06:15.420 spot. Do enough to take that 06:06:15.420 --> 06:06:16.420 King gambit into eight wave 06:06:16.420 --> 06:06:18.520 range, though. It might. It's 06:06:18.520 --> 06:06:20.920 close. It's it's ash. He 06:06:20.920 --> 06:06:22.020 critical hit on figure out. 06:06:22.020 --> 06:06:23.020 I'm actually going to help 06:06:23.020 --> 06:06:23.920 out a little bit here. But 06:06:23.920 --> 06:06:25.320 he does double connect onto 06:06:25.320 --> 06:06:28.520 both Pokemon. Wow. 06:06:28.520 --> 06:06:30.520 Like a real good in this game 06:06:31.600 --> 06:06:36.320 This was a really cool game like I have played a lot of last-way cell fucks 06:06:36.320 --> 06:06:37.800 I've seen a lot of last-way cell fucks 06:06:37.800 --> 06:06:40.000 I haven't seen a setup like this before and I think though 06:06:40.400 --> 06:06:44.460 Then like you made such a good point about like the patience to hold on to it right because he saw the line 06:06:44.460 --> 06:06:48.320 But didn't go through the exact what we were talking about camera, but is it the fuel on? 06:06:51.440 --> 06:06:57.800 I mean it's gonna be it's gonna be hard to be able to get through this even a water spell is now single target 06:06:57.800 --> 06:07:03.480 Yeah, I think waterspout psychic might just do enough to be even if not like you could protect Elfoxt water spout if camera 06:07:03.480 --> 06:07:07.800 Knocks up last place. It's what it's the opportunity to put another shell smash just 06:07:09.360 --> 06:07:11.600 Wait, hold on. Hold on. Yeah, you might be cooking with that 06:07:14.400 --> 06:07:16.720 Okay, it's actually just dark I wanted to see the water 06:07:27.800 --> 06:07:33.320 I was really hoping that maybe, I don't know, I would know I was going to be like, eating 06:07:33.320 --> 06:07:36.480 power is going to do it. 06:07:36.480 --> 06:07:40.520 Justin had the opportunity to show us the strongest 11% waterspout of our lives. 06:07:40.520 --> 06:07:41.520 But you didn't go for it. 06:07:41.520 --> 06:07:43.520 You got very sad about that. 06:07:43.520 --> 06:07:47.080 100% like, you know, we're running the numbers in our heads, but our heads are pretty 06:07:47.080 --> 06:07:48.080 good. 06:07:48.080 --> 06:07:50.920 So I think that waterspout probably would have done more damage than the dark. 06:07:50.920 --> 06:07:53.080 Oh, I was thinking we'd do like at least 50%. 06:07:53.080 --> 06:07:54.080 Yeah. 06:07:54.080 --> 06:07:55.080 Yeah. 06:07:55.080 --> 06:08:00.280 camera gets a bit bulkier you know we'll give it its two but yeah really well played there by 06:08:00.280 --> 06:08:06.520 by both players I mean Justin really showing us a different way as you said for like to pilot this 06:08:07.160 --> 06:08:12.280 delfox blast toys team the way that you can bring both megas to the game and turns out 06:08:12.280 --> 06:08:17.320 waterspout is a really powerful move yeah sometimes that's just enough and I think 06:08:17.320 --> 06:08:23.640 I did a really good job of trying to control the pressure like that he had on to 06:08:24.400 --> 06:08:27.780 Just inside of the field, but you know, it's calls like that sucker punch 06:08:27.780 --> 06:08:33.320 It's calls like the aridactyl staying in where maybe it could have been a switch out to take a sidekick and I 06:08:34.120 --> 06:08:38.920 Have the world championships when you're playing up against these these trainers that are so good 06:08:38.920 --> 06:08:42.960 Like these calls are tough to make and sometimes you get them right sometimes you get them wrong 06:08:43.560 --> 06:08:45.560 Hey, just it was so cool, and I think 06:08:45.560 --> 06:08:58.560 I think it was like, it felt like every mega aerodactyl could come in and just clean up and had to find the right position for it and the call for Justin to say, you know what, I'm going to go for the obvious fake outside gig. 06:08:58.560 --> 06:09:04.560 You got to show me that you're going to play around it. Doesn't aerodactyl just faint. So I think so ready to just click rock slide and rock slide and rock slide. 06:09:04.560 --> 06:09:11.560 But that game too just really, really clinical and I am sad that mega camera makes the appearance and basically just fades immediately. 06:09:11.560 --> 06:09:13.560 Obviously the team has put a lot of work. 06:09:13.560 --> 06:09:17.560 That's right. That's right. That's right. 06:09:17.560 --> 06:09:19.560 That's not true. 06:09:19.560 --> 06:09:24.560 Well, Traders, what a brilliant match that we had last round on the desk. 06:09:24.560 --> 06:09:26.560 What a brilliant feature match that we've had. 06:09:26.560 --> 06:09:29.560 Now, let's get our next brilliant round ready to go. 06:09:29.560 --> 06:09:32.560 So, casters, take it away. 06:09:32.560 --> 06:09:34.560 Yeah, Aaron, let's be real here. 06:09:34.560 --> 06:09:40.560 Camerup survived a full turn before being knocked out there at the end there. 06:09:40.560 --> 06:09:45.720 mega camera up two turns at the world championships here in that game so we are 06:09:45.720 --> 06:09:51.040 getting ready now for round five of our Swiss tournament here at San Francisco and 06:09:51.040 --> 06:09:56.040 Scott we have had such an amazing day of Pokemon already but now we're getting into 06:09:56.040 --> 06:10:01.440 crunch time this is where people's like careers are made or broken as they 06:10:01.440 --> 06:10:05.920 start qualifying for a day two and then opportunities to qualify for the 06:10:05.920 --> 06:10:09.960 top but later on I'm kind of shocked looking at the standing there's so 06:10:09.960 --> 06:10:14.200 many good players or they're eliminated already or kind of already a step to lost threshold. 06:10:14.200 --> 06:10:18.960 And throughout the year, you know, you can feel like, oh, you know, the top name, they're 06:10:18.960 --> 06:10:23.200 pretty safe until like, at least the end of day one. But very much not the case here 06:10:23.200 --> 06:10:27.360 at the World Championships. We see some of the folks who are doing very well. But even 06:10:27.360 --> 06:10:31.400 for these folks, they still got to get through four more rounds today. So even 500 is 06:10:31.400 --> 06:10:33.040 going to put you right in the brink of disaster. 06:10:33.040 --> 06:10:36.480 Absolutely. But here, take a look at our Swiss rankings right now. These are 06:10:36.480 --> 06:10:42.000 the top 16 players. They are all currently four and oh undefeated right now. And I have 06:10:42.000 --> 06:10:48.080 to say Australia having a great tournament so far three players still undefeated Liam 06:10:48.080 --> 06:10:55.160 Chloe and Jody or Joe G. All are undefeated at four and oh right now. But of course some 06:10:55.160 --> 06:10:58.600 other names that we are very familiar with. I'm looking at Eric Rios there. We just saw 06:10:58.600 --> 06:11:02.560 him in the finals of the American International Championships and following that up with 06:11:02.560 --> 06:11:04.800 a four no start here in San Francisco. 06:11:04.800 --> 06:11:06.600 They think it's a lot of fun looking at this list, right? 06:11:06.600 --> 06:11:09.440 We're, you know, in the same way that some of maybe the really big names 06:11:09.440 --> 06:11:11.440 that we're expecting to do well, struggling a little bit. 06:11:11.440 --> 06:11:13.800 Maybe some folks that we weren't looking at coming into the tournament 06:11:13.800 --> 06:11:15.040 doing really well here. 06:11:15.040 --> 06:11:17.680 So maybe you'll, you know, again, you know, these world championships 06:11:17.680 --> 06:11:18.880 are when those names are built, right? 06:11:18.880 --> 06:11:20.920 Winning this tournament means far more than any other. 06:11:20.920 --> 06:11:23.240 So maybe next time we're coming to the world championships, 06:11:23.240 --> 06:11:26.320 it'll be these folks that we are talking about as the favorites. 06:11:26.320 --> 06:11:28.280 And yeah, I got to second your shout out to most really as well. 06:11:28.280 --> 06:11:30.280 I think often they feel a little disrespected in. 06:11:30.280 --> 06:11:32.680 They're really making a great showing for themselves so far. 06:11:32.680 --> 06:11:33.800 So, you know, props to them. 06:11:33.800 --> 06:11:36.080 I mean, I shouldn't underestimate any region. 06:11:36.080 --> 06:11:38.520 Yeah, also I have to shout out the two undefeated players 06:11:38.520 --> 06:11:42.680 from our APAC region, Naruj Naina and Ryan Kenrik Tua, 06:11:42.680 --> 06:11:46.880 both at 4-0 from Thailand and the Philippines respectively. 06:11:46.880 --> 06:11:48.720 The APAC region is our only region 06:11:48.720 --> 06:11:50.880 that has not made it to the top cut 06:11:50.880 --> 06:11:53.240 at a world championship so far. 06:11:53.240 --> 06:11:56.360 Australia has not won, but has made it to the top cut. 06:11:56.360 --> 06:11:57.760 And of course, all of the other regions 06:11:57.760 --> 06:12:00.800 have a champion to their name. 06:12:00.800 --> 06:12:03.760 But the APAC region, these two players, 06:12:03.760 --> 06:12:08.760 If you are rooting in the Philippines, in Thailand, in Taiwan, in the entire APAC region, 06:12:08.760 --> 06:12:10.260 these are your people you're cheering for. 06:12:10.260 --> 06:12:13.960 It could be the airport, you've got a lot of very strong trainers, so this world champion 06:12:13.960 --> 06:12:18.560 just feels wide open in a way that I can't remember feeling for a very long time. 06:12:18.560 --> 06:12:19.560 Yeah, absolutely. 06:12:19.560 --> 06:12:24.000 And let's go into our notable matches here in Swiss round five. 06:12:24.000 --> 06:12:29.760 We are going to be following our last remaining world champion chasing a second crown here 06:12:29.760 --> 06:12:30.760 in San Francisco. 06:12:30.760 --> 06:12:36.760 Nato Mizoguchi, of course, was our 2019 world champion back in Washington, D.C. 06:12:36.760 --> 06:12:40.760 We'll be facing off against a French up-and-comer, Adam Cherfouille, 06:12:40.760 --> 06:12:43.760 who has been doing very well over the last few seasons, 06:12:43.760 --> 06:12:46.760 has had kind of a quiet season so far this year, 06:12:46.760 --> 06:12:50.760 with only a top 16 and a top 32 as the best finishes. 06:12:50.760 --> 06:12:55.760 But starting 4-0 at the World Championships, this is when you want to get high. 06:12:55.760 --> 06:12:58.760 Yeah, we've been talking offstage a lot about how much better France has been this year. 06:12:58.760 --> 06:13:02.280 this year right kind of another country that's not like maybe the first thing you think of when you 06:13:02.280 --> 06:13:07.160 think of the Europe region but here we are right and I think that it's been a lot of fun kind of 06:13:07.160 --> 06:13:10.760 watch the turnover this year of course a bunch of other big names in this event as well though 06:13:10.760 --> 06:13:15.160 again you know mostly not those folks who've been previous tournament winners. I wanted to 06:13:15.160 --> 06:13:19.080 shout out for me is Amelia Forbes who took most of the year off and immediately won a regional 06:13:19.080 --> 06:13:23.320 championship two on a ball for the world that here he is again at 31 he's been a runner 06:13:23.320 --> 06:13:28.120 up at this tournament before I think definitely a big player to look out for. Yeah for players in 06:13:28.120 --> 06:13:33.720 Spain you're gonna have Eric Rios versus Antonio Sanchez who are also going to be on our featured 06:13:33.720 --> 06:13:38.520 match at stations. That is going to be an exciting matchup. I can't wait to watch that one after this 06:13:38.520 --> 06:13:44.280 but also have to give some shout outs to Hiroshi Onishi the Japanese national champion right now 06:13:44.280 --> 06:13:49.880 still undefeated in the tournament up against Countryman. Fated Tsunet Shimizu. Shimizu. 06:13:49.880 --> 06:13:53.960 Hey, and this is how it is. You know fainting tactics in the Japanese champion making it to 06:13:53.960 --> 06:13:56.680 today too, right? It's things you can always count on. 06:13:56.680 --> 06:14:01.640 Absolutely. Well, we are just about ready to hop into our Swiss ground five. 06:14:01.640 --> 06:14:05.320 I am so thrilled that we are able to continue to follow these trainers. 06:14:05.320 --> 06:14:07.480 And I'm really excited to see Nalto again. 06:14:07.480 --> 06:14:10.200 It's been a while since I've seen Nalto at the top tables. 06:14:10.600 --> 06:14:12.520 But of course, he is a world champion. 06:14:12.520 --> 06:14:16.000 And the 2019 Meta, I could see some similarities here. 06:14:16.280 --> 06:14:18.160 Yeah, I mean, it's not quite as similar as I think. 06:14:18.160 --> 06:14:20.000 It's the one people keep comparing to 2015. 06:14:20.000 --> 06:14:22.360 I think a little bit false. I think you're right, right? 06:14:22.360 --> 06:14:25.760 I don't think it's like that different, I think it's always a lot of transferable skills. 06:14:25.760 --> 06:14:29.080 I think it's also similar to what players are playing a lot, right? 06:14:29.080 --> 06:14:34.080 I think that the, as with, the Pokemon Champion is kind of like the difference between, 06:14:34.080 --> 06:14:39.680 maybe like the in-game battling and tournament play is not so significant as it was the past few years, 06:14:39.680 --> 06:14:43.560 where I was kind of like, mostly in games like largely players from Asia, right? 06:14:43.560 --> 06:14:47.080 So I think it was like a bigger shift here, where I kind of introduced the rest of the meta, 06:14:47.080 --> 06:14:48.560 or the rest of the world's meta a little bit more. 06:14:48.560 --> 06:14:51.900 So I'm kind of thinking of killing them like Japan, Korea, 06:14:52.400 --> 06:14:54.940 you know, Asia in general, maybe just a good year for them, 06:14:54.940 --> 06:14:58.140 where they're a little more ready for the rest of us or we're all playing 06:14:58.140 --> 06:15:01.140 the same game in a way that should cause everyone to make similar 06:15:01.140 --> 06:15:04.300 adjustments for this tournament versus the past, or maybe more adjustment 06:15:04.300 --> 06:15:06.640 for the non-Western regions. 06:15:06.640 --> 06:15:07.300 Absolutely. 06:15:07.300 --> 06:15:10.900 There's definitely been so much more cross-pollination across all of the regions. 06:15:10.900 --> 06:15:14.000 I definitely think a major part of that is the champions ladder. 06:15:14.260 --> 06:15:17.340 It definitely has been a place that players have been using to prep 06:15:17.340 --> 06:15:20.440 for the world championships and also to understand, you know, 06:15:20.440 --> 06:15:23.680 what are the other regions potentially bringing to this tournament? 06:15:23.680 --> 06:15:27.620 And it's been really exciting to see that develop over the course of the season. 06:15:27.620 --> 06:15:32.260 But let's go ahead and jump right into our fifth round of Swiss here. 06:15:32.260 --> 06:15:35.360 That is now toe on the left and Adam on the right. 06:15:35.800 --> 06:15:39.020 Just saw the Blastoise and Del Fox in our featured match 06:15:39.020 --> 06:15:44.660 from the last round look incredibly strong up against that hard trick room game. 06:15:44.660 --> 06:15:48.700 And now Nalto will be facing down those two Pokemon with sort of a 06:15:49.020 --> 06:15:53.740 It looks like kind of an amalgamation of all the different types of Charizard teams we've seen so far 06:15:53.740 --> 06:16:00.220 I was kind of thinking the same thing right where this is why that you know the big six being 60 Pokemon starts where it's not really any of 06:16:00.220 --> 06:16:04.740 These standard Charizard variations to be like the core I would most look at is that your Charizard 06:16:04.940 --> 06:16:09.500 You know Garchomp like a Charizard Incineroar and Venus horse to me is like kind of like the identify there 06:16:09.500 --> 06:16:12.180 But like the way the team is finished like doesn't really match any of the most 06:16:12.180 --> 06:16:14.380 commentariant. So pretty interesting. I think to me the 06:16:14.380 --> 06:16:16.480 Pokemon that feels weirdness is still having aridactyl with 06:16:16.480 --> 06:16:18.980 these other Pokemon, which they get more frequently paired 06:16:18.980 --> 06:16:21.680 with a Phoreograph. So kind of interesting to see that mixed 06:16:21.680 --> 06:16:24.580 in here. Interesting Pokemon as much as well. You know, 06:16:24.580 --> 06:16:26.680 typically with this sort of team wins the card if you want 06:16:26.680 --> 06:16:30.180 tailwind without the Phoreograph, which would be nice 06:16:30.180 --> 06:16:32.380 to get the fake outs like Ling. So I'm curious to see what 06:16:32.380 --> 06:16:35.180 his lines are on his team because unlike his team, 06:16:35.180 --> 06:16:37.180 certainly he's got a plan into Adams, which I think 06:16:37.180 --> 06:16:38.480 is good because Phoreograph would be one of the most 06:16:38.480 --> 06:16:39.980 popular teams in this tournament. 06:16:39.980 --> 06:16:51.380 Absolutely, and dropping the Phyrigra 4, that Venusaur tends to be the Pokemon that you would most see against with the rest of these other Pokemon does make Naltos so much more vulnerable to fake-out cycling. 06:16:51.380 --> 06:17:05.660 Multiple options for Adam to get free turns into Naltos' team using fake-out, and what you absolutely cannot do against this Delphox Blastoise team is give either of those Pokemon a free turn to boost their stats. 06:17:05.660 --> 06:17:10.780 Yeah, I think they're both kind of scary here in a lot of ways, you know, both of them could easily kind of be the Pokemon 06:17:10.780 --> 06:17:13.400 It's he's here to these unique natures team preview a little bit challenging 06:17:13.400 --> 06:17:15.100 There's no wide guarded than erudactyl 06:17:15.100 --> 06:17:17.980 It's just kind of the one thing that might really be helpful with that Pokemon 06:17:17.980 --> 06:17:19.980 But it doesn't have that trick available to him 06:17:20.260 --> 06:17:24.220 So and yeah, there's like not a ton of resists really to those Pokemon across the team 06:17:24.220 --> 06:17:27.060 Really Delphax you have to worry about the two opposing fire type Pokemon 06:17:27.060 --> 06:17:32.740 But an erudactyl to blast ways offensively does it the warriors so much about you a little bit tricker where blast ways 06:17:32.740 --> 06:17:37.940 It's naturally slower, so you need speed control in order to get your most threatening there. 06:17:37.940 --> 06:17:40.540 But I really just want to watch these two match up, right? 06:17:40.540 --> 06:17:44.540 Where, even though it feels familiar, I think natural team is just different enough that the solutions 06:17:44.540 --> 06:17:48.040 both players are going to need a little bit different than what we've seen with similar matchups in the past. 06:17:48.040 --> 06:17:53.840 Yeah, absolutely. The Venusaur is maybe the only saving grace against the Blastoise mode for Adam. 06:17:53.840 --> 06:18:00.040 In addition to being able to resist water spout, being able to hit it with super effective damage with the Lee Storm, 06:18:00.040 --> 06:18:07.020 Also critically being grass type to avoid rage powder from sinister if Adam goes blast noise mode 06:18:07.360 --> 06:18:11.640 Now so seems like to me like that Venusaur is going to be a really critical piece for him 06:18:11.640 --> 06:18:15.760 I think so too. I think it's also one of those poker. Okay. Well, no matter what move on my opponent picks 06:18:16.040 --> 06:18:19.320 You know, it's probably going to be at least probably or pretty valuable to me 06:18:19.320 --> 06:18:23.720 You get weather control allow Venusaur to hop over the speed of some of the other Pokemon 06:18:23.720 --> 06:18:27.480 I do think the item choice of the Venusaur could be pretty integral in this matchup as well 06:18:27.480 --> 06:18:32.200 Typically, we see one of two items either focus Ash to be a little more defensive, which does not to be so great 06:18:32.200 --> 06:18:36.600 It's this fake out cycling sort of strategy anyway, or the life warp to a bunch more damage 06:18:36.600 --> 06:18:42.640 This one playing a little bit differently with the wide lens will be more accurate than we normally see pretty big for that sleep powder 06:18:43.000 --> 06:18:46.600 Maybe not as important as matches or others where you'd like to go in the office with me store 06:18:46.600 --> 06:18:50.240 But hey, that's not a very accurate move either. We have one of these my living that one 06:18:50.240 --> 06:18:51.920 And especially gets a blast away 06:18:51.920 --> 06:18:55.480 So you may not get to try again if you miss the first time after he shall smash so 06:18:55.480 --> 06:19:04.480 You know, maybe appropriately built to battle it out with its fellow Canto region first partner Pokemon as we get the whole trio and two incinerator in this one and Delphox. 06:19:04.480 --> 06:19:10.480 So six, just a half of the Pokemon in this match are first partner Pokemon from one region or another. 06:19:10.480 --> 06:19:21.480 Yeah, all of our players here continuing to battle with the Pokemon they first chose to begin their adventures with here as, you know, Nalto using this Charizard version of the team. 06:19:21.480 --> 06:19:25.520 Starzark and Aerodactyl was the early regulation MA combo. 06:19:25.520 --> 06:19:30.520 Like these were the two Pokemon that people were really frustrated by at the start of regulation MA. 06:19:30.520 --> 06:19:35.320 This was really kind of a throwback, especially going with the focus sash on the Aerodactyl instead of the Aerodactyl. 06:19:35.320 --> 06:19:39.840 Yeah, I think it's kind of a neat trend for the tournament in general, where Aerodactyl is pretty present here. 06:19:39.840 --> 06:19:42.960 I think more of it I would have expected from the latter, but there are kind of several teams to go. 06:19:42.960 --> 06:19:45.880 It seems like there should be an Aerodactyl out here, but instead it's the focus sash. 06:19:45.880 --> 06:19:49.520 So, the number of trainers where you're feeling like, hey, you're making Aerodactyl as it feels so great, 06:19:49.520 --> 06:19:54.500 or, you know, mega charts are so good that, like, I, you know what, the rest of the poke when you got to figure it out, 06:19:54.500 --> 06:19:55.900 that mega stone is taken. 06:19:55.900 --> 06:19:57.240 Absolutely. 06:19:57.240 --> 06:20:02.040 We have to also call out that there is a third boosting option here for Adam. 06:20:02.040 --> 06:20:08.740 In addition to the Blastoise and Delphox as megas, you have the ability for King Gambit to set up a sword stance. 06:20:08.740 --> 06:20:14.580 And if you thought it was bad enough, taking, you know, a plus one after a defiant sucker punch or cow toe cleave, 06:20:14.580 --> 06:20:17.880 just wait until it's plus two and the life orb. 06:20:17.880 --> 06:20:23.880 That picks up so many important KO's into teams like this Charizard base team that now is running. 06:20:23.880 --> 06:20:28.580 Yeah, I think it could be really important here and I think it's this important thing to watch whenever you're watching this variant of team. 06:20:28.580 --> 06:20:34.080 Even going back to regulation MA where even the Blastoise was available, typically at that point it was the Mega Floette instead. 06:20:34.080 --> 06:20:40.580 But it's a very important secondary sweeper because it gives this team kind of two additional options where either you could opt to go for King David early. 06:20:40.580 --> 06:20:42.580 Maybe you're expecting your opponent to leave with Intimidate. 06:20:42.580 --> 06:20:47.500 It kind of starts blowing a hole in the team to make it easier for your mega of all Pokemon to come in and sweep 06:20:47.500 --> 06:20:52.100 Or it can do the reverse right? Hey, you know if my opponent has wasted all of the resources taking down my mega of all Pokemon 06:20:52.100 --> 06:20:53.740 I've got a secondary sweeper in the back 06:20:53.740 --> 06:20:58.620 And I think with all the support on this team King Gambit often feels as if it's a mega of all Pokemon itself 06:20:58.620 --> 06:21:01.740 Even though it isn't and sort of like uniquely awesome as well 06:21:01.740 --> 06:21:05.820 I think it's one thing that makes this team much stronger than it was in regulation MA even though 06:21:06.060 --> 06:21:09.060 I think one was the junior division NAIC there 06:21:09.060 --> 06:21:15.200 So I was pretty strong there already, but that light forward and can damage kind of send it to another level and very few Pokemon can comfortably take a 06:21:15.420 --> 06:21:20.700 Forte stance boosted sucker punch with that life orb added on absolutely the black glasses with doing enough damage already 06:21:20.780 --> 06:21:27.060 Get the a little bit extra firepower of the life or it really changes some of these calculations for players 06:21:27.060 --> 06:21:29.180 We're facing down the king gambit 06:21:29.180 --> 06:21:37.020 But we are just about ready for our game to begin here as our players are choosing which Pokemon they will be sending in to battle here 06:21:37.020 --> 06:21:40.180 and you have to mention the speed control options here. 06:21:40.180 --> 06:21:42.260 The Sinistra does have the ability 06:21:42.260 --> 06:21:45.380 to set up the trick room while Naoto has been focusing 06:21:45.380 --> 06:21:47.300 much more on the tailwind with this team 06:21:47.300 --> 06:21:48.780 and for a fill on Venusaur. 06:21:48.780 --> 06:21:50.660 So that's maybe something that we end up seeing 06:21:50.660 --> 06:21:54.340 as we start to get into our Swiss round five, 06:21:54.340 --> 06:21:58.140 game one, Charizard and Venusaur being the lead 06:21:58.140 --> 06:22:00.460 for Naoto and Adam will be leading 06:22:00.460 --> 06:22:02.700 with Delphox and King Gambon. 06:22:02.700 --> 06:22:03.940 Four sweepers on the field. 06:22:03.940 --> 06:22:04.980 Yeah, it's a lot of fun here, right? 06:22:04.980 --> 06:22:06.180 We're, hey, we need support. 06:22:06.180 --> 06:22:07.820 We can all go off the offense. 06:22:07.820 --> 06:22:09.500 It's kind of like the aspect of the Mechricider. 06:22:09.500 --> 06:22:12.260 The Guilds are kind of curious if this is what 06:22:12.260 --> 06:22:14.220 Adam Plotty was going to get or not. 06:22:14.220 --> 06:22:16.060 Sort of awkward healing pairings. 06:22:16.060 --> 06:22:18.060 Oh, we have both the Folklines supposed to go in the offense 06:22:18.060 --> 06:22:20.060 and nothing to support him, but there is some need 06:22:20.060 --> 06:22:21.460 to kind of focus them on the slot, right? 06:22:21.460 --> 06:22:24.220 Venusort can't sleep powder both of them at the same time. 06:22:24.220 --> 06:22:27.740 And while I think sleep powder is very scary here, 06:22:27.740 --> 06:22:30.260 you can't before you would go either of them. 06:22:30.260 --> 06:22:31.860 Potentially too, and so it feels like, 06:22:31.860 --> 06:22:33.420 okay, well now that I see what I'm going to get, 06:22:33.420 --> 06:22:35.220 you know, I'll hit it is an option, 06:22:35.220 --> 06:22:42.220 But we'll make it scary here, especially on the safety goggles to make Incineroar the safe combination for the chances it's a used to be, but today's going to come from battle anyway. 06:22:42.220 --> 06:22:50.220 Yeah, Incineroar now out on the field, Adam would like to have that takeout pressure instead of just offensive pressure into Malto. 06:22:50.220 --> 06:22:57.220 We'll be hoping to paint out some protects or some other slow play from this Charizard 4 Venusaur before bringing in the Incineroar. 06:22:57.220 --> 06:23:05.220 Let's go start off with a couple of mega evolutions, getting the power levels increased across the board here. 06:23:05.220 --> 06:23:12.220 Delphox had mega evolved into the Mega Delphox, now Charizard Y out on the field, setting the sun for Velozor. 06:23:12.220 --> 06:23:18.220 It's the fire off this wide-lens boosted sleep powder that will connect on to Delphox. 06:23:18.220 --> 06:23:24.220 Delphox of course now has to take its mandatory turn of sleep while Charizard goes on the offensive with a deep wave. 06:23:24.220 --> 06:23:28.220 Sinor will dodge that. Not a huge amount of damage lost there. 06:23:28.220 --> 06:23:32.220 Decent amount of trunk into that deltbox, however, with that stun boost that you land. 06:23:32.220 --> 06:23:36.220 That's not nothing, right? Where it does matter. Sinor is going to come in relatively safely here. 06:23:36.220 --> 06:23:40.220 I'm gonna be wishing him to let the king gambit out now. Like, hey, if he would've died, I'd get way too... 06:23:40.220 --> 06:23:42.220 Uh, yeah, but still not too big deal. 06:23:42.220 --> 06:23:47.220 Threatening the fake out. Deltbox does take some damage there, but has an opportunity to wake up on this next turn. 06:23:47.220 --> 06:23:51.220 And at that point, hey, you know, maybe it's not super thread, and you get a nasty shot out. 06:23:51.220 --> 06:23:54.220 You're getting in the mode you want to be in with your team. 06:23:54.220 --> 06:23:57.220 You know, on the flip side, Delphox could take a decent bit of damage there, 06:23:57.220 --> 06:24:00.220 and you're trying to sterile it at the point where even Charizard getting a whack 06:24:00.220 --> 06:24:04.220 at three times might be enough to knock it out there, you know, barring any of your friends. 06:24:04.220 --> 06:24:09.220 Well, Incineroar goes for the fake out into Charizard, preventing more damage into the Delphox. 06:24:09.220 --> 06:24:15.220 That slug bomb deals a good amount, but Delphox wakes up firing up a G-Wave of its own, 06:24:15.220 --> 06:24:20.220 connects on to Venus or in the sun, the one turn sleep, allowing Adam to pick up the KO 06:24:20.220 --> 06:24:24.220 on to Venus or and a critical hit just for good measure there. 06:24:24.220 --> 06:24:29.220 Tarzan takes a little bit of damage as well from the heat wave and from the fake out 06:24:29.220 --> 06:24:33.220 and that means that Adam just gets to pick up that KO for free. 06:24:33.220 --> 06:24:37.220 How about it really making a big difference in that Venus or there with Focus Sesh there instead 06:24:37.220 --> 06:24:40.220 you've got that one HP Venus receiving with threatening your back out in the deltox 06:24:40.220 --> 06:24:43.220 instead with wide lines hey you know great thing you hit the sleep powder 06:24:43.220 --> 06:24:47.220 but maybe you would have hit that anyway and now the cost of Venus or it's the back down here 06:24:47.220 --> 06:24:50.560 and Erdactyl will come in to try to replace the function of units 06:24:50.560 --> 06:24:51.060 for a little bit. 06:24:51.060 --> 06:24:53.220 OK, well, I lost the Pokemon whose speed was doubled 06:24:53.220 --> 06:24:54.060 in the sun. 06:24:54.060 --> 06:24:55.420 I think that's pretty fast, right? 06:24:55.420 --> 06:24:58.060 Like, he used tailwind, and they're kind of the same thing. 06:24:58.060 --> 06:24:59.460 I'm pretty sure threatening. 06:24:59.460 --> 06:25:00.620 And not going to have a Delphiq. 06:25:00.620 --> 06:25:02.100 Well, there's a bunch of damage in the Incinerator. 06:25:02.100 --> 06:25:04.100 It's not going to go down to a single rock slide or anything. 06:25:04.100 --> 06:25:06.300 But Erdactyl are representing a lot of good things 06:25:06.300 --> 06:25:07.500 for now, Joe. 06:25:07.500 --> 06:25:10.100 Erdactyl giving Nalto so many different options 06:25:10.100 --> 06:25:12.900 to continue throughout the rest of this game, 06:25:12.900 --> 06:25:14.980 either just go on the offensive with damage for rock 06:25:14.980 --> 06:25:17.180 slide, or set up the tailwind for the team 06:25:17.180 --> 06:25:21.820 future here. Of course, Aerodactyl doesn't have the wide lens. You do have to worry about those 06:25:21.820 --> 06:25:27.500 rox lights hitting as well. Famously known for its accuracy at rox light and that Aerodactyl. 06:25:27.500 --> 06:25:31.100 It's like, still pretty threatening here. Charizard also feels a bit scared, going to 06:25:31.100 --> 06:25:33.900 protect it. Trust the point, Aerodactyl. Maybe you'll get a tailwind off to keep 06:25:33.900 --> 06:25:39.420 the speed. Okay, Delphox though is going to move faster than the Aerodactyl, 06:25:39.420 --> 06:25:43.740 but misses the heat wave. That means that this focus set is still in 06:25:43.740 --> 06:25:53.740 attacked for the air, Adactyl, Delphox will go down, connects both of the rocks like Delphox is down, Incineroar takes a little bit of damage as well, and flinches! 06:25:54.740 --> 06:26:04.740 Disaster, therefore, Adam, as he loses the Mega Pokemon, can flinches on the Incineroar, preventing Adam from going for any kind of positioning or getting damage now. 06:26:04.740 --> 06:26:09.460 We don't want the remaining Pokemon on Adam's side as a commitment, which I think was kind of expected anyway. 06:26:09.460 --> 06:26:12.500 Most likely then, Sneasler or Symmetra in that last slot. 06:26:12.500 --> 06:26:17.860 I'm already working to find out which of your heroes could be Sneasler, but hey, you didn't need the Tailwind anyway, 06:26:17.860 --> 06:26:21.220 so it's really good to protect the Charizard, but the only important thing now is to decide if it feels good. 06:26:21.220 --> 06:26:25.380 You want to conserve that Charizard a while if you can to help deal with the King Gambit later. 06:26:25.380 --> 06:26:29.780 It's probably just out of sucker punch range, but Sneasler's going to come out here and cause some problems for both of you folks. 06:26:29.780 --> 06:26:32.660 going to put another fake out which Charizard is going to be 06:26:32.660 --> 06:26:37.300 hilarious after protecting on the previous turn and potentially the option to just try to 06:26:37.300 --> 06:26:40.820 slow this Aerodactyl down and maybe think hey you know I can't afford board Zinor to take another 06:26:40.820 --> 06:26:45.540 one of those Dock Slimes. Yeah at minimum you would be able to break the Focus Ash on that 06:26:45.540 --> 06:26:50.980 Aerodactyl which does get a little bit scary if you leave that Pokemon out against both of these. 06:26:50.980 --> 06:26:54.340 You know Aerodactyl has the ability to pick up K.O.'s arms through this Kneesler with 06:26:54.340 --> 06:26:58.980 Dual Wing B or just continue to fish for flinches and damage on the Incinero with Rock Slide 06:26:58.980 --> 06:27:03.460 otherwise. Yeah, there's a factor here too. There'll be impact of Venus or not having to focus that. 06:27:03.460 --> 06:27:05.940 You know you really want to get the value out of having it focus on the kill. 06:27:05.940 --> 06:27:13.860 Well here is the option for now to switching in guard chump. Perfect switch in there tanks that fake out from Sneasler freaks the focus at 06:27:13.860 --> 06:27:20.260 with the rough skin and center are just barely hangs on after that rock slide. Super effective damage. 06:27:20.260 --> 06:27:25.060 Once again, a Sneasler tanks just a little bit more damage from that rock slide. 06:27:25.060 --> 06:27:31.900 No flinch this time around so the parting shot now actually connects on to the aerodactyl allowing Adam to reposition and 06:27:32.260 --> 06:27:34.740 Potentially start taking control of this game 06:27:35.380 --> 06:27:40.660 Switches and fakeouts from that incident. I mean maybe but I think that's gonna came with a car chop switch 06:27:40.660 --> 06:27:45.020 Thank you. Love that if you're now to where tell you know, we're talking about the focus us break 06:27:45.020 --> 06:27:47.980 Is I can break some focus lashes to you get it for free with the rough skin 06:27:47.980 --> 06:27:52.980 But my car chip gets out in the field at a great time here where I'll know a little leery of the damage students 06:27:52.980 --> 06:27:57.100 So the Sneasler could potentially cause to it, but, you know, and a double would probably 06:27:57.100 --> 06:27:59.780 pick it up here with a sucker punch in his close combat, so if you need to click out 06:27:59.780 --> 06:28:03.540 for that with Aerodactyl, not looking so effective with the field now, but, uh, Garchep's going 06:28:03.540 --> 06:28:04.540 to play an old, remaining Pokemon. 06:28:04.540 --> 06:28:06.740 So a lot of attention being drawn in that Garchep. 06:28:06.740 --> 06:28:10.300 Now, now to have to make a read, okay, well, is he going to assume that I protect 06:28:10.300 --> 06:28:13.380 this because it's so obvious or can I get away with one here? 06:28:13.380 --> 06:28:18.420 Now, Sneasler switches out core Incineroar, and Adam is just trying to stack Intimidate 06:28:18.420 --> 06:28:21.980 on to now those two physical attacking Pokemon on the field. 06:28:21.980 --> 06:28:27.980 That's going to be a tailwind coming out from the Aerodackle to ensure that this guard shop can help speed a Sneezer. 06:28:27.980 --> 06:28:32.980 In the future, the Earthquake fires on Super Effective Damage into both of these Pokemon. 06:28:32.980 --> 06:28:38.980 Plenty to pick up the Incineroar, but King Gambit holds on over 50% health here. 06:28:38.980 --> 06:28:42.980 This gives Adam an opportunity to either go for a Swords Dance and start sweeping, 06:28:42.980 --> 06:28:46.980 or potentially try to pick up damage immediately with Counthouse Leave. 06:28:46.980 --> 06:28:51.980 Swords Dance is necessary to make sure that this King Gambit can actually pick up these KO. 06:28:51.980 --> 06:28:56.980 Absolutely easy Swords Dance. One of the things that you saw in regulation NA that King Gambit can do to train for 06:28:56.980 --> 06:29:00.980 is like the Black Lives Matter you usually just miss the knockout and he full hook Charizard. 06:29:00.980 --> 06:29:03.980 So it's hard to extrapolate exactly. I think you're trained a little differently now. 06:29:03.980 --> 06:29:06.980 But probably just would have missed the knockout. 06:29:06.980 --> 06:29:09.980 Now probably just hasn't. Probably at the knockout. 06:29:09.980 --> 06:29:12.980 A guard shot for a winner before really needed that down. 06:29:12.980 --> 06:29:14.860 Here, to get rid of this arid axle, 06:29:14.860 --> 06:29:17.420 maybe King Gambit can handle the rest of the Pokemon now. 06:29:17.420 --> 06:29:19.100 Very close, but that was a search for Sword Dance. 06:29:19.100 --> 06:29:20.460 I think anything else in this game 06:29:20.460 --> 06:29:21.780 looking pretty bleak for Adam, 06:29:21.780 --> 06:29:22.980 but got himself back into it. 06:29:22.980 --> 06:29:25.780 Davide is able to secure that Sword Dance. 06:29:25.780 --> 06:29:29.420 This is the power of the Sword Dance King Gambit. 06:29:29.420 --> 06:29:32.300 It is now threatening to KO Pokemon 06:29:32.300 --> 06:29:34.260 with that priority sucker punch 06:29:34.260 --> 06:29:37.060 before they can get a chance to move here. 06:29:37.060 --> 06:29:38.620 Also, Sneasler back out on the field 06:29:38.620 --> 06:29:40.140 means that there is takeout pressure 06:29:40.140 --> 06:29:42.260 once again from Adam. 06:29:42.260 --> 06:29:49.660 Nowto will retreat from the Aerodactyl to make sure that that focus stack stays intact, bringing back out the Charizard. 06:29:49.660 --> 06:29:55.160 That's going to be a Swift and a Protect. Nowto is trying to dodge Sucker Punches and gets it. 06:29:55.160 --> 06:30:01.460 No Pokemon war going forward in attack, so the Sucker Punch does not work, but Sneasler gets the Fire off a Poison Jet. 06:30:01.460 --> 06:30:04.060 It's huge! It's just a Poison Jet! Yes, it does! 06:30:04.060 --> 06:30:10.360 Oh, that's huge! It's really important, but what Nowto is trying to do there is get the Charizard and Garchomp on the field together so that... 06:30:10.360 --> 06:30:12.560 Okay, King Gambit, you can sucker punch one of these folks 06:30:12.560 --> 06:30:14.320 above you can't get us both at the same turn, 06:30:14.320 --> 06:30:15.560 the other one will knock you out. 06:30:15.560 --> 06:30:17.200 Now that Chars are poisoned, 06:30:17.200 --> 06:30:19.560 if Adam could just snull out this poison, 06:30:19.560 --> 06:30:21.360 he can check Charch up with King Gambit 06:30:21.360 --> 06:30:22.900 and kind of deal with both of them. 06:30:22.900 --> 06:30:25.200 Really important there because the tail would have caused 06:30:25.200 --> 06:30:27.240 Chars to be quicker able to check the Sneasler, 06:30:27.240 --> 06:30:28.200 now it can. 06:30:28.200 --> 06:30:31.040 Yeah, absolutely disaster for Nalto, 06:30:31.040 --> 06:30:32.780 and that is why players have been using 06:30:32.780 --> 06:30:35.740 the poison touch and poison jab, Sneasler, 06:30:35.740 --> 06:30:38.580 to increase the options from the, 06:30:38.580 --> 06:30:43.580 from Poison to get that a little bit extra damage onto those Pokemon. 06:30:43.580 --> 06:30:50.580 Now that means that Malto will have to do something with his Charizard or else it will just paint after the next turn. 06:30:50.580 --> 06:30:53.580 It's on the really awkward turn though because it'd be really easy if Sneasler could protect, 06:30:53.580 --> 06:30:56.580 but because the Sneasler's on this part of the team that's quick guarding dead, 06:30:56.580 --> 06:31:00.580 it's not safe here and if the team game is like, hey bud, do your best, 06:31:00.580 --> 06:31:02.580 it's probably going to go down for this. 06:31:02.580 --> 06:31:06.580 Yeah, good hustle, Sneasler. You've got the Poison down. That's exactly what I needed from you. 06:31:06.580 --> 06:31:11.020 you but now I'm just gonna protect myself this turn you take this earthquake for me 06:31:11.020 --> 06:31:14.720 this is a bud friend team team 06:31:14.720 --> 06:31:19.360 may well may thank you here Charles are going to faint it goes here as it goes 06:31:19.360 --> 06:31:22.400 down and we're gonna wind in the situation we both start up and it's 06:31:22.400 --> 06:31:26.440 Eric act all face-to-counter team gave it which is a pretty funny situation here 06:31:26.440 --> 06:31:30.520 so start up a tactic it's caught by a sucker punch it's gonna be all over for 06:31:30.520 --> 06:31:34.800 the guard shop however I'm a redacted still free to do whatever it can 06:31:34.800 --> 06:31:38.800 Unfortunately, this Eridactyl is a very support-oriented set. 06:31:38.800 --> 06:31:42.800 You know, it's not that Eridactyl really has all that many comfort rooms that would damage King Gambit anyway, 06:31:42.800 --> 06:31:47.800 but this Eridactyl has rock slides, dual wingbeats, both of which are resisted by the King Gambit, 06:31:47.800 --> 06:31:53.800 tailwind, which doesn't matter, and protected. So it's likely to be mostly ignored here, but a rough spot. 06:31:53.800 --> 06:31:59.800 At the same time, Life Orb King Gambit needs to swing three times to KO both of these Pokemon, 06:31:59.800 --> 06:32:04.500 One of which also means it has to swing into the rough skin of Garchomp. 06:32:04.500 --> 06:32:08.100 So even though Aerodactyl does not have a lot of damage, 06:32:08.100 --> 06:32:12.300 it doesn't need to deal a lot of damage to break through the King Gambit here. 06:32:12.300 --> 06:32:14.300 Yeah, I just don't know what's the matter with this one's gonna work, 06:32:14.300 --> 06:32:17.100 and I think that even if it makes perfect calls, maybe it doesn't happen. 06:32:17.100 --> 06:32:20.600 Like, I feel like in this one, you almost have to sucker punch the Aerodactyl as a sumo. 06:32:20.600 --> 06:32:23.800 He's not gonna let me get Garchomp right here, but one mistake will get him, 06:32:23.800 --> 06:32:27.300 and even if I get one lack of the sh- er, like, one non-mistake is still pretty close. 06:32:27.300 --> 06:32:29.900 And Aerodactyl, even getting like two rock slides off is probably enough for the 06:32:29.900 --> 06:32:31.900 just no win count. 06:32:31.900 --> 06:32:33.400 Well, Garchomp will protect itself. 06:32:33.400 --> 06:32:36.800 There's the Sucker Punch King Gambit, targeted down the Aerodactyl like you mentioned, but 06:32:36.800 --> 06:32:39.600 Focus Ash is still intact. 06:32:39.600 --> 06:32:43.400 That means that Adonis is going to get this right two more times as the Life Orb 06:32:43.400 --> 06:32:48.300 Recoil means that the King Gambit now loses 10% of its health. 06:32:48.300 --> 06:32:49.300 There is the damage. 06:32:49.300 --> 06:32:53.600 Parma's a dual wing deep, dealing about 14 to 15% there. 06:32:53.600 --> 06:32:56.600 Two more Life Orbs and a rough skin. 06:32:56.600 --> 06:32:58.160 King Gambit is out of health. 06:32:58.160 --> 06:32:59.040 Yeah, I think it's a tough one. 06:32:59.040 --> 06:33:01.160 So I think you have to knock out Eridackle first. 06:33:01.160 --> 06:33:02.920 Take the Life Orb Recoil, because I 06:33:02.920 --> 06:33:04.560 think if you faint to Life Orb, you win. 06:33:04.560 --> 06:33:07.080 If you faint to rough skin, Garchomp wins. 06:33:07.080 --> 06:33:08.840 So Garchomp, I think Garchomp's actually 06:33:08.840 --> 06:33:10.120 just free to attack here. 06:33:10.120 --> 06:33:12.280 Yeah, Garchomp should just be free to attack here 06:33:12.280 --> 06:33:13.920 to make sure that King Gambit is not 06:33:13.920 --> 06:33:15.760 able to pick up the KO. 06:33:15.760 --> 06:33:16.760 Really? 06:33:16.760 --> 06:33:17.760 Yeah, Eridackle. 06:33:17.760 --> 06:33:18.760 No, the other way around. 06:33:18.760 --> 06:33:19.960 The other way around, yeah. 06:33:19.960 --> 06:33:21.960 Well, there's a sucker punch into Eridackle, 06:33:21.960 --> 06:33:25.440 but no damage coming or no protect from the Garchomp. 06:33:25.440 --> 06:33:27.100 because that Garchomp was left alone, 06:33:27.100 --> 06:33:29.760 King Gambit's life orb is going to take that tech here 06:33:29.760 --> 06:33:32.200 as the Garchomp finally takes out the King Gambit 06:33:32.200 --> 06:33:33.440 with the Earthquake. 06:33:33.440 --> 06:33:36.520 Extremely close there, Adam came really close 06:33:36.520 --> 06:33:38.280 to getting everything from back there, 06:33:38.280 --> 06:33:41.200 but just a little bit too much recoil damage 06:33:41.200 --> 06:33:42.640 would have been a tight spot at the end there. 06:33:42.640 --> 06:33:44.160 Funnily enough, I did my best to make it 06:33:44.160 --> 06:33:45.200 as convoluted as possible, 06:33:45.200 --> 06:33:46.920 so hopefully you didn't follow it at all. 06:33:46.920 --> 06:33:48.240 But yeah, I think there's, 06:33:48.240 --> 06:33:50.120 it was almost a mathematical impossibility there. 06:33:50.120 --> 06:33:51.040 You know how to play that really well. 06:33:51.040 --> 06:33:51.880 I was like, hey, you know, 06:33:51.880 --> 06:33:54.680 I just need to not do anything too crazy there. 06:33:54.680 --> 06:33:57.640 likely going to win almost every outcome. But how close is that right? Again, you know, 06:33:57.640 --> 06:34:02.840 the king gave just like, you know, 5% more HP. I think it's like a more realistic wincon. So 06:34:03.640 --> 06:34:08.520 really, really close one. And again, you see that power of king gambit is a secondary sweeper for 06:34:08.520 --> 06:34:12.520 these teams. Or maybe that goes super well for the delfox there, but still almost able to pull 06:34:12.520 --> 06:34:17.720 that one out. Absolutely. Adam came extremely close to taking that game one. And if that 06:34:17.720 --> 06:34:22.840 is how game one is going to go, I hope we get a full three games set out of these two players 06:34:22.840 --> 06:34:28.440 because that was extremely entertaining and you can't ask for any closer of a game than that. 06:34:28.440 --> 06:34:33.080 Oh, super fun and I assume we're gonna see similar stuff to what we saw in the previous game here in 06:34:33.080 --> 06:34:37.320 this game too. I think even though last week's matchup is pretty good with these pokemons, 06:34:37.320 --> 06:34:41.160 it's pretty difficult to actually wind up in a situation where you can attack safely with it, 06:34:41.160 --> 06:34:43.960 where especially with those two league pokemons, they're like not only have to worry about 06:34:43.960 --> 06:34:47.160 Venus we're just knocking you out, but you're having to potentially deal with drought the 06:34:47.160 --> 06:34:50.160 the entire game is pretty difficult to deal with. 06:34:50.160 --> 06:34:54.040 So I'm probably going to see the Delphox mode again. 06:34:54.040 --> 06:34:56.200 One thing to keep in mind is there's 06:34:56.200 --> 06:34:59.080 a lot of volatility with the way that game started out. 06:34:59.080 --> 06:35:00.880 Sleep powder hit, which is more likely than normal, 06:35:00.880 --> 06:35:02.640 it's that held item on Venus lore. 06:35:02.640 --> 06:35:04.560 Delphox woke up in the minimum amount of terms. 06:35:04.560 --> 06:35:05.440 It did not. 06:35:05.440 --> 06:35:07.520 I think that would be a much more amount of favored 06:35:07.520 --> 06:35:08.520 game state. 06:35:08.520 --> 06:35:10.400 Equal odds of both of those things happening. 06:35:10.400 --> 06:35:12.520 So potentially see a similar gameplay 06:35:12.520 --> 06:35:14.400 out where it could be a blowout for now. 06:35:14.400 --> 06:35:16.680 So I think I would change things up more if I was out of. 06:35:16.680 --> 06:35:17.720 And then here we are, yes. 06:35:17.720 --> 06:35:19.100 It's Sneasler is the lead instead, 06:35:19.100 --> 06:35:20.960 but also a switch up on Nato's side 06:35:20.960 --> 06:35:21.880 with Darchov coming in. 06:35:21.880 --> 06:35:24.280 We can get the other iconic Charizard leads 06:35:24.280 --> 06:35:25.440 in the front of his team. 06:35:25.440 --> 06:35:26.440 One of the reasons why you normally 06:35:26.440 --> 06:35:28.000 don't see this combination of Pokemon together 06:35:28.000 --> 06:35:32.280 is because Focus Dash is a little bit too wanted by this team, 06:35:32.280 --> 06:35:34.640 but you get both Venusaur Charizard and Darchov, 06:35:34.640 --> 06:35:36.000 and both those options have looked 06:35:36.000 --> 06:35:37.120 at a different point of the set here. 06:35:37.120 --> 06:35:38.760 I don't think the suggestion is going to sit 06:35:38.760 --> 06:35:39.640 absolutely at all. 06:35:39.640 --> 06:35:40.720 Absolutely not. 06:35:40.720 --> 06:35:43.360 And being able to catch the Sneasler there instead 06:35:43.360 --> 06:35:46.240 of having to deal with any kind of, you know, 06:35:46.240 --> 06:35:51.240 Previously, you had the King Gambit, which felt pressure enough by the Venusaur and the Charizard. 06:35:51.240 --> 06:35:57.240 That ended up being a huge deal. Lost a lot of momentum at that turn, one having to reposition. 06:35:57.240 --> 06:36:02.240 Now, the Sneezer at least gives you fake-out pressure, so the Delphox might be able to start making something happen here. 06:36:02.240 --> 06:36:06.240 Better than if that's a lot better than the previous game. 06:36:06.240 --> 06:36:10.240 But Garcheo's still looking pretty good here, and kind of something to watch with this side of the general. 06:36:10.240 --> 06:36:14.240 If you're not going to break finish, Garcheo's Garchop is good. 06:36:14.240 --> 06:36:20.400 There are no Pokemon here that, well, at least the Delphox is going to be able to levitate away from the Ground-type attack, 06:36:20.400 --> 06:36:25.780 but this Garg-Tomp does still have Rock Slide, still able to hit that Pokemon for super effective damage. 06:36:25.780 --> 06:36:31.560 And without getting boosted from the Nasty Pod, Delphox isn't going to be able to deal enough damage right back to the Garg-Tomp. 06:36:31.560 --> 06:36:36.000 That being said, both Pokemon are going to mega evolve on turn 1. 06:36:36.000 --> 06:36:43.480 There is the fake-out from Sneezer targeting down the Charizard and gets the poison touch right away onto the Charizard. 06:36:43.480 --> 06:36:46.480 That is going to add up pretty quickly here. 06:36:46.480 --> 06:36:48.120 There is the psychic on the guard chop. 06:36:48.120 --> 06:36:51.640 That's a two hit KO without a nasty block. 06:36:51.640 --> 06:36:53.120 Rockside connects onto those snees 06:36:53.120 --> 06:36:55.480 or end down box feeling good damage to the delt box. 06:36:55.480 --> 06:36:58.640 But two hit KO on the guard chop with sneak with psychic. 06:36:58.640 --> 06:36:59.920 You're happy about that. 06:36:59.920 --> 06:37:02.080 Yeah, it's a lot of damage going close to reaction 06:37:02.080 --> 06:37:04.120 to that current on the poison big on the Charizard. 06:37:04.120 --> 06:37:06.160 Well, you're just wondering why, 06:37:06.160 --> 06:37:08.400 why is it poison touch and not a burden on the team? 06:37:08.400 --> 06:37:09.480 I'm just exactly right. 06:37:09.480 --> 06:37:10.720 These are playing a little different role 06:37:10.720 --> 06:37:12.040 on this team than it might in some others. 06:37:12.040 --> 06:37:16.640 Here to sweep necessarily although it's individual damage could be fairly impactful here as well 06:37:16.640 --> 06:37:18.440 Yeah, it's also kind of checking our job 06:37:18.440 --> 06:37:23.840 But critically you know, it wants to put this big up get that extra game and play things a little slow 06:37:23.840 --> 06:37:26.440 We don't know for sure if in the back where the signature or not 06:37:26.440 --> 06:37:31.040 So it'll be a little scary to try to bring it out in front of a charge as it's been motivated to try to attack quickly 06:37:31.400 --> 06:37:33.720 But it'll be a similar coming out for now 06:37:33.720 --> 06:37:43.720 The Incineroar here will at least get the Intimidate down onto Siezler, protecting either the Charizard or the Incineroar itself from damage from that Siezler at this time around. 06:37:43.720 --> 06:37:50.720 As they protect coming out from Delphos, they're trying to survive another turn as the Poison Jab connects onto Charizard. 06:37:50.720 --> 06:37:53.720 So the decent amount of damage, of course, reduced by the Intimidate. 06:37:53.720 --> 06:37:58.720 The Siegwave is going to connect onto Siezler, and in the sun that is an easy KO onto that big block. 06:37:58.720 --> 06:38:03.080 That's a great damage there by Steve's lure, but my only damage rating right now is stat 06:38:03.080 --> 06:38:06.880 boosting occurring at Adam's side of the field, so now keeping up the pressure of it is not 06:38:06.880 --> 06:38:07.880 allowing that. 06:38:07.880 --> 06:38:11.880 And you can see Cinderor coming out for Adam creating a pretty interesting situation here. 06:38:11.880 --> 06:38:15.600 On the interior of the opposing Cinderor is nice and all, but probably doesn't matter, 06:38:15.600 --> 06:38:17.680 but both sides are threatening a fake out. 06:38:17.680 --> 06:38:22.240 It was Charizard, HP being so low, and his passive turns are really bad. 06:38:22.240 --> 06:38:27.200 It's actually given that not like a super great court state in the beginning, I 06:38:27.200 --> 06:38:31.040 I don't know. Delphox not exactly looking so healthy over there either. 06:38:31.040 --> 06:38:34.800 I mean we got four fire type Pokemon out on the field right now so everyone's 06:38:34.800 --> 06:38:38.560 resisting those fire type attacks but Charizard and Delphox are so low they 06:38:38.560 --> 06:38:42.480 probably aren't surviving that anyway. That's going to be the Garchomp 06:38:42.480 --> 06:38:47.600 switching in for the Incineroar here. Again, Naoto catches the fake out onto 06:38:47.600 --> 06:38:49.600 the rough skin so you get a little bit of extra 06:38:49.600 --> 06:38:53.040 damage now onto the Incineroar as Delphox. We'll just 06:38:53.040 --> 06:38:55.600 up that Charizard with a Scythe in here. 06:38:55.600 --> 06:38:59.100 So, some re-possessing there from now to giving up the Charizard 06:38:59.100 --> 06:39:01.300 in order to get the Garchomp on the field 06:39:01.300 --> 06:39:04.640 and potentially bringing in the Incineroar again for fake-out pressure. 06:39:04.640 --> 06:39:07.340 Yeah, although, you know, what happens then, right? 06:39:07.340 --> 06:39:10.140 Delphox goes to the Protecting, kind of wanting to get back in the same spot. 06:39:10.140 --> 06:39:11.940 Now, they're not only lost many Pokemon, 06:39:11.940 --> 06:39:13.640 but they're all kind of just being weakened enough 06:39:13.640 --> 06:39:16.540 that other than Incineroar, they're all kind of being checked now 06:39:16.540 --> 06:39:20.640 by this Delphox still missing a Pokemon as well on that side of the Helium. 06:39:20.640 --> 06:39:22.880 This was last game, we don't know what that's meaning, 06:39:22.880 --> 06:39:24.560 but this game could potentially be, 06:39:24.560 --> 06:39:27.920 I don't know, it's more Aerodactyl here depending on the situation. 06:39:27.920 --> 06:39:29.920 So that would influence things in a little bit too, 06:39:29.920 --> 06:39:32.280 certainly, so with Aerodactyl I would kind of expect to see it. 06:39:32.280 --> 06:39:35.360 So this hesitation that you think that may be, it isn't. 06:39:35.360 --> 06:39:40.160 And honestly, really scary Pokemon for Adam right now 06:39:40.160 --> 06:39:42.000 is that Incineroar. 06:39:42.000 --> 06:39:44.320 If you assume that it's going to be the King Gambit 06:39:44.320 --> 06:39:47.640 in the back, Incineroar, Delphox and King Gambit, 06:39:47.640 --> 06:39:49.280 all you need is your own Incineroar 06:39:49.280 --> 06:39:52.000 to check all three of those Pokemon. 06:39:52.000 --> 06:39:54.320 Yeah, and I think that's really getting scary here. 06:39:54.320 --> 06:39:55.640 Should I tell Tom? 06:39:55.640 --> 06:39:57.600 33% HP, very critically. 06:39:57.600 --> 06:39:59.800 We only got hit once, it really didn't happen. 06:39:59.800 --> 06:40:00.920 It's theoretically checked. 06:40:00.920 --> 06:40:01.760 We got checked, though, again, 06:40:01.760 --> 06:40:03.440 with the fake athletic camp right here. 06:40:03.440 --> 06:40:06.160 And, hey, you have the incentive for Adam's side. 06:40:06.160 --> 06:40:09.480 It's pretty vulnerable if you're like, maybe try it. 06:40:09.480 --> 06:40:11.680 It's going to be a game which is probably too scary 06:40:11.680 --> 06:40:13.400 because you really can't afford to, 06:40:13.400 --> 06:40:14.880 even like a protect player, Blitz, 06:40:14.880 --> 06:40:17.320 might pick it up from Adam's side of the field. 06:40:17.320 --> 06:40:19.200 of awkward turns for both players. 06:40:19.200 --> 06:40:21.760 And Sinorore retreating for King Gambit, 06:40:21.760 --> 06:40:24.000 Adam has decided that he really needs to make sure 06:40:24.000 --> 06:40:27.480 that he intimidates, can spit onto the physical attackers 06:40:27.480 --> 06:40:30.040 that Nalto is showing right now. 06:40:30.040 --> 06:40:31.540 Sinorore goes for the fake out, 06:40:31.540 --> 06:40:33.400 will connect with the protect, 06:40:33.400 --> 06:40:36.480 as the rock slide is locked into by Nalto. 06:40:36.480 --> 06:40:38.160 No damage in it to Delphox, 06:40:38.160 --> 06:40:40.280 and King Gambit is in for basically three there, 06:40:40.280 --> 06:40:43.040 just 9% tip damage from that rock slide. 06:40:43.040 --> 06:40:45.960 And now you have the King Gambit out on the field, 06:40:45.960 --> 06:40:51.660 But there is still a turn of harsh sunlight, and Cinder or can still deal big damage to that King Gamma. 06:40:51.660 --> 06:40:57.140 That's the awkwardness of this tournament, both King Gamma and Delphac potentially threatening a knockout into the Star Champ slot. 06:40:57.140 --> 06:40:59.000 I don't like that. Where does it get you really? 06:40:59.000 --> 06:41:02.160 Yeah, I think Grape's rich just stopped the rock slide right now. 06:41:02.160 --> 06:41:05.460 Hey, I guess like to make two more defensive switches, Star Champ will take care of itself. 06:41:05.460 --> 06:41:12.360 But it's still like not like the Super C situation, where Cinder or not threatening a knockout probably in either of these Pokemon. 06:41:12.360 --> 06:41:17.520 So they both like the stat boost, but you know, one of them at least probably needs to actually check the guard shot 06:41:17.520 --> 06:41:19.520 Plus you're just going to say 06:41:21.160 --> 06:41:27.160 That's really what it's about you have to make sure that this guard chop doesn't get to swing for free and just the presence there of the 06:41:27.160 --> 06:41:31.860 King and the and sucker punch seems to be checking the guard chop there as it retreats for the Venus or 06:41:32.080 --> 06:41:37.040 He gave it now protecting from this for this turn not trying to get KO'd by a flare blitz 06:41:37.040 --> 06:41:43.840 But no box firing off the heat wave has gonna pick up the KO onto Venus or on of the switching like you mentioned 06:41:43.840 --> 06:41:45.840 The way now so was playing that 06:41:46.240 --> 06:41:48.240 Was not in the back here instead 06:41:48.360 --> 06:41:52.800 The Venus or goes down and the flare blitz did try to connect with the king gambit 06:41:52.800 --> 06:41:55.800 So Adam is getting these reeds when he needs them 06:41:55.800 --> 06:41:57.780 Yeah, something like these looking pretty good for Adam 06:41:57.780 --> 06:42:01.840 Like it's a knockout for free because it's a warrior but the mystery of that final Pokemon anymore 06:42:01.840 --> 06:42:03.400 And now he's getting pretty close 06:42:03.400 --> 06:42:06.840 So you can give it probably not going to get one shot by Cinderloar from here. 06:42:06.840 --> 06:42:11.560 So, it does help not get Cinderloar out, but something that's what the guard shop is going to do, right? 06:42:11.560 --> 06:42:16.520 So, it's the option of protecting. So, Delphox is a two-safe here, and how do you want to deal with this, right? 06:42:16.520 --> 06:42:20.760 You try and guess guard shop protecting here, and then play defensively with your own Delphox. 06:42:20.760 --> 06:42:22.440 It's neither of them. You protect them last turn. 06:42:23.080 --> 06:42:27.240 You have some options here, but Adam's very close to setting us to a third game. 06:42:27.240 --> 06:42:32.280 Well, and there's also the Incineroar in the back that can put down and intimidate onto both of these Pokemon, 06:42:32.280 --> 06:42:40.520 Which would make it even easier for that King Gambit to survive a flare blitz or an earthquake or especially a rock slide from from that guard 06:42:40.520 --> 06:42:44.160 Chomp again gives the ground type cover to your being earthquake 06:42:44.280 --> 06:42:48.840 Beings that this guard chomp can only deal super effective damage to King Gambit by knocking out 06:42:48.840 --> 06:42:54.440 It's a partner Pokemon there he waves those connects on the post that don't protect all that picks up the knockout 06:42:54.440 --> 06:42:56.800 And I don't think there's much less for now to do in this game 06:42:56.800 --> 06:42:59.560 great move by Adam to pick it up and knock out what's going to be available. 06:42:59.560 --> 06:43:02.640 Picture that the Flare Blitz and King Gambit going to do a lot of damage, 06:43:02.640 --> 06:43:05.040 but there's a lot of work left for Incineroar to get. 06:43:05.040 --> 06:43:07.920 Yeah, and that's a lot of recoil damage right back. 06:43:07.920 --> 06:43:10.480 A lot of that will be filled up by the Centris Fairy, 06:43:10.480 --> 06:43:14.320 but that means you're going to have to take multiple hits from this Delphox. 06:43:14.320 --> 06:43:18.240 If it can land a deep wave and King Gambit just got that sword stance buff, 06:43:18.240 --> 06:43:21.840 so you're really relying on Delphox missing those deep waves. 06:43:21.840 --> 06:43:24.720 Yeah, missing a whole bunch and the Incineroar in back, 06:43:24.720 --> 06:43:28.720 like they're rooting for a DC at this point where it's hard to see if they can 06:43:28.720 --> 06:43:31.160 display amic and pretty much just flicking slides going to bring it center 06:43:31.160 --> 06:43:35.720 out here because you know why not really you can't just stop doing this but pretty 06:43:35.720 --> 06:43:39.640 locked up here in the second game. Yeah absolutely safe play here from Adam to 06:43:39.640 --> 06:43:43.920 bring in the Incineroar and protect him in Gambit that means that Nalto is not 06:43:43.920 --> 06:43:47.600 able to pick up any KO's here you have fake-out pressure now for free 06:43:47.600 --> 06:43:53.000 damage onto Incineroar and that will lock it up here for Adam just about 06:43:53.000 --> 06:43:59.600 whether Nalto wants some extra time to think about game three or need some more information how to add a before blocking in a 06:43:59.840 --> 06:44:01.840 Forefit before we head into game three 06:44:02.440 --> 06:44:03.280 Hey, you know what? 06:44:03.280 --> 06:44:06.880 It'll take your time right you can think a little bit. This is a crucial moment for most of these traders 06:44:06.880 --> 06:44:10.320 It's both a great for one starts just turns. Wow. It's a knockout already 06:44:11.320 --> 06:44:13.320 I think it's a little bit point 06:44:13.920 --> 06:44:16.120 Couple of trainers. I think of the field that decided to use it 06:44:16.120 --> 06:44:19.280 I'm going to a third game here yet critical moment for both trainers 06:44:19.280 --> 06:44:21.320 one turn is going to move to five and hero. 06:44:21.320 --> 06:44:23.460 We're going to be at the point where they only need one more win 06:44:23.460 --> 06:44:26.720 to secure their place in our continued Swiss round tomorrow 06:44:26.720 --> 06:44:28.660 and the phase two of this tournament. 06:44:28.660 --> 06:44:30.260 It's a big mental edge, right? 06:44:30.260 --> 06:44:32.060 They're going forward one, especially 06:44:32.060 --> 06:44:33.260 I think after losing a stream, which 06:44:33.260 --> 06:44:34.760 tends to be a little bit more emotional. 06:44:34.760 --> 06:44:36.260 They'll be starting to feel like, oh man, 06:44:36.260 --> 06:44:37.940 are things turning the wrong way? 06:44:37.940 --> 06:44:39.840 It's a very pivotal game, I think, for both of these 06:44:39.840 --> 06:44:41.540 trainers, passed through this tournament. 06:44:41.540 --> 06:44:42.800 Absolutely, again, yeah. 06:44:42.800 --> 06:44:44.740 Like you mentioned, when you're undefeated here, 06:44:44.740 --> 06:44:47.020 this is the last round before 06:44:47.020 --> 06:44:50.380 blocking in your your ticket to day two 06:44:50.380 --> 06:44:52.420 and continuing on in the tournament. 06:44:52.420 --> 06:44:54.300 This is the worst round to lose 06:44:54.300 --> 06:44:56.260 and then go on tilt for the rest of your tournament 06:44:56.260 --> 06:44:57.820 because you would have come so close. 06:44:57.820 --> 06:44:59.940 So both of these players, I am sure, 06:44:59.940 --> 06:45:03.460 are feeling that pressure to clutch this one out in game three. 06:45:03.460 --> 06:45:05.780 And I have to shout out the poison jab 06:45:05.780 --> 06:45:07.380 and poison touch, Sceasler. 06:45:07.380 --> 06:45:10.220 Getting the poison from the fake out was huge onto Chara's 06:45:10.220 --> 06:45:11.700 are just getting those ticks of damage. 06:45:11.700 --> 06:45:16.700 and Adam showing the importance of those additional pieces of damage 06:45:16.700 --> 06:45:20.700 just like the life orb on King Gambit pushes some of those calks over the edge. 06:45:20.700 --> 06:45:23.700 One extra tick of poison damage, two extra ticks of poison damage, 06:45:23.700 --> 06:45:26.700 also push some of those calks over the edge. 06:45:26.700 --> 06:45:29.700 Yeah, and I think that's also something we keep in mind as we go into this third game 06:45:29.700 --> 06:45:32.700 is that it's been very close to both game 1 and game 2 06:45:32.700 --> 06:45:35.700 but that was like getting a whole lot going this way, right? 06:45:35.700 --> 06:45:39.700 Where that first game, the sleep being minimum turns was pretty unfortunate for him. 06:45:39.700 --> 06:45:42.240 Poison touches activated the first activation twice 06:45:42.900 --> 06:45:47.560 The two instances weren't even had a chance to activate so perfect so far. Sneezers having itself a set 06:45:47.960 --> 06:45:53.140 Where they're not doing that sort of thing could really change things for a number they could do anything right this process fingers 06:45:53.140 --> 06:45:58.660 Hope for the best but it really changes this way this matchup plays out right where I kept for for instance from playing defensively 06:45:58.660 --> 06:46:00.420 Where what your poison? What's a Pokemon like that? 06:46:00.420 --> 06:46:06.960 Especially your mega ball Pokemon especially the Pokemon bringing droughts when you also have Venus or it's very important to try to win 06:46:06.960 --> 06:46:11.920 Well, you still have that resource back David we've limited turns and you can't switch as much you have to start making read 06:46:11.920 --> 06:46:17.040 You see how aggressively that guard chef has been using rock slide because now to know is like they I can't play with Delphox 06:46:17.040 --> 06:46:18.240 I can't afford to miss a read 06:46:18.240 --> 06:46:23.560 I just have to try to catch it when it's available and that game Adam was able to hide it from guard chef just enough 06:46:24.560 --> 06:46:30.760 Another switch up from Adam choosing to go for a different fake-out user in the lead here 06:46:30.760 --> 06:46:34.200 This is going to be Incineroar next to the Delbox. 06:46:34.200 --> 06:46:37.440 Almanto is going to go with the Charizard and Venusaur. 06:46:37.440 --> 06:46:39.240 Back to game one. 06:46:39.240 --> 06:46:41.440 And while the good news is, this time there won't be any 06:46:41.440 --> 06:46:45.240 poisons up the front, Almanto, so he may be excited to see that. 06:46:45.240 --> 06:46:46.840 But it's a difficult matchup, right? 06:46:46.840 --> 06:46:49.040 One of the reasons why Incineroar is so great is just 06:46:49.040 --> 06:46:51.040 that he intimidates the physical both of Almson. 06:46:51.040 --> 06:46:53.560 Very good against a particular combination of people. 06:46:53.560 --> 06:46:54.360 Right? 06:46:54.360 --> 06:46:55.760 Still can be put to sleep again. 06:46:55.760 --> 06:46:58.060 Not the Incineroar of yesteryear exactly, 06:46:58.060 --> 06:47:02.860 but able to cause some problems here, where maybe you know if you're going to try to fake out, 06:47:02.860 --> 06:47:07.460 you don't necessarily want to double protect against this because giving creatures to Delphox is very scary. 06:47:07.460 --> 06:47:11.860 And the last time we saw a situation like this, it means we're just like full set to seek powder into Delphox. 06:47:11.860 --> 06:47:16.460 It's easy to see what happens again, but this time, Charizard going to split job, maybe try to play a little more defensively. 06:47:16.460 --> 06:47:19.260 I think Gargoth up on the field to help fight these two fire-type ultimates. 06:47:19.260 --> 06:47:24.260 Yeah, Gargoth needs to be on the field against both of these Pokemon and maybe go up. 06:47:24.260 --> 06:47:33.260 I'm hoping to go 3 for 3 on catching rough skin fakeouts on the switch in here as Garchomp switches in and Delphox will go ahead and mega evolve. 06:47:33.260 --> 06:47:39.260 Once more the rough skin damage connects onto the fakeout, but there is the nasty plot coming out from Delphox. 06:47:39.260 --> 06:47:45.260 No protect from this Venusaur, however, means that there is an opportunity to go for sleep powder and it connects. 06:47:45.260 --> 06:47:49.260 Delphox now asleep and so smart from Nelta to switch out there. 06:47:49.260 --> 06:47:52.260 Now Delphox has to take its sleep turn. 06:47:52.260 --> 06:47:56.180 Yeah, it's like everything is way better of an F-Charge arm is still in the field here because, yeah, 06:47:56.180 --> 06:48:00.020 now would you not have to waste that first turn of sleep kind of doing nothing, but 06:48:00.020 --> 06:48:04.100 Charge F is already out on the field, already isn't intimidated and certainly the damage 06:48:04.100 --> 06:48:08.660 to the Delphox, right? It's a great tradition by NGF. Everything is just kind of wrong for 06:48:08.660 --> 06:48:12.020 Adam, you know, it's going to take multiple turns to cycle and intimidate back out. Delphox 06:48:12.020 --> 06:48:16.500 has to be set up to feel that Nasty Plot ends up doing nothing and it never took a sleep turn. 06:48:16.500 --> 06:48:21.300 The worst feeling to switch out your Nasty Plot if Delphox has the moment you got it up 06:48:21.300 --> 06:48:27.740 And the Rock Slide dealing big damage to Incineroar with no intimidates down on to the Garchomp. 06:48:27.740 --> 06:48:34.120 King Gambit, of course, is able to tank that very easily, but those high life warp on Garchomp did so much work there. 06:48:34.120 --> 06:48:41.480 Incineroar forced to eat its citrus berry, at least Adam gets the King Gambit switch in on the sludge bomb, but... 06:48:41.480 --> 06:48:46.980 Ah, you know, when things go right, sometimes they go wrong too, as Incineroar flinches from the Rock Slide. 06:48:46.980 --> 06:48:52.580 That's a huge place where everything's stuck on the field and a huge problem for the Incineroarer. 06:48:52.580 --> 06:48:57.580 And most likely going for something like a hurting shot which would have allowed it to cycle back in maybe slow the Scarge up now. 06:48:57.580 --> 06:49:03.580 Instead, for a situation once again where Scarge up, unintimidated able to threaten a bunch of damage on these opposing Pokemon. 06:49:03.580 --> 06:49:11.380 And now, King Amon is a very important resource where maybe you can switch Delphox into a bunch of Sharan type attacks and start killing Sweepstern somehow. 06:49:11.380 --> 06:49:18.780 But if you can't, it's really only King Gambit who's a vial of Linkinish and you're now facing down both the gamers from Garchomp and the potential sleep from the Venusaur. 06:49:18.780 --> 06:49:24.380 And worse yet, I think because there's no pressure, you want to now you can bring Charizard on the field very easily if you want to. 06:49:24.380 --> 06:49:27.380 And that's going to make things very difficult to switch any Pokemon into battle. 06:49:27.380 --> 06:49:32.380 Absolutely. Mato has figured out the way to get Garchomp next to Charizard. 06:49:32.380 --> 06:49:39.380 Both of these Pokemon are able to start spamming. There's spread moves. If they want to, there's the earthquake from Garchomp 06:49:39.380 --> 06:49:44.660 that is going to be ineffected into the Delphox which has just switched in for the Incineroar. 06:49:44.660 --> 06:49:48.420 Adam knows that he needs to get the, uh, insimidates down onto the guard jump 06:49:48.420 --> 06:49:55.380 but that is a huge earthquake. King Gambit has one shot left. 10% health. We don't know the exact numbers. 06:49:55.380 --> 06:50:02.740 Maybe King Gambit can swing twice but only with that life orb at maximum two opportunities to hit any of Malto's Pokemon. 06:50:02.740 --> 06:50:08.260 Exactly. I get a real pretty jump. One is 10% not 10% where there's no rounding in Pokemon 06:50:08.260 --> 06:50:12.580 that way. It always rounds down I guess I should say. So I could be well exactly 06:50:12.580 --> 06:50:16.820 being knocked out by a lifelovel. It's slightly more likely that it's unknown to us that it can 06:50:16.820 --> 06:50:21.700 survive one attack. Critically also unknown to Mato, but not unknown to us. So we have one player 06:50:21.700 --> 06:50:25.540 working with some information that the rest of us don't have here. On a very critical turn. 06:50:25.540 --> 06:50:28.420 Also we're thinking with the damage calculation. If sword stance boosted, 06:50:29.380 --> 06:50:32.980 Sucker Buck will knock out Darchov. I think it depends on how his 06:50:32.980 --> 06:50:39.380 train work. It's possible to just barely survive. Black classes used to just, this is, if you built 06:50:39.380 --> 06:50:43.940 defensively. So we'll have to see how long these cars are restrained. They tend to be quicker nowadays, 06:50:43.940 --> 06:50:48.260 which would indicate not so good on the defense. There's the sucker punch and to guard chop the 06:50:48.260 --> 06:50:53.860 rough skin plus the life orb recoil regardless of how we round. That is a KO and to guard chop 06:50:53.860 --> 06:50:59.940 and a trade KO and to King Gambit. Exactly enough. Huge though to get that Pokemon off the 06:50:59.940 --> 06:51:04.460 the field, Delphox still asleep, finally uses a cursed turn of sleep, takes an 06:51:04.460 --> 06:51:09.760 ancient power from the Charizard, feeling just under half health. No boost from the 06:51:09.760 --> 06:51:14.820 ancient power as well. So now, Adam has the opportunity to have Delphox wink up 06:51:14.820 --> 06:51:19.020 on the next turn, but he's gonna need to get a lot out of that Pokemon. 06:51:19.020 --> 06:51:23.000 Yeah, I mean it's a one big problem, Delphox, where Garchomp's rock type attack 06:51:23.000 --> 06:51:26.620 is one of the most frightening things to the Delphox, pretty never awake, but 06:51:26.620 --> 06:51:30.620 Again, the Stilfax lost that nasty clock move, so it's still got a long ways to go. 06:51:30.620 --> 06:51:34.620 Now that your damage has been defeated as well, I think it's very critical. 06:51:34.620 --> 06:51:37.620 Maybe like one more hit point really changes how this battle looks. 06:51:37.620 --> 06:51:40.620 You know, could have been threatening you, probably one shot, potential one shot, 06:51:40.620 --> 06:51:44.620 into the Charizard City, so we're going to come out here and continue to make things difficult. 06:51:44.620 --> 06:51:49.620 Sneasler, the remaining hook on an Atomside going to be an irrelevant, it's hitting here. 06:51:49.620 --> 06:51:52.620 Quatté, you know, he's got the type of advantage, 06:51:52.620 --> 06:51:55.620 but I don't know if Poison's touch is going to be enough this time. 06:51:55.620 --> 06:51:58.080 You just go to fly, he's a poison, it's in a hurry. 06:51:58.080 --> 06:51:59.780 Absolutely needs to get the poison 06:51:59.780 --> 06:52:02.420 and just all their damage down onto these Pokemon. 06:52:02.420 --> 06:52:04.580 And I love the Incineroar switch in here, 06:52:04.580 --> 06:52:07.460 forcing Delphox to have to go for a protect this turn 06:52:07.460 --> 06:52:10.540 to waste the, the fake out from Incineroar. 06:52:10.540 --> 06:52:12.780 Otherwise, fake out plus Ancient Power 06:52:12.780 --> 06:52:14.580 may be able to pick up the KO there. 06:52:14.580 --> 06:52:17.060 Instead, Adam is just going to retreat the Delphox 06:52:17.060 --> 06:52:19.180 and bring out his own Incineroar 06:52:19.180 --> 06:52:22.060 to tank any damage coming out from Nalto's Pokemon. 06:52:22.060 --> 06:52:23.500 There's the fake out from Sneezer, 06:52:23.500 --> 06:52:25.220 connects on to Charizard. 06:52:25.220 --> 06:52:28.100 It's the flinch that does not get the poison. 06:52:28.100 --> 06:52:30.540 There is the throat chop connects onto Incineroar 06:52:30.540 --> 06:52:32.740 on the switch and negligible damage there. 06:52:32.740 --> 06:52:36.180 But in a race between damage between these two Incineroar, 06:52:36.180 --> 06:52:37.860 Nanto is way ahead. 06:52:37.860 --> 06:52:39.660 Yeah, and I think that critically too, 06:52:39.660 --> 06:52:41.340 no fuck doesn't get to use a turn of sleep, right? 06:52:41.340 --> 06:52:43.100 So still it's only slept for one turn. 06:52:43.100 --> 06:52:44.260 It's not a guaranteed place, 06:52:44.260 --> 06:52:46.180 which I think is also somewhere in the sleep area. 06:52:46.180 --> 06:52:48.620 You can't just protect because there's always the threat 06:52:48.620 --> 06:52:49.780 that you don't succeed there 06:52:49.780 --> 06:52:51.500 and take that damage out of it instead. 06:52:51.500 --> 06:52:53.940 So forced to play defensively. 06:52:53.940 --> 06:52:55.100 I'm not out of this one yet, 06:52:55.100 --> 06:53:00.620 the puzzle being more and more complicated. Absolutely it is more and more complicated here. 06:53:00.620 --> 06:53:05.020 Sneasler does have a good matchup into the Incineroar and even into the Charizard, 06:53:05.020 --> 06:53:09.420 out sneezing and being able to deal good damage back. But we're going to see the Incineroar 06:53:09.420 --> 06:53:15.180 retreat for Venusaur as Charizard protects, wants to dodge a fake out from the Incineroar 06:53:15.180 --> 06:53:20.620 on Adam's side and it does. That being said, Venusaur is now out on the field. Poison 06:53:20.620 --> 06:53:27.620 And then Daph also into the Charizard, which means that Venusaur is out onto the field for free, with two turns remaining of the harsh sunlight. 06:53:27.620 --> 06:53:32.620 Excellent switch there. And again, not a kind of realistic hang. You know, Charizard is very fetched, he's really supported. 06:53:32.620 --> 06:53:35.620 Maybe he's got enough attention, I can kind of stick Venusaur in here. 06:53:35.620 --> 06:53:42.620 But neither of the Incinors is too threatening to win another, although you do need to deal with the Incinerator eventually, if you're at him because of Delphox. 06:53:42.620 --> 06:53:44.620 There's a potential win condition here. 06:53:44.620 --> 06:53:49.620 However, completely free, and now it's very good to be safely in the back, or can switch back in and intimidate, 06:53:49.620 --> 06:53:54.620 and put Charizard in a safer position to get some more damage now, and keep working towards this endgame. 06:53:54.620 --> 06:54:01.620 Absolutely, a second intimidate down onto Sneasler is a big deal. You can see how much Charizard is able to tank that. 06:54:01.620 --> 06:54:06.620 But now, the poison jab plus poison touch means that Charizard will be poisoned here, 06:54:06.620 --> 06:54:11.620 and Sheetwave is going to miss the Sneasler! You wanted to hit that if you are tiering for now, 06:54:11.620 --> 06:54:19.820 So Adam just gets the poison down on to the Charizard and here comes the flare of Lich 06:54:19.820 --> 06:54:25.300 trying to pick up damage onto the Venusaur instead just starts chipping away at that Incineroar 06:54:25.300 --> 06:54:29.940 and is a huge dodge from the Sneasler and gets the poison at the same time. 06:54:29.940 --> 06:54:34.700 Definitely makes things a little bit more interesting here where Charizard now at a time only 06:54:34.700 --> 06:54:39.180 has a handful of turns remaining and he only takes a couple of poison dicks before 06:54:39.180 --> 06:54:43.660 maybe Sneezer can just pick it up with losing gap itself, but Adam's still losing, right? 06:54:43.660 --> 06:54:47.580 That Incineroar is very close to being knocked out, Sneezer's been intimidated repeatedly now, 06:54:47.580 --> 06:54:52.140 where I like to switch it out of battle at the very least, but that Delphox is still at low health 06:54:52.140 --> 06:54:57.180 and still isn't guaranteed to wake up when it comes back into battle, where the Hufffars are 06:54:57.180 --> 06:55:00.860 getting more similar to one another, but I don't know that the board state is quite caught up yet. 06:55:00.860 --> 06:55:04.700 And if you're now though, you're also worried about the turns of harsh sunlight. This is the 06:55:04.700 --> 06:55:10.440 final turn of Sun, which means that if Charizard is not able to switch out and back in, Venusaur 06:55:10.440 --> 06:55:15.440 would be slower than Delphox, which still has the opportunity to wake up at any moment 06:55:15.440 --> 06:55:16.440 now. 06:55:16.440 --> 06:55:21.300 Sniasler retreats for the Delphox, resetting its attack stat, there is a fake out, it 06:55:21.300 --> 06:55:25.660 will connect onto the Delphox on the switch in, Heatwave connects onto both Pokemon 06:55:25.660 --> 06:55:31.200 here and Cinderwar goes down, Delphox hangs on with just 15% hit points remaining. 06:55:31.200 --> 06:55:35.500 I mean, Sneezer now gets to switch in here as the harsh sunlight fades. 06:55:35.500 --> 06:55:38.600 This Delphox is now the fastest thing on the field, 06:55:38.600 --> 06:55:43.500 but it's going to need to make sure that it can wake up and start feeling the damage. 06:55:43.500 --> 06:55:45.900 Pretty interesting final line. 06:55:45.900 --> 06:55:49.100 Well, maybe that final turn, but kind of final climactic situation here, 06:55:49.100 --> 06:55:52.100 where Sneezer potentially threatening an Akra and Sidoror, 06:55:52.100 --> 06:55:55.200 Delphox threatening, particularly threatening Akra and the Charizard. 06:55:55.200 --> 06:55:58.700 Charizard would really like to switch out in order to set up that Sun-Predator sword, 06:55:58.700 --> 06:56:02.140 But if you're firing a second type attack into that slot anyway, 06:56:02.140 --> 06:56:04.500 that doesn't work because Unicor doesn't have a sash, right? 06:56:04.500 --> 06:56:07.340 You just get it knocked up and then wind up right back in the same spot that you're in. 06:56:07.340 --> 06:56:09.980 So Adam, maybe by getting the Delphox in as a chance here, 06:56:09.980 --> 06:56:12.220 but it still has to wake up and get going the way. 06:56:12.220 --> 06:56:13.820 Two potential returns remaining. 06:56:13.820 --> 06:56:16.420 You either wake up this turn and probably win the game, 06:56:16.420 --> 06:56:18.980 or one turn too late and probably lose the game. 06:56:18.980 --> 06:56:20.820 Wake up this turn, you win the games, 06:56:20.820 --> 06:56:23.020 hit the snooze and you lose. 06:56:23.020 --> 06:56:26.460 You've got to wake up right now if you are Adam's Delphox. 06:56:26.460 --> 06:56:34.020 Incineroar switches out that is a way to get the Venusaur in without risking damage on the Venusaur on the switch and Delphox 06:56:34.020 --> 06:56:39.580 Spends another turn asleep. There's a close combat from Sneasler next on to the Venusaur big damage 06:56:39.580 --> 06:56:42.580 They're 40% to the Venusaur but not enough 06:56:42.580 --> 06:56:46.420 Sneasler drops its defenses here and the ancient power comes out from Charizard 06:56:46.420 --> 06:56:51.220 That's gonna pick up the Delphox and with just the Sneasler like it's three Pokemon 06:56:51.220 --> 06:56:56.220 Now Tomi Zubuchi looks like he is about to be undefeated heading into round six. 06:56:56.220 --> 06:57:00.220 So close there with the force that is walking in and now Tomi picks up that dunk. 06:57:00.220 --> 06:57:02.220 What a great set that worked for him. 06:57:02.220 --> 06:57:06.220 So close at the end there, but now able to five. 06:57:06.220 --> 06:57:09.220 Work around missing that heat wave which made that idea much more challenging 06:57:09.220 --> 06:57:10.220 for him than I think it needed to be. 06:57:10.220 --> 06:57:15.220 Even the game where he got lucky, it just seems like they just couldn't stop being exciting 06:57:15.220 --> 06:57:17.220 but really fun ending there. 06:57:17.220 --> 06:57:19.220 And both players doing a great job of taking this all to the game. 06:57:19.220 --> 06:57:22.480 I think either of them could easily have gotten blown out with a couple more mistakes there 06:57:22.480 --> 06:57:25.340 But I kept doing what they needed you to keep the game moving forward 06:57:25.340 --> 06:57:28.540 I think that was a great move at the end there by now too even if y'all fucking woke it up 06:57:28.940 --> 06:57:34.780 Still some pads forward there or would have able to bring his own final Pokemon back into get that fake-out pressure again 06:57:34.780 --> 06:57:38.480 I may be stolen a bit. Okay, but it would have been a little spookier 06:57:38.480 --> 06:57:41.260 So the pause would have been tight. It would have been rough 06:57:41.260 --> 06:57:43.780 It would have been real tense to make that happen 06:57:43.780 --> 06:57:49.580 happen. But wow, what a three game set here. If you are Adam and if you are cheering on him, 06:57:49.580 --> 06:57:54.180 you have to be proud of how he played across all three of these games. And of course, Nato 06:57:54.180 --> 06:58:02.260 Mizabuchi now at five and oh on his way to potentially becoming the second world champion 06:58:02.260 --> 06:58:07.020 to repeat. Yeah, I mean, it's probably never felt closer. I mean, five in zeros looking 06:58:07.020 --> 06:58:10.380 good. And you know, it's another tournament where I feel you feel good about your team. 06:58:10.380 --> 06:58:15.120 I mean, why not you right now proven he can win this tournament or he's proving he can handle the stress and 06:58:15.420 --> 06:58:19.040 Hey, you know, you get look at the standard show a lot of the players maybe he's coming in like man 06:58:19.040 --> 06:58:23.060 I sure have to call I don't know if you're intimidated by anyone if you're that tier player 06:58:23.060 --> 06:58:25.940 But you know I prefer to play that player a little later in the time 06:58:26.060 --> 06:58:27.860 Maybe some of them aren't gonna get there, right? 06:58:27.860 --> 06:58:32.600 So maybe you look at his opportunity and yeah, what an impressive player to you 06:58:32.600 --> 06:58:38.020 I think just a really fun set that he played there as well where I get you as a combination of Pokemon 06:58:38.020 --> 06:58:44.180 that I get to work a little bit in the team creation phase maybe to fit all the held items together where 06:58:44.660 --> 06:58:48.980 It's really the anti synergy there isn't so much the Pokemon is I'm all kind of wanting to say all the same things 06:58:48.980 --> 06:58:52.500 It worked out pretty well and hey, you know, I think there's something to be said to you 06:58:52.500 --> 06:58:56.340 You know these Venusaur teams do often wind up relying so much in sleep powder hitting 06:58:56.340 --> 06:58:59.300 I think maybe being a little bit more reliable is worth some of the cost of it 06:58:59.380 --> 06:59:03.220 Just getting exploded like it did in that first game. Absolutely and you know 06:59:03.220 --> 06:59:08.460 So it's so tense when it comes down to that one extra turn of sleep. 06:59:08.460 --> 06:59:11.220 When you are running a VSR team, this happens all the time. 06:59:11.220 --> 06:59:15.700 Either you need to land that one crucial sleep powder to give yourself a little bit more 06:59:15.700 --> 06:59:20.720 breathing room, or you are just hoping and praying that you are going to get the extra 06:59:20.720 --> 06:59:22.220 turn of sleep that you need. 06:59:22.220 --> 06:59:25.820 You start flipping coins, sometimes it comes up heads, sometimes it comes up tails. 06:59:25.820 --> 06:59:29.820 Yeah, I think it's really fun about watching the best players playing VSR as well. 06:59:29.820 --> 06:59:36.960 Okay. Well, how can I manipulate this game to minimize the damage of the bad roles where sometimes they're just going to happen, right? 06:59:36.960 --> 06:59:42.160 It's the nature of the Pokemon. You know, fortunately, we don't have a Pokemon that's faster than everything else on the Sun in this score, right? 06:59:42.160 --> 06:59:44.800 And they don't take our case. We don't, right? 06:59:44.800 --> 06:59:49.540 I think we're all happy to have a way to deal with anything. I can play that level of power, but because of that, you know, 06:59:49.540 --> 06:59:54.140 this Pokemon has weaknesses and I think having to manage the probability has been the source biggest weakness. 06:59:54.140 --> 06:59:58.260 I think that the course of it is that I played pretty well in the face of that sort of probability, right? 06:59:58.260 --> 07:00:00.660 where things largely weren't going down to play, right? 07:00:00.660 --> 07:00:03.260 Where certainly that sleep on Delphox particularly was big, 07:00:03.260 --> 07:00:05.160 but almost every other role went the wrong way, right? 07:00:05.160 --> 07:00:06.660 I guess there's Incinor punch too, but... 07:00:06.660 --> 07:00:07.360 Yeah. 07:00:07.360 --> 07:00:08.160 Other than those two roles? 07:00:08.160 --> 07:00:08.860 Other than that! 07:00:08.860 --> 07:00:10.460 Yeah, it's asterisk. 07:00:10.460 --> 07:00:12.560 But still, a lot went the wrong way, right? 07:00:12.560 --> 07:00:14.160 And played well enough like, hey, you know, 07:00:14.160 --> 07:00:16.460 even with the dice maybe going a little bit the wrong direction 07:00:16.460 --> 07:00:18.560 in that one, able to close that out, 07:00:18.560 --> 07:00:20.960 not comfortably, but like, solidly. 07:00:20.960 --> 07:00:24.060 Yeah, not comfortable in any sense of the word, 07:00:24.060 --> 07:00:25.560 I would say there at the end there, 07:00:25.560 --> 07:00:30.200 but I know I need to take a breather after this set so we're going to toss it down to the stage 07:00:30.200 --> 07:00:35.240 to hear directly from Naoto who is now undefeated heading into Swiss round six. 07:00:40.680 --> 07:00:45.240 Thank you so much Scott and Evan. I am indeed here with the winner of our Swiss 07:00:45.240 --> 07:00:50.360 round at number five Naoto Mitsubuchi. How are you feeling now that you are undefeated still? 07:00:55.560 --> 07:01:15.560 I'm feeling really well going 5-0 right now. Hopefully I can make it to D2 and we can still continue that streak to make it 6-0. 07:01:15.560 --> 07:01:19.560 Well, that game 3-win was very exciting. 07:01:19.560 --> 07:01:25.560 Why did you decide to change your team between Japan Nationals and World Championships? 07:01:45.560 --> 07:01:55.560 That's right. There was a feeling that we wouldn't be able to use the same thing, so we had to change a little bit and move on. 07:02:15.560 --> 07:02:27.560 This game, Megamaboxy and Megacamex were very strong, but did you think about this strategy? 07:02:28.560 --> 07:02:37.560 To be honest, I thought it would be a tough matchup, but if we can combine the moves well, we'll have a chance to win. 07:02:37.560 --> 07:02:41.560 So, I think we managed to win this game. 07:02:41.560 --> 07:02:49.200 Yeah, that match is actually quite difficult, but with Shiyu will, along with being able 07:02:49.200 --> 07:02:55.280 to strategize with determining, making sure that the movesets are correct and such, I 07:02:55.280 --> 07:02:57.400 was able to come through on top. 07:02:57.400 --> 07:02:58.400 You did amazing. 07:02:58.400 --> 07:03:03.080 Naoto, you are coming in as a previous world champion, so how are you feeling about 07:03:03.080 --> 07:03:23.160 making Day 2 and making Japan proud. 07:03:23.160 --> 07:03:24.160 Thank you so much. 07:03:24.160 --> 07:03:28.360 Congratulations again and best of luck in your next matches. 07:03:28.360 --> 07:03:32.960 Analysts, back to you. 07:03:32.960 --> 07:03:40.240 So much rose. This is a fantastic tournament. This is shaping up so so well now to played that game 07:03:40.480 --> 07:03:46.600 So well against Adam it felt like Adam had all the tools to get there in the end 07:03:46.600 --> 07:03:52.240 But sleep powder is doing its thing in this in this particular format in this particular match 07:03:52.240 --> 07:03:56.760 When you land your sleep powders and you get the terms of sleep you need Venus or is a pretty good mom 07:03:57.040 --> 07:03:58.040 Yeah, I mean 07:03:58.040 --> 07:04:00.320 You know, season was a pretty good mind in that set too, though, right? 07:04:00.320 --> 07:04:03.520 And I think that's kind of the fun of it, is, you know, every game's a little bit different 07:04:03.520 --> 07:04:06.440 in this format, where there's enough things that can kind of go right, can go wrong, 07:04:06.440 --> 07:04:07.760 you've got to improvise a little bit. 07:04:07.760 --> 07:04:09.400 Make both players look very good in that set. 07:04:09.400 --> 07:04:11.600 It's easy to see how both of them had gotten to 4-0. 07:04:11.600 --> 07:04:12.440 Yeah, 100%. 07:04:12.440 --> 07:04:16.840 I mean, especially like that game too, where, you know, it was going well for Nelto, 07:04:16.840 --> 07:04:20.680 and then, like, everything just went right in that end game for Adam. 07:04:20.680 --> 07:04:23.960 I mean, like, made call after call after call, and that's like what you've got to do, 07:04:23.960 --> 07:04:26.520 especially if you're up against the caliber of players you are. 07:04:26.520 --> 07:04:32.020 you're sitting for no doesn't get easier from there. So, you know, congratulations to both 07:04:32.020 --> 07:04:36.740 of our trainers from the last round. We've got another fun feature match for you. We've 07:04:36.740 --> 07:04:44.700 got Stefan Mock versus you, you're a wakasugi and here on on the side street matches. We're 07:04:44.700 --> 07:04:48.700 going to get straight into things. We've got Gengar and Sneasler setting out against 07:04:48.700 --> 07:04:52.100 King Gambit and Sneasler. I'm really excited about this match because I love this 07:04:52.100 --> 07:04:55.820 team that Stefan is running here with the Gengar. That's not parish. It's actually 07:04:55.820 --> 07:05:00.660 to substitute Gengar and using the normal Swamper as well, 07:05:00.660 --> 07:05:02.660 more supportive here with Yon and Flipturn. 07:05:02.660 --> 07:05:03.940 I think this is a really cool team, 07:05:03.940 --> 07:05:05.140 and I'm excited to see how it matches up. 07:05:05.140 --> 07:05:06.660 That's kind of worried we might not, right? 07:05:06.660 --> 07:05:08.420 Him and Michael Kalsh are very similar teams, 07:05:08.420 --> 07:05:10.780 if not exactly the same one, but Michael was down to 2-2 07:05:10.780 --> 07:05:13.300 before we went up to do this game, and like, oh, man, 07:05:13.300 --> 07:05:16.460 like, we've been talking about like the mega Gengar, 07:05:16.460 --> 07:05:18.660 like kind of like trap offense stuff for, you know, 07:05:18.660 --> 07:05:20.980 two regulations now, like, are we going to lose it again? 07:05:20.980 --> 07:05:22.340 But here it is, we found it. 07:05:22.340 --> 07:05:24.420 Yeah, and the Florida as well. 07:05:24.420 --> 07:05:30.220 I mean, you know, it just really comes down to who you pair up against in the day and like how those matches go for you. 07:05:30.220 --> 07:05:37.820 Yeah, it's a team that, um, Michael, Michael the best was able to apply that to win a grassroots event. 07:05:37.820 --> 07:05:40.320 And it's like, certainly came on a lot of people's radar. 07:05:40.320 --> 07:05:51.220 Like it, especially if a lot of trainers like not really necessarily played up against it too often, but like, it's something that you definitely add to the list to make sure like, do I have a match up into this? 07:05:51.220 --> 07:05:55.540 And we were talking about this a little bit earlier when we saw the previous Gengar from Edo, 07:05:55.540 --> 07:06:01.060 which was just that like everyone sort of talks about Gengar as this monster threat that exists at some point, 07:06:01.060 --> 07:06:06.460 but we never really actually see it because no one was really practicing it publicly before this tournament. 07:06:06.460 --> 07:06:10.540 Yeah, I think one reason for that too is like, is that really something you want to be too much anyone's radar? 07:06:10.540 --> 07:06:16.020 Like the whole point is like, oh, like, I realize there's a combination of Pokemon that I can kind of just GG 07:06:16.020 --> 07:06:19.580 without any real counterplay by trapping with Gengar and bringing in an appropriate counter. 07:06:19.580 --> 07:06:23.860 really if they realize that the board state that I need they can either change their team or just like not give me that 07:06:23.860 --> 07:06:26.660 I think there's a little in nine tails who's conveniently just entered the fields 07:06:26.660 --> 07:06:30.740 I want to talk about this it's kind of very much that Pokemon right where given the choice scarf 07:06:30.740 --> 07:06:33.260 I don't on this team which is not the way we used to play this Pokemon 07:06:33.260 --> 07:06:37.060 You're typically like sash or light clay and that you're playing very defensively where here 07:06:37.060 --> 07:06:39.220 You're just trying to get in the field like that's usually gar chop 07:06:39.220 --> 07:06:44.060 Which this is definitely not what gar chop looks like but it could help out a little bit against the whimsy kind of stuff 07:06:44.060 --> 07:06:46.460 It's like coming back to the match here 07:06:46.460 --> 07:06:51.740 I feel like this is one of the things that Gengar actually does struggle with like the team is set up to be able to 07:06:52.340 --> 07:06:57.640 Knock out King Gambit pretty well. You got this easily your life up super power in a focus on Dragonite 07:06:57.640 --> 07:06:58.980 So you can't slow it down with a fake out 07:06:58.980 --> 07:07:01.300 You can't slow it down with an intimidate as well 07:07:01.460 --> 07:07:05.020 And you use doing a great job in in this early stage of the game of like 07:07:05.420 --> 07:07:10.420 Positioning the King Gambit next to the Whimsicott both getting the speed control pressure up there 07:07:10.420 --> 07:07:15.940 But also like hey locking the Gengar into substitute and letting it knock itself out is also an option here 07:07:15.940 --> 07:07:19.240 It's a break break through the trap. Yeah, that's certainly an option 07:07:19.240 --> 07:07:25.240 But Stavon was able to get the substitute onto Gengar before was not afraid of on for pressure earlier 07:07:25.240 --> 07:07:30.180 And I'm tell you kind of love that you have the ability to potentially lock out this 07:07:30.780 --> 07:07:35.460 Lock out this King gambit with encore because it's not prankster based. Yeah, another fun thing with that 07:07:35.460 --> 07:07:39.180 She'll trade so weird mechanic and yeah, is that I'm cooking me down. Look at Evan go 07:07:40.860 --> 07:07:44.740 It's a fun trick food this Pokemon has where especially with how quick it is like 07:07:44.740 --> 07:07:48.740 boosted with the item you know pretty much everything just going to be stuck with this and yeah 07:07:48.740 --> 07:07:53.780 I mean this couch out cleave the ideal Pokemon or ideal move to lock in as the situation maybe not but 07:07:54.020 --> 07:08:00.100 Nantial's itself now is very safe although. I guess it's got a veil too. So yeah, you get the full reset here. It's like hey 07:08:00.420 --> 07:08:05.300 This board state is bad for everyone. I'll see you in two turns. I think this is like one of the one of the things 07:08:05.300 --> 07:08:09.540 That makes this team and I make a gang up probably go broadly quite difficult to 07:08:09.540 --> 07:08:13.580 you know, it's easy. You know, 07:08:13.580 --> 07:08:15.180 it's easy. You know, you're 07:08:15.180 --> 07:08:16.020 picking up to a pilot in a 07:08:16.020 --> 07:08:17.420 format full of basque legions 07:08:17.420 --> 07:08:19.220 and King gambits and Charizards 07:08:19.220 --> 07:08:21.060 and et cetera like as like 07:08:21.060 --> 07:08:22.460 when you get that nice, nice 07:08:22.460 --> 07:08:23.420 easy game where you're up 07:08:23.420 --> 07:08:24.420 against the mega flow and 07:08:24.420 --> 07:08:25.220 you're thinking, huh, I 07:08:25.220 --> 07:08:27.100 don't have to worry about 07:08:27.100 --> 07:08:28.300 getting knocked out in one. 07:08:28.300 --> 07:08:29.300 You're picking daisies in the 07:08:29.300 --> 07:08:31.100 field. Exactly. Like, you 07:08:31.100 --> 07:08:33.100 know, it's easy. They just 07:08:33.100 --> 07:08:35.100 get picked out so nicely. 07:08:35.100 --> 07:08:37.100 But you is doing a great 07:08:37.100 --> 07:08:39.100 job here of I think, you 07:08:39.100 --> 07:08:44.580 up and like locking into a countdown cleave instead of sucker punch not wanting to get caught by the substitute 07:08:44.580 --> 07:08:49.640 But also just to be able to even more with Eddie on core pressure just keep on the offensive 07:08:51.640 --> 07:08:58.020 Poor dragon I taking a ton on the way in and like I guess these are damaged somewhat negligible, but I mean that's a great turn 07:08:58.020 --> 07:08:59.920 I think it's a great point to Ben work 07:08:59.920 --> 07:09:03.400 I think I hate playing it's the sort of team and they go it makes it just so taxing 07:09:03.400 --> 07:09:05.400 It's like hey anytime Gengar's in the field 07:09:05.400 --> 07:09:07.400 Whatever play I picked has to handle. 07:09:07.400 --> 07:09:09.900 Gengar protects it, and Eintale switches in and encores me. 07:09:09.900 --> 07:09:10.900 Because there's so many ways. 07:09:10.900 --> 07:09:13.900 Like, oh man, my team is just totally hosed for their main 07:09:13.900 --> 07:09:15.900 Dervis, where it's going to take you most of what's left 07:09:15.900 --> 07:09:16.900 to recover in. 07:09:16.900 --> 07:09:18.900 You, so far, are playing really well in Dervis, 07:09:18.900 --> 07:09:21.400 where it kind of feels a step ahead of a team that's 07:09:21.400 --> 07:09:22.900 supposed to be pushing the tempo against you. 07:09:22.900 --> 07:09:23.900 It's okay. 07:09:23.900 --> 07:09:26.900 Like, I'm wondering if and or when we're going to see 07:09:26.900 --> 07:09:28.400 the Swamper sort of, like, coming out. 07:09:28.400 --> 07:09:29.900 Because I think it's one of the main tools 07:09:29.900 --> 07:09:32.400 that you have against just, like, putting some pressure 07:09:32.400 --> 07:09:33.400 on the King Gambit. 07:09:33.400 --> 07:09:38.400 And that's what this team is designed to do in a lot of ways like Gengar tracks a bunch of stuff on the field 07:09:38.400 --> 07:09:41.400 You know, you find a way to pivot in the Pokemon that's good against 07:09:42.200 --> 07:09:45.720 Against those Pokemon and then you start putting the damage down on well 07:09:45.720 --> 07:09:51.560 Here's what you do is you just fire off double well at least one fighting type attack into king gambit here 07:09:51.560 --> 07:09:57.320 Of course blocking the extreme speed there trouble very just enough to keep the king gambit up on the field here 07:09:57.400 --> 07:10:03.040 But I think you know the dragonite feels good to me except that it got hit by the moon blast on the switch in here 07:10:03.040 --> 07:10:10.040 Other than that, this Dragonite would have been in a great spot, but the call-out from Yuya just making it so that Simon has really few options here. 07:10:10.040 --> 07:10:15.040 Yeah, it's a tough two. I've just missed that knockout, Yuya, especially since it's kind of protecting you. 07:10:15.040 --> 07:10:20.040 The extreme speed in that slot sets a very different looking turn, but I'm probably expecting that knockout. 07:10:20.040 --> 07:10:25.040 It's also early in the set, we're like, okay, well, I'll write that one of my notes, and you try to play that a little bit differently next time. 07:10:25.040 --> 07:10:28.840 the game. I think it's a 07:10:28.840 --> 07:10:30.940 good idea. Yeah, definitely. 07:10:30.940 --> 07:10:32.940 I feel like this is one of the 07:10:32.940 --> 07:10:34.940 things that you've got to like 07:10:34.940 --> 07:10:36.940 be able to understand playing 07:10:36.940 --> 07:10:38.940 into these sort of gang our 07:10:38.940 --> 07:10:39.940 team is like trying to keep on 07:10:39.940 --> 07:10:40.940 top of it with the move 07:10:40.940 --> 07:10:41.940 selections that you're 07:10:41.940 --> 07:10:42.940 picking up, but also just 07:10:42.940 --> 07:10:44.940 like maintaining at least 07:10:44.940 --> 07:10:46.940 some semblance of momentum 07:10:46.940 --> 07:10:48.940 over it and seeing those 07:10:48.940 --> 07:10:50.940 turns where Oh, okay. Scarf 07:10:50.940 --> 07:10:52.940 encore. That's not looking so 07:10:52.940 --> 07:10:54.940 threatening this turn. Possibly 07:10:54.940 --> 07:10:57.460 And of course, also then picking up the KO, they're on. 07:10:57.460 --> 07:10:59.540 This means they're with Moonblast as well. 07:10:59.540 --> 07:11:01.740 Yuya is playing lights out here. 07:11:02.860 --> 07:11:07.140 Yeah, it's tough to see how Saphon can really come back 07:11:07.140 --> 07:11:08.700 to this match. 07:11:08.700 --> 07:11:10.140 I mean, there is speed control, obviously, 07:11:10.140 --> 07:11:13.020 on the Whimsicott that sort of gives the 07:11:14.100 --> 07:11:15.620 Ninetales a little bit of a hard time 07:11:15.620 --> 07:11:16.940 because in choice golf, 07:11:16.940 --> 07:11:19.820 it can't protect itself from any damage. 07:11:19.820 --> 07:11:21.780 Possibly won't go down in one to, like, 07:11:21.780 --> 07:11:23.020 say, a Dazzling gleam. 07:11:23.020 --> 07:11:23.860 Yeah. 07:11:23.860 --> 07:11:29.660 if you want to respect the dragonite on the other side of the field, but, you know, that dragonite is on pretty low HP, and 07:11:30.660 --> 07:11:34.460 it's really quite easy to find the opportunity to pick up a knockout here. 07:11:35.060 --> 07:11:37.460 Yeah, the focus after on Whimsicott's huge here too. 07:11:37.960 --> 07:11:41.960 Stefan does have to double into the Whimsicott in order to pick up the KO there, 07:11:41.960 --> 07:11:46.460 so you're committing Blizzard and Extreme Speed into that Pokemon to knock it out. 07:11:46.460 --> 07:11:50.760 You really want to be getting damage down onto that Floette that just mega evolved. 07:11:50.760 --> 07:11:59.440 that's some chip damage right there. Yeah, Whimps are coming down to less than half of 07:11:59.440 --> 07:12:06.500 its HP. It's easy to forget how strong Dragonite is. We haven't seen it as much in the format 07:12:06.500 --> 07:12:11.520 since it was next to Chen Pao doing the TerraNormal Choice Band X-Ring Speed. 07:12:11.520 --> 07:12:14.280 Yeah, I feel like someone's kind of got lulled to do like a full set of security by that 07:12:14.280 --> 07:12:18.280 she was like, oh, like, now that that stuff's not here, Dragonite's not here. And you 07:12:18.280 --> 07:12:22.440 I'm like, oh, wait, this attack is very high. 07:12:22.440 --> 07:12:23.440 Oh, hang on a second. 07:12:23.440 --> 07:12:25.760 Yeah, it's like, well, you're kind of getting 07:12:25.760 --> 07:12:27.960 punched in the face by an extreme being there. 07:12:27.960 --> 07:12:30.400 And getting that knockout and knocking into icy wind here 07:12:30.400 --> 07:12:32.240 probably actually quite influential, right? 07:12:32.240 --> 07:12:36.080 Because after the one speed drop onto the flowette, 07:12:36.080 --> 07:12:38.240 now the nine tails is going to outspeed it even 07:12:38.240 --> 07:12:40.400 in the tailwind environment. 07:12:40.400 --> 07:12:42.640 And then the second icy wind takes it 07:12:42.640 --> 07:12:44.600 to slower than mega Gengar, and the mega Gengar 07:12:44.600 --> 07:12:47.320 can kind of put some pressure down onto that Pokemon, 07:12:47.320 --> 07:12:47.880 too. 07:12:47.880 --> 07:12:52.220 I think it's really cool right where like maybe one of the more interesting uses of dynamic speed that we've seen where 07:12:52.360 --> 07:12:56.660 It's like I see one in general still way better once things change to two games ago 07:12:56.660 --> 07:13:02.100 So you have your speed order like changed in the middle of turns, but rarely matters with something like that 07:13:02.100 --> 07:13:06.240 And you know the icy wind also does a little bit damage, right? I mean not so great in the flow out there 07:13:06.240 --> 07:13:08.360 It's pretty strong defensively on the special side 07:13:08.360 --> 07:13:12.280 But there are some pokeman loose, you know, it means that quite that extreme speed on whimsicott 07:13:12.280 --> 07:13:16.320 But it's not completely irrelevant damage like you know like the Criselya was I say when you were something 07:13:16.320 --> 07:13:19.040 Yeah, but the sneezer has the ability to just pick up that KO 07:13:19.040 --> 07:13:26.480 There's still tailwind up here the tail on to the the nine tails and I don't know that Gengar has enough into both of these Pokemon 07:13:26.800 --> 07:13:28.440 It's hard to imagine that it does 07:13:28.440 --> 07:13:33.640 I mean this moon blast is gonna do a big big chunk even though mega Gengar is resisting that attack and 07:13:33.880 --> 07:13:37.840 Of course Stefan following up with the sludge bomb trying to get the knockout 07:13:38.880 --> 07:13:44.600 About to say was good I kept the knockout of the flow at managed to catch herself sure but yeah living on 07:13:44.600 --> 07:13:50.000 three percent there actually quite big because if if the flow act goes down on 07:13:50.000 --> 07:13:54.520 that turn there's a world where you can see like a protect on the Gengar the 07:13:54.520 --> 07:13:58.280 tailwind gets run out and then a couple of shadow balls is enough to pick up the 07:13:58.280 --> 07:14:01.720 Sneaseler if it doesn't isn't able to one-shot it from this range of the 07:14:01.720 --> 07:14:05.320 Diablo. Yeah you've got the out of missing rock slides or something like 07:14:05.320 --> 07:14:07.720 Diaryclaw. Yeah I was just gonna say I mean I feel like this is like a really 07:14:07.720 --> 07:14:11.160 interesting position that Stefan has in the game right he's lost. 07:14:11.160 --> 07:14:14.160 Well, I kind of like transitioned into game two here. 07:14:14.160 --> 07:14:15.000 Game two. 07:14:15.000 --> 07:14:16.680 Because I think that's the second time in this game 07:14:16.680 --> 07:14:17.600 where he went for an attack. 07:14:17.600 --> 07:14:19.120 Probably expected to get a knockout, 07:14:19.120 --> 07:14:20.920 played as if he was playing head and like just vest it. 07:14:20.920 --> 07:14:22.720 Not that there's like an alternative play this time. 07:14:22.720 --> 07:14:24.520 But at that point, I'm probably like, oh man, 07:14:24.520 --> 07:14:27.160 like, well, Mathis is not on my side today. 07:14:27.160 --> 07:14:29.440 I was like, oh man, how is my opponent trained 07:14:29.440 --> 07:14:30.280 as Pokemon, right? 07:14:30.280 --> 07:14:31.600 I think it's still a very interesting element 07:14:31.600 --> 07:14:32.680 of the open team sheet format 07:14:32.680 --> 07:14:34.680 where the one thing you don't have is training. 07:14:34.680 --> 07:14:36.640 And I'm assuming here, this is much more 07:14:36.640 --> 07:14:38.280 kind of like defensively oriented training 07:14:38.280 --> 07:14:40.440 on this team, which can still be deceptive, right? 07:14:40.440 --> 07:14:46.240 I think, you know, like people tend to leave the Pokemon open for their affecting knockouts. It's a great chance to counter attack 07:14:46.280 --> 07:14:50.000 Sorry, we got dragonite on the field. I'm so happy. We've got another dragonite 07:14:50.000 --> 07:14:55.280 I was not on the wrong side of the field on the other side of the field as we say now you'll have noticed that this game has been sped up 07:14:55.280 --> 07:14:59.520 We're just trying to make sure we give our players their props and going through this match 07:15:00.120 --> 07:15:04.480 Managing to get it where our trainers are getting set up for our next round of Swiss 07:15:04.560 --> 07:15:09.080 So here we go mega dragonite coming out here for you 07:15:09.080 --> 07:15:21.080 Yeah, dropping the Charizard on this team for the Mega Dragonite instead takes a little bit of damage from that sludge bomb and look at the Dragon pulse coming out from Dragonite, feeling good damage to that Gengar. 07:15:21.080 --> 07:15:28.080 Looking better here than Charizard would have probably so far, but yeah, I mean, I was, we were looking at this before he came out here, I was like, what do you mean you dropped Charizard from big six? 07:15:28.080 --> 07:15:31.080 It's not big six, it's only six. 07:15:31.080 --> 07:15:36.080 But hey, I mean, it's showing you that actually maybe Charizard isn't actually needed on that. 07:15:36.080 --> 07:15:38.080 Well, Dragonite has Heatwave too. 07:15:38.080 --> 07:15:42.900 Yeah, yeah, like he's got like your wings. So like it's like some way Charizard. No, no 07:15:42.900 --> 07:15:48.220 If we if we squint all sides, you know, it's it's one of those sort of situations 07:15:48.220 --> 07:15:50.800 But the dragonite the dragonite's taking the team in a different direction 07:15:50.800 --> 07:15:57.000 I feel like especially going into this where everyone's so practiced with yeah, the very good Charizard 07:15:57.000 --> 07:16:01.040 Let's not be around the bush here. Yeah, it all swings a matchups on his head 07:16:01.040 --> 07:16:03.600 And certainly if you're if you're targeting those 07:16:03.600 --> 07:16:07.760 specific kind of archetypes where you think hey hang on a second if I had a 07:16:07.760 --> 07:16:12.120 dragonite in the situation my my time gets much easier yeah I kind of assume 07:16:12.120 --> 07:16:16.120 really I imagine you pretty well in like the air quote mirror against other 07:16:16.120 --> 07:16:19.400 Charizard camps especially when they don't have Enosaur like Charizard doesn't do 07:16:19.400 --> 07:16:22.120 super well at dealing damage against dragonite right where dragonite does 07:16:22.120 --> 07:16:27.680 pretty well in return. I can't believe that that Sneasler missed the KO on 07:16:27.680 --> 07:16:32.720 the other Sneasler oh and they flinched that is punishing immediately 07:16:32.720 --> 07:16:37.200 for you. Yeah I feel like this is this is what I think one of the things about the 07:16:37.200 --> 07:16:41.680 Mega Dragonite as well is like it's a lot of trainers are training their Charizards 07:16:41.680 --> 07:16:45.480 very very bulky to be able to take attacks. You just don't need to do that 07:16:45.480 --> 07:16:52.600 with Dragonite. But the bow is only two times a week instead of four times a week. Exactly, exactly and so you know you get these 07:16:52.600 --> 07:16:56.640 situations where I think Dragonite can sit in front of a lot of friends much 07:16:56.640 --> 07:17:00.840 more safely and just sort of like dish out that consistent damage rather than 07:17:00.840 --> 07:17:05.880 trying to, you know, play for those inaccuracy powers, play for those end games that maybe 07:17:05.880 --> 07:17:07.640 aren't as consistent at the time. 07:17:07.640 --> 07:17:14.920 This is kind of spooky for Yuiya now, having to lock into the rocks like here. 07:17:14.920 --> 07:17:16.920 Yeah, it's just, yep. 07:17:16.920 --> 07:17:19.920 And it's just that spooky. 07:17:19.920 --> 07:17:23.920 Oh, wow. 07:17:23.920 --> 07:17:26.880 Stefan is looking great in this game too right now. 07:17:26.880 --> 07:17:30.360 Yeah, getting, I mean, like everything's sort of going a little bit more smart. 07:17:30.360 --> 07:17:39.240 So when that Gengar hangs on on one HP, so yeah, this is this is looking like Stefan may be able to take this to a game 07:17:39.240 --> 07:17:46.360 free. I see why we're at two times speed now. Yeah, exactly. Like Whimsicott coming in here and yeah putting a little bit of speed control pressure 07:17:46.360 --> 07:17:52.200 going on the Sneasel is still going to be able to knock out that Gengar regardless, but it's not going to be able to do too much damage to the 07:17:52.200 --> 07:17:59.880 Dragonite. And of course that extreme speed is out prioritizing the tailwind from Whimsicott. So speed pressure. Who needs speed control? 07:17:59.880 --> 07:18:07.220 just be first just be first just play and just play every attack being priority and you know you'll have you'll have something to do 07:18:07.880 --> 07:18:13.920 I can lose your pretty good poke when I have her there were that one HP or 1% HP at Gengar not looking nearly as good as it did a second ago plan 07:18:15.200 --> 07:18:18.200 Nigel's the premiums a good one. I don't think they're premiums. They're premiums right here. 07:18:21.800 --> 07:18:23.800 How 07:18:23.800 --> 07:18:28.800 Okay, last respects going 07:18:28.800 --> 07:18:31.800 Yeah, that could be that could 07:18:31.800 --> 07:18:33.800 be the exactly the term that you 07:18:33.800 --> 07:18:35.800 needed to come back into this 07:18:35.800 --> 07:18:36.800 game. Right? Just living on one 07:18:36.800 --> 07:18:38.800 getting that rock slide to rock 07:18:38.800 --> 07:18:40.800 slides. I think if I'm not 07:18:40.800 --> 07:18:42.800 mistaken that Sneezler has had 07:18:42.800 --> 07:18:44.800 his white herb activated and is 07:18:44.800 --> 07:18:46.800 faster than both of these 07:18:46.800 --> 07:18:47.800 Pokemon. So okay, not going to 07:18:47.800 --> 07:18:49.800 outpace in extreme speed, but 07:18:49.800 --> 07:18:50.800 the life will just going to 07:18:50.800 --> 07:18:51.800 take care of that for you 07:18:51.800 --> 07:18:56.480 up the Gengar and you are taking this game to and own. 07:18:56.480 --> 07:18:59.520 Wow, perfect adaptation there with the Basque Legion at the end. 07:18:59.520 --> 07:19:02.720 Just being able to clean up those last couple of hit points on 07:19:02.720 --> 07:19:04.320 Stephon's Pokemon. 07:19:04.320 --> 07:19:05.200 That was a cool set. 07:19:05.200 --> 07:19:06.040 I like that. 07:19:06.040 --> 07:19:06.520 Definitely. 07:19:06.520 --> 07:19:09.320 And it's like it felt like even all the way through, 07:19:09.320 --> 07:19:11.240 it's hard to keep up with a two-time speed. 07:19:11.240 --> 07:19:14.120 But yeah, it felt like all of these Pokemon 07:19:14.120 --> 07:19:17.120 were just living on 1% like the whole way through. 07:19:17.120 --> 07:19:19.960 Not too many focus sashes to throw around in a team. 07:19:19.960 --> 07:19:22.300 and just train your Pokemon into a position 07:19:22.300 --> 07:19:24.040 where they can take those attacks, right? 07:19:24.040 --> 07:19:26.400 That's the trust and love I've heard so much about, I think. 07:19:26.400 --> 07:19:28.040 The first game was kind of the same way, too, 07:19:28.040 --> 07:19:30.080 but I do think it's a great game to highlight as well, 07:19:30.080 --> 07:19:31.720 where it's very much kind of what we've seen 07:19:31.720 --> 07:19:33.240 for regulation MA and B-Boo. 07:19:33.240 --> 07:19:35.240 It's a very offensive format compared to what we saw 07:19:35.240 --> 07:19:37.360 during Scarlet and Violet, and you just said exactly 07:19:37.360 --> 07:19:38.360 the right final Pokemon. 07:19:38.360 --> 07:19:39.280 They're like, hey, you know, 07:19:39.280 --> 07:19:40.800 things have gone a little bit off the rails, 07:19:40.800 --> 07:19:42.640 but I can close out the game this way. 07:19:42.640 --> 07:19:43.480 Definitely. 07:19:43.480 --> 07:19:45.680 It's all about finding those little opportunities, 07:19:45.680 --> 07:19:47.040 and we're going to get an opportunity 07:19:47.040 --> 07:19:50.880 to kick it over to our casters to keep this world championship rolling. 07:19:53.380 --> 07:19:54.980 Thank you so much, you three. 07:19:54.980 --> 07:19:58.880 I love to have the opportunity from you three to be able to hear all about that last 07:19:58.880 --> 07:20:03.220 feature match. I can all wait to get started back with their main competition 07:20:03.220 --> 07:20:07.820 coverage here. Don we provost or at that exciting time at the tournament 07:20:07.820 --> 07:20:10.960 where we're starting to I have who has what it takes to make the way to face 07:20:10.960 --> 07:20:12.700 you. Yeah, we're nearly there. 07:20:12.700 --> 07:20:15.700 Always there. And this is the I say the important part. 07:20:15.700 --> 07:20:20.820 Every part of this tournament this weekend is the important part for our players, but it gets tough at each and every round 07:20:20.820 --> 07:20:26.340 And we are getting closer now to seeing who will maybe moving on to that day to the portion of the tournament 07:20:26.340 --> 07:20:30.420 And that is the exciting thing about this match, but with laying down the competition 07:20:30.420 --> 07:20:33.700 We're getting closer to the final and our fourth champion 07:20:33.700 --> 07:20:40.420 It's already been really exciting because one of the things is the world championships is like the culmination of somebody's entire season 07:20:40.420 --> 07:20:44.580 But also we've gotten to see the growth of trainers throughout the season, right? 07:20:44.580 --> 07:20:49.300 So there's always going to be favorites going into a world championship that we've 07:20:49.300 --> 07:20:50.900 known to win competitions. 07:20:50.900 --> 07:20:54.700 We look at, you know, if another world champion can take to win. 07:20:54.700 --> 07:20:58.500 But it's also really cool to see who has what it takes that we've maybe just 07:20:58.500 --> 07:21:01.900 discovered throughout this past year that we've talked about, okay, maybe they're 07:21:01.900 --> 07:21:04.780 good, okay, wow, they are good, they have what it takes. 07:21:04.780 --> 07:21:07.300 And to see them really be able to pop off the world championships. 07:21:07.300 --> 07:21:11.620 I don't know, I love being able to see that story develop and unfold here. 07:21:11.620 --> 07:21:14.500 I think that's one of the beauties about the world championship, 07:21:14.500 --> 07:21:18.020 because players can have a little bit of a flying under the radar season, 07:21:18.020 --> 07:21:21.060 where they're just being consistently racking up points, doing well, 07:21:21.060 --> 07:21:23.380 maybe not actually winning the big events, 07:21:23.380 --> 07:21:25.460 but they put the hard work in behind the scenes, 07:21:25.460 --> 07:21:28.180 and then they come to this floor, and then they give us this story, 07:21:28.180 --> 07:21:30.900 and we have the narrative, and we have a new champion, 07:21:30.900 --> 07:21:34.340 a new champion to follow and cheer going forward in future years. 07:21:34.340 --> 07:21:36.020 So yes, you're right, quite right. 07:21:36.020 --> 07:21:38.900 but we have the notable matches ready for next round. 07:21:38.900 --> 07:21:43.500 So you can have a look at these and check out which match we will be streaming. 07:21:43.500 --> 07:21:48.260 Looking over at these matches as well, a lot of 401s, of course, you, 07:21:48.260 --> 07:21:50.140 well, you took a one loss, you're good on the day. 07:21:50.140 --> 07:21:55.180 Five of those, you're one away from you're securing your spot here in phase two. 07:21:55.180 --> 07:21:59.540 And for our next feature match, it could be Kerry D. Ortona going up against Narrowich, 07:21:59.540 --> 07:22:04.340 Mina, and I love this matchup because when we look at the stories throughout this year 07:22:04.340 --> 07:22:09.380 And past years, Kari is someone that especially this year has really been able to have such a, 07:22:09.380 --> 07:22:13.940 I don't want to say glow up because that implies that it wasn't, you wasn't good before, right? 07:22:13.940 --> 07:22:18.980 But we've really gotten to see those results come to light here on these regional stages. 07:22:18.980 --> 07:22:24.980 And for Narrowich, looking back at past Thailand Tourism Championships, being able to get finalists, 07:22:24.980 --> 07:22:28.900 finalists, like we know they have what it takes to make the way to the top level, 07:22:28.900 --> 07:22:33.380 looking to get a first place here on an even bigger stage. I think she's absolutely incredible. 07:22:33.380 --> 07:22:34.380 Yeah, it's very exciting. 07:22:34.380 --> 07:22:37.580 One of the players will be walking away after round 6-6, 07:22:37.580 --> 07:22:39.860 all which is just an incredible feat in itself. 07:22:39.860 --> 07:22:41.860 But looking at some of the other matches here 07:22:41.860 --> 07:22:43.500 that we've got as you go down, 07:22:43.500 --> 07:22:45.180 I brought a QnA we featured earlier. 07:22:45.180 --> 07:22:46.820 I guess people keep playing that. 07:22:46.820 --> 07:22:48.820 That is a great match up there. 07:22:48.820 --> 07:22:51.460 You can see as well a colleague of ours, 07:22:51.460 --> 07:22:53.740 Marcus, on the other side this weekend, 07:22:53.740 --> 07:22:57.700 having a QnA-01 up against very tough opponent 07:22:57.700 --> 07:23:00.340 in their David Carrera going up there next. 07:23:00.340 --> 07:23:02.580 But you can see the absolute class 07:23:02.580 --> 07:23:08.020 that we've got here across the board in round six and we're only just at the tip of the iceberg with 07:23:08.020 --> 07:23:14.420 the tournament. We've got so much to come over the weekend as we get deeper into the proceedings. 07:23:15.300 --> 07:23:19.140 At this point though for any of the trainers especially sitting at that five and zero, 07:23:19.140 --> 07:23:23.780 you're just one spot away from phase two of the competition and it does kind of seem like 07:23:23.780 --> 07:23:27.940 there is a little bit of breathing room if you take a loss here because oh well it's only 07:23:27.940 --> 07:23:32.660 a couple of matches you just have to win one more right. But we have gotten to see especially 07:23:32.660 --> 07:23:38.260 at the World Championships that there has been people who have gone undefeated up until, 07:23:38.260 --> 07:23:43.300 well okay we took our one loss. I have a couple more chances. All of a sudden it's this absolutely 07:23:43.300 --> 07:23:48.340 cracked player or a rock slide flinter or anything else and that could just be your world's dreams 07:23:48.340 --> 07:23:52.820 completely shattered. So to be able to secure a spot now for these trainers 07:23:52.820 --> 07:23:57.380 would just be so good. So let's go to the stage and start seeing what we talked about 07:23:57.380 --> 07:24:03.220 for this match. Again, to start off, 6 and 0 would be incredible. And you want to be able to go beyond 07:24:03.220 --> 07:24:09.220 as well and rack up as many wins as possible for top cut with two teams that are very Pokemon 07:24:09.220 --> 07:24:14.740 champions. Yes, one that has picked up a lot of popularity coming into the world championship, 07:24:14.740 --> 07:24:19.140 that MegaRide 2 Y, and these fingers are at the team's border there with the 07:24:19.140 --> 07:24:23.780 choreographed nose given way to set trip room up for the King Gamut, for the Sylveon that 07:24:23.780 --> 07:24:27.940 you can really make use of. Kingdom, like we've seen time and time again this weekend on the 07:24:27.940 --> 07:24:32.260 Parry side is going to be that full suns variant. It is going to try and get in positions where it 07:24:32.260 --> 07:24:37.940 can set that up and then it can be cut through the opposing team. Looking at this matchup though, 07:24:37.940 --> 07:24:42.500 weather is one of the really popular modes that we have here in Pokemon and Gary, 07:24:42.500 --> 07:24:48.500 we're going other ways. Instead, one of the really fun stars or star raptors of the 07:24:48.500 --> 07:25:15.500 the mega star raptor. This is such a fun book mod because of course you can deal a lot of damage and pick your point in really, really tricky spots and write you for that coverage is amazing. Yeah these three pair quite nicely together and it's not one of those teams where you kind of pick one mega over the other. These commonly come together. You can bring the star raptor mega back and bring that right to you along as well because not megaed it's got that lightning rod so it gives that really nice support. It's got fast fake out as well. 07:25:15.500 --> 07:25:21.100 can provide a lot of value and bringing vaults sometimes on the fly can make you kind of decide okay 07:25:21.100 --> 07:25:24.860 well I was going to go this mega now I'm going to go down this other line and that can prove the 07:25:24.860 --> 07:25:30.220 difference between losing a lot of the time. Kind of ignore the Sui and Arcanine as well. What a 07:25:30.220 --> 07:25:36.380 big powerful Pokemon this is. Show yourself on, sorry focus sash on there getting carried away 07:25:36.380 --> 07:25:39.900 but gives that little blanket of security and course it's going to have to be hit twice 07:25:39.900 --> 07:25:44.780 before it is taken down and with that rockhead ability not taking any recoil from those big 07:25:44.780 --> 07:25:51.780 powerful attacks like head smash, play of lids means you have to be very very respectful of that Pokemon when it is in front of you. 07:25:51.780 --> 07:26:00.780 It called out looking at Gary's team no weather, that's because not only which has both of them as we get to see that dual weather team. 07:26:00.780 --> 07:26:08.780 You have the Charizard that of course upon mega evolution sets the sun or helipers and of course a variety of options for either which mode that you go for. 07:26:08.780 --> 07:26:15.100 for a slumper to really be enabled by the rain so speedy so powerful or you go the other mode with 07:26:15.100 --> 07:26:20.700 that Venus or I love the amount of options we have. Yeah and that's the beauty about this team 07:26:20.700 --> 07:26:25.980 you can really pick and choose the best fall on all of the options that you do have over those 07:26:25.980 --> 07:26:29.420 two weathers. Not only that you've got the archaladon as well that you can come in to get 07:26:29.420 --> 07:26:32.700 advantage of the rain it doesn't necessarily need it, but really benefits with that electric 07:26:32.700 --> 07:26:37.580 shock thing and all that sharing in fact the big part of this team that is supported all around 07:26:37.580 --> 07:26:42.020 to buy that Grim Snow with that, you know, the light clear item that it's got to extend 07:26:42.020 --> 07:26:44.940 the screen support. Looking on the carry side, they don't have 07:26:44.940 --> 07:26:50.220 anywhere to stop or get rid of those screens. So if the Grim Snow is there setting up the 07:26:50.220 --> 07:26:53.780 light screen reflected, it's going to make it look like the carry could break those 07:26:53.780 --> 07:26:56.260 walls. A winning in for these two trainers. 07:26:56.260 --> 07:27:02.060 The winning in to be 6 and 0. It's time to see who that's going to be if we get 07:27:02.060 --> 07:27:04.900 into our map. Right away that weather mode. 07:27:04.900 --> 07:27:07.900 We're at number one. We're going to speed up that rain. 07:27:07.900 --> 07:27:09.620 So right away, Pelfer just drizzled. 07:27:09.620 --> 07:27:10.740 The rain is out. 07:27:10.740 --> 07:27:13.260 But really, it's not an option to carry. 07:27:13.260 --> 07:27:15.900 Yeah, I mean, the intermediate here is really useful 07:27:15.900 --> 07:27:19.020 onto that star after the alpinite here tonight as well. 07:27:19.020 --> 07:27:20.860 It's going to naturally outspeed that pelfer. 07:27:20.860 --> 07:27:22.500 It is heavy, right from the slumber. 07:27:22.500 --> 07:27:24.100 We're talking about that prophesage. 07:27:24.100 --> 07:27:26.420 It is going to have room to take at least one attack 07:27:26.420 --> 07:27:28.780 from that little slumber to get to the pelfer wall 07:27:28.780 --> 07:27:29.940 this year. 07:27:29.940 --> 07:27:32.340 We're just making a quick appearance in this match. 07:27:32.340 --> 07:27:37.240 We are out of there and instead of Pokemon that can really start putting more offensive pressure, 07:27:37.240 --> 07:27:41.240 our challenger on the joined field, the Mega Lucian or the Scarraptor. 07:27:41.240 --> 07:27:47.240 But not the only one, as it's going to be Mega Swampert coming out as well as much damage out on the board. 07:27:47.240 --> 07:27:52.240 But while I'm seeing where these trainers decide to target a lot of heavy hitters here, 07:27:52.240 --> 07:27:56.240 first off though, it's just going to be priority that extreme speed into Swampert. 07:27:56.240 --> 07:28:02.540 He's first dealing some amount of damage in this elevation though with that mega evolution you have this speed on your side 07:28:02.700 --> 07:28:07.460 Way faster, we're going to start after down to about a third of its health, but close combat 07:28:07.460 --> 07:28:11.900 This is the mega evolution is so nice, not enough to pick up the swamper though 07:28:11.900 --> 07:28:15.220 You get that defense and special defense raise, but you didn't pick up the KO 07:28:15.220 --> 07:28:17.940 The swamper still can be taken off by an extreme speed next turn 07:28:17.940 --> 07:28:21.940 Yeah, it's a really nice development Harry, not focusing on trying to match speed 07:28:21.940 --> 07:28:26.180 control here with the tailwind going all out attack and trying to contain this 07:28:26.180 --> 07:28:30.140 Swampert. Now like you see the extreme speed pressure in there so now Rich is 07:28:30.140 --> 07:28:33.020 gonna have to need to protect that switch it'll let it go down to three 07:28:33.020 --> 07:28:36.100 without really getting that much value offered. Now you've got the Orchella 07:28:36.100 --> 07:28:39.340 don't in it hasn't had a stamina boost but it is threatening the 07:28:39.340 --> 07:28:42.420 electrician into the star after this turn. It has to be careful though it's got 07:28:42.420 --> 07:28:47.460 no defensive support so the close combat into that would be detrimental 07:28:47.460 --> 07:28:49.460 maybe if you didn't close the deal of a knockout. 07:28:49.460 --> 07:28:54.660 and you don't have to worry about a hit from the mega swamper because it is gone. Extreme speed priority, 07:28:54.660 --> 07:28:59.540 it is out of there in the follow up close combat into the archaladon. It's not going to appreciate 07:28:59.540 --> 07:29:05.060 the hit but it will survive it. Another defensive special defense move for that Sarafter though 07:29:05.060 --> 07:29:10.260 and a fence one for the archaladon. Electro shot of course with this rain this is going to get 07:29:10.260 --> 07:29:15.140 instantly powered up. So you first take a pause, you breathe, you've got the electricity, 07:29:15.140 --> 07:29:19.260 You get that special attack now targeting down into the cozy men again 07:29:19.260 --> 07:29:23.940 We got two special defense boost at this point, but with the low amount of HP is not gonna matter 07:29:23.940 --> 07:29:27.620 We're gonna trade mega ball Pokemon off this turn. Yeah, it's it's it 07:29:27.940 --> 07:29:33.460 It's nice to get rid of the storm after the big carries the storm which value out of that mega evolution feel like 07:29:34.100 --> 07:29:36.380 So far ahead in this match a lot for now 07:29:36.380 --> 07:29:40.100 It's used to see some damage from that close combat and you know 07:29:40.100 --> 07:29:46.100 the helipers in the back, that is unable to come in really as long as his Alcanine is still active. 07:29:46.100 --> 07:29:52.100 It's going to be susceptible to a potential head smash, get knocked out by that, and then you've got this Sylvian coming in. 07:29:52.100 --> 07:29:58.100 But, you haven't seen reveal yet Narrow Witch bringing in that Dina Soul. That is going to help out a bunch against that Sylvian in particular. 07:29:58.100 --> 07:30:04.100 But, you've still got to deal with this Alcanine. It's full health, it's still got that focus action attack. 07:30:04.100 --> 07:30:09.100 That's the problem. The focus action attack, so you have to put two hits into it to take it down. 07:30:09.100 --> 07:30:14.100 just been dishing out. I won't take oodles of damage at this point, but the extreme speeds have put in a lot of momentum 07:30:14.100 --> 07:30:22.100 and if at any point, Gary does decide to swing with one of those big moves, like, maybe not a flare, but it's a hand smash, 07:30:22.100 --> 07:30:28.100 that could maybe just even threaten one hit KO here. So it protects from the Venusaur, or towered on it as well, 07:30:28.100 --> 07:30:33.100 making sure both Pokemon can survive this turn and get opportunity to auto it, which is going on. 07:30:33.100 --> 07:30:37.000 Flareblitz is Spike Arrange trying to target down into Venusrush. 07:30:37.000 --> 07:30:43.100 Now you have full information Arrush can take into this next turn, but what can we do here? 07:30:43.100 --> 07:30:46.700 You get a little bit of leftover recovery, but that's about it. 07:30:46.700 --> 07:30:48.700 Yeah, it's a very difficult situation. 07:30:48.700 --> 07:30:53.700 I think the Grand being in effect is to be healthy because we think it's the flablish. 07:30:53.700 --> 07:30:56.200 So, I think Venusrush is a little bit of an easy attack. 07:30:56.200 --> 07:30:59.200 The one thing you can do with Venusrush is maybe take it by yourself. 07:30:59.200 --> 07:31:00.200 This is a ski park. 07:31:00.200 --> 07:31:01.540 You can put that arcaneinus in the sleeve. 07:31:01.540 --> 07:31:03.840 You don't need to necessarily worry about the Sylveon. 07:31:03.840 --> 07:31:07.700 But if you can get that arcaneinus sleeve surviving a Flair Blitz, 07:31:07.700 --> 07:31:09.940 that might be enough to give you room to get the pellet 07:31:09.940 --> 07:31:12.920 back onto the field at the way it should. 07:31:12.920 --> 07:31:15.840 Trying to make sure that we can take this Venusaur down 07:31:15.840 --> 07:31:17.380 in one hit, though. 07:31:17.380 --> 07:31:19.980 Quick attack, break the focus off, follow up. 07:31:19.980 --> 07:31:21.780 We're going straight for that head smash. 07:31:21.780 --> 07:31:24.020 It's made it through the Venusaur down. 07:31:24.020 --> 07:31:26.260 Another kill in Flair's wave. 07:31:26.260 --> 07:31:27.700 Electroshot for the Archialodon. 07:31:27.700 --> 07:31:30.060 We already have one of those specialist attitude. 07:31:30.060 --> 07:31:36.420 So we're looking at a lot more damage dealt out, but again, a lot of momentum has been taken by Kerry in this match. 07:31:36.420 --> 07:31:45.220 The Perteladon has a lot of rounds to take up, and Arcanine, I mean, you're still to get around for another turn. 07:31:45.220 --> 07:31:49.620 Yeah, and it's in the foreign position to draw another head smash next to him. 07:31:49.620 --> 07:31:55.300 Helipus literally is sitting down here from that if it does connect, and then the Sylvain can acquire a hyper voice, 07:31:55.300 --> 07:31:57.300 and it will be enough to kick up the Perteladon. 07:31:57.300 --> 07:32:02.500 Remember the Archeladon has had his way up, he still didn't belt so he used the Flash Cannon at this range. 07:32:02.500 --> 07:32:05.500 Gonna be enough to take down the Sylvian, you totally said not. 07:32:05.500 --> 07:32:08.300 So the Sylvian feels in a really strong position here. 07:32:08.300 --> 07:32:13.000 The Telethed does of course have wide guards, give it a little bit of alleviation there, but it doesn't have any protection. 07:32:13.000 --> 07:32:14.800 It is really gonna be successful. 07:32:14.800 --> 07:32:16.500 There's Hesmash coming out right now. 07:32:16.500 --> 07:32:20.700 And Hesmash into the Pelopter, absolutely know it's chance. 07:32:20.700 --> 07:32:24.900 Only one Pokemon left for NoRage in this match. 07:32:24.900 --> 07:32:30.900 And it's an Archalodon like, yes, you have those poos, but how much damage will the suit end to Sylveon? 07:32:30.900 --> 07:32:36.500 It will be enough here, so it is a KO. You have the information going into the net, 07:32:36.500 --> 07:32:40.820 but again, you have just this Archalodon left within this match, 07:32:40.820 --> 07:32:43.220 and the Narcanine that's ready to take it down. 07:32:43.220 --> 07:32:47.620 Yeah, they did. I mean, just, you know, Sylveon has a lot of gold here, Pokemon, 07:32:47.620 --> 07:32:50.900 but now you've got a little bit of support in that Ryche coming in. 07:32:50.900 --> 07:32:54.960 And it is going to offer up a fakeout, allow Archel Nights to get at least one more attack 07:32:54.960 --> 07:32:58.240 off before it just goes down because anything coming out from that Archel Nights, that 07:32:58.240 --> 07:32:59.240 slot will be enough. 07:32:59.240 --> 07:33:04.160 And you're going to have to rely on the right to do non-Mega Focus Blast to maybe get the 07:33:04.160 --> 07:33:08.160 last bit of damage off as we see that Archel Nights protecting on this coming fakeout. 07:33:08.160 --> 07:33:09.160 Yep. 07:33:09.160 --> 07:33:14.160 Protect past the turn to have the potential fakeout and we just get through the animation. 07:33:14.160 --> 07:33:19.360 Focus Blast, a flare blitz, go next on this turn, get a little bit of that 07:33:19.360 --> 07:33:20.360 leftover's recovery. 07:33:20.360 --> 07:33:27.720 for you. Yeah, it's not over yet, and it makes no sense to go to focus class there if you all carry, 07:33:27.720 --> 07:33:32.280 because takeout will activate, the stamina will weaken the Arcanise and track itself. 07:33:32.280 --> 07:33:35.080 If you go to that focus class, although it's not the best of accuracy, 07:33:35.080 --> 07:33:38.280 if you hit them three, the reward is dead. Now, the lead is coming out, 07:33:38.280 --> 07:33:41.000 and it is going to be into the archer that's going here enough, 07:33:41.000 --> 07:33:45.800 hanging on quite comfortably there, but it says the archer that I'm calling is that Arcanise. 07:33:45.800 --> 07:33:53.080 That's going to be the question and no instead into the protected ride shoes so Perry on this turn gets some damage down 07:33:53.560 --> 07:33:59.160 And that's about it still eats new at the one with an arm childhood on that could protect her a little bit more 07:33:59.400 --> 07:34:01.400 recovery, but 07:34:03.160 --> 07:34:05.000 Little tough spot 07:34:05.000 --> 07:34:08.760 Very tough spot and one of those filters blasts all we need to hit now 07:34:08.920 --> 07:34:12.360 I think that protect is so crucial as a carry really smart to play 07:34:12.360 --> 07:34:16.360 Of course it's an arrow, you should just get into talking, wrong, it was a bit of a 50-50, 07:34:16.360 --> 07:34:21.360 or can protect right, but now you're probably putting yourself out of range from that Flair Blitz, 07:34:21.360 --> 07:34:26.360 but you still, if you want Harry, kind of able to go for that focus blast and the Flair Blitz 07:34:26.360 --> 07:34:30.360 and evolve, and then the combination isn't enough to take this down. 07:34:30.360 --> 07:34:35.360 The focus blast comes out, it is fitting, it makes it target, and it will be enough to take this archer. 07:34:35.360 --> 07:34:36.360 I'll let him down. 07:34:36.360 --> 07:34:41.400 our charlotte on can do so much but i want to be doing this situation not enough 07:34:41.400 --> 07:34:47.640 harry to take the first game in this set i mean the amount of momentum we got from this 07:34:47.640 --> 07:34:52.680 arcaneine was incredible even just softening up pokemon at the beginning with those extreme speeds 07:34:52.680 --> 07:34:56.440 and even if we weren't picking up chaos you bring them down to a little bit of health you 07:34:56.440 --> 07:35:01.880 pick them off next turn absolutely incredible i mean never which even if some of the pokemon 07:35:01.880 --> 07:35:09.880 I think the pressure from right out of the gates to the carrier 5 was just remarkable there. 07:35:09.880 --> 07:35:12.880 It really stopped Nara being able to lean into this rain mode. 07:35:12.880 --> 07:35:14.880 Like they would probably like to go paper. 07:35:14.880 --> 07:35:17.880 This one put has a great match up into this team, right? 07:35:17.880 --> 07:35:21.880 But the arcane I got to those latter turns that still hadn't taken any damage 07:35:21.880 --> 07:35:24.880 just because of the utility of that extreme speed. 07:35:24.880 --> 07:35:28.880 Throwing the close combo into it early and putting in range with second extreme speed. 07:35:28.880 --> 07:35:32.720 the game. We're going to go 07:35:32.720 --> 07:35:34.420 back to the extreme speed will 07:35:34.420 --> 07:35:36.020 narrow which fall for that this 07:35:36.020 --> 07:35:37.260 time around. All the way more 07:35:37.260 --> 07:35:38.960 protection against us. But 07:35:38.960 --> 07:35:42.600 let it be about going after that 07:35:42.600 --> 07:35:44.600 often on early board. It's a six 07:35:44.600 --> 07:35:46.600 era spot on the line. Carry one 07:35:46.600 --> 07:35:48.600 game close to that heavy into 07:35:48.600 --> 07:35:50.040 game number two, though, 07:35:50.040 --> 07:35:51.600 again, we'll go for the really 07:35:51.600 --> 07:35:53.080 strong rain lead. So power 07:35:53.080 --> 07:35:54.080 with the rain, and we're just 07:35:54.080 --> 07:35:55.080 having a full run back here 07:35:55.080 --> 07:35:56.640 with Kerry as well. So how are 07:35:56.640 --> 07:35:58.080 we going to differ this 07:35:58.080 --> 07:36:01.400 stream speed into what was a squawk out of Pokemon. 07:36:01.400 --> 07:36:04.520 Off the seed, will we target into the Archaladon as again, 07:36:04.520 --> 07:36:06.120 squawks are happening. 07:36:06.120 --> 07:36:08.000 And the problem is if you target down into the Star 07:36:08.000 --> 07:36:09.440 After, you're ignoring the Archonite. 07:36:09.440 --> 07:36:10.880 If you target down into the Archonite, 07:36:10.880 --> 07:36:11.920 you're ignoring the Star After. 07:36:11.920 --> 07:36:14.720 So this is why Karen's lead is so good because it 07:36:14.720 --> 07:36:17.640 makes it difficult to choose the right car mix 07:36:17.640 --> 07:36:20.080 every time the four hard things are folded into the 07:36:20.080 --> 07:36:22.280 Star After in game one. 07:36:22.280 --> 07:36:23.200 You've got the Archonite here. 07:36:23.200 --> 07:36:26.240 We might see how that turns out as players going forward. 07:36:26.240 --> 07:36:28.740 and they're not seeing any stream speed this time around. 07:36:28.740 --> 07:36:32.540 No stream speed wave crash into the star after this time again 07:36:32.540 --> 07:36:35.240 to just deal a bunch of damage from the get go. 07:36:35.240 --> 07:36:37.240 The star after instead wants to make sure 07:36:37.240 --> 07:36:39.240 that Karrie has the speed going on forward. 07:36:39.240 --> 07:36:41.440 No offensive, just tailwind. 07:36:41.440 --> 07:36:44.400 Head smash though will be a miss into the arch, 07:36:44.400 --> 07:36:48.000 shall it on, so no damage dealt from Karrie at all. 07:36:48.000 --> 07:36:49.940 Yeah, and now we've got that tailwind in effect, 07:36:49.940 --> 07:36:51.540 so the star after the arc and angle, 07:36:51.540 --> 07:36:53.840 naturally outspeed everything on narrow 07:36:53.840 --> 07:36:58.840 which gives that star after a little bit of room to go after that Swampert. 07:36:58.840 --> 07:37:02.840 Or more importantly, you can go after the Archalodon with a close combat. 07:37:02.840 --> 07:37:04.840 That blockhead miss there. 07:37:04.840 --> 07:37:07.840 That smash miss in the Archalodon actually kind of pain a little bit 07:37:07.840 --> 07:37:10.840 over on the wall here where the defense hasn't been activated. 07:37:10.840 --> 07:37:12.840 So this close combat will do a little bit more. 07:37:12.840 --> 07:37:15.840 So the double up into that slot to get it right is going to pay off. 07:37:15.840 --> 07:37:18.840 At least the first call here is good. 07:37:18.840 --> 07:37:21.840 So at least for Narrowich it will be a protect from the Swampert. 07:37:21.840 --> 07:37:28.720 carry both Pokemon attacking into it so no damage done again and our talent on now out on the field 07:37:28.720 --> 07:37:33.600 in the rain is the perfect situation to go ahead and click this electro shot button sir after 07:37:33.600 --> 07:37:38.800 has already taken so much damage you cannot let this Pokemon start to run away with the match 07:37:38.800 --> 07:37:43.680 so a hit into it now it's the first to take a KO yeah and this makes a big difference from 07:37:43.680 --> 07:37:48.000 that game more now the our talent on hasn't taken that initial close combat damage we saw how 07:37:48.000 --> 07:37:52.400 Gooda was in the late game for Narrow, it's now going to be able to take full advantage of full health. 07:37:52.400 --> 07:37:56.800 Now got that special attack boost and start to go after maybe that Alchemem is done. 07:37:56.800 --> 07:38:00.080 Still going to come onto the field, you toggle it down into that. 07:38:00.080 --> 07:38:03.440 You go after the Alchemem with an electric shot, knowing that if you get through that 07:38:03.440 --> 07:38:07.440 return and the following turn a flash cannon is going to be more than enough to pick 07:38:07.440 --> 07:38:11.360 up and knock out there. And you also got to consent with the fact that the tailwind 07:38:11.360 --> 07:38:15.120 is in effect. So you want to try and stall that out as well. So you want to 07:38:15.120 --> 07:38:19.120 You just don't want to dive into it the way you want to try and take your time. 07:38:19.120 --> 07:38:24.120 You can utilize your protection, you can, but also not put yourself in a vulnerable position at the same time. 07:38:24.120 --> 07:38:28.120 That's exactly it. If you're not in position to wanting an attack with both your Pokemon this turn, 07:38:28.120 --> 07:38:31.120 or go ahead and make a rain, we can maybe just see some protects, but instead, 07:38:31.120 --> 07:38:35.120 feeling comfortable in this situation, your rain is, you know, on a timer, 07:38:35.120 --> 07:38:38.120 released for the right here, right now. First hit into the air, Taladon. 07:38:38.120 --> 07:38:45.560 on. Samina defense is up. Wavecrash now, Swampert is still oh so speedy and so much damage into 07:38:45.560 --> 07:38:50.440 the Sylvion. A lot of recoil done to the Swampert though, it's about half but it's Sylvion. It's 07:38:50.440 --> 07:38:57.400 the Hyper Hyper beam coming on out into the Zarchalon to take it down. Ah you can see the value 07:38:57.400 --> 07:39:01.400 of that Intimidate. The Star after dropped onto that Swampert earlier on allowing it to take 07:39:01.400 --> 07:39:06.040 that Wavecrash not out speeding it until when it tells you a little bit about the training 07:39:06.040 --> 07:39:11.040 training, but that hype of being so pivotal there to remove the threat that was that Arch-Ellidon. 07:39:11.040 --> 07:39:16.040 And now we still have a Magus Whopper though that has been dealing a lot of damage in this match, 07:39:16.040 --> 07:39:23.040 that is still kicking around, but Venusaur hitting the field, this can threaten into this Scylion, 07:39:23.040 --> 07:39:29.040 but again, you'd have to get past this Arcanite. Luckily for Nair, which though, it is protecting. 07:39:29.040 --> 07:39:35.040 And Venusaur also opts to keep itself safe on this turn. Now to see where we are thinking for the other Pokémon. 07:39:35.040 --> 07:39:40.560 Pokemon swampert with this earthquake that would have been so much damage into this arcanine 07:39:40.560 --> 07:39:46.520 But it will be hitting into the still beyond and already only at 5% health will be enough to take it down 07:39:46.520 --> 07:39:49.520 Yeah, that's that way there because it had just well 07:39:49.520 --> 07:39:54.460 It has to spend a turn of that reach out after the hyper theme and now you've got the the situation where that's here 07:39:54.460 --> 07:39:59.060 When now this one's with the rain after it's going to be the fastest thing in the field 07:39:59.060 --> 07:40:03.120 It will be threatening that arcanine now and it's out of range from an extreme 07:40:03.120 --> 07:40:09.120 So it's got a free wave crash into that slot and then you can utilize and leverage the Venusol. 07:40:09.120 --> 07:40:13.620 You've got to be a bit careful, the furghar on the field now is offering super effective 07:40:13.620 --> 07:40:15.620 detergents to Venusol but there is the sleep powder. 07:40:15.620 --> 07:40:19.120 You can hit those sleep powders like you mentioned in game one, go for that option, 07:40:19.120 --> 07:40:22.620 really tie and stuff, shut down these options and get some of that room. 07:40:22.620 --> 07:40:28.620 The room needed for the swamper and the Venusol to close this match up tie and take us through the game three. 07:40:28.620 --> 07:40:30.620 one more turn of rain left in 07:40:30.620 --> 07:40:32.620 Palaphrus, still hidden safely in the 07:40:32.620 --> 07:40:34.620 back here, Granaro-Witch. As 07:40:34.620 --> 07:40:36.620 earthquake from the swamper to hit 07:40:36.620 --> 07:40:38.620 everything out on the field, Arcanine, 07:40:38.620 --> 07:40:40.620 that's going to bring it right down 07:40:40.620 --> 07:40:42.620 to its focus, Dash. But we're just going 07:40:42.620 --> 07:40:44.620 all out of fence. If it doesn't matter 07:40:44.620 --> 07:40:46.620 if we hit our own Pokemon, 07:40:46.620 --> 07:40:48.620 it's Dash in return into 07:40:48.620 --> 07:40:50.620 the Venus Door. We'll take it down, so 07:40:50.620 --> 07:40:52.620 two Pokemon remaining, Granaro-Witch. 07:40:52.620 --> 07:40:54.620 Now, with this Grigora, 07:40:54.620 --> 07:40:56.620 not always necessarily the most 07:40:56.620 --> 07:41:00.320 defensive but again there's been a lot of recoil but Swampert still gonna be 07:41:00.320 --> 07:41:04.800 holding on. Yeah and now this that psychic might be really important just to 07:41:04.800 --> 07:41:09.160 put this Swampert in range of extreme speed now. The Arcanine loves to like it, 07:41:09.160 --> 07:41:14.080 it's numbers are up but I don't think so the extreme speed coming out into that Swampert. 07:41:14.080 --> 07:41:17.120 The thing that you've got to be careful about is going for extreme speed and 07:41:17.120 --> 07:41:20.560 full protection and the Pelipa picking up. Now which one do you target? It's really 07:41:20.560 --> 07:41:24.480 difficult here because the Pelipa Swampert if they touch that Arcanine 07:41:24.480 --> 07:41:29.440 They are going to take it down and then photographs really not in the position to handle the remaining Pokemon in the field 07:41:29.440 --> 07:41:34.080 No extreme speed in the next way coming out. No extreme speed in an arc nine 07:41:34.080 --> 07:41:40.140 That's just a sliver of health so earthquake will take it down only one a Pokemon left for Kerry 07:41:40.140 --> 07:41:44.480 Yes, that's very her app and it's with the slumber. It's still kicking around and a pal over 07:41:44.680 --> 07:41:47.480 Full health ready to go out on the offensive 07:41:47.480 --> 07:41:53.060 The weather ball is only all it's going to take but it's not good next turn soon 07:41:53.060 --> 07:41:58.820 and both what is what we need to take right off course though we'll take down the swampers so we will go down to a one of these one 07:41:58.820 --> 07:42:05.700 situations but looking at these two Pokemon we're just helpless at majority health all of the health 07:42:05.700 --> 07:42:10.820 yeah that's kind of by sitting in a great spot it's still got a citrus berry as well so if things do 07:42:10.820 --> 07:42:15.220 get a little bit over I don't think that's gonna happen that weather ball is gonna take up 07:42:15.220 --> 07:42:18.660 and then knock out here into this further up and close this up and we'll be going through 07:42:18.660 --> 07:42:45.660 I think the thing you could do is try and stall out the ring, but I don't know if you're going to get that many protectors this turn you were trying to quit the end game button last turn it was me but at this point it's for a graph with not that much health no double protect on through and a pelliper again with this weather ball that will be accurate you have this rain and will be enough we are going to a game at three fantastic 07:42:45.660 --> 07:42:50.340 going to a game at three fantastic win going with the grain 07:42:50.340 --> 07:42:52.460 mode coming out from Norwich. 07:42:52.460 --> 07:42:54.860 This is the same mode, the same leads. 07:42:54.860 --> 07:42:59.300 We saw from game number one, but such a drastic difference. 07:42:59.300 --> 07:43:01.900 Yeah, we saw some a little bit of a different approach here. 07:43:01.900 --> 07:43:04.540 The wave crash coming out and into that Sylvia 07:43:04.540 --> 07:43:05.700 and then catching it. 07:43:05.700 --> 07:43:06.860 It was a big damage. 07:43:06.860 --> 07:43:08.740 This is the point where you think, well, 07:43:08.740 --> 07:43:10.620 if the Sylvia goes down here, this hyper beam 07:43:10.620 --> 07:43:11.340 doesn't happen. 07:43:11.340 --> 07:43:12.900 And I think Swampert, our challenger, 07:43:12.900 --> 07:43:14.140 just run away with the game. 07:43:14.140 --> 07:43:16.140 you can see the defense investment 07:43:16.140 --> 07:43:17.860 that carries God on that cell for him. 07:43:17.860 --> 07:43:20.340 You know kind of what its speed is 07:43:20.340 --> 07:43:22.180 from the hot speed and the swamper in the tail end. 07:43:22.180 --> 07:43:24.140 So you can make an educated guess 07:43:24.140 --> 07:43:25.820 where most of its investment is. 07:43:25.820 --> 07:43:28.300 It's not going to end, it's healthy stuff. 07:43:28.300 --> 07:43:31.300 But yes, the adaptations won't make a difference. 07:43:31.300 --> 07:43:33.220 What are we going to see going into this one? 07:43:33.220 --> 07:43:34.540 Same leads from ours. 07:43:34.540 --> 07:43:38.060 One more game and we're running it back again. 07:43:38.060 --> 07:43:41.060 Same leads for all three games. 07:43:41.060 --> 07:43:42.540 There's very different results. 07:43:42.540 --> 07:43:48.500 So how now going into this game free with both trainers knowing that these leads are capable of winning 07:43:48.540 --> 07:43:53.060 Do we switch it up to make sure we get the upper hand here? I think it's again 07:43:53.060 --> 07:43:57.340 I think if you are narrow, which you've got to really deal with this alcanine as best as possible 07:43:57.340 --> 07:43:58.540 because if you 07:43:58.540 --> 07:44:01.820 Believe it on the field you saw game one have to get to run away with things 07:44:01.820 --> 07:44:04.820 But again, you've got to have a backup plan for the star after as well 07:44:05.260 --> 07:44:08.100 Let's switch or a lack of a switch coming up from narrow 07:44:08.100 --> 07:44:11.060 which is another way we're going to be switching up this game number three as 07:44:11.060 --> 07:44:15.180 Pelfer will remain on the field to try and maybe put up some offensive pressure 07:44:15.180 --> 07:44:20.140 on its own as of course both trainers will go ahead and mega-offal wave crash 07:44:20.140 --> 07:44:24.220 first up from the Swamper we've seen this damage roll start after that's 07:44:24.220 --> 07:44:27.660 pretty a third of its health but where are we going to switch it up here 07:44:27.660 --> 07:44:32.460 close combat into the Swamper in retaliation we're running it down to a 07:44:32.460 --> 07:44:36.100 bow to save but of course get that defense and special defense there was 07:44:36.100 --> 07:44:38.940 He has matched into the Pelipers there. 07:44:38.940 --> 07:44:42.780 Pelipers, tuck around, and it's gonna be taken down. 07:44:42.780 --> 07:44:43.580 Yeah, that's it. 07:44:43.580 --> 07:44:45.340 He's in the Pelipa, has switched out fourth. 07:44:45.340 --> 07:44:46.620 Gims one and two. 07:44:46.620 --> 07:44:47.620 This time now, we're in. 07:44:47.620 --> 07:44:48.820 I'm gonna try and catch you with it, 07:44:48.820 --> 07:44:51.300 but Harry's smartly not falling for it 07:44:51.300 --> 07:44:53.180 and really getting a big return there. 07:44:53.180 --> 07:44:55.140 Now the hotel at home comes onto the field. 07:44:55.140 --> 07:44:58.340 Swampo, it's in a really good position 07:44:58.340 --> 07:44:59.620 to get another wave crash off. 07:44:59.620 --> 07:45:02.420 But you would say it's probably just our range 07:45:02.420 --> 07:45:04.340 from next week to next week. 07:45:04.340 --> 07:45:05.820 But you never know on the roll. 07:45:05.820 --> 07:45:09.660 That's the thing, just carry commitment to that, try and pick it up because if you do it, 07:45:09.660 --> 07:45:14.860 free the Star Raptor, you go after the El Celadon, get a close combat up, which we've seen how valuable 07:45:14.860 --> 07:45:20.700 that can be, and getting it closer to picking up a knockout. Not enough extreme speed, we'll bring 07:45:20.700 --> 07:45:25.980 it down low, but Swampert still gets one more attack and into the Star Raptor. That's going to 07:45:25.980 --> 07:45:31.180 be one mega Pokemon down. It wasn't one of the damage into the Swampert though, so with the 07:45:31.180 --> 07:45:38.620 Recoil it's gonna be an eye for an eye both trainers will lose a Pokemon on death third now our charlodon gets this electric shot 07:45:38.620 --> 07:45:41.700 So an opportunity to start getting those specials attack boosts 07:45:42.380 --> 07:45:47.540 Yeah, this is a really huge turn and one of the drawbacks about going for that extreme speed and not picking up the knockout 07:45:47.540 --> 07:45:53.260 Is this all tonight now gonna be a bit of a sitting target here this electric shot that focus action now broken as well 07:45:53.260 --> 07:45:58.100 And the special attack boost on your charlodon making it bigger threat going into the next turn 07:45:58.100 --> 07:46:03.260 This is a burger coming out next year for Perry and the Venus show coming out as well, 07:46:03.260 --> 07:46:04.260 which is nice. 07:46:04.260 --> 07:46:07.020 Perry's got the sci-fi super effective damage against that Venus show, but you've got to 07:46:07.020 --> 07:46:09.940 try and break the sash on that Pokemon before going after it. 07:46:09.940 --> 07:46:13.380 And it's not the Sylvan like we've seen in the past, you know, the Sylvan could 07:46:13.380 --> 07:46:14.380 come in now. 07:46:14.380 --> 07:46:17.980 Yes, it'll be thrown by the Venus show, but you do have that hyperboast of the hyper 07:46:17.980 --> 07:46:20.860 game that can quite effectively deal with our Chaladon. 07:46:20.860 --> 07:46:24.380 So maybe that is something that Perry's keeping for later on in this game to try 07:46:24.380 --> 07:46:28.220 and utilize as a last option. 07:46:28.220 --> 07:46:29.980 Looking at these four Pokemon as well, 07:46:29.980 --> 07:46:31.020 as well as time for sex, 07:46:31.020 --> 07:46:32.220 but maybe it goes huge here, 07:46:32.220 --> 07:46:34.140 but we're just gonna go all out of bens 07:46:34.140 --> 07:46:35.580 of starting off with the Flareblade. 07:46:35.580 --> 07:46:38.860 Still a lot of damage despite the current climate. 07:46:38.860 --> 07:46:40.700 Slee powder that we talked about how much 07:46:40.700 --> 07:46:41.820 that can switch a match, 07:46:41.820 --> 07:46:43.420 but it will miss. 07:46:43.420 --> 07:46:45.980 Burgrash is a wake and kick in, 07:46:45.980 --> 07:46:46.780 but our childhood on it 07:46:46.780 --> 07:46:48.940 at least gets another opportunity to set up. 07:46:48.940 --> 07:46:50.060 Again, we've gotten to see 07:46:50.060 --> 07:46:52.060 how low this Archimine's been brought down. 07:46:52.060 --> 07:46:53.100 So do you go for the KO 07:46:53.100 --> 07:46:59.260 or for the furograph, we're going for that guaranteed KO. Only two Pokemon left for Kerry. 07:46:59.260 --> 07:47:03.900 There is still of course the opportunity for the furograph to respond on this turn, 07:47:03.900 --> 07:47:09.100 and we're switching up the dimensions. Now all the slow Pokemon are going to be super, super fast. 07:47:09.100 --> 07:47:12.700 Yeah, that's a great turn from Kerry just to say, okay, well, if I lose the last one around here, 07:47:12.700 --> 07:47:17.100 I set the trick room up and now I get myself in a flying position. Now it's going to go before 07:47:17.100 --> 07:47:20.540 that finish off. It would otherwise threaten super effective damage with the sludge bomb. 07:47:20.540 --> 07:47:24.780 all that seatbar that you should have done. Now you've got the option to go after an Archaladon 07:47:24.780 --> 07:47:30.380 with that big powerful Hyper Beam. It has got two electric shots in its belt. It's plus two. If 07:47:30.380 --> 07:47:33.500 Flash Cannon hits the Silvion, we know that's going to pick up the knockout. 07:47:34.700 --> 07:47:38.700 Then where do you protect? What do you attack with on this turn? 07:47:38.700 --> 07:47:43.420 Make sure you can make the most of these twist-up mentions. Silvion, not one of the full victims. 07:47:43.420 --> 07:47:49.020 Two of that Flash Cannon will protect, but Archaladon as well. We're looking at the Venusaur going 07:47:49.020 --> 07:47:56.380 up against this paragraph as that psychic heading down into the Undyne Star will be enough, a 1v2 07:47:56.380 --> 07:48:02.700 situation. The Sartaladon does have full health, does have the two special attack raises, but you're 07:48:02.700 --> 07:48:07.420 still contending with two full health Pokemon on the opposing end. Yeah and the one thing that 07:48:07.420 --> 07:48:11.420 Kerry has as well on top of that is this health and hand. That's going to boost this movie 07:48:11.420 --> 07:48:16.620 even further, make it more powerful and guarantee potentially a knockout. Sylveon can do it all 07:48:16.620 --> 07:48:19.920 And with the help of this helping hand, 07:48:19.920 --> 07:48:23.760 it will be the Hyper Hyper B once again, our Chaladon. 07:48:23.760 --> 07:48:26.800 That is a one hit, hey yo. 07:48:26.800 --> 07:48:31.740 And with that carry, see our donut find himself on the fetus cell 07:48:31.740 --> 07:48:34.140 here at the Pokemon World Championships 07:48:34.140 --> 07:48:35.840 and we'll be moving on. 07:48:35.840 --> 07:48:38.440 Phase two of the competition. 07:48:38.440 --> 07:48:41.680 Get a trainer that has accomplished so much in this year. 07:48:41.680 --> 07:48:43.140 He's proven he can win. 07:48:43.140 --> 07:48:45.880 And he's looking to try and make that push once again. 07:48:45.880 --> 07:48:50.980 Yeah, doing it real style here. What a way to do it against what a tough team as well. 07:48:50.980 --> 07:48:54.380 When you look at it on paper, you say, how are you being this mega Swampert? 07:48:54.380 --> 07:48:55.480 How are you being the rain? 07:48:55.480 --> 07:48:57.280 You've got no way to disrupt it. 07:48:57.280 --> 07:49:01.380 The Swampert feels like it just run through you, but picking the move choices 07:49:01.380 --> 07:49:04.280 and getting everything right so often, not getting caught out, 07:49:04.280 --> 07:49:08.080 not getting conditioned as well in that game three, going after that Pelipper against him. 07:49:08.080 --> 07:49:10.180 Okay, well, if you keep it in, then I'm going to get it. 07:49:10.180 --> 07:49:12.980 You switch it to the arch. I don't will approach that next turn. 07:49:12.980 --> 07:49:18.540 So here now in the moment I'm making some real decisions that I was gonna sway this match in my favor. 07:49:18.540 --> 07:49:20.860 Did get a bit fortunate with that sleep powder miss. 07:49:20.860 --> 07:49:22.620 If that hits then the trick room doesn't go out. 07:49:22.620 --> 07:49:27.660 The Sylvian's not in such a great position, you know, Teladon feels like it could close the game up from there. 07:49:27.660 --> 07:49:29.620 But that's the risk it takes. 07:49:29.620 --> 07:49:34.860 Sleep powder not the most accurate attack and taking advantage of the turn that you had with the trick room getting it set up. 07:49:34.860 --> 07:49:38.020 Sylvian comes in and then closes everything out. 07:49:38.020 --> 07:49:45.500 It was just such a well played set for both of our trainers though to be able to see three identical leads throughout the matches 07:49:45.500 --> 07:49:51.980 But such varying results was genuinely such a treat and the biggest congratulations to Kerry 07:49:51.980 --> 07:49:56.340 I mean the way he was piloting this team. There's so much offensive pressure from the get-go again 07:49:56.340 --> 07:49:59.940 Remember which had to pick what do I want to try and take down? Okay? 07:49:59.940 --> 07:50:04.860 Well the other Pokemon sound a big threat and I think that was just a really really great set for both trainers 07:50:04.860 --> 07:50:07.420 but for Gary, find himself phase two. 07:50:07.420 --> 07:50:10.020 That's very, very exciting, and yeah, what a way to do it. 07:50:10.020 --> 07:50:13.460 And I think the adaptations as well, from game one to game two, 07:50:13.460 --> 07:50:15.420 although Gary didn't take game two, 07:50:15.420 --> 07:50:18.460 I think switching from the right two to the furigraf, 07:50:18.460 --> 07:50:20.940 I think obviously paid off dividends in game three, 07:50:20.940 --> 07:50:21.980 but that adjustment there, 07:50:21.980 --> 07:50:24.460 something we didn't get time to talk about too much, 07:50:24.460 --> 07:50:25.860 but I think a real valuable one, 07:50:25.860 --> 07:50:28.380 because that was the difference in that game three. 07:50:28.380 --> 07:50:30.100 And now Rich kind of adjusted as well, 07:50:30.100 --> 07:50:32.220 knowing that the threat that the Arkaneine was, 07:50:32.220 --> 07:50:36.980 we saw them struggle to deal with that threat from the Arcanine and Game 1 and it just kind 07:50:36.980 --> 07:50:42.820 of ran over the obstacles in front of it and I think the adjustments came too, really showed 07:50:42.820 --> 07:50:46.580 why they're at the stage, why they were 5-0, yes they've taken a loss but I'm sure this 07:50:46.580 --> 07:50:50.180 won't be the last we'll be seeing of them over this weekend with that such strong 07:50:50.180 --> 07:50:51.180 Sunray team. 07:50:51.180 --> 07:50:55.220 With such a well played set, how could we say otherwise, right? 07:50:55.220 --> 07:50:58.940 It'd be a criminal not to, so hopefully we do need to get to see Narrowich here 07:50:58.940 --> 07:51:00.700 in phase 2 of the competition. 07:51:00.700 --> 07:51:02.660 We still have a couple more opportunities 07:51:02.660 --> 07:51:04.180 for anybody who is sakin' a loss 07:51:04.180 --> 07:51:06.060 or potentially too to make their way there. 07:51:06.060 --> 07:51:07.140 But for now, of course, 07:51:07.140 --> 07:51:09.420 we have to talk to the man who is undefeated. 07:51:09.420 --> 07:51:11.460 Kerry's on stage with her interview now. 07:51:13.980 --> 07:51:15.220 Thank you so much, Sierra. 07:51:15.220 --> 07:51:16.780 I'm here with Kerry Diotona. 07:51:16.780 --> 07:51:18.780 Undefeated here day one at Worlds. 07:51:18.780 --> 07:51:20.820 Congratulations, how's it feel? 07:51:20.820 --> 07:51:22.860 Nerve-wracking a little bit. 07:51:22.860 --> 07:51:24.580 This team likes to miss a lot of moves, 07:51:24.580 --> 07:51:27.740 so that's probably the most stressful thing about it. 07:51:27.740 --> 07:51:29.140 Well, you have your best buddy, Arcanine, 07:51:29.140 --> 07:51:30.100 with you right there. 07:51:30.100 --> 07:51:32.540 And I have the first thing written down in my notes. 07:51:32.540 --> 07:51:35.620 I mean, Hissui and Arcanine into a rain team 07:51:35.620 --> 07:51:39.260 led right in the front, Games 1 and Games 3, possibly Game 2. 07:51:39.260 --> 07:51:42.260 I had to go get my mic all set up, so I missed that. 07:51:42.260 --> 07:51:43.900 Tell me the reasoning behind it. 07:51:43.900 --> 07:51:45.500 So the reasoning behind it is things 07:51:45.500 --> 07:51:47.180 can get really sketchy if he decides 07:51:47.180 --> 07:51:51.100 to go Charizard, Venus War, for example, mainly 07:51:51.100 --> 07:51:52.380 because if I lead anything else, 07:51:52.380 --> 07:51:54.420 like let's say King Gambit or Sylvia, which are really 07:51:54.420 --> 07:51:56.780 good into a Swamper Pelper lead, 07:51:56.780 --> 07:51:58.420 it's not as great into Charizard 07:51:58.420 --> 07:52:00.220 because you're not really pressuring Charizard at all. 07:52:00.220 --> 07:52:01.700 They can just sleep powder the Starraptor 07:52:01.700 --> 07:52:03.580 and go for Heat Wave and start spamming. 07:52:03.580 --> 07:52:05.620 So Harkinite is mainly just to pressure that out. 07:52:05.620 --> 07:52:07.780 I do have some like other game plans I could have gone with, 07:52:07.780 --> 07:52:09.900 but I felt pretty confident in the Harkin plan 07:52:09.900 --> 07:52:11.900 as long as I just got the turns right. 07:52:11.900 --> 07:52:13.580 Well, tell me a little bit more about your team 07:52:13.580 --> 07:52:15.100 because the last time we saw you compete 07:52:15.100 --> 07:52:17.420 it was at the North America International Championships 07:52:17.420 --> 07:52:19.860 where you were running the Mega Charizard Y team 07:52:19.860 --> 07:52:20.700 that we've seen. 07:52:20.700 --> 07:52:23.260 So many people run throughout the champion's life cycle. 07:52:23.260 --> 07:52:26.220 And I mean, this team is very different today. 07:52:26.220 --> 07:52:28.940 So I stuck with Charizard for a pretty long time. 07:52:28.940 --> 07:52:30.140 I thought it was the best mod in the format, 07:52:30.140 --> 07:52:32.380 and it still obviously is. 07:52:32.380 --> 07:52:34.460 My issue with that kind of archetype 07:52:34.460 --> 07:52:36.380 is right now, due to the limited decks, 07:52:36.380 --> 07:52:39.860 I feel like the teams are trying to do too much, 07:52:39.860 --> 07:52:41.860 and it leads to where you have a lot worse matchups 07:52:41.860 --> 07:52:42.700 and some more things, 07:52:42.700 --> 07:52:45.420 rather than having more positive matchups into others. 07:52:45.420 --> 07:52:48.060 And so after playing NAIC, 07:52:48.060 --> 07:52:49.700 and I wasn't too proud of my play, 07:52:49.700 --> 07:52:52.700 I tried Big Six as it's called 07:52:52.700 --> 07:52:53.740 for the start of this format, 07:52:53.740 --> 07:52:55.140 and I wasn't really vibing with it. 07:52:55.140 --> 07:52:59.060 some other Charizard teams, those didn't feel great, like the Talkspecs teams have very niche 07:52:59.060 --> 07:53:04.660 matchups that they lose to, and then I come upon this team actually from a video that Colin 07:53:04.660 --> 07:53:08.980 Hire and Raghav made together, and I'm like, you know, this team looks awesome, this looks fun, 07:53:08.980 --> 07:53:13.300 and so I do some digging, I see that Yuto Kamura is playing around with it, and I start looking 07:53:13.300 --> 07:53:17.860 into it, and the team pretty much doesn't really have any, like I would say absolute 07:53:17.860 --> 07:53:23.380 negative matchups. At worst, everything is like a 50, so I would have wanted to bring that 07:53:23.380 --> 07:53:27.060 because at least my words matchups come down to 50-50 calls that I can make and capitalize on. 07:53:27.620 --> 07:53:32.020 But at the other side of that coin is that you're making these 50-50 calls and 07:53:32.020 --> 07:53:36.020 I mean I think it was Lee who said this you had to pick every single call right in that 07:53:36.020 --> 07:53:40.100 game number three that's a lot of pressure for yourself. It's round number six it's been a 07:53:40.100 --> 07:53:46.100 long day is that starting to wear on you a little bit? A little bit. Game two I was particularly 07:53:46.100 --> 07:53:50.500 stressed about because I found the one way back in which was he EQs himself on the Venusaur 07:53:50.500 --> 07:53:53.500 and then I can head smash and then it just came down to a 50 if he protects 07:53:53.500 --> 07:53:57.700 Swampert or not because if I if he protects Swampert and I head smash Pelly 07:53:57.700 --> 07:54:01.260 then he loses but if I protect Park and he swings with Swampert then I can 07:54:01.260 --> 07:54:06.420 psychic to kill the Swampert so it's just a lot of 50-50s. I did get very lucky 07:54:06.420 --> 07:54:10.620 with the Sleep Powder Miss game 3 but I still had a chance to close it out if 07:54:10.620 --> 07:54:15.300 the Rigger Rap does get the wake up but like you know RNG stuff happens 07:54:15.300 --> 07:54:18.900 stuff like that so it gets shaky. Is there anything you're doing to help 07:54:18.900 --> 07:54:21.840 keep your energy up throughout the tournament day? 07:54:21.840 --> 07:54:23.120 Trying to take breaks when I can, 07:54:23.120 --> 07:54:25.360 like refocus on mental talk with friends. 07:54:25.360 --> 07:54:26.360 Take it one game at a time. 07:54:26.360 --> 07:54:28.320 That's the most important thing of all. 07:54:28.320 --> 07:54:28.760 For sure. 07:54:28.760 --> 07:54:30.200 Well, I do want to make sure you have a chance 07:54:30.200 --> 07:54:32.080 to take a break before the next round of Swiss. 07:54:32.080 --> 07:54:33.920 Kari, do you have any shots you want to give to anybody 07:54:33.920 --> 07:54:34.920 who's watching at home? 07:54:34.920 --> 07:54:35.320 Yes. 07:54:35.320 --> 07:54:38.200 So first off, I would like to shout out Patrick Connors 07:54:38.200 --> 07:54:39.560 and Kaden Owens. 07:54:39.560 --> 07:54:42.080 I worked with them on this team heavily. 07:54:42.080 --> 07:54:43.920 I also want to shout out Yuda Kamura 07:54:43.920 --> 07:54:46.160 for making the original build of the team. 07:54:46.160 --> 07:54:50.120 And then I would also, I guess, shout out Collin and Raghav because they made the video. 07:54:50.120 --> 07:54:55.320 And then lastly, people who just give me like ever loving support, not only for my Florida group, 07:54:55.320 --> 07:54:59.320 but Stefano Grepi, Carson St. Denis and Christopher Hahn. 07:54:59.320 --> 07:55:01.520 I love you all. Thank you so much. 07:55:01.520 --> 07:55:04.600 Thank you as well for joining me on stage for this quick interview. 07:55:04.600 --> 07:55:06.280 Best of luck in the rest of the tournament. 07:55:06.280 --> 07:55:09.880 And thank you all for joining me here on the stage and at home. 07:55:09.880 --> 07:55:12.440 We're going to be back after a short break, so please stay tuned. 07:55:46.160 --> 07:55:59.840 and we'll see you next time. 07:55:59.840 --> 07:56:01.840 Hey, Pokemon trainers. Welcome 07:56:01.840 --> 07:56:03.840 to Pokemon Championships history, 07:56:03.840 --> 07:56:05.840 a series where we showcase 07:56:05.840 --> 07:56:07.840 important matches throughout 07:56:07.840 --> 07:56:09.840 the history of competitive 07:56:09.840 --> 07:56:11.840 Pokemon. It's time to flash 07:56:11.840 --> 07:56:13.840 back to Championship Sunday at 07:56:13.840 --> 07:56:15.840 the 2023 North America 07:56:15.840 --> 07:56:20.160 video game most iconic moments in Pokemon come from trainers in the 07:56:20.160 --> 07:56:25.160 masters vision but this time around the junior stole the show in Columbus the 07:56:25.160 --> 07:56:29.120 trainers in the junior's division often show the purest form of passion for the 07:56:29.120 --> 07:56:31.760 game of Pokemon 07:56:31.760 --> 07:56:44.480 Avery's energy made him an immediate fan favorite. 07:56:44.480 --> 07:56:48.640 We got Avery from the United States and Takumi from Australia. 07:56:48.640 --> 07:56:51.920 I am enchanted with these trainers. 07:56:51.920 --> 07:56:55.680 Avery made it to the finals with the help of his hard trick room team. 07:56:55.680 --> 07:56:59.320 Trick room can be a difficult strategy to implement, especially when relying on an 07:56:59.320 --> 07:57:01.640 Unconventional Pokemon like Orangaroo. 07:57:01.640 --> 07:57:04.600 Orangaroo is my favorite of all time. 07:57:04.600 --> 07:57:09.560 I mean, he's like, he supports other Pokemon. 07:57:09.560 --> 07:57:12.280 Orangaroo is carrying a very interesting move called 07:57:12.280 --> 07:57:13.320 Instruct. 07:57:13.320 --> 07:57:16.000 So if you're able to get the Torco into position or something 07:57:16.000 --> 07:57:17.680 that's just going to be a little bit slower, 07:57:17.680 --> 07:57:19.720 then you can start firing off some big damage that way. 07:57:19.720 --> 07:57:21.680 Trick Room teams flip the game on its head 07:57:21.680 --> 07:57:24.400 by having the slowest Pokemon on the field move first. 07:57:24.400 --> 07:57:26.800 Tell us about your team that you're about to play. 07:57:26.800 --> 07:57:29.080 It is Hard Trick Room. 07:57:29.080 --> 07:57:33.700 Hard trick room game plans can even be difficult for masters division trainers to pilot, but 07:57:33.700 --> 07:57:38.560 Avery was ready to show the world that juniors are wise well beyond their years. 07:57:38.560 --> 07:57:43.060 For his strategy to work, Avery's oranguru would need to twist the dimensions. 07:57:43.060 --> 07:57:48.580 We're going all in with a terrestrialization on the oranguru while the game plan is being 07:57:48.580 --> 07:57:51.260 executed for Avery very very quickly here. 07:57:51.260 --> 07:57:55.580 With iron hands going down, Avery brings Torco onto the field for free. 07:57:55.580 --> 07:57:59.020 Under Trick Room, Torco is one of the strongest Pokémon in the game. 07:57:59.020 --> 07:58:03.660 With the Sun Boosting, all fire attacks by 50%, and Arangaru's instruct allowing it to 07:58:03.660 --> 07:58:07.620 attack twice in one turn, this Torco was ready to erupt. 07:58:07.620 --> 07:58:12.460 All of this Torco across the way as we see the eruption come through, and that's going 07:58:12.460 --> 07:58:20.120 to help a little bit, but Tinglu still takes a ton of damage off the switch in. 07:58:20.120 --> 07:58:24.340 With the momentum in Avery's favor, Takumi's savvy defense turns the tides of Game 07:58:24.340 --> 07:58:29.100 game one and punishes Torquil putting the Australian youngster in a winning position. 07:58:29.100 --> 07:58:32.740 Despite properly setting up trick room, game one got away from Avery. 07:58:32.740 --> 07:58:36.900 But even if Oranguru didn't work the first time, it was important for Avery to trust 07:58:36.900 --> 07:58:40.940 the process and rely on the strategy that got him to the finals. 07:58:40.940 --> 07:58:44.980 This one is going into game two with Takumi up one and oh. 07:58:44.980 --> 07:58:49.740 After the exact same turn one play in game two, Avery's Torquil was ready to take 07:58:49.740 --> 07:58:53.540 over, which meant it was time for Oranguru to do it again. 07:58:53.540 --> 07:58:58.900 once again as the opportunity to bring in the tour calls. Let's do it again! Yep that's the 07:58:58.900 --> 07:59:03.780 instructor. Learning from his mistakes against Ting Lu in game one, Avery made an adjustment to 07:59:03.780 --> 07:59:08.500 keep momentum on his side. This was where last game got a little bit different because he went 07:59:08.500 --> 07:59:13.620 for the overheat into the protack. Let's see if Avery goes for it again. He's in the eye of power! 07:59:13.620 --> 07:59:19.220 See you later Chiyu. Although it didn't have a single attacking move, Terrifier Aranguru was the 07:59:19.220 --> 07:59:24.260 star of the show. The ability to instruct your teammate to attack again would lead to more 07:59:24.260 --> 07:59:26.180 offense than Takumi could handle. 07:59:26.180 --> 07:59:30.580 Does it hit this time of the round? It's going to be another over heat from the torque ball. 07:59:30.580 --> 07:59:36.060 Avery's confidence was back. Taking down Takumi's team one by one. This championship 07:59:36.060 --> 07:59:39.980 would be decided in game three. 07:59:39.980 --> 07:59:44.500 The crowd became enchanted with Avery in a ranger group. It was incredibly amusing 07:59:44.500 --> 07:59:49.060 to watch such a simple, yet repeatably effective strategy from a junior. 07:59:49.060 --> 07:59:53.940 With the first two games playing out the exact same way on turn one, there'll be no surprise 07:59:53.940 --> 07:59:56.340 with these two trainers with due in game three. 07:59:56.340 --> 07:59:59.100 This is three games, three identical turn ones. 07:59:59.100 --> 08:00:01.020 If it ain't broke, don't fix it. 08:00:01.020 --> 08:00:06.260 With Trickern set up, the crowd was chanting, do it again, knowing another instructor 08:00:06.260 --> 08:00:07.380 was on the way. 08:00:07.380 --> 08:00:13.260 Avery's bravery, relying on a 90% accurate overheat to connect twice into GU, would 08:00:13.260 --> 08:00:18.620 put him into a commanding position. With Takumi's back against the wall, he would put all his 08:00:18.620 --> 08:00:24.780 hopes into Terra Water Flattermane, but Avery's Aranguru had one final instruction become champion. 08:00:24.780 --> 08:00:31.820 We know what's coming, and even with that defensive Terra, Avery is getting another bite of the cherry. 08:00:31.820 --> 08:00:37.980 Avery will be a well-deserved champion, showing a crazy strategy. I think people have forgotten 08:00:37.980 --> 08:00:43.180 about it too. Avery is immortalized in Pokemon history as a champion, captivating 08:00:43.180 --> 08:00:46.060 the audience's heart with its charming personality. 08:00:46.060 --> 08:00:50.380 As for the oranguru that clicked in struct 13 times in the finals, 08:00:50.380 --> 08:00:53.180 Avery summed up its role on the team perfectly. 08:00:53.180 --> 08:00:56.140 So, tell us about your urn guru. How do you use it? 08:00:57.100 --> 08:00:59.500 It doesn't do any damage. 08:01:01.580 --> 08:01:03.500 Who knows what the future holds for Avery? 08:01:03.500 --> 08:01:06.380 And who knows what Iron Hands is going for in all three games? 08:01:06.380 --> 08:01:09.500 But we can be sure that Avery's future will be bright in Pokemon 08:01:09.500 --> 08:01:11.580 as long as he remembers to do it again. 08:01:11.580 --> 08:01:17.580 Thank you for watching. Let us know some of your favorite competitive Pokemon moments by using the hashtag play Pokemon 08:01:21.460 --> 08:01:25.980 My favorite one that's got Jeff like hair is extremely fast limitless 08:01:25.980 --> 08:01:31.520 So cute. She has a top octave vocal range can be calm powerful 08:01:34.700 --> 08:01:38.060 He would improvise in the spot just always finds a way to make it funny 08:01:38.060 --> 08:01:44.220 We both have very fast moves and can change the world using its mind jigglypuff is my favorite 08:01:52.140 --> 08:01:54.140 Every single time you met a new Pokemon 08:02:00.620 --> 08:02:02.620 I 08:02:08.060 --> 08:02:09.260 to protect herself. 08:02:09.260 --> 08:02:10.260 There's homies, yeah? 08:02:10.260 --> 08:02:10.860 Absolutely. 08:02:10.860 --> 08:02:11.660 That's why I love them. 08:02:11.660 --> 08:02:12.660 My favorite beef. 08:02:12.660 --> 08:02:13.860 You've already got to say that. 08:02:13.860 --> 08:02:14.660 I can't. 08:02:14.660 --> 08:02:15.460 You're a different type. 08:02:15.460 --> 08:02:16.460 Oh, that's great. 08:02:16.460 --> 08:02:17.460 Sorry, doc. 08:02:17.460 --> 08:02:18.460 So what's your favorite? 08:02:38.060 --> 08:02:44.940 it has been incredible time here in San Francisco for the Pokemon World 08:02:44.940 --> 08:02:49.300 Championships the energy out on the floor whether you are a competitor a 08:02:49.300 --> 08:02:53.660 spectator just enjoying and convention has been amazing we hope 08:02:53.660 --> 08:02:58.220 everyone has been enjoying whether you're out there or at home tuning in 08:02:58.220 --> 08:03:01.820 but of course for us it is all about the competition and it has been 08:03:01.820 --> 08:03:10.300 delivering it so far with such high-paced competition though. We need to take this back guys. We need 08:03:10.300 --> 08:03:14.380 a breather. We need to let our casters have a breather. And we're going to be talking about a 08:03:14.380 --> 08:03:19.180 couple of the fun things that you can get by watching at home and taking an update on our 08:03:19.180 --> 08:03:26.220 players to watch. I personally always miss all the twitch drops and everything else and I 08:03:26.220 --> 08:03:30.060 I regret it every time so don't be like me make sure you get the twitch drops and everything 08:03:30.060 --> 08:03:32.060 So, let's dive into it. Let's talk about them. 08:03:32.060 --> 08:03:40.060 Well, fortunately, you still have two full days to leave your phone on in the green room to get these switch drops. 08:03:40.060 --> 08:03:45.060 So, you have time to go back to the hotel room tomorrow and bring your charger with you. 08:03:45.060 --> 08:03:51.060 So, you can leave your phone on and watch for 30 minutes to earn some quick coupons. 08:03:51.060 --> 08:03:56.060 Well, I guess you can't earn those today, but you can earn some teammate tickets tomorrow or some training tickets on Sunday. 08:03:56.060 --> 08:04:01.180 Sunday and of course you can watch for a total of 60 minutes this weekend to get a world's 08:04:01.180 --> 08:04:08.020 2026 Incineroar which I'm sure we all need for our VGC teams going into the 2027 season. 08:04:08.020 --> 08:04:09.020 Very much. 08:04:09.020 --> 08:04:10.020 Very much. 08:04:10.020 --> 08:04:14.620 That's this morning we know it's only on the road up so grab your Incineroar. 08:04:14.620 --> 08:04:19.300 Make sure you do clock in those 60 minutes at least on Twitch and grab yourself a 08:04:19.300 --> 08:04:21.100 very valuable competitive Pokemon. 08:04:21.100 --> 08:04:25.100 I'm trying my best but I haven't been able to get the Incineroar yet. 08:04:25.100 --> 08:04:31.340 We also missed the Blasphoes from NAIC, both the missed NAIC drop, and I still regret it. 08:04:31.340 --> 08:04:32.680 I'll cut that aside, are we? 08:04:32.680 --> 08:04:33.680 We will get it. 08:04:33.680 --> 08:04:34.680 We'll make it a team mission. 08:04:34.680 --> 08:04:36.900 Well, Gabby's job to remind us now later. 08:04:36.900 --> 08:04:41.140 What if I told you you could just go enter in this code as soon as we're off this segment 08:04:41.140 --> 08:04:43.540 and get a t-shirt and a cap? 08:04:43.540 --> 08:04:45.100 I mean, you guys could do that, right? 08:04:45.100 --> 08:04:47.220 It was the passcode, so I can do that, Gabby? 08:04:47.220 --> 08:04:51.100 It's enjoy world 26, but I'm pretty sure those O's are actually zero. 08:04:51.100 --> 08:04:52.580 They were, say, 100%. 08:04:52.580 --> 08:04:53.580 I did this earlier. 08:04:53.580 --> 08:04:54.580 You did this earlier. 08:04:54.580 --> 08:04:57.580 and it works. They are zeros though, not O's. 08:04:57.580 --> 08:05:02.580 Okay, I still need to do this one actually, so I will do this after this segment. 08:05:02.580 --> 08:05:06.580 You know the most important thing in Pokemon Champions is, of course, the outfit. 08:05:06.580 --> 08:05:07.580 Of course. 08:05:07.580 --> 08:05:08.580 That's how you get wins, right? 08:05:08.580 --> 08:05:09.580 Yeah. 08:05:09.580 --> 08:05:12.580 You intimidate your opponent with your style, not your Incineroar. 08:05:12.580 --> 08:05:13.580 Yes. 08:05:13.580 --> 08:05:14.580 Yes. 08:05:14.580 --> 08:05:17.580 Imagine the power level if you had the swag and the Incineroar. 08:05:17.580 --> 08:05:20.580 That's too high. The power level's too high. 08:05:20.580 --> 08:05:23.960 Of course, we got drops not just for our channel, 08:05:23.960 --> 08:05:26.220 but across all of the different games here 08:05:26.220 --> 08:05:29.340 that are competing here at the Pokemon World Championship. 08:05:29.340 --> 08:05:30.900 So whether you're a fan of, 08:05:30.900 --> 08:05:33.780 well, also a fan of these other franchises, 08:05:33.780 --> 08:05:35.220 we know you're a fan of Pokemon Champions, 08:05:35.220 --> 08:05:36.380 Pokemon VGC here. 08:05:36.380 --> 08:05:38.620 But if you also wanna dive in with some Pokemon Go, 08:05:38.620 --> 08:05:41.380 some Pokemon Unite, some Pokemon TCG, 08:05:41.380 --> 08:05:42.980 it's your opportunity to do so here. 08:05:42.980 --> 08:05:45.900 There is so much on the screen, screenshot it, 08:05:45.900 --> 08:05:46.940 check out socials, 08:05:46.940 --> 08:05:50.980 make sure you get all of that fantastic free free stuff. 08:05:50.980 --> 08:05:54.900 And if you're unsure about how to redeem these Twitch drops, 08:05:54.900 --> 08:05:57.500 here's a fancy guide for you to follow. 08:05:57.500 --> 08:06:00.380 You can visit rewards.pokemon.com, 08:06:00.380 --> 08:06:03.220 log in with your Pokemon Trainer Central account. 08:06:03.220 --> 08:06:05.260 If you don't have one, you can always create one 08:06:05.260 --> 08:06:09.060 and then link that account to your Twitch account. 08:06:09.060 --> 08:06:11.940 And then all you have to do is watch your desired stream 08:06:11.940 --> 08:06:15.300 for the required period of time to earn your rewards. 08:06:15.300 --> 08:06:16.420 It's that simple. 08:06:16.420 --> 08:06:23.300 It's that simple and of course for another thing that you can earn an exclusive twitch chat bad 08:06:23.300 --> 08:06:28.820 And I will say actually out of all things that I regret was the last twitch batch they shared 08:06:28.820 --> 08:06:33.580 I missed out on that one and it haunts me to this day guys. I'm so serious 08:06:33.580 --> 08:06:36.880 I'm not making it up for the bit or the segment. It actually does want me 08:06:36.880 --> 08:06:41.160 I mean this is like proof that you were here, right? And this will follow you 08:06:41.160 --> 08:06:48.200 Like this is a nice design as well when you're watching like the Pokemon animation on Twitch when you're watching like the next Pokemon 08:06:48.960 --> 08:06:54.240 Premiers or whatever on Twitch like you will have this badge. So you want to get it. I have not gotten it yet 08:06:54.240 --> 08:06:57.240 I feel ashamed to talk in the regional chest because I don't have the previous 08:06:58.720 --> 08:07:00.720 So so so 08:07:01.240 --> 08:07:06.380 So be sure you get all of that while you still can there's so much Pokemon this weekend though 08:07:06.380 --> 08:07:08.220 And I'm really excited dive into it 08:07:08.220 --> 08:07:13.820 Especially we've had that really fun part of the day guys where we've got traders that are locked up face to you 08:07:13.820 --> 08:07:17.720 We have traders fighting for their lives and narrowing down the field 08:07:17.720 --> 08:07:22.740 Which I was always prepared because we know with each match were one step closer finding a world champion 08:07:22.940 --> 08:07:26.980 Yeah, and I think sorry. No, no go ahead. Why don't you tell us what you think? 08:07:26.980 --> 08:07:31.580 Well, we take a look at our North America players to watch. I was just gonna say yeah, I think 08:07:32.300 --> 08:07:36.800 You know, that's the beauty about this tournament in particular. We've had full chew on 08:07:36.800 --> 08:07:40.080 I didn't actually get that win, but still in contention. 08:07:40.080 --> 08:07:41.880 Justin Tang, though, one of my players to watch it, 08:07:41.880 --> 08:07:45.440 we outlined at the start of the show today, is on a 10, 08:07:45.440 --> 08:07:48.960 is in great form as well, six in all so far. 08:07:48.960 --> 08:07:51.280 I don't know what it is with Justin Tang, 08:07:51.280 --> 08:07:53.800 but I don't know if it's a bit at this point, 08:07:53.800 --> 08:07:55.840 but every world champion or any major, 08:07:55.840 --> 08:07:57.800 it's I don't have a team, I don't have a team. 08:07:57.800 --> 08:08:01.480 I swear, guys, I don't have a team undefeated. 08:08:01.480 --> 08:08:02.480 Is it a bit? 08:08:02.480 --> 08:08:06.200 Is he just crazy at the game with these brand new teams? 08:08:06.200 --> 08:08:13.260 Like someone's got to tell me maybe he's just prepared at being unprepared like it's like opposite day kind of effect 08:08:13.260 --> 08:08:15.500 I don't know feel like Justin as well 08:08:15.500 --> 08:08:19.980 He knows all of the kind of archetypes inside out as well. So he's one of those players 08:08:19.980 --> 08:08:22.320 It's very good at kind of adapting 08:08:22.320 --> 08:08:27.280 Yeah play style to able to kind of pick up a team and have success with it 08:08:27.280 --> 08:08:31.040 And I think that maybe helps them out with the diverse knowledge 08:08:31.040 --> 08:08:35.520 they've got of the former as well coming in picking up something that they feel confident with and 08:08:35.520 --> 08:08:40.720 that's obviously shining through this weekend so far at least. So far maybe Paul and Alex needed 08:08:40.720 --> 08:08:45.920 the Panche Ampliations as opposed to the Panche One. That could be it. Maybe that's the secret but 08:08:45.920 --> 08:08:51.040 let's look at EU Lee and you can take us through this because for EU I mean there's a lot of 08:08:51.040 --> 08:08:56.400 eyes used in such a strong region but we've already had to say goodbye to our NAAC champion. 08:08:56.400 --> 08:09:00.880 Yeah and Francesco hard prepared and put a lot of work in coming to this event and I think 08:09:00.880 --> 08:09:04.720 probably one of the favorites to actually go on and potentially win the World Championships this 08:09:04.720 --> 08:09:09.440 week and really unfortunate start to the event but that's it sometimes happens I think you mentioned 08:09:09.440 --> 08:09:13.520 with Ben earlier you know sometimes you are going to have a great day sometimes you are going to 08:09:13.520 --> 08:09:17.120 have a bad day don't go for you so that's just unfortunately maybe what's happened for 08:09:17.120 --> 08:09:22.960 Francesca but they will guarantee you be back stronger than ever next season just unfortunately 08:09:22.960 --> 08:09:27.920 not this weekend but we're still in contention with Marco Silva we all know Marco the other 08:09:27.920 --> 08:09:31.200 that kind of favorite coming into this event, just an incredible player. 08:09:31.200 --> 08:09:35.000 See one of the terrain regionals earlier on this season, the first champions event 08:09:35.000 --> 08:09:36.200 that we had in Europe. 08:09:36.200 --> 08:09:38.800 And I don't know what more I need to say about Michael Kelsh. 08:09:38.800 --> 08:09:43.280 I think Michael has been incredible the last two, three seasons since they 08:09:43.280 --> 08:09:46.680 burst onto the scene and always performs well at world's level. 08:09:46.680 --> 08:09:49.640 And even though they're on the cusp of kind of going out, maybe, 08:09:49.640 --> 08:09:51.280 they're still in the tournament. 08:09:51.280 --> 08:09:54.200 And that's all Michael needs to push on and just continue on 08:09:54.200 --> 08:09:56.320 because they are such a high quality player. 08:09:56.320 --> 08:10:01.320 I was going to say, I always feel like Michael's strongest tournaments are at the world championship. 08:10:01.320 --> 08:10:10.320 So even though he is at that critical to loss point, I still feel like he has a very strong opportunity to just kind of deal with the pressure and keep going in this field. 08:10:10.320 --> 08:10:19.320 Yeah, and I think one of the things that Marko and Michael have a lot in common is maybe when they are on that cusp of that X and 2 record, that's maybe when they're at their best. 08:10:19.320 --> 08:10:20.320 Yeah, yeah. 08:10:20.320 --> 08:10:22.260 I've got everything to play for each and every round. 08:10:22.260 --> 08:10:25.240 It kind of focuses them almost to push on 08:10:25.240 --> 08:10:26.880 and that's what makes it dangerous 08:10:26.880 --> 08:10:28.560 as trainers for opposition. 08:10:28.560 --> 08:10:30.000 And I think, you know, they're probably 08:10:30.000 --> 08:10:32.800 in the perfect position now to carry on and push 08:10:32.800 --> 08:10:34.000 and try and get into day two. 08:10:34.000 --> 08:10:36.320 First, then then see how far they can carry on 08:10:36.320 --> 08:10:38.600 into the tournament tomorrow. 08:10:38.600 --> 08:10:40.480 Even if you're sitting in that X and two record, 08:10:40.480 --> 08:10:42.200 as long as it doesn't hit a three, 08:10:42.200 --> 08:10:44.600 you're still alive in this thing. 08:10:44.600 --> 08:10:46.160 But talking about Latham as well, 08:10:46.160 --> 08:10:48.560 there is eyes on some really, really strong players 08:10:48.560 --> 08:10:50.300 heading into this event. 08:10:50.300 --> 08:10:56.680 I feel like it's pretty safe to say that we're expecting a lot from wants to learn, but something like you're at the world championships. 08:10:56.680 --> 08:11:04.880 It's you go up against the strongest trainers and you know, I'm excited to see the bounce back next year because he is a man. 08:11:04.880 --> 08:11:09.260 I'm expecting like that crazy world one and when coming out from him soon. 08:11:09.380 --> 08:11:18.220 But we also get to see him bounce back next year because we're going to be able to see regionals and special event broadcasts from the Latin America regional starting next year. 08:11:18.220 --> 08:11:21.660 We're just going to be so exciting on the Pokemon Rock Gas channel. 08:11:21.660 --> 08:11:23.060 So I cannot wait for that. 08:11:23.060 --> 08:11:25.500 Yeah, that is one thing to look forward to. 08:11:25.500 --> 08:11:27.260 But here and now, it's unfortunate for Hanna. 08:11:27.260 --> 08:11:29.220 I think having a phenomenal season, 08:11:29.220 --> 08:11:32.300 not acquiring so many championship points throughout the year, 08:11:32.300 --> 08:11:35.100 having incredible finishes is just really consistent. 08:11:35.740 --> 08:11:39.180 But like you say, Ciara, it just shows the quality of player 08:11:39.180 --> 08:11:41.900 at the World Championships that is at the highest level, 08:11:41.900 --> 08:11:44.980 even the players that are kind of tipped to be the ones 08:11:44.980 --> 08:11:47.380 to go and take the title at the end of the weekend, 08:11:47.380 --> 08:11:53.820 all going to have a hard time because each and every round is the hardest games that you're going to have in the entire season. 08:11:54.460 --> 08:11:57.220 Yeah, and that's the thing. You look at the fairings, you're like, wow, this match is incredible. 08:11:57.220 --> 08:11:58.820 Oh, yeah, of course, they're all going to be incredible. 08:11:58.820 --> 08:12:00.340 So we're all jammed for you, Jepsen. 08:12:00.340 --> 08:12:04.620 Congratulations to the outsider who is still in this two away from phase two. 08:12:04.860 --> 08:12:09.740 We're going to Oceania next, of course, making a long trip over. 08:12:10.140 --> 08:12:12.300 We still have Nicholas and Josie in the field. 08:12:12.300 --> 08:12:13.700 Five-one for Josie Kaeda. 08:12:13.700 --> 08:12:17.080 So one away from hearing his spot here in phase two, 08:12:17.080 --> 08:12:18.220 and for Nicholas not as well, 08:12:18.220 --> 08:12:20.660 it goes back to that previous conversation. 08:12:20.660 --> 08:12:21.860 As long as you don't have a three 08:12:21.860 --> 08:12:24.660 as that second number, you're still good. 08:12:24.660 --> 08:12:27.460 And Nicholas does have that experience to fall back on 08:12:27.460 --> 08:12:30.740 and has competed at the world's level for many years. 08:12:30.740 --> 08:12:33.620 So not someone that you can necessarily count out 08:12:33.620 --> 08:12:36.380 just like Marco Silva, just like Mikhail Kelsch. 08:12:36.380 --> 08:12:39.140 And I think someone you can still keep an eye on 08:12:39.140 --> 08:12:41.620 as we go into these final couple of rounds here today. 08:12:41.620 --> 08:12:44.660 Yeah, exactly. And I think you got to line it perfectly, Gaby. 08:12:44.660 --> 08:12:47.300 I think that's the one thing that Nicholas has got, that experience. 08:12:47.300 --> 08:12:50.300 Yeah, mountain world championships have been over the years, 08:12:50.300 --> 08:12:54.140 where they're going to be able to really lean on that in the next couple of rounds 08:12:54.140 --> 08:12:57.300 to make sure they do make that push to get into day two progress 08:12:57.300 --> 08:12:59.740 and then put themselves in a really good position going forward. 08:12:59.740 --> 08:13:02.420 But Georgie is just a phenomenal player. 08:13:02.420 --> 08:13:06.740 I mean, every time we see Georgie at big tournaments, they seem to turn up 08:13:06.740 --> 08:13:08.460 and they're doing it again here. 08:13:08.460 --> 08:13:11.500 and what a great way to start this tournament, 5-1, 08:13:11.500 --> 08:13:14.060 and in with a great shout to lock up day two, 08:13:14.060 --> 08:13:15.860 going into this next round. 08:13:15.860 --> 08:13:18.180 I think going into the world championships, 08:13:18.180 --> 08:13:20.420 there's a couple of regions that we're really being talked about 08:13:20.420 --> 08:13:22.060 and one that's so talked about every year, 08:13:22.060 --> 08:13:24.620 but especially this year, at least in my opinion, 08:13:24.620 --> 08:13:25.780 has been Japan. 08:13:25.780 --> 08:13:28.100 I feel like when I had to answer 08:13:28.100 --> 08:13:29.300 who I thought was gonna be the region 08:13:29.300 --> 08:13:31.260 most represented in top eight, 08:13:31.260 --> 08:13:33.460 I said Japan, it's been just incredible 08:13:33.460 --> 08:13:36.900 to see a level up across the board. 08:13:36.900 --> 08:13:39.820 And for a hero who she, I think this is five and one. 08:13:39.820 --> 08:13:44.220 Again, you are one away, though I am heartbroken 08:13:44.220 --> 08:13:46.460 that Kou is out looking at Kou's matches. 08:13:46.460 --> 08:13:49.020 They were just, it was such a tough feeling. 08:13:49.020 --> 08:13:52.220 That's just incredible and knowing how close they were. 08:13:52.220 --> 08:13:54.740 But again, Kou is like, we're waiting for Kou. 08:13:54.740 --> 08:13:56.820 We know that he's capable of another one here, 08:13:56.820 --> 08:13:58.380 the Masters vision like this. 08:13:58.380 --> 08:13:59.420 I'm excited for that day. 08:13:59.420 --> 08:14:02.020 Yeah, and the same thing with Yuma Kinugawa. 08:14:02.020 --> 08:14:03.660 I mean, this year has really been the first year 08:14:03.660 --> 08:14:05.940 we've seen Japan compete outside 08:14:05.940 --> 08:14:09.620 of their own circuit, you know, even though they can't necessarily earn championship points, 08:14:09.620 --> 08:14:13.860 you've seen a lot of these players traveling to international events just to get the experience 08:14:13.860 --> 08:14:17.940 competing, which has been really exciting. So I really hope we get to see more of that 08:14:17.940 --> 08:14:22.860 coming into next year. For now though, Hiroshi, the reigning Japan national champion, it's 08:14:22.860 --> 08:14:26.300 really great to see him at five and one. And I really hope we get to see him walk 08:14:26.300 --> 08:14:30.180 in phase two and get to see him compete more in our circuit because a majority 08:14:30.180 --> 08:14:33.500 of that tournament I believe was best of one and we didn't really get to see many 08:14:33.500 --> 08:14:38.940 best of three games from him and that finals like going back to watch it was just incredibly exciting. 08:14:38.940 --> 08:14:43.260 Like I was on the edge of my seat the entire time. Yeah, that was probably one of the most exciting 08:14:43.260 --> 08:14:50.460 finals had in champion so far. And hopefully we can kind of, you know, hope that this event, 08:14:50.460 --> 08:14:55.980 I'm sure we will. But yeah, I think I'm not afraid to say that Cole was my pick coming into 08:14:55.980 --> 08:14:59.900 this weekend. I think they were in such a form. But again, I want to repeat myself, 08:14:59.900 --> 08:15:02.700 but it just shows the level of trainers that are competing here, 08:15:02.700 --> 08:15:06.500 even the players of such high caliber like Korn, 08:15:06.500 --> 08:15:10.700 like Hina, they aren't at that point where they're able to progress. 08:15:10.700 --> 08:15:15.300 But here, actually, amazing results earlier this season 08:15:15.300 --> 08:15:17.100 at the Japan National Championships, 08:15:17.100 --> 08:15:20.300 and it's exciting to see the Japan National Champion 08:15:20.300 --> 08:15:22.300 doing well, coming into the World Championships. 08:15:22.300 --> 08:15:24.900 And you know, they're always the ones that are tipped 08:15:24.900 --> 08:15:27.300 to maybe win the World Championships. 08:15:27.300 --> 08:15:30.180 If you win that event, then it goes hand in hand a lot of the time. 08:15:30.180 --> 08:15:32.820 So we'll see how things play out for the rest of the weekend. 08:15:32.820 --> 08:15:35.620 I mean, while we wait for our next Swiss round to be ready, 08:15:35.620 --> 08:15:37.780 I want to hear about your guys' world experience so far. 08:15:37.780 --> 08:15:40.740 How you feel like the field is kind of narrowed down. 08:15:40.740 --> 08:15:41.940 And maybe like your hot take, 08:15:41.940 --> 08:15:44.900 because I know my prediction to win is out of the tournament. 08:15:44.900 --> 08:15:46.260 So like, here we... 08:15:46.260 --> 08:15:47.460 We're putting guys on the spot. 08:15:47.460 --> 08:15:48.580 Who are we thinking it? 08:15:48.580 --> 08:15:50.020 We're a region that's top eight, you know. 08:15:50.740 --> 08:15:52.660 I really haven't put much thought into it 08:15:52.660 --> 08:15:56.020 because I wasn't sure what to expect coming into this tournament 08:15:56.020 --> 08:16:00.820 Because when I was like checking, you know, social media, trying to figure out how people 08:16:00.820 --> 08:16:04.660 were feeling coming into this tournament, I just saw a lot of people like give team, 08:16:04.660 --> 08:16:13.540 give team, I have no team, which fair, honestly. I think my, my gut is telling me that this is 08:16:13.540 --> 08:16:18.740 probably going to be a Japan year. I think that traditionally Japan is at a really good job 08:16:18.740 --> 08:16:24.020 of working together and coming up with the best strategies. And I think that given 08:16:24.020 --> 08:16:31.540 What kind of better game we're in this feels a lot like 2015 to me and I think that will lend itself to a similar result 08:16:31.940 --> 08:16:35.860 Um, I don't think I could pick an individual from Japan who will necessarily win it 08:16:36.340 --> 08:16:39.860 Um, but I that is what my gut is telling me doesn't want to put it all in the line 08:16:40.020 --> 08:16:42.260 Okay, you know, I won't put you that much on the spot 08:16:42.340 --> 08:16:47.380 I mean if you give me a few more hours to like, you know run the simulation wait until, you know face you happen 08:16:47.540 --> 08:16:49.540 Yeah 08:16:49.540 --> 08:16:57.660 I'll tell you that I'll tell you that just give me until like two seconds before the power techniques go off on Sunday 08:16:57.660 --> 08:16:59.660 And then I'll tell you okay 08:17:02.940 --> 08:17:04.700 What about you? 08:17:04.700 --> 08:17:09.980 It's so tough right? I think there's this such great trainers in every region 08:17:09.980 --> 08:17:14.580 But if I'm I'm really I'm actually rather than use my head use my heart on this one 08:17:14.580 --> 08:17:16.700 I do think it's gonna be a back-to-back and a 08:17:16.700 --> 08:17:22.120 really I think someone from any is gonna come out and take it again this year 08:17:22.120 --> 08:17:27.660 and they never really get tipped to be the the region to win worlds a lot of the 08:17:27.660 --> 08:17:33.020 time and just because it's never consistent really and as consistent as 08:17:33.020 --> 08:17:38.540 maybe Japan but I do think maybe we're gonna see a back-to-back any champion 08:17:38.540 --> 08:17:46.060 although be the first very of course yeah so yeah I couldn't name a player in 08:17:46.060 --> 08:17:50.760 I think it's too hard at this stage, but I will I will put my money on any to win 08:17:51.420 --> 08:17:58.420 Okay, I'm gonna take a leaf out of Gabby's book and wait it out because our next batch is actually almost ready 08:17:58.420 --> 08:18:03.780 So I am a let's send it over to your casters to get started with your next Swiss round 08:18:06.580 --> 08:18:10.000 Saved by the belt and not have to put your money where your mouth is 08:18:10.000 --> 08:18:14.040 I'm so excited for this next 08:18:14.040 --> 08:18:16.040 match. There's a Pokemon that I 08:18:16.040 --> 08:18:18.040 didn't think would make it this 08:18:18.040 --> 08:18:19.200 far in the event. It is one 08:18:19.200 --> 08:18:21.080 game away from potentially 08:18:21.080 --> 08:18:23.080 advancing to day two of the 08:18:23.080 --> 08:18:24.640 competition, and I was really 08:18:24.640 --> 08:18:26.080 hoping to see some unique 08:18:26.080 --> 08:18:27.080 mega evolutions in this 08:18:27.080 --> 08:18:28.080 tournament. It felt like for 08:18:28.080 --> 08:18:29.080 the most part, you know, top 08:18:29.080 --> 08:18:30.080 players were going to take 08:18:30.080 --> 08:18:32.080 some of the most popular ones 08:18:32.080 --> 08:18:33.080 Charizard, Follets, the 08:18:33.080 --> 08:18:34.080 Raptor, right? Choose one for 08:18:34.080 --> 08:18:37.840 top players were going to take some of the most popular ones, Charizard, Follett, 08:18:37.840 --> 08:18:42.240 Sturrapper, Raichu, Swampert, for example. But there's one that kind of felt like it could be 08:18:42.240 --> 08:18:47.680 a sleeper pick in Mega Blaziken, and it is sitting here at 5-1. Looking to advance the day two, 08:18:47.680 --> 08:18:52.480 has two shots, this one and the next one. Here are our standings before we get a chance to 08:18:52.480 --> 08:18:57.920 dive deeper into that Mega Blaziken. We have our competitors that are going to be sitting 08:18:57.920 --> 08:19:03.840 at 6-0. Those players have already locked in their spots in day two of our competition, 08:19:03.840 --> 08:19:14.340 But every win matters. So it isn't just about being 6-0, you want to maintain the best win-loss record possible to move on to phase 2 and then start to think about that top cut. 08:19:14.340 --> 08:19:22.340 Yeah, huge credits to Naoto specifically. I think there's been a lot of talk this tournament about, are we going to see a reeky War Champion? 08:19:22.340 --> 08:19:31.340 And Naoto's quietly been just truly one of the greats in the game, obviously having won the War Championships in 2019 but also played in the 2010 War Championships 08:19:31.340 --> 08:19:37.740 to reach just leveled out of the top bid at the finishing in 10th or 11th and then also at a top four finish in 2015. 08:19:37.740 --> 08:19:42.940 And so he's been around longer than almost anyone who has played competitive Pokemon VGC. 08:19:42.940 --> 08:19:46.940 He's back with the vengeance looking to add another big finish. 08:19:46.940 --> 08:19:49.040 He now is guaranteed a spot in day two. 08:19:49.040 --> 08:19:52.140 And so yeah, I definitely have my eyes out in him in particular. 08:19:52.140 --> 08:19:56.440 You know, our fellow cast is we're just analyzing talking about how Japan is a region feels really strong. 08:19:56.440 --> 08:19:58.940 He's one of the all time greats from Japan. 08:19:58.940 --> 08:20:05.500 And now, if you're talking with him at his winter interview, he was still being so humble about it. 08:20:05.500 --> 08:20:06.500 Yeah, yeah, yeah. 08:20:06.500 --> 08:20:10.020 I'd like to do my best, want to make Phase 2, and then kind of try to think about things 08:20:10.020 --> 08:20:11.020 after that. 08:20:11.020 --> 08:20:15.500 I love that our competitors are going to take these matches one step at a time, but let's 08:20:15.500 --> 08:20:20.500 take a look now at how some of these pairings have gone for this round. 08:20:20.500 --> 08:20:27.220 We've got Philippe Volzniak versus Evan Choi as our feature on the stream. 08:20:27.220 --> 08:20:28.780 So many big names here. 08:20:28.780 --> 08:20:32.280 five and one is a scary place to be because you are so close. 08:20:32.280 --> 08:20:37.080 You can taste they too, but you have two of the toughest opponents possible ahead of you. 08:20:37.080 --> 08:20:40.680 Right. And so it is not going to be easy for anyone. 08:20:40.680 --> 08:20:45.780 Of course, if you're sitting at six and zero, like Justin King or Antonio Sanchez feels good. 08:20:45.780 --> 08:20:49.480 But like you said, Rose, everyone today just makes tomorrow that much easier. 08:20:49.480 --> 08:20:52.280 And if you've got a lot of momentum, you haven't even dropped the game yet. 08:20:52.280 --> 08:20:54.280 You just want to keep that momentum going. 08:20:54.280 --> 08:20:55.580 Try to finish the day strong. 08:20:55.580 --> 08:21:01.420 for sure. Sometimes these things can snowball. And so for our competitors, this is going to be one 08:21:02.540 --> 08:21:08.620 penultimate round before we do close out our day. But this one, you said it. Let's talk about it. 08:21:11.180 --> 08:21:17.580 Erin, we had Mega Metagross earlier today. Mega Blaziken now is now going to be on the docket. 08:21:17.580 --> 08:21:22.300 But why is this particular Mega Evolution something maybe you feel like it's underrepresented 08:21:22.300 --> 08:21:24.540 or a relupt for this world championship. 08:21:24.540 --> 08:21:29.020 It's a really fair mega evolution in that I feel like it does a lot of damage, right? 08:21:29.020 --> 08:21:32.860 And of course has an incredible ability which allows to get a free speed boost, 08:21:32.860 --> 08:21:34.620 allowing it to basically outpace everything. 08:21:34.620 --> 08:21:37.740 And Flare of Blitz, close combat, rock side, you just get really good coverage 08:21:37.740 --> 08:21:39.500 against some of the most popular Pokemon in the format, 08:21:39.500 --> 08:21:41.740 especially obviously that rock side into Mega Charizard. 08:21:42.380 --> 08:21:45.260 It is, I think, a Pokemon that's honestly not the easiest to use 08:21:45.260 --> 08:21:48.460 because your best move often is going to be Flare of Blitz or close combat. 08:21:48.460 --> 08:21:50.780 For the Flare of Blitz, you take a lot of recoil damage. 08:21:50.780 --> 08:21:54.820 We've seen Swamper it's constantly way fresh today on stream and you know, even though it does a lot of damage 08:21:54.820 --> 08:22:00.460 It also loses a lot of its health similar concept with that flare blades close combat really powerful move 08:22:00.460 --> 08:22:06.580 But you drop your defenses place against not the bulkiest Pokemon so after that drop normally it will fall quite quickly afterwards 08:22:06.580 --> 08:22:10.860 So part of the skill about using blaze to kin is how do you pilot it right because I think a lot of people want to 08:22:10.860 --> 08:22:11.980 Lead with it immediately 08:22:11.980 --> 08:22:14.780 Maybe you trade one for one, but if you trade your mega evolution for something 08:22:14.780 --> 08:22:17.140 That's not a mega evolution doesn't feel that great a lot of the times 08:22:17.140 --> 08:22:25.080 But ultimately it can hit really hard has great offensive coverage and if you position a property in the end game can just kind of pull a sweep 08:22:25.580 --> 08:22:27.580 Well, I'm excited to see it. Aren't you? 08:22:27.580 --> 08:22:32.420 I hope that it makes an appearance in this match as we head down to the stage as both 08:22:32.580 --> 08:22:35.620 Achilles and Evan get ready to battle each other 08:22:36.100 --> 08:22:37.900 And it's not just blaze the game 08:22:37.900 --> 08:22:41.540 We talk about the firewater grass core and there's a free marina here 08:22:41.540 --> 08:22:47.040 which is not a Pokemon that's seen a lot of successor usage so far in this format as well as a Venusaur 08:22:47.040 --> 08:22:51.440 So what's really cool about this team is that you obviously have the Torcal and the Venusaur 08:22:51.440 --> 08:22:55.240 You also have the Torcal and the Blaziken that allows you to play really quickly on turn one 08:22:55.240 --> 08:23:00.280 But there's also a pretty clear trick room core where you've got the Phyrra, Grapha, King Gambit, the Primarina and the Torcal 08:23:00.480 --> 08:23:07.840 Primarin in particular, really interesting Pokemon here in this matchup because of course it can hit everything on evan's side for super effective damage, right? 08:23:07.840 --> 08:23:13.000 And so, for Philly, he's got the potential to just go fast and go hard immediately. 08:23:13.000 --> 08:23:17.040 Or, if you can just try to set up Trick Room, and I think for Evan, you have to figure out, 08:23:17.040 --> 08:23:18.400 do I want to deny that Trick Room? 08:23:18.400 --> 08:23:20.080 Do I want to set up a Tailwind with Aerodactyl? 08:23:20.080 --> 08:23:23.720 Because, actually, the Aerodactyl on his side is really what I mean with Tailwind, 08:23:23.720 --> 08:23:26.160 and dual winged, not the right-hand's plays can immensely. 08:23:26.160 --> 08:23:29.200 But if you Tailwind and you've got a Pharaograph on on the field and a Trick Room's on you, 08:23:29.200 --> 08:23:31.360 well, suddenly the speed's become really awkward. 08:23:31.360 --> 08:23:35.240 And I don't know if there's a really great way for Evan to deny that Trick Room from getting set up. 08:23:35.240 --> 08:23:38.780 You look at a Pokemon like King Gambit with something like the Cowtow, please 08:23:38.780 --> 08:23:41.620 But this King Gambit is actually going to be a focus dash 08:23:41.660 --> 08:23:46.740 So there isn't really I think maybe enough damage that could be powered behind the Cowtow 08:23:46.740 --> 08:23:50.140 Please actually take this for graph down. Maybe you get the Cowtow 08:23:50.140 --> 08:23:54.180 You activate the Citrus Berry here, and then how do you follow that up? It's a great question 08:23:54.180 --> 08:23:59.420 Yeah, taking a look at Phylloge's team once again. We've got some unique elements here life or primary 08:23:59.420 --> 08:24:02.100 Of course, you can see the natures as well. It's going to be a quiet nature 08:24:02.100 --> 08:24:08.240 So really wanted to take advantage of that trick room Aqua jet, which often is valuable and just finishing off Pokemon that are quite low HP 08:24:08.240 --> 08:24:13.340 We've also got the aca berry here on the Venusaur the focus that she's already taken on the king gambit 08:24:13.340 --> 08:24:18.980 And so aca gives you haven't a just matchup into opposing fire types like the Charizard that we see here on Heaven's team 08:24:18.980 --> 08:24:21.260 And the pork look you're also is helping hand 08:24:21.260 --> 08:24:26.900 And so sometimes players like to just run free attacks on pork will be helping hand means that you can allow things like pre-marina 08:24:26.900 --> 08:24:29.300 to do even more damage under trickrope. 08:24:29.300 --> 08:24:31.700 And that liquid voice is going to be so important. 08:24:31.700 --> 08:24:33.740 Like you talked about the super effective damage output 08:24:33.740 --> 08:24:36.180 of this premarina, while the aerodactyl on the other side 08:24:36.180 --> 08:24:38.500 also doesn't have wide guard. 08:24:38.500 --> 08:24:39.000 Yeah. 08:24:39.000 --> 08:24:41.300 But there isn't really a way to actually stop now 08:24:41.300 --> 08:24:44.140 this water type hyper voice from hitting your team. 08:24:44.140 --> 08:24:45.100 Exactly, yeah. 08:24:45.100 --> 08:24:48.300 And there aren't that many great hyper voice users, right, 08:24:48.300 --> 08:24:49.660 in the format to begin with. 08:24:49.660 --> 08:24:51.100 And certainly non-letter, you know, 08:24:51.100 --> 08:24:52.700 turn it into a water type attack. 08:24:52.700 --> 08:24:54.700 And so I think that's a really great call out. 08:24:54.700 --> 08:24:58.700 and I think, did you see Evan's reaction just now? 08:24:58.700 --> 08:25:03.100 I think he saw the team and he was like, sorry, what? 08:25:03.100 --> 08:25:04.700 Is that, what are those folks on? 08:25:04.700 --> 08:25:06.620 And I, you know what's also really cool is that 08:25:06.620 --> 08:25:08.300 this is a solo Mega Blaziken team. 08:25:08.300 --> 08:25:09.260 It's not a dual Mega team. 08:25:09.260 --> 08:25:11.980 And so Evan is using kind of one of these standard archetypes 08:25:11.980 --> 08:25:13.900 that we saw have a lot of success, of course, 08:25:13.900 --> 08:25:16.300 at the North American International Championships, 08:25:16.300 --> 08:25:19.020 the pairing of Mega Aerodactyl and Mega Charizard. 08:25:19.020 --> 08:25:21.380 And you have to flex between Trick Room and Tailwind. 08:25:21.380 --> 08:25:23.820 King Gambit on this team normally is quite speedy 08:25:23.820 --> 08:25:28.080 And pay attention to the fact that Evan's King Gambit has low kick, but Felix does not, right? 08:25:28.080 --> 08:25:30.660 And so that means that Evan can have a damage advantage, 08:25:30.660 --> 08:25:34.820 but inability to protect means that the King Gambit is vulnerable to getting doubled up into. 08:25:34.820 --> 08:25:39.620 And crucially, there's a life warp guard shop, which is one of the biggest threats to Blaziken in this format. 08:25:39.620 --> 08:25:45.620 I also want to call out that this particular charge dart is one of the original charge darts that we saw. 08:25:45.620 --> 08:25:50.520 It does have solar beam, and so that's going to be a really potent attacking is something like that for Arena. 08:25:50.520 --> 08:25:58.980 Exactly. I think the leads are going to give us a really good sense of how these games will go because the thing about Evan's team is you have so much damage across the board, right? 08:25:58.980 --> 08:26:06.080 Something like Aeridaphy won Garchomp. If you lead Blaziken, Torcal, well, then Evan can just quick tail in an earthquake, for example, immediately. 08:26:06.080 --> 08:26:12.420 So I think for Filipe, it's all about how can you figure out maybe when you can get Friggraff on the field potentially set up Shurkeroom. 08:26:12.420 --> 08:26:16.020 The awkward thing is if you set up Shurkeroom, well, Mega Blaziken's obviously not a very great pick, right? 08:26:16.020 --> 08:26:20.420 And so you have to figure out if I'm going to set up trick room. Can I do it then bring up 08:26:21.420 --> 08:26:27.300 Afterwards, but here we go win and in the winner of this will move on to the two of the world championships 08:26:27.300 --> 08:26:29.780 It's gonna be a red after King game been here forever 08:26:34.660 --> 08:26:38.900 The blazing and hits the field immediately now this air dactyl has to do a wing 08:26:38.980 --> 08:26:43.180 So of course you've read in blazing can immediately turn one with something like mega of all four 08:26:43.180 --> 08:26:46.260 However, you have Charizard on your back, you can actually choose to mount a Mega Evolve. 08:26:46.260 --> 08:26:48.380 Just dual wing beat the Blaziken immediately. 08:26:48.380 --> 08:26:49.380 And so, if you're... 08:26:49.380 --> 08:26:52.580 Really, the question is, well, do you maybe want to predict that? 08:26:52.580 --> 08:26:55.380 Like, let's say you think it's going to be dual wing beat into Blaziken, Cauts how quickly 08:26:55.380 --> 08:26:56.380 you've been a Phyrograph. 08:26:56.380 --> 08:27:00.940 You could protect the Blaziken or even switch out into, for example, your Corkle or Primarina. 08:27:00.940 --> 08:27:03.300 Another thing Evan can do though is say, well, Blaziken has the protector, so I'm 08:27:03.300 --> 08:27:05.860 just going to Mega Evolve and double up onto your Phyrograph turn launch. 08:27:05.860 --> 08:27:09.860 It's going to be the Mega Evolution instantly though from this Aerodactyl. 08:27:09.860 --> 08:27:12.460 So that's actually going to enter one of those questions. 08:27:12.460 --> 08:27:19.460 You see the Aerodactyl now being able to get a bit of a boost of damage thanks to that top-clog ability, but the Blaziken is matching that. 08:27:19.460 --> 08:27:21.460 We've got Mega Evolution for both sides. 08:27:22.460 --> 08:27:27.460 So cool to see Mega Blaziken here on the World Championship stage in round 7. 08:27:27.460 --> 08:27:29.460 Does it protect? It does. 08:27:29.460 --> 08:27:33.460 Evan's nodding, so my question is, is it a double up Intola-Farigara? 08:27:33.460 --> 08:27:34.460 Okay, just a double protect. 08:27:34.460 --> 08:27:35.460 Okay. 08:27:35.460 --> 08:27:37.460 You can see Evan immediately go, oh, okay. 08:27:37.460 --> 08:27:39.460 Yeah, I guess that's kind of expected there. 08:27:39.460 --> 08:27:44.680 It is going to give you the opportunity to scout out that mega evolution for support no 08:27:44.680 --> 08:27:49.640 stay from enemy, but also give that Blaziken a chance to actually activate that engine, 08:27:49.640 --> 08:27:54.200 get that speed boost so you can be faster than the Aerodactyl and guarantee damage this 08:27:54.200 --> 08:27:55.200 turn. 08:27:55.200 --> 08:27:58.360 Yeah, the tricky thing here I think is the King Amit having that focus sash, right? 08:27:58.360 --> 08:28:02.360 And the trigger up here doesn't have helping hand either, and so it's like if you had 08:28:02.360 --> 08:28:05.000 helping hand maybe you could thread an Aerodactyl with a helping hand close combat or 08:28:05.000 --> 08:28:07.120 rock side, try to get it knocked out onto it. 08:28:07.120 --> 08:28:09.240 The tricky thing here is that Blaziken has to pick its target. 08:28:09.240 --> 08:28:11.480 It is going to be close combat into Aerodactyl. 08:28:11.480 --> 08:28:12.480 Oh my goodness! 08:28:12.480 --> 08:28:13.480 Wow! 08:28:13.480 --> 08:28:14.480 It's a fucking knockout! 08:28:14.480 --> 08:28:15.480 I was not expecting that to KO. 08:28:15.480 --> 08:28:16.480 It's going to be pretty helpful. 08:28:16.480 --> 08:28:20.400 I mean, that was also without a crit. 08:28:20.400 --> 08:28:25.280 That was just a raw close combat and now we can give it gets a follow-up up with 08:28:25.280 --> 08:28:29.200 a Coutout Clip to the Urgara, but now all of a sudden there is not enough damage 08:28:29.200 --> 08:28:30.200 on the board. 08:28:30.200 --> 08:28:32.840 Do you want to take out this Urgara before it sets up its room? 08:28:32.840 --> 08:28:34.080 Well, so that's the interesting thing, right? 08:28:34.080 --> 08:28:37.080 I think, really it might have been like, I think you're going to survive this. 08:28:37.080 --> 08:28:41.320 to knock me out and then you're gonna give me a free switch and into true groom now the awkward thing is 08:28:42.040 --> 08:28:44.560 You have mega blazing in out while true groom is set up 08:28:44.560 --> 08:28:50.840 So many aerodactyls the Pokemon that normally actually has started to invest a lot in HP and like reduces its attack investment there 08:28:50.840 --> 08:28:52.880 So I thought it would survive close combat there for sure 08:28:52.880 --> 08:28:55.080 But no it just goes down in one hit now 08:28:55.280 --> 08:28:56.880 It's not in a bad spot 08:28:56.880 --> 08:29:01.040 But you kind of feel like you need to get this place again off the field right the photograph 08:29:01.040 --> 08:29:05.080 Of course you go for something like a thunderbolt onto the king gambit get an attack off and break its focus 08:29:05.080 --> 08:29:11.080 on the way out. Blaziken, I think I'd really would love to switch out. The free Marine is a really great Pokemon to come in if you've got that in the back. 08:29:11.080 --> 08:29:19.080 But I think this turn for feeling like it's maybe playing a little bit more defense. It's actually going to be Blaziken first who may be actually willing to sacrifice that Blaziken. 08:29:19.080 --> 08:29:24.080 I think that's kind of okay. Or, you know, maybe you're baiting out an attack here from the guard. 08:29:24.080 --> 08:29:31.080 Ow! That's actually just a double into the Blaziken. So this Blaziken actually gets to fire off in close combat. 08:29:31.080 --> 08:29:36.960 That's so much damage mega blaziken welcome to the Pokemon world championships 08:29:37.040 --> 08:29:39.360 Feels like it's been a highlight reel for it so far 08:29:39.360 --> 08:29:45.120 And of course now you can thread in the garchamp for a knockout with frigorap with that psychic as well 08:29:45.120 --> 08:29:49.360 And so I think we're getting even more than he really was expecting right? 08:29:49.360 --> 08:29:52.040 I think the idea there was okay. You know what if you knock out my blaziken fine 08:29:52.040 --> 08:29:55.640 I've got him my trick room up and I think Marina under tricker looks like an absolute monster 08:29:55.800 --> 08:29:58.280 But I think right now that was such a great 08:29:58.280 --> 08:30:00.280 I think that's a great turn for 08:30:00.280 --> 08:30:02.280 Filipe and yet this blaze again, 08:30:02.280 --> 08:30:04.280 really wanting to prove it's worth 08:30:04.280 --> 08:30:06.280 here, bringing him into T2. 08:30:06.280 --> 08:30:08.280 I mean, if you get another turn like 08:30:08.280 --> 08:30:10.280 that, that might be that King Gambit 08:30:10.280 --> 08:30:12.280 all the way down to one with the 08:30:12.280 --> 08:30:14.280 focus dash, and then we'll see what 08:30:14.280 --> 08:30:16.280 happens after that. But I think that 08:30:16.280 --> 08:30:18.280 belief at this point is that, you know, 08:30:18.280 --> 08:30:20.280 I've actually gotten away with a lot. 08:30:20.280 --> 08:30:22.280 So let's go ahead and make a small adjustment 08:30:22.280 --> 08:30:24.280 here for Giraffe, save it for later. 08:30:24.280 --> 08:30:26.280 That free marina takes the Kowtow cleave 08:30:26.280 --> 08:30:31.780 Now comes out and finishes off the place again, but it's already dealt out a lot of her to 08:30:32.560 --> 08:30:38.220 Yeah, the main thing I was kind of curious about there was the speed interaction between free graph and can gambit right because I think if 08:30:38.520 --> 08:30:43.120 Right right there maybe could have just stayed in gone for a psychic to knock out guard chump and blazing could have knocked out King 08:30:43.120 --> 08:30:44.720 Gambit either way though now 08:30:44.720 --> 08:30:48.500 This is kind of the trip room dream where you have the twerkle and the pre marina position next to each other 08:30:48.520 --> 08:30:52.700 The main thing is that mega place again has gone down and there are only two turns of trip from left 08:30:52.700 --> 08:30:55.700 However, King Gambit crucially cannot protect itself, right? 08:30:55.700 --> 08:30:59.700 And so, Porko plus Primarina here have a super free eruption. 08:30:59.700 --> 08:31:02.700 I've never seen this switch out. Primarina could either hyper voice or boom blast, 08:31:02.700 --> 08:31:05.700 which I think is probably just a little bit better, and Gambit will fall. 08:31:06.700 --> 08:31:11.700 It's going to be the second punch first though, so it will mitigate some of this Porko's damage output. 08:31:11.700 --> 08:31:14.700 As the rocket gets based on the amount of HP that people want as left, 08:31:14.700 --> 08:31:18.700 but it has to steal their brain with King Gambit down to its focus dash, 08:31:18.700 --> 08:31:25.100 that sun boosted charcoal boosted eruption still does a lot of work. A follow up here for the 08:31:25.100 --> 08:31:30.380 Priorya to use Moonblast so it isn't going to get hurt by its own partner's weather setting 08:31:30.380 --> 08:31:34.780 and that finishes off the KDF improve. Yeah the question though is I think Evan has managed to 08:31:34.780 --> 08:31:38.780 weather the storm of Trick Room right there is only going to be one turn left after this so 08:31:38.780 --> 08:31:43.260 Garchump can come in you can protect both of your Pokemon and then Trick Room has included 08:31:43.260 --> 08:31:48.620 this Garchump took a lot of damage but it hasn't tamed it right and 17 percent there's also 08:31:48.620 --> 08:31:52.620 that Awkwaja on free marina it's the sun is up so it's not going to do that much 08:31:52.620 --> 08:31:56.260 damage but after Garchomp takes one more hit of flight board then surely I think 08:31:56.260 --> 08:32:00.540 an Awkwaja will finish it off and so for Evan it's managed to probably get through 08:32:00.540 --> 08:32:04.420 the trick room but oh man it's gonna be really close the Torco of course also 08:32:04.420 --> 08:32:08.140 has helping hand I don't think helping hand Awkwaja is killing a 17% Garchomp 08:32:08.140 --> 08:32:12.460 in Sun but yeah the Evan now really has got to rely on the speed 08:32:12.460 --> 08:32:14.700 advantage after spalling off this last in a trick room. 08:32:14.700 --> 08:32:21.700 If you see the Sylveon go for the Protect and keep the Garchomp as a following that up and he dies. 08:32:21.700 --> 08:32:24.700 So that is going to be the final turn of Kroot Kroot Stalls. 08:32:24.700 --> 08:32:31.700 Then you do have to think about, I don't know, I'm not really willing to put it on Aqua Jet not getting the KOF. 08:32:31.700 --> 08:32:34.700 We saw a close combat, one shot there and actually... 08:32:34.700 --> 08:32:37.700 The Sun is up, Rhymerita's attack is not that great. 08:32:37.700 --> 08:32:40.700 So this turn is really interesting. You know, let Sylveon just protect it, right? 08:32:40.700 --> 08:32:44.780 right and so the garch up isn't going to want to click earthquake because otherwise you're going to damage yourself 08:32:44.780 --> 08:32:50.740 I think if you're feeling what you can do is protect the free marina switch pork a while into frigoraps like our chomp 08:32:50.740 --> 08:32:56.620 He's that extra tick of life or then aqua jack can finish it off right and so feels like the most logical play 08:32:56.620 --> 08:33:00.620 otherwise you are vulnerable to just eating up something like a stomping hand from and a 08:33:01.060 --> 08:33:05.320 Hyper voice or even hyper beam the garch up here does not have rock slide 08:33:05.320 --> 08:33:09.220 I think actually to have rocks like rocks I plus hyper voice is also something you consider clicking 08:33:09.220 --> 08:33:14.820 So really times and actually no switch into the photograph greenery is just going to protect saying I want to conserve that for a graph 08:33:14.820 --> 08:33:17.640 And it is stomping time for a means with work all right 08:33:17.640 --> 08:33:23.380 That's enough to get the knock out there and bring the leaf down to go to keep open on remaining in this first game 08:33:23.380 --> 08:33:29.820 So we have a true 2v2 a bar top with that like for people to pick it up at seven percent 08:33:30.220 --> 08:33:35.740 Maybe now we can actually start to think about that after Jeff's help as that photograph does have to come back out 08:33:35.740 --> 08:33:37.960 Yeah, but is there enough damage, right? 08:33:37.960 --> 08:33:44.060 I think Evan has done a really fantastic job here of positioning his damage dealers outside of that trick room. 08:33:44.060 --> 08:33:46.160 So now you have Aqua Jet threat into the guard chomp. 08:33:46.160 --> 08:33:48.780 Garchomp could try to predict a go for a protect. 08:33:48.780 --> 08:33:51.880 Sylveon then could go for a hyper beam, one shot the Primarina. 08:33:51.880 --> 08:33:54.340 You could also just go for a hyper voice here. 08:33:54.340 --> 08:33:56.920 Primarina's boom blast is also quite powerful into Sylveon. 08:33:56.920 --> 08:33:59.640 Garchomp protects! Is there a reed here? 08:33:59.640 --> 08:34:03.140 Whoa, actually it's not going to be the Aqua Jet, and it is. 08:34:03.140 --> 08:34:05.260 That's going to get negated by that protect. 08:34:05.260 --> 08:34:08.780 And so that's going to be one source of damage that you won't be able to get down this 08:34:08.780 --> 08:34:10.140 Oh, I'm like hyper voice! 08:34:10.140 --> 08:34:12.380 You can't get the KO on the ground either. 08:34:12.380 --> 08:34:13.740 The trick room goes up. 08:34:13.740 --> 08:34:15.500 Primarina has the speed advantage. 08:34:15.500 --> 08:34:18.540 Yeah, it feels like that could have been a hyper beam into Primarina instead, right? 08:34:18.540 --> 08:34:19.340 You get the knockout there. 08:34:19.340 --> 08:34:23.260 But that trick room might just be enough because now Primarina will be able to get a move last 08:34:23.260 --> 08:34:25.100 off into the Sylveon. 08:34:25.100 --> 08:34:28.060 So then the question is, can that get a knockout? 08:34:28.060 --> 08:34:31.660 You know, do you target the guard shop with the 3-graph going for a psychic into it? 08:34:31.660 --> 08:34:33.660 Or do you double up onto Sylveon? 08:34:33.660 --> 08:34:34.540 Oh my goodness. 08:34:34.540 --> 08:34:37.040 It's a lot of clutch trick room and a clutch survival by Furograph. 08:34:37.040 --> 08:34:41.040 I think if they were Hyper Beam coming out on to the free marina that likely would have been game over. 08:34:41.040 --> 08:34:44.040 It's going to be free marina actually going for the protect though, okay. 08:34:44.040 --> 08:34:49.040 Maybe just hoping that Furograph can get a little more experience, but it's actually just going to be a double protect. 08:34:49.040 --> 08:34:52.040 Scout out for an opposing protect on the opposing end, it makes total sense. 08:34:52.040 --> 08:34:58.040 Delays out the stun as well, so that would be really nice if you do want to actually get a hyper voice through your own perimeter later. 08:34:58.040 --> 08:35:04.560 later. Well, it was the Earthquake. So the Garchomp is actually going to hurt his partner's 08:35:04.560 --> 08:35:09.680 double kill. And yeah, that's going to knock out Sylvanian. And you know what else that's 08:35:09.680 --> 08:35:13.680 going to knock out? Garchomp with its own life form. Yeah, that is going to be a double 08:35:13.680 --> 08:35:18.400 KO, but it was a good effort because you can see there, Evan was kind of banking on 08:35:18.400 --> 08:35:22.400 there being a position where you can get the double KO with Earthquake. But also 08:35:22.400 --> 08:35:26.320 you can see that Garchomp and Sylvanian actually are on the ever-ceiving end of 08:35:26.320 --> 08:35:31.000 attack they're going down anyway yeah I want to explain that turn because I'm 08:35:31.000 --> 08:35:33.700 sure a lot of people are like what in the world did he just do why did he do 08:35:33.700 --> 08:35:37.000 that and I think basically the whole there is like the pre-marina moon 08:35:37.000 --> 08:35:40.280 blast into Sylveon and psyche goes into the Sylveon right because Sylveon 08:35:40.280 --> 08:35:43.680 obviously with a hyper voice is just so threatening so if you think the double 08:35:43.680 --> 08:35:46.160 I'm gonna go into that slot then Garchomp can just finish off every 08:35:46.160 --> 08:35:49.120 Pokemon on the field basically but yeah I think this game was really 08:35:49.120 --> 08:35:51.280 interesting because I felt like we've actually had a pretty huge advantage 08:35:51.280 --> 08:35:55.600 after Blazing got that free attack off but then Frugroup switched out and 08:35:55.600 --> 08:35:58.140 And the Garchomp actually got a couple of extra turns, 08:35:58.140 --> 08:36:00.400 managed to weather the storm witcher room. 08:36:00.400 --> 08:36:03.120 That early game damage was really important though. 08:36:03.120 --> 08:36:04.560 Can we just point out the fact, once again, 08:36:04.560 --> 08:36:06.480 that we saw a mega blazing in just one shot, 08:36:06.480 --> 08:36:08.040 then an aerodactyl with close contact? 08:36:08.040 --> 08:36:09.760 That is a neutral attack. 08:36:09.760 --> 08:36:11.560 That was awesome. 08:36:11.560 --> 08:36:13.080 I mean, you just give me so much hope 08:36:13.080 --> 08:36:15.600 that there's still more to this regulation 08:36:15.600 --> 08:36:17.680 to be explored, that we do get a chance 08:36:17.680 --> 08:36:20.320 to see such unique Pokemon being used. 08:36:20.320 --> 08:36:22.640 But just playing through the rest of this, 08:36:22.640 --> 08:36:25.000 I think just the fact that Philly did end up 08:36:25.000 --> 08:36:27.000 setting up that second trick 08:36:27.000 --> 08:36:29.000 roof. It was a missed opportunity, 08:36:29.000 --> 08:36:31.000 I think from Evan. As you mentioned, 08:36:31.000 --> 08:36:33.000 maybe get that hyper beam. Yeah, 08:36:33.000 --> 08:36:35.000 yeah, I mean, Marge is really, 08:36:35.000 --> 08:36:37.000 really thin there, right? And so I think 08:36:37.000 --> 08:36:39.000 if you go back to the drawing board, 08:36:39.000 --> 08:36:41.000 you've seen, OK, well, double 08:36:41.000 --> 08:36:43.000 protect is a possible play. Close combat also 08:36:43.000 --> 08:36:45.000 can knock out my aerodactyl. So 08:36:45.000 --> 08:36:47.000 if you're Evan, you can 08:36:47.000 --> 08:36:49.000 consider playing a little bit more defensively, 08:36:49.000 --> 08:36:51.000 right? For example, aerodactyl, if you think it's going to go 08:36:51.000 --> 08:36:53.000 eat up the close combat, 08:36:53.000 --> 08:36:57.440 Potentially switching into a Sylveon for example. I really like Sleep's overall game plan there 08:36:57.440 --> 08:37:01.080 Which was let me use play skin in the early game to immediately get some knockouts and as it fades 08:37:01.080 --> 08:37:07.080 I get my trick room up. Creme Marina under trick room is an absolute beast right was able to do a lot of damage to that one 08:37:07.640 --> 08:37:12.040 Part of the other thing is if you're evan do you ever consider switching to mega Charizard instead, right? 08:37:12.040 --> 08:37:17.080 Yeah, that I redacted but I don't know even though a redacted did get one hit K. Ode in that last game 08:37:17.080 --> 08:37:19.920 Like it still feels better than Charizard, honestly 08:37:19.920 --> 08:37:23.920 the best offensive matchup into the mega blaze again. 08:37:23.920 --> 08:37:26.920 So lots that both players can do right now. 08:37:26.920 --> 08:37:29.920 Garchomp as a lead, I think, is also another powerful adaptation. 08:37:29.920 --> 08:37:32.920 Something like Garchomp actually would put on a lot of pressure 08:37:32.920 --> 08:37:34.920 into free graph and blaze against me to solve. 08:37:34.920 --> 08:37:37.920 Now, of course, you do threading with the rock side immediately 08:37:37.920 --> 08:37:38.920 under Garchomp. 08:37:38.920 --> 08:37:40.920 But Garchomp's room there are really physically bulky these days. 08:37:40.920 --> 08:37:42.920 So I'd actually expect it to potentially survive. 08:37:42.920 --> 08:37:44.920 And if you survive, well, then you can retaliate back 08:37:44.920 --> 08:37:47.920 with something like a weather ball and a earthquake, for example. 08:37:47.920 --> 08:37:51.920 And it's not going to get a theme type attack bonus there for the players to either play sides. 08:37:51.920 --> 08:37:55.920 I feel like that is in favor of the Charizard surviving that attack. 08:37:55.920 --> 08:38:01.920 But one way to find out, looks like our competitor is getting ready for game number two as a reminder. 08:38:01.920 --> 08:38:07.920 If Belief wins this next game, he has secured a spot in phase two of the World Championships. 08:38:07.920 --> 08:38:10.920 But Evan will still have one more chance with round of three. 08:38:10.920 --> 08:38:16.920 Let's see, I'm just so thrilled to see Mega Blaser Kid on this stage and for the work that it put in. 08:38:16.920 --> 08:38:20.000 Someone's got to run the numbers on a close combat on Aerodactyl. 08:38:20.000 --> 08:38:26.320 Like I said, I was expecting to survive, just because Aerodactyls, I feel like normally have a fair bit of HP in Defensive Bolt. 08:38:26.320 --> 08:38:32.560 And so, yeah, to see it just immediately, when Hey Kayle without a critical hit to start off the set, absolutely exhilarating. 08:38:32.560 --> 08:38:35.560 And I think if you're evi, you also have to respect some other Lee fix ups, right? 08:38:35.560 --> 08:38:42.840 Like Blaziken plus Twergul is one where you can double protect him when Sun is up, and then on Twergul you've got the Helping Hand Pressure from Twergul. 08:38:42.840 --> 08:38:48.760 Purple's damage is actually, it's like a really good Pokemon in a King Gambit because King Gambit can sucker punch your Cal-Towel for 30 or 40% 08:38:48.760 --> 08:38:51.120 But then the Torcal can just bring you down to focus action really easily 08:38:51.320 --> 08:38:54.400 That's another lead. Of course, there's the Torcal Venus or lead as well 08:38:54.400 --> 08:39:02.400 Which pressure is with immediate sleep powders, right? So a lot of combinations. We have seen sleep powder be like a hidden final boss of some of these games 08:39:03.400 --> 08:39:10.400 Let's see what is in store for us in the second one though as in the Aridastal is Garchomp for Evan this time 08:39:10.400 --> 08:39:13.840 and it's going to be a regrappe of Blaziken once again with Hulu. 08:39:13.840 --> 08:39:16.000 Yeah, so I think the guard shot makes a lot of sense here 08:39:16.000 --> 08:39:18.000 because of how much offensive pressure it exerts, right? 08:39:18.000 --> 08:39:19.840 You can immediately go for an earthquake. 08:39:19.840 --> 08:39:22.880 That'll do... just basically immediate knockout onto Blaziken, 08:39:22.880 --> 08:39:25.240 get a lot of damage onto free grep as well. 08:39:25.240 --> 08:39:27.680 The other thing here is, of course, okay, 08:39:27.680 --> 08:39:29.080 it is going to be Blaziken mega-bombing, 08:39:29.080 --> 08:39:30.400 so I was going to say Aerodactyl here 08:39:30.400 --> 08:39:31.680 because she's not to mega-bomb, 08:39:31.680 --> 08:39:33.480 and then that way you have to be on nerve active, 08:39:33.480 --> 08:39:35.880 so Citrus Barrier for grep doesn't have to be. 08:39:35.880 --> 08:39:37.480 That is a really great call-out. 08:39:37.480 --> 08:39:39.920 Something that has gained a very impressive ability 08:39:39.920 --> 08:39:45.720 and we are just going to do the mega evolution for Blaziken and not Aerodactyl on this first turn. 08:39:45.720 --> 08:39:49.720 Double protect so, we're going to be able to scout Alpha Protect from the other side 08:39:49.720 --> 08:39:54.220 and then we're going to see something like the Tailwind, but it is just going to be Aerodactyl trying to go for the Dual Linky. 08:39:54.220 --> 08:39:59.220 See if that plus the follow-up of the Earthquake damage from the Bar Trunk would be a nut to get the tail. 08:39:59.220 --> 08:40:02.920 Yeah, I think the Double Protect makes a ton of sense once again. Let me just get my speed boost. 08:40:02.920 --> 08:40:07.920 Evan's response there would be to Tailwind, but are you really going to Tailwind in front of a Phyridrap or Tripper, right? 08:40:07.920 --> 08:40:12.540 That is such a hard call out to make and so now we've passed the speed boost once again 08:40:12.540 --> 08:40:15.660 Blaziken is exerting that close combat pressure. No protect those switches 08:40:15.660 --> 08:40:20.080 It's actually close combat into gargoyle probably predicting the aerodactyl this time to protect the switch 08:40:20.120 --> 08:40:23.280 It's a lot of damage here, but I think Evan will get a decent trade in return 08:40:23.800 --> 08:40:28.920 So do a wingtie next up to the photograph, but that's actually not going to do enough 08:40:28.920 --> 08:40:29.920 Yeah 08:40:29.920 --> 08:40:33.640 I think this photograph even if there's going to be that follow-up from the earthquake 08:40:33.640 --> 08:40:38.920 You'll be able to get off something like a trade room or just an attack outright. 08:40:38.920 --> 08:40:43.040 Flether King goes down, but this time I think the leap is much happier with this outcome, 08:40:43.040 --> 08:40:44.540 taking for a draft of a setup. 08:40:44.540 --> 08:40:46.840 Exactly, because now you get that free switch in, 08:40:46.840 --> 08:40:49.940 free Marina, I think incredibly powerful to bring out right now. 08:40:49.940 --> 08:40:52.440 The big question I have is, is there a Charizard in the back? 08:40:52.440 --> 08:40:56.840 You would think so, right? Because I think it makes sense to conserve the Unnerve, 08:40:56.840 --> 08:40:59.640 but if you're not going to get the knockout anyway, you might as well go for the Mega, 08:40:59.640 --> 08:41:02.040 just for, you know, a stronger damage output there. 08:41:02.040 --> 08:41:08.600 So free Marina does come in and I think free Marina looks so good on paper into Evan's team. So even though of course mega blizzak is really flashy 08:41:08.600 --> 08:41:11.840 It's you know, it feels like it should be the primary star of the leaves team 08:41:11.840 --> 08:41:18.560 It's actually free Marina left feels like it is immensely difficult to deal with and so now Evan has to go through all four turns of trip 08:41:18.560 --> 08:41:22.760 Right, you can obviously go for a double protect and make a swap, but hyper voice here right now 08:41:22.760 --> 08:41:25.940 It's just so powerful. There's nothing that resists watertight damage on this team 08:41:26.440 --> 08:41:30.080 You just have to take that and you don't want to switch charges are into that 08:41:30.080 --> 08:41:32.480 I think it actually just paints. 08:41:32.480 --> 08:41:37.380 So you have to find a way maybe through a double protect here from the Aerodactyl plus the Garchomp. 08:41:37.380 --> 08:41:39.080 See if you can make your way through this. 08:41:39.080 --> 08:41:43.380 But it's going to be the Aerodactyl that actually protects and it's going to be the only one. 08:41:43.380 --> 08:41:48.180 So as Hypervoids comes out from this Cream Arena, it's going to actually send Garchomp hacking. 08:41:48.180 --> 08:41:49.880 Another Pokemon gets to take its place. 08:41:49.880 --> 08:41:52.380 Maybe it's going to be something like the Sylveon. 08:41:52.380 --> 08:41:56.180 We'll be able to stand up at least a little bit taller with that natural special defense. 08:41:56.180 --> 08:42:01.380 Yeah, I think you could be Sylvanon. I think Charizard actually now does get the opportunity to switch it in Mega Balls. 08:42:01.380 --> 08:42:02.980 And once you Mega Ball, there it is. 08:42:02.980 --> 08:42:03.480 Yeah. 08:42:03.480 --> 08:42:06.380 Turns on the Sun and suddenly Hyper Voice is less powerful. 08:42:06.380 --> 08:42:09.180 Now, Hyper Voice plus Thunderbolt, it's still gonna do a lot, right? 08:42:09.180 --> 08:42:12.180 Like, I would expect it to knock out the Aerodactyl even in Sun. 08:42:12.680 --> 08:42:15.580 The Charizard here, as you pointed out, Rose, is the Solar Beam set. 08:42:15.580 --> 08:42:19.180 It's the standard set. If it were Ancient Power, I think it would be in really, really bad shape. 08:42:19.180 --> 08:42:24.980 Solar Beam will do a lot and every time 3-Murrayn attacks, it's also gonna take a fair bit of damage from that Light Force, right? 08:42:24.980 --> 08:42:29.500 So right now if you're feeling you have a pretty safe play which is just going for hyper voice and thunderbolt 08:42:29.500 --> 08:42:32.420 And you can double up onto the aerodactyl slot try to eliminate that immediately 08:42:32.420 --> 08:42:38.480 You could also double up on Charizard, but I'm not confident on hyper voice and thunderbolt despite both being super effective 08:42:38.480 --> 08:42:44.780 We'll get the knockout for grass damage either surprises me in how much it's going to do or it's underwhelming 08:42:44.780 --> 08:42:48.860 But we see the Charizard make it involved and set the Sun and then protect itself 08:42:48.980 --> 08:42:54.100 So unfortunately the aerodactyl doing all the previous turns doesn't want to risk failing a double protect 08:42:54.100 --> 08:42:56.100 So it just has to take the hyper voice 08:42:56.100 --> 08:42:58.600 It is something 60% in the sun 08:42:58.600 --> 08:43:03.600 But is there going to be a thunderbolt follow-up from this first draft that will actually be a health lock it out 08:43:03.600 --> 08:43:06.600 But into the Tarizard, great protect 08:43:06.600 --> 08:43:08.600 Yeah, really nice play 08:43:08.600 --> 08:43:10.600 I gotta say though, wow, this is a wingbeat 08:43:10.600 --> 08:43:12.600 Not really that strong, but 08:43:12.600 --> 08:43:16.600 Manages to get the extra attack off the Redaridacle 08:43:16.600 --> 08:43:18.100 Followed a turn of trick room 08:43:18.100 --> 08:43:22.100 And now you also beat up a little bit more life core damage with that free arena 08:43:22.100 --> 08:43:25.540 So Primarina attacks again with a hyper voice, so it'll be at 71%. 08:43:25.540 --> 08:43:28.420 The question is, then can a Charizard finish it off with that Solar Beam? 08:43:28.420 --> 08:43:29.780 So, nice call by Evan there. 08:43:29.780 --> 08:43:33.460 I think Ferdrake had the same Thunderbolt in the Aerodactyl, but in Sleep Size, well, 08:43:33.460 --> 08:43:35.380 Aerodactyl is not really that big of a threat anyway, right? 08:43:35.380 --> 08:43:38.340 I mean, it basically did, like, 15, 20% there. 08:43:38.340 --> 08:43:41.220 I think Rockside might have been nicer to get some extra chip damage on a Primarina, 08:43:41.220 --> 08:43:43.700 but it's actually Primarina swapping up for Torquil right now. 08:43:43.700 --> 08:43:47.860 Hey, so maybe Torquil going to be a better Pokémon to take something like the Solar Beam, 08:43:47.860 --> 08:43:50.500 but that's actually not what's going to happen on this turn, 08:43:50.500 --> 08:43:56.000 Because Arthur is also going to make an adjustment bringing the King Gambit out as Aerodactyl protects itself. 08:43:56.000 --> 08:44:03.200 So King Gambit has to take some damage here maybe from the Thunderbolt as the Burger after still charges down that slot hoping it was the Charizard. 08:44:03.200 --> 08:44:05.200 That's what it'd be, a good amount. 08:44:05.200 --> 08:44:12.700 Yeah, but I think if I'm, I'm pretty happy about that turn, right? I managed to switch Torque went for free, like, the Aerodactyl could have clicked Rock Slide there. 08:44:12.700 --> 08:44:17.800 I think Fleeve's idea was let me get damage onto the Charizard. I don't want my Primerina to just get knocked out this turn. 08:44:17.800 --> 08:44:19.800 Erin 08:44:19.800 --> 08:44:28.200 King Gambit, of course, is just gonna get obliterated by twerkle here. Yeah, there's just not a great way to stop your save yourself from a bold coward approach it 08:44:28.320 --> 08:44:33.880 From this twerkle and so King Gambit unfortunately has to sacrifice himself for the second game 08:44:34.800 --> 08:44:41.600 The room is almost over, but Evan only has to hook him on remaining to keep himself in there. Yeah, and the other thing is 08:44:42.320 --> 08:44:46.480 Sun is slowly expiring right if you manage to make it out of the Sun 08:44:46.480 --> 08:44:49.480 That free marina cannot be hit by that charge. 08:44:49.480 --> 08:44:51.480 I mean, you can't keep waiting for that revolve. 08:44:51.480 --> 08:44:53.480 As you see, only two turns left, right? 08:44:53.480 --> 08:44:57.480 And so, can free marina potentially just clutch this out in the endgame? 08:44:57.480 --> 08:44:59.480 I feel like that is what Glee was playing for, 08:44:59.480 --> 08:45:01.480 and I think to get that knock-it-up in game, 08:45:01.480 --> 08:45:03.480 but to not lose furgraph or twerkle, 08:45:03.480 --> 08:45:05.480 puts them in a nice position. 08:45:05.480 --> 08:45:07.480 But of course, right now, like you said, 08:45:07.480 --> 08:45:10.480 trick room and that speed advantage going more in Heaven's favor. 08:45:10.480 --> 08:45:13.480 And so things feel really tense right now. 08:45:13.480 --> 08:45:15.880 feeling like free marina has an advantage in this endgame 08:45:17.480 --> 08:45:23.480 there's so much damage on the board if you go with something like a rock slide and even just 08:45:23.480 --> 08:45:28.600 like a heat wave maybe the purple just softened up softened up enough that you're able to withstand 08:45:28.600 --> 08:45:33.560 another eruption so that rock slides gonna bring his circle down to about 60 percent most of the 08:45:33.560 --> 08:45:38.760 follow-up here from the Charizard if you can do it it's a weather ball and so okay great call 08:45:38.760 --> 08:45:44.520 there to ignore the Protector on that Pergrap and it actually does just get the knockout outright. 08:45:44.520 --> 08:45:49.000 Oh that was close. I think Evan was not confident that was going to KO, right? Especially after 08:45:49.000 --> 08:45:54.120 that rock slide damage. So now Primarina will come in. It could protect obviously to 08:45:54.120 --> 08:45:59.000 stall out the last turn of Sun. I just don't think Life Orb Aqua just doing 40% to Aerodactyl 08:45:59.000 --> 08:46:02.520 even outside of Sun is a super effective attack and the Aerodactyl doesn't appear to be bulky 08:46:02.520 --> 08:46:06.680 but this is a Primarina using a physical attack what we're talking about. So Pergrap does 08:46:06.680 --> 08:46:08.480 Let's get the double protect though, okay? 08:46:08.480 --> 08:46:09.560 Oh, okay. 08:46:09.560 --> 08:46:12.240 And so that's going to save it from this final turn of sun 08:46:12.240 --> 08:46:13.920 of the marina protecting itself as well, 08:46:13.920 --> 08:46:17.360 just to be sure they're not risking anything unnecessary. 08:46:17.360 --> 08:46:19.200 But once the sun disappears, 08:46:19.200 --> 08:46:21.160 still I think you have to worry about 08:46:21.160 --> 08:46:24.760 like a Charizard trying to go for E-Wing. 08:46:26.200 --> 08:46:28.760 Solar Beam will come out, won't do anything, 08:46:28.760 --> 08:46:31.200 and that is going to be the end of sun. 08:46:31.200 --> 08:46:33.400 So now, Aerodactyl can rock slide, 08:46:33.400 --> 08:46:35.760 or it could try to protect potentially. 08:46:35.760 --> 08:46:38.160 Charizard could just go for, like you said, a heat wave. 08:46:38.160 --> 08:46:40.880 You go for Weather Balls, a very weak attack, 08:46:40.880 --> 08:46:42.480 when it's not boosted by the weather, 08:46:42.480 --> 08:46:44.080 but at least it is 100% accurate. 08:46:44.080 --> 08:46:44.920 Here's the awkward shift. 08:46:44.920 --> 08:46:46.040 Is it enough to get the knockout? 08:46:46.040 --> 08:46:46.880 It is! 08:46:46.880 --> 08:46:49.040 Marina does it! 08:46:49.040 --> 08:46:50.880 That is a huge knockout. 08:46:50.880 --> 08:46:52.960 We're never underestimating Primarita again. 08:46:52.960 --> 08:46:53.600 My job! 08:46:53.600 --> 08:46:55.280 That was a clutch KO. 08:46:55.280 --> 08:46:58.840 And also, now that the Unnerved is off the table, 08:46:58.840 --> 08:47:01.760 this Firderaff can finally have its citrus fairy snack 08:47:01.760 --> 08:47:04.120 it's been waiting for as he comes out 08:47:04.120 --> 08:47:08.280 and misses the Pre-Marina and the Flickrack just to add itself to injury. 08:47:08.280 --> 08:47:12.200 So this Flickrack sets up to a group for free and his game feels over now. 08:47:12.200 --> 08:47:15.680 Yeah, I was gonna say in all fairness, I think even if he waits for a new Sam Pre-Marina, 08:47:15.680 --> 08:47:21.520 it still does it, but Foliq moves on to 6-1, takes his unique team with Mega Blaze again, 08:47:21.520 --> 08:47:26.200 and life for Pre-Marina, 2-2 of the Pokemon World Championship. 08:47:26.200 --> 08:47:33.280 In a format where so many teams feel hyper-optimized and use this relative same pool of Pokemon, 08:47:33.280 --> 08:47:36.760 It is mega plays to get in free Marina here in round seven that moves on 08:47:37.240 --> 08:47:42.840 And what a cool way to be able to win a match on screen as well Justin so much style 08:47:42.840 --> 08:47:46.960 I love that we got a chance to see just great highlights of both of these Pokemon in action 08:47:47.240 --> 08:47:52.920 One hit knockout from the close combat into the aerodactyl the Agudette KO to take 40% 08:47:52.920 --> 08:47:53.920 I'm an aerodactyl 08:47:53.920 --> 08:47:59.680 I gotta know that cow gone because I think it's to me on my guess is this aerodactyl has absolutely no bulk right because 08:47:59.680 --> 08:48:03.360 got one shot by Blaziken in game one and then also painted to pre marina in game two 08:48:04.320 --> 08:48:10.400 even with no bulk I was like 40% that's so much health right but wow pre marina clutches it out and 08:48:10.960 --> 08:48:16.000 just so fun to see these Pokemon being utilized and that that game was really tense because it was 08:48:16.000 --> 08:48:19.440 like I was saying like if you saw the sun well pre marina just won me one Charizard so I know 08:48:19.440 --> 08:48:22.960 the double miss there at the end was quite dramatic but even if you've double hits for a graph 08:48:22.960 --> 08:48:26.080 fainse tricker doesn't get set up you would need a burn like that would be your win condition 08:48:26.080 --> 08:48:30.220 of a pre Marina and then like a double protector triple protect potentially but 08:48:30.220 --> 08:48:35.440 yeah the mist is obviously immediately allows you to win the game just so cool 08:48:35.440 --> 08:48:39.240 to be able to see this composition come to the forefront I was wondering if we 08:48:39.240 --> 08:48:42.040 would see the Venusaur because the other thing I was thinking is what if you 08:48:42.040 --> 08:48:45.800 just let Evan set the Sun for you and then the Venusaur comes in and you're 08:48:45.800 --> 08:48:49.840 able to just put things to sleep but to leap showed us you need the Venusaur 08:48:49.840 --> 08:48:52.840 in order to win the game just had to make sure that you got your trick 08:48:52.840 --> 08:48:57.520 room up in the right conditions. I just think it's so cool to see how that team 08:48:57.520 --> 08:49:00.800 functions right because I think on paper you look at it and you're like I don't 08:49:00.800 --> 08:49:03.640 get it like Mega Blaziken is really fast the rest of your team is really slow 08:49:03.640 --> 08:49:07.480 like how does this really work right but we've showed us it's me just getting a 08:49:07.480 --> 08:49:11.240 ton of damage off with Blaziken in the opening turns that what makes it so 08:49:11.240 --> 08:49:14.400 liable is if you just close combat into a protect or a switch right for 08:49:14.400 --> 08:49:17.200 example we saw close combat into Garchomp. Garchomp protects there 08:49:17.200 --> 08:49:20.000 Aerodactyl goes through dual wing bead on a Blaziken it's a very 08:49:20.000 --> 08:49:23.280 different story but what allowed Blaziken to really thrive in this one and that's why 08:49:23.280 --> 08:49:26.640 called a fair Pokemon right because most of the time you're clicking a single target attack 08:49:26.640 --> 08:49:31.040 into one specific slot if your opponent protects your switches well it can be a huge swing but 08:49:31.040 --> 08:49:34.640 Blaziken I feel like got more than it really would have wanted in that game which was a knockout 08:49:34.640 --> 08:49:38.960 on the Aerodactyl close combat into Garchomp both in games one and games two which really we can 08:49:38.960 --> 08:49:44.480 get. Yeah I agree it's just so cool you'll see a Pokemon that you know what that mega evolution 08:49:44.480 --> 08:49:47.920 has been around for a while but I think this is really the first time I'm looking at it I'm 08:49:47.920 --> 08:49:50.560 I'm like, hey, that looks really good. 08:49:50.560 --> 08:49:52.600 But I cannot wait to see how far 08:49:52.600 --> 08:49:54.040 Philipe can take this. 08:49:54.040 --> 08:49:56.000 I know this is such a stellar win. 08:49:56.000 --> 08:49:57.480 And so let's hear from Philipe 08:49:57.480 --> 08:49:59.480 on how he's feeling after this match. 08:50:02.200 --> 08:50:03.120 Thank you so much. 08:50:03.120 --> 08:50:04.080 I'm here with Philipe, 08:50:04.080 --> 08:50:05.600 who has just punched his ticket 08:50:05.600 --> 08:50:07.160 into phase two of the tournament. 08:50:07.160 --> 08:50:08.600 Congratulations. 08:50:08.600 --> 08:50:09.800 I know you're a little shaky, 08:50:09.800 --> 08:50:11.440 but how are you feeling? 08:50:11.440 --> 08:50:12.280 It's amazing. 08:50:12.280 --> 08:50:13.120 I really can't believe it. 08:50:13.120 --> 08:50:15.000 I was only aiming to compete 08:50:15.000 --> 08:50:15.880 at the World Championships 08:50:15.880 --> 08:50:19.120 and make day two here, it's just great. 08:50:19.120 --> 08:50:21.600 I mean, your team is absolutely incredible. 08:50:21.600 --> 08:50:24.360 Mega Blaziken on a trick room team. 08:50:24.360 --> 08:50:26.400 What is the inspiration behind it? 08:50:26.400 --> 08:50:30.080 Actually, the inspiration was Wolf Glick's regulation 08:50:30.080 --> 08:50:32.080 I team with Corridon and Lunala, 08:50:32.080 --> 08:50:35.360 which I got my best results this season. 08:50:35.360 --> 08:50:38.640 So the plan is, I probably shouldn't tell it, 08:50:38.640 --> 08:50:41.280 but use Mega Blaziken early on 08:50:41.280 --> 08:50:43.520 with enormous offensive pressure 08:50:43.520 --> 08:50:46.080 and then let it die because it's just really frail 08:50:46.080 --> 08:50:47.720 and get a free switch on the trick room 08:50:47.720 --> 08:50:49.960 and then just go from there. 08:50:49.960 --> 08:50:52.160 You mentioned to me before we started this interview 08:50:52.160 --> 08:50:53.880 that you had a lot of help from your friends. 08:50:53.880 --> 08:50:55.800 Did they help you build and test this team? 08:50:55.800 --> 08:50:56.640 Yeah, exactly. 08:50:56.640 --> 08:50:59.080 I would like to thank all of them, 08:50:59.080 --> 08:51:03.080 especially Daki, who found the prototype for the team, 08:51:03.080 --> 08:51:06.560 helped me prep a lot, found a lot of useful stuff. 08:51:06.560 --> 08:51:08.800 Itchak, who has found a really secret tech 08:51:08.800 --> 08:51:10.520 for the Venusaur. 08:51:10.520 --> 08:51:12.800 Narad, who's staying with me here. 08:51:12.800 --> 08:51:15.860 Joshi who has also helped me and everybody in the Polish community, 08:51:15.860 --> 08:51:16.700 Polska Górona. 08:51:17.540 --> 08:51:20.580 All right. Well, I don't want to let you go just yet because we have to talk about 08:51:20.580 --> 08:51:23.820 your run so far today. I mean, this is the first time we've seen you. 08:51:24.020 --> 08:51:25.580 Tell us about your matches so far. 08:51:27.340 --> 08:51:30.580 I was aiming to play as many non-EU players because it's the World 08:51:30.580 --> 08:51:32.500 Championships. I can play EU players at home. 08:51:33.740 --> 08:51:36.020 And that has managed. I played four Japanese players. 08:51:36.020 --> 08:51:38.700 One of them was Shoma Honami, which I managed to win, 08:51:38.700 --> 08:51:40.220 which is also incredible for me. 08:51:40.220 --> 08:51:43.220 Yeah, it's just been really great. 08:51:43.220 --> 08:51:46.220 I hope I surprised all of them with my team. 08:51:46.220 --> 08:51:49.220 And I guess I did because I'm here. 08:51:49.220 --> 08:51:51.220 For sure, for sure. 08:51:51.220 --> 08:51:55.220 And I mean, going into tomorrow in Phase 2, 08:51:55.220 --> 08:51:58.220 are you going to be doing any preparations tonight, you think? 08:51:58.220 --> 08:52:00.220 Are you going to just try to get a good night's sleep? 08:52:00.220 --> 08:52:01.220 Do you have a game plan? 08:52:01.220 --> 08:52:03.220 No, probably just a good night's sleep 08:52:03.220 --> 08:52:06.220 and celebrate with my friends, which came here as well. 08:52:06.220 --> 08:52:07.220 For sure. 08:52:07.220 --> 08:52:09.220 I know you already gave some shout-outs for Leap, 08:52:09.220 --> 08:52:12.380 Is there anybody else you'd like to say hello to, who might be watching? 08:52:12.380 --> 08:52:16.780 Yes, I would like to say hello to my fiance, Veronica, who is probably asleep right now 08:52:16.780 --> 08:52:19.100 because it's the middle of the night in Poland. 08:52:19.100 --> 08:52:26.340 But she has helped me emotionally a lot, she has put up with me being really not good 08:52:26.340 --> 08:52:30.900 in the household or very stressed, but she was very considerate and helped me a lot. 08:52:30.900 --> 08:52:31.900 So thank you, Veronica. 08:52:31.900 --> 08:52:34.860 Well, thank you so much for your time. 08:52:34.860 --> 08:52:37.620 Congratulations again on making phase two of the competition. 08:52:37.620 --> 08:52:42.340 luck in the final round of Swiss and for everybody watching at home we're gonna be taking a quick 08:52:42.340 --> 08:52:45.380 break before we get into our final round of Swiss so please stay tuned. 08:52:58.020 --> 08:53:04.260 Hello everybody and welcome to the Pokemon Center here at Worlds 2026 in San Francisco as 08:53:04.260 --> 08:53:06.940 As you can see, we've got the World Championship side. 08:53:06.940 --> 08:53:08.820 We've got the Pokemon XP side. 08:53:08.820 --> 08:53:11.140 I hear it's absolutely insane in there. 08:53:11.140 --> 08:53:12.140 Let's go take a look. 08:53:14.140 --> 08:53:17.180 We got to get me popping out behind everything that we can. 08:53:17.180 --> 08:53:18.380 Let's take a shot of it. 08:53:18.380 --> 08:53:19.220 Oh! 08:53:27.700 --> 08:53:28.700 Okay, how's it going? 08:53:34.260 --> 08:53:37.260 Beautiful pieces, breathing close here. 08:53:37.260 --> 08:53:39.260 I want you to take a look at this for everyone at home. 08:53:39.260 --> 08:53:41.260 This is a fantastic piece. 08:53:41.260 --> 08:53:44.260 This is the beautiful save-a-lie we have right here. 08:53:44.260 --> 08:53:47.260 Without question, one of the finest we have. 08:53:47.260 --> 08:53:48.260 Beautiful, sparkly. 08:53:48.260 --> 08:53:50.260 We have the Eevee right next to it. 08:53:50.260 --> 08:53:52.260 And finally, the Jigglypuff. 08:53:52.260 --> 08:53:53.260 Very nice collection. 08:53:58.260 --> 08:54:01.260 The official matte, limit one per customer. 08:54:01.260 --> 08:54:03.260 But I count as two customers, so I will take two. 08:54:03.260 --> 08:54:04.260 No. 08:54:04.260 --> 08:54:07.260 King Pikachu. 08:54:07.260 --> 08:54:21.260 MUSIC 08:54:21.260 --> 08:54:26.260 We have now transitioned from the World Championships to the XP area. 08:54:26.260 --> 08:54:29.260 Space themed, extremely cool, in my opinion, 08:54:29.260 --> 08:54:31.260 cooler than the World Championship area. 08:54:31.260 --> 08:54:32.260 I'm probably not supposed to say that. 08:54:32.260 --> 08:54:37.260 to say that. Let's do some pop outs. Boom, pop it. 08:54:37.260 --> 08:54:42.260 Okay, okay, get a picture of me with the Umbria. 08:54:42.260 --> 08:54:46.260 There you go. 08:54:46.260 --> 08:54:49.260 The World Championship Clay Matting Bag. Also limit one. 08:54:49.260 --> 08:54:52.260 These are different, though, so I can take them. Yes? Yes. 08:54:52.260 --> 08:54:56.260 I got a yes. Place is poppin'. 08:54:56.260 --> 08:55:00.260 Beautiful. Special, elegant. One of them's going on a trip. 08:55:00.260 --> 08:55:04.100 One of them is blasting off, another one would be in a spaceship. 08:55:04.100 --> 08:55:06.180 I think I like Curely the best. 08:55:06.180 --> 08:55:08.500 I have been excited to see this the entire time. 08:55:08.500 --> 08:55:11.620 This is the item I've had my eye on more than anything else. 08:55:11.620 --> 08:55:13.060 This jacket right here. 08:55:14.820 --> 08:55:16.900 It's beautiful, it's special. 08:55:17.780 --> 08:55:21.220 I'm not exactly sure where I can wear it, except everywhere, 08:55:21.220 --> 08:55:22.900 and I want it very bad. 08:55:22.900 --> 08:55:23.940 I will be back for it, 08:55:23.940 --> 08:55:26.020 because technically I'm not allowed to shop for this right now. 08:56:30.260 --> 08:56:32.260 I 08:58:30.260 --> 08:58:46.420 and we're back trainers here coming into round eight of the Pokemon World Championships here 08:58:46.420 --> 08:58:52.340 in San Francisco. I've taken Aaron Rose again for another little spin behind our desk here 08:58:52.340 --> 08:58:57.220 and we're just having a fantastic time. What a great match that we just featured on stream 08:58:57.220 --> 08:59:02.660 with Philippe winning. With a Pokemon, I don't think that many of us have our bingo cards here, 08:59:02.660 --> 08:59:06.820 coming into the world championships. I don't know if we need to update our predictions like 08:59:06.820 --> 08:59:10.660 Mega Blaziken, because they're so, so strong, right? I was gonna say, Ben, I didn't know if you were 08:59:10.660 --> 08:59:13.860 talking about Mega Blaziken or Primerina, because neither of those were out of the game part, 08:59:13.860 --> 08:59:17.700 but we got to see both, and they both clutched up in games one and two respectively. Little 08:59:17.700 --> 08:59:21.140 Colomate, little Colomate. I mean, even the Torcole as well, right? Yeah. It's like, what 08:59:21.140 --> 08:59:24.740 are the strong Pokemon? It's not, you know, it doesn't have as many wings as Charizard, 08:59:24.740 --> 08:59:31.380 But it's still bringing the sun is still putting up on the damage. So yeah, I think we've we've seen such a we've been we've been so lucky 08:59:31.380 --> 08:59:33.320 I think in in the tournament so far 08:59:33.320 --> 08:59:38.980 We've seen such a great variation of teams and people really try to take a swing at the format and 08:59:39.260 --> 08:59:44.780 Really tried to do something maybe a little bit different rather than coming in just with the tried and tested compositions 08:59:44.780 --> 08:59:48.820 I think what we need is a section for like our underrated picks 08:59:48.820 --> 08:59:52.420 I think that would be it like the spice we think is going on to the tournament 08:59:52.420 --> 08:59:54.820 So maybe you'll have to think about that for next time. 08:59:54.820 --> 08:59:56.320 Okay, we'll add it to the list. 08:59:56.320 --> 08:59:58.720 Let's have a little catch up with our world champions 08:59:58.720 --> 09:00:01.320 that are competing this weekend as well. 09:00:01.320 --> 09:00:03.320 See how they're getting on so far. 09:00:03.320 --> 09:00:06.220 So, Sajian, we saw them on stream a little bit earlier. 09:00:06.220 --> 09:00:08.120 They were having a great start to the tournament. 09:00:08.120 --> 09:00:10.220 Hasn't worked out quite in their favor, 09:00:10.220 --> 09:00:13.120 unfortunately for them going 3-4 so far. 09:00:13.120 --> 09:00:15.920 But a good opportunity last round of Swiss 09:00:15.920 --> 09:00:18.220 make that even in this world championships. 09:00:18.220 --> 09:00:20.720 I mean, that would just still be such an impressive result. 09:00:20.720 --> 09:00:28.280 I think looking across the board at some of the competitors that we saw at 0 3 1 3 kind of slowly trickling out of the tournament 09:00:28.360 --> 09:00:32.680 There were a lot of big names down here. So I think if you can say that you finished 4 4 09:00:33.560 --> 09:00:35.960 You got to be really happy with a result like that 09:00:36.480 --> 09:00:40.720 Especially with the caliber that we've seen across this world championships so far not just on the broadcast 09:00:40.720 --> 09:00:46.480 But who we know is in the field and playing at their tournament. So looking a little bit further 09:00:46.480 --> 09:00:53.680 We got Shoma who I was able to have a little catch up to with yesterday saying like I asked him whether or not 09:00:53.680 --> 09:00:57.520 He thought Charizard was gonna win the tournament as a little bit of a heart take and he said 09:00:58.240 --> 09:01:00.240 I'm running Charizard and I will win 09:01:02.760 --> 09:01:10.480 Still in contention there at five to alongside wolf click running a little bit of a different iteration on a sand composition with Megastar after 09:01:10.480 --> 09:01:17.200 in the mix as well. Two of these four champions have already punched the ticket to day two in Nalto and 09:01:17.200 --> 09:01:22.480 Shohei of course, two of our Japanese war champions. Shohei I believe lost round one and just won every 09:01:22.480 --> 09:01:27.840 game after that. And so just another phenomenal performance by him. He's one of the most consistent 09:01:27.840 --> 09:01:32.560 players on the world stage and yeah just constantly delivers and Nalto I think it's yeah 09:01:32.560 --> 09:01:35.600 feel like it's been a while since we've gotten the chance to see him play especially on stream 09:01:35.600 --> 09:01:42.560 and he had a very nice win in his winning in and has just been a top for us. I think I was seeing him 09:01:42.560 --> 09:01:45.520 I think to be earlier this morning. It was like I'd just be really happy to make it to day two 09:01:45.520 --> 09:01:51.040 But I'm sure now he's looking for more. Yeah, it's like when you get to that stage and you're thinking like okay coming in 09:01:51.040 --> 09:01:55.920 This is gonna be a tough event, right? And then it all sort of lines up for you. You make it for that thing 09:01:55.920 --> 09:01:57.760 And then you hang on a second 09:01:57.760 --> 09:02:00.880 What what if I can get to after a day? Exactly 09:02:00.880 --> 09:02:09.600 I start to wait in a little bit, but everybody's still having great results on the day, but I think definitely looking at Shola Wolf Paul 09:02:09.600 --> 09:02:13.600 Can they get the final win in this final round of Swiss to punch their tickets to? 09:02:13.800 --> 09:02:20.400 We know that they're capable of doing it right all of these trainers have been in those pressure situations before right all of them 09:02:20.400 --> 09:02:23.000 Are capable of doing it. It's just you know 09:02:23.000 --> 09:02:29.640 We've got a few trainers that are in contention that just have to carry on winning and winning is what these trainers are good at 09:02:29.640 --> 09:02:35.880 So just again so hard it is the world championships every single matchup is one 09:02:35.880 --> 09:02:40.840 that you could see being at the finals of a stage like this and so thinking 09:02:40.840 --> 09:02:43.840 about that and knowing the schedules that some of these competitors have had 09:02:43.840 --> 09:02:48.440 I'm just very impressed and hoping and cheering for them so let's have a little 09:02:48.440 --> 09:02:52.280 look going on from our world championships with world champions 09:02:52.280 --> 09:02:55.480 that are competing this weekend let's have a little bit of a look back now 09:02:55.480 --> 09:02:59.040 we're going into round eight we've seen loads of different teams on 09:02:59.040 --> 09:03:04.880 stream we've seen loads of different players. Let's have a little reminder of the usage across 09:03:04.880 --> 09:03:10.080 the tournament there. King Gambit, this is the top 12 overall usage regardless of if they're 09:03:10.080 --> 09:03:14.560 mega Pokemon or not. King Gambit, Charizard, Incideral. I don't think any of us were surprised 09:03:14.560 --> 09:03:20.960 to see them on the top pedestal, but I feel like we've seen a lot of different variations of 09:03:20.960 --> 09:03:24.400 Pokemon, different variations of teams that aren't on this graphic as well. 09:03:24.400 --> 09:03:32.000 I mean, yeah, we had Swamper, we had Cleaver, we had Hydraegon, of course Mega Blaze again, 09:03:32.000 --> 09:03:33.000 a pre-Marina. 09:03:33.000 --> 09:03:36.360 Like it goes to show that there are some really interesting things that you can do in the 09:03:36.360 --> 09:03:37.360 format. 09:03:37.360 --> 09:03:40.440 I suspect once we get into phase two of the tournament though, there will be very few 09:03:40.440 --> 09:03:42.600 of unexpected surprises of tea. 09:03:42.600 --> 09:03:46.640 There will mainly be things that we expect it to be very powerful and true established 09:03:46.640 --> 09:03:48.640 compositions coming into this event. 09:03:48.640 --> 09:03:50.800 There was a Vanillix at X1. 09:03:50.800 --> 09:03:51.800 That's right. 09:03:51.800 --> 09:03:59.040 round so that is a Pokemon that's not on this graphic that I also don't think people expected to see at the world championships today 09:03:59.120 --> 09:04:03.600 Yeah, I mean, you know, it's it's kind of similar to a lowland nine tails 09:04:03.600 --> 09:04:04.600 All right 09:04:04.600 --> 09:04:07.520 In a lot of different ways it just doesn't have that fairy type things to 09:04:08.120 --> 09:04:14.880 Complement it and it's you know, there's a few few other alternatives. So I think like looking at this list of 09:04:15.480 --> 09:04:20.600 Top 12 Pokemon. I think there's a good sort of like your fairy compositions the grass compositions the 09:04:20.600 --> 09:04:25.960 and you know the strong Pokemon that we've got King Gambit and Busky Legion and Incineroar that 09:04:25.960 --> 09:04:30.040 can't walk out jump but why just keep I'll just keep going I'll just keep listing all of the 09:04:30.040 --> 09:04:35.880 Pokemon that are on the graphic but I think we've done and we've had a great run in showing a 09:04:35.880 --> 09:04:38.520 lot of these Pokemon on the stream and Sylveon we've got to give it a shout out. 09:04:39.560 --> 09:04:42.360 Top 10. Have we seen much of Floette? 09:04:43.640 --> 09:04:48.360 Yeah I was like I don't remember seeing much Floette on stream today but it obviously 09:04:48.360 --> 09:04:53.080 has been, if anything, it's kind of had a comeback, right? Like I feel like, well, I wouldn't say it's 09:04:53.080 --> 09:04:56.840 completely disappeared over the last couple of weeks, but of course this was one of the best 09:04:56.840 --> 09:05:01.560 Pokemon in regulation MA. It was also a success in MB, but it felt like people were trying a lot 09:05:01.560 --> 09:05:07.080 of new things. But yeah, here it is, sitting at number six. Well, let's go along to our mega 09:05:07.080 --> 09:05:13.000 Pokemon stats and see how that's shaping up compared to what we see. I think one of the 09:05:13.000 --> 09:05:17.160 things that really stands out to me, especially seeing we've got Justin Tang at seven and 09:05:17.160 --> 09:05:23.720 know, with Mega Delphox, Mega Blast Toys, going into the final round of Swiss. I'm really fascinated 09:05:23.720 --> 09:05:29.400 to know how Mega Blast Toys specifically is going to be converting in phase two, right? Like, who's 09:05:29.400 --> 09:05:35.160 going to have, you know, been able to have just that really amazing run and just, you know, 09:05:35.160 --> 09:05:39.800 hit all of the predictions in the right spots. It's a tough Pokémon to use. I mean, we saw 09:05:39.800 --> 09:05:44.520 it earlier, right? Going for a Shell Smashing Trick Room. Like, if you know, you know. 09:05:44.520 --> 09:05:48.200 And it was a non-Megashall smash as well, like I truly think what makes that 09:05:48.200 --> 09:05:51.400 composition with the Delphox and Key Gambit so cool is that you have 09:05:51.400 --> 09:05:55.160 three big threats that are looking to just peek over the game at any given point. 09:05:55.160 --> 09:05:58.600 And one of the things I really like watching at the War Championships is 09:05:58.600 --> 09:06:01.480 while these players have been on these teams for weeks, they've probably figured 09:06:01.480 --> 09:06:05.640 the most hyper-optimized lines possible into the other really popular teams, right? 09:06:05.640 --> 09:06:09.160 So you start doing some funky things that you probably normally wouldn't think of if you 09:06:09.160 --> 09:06:12.840 were seeing an opposing team for the first time, but it's a thing about a competitive 09:06:12.840 --> 09:06:17.160 game like VGC, there are established metagames and so you should do your homework coming into 09:06:17.160 --> 09:06:21.400 this event, probably at least for pair against the top 5 to 10 teams that you expect to see. 09:06:21.400 --> 09:06:25.640 And as a result, yeah, we got to see a regular Blastway Shell Smash with Megadelfox in the 09:06:25.640 --> 09:06:29.160 back and I think that was one of the coolest wins on stream this weekend. 09:06:29.160 --> 09:06:32.680 I do think this graphic is so cool to take in that a lot of these 09:06:32.680 --> 09:06:39.080 mega evolutions actually do come from Pokemon Legends CA. Some newly discovered mega 09:06:39.080 --> 09:06:46.280 evolution there with the Raiju as well as the Star Raptor. I think it's just cool. I don't know if 09:06:46.280 --> 09:06:52.120 you all remember the conversations about both in particular Mega Raiju and Mega Star Raptor 09:06:52.120 --> 09:06:55.720 when they were first legal in the format. People were looking at them and going, 09:06:55.720 --> 09:07:00.600 are you sure you want to use that Pokemon? Do you really think it's going to be good? 09:07:00.600 --> 09:07:05.000 And there are so many competitors at the World Championships that do believe in those Pokemon 09:07:05.000 --> 09:07:06.200 you have brought that. Yes, 09:07:06.200 --> 09:07:06.900 right, especially with that 09:07:06.900 --> 09:07:08.000 Mega Rite you, why right? 09:07:08.000 --> 09:07:09.900 Like we've seen it on stream 09:07:09.900 --> 09:07:12.600 today, really focusing on not 09:07:12.600 --> 09:07:14.100 going for its mega evolution 09:07:14.100 --> 09:07:15.100 and actually using the 09:07:15.100 --> 09:07:16.700 lightning rod, using it like 09:07:16.700 --> 09:07:18.900 the conventional Rite you 09:07:18.900 --> 09:07:21.300 have. Just with the focus 09:07:21.300 --> 09:07:22.400 blast that you'd never really 09:07:22.400 --> 09:07:23.800 consider putting on the set 09:07:23.800 --> 09:07:25.600 lest you go for a focus 09:07:25.600 --> 09:07:27.300 blast and get nicknamed 09:07:27.300 --> 09:07:29.200 focus miss as we call it in 09:07:29.200 --> 09:07:30.800 the community. Still 09:07:30.800 --> 09:07:31.900 managed to hit that focus 09:07:31.900 --> 09:07:33.600 blast actually in the match 09:07:33.600 --> 09:07:34.500 that it played, but a really 09:07:34.500 --> 09:07:40.500 that. It's a really cool way 09:07:40.600 --> 09:07:42.500 to keep that composition going 09:07:42.600 --> 09:07:44.500 and actually flex this dual 09:07:44.600 --> 09:07:46.400 mega archetype that we've seen 09:07:46.500 --> 09:07:48.400 so much in regular M. A. and 09:07:48.500 --> 09:07:50.400 M. B. Where there's a few less 09:07:50.500 --> 09:07:52.400 items, but also you want to 09:07:52.500 --> 09:07:54.400 have that flexibility in your 09:07:54.500 --> 09:07:56.400 team building. Absolutely. And 09:07:56.500 --> 09:07:57.400 I think the big question 09:07:57.500 --> 09:07:58.400 everyone's still asking is 09:07:58.500 --> 09:07:59.400 will mega Charizard be 09:07:59.500 --> 09:08:01.400 grown for this event, right? 09:08:01.500 --> 09:08:02.400 Because it kind of felt like 09:08:02.500 --> 09:08:04.400 it was the top Pokemon 09:08:04.500 --> 09:08:08.340 dominant mega evolution back then, but it got really countered at Worlds, but that was a much 09:08:08.340 --> 09:08:13.060 smaller world championship. Only 40 to 50 players were qualified in the Masters division, so you 09:08:13.060 --> 09:08:18.180 could do things like try to play super anti-meta because the pool was a little bit more limited, 09:08:18.180 --> 09:08:21.780 but now these world championships are so big, there's so many great players competing in it as 09:08:21.780 --> 09:08:25.940 well. If you're going to try to build something that's anti-meta, you've got to make sure that 09:08:25.940 --> 09:08:29.300 you can also cover for all the other things that you might go up against here at Worlds. 09:08:29.300 --> 09:08:33.380 And so I don't know, I was like in 2014, Kangascon was like the number one mega-coat going 09:08:33.380 --> 09:08:36.900 going into worlds and like only there was one I think were two in the top 16 overall and 09:08:36.900 --> 09:08:39.860 didn't even make it into top eight. But I don't think that's going to be the case for 09:08:39.860 --> 09:08:42.340 Megacharizard in this one. It's just too good of a moment. 09:08:42.340 --> 09:08:48.820 Yeah, I feel like Kangaskarn back in his day was kind of like a better Pokemon than Megacharizard 09:08:48.820 --> 09:08:54.020 is currently. But like just because of the fact that it was so hard to take down right. 09:08:54.020 --> 09:08:58.980 It has no weaknesses. It's a parental bond before it was broken. 09:08:58.980 --> 09:09:06.780 Yeah, you said I didn't, but I mean, we're all thinking it for a reason, and rightly so. 09:09:06.780 --> 09:09:13.220 But I mean, yeah, I think like I was excited to use Megascangus God coming into reg MA thinking, 09:09:13.220 --> 09:09:16.660 hey, maybe this could have been like the old days. 09:09:16.660 --> 09:09:18.900 Just doesn't quite hit the same. 09:09:18.900 --> 09:09:25.580 But then we did see the King is gone with just life or no mega stone, nothing, just 09:09:25.580 --> 09:09:31.820 great teammate on a team and I feel like that was another one where I think that's really where some of these mega 09:09:32.000 --> 09:09:38.420 Evolutions or Pokemon that can make you evolve it stuck out is can they do both things can they actually act on 09:09:38.900 --> 09:09:43.820 Their own without the mega evolution so they're not just dead weight when you want to bring them to a match 09:09:43.940 --> 09:09:48.900 Yeah, I'm like, you know those last respects a lot of resort sets on Kaga's card as well 09:09:48.900 --> 09:09:50.480 We're seeing lots of different 09:09:50.480 --> 09:09:55.520 In this format where there's a few a few less things that different Pokemon can do 09:09:55.520 --> 09:09:57.680 But that's all we've got time for for the moment 09:09:57.680 --> 09:10:03.640 So we're gonna be taking it to a quick break before we get round eight up and running here at the world championships 09:10:05.880 --> 09:10:13.560 Hey there Pokemon trainers Gabby Snyder here with Dawey see one of our top placing trainers at NAIC this year 09:10:13.560 --> 09:10:18.600 One of my favorite Pokemon trainers to come from the New England area. Dawey. How are you doing today? 09:10:18.600 --> 09:10:21.100 Yeah, I'm doing really great. How about you? 09:10:21.100 --> 09:10:24.300 I'm doing really great. I mean, we are here on Re-Playza Road. 09:10:24.300 --> 09:10:26.900 It just opened up for previews. It's pretty exciting. 09:10:26.900 --> 09:10:32.700 But what's exciting to me is your journey here to this world's competition. 09:10:32.700 --> 09:10:34.900 Tawai, I'd love to hear your story. 09:10:34.900 --> 09:10:39.800 What got you into competing in the Pokémon Video Game Championship series? 09:10:39.800 --> 09:10:42.700 I have been playing this game for so long time. 09:10:42.700 --> 09:10:46.100 I used to play just like 6 vs 6 in-game, 09:10:46.100 --> 09:10:52.820 but then I found this thing called VGC when and at that time I was still in China there was no official 09:10:52.820 --> 09:10:59.860 tournaments in China at that time so I just wanted to join this circuit so much that's a part of why 09:10:59.860 --> 09:11:05.700 I came to the US to study for my graduate school while I'm not doing so well in the graduate school 09:11:05.700 --> 09:11:12.660 I think I really have a lot of fun in Pokemon VGC. I mean every time I see you compete you're 09:11:12.660 --> 09:11:17.820 You're always on stage smiling, you have the best outfits, I have to say. 09:11:17.820 --> 09:11:21.780 And your run at NAIC this year was absolutely incredible. 09:11:21.780 --> 09:11:24.620 So how did you prepare for that, going into the tournament? 09:11:24.620 --> 09:11:31.300 Because NAIC is so close to Indiana Police Regional and I didn't do well enough as I expected 09:11:31.300 --> 09:11:32.300 in India. 09:11:32.300 --> 09:11:37.540 So that's why I think I should give that team another chance because at that time 09:11:37.540 --> 09:11:41.460 I don't think everyone just still recognized that team. 09:11:41.460 --> 09:11:47.300 And it works just really great because like in that regulation, the Charizard dominates 09:11:47.300 --> 09:11:53.860 the whole format and which makes Sterillage just a perfect choice for the NAAC. 09:11:53.860 --> 09:11:58.820 And I also want you to say I really had good luck in NAAC. 09:11:58.820 --> 09:12:00.940 That's also why I did well. 09:12:00.940 --> 09:12:04.380 I feel like Sterillage is kind of your signature Pokemon right now. 09:12:04.380 --> 09:12:05.380 Would you agree? 09:12:05.380 --> 09:12:06.380 Maybe. 09:12:06.380 --> 09:12:17.380 Maybe. Yeah, I'm not using Pteranus at all this time. It's just so difficult to use it anymore in the recognition B. 09:12:17.380 --> 09:12:22.380 Fair enough. Well, maybe not a signature Pokemon, but who's your favorite Pokemon? 09:12:22.380 --> 09:12:27.380 Oh, my favorite Pokemon is Gerachi because it can just grant you any wishes. 09:12:27.380 --> 09:12:34.060 that's who didn't want that right and it's also my like my favorite one since I 09:12:34.060 --> 09:12:39.980 was very young when I was I was watching the anime and so it's just so cute and 09:12:39.980 --> 09:12:45.200 so lovely. The Jarachi movie was my favorite one ever since I first saw it too 09:12:45.200 --> 09:12:48.780 and Jarachi's a favorite for that reason for me as well. We talked about 09:12:48.780 --> 09:12:52.300 wishes let's talk about predictions going into the world championships this 09:12:52.300 --> 09:12:55.580 weekend don't don't tell us anything about you but what do you think we're 09:12:55.580 --> 09:13:00.300 gonna see you know what's the competition gonna look like? I hope it's not 09:13:00.300 --> 09:13:05.900 getting boring because like everyone is complaining this regulation doesn't have 09:13:05.900 --> 09:13:11.740 much new teams but I hope everyone is just hiding their team and to review them 09:13:11.740 --> 09:13:17.660 only at work so I hope everyone has a really interesting team to like to 09:13:17.660 --> 09:13:24.980 to watch and also so yesterday when I was opening the booster pack I got 09:13:24.980 --> 09:13:34.400 from the checking and I managed to pull out a mega flow at it. That's my 09:13:34.400 --> 09:13:38.300 prediction mega flow at it will win the world. I think that's a pretty strong 09:13:38.300 --> 09:13:43.420 prediction so Dawai thank you so much. Before I ask for shout outs I think a 09:13:43.420 --> 09:13:47.060 lot of players look up to you in the community because of you know what you 09:13:47.060 --> 09:13:50.460 represent and how strong of a competitor you are. Do you have any 09:13:50.460 --> 09:13:54.100 advice for anybody who's watching who might want to be in the position you 09:13:54.100 --> 09:14:03.700 are here at Worlds next year? Oh, I guess. Just come out and play. It's very fun. It's 09:14:03.700 --> 09:14:09.620 very interesting. And every friend you make here is so exciting. Thank you so much, Starway. 09:14:09.620 --> 09:14:14.100 Do you have any shoutouts you want to give to anybody watching at home? Yeah, shoutouts 09:14:14.100 --> 09:14:21.380 to my partner, Lisa, and my parents. And just everyone in the Chinese community because 09:14:21.380 --> 09:14:28.020 it's so difficult for them to come to this event but all of them are so like caring about this one 09:14:28.020 --> 09:14:32.660 so really shut house to them. Thank you so much Dawei and thank you all so much for watching at 09:14:32.660 --> 09:14:37.300 home. We'll be back with more Pokemon action real soon. 09:16:51.380 --> 09:16:58.380 Welcome back trainers to the 09:16:58.380 --> 09:17:01.380 Pokemon World Championships. 09:17:01.380 --> 09:17:03.380 We're nearing the end of our day 09:17:03.380 --> 09:17:06.380 with one final match which could 09:17:06.380 --> 09:17:08.380 be make or break for some 09:17:08.380 --> 09:17:10.380 inspiring Pokemon World 09:17:10.380 --> 09:17:11.380 champions out there. 09:17:11.380 --> 09:17:13.380 My name is Sarah Don joined 09:17:13.380 --> 09:17:14.380 here by Lee Bros. 09:17:14.380 --> 09:17:16.380 One final match for day one of 09:17:16.380 --> 09:17:17.380 the finals. 09:17:17.380 --> 09:17:19.380 of the tournament already to 09:17:19.380 --> 09:17:21.380 be on. It's it's flown by the 09:17:21.380 --> 09:17:22.380 quality of games we've had the 09:17:22.380 --> 09:17:23.380 place we've had. It's been 09:17:23.380 --> 09:17:25.380 phenomenal and it's been up 09:17:25.380 --> 09:17:26.380 there is one of the best starts 09:17:26.380 --> 09:17:27.380 to a world championship we've 09:17:27.380 --> 09:17:29.380 ever had. So really fitting 09:17:29.380 --> 09:17:30.380 for the day of that anniversary 09:17:30.380 --> 09:17:32.380 and we've got so much to come 09:17:32.380 --> 09:17:33.380 and so much more to look forward 09:17:33.380 --> 09:17:34.380 to which is even more 09:17:34.380 --> 09:17:36.380 exciting. It has just been 09:17:36.380 --> 09:17:38.380 such an incredible day and 09:17:38.380 --> 09:17:40.380 for some trainers they have 09:17:40.380 --> 09:17:42.380 already locked up their spot in 09:17:42.380 --> 09:17:44.380 FAA. We've got a lot of 09:17:44.380 --> 09:17:45.380 players out there who have 09:17:45.380 --> 09:17:50.580 They have already locked up their spot in phase two of the competition for others. 09:17:50.580 --> 09:17:54.540 This round is going to be the one determined if they will be back here competing tomorrow 09:17:54.540 --> 09:17:56.820 but taking a look at the standings. 09:17:56.820 --> 09:18:01.860 Of course, we got some trainers that are currently at that undefeated standing. 09:18:01.860 --> 09:18:06.340 Congratulations to Justin, Kerry and Yurya all sitting at seven and zero. 09:18:06.340 --> 09:18:09.020 They have more than locked their spot for phase two. 09:18:09.020 --> 09:18:11.820 They are now eyeing up that next portion of the competition, which of course is 09:18:11.820 --> 09:18:15.100 top cut trainers sitting at the six and one also looking good though. 09:18:15.100 --> 09:18:18.980 So they are in, but of course you have to start looking at that next point, racking up 09:18:18.980 --> 09:18:19.980 those wins. 09:18:19.980 --> 09:18:24.740 Yeah, incredible achievements by all our players to come into the event in such tough competition 09:18:24.740 --> 09:18:30.940 and get to this stage and put them really in that contention to go forward tomorrow 09:18:30.940 --> 09:18:35.700 in such a good place to potentially push on to Championships Sunday. 09:18:35.700 --> 09:18:39.700 And taking a look at her notable matches and what we're going to be eyeing up next 09:18:39.700 --> 09:18:46.140 here on broadcast. It's going to be Hiroshi Onishi going up against Shohei Kamera, a matchup 09:18:46.140 --> 09:18:51.740 that once we saw it, we knew we had to lock it in. Our Japan national champion going up 09:18:51.740 --> 09:18:56.500 against our 2023 Pokemon World Champion, incredible. 09:18:56.500 --> 09:19:01.420 Yeah, what better way to finish day one? We started with the former world champion 09:19:01.420 --> 09:19:05.420 with Wolf and we're finishing up with Shohei. And on top of that, we get to feature 09:19:05.420 --> 09:19:11.100 this year's Japan national champion absolutely incredible game. I can't wait to get into it. Both players 09:19:11.100 --> 09:19:14.620 have an extremely good run so far so I'm sure they're not going to let down but 09:19:14.620 --> 09:19:19.260 looking through the other normal matches all of our players so far have just been incredible 09:19:19.260 --> 09:19:24.780 so far this weekend. And of course with these two trainers sitting at that six and one we're 09:19:24.780 --> 09:19:28.940 not worrying about not seeing one of them here tomorrow. We will see them both here tomorrow 09:19:28.940 --> 09:19:33.020 thank goodness. But of course we want to see who's going to be making their way to Topgut 09:19:33.020 --> 09:19:38.220 and getting a win here as well with that confidence you get from that as well, either taking down a 09:19:38.220 --> 09:19:43.340 world champion or taking down the current national champion is just incredible. So, 09:19:43.340 --> 09:19:48.460 so excited as we head over to the stage to get started with this next match. 09:19:48.460 --> 09:19:52.700 Yeah, so it's right like you say the confidence it gives you, especially now at the end of the 09:19:52.700 --> 09:19:58.460 day, to bring in to smart push on and hopefully take that little extra record that you've got 09:19:58.460 --> 09:20:01.900 from the end of the day. If you come out victorious in tomorrow, it's just going to 09:20:01.900 --> 09:20:05.900 to make things a little bit 09:20:05.900 --> 09:20:06.900 easier and anything that makes 09:20:06.900 --> 09:20:07.900 it be easier at this sort of 09:20:07.900 --> 09:20:09.900 level of tournament is 09:20:09.900 --> 09:20:10.900 something that you are going to 09:20:10.900 --> 09:20:12.900 want to chase after. You can see 09:20:12.900 --> 09:20:13.900 the teams here is going to be 09:20:13.900 --> 09:20:15.900 very similar across the board 09:20:15.900 --> 09:20:17.900 there. Charizard Y on both 09:20:17.900 --> 09:20:19.900 sides of the field and that 09:20:19.900 --> 09:20:20.900 mega flow at these players are 09:20:20.900 --> 09:20:22.900 very familiar with their teams 09:20:22.900 --> 09:20:24.900 respectively. Hershey has used 09:20:24.900 --> 09:20:26.900 this exact six in the Japan 09:20:26.900 --> 09:20:27.900 National Championships to win 09:20:27.900 --> 09:20:28.900 that event. There are some 09:20:28.900 --> 09:20:29.900 updates of course to that 09:20:29.900 --> 09:20:34.900 of M.D. format and some new items being introduced alongside that. 09:20:34.900 --> 09:20:39.900 Looking over at this team, the Charizard and the Mega Fluet are two of the most dominant 09:20:39.900 --> 09:20:43.980 Pokemon that we have here. The Mega is just really curved out with a lot of really other 09:20:43.980 --> 09:20:48.060 powerful picks. You look at the really powerful trio on that King Gambit, the Fasculita and 09:20:48.060 --> 09:20:52.660 the Garchomp, and then having something like this Whimsicott to either set up the 09:20:52.660 --> 09:20:58.180 tailwind or really be able to pressure with an Encore is a lot. There's a reason why 09:20:58.180 --> 09:21:02.380 this six or a variation of this six has been so popular. 09:21:02.380 --> 09:21:04.180 Yeah, very strong across the board. 09:21:04.180 --> 09:21:08.180 You look at this team a little bit like they kind of put together with triangles. 09:21:08.180 --> 09:21:11.980 You've got the Windsor cut adding to the fourth of those other three. 09:21:11.980 --> 09:21:16.380 It really is going to depend on what each player thinks the opposing player 09:21:16.380 --> 09:21:19.540 is going to bring and then trying to get around that because the Charizard 09:21:19.540 --> 09:21:23.980 helps check things like that King Amber matches up into the mega for work very well. 09:21:23.980 --> 09:21:27.140 But the Gauchon thing checks that Charizard and then you look at 09:21:27.140 --> 09:21:31.300 something like the Basque Legion, or the King Gambit is kind of clean up at the end. 09:21:31.300 --> 09:21:36.100 The Whimsicott are going to be there to support the rest of the team with Batil and Catcher 09:21:36.100 --> 09:21:40.420 upon now with an Encore, if they get a bit passive, go for a Protector, go for a Tailwind 09:21:40.420 --> 09:21:45.620 themselves, and it can be an offensive threat if paired up with that Mega Fluid, especially 09:21:45.620 --> 09:21:51.140 with that Fairy Aura, and some adjustments there that we've seen on Hiroshi's team going 09:21:51.140 --> 09:21:54.260 now with the Lifehub on that Basque Legion. That thing is going to be hitting extremely 09:21:54.260 --> 09:22:00.180 hard was previously mystic water and yes for attacking gamut as well which is 09:22:00.180 --> 09:22:04.780 really huge in this matchup. And looking over at show has been yes a lot of the 09:22:04.780 --> 09:22:08.420 same when we get later into the competition it's fun when we get to see 09:22:08.420 --> 09:22:13.300 some of those unique picks at the same time this variation this six has been 09:22:13.300 --> 09:22:18.020 so strong for a reason but there is a couple of different variations along 09:22:18.020 --> 09:22:21.380 the way and of course there is also the opportunity that not all the 09:22:21.380 --> 09:22:28.260 Pokemon are trained the same and I love being able to see two teams very similar face off against each other because that's when you really get 09:22:28.260 --> 09:22:32.140 It's the minds of the trainers and how they approach these types of matchups 09:22:32.140 --> 09:22:37.540 Yeah, and it's those differences that the players can really lean into and what will make the difference between winning and losing this match 09:22:37.540 --> 09:22:40.420 You can not only see here that all teams do have a 09:22:40.700 --> 09:22:45.060 Star alignment timid on their charlots both players have ancient power as well 09:22:45.060 --> 09:22:49.420 Which is being kind of over a superseding the solar beam that you'd normally see there 09:22:49.420 --> 09:22:53.260 That's going to make Charizard sitting in front of an opposing Charizard a lot easier. 09:22:53.260 --> 09:22:57.580 Or both Charizards max speed, or they slightly slow. 09:22:57.580 --> 09:23:00.380 This is something I'm going to have to find out as the game plays out. 09:23:00.380 --> 09:23:06.060 But that could be quite pivotal in that Charizard mirror here, if that's what the players decide to go down. 09:23:06.060 --> 09:23:08.940 Other options, like we've mentioned, King Amit here. 09:23:08.940 --> 09:23:14.020 You do have the Iron Head, which is going to be really useful for Shoha against the opposing Floette. 09:23:14.020 --> 09:23:16.700 If that is brought from Hiroshi. 09:23:16.700 --> 09:23:22.620 But the King Amit on Hiroshi's side does have that low kick and the iron head that can provide 09:23:22.620 --> 09:23:28.380 really useful against the King Amit and the Floette. The Basque Legion on Shoei's side 09:23:28.380 --> 09:23:31.900 does have a Colbar Berry, so that does help against the King Amit slightly. 09:23:31.900 --> 09:23:37.340 Both trainers sitting at 6-1 trying to end off a day with the winner, Japan National Champion, 09:23:37.340 --> 09:23:43.660 going up against our 2023 World Champion. Let's get to it. Aggressive leads from both, 09:23:43.660 --> 09:23:51.660 but very different approaches with Wimsecot and Basque Legion for Hiroshi as opposed to Shouhei, Garchomp and Charizard. 09:23:51.660 --> 09:23:56.660 It's interesting both of us bringing Pokemon with the life orb to kind of maximize damage on this early turn. 09:23:56.660 --> 09:24:01.660 Now you said that Wimsecot's not in a bad spot, it's got that focus, actually it has to be twice. 09:24:01.660 --> 09:24:04.660 Thanks to the ability as well it's going to be able to elevate the Basque Legion into a place 09:24:04.660 --> 09:24:08.660 where we'll be able to out speed the Charizard and the Garchomp with a tailwind. 09:24:08.660 --> 09:24:14.400 And then that life or boosting that even in the sun will threaten maybe a charge on knockouts 09:24:14.400 --> 09:24:16.240 You have to be careful as you show here here 09:24:16.240 --> 09:24:19.640 You can leverage the garch on here to get some good damage onto that basket 09:24:19.640 --> 09:24:24.680 It's really fast. The sun is pivotal in this moment if you are keeping that charge out on the field 09:24:25.320 --> 09:24:28.160 No damage being leveraged with the garch off instead 09:24:28.160 --> 09:24:35.040 Just a pivot out in King Dammit to join the field instead as Charizard will go ahead and mega and with that green 09:24:35.040 --> 09:24:38.640 the sun about so we're looking at a reduction to those water moves and of 09:24:38.640 --> 09:24:41.720 course if you want to go the offensive yourself you want to get the max amount 09:24:41.720 --> 09:24:45.240 of damage of course you're at risk of essentially taking an attack but it will 09:24:45.240 --> 09:24:49.960 be a whim to cause not often for tailwind but I protect in a step charge art a 09:24:49.960 --> 09:24:53.800 little bit of the same though so we get a squawk we get some sun time to see 09:24:53.800 --> 09:24:57.600 what the basculation does off for it will be a protect but will fail the 09:24:57.600 --> 09:25:01.240 cause the last act of the turn yeah and then the switch for sure hey here 09:25:01.240 --> 09:25:04.120 to get the king gamut on the field really good now that king gamut can 09:25:04.120 --> 09:25:07.960 It's got to pressure the Basque Legion that was such a threat originally. 09:25:07.960 --> 09:25:09.920 Now we've seen it protect all around. 09:25:09.920 --> 09:25:12.960 The Charizard does lack a way to actually hit the Basque Legion as well, 09:25:12.960 --> 09:25:15.560 option for that ancient power that we could be in the preview. 09:25:15.560 --> 09:25:18.360 So it doesn't really want to stay on the field. 09:25:18.360 --> 09:25:20.920 Yes, you can do some good damage into the Whimsical, 09:25:20.920 --> 09:25:25.320 but it's not at the cost of losing your Charizard to maybe a Basque Legion. 09:25:25.320 --> 09:25:32.440 The question is, has the Kingama got enough to be able to deal the Basque Legion on a Hiroshi side? 09:25:32.440 --> 09:25:38.160 Charles are being pressured. You have to get out of there and when Scott coming out onto the field and said is a great answer 09:25:38.160 --> 09:25:44.160 but basking Legion also understanding the threats of a potential sucker punch swapping out for Garchomp instead a battle of 09:25:44.320 --> 09:25:49.240 Positioning for those two and the threat of encore won't come to light sucker punch as well 09:25:49.240 --> 09:25:55.160 So a lot of great heads of play from both our trainers. Yeah both players just taking it cautious at this time 09:25:55.160 --> 09:26:01.560 You know not wanting to overcompensate just taking things easy seeing what both trainer is trying to accomplish here 09:26:01.560 --> 09:26:05.400 Now the Gorgio I'm coming in obviously does put a lot of pressure on the King Gambit here. 09:26:05.400 --> 09:26:09.520 It hasn't got my life up that you'd normally see, so it's not going to be hitting as hard 09:26:09.520 --> 09:26:11.000 or threatening any sort of knockout. 09:26:11.000 --> 09:26:14.460 There is always the potential of a double up if you want to get rid of the King Gambit 09:26:14.460 --> 09:26:18.960 until they decide it isn't a bit risky though, but you could go for something like a Moonblast 09:26:18.960 --> 09:26:24.320 and then a Grand Type Attack to get that knockout when used as a threat from the field. 09:26:24.320 --> 09:26:28.680 But it does then leave the Rinducar open to go for an important Moonblast in return 09:26:28.680 --> 09:26:33.580 even set up a tailwind that would be very beneficial if you did see something like a protect on the 09:26:33.580 --> 09:26:38.100 game and gamut this time. That's one of the things with the tailwinds and we have a whimsicott versus 09:26:38.100 --> 09:26:42.140 a whimsicott is do you want to go ahead and press it right away to get the speed? You might just 09:26:42.140 --> 09:26:46.820 be a turn behind but we will see tailwind from the Eurogi and a lot of damage into the guard 09:26:46.820 --> 09:26:51.860 jump is now earthquake to deal damage into everything on the board. Both whimsicott will 09:26:51.860 --> 09:26:56.940 shrug that off but King Gambit brought down to about a third of its health. Now we get Steve 09:26:56.940 --> 09:27:01.540 retaliation come out notably no tailwind from Shohei means offensive instead 09:27:01.540 --> 09:27:06.580 and Moonblast is enough to take the first KO of this match. That is a huge turn 09:27:06.580 --> 09:27:10.460 for Shohei yes you're behind with the tailwind but you can set your tailwind 09:27:10.460 --> 09:27:14.340 of this next turn right and then you've got an extra extended turn of tailwind 09:27:14.340 --> 09:27:19.260 when your opponent does finally end. The big thing is here your Charizard is 09:27:19.260 --> 09:27:23.940 gonna have a such an easier time when it ends. It feels now doesn't have to worry about that culture. 09:27:23.940 --> 09:27:28.100 being able to get rid of with that really good double up. 09:27:28.100 --> 09:27:29.820 Floette Dwayne in the field though, 09:27:29.820 --> 09:27:32.100 this is where we can see a lot of pressure come out 09:27:32.100 --> 09:27:34.580 because for Hiroshi, he has the tailwind on his side 09:27:34.580 --> 09:27:35.660 and you're now offering, 09:27:35.660 --> 09:27:38.460 but you're now crushing so much with this Floette. 09:27:38.460 --> 09:27:41.460 And if you just want to go double on the offensive here, 09:27:41.460 --> 09:27:43.660 and you could just potentially wipe this board. 09:27:43.660 --> 09:27:46.660 So Shohi goes ahead and tries to set up it 09:27:46.660 --> 09:27:49.140 for his own tailwind now. 09:27:49.140 --> 09:27:52.100 It could just be a little too late. 09:27:52.100 --> 09:27:53.740 Yeah, and that's the problem now. 09:27:53.740 --> 09:28:01.740 The King Gambit even in tailwind isn't going to stick to the flow out, which you probably expect it is going to mega evolve and then activate that fairy aura. 09:28:01.740 --> 09:28:07.740 And then all you need to do is go after that slot, maybe dashing into the moon blast from your own wind. 09:28:07.740 --> 09:28:12.740 Because just to clear the field and make things a more ethical, a nice switch there, the fences, the charge, 09:28:12.740 --> 09:28:18.740 you're going to be able to at least take these fairy type attacks that you would expect coming out a lot easier than that King Gambit. 09:28:18.740 --> 09:28:21.940 very aura and the potential for selling big damage, 09:28:21.940 --> 09:28:24.500 but a whimsicot for Shohei that will protect. 09:28:24.500 --> 09:28:27.260 It is not just the potential of the damaging move, 09:28:27.260 --> 09:28:30.100 but of course, the threat of the on-court has well. 09:28:30.100 --> 09:28:32.300 Dazzling, Gleam not gonna do anything 09:28:32.300 --> 09:28:35.100 into the whimsicot, but Charizard swapping in 09:28:35.100 --> 09:28:38.460 will take some damage, but again, not very effective. 09:28:38.460 --> 09:28:39.900 It'll shrug off the hit quite well, 09:28:39.900 --> 09:28:41.980 but now again, we do threaten something 09:28:41.980 --> 09:28:42.940 like an on-court again, 09:28:42.940 --> 09:28:45.980 or going back to the amount of damaging potentially to steal. 09:28:45.980 --> 09:28:47.900 Yeah, this is a really awkward scenario here 09:28:47.900 --> 09:28:57.900 because you want to get your tail and enable to allow that Charizard to be at least able to keep pace with the Float and any other options that are on the opposite side of the field. 09:28:57.900 --> 09:29:03.900 But you can't do that because that Encore locks its pressure from the Roshi side, position this extremely well. 09:29:03.900 --> 09:29:08.900 And now the Float, not really in any danger of getting knocked out, but it is going to take big damage. 09:29:08.900 --> 09:29:14.900 It's not getting the damage you really want onto the Charizard, but that chip will add up each time again, tailwind no Encore coming out. 09:29:14.900 --> 09:29:33.500 coming out. No on-courtage means all-out offensive for Hiroshi as instead moonblast into to the Charizard. Again, not very effective hits but with the help of the fairy aura it is to leave a double up into the slot to see how much it can do. Charizard though these are evened out so we'll be able to retaliate with a heat wave. 09:29:33.500 --> 09:29:43.080 Winsicott is down. Only two Pokemon left for Hiroshi in this match, but Light of Ruin to try and start evening up this Pokemon go. 09:29:43.080 --> 09:29:45.380 Turrets are will be KO'd. 09:29:45.380 --> 09:29:51.880 Yeah, even though you resisted, the Light of Ruin is just so powerful, able to remove the opposing Mega on Shorhi's side. 09:29:51.880 --> 09:29:58.380 Now Shorhi has been able to set up the tailwind, which is great. It puts them in an advantage position going into these next few turns. 09:29:58.380 --> 09:30:01.580 because that wins the call is dropped for her or she they don't have access to that 09:30:01.580 --> 09:30:05.100 speed control anymore. They do still have that basket legion 09:30:05.100 --> 09:30:08.700 that will come in and offer some offensive pressure. 09:30:08.700 --> 09:30:13.260 Going into this though it's still a Pokemon count that is in Shohei's favor 09:30:13.260 --> 09:30:16.540 and a tailwind that is going to be lasting longer on his side. 09:30:16.540 --> 09:30:20.780 So you have a Float Wet 4 Hero Sheet that is one third of its health. 09:30:20.780 --> 09:30:24.300 A basket legion that is full but build a little bit more for the offense 09:30:24.300 --> 09:30:27.980 with that life orb. So my question is is do you have 09:30:27.980 --> 09:30:32.060 enough in the tank to take down the rest of these Pokémon once your Tailwind's done you're 09:30:32.060 --> 09:30:36.140 going to be outsped. Williams puts it full and there's still another Pokémon in the back. 09:30:36.140 --> 09:30:39.820 Yeah that's a question and now we're just seeing the safety from Shohei. Probably they 09:30:39.820 --> 09:30:44.860 will protect you just to get through this last turn of Tailwind on Hiroshi's side. So now going 09:30:44.860 --> 09:30:49.260 into the following turn you have got the speed advantage. Aquaget, is the question, is that 09:30:49.260 --> 09:30:52.620 going to be enough? Who's stood by that light bulb? Now the Sun's gone, is he going to be 09:30:52.620 --> 09:30:57.420 able to pick up that Kingama? That will be crucial and if we'll, that turn it would have 09:30:57.420 --> 09:31:00.300 super seeded the second punch. Now you're going to be susceptible because the 09:31:00.300 --> 09:31:03.420 King Gamma is going to be faster than that Basque Legion with that tailwinds 09:31:03.420 --> 09:31:07.180 for Southern Basque Legion not sitting in the safest place against that 09:31:07.180 --> 09:31:09.860 suffer punch. At least with Life Orb does mean we have 09:31:09.860 --> 09:31:12.640 protecting moves and we do have the option protect if you want to try and 09:31:12.640 --> 09:31:16.860 make that call but again the amount of damage that this collect has taken 09:31:16.860 --> 09:31:20.980 it's not going to take necessarily the most to take it out so if you try 09:31:20.980 --> 09:31:25.380 and protect and flow it is the target at the end of all of it and you're 09:31:25.380 --> 09:31:30.500 going to get anything done on this turn. Yeah, and the Feriora really counterproductive here for 09:31:30.500 --> 09:31:35.380 Hiroshi where it's helping the Wintercots. So, the Basque Legion, it is enough to pick it up, 09:31:35.380 --> 09:31:39.860 and it takes it down now. It comes down to the Wintercots. Has the Feriora Lucid Moonblast got 09:31:39.860 --> 09:31:45.220 enough to take down this Floette? Well, Mr. God, Moonblast wants a Pokemon left for Hiroshi, 09:31:45.220 --> 09:31:52.340 and Floette goes it down. Shohei, will they gain number one in this series? I mean, 09:31:52.340 --> 09:31:57.020 That was just an incredible match from the get-go we got to see some momentum 09:31:57.020 --> 09:32:01.780 coming up from Hiroshi but later tailwinds better Pokemon count and 09:32:01.780 --> 09:32:05.780 Pokemon that just wouldn't quite it was over the line I feel like the preservation 09:32:05.780 --> 09:32:09.120 of the Charizard was just big but you had to hit three attacks into that to 09:32:09.120 --> 09:32:13.380 take it down I was just so much time unfortunately wasted that mid game yeah 09:32:13.380 --> 09:32:17.260 and it's why it's so good into these fairies interesting the Hiroshi 09:32:17.260 --> 09:32:21.340 decided to go down the line with the the mega flow out rather than their 09:32:21.340 --> 09:32:26.220 on Charlotte's out here, but Shohei shown their experience and that really shining through I think 09:32:26.220 --> 09:32:31.180 in this match in particular, stalling the tailwind and being brave as well in front of 09:32:31.180 --> 09:32:36.380 an encore potential threat going to that tailwind and that turn was key to be able to kind of 09:32:36.380 --> 09:32:40.380 get to the point where you had enough room to stall out the opposing tailwind and then get 09:32:40.380 --> 09:32:44.300 your king at it and that spot where he was able to pressure with that all important sucker punch 09:32:44.300 --> 09:32:48.220 to close things up. It was a great turn being able to go for the tailwind when there was 09:32:48.220 --> 09:32:51.960 was the on-court threat, but also you're in a situation again where it was a 09:32:51.960 --> 09:32:56.200 whimsicott that was next to a mega charizard that was threatening so much so 09:32:56.200 --> 09:33:01.060 you on-court the whimsicott and charizard wiped your board unfortunately 09:33:01.060 --> 09:33:04.040 because you can't double up and it just used the end of the game it was just 09:33:04.040 --> 09:33:07.680 kind of a tough call at that point so now going into this next game I would 09:33:07.680 --> 09:33:10.880 love to see how we adapt things both trainers had very different approaches 09:33:10.880 --> 09:33:14.200 to starting that out they were playing so cautiously in the first couple of 09:33:14.200 --> 09:33:19.160 turns, but for Hiroshi now down a game in this set. 09:33:19.160 --> 09:33:22.160 You should put the team lead and try and sit up a little bit, 09:33:22.160 --> 09:33:24.720 or do you take a page out of Shoei's book? 09:33:24.720 --> 09:33:26.040 You might want to adapt here. 09:33:26.040 --> 09:33:29.640 And you know, Hiroshi is so nervous with this stick. 09:33:29.640 --> 09:33:32.080 They don't know exactly what they need to do to adapt 09:33:32.080 --> 09:33:35.040 coming into this game, to try and take it into the game 09:33:35.040 --> 09:33:35.320 straight. 09:33:35.320 --> 09:33:39.040 But I do think the Charizard is a better route to go down. 09:33:39.040 --> 09:33:40.840 The primary thing that you need to do 09:33:40.840 --> 09:33:42.160 is get rid of the opposing guard, 09:33:42.160 --> 09:33:43.560 Garchomp is quick as possible. 09:33:43.560 --> 09:33:44.900 Well, Pokemon that can do that, 09:33:44.900 --> 09:33:46.000 that support the Charizard, 09:33:46.000 --> 09:33:47.880 and the rest of the team is that, that, that, that. 09:33:47.880 --> 09:33:49.840 Games of God, you can utilize that leverage, 09:33:49.840 --> 09:33:51.720 that to try and get rid of the Garchomp. 09:33:51.720 --> 09:33:54.960 And Games of God generally sits in front of life of Garchomp 09:33:54.960 --> 09:33:56.880 without too much trouble and comparison 09:33:56.880 --> 09:33:59.480 to some of the other Pokemon that they've got access to. 09:33:59.480 --> 09:34:02.280 Maybe King Amur, something that you look at as well. 09:34:02.280 --> 09:34:03.720 Because that sucker punch is so valuable 09:34:03.720 --> 09:34:04.560 and we're so sure here, 09:34:04.560 --> 09:34:06.680 take full advantage of it in that last game. 09:34:06.680 --> 09:34:07.800 Getting into game number two. 09:34:07.800 --> 09:34:10.120 Time to see where Trainer's minds are at. 09:34:10.120 --> 09:34:13.480 It'll be Garchomp and Charizard again for Shohei. 09:34:13.480 --> 09:34:15.920 And on the opposing end, we'll get Garchomp. 09:34:15.920 --> 09:34:17.440 Can that win the fight? 09:34:17.440 --> 09:34:19.240 Yeah, a little bit of an adjustment. 09:34:19.240 --> 09:34:21.880 No Basque legion here for Hiroshi, 09:34:21.880 --> 09:34:23.440 but has got that Garchomp out. 09:34:23.440 --> 09:34:26.840 And that Garchomp is going to pressure the Charizard immediately. 09:34:26.840 --> 09:34:30.560 They do have to be very careful about the opposing Garchomp though, 09:34:30.560 --> 09:34:32.160 because the one thing that you don't want to take 09:34:32.160 --> 09:34:35.080 is a life-offuse dragon claw. 09:34:35.080 --> 09:34:37.200 Has it got enough investment to be able to take that? 09:34:37.200 --> 09:34:38.800 That's a good question here. 09:34:38.800 --> 09:34:43.800 If you're confident, then you can go for a tailwind, rock slide, hold the E to get that Charizard. 09:34:43.800 --> 09:34:48.300 But is the Charizard really going to leave itself vulnerable in this scenario? Is it going to switch? 09:34:48.300 --> 09:34:54.300 That's the big question. You could potentially think, okay, well, Joe Hayes is not going to leave it in a vulnerable position. 09:34:54.300 --> 09:35:00.300 The tailwind's there, so maybe see it switch out, and then you target into that guard jump, protect your own guard jump, 09:35:00.300 --> 09:35:04.800 and go for a moon blast into Joe Hayes' guard jump to try and remove it as quickly as possible. 09:35:04.800 --> 09:35:11.660 Our trainers play at the beginning of that game one so safe if you try and target down this Charizard it protects and you go for broke 09:35:11.660 --> 09:35:15.420 That could be game lost on the spot for mega evolution coming out 09:35:15.420 --> 09:35:22.120 Will we get to see for tax? No instead a tailwind from Hiroshi and we have to assume a follow-up attack 09:35:22.120 --> 09:35:27.720 Gargoyle with the rock slide the double connect Charizard down to such low health already 09:35:27.720 --> 09:35:32.720 We'll have to see the retaliation because the gargoyle on the opposing end and do a lot 09:35:32.720 --> 09:35:40.420 But earthquake isn't going to be packing the same punch out what could have been a potential dragon claw as neither Pokemon takes too much damage 09:35:40.420 --> 09:35:46.820 But it'll be the follow-up from the Charizard that will be determining how much and if it is going to be just a he wave and a double connect 09:35:46.820 --> 09:35:54.640 Well, Wimzicott will drop and Garchomp brought down to quite low health. Yeah, the Garchomp the earthquake there quite an interesting choice 09:35:54.640 --> 09:36:01.700 Maybe you should switch into the scenario here to try and maybe catch something but the damage there really respectable as well 09:36:01.700 --> 09:36:03.840 at least the system is very activating, 09:36:03.840 --> 09:36:06.200 and now the tailwind is set and you show here 09:36:06.200 --> 09:36:08.300 hasn't got the Whimsicott active now 09:36:08.300 --> 09:36:10.400 to be able to match that tailwind. 09:36:10.400 --> 09:36:12.880 I love the Earthquake because if you're not too worried 09:36:12.880 --> 09:36:14.380 about the Garchomp on the opposing end 09:36:14.380 --> 09:36:16.840 and you want to get rid of that Whimsicott, 09:36:16.840 --> 09:36:19.080 you set the tailwind, like Hiroshi set the tailwind, 09:36:19.080 --> 09:36:20.540 it's gone. You needed that double up 09:36:20.540 --> 09:36:22.220 to get rid of that focus dash, 09:36:22.220 --> 09:36:24.760 so now you've already gotten a Pokemon advantage 09:36:24.760 --> 09:36:26.080 and you can bring your Whimsicott 09:36:26.080 --> 09:36:27.480 in potentially later. 09:36:27.480 --> 09:36:30.920 The problem is now that we know that Hiroshi's 09:36:30.920 --> 09:36:35.480 Charizard has got ancient power. Now it can mega-revolve and it can go for a 09:36:35.480 --> 09:36:38.920 Heatwave. That Heatwave is probably going to be enough to get the opposing Charizard. 09:36:38.920 --> 09:36:42.680 Is that chip going to be enough to put the Garchomp on Shouhei? 09:36:43.560 --> 09:36:46.680 It can range for tracking co-followers. That's the question. 09:36:47.400 --> 09:36:52.680 Question that we'll have to see answered hopefully real soon as mega evolution now on the opposing 09:36:52.680 --> 09:36:57.560 end. Roshi has switched the game plan for game number two but attacked from Shouhei 09:36:57.560 --> 09:37:03.800 onto his own Garchomp for me it lives the turn as dragon clock targeted down into it. 09:37:03.800 --> 09:37:08.280 Now to see for the opposing Pokemon, heatwave of course, Garchomp stays safe. 09:37:08.280 --> 09:37:13.480 Do we get the connect into the other? Yes. It will be enough as well to be picking it up. 09:37:13.480 --> 09:37:18.680 So you're evening out the Pokemon count and you've got a grid of a mega Pokemon but if it's a 09:37:18.680 --> 09:37:22.760 win spot coming in, you can set the tailwind and really pressure your own Garchomp now. 09:37:22.760 --> 09:37:26.040 Yeah and that's the thing I think, surely he probably doesn't mind in that scenario. 09:37:26.040 --> 09:37:31.000 back against the wall, let the charters out go down. It's kind of done a decent job so far. 09:37:31.000 --> 09:37:34.680 Yeah, you got rid of the Whimsicott. Yeah, so you bring your own Whimsicott like you said, 09:37:34.680 --> 09:37:38.600 now you match it to the end and you're kind of staggering it like you saw in that game one. 09:37:38.600 --> 09:37:42.360 So when your opponent runs out, you know it's still active. 09:37:43.240 --> 09:37:47.080 Whimsicott comes out and it seems just so telegraphed at this point 09:37:47.080 --> 09:37:51.080 and calling out that these teams are so similar, but a couple of key differences 09:37:51.080 --> 09:37:54.840 again that life orb that you called out on the garchomp over on Shohei's end. 09:37:54.840 --> 09:38:01.840 We saw that Garchomp from Hiroshi with that Rockside wasn't enough to tail onto Shohei's, but doing a lot of damage. 09:38:01.840 --> 09:38:07.040 That extra life or boost would be enough to just get it over the line, completely get rid of the Tarsar. 09:38:07.040 --> 09:38:10.360 And then with just the Olympus button, have to follow up next turn with a Moon Blast. 09:38:10.360 --> 09:38:12.560 Shohei seems to be in such a strong spot. 09:38:12.560 --> 09:38:14.960 Yeah, and it will come down to Skeet's house here. 09:38:14.960 --> 09:38:16.560 We do see the Tarsar for three points. 09:38:16.560 --> 09:38:19.400 He said, but later on, as I can gamma into the field. 09:38:19.400 --> 09:38:23.160 Now, if the Tailwind is set here like a scene, which Garchomp is going to hit first? 09:38:23.160 --> 09:38:28.160 It's gonna be the question to be no one is built for offense the other with this interest very and it will be show 09:38:28.160 --> 09:38:34.200 Here's that moves first dragon claw instead going to giant take down the opposing guard dog 09:38:34.200 --> 09:38:41.440 And it will succeed whether to speed type or an out speed means he's seen but that's gonna be a huge momentum swing in 09:38:41.520 --> 09:38:45.200 Show his favor. Yeah, now you've got that King gamma on the field 09:38:45.200 --> 09:38:49.120 It's not worse of sports, but it has got no protect 09:38:49.120 --> 09:38:52.960 So it's going to be susceptible to an earthquake here, but I don't think you can afford to 09:38:52.960 --> 09:38:58.800 earthquake and ignore the Charizard because you're lacking any other way to hit that Charizard. 09:38:58.800 --> 09:39:04.240 You need to go after the Charizard, you know, maybe you're off the slide, but is it easy for 09:39:04.240 --> 09:39:08.240 Hiroshi just to say, I'm going to just protect the Charizard here and then try and leverage 09:39:08.240 --> 09:39:13.440 my King Damage, how to outweigh that to the Ozyndarch on flat combined with life bulb damage 09:39:13.440 --> 09:39:18.240 might be enough to pick up the knockout there. The problem is, if we do see a double off 09:39:18.240 --> 09:39:28.240 from leveling the card and the guard jump into King Gambit, but can you afford to break your own sash and risk and hope that the Charizard on Horosha's side will attack system? 09:39:29.240 --> 09:39:41.240 And do you get enough value out of that for tech that you're willing to risk a potential on-court on the next turn? Answer for this one is no moon blast, so much damage into the King Gambit thanks to that critical hit and a guard jump with the Earthquake. 09:39:41.240 --> 09:39:43.120 Okay, we are targeting down to King Gambit. 09:39:43.120 --> 09:39:45.600 We do not care about Charizard. 09:39:45.600 --> 09:39:48.560 And with the amount of damage that double up is enough 09:39:48.560 --> 09:39:50.680 to take another hey-yo. 09:39:50.680 --> 09:39:52.600 You said, how do you take down the Charizard? 09:39:52.600 --> 09:39:55.000 Well, you take down all of its friends. 09:39:55.000 --> 09:39:58.240 Only one Pokemon now remaining for Hiroshi. 09:39:58.240 --> 09:40:00.400 Yeah, this is perfectly fit from sure his. 09:40:00.400 --> 09:40:01.320 Another heat wave comes out. 09:40:01.320 --> 09:40:02.640 The whimsicot couldn't go down, 09:40:02.640 --> 09:40:04.320 but that Garchomp all importantly 09:40:04.320 --> 09:40:07.840 is sticking around for one more crucial turn. 09:40:07.840 --> 09:40:10.320 We've got the Garchomp still around. 09:40:10.320 --> 09:40:22.320 Tailwind Seger in so his favor as tailwind for Hiroshi Peters out and we still have another Pokemon be joining the break as fast to Legion if we had questioned about whether Garchomp could get it done. 09:40:22.320 --> 09:40:33.320 Well, Vasculi Legion certainly could still even in these sunny conditions. Yeah, and that was the perfect Pokemon to keep around, especially bringing in especially when that King Amid has just fallen. 09:40:33.320 --> 09:40:36.760 So, lots to do for the Charizard and I think it's going to be a good do it. 09:40:36.760 --> 09:40:40.680 Dragonclaw bringing the Charizard down to less than half health. 09:40:40.680 --> 09:40:46.760 The last chance for Herogi in this match and lack of respect will be enough to get it done. 09:40:46.760 --> 09:40:50.760 Two and zero for Joe Hank and Mary to take this match. 09:40:50.760 --> 09:40:54.680 Seven on here at the Pokemon World Championships. 09:40:54.680 --> 09:40:56.920 To see a match up like this on this stage. 09:40:56.920 --> 09:41:00.680 National champion going up against a world champion is incredible. 09:41:00.680 --> 09:41:04.920 but world champions coming out on top, incredible. 09:41:04.920 --> 09:41:06.600 Absolutely amazing, you know. 09:41:06.600 --> 09:41:09.240 I think Shohei's performance in that match 09:41:09.240 --> 09:41:12.360 was just incredible for him to start to finish knew exactly 09:41:12.360 --> 09:41:14.560 the game plan that they needed to follow. 09:41:14.560 --> 09:41:17.720 Adapted on the fly, different scenarios occurred, 09:41:17.720 --> 09:41:19.960 but I think just showing their experience 09:41:19.960 --> 09:41:23.200 at this level of tournament really shunned through there 09:41:23.200 --> 09:41:25.160 and being a former world champion. 09:41:25.160 --> 09:41:28.520 That was the difference, I think, between the two. 09:41:28.520 --> 09:41:37.160 I mean, there's a reason that Chouhei is consistently talked about as a favorite to be making these runs and tournaments, even at still a world level. 09:41:37.160 --> 09:41:42.800 We've talked about the champions that we've had in the past and can they make that run, can they do it again? 09:41:42.800 --> 09:41:48.200 And I feel like Chouhei has to be at top, one of the top of so many people's list to be able to take that crown. 09:41:48.200 --> 09:41:53.680 And to take down the Japan national champion, Hiroshi, he did so incredible there. 09:41:53.680 --> 09:41:55.560 He's probably such a strong team. 09:41:55.560 --> 09:41:58.200 You want six and one going into this match as well. 09:41:58.200 --> 09:42:00.480 But for Shohei to come out on top two is zero. 09:42:00.480 --> 09:42:01.720 Amazing. 09:42:01.720 --> 09:42:04.280 Yeah, and it sets you up so confidently coming 09:42:04.280 --> 09:42:05.560 into tomorrow's tournament. 09:42:05.560 --> 09:42:08.680 You know, you see, the one loss all in this tough field 09:42:08.680 --> 09:42:09.720 of tournament. 09:42:09.720 --> 09:42:11.800 And then you're finishing the day off 09:42:11.800 --> 09:42:13.240 against such a tough opponent. 09:42:13.240 --> 09:42:14.440 It's running the same six. 09:42:14.440 --> 09:42:16.160 There are slight variations there. 09:42:16.160 --> 09:42:20.160 But in really what was such a dominating fashion, 09:42:20.160 --> 09:42:23.600 really making Shohei seem like they're 09:42:23.600 --> 09:42:25.000 going to be one of the favorites coming 09:42:25.000 --> 09:42:31.480 into tomorrow to push on and maybe get a second of the championship to then in. 09:42:31.480 --> 09:42:34.760 It would just be incredible, full bias here I'll say, but 09:42:34.760 --> 09:42:40.200 Shohei being able to win a second world championship title would just be absolutely incredible. 09:42:40.200 --> 09:42:43.440 And I mean there's a reason that we've talked about him and 09:42:43.440 --> 09:42:47.320 like that he could do it because he really realistically could. 09:42:47.320 --> 09:42:50.600 Of course there's still so much to play, we can't get ahead of ourselves. 09:42:50.600 --> 09:42:54.040 But 7-1 and seeing a display like that. 09:42:55.000 --> 09:42:59.000 Can you blame us? Can you blame us for saying that? 09:42:59.000 --> 09:43:03.500 I don't think we can. I think on the back of it, we saw Hiroshi at Japan National Championships, 09:43:03.500 --> 09:43:10.000 came out on top. So many players playing that big six team, they were the one that came out on top. 09:43:10.000 --> 09:43:14.500 So, knows this team inside out, has adapted it, obviously feels confident coming into this tournament. 09:43:14.500 --> 09:43:18.000 And then, Shohei has been playing the same six as well. 09:43:18.000 --> 09:43:21.500 But Shohei's been playing a lot of other things in grassroots as well. 09:43:21.500 --> 09:43:26.380 but to be able to come into this tournament in particular with the adaptations they've made 09:43:26.380 --> 09:43:32.380 and play like that, it does make it a scary prospect for the rest of the field. 09:43:32.380 --> 09:43:37.020 It was just the confidence too. Both trainers played so well, but especially looking at that 09:43:37.020 --> 09:43:41.980 game number two and the choice of targeting throughout, I think was just really well done. 09:43:41.980 --> 09:43:45.660 And even at like, oh, this could be an easy target, but this is what's going to advance me 09:43:45.660 --> 09:43:50.620 further. I know that's just like essential VGC, but to be able to see it on such a display 09:43:50.620 --> 09:43:55.100 is always just truly incredible like it. I don't know, like am I wrong that it just seemed like such 09:43:55.100 --> 09:44:00.460 a confident match even when we did get to see such a good match? No, I don't think that's wrong in 09:44:00.460 --> 09:44:05.020 the slightest. I think it's exactly what we saw, a confident performance. I think you know, Shohei 09:44:05.020 --> 09:44:09.500 from start to finish knew exactly the direction that they needed to go in, when they needed to 09:44:09.500 --> 09:44:13.900 attack, when they needed to stagger the tailwind to take advantage of it, maybe later down the 09:44:13.900 --> 09:44:18.540 line and preserve certain Pokemon at the right time, just one game one. The preservation of 09:44:18.540 --> 09:44:22.620 of the Charizard. That was perfect. That worked out so well. Bringing the King Gamma in 09:44:22.620 --> 09:44:26.140 the perfect time. And again, you know, closing the game out. The Godchomp was in probably 09:44:26.140 --> 09:44:30.260 a position where it was able to close out the game by itself. It was a one on one with 09:44:30.260 --> 09:44:35.500 the Charizard on Hiroshi's side. But hand back up. Didn't need it. The Basque Legion 09:44:35.500 --> 09:44:39.540 was there. Full health to come in and just say, yeah, these are my last respects. 09:44:39.540 --> 09:44:43.660 And I'm going to send Shohei 7-1 into the game. 09:44:43.660 --> 09:44:49.620 I was still in some respect though here, like you can't say you're you're here enough like we're standing about you're not 09:44:49.620 --> 09:44:52.920 Make it face you here, which is still in face to everyone. Of course 09:44:52.920 --> 09:44:58.680 Yes, but it will be a bit more of a difficult run at city man exit to record you got to make the run 09:44:58.680 --> 09:45:04.380 But for Shohei, you know, he's got to be feeling good about that one. So let's go here from him as he's standing by now for our interview 09:45:06.360 --> 09:45:11.960 Thank you so much. I'm here with Shohei Kamuro your 2023 world champion and phase two 09:45:11.960 --> 09:45:17.640 new competitors. So hey congratulations. It has been a pleasure watching you compete 09:45:17.640 --> 09:45:22.720 this season throughout the world. What has it been like being able to travel and compete 09:45:22.720 --> 09:45:24.600 so much in the international circuit. 09:45:24.600 --> 09:45:28.600 First of all, congratulations on your victory. 09:45:28.600 --> 09:45:35.600 This year, you have joined the World Cup and participated in many other events in the world. 09:45:35.600 --> 09:45:37.600 What kind of experiences did you have? 09:45:37.600 --> 09:45:41.600 Did you have a fun time? 09:45:41.600 --> 09:46:06.720 We had a long series of rounds, long days up to 8 rounds in one day. 09:46:06.720 --> 09:46:11.720 And that really helped me today to be able to get to the end of eight rounds and not be too tired at the end of all that. 09:46:12.720 --> 09:46:22.720 For sure, for sure. And I noticed that the team that you're running today is very similar to your team from the North America International Championships with some changes. 09:46:23.720 --> 09:46:26.720 Can you tell us what those changes were and why you made those changes? 09:46:36.720 --> 09:47:05.720 So in the meta right now, Toxapex is really really strong, so he changed up Charizard's move set and also gave King Gambit a protect. 09:47:05.720 --> 09:47:10.440 but protect to be a little bit more on the defensive side for sure and in your 09:47:10.440 --> 09:47:15.400 matchup just now you know those same six Pokemon but you had different items 09:47:15.400 --> 09:47:19.840 and how did that factor into your game plan against your opponent 09:47:35.720 --> 09:47:48.720 I have the power of Ancient Power, so my opponent's Basque Legion, Ida Ito, is a powerful one, but I was thinking of countering it with King Gambit. 09:48:05.720 --> 09:48:08.080 All right, Shohei, thank you so much for your time. 09:48:08.080 --> 09:48:10.680 Do you have any shoutouts you want to give to anybody watching at home? 09:48:11.560 --> 09:48:14.200 It's not so much of a shoutout, but just to comment that, 09:48:14.200 --> 09:48:17.320 I'm happy to have a shoutout to everyone who's watching at home. 09:48:32.320 --> 09:48:35.440 It's not so much of a shoutout, but just to comment that, 09:48:35.440 --> 09:48:39.360 in the San Francisco Tournament 10 years ago. 09:48:39.360 --> 09:48:42.000 The Shohei ended up losing in the final round. 09:48:42.000 --> 09:48:44.200 And so he thought maybe I'm actually jinxed. 09:48:44.200 --> 09:48:47.840 So he was really happy that he could win his match today. 09:48:47.840 --> 09:48:49.080 Well, congratulations. 09:48:49.080 --> 09:48:51.840 I'm glad you will be moving on to phase two tomorrow. 09:48:51.840 --> 09:48:53.040 Best of luck. 09:48:53.040 --> 09:48:55.000 And thank you all so much for watching at home. 09:48:55.000 --> 09:48:57.240 We are not quite done here yet. 09:48:57.240 --> 09:48:59.240 We are going to be wrapping things up with Ben 09:48:59.240 --> 09:49:01.080 over in the Analysts Round Lounge. 09:49:01.080 --> 09:49:04.400 So take it away, please. 09:49:04.400 --> 09:49:10.700 Thanks so much, Gabby. And what a day we've had here at the 2026 World Championships in San Francisco. 09:49:10.700 --> 09:49:14.700 It's been, I think, action from top to tail here today. 09:49:14.700 --> 09:49:20.500 And we've seen so many things that, so many different things to what we were expecting to see. 09:49:20.500 --> 09:49:27.700 But I'm glad we've rounded things out with a Charizard flow out there, just to end the day like we expected to. 09:49:27.700 --> 09:49:32.700 Look, we had a whole lot of things that we had to adapt to on the fly earlier in the day. 09:49:32.700 --> 09:49:40.700 It's all good to end the day with something that's familiar, it's comfortable, it's a big bowl of soup on a cold day. 09:49:40.700 --> 09:49:45.700 Big bowl of soup, love that. We're going to have more of that action for you tomorrow, of course. 09:49:45.700 --> 09:49:48.700 We're going to be kicking things off at 9 o'clock Pacific there. 09:49:48.700 --> 09:49:54.700 I'm not to be trusted with time translation, so I'm going to leave that with you viewers at home. 09:49:54.700 --> 09:50:03.300 but nine o'clock Pacific will be back tomorrow and yeah in the meantime we've got with like looking back on today 09:50:03.300 --> 09:50:10.260 We've had we've had lots of things Scott like what's been a standout to to you that you've seen today 09:50:10.260 --> 09:50:15.980 Maybe you weren't expecting to see I mean I was definitely expecting to see Mega Blades against it. I wasn't surprising 09:50:17.980 --> 09:50:22.040 I think I like the way in which the games have been closed right I think we knew Margins 09:50:22.040 --> 09:50:26.560 We're gonna be small over the course of this weekend. We're like just it's hard to get team advantage in this format 09:50:26.560 --> 09:50:29.240 I think it's hard to like take out your Pokemon too much 09:50:29.240 --> 09:50:31.720 So there's no even close, but it's like I feel like at any issue 09:50:31.720 --> 09:50:34.760 We had a lot of games are like bad sloppy I guess where it's like oh man 09:50:34.760 --> 09:50:37.680 Like it seemed like one player is gonna lose and the last second the rug would get pulled out 09:50:37.680 --> 09:50:40.080 Oh, no the other player is gonna win where this time, you know 09:50:40.080 --> 09:50:44.380 There's a lot of probability management this format for sure wherever it's just a lot of accurate attacks 09:50:44.380 --> 09:50:47.160 I feel like you know the players are doing a good job of navigating the games 09:50:47.160 --> 09:50:51.840 It feels like the right player is winning every set even though the path there is maybe a little more twisty 09:50:51.840 --> 09:50:52.840 I think I've been impressed by the players. 09:50:52.840 --> 09:50:53.840 It's a really difficult format to play. 09:50:53.840 --> 09:50:54.840 I know a lot of even really good trainers. 09:50:54.840 --> 09:50:55.840 They have tough weekends, but the folks at stream have really locked in. 09:50:55.840 --> 09:50:56.840 Yeah, I totally agree with that. 09:50:56.840 --> 09:50:57.840 Yeah, 100%. 09:50:57.840 --> 09:50:58.840 Like, this has been such a set of close matches. 09:50:58.840 --> 09:51:02.840 And I'm just looking forward to seeing how those players convert, but avoid it from 09:51:02.840 --> 09:51:04.840 phase one into phase two. 09:51:04.840 --> 09:51:09.840 And like how this, you know, narrows down to the top players where, you know, it's 09:51:09.840 --> 09:51:12.840 not just like the players that are in the middle of the game. 09:51:12.840 --> 09:51:16.840 It's like, you know, it's like, you know, it's like, you know, it's like, 09:51:16.840 --> 09:51:20.840 it's like, you know, it's like, you know, it's like, you know, it's like, 09:51:20.840 --> 09:51:23.520 like the players have been building their teams right, 09:51:23.520 --> 09:51:24.960 but they're also on form on the day. 09:51:24.960 --> 09:51:25.960 They've been hitting the matchups. 09:51:25.960 --> 09:51:28.840 They've been executing their matchups properly. 09:51:28.840 --> 09:51:30.480 But in the meantime, you know, 09:51:30.480 --> 09:51:31.960 if you've been watching at home, 09:51:31.960 --> 09:51:35.240 we've got a lot of stuff that we've been giving away. 09:51:35.240 --> 09:51:38.960 If you've been watching the stream here on the broadcast, 09:51:38.960 --> 09:51:40.840 watching for only 30 minutes, 09:51:40.840 --> 09:51:42.960 I'm hoping you've been watching for more than 30 minutes 09:51:42.960 --> 09:51:43.800 across the day, 09:51:43.800 --> 09:51:45.640 because we've had some great action there 09:51:45.640 --> 09:51:48.000 to get some quick coupons and teammate tickets 09:51:48.000 --> 09:51:49.160 and some training tickets. 09:51:49.160 --> 09:51:55.820 Yeah, but if you did miss that already, that does also still count for the rebroadcast that will be happening immediately afterwards. 09:51:55.820 --> 09:52:00.380 So you can catch up on all the action from day one and still get those Twitch drops for today. 09:52:00.380 --> 09:52:05.020 And of course, you know, if you're not watching 30 minutes, but you are watching this rep, what are you doing? 09:52:05.020 --> 09:52:10.120 You do need to link your account to get some of the drops. 09:52:10.120 --> 09:52:13.500 So there's instructions that Twitch shout, which open it up, a little pin message. I'd read it. 09:52:14.340 --> 09:52:15.400 Definitely, definitely. 09:52:15.400 --> 09:52:17.560 We've also got our distribution, of course. 09:52:17.560 --> 09:52:22.560 Enjoy World 26 to get a little bit of extra swag 09:52:23.200 --> 09:52:25.240 in Pokemon champions there. 09:52:25.240 --> 09:52:27.080 I think that's one of the things 09:52:27.080 --> 09:52:28.440 that I'm looking forward to seeing, 09:52:28.440 --> 09:52:31.360 like going on the ladder is world championships. 09:52:31.360 --> 09:52:33.400 You're like, you're watching, you're watching, 09:52:33.400 --> 09:52:37.160 you're watching, but yeah, great, great extra 09:52:37.160 --> 09:52:40.160 little distribution there for all the people at home. 09:52:40.160 --> 09:52:42.040 I really like that it's you were watching, 09:52:42.040 --> 09:52:43.800 you were watching, you were competing 09:52:43.800 --> 09:52:51.320 I know that our competitors also got some in-game swag as well as part of qualifying for the world championships 09:52:51.480 --> 09:52:53.720 Yeah, definitely and it's you know 09:52:53.720 --> 09:52:59.980 It's not just video game as well that we've had our distributions in we've had distribution for across all of the other 09:53:00.120 --> 09:53:05.200 Games as well if you've been watching the TCG if you've been watching Pokemon go if you've been watching Pokemon 09:53:05.200 --> 09:53:06.240 Unite as well 09:53:06.240 --> 09:53:11.720 There's a long list of all of the great things that you'll have been able to get and if you haven't already 09:53:11.720 --> 09:53:13.620 already, you know, just have it 09:53:13.620 --> 09:53:14.420 on in the background. 09:53:14.420 --> 09:53:16.020 If maybe you're watching TCG, 09:53:16.020 --> 09:53:17.420 but maybe you want something from VG, 09:53:17.420 --> 09:53:18.820 you know, you can have a second 09:53:18.820 --> 09:53:20.920 window going on there just to get 09:53:20.920 --> 09:53:22.620 all of the extra stuff that we have 09:53:22.620 --> 09:53:24.320 here at the World Championship. 09:53:24.320 --> 09:53:25.320 Hey, that's what I've been doing it too. 09:53:25.320 --> 09:53:26.920 You know, I've been on the VG stream, 09:53:26.920 --> 09:53:27.920 but my phone has been watching 09:53:27.920 --> 09:53:28.520 the other stream. 09:53:30.020 --> 09:53:31.820 I know everyone has like 10 tabs 09:53:31.820 --> 09:53:33.320 on their computer open already. 09:53:33.320 --> 09:53:34.820 Yeah, just add a couple more. 09:53:35.020 --> 09:53:37.020 100%, 100%, and you know, 09:53:37.020 --> 09:53:38.720 we've got a, here's a little bit 09:53:38.720 --> 09:53:40.320 of an instruction on how you can 09:53:40.320 --> 09:53:45.760 actually earn those Twitch drops if you haven't already and as Scott says if you've only just 09:53:45.760 --> 09:53:50.960 tuned in for now if you're going to be watching along tomorrow or the restream of course this is 09:53:50.960 --> 09:53:57.360 how you can get a hold of all of those Twitch drops and as we say tab open for each one collect 09:53:57.360 --> 09:54:02.240 everything that you possibly can across this weekend. Yeah I've got a shout out to the 09:54:02.240 --> 09:54:06.640 closed captions as well being able to see that in your chosen language that's a really cool 09:54:06.640 --> 09:54:10.480 feature and it's really necessary because this is such a global tournament. 09:54:10.480 --> 09:54:14.880 This is a global game and I'm so thrilled that everyone across the globe is able to see 09:54:14.880 --> 09:54:17.080 and experience it in their own native language. 09:54:17.080 --> 09:54:23.480 And if you want to experience more of course you can follow along at pokemon.com forward slash broadcast. 09:54:23.480 --> 09:54:30.480 Make sure you follow us of course hashtag play Pokemon at play Pokemon play Pokemon pretty much everywhere that you can think of there. 09:54:30.480 --> 09:54:35.120 So you can keep up with all of the action both in the world championships of course but also 09:54:35.120 --> 09:54:41.920 Our 20-27 season will be starting in just a few short weeks after this event has concluded. 09:54:41.920 --> 09:54:49.920 We know who our world champion is and we'll be going to see our next season and what that could entail now as well. 09:54:49.920 --> 09:55:02.920 We know we've had a little pitchy tell us that there is maybe if you're here something extra that maybe Pokemon Go will be bringing to us through Pokemon XP. 09:55:02.920 --> 09:55:08.560 don't know any of the details, but you haven't already got yourself back into Pokemon Go. 09:55:08.560 --> 09:55:14.440 This word on the street is maybe it's a good time to get back into the game. 09:55:14.440 --> 09:55:16.480 Maybe redownload it if you haven't got it ready. 09:55:16.480 --> 09:55:20.840 If you have been carry on playing it because there's going to be some cool stuff going 09:55:20.840 --> 09:55:21.840 on. 09:55:21.840 --> 09:55:26.520 Make sure you update, get your app ready to go so that when you are out wandering 09:55:26.520 --> 09:55:29.760 where he plays a road or just being out and experiencing 09:55:29.760 --> 09:55:32.800 the joy that is this experience in Pokemon XP, 09:55:32.800 --> 09:55:33.640 you're ready to go. 09:55:33.640 --> 09:55:34.960 I think, you know, even if you're here 09:55:34.960 --> 09:55:35.960 and you haven't downloaded it, 09:55:35.960 --> 09:55:37.800 first of all, what are you doing? 09:55:37.800 --> 09:55:39.440 I think there's a lot of fun things you can do too. 09:55:39.440 --> 09:55:40.680 I think one of the things that's kind of neat 09:55:40.680 --> 09:55:43.600 is we've watched these events grow. 09:55:43.600 --> 09:55:45.560 Unlike back, maybe when we first started doing these, 09:55:45.560 --> 09:55:46.960 there's an awful lot of things you can do 09:55:46.960 --> 09:55:49.120 with them at both in-person and virtually. 09:55:49.120 --> 09:55:50.360 There's lots of unique Pokemon 09:55:50.360 --> 09:55:52.440 you can catch the custom Pikachu 09:55:52.440 --> 09:55:55.240 in both from Worlds and from PXP in the game. 09:55:55.240 --> 09:56:00.880 So I definitely checked it out 100% I mean I've opened it and looked at all of the focus stops all of the things going on 09:56:01.040 --> 09:56:03.040 There's a lot here 09:56:03.040 --> 09:56:05.140 So you're to say what is it a focus stop? 09:56:05.800 --> 09:56:12.360 Basically like every street corner and everything in between the street corners is pretty much lit up at the moment here 09:56:12.560 --> 09:56:15.960 Pokemon World Pokemon XP, I mean that's all we got time for today 09:56:15.960 --> 09:56:22.700 We're gonna be going now closing off our broadcast. We'll be back again at 9 o'clock Pacific time 09:56:22.700 --> 09:56:27.700 tomorrow for phase two of the world championships. 09:57:22.700 --> 09:57:24.700 You 09:57:52.700 --> 09:57:54.700 you